Publications by authors named "D A C Manning"

Background: Widespread antibiotic prescribing contributes to globally emerging antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Despite stewardship recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, there is a lack of literature identifying barriers and facilitators to antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in United States (U.S.

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Purpose: To analyze the outcomes of the iStent inject in a real-world clinical setting as a standalone procedure to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma.

Materials And Methods: Patients with open-angle glaucoma having undergone iStent inject insertion without concurrent cataract extraction were included in this multicenter observational real-world study in Australia. Patient data was entered into the Fight Glaucoma Blindness! Registry.

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  • * The study presents a method to install and extract soil monoliths using buried PVC pipes, which allows for the collection of soil water samples without external interference.
  • * Through a 6-month trial with 36 monoliths, the method proved reliable for analyzing leachate, contributing to the validation of ERW's ability to remove carbon dioxide effectively.
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  • This study focuses on creating a new fixed bed bioreactor designed for scalable adherent cell culture, which is vital for advancing cell and gene therapies.
  • The bioreactor features stacked mesh discs for efficient fluid flow and minimal stress on cells, showing excellent uniformity in media distribution during cell growth.
  • The platform is highly effective for automated cell harvesting and maintains a high cell viability rate while allowing for predictable modeling of cell growth, making it a promising tool for large-scale biomanufacturing.
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Background: Safe anesthesia is indispensable to achieve global safe surgery and equitable health care access. The disease burden and lack of specialists in South Africa (SA) require junior, nonspecialist doctors to be fit-for-purpose from day 1 when they provide anesthetic services in peripheral hospitals with limited supervision. Graduating students report low self-perceived preparedness for administering anesthesia, but it is not known how their curricular experiences influence their learning.

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