Collaborative Advantage Research Articles

A Conceptual Framework of the Way Forward to a Community Pharmacist-General Practitioner Collaborative Medication Therapy Management Model for Chronic Diseases in Malaysian Primary Care: A Qualitative Study.

BackgroundThere is a growing global interest in formulating such policies and strategic plans that help devise collaborative working models for community pharmacists (CPs) and general practitioners (GPs) in primary care settings.ObjectiveTo conceptualize a stakeholder-driven framework to improve collaboration between CPs and GPs in Malaysian primary care to effectively manage medicines in chronic diseases.Design and SettingA qualitative study that involved individual semi-structured interviews of the leadership of various associations, guilds, and societies representing CPs, GPs, and Nurses in Malaysia.MethodsThis study collected and reported data in accordance with the guidelines of the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting of Qualitative Studies. Key informants were recruited based on purposive (expert) sampling. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and data were coded based on the principles of thematic analysis in NVivo.ResultsA total of 12 interviews (5 CPs, 5 GPs, and 2 nurses) were conducted. Five themes emerged: Theme 1 highlighted a comparison of community pharmacy practice in Malaysia and developed countries; Theme 2 involved current practices in Malaysian primary care; Theme 3 encompassed the advantages of CP–GP collaboration in chronic diseases; Theme 4 highlighted the barriers which impede collaboration in Malaysian primary care; and Theme 5 delineated the way forward for CP–GP collaboration in Malaysia.ConclusionThe actionable insights obtained from the Malaysian stakeholders offered an outline of a framework to enhance collaboration between CPs and GPs in primary care. Generally, stakeholders were interested in CP–GP collaboration in primary care and identified many positive roles performed by CPs, including prescription review, adherence support, and patient education. The framework of the way forward includes: separation of CP and GP roles through a holistic revision of relevant legislation to grant an active role to CPs in chronic care; definition of protocols for collaborative practices; incentivization of both stakeholders (CPs and GPs); and design and implementation of an effective regulatory mechanism whereby the Malaysian Ministry of Health may take a leading role.

A porous heterostructure catalyst for oxygen evolution: synergy between IrP2 nanocrystals and ultrathin P,N-codoped carbon nanosheets

Designing efficient and robust oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is of great importance for various electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications. Herein, we developed IrP2 nanocrystals uniformly anchored in P,N-codoped carbon nanosheets (IrP2@PNC-NS) as highly active OER electrocatalysts. The ultrathin PNC-NS reconstructs an agaric-like porous structure, which can inhibit the agglomeration of the IrP2 nanocrystals effectively. Moreover, the in-situ phosphatization leads to the formation of a strong electron interaction between PNC-NS and IrP2 nanocrystals, endowing the heterostructure materials with satisfying synergistic effects. Benefiting from the collaborative advantages of ideal configuration structure and favorable synergistic effects, IrP2@PNC-NS exhibits excellent OER performance with a low overpotential of 221 mV at 10 mA cm−2, and a small Tafel slope of 37.5 mV dec−1. DFT calculations reveal that the synergistic effects derived from the IrP2/PNC interfaces, which can effectively tune the activation barriers towards facilitating the oxygen evolution process. This work provides new insight into the design of heterostructure materials for advanced OER electrocatalysts.

Tourism SME’s Competitive Advantages through ICT Based Community : The Role of GenPI in Eastern Indonesia

This article aims to describe the role of the tourism community in the utilization of ICT to market regional tourism destinations integrated with an increasing competitive advantage in Tourism SMEs. The perspective used is Community-Based Tourism Marketing (CBTM) and Resource-Based View (RBv) in the context of Collaborative Advantages (CA) towards the relationship of the tourism community with the regional tourism industry. This study was done in a qualitative manner using a case study approach. The data was collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and document studies. The regional tourism industry had a sustainable competitive advantage in terms of activities and resource profiles such as asset ownership, capabilities, and dynamic capabilities. This finding states that the regional tourism community at the district and provincial level encouraged the competitive advantage of the regional tourism industry through intensification of marketing the tourism industry products in advantageous collaborations. Keywords: Competitive Advantages, Eastern Indonesia, GenPi Community, ICT, Resource-Based View, Tourism SME.

Public Policy Reform and Police Prevention Practice: A Journey Upstream?

Abstract This article contributes to a growing body of research on the police reforms in Scotland. It examines the particular place given to prevention in public policy and its impact on police practice. We show how public policy reconfigured the place and purpose of prevention for the police, with a focus on safety, wellbeing, and the prevention of harm. The research draws on qualitative data collected in four areas as part of a 4-year evaluation of the police reforms. We refine a public health typology of prevention and operationalize it empirically for the first time to analyse cases of innovative practice. We distinguish a pattern of prevention practice heavily weighted towards secondary prevention, focused predominantly on issues of crime and disorder. In fewer cases, the police applied primary and tertiary prevention, with a focus on vulnerability and harm. Looking in detail at two cases, we illustrate the importance of collaboration for the police, which created opportunities and brought additional resources and expertise to support new prevention approaches which had a significant impact on effectiveness. The police realized collaborative advantage through common aims, trust-building, and leadership. We do not suggest this demonstrates a transformation in police prevention; it illustrates successful police innovation, and identifies the potential to go further. The implications for policy and practice are to recognize the value to the police of investing in new partnerships. They create opportunities for the police to collaborate, innovate, and focus more sharply on the prevention of harm.

Network Rent as a Determinant of Collaborative Advantage for Public Organizations: A Case Study

Purpose: This article's main scientific purpose is to identify the types of network rent that constitute determinants of collaborative advantage for public organizations, including the dynamic perspective of achieving another level of network collaboration maturity. Design/Methodology/Approach: Conceptual development and positioning of the research aim to provide a generalizable contribution to management science and be accessible to practitioners. The research was carried out using a multiple case study's interpretative methods, following its methodological rigor. It was divided into two stages: within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. According to the replication logic, case studies constitute series of independent research that provides data corresponding with set research questions. Findings: The conducted research shows that as a part of the network, public organizations gain various types of network rent, and its character evolves as the network achieves another level of network collaboration maturity. Moreover, a considerable number of gained rent types is the benefit, which is characteristic only for public organizations, since their status, role, and objectives are very much different from organizations representing other sectors. Practical Implications: The research allows presenting a pattern of gaining (by a local office) advantage from network collaboration as it achieves another level of maturity. The identified template serves as a tool for practitioners (public managers) who exploit network relations and build a commune's collaborative advantage. Conscious creation of collaborative advantage within public network supports more effective integration of regions. Originality/Value: The author adopts a new perspective to the problem of intentional creation of network relations to gain set benefits. In the literature, still, very little attention is put on network relations' influence on the collaborative advantage of public organizations. Therefore, the author concentrates on filling this gap by deepening the network trend analysis and increasing the efficiency of realized tasks from the perspective of the public sector units.

Interprofessional Collaborations: Delivering Quality Home Care Services to Patients who are Elderly

This article underscores the importance of inter-professional collaborations when providing home care services to patients who are elderly. The extant research literature illuminates the advantages of inter-professional collaborations in healthcare settings. Benefits such as patient satisfaction, seamless care coordination, and improved health outcomes have long been acknowledged. However, when these care collaborations occur within the home milieu, other patient benefits are evident to include: (a) decreased hospital readmissions; (b) improved daily functioning; (c) reductions in health costs; (d) better informed decision making by providers; and (d) more accurate patient assessments. This review article accentuates inter-professionalism and best practices when caring for persons who are elderly in their home environment. Keywords: Inter-professional, Home Care, Home Care for the Elderly Objective: To educate the readership on the benefits of using an inter-professional approach when providing home care to patients who are elderly. Method: A systematic review of the literature is presented which examines inter-professional home care practices with patients who are elderly. The author conducted an electronic literature search for peer-reviewed articles published between 2001and 2021 using the following data bases: EBSCO Host, E-Journal, Academic Search Premier, ERIC, Academic Search Complete, and ScienceDirect. Eighty percent of the articles reviewed were published within the last seven years. The delimitation of extending the review to the past 20 years ensures relevance to the population being studied and health system contexts. The search strategy included select key words (inter-professional approach, home care, home care for the elderly), either separately or in combination. The literature selection process resulted in the inclusion of 49 journal articles in this review. Results: The extant literature provides a clear rationale for using inter-professional collaboration when serving patients who are elderly in the home setting. More inclusive research is needed in order to better delineate the notions and needs of diverse disciplines (e.g., pharmacy, nutrition, speech pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, counselors, psychologists, etc.) and to guide more meaningful collaborations. Lastly, a more inclusive theoretical model capturing the key workings of inter-professional collaboration processes is needed. Conclusion: This review article accentuates quality components and best practices for serving elderly persons (inter-professionally) in the home environment. A number of key recommendations are made to more systematically improve team-based care. This article will serve as the foundation for a professional book on inter-professional collaboration. At least 8 disciplines will be invited to contribute a chapter to the book. These contributions will provide a medium for formal inter-professional education.

Is a cooperation of Latvian forest owners a viable strategic choice Exploring a collaborative competitive advantage

Is a cooperation of Latvian forest owners a viable strategic choice Exploring a collaborative competitive advantage

From site-focused intervention towards landscape-scale surface water management using Synthetic Stream Networks and Rapid Scenario Screening

Abstract This research addresses the need to transform success in technical understanding and practical implementation of surface water management (SWM) interventions at a site-scale towards integrated landscape-scale management. We achieve this through targeting the informative preliminary stages of strategic design, where broad, early and effective exploration of opportunities can enhance and direct a regional SWM perspective. We present a new method, ‘Synthetic Stream Networks’ (SSN), capable of meeting these requirements by taking advantage of easily accessible data, likely to be available during regional screening. We find that results from the SSN are validated by existing, ‘downstream’ focused data (90% of the river network is within 30 m of an associated SSN flow path), with the added advantage of extending understanding of surface water exceedance flow paths and watersheds into the upper catchment, thus establishing a foundational and physically based sub-catchment management unit exploring surface water connectivity at a catchment and landscape scale. We also demonstrate collaborative advantages of twinning the new SSN method with ‘Rapid Scenario Screening’ (RSS) to develop a novel approach for identifying, exploring and evaluating SWM interventions. Overall, we find that this approach addresses challenges of integrating understanding from sub-catchment, catchment and landscape perspectives within surface water management.

Data Security Storage Method for Power Distribution Internet of Things in Cyber‐Physical Energy Systems

The existing cloud storage methods cannot meet the delay requirements of intelligent devices in the power distribution Internet of Things (IoT), and it is difficult to ensure the data security in the complex network environment. Therefore, a data Security Storage method for the power distribution IoT is proposed. Firstly, based on the “cloud tube edge end” power distribution IoT structure, a cloud edge collaborative centralized distributed joint control mode is proposed, which makes full use of the collaborative advantages of cloud computing and edge computing to meet the real‐time requirements. Then, a distributed data storage method based on the Kademlia algorithm is proposed, and the homomorphic encryption and secret sharing algorithm are used to store the data in the cloud as ciphertext and perform data query directly on the ciphertext. Finally, considering the heterogeneity of edge nodes, the security protection model of edge nodes based on noncooperative differential game is established, and the algorithm of optimal defense strategy of edge nodes is designed to ensure the security of edge nodes. The experimental results show that the proposed method obtained excellent query performance, and the ability to resist network attacks is better than other comparison methods. It can reduce the data storage and query delay and ensure the data security of the system.

Enhancing resilience through capacity building in LCCAP formulation in the local government of Aurora, Philippines

Climate Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) provide the scientific and legal platform for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Philippines. This APN CAPaBLE project responds to the limited technical capacity of local government units (LGUs) to comply with this requirement through collaborative capacity building. Evaluation of CDRA and LCCAP led to a National Interagency Technical and Policy Forum to formulate action plans and fast-track preparations. The initial stage of the project demonstrated collaborative advantage as a condition for mobilizing human and financial resources was enabled. Collaborative inertia set in once the technical limitations of Aurora LGUs surfaced to complete the CDRA. This mirrored the results of the institutional capacity survey, administered to 87 disaster risk reduction and management Technical Working Group (TWG) members, highlighting the LGUs limitations in data availability and functional knowledge on climate change. Thus, a shift in capacity building strategy through focused mentoring and managing LGU expectations was done. The Aurora LGUs successfully completed its CDRA and LCCAP requirements through a lengthy and arduous process. It was acknowledged that CDRA preparation has a steep learning curve and competes heavily with other multiple functions and pressing demands from the LGUs. The national interagency forum resolution suggested that the CDRA be assigned to another government agency while LGUs shift capacity development initiatives to understanding and mainstreaming scientific assessment into local plans. The project experience highlights the difficult, yet promising, path to human security development and resilience building and underscored prudence and urgency of adaptation planning at the local level.

Activity-based process construction for participatory geo-analysis

ABSTRACT Due to its advantages in participation and collaboration, participatory geo-analysis has been used for solving different types of geographical issues. Participatory geo-analysis is usually a complicated process consisting of various tasks that may involve different multidisciplinary participants. Previous studies have focused primarily on how to improve participation in specific individual tasks, especially idea discussion and decision-making, but they have ignored collaboration throughout the entire process. During a complete participatory geo-analysis effort, the various participants should concentrate on their familiar work and fully exploit their talents to perform work collaboratively. Therefore, we propose an activity-based process construction method to assist different participants in understanding the geo-analysis process and in concentrating on their familiar work. Eight core activities are established for the geo-analysis process: (1) context definition and resource collection, (2) data processing, (3) data analysis, (4) data visualization, (5) geo-analysis model construction, (6) model effectiveness evaluation, (7) geographical simulation, and (8) decision making. By using a visualization-based method, different activities can be linked together to represent the entire analytical process. Moreover, each activity is designed via a specialized web-based workspace in which online tools and resources are accessed to assist the participants with their geo-analysis practices. A prototype system was developed based on the proposed method, and a case study on a participatory risk assessment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was demonstrated using this system. The result suggests that the proposed method can promote collaboration among participants with different backgrounds, and verifies its feasibility and suitability.

Ukrainian-belarusian cooperation in the sphere of cross-border tourism

The work deals with specificities of Ukrainian/Belarusian cross-border cooperation. The article reveals the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of cross-border tourism between Ukraine and Belarus. To begin with, legislative and regulatory frameworks that permitted functioning of Ukraine and Belarus within the Euro-Region Bug have been described, and key literature sources related to topicality and efficiency of cross-border tourism development were analyzed. The goal of this paper is an exposure of tendencies at the market of Ukrainian- Belarusian transboundary tourism that envisages the analysis of statistical indexes of the Ukrainian- Belarusian tourist streams. Major focus was thus given to disclosure of trends in Ukrainian-Belarusian cross-border tourism, which presupposed the analysis of statistical data related to tourism flows. The figures of the last-decade Ukrainian and Belarusian outbound and inbound tourism are presented and discussed. Methodology of work consisted in systematization and synthesis of statistical data in relation to the indexes of tourist streams between Ukraine and Belarus. Their structure and dynamics are analyzed. The scientific novelty of work is an analysis of tendencies of transboundary tourist streams of Ukraine-Belarus at the international tourist market. Practical meaningfulness of research consists in possibility of introduction of the got results in development of regional strategies and programs of development of tourism. Processes and dynamics of transboundary collaboration of Ukraine and Belarus are investigational in industry of tourism. Basic attention is spared to the analysis of dynamics of tourist streams between Ukraine and Belarus for 12 years (2006-2017). The indexes of outbound and entrance tourism of Ukraine and Belarus are analyzed, modern tendencies at the market of tourist services within the framework of transboundary collaboration. Basic obstacles, prospects and advantages of transboundary collaboration, are certain between Ukraine and Belarus in industry of tourism. As was established, tourism flows from Ukraine to Belarus underwent significant changes in the 12 years was quite stable in the range of 1.3-1.5 million people. The greatest departure intensity was observed since 2011 with average annual gain by 200-300 thousand people and reached a maximum in 2013 of 1,738,907 people. Instead, the Belarus-to-Ukraine direction is specific for instability throughout the whole period of observations. It was 2,1–3,4 million Belarusians who annually visited Ukraine in 2006–2008. In particular, organized tourism shared 5% out of the whole flow in 2006. Beginning from 2008, this share declined to 1 % and stayed unchanged through the next five years. Insignificant decrease in tourist arrivals to Ukraine was in 2009-2010. The next 3 years witness some growth of tourist flows at a rate of 300-400 thousand people annually on the average. Since all present-day trends observed in the market of cross-border tourism services are connected with realization of programs for cross-border cooperation, the effect of such programs (in particular, those to support implementation and development of recreation/tourism infrastructure in Volyn region in Ukraine and the Brest region in Belarus) was assessed. It was established that both regions possess considerable natural, historic-cultural and architectural potentials that are well worth the efforts to develop tourism infrastructure and realize cross-border routes. Perspective directions of cross-border tourism development were outlined to be as follows: educational tourism with accentuation on monuments of history, archaeology, culture and ethnography; religious tourism; event tourism; green rural tourism; ecotourism; treatment/health-improving tourism.

Core principles for the implementation of the neurodata without borders data standard

BackgroundThe Neurodata Without Borders data standard (NWB) unifies diverse modalities of neurophysiology data in a single format. Integrating NWB with a database unleashes its full potential to promote collaboration, standardize analyses, capitalize on historical data, and ensures data integrity by maintaining process transparency. NWB database technology is the bedrock of analytical systems used by academic leaders including the Allen Institute and the International Brain Laboratory. Here we present the benefits of incorporating NWB design principles in a big data analytics application. New MethodData standards and databases are the foundation of big data analytics. To demonstrate the benefits of using these systems together, we implemented NWB in Jupyter notebooks using DataJoint to streamline database operations. ResultsWe demonstrate the utility of combining the NWB with DataJoint in a Jupyter-based electronic lab journal. We convert open-field behavioral data (using X, Y coordinates) to NWB format and process it with a DataJoint pipeline. Additional notebooks demonstrate working NWB files, data sharing, combining data from diverse sources, and retrospective analyses with data query filtering techniques. Comparison with Existing MethodsNWB describes how to structure and store neurophysiology data and is streamlined for research settings. In contrast to other data standards, combining NWB with DataJoint’s database interface can dramatically increase data analytical capabilities. ConclusionsThe joint use of NWB with DataJoint transforms traditional laboratory datasets and workflows. Our Jupyter notebooks showcase the analytical and collaborative advantages of adopting big data analytics and can be tailored to other modalities by researchers interested in evaluating NWB.

Elaboration of a Model of Temporary Cooperation in Tourism’ Destination Promotion A Systematic Literature Review

The literature considers cooperation as the best way for a region to achieve a competitive advantage in global, digital markets, and as taking a key role in achieving the promotion of a comprehensive, sustainable destination. In recent years, the body of research on cooperation in tourism has grown considerably, listing several opportunities for decreasing competitive pressure among local tourism actors, while gaining the superior advantages of collaboration. At the same time, the literature does not suggest particular models of cooperation for the tourism industry, as most are borrowed from the manufacturing industry, where cooperation seems widely used and further adapted for the tourism domain. Through an in-depth systematic literature review, this paper matches the theories on cooperation in tourism with the concept of temporary cooperation, in order to adapt a model widely considered in several domains, the virtual enterprise (VE), to the peculiarities of the tourism industry. The adaptation is considered according to the particularities of the tourism industry, and especially when cooperation involves local tourism authorities in global turbulent markets. A cycle model consisting of nine-stages life was built, highlighting the main features of a temporary alliance among authorities: the pivotal role of the destination management organization, the relevance of information and communication technologies for the VE’s operability, the short lifetime of the VE, and the destination’s overall promotion.

Mapping stakeholders’ roles in governing sustainable tourism destinations

Tourism planning and development has revolved around sustainability concepts and issues. Addressing concerns on sustainability, environmental conservation, and local community involvement has become increasingly challenging. Success in developing sustainable destinations has been deemed to be a function and result of effective governance. However, tourism governance remains indistinct on the questions of how tourism stakeholders interact and how this interaction can be beneficial in achieving sustainability. By appealing to the fundamental principles and practices of sustainability and how stakeholder involvement and participation are fused into sustainable tourism development, we develop a 5-point tourism stakeholder framework that will explain how tourism stakeholders can harness their roles and collaborative advantages in governing destinations through regulation, conservation, and livelihood. Findings will have propositions on how tourism stakeholders can advance pursuit of sustainable tourism.

The first feasible step towards clean heating transition in urban agglomeration: A case study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Promoting cleaner heating is one of the key pathways towards future energy transition. One promising solution is to implement large-scale heat pumps into the existing heat supply system. This paper aims to investigate whether the integration of large-scale heat pumps can be the first feasible step for cities towards clean heating transition. As opposed to the traditional way of conducting independent energy planning within a single city/region, this paper presents a novel approach of employing integrated planning for the multiple neighboring regions to explore the advantages of interregional energy collaboration. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration is taken as a case study, which is the most polluted region in China caused by the coal-based heating system. By implementing a series of simulations for the heating and power systems in the EnergyPLAN tool for six predesigned future scenarios which consider different planning strategies and analysis focuses, this paper analyzes to what extent heat pumps can help to achieve energy and environmental improvement for the whole BTH region by 2030 while ensuring economic feasibility. This is done by creating three independent models for respective Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, and one integrated model for the whole BTH region. The results suggest that when guaranteeing economic feasibility, the integration of large-scale heat pumps can potentially result in at least 9.5% energy saving and 9.28% reduced CO2 emission compared to the baseline. The integrated planning strategy can furthermore be more efficient in the urban agglomeration, which reduces 1.92% and 2.27% more energy and emissions in 2030 compared to the independent planning results. Based on cost analysis, the maximum economic feasible potential of heat pump penetration is identified as well. This paper can provide references for policymakers in the BTH region and the rest of Northern China, as well as present a principle of energy planning for cities on a general level.

Faculty–librarian administrative structure and collaborative activities supporting teaching and research at Vietnamese universities: A qualitative study

This article reports on the administrative structure and collaborative activities of faculty and librarians within Vietnamese universities to evaluate their impact on teaching and research, as well as their collaborative benefits, advantages and disadvantages. The authors used a qualitative method to determine the current status of collaboration between faculty and librarians, and conducted 29 in-depth interviews with key participants at Vietnamese universities. The findings indicated that such collaboration was often based on the collaborators’ personal circumstances and that librarian liaison partnerships primarily related to the faculty’s profession, personality and attitudes at different units. Further, universities focused on collaborative activities to support teaching and research – designing syllabi, research support activities and collection development. The results of this study will be useful for stakeholders at universities in reviewing the effectiveness and limitations of collaborative relationships.

Scripting, Situating, and Supervising: The Role of Artefacts in Collaborative Practices

While calls for cross-sectoral collaboration have become a recurrent motif in sustainability-oriented policymaking and research, the practical realization of such processes presents significant challenges. The hope for “collaborative advantage” often gets traded for the experience of “collaborative impasse”, namely those moments in which collaboration gets stuck. To better understand the reasons underlying such impasses, the study focuses on the impact of facilitation artefacts—objects designed and used in collaborative practices. The study proposes an analytical heuristic of collaborative practices to investigate the data collected in an explorative study, tracing artefacts across three different communicative modes of deliberation. Detailed analysis of the case, grounded in audio–visual material, semi-structured interviews, photo documentation, and participatory observation, shows that such artefacts substantially influence the structure of the emerging interaction order in a given setting, and that unscripted and unsituated artefacts might contribute to reinforcing those communicative patterns that collaboration aims to contrast. The study identifies three relevant practices in facilitation work, in order to steer emerging interaction orders away from exclusionary dynamics: scripting, situating, and supervising. Although emerging from the micro-analysis of artefacts, these practices might apply to other spheres of collaboration and serve as orientation for successful collaborative processes.

Conductive Ni3(HITP)2 MOFs thin films for flexible transparent supercapacitors with high rate capability

The flexible transparent supercapacitors have been considered as one of the key energy-storage components to power the smart portable electronic devices. However, it is still a challenge to explore flexible transparent capacitive electrodes with high rate capability. Herein, conductive Ni3(HITP)2 (HITP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene) thin films are adopted as capacitive electrodes in flexible transparent supercapacitors. The Ni3(HITP)2 electrode possesses the excellent optoelectronic property with optical transmittance (T) of 78.4% and sheet resistance (Rs) of 51.3 Ω sq–1, remarkable areal capacitance (CA) of 1.63 mF cm−2 and highest scan rate up to 5000 mV s−1. The asymmetric Ni3(HITP)2//PEDOT:PSS supercapacitor (T = 61%) yields a high CA of 1.06 mF cm−2 at 3 μA cm−2, which maintains 77.4% as the current density increases by 50 folds. The remarkable rate capability is ascribed to the collaborative advantages of low diffusion resistance and high ion accessibility, resulting from the intrinsic conductivity, short oriented pores and large specific areas of Ni3(HITP)2 films.

149 - Enriching Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Emotion Regulation Training in Patients with Persistent Physical Symptoms: A 3- year follow-up

The objective was to compare a brief interdisciplinary psychotherapeutic intervention to standard care as treatments for patients recently diagnosed with severe motor conversion disorder or nonepileptic attacks.This randomized controlled trial of 23 consecutive patients compared (a) an interdisciplinary psychotherapeutic intervention group receiving four to six sessions by a consultation liaison psychiatrist, the first and last sessions adding a neurological consultation and a joint psychiatric and neurological consultation, and (b) a standard care group. After intervention, patients were assessed at 2, 6 and 12 months with the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), Clinical Global Impression scale, Rankin scale, use of medical care, global mental health [Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, mental health component of Short Form (SF)-36] and quality of life (SF-36). We calculated linear mixed models.Our intervention brought a statistically significant improvement of physical symptoms [as measured by the SDQ-20 (P< .02) and the Clinical Global Impression scale (P= .02)] and psychological symptoms [better scores on the mental health component of the SF-36 (P< .05) and on the Beck Depression Inventory (P< .05)] and a reduction in new hospital stays after intervention (P< .05).A brief psychotherapeutic intervention taking advantage of a close collaboration with neurology consultants in the setting of consultation liaison psychiatry appears effective.