The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Galapagos Islands' seafood system from consumers' perspectives.

The COVID-19 pandemic's early stages severely impacted global fisheries, particularly areas heavily reliant on imported food and tourism like the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. To contain the spread of the virus, a full lockdown was implemented. However, the collapse of the tourism industry precipitated the worst economic crisis in the history of this multiple-use marine protected area.

Environmental Impacts and Policy Responses to Covid-19: A View from Latin America.

COVID-19 is currently having major short run effects with possible serious long run implications for the environment and the management of natural resources in Latin America. We discuss the possible effects of the pandemic on air pollution, deforestation and other relevant environmental dimensions across the region. With contributions from environmental economists from eight countries, we give an overview of the initial and expected environmental effects of this health crisis.

Influence of Comedication on Levetiracetam Pharmacokinetics.

Background: To evaluate the effect of concomitant antiepileptic therapy on levetiracetam (LEV) pharmacokinetics.

Methods: A 6-year retrospective observational study. Patients were grouped according to the antiepileptic drug used as concomitant medication: group A, LEV in monotherapy; group B, LEV + enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs); and group C, LEV + non-enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (NEIAEDs).

Occurrence of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a sanitary sewer system: Implications for assessing vapor intrusion alternative pathways.

Sewer systems have been recently recognized as potentially important exposure pathways to consider during vapor intrusion assessments; however, this pathway has not been well-characterized and there is need for additional information about the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in sewer systems. This paper reports the results of sewer gas sampling conducted in a sanitary sewer over the years of 2014-2017. Sewer gas samples were collected and analyzed using several different techniques, including TO-15 (grab), TO-17 (passive), Radiello® (passive) and a novel continuous monitoring technique, the Autonomous Rugged Optical Multigas Analyzer (AROMA).

EPICON consensus: recommendations for proper management of switching to eslicarbazepine acetate in epilepsy.

Introduction: The objective of the EPICON Project is to develop a set of recommendations on how to adequately switch from carbamazepine (CBZ) and oxcarbazepine (OXC) to eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in some patients with epilepsy.

Methods: A steering committee drafted a questionnaire of 56 questions regarding the transition from CBZ or OXC to ESL in clinical practice (methodology and change situation). The questionnaire was then distributed to 54 epilepsy experts in 2 rounds using the Delphi method.