Publications by authors named "P McMaster"
This new guideline details the specific management of syphilis in pregnancy and in children. It is to be used in clinical practice alongside the BASHH UK guidelines for the management of syphilis 2024.
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- The study aimed to investigate whether starting valganciclovir treatment after one month of age could enhance hearing in children with congenital cytomegalovirus-associated hearing loss.
- Researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind trial involving 54 participants aged 1 month to 3 years, comparing the effects of 6 weeks of valganciclovir versus a placebo on hearing outcomes and viral load.
- Results showed no significant improvement in hearing for the treatment group compared to the placebo, despite a notable reduction in viral load, indicating that starting treatment later does not effectively improve hearing in affected children.
We present a first-principles computational study to understand the action of lead and copper-based ballistic modifiers in the combustion of double-base propellants (DBPs). We show that lead oxide clusters are easily broken down upon addition of small amounts of carbon and the resulting graphitic matrix, dispersed with weakly bound and exposed Pb sites, acts as a Lewis acid to bind small molecule Lewis bases such as NO and CHO that form in the combustion flame. This accounts for super-rate burning, where the fuel burn rate is enhanced.
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