PURPOSE Communication has been researched either as a set of behaviors or as a facet
of the patient-physician relationship, often leading to conflicting results. To determine the …

BACKGROUND: Many patients with chronic disease have limited health literacy (HL). Because
physicians have difficulty identifying these patients, some experts recommend instituting …

Objectives We performed a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomised
controlled trials (RCTs) to provide insights into the effectiveness of available treatment …

Background We hypothesized that the addition of toceranib to metronomic
cyclophosphamide/piroxicam therapy would significantly improve disease-free interval (DFI) and …

Primary care teams are pivotal in caring for patients in the final year of life, enabling more to
live well and die where they choose. They face increasing pressures from an ageing …

Aim: The implementation and impact of the Gold Standards Framework Hospitals (GSFH)
service development programme is described. Background: A third of hospital inpatients may …

… Kohls and Clifford (1967) erected the subgenus Haemixodes for the distinctive Neotropical
tick /. uruguayensis. In the USSR, Emel'yanova and Kovlovskaya (1967) established …

The human visual system is adept at detecting global structure, or form, within a scene. The
initial stage of post-retinal processing for all aspects of vision is fed by On- and Off-centre …

Adaptation phenomena provide striking examples of perceptual plasticity and offer valuable
insight into the mechanisms of visual coding. The technique of psychophysical adaptation …

An analysis has been made of the historical data for argon ion sputtering yields of 28 mono-elemental
solids in the energy range 250–10000eV to develop an improved semi-empirical …