Putting health theories, research and knowledge into practice is a challenge referred to as the knowledge-toaction gap. Knowledge translation (KT), and its related concepts of knowledge mobilization, implementation science and research impact, emerged to mitigate this gap. While the social interaction view of KT has gained currency, scholars have not easily made a link between KT and the concep...

BACKGROUND ABO incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOi-KT) is an important approach for overcoming donor shortages. We evaluated the effect of ABOi-KT on living donor KT. METHODS Two nationwide transplantation databases were used. We evaluated the impact of ABOi-KT on overall living donor transplant activity and spousal donation as subgroup analysis. In addition, we compared the clinical ou...

background in recent times, there has been a growing demand internationally for health policies to be based on reliable research evidence. consequently, there is a need to strengthen institutions and mechanisms that can promote interactions among researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders who can influence the uptake of research findings. the health policy advisory committee (hpac) is on...

Whether immunoadsorption (IADS) as part of desensitization protocols could facilitate deceased donor kidney transplantation (KT) in highly sensitized (HS) patients remains to be proven. We retrospectively analyzed our IADS based protocol for KTs between 2013 and 2018. Fifteen HS (age 52 years [40–56]) were included. Waiting time before was 6 [5–10] the interval initiation KT 5 months [1–12] 14 ...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT) aims to close the research-practice gap in order to realize and maximize the benefits of research within the practice setting. Previous studies have investigated KT strategies in nursing and medicine; however, the present study is the first systematic review of the effectiveness of a variety of KT interventions in five allied health disciplines: dietetics, ...

The relationship between light extinction coefficient (kT) and Secchi depth (ZSD), as well as that between these variables and chlorophyll-a concentration (chl-a) and suspended material (SST) was studied in the Sau reservoir between 1995 and 2001. The results show that kT and ZSD are correlated by the equation kT = 1.36 ZSD, although this relationship exhibits a high inter-annual variability. A...

This study characterized the seasonal variation of the steroid hormones testosterone (T), 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT), 17beta-estradiol (E2), and cortisol (F) as they relate to the gonadal development and reproductive behavior of the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. The plainfin midshipman is a deep-water teleost that seasonally migrates into the shallow intertidal zone where type ...

BACKGROUND A knowledge translation (KT) planning template is a roadmap laying out the core elements to be considered when structuring the implementation of KT activities by researchers and practitioners. Since 2010, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ; Québec Public Health Institute) has provided tools and guidance to in-house project teams to help them develop KT plans. Th...

The present study was undertaken to determine whether T3, estrogen, and 11-ketotestosterone could alter a specific population of GnRH-containing neurons, as indicated by a change in messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in sexually immature male tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Two weeks after castration, fish were assigned to four treatment groups. One group served as the control (sesame oil); a single i...