Non-infectious pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Noninfectious pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplant are currently more prevalent than infectious complications. Unfortunately, the pathophysiology basis is not completely understood. However, there is a string association with graft-versus-host disease for many of them. Therefore, an important component of their pathophysiology is likely an allo-immune response. There is much research that needs to be conducted to improve the less than optimal outcomes for these disorders

Exploring the Clinical and Social Drivers of Iron Status in Women of Reproductive Age

Australian studies report iron deficiency (ID) is increasing in young women. We aimed to identify the nutritional and wellbeing impact of increasing dietary pork or taking iron supplements; iron status and B vitamin relationships; eating behaviours affecting iron status; and forces affecting iron intake of young women. Females (control, pork diet and iron supplement sets) in a 12w RCT completed questionnaires (FFQ, wellbeing and activity); three 7-day food diaries and gave repeated blood samples. A sequential qualitative case study of 3 generations of women identified influences of eating behaviour. Previously influences were derived from adolescent studies. Of the 65 RCT women (24.6±4.4y; 21.8±2.8kg/m2) 23% were ID. Pork significantly increases Hb but not ferritin with 500g/w; increases fruit intake; reduces snack food; increases nutritionally complete meals; stops meal omission; and the supplement increases Hb and ferritin- all P<0.001. Student wellbeing significantly improved differently in both interventions. Student intakes fail to meet EAR for folate (13.6%) and vitamins B6 (4.5%) and B12 (31.8%). Eating behaviours defy nutritionally complete diets. Vitamin B12 intakes from unexpected sources include energy drinks. OCPs lower serum vitamin B12 (P=0.042). Variability in serum vitamins B6, B12 and folate support ≥ 4 samples be collected before clinical decision making. Case study data disclosed the forces influencing eating behaviours as education, mothers and sensory appeal of red meats. A mother’s understanding of iron metabolism, their food literacy and preference for meats have a high impact on their daughters. Yet daughters are open to remodeling - a new direction for nutritionists. Reduced food literacy has had negative impact on iron intake. Research on bio-availability of non-animal iron sources and sensory characteristics of meats needs to continue

Child protection and the needs and rights of disabled children and young people: A scoping study

Child abuse, as defined by the NSPCC, refers to ''behaviour that causes significant harm to a child. It also includes when someone knowingly fails to prevent serious harm to a child' (see http://www.child-to-child.org/about/childprotection.htm). The four types of abuse included in this study are physical, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect. The World Health Organisation treats maltreatment, a word used in the US, as synonymous with abuse. Child protection, as defined by the voluntary agency Child-to-Child, is 'a broad term to describe philosophies, policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to protect children from both intentional and unintentional harm' (see http://www.child-tochild. org/about/childprotection.htm). This term is still used in Scotland and N Ireland and is the one we use most in this report. England and Wales use the term safeguarding, which perhaps implies the inclusion of early intervention and preventative practice. Finally, in referring to disabled children we include young people aged 0-18 with physical, sensory, learning or communication impairments or mental distress. This was a scoping study which aimed to lay the groundwork for a larger piece of research

Digital dating abuse

1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (some colour), chartsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-101).Using Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (TPB) as a framework, the present study investigated the factors associated with emerging adults’ intentions to perpetrate three different forms of digital dating abuse (DDA), as well as intentions to seek support from mental health professionals following victimization. The extended TPB models explained 47%, 37%, and 49% of the variance in intentions to commit digitally facilitated monitoring and control, direct aggression, and sexual coercion, respectively. Attitudes and injunctive norms significantly predicted intentions whereas descriptive norms and perceived behavioural control did not. Past behaviour, past victimization, and gender norms had indirect effects on intentions. Additionally, the extended TPB model accounted for 41% of intentions to seek help following DDA victimization. Attitudes emerged as a significant predictor, along with fear and past use of mental health services. Given the increasing prevalence of DDA, prevention efforts should target attitudes towards DDA related behaviours and perceptions of social acceptability

The Dilemma of Foraging Herbivores: Dealing with Food and Fear

For foraging herbivores, both food quality and predation risk vary across the landscape. Animals should avoid low-quality food patches in favour of high-quality ones, and seek safe patches while avoiding risky ones. Herbivores often face the foraging dilemma, however, of choosing between high-quality food in risky places or low-quality food in safe places. Here, we explore how and why the interaction between food quality and predation risk affects foraging decisions of mammalian herbivores, focusing on browsers confronting plant toxins in a landscape of fear. We draw together themes of plant–herbivore and predator–prey interactions, and the roles of animal ecophysiology, behaviour and personality. The response of herbivores to the dual costs of food and fear depends on the interplay of physiology and behaviour. We discuss detoxification physiology in dealing with plant toxins, and stress physiology associated with perceived predation risk. We argue that behaviour is the interface enabling herbivores to stay or quit food patches in response to their physiological tolerance to these risks. We hypothesise that generalist and specialist herbivores perceive the relative costs of plant defence and predation risk differently and intra-specifically, individuals with different personalities and physiologies should do so too, creating individualised landscapes of food and fear. We explore the ecological significance and emergent impacts of these individual-based foraging outcomes on populations and communities, and offer predictions that can be clearly tested. In doing so, we provide an integrated platform advancing herbivore foraging theory with food quality and predation risk at its core

Are different reading problems associated with different anxiety types?

There is a reliable association between poor reading and anxiety, but we do not completely understand the specifics of this relationship. The current study included a sample of children (N = 284; Mage = 9.30, SDage = 1.31) who completed a reading (word, nonword, and text reading accuracy, word, nonword, and text reading fluency, passage reading comprehension) and anxiety (social anxiety, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, physical injury fears/phobias, panic, obsessive compulsive symptoms) assessment. Analyses included bivariate and partial correlations, principal components analysis, and hierarchical clustering. We found a very tentative suggestion in the data that there may be a specific yet weak association between reading accuracy and social anxiety. The clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed

Connectivity and Collectivity in a Doctoral Cohort Program: An Academic Memoir in Five Parts

In this critical reflection, four doctoral graduates and one professor, all involved in a cohort-based educational leadership doctoral program, provide narratives about key processes and moments that contributed to building powerful connections and a collective orientation to the groups’ learning and success. Dialogic processes, conscious intention, and naming shared values were established early in the program by the cohort members enabling them to take ownership of their learning and to commit to the group’s collectivity and connectivity. We argue this cohort’s processes illustrate how shared and democratic leadership was not only a topic of discussion, it was also successfully enacted. Dans cette réflexion critique, quatre titulaires d’un doctorat et un professeur, tous impliqués dans un programme de troisième cycle sur le leadership éducationnel et reposant sur une cohorte, présentent des récits portant sur les procédés et les moments clés qui ont contribué à la création de liens puissants et une orientation collective visant l’apprentissage et la réussite du groupe. Les membres de la cohorte ont établi, dès le début du programme, des procédés dialogiques, une intention consciente et l’identification de valeurs partagées, ce qui leur a permis de s’approprier leur apprentissage et de s’engager dans la cohésion et la connectivité du groupe. Nous soutenons que les procédés de cette cohorte illustrent dans quelle mesure un leadership partagé et démocratique n’est pas resté seulement un sujet de discussion, mais a été en fait mis sur pied

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All-Sky Near Infrared Space Astrometry

Gaia is currently revolutionizing modern astronomy. However, much of the Galactic plane, center and the spiral arm regions are obscured by interstellar extinction, rendering them inaccessible because Gaia is an optical instrument. An all-sky near infrared (NIR) space observatory operating in the optical NIR, separated in time from the original Gaia would provide microarcsecond NIR astrometry and millimag photometry to penetrate obscured regions unraveling the internal dynamics of the Galaxy.Comment: 7 page