An observational cross-sectional study on the characteristics of children and adolescents with non-specific spinal pain stratified by pain severity.

Background: Distinguishing self-limiting ('trivial') from potentially consequential spinal pain in childhood and adolescence is crucial to prevent over- or under-medicalization. The aim of this study was to stratify participants for severity of spinal pain and to investigate associations of pain severity with potential consequences of pain and some psychophysical and clinical factors.

Methods: In 2020 and 2021, children and adolescents took part in a voluntary population-based spine screening event across Switzerland organized by the Swiss Chiropractors Association.

Fate of fluoroquinolones associated with antimicrobial resistance in circular periurban agriculture.

Animal antibiotic use contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans. While animal manure benefits soil fertility, it also acts as hotspot for antibiotic residues, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and their genes. Amending soils with poultry litter is recognized as "magic" among horticulture farmers and it remains a common practice globally.

Dementia-Friendly Hospital-The Perspective of Professional Dementia Experts.

Aim: To investigate the professional dementia experts' understanding of a dementia-friendly hospital to identify its characteristics.

Design: We used a qualitative design embedded in a case study. A total of 16 semi-structured expert interviews were conducted with 17 professional dementia experts.

Detection of PRRSV-1 in tongue fluids under experimental and field conditions and comparison of different sampling material for PRRSV sow herd monitoring.

Background: Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) leads to significant economic losses worldwide. One of the initial measures following an outbreak is to stabilise the herd and to prevent vertical transmission of PRRSV. The objective of this study was to detect PRRSV in different sampling material, both in an experimental model and on a commercial piglet producing farm, with a focus on evaluating the suitability of tongue fluid samples.

Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system.

Vision provides animals with detailed information about their surroundings, conveying diverse features such as color, form, and movement across the visual scene. Computing these parallel spatial features requires a large and diverse network of neurons, such that in animals as distant as flies and humans, visual regions comprise half the brain's volume. These visual brain regions often reveal remarkable structure-function relationships, with neurons organized along spatial maps with shapes that directly relate to their roles in visual processing.