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Suitability and acceptability of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) for the assessment of carers of people with MND
Objectives: Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive, life-limiting illness. Caregiving impacts greatly on family carers with few supportive interventions for carers. We report Stages 1 and 2 of a study to: (1) explore...
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Predicting cancer patients' participation in support groups
OBJECTIVE: Few patients participate in cancer support groups despite their benefits. This study investigated the importance of Theory of Planned Behaviour variables in predicting group participation, relative to disease impact...
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Factors influencing practitioner adoption of carer-led assessment in palliative homecare
INTRODUCTION: Informal caregivers play a pivotal role in supporting patients approaching the end of life. The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) is designed to facilitate person-centred assessment and support through a...
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The contributions of family care-givers at end of life
BACKGROUND: Family members provide vital care at end of life, enabling patients to remain at home. Such informal care contributes significantly to the economy while supporting patients' preferences and government policy....
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BEATRICE RENFIELD LECTURESHIP
Diana J. Mason, Ph.D., RN, FAAN: Research and Innovations in Nursing and Health Care
On irreducible components of real exponential hypersurfaces
Fix any real algebraic extension K of the field Q of rationals. Polynomials with coefficients from K in n variables and in n exponential functions are called exponential polynomials over K. We study zero sets in Rn of...
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BEATRICE RENFIELD LECTURESHIP
Lily Thomas, Ph.D., RN, FAAN Implementation of Evidence-Based Nursing: Implications for Leadership, Education, and Practice
Employer and graduate perceptions of the competence of graduates from a dental school in Trinidad
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate employers’ and graduates’ perceptions of the competence of dental graduates from the School of Dentistry, University of the West Indies (UWI). Method: Anonymous...
Published by: IJHS Medical Association
On irreducible components of real exponential hypersurfaces
Fix any real algebraic extension K of the field Q of rationals. Polynomials with coefficients from K in n variables and in n exponential functions are called exponential polynomials over K. We study zero sets in Rn of...
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How to discover modules in mind and brain
RN Henson
May 11, 2018
Sternberg (2011) elegantly formalizes how certain sets of hypotheses, specifically modularity and pure or composite measures, imply certain patterns of behavioural and neuroimaging data. Experimentalists are often interested in...
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Max-Plus Algebraic Statistical Leverage Scores
James Hook
Nov 16, 2017
The statistical leverage scores of a matrix A ∈ Rn×d record the degree of alignment between col(A) and the coordinate axes in Rn. These scores are used in random sampling algorithms for solving certain numerical linear algebra...
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Enabling successful hospital discharge to home at end of life
Introduction Successful hospital discharge and prevention of readmission often depend on carers’ ability to support patients. Aim To investigate how carers are supported during patient discharge from acute care towards end of...
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Does Alcohol Hangover Affect Emotion Regulation Capacity? Evidence from a Naturalistic Cross-Over Study Design
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of alcohol hangover on emotion regulation.
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Forty-five non-smoking, healthy participants aged between 18 and 30 years completed a lab-based...
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Crosstalk between pluripotency factors and higher-order chromatin organization.
Pluripotent cells are characterized by a globally open and accessible chromatin organization that is thought to contribute to cellular plasticity and developmental decision-making. We recently identified the pluripotency factor...
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Impact of anti-centromere antibodies on pulmonary function test results in patients with systemic sclerosis without established or suspected pulmonary disease

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs in approximately 15 % of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Annual screening with pulmonary function tests (PFT) is recommended to help identify those patients at risk of PAH....

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