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Standardized Quantitative Outcome Measures for Evaluating Wheelchair Effectiveness: A Scoping Review Protocol
No full textThis scoping review aims to identify and map the standardized quantitative outcome measures used to evaluate wheelchair effectiveness across all ages, diagnoses, wheelchair types, and any setting in which wheelchairs are used. Following the JBI methodological framework and reported in accordance with PRISMA-ScR guidelines, searches will be conducted in CENTRAL, MEDLINE (EBSCOhost), CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCOhost), PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, targeting English-language studies published from 2005 onward. Eligible studies include experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational research reporting at least one identifiable standardized quantitative outcome measure related to wheelchair use. Two independent reviewers will conduct study selection and data extraction, with disagreements resolved through discussion or consultation with a third reviewer. Extracted data will be synthesized descriptively and presented in tables and evidence maps describing the distribution and characteristics of outcome measures across populations, usage contexts, and outcome domains including functional performance, activity, participation, quality of life, satisfaction, and usability
Investigating the Perceptual Interplay Between Bird Vocalization and Anthropogenic Noise in Urban Soundscapes
No full textUrban acoustic environments offer residents a myriad of everyday experiences, shaped by built infrastructure, habitat design, species interactions, cultural practices, and dominant modes of movement and travel. Research has shown that certain sounds, such as bird vocalizations, wind, and water, can bolster perceptions of public contentment and psychological well-being, offering moments of respite from more chaotic and mechanized elements of the urban soundscape, including traffic and construction. Yet in cities, biological and anthropogenic sounds rarely occur in isolation. They overlap and interact in ways that may obscure or alter how ecological presence is perceived.
This project investigates the specific interplay between biological and anthropogenic acoustic subgroups, with particular attention to the role of bird vocalizations, using experimentally designed soundscapes to systematically examine how different acoustic compositions shape perception and experience. A gradient-based approach is employed, constructing a series of controlled soundscape compositions that range from heavily anthropogenic to bird prominent. Across this gradient, the proportion and salience of bird vocalizations are manipulated while overall duration, structure, and loudness are held relatively constant. Anthropogenic elements include common urban sources such as traffic, construction, and human activity, while bird sounds are drawn from species typical of British Columbian urban and peri-urban environments.
Participants listen to multiple soundscape conditions and provide responses measuring perceived naturalness, pleasantness, attentional engagement, and subjective experience of nature. This design allows the study to examine when birdsong becomes perceptually noticeable, when it begins to meaningfully influence experience, and how its effects shift under varying levels of anthropogenic noise. Expected outcomes include identifying perceptual thresholds and masking effects, and generating evidence to support soundscape-informed urban design and biodiversity planning. Attention is also given to the role of acoustics in developing an underlying sense of relational thinking towards local environments, surveying participants on their impressions on how recreation and behaviors may be shaped by the acoustic offerings
Psychological Misconceptions and Critical Thinking as Components of Psychological Literacy in Pre-service Teachers
No full textSupplementary materials for "The acquisition of native language phonotactics: Integrating insights from machine learning, and adult and infant experiments"
No full textAnalogical Extension from Irregular Paradigms in Iranian Armenian: A Case of "Elsewhere Reversal"
No full textSupplementary materials for Dolatian & Kodner 2026. The materials include a readme that explains all the raw data and calculations. The calculations are based on a frequency dictionary of Eastern Armenian, and on the Universal Dependencies corpus of Eastern Armenian
Sample Size Determination for a Cluster Randomised Trial with Bayesian Hypothesis Testing
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Isolation, loneliness and advance care planning in ‘Elder Orphans’: A scoping review protocol
No full textThe objectives of the scoping review are to document the definitions of terms used to describe ‘Elder Orphans’, and to understand isolation, loneliness and advance care planning in this population
Female Leadership and Municipal Fiscal Performance in Colombia: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design (2007–2019)
No full textThis study examines whether the gender of the elected mayor affects the fiscal performance of Colombian municipalities. To do so, it constructs a municipal panel covering all 1,121 municipalities in the country and the government periods associated with the 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 local elections. Leveraging highly competitive mixed-gender elections, where female candidates narrowly win or lose against male candidates, the analysis implements a regression discontinuity design that identifies the local causal effect of female leadership on seven fiscal management indicators, including the fiscal performance index, revenue structure, and expenditure composition