scholarly journals Opioid Use and Potency Are Associated With Clinical Features, Quality of Life, and Use of Resources in Patients With Gastroparesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1285-1294.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Hasler ◽  
Laura A. Wilson ◽  
Linda A. Nguyen ◽  
William J. Snape ◽  
Thomas L. Abell ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
pp. 237-252
Author(s):  
Elena Laudante

The paper focuses on the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence inside of the new urban contexts in which it is possible to consider and enhance the different dimensions of quality of life such as safety and health, environmental quality, social connection and civic participation. Smart technologies help cities to meet the new challenges of society, thus making them more livable, attractive and responsive in order to plan and to improve the city of the future. In accordance with the Agenda 2030 Program for sustainable development that intends the inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable city, the direction of growth and prosperity of urban environments is pursued by optimizing the use of resources and respecting the environment. In the current society, robotic technology is proposed as a tool for innovation and evolution in urban as well as industrial and domestic contexts. On the one hand the users-citizens who participate dynamically in the activities and on the other the new technological systems integrated in the urban fabric. Existing urban systems that are “amplified” of artificial and digital intelligence and give life to smart cities, physical places that allow new forms of coexistence between humans and robots in order to implement the level of quality of life and define “human centered” innovative solutions and services thus responding to the particular needs of people in an effective and dynamic way. The current city goes beyond the definition of smart city. In fact, as said by Carlo Ratti, it becomes a "senseable city", a city capable of feeling but also sensitive and capable of responding to citizens who define the overall performance of the city. The multidisciplinary approach through the dialogue between designers, architects, engineers and urban planners will allow to face the new challenges through the dynamics of robot integration in the urban landscape. The cities of the future, in fact, will be pervaded by autonomous driving vehicles, robotized delivery systems and light transport solutions, in response to the new concept of smart mobility, on a human scale, shared and connected mobility in order to improve management and control of the digitized and smart city. Automation at constant rates as the keystone for urban futures and new models of innovative society. Through the identification of representative case studies in the field of innovative systems it will be possible to highlight the connections between design, smart city and "urban" robotics that will synergically highlight the main "desirable" qualities of life in the city as a place of experimentation and radical transformations. In particular, parallel to the new robotic solutions and human-robot interactions, the design discipline will be responsible for designing the total experience of the user who lives in synergy with the robots, thus changing the socio-economic dynamics of the city.


1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 278-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Garden ◽  
Femi Oyebode ◽  
Stuart Cumella

Medical audit has been defined as the systematic, critical analysis of the quality of medical care, including the procedures used for diagnosis and treatment, the use of resources and the resulting outcome and quality of life for the patient (DOH, 1989). The White Paper Working for Patients states that the Government proposes that every consultant should participate in a form of medical audit agreed between management and the profession locally. It also states that management should be able to initiate an independent professional audit.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 974-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyeon Lee ◽  
Jung-hee Kim ◽  
Eun-jung Jung ◽  
Byoung-Hee Lee

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 8406
Author(s):  
Eriko Komiya ◽  
Mitsutoshi Tominaga ◽  
Yayoi Kamata ◽  
Yasushi Suga ◽  
Kenji Takamori

Itch (or pruritus) was not previously recognized as a serious symptom of psoriasis. However, approximately 60–90% of psoriatic patients with pruritus have stated that it deteriorates their quality of life. Since conventional antipruritic therapies, such as antihistamines, only exert limited effects, the establishment of a treatment option for itch in psoriasis is urgently needed. Although a definitive drug is not currently available, various itch mediators are known to be involved in pruritus in psoriasis. In this review, we describe the clinical features of pruritus in psoriasis, classify a wide range of itch mediators into categories, such as the nervous, immune, endocrine, and vascular systems, and discuss the mechanisms by which these mediators induce or aggravate itch in the pathophysiology of psoriasis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Herrero-Morin ◽  
J. Rodriguez ◽  
E. Coto ◽  
H. Gil-Pena ◽  
V. Alvarez ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Gwin Mitchell ◽  
Jan Gryczynski ◽  
Robert P. Schwartz ◽  
C. Patrick Myers ◽  
Kevin E. O’Grady ◽  
...  

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