Development of a Pharmacy Point-of-Dispensing Toolkit for Anthrax Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Allegheny County Postal Workers.

Context: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Postal Service (USPS) consider anthrax to be a potential threat to USPS workers. A county health department-owned pharmacy supports local USPS response in the event of an exposure. The pharmacy team identified the need to review and update the local anthrax response plan.

Kinetic Study of the Reactions PO + O and PO + O and Spectroscopy of the PO Radical.

The kinetics of the reactions of PO with O and PO with O were studied at temperatures ranging from ∼190 to 340 K, using a pulsed laser photolysis-laser induced fluorescence technique. For the reaction of PO + O, there is evidence of both a two- and three-body exit channel, producing PO + O and PO, respectively. Potential energy surfaces of both the PO + O and PO + O systems were calculated using electronic structure theory and combined with RRKM calculations to explain the observed pressure and temperature dependences.

Evaluating a combined bowel preparation for small-bowel capsule endoscopy: a prospective randomized-controlled study.

Background: Capsule endoscopy (CE) is frequently hindered by intra-luminal debris. Our aim was to determine whether a combination bowel preparation would improve small-bowel visualization, diagnostic yield, and the completion rate of CE.

Methods: Single-blind, prospective randomized-controlled study of outpatients scheduled for CE.

A study of the reactions of Ni and NiO ions relevant to planetary upper atmospheres.

The reactions between Ni+(2D) and O3, O2, N2, CO2 and H2O were studied at 294 K using the pulsed laser ablation at 532 nm of a nickel metal target in a fast flow tube, with mass spectrometric detection of Ni+ and NiO+. The rate coefficient for the reaction of Ni+ with O3 is k(294 K) = (9.7 ± 2.

Experimental Study of the Removal of Ground- and Excited-State Phosphorus Atoms by Atmospherically Relevant Species.

The reaction kinetics of the ground and first two excited states of atomic phosphorus, P, with atmospherically relevant species were studied at temperatures ranging from ∼200 to 750 K using a pulsed laser photolysis-laser-induced fluorescence technique. The temperature dependence of the rate coefficients is parametrized as follows (units: cm molecule s, 1σ errors): (189 ≤ /K ≤ 701) = (7.10 ± 1.