Tunable laser spectroscopy for carbon dioxide capnography and water vapor sensing inside a breathing mask: application to pilot life support.

Tunable laser spectroscopy (TLS) near 2683 nm was used to measure carbon dioxide and water vapor inside a pilot mask during jet fighter flights. Measurement frequency was 100 Hz in order to capture breathing profiles and other gas flow dynamics. Analysis of the full inhalation and exhalation breathing cycle allowed precise monitoring of breathing performance and interaction of the pilot with the life-support system.

A Comparative Study of Health Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates Through Time Between Black and Caucasian Women in Alabama and the US.

Background: The main purpose of this study was to assess changes in cervical cancer mortality rates through time between Black and Caucasian women residing in Alabama and the US.

Methods: Alabama cervical cancer mortality rates (MR), percentage differences, percentage changes and annual percentage changes for trends were compared with the US baseline and target rates. The US Baseline data and target objectives of utilization of cervical cancer screening and MR were obtained from Healthy People 2020.

Racial differences in 5-year relative survival rates of cervical cancer by stage at diagnosis, between African American (black) and white women, living in the state of Alabama, USA.

Background: Our objective was to assess racial differences in the 5-year relative survival rates (RSRs) of Cervical Cancer (CerCancer) by stage at diagnosis, between Black and White women, living in Alabama, USA.

Methods: Data for 3484 Blacks and 21,059 Whites diagnosed with CerCancer were extracted from the 2004 to 2013 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. We incorporated age groups, CerCancer stages, county, and year of diagnosis to compare the RSR between Blacks and Whites, using SEER*Stat software.

In vitro activity of the interaction between taxifolin (dihydroquercetin) and pyrimethamine against Toxoplasma gondii.

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most neglected zoonotic foodborne parasitic diseases that cause public health and socioeconomic concern worldwide. The current drugs used for the treatment of toxoplasmosis have been identified to have clinical limitations. Hence, new drugs are urgently needed to eradicate T.

Using quality-improvement methods to reduce variation in surfactant administration.

Background: Respiratory distress syndrome and chronic lung disease are prevalent disorders in extremely low-birth-weight infants. Evidence demonstrates that timely surfactant administration improves respiratory outcomes.

Objective: To assess whether basic quality-improvement methods can reduce the time to initial surfactant dose for premature infants.