Consensus Statement for the Management and Communication of High Risk Laboratory Results

Ineffective test follow-up is a major source of harm for patients around the world. Unreliable communication from medical laboratories (henceforth termed ‘laboratories’) to clinicians of results that represent critical or significant risk to patients (collectively termed ‘high risk results’) is a contributing factor to this problem. Throughout Australasia, management practices for such results vary considerably. The recommendations presented in this document are based on best practice derived from the published literature and follow consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. These recommendations were created to harmonise Australasian practices by guiding laboratories in the design and implementation of safe and effective communication procedures for managing high risk results which require timely notification.     

Psychophysiological indicators for children using mobile phones. Communication 2. Results of four-year monitoring

This study submits the results of a four-year monitoring of a complex diagnostics of the psychophysiological indicators for 196 children aged 7 to 12 years old: 147 of them are child users of mobile communication (test group) and 49 are in the control group. We have identified the following major trends of the psychophysiological indicators for child users of mobile communication: an increased number of phonemic perception disorders, abatement of efficiency, reduced indicators for the arbitrary and semantic memory, an increased fatigue. A steady decline of the parameters from high values to bottom standards has been found.     

引起重组白蛋白电泳检测假性结果的研究

目的:建立SDS-PAGE结合pH值变化对重组人血白蛋白电泳检测假性结果的分析方法。方法:采用还原SDS-PAGE(12.5%)和Native-PAGE(8%～25%),将包含重组人血白蛋白的发酵上清液的pH值分别调为4.0、5.0、6.0、6.5、7.5、8.0、9.0和10.0进行电泳分析。结果:在不同的pH值条件下,重组人血白蛋白会出现不同程度的降解。结论:包含重组人血白蛋白的发酵液中存在不同种类的蛋白酶,导致重组人血白蛋白的假性降解。     

Contention-Aware Communication Schedule for High-Speed Communication

A lot of efforts have been devoted to address the software overhead problem in the past decade, which is known as the major hindrance on high-speed communication. However, this paper shows that having a low-latency communication system does not guarantee to achieve high performance, as there are other communication issues that have not been fully addressed by the use of low-latency communication, such as contention and scheduling of communication events. In this paper, we use the complete exchange operation as a case study to show that with careful design of communication schedules, we can achieve efficient communication as well as prevent congestion. We have developed a complete exchange algorithm, the Synchronous Shuffle Exchange, which is an optimal algorithm on the non-blocking network. To avoid congestion loss caused by the non-deterministic delays in communication events, a global congestion control scheme is introduced. This scheme coordinates all participating nodes to monitor and regulate the traffic load, which effectively avoids congestion loss and maintains sufficient throughput to maximize the performance. To improve the effectiveness of the congestion control scheme when working on the hierarchical network, we incorporate information on the network topology to devise a contention-aware permutation. This permutation scheme generates a communication schedule, which is both node and switch contention-free as well as distributing the network loads more evenly across the hierarchy. This relieves the congestion build-up at the uplink ports and improves the synchronism of the traffic information exchange between cluster nodes. Performance results of our implementation on a 32-node cluster with various network configurations are examined and reported in this paper.     

Tropical monsoon forests of Vietnam (Results of 20 Years of Phytoecological Research)

This study was carried out during the period 1989–2011. The following areas were included: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Primary tropical forest and anthropogenically transformed ecosystems, including those damaged by the chemical warfare program of the United States in Vietnam, were investigated. Some regularities in the structure dynamics and functioning of forests ecosystems under a tropical monsoon climate have been revealed. The principles of classification of tropical forests have been elaborated. The major results of investigation of the tropical monsoon forests in Vietnam are given.     

Talking Frogs: The Role of Communication in Ecological Research on Private Land

This paper argues that improving the communication between landholders and ecologists will result in better conservation outcomes for ecosystem management on private land. It examines a case study of ecological research on frogs undertaken on private, agricultural land in south-eastern Australia. The paper questions the traditional separation of ecological science from landholders specifically and the public in general. In addressing this issue the authors wish to improve the relevance of ecology for landholders, raise the profile of social science for ecologists working on private land and examine the implications of improving ecologist – landholder relationships. For landholders, an improved understanding of the ecological context of their agricultural activities may lead to sustainability gains. For ecologists, a deeper appreciation for the social context of their ecological research provides an opportunity to see how their work is perceived and/or acted upon in practice. For both parties, a communicative relationship may minimise future need for ecosystem repair. Such an approach (for both landholders and ecologists) can lead to the break down of stereotypes and/or a greater appreciation of the others’ perspectives, constraints and values with respect to conservation on private land. In the productive discussions arising from conversations between landholders and ecologists, new approaches to sustainable land management and nature conservation may emerge.     

Communication

Abstract

In studying the effect of father's education on child's cognitive ability, we find that some models of analysis yield a negative effect, which does not seem plausible according to our current understanding of the nature of the two variables. Two new models are proposed to take account of the biological relationships between parents and children. The analyses based on these new models show a positive effect of father's education on child's IQ scores. While the results of the proposed models become more plausible, it cannot be claimed as “correct,” because there is no conclusive and permanent “proof in empirical sciences.     

Results of Psychotherapy

A controlled double blind study was made of 299 non-psychotic female psychiatric clinic patients divided into six groups, with members of each group dealt with in a different manner from those in other groups. Those in one group had one or two hour-long psychotherapy sessions a week. Four groups were limited to brief visits but were given one of three kinds of drugs or a placebo. One group was merely put on a waiting list and received no therapy. As determined by a variety of independent measures, there was a fairly uniform average improvement of all groups except the one that received no treatment. Follow-up 10 to 18 months after termination of treatment revealed that the average patient had maintained her improvement and that those who had received no treatment showed considerable improvement after they were removed from the waiting list.The findings suggested that the widespread preference for the traditional outpatient psychotherapy is based as much on the physician''s bias as on proven greater effectiveness over briefer treatment methods. There was some confirmation that many things other than the development of understanding enter into much of the so-called psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy and may have profound effect on the outcome.     

Results and Perspectives of Modern Developmental Biology with Reference to Fundamental Research and Medicine

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