Participation rate in organised learning one year before the official primary entry age (2019)

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Participation Rate ◽  
One Year ◽  
Entry Age

scholarly journals Self-reported Memory Problems Eight Months after Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 in a Large Cohort

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne Soraas ◽  
Ragnhild Ro ◽  
Karl T Kalleberg ◽  
Merete Ellingjord-Dale ◽  
Nils I Landro
Keyword(s):  
Participation Rate ◽  
Nasopharyngeal Swab ◽  
Mri Findings ◽  
Memory Problems ◽  
Norwegian Population ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
One Year

Background: Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 range from ageusia and anosmia, experienced by most patients, to altered consciousness and rare and severe encephalopathy. A direct affection of the central nervous system (CNS) in the disease has been supported by animal models and MRI findings in patients with mild and severe symptoms. Here we report eight-month data on memory problems for non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients compared to SARS-CoV-2 negative patients and untested volunteers. Objective: To explore the association between non-hospitalized COVID-19 eight months previously and self-reported memory problems. Methods: We followed a cohort of 13156 participants that was invited after (1) being tested for SARS-CoV-2 with a combined oropharyngeal- and nasopharyngeal swab or (2) randomly selected from the Norwegian population (untested). Participants completed online baseline- and follow-up questionnaires detailing underlying medical conditions, demographics, symptoms, and items from the RAND-36 questionnaire on health-related quality of life and known confounders for memory problems. Results: After repeated invitations, the participation rate was 40% (N=794) of SARS-CoV-2 positive, 26% (N=7993) of negative, and 22% (N=4369) of untested randomly selected invitees. All participants completed the baseline questionnaire as a part of inclusion. The follow-up period was 248 days (SD=18) from baseline, and the follow-up questionnaire was completed by 75% of SARS-CoV-2 positive participants, 65% of negative participants, and 73% of untested randomly selected participants. At follow-up, 49 (11.5%) of the SARS-CoV-2 positive participants reported memory problems in contrast to 173 (4.1%) of the SARS-CoV-2 negative participants and 65 (2.4%) of the untested randomly selected participants. In a multivariate model, SARS-CoV-2 positivity remained strongly associated with reporting memory problems at eight months follow-up compared to the SARS-CoV-2 negative group (odds ratio (OR) 4.0, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.8-5.2) and the untested group (OR 4.9, 95% CI 3.4-7.2). Compared to the other groups, SARS-CoV-2 positive participants also reported more concentration problems and a significant worsening of health compared to one year ago at follow-up. Feeling depressed, less energy, or pain were reported relatively equally by the different groups. Summary: We find that 11.5% of COVID-19 patients experience memory problems eight months after the disease. SARS-CoV-2 is a new virus, and the long-term consequences of infections are therefore unknown. Our results show that a relatively high proportion of non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients report memory problems eight months after the disease.

scholarly journals Overcoming Inertia with a Nudge: How the AAIMS Program Increased Advanced Placement Participation in Arkansas

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Andrew Holt ◽  
Joseph McGarrity
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Passing Rate ◽  
Math And Science ◽  
Student Demand ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

AbstractThe Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) is program with the goal to increase Advanced Placement (AP) participation and increase the passing rate of AP exams. The program offers monetary incentives and support to students and teachers for one year, effectively creating a natural experiment. This paper exploits the one year treatment to empirically show that the program is effective at increasing a school’s AP participation rate by nudging the schools to increase AP offerings and satisfying a latent student demand for AP classes.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and rare diseases: reflections and recommendations by the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiuhui Mary Wang ◽  
Daria Julkowska ◽  
Chun-Hung Chan ◽  
David A. Pearce ◽  
Lucia Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Rare Diseases ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Patient Advocates ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
One Year ◽  
Research Consortium

Aim: The ambitious goals set by the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) by 2027 to fulfill the vision of providing diagnosis and treatments to rare diseases (RDs) patients within one year of coming to medical attention have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to identify the needs and challenges of the RD community during the COVID-19 pandemic and to understand whether the pandemic would hinder achievement of the IRDiRC goals. Methods: A survey was developed in 2020 to answer key issues related to the potential impact of the pandemic on RD research and distributed to all 96 IRDiRC Constituent Committee members and Scientific Committee experts. Results: The overall participation rate was 46%, with the highest response rates from the Patient Advocates, Funders, and Therapies Committees. Most respondents reported impacts on various aspects of RD research including decreased access to healthcare, clinical trials, and diagnostics for patients, as well as disrupted operations for patient and funding organizations and restrictions in access to workplaces for researchers. Despite these challenges, there was overall optimism that the IRDiRC goals could still be met by 2027, although there would be an inevitable slowdown in RD research activities. Conclusions: Maintaining funding for RD research and implementing new workflows to ensure that patients have continued access to diagnostics, therapies, and clinical trials will be key to ensuring that IRDiRC meets it goals by 2027.

scholarly journals A school intervention within an oral health promotion program in New Caledonia: Evaluation with a pragmatic approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Pichot ◽  
Bruno Pereira ◽  
Elodie Magnat ◽  
stephanie Tubert-jeannin
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Caries Increment ◽  
Dental Sealants ◽  
One Year

Abstract Background : The objective of this observational survey was to evaluate after one year, a dental sealants intervention conducted in New Caledonia, within an health promotion program. A greater or at least equivalent impact of the intervention was expected in socially deprived sectors with highest health needs. Methods : The study population was the schoolchildren, aged 6 years in 2016, who benefited from the dental sealant program (n=2532). The study sample was randomly selected in 2017 from that population (n=550). The children's dental status was evaluated at school and compared with that recorded in 2016 during the sealant intervention allowing the calculation of the retention rates and one year carious increment (∆DT 1rst molars ). Socio-demographic variables (gender, region, public/private school) and conditions of sealants placement (school/dental office, presence of a dental assistant) were recorded. The carious increment was explained using a mixed multiple random-effects regression. A mediation analysis was conducted to assess the respective contributions of the retention rates and the region on caries increment. Results : The participation rate was very high (89%) and 80% of the dental sealants were present after one year; 30% totally and 60% partially present. Caries increment varied depending on the sealant retention rate as well as on the region (North, South, Islands). The mediation analysis showed that living in a deprived area (The Islands) was a strong determinant for high caries increment particularly when the retention rates were low. Conclusions : This survey showed a high participation rate and good effectiveness as measured with the one-year retention rates, for a sealant intervention integrated in a large health promotion program. Nevertheless, the program was not effective enough to balance the influence of other health determinants in socially deprived sectors characterized by high dental needs.

scholarly journals Infant Oral Healthcare and Anticipatory Guidance Practices among Dentists in a Pediatric Care Shortage Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Eman A. Bakhurji ◽  
Hassan M. Al-Saif ◽  
Mohammed A. Al-Shehri ◽  
Khalid M. Al-Ghamdi ◽  
Mohamed M. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Anticipatory Guidance ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pediatric Dentists ◽  
One Year ◽  
General Dentists ◽  
First Time

Objectives. To assess dentists’ practices and barriers towards infant oral healthcare (IOH) and anticipatory guidance (AG) in eastern Saudi Arabia. Methods. A regional, cross-sectional survey was distributed to 340 (323 general dentists (GPs) and 17 pediatric dentists (PDs)) working in a governmental setting in eastern Saudi Arabia. A 23 close-ended, pilot-tested questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire asked about dentists’ IOH and AG practices. A five-point Likert scale question assessed barriers interfering with AG practices. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regressions were used. Results. Participation rate was 98.5% (335/340). Only 18% of GPs indicated performing IOH exams, while 100% of PDs do. About 90% of GPs would see children on a first visit when they are ≥3 years old, whereas 60% of PDs reported seeing one-year-old children. Older practitioners and those performing AG were more likely to perform IOH (OR = 1.8, CI = 1.06–3.1, and OR = 3.84, CI = 1.93–7.65, resp.). The majority of respondents (94%) felt their training did not prepare them to practice AG. “Parents bringing their children for the first time for emergency or existing conditions” was cited by 99% of respondents as a barrier to performing AG. Conclusion. Increasing the awareness of GPs and parents about the importance of IOH and AG is crucial in improving children’s oral health. Collaboration with pediatricians for early referral of children is equally important in increasing the awareness on prevention principles.

scholarly journals PENENTUAN MODEL PREMI TIDAK KONSTAN PADA ASURANSI DANA PENSIUN

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
LIA JENITA ◽  
I NYOMAN WIDANA ◽  
DESAK PUTU EKA NILAKUSMAWATI
Keyword(s):  
Calculation Method ◽  
Pension Plan ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Large Ratio ◽  
Pension Program ◽  
Premium Calculation ◽  
Normal Method ◽  
One Year ◽  
Entry Age

Pension plan is an effort to anticipate the life of old on the day. In the pension program, there are two methods of normal due’s calculation to be paid by the insured each year, the Entry Age Normal method, namely calculation of normal dues with constant premiums and projected unit credit method, namely calculation of normal dues with Premium Increases Each year or is not constant. This paper wants to develop an inconstant premium calculation method with constant premium increase annually. Where the pension plan participants’ age when he joined the pension plan is 19 years and the retirement age on this contract is 55 years, with premium increases of 5% of the normal dues early. The large ratio of premiums is, for dues normal at the age of 19 years until the age of 28 years, but for dues normal at the age of 29 years to the age of 33 years and to normal dues at the age of 34 years old until the age of one year before retirement.

scholarly journals Factors that Decrease Sedentary Behavior in Community-Dwelling Elderly People: A Longitudinal Study

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Yutaka Owari
Keyword(s):  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavior Rate ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
One Year

Background and objectives: This study was to clarify how the frequency of participation in a health class affected the reduction in sedentary behavior after two years, and whether decreases in sedentary behavior in elderly people who participated in a health class persisted two years after the end of an intervention. Materials and Methods: This study was longitudinal, and the results of a previous study conducted in 2017 were added to the findings of a different year. The participants were elderly health class members at a community dwelling in Japan who participated between 2016 and 2018. Of the 86 participants that were enrolled, the data of 80 were collected in 2016. A year later, in a 2017 follow-up, the number of participants was 80, and two years later, in a 2018 follow-up, there were 71 participants. Results: There was a significant difference with regards to the reduction of the sedentary behavior rate between two different groups (a health class participation rate of more than 75% and the other with less than 75%) two years later. However, no difference in sedentary behavior rate was found between the two groups (intervention group and control group) at a two-year follow-up, despite observing differences after one year. Conclusions: Continuous participation in a health class may help reduce sedentary behavior. After two years, “Active Guide” brochures and documents may not help in reducing sedentary behavior, despite seeing improvements after one year. Persistent social participation may have a more lasting effect than one-off interventions in reducing the sedentary behavior ratio.

Between ‘Savage Man’ and ‘Most Faithful Englishman’ Manteo and the Early Anglo-Indian Exchange, 1584–1590

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
One Year ◽  
Anglo Indian

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.

Some Biological Applications of High Voltage Electron Microscopy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
Hans Ris
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Chromosome Structure ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Good Resolution ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
High Voltage Electron ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

The High Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin has been in operation a little over one year. I would like to give a progress report about our experience with this new technique. The achievement of good resolution with thick specimens has been mainly exploited so far. A cold stage which will allow us to look at frozen specimens and a hydration stage are now being installed in our microscope. This will soon make it possible to study undehydrated specimens, a particularly exciting application of the high voltage microscope.Some of the problems studied at the Madison facility are: Structure of kinetoplast and flagella in trypanosomes (J. Paulin, U. of Georgia); growth cones of nerve fibers (R. Hannah, U. of Georgia Medical School); spiny dendrites in cerebellum of mouse (Scott and Guillery, Anatomy, U. of Wis.); spindle of baker's yeast (Joan Peterson, Madison) spindle of Haemanthus (A. Bajer, U. of Oregon, Eugene) chromosome structure (Hans Ris, U. of Wisconsin, Madison). Dr. Paulin and Dr. Hanna are reporting their work separately at this meeting and I shall therefore not discuss it here.

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