The comparison of brief, online mindfulness and relaxation interventions to reduce stress and improve sleep-related outcomes in college students.

Objective: The current study aimed to examine whether brief online stress reduction exercises supplemented with sleep improvement strategies would reduce stress, arousal, and sleep difficulties in college students who were not required to use the sleep improvement strategies for participation.

Participants: A sample of 114 college student participants were enrolled because they were experiencing stress and/or wanted to improve their sleep.

Methods: Participants were randomized into an abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation, a mindful breathing, or a self-monitoring control condition for the 4-week intervention.

National trends in prescription proton pump inhibitor use and expenditure in the United States in 2002-2017.

Objectives: In the United States, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of drugs, but contemporary data on national-level utilization patterns for PPI use are limited. This study examined the trends in prescription PPI use and expenditures, overall and by patient subgroups, and identified predictors of PPI use.

Methods: Prescription PPI use was identified from the 2002-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data using the brand and generic names.

Impact of Acid Suppression Therapy on Iron Supplementation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Objective: We assessed the impact of acid suppression therapy (i.e., ranitidine or proton pump inhibitors) on iron supplementation and its ability to maintain or alter laboratory values that are commonly associated with anemia.

Predictive ability of fine-needle aspirate cytology for incompletely resected mast cell tumor surgical sites.

The goal of this study was to evaluate whether fine-needle aspirate cytology of a previous surgical site was predictive of recurrence for incompletely excised mast cell tumors (MCTs). Electronic medical records were searched for dogs diagnosed with MCTs; those with histologically confirmed, incompletely resected MCTs evaluated by scar aspiration cytology within 60 days after surgery were included for analysis. Variables were compared between groups using Fisher's exact test and logistic regression.

Identification and Investigation of Autolysin Genes in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Strain N1-4 for Enhanced Biobutanol Production.

Biobutanol is a valuable biochemical and one of the most promising biofuels. N1-4 is a hyperbutanol-producing strain. However, its strong autolytic behavior leads to poor cell stability, especially during continuous fermentation, thus limiting the applicability of the strain for long-term and industrial-scale processes.

Eating Behaviors in Relation to Child Weight Status and Maternal Education.

Background: The eating behavior of children is important to maintain a healthy weight. This current study explored the differences in children's eating behaviors and their relation to weight status and maternal education level, using the child eating behavior questionnaire (CEBQ).

Methods: The study recruited 169 participants aged between six and ten years.

Outcomes of Children Who Present to the Emergency Department After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

Objectives: Our primary objective was to describe emergency department (ED) presentation, treatment, and outcomes for children after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Our secondary objective was to identify factors associated with serious infection in this population.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of HCT patients who presented to our university children's hospital ED from January 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013.

Aortic to caudal vena cava ratio measurements using abdominal ultrasound are increased in dogs with confirmed systemic hypertension.

Chronically sustained systemic hypertension in dogs can damage the kidneys, eye, brain, heart, and vessels. In human medicine, systemic hypertension has been implicated as the most common risk factor for aorta dilation, which can progress to an aneurysm. Abdominal ultrasound has been commonly used to monitor the size of the abdominal aorta in people with systemic hypertension.

Retrospective evaluation of serum/plasma iron, red blood cell distribution width, and nucleated red blood cells in dogs with acute trauma (2009-2015): 129 cases.

Objective: To compare the prognostic value of admission hematologic parameters serum/plasma iron, red blood cell distribution width (RDW), and nucleated red blood cells (nRBCs) in dogs presenting with acute traumatic injury.

Design: Retrospective observational study (2009-2015).

Setting: University teaching hospital.

Influence of Sweep Length on Rice Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Capture and Reliability of Population Density Estimates.

The rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), is a key pest of heading rice, Oryza sativa L. (Poales: Poaceae), in the southern United States.

Comprehensive Clinical and Laboratory Follow-up of a Female Patient With Ebola Virus Disease: Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study.

The clinical, virologic, and immunologic findings in a female Ebola virus disease patient are described. During the long-term follow-up, Ebola virus RNA was detectable in vaginal fluid before 36 days after symptom onset, with nearly an identical genome sequence as in acute phase blood. Ebola-specific T cells retained activation at 56 days after disease onset.

Ambulatory care preceptors' perceptions on SOAP note writing in advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs).

Introduction: Descriptions of SOAP note requirements and assessment methods used during advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) are limited in the literature. This study aimed to gather information from preceptors regarding SOAP note writing and assessment methods utilized during ambulatory care APPEs.

Methods: A survey was developed and distributed to ambulatory care preceptors with data collected via Qualtrics and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact test to assess the significance for associations between dependent and independent variables, and the Gamma test to assess dependent variables in grading habits and feedback types.

Delay discounting and its association with food purchasing considerations and food availability in the home in south-east Alabama, USA.

Objective: Certain factors, such as food quality, label content and grocery characteristics, may be considered when purchasing foods. Food availability in the home has been shown to influence dietary behaviours, also associated with delay discounting (DD). The present study sought to characterize the relationships between DD, food purchasing considerations and healthfulness of foods in the home.

Decreased Pseudomonas aeruginosa detection in children after separation of pediatric from adult cystic fibrosis clinics: A single center experience.

Background: The impact of separating the adult from pediatric patients on Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeriginosa) detection in the respiratory cultures of patients was examined at the University of Minnesota CF Center.

Methods: This study was a retrospective review using data recorded in the University of Minnesota CF Database between 1995 and 2010.

Low-dose ACTH stimulation testing in dogs suspected of hypoadrenocorticism.

Background: Low-dose ACTH stimulation testing would lower cost and may increase sensitivity for identification of partial ACTH deficiency.

Hypothesis: (1) The low-dose ACTH stimulation test will provide comparable results to the standard-dose ACTH stimulation test in dogs suspected of hypoadrenocorticism and (2) partial ACTH deficiency exists in dogs and can result in chronic, intermittent gastrointestinal signs.

Animals: Thirty-one client-owned dogs suspected of having hypoadrenocorticism.

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Multisite Study Documenting the Efficacy of Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Interventions in the Management of Glycemic Control and Diabetic Dyslipidemia through Retrospective Chart Review.

Background: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) improve glycemic control and reduce risk of chronic comorbid disease.

Objective: Document outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) completing DSME and MNT through American Diabetes Association-recognized programs.

Design: Descriptive, retrospective chart review.

Use of the Animal Trauma Triage Score, RibScore, Modified RibScore and Other Clinical Factors for Prognostication in Canine Rib Fractures.

Objectives:  To characterize the clinical features among dogs sustaining rib fractures and to determine if age, type and severity of injury, entry blood lactate, trauma score and rib fracture score were associated with outcome.

Methods:  A retrospective study was performed to include dogs that were presented with rib fractures. Risk factors evaluation included breed, age, body weight, diagnosis, presence of a flail chest, bandage use, puncture wound presence, rib fracture number, location of the fracture along the thoracic wall, hospital stay length, body weight, other fractures, pleural effusion, pulmonary contusions, pneumothorax and occurrence of an anaesthetic event.

Effect of blood contamination on results of dipstick evaluation and urine protein-to-urine creatinine ratio for urine samples from dogs and cats.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate effects of blood contamination on dipstick results, specific gravity (SG), and urine protein-to-urine creatinine ratio (UPCR) for urine samples from dogs and cats. SAMPLE Urine samples collected from 279 dogs and 120 cats. PROCEDURES Urine pools were made for each species (dogs [n = 60] and cats [30]).

Comparison of Emergency Department Visits for Complications of Gastrostomy Versus Gastrojejunostomy Tubes in Children.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate frequency, type, and cost of gastrostomy tube (GT) versus gastrojejunostomy tube (GJT) complications in children presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Methods: Patients were selected by electronic health record search for International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, and procedure codes for GTs and GJTs/jejunostomy tubes. All children aged less than 18 years with GTs or GJTs placed during a 5-year period (2007-2012) at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital were identified for retrospective review.

Implementation of a study to examine the persistence of Ebola virus in the body fluids of Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: Methodology and lessons learned.

Background: The 2013-2016 West African Ebola virus disease epidemic was unprecedented in terms of the number of cases and survivors. Prior to this epidemic there was limited data available on the persistence of Ebola virus in survivors' body fluids and the potential risk of transmission, including sexual transmission.

Methodology/principal Findings: Given the urgent need to determine the persistence of Ebola virus in survivors' body fluids, an observational cohort study was designed and implemented during the epidemic response operation in Sierra Leone.

Allometric versus consensus guideline dosing in achieving target vancomycin trough concentrations.

Purpose: Results of a study comparing the performance of allometric versus consensus guideline-recommended vancomycin dosing in achieving initial trough concentrations within the desired range are reported.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to compare selected outcomes with 2 vancomycin dosing methods: (1) dosing by total body weight, as recommended in current consensus guidelines, and (2) a new empirical vancomycin dosing strategy grounded in allometry (the study of the relationship between body size and physiology). The primary outcome was attainment of an initial vancomycin trough concentration within the target range (10-20 mg/L).

Objective Measurement of Adherence to Out-Patient Airway Clearance Therapy by High-Frequency Chest Wall Compression in Cystic Fibrosis.

Background: Objective measures of adherence to high-frequency chest wall compression (HFCWC), a form of airway clearance therapy for patients with cystic fibrosis, are lacking. We used a novel electronic monitoring device integrated into an HFCWC vest to measure adherence compared with self-reported adherence. We determined factors that influenced adherence and how adherence correlated with baseline pulmonary function and pulmonary exacerbations.

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Medical Nutrition Therapy Improve Patient Outcomes: A Pilot Study Documenting the Efficacy of Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Interventions through Retrospective Chart Review.

Background: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) improve patient outcomes; poor reimbursement limits access to care.

Objective: Our aim was to develop methodology for tracking patient outcomes subsequent to registered dietitian nutritionist interventions, document outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes attending an American Diabetes Association-recognized program, and obtain outcome data to support reimbursement and public policy initiatives to improve patient access to DSME and MNT.

Design: Retrospective chart review.