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Supportive care: the "keystone" of modern oncology practice
(2023)The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) defines supportive care as "the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. This includes management of physical and ... -
Taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
(2023)Purpose: The purpose of this scoping review is to appraise the published literature on taste disturbance in patients with advanced cancer, with the specific objectives being to determine its prevalence, clinical features ... -
Circadian rhythm disorders in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review
(2023)Circadian rhythms can be demonstrated in several biomarkers and behavioural activities, with rhythmical patterns occurring roughly over a 24-h period. Circadian disorders occur in patients with cancer and may be associated ... -
Challenges to delivering evidence-based palliative medicine
(2023)Established as a medical specialty in 1987, palliative medicine approaches middle age facing existential questions of identity, purpose and vision. Time has weakened strong foundations laid by Dame Cicely Saunders in ... -
Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
(2023)Background: The aim of this project was to review the literature on dry mouth / xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer, with the objectives being to determine its prevalence, clinical features, and complications. Methods: ... -
Vital signs in palliative care: a scoping review
(2023)Vital signs are routinely measured in secondary healthcare settings and can be used to detect clinical problems, guide treatment, and monitor response to treatment. Vital signs are less frequently measured in palliative ... -
Validation of a French version of the Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool in cancer patients: factorial structure, reliability and responsiveness
(2023)Objective: Breakthrough cancer pain should be properly assessed for better-personalized treatment plan. The Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool is a 14-item tool validated in English developed for this purpose; no French ... -
International e-Delphi consensus recommendations for the assessment and diagnosis of circadian rest-activity rhythm disorders (CARDs) in patients with cancer
(2023)Purpose: Circadian rest-Activity Rhythm Disorders (CARDs) are common in patients with cancer, particularly in advanced disease. CARDs are associated with increased symptom burden, poorer quality of life, and shorter survival. ... -
Unifying Theories of Programming
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Monthly engagement with EIP keyworkers was associated with a five-fold increase in the odds of engagement with psychosocial interventions
(2024)Background: Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) supports people who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis (FEP). A new Model of Care (MoC) for EIP services was launched in Ireland in 2019. Three EIP demonstration ... -
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of an early intervention in psychosis service in three demonstration sites in Ireland
(2023)Background: Programmes for early intervention (EIP) in psychosis for people experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP) have been found to be both clinically and cost effective. Following the publication of a new EIP ... -
Lovecraftian Horror in Story-Driven Games: Narrative Design Challenges and Solutions
(Springer Verlag, 2023)Cosmic horror, or Lovecraftian horror, is an important subgenre in horror fiction, which is concerned with the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible. In cosmic horror, the thin veil of human sense-making through ... -
What Really Happened Here? Dealing with Uncertainty in the Book of Distance: A Critical Historiography Perspective
(Springer Verlag, 2023)Uncertain cultural heritage presents a dilemma in its narrative representation. History seeks to push a grand narrative, at the expense of less convenient narratives. Critical historiographic approaches favor the consideration ... -
Specialist palliative for patients with cancer: more than end-of-life care
(2023)Palliative care has traditionally focused on end-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer. This has since expanded to include symptom management and quality-of-life improvement from the moment of cancer diagnosis. ... -
Pregnancy, birth and neonatal outcomes associated with reduced fetal movement: a systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomised studies
(2023)Problem: Maternal perception of reduced fetal movements (RFM) is identified as an important alarm signal for possible risk of impending adverse perinatal outcomes. Background: Perinatal outcomes associated with RFM are ... -
A method of producing a composition comprising calcium aluminate
(European (EPO) Patent Application, European (EPO) Patent Application, 2023)The present invention relates to method of producing a composition comprising calcium aluminate. Also disclosed are compositions comprising calcium aluminate obtained from the methods and their use as binders, cements, ... -
A binding composition and method for producing the binding composition.
(European patent agency, European patent agency, 2023)The present invention relates to binding compositions. Also disclosed are methods for producing the binding compositions and use of the binding compositions as binders, cements, and in concretes. Also disclosed are ... -
New-Materialist Bricolage: Presenting an Ontological Position for Qualitative Internet-Based Research
(2025)The purpose of this paper is to make a novel contribution to new-materialist approaches, toward advancing existing ontological debates. We present a new-materialist bricolage method that was developed from an existing ... -
Theory of liquid and plastic limits for fine soils, methods of determination and outlook
(2024)Albert Atterberg introduced various consistency limits (state transitions) for fine-grained soil in the 1910s. Of these, the liquid limit (LL) and plastic limit (PL) are ubiquitous in geotechnical engineering practice, ... -
On the Interactions Between Narrative Puzzles and Navigation Aids in Open World Games
(Springer Verlag, 2023)Narrative puzzles feature prominently in story-based open world video games where they form part of the progression of a narrative and require exploration and logical and creative thinking to solve. Open world games use ...
