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01). Epidemiological studies utilizing outdoor concentrations of air pollutants could overestimate personal exposure to these pollutants. The present study could help in reducing the bias in the estimation of the health effects of air pollutants.There is a well-established relationship between temperature and mortality, with older individuals being most at risk in high-income settings. This raises the question of the degree to which lives are being shortened by exposure to heat or cold. Years of life lost (YLL) take into account population life expectancy and age at which mortality occurs. However, YLL are rarely used as an outcome-metric in studies of temperature-related mortality. Wnt agonist This represents an important gap in knowledge; to better comprehend potential impacts of temperature in the context of climate change and an ageing population, it is important to understand the relationship between temperature and YLL, and also whether the risks of temperature related mortality and YLL have changed over recent years. Gridded temperature data derived from observations, and mortality data were provided by the UK Met Office and the Office for National Statistics (ONS), respectively. We derived YLL for each death using sex-specific yearly life expectancy fromr each 1 °C below the cold-threshold, risk of mortality increased by 3.1% (2.4%, 3.7%) and YLL also increased by 3.1% (2.2%, 3.9%). The proportion of deaths and YLL attributable to cold in the West Midlands were 3.3% and 3.2% respectively. We found no evidence of decreasing susceptibility to heat and cold over time. The addition of life expectancy information into calculations of temperature-related risk and mortality burdens for English cities is novel. We demonstrate that although older individuals are at greatest risk of temperature-related mortality, heat and cold still make a significant contribution to the YLL due to premature death.Three-dimensional reduced graphene oxide aerogel (3D rGA) was synthesized by hydrothermal method and cobalt imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) was further grown in situ on the 3D rGA matrix directly. The resultant ZIF-67@3D rGA nanocomposite was checked by different techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). The presence of 3D rGA acted as the backbone for the loading of ZIF-67, and the resultant ZIF-67@3D rGA nanocomposite exhibited an interconnected porous structure with large surface area and high conductivity due to synergistic effects, which was applied to the electrode modification and used for rutin detection. The developed method showed excellent performance with a wider linear range (0.05-200.0 μmol/L) and lower detection limit (0.028 ± 0.0016 μmol/L, S/N=3). Various samples including the compounded rutin tablets and onions were analyzed by this modified electrode with satisfactory results.

To evaluate the neuropsychological findings related to the presence of pre-surgical comorbid depression in Latin-American patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) and unilateral hippocampal sclerosis (HS).

Patients with drug-resistant MTLE and unilateral, left (L-) or right (R-) HS were studied. To diagnose depression, psychiatrists with expertise in epilepsy applied a semi-structured interview based on DSM. The depression group (DG) included patients with a psychiatric diagnosis in addition to a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score >16 points, and the non-depression group (NDG) included those without this diagnosis and with a BDI score ≤16. We analysed two clusters of neuropsychological tests, which evaluated memory (Complex Rey Figure III, Logical Memory II and RAVLT VII) and attention plus executive functions (Stroop I/II/III and Trail Making A/B). Moreover, we calculated the z-scores (Zs) using a local control group. The DG was compared to the NDG, independently and according to the HS s

The patients with MTLE and unilateral HS in this study showed no differences in memory, attention and executive functions in relation to the presence of pre-surgical comorbid depression and independently of HS side. In this series from Latin-America, this psychiatric comorbidity did not affect cognition more than epilepsy alone.

The patients with MTLE and unilateral HS in this study showed no differences in memory, attention and executive functions in relation to the presence of pre-surgical comorbid depression and independently of HS side. In this series from Latin-America, this psychiatric comorbidity did not affect cognition more than epilepsy alone.

We determined whether self-efficacy in seizure management differentially correlated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in persons with epilepsy depending on seizure recurrence and felt stigma.

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 312 adults with epilepsy. To determine which risk factors affected the benefits of self-efficacy for HRQoL, an analysis of covariance with an interaction term was used. The Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-10 (QOLIE-10), the Epilepsy Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES), the Stigma Scale for Epilepsy (SS-E), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were assessed.

QOLIE-10 scores positively correlated with ESES score and employed status, but negatively correlated with HADS scores, SS-E score ≥1, seizure frequency, and antiepileptic drug (AED) polytherapy. There were significant interaction effects between ESES score and 2-year seizure status (p = 0.025) or SS-E score ≥ 1 (p = 0.009) on QOLIE-10 scores. Self-efficacy in epilepsy management correlated with QOLIE-10 scores only in subjects that had experienced uncontrolled seizures (B = 0.090, p = 0.003) or refractory seizures (B = 0.158, p = 0.020) and in subjects with felt stigma (SS-E ≥ 1) (B = 0.183, p < 0.001). Contrastingly, generalized tonic-clonic seizure recurrence (p = 0.420), AED polytherapy (p = 0.667), depressive symptoms (p = 0.663), and anxiety (p = 0.503) did not interact with self-efficacy.

The relationship between epilepsy self-efficacy and overall HRQoL may differ depending on seizure recurrence and felt stigma. Our findings would be helpful for designing psychosocial interventions to improve HRQoL in persons with epilepsy.

The relationship between epilepsy self-efficacy and overall HRQoL may differ depending on seizure recurrence and felt stigma. Our findings would be helpful for designing psychosocial interventions to improve HRQoL in persons with epilepsy.