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Confidence and quality in managing CKD compared with other cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: a linked study of questionnaire and routine primary care data

BMC Family Practice, 2011
Background Much of chronic disease is managed in primary care and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a recent addition. We are conducting a cluster randomised study of quality improvement interventions in CKD (QICKD) - Clinical Trials Registration ...
Tahir Mohammad A, Dmitrieva Olga, de Lusignan Simon, van Vlymen Jeremy, Chan Tom, Golmohamad Ramez, Harris Kevin, Tomson Charles, Thomas Nicola, Gallagher Hugh   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of local support for the adoption of a national programme – a descriptive study

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2014
Background Change management in health care is a complex and time-consuming endeavour, and no less so in implementing technological systems. In deploying a nationwide programme, the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR), the Australian ...
Christopher Pearce, Jenny Bartlett, Adam McLeod, Paula Eustace, Rod Amos, Marianne Shearer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seed identification using a computerised database

, 2005
Seed testing laboratories worldwide analyse samples for quarantine assessments to prevent the entry of prohibited and restricted seeds. Current practices of identifying seeds by comparing an unknown seed with samples of known seeds or photographs of ...
Basnet, Badri Bahadur, Gupta, Madan, George, Doug   +2 more
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Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia: the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: People with aphasia may improve their communication with speech and language therapy many months/years after stroke. However, NHS speech and language therapy reduces in availability over time post stroke.
Rebecca Palmer, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Nicholas Latimer, Elizabeth Cross, Marian Brady, Pam Enderby, Audrey Bowen, Steven Julious, Madeleine Harrison, Abualbishr Alshreef, Ellen Bradley, Arjun Bhadhuri, Tim Chater, Helen Hughes, Helen Witts, Esther Herbert, Cindy Cooper   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar, Xinqi Yan, Lucas F. Jansen Klomp, Stefano Schivo, Janine N. Post   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in primary care: Design of a randomised trial

BMC Public Health, 2008
Background Major depression is a common mental health problem in the general population, associated with a substantial impact on quality of life and societal costs.
Severens Johan L, Riper Heleen, Arntz Arnoud, Evers Silvia MAA, Gerhards Sylvia AH, de Graaf L Esther, Widdershoven Guy, Metsemakers Job FM, Huibers Marcus JH   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multitasking in non-computerised and computerised versions of the Breakfast Task in healthy adult aging

, 2010
Older adults demonstrate poor performance on standard executive tests. However, age-related deficits have been found only on a number of more realistic executive tests.
Kozlowska, Maria Teresa
core   +3 more sources