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A systematic review of qualitative research on the contributory factors leading to medicine-related problems from the perspectives of adult patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus
(2014-09-19)Objectives: To synthesise contributing factors leading to medicine-related problems (MRPs) in adult patients with cardiovascular diseases and/or diabetes mellitus from their perspectives. Design: A systematic literature ... -
A systematic review of the harmful effects of surgical smoke inhalation on operating room personnel
(2023-03-31)Background Surgical smoke refers to the plume produced by usage of energy-generating surgical equipment on tissues. This review aimed to assess the potential of this smoke to be a serious occupational hazard to theatre ... -
A systematic review of the literature on counselling and psychotherapy for the prevention of suicide 1 : Quantitative outcome and process studies
(2013)Scope of review: The paper reports a meta-review of 15 previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature concerning the outcome of counselling and psychotherapy with people at risk of suicide; a meta-analysis ... -
A systematic review of the literature on counselling and psychotherapy for the prevention of suicide 2 : Qualitative studies
(2014-02-11)Scope of review: The paper reports a meta-synthesis of 13 qualitative studies of counselling and psychotherapy with people at risk of suicide. Publication time span: The studies considered were reported between 1997 and ... -
A systematic review of the nature of dispensing errors in hospital pharmacies
(2016-01-12)Background: Dispensing errors are common in hospital pharmacies. Investigating dispensing errors is important for identifying the factors involved and developing strategies to reduce their occurrence. Objectives: To review ... -
Systematic review of the ophthalmic complications of robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
(2024-01-19)This study aims to review ophthalmic injuries sustained during of robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). A search of Medline, Embase, Cochrane and grey literature was performed using methods registered a priori. ... -
Systematic review of the safety of medication use in inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
(2018-11-01)Background Errors in medication use are a patient safety concern globally, with different regions reporting differing error rates, causes of errors and proposed solutions. The objectives of this review were to identify, ... -
A systematic review of the use of quality-of-life instruments in randomized controlled trials for psoriasis
(2017-03-16)Planners of interventional studies in psoriasis face the dilemma of selecting suitable quality-of-life (QoL) measures. Systematic reviews have the potential of identifying psychometrically sound measures in a given therapeutic ... -
A systematic review of theory use in studies investigating the motivations of software engineers
(2009)Motivated software engineers make a critical contribution to delivering successful software systems. Understanding the motivations of software engineers and the impact of motivation on software engineering outcomes could ... -
Systematic review protocols: an introduction
(2010)Systematic reviews are a thorough and efficient method of appraising literature and providing an evidence base for practice. However, to ensure that they are undertaken in a structured and comprehensive manner, it is crucial ... -
The systematic spectral analysis of radio surveys
(2016-03-14)Current and future continuum surveys being undertaken by the new generation of radio telescopes are now poised to address many important science questions, ranging from the earliest galaxies, to the physics of nearby AGN, ... -
Systematic study of (p,γ) reactions on Ni isotopes
(2013-05-09)A systematic study of the radiative proton capture reaction for all stable nickel isotopes is presented. The results were obtained using 2.0-6.0 MeV protons from the 11-MV tandem Van de Graaff accelerator at the University ... -
A Systematic Study of the Behaviour of PMEPR in Relation to OFDM Design Parameters
(2011)The design of systems with enhanced quality of service (QoS) and improved power efficiency has evolved into an intensive research area in wired and wireless communications engineering. Orthogonal frequency division ... -
A systematic survey of millimetre-wavelength flaring variability of Young Stellar Objects in the Orion Nebula Cluster
(2023-03-29)High-energy processes are ubiquitous even in the earliest stages of protostellar evolution. Motivated by the results of our systematic search for intense centimeter radio flares in Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) and by rare ... -
Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies
(2012-04-26)Much of our knowledge of galaxies comes from analysing the radiation-emitted by their stars, which depends on the present number of each type of star in the galaxy. The present number depends on the stellar initial mass ... -
Systemic Consultations in Intellectual Disability Services: Experiences of Care Staff
(2017-04-19)This research used interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology to explore the experiences of care staff who attended systemic consultations within an Intellectual Disability (ID) service. A ... -
Systemic delivery of morpholino oligonucleotide restores dystrophin expression bodywide and improves dystrophic pathology
(2006)For the majority of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mutations, antisense oligonucleotide (AON)-mediated exon skipping has the potential to restore a functional protein. Here we show that weekly intravenous injections of ... -
Systemic delivery of therapeutic small interfering RNA using a pH-triggered amphiphilic poly-l-lysine nanocarrier to suppress prostate cancer growth in mice
(2012)Prostate cancer is associated with high mortality and new therapeutic strategies are necessary for improved patient outcome. The utilisation of potent, sequence-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) to facilitate ...