OBJECTIVE While living overseas in another culture, retirees need to adapt to a new environment but often this causes difficulties, particularly among those elderly who require healthcare services. This study examines factors affecting healthcare service utilisation among Japanese retirees in Malaysia. DESIGN We conducted 6 focus group discussions with Japanese retirees and interviewed 8 rele...

BACKGROUND Clinical trials test new ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat diseases. Researchers have found that minority patients are willing to participate in clinical trials, yet these patients have barriers which hinder their access to trials. METHODS To explore African American women's participation in breast cancer clinical trials, eight focus groups were conducted with breast canc...

Qualitative spatial reasoning (QSR) is useful for deriving logical inferences when quantitative spatial information is not available. QSR theories have applications in areas such as geographic information systems, spatial databases, robotics, and cognitive sciences. The existing QSR theories have been applied primarily to 2D. The ability to perform QSR over a collection of 3D objects is desirab...

A study of (aperiodic) quantum stochastic resonance (QSR) in parallel is put forward. By doing so, a generally stochastic input signal is fed into an array of parallel dissipative quantum two-level systems (TLS) and its integral response is studied against increasing temperature. The response is quantified by means of an information-theoretic measure provided by the rate of mutual information p...

Objetivo: verificar o impacto do distanciamento social nos cuidados de pacientes com Transtorno Espectro Autista (TEA) durante a pandemia da COVID-19, na perspectiva seus responsáveis. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo transversal qualitativo realizado por meio Análise Conteúdo Bardin, auxílio software QSR NVIVO 11, fim determinar índices comuns assegurar transparência desde processamento material, t...

AIM To examine the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives working in the NHS. METHOD A total of 27 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with nurses and midwives to identify positive and negative aspects of their working lives in the NHS. The interviewees were selected from a potential pool of 87 nurses and midwives who had consented to be involved in an earlier par...

Introduction. Teachers in Finland are demanded to develop students’ competencies in information literacy. However, they can meet this demand only by collaborating with public librarians. The aim in this case study was to explore the perspectives of teachers, librarians and students in a problem-based project and to analyse the advantages and challenges of collaboration between teachers and libr...

The purpose of this study was to employ complexity theory as a theoretical framework and technology to facilitate the development of a life-long learning model for non-working time in the interdependent homes for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A “Shining Star Sustainable Action Project” of the ROC Foundation for Autistic Children and Adults in Taiwan (FACT) was selected as the res...

OBJECTIVE This study used focus groups to identify preferences for physical activity (PA) and motivational themes for increasing PA in underserved adolescents. METHODS Fifty-one adolescents, on the free lunch program (25 males and 26 females; ages 10-13 years; 72% African-American, 19% white, and 9% other minorities) participated in focus groups (6-10 children per group; same gender). The dat...