86 research outputs found
Managing care in gynaecological cancers: Role of health communication in enabling women’s health choices in India
No full textCancer care has several constraints for patients, providers and personal caregivers in low and middle income countries especially India. Using qualitative methods, 60 in-depth interviews were conducted with these stakeholder groups underpinned by the communicative rationality framework and the health belief model. Findings reveal the existence of collusion; dearth of support services; burnout and loneliness of healthcare providers. The research has proposed a collaborative communicative model and recommends context specific research in the care continuum
Author Correction: COVID-19 vaccine guidance for patients with cancer participating in oncology clinical trials
No full textIn the original version of this Perspective, the name of the author Giuseppe Curigliano was incorrectly written as Guiseppe Curigiliano. The affiliations have been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the manuscrip
Author Correction: EGFR and HER2 exon 20 insertions in solid tumours: from biology to treatment (Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, (2022), 19, 1, (51-69), 10.1038/s41571-021-00558-1)
No full textGynaecological Cancers in India: The Less Heard Perspectives of Healthcare Providers
No full textThere has been mounting evidence on the role of healthcare providers in chronic illnesses such as cancer. The specific complexities in their roles to enable health are less heard. Gynaecological cancers have several undercurrents beyond the obvious. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare providers in Southern India (n = 35) and the data presented in this article were collected as a part of a larger study on the role of communication in the management of gynaecological cancers in India. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data provided information on the providers’ perspectives of gynaecological cancers. Patient numbers, cost, time, cultural norms, context, and institutional constraints in cancer care provision are just some of the factors impacting care provision. Healthcare providers are typically acknowledged for the criticality of their roles in the continuum of care. However, our research suggests that the psychological harm and challenges they themselves may face in providing that care are severely neglected. Through listening to healthcare provider voices, clear solutions emerge to better support the practice of those who are responsible for cancer care
Novel Simulator for Wireline Mini-Fracture Testing
No full textWireline Mini-Fracture testing jobs consist of a short duration, small volume fracturing operation inside an open-hole borehole, where a certain amount of fluid is injected into the formation at constant rate using a Wireline Modular conveyed tool as a source of hydraulic power to pressurize the wellbore. The tool is configured with an inflatable straddle packer and an internal pump, which inflate/deflates the packers and supplies pressure to the formation until a hydraulic fracture is induced. This procedure is used to determine in–situ formation breakdown and closure pressure also known as minimum horizontal closure pressure. This provides vital information regarding hydraulic fracture design, water and gas injection management, fault re-activation, wellbore stability, sand production, rock mechanical properties, casing string design, cap and base rock integrity and gas storage design. Geomechanical and operational parameters such as, elastic properties, poro-elasticity, rock strength, formation pore pressure, far field horizontal stress, permeability/porosity distributions, borehole fluid properties among others, influences the performance of the Mini-Frac Jobs. In many cases poor understanding of the reservoir response to the fracture process, caused that the hydraulic fracture did not propagate deep into the formation. In other cases the pressure applied to the formation might be insufficient to break down the formation, leading to unsatisfactory application of the Mini-Fracture technique in the process. The objective of this thesis is to develop a Mini-Facture application simulator that uses the geomechanical and operational parameters that control the performance of a Mini-Fracture job and estimate the possibility of the occurrence of a tensile failure in the formation. The simulator is then validated by comparing its output with the results of stress test done in the field. With this simulator petrotechnical professionals and field engineers will have a platform that simulates the pressure responses and fracture initialization during Mini-Frac treatments, incorporating all the variables affecting a Wireline Mini-Fracture job, helping the design engineer to make key decisions about the ultimate or required fracture plan. Furthermore the simulator will reduce the uncertainties that limit the reliability of the Wireline Mini-Fracture treatment by allowing the selection of appropriate tool configuration based on the job objectives and the geological environmental conditions. Finally this project demonstrates that combining the appropriate constitutive relations that reflect the coupling among the tool operational performance with wellbore flow, reservoir and geomechanics modelling a Mini-Fracture simulator can be developed.Petroleum EngineeringGeoscience & EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Information Technology: Equalizer or Separator of Developing Countries?
No full textThe author discusses about the Information technology scenario in developing countries
China promotes traditional medicine
No full textThe author reports the promotional activities undertaken by China in the field of traditional medicine
Is mathematics research in India on the decline?
No full textIn this paper the author analyses the research dynamics of Mathematics research in India using the multidisciplinary database Science Citation Index®
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Correspondence on "Diabetes Research in India"
No full textThis is a correspondence generated by the article "Diabetes research in India" between the author, A. Subiah Arunachalam and Rosalind Marita
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