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Objective: To assess the sensitivity of the recording of Aboriginality in the Western Australia Linked Data. Methods: This was a follow-up study using record linkage. Demographic data was obtained from 993 adult, urban-dwelling Aboriginal Australian participants in the Perth Aboriginal Atherosclerosis Risk study (PAARS). These were linked to the Western Australian Linked Data (Statewide hospital admissions and discharges, and deaths) to provide the number of admissions and Indigenous status coding from 1980 to 2006. Results: There were 14,413 admissions for PAARS participants in the study period. The sensitivity of coding of Indigenous status in hospital admissions data significantly improved over time, exceeding 0.9 in every year since 2002. Prior to 2002 sensitivity was around 0.8, but poorer for males, with some anomalous years. Conclusions: The coding of Indigenous status in the Western Australia Hospital Morbidity Database since 2002 has improved. The data from earlier decades must be approached with more caution. Implications: The improved accuracy of identification of Indigenous status in the Western Australia Hospital Morbidity Database allows comparative studies of adult Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal population health outcomes to be undertaken with confidence. Key words: medical record linkages, Indigenous population. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00388.x

Objective: Traditionally, amniocentesis is performed between 17 and 23 weeks of gestation. This enables decisions regarding the course of pregnancy to be made before viability. Less frequently, amniocentesis is performed in the third trimester. Advanced genomic technologies such as chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) provide more detailed information about the fetus compared with traditional G-banded chromosomal analysis. The aim of this study was to assess the indications for and safety of late amniocentesis, genetic-test results (especially in the context of CMA technology) and outcome of pregnancies that underwent the procedure after 24 weeks.Methods: Medical records were analyzed retrospectively of all women in whom amniocentesis was performed at a gestational age of 24 + 0 to 38 + 6 weeks, at Hadassah Medical Center, between June 2013 and March 2017. Parameters investigated included indications for late amniocentesis, complications, CMA results and pregnancy outcome.Results: During the study period, 291 women (303 fetuses, 277 singleton and 14 twin pregnancies; in two twin pairs, one fetus was terminated before amniocentesis) underwent late amniocentesis. CMA was performed in all instances of amniocentesis. The most frequent indication was abnormal sonographic finding(s) (204/303 fetuses, 67%). Preterm delivery occurred in 1.7% and 5.1% of pregnancies within the first week and within 1 month following the procedure, respectively. Aneuploidy was detected in nine (3%) fetuses and nine (3%) others had a pathogenic/likely pathogenic copy number variant, suggesting that CMA doubled the diagnostic yield of traditional karyotyping. Maximal diagnostic yield (17.5%) was achieved for the subgroup of fetuses referred with abnormal sonographic findings in two or more fetal anatomical systems. Variants of uncertain significance or susceptibility loci were found in another nine (3%) fetuses.Conclusions: In pregnancies undergoing late amniocentesis, CMA increased detection rates of fetal abnormalities and had a shorter turnaround time compared with traditional chromosomal analysis; therefore, late amniocentesis may serve as a helpful tool for detecting fetal abnormalities or reassuring parents following late-appearing abnormal sonographic findings. However, CMA may expose findings of uncertain significance, about which the couple should be precounseled. The procedure appears to be safe. Copyright © 2018 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract.The purpose of this study was to determine the productivity of Fish Coastal Women (Dher eddher) and Existence of Selling Fish Coastal Women (Dher eddher) In achieving family welfare. This study uses qualitative phenomenological method by describing and analyzing data so that it is found a general tendency that can be used as further material in descriptive with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques in this study were by observation, documentation and interviews with 20 informants from five villages in two sub-districts of Tlanakan and Pademawu Pamekasan. The results of the study showed that Pamekasan coastal women who became Selling Fish (dher eddher) were very productive because they met all the productivity factors of Selling Fish Coastal Women (dher eddher) in their performance were good motivation factors, reliable ability and experience, sellers the mobile fish has a good work ethic and discipline in work, the income is sufficient. and the work environment includes facilities and health in the work are fulfilled. Coastal Woman olso can fulfill the welfare of the family because the quality of life in terms of material, physical, health and facilities that are owned in the household and other facilities meet the criteria of a prosperous family. Abstrak.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui produktifitas wanita pesisir sebagai Penjual ikan keliling (der eddher) dan wanita pesisir sebagai Penjual ikan keliling (der eddher) dalam memenuhi kesejahteran keluarga. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif fenomenologi dengan mendeskripsikan dan menganalisa data sehingga ditemukan kecenderungan umum yang dapat dijadikan bahan lebih lanjut dalam deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengambilan data dalam penelitian ini dengan observasi, dokumetasi dan wawancara dengan 20 informan dari lima desa di dua kecamatan Tlanakan dan Pademawu Kabupaten Pamekasan. Hasil penelitian menujukkan bahwa wanita pesisir Pamekasan yang menajadi penjual ikan keliling (dher eddher) sangat produktif karena memenuhi semua faktor-faktor produktifitas wanita pesisir penjual ikan keliling (dher eddher) dalam kinerjanya adalah faktor motivasi yang baik, kemampuan dan pengalaman yang handal, para penjual ikan keliling tersebut mampunyai etos kerja yang baik, disiplin dalam bekerja, pendapatannya cukup dan lingkungan kerja meliputi sarana dan kesehatan dalam bekerja terpenuhi. Wanita pesisir juga dapat memuhi kesejahteran kelauraga karena kualitas hidup dari segi materi, fisik, kesehatan dan fasilitas yang dimiliki dalam rumah tangga dan sarana lainnya memenuhi kriteria keluarga sejahtera.

Research in semantic word list-learning paradigms suggests that presentation modality during encoding may influence word recognition at test. Given these findings, it is argued that some previous misinformation effect research might contain methodologies which are problematic. Misleading information groups typically receive erroneous information in written narratives, which may be further impeded by written tests. Results may therefore be explained by misinformation or encoding specificity. In two experiments, participants received restated, neutral, and misleading post-event information through auditory or written modalities. Participants' recognition and recall of critical details about the source event were tested. In a recognition test using the standard testing procedure, there were no condition differences for post-event information presented via an auditory modality. However, for post-event information presented in the text modality, recognition performance was more accurate for restated information relative to neutral information, which in-turn was better than the misled condition. Using the modified testing procedure, the differences were again limited to the text condition. Better performance was evident in the restated condition relative to the average of the neutral and the misled conditions, and there was no difference in performance between the neutral and the misled conditions. Using a recall test, however, there was no effect of modality. Memory was significantly better for restated information than for the average of the neutral and the misled conditions and poorer in the misled condition relative to the neutral condition. Results are discussed in terms of the effects of contextual cues at test, and methodological and interpretational limitations associated with previous research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]