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A short measure of quality of life in older age: the performance of the brief Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief)
No full textPromoting quality of life in older age is an internationally recognized priority, requiring valid measurement. We present a short version of the established Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief). The full OPQOL-35 was original in being developed from the perspectives of older people, assessed conceptually, and validated with a population sample using gold-standard psychometric assessment. The OPQOL-brief was also developed by asking older people to prioritize the most important items from the OPQOL-35, next assessed psychometrically with a population sample, and also statistically against the discarded 22 items. The aim was to assess the psychometric properties of the short, 13-item version of the OPQOL (OPQOL-brief), and to compare the performance of included and discarded items. The method was a national population survey of people aged 65+ living at home. The measures were OPQOL-brief, WHOQOL-QOL and CASP-19. The OPQOL-brief was found to be a highly reliable and valid, short measure of quality of life in older age. The OPQOL-brief is of value in assessment of interventions where a rigorously tested, short measure is required. The grounded development of the instrument is consistent with international policy emphasis on user involvement in shaping policy and researc
sj-pdf-2-dem-10.1177_14713012211053971 – Supplemental Material for Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-dem-10.1177_14713012211053971 for Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review by Patricia Masterson-Algar, Maria Cheshire Allen, Martin Hyde, Norah Keating and Gill Windle in Dementia</p
sj-pdf-1-dem-10.1177_14713012211053971 – Supplemental Material for Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-dem-10.1177_14713012211053971 for Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of people with dementia and their carers: A scoping review by Patricia Masterson-Algar, Maria Cheshire Allen, Martin Hyde, Norah Keating and Gill Windle in Dementia</p
January Gill O\u27Neil, 38th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textJanuary Gill O\u27Neil is the author of Misery Islands and Underlife, both published by CavanKerry Press. She is the executive director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and an assistant professor of English at Salem State University. She is a graduate of Old Dominion University
Supplemental Material - Peer support for people living with rare or young onset dementia: An integrative review
No full textSupplemental Material for Peer support for people living with rare or young onset dementia: An integrative review by Mary Pat Sullivan, Veronika Williams, Adetola Grillo, Roberta McKee-Jackson, Paul M Camic, Gill Windle, Joshua Stott, Emily Brotherhood and Sebastian J Crutch in Dementia</p
Poser
No full textPoser is a book of poems consisting of seven sections. The poems inside the book deal with a range of topics, but focus centrally around the development of identity in contemporary society. The work calls to question the paths human beings seek in order to affirm selfhood, and deals heavily with the psychological problem known as "Imposter Syndrome." The sections address distinct periods of development and their corresponding spiritual, social, and human inquiries, which end up defining the shapes of our lives.M.F.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Evan Gill Smit
Gill R. Role of Flouride on Thyroid Hormone Imbalance. Review Article Role of Flouride on Thyroid Hormone Imbalance –A Mini Review
No full textIn India, both Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) and fluorosis (due to consumption of excess Corresponding Author fluoride), are the two most prevalent endemic diseases which coexist in certain regions in the Dr. Ravneet Gill country. Fluorosis is associated with delayed tooth Student (Externship) at Family eruption, delayed removal of enamel matrix proteins, delayed enamel maturation etc. W
Nodular gill disease: a unique form of proliferative gill disease in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson
No full textIn an outbreak of proliferative gill disease in laboratory rainbow trout fingerlings lesions were multifocal among filaments and uniquely severe in the distal region of affected filaments, forming nodules. This contrasted with the more common forms of proliferative gill disease in Ontario, such as bacterial gill disease, in which lesions are diffuse along and among filaments. The cause is unknown, although cells with a very distinctive morphology were closely associated with the lesions..RE: 22 ref.; SC: ZA; CA; VE; 0V; 0ISource type: Electronic(1) http://upei-resolver.asin-risa.ca?sid=SP:CABI&id=pmid:&id=&issn=0140-7775&isbn=&volume=8&issue=6&spage=511&pages=511-522&date=1985&title=Journal%20of%20Fish%20Diseases&atitle=Nodular%20gill%20disease%3a%20a%20unique%20form%20of%20proliferative%20gill%20disease%20in%20rainbow%20trout%2c%20Salmo%20gairdneri%20Richardson.&aulast=Daoust&pid=%3Cauthor%3EDaoust%2c%20P%20Y%3bFerguson%2c%20H%20W%3C%2Fauthor%3E%3CAN%3E19862272504%3C%2FAN%3E%3CDT%3EJournal%20article%3C%2FDT%3
Novel insights on microbiome dynamics during a gill disease outbreak in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
No full textThe generic term “Gill disease” refers to a wide range of disorders that affect the gills and severely impact salmonid aquaculture systems worldwide. In rainbow trout freshwater aquaculture, various etiological agents causing gill diseases have been described, particularly Flavobacterium and Amoeba species, but research studies suggest a more complex and multifactorial aetiology. Here, a cohort of rainbow trout affected by gill disease is monitored both through standard laboratory techniques and 16S rRNA Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis during a natural disease outbreak and subsequent antibiotic treatment with Oxytetracycline. NGS results show a clear clustering of the samples between pre- and post-treatment based on the microbial community of the gills. Interestingly, the three main pathogenic bacteria species in rainbow trout (Yersinia ruckeri, Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and Flavobacterium branchiophilum) appear to be weak descriptors of the diversity between pre-treatment and post-treatment groups. In this study, the dynamics of the gill microbiome during the outbreak and subsequent treatment are far more complex than previously reported in the literature, and environmental factors seem of the utmost importance in determining gill disease. These findings present a potential novel perspective on the diagnosis and management of gill diseases, showing the limitations of conventional laboratory methodologies in elucidating the complexity of this disease in rainbow trout. To the authors’ knowledge, this work is the first to describe the microbiome of rainbow trout gills during a natural outbreak and subsequent antibiotic treatment. The results of this study suggest that NGS can play a critical role in the analysis and comprehension of gill pathology. Using NGS in future research is highly recommended to gain deeper insights into such diseases correlating gill’s microbiome with other possible cofactors and establish strong prevention guidelines
Pathology of bacterial gill disease: sequential development of lesions during natural outbreaks of disease
No full textThe sequential pattern of bacterial colonization and the sequential development of branchial lesions during typical outbreaks of bacterial gill disease (BGD) was studied among 4 groups of commercially reared rainbow trout fingerlings, Oncorhynchus mykiss. During a 5-month monitoring regime, before the onset of natural outbreaks of BGD, gill morphology of examined fish remained unaltered. Bacterial colonization of the gills was immediately preceeded by several gill changes which were widely present in fish from all groups under study. These changes, which were detectable at the ultrastructural level only, included cytoplasmic blistering and degeneration of the microridges of the superficial filament epithelium, in addition to slight topographical irregularity of the filament tips suggestive of mild hyperplasia. Bacterial colonization began at these altered filament tips before spreading to more proximal regions of the filament and adjacent lamellar surfaces. Explosive increases in proportional morbidity and mortality coincided with the development of the following gill lesions: extensive bacterial colonization of lamellar surfaces, lamellar epithelial hydropic degeneration and necrosis, and lamellar oedema. In contrast, gill lesions such as lamellar fusion, epithelial hyperplasia and various metaplastic responses were detected either as subacute (3-5 days) or chronic (7-14 days) changes. The role of epithelial necrosis as an important event during BGD is discussed as a possible mechanism leading to development of sub-acute and chronic gill lesions..RE: 37 ref.; SC: CA; VE; 0I; ZA; 0VSource type: Electronic(1) http://upei-resolver.asin-risa.ca?sid=SP:CABI&id=pmid:&id=&issn=0140-7775&isbn=&volume=14&issue=1&spage=21&pages=21-32&date=1991&title=Journal%20of%20Fish%20Diseases&atitle=Pathology%20of%20bacterial%20gill%20disease%3a%20sequential%20development%20of%20lesions%20during%20natural%20outbreaks%20of%20disease.&aulast=Speare&pid=%3Cauthor%3ESpeare%2c%20D%20J%3bFerguson%2c%20H%20W%3bBeamish%2c%20F%20W%20M%3bYager%2c%20J%20A%3bYamashiro%2c%20S%3C%2Fauthor%3E%3CAN%3E19912256145%3C%2FAN%3E%3CDT%3EJournal%20article%3C%2FDT%3
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