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The impact of cognitive functioning on daily occupations for people with multiple sclerosis: A qualitative study
(Department of Occupational Therapy, Western Michigan University, 2019-07-15)
Background: Cognitive rehabilitation research in multiple sclerosis is ever-developing, but the impact of cognitive difficulties, seen in 40% to 80% of people, on daily occupations is not well known. The aim of this study ...
The panniculus carnosus muscle: A novel model of striated muscle regeneration that exhibits sex differences in the mdx mouse.
(Nature Research, 2019-11-04)
The dermal striated muscle panniculus carnosus (PC), prevalent in lower mammals with remnants in humans, is highly regenerative, and whose function is purported to be linked to defence and shivering thermogenesis. Given ...
Integrated analyses of microbiome and longitudinal metabolome data reveal microbial-host interactions on sulfur metabolism in Parkinson's disease.
(Elsevier, 2019-11-12)
Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibits systemic effects on the human metabolism, with emerging roles for the gut microbiome. Here, we integrate longitudinal metabolome data from 30 drug-naive, de novo PD patients and 30 matched ...
Niven and Scott (2003): Sixteen years of hindsight
(Wiley, 2019-05-28)
This paper revisits a 2003 publication in Nursing Philosophy: The need for accurate perception and informed judgement in determining the appropriate use of the nursing resource: hearing the patient's voice. The author ...
The educational preparation for nurses providing complex care to children in the community setting
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2019-11-21)
The number of children with complex care needs has increased over the past decade. This is due to advances in medical science, pharmacology, technology
and care (Brenner et al., 2015 Cocket, 2012 & Cohen et al., 2011). ...
Chronic administration of buprenorphine in combination with samidorphan produces sustained effects in olfactory bulbectomised rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats
(SAGE Publications, 2019-09-12)
Background: The combination of buprenorphine, a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist and a functional kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, with samidorphan, a functional mu-opioid receptor antagonist, is being developed as an ...
Influenza vaccine uptake and attitudes of healthcare workers in Ireland
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-11-05)
Influenza vaccination uptake by Irish healthcare workers remains sub-optimal despite local initiatives to increase it.
To investigate hospital workers' attitudes to influenza vaccination and how this influenced their ...
A systematic review of patient complaints about general practice
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-11-19)
Objective
This review aimed to synthesize the extant research on complaints in general practice.
Methods
Five electronic databases were searched: Medline, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Academic Search Complete. ...
An analysis of general practitioners’ perspectives on patient safety incidents using critical incident technique interviews
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-03-30)
Background
General practitioners report difficulty in knowing how to improve patient safety.
Objectives
To analyse general practitioners’ perspectives of contributing factors to patient safety incidents by collecting ...
Initial psychometric evaluation of a psychological resilience measure for physicians
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-10-20)
Measures of Psychological Resilience (PR) for use with physician populations are lacking. The objective of this study is to develop and assess the validity and internal consistency of a survey designed to measure the ...