Relevant Organization Research Articles

Funding systems for care needs of older adults in residential aged care facilities in the Asia-Pacific region: a scoping review protocol.

The objective of this review is to explore the care needs as assessed by the public residential aged care funding systems of Asia-Pacific countries that use both taxation and means-tested user charge. The Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of population aging. There is increasing reliance on residential aged care facilities to provide formal care, but limited understanding of how care needs are assessed. Most countries have adopted taxation as the primary means to levy capital for funding essential health services; funding may be means-tested for equity. The population of interest is older adults eligible for care in residential aged care facilities who receive assistance to fund their care. Sources that address the care needs of residents and the assessments relating to care needs, as well as funding systems (taxation, means-testing), will be considered for inclusion. This review will consider any quantitative study, qualitative study, mixed method study, or report from any country in the Asia-Pacific region. Databases to be searched include Embase, CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, and the JBI Database for Evidence-based Practice. Additional records will be identified through the gray literature database Trove, reference lists of included studies, and relevant health organization websites. Sources published in English since 2008 will be eligible for inclusion. Two reviewers will independently screen titles, abstracts, and full-texts for inclusion. Data will be extracted and findings summarized in tabular format and narrative synthesis. Any disagreements between the reviewers will be resolved through discussion or with a third reviewer. Open Science Framework; https://osf.io/h9g7q.

Improving the Seismic Response of Tall Buildings: From Diagrid to Megastructures and Mega-Subcontrol Systems

Background: Diagrid structures, widely used for the tall buildings of the third millennium, are characterized by a very effective behaviour in the elastic field due to the grid triangulation. In particular, under horizontal actions, axial forces and deformations mainly arise in the structural members of the diagrid, thus resulting in the reduction of the shear lag effect and racking deformations. The response to incremental horizontal actions beyond the plastic threshold, however, shows a poor plastic redistribution capacity, with consequent low values of global ductility, in spite of a significant design overstrength. Objective: In this paper, it is proposed to exploit the high elastic efficiency of the diagrid type and use a vibration control system, based on mass damping mechanism with large mass ratios, to reduce a priori the inelastic demands due to seismic actions. Methods: Starting from the analysis of the seismic behavior of archetype diagrid buildings, a case study is selected to assess the effectiveness of the proposed motion-based design approach. For this purpose, the diagrid is first transformed into a megastructure (MS) configuration by densifying the diagonal elements at the most stressed corner areas and transfer floors, suitably chosen. Then, the exterior mega-frame is detached from interior sub-structures, thus allowing for a relative motion between the two structural portions according to a “mega-sub-structure control system” (MSCS), which activates the mass damping mechanism. Results: Time-history analyses carried out on simplified lumped-mass models confirm the effectiveness of the proposed strategy in reducing the seismic response. Conclusion: Finally, the practical feasibility of the MSCS and engineering solutions for the relevant structural organization are discussed.

India and global governance across international regimes and time

ABSTRACT India’s rising power and status within a variety of global institutions is well explained with the help of an inside-out approach, with a focus on India’s domestic compulsions and strategies. This special section of four articles in Contemporary South Asia deepens this inside-out analysis, combining it with an outside-in approach to global institutions which explore how the global regime in question shapes and interacts with domestic impulses and dilemmas. The four papers explore India’s approach and actions across a divergent set of global institutions such as the IMF, the WHO, and maritime governance in a regional context, showing how the institutional and geopolitical context matters to understanding India’s diverse actions and strategies. These articles also explore the evolving process of compliance and implementation within each specific global institutional context. Such a comparative approach allows us to understand how the specific institutional design of the relevant organization or the structure of the global regime affects India. In this introduction to the special section, I outline the advantages of an interactive, comparative approach, exploring India’s varying actions across a variety of issue areas and global contexts. Such a variegated and differential analysis across global regimes is valuable for a more complete and differentiated analysis of India’s rise.

Factors affecting the emotional wellbeing of women and men who experience miscarriage in hospital settings: a scoping review

BackgroundMiscarriage can be a devastating event for women and men that can lead to short- and long-term emotional distress. Studies have reported associations between miscarriage and depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder in women. Men can also experience intense grief and sadness following their partner’s miscarriage. While numerous studies have reported hospital-related factors impacting the emotional wellbeing of parents experiencing miscarriage, there is a lack of review evidence which synthesises the findings of current research.AimsThe aim of this review was to synthesise the findings of studies of emotional distress and wellbeing among women and men experiencing miscarriage in hospital settings.MethodsA systematic search of the literature was conducted in October 2020 across three different databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE and PsycInfo) and relevant charity organisation websites, Google, and OpenGrey. A Mixed Methods appraisal tool (MMAT) and AACODS checklist were used to assess the quality of primary studies.ResultsThirty studies were included in this review representing qualitative (N = 21), quantitative (N = 7), and mixed-methods (N = 2) research from eleven countries. Findings indicated that women and men’s emotional wellbeing is influenced by interactions with health professionals, provision of information, and the hospital environment. Parents’ experiences in hospitals were characterised by a perceived lack of understanding among healthcare professionals of the significance of their loss and emotional support required. Parents reported that their distress was exacerbated by a lack of information, support, and feelings of isolation in the aftermath of miscarriage. Further, concerns were expressed about the hospital environment, in particular the lack of privacy.ConclusionWomen and men are dissatisfied with the emotional support received in hospital settings and describe a number of hospital-related factors as exacerbators of emotional distress.Implications for practiceThis review highlights the need for hospitals to take evidence-informed action to improve emotional support services for people experiencing miscarriage within their services.

The Effect of Work Conflict on Employee Performance in the Capital Investment and Integrated Service Service (PTSP) of Gorontalo District

The Effect of Work Conflict on Employee Performance in the Capital Investment and Integrated Service Service (PTSP) of Gorontalo District

The Media's Portrayal of Radical Islam

This same impact of social internet on bigotry is modern society is an attractive research area. It deals with news prejudice, so it's crucial to look at where the television promotes to discrimination in specific ways. Because White persons controlled contemporary gaming industry and chose the images of Black individuals to convey throughout the beginning stages of tv and film, African Americans battled to express your own stories, beliefs, views, even selves. Our study incorporated comprehensive understanding of Bandura's Observational Learning in order to know how advertisements affect our beliefs and values. This study looked for when resources are available to mass media viewers, as well as how the relevant organization our attitudes, sentiments, and behaviors towards everyone else. In particular, as it relates to racial inequities, biases, racial implicit bias, and African American men's perspectives. Occasions and evidence on perceived discrimination, as well as their impact on press attention, have been discovered in major findings. The representation of Muhammad and Muslims as in British press is examined in this article. It suggests that British Muslims are frequently portrayed as an "alien other." It claims that this misperception is linked to that same emergence of something like a 'racist,' particularly Xenophobia, which has its roots in social portrayals of the 'everyone else.' To support this claim, the article provides a synopsis of just how racial groups have really been depicted there in British newspaper, arguing that portrayals of British Muslims in Religion are based on comparable ideas of 'deviations' and 'Notre.'

Policies and interventions to remove gender-related barriers to girls' school participation and learning in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the evidence.

Policies and interventions to remove gender-related barriers to girls' school participation and learning in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the evidence.

Identification of spatial regimes of the production function of Italian hospitals through spatially constrained cluster-wise regression

Building on the idea that different hospitals may operate with different technologies, the objective of this paper is a spatial characterization of the production function of hospital services through the identification of different spatial regimes. We introduce an original methodology to identify spatially constrained regimes, namely spatially constrained portions of territory in which the production units are maximally homogeneous in functional terms. The empirical algorithm can be described as a k-means cluster-wise regression procedure in which the units are belonging to a proximity graph and where distance is assessed in regressive terms. The analysis is implemented, first, on simulated data and, then, on output and input data of Italian hospitals for the year 2010. Our results, besides their methodological value, allow to shed light on the working of the hospital sector in Italy. The heterogeneity of the identified technological regimes can be associated to spatial heterogeneity of relevant aspects, like demand, internal organization, clinical and managerial governance, etc., and consequential policy implications can be, therefore, gathered.

Influence of Teachers’ Occupational Stress on Anxiety by Using Cross-Media Teaching Method

This paper is to study the conditions of teachers’ occupational stress and anxiety by using cross-media teaching method, and reveals the influence relationship between them. To this end, a questionnaire survey of 228 teachers using cross-media teaching method from 3 schools in Guangdong Province (China) was conducted. The conclusions are as follows: Teachers who use cross-media teaching method have high levels of occupational stress and anxiety, lack of leadership and administrative support, overloaded work, state anxiety and trait anxiety are all at a high level. Under general characteristics differences, gender does not constitute a factor causing occupational stress and anxiety of the teachers using cross-media teaching. With the increase in the use of cross-media teaching, teachers feel gradually increase of occupational stress and trait anxiety in more work tasks, and occupational stress and state anxiety shows ups and downs due to lack of school policy support. From the relationship between occupational stress and anxiety, occupational stress and sub-variables without leadership and administrative support, overloaded work, relationships with colleagues, and relationships with parents are all positively correlates with anxiety and have significant positive effects. Thereinto, whether the influence of occupational stress sub-variable on anxiety, or the state anxiety and trait anxiety of the anxiety sub-variables, overloaded work and lack of leadership and administrative support have always been the key factors that cause anxiety. Therefore, if the school or the relevant organization provides appropriate support and assistance to cross-media teaching, or appropriately reduce heavy tasks of teachers in cross-media teaching, so as to relieve occupational press and anxiety of the teachers, create good teaching quality, and promote the development of teaching technology.

Protective and resilience factors to promote mental health among Indigenous youth in Canada: a scoping review protocol

IntroductionMany mental health concerns emerge in adolescence and young adulthood, making this a critical period to initiate early interventions for mental health promotion and illness prevention. Although Indigenous young people...

Engineered human blood-brain barrier microfluidic model for vascular permeability analyses.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) greatly restricts the entry of biological and engineered therapeutic molecules into the brain. Due to challenges in translating results from animal models to the clinic, relevant in vitro human BBB models are needed to assess pathophysiological molecular transport mechanisms and enable the design of targeted therapies for neurological disorders. This protocol describes an in vitro model of the human BBB self-assembled within microfluidic devices from stem-cell-derived or primary brain endothelial cells, and primary brain pericytes and astrocytes. This protocol requires 1.5 d for device fabrication, 7 d for device culture and up to 5 d for downstream imaging, protein and gene expression analyses. Methodologies to measure the permeability of any molecule in the BBB model, which take 30 min per device, are also included. Compared with standard 2D assays, the BBB model features relevant cellular organization and morphological characteristics, as well as values of molecular permeability within the range expected in vivo. These properties, coupled with a functional brain endothelial expression profile and the capability to easily test several repeats with low reagent consumption, make this BBB model highly suitable for widespread use in academic and industrial laboratories.

Kulturno i prirodno nasleđe Đerdapa - izgubljena istorija ili potencijal za održivi razvoj?

The Roman Limes, the former natural border of the Roman Empire, has been recognized as a cultural landscape with exceptional universal values of international importance by the relevant organization for the protection of cultural and natural heritage - UNESCO. The Danube River is an integral part of the Roman Limes, a testimony to the culture and traditions of the peoples who lived on the banks of the Danube, as well as cultural heritage in general. Within the part of the Danube River that passes through the Republic of Serbia, the Djerdap segment stands out. It includes sites of different historical periods (prehistoric, ancient and medieval) and is significant cultural heritage on an international level. However, most of the sites are underwater as a result of the construction of the Djerdap Hydroelectric Power Plant. Consequently, insufficient access to its cultural heritage has led to its insufficient presentation and promotion, but also a lack of information about the existence of the cultural heritage. Therefore, the main goals of this paper are to spread knowledge about Djerdap's cultural and natural heritage, to promote its importance, to identify potential for integrating the cultural heritage into contemporary trends through the affirmation of cultural routes, and to establish sustainable development of the cultural landscape. The results of the research are presented through an urban architectural project that represents the sublimation of critical attitudes formed with regard to the protection, presentation and promotion of cultural heritage. The project draws from a literature analysis, case studies and examples of good practice relevant to the research. The expected results of the research include raising awareness of the importance of Djerdap's cultural heritage through promoting a cultural route and forming a potential model for the use of its cultural heritage in the process of establishing sustainable development of the cultural landscape.

Sleep replay reveals premotor circuit structure for a skilled behavior

Neural circuits often exhibit sequences of activity, but the contribution of local networks to their generation remains unclear. In the zebra finch, song-related premotor sequences within HVC may result from some combination of local connectivity and long-range thalamic inputs from nucleus uvaeformis (Uva). Because lesions to either structure abolish song, we examine "sleep replay" using high-density recording methods to reconstruct precise song-related events. Replay activity persists after the upstream nucleus interfacialis of the nidopallium is lesioned and slows when HVC is cooled, demonstrating that HVC provides temporal structure for these events. To further gauge the importance of intra-HVC connectivity for shaping network dynamics, we lesion Uva during sleep and find that residual replay sequences could span syllable boundaries, supporting a model in which HVC can propagate sequences throughout the duration of the song. Our results highlight the power of studying offline activity to investigate behaviorally relevant circuit organization.

Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy and its prevention; paradigm changes over three decades

In Sri Lanka, the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy was estimated to be approximately 29% in 2001 but is estimated to have significantly reduced to be < 20%, at least in certain areas, during the last decade. Among its many causes, nutritional iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the commonest, but establishing a definitive diagnosis is difficult. Strategies adopted globally, as well as in Sri Lanka, to prevent IDA in pregnancy, have changed significantly during the last three decades. A comprehensive literature review was carried out and inter alia three relevant World Health Organization Guidelines, in which the author was a member of the guideline development group and six other publications of the author, on the topic of iron deficiency (ID) and IDA in pregnancy are included in this review. Ten studies on the detection and prevention of ID and IDA in pregnancy, carried out from 1990 to 2017 at the Academic Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit (AOGU) of the Teaching Hospital Mahamodera, Galle (THMG) are described. The results and conclusions of these studies were: poor compliance and unsatisfactory methods of ingestion of the antenatal oral iron supplement could have contributed to the high rates of ID and IDA at term during the period 1990 to 1992; haematological indices during pregnancy need to be interpreted with caution; although the agreement between haematological indices obtained from different laboratories in Galle in 2000 was unsatisfactory, better agreement was observed in 2015; the rates of ID and IDA in pregnant women presenting for antenatal care to the AOGU of the THMG have significantly decreased from approximately 69% and 44% respectively in 1990 to approximately 37% and 17% respectively in 2015. Therefore, weekly antenatal oral iron supplements should be adequate to improve birth outcomes in the non-anaemic women attending this clinic.

On the issue of joint land ownership in Ukraine

Transformation of property relations has determined the need to find modern legal constructions for the settlement of joint ownership of land and property. The article states that the most common practice is the design of adjacent territories only after the preparation of a land management project commissioned by condominiums in the relevant project organization. It is determined that the improvement of ownership mechanisms, especially in the land sphere, has led to the abandonment of collective ownership, which requires further development of modern forms of land ownership, as well as effective regulation of joint ownership of land and property. It is proved that the co-owners of apartment buildings have the right to exercise the relevant rights as well as, in particular, registration of the right to land without the creation of condominiums. Although before the adoption of this law, the registration of land rights took place only through condominiums or other service entities. Registration of land ownership directly by apartment building co-owners may create some difficulties with the registration of all co-owners, as the number and composition of such co-owners may change constantly due to the acquisition and alienation of apartments in apartment buildings. The peculiarity of the right of joint ownership is that all third parties, despite the plurality of co-owners, must deal not with a set of separate wills or expressions of will of each co-owner, but with a single, joint expression of will of several entities. The necessity of further theoretical substantiation and normative consolidation of the right of apartment building co-owners to directly acquire and exercise the right of joint ownership of the adjacent territory and the possibility of exercising the relevant right indirectly through the condominiums created by them.

Where are the people? A scoping review on the use of the term “resilience” in Arctic health research and its relevance to community expressions of well-being

In the field of Arctic health, “resilience” is a concept used to describe the capacity to recover from adversities. The term is widely used in Arctic policy contexts; however, Arctic peoples and communities question whether “resilience” is an appropriate term to describe the human dimensions of health and well-being in the Arctic as it is currently applied. A scoping review of peer-reviewed and gray literature was conducted. We used searchable databases, Google Scholar, and Dartmouth College Library Services, to select studies conducted between 2000 and 2019 and key documents from the Arctic Council and other relevant organization and government entities. A scoping review framework was followed, and consultation among the authors provided initial scope, direction, and verification of findings. Analyses identified over- and underrepresented key thematic areas in the literature on human resilience in Arctic communities. Areas of overrepresentation in the literature included ecosystem, climate change, and environmental sciences. Areas that were underrepresented in the literature included health, medicine, wellness or well-being, and community voices on the topic of human resilience. Results indicated that “resilience” as a concept was applied across a diversity of contexts and subject areas in the Arctic and that this may have repercussions for understanding the human dimension of “resilience” and community expressions of well-being. Alternative terms and concepts with which Northern community members more closely identify could be used to more respectfully and accurately advance research in areas such as epidemiology, community health and well-being, and particularly Indigenous peoples’ health.

Retrospective Monocentric Study on Career Preferred by Ayurveda Alumni

Background: Alumni studies are considered valuable as such works are done to assess the outcomes of efforts made by faculties of relevant organization and its actual effect in professional life. These studies serve as source of information to increase the effectiveness of related organization and thereby students quality of education.
 Aim and Objective: The study was centered on exploring the quality and impact of teaching-learning modalities on career proffered by alumni.
 Materials and Methods: A retrospective monocentric cohort study was conducted at Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital and Research Centre (MGACHRC), Salod (H), Wardha (Maharashtra) from 2007 batch to 2012 BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) batch which include total 281 Alumni who has completed BAMS course from MGACHRC. The survey was done by using a questionnaire and responses were collected via receiving filled questionnaire via email or filling the questionnaire through telephonic communication with alumni. Results: The survey study reveled that after completing graduation from MGACHRC, the career chosen by alumni of 2007 to 2013 batches include post graduation (PG), working as faculty in other institute, established general clinical practice (GP), joined as medical officer in government or private hospitals (Govt. MO, Private MO) and engaged in other activities such as business, profession other than medical services, become research researcher etc and the percentages of alumni in aforementioned career are 43.42, 8.54, 21.00, 9.96, 12.10 and 4.98 respectively. Higher proportion of females is noted in all batches and most of the alumni gave preference for post graduation followed by clinical practice and occupation as medical officer either in government of private hospitals.
 Conclusion: The study represents that obtaining specialization is not possible by completing BAMS and hence post graduation is first preference. However the all careers chosen by alumni of MGACHRC are satisfactory and thus indicate well teaching-learning methods.

Improvement of the methodology of justification of design decisions for creating an image video

The object of research is the process of substantiating design decisions for creating an image video at the pre-production stage. An insufficiently thought-out image video can cause a negative effect that is destructive for the image of the advertised subject. Therefore, every decision made when creating an image video at the pre-production stage must be substantiated on the basis of a multidimensional analysis.
 In this study, the content of the traditional stages of the pre-production stage has been improved by taking into account the specifics of the image video, as well as by using the questionnaire method:
 the image of the advertised entity is considered as a system consisting of a set of specific qualitative characteristics of the relevant person or organization;
 the main characteristics of the video being developed are determined by the results of a survey of the target audience.
 The result of the study was an improved methodology for substantiating design decisions for creating an image video, which features:
 1) justification of the list of components of the customer's image that need to be advertised;
 2) application of the questionnaire method to determine the main characteristics of the video being developed, such as: type of video, graphic style, color scheme, duration, prevailing ways of presenting information.
 The proposed methodology is concretized to substantiate decisions in the process of creating an image video of an educational program with a dual form of training. The components of the image of the educational program that need to be advertised in the video are determined based on the results of a survey of applicants and students. Expert assessment was carried out using the ranking method. When processing the results of the questionnaire, a difference was revealed in the judgments of different groups of respondents, which became the basis for setting the task of advertising several components of the image of the educational program.
 The use of the proposed methodology allows making more informed decisions regarding the content and form of an image video, which will contribute to the establishment of effective relationships between the advertised subject and its stakeholders.

Experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada with primary health care services: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

The objectives of this review are to aggregate and synthesize experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada when receiving primary health care services; differentiate experiences from services provided in urban versus rural or remote settings; and identify recommendations to enhance quality of primary health care provision. Primary health care plays a crucial role in overall population health and health equity. In Canada, Indigenous peoples continue to face disproportionate health disparities. Survey and qualitative studies on the experiences of Indigenous populations with primary health care services reveal alarming findings of inadequate health care access, racial discrimination, negligence, and cultural insensitivities. However, these studies do not entirely assess the primary care and essential public health functions component. This protocol will be the first qualitative systematic review to thoroughly synthesize Indigenous peoples' overall primary health care experiences across all Canada, in both rural and urban settings. The population of interest is self-identified Indigenous peoples, who have first- and/or second-hand experience receiving primary health care services in Canada, regardless of their age, gender, or medical condition. Our focus is on patients' experiences in contexts where primary health care services are delivered in Canada. Only qualitative studies in English or French will be considered. MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and Web of Science will be used as information sources in addition to Google Scholar, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and other relevant organization websites. Two independent reviewers will perform the screening, critical appraisal, and data extraction of selected articles. Results will then be synthesized using the meta-aggregation approach. PROSPERO CRD42020192353.

MAJOR RESULTS OF BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH AT THE NORTHERN WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE KarRC RAS (A REVIEW)

The review reports the main results of the studies carried out by NWPI KarRC RAS in the institute’s major research areas over the past 30 years. Information is provided on some studies in national priority R&D areas, and on the activities implemented under regional and international grant-funded projects and applied initiatives. Some results of research on the White Sea, Lakes Ladoga and Onego, lake-river systems, and groundwater are reported. A summary is given of important practical developments ordered by federal and regional ministries and departments, companies and organizations, and implemented under the public drinking water supply programme. The information systems designed and implemented for these developments to be used by relevant organization are introduced. An overview of the results of studies carried out by NWPI collaboratively with Russian and foreign institutes and universities is given, namely regarding research on water resources, water quality, White Sea ecosystems, Russia’s largest lakes, and under-ice conditions in North Russian lakes.