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Effect of personalised citizen assistance for social participation (APIC) on older adults’ health and social participation: study protocol for a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Authors: Levasseur Mélanie , Dubois Marie-France , Filliatrault Johanne , Vasiliadis Helen-Maria , Lacasse-Bédard Joanie , Tourigny André , Levert Marie-Josée , Gabaude Catherine , Lefebvre Hélène , Berger Valérie , Eymard Chantal 
Published: March 2018

IntroductionThe challenges of global ageing and the growing burden of chronic diseases require innovative interventions acting on health determinants like social participation. Many older adults do not have equitable opportunities to achieve full social participation, and interventions might underempower their personal and environmental resources and only reach a minority. To optimise current practices, theAccompagnement-citoyen Personnalisé d’Intégration Communautaire(APIC), an intervention demonstrated as being feasible and having positive impacts, needs further evaluation.Methods and analysisA pragmatic multicentre, prospective, two-armed, randomised controlled trial will evaluate: (1) the short-term and long-term effects of the APIC on older adults’ health, social participation, life satisfaction and healthcare services utilisation and (2) its cost-effectiveness. A total of 376 participants restricted in at least one instrumental activity of daily living and living in three large cities in the province of Quebec, Canada, will be randomly assigned to the experimental or control group using a centralised computer-generated random number sequence procedure. The experimental group will receive weekly 3-hour personalised stimulation sessions given by a trained volunteer over the first 12 months. Sessions will encourage empowerment, gradual mobilisation of personal and environmental resources and community integration. The control group will receive the publicly funded universal healthcare services available to all Quebecers. Over 2 years (baseline and 12, 18 and 24 months later), self-administered questionnaires will assess physical and mental health (primary outcome; version 2 of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey, converted to SF-6D utility scores for quality-adjusted life years), social participation (Social Participation Scale) and life satisfaction (Life Satisfaction Index-Z). Healthcare services utilisation will be recorded and costs of each intervention calculated.Ethics and disseminationThe Research Ethics Committee of theCIUSSS Estrie – CHUShas approved the study (MP-31-2018-2424). An informed consent form will be read and signed by all study participants. Findings will be published and presented at conferences.Trial registration numberNCT03161860; Pre-results.
Do European hedgehogs select substrates when they defecate?
Authors: de Miguel Francisco Javier , Ruiz-Montero Sara , San Andrés Héctor , Arregui Lucía 
Published: March 2018

AbstractLike most mammals, European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are nocturnal animals, with a notable sense of smell. This fact suggests that faeces could play a communicative role in this species, and therefore hedgehogs could choose the location of their faeces in order to increase their detectability. To verify this assumption, the spatial distribution of faeces of European hedgehog in a suburban forest (Valdelatas, Madrid) was analysed. The study lasted eight months, during which we sampled three transects fortnightly. The data obtained show that faeces were placed on clear substrates which were visually highlighted (territorial mark amplification). Besides, hedgehogs placed the faeces in the lateral regions of the trails, not far from their margins. These results seem to indicate that European hedgehogs select the places where to defecate, apparently seeking a trade-off between detectability and safety for its marking behaviour, and they put on the table the possibility that this species uses their faeces as communicative marks.
Effects of exogenous amino acid applications on the plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii
Authors: Blümel Roman Christopher , Fischer Daniel F. , Grundler Florian M.W. 
Published: March 2018

Summary
Amino acid (AA) applications have been reported to affect plant-parasitic nematodes. Here, we analysed the effects of methionine (Met), lysine (Lys), threonine (Thr), isoleucine (Ile), homoserine (Hom) and tryptophan (Trp) on the sedentary plant-parasitic nematode, Heterodera schachtii, under in vitro conditions. No AA showed direct effects on the activity of infective second-stage juveniles (J2) of H. schachtii. Soaking J2 in Lys for 24 h increased the number of developing females and reduced the number of males. Thr treatments reduced the total number of nematodes developing in the host plant. The strongest effects were observed when AA were added to the nutrient medium in a monoxenic Arabidopsis thaliana culture. Ile, Met or Thr clearly reduced the number of female nematodes developing in the host plant. These AA are direct metabolic derivatives of Hom. Direct effects on pre-infective J2 can be differentiated from effects that may involve the host plant.
The Impetus for Reform in Erasmus of Rotterdam’s New Testament
Authors: Pabel Hilmar M. 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
Scholars have assumed but not proven that Erasmus was a Church reformer. They have located his impetus for Church reform in his editions of the New Testament. A consideration of the orientation of reform aids in analysing Erasmus’ Annotations on the New Testament. A programmatic return to ancient sources facilitated a philological reform of the text of the New Testament. Furthermore, Erasmus’ recourse to Scripture exposed contemporary aberrations from appropriate Christian conduct. In the case of divorce for the sake of remarriage, Erasmus looked forwards for change more than backwards. Exposing faults and suggesting a change to Church laws on marriage did not constitute the structural reorganization that qualified Erasmus as a Church reformer.
Termites of Iranian Date Palm Orchards And Their Spatial and Temporal Distribution
Authors: Latifian Masoud , Rad Bahar , Habibpour Behzad 
Published: March 2018

This study was conducted during 2013-2014 to determine the dominant species and behavior of termites foraging in date palm orchards in Khuzestan province, Iran. Starting in early March, the ‘cluster random sampling’ method was used within sixty-five sampling plots. Termite species were sampled by breaking open mud tubing and collecting different castes, then bringing them to the laboratory for identification using scientific keys. Glass microscope slides of different body parts, especially the labium, maxillae, palps, mandibles, labrum, and clypeus. The Simpson Diversity Index was used to determine the level of dominance. Results showed three species of termites, Microcerotermes diversus Silvestri, Microcerotermes buettikeri Chhotani and Bose and Amitermes vilis Hagen, all family Termitidae, are active in Khuzestan date palm plantations. Microcerotermes diversus was dominant with a correlation coefficient 0.997 and 8.87, respectively. Seasonal population fluctuations of workers, nymphs, soldiers and winged castes had two, four, four and four peaks, respectively, over the years. According to Kriging map spatial distribution, four geographic severity groupings for M. diversus can be considered. These groups include low, medium, and high risk, and hotspot infestation geographic regions, with severity indices of 2.3 to 3.96, 3.97 to 4.82, 4.83 to 5.68, and 5.96 to 6.53, respectively.
Health Care Provider Perceptions of the Safety of IUDs for Women with HIV
Authors: Simmons Katharine B. , Zapata Lauren , Curtis Kathryn M. 
Published: March 2018

CONTEXTWomen who are living with HIV use IUDs at a lower rate than the general population, and it is unclear whether health care providers’ misconceptions about IUD safety contribute to this disparity.METHODSA 2013–2014 nationwide survey of 1,998 U.S. family planning providers assessed perceptions of IUD safety for women with HIV or other medical conditions. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine associations between provider characteristics and whether individuals believed IUDs were safe for HIV‐positive women. Data from public‐sector providers and office‐based physicians were analyzed separately.RESULTSSeven in 10 providers considered IUDs safe for women with HIV, and there were no differences by provider type. Among public‐sector providers, some of the characteristics associated with believing that IUDs were unsafe for seropositive women were working at a clinic without Title X funding (odds ratio, 1.5), not being trained in IUD insertion (2.1) and not using the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (U.S. MEC) for clinical guidance (1.8). Office‐based physicians who did not use the guidelines also had an increased likelihood of believing that IUDs were unsafe for women with HIV (2.9), and physicians who had completed training 25 or more years ago were more likely than those who had done so less than five years ago to consider IUDs unsafe (3.3).CONCLUSIONSGreater use of evidence‐based contraceptive guidance such as the U.S. MEC may help inform provider perceptions of IUD safety and hence contribute to increased contraceptive choice for women with HIV.
Formulation, method development and validation of water soluble vitamins B1, B2 & B6 in bulk and tablet dosage form by HPTLC method
Authors: Velmurugan Devi , Munusamy Jambulingam , Subramaniam Ananda Thangadurai , Karunakaran Anandkumar , Latiff MKM Abdul , Dhanapal Kamalakannan 
Published: March 2018

In the present study we are reportingÂ dissolution, method development and validation of water soluble vitamins B1, B2 & B6 in bulk and tablet dosage form by HPTLC method. The method is based on separation of the three vitamins using HPTLC. Thin layer chromatographic plates coated with silica gel 60F254 as the stationary phase and acetonitrile:water (6:4 v/v) as mobile phase. The chromatographic analysis was carried out in the reflectance and absorbance mode at 280 nm. The method was validated with respect to linearity, accuracy and precision, limit of detection and limit of quantitation. It was then applied for analysis of vitamins B1, B2 & B6 in combined tablet dosage form. The above method developed was reproducible with good resolution and the results of analysis have been validated with correlation coefficient of 0.9990