Publications by authors named "G J T Kessel"
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- - The study investigates the early post-injury experiences regarding choice and control for individuals with acquired brain injury or spinal cord injury and their caregivers.
- - Nine patients and four caregivers were interviewed, revealing four main themes: feeling like a "passenger" in the system, the need for support, a desire for improvement, and adapting to a "new normal."
- - The findings suggest that enhancing choice and control can empower individuals post-injury, offering valuable insights for healthcare professionals to support these patients effectively.
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- - The scoping review investigates how effective interventions can help allied health students improve their resilience, which is crucial for managing stress and maintaining academic and clinical performance.
- - Researchers systematically searched various medical databases for studies published until October 2022, ultimately reviewing seven relevant studies that assessed different methods of resilience intervention in health disciplines like pharmacy and physiotherapy.
- - The review found that most intervention methods showed statistically significant improvements in resilience, indicating that stakeholders in allied health education should prioritize developing and testing these interventions, while future research should focus on long-term impacts.
Significant shares of harvests are lost to pests and diseases, therefore, minimizing these losses could solve part of the supply constraints to feed the world. Cisgenesis is defined as the insertion of genetic material into a recipient organism from a donor that is sexually compatible. Here, we review (i) conventional plant breeding, (ii) cisgenesis, (iii) current pesticide-based disease management, (iv) potential economic implications of cultivating cisgenic crops with durable disease resistances, and (v) potential environmental implications of cultivating such crops; focusing mostly on potatoes, but also apples, with resistances to Phytophthora infestans and Venturia inaequalis, respectively.
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- Acquired brain injury (ABI) can significantly alter an individual's life, affecting their ability to exercise choice and control in daily activities, which is crucial for their recovery and well-being.
- This meta-synthesis analyzed 56 qualitative studies to understand how people with ABI perceive choice and control, identifying three main themes: feeling like a second-class citizen, reordering life, and choosing a path.
- The findings suggest that regaining choice and control is a complex process that requires a supportive, individualized approach from health professionals to help individuals navigate their recovery effectively.
Background: Upper cervical meningioma represents a large portion of intradural extramedullary tumors that occur in the cervical spinal canal. Most of them are located ventrally or ventrolateral to the spinal cord. Reaching lesions at this location surgically is technically challenging.
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