Explore the vast range of titles available.

The changing face of the chemical world. A round-up of new elements added to the periodic table.

Te reo Māori, the Indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand, is a distinctive feature of the nation’s cultural heritage. This paper documents our efforts to build a corpus of 79,000 Māori-language tweets using computational methods. The Reo Māori Twitter (RMT) Corpus was created by targeting Māori-language users identified by the Indigenous Tweets website, pre-processing their data and filtering out non-Māori tweets, together with other sources of noise. Our motivation for creating such a resource is three-fold: (1) it serves as a rich and unique dataset for linguistic analysis of te reo Māori on social media; (2) it can be used as training data to develop and augment Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools with robust, real-world Māori-language applications; and (3) it will potentially promote awareness of, and encourage positive interaction with, the growing community of Māori tweeters, thereby increasing the use and visibility of te reo Māori in an online environment. While the corpus captures data from 2007 to 2020, our analysis shows that the number of tweets in the RMT Corpus peaked in 2014, and the number of active tweeters peaked in 2017, although at least 600 users were still active in 2020. To the best of our knowledge, the RMT Corpus is the largest publicly-available collection of social media data containing (almost) exclusively Māori text, making it a useful resource for language experts, NLP developers and Indigenous researchers alike.

Gastroduodenal damage can be seen on endoscopy in 20 to 40 percent of people who take nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In epidemiologic studies, the risks of peptic ulcer and death are three to six times higher among people who take these drugs than among those who do not. 1 , 2 An effective strategy to prevent these complications is needed. Endoscopic studies have shown that misoprostol prevents NSAID-associated gastric and duodenal ulcers, 3 – 5 and in one study the incidence of complications from ulcers was reduced. 6 However, misoprostol may cause diarrhea and abdominal pain, it has little effect on symptoms of dyspepsia, and . . .

This article contributes the first corpus-based study of possession in Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Like most Polynesian languages, Māori has a dual possessive system involving a choice between the so-called A and O categories. While Māori grammars describe these categories in terms of the inherent semantic relationship between the possessum and possessor, there have been no large-scale corpus analyses demonstrating their use in natural contexts. Social media provide invaluable opportunities for such linguistic studies, capturing contemporary language use while alleviating the burden of gathering data through traditional means. We operationalise semantic distinctions to investigate possession in Māori-language tweets, focusing on the [possessum a/o possessor] construction (e.g., te tīmatanga o te wiki ‘the beginning of the week’). In our corpus comprising 2500 tweets produced by more than 200 individuals, we find that users leverage a wide array of noun types encompassing many different semantic relationships. We observe not only the expected predominance of the O category, but also a tendency for examples described by Māori grammars as A-marked to instead be O-marked (59%). Although the A category persists in the corpus, our findings suggest that language change could be underway. Our primary dataset can be explored interactively online.

The brutal disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic require dynamic ways of responding, not only to the informational needs of communities, but also engaging and creating interventions they consider relevant to their psychospiritual needs. Using the design thinking steps, we identified, developed and tested the type and nature of a unique song which residents of a gated community needed in their journey through COVID-19 lockdowns and government restrictions. The design thinking model provided clear steps for engaging residents to develop an anti-COVID-19 song of hope to cope with the physical, sociopolitical, psychological and spiritual trauma caused by the pandemic.

Rejection is a widespread and problematic issue that impacts transgender and gender nonconforming individuals throughout their lives. Transgender people are likely to experience gender-based rejection from their families, at school during their youth, from employers and coworkers, and religious organizations. Past research has shown that rejection from certain people and organizations can influence outcomes such as homelessness, sex work engagement, and issues with psychological distress. For instance, familial rejection has been shown to be a consistent factor associated with homelessness and mental health issues among gender minorities. However, there is limited knowledge on how school, workplace, and religious rejection can influence outcomes of homelessness and sex work engagement, as well as mental health concerns among transgender people due to limited data that is available to researchers. This study used data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey to examine the influence of familial, school, workplace, and religious rejection on outcomes associated with homelessness, sex work engagement, and psychological distress. The results of this dissertation showed that outcomes of homelessness, sex work engagement, and psychological distress were associated with rejection from all four groups. Based on the results, the implication of this study is discussed, as well as future research needed in this area of research.

The Recovery of Equipment for Capacity building OVERseas (RECOVER) initiative at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School involves collection and donation of clean and unused medical supplies that would otherwise be discarded to those desperately in need of those supplies abroad. RECOVER has recently responded to the aftermath of the Ebola crisis and the even more recent mudslide natural disaster in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which had resulted in a considerable diminishing of the local medical supplies. The goal of this study was to assess the match between donated supplies and local needs by using a post-donation survey. In December 2016, we conducted a pre-donation survey inquiring which of the supplies available from RECOVER were needed by four hospitals in Freetown. The survey also asked about specific barriers to keeping such supplies in stock. After each hospital received a shipment of supplies, we administered an online Qualtrics (Qualtrics, Provo, UT) follow-up survey intending to assess the appropriateness of the donated supplies. The survey asked about which wards used what supplies, most useful items, ability to sterilize, and whether the donation provided supplies that would otherwise need to be bought. Recipient hospitals reported the use of 90% of donated supplies. The most useful supplies were gowns, scalpels, gloves, and drapes; All recipients reported the ability to sterilize donated goods. Supplies were used in operating rooms, emergency rooms, and medical wards. Donated supplies provided hospitals with supplies that would typically need to be bought or that were unavailable in the region. No adverse events were reported related to the use of donated supplies. At first glance, our donations appear usable and appropriate for the recipients. We hope to provide a framework for an objective measure of need for hospitals in other low-income countries, using the Freetown post-Ebola crisis as a pilot for the assessment of medical supply donations and the longitudinal impact it can have on global health and surgery overseas. More studies are required to further explore the possible implications of our program including those relating to medical waste management and environmental considerations when donating and shipping disposable supplies to a developing country.

In the United States, LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately represented among thehomeless population. While homeless, members of the LGBTQ+ community are more likely toface discrimination, stigmatization, and victimization than their heterosexual counterparts.Although previous research on homelessness among the LGBTQ+ community has beeninsightful, we know little about the lived experiences of homeless LGBTQ+ adults in Arkansas.Therefore, the current study sought to understand the life experiences of LGBTQ+ adults inArkansas who are or were homeless at one time in their adult lives. More specifically, this studyfocused on how individuals enter and exit homelessness, incidents of physical and sexualvictimization while homeless, and evaluated the ability of LGBTQ+ individuals to obtainresources in the community. Through a grounded theory approach, in-depth, face-to-faceinterviews were conducted with nine LGBTQ+ homeless individuals in Arkansas. A snowballsampling strategy was used to recruit participants. The implications of this study includedproviding insight on LGBTQ+ homelessness and improving resource obtainment in Arkansas.

The photograph of the Christchurch Bicycle Band boggles the mind; all these smart, uniformed musicians riding bicycles and playing their instruments. Apparently when they first started they had penny farthings. Just how did the tuba and base drummer get on to their darned mounts? The Kennett Brothers certainly have done their homework; Ride covers all the early bikes, manufacturers, retailers, clubs and races. Including our very own Round the Mountain Race, which first started in 1911. Before 1927 the riders took sixpence (five cents) to pay fees at four tollgates along the way. How times have changed.

The air-cooled VW beetle and van are well-recognised motoring icons to many around the world and here in New Zealand. To this end, [Philip Coyle] of Wellington has written a well-balanced, 176-page hardcover book, with 130 black-and-white photos and 206 in colour. The 50 years from the VW's official introduction into our country in 1954 up to today is covered. Coyle brings us up to date with the resurgence of VW here in New Zealand; all the new models that can be seen on New Zealands roads today are shown in many lovely photos. And he adds some great information on the modern VW technical service departments.