Background Past research on the association between insomnia and suicidal ideation (SI) has produced mixed findings. The current study explored the relationship between insomnia, SI, and past-year mental health status among a large Canadian Forces (CF) sample. Method Data was obtained from the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey (CFMHS), and included a large representative sample of Canadian Regular Forces personnel (N = 6700). A series of univariate logistic regressions were conducted to test individual associations between past-year mental health status, insomnia, and potential confounds and SI. Mental health status included three groups: 0, 1, or two or more probable diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD) and alcohol abuse/dependence. Stepwise multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between insomnia and SI with mental health status as a moderator. Results 40.8% of respondents reported experiencing insomnia. Both insomnia and number of mental health conditions incrementally increased the risk of SI. However, past-year mental health status was a significant moderator of this relationship, such that for CF personnel with either no (AOR = 1.61, 1.37–1.89) or only one past-year mental health condition (AOR = 1.39, 1.12–1.73), an incremental increase in insomnia was associated with an increased likelihood of SI. However, in personnel with two or more past-year mental health disorders, insomnia was no longer significantly associated with SI (AOR = 1.04, 0.81–1.33). Conclusions Insomnia significantly increased the odds of SI, but only among individuals with no or one mental health condition. Findings highlight the importance of assessing insomnia among CF members in order to further suicide prevention efforts.
The Swiss Darwin21 design competition is sponsored by companies related to the Swiss automation industry, and is run on a two-year cycle in Switzerland. It involves most of the Universities of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, and for the 2009 competition, included one international Swiss-USA team comprised of students from the electrical, mechanical and industrial design departments of the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts-Engineering & Architecture (LUASA), as well as the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department of Purdue University. Students and faculty from Lucerne University traveled to Purdue University in the fall of 2008 to meet and to determine assignments for the design and construction aspects of the project. After both teams worked on the project during the fall, and winter of 2008 and the spring of 2009, the Purdue team then traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland, in May 2009 for two weeks to work on the integration of the hardware and software aspects of the project. This project served as the capstone senior design experience for the students from Purdue University. The student's were required to: obtain the competition design specifications, which were performance-only specifications and made no attempt to define the electrical or mechanical technologies to be used, submit a proposal, including a preliminary budget, obtain funding for both the cost of the project as well as the costs of travel and lodging, and design and create the competition entry. This paper describes the overall project including the competition, the communications issues faced and solved by the two parts of the team, and the results of the project. Introduction: As we continue to merge into a global market, it is imperative that we prepare our students to operate in a global work force environment [1]. Moreover, it is increasingly important for engineering and technology students to have an international experience, both technical and cultural, as part of their undergraduate education [2]. The Internet has the capability to allow students separated by great distances and diverse cultures to successfully participate in joint projects [3]. Darwin21 is a joint venture of the industrial automation sector in Switzerland. Approximately 50 companies, associations and educational institutions are engaged in the project. The goal is to disclose the attractiveness of careers in technology and inspire young people [4]. The challenge for the competition covered by this paper was to develop a body that is able to express five different types of emotions on demand like salutation, relaxing, making an impression, and reacting to acoustical signals. The project teams work on their solutions over a time period of
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