OAR@UM Collection:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/335622026-04-09T04:28:33Z2026-04-09T04:28:33ZMalta Journal of Health Sciences, Vol.3(1) SupplementLungaro-Mifsud, StephenZarb, Francishttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/99062023-07-11T08:49:18Z2016-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Malta Journal of Health Sciences, Vol.3(1) Supplement
Authors: Lungaro-Mifsud, Stephen; Zarb, Francis
Abstract: Supplement of the Malta Journal of Health Sciences March 2016. The supplement includes the second National Symposium
of Health Sciences held on the 16th March 2016. It gives witness to the great strides taken by members of the Faculty to
reach the highest standards of research possible, most of which is being accepted
for publication in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals. Reference to the Dean’s awards for academic year 2014/5.
Description: Contents: The effect of smoking, alcohol and coffee
consumption on inflammation and the risk of
Myocardial Infarction - Ritienne Attard, Philip Dingli, Karen Cassar, Carine Doggen, Rosienne
Farrugia, Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger; Dietary and physical activity assessment in
5-6-year-old Maltese children - Roberta Zarb Adami, Petra Jones, Claire Sillato Copperstone; The design and validation of a framework of
competencies in spiritual care for nurses and
midwives: a modified Delphi study - Attard Josephine; Developing content of health care curricula
using a multi-stakeholder research-based
approach - Joseph Castillo, Carmel J. Caruana, Paul S. Morgan, Catherine Westbrook,
Adrian Mizzi; Predicting wound healing after minor
amputations of the diabetic foot using different
physiological tests - Luana Caruana, Cynthia Formosa, Kevin Cassar; Speech perception skills in Maltese adolescent
cochlear implant users - Jackie Busuttil, Helen Grech; Biochemical measurements of total serum
calcium, alkaline phosphatase and albumin in
relation to bone mineral density and fracture
susceptibility in Maltese postmenopausal women - Melissa M. Formosa, Angela Xuereb Anastasi; The lived experiences of caregivers of
persons with depression: an interpretative
phenomenological analysis - Isaura Camilleri, Josianne Scerri, Martin Ward; Characterisation of the interactions between a
biofilm-forming bacterium and fungi related to
pear fruit diseases - Davide Sardella, Pantelis Natskoulis, Elina Gkana, Efstathios Panagou, Vasilis
Valdramidis; Maltese patients’ satisfaction with the
Nurse-led Heart Failure Clinic: a mixed
methods study - Anne Marie Sapiano, Roberta Sammut; The effectiveness of intermittent electrical
stimulation on lower extremity arterial
perfusion and walking capacity in patients
living with diabetes and intermittent
claudication - Christian Ellul, Alfred Gatt; How is the European Union perceived to
influence health systems? The Malta case study - Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Kristine Sorensen, Christoph Aluttis, Roderick
Pace, Helmut Brand; An evaluation of two novel techniques for
estimating the spatial resolution (SR) of
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners
from daily uniformity images - Jean Mikhail Bickle, Shelan Mahmood, Michael Waller, Garry McDermott; Combined effect of smoking and the -148C>T
fibrinogen polymorphism and the risk
of Myocardial Infarction in the Maltese
population - Julia Bonaci, Christine Tabone, Ritienne Attard, Alexander Gatt, Philip
Dingli, Karen Cassar, Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger, Rosienne Farrugia; Nursing students’ response to simulated
deterioration - Alexis Borg Sapiano, Roberta Sammut, Josef Trapani; Compliance with Carbapenem Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at Mater Dei
Hospital: a pressing concern - Dale Brincat, Thomas Borg Barthet, Janice Borg, Thomas Calleja, Ermira
Tartari, Claire Farrugia, Michael Angelo Borg; The application of Six Sigma in health care:
examples from Emergency Departments in
Germany and Malta - Sandra C. Buttigieg, Wilfried von Eiff, Patrick Farrugia, Dorothy Gauci; An investigation into the use of standardised
outcome measures in Maltese physiotherapy
practice - Andrew Cassar, Harriet Shannon, Sarah Rand; Formal carers’ knowledge, educational needs
and attitudes towards older residents living
with dementia - Roberta Farrugia, Roberta Sammut, Anthony Scerri; Inter-rater reliability of Doppler waveform
analysis amongst health care professionals - Cynthia Formosa, Christian Ellul, Anabelle Mizzi, Stephen Mizzi, Alfred Gatt; A critical evaluation of diabetes foot screening
guidelines - Cynthia Formosa, Alfred Gatt, Nachiappan Chockalingam; Two polymorphisms in the RANK gene
are associated with bone mineral density
and increased fracture risk in Maltese
postmenopausal women - Melissa M. Formosa, Angela Xuereb Anastasi; The cost implications of a healthy diet - Ryan Gauci, Petra Jones; Population allele frequencies of the 5-HTTLPR
Serotonin Transporter gene polymorphism - Christopher Grech, Rosienne Farrugia; The effect of KLF1 variants on HbA2 and HbF - Laura Grech, Jeremy Cutajar, Clint Mizzi, Jeanesse Scerri, Ruth Galdies,
Wilhelmina Cassar, Christian A. Scerri, Alexander E. Felice, Joseph Borg; Comparison of hearing aid outcome measures
in Maltese hearing aid users - Pauline Miggiani, Nadine Calleja; Characterisation of fungal contaminants
affecting preservation properties of Pirus
communis var. bambinella - Arianne Muscat, Davide Sardella, Stephen Decelis, Vasilis Valdramidis; Construction of the Maltese Speech-in-Noise
Test (M-SINT) - Martha Pace, Stuart Rosen; Molecular typing of the Cartwright blood
group antigen in Malta - Gabriella Sant, Rebecca Spiteri, Jesmond Debono, Joseph Borg; Factor analysis of a questionnaire for auditory
processing skills - Nadine Tabone, Helen Grech, Doris-Eva Bamiou2016-03-01T00:00:00Z