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Commentary : Integrating gamified learning to support competency-based nursing supervision
Full text linkPractical training in clinical settings is essential for nursing education, with the quality of clinical supervision directly impacting student learning outcomes. Supervisors play a central role in guiding students, yet challenges such as limited time, high workload, and insufficient feedback skills often reduce supervision quality. To address these challenges, innovative strategies such as gamification have been adopted in healthcare education, improving engagement, motivation, knowledge acquisition, skill development and confidence building (Fusco, 2022; Krishnamoorthy, 2025). The SUPERVISE® serious game was developed as a theory-informed intervention to enhance clinical supervision training in nursing. This study aimed to validate the content of SUPERVISE® and assess its usability among nurses
Overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of risperidone on cardiovascular risk : analysis of Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews including 11,949 patients
No full textObjective.
To evaluate the effects of risperidone on cardiovascular risk.
Method.
The searches were completed by means of EMBASE, MEDLINE/PubMed (by the National Library of Medicine), Scopus, and Web of Science databases. We included SRs of risperidone and cardiovascular risk published up to 2022. PRISMA was enforced for reporting quality, AMSTAR 2 was used to assess methodological quality, and GRADE was executed for quality of evidence analysis.
Results.
After excluding 1883 publications, we identified six systematic reviews, which reported effect estimates with substantial uncertainty for tachycardia events (RR 1.35, 95% CI 0.87 to 2.10), QTc prolongation events (RR 1.02, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.10), and QTc prolongation as a continuous outcome (mean difference +9.39 ms, 95% CI 4.09 to 14.69). For systolic and diastolic blood pressure, extractable mean differences (mmHg) were not reported, limiting quantitative interpretation. Overall certainty of evidence ranged from low to very low. No SR entirely adhered to the PRISMA statement, AMSTAR 2 and GRADE suggested low to very low quality.
Conclusion.
The available evidence from systematic reviews is of low to very low certainty and indicates substantial uncertainty regarding the cardiovascular effects of risperidone. Higher-quality systematic reviews with improved reporting and methodology are required.
KEY POINTS
This overview synthesised evidence from systematic reviews examining cardiovascular outcomes associated with risperidone.
The available evidence showed substantial uncertainty across outcomes, with low to very low certainty of evidence and incomplete assessment of several clinically relevant cardiometabolic risks.
Current findings do not allow definitive conclusions regarding cardiovascular safety, underscoring the need for more robust and methodologically rigorous research
Risk of secondary extinction in the Asian songbird trade, as exemplified by the selling of crested jayshrikes as master birds
Full text linkThe Asian Songbird Crisis—the recognition that trade is the major threat to the conservation of Asian songbirds—has hitherto largely focused on species valued for their singing abilities and those that enter into songbird competitions. To increase the repertoire and variability in the songs of these competition species, competitors use so-called master birds. These are caged near competition birds to train them through vocal mimicry. Here, we focus on one such master bird, the crested jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus. Recognizing the negative effect trade has had on wild populations, the Indonesian government added this species to its list of protected species in 2018. We used data from 21 bird markets surveyed between 2011–2018 (119 surveys) and 2018–2025 (105 surveys) to assess whether this legal protection was effective. We recorded crested jayshrikes openly offered for sale, with most surveys documenting one or two individuals. We found a strong contrast between the brown crested jayshrike P. g. coronatus from Borneo and Sumatra and the Javan crested jayshrike P. g. galericulatus. The former was favored because of its superior singing abilities and more varied, piercing song. Almost three-quarters of individuals traded were brown crested jayshrikes, and they commanded significantly higher prices. Overall, remarkably little change was detected over the 15-year period, and legal protection appears to have had limited effect. We found no significant change in the number of markets offering the species (16 vs. 15), in market-level abundance trends (10 decreases, 5 no change, 6 increases), in temporal patterns, or in prices (brown: US110; Javan: US41 at the start and end of the study, respectively). The mean abundance decline slightly (1.6 vs. 1.3 birds per survey). Although crested jayshrikes themselves do not enter singing competitions, they are an integral part of the competitive songbird industry as master birds, with thousands caught illegally every year. As a result, they face a risk of extinction driven indirectly by the demand for increasingly complex songs in competing species. These secondary extinctions highlight the need to rethink how best to manage, and where appropriate curb, trade in wild songbirds across Asia
WFPC7004 IPC Children's Commissioning materials module 1
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Unpacking cyber sovereignty : China’s cyber security legislation and its challenges to international investment law
No full textChina’s notion of cyber sovereignty reflects an assertive extension of state authority into the digital realm. Rooted in principles of territorial jurisdiction, national security, and technological independence, this framework is embodied in key legislation. These laws impose rigorous compliance obligations on foreign and domestic businesses, particularly those operating critical information infrastructure. While these measures reinforce China’s digital autonomy, they pose significant challenges for
foreign investors navigating this intricate regulatory landscape. This chapter critically examines how China’s cyber sovereignty aligns with its international investment obligations, focusing on three core principles: protection against expropriation, national treatment, and fair and equitable treatment (FET). It explores whether the stringent requirements and lack of effective remedies breach these standards, highlighting potential areas of discord with China’s investment treaties. Furthermore, it evaluates the
limitations of security and general exception clauses in justifying these regulatory measures under international law. The findings suggest that China’s cyber sovereignty framework, while advancing its domestic security and technological goals, may conflict with its international investment commitments. As more nations adopt similar regulatory stances, this trend could signal a shift toward a fragmented global ICT market, reshaping the dynamics of international economic governance
A critical examination of international education mobility regimes : comparative Insights from Vietnamese Students in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom
No full textAmidst the neoliberal commodification of international education, countries have taken various approaches to governing international students’ mobilities. This paper examines Vietnamese students’ navigation of different ‘regimes of mobility’ in Canada, France and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on Manderscheid’s (2020) “critique of mobility” we highlight how these regimes vary not only in openness, but also in the power dynamics they perpetuate. Based on two qualitative interpretive studies, including 25 interviews with Vietnamese students in Vancouver, Paris, and the UK (London, Northampton and Aberdeen), our thematic analysis addresses how mobility regimes affect students’ choice of destination, legal status, and post-graduation plans. Instead of a “triple win” (Brunner, 2021, p. 29) for students, sending and receiving countries, we examined how France’s, Canada’s and the UK’s mobility regimes perpetuate inequalities and prioritize their own economic interests. We argue that return migration might be an agentive way for international students to challenge Western mobility regimes. = Giữa bối cảnh thương mại hóa tân tự do của nền giáo dục quốc tế, các quốc gia đã áp dụng nhiều phương pháp khác nhau để quản lý sự di chuyển của sinh viên quốc tế. Bài viết này so sánh cách sinh viên Việt Nam định hướng các “chế độ di chuyển” khác nhau tại Canada, Pháp và Vương quốc Anh. Chúng tôi sử dụng thuyết “phê bình di chuyển” của Manderscheid (2020) để nhấn mạnh rằng các chế độ này khác nhau về cởi mở và quyền hạn mà chúng duy trì. Dựa trên hai nghiên cứu định tính diễn giải với 25 phỏng vấn với sinh viên Việt Nam tại Vancouver, Paris và Vương quốc Anh (London, Northampton và Aberdeen), phân tích chủ đề của chúng tôi xem xét cách các chế độ di chuyển ảnh hưởng đến lựa chọn điểm đến, tình trạng pháp lý và kế hoạch sau khi tốt nghiệp. Thay vì “cả ba cùng thắng” (Brunner, 2021, trang 29) cho sinh viên, quốc gia gửi và quốc gia tiếp nhận, phân tích của chúng tôi chỉ ra rằng cách các chế độ di chuyển của Pháp, Canada và Vương quốc Anh duy trì sự bất bình đẳng và ưu tiên lợi ích kinh tế của họ. Chúng tôi lập luận rằng việc di cư ngược có thể là một cách để sinh viên quốc tế thách thức chế độ di chuyển của các quốc gia phương Tây. = Dans le contexte de la marchandisation néolibérale de l’éducation internationale, les pays adoptent différentes approches pour régir les mobilités des étudiant.e.s. Cet article examine comment les étudiant.e.s vietnamien.ne.s naviguent différents « régimes de mobilité » au Canada, en France et au Royaume-Uni. Par la « critique de la mobilité » de Manderscheid (2020) nous montrons que ces régimes diffèrent par leur ouverture et les dynamiques de pouvoir perpétuées. Basé sur deux études qualitatives interprétatives, comprenant 25 entrevues avec des étudiant.e.s vietnamien.ne.s à Vancouver, Paris et au Royaume-Uni, notre analyse thématique aborde l’impact des régimes de mobilité sur le choix de destination, le statut légal et les projets post-diplôme. Plutôt qu’un « triple gain » (Brunner, 2021, p. 29) pour les étudiants, les pays d’envoi et d’accueil, ces régimes perpétuent des inégalités et privilégient leurs intérêts économiques, tandis que la migration de retour peut constituer une stratégie agentive pour les contester
Public engagement with eugenics in the academy exhibitions and events across HE institutions
No full textThis collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education institutions and museums in the UK and abroad. It details the practical experiences of uncovering and exploring historical eugenic affiliations among influential figures such as Francis Galton and William Beveridge and the challenges faced in addressing these legacies within institutional contexts, specifically University College London (UCL), the London School of Economics (LSE), the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Psychological Society. The authors, who are also the curators of exhibitions on the history of eugenics, highlight collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches drawing on archival collections, public programming, and responses from epistemic communities engaged with the topic. Rather than being an academic text, this piece reflects on the complex, evolving dialogue around reckoning with eugenics in public history and its relevance today through curatorial practice and collective personal reflection
Degeneration and eugenics
Full text linkThis chapter discusses Emil Kraepelin’s views on degeneration. Of the many contributing factors, two are considered by him decidedly ‘poisonous’ for individual and collective health (‘Volksgifte’): alcoholism and the transmission of venereal diseases, particularly syphilis. Kraepelin’s concerns with degeneration echoed those of many eugenicists, in Germany and elsewhere, who believed that modern civilisation had become increasingly antithetical to the improvement of the race. In the early twentieth century, alcoholism was considered a ‘disease’ by many medical experts, including by some prominent psychiatrists. This issue seemed all the more pressing in the light of the growing number of the so-called ‘degenerates’, who were institutionalised across Europe and the United States. Kraepelin was one of those psychiatrists who repeatedly emphasised alcohol’s degenerative effects on human heredity. ‘Degenerative psychosis’ (‘Entartungsirresein’), he argued, was hereditary and a threat to the race. To prevent it from spreading further, he called on the state to take decisive action, using medical and therapeutic means but also through the application of racial hygiene (‘Rassenhygiene’). Kraepelin’s scientific credibility assured that his views on degeneration were widely shared by other German psychiatrists. That many of them were also eugenicists is a sobering truth. Another uncomfortable truth is that much of psychiatry’s scientific authority was developed during this period of intense popularisation of racial sciences. Therefore, in order to understand Kraepelin’s engagement with the hereditarian theory of alcoholism and to explain his observations on degeneration, the historical context of early twentieth century eugenics needs to be studied more rigorously by both practitioners and historians of psychiatry
MMDP Orientation Seminar / Seminar cyfeiriadedd
No full textPresentation from the pre-programme Orientation Seminar / Seminar cyfeiriaded