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Patient and program level correlates of 30-day readmissions: a retrospective analysis of a transitional care program

BMC Health Services Research
Background Hospital readmissions present a substantial burden to patients and healthcare systems in terms of outcomes and financial penalties. The primary purpose of this study was to identify patient and program-specific factors linked to 30-day ...
Chava Pollak, Karim Al-Khalidi, Michelle Elsener, Farrukh Jafri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ferrocholesteric–ferronematic transitions induced by shear flow and magnetic field

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2017
We study the unwinding of the ferrocholesteric helical structure induced by a combined action of a magnetic field and a shear flow. Both influences are able to induce the ferrocholesteric–ferronematic transition independently; however, the differences ...
Dmitriy V. Makarov, Alexander A. Novikov, Alexander N. Zakhlevnykh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Re-Autocratization

Politikon, 2016
During the 1990s, research in the political sciences within the framework of the transition paradigm focused mainly on democratization and consolidation.
Kristin Eichhorn
doaj   +1 more source

Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A balancing act: radicality and capture in institutionalising reflexive governance for urban sustainability transitions

Urban Transformations
Over the past two decades, urban actors have sought to foster long-lasting change towards sustainability through reflexive governance. Related activities, including transition labs, arenas, experiments, and roadmaps, have been problematised for ...
Tessa de Geus, Julia M. Wittmayer, Giorgia Silvestri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS)

Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2016
OEPS is a cross-sector project led by the Open University in Scotland (OUiS) and funded by the Scottish Funding Council. The project began in late spring 2014 and runs until the end of July 2017. It has its origins in OER projects carried out by the OUiS
Pete Cannell, Anna Page, Ronald Macintyre   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Volume 13 Issue 2 2022

Student Success, 2022
This special issue brings together a selection of articles and practice reports from the 2022 STARS Conference. The focus of STARS is expressed by broad guiding themes: Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention, and Success.
Karen Nelson, Tracy Creagh
doaj   +1 more source

Transit, Transition: Excavating J641 VUJ [PDF]

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2009
In July 2006 archaeologists from the University of Bristol and Atkins Heritage embarked on a contemporary archaeology project with a difference. We ‘excavated’ an old (1991) Ford Transit van, used by archaeologists and later by works and maintenance teams at the Ironbridge Museum. The object: to see what can be learnt from a very particular, common and
Greg Bailey, Cassie Newland, Anna Nilsson, John Schofield, Steve Davis, Adrian Myers   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources