Publications by authors named "A Bolten"
Alcohol-based hand rubs can fulfil efficacy requirements of EN 1500 in 15 seconds.
GMS Hyg Infect Control
August 2024
Aim: Correct hand hygiene is widely regarded as an important measure to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Guidelines on how to perform hand antisepsis are often inspired by laboratory tests that focus on reproducibility rather than ease of use. These cumbersome recommendations can become barriers to hand hygiene, as optimal user acceptance requires a small rub volume and a short application time with an intuitive rubbing technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe terms 'resistance' and 'tolerance' are well defined in the context of antibiotic research. However, in the field of disinfection, these terms are often used synonymously, which creates ambiguity and can lead to misunderstandings and misconceptions. In addition, this inconsistency in terminology makes it difficult to assess the risk of a disinfectant resistance.
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- Compensatory growth (CG) in juvenile green turtles occurs after food restriction, leading to accelerated growth when food becomes available again, but it may have negative consequences.
- Turtles undergoing different feeding regimens were analyzed for bone structure, revealing that those with partial CG showed better food conversion efficiency after realimentation.
- The study found that when food availability increased, the restoration of bone growth prioritized lengths over widths and favored certain microstructural attributes, indicating shifts in nutrient allocation that may influence long-term bone health.
The threat of population declines caused by pelagic longline fisheries in the Atlantic has increased the concern to find strategies that minimize the bycatch and mortality of non-target marine animals. Gear modification, such as the use of circle hooks instead of conventional J-hooks, has been identified as an effective bycatch reduction strategy in different pelagic longline fisheries around the world. This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the use of circle hooks by quantifying catch rates, relative size selectivity, and anatomical hooking position for the most common target species (swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and blue shark, Prionace glauca), and some bycatch species (loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, and shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus) caught by the Azorean longline fishing fleet.
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