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Syddansk Universitet The difficult medical emergency call A register-based study of predictors and outcomes

Background: Pre-hospital emergency care requires proper categorization of emergency calls and assessment of emergency priority levels by the medical dispatchers. We investigated predictors for emergency call categorization as “unclear problem” in contrast to “symptom-specific” categories and the effect of categorization on mortality. Methods: Register-based study in a 2-year period based on emergency call data from the emergency medical dispatch center in Copenhagen combined with nationwide register data. Logistic regression analysis (N = 78,040 individuals) was used for identification of predictors of emergency call categorization as “unclear problem”. Poisson regression analysis (N = 97,293 calls) was used for examining the effect of categorization as “unclear problem” on mortality. Results: “Unclear problem” was the registered category in 18% of calls. Significant predictors for “unclear problem” categorization were: age (odds ratio (OR) 1.34 for age group 76+ versus 18–30 years), ethnicity (OR 1.27 for non-Danish vs. Danish), day of week (OR 0.92 for weekend vs. weekday), and time of day (OR 0.79 for night vs. day). Emergency call categorization had no effect on mortality for emergency priority level A calls, incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.99 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.90–1.09). For emergency priority level B calls, an association was observed, IRR 1.26 (95% CI 1.18–1.36). Discussions: The results shed light on the complexity of emergency call handling, but also implicate a need for further improvement. Educational interventions at the dispatch centers may improve the call handling, but also the underlying supportive tools are modifiable. The higher mortality rate for patients with emergency priority level B calls with “unclear problem categorization” could imply lowering the threshold for dispatching a high level ambulance response when the call is considered unclear. On the other hand a “benefit of the doubt” approach could hinder the adequate response to other patients in need for an ambulance as there is an increasing demand and limited resources for ambulance services. Conclusions: Age, ethnicity, day of week and time of day were significant predictors of emergency call categorization as “unclear problem”. “Unclear problem” categorization was not associated with mortality for emergency priority level A calls, but a higher mortality was observed for emergency priority level B calls.
The Wavefunction of Vasiliev ’ s Universe ( A Few Slices Thereof )

We study the partition function of the free Sp(N) conformal field theory recently conjectured to be dual to asymptotically de Sitter higher-spin gravity in four-dimensions. We compute the partition function of this CFT on a round sphere as a function of a finite mass deformation, on a squashed sphere as a function of the squashing parameter, and on an S2 × S1 geometry as a function of the relative size of S2 and S1. We find that the partition function is divergent at large negative mass in the first case, and for small S1 in the third case. It is globally peaked at zero squashing in the second case. Through the duality this partition function contains information about the wave function of the universe. We show that the divergence at small S1 occurs also in Einstein gravity if certain complex solutions are included, but the divergence in the mass parameter is new. We suggest an interpretation for this divergence as indicating an instability of de Sitter space in higher spin gravity, consistent with general arguments that de Sitter space cannot be stable in quantum gravity. 1 ar X iv :1 20 7. 55 17 v1 [ he pth ] 2 3 Ju l 2 01 2
University of Groningen Neuroprotective signaling mechanisms in the mammalian brain

Besides a beneficial cardiovascular effect, it was recently suggested that statins can also have neuroprotective effects. In a previous study we provided evidence that lovastatin treatment abates excitotoxic cell death in primary cortical neurons. Here, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of lovastatin in an in vivo mouse model. We found that administration of lovastatin (20 mg/kg) significantly protects cholinergic neurons and their cortical projections against N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA, 60 nmol) induced cell death in the magnocellular nucleus basalis (MNB). Furthermore, lovastatin-mediated neuroprotection was shown to be dependent on protein kinase B (PKB)/Akt signaling since inhibition of PKB/Akt with LY294002 blocked the lovastatin-induced neuroprotective effect. The loss of cholinergic neurons after the MNB lesion resulted in memory impairment as tested in a passive avoidance paradigm. This was reverted by prelesion lovastatin treatment. It is concluded that treatment with lovastatin may provide resistance against neuronal injury in excitotoxic conditions associated with neurodegenerative diseases. 6.
Syddansk Universitet Raising a beautiful swan a phenomenological-hermeneutic interpretation of health professionals ' experiences of participating in a mealtime intervention inspired by Protected

The British concept named Protected Mealtimes is known for stopping all non-acute activities and giving health professionals an opportunity to focus on providing patients their meals without being interrupted or disturbed. PM involves a cultural and behavioural change in the clinical setting, since health professionals are asked to adjust their daily routines. This study investigate how health professionals experience participating in a mealtime intervention inspired by the concept of Protected Mealtimes and intend to change mealtime practices. Three focus group interviews was conducted and included a total of 15 interdisciplinary staff members. After transcribing the interviews, the text material was analysed and interpreted in a threemethodological-step process inspired by the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. In the analysis and interpretation three themes was identified. The themes were: (1) a chance towards a new and better scene; (2) a step towards a more neurologically friendly environment; and (3) a renewed view of the neurological patients. This study concludes that to the health professionals, the intervention was meaningful in several ways because it created structure during mealtimes and emphasized the importance of creating a calm environment for both patients and health professionals. The intervention was described as an eye-opening and well-regarded event in the field of neurological care that facilitated community, and reflections on nursing care and professional identity were expressed. ARTICLE HISTORY Accepted 21 July 2017
SEM Studies on Tongue and Lingual Papillae in the Donkey ( Equus asinus )

The macroscopic, LM and SEM observations were carried out on 27 tongues of the donkey. The three age groups were determined: 0 1.5 year, 2 5 year, 6 10 year. The tongues of the donkeys in all studied age groups are elongated and consist of the spatula-like apex, narrow body, torus linguae and the root of tongue. It was found no sexual dimorphism of the morphological features of the donkey's tongue. The length of the tongue in studied age groups increases from 20 cm to 26 cm and the width of the tongue on torus area increases from 4.8 cm to 6.0 cm. The special-specific features, in comparison to the tongue of horses, is rare presence of the cartilage of dorsum of the tongue (cartilago dorsi linguae). The mucosa of the tongue forms filiform, fungiform, foliate and vallate papillae. The filiform papillae as only one type of mechanical papillae, cover the entire surface of the tongue up to the area of the vallate papillae. SEM studies reveal the presence of the two types of filiform papillae, differing in density and size of processes on the anterior part of tongue and on torus linguae. The fungiform papillae are scattered between the filiform papillae. Interesting observation in the donkey tongue is age related reduction of the number of fungiform papillae positioned on lateral surface of donkey's tongue, from 85 to 60. In each age group foliate papillae are located on the lateral surface of the posterior part of torus linguae and consist of 7-8 mucosal folds. Characteristic feature in donkey is variable number and shape of the vallate papillae. There are predominantly three vallate papillae located in one row behind the torus linguae. We also observed 2 to 5 vallate papillae in each age groups. The results are discussed in terms/aspect of feeding function, food manipulation in oral cavity and grooming behavior.
Bocewicz Robustness of MultiModal tRanspoRtation netwoRks Model

This paper describes a declarative approach to modeling a multimodal transportation network (MTN) composed of multiple connecting transport modes, such as bus, tram, light rail, subway and commuter rail, where within each mode, service is provided on separate lines or routes. The considered model of a network of multimodal transportation processes (MTPN) provides a framework to address the needs for transportation networks robustness while taking into account their capacity and demand requirements. Therefore the work focuses on evaluation of the network robustness allowing distinguished multimodal processes to continue in order to accomplish trips following an assumed set of multimodal chains connecting transport modes between origins and destinations. Consequently, a solution to the problem of prototyping robust transits on a given multimodal network is implemented and tested. The conditions that guarantee the network robustness, taking into account disruptions of supply and demand as well as operational control, are provided. The aim of investigations is to provide a tool for evaluating the robustness of a network of multimodal transportation processes as well as different travel modes through a transportation network.
The Design and Price of Information Dirk Bergemann

A data buyer faces a decision problem under uncertainty. He can augment his initial private information with supplemental data from a data seller. His willingness to pay for supplemental data is determined by the quality of his initial private information. The data seller optimally o¤ers a menu of statistical experiments. We establish the properties that any revenue-maximizing menu of experiments must satisfy. Every experiment is a non-dispersed stochastic matrix, and every menu contains a fully informative experiment. In the cases of binary states and actions, or binary types, we provide an explicit construction of the optimal menu of experiments.
SEASONAL CHANGES OF CILIATES IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE ( WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT „ BIEŁAWIN ” , CHEŁM )

The primary objective of the present study was to determine the seasonal dynamics of ciliates in activated sludge. Studies were carried out in order to verify the hypothesis that fertility of a habitat may significantly influence the seasonal dynamics of the abundance of ciliates, as well as the number and intensity of correlations between physic-chemical parameters and ciliates. It seems that the values of numbers of ciliates were seasonally changeable. The highest numbers of ciliates were found in spring and summer, however the lowest numbers of ciliate communities were noted in winter. The studies showed that protozoa community is determined by ammonia mainly in summer. In spring and winter additional factors may be important. Probably suspended solid, total organic carbon and concentration of appropriate food (bacteria and flagellates) are the major regulator of abundance of ciliates.
Orig inal Art ic les Lipid Oxidation Kinetics in Hemodialysis Patients With and Without History of Myocardial Infarction

Background: In lipid oxidation kinetics studies, prevalent cardiovascular disease has been associated with shortened lag phase, the length of time preceding the onset of oxidation. Objectives: To examine, in vitro, copper-induced lipid oxidation kinetics in unfractionated serum from hemodialysis patients and to determine differences in kinetic parameters between patients with and without a history of CVD. Methods: Of the 76 patients enrolled in a study of oxidative stress in hemodialysis (44/76 with prevalent CVD, 53/76 males), 9 males with a history of myocardial infarction were selected and matched for age, diabetes and smoking status with 9 males from the non-CVD group. The kinetics of lipid oxidation was studied. Blood chemistry determinations including serum lipids, lipoproteins, hemostatic factors and serum malondialdehyde were obtained. Variables were compared using the ttest for independent samples with history of MI entered as the categorical variable. Results: Tmax, the oxidation kinetic parameter defined as the time at which the rate of absorbing product accumulation was maximal, was significantly shorter in dialysis patients with a history of MI than in those without (115.2 + 38.5 vs. 162.7 + 48.9 minutes, P = 0.04). Further, Tmax and MDA were negatively correlated to one another (r = -0.47, P = 0.04). Odds ratios indicate that each 1 minute increase in Tmax was associated with a 3% decrease in odds that a subject had a history of MI. Conclusions: These findings indicate the presence of increased oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients with a history of MI.
Bilateral fusion of permanent mandibular central and lateral incisors: A case-report of a rare developmental anomaly

Fusion and gemination are two separate clinical entities describing two different morphological and developmental anomalies involving a characteristic large crown that may appear clinically similar. Fusion arises when two normally separated tooth germs fuse or join together during the initiation or the morphodifferentiation stage of tooth development resulting in a single enlarged tooth structure with confluence of dentin, instead of two normal teeth. Although a variety of appearances are noted in both of the anomalies but Kelly suggested that in gemination the two halves of joined crowns are mirror images while fusion manifests with a distinct differences in two halves of the crowns. The prevalence of fusion in primary teeth is 0.4%-0.9% and in permanent dentition it has been reported to be 0.2% only and bilateral fusion in permanent is even more rare and reported to be 0.05%. According to reviewed literature for bilateral fusion in the permanent dentition, only one case of complete fusion of incisors has been reported so far.
Burmeister What Seniors Value About Online Community

Abstract Seniors are involved in online communities around the world. Human-computer interaction researchers have investigated how understanding the values of users can improve technology design, but until now few such investigations have involved systems for seniors. Similarly, although various aspects of networked communities have been researched, few studies have explored ones involving seniors. This interpretivist/constructivist study reveals what a particular community run by and expressly for seniors, value about their community. Of the six key social values identified, their single most important value was ‘belonging to a community of peers’. These values have implications for the design of online communities involving seniors.
1 SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WITHIN THE FORWARD-FLANK DOWNDRAFT OF A TORNADIC AND NONTORNADIC SUPERCELL

For more than two decades, the supercell conceptual model presented by Lemon and Doswell (1979) has remained relatively unaltered in terms of its main features. Two of these main features are regions of downdraft: one on the rear flank of the storm and one on the forward flank. Many past studies (see Markowski 2002 for a review) have directed considerable attention to the rearflank downdraft (RFD), the development or intensification of which has been closely associated with tornadogenesis in many cases. Of interest in this paper is the forward-flank downdraft (FFD), which forms downwind (with respect to the midlevel, storm-relative flow) of the updraft as condensate produced in the updraft is advected downstream. As the precipitation falls into subsaturated air, latent chilling leads to the formation of the FFD. Precipitation loading also contributes to the negative buoyancy within the FFD. The negatively buoyant air descends to the surface and a gust front separates the relatively cool FFD outflow from the warm environmental inflow. The potential importance of the FFD in supercell dynamics became recognized in numerically simulated studies, which showed that baroclinic generation of horizontal vorticity along the forward-flank gust front can be tilted into the vertical and stretched, providing a source of low-level vertical vorticity and low-level mesocyclone rotation (Klemp and Rotunno 1983; Rotunno and Klemp 1985; Davies-Jones and Brooks 1993). A significant streamwise vorticity component can be aquired since the storm-relative flow often is nearly parallel to the isentropes along the forward-flank gust front. In Klemp and Rotunno’s (1983, hereafter KR83) simulation, horizontal vorticity created along the FFD gust front via baroclinic generation was the same magnitude as the environmental horizontal vorticity and was also oriented to produce cyclonic vertical vorticity once tilted. A higher resolution simulation by Wicker and Wilhelmson (1995), in which a tornado-scale vortex could be marginally resolved, corroborated KR83’s conclusions regarding the role of the FFD. Rotunno and Klemp (1985) provide further evidence to support their conclusion that baroclinic generation of horizontal vorticity cannot be ignored; in their simulation without precipitation there was no lowlevel cold pool, and therefore, no low-level mesocyclone. On the other hand, idealized simulations by Walko
productivity of Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty promoted in the Western United States

Little information exists on the research productivity of successfully promoted tenure-track Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) faculty. Publicly available curriculum vitae (CV) were collected from tenure-track DPT faculty who were promoted in the western United States between 2000 and 2016 in order to identify research productivity of promoted DPT faculty through publication count, journal impact factor, funding, citations, and other metrics. Forty-two subjects from 16 of the 56 CAPTE accredited DPT programs in the west were included. The faculty included in the study exhibited a median publication count of 3, ranging from 0 to 18; median of average citation count of 25.5, ranging from 0 to 752; median of average journal impact factor of 2.603, ranging from 0 to 8.330; median external funding received of $0.00, ranging from $0.00 to $3,270,000; and median author h-index of 2, ranging from 0 to 13. The median number of years before promotion was 6, ranging from 4 to 21 years. Prior to promotion 57% (24 of 46) did not receive external funding and 21% (9 of 46) had a 0 h-index. Linear regression analysis indicates a poor fit with no significant correlation overall between years before promotion and the studied metrics (p = 0.480). Carnegie classification of the institution did not significantly correlate overall with faculty research productivity (p = 0.307). CVs were non-uniformly distributed across institutions, and faculty unsuccessful in promotion were not identifiable using this method. The broad range and non-normal distribution of research productivity metrics indicates other factors are considered for successful promotion.
An Exploration of Beliefs about Gender Differences in Language Use

It is the natural order of things for humans to acquire beliefs and conform to stereotypes in an attempt to explain phenomena surrounding them. These mental constructs are known to have a pervasive influence on the way people think and act, and therefore are partly responsible for shaping our social reality. Thus, due to their impact, scientific exploration is needed to illuminate their nature and so enable humans to act upon these findings. Beliefs or stereotypes that are being studied in this research are those held about the differences in language use by men and women. Acknowledging that people in Bosnia and Herzegovina largely comply to traditional, patriarchal social norms, this study aims to elucidate the matter by investigating whether students of a private university situated in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, conform to widespread stereotypes about language and gender, women’s speech and men’s speech in particular, and whether males and females differ in conformity to the stereotypes. The study was conducted among sixty-nine students of International Burch University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who completed a survey containing a set of statements based on commonly held stereotypes about women’s and men’s speech. The results demonstrated that the students do not firmly believe in widespread stereotypes about the way women and men speak and that the female and male students do not significantly differ in terms of those beliefs, which offers an important insight into the progress of modern Bosnian society in terms of gender-related matters.
Phytoremediation of Grease in Wastewater Using Dracaena sanderiana

10.21276/sajb.2018. 6.4. 7 Abstract: Industries like paper, pulp; food-processing and food restaurants and garages generate grease containing wastewaters for which there is no acceptable technology of pre-treatment. Most wastewater treatment technologies are known as being costly and not affordable by the municipalities and the small scale polluting industries. It is found that one of the effective methods of removal of toxic substances from soil and water using plants was developed which is known as phytoremediation. When land is available, phytoremediation is a promising and cost effective approach for domestic and industrial wastewater treatment. In the present work, aquatic plant Dracaena sanderiana (Lucky bamboo) used for the phytoremediation of grease in wastewater. Using microcosm approach, during remediation process grease wastewater was analyzed for parameters such as pH, color, turbidity, TSS, TDS, TS, fatty acid content and lipase activity. Significant change in color, pH, turbidity, TSS, TDS, TS and fatty acid content was observed. The current finding indicates promising use of Dracaena sanderiana for the phytoremediation of wastewater.
Degradation of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) by indigenous isolate Acinetobacter sp

A bacterial strain capable of degrading di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) from artificially contaminated water (with over 90% removal within 5 days of incubation) was isolated from the activated sludge at a regional wastewater treatment plant in Macau SAR (Special Administrative Region), China. The isolate was identified as Acinetobacter sp. by the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Two major experimental parameters, temperature (25, 30, 35°C) and pH (3-9), were further optimized to enhance the biodegradation efficiency for DEHP. The optimum temperature was 30°C while there were no significant differences at pHs 6 to 9 (p=0.87). The growth and degradation kinetics of the isolate toward DEHP followed the inhibition model, at the maximum degradation rate, the half saturation constant, and the inhibition constant of 124.8 mg/L∙day, 272.3 mg/L, and 720.5 mg/L, respectively, for degradation and at the maximum specific growth rate, the half saturation constant, and the inhibition constant of 0.1192 day, 137.6 mg/L, and 850.3 mg/L, respectively, for growth, after the inhibition model for growth and degradation was simulated using Matlab software. The maximum degradation rate was achieved at the initial DEHP concentration of 400 mg/L. The first-order rate constant (k) and the half-life of DEHP was estimated at 0.854-0.625 and 19.44-26.6 h, respectively, at the concentration levels studied (100400 mg/L). The respective DEHP degradation pathway for the isolate is also proposed through the identification of the following intermediates: mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), phthalic acid (PA), protocatechuate, β-carboxy-cis,cis-muconic acid, and 3-katoadipate.