Social skills and siblings in India

The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 27, 2006)Includes bibliographical references.Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2005.Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Human development and family studies.Parents and teachers in India completed questionnaires giving details about the quality of children's sibling and peer relationships. Analyses of social skills of children with and without siblings revealed no significant difference between the two groups on aggressive, asocial and prosocial behavior. Additionally, warmth and conflict in children's sibling relationships were not associated with their social skills. The interaction of warmth and conflict was significant for asocial behavior. A significant correlation between warmth and conflict was observed. Finally, age was inversely related to both aggression and asocial behavior

IC 099 Guide to ABCC Photograph Collection

The ABCC Photograph Collection consists of photographs of various sizes of staff, survivors, buildings, and events that pertain to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The vast majority of the photographs are black and white and in good condition. The dates of the photographs range from 1946 to the 1970s. See more at https://archives.library.tmc.edu/ic-099

An investigation of routes to cancer diagnosis in 10 international jurisdictions, as part of the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: Survey development and implementation

Objectives: This paper describes the methods used in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Module 4 Survey (ICBPM4) which examines time intervals and routes to cancer diagnosis in 10 jurisdictions. We present the study design with defining and measuring time intervals, identifying patients with cancer, questionnaire development, data management and analyses. Design and setting: Recruitment of participants to the ICBPM4 survey is based on cancer registries in each jurisdiction. Questionnaires draw on previous instruments and have been through a process of cognitive testing and piloting in three jurisdictions followed by standardised translation and adaptation. Data analysis focuses on comparing differences in time intervals and routes to diagnosis in the jurisdictions. Participants: Our target is 200 patients with symptomatic breast, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer in each jurisdiction. Patients are approached directly or via their primary care physician (PCP). Patients’ PCPs and cancer treatment specialists (CTSs) are surveyed, and ‘data rules’ are applied to combine and reconcile conflicting information. Where CTS information is unavailable, audit information is sought from treatment records and databases. Main outcomes: Reliability testing of the patient questionnaire showed that agreement was complete (κ=1) in four items and substantial (κ=0.8, 95% CI 0.333 to 1) in one item. The identification of eligible patients is sufficient to meet the targets for breast, lung and colorectal cancer. Initial patient and PCP survey response rates from the UK and Sweden are comparable with similar published surveys. Data collection was completed in early 2016 for all cancer types. Conclusion: An international questionnaire-based survey of patients with cancer, PCPs and CTSs has been developed and launched in 10 jurisdictions. ICBPM4 will help to further understand international differences in cancer survival by comparing time intervals and routes to cancer diagnosis

IC 085 Guide to ABCC-RERF Records, 1948-2011

The ABCC-RERF records is an artificial collection and contains ABCC and RERF reprints, papers, email publications, and ephemera from 1948 to 2011. See more at IC 085

An agent-based modelling approach to evaluate factors influencing bioenergy crop adoption in north-east Scotland

Acknowledgements This work was funded through a NERC-CASE studentship with the University of Aberdeen and the James Hutton Institute (JHI). The authors wish to thank those farmers who participated in the survey and provided data for the research, and BioSS (JHI – Aberdeen) for advising on statistical analysis.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

A METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR PROVIDING VIBRATION BASED COMMUNICATION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS

The present disclosure relates to a method and user equipment (UE) (102) for providing vibration-based communication of sensitive information for visually impaired users (101). In the present disclosure, initially the UE (102) may receive a request from the visually impaired user (101) to access information present on a virtual card. The UE (102) detects whether the information requested corresponds to be sensitive information. Further, the UE (102) encodes the information into a vibration pattern on confirming it to be sensitive information. Finally, the UE (102) generates the encoded vibration patterns for the visually impaired users (101) to complete the transaction, wherein the visually impaired user (101) refers to an instruction manual to decode the vibration pattern

A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NON-VISUAL INTERACTION BASED AUTHENTICATION

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing non-visual interaction based authentication. Such non-visual interaction based authentication may be provided in any user equipment of a user. Moreover, such non-visual interaction based authentication may be especially provided for specially abled users which utilise accessibility features. The method includes combining non-visual interaction modalities for entering authentication pin discreetly, using buttons or other modalities available on the user equipment

CONTINUOUS AUTHENTICATION USING ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS AND USAGE ANALYSIS

The present invention discloses a method and system for continuous authentication using accessibility settings and usage analysis which can be used during mobile application login. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based system, continuously captures and analyses a specially abled user’s behaviour and accessibility settings. The AI would then come up with a risk based score. This risk score will then be used to decide whether or not to skip Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of systemic therapy for patients diagnosed with cancer in England: A population-based study with a focus on breast and lung cancer

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial disruption to the delivery of cancer treatment. We aimed to describe the impact on the use of systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) in England with a focus on the treatment of breast and lung cancer. // Methods: We identified patients newly diagnosed with cancer between January 2019 and December 2020 from the National Cancer Registration Dataset. We describe the changes in the number and stage distribution of patients, and the proportion receiving SACT within 12 months of diagnosis of breast and lung cancer. // Results: An estimated 7704 fewer breast cancer patients and 2286 fewer lung cancer patients were newly diagnosed in 2020 compared to 2019. This was concordant with a reduction in the number of SACT administrations delivered within 12 months post-diagnosis. However, an increased proportion received SACT from April to December 2020 for patients diagnosed with breast cancer, which was not seen for lung cancer patients. // Conclusions: Changes in the delivery of SACT were largely driven by a reduction in the number of patients who were diagnosed with cancer in 2020. An increased proportion of breast cancer patients treated with SACT likely reflects the increased proportion of patients who were diagnosed with stage III and stage IV disease