This study provides both methods and resources to extend occupational therapy consumer-centred practice into the realm of research.

The response of trauma systems in rural areas is uncertain since distances between injury scenes and trauma care are considerable. Timely arrival at definitive care is critical for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) since secondary damage can occur during the hours following injury. We evaluated how the implementation of a trauma system in a predominately rural state affected the triage of TBI patients and their risk for mortality. The Iowa System Trauma Registry Dataset was analyzed, and included patients evaluated before trauma system implementation, 1997-1998, and after implementation, 2002-2003. Patients were identified using ICD9-CM codes or AIS codes, and included 710 pre-system patients and 886 post-system patients. Multivariate logistic regression assessed the effect of the trauma system on survival while controlling for confounders. Following implementation of the trauma system, patients treated in Level I or II facilities were older (p = 0.019), more often had multiple injuries (p = 0.0002), and had more severe TBI (p = 0.008). After controlling for confounders, transferred patients and those directly admitted were less likely to die in 72 h in the post-system than the pre-system (odds ratio [OR] = 0.56, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.36, 0.88; OR = 0.50, 95% CI = 0.32, 0.79). Implementation of the Iowa trauma system seems to have led to more appropriate triage and transport for TBI patients, and this likely contributed to reduced in-hospital mortality.

Electronic Chip-in-Place Test (ECIPT) is a design approach and a test methodology for VLSI packages containing multiple semi-conductor chips.Shift register latches are used in such a way that each chip on a package is accessible for testing from the package pins without in-circuit probing. A means is therefore provided, whereby tests generated for a chip can be reapplied at the package level. The ECIPT methodology additionally provides a mechanism for simplified tests of failures associated with interchip wiring and chip I/O connections.19th Design Automation Conference 0420-0098/82/0000/0482500.75 © 1982 IEEE

Interest in measurement of children's executive functions has shown a major increase over the past two decades. The present study evaluates two new apps (EYT and eFun) for measuring executive functions in children. The results of this study show that children (aged 5-8) enjoy executive function assessment in the form of games on an iPad. However, only one executive function, EYT working memory, showed significant positive correlations with several types of grades (e.g., English and maths) in primary school students. New, self-assessed, child-friendly executive function measurement tools have the potential to provide future possibilities for teachers to integrate information on cognitive ability into student learning plans.

This paper reports on research undertaken to determine the effectiveness of a 3D simulation environment used to train mining personnel in emergency evacuation procedures, designated the Fires in Underground Mines Evacuation Simulator (FUMES). Owing to the operational constraints of the mining facility, methods for measuring learning transfer were employed which did not require real world performance evaluation. Transfer measures that examined simulator performance relative to real world experience, fidelity assessment, and appraisal of the training value of the platform were utilised. Triangulation of results across all three measures indicated the presence of learning transfer, suggesting the viability of indirect measures in instances where real world performance testing is not possible. Furthermore, these indirect measures of learning transfer also provided some insight as to the strengths and weaknesses of the simulation design, which could be used to inform the development of future versions of the product.