Medication discrepancies despite pharmacist led medication reconciliation: the challenges of maintaining an accurate medication list in primary care.

Objective: Describe the types of medication discrepancies that persist despite pharmacist-led medication reconciliation using the primary care electronic medical record (EMR).

Methods: Observational case series study of established patients from an urban, indigent care clinic. Medication reconciliation was conducted immediately prior to the physician visit at baseline and return visit.

Microbial reduction of chromate in the presence of nitrate by three nitrate respiring organisms.

A major challenge for the bioremediation of toxic metals is the co-occurrence of nitrate, as it can inhibit metal transformation. Geobacter metallireducens, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, and Sulfurospirillum barnesii are three soil bacteria that can reduce chromate [Cr(VI)] and nitrate, and may be beneficial for developing bioremediation strategies. All three organisms respire through dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia (DNRA), employing different nitrate reductases but similar nitrite reductase (Nrf).

Discordant introgression in a rapidly expanding hybrid swarm.

The erosion of species boundaries can involve rapid evolutionary change. Consequently, many aspects of the process remain poorly understood, including the formation, expansion, and evolution of hybrid swarms. Biological invasions involving hybridization present exceptional opportunities to study the erosion of species boundaries because timelines of interactions and outcomes are frequently well known.

Design, Syntheses, and Characterization of a Sterically Encumbered Dioxo Molybdenum (VI) Core.

Dioxo-Mo(VI) complexes of general formula Tp*MoO(2)(p-SC(6)H(4)Dn) (6a-6c) (where Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-pyrazol-1-yl)borate and Dn= dendritic unit) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. (1)H NMR spectra of the metal complexes indicate that the C(s) local symmetry about the metal core does not change by the incorporation of dendritic functionality at the thiophenolato ring. Electrochemical data show ∼20 mV change in the redox potential in the complexes with dendritic ligands suggesting a very small perturbation in the redox orbital, which is also supported by small changes in the electronic spectra.

Validity of the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure in athletes with chronic ankle instability.

Context: The Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) is a region-specific, non-disease-specific outcome instrument that possesses many of the clinimetric qualities recommended for an outcome instrument. Evidence of validity to support the use of the FAAM is available in individuals with a wide array of ankle and foot disorders. However, additional evidence to support the use of the FAAM for those with chronic ankle instability (CAI) is needed.

BioImplantable Bone Stress Sensor.

The clinical management of skeletal trauma and disease relies on radiographic imaging to infer bone quality. However, bone strength does not necessarily correlate well with image intensity. There is a need for a safe and convenient way to measure bone strength in situ.

Nomenclature in laboratory robotics and automation (IUPAC Recommendation 1994).

These recommended terms have been prepared to help provide a uniform approach to terminology and notation in laboratory automation and robotics. Since the terminology used in laboratory automation and robotics has been derived from diverse backgrounds, it is often vague, imprecise, and in some cases, in conflict with classical automation and robotic nomenclature.These dejinitions have been assembled from standards, monographs, dictionaries, journal articles, and documents of international organizations emphasizing laboratory and industrial automation and robotics.