STORYTELLING AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR HEALTH CONSUMERS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVENTION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH CROUP. STORIES TO COMMUNICATE HEALTH INFORMATION

Abstract Background Stories may be an effective tool to communicate with and influence patients because of their ability to engage the reader.The objective of this paper is to describe the development of a story-based intervention for delivery of health evidence to parents of children with croup for use in a randomized controlled trial.Methods A cr

Abstract Introduction This instructional video reviews the specific discrete steps of the infant lumbar puncture (ILP) procedure, the indications and contraindications of the procedure, the necessary equipment, and troubleshooting methods related to the procedure.ILP is a procedure by which cerebrospinal fluid is collected from the vertebral canal

Introduction: Orthodontics a unique branch in dentistry is inter-related with biology, mathematics and engineering sciences.Biomechanics is fundamental Collections to the practice of orthodontics.Stresses generated at any point during orthodontic treatment are critical in remodeling of bone and type of tooth movement.Aims and Objectives: The aim of

In recent times, the production of multidimensional data in various domains and their storage in array databases has witnessed a sharp increase; this rapid growth in data volumes necessitates compression in array databases.However, existing compression schemes used in array databases are general-purpose and not designed specifically for the databas

Summary: To understand the conditions necessary to initiate and terminate seizures, we investigate optogenetically induced hippocampal seizures with LFP, fMRI, and optogenetic inhibition.During afterdischarge induction using optogenetics, LFP recordings show that stimulations with earlier ictal onset times are more likely to result in afterdischarg