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Facilitators and barriers to stakeholder engagement in advance care planning for older adults in community settings: a hybrid systematic review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesHRB Open Research, 2021
Background: Poor stakeholder engagement in advance care planning (ACP) poses national and international challenges, preventing maximisation of its potential benefits. Conceptualisation of advance care planning as a health behaviour highlights the need to
Monika Pilch   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The distribution of word matches between Markovian sequences with periodic boundary conditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Word match counts have traditionally been proposed as an alignment-free measure of similarity for biological sequences. The D2 statistic, which simply counts the number of exact word matches between two sequences, is a useful test bed for developing ...
Burden, Conrad J   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Variably Protease‐Sensitive Prionopathy: Two New Cases With Motor Neuron‐Dementia Syndrome

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe two patients with variably protease‐sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) who developed progressive upper motor neuron symptoms, insomnia, behavioral and cognitive decline, compatible with primary lateral sclerosis associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
María Elena Erro   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of out-of-hours palliative care: a systematic review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesHRB Open Research, 2020
Background: Out-of-hours palliative care is a priority for patients, caregivers and policymakers. Approximately three quarters of the week occurs outside of typical working hours, and the need for support in care of serious and terminal illness during ...
Bridget M. Johnston   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normal‐Appearing White Matter Injury Mediates Chronic Deep Venous Hypoxia and Disease Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore how cerebral hypoxia and Normal‐Appearing White Matter (NAWM) integrity affect MS lesion burden and clinical course. Methods Seventy‐nine MS patients, including 13 clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients and 66 relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients, and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from ...
Xinli Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding Strategies Based on Diversity Analysis in Advance Breeding Lines of Chilli (Capsicum annuum var. annuum L.)

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2017
An attempt was made to determine the degree of divergence in 64 genotypes of chilli which were evaluated in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications during summer–rainy season 2015.
Akhilesh Sharma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cigarette Use and Striatal Dopamine D2/3 Receptors: Possible Role in the Link between Smoking and Nicotine Dependence. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundCigarette smoking induces dopamine release in the striatum, and smoking- or nicotine-induced ventral striatal dopamine release is correlated with nicotine dependence.
London, Edythe D   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Is Young's Modulus a Critical Coating Property Determining Fouling‐Release Performance of Marine Coatings?

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The release of foulers from protective marine coatings is determined by several interrelated material properties, including the strength of Young's modulus, the flexibility of chain segments, the surface free energy, and the magnitude of hydrodynamic stress.
Johann C. Schaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of positive leadership and psychological capital on influencing trust and flourishing: Insights from two studies

open access: yesJournal of Economics and Management
Aim/purpose – The article aims to explore the impact of positive leadership on trust and flourishing, examine the relationship between psychological capital and flourishing, and identify the role played by psychological empowerment in this relationship.
Patrick Harold Andrew   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

D2 Chern-Simons Gravity

open access: yes, 2013
We study the theory that contains two spin-2 fields. This theory can be regarded as a simplified version of higher spin gravity in AdS3. It can be formulated either in the first order formulation or in the second order formulation.
Chen, Bin, Long, Jiang, Wang, Yi-Nan
core   +1 more source

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