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Implementing Training Load Monitoring in Tactical Populations
No full textThe monitoring and optimizing training load is a concept designed to decrease risk of injury while improving physical fitness and performance. This area has grown significantly in popularity, especially in the sporting world. However, these principles can be applied to other populations, such as tactical personnel who likewise are at increased risk of injury and engage in physically demanding occupational tasks that require sufficient fitness. Although monitoring the training load in tactical personnel may be effective, the critical differences between athletic and tactical populations necessitate occupationally specific load monitoring programs. This article aims to identify these barriers and suggests potential solutions for practitioners and researchers
Examining technical and tactical performance within women’s Australian football match-play
No full textKuldeep Kumar’s contribution to the Discussion of ' New tools for network time series with an application to COVID-19 hospitalisations ' by Nason et al.]
No full textI would like to congratulate the authors for demonstrating an outstanding application of a relatively new tool—Network Time Series—on COVID-19 hospitalisation data. As shown in the paper, the GNAR (1,[1]) model exhibited excellent predictive performance, outperforming standard alternatives such as VAR, sparse VAR, CARar, and AR(1).However, I am unsure why the authors chose not to use model selection criteria such as AIC or BIC, in line with the principle of parsimony, rather than relying on ACF and PACF plots, which involve a degree of visual subjectivity. Additionally, I am curious about the decision to focus primarily on autoregressive (AR) models instead of ARIMA models, which might be more suitable for data exhibiting integration or differencing requirements. Another point of concern is whether the authors have addressed the issue of “dark data,” particularly given the prevalence of Type I and Type II errors in COVID-19 diagnosis. Accounting for such errors could have significant implications for the reliability of model predictions
Legal Wellbeing Pedagogy: A New Model for Promoting Wellbeing in Law Schools
No full textThis paper introduces a new pedagogical model for law schools, the Legal Wellbeing Pedagogy. It draws upon Positive Psychology, namely Self Determination Theory and its Basic Psychological Needs sub-theory, as its theoretical basis. Synthesising these theories with existing international research into legal education enables them to be adapted to meet the specific requirements of the discipline of law. Based on this theoretical grounding, the focus of Legal Wellness Pedagogy spans cognitive, experiential and affective engagement with learning and teaching in legal education. It provides a clear framework for the integration of challenge and growth, independence and meaning, and collaboration and connection into the law degree. It also highlights the role of empathy, reflection and values and ethics as key interconnecting concepts to promote a holistic approach to wellbeing. Overall, this paper sets out a theoretically grounded model which is focused upon promoting positive wellbeing for both staff and students, reimaging the legal curriculum as a vehicle to facilitate thriving and flourishing in an evidence-based and sustainable manner
Memory of Mind: The Relationship Between Destination Memory and Cognitive Theory of Mind in Korsakoff Syndrome
No full textKorsakoff syndrome (KS) is characterized by a decline in both destination memory (i.e., the ability to remember to whom a message was previously transmitted) and theory of mind (i.e., the ability to infer cognitive and affective states). In the current study, we, for the first time, have evaluated the relationship between destination memory decline and theory of mind in KS as both abilities are intimately associated with social cognition. We invited patients with KS and healthy controls, to perform a destination memory task. In this task, participants tell proverbs to pictures of celebrities, in order to decide to which celebrity they had previously told the proverbs. We also invited all participants to perform a cognitive (i.e., the false belief task) and affective (i.e., reading the mind in the eyes) tests of theory of mind. Analysis revealed an impaired destination memory, cognitive, and affective theory of mind in patients with KS than in control participants. Significant positive correlations were observed between destination memory and first and second order cognitive order theory of mind in patients with KS, but no significant correlations were observed between destination memory and affective theory of mind in these patients. These findings demonstrate that patients with KS experience difficulties to infer and predict cognitive states of interlocutors, experience difficulties to remember to which interlocutor information has been told, as well as show a relationship between destination memory and cognitive theory of mind. These findings are important as they demonstrate how memory decline can be associated with social cognition difficulties in patients with KS.</p
Constitutional Due Process Protection in Australia
No full textThis chapter considers the potential for Chapter III of the Constitution to provide protection for fundamental fair trial concepts such as the presumption of innocence, right to silence and the right to confront accusers
Optimising Long-range Agricultural Land Use under Climate Uncertainty
No full textTo address the difficult problem of maintaining profitable and resilient agriculture under a changed climate, long-term prediction and planning are needed. One approach capable of helping with this endeavour is mathematical modelling and optimisation. Using a temporal framework, this paper outlines a spatio-temporal agricultural land use sequencer (STALS) model, where feasible climate-aware annual crop land uses are determined for a real-world case study region, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in Australia. The results of this approach identified desirable transitions in land use and changes in the production system. The analysis revealed two differing possibilities of land use: one with a concentrated crop mix, the other more diverse. However, both suggest higher-value crops, such as horticultural species, will maximise regional economic benefit with comparable minimal water usage under climate change. To maintain regional agricultural economic benefit under reduced water availability and increased temperature, a transformation of land use is needed
Confronting information dilemma: How does collective mindfulness foster team improvisation in megaprojects
No full textImprovisation is increasingly recognized as an effective process to deal with unforeseen uncertainties in megaprojects. However, it is challenging for megaproject teams to enact improvisation that hinges on efficient real-time information processing, facing the harsh information dilemma. From an information processing perspective, this study investigates how two modes of collective mindfulness – mindful attention and mindful conceptualizing – affect team improvisation in megaprojects. Our questionnaire survey on 60 megaproject teams reveals that both mindfulness modes follow an inverted U-shaped relationship with improvisation. The moderating roles of project complexity and ambiguity are examined, showing that these factors flatten the curvilinear effects of mindful attention and conceptualizing on improvisation. Findings also suggest that a project manager's heightened metacognitive belief in mindfulness shifts and flattens these relationships, allowing for greater team improvisation. Our findings contribute to new antecedents of improvisation and extend mindfulness research in projects, leading to better dealing with unforeseen uncertainties in megaprojects.</p
Foregrounding Intersectionality in Public Health: A Commentary on Giubilini, Gur-Arye and Jamrozik
No full textGiubilini, Gur-Arie and Jamrozik’s “Expertise, Disagreement, and Trust in Vaccine Science and Policy” explores how “failures of transparency in the acknowledgement of scientific uncertainty, absence of knowledge, and expert disagreement about scientific knowledge” undermine expert status and authority and thereby damage vaccination programs. To avoid these problems, the authors argue that public health experts need to1. publicly acknowledge relevant uncertainties about knowledge claims; and2. publicly acknowledge that disagreements between experts can exist due to either epistemic uncertainties or differences in value judgements
Boosting Project Manager Retention: Lessons from the Volunteering Sector
No full textThe shortage of skilled workers is no longer unique to Europe; Australia now faces similar challenges, particularly in the field of project management. Project managers, essential to the success of a wide range of industries, frequently operate under intense stress and, as a result, may choose to leave their positions before the completion of their projects. This trend poses significant risks to project continuity, budget stability, and the long-term success of organizations. Consequently, it is crucial to explore strategies aimed at improving the retention of project managers, with a specific focus on fostering intrinsic motivation -an essential factor for achieving sustained success and commitment within project-based roles. The aim of this paper is to investigate retention strategies from other industries to identify effective practices that could be adapted to the unique challenges faced by project managers. In particular, the paper draws inspiration from the volunteer sector, an industry also heavily reliant on intrinsic motivation to drive commitment and performance. By examining how the volunteer sector sustains retention through a focus on intrinsic motivation, this paper seeks to highlight potential parallels and offer actionable insights for improving the retention of project managers. The paper includes an overview of the current landscape of retention challenges in project management, highlighting key factors that contribute to early departures and their impacts on organizations. This is followed by an analysis of interviews conducted with both active volunteers and those who have left their roles, leading to the development of a model that categorizes different types of volunteers and explores their behaviours. The model identifies specific reasons for volunteer terminating their assignments and proposes strategies to mitigate these issues. The paper then adapts these volunteer retention strategies to address the challenges faced by project managers, concluding with actionable recommendations for fostering an intrinsically motivated and resilient project management workforce. Ultimately, this research aims to contribute to broader efforts in mitigating skilled workforce shortages by offering sustainable retention strategies