Factors affecting -individual task prioritisation in a workplace setting.

Task prioritisation (TP), the ability to arrange assigned responsibilities in order of importance, has been identified by doctors as the most important non-technical skill when working out of hours. This review aimed to identify the factors influencing task prioritisation in a workplace setting. The following databases were searched for relevant studies: BNI, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE and PsycINFO as well as the reference lists of relevant articles, review papers and Google Scholar.

Intentional and inadvertent non-adherence in adult coeliac disease. A cross-sectional survey.

Adherence to a gluten-free diet is the mainstay of treatment for coeliac disease. Non-adherence is common as the diet is restrictive and can be difficult to follow. This study aimed to determine the rates of intentional and inadvertent non-adherence in adult coeliac disease and to examine the factors associated with both.

Systematic review: adherence to a gluten-free diet in adult patients with coeliac disease.

Background: Coeliac disease is increasingly diagnosed in adult patients who present with atypical symptoms or who are asymptomatic and detected by case screening. Its treatment, a gluten-free diet, can have a considerable impact on daily living. Understanding the factors associated with non-adherence is important in terms of supporting patients with their condition.

Comparison of subcellular partitioning, distribution, and internal speciation of Cu between Cu-tolerant and naïve populations of Dendrodrilus rubidus Savigny.

When considering contaminated site ecology and ecological risk assessment a key question is whether organisms that appear unaffected by accumulation of contaminants are tolerant or resistant to those contaminants. A population of Dendrodrilus rubidus Savigny earthworms from the Coniston Copper Mines, an area of former Cu mining, exhibit increased tolerance and accumulation of Cu relative to a nearby non-Cu exposed population. Distribution of total Cu between different body parts (posterior, anterior, body wall) of the two populations was determined after a 14 day exposure to 250 mg Cu kg(-1) in Cu-amended soil.

The assessment and management of strabismus and amblyopia: a national audit.

Aims: To determine what systems are in place within ophthalmic services for the assessment and management of children suspected of having amblyopia and strabismus. To find out what methods are used for the assessment of these children.

Methods: A questionnaire-based study auditing 288 orthoptic departments in the UK.

Remediation of refractive amblyopia by optical correction alone.

Amblyopia--the commonest vision abnormality of childhood--is characterized by a loss of visual acuity usually of one eye only. Treatment aims to promote function of the amblyopic eye and does this by restricting, usually through occlusion, the competitive advantage of the fellow eye. Recent experimental evidence demonstrates that the recovery of vision following early deprivation is facilitated by increasing visually evoked activity.

Flow-cytometric method for the quantitation of the Fc function of intravenous immunoglobulin preparations.

Objectives: We have developed and optimised a new flow-cytometric method for the measurement of the Fc function of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) preparations, which is important in predicting the effector function of immunoglobulin (Ig) in such preparations.

Materials And Methods: Ig was bound to a monocytic cell line, THP-1 with Fc gammaRI and Fc gammaRII cell surface receptors, and the bound Ig detected by FITC-conjugated F(ab)2 fragment of rabbit anti-human IgG.

Results: Validation studies showed that Ig bound to the cell line through the Fc portion.

Biological activity of von Willebrand factor during the manufacture of therapeutic factor VIII concentrates as determined by the collagen-binding assay.

In this study the use of collagen-binding assay, recently recommended by the European Pharmacopoeia for the characterization of Factor VIII/von Willebrand Factor (FVIII/vWF) concentrates was investigated. The collagen-binding assay was optimized to decrease reagent variability and, to allow for interlaboratory comparison, standardized against the third WHO International Plasma Standard for vWF and factor VIII, with the assumption that 1 unit of vWF antigen = 1 unit of collagen binding activity. A study of clinical samples of patients with von Willebrand's disease established that a ratio of vWF antigen; Collagen-binding activity <1.

How men and women view the world: a sexual perspective.

This papers presents a number of views on men and women and how they react to one another. Very little attention is given to discussing gender issues within nurse education, despite the fact that understanding gender perspectives would have a great impact on nursing care. As the majority of nurses are women and offer a different perspective on life from men, the authors find this issue needs to be addressed at pre- and post-registration levels.

The personal tutor: a teacher's view.

The dramatic changes that have occurred in the National Health Service during the last decade have been mirrored in nurse education. Although these changes have had a positive impact, students and tutors may feel they have created additional stress. This article looks at the personal nurse tutor's role in helping students come to terms with events at a vulnerable time in their lives.