Physico-Chemical Characterization of Amino Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents.

Deep eutectic solvents are an exciting class of designer solvents that are increasingly gaining popularity. Deep eutectic solvents based on amino acids are particularly interesting for biomedical applications due to their potential low toxicity. However, very few have been reported to date, and only one of these has been comprehensively studied, made from a combination of proline and glycerol.

Design and methods of a multi-level intervention to improve adherence to childhood cancer survivorship care by partnering with primary care providers: The BRIDGES randomized controlled trial.

Background: Despite heightened risk of chronic health conditions, <20 % of childhood cancer survivors (CCS) receive guideline-recommended surveillance for late effects. Barriers include avoidance of reminders, lack of knowledge, and costs. The goal of the BRIDGES Study is to evaluate the effects of a multi-level, remote intervention on adherence to guideline-recommended surveillance among CCS by partnering with primary care providers (PCPs).

Critical appraisal skills for ensuring the quality-of-care provision and how to meet the requirements.

The nature and sources of evidence and information available to clinicians when making shared decisions with patients, and helping them to choose the most appropriate care to meet their health needs, have changed rapidly. The increased range and differing reliability of sources of information, for both patients and clinicians, require the care provider to be competent in critical appraisal. The three key skill areas are: the ability to recognise where claims about the benefits of treatments, some derived from research, have an unreliable basis; to understand whether comparisons of treatments are fair and reliable; and subsequently, how best to help the patient make an informed choice about treatments.

Grocery intervention and DNA-based assessment to improve diet quality in pediatric obesity: a pilot randomized controlled study.

Objective: We assessed the impact of a food-provisioning intervention on diet quality in children with obesity.

Methods: Participants (n = 33, aged 6-11 years) were randomly assigned to either usual care (intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment) or intervention (usual care + food provisioning; high-fiber, low-dairy diet) for 4 weeks. The primary outcome was a change in child diet quality at Week 4.

Phytantriol phase behaviour in deep eutectic solvent-water mixtures.

Deep eutectic solvents are highly tailorable non-aqueous solvents with potential applications ranging from energy catalysis to cryopreservation. Self-assembled lipid structures are already used in a variety of industries including cosmetics, drug delivery and as microreactors. However, most research into lipid self-assembly has been limited to aqueous solvents.