Breathing Easy: A Qualitative Analysis of School Nurse and Administrator Perspectives on Stock Inhalers and School-Based Asthma Management.

Stock inhalers are unassigned rescue inhalers available for students who experience asthma symptoms at school. This study sought to understand school nurse and administrator perspectives on school-based asthma management and stock inhaler policy implementation. Twenty-three semistructured interviews were conducted with professionals from five high asthma burdened counties in varied geographic settings.

Cues of trait dominance elicit inferences of psychological ownership.

Psychological ownership refers to the subjective feeling that something is mine. Although research shows that observed behaviours towards a target object can signal psychological ownership to others, we propose that trait cues-specifically, cues of dominance-also inform inferences of psychological ownership. Across four pre-registered studies, we predict and find that another person's trait dominance promotes inferences of psychological ownership for both a tangible (e.

Mineralogical and sorption characterization of lateritic soils from Southwestern Nigeria for use as landfill liners.

Lateritic soils are prevalent in the tropical regions, and they are used for various construction purposes including landfill liner applications. However, their contaminant attenuation potentials through sorption and the influence of parent rocks on this property are poorly understood. This study investigates lateritic soils from southwestern Nigeria as barrier to leachate migration in engineered landfills and related waste containment facilities.

Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol in Tourette Syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Tourette syndrome is characterized by chronic motor and vocal tics. There is preliminary evidence of benefit from cannabis products containing Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and that coadministration of cannabidiol (CBD) improves the side-effect profile and safety. METHODS: In this double-blind, crossover trial, participants with severe Tourette syndrome were randomly assigned to a 6-week treatment period with escalating doses of an oral oil containing 5 mg/ml of THC and 5 mg/ml of CBD, followed by a 6-week course of placebo, or vice versa, separated by a 4-week washout period.

Having the right face for the job: The effect of facial width-to-height ratio on job selection preferences.

Prior research has found that various job candidate characteristics can influence hiring decisions. The current work used experimental methods to test how a novel, appearance-based cue known as a facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) can bias hiring preferences. A first study provides evidence for our initial hypothesis: people believed high fWHR candidates would be a better fit for blue-collar jobs compared with low fWHR candidates, who were in turn favoured for white-collar jobs.

Associations between Listeria monocytogenes genomic characteristics and adhesion to polystyrene at 8 °C.

Listeria monocytogenes remains a threat to the food system and has led to numerous foodborne outbreaks worldwide. L. monocytogenes can establish itself in food production facilities by adhering to surfaces, resulting in increased resistance to environmental stressors.

When does childhood dental caries become neglect or abuse: do parents think what we think?

Introduction Poor oral health in children may be a marker for wider neglect and abuse, but there is no universally recognised threshold for social services intervention.Aim To compare families' thresholds for referral for social services intervention with those of healthcare workers.Intervention Five standardised vignettes, used previously to investigate the views of healthcare workers on the need for social services intervention, were used to determine the threshold of 250 families for intervention.

The design and application of a 50 K SNP chip for a threatened Aotearoa New Zealand passerine, the hihi.

Next-generation sequencing has transformed the fields of ecological and evolutionary genetics by allowing for cost-effective identification of genome-wide variation. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays, or "SNP chips", enable very large numbers of individuals to be consistently genotyped at a selected set of these identified markers, and also offer the advantage of being able to analyse samples of variable DNA quality. We used reduced representation restriction-aided digest sequencing (RAD-seq) of 31 birds of the threatened hihi (Notiomystis cincta; stitchbird) and low-coverage whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 10 of these birds to develop an Affymetrix 50 K SNP chip.

Safety and Quality of Fish and Game Meats Prepared by First Nations Communities in British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract: Canadian First Nations communities rely on traditional preservation methods such as the smoking, drying, and canning of fish and game meats to ensure long-term food security. Unlike commercial food production, there are no recognized official standards for these methods, rendering their efficacy in producing microbiologically safe foods relatively unknown. In this study, 81 fresh or processed fish and game samples obtained from four British Columbia First Nations communities were analyzed for quality indicator microbes, foodborne pathogens, and mineral levels.

Enhancing bowel screening: Preventing colorectal cancer by flexible sigmoidoscopy in New Zealand.

Objectives: The prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC) attainable from introducing once-in-a-lifetime flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSIG) screening was assessed.

Study Design: This is a review of relevant available information for the assessment of the impact and resource demands of FSIG in New Zealand.

Methods: The reduction in bowel cancer incidence achievable by one-off FSIG screening from 50 to 59 years of age, an age group for which bowel screening is not currently offered, was reviewed.

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes enhanced cold-tolerance variants isolated during prolonged cold storage.

In this study, we show that growth and prolonged storage of Listeria monocytogenes at 4 °C can promote the selection of variants with enhanced cold and heat tolerance. Enhanced cold-tolerance (ECT) variants (n = 12) were successfully isolated from a strain with impaired cold growth abilities following 84 days of storage at 4 °C in brain heart infusion broth (BHIB). Whole genome sequencing, membrane fatty acid analysis, and stress tolerance profiling were performed on the parent strain and two ECT variants: one displaying regular-sized colonies and the other displaying small colonies when grown at 37 °C on BHI agar.

Comparative Analysis of Plasmids and Expression Levels of Plasmid-Encoded Genes during Growth under Salt and Acid Stress Conditions.

strains are known to harbour plasmids that confer resistance to sanitizers, heavy metals, and antibiotics; however, very little research has been conducted into how plasmids may influence ' ability to tolerate food-related stresses. To investigate this, a library ( = 93) of plasmid sequences were compared. Plasmid sequences were divided into two groups (G1 and G2) based on a phylogeny.

Paediatric dentists' identification and management of underweight and overweight children.

Introduction: Dental caries and obesity are growing challenges for the NHS. Dentists are in the unique position of being able to identify both conditions and intervene, following UK government strategy of 'making every contact count'.

Aims: Identify specialists in paediatric dentistry's (SPD) current practice regarding diagnosis and management of underweight or overweight/obese children presenting to dental services.

The influence of age and unreported symptoms on the Oxford Shoulder Score.

Background: One potential limitation of interpreting the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) in longitudinal studies is that the observed score may be influenced by age and other variables, which may change over time. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of increasing age and unreported non-shoulder upper limb and neck symptoms on the OSS.

Methods: We collected OSS data from a sample of our ethnically diverse local population.

Strand specific RNA-sequencing and membrane lipid profiling reveals growth phase-dependent cold stress response mechanisms in Listeria monocytogenes.

The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes continues to pose a challenge in the food industry, where it is known to contaminate ready-to-eat foods and grow during refrigerated storage. Increased knowledge of the cold-stress response of this pathogen will enhance the ability to control it in the food-supply-chain. This study utilized strand-specific RNA sequencing and whole cell fatty acid (FA) profiling to characterize the bacterium's cold stress response.

Genotypes Associated with Isolates Displaying Impaired or Enhanced Tolerances to Cold, Salt, Acid, or Desiccation Stress.

The human pathogen is a large concern in the food industry where its continuous detection in food products has caused a string of recalls in North America and Europe. Most recognized for its ability to grow in foods during refrigerated storage, can also tolerate several other food-related stresses with some strains possessing higher levels of tolerances than others. The objective of this study was to use a combination of phenotypic analyses and whole genome sequencing to elucidate potential relationships between genotypes and food-related stress tolerance phenotypes.

Neighborhood Characteristics: Influences on Pain and Physical Function in Youth at Risk for Chronic Pain.

Neighborhood features such as community socioeconomic status, recreational facilities, and parks have been correlated to the health outcomes of the residents living within those neighborhoods, especially with regard to health-related quality of life, body mass index, and physical activity. The interplay between one's built environment and one's perceptions may affect physical health, well-being, and pain experiences. In the current study, neighborhood characteristics and attitudes about physical activity were examined in a high-risk (youths with a parent with chronic pain) and low-risk (youths without a parent with chronic pain) adolescent sample.

Do you see what I see? Identification of child protection concerns by hospital staff and general dental practitioners.

Aim An exploration of the threshold that dentists, doctors and nurses recognise for dental and child protection (CP) actions in sample clinical cases, and any differences between these professional groups.Method We present a cross-sectional survey of dentists, doctors and nurses (50 each), who regularly examine children, utilised five fictitious vignettes, combining an oral examination image and clinical history reflecting dental and CP issues. Demographics were collected, and each participant gave their likely action for the cases presented.

Genes involved in Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation at a simulated food processing plant temperature of 15 °C.

Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogenic foodborne bacterium whose persistence in food processing environments is in part attributed to its biofilm formation. Most biofilm studies have been carried out at 30-37 °C rather than at temperatures found in the food processing plants (i.e.

Genes Associated with Desiccation and Osmotic Stress in Listeria monocytogenes as Revealed by Insertional Mutagenesis.

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen whose survival in food processing environments may be associated with its tolerance to desiccation. To probe the molecular mechanisms used by this bacterium to adapt to desiccation stress, a transposon library of 11,700 L. monocytogenes mutants was screened, using a microplate assay, for strains displaying increased or decreased desiccation survival (43% relative humidity, 15°C) in tryptic soy broth (TSB).

The utility of ultrasound in late pregnancy compared with clinical evaluation in detecting small and large for gestational age fetuses in low-risk pregnancies.

Objective: To determine the utility of ultrasound (US) in late pregnancy for identifying fetuses with growth disturbances.

Methods: This study was designed as a retrospective study of birth weights over a 12-month period at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) and Barwon Health (BH). Data were collected from the discharge summaries and medical records at both hospitals targeting abnormal fetal weight below 10th percentile (small for gestational age - SGA) and above 90th percentile (large for gestational age - LGA).

Oncoplastic breast surgery in Australia and New Zealand-2014 and beyond.

Oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS) is an established field of surgery bringing together oncological and reconstructive principles to the surgical management of breast disease, which is yet to make inroads into some areas of Australia and New Zealand (A&NZ). Both patients and medical fraternity are supportive of these approaches and improved quality of life and aesthetic outcomes resulting from their application. Oncological outcomes have been shown to be no different when these oncoplastic approaches are utilised.