Reflecting on Early Arthritis

Reflecting on early arthritis.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Early diagnosis and treatment outcomes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory progressive disease which in the absence of appropriate treatment can lead to joint destruction and disability. Prognosis of RA may be predicted based on the presence of some clinical and laboratory evidences.New criteria for classification of RA provides opportunity for earlier treatment. Initiation of treatment particularly by combination of DMARDs...

Reflecting on posture.

Cardiovascular parameters are most often assessed at rest, and in many cases in the supine position. This generally facilitates measurement procedures and obviates the need to account for external and usually complex confounding factors, other than those related to the inherent physiology being investigated. Although the supine resting position may be relevant for some part of circadian living,...

Reflecting on Quality

JULY/AUGUST 2016 | IEEE SOFTWARE 5 MONITORING ROADWORK quality differs completely from actually building roads. When the road is being built, you take samples of materials and test them in a lab. When it’s ready, you use specialized equipment to look for slippery or uneven pavements. And when the road is opened to traf c, you set up cameras and other sensors to see how it’s used. In software en...

Reflecting on ‘ Reflective practice ’

Reflective practice has burgeoned over the last few decades throughout various fields of professional practice and education. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence, even if on occasion it has been adopted mistakenly and unreflectively to rationalise existing practice. The allure of the ‘reflection bandwagon’ lies in the fact that it ‘rings true’ (Loughran,...