Health care professionals dealing with hemophilia: Insights from the international qualitative study of the HERO initiative

Background: Assessing the viewpoints of health care professionals concerning their work with chronic patients is a relatively new research topic, widely overlooked in the literature. However, understanding their subjective work experience is highly relevant for identifying problems and perceived resources, enhancing health service organisation, improving relationships or communication with patients, and maintaining well-being. Purpose and method: Qualitative data from the \u201cHaemophilia Experience, Results and Opportunities\u201d Initiative \u2013 a research program aimed at investigating the psychosocial aspects of hemophilia \u2013 were used to evaluate the experiences of 62 professionals from seven countries around the world. Semi-structured interviews were submitted to thematic analysis of elementary contexts with the aid of T-Lab software. Results: Five dominant themes emerged, identifying the main challenges that professionals have to deal with in their everyday work practice: caring for impaired adult patients; handling policies and stakeholders; providing counselling on diagnosis and reproductive choices; considering the role of family dynamics; coping with adolescent patients. Conclusion: The outcomes of the study provide an opportunity to develop the area of the non-technical skills in the core curriculum of those who work with chronic illnesses by focusing on cross-professional competences and by improving a comprehensive care model for hemophilia patients

Connecting dots: multiple perspectives on socio-technical transition and social practices

This Crossing Boundary hosts contributions accounting for experiences and theoretical perspectives which may look distant for how they address the socio-technical transition in the energy field but, we believe, when put in conversation, help common questions and tentative answers come to the fore. Giorgio Osti, Paul Upham, Paula Maria Bagel and Paula Castro have been engaged in reflecting on their respective disciplines in relation to socio-technical transitions. Recalling and valorising the STS basis of MLP and SPT in connection with other disciplinary approaches may contribute to enrich on one side STS debates and on the other empirical research on socio-technical transition in a historical juncture where such an endeavour looks definitely urgent.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Desenvolvimento e aplicação do método Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe (QuEChERS) na análise de resíduos de agrotóxicos em água e sedimento.

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Análise de resíduos de agrotóxicos em água e sedimento aplicando o métiodo QuEChERS-GC/MS.

O Estado de São Paulo é o maior produtor nacional de cana-de-açúcar, destacando-se a região do município de São Carlos. Na cultura da cana-de-açúcar são empregadas grandes quantidades de agrotóxicos, sendo atrazina, fipronil e endossulfan os mais aplicados na região. Resíduos de agrotóxicos podem contaminar o ambiente (ar, água e solo), através da lixiviação, escoamento superficial ou volatilização, com destaque aos ambientes aquáticos, como rios, lagos e represas, os quais podem estar presentes tanto na coluna d?água quanto no sedimento. Assim, o presente estudo teve o objetivo de desenvolver uma metodologia analítica para a análise de resíduos dos agrotóxicos atrazina, fipronil e endossulfan, nas matrizes água e sedimento, utilizando o método de extração QuEChERS e a cromatografia gasosa acoplada à espectrometria de massas (GC/MS), bem como aplicar o método desenvolvido em amostras de água e sedimento procedentes de represas da Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, para avaliar uma possível contaminaçã

Encapsulation of Trichoderma harzianum with nanocellulose/carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposite.

This study proposes the use of green matrices of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and a nanocomposite of CNC with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for efficiently encapsulating the plant biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum. Beads containing spores of the microorganism were produced by dripping dispersions of the polymers into a CaCl2 coagulation bath, resulting in the crosslinking of CNC chains by Ca2+ ions. SEM micrographs evidenced the T. harzianum spores in the encapsulation matrices. X-ray microtomography confirmed the random distribution of the microorganism within the polymeric matrix and the presence of internal pores in the CNC:CMC:spores beads. Encapsulation in the CNC:CMC nanocomposite favored growth of the fungus after 10 days of storage at room temperature, which could be attributed to the presence of internal pores and to the extra carbon source provided by the CMC. The results indicated that CNC:CMC nanocomposites are promising materials for protecting and delivering microbial inoculants for agricultural applications

High intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe

The EUROnu project has studied three possible options for future, high intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe. The first is a Super Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of pions created by bombarding targets with a 4 MW proton beam from the CERN High Power Superconducting Proton Linac. The far detector for this facility is the 500 kt MEMPHYS water Cherenkov, located in the Fréjus tunnel. The second facility is the Neutrino Factory, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of μ+ and μ− beams in a storage ring. The far detector in this case is a 100 kt magnetized iron neutrino detector at a baseline of 2000 km. The third option is a Beta Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of beta emitting isotopes, in particular He6 and Ne18, also stored in a ring. The far detector is also the MEMPHYS detector in the Fréjus tunnel. EUROnu has undertaken conceptual designs of these facilities and studied the performance of the detectors. Based on this, it has determined the physics reach of each facility, in particular for the measurement of CP violation in the lepton sector, and estimated the cost of construction. These have demonstrated that the best facility to build is the Neutrino Factory. However, if a powerful proton driver is constructed for another purpose or if the MEMPHYS detector is built for astroparticle physics, the Super Beam also becomes very attractive