PROGRAMMES TO PREPARE SIBLINGS FOR FUTURE ROLES TO SUPPORT THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER WITH A NEURODISABILITY: PROTOCOL OF A SCOPING REVIEW

Programmes to prepare siblings for future roles to support their brother or sister with a neurodisability: protocol of a scoping review

Introduction Siblings share a lifelong bond in their relationship, and they may choose to provide support to their brother or sister with a neurodisability.Previous reviews summarised programmes that only focused on the behavioural, emotional and psychological outcomes of the siblings.There is a need to synthesise existing evidence and enhance our

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Efficacy of landmark based blind transverse abdominis plane block for post-operative pain relief in inguinal hernia

Background: Pain after open hernia surgery can be moderate-to-severe and is known to be associated with prolonged hospital stay and delayed return to normal daily activities.Aims and Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effect of a blind landmark-based approach of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on patients undergoing elective inguinal h

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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis hunts chameleon dark matter

Abstract We study the chameleon field dark matter, dubbed scalaron, in F (R) gravity in the Big Velcro Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) epoch.With an R 2-correction term required to solve the singularity problem for F (R) gravity, we first find that the scalaron dynamics is governed by the R 2 term and the chameleon mechanism in the early universe, which

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Motivators and Motivations to Persist With Online Psychological Interventions: A Qualitative Study of Treatment Completers

BackgroundMany users of Internet interventions do not persist with the full treatment program.As persistence may influence outcomes of such interventions, being able to maximize persistence is vital.However, while studies have begun to explore the predictors of dropout in Internet interventions, few have explored reasons why users persist with the

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