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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"MDT"”.
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Developing an integrated MDT service model for the management of patients with lung cancer
… the recommendation of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) review of patients prior to a treatment decision, both in general cancer units as well as in specialised cancer centres. Given the mandate to implement these recommendations, the research questions addressed were “can the current configuration …
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Delaware’s Multidisciplinary Teams for the Investigation of Child Abuse: Communities of Practice?
<p>Multidisciplinary teams (MDT) of professionals are mandated to respond to and investigate cases of child abuse in Delaware. Utilizing research and theory about interorganizational collaboration, my exploratory study considered how this mandate operated in practice. Five themes from …
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Novel Implant Designs In Magnetic Drug Targeting
… one of which is magnetic drug targeting (MDT). The concept of MDT is to use drug carriers that contain a magnetic component and guide these carriers to a specific site with the aid of an external magnetic source. These magnetic drug carrier particles (MDCP) can be used to deliver a drug to …
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A Comparison for Longitudinal Data Missing Due to Truncation
… Ramakrishnan and Wang (2005) proposed a method (MDT) to handle nonignorable missing data, where missing is due to the observations exceeding an unobserved threshold. Assuming that the observations arise from a truncated normal distribution, they suggested an EM algorithm to simplify the …
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Discharge planning at a regional New Zealand hospital Emergency Department: Screening elderly patients for early multidisciplinary team referral using the Elders Risk Assessment Index
… and the need for multi-disciplinary team (MDT) input prior to discharge. A number of screening tools exist to risk-screen elderly patients and use an array of data collection methods including: nurse gathered data, patient self-reporting, proxy information and information from …
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Desenvolvimento de métodos de filtragem e classificação de pontos LIDAR para a geração automática do modelo digital do terreno
… Digital de Superfície) e principalmente do MDT (Modelo Digital do Terreno). Essa aceitação se justifica em especial pelo auto grau de automação na aquisição e processamento de dados, mas também se destaca a notável resolução altimétrica e planimétrica que os dados LIDAR oferecem. A obtenção …
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Facilitating Multidisciplinary Team Functioning in Child and Youth Advocacy Centres using Shared Mental Models
… CAC/CYACs use a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to respond to cases of child abuse by offering coordinated and collaborative investigations, forensic interviewing, medical evaluation, mental health and therapeutic supports, and victim support (National Children’s Alliance, 2022). The MDT …
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Sensory and chemical characteristics of lamb, mutton and mechanically deboned turkey meat patties
… percentage (20%) of mechanically deboned turkey (MDT) were mixed with lamb lean and lamb fat. In the third experiment, different levels of lean mutton meat (15% and 30%) were mixed with ground beef, ground pork and MDT, separately. The evaluations included: proximate analysis, pH determinations, …
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Utilization and effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams in educating special needs students
… and effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). The first assessed the use of MDTs in providing services to mentally handicapped (MH) and learning disabled (LD) students; the second examined factors that contributed to MDT effectiveness. Also investigated were team composition, courses …
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A constructivist grounded theory study of the decision-making processes of professionals in a Children’s Service, mixed multi-disciplinary assessment team
… a Children’s Services multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of educational, health and social care professionals. The study explores which aspects of the MDT strengthen and undermine collaborative work, and how this influences child assessment outcomes. The study was exploratory, using Constructivist …
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A Clinical audit of the transgender unit at Groote Schuur hospital
… clinical services of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) as recommended by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health 7th Version of Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (WPATH SOC 7) was assessed. In addition, an analysis of the …
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Modeling insect resistance to transgenic corn and cowpea
… expressing toxins delaying insect maturation (MDTs) are available for genetic engineering. A simulation model was used to investigate the possibility of the use of MDTs to manage C. maculatus. Specifically, I studied the effect of transgenic cowpea expressing a MDT, an insecticide, or both, on …
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Pause time: a multi-perspective exploration of person-centred care in an acute hospital: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study with older people, families and staff.
… perspectives of older people, their families and MDT members. The study in this thesis explores, interprets and illuminates the experiences of PCC from the perspectives of older people (without cognitive impairment), their families and members of the MDT in an acute medicine for the elderly unit. …
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An action research evaluation to understand and inform the role of the Integrated Care Pharmacist across health and social care
… of the health and social multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the IC program for East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELR CCG). Aim The aim of the study was to understand and inform this new role of the IC Pharmacist for ELRCCG and how to develop and sustain such a role. …
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WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY PERSPECTIVE
… original multidimensional development theory (MDT) that explains how developmental and environmental factors influence individuals’ privacy perceptions and subsequent privacy behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the MDT’s three dimensions – the self-ego dimension, …
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A retrospective single centre audit on gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours over a period of fifteen years
… surgical and oncological multidisciplinary team (MDT) between 2004 – 2019, gastric GISTs were evaluated as regards presentation, gastric anatomical position, histological subtype with risk stratification, management and outcomes. Results: Of 126 GIST tumours presenting to this MDT, 82 originated …
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QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN NHS HOSPITALS: THE IMPACT OF PRESCRIBING SYSTEMS
… were collected through multidisciplinary team (MDT) focus group discussions. The MDT discussions explored a number of areas associated with the prescribing systems in use: these included clinical workflow, communication, collaboration, patient safety and the use of a clinical indication on the …
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Exploring the reflective practice of a multidisciplinary team within an elite English football academy
… working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), interpret and implement The FA’s Plan-Do-Review model. Furthermore, how do academies mobilise reflective practice according to the values and unique cultural environment of the Club under the auspices of the Premier League’s Elite Player …
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Use of Aloe vera and Aloe marlothii materials as excipients in beads produced by extrusion–spheronization
… were analysed in terms of mean dissolution time (MDT) as well as fit factors (f₁ and f₂). The optimised bead formulations had dissolution profiles comparable to that of the formulation containing MCC alone at pH 1.2 and 4.5 (f₂ values > 70), but less comparable to the reference at pH 6.8 (50 < f₂< …
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High rate and ageing studies for the drift tubes of the Atlas Muon Spectrometer
… Collider LHC, relies on Monitored Drift Tubes (MDTs) for track reconstruction in most of its regions. The MDTs will have to sustain count rates up to 1500 Hz/cm and must be able to survive an accumulated charge of up to 0.6 C/cm during 10 years of operation. This thesis presents results of high …
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