Indirect tuning of a complementary orientation filter using velocity data and a genetic algorithm by Dariusz Maton, John T. Economou, David Galvão Wall, Irfan Khan, Robert Cooper, David Ward, Simon Trythall

Get full text

The relationship between nurse contact time and patient outcomes: a retrospective observational study using Real-Time Location data by Elena Ashtari Tafti, Ann-Marie Cannaby, Vanda Carter, Stephenson Strobel

“…Using data from a Real-Time Location System (RTLS) that tracks the movement of staff and patients across the hospital wards using Global Positioning System (GPS) sensors, we can estimate the time patients “actually” spend with nursing staff during an inpatient stay. …”
Get full text

An Autonomous Fluoroscopic Imaging System for Catheter Insertions by Bilateral Control Scheme: A Numerical Simulation Study by Gregory Y. Ward, Dezhi Sun, Kenan Niu

Get full text

A multiscale modelling framework of coastal flooding events for global to local flood hazard assessments by I. Benito, J. C. J. H. Aerts, J. C. J. H. Aerts, P. J. Ward, P. J. Ward, D. Eilander, D. Eilander, S. Muis, S. Muis

Get full text

Expression of the murine norovirus (MNV) ORF1 polyprotein is sufficient to induce apoptosis in a virus-free cell model. by Morgan R Herod, Omar Salim, Rachel J Skilton, Cynthia A Prince, Vernon K Ward, Paul R Lambden, Ian N Clarke

Get full text

Implementing intranasal povidone-iodine in the orthopedic trauma surgery setting to prevent surgical site infections: a qualitative study of healthcare provider perspectives by AM Racila, Erin C. Balkenende, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Michael C. Willey, Linda D. Boyken, Jean G. Pottinger, Brennan S. Ayres, Kimberly C. Dukes, Melissa A. Ward, Marin L. Schweizer

Get full text

Patient Experience of Virtual Hospital Care Provided by a Multidisciplinary Team: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Tim M Jackson, Kanesha Ward, Saranjit Singh, Rezwanul Rana, Winnifred Li, Chenyao Yu, Jason Levy, Michelle Chen, Mui Chung, Shelley Somi, Kim Offner, Enrico Coiera, Annie AY Lau

Get full text

A spatial clustering-based approach to design monitoring networks of infectious diseases: a case study of hand, foot, and mouth disease by Shuting Li, Yuanhua Liu, Ke Li, Zengliang Wang, Michael P. Ward, Wei Tu, Jiayao Xu, Rui Yuan, Lele Zhang, Na Wang, Jidan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Henry S. Lynn, Zhaorui Chang, Zhijie Zhang

Get full text

Getting time and building trust: unveiling the systemic, relational, and personal factors influencing clinical pharmacy service implementation in South Africa, a qualitative study by Lucille Crafford, Rashmi A Kusurkar, Elmien Bronkhorst, Andries Gous, Anouk Wouters

Get full text

RARELY DETECTED COMPLICATION DURING CATHETERIZATION OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN — DAMAGE TO THE VAGUS NERVE by M. V. Bykov, V. V. Lazarev, K. S. Madorskii, V. G. Bagaev, L. V. Bykova

“…The purpose of research — the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of the location of the n.vagus to prevent damage during puncture and catheterization IJV. …”
Get full text

Next‐generation monitoring in obstetrics: Assessing the accuracy of non‐piezo portable ultrasound technology by Ruben Plöger, Charlotte Behning, Adeline Walter, Jorge Jimenez Cruz, Ulrich Gembruch, Brigitte Strizek, Florian Recker

“…Conducted in a university hospital obstetric ward, the study included 100 pregnant women between 17 and 41 weeks of gestation. …”
Get full text

CASE STUDY: DEVELOPING TANZANIA’S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TIMS) by Glenn ROBINSON

“…Developing effective congestion relief strategies requires going beyond the collection of geotechnical like shoulder width, guardrails, vegetation, road length and width, culverts, volume, drainage, terrain, rail crossing, number of lanes, bridges locations, and type of terrain. A comprehensive analysis of congestion requires a fully loaded transportation database with the following characteristics: regional, trunk line, and local roads; travel, time, ADT, population, employment, landuse, and income data at the regional and ward level and; transit line and multi modal infrastructure data. …”
Get full text

Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Of 230 survey respondents who underwent to in-hospital cervical ripening, the mean stay prior to transfer to labour ward was 31.5 hours (range 0–260 hours). Women reported physically and emotionally unsafe situations caused by these delays. …”
Get full text

Understanding patient pathways to Mother and Baby Units: a longitudinal retrospective service evaluation in the UK by Nikolina Jovanović, Žan Lep, Giles Berrisford, Aysegul Dirik, Julia Barber, Bukola Kelani, Olivia Protti

“…Future work Should further examine the role of ethnicity in shaping care pathways; explore the link between care pathway types and treatment outcomes; investigate if simple or complex pathways result from optimal clinical decisions or gaps in the healthcare system and explore admissions to general wards versus Mother and Baby Units and transitions between these units. …”
Get full text