Development and Implementation of a Standard Assessment Battery Across the Continuum of Care for Patients After Stroke.

Stroke rehabilitation occurs across the continuum of care starting in the acute hospital and through the inpatient and outpatient settings. Rehabilitation aims to minimize impairments and maximize function in individuals after stroke. Because patients often undergo rehabilitation for extended periods, longitudinal assessment of impairment, activity, and participation can facilitate the evaluation of patients' progress toward recovery, as well as communication and decision making to guide clinical practice regarding the intervention(s) to be used and may also be leveraged for clinical research.

Feasibility of an Enhanced Therapy Model of Care for Hospitalized Stroke Patients.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of an enhanced therapy model for hospitalized stroke patients.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental cohort study of acute stroke patients from a single hospital. In the intervention group, all hospitalized patients on the acute stroke service were seen by at least two therapy disciplines daily in addition to routine stroke care.

Development and Implementation of a New Model of Care for Patients With Stroke, Acute Hospital Rehabilitation Intensive SErvices: Leveraging a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team.

The optimal timing and intensity of early rehabilitation remain uncertain. The literature has stated that too early high-intensity mobility within 24 hours can result in poor outcomes as compared with the 24- to 48-hour poststroke (Stroke 2012;43:2389-94. Stroke 2004;35:1005-9).

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS IN NIGERIA.

The impact of the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic cuts across all sectors and has brought to the fore the true realities and status of health systems globally, revealing the gaps and cracks even in seemingly perfect health systems. The fragile and weak health system in the country is also riddled with a lot of sub-optimal health indicators including reproductive health. It is important to anticipate and look out for these effects in order to plan for and ensure early detection and necessary intervention to mitigate such.

Responding to an Emerging Need: Implementing Telehealth in Acute Hospital Rehabilitation.

This article outlines a multidisciplinary approach to implementing a telehealth program in the acute care hospital setting during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Telehealth has been used in many practice areas, although it can be a particular challenge to establish in an acute care hospital given the fast-paced environment. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique situation.

Life History Orientation Predicts COVID-19 Precautions and Projected Behaviors.

The ongoing Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a devastating impact worldwide. It is unclear as to what one expects during the "post-peak" and "post-pandemic" periods in terms of: (1) continued adherence to precautionary measures (e.g.

An investigation of generalized differential evolution metaheuristic for multiobjective optimal crop-mix planning decision.

This paper presents an annual multiobjective crop-mix planning as a problem of concurrent maximization of net profit and maximization of crop production to determine an optimal cropping pattern. The optimal crop production in a particular planting season is a crucial decision making task from the perspectives of economic management and sustainable agriculture. A multiobjective optimal crop-mix problem is formulated and solved using the generalized differential evolution 3 (GDE3) metaheuristic to generate a globally optimal solution.

Kinetic modelling and characterization of microbial community present in a full-scale UASB reactor treating brewery effluent.

The performance of a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating brewery wastewater was investigated by microbial analysis and kinetic modelling. The microbial community present in the granular sludge was detected using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and further confirmed using polymerase chain reaction. A group of 16S rRNA based fluorescent probes and primers targeting Archaea and Eubacteria were selected for microbial analysis.