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Int J Qual Health Care 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, AUS.

Background: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Global Trigger Tool (IHI-GTT) is a simple and inexpensive method to identify adverse events (AEs) through retrospective search of triggers in medical records. Despite its large adoption in Brazilian hospitals, the reliability of the method has not been investigated locally. Moreover, availability of human resources might be a barrier to its implementation in low-resourced systems. Read More

Am J Clin Nutr 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA)-Alimentación, Campus of International Excellence, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid + Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEI UAM+CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

Background: The 5-color Nutri-Score (5-CNS) front-of-package labeling system classifies products according to their nutritional quality, so healthier choices are easier when shopping.

Objectives: We examined the association between 5-CNS-based food consumption and long-term mortality in a Spanish, adult population.

Methods: We recruited 12,054 individuals, representative of the Spanish population aged ≥18 years, in 2008-10 and followed up with them to 2017. Read More

Eur J Radiol 2021 Feb 26;138:109619. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

Department of Surgery, Section Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Purpose: To determine diagnostic performance of preoperative CT in differentiating between benign and malignant suspicious gallbladder lesions and to develop a preoperative risk score.

Method: All patients referred between January 2007 and September 2018 for suspicion of gallbladder cancer (GBC) or incidentally found GBC were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were excluded when preoperative CT or histopathologic examination was lacking. Read More

Bioresour Technol 2021 Feb 27;329:124904. Epub 2021 Feb 27.

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka. Electronic address:

An integration of two processes, magnetic coagulation (MC) and short-cut biological nitrogen removal (SBNR), coupled with a sequencing batch membrane bioreactor (SMBR) controlled by an automatic real-time control strategy (RTC), was developed to treat different characteristics of high strength wastewater. The treatment efficiency and microbial community-diversity of the proposed method was evaluated and investigated using swine wastewater and food waste (FW) digestate. The MC showed high removal of TSS (89. Read More

Bioresour Technol 2021 Mar 1;329:124925. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China; National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Municipal Sewage Resource Utilization Technology, Suzhou 215009, China; Jiangsu Cooperative Innovation Center of Water Treatment Technology and Materials, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China.

In this study, an integrated device with scrubbing and biochemical treatment functions was used, and partial nitrification (PN)-Anammox and sulfur autotrophic denitrification (SADN) processes were coupled in a biochemical treatment pond to explore the feasibility of in-situ autotrophic removal of NH and HS. The results showed that the removal efficiency of NH and HS in waste gas are 95% and 87.5% respectively. Read More