Spatial and seasonal variation in disinfection byproducts concentrations in a rural public drinking water system: A case study of Martin County, Kentucky, USA.

To increase our understanding of the factors that influence formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in rural drinking systems, we investigated the spatial and seasonal variation in trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) concentrations in relation to various chemical and physical variables in a rural public drinking water system in Martin County, Kentucky, USA. We collected drinking water samples from 97 individual homes over the course of one year and analyzed them for temperature, electrical conductivity, pH, free chlorine, total chlorine, THMs (chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, dichlorobromomethane, and bromoform) and HAAs (monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, bromoacetic acid, and dibromoacetic acid). Spatial autocorrelation analysis showed only weak overall clustering for HAA concentrations and none for THMs.

Online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines: An exploratory study of outcomes after reintegration into the community.

Background: This study examined psychosocial outcomes for Filipino survivors of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).

Objective: This study aimed to identify relationships between demographic variables, self-reported and caregiver-reported trauma symptoms, and psychosocial functioning among Filipino youth who have experienced OSAEC.

Participants And Setting: This study utilized inclusion criteria of survivors of OSAEC between ages 12 and 18 who received residential care and were reintegrated into the community for at least one year (N = 48).

Ultrasound Education in an Elective Course in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Improves Students' Subjective Learning and Clinical Rotation and Residency Preparedness.

Objectives: Studies have demonstrated that students are able to improve their understanding of anatomy, physical exam skills, and clinical knowledge when ultrasound is incorporated into their education. This study investigates whether students enrolled in an elective with significant use of ultrasound (ACS) in their preclinical years subjectively improved their preparedness for clinical rotations, residency, and learning in several subjects.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of an anonymous online needs assessment survey sent to 384 third- and fourth-year medical students.

Peritoneal seeding of embolic beads after uterine artery embolization.

Background: Incidental identification of peritoneal nodules during laparoscopy may present a diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis includes a variety of benign and malignant entities such as peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Case: A 44-year-old G2P2 woman presented with recurrent menorrhagia and pelvic pain was found to have large uterine fibroids on imaging studies.

Draft Genome Sequences for 6 Isolates of Endospore-Forming Class Species Isolated from Soil from a Suburban, Wooded, Developed Space.

Here, we report draft genome sequences of Bacillus pseudomycoides SC107, sp. SC111, Peribacillus frigoritolerans SC112, Priestia megaterium SC114, sp. SC116, and Lysinibacillus fusiformis SC117, isolated from a campus wooded area in Loudonville, NY.