Publications by authors named "C Seymour"
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common nosocomial infection in the US. CDI has become a growing concern due to C. difficile's resistance to several antibiotics, including cephalosporins.
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- - The study investigates the mental health impacts on young people in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on loneliness, anxiety, and depression over a one-year period (August 2020-August 2021).
- - Findings show that anxiety levels were highest in summer and fall 2020, while depression peaked in winter 2020-2021, with loneliness increasing significantly by spring and summer 2021, affecting older adolescents, females, and those with pre-existing issues the most.
- - The research concluded that the pandemic severely impacted young people's mental health and social interactions, and emphasized the need for improved mental health training for teachers and better integration of mental health services in schools.
Objectives: Sepsis is an evolving process and proposed subtypes may change over time. We hypothesized that previously established sepsis subtypes are dynamic, prognostic of outcome, and trajectories are associated with host response alterations.
Design: A secondary analysis of two observational critically ill sepsis cohorts: the Molecular diAgnosis and Risk stratification of Sepsis (MARS) and the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV).
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- - Supplementary sugar-water feeders provide a concentrated food source for nectarivorous birds, which might affect their visits to native flowers and the relationship between birds and plants, especially in younger, post-fire areas.
- - A study at Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in South Africa tested these feeders during low (winter) and high (spring) floral abundance to see how they impacted bird behavior and flower visitation.
- - Results showed that while birds used sugar-water feeders more in winter when flowers were scarce, overall bird visits to flowers remained higher than to feeders, suggesting that feeders don't compete with natural food sources but offer an extra option, particularly when flowers are less abundant.