Ketogenic diet registry for epilepsy: A cross-sectional feasibility study.

We aimed to develop a registry ('Keto-Reg') for individuals with epilepsy referred for ketogenic dietary therapy (KDT) and to test feasibility of its implementation. The purpose of the registry is to provide a platform for collaborative research to answer specific research questions regarding long-term clinical and safety outcomes and to identify the most suitable candidates for KDT. Registry data items were determined via an international Delphi survey of KDT healthcare professionals, and then entered into an electronic platform.

Chronic disease patients have fewer social contacts: A pilot survey with implications for transmission dynamics.

Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the most important cause of death in the world. The socio-economic costs associated with NCDs makes it imperative to prevent and control them in the 21st century. The severe toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken worldwide is an unfortunate illustration of our limited insight into the infectious risk for the global population.

Exploring human mixing patterns based on time use and social contact data and their implications for infectious disease transmission models.

Background: The increasing availability of data on social contact patterns and time use provides invaluable information for studying transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. Social contact data provide information on the interaction of people in a population whereas the value of time use data lies in the quantification of exposure patterns. Both have been used as proxies for transmission risks within in a population and the combination of both sources has led to investigate which contacts are more suitable to describe these transmission risks.

Close contact infection dynamics over time: insights from a second large-scale social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, in 2010-2011.

Background: In 2010-2011, we conducted a social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, aimed at improving and extending the design of the first social contact survey conducted in Belgium in 2006. This second social contact survey aimed to enable, for the first time, the estimation of social mixing patterns for an age range of 0 to 99 years and the investigation of whether contact rates remain stable over this 5-year time period.

Methods: Different data mining techniques are used to explore the data, and the age-specific number of social contacts and the age-specific contact rates are modelled using a generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) model.

In situ study of the thermal stability of supported Pt nanoparticles and their stabilization via atomic layer deposition overcoating.

Downscaling of supported Pt structures to the nanoscale is motivated by the augmentation of the catalytic activity and selectivity, which depend on the particle size, shape and coverage. Harsh thermal and chemical conditions generally required for catalytic applications entail an undesirable particle coarsening, and consequently limit the catalyst lifetime. Herein we report an in situ synchrotron study on the stability of supported Pt nanoparticles and their stabilization using atomic layer deposition (ALD) as the stabilizing methodology against particle coarsening.