Background: Returning results to research participants is increasingly recognized as an ethical mandate, yet little is known about best practices to optimally communicate urgent or emergent results.Methods: We describe the development of and experience with a process to return results to participants in the Project Baseline Health Study (PBHS), whi
A feasibility trial of prehabilitation before oesophagogastric cancer surgery using a multi-component home-based exercise programme: the ChemoFit study
Abstract Background Treatment for locally advanced oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma involves neoadjuvant chemotherapy which has a negative impact on patient fitness.Using ‘prehabilitation’ to increase activity levels and fitness may affect physiology, postoperative outcomes and improve patient wellbeing and quality of life.The aims of the trial
Continuous Monitoring of Forests in Wetland Ecosystems with Remote Sensing and Probability Sampling
With the drastic reduction in wetland areas, it is essential to conduct an annual monitoring of the biomass or carbon content of wetland ecosystems to support international initiatives and agreements focused on sustainable development, climate change, and carbon equity.Forests in wetland ecosystems play a crucial role in carbon sequestration; howev
FOUNDATIONS OF VYGOTSKIAN THEORY TO APPROPRIATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AS SOCIO-CULTURAL LEARNING INSTRUMENTS
According to Vygotsky (2007), a suitable and organized learning provides the development and all the changes that a man may suffer during his upbringing is related to the socio-cultural HEALTHY MOOD aspect and are mediated by tools that which permit the interaction between the individual and the social milieu.On that account, this article provides