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Selective Mutism And Art Therapies
… anxiety, linguistic and motor disorders. Current therapies include a mix of anti-anxiety medication, behavioral modification therapy and anxiety reduction techniques.</p> <p> Art therapy, (dance, drama and theater), has been shown to be beneficial in reducing anxiety and encouraging communication …
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Supervision in the Psychological Therapies
… and therapeutic outcomes in the psychological therapies. Research investigating the contribution of supervision to therapeutic outcomes is limited and often methodologically weak (e.g. Freitas, 2002; Inman & Ladany, 2008; Watkins, 2011b; Wheeler & Richards, 2007a, 2007b). Watkins (2011b) …
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Computational modelling of hydrogel therapies
Myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) are a type of cardiovascular disease that affects a large population of people around the world. They lead to the death of heart tissue, which is eventually replaced by scar tissue in a non-reversible process. Scar tissue does not behave like normal heart …
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Behavioral Therapies in Cardiac Rehabilitation [poster]
… knowledge supports the efficacy of behavioral therapies in lifestyle changes and their lasting outcomes. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was conducted to summarize current evidence on the efficacy of behavioral therapies within cardiac rehabilitation programs. A search was …
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Targeted therapies in mantle cell lymphoma
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is characterized by the presence of the t(11 ;14)(g13 ;g32) translocation which results in cyclin Dl over-expression. MCL is one of the most difficult lymphoproliferative disorders to manage with a median survival rate of 43 months from diagnosis. The poor prognosis …
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Developing novel therapies for Mycobacterium abscessus
… wide range of the currently available antibiotic therapies. In particular, it causes problems in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) with evidence of marked inflammation, frequent infective exacerbations and an accelerated decline in lung function. Current treatment outcomes are extremely poor. …
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis: towards improved adjunctive therapies
… (PTB) treatment outcomes with adjunctive immunotherapies requires investigation. L-arginine and vitamin D have antimycobacterial properties which render them suitable candidates. Therefore the Arginine and Vitamin D Adjunctive therapy in Pulmonary TB (AVDAPT) trial evaluates these supplements in …
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis: towards improved adjunctive therapies
… (PTB) treatment outcomes with adjunctive immunotherapies requires investigation. L-arginine and vitamin D have antimycobacterial properties which render them suitable candidates. Therefore the Arginine and Vitamin D Adjunctive therapy in Pulmonary TB (AVDAPT) trial evaluates these supplements in …
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The Immunogenicity of Cholangiocyte Cellular Therapies
… so development of cholangiocyte cellular therapies capable of replacing or repairing damaged bile ducts would have significant therapeutic value. The safety of such therapies must be assessed before they are suitable for clinical translation and an essential component of that is an …
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Engineering Intratumoral Cytokine Therapies for Cancer
Immunotherapies enable effective, long-lasting anti-tumor immunity for some cancer patients. Cytokines are key signaling proteins that help activate and sustain critical immune cells during this process. Unfortunately, traditional cytokine therapies suffer from low efficacy and high systemic …
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Bioelectrical strategies for image-guided therapies
… of cardiac ablation and other minimally-invasive therapies. The first method, the Inverse Solution Guidance Algorithm (ISGA), is for the non-invasive and rapid localization of the site of origin of an arrhythmia and an ablation catheter tip from body-surface ECG signals. We have substantially …
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The Impact of Traditional Therapies, Creative Therapies, and Canine-Assisted Psychotherapy on Counselor Burnout in Mental Health Counseling
… among the counseling approaches of traditional therapies, creative therapies, and canine-assisted psychotherapy (CAP). An area of particular interest for this study was CAP. Research has shown that dogs can have positive physiological effects in humans, as well as positive benefits in the …
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Toward model-driven development of viral therapies
… provides design rules for future oncolytic virotherapies.
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Development of novel therapies for gut dysbioses
… findings in this Thesis will lead to new therapies that will result in significant clinical improvements.
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Intracavitary ultrasound phased arrays for thermal therapies
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1997.
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Development of Therapies to Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease
… thus it has critical to determine possible drug therapies for the treatment of PKD. Previous studies showed that cyst fluid caused a secretory response in cells lining the cysts. We hypothesized that once the cyst have expanded and become so large that they burst or leak, which could also occur …
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InterNAV2.0: Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Tumour Ablative Therapies
… platform is being developed for tumour ablative therapies using minimally invasive robotic sys tems. As a proof-of-concept for the platform, a system has been built for Brachytherapy as a treatment for lung cancer. This system uses a navigational software, InterNAVl.0, to consolidate ultrasound …
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Novel Immunometabolic Therapies and Prognostic Markers for Lymphedema
Lymphedema is a chronic, disabling health condition affecting over 40 million people globally. There are limited treatments for lymphedema and none are effective for the late stages of the disease. Fibrosis is a key pathology contributing to the chronic irreversibility of this clinical entity. New …
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Mechanisms of artralgia in targeted therapies for cancer
Mnoho protinádorových cílených terapií má za následek neinvazivní bolesti kloubů, artralgii. Mechanismus signalizace bolesti v artralgii není zcela pochopen, ale mnoho studií vede k závěru, že zánětlivé cytokiny hrají důležitou roli v artralgii. Zvláště interleukin (IL)-6 byl detekován ve vysokých …
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