scholarly journals WEB PLOT DIGITIZER SOFTWARE: CAN IT BE USED TO MEASURE NECK POSTURE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE?

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Mani ◽  
Shobha Sharma ◽  
Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Head Tilt ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Digital Photogrammetry ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Larger Sample

Objective : The aim of this study was to examine the use of WPD software to evaluate FHP using digital photogrammetry method.Method: A total of 15 adults with no history of neck pain for the past 6 months were recruited for the study. Using digital photogrammetry and sagittal head tilt, craniocervical and shoulder angles (SAs) were measured using a WPD, which is an open resource of web or Windows-based software.Result: Fifteen participants aged 17–40 years (mean 24.7±6.3 years) were examined. Sagittal head tilt and craniocervical angles were 16.35°±8.33° and 47.43°±7.97°, respectively. SA was 52.28°±12.46°.Conclusion: WPD may be used to evaluate FHP in the clinical settings. However, future research is required to determine the validity and reliability of WPD among patients with neck-related musculoskeletal disorders with a larger sample.

Haunted by the past: transformations and daily challenges of China's prosthetics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Chunchun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Depth Interviews

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the transformations of prosthetic practices in China, as well as the daily experiences and dilemmas arising from the everchanging practices since 1949. On the basis of materials, this paper explores an everyday perspective to review the history of technology.Design/methodology/approachEthnography was collected with the application of participant observations, informal interviews and in-depth interviews during a 13-months study at a rehabilitation center in Chengdu, China. The literature on prosthetic manufacturing was also reviewed for this paper.FindingsChina's prosthetic technology seems to evolve from traditional to modern. However, this progressive narrative – innovation-based timeline (Edgerton, 2006, xi) – has been challenged by daily practices. Due to institutional pressures, prosthetists are in a dilemma of selectively using their knowledge to create one kind of device for all prosthesis users with a certain kind of disability, thereby regulating the physical and social experiences of prosthesis users. Besides, prosthesis users are accustomed to prostheses made with old techniques, and must correct themselves from old experiences to the daily practices recognized by the selected techniques.Originality/valueThis paper provides a cross-cultural case to reexamine Edgerton's criticism of the progressive and orderly innovation-centric technological narrative. More importantly, it reviews the history and practices of China's prosthetics from daily experiences rather than Edgerton's concentration on technology; therefore, it provides an everyday perspective for future research on technological transformations.

scholarly journals Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
A.P. Mitha ◽  
J.H. Wong ◽  
S.J. du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Type Ii Diabetes ◽  
Posterior Longitudinal Ligament ◽  
Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Past Medical History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chinese Descent ◽  
History Of

A 51-year-old gentleman of Chinese descent presented for neurological evaluation following a two-year history of cervical neck pain associated with left arm numbness. His symptoms were initially stable, but had progressed over the past six months to include weakness of his entire left arm and leg and symptoms of bladder urgency. Two weeks prior to presentation, he suffered repeated falls due to worsening gait difficulties. The past medical history was significant for type II diabetes mellitus.

E-Commerce Standards

2011 ◽  
pp. 2200-2224
Author(s):  
Stephen Hawk ◽  
Weijun Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Potential Impact

This chapter introduces XML-based e-commerce standards that have emerged within the past decade. The chapter describes the history of e-commerce standards, and then presents representative horizontal and vertical e-commerce standards by detailing their functionality, and how their development has been shaped by various stakeholders. The chapter also describes the potential for these standards to transform B2B practice by providing three industry examples. The chapter finishes by suggesting directions for future research by describing factors that could influence the future of these standards. Due to the central role these standards are likely to play in future e-commerce activity, most firms will at some point need to become aware of their capabilities, their application, and potential impact. This chapter is intended to provide an overview of the situation as it is understood today, and presents likely scenarios for how these standards may progress.

A History of Concussion Does Not Lead to an Increase in Ocular Near Point of Convergence

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (09) ◽  
pp. 682-687
Author(s):  
Paul van Donkelaar ◽  
Jill Dierijck ◽  
Alexander Wright ◽  
Jonathan Smirl
Keyword(s):  
Previous History ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
T Test ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Dose Response Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mean Time ◽  
Larger Sample

AbstractOcular near point of convergence (NPC) has been shown to be sensitive to the effects of concussion and subconcussive impacts. To determine if NPC is also sensitive to a previous history of concussion, male contact-sport athletes either with (n=26) or without (n=16) a history of at least one previous concussion had their NPC assessed. The results showed that participants with a history of concussion displayed NPC values (9.4±1.6 cm) indistinguishable from those with no history of concussion (8.4±2.1 cm, t-test, p=0.09). This was the case regardless of whether 1, 2, or 3 or more concussions had occurred and despite the fact participants with concussion (mean time since last concussion: 1136 days) suffered from an increased number and severity of symptoms as assessed with the SCAT 3 (3.6±2.2 vs. 2.13±1.89 symptoms, 6.1±4.1 vs. 3.19±2.99 severity, t-test, p<0.05). Taken together, these results imply that NPC may not be a suitable tool to assess the potential long-term effects of one or more concussions over a longer time frame. Future research using larger sample sizes is warranted to evaluate the potential dose-response relationship between number of prior concussions and NPC.

Beyond the Big Five: Extinctions as Experiments in the History of Life

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 249-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
Mass Extinction ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Natural Experiments ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
History Of ◽  
Extinction Events

The past century has witnessed a number of significant breakthroughs in the study of extinction in the fossil record, from the discovery of a bolide impact as the probable cause of the end-Cretaceous (K/T) mass extinction to the designation of the “Big 5” mass extinction events. Here, I summarize the major themes that have emerged from the past thirty years of extinction research and highlight a number of promising directions for future research. These directions explore a central theme—the evolutionary consequences of extinction— and focus on three broad research areas: the effects of selectivity, the importance of recovery intervals, and the influence of spatial patterns. Examples of topics explored include the role that trait variation plays in survivorship, the comparative effects of extinctions of varying magnitudes on evolutionary patterns, the re-establishment of macroevolutionary patterns in the aftermath of extinction, and the extent to which spatial autocorrelation affects extinction patterns. These topics can be approached by viewing extinctions as repeated natural experiments in the history of life and developing hypotheses to explicitly test across multiple events. Exploring the effects of extinction also requires an interdisciplinary approach, applying evolutionary, ecological, geochronological, geochemical, tectonic, and paleoclimatic tools to both extinction and recovery intervals.

An Agenda for Future Research in Forensic Economics: Setting Standards of Validity and Reliability in Measuring Progress

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
John O. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Considerable Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forensic Economics

Abstract While considerable progress in research in the field of Forensic Economics has been achieved over the past 35 years, a number of areas of need for further research persist. This paper provides an overview of the scope of research in the field and the critiques of that research gathered through member surveys, submissions by journal editors, and publications of Richard Posner and the author.

scholarly journals Past performance and future perspectives of burnout research

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. B. Schaufeli
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Questions

After a brief introduction on the history of burnout, this article reviews the past performance of burnout research by answering ten key-questions: (1) How can burnout be assessed?; (2) Is burnout limited to the human services?; (3) Is burnout a mental disorder; (4) What is the prevalence of burnout?; (5) Is burnout a global phenomenon?; (6) Is burnout relevant for organisations; (7) What are the causes of burnout?; (8) What are the consequences of burnout?; (9) How can burnout be explained?; (10) Are burnout interventions effective? In the concluding section a future research agenda is drafted on the bases of the answers given to the previous questions. This agenda includes such issues as the measurement and conceptualisation of burnout, mild and severe forms of burnout, epidemiological and cross-cultural perspectives, organisational outcomes, longitudinal investigations, theoretical explanations, and interventions. Opsomming Na ’n kort inleiding oor die geskiedenis van uitbranding gee hierdie artikel ’n oorsig van vorige prestasie van navorsing ten opsigte van uitbranding deur tien sleutelvrae te beantwoord: (1) Hoe kan uitbranding bepaal word?; (2) Is uitbranding beperk tot die mens-dienste?; (3) Is uitbranding ’n geestesafwyking?; (4) Wat is die voorkoms van uitbranding?; (5) Is uitbranding ’n wêreldwye verskynsel?; (6) Is uitbranding relevant vir organisasies?; (7) Wat is die oorsake van uitbranding?; (8) Wat is die gevolge van uitbranding?; (9) Hoe kan uitbranding verklaar word?; (10) Is uitbrandingsingrepe effektief? In die gevolgtrekking word ’n toekomstige navorsingsagenda op grond van die antwoorde op die voorafgaande vrae opgestel. Hierdie agenda sluit aangeleenthede soos die meting en konseptualisering van uitbranding, matige en ernstige vorme van uitbranding, epidemiologiese en kruiskulturele perspektiewe, organisasie- uitkomste, longitudinale ondersoeke, teoretiese verklarings en intervensies in.

Seeking Forgiveness: Theoretical Context and an Initial Empirical Study

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Sandage ◽  
Everett L. Worthington ◽  
Terry L. Hight ◽  
Jack W. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Developmental Level ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
The Past ◽  
Developmental Factors

While research on granting forgiveness has exploded recently, no theoretical or empirical attention has been directed at seeking forgiveness. We lay a theoretical base for the study of seeking forgiveness and report our initial study bearing on the concept. We investigate the potential role of some personality and developmental factors that might promote seeking forgiveness. Students ( N = 232) who indicated having transgressed against a partner in the past year completed questionnaires on religiosity, age, developmental level of reasoning about forgiveness, narcissism, self-monitoring, and the level to which they had sought forgiveness. Neither religiosity nor age significantly predicted seeking forgiveness. Developmental level of reasoning about forgiveness predicted seeking forgiveness beyond religiosity and age. Narcissism and self-monitoring significantly predicted seeking forgiveness. We outline limitations of the study and implications for future research, clinical practice, and integration.

REVISITING KARL BARTH'S EXEGESIS OF 1 KINGS 13

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-383
Author(s):  
David Bosworth
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
1 Kings ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe present article seeks to re-present Karl Barth's exegesis of 1 Kings 13 with additional support that Barth neglected to include. Changes in biblical scholarship over the past few decades have resulted in an environment in which Barth's interpretation may not be as readily rejected as it was in the past. Barth's exegesis of 1 Kings 13 was not accepted among biblical scholars for several reasons. He was thought to be an enemy of historical criticism whose exegetical work was not a serious contribution to biblical studies. Furthermore, he interpreted the chapter holistically at a time when scholars were preoccupied with analytical questions concerning sources and composition. Barth related the chapter to the whole history of the divided kingdom by suggesting that the man of God and the old prophet represent the kingdoms from which they come and that the relationship between the two prophetic figures mirrors the relationship between Israel and Judah as told in Kings. This analogy seemed unlikely to scholars convinced of the fragmentary nature of Kings. The present article begins with an overview of Barth's relationship to modern biblical scholarship followed by a summary presentation of his exegesis of 1 Kings 13. Next, the major objections to Barth's interpretation are critically assessed, and recent research on the chapter is evaluated. Finally, the analogy indicated by Barth is elaborated, so that his interpretation may seem more plausible and future research may benefit from his insights.

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALIDITY AND VALIDATION IN LANGUAGE TESTING

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN CHEN ◽  
YONG-QIANG ZENG ◽  
WEI-LIE LU
Keyword(s):  
Language Testing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Validity Theory

Validity and validation have been key issues in language testing. During the past seven decades, researchers have aired different views on validity whose development, can be divided into four stages, namely, the stage of criterion-based approach, the stage of tripartite approach, the stage of unified approach and the stage of argument-based approach. In order to have an informed knowledge of validity theory, this article briefly traces the history of research on validity concepts and the corresponding frameworks of validation. By examining the development of validity and validation, some possible topics for future research are uncovered.

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