Previous Workshops Research Articles

Empowering Cancer Survivors to Become Mentors, and Leaders Through Various Workshops and Programs

Background and context: Friends of Cancer Patients UAE conducts various moral support programs for cancer patients, one of which is the “Color My World” program, which focuses on provide moral support to predominantly men and women, who have undergone, or are currently undergoing treatment of cancer. Aim: The aim is to empower cancer survivors to become leaders and mentors to other ladies/men currently undergoing treatment, and to establish a survivor led support program, as a result of these various programs and workshops. Strategy/Tactics: We believe that to for such a program to be a success, you need to understand your target group, their interests, as well as their backgrounds. A needs assessment needs to be conducted prior to the selection of workshops, whether through direct interviews with the patients, or internally by examining the different support programs available in the country, and what is available/not available. Program/Policy process: There are numerous workshops that take place throughout the year, and they are divided as follows: - There are workshops that focus on healthy living, and the importance of a healthy diet, which involves numerous cooking workshops, and educational sessions. - There are workshops that focus on skin care and make-up, where the ladies are taught how to take care of themselves by certified stylists and makeup artists. - Those who are interested in crochet and handicrafts, have the chance to take part in group workshops, or in focused 1 to 1 sessions. Outcomes: There are a number of positive outcomes that came about from our attempts to empower cancer survivors, the ones we believe are worth of being highlighted are: - A group of survivors are now leading, and running a cancer support program, that visits hospitals within the UAE, to visit those currently undergoing treatment, to provide support, and assist those still undergoing treatment in any way possible. - Many of the ladies, who attended previous workshops, will now start to lead similar workshops during hospital visits to children and women with cancer. What was learned: Cancer survivors must be the driving force in providing support to other cancer patients, and the existing model of the support groups can be linked with the educational workshops, to not only provide moral support, but also social support to the cancer patient.

Combining the tasklet model with OpenMP

Previous workshops have discussed a proposal to augment Ada with fine-grained parallelism, based on the notion of tasklets, a lightweight parallel entity. Recent works have shown the convergence of this model with the OpenMP tasking model and have proposed their coexistence. In this paper we provide a status of the existent works, and describe how these models could be combined.

Statistical Analysis of the Sixth AIAA Drag Prediction Workshop Solutions

A graphical framework is used for the statistical analysis of the results from an extensive N-version test of a collection of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes computational fluid dynamics codes for the Sixth AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Drag Prediction Workshop in June 2016. The solutions were obtained by code developers and users from North America, Europe, Asia, and South America using both common and custom grid sequences, as well as multiple turbulence models. The aerodynamic configuration for the workshop was the Common Research Model, which is a subsonic transport wing–body previously used for both the Fourth and Fifth Drag Prediction Workshops. This work continues the statistical analysis begun in the earlier workshops and compares the results from the grid-convergence study of the most recent workshop with previous workshops. Most notably, the results demonstrate that predicted drag increments show less scatter between codes than the predicted absolute values of drag for a given configuration, and also serve to reinforce a lesson learned from the Fifth Drag Prediction Workshop regarding the importance of a common grid sequence in decreasing the solution variation regardless of the computed output quantity.

Standardization of extracellular vesicle measurements by flow cytometry through vesicle diameter approximation

Background Detection of extracellular vesicles (EVs) by flow cytometry has poor interlaboratory comparability, owing to differences in flow cytometer (FCM) sensitivity. Previous workshops distributed polystyrene beads to set a scatter-based diameter gate in order to improve the comparability of EV concentration measurements. However, polystyrene beads provide limited insights into the diameter of detected EVs. Objectives To evaluate gates based on the estimated diameter of EVs instead of beads. Methods A calibration bead mixture and platelet EV samples were distributed to 33 participants. Beads and a light scattering model were used to set EV diameter gates in order to measure the concentration of CD61-phycoerythrin-positive platelet EVs. Results Of the 46 evaluated FCMs, 21 FCMs detected the 600-1200-nm EV diameter gate. The 1200-3000-nm EV diameter gate was detected by 31 FCMs, with a measured EV concentration interlaboratory variability of 81% as compared with 139% with the bead diameter gate. Part of the variation in both approaches is caused by precipitation in some of the provided platelet EV samples. Flow rate calibration proved essential because systems configured to 60 μL min-1 differed six-fold in measured flow rates between instruments. Conclusions EV diameter gates improve the interlaboratory variability as compared with previous approaches. Of the evaluated FCMs, 24% could not detect 400-nm polystyrene beads, and such instruments have limited utility for EV research. Finally, considerable differences were observed in sensitivity between optically similar instruments, indicating that maintenance and training affect the sensitivity.

Third Madrid Summer School on Turbulence

Editor: Javier JiménezPREFACEThis third Summer School on Turbulence at the School of Aeronautics of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid follows two previous ones, in 2013 and 2015. Those previous workshops were funded by the European Research Council Multiflow grant, whose goal was to improve our understanding of the multiscale dynamics of turbulence in fluids. After the initial grant ran its course, funding for the Summer School was transferred to the ERC grant Coturb, directed towards an understanding of turbulence from a structural point of view. The third Madrid Summer School took place from May 29 to June 30, 2017. As for the first two, its goal was to provide a meeting place for theoreticians, experimentalists and simulators, in which to develop and test new ideas on turbulence physics and structure. Around forty, mostly young, participants from twenty one international groups met for five weeks of collaborative work, primarily using the computational data archived in the receiving institution but, in many cases, also contributing their own. Although the format included some invited formal seminars and periodic plenary meetings, most of the work took place in small groups whose composition occasionally changed during the workshop. These proceedings reflect the results of the work of these groups, which, in many cases, later continued in the form of new collaborations.List of organiser are available in this PDF.

A Core Outcome Set for Multimorbidity Research (COSmm).

We aimed to develop a consensus-based set of core outcomes specifically for studies in multimorbidity. We undertook a consensus study following the COS-STAR (Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Reporting) guidelines for the design and reporting of core outcome sets. A Delphi panel of experts completed a web-based survey with 2 rounds. Panelists were presented with a range of outcomes that had been identified in previous workshops and a related systematic review. They indicated their level of agreement on whether each outcome should be included in the core set using a 5-point Likert scale, and outcomes reaching a prespecified consensus level were included. Of 30 individuals invited to be panelists, 26 from 13 countries agreed. All 26 completed both rounds of the survey. The Delphi panel reached consensus on 17 outcomes for inclusion in a core outcome set for multimorbidity (COSmm). The highest-ranked outcomes were health-related quality of life, mental health outcomes, and mortality. Other outcomes were grouped into overarching themes of patient-reported impacts and behaviors (treatment burden, self-rated health, self-management behavior, self-efficacy, adherence); physical activity and function (activities of daily living, physical function, physical activity); consultation related (communication, shared decision making, prioritization); and health systems (health care use, costs, quality of health care). This consensus study involved a wide range of international experts who identified a large number of outcomes for multimorbidity intervention studies. Our results suggest that quality of life, mental health outcomes, and mortality should be regarded as essential core outcomes. Researchers should, however, also consider the full range of outcomes when designing studies to capture important domains in multimorbidity depending on individual study aims and interventions.

IWCTS 2017: Tenth ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science

The 10th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (IWCTS 2017) was held in conjunction with the 25th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL 2017) on November 7, Redondo Beach, California, USA. This workshop has built upon the success of previous workshops with a focus on data, computation, and knowledge discovery aspects of transportation systems. There were 17 registrations to the workshop.

EMAS 2017 Workshop - 15th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis & IUMAS-7 Meeting - 7th Meeting of the International union of Microbeam Analysis Societies

Michael B. Matthews1, Edward P. Vicenzi2, Silvia Richter3, Xavier Llovet4, Jan Dellith5 and Miran Ceh61 AWE Plc., Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR, Great Britain2 Smithsonian Institution, Museum Conservation Institute, 20746 Suitland, MD, U.S.A.3 RWTH Aachen, Gemeinschaftslabor für Elektronenmikroskopie (GFE), 552074 Aachen, Germany4 Universitat de Barcelona, Scientific and Technological Centres, Lluís Solé i Sabarís 1-3, 08028 Barcelona, Spain5 Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technologies, Dept. Instrumental Analytics, 07745 Jena, Germany6 Jožef Stefan Institute, Department for Nanostructured Materials, Centre for Electron Microscopy, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaPrefaceThis volume of the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering contains papers from the 15th Workshop of the European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS) on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis, organised in conjunction with the 7th Meeting of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies (IUMAS), which took place from the 7th to the 11th of May 2017 at the Konzilgebäude, Konstanz, Germany.The primary aim of this series of workshops is to assess the state-of-the-art and reliability of microbeam analysis techniques. The workshops also provide a forum where students and young scientists starting out on a career in microbeam analysis can meet and discuss with the established experts. The Konstanz EMAS-IUMAS meeting was organised within the usual EMAS format, comprising invited plenary lectures by internationally recognized experts, poster presentations by the participants and round table discussions on the key topics led by specialists in the field. The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Microprobe Division of the German Physical Society (DPG). IUMAS member societies co-funded 16 Early Career Scholars to attend the meeting in Konstanz. The technical programme included the following topics: pushing the limits - electron probe microanalysis, modelling, detector technologies, surface characterisation, cathodoluminescence, pushing the limits – general, and their applications.As at previous workshops there was also a special oral session for young scientists. The best presentation by a young scientist was awarded with an invitation to attend the 2018 Microscopy and Microanalysis meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The prize went to Ery C. Hughes, University of Bristol (UK), for her presentation entitled: “Low EPMA totals of hydrous basaltic glass: effect of sub-surface charging” (by E.C. Hughes, B. Buse and S.L. Kearns).Six half-day pre-meeting courses were held covering the following areas of microbeam analysis: introduction to EBSD, advanced EPMA including CalcZAF, electron microscopy maintenance, Monte Carlo simulation using PENEPMA, Advanced spectral imaging, mapping and phase analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and introduction to atom probe.The continuing relevance of the EMAS-IUMAS meetings and the high regard in which they are held internationally can be seen from the fact that 93 posters from 20 countries were on display at the meeting and that the participants came from as far away as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, and USA. A selection of participants with posters was invited to give a short oral presentation of their work in three dedicated sessions. The EMAS Young Scientist Poster Award was awarded with an invitation to participate in the 25th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM 25) in 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. The prize was awarded to Dr Joshua Einsle, University of Cambridge (UK), for his contribution entitled: “The potential for mineralogical mapping through machine learning” (by J.F. Einsle, R.J. Harrison, B. Martineau, I. Buisman, A.M. Piotrowski, S.M. Collins, Z. Saghi, D. Johnstone, A. Eggerman and P.A. Midgley). The EMAS Workshop Poster Prize was given to Nicole Wollschläger, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM) (DE), for her contribution entitled: “Characterisation of porous TiO2 nanoparticle films using on-axis TKD in SEM - a new nano analytical tool for a large scale application” (by N. Wollschläger, L. Palasse, I. Häusler, E. Ortel, K. Dirscherl and V.-D. Hodoroaba).This proceedings volume contains the full texts of 8 of the invited plenary lectures and of 13 papers on related topics originating from the posters presented at the workshop. All the papers have been subjected to peer review by a least two referees.

ARCTIC CHANGE AND POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON MID-LATITUDE CLIMATE AND WEATHER: A US CLIVAR White Paper.

Rapid Arctic change - Emergence of new forcing (external and internal) of atmospheric circulation: Rapid Arctic change is evident in the observations and is simulated and projected by global climate models. AA has been attributed to sea ice and snow decline (regionally and seasonally varying). However this cannot explain why AA is greatest in winter and weakest in summer. It was argued at the workshop that other factors can also greatly contribute to AA including: increased downwelling longwave radiation from greenhouse gases (including greater water vapor concentrations from local and remote sources); increasing ocean heat content, due to local and remote processes; regional and hemispheric atmospheric circulation changes; increased poleward heat transport in the atmosphere and ocean; and cloud radiative forcing. In particular, there is emerging observational evidence that an enhanced poleward transport of sensible and latent heat plays a very important role in the AA of the recent decades, and that this enhancement is mostly fueled by changes in the atmospheric circulation. We concluded that our understanding of AA is incomplete, especially the relative contributions from the different radiative, thermodynamic, and dynamic processes.Arctic mid-latitude linkages - Focusing on seasonal and regional linkages and addressing sources of inconsistency and uncertainty among studies: The topic of Arctic mid-latitude linkages is controversial and was vigorously debated at the workshop. However, we concluded that rapid Arctic change is contributing to changes in mid-latitude climate and weather, as well as the occurrence of extreme events. But how significant the contribution is and what mechanisms are responsible are less well understood. Based on the synthesis efforts of observational and modeling studies, we identified a list of proposed physical processes or mechanisms that may play important roles in linking Arctic change to mid-latitude climate and weather. The list, ordered from high to low confidence, includes: increasing geopotential thickness over the polar cap; weakening of the thermal wind; modulating stratosphere-troposphere coupling; exciting anomalous planetary waves or stationary Rossby wave trains in winter and modulating transient synoptic waves in summer; altering storm tracks and behavior of blockings; and increasing frequency of occurrence of summer wave resonance. The pathway considered most robust is the propagation of planetary/Rossby waves excited by the diminished Barents-Kara sea ice, contributing to a northwestward expansion and intensification of the Siberian high leading to cold Eurasian winters. An important goal of the workshop was achieved: to hasten progress towards consensus understanding and identification of knowledge gaps. Based on the workshop findings, we identify specific opportunities to utilize observations and models, particularly a combination of them, to enable and accelerate progress in determining the mechanisms of rapid Arctic change and its mid-latitude linkages.Observations: Due to the remoteness and harsh environmental conditions of the Arctic, in situ observational time series are highly limited spatially and temporally in the region.Six recommendations to expand approaches using observational datasets and analyses of Arctic change and mid-latitude linkages include: Synthesize new Arctic observations;Create physically-based sea ice-ocean surface forcing datasets;Systematically employ proven and new metrics;Analyze paleoclimate data and new longer observational datasets;Utilize new observational analysis methods that extend beyond correlative relationships; andConsider both established and new theories of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics to interpret and guide observational and modeling studies.Model experiments: We acknowledge that models provide the primary tool for gaining a mechanistic understanding of variability and change in the Arctic and at mid-latitudes. Coordinated modeling studies should include approaches using a hierarchy of models from conceptual, simple component, or coupled models to complex atmospheric climate models or fully coupled Earth system models. We further recommend to force dynamical models with consistent boundary forcings.Three recommendations to advance modeling and synthesis understanding of Arctic change and mid-latitude linkages include: Establish a Modeling Task Force to plan protocols, forcing, and output parameters for coordinated modeling experiments (Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project; PAMIP);Furnish experiment datasets to the community through open access (via Earth System Grid); andPromote analysis within the community of the coordinated modeling experiments to understand mechanisms for AA and to further understand pathways for Arctic mid-latitude linkages.

Summary Data from the Sixth AIAA CFD Drag Prediction Workshop: CRM Cases

Results from the Sixth AIAA CFD Drag Prediction Workshop Cases 2 to 5 are presented. These cases focused on force/moment and pressure predictions for the NASA Common Research Model wing–body and wing–body–nacelle–pylon configurations. The Common Research Model geometry differed from previous workshops in that it was deformed to the appropriate static aeroelastic twist and deflection at each specified angle of attack. The grid refinement study and nacelle–pylon drag increment prediction (Case 2) used a common set of overset and unstructured grids, as well as user-created multiblock structured, unstructured, and Cartesian-based grids. Solutions were requested for both the wing–body and wing–body–nacelle–pylon at a fixed Mach number and lift coefficient. The wing–body static aeroelastic/buffet study (Case 3) specified an angle-of-attack sweep at finely spaced intervals through the zone where wing separation was expected to begin. The optional Case 4 requested grid adaption solutions of the wing–body at a specified flight condition. Optional Case 5 requested coupled aerostructural wing–body solutions. Results from this workshop highlight the progress made since the last workshop, and the continuing need for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) improvement, particularly for conditions with significant flow separation. These comparisons also suggest the need for improved experimental diagnostics to guide future CFD development.

Risk management workshop application: a case study of Ahwaz Urban Railway project

ABSTRACTEffective risk management is a vital part of project management. The previous workshops in the construction industry have shown to suffer from the lack of a comprehensive risk management techniques. This paper aims to investigate the capacity of a workshop as a risk management approach through the analysis of risk management for Ahwaz Urban Railway project. The analysed workshop uses brainstorming, the combination of fuzzy and failure mode and effect analysis and multiple-choice questions to identify, evaluate and determine the best responses to risks, respectively. The workshop examination shows that a workshop gives the organization an opportunity to identify critical risks. Furthermore, it helps the organization staff to have a better understanding of the project's environment and provides chances to improve teamwork. Despite the strengths of the workshop, it has several limitations of its own. The participants should be the project's major stakeholders and the workshop requires time and money. Two of the major limitations of the analysed workshop are time limitation, and lack of risk monitoring and controlling experience. In addition, this study does not investigate the relationship between risks. However, more attempts are needed to address challenges and barriers of risk management implementation in construction industry.

Evaluation on the second phase of Neonatal Resuscitation Program in China

Objective To evaluate the effects of the second phase of Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) in China. Methods A mail survey and an onsite assessment were conducted to collect data. (1) Mail survey: Different levels of domestic hospitals (except those in Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) were randomly selected to collect information on in-hospital NRP training, resuscitation equipments, incidence of birth asphyxia and neonatal mortality caused by birth asphyxia from year 2010 to 2014. (2) Onsite assessment: One provincial level, two prefecture level and two county level hospitals or healthcare institutions were randomly selected in four provinces. A questionnaire survey was conducted among randomly selected health workers including midwives, obstetricians and pediatricians. Megacode performance of those health workers was evaluated. Trend Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Results (1) Questionnaires were gathered from 347 hospitals via the mail survey with a response rate of 74.6% (347/465). In the 347 hospitals, 97.5% (10 410/10 674) of the obstetricians, paediatricians, and midwives received in-hospital training, and 72.7% (7 765/10 674) of them received training from county or above level. (2) In the onsite assessment of the four provinces, 205 health workers were randomly selected and completed the questionnaire survey. Among them, 85.4% (175/205) received training more than three times, 52.7% (108/205) received over two days of training in the previous training workshops, but only 62.0% (127/205) could share one set of training manikin with less than eight trainees in training workshops. Megacode performance of 96 health workers was evaluated. The results showed that all of the health workers were qualified in terms of total score and achieved an average score of over 1.5 in the performance of every primary resuscitation skill. Health workers attained relatively high scores in performing initial steps in resuscitation and tracheal intubation, and in identifying the indication of chest compression and epinephrine administration. However, their average scores in preparation for resuscitation, positive pressure ventilation and teamwork were relatively low. (3) Over 90% of the 347 hospitals had basic resuscitation equipment such as neonatal bag and mask, devices for tracheal intubation and radiation warmer. But fewer were equipped with umbilical venous catheter, T-piece or oxygen-air blender, especially at the county level hospitals. The incidence of neonatal asphyxia decreased from 2.33%(7 810/335 190) in 2010 to 1.79% (9 227/515 481) in 2014. The mortality from asphyxia at birth decreased from 2.41 to 1.64 per 10 000 live births [(81/335 190) and (85/515 481)]. Trend analysis revealed that the incidence of neonatal asphyxia (χ2trend=20.56, P<0.01) and the mortality at birth (χ2trend=77.34, P<0.01) declined over time. Conclusions The second phase of NRP has promoted the generalization of the neonatal resuscitation technology and resulted in decreased incidence of asphyxia and asphyxial mortality. Future programs should focus on measures to improve practical skills and teamwork, to increase the allocation of resuscitation equipment and to strengthen trainings among obstetricians and midwives. Key words: Asphyxia neonatorum; Resuscitation; Incidence; Mortality; Treatment outcome

PDE 2015: cAMP Signaling, Protein Kinase A (PKA) and Phosphodiesterases (PDEs): How Genetics Changed the Way We Look at One of the Most Studied Signaling Pathways.

This special issue of Hormone and Metabolic Research presents the proceedings of the 4th international workshop (PDE 2015) on cyclic AMP (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA) signaling and phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The meeting took place at Erciyes University, in Kayseri, Turkey, (Fig. 1) and followed the previous workshops that were held in Paris, France, and in Bethesda, MD 1 2. We are indebted to the host, one of the newest and most advanced universities in Turkey, an example of how science can be inclusive and bridge not only disciplines, but also cultures. We visited the historic Cappadocia region with its rich Greek heritage, and enjoyed the local food and traditions, as well as the beautiful Ottoman architecture of Kayseri and its surroundings.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Aspects of High-Level Parallel Programming

From smartphones to supercomputers, parallel architectures are nowadays pervasive. However parallel programming is still reserved to experienced and trained programmers. The trend is towards the increase of cores in processors and the number of processors in multiprocessor machines: The need for scalable computing is everywhere. But parallel and distributed programming is still dominated by low-level techniques such as send/receive message passing and POSIX threads. Thus high-level approaches should play a key role in the shift to scalable computing in every computer and device. Algorithmic skeletons (Google MapReduce being the most well-known skeletal parallelism approach), parallel extensions of functional languages such as Haskell and ML, parallel logic and constraint programming, parallel execution of declarative programs such as SQL queries, meta-programming in object-oriented languages, etc. have produced methods and tools that improve the price/performance ratio of parallel software, and broaden the range of target applications. Also, high level languages offer a high degree of abstraction which ease the development of complex systems. Moreover, being based on formal semantics, it is possible to certify the correctness of critical parts of the applications. The aim of all these languages and tools is to improve and ease the development of applications. The paper presented in this special issue are extended versions of papers presented at the Practical Aspects of High-Level Parallel Programming (PAPP) workshop that was affiliated to the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) from 2004 to 2012, and the Practical Aspects of High-Level Parallel Programming (PAPP) track of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC). It also features a paper written specifically for this special issue. While a lot of work in high-level approaches focus on regular data structures such as arrays and multi-dimensional arrays, the papers of this issue consider more irregular data structures, in particular trees and graphs. Kaheki, Matsuzaki and Emoto present a new approach for parallel reduction on trees in a distributed memory setting. Their algorithm is based on a suitable serialization of trees and its efficiency is shown for the Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) model. Matzusaki proposes a set of efficient skeletons on distributed trees: their efficient implementation relies on the segmentation of trees based on the idea of m-bridges that ensures high locality, and allows to represent local segments as serialized arrays for high sequential performance. Dazzi, Carlini, Lulli and Ricci propose Telos, a high-level approach for large graphs processing based on overlay networks, and an implementation on top of Apache Spark. Hajibaba, Gorgin, and Sharifi present a sequence similarity parallelization technique in the context of another Apache project: Storm a stream processing framework. I wish to thank Anne Benoit and Frederic Gava, co-chairs of some the previous PAPP workshops and the program committee members of the PAPP workshops and the PAPP ACM SAC track who reviewed the initial papers and the revised versions of this special issue.

Basic Life Support Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude among Dental Students in Davangere City, Karnataka, India: A Cross-sectional Study

ABSTRACT Introduction According to the World Health Organization, heart disease is the world's largest killer claiming 17.5 million lives every year. Every 29 seconds, an Indian dies of heart problem. It is important that every member of our community including dental practitioners be trained in high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as it is a basic medical skill, which can save many lives if implemented timely. Aim The aim of the study was to determine basic life support (BLS) knowledge, awareness, and attitude among clinical dental students (III and IV year students), interns, and postgraduate students in the dental colleges of Davangere city, Karnataka, India. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted by using a close-ended, validated questionnaire comprising 17 questions pertaining to demographic details, knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward BLS among clinical dental students in Davangere city. Descriptive, chi-squared test and Logistic regression were used to analyze the data using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20. Results After excluding the incomplete response forms, the data were analyzed for 495 responders with a response rate of 96.6%. In the present study, only 23.2% of the responders answered that the rate of chest compression is 100/minute in adults and children and 62.2% of the students were not aware of Heimlich maneuver. About 68.5% students had not attended previous BLS workshops. Conclusion The present study highlights that the overall knowledge, awareness, and attitude among dental students regarding BLS is not satisfactory in Davangere. This study emphasizes the fact that undergraduate course in dentistry must be regularly updated on the knowledge and skills regarding BLS along with practical courses. How to cite this article Bindu AS, Sushanth VH, Kumar PGN, Prashant GM, Imranulla M. Basic Life Support Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude among Dental Students in Davangere City, Karnataka, India: A Cross-sectional Study. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2017;11(2):23-28.

Francis-99 Workshop 2: transient operation of Francis turbines

Francis-99 is a set of workshops jointly organized by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway and Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden in the same spirit as the previous Turbine-99 workshops. The Francis-99 workshops aim to determine the state of the art of high head Francis turbine simulations (flow and structure) under steady and transient operating conditions as well as promote their development and knowledge dissemination openly. Three workshops are initially planned:- Workshop 1: steady operation of Francis turbines (performed in December 2014)- Workshop 2: transient operation of Francis turbines (December 2016)- Workshop 3: FSI of Francis turbines (December 2018)A high head Francis turbine model, named the Tokke model, has been designed and experimentally investigated at the Water Power Laboratory, NTNU. The complete geometry of the model and mesh are now freely available on the site http://www.ntnu.edu/nvks/francis-99 together with a large set of experimental pressure and velocity measurements. The organisers expect this geometry to become with time a reference test case to the hydraulic community for research and development on high head Francis turbines and the workshops a meeting place to discuss developments, potentials, issues… on a common and open test case.The present proceeding contains the papers presented at the second workshop at NTNU the 14th and 15th of December 2015. A total of 10 papers were presented. A large variety of codes and models were used highlighting different issues in the simulation of high Francis turbines.The editors:Prof. Michel J. Cervantes (LTU, NTNU),Dr. Chirag Trivedi (NTNU)Prof O.G. Dahlhaug (NTNU)Prof. T. Nielsen (NTNU)

The effectiveness of a sensory modulation workshop on health professional learning

Purpose Workshops are commonly used to up-skill staff and their usefulness can be determined by measuring whether or not learning needs have been met and, in particular, whether attitudes have changed. In the field of mental health, sensory modulation workshops have been introduced to educate staff about preventative measures that reduce the use of seclusion and restraint for service users with challenging behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of such a workshop. Design/methodology/approach A one-day workshop was developed based on a review of the literature and feedback from previous workshops, and with input from an industry-based reference group. An evaluation tool was designed to measure the learning outcomes, i.e., the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the 23 participants. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v20) was used to analyse the data. Multi-variate analysis of variance was used to determine the relationship between variables. Findings A significant increase in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of mental health staff was identified after the one-day workshop (F=106.346, df=1, p&lt;0.000). When considering which participants showed most benefits, it was shown that the demographics had no effect, i.e., education level, practice discipline, years of work experience in mental health, and previous sensory modulation training. Practical implications Measuring learning outcomes provides essential information about whether or not the learning objectives have been met. This allows future workshops to be tailored to ensure that the learning opportunity is at the correct level for the learners. More traditional evaluations that elicit the views of the content covered and teaching methods should additionally be used to supplement this information. Originality/value Workshops are often evaluated on the basis of the participants’ subjective response to a quick questionnaire. Developing a tool to measure outcomes is a more effective way to determine what has been learned and to ensure that positive outcomes for individuals and their organisations can be reached.

Session details: Special Issue on the Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2016)

Session details: Special Issue on the Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2016)

Combined PET/MRI: from Status Quo to Status Go. Summary Report of the Fifth International Workshop on PET/MR Imaging; February 15-19, 2016; Tübingen, Germany.

This article provides a collaborative perspective of the discussions and conclusions from the fifth international workshop of combined positron emission tomorgraphy (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that was held in Tübingen, Germany, from February 15 to 19, 2016. Specifically, we summarise the second part of the workshop made up of invited presentations from active researchers in the field of PET/MRI and associated fields augmented by round table discussions and dialogue boards with specific topics. This year, this included practical advice as to possible approaches to moving PET/MRI into clinical routine, the use of PET/MRI in brain receptor imaging, in assessing cardiovascular diseases, cancer, infection, and inflammatory diseases. To address perceived challenges still remaining to innovatively integrate PET and MRI system technologies, a dedicated round table session brought together key representatives from industry and academia who were engaged with either the conceptualisation or early adoption of hybrid PET/MRI systems. Discussions during the workshop highlighted that emerging unique applications of PET/MRI such as the ability to provide multi-parametric quantitative and visual information which will enable not only overall disease detection but also disease characterisation would eventually be regarded as compelling arguments for the adoption of PET/MR. However, as indicated by previous workshops, evidence in favour of this observation is only growing slowly, mainly due to the ongoing inability to pool data cohorts from independent trials as well as different systems and sites. The participants emphasised that moving from status quo to status go entails the need to adopt standardised imaging procedures and the readiness to act together prospectively across multiple PET/MRI sites and vendors.

Characterization and use of new monoclonal antibodies to CD11c, CD14, and CD163 to analyze the phenotypic complexity of ruminant monocyte subsets

The sequencing of the bovine genome and development of mass spectrometry, in conjunction with flow cytometry (FC), have afforded an opportunity to complete the characterization of the specificity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), only partially characterized during previous international workshops focused on antibody development for livestock (1991, Leukocyte Antigens in Cattle, Sheep, and Goats; 1993, Leukocyte Antigens of Cattle and Sheep; 1996, Third Workshop on Ruminant Leukocyte Antigens). The objective of this study was to complete the characterization of twelve mAbs incompletely characterized during the workshops that reacted with molecules predominantly expressed on bovine monocytes and use them to provide further information on the phenotypic complexity of monocyte subsets in ruminants. Analysis revealed that the mAbs could be grouped into three clusters that recognize three different molecules: CD11c, CD14, and CD163. Following characterization, comparison of the patterns of expression of CD14 and CD163 with expression of CD16, CD172a, and CD209 revealed the mononuclear cell population is comprised of multiple subsets with differential expression of these molecules. Further analysis revealed the epitopes recognized by mAbs to CD14 and CD163 are conserved on orthologues in sheep and goats. In contrast to CD14 that is also expressed on sheep and goat granulocytes, CD163 is a definitive marker for their monocytes.