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    Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance : a survey

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    This report details a survey of older people's experiences of changed medication appearance. The aims of the study were: • To develop a questionnaire in partnership with older people to survey older people’s views on fluctuating medication appearance • To elicit older people’s experiences of medication that changed appearance due to ‘generic prescribing’ and ‘parallel import’ practices and its impact on their medication taking practices. These common pharmacy practices mean that the same tablet medication can be issued to older people in different colours, sizes and shapes to their previous prescriptions. Older people from a local User/Carer Forum highlighted these problems to the research team and asked that we investigate to explore the extent of the problem. An eight-item questionnaire was developed and distributed to 2000 older people (50 years+) across participating PCTs in Greater Manchester in 2008. A 29% response rate was achieved. The data was analysed using the SPSS statistical package. Findings include: •63.3% experienced a change in the appearance of their tablet medications. •74.1% did not seek advice regarding the change in the appearance of their tablet medications. •Older people noted changes to the actual tablets, tablet packaging and written information that accompanies tablets. Changes are occurring to the colour, size and shape of tablets more than changes to packaging and written information. The majority of respondents had experienced changes in the appearance of their prescribed tablet medication in the previous two years which were not due to change in medication or dose etc. Worryingly, for some respondents, these changes prompted negative experiences such as anxiety, confusion and upset. Of particular concern was that a small number omitted the affected tablet medications and did not seek help or advice from GPs, pharmacists or relatives. Six older people have been study advisors from inception to dissemination of this study and significantly added to its quality. The study demonstrates substantive public engagement / user involvement in research. The findings suggest nurses and others have a role to play in promoting better medicines management and identifying those most at risk from changed appearance of medications

    Onions in South Dakota

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    The onion, believed to be a native of Asia, has been cultivated in America since 1629. It is a major vegetable in the American diet, being used in many different ways. By value, this crop ranks in the top 10 vegetables of America. Raw onions are high in vitamin C, as well as other nutrients. New onion varieties and hybrids produce excellent yields. Lack of water during the growing season is the major limiting factor in commercial onion production in South Dakota

    Wonder Gold Bell Pepper

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    Wonder Gold is the result of a sweet pepper breeding program at the Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University. Morgold pepper (female) and a special strain of improved squash pepper selected at the Agriculture Experiment Station in 1960 were crossed and individual plants were selected for earliness and concentrated fruit set. Selections in the F5 generation were crossed with Staddon\u27s Select pepper. Selections of individual plants were made from this cross on the basis of fruit shape, color, set, and early maturity. Wonder Gold is a selection from the F9 generation of the latter cross

    Edible Beans

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    This publication deals with the cultivation, health, and marketing of edible beans

    An interesting case of suicidal poisoning

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    Aconite is one of the most poisonous known herbs. It has been known to be used as a homicidal poison from long time in history. However this is rarely known to be used as suicidal poison. Poisoning with aconite is usually fatal and death commonly occurs due to arrhythmias and cardiotoxicity. We report a case of attempted suicidal poisoning by aconite where patient survived in spite of documented cardiotoxic effects of the poison

    Producing Earlier Cantalopes in Souh Dakota

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    Producing earlier cantaloupes in South Dakota gives suggestions to shorten the growing cycle of cantaloupes

    Onions in South Dakota

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    The onion, believed to be a native of Asia, has been cultivated in America since 1629. It is a major vegetable in the American diet, being used in many different ways. By value, this crop ranks in the top 10 vegetables of America. Raw onions are high in vitamin C, as well as other nutrients. New onion varieties and hybrids produce excellent yields. Lack of water during the growing season is the major limiting factor in commercial onion production in South Dakota

    Growing Green House Tomatoes

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    This bulletin provides instructions for the growth and care of greenhouse tomatoes. Information regarding disease and insect control is also addressed

    Evaluating the impact of automation on labour markets in England and Wales

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    Robots are now able to complete many tasks with greater efficiency than humans. This is leading employers to demand different skills from their workforces. Simultaneously, there has been a notable decline in manufacturing employment in the UK. Using data at a local authority level, this thesis shows that industrial robot technology in the transportation manufacturing industry, an empirical proxy for automation, had a negative and statistically significant effect on employment across England and Wales between 1991 and 2001; a period of increasing industrial robot usage in the UK. Using structural parameter estimates for the UK economy, the empirical results suggest that one industrial robot in the transportation manufacturing industry reduced employment by 4.2 workers between 1991 and 2001. This is equivalent to approximately 21,000 job losses over the decade. Upon establishing the result for automation, the empirical analysis is extended to disentangle the impact of automation from trade. It is found that Chinese import exposure had a larger effect than automation between 1991-2001, accounting for approximately 27% of the decline in UK manufacturing employment over the period
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