A validation study for a clinical decision rule for acute wrist injury.

Purpose: Acute wrist injury is a common reason for visiting the emergency department. To date, there are no implemented clinical decision rules to predict a fracture in this group of patients. We previously identified six clinical predictors in adult patients with acute wrist trauma.

Common Manual Therapy Practices in the Netherlands for Infants With Upper Cervical Dysfunction: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe common clinical practices of manual therapists (MTs) in the Netherlands for infants with indications of upper cervical dysfunction (UCD).

Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was conducted to gain insight into characteristics, reasons for seeking care, and common clinical practice for infants (<27 weeks) with indications of UCD, referred to MTs. Pre- and posttreatment self-reported questionnaires were used to collect data from parents and MTs.

Degradation of 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid by Pseudomonas aeruginosa JB2 at low oxygen tensions.

From long-term chemostat experiments, variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa JB2 were obtained which exhibited altered properties with respect to the metabolism of 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (2,5-DBA). Thus, unlike the original strain JB2-WT, strain JB2-var1 is able to grow in continuous culture on 2,5-DBA as the sole limiting carbon and energy source. Yet, at a dilution rate of 0.

Anaerobic degradation of halogenated benzoic acids by photoheterotrophic bacteria.

From light-exposed enrichment cultures containing benzoate and a mixture of chlorobenzoates, a pure culture was obtained able to grow with 3-chlorobenzoate (3-CBA) or 3-bromobenzoate (3-BrBA) as the sole growth substrate anaerobically in the light. The thus isolated organism is a photoheterotroph, designated isolate DCP3. It is preliminarily identified as a Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain.

Specific removal of chlorine from the ortho-position of halogenated benzoic acids by reductive dechlorination in anaerobic enrichment cultures.

Anaerobic enrichment cultures catalysing the reductive dechlorination of chlorinated benzoic acids were obtained from three fresh-water sediments collected from seven different locations. Sub-cultures from these enrichments specifically removed ortho-substituted chlorine from 2,3,6-, 2,3,5- and 2,4,6-trichlorobenzoic acid, yielding chloride and 2,5-, 3,5-, and 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acids, respectively. These reductive dehalogenations were stimulated by the addition of benzoate and/or volatile organic acids.