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Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings (2017)
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Background: Care homes are the institutional providers of long-term care for older people. The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ h... Read More about Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings.

Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study (2017)
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Introduction Care home residents are relatively high users of healthcare resources and may have complex needs. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) may benefit care home residents and improve efficiency of care delivery. This is an approach t... Read More about Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study.

Relative pavement performance for dual and wide-based tyre assemblies using a finite element method (2017)
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There is a need to assess the realistic tire contact pressure created by a tire in contact with a pavement. The contact pressure is a function of tire type, axle loading, and tire inflation pressure (TiP). The research carried out considered dual tir... Read More about Relative pavement performance for dual and wide-based tyre assemblies using a finite element method.

New horizons in geriatric medicine education and training: The need for pan-European education and training standards (2017)
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The ageing population ought to be celebrated as evidence for the efficacy of modern medicine, but the challenge that this demographic shift presents for 21st century healthcare systems, with increasing numbers of people living with multi-morbidity an... Read More about New horizons in geriatric medicine education and training: The need for pan-European education and training standards.

Laboratory evaluation of Rediset modified bitumen based on rheology and adhesion properties (2017)
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Warm mix asphalt (WMA) could significantly reduce the production temperature of asphalt mixtures. Lower production temperature meaning reduced fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission which in turn avoid environmental pollution in the road... Read More about Laboratory evaluation of Rediset modified bitumen based on rheology and adhesion properties.

Evaluation of bio-materials’ rejuvenating effect on binders for high-reclaimed asphalt content mixtures (2017)
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The interest in using bio-materials in pavement engineering has grown significantly over the last decades due to environmental concerns about the use of non-recoverable natural resources. In this paper, bio-materials are used together with Reclaimed... Read More about Evaluation of bio-materials’ rejuvenating effect on binders for high-reclaimed asphalt content mixtures.

The physician’s role in perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery (2017)
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Life-sustaining and life-improving surgical interventions are increasingly available to older, frailer patients, many of whom have multimorbidity. Physicians can help support perioperative multidisciplinary teams with assessment and preoperative opti... Read More about The physician’s role in perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery.

Factors related to medical students’ and doctors’ attitudes towards older patients: a systematic review (2017)
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Background: Studies have sought to identify the possible determinants of medical students’ and doctors’ attitudes towards older patients by examining relationships with a variety of demographic, educational/training, and job factors. This review coll... Read More about Factors related to medical students’ and doctors’ attitudes towards older patients: a systematic review.

Benchmarking the prevalence of care problems in UK care homes using the LPZ-i: a feasibility study (2017)
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Background: UK care homes have no mechanism for counting, collating or analyzing prevalence of care problems to benchmark quality of care. This study investigated the feasibility of the International Prevalence Measurement of Quality of... Read More about Benchmarking the prevalence of care problems in UK care homes using the LPZ-i: a feasibility study.

Evaluation of the degradation of fine asphalt-aggregate mixtures containing high reclaimed asphalt pavement contents (2017)
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This paper evaluates the mechanical properties and performance of the fine aggregate matrix (FAM) existing within full reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) asphalt mixtures, in terms of their rheological and fatigue deterioration properties. The RAP mate... Read More about Evaluation of the degradation of fine asphalt-aggregate mixtures containing high reclaimed asphalt pavement contents.

Being the ‘med reg’: an exploration of junior doctors’ perceptions of the medical registrar role (2017)
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The role of the medical registrar is a challenging one and is acknowledged as being a disincentive to a career in medicine for some junior doctors. We set out to build a broader understanding of the role through exploration of Foundation Doctors’ and... Read More about Being the ‘med reg’: an exploration of junior doctors’ perceptions of the medical registrar role.

Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine (2017)
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Background: There is global concern that there are insufficient numbers of geriatricians to meet the needs of the ageing population. A 2005 survey described factors that influenced why UK geriatricians had chosen to specialise in the field - in the d... Read More about Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine.

Moisture damage evaluation of aggregate–bitumen bonds with the respect of moisture absorption, tensile strength and failure surface (2017)
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The moisture-induced deterioration of asphalt mixture is because of the loss of adhesion at the aggregate–bitumen interface and/or the loss of cohesion within the bitumen film. An experimental study was undertaken in this paper to characterise the ef... Read More about Moisture damage evaluation of aggregate–bitumen bonds with the respect of moisture absorption, tensile strength and failure surface.

Structural design of pavements incorporating foamed bitumen mixtures (2017)
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This paper presents a rational structural design methodology termed the ‘cumulative damage approach’ for road, port and airport pavements incorporating cold bituminous mixtures with foamed bitumen. This has been developed along with a laboratory test... Read More about Structural design of pavements incorporating foamed bitumen mixtures.

The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study (2017)
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BACKGROUND: Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. We describe here research to define cor... Read More about The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study.

Exploring gastrointestinal variables affecting drug and formulation behavior: methodologies, challenges and opportunities (2016)
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Various gastrointestinal (GI) factors affect drug and formulation behavior after oral administration, including GI transfer, motility, pH and GI fluid volume and composition. An in-depth understanding of these physiological and anatomical variables i... Read More about Exploring gastrointestinal variables affecting drug and formulation behavior: methodologies, challenges and opportunities.

Moisture sensitivity examination of asphalt mixtures using thermodynamic, direct adhesion peel and compacted mixture mechanical tests (2016)
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Moisture damage in asphalt mixtures is a complicated mode of pavement distress that results in the loss of stiffness and structural strength of the asphalt pavement layers. This paper evaluated the moisture sensitivity of different aggregate–bitumen... Read More about Moisture sensitivity examination of asphalt mixtures using thermodynamic, direct adhesion peel and compacted mixture mechanical tests.

New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia (2016)
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The optimal management of hypertension in people with dementia is uncertain. This review explores if people with dementia experience greater adverse effects from antihypertensive medications, if cognitive function is protected or worsened by controll... Read More about New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia.

Frailsafe: from conception to national breakthrough collaborative (2016)
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The number of people aged over 60 years worldwide is projected to rise from 605 million in 2000 to almost 2 billion by 2050, while those over 80 years will quadruple to 395 million. Two-thirds of UK acute hospital admissions are over 65, the highest... Read More about Frailsafe: from conception to national breakthrough collaborative.

A systematic mapping review of outdoor activities and mobility in care homes (2016)
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Background: Care home residents should be offered opportunities to participate in meaningful activities in an environment of their choice (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2013). Whilst outdoor activities and mobility are believed t... Read More about A systematic mapping review of outdoor activities and mobility in care homes.