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Perceptions and experiences of midwives' regarding the use of the labor care guide at two state hospitals in Khomas region, Namibia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The labor care guide (LCG) is a new tool for monitoring labor, introduced to replace the partograph, which had been used improperly and inconsistently across various contexts. Early research suggests that healthcare practitioners view the LCG as a tool that enhances the quality of care during labor and delivery.
Amalia N. N. Ilonga   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between Transient Pupillary Light Reflex and Retinal Function Impairment in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa

open access: yesJournal of Ophthalmology, 2018
Purpose. To investigate the relationship between transient pupillary light reflex (PLR) and visual function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods. A retrospective study was performed with 137 eyes of 73 patients with RP. Transient pupillary
Yan He   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of two portable pupillometers to assess clinical utility

open access: yesConcussion, 2020
Background: Pupillometers have been proposed as clinical assessment tools. We compared two pupillometers to assess measurement agreement. Materials & methods: We enrolled 30 subjects and simultaneously measured the pupil diameter and light reflex ...
Rachel Eshima McKay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Pupillary Light Reflex in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

open access: yesInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2016
To evaluate the effects of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) on rod-, cone-, and melanopsin-mediated pupillary light reflexes (PLRs).Pupillary light reflexes elicited by full-field, brief-flash stimuli were recorded in 13 IIH patients and 13 normal controls.
Park, Jason C.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Segmental Pallor and Hair Loss in a Patient With Ross Syndrome: Case Report

open access: yesThe Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 30‐year‐old male sought medical consultation due to sudden anisocoria. Clinical examination confirmed Adie's tonic pupil. Subsequently, the presence of segmental anhidrosis with compensatory hyperhidrosis and areflexia established the diagnosis of Ross syndrome.
Markus Augusto Martínez Holst   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Strategic Cortical Infarctions on Pupillary Function

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2018
Objective: Cortical activity, including cognitive and emotional processes, may influence pupillary function. The exact pathways and the site of cortical pupillary innervation remain elusive, however. We investigated the effects of select cortical strokes,
Costanza Peinkhofer   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Manoeuvring Among Institutions and Pandemic Restrictions: When the Fantasy of Parenting After Divorce or Breakup and the Respective Emotions Matter

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding social factors that affected how people interpreted the meanings of COVID‐19 measures is important in postpandemic times. This study applies perspectives from research on emotions as one of the possible explanations and focuses on how institutions and their measures are perceived in the context of individual emotional situations.
Eva M. Hejzlarová
wiley   +1 more source

Monochromatic pupillometry in unilateral glaucoma discloses noadaptive changes subserved by the ipRGCs

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2014
Purpose: to detect signs of a possible adaptive mechanism of the intrinsic photosensitive ganglion cells in unilateral glaucoma. Method: 11 patients with unilateral glaucoma, classified by automated perimetry (glaucoma: MD< 0), were studied by ...
Claus eNissen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘It Is More Fun to Try It Out for Yourself’: Lower Secondary School Pupils' Perceptions of Physically Active Learning

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores lower secondary school pupils' perceptions of physically active learning (PAL). Specifically, we explore what educational purposes 12 Norwegian 9th graders perceive PAL contributes to. Five lessons with PAL were observed and informed three subsequent focus groups.
Hege Eikeland Tjomsland   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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