Publications by authors named "Cameron Kelly"
Objectives: Guidelines recommend addressing health behaviors, mental health, and social needs in primary care. However, it is unclear how often patients want support to address these risks. As part of a randomized trial comparing enhanced care planning versus usual care, we evaluated what risks patients wanted to address.
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- The case report discusses an 83-year-old male cadaver with a rare anatomical variant known as a type 1 retroaortic left renal vein (RLRV), which occurs in about 0.5-3.6% of the population and is usually asymptomatic.
- Although RLRV is often benign, it can lead to symptoms like hematuria and flank pain, particularly due to a condition called "nutcracker syndrome," where the renal vein is compressed between the aorta and other structures.
- Diagnosis typically involves imaging techniques like multidetector CT or Doppler ultrasound, and treatment for symptomatic cases often includes conservative methods such as medication, while surgery is considered only if these methods don't help.
Organometallic coordination compounds in general and metallocenes in particular are convenient precursors for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles through thermal decomposition. The strength of the interaction between the metal ion and its ligands determines the conditions under which decomposition occurs, most importantly the range of temperatures and pressures at which a given compound is useful as a precursor. We show that a comprehensive analysis of all individual contributions to the ligand metal interactions that establishes the nature of the interaction can be used to select compounds that are tuned to a specific dissociation energy with advantageous properties under experimental conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial work practice has become more complex and complicated, as social workers wade through the burgeoning call for empirical evidence, the demand to deliver services in shorter periods and with restricted resources. In substance abuse treatment organizations, implementing evidence-based, culturally competent treatment initiatives can seem counter-intuitive to program staff and are subsequently not administered or administered in a way that sabotages the integrity of the intervention. This paper examines cultural competence and explores the meaning of meta-cultural competency that is, the organization's culture, the client's cultural background, and how these factors are interpreted by practitioners within the organizational network.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study evaluated the anti-inflammatory properties of Surolan with the use of a pinna model of inflammation in 80 mice and a randomized complete block design. Within each of 8 blocks, 10 treatments, consisting of different combinations of the constituents of Surolan with and without the prednisolone acetate component, were randomly assigned to the 9-wk-old CD-1 mice. The treatments were administered as a single dose 30 min after pinna inflammation was induced with tetradecanoylphorbol acetate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study examines the characteristics and needs of 69 youth who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness at Pathway's Home Base Youth Drop-In Centre in the affluent suburb of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Methods: A semi-structured interview examined demographics, characteristics, living arrangements, family characteristics, substance use, mental health, criminal activity and educational experiences of the youth in this sample.
Results: The majority of youth came from economically advantaged families and were currently residing with their parents, but were substantially more at risk than their mainstream peers in measures related to youth homelessness.