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ects tested is even higher than observed in other western nations, only 44% of subjects, self-reporting risks of contracting HIV, had tested at least once in life and about 40% of university educated subjects self reporting risks of contracting HIV had never tested.Additive manufacturing (AM) presents unique opportunities for medical applications and in particular in maxillofacial surgery for developing patient specific implants. The quality assessment of additive manufactured products is an essential aspect for the real introduction in health services. In this framework, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the possibility of developing prototypes of mandibular plates as preoperative surgical planning models, by verification of design, analysis of internal structure integrity and evaluation of the effects of variables involved in AM processes. A PolyJet three-dimensional (3D) printing system is used in the study due to its very fine resolution.The computer aided design (CAD) models of the implants were converted to stereolithography (STL) file formats in different STL conversion resolutions and then printed using commercial prototyping polymers to observe the effect of model resolution. Finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to study the capability of the designed mandibular plate to support the involved biomechanical loads. Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) analysis was performed to verify the dimensions and the internal defects of the printed objects, considering that the presence of defects can affect the quality and compromise the final performance. Results were analyzed to understand the effect of the 3D printing process flow conditions on the obtained prototypes. Relative error in reference to the CAD models mainly evidenced the difference in resolution due to STL files and the effect of the design. No anomalies and defects were detected inside the evaluated samples.Although asbestos exposure and risks can be prevented, only five countries in Latin America have banned asbestos, including Colombia. Beginning in 2011, a collaboration between the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and Universidad de los Andes in Colombia was established, bringing together relevant expertise aiming to improve our understanding of the asbestos problem. An important result of this collaboration was a recently published study conducted in Sibaté, Colombia, a municipality where an asbestos-cement facility has operated since 1942. The evidence collected suggests the presence of a mesothelioma cluster in Sibaté. Landfilled zones with an underground layer of friable asbestos were also discovered in the urban area of the municipality. The importance of this type of collaboration can go beyond understanding the impact of asbestos at the local level, which is crucial, and may also contribute in solving unanswered questions of the problem in countries that banned asbestos decades ago.Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) utilizes highly collimated synchrotron generated x-rays to create narrow planes of high dose radiation for the treatment of tumors. Individual microbeams have a typical width of 30-50 µm and are separated by a distance of 200-500 µm. The dose delivered at the center of the beam is lethal to cells in the microbeam path, on the order of hundreds of Grays (Gy). The tissue between each microbeam is spared and helps aid in the repair of adjacent damaged tissue. Radiation interactions within the peak of the microbeam, such as the photoelectric effect and incoherent (atomic Compton) scattering, cause some dose to be delivered to the valley areas adjacent to the microbeams. As the incident x-ray energy is modified, radiation interactions within a material change and affect the probability of interactions, as well as the directionality and energy of ionizing particles (electrons) that deposit energy in the valley regions surrounding the microbeam peaks. It is crucial that the valley dode validation is necessary for using transport codes in future treatment planning for MRT and other radiation therapies. It is shown that simulated and measured micro beam-profiles are in good agreement, and micrometer level changes can be observed using this high-resolution dosimetry technique. Full width at 10% of the maximum peak (FW@10%) was used to quantify the microbeam width. Experimental measurements on FA glasses and simulations on the dependence of the FW@10% at various energies are in good agreement. Simulations on energy deposited in water indicate that FW@10% reaches a local minimum around energies 140 keV. Selleck SKF38393 In addition, variable slit width experiments were carried out at an incident x-ray energy of 100 keV in order to determine the effect of the narrowing slit width on the delivered peak dose. The microbeam width affects the peak dose, which decreases with the width of the microbeam. Experiments suggest that a typical microbeam width for MRT is likely to be between 20-50 µm based on this work.BACKGROUND In patients treated for HCV infection, potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) can occur among direct acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) and comedications used. The real life effectiveness and safety of elbasvir/grazoprevir (ELB/GZR) among co-medicated HCV patients were evaluated. METHODS We prospectively evaluated consecutive patients from 15 clinical centers participating in PITER who were treated with ELB/GZR and had been followed for at least 12 weeks after treatment. Data were prospectively collected on the use of comedications (including discontinuation, dose modification, and addition of drugs) and potential DDIs with DDAs. RESULTS Of the 356 patients with at least 12-week post treatment follow-up (median age 67 range 50-88 years), 338 (95%) achieved sustained virological response. Of these, 219 (60%) had at least one comorbidity (median 2, range 1-6); information on comedication was available for 212 of them. Of 190 comedications used 15 (8%) drugs were modified during ELB/GZR therapy, specifically in 9 (4%) patients were interrupted, in 2 (1%) of whom, the comedication was interrupted before the DAA therapy because of a DDI (i.e. patients treated with carbamazepine); in 12 (6%) patients were modified in terms of dosage. In 29 (14%) patients, the comedications required monitoring when used with ELB/GRZ, as well as with all available DAAs. Of the 190 drugs, 27 (14%), used in 67% of patients, were free of DDIs when used with ELB/GRZ, whereas they required monitoring if used with other DAA regimens. CONCLUSIONS The results of this prospective study support findings that ELB/GZR is effective and safe in most of treated patients.