ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE FROM HYPERMAGNESEMIA REQUIRING PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION


Dual career in the workplace: co-creation of a conceptual framework by employers and employee-sportspersons incorporating corporate social responsibility and brand alignment

IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to provide an evidence base and conceptual framework to inform new guidelines for achieving a balance between sports and employment commitments (i.e., dual career, DC) of the employee-sportspersons.To shape a DC discourse in the workplace, the distinct and combined views of the employee-sportspersons (i.e.,

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Identification of the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase genes and functional analysis reveal DoCCD1 is potentially involved in beta-ionone formation in Dendrobium officinale

The carotenoids are the most widely distributed secondary metabolites in plants and can be degraded by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) to form apocarotenoids including an important C13 compound beta-ionone.Volatile beta-ionone can confer the violet and woody fragrance to plant essential oils, flowers, fruits, and vegetables, which therefore h

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The feasibility and safety of adopting the left lumbar vein to localize the renal artery location during left transperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

BackgroundLaparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) is the standard of care for localized small renal cancer.The most critical step in this form of surgery is to localize the renal artery.In the present study, we describe a Male Bullet Terminals novel technique that uses the left lumbar vein (LV) to access the left renal artery during LPN.Materials an

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