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Honey dressing versus paraffin tulle gras following toenail surgery
(2006)Objective: Anecdotal reports suggest that certain honey dressings have a positive effect on wound healing. However, there is limited empirical evidence supporting its use. This double-blind randomised controlled trial ... -
Honey: A realistic antimicrobial for disorders of the skin
(2015-01-19)Resistance of pathogenic micro-organisms to antibiotics is a serious global health concern. In this review, research investigating the antimicrobial properties of honeys from around the world, against skin relevant microbes ... -
Honey: A Therapeutic Agent for Disorders of the Skin
(2016-08-07)Problems with conventional treatments for a range of dermatological disorders have led scientists to search for new compounds of therapeutic value. Efforts have included the evaluation of natural products such as honey. ... -
Honey: an immunomodulatory agent for disorders of the skin
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-10)Studies have shown that honeys from around the world can inhibit the growth of a range of dermatologically important microbes. In addition to reports of the antimicrobial properties of honey, a number of recent in vitro ... -
Honk Your Frumpet! [Practice Research Case Study]
(Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2017)Description: Art + Music was a collaboration between Kentucky College of Art and Design (KyCAD) and the Louisville Orchestra in which artists have been invited to respond to classical music pieces, ostensibly to widen ... -
Hope crept in-: a phenomenological study of mentally ill artists' biographic narrative
(Routledge, 2014-09-16)Background: The ways in which involvement in art practice may support a recovery trajectory in the lives of the mentally ill are well documented although evidence is charged with lacking clarity and of being inconclusive. ... -
Hormone replacement therapy for women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (Review)
(Wiley, 2013-06-06)Background: There is conflicting information about the impact of the menopause on glycaemic control amongst women with type 1 diabetes. Some menopausal women with type 1 diabetes are treated with hormone replacement ... -
Horrible beauty and (un)easy submission: Melodrama and the gothic in Calvary
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-12-30)This article examines Calvary (2014) as a gothic and melodramatic text - as an expression, more specifically, of pathetic melodrama and the Anglo-Irish gothic. As a pathetic melodrama, Calvary presents us with an ... -
Hospital autonomy
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Hospital costs of high-burden diseases: malaria and pulmonary tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence context in Zimbabwe
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003-03-10)This paper explores the measurement of hospital costs and efficiency in a context where data is scarce, incomplete or of poor quality. It argues that there is scope for using tracers to examine and compare hospital cost ... -
Hospital Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Post-Colonial Development Impasse
(2009-08)The pattern of hospital development was set in colonised sub-Saharan countries in the early twentieth century on the basis of the demands of the colonial project and the strategies of missions. In the immediate post-independence ... -
Hospital reform in Zambia
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2001)As part of its health reform programme, the Zambian government has made second and third-level hospitals autonomous, with the aim of improving the quality and efficiency of hospital services, and of encouraging hospitals ... -
Hospital reimbursement mechanisms in the reformed Zambian health system
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2000)The Zambian health reforms have created a purchasing agency, the 'Central Board of Health' (CBoH) at the centre of the health system. The CBoH purchases services from second and third level referral hospitals (those above ... -
Hospitality as a Human Phenomenon: Host-Guest Relationships in a Post-Conflict Setting
(2009)This paper explores relationships between the diaspora and the new hosts in the context of the post-conflict setting of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complexity of this particular relationship cannot be conceptualised through ... -
Hospitality information technology
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Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching
(2005)This article argues for the potential use of lifestyle segmentation in order to achieve psychographic matching between hosts and guests in Bed and Breakfast and homestay accommodation. The discussion draws on research ... -
How 'sensible' is the UK Sensible Drinking message? Preliminary findings amongst newly matriculated female university students in Scotland
(Oxford Journals, 2007)Background Current levels and patterns of alcohol drinking continue to cause concern, particularly amongst young females. Effective interventions remain elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of ... -
How and why were Egyptian influences and styles interpreted for use in costumes worn at fancy dress balls during the late 19th and early 20th century?
(Queen Margaret University, 2014)This project investigates the ways in which eastern influences, particularly how those of the ancient Egyptian culture were interpreted and combined with late Victorian and early Edwardian fashions to create costumes for ... -
How applicable is the stages of change model to exercise behaviour?
(Sage Publications, 1996)