Publications by authors named "D Alex Forrester"
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- A study evaluated the 6-year clinical outcomes of a total knee arthroplasty system with a modern universal femoral component, focusing on results from a single surgeon over a 131 patient sample.
- The retrospective review showed significant improvements in Knee Society scores and range of motion after surgery, with a mean patient age of 67.4 years and a BMI of 32.6.
- Out of the 149 knees assessed, 9 required reoperation for various issues, but overall the findings indicate excellent clinical results with no instances of patellar maltracking.
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- Wearables are seen as promising tools for improving self-management of chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis by enabling remote monitoring, early illness detection, and motivation for patients.
- A qualitative study involved interviews with cystic fibrosis patients and focus groups with healthcare providers, revealing that patients appreciated real-time data but were concerned about the wearables' limitations and their impact on self-management adherence.
- Both patients and healthcare providers showed cautious optimism towards using wearables, highlighting potential benefits but also emphasizing issues like data accuracy and the risk of increased patient anxiety.
Process-based forest models combine biological, physical, and chemical process understanding to simulate forest dynamics as an emergent property of the system. As such, they are valuable tools to investigate the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems. Specifically, they allow testing of hypotheses regarding long-term ecosystem dynamics and provide means to assess the impacts of climate scenarios on future forest development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant diversity effects on community productivity often increase over time. Whether the strengthening of diversity effects is caused by temporal shifts in species-level overyielding (i.e.
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