Managing idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the eye clinic.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a neuro-ophthalmological condition characterised by a raised intracranial pressure and papilloedema that causes disabling headaches. The main risk factors of female sex and living with obesity have been known for some time, however the knowledge of the underlying pathophysiology is evolving. Papilloedema can impact the visual function, and the majority of people are offered acetazolamide.

Bilateral optic neuropathy associated with lorlatinib monotherapy for ALK-positive metastatic lung adenocarcinoma.

Purpose: This report details the characteristics of a case of bilateral optic neuropathy during treatment with oral lorlatinib for ALK-positive metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Observations: A 57-year-old woman with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung receiving treatment with lorlatinib presented to the ophthalmology urgent care with bilateral loss of vision that had progressed to no light perception over the previous 2 weeks. She was hospitalized for an extensive autoimmune, infectious, neoplastic, and paraneoplastic workup, which revealed enhancement of both optic nerves extending up to the optic chiasm and an area of restricted diffusion in the splenium of the corpus callosum on MRI.

Reduced Fertilization to Improve Sustainable Use of Resources and Preserve Postharvest Quality of Fresh-Cut Wild Rocket ( L.) in Soil-Bound and Soilless Cultivation.

Reducing fertilizer input is a goal for helping greenhouse farming to achieve higher sustainability in the production process while preserving overall crop performance and quality. Wild rocket plants were cultivated in a plastic greenhouse divided into two independent sectors, one for soil-bound (SbS) cultivation and another equipped for soilless (ScS) cultivation systems. In both SbS and ScS, the crop was subjected to treatments consisting of a high- and a low-input fertilization program (HF and LF treatment, respectively).

Soilless cultivation systems to produce tailored microgreens for specific nutritional needs.

Background: The awareness of the importance of following dietary recommendations that meet specific biological requirements related to an individual's health status has significantly increased interest in personalized nutrition. The aim of this research was to test agronomic protocols based on soilless cultivation for providing consumers with new dietary sources of iodine (I), as well as alternative vegetable products to limit dietary potassium (K) intake; proposed cultivation techniques were evaluated according to their suitability to obtain such products without compromising agronomic performance.

Results: Two independent experiments, focused on I and K respectively, were conducted in a commercial greenhouse specializing in soilless production.