Concurrent Session Research Articles

Current challenges for plant biology research in the Global South.

In an attempt to address the large inequities faced by the plant biology communities from the Global South (i.e. countries located around the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere) at international conferences, this Viewpoint is the reflexive thinking arising from the concurrent session titled 'Arabidopsis and its translational research in the Global South' organized at the International Conference of Arabidopsis Research 2023 (ICAR 2023) in Chiba, Japan in June 2023. Here, we highlight the main obstacles plant biology communities in the Global South face in terms of knowledge production, as measured by the unequal production and citation of publications, investigating and advancing local plant genomics and biodiversity, combating disparities in gender and diversity, and current initiatives to break isolation of scientists.

Abstracts of Concurrent Session Presentations at IS-MPMI XIV Congress.

Abstracts of Concurrent Session Presentations at IS-MPMI XIV Congress.

A virtually supervised exercise program improved fitness and mental wellness in healthy and comorbidity older adult individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected older adults worldwide. Sedentary older adults experienced more severe adverse health effects due to their shelter-in-place. Physical activity was strongly recommended during periods of social distancing. The present study evaluated the impact of a virtually supervised exercise program on the physical fitness and mental health of Mexican older adults during the pandemic's lockdown. Participants were 44 older adults who were assigned to one of four physical fitness groups: a healthy control group (Ctrl-H, n = 15), a comorbidity control group (Ctrl-COM, n = 9), an exercise group without comorbidities (Exe-H, n = 11), and an exercise group with comorbidities (Exe-COM, n = 9). The participants engaged in a 60-min, virtually-supervised concurrent exercise session three times/week for 12 weeks. Fitness was measured using the online Senior Fitness Tests and the 4-m Gait Speed Test. Mental health was evaluated through virtual interviews using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Within-subject pre vs. post-intervention comparisons tested for significant differences, between-groups and over time. Significant interactions were found in the scores of the Geriatric Depression Scale (p ≤ 0.0001; ηp2 = 0.35), the Hamilton Depression Scale (p ≤ 0.0001; ηp2 = 0.35), resilience scores (p ≤ 0.0001; ηp2 = 0.46), lower-body strength (p ≤ 0.0001; ηp2 = 0.32), timed up-and-go test (p = 0.018; ηp2 = 0.18), the 6MWT distance scores (p ≤ 0.0001; ηp2 = 0.39), and the 4-m gait speed test scores (p = 0.011; ηp2 = 0.20). A long-term virtually-supervised exercise program conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown period led to marked improvements in both the fitness and mental health of older Mexican adults. Comorbidities did not diminish these benefits. These findings provide empirical support for online exercise programs in the daily routines of older adults to make clinically meaningful improvements in both physical and mental well-being.

Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Competencies in Didactic and Clinical Settings for Allied Health Professionals: A Call to Action

In this article, we discuss and reflect on the essential components of our concurrent session presentation at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) annual conference LM2023, “Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Competencies in Didactic and Clinical Settings for Allied Health Professionals.” We illustrate the necessity of interdisciplinary lifestyle medicine approaches through a conscious fusion of analysis and storytelling. This review concludes with a call to action empowering the medical community to embrace interdisciplinary lifestyle medicine approaches in effort to increase access to equitable healthcare.

Unveiling Encrypted Traffic Types through Hierarchical Network Characteristics

The wide adoption of encrypted traffic brings challenges to network management. Previous studies propose different approaches to tackle this problem. However, most of them still struggle to strike a balance in three dimensions, interpretability, robustness and efficiency. As countermeasures, we propose using a hierarchical features approach to enhance the comprehensiveness behavior description of network behavior to achieve the balance of the three points. Instead of aggregating under-layer features, we have employed the collector mechanism to directly generate the hierarchical features. This approach can overcome the issue of inaccurate feature generation caused by multiple concurrent session flows. To measure the generalization ability persuasively, six datasets are reorganized to simulate the scenario with unknown applications. Besides, different statistical models are applied with state-of-the-art features to conduct experiments. Experiment results show that the proposed method can achieve the F1 score above 98% on the reorganized sets, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed hierarchical approach.

Report of the 2022 Banff Heart Concurrent: Focus on non-human leukocyte antigen antibodies in rejection and the pathology of “mixed” rejection

The Banff Heart Concurrent Session, held as part of the 16th Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology Conference at Banff, Alberta, Canada, on September 21, 2022, focused on 2 major topics: non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies and mixed rejection. Each topic was addressed in a multidisciplinary fashion with clinical, immunological, and pathology perspectives and future developments and prospectives. Following the Banff organization model and principles, the collective aim of the speakers on each topic was to• Determine current knowledge gaps in heart transplant pathology• Identify limitations of current pathology classification systems• Discuss next steps in addressing gaps and refining classification system

Report of the Collections Value/Impact Concurrent Session at the Association of Research Libraries Library Assessment Conference, November 2022

Report of the Collections Value/Impact Concurrent Session at the Association of Research Libraries Library Assessment Conference, November 2022

Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Maximal Inspiratory Pressure Without Increasing Performance in Elite Swimmers

To analyze the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on the maximal inspiratory mouth pressure (MIP) and performance of elite swimmers. Eight participants performed a 3000-m swimming test (T-3000), followed by blood lactate measurements at 1 and 5minutes postexercise.. The testing protocol was carried out before and after 6weeks of IMT, in which a high-volume IMT group (HV-IMT) (n = 4) performed IMT twice a day-in the morning in a seated position and in the afternoon in a concurrent session of IMT and core muscle training. Also, a low-volume IMT group (LV-IMT) (n = 4) performed IMT in the morning session only. After the intervention, both groups improved their MIP, HV-IMT (132.75 [27.42] to 156.75 [21.88] cmH2O; P = .010; d = 0.967) and LV-IMT (149.25 [22.82] to 171.50 [23.74] cmH2O; P = .013; d = 0.955), without a significant difference between groups (P = .855). Regarding swimming performance, there were no changes between groups in the T-3000 (P = .472) or lactate removal rate (P = .104). IMT increased inspiratory muscle strength in elite swimmers, but there was no association or meaningful impact on swimming performance.

Highly Concurrent TCP Session Connection Management System on FPGA Chip

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented data transmission protocol, and it is also the main communication protocol used for end-to-end data transmission in the current Internet. At present, the mainstream TCP protocol processing service is implemented by software running on the Central Processing Unit (CPU). However, with the rapid growth of transmission bandwidth and the number of connections, the software-based processing method is not ideal in terms of delay and throughput, and also affects the processing performance of the CPU in other applications such as virtualization services. Moreover, other hardware solutions can only support a limited number of TCP session connections. In order to improve the processing efficiency of the TCP protocol and achieve highly concurrent network services, this paper proposes a TCP offload engine (TOE) prototype system based on field programmable gate array (FPGA) chips. It not only provides hardware-based data path processing, but also realizes hardware management of large-scale TCP session connection status through a multi-level cache management mechanism. Studies have shown that this solution can support 100 Gbps high-performance throughput characteristics, and allow concurrent processing of hundreds to 250,000 TCP connection state hardware maintenance on a single network node, improving the overall performance of the network system.

Life cycle engineering of space systems: Preliminary findings

The application of Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) within the concurrent engineering process presents a viable method for assessing environmental, social and economic impacts of space missions. Despite this, the novelty of the concept within space mission design has meant that the approach has not yet been widely implemented. This paper successfully demonstrates this technique for the first time and presents LCE results of three SmallSat missions designed at the University of Strathclyde using the concurrent engineering approach. The Strathclyde Space Systems Database (SSSD) was deployed to calculate the total life cycle impacts of each mission, including the identification of common design hotspots. A novel technique called Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was also trialled, whereby several impact categories were converted into single scores as a test case to reduce the learning curve for engineers. Overall, the LCE results indicate that the manufacturing & production of the launcher dominate the majority of impact categories. Other common hotspots were found to relate to the use of germanium as a substrate as well as the launch event. As an additional observation, in terms of the behavioural aspects, it was clear that study participants were more open to the concept of LCE with each new concurrent engineering session, evidenced by increasing levels of interaction amongst study participants. These findings are intended to provide industrial stakeholders with a preliminary benchmark relating to the general sustainability footprint of SmallSats, whilst demonstrating the viability of integrating LCE within the concurrent engineering process of space missions.

Proceedings of the 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference - Ōtautahi Christchurch

The 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference, was held in conjunction with Trafinz NZ. With the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic mainly behind, the organising committee were pleased to present the proceedings for the first hybrid format for this conference. Conference attendees were able to attend in person (at the Te Pae conference centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch) or virtually, including live streamed plenary sessions. This is the seventh conference in the series that commenced with amalgamation of the Road Safety Research and Education Conference and the Australasian College of Road Safety Conference. It is the first time the combined conference has been in New Zealand. This conference was a unique opportunity for everyone involved in road safety including researchers, practitioners, policymakers, police, educators, advocates and community groups to meet, present and discuss their work. These proceedings describe research, educational and policing program implementation and policy and management strategies related to all aspects of road safety and especially related to the conference theme of Changing Today for Tomorrow. Over 600 delegates from 18 countries will be attending the hybrid conference. This conference covered a comprehensive range of topics including speed, infrastructure and road design, education, licensing, vehicle design, impairment due to alcohol, drugs and mobile phones. The conference plenaries also covered the impacts of climate change on future transport systems and how this might impact on road safety. There was also a special plenary session on safety issues for Indigenous people groups across New Zealand and Australia and how we can work with these communities to achieve vision zero. The conference also presented both face-to-face and virtual symposium sessions including the following important topics: Integrating road safety into local Government, Automated Enforcement, Implementing Speed Management in Victoria and New Zealand, Gig economy road safety, Changing the way we think about older Australian drivers, Managing the safety of ageing heavy vehicle drivers, How safe is your dinner and Redeveloping Bike Education. Authors of accepted Extended Abstracts and Full Papers represent international and local institutions from all aspects of their respective communities including research centres, private companies, government agencies and community groups. These Extended Abstracts provide an indication of the important work being done in Australia, New Zealand and internationally as part of the United Nations, One UN Vision for Road Safety to reduce the number of crashes on the road by 50 percent by 2030. The Conference Organising Committee allowed two manuscript types for the conference: ‘Extended Abstracts’ and peer-reviewed ‘Full Papers’. Using a similar format to the previous successful conference in 2021, the Conference Scientific sub-Committee initially called for submissions in the form of Extended Abstracts (approx. 1 to 3 pages). Each Extended Abstract was reviewed by two independent expert peer reviewers on the following selection criteria: content consistent with the conference theme, novelty of information or data, clarity, relevance to practice or policy, scientific merit, and interest to audience. Over 200 Extended Abstract manuscripts were accepted for face-to-face (F2F), virtual (around 80) and poster sessions. To accommodate more presentations into the four F2F conference streams some authors were offered a rapid-fire presentation slot of 4 minutes, with the option to provide a longer virtual presentation or poster. Authors were also provided the option of submitting a Full Paper, which is HERDC* compliant. Based on the outcome of the peer review of their Extended Abstract, some authors who requested extension of their submissions into Full Papers for a run on into the Journal of Road Safety, were provided that opportunity by the two peer reviewers. The submitted Full Paper subsequently underwent a further review by three independent peer reviewers for inclusion into the Journal of Road Safety (JRS). There were a record number of Full Paper submissions of which nine of twenty four submitted have so far been fully peer-reviewed and accepted as ‘In-Press’ submissions for publication in the JRS. DOI links to these full papers are included into these proceedings. For the second time in the conference series the ACRS2022 partnered with Monash University’s Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) to link Poster authors with final year graphic design students and alumni. Like at the ARSC2021 this gave authors an opportunity to develop high quality visual communications of their poster content. The Authors who chose this option that were matched with a MADA graphic design student and successfully completed the Poster, have had their Poster attached to their Extended Abstract pdfs in these proceedings. The Poster authors were also provided a 4 minute oral rapid-fire presentation slot in a concurrent podium session, followed by a 30 minute poster session, where attendees could ask questions.

Real-time network intrusion detection using deferred decision and hybrid classifier

The network intrusion detection system needs to detect intrusions in real-time without delay when an intrusion is attempted. To this end, various approaches, such as packet-based classifiers and session-based classifiers, have been developed, but there is a limitation in effectively reducing the detection delay. This study proposes a packet-based machine-learning model with a deferred decision and a single packet integration classifier with cumulative features based on this model to solve this problem fundamentally. A hybrid classifier that uses packet-based features and session-based features was combined to develop a new machine-learning-based network intrusion detection system. Unlike conventional methods, the proposed method could achieve very high detection accuracy and detect intrusions in real-time by minimizing the detection delay. In addition, it reached very high scalability, so it is easy to support high traffic rates and high concurrent session capacity. The performance was compared with various existing methods on various datasets. Through this, the superiority of the proposed method was proven. Overall, the current network can be protected more securely and quickly by applying the proposed method.

APNA 35th Annual Conference, October 13-16, 2021: Mini Concurrent Session Abstracts.

APNA 35th Annual Conference, October 13-16, 2021: Mini Concurrent Session Abstracts.

APNA 35th Annual Conference, October 13-16, 2021: Concurrent Session Abstracts.

APNA 35th Annual Conference, October 13-16, 2021: Concurrent Session Abstracts.

Effect of the execution order from concurrent exercise session on blood pressure responses in hypertensive older men

Aim: To compare blood pressure (BP) responses among the different orders of execution of concurrent exercise (CE) sessions in controlled hypertensive older men. Methods: Fifteen older men (64 ± 5 years) participated in three randomized crossover sessions: control session (C), CE in aerobic-resistance order (AR), and resistance-aerobic order (RA). The CE was performed for 1 h, in which 30 min were for the resistance exercise with 5 exercises at 70% of 1RM and 30 min for the aerobic exercise on a treadmill with intensity corresponding to the first ventilatory threshold. Clinical systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean blood pressure (MBP) were measured at rest and over 2 h and 24 h after the session. For analysis, the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) test was used with Bonferroni's complimentary test (α = 0.05). Results: The SBP decreased by 30 min after AR, while after RA we obtained reductions during 1 h after a session concerning rest. Between sessions, we found lower values in both CE compared to the C at 30 min, 45 min, and 90 min. In the RA there was a lower pressure in relation to the C at minute 60. The DBP reduced 30 min after the AR regarding the pre-session, however with no difference between sessions. The MBP was lower in relation to 30 min rest after AR. Among sessions, a pressure drop was observed in the AR compared to the C at 30 min and 45 min. Conclusion: We can conclude that the CE was effective in generating post-exercise hypotension regardless of the order in controlled hypertensive older men.

Nurses at the United Nations.

There is an urgent call to redesign health care to be more equitable, to address the climate change crisis, and to implement the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the health of the global community. Now is the time for nurses to get involved in leading these necessary changes. In 2019, the authors were chosen to present a concurrent session at the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference. The conference focused on SDG 11, Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities. The experience convinced the authors that nurses have unique knowledge and skills to contribute to the mission of the United Nations.

Participatory Design of an Electronic Cross-Facility Health Record (ECHR) System for Pediatric Palliative Care: A Think-Aloud Study.

Background: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) patients experience years of multisectoral and professional care. An electronic cross-facility health record (ECHR) system can support the immediate exchange of information among PPC professionals. Based on a needs assessment, a prototype ECHR system was developed. Methods: To evaluate potential users’ perspective regarding the system, a qualitative observational study was conducted consisting of a concurrent think-aloud session and a semi-structured qualitative interview. Results: Twenty PPC professionals (nurses, physicians) from specialized outpatient PPC teams, a PPC unit, and medical offices rated the ECHR system as a helpful tool to improve the exchange and collection of information, communication between PPC professionals, and treatment planning. From the user’s point of view, the basic logic of the ECHR system should be further adapted to improve the interaction of data remirrored from patient records of outpatient and inpatient care with those entered via the system. The users wished for further functions (text search) and content (information on therapies). Some content, such as the treatment process, needs to be further adapted. Conclusion: The developed ECHR system needs to be more specific in some features by offering all available information; while for other features, be less specific to offer a quick overview. The ability to share information promptly and automatically was seen as a tremendous improvement to the quality of care for PPC patients.

Examining the Primacy and Recency Effect on Learning Effectiveness with the Application of Interactive Response Systems (Irs)

This study first examined the factors that enhance learning effectiveness and student satisfaction when an interactive response system (IRS) is introduced to a financial planning course. Second, we examined the influence of the initial experience of using an IRS on subsequent learning results. A total of 217 financial practitioners participated in a three-session financial course. During the course, the instructor interacted with the participants using the IRS. Participants were asked to use the smartphone-based IRS to interact with their instructor, and they were requested to complete two tests (a pretest and a posttest) and a satisfaction survey after each session. Participation data were directly imported into the UMU system for statistical analysis. The results indicated that task–technology fit (TTF) and instructor ability were predictors of learning effectiveness and student satisfaction. The perception of TTF in the first session had a positive effect on the cognitive results in the subsequent stages, which was the primacy effect. Moreover, a recency effect was observed in the affective results, meaning that the influence of the perception of TTF and instructor ability in the concurrent session on student satisfaction was stronger than the influence of previous experiences. Research and practical implications are presented to conclude the paper.

Acute growth hormone response to concurrent strength–sprint training with different orders in strength-trained men

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the intra-session order of concurrent strength-sprint training on the acute growth hormone response. Nine strength-trained students (age 24.1 ± 4.1) performed two different concurrent exercise orders: strength–sprint (STS) and sprint–strength (SPS). Strength training consisted of three sets of ten repetitions with 10RM for four exercises: bench press, lat pulldown, squat and shoulder press. Sprint exercise consisted of eight repetitions of 30-m maximal sprint running with 45-s rest periods between repetitions. In both exercise orders, the subjects rested for 10 min after the completion of the first part of the concurrent training session. Blood samples were collected before, between exercise modalities, and immediately after the concurrent training sessions. A significant increase in growth hormone levels occurred in response to single sessions of concurrent strength–sprint training, but no significant difference was observed between the two different orders of concurrent training (STS vs. SPS) regarding the acute growth hormone response. In general, performing sprint training before or after strength training not only imposes no inhibitory effect on the growth hormone response to strength training, but also increases the hormone’s overall response.

Bridging the Public Services and Technical Services Divide: Hosting a Librarian Sabbatical

ABSTRACT This concurrent session shared Albertsons Library’s experience with hosting an Access Services librarian’s sabbatical in Acquisitions and Collections. Original goals of the sabbatical were for the librarian to understand the framework for how the work of acquisitions is structured and executed; and understand the e-resource lifecycle to bring back critical skills to inform better service desk training. Though Access Services maintains the physical collection, and helps patrons navigate the digital collections through information and reference desks, staff in the area traditionally were not exposed to e-resource workflows, and the mechanics of how items are purchased, tracked and categorized. During the five-month long sabbatical, the librarian learned about the responsibilities of the unit and sub-groups that included ordering, receiving, serials, gifts, resource sharing, copy cataloging, budgeting, licensing, and electronic resources. This session discussed the value and benefits of using a sabbatical period to expose traditional public services staff to technical services, to deepen knowledge, and to support the institution.