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Pattern of Allergen Sensitivity among Patients with Bronchial Asthma and/or Allergic Rhinosinusitis in a Tertiary Care Centre of Southern India.

INTRODUCTION The distribution of aeroallergens varies among various geographical areas of India and the knowledge of allergen sensitivity pattern in this part of Southern Indian (Karnataka) is limited. This data can provide clinically useful information and better understanding of common allergies prevalent in this area. AIM To study the pattern of allergen sensitivity among patients with bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinosinusitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, patients diagnosed with bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinitis who underwent skin prick testing, were included in the study. Patients who had taken drugs that could affect the test results, within one week prior to testing were excluded. Also, patients on long-acting oral antihistamines within four weeks of testing and pregnant women were excluded. A total of 64 antigens were used which included eight types of pollens, eight types of dusts, six types of fungi, eight types of insects, two types of danders, wool and 31 types of food items. Skin prick testing was done as per standard protocol. RESULTS Out of 2219 patients, 1193 (53.8%) were males and 1026 (46.2%) were females. The mean age of the subjects was 41.47 (±14) years. There were 740 (33.3%) patients diagnosed with bronchial asthma, 357 (16.1%) allergic rhinitis and 1122 (50.6%) had both bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis. Overall the highest percentage of skin-prick test positivity was found among insect allergens (24.45%) followed by dust (24.21%), grass and tree pollen (20.57%), fungus (13.92%) and food allergens (9.28%), in that order. Among the individual allergens, the highest percentage of skin-prick test positivity was present in rice grain dust allergen (33.30%) and the least common was chicken allergen (4.40%). CONCLUSION Among the allergen groups, insects and dusts elicited the highest percentage of skin-prick test positive results. Whereas, among all the individual allergens rice grain dust elicited highest percentage of positives.
The Knowledge-Based Organization: An International Survey

An international survey, sponsored by the Journal of Knowledge Management in association with the Best Practice Club™ and The Benchmarking Exchange, sought to explore the drivers and approaches to creating knowledge‐based organizations from the viewpoint of those practitioners who are actually responsible for implementing Knowledge Management as a business strategy. Three major conclusions have emerged from the study. Whilst organizations recognize the importance of creating, managing and transferring knowledge, so far they have been unable to translate this competitive need into organizational strategies. Secondly, successful Knowledge Management implementation is mainly linked to “soft” issues, such as organizational culture and people. Finally, most organizations are struggling to effectively use Knowledge Management tools and techniques. The study reveals that although most of the survey group understood the commercial or institutional imperative to implement Knowledge Management as an organizational strategy, few benchmarks of best practice have yet to emerge.
Tonal Consonance versus Tonal Fusion in Polyphonic Sonorities

An analysis of a sample of polyphonic keyboard works by J. S. Bach shows that the prevalence of different vertical intervals is directly correlated with their degree of tonal consonance. A major exception to this pattern arises with respect to those intervals that contribute to tonal fusion. The prevalence of the latter intervals is negatively correlated with the degree to which each interval promotes tonal fusion. Bach9s avoidance of tonally fused intervals is consistent with the objective of maintaining the perceptual independence of the contrapuntal voices. In summary, two factors appear to account for much of Bach9s choice of vertical intervals: the pursuit of tonal consonance and the avoidance of tonal fusion.
Mining closed+ high utility itemsets without candidate generation

High utility itemsets (HUIs) mining refers to discovering sets of items that not only co-occur but also carry high utilities (e.g., high profits). HUI mining receives extensive attentions in recent years due to the wide applications in various domains like commerce and biomedicine. However, huge number of HUIs might be produced to users, which degrades the efficiency of the mining process. A promising solution to this problem is to mine closed+ high utility itemset (CHUI), a compact and lossless representation of HUIs. Nevertheless, existing algorithms incur the problem of producing a large amount of candidates, which degrades the mining performance in terms of time and space. In this paper, a novel algorithm named CHUI-Miner (Closed+ High Utility Itemset mining without candidates) for mining CHUIs is proposed, which directly computes the utility of itemsets without producing candidates. To our best knowledge, this is the first work addressing the issue of mining CHUIs without candidate generation. Experimental results show that CHUI-Miner is several orders of magnitude faster than the state-of-the-art algorithms.
The Female Homicide Offender in Dade County, Florida

A total of 47female offenders were identifiedfrom afollow-up of all homicides (N= 569) occurring in Dade County (Miami), Florida in 1980. The homicide offender rate forfemales had increased by 48.7% over a six-year period but was far below the 189.6% increase for male offenders. Both thefemale and male rates in 1980 were significantly higher than those for Florida and the United States as a whole. Female offenders were more likely than males to be involved in homicides that were domestic, within the family, with opposite sex victims (inter-sexual), and victim precipitated. Of the 27 females arrested, 17 were eventually found guilty with sentences ranging from probation to life in prison. Differences in outcomeforfemale and male offenders werefound atfour decisionpointsfrom arrest to sentencing but no evidence of disparity (unjustified difference) was found.
Staff responses to the therapeutic environment: A prospective study comparing burnout among nurses working on male and female wards in a medium secure unit

Abstract A work environment characterized by frequent emotionally-charged interactions increases the risk of staff burnout. It was hypothesized that gender differences in psychopathology in forensic mental health settings may be associated with differences in the risk of burnout. The development of single-sex accommodation in a medium secure facility provided an opportunity to examine the impact of such patient gender differences within a therapeutic setting. In this study, nurses allocated to work on a new women's ward were assessed for burnout before the ward opened and a subgroup was re-assessed 18 months later. A comparison group of nurses working on a men's ward were assessed at the same two time points. Nurses working on the women's ward experienced a significantly greater increase in the emotional exhaustion component of burnout. There was some indication of a similar process for the depersonalization component. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of the literature relating to the psychopathological and interpersonal differences between male and female patients and relating to the responses of clinicians to these differences.
Coping resources in individuals with aphasia

Background: Individuals with aphasia (IWA) may be under considerable stress due to the nature of language impairments and other stroke sequelae. IWA have reported a greater perception of stress compared to neurologically intact individuals, including fewer perceived coping resources to assuage the effects of this stress. Aims: This study sought to identify which areas of coping resources are perceived to be available or unavailable to IWA in comparison with those with right brain damage (RBD) and neurologically intact individuals. Methods & Procedures: A total of 31 IWA, 12 individuals with RBD, and 14 neurologically intact individuals completed the Coping Resources Inventory for Stress with a caregiver, spouse, or friend to facilitate comprehension of test items. Subtest scores were compared for group differences. Outcomes & Results: All three groups perceived similar coping resources in the areas of social support and financial freedom. IWA perceived fewer resources than those with RBD and neurologically intact individuals in the areas of stress monitoring and tension control. Both IWA and those with RBD perceived fewer resources in the area of acceptance. Conclusions: IWA have retained coping resources in some areas, specifically confidence, social support and financial freedom. Helping IWA use these resources may be an effective way to reduce stress in this population. IWA may also benefit from counselling in coping resources, specifically in the areas of stress monitoring and tension control. Counselling programmes should educate IWA on the chronic nature of aphasia and how acceptance may be a useful coping resource in later stages of recovery.
The development of resilience in social work students and professionals

Summary This study analyzes whether resilience, defined as a process rather than as a static response over time, is associated with social work. The main aim was to determine whether social work increases resilience in students and professionals during training and when practicing the profession. The sample consisted of 613 university students and professionals from Malaga (Spain). Findings The longitudinal study of social work students indicated statistically significant within-subjects differences during their university course in the components of resilience (personal competence, acceptance of self and life, and social support). Regarding professionals, the results show a positive association between years of experience and their acceptance of self and life and coping with workplace adversity. Applications Implications include the need to focus on the development of positive experiences during training and the practice of social work, such as the capacity to be resilient.
Negotiating a physical identity: girls, bodies and physical education

A physically active lifestyle can be empowering for young women in allowing them to resist many of the dominant and limiting discourses around femininity and gender. In finding pleasure in their physical state a positive sense of self is embodied and long‐term engagement in a physical culture can be fostered. However, research repeatedly cites that girls and women move away from physical activity at various stages in their life and within physical education settings they are often defined as ‘the problem’. Whilst the health implications of inactivity are well documented, the reasons for choosing these behaviours are complex, and related to the social, cultural and gender structure of society. This paper investigates the construction of a physical identity within the context of physical education and physical activity. Specifically, it explores the power of discourses around the body and gender as well as ‘lived’ physical experiences in shaping subjectivities for a group of young Australian women. In taking a feminist poststructuralist methodology, the research is concerned with locating discourses and social practices as well as structural and institutional factors that empower or alienate young women in their engagement within a physical culture. The paper draws conclusions about the ways that young women actively negotiate a physical sense of themselves in a wider culture in which their body, their gender and their physical experiences play powerful roles.
Orbital magnetism in ensembles of ballistic billiards.

We calculate the magnetic response of ensembles of small two-dimensional structures at finite temperatures. Using semiclassical methods and numerical calculation we demonstrate that only short classical trajectories are relevant. The magnetic susceptibility is enhanced in regular systems, where these trajectories appear in families. For ensembles of squares we obtain a large paramagnetic susceptibility, in good agreement with recent measurements in the ballistic regime.
Serendipitous Meta-Transcriptomics: The Fungal Community of Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

After performing de novo transcript assembly of >1 billion RNA-Sequencing reads obtained from 22 samples of different Norway spruce (Picea abies) tissues that were not surface sterilized, we found that assembled sequences captured a mix of plant, lichen, and fungal transcripts. The latter were likely expressed by endophytic and epiphytic symbionts, indicating that these organisms were present, alive, and metabolically active. Here, we show that these serendipitously sequenced transcripts need not be considered merely as contamination, as is common, but that they provide insight into the plant’s phyllosphere. Notably, we could classify these transcripts as originating predominantly from Dothideomycetes and Leotiomycetes species, with functional annotation of gene families indicating active growth and metabolism, with particular regards to glucose intake and processing, as well as gene regulation.
Does travellers’ casual attribution affect pre-recovery emotions and behavioural intentions? A field study of airline travellers in Malaysia

This study examines the relationship between airline travellers' casual attribution, pre-recovery emotions, and negative behavioural intentions after a service failure and proposes a model for analysing direct effects of airline travellers' casual attribution of stability (failure frequency) and controllability (the extent to which the airline can control the failure) on negative behavioural intentions as well as its indirect effects through pre-recovery emotions. Data were gathered through a survey of airline travellers who experienced a failure in the past six months. The results indicate that both dimensions of casual attribution influenced pre-recovery emotions and negative behavioural intentions, and that pre-recovery emotions were significantly related to negative behavioural intentions. In addition, the results verify the mediating effect of pre-recovery emotions on the relationship between casual attribution and behavioural intentions. These results have important managerial implications.
Monolithically Integrated Multiport RF MEMS Switch Matrices

The design methodology and performance of a miniature-size monolithically integrated RF microelectro-mechanical systems switch matrix is reported. The switch matrix has the form a of cross-bar configuration that can be easily expanded to realize a large size switch matrix. Three single-pole single-throw RF switches coupled to coplanar waveguide transmission lines are employed to construct the unit cell with dimensions of only 320 × 320 ¿m2. The compact design of the proposed cell permits the high frequency operation of large switching networks. A six-mask fabrication process has been developed to construct the entire structure on a single side of the wafer. The impact of bias line resistance on the RF performance and the switching speed of the devices were studied. An excellent RF performance is achieved for a fabricated 4×4 switch matrix using high-resistive phosphorous-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon semiconductor as the material of choice for the biasing lines. Over a frequency range from DC to 40 GHz, the worstcase measured results obtained for the insertion loss, return loss, and isolation are -1.8, -17, and 26 dB, respectively. A wide-band operation is predicted for an 8 × 8 switch matrix version constructed from 64 switching units.
Treatment Evolution and New Standards of Care

Background. Traditional approaches to cost-effectiveness analysis have not considered the downstream possibility of a new standard of care coming out of the research and development pipeline. However, the treatment landscape for patients may change significantly over the course of their lifetimes. Objective. To present a Markov modeling framework that incorporates the possibility of treatment evolution into the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) that compares treatments available at the present time. Design. Markov model evaluated by matrix algebra. Measurements. The author evaluates the difference between the new and traditional ICER calculations for patients with chronic diseases facing a lifetime of treatment. Results. The bias of the traditional ICER calculation may be substantial, with further testing revealing that it may be either positive or negative depending on the model parameters. The author also performs probabilistic sensitivity analyses with respect to the possible timing of a new treatment discovery and notes the increase in the magnitude of the bias when the new treatment is likely to appear sooner rather than later. Limitations. The modeling framework is intended as a proof of concept and therefore makes simplifying assumptions such as time stationarity of model parameters and consideration of a single new drug discovery. Conclusions. For diseases with a more active research and development pipeline, the possibility of a new treatment paradigm may be at least as important to consider in sensitivity analysis as other parameters that are often considered.
The Press and Government Restriction: a Cross-National Study Over Time

In Western countries, the importance of press freedom (usually defined as freedom from government controls) has been emphasized since the publication of John Milton’s Aeropagitica in 1644, and is still being stressed today. The commonly expressed rationale for a minimum of restraints on freedom of expression is that the truth of any matter may be approached most closely only by allowing the free competition of various ideas. The Hutchins Commission summed up this argument in 1947:
Human science and counselling psychology: Closing the gap between research and practice

Abstract In this article, the case is made that human science-or ‘qualitative research’ as it is now popularly known–promises to be a better way of closing the gap between research and practice in counselling psychology than has been provided by the natural science approach to the discipline as instantiated in the Boulder model of the scientist-practitioner. Like the practice of counselling psychology, human science focuses on subjectivity and stresses the achievement of an understanding as opposed to the demonstration of truth; it stresses collaboration with participants rather than a subject-object dualism; and it emphasizes holism in contrast with fragmentation. Some practicalities entailed in the conduct of human science in counselling psychology are discussed.
An Experimental Evaluation of an Internet-Delivered Conflict Resolution Skills Curriculum in a Secondary School Setting

Abstract Given the Internet's capacity to reach a wide audience and recent increases in violence-related episodes among our nation's youth, Internet-delivered, interactive conflict resolution programs may prove to be a powerful tool to prevent the growing phenomena of adolescent violence. In this study, we tested the efficacy of an Internet-delivered conflict resolution program. Specifically, the program emphasizes the development of conflict management skills, which may decrease future use of violent tactics to manage conflict. One hundred ninety-eight 9th grade students from a large urban area high school (64 = control; 134 = experimental) participated in the study. Results indicated that students exposed to the conflict management program reported an increase in knowledge of conflict management skills and negative attitudes toward violence.
Development of ASB 1: The development of antisocial behaviour in adolescents and young adults

A substantial proportion of adolescent antisocial behaviour (ASB) research has focused on identifying the chronic offender; comparatively little research has investigated developmental patterns among the general adolescent population, who account for a large proportion of ASB participation. A modified version of the Mak Self-Report Behaviour Scale was administered to 233 (relatively advantaged) community adolescents (aged 9–17), and 193 young adults (aged 18–25). Not available in previous instruments, in addition to prevalence rates, the Adolescent ASB Scale (AASBS) accurately identifies specifically when adolescents enter, exit, and peak in their ASB participation. An earlier age of ASB participation was associated with greater frequency, severity and duration. The most noteworthy finding was a mid-adolescent peak in ASB participation, which was shorter and more dramatic for girls. These findings provide knowledge critical for informing future research into causal explanations for the temporary and dramatic increase in adolescent ASB, and for developing more effective intervention practices with mainstream youth.
New Anti-Thrombotic Drugs in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The Role of Prasugrel, Ticagrelor and Cangrelor

Platelet activation and subsequent aggregation play a dominant role in the propagation of arterial thrombosis and consequently are the key therapeutic targets in the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Platelets can be activated through many pathways. Inhibition of such a pathway results only in partial attenuation of platelet function. Aspirin irreversibly blocks platelet cyclooxygenase (COX-1), inhibits thromboxane A2 formation and induces a permanent functional inhibition in platelets. As a consequence, aspirin use has been shown to safely reduce ischemic events throughout the spectrum of clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease (CAD). Therefore, aspirin is part of the standard treatment given to patients with CAD, including those undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Despite the inhibition of cyclooxygenase by aspirin, platelet activation can still occur through thromboxane-independent pathways, leading to aggregation of platelets and formation of thrombin. Thus, inhibition of an additional pathway of platelet activation could further reduce platelet activity. As a consequence, the antagonists of P2Y12 receptor have emerged as a major therapeutic tool in ACS. Clopidogrel, an oral P2Y12 receptor inhibitor, added to standard regimen with aspirin further reduces the short- and long-term risk of death and ischemic complications in high-risk settings, such as patients with an ACS and those undergoing PCI . However, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of clopidogrel are highly variable and may be influenced by genetic polymorphisms, which translate into differential pharmacodynamics and therapeutic responses, leading to the notion of clopidogrel “nonresponders”. Two newer oral adenosine diphosphate (ADP) blockers, prasugrel and ticagrelor, have been associated with less interpatient variability and a more potent platelet-aggregation response. Prasugrel was superior to clopidogrel in patients with ACS who were undergoing PCI, and ticagrelor was superior to clopidogrel in patients with ACS. (excerpt)