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Traumatic injury and dementia in New Zealand : a Palmerston North Hospital case-control study : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Health Science in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Little is known about the relationship between traumatic injury (TI) and dementia. The
increasing prevalence of both conditions in the world and in New Zealand (NZ) drove
the Author to want to investigate whether the pathophysiological consequences of major
trauma of any kind - mostly due to falls in the dementia population - and not just
traumatic brain injury (TBI), may result in dementia.
Both TI and dementia constitute major health and socio-economic problems
contributing to long-term disability worldwide and have important implications for
health service delivery and for medico-legal compensation issues. The first specific
objective was to determine whether dementia was associated with an increased risk and
incidence of trauma in the past and whether such an association might be explained by
the injuries or by medical comorbidities. The second specific objective was to identify
whether there were any differences in the mechanisms of injury and type of discharge
from hospital between cases and controls. The research was a non-experimental,
retrospective, hospital-based, case-control study. Cases and controls were selected from
the Palmerston North Hospital (PNH) acute admissions database and were matched in
terms of exposure to traumatic injury, sex, age, ethnicity, and recorded comordibites.
Statistical and epidemiological analyses were done using RaosoftR and MedCalcR
softwares.
All medical conditions were operationally defined using the current World Health
Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The results showed
that a history of TI was more frequently found in cases with dementia than in the
controls. Patients with dementia and TI were more likely to have preexisting
comorbidities and were more unlikely to be discharged to their previous habitual
residence. The findings strongly indicate that the brain is affected by the way the body
responds to TI both locally and systemically. The conclusion was that the direct and
indirect consequences of TI, mostly due to falls, could constitute a plausible risk factor
for the development or progression of dementia but that further research is needed to
assess what type of trauma and what type of dementia could be involved in the
association, one that is likely to be multifactorial in the elderly population
Use of Communal Nest Entrances by \u3ci\u3eOsmia Simillima\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Six Osmia simillima females used communal nest entrances to gain access to their nests in a piece of buried wood. Some nest characteristics are described
Clem Johnson\u27s General Store
I reckon that that there buildin\u27 across the way jes\u27 looks like a pile of old boards to you folks, the old man at the filling station said as he wiped the car windows. I looked across the road and saw what seemed to be a dingy, run-down loafing place for all the idlers and farmers of the community. Well, it ain\u27t what you\u27re a-thinkin\u27, ma\u27am. That store is Clem\u27s whole life. See, you can tell it\u27s Clem\u27s store \u27cause it says so right up over the door in big red letters, Clem Johnson\u27s General Store. \u27Course, now the sign\u27s kinda faded \u27cause it ain\u27t been painted for nearly twenty years or so, jes\u27 like the whole dern buildin\u27. Clem\u27s been a-managin\u27 that store ever since his pa died when Clem was eighteen. It used to be a right-nice lookin\u27 place
Responsible Autonomy
As intelligent systems are increasingly making decisions that directly affect
society, perhaps the most important upcoming research direction in AI is to
rethink the ethical implications of their actions. Means are needed to
integrate moral, societal and legal values with technological developments in
AI, both during the design process as well as part of the deliberation
algorithms employed by these systems. In this paper, we describe leading ethics
theories and propose alternative ways to ensure ethical behavior by artificial
systems. Given that ethics are dependent on the socio-cultural context and are
often only implicit in deliberation processes, methodologies are needed to
elicit the values held by designers and stakeholders, and to make these
explicit leading to better understanding and trust on artificial autonomous
systems.Comment: IJCAI2017 (International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Linfield College: Study Abroad in France
This letter from returnee Virginia (Zander) Anderson explains the value of studying abroad in France
Capacity building and disaster response : a case study of NGOs' response to Cyclone Evan in Samoa : a research report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of International Development at Massey University, New Zealand
With natural disasters increasing both in number and economic impact, the challenge for governments is to effectively respond to the needs of affected communities. In difficult conditions, and often with resource constraints, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have contributed to meeting the needs of affected communities during disaster responses. NGOs usually have flexible structures, which enable them to respond to a rapidly changing environment. They also often have strong links to the communities in which they work, which creates good synergies when responding to disasters. The involvement of NGOs in a disaster response has been discussed widely in the international community. The challenge is to ensure that NGOs have the capacity to respond effectively when the need arises.
This report has a particular focus on Samoa and uses a capacity building lens to investigate a disaster response. It looks closely at the ability of NGOs to assist the Samoan government in a disaster response. The report used a document analysis and semi-structured interviews, with representatives from NGOs involved in the response to Cyclone Evan in 2012, to investigate capacity building in NGOs with a view to enabling them to respond effectively in disaster.
The key finding of the report is that the ability of NGOs to form relationships with other stakeholders and to maintain those relationships between disaster responses is important to building partnerships that contribute to the effectiveness of a response
Turnover rate of staff nurses
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