Collective effort to enhance the quality of research evidence in intellectual and developmental disabilities: a case study of an academic-practice network
Corinna Grindle, Louise D. Denne, Emily J. Roberts-Tyler, Suzi Jayne Sapiets, Magda M. Apanasionok, J. Carl Hughes, Richard P. Hastings, Nick Gore, Peter Baker, Claire McDowell Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- With a historic lack of attention to synthesis methods such as systematic review and meta-analysis and a lack of randomised controlled trials, the evidence base for behavioural interventions for children and adults who are autistic or are diagnosed with developmental disabilities is patchy. The Sharland Foundation Developmental Disabilities Applied Behavioural Research...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - April 26, 2024 Category: Disability Authors: Corinna Grindle Louise D. Denne Emily J. Roberts-Tyler Suzi Jayne Sapiets Magda M. Apanasionok J. Carl Hughes Richard P. Hastings Nick Gore Peter Baker Claire McDowell Source Type: research
Overcoming implementation challenges through using a train-the-trainer approach to teach numeracy in a special school setting
This study recruited 13 students aged between 12 and 16 years of age with developmental disabilities to receive TEN-DD. Pre- and post-intervention tests on a standardised numeracy measure were conducted.A train-the-trainer model was developed and successfully delivered to train teaching staff in TEN-DD. A standardised outcome measure indicated that ten students made improvements to their numeracy skills after teachers trained using this approach delivered TEN-DD for between 3 and 10 months.Very little research has been carried out to better understand methods for overcoming implementation challenges for delivering evid...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - April 26, 2024 Category: Disability Authors: Debbie Reardon Magda M. Apanasionok Corinna Grindle Source Type: research
Where are services regarding sexual minorities and psychological therapies post-COVID in 2024? A mixed-method systematised review
Matt Broadway-Horner Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Since COVID-19, many services have burgeoned within the UK, but what about sexual minorities? Since the last review, there are appropriate therapies, but there is often inadequate research. The purpose of this mixed-method review synthesis looking into the efficacy of psychological therapies for sexual minorities. Seven studies were found in total.A mixed-method review synthesis, three studies looking into the efficacy of psychological therapies for sexual minorities and four studies addressing the experiences of sexual ...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - April 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matt Broadway-Horner Source Type: research
Surgical rescue mitral valve procedure post percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy —a single-center observational study
This study evaluates the outcomes of surgical rescue performed within 24 h of undergoing PTMC from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2019. Out of 2259 PTMC patients, 22 patients (< 1%) required rescue mitral valve surgery. Out of 22 patients, 17 patients (77.27%) developed mitral regurgitation; five patients (22.7%) had cardiac tamponade. Mitral valve replacement was performed in 20 patients (90.9%), while two patients (9.1%) underwent mitral valve repair. Cardiac tamponade was secondary to injury of the left atrium (9.1%), left ventricle (4.5%), and right ventricle (9.1%). Concomitant tricuspid valve repair was done i...
Source: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - April 26, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
Transaortic septal myectomy at the time of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: a case series of 55 cases
ConclusionAVR with CSM is a simple technique that can be utilised in severe AS with ABSH. There does not appear to be an increase in mortality or incidence of iatrogenic VSDs. Importantly, CSM allows for the implantation of a larger aortic valve compared to measurements made before CSM. (Source: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - April 26, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
Interfacial charge transfer in sheet Ni2P –FePx heterojunction to promote the study of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00054D, PaperQiangqiang Wang, Xuejing Liu, Xiang Ren, Xu Sun, Xuan Kuang, Dan Wu, Qin Wei Sheet Ni2P –FePx heterojunction promotes adsorption and dissociation of water molecules and electron transport to accelerate the oxygen evolution reaction. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Qiangqiang Wang Source Type: research
Influence of acid –base equilibrium on interactions of some monofunctional coumarin Pd(II) complexes with biologically relevant nucleophiles-comprehensive kinetic study
Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00789A, PaperŽiko Milanović, Zoran Marković, Ana Kesić, Snežana Jovanović Stević, Biljana Petrović, Edina Avdović The study examines Pd(II) complex substitution with biologically relevant nucleophiles, focusing onL-cysteine's coordination modes. It validates the theoretical protocol's efficacy and its potential for guiding future research and applications. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Žiko Milanović Source Type: research
Transition metal and lanthanide modified MOF-808 for barcode design
This study explores the utilization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), particularly those incorporating lanthanide-based elements for their fluorescence capabilities, to create an advanced barcode system. By exploiting the modular nature of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Nele Marquardt Source Type: research
DLPNO-CCSD(T) and DFT study of the acetate-assisted C-H activation of benzaldimine at [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2: the relevance of ligand exchange processes at ruthenium(II) complexes in polar protic media
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Vicente Ojea, Mar ía Ruiz To gain mechanistic insight into the acetate-assisted cyclometallations of arylimines promoted by [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 in polar protic media, DFT geometry optimizations (with M06 andωB97X-D3 functionals and cc-pVDZ-PP[Ru] basis set) followed... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles)
Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Vicente Ojea Source Type: research
Sexual health in Belgian cervical cancer survivors: an exploratory qualitative study
ConclusionBoth treatment-induced physical and psychological experiences were prominent and altered sexuality. Overall, there was a need for HPs to adopt proactive patient-tailored approaches to discuss sexual health. (Source: Quality of Life Research)
Source: Quality of Life Research - April 25, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Evaluation of the internet-based intervention “Selfapy” in participants with unipolar depression and the impact on quality of life: a randomized, parallel group study
ConclusionSelfapy proved to positively affect psychological and physical QOL in a sample of participants suffering from depressive disorders and can therefore be considered an effective and highly scalable therapeutic tool. The pattern of results might partly be attributable to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures that coincided with the trial.Trial registration: German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS): DRKS00017191. Registered June 14th, 2019,https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00017191. (Source: Quality of Life Research)
Source: Quality of Life Research - April 25, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Cross-cultural validity and reliability of the comprehensive assessment of acceptance and commitment therapy processes (CompACT) in people with multiple sclerosis
ConclusionResults support using the refined CompACT-18 as a three-factor measure of psychological flexibility in PwMS. Paper and eCompACT-18 versions are equivalent. CompACT-18 can be used cross-culturally, but sub-optimal scalar invariance suggests that direct comparison between the three language versions should be interpreted with caution. (Source: Quality of Life Research)
Source: Quality of Life Research - April 25, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
News at a glance: Plants ’ tree of life, conserving U.S. federal lands, and entertaining invertebrate sentience
CONSERVATION
Interior Department boosts restoration
The largest manager of public lands in the United States last week announced it will manage them to promote ecological stewardship, while continuing to allow extractive commercial uses such as mining, oil drilling, and cattle grazing. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees nearly 1 million square kilometers of federal land, about 10% of the country’s landmass, mostly in Western states. Under a rule issued on 18 April,
BLM will now assess the ecological condition of all hectares it manages
, not just grazing land. The agency will a...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A gene mutation turned these fish into intrepid explorers
The 240 species of cichlid fish in Africa’s Lake Tanganyika come in an astonishing variety of shapes and sizes, from the paper clip–size “sheller” that lives in abandoned snail shells to the nearly meter-long emperor cichlid. Biologists have long wondered what drove this burst of evolutionary creativity. Now, researchers have demonstrated what many suspected but had not been able to prove: that the behavior of an ancestral species—in this case, an appetite for exploration—set the stage for the rapid evolution.
The work, which appears today in
Science
, also
ties this behavioral trait to a...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
CBT More Effective Than Mindfulness for Prolonged Grief Symptoms Over Time, Study Finds
Both grief-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improved patients ’ symptoms of prolonged grief disorder immediately after 11 weeks of treatment, according to astudy published yesterday inJAMA Psychiatry. Grief-focused CBT, however, was more effective in reducing patients ’ symptom severity six months after treatment ended.“[B]etween 15% and 25% of patients with prolonged grief disorder offered grief-focused cognitive behavior therapy decline to participate in treatment, and between 17% and 50% may not respond to treatment,” wrote Richard A. Bryant, Ph.D., of the Univer...
Source: Psychiatr News - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: cognitive behavior therapy JAMA Psychiatry meditation mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Ph.D. prolonged grief disorder Randomized Clinical Trial Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales Source Type: research
