Publications by authors named "Barlow K"

Introduction: We report the case of a 54-year-old male with the rare entity of bilateral septic acromioclavicular (AC) arthritis with osteomyelitis of the lateral clavicle with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). The glenohumeral joint was affected as well. The patient was immunocompetent with no history of diabetes or intravenous drug abuse.

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Hydrogen bonding is a central concept in chemistry and biochemistry, and so it continues to attract intense study. Here, we examine hydrogen bonding in the HS dimer, in comparison with the well-studied water dimer, in unprecedented detail. We record a mass-selected IR spectrum of the HS dimer in superfluid helium nanodroplets.

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Cooking parameters elaborated in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Appendix A) were evaluated for inactivation of Salmonella spp.

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Objective: To provide healthcare professionals guidance on youth at risk for prolonged recovery and post-traumatic headache (PTH), and on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of PTH due to concussion and mild traumatic brain injury.

Background: Headache is the most common persistent post-concussive symptom affecting 8% of youth for >3 months after concussion. Over the past decade, many studies have explored the treatment of PTH in youth, but there are no established guidelines.

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Background: Occupational therapists can play a key role in early identification of delay at the population health level by providing education to public health employees on how to implement developmental monitoring with caregivers of children birth to age 5.

Methods: A pretest posttest design was utilized to assess the online education and training that was provided to Department of Public Health employees ( = 339), including Head Start, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, Home Visiting, and Early Intervention.

Results: Analysis of pretest-posttest survey data showed significant results for all 12 key learning outcomes.

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The development of new data storage solutions is crucial for emerging digital technologies. Recently, all-optical magnetic switching has been achieved in dielectrics, proving to be faster than traditional methods. Despite this, single-molecule magnets (SMMs), which are an important class of magnetic materials due to their nanometre size, remain underexplored for ultrafast photomagnetic switching.

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Background: Elevated risk of psychosis for ethnic minority groups has generally been shown to be mitigated by high ethnic density. However, past survey studies examining UK Pakistani populations have shown an absence of protective ethnic density effects, which is not observed in other South Asian groups.

Aims: To assess the ethnic density effect at a local neighbourhood level, in the UK Pakistani population in East Lancashire.

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The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (AUS-TBI) aims to co-design a data resource to predict outcomes for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) across Australia. Fundamental to this resource is the data dictionary, which is an ontology of data items. Here, we report the systematic review and consensus process for inclusion of biological markers in the data dictionary.

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  • - The 6th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in Amsterdam in 2022, focused on updated evidence and recommendations for managing sport-related concussions (SRC) in children and adolescents, emphasizing prevention strategies like mouthguard use and policy changes in sports.
  • - The conference highlighted the importance of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tools (SCAT) for diagnosing concussions within the first 72 hours, and the development of comprehensive evaluation tools for longer-term assessments, known as SCOAT6 for different age groups.
  • - Recommendations include early light physical activity instead of strict rest for recovery, targeted rehabilitation for persistent symptoms, and the recognition of varying impacts of SRC across diverse populations, while pointing out the limited utility of
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke are the most common causes of acquired brain injury (ABI), annually affecting 69 million and 15 million people, respectively. Following ABI, the relationship between brain network disruption and common cognitive issues including attention dysfunction is heterogenous. Using PRISMA guidelines, we systematically reviewed 43 studies published by February 2023 that reported correlations between attention and connectivity.

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Approximately 300-550 children per 100,000 sustain a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) each year, of whom ∼25-30% have long-term cognitive problems. Following mTBI, free water (FW) accumulation occurs in white matter (WM) tracts. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to investigate structural integrity following mTBI.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted general practice worldwide, primarily due to public health measures that restricted access to care for chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. These measures disproportionately affected higher risk groups with type 2 diabetes, such as older people and those with obesity. This study aims to identify factors that may have influenced the rates of compliance with testing guidelines and target glycaemic control in Australian general practice settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • - The study emphasizes the necessity for occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists to utilize reliable assessment tools for pediatric feeding disorder (PFD), given its complex nature across the medical, nutritional, feeding skill, and psychosocial domains.
  • - A mix of survey and focus group research with clinicians showed that 65% used nonstandardized tools, leading to themes such as the ineffectiveness of single assessments, reliance on self-created tools, and the importance of teamwork in addressing PFD.
  • - The findings indicate a critical need for enhanced education on valid assessment methodologies, as current tools lack standardization and comprehensive evaluation of all PFD domains, ultimately underscoring the call for improved practices in the field.
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Objectives: To test the effects of actively implementing a clinical pathway for acute care of pediatric concussion on health care utilization and costs.

Methods: Stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial of a clinical pathway, conducted in 5 emergency departments (ED) in Alberta, Canada from February 1 to November 30, 2019. The clinical pathway emphasized standardized assessment of risk for persistent symptoms, provision of consistent information to patients and families, and referral for outpatient follow-up.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate which tests and measures can effectively diagnose persisting post-concussive symptoms (PPCS) in people of different ages after sport-related concussions (SRC).
  • A systematic review of literature was conducted, screening 3,298 records to include 26 relevant studies with varied participant demographics and methodologies, primarily focusing on comparisons between those with PPCS and control groups.
  • The findings suggest that current diagnostic methods heavily rely on self-reported symptoms, as no specific tool or measure demonstrates adequate accuracy; more robust, long-term studies are needed for improved clinical diagnosis.
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Background: Misuse of opioid medication has become a major health crisis in several countries. A significant number of patients with obesity use opioid medications, mostly to alleviate symptoms due to obesity-related co-morbidities.

Objective: To compare patterns of opioid drug usage before and after bariatric surgery in this population, hypothesizing that weight loss and improvement of obesity-related co-morbidities could reduce opioid consumption.

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Developmental lateralization of brain function is imperative for behavioral specialization, yet few studies have investigated differences between hemispheres in structural connectivity patterns, especially over the course of development. The present study compares the lateralization of structural connectivity patterns, or topology, across children, adolescents, and young adults. We applied a graph theory approach to quantify key topological metrics in each hemisphere including efficiency of information transfer between regions (global efficiency), clustering of connections between regions (clustering coefficient [CC]), presence of hub-nodes (betweenness centrality [BC]), and connectivity between nodes of high and low complexity (hierarchical complexity [HC]) and investigated changes in these metrics during development.

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Although learning is often viewed as a unique feature of organisms with complex nervous systems, single-celled organisms also demonstrate basic forms of learning. The giant ciliate Stentor coeruleus responds to mechanical stimuli by contracting into a compact shape, presumably as a defense mechanism. When a Stentor cell is repeatedly stimulated at a constant level of force, it will learn to ignore that stimulus but will still respond to stronger stimuli.

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Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided biopsies are an accurate, but technically challenging, method for screening and diagnosis of breast lesions. This study assesses the safety and efficacy of an Image Guided Automated Robot (IGAR) in performing breast biopsies compared to manual procedures.

Methods: Safety was determined from adverse events (AEs) and device deficiencies.

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The work being presented is on the development of a system to measure the speciation of airborne radionuclide emissions from the environment during a nuclear emergency. On-site air sampling measurements that were conducted during the Fukushima Daiichi accident were limited because field teams had to be sent out to run the sampling systems and retrieve the filters for gamma spectrometry analysis in a separate laboratory. The start of air sampling was delayed, and it was impossible for emergency responders to use the information about the airborne radionuclide composition in a timely way.

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Introduction: Different factors can lead to inconsistencies in measurement for the acetabular version using 2D axial CT-cuts. We have defined a "true" anteversion angle (AV angle) in the physiological position of the pelvis in 3D with the largest European population measured to our knowledge.

Material And Methods: We analyzed 258 hemipelvises and created 3D models.

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