Publications by authors named "A D Birchall"
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- The management of mental health illnesses in dialysis patients is complicated, and there's not enough data available to guide treatment.
- Researchers conducted a scoping review across multiple databases to evaluate the treatment of various mental health disorders during hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- Out of 73 articles reviewed, most focused on depression, particularly the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), with sertraline being the most noted, but there is a significant lack of data for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and anxiety management in this population.
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- The optokinetic reflex (OKR) is crucial for assessing visual system development in infants and can be effectively studied using zebrafish larvae due to their rapid growth and suitability as a model organism.
- This research introduces a new, portable OKR assay that utilizes the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, contrasting it with a traditional LCD setup for zebrafish testing.
- The study found that both assays successfully measured eye movements with similar accuracy and no significant differences in results, highlighting the advantages of the new approach in terms of convenience and cost-effectiveness.
Epidemiological studies have shown that the main risk arising from exposure to plutonium aerosols is lung cancer, with other detrimental effects in the bone and liver. A realistic assessment of these risks, in turn, depends on the accuracy of the dosimetric models used to calculate doses in such studies. A state-of-the-art biokinetic model for plutonium, based on the current International Commission on Radiological Protection biokinetic model, has been developed for this purpose in an epidemiological study involving the plutonium exposure of Mayak workers in Ozersk, Russia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTHE MAYAK WORKER DOSIMETRY SYSTEM (MWDS-2013) FOR INTERNALLY DEPOSITED PLUTONIUM: AN OVERVIEW.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
November 2017
The Mayak Worker Dosimetry System (MWDS-2013) is a system for interpreting measurement data from Mayak workers from both internal and external sources. This paper is concerned with the calculation of annual organ doses for Mayak workers exposed to plutonium aerosols, where the measurement data consists mainly of activity of plutonium in urine samples. The system utilises the latest biokinetic and dosimetric models, and unlike its predecessors, takes explicit account of uncertainties in both the measurement data and model parameters.
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