Browsing by Publisher "Blackwell Publishing Ltd"
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Describing student performance: a comparison among clinical preceptors across cultural contexts
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2017 , Article)Context: Health professional student evaluation during experiential training is notably subjective and assessor judgements may be affected by socio-cultural influences. Objectives: This study sought to explore how clinical ... -
Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2013 , Article)Objectives: To assess the main factors that contributed to the increase in medicine expenditure of the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan in the period 2006-2010. Methods: A time-series decomposition analysis was ... -
Digenic inheritance and genetic modifiers
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article Review)Digenic inheritance (DI) concerns pathologies with the simplest form of multigenic etiology, implicating more than 1 gene (and perhaps the environment). True DI is when biallelic or even triallelic mutations in 2 distinct ... -
Do community pharmacists in Qatar manage acute respiratory conditions rationally? A simulated client study
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)Objectives: This study evaluated Qatar's community pharmacists' therapeutic recommendations, medication labelling, dispensing and counselling practices in response to common cold and allergic rhinitis symptoms. Methods: A ... -
Does adopting good corporate governance impact the cost of intermediated and non-intermediated debt?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2012 , Article)This study examines the impact of good corporate governance practices on the reported cost of debt for Australian listed companies. Prior research has established that governance lowers the cost of non-intermediated debt ... -
Doping amino acids with classical gas hydrate inhibitors to facilitate the hydrate inhibition effect at low dosages
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)The formation of gas hydrates in offshore subsea lines is a major flow assurance concern for the oil and gas industry. In this work, the thermodynamic hydrate inhibition (THI) effect of doping amino acids (AA) such as ... -
Effects of herbicide and timing of removal on interference between barley and weeds
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1988 , Article)Field experiments were done during the rainy season of 1984�85 and 1985�86 at Harma, Qatar. A weed survey of barley fields was conducted with the primary purpose of identifying the weed vegetation present. The effects of ... -
Effects of substituting fish meal with Azolla pinnata in practical diets for fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1992 , Article)Dry and fresh Azolla pinnata were evaluated as feed ingredients for fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Dry Azolla was incorporated into practical diets containing approximately 30% crude protein ... -
Efficacy and safety of laxatives for chronic constipation in long-term care settings: A systematic review
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article Review)What is known and objective: Constipation is a common disorder among long-term care (LTC) patients due to several factors. However, there are no systematic reviews investigating the use of laxatives for chronic constipation ... -
Enhanced remediation of Cr6+ in bacterial-assisted floating wetlands
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) is reported to have negative effects on fauna and flora. The present study establishes plant-bacterial synergism in floating wetlands (FWs) for the maximum removal of Cr6+ from the contaminated ... -
Ethical issues in consenting older adults: academic researchers and community perspectives
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2020 , Article)Objectives: Obtaining informed consents from older adults is surrounded by many ethical and practical challenges. The objective of this study was to evaluate ethical issues and strategies in consenting older adults in ... -
Evaluation of patient safety culture in community pharmacies in Qatar
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)Introduction Patient safety culture is a key contributor to medication safety globally. However, the perspective of pharmacists and other personnel in community pharmacy regarding patient safety culture may vary from one ... -
Evaluation of pharmacist-based compared to doctor-based anticoagulation management in Qatar
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2016 , Article)Rationale, aims and objectives For over 60 years, warfarin has been the mainstay anticoagulant used in the outpatient setting for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of thromboembolic clinical conditions. ... -
Evaluation of the registration status of fixed-dose drug combinations in Nepal
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)Objectives: Analysing the registration status and the presence of fixed-dose drug combinations (FDCs) in different drug lists and formularies, encourages the use of rational FDCs and helps to remove the irrational combinations ... -
Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in the MENA Countries: What Role for Oil?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Article)This paper considers the linkage between stock prices and exchange rates in four MENA (Middle East and North Africa) emerging markets. In contrast to the existing evidence that uses a global market index to uncover such a ... -
Extent of extemporaneous compounding and pattern of prescribing and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2019 , Article)Objectives: To determine the extent of extemporaneous compounding, the prescribing pattern and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting like Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional assessment was conducted at ... -
Factors affecting patients' compliance to anti-tuberculosis treatment in Yemen
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2013 , Article)Objectives To identify the risk factors associated with patient non-compliance to anti-tuberculosis treatment among Yemini tuberculosis (TB) patients. Methods A prospective nested case-control study was conducted. ... -
Financial development and employment: New panel evidence
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)This paper adds to the recent literature on finance and employment creation by exploring the effect of finance on the labour market, using data on 143 countries from 1995 to 2015. We also examine whether the impact of ... -
Generalisability theory analyses of concept mapping assessment scores in a problem-based medical curriculum
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2016 , Article)Context In problem-based learning (PBL), students construct concept maps that integrate different concepts related to the PBL case and are guided by the learning needs generated in small-group tutorials. Although an ... -
Health priorities of the Nepal Government: Where are the essential medicines?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2012 , Article)[No abstract available]