spp. in Metalworking Fluid Systems: Companions Forever.

Water-miscible metalworking fluids (MWFs) are utilized in a variety of metal removal and forming operations. For end-use, formulation concentrates are diluted in water, creating conditions conducive to microbial growth and metabolism, possibly compromising the fluid's integrity and mechanically obstructing filters or piping systems. Metalworking machines offer additional habitats on surfaces that are in permanent or temporary contact with MWFs.

High Rates of Asymptomatic Infections With High Proportion of Genotypic Resistance to First-Line Macrolide Treatment Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Enrolled in the Zurich Primary HIV Infection Study.

Background: () is an emerging sexually transmitted pathogen among men who have sex with men (MSM). Resistance to recommended antimicrobial agents are of public health concern. Few data exist on infections in MSM diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during primary HIV infection.

Gait Analysis Platform for Measuring Surgery Recovery.

Gait analysis has evolved significantly during last years due to the great development of the Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) platforms that allow an easy integration of sensors (inertial, magnetic and pressure in our case) to the complex analytics required to compute, not only relevant parameters, but also meaningful indexes. In this paper, we extend a previous development based on a fully wireless pair of insoles by implementing an updated version with more reliable and user-friendly devices, smartphone app and web front-end and back-end. We also extend previous work focused on fall analysis (with the corresponding fall risk index or FRI) with the proposal of a new surgery recovery index (SRI) to account for the individual speed recovery speed that can be measured either at clinical facilities or at home in a telemedicine environment or while doing daily life activities.

Short-term application of ibuprofen before ovulation.

Aim Of The Study: The aim was to analyse if ibuprofen, as a non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor, has any negative effect on oocyte competence and embryo quality. COX- inhibitors are popular over-the-counter analgesics. Whereas selective COX inhibitors have been shown to impair female fertility, data on non-selective COX inhibitors are poor.

Real-Time Constant Monitoring of Fall Risk Index by Means of Fully-Wireless Insoles.

Constant monitoring of gait in real life conditions is considered the best way to assess Fall Risk Index (FRI) since most falls happen out of the ideal conditions in which clinicians are currently analyzing the patient's behavior. This paper presents the WIISEL platform and results obtained through the use of the first full-wireless insole devices that can measure almost all gait related data directly on the feet (not in the upper part of the body as most existing wearable solutions). The platform consists of a complete tool-chain: insoles, smartphone & app, server & analysis tool, FRI estimation and user access.

Concurrent validation of an index to estimate fall risk in community dwelling seniors through a wireless sensor insole system: A pilot study.

Falls are a major health problem for older adults with immediate effects, such as fractures and head injuries, and longer term effects including fear of falling, loss of independence, and disability. The goals of the WIISEL project were to develop an unobtrusive, self-learning and wearable system aimed at assessing gait impairments and fall risk of older adults in the home setting; assessing activity and mobility in daily living conditions; identifying decline in mobility performance and detecting falls in the home setting. The WIISEL system was based on a pair of electronic insoles, able to transfer data to a commercially available smartphone, which was used to wirelessly collect data in real time from the insoles and transfer it to a backend computer server via mobile internet connection and then onwards to a gait analysis tool.

A wireless sensor insole for collecting gait data.

This paper presents the status of the EU project WIISEL - Wireless Insole for Independent and Safe Elderly Living, with the focus on sensors and wireless communications. Pressure and inertial sensors are embedded into insoles and a smartphone collects data utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy.

Long-term effects of coordinative training in degenerative cerebellar disease.

Few clinical studies have evaluated physiotherapeutic interventions for patients with degenerative cerebellar disease. In particular, evidence for long-term effects and transfer to activities of daily life is rare. We have recently shown that coordinative training leads to short-term improvements in motor performance.

Is there a role for benzodiazepines in the management of lumbar disc prolapse with acute sciatica?

Patients with acute lumbar disc prolapse with sciatica who are not considered candidates for surgery are usually treated with physiotherapy and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Moreover, the treatment with benzodiazepines is common practice in the absence of class I or II level of evidence. Here we assessed the role of benzodiazepines in the conservative management of acute lumbar disc prolapse.

A prospective study of mechanical physiotherapy for lumbar disk prolapse: five year follow-up and final report.

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term effect of a specific conservative treatment method for patients with lumbar disc prolapse.

Background Data: Low back pain and symptoms of disc herniation have a good prognosis. Yet the rates of disability and sick-leave because of recurrences are high and cost-intensive.

Intensive coordinative training improves motor performance in degenerative cerebellar disease.

Objectives: The cerebellum is known to play a strong functional role in both motor control and motor learning. Hence, the benefit of physiotherapeutic training remains controversial for patients with cerebellar degeneration. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of a 4-week intensive coordinative training for 16 patients with progressive ataxia due to cerebellar degeneration (n = 10) or degeneration of afferent pathways (n = 6).

Compensation of muscarinic bronchial effects of talsaclidine by concomitant sympathetic activation in guinea pigs.

The aim of the present investigation was to determine the reasons why the muscarinic receptor agonist talsaclidine (WAL 2014 FU, 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2] octane,3-(2-propynyloxy)-, (R)-,(E)-2-butenedioate) is devoid of bronchospastic effects in anaesthetized guinea pigs but causes contracture in isolated tracheal muscle from this species.

In vivo consequences of M1-receptor activation by talsaclidine.

The aim of this investigation in anaesthetized dogs was to provide direct evidence for an activation of the sympathetic nervous system by the muscarinic agonist talsaclidine (WAL 2014 FU). Intravenous infusion at a rate of 1 mg/kg/min increased plasma catecholamines and in particular epinephrine, thus indicating a predominant stimulation of the adrenals. Sympathetic activation was also indicated by increases in renal vascular resistance, an effect which was sensitive to alpha-adrenolysis.

Validity of western immunoblot band patterns in the serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis.

Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease is hampered by low specificity of the standard assays currently used. The Western immunoblot has therefore been proposed as a potential confirmatory test. For the present report, the method was evaluated by testing sera from patients with clinically defined early- and late-stage borreliosis.