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Puffy Skin Disease Is an Emerging Transmissible Condition in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum
The transmission of puffy skin disease (PSD) to rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum was tested in the laboratory by conducting co-habitation challenges with puffy skin (PS)-affected fish (Trojans) collected from the field. Two separate challenges were conducted using Trojans sourced from two different sites and diploid (first trial) or triploid (second trial) naïve fish. PSD-specific clinical signs were observed in both groups of naïve fish, with 66% of the fish sampled during the challenges showing signs of varying severity. The first clinical features of PSD were presented as white oval skin patches on one or both flanks 15-21 days post-challenge (dpc). The extent of the lesions ranged from 10 to 90% of the body surface, depending on the severity of the lesion. Both the severity and number of affected fish increased during the challenge. Macroscopically, oedema of the skin and multifocal petechial haemorrhaging were observed towards the end of the trials. Abnormal fish behaviour consisting of \"flashing\" and excessive mucous production was noted from 15 dpc onwards. Fish with severe PSD lesions also displayed inappetence and associated emaciation. Rodlet cells were observed in 41% of the fresh skin scrapes analysed from the second trial. Histologically epidermal oedema was observed in 31% of the naive fish showing gross pathology, with additional 12% displaying epidermal hyperplasia, mostly observed at the end of the challenge. Other concomitant features of the PSD lesions in challenged fish were epithelial erosion and sloughing, and occasionally mild or focal inflammation. No consistent pathology of internal organs was observed. The parasites Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Ichthyobodo necator were observed in skin samples of a proportion of naïve challenged fish and in Trojans but not in control fish. The presence of these and other known fish pathogens in the skin of PSD-fish was confirmed by high-throughput sequencing analysis. In summary, we have demonstrated that PSD is a transmissible condition. However, even though a number of known fish pathogens were identified in the skin tissues of PSD-fish, the actual causative infectious agent(s) remain(s) unknown.
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Natural soundscapes as a disciplinary bridge in pursuit of sustainability: research themes and priorities
Key policy highlights Support natural soundscape-based therapies (e.g. within forest therapy, hospital care) to improve mental and physical wellbeing through evidence-backed interventions. Promote sustainable, equitable acoustic technology use in eco-acoustic monitoring and sound-based environmental engagement. Develop culturally-sensitive, nature-connection frameworks that reflect diverse sound perceptions and listening practices, ensuring inclusivity in environmental education, therapy, and cross-cultural ecological engagement. Integrate deep listening and multi-sensory soundscape activities into education to enhance ecological awareness, emotional wellbeing, and sensory engagement with natural environments. Support interdisciplinary, outdoor arts programmes that combine music, movement, and ecological learning to foster nature connectedness and non-extractive relationships with the environment.
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Ethnographic Research into Contemporary String Quartet Rehearsal
Within the tradition of western classical music, research into rehearsal processes often focuses on the pivotal relationship between notation and performance. In this article, analysis of an audio recording of the Kreutzer Quartet's single rehearsal of Michael Finnissy's Second String Quartet in 2007 provides the starting point for exploring interactive and communicative processes between the composer and the performers along the path from notation to performance. Quantitative and qualitative approaches to rehearsal analysis are used, drawing also on theories and methodologies from ethnomusicology and psychology, as well as ideas from linguistics, in order to discover how the ensemble explores and resolves 'management' questions posed by contemporary repertoire, how rehearsal processes might be modelled for a potential audience of both scholars and performers, and how collaborative relationships function in practice.
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Communicating through notation: Michael Finnissy's Second String Quartet from composition to performance
This article looks behind the scenes at the notational and interpretative issues arising from the compositional and rehearsal processes embodied in the Second String Quartet by Michael Finnissy, written for the Kreutzer Quartet in 2006-07. The relationship between the individual parts and corporate whole, as represented by the score, or quasiscore, or even the absence of a score, has been of central importance in all of Finnissy's quartet music to date. Recorded evidence from the rehearsal of the piece is evaluated from both 'insider' and 'outsider' perspectives to demonstrate the extent to which players need to devise new interpretative strategies in response to the specific demands of the notation. Examination of composer-performer interactions reveals how the limits of notation can provide creative tension and imaginative interpretation that contribute to a developing contemporary performance practice.
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Isolation of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus from UK Water and Shellfish Produce
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a Gram-negative, halophilic bacterium found commonly in temperate and warm estuarine waters worldwide. V. parahaemolyticus is considered an emerging bacterial pathogen in Europe and has been responsible for several recent seafood-associated outbreaks. During ad hoc testing of raw shellfish produce in May 2012, pandemic group (O3:K6) V. parahaemolyticus was isolated from Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), harvested in Southern England. Follow-on testing of water and shellfish, encompassing a small number geographically diverse sites, also retrieved pandemic group isolates. These strains are amongst the most northerly pandemic strains described to date and represent the first instance of pandemic V. parahaemolyticus isolated in the UK, highlighting the expanding geographical distribution of these foodborne pathogens in the environment.
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Mixed practices including use of ideas from narrative therapy with a woman with diagnosis of an intellectual disability and personality disorder
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present outcomes of mixed practices including use of ideas from narrative therapy (NT) in a case of mild intellectual disability (ID) and personality disorder. The formulation, therapy adaptation and outcomes are presented.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is a single case report describing patient presentation, assessments, psychological formulation and the mixed interventions approaches used, including ideas from NT. Adaptations to meet the needs of patients with ID were described, and therapy outcome measured using Health of the Nation Outcome scale and Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with Developmental Disorders was presented.
Findings
The ideas used from NT suggest this is potentially a useful approach in practice for people with intellectual disabilities and personality disorder. However, adaptation is needed for it to be used successfully in practice as a therapeutic intervention.
Research limitations/implications
A single case study has its limitations, and further work on using ideas from NT, its adaptation and use in this population will be needed.
Originality/value
There is no previous case of use of NT among patients with ID and personality disorder.
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Epidemiological investigation of a foodborne outbreak in Spain associated with U.S. West Coast genotypes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
We describe an outbreak of seafood-associated
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
in Galicia, Spain in on 18th of August 2012 affecting 100 of the 114 passengers travelling on a food banquet cruise boat. Epidemiological information from 65 people was available from follow-on interviews, of which 51 cases showed symptoms of illness. The food items identified through the questionnaires as the most probable source of the infections was shrimp. This product was unique in showing a statistically significant and the highest OR with a value of 7.59 (1.52–37.71). All the nine strains isolated from stool samples were identified as
V. parahaemolyticus
, seven were positive for both virulence markers
tdh
and
trh
, a single strain was positive for
trh
only and the remaining strain tested negative for both
trh
and
tdh
. This is the largest foodborne
Vibrio
outbreak reported in Europe linked to domestically processed seafood. Moreover, this is the first instance of strains possessing both
tdh
+ and
trh
+ being implicated in an outbreak in Europe and that a combination of strains represent several pathogenicity groups and belonging to different genetic variants were isolated from a single outbreak. Clinical isolates were associated with a novel genetic variant of
V. parahaemolyticus
never detected before in Europe. Further analyses demonstrated that the outbreak isolates showed indistinguishable genetic profiles with hyper-virulent strains from the Pacific Northwest, USA, suggesting a recent transcontinental spread of these strains.
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Service evaluation of a Specialist Memory Clinic for adults with ID in South Wales
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings of a service evaluation project of the Specialist Memory Clinic for people with intellectual disabilities in South Wales using the Dementia guidelines published by the British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (BPS/RCPsych, 2015).
Design/methodology/approach
Clinical audit using case notes of patients attending Memory Clinics during 2011 and 2015 benchmarked against best practice guidelines; carers feedback from Memory Clinic attendance; and evaluation of the training sessions to carers.
Findings
Audit findings show full compliance with standards (100 per cent) except for the baseline assessment for people with Down syndrome. Carer’s evaluation and feedback was positive and constructive. Training evaluation indicates improvement in knowledge and positively received sessions.
Research limitations/implications
The small number of people included and possibility of high motivated team may affect the service evaluation result.
Practical implications
It is possible for the Community Learning Disability team to meet the standards published (BPS/RCPsych, 2015) through multidisciplinary working.
Originality/value
Initial service evaluation completed after published guidelines for Dementia care by the BPS/RCPsych (2015).
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