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Schwertfeger JL, Miller SA, Jordan M, Jordan D, Schneider KL. A 3-day 'stroke camp' addressed chronic disease self-management elements and perceived stress of survivors of stroke and their caregivers reduced: Survey results from the 14 US camps. Top Stroke Rehabil 2024; 31:1-10. [PMID: 37004716 DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2023.2196468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stroke is a leading cause of disability for persons with stroke (PWS). Difficulty coping with long-term stress for PWS and their caregivers (CG) contributes to their poor health. Variations of chronic-disease self-management programs (CDSMPs) have reduced long-term stress in PWS and CGs. CDSMPs include training for decision-making, problem-solving, resource utilization, peer support, developing a patient-provider relationship, and environmental support. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether a user-designed stroke camp addressed CDSMP domains, used consistent activities, and decreased stress in PWS and CG. METHODS This open cohort survey study followed STROBE guidelines and assessed stress at four timepoints: 1 week before camp, immediately before camp, immediately after camp, and 1 month after camp. Mixed-model analysis examined changes in stress from the two baseline time points to the two post-camp time points. The research team reviewed documents and survey responses to assess activities described in camp documents and CDSMP domains across camps. POPULATION PWS and CG who attended a camp in 2019. The PWS sample (n = 40) included50% males, aged 1-41-years post stroke, 60% with ischemic, one-third with aphasia, and 37.5% with moderate-severe impairment. CG sample (n = 24) was 60.8% female, aged 65.5 years, and had 7.4 years CG experience. RESULTS Stress decreased significantly in PWS (Cohen's d = -0.61) and CGs (Cohen's d = -0.87) from pre- to post-camp. Activities addressing all but one CDSMP domains were evident across camps. CONCLUSIONS Stroke camp is a novel model that addresses CDSMP domains, which may reduce stress in PWS and CG. Larger, controlled studies are warranted.
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- Julie Lynn Schwertfeger
- Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science College of Health Professions, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Spring Grove Fire Protection District. BattalionChief, Spring Grove, IL, USA
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- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine& Science, College of Health Professions, North Chicago, IL, USA
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Carvill M, Milto K, Robb L, Jordan D, Widdowson D, Bahia H. 863 Improving the Outcomes of Inpatient Admissions and Optimising Referrals to a Regional Burns Unit Through Introduction of a Specialist Nurse-Led Burns Clinic. Br J Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac269.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Aim
We aimed to measure the effect of a specialist nurse-led clinic and referral pathway on admission rate, patient length of stay (LOS), and total bed days. We hypothesised that this intervention would contribute to the optimisation of the patient pathway in a regional burn's unit.
Method
Retrospective analysis of inpatient records in a six-month period over three years at a regional burn's unit (June-November 2018,2019,2020). Analysis of demographics, TBSA, admissions, and length of stay before and after clinic introduction. Statistical analysis included one-way ANOVA.
Results
A reduction in admissions was observed in 2020 compared to 2019 and 2018 (7.3% and 6.7%) for a patient group with equivalent median TBSA (2%) and comparable median age (41 vs. 43.5 and 42.5). Median LOS was significantly shortened compared to 2019 (42.9%, F=4.07, p=0.046) and 2018 (42.9%, F=6.59, p=0.011). Minor burns showed reduced admission rates compared to 2019 (8.5%), and reduced median LOS (42.9% and 33.3%), and reduced total bed days (29.4% and 27.1%) compared to 2019 and 2018 respectively. Referrals to the regional burn's unit as a percentage total of regional A&E burns presentations increased in 2020 compared to 2019 and 2018 (16% vs. 14.4% and 12.1%).
Conclusions
The results suggest that the introduction of a specialist clinic has shortened in-patient stay with a significant effect on minor burns, against a backdrop of increased referrals. We suggest that continuity between clinic and inpatient care by a specialist nursing team has helped to optimise the regional burns unit.
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- M Carvill
- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. John's Hospital , Livingston , United Kingdom
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Pereira RV, Altier C, Siler JD, Mann S, Jordan D, Warnick LD. Longitudinal effects of enrofloxacin or tulathromycin use in preweaned calves at high risk of bovine respiratory disease on the shedding of antimicrobial-resistant fecal Escherichia coli. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:10547-10559. [PMID: 32861496 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The objective of this study was to longitudinally quantify Escherichia coli resistant to ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone in calves treated with enrofloxacin or tulathromycin for the control of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Dairy calves 2 to 3 wk of age not presenting clinical signs of pneumonia and at high risk of developing BRD were randomly enrolled in 1 of 3 groups receiving the following treatments: (1) single label dose of enrofloxacin (ENR); (2) single label dose of tulathromycin (TUL); or (3) no antimicrobial treatment (control, CTL). Fecal samples were collected immediately before administration of treatment and at d 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, 28, 56, and 112 d after beginning treatment. Samples were used for qualification of E. coli using a selective hydrophobic grid membrane filter (HGMF) master grid. The ENR group had a significantly higher proportion of E. coli resistant to ciprofloxacin compared with CTL and TUL at time points 2, 4, and 7. At time point 28, a significantly higher proportion of E. coli resistant to ciprofloxacin was observed only compared with CTL. The TUL group had a significantly higher proportion of E. coli resistant to ciprofloxacin compared with CTL at time points 2, 4, and 7. None of the treatment groups resulted in a significantly higher proportion of E. coli isolates resistant to ceftriaxone. Our study identified that treatment of calves at high risk of developing BRB with either enrofloxacin or tulathromycin resulted in a consistently higher proportion of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli in fecal samples.
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- R V Pereira
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis 95616.
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW, Australia 2477
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Evaluated nuclear data libraries written in ENDF-6 format are used by Monte Carlo codes such as Geant4, MCNP6 or FLUKA for the transport of low energy neutrons (up to 20 MeV). The format in which the production of γ-rays after neutron induced reactions is provided do not allow, in general, to generate these γ-ray cascades in a correlated way. This prevents, among other things, energy conservation event by event, which is crucial in many applications. We have developed a code capable to generate correlated de-excitation γ-ray cascades using as much information as possible available in the RIPL-3 and ENSDF nuclear structure data libraries, among other useful information. The code follows the same philosophy of the DICEBOX or DEGEN codes. It generates the complete level scheme and branching ratios of the nucleus by using all the information experimentally known (known level scheme and known branching ratios) and completing the missing information with the most reliable statistical models. This code is able to generate automatically cascades for a large variety of nuclei (∼300) without requiring a specific input for each particular isotope. The code has been written in C++ language and can be integrated in the Geant4 simulation toolkit framework.
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Badger SM, Sullivan KF, Jordan D, Caraguel C, Page SW, Cusack P, Frith D, Trott DJ. Antimicrobial use and stewardship practices on Australian beef feedlots. Aust Vet J 2019; 98:37-47. [PMID: 31721160 DOI: 10.1111/avj.12889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Improving antimicrobial stewardship in the livestock sector requires an understanding of the motivations for antimicrobial use and the quantities consumed. However,detailed information on antimicrobial use in livestock sectors is lacking. This cross-sectional study aimed to better understand antimicrobial use in the beef feedlot sector in Australia. DESIGN A self-administered questionnaire asking about antimicrobial use and reasons for use was designed and mailed to beef feedlot operators in Australia. Respondents were asked to report the percentage of animals treated, purpose of use, and disease conditions targeted for 26antimicrobial agents. RESULTS In total, 83 of 517 (16.1%) beef feedlot operators completed the survey. Monensin (61.0%of respondents) and virginiamycin (19.5%of respondents) were the most commonly reported in-feed antimicrobials. In-feed antimicrobial agents were most frequently used by respondents for treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (52.8%). Antimicrobials were used for growth promotion by 42.1% of respondents, with most (85.7%) reporting the use of ionophores(a group of compounds not used in human medicine). Short-acting penicillin(69.1%), short-acting oxytetracycline, and tulathromycin (both 57.3%) werethe most common injectable antimicrobial agents used. Injectable antimicrobials were most frequently used to treat respiratory (72.3%) and musculoskeletal (67.5%) conditions. CONCLUSION Overall,the use of antimicrobials was appropriate for the purpose indicated, and there was a strong preference for drugs of low-importance in human medicine. The data described here stand to be a strong influence on the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in the sector.
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- S M Badger
- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, 5371, Australia.,School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
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- Bell Veterinary Services, Bell, Queensland, 4408, Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute, Wollongbar, New South Wales, 2477, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, 5371, Australia
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- Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics, Newtown, New South Wales, 2042, Australia
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- Australian Livestock Production Services, Cowra, New South Wales, 2794, Australia
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- Quirindi Feedlot Services, Quirindi, New South Wales, 2343, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, 5371, Australia
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Estienne M, Fallot M, Algora A, Briz-Monago J, Bui VM, Cormon S, Gelletly W, Giot L, Guadilla V, Jordan D, Le Meur L, Porta A, Rice S, Rubio B, Taín JL, Valencia E, Zakari-Issoufou AA. Updated Summation Model: An Improved Agreement with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Fluxes. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:022502. [PMID: 31386517 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.022502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A new summation method model of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is presented. It is updated with the most recent evaluated decay databases and with our total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements performed during the last decade. For the first time, the spectral measurements from the Daya Bay experiment are compared with the antineutrino energy spectrum computed with the updated summation method without any renormalization. The results exhibit a better agreement than is obtained with the Huber-Mueller model in the 2-5 MeV range, the region that dominates the detected flux. A systematic trend is found in which the antineutrino flux computed with the summation model decreases with the inclusion of more pandemonium-free data. The calculated flux obtained now lies only 1.9% above that detected in the Daya Bay experiment, a value that may be reduced with forthcoming new pandemonium-free data, leaving less room for a reactor anomaly. Eventually, the new predictions of individual antineutrino spectra for the ^{235}U, ^{239}Pu, ^{241}Pu, and ^{238}U are used to compute the dependence of the reactor antineutrino spectral shape on the fission fractions.
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- M Estienne
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, E-46071 València, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH Guildford, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, E-46071 València, Spain
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, E-46071 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, E-46071 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, E-46071 València, Spain
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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Debate about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and the impact on humans is often inappropriately focussed on the crude amount of antimicrobials used in animals without deference to issues of 'intensity of use', 'quality of use' and especially the class of agents being administered. In the latter case, tools for helping to manage how the use of specific antimicrobial agents impact on the risk and consequences of antimicrobial resistance in humans have been available for almost two decades. These consist of antimicrobial ratings systems, which formally define the importance of each individual agent in human health by assigning them to a position on a graduated scale of 'importance' comprising up to four categories of risk. Until recently, these published ratings have only had a modest impact on antimicrobial stewardship at the frontline of medical and veterinary practice, although they will undoubtedly have a substantial influence into the future. This article considers the evolution of the available 'antimicrobial ratings systems' applicable to Australian and international settings and their pivotal future-role in the educating of animal managers, policy makers and prescribers. Faithful application of these rating systems at all levels of decision making to do with antimicrobial use is now seen as central to the protection of animals, humans and economies from the scourge of AMR.
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- D Jordan
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, 1243 Bruxner Highway, Wollongbar, New South Wales, 2477, Australia
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Barlow RS, McMillan KE, Duffy LL, Fegan N, Jordan D, Mellor GE, Jenson I. Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria from healthy cattle and sheep at slaughter. Aust Vet J 2019; 97:285-287. [PMID: 31209870 DOI: 10.1111/avj.12837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- R S Barlow
- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, NSW, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Coopers Plains, Queensland, 4108, Australia
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- Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Guadilla V, Algora A, Tain JL, Estienne M, Fallot M, Sonzogni AA, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Briz JA, Cucoanes A, Eronen T, Fraile LM, Ganioğlu E, Gelletly W, Gorelov D, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan D, Kankainen A, Kolhinen V, Koponen J, Lebois M, Le Meur L, Martinez T, Monserrate M, Montaner-Pizá A, Moore I, Nácher E, Orrigo SEA, Penttilä H, Pohjalainen I, Porta A, Reinikainen J, Reponen M, Rinta-Antila S, Rubio B, Rytkönen K, Shiba T, Sonnenschein V, Valencia E, Vedia V, Voss A, Wilson JN, Zakari-Issoufou AA. Large Impact of the Decay of Niobium Isomers on the Reactor ν[over ¯]_{e} Summation Calculations. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:042502. [PMID: 30768318 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.042502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Even mass neutron-rich niobium isotopes are among the principal contributors to the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum. They are also among the most challenging to measure due to the refractory nature of niobium, and because they exhibit isomeric states lying very close in energy. The β-intensity distributions of ^{100gs,100m}Nb and ^{102gs,102m}Nb β decays have been determined using the total absorption γ-ray spectroscopy technique. The measurements were performed at the upgraded Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility at the University of Jyväskylä. Here, the double Penning trap system JYFLTRAP was employed to disentangle the β decay of the isomeric states. The new data obtained in this challenging measurement have a large impact in antineutrino summation calculations. For the first time the discrepancy between the summation model and the reactor antineutrino measurements in the region of the shape distortion has been reduced.
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- V Guadilla
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4026, Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Universidad Complutense, Grupo de Física Nuclear and UPARCOS, CEI Moncloa, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH Guildford, United Kingdom
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institut de Physique Nuclèaire d'Orsay, 91406 Orsay, France
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Universidad Complutense, Grupo de Física Nuclear and UPARCOS, CEI Moncloa, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institut de Physique Nuclèaire d'Orsay, 91406 Orsay, France
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- Subatech, IMT-Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France
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Van Hedent S, Hokamp NG, Laukamp KR, Buls N, Kessner R, Rose B, Ros P, Jordan D. Differentiation of Hemorrhage from Iodine Using Spectral Detector CT: A Phantom Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:2205-2210. [PMID: 30409850 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Conventional CT often cannot distinguish hemorrhage from iodine extravasation following reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke. We investigated the potential of spectral detector CT in differentiating these lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Centrifuged blood with increasing hematocrit (5%-85%) was used to model hemorrhage. Pure blood, blood-iodine mixtures (75/25, 50/50, and 25/75 ratios), and iodine solutions (0-14 mg I/mL) were scanned in a phantom with attenuation ranging from 12 to 75 HU on conventional imaging. Conventional and virtual noncontrast attenuation was compared and investigated for correlation with calculation of relative virtual noncontrast attenuation. Values for all investigated categories were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. Sensitivity and specificity of virtual noncontrast, relative virtual noncontrast, conventional CT attenuation, and iodine quantification for hemorrhage detection were determined with receiver operating characteristic analysis. RESULTS Conventional image attenuation was not significantly different among all samples containing blood (P > .05), while virtual noncontrast attenuation showed a significant decrease with a decreasing blood component (P < .01) in all blood-iodine mixtures. Relative virtual noncontrast values were significantly different among all investigated categories (P < .01), with correct hemorrhagic component size estimation for all categories within a 95% confidence interval. Areas under the curve for hemorrhage detection were 0.97, 0.87, 0.29, and 0.16 for virtual noncontrast, relative virtual noncontrast, conventional CT attenuation, and iodine quantification, respectively. A ≥10-HU virtual noncontrast, ≥20-HU virtual noncontrast, ≥40% relative virtual noncontrast, and combined ≥10-HU virtual noncontrast and ≥40% relative virtual noncontrast attenuation threshold had a sensitivity/specificity for detecting hemorrhage of 100%/23%, 89%/95%, 100%/82%, and 100%/100%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Spectral detector CT can accurately differentiate blood from iodinated contrast in a phantom setting.
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- S Van Hedent
- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (N.G.H., K.R.L.), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (S.V.H., N.B.), Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Radiology (S.V.H., N.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
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- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (N.G.H., K.R.L.), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (S.V.H., N.B.), Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Radiology (S.V.H., N.B.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
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- Pathology (B.R.), University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
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- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
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- From the Departments of Radiology (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., P.R., D.J.)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (S.V.H., N.G.H., K.R.L., R.K., B.R., P.R., D.J.), Cleveland, Ohio
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Martin J, Schneider F, Kowalewskij A, Jordan D, Hapfelmeier A, Kochs EF, Wagner KJ, Schulz CM. Linear and non-linear heart rate metrics for the assessment of anaesthetists' workload during general anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth 2018; 117:767-774. [PMID: 27956675 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Excessive workload may impact the anaesthetists' ability to adequately process information during clinical practice in the operation room and may result in inaccurate situational awareness and performance. This exploratory study investigated heart rate (HR), linear and non-linear heart rate variability (HRV) metrics and subjective ratings scales for the assessment of workload associated with the anaesthesia stages induction, maintenance and emergence. METHODS HR and HRV metrics were calculated based on five min segments from each of the three anaesthesia stages. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) of the investigated metrics was calculated to assess their ability to discriminate between the stages of anaesthesia. Additionally, a multiparametric approach based on logistic regression models was performed to further evaluate whether linear or non-linear heart rate metrics are suitable for the assessment of workload. RESULTS Mean HR and several linear and non-linear HRV metrics including subjective workload ratings differed significantly between stages of anaesthesia. Permutation Entropy (PeEn, AUC=0.828) and mean HR (AUC=0.826) discriminated best between the anaesthesia stages induction and maintenance. In the multiparametric approach using logistic regression models, the model based on non-linear heart rate metrics provided a higher AUC compared with the models based on linear metrics. CONCLUSIONS In this exploratory study based on short ECG segment analysis, PeEn and HR seem to be promising to separate workload levels between different stages of anaesthesia. The multiparametric analysis of the regression models favours non-linear heart rate metrics over linear metrics.
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- J Martin
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics und Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, München, 81675, Germany
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Smith MG, Jordan D, Gibson JS, Cobbold RN, Chapman TA, Abraham S, Trott DJ. Phenotypic and genotypic profiling of antimicrobial resistance in enteric Escherichia coli communities isolated from finisher pigs in Australia. Aust Vet J 2018; 94:371-6. [PMID: 27671081 DOI: 10.1111/avj.12491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess herd-to-herd variation in antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and associated antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in faecal commensal Escherichia coli communities isolated from Australian slaughter-age pigs. METHODS Hydrophobic grid-membrane filtration (HGMF) was used to screen populations of E. coli isolated from faecal samples obtained from pigs prior to or at slaughter. Multiplex PCRs were applied to the pooled DNA extracted from the samples to identify specific ARGs. METHODS Pooled faecal samples from 30 finishers, from 72 different Australian pig farms, produced 5003 isolates for screening. HGMF techniques and image analysis were used to confirm E. coli resistance phenotypes to four antimicrobial agents (ampicillin, gentamicin, florfenicol and ceftiofur) using selective agars. Multiplex PCRs were performed on DNA from pooled samples for 35 ARGs associated with seven chemical classes. RESULTS The prevalence of E. coli isolates showing no resistance to any of the drugs was 50.2% (95% confidence interval (CI) 41.8-58.6%). Ceftiofur resistance was very low (1.8%; CI 0.8-3.9%) and no ARGs associated with 3rd-generation cephalosporin resistance were detected. By contrast, ampicillin (29.4%, CI 22.8-37.0%), florfenicol (24.3%, CI 17.8-32.3%) and gentamicin (CI 17.5%, 10.7-27.2%) resistance prevalence varied greatly between farms and associated ARGs were common. The most common combined resistance phenotype was ampicillin-florfenicol. CONCLUSION The use of registered antimicrobials in Australian pigs leads to the enteric commensal populations acquiring associated ARGs. However, despite a high intensity of sampling, ARGs imparting resistance to the critically important 3rd-generation cephalosporins were not detected.
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- M G Smith
- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia.
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- Elizabeth MacArthur Agricultural Institute, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Menangle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia.,School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia
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Jordan D, Bush J, Ownby D, Waller J, Tingen M. OR044 The impact of traditional literacy and education on health literacy in adolescents with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2017.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sahibzada S, Abraham S, Coombs GW, Pang S, Hernández-Jover M, Jordan D, Heller J. Transmission of highly virulent community-associated MRSA ST93 and livestock-associated MRSA ST398 between humans and pigs in Australia. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5273. [PMID: 28706213 PMCID: PMC5509732 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04789-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Pigs have been recognised as a reservoir of livestock associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in Europe, Asia and North America. However, little is known about the presence and distribution of MRSA in the Australian pig population and pig industry. This study describes the presence, distribution and molecular characteristics of the human adapted Australian CA-MRSA ST93 isolated from pigs, people, and the environment within a piggery. Isolates were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility testing, DNA microarray, whole genome sequencing, multi locus sequence typing, virulence and resistance gene characterization and phylogenetic analysis. MRSA were isolated from 60% (n = 52) of farm workers where 84% of isolates returned ST93 and the rest ST398. Of the thirty-one pig isolates tested further, an equal number of ST398 and ST93 (15 each) and one as ST30-V were identified. Four of six environmental isolates were identified as ST93 and two as ST398. This study has identified for the first time in Australia the occurrence of CA-MRSA ST93 and LA-MRSA ST398 amongst farm workers, pigs, and the farm environment. Comparative genome analysis indicates that ST398 is likely to have been introduced into Australia from Europe or North America. This study also reports the first linezolid resistant MRSA isolated in Australia.
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- S Sahibzada
- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
- PathWest Laboratory Medicine - WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
- PathWest Laboratory Medicine - WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW 2478, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
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Akoto E, Klu Y, Lamptey M, Asibuo J, Davis J, Phillips R, Jordan D, Rhoads J, Hoistington D, Chen J. Use of peanut meal as a model matrix to study the effect of composting on aflatoxin decontamination. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2017. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2016.2155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In developing countries, aflatoxin-contaminated peanut wastes are often used as mulching materials or soil amendments, which introduce aflatoxins and aflatoxin-producing mould into subsequent farming seasons. This research evaluated the effectiveness of composting as a means of aflatoxin decontamination using highly-contaminated peanut meal as a model matrix at 40 °C for 6 w. The composting methods caused 72.2-154.9 (41.9-75.1%), 7.4-17.6 (37.9-72.0%), 1.2-6.9 (77.1-100.0%), or 0.0-2.1 (0.0-100.0%) μg/kg reduction in the levels of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in peanut meal, respectively. Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus counts and total mould counts decreased from 103-105 to <10 colony forming units/g. Composting time and the type of starters used significantly influenced aflatoxin content, while the presence of accelerator did not affect aflatoxin levels. The highest level of toxin decontamination occurred in the first week when compost temperature and ammonia concentration were high. Micronutrient contents of resulting composts were within the accepted range for fertilisers, except for calcium. Heavy metal content was below the maximum allowable levels except nickel in one of the samples. Aflatoxin reduction was also observed in an up-scale experiment using contaminated agriculture waste as raw materials. Results suggest that composting could be employed to decontaminate aflatoxin-containing agricultural waste in developing countries.
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- E.Y. Akoto
- Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi-Ashanti, Ghana
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- Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi-Ashanti, Ghana
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- Technical Service, J. Leek International, P.O. Box 72167 Albany, GA 31708, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA
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- Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7620, 101 Derieux Street, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620, USA
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- USAID PMIL Management Entity, The University of Georgia, 1225 Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30602-7905, USA
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- USAID PMIL Management Entity, The University of Georgia, 1225 Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30602-7905, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment street, Griffin, GA 30223-1797, USA
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Manyweathers J, Field H, Jordan D, Longnecker N, Agho K, Smith C, Taylor M. Risk Mitigation of Emerging Zoonoses: Hendra Virus and Non-Vaccinating Horse Owners. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 64:1898-1911. [PMID: 28054443 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hendra virus was identified in horses and humans in 1994, in Queensland, Australia. Flying foxes are the natural host. Horses are thought to acquire infection by direct or indirect contact with infected flying fox urine. Humans are infected from close contact with infected horses. To reduce risk of infection in horses and humans, Australian horse owners are encouraged to vaccinate horses against the virus and adopt property risk mitigation practices that focus on reducing flying fox horse contact and contamination of horses' environment with flying fox bodily fluids. This study investigates uptake of four Hendra virus risk mitigation practices in a sample of non- and partially vaccinating horse owners living close to previous Hendra virus cases. Protection motivation theory was used to develop a conceptual model to investigate risk perception and coping factors associated with uptake of risk mitigation practices. An online survey was administered via Facebook pages of veterinary clinics close to previous Hendra virus cases. Factors associated with uptake of risk mitigation practices were investigated using univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression. Belief that a risk mitigation practice would be effective in reducing Hendra virus risk was significantly associated with the uptake of that practice. Issues around the practicality of implementing risk mitigation practices were found to be the greatest barrier to uptake. Factors that relate to risk immediacy, such as nearby infection, were identified as more likely to trigger uptake of risk mitigation practices. The role of veterinarians in supporting Hendra risk mitigation was identified as more influential than that of respected others or friends. Findings from this study are being used to assist stakeholders in Australia responsible for promotion of risk mitigation practice in identifying additional pathways and reliable influencing factors that could be utilized for engaging and communicating with horse owners to promote Hendra virus risk mitigation behaviour.
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- J Manyweathers
- Centre for Health Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY, USA
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW, Australia
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- School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.,Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Biosecurity Queensland, Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Coopers Plains, Qld, Australia
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- Centre for Health Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Algora A, Rice S, Guadilla V, Tain J, Valencia E, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Batist L, Briz J, Bowry M, Bui V, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Eronen T, Elomaa V, Estevez E, Estienne M, Fallot M, Farrelly G, Fraile L, Fleming M, Ganioglu E, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gómez-Hornillos B, Gorelov D, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan D, Kankainen A, Kolhinen V, Kondev F, Koponen J, Lebois M, Martinez T, Mason P, Mendoza E, Monserrate M, Montaner-Pizá A, Moore I, Nácher E, Orrigo S, Penttilä H, Podolyák Z, Pohjalainen I, Porta A, Regan P, Reinikainen J, Reponen M, Rinta-Antila S, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Rytkönen K, Shiba T, Sonnenschein V, Sonzogni A, Sublet JC, Vedia V, Voss A, Wilson J. Total absorption studies of high priority decays for reactor applications: 86Br and 91Rb. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714610001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Guadilla V, Algora A, Tain J, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Briz J, Cucoanes A, Eronen T, Estienne M, Fallot M, Fraile L, Ganioğlu E, Gelletly W, Gorelov D, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan D, Kankainen A, Kolhinen V, Koponen J, Lebois M, Martinez T, Monserrate M, Montaner-Pizá A, Moore I, Nácher E, Orrigo S, Penttilä H, Pohjalainen I, Porta A, Reinikainen J, Reponen M, Rinta-Antila S, Rubio B, Rytkönen K, Shiba T, Sonnenschein V, Sonzogni A, Valencia E, Vedia V, Voss A, Wilson J, Zakari-Issoufou AA. TAGS measurements of 100Nb ground and isomeric states and 140Cs for neutrino physics with the new DTAS detector. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714610010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Goddard M, Mowat D, Hockin J, Jordan D, Legault D, Tate B, Luc JF. Canada’s emerging public health infostructure. Health Informatics J 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/146045820200800403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- M. Goddard
- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada,
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Centre for Surveillance Coordination, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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Ozguner O, Halliburton S, Dhanantwari A, Wen G, Utrup S, Jordan D. WE-FG-207B-11: Objective Image Characterization of Spectral CT with a Dual-Layer Detector. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Ozguner O, Dhanantwari A, Halliburton S, Wen G, Utrup S, Jordan D. SU-G-IeP2-09: Iodine Imaging at Spectral CT with a Dual-Layer Detector. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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May K, Jordan D, Fingerle V, Strube C. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and co-infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus in Hamburg, Germany. Med Vet Entomol 2015; 29:425-429. [PMID: 26096626 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To obtain initial data on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks in Hamburg, Germany, 1400 questing ticks were collected by flagging at 10 different public recreation areas in 2011 and analysed using probe-based quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The overall rate of infection with B. burgdorferi s.l. was 34.1%; 30.0% of adults were infected (36.7% of females and 26.0% of males), as were 34.5% of nymphs. Significant differences in tick infection rates were observed between the spring and summer/autumn months, as well as among sampling locations. Borrelia genospecies identification by reverse line blotting was successful in 43.6% of positive tick samples. The most frequent genospecies was Borrelia garinii/Borrelia bavariensis, followed by Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia valaisiana, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia spielmanii, Borrelia bissettii and Borrelia lusitaniae. Based on previously published data, co-infection of Borrelia and Rickettsiales spp. was determined in 25.8% of ticks. Overall, 22.9% of ticks were co-infected with Rickettsia spp. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), 1.7% with Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), and 1.2% with both pathogens. Study results show a high prevalence of Borrelia-positive ticks in recreation areas in the northern German city of Hamburg and the potential health risk to humans in these areas should not be underestimated.
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- K May
- Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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- German National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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Altmann A, Schröter MS, Spoormaker VI, Kiem SA, Jordan D, Ilg R, Bullmore ET, Greicius MD, Czisch M, Sämann PG. Validation of non-REM sleep stage decoding from resting state fMRI using linear support vector machines. Neuroimage 2015; 125:544-555. [PMID: 26596551 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A growing body of literature suggests that changes in consciousness are reflected in specific connectivity patterns of the brain as obtained from resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI). As simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) is often unavailable, decoding of potentially confounding sleep patterns from rs-fMRI itself might be useful and improve data interpretation. Linear support vector machine classifiers were trained on combined rs-fMRI/EEG recordings from 25 subjects to separate wakefulness (S0) from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep stages 1 (S1), 2 (S2), slow wave sleep (SW) and all three sleep stages combined (SX). Classifier performance was quantified by a leave-one-subject-out cross-validation (LOSO-CV) and on an independent validation dataset comprising 19 subjects. Results demonstrated excellent performance with areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUCs) close to 1.0 for the discrimination of sleep from wakefulness (S0|SX), S0|S1, S0|S2 and S0|SW, and good to excellent performance for the classification between sleep stages (S1|S2:~0.9; S1|SW:~1.0; S2|SW:~0.8). Application windows of fMRI data from about 70 s were found as minimum to provide reliable classifications. Discrimination patterns pointed to subcortical-cortical connectivity and within-occipital lobe reorganization of connectivity as strongest carriers of discriminative information. In conclusion, we report that functional connectivity analysis allows valid classification of NREM sleep stages.
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- A Altmann
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany; Stanford Center for Memory Disorders, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany; Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Asklepios Stadtklinik, Bad Tölz, Germany
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- Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Stanford Center for Memory Disorders, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Munich, Germany
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Jordan D. TH-AB-207-01: Auditing and Evaluating MRI Facility Safety Programs. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4926181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shafiullah S, Hernández-Jover M, Jordan D, Groves M, Heller J. Detection of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among pigs in different stages of production. Anim Prod Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/anv55n12ab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Malahias M, Jordan D, Hughes O, Khan WS, Hindocha S. Bite injuries to the hand: microbiology, virology and management. Open Orthop J 2014; 8:157-61. [PMID: 25067969 PMCID: PMC4110396 DOI: 10.2174/1874325001408010157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Bites to the human hand, be it from a pet, a stray animal or even a fellow human, may often have dire consequences for the person suffering the insult. Bites by mammals are a common problem and they account for up to 1% of all visits to hospital emergency rooms, in the UK. Clenched fist injuries to the mouth ('fight bite') are notorious for being the worst human bites. Bite injuries of the hand and their related infections must be monitored vigilantly and managed proactively, by experts in this field of surgery. In this review article we discuss the associated microbiology and virology of these injuries as well as their management.
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- M. Malahias
- Plastic Surgery Department, Good Hope Hospital, West Midlands, B75 7RR, UK
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- Plastic Surgery Department, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, L35 5DR, UK
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- Plastic Surgery Department, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, L35 5DR, UK
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- University College London Institute of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, HA7 4LP, UK
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- Plastic Surgery Department, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, L35 5DR, UK
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Ridoutt C, Lee A, Moloney B, Massey PD, Charman N, Jordan D. Detection of brucellosis and leptospirosis in feral pigs in New South Wales. Aust Vet J 2014; 92:343-7. [DOI: 10.1111/avj.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- C Ridoutt
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries; Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute; Menangle NSW Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries; Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute; Menangle NSW Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries; Orange NSW Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health; Tamworth NSW Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries; Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute; 1243 Bruxner Highway Wollongbar NSW 2477 Australia
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Samei E, Pfeiffer D, Frey G, Krupinski E, Pizzutiello R, Carson P, Mahesh M, Hangiandreou N, Jordan D, Dixon R. TU-C-18C-01: Medical Physics 1.0 to 2.0: Introduction and Panel Discussion. Med Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4889289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Pilge S, Jordan D, Kreuzer M, Kochs E, Schneider G. Burst suppression-MAC and burst suppression-CP 50 as measures of cerebral effects of anaesthetics. Br J Anaesth 2014; 112:1067-74. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Smith M, Do TN, Gibson JS, Jordan D, Cobbold RN, Trott DJ. Comparison of antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and genotypes in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from Australian and Vietnamese pigs. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2014; 2:162-167. [PMID: 27873723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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This study aimed to compare the antibiogram phenotype and carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) of 97 porcine multidrug-resistant (MDR) enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolates obtained from Vietnam and 117 porcine MDR-ETEC obtained from Australia, two countries with different antimicrobial regulation systems. An antimicrobial resistance index (ARI) was calculated to quantify their potential significance to public health. Both Vietnamese and Australian isolates had moderate to high levels of resistance to commonly used antibiotics (ampicillin, tetracycline and sulphonamides). None of the Australian isolates were resistant to fluoroquinolones or third-generation cephalosporins and none possessed associated plasmid-mediated ARGs. However, 23.1% of Australian isolates were resistant to gentamicin owing to ARGs associated with apramycin or neomycin resistance [e.g. aac(3)-IV] that impart cross-resistance to gentamicin. Whilst Vietnamese isolates carried aminoglycoside ARGs, 44.4% of commercial pig isolates were resistant to gentamicin in comparison with 0% of village pig isolates. The plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone ARG qnrB was commonly detected in Vietnamese isolates (52.3% commercial, 44.1% village), but phenotypic resistance was low (3.2% and 11.8%, respectively). The mean ARI for Vietnamese isolates (26.0) was significantly different (P<0.001) from the mean ARI for Australian isolates (19.8), primarily reflecting fluoroquinolone resistance in the former collection. This comparison suggests the effectiveness of regulations that slow the dissemination of 'critical' resistance by restricting the availability of important classes of antimicrobials.
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- M Smith
- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR), 86 Truong Chinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW 2477, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Road, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
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Groves MD, O'Sullivan MVN, Brouwers HJM, Chapman TA, Abraham S, Trott DJ, Al Jassim R, Coombs GW, Skov RL, Jordan D. Staphylococcus aureus ST398 detected in pigs in Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 69:1426-8. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Jordan D, Ilg R, Schneider G, Stockmanns G, Kochs EF. EEG Measures Indicating Anaesthesia Induced Changes of Cortical Information Processing. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2013; 58 Suppl 1:/j/bmte.2013.58.issue-s1-G/bmt-2013-4186/bmt-2013-4186.xml. [PMID: 24042793 DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Och J, Jordan D. WE-A-116-01: MRI Safety. Med Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4815518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sherouse G, Masten J, Jordan D. WE-C-137-01: Professional Liability and Risk Management in Medical Physics Practice. Med Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4815523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Jordan D. MO-F-137-01: Controlling Stuff, Beating Stress, and Finding Work-Life Balance. Med Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4815276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Fallot M, Cormon S, Estienne M, Algora A, Bui V, Cucoanes A, Elnimr M, Giot L, Jordan D, Martino J, Onillon A, Porta A, Pronost G, Remoto A, Taín J, Yermia F, Zakari-Issoufou AA. Contribution of recently measured nuclear data to reactor antineutrino energy spectra predictions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20136207007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jordan D, Sentance C, Spooncer W, Balan J, Morris S. Inspection of lymph nodes for caseous lymphadenitis and its effect on the density of microbes on sheep carcasses. Meat Sci 2012; 92:837-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fallot M, Cormon S, Estienne M, Algora A, Bui VM, Cucoanes A, Elnimr M, Giot L, Jordan D, Martino J, Onillon A, Porta A, Pronost G, Remoto A, Taín JL, Yermia F, Zakari-Issoufou AA. New antineutrino energy spectra predictions from the summation of beta decay branches of the fission products. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:202504. [PMID: 23215477 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.202504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this Letter, we study the impact of the inclusion of the recently measured beta decay properties of the (102;104;105;106;107)Tc, (105)Mo, and (101)Nb nuclei in an updated calculation of the antineutrino energy spectra of the four fissible isotopes (235,238)U and (239,241)Pu. These actinides are the main contributors to the fission processes in pressurized water reactors. The beta feeding probabilities of the above-mentioned Tc, Mo, and Nb isotopes have been found to play a major role in the γ component of the decay heat of (239)Pu, solving a large part of the γ discrepancy in the 4-3000 s range. They have been measured by using the total absorption technique, insensitive to the pandemonium effect. The calculations are performed by using the information available nowadays in the nuclear databases, summing all the contributions of the beta decay branches of the fission products. Our results provide a new prediction of the antineutrino energy spectra of (235)U, (239,241)Pu, and, in particular, (238)U for which no measurement has been published yet. We conclude that new total absorption technique measurements are mandatory to improve the reliability of the predicted spectra.
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- M Fallot
- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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Webber JJ, Dobrenov B, Lloyd J, Jordan D. Meat inspection in the Australian red-meat industries: past, present and future. Aust Vet J 2012; 90:363-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2012.00972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- JJ Webber
- JJ Webber Consulting; Booyong; New South Wales; Australia
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- 22007 Southport Central; Southport; Queensland; Australia
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- Joan Lloyd Consulting Pty Ltd; West Ryde; New South Wales; Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries; 1243 Bruxner Highway; Wollongbar; New South Wales; 2477; Australia
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Jordan D. TU-G-213AB-01: Organization and Productivity Strategies for Practicing Medical Physicists. Med Phys 2012; 39:3918. [PMID: 28518701 DOI: 10.1118/1.4735990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Medical physicists face numerous challenges that create stress in the professional workplace. The modern work environment contains multiple communications channels, such as email, smart phones, text and instant messaging, voice mail, pagers, and more. These media make it difficult to organize incoming information, set priorities, and move important work forward in the face of rapid change and the requirement to fulfill multiple responsibilities. Medical physicists in particular are likely to feel acute stress due to off-peak work hour requirements, varied responsibilities including clinical duties, research, teaching, and regulatory matters, and the complexity of supervising other staff members. Many medical physicists also work in multiple physical locations, adding complexity to the task of organizing information and resources. Another common difficulty is that medical physicists' responsibilities typically include some duties that render them subject to frequent and urgent interruption, such as emergency response coverage for radiation safety. The real challenges in the current medical physics work environment differ from those encountered while taking courses and conducting research, as well as from earlier periods when medical physicists faced fewer varied responsibilities, slower-paced change, or both. Today's practicing physicist can benefit greatly from developing a formal framework and skill set to manage their personal workflow. This greatly increases the individual's effectiveness and reduces feelings of stress, while improving the effectiveness of teams or groups in which they participate. In this session, participants will learn about a number of techniques and strategies to manage their own personal workflow. Examples familiar to the medical physicist will be provided to illustrate methods to capture, organize, and act on important information, to delegate effectively, and to handle inevitable interruptions. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Describe the use of a personal workflow in managing ongoing or routine clinical physics duties. 2. Select an appropriate method for filing various documents and records commonly encountered in medical physics. 3. Implement strategies for minimizing the impact of interruptions on the physicist's daily work.
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- D Jordan
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
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Jordan D, Hindocha S, Dhital M, Saleh M, Khan W. The epidemiology, genetics and future management of syndactyly. Open Orthop J 2012; 6:14-27. [PMID: 22448207 PMCID: PMC3308320 DOI: 10.2174/1874325001206010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 10/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Syndactyly is a condition well documented in current literature due to it being the most common congenital hand defect, with a large aesthetic and functional significance.There are currently nine types of phenotypically diverse non-syndromic syndactyly, an increase since the original classification by Temtamy and McKusick(1978). Non-syndromic syndactyly is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, although the more severe presenting types and sub types appear to have autosomal recessive and in some cases X-linked hereditary.Gene research has found that these phenotypes appear to not only be one gene specific, although having individual localised loci, but dependant on a wide range of genes and subsequent signalling pathways involved in limb formation. The principal genes so far defined to be involved in congenital syndactyly concern mainly the Zone of Polarizing Activity and Shh pathway.Research into the individual phenotypes appears to complicate classification as new genes are found both linked, and not linked, to each malformation. Consequently anatomical, phenotypical and genotypical classifications can be used, but are variable in significance, depending on the audience.Currently, management is surgical, with a technique unchanged for several decades, although future development will hopefully bring alternatives in both earlier diagnosis and gene manipulation for therapy.
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- D Jordan
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road Chester, CH21UL, UK
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road Chester, CH21UL, UK
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, L35 5DR, Liverpool, UK
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- University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Ain Shams University, Khalifa El-Maamon St, Abbasiya Sq, Cairo. 11566, Egypt
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- University College London Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK
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Extensor tendon injuries are very common injuries, which inappropriately treated can cause severe lasting impairment for the patient. Assessment and management of flexor tendon injuries has been widely reviewed, unlike extensor injuries. It is clear from the literature that extensor tendon repair should be undertaken immediately but the exact approach depends on the extensor zone. Zone I injuries otherwise known as mallet injuries are often closed and treated with immobilisaton and conservative management where possible. Zone II injuries are again conservatively managed with splinting. Closed Zone III or ‘boutonniere’ injuries are managed conservatively unless there is evidence of displaced avulsion fractures at the base of the middle phalanx, axial and lateral instability of the PIPJ associated with loss of active or passive extension of the joint or failed non-operative treatment. Open zone III injuries are often treated surgically unless splinting enable the tendons to come together. Zone V injuries, are human bites until proven otherwise requires primary tendon repair after irrigation. Zone VI injuries are close to the thin paratendon and thin subcutaneous tissue which strong core type sutures and then splinting should be placed in extension for 4-6 weeks. Complete lacerations to zone IV and VII involve surgical primary repair followed by 6 weeks of splinting in extension. Zone VIII require multiple figure of eight sutures to repair the muscle bellies and static immobilisation of the wrist in 45 degrees of extension. To date there is little literature documenting the quality of repairing extensor tendon injuries however loss of flexion due to extensor tendon shortening, loss of flexion and extension resulting from adhesions and weakened grip can occur after surgery. This review aims to provide a systematic examination method for assessing extensor injuries, presentation and management of all type of extensor tendon injuries as well as guidance on mobilisation pre and post surgery.
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- M Griffin
- Academic Foundation Trainee, Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK
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The hand is essential in humans for physical manipulation of their surrounding environment. Allowing the ability to grasp, and differentiated from other animals by an opposing thumb, the main functions include both fine and gross motor skills as well as being a key tool for sensing and understanding the immediate surroundings of their owner. Hand fractures are the most common fractures presenting at both accident and emergency and within orthopaedic clinics. Appropriate evaluation at first presentation, as well as during their management, can significantly prevent both morbidity and disability to a patient. These decisions are dependant on a wide range of factors including age, hand dominance, occupation and co-morbidities.A fracture is best described as a soft tissue injury with an associated bony injury. Despite this being the case, this paper intends to deal mainly with the bone injury and aims to discuss both the timing, as well as the methods available, of hand fracture management.
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- Dn Haughton
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road Chester, CH21UL. UK
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Griffin M, Hindocha S, Jordan D, Saleh M, Khan W. An overview of the management of flexor tendon injuries. Open Orthop J 2012; 6:28-35. [PMID: 22431948 PMCID: PMC3293389 DOI: 10.2174/1874325001206010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Revised: 10/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Flexor tendon injuries still remain a challenging condition to manage to ensure optimal outcome for the patient. Since the first flexor tendon repair was described by Kirchmayr in 1917, several approaches to flexor tendon injury have enabled successful repairs rates of 70-90%. Primary surgical repair results in better functional outcome compared to secondary repair or tendon graft surgery. Flexor tendon injury repair has been extensively researched and the literature demonstrates successful repair requires minimal gapping at the repair site or interference with tendon vascularity, secure suture knots, smooth junction of tendon end and having sufficient strength for healing. However, the exact surgical approach to achieve success being currently used among surgeons is still controversial. Therefore, this review aims to discuss the results of studies demonstrating the current knowledge regarding the optimal approach for flexor tendon repair. Post-operative rehabilitation for flexor tendon surgery is another area, which has caused extensive debate in hand surgery. The trend to more active mobilisation protocols seems to be favoured but further study in this area is needed to find the protocol, which achieves function and gliding but avoids rupture of the tendons. Lastly despite success following surgery complications commonly still occur post surgery, including adhesion formation, tendon rupture and stiffness of the joints. Therefore, this review aims to discuss the appropriate management of these difficulties post surgery. New techniques in management of flexor tendon will also be discussed including external laser devices, addition of growth factors and cytokines.
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- M Griffin
- Academic Foundation Trainee, Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, L355DR, UK
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH21UL, UK
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH21UL, UK
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- Ain Shams University, Khalifa El-Maamon St, Abbasiya Sq, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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- University College London Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Royal National Orthopaedic
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Parker EM, Jenson I, Jordan D, Ward MP. Development of an algorithm for assessing the risk to food safety posed by a new animal disease. Zoonoses Public Health 2011; 59:184-92. [PMID: 21884034 DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01431.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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An algorithm was developed as a tool to rapidly assess the potential for a new or emerging disease of livestock to adversely affect humans via consumption or handling of meat product, so that the risks and uncertainties can be understood and appropriate risk management and communication implemented. An algorithm describing the sequence of events from occurrence of the disease in livestock, release of the causative agent from an infected animal, contamination of fresh meat and then possible adverse effects in humans following meat handling and consumption was created. A list of questions complements the algorithm to help the assessors address the issues of concern at each step of the decision pathway. The algorithm was refined and validated through consultation with a panel of experts and a review group of animal health and food safety policy advisors via five case studies of potential emerging diseases of cattle. Tasks for model validation included describing the path taken in the algorithm and stating an outcome. Twenty-nine per cent of the 62 experts commented on the model, and one-third of those responding also completed the tasks required for model validation. The feedback from the panel of experts and the review group was used to further develop the tool and remove redundancies and ambiguities. There was agreement in the pathways and assessments for diseases in which the causative agent was well understood (for example, bovine pneumonia due to Mycoplasma bovis). The stated pathways and assessments of other diseases (for example, bovine Johne's disease) were not as consistent. The framework helps to promote objectivity by requiring questions to be answered sequentially and providing the opportunity to record consensus or differences of opinion. Areas for discussion and future investigation are highlighted by the points of diversion on the pathway taken by different assessors.
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- E M Parker
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia
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Jordan D, Simon J, Fury S, Moss S, Giffard P, Maiwald M, Southwell P, Barton MD, Axon JE, Morris SG, Trott DJ. Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by veterinarians in Australia. Aust Vet J 2011; 89:152-9. [PMID: 21495985 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00710.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among Australian veterinarians. METHODS Individuals attending veterinary conferences in Australia in 2009 were recruited to provide nasal swabs and complete a questionnaire about their professional activities. Swabs were processed by standard methods for detecting MRSA and questionnaire responses were used to group veterinarians according to their areas of major work emphasis (species and practice type). Prevalence was estimated for each of these grouping and contingency tables and regression tree analysis used to explain the variation in MRSA carriage. RESULTS Among the 771 respondents 'industry and government veterinarians' (controls) had the lowest prevalence of MRSA carriage at 0.9%. Veterinarians with horses as a major area of work emphasis had a prevalence of 11.8% (13-fold that of controls) and those whose only major emphasis was horses had a prevalence of 21.4% (23-fold that of controls). Veterinarians with dogs and cats as a major activity had a 4.9% prevalence (5-fold that of controls). Prevalence rates for other major activities (pigs, dairy and beef cattle, avian and wildlife) were also increased, but were estimated from smaller numbers of respondents. Regression tree analysis clearly isolated equine veterinarians and dog and cat practitioners as groups at increased risk of carriage of MRSA. CONCLUSION Carriage of MRSA is a notable occupational health issue for veterinarians in clinical practice in Australia, particularly those who work with horses.
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- D Jordan
- Industry & Investment NSW, Wollongbar, New South Wales 2477, Australia.
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Jordan D. TH-C-301-02: Advanced Portable Radiation Instruments of Diagnostic Imaging QC. Med Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3613540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Algora A, Jordan D, Taín JL, Rubio B, Agramunt J, Perez-Cerdan AB, Molina F, Caballero L, Nácher E, Krasznahorkay A, Hunyadi MD, Gulyás J, Vitéz A, Csatlós M, Csige L, Aysto J, Penttilä H, Moore ID, Eronen T, Jokinen A, Nieminen A, Hakala J, Karvonen P, Kankainen A, Saastamoinen A, Rissanen J, Kessler T, Weber C, Ronkainen J, Rahaman S, Elomaa V, Rinta-Antila S, Hager U, Sonoda T, Burkard K, Hüller W, Batist L, Gelletly W, Nichols AL, Yoshida T, Sonzogni AA, Peräjärvi K. Reactor decay heat in 239Pu: solving the γ discrepancy in the 4-3000-s cooling period. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:202501. [PMID: 21231223 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.202501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The β feeding probability of (102,104,105,106,107)Tc, 105Mo, and 101Nb nuclei, which are important contributors to the decay heat in nuclear reactors, has been measured using the total absorption technique. We have coupled for the first time a total absorption spectrometer to a Penning trap in order to obtain sources of very high isobaric purity. Our results solve a significant part of a long-standing discrepancy in the γ component of the decay heat for 239Pu in the 4-3000 s range.
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- A Algora
- IFIC (CSIC-Univ. Valencia), Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research, Debrecen, Hungary
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Smith MG, Jordan D, Chapman TA, Chin JJC, Barton MD, Do TN, Fahy VA, Fairbrother JM, Trott DJ. Antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene profiles in multi-drug resistant enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from pigs with post-weaning diarrhoea. Vet Microbiol 2010; 145:299-307. [PMID: 20688440 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This study aimed to characterize antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in multi-drug resistant enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolates (n=117) collected from porcine post-weaning diarrhoea cases in Australia (1999-2005). Isolates were serotyped, antibiogram-phenotyped for 12 antimicrobial agents and genotyped by PCR for 30 plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), 22 intestinal and 38 extraintestinal E. coli virulence genes (VGs). Nine serogroups were identified, the most prevalent being O149 (46.2%), O141 (11.2%) and Ont (31.6%). None of the isolates showed resistance to ceftiofur or enrofloxacin and 9.4% were resistant to florfenicol. No corresponding extended-spectrum/AmpC β-lactamase, fluoroquinolone or floR ARGs were detected. An antimicrobial resistance index (ARI) was calculated from the combined data with a weighting for each antimicrobial agent dependent upon its significance to human health. Serogroup O141 isolates had a significantly higher ARI due to an elevated prevalence of aminoglycoside ARGs and possession of more virulence genes (VGs), including ExPEC or EHEC adhesins (bmaE, sfa/focDE, fimH, ihA) in toxin-producing strains that lacked the normally associated F4 and F18 fimbriae. Few associations between ARGs and VGs were apparent, apart from tetC, sfa/focDE and ompT which, for a sub-set of O141 isolates, suggest possible plasmid acquisition from ExPEC. The multi-drug resistant ETEC ARG/VG profiles indicate a high probability of considerable strain and plasmid diversity, reflecting various selection pressures at the individual farm level rather than emergence and lateral spread of MDR resistant/virulent clones.
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- M G Smith
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Jordan D, Chin JJC, Fahy VA, Barton MD, Smith MG, Trott DJ. Antimicrobial use in the Australian pig industry: results of a national survey. Aust Vet J 2009; 87:222-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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