Clinical Outcomes after Surgical Resection Combined with Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanomas.

Currently, brachytherapy is the most commonly used therapeutic approach for uveal melanomas. Surgical resection by means of endoresection or exoresection is an alternative approach. The present report recounts our experience over 15 years in the treatment of uveal melanoma using a combined approach of resection surgery with brachytherapy.

Role of commercial enzymes in wine production: a critical review of recent research.

Purified enzymes of microbial origin are applied in the beverage industry since decades because of their ability to enhance products and processes with minimal side effects and low costs. Commercial enzymes are widely used during different wine making steps providing a broad range of effects, such as to maximise juice yield, improve aroma compounds, flavour enhancement, colour extraction in red wines, and contribute in the removal of dissolved unwanted colloidal particles and pectin substances during wine stabilization and filtration. This review presents a study of recent advances in the application of commercial enzymes in the wine making of red, white and sweet wines that have been made in essentially the last 13 years (2005-2018).

School feeding, moving from practice to policy: reflections on building sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems.

Objective: To provide an overview of the status of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of school feeding across sub-Saharan Africa and to reflect on the experience on strengthening M&E systems to influence policy making in low-income countries.

Design: Literature review on the M&E of school feeding programmes as well as data from World Food Programme surveys.

Setting: Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ochratoxin A production in aniseed-based media by selected fungal strains and in anise fruits (Pimpinella anisum L.).

The growth conditions and ochratoxin A (OTA) production of Aspergillus strains were studied in aniseed (Pimpinella anisum L.)-based media. The results showed that methanol/NaHCO3 (50:50, v/v) mixture for extraction and competitive direct ELISA analytical method are capable of detecting low OTA concentrations in this raw material, which were confirmed by HPLC with fluorescence detection (R (2) = 0.

School feeding: outcomes and costs.

Background: School-feeding programs are popular development assistance programs in developing countries but have previously had few sound, empirical analyses of their effectiveness and costs.

Objective: The goals of this study were to provide a realistic estimate of the costs of school feeding and combine these estimates with outcome information to obtain the cost per outcome.

Methods: Cost studies were conducted in three African countries by reviewing school-feeding costs provided by the World Food Programme and interviewing stakeholders in ministries of education and in the community.

The costs and cost-efficiency of providing food through schools in areas of high food insecurity.

Background: The provision of food in and through schools has been used to support the education, health, and nutrition of school-aged children. The monitoring of financial inputs into school health and nutrition programs is critical for a number of reasons, including accountability, transparency, and equity. Furthermore, there is a gap in the evidence on the costs, cost-efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of providing food through schools, particularly in areas of high food insecurity.

Does provision of food in school increase girls' enrollment? Evidence from schools in sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: The problem of low female literacy rates in Africa starts with low primary school enrollment, particularly in areas of high food insecurity. The provision of food in, and through, schools is considered to be one way of enrolling more girls in school, keeping them enrolled, and enhancing their adult well-being and productivity as a result.

Objective: To investigate the effects of provision of food and additional take-home rations in schools on girls' enrollment.

Training primary care physicians in Chile in the diagnosis and treatment of depression.

Objectives: This study evaluated the results of a brief 2-day educational training program for Chilean primary care physicians that measured changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice. This World Psychiatric Association (WPA) program was adopted to overcome diagnostic and treatment problems that are found among primary care practitioners.

Methods: 37 primary care physicians from two cities in Chile and 2589 patients participated.

[Evolution of the nutritional status of six years old Chilean children (1987-2003)].

Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously.

Aim: To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children from 1987 to 2003.

Material And Methods: The computer data base of a government institution in charge of the School Lunch Program (JUNAEB) was used.