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Abstract

Anaphylaxis is an increasing problem in public health. Th e food allergens (mainly milk, eggs, and peanuts) are the most frequent cause of anaphylaxis in children and youth. In order to defi ne the cause of anaphylaxis, skin tests, the determination of the concentration of specifi c IgE in the blood and basophil activation test are conducted. In vitro tests are preferred due to the risk of allergic response during in vivo tests. Component-resolved diagnosis (CRD) is an additional tool in allergology, recommended in the third level of diagnostics when there are diagnostic doubts aft er the above mentioned tests have been carried out. The paper presents 3 cases of patients with anaphylactic response, and the application of CRD in these patients helped in planning the treatment. Patient 1 is a 4-year-old boy with diagnosed atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma reported an anaphylactic shock at the age of seven months caused by cow’s milk and the exacerbation of bronchial asthma aft er eating some fruit. Patient 2 is a 35-year-old woman who has had anaphylactic shock three times: in June 2015, 2016, and 2017 and associates these episodes with the consumption of dumplings with a caramel, bun, and the last episode took place during physical exertion few hours aft er eating waffl e. Patient 3 is a 26-year-old man with one-time loss of consciousness after eating mixed nuts and drinking beer. CRD off ers the possibility to conduct a detailed diagnostic evaluation of patients with a history of anaphylactic reaction.

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Małgorzata Bulanda
Magdalena Leśniak
Judyta Szałkowska
Weronika Madej
Agata Wojtyna
Maria Czarnobilska
Daniel Bulanda
Ewa Czarnobilska
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Transparent Yb3+/Er3+glass-ceramic was successfully obtained by the extrusion method. The extrusion of oxyfluoride tellurite-germanate glass co-doped with Yb3+and Er3+ions at 520°C resulted in the formation of Ba0:75Er0:25F2:25 nanocrystals, leading to an increase in the upconversion (UC) emission intensity of 35 times in glass-ceramic with respect to the glass. The glass to glass-ceramic transition was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmission electron microscope (TEM). Also, the structural changes that occurred during crystallization were assessed using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, the pump power and temperature UC emission dependence of glass and glass-ceramic under 976 nm laser excitation were investigated in detail. The assessments showed that i) two-phonons are involved in the UC process and ii) the temperature has a significant influence over it. The Yb3+/Er3+ codoped glass-ceramic shows relatively high Sa and Sr values in a wide temperature range from 300 to 573 K, presenting the maximal Sa value of 3:50 x 10–3 at 573 K and the maximal Sr value of 6:30 x 10–3at 364 K. These results suggest that the glass-ceramic is a good candidate for optical applications such as luminescent thermometry.
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Authors and Affiliations

Magdalena Leśniak
1
Lesly G. Jiménez
1
Bartłomiej Starzyk
1
ORCID: ORCID
Patryk Szymczak
1
ORCID: ORCID
Carlos Vázquez-López
2
Marcin Kochanowicz
3
Marta Kuwik
4
Joanna Pisarska
4
Wojciech A. Pisarski
4
Dominik Dorosz
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave.,30-059 Krakow, Poland
  2. Department of Physics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute,Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Mexico City, Mexico
  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, 45D Wiejska Street, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland
  4. Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9 Szkolna Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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