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University of Salford
Education•Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom•
About: University of Salford is a education organization based out in Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Thin film. The organization has 13049 authors who have published 22957 publications receiving 537330 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Salford Manchester & The University of Salford Manchester.
Topics: Population, Thin film, Health care, Poison control, Sputtering
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TL;DR: The low mortality rate supports the safety of UK anaesthetic care and numbers of patients managed by anaesthetists and details of 'who, when, what, and where' are surveyed, which should be valuable for planning and monitoring anaesthesia services.
Abstract: Background Details of current UK anaesthetic practice are unknown and were needed for interpretation of reports of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (GA) within the 5th National Audit Project. Methods We surveyed NHS anaesthetic activity to determine numbers of patients managed by anaesthetists and details of ‘who, when, what, and where': activity included GA, local anaesthesia, sedation, or patients managed awake. Anaesthetists in NHS hospitals collected data on all patients for 2 days. Scaling enabled estimation of annual activity. Results Hospital response rate was 100% with 20 400 returns. The median return rate within departments was 98% (inter-quartile range 0.95–1). Annual numbers (% of total) of general anaesthetics, sedation, and awake cases were 2 766 600 (76.9%), 308 800 (8.6%), and 523 100 (14.5%), respectively. A consultant or career grade anaesthetist was present in more than 87% of cases. Emergency cases accounted for 23.1% of workload, 75% of which were undertaken out of hours. Specialties with the largest workload were orthopaedics/trauma (22.1%), general surgery (16.1%), and gynaecology (9.6%): 6.2% of cases were non-surgical. The survey data describe: who anaesthetized patients according to time of day, urgency, and ASA grade; when anaesthesia took place by day and by weekday; the distribution of patient types, techniques, and monitoring; where patients were anaesthetized. Nine patients out of 15 460 receiving GA died intraoperatively. Conclusions Anaesthesia in the UK is currently predominantly a consultant-delivered service. The low mortality rate supports the safety of UK anaesthetic care. The survey data should be valuable for planning and monitoring anaesthesia services.
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University of Virginia Health System1, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg2, National Institute for Health Research3, St James's University Hospital4, University of Salford5, Yale University6, University of Southern California7, Queen's University8, University of Münster9, St Thomas' Hospital10, University of California, San Diego11, Fudan University12, Radboud University Nijmegen13, University of Florida14, Vanderbilt University Medical Center15, Vanderbilt University16, United States Department of Veterans Affairs17, Mayo Clinic18, Veterans Health Administration19, University of Alabama at Birmingham20, University of Padua21, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences22, University of Alberta23, Boston Children's Hospital24, University of Chicago25, University of California, San Francisco26, Royal Surrey County Hospital27, University of Michigan28, National Taiwan University29
TL;DR: An international group of experts including physicians, a nurse practitioner, and pharmacists provided a framework for current and future quality improvement projects in the area of AKI, with an aim to equip and encourage health care providers to establish quality care delivery for patients with AKI and to measure key quality indicators.
Abstract: AKI is a global concern with a high incidence among patients across acute care settings. AKI is associated with significant clinical consequences and increased health care costs. Preventive measures, as well as rapid identification of AKI, have been shown to improve outcomes in small studies. Providing high-quality care for patients with AKI or those at risk of AKI occurs across a continuum that starts at the community level and continues in the emergency department, hospital setting, and after discharge from inpatient care. Improving the quality of care provided to these patients, plausibly mitigating the cost of care and improving short- and long-term outcomes, are goals that have not been universally achieved. Therefore, understanding how the management of AKI may be amenable to quality improvement programs is needed. Recognizing this gap in knowledge, the 22nd Acute Disease Quality Initiative meeting was convened to discuss the evidence, provide recommendations, and highlight future directions for AKI-related quality measures and care processes. Using a modified Delphi process, an international group of experts including physicians, a nurse practitioner, and pharmacists provided a framework for current and future quality improvement projects in the area of AKI. Where possible, best practices in the prevention, identification, and care of the patient with AKI were identified and highlighted. This article provides a summary of the key messages and recommendations of the group, with an aim to equip and encourage health care providers to establish quality care delivery for patients with AKI and to measure key quality indicators.
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TL;DR: In this article, a flame assisted CVD process was proposed to control the film nanostructure, which is crucial in determining the photo and bioactivity of the combined film structure, and the transparency of the composite films.
Abstract: This paper describes how photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grown by thermal CVD, may be functionally and structurally modified by deposition of nano-structured silver via a novel flame assisted CVD process. The resulting composite films are shown to be highly durable, highly photocatalytically active and are also shown to possess strong antibacterial behaviour.
The deposition control, arising from the described approach, offers the potential to control the film nanostructure, which is proposed to be crucial in determining the photo and bio-activity of the combined film structure, and the transparency of the composite films.
Furthermore, we show that the resultant films also exhibit “self-regeneration” capability, in that they both kill bacteria present on the film surface and then photo-degrade the residues. Such a dual action significantly reducing the problems of surface deactivation due to build up of contamination.
These properties are especially significant when combined with the well-known durability of CVD deposited thin films, offering new opportunities for enhanced application in areas where bioactive surface functionality is sought.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the effect of continuous summative assessment on the behaviour and learning environment of students and conclude that the rewards of an enhanced learning environment for students outweigh the additional burden on staff.
Abstract: This paper reports the effect of continuous summative assessment on the behaviour and learning environment of students. Assessing the performance of students is considered to be the most important thing a teacher can do for their students and it can have a profound effect on their learning. Continuous summative assessment was introduced as a form of assessment on a module within an undergraduate degree at a UK university. Student perceptions of the process were sought via a questionnaire and interviews. The paper describes the effect the assessment had on student motivation, their approach to learning and the change to their learning environment. The conclusion reached is that while continuous summative assessment may be time‐consuming to administer, the rewards of an enhanced learning environment for students outweigh the additional burden on staff. The results should be of interest to those academics who are concerned with assessment and its impact on behaviour.
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TL;DR: The gender specific values of σ, ε, K, and E of the patellar tendon are determined in vivo through voluntary isometric contractions monitored with B‐mode ultrasonography to determine whether there are gender differences in tendon structural and mechanical properties.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Hongjie Dai | 197 | 570 | 182579 |
Michael P. Lisanti | 151 | 631 | 85150 |
Matthew Jones | 125 | 1161 | 96909 |
David W. Denning | 113 | 736 | 66604 |
Wayne Hall | 111 | 1260 | 75606 |
Richard Gray | 109 | 808 | 78580 |
Christopher E.M. Griffiths | 108 | 671 | 47675 |
Thomas P. Davis | 107 | 724 | 41495 |
Nicholas Tarrier | 92 | 326 | 25881 |
David M. A. Mann | 88 | 338 | 43292 |
Ajith Abraham | 86 | 1113 | 31834 |
Federica Sotgia | 85 | 247 | 28751 |
Mike Hulme | 84 | 300 | 35436 |
Robert N. Foley | 84 | 260 | 31580 |
Richard Baker | 83 | 514 | 22970 |