Comparing the Effectiveness of Online and Face-to-Face Teaching for Medical Students in Shared Decision-Making Communication Skills Training.

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) is crucial in healthcare to facilitate effective communication between providers and patients, aiding in making optimal medical decisions. Communication skills training (CST) can improve physicians' ability in SDM. However, SDM CST for medical students in Taiwan is scarce, and research comparing online versus in-person CST outcomes is lacking.

"Maintaining HIV and HCV prevention and care for people who inject drugs despite COVID-19 in Hai Phong, Vietnam".

Background: After the emergence of COVID-19, a one-month strict lockdown was imposed in April 2020 in Vietnam, followed by lighter social distancing restrictions over the year. We investigated whether those measures affected people who inject drugs (PWID) in terms of risk behaviors for HIV and HCV and access to prevention and care in the city of Haiphong, a historic hotspot for HIV and drug use.

Methodology: We carried out a 'before-after' study from 2019 to 2020 using respondent-driven sampling method to enroll PWID.

Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Trichinellosis and Cysticercosis in Indigenous Pigs in Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam.

Trichinellosis and cysticercosis remain challenges to human health and animal productivity worldwide, especially in developing countries. While information on the occurrence of both diseases is infrequent, they are endemic in parts of Vietnam and mainly related to indigenous pigs kept by ethnic minorities. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of both diseases in indigenous pigs and explore the perception and awareness of both human and pig trichinellosis and cysticercosis of pig farmers.

Antimicrobial use in household, semi-industrialized, and industrialized pig and poultry farms in Viet Nam.

The use and misuse of antimicrobials in livestock production contributes to increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial use (AMU), has been identified as a problem in Viet Nam. There were many identified drivers of AMU in Viet Nam such as lack of access to veterinary services, easy access to cheap over-the-counter antimicrobials, and insufficient farm biosecurity.

Pilot Monitoring of Antimicrobial Residues in Chicken and Pork in Vietnam.

Abstract: Antibiotic residues in consumer foods pose a threat to human health and contribute to increasing antimicrobial resistance. The study was conducted from January to July 2019 in six provinces in Vietnam. In total, 360 pork samples and 360 chicken samples were collected for analysis.

Biomimetic hydrogels based on L-Dopa conjugated gelatin as pH-responsive drug carriers and antimicrobial agents.

Biomimetic hydrogels which possess good biocompatibility, high degradability, and low toxicity as well as good antibacterial activity against various bacteria would potentially be promising for biomaterial applications, such as wound healing, tissue engineering, and payload delivery systems. Herein, we report the synthesis and hydrogelation of L-Dopa conjugated (GPLD) polypeptides via a versatile strategy including enzymatic cross-linking or coordinated/oxidized cross-linking with Fe ions and demonstrated the feasibility of loading cancer drug and metal NPs in hydrogel matrix. The drug-loaded hydrogel was simply prepared via coordinated/oxidized cross-linking by Fe and HO within short gelation time.

Lipopolysaccharide neutralizing protein in Miso, Japanese fermented soybean paste.

Miso, a fermented paste made from soybeans, is used traditionally for seasoning of food. It has been a protein and nitrogen source since ancient times in Japan because of its high nutritional value. Furthermore, it has important health functions such as the estrogen-like activity of isoflavones, anti-oxidation, and angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibition activity.

Exploring the Socioeconomic Importance of Antimicrobial Use in the Small-Scale Pig Sector in Vietnam.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is influenced by antimicrobial use in human and animal health. This use exerts selection pressure on pathogen populations with the development of resistance and the exchange of resistance genes. While the exact scale of AMR in Vietnam remains uncertain, recent studies suggest that it is a major issue in both human and animal health.

In situ formation of silver nanoparticles-contained gelatin-PEG-dopamine hydrogels via enzymatic cross-linking reaction for improved antibacterial activities.

Hydrogels containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were recently found to exhibit excellent antibacterial properties against both gram-negative/positive bacteria and fungi. In this study, we reported the synthesis of AgNPs-contained gelatin-polyethylene glycol-dopamine (AgNP-GPD) hydrogels via the in situ formation of AgNPs in GPD polypeptide solution, followed by an enzymatic cross-linking reaction to form hydrogels. The experimental results showed that the reducing reaction exerted by GPD polypeptides under physiological conditions can afford the formation of AgNPs in situ in the polypeptide solution without the need for additional reducing agents and/or processes such as UV or thermal treatments and then the hydrogelation of GPD polypeptide solution containing AgNPs were preceeded via enzymatic cross-linking reaction.

Characterizing Antimicrobial Use in the Livestock Sector in Three South East Asian Countries (Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam).

A framework was developed to characterize the antimicrobial use/antimicrobial resistance complex in livestock systems in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. Farm profitability, disease prevention, and mortality rate reduction were identified as drivers toward antimicrobial use in livestock systems. It revealed that antimicrobial use was high in all sectors studied, and that routine preventative use was of particular importance to broiler production systems.

Depletion of follicles accelerated by combined exposure to phthalates and 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide, leading to premature ovarian failure in rats.

Humans are at daily risk by simultaneous exposures to a broad spectrum of man-made chemicals in the commercial products. Several classes of chemicals have been shown to alter follicle development and reduce fertility, leading to premature ovarian failure (POF) in mammals. We investigate the synergistic effects of 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) and phthalate, including di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) on POF.

Antimicrobial residues and resistance against critically important antimicrobials in non-typhoidal Salmonella from meat sold at wet markets and supermarkets in Vietnam.

Excessive antimicrobial usage and deficiencies in hygiene in meat production systems may result in undesirable human health hazards, such as the presence of antimicrobial drug residues and non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS), including antimicrobial resistant (AMR) NTS. Recently, Vietnam has witnessed the emergence of integrated intensive animal production systems, coexisting with more traditional, locally-sourced wet markets. To date no systematic studies have been carried out to compare health hazards in beef, pork and chicken in different production systems.

Quantitative risk assessment of human salmonellosis in the smallholder pig value chains in urban of Vietnam.

Objectives: To quantify salmonellosis risk in humans through consumption of boiled pork in urban Hung Yen Province, Vietnam, using a quantitative microbial risk assessment.

Methods: We collected 302 samples along the pork value chain in Hung Yen between April 2014 and February 2015. We developed a model in @Risk, based on microbiological, market, and household surveys on cooking, cross-contamination and consumption, and conducted sensitivity analysis.

Effects of intense pulsed light on tissue vascularity and wound healing: a study with mouse island skin flap model.

Intense pulsed light (IPL) has been used extensively in aesthetic and cosmetic dermatology. To test whether IPL could change the tissue vascularity and improve wound healing, mice were separated into 4 groups. Mice in Group I were not treated with IPL, whereas, dorsal skins of mice in Groups II, III, and IV were treated with 35 J/cm(2), 25 J/cm(2), and 15 J/cm(2) IPL, respectively.

Antimicrobial susceptibility of indicator bacteria isolated from chickens in Southeast Asian countries (Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand).

To determine the prevalence of indicator bacteria resistant to antimicrobials among poultry in three Southeast Asian countries (Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand), we examined the antimicrobial susceptibilities of commensal bacteria isolated from chickens. In total, 125, 117 and 180 isolates of Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, respectively, were used to test for antimicrobial susceptibility. Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial treatment was most frequently observed with oxytetracycline with a prevalence of 73.

Hygienic aspects of livestock manure management and biogas systems operated by small-scale pig farmers in Vietnam.

Biogas digesters are widely promoted and increasingly used to treat and generate gas from pig slurry worldwide. The objective of this study was to describe manure management practices with focus on biogas digestion among small scale pig farmers in Hue (50 farmers) and Hanoi (96 farmers) and to assess fecal contamination levels in biogas effluent. Results showed that 84% of the farmers in Hanoi and 42% in Hue used both pig slurry and human excreta for biogas production.

Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serovars isolated from beef at retail markets in the north Vietnam.

Approximately 39.9% (63/158) of beef samples collected from retail markets in Hanoi from January to June 2009 were Salmonella-positive. Nine Salmonella serovars, Anatum (28.

Canine lateral thoracic fasciocutaneous flap: an experimental study.

For the purpose of reconstructive surgery training and research, we have developed a new skin flap model: canine lateral thoracic fasciocutaneous flap. Anatomical study found that the lateral thoracic arteries in dogs have similar anatomical characteristics to human's ones. Based on these vessels, if a skin flap was designed within the vessels territory (size 5 x 8 cm) it could survive completely, whereas, if designed beyond the vessels territory (size 5 x 14 cm) would result in partial necrosis of the flap.