... researchers conducting KT intervention studies One ofthe contributions of this project will be the development of products outlining the synthesis of findings in allied health profession-specific ... and institution/unit protocols in healthcare settings; offer guidance for KT researchers in terms ofthe development of KT interventions for interprofessional healthcare teams Key questions In ... practice) and structure ofthe work within each healthcare discipline shapes the success of specific KT strategies The involvement of allied healthcare decision makers from the clinical practice, research,...
... different forms of influence appear to have been important in engaging the initial interest ofthe various stakeholders First, the role of expert opinion seems to have been influential inthe initial ... action-planning sessions inthe clinics with which they worked During the establishment phase, their main focus was on introducing the key concepts and putting the steps ofthe cycle into action This ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/5/1/21 health care, particularly in Indigenous services where there is considerable interest in using these methods to improve the delivery of a range of core primary healthcare services [1] These...
... doctors, changes in financing systems ofhealthcare and lastly the changes in organization ofhealthcare as an offshoot of consumerism and commercialization ofhealthcare services According to Dranove ... elites inthe debate Both these complaints originated from The National Referral Hospital in Thimphu These incidences disturb and frustrate the ministry, department ofhealth including the rank ... (1988) patients are interested in maximizing utility ofhealth services and physicians are more inclined towards maximizing profits This has been one ofthe features of consumerism coming in the...
... will remain among the dwindling ranks ofthe uninsured, thenewhealth law brings the number of uninsured children in this country to an unprecedented low It accomplishes this feat in several ... Safeguarding Provisions for Children intheNewHealth Law ACCESS TO CARE When analyzing thehealth coverage of children in this country, it is important to focus not solely on the status ofhealth insurance ... adding the number of uninsured children according to MEPS; 3) adding the number of children found to be missing healthcare appointments despite being insured (2 million) because of other factors...
... reported injecting heroin inthe past 30 days Almost three quarters ofthe sample reported injecting heroin at their most recent injection (74.6%) or injecting with others all or most ofthe time ... conducting the interviews, and writing the manuscript KB participated in developing the study design, helping to create the study instruments, performing data analyses, conducting the interviews, ... hypothesis to account for the first finding is that people tended to continue to engage in behaviors that increased their risk of overdose (e.g., combined use of opioids and alcohol) The finding...
... translation Pre-testing ofthe checklist and the schedule were done inthe gynecology out -patient clinic ofthe same hospital before starting ofthe study on 10 patients and accordingly necessary ... urinary symptoms like frequency of micturition, pain in urination, difficulty in urination, haematuria, true incontinence of urine Out of these 29 patients who had miscellaneous symptoms, 17 patients ... that, during the period of study, the patients attending the gynecology out -patient clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ofthe said hospital were screened out to identify the patients...
... W2 * f1 * f2 *f3 *f4 Where W1 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the school, W2 = the inverse ofthe probability of selecting the classroom within the school, fl = a school-level non ... adolescents in in-school settings Despite the fact that there is growing interest on adolescents' in- school bullying, there are limited data from the emerging economy nations such as China In order ... drafting ofthe manuscript SS conducted a re-analysis of data, participated inthe interpretation of results, and drafting ofthe manuscript ASM participated inthe interpretation ofthe results,...
... recipient of a scholarship ofthe National Program for the Training of University Professors ofthe Spanish Ministry of Education AG was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain) References ... frequency ofthe D13 allele in OA patients [4] The Greek study also found a significant decrease ofthe D13 allele in TKR patients but there was no change inthe D14 frequency The UK study did not find ... observed a tendency inthe same sense as the Japanese study: an increase ofthe D14 allele and a decrease ofthe D13 allele in THR and TKR patients [9] We therefore specifically tested these two alleles...
... from the U.S National Institutes ofHealth' s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), grant no U01-AI069907, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe government ofThe Netherlands ... where patients were receiving care Variables included inthe final multivariate model are presented in bold All other non-significant variables are also presented adjusted for the variables included ... for inclusion in multivariate models are also presented in Table adjusted for the statistically significant variables included inthe multivariate model The key variables included inthe final...
... found the most common site to be the 1st MPJ, followed by the 2nd MPJ and then the hallux in a sample of 292 older people The findings of this study differ to the three other studies on the distribution ... consisting of medial 1st IPJ, medial 1st MPJ and 1st MPJ Although there is no previous evidence of callus being linked to range of motion in foot joints, our finding of a slightly larger range of ... groups Further research is required to determine the most effective strategies for the prevention and treatment of these lesions Competing interests HBM is Editor -in- Chief ofthe Journal of Foot...
... for bisecting the first metatarsal shaft was also performed This technique involved locating the middle ofthe head and the middle ofthe base ofthe metatarsal; these points were then connected ... representation of more severe cases Despite these limitations, these findings indicate that clinical observation of hallux valgus using the Manchester Scale provides useful insights into the progressive ... Discussion The purpose of this study was to determine the association between the clinical appearance of hallux valgus (using the Manchester Scale) to the radiographic observations of hallux valgus in...
... a substantial elimination of cytokines because ofthe low cut-off point of their membranes The use of high cut-off hemofilters is a new and effective approach to cytokine removal, but it has potentially ... therapy machines (a) CAVH machine; (b) the BSM32 machine; (c) the PRISMA machine; (d) the Prismaflex machine cut-off ofthe membrane was increased to the level commonly seen in membranes for plasmafiltration ... more will come inthe near future Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing interests References Ronco C: Critical care nephrology: the journey has begun Int J Artif Organs...
... total of 343 physicians invited 1920 patients to participate Of 493 patients (25.7%) responding to the invitation, 421 were eligible (ie, patients stating a switch of medication as a result ofthe ... number of participants included inthe final assessment totaled 409 (83.0% of responding patients; Table 1) Pollen allergy was present in 63.7% of patients Respondents also reported other nasal ... skin allergy (6.9%); other allergies comprised the remaining 14.3% Most patients (78.4%) were taking desloratadine prior to the mandatory switch, followed by ebastine (16.0%) and fexofenadine...
... conceived the analysis plan, participated inthe interpretation and drafting of manuscript ER participated inthe interpretation and drafting of manuscript All the authors agreed to the final draft of ... school-based interventions against bullying These authors found that interventions which included increasing social workers in school and promoted mentoring of students were successful in reducing the ... prevalence of bullying Also these authors found that interventions were effective in reducing bullying in some settings but not much so in others, possibly suggesting site-specific effects Some of these...
... studying correlatesof offending In addition, it may be essential to study the broader environmentofthe child when assessing offending risk in this group The association between offending level ... Among the individual risk factors, only those reflecting externalizing behavior independently predicted level of offending The finding that differences in level of offending are best explained ... female All offenses were of minor severity, including trespassing, shoplifting, and fighting Almost half (45.7%) ofthe total group was of non-western origin The ethnic origin ofthe non-Western...
... not needing approval The present research investigates the influence of an intervention aimed at quality improvement ofthe medication-prescribing process The integrity ofthepatient is therefore ... harm while the medication was inthe control ofthe healthcare professional or thepatient [30] The rate of consensus was defined as the percentage of recommendations agreed upon by the ICU physicians ... (71%) The rate of recommendations gradually decreased over the entire intervention period with the exception of a slight increase at the beginning of a training period ofnew residents in April...
... Number of domains binding ligand (L) Figure Power-law behaviors of ligand-protein binding Power-law behaviors of ligand-protein binding The number of ligands (N) decays with an increase inthe number ... libraries of synthetic compounds to derive drug leads Since the essence ofdrug action is the binding between drugs and target biomolecules (most of which are proteins), the ligand-protein binding ... implicates that the origin of primitive proteins benefited from ligand binding, which is reasonable in terms ofthe thermodynamics of ligand binding and protein folding revealed inthe present study...
... Finally, the kernel informs the hardware physical map module ofthenew virtual to physical mapping With the exception ofthe hardware validation, all of these steps are implemented in a machine-independent ... efficiently support the large body of UNIX software used within the academic community [16] In addition, from the point of view of a system designer, the Accent style of message/memory integration lacked ... structures to be built, maintained and accessed using these techniques 8.1 Emulating Operating System Environments During the 1960’s the notion of a virtual machine base for operating systems development...