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Method of Producing Improved Bearing Components by Elimination or Control of Fiber Orientation, Including Magnetic Analysis
Producing improved bearing components by elimination or control of fiber orientatio
Novel inferences of ionisation & recombination for particle/power balance during detached discharges using deuterium Balmer line spectroscopy
The physics of divertor detachment is determined by divertor power, particle
and momentum balance. This work provides a novel analysis technique of the
Balmer line series to obtain a full particle/power balance measurement of the
divertor. This supplies new information to understand what controls the
divertor target ion flux during detachment.
Atomic deuterium excitation emission is separated from recombination
quantitatively using Balmer series line ratios. This enables analysing those
two components individually, providing ionisation/recombination source/sinks
and hydrogenic power loss measurements. Probabilistic Monte Carlo techniques
were employed to obtain full error propagation - eventually resulting in
probability density functions for each output variable. Both local and overall
particle and power balance in the divertor are then obtained. These techniques
and their assumptions have been verified by comparing the analysed synthetic
diagnostic 'measurements' obtained from SOLPS simulation results for the same
discharge. Power/particle balance measurements have been obtained during
attached and detached conditions on the TCV tokamak.Comment: The analysis results of this paper were formerly in arXiv:1810.0496
General practitioners' views and experiences in caring for patients after sepsis:a qualitative interview study
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232438.pdf (Publisherâs version ) (Open Access)BACKGROUND: Patients surviving critical illnesses, such as sepsis, often suffer from long-term complications. After discharge from hospital, most patients are treated in primary care. Little is known how general practitioners (GPs) perform critical illness aftercare and how it can be improved. Within a randomised controlled trial, an outreach training programme has been developed and applied. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe GPs' views and experiences of caring for postsepsis patients and of participating a specific outreach training. DESIGN: Semistructured qualitative interviews. SETTING: 14 primary care practices in the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany. PARTICIPANTS: 14 GPs who had participated in a structured sepsis aftercare programme in primary care. RESULTS: Themes identified in sepsis aftercare were: continuity of care and good relationship with patients, GP's experiences during their patient's critical illness and impact of persisting symptoms. An outreach education as part of the intervention was considered by the GPs to be acceptable, helpful to improve knowledge of the management of postintensive care complications and useful for sepsis aftercare in daily practice. CONCLUSIONS: GPs provide continuity of care to patients surviving sepsis. Better communication at the intensive care unit-GP interface and training in management of long-term complications of sepsis may be helpful to improve sepsis aftercare. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN61744782
A research agenda on patient safety in primary care. Recommendations by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care
This is the final version of the article. Available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.BACKGROUND: Healthcare can cause avoidable serious harm to patients. Primary care is not an exception, and the relative lack of research in this area lends urgency to a better understanding of patient safety, the future research agenda and the development of primary care oriented safety programmes. OBJECTIVE: To outline a research agenda for patient safety improvement in primary care in Europe and beyond. METHODS: The LINNEAUS collaboration partners analysed existing research on epidemiology and classification of errors, diagnostic and medication errors, safety culture, and learning for and improving patient safety. We discussed ideas for future research in several meetings, workshops and congresses with LINNEAUS collaboration partners, practising GPs, researchers in this field, and policy makers. RESULTS: This paper summarizes and integrates the outcomes of the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care. It proposes a research agenda on improvement strategies for patient safety in primary care. In addition, it provides background information to help to connect research in this field with practicing GPs and other healthcare workers in primary care. CONCLUSION: Future research studies should target specific primary care domains, using prospective methods and innovative methods such as patient involvement.The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Communityâs Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2008â2012 under grant agreement no. 223424
Patient Safety and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: A Repeated Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has presented Germany with major challenges and has led to concerns about patient safety. We conducted an observational, population-based, nationwide, repeated cross-sectional survey on patient safety in Germany in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Each of the three samples consisted of 1000 randomly recruited adults. Self-reported data via computer-assisted telephone interviews were taken from TK Monitor of Patient Safety. Perceptions, experience, and knowledge relating to patient safety were assessed. The majority of respondents considered medical treatment to involve risks to patient safety. This proportion decreased during the pandemic. The majority also had a high degree of self-efficacy regarding the prevention of medical errors, whereby the percentage that felt well informed with regard to patient safety rose throughout the pandemic. The proportion of persons that suspected they had in the past experienced an error in their treatment remained steady at one third as well as the reported errors. In 2020, 65% of respondents thought health communication with service providers (e.g., extent and comprehensibility of information) remained unchanged during the pandemic, while 35% reported that medical appointments had been cancelled or postponed. This study is the first to assess patient safety from a general population perspective during the coronavirus pandemic in Germany. COVID-19 had a positive impact on perceived patient safety but no impact on suspected and reported errors. Self-efficacy with regard to medical error prevention steadily increased in the general population, and people considered themselves well informed
Impact of Primary CareâBased Disease Management on the Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbidity
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80343.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effectiveness of the German diabetes disease management program (DMP) for patients with varying numbers of other medical conditions with respect to their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A questionnaire, including the HRQoL-measured EQ-5D, was mailed to a random sample of 3,546 patients with type 2 diabetes (59.3% female). The EQ-5D score was analyzed by grouping patients according to those on a DMP and those receiving routine care. RESULTS: The analysis showed that participation in the DMP (P < 0.001), the number of other medical conditions (P < 0.001), and the interaction between the DMP and the number of other conditions (P < 0.05) had a significant impact on the EQ-5D score. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the number of other medical conditions may have a negative impact on the HRQoL of patients with type 2 diabetes. The results demonstrate that the German DMP for type 2 diabetes may help counterbalance this effect
Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care : a comparison across two European countries
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