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Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being
OBJECTIVE: Kindness-based meditation (KBM) is a rubric covering meditation techniques developed to elicit kindness in a conscious way. Some techniques, for example, loving-kindness meditation and compassion meditation, have been...
Ozone gas as a benign sterilization treatment for PLGA nanofibre scaffolds
Carolina Fracalossi Rediguieri, Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto, Nadia Araci Bou-Chacra, Raquel Galante, Gabriel Lima Barros de Araújo, Tatiana do Nascimento Pedrosa, Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler, Paul A. De Bank
Apr 01, 2016
The use of electrospun nanofibres for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications is a growing trend as they provide improved support for cell proliferation and survival due, in part, to their morphology mimicking...
Ozone gas as a benign sterilization treatment for PLGA nanofibre scaffolds
Carolina Fracalossi Rediguieri, Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto, Nadia Araci Bou-Chacra, Raquel Galante, Gabriel Lima Barros de Araújo, Tatiana do Nascimento Pedrosa, Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler, Paul A. De Bank
Apr 01, 2016
The use of electrospun nanofibres for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications is a growing trend as they provide improved support for cell proliferation and survival due, in part, to their morphology mimicking...
Mindfulness at Cam
The University of Cambridge and the National Institute for Health Research and Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC), East of England, are currently undertaking research into the...
Protocol for the Work Engagement and Well-being Study (SWELL)
INTRODUCTION: Mental ill health is a major cause of disability. Workplaces are attractive for preventative interventions since most adults work; meanwhile, employers are interested in improving employees' well-being and...
Mobile Learning to Support Computational Thinking in Initial Teacher Education
Research on the role of mobile learning in computational thinking is limited, and even more so in its use in initial teacher education. Aligned to this there is a need to consider how to introduce and expose pre-service teachers...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Mindfulness-Based Interventions for University Students
Anna F Dawson, William W Brown, Joanna Anderson, Bella Datta, James N Donald, Karen Hong, Sophie Allan, Tom B Mole, Peter B Jones, Julieta Galante
Oct 29, 2019
BACKGROUND: University students are expressing an increased need for mental health support. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are being integrated into university stress-reduction programmes globally. We conducted a...
Protocol for the Mindful Student Study
Julieta Galante, Geraldine Dufour, Alice Benton, Emma Howarth, Maris Vainre, Timothy J Croudace, Adam P Wagner, Jan Stochl, Peter B Jones
Nov 01, 2016
Effectiveness of providing university students with a mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress
Julieta Galante, Jan Stochl, Géraldine Dufour, Maris Vainre, Adam Peter Wagner, Peter Brian Jones
Sep 02, 2020
Immune dysregulation among students exposed to exam stress and its mitigation by mindfulness training
Lorinda Turner, Julieta Galante, Maris Vainre, Jan Stochl, Géraldine Dufour, Peter B Jones
Feb 20, 2020
Psychological distress persisting for weeks or more promotes pro-inflammatory immune dysregulation, a risk factor for a range of chronic diseases. We have recently shown that mindfulness training reduces distress among...
Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on mental disorders
OBJECTIVE: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a programme developed to prevent depression relapse, but has been applied for other disorders. Our objective was to systematically review and meta-analyse the evidence on...
Immune dysregulation among students exposed to exam stress and its mitigation by mindfulness training
Lorinda Turner, Julieta Galante, Maris Vainre, Jan Stochl, Géraldine Dufour, Peter B. Jones
Apr 02, 2021
Abstract: Psychological distress persisting for weeks or more promotes pro-inflammatory immune dysregulation, a risk factor for a range of chronic diseases. We have recently shown that mindfulness training reduces distress among...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people
Ming-Bo Liu, Géraldine Dufour, Zhuo-Er Sun, Julieta Galante, Chen-Qi Xing, Jing-Ye Zhan, Li-Li Wu
Mar 09, 2021
PURPOSE: As COVID-19 spreads globally and affects people's health, there are concerns that the pandemic and control policies may have psychological effects on young people (age from 17 to 35 years). This psychological impact...
Brief psychological interventions for borderline personality disorder. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
BACKGROUND: People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have limited access to long term psychological therapies. Briefer interventions have been developed but trial evidence to support their use has not been reviewed....
Aspirin in the Treatment of Cancer: Reductions in Metastatic Spread and in Mortality
Peter C Elwood, Gareth Morgan, Janet E Pickering, Julieta Galante, Alison L Weightman, Delyth Morris, Mark Kelson, Sunil Dolwani
Jun 05, 2018
BACKGROUND: Low-dose aspirin has been shown to reduce the incidence of cancer, but its role in the treatment of cancer is uncertain. OBJECTIVES: We conducted a systematic search of the scientific literature on aspirin taken by...
Aspirin and cancer survival
Peter C Elwood, Gareth Morgan, Christine Delon, Majd Protty, Julieta Galante, Janet Pickering, John Watkins, Alison Weightman, Delyth Morris
Aug 02, 2021
BACKGROUND: Despite the accumulation of research papers on aspirin and cancer, there is doubt as to whether or not aspirin is an acceptable and effective adjunct treatment of cancer. The results of several randomised trials are...
Influence of Photoplethysmogram Signal Quality on Pulse Arrival Time during Polysomnography.
Intervals of low-quality photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals might lead to significant inaccuracies in estimation of pulse arrival time (PAT) during polysomnography (PSG) studies. While PSG is considered to be a "gold standard"...
The acceptability of repeat Internet-based hybrid diet assessment of previous 24-h dietary intake
Julieta Galante, Ligia Adamska, Alan Young, Heather Young, Thomas J Littlejohns, John Gallacher, Naomi Allen
Mar 04, 2016
Acceptability Diet dietary assessment Internet Adult Age Factors Aged Cohort Studies Diet Educational Status Electronic Mail Feeding Behavior Female Humans Internet Male Middle Aged Nutrition Assessment Nutrition Surveys Patient Preference Prospective Studies Self Report Sex Characteristics United Kingdom
Immune dysregulation among students exposed to exam stress and its mitigation by mindfulness training
Lorinda Turner, Julieta Galante, Maris Vainre, Jan Stochl, Géraldine Dufour, Peter B Jones
May 04, 2020
Psychological distress persisting for weeks or more promotes pro-inflammatory immune dysregulation, a risk factor for a range of chronic diseases. We have recently shown that mindfulness training reduces distress among...
Published by: Scientific reports
Exploring the impact of metabolic imaging in head and neck cancer treatment.
BACKGROUND: Target volume delineation is performed with anatomical imaging for head and neck cancer. Molecular imaging allows the recognition of specific tumor regions. Its inclusion in the pathway could lead to changes in...
Measuring the Benefits of Healthcare
F Augustovski, LD Colantonio, MJ Galante, A Bardach, JE Caporale, V Zárate, LH Chuang, AP Riviere, P Kind
Aug 23, 2017
Background
The measurement of health benefits is a key issue in health economic evaluations. There is very scarce empirical literature exploring the differences of using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) or...
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