This study examined roles and experiences of fathers of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Based on interpretive description, semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 fathers of children receiving a range of treatments (transplant, peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, and CKD not requiring renal replacement therapy). Fathers described various experiences and means of adjusting to...

Sense of control is greater among children who grow up in households of higher socioeconomic status. It is unclear if this childhood advantage persists throughout life or if schooling and adulthood experiences override any early childhood advantage. Using data from 2 nationally representative samples of primarily middle-aged (National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, or MIDUS...

To analyze the experiences of laparoscopic radical cystectomy, modified Wallace ileal conduit retrospectively. To demonstrate the patient positioning, Trocar positioning, operational procedures, key steps and personal experiences of this approach, focusing on the operative techniques and post-operational outcomes of modified Wallace ileal conduit.

To analyze the experiences of laparoscopic radical cystectomy, modified Wallace ileal conduit retrospectively. To demonstrate the patient positioning, Trocar positioning, operational procedures, key steps and personal experiences of this approach, focusing on the operative techniques and post-operational outcomes of modified Wallace ileal conduit.

COVID-19 proved to be a unique crisis for churches and their pastoral leaders as they were forced move worship work an online format. This article reports on 33 in 13 states who identified surprisingly positive experiences go with the unsurprisingly negative reality of quarantine. It would appear that COVID-19, while brutal its methods, naturally incubated reflection growth lives these leaders.

INTRODUCTION Health sciences programs are being designed to attract students who are likely to stay and practice in rural and northern Canada. Consequently, student recruitment and screening are increasingly including assessment of suitability for rural practice. Although retention factors among rural physicians and nurses have been investigated, little is known about factors that contribute to...

Media researchers are adopting personalisation in diverse ways to deliver increasingly context-sensitive and customised media experiences. This paper explores user attitudes towards a personalised Electronic Programme Guide which tailors media recommendations based on users’ personal data. We used scenario based exploration enabled by the use of probes to convey the functionalities of data-driv...

B. L. Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions asserts that people's daily experiences of positive emotions compound over time to build a variety of consequential personal resources. The authors tested this build hypothesis in a field experiment with working adults (n = 139), half of whom were randomly-assigned to begin a practice of loving-kindness meditation. R...