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Purpose to present the now vitrectomy technique through a limbus via preexisting holes in the Eckardt TKP. Methods the surgical technique performed in a case of four-year-old girl presented with a complete hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye. Results the vitrectomy was performed vial a limbal approach from the TKP without making additional sclerotomies. The vitreous hemorrhage was evacuated, the hyaloid elevated, the periphery examined with an excellent widefield view without scleral depression, an air-fluid exchange performed, and the air exchanged for silicone oil. Finally, the TKP was replaced with a permanent graft. The surgical video was presented additionally. Conclusion and importance Eckardt TKP allows for a limbal approach in aphakic or non-lens sparing vitrectomy surgery while maintaining a stable intraocular pressure, excellent peripheral and posterior access and while avoiding the need for pars plana sclerotomy placement which can be challenging in complex cases.Background Defining clinical and subclinical progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) is challenging. Patient history, expanded disability status scale (EDSS), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) all have shortcomings and may underestimate disease dynamics. Emerging serum biomarkers such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL) proved useful in many cross-sectional studies. However, longitudinal data on patients with progressive MS is scarce. Objectives To assess whether the serum biomarkers GFAP and NfL might differentiate between patients with progressive vs. non-progressive disease stages and predict the disease course according to the Lublin criteria. Methods EmBioProMS is a pilot, observational, prospective, multicentric study funded by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (DMSG). 200 patients with MS according to the 2017 McDonald criteria and history of relapse-independent progression at any time (progressive MS, PMS), younger than 65 years, and with EDSS ≤ 6.5 will be recruited in 6 centres in Germany. At baseline, month 6, and 18, medical history, EDSS, Nine-Hole-Peg-Test (9-HPT), Timed-25-Foot-Walk-Test (T-25FW), Symbol-Digit-Modalities-Test (SDMT), serum GFAP, and NfL, MRI (at least baseline and month 18) and optional optical coherence tomography (OCT) will be performed. Disease progression before and during the study is defined by confirmed EDSS progression, increase by ≥ 20% in 9-HPT or T-25FW time. Conclusions This longitudinal multicentre study will reveal to what extent the prediction of disease progression in patients with PMS will be improved by the analysis of serum biomarkers in conjunction with routine clinical data and neuroimaging measures.Objective VOLUME is a randomized, open-label, post-approval pragmatic trial aiming to evaluate long-term pulmonary and cardiovascular safety of Exubera® (EXU; insulin human [rDNA origin] Inhalation Powder) in routine clinical practice. The primary study objective is to compare risk of persistent decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) among patients treated with and without EXU. Research design and methods Patients eligible to take EXU per approved local label were randomized to EXU or routine care and followed per usual care, with scheduled FEV1 tests at baseline, 6 months, and yearly.Randomization halted in October 2007 after Pfizer announced it would stop marketing EXU due to low sales. EXU patients were subsequently transitioned to usual care and all patients were followed for 6 additional months. Results Although there was insufficient power to evaluate the primary endpoint (37% of the planned 5,300 were randomized), the study provided important descriptive information.Per the primary endpoint definition, more EXU group patients (n = 8) experienced a persistent decline in FEV1 (n = 0 in usual care). Using a broader, clinically relevant pre-specified supplementary definition of persistent decline, similar numbers were observed in the EXU (n = 27) and usual care (n = 24) groups. Slightly more pulmonary and allergic serious adverse event composite endpoints were seen in the EXU group. There were no consistent treatment group differences in the cardiovascular composite endpoint, all-cause mortality, or glycemic control. Conclusions Clinically important declines in lung function that persisted more than 60 days were uncommon and of similar frequency in Exubera and usual care. Clinicaltrialsgov NCT00359801.Chromium species have different level of toxicities. For example, Cr(VI) is 100 times more toxic than Cr(III). This characteristic makes speciation analysis of chromium become important. This research will discuss about a development of a Flow Injection Analysis-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FIA-AAS) technique that utilizes bentonite based functional material as a retention column. The separation, preconcentration and trace analysis of the Cr species in the water has been successfully performed using a Bt-MCCs mini-column in the FIA-AAS system. Analytical performance of the developed method is described as repeatability, linearity, and detection limit. Afuresertib Analytical performance for Cr(III) are 1.78 %, correlation coefficient 0.9975 for the concentration range of 50-600 μg.L-1, and 2.76 μg.L-1, respectively. Whereas, analytical performance for Cr(VI) are 0.60 %, correlation coefficient 0.9926 for concentration range of 50-600 μg.L-1, and 2.42 μg.L-1, respectively. This limit detection is better than the other selective method that has been reported using AAS as detector and the concentration range can be widened with this limit detection. Evaluation of FIA performance for both of Cr(III) and Cr(VI)is that it has an enrichment factor of 10 times higher, it has a concentration efficiency of 12 h-1 and it has a consumptive index of 12 mL. The analysis that was obtained in Cidurian River, West Java, Indonesia are 38.28 g.L-1 for Cr(III) and 26.73 g.L-1 for Cr(VI), while the accuracy are 98.84 % for Cr(III), and 100.73 % for Cr(VI).The Nigerian government has promoted industrial development based on the area of policy implementation. The development of policy and the use of bamboo in the construction company is very significant because of the role of bamboo cultivation in reducing environmental pollution. Bamboo, in its existence, applies to the environment in absorbing carbon dioxide of about 35% and releases to the environment a high amount of oxygen. This carbon dioxide absorbs by bamboo reduces the ozone layer depletion in the aspect of climate change. Another significance of bamboo is that it creates an environment that reduces the light intensity to protect against ultraviolet emissions. The use of Bamboo is considerable in the construction industry and also as useful reinforcement material. This research discusses the effects of policy issues relating to the use of bamboo in the construction industry in Nigeria. And also, study the significance of bamboo implementation in terms of bamboo used for biomass as a source for bio-energy, furniture, and building development.