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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Short-term effects of meteorological factors on hand, foot, and mouth disease in Zhengzhou, China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dai B, Yuan X, Chen S, Zhang Y, Jin Z, Wang F, Li Z, Jin Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficacy of Hand Gestures and the Hand as Foot Teaching Method Compared to Traditional Methods in Medical and Dental Education: A Scoping Review

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The “Hand‐as‐Foot” teaching method is an innovative, hands‐on approach that uses gesture‐based movements to represent anatomical structures and functions. It has been used successfully in medical education to help simplify and communicate complex ideas. However, its use in dental education remains relatively unexplored.
Shivangi Vats, Manuel S. Thomas, Vinod Jathanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle mRNA vaccine induces strong humoral and cellular immunity. [PDF]

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
Liu H, Zhang Y, Mu S, Hou F, Jiang L, Wang Z, Dong H, Mehdi MM, Guo H, Sun S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Commensality as community rebuilding: A qualitative study of physician shared meals in a hospital setting

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Modern healthcare environments increasingly limit opportunities for physicians to build collegial relationships, contributing to feelings of isolation and disconnection. Commensality has been proposed as a way to restore relational infrastructure within clinical settings.
Zarqum Masood, Isabella Capelli, John Neri, Seran Schug, Lawrence S. Weisberg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food supply chain consequences of new responses to livestock epidemics

This article studies supply chain consequences from applying the new-more socially acceptable -strategy of emergency vaccination instead of the large-scale killing of healthy animals for controlling livestock epidemics.
Meuwissen, Miranda P.M., Mourits, Monique, Bergevoet, Ron H.M., Hoste, Robert, Huirne, Ruud B.M.   +4 more
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Distinctive Immunological Signatures Define Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Persistence in Vaccinated Cattle. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis
Zhang Z, Teng Z, Wang S, Mu S, Wei S, Dong H, Yin S, Zhang Y, Ding Y, Li Y, Sun S, Guo H.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of Homeland Security: Carcass Disposal and the Design of Animal Disease Defense

In an effort to bolster confidence and protect the nation the U.S. government through agencies like the Department of Homeland Security is identifying vulnerabilities and evolving strategies for protection.
McCarl, Bruce A., Jin, Yanhong H., Haung, Wei   +2 more
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The effect of bioactive membrane in alveolar ridge preservation: A double‐blind randomized clinical trial

Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) with or without a biologically active amnion–chorion membrane (BACM). Methods Thirty patients requiring tooth extraction in the esthetic zone were randomly assigned to 2 groups.
Magdalena Orlowska, Muhammad H. A. Saleh, Ann Decker, Junying Li, Alice Ou, Nataly Zambrana, Paolo Nava, Fernanda A. da Costa Deller, Hom‐Lay Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source