In the first major work on the subject for over 30 years, Nancy Edwards provides a critical
survey of the archaeological evidence in Ireland (c. 400-1200), introducing material from many …

Background: Clinical practice guidelines are promising tools for closing the research
evidence‐practice gap, yet effective and timely implementation of guidelines into practice remains …

Background Imaging and postmortem studies provide converging evidence that, beginning
in adolescence, gray matter volume declines linearly until old age, while cerebrospinal fluid …

Background: While the importance of nursing best practice champions has been widely
promoted in the diffusion of evidence‐based practice, there has been little research about their …

Background: Integration of research evidence into clinical nursing practice is essential for
the delivery of high‐quality nursing care. Leadership behaviours of nurse managers and …

This study examined the influence of animal-assisted therapy, specifically fish aquariums, on
nutritional intake in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Sixty-two individuals with AD …

BACKGROUND: Brain iron promotes oxidative damage and protein oligomerization that
result in highly prevalent age-related proteinopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), …

After ischemic stroke, various damage-associated molecules are released from the
ischemic core and diffuse to the ischemic penumbra, activating microglia and promoting …

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an important anti-inflammatory cytokine expressed in response to
brain injury, where it facilitates the resolution of inflammatory cascades, which if prolonged …

Brain tumor-associated cerebral edema arises because tumor capillaries lack normal blood-brain
barrier function; vascular permeability factor (VPF, also known as vascular endothelial …