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Factors associated with health status and exacerbations in COPD maintenance therapy with dry powder inhalers

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2022
The study aimed to determine the associations of Peak Inspiratory Flow (PIF), inhalation technique and adherence with health status and exacerbations in participants with COPD using DPI maintenance therapy.
Janwillem W. H. Kocks, Hans Wouters, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Evgeni Dvortsin, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van Geer - Postmus, Iris van der Ham, Marten Harbers, Alberto de la Hoz, Ymke Janse, Marjan Kerkhof, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman-Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Marika T. Leving   +28 more
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A mixed methods study of the awareness and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Irish general practice

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
IntroductionFamilial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most common genetic disorders, with an estimated global prevalence of 1:200-500, which leads to premature cardiovascular disease.
Robyn Homeniuk, Joseph Gallagher, Claire Collins   +2 more
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Islamic Calendar Anomalies: Pakistani Practitioners' Perspective [PDF]

, 2018
Studies on Islamic calendar anomalies in financial markets tend to apply quantitative analysis to historic share prices. Surprisingly, there is a lack of research investigating whether the participants of such markets are aware of these anomalies and ...
Halari, Anwar, Helliar, Christine, Power, David, Tantisantiwong, Nongnuch   +3 more
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Theorising and practitioners in HRD: the role of abductive reasoning [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that abductive reasoning is a typical but usually unrecognised process used by HRD scholars and practitioners alike.
Gold, J
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COMORBIDITIES IN PRACTICE. CLINICAL GUIDELINES

Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2017
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R. G. Oganov, I. N. Denisov, V. I. Simanenkov, I. G. Bakulin, N. V. Bakulina, S. A. Boldueva, O. N Barbarash, N. P Garganeeva, V. L Doshchitsin, O. M. Drapkina, E. N. Dudinskaya, Yu. V. Kotovskaya, A. M. Lila, M. N. Mamedov, B. U. Mardanov, O. N. Miller, M. M. Petrova, Yu. M. Pozdnyakov, N. K. Runikhina, S. A. Sayganov, A. V. Tarasov, O. N. Tkacheva, A. M. Urinsky, S. A. Shalnova   +23 more
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Influences on health-care practitioners' promotion of physical activity to their patients with prostate cancer: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Physical activity is beneficial for the physical and psychological health of patients with prostate cancer (PCa). Health-care practitioners are ideally positioned to promote physical activity to their patients.Aim: To identify factors that ...
Keogh, Justin, Patel, Asmita, Schofield, Grant   +2 more
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The Unfulfilled Potential of Data-Driven Decision Making in Agile Software Development [PDF]

, 2019
With the general trend towards data-driven decision making (DDDM), organizations are looking for ways to use DDDM to improve their decisions. However, few studies have looked into the practitioners view of DDDM, in particular for agile organizations.
A Cockburn, A Gelman, A Magazinius, A Milne, B Carpenter, C Robson, C Wohlin, CLP Chen, F Provost, JA Gliner, JW Creswell, K Petersen, K Wnuk, M Daneva, M Janssen, NB Moe, W Maalej   +16 more
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Health system changes needed to support people consulting general practice out of hours services in Ireland

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2018
Background Mental illness acts as a barrier to accessing and obtaining effective medical care. It has been shown that out of hours services are an important first stop for emergency care for people experiencing mental health difficulties. However, little
C. Collins, M. T. O’Shea, J. Cunniffe, P. Finegan   +3 more
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Reclaiming professional identity through postgraduate professional development: Career practitioners reclaiming their professional selves [PDF]

, 2014
Careers advisers in the UK have experienced significant change and upheaval within their professional practice. This research explores the role of postgraduate level professional development in contributing to professional identity. The research utilises
Bimrose J., Brown A., Brown A., Cabinet Office, Careers Profession Task Force, Colley H., Colley H., Council of the European Union, Dearing R., Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Department for Education and Employment, Department for Education and Skills, Department for Innovation, University and Skills, Douglas F., Feinstein L., Hamel J., Harrison R., Hooley T., Howitt D., Institute of Career Guidance, Larson M., Mulvey R., Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Peck D., Richardson P., Siobhan Neary, Skills Commission, Souhami A., Taylor J., Thomas G., Watts A. G., Watts A. G.   +35 more
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Exemplary Practitioners

Administrative Theory & Praxis, 2011
Some actors in the public sphere are excellent at what they do. Even if they could hardly do their work alone, they make a difference. This article presents a search for what are called exemplary practitioners. It describes and compares a group of six practitioners found in the literature: the reflective practitioner, the deliberative practitioner, the
van Hulst, M.J., de Graaf, L.J., van den Brink, G.J.M.   +2 more
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