12 research outputs found
Making sense of turmoil: how women reconcile their emotional response to discovery of a potential breast cancer symptom
Background: Breast cancer continues to be a major public health problem for women. Early detection and treatment are key to improved outcomes. Whereas most women seek help promptly, some postpone seeking help for self-discovered breast symptoms. Investigation of womenâs help-seeking behavior and the associated influencing factors on self-discovery of a breast symptom were sought. Objectives: The aim of this article is to report the qualitative data from women who had self-discovered a breast symptom. Methods: Women (n = 167) with a self-discovered breast symptom (who were part of a large quantitative correlational study) commented in an open-ended question on their overall experience. Comments were analyzed using Discourse Analysis. Results: Four linked discourses were identified: (1) âbeing and remaining normal,â (2) âemotion,â (3) âbecoming and being abnormal,â and (4) ârationality.â A sidelined discourse of emotion is drawn on to defer taking action based on rational knowledge. Conclusion: The tension between discourses âemotionâ and ârationalityâ further informs our understanding of womenâs help-seeking behavior following self-discovered symptoms. Findings provide a deeper understanding of the emotional aspects of womenâs experience around symptom discovery. Implications: for Practice Findings will be of benefit to all healthcare professionals involved in assessment and screening of breast changes suggestive of breast cancer. They provide a novel insight into the meaning of breast cancer, its diagnosis and treatment, and how this impacts womenâs emotions as they await consultation in a breast clinic
Science Hackathons for Cyberphysical System Security Research: Putting CPS testbed platforms to good use
A challenge is to develop cyber-physical system scenarios that reflect the
diversity and complexity of real-life cyber-physical systems in the research
questions that they address. Time-bounded collaborative events, such as
hackathons, jams and sprints, are increasingly used as a means of bringing
groups of individuals together, in order to explore challenges and develop
solutions. This paper describes our experiences, using a science hackathon to
bring individual researchers together, in order to develop a common use-case
implemented on a shared CPS testbed platform that embodies the diversity in
their own security research questions. A qualitative study of the event was
conducted, in order to evaluate the success of the process, with a view to
improving future similar events
Science hackathons for cyberphysical system security research: putting CPS tesdbed platforms to good use
International audienceA challenge is to develop cyber-physical system scenarios that reflect the diversity and complexity of real-life cyber-physical systems in the research questions that they address. Time-bounded collaborative events, such a hackathons, jams and sprints, are increasingly used as a means of bringing groups of individuals together , in order to explore challenges and develop solutions. This paper describes our experiences, usign a science hackathon to bring individual researchers together, in order to develop a common usecase implemented on a shared CPS testeb platform that embodies the diversity in their own security research questions. A qualitative study of the event was conducted, in order to evaluate the success of the process, with a view to improving future similar event
Biodiversity of Reef-Building, Scleractinian Corals
Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals are moderately well-known for shallow reef habitats, but not for mesophotic depths (>30 m) that are relatively difficult to access. Mesophotic habitats are light-limited, with different hydrodynamics and sedimentation processes, which result in growth forms that are often difficult to classify using traditional schemes based largely on shallow reef specimens. We analyzed published data and museum records, using specimen-based records to minimize classification issues, finding 53 mesophotic species in the western Atlantic Ocean (85% of total species) and 338 in the Indo-Pacific (45%). Only four species were recorded exclusively below 30 m depth, while the great majority were common shallow reef taxa. Over 96% of western Atlantic and 82% of Indo-Pacific genera and most coral lineages were represented below 30 m depth. In the Indo-Pacific, species and genus richness varied widely between regions and were significantly correlated with shallow reef species richness. Overall, species richness decreased steadily with increasing depth, with little evidence for distinct faunal boundaries: 157 species occurred >= 60 m and 31 deeper than 100 m, with species occurrence only moderately related to phylogeny. Our knowledge of mesophotic biodiversity is rapidly changing as more regions are documented and new molecular techniques suggest taxonomic revisions and resolve deepwater cryptic species. We conclude that mesophotic scleractinian fauna are largely a subset of shallow scleractinian fauna, comprising a significant proportion of coral species and most genera, with the potential to play a significant role in lineage preservation and the future of coral reefs