Personality-development research is flourishing. Here, we extend these efforts horizontally (new constructs) and vertically (new levels within the same construct) by charting out age-graded differences in Schwarz's human values across 80,814 individuals. Conducting a systematic investigation of cross-sectional age-graded differences in human values-from late teenage years to post-retirement-featuring 36 analytical model choices and 180,000 simulation-based decisions, our analyses replicate some earlier findings (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Prosthetic replacement of the fragmented, collapsed and unreconstructable lunate is a treatment option in Kienbock's disease. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness, safety and outcomes of prosthetic lunate arthroplasty for the treatment of Kienbock's disease.
Methods: We conducted a PRISMA-P compliant systematic review PROSPERO (CRD 42021283996) searching Cochrane, Medline, PubMed and Embase databases for the outcomes of prosthetic lunate arthroplasty.
We highlight an increase in the number of invasive Group A streptococcal soft tissue infections and present the impact of those on the hand surgery service, based on a single Hand Unit experience at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre.
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July 2024
Introduction: Climate change is estimated to be the biggest global health threat of the 21 century, and has prompted calls to move away from processes in healthcare associated with high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. In musculoskeletal medicine, splints are widely used for limb immobilisation. These have typically been made from single-use materials such as gypsum, although in recent years purportedly environmentally friendly splints have been designed.
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