OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to translate and test the psychometric properties of the Norwegian-language version of the Risk Assessment Pressure Sore (RAPS) scale. BACKGROUND Risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer (PU) prevention have become an aspect of quality improvement in healthcare, but their effectiveness depends on the reliability and validity of the scale. METHODS  A ...

Enhancing the ionic conductivity across the electrolyte separator in nonaqueous redox flow batteries (NRFBs) is essential for improving their performance and enabling their widespread utilization. Separating redox-active species by size exclusion without greatly impeding the transport of supporting electrolyte is a potentially powerful alternative to the use of poorly performing ion-exchange me...

INTRODUCTION Rapid acute physiology score (RAPS) and rapid emergency medicine score (REMS) are two physiologic models for measuring injury severity in emergency settings. The present study was designed to compare the two models in outcome prediction of trauma patients presenting to emergency department (ED). METHODS In this prospective cross-sectional study, the two models of RAPS and REMS we...

BACKGROUND Brief alcohol intervention may improve outcomes for injury patients with hazardous drinking but is less effective with increased severity of alcohol involvement. This study evaluated a brief method for detecting problem drinking in minor trauma patients and differentiating hazardous drinkers from those with more severe alcohol problems. METHODS Subjects included 60 minor trauma pat...

Resumo: Este estudo objetivou avaliar a estrutura e o processo de articulação do cuidado em saúde mental, tendo como foco os serviços integrantes da Rede Atenção Psicossocial (RAPS) outros dispositivos sociais comunitários. Trata-se avaliativo, abordagem qualitativa, por meio identificação RAPS avaliação mental Vitória Conquista, Bahia, Brasil. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com ...

Though metaheuristics have been frequently employed to improve the performance of data mining algorithms, the opposite is not true. This paper discusses the process of employing a data mining algorithm to improve the performance of a metaheuristic algorithm. The targeted algorithms to be hybridized are the Meta-heuristic for Randomized Priority Search (Meta-RaPS) and an algorithm used to create...

Asymmetric cell division generates daughter cells with different developmental fates. In Drosophila neuroblasts, asymmetric divisions are characterized by (1) a difference in size between the two daughter cells and (2) an asymmetric distribution of cell fate determinants, including Prospero and Numb, between the two daughter cells. In embryonic neuroblasts, the asymmetric localization of cell f...

To the Editor: We are writing on behalf of interRAI, a 26country research network whose members developed the Nursing Home Resident Assessment Instrument and the 18 Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) for the Minimum Data Set, Version 2.0 (MDS V2.0). The recent article by Dosa et al. raises some interesting issues related to the RAPs, but it would be useful to take a somewhat broader view than...

Analisamos a literatura sobre as práticas grupais realizadas na Rede de Atenção Psicossocial (RAPS). O estudo trata-se uma revisão integrativa, onde 14 artigos, coletados no Periódicos CAPES e Biblioteca Virtual Saúde, que foram analisados partir da Análise Conteúdo. Os dados possibilitaram organização três categorias: 1) Matriciamento; 2) Desafios facilitadores do trabalho com grupo RAPS. 3) R...

This paper has not already been accepted by and is not currently under review for a journal or another conference. Nor will it be submitted for such during IJCAI's review period. Abstract In this paper we describe the skills and RAPs used by the University of Chicago entry in the 1994 AAAI robot competition. The robot was controlled using the Animate Agent Architecture and the skills and RAPs p...