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Synthetic Cannabinoids : psychopharmacology, clinical aspects, and psy-chotic onset
(2017-04-13)
Synthetic Cannabinoids (SC) are the widest and most diffused class of Novel Psychoactive Substances. SC are chemically heterogeneous and structurally dissimilar from delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, being full agonists of the ...
An analysis of the value of multiple mentors in formalised elite coach mentoring programmes
(2017-04-04)
ABSTRACT Background: Within the context of sports coaching and coach education, formalised mentoring relationships are often depicted as a mentor– mentee dyad. Thus, mentoring within sports coaching is typically conceptualised ...
Time, timing, talking and training : findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients
(2017-02-16)
Background. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population at risk from rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including kidney complications, there is a need to provide quality care at all ...
The 'not-so-strange' body in the mirror: : A principal components analysis of direct and mirror self-observation
(2017-01-04)
In this study we adopted a psychometric approach to examine how the body is subjectively experienced in a mirror. One hundred and twenty-four healthy participants viewed their body for five minutes directly or via a mirror, ...
Nitrates for the Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes, A Systematic Review
(2017-01-01)
Intravenous nitrates are widely used in the management of acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) yet with lack of robust evidence to support their use. We therefore sought to analyze all randomized studies that evaluated the ...
Development of an immobilization system for in situ micronutrients release
(2016-12-31)
An immobilization system constituted by coated microcapsules was developed aiming at immobilizing probiotic bacteria capable of producing folate and release it in a sustained manner into the intestine. Despite no probiotic ...
Evaluating alignment between Canadian Common Drug Review reimbursement recommendations and provincial drug plan listing decisions : an exploratory study
(2016-12-27)
BACKGROUND: The CADTH Common Drug Review was established in 2002 to prepare national health technology assessment reports to guide listing decisions for 18 participating drug plans. The aim of this study was to compare the ...
Atypical Sensory behaviours in children with Tourette's Syndrome and in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2016-09-30)
Certain visual disturbances make it difficult to read text and have been attributed to visual stress, also called “pattern-related visual stress". 12 Children with ASD, 12 children with Tourette's syndrome and without ASD ...
Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions for management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
(2016-08-01)
Background Several interventions are available for management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults, but few studies have compared their relative efficacy in a single analysis. We aimed to simultaneously compare all ...
Internal nanoparticle structure of temperature-responsive self-assembled PNIPAM-b-PEG-b-PNIPAM triblock copolymers in aqueous solutions : NMR, SANS and Light Scattering studies
(2016-05-09)
In this study we report detailed information on the internal structure of PNIPAM-b-PEG-b-PNIPAM nanoparticles formed from self-assembly in aqueous solutions upon increase in temperature. NMR spectroscopy, light scattering ...