cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Health practitioners’ readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Creators: name: Hegarty, K
name: McKibbin, G
name: Hameed, Mohajer
name: Koziol-McLain, J
name: Feder, G
name: Tarzia, L
name: Hooker, Leesa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: Health practitioners play an important role in identifying and responding to domestic violence and abuse (DVA). Despite a large amount of evidence about barriers and facilitators influencing health practitioners’ care of survivors of DVA, evidence about their readiness to address DVA has not been synthesised. This article reports a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies exploring the research question: What do health practitioners perceive enhances their readiness to address domestic violence and abuse? Multiple data bases were searched in June 2018. Inclusion criteria included: qualitative design; population of health practitioners in clinical settings; and a focus on intimate partner violence. Two reviewers independently screened articles and findings from included papers were synthesised according to the method of thematic synthesis. Forty-seven articles were included in the final sample, spanning 41 individual studies, four systematic reviews and two theses between the years of 1992 and 2018; mostly from high income countries. Five themes were identified as enhancing readiness of health practitioners to address DVA: Having a commitment; Adopting an advocacy approach; Trusting the relationship; Collaborating with a team; and Being supported by the health system. We then propose a health practitioners’ readiness framework called the CATCH Model (Commitment, Advocacy, Trust, Collaboration, Health system support). Applying this model to health practitioners’ different readiness for change (using Stage of Change framework) allows us to tailor facilitating strategies in the health setting to enable greater readiness to deal with intimate partner abuse.
Διερεύνηση των αποδόσεων των μετοχών εισηγμένων εταιρειών του φαρμακευτικού κλάδου σε χώρες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης
Creators: name: Τσορακλίδης, Κωνσταντίνος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Φαρμακευτικός κλάδος
subject: Αποδόσεις μετοχών
subject: Εισηγμένες εταιρείες
subject: Χρηματιστήριο
subject: Έρευνα

description: Η παρούσα μελέτη ασχολείται με τη διερεύνηση των αποδόσεων των μετοχών έξι βιομηχανιών του φαρμακευτικού κλάδου, χρησιμοποιώντας το συντελεστή Beta του μοντέλου αποτίμησης περιουσιακών στοιχείων. Πρώτα περιγράφεται η λειτουργία και ο ρόλος των χρηματιστηριακών αγορών και έπειτα η ιστορική εξέλιξή τους, από το μεσαίωνα μέχρι τον 21ο αιώνα, ενώ ειδική αναφορά δίνεται στην εξέλιξη της χρηματιστηριακής αγοράς της Ευρώπης. Στη συνέχεια πραγματοποιείται μία ανάλυση της φαρμακοβιομηχανίας, με αναφορά στην εξέλιξη της στα πλαίσια της βοτανολογίας και της ιατρικής. Σε αυτό το σημείο παρουσιάζονται ιστορικά στοιχεία των έξι φαρμακοβιομηχανιών της ανάλυσης, με αναφορές στην έρευνα και την ανάπτυξη φαρμακευτικών προϊόντων, καθώς και στις συνεργασίες τους με άλλες εταιρείες και τις ποίκιλες συγχωνεύσεις και εξαγορές τους. Επιπλέον, αναλύονται βασικές έννοιες της θεωρίας χαρτοφυλακίων και παρουσιάζεται το μοντέλο αποτίμησης περιουσιακών στοιχείων (CAPM). Η μελέτη ολοκληρώνεται με την εμπειρική ανάλυση των αποδόσεων των μετοχών των επιχειρήσεων, συγκριτικά με τις αποδόσεις των δεικτών της αγοράς που υπάγονται. Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν ότι συνολικά, οι εισηγμένες Ευρωπαϊκές φαρμακοβιομηχανίες της ανάλυσης εμφάνισαν μικρότερη μεταβλητότητα και κίνδυνο από τους χρηματιστηριακούς δείκτες.
Health practitioners’ readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Creators: name: Hegarty, K
name: McKibbin, G
name: Hameed, M
name: Koziol-McLain, J
name: Feder, G
name: Tarzia, L
name: Hooker, Leesa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: Health practitioners play an important role in identifying and responding to domestic violence and abuse (DVA). Despite a large amount of evidence about barriers and facilitators influencing health practitioners’ care of survivors of DVA, evidence about their readiness to address DVA has not been synthesised. This article reports a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies exploring the research question: What do health practitioners perceive enhances their readiness to address domestic violence and abuse? Multiple data bases were searched in June 2018. Inclusion criteria included: qualitative design; population of health practitioners in clinical settings; and a focus on intimate partner violence. Two reviewers independently screened articles and findings from included papers were synthesised according to the method of thematic synthesis. Forty-seven articles were included in the final sample, spanning 41 individual studies, four systematic reviews and two theses between the years of 1992 and 2018; mostly from high income countries. Five themes were identified as enhancing readiness of health practitioners to address DVA: Having a commitment; Adopting an advocacy approach; Trusting the relationship; Collaborating with a team; and Being supported by the health system. We then propose a health practitioners’ readiness framework called the CATCH Model (Commitment, Advocacy, Trust, Collaboration, Health system support). Applying this model to health practitioners’ different readiness for change (using Stage of Change framework) allows us to tailor facilitating strategies in the health setting to enable greater readiness to deal with intimate partner abuse.
Abdominal CT Liver Parenchyma Segmentation Based on Particle Swarm Optimization
Creators: name: Gehad Ismail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80106 Image Processing

description: Image segmentation is an important task in the image processing fi eld. Effi cient segmentation of images considered important for further object recognition and classi fication. This paper presents a novel segmentation approach based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)and an adaptive Watershed algorithm. An application of liver CT imaging has been chosen and PSO approach has been applied to segment abdominal CT images. The experimental results show the e fficiency of the proposed approach and it obtains overall accuracy 94% of good liver extraction.
Mechanical Differences between Men and Women during Overground Load Carriage at Self-Selected Walking Speeds
Creators: name: Middleton, Kane
name: Vickery-Howe, Danielle
name: Dascombe, Ben
name: Clarke, Anthea
name: Wheat, Jonathan
name: McClelland, Jodie
name: Drain, Jace
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320299
subject: Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Few studies have directly compared physical responses to relative loading strategies between men and women during overground walking. This study aimed to compare gait mechanics of men and women during overground load carriage. A total of 30 participants (15 male, 15 female) completed three 10-min walking trials while carrying external loads of 0%, 20% and 40% of body mass at a self-selected walking speed. Lower-body motion and ground reaction forces were collected using a three-dimensional motion capture system and force plates, respectively. Female participants walked with a higher cadence (p = 0.002) and spent less absolute time in stance (p = 0.010) but had similar self-selected walking speed (p = 0.750), which was likely due to the female participants being shorter than the male participants. Except for ankle plantarflexion moments, there were no sex differences in spatiotemporal, kinematic, or kinetic variables (p > 0.05). Increasing loads resulted in significantly lower self-selected walking speed, greater stance time, and changes in all joint kinematics and kinetics across the gait cycle (p < 0.05). In conclusion, there were few differences between sexes in walking mechanics during overground load carriage. The changes identified in this study may inform training programs to increase load carriage performance.
Mechanical Differences between Men and Women during Overground Load Carriage at Self-Selected Walking Speeds
Creators: name: Middleton, Kane
name: Vickery-Howe, Danielle
name: Dascombe, Ben
name: Clarke, Anthea
name: Wheat, Jon
name: McClelland, Jodie
name: Drain, Jace
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 320299
subject: Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Few studies have directly compared physical responses to relative loading strategies between men and women during overground walking. This study aimed to compare gait mechanics of men and women during overground load carriage. A total of 30 participants (15 male, 15 female) completed three 10-min walking trials while carrying external loads of 0%, 20% and 40% of body mass at a self-selected walking speed. Lower-body motion and ground reaction forces were collected using a three-dimensional motion capture system and force plates, respectively. Female participants walked with a higher cadence (p = 0.002) and spent less absolute time in stance (p = 0.010) but had similar self-selected walking speed (p = 0.750), which was likely due to the female participants being shorter than the male participants. Except for ankle plantarflexion moments, there were no sex differences in spatiotemporal, kinematic, or kinetic variables (p > 0.05). Increasing loads resulted in significantly lower self-selected walking speed, greater stance time, and changes in all joint kinematics and kinetics across the gait cycle (p < 0.05). In conclusion, there were few differences between sexes in walking mechanics during overground load carriage. The changes identified in this study may inform training programs to increase load carriage performance.
French at Early Level: A Pilot Study
Creators: name: SCILT Scotland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This article describes the planning and implementation of a pilot study of teaching French to Early Level Learners. It discusses suitable pedagogy and resources for teaching a language at this level. In particular it demonstrates the importance of contextualising language learning and involving young learners in multi-sensorial activities. The benefits of creating a theme around stories and songs to learn a language are also discussed. This article shares practitioner’s opinions about their involvement in delivering language teaching and how they envisage their role in future provision.
Neuroforamen stenosis remains a challenge in conventional computed tomography and new dual-energy techniques
Creators: name: Ditges, Ann-Kathrin
name: Diekhoff, Torsten
name: Engelhard, Nils
name: Muellner, Maximilian
name: Pumberger, Matthias
name: Schömig, Friederike
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: computed tomography
subject: dual-energy techniques
subject: Neuroforamen stenosis
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Lumbar foraminal stenosis may be caused by osseous and soft tissue structures. Thus, both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a role in the diagnostic algorithm. Recently, dual-energy CT (DECT) has been introduced for the detection of spinal disorders. Our study's aim was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of collagen-sensitive maps derived from DECT in detecting lumbar foraminal stenosis compared with standard CT and MRI. We retrospectively reviewed CT, DECT, and MRI datasets in patients with vertebral fractures between January 2015 and February 2017. Images were scored for presence and type of lumbar neuroforaminal stenosis. Contingency tables were calculated to determine diagnostic accuracy and interrater agreement was evaluated. 612 neuroforamina in 51 patients were included. Intraclass correlation coefficients for interrater reliability in detecting foraminal stenoses were 0.778 (95%-CI 0.643-0.851) for DECT, 0.769 (95%-CI 0.650-0.839) for CT, and 0.820 (95%-CI 0.673-0.888) for MRI. Both DECT and conventional CT showed good diagnostic accuracy in detecting lumbar foraminal stenosis but low sensitivities in detecting discoid stenosis. Thus, even though previous studies suggest that DECT has high diagnostic accuracy in assessing lumbar disc pathologies, we show that DECT does not provide additional information for detecting discoid stenosis compared with conventional CT.
Self- and Peer-Assessment
Creators: name: SCILT Scotland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This paper is an explanation and clarification of the Self- and Peer-Assessment procedures which have evolved in the Modern Languages Department at Linwood High School. It shows the culmination of months of trials, variations, adaptations and developments until we finally settled on the current model. It is by no means an exhaustive account of the hours of informal discussions we had within and outwith the department and care has been taken to explain why it works in our context.
Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates are increased in chronically exercised skeletal muscle despite decreased anabolic signaling
Creators: name: Langer, Henning T.
name: West, Daniel
name: Senden, Joan
name: Spuler, Simone
name: Loon, Luc J. C. Van
name: Baar, Keith
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: skeletal muscle
subject: chronically exercised
subject: Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The molecular responses to acute resistance exercise are well characterized. However, how cellular signals change over time to modulate chronic adaptations to more prolonged exercise training is less well understood. We investigated anabolic signaling and muscle protein synthesis rates at several time points after acute and chronic eccentric loading. Adult rat tibialis anterior muscle was stimulated for six sets of ten repetitions, and the muscle was collected at 0 h, 6 h, 18 h and 48 h. In the last group of animals, 48 h after the first exercise bout a second bout was conducted, and the muscle was collected 6 h later (54 h total). In a second experiment, rats were exposed to four exercise sessions over the course of 2 weeks. Anabolic signaling increased robustly 6 h after the first bout returning to baseline between 18 and 48 h. Interestingly, 6 h after the second bout mTORC1 activity was significantly lower than following the first bout. In the chronically exercised rats, we found baseline anabolic signaling was decreased, whereas myofibrillar protein synthesis (MPS) was substantially increased, 48 h after the last bout of exercise. The increase in MPS occurred in the absence of changes to muscle fiber size or mass. In conclusion, we find that anabolic signaling is already diminished after the second bout of acute resistance type exercise. Further, chronic exposure to resistance type exercise training results in decreased basal anabolic signaling but increased overall MPS rates.
Reflections on the Modern Languages Excellence Report of 2011: Increasing Classroom Language as a First Step towards Communicative Competence
Creators: name: SCILT Scotland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: What exactly is meant by the term ‘classroom language'? Why are language teachers in Scotland exhorted to do more to implement curricular guidelines in this respect, even though it is not an element that is tested? How might teachers develop their language programmes to accommodate greater use of classroom language? More importantly, how do we persuade our learners to actively use the target language for their daily interactions in the classroom? The author reflects on these and other related questions arising from a re-reading of the Modern Languages Excellence Report, published by Scottish Government in 2011.
The use of early warning system scores in prehospital and emergency department settings to predict clinical deterioration: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Creators: name: Guan, Gigi
name: Lee, Crystal Man Ying
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Crombie, Angela
name: Mnatzaganian, George
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: BACKGROUND: It is unclear which Early Warning System (EWS) score best predicts in-hospital deterioration of patients when applied in the Emergency Department (ED) or prehospital setting. METHODS: This systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis assessed the predictive abilities of five commonly used EWS scores (National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and its updated version NEWS2, Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), Rapid Acute Physiological Score (RAPS), and Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (CART)). Outcomes of interest included admission to intensive care unit (ICU), and 3-to-30-day mortality following hospital admission. Using DerSimonian and Laird random-effects models, pooled estimates were calculated according to the EWS score cut-off points, outcomes, and study setting. Risk of bias was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Meta-regressions investigated between-study heterogeneity. Funnel plots tested for publication bias. The SR is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020191254). RESULTS: Overall, 11,565 articles were identified, of which 20 were included. In the ED setting, MEWS, and NEWS at cut-off points of 3, 4, or 6 had similar pooled diagnostic odds ratios (DOR) to predict 30-day mortality, ranging from 4.05 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.35-6.99) to 6.48 (95% CI 1.83-22.89), p = 0.757. MEWS at a cut-off point ≥3 had a similar DOR when predicting ICU admission (5.54 (95% CI 2.02-15.21)). MEWS ≥5 and NEWS ≥7 had DORs of 3.05 (95% CI 2.00-4.65) and 4.74 (95% CI 4.08-5.50), respectively, when predicting 30-day mortality in patients presenting with sepsis in the ED. In the prehospital setting, the EWS scores significantly predicted 3-day mortality but failed to predict 30-day mortality. CONCLUSION: EWS scores' predictability of clinical deterioration is improved when the score is applied to patients treated in the hospital setting. However, the high thresholds used and the failure of the scores to predict 30-day mortality make them less suited for use in the prehospital setting.
The use of early warning system scores in prehospital and emergency department settings to predict clinical deterioration: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Creators: name: Guan, Gigi
name: Lee, Crystal Man Ying
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Crombie, Angela
name: Mnatzaganian, George
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: BACKGROUND: It is unclear which Early Warning System (EWS) score best predicts in-hospital deterioration of patients when applied in the Emergency Department (ED) or prehospital setting. METHODS: This systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis assessed the predictive abilities of five commonly used EWS scores (National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and its updated version NEWS2, Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), Rapid Acute Physiological Score (RAPS), and Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (CART)). Outcomes of interest included admission to intensive care unit (ICU), and 3-to-30-day mortality following hospital admission. Using DerSimonian and Laird random-effects models, pooled estimates were calculated according to the EWS score cut-off points, outcomes, and study setting. Risk of bias was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Meta-regressions investigated between-study heterogeneity. Funnel plots tested for publication bias. The SR is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020191254). RESULTS: Overall, 11,565 articles were identified, of which 20 were included. In the ED setting, MEWS, and NEWS at cut-off points of 3, 4, or 6 had similar pooled diagnostic odds ratios (DOR) to predict 30-day mortality, ranging from 4.05 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.35-6.99) to 6.48 (95% CI 1.83-22.89), p = 0.757. MEWS at a cut-off point ≥3 had a similar DOR when predicting ICU admission (5.54 (95% CI 2.02-15.21)). MEWS ≥5 and NEWS ≥7 had DORs of 3.05 (95% CI 2.00-4.65) and 4.74 (95% CI 4.08-5.50), respectively, when predicting 30-day mortality in patients presenting with sepsis in the ED. In the prehospital setting, the EWS scores significantly predicted 3-day mortality but failed to predict 30-day mortality. CONCLUSION: EWS scores' predictability of clinical deterioration is improved when the score is applied to patients treated in the hospital setting. However, the high thresholds used and the failure of the scores to predict 30-day mortality make them less suited for use in the prehospital setting.
Gender differences in frailty transition and its prediction in community-dwelling old adults
Creators: name: Mielke, Nina
name: Schneider, Alice
name: Huscher, Dörte
name: Ebert, Natalie
name: Schaeffner, Elke
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: frailty transition
subject: gender differences
subject: old adults
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Frailty is very common in old age and often associated with adverse events. Transitioning between frailty states is possible in both directions (improvement and worsening) offering targets for interventions. Frailty is more prevalent in women, but little is known about the impact of gender on frailty transition. The aim of this study is to identify gender differences for frailty transition in older adults and to develop gender-stratified prognostic prediction models for frailty transition. We performed a longitudinal analyses of the Berlin Initiative (cohort) Study with a frailty follow-up of 2.1 years. Description of frailty transition using the frailty phenotype and development of prognostic prediction models using multivariable logistic regressions for transition (improvement or worsening) stratified by gender following the TRIPOD statement were performed. In total, the study population consisted of 1158 community-dwelling adults with a mean age of 84.4 years and of whom 55% were women. Out of 1158 participants 225 (19%) were robust, 532 (46%) prefrail and 401 (35%) frail. After 2.1 (IQR 2.0-2.3) years, half of the participants had transitioned between frailty states. Men worsened more often and those who were already frail died more often than women. Gender-stratified prediction models for frailty transition demonstrated that some predictors (age, self-rated health, cognitive impairment, baseline frailty status) were included in all models. While stroke, diabetes mellitus, smoking and glomerular filtration rate were unique predictors in the models for females, osteoarthritis, hospitalization and education were predictors in the models for males. There are gender differences in frailty transition rates, patterns and prediction. This supports the importance of considering gender when addressing frailty and targeting interventions in old age.
Community Outreach in an International School: The Chaoyang English Project
Creators: name: SCILT Scotland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Community outreach projects have been integral to the work of international schools for many years. Outreach programs do not, however, always achieve the lofty goals they aim for. Beijing BISS International School is one school modelling investment in the local community through a unique English language teacher-training program called the Chaoyang English Project. This paper will introduce the project in the context of service to the host community and explore some of the associated opportunities and benefits.
‘The Drug Survey App’: a protocol for developing and validating an interactive population survey tool for drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Creators: name: Conigrave, JH
name: Wilson, S
name: Conigrave, KM
name: Chikritzhs, T
name: Hayman, N
name: Dawson, A
name: Ali, R
name: Perry, J
name: Fitts, MS
name: Degenhardt, L
name: Doyle, M
name: Egert, S
name: Slade, T
name: Ezard, N
name: Dzidowska, M
name: Lee, Kylie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Background: Disadvantage and transgenerational trauma contribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians being more likely to experience adverse health consequences from alcohol and other drug use than non-Indigenous peoples. Addressing these health inequities requires local monitoring of alcohol and other drug use. While culturally appropriate methods for measuring drinking patterns among Indigenous Australians have been established, no similar methods are available for measuring other drug use patterns (amount and frequency of consumption). This paper describes a protocol for creating and validating a tablet-based survey for alcohol and other drugs (“The Drug Survey App”). Methods: The Drug Survey App will be co-designed with stakeholders including Indigenous Australian health professionals, addiction specialists, community leaders, and researchers. The App will allow participants to describe their drug use flexibly with an interactive, visual interface. The validity of estimated consumption patterns, and risk assessments will be tested against those made in clinical interviews conducted by Indigenous Australian health professionals. We will then trial the App as a population survey tool by using the App to determine the prevalence of substance use in two Indigenous communities. Discussion: The App could empower Indigenous Australian communities to conduct independent research that informs local prevention and treatment efforts.
Motor signature of autism spectrum disorder in adults without intellectual impairment
Creators: name: Cho, An Bin
name: Otte, Karen
name: Baskow, Irina
name: Ehlen, Felicitas
name: Maslahati, Tolou
name: Mansow-Model, Sebastian
name: Schmitz-Hübsch, Tanja
name: Behnia, Behnoush
name: Roepke, Stefan
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: autism spectrum disorder
subject: adults
subject: motor signature
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Motor signs such as dyspraxia and abnormal gait are characteristic features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, motor behavior in adults with ASD has scarcely been quantitatively characterized. In this pilot study, we aim to quantitatively examine motor signature of adults with ASD without intellectual impairment using marker-less visual-perceptive motion capture. 82 individuals (37 ASD and 45 healthy controls, HC) with an IQ > 85 and aged 18 to 65 years performed nine movement tasks and were filmed by a 3D-infrared camera. Anatomical models were quantified via custom-made software and resulting kinematic parameters were compared between individuals with ASD and HCs. Furthermore, the association between specific motor behaviour and severity of autistic symptoms (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2, Autism Spectrum Quotient) was explored. Adults with ASD showed a greater mediolateral deviation while walking, greater sway during normal, tandem and single leg stance, a reduced walking speed and cadence, a greater arrhythmicity during jumping jack tasks and an impaired manual dexterity during finger tapping tasks (p < 0.05 and |D|> 0.48) compared to HC. Furthermore, in the ASD group, some of these parameters correlated moderately to severity of ASD symptoms. Adults with ASD seem to display a specific motor signature in this disorder affecting movement timing and aspects of balance. The data appear to reinforce knowledge about motor signs reported in children and adolescents with ASD. Also, quantitative motor assessment via visual-perceptive computing may be a feasible instrument to detect subtle motor signs in ASD and perhaps suitable in the diagnosis of ASD in the future.
Learner Uptake and Attainment in Scotland: A Response Focusing on Gaelic and Urdu
Creators: name: SCILT Scotland
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This article responds to Scott’s “Modern Languages in Scotland: Learner Uptake and Attainment 1996-2014” (Scott, 2015) and considers how a theoretical framework derived from the field of Language Policy and Planning can deepen our understanding of trends in uptake and attainment for Modern Languages in secondary. Using the examples of Gaelic (including Gàidhlig and Gaelic [Learners] Education) and Urdu at secondary school, this article re-contextualises attainment data and places them into a broader discussion of capacity structures and the potential impact that status (including policy and prestige) has on student choices in secondary.
Introduction of Lazy Luna an automatic software-driven multilevel comparison of ventricular function quantification in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
Creators: name: Hadler, Thomas
name: Wetzl, Jens
name: Lange, Steffen
name: Geppert, Christian
name: Fenski, Max
name: Abazi, Endri
name: Gröschel, Jan
name: Ammann, Clemens
name: Wenson, Felix
name: Töpper, Agnieszka
name: Däuber, Sascha
name: Schulz-Menger, Jeanette
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
subject: ventricular function
subject: Lazy Luna
subject: multilevel comparison
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard for cardiac function assessment. Quantification of clinical results (CR) requires precise segmentation. Clinicians statistically compare CRs to ensure reproducibility. Convolutional Neural Network developers compare their results via metrics. Aim: Introducing software capable of automatic multilevel comparison. A multilevel analysis covering segmentations and CRs builds on a generic software backend. Metrics and CRs are calculated with geometric accuracy. Segmentations and CRs are connected to track errors and their effects. An interactive GUI makes the software accessible to different users. The software's multilevel comparison was tested on a use case based on cardiac function assessment. The software shows good reader agreement in CRs and segmentation metrics (Dice > 90%). Decomposing differences by cardiac position revealed excellent agreement in midventricular slices: > 90% but poorer segmentations in apical (> 71%) and basal slices (> 74%). Further decomposition by contour type locates the largest millilitre differences in the basal right cavity (> 3 ml). Visual inspection shows these differences being caused by different basal slice choices. The software illuminated reader differences on several levels. Producing spreadsheets and figures concerning metric values and CR differences was automated. A multilevel reader comparison is feasible and extendable to other cardiac structures in the future.
Sustainable supply chain finance through digital platforms: a pathway to green entrepreneurship
Creators: name: Reza-Gharehbagh, Raziyeh
name: Asian, Sobhan
name: Hafezalkotob, Ashkan
name: Makui, Ahmad
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: AbstractThis paper studies the green new product development (GNPD) problem of a risk-averse capital constrained supply chain (SC). The SC is managed by an SME entrepreneur, seeking financial support from a multi-sided FinTech platform (MSP) to develop a portfolio of green and non-green products. The MSP offers the SC a combination of equity financing (EF) and debt financing (DF) facilities and must decide on the interest rate of its DF facility. Using a benchmark model, we first characterize the SC’s production and the MSP’s financing decisions under a deregulated scenario. Focusing on an alternative case with government intervention (i.e., hybrid environmental-green entrepreneurship policy), we next develop a three-level game theoretical model and sequentially characterize the decision-making behavior of government, MSP, and SC. The model outcomes are analyzed by considering the policy approach (i.e., economic influence vs. social welfare) and the platform’s risk attitude. The results reveal that, when coupled with an appropriate government intervention policy, a regulated scenario leads to a better outcome, particularly when the MSP is risk-neutral and strikes a right balance between the EF and DF. The win–win situation may not be realized when the MSP is risk-averse and the host government is merely focused on its economic influence. To successfully promote sustainable supply chain finance (SSCF) through digital platforms, policy makers are urged to leverage their legislative power and prioritize green entrepreneurship and social welfare over their financial maximization agenda.
A prospective randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of music on patients’ anxiety in venous catheter placement procedures
Creators: name: Fleckenstein, Florian Nima
name: Böhm, Agnes Klara
name: Collettini, Federico
name: Frisch, Anne
name: Lüdemann, Willie Magnus
name: Can, Elif
name: Gebauer, Bernhard
name: Jonczyk, Martin
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: venous catheter placement procedures
subject: anxiety
subject: effect of music
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of music on anxiety levels compared to standard patient care in patients undergoing venous catheter placement procedures. This prospective randomized controlled trial included patients undergoing placement procedures for peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC), ports and central venous catheters (CVC). Patients were randomly assigned to a music intervention group (MIG) and a control group (CTRL). State and trait anxiety levels were assessed as primary outcome using the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) before and after the procedures. Secondary outcomes comprised averaged heart rate for all participants and time of radiological surveillance for port placement procedures exclusively. 72 participants were included into the final analysis (MIG n = 40; CTRL n = 32). All procedures were successful and no major complications were reported. Mean levels for post-interventional anxieties were significantly lower in the MIG compared to the CTRL (34.9 +/- 8.9 vs. 44 +/- 12.1; p < 0.001). Mean heart rate in the MIG was significantly lower than in the CTRL (76.1 +/- 13.7 vs. 93 +/- 8.9; p < 0.001). Procedure time for port implantation was significantly longer in the MIG by 3 min 45 s (p = 0.031). Music exposure during central venous catheter placement procedures highly significantly reduces anxiety and stress levels and can be used to improve patients' overall experience in the angio suite.
title: Barrierefreie Verkehrsplanung in Österreich mit Fallbeispielen zum öffentlichen Verkehr in Wien
Creators: name: Lemmerer, Helmut
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: Barrierfreiheit
Öffentlicher Verkehr

description: Gastvortrag (online) im Rahmen der Veranstaltung "Barrierefreiheit in der Planung" an der Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Hepatitis C cure as a ‘gathering’: Attending to the social and material relations of hepatitis C treatment
Creators: name: Farrugia, Adrian
name: Fomiatti, Renae
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Moore, David
name: Michael, Edwards
name: Birbilis, Elizabeth
name: Treloar, Carla
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 441099
subject: Sociology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: No description supplied
Sofia Deannisa- Representation Of The Meaning Of Fear Of Loss Through Line Without A Hook Song Lyrics – Ricky Montgomery
Creators: name: Deannisa, Sofia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Meaning, Lyrics song, Taste, Semiotics, Connotation

description: These research phrases describe loss often ignored even very rarely disclosed to the people we dear. On the lyrics songs that have The title Line Without A Hook, popularized by Ricky Montgomery, are phrases implied that describe fear loss Purpose from the study this is for focus to on how the meaning of fear implied loss in one the western song. Study about study meaning implied this use method study qualitative for criticizing representation meaning of fear described loss by implied in the song that's the moment it's popular among child young on social media because strains nice music for heard. the Researcher will analyze the meaning of the lyrics song with the use study Roland Barthes's semiotics through data that has been obtained. Study results meaning implied through song This is the sense of fear and destruction in self if lost a loved one as well as need a loved one the for always accompany.
Overview of PPMI iPSC Line Offerings
Creators: name: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: As patient-derived cells present a valuable model for disease research, iPSCs were generated within a sub-study of the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI). PBMCs were reprogrammed into iPSCs by Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) and deposited in the PPMI Indiana University (IU) biorepository. Gene-revertant controls with mutations edited back to WT were generated by PPMI iPSC recipients and deposited back in the biorepository for community access, as per PPMI policy. Quality control testing was performed at CDI, including karyotype analysis, identity confirmation (genotyping of 38 SNPs), pluripotency testing (gene expression of 48 mRNAs), and mycoplasma testing. Each patient who contributed PBMCs also contributed clinical, imaging, and biosample data. This document provides an overview of the PPMI iPSCs available, sorting by Parkinson's disease diagnosis and genetic status, with information on the number of lines available and availability of gene-revertant controls for lines within the PD genetic cohorts.
FAIR Data:  Make your research data its own research output and get credit for it!
Creators: name: Stall, Shelley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: FAIR Data
FAIR Software
Open Science

description: Presented at George Mason University's Geology Seminar Series for the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences 

https://science.gmu.edu/academics/departments-units/atmospheric-oceanic-earth-sciences/aoes-seminars
Additional file 1 of Epidemiology of schizophrenia and its management over 8-years period using real-world data in Spain
Creators: name: A. Orrico-Sánchez
name: M. López-Lacort
name: C. Muñoz-Quiles
name: G. Sanfélix-Gimeno
name: J. Díez-Domingo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Including information about all active ingredients included in each antipsychotic family (LAI First-Generation, OA First-Generation, LAI Second-Generation and OA Second-Generation).
Hepatitis C cure as a ‘gathering’: Attending to the social and material relations of hepatitis C treatment
Creators: name: Farrugia, Adrian
name: Fomiatti, Renae
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Moore, David
name: Michael, Edwards
name: Birbilis, Elizabeth
name: Treloar, Carla
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 441099
subject: Sociology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: No description supplied
The Blitz Canvas: A Business Model Innovation Framework for Software Startups
Creators: name: Shanbhag, Narendranath
name: Pardede, Eric
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 460999
subject: Information systems not elsewhere classified

description: Software startups are temporary organizations created with the purpose of bringing a profitable business idea to life. In the initial stages, the commercial viability of any product concept is yet to be proven and until the startup can generate revenue, resources are always in short supply. To this end, this research proposes a process-oriented, competition-aware, metric-driven business model development and innovation framework. The proposed framework is designed to aid this process, by supporting the creation and validation of the business model. A web-based tool is created to demonstrate the working of the proposed model and validation is performed using survey data collected from the usage experience of participants. The data is used to evaluate the research questions and the ability of the proposed framework to overcome the shortcomings of the business model canvas. The results showed that the tool (and by extension, the framework) made the task of business model creation a quick and easy process, while at the same time covering all the required areas to create a holistic business model. The framework contributes to startup success by creating a structured approach to business development, helping to visualize the avenues for product differentiation and planning growth.
Abdominal CT Liver Parenchyma Segmentation Based on Particle Swarm Optimization
Creators: name: Gehad Ismail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Image segmentation is an important task in the image processing field. Efficient segmentation of images considered important for further object recognition and classification. This paper presents a novel segmentation approach based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and an adaptive Watershed algorithm. An application of liver CT imaging has been chosen and PSO approach has been applied to segment abdominal CT images. The experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed approach and it obtains overall accuracy 94% of good liver extraction.
Detection of Breast Abnormalities of Thermograms based on a New Segmentation Method
Creators: name: Gehad Ismail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Breast cancer is one from various diseases that hasgot great attention in the last decades. This due to the number of women who died because of this disease. Segmentation is always an important step in developing a CAD system. This paper proposed an automatic segmentation method for the Region of Interest (ROI) from breast thermograms. This method is based on the data acquisition protocol parameter (the distance from the patient to the camera) and the image statistics of DMR-IR database. To evaluated the results of this method, an approach for the detection of breast abnormalities of thermograms was also proposed. Statistical and texture features from the segmented ROI were extracted and the SVM with its kernel function was used to detect the normal and abnormal breasts based on these features. The experimental results, using the benchmark database, DMR-IR, shown that the classification accuracy reached (100%). Also, using the measurements of the recall and the precision, the classification results reached 100%. This means that the proposed segmentation method is a promising technique for extracting the ROI of breast thermograms.
Inventory of Supporting Information.pdf
Creators: name: Lidströmer, Niklas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420302
subject: Digital health
classificationCode: 420305
subject: Health and community services
classificationCode: 420306
subject: Health care administration
classificationCode: 420308
subject: Health informatics and information systems
classificationCode: 420309
subject: Health management
classificationCode: 420311
subject: Health systems
classificationCode: 420399
subject: Health services and systems not elsewhere classified

description: This is the Inventory of Supporting Information file for the article:Lidströmer et al, Systematic review and meta-analysis for a Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC), Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46503-5.
Particularities of orthodontic treatment and orthognathic surgery in individuals with Apert Syndrome: a scoping review
Creators: name: Yaedú, Renato Yassutaka Faria
name: Da Silveira, Isabela Toledo Teixeira
name: Terrero-Pérez, Ángel
name: Peralta-Mamani, Mariela
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Other Dentistry
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Orthodontics and Orthodontology
subject: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Apert syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly, affecting between 1 in 55,000 and 90,900 live births, and is associated with mutations in paternal alleles, often related to the father's increasing age. Asian patients have a higher prevalence (22.3 per million live births) compared to Hispanic patients. The syndrome is characterized by retrusion of the middle third of the face, anomalies in the hands and feet, airway obstruction, breathing, eating and speech problems, and obstructive sleep apnea, in addition to cardiovascular changes and anomalies in craniofacial morphology. These characteristics result in exophthalmos, hypertelorism, maxillary retrusion and a series of dental and skeletal complications. Management involves orthodontic treatment and orthognathic surgery, such as LeFort III osteotomy and surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion. However, the literature offers little information about the specific treatment of these patients, and long-term follow-up is essential due to the risk of recurrence. Therefore, studying Apert syndrome and orthognathic interventions is essential to better understand the factors that contribute to postoperative recurrence and improve therapeutic approaches.