Melamine - A PMT/vPvM substance as a generic indicator for anthropogenic activity and urbanisation? An explorative study on melamine in the water cycle and soil.

Melamine has a high production volume today and is spread ubiquitously in the anthropogenic technosphere. It is released steadily to the water cycle by many sources. Even though melamine has low direct toxicity, chronic exposure can cause nephrolithiasis and disrupt the endocrine system.

Comparing fluorescent contrast agents for fluorescence guided surgery using 3-D cryo-imaging.

Fluorescence cryo-imaging is a high-resolution optical imaging technique that produces 3-D whole-body biodistributions of fluorescent molecules within an animal specimen. To accomplish this, animal specimens are administered a fluorescent molecule or reporter and are frozen to be autonomously sectioned and imaged at a temperature of -20°C or below. Thus, to apply this technique effectively, administered fluorescent molecules should be relatively invariant to low temperature conditions for cryo-imaging and ideally the fluorescence intensity should be stable and consistent in both physiological and cryo-imaging conditions.

Pediatric Firearm Trauma on the Rise: A Retrospective Review of Over 1,100 Cases in 12 Years at One Center.

Background: Gunshot injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the United States. The goal of this study was to better understand if certain age groups, mechanisms of injury, and type of firearms were associated with the increasing rates of pediatric gun-related trauma. We hypothesized that the extremities were disproportionately targeted when compared with the random likelihood of striking specific body-surface areas.

Not All Maca Is Created Equal: A Review of Colors, Nutrition, Phytochemicals, and Clinical Uses.

Maca (, ) is part of the family and grows at high altitudes in the Peruvian Andes mountain range (3500-5000 m). Historically, it has been used as a nutrient-dense food and for its medicinal properties, primarily in enhancing energy and fertility. Scientific research has validated these traditional uses and other clinical applications by elucidating maca's mechanisms of action, nutrition, and phytochemical content.

VesiX cetylpyridinium chloride is rapidly bactericidal and reduces uropathogenic bladder epithelial cell invasion .

Unlabelled: Management of urinary tract infection (UTI) in postmenopausal women can be challenging. The recent rise in resistance to most of the available oral antibiotic options together with high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women has further complicated treatment of UTI. As such, intravesical instillations of antibiotics like gentamicin are being investigated as an alternative to oral antibiotic therapies.