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Vagotomy inhibits the jejunal fluid secretion activated by luminal ileal Escherichia coli STa in the rat in vivo.
(Article)BACKGROUND Escherichia coli heat stable enterotoxin (STa) is a major cause of secretory diarrhoea in humans. AIMS To assess the effects of instilling STa into the ileum on remote fluid secretion in the jejunum and colon ... -
Validierung der deutschen Übersetzung des Injustice Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) in 5 ambulanten Schmerzbehandlungseinrichtungen
(Article)Introduction Occupational and social rehabilitation can be influenced by perceived injustice that results from pain. Currently, the Injustice Experience Questionnaire (IEQ), the tool most commonly used to assess perceived ... -
Valproate preparations for agitation in dementia (Review)
(Article)Background Agitation has been reported in up to 90% of people with dementia. Agitation in people with dementia worsens carer burden, increases the risk of injury, and adds to the need for institutionalisation. Valproate ... -
The Value of Pharmacists in General Practice: Perspectives of General Practitioners. An Exploratory Interview Study
(Article)Background NHS England has recently invested on a large scale in the development of the role of pharmacists in general practice. Despite this initial funding, the perpetuation of pharmacists’ roles ultimately relies on the ... -
Values and identity process theory: Theoretical integration and empirical interactions.
(Book chapter)Identity and values are important driving forces in human lives. Identity Process Theory (IPT; Breakwell, 1986, 2001b) and the Schwartz Value Theory (Schwartz, 1992) focus on distinct but related aspects of the self and ... -
Values, practice and meaning in social work research.
(Article)Just as its parent profession has grappled with identity problems, social work research has struggled to assert its legitimacy. A convincing case has not yet been made to enable it to claim authoritative status in its own ... -
Valuing people with sickle cell disease
(Article)Employers need to be flexible when managing sickle cell disease in the workplace and sensitive to the risks of discrimination. Diana De, Simon Dyson and Karl Atkin offer evidence-based guidance and recommendations. -
Variants of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g- and b-adrenergic receptor genes are associated with measures of compensatory eating behaviors in young children.
(Article)Background: Young children can regulate energy precisely in the short term, showing the potential for an innate compensation mechanism of eating behavior. However, data suggest that precise compensation is attenuated ... -
Venturing beyond the imposition of a postdigital, anti-human higher education
(Book chapter)In an important footnote in Capital, Marx highlights how an analysis of technology enables us to reveal the dialectical construction of our dominant mode of reproducing everyday life. This links humans, infrastructures, ... -
Venturing into the visual voice: combining photos and interviews in phenomenological inquiry around marginalisation and chronic illness
(Article)In this article, we present a reflection on the research process of combining photographs with phenomenologically oriented interviews. Two studies in the field of chronic illness with marginalised individuals (lesbian, ... -
The verification interview technique: Enabling the evaluation of the impact of language therapy on the quality of life of a person with severe aphasia.
(Conference)Background It is difficult to measure the impact of speech and language therapy intervention for people with aphasia. This is because the effect of communication loss and language rehabilitation is hard to capture using ... -
Victim support services and the world of commissioning.
(Book chapter)