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This paper identifies the main sediment sources to the Beaudet Reservoir in Quebec (Canada) using sediment fingerprinting. The reservoir, which is built on the Bulstrode River and provides drinking water to Victoriaville, has decreased in capacity by 35% in the past 35 years. This study provides new data on fingerprinting in large and complex watersheds, a first in the province of Quebec. Nine sampling sites on the Bulstrode River and its three main tributaries were selected and five sampling campaigns were conducted. Samples from river bank profiles and adjacent fields, along with suspended sediments, were collected. All samples were sieved to 2 mm and analyzed for 137Caesium, 15 geochemical elements and sieved to 63 μm for color analysis. Source classification, based on an ANOVA test to verify the independence hypothesis and iterative linear discriminant analysis to optimize the ratio of inter-group/within-group variability, resulted in four sample classes agricultural soils, forested soils, stream bank bottom and stream bank top. A Kruskal-Wallis H test then identified 21 out of the 32 tracers with p value less then 0.05. The linear discriminant analysis led to a set of 14 tracers, namely 137Cs and 13 color coefficients with a discriminating result of 94%. That combination of 137Cs and color coefficients proved to be a cost-effective fingerprint. selleckchem Based on MixSIAR modeling results, this sediment fingerprinting study has demonstrated that the main sediment sources varied within the watershed but, generally, forested soil particles dominated (33 to 49%), then agricultural soils (43 to 50%) reflecting the land use changes, followed by stream bank bottoms (82%) at the Beaudet Reservoir.Hydrogen isotope (δ2H) analysis has been routinely used as an ecological tracer for animal movement and migration, yet a biochemical understanding of how animals incorporate this element in the synthesis of tissues is poorly resolved. Here, we apply a new analytical tool, amino acid (AA) δ2H analysis, in a controlled setting to trace the influence of drinking water and dietary macromolecules on the hydrogen in muscle tissue. We varied the δ2H of drinking water and the proportions of dietary protein and carbohydrates with distinct hydrogen and carbon isotope compositions fed to house mice among nine treatments. Our results show that hydrogen in the non-essential (AANESS) and essential (AAESS) AAs of mouse muscle is not readily exchanged with body water, but rather patterns among these compounds can be described through consideration of the major biochemical pathway(s) used by organisms to synthesize or route them from available sources. Dietary carbohydrates contributed more hydrogen than drinking water to the synthesis of AANESS in muscle. While neither drinking water nor dietary carbohydrates directly contributed to muscle AAESS, we did find that a minor but measurable proportion (10-30%) of the AAESS in muscle was synthesized by the gut microbiome using hydrogen and carbon from dietary carbohydrates. δ2H patterns among individual AAs in mice muscle are similar to those we previously reported for bacteria, which provides additional support that this approach may allow for the simultaneous analysis of different AAs that are more influenced by drinking water (AANESS) versus dietary (AAESS) sources of hydrogen.

To evaluate the 72-month clinical results of trabectome surgery (TOM) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), secondary OAG and childhood glaucoma.

A total of 305 eyes from 249 glaucoma patients were analyzed in the current retrospective single-center study. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed using three criteria criterion A (postoperative intraocular pressure [IOP] ≤ 21mmHg and ≥ 20% reduction from baseline IOP); criterion B (postoperative IOP ≤ 18mmHg and ≥ 20% reduction from baseline IOP); and criterion C (postoperative IOP ≤ 16mmHg and ≥ 20% reduction from baseline IOP). The changes in IOP, medication score, success probability, results of the multivariate analysis for success and failure risk factors, and complications were analyzed.

The baseline IOP in all glaucoma patients decreased from 29.2 ± 9.8mmHg with a 5.3 ± 1.7 medication score to 16.4 ± 5.8mmHg (- 43.8%) with a 4.2 ± 1.5 medication score at 72months (p < 0.01). The success probabilities in all cases for 72months based on criterion A, B, and C were 44%, 35%, and 17%, respectively. For criterion A, no significant differences were found in the success probability according to the glaucoma subtype for 72months. The combined surgical procedure significantly decreased the failure risk (hazard ratio [HR] 0.59). On the other hand, the presence of POAG (HR 1.6) and a history of past selective laser trabeculoplasty (HR 2.2) significantly increased failure risk. One patient (0.3%) demonstrated endophthalmitis after TOM but recovered through appropriate treatment.

At the 72-month time point, approximately half of the glaucoma patients maintained an IOP ≤ 21mmHg with ≥ 20% IOP reduction. TOM is a safe surgery but may not yield sufficient IOP reduction in patients who have received SLT or have POAG.

At the 72-month time point, approximately half of the glaucoma patients maintained an IOP ≤ 21 mmHg with ≥ 20% IOP reduction. TOM is a safe surgery but may not yield sufficient IOP reduction in patients who have received SLT or have POAG.Calcified lesion is a risk factor for adverse events, even in the drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Recently, drug-coated balloon (DCB) has been shown to have favourable results for in-stent restenosis and small vessels, but its results for calcified lesions are unknown. This study aimed to clarify the rotational atherectomy (RA) and DCB results for calcified lesions of nonsmall vessels. A total of 194 consecutive de novo lesions from 165 cases underwent RA for calcified lesions of nonsmall vessels between January 2016 and August 2018 in a single centre. Overall, 8 cases/10 lesions were excluded because of RA followed plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA). Remaining lesions were grouped into the DES (88 cases/104 lesions) and DCB (69 cases/80 lesions) groups and then compared retrospectively. The primary endpoint was post-discharge major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 1 year, and it was defined as cardiac death, noncardiac death, target-vessel-related myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization (TLR), and major bleeding (BARC ≥ type 3).