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Influence of inadequate antimicrobial therapy on prognosis in elderly patients with severe urinary tract infections.
2013
Abstract Background Inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy (IEAT) in intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with adverse outcomes. However, the influence of IEAT on prognosis for elderly patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) in non-ICU settings is unknown. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study of elderly patients admitted to a non-ICU ward in a university hospital with a primary diagnosis of UTI over a 3-year period was done. Data relating to age, sex, background comorbidities, severity of infection, bacteremia, microorganisms isolated in urine, treatment given, length of stay and prognosis were obtained using chart review. Cases were segregated according to the adequacy …
Modular megaprosthesis reconstruction for oncological and non-oncological resection of the elbow joint
2016
Abstract Background Reconstruction of large bone defects around the elbow joint is surgically demanding due to sparse soft tissue coverage, complex biomechanics and the close proximity to neurovascular structures. Modular megaprostheses are established reconstruction tools for the elbow, but only small case series have been reported in the literature. Methods Thirty-six patients who underwent reconstruction of the elbow joint with a modular megaprosthesis were reviewed retrospectively. In 31 patients (86.1%), elbow replacement was performed after resection of a bone tumour, whereas five non-oncological patients (13.9%) underwent surgery because of a previous failed elbow reconstruction. Fun…
Alla ricerca della sicurezza e della qualità: il modello di miglioramento dell'Oncologia Medica nel Policlinico Universitario di Palermo
2015
[In search of safety and quality: the improvement model proposed by the Oncology Department of the Palermo University] Over the past 20 years the field of oncology has product therapeutic innovations that have radically changed the prognosis of the most prevalent malignancies, since introduction of so-called targeted molecular agents. As a result of these changes, also the management of cancer patients has become more complex requiring technologies and skills that involve many professionals (medical oncologists, biologists, molecular geneticists, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, nurses and psychologists), each engaged in a different stage of the disease, with the common goal of ensurin…
Claustre Obert: Manuel Borja-Villel, director del Museu Reina Sofía, parla del futur dels museus
2013
El director del Museu Reina Sofía, Manuel Borja-Villel (Burriana, Castelló, 1957), ofereix una conferència el divendres 2 de febrer a les 18 hores sobre 'El futur dels museus'. La xarrada s'emmarca dins dels debats de Claustre Obert que se celebren en el Centre Cultural La Nau de la Universitat de Valencia.
Special Issue on Higher education and its clients : institutional responses to changes in demand and in environment
2002
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Employability and Finnish University Graduates
2010
In this article the authors concentrate on the change in the concept of employability during the Bologna process. They show that employability has gradually moved from a peripheral to a core presence in the most recent Bologna process documents. Using a Finnish university merger (University of Eastern Finland) as an example, the authors demonstrate that implementation of the Bologna process has reached the most remote eastern border of the European Union. The Bologna process is shaping the Finnish universities, and employability discussion is embedded in university reforms. The authors argue that the reason why employability has been raised as one of the core concepts of the Bologna proces…
University–industry partnerships for the provision of R&D services
2015
Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) are the main institutions responsible for the establishment of university–industry partnerships. R&D contracts exemplify the indirect mechanisms through which enterprises and universities collaborate on a win–win basis. This study addresses organizational and institutional aspects that act as drivers for the establishment of successful university–industry partnerships. First, a series of regression models explain the determinants of R&D contracts. These models include two main dimensions: the university and the technology transfer office. Second, further analysis empirically explores whether universities in regions with a favorable environment enjoy greate…
Can a magic recipe foster university spin-off creation?
2015
This study examines factors that explain the creation of university spin-offs. The study focuses on mechanisms that technology transfer offices (TTOs) and universities employ to foster spin-offs. These mechanisms include technology transfer activities that support spin-offs, normative frameworks, support infrastructures (i.e., business incubators and science parks), and TTO staff's specialist technical skills. The analysis also differentiates between public and private universities. Spin-offs belong to one or more of the following groups: spin-offs with support from the university's TTO, spin-offs operating under a license agreement, and spin-offs in which the TTO or university holds equity…
Consumer-Generated Reviews on Social Media and Brand Relationship Outcomes in the Fast-Food Chain Industry
2017
A number of studies agree on the fact that social media users tend to trust more the contents created by other users than those generated by companies’ marketing departments or advertising agencies. However, little is known regarding whether social media can actually enhance brand trust and other brand relationship outcomes that are deemed critical to the hospitality marketing literature. This paper seeks to offer some important insight on this issue by examining the impact of consumer-generated reviews on social media on four main pillars of the relationship marketing paradigm, i.e., satisfaction, trust, commitment, and loyalty. The inter-relationship between brand outcomes is also examine…
Biológicas de Valencia : IV Promoción : recuerdos no aptos para botánicos
2019
Este volumen de la revista Flora Montiberica lleva por título "Homenaje a Gonzalo Mateo" con motivo de su jubilación académica. Realizamos un repaso a la enseñanza de la botánica al comienzo de los años 70 del pasado siglo en la recién creada sección de Biología de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Valencia. La labor allí desarrollada por el profesor José Mansanet Mansanet, maestro de una brillante nómina de jóvenes botánicos entre los que destacará Gonzalo Mateo Sanz. / We review the teaching in Botany at the beginning of the 70s of the last century in the newly created section of Biology of the School of Sciences of the University of Valencia. The work developed there by Profes…