Interventions which may improve neurological outcomes, including time to surgical decompression, in traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) evoke much interest. The majority of TSCI patients in Ireland are managed acutely at the National Spinal Injuries Unit (NSIU). A retrospective review of healthcare records of TSCI patients, who had surgical management there, in 2010, 2011, 2012, was performed. ...

The purpose of this controlled trial was to investigate the effects of a single local cryotherapy session on the recovery characteristics over a period of 72 hours. Twenty-two young and healthy female (n=17; mean age: 21.9±1.1 years) and male (n=5;mean age: 25.4±2.8 years) adults participated in this study. Following an exhaustive jump protocol (3×30 countermovement jumps), half of the particip...

This paper aims to shed the light on how the luxury tourism may serve as a community economic development strategy in the depleted communities. The purpose of the study is to identify the interests and preferences of potential tourists in the 21st century, primarily those individuals who have the time and money to spend a week visiting the 1000 Islands region, thereby contributing much more to ...

this paper aims to shed the light on how the luxury tourism may serve as a community economic development strategy in the depleted communities. the purpose of the study is to identify the interests and preferences of potential tourists in the 21st century, primarily those individuals who have the time and money to spend a week visiting the 1000 islands region, thereby contributing much more to ...

This paper investigates trends and changes in the structural composition of women’s weekly market hours in former West-Germany using aggregate time-series data from German micro census from 1957 until 2001. Aggregate weekly hours per working-age woman are decomposed into hours worked per employee – the intensive margin of adjustment – and into labor force participation – the extensive margin. T...

Although distinctions between full-time and part-time work are vital for understanding inequalities at home, consensus critical reflection lacking in how employment status should be defined. Full-time often represented as a binary split those working under or over specific number of hours. However, this paper, using exploratory mixed methods, evidences problems with assumptions based on working...

Abstract Aim Electrolyte abnormalities are a common and serious consequence of nutritional deficiencies when patients nil-by-mouth. Timely intervention with multidisciplinary approach is known to improve outcome. This audit aimed assess adequacy initial electrolyte management timing dietetics referral in acute surgical requiring total parenteral nutrition university hospital. Method A retrospec...