Family caregivers of persons following neurotrauma function as de facto extensions of our health care system. Their challenges may result in negative consequences for their physical and mental health, which directly impacts the well-being of their care-recipient. In this paper, we survey current practices in providing caregiver support, outline considerations for developing collaborative interv...

Objective The individually delivered Supervising for Home Safety (SHS) program improves caregivers' injury-related beliefs and supervision practices. The current randomized controlled trial used a group delivery in a community setting and assessed program impact, feasibility, and acceptance. Methods Caregivers of 2-5-year-olds were randomized to receive either the SHS or an attention-matched ...

Microplastics are found in all aquatic environments, and they can have several negative impacts on marine life. In this study, the distribution of microplastics sediment organs (gut, respiratory tree, tentacles) sea cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota) collected from Mubarak Village Cape Monze Karachi coast Pakistan were investigated. The microplastic amount different H. leucospilota was as 15.3-...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui manajemen rekrutmen guru bahasa Arab di Pondok Tahfizh Putri Darul Mubarok Curup (DMC) dan seleksi (DMC).
 Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan jenis studi kasus. Dalam pengumpulan data, peneliti berfungsi sebagai instrument utama melakukan observasi human instrument, wawancara kepada kepala sekolah, waka kurikulum,...

Although competency-based education is well established in health care education, research shows that the competencies do not always match the reality of clinical workplaces. Therefore, there is a need to design feasible and evidence-based competency frameworks that fit the workplace reality. This theoretical paper outlines a competency-based framework, designed to facilitate learning, assessme...

Physical therapy through its fundamental and/or auxiliary means, aims to restore the functionality of the shoulder, responding to pathological changes caused by the algofunctional syndrome characteristic to scapulohumeral periarthritis. For those persons with scapulohumeral periarthritis occupational therapy has as a primary objective their full reintegration, integration on all levels: persona...

AIM To study the biomechanism, pattern of injury, management, and outcome of major vascular injuries treated at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait during the Second Gulf War. METHODS This is a descriptive retrospective study. War-related injured patients who had major vascular injuries and were treated at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital from August 1990 to September 1991 were stu...

This study traces the rhythms of news storytelling on Twitter via the #egypt hashtag. Using computational discourse analysis, we examine news values and the form of news exhibited in #egypt from January 25 to February 25, 2011, preand post-resignation of Hosni Mubarak. Results point to a hybridity of old and newer news values, with emphasis on the drama of instantaneity, the crowdsourcing of el...

The "Guide to Classification of Occupational Therapy Personnel" has been developed as a resource for the American Occupational Therapy Association and for health care administrators and others requiring the services of occupational therapy personnel. The guide to common job roles of occupational therapy describes the qualifications and performance expectations of associated roles. The job roles...