Reported are the results of a study in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to evaluate the bacterial contamination of the lacteal contents of feeding bottles prepared in urban households of low (LSE) and high (HSE) socioeconomic groups, involving 100 and 32 mothers of infants, respectively. Samples of the lacteal contents of the feeding bottles were cultured and the medians (25th and 75th percentiles) of the co...

AIMS Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is long-recognized in association with epilepsy (HSE ) and more recently in the context of cognitive decline or dementia in the elderly (HSD ), in some cases as a component of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and fronto-temporal lobe dementia (FTLD). There is an increased risk of seizures in AD and spontaneous epileptiform discharges...

Introduction: Studies of terrestrial peridotite and martian and achondritic meteorites have led to the conclusion that addition of chondritic material to growing planets or planetesimals, after core formation, occurred on Earth, Moon, Mars, asteroid 4 Vesta, and the parent body of the angritic meteorites [1-4]. One study even proposed that this was a common process in the final stages of growth...

In this thesis studies of two types of viral CNS-infections are presented; influenza related encephalitis and herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE). Influenza related encephalitis/encephalopathy has been reported to increase both in incidence and severity in the Japanese population the last decade. We wanted to assess the incidence of the disease in Sweden and evaluate the clinical picture of the d...

Diogenites and 4 Vesta: Diogenite meteorites are orthopyroxene ± olivine rich rocks that form part of the howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorite suite [1, 2]. The HED parent-body is thought to be the ~530 km diameter asteroid 4 Vesta [3, 4], target of the recently launched DAWN mission. Homogeneous Oisotope systematics for HED meteorites are consistent with wholesale melting of their paren...

A method to separate the effects of Heisenberg spin exchange (HSE) and dipole−dipole (DD) interactions on EPR spectra of nitroxide spin probes in solution by employing N and N nitroxide spin probes in parallel experiments is developed theoretically and tested experimentally. Comprehensive EPR measurements are reported of 4-oxo-2,2,6,6tetramethylpiperidine-d16;1N-1-oxyl (perdeuterated N Tempone;...

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies (NMDAR-Abs) can contribute to neurological relapse after herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSE). We describe a child with NMDAR-Ab encephalitis after HSE, which was recognized and treated early. We discuss the case in the context of existing reports, and we propose a modified immunotherapy strategy to minimize risk of viral reactivation.

Methods: We held 8 PMT sessions (1.5 h each) for 20 staff members who were parents to children in the age range of 2–12 years. Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and Occupational Descriptive Index [Health and Safety Executive (HSE)] were used for baseline and post-intervention data gathering. DAS higher scores indicate higher marital adjustment satisfaction and higher HSE scores indicate higher occu...

Three children are described in whom herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) followed a clearly biphasic course. The secondary deterioration may be due to a resurgence of the viral infection and calls into question the adequacy of current treatment regimens for HSE. Alternatively, a postinfectious neuroallergic process may be active in which case immunomodulatory treatment might be more appropriate t...

OBJECTIVES High index of suspicion is mandatory for early diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (HSE), since acyclovir therapy can prevent its mortality and limit morbidity. We report our observations on clinical spectrum, pitfalls in diagnosis and therapeutic aspects in patients of HSE. METHODS There were 34 patients of HSE (26 males and eight females) in age range 6 -72 (mean 23.8 +/- 8....