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Dent LG, Curry N, Sparks H, Bousgouni V, Maioli V, Kumar S, Munro I, Butera F, Jones I, Arias-Garcia M, Rowe-Brown L, Dunsby C, Bakal C. Environmentally dependent and independent control of 3D cell shape. Cell Rep 2024:114016. [PMID: 38636520 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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How cancer cells determine their shape in response to three-dimensional (3D) geometric and mechanical cues is unclear. We develop an approach to quantify the 3D cell shape of over 60,000 melanoma cells in collagen hydrogels using high-throughput stage-scanning oblique plane microscopy (ssOPM). We identify stereotypic and environmentally dependent changes in shape and protrusivity depending on whether a cell is proximal to a flat and rigid surface or is embedded in a soft environment. Environmental sensitivity metrics calculated for small molecules and gene knockdowns identify interactions between the environment and cellular factors that are important for morphogenesis. We show that the Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF) TIAM2 contributes to shape determination in environmentally independent ways but that non-muscle myosin II, microtubules, and the RhoGEF FARP1 regulate shape in ways dependent on the microenvironment. Thus, changes in cancer cell shape in response to 3D geometric and mechanical cues are modulated in both an environmentally dependent and independent fashion.
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- Lucas G Dent
- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Dynamical Cell Systems Group, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.
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Murwasuminar B, Munro I, Recoche K. Mental health recovery for people with schizophrenia in Southeast Asia: A systematic review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2023. [PMID: 36681884 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Mental health recovery has become a more prevalent approach to empowering people with schizophrenia (PWS), especially in western countries. However, despite the benefits, there is a lack of evidence regarding its practice in developing countries such as Southeast Asian Countries. The optimal treatment for PWS has not yet been identified, since most mental health care is provided in hospital-based settings in Southeast Asia. Mental health treatment in Southeast Asia is highly influenced by cultural norms, values, and practices. WHAT THE PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: The findings highlight the importance of integrating cultural aspects into the treatment of people with schizophrenia. The sample of unique elements in Southeast Asian mental health recovery include using a close neighbour/cadre as social support and using religious activity to increase hope. Lack of government support, high level of employment, and stigma are the biggest barriers in the PWS recovery process. WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE?: There is a research gap regarding the awareness and implementation of mental health recovery in psychiatric programs across the Southeast Asian region which likely impacts the effectiveness of the treatment. The review shows that little research has explored the concept of personal recovery in Southeast Asian Countries. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Recovery has become an important approach used by mental health services around the world. Many mental health systems have taken steps to move towards more recovery-oriented practices and service delivery. Therefore, establishing recovery-oriented services in developing countries like those in the Southeast Asian region requires a detailed understanding of the cultural norms, values, and current mental health practices. AIMS To investigate the mental health practices that promote recovery, its barrier in Southeast Asia, and to determine if they align with the CHIME recovery model. METHOD Electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and SCOPUS, were searched [PROSPERO] (CRD42021227962). Peer-reviewed English language articles from 2004 to January 2021 were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the CASP checklist, and thematic synthesis of included studies was conducted. RESULTS Thirty-one studies met inclusion criteria. Several themes illustrated mental health recovery services and the current obstacles identified in South-east Asian studies. Connection includes peer support and support groups, relationship status, and limited opportunities to become involved in the community. Hope is found in cultural concepts of hope, stimulating recovery through mental health programs, whilst lack of knowledge and education are the main barriers. Ethnicity is linked to a high level of stigma, but ethnicity also builds identity. Meaning and spirituality manifest in religious activities as the catalyst for recovery. Finally, the opposite of Empowerment is seen in the tendency of people with schizophrenia to remain in a passive position. Further barriers to empowerment are unemployment and a lack of social support. DISCUSSION In Southeast Asia, the elements of culture, religiosity, and communality are essential to mental health recovery. The obstacles to recovery are relate to human rights, social support, family involvement, and continuity of care. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE This review explores the concept of mental health recovery for people who are experiencing psychosis and living in Southeast Asian countries. The evidence may contribute to the further development of mental health programs in this region.
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- Bandu Murwasuminar
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.,West Java Mental Hospital, West Java, Indonesia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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Marshman C, Hansen A, Munro I. Compassion fatigue in mental health nurses: A systematic review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2022; 29:529-543. [PMID: 34874593 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Compassion fatigue is the result of the unique stressors inherent in caregiving work, leading to a loss of compassion in clinical practice that may result in negative outcomes for mental healthcare consumers. Compassion fatigue has clear emotional and physical costs and significant impacts on staff recruitment and retention. WHAT THE PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This review is the first to evaluate the quantitative literature on compassion fatigue in mental health nurses. Research on compassion fatigue in mental health nurses does not accurately account for the unique care relationship between nurse and consumer. Competency-based education, strong mental health nurse leadership, positive organizational cultures, clinical supervision and reflection alongside individual self-care strategies may mitigate compassion fatigue. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE PRACTICE?: Resources are urgently needed for education and workforce development that addresses compassion fatigue in mental health nurses. Interventions addressing the physical, cognitive and emotional demands of care work are needed to ensure mental health nurses have the capability to provide sustainable compassionate care to consumers. ABSTRACT: Introduction Although compassionate care is an essential component of mental health nursing, understandings of the impact of compassion fatigue is poorly understood. Aims/Questions To examine and synthesize available data on the prevalence of compassion fatigue within mental health nurses and consider what variables impact compassion fatigue. Method A search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Emcare, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL and grey literature for articles published between 1992 and February 2021 was conducted. Data were extracted from articles meeting inclusion criteria and integrated using narrative synthesis. Results Twelve articles were included. Prevalence of compassion fatigue ranged from low to high. Variables were identified that may mitigate the risk of compassion fatigue. Strong leadership and positive workplace cultures, clinical supervision, reflection, self-care and personal well-being may protect mental health nurses against compassion fatigue. Discussion Future research is needed on mental health nurses lived experience of compassion fatigue and their understandings of compassion. Implications for Practice Interventions should focus on increasing awareness of compassion fatigue and building individual and organizational resilience. Both organizations and individuals should be aware of the role they play in maintaining the capacity and capability for mental health nurses to provide sustainable and compassionate mental healthcare.
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- Cameron Marshman
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, Clayton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, Clayton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, Clayton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Hristodoulidis D, Munro I, Brooks C. Exploration of personal recovery-oriented care on an acute mental health unit. Collegian 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Singh C, Jackson D, Munro I, Cross W. Job experiences, challenges, revelations and narratives of nurse academics. A qualitative study. J Adv Nurs 2022; 78:2622-2633. [PMID: 35318722 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM To explore the views and experiences of nurse academics about their professional work life. DESIGN A qualitative exploratory interview study. METHODS Data were collected during 2018/2019 using a semi-structured interview method with 19 experienced academic nurses from a range of academic levels in Australia. All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed using a narrative approach. Ethics approval was granted by the relevant University Human Research Ethics Committee. RESULTS Participants provided detailed insights into the type of daily job stressors they faced. They shared narratives about their personal job experiences and how, at times, they chose to remain silent to maintain a cordial working relationship with some of their senior colleagues and leaders. The main themes were identified included a lack of work-life balance, incivility towards staff, increasing workloads and inequitable distribution, lack of recognition, negative workplace culture, lack of awareness of the importance of political astuteness and lack of leadership skills. CONCLUSION To ensure a sustainable academic nursing workforce and provide a clearer understanding of job stress and what contributes to faculty decision to leave, areas of priority and strategies that needed attention were identified. These included effective mentoring of less-experienced staff and leadership styles that promote greater inclusiveness, being heard, valued and recognized, improved work-life balance and the need to have a sense of belonging. IMPACT The study explored the job experiences of nurse academics and identified occupational stressors that directly influenced their daily work life. The findings have global implications for the recruitment and sustainability of nurse academics. This also impacts on their professional and work-life balance.
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- School of Health, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Health, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
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Alyahya NM, Munro I, Moss C. The experience of psychosis and recovery from consumers' perspectives: An integrative literature review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2022; 29:99-115. [PMID: 33031615 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Since the first decade of this century, few qualitative studies and literature reviews have reported consumers' experiences of psychosis and recovery. The findings from these studies need further exploration. WHAT DOES THE PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: New insights into consumers' experiences of psychosis were generated. Additionally, understanding of consumers' conceptions and experiences of recovery were reported. Consumers' insights into the enablers and barriers to recovery that they encountered were also identified. Gaps in the literature remain, particularly those related to the effects of gender and culture on consumers' experiences of and recovery from psychosis. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Nurses' understanding of consumers' perspectives and experiences of psychosis is vital to enhancing the quality of mental health nursing when caring for people living with psychosis. To support user-based recovery, mental health nurses need to incorporate person-centred approaches and reduce their preferencing of medical understandings of recovery. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Psychosis is a distressing disorder. Consumers' perspectives about their experiences of psychosis and recovery are essential aspects of mental health nursing. AIMS To review contemporary evidence related to consumers' experiences of and recovery from psychosis. METHOD An integrative review was the method used; six databases were systematically searched. Of the 157 articles screened, 14 met the inclusion criteria and were assessed for quality using Joanna Briggs Institute Appraisal tools. Data were compared, classified and integrated. RESULTS Findings revealed that consumers' experiences of psychosis included issues with self-expression and language, psychosocial problems and stigma. Also, consumers' experiences associated with their recovery were reported, and this included their perspectives on the enablers and barriers that they encountered. DISCUSSION Consumer's experiences of and recovery from psychosis provide an essential basis for managing and working with people experiencing psychosis. Further research identifying the potential effects of gender and culture into consumers' lived experiences is required. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Exploring the experience of someone with psychosis will help nurses to understand the impacts of this condition. This understanding can guide nurses to apply recovery-oriented practices. Specific aspects of psychosis experience, including gender and culture, should inform nurses' practices towards recovery.
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- Norah M Alyahya
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, VIC., Australia.,College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, VIC., Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, VIC., Australia
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Molloy R, Brand G, Munro I, Pope N. Seeing the complete picture: A systematic review of mental health consumer and health professional experiences of diagnostic overshadowing. J Clin Nurs 2021; 32:1662-1673. [PMID: 34873769 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIM To systematically identify, explore and synthesise qualitative data related to mental health consumer and health professional experiences of diagnostic overshadowing. BACKGROUND Mental health consumers experience significantly high rates of physical illness, poorer health outcomes and are more likely to die prematurely of physical illnesses than the general population. Diagnostic overshadowing is a complex and life-threatening phenomenon that occurs when physical symptoms reported by mental health consumers are misattributed to mental disorders by health professionals. This typically occurs in general healthcare settings. METHODS Drawing on JBI methodology for systematic reviews, four scholarly databases and grey literature was searched, followed by eligibility screening and quality assessment using JBI QARI frameworks, resulting in six studies for inclusion. Findings were synthesised using meta-aggregation. The PRISMA checklist was adhered to throughout this process. FINDINGS Five synthesised findings emerged. Three from the health professional experience: working in ill-suited healthcare systems, missing the complete diagnostic picture, and misunderstanding the lived experience of mental illness. Two from the mental health consumer experience: not knowing if the cause is physical or mental, and surviving and ill-suited health care system. CONCLUSIONS Diagnostic overshadowing is a multidimensional experience of interconnecting factors including systematic healthcare system issues, health professionals limited mental health knowledge and skills, stigmatic attitudes and mental health consumers miscommunicating their physical healthcare needs. Further research is needed to make diagnostic overshadowing visible and mitigate against this phenomenon that deprives mental health consumers of equitable access to quality healthcare. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Those who govern healthcare systems have an obligation to recognise and address the unique needs of mental health consumers who seek help for physical illnesses to ensure they receive quality and safe care. Forming collaborative partnerships with mental health consumers in the development of knowledge translation initiatives targeting healthcare policy, practice and education are urgently required.
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- Renee Molloy
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Singh C, Jackson D, Munro I, Cross W. Work experiences of Nurse Academics: A qualitative study. Nurse Educ Today 2021; 106:105038. [PMID: 34298470 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The evidence suggests that heavy workloads, pressure to publish, lack of recognition and job insecurity has led to increased job stress among nurse academics. Lack of proper mentoring, reorientation and transition into an academic role are contributory factors towards the lack of retention and recruitment among nurse academics. Internationally, the sustainability of the nurse academic workforce is an area of great concern. The experiences of nurse academics have not been extensively investigated. OBJECTIVES To explore the work experiences of nurse academics. DESIGN Qualitative Exploratory study. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. PARTICIPANTS A purposive sample of nurse academics (n = 19), recruited from all states and territories of Australia, lecturer to professor level and work experiences from 2 to 30 years. METHODS Data were collected using semi-structured face to face and telephone interviews. Data were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed based upon Braun & Clark's model. The study is reported in accordance with the COREQ guidelines. Ethical approval was granted by the relevant University Human Research Ethics Committee. RESULTS Four main themes were identified (a) Helping students achieve, finding satisfaction through student engagement, (b) working with challenging students, (c) increased workloads, lack of support and resources and (d) difficulty with retention of newly appointed staff. CONCLUSIONS Although the findings highlighted the interactions with nursing students were a positive experience, many of the participants raised great concern about the challenging, difficult, academically weak, rude, and manipulative students. The growing workload increased non-academic administrative work, and the inability to sustain newly appointed staff were areas of great concern. Doing more with less and not being recognized were pertinent factors that needed to be addressed.
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- Charanjit Singh
- School of Health, Federation University, Berwick Campus, Clyde Road, Berwick 3806, Victoria, Australia.
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia.
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- Monash School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston 3199, Victoria, Australia.
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- School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions, Federation University Australia, Berwick Campus, PO Box 859, Berwick, VIC 3806, Australia..
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Molloy R, Munro I, Pope N. Understanding the experience of diagnostic overshadowing associated with severe mental illness from the consumer and health professional perspective: a qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI Evid Synth 2021; 19:1362-1368. [PMID: 33165171 DOI: 10.11124/jbies-20-00244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this review is to identify, appraise, and synthesize available qualitative evidence related to diagnostic overshadowing in mental health consumers who present with clinical manifestations of physical illness. INTRODUCTION A lived experience of mental illness is associated with compromised physical health and decreased life expectancy. Mental health consumers face greater barriers to accessing treatment for physical illnesses and are less likely to receive appropriate physical care than those without mental illness. Physical illnesses may go underdiagnosed and undertreated in mental health consumers because clinicians tend to focus on the mental illness to the exclusion of other health problems, a phenomenon called diagnostic overshadowing. This systematic review will combine the experiences of mental health consumers and health care professionals to gain deeper understanding of diagnostic overshadowing. INCLUSION CRITERIA This review will consider qualitative studies that include the experiences of diagnostic overshadowing in mental health consumers and/or the health care professionals who treat them. Studies conducted in any health care facility or service offering care for physical illnesses will be considered. METHODS MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus will be searched along with sources of gray literature. Studies in English published from 2004 onward will be considered. Retrieval of full-text studies, assessment of methodological quality, and data extraction will be performed independently by two reviewers. Findings will, where possible, be pooled using JBI SUMARI with the meta-aggregation approach. A ConQual Summary of Findings will be presented. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER PROSPERO CRD42020186418.
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- Renee Molloy
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Perth, WA, Australia
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Alyahya N, Munro I, Moss C. Advancing mental health nursing practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Rethinking nursing care for consumers with psychosis. J Nat Sci Med 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/jnsm.jnsm_35_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Dimov N, McDonnell MB, Munro I, McCluskey DK, Johnston ID, Tan CKL, Coudron L. Electrowetting-based Digital Microfluidics Platform for Automated Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay. J Vis Exp 2020. [DOI: 10.3791/60489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Singh C, Cross W, Munro I, Jackson D. Occupational stress facing nurse academics—A mixed‐methods systematic review. J Clin Nurs 2020; 29:720-735. [DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Revised: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Charanjit Singh
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences MNM, Monash University Peninsula campus Victoria Australia
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Faculty of Health Federation University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, MNM, Monash University Peninsula campus Victoria Australia
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- University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Health Sydney NSW Australia
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Guo W, Kumar S, Görlitz F, Garcia E, Alexandrov Y, Munro I, Kelly DJ, Warren S, Thorpe P, Dunsby C, French P. Automated Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging High-Content Analysis of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between Endogenously Labeled Kinetochore Proteins in Live Budding Yeast Cells. SLAS Technol 2019; 24:308-320. [PMID: 30629461 PMCID: PMC6537140 DOI: 10.1177/2472630318819240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We describe an open-source automated multiwell plate fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) methodology to read out Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescent proteins (FPs) labeling endogenous kinetochore proteins (KPs) in live budding yeast cells. The low copy number of many KPs and their small spatial extent present significant challenges for the quantification of donor fluorescence lifetime in the presence of significant cellular autofluorescence and photobleaching. Automated FLIM data acquisition was controlled by µManager and incorporated wide-field time-gated imaging with optical sectioning to reduce background fluorescence. For data analysis, we used custom MATLAB-based software tools to perform kinetochore foci segmentation and local cellular background subtraction and fitted the fluorescence lifetime data using the open-source FLIMfit software. We validated the methodology using endogenous KPs labeled with mTurquoise2 FP and/or yellow FP and measured the donor fluorescence lifetimes for foci comprising 32 kinetochores with KP copy numbers as low as ~2 per kinetochore under an average labeling efficiency of 50%. We observed changes of median donor lifetime ≥250 ps for KPs known to form dimers. Thus, this FLIM high-content analysis platform enables the screening of relatively low-copy-number endogenous protein-protein interactions at spatially confined macromolecular complexes.
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- Wenjun Guo
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- RIKEN Center for Biodynamic Systems
Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research,
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
- Queen Mary University of London, London,
UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
- Centre for Pathology, Imperial College
London, London, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London, London, UK
- Francis Crick Institute, London,
UK
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Coudron L, McDonnell MB, Munro I, McCluskey DK, Johnston ID, Tan CK, Tracey MC. Fully integrated digital microfluidics platform for automated immunoassay; A versatile tool for rapid, specific detection of a wide range of pathogens. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 128:52-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Munro I, García E, Yan M, Guldbrand S, Kumar S, Kwakwa K, Dunsby C, Neil MAA, French PMW. Accelerating single molecule localization microscopy through parallel processing on a high-performance computing cluster. J Microsc 2018; 273:148-160. [PMID: 30508256 PMCID: PMC6378585 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Super‐resolved microscopy techniques have revolutionized the ability to study biological structures below the diffraction limit. Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) techniques are widely used because they are relatively straightforward to implement and can be realized at relatively low cost, e.g. compared to laser scanning microscopy techniques. However, while the data analysis can be readily undertaken using open source or other software tools, large SMLM data volumes and the complexity of the algorithms used often lead to long image data processing times that can hinder the iterative optimization of experiments. There is increasing interest in high throughput SMLM, but its further development and application is inhibited by the data processing challenges. We present here a widely applicable approach to accelerating SMLM data processing via a parallelized implementation of ThunderSTORM on a high‐performance computing (HPC) cluster and quantify the speed advantage for a four‐node cluster (with 24 cores and 128 GB RAM per node) compared to a high specification (28 cores, 128 GB RAM, SSD‐enabled) desktop workstation. This data processing speed can be readily scaled by accessing more HPC resources. Our approach is not specific to ThunderSTORM and can be adapted for a wide range of SMLM software. Lay Description Optical microscopy is now able to provide images with a resolution far beyond the diffraction limit thanks to relatively new super‐resolved microscopy (SRM) techniques, which have revolutionized the ability to study biological structures. One approach to SRM is to randomly switch on and off the emission of fluorescent molecules in an otherwise conventional fluorescence microscope. If only a sparse subset of the fluorescent molecules labelling a sample can be switched on at a time, then each emitter will be, on average, spaced further apart than the diffraction‐limited resolution of the conventional microscope and the separate bright spots in the image corresponding to each emitter can be localised to high precision by finding the centre of each feature using a computer program. Thus, a precise map of the emitter positions can be recorded by sequentially mapping the localisation of different subsets of emitters as they are switched on and others switched off. Typically, this approach, described as single molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM), results in large image data sets that can take many minutes to hours to process, depending on the size of the field of view and whether the SMLM analysis employs a computationally‐intensive iterative algorithm. Such a slow workflow makes it difficult to optimise experiments and to analyse large numbers of samples. Faster SMLM experiments would be generally useful and automated high throughput SMLM studies of arrays of samples, such as cells, could be applied to drug discovery and other applications. However, the time required to process the resulting data would be prohibitive on a normal computer. To address this, we have developed a method to run standard SMLM data analysis software tools in parallel on a high‐performance computing cluster (HPC). This can be used to accelerate the analysis of individual SMLM experiments or it can be scaled to analyse high throughput SMLM data by extending it to run on an arbitrary number of HPC processors in parallel. In this paper we outline the design of our parallelised SMLM software for HPC and quantify the speed advantage when implementing it on four HPC nodes compared to a powerful desktop computer.
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- I Munro
- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K.,Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K.,The Francis Crick Institute, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K.,Centre for Pathology, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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Dean TD, Cross W, Munro I. An Exploration of the Perspectives of Associate Nurse Unit Managers Regarding the Implementation of Smoke-free Policies in Adult Mental Health Inpatient Units. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2018; 39:328-336. [PMID: 29436879 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1413461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CONTEXT In Adult Mental Health Inpatient Units, it is not unexpected that leadership of Associate Nurse Unit Managers contributes to successful implementation of smoke-free policies. AIM In light of challenges facing mental health nursing, and limited research describing their leadership and the role it plays in addressing smoke-free policy implementation, the aim of this study is to explore Associate Nurse Unit Managers perspectives' regarding the implementation of smoke-free policies, which were introduced on 1 July, 2015. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS Individual in-depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken six months post the implementation of smoke-free policies. In this qualitative descriptive study, six Associate Nurse Unit Managers working in a Victorian public Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit, were asked eight questions which targeted leadership and the implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies. Associate Nurse Unit Managers provide leadership and role modeling for staff and they are responsible for setting the standards that govern the behavior of nurses within their team. All participants interviewed believed that they were leaders in the workplace. MAIN OUTCOMES Education and consistency were identified as crucial for smoke-free policies to be successful. Participants acknowledged that the availability of therapeutic interventions, staff resources and the accessibility of nicotine replacement therapy were crucial to assist consumers to remain smoke-free while on the unit. CONCLUSION The findings from this research may help to improve the understanding of the practical challenges that Associate Nurse Unit Manager's face in the implementation of smoke-free policies with implications for policies, nursing practice, education and research.
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- Tania D Dean
- a Monash University , Clayton , Victoria , Australia
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- b Monash University , Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences , Clayton , Victoria , Australia
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- c Monash University , School of Nursing and Midwifery , Clayton , Victoria , Australia
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Görlitz F, Kelly DJ, Warren SC, Alibhai D, West L, Kumar S, Alexandrov Y, Munro I, Garcia E, McGinty J, Talbot C, Serwa RA, Thinon E, da Paola V, Murray EJ, Stuhmeier F, Neil MAA, Tate EW, Dunsby C, French PMW. Open Source High Content Analysis Utilizing Automated Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. J Vis Exp 2017:55119. [PMID: 28190060 PMCID: PMC5352269 DOI: 10.3791/55119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We present an open source high content analysis instrument utilizing automated fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for assaying protein interactions using Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) based readouts of fixed or live cells in multiwell plates. This provides a means to screen for cell signaling processes read out using intramolecular FRET biosensors or intermolecular FRET of protein interactions such as oligomerization or heterodimerization, which can be used to identify binding partners. We describe here the functionality of this automated multiwell plate FLIM instrumentation and present exemplar data from our studies of HIV Gag protein oligomerization and a time course of a FRET biosensor in live cells. A detailed description of the practical implementation is then provided with reference to a list of hardware components and a description of the open source data acquisition software written in µManager. The application of FLIMfit, an open source MATLAB-based client for the OMERO platform, to analyze arrays of multiwell plate FLIM data is also presented. The protocols for imaging fixed and live cells are outlined and a demonstration of an automated multiwell plate FLIM experiment using cells expressing fluorescent protein-based FRET constructs is presented. This is complemented by a walk-through of the data analysis for this specific FLIM FRET data set.
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- Frederik Görlitz
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London;
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Institute for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London
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- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Chemical Biology Section, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London
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- Chemical Biology Section, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer Limited, Sandwich, Kent, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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- Chemical Biology Section, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London; Centre for Histopathology, Imperial College London
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
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Anandan R, Cross W, Munro I. NURSING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH COMORBID SUBSTANCE ABUSE: A BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Aust Nurs Midwifery J 2016; 24:39. [PMID: 29251893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new study in Melbourne aims to assess knowledge, skills and attitudes of mental health nurses employed in a large mental health service. The study will use an observation as well as surveys and interviews to explore knowledge, skills, and attitude of nurses towards consumers with comorbid substance use.
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Kwakwa K, Savell A, Davies T, Munro I, Parrinello S, Purbhoo MA, Dunsby C, Neil MAA, French PMW. easySTORM: a robust, lower-cost approach to localisation and TIRF microscopy. J Biophotonics 2016; 9:948-957. [PMID: 27592533 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201500324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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TIRF and STORM microscopy are super-resolving fluorescence imaging modalities for which current implementations on standard microscopes can present significant complexity and cost. We present a straightforward and low-cost approach to implement STORM and TIRF taking advantage of multimode optical fibres and multimode diode lasers to provide the required excitation light. Combined with open source software and relatively simple protocols to prepare samples for STORM, including the use of Vectashield for non-TIRF imaging, this approach enables TIRF and STORM imaging of cells labelled with appropriate dyes or expressing suitable fluorescent proteins to become widely accessible at low cost.
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- Kwasi Kwakwa
- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ.
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
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- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
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- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN
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- Section of Hepatology, QEQM Hospital, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
- Centre for Pathology, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
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- Photonics Group, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
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Munro I. MANAGING DIABETES AND MENTAL ILLNESS. Aust Nurs Midwifery J 2016; 23:36. [PMID: 27254993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Munro I. Men's mental health. Aust Nurs Midwifery J 2015; 23:36. [PMID: 26749891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Ian Munro
- School of Nursing, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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O'Connell B, Baker L, Munro I. The nature and impact of incontinence in men who have undergone prostate surgery and implications for nursing practice. Contemp Nurse 2014; 24:65-78. [PMID: 17348784 DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.24.1.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to increase knowledge and understanding of the nature and experiences of incontinence in men one or more years post prostate surgery. METHODS This descriptive study used a sample of convenience. Two hundred and twelve male participants who had undergone prostate surgery more than a year ago were asked about their experiences of incontinence. Participants were asked to fill in two questionnaires: The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite and the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire. Participants were also asked about their prostate surgery, their health seeking behaviour in relation to incontinence, the type of discharge information they were given, and demographic information. RESULTS Sixty-six percent of participants indicated that, in the last four weeks, their overall urinary function had been a problem and 36.3% reported their bowel habits were problematic, which affected the quality of their lives. In addition, 41% of participants reported that they were not given discharge information regarding the possibility of developing urinary incontinence and sexual problems post prostate surgery. CONCLUSIONS Health care professionals should pay more attention to routinely providing information to all men regarding the possibility of developing incontinence or sexual problems post prostate surgery. This may assist them to better manage these problems.
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- Bev O'Connell
- Southern Health, Melbourne VIC, Deakin University - Melbourne Campus, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Science, Burwood VIC, Australia
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Jacob S, Munro I, Taylor BJ. Mental health recovery: Lived experience of consumers, carers and nurses. Contemp Nurse 2014:4588-4613. [PMID: 25196697 DOI: 10.5172/conu.2014.4588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Abstract Background Mental health recovery is a prominent topic of discussion in the global mental health settings. The concept of mental health recovery brought about a major shift in the traditional philosophical views of many mental health systems. Aim The purpose of this article is to outline the results of a qualitative study on mental health recovery, which involved mental health consumers, carers and mental health nurses from an Area Mental Health Service in Victoria, Australia. This paper is part one of the results that explored the meaning of recovery. Methods The study used van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology to analyse the data. Findings Themes suggested that the cohort had varying views on recovery that were similar and dissimilar. The similar views were categorised under two processes involving the self, an internal process and an external process. These two processes involved reclaiming various aspects of oneself, living life, cure or absence of symptoms and contribution to community. The dissimilar views involved returning to pre-illness state and recovery was impossible. Conclusion This study highlights the need for placing importance to the person's sense of self in the recovery process.
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- Sini Jacob
- School of Nursing, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Ph: 03 9770 5938, Mob: 0423 908 901
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Innes K, Morphet J, O'Brien AP, Munro I. Caring for the mental illness patient in emergency departments - an exploration of the issues from a healthcare provider perspective. J Clin Nurs 2013; 23:2003-11. [DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kelli Innes
- School of Nursing and Midwifery; Monash University; Clayton Vic. Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery; Monash University; Frankston Vic. Australia
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- Centre for Practice Opportunity and Development (CPOD); Hunter New England Health/The University of Newcastle; Newcastle NSW Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery; Monash University; Frankston Vic. Australia
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Warren SC, Margineanu A, Alibhai D, Kelly DJ, Talbot C, Alexandrov Y, Munro I, Katan M, Dunsby C, French PMW. Rapid global fitting of large fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy datasets. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70687. [PMID: 23940626 PMCID: PMC3734241 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is widely applied to obtain quantitative information from fluorescence signals, particularly using Förster Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) measurements to map, for example, protein-protein interactions. Extracting FRET efficiencies or population fractions typically entails fitting data to complex fluorescence decay models but such experiments are frequently photon constrained, particularly for live cell or in vivo imaging, and this leads to unacceptable errors when analysing data on a pixel-wise basis. Lifetimes and population fractions may, however, be more robustly extracted using global analysis to simultaneously fit the fluorescence decay data of all pixels in an image or dataset to a multi-exponential model under the assumption that the lifetime components are invariant across the image (dataset). This approach is often considered to be prohibitively slow and/or computationally expensive but we present here a computationally efficient global analysis algorithm for the analysis of time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) or time-gated FLIM data based on variable projection. It makes efficient use of both computer processor and memory resources, requiring less than a minute to analyse time series and multiwell plate datasets with hundreds of FLIM images on standard personal computers. This lifetime analysis takes account of repetitive excitation, including fluorescence photons excited by earlier pulses contributing to the fit, and is able to accommodate time-varying backgrounds and instrument response functions. We demonstrate that this global approach allows us to readily fit time-resolved fluorescence data to complex models including a four-exponential model of a FRET system, for which the FRET efficiencies of the two species of a bi-exponential donor are linked, and polarisation-resolved lifetime data, where a fluorescence intensity and bi-exponential anisotropy decay model is applied to the analysis of live cell homo-FRET data. A software package implementing this algorithm, FLIMfit, is available under an open source licence through the Open Microscopy Environment.
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- Sean C Warren
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Magnuson B, Munro I, Abbot P, Baldwin N, Lopez-Garcia R, Ly K, McGirr L, Roberts A, Socolovsky S. Review of the regulation and safety assessment of food substances in various countries and jurisdictions. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2013; 30:1147-220. [PMID: 23781843 PMCID: PMC3725665 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.795293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review compares the regulations, definitions and approval processes for substances intentionally added to or unintentionally present in human food in the following specific countries/jurisdictions: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. This includes direct food additives, food ingredients, flavouring agents, food enzymes and/or processing aids, food contact materials, novel foods, and nanoscale materials for food applications. The regulatory authority of each target jurisdiction/country uses its own regulatory framework and although the definitions, regulations and approval processes may vary among all target countries, in general there are many similarities. In all cases, the main purpose of each authority is to establish a regulatory framework and maintain/enforce regulations to ensure that food consumed and sold within its respective countries is safe. There is a move towards harmonisation of food regulations, as illustrated by Australia and New Zealand and by Mercosur. The European Union has also established regulations, which are applicable for all member states, to establish a common authorisation procedure for direct food additives, flavourings and enzymes. Although the path for approval of different categories of food additives varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, there are many commonalities in terms of the data requirements and considerations for assessment of the safety of use of food additives, including the use of positive lists of approved substances, pre-market approval, and a separation between science and policy decisions. The principles applied are largely reflective of the early work by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) committees and JECFA assessments of the safety of food additives for human and animal foods.
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Naik A, O'Brien A, Gaskin CJ, Munro I, Bloomer MJ. The acceptability and efficacy of a group cognitive behavioural therapy programme in a community mental health setting. Community Ment Health J 2013; 49:368-72. [PMID: 22294509 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-012-9484-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper presents data on a patient evaluation of a group cognitive behavioural therapy programme in an applied setting and its efficacy for reducing generalised anxiety and or depression, and distress. Patients (n=14) participated in one of two 8-week group cognitive behavioural therapy programmes for generalised anxiety or depression, within a mental health service. Patients’ perceptions of the programme were collected via an evaluation questionnaire, and data on clinical outcomes were sourced from patients’ case notes. Most patients who were invited to participate in the programme (n=14 of 17), and their evaluations were generally favourable. Almost all participants (93%) indicated that the programme either met or exceeded their expectations. The clinical outcomes of the intervention were similar to those found in efficacy studies reported in the published literature (approximately half to threequarters of one standard deviation improvement in anxiety, depression, and distress scores).
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- Arun Naik
- Kempsey Mental Health Service, Kempsy, NSW, Australia
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O'Connor M, O'Brien A, Bloomer M, Morphett J, Peters L, Hall H, Parry A, Recoche K, Lee S, Munro I. The Environment of Inpatient Healthcare Delivery and Its Influence on the Outcome of Care. HERD 2012; 6:104-16. [DOI: 10.1177/193758671200600106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aim: This paper addresses issues arising in the literature regarding the environmental design of inpatient healthcare settings and their impact on care. Background: Environmental design in healthcare settings is an important feature of the holistic delivery of healthcare. The environmental influence of the delivery of care is manifested by such things as lighting, proximity to bedside, technology, family involvement, and space. The need to respond rapidly in places such as emergency and intensive care can override space needs for family support. In some settings with aging buildings, the available space is no longer appropriate to the needs—for example, the need for privacy in emergency departments. Many aspects of care have changed over the last three decades and the environment of care appears not to have been adapted to contemporary healthcare requirements nor involved consumers in ascertaining environmental requirements. The issues found in the literature are addressed under five themes: the design of physical space, family needs, privacy considerations, the impact of technology, and patient safety. Conclusion: There is a need for greater input into the design of healthcare spaces from those who use them, to incorporate dignified and expedient care delivery in the care of the person and to meet the needs of family.
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Patalay R, Talbot C, Alexandrov Y, Lenz MO, Kumar S, Warren S, Munro I, Neil MAA, König K, French PMW, Chu A, Stamp GWH, Dunsby C. Multiphoton multispectral fluorescence lifetime tomography for the evaluation of basal cell carcinomas. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43460. [PMID: 22984428 PMCID: PMC3439453 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We present the first detailed study using multispectral multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging to differentiate basal cell carcinoma cells (BCCs) from normal keratinocytes. Images were acquired from 19 freshly excised BCCs and 27 samples of normal skin (in & ex vivo). Features from fluorescence lifetime images were used to discriminate BCCs with a sensitivity/specificity of 79%/93% respectively. A mosaic of BCC fluorescence lifetime images covering >1 mm2 is also presented, demonstrating the potential for tumour margin delineation. Using 10,462 manually segmented cells from the image data, we quantify the cellular morphology and spectroscopic differences between BCCs and normal skin for the first time. Statistically significant increases were found in the fluorescence lifetimes of cells from BCCs in all spectral channels, ranging from 19.9% (425–515 nm spectral emission) to 39.8% (620–655 nm emission). A discriminant analysis based diagnostic algorithm allowed the fraction of cells classified as malignant to be calculated for each patient. This yielded a receiver operator characteristic area under the curve for the detection of BCC of 0.83. We have used both morphological and spectroscopic parameters to discriminate BCC from normal skin, and provide a comprehensive base for how this technique could be used for BCC assessment in clinical practice.
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- Rakesh Patalay
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Dermatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Dermatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Lanigan PMP, Munro I, Grace EJ, Casey DR, Phillips J, Klug DR, Ces O, Neil MAA. Dynamical hologram generation for high speed optical trapping of smart droplet microtools. Biomed Opt Express 2012; 3:1609-1619. [PMID: 22808432 PMCID: PMC3395485 DOI: 10.1364/boe.3.001609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This paper demonstrates spatially selective sampling of the plasma membrane by the implementation of time-multiplexed holographic optical tweezers for Smart Droplet Microtools (SDMs). High speed (>1000fps) dynamical hologram generation was computed on the graphics processing unit of a standard display card and controlled by a user friendly LabView interface. Time multiplexed binary holograms were displayed in real time and mirrored to a ferroelectric Spatial Light Modulator. SDMs were manufactured with both liquid cores (as previously described) and solid cores, which confer significant advantages in terms of stability, polydispersity and ease of use. These were coated with a number of detergents, the most successful based upon lipids doped with transfection reagents. In order to validate these, trapped SDMs were maneuvered up to the plasma membrane of giant vesicles containing Nile Red and human biliary epithelial (BE) colon cancer cells with green fluorescent labeled protein (GFP)-labeled CAAX (a motif belonging to the Ras protein). Bright field and fluorescence images showed that successful trapping and manipulation of multiple SDMs in x, y, z was achieved with success rates of 30-50% and that subsequent membrane-SDM interactions led to the uptake of Nile Red or GFP-CAAX into the SDM.
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- P. M. P. Lanigan
- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Single Cell Proteomics Group, Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Patalay R, Talbot C, Alexandrov Y, Munro I, Neil MAA, König K, French PMW, Chu A, Stamp GW, Dunsby C. Quantification of cellular autofluorescence of human skin using multiphoton tomography and fluorescence lifetime imaging in two spectral detection channels. Biomed Opt Express 2011; 2:3295-3308. [PMID: 22162820 PMCID: PMC3233249 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.003295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We explore the diagnostic potential of imaging endogenous fluorophores using two photon microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) in human skin with two spectral detection channels. Freshly excised benign dysplastic nevi (DN) and malignant nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas (nBCCs) were excited at 760 nm. The resulting fluorescence signal was binned manually on a cell by cell basis. This improved the reliability of fitting using a double exponential decay model and allowed the fluorescence signatures from different cell populations within the tissue to be identified and studied. We also performed a direct comparison between different diagnostic groups. A statistically significant difference between the median mean fluorescence lifetime of 2.79 ns versus 2.52 ns (blue channel, 300-500 nm) and 2.08 ns versus 1.33 ns (green channel, 500-640 nm) was found between nBCCs and DN respectively, using the Mann-Whitney U test (p < 0.01). Further differences in the distribution of fluorescence lifetime parameters and inter-patient variability are also discussed.
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- Rakesh Patalay
- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
- Department of Dermatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, UK
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- CRUK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK
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- Department of Photonics, Imperial College, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London, UK
- Department of Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London, UK
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Talbot CB, Patalay R, Munro I, Warren S, Ratto F, Matteini P, Pini R, Breunig HG, König K, Chu AC, Stamp GW, Neil MAA, French PMW, Dunsby C. Application of ultrafast gold luminescence to measuring the instrument response function for multispectral multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging. Opt Express 2011; 19:13848-61. [PMID: 21934746 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.013848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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When performing multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging in multiple spectral emission channels, an instrument response function must be acquired in each channel if accurate measurements of complex fluorescence decays are to be performed. Although this can be achieved using the reference reconvolution technique, it is difficult to identify suitable fluorophores with a mono-exponential fluorescence decay across a broad emission spectrum. We present a solution to this problem by measuring the IRF using the ultrafast luminescence from gold nanorods. We show that ultrafast gold nanorod luminescence allows the IRF to be directly obtained in multiple spectral channels simultaneously across a wide spectral range. We validate this approach by presenting an analysis of multispectral autofluorescence FLIM data obtained from human skin ex vivo.
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Kumar S, Alibhai D, Margineanu A, Laine R, Kennedy G, McGinty J, Warren S, Kelly D, Alexandrov Y, Munro I, Talbot C, Stuckey DW, Kimberly C, Viellerobe B, Lacombe F, Lam EWF, Taylor H, Dallman MJ, Stamp G, Murray EJ, Stuhmeier F, Sardini A, Katan M, Elson DS, Neil MAA, Dunsby C, French PMW. FLIM FRET technology for drug discovery: automated multiwell-plate high-content analysis, multiplexed readouts and application in situ. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:609-26. [PMID: 21337485 PMCID: PMC3084521 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) technology platform intended to read out changes in Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency is presented for the study of protein interactions across the drug-discovery pipeline. FLIM provides a robust, inherently ratiometric imaging modality for drug discovery that could allow the same sensor constructs to be translated from automated cell-based assays through small transparent organisms such as zebrafish to mammals. To this end, an automated FLIM multiwell-plate reader is described for high content analysis of fixed and live cells, tomographic FLIM in zebrafish and FLIM FRET of live cells via confocal endomicroscopy. For cell-based assays, an exemplar application reading out protein aggregation using FLIM FRET is presented, and the potential for multiple simultaneous FLIM (FRET) readouts in microscopy is illustrated.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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McGinty J, Galletly NP, Dunsby C, Munro I, Elson DS, Requejo-Isidro J, Cohen P, Ahmad R, Forsyth A, Thillainayagam AV, Neil MAA, French PMW, Stamp GW. Wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging of cancer. Biomed Opt Express 2010; 1:627-640. [PMID: 21258496 PMCID: PMC3017991 DOI: 10.1364/boe.1.000627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Revised: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 08/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Optical imaging of tissue autofluorescence has the potential to provide rapid label-free screening and detection of surface tumors for clinical applications, including when combined with endoscopy. Quantitative imaging of intensity-based contrast is notoriously difficult and spectrally resolved imaging does not always provide sufficient contrast. We demonstrate that fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) applied to intrinsic tissue autofluorescence can directly contrast a range of surface tissue tumors, including in gastrointestinal tissues, using compact, clinically deployable instrumentation achieving wide-field fluorescence lifetime images of unprecedented clarity. Statistically significant contrast is observed between cancerous and healthy colon tissue for FLIM with excitation at 355 nm. To illustrate the clinical potential, wide-field fluorescence lifetime images of unstained ex vivo tissue have been acquired at near video rate, which is an important step towards real-time FLIM for diagnostic and interoperative imaging, including for screening and image-guided biopsy applications.
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- James McGinty
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London,
SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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This paper discusses the psychosocial impact of being diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The paper clarifies some of the key misconceptions about the virus, especially the impact HCV has on people who have been recently diagnosed. An individual's reaction to the HCV diagnosis and the subsequent lifestyle challenges to maintain health, well-being, family, and social networks are discussed, particularly the issues surrounding mental health in respect to a recent chronic illness diagnosis and how to manage the trajectory of the illness in the community and individually. HCV disclosure and its effect on intimacy are also detailed. For people living with both a diagnosed mental illness and HCV, managing the illness can be complicated. Not only are these individuals concerned about their mental illness, its treatment, and the social stigma and discrimination associated with it, they also may be alarmed over their future physical health. The paper is preliminary to research using the psychotherapeutic approach of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in groups of persons with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and HCV.
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- Anthony P O'Brien
- Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Peninsula Campus, Melbourne, Australia. tony.o'
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Edward KL, Rasmussen B, Munro I. Nursing care of clients treated with atypical antipsychotics who have a risk of developing metabolic instability and/or type 2 diabetes. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2010; 24:46-53. [PMID: 20117688 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to present a current discussion related to the nursing care of clients treated with atypical antipsychotic medicines and who have a risk of developing metabolic instability and/or Type 2 diabetes. The importance of such a discussion is to provide both the novice and the experienced nurse with additional knowledge of this current health issue with which to inform their nursing practice. DISCUSSION The potential for psychosis to be a chronic condition is very high, and often people require antipsychotic medicine for lengthy periods throughout their lives. Sometimes, treatment is for life. The second generation of antipsychotic medicines was greeted with much enthusiasm since it was better tolerated than the first generation. However, each medication has desired and adverse effects and, when taken for lengthy periods, these effects may produce physical illness. Studies show that the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome was significantly higher in clients with a chronic psychiatric disorder, particularly schizophrenia. CONCLUSIONS Metabolic instability, especially weight gain, is associated with some psychotropic medicines. Nursing interventions need to include care assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for clients treated with antipsychotic medicines in terms of risk minimization strategies in routine nursing care.
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- Karen-Leigh Edward
- Centre for Nursing Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Objective: The notion of caregiver ‘burden’ has been used as a term that refers to the financial, physical and emotional effects of caring. This Australian 2002 research investigated the caregiver burden of HIV/AIDS on the gay male carers of gay men with the disease. Methods: This study was a phenomenological inquiry and employed van Manen’s approach to content analysis. Data saturation occurred at twelve participants. Results: The findings produced carer themes relating to coping with the burden of care of a person living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the context of living day-to-day with HIV/AIDS, coping with the last phase of AIDS toward death, saying goodbye and remembrance. Conclusion: Allocating resources to gay male carers such as; education, respite care, family therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to address grief and stigma issues, has implications for how health services might reduce the burden of care for these carers.
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- Ian Munro
- Facility of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science School of Nursing (Peninsula Campus), Monash University, Victoria Australia,
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- Division of Nursing & Midwifery Faculty of Health Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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Munro I. The nuclear threat: when it hurts to think. 1985. Med Confl Surviv 2009; 25:279-280. [PMID: 20178193 DOI: 10.1080/13623690903417218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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It is the intention of this literature review to present suggestions for nursing practice with reference to the care of the dually diagnosed. Nursing care of the dually diagnosed client is complex. Clinicians from both drug and alcohol services and mental health services have long recognized that neither service area provides adequate clinical care to those clients who have a dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental illness. It is now > 10 years since a ground-breaking Australian study recognized this. To ascertain whether there has been improvement in the service management of clients who have a dual diagnosis, and to determine the best practice interventions in the area of mental health nursing, we undertook a review of the literature. The databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES and PsychINFO were searched and 185 articles met the inclusion criteria. From this review, it seems that gaps still remain in the provision of services and that mental health nurses might be best placed to provide integrated care to those clients who have a dual diagnosis and present to mental health services. This requires mental health nurses to have skills in substance use detection and knowledge of potential care implications for the client in the context of their substance use.
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- Karen-Leigh Edward
- Australian Catholic University, Centre for Nursing Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Talbot CB, McGinty J, Grant DM, McGhee EJ, Owen DM, Zhang W, Bunney TD, Munro I, Isherwood B, Eagle R, Hargreaves A, Dunsby C, Neil MAA, French PMW. High speed unsupervised fluorescence lifetime imaging confocal multiwell plate reader for high content analysis. J Biophotonics 2008. [PMID: 19343673 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.v1:6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We report an automated optically sectioning fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) multiwell plate reader for high content analysis (HCA) in drug discovery and accelerated research in cell biology. The system utilizes a Nipkow disc confocal microscope and performs unsupervised FLIM with autofocus, automatic setting of acquisition parameters and automated localisation of cells in the field of view. We demonstrate its applications to test dye solutions, fixed and live cells and FLIM-FRET.
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Talbot CB, McGinty J, Grant DM, McGhee EJ, Owen DM, Zhang W, Bunney TD, Munro I, Isherwood B, Eagle R, Hargreaves A, Dunsby C, Neil MAA, French PMW. High speed unsupervised fluorescence lifetime imaging confocal multiwell plate reader for high content analysis. J Biophotonics 2008; 1:514-521. [PMID: 19343677 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200810054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report an automated optically sectioning fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) multiwell plate reader for high content analysis (HCA) in drug discovery and accelerated research in cell biology. The system utilizes a Nipkow disc confocal microscope and performs unsupervised FLIM with autofocus, automatic setting of acquisition parameters and automated localisation of cells in the field of view. We demonstrate its applications to test dye solutions, fixed and live cells and FLIM-FRET.
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- K-L Edward
- School of Nursing, Deakin University, Melbourne Campus, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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Robinson T, Valluri P, Manning HB, Owen DM, Munro I, Talbot CB, Dunsby C, Eccleston JF, Baldwin GS, Neil MAA, de Mello AJ, French PMW. Three-dimensional molecular mapping in a microfluidic mixing device using fluorescence lifetime imaging. Opt Lett 2008; 33:1887-1889. [PMID: 18709122 DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.001887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is used to quantitatively map the concentration of a small molecule in three dimensions in a microfluidic mixing device. The resulting experimental data are compared with computational fluid-dynamics (CFD) simulations. A line-scanning semiconfocal FLIM microscope allows the full mixing profile to be imaged in a single scan with submicrometer resolution over an arbitrary channel length from the point of confluence. Following experimental and CFD optimization, mixing times down to 1.3+/-0.4 ms were achieved with the single-layer microfluidic device.
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- Tom Robinson
- Chemical Biology Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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This paper presents a review of the literature of service trends and practice recommendations for management of those with the dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse. The method for the review was to search bibliographical data bases and hand held literature published in English between 1990 and 2007. Using the search terms dual diagnosis, and co-morbidity and mental illness, 93 abstracts were selected and reviewed. The authors concluded that a collaborative approach to care with better integration of drug and alcohol services within mental health would benefit clients with a dual diagnosis. Improved education to enhance the assessment and diagnosis of this client group is also considered essential for clinicians in both mental health and alcohol and drugs services.
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- Ian Munro
- School of Nursing, Deakin University, Melbourne Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Galletly N, McGinty J, Dunsby C, Teixeira F, Requejo-Isidro J, Munro I, Elson D, Neil M, Chu A, French P, Stamp G. Fluorescence lifetime imaging distinguishes basal cell carcinoma from surrounding uninvolved skin. Br J Dermatol 2008; 159:152-61. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Munro I. Expert Commentary. Semin Plast Surg 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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