Ben Evans
ID:
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Theory of change development for conservation evaluation: A Delphi exercise
REFNo: SS40ES
We aim to capture the opinions of a range of stakeholders of the project, from those designing and implementing the project to beneficiaries and end-users. This process will generate a rigorous theory of change with enhanced buy-in from stakeholders, which will go on to form the evaluation of the project. \r\n
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UK |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Adam Hewitt Smith
ID: UNCST-2019-R001658
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An Evaluation of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland Uganda Fellowship Programme.
REFNo: HS27ES
The research objectives are:\r\n\r\n1. To quantify the number of trained physician anaesthetists now working in Uganda, including their roles and responsibilities.\r\n\r\n2. To explore what impact the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme has had on the standards of training in anaesthesia and patient care in Uganda.\r\n\r\n3. To explore how perceptions of the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda have changed over the duration of the AAGBI Uganda Fellowship Programme.\r\n\r\n4. To understand the impact that different partnerships have had on the specialty of anaesthesia in Uganda over the last 10 years.\r\n
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UK |
2016-12-13 |
2019-12-13 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Holly Lyne
ID:
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What are the current challenges face in continuing care of premature neonates, following discharge, in Eastern Uganda?
REFNo: HS52ES
1. To assess how carers of preterm neonates are prepared to continue providing all aspects of care for their baby following their discharge from the neonatal unit at the MRRH in Mbale.
2. To explore the attitudes of carers, as well as the perceived barriers and facilitators, to those caring for babies born
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UK |
2017-05-30 |
2020-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Julia Modern Keri
ID:
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The disability rights movement in Bunyoro, Uganda: human rights, value, and negotiations of belonging
REFNo: SS68ES
Through an ethnographic study of a Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO) in Masindi District, Bunyoro, Uganda, to investigate the relationship between human rights and questions about personhood, value and dependence. The research will focus on the way that various actors in the disability movement conceptualise and speak about the types of change that are being created in disabled people’s lives through the movement, and how this affects the changes that actually occur in practice.
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UK |
2017-06-20 |
2020-06-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Iain Darbyshire Andrew
ID:
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Identifying Tropical Important Plant Areas in Uganda
REFNo: NS11ES
Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) are sites of global importance for conserving the world’s plant diversity, measured through three criteria: threatened species, threatened habitats and high botanical richness. This project will support the identification of TIPAs in the forests of west and central Uganda through conducting field surveys of key sites, selected through prior analysis of herbarium data for Uganda. For each site, we will assess its current status including how intact the forest habitats are, what management practices are in place and what threats are evident. Species of high conservation importance will be specifically targeted, and an assessment made of their abundance at each site. Rapid species inventories, including collection of herbarium specimens, will also be carried out particularly at lesser known forest sites. The field data accumulated will feed into the identification of TIPAs based on the presence of threatened species, threatened habitats and assemblages of important species including those of socio-economic value; these will be published online through the IPA database. The current proposed period of fieldwork is a pilot phase of a wider TIPAs project and will focus on selected sites in the southwest of Uganda. It is envisaged that this pilot will support the development and funding of a larger project on TIPAs in Uganda.
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UK |
2017-04-25 |
2020-04-25 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Timothy Allen Peter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001369
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Public Authority and International Devlopment
REFNo: SS92ES
The objective is to produce high-quality, evidence-based research that informs local, national and international policies to promote inclusive growth. Inclusive growth in many places in Africa and elsewhere has proved elusive. Formal governance can be remote, development policies persistently fail and humanitarian aid, at best, assists a minority. CPAID will use innovative approaches to research across disciplines and beyond narrow academic concerns. Our research will draw its understandings from ordinary people, and in particular vulnerable, marginalised and excluded groups and populations. CPAID will take public authority as its conceptual starting point, exploring the ways in which governance of people actually occurs. CPAID used the term public authority to refer to all forms of authority beyond the immediate family unit, from clans, religious institutions, aid agencies, civil social organisations, rebel militia and vigilante groups - to formal and semi-formal mechanisms of government. The public authority lens offers a new foundation for development discourse and hence for policy and interventions. It offers a set of tools for exploring African social and political realities. The lens offers an essential means of gathering evidence about these dynamics as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with them. Our research will be organised around studies of public authority at macro and micro levels to analyse: how public authorities regulate moral orders, deal with crimes (including regulation of sexually-based violence and the management of vigilantes), offer a degree of security and justice (including informal policing, and enforcing land rights); tax and redistribute fiscal resources socially and regionally; use and regulate new media technologies (including social media and mobile money); relate to disease control and health promotion (including tablet distribution for parasitic infections, the consequences of Ebola outbreaks and responses to non-biomedical health matters, such as witchcraft and spirit possession); and provide education and other public services (including allocation of land rights and land access). In all areas, we will be asking how public authorities function or do not function for ordinary people (including minorities and excluded sections of society). Our interest is in customary and neo-customary authorities as well as state ones. Distinguishing between state and customary authorities, as well as understanding how they interact, merge or generate hybrid new forms is an ambitious task that requires more grounded research. The research will also outline the processes by which effective and legitimate forms of public authority – those, which are delivering public goods and are inclusionary in orientation (i.e. do not aggressively exclude or oppress vulnerable groups and individuals) can be strengthened in practice. The research will draw upon the extensive research CPAID scholars have done on these issues, notably on the provision of security and justice in conflict affected and fragile settings .CPAID researchers have also made major contributions to the study of health-related institutions – including public health programmes, disease control and local or customary measures to promote wellbeing and the alleviation of suffering.
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UK |
2017-07-20 |
2020-07-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Rachael MacLeod
ID:
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A prospective observational study of intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in a neonatal cohort in Uganda: The IVHU Study.
REFNo: HS299ES
Overall objective
To study the proportion of low birth weight (LBW) babies affected by IVH and to assess the severity of and risk factors for IVH and outcomes after IVH at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in eastern Uganda over a 6-month period.
Specific objectives
In LBW neonates in a Ugandan population:
• Describe the proportion of babies affected by IVH.
• Describe the timing and severity of IVH.
• Describe the incidence of complications including ventriculomegaly and cerebellar involvement, as well as other pathologies such as periventricular white matter changes with and without cystic change (PVL).
• Determine the neonatal morbidities and neonatal mortality associated with IVH.
• Describe risk factors associated with IVH.
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UK |
2019-01-22 |
2022-01-22 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Grace Edwards
ID:
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An exploration of the need for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Capacity Building in Uganda
REFNo: HS562ES
The study is aimed at exploring the leadership training needs for nurses and midwives in Uganda, in order to develop recommendations for developing nursing and midwifery leaders in Uganda and draft a leadership training programme.
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UK |
2020-11-04 |
2023-11-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Kelly Sambucci Marie
ID: UNCST-2019-R001513
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Parasite occurrence and genetic relatedness in overlapping populations of Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), livestock, and the Batwa community in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda
REFNo: NS22ES
1. To collect faecal samples for analysis, using light microscopy to identify intestinal helminth eggs and PCR for protozoan diagnosis.
2. Use targeted PCR and amplicon sequencing to confirm parasite identity and genotype those species detected, allowing for investigation into cross-host species transmission.
3. Focus on the occurrence and genetic diversity of Entamoeba species, comparing to existing data which defines the Entamoeba infecting mountain gorilla, livestock and humans in BINP in 2015, exploring changes in prevalence and diversity.
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UK |
2017-09-26 |
2020-09-26 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Alvin Helden Jonathan
ID: UNCST-2019-R001408
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Auchenorrhycha (leafhoppers and relatives) of Kibale: initial species list, host plant associations and mouthpart morphology.
REFNo: NS21ES
To provide biodiversity inventory and species' ecology data for the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of Kibale National Park and thus to contribute to the biodiversity inventory priorities of UWA.
Creation of an initial species list of Auchenorrhyncha of Kibale, together with photographs of specimens, making their identification more accessible to students and researchers at MUBFS. Also to collect some ecological data related to host plants and mouthpart structure.
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UK |
2017-08-07 |
2020-08-07 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Catherine Hobaiter
ID: UNCST-2019-R001480
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Gestural communication in wild mountain gorillas
REFNo: NS23ES
All great apes use gesture to communicate; however, to date, there remains no study of gestural communication in mountain gorillas - an iconic and highly endangered species. Here I hope to establish the first one.
My research group has published the repertoire of gestures for wild chimpanzees and wild bonobos; here we aim to establish the repertoire of gestures for wild mountain gorillas and compare and contrast these systems of communication.
I will balance data collection across age-sex groups and across behavioural contexts to describe the types of gestures used and the goals for which they are used in mountain gorillas.
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UK |
2017-07-13 |
2020-07-13 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jennifer Driscoll Jane
ID:
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Child Protection arrangements in sub-Saharan African states: a preliminary investigation into the interaction between informal child protection arrangements and formal intervention services and the effect of formal systems and agency interventions on indi
REFNo: SS94ES
a) preliminary investigations to gather the views of community leaders, local government officials, representatives of (I)NGOs, and (if possible) policy-makers from national government as to
i) the key issues in relation to the protection of children at community level in Uganda;
ii) particular challenges identified in relation to the interaction of formal child protection systems, community arrangements and (I)NGO interventions in the communities participating in the study;
iii) examples of best practice and innovative work which has proven successful in promoting effective joint local arrangements in those communities; and
b) to seek participants’ specific advice as to the focus and methods that should be employed in development of a larger bid and the geographical area of study (within sub-Saharan Africa).
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UK |
2017-12-20 |
2020-12-20 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Joe Abell Nadin
ID:
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A study investigating different perspectives on the use of participatory approaches in HIV prevention work
REFNo: SS123ES
This project will explore the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention work in Uganda. Proponents of the use of participatory methods in HIV prevention would claim that their projects avoid making demands by allowing ordinary people to decide themselves what changes they feel they need to make.
Critics of participatory approaches used in economic development projects have, however claimed that they do not result in any real moves towards transfer of control and that any ‘participation’ involved is essentially cosmetic. Other possibilities are opened up by suggestions that the forms that projects take in order to qualify as participatory can leave them open to contestation and the possibility of resistance from participants.
Through participant observation of prevention projects and interviews with participants, facilitators and the employees of NGOs using participatory methods to carry out HIV prevention work I will explore the dynamics at play and the perceptions of different actors involved when these methods are used in the context of HIV prevention.
Aims:
This project will have two main aims:
1) To explore the different perspectives of participants, organizers, facilitators and planners on the use of participatory methodologies and the dynamics of the implementation process. The main objective here will be to examine people’s expectations regarding participation and their assessments of the degree to which control is handed over. The way in which this will be approached is by testing a hypothesis derived from existing criticisms of participatory methodology: that this methodology does not lead to real changes in the dynamics of development work.
2) To explore the use of the idea of ‘participation’ in the context of HIV prevention work. HIV prevention, which deals with the regulation of sexuality, presents many contrasts with development projects which focus on economic development. This project will examine how prevention projects adapt the concept of participation in this context and the degree to which the idea of participation has to widen to allow this to happen.
Significance and Expected Benefits:
The most direct benefit of this research will be the information that it will make available to organisations planning, developing and implementing HIV prevention work. The project will deliver information on the perceptions of the intended beneficiaries of the HIV prevention work that has been studied. This will include participant’s evaluations of the degree to which the design and implementation of the prevention work resulted in a genuinely participatory experience from their perspective. Contrasting this with views expressed by staff at different level of the implementing organisation will allow any differences in perceptions to be identified, both in terms of the understanding of the ideas behind ‘participation’ and how it works in practice. Having access to this information will be useful to implementing organisations in improving the design of prevention work and putting it into practice. Providing those who have taken part in prevention work as participants with feedback may strengthen their ability to demand changes from providing organisations.
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UK |
2017-11-14 |
2020-11-14 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Philipp Trotter
ID:
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Optimal energy planning in Uganda
REFNo: SIR7ES
There are three major aims of the study:
1. Understand the electricity consumption patterns and current energy situation for Ugandan households in different regions in Uganda
2. Understand the requirements and desires of Ugandan households with regards to Uganda’s energy future
3. Construct an optimization model of the Ugandan electricity infrastructure which analyses different energy future pathways
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UK |
2018-03-06 |
2021-03-06 |
Engineering and Technology |
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Degree Award |
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Helen Liebling Jane
ID:
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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture Experiences of South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda: Health and Justice Responses
REFNo: SS126ES
Specific objectives are to:(1) examine the experiences of South Sudanese refugees and impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and torture on their lives (2) analyse reproductive and psychological health,and justice needs of refugees from their own and service providers’ perspectives
and (3) evaluate responses to refugees by state justice, health services and key
stakeholders.
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UK |
2018-02-13 |
2021-02-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Benjamin Hounsell
ID:
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Innovating Mobile Solutions for Refugees in East Africa
REFNo: SS120ES
Much literature on the use of mobile technology for migration focuses on migration into Europe, with little research conducted to assess the technology uses and needs of refugees traveling too, from and within East Africa.
This study will explore how refugees in Kenya and Uganda use mobile technology to support migration, during their journey and at arrival, and to what extent current solutions meet their needs. The results will open the way for innovative solutions, uniquely tailored for refugees across the region and in Uganda particularly.
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UK |
2017-10-31 |
2020-10-31 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Fiona Cresswell
ID:
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High dose oral and intravenous rifampicin for adult tuberculous meningitis: an open-label phase II randomised controlled trial
REFNo: HS136ES
1. To determine whether higher-dose rifampicin, delivered orally at 35mg/kg/day or delivered intravenously at 20 mg/kg/day (for 2-weeks, followed by orally at 35 mg/kg/day for 6-weeks) provide equivalent plasma and CSF exposures, and whether the exposure profiles are favourable compared to the standard dose oral rifampicin. The pharmacokinetically optimal dose and route of administration of rifampicin can then be taken forward into a phase III clinical trial.
2. To observe whether greater rifampicin exposure in CSF is associated with any clinical benefit including more rapid resolution of coma, reduced neurocognitive deficit or reduced mortality.
3. To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra for TBM (ancillary study 1)
4. To describe the concentration of rifampicin in brain tissue in each treatment arm (ancillary study 2)
5. To explore the use of bedside ultrasound as a monitoring tool to improve supportive care for people with TBM (ancillary study 3)
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UK |
2018-05-15 |
2021-05-15 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Charlotte Hawkins
ID:
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The Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing
REFNo: SS141ES
This project will investigate fundamental changes in people’s relationship to age and health associated with the global rise of the smartphone. The aim is to combine an intellectual challenge in understanding the contemporary nature of age and the impact of new media, with an applied challenge to use this knowledge to help make mHealth (mobile health) interventions more effective. mHealth has potential both for helping those with limited access to professional care but also threatens to bypass and undermine professional medical services. Our aim is to complement technology-led mHealth interventions with ethnography-led participatory design, consisting of a three-way collaboration between mHealth professionals, our ethnographically informed team and our informants in the field. We aim to demonstrate how such collaborations can lead to more culturally appropriate mHealth interventions and more effective improvements in people’s lives.
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UK |
2018-01-29 |
2021-01-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Catriona Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
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Clinical and genetic factors influencing variability in warfarin dose requirements in Sub-Saharan African patients: An observational study
REFNo: HS164ES
1. To determine demographic and clinical factors that determine individual daily dose requirements for warfarin in Ugandan and South African patients receiving warfarin as part of their routine care
2. To identify ethnic-specific genetic factors influencing individual daily dose requirements for warfarin in Ugandan and South African patients receiving warfarin as part of their routine care
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UK |
2018-04-04 |
2021-04-04 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Catriona Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
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Audit of current anticoagulant practices in the War-PATH Ugandan and South African clinical study sites
REFNo: HS179ES
1. To evaluate the current clinic service provision, drug availability, and current practices for warfarin prescription and dose adjustment at selected anticoagulant clinics in Uganda and South Africa
2. To evaluate the indications and demographic distribution and proportion of patients in therapeutic range among patients currently attending the anticoagulant clinics
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UK |
2018-05-30 |
2021-05-30 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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