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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"RZ Other systems of medicine"”.
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The incidence of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities
… disabilities account for a minor proportion of the population, with reported prevalence rates in developed countries in the range of 3-6 per 1000 adults (Beange & Taplin, 1996; McGrother et al, 2002; McConkey et al, 2006) but have very high health needs and thus make up a proportionally …
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Application of radioisotope imaging and therapy in patients with breast carcinomas that express the sodium iodide symporter gene
… which is located in the basolateral membrane of the thyroid follicular cell, catalyses an active transport mechanism allowing Iodide, an essential component of the thyroid hormones Tri-iodothyronine(T3) and Thyroxine(T4), to accumulate in the thyroid gland. Differentiated thyroid cancers …
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Prevalence and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: a community study
… in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Clinical trials of antiparkinson medication have also shown a subset of patients labelled as having PD have normal functional brain dopaminergic imaging. Conditions commonly misdiagnosed as PD include Essential tremor (ET), vascular Parkinsonism (VP) and dystonic …
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Optimising Outcome for Achilles Tendinopathy: An Exploration into Cognitive and Contextual Factors
… required to understand the ‘specific’ influences of exercise, for example, the ideal exercise type, number of sets and repetitions remain uncertain. However, this thesis aimed to develop insight into optimising outcomes by considering factors not previously investigated in tendinopathy research; …
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Neologism production in jargon aphasia
… connected speech is composed almost entirely of neologisms. Despite the general intelligibility of his speech, LT is able to produce discrete responses in picture naming tasks. Neologisms were investigated for their phonemic content. Non word responses maintained the normal English …
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National Patient Flow Framework: An Ontological Patient-oriented Redesign
… and measure patient satisfaction and treatment of the patient flow process. Based on ontology, it will redesign the core patient flow processes with the simultaneous introduction of a patient-oriented model that will conceptualise and implement this ontological framework. A gap regarding …
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Wettability and hydrophilicity of rigid and soft contact lens surfaces
In the last two decades an abundance of contact lens materials with unknown surface properties have been introduced as well as new contact lens design. Recent studies have identified the importance of physical and chemical interactions between materials and liquids. The purpose of this experimental …
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Development of an 'individualised sensory environment' for adults with learning disabilities and an evaluation of its effects on their interactive behaviours
… thesis is about the development and evaluation of an intervention incorporating structured sensory stimulation. It was designed for use with adults with learning disabilities who were not yet intentional communicators. The intervention was termed an 'Individualised Sensory Environment' (I.S.E.). …
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The industrial consequences of deficiencies of colour vision
A number of industries involved with coloured products were surveyed to assess the role of visual colour judgement in the processes and determine the industrial handicap of defective colour vision. The colour vision testing policies of the individual companies were investigated and an attempt was …
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Colour constancy: human mechanisms and machine algorithms
… Colour constancy may be defined as the ability of the visual system to maintain a constant colour percept of a surface despite varying conditions of illumination. Instantaneous, in this context, refers to effects which happen very rapidly with the change of illumination, rather than those which …
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Sentence processing in aphasia : single case treatment studies
… study presents three single case investigations of sentence processing disorders in aphasia. Assessment of the subjects was guided by models of normal sentence production and comprehension, and involved several new tests which were developed to investigate particular aspects of processing. The …
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The Achilles tendon : an evaluation of the healing processes occuring with chronic pathology; using a prospective comparison study of conservative treatment regimes and micro-current application
… tissue itself. The resultant pathology can often result in loss of strength or pain in the area. The healing processes of tendon tissue are not well understood and the difficulty In the clinical management of pathology reflects this. Current treatment of this type of Injury Is dependent upon …
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Visual performance in the mesopic range
The aims of this work were to assess the effects of different stimulus parameters on chromatic sensitivity, with particular emphasis on the effect of retinal illumination, and to investigate aspects of suprathreshold visual performance under mesopic conditions. All investigations were performed …
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A systems analysis of the employment problems of people with epilepsy.
… review is presented, leading to the development of a biopsychosocial framework of medical, psychosocial and occupational factors. Relationships suggested by the literature were empirically tested in three samples of employed people with epilepsy in two major UK organisations. Methods included …
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Parental attributions regarding sleep problems of children with an autism spectrum disorder or Down syndrome, and clinical research portfolio
… about their child’s sleep problem, in parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and parents of children with Down Syndrome. Seventy-six parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and fifty-two parents of children with Down Syndrome completed a series of questionnaires …
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Assessment and optimisation of digital radiography systems for clinical use
… has long been available in radiology in the form of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound. Initially the transition to general radiography was slow and fragmented but in the last 10-15 years in particular, huge investment by the manufacturers, greater and …
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Imitation of atypical biological motion in autism spectrum disorders
The aim of the present thesis was to examine imitation of biological motion in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Using a novel behavioural protocol, adults with autism and matched neurotypical control adults imitated models that displayed distinctly different, but biological believable …
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