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Deep Multi-Task Learning For Depression Detection And Prediction In Longitudinal Data, Guansong Pang, Ngoc Thien Anh Pham, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley, Anton Van Den Hengel

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Depression is among the most prevalent mental disorders, affecting millions of people of all ages globally. Machine learning techniques have shown effective in enabling automated detection and prediction of depression for early intervention and treatment. However, they are challenged by the relative scarcity of instances of depression in the data. In this work we introduce a novel deep multi-task recurrent neural network to tackle this challenge, in which depression classification is jointly optimized with two auxiliary tasks, namely one-class metric learning and anomaly ranking. The auxiliary tasks introduce an inductive bias that improves the classification model's generalizability on small depression …

An Innovative Approach To Support The Reliabilities Of Case-Based Discussion Assessment, Heng-Hui Lien, Tien-Shang Huang, Yu-Chun Chiu, Huey-Ling Chen, Ming-Been Lee, Yen-Yuan Chen

Journal of Medical Education

Purpose: To convincingly examine the reliabilities of Case-based Discussion (CbD), we developed three videotaped clinical scenarios played by standardized patients and standardized residents. The objective of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability and internal consistency reliability of CbD to assess medical trainees' clinical reasoning and decision-making. Methods: We developed three clinical scenarios and videotaped as CbD I, CbD II, and CbD III for guaranteeing that all assessors rated exactly the same scenario. We purposefully recruited the assessors with fruitful experiences of assessing medical trainees' clinical reasoning and decision-making from four governmental and private university-affiliated medical centers, …

Effectiveness Of A High-Fidelity Simulation-Based Training Program In Managing Cardiac Arrhythmias In Icu, Ru-Yu Lien, Wen-Ju Yang, Pei-Yu Zhu, Dung-Hung Chiang, Shih-Hsin Hung, Shu-Fen Lu

Journal of Medical Education

The disease severity and patient complexity are extremely high in the intensive care unit (ICU). The objective structured simulation training can effectively improve clinical management, caring ability, decision-making skills and teamwork communication, and hence. Purpose: This study aims to utilize the high-fidelity patient simulator in the ICU when clinical staff handles the emergent situation of arrhythmia, and to also evaluate the ability of handling emergent situations and the effectiveness of teamwork. Methods: The study was conducted in a mixed ICU of a medical center in the northern Taiwan, with a total of 13 training sessions and 87 trainees. The one-group …

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Deriving And Validating An Instrument For Assessing Students' Perspectives On A Completely Digital Problem-Based Learning Curriculum During Covid-19, Chia-Ter Chao, Chao-Chi Ho, Wei-Chung Hsu, Jeng-Yi Shieh, Huey-Ling Chen, Chiun Hsu, Yen-Lin Chiu, Mong-Wei Lin

Journal of Medical Education

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered global lockdowns and social distancing mandates. Traditional problem-based learning (PBL) could be potentially compromised. Completely digitalized PBL curricula could be adapted into or even replace traditional ones. This study investigated whether students' perspectives about PBL confidence changed during digital PBL implementation and aimed to derive and validate an instrument for measuring confidence in PBL curricula. Methods: A completely digital PBL small-group discussion program panel was established in National Taiwan University College of Medicine in March 2020 to replace the traditional PBL course for medical students as an immediate response to COVID-19. …

Construction And Validation Of A Teacher Self-Evaluation Scale To Measure Teaching Performance In A Medical University, Chien-Feng Wang, Ruey-Hsia Wang, Po-Yu Yen, Shu-Ling Huang, Yaw-Bin Huang, Yu-Chih Lin

Journal of Medical Education

Purpose: The evaluation of teaching performance should be multidimensional, and a validated self-evaluation scale is lacking. This study aimed to construct and validate a self-evaluation scale of teaching performance in a medical university. Methods: A 5-dimensional teaching performance framework and an initial pool of 129 items were generated through literature reviews, eight rounds of expert panel discussions, external expert reviews, and a survey with open-ended questions. A pool of 46 items was extracted through the Delphi method and administered to 153 faculty members of a medical university. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed, and 27 valid items were …

Learning Before And During The Covid-19 Outbreak: A Comparative Analysis Of Crisis Learning In South Korea And The Us, Seulki Lee, Jungwon Yeo, Chongmin Na

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Learning is imperative in government responses to crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the South Korean and United States governments’ responses to COVID-19 from a comparative perspective. The analysis focuses on crisis learning conducted before and during the COVID-19 outbreak, using the conceptual categories of intercrisis/intracrisis learning and single-/double-loop learning. The findings suggest that double-loop, intercrisis learning allows for more effective crisis management by (re)developing a common operating framework. The efficacy of learning is enhanced when double-loop learning is followed by single-loop learning that embeds new structures and operational procedures. The findings also suggest that intercrisis learning facilitates …

Health Care Controlling System Using Advanced Smart Pill And Finger Ring., S. Abouamer, M. Youssef

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Home health care is a hot research field in the 21 century. It can reduce the risky and critical cases that may happen to elder and disabled patients. It also improves life quality of patients in their familiar environment. On the other hand, home health care will reduce the medical expense. With the help of the sophisticated communication techniques, widespread applied computers and microcomputers, and micro electro-mechanical systems, as sensing elements and actuators, home health care network has become a reality. Many researches went for excellent applicable results that are used nowadays in any hospitals. These hospitals are equipped with …

Liver Cancer-Specific Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal Is A Potentially Novel Biomarker For The Early Detection Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Felix Lu, Pir Ahmad Shah, Abhishek Rao, Cynthia Gifford-Hollingsworth, Anne Chen, Gary Trey, Mina Soryal, Arslan Talat, Aysha Aslam, Bilal Nasir, Saad Choudhry, Rizwan Ishtiaq, Hanna Sanoff, Lanla F Conteh, Anne Noonan, Ke-Qin Hu, Carl Schmidt, Janssen Research & Development, Jesse M. Civan, Gary Xiao, Daryl T-Y Lau, Xuanyong Lu

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

Introduction: Liver cancer-secreted serine protease inhibitor Kazal (LC-SPIK) is a protein that is specifically elevated in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We assessed the performance of LC-SPIK in detecting HCC, including its early stages, in patients with cirrhosis, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Methods: We enrolled 488 patients, including 164 HCC patients (81 early HCC) and 324 controls in a blinded, prospective, case-control study. Serum LC-SPIK levels were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based assay. The performance of serum LC-SPIK and α-fetoprotein (AFP), including area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity, are compared. The performance …

Effects Of Caffeine Gum On Muscular Strength And Power In Recreationally Active Females, Lindsay D. Montgomery

Theses and Dissertations

Research indicates that a moderate dose of caffeine may enhance muscular strength and power, particularly in males. Less is known on caffeine’s impact on muscular performance in females. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a 200 mg dose caffeine gum on muscular strength and muscular power in recreationally active females. Nineteen women participated in 3 laboratory sessions, the first being the familiarization trial. During the next two visits, the participants were given either 200 mg of caffeine gum or a placebo gum, rested for 15 minutes, completed a 10 minute warm-up, then performed performance testing …

A Mixed Methods Study Of Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports And Its Influence On Effective Implementation, Tiffany J. Baskin-Downs

Theses and Dissertations

The use of a multi-tiered system of supports framework has been of growing interest in addressing issues related to disruptive behaviors and school suspensions. The purpose of this mixed-methods sequential, explanatory study was to examine middle school teachers’ perceptions (behavioral expectations defined, behavioral expectations taught, and an ongoing system for rewarding behavioral expectations) of their efforts toward implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with fidelity in two middle schools within an urban school district located in Georgia. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, homogeneity of variance Levene’s test, t-tests, factorial analysis, a one-way analysis of variance, post-hoc tests, frequencies and …

Mixed Methods Study Of Special Education Training In Educational Leadership Preparation Programs In Rural Georgia, Robert Lewis-Vice

Theses and Dissertations

This research study addressed the problem that school leaders may not be adequately prepared to address the needs of an increasing population of students with special needs. The purpose of the study was to examine the difference between beliefs and perceptions of middle and high school leaders and special education teachers about the knowledge and skills necessary to implement special education programs effectively. The conceptual framework of this study focused on the preparation of principals and assistant principals at the university level through certification programs and district level programs. For this causal-comparative research design study, the quantitative and qualitative data …

In-Depth Analysis Of College Students’ Data Privacy Awareness, Vernon D. Andrews

Theses and Dissertations

While attending university, college students need to be aware of issues related to data privacy. Regardless of the age, gender, race, or education level of college students, every student can relate to the advancement of the internet within the last decades. The internet has completely transformed the way the world receives and stores messages. Positively, the internet allows messages to be sent across the globe within the fraction of a second and provides students with access to potentially unlimited information on a variety of subjects. On the downside, there are issues on the internet that can cause more harm than …

Who Decides?: Civil Consent Jurisdiction Of U.S. Magistrate Judges And Third-Party Intervention, Eric Lim

Fordham Law Review

The Federal Magistrates Act permits a U.S. magistrate judge to preside over and enter final judgment in a civil case as a district judge would if all parties to the case have consented to the magistrate judge’s jurisdiction. Parties must consent voluntarily and affirmatively—although consent can be implied from the circumstances—to protect the parties’ constitutional right to have their case heard by an Article III judge. To vindicate this right, a body of jurisprudence has developed distinguishing dispositive matters, for which a magistrate judge requires the consent of all the parties in a case to rule on the matter, and …

Taking Nitrogen By Storm: Spatial And Temporal Controls On Nitrogen Processing In A Small Reservoir, Eliza Balch

Master's Theses and Capstones

Nitrate inputs pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems, leading to eutrophication, algal blooms, and habitat loss in downstream coastal marine and estuarine habitats. Rivers and streams can attenuate nitrogen between inputs and coastal outputs, moderating ecosystem harm. While nitrogen dynamics in streams and rivers have been studied for decades, less is known about the wetlands through which they flow, namely small reservoirs. Storms can have a large influence on nitrogen processing in reservoirs through hydrologic changes and introduction of new solute sources, but are poorly understood. To understand the spatial and temporal variability of nitrogen processing in a small reservoir, …

Quantifying The Effects Of Land Use And Flow Regime On Metabolism In New England Streams, Daniel R. Bolster

Master's Theses and Capstones

Metabolism in aquatic ecosystems influences food webs and water quality but is potentially altered by changes in land use and flow regime. The interacting effects of storms and land use on stream metabolism are largely understudied. The goal of this study was to understand how flow variability and land use interact to affect biogeochemical cycling in headwater streams. In situ measurements of stage, water temperature, and dissolved oxygen (DO) were made in three headwater streams draining different land uses (urban, forest, and mixed) and one larger river site from July 2017 to January 2018. All streams were located in the …

Environmental, Human Health, And Economic Implications Of Landfill Leachate Treatment For Pfas Removal, Danyi Feng

Master's Theses and Capstones

Landfill leachate is commonly treated offsite with municipal wastewater. This offsite leachate treatment may be limited or no longer applicable due to the increasingly stringent regulations and concerns related to PFAS discharge into the environment, resulting in development of full-scale, onsite leachate treatment facilities. To help landfills prepare for the potential shift from offsite to onsite leachate treatment for PFAS compliance, this study analyzed and compared the environmental, human health, and economic performances of a typical onsite and a typical offsite leachate treatment alternative using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost assessment (LCCA). Two distinct functional units were …

Does Money Really Grow On Trees? A Case Study Of The Economic And Ecosystem Outcomes Of Timber Stand Improvement In New Hampshire, Mackenzie Kalp

Master's Theses and Capstones

Timber stand improvement (TSI) is one silviculture method that landowners can apply to their forest to enhance timber quality as well as ecosystem services, such as deadwood in the form of standing deadwood, snags, and coarse woody debris (CWD). There are few studies on the economic effectiveness of TSI as a forest management practice. This research uses data collected on land owned by the Blue Hills Foundation, in Strafford, New Hampshire, to present a case study examining economic and ecosystem outcomes of TSI. Because interest rates and market prices are constantly fluctuating, we evaluated outcomes at various interest rates. We …

Backlogged Or Logjammed? An Analysis Of The Patterns That Surround The Rape Kit Backlog Across Jurisdictions, Elizabeth Dowd

Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Untested rape kits sit in crime labs, hospitals, evidence lockers, or storage facilities untouched. In the worst-case scenarios, rape kits have been thrown out of police storage before the statute of limitations had expired. A major public policy problem is developing as these kits stack up and create a backlog. The primary problem with the rape kit backlog is that all victims are not receiving justice. To solve the problem, the backlog of rape kits needs further exploration and analysis. If a pattern can be established about why the problem is occurring, then policies can be constructed and implemented to …

An Extensive Literature Review On Neonatal Pain Assessment & Management, Bailey Bishop

The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses

Neonatal pain assessment and management is a field requiring much more research. This literature review outlines the current climate of neonatal pain assessment, compares a variety of neonatal pain scales on validity and clinical utility, and implications for how neonatal pain management can be improved. Neonates experience pain to the same degree, if not more, than everyone else. Unmanaged pain during the neonatal period leads to adverse health outcomes. In order to prevent these atrocities from this vulnerable population, NICU pain assessing needs to become the standard of care.

Occupational Health Nursing - Musculoskeletal Disorders & Stretching, Katherine Hale

The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses

For employees who work in food processing plants, work related injuries can take a serious physical toll because of the continuous repetition of the tasks that they perform. Occupational health nurses work hard to encourage correct body mechanics in the workplace and are often the ones to treat those injuries. An internship at a food manufacturing plant allowed me to step into the shoes of an occupational health nurse and witness the difficulties that come with the position. The purpose of my position was to educate the food processing plant employees on proper ergonomics as well as create a stretching …

Online Marketplaces' Responsibility For Harm From Counterfeit Cosmetics, Samantha J. Levin

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

Redefining The Trips Agreement To Accommodate En Masse Compulsory Licensing Of Vaccines & Other Pharmaceuticals For The Treatment Of Covid-19, Alexandra H. Farquhar

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

The Drug (Pricing) Wars: States, Preemption, And Unsustainable Prices, Isaac D. Buck

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rational Design Of 2,4-Disubstituted Quinazoline Small Molecules To Inhibit The Inflammatory Cytokine Oncostatin M, Riley Olsen

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Inflammation is one of the body's most important natural defense mechanisms involved in wound healing. It is usually triggered by a harmful event, such as physical trauma or exposure to external stimuli including bacteria, fungi, viruses, harmful chemicals, or environmental particulates. The inflammatory process brings blood containing inflammatory mediators consisting of leukocytes, hormones, and cytokines to the site of trauma to begin healing. However, the lack of a proper inflammatory response or an overactive response can lead to further progressive tissue damage resulting in chronic inflammatory conditions or death. The cytokine oncostatin M (OSM) is of particular interest due to …

Observed Defects Of Swiss Cheese Based On The Microbiome Contribution To The Production Of Organic Acids, Vannessa D. Campfield

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

The United States Department of Agriculture downgrades on the order of 17% of all Swiss cheese produced in the United States due to defects. Many of these defects are related to improper eye formation, number, distribution, or size; leading to an industry loss of over $69 million per annum. The microbiome in Swiss-type cheeses plays a significant role in eye development due to production of organic acids and gaseous emissions contingent on bacterial abundance and phenotype. The relationship between bacteria and the organic acids they produce leading to Swiss cheese defects can be correlated using Next-generation sequencing and high-performance liquid …

Forming Institutional Values: An Exploratory Investigation Of The Interinstitutional Logics System And National Collegiate Athletic Association Embedded Agents, Jay Martyn

Dissertations

The institutional logics perspective is a metatheoretical framework utilized to examine the interrelationships between institutions, individuals, and organizations in a social system (Thornton et al., 2012). A developing thought in the institutional logics perspective is the concept of the interinstitutional system, which is a framework for understanding a levels metatheory of institutions. Undeniably, there has been a growing demand for literature in the sport management field pertaining to Institutional Theory and scholars have emphasized the necessity to examine institutional logics in the sport industry (Washington & Patterson, 2011). Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the logics …

Rural Cochlear Implant Services: Reflections From Parents And (Re)Habilitation Professionals, Natalie J. Austin

Dissertations

Austin, Natalie J. Rural cochlear implant services: Reflections from parents and (re)habilitation professionals. Published Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, 2020. The idea of what “rural” means and the influence of this setting is very complex. The impact on the resources and services available to the family, school district, and community goes beyond geographic barriers. Despite there being known problems with service provision for children with hearing loss in rural areas, little is being done to improve the support offered to families and professionals working to meet the needs of children who have cochlear implants. The purpose of …

An Intensive Longitudinal Functional Lineary Model With Multiple Time Scales, Mostafa Zahed

Dissertations

In this study an intensive longitudinal functional model with multiple time-varying scales with scalar outcome, multiple functional predictors, one or more scalar covariates and subject-specific random intercepts through mixed model equivalence was proposed. The framework consists of estimating a time-varying coefficient function that is modeled as a linear combination of time-invariant functions with time-varying coefficients. The model uses information structure of the penalty, while the estimation procedure exploits the equivalence between penalized least squares estimation and a linear mixed model representation. The process is empirically evaluated with several simulations. The simulation suggested that as the sample size and level of …

Documenting A Personal And National History: Echoes Of The Urban-Rural Divide In The Works Of Helga Gamboa, Sonja Gelin

Honors Theses

This paper analyzes a series of vessels created by artist Helga Gamboa from 2003-2008. Gamboa, an Angolan artist, based in the United Kingdom, uses her work to recount the experiences of rural women during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) and her own experience growing up in the capital during the final years of the Salazar-Caetano regime. Gamboa’s syncretic approach incorporates European tin-glazing and indigenous African hand-building techniques. Early Modern Portuguese and traditional Southern Angolan material culture also guide the artist. The resulting works document a lasting urban-rural divide among Angolan women, dating back to colonial policy, liberation struggles, and civil …