LLukas22/scidocs huggingface dataset:
Motivational Interviewing to Increase Postdischarge Antibiotic Adherence in Older Adults with Pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led, motivational interviewing on antibiotic adherence following discharge in older adults with pneumonia.


SETTING
Inpatient medical wards in a large tertiary academic medical center.


PRACTICE DESCRIPTION
Older adults diagnosed with pneumonia were enrolled from December 1, 2013, to August 1, 2014, at Yale-New Haven Hospital.


PRACTICE INNOVATION
Motivational interviewing-a patient-centered method of communication-has gained recognition as a tool that can aid pharmacists in addressing negative health behaviors (e.g., medication adherence, health screenings, substance abuse during counseling sessions). However, the potential role of motivational interviewing in older adults to improve medication adherence during transitions of care is not clear. In this study, in addition to standard discharge care, older adults hospitalized with pneumonia who were randomized to the intervention group received enhanced care: pharmacist-led motivational interviewing.


MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS
Evaluation of adherence to prescribed antibiotic regimens and patient satisfaction with the motivational interviewing, enhanced-care session.


RESULTS
Ultimately, 87% of patients in the intervention group (n = 16) compared with 64% of patients in the control group (n = 14) were adherent to their antibiotic regimens. Patient satisfaction with the motivational interviewing intervention was high.


CONCLUSION
Pharmacist-led motivational interviewing sessions have the potential to positively influence antibiotic adherence rates and patient satisfaction.
State-of-the-Art Report on Temporal Coherence for Stylized Animations

Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) algorithms allow the creation of images in a variety of styles, ranging from line drawing and pen-and-ink to oil painting and watercolor. These algorithms provide greater flexibility, control and automation over traditional drawing and painting. Despite significant progress over the past 15 years, the application of NPR to the generation of stylized animations remains an active area of research. The main challenge of computer generated stylized animations is to reproduce the look of traditional drawings and paintings while minimizing distracting flickering and sliding artifacts present in hand-drawn animations. These goals are inherently conflicting and any attempt to address the temporal coherence of stylized animations is a trade-off. This state-of-the-art report is motivated by the growing number of methods proposed in recent years and the need for a comprehensive analysis of the trade-offs they propose. We formalize the problem of temporal coherence in terms of goals and compare existing methods accordingly. We propose an analysis for both line and region stylization methods and discuss initial steps toward their perceptual evaluation. The goal of our report is to help uninformed readers to choose the method that best suits their needs, as well as motivate further research to address the limitations of existing methods.
Optimization and planning of operating theatre activities: an original definition of pathways and process modeling

BACKGROUND
The Operating Room (OR) is a key resource of all major hospitals, but it also accounts for up 40% of resource costs. Improving cost effectiveness, while maintaining a quality of care, is a universal objective. These goals imply an optimization of planning and a scheduling of the activities involved. This is highly challenging due to the inherent variable and unpredictable nature of surgery.


METHODS
A Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN 2.0) was used for the representation of the "OR Process" (being defined as the sequence of all of the elementary steps between "patient ready for surgery" to "patient operated upon") as a general pathway ("path"). The path was then both further standardized as much as possible and, at the same time, keeping all of the key-elements that would allow one to address or define the other steps of planning, and the inherent and wide variability in terms of patient specificity. The path was used to schedule OR activity, room-by-room, and day-by-day, feeding the process from a "waiting list database" and using a mathematical optimization model with the objective of ending up in an optimized planning.


RESULTS
The OR process was defined with special attention paid to flows, timing and resource involvement. Standardization involved a dynamics operation and defined an expected operating time for each operation. The optimization model has been implemented and tested on real clinical data. The comparison of the results reported with the real data, shows that by using the optimization model, allows for the scheduling of about 30% more patients than in actual practice, as well as to better exploit the OR efficiency, increasing the average operating room utilization rate up to 20%.


CONCLUSIONS
The optimization of OR activity planning is essential in order to manage the hospital's waiting list. Optimal planning is facilitated by defining the operation as a standard pathway where all variables are taken into account. By allowing a precise scheduling, it feeds the process of planning and, further up-stream, the management of a waiting list in an interactive and bi-directional dynamic process.
A simple technique for introducing small diameter vessels into a coupler device.

Dear Sir, The venous coupler device is a safe method of venous anastomosis (Jandali, Wu, Vega, Kovach, & Serletti, 2010). The coupling device is at least equivalent to hand-sewn anastomosis in preventing venous thrombosis (Kulkarni et al., 2016). Small diameter vessels, 1–1.5 mm, can present a difficult challenge when introducing them through the coupler. We present a simple technique for introducing a small diameter vein into the coupler. A single suture can be placed in the edge of the lumen and tied loosely with the suture ends left long (Figure 1A). While holding the suture end with minimum tension the coupler can be guided over the suture. The vein can then be atraumatically pulled through the coupling device. Alternatively a triangulation technique can be used as described by Alexis Carrel in 1902 to maximize lumen area (Figure 1B). We feel that this is a simple and safe technique, which decreases the time, vessel handling and stress involved with dealing with small caliber vessels. Matthew Philip Murphy, MB BCh BAO MRCSI, Niall Michael Mc Inerney, FRCS (Plast), Katherine Mary Browne, MB BCh BAO MRCSI, Robert Henry Caulfield, FRCS (Plast), Richard Patrick Hanson, FRCS (Plast) Department of Plastic Surgery, Mater Misercordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland
Combined Holistic and Local Patches for Recovering 6D Object Pose

We present a novel method for recovering 6D object pose in RGB-D images. By contrast with recent holistic or local patch-based method, we combine holistic patches and local patches together to fulfil this task. Our method has three stages, including holistic patch classification, local patch regression and fine 6D pose estimation. In the first stage, we apply a simple Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to classify all the sampled holistic patches from the scene image. After that, the candidate region of target object can be segmented. In the second stage, as proposed in Doumanoglou et al. [16] and Kehl et al. [17], a Convolutional Autoencoder (CAE) is employed to extract condensed local patch feature, and coarse 6D object pose can be estimated by the regression of feature voting. Finally, we apply Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to refine 6D object pose. Our method is evaluated on the LINEMOD dataset [5] and the Occlusion dataset [10, 5], and compared with the state-of-the-art on the same sequences. Experimental results show that our method has high precision and good performance under foreground occlusion and background clutter conditions.
Accurate cell segmentation in microscopy images using membrane patterns

MOTIVATION
Identifying cells in an image (cell segmentation) is essential for quantitative single-cell biology via optical microscopy. Although a plethora of segmentation methods exists, accurate segmentation is challenging and usually requires problem-specific tailoring of algorithms. In addition, most current segmentation algorithms rely on a few basic approaches that use the gradient field of the image to detect cell boundaries. However, many microscopy protocols can generate images with characteristic intensity profiles at the cell membrane. This has not yet been algorithmically exploited to establish more general segmentation methods.


RESULTS
We present an automatic cell segmentation method that decodes the information across the cell membrane and guarantees optimal detection of the cell boundaries on a per-cell basis. Graph cuts account for the information of the cell boundaries through directional cross-correlations, and they automatically incorporate spatial constraints. The method accurately segments images of various cell types grown in dense cultures that are acquired with different microscopy techniques. In quantitative benchmarks and comparisons with established methods on synthetic and real images, we demonstrate significantly improved segmentation performance despite cell-shape irregularity, cell-to-cell variability and image noise. As a proof of concept, we monitor the internalization of green fluorescent protein-tagged plasma membrane transporters in single yeast cells.


AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
Matlab code and examples are available at http://www.csb.ethz.ch/tools/cellSegmPackage.zip.
Reversible logic synthesis for minimization of full-adder circuit

Reversible logic is of the growing importance to many future technologies. A reversible circuit maps each output vector, into a unique input vector, and vice versa. This paper introduces an approach to synthesise the generalized multi-rail reversible cascades and minimizing the "garbage bit" and number of reversible gates, which is the main challenge of reversible logic synthesis. This proposed full-adder circuit contains only three gates and two garbage outputs whereas earlier full-adder circuit by M. Perkowski et al. (2001) requires four gates and produces two garbage outputs and another existing full-adder circuit by Md. H. H Azad Khan (2002) requires three gates but produces three garbage outputs. Thus, the proposed full-adder circuit is efficient in terms of number of gates with compared to M. Perkowski et al. (2001) as well as in terms of number of garbage outputs with compared to Md. H. H Azad Khan (2002).
Second generation stationary digital breast tomosynthesis system with faster scan time and wider angular span.

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to characterize a new generation stationary digital breast tomosynthesis system with higher tube flux and increased angular span over a first generation system.


METHODS
The linear CNT x-ray source was designed, built, and evaluated to determine its performance parameters. The second generation system was then constructed using the CNT x-ray source and a Hologic gantry. Upon construction, test objects and phantoms were used to characterize system resolution as measured by the modulation transfer function (MTF), and artifact spread function (ASF).


RESULTS
The results indicated that the linear CNT x-ray source was capable of stable operation at a tube potential of 49 kVp, and measured focal spot sizes showed source-to-source consistency with a nominal focal spot size of 1.1 mm. After construction, the second generation (Gen 2) system exhibited entrance surface air kerma rates two times greater the previous s-DBT system. System in-plane resolution as measured by the MTF is 7.7 cycles/mm, compared to 6.7 cycles/mm for the Gen 1 system. As expected, an increase in the z-axis depth resolution was observed, with a decrease in the ASF from 4.30 mm to 2.35 mm moving from the Gen 1 system to the Gen 2 system as result of an increased angular span.


CONCLUSIONS
The results indicate that the Gen 2 stationary digital breast tomosynthesis system, which has a larger angular span, increased entrance surface air kerma, and faster image acquisition time over the Gen 1 s-DBT system, results in higher resolution images. With the detector operating at full resolution, the Gen 2 s-DBT system can achieve an in-plane resolution of 7.7 cycles per mm, which is better than the current commercial DBT systems today, and may potentially result in better patient diagnosis.
Reactions of transition-metal cations with [Re6Te 8(CN)6]4- (see abstract)

The compounds [Zn(NH 3 ) 4 ] 2 [Re 6 Te 8 (CN) 6 ] (1) , [{Co(NH 3 ) 5 } 2 Re 6 Te 8 (CN) 6 ] · 4H 2 O (2) , and [{Ni(NH 3 ) 5 } 2 Re 6 Te 8 (CN) 6 ] · 4H 2 O (3) have been synthesized by the diffusion of an ammonia solution of Cs 4 [Re 6 Te 8 (CN) 6 ] · 2H 2 O into a glycerol solution of ZnCl 2 (for 1 ), CoCl 2  · 6H 2 O (for 2 ), or NiCl 2  · 6H 2 O (for 3 ). Compound 1 crystallizes in the trigonal space group with one formula in a unit cell of dimensions a =10.3776(8) A, c =10.4322(11) A, and V =972.97(15) A 3 ( T =153 K). Compounds 2 and 3 crystallize with four formula units in space group C 2/ c with cells of dimensions a =20.808(2) A, b =22.027(3) A, c =10.3708(11) A, β =110.958(2)°, and V =4438.9(8) A 3 ( T =153 K) (for 2 ); a =20.7617(15) A, b =22.0521(16) A, c =10.3526(8) A, β =110.692(1)°, and V =4434.1(6) A 3 ( T =153 K) (for 3 ). Compound 1 is ionic whereas compounds 2 and 3 , which are isostructural, are molecular comprising two M(NH 3 ) 5 groups (M=Co, Ni) bonded in a trans fashion to the Re 6 Te 8 (CN) 6 cluster through M–N(cyanide) bonds.
Xanthine oxidase inhibition for hyperuricemic heart failure patients: design and rationale of the EXACT-HF study.

Michael M. Givertz, Douglas L. Mann, Kerry L. Lee, Jenny C. Ibarra, Eric J. Velazquez, Adrian Rationale of the EXACT-HF Study Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition for Hyperuricemic Heart Failure Patients: Design and Print ISSN: 1941-3289. Online ISSN: 1941-3297 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. 75231 is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX Circulation: Heart Failure doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000394 2013;6:862-868 Circ Heart Fail. http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org/content/6/4/862 World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the
A failure mode avoidance approach to reliability

Failure modes are an inevitable consequence of the Product Development (PD) process. They are crucial in their impact on product design since they affect product quality and costs because of the requirement for counter measures, thus potentially imposing high risks on any organization engaged in pro duct development in terms of customer dissatisfaction, financial losses, potential safety litigation, loss of brand reputation etc. Failure Mode Avoidance is a pragmatic methodology to deal with failure modes through counter measures development in the early (that is, information based) phases of the PD process prior to any hardware existing, rather than waiting until the failure modes are naturally observed in the material state later in the process during the production preparation and launch phases, when there is typically an abundance of hardware available to expose the failure modes. This paper focuses to develop an approach to detect and mitigate failure modes systematically in the information based phases of the PD process via a conceptual framework built around Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The FMEA is an important methodology to identify failure modes during product development so that failure modes can be avoided through the development of countermeasures and provides a logical structure (“left to right”) to make the transition from failure mode to counter measure. However the FMEA lacks structure from “top to bottom” since the number of failure modes requiring attention at the outset is usually unknown. This lack of structure often leads to excessively large FM EA documentation with much time devoted to brainstorming a set of potential failure modes. The vision of this work is that the creativity of the engineering team can be devoted to developing counter measures for the failure modes rather than identifying them [1]. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the beginnings of a structured approach to identify failure modes in a systematic way (using the concept of taxonomies), so that the size of the FMEA can be managed.
Serum hCG Levels following the Ovulatory Injection: Associations with Patient Weight and Implantation Time

Objective. To test if serum hCG levels the morning after the ovulatory hCG injection correlate with (1) retrieval efficiency, (2) oocyte maturity, (3) embryo quality, (4) pregnancy, and/or (5) time to implantation in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Design. Retrospective cohort analysis. Setting. University-based IVF clinic. Patient(s). All IVF/ICSI cycles from April 2005 to February 2008 whose hCG administration was confirmed (n = 472 patients). Intervention(s). Serum hCG was measured the morning following the ovulatory injection, on the 16th day following retrieval, and repeated on day 18 for those with positive results. Main Outcome Measure(s). Number of follicles on the day of hCG injection, number of oocytes retrieved, maturity of oocytes, embryo quality, pregnancy outcome, and time to implantation. Result(s). hCG levels did not correlate with retrieval efficiency, oocyte maturity, embryo quality, or pregnancy. Postinjection hCG levels were inversely associated with patient weight and time to implantation. Conclusion(s). No correlation was found between hCG level and any parameter of embryo quality. Patient weight affected hCG levels following hCG injection and during the early period of pregnancy following implantation. No association between postinjection hCG level and time of implantation (adjusted for patient weight) was apparent.
A multidimensional approach for CSR assessment: The importance of the stakeholder perception

0957-4174/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.028 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: University of R Engineering, Department of Enterprise Engineering, Rome, Italy. Tel: +39 0672597799; fax: +39 06725979 E-mail addresses: roberta.costa@uniroma2.it (R. C oma2.it (T. Menichini). ‘‘If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?’’ and, paraphrasing the proverbial philosophy question, if a company has a strong CSR commitment but nobody recognizes it, does it produce any benefits? Business returns from corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, such as customers loyalty and company reputation, depend heavily on how stakeholders perceive the company social behavior, making the measure of stakeholder perception a key issue in the process of CSR assessment. In this paper the analysis of CSR activities, as perceived by stakeholders, is realized utilizing global reporting initiative (GRI) indicators structured under balanced scorecard (BSC) perspectives and sustainability dimensions. We utilize a multi-criteria approach combined with fuzzy linguistic variables, in the variation of the 2-tuple, creating a hierarchy of CSR components with the purpose of integrating financial and non-financial sustainability dimensions and strategic perspectives. The hierarchy provides a multidimensional model that allows to evaluate the multifaceted social behavior of a company: the same company can be perceived simultaneously as responsible or irresponsible depending on the considered dimension and perspective. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Empirical studies assessing the quality of health information for consumers on the world wide web: a systematic review.

CONTEXT
The quality of consumer health information on the World Wide Web is an important issue for medicine, but to date no systematic and comprehensive synthesis of the methods and evidence has been performed.


OBJECTIVES
To establish a methodological framework on how quality on the Web is evaluated in practice, to determine the heterogeneity of the results and conclusions, and to compare the methodological rigor of these studies, to determine to what extent the conclusions depend on the methodology used, and to suggest future directions for research.


DATA SOURCES
We searched MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE (1966 through September 2001), Science Citation Index (1997 through September 2001), Social Sciences Citation Index (1997 through September 2001), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1997 through September 2001), LISA (1969 through July 2001), CINAHL (1982 through July 2001), PsychINFO (1988 through September 2001), EMBASE (1988 through June 2001), and SIGLE (1980 through June 2001). We also conducted hand searches, general Internet searches, and a personal bibliographic database search.


STUDY SELECTION
We included published and unpublished empirical studies in any language in which investigators searched the Web systematically for specific health information, evaluated the quality of Web sites or pages, and reported quantitative results. We screened 7830 citations and retrieved 170 potentially eligible full articles. A total of 79 distinct studies met the inclusion criteria, evaluating 5941 health Web sites and 1329 Web pages, and reporting 408 evaluation results for 86 different quality criteria.


DATA EXTRACTION
Two reviewers independently extracted study characteristics, medical domains, search strategies used, methods and criteria of quality assessment, results (percentage of sites or pages rated as inadequate pertaining to a quality criterion), and quality and rigor of study methods and reporting.


DATA SYNTHESIS
Most frequently used quality criteria used include accuracy, completeness, readability, design, disclosures, and references provided. Fifty-five studies (70%) concluded that quality is a problem on the Web, 17 (22%) remained neutral, and 7 studies (9%) came to a positive conclusion. Positive studies scored significantly lower in search (P =.02) and evaluation (P =.04) methods.


CONCLUSIONS
Due to differences in study methods and rigor, quality criteria, study population, and topic chosen, study results and conclusions on health-related Web sites vary widely. Operational definitions of quality criteria are needed.