Publications by authors named "J Main"
Background: Web-based prenatal education is increasingly employed, but its association with increased breastfeeding and predictors of breastfeeding success is uncertain.
Research Aims: Our primary aim was to evaluate our live, online intervention's association with exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge. Secondarily, we aimed to describe participants' reports of the intervention on predictors of breastfeeding success.
When an electron in a semiconductor gets excited to the conduction band, the missing electron can be viewed as a positively charged particle, the hole. Due to the Coulomb interaction, electrons and holes can form a hydrogen-like bound state called the exciton. For cuprous oxide, a Rydberg series up to high principle quantum numbers has been observed by Kazimierczuk et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMusic-based interventions have been found to benefit people living with dementia and have positive impacts on cognition and well-being. Most people with dementia live in the community and compared to people with dementia in residential care often have less access to music-based interventions. There are many forms of music interventions and singing has shown particular promise; in the realm of music interventions.
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- The study examined how cognitive specialists diagnose and manage functional cognitive disorder (FCD) compared to neurodegenerative diseases, using clinical vignettes for assessment.
- Forty-five experts from 12 countries effectively distinguished between FCD and neurodegeneration, accurately diagnosing all neurodegenerative cases, but only 75%-88% of FCD cases were correctly classified due to varied terminology.
- The findings highlight the need for improved agreement on FCD terminology and more research into validation and diagnostic tools, while suggesting that management strategies should include diagnostic communication and referrals for psychotherapy.
Gagging during dental work is a common concern for both dentists and patients and can prevent patients from seeking or completing essential and routine dental work, often leading to further problems in the future. This paper aims to describe and review the literature on an accessible alternative to other management options to treat a patient with an exaggerated gag reflex. The author compares the effectiveness of current available treatments from published, peer-reviewed sources.
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