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Multitargeted interventions to reduce dialysis-induced systemic stress.
Clin Kidney J
December 2021
Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Waltham, MA, USA.
Hemodialysis (HD) is a life-sustaining therapy as well as an intermittent and repetitive stress condition for the patient. In ridding the blood of unwanted substances and excess fluid from the blood, the extracorporeal procedure simultaneously induces persistent physiological changes that adversely affect several organs. Dialysis patients experience this systemic stress condition usually thrice weekly and sometimes more frequently depending on the treatment schedule.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerspectives of future water sources in Qatar by phytoremediation: biodiversity at ponds and modern approach.
Int J Phytoremediation
July 2021
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Anthropogenic and industrial wastewater (IWW) could be an additional future source of water to support the needs of the people of the State of Qatar. New lagoons have been built using modern technologies to optimize water use and waste recycling, as well as increasing the green spaces around the country. To achieve successful development of these new lagoons, lessons should be learned from the old ponds by examining their biodiversity, ecology, and the roles played by aquatic plants and algae to remediate wastewaters at these ponds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBeing a dad to a child with Down's syndrome: Overcoming the challenges to adjustment.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil
May 2019
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Background: Historically, research exploring the impact of having a child with an Intellectual Disability (ID), has focussed exclusively on mothers. The present study aimed to investigate fathers' experiences of parenting a child with Down's syndrome (DS), their contributions, influences on family functioning and inclusion in their child's support provision.
Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 fathers.
Possession divestment by sales in later life.
J Aging Stud
August 2015
Gerontology Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
Residential relocation in later life is almost always a downsizing, with many possessions to be divested in a short period of time. This article examines older movers' capacities for selling things, and ways that selling attenuates people's ties to those things, thus accomplishing the human dis-possession of the material convoy. In qualitative interviews in 79 households in the Midwestern United States, older adults reported their experience with possession sales associated with residential relocation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Hepatitis C treatment experience: Patients' perceptions of the facilitators of and barriers to uptake, adherence and completion.
Psychol Health
August 2015
a Clinical School , University of Sydney, Sydney , Australia.
Objective: This study explores the perceptions of patients receiving treatment for Hepatitis C to determine what factors influence their decision to commence treatment, ability to maintain adherence and complete their treatment program.
Design: Semi-structured interview techniques were used in a qualitative study of 20 patients undergoing treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC).
Main Outcome Measures: To explore patients' perceived barriers and facilitators of Hepatitis C treatment adherence and completion.
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