US college and university student health screening requirements for tuberculosis and vaccine-preventable diseases, 2012.

Objective: Colleges are at risk for communicable disease outbreaks because of the high degree of person-to-person interactions and relatively crowded dormitory settings. This report describes the US college student health screening requirements among US resident and international students for tuberculosis (TB) and vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) as they relate to the American College Health Association (ACHA) guidelines. Methods/Participants: In April 2012, US college health administrators (N = 2,858) were sent online surveys to assess their respective school's TB screening and immunization requirements.

Use of Expedited Partner Therapy for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in College and University Health Centers in the United States, 2011-2012.

We examined expedited partner therapy for chlamydia and gonorrhea in college and university health centers by institutional and policy characteristics. Expedited partner therapy awareness and use was low (44.1% used), did not differ by institutional characteristics, and differed by policy environment.

Waterpipe smoking among U.S. university students.

Introduction: While cigarette use is declining, smoking tobacco with a waterpipe is an emerging trend. We aimed to determine the prevalence of waterpipe use in a large diverse sample of U.S.

[Significance of patient education and rehabilitation for an epilepsy patient].

In patient education, the therapy of an epilepsy patient is planned in collaboration with the patient. Treatment results will improve, when drug therapy and the effects of epilepsy on everyday life are individually assessed together with the patient. Epilepsy information and support provided on a primary information day will help to orient to an altered life situation.

Zn2+ complexes of di- and tri-nucleating azacrown ligands as base-moiety-selective cleaving agents of RNA 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds: binding to guanine base.

The ability of the dinuclear Zn2+ complex of 1,4-bis[(1,5,9-triazacyclododecan-3-yloxy)methyl]benzene (L(1)) to promote the cleavage of the phosphodiester bond of dinucleoside-3',5'-monophosphates that contain a guanine base has been studied over a narrow pH range from pH 5.8 to 7.2 at 90 degrees C.