Advance Care Planning and Chronic Kidney Disease: What Do Patients Know and What Do They Want?

There is a gap in the research literature regarding advance care planning with this population of patients. This article reports on a study about the end-of-life knowledge, needs, and preferences of patients on hemodialysis - as reported by patients - within a hospital or community-based setting that addresses this gap. Data were collected using a survey method; non-probability, consecutive sampling (n=133) resulted in a high response rate of 64.

Input of a Multi-Disciplinary Meeting in the Treatment of Osteoarticular Infections in French War Casualties.

Introduction: Extremity war-wounds present an elevated risk of infection and compromise reconstructive procedures. In a French military hospital, a multi-disciplinary meeting (MDM) was created to standardize the care given to soldiers with osteoarticular infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of MDM decisions.

Arbitrary Symmetric Running Gait Generation for an Underactuated Biped Model.

This paper investigates generating symmetric trajectories for an underactuated biped during the stance phase of running. We use a point mass biped (PMB) model for gait analysis that consists of a prismatic force actuator on a massless leg. The significance of this model is its ability to generate more general and versatile running gaits than the spring-loaded inverted pendulum (SLIP) model, making it more suitable as a template for real robots.

Design of a generalized predictive controller for a biological wastewater treatment plant.

This paper presents a generalized predictive control (GPC) technique to regulate the activated sludge process found in a bioreactor used in wastewater treatment. The control strategy can track dissolved oxygen setpoint changes quickly, adapting to the system uncertainties and disturbances. Tests occur on an Activated Sludge Model No.