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McIntyre ML, Chimunda T, Murray J, Lewis TW, Doeltgen SH. The prevalence of post-extubation dysphagia in critically ill adults: an Australian data linkage study. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2022; 24:352-359. [PMID: 38047004 PMCID: PMC10692610 DOI: 10.51893/2022.4.oa5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Objective: To define the prevalence of dysphagia after endotracheal intubation in critically ill adult patients. Design: A retrospective observational data linkage cohort study using the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database and a mandatory government statewide health care administration database. Setting: Private and public intensive care units (ICUs) within Victoria, Australia. Participants: Adult patients who required endotracheal intubation for the purpose of mechanical ventilation within a Victorian ICU between July 2013 and June 2018. Main outcome measures: Presence of dysphagia, aspiration pneumonia, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, and cost per episode of care. Results: Endotracheal intubation in the ICU was required for 71 124 patient episodes across the study period. Dysphagia was coded in 7.3% (n = 5203) of those episodes. Patients with dysphagia required longer ICU (median, 154 [interquartile range (IQR), 78-259] v 53 [IQR, 27-107] hours; P < 0.001) and hospital admissions (median, 20 [IQR, 13-30] v 8 [IQR, 5-15] days; P < 0.001), were more likely to develop aspiration pneumonia (17.2% v 5.6%; odds ratio, 3.0; 95% CI, 2.8-3.2; P < 0.001), and the median health care expenditure increased by 93% per episode of care ($73 586 v $38 108; P < 0.001) compared with patients without dysphagia. Conclusions: Post-extubation dysphagia is associated with adverse patient and health care outcomes. Consideration should be given to strategies that support early identification of patients with dysphagia in the ICU to determine if these adverse outcomes can be reduced.
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- Melanie L. McIntyre
- Swallowing Neurorehabilitation Research Lab, Speech Pathology, Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Department of Speech Pathology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Northern Health, Epping, VIC, Australia
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Swallowing Neurorehabilitation Research Lab, Speech Pathology, Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Medical Devices Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- College of Science Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Swallowing Neurorehabilitation Research Lab, Speech Pathology, Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Pope KJ, Lewis TW, Fitzgibbon SP, Janani AS, Grummett TS, Williams PAH, Battersby M, Bastiampillai T, Whitham EM, Willoughby JO. Managing electromyogram contamination in scalp recordings: An approach identifying reliable beta and gamma EEG features of psychoses or other disorders. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2721. [PMID: 35919931 PMCID: PMC9480942 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In publications on the electroencephalographic (EEG) features of psychoses and other disorders, various methods are utilized to diminish electromyogram (EMG) contamination. The extent of residual EMG contamination using these methods has not been recognized. Here, we seek to emphasize the extent of residual EMG contamination of EEG. METHODS We compared scalp electrical recordings after applying different EMG-pruning methods with recordings of EMG-free data from 6 fully paralyzed healthy subjects. We calculated the ratio of the power of pruned, normal scalp electrical recordings in the six subjects, to the power of unpruned recordings in the same subjects when paralyzed. We produced "contamination graphs" for different pruning methods. RESULTS EMG contamination exceeds EEG signals progressively more as frequencies exceed 25 Hz and with distance from the vertex. In contrast, Laplacian signals are spared in central scalp areas, even to 100 Hz. CONCLUSION Given probable EMG contamination of EEG in psychiatric and other studies, few findings on beta- or gamma-frequency power can be relied upon. Based on the effectiveness of current methods of EEG de-contamination, investigators should be able to reanalyze recorded data, reevaluate conclusions from high-frequency EEG data, and be aware of limitations of the methods.
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- Kenneth J Pope
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Flinders Digital Health Research Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Miller-Lewis LR, Lewis TW, Tieman J, Rawlings D, Parker D, Sanderson CR. Words describing feelings about death: A comparison of sentiment for self and others and changes over time. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0242848. [PMID: 33406081 PMCID: PMC7787376 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Understanding public attitudes towards death is needed to inform health policies to foster community death awareness and preparedness. Linguistic sentiment analysis of how people describe their feelings about death can add to knowledge gained from traditional self-reports. This study provided the first description of emotive attitudes expressed towards death utilising textual sentiment analysis for the dimensions of valence, arousal and dominance. A linguistic lexicon of sentiment norms was applied to activities conducted in an online course for the general-public designed to generate discussion about death. We analysed the sentiment of words people chose to describe feelings about death, for themselves, for perceptions of the feelings of ‘others’, and for longitudinal changes over the time-period of exposure to a course about death (n = 1491). The results demonstrated that sadness pervades affective responses to death, and that inevitability, peace, and fear were also frequent reactions. However, words chosen to represent perceptions of others’ feelings towards death suggested that participants perceived others as feeling more negative about death than they do themselves. Analysis of valence, arousal and dominance dimensions of sentiment pre-to-post course participation demonstrated that participants chose significantly happier (more positive) valence words, less arousing (calmer) words, and more dominant (in-control) words to express their feelings about death by the course end. This suggests that the course may have been helpful in participants becoming more emotionally accepting in their feelings and attitude towards death. Furthermore, the change over time appeared greater for younger participants, who showed more increase in the dominance (power/control) and pleasantness (valence) in words chosen at course completion. Sentiment analysis of words to describe death usefully extended our understanding of community death attitudes and emotions. Future application of sentiment analysis to other related areas of health policy interest such as attitudes towards Advance Care Planning and palliative care may prove fruitful.
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- Lauren R. Miller-Lewis
- Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Palliative and Supportive Services, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Psychology and Public Health, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia, Adelaide Campus, Wayville, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Palliative and Supportive Services, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Palliative and Supportive Services, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
- Palliative Medicine, Calvary Health Care Kogarah, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
- Territory Palliative Care–Central Australia, Alice Springs Hospital, The Gap, Northern Territory, Australia
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Janani AS, Grummett TS, Bakhshayesh H, Lewis TW, DeLosAngeles D, Whitham EM, Willoughby JO, Pope KJ. Fast and effective removal of contamination from scalp electrical recordings. Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 131:6-24. [PMID: 31751841 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To present a new, automated and fast artefact-removal approach which significantly reduces the effect of contamination in scalp electrical recordings. METHOD We used spectral and temporal characteristics of different sources recorded during a typical scalp electrical recording in order to improve a fast and effective artefact removal approach. Our experiments show that correlation coefficient and spectral gradient of brain components differ from artefactual components. We trained two binary support vector machine classifiers such that one separates brain components from muscle components, and the other separates brain components from mains power and environmental components. We compared the performance of the proposed approach with seven currently used alternatives on three datasets, measuring mains power artefact reduction, muscle artefact reduction and retention of brain neurophysiological responses. RESULTS The proposed approach significantly reduces the main power and muscle contamination from scalp electrical recording without affecting brain neurophysiological responses. None of the competitors outperformed the new approach. CONCLUSIONS The proposed approach is the best choice for artefact reduction of scalp electrical recordings. Further improvements are possible with improved component analysis algorithms. SIGNIFICANCE This paper provides a definitive answer to an important question: Which artefact removal algorithm should be used on scalp electrical recordings?
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- Azin S Janani
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Skeletal and neurological problems consistently rank among the top health conditions necessitating the withdrawal or retirement of guide dogs and other working dogs from their service roles. Management practices such as weight management and physical conditioning may help to reduce the incidence of such conditions. However, where there is at least partial genetic aetiology, selective breeding strategies are the only way to produce a lasting reduction in their incidence in future generations. The management of single gene disorders is relatively simple through the judicious use of DNA test results. Breeding strategies to tackle complex diseases, into which category many skeletal and neurological diseases fall, are more challenging but can be successful through the use of data collected through screening schemes and, most efficiently, through the use of estimated breeding values.
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Lewis TW, Wiles BM, Llewellyn-Zaidi AM, Evans KM, O'Neill DG. Longevity and mortality in Kennel Club registered dog breeds in the UK in 2014. Canine Genet Epidemiol 2018; 5:10. [PMID: 30349728 PMCID: PMC6191922 DOI: 10.1186/s40575-018-0066-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The domestic dog is one of the most diverse mammalian species, exhibiting wide variations in morphology, behaviour and morbidity across breeds. Therefore, it is not unexpected that breeds should also exhibit variation in mortality and longevity. While shorter longevity per se may not necessarily be a welfare issue, a generally foreshortened lifespan in a breed that is accompanied by a high prevalence of a particular cause of death may reveal potentially serious welfare concerns and highlight scope to improve breed welfare. Survey data gathered directly from owners offer useful insights into canine longevity and mortality that can support the overall evidence base for welfare reforms within breeds. Results Mortality data on 5663 deceased dogs registered with the UK Kennel Club were collected from an owner-based survey. The most commonly reported causes of death were old age (13.8%), unspecified cancer (8.7%) and heart failure (4.9%); with 5.1% of deaths reported as unknown cause. Overall median age at death was 10.33 years (interquartile range: 7.17–12.83 years). Breeds varied widely in median longevity overall from the West Highland Terrier (12.71 years) to the Dobermann Pinscher (7.67 years). There was also wide variation in the prevalence of some common causes of death among breeds, and in median longevity across the causes of death. Conclusion Substantial variation in the median lifespan and the prominent causes of death exists across breeds. This study has identified some breeds with both a low median lifespan and also a high proportional mortality for one or more specific causes of death that should be considered as both potential welfare concerns as well as opportunities for improvement. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40575-018-0066-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- T W Lewis
- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB UK.,2School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD UK
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- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB UK
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- International Partnership for Dogs, 504547 Grey Rd 1, Georgia Bluffs, ON Canada
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- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB UK.,2School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD UK
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- 4Pathobiology and Population Health, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, AL9 7TA UK
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Janani AS, Pope KJ, Fenton N, Grummett TS, Bakhshayesh H, Lewis TW, Watson DH, Whitham EM, Willoughby JO. Resting cranial and upper cervical muscle activity is increased in patients with migraine. Clin Neurophysiol 2018; 129:1913-1919. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Janani AS, Grummett TS, Lewis TW, Fitzgibbon SP, Whitham EM, DelosAngeles D, Bakhshayesh H, Willoughby JO, Pope KJ. Improved artefact removal from EEG using Canonical Correlation Analysis and spectral slope. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 298:1-15. [PMID: 29408174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Contamination of scalp measurement by tonic muscle artefacts, even in resting positions, is an unavoidable issue in EEG recording. These artefacts add significant energy to the recorded signals, particularly at high frequencies. To enable reliable interpretation of subcortical brain activity, it is necessary to detect and discard this contamination. NEW METHOD We introduce a new automatic muscle-removal approach based on the traditional Blind Source Separation-Canonical Correlation Analysis (BSS-CCA) method and the spectral slope of its components. We show that CCA-based muscle-removal methods can discriminate between signals with high correlation coefficients (brain, mains artefact) and signals with low correlation coefficients (white noise, muscle). We also show that typical BSS-CCA components are not purely from one source, but are mixtures from multiple sources, limiting the performance of BSS-CCA in artefact removal. We demonstrate, using our paralysis dataset, improved performance using BSS-CCA followed by spectral-slope rejection. RESULT This muscle removal approach can reduce high-frequency muscle contamination of EEG, especially at peripheral channels, while preserving steady-state brain responses in cognitive tasks. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS This approach is automatic and can be applied on any sample of data easily. The results show its performance is comparable with the ICA method in removing muscle contamination and has significantly lower computational complexity. CONCLUSION We identify limitations of the traditional BSS-CCA approach to artefact removal in EEG, propose and test an extension based on spectral slope that makes it automatic and improves its performance, and results in performance comparable to competitors such as ICA-based artefact removal.
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- Azin S Janani
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Wiles BM, Llewellyn-Zaidi AM, Evans KM, O'Neill DG, Lewis TW. Large-scale survey to estimate the prevalence of disorders for 192 Kennel Club registered breeds. Canine Genet Epidemiol 2017; 4:8. [PMID: 28932406 PMCID: PMC5604186 DOI: 10.1186/s40575-017-0047-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Pedigree or purebred dogs are often stated to have high prevalence of disorders which are commonly assumed to be a consequence of inbreeding and selection for exaggerated features. However, few studies empirically report and rank the prevalence of disorders across breeds although such data are of critical importance in the prioritisation of multiple health concerns, and to provide a baseline against which to explore changes over time. This paper reports an owner survey that gathered disorder information on Kennel Club registered pedigree dogs, regardless of whether these disorders received veterinary care. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of disorders among pedigree dogs overall and, where possible, determine any variation among breeds. Results This study included morbidity data on 43,005 live dogs registered with the Kennel Club. Just under two thirds of live dogs had no reported diseases/conditions. The most prevalent diseases/conditions overall were lipoma (4.3%; 95% confidence interval 4.13-4.52%), skin (cutaneous) cyst (3.1%; 2.94-3.27%) and hypersensitivity (allergic) skin disorder (2.7%; 2.52-2.82%). For the most common disorders in the most represented breeds, 90 significant differences between the within breed prevalence and the overall prevalence are reported. Conclusion The results from this study have added vital epidemiological data on disorders in UK dogs. It is anticipated that these results will contribute to the forthcoming Breed Health & Conservation Plans, a Kennel Club initiative aiming to assist in the identification and prioritisation of breeding selection objectives for health and provide advice to breeders/owners regarding steps that may be taken to minimise the risk of the disease/disorders. Future breed-specific studies are recommended to report more precise prevalence estimates within more breeds. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40575-017-0047-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- B M Wiles
- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB England, UK
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- International Partnership for Dogs, 504547 Grey Rd 1, Georgia Bluffs, ON England, UK
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- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB England, UK.,School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD England, UK
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- Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, NW1 0TU UK
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- The Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London, W1J 8AB England, UK.,School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD England, UK
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Nematzadeh N, Powers DMW, Lewis TW. Bioplausible multiscale filtering in retino-cortical processing as a mechanism in perceptual grouping. Brain Inform 2017; 4:271-293. [PMID: 28887785 PMCID: PMC5709283 DOI: 10.1007/s40708-017-0072-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Why does our visual system fail to reconstruct reality, when we look at certain patterns? Where do Geometrical illusions start to emerge in the visual pathway? How far should we take computational models of vision with the same visual ability to detect illusions as we do? This study addresses these questions, by focusing on a specific underlying neural mechanism involved in our visual experiences that affects our final perception. Among many types of visual illusion, 'Geometrical' and, in particular, 'Tilt Illusions' are rather important, being characterized by misperception of geometric patterns involving lines and tiles in combination with contrasting orientation, size or position. Over the last decade, many new neurophysiological experiments have led to new insights as to how, when and where retinal processing takes place, and the encoding nature of the retinal representation that is sent to the cortex for further processing. Based on these neurobiological discoveries, we provide computer simulation evidence from modelling retinal ganglion cells responses to some complex Tilt Illusions, suggesting that the emergence of tilt in these illusions is partially related to the interaction of multiscale visual processing performed in the retina. The output of our low-level filtering model is presented for several types of Tilt Illusion, predicting that the final tilt percept arises from multiple-scale processing of the Differences of Gaussians and the perceptual interaction of foreground and background elements. The model is a variation of classical receptive field implementation for simple cells in early stages of vision with the scales tuned to the object/texture sizes in the pattern. Our results suggest that this model has a high potential in revealing the underlying mechanism connecting low-level filtering approaches to mid- and high-level explanations such as 'Anchoring theory' and 'Perceptual grouping'.
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- Nasim Nematzadeh
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
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Janani AS, Grummett TS, Lewis TW, Fitzgibbon SP, Whitham EM, DelosAngeles D, Bakhshayesh H, Willoughby JO, Pope KJ. Evaluation of a minimum-norm based beamforming technique, sLORETA, for reducing tonic muscle contamination of EEG at sensor level. J Neurosci Methods 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dharmaprani D, Nguyen HK, Lewis TW, DeLosAngeles D, Willoughby JO, Pope KJ. A comparison of independent component analysis algorithms and measures to discriminate between EEG and artifact components. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017; 2016:825-828. [PMID: 28268452 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7590828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is a powerful statistical tool capable of separating multivariate scalp electrical signals into their additive independent or source components, specifically EEG or electroencephalogram and artifacts. Although ICA is a widely accepted EEG signal processing technique, classification of the recovered independent components (ICs) is still flawed, as current practice still requires subjective human decisions. Here we build on the results from Fitzgibbon et al. [1] to compare three measures and three ICA algorithms. Using EEG data acquired during neuromuscular paralysis, we tested the ability of the measures (spectral slope, peripherality and spatial smoothness) and algorithms (FastICA, Infomax and JADE) to identify components containing EMG. Spatial smoothness showed differentiation between paralysis and pre-paralysis ICs comparable to spectral slope, whereas peripherality showed less differentiation. A combination of the measures showed better differentiation than any measure alone. Furthermore, FastICA provided the best discrimination between muscle-free and muscle-contaminated recordings in the shortest time, suggesting it may be the most suited to EEG applications of the considered algorithms. Spatial smoothness results suggest that a significant number of ICs are mixed, i.e. contain signals from more than one biological source, and so the development of an ICA algorithm that is optimised to produce ICs that are easily classifiable is warranted.
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Lewis TW, Abhayaratne BM, Blott SC. Trends in genetic diversity for all Kennel Club registered pedigree dog breeds. Canine Genet Epidemiol 2015; 2:13. [PMID: 26401341 PMCID: PMC4579366 DOI: 10.1186/s40575-015-0027-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Inbreeding is inevitable in closed populations with a finite number of ancestors and where there is selection. Therefore, management of the rate of inbreeding at sustainable levels is required to avoid the associated detrimental effects of inbreeding. Studies have shown some pedigree dog breeds to have high levels of inbreeding and a high burden of inherited disease unrelated to selection objectives, implying loss of genetic diversity may be a particular problem for pedigree dogs. Pedigree analysis of all 215 breeds currently recognised by the UK Kennel Club over the period 1980–2014 was undertaken to ascertain parameters describing the rate of loss of genetic diversity due to inbreeding, and the presence of any general trend across all breeds. Results The trend over all breeds was for the rate of inbreeding to be highest in the 1980s and 1990s, tending to decline after 2000. The trend was comparable in very common and rarer breeds, although was more pronounced in rarer breeds. Rates of inbreeding over the entire period 1980–2014 were not correlated with census population size. The existence of popular sires was apparent in all breeds. Conclusion The trends detected over 1980–2014 imply an initial excessive loss of genetic diversity which has latterly fallen to sustainable levels, even with modest restoration in some cases. The theory of genetic contributions, which demonstrates the fundamental relationship of inbreeding and selection, implies that popular sires are the major contributor to high rate of inbreeding. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40575-015-0027-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- T W Lewis
- The Kennel Club, 1-5 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London, W1J 8AB UK ; School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire LE12 5RD UK
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- The Kennel Club, 1-5 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London, W1J 8AB UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire LE12 5RD UK
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Grummett TS, Leibbrandt RE, Lewis TW, DeLosAngeles D, Powers DMW, Willoughby JO, Pope KJ, Fitzgibbon SP. Measurement of neural signals from inexpensive, wireless and dry EEG systems. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:1469-84. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/7/1469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Grummett TS, Fitzgibbon SP, Lewis TW, DeLosAngeles D, Whitham EM, Pope KJ, Willoughby JO. Constitutive spectral EEG peaks in the gamma range: suppressed by sleep, reduced by mental activity and resistant to sensory stimulation. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:927. [PMID: 25484861 PMCID: PMC4240063 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: In a systematic study of gamma activity in neuro-psychiatric disease, we unexpectedly observed distinctive, apparently persistent, electroencephalogram (EEG) spectral peaks in the gamma range (25–100 Hz). Our objective, therefore, was to examine the incidence, distribution and some of the characteristics of these peaks. Methods: High sample-rate, 128-channel, EEG was recorded in 603 volunteers (510 with neuropsychiatric disorders, 93 controls), whilst performing cognitive tasks, and converted to power spectra. Peaks of spectral power, including in the gamma range, were determined algorithmically for all electrodes. To determine if peaks were stable, 24-h ambulatory recordings were obtained from 16 subjects with peaks. In 10 subjects, steady-state responses to stimuli at peak frequency were compared with off-peak-frequency stimulation to determine if peaks were a feature of underlying network resonances and peaks were evaluated with easy and hard versions of oddball tasks to determine if peaks might be influenced by mental effort. Results: 57% of 603 subjects exhibited peaks >2 dB above trough power at or above 25 Hz. Larger peaks (>5 dB) were present in 13% of subjects. Peaks were distributed widely over the scalp, more frequent centrally. Peaks were present through the day and were suppressed by slow-wave-sleep. Steady-state responses were the same with on- or off-peak sensory stimulation. In contrast, mental effort resulted in reductions in power and frequency of gamma peaks, although the suppression did not correlate with level of effort. Conclusions: Gamma EEG can be expressed constitutively as concentrations of power in narrow or wide frequency bands that play an, as yet, unknown role in cognitive activity. Significance: These findings expand the described range of rhythmic EEG phenomena. In particular, in addition to evoked, induced and sustained gamma band activity, gamma activity can be present constitutively in spectral peaks.
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- Tyler S Grummett
- School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia ; School of Medicine, and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia ; School of Medicine, and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia ; School of Medicine, and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Whitham EM, Fitzgibbon SP, Lewis TW, Pope KJ, Delosangeles D, Clark CR, Lillie P, Hardy A, Gandevia SC, Willoughby JO. Visual Experiences during Paralysis. Front Hum Neurosci 2011; 5:160. [PMID: 22162967 PMCID: PMC3232712 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rationale: Paralyzed human volunteers (n = 6) participated in several studies the primary one of which required full neuromuscular paralysis while awake. After the primary experiment, while still paralyzed and awake, subjects undertook studies of humor and of attempted eye-movement. The attempted eye-movements tested a central, intentional component to one’s internal visual model and are the subject of this report. Methods: Subjects reclined in a supportive chair and were ventilated after paralysis (cisatracurium, 20 mg intravenously). In illumination, subjects were requested to focus alternately on the faces of investigators standing on the left and the right within peripheral vision. In darkness, subjects were instructed to look away from a point source of light. Subjects were to report their experiences after reversal of paralysis. Results: During attempted eye-movement in illumination, one subject had an illusion of environmental movement but four subjects perceived faces as clearly as if they were in central vision. In darkness, four subjects reported movement of the target light in the direction of attempted eye-movements and three could control the movement of the light at will. Conclusion: The hypothesis that internal visual models receive intended ocular-movement-information directly from oculomotor centers is strengthened by this evidence.
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- Emma M Whitham
- Department of Neurology, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University and Medical Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
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This paper examines the outcomes from recent genetic analyses of hip and elbow scores from British Veterinary Association (BVA)/UK Kennel Club (KC) screening programmes targeted at reducing the prevalence of hip dysplasia (HD) and elbow dysplasia in UK Labrador retrievers. The analyses made use of 25,243 hip scores and 3613 elbow scores. Heritabilities (± standard error) for hip score, analysed on a log scale, and for elbow score were 0.35±0.02 and 0.19±0.04, respectively, with a genetic correlation of 0.41±0.09. For both hip and elbow scores, there was a near perfect genetic correlation between the left and right joint; analysis of hip score showed a predictive benefit of using the total of left and right scores rather than worst score and the benefit of using all component scores rather than their aggregate score. Downward genetic trends were observed in both hip and elbow scores, although the latter was consistent with it being correlated to response to genetic change in hip score. Estimated breeding values (EBVs) offered substantial benefits in accuracy and hence genetic progress when compared to the use of phenotypes for both hip and elbow scores. There are major opportunities for improving selection against elbow dysplasia through the use of bivariate evaluations, although progress against dysplasia would be improved by more widespread elbow scoring. The studies highlighted a number of ways in which data recording for addressing complex traits may be improved in the future. Ongoing advances in genomic technology may be utilised for increasing the rate of genetic progress in selection against HD and for complex diseases in general, through the use of genomic evaluations.
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- J A Woolliams
- Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
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Pope KJ, Fitzgibbon SP, Lewis TW, Whitham EM, Willoughby JO. Relation of Gamma Oscillations in Scalp Recordings to Muscular Activity. Brain Topogr 2009; 22:13-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s10548-009-0081-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Daglish RW, Nowak BF, Lewis TW. Copper/metal ratios in the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) provide evidence of copper exposure under conditions of mixed-metal exposure. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2004; 47:110-116. [PMID: 15346784 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-3030-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Previous work has suggested that the ratio of copper residues to zinc in the gills of rainbow trout may indicate short-term exposure to increased levels of waterborne copper. However, the effect of exposure to a combination of increased copper and zinc concentrates in the water column was unknown. We exposed rainbow trout to 8 +/- 2 microg L(-1), 40 +/- 2 microg L(-1) and 90 +/- 9 microg L(-1) of waterborne copper and 21 +/- 3 microg L(-1), 129 +/- 40 microg L(-1), and 202 +/- 40 microg L(-1) of waterborne zinc in a 2-factor experiments and gill copper and zinc residues were examined. Other gill parameters analyzed included the concentrations of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium, liver copper and zinc concentrations and plasma copper, calcium, sodium, and potassium are also reported here. Copper residues in the gill filaments were significantly higher in the highest level of copper exposure (high Cu, 4.06 microg g(-1); low Cu 2.41 microg g(-1); 0 Cu 2.01 microg g(-1); P = 0.001), whereas no differences were seen in zinc concentrations at any treatment level. Gill sodium and plasma calcium concentrations were also decreased at the highest waterborne copper concentrations. Although copper-zinc ratios in the gills were significantly different between the highest and lowest copper treatments (P = 0.002, F = 6.59), copper-sodium and copper-magnesium ratios were more sensitive to waterborne copper exposure (P = 0.001, F = 17.91 and P = 0.002, F = 15.45, respectively). These copper-metal ratios may be better indicators of copper loading in the water column.
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- R W Daglish
- School of Aquaculture, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania.
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Lewis TW, Herbert JH, Barrett J, Lamprecht EG. A novel interactive electronic protocol review system. Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci 2001; 40:14-6. [PMID: 11560399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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This report describes a new protocol review system which was designed as a Lotus Notes database. This system encompasses all elements of investigator protocol generation, review and approval by the laboratory animal veterinarian and institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC), and notification of approval to personnel responsible for animal ordering. Unique features of the system are interactive dialog between IACUC members and the investigator and confidential protocol discussion among IACUC members. The advantages of the system are multiple: 1. it allows for interactive protocol discussion online; 2. it is an essentially paperless process; 3. inclusion of the outside IACUC member is easily accomplished by using an offsite personal computer and secure remote local-area network access; 4. the time required for protocol generation, review, and approval is streamlined due to the automatic features of the database and the speed of e-mail; and 5. all documentation relating to the protocol and the approval process is archived online.
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- T W Lewis
- Laboratory Animal Veterinary, 3M Center Bldg. 270-2A-08, St. Paul, Minnesota 55144-1000, USA
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Tountas CP, Bergman RA, Lewis TW, Stone HE, Pyrek JD, Mendenhall HV. A comparison of peripheral nerve repair using an absorbable tubulization device and conventional suture in primates. J Appl Biomater 1999; 4:261-8. [PMID: 10171979 DOI: 10.1002/jab.770040308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Median nerve regeneration was studied in 30 adult primates after repair by microsurgical suture or tubulization with a nonwoven, bioabsorbable, polyglycolic acid device. The two methods were compared electrophysiologically and histologically 6 and 12 months after repair. The electrophysiology included recording of electrically evoked compound action potentials and subsequent determination of threshold, conduction velocity, amplitude, and area above the baseline for each component. Measurements were obtained before nerve transection and at the time of biopsy by stimulating both proximal and distal to the transection site. Analysis of all electrophysiological parameters revealed no statistically significant differences (p less than 0.05) between the two repair techniques. Histopathology included examination of cross sections proximal and distal to the repair sites and longitudinal sections through the coaptation site. End organs (Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles and muscle) were sectioned to determine the degree of reinnervation. No significant differences between the repair techniques were observed by histological analysis of these sections. These evaluations indicated that the tubulization repair technique produced results comparable to that of the suture technique.
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This experimental study reports the evaluation of a mechanical, non-suture technique for the repair of small blood vessels under the operating microscope. The method uses the Unilink implantable pinned rings on which the vessel ends are everted 90 degrees and impaled on small pins. An instrument approximates the rings and completes the anastomosis. The device was used for the end-to-end anastomosis of 80 vessels in ten beagle dogs. Both arteries (ulnar and saphenous) and veins (cephalic and saphenous) were included in the study. Vessels were assessed for patency and harvested for histologic examination and scanning electron microscopy at 4-, 16-, and 32-week implantation times. Both longitudinal and cross sections were stained using hematoxylin and eosin, Verhoeff-Van Gieson techniques for elastin, and a modified Masson's trichrome for muscle and collagen, and examined under light microscopy. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was completed on longitudinally bisected anastomoses. Patency rates, histology, and SEM at all implantation times of the mechanical anastomoses compared favorably with experimental investigations of suturing techniques that have appeared in the literature. This microvascular anastomotic technique provided a rapid, safe, and efficacious method for the end-to-end repair of severed peripheral arteries and veins in the dog model.
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- D P Falconer
- Metropolitan Hand Surgery Associates, St. Paul, Minnesota
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- S S Cross
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution/Seapharm Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida 33450
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