This paper explores the temporal complexity of remote working within information systems development (ISD). Traditional remote working literature is ill-equipped to deal with the COVID-19 context. An ...interpretive research approach is used to generate a qualitative data set, based upon the results of field interviews with key ISD professionals. The thematic analysis of the research data is classified based on a temporal complexity framework. The study provides several key takeaways that emerge when temporal complexity theory is applied to study COVID-19 affected remote ISD workers. It explores how temporal characteristics influence remote ISD working, while investigating the resulting challenges. Recommendations are provided which researchers and practitioners may focus on when researching and applying ISD methodology. This is the first paper which examines temporal complexity within remote ISD workers. This research will provide a starting point for ISD researchers and practitioners to test their commonly held temporal assumptions about remote working.
Maternal body composition and birth weight Connor, Clare O'; O' Higgins, Amy; Segurado, Ricardo ...
Prenatal diagnosis,
June 2014, Letnik:
34, Številka:
6
Journal Article
Recenzirano
What's already known about this topic?
Birth weight (BW) prediction is an important part of obstetric management.
It is a key determinant of perinatal outcome with poor outcomes resulting from ...delivering macrosomic neonates or growth‐restricted neonates.
Maternal obesity, assessed by BMI, has been associated with an increased risk of fetal macrosomia, neonatal adiposity and metabolic syndrome.
There is a paucity of data in the literature on maternal body composition and its relationship to BW.What does this study add?
First trimester maternal body composition was assessed accurately and objectively by bioelectrical impedance analysis and correlated to BW.
We accurately identify which maternal body composition parameters including visceral fat and waist circumference independently influence BW.
We also explore customised centiles and population based centiles at birth.
Potentially, this study may help to identify a modifiable risk factor to reduce the incidence of macrosomia and neonatal adiposity.
To investigate the impact of an educational intervention on home support workers' ability to detect early pressure ulcer damage.
A repeated measure design was employed to quantify the effectiveness ...of an educational intervention, consisting of one pre-test and two post-tests.
Education was provided to home support workers and this was followed by an assessment of their ability to correctly classify 20 photographs detailing varying stages of skin damage severity. At the baseline (pre-education), 58% of the photographs were classified correctly. At post-test 1, 55% of the photographs were classified correctly. In post-test 2 this increased to 58%, achieving the original baseline scores. There was a moderate negative relationship between pre-training and post-test 2 scores (r=-0.44; n=27; p=0.02).
The educational intervention has been shown not to have a statistically significantly positive effect on home support workers' ability to detect early pressure ulcer damage. The moderate negative relationship between pre-training and post-test 2 scores concur with the aforementioned qualitative findings, and similarly indicate behaviour associated with individuals experiencing difficulty comprehending new health terms.
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