A Titanium Silicalite-1 (TS-1) Catalyst with Abundant Active Ti-VI Species for Efficient Conversion of Ethylene to Glycol.

One-pot synthesis of glycol from ethylene and H2O2 is simple and environmentally friendly, making it a potential alternative for glycol production. The key to the success of this is to have a bifunctional catalyst with both oxidative activity for ethylene in the presence of H2O2 and acidic centers for the subsequent hydration of ethylene oxide. Here, we propose a dual-chemical post-treatment regime to introduce acid centers in TS-1 while simultaneously improve the oxidative activity.

A Comprehensive Review of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities.

Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) represent radiological entities that comprise changes compatible with an interstitial process, occurring in individuals not suspected to have interstitial lung disease (ILD). The prevalence of ILAs ranges from 2.5% to 16.

Implementation of occupation-centred practice by occupational therapists in acute adult physical settings: A mixed method study in a regional and rural health service.

Introduction: Occupational therapy is underpinned by the belief that occupation facilitates health and wellbeing. However, evidence suggests that occupational therapists encounter challenges to implementing occupation-centred practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the uptake, acceptability and impact of a workplace intervention designed to enhance occupation-centred practice of occupational therapists in an acute adult physical context.

Detection of Acute Deterioration in Care Home Residents: A Multicenter Qualitative Exploration of Barriers and Enablers.

Introduction: Delay in detecting acute deterioration in older adults in care homes is associated with avoidable hospitalizations and adverse outcomes, including premature death.

Objective: Underpinned by the Knowledge to Action Framework, this study aimed to understand the barriers and enablers to direct care staff detecting and responding to the early signs of acute deterioration in care home residents.

Study Design: Online focus groups or interviews with regulated (registered and enrolled nurses) and unregulated (assistants in nursing and personal care workers) direct care staff from participating care homes were conducted.

The Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Consensus statements on refeeding syndrome.

Aims: This consensus statement document describes the recommendations of the Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition regarding the identification and management of refeeding syndrome and refeeding syndrome risk.

Methods: An expert working group completed a review of the literature to develop recommendations for the consensus statements. Review of the drafted consensus statements was undertaken by highly experienced clinicians.

Healthy vending machines on campus: The effect of traffic light labelling on food and beverage choices.

Objective: To investigate whether the introduction of healthy vending machines on a university campus could increase the proportion of healthy food and beverage purchases.

Design: Four new healthy vending machines offering a wider range of healthier food and beverages were installed alongside existing machines. These new machines used traffic light colours to indicate nutritional value.

Screening and assessment of falls risk in the emergency department.

Background: Falls are a source of harm, repeat emergency department visits and hospital admission for older adults. Undertaking a comprehensive geriatric screening including falls-risk is recommended in guidelines for optimal older adult emergency department care.

Methods: A pragmatic prospective cohort study was undertaken to evaluate use of further falls-risk screening in older adults in a large tertiary Australian hospital emergency department.

Predicting the complexity of minimally invasive liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma using machine learning.

Background: Despite technical advancements, minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains challenging. Nonetheless, effective tools to assess MILS complexity are still lacking. Machine learning (ML) models could improve the accuracy of such tools.

Analysis of a modified surgical desirability of outcome ranking (mDOOR) among patients undergoing surgery for Hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Composite measures represent a validated method for evaluating surgical care quality. We defined a modified Desirability Of Outcome Ranking (mDOOR) and compared it with textbook outcome (TO).

Methods: In this cohort study, patients undergoing curative-intent surgery for HCC were identified from an international cohort.

Psycho-physical demands of Traditional Indigenous Games played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

This study examined the psycho-physical demands experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during several Traditional Indigenous Games (TIGs). Women engaged in three TIGs (Kai Wed, Ilye, Edor) with psycho-physical demands (i.e.

Chitin and chitosan from shellfish waste and their applications in agriculture and biotechnology industries.

A shellfish processing plant generates only 30-40% of edible meat, while 70-60% of portions are considered inedible or by-products. This large amount of byproduct or shellfish processing waste contains 20-40% chitin, that can be extracted using chemical or greener alternative extraction technologies. Chitin and its derivative (chitosan) are natural polysaccharides with nontoxicity, biocompatible, and biodegradable properties.

Longitudinal study on quality of life following cervical cancer treatment in Botswana.

Purpose: This study longitudinally assessed the quality of life (QoL) in patients who completed chemoradiation (CRT) for cervical cancer in Botswana and compared the QoL for those living with and without HIV infection.

Methods: Patients with cervical cancer recommended for curative CRT were enrolled from August 2016 to February 2020. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life (QLQ-C30) and cervical cancer-specific (QLQ-Cx24) questionnaires, translated into Setswana, were used to assess the QoL of patients prior to treatment (baseline), at the end of treatment (EOT) and in 3 month intervals post-treatment for 2 years, and statistical analyses were performed.

Mental disorders and excess mortality: a systematic review protocol.

Background: There is developing evidence of excess mortality among people with mental disorders. This protocol presents the methodology to undertake a systematic review to definitively examine the current evidence on the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people with mental disorders (mood, anxiety, substance use, eating, personality and psychotic disorders) compared with populations without mental disorders in broadly representative studies of general populations worldwide. In addition, we seek to understand whether the excess mortality has increased further over time, and if the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the excess mortality in people with mental disorders.

Comparative study of early safety and effectiveness outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an intraluminal suture stent.

Objective: -To assess the early safety and effectiveness outcomes of the PreserFlo MicroShunt with and without an intraluminal suture stent.

Design: -Multicenter observational retrospective study using data from the Fight Glaucoma Blindness registry.

Participants: -A total of 183 eyes in 172 patients, with a mean age of 73 ± 14 years, who underwent PreserFlo MicroShunt surgery with/without intraluminal stent suture placement, and with at least 6 months of follow up.

Pirfenidone to prevent fibrosis in acute respiratory distress syndrome: The PIONEER study protocol.

Background: Pulmonary fibrosis is a major complication of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Pirfenidone is an approved treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It may attenuate ARDS-related fibrosis and decrease the need for prolonged ventilation.

Use of transoesophageal echocardiography in the pre-hospital setting to determine compression position in out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Background: A proportion of patients due to anatomical variation do not receive chest compressions over the left ventricle. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has the potential to impact survival rates by identifying the area of maximal compression (AMC), potentially improving forward flow and systemic perfusion in cardiac arrest. There is a paucity of data regarding the use of TOE during out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the pre-hospital setting, with most data coming from studies performed in hospital.

Phenotypic advantages and improved genomic stability following selection in advanced selfing-generations of Brassica allohexaploids.

Allopolyploids often exhibit advantages in vigor and adaptability compared to diploids. A long-term goal in the economically important Brassica genus has been to develop a new allohexaploid crop type (AABBCC) by combining different diploid and allotetraploid crop species. However, early-generation allohexaploids often face challenges like unstable meiosis and low fertility, and the phenotypic performance of these synthetic lines has rarely been assessed.

Designing the next generation of clinical trials in intermediate AMD- a consensus driven, pragmatic, proof of concept early intervention study.

A greater understanding of the pathophysiology of AMD has yielded potential therapeutic strategies for slowing vision loss. Structural imaging biomarkers and novel functional outcomes, both under intensive study as surrogate endpoints in AMD clinical trials, are new granular tools needed to assess disease progression and follow response to therapy. These advances have created, for the first time, the possibility to intervene early in AMD, and to measure success in a time frame feasible for clinical trials.

Relationship between Sputum Bacterial Load and Lung Function in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Receiving Tobramycin.

Background: Chronic pulmonary infection with pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with lung function decline and increased mortality in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The relationship between sputum bacterial load and the severity of pulmonary exacerbations remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the relationship between sputum bacterial load and clinical response to antibiotic treatment of pulmonary exacerbations in children with CF.

Vulnerability and psychosocial impacts of extreme weather events among young people in Australia.

Aims: There is growing awareness of the negative impact that extreme weather events (also known as climate disasters) have on psychological and social wellbeing. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the psychosocial impacts of these events, but research specific to this population is scant. This study examined the impact of exposure to extreme weather events on climate concerns, psychological distress, and social exclusion in a large nationwide sample of adolescents.

Activation differentiates illness trajectories among youth seeking mental health care.

Background: The clinical profiles of youth presenting to early intervention mental health services are heterogeneous, with various sub-groups proposed and little information about the longitudinal stability of profiles especially those associated with bipolarity.

Methods: 802 youth aged 12-25-years (Mean = 18.26; 66 % females) accessing primary-care based mental health clinics were assessed at baseline and 417 were re-assessed after 12-months.