Educating the Next Generation Pharmacist for Industry. The Panjab University ...Ajaz Hussain
The Panjab University Pharmaceutical Science Oration 2014: Educating the Next Generation Pharmacist for Industry.
“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.“
Plato, the Republic
What are the most influential ideas, concepts, and developments introduced by ‘pharmaceutical scientists’ over the last 50 years?
How have these ideas/concepts introduced into practice?
How can we improve?
Emerging diagnostic technologies proving the clinical application through g...Lyssa Friedman
Next Generation Sequencing is an exciting new technology for diagnostics companies. But is it right for all products and for all companies? This presentation was delivered via Webinar for a IVD audience for Q1 Productions, March 25, 2014.
‘In with the old, out with the new’ – In search of ways to help health economists break their addiction to technology adoption. CHE Seminar presented by Professor Stirling Bryan, Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Professor, School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia. 17th October 2014
Visioning the Next Decade: NIPTE-FDA CollaborationAjaz Hussain
NIPTE Seminar at US FDA, 16 March 2016.
QBR as an Organizing Principle for the Proposed NIPTE Center of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Formulations (CEPF)
Educating the Next Generation Pharmacist for Industry. The Panjab University ...Ajaz Hussain
The Panjab University Pharmaceutical Science Oration 2014: Educating the Next Generation Pharmacist for Industry.
“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.“
Plato, the Republic
What are the most influential ideas, concepts, and developments introduced by ‘pharmaceutical scientists’ over the last 50 years?
How have these ideas/concepts introduced into practice?
How can we improve?
Emerging diagnostic technologies proving the clinical application through g...Lyssa Friedman
Next Generation Sequencing is an exciting new technology for diagnostics companies. But is it right for all products and for all companies? This presentation was delivered via Webinar for a IVD audience for Q1 Productions, March 25, 2014.
‘In with the old, out with the new’ – In search of ways to help health economists break their addiction to technology adoption. CHE Seminar presented by Professor Stirling Bryan, Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Professor, School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia. 17th October 2014
Visioning the Next Decade: NIPTE-FDA CollaborationAjaz Hussain
NIPTE Seminar at US FDA, 16 March 2016.
QBR as an Organizing Principle for the Proposed NIPTE Center of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Formulations (CEPF)
The Business of Genomic Testing by James CrawfordKnome_Inc
View this webinar at: http://www.knome.com/webinar-business-of-genomic-testing. This presentation discusses the findings of a College of American Pathologists survey of “early adopters” of NGS recently published in "Genetics in Medicine". The study objective was to identify the reasons for health systems to bring next-generation sequencing into their clinical laboratories and to understand the process by which such decisions were made. A standardized open-ended interview was conducted with the laboratory medical directors and/or department of pathology chairs of 13 different academic institutions in 10 different states.
Need for an Integrated approach to Formulation Research and Knowledge ManagementAjaz Hussain
1. Confidence in Generics: Need for an Integrated
approach to Formulation Research and Knowledge
Management (Ajaz Hussain)
2. Mechanism for an integrated approach to Formulation
Research, Knowledge Management, & Knowledge
sharing with FDA & Industry (Steve Byrn)
3. Integrated approach for evolving standards for
formulation design - case example NTI's (Ken Morris)
4. Integrated approach for evolving standard for analytical
characterization - case example excipient variability
(Eric Munson)
Building Bridges Not Walls: Can We Develop Sustainable and Sharable Cost-Effe...Office of Health Economics
In this session, we discussed the potential to create an environment in which analysts develop robust and sustainable cost-effectiveness models, which can be continually developed to support health technology management. We explored and identified opportunities, barriers, and future strategies for developing and implementing key infrastructure to support collaborative and transparent cost-effectiveness models.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Chair: Tammy Clifford, CADTH, Canada Panelists: Deborah Marshall, University of Calgary, Canada Stirling Bryan, University of British Columbia, Canada Chris Sampson, Office of Health Economics, UK Rick Chapman, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, USA
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 04/06/2018
Health technology assessment (HTA) is familiar as technique for gauging the value of specific medical technologies or approaches to care. As Adrian Towse points out, however, HTA has a much broader, ‘macro’ role in contributing to the efficiency of health care systems and supporting universal health coverage. This is particularly crucial in the face of increasing demands and limited budgets.
Presentation by Paula Lorgelly - Beyond QALYs: A Quantum Leap Forward or a Le...Office of Health Economics
OHE’s Paula Lorgelly took part in the Future of Value: Insights from the Experts panel discussion, Indianapolis, on 1 March 2016.
Paula presented a paper which discusses issues with going 'beyond quality adjusted life years (QALYs)' when valuing health care interventions. There are three dimensions to consider when going beyond QALYs: develop a better measure of health (e.g. one that could be condition-specific); use broader measures of benefit; consider a societal perspective (e.g. include productivity loss and carers’ effects).
Paula’s presentation focused on utilising a broader measure of benefit, focusing on alternative such as the capability approach and subjective wellbeing measures.
The panel was sponsored by Eli Lilly.
Adrian Towse's slides from a session will exploring how the benefits of antibiotics can best be captured in HTA, and how we should pay for them when their value may depend on restricting their use.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 03/06/2018
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues Addressing Needs, HTA Requirements and Good Pract...Office of Health Economics
Despite social, political and economic differences in emerging countries, health systems are characterized by certain common challenges and needs. HTA has been recognize by WHO as a tool to facilitate Universal Health Coverage and Reimbursement decisions and HTAi society have been promoting multi stakeholder dialogues. What impact and actions have emerged from the discussions held to date? This presentation includes Adrian Towse's slides from a panel session that included other contributors.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 04/06/2018
Seventh Annual Next Generation Dx SummitJaime Hodges
The Next Generation Dx Summit (www.nextgenerationdx.com), entering its seventh year, brings together more than 800 diagnostics professionals from across the world, providing comprehensive programming and valuable networking opportunities. Spanning from clinical diagnostics to business strategy, this year’s expanded program encompasses predictive cancer biomarkers, companion diagnostics, infectious disease, point-of-care, pharmacy-based diagnostics, cell-free DNA, commercialization, cancer immunotherapy, and reimbursement. With widespread coverage of all the most relevant diagnostics topics, the Next Generation Dx Summit promises to be a must-attend event to hear the latest announcements and developments in this rapidly evolving field.
Presentation by David Farber, FDA Life Science Partner at King & Spalding, about US Reimbursement.
I. Introduction
• II. FDA Approval vs. Reimbursement
• a. Different Standards
b. Clinical Evidence Needed
• III. The Three Keys to Reimbursement
A. Coverage
B. Coding
C. Payment
• IV. What’s New for 2019
• V. Reimbursement for MedTech AI Solutions
• VI. Tips for Successful Reimbursement
Learn more about the commercial context of clinical trials, and how to leverage international networks to provide input into clinical trial designs that will generate value beyond regulatory approval, and provide supporting data to cause the adoption of medical devices.
Knowledge transfer, and evidence informed health policy-minster's meetingDr Ghaiath Hussein
A presentation given to the highest executive body in the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, which led to the adoption of a new evidence-based policy.
The Business of Genomic Testing by James CrawfordKnome_Inc
View this webinar at: http://www.knome.com/webinar-business-of-genomic-testing. This presentation discusses the findings of a College of American Pathologists survey of “early adopters” of NGS recently published in "Genetics in Medicine". The study objective was to identify the reasons for health systems to bring next-generation sequencing into their clinical laboratories and to understand the process by which such decisions were made. A standardized open-ended interview was conducted with the laboratory medical directors and/or department of pathology chairs of 13 different academic institutions in 10 different states.
Need for an Integrated approach to Formulation Research and Knowledge ManagementAjaz Hussain
1. Confidence in Generics: Need for an Integrated
approach to Formulation Research and Knowledge
Management (Ajaz Hussain)
2. Mechanism for an integrated approach to Formulation
Research, Knowledge Management, & Knowledge
sharing with FDA & Industry (Steve Byrn)
3. Integrated approach for evolving standards for
formulation design - case example NTI's (Ken Morris)
4. Integrated approach for evolving standard for analytical
characterization - case example excipient variability
(Eric Munson)
Building Bridges Not Walls: Can We Develop Sustainable and Sharable Cost-Effe...Office of Health Economics
In this session, we discussed the potential to create an environment in which analysts develop robust and sustainable cost-effectiveness models, which can be continually developed to support health technology management. We explored and identified opportunities, barriers, and future strategies for developing and implementing key infrastructure to support collaborative and transparent cost-effectiveness models.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Chair: Tammy Clifford, CADTH, Canada Panelists: Deborah Marshall, University of Calgary, Canada Stirling Bryan, University of British Columbia, Canada Chris Sampson, Office of Health Economics, UK Rick Chapman, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, USA
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 04/06/2018
Health technology assessment (HTA) is familiar as technique for gauging the value of specific medical technologies or approaches to care. As Adrian Towse points out, however, HTA has a much broader, ‘macro’ role in contributing to the efficiency of health care systems and supporting universal health coverage. This is particularly crucial in the face of increasing demands and limited budgets.
Presentation by Paula Lorgelly - Beyond QALYs: A Quantum Leap Forward or a Le...Office of Health Economics
OHE’s Paula Lorgelly took part in the Future of Value: Insights from the Experts panel discussion, Indianapolis, on 1 March 2016.
Paula presented a paper which discusses issues with going 'beyond quality adjusted life years (QALYs)' when valuing health care interventions. There are three dimensions to consider when going beyond QALYs: develop a better measure of health (e.g. one that could be condition-specific); use broader measures of benefit; consider a societal perspective (e.g. include productivity loss and carers’ effects).
Paula’s presentation focused on utilising a broader measure of benefit, focusing on alternative such as the capability approach and subjective wellbeing measures.
The panel was sponsored by Eli Lilly.
Adrian Towse's slides from a session will exploring how the benefits of antibiotics can best be captured in HTA, and how we should pay for them when their value may depend on restricting their use.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 03/06/2018
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues Addressing Needs, HTA Requirements and Good Pract...Office of Health Economics
Despite social, political and economic differences in emerging countries, health systems are characterized by certain common challenges and needs. HTA has been recognize by WHO as a tool to facilitate Universal Health Coverage and Reimbursement decisions and HTAi society have been promoting multi stakeholder dialogues. What impact and actions have emerged from the discussions held to date? This presentation includes Adrian Towse's slides from a panel session that included other contributors.
Author(s) and affiliation(s): Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics
Conference/meeting: Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 04/06/2018
Seventh Annual Next Generation Dx SummitJaime Hodges
The Next Generation Dx Summit (www.nextgenerationdx.com), entering its seventh year, brings together more than 800 diagnostics professionals from across the world, providing comprehensive programming and valuable networking opportunities. Spanning from clinical diagnostics to business strategy, this year’s expanded program encompasses predictive cancer biomarkers, companion diagnostics, infectious disease, point-of-care, pharmacy-based diagnostics, cell-free DNA, commercialization, cancer immunotherapy, and reimbursement. With widespread coverage of all the most relevant diagnostics topics, the Next Generation Dx Summit promises to be a must-attend event to hear the latest announcements and developments in this rapidly evolving field.
Presentation by David Farber, FDA Life Science Partner at King & Spalding, about US Reimbursement.
I. Introduction
• II. FDA Approval vs. Reimbursement
• a. Different Standards
b. Clinical Evidence Needed
• III. The Three Keys to Reimbursement
A. Coverage
B. Coding
C. Payment
• IV. What’s New for 2019
• V. Reimbursement for MedTech AI Solutions
• VI. Tips for Successful Reimbursement
Learn more about the commercial context of clinical trials, and how to leverage international networks to provide input into clinical trial designs that will generate value beyond regulatory approval, and provide supporting data to cause the adoption of medical devices.
Knowledge transfer, and evidence informed health policy-minster's meetingDr Ghaiath Hussein
A presentation given to the highest executive body in the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, which led to the adoption of a new evidence-based policy.
Real-World Evidence: The Future of Data Generation and UsageApril Bright
As data is captured through electronic health records, registries and unique device identifiers, the generation of evidence based on this data is expected to play a crucial role in informing orthopedic manufacturers’ decisions before and after regulatory approval. While regulators, payors, hospitals and manufacturers support this shift, they acknowledge that gaps remain in its optimal execution. Priority considerations include how to generate evidence to expedite regulatory market decisions, device indication expansion, postmarket studies, postmarket surveillance and reimbursement decisions. The National Evaluation System for health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc), an initiative of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), is leading the conversation with various stakeholders, including FDA and orthopedic device companies to support the sustainable generation of Real-World Evidence (RWE) using Real-World Data (RWD).
Big data, RWE and AI in Clinical Trials made simpleHadas Jacoby
Technology is slowly but surely penetrating the healthcare industry in general and the clinical trials sector in particular. New and advanced solutions offer a variety of possibilities aimed to both improving existing processes and creating new and more efficient ones. And on top of all stands the desire to make clinical trials more patient centric.
In all of this, even though some of the technologies have yet to mature enough to meet the high quality standards necessary, it is important to know them and begin imagining the promise they hold for clinical trials.
Josephine Briggs, MD
Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Opening Keynote "Research in an IT Connected World: Building Better Partnerships – NIH and Health Care Systems"
The era of ‘Big Data’ has arrived for biomedical research, bringing with it immense challenges as well as spectacular opportunities. NIH is establishing major programs with the potential to transform the future of US biomedical research by building the capacities necessary for these challenges. These programs will strengthen research partnerships with health care systems and the IT networks that support them.
The Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative, to be launched in 2014, will implement a set of recommendations from the Data and Informatics Working Group to the Advisory Committee to the Director. Investments are planned to meet scientific needs to manage and utilize large complex datasets, including strengthening training, and investing in improved analysis methods and software development and dissemination. NIH is also evaluating strengthening data and software sharing policies, and the potential creation of catalogs of research data, and data/metadata standards.
The Common Fund’s Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory program has the goal to strengthen the national capacity to implement cost-effective large-scale research studies by engaging major health care delivery organizations as research partners. The aim of the program is to provide a framework of implementation methods and best practices that will enable the participation of many health care systems in clinical research. Research conducted in partnership with health care systems is essential to strengthen the relevance of research results to health practice. Seven demonstration projects, currently in a feasibility phase, are developing detailed methods to implement rigorous randomized studies of questions of major public health impact. These studies, and the IT infrastructure that will make them possible, will be described in detail.
Professor Cindy Farquhar
Cochrane Menstrual Disorders & Subfertility Group
NZ Cochrane Branch of the Australasian Cochrane Centre
New Zealand Guidelines Group
National Women’s Health
University of Auckland
- Discover new methods for managing clinical next-gen data with insights from Pfizer, Boston Children’s Hospital and AstraZeneca
- Uncover and critique the latest technologies out there for you to use in clinical trials. Mayo Clinic, Merck and Harvard Medical School let you into their trade secrets
- Hear the genomics strategies that Roche, Millennium and Regeneron are using for discovery and validation of clinically actionable biomarkers
-Bristol-Myers Squibb, Takeda and Partners Healthcare the role that NGS can play when implementing an effective strategy in the lab to speed up CDx development
- Learn how to integrate molecular details into medical decision making, with fresh data from Washington University School of Medicine and Genzyme
Integrate RWE into clinical developmentIMSHealthRWES
With greater application of RWE throughout the pharmaceutical
lifecycle, learnings are emerging that offer guidance for
approaches to derive the maximum value. This article captures
the author’s experience at a leading international biotech, with
insights for smoothing RWE assimilation into clinical
development and realizing the benefits it brings.
Neonatal screening for inborn errors of metabolismPydesalud
Presentación empleada por Pedro serrano Aguilar durante su charla en el encuentro Genetic insidER (Sevilla, 16-17 abril 2015).
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College Writing II Synthesis Essay Assignment Summer Semester 2017.docxclarebernice
College Writing II Synthesis Essay Assignment Summer Semester 2017
Directions:
For this assignment you will be writing a synthesis essay. A synthesis is a combination of two or more summaries and sources. In a synthesis essay you will have three paragraphs, an introduction, a synthesis and a conclusion.
In the introduction you will give background information about your topic. You will also include a thesis statement at the end of the introduction paragraph. The thesis statement should describe the goal of your synthesis. (informative or argumentative)
The second paragraph is the synthesis. You will combine two summaries of two different articles on the same topic. You will follow all summary guidelines for these two paragraphs. The synthesis will most likely either argue or inform the reader about the topic.
The conclusion paragraph should summarize the points of your essay and restate the general ideas.
For this essay you will read two research articles on a similar topic to the previous critical review essay as you can use this research in your inquiry paper. You will summarize both articles in two paragraphs and combine the paragraphs for your synthesis. In the synthesis you must include the main ideas of the articles and the author, title, and general idea in the first sentences.
This essay will be three pages long and the first draft and peer review are due June 15. You must turn them in hardcopy in class so you can do a peer review.
Running head: THESIS DRAFT 1
THESIS DRAFT 3Thesis Draft
Katelyn B. Rhodes
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DeVry University
Point-of-Care Testing (PoCT) has dramatically taken over the field of clinical laboratory testing since it’s introduction approximately 45 years ago. The technologies utilized in PoCT have been refined to deliver accurate and expedient test results and will become even more sensitive and accurate in order to dominate the field of clinical laboratory testing. Furthermore, there will be a dramatic increase in the volume of clinical testing performed outside of the laboratory. New and emerging PoCT technologies utilize sophisticated molecular techniques such as polymerase chain reaction to aid in the treatment of major health problems worldwide, such as sexually transmitted infections (John & Price, 2014).
Historic Timeline
In the early-to-mid 1990’s, bench top analyzers entered the clinical laboratory scene. These analyzers were much smaller than the conventional analyzers being used, and utilized touch-screen PCs for ease of use. For this reason, they were able to be used closer to the patient’s bedside or outside of the laboratory environment. However, at this point in time, laboratory testing results were stored within the device and would have to then be sent to the main central laboratory for analysis.
Technology in the mid-to-late 1990’s permitted analyzers to be much smaller so that they may be easily carried to the patient’s location. Computers also became more ...
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
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NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
NVBDCP was launched in 2003-2004 . Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.
Ozempic: Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Saeid Safari
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Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
Are you curious about what’s new in cervical cancer research or unsure what the findings mean? Join Dr. Emily Ko, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine, to learn about the latest updates from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2024 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. Dr. Ko will discuss what the research presented at the conference means for you and answer your questions about the new developments.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
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- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
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- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
Tom Selleck Health: A Comprehensive Look at the Iconic Actor’s Wellness Journeygreendigital
Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
Fitness Regimen
Workout Routine
Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
Selleck adjusted his fitness routine as he aged to suit his body's needs. Today, his workouts focus on maintaining flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. He incorporates low-impact exercises such as swimming, walking, and light weightlifting. This balanced approach helps him stay fit without putting undue strain on his joints and muscles.
Importance of Flexibility and Mobility
In recent years, Selleck has emphasized the importance of flexibility and mobility in his fitness regimen. Understanding the natural decline in muscle mass and joint flexibility with age. he includes stretching and yoga in his routine. These practices help prevent injuries, improve posture, and maintain mobilit
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
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RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
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1. Strategies and Best Practice For Adoption of Medical Technology Davy Cheng, MD MSc FRCPC FCAHS Distinguished University Professor & Chair / Chief Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative MedicineEvidence-Based Perioperative Clinical Outcomes Research (EPiCOR) London Health Sciences Centre/St Joseph’s Health Care London University of Western Ontario
10. What is ‘innovation’? A new way of doing something or A way of doing something new? Must it be substantially different to be innovative? Health Canada: “An innovation represents effective treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a disease or condition for which no drug (or medical device) is currently licensed in Canada.”
11. ENIAC Computer The first mainframe computer in 1946 took up 1800 sq. ft. of floor space and weighed 30 tons!
17. What is Nanoscale? ww.mathworks.com Fullerenes C60 www.physics.ucr.edu 22 cm 0.7 nm 12,756 Km 1.27 × 107 m 0.7 × 10-9 m 0.22 m 1 billion times smaller 10 million times smaller
38. Health Technology Assessment Health Technology is broadly defined to include the drugs, devices, medical and surgical procedures, as well as measures for prevention and rehabilitation of disease, and the organisational and support systems in which health care is provided. HTA seeks to inform health policy makers by using best scientific evidence on the medical, social, economical and ethical implications of investments in Health Care.
39. Health CanadaMedical Devices Program the program monitors and evaluates the safety, efficacy and quality of diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices so that consumers and health care professionals can use them with confidence.
40. HTA Gate-Keeper: Hospitals / MDs? Health Canada (Drugs & Devices Licensed for Market) Pre market Procedures Drugs Devices & Machines Postmarket Canadian HTA Agency (CADTH) Advice on New Drugs from CEDAC (non-binding) Ontario MOH Drug Committee (CED) Drug reimbursement policy for pts >65y or on social assistance (non-hospital) Ontario MOH HTA Committee (OHTAC) Advice on non-drug technologies (non-binding) Ontario Hospitals (ad hoc decision-making) *evidence exists, but few decisions are made in full light of the evidence* Consumers
44. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) – NICE, UK Decide on the appropriate criteria • Clinical effectiveness • Cost-effectiveness • Acceptability/Preferences • Terminality • Orphan drug • Other equity considerations • DH / Ministry priorities • HS Feasibility • Innovativeness • Wider societal considerations Weight the criteria Use evidence (and judgement) to rate the criteria Score the interventions being compared
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46. Strategies to improve organization in support of evidence-informed health policymaking
47. Knowledge Translation Gaps in KT and Decision Making Research Publication Knowledge Translation Patients - Guidelines, Consensus Statements -Technology, Technique, Monitor, Tests
48. Hospital HTA: Local decision-makers need to consider • Local priority • Local operations • Local population health needs • Local alternatives • Local presence of trained personnel • Local infrastructures & resources • Local budget impact…….. • As well as HTAs by HTA agencies
50. Hospital HTA: EPiCOR-HiTEC Know4Go Create timely and contextualized evidence-based reviews for high-stakes intra-operative and perioperative therapies Translate evidence to definitive decisions using the Know4Go Framework Develop and Implement policy with supporting tools, and build institution-wide capacity for Know4go-informed decision-making Evaluate the impact to Quality and Costs Slide Title Goes Here
65. Microwave : Early Clinical Reports No dose-response curves on living tissue were available!!
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68. 48% are based on Level C (opinion)“These findings highlight the need to expand the evidence base from which clinical practice guidelines are derived” Tricoci et al. JAMA 2009;302:142-9.
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72. Too Early or Too Late Adopters? Drug, Technology, Technique – Context!
73. Medial Device or Surgical Innovation Surgical innovation - the stakes are high. Surgical research and innovation is more personal and intimate. It is not just the failure of a drug, a new device, it is always possibly the failure of the operator. unique conflict of interest: surgeons determine both who needs surgery and performs the operation once that decision is made. Development process and Learning curve – as innovator and early adopters
74. How Do We Introduce Innovation In This New Era? Define innovation and openly address the efficacy and safety. Set up innovation task force or formal departmental or institutional organization to assist the innovators. Precautionary principle. Perform well-designed feasibility trials. Informed consent.
75. Managing the Learning Curve Review the disease process. Review results with alternative procedures. Adequately train prior to initiating a clinical program with didactic course work, video review, and case observation, when possible. Carefully monitor and review morbidity and mortality. Case-by-case analysis CUSUM curves
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78. When is a procedure ready to disseminate to the wider medical community? Postpone widespread adoption until scientific evidence of efficacy and safety is available. Assurance that the innovator has defined his own learning curve (simulation) Proper HTA Develop training programs and competency guidelines for new procedures
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