Sustainable nutritional behavior change (SNBC) model: How personal nutritional decisions bring about sustainable change in nutritional behavior.

Background: The aim of this qualitative study was to identify a practice level model that could explain a sustained change in nutritional behavior.

Methods: The study used three data inputs from four interviewees, one merged input from a married couple, as narrative interviews. The interviews were analyzed using grounded theory.

[Interaction-related stressors and resources-development of a taxonomy to design interactive work in a humane and health-promoting way].

Although various studies deal with the special demands of interactive work, these have only rarely been examined from an integrated stressor and resource perspective (Bednarek 2014). Thus, previous research concentrated on investigating customers in their role as stressors.The aim of this article is to identify and categorise interaction-related stressors and resources and reflect their role in order to design interactive work in a humane and health-promoting way.

Cleidocervical muscle: a mini literature survey of a human muscle variation.

Cleidocervical muscles (CCM) or levator claviculae muscles in humans can be found as supernumerary unilaterally or bilaterally on the neck attached proximally to the clavicle and distally to the transverse process of cervical vertebrae at various levels. Altogether 20 case reports from year 1994 till present including 25 subjects related to CCM were found and analysed where parameters such as cervical insertion level, clavicular insertion at the middle vs. lateral third, unilateral vs.

Inhibition of HIF-prolyl hydroxylases improves healing of intestinal anastomoses.

Anastomotic leakage (AL) accounts for a major part of in-house mortality in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Local ischemia and abdominal sepsis are common risk factors contributing to AL and are characterized by upregulation of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway. The HIF pathway is critically regulated by HIF-prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs).

Does a Train-the-Trainer Approach for Enhancing Healthcare Professionals' Skills in Patient Education during Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Improve Patient Outcomes?

This study is aimed at identifying the impact of a team-based train-the-trainer program (TTT-P) to enhance healthcare professional (HCP) skills in patient education during medical rehabilitation. Focusing on patient-reported outcomes, a prospective, sequential two-cohort study was conducted in the fields of psychosomatic and oncological rehabilitation. Two hundred fifteen patients were evaluated before (Cohort 1) and 196 post implementation of TTT-P (Cohort 2).

Batumi Raptor Count: autumn raptor migration count data from the Batumi bottleneck, Republic of Georgia.

One of the most important geographical bottlenecks for migrating raptors in the east African-Palearctic migration system is situated between the easternmost tip of the Black Sea and the Lesser Caucasus, just north of Batumi, in the Republic of Georgia. Since 2008, citizen scientists of the Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) have monitored the autumn raptor passage daily from mid-August until mid-October, collecting also detailed information about the age and sex of focal species. The full BRC dataset was recently made available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Pharmacological HIF-inhibition attenuates postoperative adhesion formation.

Peritoneal adhesions represent a common complication of abdominal surgery, and tissue hypoxia is a main determinant in adhesion formation. Reliable therapeutic options to reduce peritoneal adhesions are scarce. We investigated whether the formation of postsurgical adhesions can be affected by pharmacological interference with hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs).

Dermatological rehabilitation.

Chronic and chronically recurring diseases often cannot be treated causally and usually lead to a considerable impairment in social and occupational participation. In order to deal appropriately with such restrictions, a more comprehensive therapeutic approach is required in the sense of a bio-psychosocial model of disease and health which serves as the basis for modern dermatological rehabilitation. Multimodal, quality-controlled dermatological rehabilitation gives patients with chronic skin diseases a treatment option that goes beyond the primarily symptom-oriented outpatient care provided by office-based physicians and the acute care of inpatient facilities.

[Dermatologic-psychosomatic rehabilitation].

Dermatologic-psychosomatic rehabilitation is indicated when a patient has both cutaneous and psychological disease, as well as when psychosocial factors have a negative influence on the course of disease or coping mechanisms. The goals of multimodal dermatologic and psychotherapeutic treatment are increased empowerment and self-action, as well as acceptance of disability. Requirements for admission are given with regard to ICF.

[Guidelines for rehabilitation of dermatological diseases].

Guidelines for dermatological rehabilitation are based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF), which includes context factors such as physical environment, socioeconomic conditions, and the personal situation of the patient. Guidelines give specific recommendations for personal conditions of rehabilitation, staff, equipment, process of treatment, and evaluation. They assist doctors, patients, and public institutions in orientation and decision making.

Determination of ephedra alkaloids by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.

In conjunction with an AOAC Task Group on dietary supplements, a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was validated for measurement of 6 major alkaloids in raw ephedra sinica herb, ephedra extracts, ephedra tablets, complex dietary supplements containing ephedra, and a high-protein drink mix containing ephedra. The amount of ephedrine-type alkaloids present was determined by LC with mass selective detection. Six replicates of each matrix were analyzed on 3 separate occasions.

[Indications for psychosomatically-oriented dermatologic rehabilitation].

Dermatological rehabilitation treatment can take different forms: climato-therapy, baths, phototherapy and psychosomatic treatments. Which of these treatments is of most benefit to any one patient depends on his or her illness. Accordingly, a psychosomatic approach to dermatological illness is indicated mainly when a psychological disorder and a dermatological disease coincide.