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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 & Context (language use). 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, Context (language use), Health care, Thin film, Ion
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TL;DR: Find the incidence and risk factors for POCD in elderly patients undergoing minor surgery and type of surgery and hospitalization are found to be important prognostic factors.
Abstract: Keywords:General anesthesia;minor surgery;out-patient surgery;cognitive dysfunction Background: Major surgery is frequently associated with postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients. Type of surgery and hospitalization may be important prognostic factors. The aims of the study were to find the incidence and risk factors for POCD in elderly patients undergoing minor surgery. Methods: We enrolled 372 patients aged greater than 60 years scheduled for minor surgery under general anesthesia. According to local practice, patients were allocated to either in- (199) or out-patient (173) care. Cognitive function was assessed using neuropsychological testing preoperatively and 7 days and 3 months postoperatively. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction was defined using Z-score analysis. Results: At 7 days, the incidence (confidence interval) of POCD in patients undergoing minor surgery was 6.8% (4.3–10.1). At 3 months the incidence of POCD was 6.6% (4.1–10.0). Logistic regression analysis identified the following significant risk factors: age greater than 70 years (odds ratio [OR]: 3.8 [1.7–8.7], P = 0.01) and in- vs. out-patient surgery (OR: 2.8 [1.2–6.3], P = 0.04). Conclusions: Our finding of less cognitive dysfunction in the first postoperative week in elderly patients undergoing minor surgery on an out-patient basis supports a strategy of avoiding hospitalization of older patients when possible.
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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of how satellite remote sensing has been used in forest resource assessment since the launch of the first Earth resources satellite sensor (ERTS) in 1972 can be found in this paper.
Abstract: Three decades have passed since the launch of the first international satellite sensor programme designed for monitoring Earth’s resources. Over this period, forest resources have come under increasing pressure, thus their management and use should be underpinned by information on their properties at a number of levels. This paper provides a comprehensive review of how satellite remote sensing has been used in forest resource assessment since the launch of the first Earth resources satellite sensor (ERTS) in 1972. The use of remote sensing in forest resource assessment provides three levels of information; namely (1) the spatial extent of forest cover, which can be used to assess the spatial dynamics of forest cover; (2) forest type and (3) biophysical and biochemical properties of forests. The assessment of forest information over time enables the comprehensive monitoring of forest resources. This paper provides a comprehensive review of how satellite remote sensing has been used to date and, building on...
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TL;DR: Two biological therapies, etanercept (Enbrel) and efalizumab (Raptiva) were licensed in 2004 in the U.K. for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and have emerged over the last 3–5 years as potentially valuable alternative therapeutic options.
Abstract: Psoriasis is a common, persistent, relapsing inflammatory
skin disease that can be associated with significant morbidity.
Quality of life studies in psoriasis reveal a negative
impact on patients comparable with that seen in cancer,
arthritis and heart disease.1–5 Patients with severe disease
constitute approximately 20–30% of all patients with psoriasis,
often require systemic treatment, and represent a major
economic burden to the Health Service.
All standard systemic therapies for severe disease are associated
with the potential for major long-term toxicity, many
are expensive, and a proportion of patients has treatmentresistant
disease.6 Biological therapies or ‘biologics’ describe
agents designed to block specific molecular steps important
in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and have emerged over the
last 3–5 years as potentially valuable alternative therapeutic
options.
Currently, biological therapies for psoriasis comprise two
main groups: (i) agents targeting the cytokine tumour
necrosis factor (TNF)-a (e.g. etanercept, infliximab, adalimumab)
and (ii) agents targeting T cells or antigen-presenting
cells (e.g. efalizumab, alefacept). Two of these,
etanercept (Enbrel) and efalizumab (Raptiva) were
licensed in 2004 in the U.K. for patients with moderate to
severe psoriasis.
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TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual model, based on joint research, which has been developed to identify where UK's best practice companies are in their quest to become agile manufacturing organizations, is presented.
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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 |