online
Overview page. Subjects: Computing.
When a computer or a user is directly connected into a network and is capable of interacting with it, for example by querying the contents of a database.
online
in A Dictionary of Public Health
P ublished online May 2018 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicine and Health; Public Health and Epidemiology. 62 words.
A word for electronic communication between a computer and another at a remote location, which has become an inseparable component of modern commerce, industry, and all professional...
massive open online course
in A Dictionary of Public Health
P ublished online May 2018 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicine and Health; Public Health and Epidemiology. 152 words.
An online course for learning about some topic, open to anyone and made available over the Internet without charge; it is now common for such courses to have several thousand students from...
online
in A Dictionary of Public Health
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Public Health and Epidemiology. 62 words.
A word for electronic communication between a computer and another at a remote location, which has become an inseparable component
Online Preoperative Risk Assessment Tools
in Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery
May 2018; p ublished online June 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Surgery. 3284 words.
Despite the presence of robust data on safety and efficacy of bariatric and metabolic surgery, many patients and physicians do not consider surgery to treat obesity, diabetes, and metabolic...
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Online measurement of haemoglobin concentration
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
September 2005; p ublished online July 2005 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 2382 words.
Background. Regular monitoring of haemoglobin in chronic haemodialysis patients is essential to ensure that targets for anaemia management are consistently achieved. Repeated...
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Receiving social support online: implications for health education
in Health Education Research
December 2001; p ublished online December 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Public Health and Epidemiology. 8979 words.
Online support groups are expanding as the general public becomes more comfortable using computer-mediated communication technology. These support groups have certain benefits for users who...
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Water quality for on-line haemodiafiltration.
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
January 1998; p ublished online January 1998 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 0 words.
The term 'ultrapure water' is a common way to define water used for on-line treatments: it refers to the absence of chemical, organic and microbiological contamination. To be more accurate...
IVF patients show three types of online behaviour
in Human Reproduction
November 2008; p ublished online July 2008 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Reproductive Medicine. 3984 words.
BACKGROUND
The internet introduces new ways to deal with stress. However, it is unclear how its resources are used in everyday life. Using a web-based...
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Online haemodiafiltration: definition, dose quantification and safety revisited
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
March 2013; p ublished online January 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 5708 words.
The general objective assigned to the EUropean DIALlysis (EUDIAL) Working Group by the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) was to enhance the...
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Online research to guide knowledge management planning
in Health Education Research
December 2001; p ublished online December 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Public Health and Epidemiology. 9530 words.
The current paper describes the process and results of an effort to find a way to effectively manage and diffuse prevention knowledge. This study shows the role that today's communication...
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The Fun Culture in Seniors’ Online Communities
in The Gerontologist
April 2011; p ublished online October 2010 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Geriatric Medicine; Biological Sciences; Psychology; Gerontology and Ageing. 7166 words.
Purpose of the study: Previous research found that “fun on line” is the most dominant content in seniors’ online communities. The present study...
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On-line urea kinetics in haemodiafiltration
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
June 1996 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 0 words.
Background.
Calculation of Kt/V and assessment of nutrition have so far been dependent upon off-line urea measurements of blood or dialysate samples. Here...
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On-line urea kinetics in haemodiafiltration
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
June 1996; p ublished online June 1996 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 0 words.
Background.
Calculation of Kt/V and assessment of nutrition have so far been dependent upon off-line urea measurements of blood or dialysate samples. Here...
On-line haemodiafiltration with and without acetate
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
June 2006; p ublished online February 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 2501 words.
Background. In patients on on-line convective treatments, given the considerable quantity of dialysis fluid re-infused, the small amount of acetate present in bicarbonate...
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On-line haemodiafiltration: state of the art.
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
January 1998; p ublished online January 1998 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 0 words.
Faced with the shortcomings of conventional dialysis on a long-term basis, as illustrated by the dialysis-related pathology, a need for a new strategy exists to improve the overall quality...
Seniors’ Online Communities: A Quantitative Content Analysis
in The Gerontologist
June 2010; p ublished online November 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Gerontology and Ageing; Psychology; Geriatric Medicine; Biological Sciences. 5640 words.
Purpose: To examine the contents and characteristics of seniors’ online communities and to explore their potential benefits to older adults. null...
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Probing the Audience of Seniors’ Online Communities
in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
September 2013; p ublished online July 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Psychology; Gerontology and Ageing; Geriatric Medicine. 7611 words.
Objectives.
Participation in online communities that are dedicated to older adults is a significant trend in elders’ use of the Internet. The present study...
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Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter?
in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
July 2009; p ublished online July 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Medical Statistics and Methodology; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Biomathematics and Statistics. 6742 words.
Abstract
Objective: To determine the significance of the English Wikipedia as a source of online health information.
Desig...
Hypertension Online
in Occupational Medicine
June 2006; p ublished online June 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Occupational Medicine. 432 words.
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NDT Online
in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
April 2000; p ublished online April 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Nephrology. 458 words.
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