cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Estimating methane coefficients to predict the environmental impact of traits in the Australian dairy breeding program
Creators: name: Richardson, Maria Regina Caeli
name: Amer, PR
name: Hely, FS
name: van den Berg, I
name: Pryce, Jennie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The dairy industry has been scrutinized for the environmental impact associated with rearing and maintaining cattle for dairy production. There are 3 possible opportunities to reduce emissions through genetic selection: (1) a direct methane trait, (2) a reduction in replacements, and (3) an increase in productivity. Our aim was to estimate the independent effects of traits in the Australian National Breeding Objective on the gross methane production and methane intensity (EI) of the Australian dairy herd of average genetic potential. Based on similar published research, the traits determined to have an effect on emissions include production, fertility, survival, health, and feed efficiency. The independent effect of each trait on the gross emissions produced per animal due to genetic improvement and change in EI due to genetic improvement (intensity value, IV) were estimated and compared. Based on an average Australian dairy herd, the gross emissions emitted per cow per year were 4,297.86 kg of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2-eq). The annual product output, expressed in protein equivalents (protein-eq), and EI per cow were 339.39 kg of protein-eq and 12.67 kg of CO2-eq/kg of protein-eq, respectively. Of the traits included in the National Breeding Objective, genetic progress in survival and feed saved were consistently shown to result in a favorable environmental impact. Conversely, production traits had an unfavorable environmental impact when considering gross emissions, and favorable when considering EI. Fertility had minimal impact as its effects were primarily accounted for through survival. Mastitis resistance only affected IV coefficients and to a very limited extent. These coefficients may be used in selection indexes to apply emphasis on traits based on their environmental impact, as well as applied by governments and stakeholders to track trends in industry emissions. Although initiatives are underway to develop breeding values to reduce methane by combining small methane data sets internationally, alternative options to reduce emissions by utilizing selection indexes should be further explored.
Machine learning regression analysis for estimation of crop emergence using multispectral uav imagery
Creators: name: Banerjee, BP
name: Sharma, Vikas
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Kant, Surya
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 37
subject: Earth sciences
classificationCode: 3701
subject: Atmospheric sciences
classificationCode: 3709
subject: Physical geography and environmental geoscience
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 4013
subject: Geomatic engineering

description: Optimal crop emergence is an important trait in crop breeding for genotypic screening and for achieving potential growth and yield. Emergence is conventionally quantified manually by counting the sub-sections of field plots or scoring; these are less reliable, laborious and inefficient. Remote sensing technology is being increasingly used for high-throughput estimation of agronomic traits in field crops. This study developed a method for estimating wheat seedlings using multispectral images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle. A machine learning regression (MLR) analysis was used by combining spectral and morphological information extracted from the multispectral images. The approach was tested on diverse wheat genotypes varying in seedling emergence. In this study, three supervised MLR models including regression trees, support vector regression and Gaussian process regression (GPR) were evaluated for estimating wheat seedling emergence. The GPR model was the most effective compared to the other methods, with R2 = 0.86, RMSE = 4.07 and MAE = 3.21 when correlated to the manual seedling count. In addition, imagery data collected at multiple flight altitudes and different wheat growth stages suggested that 10 m altitude and 20 days after sowing were desirable for optimal spatial resolution and image analysis. The method is deployable on larger field trials and other crops for effective and reliable seedling emergence estimates.
IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS
Creators: name: Odilov, Khamidillo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In the article, the reforms carried out in connection with the organization of small business and private entrepreneurship in our country and its effective management and development, the establishment of small industrial zones in the regions, and through this, providing employment to the unemployed population living in rural areas, as well as the issues of increasing the population's income, are highlighted.
Machine learning regression analysis for estimation of crop emergence using multispectral uav imagery
Creators: name: Banerjee, BP
name: Sharma, V
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Kant, Surya
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Optimal crop emergence is an important trait in crop breeding for genotypic screening and for achieving potential growth and yield. Emergence is conventionally quantified manually by counting the sub-sections of field plots or scoring; these are less reliable, laborious and inefficient. Remote sensing technology is being increasingly used for high-throughput estimation of agronomic traits in field crops. This study developed a method for estimating wheat seedlings using multispectral images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle. A machine learning regression (MLR) analysis was used by combining spectral and morphological information extracted from the multispectral images. The approach was tested on diverse wheat genotypes varying in seedling emergence. In this study, three supervised MLR models including regression trees, support vector regression and Gaussian process regression (GPR) were evaluated for estimating wheat seedling emergence. The GPR model was the most effective compared to the other methods, with R2 = 0.86, RMSE = 4.07 and MAE = 3.21 when correlated to the manual seedling count. In addition, imagery data collected at multiple flight altitudes and different wheat growth stages suggested that 10 m altitude and 20 days after sowing were desirable for optimal spatial resolution and image analysis. The method is deployable on larger field trials and other crops for effective and reliable seedling emergence estimates.
Reducing Peak Energy Demand among Residents Who Are Not Billed for Their Electricity Consumption: Experimental Evaluation of Behaviour Change Interventions in a University Setting
Creators: name: Jorgensen, Bradley
name: Fumei, Sarah
name: Byrne, Graeme
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics
classificationCode: 3801
subject: Applied economics

description: Behaviour change interventions aiming to reduce household energy consumption are regarded as an effective means to address disparities between demand and supply and reduce emissions. Less recognised is their success in shifting consumers’ energy consumption from peak demand periods to off-peak times of the day. This study reports two experiments that test the effect of feedback and reminder notifications on energy consumption in university halls-of-residence. A quasi-experiment and a randomised controlled experiment were conducted with residential students to evaluate behaviour change interventions aimed at reducing daily peak and critical peak demand, respectively. The results of Experiment One (n = 143) demonstrated significant reductions in the energy use of the treatment group relative to the control. On average, the treatment group’s energy use was 12.4 per cent lower than their pre-intervention baseline. In Experiment Two (n = 88), normative elements of the intervention were supplemented with a reminder notification prior to the onset of the simulated critical peak demand period. The results showed that, relative to the control condition, the 8-h notification reduced demand by 20% on average with a 12% decrease for the 24-h notification (with 2-h follow-up). These results indicate that peak energy issues can be alleviated using low-cost and easily implemented behaviour change strategies.
Reducing Peak Energy Demand among Residents Who Are Not Billed for Their Electricity Consumption: Experimental Evaluation of Behaviour Change Interventions in a University Setting
Creators: name: Jorgensen, Bradley S
name: Fumei, Sarah
name: Byrne, Graeme
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Behaviour change interventions aiming to reduce household energy consumption are regarded as an effective means to address disparities between demand and supply and reduce emissions. Less recognised is their success in shifting consumers’ energy consumption from peak demand periods to off-peak times of the day. This study reports two experiments that test the effect of feedback and reminder notifications on energy consumption in university halls-of-residence. A quasi-experiment and a randomised controlled experiment were conducted with residential students to evaluate behaviour change interventions aimed at reducing daily peak and critical peak demand, respectively. The results of Experiment One (n = 143) demonstrated significant reductions in the energy use of the treatment group relative to the control. On average, the treatment group’s energy use was 12.4 per cent lower than their pre-intervention baseline. In Experiment Two (n = 88), normative elements of the intervention were supplemented with a reminder notification prior to the onset of the simulated critical peak demand period. The results showed that, relative to the control condition, the 8-h notification reduced demand by 20% on average with a 12% decrease for the 24-h notification (with 2-h follow-up). These results indicate that peak energy issues can be alleviated using low-cost and easily implemented behaviour change strategies.
Data of specimens studied
Creators: name: Toulzac, Megan
name: Methlouthi, Mériem
name: Perrard, Adrien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Supplentary material. Table S1.  Data of specimens studied. From: Toulzac, M., M. Methlouthi & A. Perrard (2022). Soda maker for field anesthesia as a step towards a non-lethal identification of wild bees and other flower visitors. Osmia, 10: 25–34. https://doi.org/10.47446/OSMIA10.3
Forming and supporting circles of support for people with intellectual disabilities – a comparative case analysis
Creators: name: Araten-Bergman, Tal
name: Bigby, Christine
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work

description:   
Background: Building Circles of Support is an innovative strategy for developing natural support networks. This study explored some of the ambiguity in the conceptualisations, operational elements, and perceived outcomes of Circles of Support programs.
Method: A comparative case study of three Australian Circles of Support programs was conducted. Data included document review and qualitative interviews with 27 key stakeholders. Qualitative analysis of the data from each program was analysed using categories of the program logic as a conceptual framework, followed by cross-case analysis to identify commonalities and differences.
Results: Findings show conceptual variability between programs, which shared similar overarching intents but differed in program, strategies, target population and outcomes, which were shaped by the missions of the organisation of which they were part.
Conclusion: Findings can inform the future design and evaluation of programs to support the development of informal support network for people with intellectual disabilities.
Shaping oscillations via mixed feedback
Creators: name: Che, Weiming
name: Forni, Fulvio
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

description: We study the problem of controlling oscillations in closed loop by combining positive and negative feedback in a mixed configuration. We develop a complete design procedure to set the relative strength of the two feedback loops to achieve steady oscillations. The proposed design takes advantage of dominance theory and adopts classical harmonic balance and fast/slow analysis to regulate the frequency of oscillations. The design is illustrated on a simple two-mass system, a setting that reveals the potential of the approach for locomotion, mimicking approaches based on central pattern generators.
Ontology-Based Spatial and System Hierarchies Federation for Fine-Grained Building Energy Analysis
Creators: name: Xie, Xiang
name: Moretti, Nicola
name: Merino, Jorge
name: Chang, Janet Yoon
name: Parlikad, Ajith
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021

description: Building energy conservation is among the most cost-efficient paths to achieve sustainability. An in-depth understanding of the energy consumed during the operation phase guides more effective energy-saving actions. With the adoption of submetering systems in buildings, fine-grained building energy analysis is enabled. This allows to characterise the dynamics underlying specific end-uses by associating local energy consumption patterns with relevant contextual factors (e.g., occupancy, indoor comfort, weather, etc.). To generalise the analysis in different buildings, a common and interoperable data representation for spatial and system hierarchies is needed. A federation approach to integrate building ontologies is proposed in this paper. The aim is to capture hierarchical geometric, topological, and relational information of the building, its components and systems, for running canonical energy analysis. The proposed approach combines the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and Brick schema, having complementary capabilities in representing spatial and semantic information. A case study is conducted, demonstrating the use of the federated ontologies in integrating and extracting relevant information from heterogeneous data sources. This contributes to the development of portable plug-in building energy analysis functions.
Evolution of Power System CIM to Digital Twins - A Comprehensive Review and Analysis
Creators: name: Balijepalli, VSK Murthy
name: Sielker, Franziska
name: Karmakar, Gourab
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2021

description: Common Information Model (CIM) is a well established open standard in the power systems domain due to its common shared vocabulary used to communicate messages between various applications. CIM provides a basic framework for information exchange, and it needs to be extended as and when new business requirements arise. CIM has multiple utilisation in power system application ranging from developing an interoperable software application to a cyber-physical system. It is considered as one of the enablers for smart grids because of its robust framework for accurate data sharing, merging, and transformation into reusable information. The latest power system digital twins’ trend to establish smarter energy grids highlights new requirements for CIM utilisation. In this context, this paper aims to offer a comprehensive understanding by summarising and categorising the research on CIM’s practical use for interoperability in smart grids. Index Terms—Common Information Models (CIM), Smart Grids, IEC61970, Interoperability, Digital Twin (DT), Ontology
COVID-19 and BLM: Humanitarian Contexts Necessitating Principles from First Nations World Views in an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum
Creators: name: Townsend, Annie
name: McMahon, Mishel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work

description: Abstract:
Unprecedented trends of complex humanitarian contexts are unfolding globally, and they are driven by numerous humanitarian crisis drivers. Two of the more recent and ongoing crisis drivers are the Coronavirus Pandemic 2019 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. While the pandemic has already caused a direct impact on unprepared health systems and caused secondary havoc on already fragile countries, the BLM movement has exposed the deeply held structural inequalities experienced by populations who do not identify as Western European. Both crisis drivers have also exposed the structural problems that have long underpinned humanitarian responses. To prepare for these complexities in humanitarian contexts, social work educators need to respond to the loud outcry for holistically educated and critically reflective social work practitioners. We argue this can be achieved through an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum informed by First Nations world views to enable a shift in student mindset from Western thought, setting the foundations for professional intercultural practice in complex humanitarian contexts.
title: Einfluss von unterschiedlichen gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen auf die Energieversorgung von Wohngebäuden
Creators: name: Baum, Sergej
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Energieversorgung
subject: Energiebesteuerung
subject: Energiepolitik
subject: Optimierung
subject: Erneuerbare Energie
subject: 333
subject: 690
subject: Energieversorgung
subject: Haus
subject: Energiesteuer
subject: Energiepolitik
subject: Optimierung
subject: Erneuerbare Energien

description: Zugleich: Dissertation, Universität Kassel, 2021
Memoria del I Congreso Internacional "Discriminación e Islamofobia hacia los musulmanes en España: Educación para la paz y la convivencia intercultural e interreligiosa".
Creators: name: Navarro Granados, María
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Congreso Internacional “Discriminación e Islamofobia hacia los musulmanes en España: Educación para la paz y la convivencia intercultural e interreligiosa”. Organizado por el Grupo de Investigación de Educación Comparada de Sevilla (GIECSE), la Asociación Azarquiel, y la Asociación de Investigadores en Pro de la Innovación Educativa (AIPIE). Celebrado online del 27 al 28 de octubre de 2021, con una duración de 25 horas.
title: Entwicklung, Aufbau und Betrieb einer telemetrischen Plattform zur Therapieüberwachung am Beispiel der Hämophilie
title: Development, implementation and operation of a telemetric platform for surveillance the therapy using the example of hemophilia
Creators: name: Schmoldt, David
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2016
Subjects: Telemedicine
Economics
Wirtschaft
Telemedizin

description: Ubiquitous computing based on high
      speed internet and mobile devices facilitate dramatically new
      possibilities for the health care sector. Patients with rare
      chronic diseases, often living far away from the medical
      center, benefit from telemedicine and telemonitoring in
      particular. In this context and amongst others the thesis
      describes the experience of developing, testing, implementing
      and operating a telemetric platform using the example of
      hemophilia. It provides functional and non-functional
      requirements in the development of mobile applications, which
      are used in health care. On the one hand the findings
      emphasize the barriers, challenges and requirements for
      running telemetric platforms, but also that the use of
      adequate technology reduces health care costs, that patients
      adapt to telemonitoring systems quickly and the life-quality
      of the user increases substantially.
description: Ubiquitäres Computing aufgrund von
      High-Speed-Internet und mobilen Geräten ermöglicht
      grundlegende neue Möglichkeiten für das Gesundheitswesen.
      Patienten mit seltenen chronischen Erkrankungen, die häufig
      weit entfernt vom medizinischen Behandlungszentrum leben,
      profitieren dabei besonders von der Telemedizin und dem
      Telemonitoring. Diese Arbeit beschreibt in diesem
      Zusammenhang unter anderem die Erfahrungen bei der
      Entwicklung, dem Test, der Implementierung und dem Betrieb
      einer telemetrischen Plattform am Beispiel der Hämophilie.
      Dabei stehen funktionale und nicht-funktionale Anforderungen
      bei der Entwicklung mobiler Anwendungen, die im
      Gesundheitswesen eingesetzt werden, im Fokus. Die Ergebnisse
      verdeutlichen einerseits die Barrieren, Herausforderungen und
      Anforderungen für die Entwicklung von telemetrischen
      Plattformen, andererseits dass die Verwendung von adäquater
      Technologie die Gesundheitskosten senken, Patienten sich
      schnell an Telemonitoring-Systeme gewöhnen und sich die
      Lebensqualität des Nutzers wesentlich erhöht.
COVID-19 and BLM: Humanitarian Contexts Necessitating Principles from First Nations World Views in an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum
Creators: name: Townsend, Annie
name: McMahon, Mishel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Abstract:
Unprecedented trends of complex humanitarian contexts are unfolding globally, and they are driven by numerous humanitarian crisis drivers. Two of the more recent and ongoing crisis drivers are the Coronavirus Pandemic 2019 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. While the pandemic has already caused a direct impact on unprepared health systems and caused secondary havoc on already fragile countries, the BLM movement has exposed the deeply held structural inequalities experienced by populations who do not identify as Western European. Both crisis drivers have also exposed the structural problems that have long underpinned humanitarian responses. To prepare for these complexities in humanitarian contexts, social work educators need to respond to the loud outcry for holistically educated and critically reflective social work practitioners. We argue this can be achieved through an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum informed by First Nations world views to enable a shift in student mindset from Western thought, setting the foundations for professional intercultural practice in complex humanitarian contexts.
Experiences of healthcare worker returnees in their home countries: A scoping review
Creators: name: Efendi, Ferry
name: McKenna, Lisa
name: Reisenhofer, Sonia
name: Kurniati, A
name: Has, Eka Mishbahatul M
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems

description: Background: International migration of healthcare workers is a global phenomenon driven by growing demand in developed countries and expectations of healthcare workers from developing countries to have improved employment and lives. This migration has been understood to impact both the individuals and countries involved, with positive and negative consequences. However, little is known about returnees’ experiences that could be used to address challenges and optimize benefits. The aim of this review was to understand what is known about experiences of migrant health workers after returning to their home countries. Methods: A scoping review of primary research addressing experiences of migrant health workers upon their return to their homelands. A range of database were searched including Career and Technical Education Database via ProQuest, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Education database via ProQuest, Excerpta Medica Care (EMCare) via Ovid, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) via Ovid, MEDLINE and Scopus. A systematic process was performed guided by the work of Arksey and O’Malley. Eight databases were searched and 226 articles were retrieved. After screening articles and abstracts, 15 full-texts were assessed for elig-ibility, and finally seven studies were further analyzed and synthesized. Results: Five qualitative studies, one quantitative study and one mixed methods study met inclusion criteria. Five themes emerged: (1) reasons to return, (2) upskilling and deskilling, (3) impact on human, financial, and social capital, (4) challenges and opportunities in the home country, and (5) facilitation supports. Conclusion: Return migration is portrayed as a complex situation experienced by returnees. Structured policy and supports are required to help healthcare worker returnees prepare, and to adjust to life after their return. This study highlights the importance of comprehensive approach in return migration stage. Return migration policy should support healthcare worker returnees in their home country and facilitate utilization of their skills. Multi-stakeholder partnerships are vital to develop platforms for helping and facilitating returnees in the reintegration process at their home countries.
Experiences of healthcare worker returnees in their home countries: A scoping review
Creators: name: Efendi, F
name: McKenna, Lisa
name: Reisenhofer, Sonia
name: Kurniati, A
name: Has, EMM
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: International migration of healthcare workers is a global phenomenon driven by growing demand in developed countries and expectations of healthcare workers from developing countries to have improved employment and lives. This migration has been understood to impact both the individuals and countries involved, with positive and negative consequences. However, little is known about returnees’ experiences that could be used to address challenges and optimize benefits. The aim of this review was to understand what is known about experiences of migrant health workers after returning to their home countries. Methods: A scoping review of primary research addressing experiences of migrant health workers upon their return to their homelands. A range of database were searched including Career and Technical Education Database via ProQuest, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Education database via ProQuest, Excerpta Medica Care (EMCare) via Ovid, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) via Ovid, MEDLINE and Scopus. A systematic process was performed guided by the work of Arksey and O’Malley. Eight databases were searched and 226 articles were retrieved. After screening articles and abstracts, 15 full-texts were assessed for elig-ibility, and finally seven studies were further analyzed and synthesized. Results: Five qualitative studies, one quantitative study and one mixed methods study met inclusion criteria. Five themes emerged: (1) reasons to return, (2) upskilling and deskilling, (3) impact on human, financial, and social capital, (4) challenges and opportunities in the home country, and (5) facilitation supports. Conclusion: Return migration is portrayed as a complex situation experienced by returnees. Structured policy and supports are required to help healthcare worker returnees prepare, and to adjust to life after their return. This study highlights the importance of comprehensive approach in return migration stage. Return migration policy should support healthcare worker returnees in their home country and facilitate utilization of their skills. Multi-stakeholder partnerships are vital to develop platforms for helping and facilitating returnees in the reintegration process at their home countries.
Self-managed occupational therapy and physiotherapy for adults receiving inpatient rehabilitation (‘My Therapy’): protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation
Creators: name: Whittaker, SL
name: Taylor, Nicholas
name: Hill, KD
name: Ekegren, CL
name: Brusco, Natasha
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Process evaluations have been recommended alongside clinical and economic evaluations to enable an in-depth understanding of factors impacting results. My Therapy is a self-management program designed to augment usual care inpatient rehabilitation through the provision of additional occupational therapy and physiotherapy exercises and activities, for the patient to complete outside of supervised therapy. The aims of the process evaluation are to assess the implementation process by investigating fidelity, quality of implementation, acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility and adaptation of the My Therapy intervention; and identify contextual factors associated with variations in outcomes, including the perspectives and experiences of patients and therapists. Methods: The process evaluation will be conducted alongside the clinical and economic evaluation of My Therapy, within eight rehabilitation wards across two public and two private Australian health networks. All participants of the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial (2,160 rehabilitation patients) will be included in the process evaluation (e.g., ward audit); with a subset of 120 participants undergoing more intensive evaluation (e.g., surveys and activity logs). In addition, 24 staff (occupational therapists and physiotherapists) from participating wards will participate in the process evaluation. The mixed-methods study design will adopt a range of quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Data will be collected via a service profile survey and audits of clinical practice across the participating wards (considering areas such as staffing profiles and prescription of self-management programs). The intensive patient participant data collection will involve structured therapy participation and self-management program audits, Exercise Self Efficacy Scale, patient activity logs, patient surveys, and patient-worn activity monitors. Staff data collection will include surveys and focus groups. Discussion: The process evaluation will provide context to the clinical and economic outcomes associated with the My Therapy clinical trial. It considers how clinical and economic outcomes were achieved, and how to sustain the outcomes within the participating health networks. It will also provide context to inform future scaling of My Therapy to other health networks, and influence future models of rehabilitation and related policy. Trial registration: This study was prospectively registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12621000313831; registered 22/03/2021, http://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=380828&isReview=true).
737305 – Supplemental material for Diversity in Coherence: Strengths and Opportunities of Three Programs
Creators: name: Canrinus, Esther T.
name: Klette, Kirsti
name: Hammerness, Karen
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, 737305 for Diversity in Coherence: Strengths and Opportunities of Three Programs by Esther T. Canrinus, Kirsti Klette and Karen Hammerness in Journal of Teacher Education
Improving agricultural policymaking and interventions for innovation adoption: tackling behavioural barriers for smallholder rice farmers
Creators: name: Chindasombatcharoen, Nopparuj
name: Kumar, Mukesh
name: O'Sullivan, Eoin
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2023

description: Encouraging agricultural innovation adoption is a crucial activity for enabling an innovative agri- food supply chain. However, smallholder farmers in the Global South face a myriad of challenges hindering their ability to adopt. This paper investigates one of those barriers which are often overlooked by adoption researchers, that is, behavioural barriers. 18 key informant interviews were done with rice farmers and agricultural technology companies, and a thematic analysis of the results revealed several key issues that agricultural extension and policy makers often overlook. Results showed that farmer’s mindset and attitude, effort costs, unclear benefits, contradicting understanding, and lack of trust are key behavioural hindrances to adoption of innovation. Solutions to solving these barriers include showing clearer linkages to improved income, creating trust, reducing effort requirement, utilising social influence, and adjusting government’s strategies and mindsets. Policymakers often stick to traditional economic approaches to solving non-adoption issues which not only has low cost-effectiveness but also leads to minimal impact in certain scenarios. Consideration of the knowledge provided in this paper can lead to economic, social, and environmental sustainability among smallholder farmers.
Towards Acoustic-to-Articulatory Inversion for Pronunciation Training
Creators: name: McGhee, Charles
name: Knill, Kate
name: Gales, Mark
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2023

description: Visual feedback of articulators using Electromagnetic- Articulography (EMA) has been shown to aid acquisition of non-native speech sounds. Using physical EMA sensors is expensive and invasive making it impractical for providing real-world pronunciation feedback. Our work focuses on us- ing neural Acoustic-to-Articulatory Inversion (AAI) models to map speech directly to EMA sensor positions. Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) speech models, such as HuBERT, can produce representations of speech that have been shown to significantly improve performance on AAI tasks. Probing experiments have indicated that certain layers and iterations of SSL models pro- duce representations that may yield better inversion perfor- mance than others. In this paper, we build on these probing results to create an AAI model that improves upon a state-of- the-art baseline inversion model and evaluate the model’s suit- ability for pronunciation training.
Latest developments on the mechanism of action of membrane disrupting peptides
Creators: name: Mechler, Adam
name: Pandidan, Sara
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are integral components of the innate immune defence system of all complex organisms including plants, insects, and mammals. They have wide range of antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and even anticancer activities, therefore AMPs are attractive candidates for developing novel therapeutic approaches. Cationic α-helical membrane disrupting peptides are perhaps the most widely studied subclass of AMPs due to their common fundamental characteristics that allow fordetailed structure-function analysis and therefore offer a promising solution to the threat of multidrug resistant strains of bacteria. The majority of the studies of AMP activity focused on the biological and biophysical aspects of membrane disruption; the understanding of the molecular mechanism of action from the physicochemical point of view forms a relatively small subfield. This review will provide an overview of these works, focusing on the empirical and thermodynamic models of AMP action.
USJ770115_Supplementary_material – Supplemental material for Economic impacts of alternative greenspace configurations in fast growing cities: The case of Greater Beijing
Creators: name: Ma, Mingfei
name: Jin, Ying
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: Economics
subject: Geography
subject: International Relations
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, USJ770115_Supplementary_material for Economic impacts of
 alternative greenspace configurations in fast growing cities: The case of Greater Beijing
 by Mingfei Ma, Ying Jin in Urban Studies
Improving the sexual health of young people (Under 25) in high-risk populations: A systematic review of behavioural and psychosocial interventions
Creators: name: Brown, E
name: Monaco, SL
name: O’donoghue, B
name: Nolan, H
name: Hughes, Elizabeth
name: Graham, Melissa
name: Simmons, M
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Background: Ensuring young people experience good sexual health is a key public health concern, yet some vulnerable groups of young people remain at higher risk of poor sexual health. These individuals require additional support to achieve good sexual health but the best way to provide this remains needs to be better understood. Methods: We searched for randomised controlled trials of behavioural and psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting sexual health in high-risk young populations. Outcomes of interest were indicators of sexual health (e.g., condom use, attitudes to contraception, knowledge of risk). Participants were under 25 years old and in one of the following high-risk groups: alcohol and other drug use; ethnic minority; homeless; justice-involved; LGBTQI+; mental ill-health; or out-of-home care. Results: Twenty-eight papers from 26 trials met our inclusion criteria, with all but one conducted in North America. Condom use was the most frequently reported outcome measure along with knowledge and attitudes towards sexual health but considerable differences in measures used made comparisons across studies difficult. Change in knowledge and attitudes did not consistently result in long-term change in behaviours. Conclu-sions: There remains a dearth of research undertaken outside of North America across all high-risk groups of young people. Future interventions should address sexual health more broadly than just the absence of negative biological outcomes, with LGBTQI+, homeless and mental ill-health populations targeted for such work. An international consensus on outcome measures would support the research field going forward, making future meta-analyses possible.
Improving the sexual health of young people (Under 25) in high-risk populations: A systematic review of behavioural and psychosocial interventions
Creators: name: Brown, E
name: Monaco, SL
name: O’donoghue, B
name: Nolan, H
name: Hughes, E
name: Graham, Melissa
name: Simmons, M
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Ensuring young people experience good sexual health is a key public health concern, yet some vulnerable groups of young people remain at higher risk of poor sexual health. These individuals require additional support to achieve good sexual health but the best way to provide this remains needs to be better understood. Methods: We searched for randomised controlled trials of behavioural and psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting sexual health in high-risk young populations. Outcomes of interest were indicators of sexual health (e.g., condom use, attitudes to contraception, knowledge of risk). Participants were under 25 years old and in one of the following high-risk groups: alcohol and other drug use; ethnic minority; homeless; justice-involved; LGBTQI+; mental ill-health; or out-of-home care. Results: Twenty-eight papers from 26 trials met our inclusion criteria, with all but one conducted in North America. Condom use was the most frequently reported outcome measure along with knowledge and attitudes towards sexual health but considerable differences in measures used made comparisons across studies difficult. Change in knowledge and attitudes did not consistently result in long-term change in behaviours. Conclu-sions: There remains a dearth of research undertaken outside of North America across all high-risk groups of young people. Future interventions should address sexual health more broadly than just the absence of negative biological outcomes, with LGBTQI+, homeless and mental ill-health populations targeted for such work. An international consensus on outcome measures would support the research field going forward, making future meta-analyses possible.
Participating Formwork with CFRP Textile for Shape-Optimised Concrete Beams: Opportunities and Challenges
Creators: name: Jayasinghe, A
name: Momoh, E
name: Hajsadeghi, M
name: Orr, J
name: Vinai, R
name: Kripakaran, P
name: Evans, K
Publisher: name: FIB International
Year: 2023

description: Carbon emissions from concrete structural elements can be reduced by improving the material efficiency with shape optimisation. However, fabricating and reinforcing shape-optimised concrete beams is challenging due to the need for complex and curved geometries. This study conceptualises the use of dual-purpose stay-in-place participating formwork with CFRP textile for shape-optimised beams where the system acts as (a) the formwork for the optimised geometry, and (b) flexural and shear reinforce-ment. The development, preliminary analysis, and experimental results of a prototype beam with CFRP textile are presented in this paper. Participating formwork with CFRP textile offers an opportunity to reduce concrete consumption as a comparably easier construction method of shape-optimised beams but challenges persist in potential premature brittle failure modes.
Becoming part of an upwards spiral: Meanings of being person-centred in nursing homes
Creators: name: Lood, Qarin
name: Kirkevold, M
name: Edvardsson, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3901
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Introduction: Previous research suggests that person-centred care is positive for people living in nursing homes, but less is known on what motivates people working in nursing homes to be person-centred. Previous research has focused on person-centred care in relation to people in need of care, which may lead to a risk of viewing person-centred care as a means to achieve quality of care, and not as a means in itself. Therefore, this study aimed to illuminate meanings of being person-centred as narrated by people working in nursing homes. Methods: A total of 23 persons working in a nursing home in rural Australia participated in group and individual interviews, conducted and interpreted in respect to a phenomenological hermeneutic approach. Results: The thematic structure as emerging from structural analyses of the text indicated that being person-centred involved a joint effort to think differently on what you do and why you do it interpreted as; Doing what you know and feel is the right thing to do, Being a person with and for another person, and Striving to do and be better together. The comprehensive understanding of these findings was that being person-centred means becoming part of an upwards spiral of doing person-centred actions and being person-centred to become even more person-centred and to feel a sense of belonging to a person-centred culture. Conclusions: Denoting the importance of being more of a person in one's professional role, this study highlights health aspects of being person-centred from the perspective of people working in nursing homes, and complements previous research that describes the impact of person-centred care on people in need of care. The findings could be applied to facilitate person-centred care in nursing home contexts, and to develop prevention strategies to diminish negative impacts on person-centred doing, being, becoming and belonging.
Anesthesia duration for specimens exposed more than 60 seconds to the CO2
Creators: name: Toulzac, Megan
name: Methlouthi, Mériem
name: Perrard, Adrien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Supplentary material. Table S2. Anesthesia duration for specimens exposed more than 60 seconds to the CO2. From: Toulzac, M., M. Methlouthi & A. Perrard (2022). Soda maker for field anesthesia as a step towards a non-lethal identification of wild bees and other flower visitors. Osmia, 10: 25–34. https://doi.org/10.47446/OSMIA10.3
The enigmatic Placozoa part 1: Exploring evolutionary controversies and poor ecological knowledge
Creators: name: Schierwater, B
name: Osigus, HJ
name: Bergmann, T
name: Blackstone, NW
name: Hadrys, H
name: Hauslage, J
name: Humbert, Patrick
name: Kamm, K
name: Kvansakul, Marc
name: Wysocki, K
name: DeSalle, R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens is a tiny hairy plate and more simply organized than any other living metazoan. After its original description by F.E. Schulze in 1883, it attracted attention as a potential model for the ancestral state of metazoan organization, the “Urmetazoon”. Trichoplax lacks any kind of symmetry, organs, nerve cells, muscle cells, basal lamina, and extracellular matrix. Furthermore, the placozoan genome is the smallest (not secondarily reduced) genome of all metazoan genomes. It harbors a remarkably rich diversity of genes and has been considered the best living surrogate for a metazoan ancestor genome. The phylum Placozoa presently harbors three formally described species, while several dozen “cryptic” species are yet awaiting their description. The phylogenetic position of placozoans has recently become a contested arena for modern phylogenetic analyses and view-driven claims. Trichoplax offers unique prospects for understanding the minimal requirements of metazoan animal organization and their corresponding malfunctions.
Protein Disulphide Isomerase (PDI) is Protective Against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-Related Mutant Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) in In Vitro Models
Creators: name: Parakh, S
name: Perri, ER
name: Vidal, M
name: Sultana, J
name: Shadfar, S
name: Mehta, P
name: Konopka, A
name: Thomas, Colleen
name: Spencer, DM
name: Atkin, Julie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Mutations in Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) are present in familial and sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FUS is localised in the nucleus where it has important functions in DNA repair. However, in ALS/FTD, mutant FUS mislocalises from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where it forms inclusions, a key pathological hallmark of neurodegeneration. Mutant FUS also inhibits protein import into the nucleus, resulting in defects in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Fragmentation of the neuronal Golgi apparatus, induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and inhibition of ER-Golgi trafficking are also associated with mutant FUS misfolding in ALS. Protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) is an ER chaperone previously shown to be protective against misfolding associated with mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) in cellular and zebrafish models. However, a protective role against mutant FUS in ALS has not been previously described. In this study, we demonstrate that PDI is protective against mutant FUS. In neuronal cell line and primary cultures, PDI restores defects in nuclear import, prevents the formation of mutant FUS inclusions, inhibits Golgi fragmentation, ER stress, ER-Golgi transport defects, and apoptosis. These findings imply that PDI is a new therapeutic target in FUS-associated ALS.