Leaching characteristics of metals from recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) and reclaimed asphalt pavements (RAP).

Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) and reclaimed asphalt pavements (RAP) are two construction waste products that are commonly used in the road construction industry. Besides many advantages, pollutants leaching from RCA and RAP are highlighted as the most concerning environmental issue. This study investigated metals leaching characteristics from RCA and RAP due to the variations in key influential factors of pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), compaction and liquid to solid ratio (L/S).

An evaluation of the quality, suitability and impact on equity of clinical practice guidelines relevant to preterm birth for use in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Background: Preterm birth is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality and a defining event for pregnant people, infants, and whānau (extended families). Recommendations have been made for a national preterm birth prevention initiative focusing on equity in Aotearoa New Zealand, including the development of a national best practice guide. An understanding of the number and quality of guidelines, and consideration of their suitability and impact on equity is required.

The Clinical Frailty Scale can indicate prognosis and care requirements on discharge in oncology and haemato-oncology inpatients: A cohort study.

Objectives: Routinely used performance status scales, assessing patients' suitability for cancer treatment, have limited ability to account for multimorbidity, frailty and cognition. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a suggested alternative, but research detailing its use in oncology is limited. This study aims to evaluate if CFS is associated with prognosis and care needs on discharge in oncology inpatients.

Supervised and semi-supervised 3D organ localisation in CT images combining reinforcement learning with imitation learning.

Computer aided diagnostics often requires analysis of a region of interest (ROI) within a radiology scan, and the ROI may be an organ or a suborgan. Although deep learning algorithms have the ability to outperform other methods, they rely on the availability of a large amount of annotated data. Motivated by the need to address this limitation, an approach to localisation and detection of multiple organs based on supervised and semi-supervised learning is presented here.

Psychological well-being of women at high risk of spontaneous preterm birth cared for in a specialised preterm birth clinic: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Objectives: To assess the psychological well-being of pregnant women at increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth, and the impact of care from a preterm birth clinic.

Design: Single-centre longitudinal cohort study over 1 year, 2018-2019.

Setting: Tertiary maternity hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.