Quantum Information Science (QIS) is in its infancy and quantum computers are currently at an experimental stage. No production system exists and, while small prototypes are being tested in laboratories (using a few “qubits”), we may not see such reality for another 10 or 20 years. The challenge is that, while we do understand the underlying theoretical physics, the engineering needed to build ...

Introduction As a part of the NHS modernisation agenda to ensure high quality clinical care, podiatrists are required to demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development to maintain registration. This study aimed to investigate the experiences of podiatrists in response to the CPD process. It explored the effectiveness of the portfolio in recording CPD, resource as a limiting factor ...

TRIAL SPONSOR Bangor University, Brigantia Building, College Road, Bangor, LL57 2AS, UK INTRODUCTION: The COPING parent online universal programme is a web-based parenting intervention for parents of children aged 3-8 years with an interest in positive parenting. The programme focuses on strengthening parent-child relationships and encouraging positive child behaviour. This trial will evaluate ...

Objective(s): Polyethylenimine (PEI) is one of the most widely used polymers in gene delivery. The aim of this study was to modify PEI by replacing some of its primary amines with Brevinin 2R (BR-2R) peptide in order to increase the efficiency of gene delivery.Materials and Methods: Polyethylenimine was modified by BR-2R peptide by two d...

Background Recent British National Health Service (NHS) reforms, in response to austerity and alleged ‘health tourism,’ could impose additional barriers to healthcare access for non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrants. This study explores policy reform challenges and implications, using excerpts from the perspectives of non-EEA migrants and health advocates in London.   Methods A qualitative ...

NHS Blood and Transplant; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London; University College Hospitals NHS Trust; Serious Hazards of Transfusion, NHS Blood and Transplant, Manchester/TTF member; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow; NHS Blood and Transplant, Manchester; St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester/University of Manchester; Royal Brompton Hospital, London; Mater Research Institute, Unive...

The Renal Association (RA) Clinical Practice Committee produces guidelines for the entire renal community in the UK. The Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee is one of three committees of the Clinical Affairs Board of the RA, the others being the Clinical Services Committee and Renal Registry Committee. The guidance within the RA Clinical Practice Guidelines supports the drive to improve rena...

The preanalytical phase, encompassing at large all those activities necessary to obtain a suitable biological specimen, is an essential part of the total testing process [1]. Several lines of evidence attest that uncertainties, poorly standardized and even misleading preanalytical procedures produce the vast majority of problems in diagnostic testing, wherein up to 60%–70% of laboratory errors ...

The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO), a state school of nursing project to improve quality of care and resident outcomes in nursing homes, has a special focus to help nursing homes identified as "at risk" for quality concerns. In fiscal year 2006, 92 of 492 Medicaid-certified facilities were identified as "at risk" using quality indicators (QIs) derived from Minimum Data Set (MD...

The Quanta Image Sensor (QIS) is a possible 3 generation image sensor. A QIS consists of a large array of photodetectors (perhaps a billion) that are capable of sensing a single photoelectron with high SNR. Such a binary output photodetector is called a “jot”. It requires small size (e.g. 500 nm pitch), high quantum efficiency, and very low readout noise (e.g. <0.2 electrons rms). A key require...