You Don't Need an App-Conducting Mobile Smoking Research Using a Qualtrics-Based Approach.

With the increasing availability of smartphones, many tobacco researchers are exploring smartphone-delivered mobile smoking interventions as a disseminable means of treatment. Most effort has been focused on the development of smartphone applications (apps) to conduct mobile smoking research to implement and validate these interventions. However, developing project-specific smartphone apps that work across multiple mobile platforms (e.

Python Package abstcal: An Open-Source Tool for Calculating Abstinence From Timeline Followback Data.

Introduction: In smoking cessation clinical trials, timeline followback (TLFB) interviews are widely used to track daily cigarette consumption. However, there are no standard tools for calculating abstinence based on TLFB data. Individual research groups have to develop their own calculation tools, which is not only time- and resource-consuming but might also lead to variability in the data processing and calculation procedures.

Binding mechanism of metal⋅NTP substrates and stringent-response alarmones to bacterial DnaG-type primases.

Primases are DNA-dependent RNA polymerases found in all cellular organisms. In bacteria, primer synthesis is carried out by DnaG, an essential enzyme that serves as a key component of DNA replication initiation, progression, and restart. How DnaG associates with nucleotide substrates and how certain naturally prevalent nucleotide analogs impair DnaG function are unknown.

[Hospital governance: between crisis management and implementation of public health policy].

The implementation of the recent act to amend the law on hospitals, patient health and territories (HPST Law) completes the reform of the organization and governance of health facilities, which was announced in 2002 by the "Hospital 2007" plan. What kind of assessments and perspectives can be considered and envisaged for these Hospital Activity Poles? We compared our experience with a review of the professional and scientific literature in order to stimulate answers to these questions for advocacy purposes prior to the Act's implementation. The hospital's cluster of activities should reinforce--not call into question the core activities and the financial stability of the facility, while respecting the contract on agreed objectives and the necessary means and resources to meet the health needs of the catchment population as well as national priorities.

[Embolization of intracranial aneurysms: reimbursement and perspectives].

Purpose: To determine the costs related to the embolization of intracranial aneurysms compared to "rates per activity" (T2A) reimbursements.

Materials And Methods: The hospital admissions of patients with intracranial aneurysms treated with embolization and classified under diagnosis-related group (DRG) 01K02Z in 2007 were included. The costs related to the single-use devices, neurointerventional suite and hospital stay were calculated by analytical accounting.