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Factors Influencing Consumer Loyalty in Augmented Reality Beauty Apps: Sephora Virtual Artist Empirical Study
Authors: Lele Aboli 
Published: September 2023

<p>With increase in usage of online mobile shopping apps, app developers and marketers are seeking innovative options to provide consumers with unique shopping experiences. In recent times, Virtual try-on feature in augmented reality apps have gained popularity. This study extends the electronic service quality model (ES-QUAL) with Hedonic Motivation and Perceived Value and seeks to explain the factors influencing consumer loyalty intentions in AR beauty apps. Sephora is a leading brand in the cosmetic industry and Virtual Artist is its augmented reality try-on feature. An online survey was conducted with 251 university students. PLS-SEM analysis results suggest that Hedonic Motivation and Efficiency significantly impact loyalty intentions, while Perceived value, Perceived Privacy Risks, System Availability and Fulfilment were not significant. This study contributes to the existing literature in the domain of consumers loyalty intentions and AR apps. Retail practitioners can use the results to boost consumer loyalty and predict purchase intention. </p>
Predictive Validity of the Infant Toddler Checklist in Primary Care at the 18-month Visit and School Readiness at 4 to 6 Years
Authors: Nurse Kimberly M. , Janus Magdalena , Birken Catherine S. , Keown-Stoneman Charles D.G. , Omand Jessica , Maguire Jonathon L. , Reid-Westoby Caroline , Duku Eric , Mamdani Muhammad , Tremblay Mark S. , C. Parkin Patricia , Borkhoff Cornelia M. 
Published: September 2023

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends developmental surveillance and screening in early childhood in primary care. The 18-month visit may be an ideal time for identification of children with delays in language and communication, or symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little is known about the predictive validity of developmental screening tools administered at 18 months. Our objective was to examine the predictive validity of the Infant Toddler Checklist (ITC) at the 18-month health supervision visit, using school readiness at kindergarten age as the criterion measure.</p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> We designed a prospective cohort study, recruiting in primary care in Toronto, Canada. Parents completed the ITC at the 18-month visit. Teachers completed the Early Development Instrument (EDI) when the children were in Kindergarten, age 4-6 years.We calculated screening test properties with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We used multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses adjusted for important covariates.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 293 children (mean age 18 months), 30 (10.2%) had a positive ITC including: concern for speech delay (n=11, 3.8%), concern for other communication delay (n=13, 4.4%), and concern for both (n=6, 2.0%). At follow-up (mean age 5 years), 54 (18.4%) had overall EDI vulnerability, 19 (6.5%) had vulnerability on the 2 EDI communication domains. The ITC sensitivity ranged from 11%-32%, specificity from 91%-96%, false positive rates from 4%-9%, PPV from 16%-35%, NPV from 83%-95%. A positive ITC screen and ITC concern for speech delay were associated with lower scores in EDI communication skills and general knowledge (β= −1.08; 95% CI: −2.10, −0.17; β= −2.35; 95% CI: −3.63, −1.32) and EDI language and cognitive development (β= −0.62; 95% CI: −1.25, −0.18; β= −1.22; 95% CI: −2.11, −0.58). </p>
<p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ITC demonstrated high specificity suggesting that most children with a negative ITC screen will demonstrate school readiness at 4-6 years, and low false positive rates, minimizing over-diagnosis. The ITC had low sensitivity highlighting the importance of ongoing developmental surveillance and screening. </p>
Agreement between a health claims algorithm and parent-reported asthma in young children
Authors: Omand Jessica , Maguire Jonathon L. , O’Connor Deborah L. , C. Parkin Patricia , S. Birken Catherine , Thorpe Kevin E. , Zhu Jingqin , To Teresa 
Published: September 2023

<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Asthma prevalence is commonly measured in national surveys by questionnaire. The Ontario Asthma Surveillance Information System (OASIS) developed a validated health claims diagnosis algorithm to estimate asthma prevalence. The primary objective was to assess the agreement between two approaches of measuring asthma in young children. Secondary objectives were to identify concordant and discordant pairs, and to identify factors associated with disagreement. </p>
<p><strong>Study design and setting:</strong> A measurement study to evaluate the agreement between the OASIS algorithm and parent‐reported asthma (criterion standard). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with disagreement. </p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> Healthy children aged 1 to 5 years (n =3642) participating in the TARGet Kids! practice based research network 2008‐2013 in Toronto, Canada were included. Prevalence of asthma was 14% and 6% by the OASIS algorithm and parent‐reported asthma, respectively. The Kappa statistic was 0.43, sensitivity 81%, specificity 90%, PPV 34%, and NPV 99%. There were 3249 concordant and 393 discordant pairs. Statistically significant factors associated with asthma identified by OASIS but not parent report included: male sex, higher zBMI, and parent history of asthma. Males were less likely to have asthma identified by parent report but not OASIS. </p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The OASIS algorithm identified more asthma cases in young children than parent‐reported asthma. The OASIS algorithm had high sensitivity, specificity, and NPV but low PPV relative to parent‐reported asthma. These findings need replication in other populations.</p>
Evaluating the accuracy of a geographic closed-ended approach to ethnicity measurement, a practical alternative
Authors: Omand Jessica , Carsley Sarah , Darling Pauline B , Parkin Patricia C. , Birken Catherine S. , Urquia Marcelo L. , Khovratovich Marina , L. Maguire Jonathon 
Published: September 2023

<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Measuring ethnicity accurately is important for identifying ethnicity variations in disease risk. We evaluated the degree of agreement and accuracy of maternal ethnicity measured using the new standardized closed-ended geographically based ethnicity question and geographic reclassification of open-ended ethnicity questions from the Canadian census. </p>
<p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospectively designed study of respondent agreement of mothers of healthy children age 1-5 years recruited through the TARGet Kids! practice based research network. For the primary analysis, the degree of agreement between geographic reclassification of the Canadian census maternal ethnicity variables and the new geographically based closed-ended maternal ethnicity variable completed by the same respondent was evaluated using a kappa analysis. </p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>862 mothers who completed both measures of ethnicity were included in the analysis. The kappa agreement statistic for the two definitions of maternal ethnicity was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.84-0.90) indicating good agreement. Overall accuracy of the measurement was 93%. Sensitivity and specificity ranged from 83-100% and 96-100% respectively. </p>
<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The new standardized closed-ended geographically based ethnicity question represents a practical alternative to widely used open-ended ethnicity questions. It may reduce risk of misinterpretation of ethnicity by respondents, simplify analysis and improve the accuracy of ethnicity measurement.</p>
25-hydroxyvitamin D and health service utilization for asthma in early childhood
Authors: Omand Jessica , To Teresa , O’Connor Deborah L. , C. Parkin Patricia , S. Birken Catherine , Thorpe Kevin E. , L. Maguire Jonathon 
Published: September 2023

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood and a common reason for hospital admission. Studies suggest that low vitamin D levels may be associated with health service utilization (HSU) for childhood asthma. The primary objective was to determine if vitamin D serum levels in early childhood were associated with HSU for asthma including: a) hospital admissions; b) emergency department visits; and c) outpatient sick visits. Secondary objectives were to determine whether vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy or childhood were associated with HSU for asthma. </p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> Prospective cohort study of children participating in the TARGet Kids!practice-based research network between 2008 and 2013 in Toronto, Canada. HSU was determined by linking each child's provincial health insurance number to health administrative databases. Multi variable quasi-Poisson and logistic regression were used to evaluate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy, and childhood and HSU for asthma. </p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 2926 healthy children aged 0-6 years had 25-hydroxyvitamin D data available and were included in the primary analysis. Mean (IQR) 25-hydroxyvitmain D level was 84 nmol/L (65-98 nmol/L), 218 and 1267 children had 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations <50 nmol/L and <75 nmol/L, respectively. In the adjusted models,there were no associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations (continuously or dichotomized at 50 and 75 nmol/L), vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy or childhood and HSU for asthma. </p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Vitamin D blood values do not appear to be associated with HSU for asthma in this population of healthy urban children.</p>
Resource leveling in construction projects with activity splitting and resource constraints: a simulated annealing optimization
Authors: Piryonesi S. Madeh , Nasseri Mehran , Ramezani Abdollah 
Published: September 2023

<p>Overtime and over-budget construction projects are not pleasant to any stakeholder. Stakeholders want construction projects to be completed without delay and excessive cost. It is possible to meet these objectives by using resource management techniques such as resource leveling. Due to the limitation of resources and different types of them in a construction project, optimizing the resource utilization is crucial. In this paper, a meta-heuristic simulated annealing resource leveling model is presented. The novelty of this model lies not only in the type of modeling and optimization but also in its assumptions. Our model simultaneously allows activities to split and considers a limitation in resource availabilities. The developed model was implemented in a computer program. Then, it was applied to an example from the literature of resource leveling. The model successfully solved the problem. The results of our model are compared with those already available in the literature.</p>
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Design and optimization of a XY compliant mechanical displacement amplifier
Authors: Eskandari Ardalan Bahrami , Ouyang Puren 
Published: September 2023

<p>Piezoelectric actuators are increasingly becoming popular for the use in various industrial, pharmaceutical, and engineering applications. However, their short motion range limits their wide applications. This shortcoming can be overcome by coupling the piezoelectric actuators with a mechanical displacement amplifier. In this paper, a new design for a XY planar motion compliant mechanical displacement amplifier (CMDA) based on the design of a symmetric five-bar compliant mechanical amplifier is introduced. Detailed analysis with Finite Element Method (FEM) of static and dynamic characteristics of the proposed XY CMDA design is also provided. Finally, the optimization process and results to increase the Amplification Ratio (AR) of the proposed XY compliant mechanism with minimal compromise in Natural Frequency (NF) is discussed. </p>
Open data and injuries in urban areas—A spatial analytical framework of Toronto using machine learning and spatial regressions
Authors: de Noronha Vaz Eric , Cusimano Michael D. , Bação Fernando , Damásio Bruno , Penfound Elissa 
Published: September 2023

<p>Injuries have become devastating and often under-recognized public health concerns. In Canada, injuries are the leading cause of potential years of life lost before the age of 65. The geographical patterns of injury, however, are evident both over space and time, suggesting the possibility of spatial optimization of policies at the neighborhood scale to mitigate injury risk, foster prevention, and control within metropolitan regions. In this paper, Canada’s National Ambulatory Care Reporting System is used to assess unintentional and intentional injuries for Toronto between 2004 and 2010, exploring the spatial relations of injury throughout the city, together with Wellbeing Toronto data. Corroborating with these findings, spatial autocorrelations at global and local levels are performed for the reported over 1.7 million injuries. The sub-categorization for Toronto’s neighborhood further distills the most vulnerable communities throughout the city, registering a robust spatial profile throughout. Individual neighborhoods pave the need for distinct policy profiles for injury prevention. This brings one of the main novelties of this contribution. A comparison of the three regression models is carried out. The findings suggest that the performance of spatial regression models is significantly stronger, showing evidence that spatial regressions should be used for injury research. Wellbeing Toronto data performs reasonably well in assessing unintentional injuries, morbidity, and falls. Less so to understand the dynamics of intentional injuries. The results enable a framework to allow tailor-made injury prevention initiatives at the neighborhood level as a vital source for planning and participatory decision making in the medical field in developed cities such as Toronto.</p>
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Does Land Use and Landscape Contribute to Self-Harm? A Sustainability Cities Framework
Authors: de Noronha Vaz Eric , Shaker Richard Ross , Cusimano Michael D. , Loures Luís , Arsanjani Jamal Jokar 
Published: September 2023

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<p>Self-harm has become one of the leading causes of mortality in developed countries. The overall rate for suicide in Canada is 11.3 per 100,000 according to Statistics Canada in 2015. Between 2000 and 2007 the lowest rates of suicide in Canada were in Ontario, one of the most urbanized regions in Canada. However, the interaction between land use, landscape and self-harm has not been significantly studied for urban cores. It is thus of relevance to understand the impacts of land-use and landscape on suicidal behavior. This paper takes a spatial analytical approach to assess the occurrence of self-harm along one of the densest urban cores in the country: Toronto. Individual self-harm data was gathered by the National Ambulatory Care System (NACRS) and geocoded into census tract divisions. Toronto’s urban landscape is quantified at spatial level through the calculation of its land use at different levels: (i) land use type, (ii) sprawl metrics relating to (a) dispersion and (b) sprawl/mix incidence; (iii) fragmentation metrics of (a) urban fragmentation and (b) density and (iv) demographics of (a) income and (b) age. A stepwise regression is built to understand the most influential factors leading to self-harm from this selection generating an explanatory model.</p>
Mumbai's business landscape: A spatial analytical approach to urbanisation
Authors: de Noronha Vaz Eric , Damásio Bruno , Bação Fernando , Kotha Mahender , Penfound Elissa , Rai Shailendra Kumar 
Published: September 2023

<p>India has proven to be one of the most diverse and dynamic economic regions in the world. Its industry focuses predominantly on the service sector and immediate economic growth seems to steer India into the economic superpower. India's unique business landscape is felt at a regional level, where massive urbanization has become an unavoidable consequence of population growth and spatial allocation to the economic hubs of metropolitan cities. Mumbai, one of the world's largest cities, represents a unique combination of a diverse economic landscape and the growth of a megacity. The role of Mumbai in India's growth is of crucial importance for India's business landscape. This paper explores the massive urbanization processes of Mumbai's peri-urban areas and compares urban sprawl with the location of its business landscape. A spatial accounting methodology based on the proximity of Mumbai's different economic hubs will be used to measure the underlying pattern of the Mumbai region, concerning past and present urbanization, and the effect of this urbanization process has on the possible location of businesses. This business-urban ecosystem perspective will be implemented by a spatial analysis on the correlation between urban compactness and urban footprints, in relation to business concentration and its spatiotemporal evolution over the last hundred years. </p>
No balanço das águas de Mareia
Authors: Uzêda André Luís Mourão de 
Published: September 2023

Resenha crítica do romence Mareia (2019), de Miriam Alves. A leitura parte de duas chaves de leitura para ressaltar o aspecto de reivindicação de uma reparação histórica para com a população negra de descendência africana que ainda hoje sofre com o racismo estrtutural em razão do regime colonial e escravagista. A primeira toma o diálogo indireto com os personagens do romance O cortiço (1890), de Aluísio Azevedo, mencionado pela própria autora em artigo de 2019. A segunda traça paralelo com a simbologia do mar na tradição nagô-yorubá representada pela figura arquetípica do Orixá feminino Yemanjá, senhora dos mares e oceanos. Ao final de nossa análise, pontuamos a necessária defesa de uma política de reparação histórica para com as populações negras e indígenas brasileiras relacionando-a com o papel fundamental a ser ocupado pela Educação Básica nesse projeto.
CRIANÇAS AUTORAS DE LITERATURA NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: EXPERIÊNCIAS SIGNIFICATIVAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA
Authors: Souza de Macedo Zappa Cristina 
Published: September 2023

Esse texto apresenta reflexões a respeito de um projeto realizado considerando o interesse, as curiosidades e as experiências de uma turma de Educação Infantil, com crianças de 5/6 anos de idade, no Centro de Referência em Educação Infantil Realengo (CREIR) do Colégio Pedro II, no Rio de Janeiro. O projeto desenvolvido desencadeou a construção de um livro literário escrito e ilustrado pelas próprias crianças dessa turma e intitulado: Como Viramos Detetives. Por conta de todo o percurso e história desse projeto, a turma passou a ser reconhecida como Turma Detetives e resolveu contar essa experiência em forma de um livro fazendo seu lançamento em uma Manhã de Autógrafos. Nessa práxis, afirmamos nosso compromisso, respeito e garantia com o que Candido (2004) chama de direito à Literatura e nesse escrito demonstramos que além do direto, a criança também pode produzir Literatura e se relacionar com a língua escrita de maneira contextualizada e significativa em oposição a sistematização desse ensino através de práticas mecânicas e descontextualizadas. Em simultâneo, consideramos o direito ao convívio com a natureza e na primeira página do livro, as crianças demonstram esse amor inato pela vida ao ar livre, de contato e respeito com nosso meio ambiente e com o desenrolar do projeto percebemos também a ampliação do sentimento de pertencimento das crianças pelo espaço escolar.
Educação de surdos no Brasil e Bilinguismo: um olhar sobre o tema.
Authors: Nordio Vera Aparecida , Neves Rogério da Costa 
Published: September 2023

RESUMO: O objetivo deste texto consiste em fazer um levantamento do processo histórico da educação de surdos no Brasil e introduzir elementos que cooperem para a reflexão sobre a complexidade do que temos entendido como bilinguismo, com enfoque para a relevância da Língua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS) no ensino de pessoas surdas e sua influência no processo formativo. É importante compreender que a educação de surdos no Brasil ficou historicamente inserida no campo da educação especial desde os seus primeiros registros e durante, praticamente, todo o século XX. Disputas ideológicas se fizeram presente e o debate sobre a língua ideal para a escolarização de surdos transitou entre a língua de sinais, o oralismo e a comunicação total. Somente nas últimas duas décadas desse século, o bilinguismo assumiu centralidade dos debates sobre educação de surdos e, desde então, vem se estabelecendo como uma tendência e influenciando a forma de se compreender a surdez, atualmente, nos estudos surdos, entendida a partir de um enfoque da diferença. Assim, através de fontes bibliográficas, a investigação se ocupará de apresentar os marcos essenciais da educação de surdos no Brasil, apresentar reflexões sobre a língua e a ausência de língua e evidenciar a relevância do bilinguismo na educação de surdos. Destacamos que esse artigo traz um recorte do referencial teórico da dissertação de mestrado intitulada “Uma investigação das expectativas de jovens surdos para a etapa final da educação básica: em discussão o ensino médio técnico integrado.”
A LEITURA DELEITE NOS PLANEJAMENTOS DE ALFABETIZADORAS INICIANTES
Authors: Ferreira Carmen Regina Gonçalves 
Published: September 2023

: O presente artigo visa apresentar dados referentes ao trabalho com a leitura nas salas de alfabetização com professoras que estão iniciando a carreira docente. O objetivo foi verificar se essas docentes utlizavam em suas ações pedagógicas a leitura deleite, aquela realizada pelo simples prazer de ler. Ao promover a inserção da leitura deleite como uma atividade permanente nas salas de alfabetização, os alunos podem perceber que em diversos momentos da vida cotidiana a leitura está presente com diferentes finalidades e uma delas é a leitura para o divertimento, para o bel-prazer. Esta é uma pesquisa qualitativa (BOGDAN & BIKLEN, 1994) que situa-se no campo da formação de professores por meio da metodologia pesquisa-formação (JOSSO, 2004), que reuniu um grupo de sete alfabetizadoras em encontros quinzenais para estudar e discutir diversas temáticas dentre elas, a leitura. Os dados aqui apresentados são oriundos de transcrições das gravações dos encontros e por meio das narrativas das alfabetizadoras, evidenciam que inexistiam espaços de leitura deleite em seus planejamentos para as turmas de alfabetização,pois acreditavam que as ações com a leitura deveriam estar sempre acompanhadas de uma atividade pedagógica de análise da língua ou aspectos relacionados à exploração estrutural do texto. Os dados sinalizaram que o desconhecimento de um arcabouço teórico mais amplo sobre as diversas formas de trabalho com a leitura no ciclo da alfabetização, pode prejudicar um trabalho com a leitura para além da exploração do texto em seus aspectos formais.