Transcultural validation of the risk assessment and predictor tool (RAPT) to Spanish.

Objective: Translation and validation of the risk assessment and prediction tool (RAPT) into Spanish to assess the discharge needs of patients after total hip arthroplasty.

Methodology: The original RAPT instrument was translated into Spanish following the guidelines of Sousa and Rojjanasrirat, 2011. To carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument to Spanish, the translation method of Guillermin et al.

Microscopic examination in vivo and in vitro of natural and cross-linked polyunsaturated mclPHA.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 42A2 produces a polyunsaturated polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA-L) when grown on linseed oil as a substrate. Its high unsaturation content (36.5%) provides highly reactive PHA-L, generating a cross-linked biopolymer after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation.