Engaging multi-stakeholder perspectives to identify dementia care research priorities.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to partner with stakeholders to identify gaps in care for persons living with dementia and their family caregivers and from this list, identify priorities for dementia care research.

Methods: Using a community-engaged research approach, a Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) consisting of diverse membership including persons living with dementia and family caregivers was convened. Through our work with the SAC, along with input from the wider network through a symposium, webinars, and an online learning community, gaps in dementia care and a list of topics for dementia care research was generated.

Microresonator mass sensors for detection of Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores in air and water.

Towards the goal of developing a real-time monitoring device for microorganisms, we demonstrate the use of microcantilevers as resonant mass sensors for detection of Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores in air and liquid. The detection scheme was based on measuring resonant frequency decrease driven by thermally induced oscillations, as a result of the added mass of the spores with the use of a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV). Viscous effects were investigated by comparing measurements in air and deionized (DI) water along with theoretical values.

[Medical - Psychological Consultation at San Roque Hospital].

This paper has been done to comunicate a conception of Interconsultation (Liaison) developed in the Metal Health Service from San Roque Hospital. It begins with a general review around theoretical and technical evolution about Interconsultation in a general Hospital. Then it describes our theoretical point of view and its instrumentation, with especial enphasis in the idea of "to include the human being of our sick subject".