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Assessing Multimodal Transport Systems
The reviewed multimodal transport cost model is based on a relatively simple framework but demonstrates that other existing models of modal choice, multimodal transport and inventory location all oversimplify the transport process. 
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  • 15 Mar 2021
Topic Review
SDGs and Physical Education
Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) son una estrategia global que apunta a obtener un mundo más equitativo y justo. Estos objetivos están organizados en 17 ODS, detallando 169 metas. Diferentes instituciones internacionales han enfatizado la relevancia de la educación para el desarrollo de ciudadanos que contribuyan al logro de los ODS para 2030. Sin embargo, aún no se ha realizado una revisión centrada en la educación física (EF). Por tanto, el objetivo de este trabajo es doble. Primero, analizar y seleccionar los ODS específicos que se pueden implementar en el área de educación física. Segundo, relacionar estos objetivos específicos con los diferentes modelos basados ​​en prácticas de educación física. Esta revisión mostró cómo tres documentos institucionales han relacionado previamente el deporte, el ejercicio físico y la educación física con ODS específicos. Según la búsqueda realizada,
  • 583
  • 11 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Information Enabled Care
Information enabled care are the evidenced-based actions and behaviours required by healthcare providers when encountering and using health and social care technologies. Over the last twenty years, the implementation of digital healthcare technologies and  the way people access  care and interact with healthcare systems has changed significantly. Digital innovations are transforming the delivery of health and social care for all stakeholders. Technological hardware such as robotics and wearables, and software such as mobile applications, electronic medical and health records; with new healthcare models including remote monitoring, patient portals, telecare, health and medicine visits are now commonplace within healthcare environments and communities. Having evidence-based quality and safety standards and guidelines, with embedded user outcomes as information enable care provision is essential. However, these frameworks need to be flexible enough not to stifle innovation, and robust enough to ensure that technology is not used for the sake of itself. Healthcare conversations must begin with ‘what matters to you’ rather than ‘wow, look at this new gadget that we want you to use’. Health and social care must be framed by rigorous data analysis and critical appraisal. Building upon Carey Mather's previous encyclopaedia topic, Digital Professionalism, this entry continues the theme of defining and contextualising the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework, specifically the domain of Information Enabled Care.
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  • 11 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Higher Blood Pressure & Neurodegeneration
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) is a major risk factor for cerebral health. Midlife hypertension is associated with a two- to five-fold increased risk of stroke, and up to 50% greater risk of developing vascular dementia. Moreover, hypertension is also linked to the development of amyloid angiopathy, the progression of white matter lesions (WMLs), and neurodegeneration. This recent meta-analysis demonstrates that higher blood pressure, even within the normal range, is associated with a reduction in global and regional brain volumes.
  • 541
  • 06 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Innovating Occupational Safety Training
Digital games have been successfully applied in different working sectors as a highly-engaging occupational safety training method. Nonetheless, they found a very limited application in agriculture. Engagement in safety training is widely acknowledged to play a pivotal role in promoting occupational safety in the agricultural sector. Based on a scoping review of 42 studies, the present entry discusses how occupational risks are addressed during game-based safety training in different productive sectors and how this can be transferred to agriculture. 
  • 446
  • 05 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Thalamus
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a common mental disorder, with high lifetime prevalence approximately 6–10% . The prevalence of PTSD in trauma-exposed people has been approximately 20%. PTSD is induced by traumatic stress including life threatening, actual or threatened severe injury, and sexual violence. In DSM-V criteria, PTSD has the following symptoms: intrusion of unwanted memory updates related to traumatic stress, avoidance for reminders, negative alterations in mood, and hyper-arousal. Conservatively, fear-conditioned learning involving the amygdala has been considered one of the causative factors.
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  • 03 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Bike-Sharing Systems
The idea behind Bike-Sharing Systems (BSS) is simple: a pool of publicly available bicycles placed around the city and ready to be used for a low payment BSS have raised in popularity in the last years due to their potential share in sustainable cities. Although the first attempts to implement a bike-sharing public service date back to 1965 (Amsterdam), their widespread use arrived with the millennium becoming a vibrant research area whose activity has increased steadily in the last decade.
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  • 02 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Remote Sensing for International Security
Remote sensing technology has seen a massive rise in popularity over the last two decades, be-coming an integral part of our lives. Space-based satellite technologies facilitated access to the in-accessible terrains, helped humanitarian teams, support complex emergencies, and contributed to monitoring and verifying conflict zones. The scoping phase of this review investigated the utility of the role of remote sensing application to complement international peace and security activities owing to their ability to provide objective near real-time insights at the ground level.
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  • 01 Mar 2021
Topic Review
Psychological First Aid
Psychological First Aid (PFA) focuses on providing humane, supportive, and practical help to individuals who are suffering and in need of support in the immediate aftermath of a disaster [20]. The three main principles of PFA are to look (for safety, for who needs help), listen (to the person in distress) and link (to further support) [20,24].
  • 584
  • 26 Feb 2021
Topic Review
Human Well-Being
The definition of human well-being is diverse and is often used interchangeably with happiness, human welfare, standard of living or quality of life and has become an all-around term to measure and promote human lifestyle.
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  • 25 Feb 2021
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