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Emergence of reduced susceptibility to metronidazole in Clostridium difficile
(2008)Antimicrobial treatment for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has typically been metronidazole, although reports have questioned the efficacy of this option. We screened recently isolated C. difficile (2005-06) for ... -
The Emergence of the Infrared transient VVV-WIT-06
(2017-11-03)We report the discovery of an enigmatic large-amplitude (ΔKs> 10.5 mag) transient event in near-IR data obtained by the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey. The object (designated VVV-WIT-06) is located ... -
Emergence, Intrinsic Structure of Information, and Agenthood
(2006)Emergence is a central organizing concept for the understanding of complex systems. Under the manifold mathematical notions that have been introduced to characterize emergence, the information-theoretic are of particular ... -
Emergency : A new ambulance dispatch system
(IGI Publishing, 2004-02)This case study charts the story of the problematic implementation of a computerised despatch system for the Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) in Melbourne, Australia. The system itself is now operational; however, the ... -
Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study
(2014-08-28)BACKGROUND: Older people resident in care homes have a limited life expectancy and approximately two-thirds have limited mental capacity. Despite initiatives to reduce unplanned hospital admissions for this population, ... -
Emergency Management and Tourism Stakeholder Responses to Crises : A Global Survey
(2017-03-01)This article examines the contested area of the responsibility for destinations and tourists, within emergency settings. It incorporates a Delphi-Scenario technique to facilitate a structured discussion of emergency ... -
Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study
(2018-09-05)OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) victims, prehospital resuscitation and survival to hospital rate. SETTING: Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ... -
Emergency nurse initiation of discussion about tissue donation with suddenly bereaved relatives
(2008)This service evaluation assesses the frequency of emergency nurse initiation of discussion about tissue donation with suddenly bereaved relatives. Data was retrieved from one accident and emergency department (A&E) in the ... -
Emergency readmission criterion : a technique for determining the emergency readmission time window
(2008)A frequently chosen time window in defining readmission is 28 days after discharge. Yet in the literature, shorter and longer periods such as 14 days or 90-180 days have also been suggested. In this paper, we develop a ... -
Emergency: Implementing an Ambulance Despatch System
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Emergent dynamics of turn-taking interaction in drumming games with a humanoid robot
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Emergent Pedagogy in England : A Critical Realist Study of Structure-Agency Interactions in Higher Education
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-04-15)This book aims to show how a meta-theory of critical realism can be applied to research about pedagogy in the changing landscape of higher education in England. It introduces some of the key ideas of critical realism, and ... -
The Emerging Filmmaking Methodologies in Virtual Space
(2011)With the pervasiveness of the Internet pulsing through our everyday lives; one has to wonder what the word ‘privacy’ entails. As filmmakers, what benefits or repercussions do we face with so much free access to ‘private’ ... -
Emerging importance of residual renal function in end-stage renal failure
(2011-10-18)Residual renal function (RRF) is well recognized as an important marker of outcomes in peritoneal dialysis (PD), and contributes vitally to solute clearance. Recently, its importance in hemodialysis (HD) has emerged with ... -
The emerging role of Artificial Intelligence in the fight against COVID-19
(2020-09-17)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated large volumes of clinical data that can be an invaluable resource towards answering a number of important questions for this and future pandemics. Artificial ... -
The emerging role of exosome and microvesicle- (EMV-) based cancer therapeutics and immunotherapy
(2017-08-01)There is an urgent need to develop new combination therapies beyond existing surgery, radio- and chemo-therapy, perhaps initially combining chemotherapy with the targeting specificities of immunotherapy. For this, strategies ... -
Emerging Strategies for a Chaotic Environment
(1996-04)The possibility that any member of a system can foresee its future depends upon the dynamical properties of the system. Today's predominant management view is that ‘human agents’ in an organisation can foresee the future ... -
The Emission Line Properties of Star-forming Galaxies in the WEAVE-LOFAR Survey
(2021-02-22)The third operational rehearsal of WEAVE-LOFAR has produced 7273 model optical spectra of radio-selected star-forming galaxies. It is the most realistic simulation of what we expect WEAVE's performance to be. The purpose ... -
Emission Line Stars In and Beyond the Perseus Arm
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-04-23)I present low-resolution (Dl 6 A° ) follow-up spectroscopy of 370 Ha emitters (12 . r . 17) identified with IPHAS, in a 100 deg2 wide section of the Galactic plane that is located between ` = (120 ; 140 ) and b = (1 ...