Landfilling is the least desirable of waste management methods, but despite tightening legal regulations it remains among most common. Assessing impact landfills on soil environment even more important when there are arable lands in their vicinity. Therefore, study examined soils and directly adjacent to a landfill. Soil samples were collected from eight points (S1–S8) landfill premises, one (S...

OBJECTIVE to explore views on advance care planning in care homes for older people. DESIGN qualitative exploration of views from care home staff and the family of residents in care homes for older people. SETTING all care homes for the elderly in two London Boroughs. PARTICIPANTS staff (care managers, nurses and care assistants), community nurses and families. METHODS individual semi-st...

To evaluate the correlations between aortic complex plaque (ACP) and the recurrence of cryptogenic ischemic cerebrovascular disease (CICVD), and to investigate the clinical significance of ACP in CICVD. Methods CICVD patients (aged 17 to 84 years) admitted into the Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, from July 2011 to December 2013, were consecutively recruited, and divided into ACP and n...

The purpose of this research is to explore behavioral, normative, and control beliefs in the discussion of advance care planning (ACP) among older and younger Chinese Americans. Ethnic minority groups have been identified as less engaged in ACP and this represents an ethnic and cultural gap. Older Chinese American adults often have different beliefs and values compared to the younger generation...

In order to identify regulatory steps in fatty acid biosynthesis, the influence of intermediate 3-oxoacyl-(acyl carrier proteins) (3-oxoacyl-ACPs) and end-product acyl-ACPs of the fatty acid synthase reaction on the condensation reaction was investigated in vitro, using total fatty acid synthase preparations and purified 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthases (KASs; EC 2.3.1.41) from Cuphea lanceolata seeds. ...

PURPOSE To study occurrence, morphology, immunofluorescence, and ultrastructural features of congenital anterior capsular plaque (ACP) obtained from pediatric eyes undergoing cataract surgery. METHODS Two hundred sixty consecutive pediatric eyes undergoing congenital cataract surgery were enrolled in the present study. Anterior lens epithelium from cataract without ACP and with ACP was collec...

BACKGROUND Traditional academic assumptions about advance care planning (ACP) include the following: (1) the purpose of ACP is preparing for incapacity; (2) ACP is based on the ethical principle of autonomy and the exercise of control; (3) the focus of ACP is completing written advance directive forms; and (4) ACP occurs within the context of the physician-patient relationship. These assumption...

OBJECTIVES To assess existing advance care planning (ACP) practices in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Victoria, Australia before a systematic intervention; to assess RACF staff experience, understanding of and attitudes towards ACP. DESIGN Surveys of participating organisations concerning ACP-related policies and procedures, review of existing ACP-related documentation, and pre-i...

This work reports the characterization of the first known peptidoglycan hydrolase (Acp) produced mainly during vegetative growth of Clostridium perfringens. Acp has a modular structure with three domains: a signal peptide domain, an N-terminal domain with repeated sequences, and a C-terminal catalytic domain. The purified recombinant catalytic domain of Acp displayed lytic activity on the cell ...

Salts activate the fatty acid-synthesizing system of Escherichia coli and several of its component enzymes. The 3hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase from pig heart, one of the enzymes of fatty acid oxidation, is also stimulated by salts. Although all cations examined produce this stimulation, the activation patterns caused by monovalent cations are clearly distinct from those of divalent catio...