Reserves, Injury Severity, and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A CENTER‐TBI Observational Study
ABSTRACT Objective Reserve refers to the brain's ability to maintain function after an injury and strongly relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study examined (1) whether associations between pre‐injury reserve proxies and outcomes differed across injury severity categories, and (2) whether the impact of injury severity varied across ...
Natascha Ekdahl +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Telecommunication and Internet service enterprise has drastically evolved in the last 10 years across the globe. With demand for huge amounts of data and increased voice traffic, optical fibre is globally preferred technology to transmit high-speed ...
James Konya Akhwaba
doaj +1 more source
Planning and Implementing Open Distance Learning Systems [PDF]
These profiles of open and distance learning provision from institutions in eleven African countries are based on papers developed by African distance educators for a workshop on planning and management in open and distance learning held in Capetown ...
core
ABSTRACT Objective Progressive brain atrophy has now been widely observed in the chronic stages of moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), but there is only coarse information regarding its prevalence and magnitude, and whether rate of atrophy accelerates or attenuates across time. We examined these questions in a Canadian inception cohort from
Robin E. A. Green +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Anticoagulation Treatment Response Among Phenotypic ESUS Clusters: Evidence From CASPR
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate treatment effect heterogeneity across phenotypic clusters of patients with cryptogenic embolic stroke using causal inference methods. Methods From a retrospective, multicenter cohort of patients with cryptogenic embolic stroke, we estimated the treatment effect of anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy in patients ...
Elena Badillo Goicoechea +53 more
wiley +1 more source
Student access to and skills in using technology in an open and distance learning context
Amidst the different challenges facing higher education, and particularly distance education (DE) and open distance learning (ODL), access to information and communication technology (ICT) and students’ abilities to use ICTs are highly contested issues ...
Hanlie Liebenberg +2 more
doaj +1 more source
An Open Framework for Smart and Personalized Distance Learning [PDF]
Web based learning enables more students to have access to the distance-learning environment and provides students and teachers with unprecedented flexibility and convenience. However, the early experience of using this new learning means in China exposes a few problems.
Shen, Ruimin +4 more
openaire +2 more sources
Automated Hand Flexor Tendon–Thickness Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) can affect flexor tendons, contributing to hand function problems and reduced quality of life. Tendon changes are currently assessed with ultrasonography and measured manually, a time‐consuming process prone to interobserver variability.
Mark Greveling +4 more
wiley +1 more source
An Assessment of the Reliability and Validity of the PERMA Well-Being Scale for Adult Undergraduate Students in an Open and Distance Learning Context. [PDF]
Magare I, Graham MA, Eloff I.
europepmc +1 more source
Enhancing professional self-esteem: learners' journeys on a distance-learning Doctorate in Education (EdD) [PDF]
This article explores the motivations, experiences and perceived outcomes for Doctorate in Education (EdD) students in their journey through a relatively new form of doctoral education at a distance.
Sieminski, Sandy, Butcher, John
core +1 more source

