Pilot Programs in Medical Research

One restraint technique used by police and paramedical personnel is to apply weight to a prone subject. There is concern that the weight and posture cause breathing difficulties and that restraint asphyxia could contribute to rare, inexplicable arrest-related deaths. Previous studies on restraint as …

As the potential for and scope of some types of disasters increases, so too does the need to build greater disaster resilience across the globe. Communities ideally begin building resilience prior to experiencing a disaster in order to reduce negative impacts and ease recovery processes; however, nu …

I have a matrix where I have Product, Type, and Count. I would like to add a Pct of Total column as seen below where it shows Type's Pct of Total for each product.    Product Type Count Pct of Total 1 A 105 7%   B 231 16%   C 818 56%   D 307 21% 2 A 182 12%   B 555 36%   C 613 40%   D 201 13% 3 A 46...

The aims of this pilot study were to: i) conduct a thorough behavioral and medical evaluation of cats presenting for chronic fabric ingestion; and ii) implement specific treatments for conditions identified and evaluate the outcome of treatment on fabric ingestion. Eight cats which ingested fabric a …

The Department of Health's End of Life Care Strategy provided the opportunity to develop effective care, regardless of the setting. However, providing end of life care is challenging for all healthcare practitioners, with each care setting experiencing unique challenges. Within one acute NHS trust, …

There are various circumstances where the traditional face to face setting for multidisciplinary meetings is not practical or possible. This includes departments which have a responsibility covering a large geographic region. This paper describes an inexpensive, cost-effective and novel way of condu …

This pilot study compared the implementation of the innovative dedicated education unit (DEU) clinical model on quality of care with the traditional clinical model using missed nursing care as a quality indicator. A university and academic medical center partnered to conduct this quasiexperimental s …

Anaerobic co-digestion of dairy manufacture effluent (DME) and biological waste (BW) was investigated at various DME/BW ratios using laboratory batch digesters. The biogas yield ranged 0.34-0.88l biogas g(-1) volatile solids (VS) removed. The highest VS reductions of 58% and 62% were obtained for DM …

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Bioaugmentation is an option for aerobic remediation of groundwater contaminated with 1,4-dioxane. One approach uses microbes that cometabolize 1,4-dioxane following growth on a primary substrate (e.g., propane), whereas another uses microbes (e.g., Pseudonocardia dioxivorans CB1190) capable of usin …

As a nurse and supervisor of an acute surgical ward, I found the CPD article interesting because it identified ways to monitor staff performance continually. The approach to staff appraisal described was suitable for addressing poor performance and acknowledging good performance among nurses.

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A multi-disciplinary simulation training course devised and implemented at Morriston Hospital is described. The participants in the simulation exercise included both medical and non-medical professionals in a pilot study intended to analyse the effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary approach to this …

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