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RaMBat: Accurate identification of medulloblastoma subtypes from diverse data sources with severe batch effects

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
To integrate multiple transcriptomics data with severe batch effects for identifying MB subtypes, we developed a novel and accurate computational method named RaMBat, which leveraged subtype‐specific gene expression ranking information instead of absolute gene expression levels to address batch effects of diverse data sources.
Mengtao Sun, Jieqiong Wang, Shibiao Wan
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding how users of home-based aged care services with cognitive impairment rate their social care related quality of life

BMC Geriatrics
Background Over the past decades, self-directed models of care have been implemented throughout the world to support older people, including those with dementia, to live at home.
Lyn Phillipson, James Caiels, Louisa Smith, Ann-Marie Towers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educating Patients about Behavioral Interventions and Exercises for Musculoskeletal Lower Back Pain [PDF]

, 2017
Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem which affects all genders and most ages. It results in considerable direct and indirect costs, and these costs are financial, workforce and social.
Jacobson, Alex
core   +1 more source

Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interventions delivered by primary or community healthcare professionals to support people living at home with dementia with activities of daily living: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

BMC Geriatrics
Background Most people living with dementia live in their own home supported by family carers. One of the most challenging problems they face is managing toilet-use and continence.
Helen Chester, Barbara Bradbury, Miriam Santer, Leanne Morrison, Mandy Fader, Jane Ward, Jill Manthorpe, Catherine Murphy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing research capacity in adult social care: a research capacity-building partnership in Kent and its theory of change. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

NIHR Open Research
This paper describes the development of an adult social care (ASC) research capacity-building partnership and the corresponding theory of change that underpins this work.
Nick Smith, Sarah Hotham, Alison Charles, Georgina Walton, Ferhana Hashem, Ann-Marie Towers, Jolie R Keemink, Rasa Mikelyte, Wenjing Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the workforce crisis in (rural) social care: A scoping review

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
AbstractBackgroundThis scoping review identifies strategies potentially addressing the ‘workforce crisis’ in rural social care. The increasing global demand for social care has been coupled with widely recognised challenges in recruiting and retaining sufficient staff to provide this care.
Dean B. Carson, Albert Brunet Johansson, Mia Schaumberg, Anna‐Karin Hurtig   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Vocational Education and Training Workforce [PDF]

This Productivity Commission research report was released on 5 May 2011. This report, the first of a suite of three on the education and training workforce, focusses on the Vocational Education and Training workforce.
Commission, Productivity
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Social Work Practices: Report of the National Evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
An independent evaluation was commissioned by the Department for Education (formerly the Department for Children, Schools and Families) to:1. analyse the advantages and disadvantages of the overall Social Work Practice concept, and the specific benefits (
Austerberry, Helen, Bilson, Andy, Farrelly, Nicola, Hargreaves, Katrina, Hollingworth, Katie, Hussein, Shereen, Ingold, Anne, Larkins, Cath, Manthorpe, Jill, Ridley, Julie, Stanley, Nicky, Strange, Vicky   +11 more
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Antibiofilm activity of a chionodracine‐derived peptide by NMR‐based metabolomics of cell‐free supernatant of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KHS‐Cnd peptide is able to impair biofilm formation and disaggregate mature biofilms in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. Differences in extracellular metabolites reflect changes in biofilm metabolism due to KHS‐Cnd treatment. Among the differentially represented extracellular metabolites upon KHS‐Cnd treatment, the significantly altered ...
Fernando Porcelli, Enrico Landi, Francesco Maiurano, Irene Paris, Rosanna Papa, Marco Artini, Laura Selan, Stefano Borocci, Francesco Buonocore, Esther Imperlini   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source