A functional brace for treating Colles fractures; volunteer trial of a new design.

Background: Presently used Colles' fracture treatments have similar outcomes with significant complications. Previous studies of a dynamic functional fracture brace, achieving similar or better results had no significant complications. A novel brace design is described to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Making 'being less sedentary feel normal' -investigating ways to reduce adolescent sedentary behaviour at school: a qualitative study.

Background: Adolescents spend over 50% of a 24-hour period and 63% of the school day sedentary. Few comprehensive qualitative studies have explored teachers' and students' perceptions of potential strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) in the secondary school setting. This project aimed to elicit students' and teachers' perspectives of feasible and acceptable ways to encourage adolescents to "sit less and stand or move more" during the school day.

Effects of population density and environmental conditions on life-history prevalence in a migratory fish.

Individual variation in life-history traits can have important implications for the ability of populations to respond to environmental variability and change. In migratory animals, flexibility in the timing of life-history events, such as juvenile emigration from natal areas, can influence the effects of population density and environmental conditions on habitat use and population dynamics. We evaluated the functional relationships between population density and environmental covariates and the abundance of juveniles expressing different life-history pathways in a migratory fish, Chinook salmon (), in the Wenatchee River basin in Washington State, USA.

Determinants of Clinical Decision Making under Uncertainty in Dentistry: A Scoping Review.

Clinical decision-making for diagnosing and treating oral and dental diseases consolidates multiple sources of complex information, yet individual clinical judgements are often made intuitively on limited heuristics to simplify decision making, which may lead to errors harmful to patients. This study aimed at systematically evaluating dental practitioners' clinical decision-making processes during diagnosis and treatment planning under uncertainty. A scoping review was chosen as the optimal study design due to the heterogeneity and complexity of the topic.

New bed configurations and discharge timing policies: A hospital-wide simulation.

Objective: Optimising patient flow is becoming an increasingly critical issue as patient demand fluctuates in healthcare systems with finite capacity. Simulation provides a powerful tool to fine-tune policies and investigate their impact before any costly intervention.

Methods: A hospital-wide discrete event simulation is developed to model incoming flow from ED and elective units in a busy metropolitan hospital.