Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Feigin, Valery"
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Influences on health-related behaviours following first-ever stroke
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Stroke is a health problem that causes high levels of mortality and morbidity. Healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stroke risk factors are an important component of reducing risk of secondary stroke, and include adherence ... -
The long-term impact of stroke on cognition: Prevalence, predictors and assessment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Stroke is indiscriminate and has the potential to erase a lifetime of experiences or abilities in an instant. Given that stroke sequelae can have long-lasting consequences, with many stroke survivors experiencing ongoing ... -
Measuring the economic cost of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in New Zealand: a cost-of-illness study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)AIM: To estimate 1) the incidence, prevalence and disability adjusted life years (DALY) for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in New Zealand (NZ) in 2010 projected to 2020. 2) from a societal perspective the direct and indirect ... -
Paramedic Response to Acute Stroke/TIA: A Population-based Study of Current Practice and Outcomes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Stroke is a major cause of death and disability. Recent changes in the treatment and care of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) patients have improved survival and quality of life. However, these therapies are ... -
Personalized modeling for medical decision support
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Personalized modeling is an emerging approach, in which a model is created for every new input vector of the problem space based on its nearest neighbors using transductive reasoning (Kasabov, 2007c; Vapnik, 1998). The ... -
Sick and tired: understanding and managing sleep difficulties in Fibromyalgia Syndrome
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Sleep disturbance has been highlighted as one of the key difficulties for people diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). Objective findings have revealed that there may be underlying changes in the sleep structure for ...