cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The association between stress mindset and daily stress processes: an observational EMA study
Creators: name: Wilson, Kendra
name: Smyth, Joshua M.
name: Way, Baldwin
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Coping
subject: Stress mindset
subject: Stress recovery
subject: Stress responses

description: This project examines the association between stress mindset and various stages of naturalistic stress processes (e.g. response, recovery, appraisal) using an observational Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study design
Urbanizing Minority Minzu in the PRC: Insights from the Literature on Settler Colonialism
Creators: name: Wang, Ju-Han Zoe
name: Roche, Gerald
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article provides a synthesis and critical review of the literature on urban minority minzu 民族 in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The vast majority of the Chinese-language literature on minorities in cities adopts a state-centric view through the lens of stability and integration, focusing on how minorities can adapt to urban life for the purpose of creating a “harmonized” society. This statist narrative not only denies the subjectivity of minorities in the city but also constrains the understandings of the dynamics of urban indigeneity. In this article, we draw on the literature of urban Indigenous peoples in settler colonial contexts to suggest new ways of examining the urban experience of minority minzu in the PRC. We suggest that this literature provides useful insights that help center the subjectivities and agency of Indigenous people in the PRC’s cities. Literature on urban minorities in the PRC can be expanded by engaging with the Indigenous urbanization literature to include coverage of three topics: representation (how minority people are shown as belonging to the city), mobilization (the use of urban space by minority people to pursue social, cultural, and political projects), and mobility (movement and interconnectedness between rural homelands and the city).
Additional file 1 of Safety and efficacy of paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel plus cisplatin in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Jiang, Li
name: Zhu, Jie
name: Chen, Xue
name: Wang, Yi
name: Wu, Lei
name: Wan, Gang
name: Han, Yongtao
name: Leng, Xuefeng
name: Peng, Lin
name: Wang, Qifeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1. sTable 1. Comorbidities of the study population. sTable 2. Clinical pathological characteristics. sTable 3. All grades of major toxicities. sTable 4. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) survival patients receiving TC or TP regimen.
Effects of the presence of zoo visitors on zoo-housed little penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Creators: name: Chiew, SJ
name: Butler, KL
name: Fanson, Kerry
name: Eyre, S
name: Coleman, GJ
name: Sherwen, SL
name: Melfi, V
name: Hemsworth, PH
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3109
subject: Zoology

description: Little penguins (Eudyptula minor), or Kororā in Māori, show variation in their behavioural responses towards zoo visitors in Australian zoos. We experimentally examined the effects of visitor presence on the behaviour and stress physiology of little penguins at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand. The two treatments were: (1) Visitor presence–the exhibit was open to visitors; and (2) Visitor absence–the exhibit was closed to visitors. We found that when the exhibit was closed to visitors, the percentage of penguins observed close to the visitor viewing pier increased from about 1% to 9%, but there was little effect on other behaviours and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations. This result of increased avoidance of the visitor viewing pier when the exhibit was open to visitors suggests close visitor contact, particularly from above, may be fear-provoking for these penguins. We conclude that designing enclosures to allow close viewing proximity of visitors, such as visitors looming over the pool, may be futile in improving visitor experience, since this species of penguins is likely to avoid these types of viewing areas when visitors are present. Visitors positioned close to and above penguins may be particularly problematic since visitors in this position may be perceived as threatening.
Association of the Time to First Cigarette and the Prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Chinese Elderly Population br
Creators: name: Wang, Chao
name: Jiang, Heng
name: Zhu, Yi
name: Guo, Yingying
name: Gan, Yong
name: Tian, Qingfeng
name: Lou, Yiling
name: Cao, Shiyi
name: Lu, Zuxun
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4202
subject: Epidemiology

description: BACKGROUND: Increasing number of studies has suggested the time to first cigarette after waking (TTFC) have significant positive effect on respiratory diseases. However, few of them are focused on Chinese population. This study aims to estimate the impact of TTFC on the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) in Chinese elderly and explore the association in different sub-populations. METHODS: Cross-sectional data of demographic characteristics, living environment, smoking-related variables, and CRD were drawn from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey in 2018. Multivariate stepwise logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association of the TTFC with the prevalence of CRD. RESULTS: This study includes 13208 subjects aged 52 years and older, with a mean age of 85.3 years. Of them, 3779 participants are ex- or current smokers (44.9% had the TTFC ≤30 minutes, 55.1% >30 minutes) and 1503 have suffered from CRD. Compared with non-smokers, participants with TTFC ≤30 minutes seemed to have higher prevalence of CRD (OR 1.97; 95% CI, 1.65-2.35) than those with TTFC >30 minutes (OR 1.70; 95% CI, 1.44-2.00), although the difference was statistically insignificant (Pinteraction=0.12). Compared with TTFC >30 minutes, TTFC ≤30 minutes could drive a higher prevalence of CRD among female participants, those aged 90 years and older, urban residents, and those ex-smokers (Pinteraction<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Shorter TTFC relates to higher prevalences of CRD in Chinese older females, those aged 90 years and older, urban residents, and ex-smokers. Delaying TTFC might particially reduce its detrimental impact on respiratory disease in these specific subpopulations.
Supplemental Tables - Supplemental material for Post-stroke infections and preventive antibiotics in stroke: Update of clinical evidence
Creators: name: Jan-Dirk Vermeij
name: Westendorp, Willeke F
name: Beek, Diederik Van De
name: Nederkoorn, Paul J
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Tables for Post-stroke infections and preventive antibiotics in stroke: Update of clinical evidence by Jan-Dirk Vermeij, Willeke F Westendorp, Diederik van de Beek and Paul J Nederkoorn in International Journal of Stroke
A Cross-Layer Trust-based Consensus Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Using Fuzzy Logic
Creators: name: Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed Morshed
name: Usman, M
name: Ferdous, MS
name: Chowdhury, N
name: Harun, AI
name: Jannat, US
name: Biswas, K
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading platforms are being actively designed, tested and operated by engineers, power distribution companies and prosumers. The assurance of the accountability of the conduct of different stakeholders through a robust trust management mechanism is imperative in such platforms. The usage of blockchain, as an underlying technology, can ensure numerous properties such as immutability, transparency and traceable execution of transactions, in addition to ensuring trust establishment among different entities of the system. Few blockchain-based decentralized energy trading platforms have been designed in the literature to build trust about the platform and among prosumers. However, none of these proposals have considered human-in-the-loop in the trust establishment process. Moreover, these solutions have considered trust only at a particular layer of blockchain, such as at the application or consensus layer. To bridge this gap, this paper presents a novel cross-layer trust-based consensus protocol that considers human-in-the-loop and employs fuzzy logic to address the issue of vagueness of trust values by offering human interpretable trust level. The experiment results demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of our proposed protocol in comparison to established consensus mechanisms. The analysis also shows the protocol is immune against selfish mining, 51% and Sybil attacks.
2017-04-20_Figure_CM_scoping_review – Supplemental material for Scoping Review of Nursing Case Management in the United States
Creators: name: Joo, Jee Young
name: Huber, Diane L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, 2017-04-20_Figure_CM_scoping_review for Scoping Review of Nursing Case Management in the United States by Jee Young Joo and Diane L. Huber in Clinical Nursing Research
Dynamical Borel–Cantelli lemma for recurrence theory
Creators: name: Hussain, Mumtaz
name: Li, Bing
name: Simmons, David
name: Wang, Baowei
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4901
subject: Applied mathematics
classificationCode: 4904
subject: Pure mathematics
classificationCode: 4905
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: No description supplied
Training Engineering and Organizational Performance: An In-Depth Analysis at the Higher School of Hotel Management in Oran (ESHRA)
Creators: name: DJELLOULI Abdelhamid
name: DJELLAL AMEUR Nezha
name: KOURBALI Baghdad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Human Resource Management; Training Engineering; Organizational Performance; Higher School of Hotel Management in Oran; Hospitality Sector.

description: Abstract

In this article titled "Training Engineering and Organizational Performance: An In-Depth Analysis at the Higher School of Hotel Management in Oran (ESHRA)," we explore the relationship between human resource management, specifically training engineering, and organizational performance. This article is grounded in the current challenges faced by organizations in the hospitality sector, highlighting the growing importance of effective human resource management. Our research question focuses on the potential impact of training engineering on improving organizational performance. The article suggests a possible solution by examining how structured and targeted training programs can lead to better performance. Previous studies have primarily concentrated on general aspects of human resource management, leaving a gap regarding the specific impact of training on performance. Our contribution aims to fill this gap by using ESHRA as a case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of training engineering. The article reveals that well-designed and implemented training strategies can significantly improve employee performance and, by extension, organizational performance. This includes improvements in service quality, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency. The benefit of this article is twofold: first, it provides empirical evidence of the link between training and organizational performance within the specific context of the hospitality industry, and second, it offers practical insights on how higher education institutions, such as ESHRA, can effectively structure their training programs to maximize organizational benefits. This has important practical implications for HR professionals and managers in the hospitality sector.
Dynamical Borel–Cantelli lemma for recurrence theory
Creators: name: Hussain, Mumtaz
name: Li, Bing
name: Simmons, David
name: Wang, Baowei
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021

description: We study the dynamical Borel–Cantelli lemma for recurrence sets in
a measure-preserving dynamical system (X, μ, T ) with a compatible metric d. We
prove that under some regularity conditions, the μ-measure
of the following set R(ψ) = {x ∈ X : d(T nx, x) < ψ(n) for infinitely many n ∈ N} obeys a zero–full law according to the convergence or divergence
of a certain series, where ψ : N → R+. The applications of our main theorem
include the Gauss map, β-transformation
and homogeneous self-similar sets.
Potential COVID-19 Therapies from Computational Repurposing of Drugs and Natural Products against the SARS-CoV-2 Helicase
Creators: name: Piplani, Sakshi
name: Singh, Puneet
name: Winkler, David
name: Petrovsky, Nikolai
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

description: Repurposing of existing drugs is a rapid way to find potential new treatments for SARS-CoV-2. Here, we applied a virtual screening approach using Autodock Vina and molecular dynamic simulation in tandem to screen and calculate binding energies of repurposed drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 helicase protein (non-structural protein nsp13). Amongst the top hits from our study were antivirals, antihistamines, and antipsychotics, plus a range of other drugs. Approximately 30% of our top 87 hits had published evidence indicating in vivo or in vitro SARS-CoV-2 activity. Top hits not previously reported to have SARS-CoV-2 activity included the antiviral agents, cabotegravir and RSV-604; the NK1 antagonist, aprepitant; the trypanocidal drug, aminoquinuride; the analgesic, antrafenine; the anticancer intercalator, epirubicin; the antihistamine, fexofenadine; and the anticoagulant, dicoumarol. These hits from our in silico SARS-CoV-2 helicase screen warrant further testing as potential COVID-19 treatments.
Statistical fit is like beauty: A rasch and factor analysis of the Scottish PROM
Creators: name: Snowden, A
name: Karimi, Leila
name: Tan, H
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies
classificationCode: 5004
subject: Religious studies

description: Chaplains help people face some of the most complex, intractable and traumatic issues in their lives. Spiritual care works. Unfortunately, spiritual needs are rarely met in health and social care because a) spiritual distress is not recognised as such, and b) chaplain interventions are undervalued and misunderstood. The Scottish Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) © was created to help provide evidence for the impact of chaplain interventions. The aim of this study was to establish whether the PROM could also be used to identify patients in need of chaplain interventions. To test this psychometrically, Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted on an international dataset of post intervention PROMS from UK, Europe and Australia completed between 2018–2020 (n = 1117). The data fit the Rasch model, and the PROM demonstrated uni-dimensionality, construct validity and reliability, meaning PROM scores represent a coherent concept. Higher scores represented lower levels of spiritual distress, and the mean score was 12 out of 20. PROM score of 9 was one standard deviation below the norm, a metric routinely used to identify ‘clinically important difference’ in psychometric scales. A Scottish PROM© score of 9 and under could therefore identify people for whom chaplaincy may be beneficial. The clinical implications of this are considerable.
Employment Discrimination by Algorithm: Can Anyone be Held Accountable?
Creators: name: Sheard, Natalie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 4801
subject: Commercial law
classificationCode: 480102
subject: Commercial law
classificationCode: 4804
subject: Law in context
classificationCode: 4807
subject: Public law

description: No description supplied
Blending tradition and modernity: gastronomic experiences in High Peruvian cuisine
Creators: name: Osorio, Sandra Cherro
name: Frew, Elspeth
name: Lade, Clare
name: Williams, Kim M
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3504
subject: Commercial services
classificationCode: 3508
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business
classificationCode: 4406
subject: Human geography

description: No description supplied
Changes in drinking days among United States adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Nordeck, CD
name: Riehm, KE
name: Smail, EJ
name: Holingue, C
name: Kane, JC
name: Johnson, RM
name: Veldhuis, CB
name: Kalb, LG
name: Stuart, EA
name: Kreuter, F
name: Thrul, Johannes
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology

description: Aims: To examine changes in drinking behavior among United States (US) adults between March 10 and July 21, 2020, a critical period during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Longitudinal, internet-based panel survey. Setting: The Understanding America Study (UAS), a nationally representative panel of US adults age 18 or older. Participants: A total of 4298 US adults who reported alcohol use. Measurements: Changes in number of reported drinking days from March 11, 2020 through July 21, 2020 in the overall sample and stratified by sex, age, race/ethnicity, household structure, poverty status, and census region. Findings: Compared with March 11, the number of drinking days per week was significantly higher on April 1 by an average of 0.36 days (95% CI = 0.30, 0.43), on May 1 by an average of 0.55 days (95% CI = 0.47, 0.63), on June 1 by an average of 0.41 days (95% CI = 0.33, 0.49), and on July 1 by an average of 0.39 days (95% CI = 0.31, 0.48). Males, White participants, and older adults reported sustained increases in drinking days, whereas female participants and individuals living under the federal poverty line had attenuated drinking days in the latter part of the study period. Conclusions: Between March and mid-July 2020, adults in the United States reported increases in the number of drinking days, with sustained increases observed among males, White participants, and older adults.
Appendices_A_and_B – Supplemental material for Technology Problems and Student Achievement Gaps: A Validation and Extension of the Technology Maintenance Construct
Creators: name: Gonzales, Amy L.
name: Calarco, Jessica McCrory
name: Lynch, Teresa
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Supplemental material, Appendices_A_and_B for Technology Problems and Student Achievement Gaps: A Validation and Extension of the Technology Maintenance Construct by Amy L. Gonzales, Jessica McCrory Calarco and Teresa Lynch in Communication Research
Barriers and potential solutions to international collaboration in neuro-oncology clinical trials: Challenges from the Australian perspective
Creators: name: Kong, BY
name: Carter, C
name: Nowak, AK
name: Hovey, E
name: Lwin, Z
name: Haghighi, N
name: Gan, Hui
name: Sim, HW
name: Ziegler, DS
name: Barton, K
name: Parkinson, J
name: Leonard, R
name: Khasraw, M
name: Foote, M
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3211
subject: Oncology and carcinogenesis

description: Aim: The neuro-oncology community in Australia is well positioned to collaborate internationally, with a motivated trials group, strong regulatory bodies and an attractive fiscal environment. We sought to identify gaps in the Australian neuro-oncology clinical trials landscape and describe strategies to increase international trial access in Australia. Methods: We searched clinical trial registries to identify active adult primary brain cancer trials. We compared the participation rate and phase of these trials between tumour types and countries. A survey was distributed to the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology membership to identify barriers and solutions to effective international collaboration. Results: Globally, 307 trials for adult primary brain cancers were identified. These included 50% pharmaceutical agents, 18% cellular therapies and 9% radiation therapy. Twelve adult primary brain cancer trials were actively recruiting in Australia at the time the survey was sent out. There were more early phase brain cancer trials (34%) compared with colorectal and breast cancer (21% and 24%, respectively). In Australia, 92% of brain cancer trials were involving pharmaceutical agents. The most commonly cited barrier was lack of funding for international trials (86%) and insufficient research time (75%). High ranking solutions included increasing the availability of funding for international trials and creating opportunities to develop personal relationships with collaborators. Accreditation of clinical research key performance indicators into practice (88%) and hospital accreditation (73%) also ranked highly. Conclusions: Participation in international research in Australia could be improved by embedding clinical research targets into institutional funding, provision of funding for early phase studies and streamlining mutual ethics schemes.
The Implications of Australia’s “Smart Sanctions” Against Fiji 2006 to 2014 for Geopolitical Contest in the South Pacific
Creators: name: O'Keefe, Michael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: One of Australia’s main policy interventions in the South Pacifc since the end of the Cold War was sanctions on Fiji in response to the latter’s December 2006 coup. Dubbed ‘Smart’ sanctions, this policy was not only designed to pressure Fiji to return to democracy, but also to sustain Australia’s longstanding regional leadership aspirations, aspirations which went hand in hand with its ‘strategic denial’ of unwelcome geopolitical challengers (Hawksley Global Change, Peace & Security, 21(1) 115-130, 2009). There has been little analysis of the unintended consequences of sanctions, namely, whether ‘Smart’ sanctions ironically contributed to greater strategic competition in the South Pacifc, weakened regional security and prompted expressions of Pacifc regionalism that excluded Australia. In the years after the coup, Canberra achieved its primary aim of being, and being seen to be, the dominant power in the South Pacifc. However, during this time, Fiji “Looked North” and Pacifc Island Countries (PICs) developed greater confdence in the ‘New Pacifc Diplomacy’, thus providing the opportunity for China and other powers to expand their infuence in the region (Fry and Tarte, 2015). To the backdrop of growing concern about Chinese infuence, the failure of ‘Smart’ sanctions against Fiji shows the constraints of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. The fact that sanctions are no longer a palatable policy option has not been adequately canvassed in the literature. In this context, in order to counter Chinese infuence, Australia requires greater soft power resources and a sustained efort to listen to the concerns of PICs in order to achieve Australia’s interests (Newton, 2020b). In the ‘New Pacifc Diplomacy’, threatening sanctions is likely to be counterproductive.
Graduate employability as a professional proto-jurisdiction in higher education
Creators: name: Healy, Michael
name: Brown, Jason
name: Ho, Candy
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Much research into how universities seek to support their students’ graduate employability has focused on academic strategies such as graduate attributes and work-integrated learning, or the employability benefits of part-time work, volunteering, and extracurricular activities. However, the work of the professional staff who support these strategies is seldom addressed. In this article, we report findings from our documentary analysis of 376 Australian university job advertisements for professional roles directly responsible for graduate employability programs and services. We characterise employability as a proto-jurisdiction: an ecology of distinct forms of professional expertise and responsibility with ambiguous, elastic, and porous boundaries. We argue that despite the importance of graduate employability to institutions’ strategic and students’ individual goals, it is as yet an inchoate field of professional practice, consisting of a diverse range of work tasks, functions, and projects. We discuss implications in relation to quality, coherence, and the strategic resourcing of employability support in higher education.
Recruitment, outcomes, and toxicity trends in phase I oncology trials: Six-year experience in a large institution
Creators: name: Menon, Siddharth
name: Davies, A
name: Frentzas, S
name: Hawkins, CA
name: Segelov, E
name: Day, D
name: Markman, B
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3211
subject: Oncology and carcinogenesis

description: Background: With the rapid influx of novel anti-cancer agents, phase I clinical trials in oncology are evolving. Historically, response rates on early phase trials have been modest with the clinical benefit and ethics of enrolment debated. However, there is a paucity of real-world data in this setting. Aim: To better understand the changing landscape of phase I oncology trials, we performed a retrospective review at our institution to examine patient and trial characteristics, screening outcomes, and treatment outcomes. Methods and results: We analyzed all consecutive adult patients with advanced solid organ malignancies who were screened across phase I trials from January 2013 to December 2018 at a single institution. During this period, 242 patients were assessed for 28 different trials. Median age was 64 years (range 30–89) with an equal sex distribution. Among 257 screening visits, the overall screen failure rate was 18%, resulting in 212 patients being enrolled onto a study. Twenty-six trials (93%) involved immunotherapeutic agents or molecular targeted agents either alone or in combination, with only two trials of cytotoxic agents (7%). Twenty-two (13.4%) of the 209 treated patients experienced a total of 33 grade 3 or higher treatment-related adverse events. There was one treatment-related death (0.5%). Of 190 response-evaluable patients, 7 (4%) had a complete response, 34 (18%) a partial response, and 59 (31%) experienced stable disease for a disease control rate of 53%. The median overall survival for our cohort was 8.0 (95% CI: 6.8–9.2) months. Conclusion: The profile of phase I trials at our institution are consistent with the changing early drug development landscape. Response rates and overall survival in our cohort are superior to historically reported rates and comparable to contemporaneous studies. Severe treatment-related toxicity was relatively uncommon, and treatment-related mortality was rare.
Rational repurposing of drugs, clinical trials candidates, and natural products for SARS-CoV-2 therapy
Creators: name: Winkler, David
name: Piplani, Sakshi
name: Singh, Puneet
name: Petrovski, Nikolai
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3207
subject: Medical microbiology

description: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-08045-6_23.pdf
This book aims to serve the critical interests of the global community by supplying the most current knowledge and understanding of Covid-19 epidemiology, treatment, and prognoses. There was much uncertain and contradictory information published in the first year of the novel coronavirus. The dynamics of COVID-19 have now been realized, including the type of antibodies produced in infected patients and their limited lasting endurance. This book will set the record straight on the concept of “herd immunity” and explore the current vaccine trials taking place in different countries. This comprehensive book will illuminate recent advances regarding COVID-19 and offer a possible roadmap on how to move forward. 
Frontiers of COVID-19: A Pathophysiology and Epidemiology Roadmap of Novel Coronavirus Disease will be a vital and forward-looking guide for infectious disease clinicians, scientists and researchers, and students at the graduate level.
Cell surface carbohydrates of symbiotic dinoflagellates and their role in the establishment of cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis
Creators: name: Tortorelli, G
name: Rautengarten, C
name: Bacic, Tony
name: Segal, G
name: Ebert, B
name: Davy, SK
name: van Oppen, MJH
name: McFadden, GI
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 3108
subject: Plant biology
classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences

description: Symbiodiniaceae algae are often photosymbionts of reef-building corals. The establishment of their symbiosis resembles a microbial infection where eukaryotic pattern recognition receptors (e.g. lectins) are thought to recognize a specific range of taxon-specific microbial-associated molecular patterns (e.g. glycans). The present study used the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana and three species of Symbiodiniaceae (the homologous Breviolum minutum, the heterologous-compatible Cladocopium goreaui and the heterologous-incompatible Fugacium kawagutii) to compare the surface glycomes of three symbionts and explore the role of glycan–lectin interactions in host–symbiont recognition and establishment of symbiosis. We identified the nucleotide sugars of the algal cells, then examined glycans on the cell wall of the three symbiont species with monosaccharide analysis, lectin array technology and fluorescence microscopy of the algal cell decorated with fluorescently tagged lectins. Armed with this inventory of possible glycan moieties, we then assayed the ability of the three Symbiodiniaceae to colonize aposymbiotic E. diaphana after modifying the surface of one of the two partners. The Symbiodiniaceae cell-surface glycome varies among algal species. Trypsin treatment of the alga changed the rate of B. minutum and C. goreaui uptake, suggesting that a protein-based moiety is an essential part of compatible symbiont recognition. Our data strongly support the importance of D-galactose (in particular β-D-galactose) residues in the establishment of the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis, and we propose a potential involvement of L-fucose, D-xylose and D-galacturonic acid in the early steps of this mutualism.
ct-17-0208-File006 – Supplemental material for Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature
Creators: name: Kearney, Anna
name: Harman, Nicola L
name: Rosala-Hallas, Anna
name: Beecher, Claire
name: Blazeby, Jane M
name: Bower, Peter
name: Clarke, Mike
name: Cragg, William
name: Dune, Sinead
name: Gardner, Heidi
name: Healy, Patricia
name: Maguire, Lisa
name: Mills, Nicola
name: Rooshenas, Leila
name: Rowlands, Ceri
name: Treweek, Shaun
name: Vellinga, Akke
name: R Williamson, Paula
name: Gamble, Carrol
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental material, ct-17-0208-File006 for Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature by Anna Kearney, Nicola L Harman, Anna Rosala-Hallas, Claire Beecher, Jane M Blazeby, Peter Bower, Mike Clarke, William Cragg, Sinead Dune, Heidi Gardner, Patricia Healy, Lisa Maguire, Nicola Mills, Leila Rooshenas, Ceri Rowlands, Shaun Treweek, Akke Vellinga, Paula R Williamson and Carrol Gamble in Clinical Trials
Hesaba Konulan Bloke Nasıl Kaldırılır?
Creators: name: Uğur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Banka hesabınızda bloke varsa şüphesiz borcunuzu ödemediğiniz için alacaklı tarafından bloke konulmuştur. Öncelikle alacaklı kişi borcunu sizden etmin etmek isteyecek ancak yapamadığından yasal yollara başvuracaktır ilk olarak ise bankalara ilgili dilekçe yollanır ve hesabınız bloke olur. Bu aşamadan sonra banka hesabınıza konulan bloke nasıl kaldırılır sorusu bizim için önemlidir. Birçok kişinin bu durumda banka hesabındaki parasına erişemediğini biliyoruz ve ilk yapabileceğiniz şey olan alacaklı ile bir orta yola gitme fikrini sizlerle paylaşmak isteriz. İkinci olarak eğer paranız yoksa bir şekilde yakın dostunuz aracılığı ile borcunuzu kapatacak miktarda para bulabilir ve borcunuzu vergi dairesine ödersiniz ve blokeniz kalkar.
The experiences of refugee Muslim women in the Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare system
Creators: name: Cassim, S
name: Ali, M
name: Kidd, J
name: Keenan, R
name: Begum, F
name: Jamil, Dina
name: Hamid, N Abdul
name: Lawrenson, R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture
classificationCode: 4702
subject: Cultural studies

description: This study explores the experiences of refugee Muslim women as they accessed and navigated the healthcare system in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). A case-oriented approach was used, where semi-structured interviews were carried out with nine Muslim women who arrived in NZ as refugees. Interviews were carried out in 2020, in Hamilton, NZ. Analysis involved a ‘text in context’ approach which employed an iterative and interpretive process, by engaging with participant accounts and field notes to unpack the various meanings behind the experiences of the participants in relation to the literature as well as the broader socio-cultural contexts in which these experiences occurred. The findings of this research identified various structural barriers to accessing healthcare such as cost and issues with interpreters, as well as instances of othering in the healthcare settings experienced by refugee Muslim women. In order to tackle inequity in the health system, structural and institutional barriers need to be addressed first, to prompt other levels of othering and discrimination to reduce over time.
An Analysis of Warm-Up Strategies at a Cross-Country Skiing National Championship
Creators: name: Jones, Thomas W
name: Govus, Andrew
name: Buskqvist, Alfred
name: Andersson, Erik P
name: McGawley, Kerry
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3208
subject: Medical physiology
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise

description: No description supplied.
An Analysis of Warm-Up Strategies at a Cross-Country Skiing National Championship
Creators: name: Jones, Thomas W
name: Govus, Andrew
name: Buskqvist, Alfred
name: Andersson, Erik P
name: McGawley, Kerry
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Purpose: To provide a descriptive analysis of the warm-up (WU) strategies employed by cross-country skiers prior to distance and sprint competitions at a national championship and to compare the skiers’ planned and executed WUs prior to the respective competitions. Methods: Twenty-one national- and international-level skiers (11 women and 10 men) submitted WU plans prior to the distance and sprint competitions, and after the competitions, reported any deviations from the plans. Skiers used personal monitors to record heart rate (HR) during WU, races, and cooldown. Quantitative statistical analyses were conducted on WU durations, durations in HR-derived intensity zones, and WU loads. Qualitative analyses were conducted on skiers’ WU plans and their reasons for deviating from the plans. Results: Skiers’ planned WUs were similar in content and planned time in HR-derived intensity zones for both the distance and sprint competitions. However, 45% of the women and 20% of the men reported that their WU was not carried out as planned, with reasons detailed as being due to incorrect intensities and running out of time. WU activities including skiing across variable terrain, muscle-potentiating exercises, and heat-maintenance strategies were missing from the skiers’ planned routines. Conclusions: Skiers favored a long, traditional WU approach for both the sprint and distance events, performing less high-intensity and more moderate-intensity exercise during their WUs than planned. In addition, elements likely relevant to successful performance in cross-country skiing were missing from WU plans.
A national Position Statement on adult end-of-life care in critical care
Creators: name: Bloomer, MJ
name: Ranse, K
name: Butler, Ashleigh
name: Brooks, L
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Patient death in critical care is not uncommon. Rather, the provision of end-of-life care is a core feature of critical care nursing, yet not all nurses feel adequately prepared for their role in the provision of end-of-life care. For this reason, the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) supported the development of a Position Statement to provide nurses with clear practice recommendations to guide the provision of end-of-life care, which reflect the most relevant evidence and information associated with end-of-life care for adult patients in Australian critical care settings. A systematic literature search was conducted between June and July, 2020 in CINAHL Complete, Medline, and EMBASE databases to locate research evidence related to key elements of end-of-life care in critical care. Preference was given to the most recent Australian or Australasian research evidence, where available. Once the practice recommendations were drafted in accordance with the research evidence, a clinical expert review panel was established. The panel comprised clinically active ACCCN members with at least 12 months of clinical experience. The clinical expert review panel participated in an eDelphi process to provide face validity for practice recommendations and a subsequent online meeting to suggest additional refinements and ensure the final practice recommendations were meaningful and practical for critical care nursing practice in Australia. ACCCN Board members also provided independent review of the Position Statement. This Position Statement is intended to provide practical guidance to critical care nurses in the provision of adult end-of-life care in Australian critical care settings.
Enacting person-centred care in home care services for people with dementia
Creators: name: Hedman, R
name: Sandman, PO
name: Edvardsson, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Aims and objectives: To develop the theoretical understanding of the process of providing person-centred home care for people with dementia. Background: People with dementia are increasingly cared for at home by family members and home care staff. Care of people with dementia should be person-centred; however, little is known about how home care staff understand and enact person-centred care in their daily work. Design: Grounded theory. Methods: Home care staff (n = 29) were recruited from home care services specialised in providing care for people with dementia. Group interviews were conducted, and a tentative theoretical model for providing person-centred home care to people with dementia was outlined. Nine of the participants were then individually interviewed to further develop the model. The analysis was conducted parallel to the data collection, and hypotheses concerning the evolving theoretical model were continuously tested in the following interviews. The COREQ checklist for qualitative studies was used in reporting the study. Results: Person-centred home care of people with dementia was conceptualised as a series of processes: Getting ready, getting in, giving care, getting out and finalising the story, each with subprocesses. Theatre metaphors were used to describe how the care was provided. A core process, Enacting and re-enacting familiarity, was at centre in all processes. Conclusions: In the person-centred care of people with dementia, familiarity had to be established and continuously fostered. When familiarity was in place, the care recipient and the home care staff acted as a team to perform the care. The theoretical works of Goffman were used to interpret the results. Relevance to clinical practice: The study provides a model for person-centred care of people with dementia at home that deepens the understanding of its processes, prerequisites and outcomes. The model can inform education and administration of home care for people with dementia.
Our contemporary understanding of the aetiology of pressure ulcers/pressure injuries
Creators: name: Gefen, A
name: Brienza, DM
name: Cuddigan, J
name: Haesler, Emily
name: Kottner, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences

description: In 2019, the third and updated edition of the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries has been published. In addition to this most up-to-date evidence-based guidance for clinicians, related topics such as pressure ulcers (PUs)/pressure injuries (PIs) aetiology, classification, and future research needs were considered by the teams of experts. To elaborate on these topics, this is the third paper of a series of the CPG articles, which summarises the latest understanding of the aetiology of PUs/PIs with a special focus on the effects of soft tissue deformation. Sustained deformations of soft tissues cause initial cell death and tissue damage that ultimately may result in the formation of PUs/PIs. High tissue deformations result in cell damage on a microscopic level within just a few minutes, although it may take hours of sustained loading for the damage to become clinically visible. Superficial skin damage seems to be primarily caused by excessive shear strain/stress exposures, deeper PUs/PIs predominantly result from high pressures in combination with shear at the surface over bony prominences, or under stiff medical devices. Therefore, primary PU/PI prevention should aim for minimising deformations by either reducing the peak strain/stress values in tissues or decreasing the exposure time.
The significance of nursing home managers' leadership—longitudinal changes, characteristics and qualifications for perceived leadership, person-centredness and climate
Creators: name: Backman, A
name: Lövheim, H
name: Lindkvist, M
name: Sjögren, K
name: Edvardsson, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Aims and objectives: The aim was to explore changes in nursing home managers’ leadership, person-centred care and psychosocial climate comparing matched units in a five-year follow-up and to explore the significance of managers’ educational qualifications and the ownership of nursing homes for perceived leadership, person-centred care and psychosocial climate in the follow-up data. Background: Leadership has been described as crucial for person-centred care and psychosocial climate even though longitudinal data are lacking. The significance of managerial leadership, its characteristics, managerial qualifications and ownership of nursing homes for perceived leadership, person-centred care and psychosocial climate also needs further exploration. Design: Repeated cross-sectional study. Methods: This study used valid and reliable measures of leadership, person-centred care, psychosocial climate and demographic variables collected from managers and staff n = 3605 in 2014 and n = 2985 in 2019. Descriptive and regression analyses were used. The STROBE checklist was used in reporting this study. Results: Leadership was still positively significantly associated to person-centred care in a five-year follow-up, but no changes in strength were seen. Leadership was still positively significantly associated with psychosocial climate, with stronger associations at follow-up. Six leadership characteristics increased over time. It was also shown that a targeted education for nursing home managers was positively associated with person-centred care. Conclusions: Leadership is still pivotal for person-centred care and psychosocial climate. Knowledge of nursing home managers’ leadership, characteristics and educational qualifications of significance for person-centred delivery provides important insights when striving to improve such services. Relevance to clinical practice: The findings can be used for management and clinical practice development initiatives because it was shown that nursing home managers’ leadership is vital to person-centred care practices and improves the climate for both staff and residents in these environments.
The Preparation of MCU Language Institute for ASEAN Economic Community
Creators: name: Phramaha Hansa Dhammahaso
name: Phamaha Rachan Cittapalo
name: Roongroj Siriphan
name: Pinthong Mansumitrchai
name: Lewis, Howell Nicrolas
name: Uthai Satiman
Publisher: name: Peace Studies MCU
Year: 2016
Subjects: Preparation, Language Institute, ASEAN Community

description: Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 4, 2
SBIRT of patients treated for firearm injury: differences by race and ethnicity
Creators: name: Bell, Ayanna
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Substance-Related Disorders
subject: Healthcare Disparities
subject: Firearms
subject: Aftercare
subject: Wounds, Gunshot
subject: Referral and Consultation
subject: Ethnicity
subject: Substance-Related Disorders
subject: Healthcare Disparities
subject: Firearms
subject: Screening
subject: Intervention
subject: Referral to Treatment

description: Patients treated for firearm injury are at risk of developing behavioral health disorders related to their trauma. They may also have pre-existing mental or behavioral health conditions. Because of this, behavioral health-related assessments and, where indicated, referrals for follow-up care can be critical for this patient population. This study examines possible disparities in the provision of SBIRT by race and ethnicity.