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How Participation Creates Citizens: Participatory Governance as Performative Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Participation is a prominent feature of many decision-making and planning processes. Among its proclaimed benefits is its potential to strengthen public support and involvement.
Noelle Aarts   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Dose-response Associations of Physical Activity and Sitting Time With All-cause Mortality in Older Japanese Adults

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology
Purpose: Although examining the dose-response curves of physical activity (PA) and sitting time with health-related outcomes is an important research agenda, the results for older Japanese adults are extremely limited.
Satoshi Seino   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving participation rates by providing choice on participation mode: two randomized controlled trials

open access: yes, 2014
This study is part of the ‘Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases’ (TICD) project and is integrated in a program evaluation which has been designed as a two arm randomized controlled trial (NTR4069).
Wensing, Prof. Dr. M.J.P. (Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum Nijmegen, IQ healthcare) DAI=info:eu-repo/dai/nl/089800761   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

IAP2's Public Participation Toolbox

open access: yes, 2006
Table of techniques for informing stakeholders, with associated risks and ...
International Association for Public Participation
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Public participation and policy: unpacking connections in one British LA21 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
YesWithin western cultures, the term `public participation¿ has strong positive connotations, and is associated with the promotion of democracy. The contention of this paper is that these invocations of democracy - although not entirely inaccurate ...
Sharp, Liz
core   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participation Outcomes In Rehabilitation For Individuals With Chronic Neurological Conditions

open access: yes, 2018
The purpose of this research project was to identify personal and environmental factors that facilitate both ability to participate in life roles and satisfaction with that participation, for people living with chronic neurological conditions ...
Dobler, Sherry
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