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Queensland University of Technology
Education•Brisbane, Queensland, Australia•
About: Queensland University of Technology is a education organization based out in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 14188 authors who have published 55022 publications receiving 1496237 citations. The organization is also known as: QUT.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Raman spectroscopy, Health care, Curriculum
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TL;DR: The uncertainties revealed here should guide future research toward achieving convergence in global species richness estimates for coral reefs and other ecosystems via adaptive learning protocols whereby such estimates can be tested and improved, and their uncertainties reduced, as new knowledge is acquired.
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TL;DR: The control policies issued before 2010 are insufficient to improve PM2.5 air quality notably in future, an optimal mix of energy-saving and end-of-pipe control measures should be implemented, more ambitious control policies for NMVOC and NH3 should be enforced, and special control measures in winter should be applied.
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TL;DR: While exposure to traumatic events impacted on participants’ mental well-being, post-migration living difficulties had greater salience in predicting mental health outcomes of people from Burmese refugee backgrounds.
Abstract: Objective: This study documents the mental health status of people from Burmese refugee backgrounds recently arrived in Australia, then examines the contributions of gender, pre-migration and post-migration factors in predicting mental health.Method: Structured interviews, including a demographic questionnaire, the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, the Post-migration Living Difficulties Checklist and Hopkins Symptom Checklist assessed pre-migration trauma, post-migration living difficulties, depression, anxiety, somatization and traumatization symptoms in a sample of 70 adults across five Burmese ethnic groups.Results: Substantial proportions of participants reported psychological distress in symptomatic ranges including: post-traumatic stress disorder (9%), anxiety (20%) and depression (36%), as well as significant symptoms of somatization (37%). Participants reported multiple and severe pre-migration traumas. Post-migration living difficulties of greatest concern included communication problems and worry ab...
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10 Jul 2008TL;DR: In this article, the authors present compelling evidence from around the globe demonstrating that systems across the Western world are failing children, families and social workers, and set out a radical plan for reform: Providing an overview of contemporary child protection policies and practices across the English speaking world.
Abstract: Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children's lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization of child protection in many English speaking countries. The authors present compelling evidence from around the globe demonstrating that systems across the Western world are failing children, families and social workers. They then set out a radical plan for reform: Providing an overview of contemporary child protection policies and practices across the English speaking world. Presenting a clear and innovative theoretical framework for understanding the problems in the child protection system. Developing an alternative, ethical framework which locates child protection in the broader context of effective and comprehensive support for children, young people and families at the neighbourhood and community levels. Grounded in the recent and contemporary literature, research and scholarly inquiry, this book capitalises on the experiences and voices of children, young people, families and workers who are the most significant stakeholders in child protection. It will be an essential read for those who work, research, teach or study in the area.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the independent effect of pressure ulcers on excess length of stay and control for all observable factors that may also contribute to excess length-of-stay.
Abstract: Objective To identify the independent effect of pressure ulcers on excess length of stay and control for all observable factors that may also contribute to excess length of stay. Hospitalized patients who develop a pressure ulcer during their hospital stay are at a greater risk for increased length of stay as compared with patients who do not. Design Cross-sectional, observational study. Setting Tertiary-care referral and teaching hospital in Australia. Patients Two thousand hospitalized patients 18 years and older who had a minimum stay in the hospital of 1 night and admission to selected clinical units. Methods Two thousand participants were randomly selected from 4,500 patients enrolled in a prospective survey conducted between October 2002 and January 2003. Quantile median robust regression was used to assess risk factors for excess length of hospital stay. Results Having a pressure ulcer resulted in a median excess length of stay of 4.31 days. Twenty other variables were statistically significant at the 5% level in the final model. Conclusions Pressure ulcers make a significant independent contribution to excess length of hospitalization beyond what might be expected based on admission diagnosis. However, our estimates were substantially lower than those currently used to make predictions of the economic costs of pressure ulcers; existing estimates may overstate the true economic cost.
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Nicholas G. Martin | 192 | 1770 | 161952 |
Paul M. Thompson | 183 | 2271 | 146736 |
Christopher J. O'Donnell | 159 | 869 | 126278 |
Robert G. Parton | 136 | 459 | 59737 |
Tim J Cole | 136 | 827 | 92998 |
Daniel I. Chasman | 134 | 484 | 72180 |
David Smith | 129 | 2184 | 100917 |
Dmitri Golberg | 129 | 1024 | 61788 |
Chao Zhang | 127 | 3119 | 84711 |
Shi Xue Dou | 122 | 2028 | 74031 |
Thomas H. Marwick | 121 | 1063 | 58763 |
Peter J. Anderson | 120 | 966 | 63635 |
Bruno S. Frey | 119 | 900 | 65368 |
David M. Evans | 116 | 632 | 74420 |
Michael Pollak | 114 | 663 | 57793 |