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Synthesized copper oxide nanomaterials are highly pure forms and resistant to high temperatures. Further, the antibacterial activity of green synthesized copper oxide nanomaterials against human bacterial pathogens was evaluated by the agar well diffusion method. The maximum zone of inhibition was obtained in <i>E. coli</i> as compared to the positive control (tetracycline). <b>Conclusion</b> The results of the antibacterial assay indicate that biogenic copper oxide nanomaterials should be considered as an antibacterial agent for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.<b>Background and Objective</b> Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities characterized by obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. This study aimed to investigate the impact of moringa, rosemary and purslane leave water extracts on metabolic syndrome in rats. <b>Materials and Methods</b> Phenolic compounds in the plant leaves water extracts were determined by HPLC. Fifty adult male albino rats Sprague-Dawley strain were equally divided into five groups, group (1) Normal rats fed on the balanced diet, group (2) Metabolic syndrome rats fed on High Fat-High Fructose Diet (HF-HFD). The other three groups were fed on HF-HFD and orally administered 200 mg kg¹ b.wt. daily of the tested plant's leaves water extracts, respectively, for 12 weeks. Some anthropometric measurements (BMI, Lee index and adiposity index), biochemical parameters such as glucose hemostasis parameters (glucose, Insulin, HOMA-IR and GLP-1), lipids profilr extract has more effect in comparison with the other extracts.<b>Background and Objective</b> Endophytic fungi live in plant tissue and show no symptoms of disease in their host plants. It is known that endophytes as biological agents, can control plant diseases. In this study, isolated endophytic fungi from healthy Dayak Onion flowers were used as biocontrol agents in the control of the pathogenic fungi <i>Fusarium </i>spp. that causes molar disease in shallot plants. <b>Materials and Methods</b> This study identifies the type of endophytic fungi molecularly isolated from Dayak onion flowers and determine the antagonistic effect of the endophytic extract against <i>Fusarium </i>spp. screening for endophytic fungi as antagonizing agents is carried out using the poisoned food method. <b>Results</b> The results showed that two endophytic fungi isolates were obtained from healthy Dayak onion flowers, namely, EnI which was identified with the primers ITS1 and ITS4 as <i>Fusarium solani</i> and EnK as <i>Neoscytalidium </i>sp. <i>Fusarium</i> wilt caused by pathogenic fungi was identified as <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>. The inhibitory percentage of EnI extract against the pathogenic fungus <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> was 71.09% (high inhibition percentage) and the inhibition percentage of EnK was 38.54% (low inhibition percentage). <b>Conclusion</b> Based on the results of this study, recommend using the endophytic fungus EnI extracts (<i>Fusarium solani </i>), extracted from Dayak onion flowers to control the pathogen <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>.Initial impetus for action Maltese Oral Health Care Professionals (OHCP) experienced changes to clinical practice and redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early stages, there were few data on the resultant changes to the provision of dental services or their impact on the wellbeing of dental professionals. Solutions Suggested Two questionnaires were designed to explore different domains in OHCP working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as in other areas/sectors. The findings were intended to inform guidance documents and to better support the profession. Findings Anxiety-provoking factors, challenges, and areas of concern of OHCP were identified and practical recommendations to support transitioning to the 'new normal' were presented. OHCP expressed anxiety about contracting COVID-19 from their workplace and passing infection to other family members, friends, or patients. As a result, OHCP expressed the need for better protective clothing, workplace ventilation, and air filtration systems. Future implications Provision of adequate PPE for OHCP was a priority. New guidelines for dental practice were informed by the experiences of the particpating OHCP. University modules to enhance the resilience of OHCP were among the recommendations to support practitioners.Delivering Better Oral Health (DBOH) was fi rst published in 2007 (Department of Health et al., 2007) at the request of the Department of Health to the British Association of Community Dentistry (BASCD). It was led by Dr Sue Gregory, who was at that time President of BASCD; and, thereafter, appointed Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England. The purpose of the document was to support dental teams in a more preventive approach to dental care based on the best available evidence. Practitioners have access to an enormous amount of information, and it was intended that DBOH would provide a simple guide to the evidence, explaining what the research meant in practical terms for the preventive advice and treatment of their patients. The approach promoted preventive care for all patients and additional support for those most at risk of poor oral health. DBOH was to be a living document, regularly updated. It was revised in 2009 and 2014, when after the Health and Social Care Act (2012), Public Health England took on the leadership of its development. In 2017 revisions responsed to changes in guidance; the publication by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition of the Carbohydrates and Health Report (SACN, 2015) which led to a revised healthier eating section and the Chief Medical Officers' (2016) new guidelines on alcohol were also incorporated.The delivery of dental services attracts continuing debate by health service management, public health specialists and public representatives. There is little argument, that communication among dental service providers and cli- ent groups is a vital component of exemplary services. However, the exact requirements of what constitutes good communication becomes problematic. Definitions can be applied to detailed observations of elements of dental staff behaviour. Such observational audits are rarely applied, due to the large resources required, and believing this approach is purely a research-only exercise. We acknowledge the demanding nature of any such endeavour in real-time by a trained observer. An alternative is to video-record clinical sessions. Although this has been possible for some decades, the widespread use of recording samples of clinical sessions, for example to assess staff engagement in prevention advice, is not realistic using current methodologies, even if the considerable ethical concerns could be assuaged. In addition, hitherto, there has been a wide ranging set of views of what would be considered poor, just good enough or excellent communication. Part of this difficulty is due to the complexity of the communication processes themselves. Climbazole The variety of health service settings, staff experience and training received in the fi eld of communication and the sheer spectrum of patient types and problems that surface which require treatment, advice and instruction makes a universal framework of what constitutes acceptable communication skills difficult to specify. Furthermore, when no established standard can be agreed the status of rewarding good communication is therefore under-valued and simply ignored from service contracts.Intravenous (i.v.) morphine is a safe, robust, and recommended treatment for severe pain using the titration principle. Despite its high efficacy, it is impacted by organizational constraints related to venous access. Nebulized (NEB) morphine may represent an alternative for titration but pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of short nebulization using routine devices need evaluation. Twenty-seven healthy volunteers were included to receive NEB or i.v. morphine administration using increasing amounts according to Dixon's reference method. Plasma morphine, morphine-3-glucuronide (M3G), and morphine-6-glucuronide (M6G) were quantified. PK modeling and simulations were performed using Monolix. Dixon's method exhibited a significantly higher morphine dose regimen in the NEB group versus the i.v. group (6.2 [5.3-7.1] vs. 3.0 [2.0-4.0] mg, p less then 0.001). Morphine, M3G, and M6G dose-normalized exposure were significantly lower in the NEB group versus the i.v. group morphine (19 [13-23] vs. 1044 [702-1266] µg min/L, p less then 0.001), M3G (245 [162-287] vs. 3752 [2487-5165] µg min/L, p less then 0.001) and M6G (28 [21-43] vs. 466 [370-723] µg min/L, p less then 0.001). The model that best fitted the data consisted in a transit compartment for morphine absorption, three compartments for morphine distribution followed by multiple transit compartments (8.2 and 57.5-min transit time for M3G and M6G, respectively) and a first order elimination for M3G and M6G. Morphine bioavailability in the NEB group was 3.5% using the i.v. group as reference. Administration route and sex significantly influenced morphine and metabolite PKs. This work aimed to evaluate the PKs of NEB morphine compared with the i.v. route. Despite a bioavailability to improve, NEB morphine administration using a routine device is suitable to plan morphine titration.

The study objective was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial "embolization" (TAE) in the treatment of chronic "musculoskeletal pain" refractory to standard therapy.

PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for original research articles evaluating TAE in patients with musculoskeletal conditions from database inception to January 21, 2020. Search terms employed were as follows "embolization", "pain", "knee osteoarthritis", joint replacement, epicondylitis, tenderness, inflammation, WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index), microspheres, Embozene, geniculate artery, neovascularity, transcatheter, embolic, imipenem/cilastatin sodium, angiogenesis, and "musculoskeletal". Studies involving particle "embolization" for painful musculoskeletal conditions were included. Studies of TAE for hemarthrosis or malignancy-related "musculoskeletal pain" were excluded.

The primary search yielded 1,099 sources; 7 articles and 4 a safe and effective treatment for some types of chronic refractory "musculoskeletal pain". Randomized placebo-controlled studies are necessary to confirm these findings.

Newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was implemented in our country on January 1, 2015, based on immunoreactive trypsinogen tests (IRT/IRT). Here, we aimed to evaluate the diagnoses of patients and follow-up process within the first 5 years of NBS from a tertiary care center.

This retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients who were admitted to our pediatric pulmonology department for sweat test (ST) via NBS. Patients with CF with negative NBS results and those with CF with positive NBS and joined our follow-up were also investigated. Clinical outcome measures were compared between patients with CF with positive and negative NBS.

Six hundred sixty infants who were referred for ST via NBS were included. Across the entire study population (n = 683), 11.4% of patients had CF (14.1% of had negative NBS in this CF group). The sensitivity of NBS was found as 84.9% and the positive predictive value (PPV) was 9.4%. The median age at diagnosis was older (p < 0.001), reluctance for feeding and Pseudobartter syndrome (PBS) were significantly higher at presentation in the negative NBS group.