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A call for intersectionality in gerontological nursing education
Authors: Salma Jordana , Dahlke Sherry , Hunter Kathleen 
Published: July 2024

A call for intersectionality in gerontological nursing education
Addressing the triple jeopardy of ageism, sexism and racism within healthcare systems is crucial to ensuring equitable health outcomes for all older people, write Professor Jordana Salma, Professor Sherry Dahlke and Professor Kathleen Hunter of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. Ageism involves negative thoughts, beliefs and behaviours towards older people, and its effects are felt worldwide, leading to the denial of human rights based on age (World Health Organization, 2021).
Asbestos-induced autoantibodies across Libby demographics
Authors: Pfau Jean C , Niblett Aiden , Serve Kinta 
Published: July 2024

Asbestos-induced autoantibodies across Libby demographics
Aiden Niblett, Jean Pfau, and Kinta Serve focus on asbestos-induced autoantibodies across different demographics in Libby. They emphasize the importance of understanding the impact of asbestos. Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral that has been used in construction due to its tensile strength and heat resistance. However, its small size and rigid shape allow it to enter deep into the respiratory tract upon inhalation, and exposures have been linked to serious lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis and cancers. (1) The town of Libby, Montana, has a history of asbestos exposure due to a local vermiculite mine that operated from 1920-1990. Vermiculite mined from Libby and sold in products such as Zonolite Attic Insulation was found to be contaminated with Libby Amphibole (LA) asbestos, a unique mix of tremolite, winchite, and richterite fibers that is associated with severe lung diseases. (2)
The future of AVS, dizziness, and vertigo in emergency departments Part iii: A tyranny of distance – the persistence of rural health inequity
Authors: Nakatsuka Millie 
Published: July 2024

The future of AVS, dizziness, and vertigo in emergency departments Part iii: A tyranny of distance – the persistence of rural health inequity
In the third article of this five-part series, Dr Millie Nakatsuka discusses the impact of isolation on health equity and the medical decision-making for emergency presentations of acute vestibular syndrome (AVS). People in rural and remote areas bear a significantly higher burden of disease and have poorer health outcomes. They have greater socio-economic disadvantage with lower levels of educational attainment, lower rates of employment, lower income and exhibit more health risk factors with markedly increased rates of obesity, tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption.
Getting leptospirosis onto the lists of neglected tropical diseases
Authors: Vinetz Joseph , Chetrick Alyssa N , Steimel Katie E , Devillers Carla E , Excler Jean-Louis , Kim Jerome H , Agampodi Suneth 
Published: July 2024

Getting leptospirosis onto the lists of neglected tropical diseases
Leptospirosis is a globally important infectious disease, but neglected to the extent that it’s not on WHO’s or FDA’s neglected tropical diseases lists; this needs to change. Leptospirosis, caused by spirochetes of the bacterial genus Leptospira, poses a significant yet poorly recognized global public health threat. Incomprehensibly, this disease remains neglected by the global health agenda. Leptospirosis is estimated to cause more than a million cases and over 60,000 deaths annually, with case fatality rates of up to 20%. (1) Hence, leptospirosis is the most important zoonotic bacterial disease worldwide. It is common in tropical regions of low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, China, Indonesia, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and it affects high-income countries, too, including the United States and Europe.
The "Silent Killers" of business success
Authors: Beer Michael 
Published: July 2024

The "Silent Killers" of business success
Dr. Michael (Mike) Beer, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School, explains the “silent killers” of business success that top management are unaware of. For the past forty years, I and my colleagues at TruePoint, a management consulting firm I co-founded, have worked with courageous leaders willing to enable truth to speak to power - them and their top team - about barriers to their organization’s effectiveness and performance. Hundreds of organizations across the globe, in many different industries, in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, have reported the same syndrome of seven highly interdependent barriers. We have called these barriers the “silent killers” of learning and change because, like hypertension and cholesterol in the human body, they are hidden barriers to organizational health and effectiveness.
Collective quantum phenomena and their applications
Authors: Miller John H 
Published: July 2024

Collective quantum phenomena and their applications
John H. Miller, Jr., University of Houston (UH), from the Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity, explains collective quantum phenomena and their applications. The evidence supporting the quantum behavior of electrons, as well as every other known particle in the universe, is overwhelming. On the centennial anniversary of Max Planck’s seminal paper on energy quantization (1), Kleppner and Jackiw pointed out, “Quantum theory is the most precisely tested and most successful theory in the history of science”. (2)
Improving the wellbeing of older adults through community-based music and movement programs
Authors: Comeau Gilles 
Published: July 2024

Improving the wellbeing of older adults through community-based music and movement programs
Find out here about a geriatric psychiatry program at the Music and Mental Health Research Clinic that improves the wellbeing of older adults. How do music and movement affect the mental wellbeing of older adults? The Music and Mental Health Research Clinic at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at the Royal will explore this question with a new geriatric psychiatry program that aims to design and carry on community-based music and movement (COMM) interventions with older adults (55+). The program will examine the benefits of these interventions on the psycho-social conditions of older adults with dementia or experiencing mental illness, including, among others, depression and anxiety. The learnings will support the integration of evidence-informed music interventions into older adults’ social and healthcare.
Do violent extremists govern?
Authors: Bøås Morten 
Published: July 2024

Do violent extremists govern?
This may seem like a naïve question as groups inspired by the extremist versions of Salafi Islamic theology of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are most often presented as ruthless, violently brutal actors that only rule through fear and coercion. However, as time has moved on and more analyses have come to the fore, a more nuanced picture has emerged. These findings need to be taken seriously because while al-Qaeda and the Islamic State’s power and appeal may be waning in the Middle East, elsewhere, groups inspired by them have grown stronger. One case is the Sahel, and the challenge that groups like the al-Qaeda-inspired Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) represent to international order should not be underestimated. They have gained ground in Mali and Burkina Faso and are also starting to threaten West Atlantic states with important harbours for global trade, such as Benin, Ghana and Togo. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that we understand what these groups are. While their leaders may adhere to violent extremist interpretations of religion and use force and violence, they are also smart, wise, and know how to plan and strategise, and have developed skilful tactics for dealing with civilian populations that come under their influence.
Co-construction: A key to preventing mental health injuries in occupational settings
Authors: Dufour-Poirier Mélanie 
Published: July 2024

Co-construction: A key to preventing mental health injuries in occupational settings
Dr Mélanie Dufour-Poirier from the Université de Montréal and Dr Jean-Paul Dautel from the Université du Québec en Outaouais outline a new approach to preventing workplace mental health injuries and improving wellbeing. In Canada, it is estimated that mental health-related costs total approximately $50bn annually. In the province of Quebec, close to one out of two workers has experienced psychological distress since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst its pathogens are the porosity of working time, isolation, competition among colleagues, and the demand for short-term profitability. New - more stressful - forms of work organization, including telework, have emerged, bringing with them excessive workloads, increases in the pace of work, growing job flexibility, precarious contract employment, and job insecurity. These issues have put workplace mental health back at the centre of the debate in Quebec. More generally, the crisis has called for a rethinking of management methods for better upstream protection of mental health, ideally through a collective and participatory approach that involves all the actors in a working community rather than one that aims at protecting against and treating such mental health injuries on the level of the individual, as is the current tendency. It is an issue of the utmost importance for unions, a subject we discussed in a recent article (Open Access Government, April 2024).
A portable quantum simulator on a silicon chip
Authors: Ghulinyan Mher 
Published: July 2024

A portable quantum simulator on a silicon chip
Mher Ghulinyan, Senior researcher at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Centre for Sensors and Devices, tells us about the EPIQUS project and the creation of a cost-effective, user-friendly, and high-performance quantum simulator based on full integration of silicon nitride photonics with silicon electronics. A cornerstone for the future of experimentation, simulators allow real-world scenarios and conditions to be explored without the associated risks, costs, or time restrictions imposed by the real world. From transport to medicine, agriculture to finance, many sectors use simulators to approximate, predict and model real-world scenarios to test ideas, gather information, and refine operations. Integrating the nature and behaviour of matter and energy on atomic and subatomic scales creates a more authentic virtual world in which simulations can run following the rules of quantum mechanics to model new smart materials, predict chemical reactions, or solve high-energy physics problems. However, the ways to access quantum behaviours are often hampered by the need for complex conditions and costly solutions. The EPIQUS project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 – Future Emerging Technologies initiative, is creating a lab-accessible and affordable quantum simulator (QS) operable at room temperature. Such a quantum simulator has the potential to provide many advantages, including supporting rapid and widespread innovation.
Assessing blood clot risk in venous catheter selection for patients with haematological cancers
Authors: Sriskandarajah Priya 
Published: July 2024

Assessing blood clot risk in venous catheter selection for patients with haematological cancers
Venous catheters enable patients with haematological cancers to receive vital chemotherapy. However, there is a risk of thrombosis. Consultant Haematologist Priya Sriskandarajah analysed a group of patients with haematological cancers to study the implications of catheter selection. Over the years, there have been major developments in cancer care, including novel chemotherapy regimens as well as stem cell transplantation. To support these advancements and enable efficient treatment administration, venous catheters (i.e. ‘lines’) are required. These are surgically inserted into a patient’s vein and allow direct delivery of these treatments into the bloodstream.
Transfer RNA as a written molecular history of the life transition on earth
Authors: Burton Zachary 
Published: July 2024

Transfer RNA as a written molecular history of the life transition on earth
Zachary Burton, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, reports on tRNA (transfer RNA) as a written molecular history of the pre-life to life transition on Earth ~4 billion years ago. Friends, coders, gamers, puzzlers, historians, linguists, geneticists, lend me your brief attention. I come to report history recorded ~4 billion years ago during pre-life, inscribed and preserved in genetic code and tRNA sequence. The pre-life sequence of tRNA (transfer RNA) was recorded in the tRNA sequences of living organisms, preserving a historic record ~4 billion years after its initial composition. As such, tRNA sequences in living organisms record events that occurred before life began on Earth. By this measure, tRNA sequence is a molecular fossil of the pre-life to life transition, and tRNA sequences relate a simple story that is the core history of the pre-life to life transition.
Pioneering solutions for sustainable protein production in future
Authors: Sini Giacomo , Quintela Silvia , Rios Irene , Gomez Ana 
Published: July 2024

Pioneering solutions for sustainable protein production in future
InnoProtein consortium, explain why sustainable protein production is urgently needed and how, with its circular, zero-waste approach, InnoProtein supports this goal. By 2050, population growth will play a major role in the state of the environmental, social and economic system. (1) Traditional protein products, with their vast amounts of animal derivates, are being presented as sustainably obsolete due to the high consumption of natural resources employed for their production. (2) Current protein production has a high environmental impact, and a general transition towards greener and sustainable consumption is required. Agriculture is responsible for 70-85% of the world’s water footprint and 30% of global GHG emissions. Meat production is the most impactful activity in food production.
Algorithm “DPTM” for continuous authentication with behavioural biometrics
Authors: Yamada Takeshi 
Published: July 2024

Algorithm “DPTM” for continuous authentication with behavioural biometrics
Takeshi Yamada, Professor from Daiichi Institute of Technology, describes the algorithm “DPTM” for continuous authentication with behavioural biometrics, beginning with the current device security outlook. Cyberattacks and cybercrimes increase every year. Under such a scenario, the user’s need for security enhancement is urgent. Looking at current user authentication, most are authenticated only at the login stage, with ID and password, biometrics, or other forms.
Towards digitalisation with zero-energy consumption sensor system
Authors: Rusu Cristina , Staaf Henrik 
Published: July 2024

Towards digitalisation with zero-energy consumption sensor system
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, a leading research and innovation partner, describes its journey toward digitalisation with a zero-energy consumption sensor system. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, a leading research and innovation partner, ensures the competitiveness of the Swedish business community on an international level and contributes to a sustainable society. The rapid development and adoption of digital technologies in combination with green transitions have proven to be feasible and sustainable solutions for environmental care, optimising energy consumption/efficiency, and ultimately transforming people’s habits. However, technologies require energy to be manufactured, to operate, and generate electronic waste. Therefore, the challenge is to find smart solutions to minimise these risky effects while boosting the possibilities for transitions to Net Zero energy.
Innovation in clinical trials in brain health: Computerised assessment and remote clinical trials
Authors: Corbett Anne 
Published: July 2024

Innovation in clinical trials in brain health: Computerised assessment and remote clinical trials
New clinical trials in brain health require innovative methodologies for targeted recruitment and longitudinal assessment. Professor Anne Corbett outlines how her team’s PROTECT portfolio can overcome challenges in trials of cognitive health interventions, offering solutions for intelligent trial design. After decades of relative inactivity, there is currently a growing interest and investment in novel interventions for cognitive and mental health conditions. This is particularly true for trials in cognitive impairment and early dementia. This health area has previously been considered too high-risk and challenging, with failed trials and difficulty in recruiting target groups leading to widespread demotivation for trials in this area. However, a new generation of disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease is in the pipeline, with immunotherapy lecanemab receiving FDA approval in 2023 and donanemab currently under review. (1) These successes have reinvigorated development in Alzheimer’s and dementia drug discovery programmes, and larger numbers of trials are anticipated in the coming years.
Microbes as high-potential green resource producers
Authors: Chuang Hui-Ping 
Published: July 2024

Microbes as high-potential green resource producers
Hui-Ping Chuang, Assistant researcher at the Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories of the National Cheng Kung University, shares insights into the vital role of microbes in waste removal and sustainable resource generation. Microorganisms thrive in various environments and catalyze complex reactions. They have a high potential to convert waste to useful resources through enzymatic reactions within the cell, particularly those involving the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphate (Figure 1). Different microbial families prefer various element-containing compounds as food and initiating cycles of catabolism and anabolism. Biogas and bio-compounds are the intermediates or final products as green resources during microbial transformation. Therefore, biotechnology based on microbial characteristics and functions is a valuable tool for both pollution remediation and sustainable resource generation.
Supporting the mental health needs of children with language and literacy difficulties
Authors: Boyes Mark 
Published: July 2024

Supporting the mental health needs of children with language and literacy difficulties
Professor Mark Boyes, Curtin enAble Institute, spotlights mental health in the context of language and literacy difficulties, including the urgent need for accessible mental health interventions. Both oral (spoken) and written (reading, writing) language are crucial for success in educational and social contexts. Up to 15% of children experience significant and persistent difficulties with oral and written language, representing approximately four children in a typical Australian classroom. These children are at substantially elevated risk of mental health problems, are overrepresented in our justice systems, and are more likely to develop suicidal thoughts and behaviours than children who do not experience language difficulties.
Storying the world: Decolonizing classrooms
Authors: Balzer Geraldine 
Published: July 2024

Storying the world: Decolonizing classrooms
Geraldine Balzer, Associate Professor from the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, discusses the importance of decolonizing classrooms by telling stories about the world. Colonialism held great promise for the European world – access to land, resources, and wealth; for colonized peoples, it resulted in lost land, lost resources, enslavement, and poverty. The impacts of colonialism have shaped the 21st century through ongoing political conflicts, immigration and migration, and global climate change, forcing the Global North to face the resulting inequities and disrupt colonial structures perpetuating these inequities. One such societal structure, often seen as benign, is schooling. Kanu (2009) describes curriculum as a cultural practice that reinforces the hegemony of the existing political power structures, acting as an agent of the state as schools continue to:
Advancing the soil deal for Europe through cyberinfrastructure and citizen science
Authors: Osychenko Oleg , Bardají Raul , Queral Josep , Díez Rubén , Mimmo Tanja , Rodero Ivan 
Published: July 2024

Advancing the soil deal for Europe through cyberinfrastructure and citizen science
This article explores advancements in soil health across Europe, highlighting innovative cyberinfrastructure for soil citizen science. This initiative, led by the Quanta team, allows citizens to actively participate in environmental stewardship. Unhealthy soil poses a serious threat to our environment, diminishing its ability to act as a carbon sink, lowering agricultural productivity, and contributing to biodiversity loss. Prioritizing improved soil management practices is imperative for a sustainable future.
The TITAN Project: Transforming the food system for a sustainable future
Authors: Sliwinski Edward 
Published: July 2024

The TITAN Project: Transforming the food system for a sustainable future
The European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) wants to revolutionise the food industry with its new TITAN Project. This four-year Horizon Europe initiative seeks to enhance transparency, improve food safety, and promote sustainability in the agri-food sector. In an interview with Open Access Governments editor Harriet Belderbos, key representatives of the TITAN project shared their insights and objectives.
T cells successfully fighting cancer
Authors: Inderberg Else Marit , Wälchli Sébastien 
Published: July 2024

T cells successfully fighting cancer
Else Marit Inderberg and Sébastien Wälchli from Oslo University Hospital explore what we need to know about T cells successfully fighting cancer. Cell-based immunotherapy uses the patient’s own immune cells to target and kill cancer cells in a specific manner. Lymphocytes called T cells are mainly used for this type of therapy, and to target them more efficiently against cancer cells, they are genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) or T cell receptors (TCR) that bind proteins or peptides presented on the surface of cancer cells. There are currently six CAR T cell therapies approved for the treatment of blood cancers. However, none of these cellular therapies are yet available outside clinical studies for solid cancers.
Safer and more effective use of opioids
Authors: Buckley Norm , Busse Jason 
Published: July 2024

Safer and more effective use of opioids
The Pain PLUS literature surveillance service demonstrates the importance of high-quality literature to support decision-making and practice for the use of opioids. McMaster University has had a significant leadership role in advancing the practice of evidence-based health care. Part of this leadership has been through the creation of programs and services that support individual clinicians and others in their striving to stay up to date in the rapidly expanding volume of healthcare knowledge and to separate high-quality materials from the large quantity of published work in order to make best use of their, often limited, time for review of publications.