So the Bone Flap Hit the Floor, Now What? An In Vitro Comparison of Cadaveric Bone Flap Decontamination Procedures.

Background And Objectives: Over the course of their career, 66% of neurosurgeons will witness someone accidentally dropping a bone flap on the floor during a craniotomy procedure. Although this event is rare, it can have significant consequences for the patient, and little literature is available to guide management of this complication. Our objective was to compare 5 bone flap decontamination protocols for efficacy in reducing bacterial load, with the goal of safely reimplanting the dropped flap.

Insight into the Cationic Charge Distribution in UPuAmO Mixed Oxides.

Uranium-plutonium mixed oxides, containing few mol % of Am, are currently studied as fuel for Sodium Fast Reactors. The study of the O/M ratio of these fuels is of main interest, as its variation can induce issues for reactor safety. For this purpose, four UPuAmO samples (0.

A dataset of crop succession indicators for 2015-2021.

The current agroecological transition of agriculture pushes to a diversification of cropping systems, which requires quantified data describing crop successions. "Crop successions indicators 2015-2021" dataset provides a set of twenty synthesis indicators to characterize crop diversity, crop seasonality, particular components of crop successions and duration of crop rotations. Indicators are computed for a seven-year period from 2015 to 2021.

Perceptions, expectations, and recommendations of trans adults on gender-affirming care in France: a qualitative study.

Trans people have diverse life experiences which may include gender-affirming care (GAC). GAC positively impacts the quality of life of trans adults. However, they are often met with barriers to care and are particularly vulnerable within the healthcare system.

Nursing practices on sexual health for people with neurological disorders: A narrative review.

Aims: To identify and describe nursing practices on the sexual health of people with neurological disorders.

Design: Narrative review.

Methods: Data were extracted from 1 January 2002, to 20 May 2021.

Including land management in a European carbon model with lateral transfer to the oceans.

The use of cover crops (CCs) is a promising cropland management practice with multiple benefits, notably in reducing soil erosion and increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. However, the current ability to represent these factors in land surface models remains limited to small scales or simplified and lumped approaches due to the lack of a sediment-carbon erosion displacement scheme. This precludes a thorough understanding of the consequences of introducing a CC into agricultural systems.

Young people's proposals for a web-based intervention for sexual health promotion: a French qualitative study.

Background: Promoting sexual health is key to improving the supportive behaviors and well-being of young people. With the advent of the Internet, web-based features for sexual health promotion may be attractive to a diverse range of young people. This study aims to assess young people's proposals regarding a web-based intervention for sexual health promotion.

Health Promotion in Popular Web-Based Community Games Among Young People: Proposals, Recommendations, and Applications.

Background: Young people use digital technology on a daily basis and enjoy web-based games that promote social interactions among peers. These interactions in web-based communities can develop social knowledge and life skills. Intervening via existing web-based community games represents an innovative opportunity for health promotion interventions.

Influence of Sintering Conditions on the Structure and Redox Speciation of Homogeneous (U,Ce)O Ceramics: A Synchrotron Study.

Although uranium-cerium dioxides are frequently used as a surrogate material for (U,Pu)O nuclear fuels, there is currently no reliable data regarding the oxygen stoichiometry and redox speciation of the cations in such samples. In order to fill this gap, this manuscript details a synchrotron study of highly homogeneous (U,Ce)O sintered samples prepared by a wet-chemistry route. HERFD-XANES spectroscopy led to determining accurately the O/M ratios (with M = U + Ce).

From regional to parcel scale: A high-resolution map of cover crops across Europe combining satellite data with statistical surveys.

The reformed Common Agricultural Policy of 2023-2027 aims to promote a more sustainable and fair agricultural system in the European Union. Among the proposed measures, the incentivized adoption of cover crops to cover the soil during winter provides numerous benefits such as improved soil structure and reduced nutrient leaching and erosion. Despite this recognized importance, the availability of spatial data on cover crops is scarce.

A Smoking Prevention Intervention Among Young People in an Online Community Game: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Innovative methods for smoking prevention interventions need to be investigated to increase attractiveness, access hard-to-reach populations, and increase effectiveness. We studied the feasibility and immediate effects of an intervention to reinforce norms and behaviors of young people related to antismoking, integrated into a popular online community game. A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted through the HABBO online community.

The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes, and the economy.

In the COVID-19 pandemic many countries required COVID certificates, proving vaccination, recovery, or a recent negative test, to access public and private venues. We estimate their effect on vaccine uptake for France, Germany, and Italy using counterfactuals constructed via innovation diffusion theory. The announcement of COVID certificates during summer 2021 were associated - although causality cannot be directly inferred - with increased vaccine uptake in France of 13.

Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its first variants in fourplex real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assays.

The early diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is required to identify and isolate contagious patients to prevent further transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we present a multitarget real-time TaqMan reverse transcription PCR (rRT-PCR) assay for the quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 and some of its circulating variants harboring mutations that give the virus a selective advantage. Seven different primer-probe sets that included probes containing locked nucleic acid (LNA) nucleotides were designed to amplify specific wild-type and mutant sequences in Orf1ab, Envelope (E), Spike (S), and Nucleocapsid (N) genes.

Sexual health promotion messages for young people in Netflix most-watched series content (2015-2020): mixed-methods analysis study.

Introduction: Sexual health is a major issue for young people, and there is a need to promote it. Sexual health promotion messages may be included in Netflix series that are widely watched by young people, with important emotional dimensions in scenarios.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the explicit sexual health promotion messages integrated in Netflix series popular among young people, and to describe them and how they are delivered.

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers from 10 hospitals in Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected health care workers. We sought to estimate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among hospital health care workers in Quebec, Canada, after the first wave of the pandemic and to explore factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity.

Methods: Between July 6 and Sept.

Diversity of farmland management practices (FMP) and their nexus to environment: A review.

We examined the environmental impacts of farmland management practices (FMPs), considering FMPs as frequent or single actions that change both land use AND use rights (land and property relations). Based on a review of the international literature in both the social and life sciences and using an analytical framework of landscape agronomy, we explored the links between FMPs and changes in agricultural practices designed for the achievement of environmental goals. The Web of Science (WOS) and SCOPUS bibliographic databases were used to identify references on FMP types and their environmental effects based on the following search equations: 1- " Farmland tenure OR cropland tenure OR farm size and environment " and 2- "Farmland use rights OR farmland property rights AND environment OR pollution OR biodiversity.

A spectroscopic hike in the U-O phase diagram.

The U-O phase diagram is of paramount interest for nuclear-related applications and has therefore been extensively studied. Experimental data have been gathered to feed the thermodynamic calculations and achieve an optimization of the U-O system modelling. Although considered as well established, a critical assessment of this large body of experimental data is necessary, especially in light of the recent development of new techniques applicable to actinide materials.

Probing the Local Coordination of Hexavalent Uranium and the Splitting of 5f Orbitals Induced by Chemical Bonding.

We report here a detailed experimental and theoretical investigation of hexavalent uranium in various local configurations with a high-energy-resolution fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption near-edge structure at the U M edge. We show the pronounced sensitivity of the technique to the arrangement of atoms around the absorber and provide a detailed theoretical interpretation revealing the nature of spectral features. Calculations based on density functional theory and on crystal field multiplet theory indicate that for all local configurations analyzed, the main peak corresponds to nonbonding 5f orbitals, and the highest energy peak corresponds to antibonding 5f orbitals.

Simulating the impact of volatilization on atmospheric concentrations of pesticides with the 3D chemistry-transport model CHIMERE: Method development and application to S-metolachlor and folpet.

A module to simulate the volatilization of pesticides from soils and plants was implemented in the air quality model CHIMERE in order to simulate spatiotemporal distribution of pesticide atmospheric concentrations. Pesticide applications are spatially distributed according to the quantities of pesticides sold per municipality in France (recorded in the French BNVD-S database) and are temporally distributed according to the application periods determined with enquiries. The model was applied to S-metolachlor and folpet.

Charge Distribution in UCeO Nanoparticles.

In view of safe management of the nuclear wastes, a sound knowledge of the atomic-scale properties of UMO nanoparticles is essential. In particular, their cation valences and oxygen stoichiometries are of great interest as these properties drive their diffusion and migration behaviors into the environment. Here, we present an in-depth study of UCeO, over the full compositional domain, by combining X-ray diffraction and high-energy resolution fluorescence detection X-ray absorption near-edge structure.

Spatio-temporal characterization of attosecond pulses from plasma mirrors.

Reaching light intensities above 10 W/cm and up to the Schwinger limit of the order of 10 W/cm would enable testing fundamental predictions of quantum electrodynamics. A promising - yet challenging - approach to achieve such extreme fields consists in reflecting a high-power femtosecond laser pulse off a curved relativistic mirror. This enhances the intensity of the reflected beam by simultaneously compressing it in time down to the attosecond range, and focusing it to sub-micrometre focal spots.

Comparison of saliva with oral and nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection on various commercial and laboratory-developed assays.

The accurate laboratory detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a crucial element in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing on combined oral and nasopharyngeal swab (ONPS) suffers from several limitations, including the need for qualified personnel, the discomfort caused by invasive nasopharyngeal sample collection, and the possibility of swab and transport media shortage. Testing on saliva would represent an advancement.

Resources Assessment for Penicillin Allergy Testing Performed by Pharmacists at the Patient's Bedside.

Background: False penicillin allergies lead to increased antimicrobial resistance, adverse effects, and health care costs by promoting the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends the implementation of allergy testing.

Objectives: The primary objective of this research was to estimate the number of pharmacist full-time equivalents (FTEs) required for an intervention aimed at determining penicillin allergy in hospitalized patients.

Respiratory tract samples collected from patients in a region of Quebec, Canada, indicate the absence of early circulation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Background: The first documented case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Quebec was confirmed on February 27, 2020. Retracing the first cases that occur within a geographical region may provide insight regarding the evolution and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in that region because the spread of undiagnosed cases may facilitate the initial community amplification of the virus.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of respiratory tract samples collected for influenza testing in a region of Quebec, Canada, to look for evidence of early circulation of SARS-CoV-2.