Rationale: Arrhythmogenic cardiac alternans are thought to be an important determinant for the initiation of ventricular fibrillation.There is limited information on the effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation (SNS) on alternans in the intact heart and the conclusions of existing studies, focused on investigating electrical alternans, are conflict
The affective dimension of nursing - which Plant Cages involves attitudes, values and interests - is a very important one and should be evaluated in the clinical area where the student nurse deals with the real situation.Evaluations of the affective dimension are currently often subjective value judgements.It is essential that affective objectives
Abstract Background Palliative care is typically performed in-hospital.However, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers are uniquely positioned to deliver early palliative care as they are often the first point of medical contact.The aim of this study was to gather the perspectives of advanced life support (ALS) providers within the South African
This paper proposes a theoretical framework for assessing ecological protection and restoration from the perspective of ecological efficiency.We applied the super-efficiency Slack-based measure model to examine the social and economic impacts of ecological resource consumption transformation in Heilongjiang Province, China.Additionally, a convergen
There is limited theoretical understanding and empirical evidence for how international new ventures legitimate.Drawing from legitimation theory, this study fills in this gap by exploring how international new ventures legitimate and strive for survival in the face of critical events during the process of their Lunch Bag emergence.It is a longitudi