Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy.

This document defines minimum standards for the practice of occupational therapy. According to the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process (4th ed.; OTPF-4), occupational therapy is defined as the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations with persons, groups, or populations (i.

Whole Blood Administration: Comparison of In Vitro Platelet Function of Pressure Bag, Pressure Bag With Fluid Warming Device, and Rapid Infuser Methods.

Background: Use of low-titer group O whole blood for emergent transfusion of patients with unknown blood type became AABB approved in January 2018. Since that time, there is increasing use of whole blood in massive transfusion protocols. Whole blood stored at refrigerator temperature (2-4 °C) contains functional platelets that some research proposes may provide better clot dynamics than standard platelets, which are stored at room temperature (20-24 °C).

Getting to the heart of the matter: Does aberrant interoceptive processing contribute towards emotional eating?

According to estimates from Public Health England, by 2034 70% of adults are expected to be overweight or obese, therefore understanding the underpinning aetiology is a priority. Eating in response to negative affect contributes towards obesity, however, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Evidence that visceral afferent signals contribute towards the experience of emotion is accumulating rapidly, with the emergence of new influential models of 'active inference'.