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An Educational Intervention for Nurses Administering Medications : Focus on Dysphagia Patients [PDF]

, 2012
The purpose of our final project was to explore the influence of an educational intervention provided by a pharmacist to the knowledge and skills of nurses administering medications to neurological dysphagia patients.
Mantere, Anna, Oksanen, Aino-Maria
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A laminated polymer film formulation for enteric delivery of live vaccine and probiotic bacteria [PDF]

, 2014
Live bacterial cells (LBC) are administered orally as attenuated vaccines, to deliver biopharmaceutical agents, and as probiotics to improve gastrointestinal health.
Adams, Alexander D. Edwards, Barlow, Biddle, Bron, Cook, Cook, Crowe, Dietrich, Dimitrios Charalampopoulos, Duan, Edwards, Edwards, Flickinger, Fry, Fu, García, Gialamas, Guarner, Huyghebaert, Huyghebaert, Janßen, João M.S. de Barros, Kantele, Lecomte, Lecomte, Levine, Levine, McConnell, Medina, Morgan, Nindo, Nindo, Ohtake, Ohtake, Potts, Rujivipat, Sander, Santivarangkna, Sazawal, Siepmann, Siepmann, Stadler, Steidler, Suslow, Timothy Scherer, Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy   +46 more
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Enhanced Trapping with an Optimized Graphene‐Based Bowtie Plasmonic Nanotweezer: Design, Analysis, and Bioanalytical Applications

Advanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.
A graphene‐based bowtie plasmonic nanotweezer is designed and optimized using particle swarm optimization and transfer matrix analysis. The structure achieves strong field confinement, delivering trapping forces up to 6 nN W−1 for 10 nm bioparticles with sixfold lower power requirements than conventional designs.
Saba Ebrahimpanah, Mohammad Hazhir Mozaffari, Ali Farmani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclophosphamide Sugar-coated Tablets [PDF]

, 2015
Treballs Finals de Grau de Farmàcia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. Tutor: Joaquín Tejero Martínez.[eng] Cyclophosphamide is a cytotoxic anti-tumor pro-drug belonging to the alkylating agents which is indicated for the treatment of
Sanpere Amat, Emma
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Preparation of Enteric-coated Capsules of Beclomethasone Dipropionate for Patients with Intestinal Graft-versus-Host Disease and a Case Study [PDF]

, 2013
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major concern in transplantation patients. Gut GVHD is accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal pain, and/or melena.
Kitamura, Yoshihisa, Maeda, Yoshinobu, Murakawa, Kiminaka, Sato, Tomoaki, Sendo, Toshiaki, Tanimoto, Mitsune   +5 more
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Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Phase‐change materials (PCMs), such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, and low‐melting‐point alloys, are driving advancements in stiffness‐tunable robotic systems across a wide range of applications. This review highlights recent progress in PCM‐enabled robotics, focusing on their underlying mechanisms,
Sukrit Gaira, Liao Wu, Ming Li, Priyank Kumar, Xiaopeng Li, Shi‐Yang Tang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of mesalazine pellets coated with methacrylic-derived polymer

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2011
Mesalazine (5-ASA) is the standard drug for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) due to its local effect on intestinal and colonic mucosa.
Simone Cristina Déo, Itamar Francisco Andreazza, João Carlos Possamai   +2 more
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Design Optimization of a Variable Stiffness Robotic Gripper with Passive Restoration Fabricated by Multimaterial 3D Printing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A multimaterial robotic gripper fabricated via multimaterial 3D printing integrates conductive thermopolymer joints with flexible elastomeric components. Joule heating enables precise joint‐level stiffness modulation, enhanced by embedded temperature sensors, passive shape restoration, and active cooling, enabling versatile manipulation capabilities ...
Daniel Jee Seng Goh, Guo Liang Goh, Selvanther Sivarajan, Van Pho Nguyen, Wai Yee Yeong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal study on low-dose aspirin versus placebo administration in silent brain infarcts: the silence study [PDF]

, 2018
Background. We investigated low-dose aspirin (ASA) efficacy and safety in subjects with silent brain infarcts (SBIs) in preventing new cerebrovascular (CVD) events as well as cognitive impairment. Methods.
Altieri, Marta, Bastianello, Stefano, Carlucci, Giovanna, Cavallini, Anna, Coppola, Cristiana, Di Clemente, Laura, Di Giuseppe, Matteo, Di Piero, Vittorio, Federico, Francesco, Inzitari, Domenico, Lucivero, Vincenzo, Maestrini, Ilaria, Marini, Carmine, Mezzapesa, Domenico Maria, Micieli, Giuseppe, Pantano, Patrizia, Paolino, Isabella, Parnetti, Lucilla, Peducci, Maria, Persico, Alessandra, Prontera, Maria Pia, Provinciali, Leandro, Raz, Eytan, Russo, Tommasina, Sarchielli, Paola, Serrati, Carlo, Silvestrini, Mauro, Vicenzini, Edoardo, Zat, Carla   +28 more
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
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