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Polineni D, Lindwall J, Muther E, Durkin K, Ahrabi-Nejad C, Ruvalcaba E, Nelson E, White M, Bord E, Goodman A, Riekert K, Duncan C. P342 Development of a pilot trial of a novel tele-coaching intervention to improve treatment adherence in cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(20)30671-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Casario K, Howard K, Smith MG, Rocha S, White M, Basner M. 0187 The Effects of Nocturnal Aircraft Noise on Self-Reported Sleep. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
Nocturnal traffic noise can fragment sleep through cortical arousals and induce self-reported sleep disturbance. Here we present data gathered around Atlanta International Airport in a pilot field study on the effects of aircraft noise on sleep.
Methods
N=34 subjects participated in a five night in-home study. Every night, subjects recorded noise inside their bedroom, and completed questionnaires the following morning containing items on sleep latency; number of awakenings; sleepiness (Stanford Sleepiness Scale); 11-point scales on sleep quality, tiredness, ease of falling asleep and calmness or restlessness of sleep; and a 5-point scale on sleep disturbance by noise. We analyzed the effect of both the average (LAEq,sleep) and maximum (LAS,max,sleep) aircraft noise level during a subject’s sleep period for each questionnaire outcome in repeated measures multiple regression adjusted for the number of aircraft noise events during sleep, sex, age, and if the window was open or closed.
Results
A total of 165 sleep questionnaires (97.1% of expected) were completed. Self-reported awakenings increased by n=0.051 per decibel (dB) LAS,max,sleep (p<0.001). An increase in LAS,max,sleep was associated with a significant increase in tiredness (0.118/dB, p=0.005). There was a significant effect of sex on tiredness in the LAEq,sleep model, whereby men were less tired than women. There were no significant effects of LAEq,sleep on any questionnaire outcomes.
Conclusion
There was some evidence for adverse effects of aircraft noise on self-reported sleep outcomes. Effects were predominantly found for maximum rather than average noise exposure during the sleep period, stressing the importance of individual noise events for sleep. A larger-scale, adequately powered National Sleep Study will be conducted to better understand the observed effects.
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This research was funded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Office of Environment and Energy through ASCENT, the FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment, project 017 through FAA Award Number 13-C-AJE-UPENN-011 under the supervision of Natalia Sizov. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the FAA.
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Shekari Soleimanloo S, Garcia-Hansen V, White M, Smith SS. 0136 Bright Light Could Be an Alternative to the Caffeine for Improving Driving Performance in Chronically Sleep-Deprived Young Drivers. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Young drivers are over-involved in sleepiness-related crashes. Daytime and nighttime exposure to light might shift the human circadian phase and alertness. The alerting effects of bright light were compared with those of caffeine in young drivers.
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In a within-subjects study, 30 chronically sleep-deprived non-professional drivers (aged 18–24 years) completed two simulated daytime driving sessions per day across three consecutive days. Participants completed the first drive under a Baseline condition (non-caffeinated gum, 555 nm light, 0.3 µW/cm²), and the second drive under the randomized conditions of Light (500 nm, 230 µW/cm²), Caffeine (100 mg caffeinated gum) or the combination of Light and Caffeine. Using mixed-effects models, the alerting effects of these conditions on objective sleepiness (ECG beat-to-beat intervals), driving performance (lateral lane variability) and subjective sleepiness (scores on the Karolinska sleepiness scale; KSS) were examined.
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Compared to the Baseline condition, lateral lane variability decreased under the Light (P=0.011), Caffeine (P=0.0001), and the combination of Light and Caffeine (P=0.046). Lateral lane variability was lower under Caffeine when compared with the Light (P=0.009) or the combination of Light and Caffeine (P= 0.0001). Average beat-to-beat intervals increased from the Baseline condition to the Light (P=0.017), Caffeine (P=0. 0.0001), and the combination of Light and Caffeine conditions (P=0.0001). All three conditions significantly reduced subjective sleepiness compared to the Baseline condition (KSS= 4–5 vs KSS=6, P= 0.0001).
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Bright light, either alone or combined with caffeine, improves driving performance and subjective sleepiness during daytime drives. Light might better improve objective sleepiness and other sleepiness indicators during nighttime when drivers are sleepier and have an increased sensitivity to the light. Further research would clarify how the circadian effects are aligned with the alerting effects of the light. Bright light, as an alternative to or combined with caffeine, could reduce sleep-related crashes on the road.
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Alden LE, Matthews LR, Wagner S, Fyfe T, Randall C, Regehr C, White M, Buys N, Carey MG, Corneil W, White N, Fraess-Phillips A, Krutop E. Systematic literature review of psychological interventions for first responders. WORK AND STRESS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2020.1758833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Prosser RS, Hoekstra PF, Gene S, Truman C, White M, Hanson ML. A review of the effectiveness of vegetated buffers to mitigate pesticide and nutrient transport into surface waters from agricultural areas. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 261:110210. [PMID: 32148280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A relatively large number of studies have investigated the effectiveness of vegetated buffer strips at reducing the movement of pesticides and nutrients from agriculture fields. This review outlines the observed influence of different factors (e.g., buffer width, slope, runoff intensity, soil composition, plant community) that can influence the efficacy of vegetated buffers in pesticide and nutrient retention. The reported effectiveness of vegetated buffers reducing the movement of pesticides and nutrients ranged from 10 to 100% and 12-100%, respectively. Buffer width is the factor that is most frequently considered by various jurisdictions when making recommendations on vegetated buffer strip implementation. However, the literature clearly illustrates that there is a great deal of variation in pesticide or nutrient reduction for a given buffer width. This indicates that other factors play an important role in buffer efficacy (e.g., ratio of source area to buffer area, soil composition and structure, runoff intensity, plant community structure) in addition to the width of the vegetative buffer area. These factors need to be considered when making recommendations on vegetated buffer strip construction in agroecosystems. This review has also identified a number of other gaps in the understanding of the effectiveness of vegetated buffers at reducing the movement of pesticides and nutrients from the areas of application.
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Minato C, Nasri A, Carrier M, White M, Lamarche Y, Racine N, De Denus S, Ducharme A. Rapid Weaning of Steroids after Cardiac Transplantation Improves Outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Legris V, Thibault B, Dupuis J, White M, Fortier A, Henri C, O'Meara E, Ducharme A. Right Ventricular Function Coupling to the Pulmonary Circulation Predicts Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Insight from the Evaluation of Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (EARTH) Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Fleming M, Bernard D, Brown D, Chadwick M, de Saint Jean C, Dupont E, Ge Z, Harada H, Hawari A, Herman M, Iwamoto O, Kodeli I, Koning A, Malvagi F, McNabb D, Mills R, Noguère G, Palmiotti G, Plompen A, Salvatores M, Sobes V, White M, Yokoyama K. Overview of the OECD-NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC). EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023915002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) was established in 1989 to facilitate collaboration in nuclear data activities. Over its thirty year history, different Subgroups have been created to address topics in nearly every aspect of nuclear data, including: experimental measurements, evaluation, validation, model development, quality assurance of databases and the development of software tools.
WPEC has recently completed activities on fission yield evaluation, the general nuclear database structure (GNDS) to replace the ENDF-6 format, methods to provide feedback to evaluation, studies of specific capture cross sections, new methods in thermal scattering kernel evaluation and the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Pilot Project. Ongoing activities in GNDS application programming interface (API) development, methods for covariance evaluation and quality assurance in nuclear data validation using the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) database are complemented by the work of two Expert Groups that oversee the High-Priority Request List (HPRL) for Nuclear Data and the continuous development of the GNDS. New activities on the use of integral experiments for nuclear data validation and adjustment, as well as the use of the Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) for validation have begun and will be coordinated alongside future Subgroups.
After three decades we will review the status of WPEC, how it integrates other collections and activities organised by the NEA and how it dovetails with the initiatives of the IAEA and other bodies to effectively coordinate international activities in nuclear data.
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Blaivas M, Arntfield R, White M. 344 DIY AI: Deep Learning Algorithm for Ultrasound Video Analyses and Classification. Ann Emerg Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gill N, Arklay-Lehman S, Alexander C, Atkinson S, Goudey K, Harrigan K, Lamb J, Roach K, White M. A PROVINCIAL REGISTRY TO FACILITATE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RELATED TO DOOR TO NEEDLE TIME IN NOVA SCOTIA. Can J Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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White M, Charbotel B, Fort E, Bastuji H, Franco P, Putois B, Mazza S, Peter-Derex L. Academic and professional paths of narcoleptic patients: the Narcowork study. Sleep Med 2019; 65:96-104. [PMID: 31739232 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND To study educational and professional pathways of narcoleptic patients and examine demographic, disease-related and environmental factors associated with a better academic and professional prognosis. PATIENTS/METHODS In sum, 69 narcoleptic patients (51 narcolepsy type 1 and 18 narcolepsy type 2, age 42.5 ± 18.2 years) were enrolled in this pilot monocentric cross-sectional study with a comparison group (80 age- and sex-matched controls) between October 2017 and July 2018 in Lyon Center for Sleep Medicine. They completed questionnaires about their academic and professional trajectories and specific scales of quality of life (EuroQol quality of life scale EQ-5D-3L), depression (beck depression inventory, BDI), sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS) and narcoleptic symptoms severity (narcolepsy severity scale, NSS). RESULTS No difference in grade repetition or final obtained diploma was observed between patients and controls, but patients evaluated their academic curricula as more difficult (45.5% vs 16.9%, p = 0.0007), complained for more attentional deficits (75% vs 22.1%, p < 0.0001), and had needed more educational reorientation (28.6% vs 9.9%, p = 0.01). Even if no difference was observed in occupational category and professional status, patients expressed significantly less satisfaction about their work. Patients had more signs of depression [OR severe depression = 4.4 (1.6-12.6), p = 0.02] and their quality of life was significantly decreased (67.3 ± 18.4 vs 80.6 ± 13.2, p = 0.0007) as compared to controls. Multivariate analysis showed that a more favorable professional career was associated with a better quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Educational and professional pathways do not seem to be significantly impaired in narcoleptic patients, but their experience and quality of life are affected. These findings may allow to reassure patients and should lead to a more comprehensive management of the disease. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION Narcowork, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03173378, N° NCT03173378.
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Jiang J, Bradford G, Hossain SI, Brown M, Cooper J, Miller E, Huang Y, Miao H, Parrell JA, White M, Hunt A, Sengupta S, Revur R, Shen T, Kametani F, Trociewitz UP, Hellstrom EE, Larbalestier DC. High Performance Bi-2212 Round Wires Made with Recent Powders. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY COMMITTEE 2019; 29:6400405. [PMID: 33737796 PMCID: PMC7968414 DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2019.2895197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Multifilamentary Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (Bi-2212) wire made by the powder-in-tube technique is the only high temperature superconductor made in the round shape preferred by magnet builders. The critical current density (J C ) of Bi-2212 round wire was improved significantly by the development of overpressure heat treatment in the past few years. Bi-2212 wire is commercially available in multiple architectures and kilometer-long pieces and a very promising conductor for very high field NMR and accelerator magnets. We studied the effects of precursor powder and heat treatment conditions on the superconducting properties and microstructure of recent Bi-2212 wires. Short samples of recent wire with optimized overpressure processing showed J C (4.2 K, 15 T) = 6640 A/mm2 and J C (4.2 K, 30 T) = 4670 A/mm2, which correspond to engineering critical current densities J E (4.2 K, 15 T) = 1320 A/mm2 and J E (4.2 K, 30 T) = 930 A/mm2.
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Gene SM, Hoekstra PF, Hannam C, White M, Truman C, Hanson ML, Prosser RS. The role of vegetated buffers in agriculture and their regulation across Canada and the United States. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 243:12-21. [PMID: 31077866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A vegetated buffer, barrier, or filter strip is a parcel of land that is designated to separate land used for agriculture from valued aquatic or terrestrial habitats. It exists partly with the intent to diffuse runoff and to impeded sediment, nutrients, pesticides, and other constituents from reaching off-site surface waters. Mandatory buffer implementation is regulated at various levels of government in North America - from the federal to the state and provincial levels, and by some municipalities and counties. To better understand the degree and breadth of oversight, we undertook a comprehensive search and review of vegetative buffer regulations across North America. We determined the width of buffer required, under what habitat or field conditions, for which pesticides, and application type, amongst other attributes. For ground application, margins ranged from 1 m to upwards of greater than 4000 m depending on protection goals, with some being compound specific and others being generally applied to all registered pesticides/compounds. These buffers tended to be used most often to protect surface water, groundwater (e.g. drinking water wells), and nearby sensitive crops, but the required distances are generally not consistent between jurisdictions, regardless of the stated protection goals. We recommend that a thorough science-based review take place, with input from relevant stakeholders, to harmonize vegetated buffer size for effective surface water protection where ecological, climatic, and agricultural conditions are sufficiently similar in North America.
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Truong GW, Winkler G, Zederbauer T, Bachmann D, Heu P, Follman D, White ME, Heckl OH, Cole GD. Near-infrared scanning cavity ringdown for optical loss characterization of supermirrors. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:19141-19149. [PMID: 31503677 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.019141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A cavity ringdown system for probing the spatial variation of optical loss across high-reflectivity mirrors is described. This system is employed to examine substrate-transferred crystalline supermirrors and to quantify the effect of manufacturing process imperfections. Excellent agreement is observed between the ringdown-generated spatial measurements and differential interference contrast microscopy images. A 2-mm diameter ringdown scan in the center of a crystalline supermirror reveals highly uniform coating properties with excess loss variations below 1 ppm.
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Coleman B, Martinez B, Barone H, Williams M, Aronow H, Sandau K, Ansryan L, Felice J, Hajj J, Olanisa L, Huie N, Fishman A, Olman M, White M, Pamu J, Chang D. Vanishing MCS Caregiver: Insights into the Impact of Machines on the Caring Relationship. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Nasri A, Dupuis J, Hausermann L, Tremblay-Gravel M, Parent M, Carrier M, Racine N, de Denus S, Ducharme A, Fortier A, White M. Secular Trends and Outcome of Isolated versus Combined Type 2 Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.1237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Wilson SR, Shinde S, Appleby I, Boscoe M, Conway D, Dryden C, Ferguson K, Gedroyc W, Kinsella SM, Nathanson MH, Thorne J, White M, Wright E. Guidelines for the safe provision of anaesthesia in magnetic resonance units 2019. Anaesthesia 2019; 74:638-650. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.14578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Buse PJ, Henderson A, White M. MELIOIDOSIS IN A CHILD IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH KANAMYCIN AND TRIMETHOPRIM‐SULPHAMETHOXAZOLE. Med J Aust 2019. [DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb105983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Evans S, Kelly J, White M, Marks L, Ford E. An Evaluation of Health Numeracy Among Radiation Therapists and Dosimetrists. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lobson C, Luong K, Seburn D, White M, Hann B, Prosser RS, Wong CS, Hanson ML. Fate of thiamethoxam in mesocosms and response of the zooplankton community. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 637-638:1150-1157. [PMID: 29801208 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Thiamethoxam is a neonicotinoid insecticide that can reach wetlands in agro-ecosystems through runoff. The fate and effects of thiamethoxam on non-target organisms in shallow wetland ecosystems have not been well characterized. To this end, a mesocosm study was conducted with a focus on characterizing zooplankton community responses. A single pulse application of thiamethoxam (0, 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 μg/L; n = 3) was applied to experimental systems and monitored for 8 weeks. The mean half-life of thiamethoxam among the different treatments was 3.7 days in the water column with concentrations of <0.8 μg/L in the majority of mesocosms by 56 days. Principal response curve analysis did not show any significant concentration-dependent differences in the zooplankton community among treatments over the course of the study. The minimum detectable difference (MDD%) values for abundance of potentially sensitive arthropod taxa (nauplius larvae, cyclopoid copepods) allowed the detections from controls as low as 42 and 59% effect, respectively. The MDD% values for total abundance of zooplankton (including the potentially less sensitive taxonomic group of Rotifera) allowed the detection from controls as low as 41% effect. There were no statistically significant differences in zooplankton abundance or diversity between control and treated mesocosms at the end of the study. There were also no statistically significant differences for individual taxa that were sustained between sampling points, or manifested as a concentration-response. We conclude that acute exposure to thiamethoxam at environmentally relevant concentrations (typically ng/L) likely does not represent a significant adverse ecological risk to wetland zooplankton community abundance and structure.
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Ryan C, Bergin M, White M, Wells J. Ageing in the nursing workforce – a global challenge in an Irish context. Int Nurs Rev 2018; 66:157-164. [DOI: 10.1111/inr.12482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Simard F, O'Meara E, Ducharme A, Racine N, White M, Asgar A, Ibrahim R, Dorval JF, Bonan R, Rouleau JL, Cartier R, El-Hamamsy I, Basmadjian A, Henri C. P5356Left atrial deformation in patients with moderate to severe aortic stenosis and heart failure. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Elfeki H, Thyø A, Nepogodiev D, Pinkney TD, White M, Laurberg S, Christensen P. Patient and healthcare professional perceptions of colostomy-related problems and their impact on quality of life following rectal cancer surgery. BJS Open 2018; 2:336-344. [PMID: 30263985 PMCID: PMC6156164 DOI: 10.1002/bjs5.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background The perception of colostomy‐related problems and their impact on health‐related quality of life (QoL) may differ between patients and healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to investigate this using the Colostomy Impact Score (CIS) tool. Methods Healthcare professionals including consultant colorectal surgeons, stoma nurses, ward nurses, trainees and medical students were recruited. An online survey was designed. From the 17 items used to develop the CIS, participants chose the seven factors they thought to confer the strongest negative impact on the QoL of patients with a colostomy. They were then asked to rank the 12 responses made by patients to the final seven factors contained in the CIS. Results were compared with the original patient rankings at the time of development of the CIS. Results A total of 156 healthcare professionals (50·4 per cent of the pooled professionals) from 17 countries completed the survey. Of the original seven items in the CIS, six were above the threshold for random selection. Ranking the responses, a poor match between participants and the original score was detected for 49·7 per cent of the professionals. The most under‐rated item originally present in the CIS was stool consistency, reported by 47 of the 156 professionals (30·1 per cent), whereas frequency of changing the stoma bag was the item not included in the CIS that was chosen most often by professionals (124, 79·5 per cent). Significant differences were not observed between different groups of professionals. Conclusion The perspective of colostomy‐related problems differs between patients with a colostomy and healthcare professionals.
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Meltzer LJ, Jump S, Flewelling KD, Sundstrom D, White M, Strand MJ. 0851 Sleep Duration and Asthma Outcomes in Adolescents. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bowater RO, Dennis MM, Blyde D, Stone B, Barnes AC, Delamare-Deboutteville J, Horton MA, White M, Condon K, Jones R. Epizootics of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in captive rays from Queensland, Australia. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2018; 41:223-232. [PMID: 28836670 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to describe two epizootics of high mortalities from infection with Streptococcus agalactiae, occurring in captive rays held in a marine display aquarium in south-east Queensland, Australia, in 2009 and 2010. Five different species of rays were affected, including mangrove whiprays (Himantura granulata), estuary rays (Dasyatis fluviorum), eastern shovelnose rays (Aptychotrema rostrata), white-spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) and blue-spotted mask rays (Neotrygon kuhlii). This report describes the history of both epizootics including collection, quarantine and husbandry of rays, the disease epizootics, clinico-pathological features of the disease, antimicrobial therapy, autogenous vaccine production, and laboratory studies including clinical and histopathology, bacteriology, PCR, molecular serotyping and sequencing of the bacterium S. agalactiae.
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