137 research outputs found
sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 – Supplemental material for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic by Felicity Dewhurst, Louise Tomkow, Marie Poole, Emma McLellan, Tafadzwa Patience Kunonga, Efioanwan Damisa, Melanie Stowell, Chris Todd and Barbara Hanratty in Palliative Medicine</p
sj-pdf-3-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 – Supplemental material for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-3-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic by Felicity Dewhurst, Louise Tomkow, Marie Poole, Emma McLellan, Tafadzwa Patience Kunonga, Efioanwan Damisa, Melanie Stowell, Chris Todd and Barbara Hanratty in Palliative Medicine</p
sj-pdf-2-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 – Supplemental material for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-pmj-10.1177_02692163231188156 for Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives’ and professionals’ views of palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during the COVID-19 pandemic by Felicity Dewhurst, Louise Tomkow, Marie Poole, Emma McLellan, Tafadzwa Patience Kunonga, Efioanwan Damisa, Melanie Stowell, Chris Todd and Barbara Hanratty in Palliative Medicine</p
sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231192130 – Supplemental material for Advance care planning for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on home non-invasive ventilation: A qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators and patients’ and healthcare professionals’ recommendations
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231192130 for Advance care planning for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on home non-invasive ventilation: A qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators and patients’ and healthcare professionals’ recommendations by Emily Kavanagh, Grace Rowley, Lauri Simkiss, Elizabeth Woods, Craig Gouldthorpe, Kate Howorth, Max Charles, Rachel Kiltie, Hannah Billett, Francesca Mastaglio and Felicity Dewhurst in Palliative Medicine</p
Design for manufacture: a methodology to evaluate an aircraft design in order to ensure its manufacturability
No full textThe aim of the research is to develop a methodological analysis of problems in the
area of design for manufacture in low volume high complex products found in the
writer’s workplace. The majority of research in this area has been around high
volume products, such as automotive products and little consideration has been given
to designing complex products from industries like aircraft manufacture.
This research evaluates design for manufacture (DFM) information in the design lifecycle
(DLC). The author’s research introduces a unique DLC process, one which
structures decisions and data transfer through the DLC. The research also looks at
current academic work and introduces industrial issues present in today’s
environment.
It is crucial to the design of a product to select the appropriate design environment in
which it operates, as it will structure the way the engineering activities are established
and developed. It is also important for the organisation to decide on the environment
in which the design definition should evolve. Therefore the research reviews the
different design definition environments, these were carefully analysed by the author.
The evaluation of a design to ensure its manufacturability is a major element in the
research, a review of previous work has highlighted that within current publications
there has been little work in this area. The research has developed a methodology to
evaluate the robustness of a design. It not only looks at the engineering design but
also evaluates its adherence to customer requirements and the effect on cost for the
overall product life-cycle. It also considers industrial needs for a reduction in the
length of design life-cycle, while ensuring a reduction in manufacturing costs. There
are two main contributors to this, firstly the use of key characteristics and secondly,
the ability to control the manufacturability of a design. The author has developed a
novel software tool enabling efficient evaluation of a design.
The author discusses his contribution to existing knowledge in three main areas of the
research. The most significant being the introduction of a tool to evaluate a design
early in the design life-cycle to ensure manufacturability. To validate the research the
author introduces the reader to three experimental phases. He validates his
methodology by analysing the design of various aircraft assemblies discussing his
findings of how manufacturable the designs are. This leads to the conclusion that the
author’s research adds substantial knowledge to the area of design for manufacture
Development of Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA) Software in Bahasa Melayu
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to present a new DFMA software that is created in Bahasa Melayu. The software was developed to assist in teaching the subject Design for Manufacture and Assembly for undergraduate students. The software is created using Visual Basic and MySQL. The software is based on Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA methodology. Currently, teaching this subject uses manual procedure which is time consuming but it helps to strengthen the foundation of Boothroyd Dewhurst method. The software saves up to 97% of the time needed for manual procedure. This software is developed in
Bahasa Melayu to differentiate it from the official Boothroyd Dewhurst software and any other software related. Even though the contents are in Malay, there are also English
translation as most terms are familiar in English. Since the university had yet to obtain Boothroyd Dewhurst software, the
author refer its content with the promo version of the original Boothroyd Dewhurst software that was supplied by vendors
The prevalence of neurological disorders in the 70 years and older population of the Hai district in northern Tanzania
No full textMD Thesis (Some content has been removed due to privacy and copyright issues. The thesis can be viewed in full, on request via the print copy at the University Library)Aim
To determine the prevalence of neurological disorders in the 70 and over population of
the Hai district in northern Tanzania through the production and utilisation of a screening
questionnaire, and to describe the subtypes, the level of diagnosis, treatment and
associated disability.
Introduction
There are limited data on neurological disorder and disability prevalence from developing
countries despite a highlighted need from the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is
partly due to the lack of a feasible and valid screening tool.
Methods
A screening questionnaire was created and validated for use in the elderly population of a
developing country. A cross-sectional two phased epidemiological survey was then
performed in the Hai district demographic surveillance site (DSS) (n=161,119). 2232
participants (1/4 of the DSS 70+ population) were screened. Positive responders
underwent neurological assessment and were questioned regarding health seeking
behaviour. Disability assessment was performed using the Barthel Index.
Results
The screening questionnaire was validated in one randomly selected village (n=277).
Further substantiation was performed in a larger population (n=1955). The sensitivity and
specificity were 87.8-97.0% and 90.4-94.9% respectively. In 2232 participants, there were
384 neurological diagnoses amongst 349 people. The age adjusted prevalence of
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neurological diagnoses (95% confidence intervals (CI)) was 168.94/1000 (153.39 to
184.48). 58.6% had sought help for their symptoms, 14.6% had been correctly diagnosed
and 10.6% were on appropriate treatment. The age adjusted prevalence of severe and
moderate disability was 3.7% and 6.2% respectively. Those with neurological disorders
had significantly greater odds of disablement.
Conclusions
This is the first screening instrument to measure the prevalence of neurological disorders
specifically in an elderly population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is feasible and valid
with a high sensitivity and specificity. This is the first community-based neurological
disorder prevalence study specifically in the elderly in SSA. It reveals high neurological
morbidity and associated disability and low diagnosis and treatment levels
P-33 Digital bereavement training to produce compassionate employers and public facing organisations
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The natural history of the order Cetacea, and the oceanic inhabitants of the Arctic regions
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