DESIGNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SELF-CARE: DESCRIBING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Designing technologies for self-care: Describing the lived experiences of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis

Self-care of a chronic illness is a lifelong management process that includes taking medications, monitoring symptoms, and coping with emotional and lifestyle changes.Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research has often responded to these needs by developing technologies that help an individual quantify aspects of their chronic illness, like Picture

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Characterization of Hematopoiesis in Sickle Cell Disease by Prospective Isolation of Stem and Progenitor Cells

The consequences of sickle cell disease (SCD) include ongoing hematopoietic stress, hemolysis, vascular damage, and effect of chronic therapies, such as blood transfusions and hydroxyurea, on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) have been poorly characterized.We have quantified the frequencies of nine HSPC populations by flow cytometry in

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