A Systematic Review: Light Therapy for Individuals with Dementia and Implications for Practice

This systematic review seeks to answer the question: is light therapy an effective intervention for sundowning symptoms experienced by individuals who have dementia

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing on Occupational Performance

This systematic review aims to review the efficacy of MI to address such performance goals falling within the occupational therapy scope of practice

Probing scalar particle and unparticle couplings in e+ e- -> t tbar with transversely polarized beams

In searching for indications of new physics scalar particle and unparticle couplings in e^+ e^- \to t\bar t, we consider the role of transversely polarized initial beams at e^+ e^- colliders. By using a general relativistic spin density matrix formalism for describing the particles spin states, we find analytical expressions for the squared amplitude of the process with t or \bar t polarization measured, including the anomalous coupling contributions. Thanks to the transversely polarized initial beams these contributions are first order anomalous coupling corrections to the Standard Model (SM) contributions. We present and analyse the main features of the SM and anomalous coupling contributions. We show how differences between SM and anomalous coupling contributions provide means to search for anomalous coupling manifestations at future e^+ e^- linear colliders.Comment: 28 pages in LaTeX, including 7 encapsulated PostScript figures, published versio

Effect of motor imagery on children with developmental disabilities

This systematic review provides a comprehensive summary of current research evidence with the intent to help OTs working in pediatric settings understand the potential outcomes of using MI with children with DD

Brands in international and multi‐platform expansion strategies: economic and management issues

Powerful media branding has historically facilitated successful international expansion on the part of magazine and other content forms including film and TV formats. Multi-platform expansion is now increasingly central to the strategies of media companies and, as this chapter argues, effective use of branding in order to engage audiences effectively and to secure a prominent presence across digital platforms forms a core part of this. Drawing on original research into the experience of UK media companies, this chapter highlights some of the key economic, management and socio-cultural issues raised by the ever-increasing role of brands and branding in the strategies of international and multi-platform expansion that are increasingly common- place across media

Final FLaReNet deliverable: Language Resources for the Future - The Future of Language Resources

Language Technologies (LT), together with their backbone, Language Resources (LR), provide an essential support to the challenge of Multilingualism and ICT of the future. The main task of language technologies is to bridge language barriers and to help creating a new environment where information flows smoothly across frontiers and languages, no matter the country, and the language, of origin. To achieve this goal, all players involved need to act as a community able to join forces on a set of shared priorities. However, until now the field of Language Resources and Technology has long suffered from an excess of individuality and fragmentation, with a lack of coherence concerning the priorities for the field, the direction to move, not to mention a common timeframe. The context encountered by the FLaReNet project was thus represented by an active field needing a coherence that can only be given by sharing common priorities and endeavours. FLaReNet has contributed to the creation of this coherence by gathering a wide community of experts and making them participate in the definition of an exhaustive set of recommendations

An overview of the Jordanian oil shale: its chemical and geologic characteristics, exploration, reserves and feasibility for oil and cement production

Abstract Oil shale is the most abundant fossil energy resource discovered in Jordan, ranking third after the USA and Brazil in terms of oil shale reserves. This asset is considered to be Jordan's most extensive domestic fossil-fuel source. The identified reserves of this oil shale are huge and sufficient to satisfy the national energy needs for hundreds of years. Numerous geologic studies have shown that the country contains several oil shale deposits. These deposits are regarded as the richest in organic bituminous marl and limestone that occur at shallow depth. Jordanian oil shale is generally of a good quality, with relatively low ash and moisture contents, a gross calorific value of 7.5 MJ/kg, and an oil yield of 8 to 12%. The spent shale has residual carbon content that may be burned to produce further energy, and ash that can be used for cement and building materials. The current study summarizes the results of the former feasibility studies and discuses the scope of future usage of Jordanian oil shale. The value of this oil shale and its associated products is highlighted herein

Small-scale pottery production and distribution in the southern confines of the Inca Empire: an archaeometric insight to define the Provincial style

This paper proposes an archaeometric contribution to the study of the Inca pottery style from the southeastern frontier ofTawantinsuyu, also known as the Inca Empire, located in Central Western Argentina (CWA). In complementing previousresearch, a geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of ceramics from various Inca and local sites is carried outby combining X-ray fluorescence analysis (WD-XRF), powder X-ray diffraction analysis (PXRD) and scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM-EDX). The exhaustive statistical treatment and discussion of the chemical data, complemented by min-eralogical and microstructural data gathered through PXRD and SEM-EDX techniques, provide significant insights into theprovenance of raw materials, paste recipes, firing conditions, estimated firing temperature and post-depositional contamina-tions. A complex structure comprising six meaningful ceramic groups has been identified, with some of them attributed tohypothetical provenance areas defined by previous research. Additionally, many ceramics remained ungrouped. Despite theidentified compositional variability, certain technological attributes exhibit a higher degree of homogeneity. The estimatedfiring temperature and microstructure of the pottery denote some control over firing conditions to produce vessels with highmechanical strength and toughness suitable for storage and short-distance distribution. The results of both compositionaland technological analyses point to the existence of multiple production loci within a domestic or communitarian model ofproduction sharing the same pottery tradition

The effect of liver transplantation on patient-centred outcomes:A propensity-score matched analysis

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether liver transplantation confers an increase in health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) across all dimensions of health. This study aimed to estimate the effect of liver transplantation on HR-QoL.METHODS: Pre- and post-transplantation patients attending an outpatient clinic were invited to complete the condition-specific 'Short form of liver disease QOL' questionnaire. Mixed-effect linear regression and propensity-score matching (PSM) on pre-transplantation characteristics were used to estimate the difference in overall HR-QoL associated with transplantation.RESULTS: 454/609 (74.5%) eligible patients were included in the analysis, 102 (22.5%) pre-transplantation, and 352 (77.5%) post-transplantation. Overall HR-QoL post-transplantation significantly increased in patients without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (β=16.84, 95% CI: 13.33 to 20.35, p&lt;0.001), but not with HCC (β=1.25, 95% CI: -5.09 to 7.60, p=0.704). Donation after circulatory death (DCD) organ recipients had a significantly lower HR-QoL (β=-4.61, 95% CI: -8.95 to -0.24, p=0.043). Following PSM, transplantation was associated with a significant increase in overall HR-QoL (average treatment effect: 6.3,95% CI: 2.1 to 10.9).CONCLUSION: There is a significant improvement in HR-QoL attributable to transplantation in this cohort. Post-transplantation HR-QoL was affected by several factors, including HCC status and DCD transplantation, which has important implications for counselling prior to liver transplantation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.</p

Influence of changing working conditions on exit from paid employment among workers with a chronic disease

Objectives To investigate the relation between changes in working conditions and exit from paid employment among workers with a chronic disease. Methods Six waves from the longitudinal Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (2010–2016), enriched with tax-based employment information from Statistics Netherlands (2011–2017), were available for 4820 chronically ill workers aged 45–63 years (mean 55.3 years, SD 5.1). A change in working conditions (physical workload, psychological job demands, job autonomy, emotional job demands and social support) was defined as an increase or decrease between two consecutive waves of at least one SD. Discrete-time survival models with repeated measurements were used to estimate the relative risk (RR) of a change in working conditions on exiting paid employment in the following year compared with no change and consecutive favourable working conditions. Results A favourable change in physical workload lowered the risk to exit paid employment (RR 0.46, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.94). An adverse change in psychosocial working conditions, especially a decrease in social support (RR 2.07, 95% CI 1.52 to 2.81), increased the likelihood to exit paid employment. In contrast, a favourable change in psychological job demands increased the risk to exit paid employment (RR 1.57, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.24). Multiple adverse changes increased the risk to exit paid employment up to six times (RR 6.06, 95% CI 2.83 to 12.98). Conclusions Changes in working conditions among workers with chronic diseases influence exit from paid employment. Ensuring that working conditions can be adapted to the needs of workers with a chronic disease may help to extend working life