Pilot Programs in Medical Research

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, …

We have developed, as a pilot project, a hypertext-based reference system for anesthesia in a neurosurgical clinic. The intention is to give passive decision support prior to the operation. The information is presented according to the different needs and knowledge levels of the anesthesiologists. T …

Tracer studies have been widely applied to characterize the flow behavior in activated sludge reactors. The channel reactor with bottom aerators is one of the widespread designs in large wastewater treatment plants. Its flow behavior is well modeled either as a plug flow reactor with axial dispersio …

The influences of mixed liquor properties on critical flux were investigated in the membrane for simultaneous thickening and digestion of activated sludge (MSTD) process, and the sustainable operation of the MSTD process was examined by employing sub-critical operation. The critical flux significant …

Recent development methods for surgical robots have an inherent problem. The user-friendliness of operating robot cannot be revealed until completion of the robot. To assist the design of a surgical robot that is user-friendly in terms of surgeon's operation, we propose a system that considers the o …

The implementation of reverse osmosis (RO) process is a solution for increasing water demand. In this work the treatment feasibility of effluent wastewater in Tabriz Petrochemical Complex was evaluated using RO pilot plant. After a pretreatment with cartridge filters, wastewater was introduced to RO …

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 …

The MMAT is unique, thus the reliability of the pilot MMAT is promising, and encourages further development.