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Assessment of psychiatric inpatient satisfaction: A systematic review of self-reported instruments
- L. Boyer, K. Baumstarck-Barrau, N. Cano, X. Zendjidjian, R. Belzeaux, S. Limousin, D. Magalon, J.-C. Samuelian, C. Lancon, P. Auquier
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 24 / Issue 8 / December 2009
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- 16 April 2020, pp. 540-549
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Background
There is a growing concern about satisfaction with inpatient psychiatric services. There are currently numerous satisfaction instruments available to psychiatric inpatients, but little guidance on which among them to select.
AimsTo provide an overview of the psychometric properties and the content of satisfaction instruments available to psychiatric inpatients.
MethodsSystematic searches of Medline database to identify inpatient satisfaction questionnaires. Assessment of the instruments according to relevant psychometric properties.
ResultsFifteen satisfaction instruments were identified. The target population differed according to the instrument. Methods used to generate items were heterogeneous. These instruments were based on a mixed approach including patients’ points of view, expert opinions, and literature reviews, causing the content of questionnaires to vary. Reliability and validity were not systematically tested.
ConclusionThe validation of a common inpatient satisfaction instrument is a major challenge. Recommendations for the future development of satisfaction instruments may include: item generation based exclusively on the patient's point of view; a validation process on a large and representative population; and an instrument combining generic (core questionnaire) and specific (additional modules) approaches.
Akathisia: Prevalence and risk factors in a community-dwelling sample of patients with schizophrenia. Results from the multi-center FACE-SZ Dataset
- F. Berna, D. Misdrahi, L. Boyer, P.M. Llorca, G. Fond, W.G. Face-sz
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 33 / Issue S1 / March 2016
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- 23 March 2020, pp. S96-S97
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The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of akathisia in a community-dwelling sample of patients with schizophrenia, and to determine the effects of treatments and the clinical variables associated with akathisia. Three hundred and seventy-two patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were systematically included in the network of FondaMental Expert Center for Schizophrenia and assessed with validated scales. Akathisia was measured with the Barnes Akathisia Scale (BAS). Ongoing psychotropic treatment was recorded. The global prevalence of akathisia (as defined by a score of 2 or more on the global akathisia subscale of the BAS) in our sample was 18.5%. Patients who received antipsychotic polytherapy were at higher risk of akathisia and this result remained significant (adjusted odd ratio = 2.04, P = .025) after controlling the influence of age, gender, level of education, level of psychotic symptoms, substance use comorbidities, current administration of antidepressant, anticholinergic drugs, benzodiazepines, and daily-administered antipsychotic dose. Our results indicate that antipsychotic polytherapy should be at best avoided and suggest that monotherapy should be recommended in cases of akathisia. Long-term administration of benzodiazepines or anticholinergic drugs does not seem to be advisable in cases of akathisia, given the potential side effects of these medications.
Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
Responding to health inequities: Indigenous health system innovations
- J. G. Lavoie, D. Kornelsen, L. Wylie, J. Mignone, J. Dwyer, Y. Boyer, A. Boulton, K. O'Donnell
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- Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics / Volume 1 / 2016
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- 22 August 2016, e14
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- 2016
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Over the past decades, Indigenous communities around the world have become more vocal and mobilized to address the health inequities they experience. Many Indigenous communities we work with in Canada, Australia, Latin America, the USA, New Zealand and to a lesser extent Scandinavia have developed their own culturally-informed services, focusing on the needs of their own community members. This paper discusses Indigenous healthcare innovations from an international perspective, and showcases Indigenous health system innovations that emerged in Canada (the First Nation Health Authority) and Colombia (Anas Wayúu). These case studies serve as examples of Indigenous-led innovations that might serve as models to other communities. The analysis we present suggests that when opportunities arise, Indigenous communities can and will mobilize to develop Indigenous-led primary healthcare services that are well managed and effective at addressing health inequities. Sustainable funding and supportive policy frameworks that are harmonized across international, national and local levels are required for these organizations to achieve their full potential. In conclusion, this paper demonstrates the value of supporting Indigenous health system innovations.
Early-life dietary spray-dried plasma influences immunological and intestinal injury responses to later-life Salmonellatyphimurium challenge
- P. E. Boyer, S. D'Costa, L. L. Edwards, M. Milloway, E. Susick, L. B. Borst, S. Thakur, J. M. Campbell, J. D. Crenshaw, J. Polo, A. J. Moeser
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- British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 113 / Issue 5 / 14 March 2015
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- 11 February 2015, pp. 783-793
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Increasing evidence supports the concept that early-life environmental influences, including nutrition and stress, have an impact on long-term health outcomes and disease susceptibility. The objective of the present study was to determine whether dietary spray-dried plasma (SDP), fed during the first 2 weeks post-weaning (PW), influences subsequent immunological and intestinal injury responses to Salmonellatyphimurium challenge. A total of thirty-two piglets (age 16–17 d) were weaned onto nursery diets containing 0, 2·5 % SDP (fed for 7 d PW) or 5 % SDP (fed for 14 d PW), and were then fed control diets (without SDP), for the remainder of the experiment. At 34 d PW (age 50 d), pigs were challenged with 3 × 109 colony-forming units of S. typhimurium. A control group (non-challenged) that was fed 0 % SDP in the nursery was included. At 2 d post-challenge, the distal ileum was harvested for the measurement of inflammatory, histological and intestinal physiological parameters. S. typhimurium challenge induced elevated ileal histological scores, myeloperoxidase (MPO), IL-8 and TNF, and increased intestinal permeability (indicated by reduced transepithelial voltage (potential difference) and elevated 4 kDa fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran (FD4) flux rates). Compared with S.typhimurium-challenged controls (0 % SDP), pigs fed the 5 % SDP-14 d diet exhibited reduced ileal histological scores, MPO levels, IL-8 levels and FD4 flux rates. Pigs fed the 5 % SDP-14 d nursery diet exhibited increased levels of plasma and ileal TNF-α in response to the challenge, compared with the other treatments. These results indicate that inclusion of SDP in PW diets can have an influence on subsequent immunological and intestinal injury responses induced by later-life S.typhimurium challenge.
A Multidisciplinary Approach for Understanding Upper Kellwasser Black Shale Deposition, New York State: Combining Ichnological, Organic, and Inorganic Geochemical Proxies
- Emily E. Haddad, Diana L. Boyer, Gordon D. Love, Mary L. Droser
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- The Paleontological Society Special Publications / Volume 13 / 2014
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- 26 July 2017, p. 109
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- By Benjamin Acloque, Yacine Daddi Addoun, Kofi Anyidoho, Felicitas Becker, Alice Bellagamba, Klara Boyer-Rossol, Alessandra Brivio, Benjamin Claude Brower, Francesca Declich, E. S. D. Fomin, Paolo Gaibazzi, Trevor Getz, Sandra E. Greene, Bruce S. Hall, Bayo Holsey, Hilary Jones, Martin A. Klein, George Michael La Rue, Ghislaine Lydon, Kristin Mann, Elisabeth McMahon, Ismael M. Montana, Bruce L. Mouser, Olatunji Ojo, Richard Roberts, Marie Rodet, Ute Röschenthaler, Benedetta Rossi, Dana Rush, Mohammed Bashir Salau, Ahmadou Sehou, Silke Strickrodt, Hideaki Suzuki, Jeanne Maddox Toungara, Pierluigi Valsecchi
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- African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade
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Évaluation de la dose à la peau en radiologie interventionnelle par l’utilisation de films radiochromiques
- M. Labattu, J. Guersen, V. Chassin, L. Cassagnes, F. Magnier, D. Donnarieix, L. Boyer, P. Chabrot
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- Radioprotection / Volume 48 / Issue 1 / January 2013
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- 09 November 2012, pp. 115-126
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La directive 97/43/EURATOM du 30 juin 1997 pointe la radiologie interventionnelle comme une des pratiques spéciales (Article 9) susceptibles de délivrer des doses élevées, et pour lesquelles il est demandé de veiller à ce que les équipements, les procédures, les programmes d’assurance qualité et la formation des opérateurs soient particulièrement appropriées. En effet, l’utilisation d’un rayonnement X de faible énergie lors de procédures allant de quelques secondes à plusieurs heures pour les examens complexes, renvoie inévitablement à des risques stochastiques et déterministes. L’évaluation de la dose maximum à la peau est donc une donnée appréciable dans l’objectif d’un suivi dermatologique du patient. Dans cette étude nous avons choisi d’utiliser comme détecteur les films radiochromiques XR-RV3-Gafchromic® afin d’obtenir une cartographie de la dose à la peau reçue par le patient lors d’une procédure. Les films radiochromiques sont intéressants car ils permettent à la fois de visualiser et de quantifier la région de dose maximale. Nous présentons ici les étapes préliminaires à une utilisation sur patient des films, à savoir l’étude des caractéristiques physiques, l’étalonnage en dose, la lecture par scanner plat et l’exploitation des films avec le logiciel de traitement d’images ImageJ. Les résultats obtenus montrent que l’utilisation des films radiochromiques est pertinente pour une évaluation dosimétrique sur patient. Plus particulièrement, la réponse des films diffère de moins de 3,6 % entre l’étalonnage à 80 kV et 120 kV et l’incertitude globale reste inférieure à 20 % jusqu’à une dose de 12 Gy. L’évolution de la réponse du film dans le temps étant négligeable, la lecture peut être faite immédiatement et l’exploitation du film nécessite moins de 15 minutes pour obtenir la cartographie de la dose. L’application de cette technique de mesure in-vivo pour 58 procédures a permis de mettre en évidence une dose maximale à la peau supérieure à 3 Gy pour 12 patients. Ces patients ont alors été orientés vers un suivi dermatologique. Parmi ces patients, l’évaluation de la dose peau à partir des indicateurs dosimétriques fournis par l’installation aurait mené au suivi de seulement 4 patients.
Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA’s program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II)
- J. Barescut, D. Lariviere, T. Stocki, T.J. Stocki, D.M. Telleria, L. Bergman, G. Proehl, V. Amado, I. Bonchuk, P. Boyer, P. Chyly, A. Curti, R. Heling, V. Kliaus, P. Krajewski, G. Latouche, D.C. Lauria, C. Mourlon, L. Newsome, L. Sági, J. Smith
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- Radioprotection / Volume 46 / Issue 6 / 2011
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In January 2009, the IAEA EMRAS II (Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety II) program was launched. The goal of the program is to develop, compare and test models for the assessment of radiological impacts to the public and the environment due to radionuclides being released or already existing in the environment; to help countries build and harmonize their capabilities; and to model the movement of radionuclides in the environment. Within EMRAS II, nine working groups are active; this paper will focus on the activities of Working Group 1: Reference Methodologies for Controlling Discharges of Routine Releases. Within this working group environmental transfer and dose assessment models are tested under different scenarios by participating countries and the results compared. This process allows each participating country to identify characteristics of their models that need to be refined. The goal of this working group is to identify reference methodologies for the assessment of exposures to the public due to routine discharges of radionuclides to the terrestrial and aquatic environments. Several different models are being applied to estimate the transfer of radionuclides in the environment for various scenarios. The first phase of the project involves a scenario of nuclear power reactor with a coastal location which routinely (continuously) discharges 60Co, 85Kr, 131I, and 137Cs to the atmosphere and 60Co, 137Cs, and 90Sr to the marine environment. In this scenario many of the parameters and characteristics of the representative group were given to the modellers and cannot be altered. Various models have been used by the different participants in this inter-comparison (PC-CREAM, CROM, IMPACT, CLRP POSEIDON, SYMBIOSE and others). This first scenario is to enable a comparison of the radionuclide transport and dose modelling. These scenarios will facilitate the development of reference methodologies for controlled discharges.
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- By Rose Teteki Abbey, K. C. Abraham, David Tuesday Adamo, LeRoy H. Aden, Efrain Agosto, Victor Aguilan, Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, Charanjit Kaur AjitSingh, Dorothy B E A Akoto, Giuseppe Alberigo, Daniel E. Albrecht, Ruth Albrecht, Daniel O. Aleshire, Urs Altermatt, Anand Amaladass, Michael Amaladoss, James N. Amanze, Lesley G. Anderson, Thomas C. Anderson, Victor Anderson, Hope S. Antone, María Pilar Aquino, Paula Arai, Victorio Araya Guillén, S. Wesley Ariarajah, Ellen T. Armour, Brett Gregory Armstrong, Atsuhiro Asano, Naim Stifan Ateek, Mahmoud Ayoub, John Alembillah Azumah, Mercedes L. García Bachmann, Irena Backus, J. Wayne Baker, Mieke Bal, Lewis V. Baldwin, William Barbieri, António Barbosa da Silva, David Basinger, Bolaji Olukemi Bateye, Oswald Bayer, Daniel H. Bays, Rosalie Beck, Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, Guy-Thomas Bedouelle, Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Wolfgang Behringer, Christopher M. Bellitto, Byard Bennett, Harold V. Bennett, Teresa Berger, Miguel A. Bernad, Henley Bernard, Alan E. Bernstein, Jon L. Berquist, Johannes Beutler, Ana María Bidegain, Matthew P. Binkewicz, Jennifer Bird, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Dmytro Bondarenko, Paulo Bonfatti, Riet en Pim Bons-Storm, Jessica A. Boon, Marcus J. Borg, Mark Bosco, Peter C. Bouteneff, François Bovon, William D. Bowman, Paul S. Boyer, David Brakke, Richard E. Brantley, Marcus Braybrooke, Ian Breward, Ênio José da Costa Brito, Jewel Spears Brooker, Johannes Brosseder, Nicholas Canfield Read Brown, Robert F. Brown, Pamela K. Brubaker, Walter Brueggemann, Bishop Colin O. Buchanan, Stanley M. Burgess, Amy Nelson Burnett, J. Patout Burns, David B. Burrell, David Buttrick, James P. Byrd, Lavinia Byrne, Gerado Caetano, Marcos Caldas, Alkiviadis Calivas, William J. Callahan, Salvatore Calomino, Euan K. Cameron, William S. Campbell, Marcelo Ayres Camurça, Daniel F. Caner, Paul E. Capetz, Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, Patrick W. Carey, Barbara Carvill, Hal Cauthron, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Mark D. Chapman, James H. Charlesworth, Kenneth R. Chase, Chen Zemin, Luciano Chianeque, Philip Chia Phin Yin, Francisca H. Chimhanda, Daniel Chiquete, John T. Chirban, Soobin Choi, Robert Choquette, Mita Choudhury, Gerald Christianson, John Chryssavgis, Sejong Chun, Esther Chung-Kim, Charles M. A. Clark, Elizabeth A. Clark, Sathianathan Clarke, Fred Cloud, John B. Cobb, W. Owen Cole, John A Coleman, John J. Collins, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Paul K. Conkin, Beth A. Conklin, Sean Connolly, Demetrios J. Constantelos, Michael A. Conway, Paula M. Cooey, Austin Cooper, Michael L. Cooper-White, Pamela Cooper-White, L. William Countryman, Sérgio Coutinho, Pamela Couture, Shannon Craigo-Snell, James L. Crenshaw, David Crowner, Humberto Horacio Cucchetti, Lawrence S. Cunningham, Elizabeth Mason Currier, Emmanuel Cutrone, Mary L. Daniel, David D. Daniels, Robert Darden, Rolf Darge, Isaiah Dau, Jeffry C. Davis, Jane Dawson, Valentin Dedji, John W. de Gruchy, Paul DeHart, Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards, Miguel A. De La Torre, George E. Demacopoulos, Thomas de Mayo, Leah DeVun, Beatriz de Vasconcellos Dias, Dennis C. Dickerson, John M. Dillon, Luis Miguel Donatello, Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, Susanna Drake, Jonathan A. Draper, N. Dreher Martin, Otto Dreydoppel, Angelyn Dries, A. J. Droge, Francis X. D'Sa, Marilyn Dunn, Nicole Wilkinson Duran, Rifaat Ebied, Mark J. Edwards, William H. Edwards, Leonard H. Ehrlich, Nancy L. Eiesland, Martin Elbel, J. Harold Ellens, Stephen Ellingson, Marvin M. Ellison, Robert Ellsberg, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Eldon Jay Epp, Peter C. Erb, Tassilo Erhardt, Maria Erling, Noel Leo Erskine, Gillian R. Evans, Virginia Fabella, Michael A. Fahey, Edward Farley, Margaret A. Farley, Wendy Farley, Robert Fastiggi, Seena Fazel, Duncan S. Ferguson, Helwar Figueroa, Paul Corby Finney, Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald, Thomas E. FitzGerald, John R. Fitzmier, Marie Therese Flanagan, Sabina Flanagan, Claude Flipo, Ronald B. Flowers, Carole Fontaine, David Ford, Mary Ford, Stephanie A. Ford, Jim Forest, William Franke, Robert M. Franklin, Ruth Franzén, Edward H. Friedman, Samuel Frouisou, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Jojo M. Fung, Inger Furseth, Richard R. Gaillardetz, Brandon Gallaher, China Galland, Mark Galli, Ismael García, Tharscisse Gatwa, Jean-Marie Gaudeul, Luis María Gavilanes del Castillo, Pavel L. Gavrilyuk, Volney P. Gay, Metropolitan Athanasios Geevargis, Kondothra M. George, Mary Gerhart, Simon Gikandi, Maurice Gilbert, Michael J. Gillgannon, Verónica Giménez Beliveau, Terryl Givens, Beth Glazier-McDonald, Philip Gleason, Menghun Goh, Brian Golding, Bishop Hilario M. Gomez, Michelle A. Gonzalez, Donald K. Gorrell, Roy Gottfried, Tamara Grdzelidze, Joel B. Green, Niels Henrik Gregersen, Cristina Grenholm, Herbert Griffiths, Eric W. Gritsch, Erich S. Gruen, Christoffer H. Grundmann, Paul H. Gundani, Jon P. Gunnemann, Petre Guran, Vidar L. Haanes, Jeremiah M. Hackett, Getatchew Haile, Douglas John Hall, Nicholas Hammond, Daphne Hampson, Jehu J. Hanciles, Barry Hankins, Jennifer Haraguchi, Stanley S. Harakas, Anthony John Harding, Conrad L. Harkins, J. William Harmless, Marjory Harper, Amir Harrak, Joel F. Harrington, Mark W. Harris, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Van A. Harvey, R. Chris Hassel, Jione Havea, Daniel Hawk, Diana L. Hayes, Leslie Hayes, Priscilla Hayner, S. Mark Heim, Simo Heininen, Richard P. Heitzenrater, Eila Helander, David Hempton, Scott H. Hendrix, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Gina Hens-Piazza, Carter Heyward, Nicholas J. Higham, David Hilliard, Norman A. Hjelm, Peter C. Hodgson, Arthur Holder, M. Jan Holton, Dwight N. Hopkins, Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Po-Ho Huang, James Hudnut-Beumler, Jennifer S. Hughes, Leonard M. Hummel, Mary E. Hunt, Laennec Hurbon, Mark Hutchinson, Susan E. Hylen, Mary Beth Ingham, H. Larry Ingle, Dale T. Irvin, Jon Isaak, Paul John Isaak, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Hans Raun Iversen, Margaret C. Jacob, Arthur James, Maria Jansdotter-Samuelsson, David Jasper, Werner G. Jeanrond, Renée Jeffery, David Lyle Jeffrey, Theodore W. Jennings, David H. Jensen, Robin Margaret Jensen, David Jobling, Dale A. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Johnson, Maxwell E. Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Mark D. Johnston, F. Stanley Jones, James William Jones, John R. Jones, Alissa Jones Nelson, Inge Jonsson, Jan Joosten, Elizabeth Judd, Mulambya Peggy Kabonde, Robert Kaggwa, Sylvester Kahakwa, Isaac Kalimi, Ogbu U. Kalu, Eunice Kamaara, Wayne C. Kannaday, Musimbi Kanyoro, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Frank Kaufmann, Léon Nguapitshi Kayongo, Richard Kearney, Alice A. Keefe, Ralph Keen, Catherine Keller, Anthony J. Kelly, Karen Kennelly, Kathi Lynn Kern, Fergus Kerr, Edward Kessler, George Kilcourse, Heup Young Kim, Kim Sung-Hae, Kim Yong-Bock, Kim Yung Suk, Richard King, Thomas M. King, Robert M. Kingdon, Ross Kinsler, Hans G. Kippenberg, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Clifton Kirkpatrick, Leonid Kishkovsky, Nadieszda Kizenko, Jeffrey Klaiber, Hans-Josef Klauck, Sidney Knight, Samuel Kobia, Robert Kolb, Karla Ann Koll, Heikki Kotila, Donald Kraybill, Philip D. W. Krey, Yves Krumenacker, Jeffrey Kah-Jin Kuan, Simanga R. Kumalo, Peter Kuzmic, Simon Shui-Man Kwan, Kwok Pui-lan, André LaCocque, Stephen E. Lahey, John Tsz Pang Lai, Emiel Lamberts, Armando Lampe, Craig Lampe, Beverly J. Lanzetta, Eve LaPlante, Lizette Larson-Miller, Ariel Bybee Laughton, Leonard Lawlor, Bentley Layton, Robin A. Leaver, Karen Lebacqz, Archie Chi Chung Lee, Marilyn J. Legge, Hervé LeGrand, D. L. LeMahieu, Raymond Lemieux, Bill J. Leonard, Ellen M. Leonard, Outi Leppä, Jean Lesaulnier, Nantawan Boonprasat Lewis, Henrietta Leyser, Alexei Lidov, Bernard Lightman, Paul Chang-Ha Lim, Carter Lindberg, Mark R. Lindsay, James R. Linville, James C. Livingston, Ann Loades, David Loades, Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole, Lo Lung Kwong, Wati Longchar, Eleazar López, David W. Lotz, Andrew Louth, Robin W. Lovin, William Luis, Frank D. Macchia, Diarmaid N. J. MacCulloch, Kirk R. MacGregor, Marjory A. MacLean, Donald MacLeod, Tomas S. Maddela, Inge Mager, Laurenti Magesa, David G. Maillu, Fortunato Mallimaci, Philip Mamalakis, Kä Mana, Ukachukwu Chris Manus, Herbert Robinson Marbury, Reuel Norman Marigza, Jacqueline Mariña, Antti Marjanen, Luiz C. L. Marques, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele), Caleb J. D. Maskell, Steve Mason, Thomas Massaro, Fernando Matamoros Ponce, András Máté-Tóth, Odair Pedroso Mateus, Dinis Matsolo, Fumitaka Matsuoka, John D'Arcy May, Yelena Mazour-Matusevich, Theodore Mbazumutima, John S. McClure, Christian McConnell, Lee Martin McDonald, Gary B. McGee, Thomas McGowan, Alister E. McGrath, Richard J. McGregor, John A. McGuckin, Maud Burnett McInerney, Elsie Anne McKee, Mary B. McKinley, James F. McMillan, Ernan McMullin, Kathleen E. McVey, M. Douglas Meeks, Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, Ilie Melniciuc-Puica, Everett Mendoza, Raymond A. Mentzer, William W. Menzies, Ina Merdjanova, Franziska Metzger, Constant J. Mews, Marvin Meyer, Carol Meyers, Vasile Mihoc, Gunner Bjerg Mikkelsen, Maria Inêz de Castro Millen, Clyde Lee Miller, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Alexander Mirkovic, Paul Misner, Nozomu Miyahira, R. W. L. Moberly, Gerald Moede, Aloo Osotsi Mojola, Sunanda Mongia, Rebeca Montemayor, James Moore, Roger E. Moore, Craig E. Morrison O.Carm, Jeffry H. Morrison, Keith Morrison, Wilson J. Moses, Tefetso Henry Mothibe, Mokgethi Motlhabi, Fulata Moyo, Henry Mugabe, Jesse Ndwiga Kanyua Mugambi, Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde, Robert Bruce Mullin, Pamela Mullins Reaves, Saskia Murk Jansen, Heleen L. Murre-Van den Berg, Augustine Musopole, Isaac M. T. Mwase, Philomena Mwaura, Cecilia Nahnfeldt, Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, Carmiña Navia Velasco, Thulani Ndlazi, Alexander Negrov, James B. Nelson, David G. Newcombe, Carol Newsom, Helen J. Nicholson, George W. E. Nickelsburg, Tatyana Nikolskaya, Damayanthi M. A. Niles, Bertil Nilsson, Nyambura Njoroge, Fidelis Nkomazana, Mary Beth Norton, Christian Nottmeier, Sonene Nyawo, Anthère Nzabatsinda, Edward T. Oakes, Gerald O'Collins, Daniel O'Connell, David W. Odell-Scott, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Kathleen O'Grady, Oyeronke Olajubu, Thomas O'Loughlin, Dennis T. Olson, J. Steven O'Malley, Cephas N. Omenyo, Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro, César Augusto Ornellas Ramos, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, Kenan B. Osborne, Carolyn Osiek, Javier Otaola Montagne, Douglas F. Ottati, Anna May Say Pa, Irina Paert, Jerry G. Pankhurst, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Samuele F. Pardini, Stefano Parenti, Peter Paris, Sung Bae Park, Cristián G. Parker, Raquel Pastor, Joseph Pathrapankal, Daniel Patte, W. Brown Patterson, Clive Pearson, Keith F. Pecklers, Nancy Cardoso Pereira, David Horace Perkins, Pheme Perkins, Edward N. Peters, Rebecca Todd Peters, Bishop Yeznik Petrossian, Raymond Pfister, Peter C. Phan, Isabel Apawo Phiri, William S. F. Pickering, Derrick G. Pitard, William Elvis Plata, Zlatko Plese, John Plummer, James Newton Poling, Ronald Popivchak, Andrew Porter, Ute Possekel, James M. Powell, Enos Das Pradhan, Devadasan Premnath, Jaime Adrían Prieto Valladares, Anne Primavesi, Randall Prior, María Alicia Puente Lutteroth, Eduardo Guzmão Quadros, Albert Rabil, Laurent William Ramambason, Apolonio M. Ranche, Vololona Randriamanantena Andriamitandrina, Lawrence R. Rast, Paul L. Redditt, Adele Reinhartz, Rolf Rendtorff, Pål Repstad, James N. Rhodes, John K. Riches, Joerg Rieger, Sharon H. Ringe, Sandra Rios, Tyler Roberts, David M. Robinson, James M. Robinson, Joanne Maguire Robinson, Richard A. H. Robinson, Roy R. Robson, Jack B. Rogers, Maria Roginska, Sidney Rooy, Rev. Garnett Roper, Maria José Fontelas Rosado-Nunes, Andrew C. Ross, Stefan Rossbach, François Rossier, John D. Roth, John K. Roth, Phillip Rothwell, Richard E. Rubenstein, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Markku Ruotsila, John E. Rybolt, Risto Saarinen, John Saillant, Juan Sanchez, Wagner Lopes Sanchez, Hugo N. Santos, Gerhard Sauter, Gloria L. Schaab, Sandra M. Schneiders, Quentin J. Schultze, Fernando F. Segovia, Turid Karlsen Seim, Carsten Selch Jensen, Alan P. F. Sell, Frank C. Senn, Kent Davis Sensenig, Damían Setton, Bal Krishna Sharma, Carolyn J. Sharp, Thomas Sheehan, N. Gerald Shenk, Christian Sheppard, Charles Sherlock, Tabona Shoko, Walter B. Shurden, Marguerite Shuster, B. Mark Sietsema, Batara Sihombing, Neil Silberman, Clodomiro Siller, Samuel Silva-Gotay, Heikki Silvet, John K. Simmons, Hagith Sivan, James C. Skedros, Abraham Smith, Ashley A. Smith, Ted A. Smith, Daud Soesilo, Pia Søltoft, Choan-Seng (C. S.) Song, Kathryn Spink, Bryan Spinks, Eric O. Springsted, Nicolas Standaert, Brian Stanley, Glen H. Stassen, Karel Steenbrink, Stephen J. Stein, Andrea Sterk, Gregory E. Sterling, Columba Stewart, Jacques Stewart, Robert B. Stewart, Cynthia Stokes Brown, Ken Stone, Anne Stott, Elizabeth Stuart, Monya Stubbs, Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, David Kwang-sun Suh, Scott W. Sunquist, Keith Suter, Douglas Sweeney, Charles H. Talbert, Shawqi N. Talia, Elsa Tamez, Joseph B. Tamney, Jonathan Y. Tan, Yak-Hwee Tan, Kathryn Tanner, Feiya Tao, Elizabeth S. Tapia, Aquiline Tarimo, Claire Taylor, Mark Lewis Taylor, Bishop Abba Samuel Wolde Tekestebirhan, Eugene TeSelle, M. Thomas Thangaraj, David R. Thomas, Andrew Thornley, Scott Thumma, Marcelo Timotheo da Costa, George E. “Tink” Tinker, Ola Tjørhom, Karen Jo Torjesen, Iain R. Torrance, Fernando Torres-Londoño, Archbishop Demetrios [Trakatellis], Marit Trelstad, Christine Trevett, Phyllis Trible, Johannes Tromp, Paul Turner, Robert G. Tuttle, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Peter Tyler, Anders Tyrberg, Justin Ukpong, Javier Ulloa, Camillus Umoh, Kristi Upson-Saia, Martina Urban, Monica Uribe, Elochukwu Eugene Uzukwu, Richard Vaggione, Gabriel Vahanian, Paul Valliere, T. J. 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Yee, Viktor Yelensky, Yeo Khiok-Khng, Gustav K. K. Yeung, Angela Yiu, Amos Yong, Yong Ting Jin, You Bin, Youhanna Nessim Youssef, Eliana Yunes, Robert Michael Zaller, Valarie H. Ziegler, Barbara Brown Zikmund, Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Aurora Zlotnik, Zhuo Xinping
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Validation of a Professionals’ Satisfaction Questionnaire with Electronic Medical Records (PSQ-EMR) in Psychiatry
- L. Boyer, K. Baumstarck-Barrau, R. Belzeaux, J.M. Azorin, J.M. Chabannes, D. Dassa, C. Lancon, J. Naudin, F. Poinso, M. Rufo, J.C. Samuelian, A. Loundou, M. Fieschi, P. Auquier
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Background
Electronic medical records (EMR) are currently being implemented in psychiatric hospitals throughout Europe. The perceptions of health care professionals can contribute important information that may predict their acceptance of and desired mode of use for EMR, thus guiding EMR implementation.
AimsTo develop a self-administered instrument designed to assess health care professionals’ satisfaction regarding EMR in a psychiatric hospital, based only on the professional point of view, according to the psychometric standards.
MethodsThe development was supervised by a steering committee and undertaken by three standard steps. Item generation was derived from 115 face-to-face interviews with health care professionals in a French, public, psychiatric hospital. The item-reduction process resulted in a 25-item questionnaire. The validation process was based on construct validity, reliability and some aspects of external validity.
ResultsThe final version of the questionnaire contained 25 items that described five dimensions, leading to a global score. The factor structure accounted for 72% of the total variance. Internal consistency was satisfactory (item-internal consistency over 0.40 and Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from 0.86 to 0.95). The scalability was satisfactory with INFIT statistics inside an acceptable range. Scores of dimensions were strongly positively correlated with visual analogue scale scores (all p < 0.001). External validity showed statistical associations between scores and age, gender, seniority in psychiatry and ward type. Participation rate was 66%.
ConclusionThe availability of a reliable and valid questionnaire (professionals’ satisfaction questionnaire with electronic medical records [PSQ-EMR]) concerning health care professionals’ satisfaction regarding EMR in psychiatry, exclusively generated from interviews with health care professionals, enables legitimate feedback to be incorporated into EMR implementation in order to formulate a high-quality health care.
Flows generated by the periodic horizontal oscillations of a sphere in a linearly stratified fluid
- Qiang Lin, D. L. Boyer, H. J. S. Fernando
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- Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 263 / 25 March 1994
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The flow field induced by a sphere oscillating horizontally in a linearly stratified fluid is studied using a series of laboratory experiments. The resulting flows are shown to depend on the Stokes number β, the Keulegan–Carpenter number KC and the internal Froude number Fr. For Fr [clubs ] 0.2, it is shown that the nature of the resulting flow field is approximately independent of Fr and, based on this observation, a flow regime diagram is developed in the (β, KC)-plane. The flow regimes include: (i) fully-attached flow; (ii) attached vortices; (iii) local vortex shedding; and (iv) standing eddy pair. An internal-wave flow regime is also identified but, for such flows, the motion field is a function of Fr as well. Some quantitative measures are given to allow for future comparisons of the present results with analytical and/or numerical models. Wherever possible, the results are compared with the experiments of Tatsuno & Bearman (1990) on right circular cylinders oscillating in homogeneous fluids.
Stratified flow past a sphere
- Q. Lin, W. R. Lindberg, D. L. Boyer, H. J. S. Fernando
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- Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 240 / July 1992
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The flow of a linearly stratified fluid past a sphere is considered experimentally in the Froude number Fi, Reynolds number Re, ranges 0.005 ≤ Fi ≤ 20 and 5 ≤ Re ≤ 10000. Flow visualization techniques and density measurements are used to describe the rich range of characteristic flow phenomena observed. These different flow patterns are mapped on a detailed Fi against Re flow regime diagram. In most instances the flow patterns were found to be very different from those observed in homogeneous fluids. Vortex shedding characteristics, for example, were found to be dramatically affected by the presence of stratification. Where possible, the results are compared with available analytical and numerical models.
Turbulent mixing at an inversion layer
- M. J. A. M. Perera, H. J. S. Fernando, D. L. Boyer
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- Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 267 / 25 May 1994
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A series of laboratory experiments was carried out to examine the interaction between stratification and turbulence at an inversion layer, with the objective of gaining insight into certain wave–turbulence encounters in the atmosphere. A three-layer stratified fluid system, consisting of a (thick) strongly stratified inversion layer, sandwiched between an upper turbulent layer and a lower non-turbulent weakly stratified layer, was employed. Oscillating-grid-induced shear-free turbulence was used in the upper layer. During the experiments, a fourth (interfacial) layer developed in the region between the inversion and the turbulent layer, and most of the wave–turbulence interactions were confined to this layer. Detailed measurements of the vertical velocity structure, internal-wave parameters and mixing characteristics were made in the stratified layers and, whenever possible, the results were compared to available theoretical predictions.
Mixing induced by oscillatory stratified flow past a right-circular cylinder
- M. J. A. M. Perera, H. J. S. Fernando, D. L. Boyer
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- Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 284 / 10 February 1995
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A series of laboratory experiments was performed to investigate the overall mixing characteristics of oscillatory stratified flow past an isolated topography. The experiments were conducted by oscillating a right-circular cylinder in an otherwise quiescent linearly stratified fluid contained in a rectangular basin. The mixing was largely confined to the turbulent ‘core’ region around the cylinder. This mixed fluid was then injected into the fluid interior of the basin by numerous intrusive tongues. These intrusions were accompanied by return currents of unmixed stratified fluid into the turbulent core. The overall effect of this mixing process was to increase the potential energy of the fluid in the basin. An expression is derived to relate the rate of change of potential energy of the system to the basin-averaged buoyancy flux. This formula was then used to calculate the mean buoyancy flux from measurements of the rate of change of potential energy of the fluid system. Basin-averaged diapycnal eddy diffusivities for the experiments were evaluated and the results were found to be in good agreement with the predictions of a heuristic model based on the energetics of the mixing. Observations on the spreading of intrusions and the evolution of the density field are also presented.
On the shape of flames under strong acoustic forcing: a mean flow controlled by an oscillating flow
- D. DUROX, F. BAILLOT, G. SEARBY, L. BOYER
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- Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 350 / 10 November 1997
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A conical flame, in the presence of high-frequency (≈1000 Hz) and high-amplitude acoustic modulation of the cold gases, deforms to a shape which is approximately hemispherical. It is shown that the acoustic level required to produce a hemispherical flame is such that the ratio of acoustic velocity to laminar combustion velocity is about 3. This flame flattening is equivalent to the phenomenon of acoustic restabilization observed for cellular flames propagating in tubes. The transition between the conical flame and a hemispherical flame is described. The surface area of the reaction zone of the flame is found to be unmodified when the flame flattens. The velocity field at the burner outlet is examined with and without a flame. The mean flow lines are strongly deflected when the hemispherical flame is present. We show that the presence of the flame creates an unusual situation where the oscillating flow controls the geometry of the mean flow.
Apatitic Waste Forms: Process Overview
- J. Carpena, F. Audubert, D. Bernache, L. Boyer, B. Donazzon, J.L. Lacout, N. Senamaud
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 506 / 1997
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Our study is concerned with the different apatitic waste forms which can be produced with processes ranging from high-temperatures to ambient temperature synthesis. The different processes developped allow to take into account the nature of the waste and the application targeted, from specific conditioning of separated wastes, encapsulating of mixed wastes, solid or liquid wastes, to filling materials for direct storage of spent fuel, interim storage, surface storage or deep repository.
Ion Beam Processing of Optical Materials
- F. L. Williams, L. L. Boyer, D W. Reicher, J. J. McNally, G. A. Al-Jumaily, J. R. McNeil
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 128 / 1988
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We have deposited thin films of optical materials using ion beam sputtering and ion assisted deposition techniques. It is possible to obtain good quality film material deposited on substrates at temperatures lower than normally required. Ion assisted deposition influences film stoichiometry and packing density, which in turn determine optical and mechanical properties of the film material. We discuss two general indicators which appear helpful in predicting the degree to which these occur.
Beam-Assisted CVD of Microelectronic Films
- K. A. Emery, L. R. Thompson, D. Bishop, H. Zarnani, P. K. Boyer, C. A. Moore, J. J. Rocca, G. J. Collins
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The properties of SiO2 and Si3 N4 films deposited by an ArF excimer laser, glow discharge electron beam and conventional plasma-enhanced CVD are compared. The deposition apparatus, technique, and conditions in addition to the physical, chemical and electrical properties of the films are discussed.
Plasma Arc Carbide Coatings on Titanium
- R. D. Shull, P. A. Boyer, L. K. Ives, K. J. Bhansali
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The plasma transferred arc (PTA) process has been traditionally used to deposit wear resistant coatings on iron base alloy substrates, but has not been employed to coat lightweight alloys due to processing problems. In the current study, use of the PTA process to deposit TiC, WC, and Cr3C2 coatings on titanium substrates has been explored. The resistance of these coatings to dry abrasive wear has been measured and compared to that of the base metal. The variation in wear resistance of these coatings is discussed in terms of the carbide particle size and the microstructure of the deposit. A comparison is also made to coatings prepared by a laser surface melting and carbide particle injection process.