Mayo Bennetsen

In each pathway, individual experiences with vaping nicotine appeared to play an important role and appeared to be related to psychological and social factors. A social context supportive of vaping was important for the maintainers, as was a belief in the need to overcome nicotine addiction for the abstainers, and dislike of the ‘vaping culture’…[Read more]

Mechanical thrombectomy is a highly effective but time dependent treatment for acute ischaemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. In the UK, the national clinical guidelines for stroke and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance endorses thrombectomy as an acute stroke treatment, and NHS England commissioned thrombectomy…[Read more]

The domains include demographics, maternity care outcomes, facilities, the midwife/woman relationship, building capacity-empowerment, decision making and involvement, personalised care, advice care and support and general.

Consumer satisfaction is an important indicator of quality care. This is the first instrument to be developed that is…[Read more]

n. This model might reduce subjectivity in image interpretation and facilitate IVOCT quantification of plaque composition, with potential applications in research and IVOCT-guided PCI.

Quantification of microvascular function requires the measurement of flow and resistance at rest and during hyperemia. Continuous intracoronary thermodilution…[Read more]

Our simulations indicate that actin subunits at both boundaries adopt structures intermediate between those of bare and cofilin-bound actin subunits. These ‘intermediate’ states have compromised intersubunit contacts, but the actin subunit interfaces lacking contacts at the slow-severing boundary are stabilized by cofilin bridging interactions,…[Read more]