Conference Report Research Articles

Non-pharmacological interventions for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol.

Dementia patients often experience behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD), which severely affect their quality of life and activities of daily living. Non-pharmacological interventions are effective in treating BPSD, according to multiple clinical trials and systematic reviews. However, the optimal non-pharmacological treatment remains controversial. Therefore, the study aims to evaluate and compare multiple non-pharmacological methods for treating BPSD in order to identify the optimal non-pharmacological intervention. This study aims to perform a systematic review and network meta-analysis of evidence on non-pharmacological interventions in the treatment of BPSD, which may potentially guide future research and clinical decisions. In order to select potentially relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 10 academic databases and 3 clinical trial registries will be systematically searched from inception until the 1 October 2022. Two researchers will independently extract information from eligible articles. The primary outcome is the severity of BPSD. Herein, Pairwise and Bayesian network meta-analyses will be conducted utilizing STATA 15.0 and ADDIS 1.16.8. Evidence quality will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE). Results from this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals or conference reports. In this study, we aim to comparatively assess the efficacy of various non-pharmacological treatments for BPSD. Findings from this review will help clinicians to make evidence-based treatment decisions. [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/], identifier [CRD42022352095].

Pokladnice Českého království v neklidné době. Zpráva o konferenci Kutná Hora a husitství

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Experts’ recommendations for developing academic staff’s research skills: a case in Vietnam

Due to many reasons, research productivity from Vietnamese lecturers has not been as good as expected, and their lack of research skills is dominant. Therefore, teacher professional development in enhancing lecturers’ research productivity has received more attention from institutional administrators and policymakers. This current study was conducted to explore the types of professional development activities, according Vietnamese educational experts, are solutions to lecturers’ research productivity. Twenty experts were engaging in a conference discussing what should be done to develop tertiary lecturers’ research productivity. The meeting minutes and conference reports were used as the data for further analyses. According to the data, the experts proposed three different professional development activities for enhancing their staff’s research productivity, including organizing training events for developing lecturers’ research skills and knowledge, formulating research teams according to their interests, and encouraging them to write and publish their studies throughout rewards and punishments. The findings are expected to contribute to dealing with the current issues related to research productivity and provide researchers interested in this field with practical ideas for further research.

A Conference Report: ‘Symposium on Language and Style in Bible Versions: A West Slavic View’ (1 July 2022, Catholic Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague)

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VI International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Metamorphoses of Culture: Donum didacticum. Didactic Code in the Culture of the 18th – 20th Centuries” at NSU

The report presents the analysis of leading topics and individual reports of the VI International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Metamorphoses of Culture”, held as part of the international forum “Heritage” at the Humanitarian Institute of Novosibirsk State University on November 19–20, 2021. The conference was dedicated to the problems of didactic code transformation in the culture of contemporary and the most recent times. The main discussion raised questions about the didactic culture code from the 18th until the 20th century. A special subject of consideration was the conceptual sphere of education and training, and the features of its linguistic and artistic representation. Separate groups of topics and issues related to the problems of education were: court pedagogy and Russian culture of the 18th century till the early 20th century, educational literature in the book culture of Russia in recent times, visual didactics in the space of poly-code text, a book as a source of knowledge – verbal and visual aspects of book culture.In the context of modern pedagogical mentality, real issues related to traditional education methods were reinterpreted, such as travel as a form of education – educational trips in the culture of the nobles, and mnemonic practices in the pedagogy of the 18th – 20th centuries. The revision of the semantic traditions of perception of the basic codes of education (such as “mentor”, “book”, and “road”) formed imperatives for summing up the results of the conference. The prolific achievements of the conference were reached due to the high scientific level and interdisciplinary nature of the reports; culturologists, historians, linguists, literary critics, art critics, and philosophers took part in the scientific discussion.

Conference Notes on the Tibetan Women Writing Symposium: A Celebration of Tibetan Women’s Literature

A conference report on the Tibetan Women Writing Symposium held at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in April 2022. The symposium focused on exploring and celebrating the recent emergence of Tibetan female writers in their Tibetan and Himalayan homelands and in the broader global diaspora.

Name game: the naming history of the chemical elements—part 3—rivalry of scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

The third article of the “Naming game…” series presents the issues of naming elements discovered and synthesized in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Based on the source data, the publication time of the names of the last 35 chemical elements was identified. In the case of discoveries from the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, the principle was adopted of the priority of information about the synthesis of a new chemical element in scientific journals or conference reports. However, when the same information was published earlier in the news sections of scientific journals, in articles in popular science journals, and (in modern times) on the websites of interested research institutes, such an info is presented as well. It turned out that in some cases this information is very complex as the names of some elements were changed several times and published in different media in the same period. Therefore, this article is an attempt to sort out the issue of first publishing of the names of the last known 35 chemical elements.

Gábor Kézdi Memorial Conference – Conference Report

The Hungarian Economic Association organised a conference in memory of Gábor Kézdi on 20 December 2021. Gábor Kézdi, one of the most influential Hungarian economists of his generation, died last year at the age of 50. His career as a researcher and teacher was an inspiration and an example not only to the economics profession but also to the wider social science community (including the author of these lines). His research addressed many topics of interest to sociologists and social policy researchers, such as educational inequalities, school segregation, prejudice and discrimination, the situation of the Roma population in Hungary and empirical studies of the effects of social policies.

Conference Report on 2022 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2022) [Conference Reports

The IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) is the world's largest technical event on computational intelligence. In 2022, IEEE WCCI was organized in Padova, Italy, from the 18th to the 23rd of July, in-presence after years of virtual conferences due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Remote presentations were allowed for authors who were unable to travel to Padova.

ITS Society Conferences [Conference Reports

Reports on ITS conference reports and events.

Comparative Combinatorial Implications and Theranostics of Immunotherapy in the Impediment of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), specifically programmed cell death receptor- 1/ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) inhibitors, have shown potential pharmacological efficacy in several cancers. Nonetheless, data pertinent to their therapeutic efficacy in alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) are limited. The retrospective aspects of ICIs (anti-PD1/PD-L1 blockers) to target ASPS are comparatively analyzed for clinical outcomes with other targeted immunotherapy modalities. We have conducted a systematic review without statistical analysis or comprehensive meta-analysis by collecting the articles published between 1952 and Sep 10th, 2020, by searching the following words: alveolar soft part sarcoma and immunotherapy including immune checkpoint, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and PD-1, PD-L1. We performed a pooled analysis of case reports, conferences, clinical trials, and other research reports pertinent to the efficacy of a PD-1 or PD-L1 antagonist in patients diagnosed with metastatic ASPS. The effective studies include 10 case reports, 2 conference reports, 5 clinical trials, and 2 additional research reports. A total of 110 patients were reported to be enrolled in the pooled analysis; among them, 87 (78.38%) received a PD-1/PD-L1 antagonist. For patients who received anti-PD-1/PD-L1as monotherapy, their clinical response rates (CRR) were 63.22% whereas those who received targeted therapy and immunotherapy had a CRR of 78.95% (15/19). In the patients treated with double immunotherapy, their CRR was 100% (4/4). Tumor mutational burden and mismatch repair status have significant implications for predicting the ASPS prognosis. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma patients with distant metastases can exhibit better clinical outcomes with immunotherapy, particularly toripalimab, atezolizumab, and axitinib combinatorial regimen with pembrolizumab. In addition, this review describes the therapeutic implications to guide personalized medicine depending on the expression patterns of PD-1/PD-L1 during the immunotherapy with ASPS.

ESEH Notepad: 11th Biennial European Society For Environmental History (ESEH) Conference Report

ESEH Notepad: 11th Biennial European Society For Environmental History (ESEH) Conference Report

Conference Report from the European Bioanalysis ForumWorkshop: toward harmonized implementation of the ICH M10 guideline.

In this report, the European Bioanalysis Forumshares the proposals for harmonized implementation of the ICH M10 guideline on bioanalytical method validation and study sample analysis from the ICH M10 workshop. The focus of the discussions was to understand new, changed or still ambiguous regulatory expectations in the guideline, as identified in feedback from thepre-workshop surveys or during the workshop. The proposals from the workshop aim at stimulating and helping a harmonized implementation of the guideline, and using our community as a sounding board during and after implementation to highlight areas of misalignment and to create a platform for continued sharing with the regulatory authorities in an effort to contribute to industry and regulators developing similar interpretations on guideline expectations.

Second-Chance Education in UNESCO Activities - Examples from History and Some Current Forms

Abstract Introduction: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in the post-war period and since then it has been working to combat the illiteracy of children, the youth and adults. A specific area in this context is the issue of second-chance education. Purpose: The paper analyzes these UNESCO activities in the field of second-chance education, which allows individual target groups to obtain elementary education, respectively professional knowledge and skills for finding a job in the historical transformations as well as at present. Methods: The main criterion was the perception of second-chance education in individual stages of educational reality, for which content analysis and comparison of the final reports of UNESCO conferences, its current educational programmes, as well as specific examples of educational activities were used. Conclusions: Second chance education, with its specific position, content focus, target groups and organization, has become an essential part of educational systems not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries, because in every society, this issue is a current challenge for the educational reality.

Report of the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 (WTDC-22)

Report of the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 (WTDC-22)

Comparison of static podobarography between diabetic and non-diabetic neuropathy patients

Objective: To compare the pedobarographic findings of plantar pressure distribution in individuals with typical diabetic neuropathy with non-diabetic individuals. Methods: 25 patients with typical diabetic neuropathy were randomly selected and another 25 non-diabetic patients were selected electively. After undergoing clinical examination according to the report and recommendations of the San Antonio Conference on Diabetic Neuropathy, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and static podobarography tests were performed to identify pressure points in the feet and distribution of plantar pressure. Results: The mean age of 62.24 (± 9.01) years, mean body mass index (BMI) of 29.69 (± 5.9) Kg / m² and mean HbA1c of 8.9 (± 3.29% of non-diabetic patients, mean age was 61.04 (± 9.69). The mean hallucin pressure in the diabetic group was 111.16 (± 64.25) kPa, in the non-diabetic group was 78.91 (± 4.43) Kg / m² and HbA1c was 5.3 (± 0.24) ± 38.48) kPa and the comparison showed ap = 0.015. Conclusion: An increase in pressure was found in the hallux region of diabetic patients when compared to non-diabetic patients.

Conference Report: NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting

Since 2016, the National Human Genome Research Institute of the US NIH has convened a meeting for their trainees. Training programs supported by the Instituteare located throughout the USA and provide funding to trainees from the undergraduate to the postdoctoral and junior faculty levels. The annual training meeting provides trainees with a novel opportunity to network, learn about a wide range of genomic research andgain skills and information to support their educational and career path in genomic research. The pandemic forced a transition to virtual meetings in 2020 and 2021, but the 2022 meeting was convened as a hybrid format, with 383 attendees (59% in-person) in Durham, NC, USA.

IAFPA 2022 conference report

IAFPA 2022 conference report

Remote Work in Technical Services: What Have we Learned? Where Are we Going?

This conference report covers a presentation from the 2022 North Carolina Serials Conference (NCSC) on the topic of remote work in library technical services units. The presentation discussed findings from a literature review conducted for a 2020 Serials Review column, and also investigated scholarship on remote work in technical services as published since that time. The online audience offered questions and comments from their experiences, which are also summarized in this report.

OpenUNC: Collaborating to Increase the Visibility of Open Scholarship from the UNC System

This conference report covers a lightning talk from the 2022 North Carolina Serials Conference on the topic of OpenUNC, a collaborative website that shares information about and links to open access efforts and content from institutions in the University of North Carolina System. Site background, content, and opportunities for use are covered.