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Robot Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after Stroke (RATULS)
Helen Rodgers, Lisa Shaw, Helen Bosomworth, Lydia Aird, Natasha Alvarado, Sreeman Andole, David L Cohen, Jesse Dawson, Janet Eyre, Tracy Finch, Gary A Ford, Jennifer Hislop, Steven Hogg, Denise Howel, Niall Hughes, Hermano Igo Krebs, Christopher Price, Lynn Rochester, Elaine Stamp, Laura Ternent, Duncan Turner, Luke Vale, Elizabeth Warburton, Frederike van Wijck, Scott Wilkes
Jul 21, 2017
BACKGROUND: Loss of arm function is a common and distressing consequence of stroke. We describe the protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial to determine whether robot-assisted training improves upper...
Arm Cost-effectiveness analysis Parallel process evaluation RCT Rehabilitation Robotics stroke Biomechanical Phenomena Clinical Protocols Cost-Benefit Analysis Disability Evaluation Exercise Therapy Health Care Costs Humans Models Economic Quality of life Quality-Adjusted Life Years Recovery of Function Research Design Robotics State Medicine stroke Stroke Rehabilitation Time Factors Treatment Outcome United Kingdom Upper Extremity
Social determinants of breast cancer in the Caribbean
Catherine R Brown, Ian R Hambleton, Shawn M Hercules, Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M Murphy, E Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR)
Jul 18, 2019
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Caribbean and accounts for >1 million disability adjusted life years. Little is known about the social inequalities of this disease in the...
Business Model Innovation Through Digital Entrepreneurship
Aggregator business network models are quickly becoming critical enablers of digital transformation across various industries and are increasingly active in service start-ups such as online food delivery. With their innovative...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Evidence of a health risk 'signalling effect' following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with increased rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, making SSBs an increasingly popular target for taxation. In addition to changing prices, the introduction of an...
Regulatory measures to fight obesity in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean and Pacific, 2015 - 2017.
This report examines the experiences of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean- Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and in the Pacific- Fiji, Nauru, and Tonga with specific governmental regulatory measures to reduce the risk...
Barriers and facilitators to physical activity amongst overweight and obese women in an Afro-Caribbean population
Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Hospital Workers in a Tertiary Care Referral Centre
According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people in the world are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.The goal of testing for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is to identify persons...
Published by: IJHS Medical Association
Using nutritional survey data to inform the design of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in low-resource contexts
Miriam Alvarado, Rachel Harris, Angela Rose, Nigel Unwin, Ian Hambleton, Fumiaki Imamura, Jean Adams
May 01, 2020
Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Hospital Workers in a Tertiary Care Referral Centre
According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people in the world are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.The goal of testing for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is to identify persons...
Published by: IJHS Medical Association
Colloidal liquid crystals in rectangular confinement
Alexander Lewis, Ioana Garlea, José Alvarado, Oliver Dammone, Peter Howell, A Majumdar, Bela Mulder, M. P. Lettinga, Gijsje Koenderink, Dirk Aarts
Oct 21, 2014
We theoretically and experimentally study nematic liquid crystal equilibria within shallow rectangular wells. We model the wells within a two-dimensional Oseen–Frank framework, with strong tangent anchoring, and obtain explicit...
Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales
Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Stephen J Sharp, Ian Hambleton, Madhuvanti M Murphy, T Alafia Samuels, Marc Suhrcke, Jean Adams
Feb 08, 2019
A secreted protein of 15 kDa plays an important role in Phytophthora palmivora development and pathogenicity
Sittiporn Pettongkhao, Natasha Navet, Sebastian Schornack, Miaoying Tian, Nunta Churngchow
Feb 10, 2021
Abstract: Phytophthora palmivora is a destructive oomycete plant pathogen with a wide host range. So far, little is known about the factors governing its infection structure development and pathogenicity. From the culture...
Unravelling compulsory happiness in exile
Natasha Tanna
Jul 19, 2018
A number of feminist critics of Latin American women writers in exile have suggested that women in exile may flourish as they are freed from the traditional gender restrictions imposed on them in their home countries. In this...
Colloidal liquid crystals in rectangular confinement
Alexander Lewis, Ioana Garlea, José Alvarado, Oliver Dammone, Peter Howell, A Majumdar, Bela Mulder, M. P. Lettinga, Gijsje Koenderink, Dirk Aarts
Oct 21, 2014
We theoretically and experimentally study nematic liquid crystal equilibria within shallow rectangular wells. We model the wells within a two-dimensional Oseen–Frank framework, with strong tangent anchoring, and obtain explicit...
The Multiple Faces of the Marmot
Mongolians have long known of the association between marmots and the plague. We examine their understanding of the marmot not only as a biological species that can harbour the plague, but also from a cosmological perspective as...
Early GP Leavers Interim Report
Published by: University of Bath
Auditory Sensory Processing and Phonological Development in High IQ and Exceptional Readers, Typically Developing Readers, and Children With Dyslexia
Phonological difficulties characterize children with developmental dyslexia across languages, but whether impaired auditory processing underlies these phonological difficulties is debated. Here the causal question is addressed...
Published by: Child Development
Challenges in making standardisation work in healthcare
OBJECTIVE:To identify and learn from efforts to design and implement a standardised policy for labelling of invasive tubing and lines across a regional health system. DESIGN:Single case study involving qualitative interviews and...
How UK health care professionals conceptualise parental experiences of the diagnostic process for autism spectrum disorder
Objectives:: Much of the literature on diagnostic experiences of autism focuses on parental perspectives. Few studies have explored how health care professionals conceptualise parental experiences of the diagnostic process. The...
Early GP Leavers Interim Report
Published by: University of Bath
Impact of Labeled Glasses in a Bar Laboratory Setting
AIMS: Information provided on glass labels may be an effective method to reduce alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of glass labels conveying unit information and a health warning in reducing ad...
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