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New Methods of Detecting Voluntary Blinking Used to Communicate with Disabled People

Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012
In this paper two new methods of detecting a voluntary blinking and neglecting involuntary blinks are comparatively presented. This technique is used to communicate with disabled people by using the EOG acquisition system.
BOZOMITU, R.-G.
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Sustainability in the Public Health System, between Regulation, Reporting and Change Management [PDF]

Audit Financiar
This study analyzes how sustainability principles are integrated in public hospitals in Romania. In a context marked by increasing European regulatory pressures (CSRD/ESRS) and increased social expectations, public hospitals should adapt, even in the ...
Luminita-Mihaela DUMITRASCU
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Clinical performance of the urine‐based TERT promoter AbsoluteQ Digital PCR for non‐invasive detection of bladder cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A urine‐based digital PCR assay targeting two hotspot TERT promoter variants detected bladder cancer with high sensitivity and no false positives in this case–control cohort. The streamlined AbsoluteQ workflow outperformed Sanger sequencing and supports non‐invasive molecular testing for bladder cancer detection.
Anna Nykel, Izabela Kubiak, Lena Rutkowska, Żaneta Kasprzyk, Łukasz Kępczyński, Michał Bednarek, Dariusz Sobieraj, Jacek Wilkosz, Piotr Kania, Adam Jędrzejczyk, Bogdan Kałużewski, Agnieszka Gach, Tadeusz Kałużewski   +12 more
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Turnover of nursing employees in a Gauteng hospital group

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2010
Orientation: The South African nursing profession is in a crisis as professional nurses leave the country in search of lucrative work overseas. Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate individual determinants of voluntary turnover ...
Japie Greyling, Karel Stanz
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell, Cassy Ross, Panagiota S. Filippou, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Dominic Gilchrist, Paul Dean, Kamar Ameen‐Ali, Tora K. Smulders‐Srinivasan, Ahmad A. Khundakar   +8 more
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Increase in coercive measures in psychiatric hospitals in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveTo examine whether the pandemic in 2020 caused changes in psychiatric hospital cases, the percentage of patients exposed to coercive interventions, and aggressive incidents.MethodsWe used the case registry for coercive measures of the State of ...
Erich Flammer, Frank Eisele, Sophie Hirsch, Tilman Steinert   +3 more
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Investigation and influencing factors of the behavioral intention of nurses voluntarily participating in the care of older adults with disabilities

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze nurses’ intention and influencing factors to participate in voluntary care services for older adults with disabilities, and build a structural equation model to clarify the influence of behavioral attitude ...
Hengmei Cui, Rui Sun, Yaling Wang, Lu Lin, Ran Duo, Yuchen Li, Fei Ma, Huiling Li   +7 more
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss, Alexis C. Wardell, Allison M. Deal, Kirsten A. Nyrop, Allison Ross, Yara G. Abdou, Jeffrey D. Aldrich, Lisa A. Cary, E. Claire Dees, Katherine E. Reeder‐Hayes, Emily M. Ray, Natalia Mitin, Denis Tsygankov   +12 more
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Self-reported impact of caregiving on voluntary home-based caregivers in Mutale Municipality, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016
Background: The establishment of home-based care (HBC) programmes in developing countries has resulted in a shift of burden from hospitals to communities where palliative care is provided by voluntary home-based caregivers.
Ntsieni S. Mashau, Vhonani O. Netshandama, Makondelela J. Mudau   +2 more
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
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