407 research outputs found
Microwave Spectroscopy
Contains reports on nine research projects.United States Department of Energy (Contract DA36-039-sc-73014
A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Teamwork Intervention for Heart Failure Care Dyads
Background: Dyadic heart failure (HF) management can improve outcomes for patients and caregivers and can be enhanced through eHealth interventions. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an eHealth dyadic teamwork intervention, compared to an attention control condition. Methods: We recruited 29 HF patient-caregiver dyads from inpatient units and randomized dyads to an intervention or a control group. We calculated enrollment and retention rates, described acceptability using interview and questionnaire data, and computed intervention effect sizes. Results: 37% of eligible dyads agreed to participate and 93% of randomized participants completed follow-up questionnaires. Participants found both study conditions to be acceptable. Between-group effect sizes suggested that the intervention led to improvements in relationship quality, self-efficacy, and quality of life for patients and caregivers. Conclusions: Dyadic recruitment from acute care settings is challenging. Findings provide initial evidence that our intervention can contribute to better health outcomes for HF dyads
Microwave Spectroscopy
Contains reports on seven research projects.United States Army Signal Corps (Contract DA36-039-sc-74895
Microwave Spectroscopy
Contains research objectives and reports on five research projects.Signal Corps Contract DA36-039-sc-73014Signal Corps Contract DA36-039-sc-7489
Macroscopic Symmetry Group Describes Josephson Tunneling in Twinned Crystals
A macroscopic symmetry group describing the superconducting state of an
orthorhombically twinned crystal of YBCO is introduced. This macroscopic
symmetry group is different for different symmetries of twin boundaries.
Josephson tunneling experiments performed on twinned crystals of YBCO determine
this macroscopic symmetry group and hence determine the twin boundary symmetry
(but do not experimentally determine whether the microscopic order parameter is
primarily d- or s-wave). A consequence of the odd-symmetry twin boundaries in
YBCO is the stability of vortices containing one half an elementary flux
quantum at the intersection of a twin boundary and certain grain boundaries.Comment: 6 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of the MOS96 Conference
in the Journal of Low Temperature Physic
The cardiac work-loop technique:An in vitro model for identifying and profiling drug-induced changes in inotropy using rat papillary muscles
Moving From Political Declaration to Action on Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases A Statement From the Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce
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