We will present the PLEASANT trial: a relatively novel cluster randomised cohort clinical trial in primary care where GP practices (140) are randomised to a NHS delivered public health intervention or usual care. The outcome data is routine clinical data collected through the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. The motivation for PLEASANT is a pronounced increase in the number of unscheduled v...

Electron inelastic mean free path in solids as determined by electron Rutherford back-scattering M.R. Went a,∗, M. Vos a, R.G. Elliman b a Atomic and Molecular Physics Laboratories, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia b Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The A...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of low back pain nonspecific and associated factors in schoolchildren. Method: This cross-sectional study investigated 343 adolescents, aged between 12 and 15 years, of both sexes of public schools. The questionnaire included questions regarding sociodemographic characteristics, type of school transportation, body mass index and low back pain. The outcome ...

BACKGROUND In the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2008, school nurses began delivering the HPV immunisation programme for girls aged 12 and 13 years old. This study offers insights from school nurses' perspectives and experiences of delivering this new vaccination programme. METHODS Thirty in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with school nurses working across the UK between September...

The n-back task is a frequently used measure of working memory (WM) in cognitive neuroscience research contexts, and it has become widely adopted in other areas over the last decade. This study aimed to obtain normative data for the n-back task from a large sample of children and adolescents. To this end, a computerized verbal n-back task with three levels of WM load (1-back, 2-back, and 3-back...

introduction: approximately, 30-40% of general population experience at least one episode of low back pain (lbp) annually. research on lbp in adolescents is of great value, as it seems to be a major contributing factor for lbp in adulthood. this study was designed to assess lbp characteristics and its disability in mazandaran province secondary school children in 2004. materials and methods: th...