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International Consensus Statement On The Psychosocial And Policy-Related Approaches To Mental Health Awareness Programmes In Sport, Gavin Breslin, Andy Smith, Brad Donohue, Paul Donnelly, Stephen Shannon, Tandy Haughey, Stewart A. Vella, Christian F. Swann, Stewart Cotterill, Tadhg Macintyre, Tim Rogers, Gerard Leavey

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Background: Research focused on mental health in sport has revealed a need to develop evidence-supported mental health practices that are sensitive to sport culture, particularly for non-elite athletes. A consensus statement was produced to assist effective mental health awareness in sport and guide programme implementation in this rapidly emerging field.

Method: The AGREE Reporting Checklist 2016 was used in two international expert consultation meetings, followed by two online surveys. Experts from 10 countries and over 30 organisations contributed.

Results: Six objectives were agreed: (1) to define mental health awareness and service implementation constructs for inclusion in programmes delivered in sporting …

Shifts In Space And Self: Moving From Community To University, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Erica Southgate, Ann Jardine, Shamus Smith, Janine Delahunty

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University enrolments have grown at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and this participation is only set to increase (Kemp & Norton, 2014; Universities Australia, 2015). However, rates of completion during the same period have remained relatively static, and the numbers of students who depart university remains significant, consistently hovering between 15-18 per cent of the total Australian student population (Higher Education Standards Panel, 2018). Disproportionate numbers of these early leavers are from rural and remote areas, so exploring how regional and remote learners consider their post-schooling futures can provide some insight into the fundamental issues behind this attrition. …

Adiposity And Attained Height In Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis From The Labmed Physical Activity Study, Rafaela Rosario, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Luis Carlos Oliveira Lopes, Pedro Moreira, Patricia Padrao, Andre Oliveira, Carla Moreira, Susana Povoas, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos

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To investigate the associations between adiposity and attained height over a 2-year period in healthy adolescents. One thousand and seventeen adolescents aged 12-18 years participated in this cohort study; 893 (87.8%) were reevaluated 1 year later (T2) and 734 (72.2%) subjects 2 years later (T3). Body fat and anthropometry were measured according to standardized procedures. Socioeconomic status, pubertal stage and lifestyles determinants were gathered and used as confounders. Prospective associations between adiposity and height were examined using generalized linear models. Greater adiposity at T1 was significantly associated with a lower attained height over time, when adjusting for confounders, which varied …

Adherence To Southern European Atlantic Diet And Physical Fitness On The Atherogenic Index Of Plasma In Adolescents, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Arieli Dias, Caroline Brand, Sigute Norkiene, Sandra Abreu, Adroaldo Gaya, Anelise Gaya, Luis Carlos Oliveira Lopes, Carla Moreira, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos

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We sought (i) to evaluate the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness (MF) and Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEADiet) with atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and (ii) to investigate de combined association of MF, CRF and SEADiet on AIP in adolescents. A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 493 adolescents (285 girls and 208 boys) aged 15-18 years, from the Portuguese Azorean Archipelago. CRF was measured by shuttle run test and MF by curl up and push up tests. Adherence to SEADiet was assessed with a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The AIP was estimated as log (TG/HDL-C). Measures …

How Do Students Adapt In Response To Academic Failure?, Rola Ajjawi, David J. Boud, Nadine Zacharias, Mary Dracup, Sue Bennett

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Ensuring student success has long been on the research agenda in higher education. In this study, we seek to understand if the changes students make in light of academic failure are consistent with this literature. Little is known about students who fail but subsequently persist in their studies. Through an online survey with students who had failed and persisted, we identified drivers for persistence and how students adapted in response to academic failure. Thematic analysis showed that the majority of students did not seek institutional support following academic failure but they did seek support from peers, family and friends. These …

Establishing A Scientific Consensus On The Cognitive Benefits Of Physical Activity, Nesrin Nazlieva, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Martine Baars, Fred Paas

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Research suggests that physical activity can be used as an intervention to increase cognitive function. Yet, there are competing views on the cognitive effects of physical activity and it is not clear what level of consensus exists among researchers in the field. The purpose of this study was two-fold: Firstly, to quantify the scientific consensus by focusing on the relationship between physical activity and cognitive function. Secondly, to investigate if there is a gap between the public's and scientists' interpretations of scientific texts on this topic. A two-phase study was performed by including 75 scientists in the first phase and …

Social And Spatial Inequalities In Allostatic Load Among Adults In China: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study, Fan Mao, Thomas E. Astell-Burt, Xiaoqi Feng, Yunning Liu, Jianqun Dong, Shiwei Liu, Lijun Wang, Yingying Jiang, Wenlan Dong, Maigeng Zhou, Limin Wang

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Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives To investigate potential geographical and socioeconomic patterning of allostatic load (AL) in China. Design Multilevel longitudinal study of the 2010 Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance linked to the National Death Surveillance up to 31 December 2015. Setting All 31 provinces in China, not including Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan. Participants 96 466 ≥ 18 years old (women=54.3%). Exposures Person-level educational attainment and mean years of education in counties. Outcome AL was measured using clinical guidelines for nine biomarkers: body …

Learning And Teaching In Culturally Diverse Classrooms, Skye Playsted

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Shark Nets Are Destructive And Don't Keep You Safe - Let's Invest In Lifeguards, Leah Maree Gibbs, Lachlan Fetterplace, Quentin A. Hanich

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As Australians look forward to the summer beach season, the prospect of shark encounters may cross their minds. Shark control has been the subject of furious public debate in recent years and while some governments favour lethal methods, it is the wrong route. Our study, published today in People and Nature, presents further evidence that lethal shark hazard management damages marine life and does not keep people safe. We examined the world's longest-running lethal shark management program, the New South Wales Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program, introduced in 1937. We argue it is time to move on from shark nets …

Jindaola, An Aboriginal Way For Curriculum Development, Jade E. Kennedy, Lisa K. Thomas, Alisa J. Percy, Julia I. Avena, Bonnie Amelia Dean, Kathryn Harden-Thew, Janine Delahunty, Maarten F. De Laat

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Reproduction And Transformation Of Students' Technology Practice: The Tale Of Two Distinctive Secondary Student Cases, Karley A. Beckman, Sue Bennett, Lori Lockyer

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Disparities in the technology practices, skills and knowledge of school students still exist, despite widespread investment, and use in schools. In order to understand why inequalities remain, we first need a more nuanced understanding of students' technology practice, including understanding how their backgrounds, circumstances and experiences shape their perceptions of and engagement with technology. This paper proposes that research in the field of educational technology would benefit from a sociological framing in order to highlight how and why students use technology at school and in their everyday lives. The paper reports on a qualitative embedded case study of 13-16‐year‐old students …

Who Drinks Sugar Sweetened Beverages And Juice? An Australian Population Study Of Behaviour, Awareness And Attitudes, Caroline Miller, Melanie Dr Melanie Wakefield, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, David Roder, Kerin O'Dea, Kerry Ettridge, Joanne Dono

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Background: The rate of overweight and obesity in Australia is among the highest in the world. Yet Australia lags other countries in developing comprehensive educative or regulatory responses to address sugary drink consumption, a key modifiable risk factor that contributes substantial excess sugar to the diet. Measurement of sugary drink consumption is typically sporadic and nutrition focussed and there is limited knowledge of community perceptions and awareness of the health risks associated with excess sugary drink consumption. The aim of this study was to assess the demographic characteristics, behavioural risk factors and attitudes and knowledge associated with sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) …

Sleep-Dependent Selective Imitation In Infants, Carolin Konrad, Nora D. Dirks, Annegret Warmuth, Jane S. Herbert, Silvia Schneider, Sabine Seehagen

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In adults, sleep selectively consolidates those memories that are relevant for future events. The present study tested whether napping after encoding plays a role in selective memory consolidation in infants. Infants aged 15 and 24 months (n = 48 per age) were randomly assigned to a nap or a no-nap demonstration condition, or a baseline control condition. In the demonstration conditions, infants observed an experimenter perform an irrelevant action followed by a relevant action to achieve a desirable outcome on four different toys. Infant imitation of irrelevant and relevant actions was coded at a test session that occurred after a …

Massive Landsliding In Narrabeen Sandstones In The Watagan Region, S G. Fityus, Phil Flentje, R Rigby

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The Narrabeen Group is a thick sequence of bedded Triassic sandstones which occupies the stratigraphic interval between the Permian coal measures and the Hawkesbury Sandstone in the Sydney Basin. In the northern Sydney Basin it is laterally extensive, extending throughout the southern Hunter Valley from the Central Coast to beyond the Great Divide. In the Watagans region, a unique situation arises where a disconformity causes the Narrabeen group to be underlain directly by Permian upper marine sediments. The result is a dramatic occurrence of ancient massive landsliding, leading to steep sandstone slopes that break to an elevated detrital plane, of …

Fringe Projection Profilometry For The 3d Shape Measurement Of Objects With Three-Dimensional Movements, Chengpu Duan, Yiwei Zhang, Jiangtao Xi, Jun Tong, Yanguang Yu, Qinghua Guo

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© 2019 SPIE. Phase shifting profilometry (PSP) is considered as an effective method for 3D shape measurement based on fringe projection. However, PSP is not suitable for dynamic measurement, as it requires that the object be kept still. Movement of the object during the cause of projection of multiple fringe patterns may lead to significant error in the measurement of the 3D shape. A number of approaches were proposed to combat this problem consisting of two steps: Capturing of the movement and then compensation (or correction) of fringe patterns. However, such compensation is only valid for the cases where the …

Improve 3d Shape Reconstruction With Dual-Camera Measurement Fusion, Yuewen Zhu, Qinghua Guo, Jiangtao Xi, Yanguang Yu, Jun Tong

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© 2019 SPIE. In this work, we consider the problem of 3D shape reconstruction with a system with two cameras and one projector, which can be regarded as a composite system with two fringe projection profilometry (FPP) systems and one stereo vision (SV) system. Different from the active SV systems in the literature where FPP is used to assist SV to address the issue of corresponding matching, a new system is proposed in this paper by constructing a fusion cost function with the consideration of both FPP and SV triangulations, so that the measurements of the two cameras can be …

Changes In The Incidence And Uptake Of Reproductive Surgery Versus In Vitro Fertilisation In Australia Between 2001 And 2015: A Population-Based Study, Leon Foster, Stephen Robson, Anusch Yazdani, Pauline Y. O'Shaughnessy

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© 2018 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Objective: Improvements in success rates of assisted reproduction led to predictions that infertility surgery in both women and men would become extinct in developed countries. We sought to identify the changes in reproductive surgery that occurred between 2001 and 2015 to determine whether these predictions have been accurate. Design: The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) national procedural dataset and the Australian Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) claims database were searched for procedure data for male and female reproductive surgery and assisted reproduction from January 2001 to …

Review Of Coal And Gas Outburst In Australian Underground Coal Mines, Dennis J. Black

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Outburst of coal and gas represents a significant risk to the health and safety of mine personnel working in development and longwall production face areas. There have been over 878 outburst events recorded in twenty-two Australian underground coal mines. Most outburst incidents have been associated with abnormal geological conditions. Details of Australian outburst incidents and mining experience in conditions where gas content was above current threshold levels are presented and discussed. Mining experience suggests that for gas content below 9.0 m 3 /t, mining in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) rich seam gas conditions does not pose a greater risk …

Derivative-Based Acceleration Of General Vector Machine, Binbin Yong, Fucun Li, Qingquan Lv, Jun Shen, Qingguo Zhou

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General vector machine (GVM) is one of supervised learning machine, which is based on three-layer neural network. It is capable of constructing a learning model with limited amount of data. Generally, it employs Monte Carlo algorithm (MC) to adjust weights of the underlying network. However, GVM is time-consuming at training and is not efficient when compared with other learning algorithm based on gradient descent learning. In this paper, we present a derivative-based Monte Carlo algorithm (DMC) to accelerate the training of GVM. Our experimental results indicate that DMC algorithm is faster than the original MC method. Specifically, the training time …

A Novel Cloud Based Auxiliary Medical System For Hypertension Management, Rui Zhou, Yunshan Cao, Rui Zhou, Qingwei Zhou, Jun Shen, Qingguo Zhou, Haifeng Zhang

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As a common disease, hypertension (HTN) can lead to severe complications such as heart failure, renal failure and stroke. However, delayed diagnosis often happens because of no obvious symptoms in earlier stage. This paper addresses the issue through a novel cloud based auxiliary medical system for HTN. Nowadays, telemedicine has been used to diagnose and monitor HTN by sharing and consulting personal health status with doctors. Its high flexibility and processing ability have helped to reduce the overall cost of medical care and enhanced the control rate. Technically, telemedicine uses communication, holographic imaging and computer science to achieve the management …

Occurrence And Bioconcentration Of Micropollutants In Silver Perch (Bidyanus Bidyanus) In A Reclaimed Water Reservoir, Ashley Terechovs, Ashley Ansari, James A. Mcdonald, Stuart J. Khan, Faisal I. Hai, Nathan A. Knott, John L. Zhou, Long D. Nghiem

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This study examined the occurrence of 49 micropollutants in reclaimed water and Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) living in a reclaimed water reservoir. The numbers of micropollutants detected in reclaimed water, Silver Perch liver, and Silver Perch flesh were 20, 23, and 19, respectively. Concentrations of all micropollutants in reclaimed water, except benzotriazole, were well below the Australian Guideline for Recycled Water (AGRW) values for potable purposes. The concentration of benzotriazole in reclaimed water was 675 ± 130 ng/L while the AGRW value for this compound was 7 ng/L. Not all micropollutants detected in the water phase were identified in the …

Estimating Spatial Changes Over Time Of Arctic Sea Ice Using Hidden 2x2 Tables, Bohai Zhang, Noel A. Cressie

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Arctic sea ice extent has been of considerable interest to scientists in recent years, mainly due to its decreasing temporal trend over the past 20 years. In this article, we propose a hierarchical spatio-temporal generalized linear model for binary Arctic sea-ice-extent data, where statistical dependencies in the data are modeled through a latent spatio-temporal linear mixed effects model. By using a fixed number of spatial basis functions, the resulting model achieves both dimension reduction and non-stationarity for spatial fields at different time points. An EM algorithm is proposed to estimate model parameters, and an empirical-hierarchical-modeling approach is applied to obtain …

Influence Of Molecular Structure On Lubrication Of Aqueous Triblock Copolymer Lubricants Between Rutile Surfaces: An Md Approach, Thi D. Ta, Anh Kiet Tieu, Hongtao Zhu, Shanhong Wan, Hoang The Phan, Jingcheng Hao

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The influence of molecular structure on adsorption and lubrication of aqueous triblock copolymer on TiO2surfaces has been investigated using a realistic MD model. Reference data obtained from DFT calculations have been employed to develop an interaction potential between the copolymer and TiO2surface. The results show that R Pluronics form an anchor-buoy-anchor structure absorbed on TiO2surface and L Pluronic for buoy-anchor-buoy structure. The shear of tribo-system influences slightly on the orientation of copolymers and non-slip behavior has been observed at solid-fluid interfaces due to the strong adhesion strength of copolymer on rutile surface. The shear viscosity increases with copolymer concentration and …

Numerical Analysis Of Axially Loaded Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Short Columns At Elevated Temperatures, Ghanim Mohammed Kamil, Qing Quan Liang, Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Elevated temperatures significantly reduce the local buckling strengths of steel tubes and the ultimate strengths of rectangular concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns exposed to fire. No fiber-based models have been developed that include local buckling effects on the fire-resistance of rectangular CFST columns. This paper presents a new fiber element model for the fire-resistance predictions of axially loaded rectangular CFST short columns at elevated temperatures considering local buckling. The thermal analysis problem of a CFST column is solved by the finite difference method to determine the temperature distribution within its cross-section including an air gap, concrete moisture content and the …

Minimal Hypersurfaces In The Ball With Free Boundary, Glen Wheeler, V.-M Wheeler

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In this note we use the strong maximum principle and integral estimates prove two results on minimal hypersurfaces F:Mn→Rn+1 with free boundary on the standard unit sphere. First we show that if F is graphical with respect to any Killing field, then F(Mn) is a flat disk. This result is independent of the topology or number or boundaries. Second, if Mn=Dn is a disk, we show the supremum of the curvature squared on the interior is bounded below by n times the infimum of the curvature on the boundary. These may be combined the give an impression of the curvature …

Work Pattern Of Neurology Nurses In A Chinese Hospital: A Time And Motion Study, Ping Yu, Liying Song, Siyu Qian, X Yao, Jue Huang, Lingtong Min, Xudong Lu, Huilong Duan, Ning Deng

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Aim: To investigate nursing work patterns in a neurology department in a Chinese hospital. Background: Knowledge of nursing work patterns is important for nursing management and work design, and for the evaluation of organizational process change associated with the introduction of an innovation.

Methods: A time‐and‐motion method was used to observe 14 registered nurses' (RNs') work patterns in a neurology department in a Chinese hospital. Results: There were 147 hr of observation. Overall, the most time‐consuming activities were verbal communication (28.5%) and documentation (28.3%), followed by indirect care (14.6%) and direct care (14%). Compared to support RNs, charge …

On Tetragonality Of The Martensite Crystal Lattice In Steels, V Lobodyuk, Yu Ya Meshkov, Elena V. Pereloma

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This article addresses the pseudo-tetragonal nature of the crystal lattice of martensite in carbon-containing steels. It is proposed that the periodic distortion of c-cube edges by the presence of carbon atoms is better reflected in the root-mean-square distortions of martensite lattice than by the value of doublet splitting of the corresponding X-ray reflections of the martensite crystal.

A Robust Registration Method For Autonomous Driving Pose Estimation In Urban Dynamic Environment Using Lidar, Rendong Wang, Youchun Xu, Miguel Sotelo, Yulin Ma, T Sarkodie-Gyan, Zhixiong Li, Weihua Li

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The registration of point clouds in urban environments faces problems such as dynamic vehicles and pedestrians, changeable road environments, and GPS inaccuracies. The state-of-the-art methodologies have usually combined the dynamic object tracking and/or static feature extraction data into a point cloud towards the solution of these problems. However, there is the occurrence of minor initial position errors due to these methodologies. In this paper, the authors propose a fast and robust registration method that exhibits no need for the detection of any dynamic and/or static objects. This proposed methodology may be able to adapt to higher initial errors. The initial …

Analytical Expressions For Characterising Voltage Dips And Phase-Angle Jumps In Electricity Networks, Most Begum, Mollah R. Alam, Kashem M. Muttaqi

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Voltage dips/sags are one of the major concerns for electricity consumers as well as utility service providers. Therefore, the characterisation of voltage dips/sags is required. This study presents a set of mathematical expressions for characterising different types of voltage dips/sags and their associated phase-angle jumps, which are typically found due to faults and/or disturbances in electricity networks. The expressions are derived analytically from the model of the power network containing generators, transmission and/or distribution lines, transformers etc. Four types of voltage dips, namely, A, B, E, and G, which are associated with four major types of faults including balanced three-phase …

Mobile Health Interventions For Self-Control Of Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Systematic Review, Ting Song, Siyu Qian, Ping Yu

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Background: Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is one of the major causes of preventable morbidity, mortality, and associated behavioral risks worldwide. Although mobile health (mHealth) interventions can provide consumers with an effective means for self-control of UAU in a timely, ubiquitous, and cost-effective manner, to date, there is a lack of understanding about different health outcomes brought by such interventions. The core components of these interventions are also unclear.

Objective: This study aimed to systematically review and synthesize the research evidence about the efficacy of mHealth interventions on various health outcomes for consumer self-control of UAU and to identify …