cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ο ρόλος των αντισωμάτων έναντι της αποκαρβοξυλάσης του γλουταμικού οξέος (anti-GAD) στις παθήσεις του Κεντρικού Νευρικού Συστήματος
Creators: name: Τσουμάνη, Αφροδίτη Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2025
Subjects: αντισώματα έναντι αποκαρβοξυλάσης του γλουταμικού οξέος
συστηματική ανασκόπηση
νευρολογικές διαταραχές
anti-GAD antibodies
systematic review
neurological disorders

description: Η αποκαρβοξυλάση του γλουταμικού οξέος (GAD) αποτελεί το ρυθμιστικό ένζυμο στη σύνθεση του γ-αμινοβουτυρικού οξέος (GABA), του κύριου ανασταλτικού νευροδιαβιβαστή του κεντρικού νευρικού συστήματος (ΚΝΣ). Στην βιβλιογραφία έχει αναφερθεί ότι τα αντισώματα έναντι της GAD (anti-GAD) συμμετέχουν στην παθογένεση διαφόρων διαταραχών του ΚΝΣ, όπως η επιληψία, το σύνδρομο του δύσκαμπτου ανθρώπου (SPS) και η αυτοάνοση εγκεφαλίτιδα και η αταξία. Η παρούσα μελέτη αποτελεί μία συστηματική ανασκόπηση, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις βάσεις δεδομένων PubMed και Scopus, η οποία διερευνά τον ρόλο των αντισωμάτων anti-GAD στα νοσήματα του ΚΝΣ, αλλά και ποιες θεραπείες έχουν εφαρμοσθεί για την αντιμετώπιση των διαταραχών αυτών.
description: Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is the regulatory enzyme in the synthesis of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system (CNS). The literature has reported that antibodies against GAD (anti-GAD) participate in the pathogenesis of various CNS disorders such as epilepsy, stiff-person syndrome (SPS), autoimmune encephalitis, and ataxia. This study is a systematic review, conducted in the PubMed and Scopus databases investigating the role of anti-GAD antibodies in CNS diseases and exploring the treatments that have been applied to manage these disorders.
Prateep khun Puchthonglang; Yathaweemint Puchthonglang
Creators: name: Learning Provision Model For Develop Right Consumption Behavior Based On The Philosophy Of Sufficiency Economy For Adolescents
Publisher: name: Peace Studies MCU
Year: 2016
Subjects: Learning Provision Model, Right Consumption, Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy

description: Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 4, 2
Intraosseous Lipoma of the Tibia
Creators: name: UTRERA GARCIA DE SALAZAR, ANA
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mediastinum
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: CT
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Education
subject: Tissue characterisation

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 40 years
description: Clinical History: A 40-year-old man with no past medical history presents with four months of mild right leg pain that had progressed in the last three weeks. Final Diagnosis: Intraosseous lipoma of the proximal tibia
Pelvic bone giant cell tumour
Creators: name: Ovelar Ferrero, Ainhoa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 55 years
description: Clinical History: A 55-year-old woman presented with pain in the left groin region. Final Diagnosis: Pelvic bone giant cell tumour
Brown tumors in chronic renal failure
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Tiago
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: Education
subject: Endocrine disorders

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 48 years
description: Clinical History: A 48-year-old woman with chronic renal failure (CHF) on haemodialysis and history of renal transplantation rejection presented with abdominal and left hip pain for a few months and a high parathyroid hormone (PTH) level. Final Diagnosis: Brown Tumors of Hyperparathyroidism
A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review of Identity Centrality among LGBTQ Groups: An Assessment of Psychosocial Correlates
Creators: name: Hinton, Jordan DX
name: de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl
name: Kaufmann, Leah M
name: Koc, Yasin
name: Anderson, Joel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: No description supplied
A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review of Identity Centrality among LGBTQ Groups: An Assessment of Psychosocial Correlates
Creators: name: Hinton, Jordan
name: de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl
name: Kaufmann, Leah M
name: Koc, Yasin
name: Anderson, Joel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: No description supplied
Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG) for reducing health harms from non-medical cannabis use: A comprehensive evidence and recommendations update
Creators: name: Fischer, B
name: Robinson, T
name: Bullen, C
name: Curran, V
name: Jutras-Aswad, D
name: Medina-Mora, ME
name: Pacula, RL
name: Rehm, J
name: Room, Robin
name: Brink, WVD
name: Hall, W
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: Background: Cannabis use is common, especially among young people, and is associated with risks for various health harms. Some jurisdictions have recently moved to legalization/regulation pursuing public health goals. Evidence-based ‘Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines’ (LRCUG) and recommendations were previously developed to reduce modifiable risk factors of cannabis-related adverse health outcomes; related evidence has evolved substantially since. We aimed to review new scientific evidence and to develop comprehensively up-to-date LRCUG, including their recommendations, on this evidence basis. Methods: Targeted searches for literature (since 2016) on main risk factors for cannabis-related adverse health outcomes modifiable by the user-individual were conducted. Topical areas were informed by previous LRCUG content and expanded upon current evidence. Searches preferentially focused on systematic reviews, supplemented by key individual studies. The review results were evidence-graded, topically organized and narratively summarized; recommendations were developed through an iterative scientific expert consensus development process. Results: A substantial body of modifiable risk factors for cannabis use-related health harms were identified with varying evidence quality. Twelve substantive recommendation clusters and three precautionary statements were developed. In general, current evidence suggests that individuals can substantially reduce their risk for adverse health outcomes if they delay the onset of cannabis use until after adolescence, avoid the use of high-potency (THC) cannabis products and high-frequency/-intensity of use, and refrain from smoking-routes for administration. While young people are particularly vulnerable to cannabis-related harms, other sub-groups (e.g., pregnant women, drivers, older adults, those with co-morbidities) are advised to exercise particular caution with use-related risks. Legal/regulated cannabis products should be used where possible. Conclusions: Cannabis use can result in adverse health outcomes, mostly among sub-groups with higher-risk use. Reducing the risk factors identified can help to reduce health harms from use. The LRCUG offer one targeted intervention component within a comprehensive public health approach for cannabis use. They require effective audience-tailoring and dissemination, regular updating as new evidence become available, and should be evaluated for their impact.
A Privacy-Preserving ECG-Based Authentication System for Securing Wireless Body Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Yang, Wencheng
name: Wang, Song
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4604
subject: Cybersecurity and privacy
classificationCode: 4605
subject: Data management and data science
classificationCode: 4606
subject: Distributed computing and systems software

description: No description supplied
Physiotherapy Interventions for Post-Operative Hernia Repair: A Review of Benefits and Outcomes
Creators: name: S, Rajesh
name: R, Akash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The post-recovery after the hernia repair surgery requires an ordered rehabilitation process, that facilitates the recovery and returns the physiological function to the normal one. Physiotherapy also has a big part to play here since it can relieve pain, mobility, and reduce complications like muscle weakness, respiratory distress, and post-operative adhesions. In this paper, the advantages of physiotherapy in recovery following hernia repair are presented, pointing out necessary interventions that can boost healing and improve patient outcomes. Basic physiotherapy elements such as early mobilization, respiratory procedures, and core strengthening exercises are essential to speed up recovery and decrease the chances of complications such as DVT and chronic pain. A meticulously planned rehabilitation program customized according to the surgical intervention method, open or laparoscopic, makes sure that the management process is patient-focused and the recovery process is tailored to the patient's individual needs. Evidence is there stating that physiotherapy assists in greater surgical outcomes in the long run through core strengthening, tissue recovery, and reduced recurrence. Educating patients on proper movement and gradually implementing movement in the patients also increases recovery without problems. However, from the pros of physiotherapy, it is very clear that the whole rehab process is not the same for all, which indicates the need for new research to discover the most effective physiotherapy methods that can be applied to diverse patients. As a whole, physiotherapy serves as the mainstay of hernia repair post-rehabilitation, facilitating faster recovery, less complications, and better quality of life. Standardized procedures can provide patients with all the benefits of physiotherapy which would enhance recovery.
Additional file 1 of Outcomes and risk factors with COVID-19 or influenza in hospitalized asthma patients
Creators: name: Dupont, Axelle
name: Couffignal, Camille
name: Arias, Camila
name: Salah, Kankoe
name: Phillips-Houlbraq, Mathilde
name: Le Brun, Mathilde
name: Taillé, Camille
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Distribution of International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes. Table S1. List of ICD-10 codes. Table S2. Characteristics of patients at admission to an AP-HP hospital for COVID-19 or influenza by presence or not of asthma antecedent. Table S3. Hospital stays and outcome for patients hospitalized in an AP-HP hospital for COVID-19 or influenza by presence or not of asthma antecedent. Table S4. Characteristics of patients at admission to an AP-HP hospital for influenza in 2019–2020 by presence or not of asthma antecedent. Table S5. Characteristics of asthma patients at hospital admission in 2019–2020 by infectious disease: COVID-19 or influenza. Table S6. Hospital stays and outcome for asthma patients at hospital admission in 2019–2020 by infectious disease: COVID-19 or 2019–2020 influenza. Table S7. Hospital stays and outcome for patients hospitalized in an AP-HP hospital for influenza in 2019–2020 by presence or not of asthma antecedent. Table S8. Risk factors for admission to an ICU for asthma patients by disease. Table S9. Risk factors for hospital death for asthma patients by disease.
Exploration of motivation to participate in a study of cancer-related cognitive impairment among patients with newly diagnosed aggressive lymphoma: a qualitative sub-study
Creators: name: Gates, P
name: Dhillon, H
name: Gough, K
name: Wilson, Carlene
name: Hawkes, Eliza
name: Scudder, L
name: Cushion, T
name: Krishnasamy, M
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: 4205
subject: Nursing
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Purpose: Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a recognised adverse consequence of cancer and its treatment. This qualitative sub-study was undertaken as part of a larger prospective longitudinal study in which recruitment and retention were very high. The aim was to gain an understanding of participants reasons for ongoing participation, at a time of heightened stress related to a new diagnosis of aggressive lymphoma and the rapid commencement of treatment. Methods: This qualitative descriptive sub-study included semi-structured interviews with twenty-seven participants. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and a thematic descriptive approach was used to analyse the data. Results: Twenty-seven interviews were completed. Four themes described participants’ motivation to consent and continue with the study. These included ease of participation, personal values, self-help and valued additional support. Participants understood the requirements of the study, and data collection occurring during hospital visits was perceived to be convenient. Interviewees confirmed that the study fulfilled desire to “help others”. Although testing was intense and challenging, it provided feedback on current functioning and was described by some as a “welcome distraction” and enjoyable. Finally, interaction with the study nurse was perceived as an additional beneficial oversight and support. Conclusion: Achieving sustained participation in a prospective study with patients undergoing treatment is facilitated where the logistical demands of data collection are minimised; a clinician from the service is included; the tasks are seen as inherently interesting; and care is taken to provide empathic support throughout. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12619001649101
Additional file 1 of Perceptions of portfolio assessment in family medicine graduates: a qualitative interview study
Creators: name: AlRadini, Faten A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1.
MNN-XSS: Modular Neural Network Based Approach for XSS Attack Detection
Creators: name: Alqarni, Ahmed Abdullah
name: Alsharif, Nizar
name: Khan, Nayeem Ahmad
name: Georgieva, Lilia
name: Pardede, Eric
name: Alzahrani, Mohammed Y.
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Abstract: The rapid growth and uptake of network-based communication technologies have made cybersecurity a significant challenge as the number of cyber-attacks is also increasing. A number of detection systems are used in an attempt to detect known attacks using signatures in network traffic. In recent years, researchers have used different machine learning methods to detect network attacks without relying on those signatures. The methods generally have a high false-positive rate which is not adequate for an industry-ready intrusion detection product. In this study, we propose and implement a new method that relies on a modular deep neural network for reducing the false positive rate in the XSS attack detection system. Experiments were performed using a dataset consists of 1000 malicious and 10000 benign sample. The model uses 50 features selected by using Pearson correlation method and will be used in the detection and preventions of XSS attacks. The results obtained from the experiments depict improvement in the detection accuracy as high as 99.96% compared to other approaches.
Universal human rights for women: UN engagement with traditional abuses, 1948-1965
Creators: name: Burke, Roland
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This chapter explores the first two decades of UN human rights endeavours around traditional and cultural practices, principally those which prevented the realization of the UDHR for women. Its focal point will be the Convention on Consent, Minimum Age, and Registration for Marriage, one of the very first international treaties on human rights protection adopted by the UN, preceding its more celebrated siblings of the mid-1960s by several years. With its proximate origin in the 1956 Supplemental Convention Slavery, and a deeper lineage to the energetic interwar projects on women and children’s welfare undertaken by activists within the League of Nations, the marriage initiative was a striking instance where the UN began to consider human rights in terms of attitudinal, social, and community oppressions, as opposed to the elegant model of state and citizen. Drawing on extensive archival materials, the chapter will recover the energetic advocacy of Arab and African women in the early UN, from India’s Hansa Mehta and Iraq’s Bedia Afnan, to Togo’s Marie Sivomey, and Guinea’s Jean Martin Cisse.
Representing COVID-19 information in collaborative knowledge graphs: The case of Wikidata
Creators: name: Turki, H
name: Taieb, MAH
name: Shafee, Thomas
name: Lubiana, T
name: Jemielniak, D
name: Aouicha, MB
name: Gayo, JEL
name: Youngstrom, EA
name: Banat, M
name: Das, D
name: Mietchen, D
name: Haller, A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4602
subject: Artificial intelligence
classificationCode: 4605
subject: Data management and data science

description: Information related to the COVID-19 pandemic ranges from biological to bibliographic, from geographical to genetic and beyond. The structure of the raw data is highly complex, so converting it to meaningful insight requires data curation, integration, extraction and visualization, the global crowdsourcing of which provides both additional challenges and opportunities. Wikidata is an interdisciplinary, multilingual, open collaborative knowledge base of more than 90 million entities connected by well over a billion relationships. It acts as a web-scale platform for broader computer-supported cooperative work and linked open data, since it can be written to and queried in multiple ways in near real time by specialists, automated tools and the public. The main query language, SPARQL, is a semantic language used to retrieve and process information from databases saved in Resource Description Framework (RDF) format. Here, we introduce four aspects of Wikidata that enable it to serve as a knowledge base for general information on the COVID-19 pandemic: its flexible data model, its multilingual features, its alignment to multiple external databases, and its multidisciplinary organization. The rich knowledge graph created for COVID-19 in Wikidata can be visualized, explored, and analyzed for purposes like decision support as well as educational and scholarly research.
The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on occupational balance: A mixed method study of the experience of Australian occupational therapists
Creators: name: Tse, Tamara
name: Roberts, E
name: Garvie, J
name: Sutton, E
name: Munro, A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems

description: Introduction: COVID-19 has seen unprecedented changes to the daily occupational lives of citizens across the globe as a result social and physical restrictions. Frontline healthcare workers health and wellbeing have been impacted but what of occupational balance? The aim of this study was to investigate if there was a change in the occupational balance of occupational therapists working in a metropolitan hospital during a COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: All occupational therapists working in a metropolitan hospital were invited to participate in an online survey. Occupational Balance was measured using the Occupational Balance Questionnaire-11 (OBQ11). Participants retrospectively rated their occupational balance before COVID-19 restrictions were in place and again rated their current status during the restrictions. Participants were also asked to comment on strategies used to help them during the COVID-19 restrictions. Results: Forty-two occupational therapists completed the survey. The mean total score prior to the COVID-19 restrictions was 19.4 and during restrictions was 19.0 (Z = −0.4, p = 0.68). There was a significant decrease in having sufficient to do during the COVID-19 restrictions (Z = −3.6, p < 0.001). Satisfaction with how time was spent in rest, recovery and sleep significantly increased during the restrictions (Z = −3.3, p = 0.001). Strategies used included engaging in valued activities, finding alternate ways of doing and showing gratitude. Conclusion: Occupational balance of occupational therapists remained high and satisfaction in how time was spent improved during COVID-19 restrictions. Occupational therapists implemented their own theoretical approach of adaptation to cope with the COVID-19 restrictions.
AbstractGerman – Supplemental material for Handling of incongruences in music notation during singing or playing
Creators: name: Chitalkina, Natalia
name: Puurtinen, Marjaana
name: Gruber, Hans
name: Bednarik, Roman
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, AbstractGerman for Handling of incongruences in music notation during singing or playing by Natalia Chitalkina, Marjaana Puurtinen, Hans Gruber and Roman Bednarik in International Journal of Music Education
Implementing the 27 PRISMA 2020 Statement items for systematic reviews in the sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports science fields: the PERSiST (implementing Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science) guidance
Creators: name: Ardern, Clare
name: Büttner, F
name: Andrade, R
name: Weir, A
name: Ashe, MC
name: Holden, S
name: Impellizzeri, FM
name: Delahunt, Eamonn
name: Dijkstra, HP
name: Mathieson, S
name: Rathleff, MS
name: Reurink, G
name: Sherrington, C
name: Stamatakis, E
name: Vicenzino, B
name: Whittaker, JL
name: Wright, AA
name: Clarke, M
name: Moher, D
name: Page, MJ
name: Khan, KM
name: Winters, M
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: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology

description: Poor reporting of medical and healthcare systematic reviews is a problem from which the sports and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and sports science fields are not immune. Transparent, accurate and comprehensive systematic review reporting helps researchers replicate methods, readers understand what was done and why, and clinicians and policy-makers implement results in practice. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement and its accompanying Explanation and Elaboration document provide general reporting examples for systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. However, implementation guidance for sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and sports science does not exist. The Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science (PERSiST) guidance attempts to address this problem. Nineteen content experts collaborated with three methods experts to identify examples of exemplary reporting in systematic reviews in sport and exercise medicine (including physical activity), musculoskeletal rehabilitation (including physiotherapy), and sports science, for each of the PRISMA 2020 Statement items. PERSiST aims to help: (1) systematic reviewers improve the transparency and reporting of systematic reviews and (2) journal editors and peer reviewers make informed decisions about systematic review reporting quality.
DS_10.1177_0022034518795673 – Supplemental material for Biological and Mechanical Evaluation of Novel Prototype Dental Composites
Creators: name: H.L. Van Der Laan
name: S.L. Zajdowicz
name: K. Kuroda
name: B.J. Bielajew
name: T.A. Davidson
name: J. Gardinier
name: D.H. Kohn
name: S. Chahal
name: S. Chang
name: J. Liu
name: J. Gerszberg
name: T.F. Scott
name: B.H. Clarkson
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0022034518795673 for Biological and Mechanical Evaluation of Novel Prototype Dental Composites by H.L. Van der Laan, S.L. Zajdowicz, K. Kuroda, B.J. Bielajew, T.A. Davidson, J. Gardinier, D.H. Kohn, S. Chahal, S. Chang, J. Liu, J. Gerszberg, T.F. Scott and B.H. Clarkson in Journal of Dental Research
Validity and reliability of Japanese-language self-reported measures for assessing adults domain-specific sedentary time
Creators: name: Ishii, Kaori
name: Shibata, Ai
name: Kurita, Satoshi
name: Yano, Shohei
name: Inoue, Shigeru
name: Sugiyama, Takemi
name: Owen, Neville
name: Oka, Koichiro
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Good quality measures of Japanese adults' sedentary behaviors are needed to accurately assess correlates of specific sedentary behaviors. The present study assessed criterion validity of total sedentary behavior and test-retest reliability of six domain-specific sedentary behaviors.
Methods: We administered a questionnaire, based on previous studies, that measured domain-specific sedentary behaviors. To examine validity, agreement between self-reported time spent in sedentary behaviors from the questionnaire and objectivelymeasured sedentary time using accelerometers was compared among 392 adults (aged 40-64 years) in two Japanese cities. For reliability, a 2-week interval test-retest was administered to a convenience sample of 34 participants.
Results: The correlation between total self-reported and objectively measured sedentary time was significant (all P < 0.001) and fair-to-good for workdays (rho = 0.57) and whole week (rho = 0.49), but was low for non-workdays (rho = 0.23). The difference between the two measures was significant for whole week (z = -2.25, P = 0.03) and non-workdays (z = -5.50, P < 0.001), but was not significant for workdays (z = -0.60, P = 0.55). There was a significant positive association between the difference in the two measures and the average of these two measures (workdays: r = 0.53; non-workdays: r = 0.45; and whole week: r = 0.54, all P < 0.001). There was fair-to-good test-retest reliability of total sedentary time for each domain (workdays: interclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.77, non-workdays: ICC = 0.53, and whole week: ICC = 0.7; all P < 0.01).
Conclusions: The scale of domain-specific sedentary behaviors is reliable for estimating where and for what purpose Japanese adults spend their sedentary time, and total sedentary time is valid for workdays and the whole week.
Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically
Creators: name: Aston, Thomas
name: Roche, Christopher
name: Schaaf, Marta
name: Cant, Sue
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4404
subject: Development studies
classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This article explores the challenges of monitoring and evaluating politically informed and adaptive programmes in the international development field. We assess the strengths and weaknesses of some specific evaluation methodologies which have been suggested as particularly appropriate for these kinds of programmes based on scholarly literature and the practical experience of the authors in using them. We suggest that those methods which assume generative causality are particularly well suited to the task. We also conclude that factoring in the politics of uncertainty and evidence generation and use is particularly important in order to recognize and value diverse experiential knowledge, integrate understandings of the local context, accommodate adaptation and realistically grapple with the power relations which are inherent in evaluation processes.
Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically
Creators: name: Aston, Thomas
name: Roche, Christopher
name: Schaaf, Marta
name: Cant, Sue
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Accepted for publication; currently OnlineFirst in journalAston, T., Roche, C., Schaaf, M. Cant, S. Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically. Evaluation. 2021; xx(x):xx-xx. Copyright © The Author(s) 2021 doi.org/10.1177/13563890211053028
Service Quality of the Academic Affair office Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya, Phrae Campus
Creators: name: PhrakhrupaladPhromares Kaewmola
name: Kriengsak Fongkam
name: Walaiphan Intem
Publisher: name: Peace Studies MCU
Year: 2016
Subjects: Service Quality, Academic Affair Office

description: Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 4, 2
Feature Importance in Machine Learning Models: A Fuzzy Information Fusion Approach
Creators: name: Rengasamy, D
name: Mase, JM
name: Kumar, A
name: Rothwell, B
name: Torres, M Torres
name: Alexander, MR
name: Winkler, David
name: Figueredo, GP
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4602
subject: Artificial intelligence
classificationCode: 4605
subject: Data management and data science
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: With the widespread use of machine learning to support decision-making, it is increasingly important to verify and understand the reasons why a particular output is produced. Although post-training feature importance approaches assist this interpretation, there is an overall lack of consensus regarding how feature importance should be quantified, making explanations of model predictions unreliable. In addition, many of these explanations depend on the specific machine learning approach employed and on the subset of data used when calculating feature importance. A possible solution to improve the reliability of explanations is to combine results from multiple feature importance quantifiers from different machine learning approaches coupled with re-sampling. Current state-of-the-art ensemble feature importance fusion uses crisp techniques to fuse results from different approaches. There is, however, significant loss of information as these approaches are not context-aware and reduce several quantifiers to a single crisp output. More importantly, their representation of “importance” as coefficients may be difficult to comprehend by end-users and decision makers. Here we show how the use of fuzzy data fusion methods can overcome some of the important limitations of crisp fusion methods by making the importance of features easily understandable.
title: The Tactical Flexibility of the Union Cavalry: How Modern Firearms Changed the Federal Cavalry
Creators: name: Francione, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2007

description: The history of warfare is replete with episodes chronicling the struggle between developing tactics with technological advances. From the bow to the smoothbore musket, military leaders have always been forced to alter their tactics in order to take advantage of technological advances. During the American Civil War the Union cavalry was able to achieve great heights by wedding their tactics to the advanced firearms their troopers carried. Realizing the potential of breech-loading and repeating firearms the Union cavalry, from 1861-1865, developed a flexible set of tactics that took advantage of those modern weapons. Their efforts came to fruition as the war ended in the spring of 1865, as the Federal cavalry had become an unrivaled mounted force at that time. Prior to the American Civil War, theorists declared that the cavalry served a specific and limited purpose in warfare. Europeans believed that the cavalry was an offensive aim that was strictly limited to relying on the mounted charge. Arguing that horse soldiers should not fight dismounted the European cavalry remained true to its traditional role as a strictly mounted force. In America, young Union officers deviated from the traditional path after two years of failure. Modern firearms provided an opportunity for Union officers to devise new, flexible tactics that provided a battlefield edge. Combining dismounted and mounted action with close artillery support, Federal cavalry officers designed a mounted force that had never been seen before on the battlefield.
Invasive experimental brain surgery for dementia: Ethical shifts in clinical research practices?
Creators: name: Gilbert, F
name: Viaña, JNM
name: Bittlinger, M
name: Stevens, I
name: Farrow, M
name: Vickers, J
name: Dodds, Susan
name: Illes, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies
classificationCode: 5001
subject: Applied ethics

description: No description supplied
The Conflicts Management between the State and the Community by Buddhist Peaceful Means : A Case Study of Suvarnabhumi Airport
Creators: name: Siriart, Chanya
name: Phrapalad Somchai Damnoen Payogo
Publisher: name: Peace Studies MCU
Year: 2016
Subjects: Conflicts Management, Buddhist Peaceful Means, Suvarnabhumi Airport

description: Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 4, 2
The use of Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children: Exploring the effect of having control of sensory changes
Creators: name: Unwin, Katy
name: Powell, G
name: Jones, CRG
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Multi-Sensory Environments (also called sensory or Snoezelen® rooms) are specialised spaces that contain equipment to modify the environment. They are commonly used in special-needs schools with autistic children, but empirical investigation into how to best use Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children has been limited. Based on converging evidence that autistic children may benefit from having control, we tested 41 autistic children (8 female) aged 4–12 years (mean = 8 years, standard deviation = 2.05 years) who used the Multi-Sensory Environment both with and without control over the sensory changes. Behavioural coding of video data showed that having control was associated with increased attention and reduced repetitive motor behaviours, sensory behaviours, activity levels, stereotyped speech and vocalisations. Social behaviour, anxiety, positive affect and arousal were not significantly affected by condition. Our findings demonstrate that how a Multi-Sensory Environment is used can affect autistic children’s behaviours. They also suggest that providing control of sensory changes to autistic children may help create better conditions for learning.
Supplemental Material, SPPS803348_suppl_mat - Sharing the Same Political Ideology Yet Endorsing Different Values: Left- and Right-Wing Political Supporters Are More Heterogeneous Than Moderates
Creators: name: Hanel, Paul H. P.
name: Zarzeczna, Natalia
name: Haddock, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, SPPS803348_suppl_mat for Sharing the Same Political Ideology Yet Endorsing Different Values: Left- and Right-Wing Political Supporters Are More Heterogeneous Than Moderates by Paul H. P. Hanel, Natalia Zarzeczna, and Geoffrey Haddock in Social Psychological and Personality Science
Neighborhood walkability and 12-year changes in cardio-metabolic risk: The mediating role of physical activity
Creators: name: Chandrabose, Manoj
name: Cerin, Ester
name: Mavoa, Suzanne
name: Dunstan, David
name: Carver, Alison
name: Turrell, Gavin
name: Owen, Neville
name: Giles-Corti, Billie
name: Sugiyama, Takemi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Living in walkable neighborhoods may provide long-term cardio-metabolic health benefits to residents. Little empirical research has examined the behavioral mechanisms in this relationship. In this longitudinal study, we examined the potential mediating role of physical activity (baseline and 12-year change) in the relationships of neighborhood walkability with 12-year changes in cardio-metabolic risk markers. Methods: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study collected data from adults, initially aged 25+ years, in 1999-2000, 2004-05, and 2011-12. We used 12-year follow-up data from 2023 participants who did not change their address during the study period. Outcomes were 12-year changes in waist circumference, weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting and 2-h postload plasma glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. A walkability index was calculated, using dwelling density, intersection density, and destination density, within 1 km street-network buffers around participants' homes. Spatial data for calculating these measures were sourced around the second follow-up period. Physical activity was assessed by self-reported time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (including walking). Multilevel models, adjusting for potential confounders, were used to examine the total and indirect relationships. The joint-significance test was used to assess mediation. Results: There was evidence for relationships of higher walkability with smaller increases in weight (P = 0.020), systolic blood pressure (P < 0.001), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.002); and, for relationships of higher walkability with higher baseline physical activity (P = 0.020), which, in turn, related to smaller increases in waist circumference (P = 0.006), weight (P = 0.020), and a greater increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.005). There was no evidence for a relationship of a higher walkability with a change in physical activity during the study period (P = 0.590). Conclusions: Our mediation analysis has shown that the protective effects of walkable neighborhoods against obesity risk may be in part attributable to higher baseline physical activity levels. However, there was no evidence of mediation by increases in physical activity during the study period. Further research is needed to understand other behavioral pathways between walkability and cardio-metabolic health, and to investigate any effects of changes in walkability.
A bright future for engineering piezoelectric 2D crystals
Creators: name: Sherrell, Peter
name: Fronzi, Marco
name: Shepelin, Nick
name: Corletto, Alexander
name: Winkler, David
name: Ford, Mike
name: Shapter, Joseph
name: Ellis, Amanda
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: No
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A Bright Future for Engineering 2D Crystal Piezoelectricity
Creators: name: Winkler, David
name: Fronzi, Marco
name: Sherrell, Peter
name: Ellis, Amanda
name: Ford, Mike
name: Shapter, Joseph
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021

description: The piezoelectric effect, mechanical-to-electrical and electrical-to-mechanical energy conversion, is highly beneficial for functional and responsive electronic devices. To fully exploit this property, miniaturization of piezoelectric materials is the subject of intense research. Indeed, select atomically thin 2D materials strongly exhibit the piezoelectric effect. The family of 2D crystals consists of over 7000 chemically distinct members that can be further manipulated in terms of strain, functionalization, elemental substitution (i.e. Janus 2D crystals), and defect engineering to induce a piezoelectric response. Additionally, most 2D crystals can stack with othersimilar or dissimilar 2D crystalsto form a much greater number of complex 2D heterostructures whose properties are quite different to those of the individual constituents. The unprecedented flexibility in tailoring 2D crystal properties, coupled with their minimal thickness, make these emerging highly attractive for advanced piezoelectric applications that include pressure sensing, piezocatalysis, piezotronics, and energy harvesting. This review summarizes literature on piezoelectricity, particularly out-of-plane piezoelectricity, in the vast family of 2D materials as well as their heterostructures. It also describes methods to induce, enhance, and control the piezoelectric properties. The volume of data and role of machine learning in predicting piezoelectricity is discussed in detail, and a prospective outlook on the 2D piezoelectric field is provided.
Additional file 1 of Healthcare use and costs among individuals receiving mental health services for depression within primary care in Nepal
Creators: name: Aldridge, Luke R.
name: Garman, Emily C.
name: Patenaude, Bryan
name: Bass, Judith K.
name: Jordans, Mark J. D.
name: Luitel, Nagendra P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Fig. S1.
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and rapid detection of gene-edited mutants using high-resolution melting in the apple scab fungus, Venturia inaequalis
Creators: name: Rocafort, M
name: Arshed, S
name: Hudson, D
name: Sidhu, JS
name: Bowen, JK
name: Plummer, Kim
name: Bradshaw, RE
name: Johnson, RD
name: Johnson, LJ
name: Mesarich, CH
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
classificationCode: 3108
subject: Plant biology

description: Apple scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, is the most economically important disease of apple (Malus x domestica) worldwide. To develop durable control strategies against this disease, a better understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying the growth, reproduction, virulence and pathogenicity of V. inaequalis is required. A major bottleneck for the genetic characterization of V. inaequalis is the inability to easily delete or disrupt genes of interest using homologous recombination. Indeed, no gene deletions or disruptions in V. inaequalis have yet been published. Using the melanin biosynthesis pathway gene trihydroxynaphthalene reductase (THN) as a target for inactivation, which has previously been shown to result in a light-brown colony phenotype when transcriptionally silenced using RNA interference, we show, for the first time, that the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system can be successfully applied to the apple scab fungus. More specifically, using a CRISPR-Cas9 single guide RNA (sgRNA) targeted to the THN gene, delivered by a single autonomously replicating Golden Gate-compatible plasmid, we were able to identify six of 36 stable transformants with a light-brown phenotype, indicating an ∼16.7% gene inactivation efficiency. Notably, of the six THN mutants, five had an independent mutation. As part of our pipeline, we also report a high-resolution melting (HRM) curve protocol for the rapid detection of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited mutants of V. inaequalis. This protocol identified a single base pair deletion mutation in a sample containing only 5% mutant genomic DNA, indicating high sensitivity for mutant screening. In establishing CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for gene editing in V. inaequalis, we have provided a strong starting point for studies aiming to decipher gene function in this fungus. The associated HRM curve protocol will enable CRISPR-Cas9 transformants to be screened for gene inactivation in a high-throughput and low-cost manner, which will be particularly powerful in cases where the CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene inactivation efficiency is low.
Diet and Gut Microbiome in Gastrointestinal Disease
Creators: name: Trakman, Gina
name: Fehily, Sasha
name: Basnayake, Chamara
name: Hamilton, Amy L
name: Russell, Erin
name: O’Brien, Amy Wilson –
name: Kamm, Michael A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences

description: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Trakman, G. L., Fehily, S., Basnayake, C., Hamilton, A. L., Russell, E., Wilson-O'Brien, A., and Kamm, M. A. (2022) Diet and gut microbiome in gastrointestinal disease. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 37: 237– 245. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.15728, which has been published in final form at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgh.15728
Urban Densification and 12-Year Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Markers
Creators: name: Chandrabose, Manoj
name: Owen, Neville
name: Giles-Corti, Billie
name: Turrell, Gavin
name: Carver, Alison
name: Sugiyama, Takemi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Population densities of many cities are increasing rapidly, with the potential for impacts on cardiovascular health. This longitudinal study examined the potential impact of population‐density increases in urban areas (urban densification) on cardiovascular risk markers among Australian adults.
Methods and Results: Data were from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, in which adult participants’ cardiovascular risk markers were collected in 3 waves (in 1999–2000, 2004–2005, and 2011–2012). We included 2354 participants with a mean age of 51 years at baseline who did not change their residence during the study period. Outcomes were 12‐year changes in waist circumference, weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting and 2‐hour postload plasma glucose, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. The exposure was neighborhood population densification, defined as 12‐year change in population density within a 1‐km radius buffer around the participant’s home. Multilevel linear growth models, adjusting for potential confounders, were used to examine the relationships. Each 1% annual increase in population density was related with smaller increases in waist circumference (b=−0.043 cm/y; 95% CI, −0.065 to −0.021 [P<0.001]), weight (b=−0.019 kg/y; 95% CI, −0.039 to 0.001 [P=0.07]), and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (b=−0.035 mg/dL per year; 95% CI, −0.067 to −0.002 [P=0.04]), and greater increases in diastolic blood pressure (b=0.032 mm Hg/y; 95% CI, −0.004 to 0.069 [P=0.08]).
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that, at least in the context of Australia, urban densification may be protective against obesity risk but may have adverse effects on blood lipids and blood pressure. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms through which urban densification influences cardiovascular health.