Healthy eating is influenced by myriad factors ranging from individual to societal. Healthcare organizations have recently adopted healthy eating policies to improve food environments; however, how such policies shape practice is still unknown. This qualitative study explores perspectives on continuous quality improvement (CQI) among healthcare staff and managers working in hospital foodservices post-implementation of a healthy eating policy aimed at improving food environments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe disulfur dinitride (SN) process has demonstrated an ability to develop fingermarks on a range of metal substrates. However, the commercialised system 'Recover Latent Fingerprint Technology (LFT)', which utilises this scientific process, has not been evaluated on stainless steel kitchen knives, an item commonly encountered in major crime cases in the United Kingdom. This paper reports on the planted fingermark experiments conducted to investigate the Recover LFT performance relative to, and after, other visualisation processes; such as Superglue Fuming (with and without Basic Yellow 40 dye staining), Carbon-based Powder Suspension, Basic Violet 3 and Acid Violet 17.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic illnesses (CIs) are increasingly prevalent among children/young people (CYP) globally. For migrant CYP with CIs, achieving a stable life in a new country can be particularly challenging due to additional barriers such as cultural and language differences, unsafe living conditions, and discrimination. While migration can sometimes improve healthcare access by introducing new models of care and ways of understanding health, these advantages are often outweighed by obstacles that hinder access to essential services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisorders in pulmonary vascular integrity are a prominent feature in many lung diseases. Paracrine signaling is highly enriched in the lung and plays a crucial role in regulating vascular homeostasis. However, the specific local cell-cell crosstalk signals that maintain pulmonary microvascular stability in adult animals and humans remain largely unexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTechnological advances render the distinction between artificial (e.g., computer-generated faces) and real stimuli increasingly difficult, yet the factors driving our beliefs regarding the nature of ambiguous stimuli remain largely unknown.
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