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Valid and Invalid Indications for Osteopathic Interventions: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Practices and French Healthcare Society Recommendations

The main aim of this study was to determine the level of evidence in the literature for the main indications of osteopathy as recommended by the French osteopathy societies. This systematic review followed the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and evaluated articles published between January 2012 and January 2022 with one modification: when level one evidence studies were available, level two to five studies were excluded. Sources included PubMed, the Cochrane library, the French National Health Authority (HAS) and its affiliates. Inclusion criteria were level one published studies on the indications for osteopathic treatment in French and English, and level two to three studies when no level one studies were available. The level of evidence assessment was based on the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (OCEBM) Levels of Evidence classification. The primary outcome was the level of evidence in the literature supporting osteopathic practices. The secondary outcome was to assess French professional osteopathy recommendations and French HAS guidelines in relation to the scientific literature. A total of 51 articles and nine recommendations from the HAS and its affiliates met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review. Analysis of the studies revealed 41 osteopathic indications from French osteopathy societies for musculoskeletal, neurosensory, psychological, pediatric, gynecological, digestive, and pulmonary disorders. High-level scientific evidence supported the use of osteopathy for low back pain, sciatica, cervical radiculopathy, and ankle sprain. There was moderate evidence for tension headache, temporomandibular joint disorder, endometriosis, and low back and pelvic pain in pregnant women. HAS recommended five indications, while nine indications were supported in the scientific literature. Osteopathy has been shown to have evidence-based benefits for a range of conditions, in particular for musculoskeletal and neurosensory disorders.
ACADEMIC ENJOYMENT AND PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES BY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHINA

Previous studies have extensively explored the mediating mechanisms between academic enjoyment and achievement. However, few studies have examined the mediating effect of cognitive strategies between these two constructs, especially in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). This research aimed to investigate whether foreign language organizational strategies (FLOS) mediate the association between foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language proficiency (FLP). Five hundred and twenty-four Chinese secondary EFL learners aged 11 to 15 participated in the questionnaire survey. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and mediation analysis results showed that FLE could affect FLP directly and indirectly through FLOS after controlling for gender and age. Also, it was found that FLOS partially mediated the association between FLE and FLP. This research deepened the understanding of the mediating mechanisms between FLE and FLP. Implications, deficiencies, and suggestions for future research are discussed. Article visualizations:
The rapid response of reef sediments to changes in community composition; implications for time averaging and sediment accumulation

ABSTRACT Following Hurricane Allen in August 1980, a variety of natural and anthropogenic stresses combined to significantly alter structure and community composition of reefs along the north Jamaican coast. Comparison of sediment data collected in 1982 (Boss and Liddell 1987) with data collected in 1994 has enabled an assessment of the response of reef sediments to the subsequent changes in carbonate production and productivity. At most sites abundances of the main sediment contributors (coral, Halimeda, Homotrema, coralline algae, and molluscs) have changed significantly, and correlate closely with changes to the reef community. The potential for an individual reef site to preserve evidence of changes in sediment supply depends, however, on the combination of taphonomic processes at t at site. Back-reef sites typically have high rates of biogenic reworking, slow rates of cementation, and limited lateral sediment movement. Short-term changes in the composition of back-reef sediments may result from the short residence time of grains in this environment due to extensive chemical and biochemical dissolution. Such short-term trends in sedimentation are, however, unlikely to be preserved, because of high rates of surface sediment destruction. By contrast, fore-reef framework sands undergo limited physical and biogenic reworking, rapid cementation, and thus shorter residence time in the taphonomically active one. As a result, preservation potential of grains is good, and the potential to record changing patterns of sediment production over time is considerable. Sediments wi hin adjacent sand channels however, show no significant changes in composition and are characterized by rapid lateral and to a lesser extent vertical sediment mixing, slow cementation, generally long residence times, and episodic mass sediment transport. As a result they represent time-averaged assemblages that have little potential to record changing patterns of reef sedimentation. The potential for sediment time-averaging therefore varies enormously among reef sites, and has implications both for assessing periods of community change within Quaternary reef sequences and for interpreting rates of taphonomic destruction within reefs.
What Makes Education Research Impactful – Case Studies of Research Projects in Singapore

This study aims to address the gap in understanding the impact arising from education research, researcher collaborations with stakeholders, and knowledge mobilization activities in Singapore. Eight cases of local research projects are used to understand the phenomenon of research impact in different context-specific settings. The findings reveal differing perceptions of impact among research users and researchers, and cohesion on the factors that contribute to research impact. Drawing from the findings, the authors propose three emerging principles that can enhance research impact efforts: a) frontloading the intended research impact, b) building mutualistic relationships, and c) co-constructing research. The findings and emerging questions from the study contribute to the growing body of scholarship to help researchers and stakeholders strengthen the research-practice-policy nexus.
Screening significant properties of macro-fiber composite laminate substrate anisotropy with viscoelastic and thermal considerations at the quasi-static level

A macro-fiber composite (MFC) is a class of smart material actuator that employs piezoceramic fibers to extend or contract under an applied electric field. When embedded on a thin substrate, actuated MFCs induce surface pressure, resulting in out-of-plane motion. Design characteristics of the substrate, such as anisotropy, give rise to unique bend/twist behavior. Previous studies on MFC applications have focused on optimizing patch location in relation to the local design to achieve optimal bend/twist motion. However, the resolution to these approaches is restricted to the design space of the application, presenting an absence in piezoelectric laminate design intuition. This research aims to streamline the initial optimization process by analyzing the significant material properties associated with substrate design. To accomplish this, a viscoelastic piezoelectric plate theory model is developed to accurately capture the displacement behavior of the MFC laminate for any given substrate design. Experimental data is used to validate and refine the model, ensuring it closely represents real-world physics. A 2k fractional factorial design of experiments approach is used to identify significant substrate properties per MFC laminate configuration, assigning each material property a two-level coding system. Three configurations are observed, with each exhibiting distinct significant properties and effects compared to others. Furthermore, the study explores the impact of thermal factors on substrate behavior for these MFC laminates, highlighting how significant properties can be temperature dependent. The contributions to the kinematic response due to substrate property perturbation varies uniquely per material property and MFC laminate configuration. Statistical evidence supports the notion that the hysteretic behavior of a material is unaffected by thermal influences and is solely determined by the elastic constants of the substrate. The maximum remanent hysteretic response is shown to be proportional to the maximum actuation response at near room temperature.
Serious Adverse Events and Laboratory Monitoring Regimens for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy With Cefazolin and Ceftriaxone

Abstract The optimal laboratory monitoring frequency for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy–related adverse events (OPAT-AEs) during cefazolin and ceftriaxone therapy is not well defined. We identified 2.7 OPAT-AEs per 1000 sets of weekly laboratory tests in this population, suggesting that less intensive laboratory monitoring may be safe and reasonable.
Past and Present Drivers of Karst Formation of Ciénega de El Mangle, Panama

Tropical coastal karst areas represent dynamic, fragile, and biodiverse environments. Central America’s karst regions have been scarcely studied, with most of the research focused on the northern part of the region and on several larger cave systems. The coastal carbonate zones of the Central American region represent a unique karstic landscape, which, so far, has been insufficiently studied. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to describe the (i) landscape geomorphology and (ii) chemical conditions that define Ciénega de El Mangle in Panama as a distinctive karstic site. Carried geomorphological mapping and the characterization of karstic features have resulted in the identification of the different karstic forms and processes that are present within this unique karstic area. Considering that the chosen karstic study area is located in a marine–coastal fringe on the periphery of a lagoon, it is affected by a combination of several factors and processes, including seawater intrusion (through sinkholes), the formation of conchiferous limestone (CaCO3), and NaCl precipitation related to efflorescence. Due to the seasonally humid tropical climate, the chemical weathering processes are intense, thus forming alkaline soils that are hindering the development of mangrove vegetation. The geomorphology of the area results from intense evaporation combined with an influx of brackish groundwater, due to which a landscape has evolved in the marine–coastal strips, of seasonal tropical climates, that exhibit saline beaches, known as a littoral shott. In total, 24 karstic microdolines have evolved within the shott, of which six represent domical geoforms formed by gradual evaporitic precipitation, while seven other geoforms represent active karstic sinkholes filled with brackish water. These results are key for understanding the past and present climate interactions and conditions that have led to the formation of tropical karst environments.
Achievement Performance Prediction Model Based on Deep Neural Network of Student Similarity

Student performance prediction aims to predict performance through student information and guide students and teachers to optimise the learning process. Traditional methodological studies focus more on students' own influencing factors and ignore the similarity of different students' learning abilities. To address this problem, the performance prediction model based on Deep Neural Network of student similarity (Sim-DNN) takes into account student-to-student associations, and predicts students' academic performance by calculating the similarity of different students' attribute features, selecting students with higher similarity to the target students, and weighting and summing the historical scores of the similar students according to the degree of similarity as the input to the deep neural network . In order to minimise the effect of overfitting, the model incorporates Dropout in the DNN. The experimental results show that the model proposed in this paper has a better prediction performance on both public datasets, Mathematics and Portuguese.
EXTRA-CONTINENTAL MORPHOLOGICAL AFFINITIES OF PALLI AIKE, SOUTHERN CHILE

SUMMARY Morphological comparative studies conducted over the last ten years have demonstrated that the first Americans cannot be described as Mongoloids. In fact the cranial morphology of the Paleoindian skeletons show a clear tendency to cluster with Australians and Africans instead of with Asians and modern Amerindians in different multivariate analyses. This has been demonstrated for both South and North America. Regarding South America, most of the studies conducted up to the present have concentrated on skeletal remains from central Brazil, a
The environment and directed technical change : comment

The environment and directed technical change : comment / Jean-Charles Hourcade, Antonin Pottier, Etienne Espagne. CIRED, November 2011, 16 p. (DT/WP No 2011-36) http://www.centre-cired.fr/IMG/pdf/CIREDWP-201136.pdf Abstract : This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chos.
Estimating Demand for Healthcare Facilities in Rural Developing Countries

Spatial analysis provides decision support for numerous public health issues such as determining locations of healthcare facilities for a given population. With limited population health data available for developing countries, spatial data analysis provides limited benefit in this regard. This paper attempts to assist public health practitioners in overcoming the health information gaps common to developing countries for determining health-related demand locations. We introduce methodologies that use generally available information from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Burkina Faso, a developing country with poor health quality, is used in this paper as a case study to show how DHS data, not generally used for spatial analysis, can be used to estimate multiple area demand locations for healthcare facilities. Factors used to locate demand per administrative province included population density, proximity to major road networks, economic wealth index, birth rate, childhood stunting, and malaria rates. Major health issues in populated areas along access routes ultimately determined the estimated area demand for healthcare facility locations in this analysis.
The Variscan lower continental crust: evidence for crustal delamination from geochemical and petrophysical investigations

Abstract Seismic observations along the European Geotraverse (EGT) Central Segment indicate an overall felsic composition of the Variscan crust, including 15 vol. % of mafic lower-crustal (MLC) rocks. As the Variscan continental crust is largely post-Archaean, its bulk composition should be basaltic andesitic rather than felsic (tonalitic), because primitive post-Archaean crust was formed by mantle extracted basaltic andesite magmas. The observed proportions of the Variscan continental crustal layers do not match the requirement of a mafic overall crust. Combining laboratory-derived, in situ seismic data (VP) with the refraction seismic data and the evidence from geological and geochemical investigations suggests that large amounts of MLC rocks are missing in the present-day lower crust. A mass balance calculation of the basaltic andesite bulk crust, considering a refined compilation of the Variscan MLC, gives a volume proportion of 37 vol. % for the felsic and 63 vol. % for the mafic components, for primitive crust prior to collision tectonics and orogenic root delamination. If large parts of this MLC have undergone eclogite-facies metamorphism at the orogenic root, large amounts of former basaltic-gabbroic and MLC cumulates could have been subtracted from the crust by its subsequent delamination processes which results in the currently observed proportion of the continental crust of the Variscan Orogen with a predominance of felsic rocks.
Family-based interventions in youth to prevent HIV/AIDS: A systematic review

Parents are primary sex educators of their teenagers and also function as resources for advice and information about sexual decision-making and partner selection. So far, various family-based programs were carried out to prevent HIV infection in young people; however, their findings are contradictory and inconclusive. Therefore, we carried out the current systematic review to critically review the available literature regarding the role of family-based interventions among young people to prevent HIV infection. The available online databases including ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed were searched systematically up to November 2022. The risk of bias in the eligible studies was examined by two independent authors using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias tool. A total of 7 studies including 4952 participants were enrolled in the current study. They were conducted between 2006 and 2020. On the basis of the available literature, family-based HIV prevention interventions seem to be effective in terms of improving HIV/AIDS knowledge and also parent–youth communication. It seems that family-based interventions in youth to prevent HIV/AIDS are effective; however, further well-designed studies are needed to help the researchers reach a firm conclusion on this issue. The current systematic review may be used by investigators for future studies in terms of settings and the selection of educational approaches. Moreover, it strongly suggested that further studies investigating the role of family-based education in the prevention of HIV/AIDS utilize more sample size and also a more robust educational framework.
Quantifying Streamflow Forecast Skill Elasticity to Initial Condition and Climate Prediction Skill

AbstractWater resources management decisions commonly depend on monthly to seasonal streamflow forecasts, among other kinds of information. The skill of such predictions derives from the ability to estimate a watershed’s initial moisture and energy conditions and to forecast future weather and climate. These sources of predictability are investigated in an idealized (i.e., perfect model) experiment using calibrated hydrologic simulation models for 424 watersheds that span the continental United States. Prior work in this area also followed an ensemble-based strategy for attributing streamflow forecast uncertainty, but focused only on two end points representing zero and perfect information about future forcings and initial conditions. This study extends the prior approach to characterize the influence of varying levels of uncertainty in each area on streamflow prediction uncertainty. The sensitivities enable the calculation of flow forecast skill elasticities (i.e., derivatives) relative to skill in eithe.
Epidemiological Study of Respiratory Virus Infections among Hospitalized Children Aged 14 Years and Younger during COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan, China, 2018–2022

Introduction: The viral etiological characteristics and prevalence of hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection were preliminary studied in Wuhan City during the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide a reliable scientific basis for better understanding of the role of various pathogens in cases and for the prevention and clinical treatment of acute respiratory tract infection. Methods: A total of 69,086 children with acute respiratory infections hospitalized and treated in our department from January 2018 to December 2022 were enrolled as our research subjects. Sociodemographic and clinical data as well as nasopharyngeal samples were collected from patients. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus (ADV), infuenza virus A (FluA), infuenza virus B (FluB), and parainfluenza virus (PIV) were detected by direct immunofluorescence (DFA) to understand and analyze the epidemic characteristics of respiratory pathogens in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The total detection rate of respiratory pathogens was 24.52% of the 69,086 hospitalized children. The frequency of respiratory viruses in those ADV, RSV, FluA, FluB, and PIV was 14.67%, 46.40%, 7.76%, 5.23%, and 25.95%. There were significant differences between the various pathogens (P < 0.001). There were the fewest pathogen-positive patients and positive detection rate in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were significant differences in the pathogen detection rate among different years (P < 0.001). In addition, the results showed that the total detection rate of respiratory virus tested in different age groups was significantly different (P < 0.001). The positive detection rate was highest in the 1–3-year-old age group, which is prone to acute respiratory infections. We also found that different pathogens showed obvious seasonal fluctuation and epidemic. RSV reached its peak in winter. ADV is mainly prevalent in spring and summer. FluA has a high detection rate in winter. Winter and spring are the peak seasons for FluB infection, whereas PIV is detected in all seasons, with a higher incidence rate in the spring and summer. Conclusion: The epidemiological distribution of pathogens of acute respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children in Wuhan from 2018 to 2022 varies with gender, age, and season. Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented as control measures worldwide and reduced the transmission of respiratory pathogens. NPIs are likely to be the primary driver of the dramatic reduction in respiratory virus infection activity in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, to dissolving NPIs can lead to a recurrence of viral infection pathogens, especially in children.
The Urban Forest as a Regulator of the Urban Climate

Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions. As a consequence, in the temperate zone and specifically in the Mediterranean basin, hot summer periods are more frequent and last longer. Living in big cities is less comfortable than countryside, especially in hot summer periods. Because of human infrastructure and urban structure in general (buildings, roads, cement, asphalt etc) urban climate is quite different and causes discomfort to people, especially during the summer. The major factor that can regulate the urban climate and reduce its’ negative effects on the people in a city is the urban vegetation. Today due to the problem of climate change the ecological role of urban greenery for controlling the temperature in the cities, is clearer than ever. According to this the main question is how can urban vegetation regulate the climate conditions and which is the appropriate management regime to achieve the benefits. The present work deals with the effects of the composition and structure of an urban forest on the Mediterranean urban climate, and specifically on air temperature, solar radiation (PAR), and UVB radiation. A wide range of measurement points was established in urban forests in the center of the city of Athens, Greece. The measurement points cover all the types of urban vegetation composition and structure and were carried out the summer period of 2011 and 2012. On each measurement point the vegetation and structure characteristics were calculated and estimated are: tree diameter (Dbh), total tree height, crown base height, crown length, crown diameter, crown ratio, crown density, species composition and canopy closure. The preliminary results showed significant differences of the PAR and UVB values between the canopy closure classes as well as the vegetation composition.