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On the local practice of narrative palliative care

Abstract Objectives In Mainland China, Hospice and Palliative Care are making significant progress; and meanwhile, Narrative Medicine is going through a process of localization in both theory and practice. Since the integration of the two areas in medicine, it is worth exploring practice on narrative palliative care more deeply. Methods Some of the authors have been collecting teaching cases in several cities by the research methods of anthropology (participant observation, in-depth interview and visual ethnography). Results Based on presenting a case and teaching feedback, this paper tries to show our effort in promoting and integrating Narrative Medicine education into the field of Palliative Care practice. And then we would try to explain it from two perspectives. Conclusions The work of education, research and clinical practice on narrative medicine in hospice and palliative care, can help us make sense of the end of life and especially help those medical students become capable of seeing the suffering around them in medical training.

The Role of Interpersonal Communication Intelligence In Supporting Organizational Success in Higher Education

The success of an organization is determined by various aspects, including leadership, competence, cooperation and communication. In the aspect of communication, the intelligence organization of a person's interpersonal communication is a very important component. Interpersonal intelligence is one of the intelligences in which a person's ability to establish good social relationships with indicators such as empathy, pro-social attitudes, self-awareness, effective problem-solving abilities, and the ability to communicate effectively. This intelligence is needed by a person in meeting the need for personal competence and social competence. The article aims to explore how important the intelligence of someone's interpersonal communication is in supporting the success of an organization. The methodology used in writing this article is content analysis, one approach to writing scientific work in qualitative research. All data comes from the results of the authors' reading of various theories, expert opinions and the results of previous research related to the issues discussed. All data is then collected, reduced, presented and closed with conclusions. The results of the discussion of this article are expected to be used as additional reference material for the community, academics, subsequent researchers who will discuss this issue in different contexts and issues.

"SDM:HOSP"- a generic model for hospital-based implementation of shared decision making.

Shared decision making (SDM) is a core element in the meeting between patient and healthcare professionals, but has proved difficult to implement and sustain in routine clinical practice. One of five Danish regions set out to succeed and to develop a model that ensures lasting SDM based on learnings from large-scale real-world implementation initiatives that go beyond the 'barriers' and 'facilitators' research approach. This paper describes this process and development of a generic implementation model, SDM:HOSP. This project was carried out in the Region of Southern Denmark with five major hospital units. Based on existing theory of SDM, SDM implementation, implementation science and improvement methodology, a process of four phases were described; development of conceptual elements, field-testing, evaluation, and development of the final implementation model. The conceptual elements developed aimed to prepare leaders, train SDM teachers, teach clinicians to perform SDM, support development of patient decision aids, and support systematic planning, execution and follow-up. Field testing was done including continuous participant evaluations and an overall evaluation after one year. Data from field testing and learnings from the implementation process, illustrated the need for a dynamic and easy adjustable model. The final SDM:HOSP model included four themes; i)Training of Leaders, ii) Training of Teachers and Clinicians, iii) Decision Helper, and iv) 'Process', each with details in three levels, 1) shared elements, 2) recommendations, and 3) local adaption. A feasible and acceptable model for implementation of SDM across hospitals and departments that accounts for different organizations and cultures was developed. The overall design can easily be adapted to other organizations and can be adjusted to fit the specific organization and culture. The results from the ongoing and overall evaluation suggest promising avenues for future work in further testing and research of the usability of the model.

Developing Project-Based-Learning (PBL) Speaking Syllabus for Flight Attendant School in Flipped Learning Network (FLN) Activities

This article defines the process for developing a speaking syllabus for flight attendant school in a Flipped Learning Network (FLN), which increases student engagement and learning by assigning watching videos at home followed up in pre-teaching discussions, and requiring the students to work on live practices in face-to-face classroom activities. Considering that the syllabus is designed to develop the students' oral competence, the target speaking skill is aimed toward developing students' ability to engage in procedural communication in the workplace. Therefore, the topics/themes are chosen to meet the needs of flight attendants consistent with Project-Based Learning (PBL) by Forum Group Discussions (FGDs). In order to achieve this objective, the development of a syllabus begins with a need analysis, topic selection, syllabus prototype production, expert evaluation, and revision for the final product. The syllabus is organized such that the learning experience is explicitly stated for two formats: online meeting (through Google Classroom for the video analysis) as the lecture homework for pre-discussions followed by classroom face-to-face meeting (through FGDs with peers, individual work, and the teacher) to comprehend students' understanding though some units. Each unit has 2 (two) topics. Each topic consists of 60 (sixteen) minutes or 1 (one) meeting. This syllabus development is considered to be implemented in terms of FLN for instructional activities in flight attendant school resulting higher-order thinking skills such as collaboration, design and problem solving as students tackle difficult problems, work in groups, research, and construct knowledge with the help of the teacher and peers.

Time, history and meaning-making in research on people's relations with renewable energy technologies (RETs) – A conceptual proposal

The research field of the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies (RETs) has shown that people as central actors in current low-carbon energy transitions relate to RET projects and associated processes and infrastructures in diverse ways. These relations depend on the local context and history in which RET projects are deployed. Despite being an everyday reality for all actors involved, the experience of time has not been of central concern for this research field. References to temporality in social acceptance work are both omni-present and frequently vague, used as a mere backdrop to the main story; most research has examined local residents' responses at a specific moment in a project's life cycle; some consider RET projects as independent from histories of infrastructure and place and people's relations with RETs as void of past experience. This paper advocates for a deeper engagement with time in the field. Based on a milestone literature review highlighting how time and history have been tackled in analyzing local residents' relations with RET projects in specific case contexts so far, we propose differentiating physical from historical time dynamics and by developing this distinction we offer a first conceptual framework for considering time in people's relations with RET projects. Through this, our proposal contributes to recent critical work in social acceptance research of RETs and provides analytical tools for researchers who intend to approach the temporal embeddedness of people's relations to RET projects.

TraceTrack, an open-source software for batch processing, alignment and visualization of sanger sequencing chromatograms.

Despite the advent of next-generation sequencing technology and its widespread applications, Sanger sequencing remains instrumental for molecular biology subcloning work in biological and medical research and indispensable for drug discovery campaigns. Although Sanger sequencing technology has been long established, existing software for processing and visualization of trace file chromatograms is limited in terms of functionality, scalability and availability for commercial use. To fill this gap, we developed TraceTrack, an open-source web application tool for batch alignment, analysis and visualization of Sanger trace files. TraceTrack offers high-throughput matching of trace files to reference sequences, rapid identification of mutations and an intuitive chromatogram analysis. Comparative analysis between TraceTrack and existing software tools highlights the advantages of TraceTrack with regards to batch processing, visualization and export functionalities. TraceTrack is available at https://github.com/MSDLLCpapers/TraceTrack and as a web application at https://tracetrack.dichlab.org. TraceTrack is a web application for batch processing and visualization of Sanger trace file chromatograms that meets the increasing demand of industrial sequence validation workflows in pharmaceutical settings. Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics Advances online.

Effect of calcium carbonate nanoparticles on mechanical properties of coir-kenaf based epoxy hybrid composites: An analytical and simulation study

The manufacturing sector is presently in search of sustainable materials that are lighter in weight, readily available, biodegradable, and cost-friendly. Natural fibers are observed to bring unblemished advancement in composite materials. In this research, a novel hybrid composite material has been analyzed. The composite comprises two different natural fibers, kenaf and coir fiber, reinforced in epoxy matrix with nanofillers of calcium carbonate particles. The weight percent of kenaf and coir fibers is maintained at 5.7% and 10%, whereas nanofillers is varied as 0%, 2%, and 4%, respectively, in all three samples. The elastic characteristics like the Longitudinal Modulus, and Transverse Modulus, are evaluated for the proposed composite utilizing five different analytical models, and are also interpreted using Representative Volume Element (RVE) analysis. The analytical results of the proposed composite are correlated with the experimental work in the earlier research. The influence of nanofiller is investigated and it has been observed that the composite with a higher filler content of 4 percent attains enhanced strength than a sample with a lower filler content of 0 and 2 wt. percent. The transverse modulus is noticed to uplift by 16.88%, and the longitudinal modulus by 11.14% on the mixing of CaCO3 particles in coir kenaf composite. Also, the composite is analyzed for hybridization effect, which proves to be one of the most promising ways to improve the features of the hybrid composite

Katie Moussouris: Vulnerability Disclosure and Security Workforce Development

Bob Blakley: Welcome everyone to episode four of the IEEE Over the Rainbow podcast. I’m Bob Blakley, and I’m here with my cohost Lorrie Cranor. Our guest today is Katie Moussouris. Katie is the CEO of Luta Security, a company that helps organizations design and operate bug bounty and vulnerability reporting programs. Katie has a background in molecular biology and worked on the Human Genome Project at MIT. While she was at MIT, she became a system administrator, which led her in time to a career in information security. She was a penetration tester for @Stake; after Symantec acquired @Stake, she established the Symantec Vulnerability Research Program. From Symantec, she moved to Microsoft, where she created Microsoft’s Vulnerability Research Program in 2008; in 2014, Katie moved to HackerOne, where she served as chief policy officer. In 2016, she left HackerOne to found Luta Security. Katie has done both academic and policy work in vulnerability research and disclosure; she was a driving force in ensuring that the 2013 revision of the Wassenaar Arrangement would exempt software tools used for defense from export controls, and she served as editor of both major ISO/IEC vulnerability standards (ISO/IEC 29147 and ISO/IEC 30111).

Robust Matrix Completion for Elliptic Positioning in the Presence of Outliers and Missing Data

Elliptic target positioning from the bistatic ranges (BRs), as an emerging localization scheme, has recently gained considerable traction for its diverse applications in multistatic systems such as radar, sonar, and wireless sensor networks. This contribution extends the work of previous research on the low-rank property of the BR matrix (Xiong, “Denoising of bistatic ranges for elliptic positioning,” IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., vol. 20, pp. 1–3, 2023, Art. no. 3500503) to the brand new use case of robust elliptic positioning in the presence of missing data. Due to the structures of the outlier-inducing errors when embodied in the BR matrix, many of the off-the-shelf low-rank matrix completion (LRMC) solutions cannot be applied. We address this challenge by formulating the problem of outlier-resistant BR matrix recovery as constrained minimization of an ℓ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2,1</sub> -norm based loss function, and devising an algorithm based on alternating direction method of multipliers to efficiently solve the resultant LRMC. Simulations are conducted to demonstrate the efficacy of the developed robust elliptic positioning technique in various localization scenarios.

Abstract B071: Differences in financial toxicity (FT) by cancer type among patients assigned female at birth (AFAB)

Abstract Cancer is a major financial burden across its different forms at varying stages, and oftentimes even more so for patients assigned female at birth (AFAB) within Black and Brown communities. Unfortunately, medical treatment has been increasingly costly, heightening financial need. Financial toxicity (FT) refers to issues associated with cancer’s cost of medical care (NIH, 2021). The current study was a secondary analysis with data acquired from 2018 Gutter and Salloum Catchment Area Study. It used the COmprehensive Score for FT (COST) questionnaire scores to measure FT (De Souza, et al.). The study examined how COST scores vary based on race, income, caregiver presence, and cancer type with a random sample size of n= 191. The study included the following cancers: leukemia, lung, breast, cervical, and gynecological. SPSS was used to examine data via ANOVA and ordinary least squares regression. For COST scores, the smaller the score, the more FT. Breast cancer had higher predicted COST score compared to other cancers as further confirmed by the ordinary least squares regression; furthermore, breast cancer was found to have lower expenses. Perhaps breast cancer’s ubiquity has led to more funding in support groups and more efforts in preventative measures. Upcoming outreach projects should increase support for other cancer types in patients AFAB, particularly those of color, and work to uphold efforts for all breast cancer patients. The ANOVA suggested there is a significant difference in mean COST score by cancer type as F=4.955 with a significance level of 0.001. This suggests that mean COST scores are related to cancer type. Moreover, as a product of SDH, it has been known that Black and Brown communities experience worsened health outcomes regardless of cancer diagnosis; unfortunately, sex and gender (and sexuality) as intersecting identities within this often exacerbate these outcomes since some patients AFAB may choose to identify with a different gender. Further, Black, and Hispanic patients AFAB are disproportionately affected by cancer (and many times more aggressive types of cancers). These striking disparities make it that much more vital that clinicians consider certain cancers carry more FT when delivering care. This work has applications for clinical practice settings in that clinicians must offer patient-centered, financially considerate care in hopes of improving health outcomes. Lastly, income, race, and presence of caregiver were not significantly related to FT, which refutes existing scholarship in conversation with determinants of health. I believe this is due to a sample that over-represented white people. Therefore, upcoming cancer research must be situated around the minority experience to gauge the nuances of FT both quantitively and qualitatively in different cancers, particularly given the paucity of qualitative work in cancer research. Researchers must not just represent minority voices and experiences, but they must consider differences among minority groups historically, culturally, geographically, etc. Citation Format: Cristina Orozco, Michael Gutter. Differences in financial toxicity (FT) by cancer type among patients assigned female at birth (AFAB) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2022 Sep 16-19; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022;31(1 Suppl):Abstract nr B071.

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSONALIZED ADAPTIVE MATHEMATICS TEACHING

The study aimed to empirically investigate the effectiveness of personalized adaptive learning in mathematics. To clearly explain this approach, we have deeply analyzed and used a mixed methodological approach to analyze satisfaction with the learning environment, perception, and attitude to the content provided, as well as general experience and personalized adaptive experience in the context of an electronic learning environment in mathematics. The students were distributed according to one of two conditions: an electronic learning environment known as personalized adaptive learning, and the same learning environment without the integration of a personalized adaptive learning platform. The necessity of using statistical methods for a reliable assessment of the results of experimental work in pedagogical research is considered, as well as the results of using two statistical criteria, and the difficulties that may arise during their implementation are analyzed on a practical example. To evaluate the effectiveness of adaptive personalized technologies, it was planned to use the Fisher criterion and the Student's t-criterion. They were chosen because they are based on two different types of scales: ordinal and interrelated.

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Effect of calcium carbonate nanoparticles on mechanical properties of coir-kenaf based epoxy hybrid composites: An analytical and simulation study

The manufacturing sector is presently in search of sustainable materials that are lighter in weight, readily available, biodegradable, and cost-friendly. Natural fibers are observed to bring unblemished advancement in composite materials. In this research, a novel hybrid composite material has been analyzed. The composite comprises two different natural fibers, kenaf and coir fiber, reinforced in epoxy matrix with nanofillers of calcium carbonate particles. The weight percent of kenaf and coir fibers is maintained at 5.7% and 10%, whereas nanofillers is varied as 0%, 2%, and 4%, respectively, in all three samples. The elastic characteristics like the Longitudinal Modulus, and Transverse Modulus, are evaluated for the proposed composite utilizing five different analytical models, and are also interpreted using Representative Volume Element (RVE) analysis. The analytical results of the proposed composite are correlated with the experimental work in the earlier research. The influence of nanofiller is investigated and it has been observed that the composite with a higher filler content of 4 percent attains enhanced strength than a sample with a lower filler content of 0 and 2 wt. percent. The transverse modulus is noticed to uplift by 16.88%, and the longitudinal modulus by 11.14% on the mixing of CaCO3 particles in coir kenaf composite. Also, the composite is analyzed for hybridization effect, which proves to be one of the most promising ways to improve the features of the hybrid composite.

Analysis and prediction of American economy under different government policy based on stepwise regression and support vector machine modelling

&lt;abstract&gt;&lt;p&gt;On account of the enormous role of various government policies, it is very important and valuable to find remarkable independent variables from many practical factors of influencing American economy via choosing suitable methods and effective "optimal" models or equations. Based on the American economic data in practice, in order to creatively analyze and predict American economy under two different government policies, we analyze the relationship between each factor and the economy and obtain some greater impact factors to American gross domestic product (in short, GDP) by using a class of stepwise regression, and then we give optimal analysis and predict the influence to American GDP via employing support vector machine models. Further, we establish data comparison to provide beneficial reference for choosing from two different government policies. Finally, we propose some work for future research.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/abstract&gt;

A review study on the improvement of stator frame design and prediction of electromagnetic vibration of hydro generators

The vibration is the predominant factor in reducing life expectancy, and decreasing the performance of the hydro generator. The study provides a systematic approach to help most researchers understand the current work in progress and plan additional research. This study mainly considered the publications done in past decades about stator frame vibration. The causes of electromagnetic vibration are studied based on electromagnetic and mechanical factors. Rotor roundness and various types of eccentricity, including airgap, are presented and reviewed. This review contributes to calculating the eigenmodes and eigenfrequencies in different operating modes by analytical and numerical methods; damage detection and diagnosis of the fault current by a vibration condition monitoring software; design and development of stator frame design to control the torsional eigenfrequency and vibration, which leads to waviness and skewness. The specific subdomain methods used for analysis, Finite element analysis, Lagrange’s equations, magnetic equivalent circuit, Maxwell electromagnetic method, and conformal mapping method are mentioned in detail. The effects of electromagnetic flux, magnetic overload, rotor–stator air gap, and load are discussed. The electromagnetic vibration characteristics are illustrated. The review is summarized at the end based on theoretical and experimental data about the research work and study trends. According to the comprehensive study based on various research papers and the site report, the stator frame rigidity degrades with increased electromagnetic and thermal force. There is a huge scope of research work for improvement in the stator frame design additionally eliminating unbalanced magnetic forces further reduces the vibration.

Building a Public Culture of Pandemic Storytelling

Abstract From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, ordinary people around the world have been documenting their experiences in diverse media forms, giving rise to a public culture of pandemic storytelling. This public culture, however, can be transitory. Personal stories may disappear for many reasons. The authors call for scholars to help build and sustain this public culture through the work of digital archiving and research, and the authors emphasize a descriptive imperative, as opposed to theorizing, as the more urgent course of action.

The effects of using the nurse self-concept mobile application on the retention of nursing students.

The high dropout rate among nursing students has become a global concern as it leads to a shortage of nurses on the one hand and a negative impact on the professional motivation of nursing students on the other. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of using the Nurse Self-Concept Mobile Application (NSCMA) on the retention of nursing students. The present study is an experimental work of research with a longitudinal design conducted from April to December 2021. The study population was second-year nursing students in a nursing school in the south of Iran who were randomly divided into an experimental (n = 49) and a control group (n = 50). The assessment was based on a pretest-posttest design and a one-month follow-up. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 21 using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (repeated measures). The P value was set <0.05. The means of the students' ages and grades were 21.31 ± 2.43 and 15.30 ± 2.13, respectively. The results showed a statistically significant increase in the experimental group's intent-to-stay mean scores as measured in three stages (P = 0.029), indicating that the intervention enhanced the nursing students' inclination to stay in nursing programs. However, the changes in the control group's mean scores were not statistically significant (P = 0.132). The Nurse Self-Concept Mobile Application proved effective in enhancing nursing students' inclination to complete their education and follow a career as a nurse. Thus, it is essential that nursing students' education include programs designed to enhance the students' self-concept, especially in the first few years of their education. Also, nursing schools should use this software to encourage students to stay in the nursing major.

Old and new areas in Polish social work in research and practice

The article attempts to review the knowledge about research conducted since 1990 on social work, in social work as well as for social work. It showed that the definition of areas of social work by social policy generally coincided with the fields of research activity of theoreticians and practitioners, seeking answers on the determinants of many social problems. The main aim of the article was to show the changes that have occurred in the perception of the importance of social work in practice and in research. The second goal was to show the state of knowledge on old and new areas of social work, taking into account the methodological approaches and types of research carried out. The last part of the article indicates which areas may be the subject of social work practice due to the emergence of new social issues, the existence of which has been revealed by the latest research.

Traduction des toponymes : Outils lexico-narratifs ou obligation sociopolitique ? Le cas de la traduction des toponymes dans The Times of Israël et WAFA

Translation of Toponyms: Lexico-narrative tools or sociopolitical obligation? Translations of place names in The Times of Israel and WAFA as a case study &#x0D; Why is the city of al-Qods called « al-Qods » for the Palestinians and « Yerushalaim » for the Israelis, why is a street crossing this city called « Saladin Street » by the Palestinians and « Tsahal Street » by the Israelis, what happened at the top of the Temple Mount, or on the Esplanade of the Mosques/ al-Haram Ash Sharif? For more than 100 years, toponymy has become one of the criteria specific to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through Mona Baker's narrative approach, the article investigates the specificity of the translation of conflicting designations and examines the consciousness of translators in relation to the narrative role of toponyms in the construction and circulation of Palestinian culture and identity and their legitimation on an international scale. We have therefore chosen the Israeli newspaper the Times of Israel and the Palestinian news agency WAFA to highlight these issues. Toponymy serves to preserve the collective memory, since a name contains information about the past of the place, about the people who live there, and its reputation. It is a springboard that takes us beyond the name itself as a linguistic sign. In this spirit and based on deep historical and religious links that link designations to a particular culture, place names serve to legitimize and/or delegitimize the stories that surround them. Translation is therefore far from being an apolitical act, which is why we will try to highlight the treatment given to conflicting toponyms in translation through the analysis of some examples taken from the media mentioned. We will adopt Mona Baker's approach to the analysis of translated passages. In other words, this article is an attempt to understand the narrative role of media translation when it comes to place names. The methodology is based on the potential relation between space, conflict and ideology. Multiple reflections are discussed, but we opted for the one that gives justice to the role of translators as resistants. We particularly mobilized Mona Baker’s strategy « framing by labeling » in an attempt to explain the initial narratives and the contribution of their translations whether to guarantee their continuity and/or repression beyond the linguistic borders. This is to finally try to bring answers to our main research question: What is the status of the translator / narrator specialized in media translation? Does he opt for domestication or foreignization in his translations of place names? Based on the observation of some selected passages and their respective translations in English and Arabic, the objective of our work of research is to highlight the semantic charge of the disputed double designations related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through a comparative analysis of the strategies adopted in two different media outlets, we have demonstrated their preferences in their translations of place names, while explaining the narrative impact of these names on their readers according to the initial discourses they mobilize. In this spirit, we started with a brief introduction to explain the specificity of names translation then explained our research question accompanied with its source of inspiration. Then, we demonstrated the specificity of our case of study from a historical and political point of view, before we moved to a deeper explanation from a narrative point of view. To guarantee a better understanding of this aspect, we found it appropriate to represent the editorial line of each media as well as the identity issues behind place names. Finally, we moved to a thorough analysis of place names and their translations in The Times of Israel and WAFA before we represent our comparative analysis and the answers to our research question.

THE INFLUENCE OF NURSING HOME CONTEXT ON IMPLEMENTATION: EARLY FINDINGS

Abstract Evidence suggests that organizational context, including context of care in nursing homes (NHs) is associated with implementation and improvement success and that optimized context contributes to improved resident and staff outcomes. However, evidence on mechanisms of these influences is scarce. The longitudinal Translating Research in Elder Care program (2007 to present) is our data source. This symposium reports findings of a secondary analysis of longitudinal organizational structural and contextual, staff worklife, and resident care quality data collected in nursing homes from 2007-2021, in a cohort of 94 Canadian nursing homes. Our data include continuously collected administrative data (RAI-MDS 2.0), 5 waves of primary surveys from multiple care providers in NHs (15,000 cases to date), extensive qualitative case study data, and data from two large scale pragmatic trials. The TREC program was framed originally and continues to be, using the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) framework. Each of our 5 papers will report on a critical aspect of the findings. The symposium will conclude with a discussion of implications of these findings of phase one and a description of phase two and how it is shaped by our interactions with expert panels (context and implementation experts, policymakers, NH managers, paid care providers, and residents and families). Early implications of this work for future research in nursing homes and for practice and policy will be mentioned.