Route to Profitable Decarbonisation - Analysis on Ferry Sector and Practical Guidance

Introduction:Caution is required when using animal/biological component (ABC) simulators. Their use can pose many challenges and risks for staff and learners. Sourcing the materials and safety when constructing, using, and disposing of ABC simulators are familiar challenges. However, using these materials can ensure more realistic and reliable models than their synthetic counterparts [1] which can create a more immersive experience with better learner feedback. Learners also have a chance to practice with the instruments and consumables required for a procedure in a safe manner where there is no risk to patient safety, but the procedure is not jeopardised [2]. We describe the development of a user guide with Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) to mitigate risk and improve the performance of these simulators.Methods:Based on a literature search for health and safety guidelines, consultation with suppliers and simulation facilities and the ICAPSS experience in ABC simulation in procedures including bowel anastomosis, stoma formation and reversal, microvascular anastomosis, tendon repair, 3rd & 4th degree perineal repairs and endoscopic polypectomies, we developed a best practice guide, simulator SoPs and bespoke health and safety risk assessment templates.Results:The ABC best practice guide was developed and includes programme templates, recommendations for material ordering with images and descriptions of the animal material, dimensions and quantities. The SoPs for storage, preparation and modification, cleaning, handling, use and disposal of the ABC simulators were developed. SoPs also included bespoke health and safety risk assessment templates for biologic materials.Discussion:ABC simulation can be high risk and challenging but is an important aspect of simulation-based education. Mitigation of the risk and developing best practice SOPs and guides can ensure health and safety compliance and support facilities embarking on this type of simulation for the first time.Ethics statement:Authors confirm that all relevant ethical standards for research conduct and dissemination have been met. The submitting author confirms that relevant ethical approval was granted, if applicable.

This work aimed to develop a Best Practice Guidance on online peer support for people with young-onset dementia (YOD). The Best Practice Guidance was developed through a systematic literature review, focus groups, an online survey, and interviews and consultations with people with YOD and professionals. The Best Practice Guidance consists of two parts. Part 1 contains information for people with YOD about what online peer support entails, what to expect from it, and how to get involved. Part 2 is aimed at those who facilitate or moderate online peer support (professionals or people with lived experience) and includes guidelines on how to optimize online peer support for people with YOD. The Best Practice Guidance on online peer support provides (1) people with YOD with evidence-based, relevant, and accessible information about what online peer support entails and how it could help them, (2) providers and facilitators with guidelines on how to optimize online peer support for people with YOD, and (3) healthcare professionals with a concise and accessible tool for signposting. Future research is needed to implement and disseminate the Best Practice Guidance among dementia organizations and healthcare practices and should include rigorous studies on the implementation and sustainability of online peer support for people with YOD.

BackgroundOver the past several years, hyperdilute calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA) has emerged as an effective modality for improving skin quality and managing laxity in the face, arms, hands, neck, décolletage, upper arms, abdomen, buttocks, and upper legs, as well as for treating cellulite and striae. Whereas undiluted CaHA is used to provide volume, hyperdilute CaHA is distributed across a much larger surface area in a more superficial plane to stimulate neocollagenesis and elastin formation over time. The absence of lymphocytic infiltrates and predominance of type 1 collagen in the tissue response to CaHA make hyperdilute CaHA a valuable tool for nonsurgical skin tightening.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to provide practical step-by-step guidance on patient selection, dilution practices, and optimal injection technique to facilitate incorporation of the technique into clinical practice.MethodsOver the course of 3 regional meetings in the United States, 12 expert physician injectors participated in live webinars as part of a continuing medical education program.ResultsThe practical guidance in this manuscript is based upon the most frequently requested information by audience members and the information considered critical for success by the authors.ConclusionsThe minimally invasive nature of filler injection results in little downtime, making this treatment particularly appealing. The recommendations presented are consistent with previously published consensus guidelines on hyperdilute CaHA but are intended to serve as “how-to” guidance based on the experience of expert injectors who have successfully treated the face and body.Level of Evidence: 4

Intravenous vitamin C (IVC) is a common therapy used by naturopathic doctors and other licensed integrative practitioners. With several proposed mechanisms of action related to cancer care, it is often used in integrative oncology settings. Despite its common use, there are no published evidence-based resources on the efficacy, safety, and procedural considerations for the use of IVC in practice. The objectives of this review are to summarize the evidence on high-dose IVC in supportive cancer care and to provide a resource of practical clinical guidance for IVC application. In cancer care, IVC is most commonly used at doses high enough to achieve a potential cancer cell cytotoxicity. This review focuses on IVC at doses of ≥15 g which we have defined as high-dose. To date, there are 23 published clinical trials evaluating the use of high-dose IVC in cancer support. Based on data from these clinical studies, IVC used concurrently with oxidative therapies, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, seems to produce the greatest likelihood for improvements in quality of life and additive anti-tumour effects compared with IVC as monotherapy or with non-oxidative therapies. IVC has shown promise in improving quality of life in patients with breast cancer and advanced pancreatic and ovarian cancers. Limited evidence suggests survival and/or tumour response may be improved with the inclusion of IVC in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and RAS-mutated colorectal cancer. IVC does not offer curative potential, and further research is needed to explore its effectiveness relevant to mortality outcomes. Practical guidance including assessment, monitoring, dosing, safety, and communication with other healthcare providers is discussed.

BioTechniquesVol. 56, No. 2 From the EditorOpen AccessA Practical Perspective on MethodsNathan BlowNathan BlowBioTechniquesSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:3 Apr 2018https://doi.org/10.2144/000114127AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail This month, we are introducing a slightly new article format at BioTechniques, something that we will be calling a Practical Guide. The genesis of this article type was born out of discussions amongst the editorial staff on new ways to provide readers with additional insights and information on the latest techniques and methods, given the explosion of methods articles and new technology developments in recent years.The reason I say this is a “slightly” new article format is that Practical Guide articles are intended to be part review, part analysis, and part personal research experience with case study examples, all blended together to provide readers with a unique perspective on a specific area of methods development. For me, it is this last part, the personal research experience/case study discussion, that makes this Practical Guide format so important for the scientific community at this moment in time.Today, publishing “negative” results, reporting unsuccessful experiments, or documenting the challenges in implementing new techniques in the lab is not a common practice. It is well known that most journal articles report only the success stories. This leaving researchers with important cautionary tales on the limitations and potential drawbacks of a particular technique or protocol without an outlet to share their findings in a meaningful way. And what about all the trial-and-error effort that is invested in obtaining those new results? Shouldn't it be communicated to other researchers? Surely there is value to be gained from informing the scientific community of the steps that did not work in addition to those steps that produced a successful experiment.What the editors at BioTechniques came to realize was that by bringing some of that trial-and-error information to the readers, new solutions to experimental problems can be found, accelerating the speed of scientific discovery. Clearly, there is no need to repeat optimizations if another lab has gone through the process already. The Practical Guide format is designed to provide that extra guidance and insight into a particular methodology—from highly experienced and qualified methods developers who have used a variety of approaches in their own research— to hopefully prevent unnecessary repetition.The month, we are excited to launch our very first Practical Guide article. Authored by Steven Head and colleagues at The Scripps Research Institute, this article explores the latest methods and techniques in next-generation sequencing (NGS) library construction. Interest in NGS has expanded greatly in recent years, creating a truly important area for methods development. Focusing on sample preparation, an essential part of the NGS workflow, Head et al. discuss a wide array of techniques, protocols, and applications involved in optimal NGS library preparation. The article also documents the possible pitfalls and challenges one can encounter when constructing an optimized library for NGS from either DNA or RNA, based on the authors— own experiences working with a variety of sample types and sequencing applications.Our challenge when it comes to publishing Practical Guide articles is identifying authors who have extensive experience with different techniques and can provide unique insights into methodology. Fortunately, many developers have responded enthusiastically to this new format, so in the coming months you will see other Practical Guide articles in these pages focusing on NGS bioinformatics tools, super-resolution imaging, qPCR, and other important research methods. In addition, we would like to encourage potential authors who might be interested in writing a Practical Guide in the future to contact the editorial team to discuss suitable topics and how to submit an article proposal.It is our expectation that the Practical Guide format will provide a unique mechanism for researchers to discuss best practices in the lab and assist others interested in using a new technique or choosing the best technical approaches to meet their research goals.As always, we welcome your feedback, comments and opinions on this new article format at bioeditor@biotechniques.com.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 56, No. 2 Follow us on social media for the latest updates Metrics History Published online 3 April 2018 Published in print February 2014 Information© 2014 Author(s)PDF download

The Best Practice Guide on the Control of Lead in Drinking Water brings together, for the first time, all of the regulatory, health, monitoring, risk assessment, operational and technological issues relevant to the control of lead in drinking water. Its focus is Europe and North America and the Guide benefits from the input of an international research network involving 28 countries. A large range of illustrative examples and case studies are provided. The Guide will be of interest to scientists, engineers, regulators and health specialists who are involved in the provision of safe drinking water.The reader will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to assess lead in drinking water problems, both in the water supply systems that serve a City, Town or rural area and at individual properties, dependent on their knowledge of pipe-work circumstances and water quality. Options for corrective action are outlined and their strengths and weaknesses explained, with information on costs and environmental impact. The reader should then be able to develop a strategy for controlling lead in drinking water in their area, establish an appropriate monitoring programme, select the right combination of corrective measures, and define the level of risk reduction that will likely be achieved.The Best Practice Guide provides a succinct compilation of the wide range of issues that relate to lead in drinking water, at a time when the regulations are under review in both Europe and North America. It will also be very relevant to all those implementing the Protocol on Water and Health, as lead in drinking water has recently been adopted as one of the key issues requiring assessment, improvement planning and reporting.The key features are:For the first time, all the complex inter-related aspects of lead in drinking water have been brought together.The detailed explanations given on sampling and monitoring should avoid mistakes being repeated.The information on optimising corrective treatment measures is the most comprehensive to date.The Best Practice Guide will facilitate the protection of water consumers from lead contamination and reduce associated health risks.This Guide is one of a series produced by the International Water Association's Specialist Group on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. It is a state-of-the-art compilation of the range of scientific, engineering, regulatory and operational issues concerned with the control of lead in drinking water.This title belongs to Best Practice Guides on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water.ISBN: 9781843393696 (Print)ISBN: 9781780401546 (eBook)

This article, concerning school guidance theory and practice, has as its central theme the idea that school counselors may be able greatly to enrich their services to students by investing themselves in a study of the interactions between a student and his learning environments. Evidence is reviewed concerning the relative influences upon educational outcomes of (1) the individual's characteristics, (2) the home and family circumstances, (3) school characteristics, and (4) peer relationships. Guidance practice is examined within their context and implications are suggested.

This research is the development of practical guidance in the field of chemical education. The purpose of this research are (1) Obtain practical guide Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning, (2) a significant difference to improving the learning outcomes that learned by using practical guidance Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning, (3) The effectiveness of the learning process that is learned with using practical guide Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning. The stages in this study were (1) syntax analysis Discovery learning model and Project Based Learning to know the chemistry lab guiding components in accordance with the type of Discovery and the type of Project Based Learning, (2) Prepare and develop chemistry lab guiding electrolyte and non-electrolyte material suitable with syntax type of Discovery and the type of Project Based Learning, (3) standardization or feasibility or feasibility test lab guide to the validator teachers and lecturers, (4) Implementation of practical guidance to students of class X SMA 2 Sigli, (5) to analyze the effectiveness of practical guidance Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning in learning electrolyte and non-electrolyte that has been tested. The results of the feasibility test lab guides Discovery types 3:41 and practical guide type Project Based Learning 3:50. While the effectiveness of the use of practical guides Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning is seen from the results of student learning in mind that the first experimental class that uses practical guide type Discovery 86.00 average with 71.4% increase in learning outcomes while using the experimental class II type Project Based practical guide Learning average of 81.75 with an increase of 58.8% learning outcomes. It can be concluded that the practical guidance Discovery types and the type of Project Based Learning feasible to be used as a guide practice in schools, with increased learning outcomes using practical guidance Discovery types of higher value than the type of practical guidance Project Based Learning. Keywords : Practical Guidance Development, Type Discovery , Type of Project Based Learning

Objective:INDUCT (Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Using Current Technology), and DISTINCT (Dementia Inter-sectorial strategy for training and innovation network for current technology) are two Marie Sklodowska-Curie funded International Training Networks that aimed to develop a multi-disciplinary, inter-sectorial educational research framework for Europe to improve technology and care for people with dementia, and to provide the evidence to show how technology can improve the lives of people with dementia.Methods:In INDUCT (2016-2020) 15 Early Stage Researchers worked on projects in the areas of Technology to support everyday life; technology to promote meaningful activities; and healthcare technology. In DISTINCT (2019-2023) 15 Early Stage Researchers worked on technology to promote Social health in three domains: fulfilling ones potential and obligations in society, managing one’s own life, and participation in social and other meaningful activities.Both networks adopted three transversal objectives: 1) To determine practical, cognitive and social factors needed to make technology more useable for people with dementia; 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of specific contemporary technology; 3) To trace facilitators and barriers for implementation of technology in dementia care.Results:The main recommendations resulting from all research projects are integrated in a web-based digital Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in Dementia which was recently updated (Dec 2022 and June 2023) and will be presented at the congress. The recommendations are meant for different target groups, i.e. people in different stages of dementia, their (in)formal carers, policy makers, designers and researchers, who can easily find the recommendations relevant to them in the Best Practice Guidance by means of a digital selection tool.Conclusions:The INDUCT/DISTINCT Best Practice Guidance informs on how to improve the development, usage, impact and implementation of technology for people with dementia in various technology areas. This Best Practice Guidance is the result of intensive collaborative partnership of INDUCT and DISTINCT with academic and non-academic partners as well as the involvement of representatives of the different target groups throughout the projects.

BackgroundThe lack of organized caretaking for persons with HD and their families in our part of Sweden was the reason for us to start our project “Network for people with...

Reviewed by: Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes: A Practical Guide by Diana M. Ruggiero Darcy Lear Ruggiero, Diana M. Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes: A Practical Guide. Georgetown U P, 2022. Pp. 136. ISBN 978-1-64712-159-4. Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes: A Practical Guide (2022) by Diana M. Ruggiero provides an overview of World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP) along with practical tips that serve language educators interested in venturing into the realm of WLSP. It is an excellent primer for those new to the field and for all practitioners, it provides a thorough definition and discussion of WLSP, its history, and its value within higher education, all in one place and for the first time. The volume is full of “Yes, you can!” encouragement for the WLSP curious and is buttressed by the same empathy, compassion, mindfulness, and love it calls for among educators. It includes a call to engage with the field—and for universities to support it with graduate level programming—while it also situates WLSP within the contexts of the higher education and humanities landscapes. Innovative contributions to the field appear throughout the guide, such as calls for mindfulness and repeated emphasis on attention to nonverbal communication as we work to equip students with the skills they will need beyond the classroom and academy. It asserts that WLSP practitioners are language educators—experts—who can indeed teach languages for specific purposes, even if we have to engage with a learning curve that anything new requires or occasionally assume the role of “client” or “patient” who obviously has limited to no expertise in the specific-purpose domain. The book can be read straight through or used as a reference—if you are interested in integrating WLSP into non-WLSP courses, skip to chapter 7; interpreting, skip to chapter 8. Integrating [End Page 163] culture is the theme of chapter 9, and it includes specific details on how to integrate a song into a medical Spanish course and a presentation of the very useful model that is World Café. The guide repeatedly promises strategies, materials, and resources for developing lessons and courses and where they are delivered, they are excellent. For example, community service learning is covered in chapters 5 and 6, and there you will find good practical suggestions and specific examples to get started as well as repeated emphasis on the importance of mutually beneficial relationship between the university and the community with sustainable projects and partnerships. Elsewhere, however, the indexing seems circular; abundant promises that specifics will appear in later chapters (or have already appeared in earlier chapters) make it nearly impossible to track whether or not all that is promised is delivered. “The appendix” and occasionally “the final chapter” get frequent mentions when in fact there are 10 appendices labeled A-J and it would be nice to have them specifically referred to with clear indexing throughout the guide. That lack of clarity meant that sometimes where I tried to follow a thread, it led to a dead end; for example, I could not find the service-learning journal assignments that were promised in chapter 6 in any of the appendices. The book concludes with a compelling call for graduate level WLSP programming, a plea that bears repeating when university language departments train PhD students almost exclusively in literary studies with some acceptance of linguistics, while WLSP remains solidly positioned outside of all of that. Job ads in higher education, however, increasingly seek candidates to fill some level of WLSP role; how can those experts exist when PhD programs continue to exclusively train PhD students in the core content of literary studies and some linguistics? Throughout, this book unapologetically asserts that a both/and solution wherein critical, culture-centered traditional humanities and WLSP will necessarily co-exist is required. It is a future I look forward to and hope to embrace with all the optimism and enthusiasm packed into this volume. Darcy Lear University of Chicago Copyright © 2023 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc

This Best Practice Guide on the Control of Iron and Manganese in Water Supply is one of a series produced by the International Water Association's Specialist Group on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. Iron and manganese are often found in soft upland water sources associated with natural organic matter and are also commonly found in the groundwaters abstracted from confined and unconfined aquifers. The presence of iron and manganese in water is one of the most frequent reasons for customers' complaint due to aesthetic issues (yellow, brown and black or stains on laundry and plumbing fixtures). These two metals can be removed fairly readily by physico-chemical treatment. The municipal treatment systems deployed derive benefit from their larger scale, particularly in relation to control, but the processes used are less suitable for the numerous small supplies that are the most common water supplies throughout Europe especially in rural areas. One important source of iron in drinking water is from old corroded cast-iron water mains, historically the material used most commonly in supply networks. Replacement and refurbishment is very expensive and the major challenge is how best to prioritize available expenditure. The purpose for this Best Practice Guide on the Control of Iron and Manganese in Water Supply is to give readers the broad view of a problem based on state-of-the-art compilation of the range of scientific, engineering, regulatory and operational issues concerned with the control of iron and manganese in drinking water. The Guide will be of interest to water utility practitioners, health agencies and policy makers, as well as students on civil engineering and environmental engineering courses. This title belongs to Best Practice Guides on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. . ISBN: 9781780400747 (eBook) ISBN: 9781780400044 (Print)

Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Depression Arthur M. Nezu, George F. Ronan, Elizabeth A. Meadows, and Kelly S. McClure (Eds.). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (www.wkap.nl). 2000, 353pp. $69.95 (spiral bound). When I am reading research on depression, or working with a depressed client here at the university, I often wonder how to obtain a particular assessment instrument that I have read about in the literature on depression. How do I go about purchasing it? How do I find it? Who designed it and who publishes it? How long does it take to administer and interpret it? Can I photocopy it or do I have to purchase it? What is the best instrument to use for a particular clientele? As part of the AABT Clinical Assessment Series, the Practitioner's Guide performs a valuable service of informing clinicians, not only of the various instruments used to assess depression, but also how to locate and obtain these instruments. Additionally, this guide offers a 10-step process to help clinicians decide on which instruments would be most beneficial to their practice. I believe this guide provides a valuable service for clinicians in the area of assessment of depression. Structure of the Practitioner's Guide The guide is divided into two major sections. Part I comprises three chapters that provide an overview of depression and its assessment. Chapter 1 is an introduction that discusses the structure of the book, the selection of the instruments included in the volume, and the format of the description of each instrument. The guide contains over 90 reviews of measures available in English that assess depression or depressive symptoms and that are relevant to cognitive behavioral therapy. Additionally, the guide provides information regarding reliability and validity of each measure. The description format for each instrument includes its title, reference, purpose, population for which it was developed, a description and overview of the instrument, research background, administration, scoring, interpretation, psychometric properties, clinical utility, research applicability, source, cost, and alternative forms. Chapter 2 provides an overview of depression, its diagnosis, assessment, and models of treatment. The first part of this chapter provides a brief overview of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for depression and distinguishes major depression and dysthymia. Additionally, the diagnostic overview discusses the notion of double depression. The guide distinguishes two major methods of assessment: self-report questionnaires and clinically structured interviews. The authors note the drawbacks to self-report questionnaires and inform clinicians that these types of questionnaires should not be used for purposes for which they were not designed-For example, cutoff scores shouldn't be used to determine an Axis I diagnosis. This chapter describes several models that have been developed for treating depression: Lewinsohn's Behavioral Model, Social Skills Training, Rehm's Self-Control Therapy, Nezu's Problem-Solving Therapy, Behavioral Marital Therapy, Beck's Cognitive Therapy, and the Interpersonal Model. While the authors do not provide a comparative evaluation of these models, the common thread through all these models is their empirically based development. Chapter 3 of this volume provides a 10-step guide to help clinicians select appropriate instruments for both clinical and research settings. …

Planned Giving TodayVol. 29, No. 12 Proven, Practical Guidance from The Planned Giving ExpertsPublished Online:26 Nov 2018https://doi.org/10.1089/pgt.2018.29.12-1AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 29Issue 12Dec 2018 InformationCopyright ©2018 by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Proven, Practical Guidance from The Planned Giving Experts.Planned Giving Today.Dec 2018.1-12.http://doi.org/10.1089/pgt.2018.29.12-1Published in Volume: 29 Issue 12: November 26, 2018PDF download

Planned Giving TodayVol. 27, No. 4 Proven, Practical Guidance from The Planned Giving ExpertsPublished Online:29 Mar 2016https://doi.org/10.1089/pgt.2016.27.4-1AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 27Issue 4Apr 2016 InformationCopyright ©2016 by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Proven, Practical Guidance from The Planned Giving Experts.Planned Giving Today.Apr 2016.1-12.http://doi.org/10.1089/pgt.2016.27.4-1Published in Volume: 27 Issue 4: March 29, 2016PDF download