Biological ion exchange as an alternative to biological activated carbon for natural organic matter removal: Impact of temperature and empty bed contact time (EBCT).

Biofiltration is a widely used process in drinking water treatment plants to remove natural organic matter (NOM). A novel biofiltration process using ion exchange resins as supporting media (i.e.

Is Digital Animation Superior to Text Resources for Facial Transplantation Education? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Facial transplantation is a complex surgical procedure that requires education of medical professionals, patients, and the general public. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the educational efficacy of facial transplantation digital animation versus text resources for teaching medical students a complex surgical procedure and its applicable anatomical and surgical principles.

Methods: Medical student volunteers were recruited and prospectively randomized to an animation or a text group.

Development and economic trends in anticancer drugs licensed in the UK from 2015 to 2019.

Analysis of new anticancer drugs licensed in the UK found that 44 new therapies were approved from 2015 to 2019. No other 5-year period has produced as many new therapies. Most new drugs are kinase inhibitors (KIs, N=18) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs, N=16) with only one classical cytotoxic chemotherapy (CC) licensed.

Have We Achieved Optimal Skin Color Matching in Partial Facial Transplantation? A Survey Study of the General Public and Medical Professionals.

Background: Skin color matching is an essential factor in achieving optimal aesthetic outcome in partial facial transplantation. However, there is no published literature evaluating the success of color matching to date. Furthermore, a medical professional's perception of an optimal color match may not necessarily translate to that of the general public.

Telemedicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Ready to Go Live?

Telemedicine use in the field of wound care had been increasing in popularity when the novel coronavirus 2019 paralyzed the globe in early 2020. To combat the constraints of healthcare delivery during this time, the use of telemedicine has been further expanded. Although many limitations of telemedicine are still being untangled, the benefits of virtual care are being realized in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Public Perceptions of Cross-Sex Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.

Background: Cross-sex vascularized composite allotransplantation has been performed in cadaveric facial transplantation and clinical extremity transplantation. Understanding the challenge of appropriate donor-recipient matching, this study sought to characterize the public's perception of cross-sex vascularized composite allotransplantation.

Methods: Participants were surveyed in New York City.

A survey exploring ophthalmologists' attitudes and beliefs in performing Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in the United Kingdom.

Background: The standard approach to treat cataracts is Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (DSBCS), during which patients have a separate operation date for each eye. An alternative method of delivery is Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS). The aim of this project was to examine the attitudes and beliefs of UK ophthalmologists towards ISBCS, explore their reasons to either practise or not practise ISBCS and identify barriers hindering its implementation in the UK.

Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery: The rationale, implementation, and beliefs of ophthalmic surgeons across Europe.

Purpose: To assess the attitudes and beliefs held toward immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS), including estimating the incidence of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) members currently performing ISBCS, exploring the barriers of ISBCS implementation, and assessing the relevance of these findings to practice in the United Kingdom.

Setting: European consultant members of the ESCRS.

Design: Survey-based questionnaire.

Forest elephant movement and habitat use in a tropical forest-grassland mosaic in Gabon.

Poaching of forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) for ivory has decimated their populations in Central Africa. Studying elephant movement can provide insight into habitat and resource use to reveal where, when, and why they move and guide conservation efforts. We fitted 17 forest elephants with global positioning system (GPS) collars in 2015 and 2016 in the tropical forest-grassland mosaic of the Wonga Wongué Presidential Reserve (WW), Gabon.

Oronasopharyngeal suction versus wiping of the mouth and nose at birth: a randomised equivalency trial.

Background: Wiping of the mouth and nose at birth is an alternative method to oronasopharyngeal suction in delivery-room management of neonates, but whether these methods have equivalent effectiveness is unclear.

Methods: For this randomised equivalency trial, neonates delivered at 35 weeks' gestation or later at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA, between October, 2010, and November, 2011, were eligible. Before birth, neonates were randomly assigned gentle wiping of the face, mouth (implemented by the paediatric or obstetric resident), and nose with a towel (wipe group) or suction with a bulb syringe of the mouth and nostrils (suction group).