cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A is for Access not just protocols: semantics matter!
Creators: name: Goble, Carole
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: FAIR
Accessibility
FAIR-IMPACT
Semantic Artefacts
metadata

description: This joint plenary session will highlight the transformative contributions of FAIR-IMPACT and FAIRCORE4EOSC projects to advancing FAIR principles in the domain of semantics: metadata & ontologies, mappings, and research software. The session will open with a keynote from a distinguished expert reporting on the current status and challenge related to the topic within EOSC.

 

The core of the session will feature presentations on key achievement related to theme of the session from the two projects, including guidelines for Research Software Metadata, recommendations for FAIR Semantic Artefacts and FAIR mappings as well as development and setting up of concrete services such as the MSCR and the DTR from FAIRCORE4EOSC and multiple semantic artefacts catalogues from FAIR-IMPACT. The session will conclude with a forward-looking panel discussion, exploring lessons learned, assessing the alignment of outcomes with EOSC objectives, and identifying priorities for future research. This plenary session offers a unique opportunity to reflect on achievements, evaluate the impact, and collaboratively envision the future of FAIR-compliant and semantically enabled science within EOSC.
Does “Waiting to Start” in Extreme Cold Conditions Alter Physiological, Perceptual and Exercise Performance Responses in Males and Females?
Creators: name: Kennedy, Michael D.
name: Limmer, Mirjam
name: Wichert, Christopher A.
name: Comeau, Aidan K.
name: Faulhaber, Martin
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: We investigated the influence of different-length interim periods after a standardized warm-up on the physiological, perceptual and performance responses in males and females. Fourteen participants (eight females, six males; age: 24.7 ± 5.6 years; V̇O2max 54.6 ± 5.5 mL/kg/min) completed three environmental chamber trials [0 (CON), 6 (6IP) or 12 (12IP)-minute interim period] preceded by the same 15 min warm-up and followed by a subsequent 8-min running performance trial at −15.0 °C. The maximal knee extension force, heart rate, muscle oxygenation, thermal state, cold discomfort and perceived leg discomfort were measured. The distance run was the same between conditions but the average (p = 0.008) and peak heart rates (p = 0.034), as well as the thermal state (p < 0.001), were all greater in the CON compared to 12IP. Females did have heavier legs and felt colder at the end of the interim periods, with continued heavier legs and cold discomfort across the performance trial, although these increases were not significant (p > 0.05). Thus, increasing the rest time in severe cold alters physiological and perceptual responses, especially in females, but does not influence running performance over 8-min. It is recommended that minimizing wait times will reduce the effects of severe cold air cooling before an outdoor winter sport competition.
Triple therapy for COPD : Understanding evidence is complicated
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Background: Recent Canadian and international guidelines for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) recommend single inhaler triple therapy (long-acting muscarinic antagonist/longacting beta agonist/inhaled corticosteroid) as first-line treatment or as escalation from dual therapy for “high risk” patients who experienced at least 1 severe or 2 moderate exacerbations during the previous year. While they differ as to other eligibility criteria for triple therapy, these new recommendations could increase inappropriate prescriptions. In British Columbia, singleinhaler triple therapy is increasing rapidly. Aims: This Therapeutics Letter critically appraises available evidence about triple therapy for “high risk” COPD patients. Findings: No randomized controlled trial (RCT) has evaluated first-line triple therapy in people newly diagnosed with COPD. Three RCTs enrolled “high risk” patients (N=20,396) at a mean of 8 years after COPD diagnosis. Most were already using ICS and many had a history of asthma. Results cannot be extrapolated to treatment-naïve patients treated initially with triple therapy. We found unconvincing the RCT evidence that triple therapy reduces exacerbations. Like the US FDA’s Advisory Committee, we could not confirm that triple therapy reduces mortality. Furthermore, retrospective real-world data indicate that triple therapy achieves no significant reduction in exacerbations, but increases pneumonia and total mortality. Conclusions: Current evidence does not support first-line triple therapy in treatment-naïve COPD patients, nor routinely adding ICS for people already using a LAMA/LABA inhaler. Clinicians should prioritize smoking cessation, immunization, and inhaler technique over pharmacological intensification, and ensure evidence-informed shared decision-making.
Counter stories: The voices of Indigenous peoples undertaking educative roles in flexi schools
Creators: name: Shay, Marnee
name: Sarra, Grace
name: Lampert, Jo
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3902
subject: Education policy, sociology and philosophy
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: This paper reports on findings from the first author’s doctoral research examining the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in Australian flexi schools. ‘Collaborative yarning methodology’ story boarding was used to hear (and theme) the collective experiences of Indigenous teaching and non-teaching staff in these alternative school settings where both they and Indigenous students make up larger numbers of staff than mainstream schools. Informed by Indigenist and critical race theory, 19 Indigenous staff members contributed to knowledge around three themes: Us Mob; Race and racism, and School Practice which incorporated discussions both of curriculum and of issues related to funding. Many Indigenous staff were working in flexi schools through choice and a sense of commitment to working with Indigenous youth. However other issues, such as experiences of racism, were still present despite the ‘social justice’ nature of flexi schools.
Thyroid testing in primary hypothyroidism
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Background: Thyroid hormones regulate essential metabolic processes and development. The hypothalamicpituitary-thyroid axis regulates hormone production, with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels being a key indicator of thyroid function in primary hypothyroidism. Aims: This Therapeutics Letter emphasizes a TSH-centred approach to the diagnosis and management of primary hypothyroidism (dysfunction at the level of the thyroid gland) in adults. It discourages routine thyroid function screening in asymptomatic individuals due to lack of demonstrated benefit and potential harm from overdiagnosis and overtreatment. It outlines appropriate diagnostic strategies, including when to use TSH, free T4 (thyroxine), and free T3 (triiodothyronine) tests, and outlines indications for antibody testing. Special considerations are provided for subclinical hypothyroidism and hypothyroidism during pregnancy. Recommendations: ▪ Do not perform routine thyroid function screening in asymptomatic adults. ▪ Use TSH as the initial test for suspected primary thyroid dysfunction and as the test to monitor levothyroxine monotherapy for primary hypothyroidism. ▪ Wait six weeks before re-checking TSH after therapy adjustments; once stable, annual testing is sufficient. ▪ Avoid treating asymptomatic screen-detected subclinical hypothyroidism, except when TSH >10 mU/L in patients under 70 years of age. ▪ In pregnancy, test TSH only in high-risk women; treat overt hypothyroidism, but avoid routine treatment of subclinical cases.
Out Of Class Help In Computer Science : How Can We Make It Better?
Creators: name: Wang, Shukang
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Office hours and labs are essential components of higher education providing students with a valuable opportunity to obtain relevant answers and connect with their instructors and peers. However, the challenges of managing these help sessions, particularly in the field of computer science, have become increasingly complex in the face of emerging communication technologies and shifting student behaviors. As online learning continues to grow, traditional methods of conducting office hours and labs struggle to scale to accommodate larger numbers of students. Consequently, it is crucial to develop new approaches to managing these sessions and to encourage student attendance. This research attempts to address the challenges of traditional office hours and labs through the development of the HelpMe system. The system provides a user-friendly interface that enables instructors and teaching assistants to manage student questions. In addition, the research investigates the effectiveness of incentivizing student participation in help sessions and early assignment submission. The initial feedback on the HelpMe system was positive, demonstrating significant approval from both instructors/teaching assistants and students, the HelpMe system resulted in behavior change in students. The incentivization approach has also been found to improve student learning outcomes.
Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins
Creators: name: Cole, TL
name: Zhou, C
name: Fang, M
name: Pan, H
name: Ksepka, DT
name: Fiddaman, SR
name: Emerling, CA
name: Thomas, DB
name: Bi, X
name: Fang, Q
name: Ellegaard, MR
name: Feng, S
name: Smith, AL
name: Heath, TA
name: Tennyson, AJD
name: Borboroglu, PG
name: Wood, JR
name: Hadden, PW
name: Grosser, S
name: Bost, CA
name: Cherel, Y
name: Mattern, T
name: Hart, T
name: Sinding, MHS
name: Shepherd, LD
name: Phillips, RA
name: Quillfeldt, P
name: Masello, JF
name: Bouzat, JL
name: Ryan, PG
name: Thompson, DR
name: Ellenberg, Ursula
name: Dann, P
name: Miller, G
name: Boersma, P Dee
name: Zhao, R
name: Gilbert, MTP
name: Yang, H
name: Zhang, DX
name: Zhang, G
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 3104
subject: Evolutionary biology

description: Penguins lost the ability to fly more than 60 million years ago, subsequently evolving a hyper-specialized marine body plan. Within the framework of a genome-scale, fossil-inclusive phylogeny, we identify key geological events that shaped penguin diversification and genomic signatures consistent with widespread refugia/recolonization during major climate oscillations. We further identify a suite of genes potentially underpinning adaptations related to thermoregulation, oxygenation, diving, vision, diet, immunity and body size, which might have facilitated their remarkable secondary transition to an aquatic ecology. Our analyses indicate that penguins and their sister group (Procellariiformes) have the lowest evolutionary rates yet detected in birds. Together, these findings help improve our understanding of how penguins have transitioned to the marine environment, successfully colonizing some of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Prediction of Health Risk Behaviours based on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Creators: name: Ravichander, Vani
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) includes a variety of traumatic experiences that might be experienced by an individual between the ages of 0 to 17 years. This paper explores how the experience of adverse childhood events might predict an individual’s engagement with risky health behaviours, focusing mainly on substance use behaviours, particularly involving drug use and alcohol consumption as well as risky sexual behaviour. These behaviours are analyzed through the lens of two health psychology models, namely the Biopsychosocial Model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Additionally, the paper discusses protective factors that might mitigate the effects of ACEs.
On the Worst-Case Complexity of Gibbs Decoding for Reed–Muller Codes
Creators: name: Xia, Xuzhe
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Reed–Muller (RM) codes are known to achieve capacity on binary symmetric channels (BSC) under the Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) decoder. However, it remains an open problem to design a capacity achieving polynomial-time RM decoder. Due to a lemma by Liu, Cuff, and Verdú, it can be shown that decoding by sampling from the posterior distribution is also capacity-achieving for RM codes over BSC. The Gibbs decoder is one such Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) based method, which samples from the posterior distribution by flipping message bits according to the posterior, and can be modified to give other MCMC decoding methods. In this paper, we analyze the mixing time of the Gibbs decoder for RM codes. Our analysis reveals that the Gibbs decoder can exhibit slow mixing for certain carefully constructed sequences. This slow mixing implies that, in the worst-case scenario, the decoder requires super-polynomial time to converge to the desired posterior distribution.
Impact of hospital readiness on patient safety incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: Health worker perceptions
Creators: name: Dhamanti, Inge
name: Indriani, D
name: Miftahussurur, M
name: Kurniawati, E
name: Engineer, CY
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Objectives: This study examined the impact of hospital readiness on patient safety from the healthcare workers' perspective. Design: The study employed a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, with the quantitative phase taking precedence. We conducted an online survey of 235 healthcare workers at COVID-19 referral hospitals, followed by an interview with 11 participants from various hospital types. Setting: COVID-19 referral hospitals in Indonesia. Participants: Health workers working at COVID-19 referral hospitals. Measures: Hospital ownership; hospital accreditation status; hospital readiness including incident management system, surge capacity, infection control and prevention, and human resource management; patient safety incident. Results: According to the survey, 66.4% of the participants worked at a hospital owned by the provincial or district government, and 69.4% worked at a hospital which had received an excellent status accreditation. More than 80% of the hospitals scored well in the categories of the incident management system (86%), surge capacity (80.9%), infection control and prevention (97.9%), and human resource management (84.7%). However, only 50.6% of the hospitals scored well in managing patient safety incidents. Hospital ownership, accreditation status and hospital readiness all have an impact on patient safety incidents, which were reported in all types of hospitals by both studies. Conclusions: This study provides significant results for Indonesia in terms of hospital preparedness and patient safety for the COVID-19 pandemic. The accreditation and ownership status of the hospital have aided hospital readiness. Despite the fact that no hospital in the world was prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital readiness has improved a year later; however, patient safety has not improved. Patient safety incidents occurred regardless of hospital status, with the most common occurrence being delayed treatment. Administrative errors were also recorded in COVID-19 field hospitals that were not accredited. Future research should focus on improving pandemic care quality and implementing initiatives that are applicable to all types of hospitals.
Additional file 1 of Physical activity promotion in chiropractic: a systematic review of clinician-based surveys
Creators: name: Fernandez, Matthew
name: Young, Anika
name: Milton, Karen
name: Pinhiero, Marina
name: de Luca, Katie
name: Ferreira, Paulo
name: Hebert, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1. Search strategy Medline, Mantis, AMED, EMBASE and Index to Chiropractic literature.
Enhancing the capacity of the health workforce to deliver best practice diabetes care
Creators: name: Murfet, G
name: Ng, Ashley
name: Hagger, V
name: Davidson, S
name: Ward, G
name: Fenton, B
name: Rasmussen, B
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
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Diabetes prevalence is increasing; the technologies and medicines used to manage diabetes have become more complex, and the specialist health workforce with qualifications in diabetes is insufficient. Generalist health professionals have limited diabetes knowledge, despite engaging with people with diabetes in healthcare daily. An innovative framework is needed to align with the Australian National Diabetes Strategy to build a competent, flexible and adaptive workforce to promote excellence in diabetes care. A three-staged modified Delphi technique was used to identify a consensus Capability Framework for Diabetes Care (the 'Framework'). An implementation phase followed, involving representation from people with diabetes and key health professional organisations to co-design and implement the 'Framework'. The 'Framework' can guide curricula at universities and TAFE institutes, and the professional development and practice of Australian nurses, allied health professionals, First Nations Australians health workers and practitioners, pharmacists, midwives and health assistants when delivering care to people living with diabetes. The 'Framework' defines nine core capabilities that healthcare providers require to deliver diabetes care effectively, underpinned by three sets of attributes for seven practice levels to enable the workforce. Information within the practice levels provides a nationally consistent approach to learning and training different healthcare providers in the essential elements of diabetes care. A 'living' evidence-based national 'Framework' for the whole health workforce and associated online resources will help promote a more responsive health workforce delivering better and more equitable diabetes care.
A Workers’ Inquiry : Animating Uncertainty
Creators: name: Ahmed, Sameen
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: In this undergraduate research report, Ahmed conducts a workers’ inquiry in collaboration with the Canadian Animation Guild to examine how animation workers are experiencing the rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in their industry. Grounded in the Marxist tradition of workers’ inquiry, as both a method of knowledge production and a tool for worker empowerment, the project draws on survey responses from animation professionals across British Columbia. The report explores worker concerns around job displacement, artistic devaluation, consent, and the ethical foundations of GenAI. The findings highlight widespread apprehension about the top-down and opaque rollout of these technologies, as well as deep-rooted critiques of the extractive and exploitative systems enabling their deployment. Workers articulate a vision for ethical governance rooted in transparency, consent, and collective agency. Designed for an industry audience, the report closes with a set of actionable, worker-led recommendations for unions, policymakers, and studios. It reframes GenAI not as inevitable innovation, but as a contested terrain in the struggle over the future of creative work.
Supplementary_material – Supplemental material for The µ-opioid system in midline thalamic nuclei modulates defence strategies towards a conditioned fear stimulus in male mice
Creators: name: Bengoetxea, Xabier
name: Goedecke, Lena
name: Blaesse, Peter
name: Hans-Christian Pape
name: Jüngling, Kay
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_material for The µ-opioid system in midline thalamic nuclei modulates defence strategies towards a conditioned fear stimulus in male mice by Xabier Bengoetxea, Lena Goedecke, Peter Blaesse, Hans-Christian Pape and Kay Jüngling in Journal of Psychopharmacology
Cycling Without Age: An Australian residential aged care home experience
Creators: name: Cyarto, EV
name: Dickins, M
name: Meyer, Claudia
name: Lowthian, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Objective: Cycling Without Age (CWA) involves taking residents on outdoor trishaw (electric bicycle) rides driven by trained ‘pilots’. This study explored the CWA experience from the perspective of residents and family members, staff and volunteer pilots from a residential aged care home in Queensland, Australia. Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Interviews were conducted with 21 participants. Transcripts were analysed thematically, with the interview questions determining a priori categories followed by coding of central themes. Results: Several themes emerged. For residents, seeing familiar places prompted reminiscences, and being outdoors elicited positive emotions. Family members reported CWA was a novel way to be with their loved one. Enabling residents to have time away from the care home with community contact was rewarding for pilots. Staff noted improvement in residents' mood post-ride, however, rides needed to be scheduled to fit in with their workflow. Conclusions: Cycling Without Age was perceived to offer a unique and meaningful experience, with benefits including sharing stories, being outside, and feeling part of the community.
Reform and Resistance : The Case of the Sikh Empire and the Feudal Military Aristocracy
Creators: name: Khun Khun, Harkaran Singh
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: This thesis examines why Ranjit Singh thought it necessary to push forward military reform and state formation, the reaction of the feudal chiefs of Punjab, and the results of such. The methodology of this thesis consists of analyzing correspondence between East India Company (EIC) officials, first hand accounts of European travellers in Punjab, indigenous official state and unofficial histories, as well as building off the ideas of other scholars. Ranjit Singh pursued state formation and military reform, which were causes and results of each other, in order to secure the independence of the Sikh nation from the historic Afghan menace and the rising threat of the EIC. The chiefs opposed the reforms to secure the feudal military institutions which were the basis of their prestige and power. Ranjit Singh’s reforms ultimately culminated in the formation of the Panth Khalsa after his death. The power struggle between the Panth Khalsa and the chiefs ultimately caused the First Anglo-Sikh War and eventual annexation of Punjab.
Kakuzi's Human Rights Grievance Mechanism in Kenya: An Exercise in Scoping, Translating and Reframing
Creators: name: Grama, Ben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: remedy
accountability
human rights
business and human rights
self regulation

description: A presentation on how grievances (as community perceptions of injurious experience) are translated into grievances (as complaints) and then reframed by the administrative dimensions of accountability mechanisms, in reference to the Kakuzi independent human rights mechanism in Kenya.
Effectiveness of the Australian breeding value for heat tolerance at discriminating responses of lactating Holstein cows to heat stress
Creators: name: Jensen, Laura May
name: Jannaman, EA
name: Pryce, Jennie
name: De Vries, A
name: Hansen, PJ
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 30
subject: Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
classificationCode: 3003
subject: Animal production
classificationCode: 3006
subject: Food sciences
classificationCode: 3009
subject: Veterinary sciences
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Heat stress has negative consequences for milk production and reproduction of dairy cattle. These adverse effects are likely to increase because of climate change and anticipated increases in milk yield. Some of the variation among cows in ability to resist effects of heat stress is genetic. The current objective of this observational study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian breeding value for heat tolerance (ABVHT) based on the decline in milk yield with heat stress for predicting cow differences in effects of heat stress on regulation of body temperature, milk production, and reproductive function. Genomic breeding values for heat tolerance were calculated for 12,487 cows from a single California dairy farm. Rectal temperature in the afternoon (1100–2045 h) was measured on a subset of 626 lactating cows with ABVHT ≥102 (heat tolerant) or <102 (heat sensitive). Rectal temperature was 0.12°C lower for heat-tolerant cows than heat-sensitive cows. Vaginal temperatures were measured every 15 min for 5 d in 118 cows with ABVHT ≥108 (extreme heat tolerant) or <97 (extreme heat sensitive). Vaginal temperature was 0.07°C lower for extreme heat–tolerant cows than extreme heat–sensitive cows. Lactation records for 4,703 cows with ABVHT were used to evaluate seasonal variation in first 90-d milk yield, fat percent, and protein percent for each ABVHT quartile. Overall, cows with higher ABVHT had lower milk yield, fat percentage, and protein percentage and higher first service pregnancy rate. There was no summer depression in production or reproduction or interactions between season and ABVHT quartile. We observed that ABVHT can successfully identify heat-tolerant cows that maintain lower body temperatures during heat stress. The lack of a pronounced seasonality in milk production or reproduction precluded evaluation of whether ABVHT is related to the magnitude of effect of heat stress on those traits.
Supplemental Material, SSC810387_Supplemental - Invitation Timing and Participation Rates in Online Panels: Findings From Two Survey Experiments
Creators: name: Lindgren, Elina
name: Markstedt, Elias
name: Martinsson, Johan
name: Andreasson, Maria
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, SSC810387_Supplemental for Invitation Timing and Participation Rates in Online Panels: Findings From Two Survey Experiments by Elina Lindgren, Elias Markstedt, Johan Martinsson, and Maria Andreasson in Social Science Computer Review
Effectiveness of the Australian breeding value for heat tolerance at discriminating responses of lactating Holstein cows to heat stress
Creators: name: Jensen, LM
name: Jannaman, EA
name: Pryce, Jennie
name: De Vries, A
name: Hansen, PJ
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Heat stress has negative consequences for milk production and reproduction of dairy cattle. These adverse effects are likely to increase because of climate change and anticipated increases in milk yield. Some of the variation among cows in ability to resist effects of heat stress is genetic. The current objective of this observational study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian breeding value for heat tolerance (ABVHT) based on the decline in milk yield with heat stress for predicting cow differences in effects of heat stress on regulation of body temperature, milk production, and reproductive function. Genomic breeding values for heat tolerance were calculated for 12,487 cows from a single California dairy farm. Rectal temperature in the afternoon (1100–2045 h) was measured on a subset of 626 lactating cows with ABVHT ≥102 (heat tolerant) or <102 (heat sensitive). Rectal temperature was 0.12°C lower for heat-tolerant cows than heat-sensitive cows. Vaginal temperatures were measured every 15 min for 5 d in 118 cows with ABVHT ≥108 (extreme heat tolerant) or <97 (extreme heat sensitive). Vaginal temperature was 0.07°C lower for extreme heat–tolerant cows than extreme heat–sensitive cows. Lactation records for 4,703 cows with ABVHT were used to evaluate seasonal variation in first 90-d milk yield, fat percent, and protein percent for each ABVHT quartile. Overall, cows with higher ABVHT had lower milk yield, fat percentage, and protein percentage and higher first service pregnancy rate. There was no summer depression in production or reproduction or interactions between season and ABVHT quartile. We observed that ABVHT can successfully identify heat-tolerant cows that maintain lower body temperatures during heat stress. The lack of a pronounced seasonality in milk production or reproduction precluded evaluation of whether ABVHT is related to the magnitude of effect of heat stress on those traits.
Australian children's foot, ankle and leg problems in primary care: a secondary analysis of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data
Creators: name: Williams, Cylie
name: Menz, Hylton
name: Lazzarini, PA
name: Gordon, J
name: Harrison, C
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Objectives: To explore children's foot, ankle and leg consultation patterns and management practices in Australian primary care. Design: Cross-sectional, retrospective study. Setting: Australia Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health program dataset. Participants: Data were extracted for general practitioners (GPs) and patients <18 years from April 2000 to March 2016 inclusive. Main outcome measures: Demographic characteristics: sex, GP age groups (ie, <45, 45-54, 55+ years), GP country of training, patient age grouping (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-18 years), postcode, concession card status, indigenous status, up to three patient encounter reasons, up to four encounter problems/diagnoses and the clinical management actioned by the GP. Results: Children's foot, ankle or leg problems were managed at a rate of 2.05 (95% CI 1.99 to 2.11) per 100 encounters during 229 137 GP encounters with children. There was a significant increase in the rate of foot, ankle and leg problems managed per 100 children in the population, from 6.1 (95% CI 5.3 to 6.8) in 2005-2006 to 9.0 (95% CI 7.9 to 10.1) in 2015-2016. Management of children's foot, ankle and leg problems were independently associated with male patients (30% more than female), older children (15-18 years were 7.1 times more than <1 years), male GPs (13% more) and younger GPs (<45 years of age 13% more than 55+). The top four most frequently managed problems were injuries (755.9 per 100 000 encounters), infections (458.2), dermatological conditions (299.4) and unspecified pain (176.3). The most frequently managed problems differed according to age grouping. Conclusions: Children commonly present to GPs for foot, ankle and leg problems. Presentation frequencies varied according to age. Unexpectedly, conditions presenting commonly in adults, but rarely in children, were also frequently recorded. This data highlights the importance of initiatives supporting contemporary primary care knowledge of diagnoses and management of paediatric lower limb problems to minimise childhood burden of disease.
Relocation Patterns and Predictors of Relocation and Mortality in Swedish Sheltered Housing and Aging in Place
Creators: name: Corneliusson, L
name: Lövheim, H
name: Sköldunger, A
name: Sjögren, K
name: Edvardsson, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
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
classificationCode: 4406
subject: Human geography

description: A reported objective of Swedish sheltered housing is to postpone care needs and relocation. The aim of this study was to describe migration patterns and explore predictors of relocation to nursing homes and mortality, in a sample of residents in sheltered housing and aging in place. To explore longitudinal differences between groups, study data were combined with registry data. The results showed that a higher percentage of residents in sheltered housing had relocated to a nursing home and deceased over a three-year time period, compared to aging in place, implying further interventions may be required to promote health in sheltered housing.
2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-A_online_supp – Supplemental material for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets
Creators: name: Law, Ernest H.
name: Pickard, A. Simon
name: Xie, Feng
name: Walton, Surrey M.
name: Lee, Todd A.
name: Schwartz, Alan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental material, 2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-A_online_supp for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets by Ernest H. Law, A. Simon Pickard, Feng Xie, Surrey M. Walton, Todd A. Lee and Alan Schwartz in Medical Decision Making
Granzyme K initiates IL-6 and IL-8 release from epithelial cells by activating protease-activated receptor 2
Creators: name: Kaiserman, D
name: Zhao, P
name: Rowe, CL
name: Leong, A
name: Barlow, N
name: Joeckel, LT
name: Hitchen, C
name: Stewart, Sarah
name: Hollenberg, MD
name: Bunnett, N
name: Suhrbier, A
name: Bird, PI
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences

description: Granzyme K (GzmK) is a tryptic member of the granzyme family of chymotrypsin-like serine proteases produced by cells of the immune system. Previous studies have indicated that GzmK activates protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) enhancing activation of monocytes and wound healing in endothelial cells. Here, we show using peptides and full length proteins that GzmK and, to a lesser extent the related protease GzmA, are capable of activating PAR1 and PAR2. These cleavage events occur at the canonical arginine P1 residue and involve exosite interactions between protease and receptor. Despite cleaving PAR2 at the same point as trypsin, GzmK does not induce a classical Ca2+ flux but instead activates a distinct signalling cascade, involving recruitment of β-arrestin and phosphorylation of ERK. In epithelial A549 cells, PAR2 activation by GzmK results in the release of inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-8. These data suggest that during an immune response GzmK acts as a pro-inflammatory regulator, rather than as a cytotoxin.
Enhancing Sorting Efficiency in Embedded Systems : Implementation of Adaptive Sort within EmbedDB
Creators: name: Morris, Aidan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: This thesis presents the implementation of the Adaptive Sort algorithm within EmbedDB, focusing on its integration into embedded systems. The work highlights the challenges encountered, key design decisions, and optimization strategies tailored for resource-constrained devices. Performance evaluation is conducted using real-world datasets of varying sizes, demonstrating the algorithm’s efficiency and adaptability. This research contributes to enhancing the sorting capabilities of embedded systems, improving their robustness, versatility, and overall performance in diverse applications.
Connecting the dots: A bibliometric analysis on the consumer innovation−decision process
Creators: name: Millemann, Jan A
name: de Waal, Gerrit Anton
name: Maritz, Alex
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3503
subject: Business systems in context
classificationCode: 350304
subject: Business systems in context
classificationCode: 3506
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour

description: This is the accepted author manuscript version.

Electronic version of an article published as International Journal of Innovation Management, Volume 26, Issue 4, 2022, 2250031 https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919622500311  © World Scientific Publishing Company https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijim
2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-C_online_supp – Supplemental material for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets
Creators: name: Law, Ernest H.
name: Pickard, A. Simon
name: Xie, Feng
name: Walton, Surrey M.
name: Lee, Todd A.
name: Schwartz, Alan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental material, 2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-C_online_supp for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets by Ernest H. Law, A. Simon Pickard, Feng Xie, Surrey M. Walton, Todd A. Lee and Alan Schwartz in Medical Decision Making
Connecting the dots: A bibliometric analysis on the consumer innovation−decision process
Creators: name: MILLEMANN, JAN A
name: DE WAAL, GERRIT ANTON
name: Maritz, Alex
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Electronic version of an article published as "CONNECTING THE DOTS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON THE CONSUMER INNOVATION−DECISION PROCESS", International Journal of Innovation Management, July 2022 'Online Ready' https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijim
Left-wing support of authoritarian submission to protect against societal threat
Creators: name: Winter, Taylor
name: Jose, PE
name: Riordan, Benjamin
name: Bizumic, B
name: Ruffman, T
name: Hunter, JA
name: Hartman, TK
name: Scarf, D
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, adopted a "go hard, go early"approach to eliminate COVID-19. Although Ardern and her Labour party are considered left-leaning, the policies implemented during the pandemic (e.g., police roadblocks) have the hallmarks of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA). RWA is characterized by three attitudinal clusters (authoritarian aggression, submission, and conventionalism). The uniqueness of the clusters, and whether they react to environmental change, has been debated. Here, in the context of the pandemic, we investigate the relationship between political orientation and RWA. Specifically, we measured political orientation, support for New Zealand's major political parties, and RWA among 1,430 adult community members. A multivariate Bayesian model demonstrated that, in the middle of a pandemic, both left-leaning and right-leaning individuals endorsed items tapping authoritarian submission. In contrast to authoritarian submission, and demonstrating the multidimensional nature of RWA, we observed the typical relationships between political orientation and authoritarian aggression and conventionalism was observed.
2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-D_online_supp – Supplemental material for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets
Creators: name: Law, Ernest H.
name: Pickard, A. Simon
name: Xie, Feng
name: Walton, Surrey M.
name: Lee, Todd A.
name: Schwartz, Alan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental material, 2018_08_28_EQ5DUS-5Lv3L-Appendix-D_online_supp for Parallel Valuation: A Direct Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L Societal Value Sets by Ernest H. Law, A. Simon Pickard, Feng Xie, Surrey M. Walton, Todd A. Lee and Alan Schwartz in Medical Decision Making
title: Ð¢ÐµÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð¼Ð¸ÐºÐ°
title: Ð¿ÑÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸ÐºÑÐ¼
titleType: Subtitle
title: Thermodynamics
Creators: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð¿Ð¾Ð¶Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð², Ð¡ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÐ¹
name: ÐÐ¸ÑÑÐºÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ
name: ÐÑÑÐ°ÐºÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ½Ð´ÑÐµÐ¹
name: Ð¡ÐµÑÐ¾ÑÑÐ°Ð½Ð¾Ð², ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ
name: ÐÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð², ÐÐ½Ð´ÑÐµÐ¹
name: ÐÐ¾Ð±ÑÐ»ÐµÐ², ÐÐ°Ð²ÐµÐ»
name: ÐÐ°Ð¹Ð½ÑÐ»Ð»Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Ð­Ð»ÑÐ·Ð°
name: ÐÑÐµÐºÐ¾Ð², ÐÐ¸ÑÐ°Ð¸Ð»
Publisher: name: ÐÐÐÐÐ¢ÐÐ¥-ÐÐ ÐÐ¡Ð¡
Year: 2023

description: Ð¡Ð¾Ð¾ÑÐ²ÐµÑÑÑÐ²ÑÐµÑ ÑÐ¾Ð´ÐµÑÐ¶Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð´Ð¸ÑÑÐ¸Ð¿Ð»Ð¸Ð½Ñ Â«Ð¢ÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÐµÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð¼Ð¸ÐºÐ°Â» Ð¿Ð¾ Ð½Ð°Ð¿ÑÐ°Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¼ Ð¿Ð¾Ð´Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð²ÐºÐ¸ 13.03.01 Â«Ð¢ÐµÐ¿Ð»Ð¾ÑÐ½ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÑÐ¸ÐºÐ° Ð¸ ÑÐµÐ¿Ð»Ð¾ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÐºÐ°Â», 13.03.03 Â«Ð­Ð½ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¾Ðµ Ð¼Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð½Ð¾ÑÑÑÐ¾ÐµÐ½Ð¸ÐµÂ», 14.03.01 Â«Ð¯Ð´ÐµÑÐ½Ð°Ñ ÑÐ½ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÑÐ¸ÐºÐ° Ð¸ ÑÐµÐ¿Ð»Ð¾ÑÐ¸Ð·Ð¸ÐºÐ°Â», 14.05.01 Â«Ð¯Ð´ÐµÑÐ½ÑÐµ ÑÐµÐ°ÐºÑÐ¾ÑÑ Ð¸ Ð¼Ð°ÑÐµÑÐ¸Ð°Ð»ÑÂ». ÐÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ°ÑÐ¾ÑÐ½ÑÐ¹ Ð¿ÑÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸ÐºÑÐ¼ Ð²ÐºÐ»ÑÑÐ°ÐµÑ Ð² ÑÐµÐ±Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÑ, Ð¿Ð¾ÑÐ²ÑÑÐµÐ½Ð½ÑÐµ ÑÐºÑÐ¿ÐµÑÐ¸Ð¼ÐµÐ½ÑÐ°Ð»ÑÐ½Ð¾Ð¼Ñ Ð¾Ð¿ÑÐµÐ´ÐµÐ»ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ ÑÐµÐ¿Ð»Ð¾ÑÐ¸Ð·Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ñ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¹ÑÑÐ² Ð²ÐµÑÐµÑÑÐ², Ð¿ÑÐ¸Ð¼ÐµÐ½ÑÐµÐ¼ÑÑ Ð² ÑÐµÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð¼Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ñ ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ»Ð°Ñ Ð² ÐºÐ°ÑÐµÑÑÐ²Ðµ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ¸Ñ ÑÐµÐ», Ð¸ Ð¿ÑÐ¾ÑÐµÑÑÐ¾Ð² Ð¿ÑÐµÐ¾Ð±ÑÐ°Ð·Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ ÑÐ½ÐµÑÐ³Ð¸Ð¸, Ð¿ÑÐ¾Ð¸ÑÑÐ¾Ð´ÑÑÐ¸Ñ Ð² ÑÐ½ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¾Ð¼ Ð¾Ð±Ð¾ÑÑÐ´Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð¸. ÐÐ½Ð°ÑÐ¸ÑÐµÐ»ÑÐ½Ð¾Ðµ Ð²Ð½Ð¸Ð¼Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ðµ ÑÐ´ÐµÐ»ÐµÐ½Ð¾ Ð¸Ð·Ð¼ÐµÑÐµÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¼, Ð¼ÐµÑÐ¾Ð´Ð°Ð¼ ÑÐºÑÐ¿ÐµÑÐ¸Ð¼ÐµÐ½ÑÐ° Ð¸ Ð¾ÑÐµÐ½ÐºÐµ ÑÐ¾ÑÐ½Ð¾ÑÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»ÑÑÐµÐ½Ð½ÑÑ ÑÐµÐ·ÑÐ»ÑÑÐ°ÑÐ¾Ð². ÐÐµÑÐ¾Ð´Ð¸ÐºÐ¸, Ð¿ÑÐµÐ´ÑÑÐ°Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð½ÑÐµ Ð² Ð¿ÑÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸ÐºÑÐ¼Ðµ, ÑÐ¾Ð¾ÑÐ²ÐµÑÑÑÐ²ÑÑÑ ÑÐ¾Ð²ÑÐµÐ¼ÐµÐ½Ð½ÑÐ¼ Ð¾ÑÐµÑÐµÑÑÐ²ÐµÐ½Ð½ÑÐ¼ Ð¸ Ð¼ÐµÐ¶Ð´ÑÐ½Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð½ÑÐ¼ ÑÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ð°ÑÑÐ°Ð¼. ÐÑÐµÐ´Ð½Ð°Ð·Ð½Ð°ÑÐµÐ½Ð¾ Ð´Ð»Ñ ÑÑÑÐ´ÐµÐ½ÑÐ¾Ð² ÐÐ½ÑÑÐ¸ÑÑÑÐ° ÑÐ½ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÑÐ¸ÐºÐ¸, Ð° ÑÐ°ÐºÐ¶Ðµ Ð´Ð»Ñ ÑÑÑÐ´ÐµÐ½ÑÐ¾Ð² Ð·Ð°Ð¾ÑÐ½Ð¾Ð³Ð¾ ÑÐ°ÐºÑÐ»ÑÑÐµÑÐ° Ð¿ÑÐ¸ ÑÐ°Ð¼Ð¾ÑÑÐ¾ÑÑÐµÐ»ÑÐ½Ð¾Ð¼ Ð¸Ð·ÑÑÐµÐ½Ð¸Ð¸ Ð´Ð¸ÑÑÐ¸Ð¿Ð»Ð¸Ð½Ñ Â«Ð¢ÐµÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ð¼Ð¸ÐºÐ°Â».
description: The practicum corresponds to the content of the discipline âTechnical thermodynamicsâ in the majors 13.03.01 âHeat power engineeringâ, 13.03.03 âPower machine engineeringâ, 14.03.01 âNuclear power engineering and thermophysicsâ, 14.05.01 âNuclear reactors and materialsâ. The laboratory practicum includes works devoted to the experimental determination of thermophysical properties of substances, used in thermodynamic cycles as working bodies, and of the energy conversion processes occurring in power engineering equipment. Considerable attention is paid to measurements, experimental methods, and assessment of the accuracy of the obtained results. The methodologies presented in the practicum comply with modern national and international standards. It is intended for students of the Institute of Energy, as well as for students of the extramural faculty for independent study of the discipline âThermodynamicsâ.
Left-wing support of authoritarian submission to protect against societal threat
Creators: name: Winter, T
name: Jose, PE
name: Riordan, Benjamin
name: Bizumic, B
name: Ruffman, T
name: Hunter, JA
name: Hartman, TK
name: Scarf, D
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, adopted a "go hard, go early"approach to eliminate COVID-19. Although Ardern and her Labour party are considered left-leaning, the policies implemented during the pandemic (e.g., police roadblocks) have the hallmarks of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA). RWA is characterized by three attitudinal clusters (authoritarian aggression, submission, and conventionalism). The uniqueness of the clusters, and whether they react to environmental change, has been debated. Here, in the context of the pandemic, we investigate the relationship between political orientation and RWA. Specifically, we measured political orientation, support for New Zealand's major political parties, and RWA among 1,430 adult community members. A multivariate Bayesian model demonstrated that, in the middle of a pandemic, both left-leaning and right-leaning individuals endorsed items tapping authoritarian submission. In contrast to authoritarian submission, and demonstrating the multidimensional nature of RWA, we observed the typical relationships between political orientation and authoritarian aggression and conventionalism was observed.