scholarly journals Data Journalism Practices Globally: Skills, Education, Opportunities, and Values

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Bahareh R. Heravi ◽  
Mirko Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Data Teams ◽  
Practice Characteristics ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Data Journalism ◽  
Skills Education ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Global Data

Despite the growing interest in data journalism in newsrooms and its more recent emergence as an academic discipline, there is a need for systematic research on the state-of-the-art and current data journalism-related practices in newsrooms. The Global Data Journalism survey was an attempt to address this gap by studying the data journalism practices in newsrooms across the world. This study provides a descriptive view of the results of this study and discusses the findings on several aspects of data journalism practice, characteristics of data journalists and data teams, and their skills and educational requirements. We further provide insight into the values associated with journalistic work and analyse the ways in which the community believes data journalism has improved or undermined these values.

New Insight into Diabetes Management: From Glycemic Index to Dietary Insulin Index

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Yari ◽  
Vahideh Behrouz ◽  
Hamid Zand ◽  
Katayoun Pourvali
Keyword(s):  
Glycemic Index ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Glycemic Load ◽  
Insulin Response ◽  
Diet Therapy ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Carbohydrate Counting ◽  
Insulin Requirements ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Despite efforts to control hyperglycemia, diabetes management is still challenging. This may be due to focusing on reducing hyperglycemia and neglecting the importance of hyperinsulinemia; while insulin resistance and resultant hyperinsulinemia preceded diabetes onset and may contribute to disease pathogenesis. Objective: The present narrative review attempts to provide a new insight into the management of diabetes by exploring different aspects of glycemic index and dietary insulin index. Results: The current data available on this topic is limited and heterogeneous. Conventional diet therapy for diabetes management is based on reducing postprandial glycemia through carbohydrate counting, choosing foods with low-glycemic index and low-glycemic load. Since these indicators are only reliant on the carbohydrate content of foods and do not consider the effects of protein and fat on the stimulation of insulin secretion, they cannot provide a comprehensive approach to determine the insulin requirements. Conclusion: Selecting foods based on carbohydrate counting, glycemic index or glycemic load are common guides to control glycemia in diabetic patients, but neglect the insulin response, thus leading to failure in diabetes management. Therefore, paying attention to insulinemic response along with glycemic response seems to be more effective in managing diabetes.

Abstract TP32: Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Beyond the 6 Hour Window

Stroke ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Mao ◽  
Sameer Sharma ◽  
Hesham Masoud ◽  
Julius G Latorre
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Acute Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Endovascular Therapy ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Posterior Circulation ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Advanced Imaging ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
Mr Clean ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Recent randomized trials demonstrated the efficacy of endovascular therapy (EVT) in managing acute ischemic stroke (AIS), though EVT was initiated <6 hours from time last seen well in nearly all patients, and posterior circulation strokes were excluded. Current data is limited for patients receiving EVT >6 hours, and more so for those with posterior circulation strokes. We aim to assess safety and clinical outcome of EVT in patients presenting >6 hours, with anterior or posterior circulation strokes. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with AIS receiving EVT >6 hours between 2012-2015, including those with unknown time of onset and wake-up strokes. Outcomes observed include mRS at ≥90 days, rates of recanalization (TICI 2b-3), sICH and mortality. Results: A total of 34 patients were identified presenting with AIS and receiving EVT >6 hours, including 25 anterior and 9 posterior circulation strokes. See Table 1 for comparison with published data from recent EVT trials. Conclusion: Our results are not significantly different from some of the recent trials. MR CLEAN, the only trial that did not employ advanced imaging in patient selection, had similar outcomes. The IV-tPA only groups of recent trials (where data is available) also produced comparable results. It should be noted that the patients in our study all have large vessel occlusions and high NIHSS, are mostly ineligible for tPA, and thus would be expected to have very poor outcomes without treatment. Our data supports the possibility of expanding the EVT window to >6 hours, and with advanced imaging screening, better rates of functional outcome/mortality may still be achieved. DAWN and DEFUSE3 trials currently underway should provide further insight into this subject.

The Hospitable Aesthetics of Alison Bechdel

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Vanessa Lauber
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Formal Innovation ◽  
Market Capitalism ◽  
Insight Into

The birth of queer studies as an academic discipline is defined by its break from LGBT politics, with the goals of marriage and military service pitted against radical queer liberation. In broad strokes, LGBT studies produces sexual orientation as a category, while queer studies seeks to upend categorical thought. Alison Bechdel’s unique insight into that tension arises from her complex and nuanced attempts to represent marginalized identities in a form that has been itself marginalized. Her politics of the outsider cannot be cast off in a dismissive reading of her popularity in the cultural imagination, nor hewn from the longer history of her formal innovation. Taken as a whole, the paradoxical and yet co-constitutive relationship between the queerness of her forms and the mainstream popularity of her texts performs a sort of queer world-building. To the extent that her work cultivates empathy or community, it does so not only, perhaps, in the service of identity-based movements or bald market capitalism, but also by modeling a more radical, relational aesthetic that illuminates the ongoing power of queer critique.

Employee Engagement

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ashish Gupta ◽  
Anushree Tandon ◽  
Darshana Barman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Competitive Market ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Insight Into

Modern organizations are moving towards more sustainable models by utilizing the power of employees to attain their objectives. Organizations are engaging their employees in various activities to ensure their level of commitment towards employers. Positive employee engagement has been linked to a growth in terms of organizational performance, financial benefits, and reduced attrition. The purpose of this chapter is to understand the concept of employee engagement in today's competitive market and to know about the various engagement practices adopted by the global leaders. This study is an attempt to address this need by giving a brief insight into the evolution of employee engagement as an academic discipline, the broad approaches adopted to characterize employee engagement, and the resultants dimensions identified through the studies. The authors also attempt to provide an insight into industrial attempts to execute employee engagement initiatives through brief cases.

Archiving Data Journalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Broussard
Keyword(s):  
Data Teams ◽  
The Future ◽  
Data Journalism

This chapter discusses the challenges of archiving data journalism projects and the steps that data teams can take to ensure their projects are preserved for the future.

scholarly journals Rehabilitating prisoners: the place of basic life skills programmes

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Jolley
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Basic Life Skills ◽  
Skills Education ◽  
Life Skills Education ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose Tackling high reoffending rates in England and Wales is of significant political interest, with education and training being viewed as an important mechanism to achieve change. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a small empirical study examining a life skills programme delivered in a Category C prison in the West Midlands. Design/methodology/approach The study used a multi-method approach incorporating observations of two modules, four focus groups with prisoners enrolled on the programme, questionnaires with programme completers, and semi-structured interviews with staff. Findings The findings indicate that life skills are an important component in rehabilitation. More specifically, developing the necessary tools to assist prisoners in everyday life, such as recognition, interpretation, reflection, response, and planning is fundamental to rehabilitation. Research limitations/implications A limitation of this study was that only prisoners currently at this Category C prison were included. This could be complemented by the inclusion of more participants who had completed the programme; however, access and data protection considerations limited the study to one location. Practical implications The key message of this study is that without addressing basic life skills, education and vocational rehabilitation is severely limited. Social implications To reduce reoffending rates, it is important to conceive rehabilitation in broader terms, not simply in relation to education and vocational training. Originality/value This paper offers insight into an unreported area of good practice in prison rehabilitation provision.

scholarly journals Collecting Information About a CAM Practitioner’s Practice: A Preliminary Report of a Self-Interview Methodology

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Elder ◽  
Hunter Purdy ◽  
Andrew Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Curriculum Integration ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
University Of Kentucky ◽  
Practice Characteristics ◽  
Interview Methodology ◽  
The University ◽  
Integration Project

To prepare allopathic providers to advise patients about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, the University of Kentucky CAM curriculum integration project has identified and trained CAM practitioners to coteach, precept, and demonstrate their respective practices. This project is interested in integrating CAM practitioners as teachers into this university and has formed a multidisciplinary committee for advice. The committee has recognized the importance of increased understanding of CAM practices to enhance communication within itself and to decide to which CAM practices students should receive exposure. This article reports our attempt to create a CAM practice description, based on questions general to CAM practice and specific to a particular approach. Because there is limited existing systematic research on CAM practice characteristics, these questions may interest researchers conducting qualitative studies, especially those seeking an example of questions to ask CAM practitioners. We also believe this practice description will be of general interest.

scholarly journals Differential Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 408-416
Author(s):  
Anna Stippl ◽  
Fatma Nur Kirkgöze ◽  
Malek Bajbouj ◽  
Simone Grimm
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
Cognitive Effects ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
As Effects ◽  
Insight Into

<b><i>Background/Aims/Methods:</i></b> Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still one of the most potent treatments in the acute phase of major depressive disorder (MDD) and particularly applied in patients considered treatment resistant. However, despite the frequent and widespread use of ECT for &#x3e;70 years, the exact neurobiological mechanisms underlying its efficacy remain unclear. The present review aims to describe differential antidepressant and cognitive effects of ECT as well as effects on markers of neural activity and connectivity, neurochemistry, and inflammation that might underlie the treatment response and remission. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Region- specific changes in brain function and volume along with changes in concentrations of neurotransmitters and neuroinflammatory cytokines might serve as potential biomarkers for ECT outcomes. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> However, as current data is not consistent, future longitudinal investigations should combine modalities such as MRI, MR spectroscopy, and peripheral physiological measures to gain a deeper insight into interconnected time- and modality-specific changes in response to ECT.

scholarly journals Current Data on Dietary Sodium, Arterial Structure and Function in Humans: A Systematic Review

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiana Tsirimiagkou ◽  
Eirini D. Basdeki ◽  
Antonios Argyris ◽  
Yannis Manios ◽  
Maria Yannakoulia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Dietary Sodium ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Arterial Remodeling ◽  
Arterial Lumen ◽  
Arterial Structure ◽  
And Function ◽  
Arterial Damage ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Subclinical arterial damage (SAD) (arteriosclerosis, arterial remodeling and atheromatosis) pre-exists decades before cardiovascular disease (CVD) onset. Worldwide, sodium (Na) intake is almost double international recommendations and has been linked with CVD and death, although in a J-shape manner. Studies regarding dietary Na and major types of SAD may provide pathophysiological insight into the association between Na and CVD. Objectives: Systematic review of data derived from observational and interventional studies in humans, investigating the association between dietary Na with (i) atheromatosis (arterial plaques); (ii) arteriosclerosis (various biomarkers of arterial stiffness); (iii) arterial remodeling (intima–media thickening and arterial lumen diameters). Data sources: Applying the PRISMA criteria, the PubMed and Scopus databases were used. Results: 36 studies were included: 27 examining arteriosclerosis, four arteriosclerosis and arterial remodeling, three arterial remodeling, and two arterial remodeling and atheromatosis. Conclusions: (i) Although several studies exist, the evidence does not clearly support a clinically meaningful and direct (independent from blood pressure) effect of Na on arterial wall stiffening; (ii) data regarding the association of dietary Na with arterial remodeling are limited, mostly suggesting a positive trend between dietary Na and arterial hypertrophy but still inconclusive; (iii) as regards to atheromatosis, data are scarce and the available studies present high heterogeneity. Further state-of-the-art interventional studies must address the remaining controversies.

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