Tunneled Pleural Catheters: An Effective Nonsurgical Alternative for Nonexpandable Lung in Chronic Pleural Infection.

Background: Open window thoracostomy (OTW) is the standard of care for debilitated patients with chronic pleural infection and nonexpandable lungs (NEL) who are not candidates for major surgical intervention. Tunneled pleural catheters (TPC) offer tremendous treatment potential in this setting based on their efficacy in malignant pleural effusion and NEL. We aim to assess the efficacy, safety, and health care utilization of TPC in this setting.

Rapid Pleurodesis in Patients With Chronic Noninfectious Pleural Effusion: Twenty Years of Real-world Performance Data.

Background: Small cohort studies have shown rapid pleurodesis protocol's (RPP) effectiveness and capacity to expedite pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This study intends to evaluate the effectiveness of the RPP in inducing pleurodesis in patients with pleural effusions from either malignant or benign etiologies.

Methods: In this single-center, retrospective cohort study spanning 2 decades, we assessed patients with recurrent symptomatic chronic noninfectious pleural effusion, both benign and malignant.

Meiotic Cytokinesis in : Spores That Just Need Closure.

In the budding yeast , sporulation occurs during starvation of a diploid cell and results in the formation of four haploid spores forming within the mother cell ascus. Meiosis divides the genetic material that is encapsulated by the prospore membrane that grows to surround the haploid nuclei; this membrane will eventually become the plasma membrane of the haploid spore. Cellularization of the spores occurs when the prospore membrane closes to capture the haploid nucleus along with some cytoplasmic material from the mother cell, and thus, closure of the prospore membrane is the meiotic cytokinetic event.

Meiosis II spindle disassembly requires two distinct pathways.

During exit from meiosis II, cells undergo several structural rearrangements, including disassembly of the meiosis II spindles and cytokinesis. Each of these changes is regulated to ensure that they occur at the proper time. Previous studies have demonstrated that both which encodes a STE20-family GCKIII kinase, and , which encodes a meiosis-specific activator of the Anaphase Promoting Complex, are required for both meiosis II spindle disassembly and cytokinesis in the budding yeast .

Innovative activities with edible creations to enhance interdisciplinary health profession students' levels of perceived self-efficacy and cultural competence: An experimental study.

Background: Structured, innovative-designed activities including edible creations may enhance interdisciplinary (athletic training, nursing, health science, physical therapy) health profession students' levels of perceived self-efficacy, cultural competence, and overall learning through integration of an educationally-sound framework. Interprofessional cultural education provides fundamental skills to address diverse individual and societal needs.

Objective: To determine the impact of innovative and creative activities on health profession students' levels of perceived self-efficacy and cultural competence as measured by pre/post Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool-Multidisciplinary Healthcare Provider (TSET-MHP) (Jeffreys, 2010) surveys.