Feasibility of a remotely delivered program to prevent Latino adolescent obesity in the Midwestern USA.

Adolescent obesity prevention programs focusing on Latino fathers may be useful to address Latino adolescent obesity. Adolescent obesity has become an urgent issue because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, with limited ability to deliver prevention programs in-person. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a community-based, adolescent obesity prevention program for Latino father-adolescent dyads delivered remotely, adapted from the in-person Padres Preparados, Jóvenes Saludables program.

The influence of three acid modifications on the physicochemical characteristics of tea-waste biochar pyrolyzed at different temperatures: a comparative study.

Tea-waste is an abundant feedstock for producing biochar (BC) which is considered to be a cost effective carbonaceous adsorbent useful for water remediation and soil amendment purposes. In the present study, tea-waste BC (TWBC) produced at three different temperatures were subjected to nitric, sulfuric and hydrochloric acid modifications (abbreviated as NM, SM and HM respectively). Characteristics of the raw and modified BC such as ultimate and proximate analyses, surface morphology, surface acidity and functionality, point of zero charge, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and thermal stability were compared to evaluate the influence of pyrolysis temperature and of modifications incorporated.

Effect of Biochar on Microbial Growth: A Metabolomics and Bacteriological Investigation in E. coli.

Biochar has been proposed as a soil amendment in agricultural applications due to its advantageous adsorptive properties, high porosity, and low cost. These properties allow biochar to retain soil nutrients, yet the effects of biochar on bacterial growth remain poorly understood. To examine how biochar influences microbial metabolism, Escherichia coli was grown in a complex, well-defined media and treated with either biochar or activated carbon.

Feasibility of renal transplantation after unroofing of a large renal cyst in an expanded criteria donor.

We present a case in which a deceased donor kidney with a large simple cyst was successfully unroofed and transplanted to a 61-year-old male. The donor was a 62-year-old male with a history of hypertension for 2 years; cerebral vascular accident was the cause of death. A large 8-cm cyst distorting the renal hilum was identified upon the procurement of the deceased donor kidney.

[Definition, diagnosis and therapy of chronic widespread pain and so-called fibromyalgia syndrome in children and adolescents. Systematic literature review and guideline].

Background: The scheduled update to the German S3 guidelines on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies ("Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften", AWMF; registration number 041/004) was planned starting in March 2011.

Materials And Methods: The development of the guidelines was coordinated by the German Interdisciplinary Association for Pain Therapy ("Deutsche Interdisziplinären Vereinigung für Schmerztherapie", DIVS), 9 scientific medical societies and 2 patient self-help organizations. Eight working groups with a total of 50 members were evenly balanced in terms of gender, medical field, potential conflicts of interest and hierarchical position in the medical and scientific fields.

Forecasting instead of reacting to educational needs.

As healthcare resources become increasingly scarce, professional development educators will be expected to provide cost-effective education to meet the organization's mission and strategic goals. This can only happen when educators collaborate with organizational leaders to identify actual educational needs in a proactive way. Rather than reacting to educational needs, educators must use a proactive and collaborative approach in forecasting these needs in a consistent and timely manner.

[Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is caused by mutations in the zinc transporter gene SLC39A4].

Background: Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is an autosomal recessively inherited disease caused by a decreased intestinal zinc resorption and characterized by severe dermatitis (preferably hands, feet, mouth, genital region), chronic diarrhoea, retardation of growth and development, alopecia and increased proneness to infections. In 2002 it was shown that mutations in the zinc transporter gene SLC39A4 is the cause of AE.

Case Report: Here we report 4 patients with typical clinical signs since early childhood.

Ergot alkaloids in cereal products: results from the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority.

The danger of ergot alkaloids has been well known for centuries. The origin and toxicology of these compounds have been clarified and flour mills assure us that they have mastered the problem technologically. Nevertheless, one can find food products with sometimes relatively high contents of these toxic alkaloids.

[Musculoskeletal pain].

Background: In paediatrics, numerous diseases present with the leading symptom of muscular, articular, or bone-related pain. The pain as such is seldom diagnostic with regard to pain etiology. Regularly, the significance of inflammatory as well as non-inflammatory pain is underestimated.

[Pain therapy in acute pediatric diseases and vaccination].

PHENOMENON PAIN: While pain is one of the main reasons for an unscheduled visit to the paediatrician, pain due to painful procedures is of major importance in scheduled visits. Actual pain therapy is illustrated in the treatment of burns. Incomplete analgesia may have an unfavourable impact on morbidity and mortality.

Chronic osteomyelitis in childhood: is surgery always indicated?

Background: Presently, most children with chronic osteomyelitis undergo surgery with the inherent risk of damage to their growth plate. We demonstrate a treatment regimen based on imaging procedures focussing on antibiotics in order to reduce the rate of surgical interventions.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all 11 patients with clinically suspected chronic osteomyelitis who were treated at our institution from 1989 to 1995.

[Steroids for prophylaxis of nephropathy in Schnlein Henoch purpura? Follow-up of 171 patients].

Unlabelled: The necessity of the controversially discussed general steroid prophylaxis in Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) was analysed based on frequency, risk factors and prognosis of renal involvement. Case histories and follow up of at least 1.5 years were evaluated in all 171 patients (median age 6 years) in our institution suffering from HSP between 1.

[Spondylodiscitis in childhood].

Spondylodiscitis is a frequently unrecognized disease in childhood because of unspecific symptoms and late arising or radiological signs. The heterogeneous symptoms, the value of diagnostic procedures and the outcome of 8 patients suffering from spondylodiscitis in the time period of 1989 to 1995 are demonstrated. Guiding symptoms were back pain and refusal to walk or sit.

[Hyperuricemia as the main symptom of medium-chain acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase deficiency].

Between 1991 and 1996 three cases of MCAD-deficiency (medium-chain-acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase deficiency) were diagnosed in the Vestische Kinderklinik. All patients showed hypoketotic hypoglycaemia with hyperuricaemia. In the group of hypoketotic hypoglycaemia without lactat acidosis MCAD-deficiency is the only metabolic disease presenting regularly with hyperuricaemia.

[Vomiting as main symptom: unusual presentation of a hyperthyroidism in a 12-year-old boy].

A twelve year old boy presented with a sudden onset of recurrent nausea and vomiting. During the past six weeks he had a weight loss of 13 kg. While he was in the hospital, persistent tachycardia and a slightly elevated blood pressure were noted.

Current therapy for Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1: report of a world registry.

This study represents a multicenter survey on the management of patients with Crigler-Najjar syndrome (CNS) type 1. The aim of the survey was to find guiding principles for physicians in the care of these patients. Fifty-seven patients were included.

A depletion-repletion folate bioassay based on growth and tissue folate concentrations of rats.

To improve standardization of a folate bioassay, folate-depleted rats were repleted with a folate-free amino acid-based diet supplemented with 29 levels of folic acid. Growth was the main response variable and body tissue folate concentrations were also assessed. Because a positive correlation was observed between low levels of dietary folic acid and growth and little or no correlation was observed between high levels and growth, six regression models with a steep slope for low levels and a shallow or zero slope for high levels of dietary folic acid were evaluated.

[Herpes simplex encephalitis in childhood].

This is a report on diagnostic and therapeutic experience in 6 patients aged 3 weeks to 6.3 years suffering from herpes simplex encephalitis. In 2 patients, a 3-week-old newborn and a 1.

[The functional efficiency of cardiac pacemakers as affected by ionizing radiation].

Influence of functions of cardiac pace-makers by ionizing radiation are represented, that is characterized in praxis relevant parameters as pulse duration and sensitivity in a special clear manner. For these parameters dose limits were defined in a phantom where tolerance ranges of pace-makers, guaranteed by producer, were over or underdosed. These dose values were different in dependence of installed electronic wiring diagrams.