Publications by authors named "P H Yiu"
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- The study investigates the role of reflective practice groups in inpatient mental health settings, focusing on their impact on staff well-being and clinical practice amidst staff shortages.
- Interviews with fifteen participants revealed that these groups can enhance staff reflection and team cohesion, while factors like group composition and support for facilitators can influence engagement.
- The findings suggest actionable changes to improve staff participation in these groups and emphasize the need for further research on their effectiveness in mental health care.
In the past year, there has been significant progress in the utilization of electrochemical strategies for the determination of harmful substances. Among those, the electrochemical determination of nicotine (NIC) has continued to be of significant interest ascribed to the global health concern of e-cigarette products, nowadays. Electrochemical sensors have become promising tools for the detection of NIC ascribed to their high sensitivity, selectivity, and ease of use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this prospective clinical study is to evaluate the feasibility of the micro-laryngeal surgery (MLS) using a 3D operating exoscope (OE) in substitution to a conventional operating microscope (OM).
Methods: A total of 41 consecutive patients were included (male: 26; median age: 55.0 years; IQR: 46.
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- The study looked at the results of a heart surgery called surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in over 31,000 people in the UK, including those who also had another surgery called CABG.
- It found that the risk of dying from the surgery was low, around 1.9% for those with only SAVR and a bit higher for those who had CABG too.
- The study showed that the type of surgery and the patient's health before surgery affected the outcomes, but most surgeries were planned ahead of time rather than done in emergencies.
The choriogenin H - EGFP transgenic medaka (Oryzias melastigma) has been used to test estrogenic substances and quantify estrogenic activity into 17β-estradiol (E2) equivalency (EEQ). The method uses 8 eleutheroembryos in 2 ml solution per well and 3 wells per treatment in 24-well plates at 26 ± 1 °C for 24 ± 2 h, with subsequent measurements of induced GFP signal intensity. EEQ measurements are calculated using a E2 probit regression model with a coefficient of determination (R) > 0.
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