Transformation to a recovery-oriented model of care on a veterans administration inpatient unit.

Objectives: Recovery-oriented care is among the highest treatment priorities for the Veteran Health Administration, which has endorsed organizational change of mental health care to reflect recovery values. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine whether recovery interventions would yield positive outcomes when delivered on in inpatient psychiatry.

Method: Recovery interventions on the unit included recovery-focused interdisciplinary team meetings, opportunities for stakeholder feedback, recovery staff education, increased group programming, peer support, and changes to treatment planning to include increased Veteran engagement and responsibility.

Impact of sulfur dioxide and temperature on culturability and viability of Brettanomyces bruxellensis in Wine.

Brettanomyces is a major threat to red wine quality, causing off-odors such as "medicinal," "barnyard," or even "sewage" during aging. Although sulfites (SO2) are used to limit spoilage by these yeast cells, reduced storage temperatures may lessen SO2 requirements. To test this hypothesis, a 4 | 4 factorial experimental design with molecular SO2(mSO2) concentration (0.

Advances in the control of wine spoilage by Zygosaccharomyces and Dekkera/Brettanomyces.

Understanding the characteristics of yeast spoilage, as well as the available control technologies, is vital to producing consistent, high-quality wine. Zygosaccharomyces bailii contamination may result in refermentation and CO2 production in sweet wines or grape juice concentrate, whereas Brettanomyces bruxellensis spoilage often contributes off-odors and flavors to red wines. Early detection of these yeasts by selective/differential media or genetic methods is important to minimize potential spoilage.

Vectorial secretion of CTGF as a cell-type specific response to LPA and TGF-β in human tubular epithelial cells.

Background: Increased expression of the pro-fibrotic protein connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) has been detected in injured kidneys and elevated urinary levels of CTGF are discussed as prognostic marker of chronic kidney disease. There is evidence that epithelial cells lining the renal tubular system contribute to uptake and secretion of CTGF. However, the role of different types of tubular epithelial cells in these processes so far has not been addressed in primary cultures of human cells.

Distinct mesenchymal alterations in N-cadherin and E-cadherin positive primary renal epithelial cells.

Background: Renal tubular epithelial cells of proximal and distal origin differ markedly in their physiological functions. Therefore, we hypothesized that they also differ in their capacity to undergo epithelial to mesenchymal alterations.

Results: We used cultures of freshly isolated primary human tubular cells.