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84, 95% CI=1.23, 12.04). The most frequent justification provided by clinic staff for their multiple-appointment protocol was the need to verify insurance coverage or order the device directly through the patient's insurance company. Conclusion Ohio patients seeking IUD placement must typically make more than one clinic visit. Implications Efforts are needed to reassure Ohio clinics that IUDs are routinely covered by insurers and to increase access to same-day IUD placement for women in Ohio, as the requirement to attend multiple clinics appointments to obtain a desired contraceptive may pose an insurmountable barrier to care for those with the fewest resources.Background and objectives Despite low incidence of early-onset sepsis, the majority of preterm newborns receive early antibiotic prophylaxis. Our aim was to assess reference ranges of Presepsin during the first 48 h of life in preterm infants and to evaluate the possible influence of neonatal and maternal factors on its values. Methods This observational study consecutively enrolled newborns ≤ 32 weeks of GA at 0-6 h of life. Enrolled infants were sampled for blood culture, complete white blood cell (WBC) count, and P-SEP at 0-6 (T0) h of life and for P-SEP at 12 ± 3 (T1), 24 ± 3 (T2), and 48 ± 6 (T3) h of life. Cases of EOS were not considered for the statistical analysis. Results Data analysis was performed for 183 patients. P-SEP median values were 583 ng/L at T0 (IQR 405-800 ng/L, 5th and 95th percentiles 204 and 1200 ng/L), 614 ng/L at T1 (IQR 450-812 ng/L, 5th and 95th percentiles 262 and 1171 ng/L), 604 ng/L at T2 (IQR 445-825 ng/L, 5th and 95th percentiles 292 and 1302 ng/L) and 513 ng/L at T3 (IQR 371-734 ng/L, 5th and 95th percentiles 249 and 1278 ng/L). P-SEP values are negatively associated to gestational age (GA) at T0, T1, and T2. Conclusions We determined for the first time the reference ranges of P-SEP during the first 48 h of life in very preterm infants and provided its percentile distribution at T0, T1, T2 and T3. P-SEP measurement was affected by GA at T0, T1, T2.Objectives Measuring blood urea at the same time as serum creatinine in stable ambulatory patients in family practice is largely unnecessary. The objective was to assess the relative impact of changing the laboratory requisition versus audit and feedback and academic detailing on the volume of orders for blood urea. Design and methods A natural experiment was observed over the period April 2015 to March 2018 in the Canadian province of Newfoundland where three health regions had different approaches to trying to reduce such urea testing. The Eastern and Western regions removed urea from the standard laboratory requisition but the test could still be ordered by writing it on the requisition. Central region requisitions continued to list urea. Audit and feedback was undertaken with family doctors in Eastern region after the requisition change and that was followed by academic detailing. selleck kinase inhibitor A nephrologist gave presentations to groups of family doctors on one occasion in Central region. Results The volume of serum creatinine testing was largely unchanged over time in each region. The volume of urea testing reduced by 73%, 48% and 28% in Eastern, Western and central regions. Interrupted time series analysis showed significant changes in test volume after requisition change in Eastern and Western regions as well as after audit and feedback in Eastern and the presentations in Central region. The incremental impact of academic detailing was not statistically significant. Conclusion We conclude that removing urea from standard test order menus was the most effective in reducing test volumes, but combination with audit and feedback augmented the impact.Disruptions of brain metabolism are considered integral to the pathogenesis of dementia, but thus far little is known of how dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) impacts the brain metabolome. DLB is less well known than other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease which is perhaps why it is under-investigated. This exploratory study aimed to address current knowledge gaps in DLB research and search for potentially targetable biochemical pathways for therapeutics. It also aimed to better understand metabolic similarities and differences with other dementias. Combined metabolomic analyses of 1H NMR and tandem mass spectrometry of neocortical post-mortem brain tissue (Brodmann region 7) from autopsy confirmed cases of DLB (n = 15) were compared with age/gender-matched, non-cognitively impaired healthy controls (n = 30). Following correction for multiple comparisons, only 2 metabolites from a total of 219 measured compounds significantly differed. Putrescine was suppressed (55.4%) in DLB and O-phosphocholine was elevated (52.5%). We identified a panel of 5 metabolites (PC aa C384, O-Phosphocholine, putrescine, 4-Aminobutyrate, and SM C160) capable of accurately discriminating between DLB and control subjects. Deep Learning (DL) provided the best predictive model following 10-fold cross validation (AUROC (95% CI) = 0.80 (0.60-1.0)) with sensitivity and specificity equal to 0.92 and 0.88, respectively. Altered brain levels of putrescine and O-phosphocholine indicate that the Kennedy pathway and polyamine metabolism are perturbed in DLB. These are accompanied by a consistent underlying trend of lipid dysregulation. As yet it is unclear whether these are a cause or consequence of DLB onset.Public goods dilemmas are at the heart of some of the greatest challenges of our time, including climate inaction, growing inequality, and the overuse of natural resources. The public goods game in which cooperators contribute to a common pool that is then shared equally with defectors who contribute nothing captures the gist of the problem. Cooperators therefore cannot prevail, which ultimately leads to the tragedy of the commons. Actions such as punishment, rewards, and exclusion have been shown to help, but they are costly, therefore rendering cooperators second-order free-riders due to their lack of participation in these actions. In the search for a remedy, we study the public goods game with benevolent leaders who, at a personal cost, have the ability to exclude defectors from using common pool resources. We also consider bribers who can pay the leaders to relax their exclusion efforts. In a traditional setting, this setup yields the standard second-order free-rider problem, where, ironically, the leaders are overcome by cooperators, who then themselves succumb to defectors.