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No calves on either farm developed clinical theileriosis or coccidiosis and the three mixed effects linear models, controlling for the effect of farm and days from turnout, showed that there was no effect of treatment on infection intensity (p = 0.81), on HCT (p = 0.99) and on weight gain (p = 0.79). In conclusion, this study showed no evidence supporting the use of toltrazuril to control T. orientalis Ikeda type infection levels and prevent disease.Objective The aim of this study was to clarify the pattern and efficacy of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in acute encephalitis and discuss how long AEDs should be used after the acute phase. Methods Patients with acute encephalitis who presented with seizure were enrolled. The clinical features were systematically gathered, and the information about AEDs and seizures was obtained by a clinical follow-up and (or) a telephone interview based on a structured form. Results A total of 327 patients were enrolled, and the mean follow-up period was 63.8 (14-123) months. The risk of seizure relapse was estimated as 43.6% five years after the acute phase and the first three months was the peak time for relapse. Univariate analysis showed that status epilepticus, more than one seizure, cerebral spinal fluid protein level, abnormal MRI finding, temporal lobe involvement, and epileptiform discharge were related to seizure relapse. But only more than one seizure (OR = 2.80 (95% CI 1.29-6.09), p = 0.009) and temporal lobe involvement (5.34 (2.68-10.64), p less then 0.001) remain predictive on multivariate regression analysis. For patients with only one seizure and no temporal lobe involvement, the risk of seizure relapse was similar between those with or without AED (2/29 vs. 4/28, p = 0.423). For the rest, the risks of relapse were similar among those who took sodium valproate and levetiracetam. Significance For patients with only one seizure and no temporal lobe involvement, AEDs may not be strictly needed. The first three months after acute phase was the peak time for relapse and AEDs may should be used during this period. Both sodium valproate and levetiracetam could be selected.Objectives In December 2019, a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan city, China, which has subsequently led to a global pandemic. At the time of writing, COVID-19 in Wuhan appears to be in the final phase and under control. However, many other countries, especially the US, Italy and Spain, are still in the early phases and dealing with increasing cases every day. Therefore, this article aims to summarise and share the experience of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in Wuhan and provide effective suggestions to enable other countries to save lives. Study design Data from the National Health Commission of China are used to investigate the evolution trajectory of COVID-19 in Wuhan and discuss the impacts of the intervention strategies. Methods A four-stage modified Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Removed (SEIR) model is presented. This model considers many influencing factors, including chunyun (the Spring festival), sealing off the city and constructing the Fangcang shelter hospitals. In additiveral effective suggestions are proposed to prevent and control the pandemic for countries that are still in the initial phases.Objective To evaluate histological alterations in placentas of women affected by breast cancer and treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy. Study design We retrospectively reviewed histological slides of 23 placentas of patients affected by breast cancer and treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy and 23 control placentas of women without breast cancer and with physiological pregnancies of the same gestational age. Results All the patients had breast ductal infiltrating carcinoma, 19 of 23 cases had a G3 cancer. All patients were treated with 2-6 cycles of chemotherapy starting after 16 weeks of gestation, with different protocols. No hypertensive complications and no pre-eclampsia episodes were observed; birth weight was consistent with gestational age in all babies in both group with no uneventful outcomes and no perinatal mortality or fetal malformations. Twenty out of 23 cases (86 %) showed hypoxia-induced villous alterations, including increased syncytial knotting (Tenney-Parker changes), perivillar fibrin deposits, distal villous hypoplasia or accelerated maturation and focal villous chorangiosis. These alterations were found in 19 out of 23 controls (83 %), with no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Conclusions These results shows that chemotherapy in the second and third trimester of pregnancy may lead to non-specific alterations in placental vasculature and morphology.Objective The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of congenital abnormalities of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) detected for the first time in an unselected population undergoing a routine third trimester scan between 30-34 week's gestation. Methods This was a retrospective analysis of 8562 routine third trimester ultrasound scans during which the fetal anatomy was evaluated, and, any structural abnormalities detected, recorded onto a fetal database which was subsequently analysed for CAKUT. All postnatal records of antenatally diagnosed CAKUT were obtained and analysed for diagnosis and management. Results There were 26 cases of urological abnormalities detected for the first time in the third trimester. The most frequent abnormality was unilateral renal pelvis dilatation (73%). Postnatal ultrasound confirmed abnormalities in 19 (73%) newborns, with two (8%) resolving antenatally and four (15%) postnatally. The overall incidence of new CAKUT detected by the third trimester scan was 0.22% (t each antenatal ultrasound scan.Objective The impact of early hormonal contraception (HC) exposure during breastfeeding on child growth and pubertal and behavioural development was assessed using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (Avon study). Study design The Avon study is a prospective cohort study designed to identify environmental factors affecting child health and development (n = 14,541; delivery dates 1 April 1991-31 December 1992). This secondary analysis was restricted to breastfed singleton infants. The main independent predictor variable was HC exposure during the first 8 weeks postpartum. Growth variables were changes from baseline in weight and height at ages 2 and 4 years. Behavioural variables were assessed at age 47 months. Pubertal development was evaluated between ages 8- and 16-years using Tanner scales. Results 9508 children were breastfed during the first 4 weeks postpartum; 8927 had complete data for breastfeeding and HC exposure. Multivariate analyses demonstrated no difference in growth outcome variables between breastfed infants exposed to HC and those who were not. Similarly, no differences in behavioural problems or pubertal development were observed between the two groups. Conclusions Early HC exposure during breastfeeding did not appear to influence negatively child growth and development. Limitations include short-term exposure to HC, the discrepancy between the timepoints when HC intake and breastfeeding were measured and the missing data, particularly regarding growth measurements Further clinical studies are required to confirm this lack of negative impact. Implications statement Guidance on the use of HC during breastfeeding remains controversial; however, the Avon study did not detect any signal to suggest that early exposure to HC via breastfeeding has a negative impact on child growth, development or behaviour.This paper aims to investigate efficiency performance and the dynamic evolution of industrial circular economy (ICE). We first employ the cooperative game network data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the overall efficiency, subsystem efficiency, and factor efficiency of the ICE system. Then, an extended Malmquist index (EMI) method is proposed to identify the dynamic evolution of efficiency performance over time. Unlike the standard Malmquist index method, the proposed EMI method can finally decompose the EMI of the ICE system into the square root of the product of four dynamic indicators of efficiency change and the technological progress of subsystems, providing more details and dominants underlying EMI in the ICE system. The evaluation results of China's Yangtze River Delta region over 2012-2017 show that overall efficiency of the ICE system presents obvious disparity across cities and subsystems. Besides, it is found that EMI of the ICE system presents a V-shaped fluctuation and is mainly dominated by the environmental treatment (ET) subsystem. The decline of EMI of the ICE system early in the sample period (2013-2014) is caused by serious efficiency deterioration of the ET subsystem, while its rise at the end of sample period (2016-2017) is due to the technological progress of the ET subsystem.It is thought that altered connectivity between the striatum and the cortex could contribute to psychosis. However, whether psychosis risk is associated with altered white matter connectivity between the striatum and any cortical region is still unclear. Further, no previous study has directly examined whether psychosis risk is associated with altered striatal connectivity with specific cortical networks. The current study examined the integrity of corticostriatal white matter tracts in psychosis risk (n=18) and in non-psychosis risk comparison participants (n=19). We used probabilistic tractography to identify white matter tracts connecting each of four different striatal subregions with their most functionally connected cortical network limbic, default mode, frontoparietal, and motor networks. We then compared groups on fractional anisotropy in these four tracts. Psychosis risk was associated with decreased fractional anisotropy in white matter tracts connecting the limbic striatum with the limbic cortical network, especially in an anterior right external capsule segment and in tracts specifically connected to the right prefrontal cortex. In contrast, psychosis risk was not associated with decreased white matter integrity in other corticostriatal tracts. Hence, the current research suggests that psychosis risk is especially associated with decreased corticostriatal white matter integrity involved in processing emotional and personally relevant information.Purpose Investigate the clinical value of improving diagnostic accuracy for arteries of lower extremities with low energy images in dual-energy spectral CT (DEsCT) imaging. Method 110 (mean age, 67 ± 10 years) and 72 (mean age, 65 ± 13 years) patients underwent CT angiography (CTA) in the lower extremities using dual-energy and conventional (100kVp) imaging mode, retrospectively. The 50 keV monochromatic images were reconstructed in the DEsCT group for analysis. The quantitative and qualitative image quality of the two groups were compared using various statistical analysis methods and the diagnostic accuracy for the degree of vessel stenosis was compared using DSA as the gold standard. Consistency test was used for intra-group evaluation. A P less then 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results The use of 50 keV images in DEsCT significantly increased the enhancement in arteries of LKS (544.91 ± 106.37HU vs. 339.65 ± 83.74HU, P less then 0.001) and provided higher SNR (19.92±9.39 vs. this website 17.39±4.