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Who receives treatment for alcohol use disorders in the European Union? A cross-sectional representative study in primary and specialized health care
Background
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are highly prevalent in Europe, but only a minority of those affected receive treatment. It is therefore important to identify factors that predict treatment in order to reframe strategies aimed at improving treatment rates.
Methods
Representative cross-sectional study with patients aged 18\u201364 from primary health care (PC, six European countries, n = 8476, data collection 01/13\u201301/14) and from specialized health care (SC, eight European countries, n = 1762, data collection 01/13\u201303/14). For descriptive purposes, six groups were distinguished, based on type of DSM-IV AUD and treatment setting. Treatment status (yes/no) for any treatment (model 1), and for SC treatment (model 2) were main outcome measures in logistic regression models.
Results
AUDs were prevalent in PC (12-month prevalence: 11.8%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 11.2\u201312.5%), with 17.6% receiving current treatment (95%CI: 15.3\u201319.9%). There were clear differences between the six groups regarding key variables from all five predictor domains. Prediction of any treatment (model 1) or SC treatment (model 2) was successful with high overall accuracy (both models: 95%), sufficient sensitivity (model 1: 79%/model 2: 76%) and high specificity (both models: 98%). The most predictive single variables were daily drinking level, anxiety, severity of mental distress, and number of inpatient nights during the last 6 months.
Conclusions
Variables from four domains were highly predictive in identifying treatment for AUD, with SC treatment groups showing very high levels of social disintegration, drinking, comorbidity and functional losses. Earlier intervention and formal treatment for AUD in PC should be implemented to reduce these high levels of adverse outcomes
When the ground cover brings guests: is Anaphothrips obscurus a friend or a foe for the biological control of Tetranychus urticae in clementines?
Biological control of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), a key pest of clementines, can be improved in this crop with the establishment of a ground cover of Festuca arundinacea Schreber (Poaceae). This cover houses an abundant and diverse community of predatory Phytoseiidae mites including Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot), Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) and Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and a dense population of the grass thrips Anaphothrips obscurus Müller (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) throughout the year. The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of this thrips species could be related to the improvement in the biological control of T. urticae. Therefore, the capacity of the abovementioned phytoseiids to feed and reproduce on A. obscurus and their feeding preferences when T. urticae and A. obscurus were simultaneously offered, were analyzed. The results show that E. stipulatus, N. barkeri and N. californicus have a type II functional response when offered A. obscurus nymphs, whereas P. persimilis barely feeds on this thrips species. Furthermore, N. barkeri and N. californicus can reproduce feeding only on thrips. Regarding prey preference, the Tetranychus spp.-specialist P. persimilis preferably preyed on T. urticae, the generalists N. barkeri and E. stipulatus preferred A. obscurus, and the selective predator of tetranychid mites N. californicus showed no preference. Therefore, we hypothesize that the enhanced biological control of T. urticae observed could be related to A. obscurus becoming an alternative prey for non-specialist phytoseiids, without altering the control exerted by the T. urticae-specialist P. persimilis and likely reducing intraguild predation
Plan de Comunicación para AFA Castellón
Treball Final de Grau en Comunicació Audiovisual. Codi: CA0932. Curs acadèmic 2017/2018El presente Trabajo de Fin de Grado es un Plan de Comunicación para la
Asociación de Familiares de Alzheimer y otras demencias de Castellón (AFA
Castellón). Una asociación sin ánimo de lucro que atiende de manera global a
las personas enfermas de Alzheimer y otras demencias y sus familiares en la
provincia de Castellón
Las asociaciones no lucrativas del ámbito social surgen, principalmente para
cubrir necesidades que el sistema público social no alcanza. En este caso AFA
Castellón atiende las necesidades de en torno al Alzheimer y otras demencias,
ofreciéndoles asesoramiento tanto de representación ante las instituciones
como asistencial, fomentando y apoyando la investigación, defendiendo sus
justas reivindicaciones y haciéndoles visibles en la sociedad..
AFA Castellón fue constituida hace más de veinte años y en los últimos años
ha logrado posicionarse como referente en su sector en la provincia,
principalmente por la calidad de sus servicios y su implantación territorial. Sin
embargo, la comunicación de la entidad ha quedado relegada a un segundo
plano.
Este Plan de Comunicación surge para sentar una base de estrategia
comunicativa, visibilizar la labor que desarrollan y fortalecer la identidad
corporativa de AFA Castellón
Numerical evolutions of boson stars in Palatini gravity
We investigate the time evolution of spherically symmetric boson stars in
Palatini gravity through Numerical Relativity computations.
Employing a novel approach that establishes a correspondence between modified
gravity with scalar matter and General Relativity with modified scalar matter,
we are able to use the techniques of Numerical Relativity to simulate these
systems. Specifically, we focus on the quadratic theory
and compare the obtained
solutions with those in General Relativity, exploring both positive and
negative values of the coupling parameter . Our findings reveal that boson
stars in Palatini gravity exhibit both stable and unstable
evolutions. The latter give rise to three distinct scenarios: migration towards
a stable configuration, complete dispersion, and gravitational collapse leading
to the formation of a baby universe structure
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