Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Delivering serious news in palliative care and its relationship with moral distress among physicians: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Communicating serious news is a complex and emotionally demanding task in palliative care and may contribute to moral distress among physicians. This study aimed to explore the moral conflicts that contribute to moral distress among physicians during the commu...

Dynamic Capabilities May Not Be Efficient: A Multiyear Econometric Analysis of Multiple Performance Dimensions Shows the Robust Absence of Systematic Relationships

Although dynamic capabilities (DCs) theoretically constitute the evolution of a firm’s capabilities, the research tends to examine this phenomenon from a static perspective. This paper presents a methodology for capturing dynamic capabilities to understand their longitudinal effe...

The Effects of Collecting Bovine Milk Samples Premilking and Postmilking on the Results of Bacteriologic Analysis and Somatic Cell Count

Milk sample collection before attaching the milking cluster for bacteriological and cytological examination is a standard clinical diagnostic procedure in dairy production. Collecting samples premilking can be difficult under certain field conditions. Therefore, we aimed to deter...

Machine learning–based screening tool for predicting the risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with ischemic stroke

Abstract Purpose Dysphagia frequently complicates recovery after stroke, necessitating effective predictive tools. This study aimed to develop supervised machine learning models to predict dysphagia risk in ischemic stroke patients. Method We retrospectively analyzed data from 10...