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Tesoriero, Frank, and Abel Rajaratnam. "Partnership in education." International Social Work 44, no. 1 (January 2001): 31–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002087280104400104.
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A partnership intended to be of educational mutual benefit has been developed between the School of Social Work and Social Policy of the University of South Australia and the Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs, Tamil Nadu, India. The challenge of developing a mutually beneficial partnership between north and south, given the inequality in wealth that exists between the two, is a critical component in an ethically based relationship, most especially when it includes a profession that espouses social justice as a central value.
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Martinez, Magdalena, and Creso Sá. "Highly Cited in the South: International Collaboration and Research Recognition Among Brazil’s Highly Cited Researchers." Journal of Studies in International Education 24, no. 1 (November 18, 2019): 39–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1028315319888890.
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For researchers in the global South, international recognition in science arguably involves engaging with the norms, ideas, and people leading research activity in the global North. This article explores the relationship between international research collaboration and the publication activity of highly cited researchers in Brazil, a country that exerts regional leadership in scientific production in Latin America, but remains relatively peripheral to global science. This study examined the career trajectories and publication patterns of highly cited researchers based in Brazilian universities, using Web of Science and CV data. Our findings show a pattern of international mobility among the Brazilian highly cited researchers from the early stages of their careers. With few exceptions, engagement with the academic Anglosphere is central to their achievement of highly cited status, which is derived from co-authored publications with collaborators from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia in large teams.
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Nguyen, Hiep Duc, Matt Riley, John Leys, and David Salter. "Dust Storm Event of February 2019 in Central and East Coast of Australia and Evidence of Long-Range Transport to New Zealand and Antarctica." Atmosphere 10, no. 11 (October 28, 2019): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10110653.
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Between 11 and 15 February 2019, a dust storm originating in Central Australia with persistent westerly and south westerly winds caused high particle concentrations at many sites in the state of New South Wales (NSW); both inland and along the coast. The dust continued to be transported to New Zealand and to Antarctica in the south east. This study uses observed data and the WRF-Chem Weather Research Forecast model based on GOCART-AFWA (Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport–Air Force and Weather Agency) dust scheme and GOCART aerosol and gas-phase MOZART (Model for Ozone And Related chemical Tracers) chemistry model to study the long-range transport of aerosols for the period 11 to 15 February 2019 across eastern Australia and onto New Zealand and Antarctica. Wildfires also happened in northern NSW at the same time, and their emissions are taken into account in the WRF-Chem model by using the Fire Inventory from NCAR (FINN) as the emission input. Modelling results using the WRF-Chem model show that for the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, peak concentration of PM10 (and PM2.5) as measured on 14 February 2019 at 05:00 UTC at the monitoring stations of Geraldine, Ashburton, Timaru and Woolston (Christchurch), and about 2 h later at Rangiora and Kaiapoi, correspond to the prediction of high PM10 due to the intrusion of dust to ground level from the transported dust layer above. The Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) observation data from MODIS 3 km Terra/Aqua and CALIOP LiDAR measurements on board CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol LiDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellite also indicate that high-altitude dust ranging from 2 km to 6 km, originating from this dust storm event in Australia, was located above Antarctica. This study suggests that the present dust storms in Australia can transport dust from sources in Central Australia to the Tasman sea, New Zealand and Antarctica.
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Ledger, Susan, Alfred Masinire, Miguel Angel Díaz Delgado, and Madeline Burgess. "Reframing the policy discourse: A comparative analysis of teacher preparation for rural and remote education in Australia, South Africa and Mexico." education policy analysis archives 29 (June 14, 2021): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.6233.
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has highlighted a ‘vicious cycle of decline’ in rural, regional and remote (RRR) regions, with significant inequalities in educational outcomes between rural and urban areas. However, interventions have not resulted in transformative or lasting improvements to education in rural contexts. This paper presents a cross-comparative country analysis of current global policy on RRR education. We used a policy analysis framework to interrogate national policy texts concerning teacher education for RRR contexts in three countries - Australia, South Africa and Mexico. A rigorous selection process of the literature yielded 17 key policy texts, which were examined for the influences, practices, language and outcomes relating to teacher education preparation for RRR locales. Findings highlighted a legacy of historical influences and a metrocentric bias in policy texts, with limited examples of assets-based education. We argue that these factors may be perpetuating the significant and persistent disadvantage in RRR education. We recommend an alternative policy discourse that recognises the productivities and potentialities of an assets-based approach within the local context, where school leaders and teachers are positioned as central change agents in RRR education.
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Heslop, Jim. "A Personal Story of School Development In a Remote Community." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 24, no. 2 (1996): 12–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100002404.
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Between 1978 and 1979 I taught in a number of small newly established schools in some of the communities of what was then referred to as the Central Reserve (now called the Ngaanyatjarra Lands) in Western Australia. I had recently graduated from college and was very uncertain about the content and methodology required to be an effective teacher of Aboriginal students. This general lack of confidence was compounded by my lack of experience in interacting with Aboriginal people, especially those who spoke little English. Moreover, there was no support service from the regional education office in Kalgoorlie (about 1000 kms to the south) and I generally taught in one-teacher situations with little opportunity to share with other colleagues. In general, I found my professional life in the Central Reserve to be quite dissatisfying and disillusioning.
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McKinnon, David H., and C. J. Patrick Nolan. "Cosmology on the Internet: Distance Education for the Gifted and Talented." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 17, no. 2 (2000): 133–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/as00133.
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AbstractIn 1994, the New South Wales Board of Studies, Australia, introduced three high level Distinction Courses for gifted and talented students: Comparative Literature, Cosmology, and Philosophy. All are offered by distance education but the cosmology course employs an interactive design model and an extensive communication system that differentiates it from the other two. This paper explains the model and the way it is used in practice to organise, sequence and deliver the course. A discussion addresses ways in which the model might be used to design a wider range of courses in science for gifted and talented students.
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Zhang, Yixin. "Investigating K-12 teachers’ use of electronic board in the classroom in the Central South of United States." Education and Information Technologies 24, no. 1 (September 11, 2018): 825–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-018-9800-9.
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Veblen, Kari K., Nathan B. Kruse, Stephen J. Messenger, and Meredith Letain. "Children’s clapping games on the virtual playground." International Journal of Music Education 36, no. 4 (May 14, 2018): 547–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0255761418772865.
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This study considers children’s informal musicking and online music teaching, learning, playing, and invention through an analysis of children’s clapping games on YouTube. We examined a body of 184 games from 103 separate YouTube postings drawn from North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Selected videos were analyzed according to video characteristics, participant attributes, purpose, and teaching and learning aspects. The results of this investigation indicated that pairs of little girls aged 3 to 12 constituted a majority of the participants in these videos, with other participant subcategories including mixed gender, teen, adult, and intergenerational examples. Seventy-one percent of the videos depicted playing episodes, and 40% were intended for pedagogical purposes; however, several categories overlapped. As of June 1, 2016, nearly 50 million individuals had viewed these YouTube postings.
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Pietsch, Tamson. "Universities, war and the professionalization of dentistry." History of Education Review 45, no. 2 (October 3, 2016): 168–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/her-09-2015-0016.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring together the history of war, the universities and the professions. It examines the case of dentistry in New South Wales, detailing its divided pre-war politics, the role of the university, the formation and work of the Dental Corps during the First World War, and the process of professionalization in the 1920s. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on documentary and archival sources including those of the University of Sydney, contemporary newspapers, annual reports and publication of various dental associations, and on secondary sources. Findings The paper argues that both the war and the university were central to the professionalization of dentistry in New South Wales. The war transformed the expertise of dentists, shifted their social status and cemented their relationship with the university. Originality/value This study is the first to examine dentistry in the context of the histories of war, universities and professionalization. It highlights the need to re-evaluate the changing place of the professions in interwar Australia in the light both of the First World War and of the university’s involvement in it.
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Clancey, Garner. "Local Crime Prevention: ‘Breathing Life (Back) into Social Democratic and Penal Welfare Concerns’?" International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 40–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v4i4.198.
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Fieldwork in the inner-Sydney postcode area of Glebe (New South Wales, Australia) sought to understand how local community workers conceptualise crime causation and the approaches adopted to prevent crime. Observation of more than 30 inter-agency meetings, 15 interviews and two focus groups with diverse local workers revealed that social-welfare or ‘root’ causes of crime were central to explanations of local crime. Numerous crime prevention measures in the area respond directly to these understandings of crime (a youth diversion program on Friday and Saturday evenings, an alternative education program, a police-youth exercise program, and so on). While other more surveillant forms of crime prevention were evident, the findings of this research suggest a significant social-welfare orientation to crime prevention. These findings echo Brown’s (2012) observations of the resilience of penal-welfarism in Australia.
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Yadav, Lalit, Tiffany K. Gill, Anita Taylor, Unyime Jasper, Jen De Young, Renuka Visvanathan, and Mellick J. Chehade. "Cocreation of a digital patient health hub to enhance education and person-centred integrated care post hip fracture: a mixed-methods study protocol." BMJ Open 9, no. 12 (December 2019): e033128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033128.
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IntroductionOlder people with hip fractures often require long-term care and a crucial aspect is the provision of quality health information to patients and their carers to support continuity of care. If patients are well informed about their health condition and caring needs, particularly posthospital discharge into the community setting, this may support recovery and improve quality of life. As internet and mobile access reach every household, it is possible to deliver a new model of service using a digital education platform as a personal health hub where both patients and their providers of care can establish a more efficient information integration and exchange process. This protocol details proposed research, which aims to develop a ‘model of care’ by using a digital health solution that will allow delivery of high quality and patient-centred information, integrated into the existing process delivered within the community setting.Methods and analysisThis phase of the study uses a pragmatic mixed-methods design and a participatory approach through engagement of patients, their carers and healthcare providers from multiple disciplines to inform the development of a digital health platform. Quantitative methods will explore health literacy and e-health literacy among older people with hip fractures admitted to the two public tertiary care hospitals in Adelaide, South Australia. Qualitative methods will provide an understanding of aspects of content and context required for the digital health platform to be developed in order to deliver quality health information. The study will use appropriate theoretical frameworks and constructs to guide the design, analysis and overall conduct of the research study. The scope of the study intends to ultimately empower patients and their carers to improve self-management and to better use coordinated services at the community level. This could prevent further falls including associated injuries or new fractures; reduce new hospital admissions and improve confidence and engagement by limiting the psychologically restrictive ‘fear of falls’.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, South Australia (SA) Health, Government of South Australia and the University of Adelaide Human Research Ethics Committee. Findings from the study will be published in suitable peer-reviewed journals and disseminated through workshops or conferences.
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Millei, Zsuzsa, Brad Gobby, and Jannelle Gallagher. "Doing state policy at preschool: An autoethnographic tale of universal access to ECEC in Australia." Journal of Pedagogy 8, no. 1 (August 28, 2017): 33–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jped-2017-0002.
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AbstractIn 2009, the Australian states and territories signed an agreement to provide 15 hours per week of universal access to quality early education to all children in Australia in the year before they enter school. Taking on board the international evidence about the importance of early education, the Commonwealth government made a considerable investment to make universal access possible by 2013. We explore the ongoing processes that seek to make universal access a reality in New South Wales by attending to the complex agential relationships between multiple actors. While we describe the state government and policy makers′ actions in devising funding models to drive changes, we prioritise our gaze on the engagement of a preschool and its director with the state government’s initiatives that saw them develop various funding and provision models in response. To offer accounts of their participation in policy making and doing at the preschool, we use the director’s autobiographical notes. We argue that the state’s commitment to ECEC remained a form of political manoeuvring where responsibility for policy making was pushed onto early childhood actors. This manoeuvring helped to silence and further fragment the sector, but these new processes also created spaces where the sector can further struggle for recognition through the very accountability measures that the government has introduced.
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Rosnes, Ellen Vea. "Negotiating Norwegian Mission Education in Zululand and Natal during World War II." Mission Studies 38, no. 1 (May 20, 2021): 31–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341773.
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Abstract Missionaries from the Lutheran Norwegian Mission Society (NMS) came to South Africa from the 1840s. By 1940, more than 6000 pupils were attending NMS-owned schools in Zululand and Natal. World War II brought about different forms of negotiations between the missionaries and other actors. The War resulted in the missionaries losing contact with their central board in Norway and the provincial authorities of the Union were among those bodies who came to rescue them financially. Local congregations took over more of the mission responsibilities and the nature and forms of cooperation with other Lutheran missions changed. Added to these changes was the growing aspiration among Zulu pastors for more independence that also manifested itself in the management of schools. This paper presents an analysis of the ways in which the Norwegian missionaries negotiated their educational work in Zululand and Natal during the World War II period.
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Cockfield, Geoff, Linda Courtenay Botterill, and Simon Kelly. "A prospective evaluation of contingent loans as a means of financing wild dog exclusion fences." Rangeland Journal 40, no. 6 (2018): 591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj18054.
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Invasive species, such as wild dogs can be considered an externality arising from the activities of pastoral enterprises, with producers having limited responsibility for the problem and limited capacity to mitigate it. There are therefore arguments for government intervention through encouraging both individual and collective control measures. Governments are however increasingly inclined to ensure recipients of support make some contribution where there are private benefits. An example of this, in Australia, is the requirement that students repay some of the cost of their tertiary education. Using the issue of wild dog exclusion fencing in south-west Queensland as a case study, this paper considers if and how a policy instrument adopted for higher education (HECS-HELP), contingent loans, could be adapted to address problems of externalities in rural Australia. Central to the issue of exclusion fences are high upfront costs and highly variable incomes that limit the ability to recoup those costs according to a predictable timeline. Considering a range of incomes and a variety of private/government shares of the cost of the fences, we examine the effects of revenue contingent loans for the construction of these fences, using model farms developed from survey data for farm businesses in south-west Queensland. We find that contingent loans could mitigate the hardship effects of additional debt and variable incomes. Businesses with smaller properties and relatively lower incomes may however struggle to pay back larger loans. Using south-west Queensland as a case study, we show how different shares of contributions change the time to pay back loans, outline how a contingent loan scheme might be administered and note some issues with integrating personal contingent loans into a collective fence arrangement.
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Matarirano, Obert, Nobert Rangarirai Jere, Hlanganani Siqondile Sibanda, and Manoj Panicker. "Antecedents of Blackboard Adoption by Lecturers at a South African Higher Education Institution – Extending GETAMEL." International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) 16, no. 01 (January 12, 2021): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i01.16821.
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Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become central to the teaching and learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The aim of this paper was to test the constructs of the General Extended Technology Acceptance Model for e-Learning (GETAMEL) and some selected constructs from the other Technology Acceptance Models (TAM) on adoption and use of Black-board LMS by lecturers at a selected university in South Africa. A cross sec-tional electronic survey was carried out to obtain data from 101 lecturers, who were conveniently sampled to express their perceptions on BLMS. Structural equation modelling, utilising SmartPLS3, was used to analyse the collected data. The results confirmed that behavioural intention (BI) influ-enced actual use whilst BI in turn was influenced by perceived usefulness (PU) and subjective norm (SN). Attitude was influenced by PU but had no significant effect on BI. The external factors that influenced perceived ease of use (PEOU) included perceived enjoyment (ENJOY), system self-efficacy (SE), and system anxiety (ANX) whilst PU was influenced by job relevance (JR) and PEOU. University management at the HEI under study should con-sider the determinants of SE, ENJOY and ANX if they need effective utilisation of Blackboard by the lecturers. The study findings imply that a LMS that is adopted and used is one that is considered useful, otherwise users will be reluctant to use it. The findings can assist HEIs in preparing their lecturers before implementation of any e-learning systems, such as training and technical support, thus, enhancing LMS adoption and utilisation. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on antecedents of LMS adoption and use. In addition, it establishes the applicability of GETAMEL in a South African university context.
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Weigel, R., S. Borrmann, J. Kazil, A. Minikin, A. Stohl, J. C. Wilson, J. M. Reeves, et al. "In situ observations of new particle formation in the tropical upper troposphere: the role of clouds and the nucleation mechanism." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, no. 18 (September 29, 2011): 9983–10010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9983-2011.
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Abstract. New particle formation (NPF), which generates nucleation mode aerosol, was observed in the tropical Upper Troposphere (UT) and Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) by in situ airborne measurements over South America (January–March 2005), Australia (November–December 2005), West Africa (August 2006) and Central America (2004–2007). Particularly intense NPF was found at the bottom of the TTL. Measurements with a set of condensation particle counters (CPCs) with different dp50 (50% lower size detection efficiency diameter or "cut-off diameter") were conducted on board the M-55 Geophysica in the altitude range of 12.0–20.5 km and on board the DLR Falcon-20 at up to 11.5 km altitude. On board the NASA WB-57F size distributions were measured over Central America in the 4 to 1000 nm diameter range with a system of nucleation mode aerosol spectrometers. Nucleation mode particle concentrations (NNM) were derived from these measurements which allow for identifying many NPF events with NNM in the range of thousands of particles per cm3. Over Australia and West Africa, we identified NPF in the outflow of tropical convection, in particular of a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS). Newly formed particles with NNM > 1000 cm−3 were found to coexist with ice cloud particles (dp > 2 μm) as long as cloud particle concentrations remained below 2 cm−3. The occurrence of NPF within the upper troposphere and the TTL was generally confined within 340 K to 380 K potential temperature, but NPF was of particular strength between 350 K and 370 K (i.e. ~1–4 km below the cold point tropopause). Analyses of the aerosol volatility (at 250 °C) show that in the TTL on average 75–90% of the particles were volatile, compared to typically only 50% in the extra-tropical UT, indicative for the particles to mainly consist of H2SO4-H2O and possibly organic compounds. Along two flight segments over Central and South America (24 February 2005 and 7 August 2006, at 12.5 km altitude) in cloud free air, above thin cirrus, particularly high NNM were observed. Recent lifting had influenced the probed air masses, and NNM reached up to 16 000 particles cm−3 (ambient concentration). A sensitivity study using an aerosol model, which includes neutral and ion induced nucleation processes, simulates NNM in reasonable agreement with the in situ observations of clear-air NPF. Based on new, stringent multi-CPC criteria, our measurements corroborate the hypothesis that the tropical UT and the TTL are regions supplying freshly nucleated particles. Our findings narrow the altitude of the main source region to the bottom TTL, i.e. to the level of main tropical convection outflow, and, by means of measurements of carbon monoxide, they indicate the importance of anthropogenic emissions in NPF. After growth and/or coalescence the nucleation mode particles may act as cloud condensation nuclei in the tropical UT, or, upon ascent into the stratosphere, contribute to maintain the stratospheric background aerosol.
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Ryan, Brendan. "Revising the Agenda for a Democratic Curriculum." Australian Journal of Education 30, no. 1 (April 1986): 66–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000494418603000104.
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This article argues that current socio-educational theorizing licenses a further restriction of opportunities for socially significant educational interventions. Recent major reports on education in South Australia identify technological change as decisive. Moreover, their emphasis upon its supposedly abstract character leads to a narrowly technocratic assessment of its ‘increasing complexities’ and ‘more pervasive influence’. This leads to a push to re-centralize curricular control, notably in those high-status areas nominated as necessary for national scientific and economic development. My analysis also reveals that this official sponsorship of tighter central (i.e. departmental) controls has a strong politico-economic basis because ‘necessary efficiencies' are emphasized at this time of increasing fiscal difficulties. Furthermore, I document the existence of a more narrowly technical emphasis in teacher education, and contend that this will increasingly foster a ‘silent’ acceptance of departmental control of the curriculum by teachers-to-be. I cite recent empirical evidence on teaching practices and attitudes in Australian schools to indicate that the re-centralization of curricular control would formalize—and, of course, extend—what is already the case. Furthermore, I demonstrate the general significance of these basic assumptions about the curriculum and its practices through an analysis of their probable impact upon typical conditions of teaching and upon ‘progressive’ policy initiatives (notably the Victorian Ministerial Papers). I examine at length the broader socio-cultural implications of centralist and technicist curricular assumptions. I conclude by outlining oppositional strategies: these are characterized by broadly based socio-educational interventions and an alternative formulation of what constitutes ‘really useful knowledge’ in ‘an advanced technological society’.
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Austen, E. A., P. W. G. Sale, S. G. Clark, and B. Graetz. "A survey of farmers' attitudes, management strategies and use of weather and seasonal climate forecasts for coping with climate variability in the perennial pasture zone of south-east Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 42, no. 2 (2002): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea01030.
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A survey of 62 producers in the perennial pasture zone of south-eastern Australia was undertaken to gain an understanding of farmer attitudes toward climate variability, the use of weather and seasonal climate forecasts on farms and how climatic variability affects farm management. The 3 localities surveyed were Hamilton and surrounding districts in south-western Victoria, Lucindale and Naracoorte districts of south-eastern South Australia, and Campbell Town, Ross and Bothwell districts of North Central and upper Derwent Valley regions of Tasmania. Farmers in all districts considered winter rainfall to be the most reliable in terms of consistency, while autumn rainfall was the least reliable but had the greatest impact on production. Perceptions of seasonal rainfall variability and its impact were influenced by stocking rates; farmers with more heavily stocked properties considered rainfall in the growing season to be less reliable than did farmers with lower stocking rates and that autumn and winter rainfall had a greater impact on production. All farmers had strategies to manage their grazing enterprises in response to the prevailing season’s climate conditions, but not all available strategies were used. All participants fed supplements in poorer seasons while Tasmanian farmers tended to reduce stock numbers more in poorer seasons than did Victorian farmers. All the farmers used short-term weather forecasts to help make decisions about farm management, with 100% of farmers in all 3 states using radio and television forecasts and sheep graziers’ warnings. However, farmers felt that many other forecasts were unreliable and they were often were unwilling to incorporate them into decision making. Less than 50% of farmers had read or heard about the 3-month seasonal climate outlook and they were not willing to base management decisions on these outlooks. The uptake of information technology and the use of the Internet amongst farmers in the perennial pasture zone have increased rapidly, with an average of 76% of farmers using a computer and 30% connected to the Internet. Computers were mainly used for financial and farm management, while the Internet was mainly used for farm information. The education level attained by the farmer was the main factor that influenced the uptake and use of information technology.
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Kelly, Janet, Judith Dwyer, Tamara Mackean, Kim O'Donnell, and Eileen Willis. "Coproducing Aboriginal patient journey mapping tools for improved quality and coordination of care." Australian Journal of Primary Health 23, no. 6 (2017): 536. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py16069.
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This paper describes the rationale and process for developing a set of Aboriginal patient journey mapping tools with Aboriginal patients, health professionals, support workers, educators and researchers in the Managing Two Worlds Together project between 2008 and 2015. Aboriginal patients and their families from rural and remote areas, and healthcare providers in urban, rural and remote settings, shared their perceptions of the barriers and enablers to quality care in interviews and focus groups, and individual patient journey case studies were documented. Data were thematically analysed. In the absence of suitable existing tools, a new analytical framework and mapping approach was developed. The utility of the tools in other settings was then tested with health professionals, and the tools were further modified for use in quality improvement in health and education settings in South Australia and the Northern Territory. A central set of patient journey mapping tools with flexible adaptations, a workbook, and five sets of case studies describing how staff adapted and used the tools at different sites are available for wider use.
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Peralta, Louisa R., Renata L. Cinelli, and Claire L. Marvell. "Health literacy in school-based health programmes: A case study in one Australian school." Health Education Journal 80, no. 6 (April 7, 2021): 648–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00178969211003600.
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Objective: The ability of schools, school leaders and teachers to promote critical health literacy in teaching and learning is central to the development of health literacy in schools. However, research focusing on teachers and planning for health literacy through health programmes in school is minimal. This paper describes how one school Health and Physical Education (HPE) department planned for and implemented health literacy learning across Years 7–10 as part of the first-year delivery of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education in New South Wales, Australia. Design: Single setting case study. Setting: A Years 7–10 Catholic school for boys. The HPE department comprised five teachers and one head of department. Method: Thirty-four lessons and 61 learning activities were analysed using Nutbeam’s health literacy hierarchy and the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education outcomes and content. Results: A large number of learning activities were categorised as interactive ( n = 37, 60.7%) and a smaller number of learning activities categorised as critical ( n = 16, 26.2%). The number of learning activities categorised as functional was the smallest ( n = 5, 8.1%). Conclusion: Findings suggest that school-based health programmes that lack a connection to a whole school approach may fail to provide opportunities for students to achieve the critical understandings of health literacy that will provide them with the capability to enhance the health of others.
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Carter, Don. "Retrieving the forgotten influence of Herbart on subject English." English Teaching: Practice & Critique 15, no. 1 (May 3, 2016): 40–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-01-2016-0013.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the strong influence of Herbartian ideas on the first secondary school-based English course (1911) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Whilst previous research has established the influence of the “New Education” on the (NSW Director of Education, Peter Board, the architect of the) 1911 courses, no specific analysis of Johann Friedrich Herbart’s educational ideas has been undertaken in relation to this seminal secondary English course. Design/methodology/approach Through using three of Herbart’s key educational ideas as an interpretive framework to analyse the 1911 NSW Courses of Study for High Schools English course, the paper demonstrates the influence of those ideas on this inaugural secondary English course. Findings The analysis reveals that the NSW 1911 secondary English course was influenced by Herbartian educational ideas underpinning the course. Research limitations/implications This paper focuses on the “pre-active”1911 rhetorical English curriculum in NSW, rather than the “enacted” implemented curriculum. Practical implications The paper identifies Herbartian influences on the 1911 NSW English syllabus, revealing important philosophical ideas. Social implications Future English curriculum design will benefit from the identification of the philosophical ideas embedded in the NSW 1911 English curriculum. Originality/value This analysis provides insights into the Herbartian influences on the first secondary English course in NSW.
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Steinkamp, Kay, Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher, Gordon Brailsford, Dan Smale, Stuart Moore, Elizabeth D. Keller, W. Troy Baisden, Hitoshi Mukai, and Britton B. Stephens. "Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> observations and models suggest strong carbon uptake by forests in New Zealand." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 47–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-47-2017.
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Abstract. A regional atmospheric inversion method has been developed to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of CO2 sinks and sources across New Zealand for 2011–2013. This approach infers net air–sea and air–land CO2 fluxes from measurement records, using back-trajectory simulations from the Numerical Atmospheric dispersion Modelling Environment (NAME) Lagrangian dispersion model, driven by meteorology from the New Zealand Limited Area Model (NZLAM) weather prediction model. The inversion uses in situ measurements from two fixed sites, Baring Head on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island (41.408° S, 174.871° E) and Lauder from the central South Island (45.038° S, 169.684° E), and ship board data from monthly cruises between Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. A range of scenarios is used to assess the sensitivity of the inversion method to underlying assumptions and to ensure robustness of the results. The results indicate a strong seasonal cycle in terrestrial land fluxes from the South Island of New Zealand, especially in western regions covered by indigenous forest, suggesting higher photosynthetic and respiratory activity than is evident in the current a priori land process model. On the annual scale, the terrestrial biosphere in New Zealand is estimated to be a net CO2 sink, removing 98 (±37) Tg CO2 yr−1 from the atmosphere on average during 2011–2013. This sink is much larger than the reported 27 Tg CO2 yr−1 from the national inventory for the same time period. The difference can be partially reconciled when factors related to forest and agricultural management and exports, fossil fuel emission estimates, hydrologic fluxes, and soil carbon change are considered, but some differences are likely to remain. Baseline uncertainty, model transport uncertainty, and limited sensitivity to the northern half of the North Island are the main contributors to flux uncertainty.
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 2 (January 23, 2017): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i2.2181.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 2 Anne M. Hornak, Central Michigan University, USABaraka M. Ngussa, University of Arusha, TanzaniaCagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyDonna Smith, The Open University, UKEbrahim Mohammadpour, Mimos Berhad, IranErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAHanan Mohamed Soliman, Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University, EgyptJeyavel Sundaramoorthy, Gulbarga University Campus, IndiaJill M. Feldman, Westat, USAJohn Bosco Azigwe, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, GhanaLeonor Thomson, Universidad de la República, UruguayLorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMarcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation, USAMaria Pavlis Korres, Hellenic Open University, GreeceMehmet Inan, Marmara University, TurkeyMeral Seker, Cukurova University, TurkeyNele Kampa, Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), GermanyNicole Celestine, The University of Western Australia, AustraliaNiveen M. Zayed, MENA College of Management, JordanRichard H. Martin, Indiana University, USARichard Penny, University of Washington Bothell, USASenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeySimona Savelli, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, ItalyYalçın Dilekli, Aksaray University, TurkeyYerlan Seisenbekov, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, KazakhstanYi Lu, American Institute for Research, USAYu-Cheng Tang, National Changhua University of Education, TaiwanZachary Wahl-Alexander, Northern Illinois University, USA Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Gubhaju, Lina, Emily Banks, James Ward, Catherine D’Este, Rebecca Ivers, Robert Roseby, Peter Azzopardi, et al. "‘Next Generation Youth Well-being Study:’ understanding the health and social well-being trajectories of Australian Aboriginal adolescents aged 10–24 years: study protocol." BMJ Open 9, no. 3 (March 2019): e028734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028734.
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IntroductionAustralian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as ‘Aboriginal’) adolescents (10–24 years) experience multiple challenges to their health and well-being. However, limited evidence is available on factors influencing their health trajectories. Given the needs of this group, the young age profile of the Aboriginal population and the long-term implications of issues during adolescence, reliable longitudinal data are needed.Methods and analysisThe ‘Next Generation: Youth Well-being Study’ is a mixed-methods cohort study aiming to recruit 2250 Aboriginal adolescents aged 10–24 years from rural, remote and urban communities in Central Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales. The study assesses overall health and well-being and consists of two phases. During phase 1, we qualitatively explored the meaning of health and well-being for adolescents and accessibility of health services. During phase 2, participants are being recruited into a longitudinal cohort. Recruitment is occurring mainly through community networks and connections. At baseline, participants complete a comprehensive survey and undertake an extensive age relevant clinical assessment. Survey and clinical data will be linked to various databases including those relating to health services; medication; immunisation; hospitalisations and emergency department presentations; death registrations; education; child protection and corrective services. Participants will receive follow-up surveys approximately 2 years after their baseline visit. The ‘Next Generation’ study will fill important evidence gaps by providing longitudinal data on the health and social well-being of Aboriginal adolescents supplemented with narratives from participants to provide context.Ethics and disseminationEthics approvals have been sought and granted. Along with peer-reviewed publications and policy briefs, research findings will be disseminated via reports, booklets and other formats that will be most useful and informative to the participants and community organisations.
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Reid, Carol. "Will the 'Shire' ever be the same again? Schooling Responses to the Cronulla Beach Riot." Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2, no. 1 (March 30, 2010): 47–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v2i1.1411.
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In the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, schools were faced with the fallout of social conflict, including having to deal with widespread fear and confusion both in their local communities and among students. This was especially the case for schools in the Sutherland Shire and in the local government area (LGA) of Bankstown. Apart from the presence of many young people in the initial riot and the revenge raids, some schools, like churches, had been the target of attacks (Leys and Box, 2005: 1; Daily Telegraph, 2005: 5). Schools were also targeted as places to battle the consequences of cultural division: the then Prime Minister John Howard, in his Australia Day speech just over a month after the riots, complained that the teaching of Australian history in schools needed reform to properly foster the core values that would bind a nation together (Sydney Morning Herald, 2006). At all levels of government, a raft of programs designed to ease local tensions were introduced, many of which focused on young people or on schools (see Board of Studies New South Wales, 2007; Surf Life Saving NSW, 2006).
This article outlines the contexts for understanding the role of schools: both in terms of the spatial dynamics of the ‘Shire’ and in terms of the changing nature of educational policy. It then focuses on a National Values Education Project (NVEP) involving five schools in south and south-western Sydney as a direct response to the Cronulla riot. It suggests that these contexts produce both a degree of cultural heterogeneity in young people’s social lives and a degree of segregation amongst young people in schooling which delimits ‘what is possible’ in terms of schooling responses to the Cronulla riot.
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Herrman, Helen, Tom Trauer, and Julie Warnock. "The Roles and Relationships of Psychiatrists and Other Service Providers in Mental Health Services." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 36, no. 1 (February 2002): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.00982.x.
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Objective: A number of the problems facing psychiatry are identified as having common origins in unresolved issues about teamwork. The aim is to identify the issues and to formulate recommendations for dealing with these obstacles. Method: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Professional Liaison Committee (Australia) of the Board of Professional and Community Relations convened a number of meetings and discussions, with external assistance from JW and TT. Results: Much of contemporary mental health care is delivered either directly or indirectly by several persons, often working in teams. Teamwork and collaboration are central to good working relationships and service delivery. Effective teamwork and collaboration is supported by key elements including agreed goals, an agreed approach, effective communication styles, established ground rules, clear team roles, and competent leadership. The obstacles to effective teamwork and collaboration are discussed in terms of the following: ambiguity and conflict over roles; conflict and confusion over leadership; differing understandings of clinical responsibility and accountability; interprofessional misperceptions; and differing rewards between the professions. Conclusions: Developing an understanding of these issues opens the way to a series of recommendations in relation to education, professional organizations, and workplaces and government, which can be considered by a number of sectors and groups.
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Faulk, Jeanette F., and Marsha A. Hanly. "Tales From the Sea: Critical Care Nurses Serving Aboard the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy." Critical Care Nurse 33, no. 4 (August 1, 2013): 61–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ccn2013584.
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During the springs and summers of 2009 to 2012, military and nongovernment organization nurses served side by side on hospital ships USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy to offer free humanitarian clinical services to developing nations in Central and South America and Southeast Asia. Translators were engaged to facilitate communication on shore and off. Host nation patients came on board for prearranged surgery and then were returned to land within a few days for follow-up care with local clinicians. Nurses had opportunities to go onshore to assist in clinics, teach as subject matter experts, or participate in construction/remodeling projects. Weather and other environmental conditions influenced the availability and services of the ships, which could also be deployed to provide support for global disaster relief. Professional and personal preparedness and flexibility were essential for operational effectiveness. The authors, both critical care nurses, learned many lessons in teamwork, education, and life at sea. Readers are encouraged to consider the challenges, hard work, and vast rewards of hospital ship service.
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Omote, Victor, Henry Awele Ukwamedua, Nathaniel Bini, Emmanuel Kashibu, Joel Rimamnde Ubandoma, and Akafa Ranyang. "Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates of Anaemia in Pregnancy among Antenatal Attendees in Warri, South-Southern Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional and Hospital-Based Study." Anemia 2020 (May 9, 2020): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1915231.
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Introduction. Anaemia in pregnancy affects about half of all pregnant women globally and constitutes an important reproductive health issue. The World Health Organization estimates that the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy varies from 53.8% to 90.2% in developing countries and 8.3% to 23% in developed countries. Anaemia in pregnancy is common in developing countries and prevalence statistics required for its effective management and control is not adequately available in Nigeria. Thus, this study seeks to provide prevalence statistics of anaemia in pregnancy for the study region and its severity and highlight some possible correlates. Methods. A total of 218 pregnant women were recruited from the antenatal clinic of Central Hospital Warri using simple random technique after approval from the institutional review board and consent from the participants. Data on sociodemographics, economic status, and clinical history were collected using a pretested structured interviewer’s questionnaire. Participant’s haematocrit levels were estimated using standard laboratory techniques and anaemia was diagnosed using WHO-recommended cutoff. Results. The overall prevalence of anaemia was 37.6%. This prevalence dropped to 10.6% when a cutoff of less than 30% haematocrit was used. There was a direct relationship between haematocrit values and the participants’ age while mild anaemia accounted for the bulk (72%) of the anaemic cases. Participants younger than 20 years of age gave the highest age-based prevalence while parity-based prevalence was even among subgroups. Participants without formal education and those who were unemployed accounted for the highest prevalence in their different categories. Conclusion. Based on the findings from our study, anaemia in pregnancy is still of primary public health concern if WHO cutoff is used for the diagnosis. However, the reduction observed when less than 30% haematocrit was used tags our study zone to be of moderate severity. Although all variables lacked statistical significance, younger age, no formal education, and unemployment were highlighted to be predisposing factors.
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Rankin, Nicole M., Gemma K. Collett, Clare M. Brown, Tim J. Shaw, Kahren M. White, Philip J. Beale, Lyndal J. Trevena, Cleola Anderiesz, and David J. Barnes. "Implementation of a lung cancer multidisciplinary team standardised template for reporting to general practitioners: a mixed-method study." BMJ Open 7, no. 12 (December 2017): e018629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018629.
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ObjectivesFew interventions have been designed that provide standardised information to primary care clinicians about the diagnostic and treatment recommendations resulting from cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) (tumour board) meetings. This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a standardised template for lung cancer MDTs to provide clinical information and treatment recommendations to general practitioners (GPs). Specific objectives were to (1) evaluate template feasibility (acceptability, appropriateness and timeliness) with GPs and (2) document processes of preimplementation, implementation and evaluation within the MDT setting.DesignA mixed-method study design using structured interviews with GPs and qualitative documentation of project logs about implementation processes.SettingTwo hospitals in Central Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Participants: 61 GPs evaluated the template. Two lung cancer MDTs, consisting of 33 clinicians, and eight researchers participated in template development and implementation strategy.ResultsThe MDT-reporting template appears to be a feasible way of providing clinical information to GPs following patient presentation at a lung cancer MDT meeting. Ninety-five per cent of GPs strongly agreed or agreed that the standardised template provided useful and relevant information, that it was received in a timely manner (90%) and that the information was easy to interpret and communicate to the patient (84%). Implementation process data show that the investment made in the preimplementation stage to integrate the template into standard work practices was a critical factor in successful implementation.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that it is feasible to provide lung cancer MDT treatment recommendations to GPs through implementation of a standardised template. A simple intervention, such as a standardised template, can help to address quality gaps and ensure that timely information is communicated between tertiary and primary care healthcare providers.
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 6, no. 3 (February 27, 2018): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i3.3061.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 3 Arlene Kent-Wilkinson, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaCarole Fern Todhunter, The University of Nottingham, UKChosang Tendhar, Long Island University (LIU), USAEnisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyJohn Cowan, Edinburgh Napier University, UKJon S. Turner, Missouri State University, USAKun-Hsi Liao, Taiwan Shoufu University, TaiwanLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLaura Bruno, The College of New Jersey, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMan-fung Lo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongMaria Pavlis Korres, Hellenic Open University, GreeceMassimiliano Barattucci, Ecampus University, ItalyMatthews Tiwaone Mkandawire, Central China Normal University, MalawiMeral Seker, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, TurkeyRichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USASelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaSenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeySimona Savelli, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, ItalyStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceYalçın Dilekli, Aksaray University, TurkeyYavuz Değirmenci, Bayburt University, Turkey Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 6, no. 11 (October 31, 2018): 271. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i11.3737.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 11Adalberto Felipe Martinez, Federal University of São Carlos, BrazilAngel H. Y. Lai, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongBenmarrakchi Fatimaezzahra, Chouaib Doukkali University, MoroccoBrenda L. Shook, National University, USACagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyChosang Tendhar, Long Island University (LIU), USACynthia M. Compton, Wingate University, USAEnisa Mede,Bahcesehir University,TurkeyErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAFroilan D. Mobo, Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, PhilippineHelena Reis, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, PortugalHyesoo Yoo, Virginia Tech., USAIntakhab Khan, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaJohn Bosco Azigwe, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, GhanaJohn Cowan, Edinburgh Napier University, UKJon S. Turner, Missouri State University, USAJonathan Chitiyo, University of Pittsburgh Bradford, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMan-fung Lo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongMarcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation, USAMaurizio Sajeva, Pellervo Economic Research PTT, FinlandMehmet Inan, Marmara University, TurkeyMin Gui, Wuhan University, ChinaNicole Celestine, The University of Western Australia, AustraliaSadia Batool, Preston University Islamabad, PakistanSamad Mirza Suzani, Islamic Azad University, IranSandro Sehic, Oneida BOCES, USASelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaSenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeyShu-wen Lin, Sojo University, JapanStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceThomas K. F. Chiu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongRobert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 6, no. 5 (April 27, 2018): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i5.3251.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 5Ali Kızılet, Marmara University, TurkeyAntónio Calha, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, PortugalCagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyCarmen Pérez-Sabater, Universitat Poltècnica de València, SpainElena Jerves, University of Cuenca, EcuadorErcan Polat, TurkeyErickzon Astorga, The Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, ChileFatih Karahüseyinoğlu, Fırat University, TurkeyFatih Yazici, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Turkeyİbrahim Yaşar Kazu, Firat University, TurkeyJon S. Turner, Missouri State University, USAKatya De Giovanni, University of Malta, MaltaLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLaura Bruno, The College of New Jersey, USALinda J. Rappel, Yorkville University/University of Calgary, CanadaLisa Marie Portugal, Grand Canyon University, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMassimiliano Barattucci, Ecampus University, ItalyMeral Seker, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, TurkeyMin Gui, Wuhan University, ChinaMurat Kul, TurkeyMustafa Çakır, Marmara Üniversity, TurkeyNicole Celestine, The University of Western Australia, AustraliaOzgur Demirtas, Inonu University, TurkeyPuneet S. Gill, Texas A&M International University, USARichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USASadia Batool, Preston University Islamabad, PakistanSamad Mirza Suzani, Islamic Azad University, IranSandro Sehic, Oneida BOCES, USASelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaSenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeySisi Chen, American University of Health Sciences, USAStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceTercan Yildirim, Ahi Evran University, TurkeyYalçın Dilekli, Aksaray University, Turkey Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 3 (February 27, 2017): 219. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i3.2249.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 3 Angela Lee, UNC Pembroke, USAAnne M. Hornak, Central Michigan University, USACagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyChosang Tendhar, Baylor College of Medicine, USADana Badau, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, RomaniaDavid A. Compton, Wingate University, USAErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAFahrettin Sanal, Necmettin Erbakan University, TurkeyHyesoo Yoo, Virginia Tech., USAJeyavel Sundaramoorthy, Gulbarga University Campus, IndiaJill M. Feldman, Westat, USAJosé D Badia, University of Valencia, SpainKun Li, Duke University, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMaria Pavlis Korres, Hellenic Open University, GreeceMaurizio Sajeva, Natural Resources Institute Finland, FinlandMeral Seker, Cukurova University, TurkeyMin Gui, Wuhan University, ChinaNicole Celestine, The University of Western Australia, AustraliaNiveen M. Zayed, MENA College of Management, JordanRichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USARichard Penny, University of Washington Bothell, USARufaidah Kamal Abdulmajeed, Baghdad University, IraqRui Manuel Carreteiro, National Institute of Psychology and Neurosciences, PortugalSahin Gök, Gelisim University, TurkeySamah Mohammed Fahim, Suez University, EgyptSenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeyShengnan Liu, Ocean University of China, ChinaSimona Savelli, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, ItalySisi Liu, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong KongSuzan Kavanoz, Yıldız Technical University, TurkeyTürker Sezer, Abant İzzet Baysal University, TurkeyYalçın Dilekli, Aksaray University, TurkeyYerlan Seisenbekov, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, KazakhstanYi Lu, American Institute for Research, USAYüksel Çırak, Inonu University, TurkeyZeynep Kurtulmus, Gazi University, Turkey Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 12 (November 29, 2017): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i12.2826.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 12Anne M. Hornak, Central Michigan University, USAAntónio Calha, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, PortugalAubri Rote, University of North Carolina at Asheville, USACagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAFatma Ozudogru, Usak University, TurkeyIntakhab Khan, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceJohn Bosco Azigwe, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, GhanaJohn Cowan, Edinburgh Napier University, UKKatya De Giovanni, University of Malta, MaltaLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLinda J. Rappel, Yorkville University/University of Calgary, CanadaLisa Marie Portugal, Grand Canyon University, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMarcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation, USAMarco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto, University of São Paulo, BrazilMaria Pavlis Korres, Hellenic Open University, GreeceMatthews Tiwaone Mkandawire, Central China Normal University, MalawiMaurizio Sajeva, Pellervo Economic Research PTT, FinlandMehmet Inan, Marmara University, TurkeyMeral Seker, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, TurkeyMichail Kalogiannakis, University of Crete, GreeceMin Gui, Wuhan University, ChinaMu-hsuan Chou, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, TaiwanMustafa Uğraş, Fırat University, TurkeyNele Kampa, Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), GermanyPhil Sirinides, University of Pennsylvania, USAPuneet S. Gill, Texas A&M International University, USARichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USASamad Mirza Suzani, Islamic Azad University, IranSelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaSimona Savelli, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, ItalySisi Chen, American University of Health Sciences, USAStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceSuzan Kavanoz, Yıldız Technical University, TurkeyThomas K. F. Chiu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTilanka Chandrasekera, Oklahoma State University, USAVeronica Rosa, University Rome, ItalyYerlan Seisenbekov, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Dong, Bella. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Food Research, Vol. 10 No. 3." Journal of Food Research 10, no. 3 (May 30, 2021): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v10n3p51.
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Journal of Food Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.
Journal of Food Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us for the application form at: jfr@ccsenet.org
Reviewers for Volume 10, Number 3
Adele Papetti, University of Pavia, Italy
Bruno Alejandro Irigaray, Facultad de Química, Uruguay
Cheryl Rosita Rock, California State University, United States
Essence Jeanne Picones Logan, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Gisele Fátima Morais Nunes, Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Jose Maria Zubeldia, Clinical Regulatory Consultant for the HIV & Hepatitis C initiative at Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Spain
Juliano De Dea Lindner, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Liana Claudia Salanta, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania
Meena Somanchi, United States Department of Agriculture, United States
Mohd Nazrul Hisham Daud, Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute, Malaysia
Ningning Zhao, Oregon Health & Science University, United States
Qinlu Lin, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China
Rozilaine A. P. G. Faria, Federal Institute of Science, Education and Technology of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Tanima Bhattacharya, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Australia
Tzortzis Nomikos, Harokopio University, Greece
Vezirka Jankuloska, University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Violeta Ivanova-Petropulos, University "Goce Delcev" - Stip, Republic of Macedonia
Zahra Saleh Ahmed, National Research Centre, Egypt
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Smith, Wendy. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Vol. 8, No. 3." International Journal of Statistics and Probability 8, no. 3 (April 29, 2019): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijsp.v8n3p114.
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International Journal of Statistics and Probability wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated.
Many authors, regardless of whether International Journal of Statistics and Probability publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers.
Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 3
Abdullah A. Smadi, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Carla J. Thompson, University of West Florida, USA
Carolyn Huston, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
Faisal Khamis, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Canada
Felix Almendra-Arao, UPIITA del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México
Gane Samb Lo, University Gaston Berger, SENEGAL
Gennaro Punzo, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Gerardo Febres, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Jacek Białek, University of Lodz, Poland
Kassim S. Mwitondi, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Krishna K. Saha, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Man Fung LO, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Marcelo Bourguignon, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Mingao Yuan, North Dakota State University, USA
Mohieddine Rahmouni, University of Tunis, Tunisia
Nahid Sanjari Farsipour, Alzahra University, Iran
Noha Youssef, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Pablo José Moya Fernández, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky, USA
Shatrunjai Pratap Singh, John Hancock Financial Services, USA
Sohair F. Higazi, University of Tanta, Egypt
Vilda Purutcuoglu, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
Vyacheslav Abramov, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Wei Zhang, The George Washington University, USA
Zaixing Li, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China
Wendy Smith
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The Editorial Board of International Journal of Statistics and Probability
Canadian Center of Science and Education
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Smith, Wendy. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Vol. 8, No. 6." International Journal of Statistics and Probability 8, no. 6 (November 19, 2019): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijsp.v8n6p107.
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International Journal of Statistics and Probability wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated.
Many authors, regardless of whether International Journal of Statistics and Probability publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers.
Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 6
Carla J. Thompson, University of West Florida, USA
Felix Almendra-Arao, UPIITA del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México
Gabriel A. Okyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Kassim S. Mwitondi, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Krishna K. Saha, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Mohieddine Rahmouni, University of Tunis, Tunisia
Nahid Sanjari Farsipour, Alzahra University, Iran
Olusegun Michael Otunuga, Marshall University, USA
Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky, USA
Sajid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Shatrunjai Pratap Singh, John Hancock Financial Services, USA
Tomás R. Cotos-Yáñez, University of Vigo, Spain
Vyacheslav Abramov, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Wei Zhang, The George Washington University, USA
Weizhong Tian, Eastern New Mexico University, USA
Wojciech Gamrot, University of Economics, Poland
Wendy Smith
On behalf of,
The Editorial Board of International Journal of Statistics and Probability
Canadian Center of Science and Education
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 10 (September 27, 2017): 238. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i10.2676.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 10Adem İşcan, TurkeyAkif Arslan, TurkeyAli Özkan, TurkeyAnne M. Hornak, Central Michigan University, USABora Bayram, TurkeyErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceIşık Bayraktar, TurkeyJohn Cowan, Edinburgh Napier University, UKLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLisa Marie Portugal, Grand Canyon University, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMehmet Boyacı, İstanbul Medeniyet University, TurkeyMichail Kalogiannakis, University of Crete, GreeceMin Gui, Wuhan University, ChinaMustafa Altunsoy, TurkeyNerina Fernanda Sarthou, Univ. Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNiveen M. Zayed, MENA College of Management, JordanÖzgür Murat Çolakoğlu, Bülent Ecevit University, TurkeyPirkko Siklander, University of Lapland, FinlandRecep Soslu, TurkeyRichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USARichard Penny, University of Washington Bothell, USASamad Mirza Suzani, Islamic Azad University, IranSeher Mandacı Şahin, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, TurkeySelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaSeyfullah Tingir, Florida State University, USAStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceThomas K. F. Chiu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTurgay Kabak, TurkeyUfuk Töman, TurkeyYi Lu, American Institute for Research, USARobert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Berger, Gabriel, and Carolina Gowland. "Fundación arteBA: supporting visual artists by promoting the art market." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 2, no. 6 (August 13, 2012): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20450621211275165.
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Subject area Strategic management of nonprofit organizations. Study level/applicability This case is appropriate for graduate level program/executive education courses; advanced topics in nonprofit management or strategic management of nonprofit organizations. Case overview This case focuses on the central dilemma faced by arteBA Foundation in 2008. arteBA Foundation's chairman, Facundo Gómez Minujín, received an offer from a foreign company to purchase the art fair launched 17 years before – and by then acknowledged as the most prestigious fair in Latin America. Leading art fairs around the world were managed by for-profit companies that could view arteBA as a strategic asset to tap into new markets. Gómez Minujín called for an urgent board meeting. The young chairman had his qualms about selling the fair. In addition to corroborating arteBA's brand positioning in the region and rewarding the organization's efforts over the years, this purchasing offer afforded the possibility to undertake several projects to further develop and promote Argentine art – the true driver for most arteBA's members. The case describes the foundation's background and the fair's growth until the crossroads in November 2008. They include several accounts of instances in which the foundation took financial risks to enhance the fair's positioning, such as granting subsidized space to emerging galleries at its Young Neighborhood Program, expanding to include aesthetically risky offerings at its Open Space section, and financially supporting Brazilian galleries to attend the fair in order to enhance its Latin American scope and regional consolidation. Similarly, the case depicts how the foundation chose to uphold fair continuity in critical years (2001) amidst a dismal domestic setting. The dilemma presented by this case hinges on an organization's ability to build a market-based venture while preserving and pursuing its mission. To promote Argentine artists and art, arteBA Foundation had to help art galleries – for-profit businesses – to adopt more professional practices. Another challenge described in this case revolves around the need to “manage quality” in detriment of greater, immediate revenues. The last section revisits the central dilemma faced by arteBA Foundation. The mixed reactions of board members on the fair's purchase offer described in the introduction unfolded in a passionate debate at the board meeting. Two prevailing positions emerged in reference to the future of the organization. For some board members selling the fair afforded arteBA a chance to finally undertake new challenges, such as launching a grant program, offering financial support to artists, consolidating a new venture (South Limit), etc. Opposing board members contended that, without the fair, the foundation made no sense and that no other initiative could have such an impact on its field of choice. Finally, the board found it impossible to reach a decision on this matter in just one meeting and decided to resume its discussion after a recess. Expected learning outcomes This case has been designed to advance the following teaching objectives: gaining a better understanding of market-based ventures carried out by social organizations; discussing the alignment of market-based ventures to social missions at social organizations; adequately interpreting market trends to try to align them to a nonprofit's mission; identifying the primary capabilities needed by social organizations to manage profitable market-based ventures; developing a positive market orientation as a source of opportunities for a nonprofit; appreciating the significance of an active, committed board for market-based venture development; and highlighting the primary role of entrepreneurship and innovation when it comes to launching market-based ventures that add value to a nonprofit's brand. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available.
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Lajoie, Pierre, Andrée Laberge, Germain Lebel, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Marie Demers, Pierre Mercier, and Marie-France Gagnon. "Cartography of Emergency Department Visits for Asthma – Targeting High-Morbidity Populations." Canadian Respiratory Journal 11, no. 6 (2004): 427–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/607625.
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BACKGROUND:Asthma education should be offered with priority to populations with the highest asthma-related morbidity. In the present study, the aim was to identify populations with high-morbidity for asthma from the Quebec Health Insurance Board Registry, a large administrative database, to help the Quebec Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Network target its interventions.METHODS:All emergency department (ED) visits for asthma were analyzed over a one-year period, considering individual and medical variables. Age- and sex-adjusted rates, as well as standardized rate ratios related to the overall Quebec rate, among persons zero to four years of age and five to 44 years of age were determined for 15 regions and 163 areas served by Centres Locaux de Services Communautaires (CLSC). The areas with rates 50% to 300% higher (P<0.01) than the provincial rate were defined as high-morbidity areas. Maps of all CLSC areas were generated for the above parameters.RESULTS:There were 102,551 ED visits recorded for asthma, of which more than 40% were revisits. Twenty-one CLSCs and 32 CLSCs were high-morbidity areas for the zero to four years age group and five to 44 years age group, respectively. For the most part, the high-morbidity areas were located in the south-central region of Quebec. Only 47% of asthmatic patients seen in ED had also seen a physician in ambulatory care.CONCLUSION:The data suggest that a significant portion of the population seeking care at the ED is undiagnosed and undertreated. A map of high-morbidity areas that could help target interventions to improve asthma care and outcomes is proposed.
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O'Toole, Kevin, Adrian Schoo, and Andrea Hernan. "Why did they leave and what can they tell us? Allied health professionals leaving rural settings." Australian Health Review 34, no. 1 (2010): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09711.
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The aim of this paper is to explore the lack of retention of allied health professionals in rural areas in Victoria, Australia. A structured telephone interview was used to elicit responses from 32 allied health professionals from south-west, central-west and north-east Victoria about their working experiences and reasons for resignation. The data revealed that work experiences in rural areas can be summarised within three domains: organisational, professional and personal/community. Under the organisational domain the participants were mainly focussed on the way in which their work arrangements require them to be both more generalist in their approach to day-to-day work, and more expansive in shouldering management style functions in the workplace. Under the professional domain there were three major issues; clinical, career and education/training. The personal/community domain focussed on issues to do with their affinity for their workplace as well as their location in a rural place. The attempts by government to address some of the leading factors for retention of allied health professionals are perhaps too narrowly focussed on the public sector and could encompass a wider approach. What is known about the topic?Although recruitment and retention of allied health professionals in rural areas is widely discussed, the professionals have not been interviewed about their experiences once they have left rural employment. What does this paper add?This paper provides detailed insights into the reasons why allied health professionals leave their positions in rural areas and the positive and negative aspects of living and working in a rural area. The results of this study contribute to the development of better policy models for recruitment and retention of allied health professionals in rural areas. What are the implications for practitioners?The factors that influence whether allied health professionals stay or leave rural areas is of concern for health policy makers at state and federal levels. This paper provides information for the extension and development of programs to attenuate rural leakage of professionals.
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Smith, Robert. "Reviewer Acknowledgements." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 11 (October 30, 2017): 234. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i11.2746.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 11Anne M. Hornak, Central Michigan University, USAAntónio Calha, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, PortugalAubri Rote, University of North Carolina at Asheville, USACagla Atmaca, Pamukkale University, TurkeyCarmen Pérez-Sabater, Universitat Poltècnica de València, SpainCevdet Cengiz, TurkeyChosang Tendhar, Long Island University (LIU), USADavid A. Compton, Wingate University, USADeniz Hünük, TurkeyElena Jerves, University of Cuenca, EcuadorEnisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyErica D. Shifflet-Chila, Michigan State University, USAEyüp Bozkurt, Fırat University, TurkeyFatma Ozudogru, Usak University, TurkeyGunkut Mesci, Giresun University, TurkeyIbrahim Goktas, Adnan Menderes University, TurkeyIntakhab Khan, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceJohn Bosco Azigwe, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, GhanaJohn Jongho Park, University of Michigan, USALaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLinda J. Rappel, Yorkville University/University of Calgary, CanadaLisa Marie Portugal, Grand Canyon University, USALorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesM. Fatih Karahuseyinoglu, Firat University, TurkeyMan-fung Lo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongMaria Pavlis Korres, Hellenic Open University, GreeceMehmet Inan, Marmara University, TurkeyMeral Seker, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, TurkeyMustafa Çakır, Marmara Üniversity, TurkeyRichard H. Martin, Mercer University, USARichard Penny, University of Washington Bothell, USASelloane Pitikoe, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceSuzan Kavanoz, Yıldız Technical University, TurkeyThomas K. F. Chiu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongYalçın Dilekli, Aksaray University, TurkeyZafer Ibrahimoglu, Marmara University, TurkeyZeki Coskuner, Firat University, Turkey Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com
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Sutherland, H., J. M. Scott, G. D. Gray, and R. R. Woolaston. "Creating the Cicerone Project: seeking closer engagement between livestock producers, research and extension." Animal Production Science 53, no. 8 (2013): 593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an11162.
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A unique project led by livestock producers, called the Cicerone Project, was undertaken on the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, following acknowledgement by those producers of a widening gap between them and research and extension information. The overall aim of the project was to co-learn, through a partnership between livestock producers, research, extension and other specialists, how to improve the profitability and sustainability of grazing enterprises in that region. It was hypothesised that closer engagement would help to guide relevant research efforts and also enhance the adoption of research findings. With the support of industry funding and the collaboration of key research, education and extension partners, the inaugural steering committee of the Cicerone Project commissioned a survey of over 300 land managers in the region to explore their research and adoption needs. The survey identified the most important issues and found a high level of commitment to the formation of this producer-led project. Negotiations between all collaborators led to the creation of a Business Plan prepared as the basis for an initial funding period of 5 years. Subsequent reviews of the project allowed for extensions with associated activities over an additional 4 years. In order to study the key farm management alternatives identified from the producer survey, the Cicerone Project Board decided to adopt an agricultural ecosystem approach which conducted studies using three whole-farmlet systems. The farmlet experiment compared three contiguous farmlets by measuring as many aspects of the farm systems as possible using an approach summarised in the motto adopted by the Cicerone Project of ‘compare–measure–learn–adopt’. A wide range of field days and seminars were held over the duration of the project to deliver the results to the producer members. This paper provides an introduction to a Special Issue containing 24 papers which report on the entirety of the project from planning, to execution, results, and reflections on the value obtained from the many research and extension activities, with particular emphasis on the farming systems trial conducted between 2000 and 2006.
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Smith, Wendy. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Vol. 8, No. 1." International Journal of Statistics and Probability 8, no. 1 (December 29, 2018): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijsp.v8n1p150.
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International Journal of Statistics and Probability wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated.
Many authors, regardless of whether International Journal of Statistics and Probability publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers.
Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 1
Abdullah A. Smadi, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Afsin Sahin, Gazi University, Turkey
Ali Reza Fotouhi, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada
Anna Grana, University of Palermo, Italy
Carla J. Thompson, University of West Florida, USA
Felix Almendra-Arao, UPIITA del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México
Gabriel A. Okyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Gerardo Febres, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Hui Zhang, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Ivair R. Silva, Federal University of Ouro Preto – UFOP, Brazil
Krishna K. Saha, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Man Fung LO, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Olusegun Michael Otunuga, Marshall University, USA
Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky, USA
Qingyang Zhang, University of Arkansas, USA
Sajid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Samir Khaled Safi, The Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
Shatrunjai Pratap Singh, John Hancock Financial Services, USA
Sohair F. Higazi, University of Tanta, Egypt
Subhradev Sen, Alliance University, India
Vilda Purutcuoglu, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
Vyacheslav Abramov, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Wei Zhang, The George Washington University, USA
Weizhong Tian, Eastern New Mexico University, USA
Zaixing Li, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China
Wendy Smith
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The Editorial Board of International Journal of Statistics and Probability
Canadian Center of Science and Education
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Petrylak, Daniel, Neal Shore, Mostefa Bennamoun, Raffaele Ratta, Josep Piulats, Ben Li, Charles Schloss, and Karim Fizazi. "343 Phase 3 study of pembrolizumab + docetaxel and prednisone/prednisolone for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) pretreated with next-generation hormonal agents (NHAs) (KEYNOTE-921)." Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 8, Suppl 3 (November 2020): A368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0343.
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BackgroundCohort B of the phase 1b/2 KEYNOTE-365 study (NCT02861573) found that docetaxel + pembrolizumab + prednisone demonstrated activity in patients previously treated with abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide for mCRPC. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate was 28%; objective response rate (ORR) was 18% (7 partial responses); duration of response (DOR) was 6.7 months; progression-free survival (PFS) was 8.3 months; overall survival (OS) was 20.4 months; and the 12-month PFS and OS rates were 24.0% and 75.8%, respectively. The safety and tolerability profile of this combination was consistent with the profiles of each individual agent. The KEYNOTE-921 (NCT03834506) phase 3 trial will evaluate efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab + docetaxel + prednisone/prednisolone in patients with mCRPC after prior treatment with NHA.MethodsEligible patients are adults with histologically or cytologically confirmed mCRPC who experience disease progression with androgen deprivation therapy (or after bilateral orchiectomy) within 6 months of screening and have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0/1. Other eligibility criteria are disease progression or intolerance to NHA in the metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer setting or CRPC setting, no prior treatment with chemotherapy for mCRPC, and tissue available for biomarker analysis. Treatment stratification factors are prior treatment with abiraterone acetate (yes or no) and metastases location (bone only, liver, other). Approximately 1000 patients will be randomly assigned to receive docetaxel 75 mg/m2 IV Q3W + prednisone/prednisolone 5 mg orally BID and pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W or docetaxel 75 mg/m2 IV Q3W + prednisone/prednisolone 5 mg PO BID + placebo IV Q3W (1:1 ratio). Response and progression will be determined using imaging (CT/MRI/bone) according to PCWG3–modified RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review (BICR) Q9W during the first year and Q12W thereafter. Treatment maximums are 10 cycles for docetaxel + prednisone/prednisolone and 35 cycles for pembrolizumab or placebo. Treatment discontinuation regardless of therapy received is mandated for disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or consent withdrawal. The dual primary end points are radiographic PFS per PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1, as assessed by BICR and OS, and the key secondary end point is time to initiation of subsequent anticancer therapy or death. Other secondary end points include PSA response rate, time to PSA progression, ORR, DOR, time to radiographic soft tissue progression, time to radiographic bone progression, and safety. KEYNOTE-921 is ongoing or planned in 22 countries across, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/AEthics ApprovalThe study and the protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each site.
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Graff, Julie Nicole, Joseph Burgents, Li Wen Liang, and Arnulf Stenzl. "344 Phase 3 trial of pembrolizumab and enzalutamide versus enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) (KEYNOTE-641)." Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 8, Suppl 3 (November 2020): A369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0344.
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BackgroundAntitumor activity with pembrolizumab + enzalutamide was observed in cohort C of the phase 1b/2 KEYNOTE-365 (NCT02861573) study of abiraterone acetate–pretreated patients with mCRPC and in a phase 2 study (NCT02312557) of patients with mCRPC who experienced progression with enzalutamide alone. In KEYNOTE-365 cohort C, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate was 22%, objective response rate (ORR) was 20%, and 12-month PFS and OS rates were 24.6% and 72.8%, respectively. Safety and tolerability of the combination was consistent with individual profiles of each agent. In the phase 2 study of enzalutamide-pretreated patients, 5 of 28 patients (18%) had a PSA decline of ≥50%, and 3 of 12 patients (25%) with measurable disease achieved objective response. KEYNOTE-641 (NCT03834493) is a randomized, phase 3 trial to assess efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab + enzalutamide versus placebo + enzalutamide in patients with mCRPC.MethodsEnrolled patients have biochemical or radiographic progression with androgen deprivation therapy/after bilateral orchiectomy within 6 months of screening, ECOG PS 0/1, ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone <50 ng/dL, and tumor tissue availability for biomarker analysis. The study continues to enroll those who previously had abiraterone acetate therapy; the abiraterone-naive cohort is filled. Exclusion criteria are prior chemotherapy for mCRPC, checkpoint inhibition, or any treatment with a second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor. Treatment stratification factors are prior abiraterone acetate treatment (yes or no), metastases location (bone only or liver or other), and prior docetaxel treatment for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (yes or no). Response and progression will be determined by imaging (CT/MRI/bone) per PCWG3–modified RECIST v1.1 on visits Q9W during the first year and Q12W thereafter. Approximately 1200 adults will be randomly assigned 1:1 in a double-blind fashion to receive enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W or enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + placebo for a maximum of 35 cycles or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or consent withdrawal. Coprimary end points are radiographic PFS per PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1, as assessed by blinded independent central review, and OS. The key secondary end point is time to subsequent anticancer therapy or death. Other secondary end points are ORR, DOR, PSA response rate, PSA undetectable rate, time to PSA progression, time to pain progression, time to symptomatic skeletal-related event, time to soft tissue progression, and safety. KEYNOTE-641 is ongoing or planned in 21 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/ATrial RegistrationClinicalTrials. gov, NCT03834493Ethics ApprovalThe study and the protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each site.
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Yu, Evan, Se Hoon Park, Yi-Hsiu Huang, Mostefa Bennamoun, Lu Xu, Jeri Kim, and Emmanuel Antonarakis. "345 Phase 3 study of combination pembrolizumab + olaparib therapy versus enzalutamide/abiraterone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after progression on chemotherapy (KEYLYNK-010)." Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 8, Suppl 3 (November 2020): A370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0345.
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BackgroundCohort A of the phase 1b/2 KEYNOTE-365 study (NCT02861573) demonstrated promising antitumor activity with pembrolizumab + olaparib in patients with mCRPC unselected for homologous recombination deficiency. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and objective response rates (ORR) were both 9%, progression-free survival (PFS) was 4.3 months, overall survival (OS) was 14.4 months, and 12-month PFS and OS rates were 23.3% and 58.2%, respectively. The safety profile of the combination therapy was also aligned with the individual profiles of each agent. KEYLYNK-010 (NCT03834519) is a phase 3 trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab + olaparib in molecularly unselected enzalutamide- or abiraterone-pretreated patients with mCRPC who progressed with docetaxel chemotherapy.MethodsEligibility criteria include histologically confirmed mCRPC unselected for homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene mutation, progression on docetaxel chemotherapy, progression on androgen deprivation therapy within 6 months before screening, received either abiraterone for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer/mCRPC or enzalutamide for mCRPC (but not both) for ≥8 weeks (≥14 weeks with bone progression), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1. Patients will also be required to provide tumor tissue for biomarker analysis. Approximately 780 adults will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio to pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W (maximum 35 cycles) + olaparib 300 mg PO QD or abiraterone 1000 mg PO QD + prednisone or prednisolone 5 mg PO BID (enzalutamide-pretreated patients) or enzalutamide 160 mg PO QD (abiraterone-pretreated patients). Randomization will be stratified by prior treatment (abiraterone or enzalutamide) and measurable disease (yes/no). Treatment for all patients will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal. Response will be assessed by imaging (CT/MRI/bone) per Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3)–modified RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review (BICR) Q9W during the first year and then Q12W thereafter. The dual primary end points are radiographic PFS per PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1, as assessed by BICR and OS. The key secondary end point is time to initiation of subsequent anticancer therapy or death. Other secondary end points include ORR, duration of response, time to PSA progression, time to first symptomatic skeletal-related event, and safety and tolerability. Patient-reported outcomes and identification of molecular biomarkers for treatment response are exploratory end points. KEYLYNK-010 is ongoing or planned in 19 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/ATrial RegistrationClinicalTrials. gov, NCT03834519Ethics ApprovalThe study and the protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each site.
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Gratzke, Christian, Christian Gratzke, Christian Gratzke, Cuizhen Niu, Christian Poehlein, and Joseph Burgents. "346 KEYNOTE-991: phase 3 study of pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC)." Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 8, Suppl 3 (November 2020): A371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0346.
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BackgroundCombination of pembrolizumab, an anti–PD-1 antibody, added to enzalutamide, a nonsteroidal antiandrogen agent, has shown antitumor activity in abiraterone-resistant mCRPC (KEYNOTE-365, NCT02861573) and in patients with mCRPC for whom enzalutamide was ineffective (KEYNOTE-199, NCT02787005). These data indicate that the combination of pembrolizumab + enzalutamide with ADT warrants phase 3 evaluation. Also, efficacy in enzalutamide may be proimmunogenic, suggesting that it may be additive or synergistic in antitumor activity when combined with pembrolizumab.MethodsThe KEYNOTE-991 (NCT04191096) phase 3 trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of enzalutamide + ADT (LHRH agonist/antagonist during study treatment or bilateral orchiectomy) + pembrolizumab or placebo in patients with mHSPC. Eligibility criteria include age ≥18 years, mHSPC, ≥2 bone lesions or visceral disease, no prior treatment with next-generation hormone agents, adequate organ function, and ECOG PS 0 or 1. Patients must provide tissue for biomarker analysis. Approximately 1232 patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + ADT + pembrolizumab 200 mg IV every 3 weeks (Q3W) or enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + ADT + placebo IV Q3W. Treatment will continue with pembrolizumab up to 35 cycles and treatment with enzalutamide will proceed continuously from day 1 of cycle 1 until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. The stratification factors are prior docetaxel therapy (yes or no) and presence of high-volume disease (yes or no). CT or MRI and radionuclide bone imaging will be used to assess response according to Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3)–modified RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review (BICR) Q12W from the date of randomization. Imaging will continue until the end of treatment and will resume Q12W during the posttreatment period. The co-primary end points are BICR-assessed radiographic PFS (according to PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1) and OS. Key secondary end points are time to first subsequent anticancer therapy and time to symptomatic skeletal-related event. Other end points are PFS2 (progression after next line of therapy or death), PSA response rate, time to PSA progression, PSA undetectable rate, ORR, duration of response, time to soft tissue and radiographic bone progression per PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1, safety, and patient-reported outcomes (eg, time to pain progression). Safety and tolerability will be evaluated using a tiered approach. KEYNOTE-991 is enrolling at 40 sites in Australia, Chile, Colombia, Israel, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United States.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/ATrial RegistrationClinicalTrials. gov: NCT04191096Ethics ApprovalThe study and the protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each site.
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Van Laar, Emily S., Charlotte Warren, Jayashri Desai, and Patrick F. Fogarty. "Knowledge Gaps in the Management of Hemophilia Among Hematologists/Oncologists." Blood 124, no. 21 (December 6, 2014): 4831. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v124.21.4831.4831.
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Abstract Hemophilia is an orphan disease whose management requires specialized knowledge of complications and treatments, which adds to the challenge of caring for patients. Knowledge gaps among hematologists, hematologist-oncologists and pediatric oncologists regarding management of hemophilia could negatively impact patient outcomes. Utilizing the National Hemophilia Foundation and the World Federation of Haemophilia guidelines and best practices, a global, hemophilia-specific continuing medical education-accredited clinical practice assessment survey was developed and completed by unselected hematologists and oncologists in order to define current education gaps and assess areas of deviation from guideline and best practices. The assessment included both knowledge- and case -based, multiple-choice questions that healthcare providers completed confidentially on-line between March 21, 2014 and July 2, 2014. Topics ranging from hemophilia severity to management/prevention of bleeds were assessed. Responses from clinicians were de-identified and aggregated prior to analyses. 354 hematologist (51%), hematologist/oncologist (34%) or pediatric oncologists (14%) completed the survey, from the following locales: North America (30%), Europe (25%), Asia (18%), Central/South America (9%), Middle East (7%), Africa (8%), and Australia (2%). Practice settings of participants were academic (53%), community hospital (22%), private practice (12%), hemophilia treatment center (HTC) (5%), community clinic (3%), and other (5%). Respondents demonstrated knowledge (> 88% correct responses) in topics such as: definition of severe hemophilia, identifying life-threatening bleeds, primary prophylaxis dose/schedule, adolescence transitioning, and monitoring after initiating prophylaxis. In contrast, knowledge gaps included: prophylaxis duration; incidence of inhibitors; role of physiotherapy; managing joint bleeds (Table 1). For most responses, the proportion of correct responses appeared to be consistent regardless of physician specialty (hematologists (Group A) versus hematologists/oncologists + pediatric oncologists (Group B)) or practice setting (academic + HTC (Group C) versus community (Group D)). A low level of confidence in ability to identify when to use prophylaxis was reported among 20% [95% CI: 16.74% to 23.26%] of all respondents. Knowledge gaps permeate clinical practice in the care of persons with hemophilia. Most significant gaps were related to incidence of inhibitor development, continuance of prophylaxis, and use of physiotherapy for hemophiliac joint disease. These data support the development and implementation of educational tools for clinicians involved in hemophilia care across a range of practice settings. Abstract 4831. Table 1. Hemophilia Knowledge Gaps for Hematologists, Hematologist/Oncologists, Pediatric Oncologists (% Correct Responses) Survey Assessment Topic All Group A Group B Group A vs Group B p-value Group C Group D Group C vs Group D p-value Prophylaxis Duration 35.9% 34.8% 38.3% 0.55 42.0% 28.4% 0.03 Incidence of Inhibitors 48.3% 51.4% 44.0% 0.20 43.4% 54.3% 0.08 Physiotherapy for Joint Disease 47.4% 50.4% 45.2% 0.40 51.0% 43.3% 0.27 Managing Joint Bleeds 74.2% 73.1% 75.6% 0.64 75.8% 72.2% 0.60 Disclosures Van Laar: Medscape LLC: Employment. Warren:Medscape LLC: Employment. Desai:Medscape LLC: Employment. Fogarty:CSL Behring: Research Funding; Biogen Idec Inc.: Research Funding; Baxter: Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Consultancy; Chugai Pharma USA: Consultancy; Biogen Idec Inc.: Consultancy; Baxter: Consultancy; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Amgen Inc: Consultancy; Pfizer Inc: Research Funding; Medscape LLC: Honoraria; VindicoMed: Honoraria.
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Hossain, Arif. "Peace, Conflict and Resolution (Good vs. Evil)." Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 4, no. 1 (March 26, 2013): 9–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bioethics.v4i1.14264.
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The immense structural inequalities of the global social /political economy can no longer be contained through consensual mechanisms of state control. The ruling classes have lost legitimacy; we are witnessing a breakdown of ruling-class hegemony on a world scale. There is good and evil among mankind; thus it necessitates the conflict between the good and evil on Earth. We are in for a period of major conflicts and great upheavals. It's generally regarded that Mencius (c.371- c.289 B.C) a student of Confucianism developed his entire philosophy from two basic propositions: the first, that Man's original nature is good; and the second, that Man's original nature becomes evil when his wishes are not fulfilled. What is good and what is evil? Philosophers of all ages have thought over this question. Each reckoned that he had solved the question once and for all, yet within a few years the problem would re-emerge with new dimensions. Repeated acts of corruption and evil action makes a man corrupt and takes away a man from his original nature. Still now majority of the people of the world give compliance to corruption because of social pressures, economic pressures, cultural pressures and political pressures. The conflict between good and evil is ancient on earth and is prevalent to this day. May be the final confrontation between the descendants of Cain and Abel is at our doorsteps. During the 2nd World War America with its European allies went into world wide military campaign to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan. When the Second World War ended in 1945 the United States of America came out as victorious. America was the first country to detonate atomic bomb in another country. During that period Russia fell into competition with America in politically colonizing countries after countries. With the fall of Communism Russia terminated its desire wanting to be the champion of the oppressed of the world. The situation in Russia continues to deteriorate, a country which until only a few years ago was a superpower. Russians are deeply disillusioned today with the new politicians in Russia, who they says "promise everything and give nothing." The Russians still strongly oppose a world order dominated by the United States. If anyone looks at or investigates the situations in other countries it can be seen that at present almost all countries of the world are similar or same in the forms of structures of corruption and evil. The Worldwide control of humanitys economic, social and political activities is under the helm of US corporate and military power. The US has established its control over 191 governments which are members of the United Nations. The last head of state of the former Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev on December 2012, at a conference on the future of the Middle East and the Black Sea region in the Turkish city of Istanbul, has warned the US of an imminent Soviet-like collapse if Washington persists with its hegemonic policies. Mass public protest occurred against US hegemony are mainly from Muslim countries of South East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa and Africa. The latest mass protests erupted in September 2012 when the divine Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was insulted by America and Israel. There were strong mass protests by people from Indonesia to Morocco and in the European countries by mostly immigrants and Australia were there are Muslim populations. This worldwide protest had occurred while the rise of the masses is ongoing against corrupt rulers in West Asia and North Africa. The masses of the people are thirsty and desperate for justice, dignity, economic welfare and human rights. Most major religions have their own sources of information on the Last Age of Mankind or the End of Times, which often include fateful battles between the forces of good and evil and cataclysmic natural disasters. Humans are evolving to a final stage of their evolution towards a 'New Age that is to come which the corrupt does not understand. At present times a final battle of good versus evil on Earth will ensue. The World powers (leaders) and their entourages who are really detached from the masses have organized to keep aloft the present world order that degenerates the masses in corruption, keeps the people in unhappiness, and deprives the masses from economic well being, education and keeps promoting wars and conflicts to support corruption and evil. We are at the ?End of Times?. The Promised Messiah will come to set right what is wrong, no doubt. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bioethics.v4i1.14264 Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2013; 4(1):9-19