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Patient counselling service with the use of pictograms as the example of pharmacist intervention to improving compliance and medicine safety

Cardiology Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: Pharmaceutical pictograms have been designed to help communicate medication instructions to patients. Pictograms used within a patient counseling service can significantly improve medication compliance and adherence. The study aimed to assess
Piotr Merks, Damian Świeczkowski, Marcin Balcerzak, Urszula Religioni, Ewelina Drelich, Jerzy Krysiński, Dagmara Hering, Miłosz Jaguszewski   +7 more
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Technological Framework to Support Asthma Patient Adherence Using Pictograms

Applied Sciences
Background: Low comprehension and adherence to medical treatment among the elderly directly and negatively affect their health. Many elderly patients forget medical instructions immediately after their appointments, misunderstand them, or fail to recall ...
Rosa Figueroa, Carla Taramasco, María Elena Lagos, Felipe Martínez, Carla Rimassa, Julio Godoy, Esteban Pino, Jean Navarrete, Jose Pinto, Gabriela Nazar, Cristhian Pérez, Daniel Herrera   +11 more
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Cognitive factors increase errors of pressing open or close buttons in elevators

Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 2012
Many of you might have experienced pressing an "open" button when you actually wanted to "close" elevator doors. Earlier studies have focused on design of pictograms as the main factor causing errors of pressing buttons in elevators ...
Tomoyo Takahashi, Yosuke Hattori, Sachio Otsuka, Shinji Kitagami   +3 more
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Digital Transformation in Work Integration Social Enterprises: Leadership Strategies and the Role of Internal Stakeholders

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation is increasingly reshaping how social enterprises organize work, engage stakeholders, and pursue social value. While prior research has examined digitalization in hybrid organizations, limited attention has been paid to how responsibility for inclusive digital transformation is enacted internally.
Riccardo Maiolini, Federica D’Alessandro, Paolo Landoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Microgravity on Lower Eyelid Position in Astronauts

Eye &ENT Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Specific facial changes are known to occur in microgravity. A higher lower eyelid position has been observed during short‐term microgravity but has not been analyzed in astronauts during spaceflight. Purpose To describe the effect of spaceflight on lower eyelid position.
Timon Ax, Tomas L. Bothe, Jennifer P. Craig, Simon Dean, Philipp Zimmermann, Francesc March de Ribot, Slade O. Jensen, Thomas J. Millar, Berthold Seitz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening CZE–UV Green Method for Acetate, Propionate, Butyrate, and Valerate Analysis in Human Stool for Complementary Gut Dysbiosis Diagnosis

ELECTROPHORESIS, EarlyView.
A green CZE–UV alternative method for quantifying SCFAs in human stool with cost‐effective and automatization, informative data about patients through reduced sample preparation and minimal consumable. CE is simple and robust equipment for routine clinical laboratory workflows, supporting physicians with information that enhances the accuracy of ...
Olívia B. O. Moreira, Matheus Miranda Fracetti, Eliane B. T. Lemos, Jeanette C. F. Less, Lúcio M. Lemos, Paula Rocha Chellini, Marcone A. L. Oliveira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cartographic Visualization for Indoor Semantic Wayfinding

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2019
In recent years, pedestrian navigation assistance has been used by an increasing number of people to support wayfinding tasks. Especially in unfamiliar and complex indoor environments such as universities and hospitals, the importance of an effective ...
Nikolaos Bakogiannis, Charalampos Gkonos, Lorenz Hurni   +2 more
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Designing and Implication of Pictograms in Universities of Tehran (IRAN)

SHS Web of Conferences, 2017
Pictograms have many implications nowadays and are used for simple and fluent pictorial interpretations. These concepts are usually informative, conductive and warning.
Keshavarzi Firouzeh, Mohd Adnana Hamedi
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Visual Perception and Understanding of Variable Message Signs: The Influence of the Drivers’ Age and Message Layout

Safety, 2021
Variable message signs (VMS) are used to display messages providing up-to-date traffic-relevant information so that drivers can safely adapt their behavior in real time.
Gianfranco Fancello, Patrizia Serra, Claudia Pinna   +2 more
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