The Thermo Scientific iCE 3000 Series Atomic Absorption Spectrometers are the ideal tool for the accurate and rapid determination of multiple trace elements in rice products. Flame atomic absorption can be used as a fast screening tool for the analysis of nutritional elements such as copper, manganese and zinc, while graphite furnace atomic absorption can be used for the accurate determination ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the acceptability, to young men and women, of home screening for chlamydial infection. METHODS We wrote to a random sample of 208 women aged 18-25 years and 225 men aged 18-35 years from three general practices, inviting them to undergo home screening for chlamydial infection. They were asked to return, by normal post, a urine specimen (for men and half of the women) o...

The fast pace of drug discovery programs, aided by highthroughput screening campaigns, often relies on the generation of combinatorial libraries to identify new chemical entities. The Ugi 4and 3-component reactions in particular [1], have proven to be robust in producing both tool compounds and drugs [2,3]. Here we report a high-throughput entry into the imidazopyridine scaffold, using a microf...

ObjectivesOlder hospitalized patients are at high risk of early readmissions, requiring the implementation enhanced coordinated transition programs on discharge. The objective this study was to evaluate impact a nurse-led bridging program rate unscheduled readmissions older within 30 days from discharge geriatric acute care units.DesignA stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.Setting and Partic...

Electroencephalography (EEG) that has been extensively studied in humans presents also a large interest for studies on animal brain processes. However, since the quality of the recordings is altered by muscular activity, most EEG recordings on animals are obtained using invasive methods with deeply implanted electrodes. This requires anesthesia and can thus only be used in laboratory or clinica...