Coaching With and For Creativity

The dynamic landscape of contemporary sport demands that coaches move beyondreplicating established “best practices” to cultivate “next practices” that integrate peak performance with holistic athlete well-being. This chapter introduces the Coaching With and For Creativity framework, a socio-cultural approach designed to guide coach development in enhancing both coaches’ and athletes’ creative potential. Grounded in Glăveanu’s 5A model of creativity, the framework positions creativity as a process of exploration and expansion of possibilities, emphasising the reciprocal and relational dynamics between coach and athlete. We outline three central pathways: expanding creativity-related skills (e.g., openness, perspective-taking, tolerance for ambiguity), enriching environments through creativity-supportive instructions and movement prompts and fostering exploration as a co-creation strategy. Drawing on research and applied case studies, including the Australian National Generation 2032 Coach Program, we demonstrate how embodied creative activities can strengthen coaches’ willingness to take risks, loosen control, and design environments thatinvite athletes to explore, innovate, and grow. Ultimately, Coaching With and For Creativity positions coaches as designers of enriched, dynamic learning systems where creativity is not an individual trait but a distributed, relational process. This framework offers a pragmatic contribution to advancing coach development and nurturing transformative sport environments

Hydrothermal co-liquefaction of rye straw, shellfish, and beef tallow using CaO-MgO-apatite composite catalyst: Hybrid models of biomacromolecules under sub-, near, and supercritical conditions for predicting yield and properties of multiphase HTL products.

Integrating co-hydrothermal liquefaction (CO-HTL) into a biorefinery requires comprehensive models to predict the yield and quality of all multiphase products. Existing models focus primarily on biocrude yield, with limited consideration of aqueous, gas, and solid co-products, and lack broad applicability to feedstock. This work develops novel hybrid KCV models based on biomacromolecular composition and process variability to predict the yields, O/C and H/C ratios, and HHV values of crude oil and hydrochar. Furthermore, Pearson correlation analysis was implemented to determine the antagonist and synergy effects of N/C ratios, gas yield, aqueous phase properties (TP, TOC, TN), and P content in oil and hydrochar. A total of 34 slurry mixtures was prepared from real feedstocks, rye straw, crab waste, and beef tallow, with the compositional ranges fixed as follows: 0.00–82.45 dw% carbohydrates, 0.00–98.55 dw% lignin, 0.00–40.00 dw% proteins, 0.00–71.62 dw% lipids, and 0.00–40.00 dw% ash. Batch CO-HTL experiments were conducted at 350–400 °C with 0–5 % catalyst derived from crab shells. XRD analysis revealed that the calcined crab shell (CCS) catalyst comprises CaO, CaCO₃, MgO, and SO₃−-bearing apatites, forming a bifunctional heterogeneous surface with strong basic (Ca/Mg-oxide) and acid–base (apatite) sites. CCS promoted deoxygenation via CO2 and H2O removal, yielding low O/C, high H/C biocrude without denitrogenation. It also underwent in-situ carbonation, converting CaO to CaCO3 by consuming CO2 and favoring decarboxylation. Model validation showed high accuracy (ANOVA: p ≤ 0.0001, 0.70 ≤ R2 ≤ 0.97) and consistency with external literature, supporting expandability to other organic feedstocks

Dialogical development and the making of the self:Reflections on Lyra’s holistic approach

This chapter reflects on Maria Lyra’s holistic-dialogical framework and its implications for developmental psychology, especially regarding the emergence of the self. Drawing on Lyra and Rossetti-Ferreira’s (1987) foundational work, three interrelated principles are identified as being central to this approach: the dialogical unit of analysis, development as differentiation, and the multimodal and socioculturally embedded nature of interaction. Lyra’s contribution is situated within a broader historical and theoretical context—linking it to Vygotsky, Bakhtin, Werner, and Humboldt: From this theoretical basis it is argued that early mother-infant interactions constitute a dynamic, co-constructed unit of development rather than an exchange between separate individuals. The chapter emphasizes how the self emerges through dialogical processes involving mutual transformation, abbreviation of interactional histories, and sociocultural embeddedness. By integrating theoretical insights with empirical studies, the chapter advances a relational and processual view of self-development that challenges mechanistic and individualistic models in mainstream psychology

Cost analysis of admitting nursing home residents to hospital at home:A Danish micro-costing approach

OBJECTIVES: Hospital at Home (HaH) is a new care concept aimed at reducing hospital admissions by providing specialised healthcare to patients at home. The aim of this study was to compare the cost of a HaH model with traditional hospital admission for nursing home residents with acute illness in the Northern Region of Denmark.STUDY DESIGN: This study employed a retrospective micro-costing approach based on initial findings from the early implementation of the HaH model. The analysis was conducted from a healthcare sector perspective.METHODS: A comprehensive framework for cost analysis was developed based on policy documents, clinical guidelines, and interviews with administrative and leading healthcare professionals. Data on resource usage was obtained from clinical experts and case notes. Costs for resource usage were valued using payroll data for different job categories and Danish DRG-tariffs. The estimated costs of care models were compared and deterministic sensitivity analysis identified important factors for the cost difference.RESULTS: The analysis showed that the HaH model is associated with cost savings of 40-45 % compared to traditional hospital admissions. Furthermore, the sensitivity analysis indicate that it is crucial to consider the extent of additional time healthcare professionals allocate to extra care, when a nursing home resident is admitted at home, as this parameter significantly influences the costs associated with HaH.CONCLUSIONS: Based on the costing framework, we found that the HaH model was cheaper than traditional hospitalisations. These results were robust to variations in resource use of different activities in the HaH model.</p

Electrochemical biosensing of L-phenylalanine and bioelectrosynthesis of phenylpyruvate based on an efficient cofactor regeneration electrode

This study presents a hybrid system combining MIP-202 (Zr⁴⁺-Asp-coordinated framework) immobilized L-phenylalanine dehydrogenase with polymerized methylene blue (PMB) based electrodes. MIP-202 acted as a biocompatible framework that preserved enzymatic activity. PMB modulated the oxidation of the enzyme cofactor NADH into NAD + via proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), reducing overpotentials. Such a biohybrid, operated at a relatively low potential of +0.15 V vs. SCE, enables proof-of-concept electrochemical biosensing of L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) and bioelectrosynthesis of phenylpyruvate (PPA). Both applications are of great significance, as L-Phe is an important biomarker for the diagnostics of phenylketonuria, while PPA is a common α-keto acid. It demonstrated a limit of detection (LOD) of 17.03 μM for sensing L-phe and a ca. two-fold increase in PPA production compared to the biocatalysis system without using cofactor regeneration.</p

Ethnomethodology

Ethnomethodology was developed by Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011). Garfinkel worked 1954–1987 at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and after that as emeritus until his death in 2011. Garfinkel regarded social order first and foremost as something maintained continually in real-life situations. Therefore, he insisted that studying social order should be about where and how it happens instead of relying on data about it: Interviews and questionnaires are regarded as missing the gist of social order.We give a short introduction to ethnomethodology’s relation to the Anglo-American social theory, mostly that of Talcott Parsons. The focus is, however, on introducing the core concepts of ethnomethodology. When teaching about them, Garfinkel asked his students to conduct breaching experiments of which we give examples. Garfinkel’s focus changed later from practical action to workplace studies. Conversation analysis, CA, has a theoretical background in ethnomethodology. We will point out some differences in CA’s analytical focus

Recent advancements in antibiotics removal by bio-electrochemical systems (BESs): From mechanisms to application of emerging combined systems

Recent advancements in bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) for antibiotic removal are receiving great attentions due to the electro-active bacteria on the electrode that could elevate the removal efficiency. Enhanced detoxification performance of BESs compared to the traditional biological processes indicates the great potential serving as a sustainable alternative or a pre-/post-processing unit to improve the performance of biological processes. However, the successfully application of BESs to antibiotic-polluted water remediation requires a deeper discussion on their operational performance and emerging coupled systems. In order to address BESs as a practical option for antibiotic removal, we deeply analyze the detoxification mechanism of antibiotic treatment by BESs, involving BES fundamentals, extracellular electron transfer and degradation pathways via functional enzymes of microorganisms, followed by systematic evaluations of the operational conditions. Furthermore, the recently-emerged BESs combined with other techniques for practical applications has been summarized and emphasized. This review further directions the current limitations such as the potential risk of antibiotic resistance genes, etc., and prospects for the attenuation of antibiotics via BESs related techniques, promoting the development of practical application