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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/5070| Title: | Malta Journal of Health Sciences, Vol.1(1) Supplement |
| Keywords: | Medicine -- Malta -- Periodicals Medical sciences -- Malta -- Congresses |
| Issue Date: | 2014-04 |
| Publisher: | Malta Journal of Health Sciences |
| Citation: | Gatt, D. (ed.) (2014). Malta Journal of Health Sciences, Vol.1(1) Supplement. |
| Abstract: | Supplement of the Malta Journal of Health Sciences April 2014. The supplement includes the National Symposium of Health Sciences held on the 24th April 2014. This event also marks the fourth Anniversary of the granting of Faculty status by the University of Malta. This event also sees the launch of the new Journal – the Malta Journal of Health Sciences (MJHS) – which sees the light of day as an online journal, with a printed supplement, as Proceedings of this Symposium. Reference to the Dean’s awards for academic year 2013/4. This is the first time that these awards are presented to high achieving students. |
| Description: | Contents: Survival of the fittest, course design and the impact of technology - Clive Mulholland; Caregiver report measures of expressive vocabulary implications for the identification of language delay in typically-developing Maltese children - Daniela Gatt, Helen Grech, Barbara Dodd; Genes responsible for the developmental control of foetal haemoglobin (HbF) uncovered by whole human genome sequencing in a unique family from Malta - Joseph Borg, Laura Grech, Alex E. Felice; Application of ultrasound and assisted ultrasound as a new decontamination technology of lettuce leaves contaminated with Escherichia coli - David Millan Sango, Anna McElhatton, Vasilis Valdramidis; From student to practitioner - a grounded theory exploration of transition to practice of newly qualified mental health nurses in Malta - Damian Gouder, Stephen Lungaro-Mifsud, Martin Ward; Benefits obtained following a 12-week Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme: a one-year follow up - Anabel Sciriha, David Bilocca, Claudia Fsadni, Peter Fsadni, Eleonor Gerada, Caroline Gouder, Liberato Camilleri, Stephen Lungaro-Mifsud, Stephen Montefort; Studying the unique contribution of spirituality to nurses’ wellbeing in view of burnout - Michael Galea; Conventional risk factors for myocardial infarction in the Maltese population – results from the Maltese Acute Myocardial Infarction (MAMI) study - Ritienne Attard, Philip Dingli, Karen Cassar, Josanne Vassallo, Carine Doggen, Rosienne Farrugia, Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger; A feasibility study to improve water and sugar consumption in Maltese school children - Claire Sillato Copperstone, Geraldine McNeill, Lorna Aucott, Diane M. Jackson; An evaluation into the use of oral contrast media for abdominopelvic Computed Tomography (CT) - Erica Lauren Buttigieg, Karen Borg Grima, Francis Zarb; Is peripheral arterial disease being misdiagnosed when using Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) measurement? - Cynthia Formosa, Kevin Cassar, Alfred Gatt, Anabelle Mizzi, Stephen Mizzi, Kenneth P. Camilleri, Carl Azzopardi, Clifford DeRaffaele, Owen Falzon, Stefania Cristina, Nachiappan Chockalingam on behalf of the Diabetes Foot Research Group, University of Malta, Malta; Referring in critical care: nurses as dual agents - Josef Trapani, Julie Scholes, Maria Cassar; The Maltese health system: leader or laggard in Europe? - Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Neville Calleja, Antoinette Calleja, Jon Cylus; Optimisation of Computed Tomography (CT) scanning parameters for commonly performed adult examinations, incorporating a national Maltese CT diagnostic reference level survey - Francis Zarb; Demographic, lifestyle and environmental determinants of fibrinogen levels - Christine Tabone, Ritienne Attard, Alex Gatt, Philip Dingli, Karen Cassar, Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger, Rosienne Farrugia; Analysis of two functional polymorphisms in the LRP5 gene in relation to bone mineral density and fracture risk in Maltese post-menopausal women - Melissa Formosa, Angela Xuereb Anastasi; L-Dopa responsive dystonia due to sepiapterin reductase deficiency - Graziella Camilleri, Rosienne Farrugia; Modelling the motor neuron degeneration disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster - Rebecca Borg, Christian Sant Debono Cassia, Ruben Cauchi; The performance of Maltese bilingual children on a Maltese-English non-word repetition task - Nadine Calleja, Helen Grech; Reviewing the water resources management of the Maltese Islands: current practices and perspectives - David Spiteri, Christian Scerri, Vasilis Valdramidis; Developing the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Care Pathway using formative research - Joseph Castillo, Carmel J. Caruana, Paul Morgan, Catherine Westbrook; Midwife-led interventions to address postpartum post-traumatic stress: a systematic review - Nicole Borg Cunen, Jenny McNeill, Karen Murray; An evaluation of the perceived staff attitudes, level of strain, self-efficacy and observed quality of care of persons with dementia in hospital wards - Anthony Scerri, Charles Scerri; Living with Guillain-Barré Syndrome - Silvan Chetcuti, Victoria Sultana, Joanna Depares; Scoliosis: lower limb asymmetries during the gait cycle - Cassandra Kay Haber, Mark Sacco; Cross-border health care services for children with chronic illness - Maria Said Pullicino, Natasha Azzopardi Muscat; Elderly needs and use of community services - narrowing the gap - Deborah Stoner, Dorianne Farrugia, Dorothy Gauci, Ketivan Glonti, Neville Calleja; Using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) as a decision-making tool for length of stay in three types of surgical interventions - Sandra C. Buttigieg, Prasanta K. Dey |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/5070 |
| ISSN: | 2312-5705 |
| Appears in Collections: | MJHS, Volume 1, Issue 1, Supplement MJHS, Volume 1, Issue 1, Supplement |
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