Toward rapid silica analysis of CPDM samples: A study of dust recovery and quartz estimation using lab and field samples.

In US coal mines, the continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM) is frequently used to determine miners' exposure to respirable dust. Capabilities to analyze the respirable crystalline silica (RCS) content of that dust are needed, but the CPDM sample collection substrate ("stub") interferes with direct analysis. To overcome this challenge, a three-step method is proposed to recover the dust from the stub, deposit the dust on a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) filter, and analyze the recovered dust by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to determine the quartz content (as a proxy for RCS).

Towards unravelling the Rosette agent enigma: Spread and emergence of the co-invasive host-pathogen complex, Pseudorasbora parva-Sphaerothecum destruens.

The emergence of non-native fungal pathogens is a growing threat to global health, biodiversity, conservation biology, food security and the global economy. Moreover, a thorough understanding of the spread and emergence of pathogens among invasive and native host populations, as well as genetic analysis of the structure of co-invasive host populations, is crucial in terms of conservation biology and management strategies. Here we combined extensive catchment sampling, molecular detection tools and genomic signatures to i) assess the prevalence of the rosette agent Sphaerothecum destruens in invasive and native fish populations in contrasting french regions, and ii) characterize the genetic diversity and population structure of its co-invasive and asymptomatic carrier Pseudorasbora parva.

[Angiography of hepatic angiomatosis in Rendu-Osler disease. Apropos of 3 cases].

The hepatic changes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu Osler's disease) involve the extra- and intrahepatic vessels (enlarged hepatic artery, arteriovenous fistulas and inhomogeneous perfusion) and the hepatic parenchyma (fibrosis, telangiectasic cirrhosis). From three observations with liver involvement and imaged with angiography and dynamic CT, the authors emphasize on the role of the latter for detection of these changes, mostly arteriovenous fistulas.