32 research outputs found
Estudo retrospectivo de orquiectomia em cães e gatos atendidos em hospital veterinário escola no periodo de cinco anos
No full textA orquiectomia é um procedimento comumente realizado na prática veterinária de pequenos animais, sendo um método eletivo e funcional no controle populacional de cães e gatos. Atua na prevenção de patologias hormônio-mediadas, neoplasias testiculares e uma série de alterações comportamentais indesejáveis. Além de preventiva, a orquiectomia é também utilizada no tratamento de patologias de origem reprodutivas. Com este trabalho objetivou-se realizar um estudo retrospectivo das indicações de orquiectomia – eletiva e terapêutica – durante o período de cinco anos. Para tanto foram catalogadas 3597 prontuários clínicos de cães e gatos submetidos a procedimentos cirúrgicos em Hospital Veterinário Professor Renato Rodenburg de Medeiros Neto (HOSPMEV / UFBA), no período compreendido entre janeiro de 2010 e dezembro de 2014. Foram analisados 469 prontuários (13,03%) referentes ao procedimento cirúrgico de orquiectomia, de onde foram recolhidos dados referentes à espécie, idade, raça e indicação do procedimento. A análise dos dados revelou a não predominância de raças e a abrangência de diferentes faixas etárias, com maior predominância de animais adultos. As cirurgias eletivas foram as mais frequentes, tanto em cães como em gatos (60% e 79% respectivamente), tendo como principal indicação a contracepção. Dentre as indicações terapêuticas primárias destacam-se aquelas relacionadas às patologias do sistema reprodutor (criptorquidismo, neoplasias, orquite). Como terapia cirúrgica secundária foi empregada no tratamento de alterações congênitas (hérnias perineal e inguinal), de patologias hormônio dependentes (hiperplasia prostática benigna, adenoma hepatóide) e para viabilizar procedimentos de uretrostomia. Embora tenham sido obsevados altos índices de cirurgias eletivas, particularmente, em animais adultos e relacionadas ao controle populacional, vislumbra-se a necessidade de realização deste procedimento mais precocemente, auxiliando assim, na prevenção de uma série de patologias do sistema reprodutor masculin
The Scopus affiliation IDs used to search for documents with at least one ANHM author.
No full textThe Scopus affiliation IDs used to search for documents with at least one ANHM author.</p
The percentage of documents in each year group where the first author is from an ANHM.
No full textThe percentage of documents in each year group where the first author is from an ANHM.</p
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Economic Factors, Economic Recessions, and Spousal Violence
No full textThe focus of the study is centred on the relationship between economic recessions, economic factors such as unemployment rates, low income, and the COVID-19 pandemic, and spousal violence. The research is focused on scholarship and statistics within a Canadian context, as well as specific to Calgary and Alberta where appropriate. The study covers the economic recessions and related statistics on low income and unemployment rates in Canada from 2008 to 2020 in an attempt to illustrate a connection with spousal violence. The statistics on spousal violence cover the period from 2009 to 2014, given these are the most recently available publicly accessible statistics from the General Social Survey and the Uniform Crime Report through Statistics Canada. Exploring economic factors such as low income and unemployment is important because it can lead to a better understanding of how these factors intersect and contribute to and/or perpetuate spousal violence. It is also significant because exploring economic recessions can contribute to a more in-depth understanding of how the economy impacts spousal violence and the corresponding statistics on spousal violence. The methods utilized to research the topic include an integrative literature review, a descriptive research design, and a meta-analysis to collate, extract, and synthesize the literature and statistics. Findings include increased unemployment rates during periods of economic recessions and increased spousal violence-related calls to police agencies and other services during such periods. Lastly, women are the victims of spousal violence and their victimization is exacerbated by low income, their male partner’s unemployment, and periods of economic recession
Evaluating the research impact of Australia’s state natural history museums
No full textThis study is a bibliometric assessment of the research output of Australia’s mainland State Natural History Museums (ASNHMs), covering all literature published by these museums within the Scopus database from 1981 – 2020. ASNHMs include the Australian Museum (Sydney), Western Australian Museum (Perth), South Australian Museum (Adelaide), Queensland Museum (Brisbane), and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Darwin). The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery was excluded because of its modest size and research output. The National Museum of Australia is also excluded because it is concerned primarily with social history.
ASNHMs are a vital repository of the range of Australia's unique biodiversity.
They hold invaluable collections of natural history specimens that are major contributors to the taxonomic and systematic research of national and global biodiversity. Conserving biodiversity is a great challenge, and ASNHMs play a vital role in contributing to research and the implementation of plans to conserve Australia’s flora and fauna, known often for its high level of endemism and vulnerability in the face of climate change, habitat destruction, and threats from introduced pests and diseases.
This research reveals that ASNHM research is prolific, covers many topics, and is amongst some of the most influential literature in the world. The ASNHM’s published 9,770 papers over the study period, rising from 38 in 1981 to 529 in 2020. Four areas predominated, comprising in total almost 80% of the entries in all year blocks: Agricultural and Biological Sciences – 1981-1985 (n = 171, 44.42%) through to 2016- 2020 (n = 1960, 47.85%).
Earth and Planetary Sciences - 1981-1985 (n = 83, 21.56%) through to 2016-2020 (n = 439, 10.72%).
Environmental Science – 1981-1985 (n = 56, 14.55%) through to 2016-2020 (n = 553, 13.50%).
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology – (1981-1985 n = 15, 3.90%) through to 2016-2020 n = 358, 8.74%).
The rise in publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology reflects the growing significance of this discipline in museum work.
Analysis of the 50 most highly cited papers over this period revealed that the number of citations ranged from 299 – 1,793, with most papers coming from the subject areas Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%) and Multidisciplinary (27%). A Field- Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) was available for 46 of the top 50 papers, with a range of 1.35 to 80.95 (mean 13.45). A FWCI of 1 indicates a paper performing at the average for its discipline, so these papers clearly outperformed others in their field.
All preceding analyses assume that all museum work is being captured through conventional searches of Scopus. By searching for the records of two long-standing museum researchers in Scopus secondary documents (documents not listed in Scopus but cited by documents are in Scopus), the comprehensiveness of a conventional search could be checked. The secondary document searches revealed a large body of scholarship that was not detected by conventional database searches. One author had nearly 300 entries in secondary documents and the other over 200. These large bodies of scholarship generated h-indices of 23 and 17 respectively. Thus, conventional searches underestimate the extent of research publications from ASNHM researchers.
ASNHM researchers have achieved their strong record through high collaboration with universities, government agencies, conservation organisations and other leading authorities in protecting ecosystems and wildlife, hitting high notes in topics of great social, environmental and economic importance.
This research highlights the importance of research conducted by ASNHMs, their scientists and their affiliates, their collaboration within Australia and internationally. In documenting the range of research conducted by ASNHMs, this study heroes the significance of this collective research in the face of ever-increasing budget constraints that threaten the existence of museum research
Challenges in the use of extracorporal livers technologies
No full textThe human liver is a necessary organ in metabolism but when its working is harmed, can cause liver failure in varying degrees and raise the mortality rate. The only existing treatment for the disease so far is liver transplantation. Therefore, the objective of this research was to a evaluate the challenges of the artificial technologies of liver support (ATL) developed in the last nine years existing in the world. The technologies evaluated were those that consider the patient\u27s need have a survival while waiting of the transplant or confirm that will not need the donated liver. This research is of type descriptive and bibliographical and was based on scientific articles published in the following databases: National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Academic Google, Latin American and Caribean Literature in Health Sciences (LACLHS), Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Capes Journal (Brazil). In the studies found, was verified that extracorporeal liver support technologies of the bioartificial type and artificial liver do not guarantee sufficient patient survival. Although this technologies have some clinical benefit with their use, is possible that the recipient patients suffer from metabolic intoxication. So that technologies can produce survival expected in patients, should be considered three pillars: the disease, the technology used and the dose of therapy. This research is important because it will help in the development of new methodologies better suited to recipientes
The number of published documents including at least one author with an ASNHM address 1981–2020, as identified by Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection.
No full textThe number of published documents including at least one author with an ASNHM address 1981–2020, as identified by Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection.</p
International student experience of employment integration in Finland
No full textPublisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.International students have the potential to contribute significantly to host countries through cultural enrichment, economic growth, and human capital development. However, their successful integration into the host society is crucial to realise these benefits. By applying the framework of the two-way integration process from acculturation theory, this study examines the employment integration of international students in Finland, a non-native English-speaking country. Our semi-structured, qualitative in-depth interviews identify several key challenges encountered by international students, including limited information about the labour market, unfamiliarity with recruitment practices, a lack of industry connections, communication gaps from recruiting companies, and host country language barriers. We provide recommendations to organisations and recruiters on how to embrace diversity in their recruitment processes, as well as suggestions to universities on how to better support international students’ transition into the workforce of the host country.Peer reviewe
The percentage of documents published by ANHM authors 1981–2020 that included at least one co-author from a country other than Australia.
No full textANHMs are based in Australia, so there is at least one Australian author on all these documents. Therefore, Australia is shown in dark grey to indicate that Australian authors are excluded. The map was produced using MapChart software’s free version licence https://www.mapchart.net/terms.html#licensing-maps, under a CC BY license with permission of Minas Giannekas, founder and developer of MapChart.</p
The percentage of documents published by ANHM authors in each of eight year groups 1981–2020 that included at least one co-author from a country other than Australia.
No full textANHMs are based in Australia, so there is at least one Australian author on all these documents. Therefore, Australia is shown in dark grey to indicate that Australian authors are excluded. The map was produced using MapChart software’s free version licence https://www.mapchart.net/terms.html#licensing-maps, under a CC BY license with permission of Minas Giannekas, founder and developer of MapChart. (TIF)</p
