Practices developed by nurses in primary health care in southern Brazil.

Objective: To understand the practices developed by nurses in primary care in southern Brazil.

Method: Qualitative study, with data collection via online interviews, conducted between October 2020 and May 2021, and recorded. 174 nurses from 24 municipalities in southern Brazil participated.

[COVID-19 vaccination status, sources of used information and socio-demographic characteristics-results of the CoSiD study].

Background: Despite the benefits of a COVID-19 vaccination, too few people in Germany were still considered vaccinated in the summer of 2022. This was explained, among other factors, by socio-demographic differences. The article also analyses this correlation by including the sources of information used on corona vaccination based on the data from the third survey of the "Accompanying research on the communication of corona vaccination in Germany" (CoSiD study, Nov.

[Reasons of Individuals 60 Years and Older in Germany for not Getting Vaccinated against Covid-19].

Purpose: To identify the reasons of individuals aged 60 years and older in Germany for not getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

Methods: Data for this study were collected in July/August 2021 from "Kommunikation der Corona-Schutzimpfung in Deutschland" (CoSiD)", a representative survey of the general adult population in Germany. The focus was on individuals aged 60 years and older in our current study (n=1,281 individuals).

Age alters the thermoregulatory responses to extreme heat exposure with accompanying activities of daily living.

Older adults are at greater risk for heat-related morbidity and mortality, due in part to age-related reductions in heat dissipating capabilities. Previous studies investigating the impact of age on responses to heat stress used approaches that lack activities of daily living and therefore may not accurately depict the thermal/physiological strain that would occur during actual heatwaves. We sought to compare the responses of young (18-39 yr) and older (≥65 yr) adults exposed to two extreme heat simulations.

[Health information behaviour and health literacy on COVID-19 vaccination of the general population in Germany-findings from the CoSiD study].

Background: Although COVID-19 vaccination reduces severe disease progression as well as hospitalisations and deaths, every fourth to fifth person in Germany is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Effective information and communication measures are needed to reach these people. For this, it is important to know the information behaviour as well as the health competences in the area of COVID-19 vaccination, especially of previously unvaccinated people.

Identification of an atypical interaction site in the BTB domain of the MYC-interacting zinc-finger protein 1.

The repurposing of structurally conserved protein domains in different functional contexts is thought to be a driving force in the evolution of complex protein interaction networks. The BTB/POZ domain is such a versatile binding module that occurs over 200 times in the human proteome with diverse protein-specific adaptations. In BTB-zinc-finger transcription factors, the BTB domain drives homo- and heterodimerization as well as interactions with non-BTB-domain-containing proteins.

Yield response to soil test phosphorus in Switzerland: Pedoclimatic drivers of critical concentrations for optimal crop yields using multilevel modelling.

Phosphorus (P) management in agroecosystems is driven by opposing requirements in agronomy, ecology, and environmental protection. The widely used maintenance P fertilization strategy relies on critical concentrations of soil test P (STP), which should cause the lowest possible impact on the environment while still ensuring optimal yield. While both soil P availability and crop yields are fundamentally related to pedoclimatic conditions, little is known about the extent to which soil and climate variables control critical STP.

Environmental Parameters Affecting the Concentration of Iodine in New Zealand Pasture.

Iodine (I) is an essential trace element commonly deficient in agricultural systems. Whereas there is much information on I in food crops, there is a lacuna of knowledge on the environmental factors that affect pasture I concentrations. We aimed to identify the most important environmental factors affecting the concentration of I in New Zealand pastures, and the consequences to agricultural systems.

[The decline of cigarette smoking among adolescents and young adults in Germany and the rising relevance of waterpipes, e‑cigarettes and e‑hookahs].

Background: National and international studies indicate that despite the decline in the consumption of traditional tobacco cigarettes, the consumption of other products, such as waterpipes (or hookahs), e‑cigarettes or e‑hookahs (a variant of e‑cigarettes), may be increasing. In addition to the long-term change in smoking behaviour, this article examines how the prevalence of smoking tobacco cigarettes, waterpipes, e‑cigarettes and e‑hookahs in adolescents and young adults in Germany has developed between 2007 and 2016.

Methods: Data are based on representative surveys on substance use among adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 25 conducted by the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) from 1973 to 2016.

[Briard's sagittal sliding osteotomy of the lateral condyle in total knee arthoplasty of the severe valgus knee].

Objective: Distalization of the insertion of the lateral collateral ligament and popliteus tendon by sliding osteotomy of the lateral femur condyle in order to correct a residual contracture in extension in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of the severe valgus deformity.

Indications: Genuine and other valgus deformity of the knee.

Contraindications: Severe laxity of the medial collateral ligament; common contraindications of joint replacement.

[Assessing the health target "Reduce tobacco consumption"].

The consortium gesundheitsziele.de has defined health targets and actions to reduce tobacco consumption of the general population. Five primary fields of action were defined: (1) tax increase, (2) ban of advertisements, (3) protection against second-hand smoking, (SHS) (4) support of smoking cessation, and (5) actions to avoid taking up smoking.

[Changes in knowledge, attitudes, and smoking behavior among young people in Germany. Results of repeated, representative surveys by the BZgA].

Following an increase in tobacco consumption among 12 to 17 year olds between 1993 and 1997, a policy mix comprising various structural and behavioral prevention measures was implemented in Germany. One element of this policy mix is the "rauchfrei" ("smoke-free") youth campaign of the BZgA (Federal Centre for Health Education), a combination of media that reaches a large number of youth, personal communication, and setting-based interventions. The aim is to prevent young people from starting to smoke and to promote the cessation of smoking at an early stage.

Association of average daily alcohol consumption, binge drinking and alcohol-related social problems: results from the German Epidemiological Surveys of Substance Abuse.

Aims: The present study investigates the combined effect of average volume and binge drinking in predicting alcohol-related social problems and estimates the proportion of alcohol-related harms related to specific drinking patterns that could be prevented if transferred to a low-risk drinking group.

Methods: Data came from the 1997 and 2000 German Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse (ESA) (age: 18-59 years; response rate: 65% and 51%, respectively). The pooled sample consisted of 12,668 current drinkers.

Awareness of breathing: the structure of language descriptors of respiratory sensations.

Objective: Recent research suggests that dyspnea is not a single sensation but a multidimensional construct reflected in different verbal descriptors that can provide useful diagnostic information. In this study superordinated clusters of dyspnea were investigated in combination with a dimensional approach.

Design: We examined the use of 20 respiratory symptom descriptors by healthy volunteers who completed a protocol of seven experimental conditions: Quiet breathing, breath holding, paced breathing, climbing stairs, resistive load breathing, voluntary hyperinflation, and voluntary hyperventilation.

Drug use patterns and drug-related disorders of cocaine users in a sample of the general population in Germany.

Aims: The prevalence of cocaine use is still very low in Germany, but rates have been increasing over the past few decades. Patterns of drug consumption and related adverse consequences in individuals who have used cocaine were investigated in order to distinguish different types of cocaine users.

Methods: Data come from two national representative surveys on substance abuse in the German general population conducted in 1997 and 2000 using self- administered questionnaires.

[Transplantation of autologous oral mucosa in the treatment of a symblepharon in Wegener's disease--a case report].

Background: Wegener's disease, an immune vasculitis, is characterized by granulomata and vasculitis of small and large vessels. Ocular manifestations are observed in approximately half of all cases.

Patient: We report on a 58-year-old male with severe generalized Wegener's disease which was first diagnosed in 1986.