Publications by authors named "D B CRANE"
Background: Smartphone apps are a convenient, low-cost approach to delivering smoking cessation support to large numbers of individuals. Yet, the apps are susceptible to low rates of user engagement and retention.
Objective: This study aims to test the effects of a new game module (called Inner Dragon) integrated into Smoke Free (23 Limited), a leading smoking cessation app with established efficacy.
Context: Surgical management of firearm-related spinal cord injury (SCI) remains controversial, and there are no clear guidelines. Time to surgery, surgical indications, and patient characteristics on initial presentation in this group are not well understood, and these factors may impact the potential for neurologic recovery after operative intervention.
Objective: To understand the timing and factors affecting the timing of operative intervention after firearm-related SCI.
Article Synopsis
- The Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership has implemented a tobacco dependency treatment program for NHS workers that includes 6 months of behavioral support and 12 weeks of treatment through a digital app.
- During the evaluation period from January 2022 to September 2023, 1,567 workers participated, resulting in significant reductions in smoking, including over 89,000 smoke-free days and the avoidance of more than 1.25 million cigarettes.
- The program demonstrated a 12-week abstinence rate of 37% among a subset of 300 participants, highlighting its effectiveness in aiding NHS workers in overcoming tobacco dependency.
Background: During a quit attempt, cues from a smoker's environment are a major cause of brief smoking lapses, which increase the risk of relapse. Quit Sense is a theory-guided Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention smartphone app, providing smokers with the means to learn about their environmental smoking cues and provides 'in the moment' support to help them manage these during a quit attempt.
Objective: To undertake a feasibility randomised controlled trial to estimate key parameters to inform a definitive randomised controlled trial of Quit Sense.
The antibiotic oxytetracycline (OTC) is a fluorochrome marker, and fluorescence microscopy is used to view OTC marks in fishes' calcified structures. However, OTC marks have been observed in calcified structures using standard light microscopy for multiple species. Therefore, we conducted an experiment to investigate potential factors (i.
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