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International spinal cord injury socio-demographic basic data set (version 1.0).

Consensus based on the literature. Create an International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Socio-Demographic Basic Data Set (Version 1.0). International. The development included an iterative process where the authors reviewed existing variables containing socio-demographic variables and created a first dataset draft, which was followed by several revisions through email communications. In addition, the work was conducted in parallel with a similar endeavour within the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke SCI Common Data Elements project in the United States. Subsequently, harmonization between the two projects was sought. Following this, a review process was initiated, including The International SCI Data Sets Committee, the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Board, and the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Scientific and Executive Committees, and then by publishing on the respective websites for membership feedback. The draft was sent to about 40 national and international organizations and several interested individuals for feedback. All review comments were discussed in the working group and responded to before the final draft was developed, and finally approved by ASIA Board and the ISCoS Scientific and Executive committees. The final International SCI Socio-Demographic Basic Data Set includes the following variables: Date of data collection, Marital status, Household member count, Years of formal education, and Primary occupation. The International SCI Socio-Demographic Basic Data Set will facilitate uniform data collection and reporting of socio-demographic information at the time of injury as well as at post-injury follow-ups to facilitate the evaluation and comparisons across studies.

A compass but not a road map: Diversity considerations with the AFCC Guidelines on Parenting Plan Evaluations

AbstractThe 2022 Guidelines for Parenting Plan Evaluations in Family Law Cases were developed taking into account membership feedback which identified guidance around issues of Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as a high priority. The current Guidelines have integrated issues of diversity in many areas of the document, by adding a section on guiding principles and values, expanding and clarifying evaluator education and training, and embedding cultural and diversity considerations in many sections of the document. The Guidelines do not provide more direct instruction or education on specific topics or aspects of culture and diversity.

Sustainable Recovery: The Evolution of SPE’s Membership

I appreciate the messages I have received at President@spe.org regarding my column in April. I discussed the proposed merger with AAPG, the lessons learned, and membership feedback. The next SPE Strategic Plan will build on what we learned and a wide participative process, and I look forward to all members’ inputs. I also commented on the declining number of SPE professional and student members. The main driver in the overall membership decline is the level of employment in our industry, which has taken two significant hits in the past years. The first came during the oversupply period of 2014–2015 (and the subsequent collapse in North American shale activity), and the second during the COVID-induced demand reduction in 2019–2020. Employment is not a direct function of oil prices, but of upstream and midstream investment/activity. In 2015 there was a 26% decline in upstream expenditures with a slow subsequent increase in 2016–2018. The 2019–2020 decline was the largest relative drop in our industry (more than 30%), leading to another round of staff reductions, especially in the oilfield services industry. Fluctuations in SPE membership generally lag the activity increase or decrease by 1–2 years (with a buffering effect provided by SPE’s Members in Transition program). It is expected that the current upcycle of activity will contribute to a rebound in membership, especially among the young professionals. Uncertainties prevail in the oil and gas sector because of the dramatic events happening in Ukraine. SPE’s leadership has responded rapidly, expressing grave concern for those affected by the war and offering support to our Ukraine-based colleagues and their families. SPE has provided financial support through our Poland and Romanian sections to supply food and humanitarian aid, and, where feasible, assist the evacuation of our Ukrainian members and their families. Also, following discussions at our recent SPE Board of Directors meeting, SPE is suspending all conferences and workshops in Russia. In March, I attended several events in the Middle East including the GAIA Summit and the Oman Petroleum and Energy Show (OPES), both held in Muscat. The GAIA sustainability framework is taking off strongly thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of the SPE volunteers, and the summit was one of the key events of the first Oman Sustainability Week. Its objective was to aid in designing a roadmap for sustainable development in Oman, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Middle East, and North Africa. It was a pleasure to see the combined creative efforts of a diverse team of young professionals from the region. One of the highlights of the GAIA Summit was the original presentation on emission remediation made by 2019 SPE President Darcy Spacy using his trademark accordion. The OPES conference themed “Shaping the Future of the Energy Industry” was also a large success with more than 350 local and global oil and gas companies and more than 12,000 tradeshow visitors. On 18 March I participated in an event hosted by the Abu Dhabi and the Northern Emirates sections themed “Outlook of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Energy Mix,” held in conjunction with the Dubai World Expo and with a high attendance level.

P023: The BC Emergency Medicine Network: Evaluation approach and early findings

Introduction: September 2017 saw the launch of the British Columbia (BC) Emergency Medicine Network (EM Network), an innovative clinical network established to improve emergency care across the province. The intent of the EM Network is to support the delivery of evidence-informed, patient-centered care in all 108 Emergency Departments and Diagnostic & Treatment Centres in BC. After one year, the Network undertook a formative evaluation to guide its growth. Our objective is to describe the evaluation approach and early findings. Methods: The EM Network was evaluated on three levels: member demographics, online engagement and member perceptions of value and progress. For member demographics and online engagement, data were captured from member registration information on the Network's website, Google Analytics and Twitter Analytics. Membership feedback was sought through an online survey using a social network analysis tool, PARTNER (Program to Analyze, Record, and Track Networks to Enhance Relationships), and semi-structured individual interviews. This framework was developed based on literature recommendations in collaboration with Network members, including patient representatives. Results: There are currently 622 EM Network members from an eligible denominator of approximately 1400 physicians (44%). Seventy-three percent of the Emergency Departments and Diagnostic and Treatment Centres in BC currently have Network members, and since launch, the EM Network website has been accessed by 11,154 unique IP addresses. Online discussion forum use is low but growing, and Twitter following is high. There are currently 550 Twitter followers and an average of 27 ‘mentions’ of the Network by Twitter users per month. Member feedback through the survey and individual interviews indicates that the Network is respected and credible, but many remain unaware of its purpose and offerings. Conclusion: Our findings underscore that early evaluation is useful to identify development needs, and for the Network this includes increasing awareness and online dialogue. However, our results must be interpreted cautiously in such a young Network, and thus, we intend to re-evaluate regularly. Specific action recommendations from this baseline evaluation include: increasing face-to-face visits of targeted communities; maintaining or accelerating communication strategies to increase engagement; and providing new techniques that encourage member contributions in order to grow and improve content.

Base-rate sensitivity through implicit learning.

Two experiments assessed the contributions of implicit and explicit learning to base-rate sensitivity. Using a factorial design that included both implicit and explicit learning disruptions, we tested the hypothesis that implicit learning underlies base-rate sensitivity from experience (and that explicit learning contributes comparatively little). Participants learned to classify two categories of simple stimuli (bar graph heights) presented in a 3:1 base-rate ratio. Participants learned either from “observational” training to disrupt implicit learning or “response” training which supports implicit learning. Category label feedback on each trial was followed either immediately or after a 2.5 second delay by onset of a working memory task intended to disrupt explicit reasoning about category membership feedback. Decision criterion values were significantly larger following response training, suggesting that implicit learning underlies base-rate sensitivity. Disrupting explicit processing had no effect on base-rate learning as long as implicit learning was supported. These results suggest base-rate sensitivity develops from experience primarily through implicit learning, consistent with separate learning systems accounts of categorization.

Saving the starfish: World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI) development, work to date, and membership feedback on international outreach.

Title Page Commentary Saving the starfish: World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI) development, work to date, and membership feedback on international outreach Amanda Dehaye 1 Cicero T. Silva 2 Kassa Darge 3 Sanjay P. Prabhu 4 Savvas Andronikou 5 Bernard F. Laya 6 Brian D. Coley 7 Maria Ines Boechat 8 Maria Ines Boechat iboechat@mednet.ucla.edu World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI), Pau, France Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK St. Luke’s Medical Center, Taguig City, Philippines Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA Department of Radiological Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CHS B2-252, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Proposal to Change the Neurology Section's Name to the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy.

Proposal to Change the Neurology Section's Name to the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy.

Best-classifier feedback in diagnostic classification training

Diagnostic classification training requires viewing many examples along with category membership feedback. “Objective” feedback based on category membership suggests that perfect accuracy is attainable when it may not be (e.g., with confusable categories). Previous work shows that feedback based on an “optimal” responder (that sometimes makes classification errors) leads to higher long-run reward, especially in unequal category payoff conditions. In the current study, participants learned to classify normal or cancerous mammography images, earning more points for correct “cancer” than “normal” responses. Feedback was either objective or based on performance of an empirically determined “best” classifier. This approach is necessary because theoretically optimal responses cannot be determined with complex real-world stimuli with unknown perceptual distributions. Replicating earlier work that used simple artificial stimuli, we found that best-classifier performance led to decision-criterion values (β) closer to the reward-maximizing criterion, along with higher point totals and a slight reduction (as predicted) in overall accuracy.

Interim position statement on intensive care nursing staffing

This is the interim position statement as of December 2000. A full review will be made following membership feedback in June 2001.

Context propagation based on membership feedback

Context propagation based on membership feedback