Assessing impact, needs and quality-of-life among informal carers of people with pancreatic cancer, a prospective study: the PAN-CARER study protocol

Introduction Approximately 10 300 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year in the UK.The cancer and its treatment inflict a significant physical, functional and emotional burden on patients.Research suggests that patients have many ongoing needs for support and care, but that these needs are not met by existing services.Family members

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Improving quality and prolonging shelf life of guava (Psidium guajava L.) by organic and inorganic compounds and plant extracts

Shelf life of a fruit is an important consideration for its storage and marketing.Post-harvest losses of guava represent a massive loss and decreased our guava production every year.The current study was carried out in the Baramoon Experimental Farm of the Horticulture Research Institute, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the effect of pre-

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Mechanisms to Improve Integrative Research at the Science-Policy Interface for Sustainable Catchment Management

Greater integration between researchers and policy makers is required to provide an evidence base that is transparent, integrated, and adaptive to support the complexities of sustainable catchment management.Opening-up and closing-down mechanisms are equally important in creating and establishing such an evidence base.We provide examples of Snacks

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