Institute of Medical Sciences: Recent submissions
Now showing items 21-40 of 45
-
Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting
(Elsevier, 2007-11)Background: An elevated preoperative white blood cell count has been associated with a worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Leukocyte subtypes, and particularly the neutrophil-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio, ... -
Payoff levels, loss avoidance, and equilibrium selection in the Stag Hunt: an experimental study
(2008-02-27)Game theorists typically assume that changing a game’s payoff levels—by adding the same constant to, or subtracting it from, all payoffs—should not affect behavior. While this invariance is an implication of the theory ... -
A United Kingdom survey of surgical technique and handling practice of inguinal canal structures during hernia surgery
(Mosby, 2006-04)Background: Recent trials have assessed the impact of elective nerve division on patient outcome after inguinal herniorrhaphy. The aim of this study was to establish UK surgical practice of handling of structures in the ... -
Contamination in trials of educational interventions
(Gray Publishing, 2007-10)Objectives: To consider the effects of contamination on the magnitude and statistical significance (or precision) of the estimated effect of an educational intervention, to investigate the mechanisms of contamination, and ... -
Applying psychological theory to evidence-based clinical practice : identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics
(BioMed Central, 2007-08-03)Background: Psychological models can be used to understand and predict behaviour in a wide range of settings. However, they have not been consistently applied to health professional behaviours, and the contribution of ... -
Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting medium-term mortality in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery
(Elsevier, 2007)We assessed the ability of pre-operative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels to predict medium-term mortality in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery. During a median 654 days follow-up 33 patients from a total ... -
Talking to older people in care homes : perceptions of their pain and their preferred management strategies : results of a pilot study
(Freund, 2006-06)This paper describes a qualitative study that was conducted within the care home setting o determine the pain experiences of residents, their preferred strategies and the staff attitudes and understanding about pain. An ... -
Developing annotated bibliographies : a tool for education, collaboration and research development
(Elsevier, 2007)The purpose of this paper is to present the process of developing an annotated bibliography as a tool for education and research. The authors of the paper will describe the process and demonstrate the findings from two ... -
Midwives' competence : is it affected by working in a rural location?
(Australian Rural Health Education Network Ltd (ARHEN), 2007-08-10)Introduction: Rising health care costs and the need to consolidate expertise in tertiary services have led to the centralisation of services. In the UK, the result has been that many rural maternity units have become ... -
Organizational control & the Catholic Church: a case study
(2007-05-03)This paper presents an analysis of the problem of child-abusing priests in the Catholic Church using data from the USA, UK and Ireland. The apparent scale of this issue raises crucial theoretical as well as policy issues. ... -
Persistent urinary incontinence and delivery mode history: a six-year longitudinal study.
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006-02)Objective: To investigate the prevalence of persistent and long term postpartum urinary incontinence and associations with mode of first and subsequent delivery. Setting: Maternity units in Aberdeen (Scotland), Birmingham ... -
The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: the socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union
(2007)The effect of socioeconomic status on the likelihood that an individual enters a period of poor health is examined using an Accelerated Failure Time methodology. This study employs data from the European Community Household ... -
International public health research involving interpreters: a case study from Bangladesh
(BMC Public Health, 2005)Background: Cross-cultural and international research are important components of public health research, but the challenges of language barriers and working with interpreters are often overlooked, particularly in the ... -
Avoidance as a strategy of (not) coping: qualitative interviews with carers of Huntington's Disease patients
(BMC Family Practice, 2005) -
House prices, fundamentals and bubbles
(2006-01-31)This paper studies actual (real) house prices relative to fundamental (real) house values. Such a focus is warranted since housing constitutes a large fraction of most household portfolios, and its characteristics are ... -
The Riddle of the Sands? Incentives and Labour Contracts on Archaeological digs in Northern Syria in the 1930s
(2006-01-27)This paper analyses data on the daily work decisions of archaeological workers on a Syrian archaeological dig in 1938. The remuneration contract that these workers faced involved a fixed component and a stochastic component ... -
Irregularly Obtained Real Evidence: The Scottish Solution?
(Vathek Publishing, 2004)In determining whether to admit improperly obtained real evidence, the Scottish courts have engaged in a balancing act for over 50 years, weighing the public interest in the conviction of the guilty against the rights of ... -
Dressing Down Trade Dress: A Return to Basics for the Distinctiveness Requirement
(2005-10-25)5 Wake Forest Intell. Prop. L.J. 147 (June 2005). This article examines how courts have analyzed protection of a product's "look and feel" in recent years. To insure competitive fairness, trade dress protection should value ... -
Professor Gluckman's Contribution to Legal Theory
(W. Green and Son Limited, 1976)