Characterization of lung burden E.M.P.S.

The physical characterisation of retained EMPS is extremely important in providing information regarding the aetiology of the disease they may produce. It is now accepted that the biological effects fibres may produce in lung tissue once deposited are closely related to their concentration but more critically to their variation in length and diameter. To assess the disease risk of exposure to EMPs it is necessary to accurately describe their lengths and diameter distribution.

Barriers and motivators towards a national final year assessment in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for veterinary undergraduates.

In the final year of the course schools assess students to ensure a minimum level of knowledge and skills is achieved before graduation as a veterinary surgeon. Across the universities, different styles and combinations of assessments are used. A national assessment could provide a solution to maintain quality and potential employability of veterinary surgeons.

Usual interstitial pneumonia in asbestos-exposed cohorts - concurrent idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or atypical asbestosis?

Aims: To determine whether usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern fibrosis is seen in asbestosis.

Methods And Results: The occurrence of UIP pattern fibrosis was studied in four asbestos cohorts systematically referred following postmortem to the UK Pneumoconiosis Unit, Cardiff. The combined exposed workforce comprised >25 000 persons.

Long-Term Outcomes of Trabeculectomy Augmented with Mitomycin C Undertaken within the First 2 Years of Life.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of mitomycin C (MMC)-augmented trabeculectomy undertaken within the first 2 years of life for the surgical management of glaucoma.

Design: Retrospective, consecutive, noncomparative case series.

Participants: All children who underwent MMC-augmented trabeculectomy within 2 years of birth between May 2002 and November 2012.