Pilot Programs in Medical Research

Human attachment describes the establishment of contact between two or more people leading to a closer interpersonal relationship. For measuring attachment, the use of nonverbal assessments tools including art and drawing tasks has been shown to be an alternative to conventional assessment approache …

This new device, which measures the pulling force and vector of delivering a baby, has been successfully demonstrated.

Somatization disorder (SD) patients are difficult to treat and produce negative feelings in health professionals. Smith et al.'s guidelines have demonstrated cost-effectiveness in the treatment of these patients, but family doctors consider it difficult to put these into practice in the long term. T …

Cellular & Molecular Immunology - Sepsis-associated severe interleukin-6 storm in critical coronavirus disease 2019

This study proposes using thermal plasma technology to treat municipal solid waste incinerator ashes. A feasible fiberization method was developed and applied to produce man-made vitreous fiber (MMVF) from plasma vitrified slag. MMVF were obtained through directly blending the oxide melt stream with …

Research into the use of transitional objects (Winnicott, 1971) by adult clients in psychotherapy has given little attention to the question of how a transitional object (TO) works. This question is addressed through the use of a semi-structured interview. Data was collected on the clinical practice …

The quality of reporting of evaluations in Health Informatics is considered to be open for improvement. STARE-HI provides guidance for improved reporting. This study aims at establishing the quality of reporting prior to dissemination of STARE-HI. All evaluation papers in three leading Medical Infor …

Traditional biomarkers, including C-reactive protein, leukocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and clinical signs and symptoms, are not sufficiently sensitive or specific enough to guide treatment decisions in infectious febrile diseases. Procalcitonin ...

New drug candidates often require bio-enabling formation technologies such as lipid-based formulations, solid dispersions, or nanosized drug formulations. Development of such more sophisticated delivery systems generally requires higher resource investment compared to a conventional oral dosage form …

Cancer is a family affair. Clinical work and research studies have shown that cancer affects the entire family and that spouses especially are often highly distressed. Breast cancer has a special importance for a couple. It is convenient to help the patient and her husband together. In the first six …

This study examined the performance of a pilot-scale immersed ultrafiltration system using secondary effluent as a feed source, with particular emphasis on the role played by total suspended solids (TSS) on short-term fouling rates within permeation cycles. Key secondary effluent quality characteris …

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Nature Communications - Computer-aided design of protein-ligand binding is important for the development of novel drugs. Here authors present an approach to use the recently re-parametrized...

A pilot test of a full-text, medical literature retrieval service demonstrated its capabilities for on-line search and retrieval of references, abstracts, and/or full-text journal articles. During a three-month test period, more than 500 health care professionals conducted 9,377 searches using compu …

Job crafting has the potential to be used as a holistic OT intervention strategy to improve work-related self-efficacy among workers with work limitations and disabilities.

Download Table | Baseline characteristics of 94 patients diagnosed with PCT.  from publication: Perfusion CT is a valuable diagnostic method for prostate cancer: A prospective study of 94 patients | The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness of perfusion computer tomography (pCT) in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostics. 94 patients with biopsy-proven PCa were enrolled in the study. Dynamic pCT of the prostate gland was performed for 50 seconds after an intravenous... | Perfusion CT, Prostate Cancer and Diagnostic Methods | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.

Fred C. Zacharias, The Politics of Torts, The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 95, No. 4 (Mar., 1986), pp. 698-753

In response to the increasing social diversity of health-care recipients, nurse scholars have turned their attention to developing theoretical foundations for culturally responsive and spiritually sensitive nursing practice. However, despite the potential overlap between these 2 areas, there has bee …

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