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“Thinking outside the box”: social innovations emerging from academic nursing-community partnerships
(Springer, 2022-01-01)
Nurses comprise the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. Increasingly, nurses in higher education institutions are collaborating with not-for-profit and community-based organisations to devise programs, projects ...
SingStrong - a singing and breathing retraining intervention for respiratory and other common systems of long COVID: a pilot study
(Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists, 2022-03-09)
Background: Management of Long COVID (LC) is hugely challenging for clinicians. This pilot study evaluated a breathing retraining and singing programme (SingStrong for LC) to address common LC symptoms. The study hypothesized ...
Monoamine modulators of herbal origin - Rhodiola rosea L.
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022-01)
Rhodiola rosea L. is a traditional herbal medicine used to
relieve symptoms of fatigue, enhance mental performance
and increase resistance to stress whilst promoting
antidepressant, anxiolytic and neuroprotective ...
Study protocol for the investigation of the clinical effectiveness of a physical activity behaviour change intervention for individuals living with and beyond cancer
(Elsevier, 2022-01-13)
Most individuals living with and beyond cancer are not sufficiently active to achieve the health benefits associated with regular physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to describe the study protocol for a ...
Facets of social innovation in higher education
(Springer, 2022-01-01)
Emphasis on social engagement and innovation for the higher education sector is a priority, despite the various challenges that have arisen as result of Covid-19, for third level providers. It is a conversation that continues ...
Development of the health promoting sports club - national audit tool
(Oxford University Press, 2022-09)
Background
Sports clubs have requested support from national governing authorities to invest in health promotion (HP), by developing policies, guidelines and dedicated funding. This article outlines the development of a ...
A standardised core outcome set for measurement and reporting sedentary behaviour interventional research: the CROSBI Consensus Study
(MDPI, 2022-08-05)
: Heterogeneity of descriptors and outcomes measured and reported in sedentary behaviour
(SB) research hinder the meta-analysis of data and accumulation of evidence. The objective of
the Core Research Outcomes for Sedentary ...
Insights into the mechanisms of Cronobacter sakazakii virulence
(Elsevier, 2022-06)
Cronobacter species have adapted to survive harsh conditions, particularly in the food manufacture environment, and can cause life-threatening infections in susceptible hosts. These opportunistic pathogens employ a multitude ...
The medicinal properties of Irish honey
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
Manuka honey is an internationally recognized honey licensed as a medicinal product for wounds1
. Medicinal honeys
are often used in hospitals for partial thickness burns2
to surgical wounds and in veterinary clinics ...
Cross-cultural conceptualization of a good end of life with dementia: a qualitative study
(BMC, 2022-06-08)
Background: Research on the nature of a “good death” has mostly focused on dying with cancer and other life-limiting diseases, but less so on dementia. Conceptualizing common cross-cultural themes regarding a good end of ...