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Optimal care for Parkinson's disease (PD) requires coordination and collaboration between providers within a complex care network. Individual patients have personalised networks of their own providers, creating a unique informal network of providers who treat ('share') the same patient. These 'patient-sharing networks' differ in density, ie, the number of identical patients they share. Denser patient-sharing networks might reflect better care provision, since providers who share many patients might have made efforts to improve their mutual care delivery. We evaluated whether the density of these patient-sharing networks affects patient outcomes and costs.

We analysed medical claims data from all PD patients in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2016. We focused on seven professional disciplines that are commonly involved in Parkinson care. We calculated for each patient the density score the average number of patients that each patient's providers shared. Density scores could range from 1.00 (which might rests.

Patient sharing networks showed large variations in density, which appears unwanted as denser networks are associated with better outcomes and lower costs.Many studies focus on proximal associations between parental sensitivity and emotional well-being in early childhood, with less data examining how parenting in infancy predicts children's emotional trajectories across childhood, in particular negative emotional symptoms of anxiety and depression. Thus, this study utilized data from The Family Life Project (N = 1015), a prospective study of child development in rural poverty, and assessed whether sensitive parenting in the first 4 years of life predicted child internalizing emotional symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depression) from kindergarten to fifth grade and whether early child executive functioning mediated this relationship. Path models indicated that observation of sensitive parenting predicted a decrease in teachers' report of child negative emotional symptoms over time and predicted fewer negative emotional symptoms in fifth grade. Moreover, though executive functioning performance did not mediate change in symptoms over time, executive functioning did mediate the relationship between sensitive parenting and fifth-grade symptoms, suggesting that executive functioning is one mechanism by which early sensitive parenting buffers long-term emotional development. Findings highlight the importance of early parenting and executive functioning in development of anxiety and depression symptoms and suggests potential targets for transdiagnostic intervention.The syncytiotrophoblast, derived from cytotrophoblast fusion, is responsible for maternal-fetal exchanges, secretion of pregnancy-related hormones, and fetal defense against pathogens. Inadequate cytotrophoblast fusion can lead to pregnancy disorders, such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. However, little is known about the mechanism of cytotrophoblast fusion in both physiological and pathological pregnancy conditions. In this study, P57kip2 (P57), a cell cycle-dependent kinase inhibitor that negatively regulates the cell cycle, was found to be up-regulated during the process of syncytialization in both primary trophoblast cells and BeWo cells. Co-immunofluorescence with proliferation markers Ki67 and Cyclin-CDK factors further showed that P57 specifically localizes in the post-mitotic cytotrophoblast subtype of the early pregnancy villi. Overexpression of P57 promoted trophoblast syncytialization by arresting the cell cycle at the G1/G0 phase and inhibiting proliferation. Blocking of the cell cycle through a serum starvation culture resulted in an enhancement of cytotrophoblast fusion and the up-regulation of P57. In both spontaneous cytotrophoblast fusion and forskolin-induced BeWo cell fusion models, an initial up-regulation of P57 was observed followed by a subsequent down-regulation. These findings indicate that proper expression of P57 at cytotrophoblast differentiation nodes plays an important role in trophoblast syncytialization.Polyploidy plays a major role in citrus plant breeding to improve the adaptation of polyploid rootstocks as well as scions to adverse conditions and to enhance agronomic characteristics. In Citrus breeding programs, triploidy could be a useful tool to react to environmental issues and consumer demands because the produced fruits are seedless. In this study, we compared the physiological, biochemical, morphological, and ultrastructural responses to water deficit of triploid and diploid citrus varieties obtained from 'Fortune' mandarin and 'Ellendale' tangor hybridization. One diploid clementine tree was included and used as a reference. All studied scions were grafted on C-35 citrange rootstock. Triploidy decreased stomatal density and increased stomata size. The number of chloroplasts increased in 3x varieties. These cytological properties may explain the greater photosynthetic capacity (Pnet, gs, Fv/Fm) and enhanced water-holding capacity (RWC, proline). In addition, reduced degradation of ultrastructural organelles (chloroplasts and mitochondria) and thylakoids accompanied by less photosynthetic activity and low oxidative damages were found in 3x varieties. Triploid varieties, especially T40-3x, had a better ability to limit water loss and dissipate excess energy (NPQ) to protect photosystems. Higher starch reserves in 3x varieties suggest a better carbon and energy supply and increases in plastoglobuli size suggest less oxidative damage (H2O2, MDA), especially in T40-3x, and preservation of photosynthetic apparatus. Taken together, our results suggest that desirable cytological and ultrastructural traits induced by triploidy improve water stress response and could be a useful stress marker during environmental constraints.The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pasture molluscicide treatment on the prevalence and severity of small lungworm infections, and the productivity of lambs grazing improved pastures in southeastern Australia. A randomised control field trial of 260 Merino-cross lambs was conducted on a commercially managed farm in South Australia with a history of high small lungworm prevalence. Separate groups of lambs rotationally grazed irrigated lucerne paddocks treated with iron chelate molluscicide or untreated control paddocks. Lambs were monitored every 2-6 weeks from weaning until slaughter with liveweight, lungworm and gastrointestinal nematode infection status measured. At slaughter indicators of small lungworm infection via inspection and carcass characteristics were assessed. The density of the intermediate host snail and lucerne pasture availability were also measured. There was a higher population of adult Prietocella barbara molluscs in the Control paddocks compared to the Treatment paddocks afrevalence and severity of small lungworm infections, nor the productivity of lambs grazing these pastures. This study indicates that for a commercial sheep farm, additional molluscicide treatments of pastures after they are established, for the prevention of small lungworm infection, may not be warranted. Furthermore, requirements for more precisely monitoring snails are discussed.Borreliosis is one of the most common vector-borne zoonotic diseases in the world. Limited data are available regarding Borrelia spp. and their genotypes in Kazakhstan. The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Borrelia spp. in ixodid ticks collected in the southeastern region of Kazakhstan. A total of 1907 ixodid ticks were collected by flagging vegetation at three collection areas in the Almaty oblast between 2015 and 2018. They were grouped into 407 pools and examined by qPCR for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.). A conventional PCR with specific primers targeting 16S rRNA gene was used to differentiate B. burgdorferi s.l. genospecies. Sequence analysis of the PCR products was performed for sixteen samples. Lyme borreliosis agents were only detected in adult questing Ixodes persulcatus. The overall B. burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in I. persulcatus estimated as the minimum infection rate reached 10.7 %. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto was not detected in any of the tick pools. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed the presence of B. miyamotoi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii. Borrelia afzelii was the dominant genospecies in Almaty oblast. Salvianolic acid B supplier A significantly lower proportion of B. garinii positive tick pools was detected in the Zailiyskiy Alatau as compared to the Dzungarian Alatau (χ2 = 16.243; p = 0.0001) and Yenbekshikazakh district (χ2 = 7.4156; p = 0.0065). The obtained results indicate the epidemiological significance of B. afzelii and B. garinii in southeastern Kazakhstan. These new data aim to improve the diagnostics of Lyme borreliosis and monitoring of tick-borne infections in Kazakhstan.

Most patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) need lifelong cardiac follow-up. Transitioning to adulthood and transferring to adult-focused care are often challenging. We explored the experiences and needs of adolescents with CHD and parents during the entire transitional process, including the post-transfer period.

We performed a qualitative study according to the phenomenological approach, focusing on adolescents with CHD and parents. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with patients (n = 9) and parents (n = 12) after being transferred to adult care facilities. Data were analyzed with inductive thematic analysis. Data collection and -analysis of both samples were done separately in a first step, after which results were merged to discover common themes.

Five common themes were identified 1) Having mixed feelings about leaving pediatric care; 2) Being prepared and informed; 3) Shifting responsibilities and roles; 4) Being accompanied during consultations; and 5) Gaining trust in new healthcbilities and adapting to new roles by the parents. Adolescents appreciate the presence of parents during the consultation, albeit with reduced input. Finally, a transition coordinator and a joint transfer consultation involving the pediatric cardiologist seem paramount for a fluent transitional process, especially in establishing new treatment relationships.

To assess the impact of a rooming-in program for babies at risk of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in one community hospital centre, in Belleville, Ontario.

This retrospective chart review was conducted at Belleville General Hospital. The hospital developed a rooming-in program for newborns at risk of NAS in July 2015. Charts on all infants born to mothers using opioids in the 24 months prior to and after the implementation of our program, who met the inclusion criteria, were examined.

The study consisted of 15 babies in the Special Care Nursery (SCN) group and 19 babies in the rooming-in group. Rooming-in is associated with a reduction in the need for treatment with morphine [rooming-in group (1/19, 5.3%), SCN group (14/15, 93.3%), p < 0.01], shorter length of stay in hospital [rooming-in group (days = 5), SCN group (days = 20), p < 0.01], improved exclusive breast and/or breast milk-feeding rates [rooming-in group (17/19,89.5%), SCN group (1/15,6.7%), p < 0.01] and lower total hospital cost [rooming-in group ($6458.