A level of trust: Exploring entrustable professional activities as a feedback tool in a skills lab.

Introduction: There is a lack of data on use of entrustable professional activitie (EPA) statements and levels of entrustment as a feedback tool in pharmacy education. This study examined EPAs as a feedback tool for student pharmacists in a skills lab series.

Methods: Eighty-seven third-year student pharmacists ranked their perceived level of entrustment using a three-point scale for 13 EPA core statements in two consecutive semesters.

Aqueous synthesis of red fluorescent l-cysteine functionalized CuS quantum dots with potential application as an As(iii) aptasensor.

Water-stable CuS quantum dots were obtained by applying l-cysteine as a Cu(ii) to Cu(i) reducer and stabilizer in water and using an inert atmosphere at ambient temperature. The obtained quantum dots were characterized by STEM, XRD, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Raman, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The synthesis was optimized to achieve CuS quantum dots with an average diameter of about 9 nm that show red fluorescence emission.

Nanoparticle and Transparent Polymer Coatings Enable UV-C Side-Emission Optical Fibers for Inactivation of in Water.

Pathogenic bacteria pose a health threat and operational challenge in drinking water. UV-C light-emitting diodes (UV-C LEDs) are becoming a competitive disinfection technology but are limited by their small irradiation area. Side-emitting optical fibers (SEOFs) can serve as a UV-C LED light delivery technology for reactors or tubing.

Effects of abnormal temperature and starvation on the internal defense system of the schistosome-transmitting snail Biomphalaria glabrata.

Climate change may affect the internal defense system (IDS) of freshwater snails, and as a result their capacity to transmit disease. We examined effects of short-term exposure to supra- and sub-optimal temperatures or starvation on 3 parameters of the IDS of the schistosome-resistant Salvador strain of Biomphalaria glabrata - hemocyte concentrations, cell division in the amebocyte-producing organ (APO), and resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Adult snails were exposed to 1 of 3 temperatures, 20°C, 27°C (controls), or 33°C, for 1 or 2weeks, with food.