g., police, healthcare); and societal violence toward women who use injection drugs.

We take these findings to mean that, violence toward women is rampant in Canada (not just internationally) and that healthcare workers play a role in propagating and addressing this violence.

We take these findings to mean that, violence toward women is rampant in Canada (not just internationally) and that healthcare workers play a role in propagating and addressing this violence.

Timeliness and number of references in written work is often a topic of controversy. Decisions about choice of references become complex when there is little recent published information or a great deal of important historical work on a topic.

The study aim was to develop a framework to guide authors to determine the number and currency of references to support their writing.

This study used a descriptive design with three steps review of journal author information for guidance about reference currency (n = 247); correspondence with journal editors (n = 27); and a survey of nurse educators (n = 44) regarding currency and number of references in written assignments.

Findings affirmed that recent literature is vital for nursing scholarship. Numerical guidelines offered were not based on identifiable consensus or rationale. Historical perspectives published over 5 or 10 years earlier are valued, even sometimes required. For a clinical paper, citation of the most current literature is viewed by editors and educators as essential, and may suffice.

Based on the findings of this study and our search of the literature, we developed three decision making algorithms for searching the literature and selecting references by currency and number.

Based on the findings of this study and our search of the literature, we developed three decision making algorithms for searching the literature and selecting references by currency and number.This six-month study aimed to evaluate the removal of total nitrogen (TN) in two duplicated partially saturated (PS) vertical flow (VF) wetlands added with corncob in two different heights of the free-drainage zone (FDZ) after two years in operation. Both PS VF wetlands efficiently removed organic matter measured as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) as well as total suspended solids (TSS) achieving average mass removal efficiencies of 95.3%, 83.2% and 92.9%, respectively, in system I (SI) and 96.3%, 84.0% and 94.9%, respectively, in system II (SII); with no significant differences (p > 0.05) between the systems. Measurements of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen (DO), pH and electrical conductivity (EC) showed suitable conditions in the saturated zone (SZ) of the systems for denitrification process. TN removal was similar in both systems (p > 0.05) (51.5% and 52.9% in SI and SII), and decreased in 15% with respect to the first year. This decrease was due to the lower denitrification capacity of the FDZ as a result of the reduction in the supply of biodegradable carbon by corncob. Denitrification occurred in the SZ, but not at a sufficient level to increase TN removal. NoveltyFirst, the use of lignocellulosic residues in partially saturated vertical wetlands to promote total nitrogen removal is very recent. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating TN removal after two years of operation in this type of wetland. Therefore, this study allows us to better understand the function of these systems, in a relatively long term. Thanks to this study it is possible to confirm that the main process of TN elimination is through the simultaneous nitrification-denitrification process in the free drainage zone (denitrification in the saturated zone is irrelevant) and that TN elimination decreases due to the reduction in carbon supply from the corn, in this area.The year 2020 has undoubtedly made Digital Health a necessity and no longer an exception. Many technological advances that seemed futuristic became a reality in a few months due to the pandemic’s needs. Stroke was one of the diseases that most benefited from the digital health revolution. Due to the need for immediate care and a shortage of neurologists worldwide, telestroke has revolutionized the acute care of cerebrovascular diseases in many areas based on strong scientific evidence. In this brief article, we have tried to summarize all we have experienced in 2020, the year which irreversibly transformed the practice of medicine.

Thrombectomy with stent retriever and direct aspiration are equally effective in the endovascular treatment of anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke. We report efficacy and safety of initial treatment technique per occlusion segment.

For this study, we analyzed data from the MR CLEAN Registry, a prospective, observational study in all centers that perform endovascular therapy in the Netherlands. We used ordinal logistic regression analysis to compare clinical and technical results of first line direct aspiration treatment with that of stent retriever thrombectomy stratified for occlusion segment. Primary outcome measure was functional outcome at 3 months. Secondary outcome measures included reperfusion grade expressed as the extended Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score, periprocedural complication risk, time to reperfusion, and mortality.

Of the 2282 included patients, 1658 (73%) were initially treated with stent retriever and 624 (27%) with aspiration. Four hundred sixty-two patients had an tients with anterior circulation infarcts, we observed equal functional outcome of aspiration and stent retriever thrombectomy in all occlusion segments. When aspiration was the first line treatment modality, reperfusion rates were higher and procedure times shorter in all occlusion segments.Stroke recovery therapies promote favorable neural plasticity, both during spontaneous recovery and the chronic phase. Activity-based therapies based on intense practice, some aided by integration of computers and telehealth, have shown promise. These studies emphasize key therapeutic variables such as dose, intensity, and timing. γ-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine Preclinical drug studies have shown promise, but human translation has been challenged by identifying the target patient subgroup, requirements for concomitant training, and aligning biomarkers with preclinical evidence.