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1When in 1931 Emile Brehier produced his famous article: “Y‐a‐t‐il une philosophic chre‐tienne?,” Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale, XXXVIII, 133ff., many voices answered “No,” a few said “Yes.” Now additional voices ate being raised to answer “Yes.” The mote current works are: H. Dooyeweetd, A New Critique of Theoretical Thought, Vols. 1‐2, Phila., 1953, 1955. M. Foster, Mystery and Philosophy, London, 1957. E. Gilson, The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, London: Gallancz, 1957. L. Hodgson, Toward A Christian Philosophy, London: Nisbet, 1946. I. Trethowan, An Essay in Christian Philosophy, London: Longmans, 1954. J. Wild, Human Freedom and Social Order (An Essay in Chtistian Philosophy), Durham, N. C: Duke University Press, 1959 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SOCIOECONOMICS and CHRISTIANITY

The thrust of the present paper has been that "social economics" -- aside from that specific, Anglo-American form -- is not the "emerging" or (relatively) new field or discipline as it has been represented or insinuated to be in several prominent recent works. In response to the rhetorical title of Brian Showler's resurrective article in the maiden issue of the IJSE (Vol. 1 No. 1, 1974), viz., "Social Economics: Branch or New Roots?", we here answer with a resounding Yes! But, first, new roots sinking to where? Not merely what we have resurrected or resuscitated on both sides of the pond as a revitalisation of efforts on the parts of such as J.M. Clark, the Catholic Economic Association, et al. in the 1930s and 1940s.
In its guise of "Social Catholicism (Christianisme)" we recognise today that Pope John XXIII (MM, 1961; PT 1963) and Vatican II (especially Gaudiam et Spes, 1965) admitted fresh air and breathed new life into that movement usually traced (only) back to Eeo XIII (RN, 1891) and the works of Heinrich Pesch, SJ (1895-1925) and his disciples. (Cf. G&R/R-R, 1947/48, IV.ii vs. Fellner, p. 6). However, three-score years before that already, Roman-Catholic conomie sociale as "l'conomie politique chrtienne" had already been so christened and introduced by de Coux (1832, etc) and Villeneuve-Bargemont (1834/37), respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We developed a continous quality improvement (CQI) program for anesthesia services based on self- reporting of critical incidents and negative outcomes through a dichotomous (yes/no) response on the anes thesia record. Immediate case investigation provides data for systematic peer review of anesthesia man agement. Trend analysis of the database of critical incidents and negative outcomes identifies opportu nities for improvement. The CQI program resulted in the reporting of nearly twice as many problems re lated to anesthesia management (5% of all anes thetics) as did the checklist it replaced (2.7%). Esca lation of patient care (3.2%) and operational ineffi ciencies (2.2%) were more common than patient injury (1.5% of all anesthetics). Among the 537 cases with anesthesia management problems were 119 hu man errors and equipment problems (22%). Regional nerve blocks and airway management represented the most common problem areas. Improvement in anesthesia services was made through prompt imple mentation of strategies for problem prevention de vised by the practitioners themselves through peer review, literature review, and clinical investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BOROOAH V. K., McGREGOR P. P. L. and McKEE P. M. (1995) Working wives and income inequality in the UK, Reg. Studies 29, 477–487. The purpose of this paper is to use Family Expenditure Survey data to chart the rise in the numbers of working wives, to describe the salient features of this process and to analyse the impact of this rise upon overall income inequality between families. While there has been, over 1979–93, a significant rise in the proportion of married couple families in which both spouses work, this rise cannot be explained simply in terms of changing female and male employment. Moreover, the incidence of working women was fairly independent of husbands' income. The rise in the number of working wives was mirrored in the increasing contribution that women made to their families' income. However, on the moot question as to whether the growing incidence of working wives (and their tendency to be married to working men) has increased income inequality, our finding is ‘yes’, but not by much. Indeed, on our analysis it is the growth in inequality in the earnings of husbands, rather than the fact that wives of employed men go to work, that is responsible for the UK's income divide. BOROOAH V. K., McGREGOR P. P. L. et McKEE P. M. (1995) Les femmes au travail mariées et les inégalités des revenus au Royaume-Uni, Reg. Studies 29, 477–487. Cet article cherche à utiliser l'enquête sur les dépenses ménagères afin d'enregistrer la montée du nombre des femmes actives mariées, de présenter les aspects essentiels de ce processus et d'analyser l'impact de cette montée sur les inégalités des revenus globales entre les familles. Alors qu'il y a eu sur la période de 1979 à 1993 une augmentation sensible de la proportion des familles dont les deux époux travaillent, cette montée ne s'explique pas simplement en termes de l'évolution de l'emploi féminin et masculin. En outre, le taux d'activité féminin est assez indépendant du revenu du mari. La montée du nombre des femmes actives mariées se réflète dans la part croissante du revenu ménager assurée par les femmes. Cependant, à la question discutable concernant le taux d'activité féminin croissant (et le fait que les femmes ont tendance à se marier avec des hommes actifs) et son rapport éventuelle avec l'augmentation des inégalités des revenus, notre réponse est ‘Oui’, le rapport existe, mais il est négligeable. En fait, à partir de notre analyse, l'écart des revenus qui persiste au Royaume-Uni s'explique plutôt par la croissance des inégalités des revenus des maris que par le taux d'activité des femmes dont les hommes travaillent. BOROOAH V. K., McGREGOR P. P. L. und McKEE P. M. (1995) Erwerbstätige Ehefrauen und Einkommensungleichheit im Vereinigten Königreich, Reg. Studies 29, 477–487. Der Zweck dieses Aufsatzes ist die mittels Daten einer Untersuchung von Familienausgaben vorgenommene Erfassung des Anstiegs in der Zahl erwerbstätiger Ehefrauen, um die hervorstechenden Züge dieses Vorgangs zu beschreiben, und die Auswirkung des Anstiegs auf die Gesamteinkommensungleichheit zwischen Familien zu analysieren. Obschon im Zeitraum 1979–93 eine signifikante Zunahme im Verhältnis von Ehepaarfamilien stattgefunden hat, in denen beide Partner erwerbstätig sind, läßt sich diese Zunahme nicht einfach als Wandel in der Erwerbstätigkeit beider Geschlechter erklären. Zudem erwies sich das Auftreten erwerbstätiger Frauen als ziemlich unabhängig vom Einkommen des Ehemannes. Die Zunahme der Zahl erwerbstätiger Ehefrauen spiegelte sich im Anstieg des Beitrags wider, den Frauen zum Familieeinkommen leisteten. Die umstrittene Frage, ob die zunehmende Zahl erwerbstätiger Ehefrauen (und die Tatsache, daß sie dazu tendieren, mit erwerbstätigen Männern verheiratet zu sein), zu vermehrter Einkommensungleichheit geführt hat, wird durch die Befunde der Autoren positiv beantwortet, jedoch nur geringfügig so. Ihrer Analyse nach ist es nicht so sehr die Tatsache, daß Ehefrauen erwerbstätiger Männer erwerbstätig sind, als vielmehr die Zunahme der Ungleichheit in den Einkommen der Ehemänner, die die Kluft zwischen den Einkommen des Vereinigten Königreichs verursacht. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RATINGS of hospitals and MEDICATION errors

Aims To demonstrate an epidemiological method to assess predictors of prescribing errors. Methods A retrospective case-control study, comparing prescriptions with and without errors. Results Only prescriber and drug characteristics were associated with errors. Prescriber characteristics were medical specialty (e.g. orthopaedics: OR: 3.4, 95% CI 2.1, 5.4) and prescriber status (e.g. verbal orders transcribed by nursing staff: OR: 2.5, 95% CI 1.8, 3.6). Drug characteristics were dosage form (e.g. inhalation devices: OR: 4.1, 95% CI 2.6, 6.6), therapeutic area (e.g. gastrointestinal tract: OR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.2, 2.4) and continuation of preadmission treatment (Yes: OR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.3, 2.3). Conclusions Other hospitals could use our epidemiological framework to identify their own error predictors. Our findings suggest a focus on specific prescribers, dosage forms and therapeutic areas. We also found that prescriptions originating from general practitioners involved errors and therefore, these should be checked when patients are hospitalized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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PREDATION, PODISUS, HEMIPTERA, STINKBUGS, VIBURNUM, BEETLES, CHRYSOMELIDAE, PREDATORY insects, and NYMPHS (Insects)

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LITTER (Trash), WASTE management, BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL norms, ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility, ENVIRONMENTALISM, ENVIRONMENTAL sociology, SURVEYS, and PSYCHOLOGY

Two studies tested littering norm activation by trash can design. The first was a scenario study using a 4 (norm type: social injunctive vs. social descriptive vs. personal vs. control) × 2 (activation type: explicit vs. implicit activation) between-group design, with judgments of a litterer as the dependent variable. Explicit norm activation was more effective than implicit activation. A field study subsequently tested the effect of personal norm activation on actual littering behavior, following a 2 (explicit activation: no vs. yes) × 2 (Implicit activation: no vs. yes) between-group design. Here, both explicit activation through a verbal prompt and implicit activation through design had significant effects, reducing the amount of litter by 50%. A post hoc survey revealed significant effects of age and gender on the personal norm against littering. These findings helped explain the absence of norm activation effects in the youngest age group as found in the field study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SEWAGE disposal plants, HOSPITALS, SEWAGE purification, REFUSE disposal facilities, STEROIDS, HORMONES, ENVIRONMENTAL impact charges, WATER quality management, and WATER utilities

Influent and effluent samples originating from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) (treating hospital wastewater and domestic wastewater, Belgium) have been analyzed in order to estimate their steroid hormone content. The natural estrogens estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), and the synthetic 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) together with other steroid hormones progesterone (P) and testosterone (T) metabolites were detected in these samples. The hormone concentrations in both the hospital and the domestic WWTP samples were not significantly different and ranged from <0.2 ng EE2/L to 114 ng EE2/L, from <0.2 ng E1/L to 58 ng E1/L and from <0.2 ng P/L to >100 ng P/L. E2 was detected once at a concentration of 17 ng/L. In the domestic WWTP which comprises a conventional activated sludge treatment in parallel with a membrane bioreactor, no differences in estrogen removal efficiency could be observed for both treatments. In comparison to chemical analysis data, the Yeast Estrogen Screen (YES) appears to underestimate the influent estrogen concentrations, probably due to influent toxicity for the YES. Effluent estrogen concentrations, on the other hand, were overestimated by the YES test, probably due to the presence of other estrogenic compounds in the effluent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

YEAST-free diet, LEAVENING agents, FIRE assay, WASTEWATER treatment, SEWAGE purification, and SEWAGE disposal plants

Effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are responsible for the input of estrogenic contaminants into aquatic ecosystems, leading to widespread effects in wildlife. In the present work, levels of estrone (E1), 17α- and 17β-estradiol (E2), 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), bisphenol A (BPA), and nonylphenol (NP) were quantified in effluents from WWTPs located in Ria de Aveiro (NW Portugal), as well as in the final effluent discharged into the Atlantic Ocean through the S. Jacinto submarine outfall. Reference sites, located at the entrance of the estuarine system and at the seaside, were also included. Samples were collected under summer (June 2005) and winter (February 2006) conditions. For the summer survey samples, estrogenicity and androgenicity were evaluated using the yeast estrogen screen (YES) and the yeast androgen screen (YAS) assay. Estrone levels varied from 0.5 to 85 ng/L in the summer survey and between L in winter; estradiol levels ranged from L in summer and were always L up to 2,350 ng/L in summer and from 10 to 2,410 ng/L in winter; BPA levels varied from 2.8 to 897 ng/L in summer and from 2.6 up to 316 ng/L in winter. Biological assays disclosed estrogenic levels at reference sites lower than the ones reported to pose risk for wildlife. However, the S. Jacinto outfall effluent released high concentrations of NP and BPA into the marine environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ENDOCRINE disruptors, HOMEOSTASIS, FISH reproduction, REPORTER genes, BETA-galactosidase, and SACCHAROMYCES

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Environmental monitoring, Water pollution measurement, Water quality monitoring, Biological assay, Xenoestrogens, Analytical chemistry techniques, In vitro toxicity testing, and Evaluation

Bioassays are well established in the pharmaceutical industry and single compound analysis, but there is still uncertainty about their usefulness in environmental monitoring. We compared the responses of five bioassays designed to measure estrogenic activity (the yeast estrogen screen, ER-CALUX, MELN, T47D-KBluc, and E-SCREEN assays) and chemical analysis on extracts from four different water sources (groundwater, raw sewage, treated sewage, and river water). All five bioassays displayed similar trends and there was good agreement with analytical chemistry results. The data from the ER-CALUX and E-SCREEN bioassays were robust and predictable, and well-correlated with predictions from chemical analysis. The T47D-KBluc appeared likewise promising, but with a more limited sample size it was less compelling. The YES assay was less sensitive than the other assays by an order of magnitude, which resulted in a larger number of nondetects. The MELN assay was less predictable, although the possibility that this was due to laboratory-specific difficulties cannot be discounted. With standardized bioassay data analysis and consistency of operating protocols, bioanalytical tools are a promising advance in the development of a tiered approach to environmental water quality monitoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PROTEIN-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, GENE transfection, EPIDERMAL growth factor, ENDOTHELIAL growth factors, TUMORS, PHARMACOKINETICS, and PATIENTS

Background: JNJ-26483327 is an oral, potent, multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, inhibiting kinases of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-1, -2 and -4, rearranged during transfection (RET) receptor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-3 and Src family (Lyn, Fyn, Yes) at low nanomolar concentrations. This phase I, accelerated titration study assessed maximum tolerated dose, safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects of JNJ-26483327.Methods: Nineteen patients with advanced cancers received JNJ-26483327 continuous twice daily (BID) in escalating dose cohorts ranging from 100 to 2100 mg. Pharmacodynamic effects were assessed in paired skin biopsies and blood.Results: JNJ-26483327 was well tolerated in doses up to 1500 mg BID, with target-inhibition-related toxicity such as diarrhoea and skin rash, and other common reported toxicities being nausea, vomiting, anorexia and fatigue. At 2100 mg, two episodes of dose-limiting toxicity were observed, consisting of grade 3 anorexia and a combination of grade 3 anorexia and fatigue, respectively. Pharmacokinetics were dose proportional up to 1500 mg in which plasma levels were obtained showing anti-tumour activity in xenograft mouse models. Pharmacodynamic analysis did not show a substantial effect on expression of Ki-67, p27(kip1), phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphorylated Akt and EGFR, and serum levels of sVEGFR-2, VEGF-C and VEGF-D remained unchanged. Stable disease was noted in six patients (32%).Conclusion: JNJ-26483327 is well tolerated and shows a predictable pharmacokinetic profile; the recommended dose for further studies is 1500 mg BID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NUTRITIONAL assessment, FOOD consumption, INGESTION, OLDER people physiology, and POLISH people

Purpose: The aim of the research was to conduct a mini-nutritional assessment in relation to the food intake model and food intake variety for Polish older persons.Material and Methods: The research included 420 people aged 65+. Using the food consumption frequency method (by a FIVeQ questionnaire), the weekly intake of 63 groups of products was assessed (yes, no). Food intake variety was assessed with the use of food intake variety index (FIVeI), which was calculated as the total number of products eaten per week in the amounts exceeding trace quantities. Four models of food intake were established: "ordinary" (S1), "rich varied" (S2), "ordinary with a tendency to vary" (S3) and "moderate connoisseur" (S4). The risk of malnutrition or the incidence of malnutrition was determined based on the questionnaire of the mini nutritional assessment (MNA).Results: The good nutritional status of Polish older persons was affected by better results obtained in three parts of the questionnaire: "global evaluation" (MNA-2), "assessment of dietetic habits" (MNA-3) and "subjective assessment of self-perceived quality of health and nutrition" (MNA-4). It confirms the significance of those parts of the questionnaire in detecting malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition in older persons and suggests a lower share of the MNA-1 part which concerns anthropometric indicators. It was found that S2 and S3 persons were characterized by a greater food intake variety index (the median of 36 and 34 products eaten per week, respectively) and more often by a good nutritional status (88% and 79%, respectively) in comparison to S4 and S1 persons, who had a lower food intake variety index (the median of 4 and 30 products eaten per week, respectively) and more often occurring malnutrition (17% and 1% respectively) or a risk of malnutrition (17% and 30%, respectively).Conclusion: To conclude, a larger variety of food intake favoured better nutritional status of older persons, while a lower food intake variety increased the risk of malnutrition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BANANA varieties, FRUIT drying, OSMOTIC potential of plants, DEEP frying, MOISTURE content of plants, and FRUIT quality

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NILE tilapia, MARICULTURE, FISH feeds, FISH growth, and WATER quality

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OVERACTIVE bladder, DISEASE prevalence, BLADDER diseases, PROGNOSTIC tests, DIAGNOSIS of diseases in women, DIAGNOSIS, and DISEASE risk factors

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STEM cells, CELL proliferation, WNT proteins, REGENERATION (Biology), GENE expression, and COLON cancer

A remarkable feature of regenerative processes is their ability to halt proliferation once an organ's structure has been restored. The Wnt signalling pathway is the major driving force for homeostatic self-renewal and regeneration in the mammalian intestine. However, the mechanisms that counterbalance Wnt-driven proliferation are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate in mice and humans that yes-associated protein 1 (YAP; also known as YAP1)-a protein known for its powerful growth-inducing and oncogenic properties-has an unexpected growth-suppressive function, restricting Wnt signals during intestinal regeneration. Transgenic expression of YAP reduces Wnt target gene expression and results in the rapid loss of intestinal crypts. In addition, loss of YAP results in Wnt hypersensitivity during regeneration, leading to hyperplasia, expansion of intestinal stem cells and niche cells, and formation of ectopic crypts and microadenomas. We find that cytoplasmic YAP restricts elevated Wnt signalling independently of the AXIN-APC-GSK-3? complex partly by limiting the activity of dishevelled (DVL). DVL signals in the nucleus of intestinal stem cells, and its forced expression leads to enhanced Wnt signalling in crypts. YAP dampens Wnt signals by restricting DVL nuclear translocation during regenerative growth. Finally, we provide evidence that YAP is silenced in a subset of highly aggressive and undifferentiated human colorectal carcinomas, and that its expression can restrict the growth of colorectal carcinoma xenografts. Collectively, our work describes a novel mechanistic paradigm for how proliferative signals are counterbalanced in regenerating tissues. Additionally, our findings have important implications for the targeting of YAP in human malignancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FIRE, COOKING, HUMAN evolution, ARCHAEOLOGY, PRIMATOLOGY, and EVOLUTIONARY psychology

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MILK yield, BEEF cattle feeding & feeds, GRAZING, GRASSLANDS, BODY weight, CALVES, and ANIMAL weaning

Ninety-six Hereford cow-calf pairs grazing Campo grasslands were used in a 2 × 2 factorial design that evaluated stocking rate (high [H] vs low [L]) and creep feeding (CF; yes or no). Creep-fed calves grazing L had a greater average daily gain (1.07 ± 0.03 kg/d) than CF calves grazing H (0.96 ± 0.03 kg/d;P< 0.05), but L − CF (0.78 ± 0.03 kg/d) and H − CF calves (0.73 ± 0.03 kg/d) had similar average daily gains (P> 0.05). Similarly, L + CF calves were heavier at weaning (172 ± 3 kg) than H + CF calves (160 ± 3 kg), but weaning weights between L − CF (144 ± 3 kg) and H − CF (138 ± 3 kg;P> 0.05) did not differ. Creep-fed calves grazed less (39 ± 10%) than non-supplemented calves (58 ± 15%;P< 0.05). Creep feeding had no effect on milk production, body condition and live weight of the dams, so it had no impact on their reproductive performance. We conclude that CF promotes greater live weight gains and weaning weights of Hereford calves grazing Campo grasslands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Daycare attendance is an established risk factor for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and acute otitis media (AOM). Whether this results in higher use of healthcare resources during childhood remains unknown. We aim to assess the effect of first year daycare attendance on the timing and use of healthcare resources for URTI and AOM episodes during early childhood.Methods: In the Wheezing-Illnesses-STudy-LEidsche-Rijn birth cohort, 2,217 children were prospectively followed up to age six years. Children were categorized according to first-year daycare attendance (yes versus no) and age at entry when applicable (age 0 to 2 months, 3 to 5 months and 6 to 12 months). Information on general practitioner (GP) diagnosed URTI and AOM, GP consultations, antibiotic prescriptions and specialist referral was collected from medical records. Daycare attendance was recorded by monthly questionnaires during the first year of life.Results: First-year daycare attendees and non-attendees had similar total six-year rates of GP-diagnosed URTI and AOM episodes (59/100 child-years, 95% confidence interval 57 to 61 versus 56/100 child-years, 53 to 59). Daycare attendees had more GP-diagnosed URTI and AOM episodes before the age of one year and fewer beyond the age of four years than non-attendees (Pinteraction <0.001). Daycare attendees had higher total six-year rates for GP consultation (adjusted rate ratio 1.15, 1.00 to 1.31) and higher risk for specialist referrals (hazard ratio: 1.43, 1.01 to 2.03). The number of antibiotic prescriptions in the first six years of life was only significantly increased among children who entered daycare between six to twelve months of age (rate ratio 1.32, 1.04 to 1.67). This subgroup of child-care attendees also had the highest overall URTI and AOM incidence rates, GP consultation rates and risk for specialist referral.Conclusions: Children who enter daycare in the first year of life, have URTI and AOM at an earlier age, leading to higher use of healthcare resources compared to non-attendees, especially when entering daycare between six to twelve months. These findings emphasize the need for improved prevention strategies in daycare facilities to lower infection rates at the early ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NAUSEA, PAIN, PREVENTIVE medicine, ACUPUNCTURE, CHI-squared test, EMERGENCY medical services, HOSPITAL emergency services, PATIENT satisfaction, PATIENT safety, RESEARCH funding, T-test (Statistics), U-statistics, PILOT projects, PATIENT refusal of treatment, VISUAL analog scale, DATA analysis software, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, and PREVENTION

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of delivering acupuncture in an emergency department (ED) to patients presenting with pain and/or nausea. Methods: A feasibility study (with historical controls) undertaken at the Northern Hospital ED in Melbourne, Australia, involving people presenting to ED triage with pain (VAS 0–10) and/or nausea (Morrow Index 1–6) between January and August 2010 (n=400). The acupuncture group comprised 200 patients who received usual medical care and acupuncture; the usual care group comprised 200 patients with retrospective data closely matched from ED electronic health records. Results: Refusal rate was 31%, with ‘symptoms under control owing to medical treatment before acupuncture’ the most prevalent reason for refusal (n=36); 52.5% of participants responded ‘definitely yes’ for their willingness to repeat acupuncture, and a further 31.8% responded ‘probably yes’. Over half (57%) reported a satisfaction score of 10 for acupuncture treatment. Musculoskeletal conditions were the most common conditions treated n=117 (58.5%), followed by abdominal or flank pain n=49 (24.5%). Adverse events were rare (2%) and mild. Pain and nausea scores reduced from a mean±SD of 7.01±2.02 before acupuncture to 4.72±2.62 after acupuncture and from 2.6±2.19 to 1.42±1.86, respectively. Conclusions: Acupuncture in the ED appears safe and acceptable for patients with pain and/or nausea. Results suggest combined care may provide effective pain and nausea relief in ED patients. Further high-quality, sufficiently powered randomised studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness and efficacy of the add-on effect of acupuncture are recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study assessed the long-term effects of feeding diets containing either a gelling fibre (alginate (ALG)), or a fermentable fibre (resistant starch (RS)), or both, on feeding patterns, behaviour and growth performance of growing pigs fed ad libitum for 12 weeks. The experiment was set up as a 2×2 factorial arrangement: inclusion of ALG (yes or no) and inclusion of RS (yes or no) in the control diet, resulting in four dietary treatments, that is, ALG−RS− (control), ALG+RS−, ALG−RS+, and ALG+RS+. Both ALG and RS were exchanged for pregelatinized potato starch. A total of 240 pigs in 40 pens were used. From all visits to an electronic feeding station, feed intake and detailed feeding patterns were calculated. Apparent total tract digestibility of energy, dry matter (DM), and CP was determined in week 6. Pigs’ postures and behaviours were scored from live observations in weeks 7 and 12. Dietary treatments did not affect final BW and average daily gain (ADG). ALG reduced energy and DM digestibility (P<0.01). Moreover, ALG increased average daily DM intake, and reduced backfat thickness and carcass gain : digestible energy (DE) intake (P<0.05). RS increased feed intake per meal, meal duration (P<0.05) and inter-meal intervals (P=0.05), and reduced the number of meals per day (P<0.01), but did not affect daily DM intake. Moreover, RS reduced energy, DM and CP digestibility (P<0.01). Average daily DE intake was reduced (P<0.05), and gain : DE intake tended to be increased (P=0.07), whereas carcass gain : DE intake was not affected by RS. In week 12, ALG+RS− increased standing and walking, aggressive, feeder-directed, and drinking behaviours compared with ALG+RS+ (ALG×RS interaction, P<0.05), with ALG−RS− and ALG−RS+ in between. No other ALG×RS interactions were found. In conclusion, pigs fed ALG compensated for the reduced dietary DE content by increasing their feed intake, achieving similar DE intake and ADG as control pigs. Backfat thickness and carcass efficiency were reduced in pigs fed ALG, which also showed increased physical activity. Pigs fed RS changed feeding patterns, but did not increase their feed intake. Despite a lower DE intake, pigs fed RS achieved similar ADG as control pigs by increasing efficiency in DE use. This indicates that the energy utilization of RS in pigs with ad libitum access to feed is close to that of enzymatically digestible starch. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Wastewater treatment, Chemical decomposition, Toxicological chemistry, Sulfur in water, Bisphenol A & the environment, Estrogen, and Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment)

The performance of S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C and H 2 O 2 /UV-C treatments was investigated for the degradation and detoxification of Bisphenol A (BPA). The acute toxicity of BPA and its degradation products was examined with the Vibrio fischeri bioassay, whereas changes in estrogenic activity were followed with the Yeast Estrogen Screen (YES) assay. LC and LC–MS/MS analyses were conducted to determine degradation products evolving during photochemical treatment. In addition, BPA-spiked real freshwater samples were also subjected to S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C and H 2 O 2 /UV-C treatment to study the effect of a real water matrix on BPA removal and detoxification rates. BPA removal in pure water was very fast (⩽7 min) and complete via both H 2 O 2 /UV-C and S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C treatment, accompanied with rapid and significant mineralization rates ranging between 70% and 85%. V . fischeri bioassay results indicated that degradation products being more toxic than BPA were formed at the initial stages of H 2 O 2 /UV-C whereas a rapid and steady reduction in toxicity was observed during S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C treatment in pure water. UV-C treatment products exhibited a higher estrogenic activity than the original BPA solution while the estrogenicity of BPA was completely removed during H 2 O 2 /UV-C and S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C treatments parallel to its degradation. 3-methylbenzoic and 4-sulfobenzoic acids, as well as the ring opening products fumaric, succinic and oxalic acids could be identified as degradation products. BPA degradation required extended treatment periods (>20 min) and TOC removals were considerably retarded (by 40%) in the raw freshwater matrix most probably due to its natural organic matter content (TOC = 5.1 mg L −1 ). H 2 O 2 /UV-C and S 2 O 8 2− /UV-C treatment in raw freshwater did not result in toxic degradation products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: To assess whether in early (rheumatoid) arthritis (RA) patients, metacarpal bone mineral density (BMD) loss after 4 months predicts radiological progression after 1 year of antirheumatic treatment. Methods: Metacarpal BMD was measured 4 monthly during the first year by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR-BMD) in patients participating in the IMPROVED study, a clinical trial in 610 patients with recent onset RA (2010 criteria) or undifferentiated arthritis, treated according to a remission (disease activity score<1.6) steered strategy. With Sharp/van der Heijde progression ≥0.5 points after 1 year (yes/no) as dependent variable, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Of 428 patients with DXR-BMD results and progression scores available, 28 (7%) had radiological progression after 1 year. Independent predictors for radiological progression were presence of baseline erosions (OR (95% CI) 6.5 (1.7 to 25)) and early DXR-BMD loss (OR (95% CI) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0)). In 366 (86%) patients without baseline erosions, early DXR-BMD loss was the only independent predictor of progression (OR (95% CI) 2.0 (1.4 to 2.9)). Conclusions: In early RA patients, metacarpal BMD loss after 4 months of treatment is an independent predictor of radiological progression after 1 year. In patients without baseline erosions, early metacarpal BMD loss is the main predictor of radiological progression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim To assess whether in early (rheumatoid) arthritis (RA) patients, metacarpal bone mineral density (BMD) loss after 4 months predicts radiological progression after 1 year of antirheumatic treatment. Methods Metacarpal BMD was measured 4 monthly during the first year by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR-BMD) in patients participating in the IMPROVED study, a clinical trial in 610 patients with recent onset RA (2010 criteria) or undifferentiated arthritis, treated according to a remission (disease activity score<1.6) steered strategy. With Sharp/van der Heijde progression >0.5 points after 1 year (yes/no) as dependent variable, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results Of 428 patients with DXR-BMD results and progression scores available, 28 (7%) had radiological progression after 1 year. Independent predictors for radiological progression were presence of baseline erosions (OR (95% CI) 6.5 (1.7 to 25)) and early DXR-BMD loss (OR (95% CI) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0)). In 366 (86%) patients without baseline erosions, early DXR-BMD loss was the only independent predictor of progression (OR (95% CI) 2.0 (1.4 to 2.9)). Conclusions In early RA patients, metacarpal BMD loss after 4 months of treatment is an independent predictor of radiological progression after 1 year. In patients without baseline erosions, early metacarpal BMD loss is the main predictor of radiological progression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: There is limited evidence about the impact of treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism, especially among older people.Aim: To investigate the variation in GP treatment strategies for older patients with subclinical hypothyroidism depending on country and patient characteristics.Design and Setting: Case-based survey of GPs in the Netherlands, Germany, England, Ireland, Switzerland, and New Zealand.Method: The treatment strategy of GPs (treatment yes/no, starting-dose thyroxine) was assessed for eight cases presenting a woman with subclinical hypothyroidism. The cases differed in the patient characteristics of age (70 versus 85 years), vitality status (vital versus vulnerable), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration (6 versus 15 mU/L).Results: A total of 526 GPs participated (the Netherlands n = 129, Germany n = 61, England n = 22, Ireland n = 21, Switzerland n = 262, New Zealand n = 31; overall response 19%). Across countries, differences in treatment strategy were observed. GPs from the Netherlands (mean treatment percentage 34%), England (40%), and New Zealand (39%) were less inclined to start treatment than GPs in Germany (73%), Ireland (62%), and Switzerland (52%) (P = 0.05). Overall, GPs were less inclined to start treatment in 85-year-old than in 70-year-old females (pooled odds ratio [OR] 0.74 [95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.63 to 0.87]). Females with a TSH of 15 mU/L were more likely to get treated than those with a TSH of 6 mU/L (pooled OR 9.49 [95% CI = 5.81 to 15.5]).Conclusion: GP treatment strategies of older people with subclinical hypothyroidism vary largely by country and patient characteristics. This variation underlines the need for a new generation of international guidelines based on the outcomes of randomised clinical trials set within primary care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water treatment plants, Ozonization, Estrogen, Hydrological research, and Yeast

The estrogenicity of waters collected from an important hydrological system in Brazil (Paraiba do Sul and Guandu Rivers) was assessed using the yeast estrogen screen (YES) assay. Sampling was performed in rivers and at the outlets of conventional water treatment plants (WTP). The removal of estrogenic activity by ozonation and chlorination after conventional water treatment (clarification and sand filtration) was investigated employing samples of the Guandu River spiked with estrogens and bisphenol A (BPA). The results revealed a preoccupying incidence of estrogenic activity at levels higher than 1 ng L −1 along some points of the rivers. Another matter of concern was the number of samples from WTPs presenting estrogenicity surpassing 1 ng L −1 . The oxidation techniques (ozonation and chlorination) were effective for the removal of estrogenic activity and the combination of both techniques led to good results using less amounts of oxidants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corbicula fluminea, Caffeine, Ibuprofen, Carbamazepine, Novobiocin, Tamoxifen, DNA damage, and Oxidative stress

Reports indicating the presence of pharmaceutical in fresh water environment in the ng L −1 to µg L −1 range are occurring with increasing frequency. It is also a fact that pharmaceuticals may produce adverse effects on aquatic organisms. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding how these emergent contaminants may affect aquatic biota. The goal of this research was to evaluate the sublethal responses in Corbicula fluminea such as, general stress (lysosomal membrane stability [LMS]), biomarkers of phase I and II (etoxyresorufin O-deethylase [EROD], dibenzylfluorescein dealkylase [DBF], gluthathione-S-transferase [GST]), oxidative stress (gluthathione reductase [GR], gluthathione peroxidase [GPX], lipid peroxidation [LPO]), and biomarkers of effect (DNA damage) after 21 days of exposure to caffeine, ibuprofen, carbamazepine, novobiocin and tamoxifen at 0.1, 1, 5, 10, 15, 50 µg L −1 . Environmental concentrations tested in this study caused general stress and produced changes on biomarkers tested. LMS, responses from phase I and II enzymatic activity, oxidative stress, and biomarker of effect represent important ecotoxicological information, and will provide a useful reference for the assessment of selected drugs and the effects which these compounds may have on aquatic invertebrates, using C. fluminea as a bioindicator species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INDUSTRIAL hygiene, JOB performance, STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, and REGRESSION analysis

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure work capabilities based on Amartya Sen's capability approach and evaluate its validity. Methods: The development of the questionnaire was based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods: interviews, literature study, and an expert meeting. Additionally, in a survey, the validity was evaluated by means of hypotheses testing (using correlations and regression analyses). Results: The questionnaire consists of a set of seven capability aspects for work. For each aspect, it is determined whether it is part of a worker's capability set, ie, when the aspect is considered valuable, is enabled in work, and is realized. The capability set was significantly correlated with work role functioning-flexibility demands (-0,187), work ability (-0.304), work performance (-0.282), worked hours (-0.073), sickness absence (yes/no) (0.098), and sickness absence days (0.105). The capability set and the overall capability item are significantly associated with all work outcomes (P<0.010). Conclusions: The new capability set for work questionnaire appears to be a valid instrument to measure work capabilities. The questionnaire is unique because the items include the valued aspects of work and incorporate whether a worker is able to achieve what (s)he values in his/her work. The questionnaire can be used to evaluate the capability set of workers in organizations to identify aspects that need to be addressed in interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environmental monitoring, Environmental quality, Sediments, Extraction (Chemistry), Atmospheric chemistry, and Mixtures

Aquatic environments are often contaminated with complex mixtures of chemicals that may pose a risk to ecosystems and human health. This contamination cannot be addressed with target analysis alone but tools are required to reduce this complexity and identify those chemicals that might cause adverse effects. Effect-directed analysis (EDA) is designed to meet this challenge and faces increasing interest in water and sediment quality monitoring. Thus, the present paper summarizes current experience with the EDA approach and the tools required, and provides practical advice on their application. The paper highlights the need for proper problem formulation and gives general advice for study design. As the EDA approach is directed by toxicity, basic principles for the selection of bioassays are given as well as a comprehensive compilation of appropriate assays, including their strengths and weaknesses. A specific focus is given to strategies for sampling, extraction and bioassay dosing since they strongly impact prioritization of toxicants in EDA. Reduction of sample complexity mainly relies on fractionation procedures, which are discussed in this paper, including quality assurance and quality control. Automated combinations of fractionation, biotesting and chemical analysis using so-called hyphenated tools can enhance the throughput and might reduce the risk of artifacts in laboratory work. The key to determining the chemical structures causing effects is analytical toxicant identification. The latest approaches, tools, software and databases for target-, suspect and non-target screening as well as unknown identification are discussed together with analytical and toxicological confirmation approaches. A better understanding of optimal use and combination of EDA tools will help to design efficient and successful toxicant identification studies in the context of quality monitoring in multiply stressed environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ACUTE otitis media, ANTIBIOTICS, DISEASE relapse, DRUG efficacy, DRUG prescribing, and THERAPEUTICS

Objective: Antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) has been suggested to increase the risk of future AOM episodes by causing unfavorable shifts in microbial flora. Because current evidence on this topic is inconclusive and long-term follow-up data are scarce, we wanted to estimate the effect of antibiotic treatment for a first AOM episode occurring during infancy on AOM recurrences and AOM-related health care utilization later in life. Methods: We obtained demographic information and risk factors from data of the Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn, a prospective birth cohort study in which all healthy newborns born in Leidsche Rijn (between 2001 and 2012), The Netherlands, were enrolled. These data were linked to children’s primary care electronic health records up to the age of four. Children with at least one family physician-diagnosed AOM episode before the age of two were included in analyses. The exposure of interest was the prescription of oral antibiotics (yes vs no) for a child’s first AOM episode before the age of two years. Results: 848 children were included in analyses and 512 (60%) children were prescribed antibiotics for their first AOM episode. Antibiotic treatment was not associated with an increased risk of total AOM recurrences (adjusted rate ratio: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.78–1.13), recurrent AOM (≥3 episodes in 6 months or ≥4 in one year; adjusted risk ratio: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.57–1.11), or with increased AOM-related health care utilization during children’s first four years of life. Conclusions: Oral antibiotic treatment of a first AOM episode occurring during infancy does not affect the number of AOM recurrences and AOM-related health care utilization later in life. This information can be used when weighing the pros and cons of various AOM treatment options. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rationale: Enhanced proliferation and impaired apoptosis of pulmonary arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (PAVSMCs) are key pathophysiologic components of pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Objectives: To determine the role and therapeutic relevance of HIPPO signaling in PAVSMC proliferation/apoptosis imbalance in PAH.Methods: Primary distal PAVSMCs, lung tissue sections from unused donor (control) and idiopathic PAH lungs, and rat and mouse models of SU5416/hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) were used. Immunohistochemical, immunocytochemical, and immunoblot analyses and transfection, infection, DNA synthesis, apoptosis, migration, cell count, and protein activity assays were performed in this study.Measurements and Main Results: Immunohistochemical and immunoblot analyses demonstrated that the HIPPO central component large tumor suppressor 1 (LATS1) is inactivated in small remodeled pulmonary arteries (PAs) and distal PAVSMCs in idiopathic PAH. Molecular- and pharmacology-based analyses revealed that LATS1 inactivation and consequent up-regulation of its reciprocal effector Yes-associated protein (Yap) were required for activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-Akt, accumulation of HIF1α, Notch3 intracellular domain and β-catenin, deficiency of proapoptotic Bim, increased proliferation, and survival of human PAH PAVSMCs. LATS1 inactivation and up-regulation of Yap increased production and secretion of fibronectin that up-regulated integrin-linked kinase 1 (ILK1). ILK1 supported LATS1 inactivation, and its inhibition reactivated LATS1, down-regulated Yap, suppressed proliferation, and promoted apoptosis in PAH, but not control PAVSMCs. PAVSM in small remodeled PAs from rats and mice with SU5416/hypoxia-induced PH showed down-regulation of LATS1 and overexpression of ILK1. Treatment of mice with selective ILK inhibitor Cpd22 at Days 22-35 of SU5416/hypoxia exposure restored LATS1 signaling and reduced established pulmonary vascular remodeling and PH.Conclusions: These data report inactivation of HIPPO/LATS1, self-supported via Yap-fibronectin-ILK1 signaling loop, as a novel mechanism of self-sustaining proliferation and apoptosis resistance of PAVSMCs in PAH and suggest a new potential target for therapeutic intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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RHINITIS, WHEEZE, MILK allergy, EXERCISE-induced asthma, METERED-dose inhalers, FOOD allergy, and PROGNOSIS

Table of contents: WORKSHOP 4: Challenging clinical scenarios (CS01–CS06) CS01 Bullous lesions in two children: solitary mastocytoma S. Tolga Yavuz, Ozan Koc, Ali Gungor, Faysal Gok CS02 Multi‐System Allergy (MSA) of cystic fibrosis: our institutional experience Jessica Hawley, Christopher O'Brien, Matthew Thomas, Malcolm Brodlie, Louise Michaelis CS03 Cold urticaria in pediatric age: an invisible cause for severe reactions Inês Mota, Ângela Gaspar, Susana Piedade, Graça Sampaio, José Geraldo Dias, Miguel Paiva, Mário Morais‐Almeida CS04 Angioedema with C1 inhibitor deficiency in a girl: a challenge diagnosis Cristina Madureira, Tânia Lopes, Susana Lopes, Filipa Almeida, Alexandra Sequeira, Fernanda Carvalho, José Oliveira CS05 A child with unusual multiple organ allergy disease: what is the primer? Fabienne Gay‐Crosier CS06 A case of uncontrolled asthma in a 6‐year‐old patient Ioana‐Valentina Nenciu, Andreia Florina Nita, Alexandru Ulmeanu, Dumitru Oraseanu, Carmen Zapucioiu ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 1: Food allergy (OP01–OP06) OP01 Food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome: oral food challenge outcomes for tolerance evaluation in a Pediatric Hospital Adrianna Machinena, Olga Domínguez Sánchez, Montserrat Alvaro Lozano, Rosa Jimenez Feijoo, Jaime Lozano Blasco, Mònica Piquer Gibert, Mª Teresa Giner Muñoz, Marcia Dias da Costa, Ana Maria Plaza Martín OP02 Characteristics of infants with food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome and allergic proctocolitis Ebru Arik Yilmaz, Özlem Cavkaytar, Betul Buyuktiryaki, Ozge Soyer, Cansin Sackesen OP03 The clinical and immunological outcomes after consumption of baked egg by 1–5 year old egg allergic children: results of a randomised controlled trial MerrynNetting, Adaweyah El‐Merhibi, Michael Gold, PatrickQuinn, IrmeliPenttila, Maria Makrides OP04 Oral immunotherapy for treatment of egg allergy using low allergenic, hydrolysed egg Stavroula Giavi, Antonella Muraro, Roger Lauener, Annick Mercenier, Eugen Bersuch, Isabella M. Montagner, Maria Passioti, Nicolò Celegato, Selina Summermatter, Sophie Nutten, Tristan Bourdeau, Yvonne M. Vissers, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos OP05 Chemical modification of a peanut extract results in an increased safety profile while maintaining efficacy Hanneke van der Kleij, Hans Warmenhoven, Ronald van Ree, Raymond Pieters, Dirk Jan Opstelten, Hans van Schijndel, Joost Smit OP06 Administration of the yellow fever vaccine in egg allergic children Roisin Fitzsimons, Victoria Timms, George Du Toit ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 2: Asthma (OP07–OP12) OP07 Previous exacerbation is the most important risk factor for future exacerbations in school‐age children with asthma S. Tolga Yavuz, Guven Kaya, Mustafa Gulec, Mehmet Saldir, Osman Sener, Faysal Gok OP08 Comparative study of degree of severity and laboratory changes between asthmatic children using different acupuncture modalities Nagwa Hassan, Hala Shaaban, Hazem El‐Hariri, Ahmed Kamel Inas E. Mahfouz OP09 The concentration of exhaled carbon monoxide in asthmatic children with different controlled stadium Papp Gabor, Biro Gabor, Kovacs Csaba OP10 Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy on risk of persistent wheeze in the offspring: a randomised clinical trial Bo Chawes, Klaus Bønnelykke, Jakob Stokholm, Lene Heickendorff, Susanne Brix, Morten Rasmussen, Hans Bisgaard OP11 Lung function development in childhood Henrik Wegener Hallas, Bo Chawes, Lambang Arianto, Hans Bisgaard OP12 Is the effect of maternal and paternal asthma different in female and male children before puberty? Maike Pincus, Thomas Keil, Andreas Reich, Ulrich Wahn, Susanne Lau, Linus Grabenhenrich ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 3: Epidemiology—genetics (OP13–OP18) OP13 Lifestyle is associated with incidence and category of allergen sensitisation: the ALADDIN birth cohort Sara Fagerstedt, Helena Marell Hesla, Emelie Johansson, Helen Rosenlund, Axel Mie, Annika Scheynius, Johan Alm OP15 Maternal filaggrin mutations increase the risk of atopic dermatitis in children: an effect independent of mutation inheritance Jorge Esparza‐Gordillo, Anja Matanovic, Ingo Marenholz, Anja Bauerfeind, Klaus Rohde, Katja Nemat, Min‐Ae Lee‐Kirsch, Magnus Nordenskjöld, Marten C. G. Winge, Thomas Keil, Renate Krüger, Susanne Lau, Kirsten Beyer, Birgit Kalb, Bodo Niggemann, Norbert Hübner, Heather J. Cordell, Maria Bradley, Young‐Ae Lee OP16 Allergic multimorbidity of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in the first 2 decades of the German MAS birth cohort Thomas Keil, Hannah Gough, Linus Grabenhenrich, Dirk Schramm, Andreas Reich, John Beschorner, Antje Schuster, Carl‐Peter Bauer, Johannes Forster, Fred Zepp, Young‐Ae Lee, Renate Bergmann, Karl Bergmann, Ulrich Wahn, Susanne Lau OP17 Childhood anaphylaxis: a growing concern Filipe Benito Garcia, Inês Mota, Susana Piedade, Ângela Gaspar, Natacha Santos, Helena Pité, Mário Morais‐Almeida OP18 Indoor exposure to molds and dampness in infancy and its association to persistent atopic dermatitis in school age. Results from the Greek ISAAC II study Athina Papadopoulou, Despina Mermiri, Elpida Xatziagorou, Ioannis Tsanakas, Stavroula Lampidi, Kostas Priftis ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 4: Pediatric rhinitis—immunotherapy (OP19–OP24) OP19 Associations between residential greenness and childhood allergic rhinitis and aeroallergen sensitisation in seven birth cohorts Elaine Fuertes, Iana Markevych, Gayan Bowatte, Olena Gruzieva, Ulrike Gehring, Allan Becker, Dietrich Berdel, Michael Brauer, Chris Carlsten, Barbara Hoffmann, Anita Kozyrskyj, Caroline Lodge, Göran Pershagen, Alet Wijga, Heinrich Joachim OP20 Full symptom control in pediatric patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma: results of a 2‐year sublingual allergen immunotherapy study Zorica Zivkovic, Ivana Djuric‐Filipovic, Jasmina Jocić‐Stevanovic, Snežana Zivanovic OP21 Nasal epithelium of different ages of atopic subjects present increased levels of oxidative stress and increased cell cytotoxicity upon rhinovirus infection Styliani Taka, Dimitra Kokkinou, Aliki Papakonstantinou, Panagiota Stefanopoulou, Anastasia Georgountzou, Paraskevi Maggina, Sofia Stamataki, Vassiliki Papaevanggelou, Evangelos Andreakos, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos OP22 Cluster subcutaneous immunotherapy schedule: tolerability profile in children Monica Piquer Gibert, Montserrat Alvaro Lozano, Jaime Lozano Blasco, Olga Domínguez Sánchez, Rosa Jiménez Feijoo, Marcia Dias da Costa, Mª Teresa Giner Muñoz, Adriana Machinena Spera, Ana Maria Plaza Martín OP23 Rhinitis as a risk factor for asthma severity in 11‐year old children: population‐based cohort study Matea Deliu, Danielle Belgrave, Angela Simpson, Adnan Custovic OP24 The Global Lung Function Initiative equations in airway obstruction evaluation of asthmatic children João Gaspar Marques, Pedro Carreiro‐Martins, Joana Belo, Sara Serranho, Isabel Peralta, Nuno Neuparth, Paula Leiria‐Pinto POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 1: Food allergy (PD01–PD05) PD01 Allergen‐specific humoral and cellular responses in children who fail egg oral immunotherapy due to allergic reactions Marta Vazquez‐Ortiz, Mariona Pascal, Ana Maria Plaza, Manel Juan PD02 FoxP3 epigenetic features in children with cow milk allergy Lorella Paparo, Rita Nocerino, Rosita Aitoro, Ilaria Langella, Antonio Amoroso, Alessia Amoroso, Carmen Di Scala, Roberto Berni Canani PD04 Combined milk and egg allergy in early childhood: let them eat cake? Santanu Maity, Giuseppina Rotiroti, Minal Gandhi PD05 Introduction of complementary foods in relation to allergy and gut microbiota in farm and non‐farm children Karin Jonsson, Annika Ljung, Bill Hesselmar, Ingegerd Adlerbert, Hilde Brekke, Susanne Johansen, Agnes Wold, Ann‐Sofie Sandberg POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 2: Asthma and wheeze (PD06–PD16) PD06 The association between asthma and exhaled nitric oxide is influenced by genetics and sensitisation Björn Nordlund, Cecilia Lundholm, Villhelmina Ullemar, Marianne van Hage, Anne Örtqvist, Catarina Almqvist PD09 Prevalence patterns of infant wheeze across Europe Anna Selby, Kate Grimshaw, Thomas Keil, Linus Grabenhenrich, Michael Clausen, Ruta Dubakiene, Alessandro Fiocchi, Marek Kowalski, Nikos Papadopoulos, Marta Reche, Sigurveig Sigurdardottir, Aline Sprikkleman, Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Clare Mills, Kirsten Beyer, Graham Roberts PD10 Epidemiologic changes in recurrent wheezing infants Herberto Jose Chong Neto, Gustavo Falbo Wandalsen, Ana Carolina Dela Bianca, Carolina Aranda, Nelson Augusto Rosário, Dirceu Solé, Javier Mallol, Luis García Marcos PD13 A single nucleotide polymorphism in the GLCCI1 gene is associated with response to asthma treatment in children IvanaBanic, Matija Rijavec, Davor Plavec, Peter Korosec, Mirjana Turkalj PD14 Pollen induced asthma: Could small molecules in pollen exacerbate the protein‐mediated allergic response? Alen Bozicevic, Maria De Mieri, Matthias Hamburger PD15 A qualitative study to understand how we can empower teenagers to better self‐manage their asthma Simone Holley, Ruth Morris, Frances Mitchell, Rebecca Knibb, Susan Latter, Christina Liossi, Graham Roberts PD16 Polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene among Egyptian children with bronchial asthma Mostafa M. M. Hassan POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 3: Mechanisms—Epidemiology (PD17–PD21) PD17 Pregnancy outcomes in relation to development of allergy in a Swedish birth cohort Malin Barman, Anna Sandin, Agnes Wold, Ann‐Sofie Sandberg PD18 Evolution of the IgE response to house dust mite molecules in childhood Daniela Posa, Serena Perna, Carl‐Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Johannes Forster, Fred Zepp, Antje Schuster, Ulrich Wahn, Thomas Keil, Susanne Lau, Kuan‐Wei Chen, Yvonne Resch, Susanne Vrtala, Rudolf Valenta, Paolo Maria Matricardi PD19 Antibody recognition of nsLTP‐molecules as antigens but not as allergens in the German‐MAS birth cohort Olympia Tsilochristou, Alexander Rohrbach, Antonio Cappella, Stephanie Hofmaier, Laura Hatzler, Carl‐Peter Bauer, Ute Hoffmann, Johannes Forster, Fred Zepp, Antje Schuster, RaffaeleD'Amelio, Ulrich Wahn, Thomas Keil, Susanne Lau, Paolo Maria Matricardi PD20 Early life colonization with Lactobacilli and Staphylococcus aureus oppositely associates with the maturation and activation of FOXP3+ CD4 T‐cells Sophia Björkander, Maria A. Johansson, Gintare Lasaviciute, Eva Sverremark‐Ekström PD21 Genome‐wide meta‐analysis identifies 7 susceptibility loci involved in the atopic march Ingo Marenholz, Jorge Esparza‐Gordillo, Franz Rüschendorf, Anja Bauerfeind, David P. Strachan, Ben D. Spycher, Hansjörg Baurecht, Patricia Margaritte‐Jeannin, Annika Sääf, Marjan Kerkhof, Markus Ege, Svetlana Baltic, Melanie C Matheson, Jin Li, Sven Michel, Wei Q. Ang, Wendy McArdle, Andreas Arnold, Georg Homuth, Florence Demenais, Emmanuelle Bouzigon, Cilla Söderhäll, Göran Pershagen, Johan C. de Jongste, Dirkje S Postma, Charlotte Braun‐Fahrländer, Elisabeth Horak, Ludmila M. Ogorodova, Valery P. Puzyrev, Elena Yu Bragina, Thomas J Hudson, Charles Morin, David L Duffy, Guy B Marks, Colin F Robertson, Grant W Montgomery, Bill Musk, Philip J Thompson, Nicholas G. Martin, Alan James, Patrick Sleiman, Elina Toskala, Elke Rodriguez, Regina Fölster‐Holst, Andre Franke, Wolfgang Lieb, Christian Gieger, Andrea Heinzmann, Ernst Rietschel, Thomas Keil, Sven Cichon, Markus M Nöthen, Craig E Pennell, Peter D Sly, Carsten O Schmidt, Anja Matanovic, Valentin Schneider, Matthias Heinig, Norbert Hübner, Patrick G. Holt, Susanne Lau, Michael Kabesch, Stefan Weidinger, Hakon Hakonarson, Manuel AR Ferreira, Catherine Laprise, Maxim B. Freidin, Jon Genuneit, Gerard H Koppelman, Erik Melén, Marie‐Hélène Dizier, A. John Henderson, Young Ae Lee POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 4: Food allergy—Anaphylaxis (PD22–PD26) PD22 Atopy patch test in food protein induced enterocolitis caused by solid food Purificacion González‐Delgado, Esther Caparrós, Fernando Clemente, Begoña Cueva, Victoria M. Moreno, Jose Luis Carretero, Javier Fernández PD23 Watermelon allergy: a novel presentation Kate Swan, George Du Toit PD24 A pilot study evaluating the usefulness of a guideline template for managing milk allergy in primary care Mudiyur Gopi, Tim Smith, Edara Ramesh, Arun Sadasivam PD26 Efficacy and safety of cow's milk oral immunotherapy protocol Inês Mota, Filipe Benito Garcia, Susana Piedade, Angela Gaspar, Graça Sampaio, Cristina Arêde, Luís Miguel Borrego, Graça Pires, Cristina Santa‐Marta, Mário Morais‐Almeida POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 5: Prevention and treatment—Allergy (PD27–PD36) PD27 Allergy‐protection by the lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis G121: mode‐of‐action as revealed in a murine model of experimental allergy Stephanie Brand, Karina Stein, Holger Heine, Marion Kauth PD29 The relationship between quality of life and morning salivary cortisol after acute bronchiolitis in infancy Leif Bjarte Rolfsjord, Egil Bakkeheim, Johan Alm, Håvard Ove Skjerven, Kai‐Håkon Carlsen, Jon Olav Hunderi, Teresa Løvold Berents, Petter Mowinckel, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen PD30 Randomised trial of the efficacy of MP29‐02* compared with fluticasone propionate nasal spray in children aged ≥6 years to <12 years with allergic rhinitis Ulrich Wahn, Ullrich Munzel, William Berger PD31 10 mg of oral bilastine in 2 to 11 years old children has similar exposure to the adult therapeutic dose (20 mg) Ulrich Wahn, Román Valiente, Valvanera Vozmediano, John C. Lukas, Mónica Rodríguez PD33 Daily symptoms, nocturnal symptoms, activity limitations and reliever therapies during the three steps of IOEASMA programme: a comparison Sebastiano Guarnaccia, Luigi Vitale, Ada Pluda, Emanuele D'Agata, Denise Colombo, Stefano Felici, Valeria Gretter, Susanna Facchetti, Gaia Pecorelli, Cristina Quecchia PD34 Sensitisation to an inert aeroallergen in weaning rats and longstanding disease, in a sensitisation‐tolerant and easily tolerisable rodent strain George Guibas, Evangelia Spandou, Spyridon Megremis, Peter West, Nikolaos Papadopoulos PD35 Bacterial and fungi exposure in school and allergic sensitisation in children João Cavaleiro Rufo, Joana Madureira, Inês Paciência, Lívia Aguiar, Patrícia Padrão, Mariana Pinto, Luís Delgado, Pedro Moreira, João Paulo Teixeira, Eduardo Oliveira Fernandes, André Moreira PD36 Comparative study of allergy rhinitis between two populations: children vs. adults Adriana Izquierdo Dominguez, Antonio Valero, Joaquim Mullol, Alfonso Del Cuvillo, Javier Montoro, Ignacio Jauregui, Joan Bartra, Ignacio Davila, Marta Ferrer, Joaquin Sastre POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1: Inflammation—Genetics—Immunology—Dermatology (PP01–PP09) PP01 Immune profile in late pregnancy: immunological markers in atopic asthmaticwomen as risk factors for atopy in the progeny Catarina Martins, Jorge Lima, Maria José Leandro, Glória Nunes, Jorge Cunha Branco, Hélder Trindade, Luis Miguel Borrego PP02 The impact of neonatal sepsis on development of allergic diseases Secil Conkar, Mehtap Kilic, Canan Aygun, Recep Sancak PP03 Clinical overview of selective IgE deficiency in childhood Athina Papadopoulou, Eleni Tagalaki, Lambros Banos, Anna Vlachou, Fotini Giannoula, Despina Mermiri PP04 Inverse relationship between serum 25(ΟΗ) vitamin D3 and total IgE in children and adolescence Athina Papadopoulou, Stavroula Lampidi, Marina Pavlakou, Maria Kryoni, Kostas Makris PP05 PP06 PP07 Asthma control questionnaire and specific IgE in children Snezhina Lazova, Guergana Petrova, Dimitrinka Miteva, Penka Perenovska PP08 Features of chronic urticaria of adolescents Aliya Klyucharova, Olesya Skorohodkina PP09 Cutaneous mastocytosis in children: a clinical analysis of 8 cases in Greece Dimitra Koumaki, Alkisti Manousaki, Maria Agrapidi, Lida Iatridou, Omima Eruk, Konstantinos Myridakis, Emmanouil Manousakis, Vasiliki Koumaki POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2: Food allergy—Anaphylaxis (PP10–PP47) PP10 Prognostic factors in egg allergy Maria Dimou, Maria Ingemansson, Gunilla Hedlin PP11 Evaluation of the efficacy of an amino acid‐based formula in infants who are intolerant to extensively hydrolysed protein formula Nitida Pastor, Delphine de Boissieu, Jon Vanderhoof, Nancy Moore, Kaitlin Maditz PP12 Anaphylaxis and epinephrine auto‐injector use: a survey of pediatric trainees Adeli Mehdi, Shaza Elhassan, Carolin Beck, Ahmed Al‐Hammadi PP13 Anaphylaxis in children: acute management in the Emergency Department Ioana Maris, Ronan O'Sullivan, Jonathan Hourihane, PP14 Understanding Cumbrian schools preparedness in managing children at risk of anaphylaxis in order to provide training and support which will create healthy and safe environments for children with allergies George Raptis, Louise Michaelis PP15 A new valid and reliable parent and child questionnaire to measure the impact of food protein enterocolitis syndrome on children: the FPIES Quality of Life Questionnaire (FPIESQL), Parent and Child Short Form Audrey DunnGalvin, Matthew Greenhawt, Carina Venter, Jonathan Hourihane PP16 An in‐depth case study investigation of the experiences of teenagers and young adults in growing up and living with food allergy with emphasis on coping, management and risk, support, and social and self‐identity Evelyn O'Regan, Duncan Cronin, Jonathan Hourihane, Anna O'Reilly, Audrey DunnGalvin PP17 Cow's milk protein allergy in Constantine. A retrospective study of 62 cases between 1996 and 2013 Foued Abdelaziz, Dounia Khelifi‐Touhami, Nihad Selim, Tahar Khelifi‐Touhami PP18 PP19 Cow's milk and egg oral immunotherapy in children older than 5 years Pablo Merida, Ana Mª Plaza, Juan Heber Castellanos, Adrianna Machinena, Montserrat Alvaro Lozano, Jaime Lozano, Olga Dominguez, Monica Piquer, Rosa Jimenez, Mª Teresa Giner PP20 Professionals' awareness of management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) in North Wales Hospitals Konstantinos Kakleas, Manohar Joishy, Wendmu Maskele, Huw R. Jenkins PP21 PP22 Anaphylaxis: the great unknown for teachers. Presentation of a protocol for schools Mercedes Escarrer, Agustín Madroñero, Maria Teresa Guerra, Juan Carlos Julia, Juan Carlos Cerda, Javier Contreras, Eulalia Tauler, Maria Jesus Vidorreta, Ana Rojo, Silvia Del Valle PP23 Challenges facing children with food allergies and their parents in out of school activity sectors Niamh Flynn PP24 A review of food challenges at a Regional Irish Centre Gary Foley, Carol Harmon, John Fitzsimons PP25 The use of epinephrine in infants with anaphylaxis Krasimira Baynova, Ávila Maria Del Robledo, Labella Marina PP26 PP27 PP28 Mother's psychological state predicts the expression of symptoms in food allergic children Aaron Cortes, Alicia Sciaraffia, Angela Castillo PP29 The correlation between sIgE towards tree nuts and birch pollen in a Danish Pediatric Allergy Clinic Nanna Juel‐Berg, Kirsten Skamstrup Hansen, Lars Kærgaard Poulsen PP30 Food allergy in children: evaluation of parents' use of online social media Andreia Florina Nita, Ioana Valentina Nenciu, Adina Lazar, Dumitru Oraseanu PP31 The impact of food allergy on quality of life: FAQLQ questionnaire Rita Aguiar, Anabela Lopes, Maria J. Paes, Amélia S. Santos, M. A. Pereira‐Barbosa PP32 An unexpected cause of anaphylaxis: potato Hatice Eke Gungor, Salih Uytun, Umit Murat Sahiner, Yasemin Altuner Torun PP33 Is it clinical phenotype of allergic diseases determined by sensitisation to food? Mirjana Zivanovic, Marina Atanasković‐Marković PP34 PP35 Prescribing adrenaline auto‐injectors in children in 2014: the data from regional pediatricians Tina Vesel, Mihaela Nahtigal, Andreja Obermayer‐Temlin, Eva Šoster Križnik, Mirjana Maslar, Ruben Bizjak, Marjeta Tomšič‐Matic, Sonja Posega‐Devetak, Maja Skerbinjek‐Kavalar, Mateja Predalič, Tadej Avčin PP36 Who should have an adrenaline autoinjector? Adherence to the European and French guidelines among 121 allergists from the Allergy Vigilance Network Guillaume Pouessel, Etienne Beaudouin, Anne M. Moneret‐Vautrin, Antoine Deschildre, Allergy Vigilance Network PP37 Anaphylaxis by Anacardium Occidentale Marta Viñas, Bartolomé Borja, Nora Hernández, Mª José Castillo, Adriana Izquierdo, Marcel Ibero PP38 Anaphylaxis with honey in a child S. Tolga Yavuz, Ali Gungor, Betul Buyuktiryaki, Ozan Koc, Can Naci Kocabas, Faysal Gok PP39 Evaluation of courses adopted to children on prevention, recognition and management of anaphylaxis Tina Vesel, Mihaela Nahtigal PP40 Symptomatic dust mites and shrimp allergy: three pediatric case reports Filipa Almeida, Susana Lopes, Cristina Madureira, Tânia Lopes, Fernanda Carvalho PP41 Poor identification rates of nuts by high risk individuals: a call for improved education and support for families Camille Heming, Emily Garrett, Adam Blackstock, Santanu Maity, Rahul Chodhari PP42 DAFALL: database of food allergies in the Czech Republic Simona Belohlavkova, Eliska Kopelentova, Petr Visek, Ivana Setinova, Ivana Svarcova PP43 Serological cross‐reactivity between grass and wheat is not only caused by profilins and CCDs Sigrid Sjölander, Nora Nilsson, Malin Berthold, Helena Ekoff, Gunilla Hedlin, Magnus Borres, Caroline Nilsson PP44 Oil body associated proteins in children with nuts allergy. Allergens to consider in IgE‐mediated nuts allergy Loreto González Domínguez, Cristina Muñoz Archidona, Ana Moreira Jorge, Sergio Quevedo Teruel, Teresa Bracamonte Bermejo, Miriam Castillo Fernández, Fernando Pineda de la Losa, Luis Ángel Echeverría Zudaire PP45 PP46 Protective effect of helicobacter pylori infection against food allergy in children Olga Vrani, Antigone Mavroudi, Maria Fotoulaki, Maria Emporiadou, Kleomenis Spiroglou, Ioannis Xinias PP47 Anaphylaxis pathway: A road tryp‐tase to success? Helyeh A. Sadreddini, Mia Warnes, Donna Traves POSTER VIEWING SESSION 3: Miscellaneous (PP48–PP58) PP48 Surveillance study on safety of SLIT in pediatric population Ivana Djuric‐Filipovic, Zorica Zivkovic, Snežana Zivanovic, Gordana Kostić, Đorđe Filipovic PP49 Efficacy and safety of mixed mite subcutaneous immunotherapy among allergic rhinitis patients in the Northeastern Thailand Sawapon Sittisomwong, Siripong Sittisomwong PP50 Effect of inhaled beclomethasone or placebo on brain stem activity in a patient chronically treated with steroids: preliminary report Zygmunt Podolec, Marcin Hartel, Daria Panek, Magdalena Podolec‐Rubiś, Tomasz Banasik PP51 Sensitisation to aeroallergens in patients with allergic rhinitis, asthma and atopic dermatitis in Shiraz, Southwestern Iran Elham Abbasi, Mozhgan Moghtaderi PP52 Referring a child for allergy test: how appropriate are we? Phani Sanneerappa, Alina Deliu, Moosa Kutty, Nagabathula Ramesh PP53 EBV lymphoproliferative disease and cardiac lymphoma in a STK4 deficient patient Roya Sherkat, Mohammad Reza Sabri, Bahar Dehghan, Hamid Bigdelian, Nahid Raeesi, Mino Afshar, Hamid Rahimi, Christoph Klein PP54 A case study: the effect of massive honeybees attack on various body parameters atopic girl including allergy Mohemid Al‐Jebouri PP55 The role of TLR9, NLRP3 and proIL‐1β in activation of antiviral innate immunity Oxana A. Svitich, Daria O. Zubacheva, Dmitrii A. Potemkin, Ludmila V. Gankovskaya, Vitalii V. Zverev PP56 Overnight pulse oximetry, as a screening tool to diagnose obstructive sleep apnoea. How effective is it? Phani Sanneerappa, Elaine OB Doyle, Paul Gallagher, Nagabathula Ramesh PP57 The presentation and management of acute urticaria and allergic reactions in children in a multi‐ethnic, inner city Emergency Department (ED) Sherine Dewlett, Kin Man, Minal Gandhi, James Pocock, Anna Gerrardhughes PP58 Food allergens responsible for delayed‐type sensitisation in atopy patch test in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder Jolanta Wasilewska, Maciej Kaczmarski, Dariusz Lebensztejn POSTER VIEWING SESSION 4: Asthma—Rhinitis (PP59–PP87) PP59 Systematic review of incense as a trigger factor for asthma Chandramani Thuraisingham, Davendralingam Sinniah PP60 Increased risks of mood and anxiety disorders in children with asthma Yue Chen, Xiaomei Mei PP61 PP62 Asthma Control Test (ACT) and Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) association in children Sebnem Ozdogan, Pinar Karadeniz, Durdugul Ayyildiz‐Emecen, Ummuhan Oncul PP63 Seasonal and gender variations in vitamin D levels in children with asthma and its association with pulmonary function tests Sebnem Ozdogan, Gizem Sari, Sabanur Cavdar PP64 Defining treatment response in childhood asthma: rationale and design of the Pharmacogenomics in the Childhood Asthma (PiCA) consortium Niloufar Farzan, Susanne J. Vijverberg, Colin J. Palmer, Kelan G. Tantisira, Anke‐Hilseon Maitland‐van der Zee behalf of the PiCA consortium PP65 Prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in patients with inflammatory disease compared to celiac disease Fatma Yavuzyilmaz, Sebnem Ozdogan, Nafiye Urganci, Merve Usta PP66 A severe case with cystic fibrosis (CF) asthma Mehmet Hoxha, Maksim Basho PP67 Severe asthma exacerbation complicated with pneumothorax in a child with uncontrolled asthma due to poor treatment compliance Ioana Valentina Nenciu, Andreia Florina Nita, Adina Lazar, Alexandru Ulmeanu, Carmen Zapucioiu, Dumitru Oraseanu PP68 Evaluation of the Pediatric Quality of Life inventory (PedsQL) asthma module among low income asthmatic children and adolescents in Sao Paolo, Brazil Gustavo F. Wandalsen, Fernanda Monteiro, Dirceu Solé PP69 Early initiation of specific immunotherapy in asthma patients leads to higher benefits Blerta Lame, Eris Mesonjesi, Arjeta Sherri PP70 Treatment resistant asthma and rhinosinusitis with recurrent pulmonary infections. Is it primary ciliary dyskinesia? Alkerta Ibranji, Laert Gjati, Gjustina Loloci, Ardii Bardhi PP71 The comparison of sensitisation to animal allergens in children‐ and adult‐ onset patients with asthma Behnam Moghtaderi, Shirin Farjadian, Dorna Eghtedari PP72 Characterisation of children less than five years with wheezing episodes in Cali, Colombia Manuela Olaya, Laura Del Mar Vasquez, Luis Fernando Ramirez, Carlos Daniel Serrano PP73 Evaluation of the patients with recurrent croup Belgin Usta Guc, Suna Asilsoy, Fulya Ozer PP74 Obesity in adolescence compromising the asthma control Guergana Petrova, Sylvia Shopova, Vera Papochieva, Snezhina Lazova, Dimitrinka Miteva, Penka Perenovska PP75 Sleep behavior in children with persistent allergic rhinitis Gustavo F. Wandalsen, Jessica Loekmanwidjaja, Márcia Mallozi, Dirceu Solé PP76 Randomised trial of the safety of MP29‐02* compared with fluticasone propionate nasal spray in children aged ≥4 years to <12 years with allergic rhinitis William Berger, Ulrich Wahn, Paul Ratner, Daniel Soteres PP77 Safety and tolerability evaluation of bilastine 10 mg in children from 2 to 11 years of age with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis or urticaria Zoltán Novák, Anahí Yáñez, Kiss Ildikó, Piotr Kuna, Miguel Tortajada, Román Valiente, the Bilastine Pediatric Safety Study Group PP78 Sensitisation to Alternaria alternata: Is it a risk factor for severe rhinitis? Susana Lopes, Filipa Almeida, Tânia Lopes, Cristina Madureira, José Oliveira, Fernanda Carvalho PP79 Validation of the Patient Benefit Index (PBI) for the assessment of patient‐related outcomes in allergic rhinitis in children Julia Feuerhahn, Christine Blome, Meike Hadler, Efstrathios Karagiannis, Anna Langenbruch, Matthias Augustin PP80 Efficacy of sublingual tablet of house dust mite allergen extracts in adolescents with house dust mite‐associated allergic rhinitis Michel Roux, Shinji Kakudo, Efstrathios Karagiannis, Robert K. Zeldin PP81 Lung function improvement in a child treated with omalizumab for bronchial asthma Anna Sokolova, Tiago Milheiro Silva PP82 How to treat a child suffering from asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergy to peanuts and diabetes at the same time? Snezana S. Zivanovic, Vesna Cvetkovic, Ivana Nikolic, Sonja J. Zivanovic PP83 Nitric oxide in exhaled air in the relationship of the degree of sensitisation to aeroallergens Snezana S. Zivanovic, Ljiljana Saranac, Ivana Nikolic, Sonja J. Zivanovic, Zorica Zivkovic PP84 Clinical basis of diagnostic errors in pediatric asthma Zoia Nesterenko PP85 PP86 Childhood asthma control in Serbia and organised Asthma Educational Intervention (AEI) Snezana Radic, Branislava Milenkovic, Spomenka Smiljanic, Milka Micic‐Stanijevic, Olivera Calovic PP87 Experience from a group of adolescents with severe allergic asthma treated with Omalizumab Anne Marie Bro Hofbauer, Lone Agertoft THEMATIC POSTER SESSION 1: Prevention and Treatment—Epidemiology (TP01–TP18) TP01 A cost effective primary school asthma education program: pilot study from inner London schools Lucy Everson, Jessica Kearney, Jonny Coppel, Simon Braithwaite, Rahul Chodhari TP02 The prevalence of allergic diseases among 14–15 years old adolescents in two Danish birth cohorts 14 years apart Elisabeth S. Christiansen, Henrik Fomsgaard Kjaer, Esben Eller, Charlotte G. Mørtz, Susanne Halken TP03 Does pattern of sensitisation to phleum pratense change with age? Is it different in children with allergic rhinitis or asthma? Cristina Román India, Ana Moreira Jorge, Loreto González Domínguez, Cristina Muñoz Archidona, Sergio Quevedo Teruel, Teresa Bracamonte Bermejo, Juana Jiménez Jiménez, Luis Echeverría Zudaire TP04 Practicalities of prevention of peanut allergy: modelling a national response to LEAP Cathal O'Connor, Jonathan Hourihane TP05 Comparison of the influence of sunflower seed oil and skin care lotion on the skin barrier function of newborns: a randomised controlled trial Varvara Kanti, Lena Lünnemann, Günther Malise, Laine Ludriksone, Andrea Stroux, Wolfgang Henrich, Michael Abu‐Dakn, Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi, Natalie Garcia Bartels TP06 The effect of daily skin care on skin barrier properties in infants with dry skin and risk for atopic dermatitis Varvara Kanti, Lena Lünnemann, Laine Ludriksone, Marianne Schario, Andrea Stroux, Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi, Natalie Garcia Bartels TP07 Change in sum total aeroallergen skin prick test wheal diameters at 6 months predicts which children will respond to subcutaneous immunotherapy by three years Thorsten Stanley, Nicolien Brandenbarg TP08 Are mobile apps regarding adrenaline auto‐injectors accessed by adolescents for support and education in the community? Alia Boardman, Gary McGreevy, Emily Rodger, Katherine Knight, Victoria Timms, Trisha Taylor, Gemma Scanlan, Roisin Fitzsimons TP09 TP10 Prevention of early atopic dermatitis among low‐atopy‐risk infants by immunoactive prebiotics is not sustained after the first year of life Grüber Christoph, Ulrich Wahn, Margriet van Stuivenberg, Fabio Mosca, Guido Moro, Gaetano Chirico, Christian P. Braegger, Joseph Riedler, Yalcin Yavuz, Günther Boehm TP11 TP12 TP13 Treatment with Omalizumab in a 16‐year‐old Caucasian girl with refractory solar urticaria Stefania Arasi, Giuseppe Crisafulli, Lucia Caminiti, Federica Porcaro, Giovanni Battista Pajno TP14 Ultra‐pure soft water ameliorates skin conditions of adult and child patients with atopic dermatitis Akane Tanaka, Yaei Togawa, Kumiko Oida, Naotomo Kambe, Peter Arkwright, Yosuke Amagai, Naoki Shimojo, Yasunori Sato, Hiroyuki Mochizuki, Hyosun Jang, Saori Ishizaka, Hiroshi Matsuda TP15 Potential adjuvant effect of immunomodulator to improve specific immunotherapy in asthmatic child Wisnu Barlianto, Ery Olivianto, H. M. S. Chandra Kusuma TP16 How can Component Resolved Diagnosis (CRD) influence in Specific Immunotherapy (SIT) prescription, in a Spanish children population Ana Moreira Jorge, Cristina Román India, Loreto González Domínguez, Cristina Muñoz Archidona, Juana Jiménez Jiménez, Teresa Bracamonte Bermejo, Sergio Quevedo Teruel, Luis Echeverría Zudaire TP17 Mitochondrial dysfunction in food allergy: effects of L. rhamnosus GG in a mice model of peanut allergy Rosita Aitoro, Mariapia Mollica, Roberto Berni Canani, Giovanna Trinchese, Elena Alfano, Antonio Amoroso, Lorella Paparo, Francesco Amato, Claudio Pirozzi, Antonio Calignano, Rosaria Meli TP18 Prediction of atopic diseases in childhood: elevated blood eosinophils in infancy in a high risk birth cohort Siri Rossberg, Kerstin Gerhold, Kurt Zimmermann, Mohammad Zaino, Thomas Geske, Eckard Hamelmann, Susanne Lau THEMATIC POSTER SESSION 2: Food allergy—Anaphylaxis (TP19–TP38) TP19 TP20 TP21 Double‐blind provocation tests in non‐IgE mediated cow's milk allergy and the occurrence of placebo reactions Sarah Bogovic, Jochem van den Berg, Chantal Janssen TP22 Gradual introduction of baked egg (BE) in egg allergic patients under 2 years old Angela Claver TP23 Randomised controlled trial of SOTI with raw hen's egg in children with persistent egg allergy I: safety and efficacy of daily vs. weekly protocols of induction Mª Flor Martin‐Muñoz, C. Martorell, M. T. Belver, E. Alonso Lebrero, L. Zapatero, V. Fuentes, M. Piqué, A. Plaza, C. Muñoz, A. Martorell, Cristina Blasco, B. Villa, C. Gómez, S. Nevot, J. M. García, L. Echeverria TP24 Randomised controlled trial of SOTI with raw hen's egg in children with persistent egg allergy II: a randomised controlled trial to study a safer, more effective and easy to perform maintenance (daily vs. every two days) pattern of egg SOTI Mª Flor Martin‐Muñoz, C. Martorell, M. T. Belver, E. Alonso Lebrero, L. Zapatero, V. Fuentes, M. Piqué, A. Plaza, C. Muñoz, A. Martorell, Cristina Blasco, B. Villa, C. Gómez, S. Nevot, J. M. García, L. Echeverria TP25 Determining the safety of baked egg home reintroduction for children with mild egg allergy Brenda DeWitt, Judith Holloway, Donald Hodge TP26 Demographics, investigations and patterns of sensitisation in children with oral allergy syndrome in a London Teaching Hospital Sian Ludman, Merhdad Jafari‐Mamaghani, Rosemary Ebling, Adam T. Fox, Gideon Lack, George Du Toit TP27 Airborne peanut challenge in children: allergic reactions are rare Sofia Lovén Björkman, Caroline Nilsson, Natalia Ballardini TP28 The nutty question on Pediatric Wards: to be or "nut" to be? Supriyo Basu, Jenny Hallet, Jyothi Srinivas TP29 TP30 TP31 Allergy education in nursery schools Hazel Stringer, Nicola Jay TP32 Food allergy in the first year of life Tânia Lopes, Cristina Madureira, Filipa Almeida, Susana Lopes, Paula Fonseca, Clara Vieira, Fernanda Carvalho TP33 Prevalence and geographic distribution of oral allergy syndrome in Italian children: a multicenter study Carla Mastrorilli, Carlo Caffarelli, Riccardo Asero, Salvatore Tripodi, Arianna Dondi, Gianpaolo Ricci, Carlotta Povesi Dascola, Elisabetta Calamelli, Francesca Cipriani, Andrea Di Rienzo Businco, Annamaria Bianchi, Paolo Candelotti, Tullio Frediani, Carmen Verga, Paolo Maria Matricardi TP34 Are common standardised allergen extracts used in skin test enough in the diagnosis of nuts allergy? Cristina Muñoz Archidona, Loreto González Domínguez, Ana Moreira Jorge, Sergio Quevedo Teruel, Teresa Bracamonte Bermejo, Miriam Castillo Fernández, Fernando Pineda de la Losa, Luis Ángel Echeverría Zudaire TP35 Evaluation of IgE sensitisation in children with allergic proctocolitis and its relationship to atopic dermatitis Despina Mermiri, Paraskevi Korovessi, Skevi Tiliakou, Evaggelia Tavoulari, Kalliopi‐Maria Moraiti, Fotini Giannoula, Athina Papadopoulou TP36 Food allergy in children: are we managing them appropriately in the Emergency Department? Wan Jean Tee, Samir Deiratany, Raymond Seedhoo, Roisin McNamara, Ike Okafor TP37 Importance of oil body associated allergenic proteins in nuts suspected allergy children Loreto González Domínguez, Ana Moreira Jorge, Cristina Muñoz Archidona, Teresa Bracamonte Bermejo, Sergio Quevedo Teruel, Fernando Pineda de la Losa, Miriam Castillo Fernández, Luis Ángel Echeverría Zudaire TP38 Practical application of basophil activation test in children with food allergy Ekaterina Khaleva, Gennady Novic, Natalia Bychkova THEMATIC POSTER SESSION 3: Asthma (TP39–TP57) TP39 Effect of corticosteroid therapy upon serum magnesium level in chronic asthmatic children Amany Abd Al‐Aziz, Amany Fatouh, Ayat Motawie, Eman El Bostany, Amr Ibrahim TP40 ADAM33 in Bulgarian children with asthma Guergana Petrova, Dimitrinka Miteva, Snezhina Lazova, Penka Perenovska, Sylvia Andonova, Alexey Savov TP41 TP42 The impact of vitamin D serum levels in asthma and allergic rhinitis Maria Zoto, Marialena Kyriakakou, Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos TP43 Life‐threatening, first reported, paradoxical bronchospasm after nebulised Salbutamol in a 10 year old child Paraskevi Korovessi, Mariza Vassilopoulou, Athina Balaska, Lambros Banos, Stavroula Kostaridou, Despina Mermiri TP44 TP45 Asthma symptoms in children with treatment for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis Jorien Wartna, Arthur M. Bohnen, Gijs Elshout, David H. J. Pols, Patrick J. E. Bindels Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands TP46 Atopy increased the risk of developing exercise‐induced bronchoconstriction in young athletes Sven F. Seys; Ellen Dilissen, Sarah Van der Eycken, An‐Sofie Schelpe, Gudrun Marijsse, Thierry Troosters, Vincent Vanbelle, Sven Aertgeerts, Jan L. Ceuppens, Lieven J. Dupont, Koen Peers, Dominique M. Bullens TP47 The effect of higher BMI on risk for asthma and treatment outcome in overweight and obese children Ivana Banic, Sandra Bulat Lokas, Jelena Zivkovic, Boro Nogalo, Iva Mrkic Kobal, Davor Plavec, Mirjana Turkalj TP48 TP49 TP50 TP51 TP52 The impact of a multidisciplinary project intended to change the culture of nebulisers towards pressurised metered dose inhalers Georgeta Oliveira, Katharine Pike, Alda Melo, Tomás Amélia, José Carlos Cidrais Rodrigues, Cristina Serrano, José Manuel Lopes dos Santos, Carla Lopes TP53 TP54 TP55 TP56 Increased asthma control in patients with severe persistent allergic asthma after 12 month of nightly temperature controlled laminar airflow (TLA) Eckard Hamelmann, Uwe Schauer, Karl‐Christian Bergmann TP57 THEMATIC POSTER SESSION 4: Drug allergy—Dermatology (TP58–TP77) TP58 Should we proceed directly to provocation challenges to diagnose drug allergy? Our experience says yes Luis Moral, Teresa Toral, Nuria Marco, Beléns García Avilés, Mª Jesús Fuentes, Jesús Garde, Cristina Montahud, Javier Perona, Mª José Forniés TP59 Anaphylaxis to 13‐valent pneumococcal vaccine Esozia Arroabarren, Marta Anda, Maria Luisa Sanz, Maria Teresa Lizaso, Candida Arregui TP60 Intrapartum antibiotic exposure for treatment of group B streptococcus was not associated with the development of penicillin allergy in children Sara May, Martha Hartz, Avni Joshi, Miguel A. Park TP61 Evaluation of suspected drug hypersensitivity reactions in 169 children referred to the General Hospital Sonja Posega Devetak, Tina Vesel, Anja Koren Jeverica, Tadej Avčin TP62 Drug provocation testing: experience of a tertiary hospital Leonor Castro, Carolina Gouveia, Ana Carvalho Marques, Antonio Jorge Cabral TP63 Perioperative anaphylaxis: a growing concern in pediatric population Luis Amaral, Fabrícia Carolino, Eunice Castro, Madalena Passos, Josefina R. Cernadas TP64 Raising awareness of hypersensitivity to non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs in the pediatric age Fabrícia Carolino, Luís Amaral, Eunice Dias de Castro, Josefina R. Cernadas TP65 Perioperative anaphylaxis in young children: how to confirm the suspicion Josefina R. Cernadas, Fabrícia Carolino, Luís Amaral, Fernando Pineda, Armanda Gomes TP66 A case study of a child suspected to be penicillin allergic‐digging deeper Katherine Knight, Roisin Fitzsimons, Helen Brough TP67 Prevalence, characteristics and risk factors of hypersensitivity reactions to antibiotics in patients with cystic fibrosis Jobst Röhmel, Carsten Schwarz, Anne Mehl, Philippe Stock, Doris Staab TP68 Antibiotic drug hypersensitivity in cystic fibrosis: A pilot study using cellular allergy tests for diagnostics Jobst Röhmel, Carsten Schwarz, Christine Seib, Doris Staab, Philippe Stock TP69 Oral antibiotics challenges in children Anita Critchlow, Alyson Barber, Nicola Jay TP70 Hypersensitivity reaction to vancomycin: a new successful desensitization protocol Belen Delavalle, Teresa Garriga, Blanca Vilá, Cristina Blasco TP71 TP72 Clinical phenotypes according to FLG gene loss of function mutations in children with atopic dermatitis Francesca Cipriani, Annalisa Astolfi, Costanza Di Chiara, Elisabetta Calamelli, Iria Neri, Annalisa Patrizi, Gianpaolo Ricci TP73 TP74 Urticaria in children: clinical and epidemiological features Katerina Neskorodova, Asya Kudryavtseva TP75 TP76 Acute urticaria at the Pediatrics Emergency Department: is it allergy? Esozia Arroabarren, Jorge Alvarez, Marta Anda, Miriam Palacios, Marta Martinez‐Merino, Ibone Vaquero TP77 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HYPERTROPHIC pyloric stenosis, ERYTHROMYCIN, SYSTEMATIC reviews, META-analysis, CHILD patients, and DISEASE risk factors

Purpose: Macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin, in particular, have been linked to the development of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of the evidence of whether post-natal erythromycin exposure is associated with subsequent development of IHPS.Methods: A systematic review of postnatal erythromycin administration and IHPS was performed. Papers were included if data were available on development (yes/no) of IHPS in infants exposed/unexposed to erythromycin. Data were meta-analysed using Review Manager 5.3. A random effects model was decided on a priori due to heterogeneity of study design; data are odds ratio (OR) with 95 % CI.Results: Nine papers reported data suitable for analysis; two randomised controlled trials and seven retrospective studies. Overall, erythromycin exposure was significantly associated with development of IHPS [OR 2.45 (1.12-5.35), p = 0.02]. However, significant heterogeneity existed between the studies (I 2 = 84 %, p < 0.0001). Data on erythromycin exposure in the first 14 days of life was extracted from 4/9 studies and identified a strong association between erythromycin exposure and subsequent development IHPS [OR 12.89 (7.67-2167), p < 0.00001].Conclusion: This study demonstrates a significant association between post-natal erythromycin exposure and development of IHPS, which seems stronger when exposure occurs in the first 2 weeks of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organic water pollutants, Particulate matter, Endocrine disruptors, Sewage disposal plants, and Estrogen

Trace emerging contaminants (ECs) occur in both waste and surface waters that are rich in particulates that have been found to sorb several organic contaminants. An analytical method based on off-line solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was developed for the detection and quantification of 31 ECs from surface water, wastewater, suspended particulate matter (SPM) as well as sediments. Lyophilized sediments and air-dried SPM were subjected to ultrasonic extraction. Water samples and extracts were then concentrated and cleaned-up by off-line SPE. Quantification was realized using a Q Exactive mass spectrometer in both full scan (FS) and MS 2 modes. These two modes were optimized and compared to determine which one was the most suitable for each matrix studied. Yeast estrogen screen assay (YES-assay) adapted from the direct measurement of estrogenic activity without sample extraction was tested on filtered wastewater samples. An endocrine disrupting effect was detected in all effluent samples analyzed with estradiol equivalent concentrations ranging from 4.4 to 720 ng eq E2 L −1 for the WWTP-1 and 6.5–42 ng eq E2 L −1 for the WWTP-2. The analytical methods were also applied on six samples of surface water, the corresponding SPM, the sediments and thirty-nine effluent samples from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) sampled over a period of five months (February to June 2014). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SYMMETRY (Physics), INVARIANT measures, DE Bruijn graph, ENTROPY, and LATTICE constants

We investigate the following questions: Given a measure $$\mu _\Lambda $$ on configurations on a subset $$\Lambda $$ of a lattice $$\mathbb {L}$$ , where a configuration is an element of $$\Omega ^\Lambda $$ for some fixed set $$\Omega $$ , does there exist a measure $$\mu $$ on configurations on all of $$\mathbb {L}$$ , invariant under some specified symmetry group of $$\mathbb {L}$$ , such that $$\mu _\Lambda $$ is its marginal on configurations on $$\Lambda $$ ? When the answer is yes, what are the properties, e.g., the entropies, of such measures? Our primary focus is the case in which $$\mathbb {L}=\mathbb {Z}^d$$ and the symmetries are the translations. For the case in which $$\Lambda $$ is an interval in $$\mathbb {Z}$$ we give a simple necessary and sufficient condition, local translation invariance ( LTI), for extendibility. For LTI measures we construct extensions having maximal entropy, which we show are Gibbs measures; this construction extends to the case in which $$\mathbb {L}$$ is the Bethe lattice. On $$\mathbb {Z}$$ we also consider extensions supported on periodic configurations, which are analyzed using de Bruijn graphs and which include the extensions with minimal entropy. When $$\Lambda \subset \mathbb {Z}$$ is not an interval, or when $$\Lambda \subset \mathbb {Z}^d$$ with $$d>1$$ , the LTI condition is necessary but not sufficient for extendibility. For $$\mathbb {Z}^d$$ with $$d>1$$ , extendibility is in some sense undecidable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

B cell receptors, KINASE inhibitors, HODGKIN'S disease, CELL culture, and ANTINEOPLASTIC agents

Background: Pharmacological inhibition of B cell receptor (BCR) signaling has recently emerged as an effective approach in a wide range of B lymphoid neoplasms. However, despite promising clinical activity of the first Bruton's kinase (Btk) and spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitors, a small fraction of patients tend to develop progressive disease after initial response to these agents. Methods: We evaluated the antitumor activity of IQS019, a new BCR kinase inhibitor with increased affinity for Btk, Syk, and Lck/Yes novel tyrosine kinase (Lyn), in a set of 34 B lymphoid cell lines and primary cultures, including samples with acquired resistance to the first-in-class Btk inhibitor ibrutinib. Safety and efficacy of the compound were then evaluated in two xenograft mouse models of B cell lymphoma. Results: IQS019 simultaneously engaged a rapid and dose-dependent de-phosphorylation of both constitutive and IgM-activated Syk, Lyn, and Btk, leading to impaired cell proliferation, reduced CXCL12-dependent cell migration, and induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis. Accordingly, B cell lymphoma-bearing mice receiving IQS019 presented a reduced tumor outgrowth characterized by a decreased mitotic index and a lower infiltration of malignant cells in the spleen, in tight correlation with downregulation of phospho-Syk, phospho-Lyn, and phospho-Btk. More interestingly, IQS019 showed improved efficacy in vitro and in vivo when compared to the first-in-class Btk inhibitor ibrutinib, and was active in cells with acquired resistance to this latest. Conclusions: These results define IQS019 as a potential drug candidate for a variety of B lymphoid neoplasms, including cases with acquired resistance to current BCR-targeting therapies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COMPOSITION of feeds, INSECT proteins, FOOD chains, SUSTAINABILITY, FEED utilization efficiency, ANIMAL feeds, and SAFETY

In the framework of sustainability and a circular economy, new ingredients for feed are desired and, to this end, initiatives for implementing such novel ingredients have been started. The initiatives include a range of different sources, of which insects are of particular interest. Within the European Union, generally, a new feed ingredient should comply with legal constraints in terms of ‘yes, provided that’ its safety commits to a range of legal limits for heavy metals, mycotoxins, pesticides, contaminants, pathogens etc. In the case of animal proteins, however, a second legal framework applies which is based on the principle ‘no, unless’. This legislation for eradicating transmissible spongiform encephalopathy consists of prohibitions with a set of derogations applying to specific situations. Insects are currently considered animal proteins. The use of insect proteins is a good case to illustrate this difference between a positive, although restricted, modus and a negative modus for allowing animal proteins. This overview presents aspects in the areas of legislation, feed safety, environmental issues, efficiency and detection of the identity of insects. Use of insects as an extra step in the feed production chain costs extra energy and this results in a higher footprint. A measure for energy conversion should be used to facilitate the comparison between production systems based on cold- versus warm-blooded animals. Added value can be found by applying new commodities for rearing, including but not limited to category 2 animal by-products, catering and household waste including meat, and manure. Furthermore, monitoring of a correct use of insects is one possible approach for label control, traceability and prevention of fraud. The link between legislation and enforcement is strong. A principle called WISE (Witful, Indicative, Societal demands, Enforceable) is launched for governing the relationship between the above-mentioned aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health risk assessment, Endocrine disruptors, Water purification, Water supply, and Drinking water quality

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous in the environment and have been detected in drinking water from various countries. Although various water treatment processes can remove EDCs, chemicals can also migrate from pipes that transport water and contaminate drinking water. This study investigated the estrogenic activity in drinking water from various distribution points in Pretoria (City of Tshwane) (n = 40) and Cape Town (n = 40), South Africa, using the recombinant yeast estrogen screen (YES) and the T47D-KBluc reporter gene assay. The samples were collected seasonally over four sampling periods. The samples were also analysed for bisphenol A (BPA), nonylphenol (NP), di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisononylphthalate (DINP), 17β-estradiol (E 2 ), estrone (E 1 ) and ethynylestradiol (EE 2 ) using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrophotometry (UPLC-MS/MS). This was followed by a scenario based health risk assessment to assess the carcinogenic and toxic human health risks associated with the consumption of distribution point water. None of the water extracts from the distribution points were above the detection limit in the YES bioassay, but the EEq values ranged from 0.002 to 0.114 ng/L using the T47D-KBluc bioassay. BPA, DEHA, DBP, DEHP, DINP E 1 , E 2, and EE 2 were detected in distribution point water samples. NP was below the detection limit for all the samples. The estrogenic activity and levels of target chemicals were comparable to the levels found in other countries. Overall the health risk assessment revealed acceptable health and carcinogenic risks associated with the consumption of distribution point water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SPINAL surgery, BACKACHE, LOGISTIC regression analysis, SOMATIZATION disorder, HOSPITAL records, CHRONIC pain, LONGITUDINAL method, MEDICAL referrals, SELF-evaluation, and LUMBAR pain

Purpose: It is unknown which chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients are typically referred to spinal surgery. The present study, therefore, aimed to explore which patient-reported factors are predictive of spinal surgery referral among CLBP patients.Methods: CLBP patients were consecutively recruited from a Dutch orthopedic hospital specialized in spine care (n = 4987). The outcome of this study was referral to spinal surgery (yes/no), and was assessed using hospital records. Possible predictive factors were assessed using a screening questionnaire. A prediction model was constructed using logistic regression, with backwards selection and p < 0.10 for keeping variables in the model. The model was internally validated and evaluated using discrimination and calibration measures.Results: Female gender, previous back surgery, high intensity leg pain, somatization, and positive treatment expectations increased the odds of being referred to spinal surgery, while being obese, having comorbidities, pain in the thoracic spine, increased walking distance, and consultation location decreased the odds. The model's fit was good (X 2 = 10.5; p = 0.23), its discriminative ability was poor (AUC = 0.671), and its explained variance was low (5.5%). A post hoc analysis indicated that consultation location was significantly associated with spinal surgery referral, even after correcting for case-mix variables.Conclusion: Some patient-reported factors could be identified that are predictive of spinal surgery referral. Although the identified factors are known as common predictive factors of surgery outcome, they could only partly predict spinal surgery referral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TWINS, INTERNET pharmacies, DOPAMINE receptors, SCHIZOPHRENIA, GLUTAMIC acid, GLUTAMATE receptors, DOPAMINE, and GENES

publisher‐imprint‐name Springer volume‐issue‐count 1 issue‐article‐count 0 issue‐toc‐levels 0 issue‐pricelist‐year 2017 issue‐copyright‐holder The Author(s) issue‐copyright‐year 2017 article‐contains‐esm Yes article‐numbering‐style Unnumbered article‐registration‐date‐year 2017 article‐registration‐date‐month 11 article‐registration‐date‐day 6 article‐toc‐levels 0 toc‐levels 0 volume‐type Regular journal‐product ArchiveJournal numbering‐style Unnumbered article‐grants‐type OpenChoice metadata‐grant OpenAccess abstract‐grant OpenAccess bodypdf‐grant OpenAccess bodyhtml‐grant OpenAccess bibliography‐grant OpenAccess esm‐grant OpenAccess online‐first false pdf‐file‐reference BodyRef/PDF/40169_2017_Article_174.pdf pdf‐type Typeset target‐type OnlinePDF issue‐type Regular article‐type OriginalPaper journal‐subject‐primary Medicine & Public Health journal‐subject‐secondary Medicine/Public Health, general journal‐subject‐collection Medicine open‐access true --> Background: Monozygotic twins are valuable in assessing the genetic vs environmental contribution to diseases. In the era of complete genome sequences, they allow identification of mutational mechanisms and specific genes and pathways that offer predisposition to the development of complex diseases including schizophrenia. Methods: We sequenced the complete genomes of two pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia (MZD), including one representing a family tetrad. The family specific complete sequences have allowed identification of post zygotic mutations between MZD genomes. It allows identification of affected genes including relevant network and pathways that may account for the diseased state in pair specific patient. Results: We found multiple twin specific sequence differences between co‐twins that included small nucleotides [single nucleotide variants (SNV), small indels and block substitutions], copy number variations (CNVs) and structural variations. The genes affected by these changes belonged to a number of canonical pathways, the most prominent ones are implicated in schizophrenia and related disorders. Although these changes were found in both twins, they were more frequent in the affected twin in both pairs. Two specific pathway defects, glutamate receptor signaling and dopamine feedback in cAMP signaling pathways, were uniquely affected in the two patients representing two unrelated families. Conclusions: We have identified genome‐wide post zygotic mutations in two MZD pairs affected with schizophrenia. It has allowed us to use the threshold model and propose the most likely cause of this disease in the two patients studied. The results support the proposition that each schizophrenia patient may be unique and heterogeneous somatic de novo events may contribute to schizophrenia threshold and discordance of the disease in monozygotic twins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FACTOR analysis, JOINT diseases, LONGITUDINAL method, MEDICAL cooperation, MENTAL health, HEALTH outcome assessment, POSTOPERATIVE period, QUESTIONNAIRES, RESEARCH, STATISTICS, TOTAL knee replacement, PAIN measurement, PATIENTS' attitudes, and FUNCTIONAL assessment

Background There is conflicting evidence about what factors influence outcomes after total knee replacement (TKR). The objective is to identify baseline factors that differentiate patients who achieve both, minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and a patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) in pain and function, measured by WOMAC, after TKR from those who do not attain scores above the cutoff in either of these dimensions. Methods One-year prospective multicentre study. Patients completed WOMAC, SF-12, EQ-5D, expectations, other joint problems and sociodemographic data while in the waiting list, and 1-year post-TKR. Dependent variable was a combination of MCID and PASS in both dimensions (yes/no). Univariate analysis was performed to identify variables associated. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed to study how these variables grouped into different factors. Results Total sample comprised 492 patients. Mean (SD) age was 71.3 (6.9), and there were a 69.7% of women. Of the total, 106 patients did not attain either MCID or PASS in either dimension, and 230 exceeded both thresholds in both dimensions. In the univariate analysis, 13 variables were associated with belonging to one group or another. These 13 variables were included in EFA; 3 factors were extracted: expectations, mental health, and other joints problems. The percentage of variance explained by the 3 factors was 80.4%. Conclusion We have found 2 modifiable baseline factors, expectations and mental health, that should be properly managed by different specialist. Indication of TKR should take into account these modifiable factors for improving outcomes after TKR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]