A CASE STUDY EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A CARE PATHWAY TO SUPPORT NORMAL BIRTH IN ONE ENGLISH BIRTH CENTRE: ANTICIPATED BENEFITS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Abstract Background The policy drive for the UK National Health Service (NHS) has focused on the need for high quality services informed by evidence of best practice.The introduction of care pathways and protocols to standardise care and support implementation of evidence into practice has taken place across the NHS with limited evaluation of their

Abstract Background Accumulating evidence suggests that enhanced adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) are associated with metabolic disorders in obesity and type 2 diabetes.However, therapeutic persistence and reduced homing stem cell function following cell delivery remains a critical hurdle for the clinical translation of stem cells in current appro

Introduction: MEN 2B syndrome is distinguished by the occurrence of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, mucosal neuromas, marfanoid features, and skeletal anomalies, including kyphoscoliosis, joint laxity, pes cavus, and, in a smaller number of cases, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE).Case report: We describe a case report of a 15-ye

The discovery of photonic crystals 30 years ago in conjunction with research advances in plasmonics and metamaterials, has inspired the concept of decameter scale metasurfaces, coined seismic metamaterials for an enhanced control of surface (Love and Rayleigh) and jumbo wind gold bulk (shear and pressure) elastodynamic waves.These powerful mathemat

This paper documents the socialization process of beginner-level Japanese university students into an on-campus English lounge over a year.Although initially feeling highly stressed, ten out of 37 students successfully continued their bi-weekly visits to the English lounge over a full academic year by going there as a small group of three to four s