The ‘habitat heterogeneity hypothesis’ is one of the cornerstones of ecology (e.g. Simpson, 1949; MacArthur & Wilson, 1967; Lack, 1969). It assumes that structurally complex habitats may provide more niches and diverse ways of exploiting the environmental resources and thus increase species diversity (Bazzaz, 1975). In most habitats, plant communities determine the physical structure of the env...

Methods Within the EUNOMIA-study, N = 2,586 involuntarily admitted patients and N = 830 voluntarily admitted patients who felt coerced at admission were recruited across 13 sites in 12 European countries. Within the first ten days, 4 weeks, and 3 months after admission, patients were assessed on several variables including psychopathology (BPRS), level of functioning (GAF), QoL (MANSA), and sat...

1. Adapt an existing quality assessment tool (the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care QuIRC) and an existing Patient Reported Outcome Measure (the Client Assessment of Treatment CAT) for mental health supported accommodation services. We will identify any QuIRC and CAT items that require amendment through review by a service user reference group, an expert panel, and focus groups with sta...

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Despite various methods that exist in software risk management, software projects have a high rate of failure. When complexity and size of the projects are increased, managing software development becomes more difficult. In these projects the need for more analysis and risk assessment is vital. In this paper, a classification for software risks is specified. Then relations between these risks u...

The systematic and complete identification of relevant accident scenarios for Critical Infrastructure is still one of the major challenges to achieve higher resilience performance. THREVI2 project aims to answer to this Authorities’ and Operators’ important need. It is implemented by elaborating three coordinated ontologies (CI systems, Hazards & Threats affecting CI, CI interdependencies) and ...

The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) is a useful clinical and research assessment, but it has limitations in content, age range, and efficiency. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the item bank for a new computer adaptive testing version of the PEDI (PEDI-CAT). An expanded item set and response options were reviewed by clinician experts and examined...

BACKGROUND Tourniquet use recently became common in war, but knowledge gaps remain regarding analysis of recovered devices. The purpose of this study was to analyze tourniquets to identify opportunities for improved training. METHODS We analyzed tourniquets recovered from deceased service members serving in support of recent combat operations by a team at Dover Air Force Base from 2010 to 201...

RATIONALE The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) is an eight-item questionnaire designed to assess and quantify the impact of COPD symptoms on health status. COPD exacerbations impair quality of life and are characterized by worsening respiratory symptoms from the stable state. We hypothesized that CAT scores at exacerbation relate to exacerbation severity as mea...

Clinical observations suggest that nonverbal children with severe intellectual disability exhibit pain in a wide variety yet uniquely individual ways. Here, we investigate the feasibility and describe the initial psychometrics properties of the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale (INRS), a personalized pain assessment tool for nonverbal children with intellectual disability based on the parent'...