Medical doodles: 30 minutes well spent

8. The psychodynamic view and medical models (30 minutes)

Tries to understand the forces that motivate behaviour. Freud's psychoanalytic theory is an example of this view. Freud divided the mind into three components: the id (unconscious aggressive and sexual instincts); the ego (the rational and conscious mind); and the superego (the conscience). Conflicts occur because the id wants immediate gratification while the superego takes into consideration ...

Is 30 Minutes of Daily Exercise Enough?

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSdPhysical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) and glucose levels (continuous glucose monitoring) were measured in 10 pregnant women with type 1 diabetes (age 33.2 years, gestation 20 weeks, BMI 27.9 kg/m, diabetes duration 16.6 years, HbA1c 6.5% [48 mmol/mol], insulin pump duration 2.4 years) during a day at home (freeliving) and during a 24-h visit incorporating contr...

Infusion of trastuzumab maintenance doses over 30 minutes.

The humanized monoclonal antibody trastuzumab is licensed for both the adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer and the palliation of metastatic breast cancer [1]. In the UK, trastuzumab is usually administered on a three weekly schedule. According to the license, it is infused over a period of 90 min and the patient is observed for 4.5 h after the loading dose, and for 30 min after all subseq...

Dynamic Light Scattering: An Introduction in 30 Minutes

DLS measures Brownian motion and relates this to the size of the particles. Brownian motion is the random movement of particles due to the bombardment by the solvent molecules that surround them. The larger the particle or molecule, the slower the Brownian motion will be. Smaller particles are "kicked" further by the solvent molecules and move more rapidly. An accurately known temperature is ne...

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