Millet Fermented by Different Combinations of Yeasts and Lactobacilli: Effects on Phenolic Composition, Starch, Mineral Content and Prebiotic Activity.

Millet is the sixth-highest yielding grain in the world and a staple crop for millions of people. Fermentation was applied in this study to improve the nutritional properties of pearl millet. Three microorganism combinations were tested: (FPM1), plus (FPM2) and plus (FPM3).

The impact of COVID-19 and the economic crisis on Lebanese public health: Food insecurity and healthcare disintegration.

Background: The economic crisis in Lebanon, a middle-income eastern Mediterranean country, has been threatening the health of the local population. This review will look at the impact of the economic crisis and COVID-19 on health and healthcare in the country, discussing food insecurity and water shortages, and the hospital crisis for what concerns medications, electricity shortages and workforce issues.

Methodology: Peer Reviewed Literature produced between 2015 and 2021, indexed in Pubmed, Scopus and Google Scholar was used to compile this short report.

One year of surgical mask testing at the University of Bologna labs: Lessons learned from data analysis.

The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the worldwide lack of surgical masks and personal protective equipment, which represent the main defense available against respiratory diseases as COVID-19. At the time, masks shortage was dramatic in Italy, the first European country seriously hit by the pandemic: aiming to address the emergency and to support the Italian industrial reconversion to the production of surgical masks, a multidisciplinary team of the University of Bologna organized a laboratory to test surgical masks according to European regulations. The group, driven by the expertise of chemical engineers, microbiologists, and occupational physicians, set-up the test lines to perform all the functional tests required.

Effects of intraosseous epinephrine in a cardiac arrest swine model.

Background: Interruptions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to obtain vascular access reduces blood flow to vital organs. Tibial intraosseous (TIO) access may be a faster alternative to intravenous (IV) access for delivery of vasoactive medications. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of TIO- and IV-delivered epinephrine.

Modeling ventilation time in forage tower silos.

The fermentation process in forage tower silos produces a significant amount of gases, which can easily reach dangerous concentrations and constitute a hazard for silo operators. To maintain a non-toxic environment, silo ventilation is applied. Literature reviews show that the fermentation gases reach high concentrations in the headspace of a silo and flow down the silo from the chute door to the feed room.

Effect of hypoxia/reoxygenation on the contractility of the isolated bovine digital vein.

The bovine digital vasculature contractility has been implicated in the development of laminitis. To investigate the effect of hypoxia/reoxygenation on the contractility of isolated peripheral bovine digital veins (BDVs), vessel rings were studied under isometric conditions and submitted to 30 min of hypoxia (95%N(2)-5%CO(2)) and reoxygenation (95%O(2)-5%CO(2)) conditions, respectively. The BDVs contracted with a high K(+) depolarizing solution, developed hypoxia-induced relaxation, followed by an increase in tension upon reoxygenation.

Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: results and potentially predictive parameters--part I: Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.

Objective: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKR) is an increasingly used, minimally invasive treatment option for patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) refractory to medical therapy. This retrospective study evaluates the long-term results and side effects of GKR in the treatment of TN focusing on potentially predictive factors.

Methods: One hundred sixty patients with TN were included in this study (minimum follow-up, >6 mo; mean, 37.

[Primary hyperoxaluria and pregnancy].

A rare case of pregnancy in a patient with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 is reported offering a clinical contribution for the prognostic study of a natural event such as the pregnancy on these patients. It is underlined how epicriticity of the hepatorenal system is remarkably altered during the last weeks of pregnancy with a great increase of calciuria and proteinuria with a risk of life for the patient and the newborn. In fact, during the 36rd week a caesarean section was performed due to gestosis.

Postoperative irradiation of brain ependymomas. Analysis of 33 cases.

Treatment and final outcome of 33 patients with brain ependymoma were reviewed. All patients had been operated, but the surgical removal was incomplete in the great majority of cases. Radiation therapy was subsequently performed using one of the following techniques; a) partial brain irradiation against the primary involved areas in 17 cases, b) whole brain irradiation plus boost against primary involved sites in 6 cases and c) total craniospinal irradiation in 7 cases.

Accuracy of computed tomography in the screening of obstructive jaundice.

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) has come back into greater use thanks to Chiba's needle. PTC, however, is useful only in obstructive jaundice (OJ). Since in OJ the dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary tract (IHBTD) is constant, the authors discussed CTs reliability in evaluating IHBTD in a series of 33 patients with OJ studied with PTC.

[Surgery in radioactive patients (author's transl)].

The authors discuss some legal aspects and protection problems relative to surgical procedures involving radioactive patients, also in the light of recent European guidelines. They analyse in particular the radiation risk associated with the more common cases concerning radioactive substances that are administered for diagnostic purposes. This study affords a preliminary evaluation of the risk inherent in such surgery, in the light of experimental measurements.