Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“Knowing the Places of Care”: How Nurses Facilitate Transition of Children with Complex Health Care Needs from Hospital to Home

ABSTRACT The number of children with complex health care needs continues to rise and they often have prolonged hospital stays with their discharge home being delayed by a range of factors. These delays occur despite the fact that, except in extraordinary circumstances, a child’s home is the most appropriate place for them to receive long-term care. The aim of this qualitative interview-based study was to explore the work of nurses whose main role is supporting children and families move from an institutional place of care to long-term care within the family home. Analysis of interview transcripts was collaborative, interpretive, and thematic. A total of 46 participants (9 nurses and 37 local stakeholders) engaged in the study. Findings reflect the ways in which the nurses facilitated transition of children with complex needs from hospital to home and the journeys the nurses took to develop the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to support this transition. “Knowing the places of care” was fundamental to the success of the nurses’ work. As the nurses’ knowledge of the places (and processes) of care deepened, they were better able to act as informed guides to families and other professionals and to improve care. The nurses’ practice was driven by the belief that the place where care occurs matters. Home was seen as a transformative and sustaining place where caring practices could become incorporated into an environment in which the family could exist and be nurtured together.
CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE FORCING OF EPISODIC TREE RECRUITMENT IN A SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE LANDSCAPE

Strong but relatively short (annual to decadal length) climate change can have broad-scale and long-lasting effects on forest communities. Climate impacts forests through direct effects on tree demography (mortality and overstory recruitment) and indirect effects on disturbance regimes. Here, we compare multicentury chronologies of tree re- cruitment from a 307-ha ponderosa pine forest in southwestern Colorado to reconstructions of fire years, hydroclimate, and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Few trees predate a regional multiyear megadrought centered in the 1580s. A prolonged pluvial in the ear- ly1600s resulted in a pulse of tree recruitment that corresponds to recruitment seen over much of the Southwest. Other cohorts in the early 1700s and mid-1800s established during multidecadal fire-quiescent periods. These periods correspond to shifts in ENSO that ap- parently resulted in dampening of interannual wet/dry oscillations responsible for fuel buildup and drying. Fires, mediated by stochastic climate variation, acted as a density- independent regulation on tree populations since establishment was not limited by overstory tree density, but rather by fire-caused mortality of seedlings and saplings during periods of more frequent fires. Even-aged cohorts in ponderosa pine forests likely have little if anything to do with episodic mortality caused by more severe fires, but rather relate mainly to episodic recruitment opportunities. Fire cessation after Euro-American settlement in the late 1800s resulted in an increase in tree density and changes in forest composition, which are major factors that have contributed to recent severe wildfires in other Southwestern forests. Our results document clear linkages between synoptic climate forcing, fires, and recruitment episodes, and highlight the importance of regional historical processes on con- temporary forest composition and structure.
MicroPET/CT Assessment of Minocycline Effects on Anesthetic-Induced Neuronal Injury in Developing Rats

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that is frequently used for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia in children. It has been reported that blockade of NMDA receptors by ketamine may cause neurotoxicity in neonatal rats when given over a 12 hour period during the brain growth spurt.
Partial Identi…cation of Local Average Treatment Eects with an Invalid Instrument

We derive nonparametric bounds for local average treatment eects without requiring the exclusion restriction assumption to hold or an outcome with a bounded support. Instead, we employ assumptions requiring weak monotonicity of mean potential outcomes within or across subpopulations de…ned by the values of the potential treatment status under each value of the instrument. These results are employed to bound the eect of attaining a GED, high school, or vocational degree on future employment and weekly earnings, using randomization into a training program as an invalid instrument. The resulting bounds are informative, indicating that the local eect when assigned to training for those whose degree attainment is aected by the instrument is at most 10 percentage points on employment and $54 on weekly earnings.
The Effects of Industry Specialization on Auditor's Opinion in Iran

The current study aims to provide evidences regarding the audit industry expertise as one of the criteria of auditing quality. For this purpose, in this research the relation between audit industry expertise and auditor's type of opinion is studied using the financial information extracted from listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2004 - 2012. The previous studies indicated the positive effect of this criterion on quality of auditing in companies. To support the evidences of the former studies, after control of other relevant environmental factors, the results of this study showed that there is a positive and significant relation between audit industry expertise and auditor's qualified opinions. The obtained evidences supported this idea that audit firm specialization could lead to improved quality of financial information of the capital market. Regarding other used variables of the research, the results showed that the auditor size and return of assets negatively, and the company's size and performance of the previous year positively are dependent on the type auditor’s opinion. The results of this study add to the literature of audit quality through study of the role of audit industry expertise as well as the study of the relevant factors to the type of auditor's opinion. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n1p399
Topological and biomass balance approaches to analyzing food webs of Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico

In this paper, we used two methodological approaches to analyze the structure and function of a trophic web in the temperate coastal lagoon of Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico, which represents the largest wetland ecosystem along the west coast of the Baja California peninsula. Ecosystem structure was studied using a topological approach, while ecosystem functioning was analyzed using a biomass balance model. Connectance values indicated a low number of functional group interactions, consistent with the range proposed for similar marine trophic webs. This pattern may reflect incorporation of a few functional groups clustered along the trophic web. Results would vary if the model included more functional groups or different levels of aggregation, since aggregation and diversity strongly influence the base of the food web. Topological results suggest that trophic web structure depends primarily on lower and intermediate trophic level organisms like macrobenthic invertebrates, penaeid shrimp and marine turtles. Balance biomass model results suggest that trophic groups positioned on the first level most strongly support Bahia Magdalena trophic web functioning. In particular, the pelagic red crab (Pleurocondes planipes) transfers energy between basal and upper levels of the food web (a wasp-waist energy control). When compared to ecosystems at different latitudes, the results indicate that the Bahia Magdalena ecosystem is still in a developmental phase, wherein trophic web functioning depends largely on the balance between energy flows originating from primary producers and those originating from detrital pathways. While these results are preliminary, they demonstrate the potential of combined topological and biomass approaches in analyzing highly organized ecosystems. The combined approach can make both theoretical and empirical predictions about the functional response of real systems to structural changes, thus enhancing evidence-based methods for ecosystem management.
Supporting Pension Contributions Through the Tax System: Outcomes, Costs and Examining Reform

Using the taxation system as a means of supporting contributions to pensions is a long standing and increasingly important policy tool. This paper examines the effectiveness of that tool using new data for Ireland in 2014. Looking at contributions from employees, employers and individuals into private pensions, we show the relatively small size of most pension contributions and highlight the challenges these imply for the adequacy of future pension income. Distributively, our results demonstrate a concentration of supports among those on the highest earnings and on the highest incomes and raise questions regarding the more efficient use of these resources.
Overstory influences on herb and shrub communities in mature forests of western Washington, U.S.A.

Understanding the relationships between forest overstory and understory communities is essential for predict - ing changes in the abundance and distribution of understory plants through successional time and in response to forest management. We used correlation analysis, multiple regression, and nonparametric models to explore the relationships between overstory characteristics (canopy cover, stand density, and tree-size distributions) and the abundance of species in the herb and shrub layers in mature forests of western Washington. Overstory variables explained >50% of the varia- tion in the mean response of total shrub cover and ca. 50% of the variation in cover of Acer circinatum Pursh (the most common shrub species) and late-seral herbs (species reaching their greatest abundance in late-successional for - ests). Stronger relationships (80-90% variance explained) were found between overstory variables and the maximum cover of total shrubs, A. circinatum, total herbs, and each of three functional groups of herbaceous species. These em- pirical relationships represent both direct resource limitations and time-dependent responses for which overstory charac - teristics may be surrogates. Models of maximum abundance yielded the most consistent results, suggesting the relative importance of different overstory variables as limiting factors for understory response, although these limiting factors have different effects on plants with different life-history strategies. Resume : Pour predire les changements dans l'abondance et la distribution des plantes du sous-bois au cours de la suc- cession et en reponse a l'amenagement forestier, il est essentiel de comprendre les relations entre l'etage forestier do- minant et les communautes du sous-bois. Les auteurs ont utilise l'analyse de correlation, la regression multiple et les modeles non parametriques pour explorer les relations entre les caracteristiques de l'etage dominant (recouvrement de la canopee, densite du peuplement, distributions de la dimension des arbres) et l'abondance des especes dans les strates
PROCESSING QUALITY OF POTATO VARIETIES GROWN AT TWO LOCATIONS AND STORED AT 4, 10 AND 12°C

Seven varieties of potatoes grown at Jalandhar and Modipuram were stored at 4 and 10°C with and without CIPC (isopropyl N-(3-chlorophenyl) carbamate) treatment, and at 12°C with CIPC treatment (RH 85-90%) for 145 days. Changes in weight loss, dry matter, reducing sugars, sucrose, chip colour and phenols were determined. Weight loss was 26.4% at 10°C due to excessive sprout growth and it decreased to 7.7% when sprout growth was suppressed with CIPC treatment. A significant positive correlation (r = 0.84**) between weight loss and sprout growth was observed. There was little change in the dry matter content during storage. Reducing sugar level increased during storage and it was maximum at 4°C resulting in dark chips with colour scores of 9 to 10; while at 10 and 12°C with CIPC treatment, the increase in the reducing sugar content was relatively lower but higher than 150 mg/100g fresh wt, which resulted in unacceptable chip colour scores of 5 to 6.7. Sucrose content also increased during storage and there was no significant difference between 10 and 12°C with CIPC treatment. Phenol content generally increased during storage and was higher in tubers stored at 10 and 12°C. Out of the seven varieties grown at Modipuram, only Kufri Chipsona-1 showed lower level of reducing sugars and acceptable chip colour up to 115 days of storage when stored at 10 or 12°C with CIPC treatment. None of the seven varieties grown at Jalandhar gave acceptable chip colour. The maximum CIPC residue level observed in unpeeled tubers was 1.8 mg/kg fresh wt, which was much less than the acceptable limit of 30 mg/kg fresh wt.
Hypothesis-based research on the causes of sick building symptoms: A design for Phases 2 and 3 of the California Healthy Building Study

The California Healthy Building Study (CHBS) is a multidisciplinary research based in 12 office buildings within California. The overall goal the CHBS is to elucidate relationships between occurrences of office worker health symptoms and characteristics of the workers` buildings, ventilation systems, work spaces, jobs, and indoor environments. A Phase-1 study was completed during 1990. The California Institute for Energy Efficiency (CIEE), through its Exploratory Research Program, supported the design of research plans for two future phases of the CHBS. The intent of the CIEE-supported effort was to design research to be conducted in the Phase-1 buildings that capitalizes on the Phase-1 research findings and also on recently-published results of research from other institutions. This report describes the research plans developed with CIEE support and presents the rationale for these research plans.
Theoretical and Numerical Vibration Study ofContinuous Beam with Crack Size and Location Effect

In this research the natural frequency of a cracked beam with different supported, simply and clamped beam, is investigated analytically and numerically by finite element method with using of ANSYS program ver. 14 with different crack depth and location effect and the results are compared. The analytical results of the effect of a crack in a continuous beam are calculated the equivalent stiffness, EI, for a rectangular beam to involve an exponential function with depth and location of crack effect, with solution of assuming equivalent stiffness beam (EI) by using of Fourier series method. And, The beam materials studied are low carbon steel, Alloys Aluminium, and Bronze materials with different beam length and depth. A comparison made between analytical results from theoretical solution of general equation of motion of beam with crack effect with numerical by ANSYS results, where the biggest error percentage is about (1.8 %). Also it is found that the frequency of beam when the crack is in the middle position is less than the frequency with crack near the end position and the natural frequency of beam decreasing with increasing of crack depth due to decreasing of beam stiffness at any location of crack in beam.
On the economic theory of crop rotations: value of the crop rotation effects and implications on acreage choice modeling

Crop rotations are known to have two main kinds of economic effects: direct effects on potential yields and on the productivity of different inputs, and indirect effects on economically optimal input levels, especially pesticides and fertilizers. The main objective of this article is to uncover the mechanisms through which crop rotation effects affect the acreage choices of forward-looking farmers, in a dynamic programming framework. Whereas most models considering acreage choices with crop rotation effects are based on discrete choice models at the plot level, our model considers a farm level strategy. This implies that our theoretical modeling framework is closely related to the models commonly used for empirically investigating farmers’ acreage choices, either in the multicrop econometric literature or in the mathematical programming literature. We provide original results aimed at characterizing the properties of optimal acreage choices accounting for crop rotation effects and constraints in an uncertain context. Using a stochastic programming approach together with a Lagrangian approach we show that optimal dynamic acreage choices can be formally characterized as static acreage choices with contingent renting/lending markets for acreages with specific preceding crops. The crop rotation constraint Lagrange multipliers provide the renting/lending prices of acreages with specific crop histories. The results presented in the article are mainly theoretical. Our modeling framework can easily be implemented in practice since it mainly considers quadratic programming problems and their solution functions.
Spatial and temporal variability of nitrous oxide emissions in a mixed farming landscape of Denmark

Abstract. Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agricultural land are variable at the landscape scale due to variability in land use, management, soil type, and topography. A field experiment was carried out in a typical mixed farming landscape in Denmark, to investigate the main drivers of variations in N2O emissions, measured using static chambers. Measurements were made over a period of 20 months, and sampling was intensified during two weeks in spring 2009 when chambers were installed at ten locations or fields to cover different crops and topography and slurry was applied to three of the fields. N2O emissions during spring 2009 were relatively low, with maximum values below 20 ng N m−2 s−1. This applied to all land use types including winter grain crops, grasslands, meadows, and wetlands. Slurry application to wheat fields resulted in short-lived two-fold increases in emissions. The moderate N2O fluxes and their moderate response to slurry application were attributed to dry soil conditions due to the absence of rain during the four previous weeks. Cumulative annual emissions from two arable fields that were both fertilized with mineral fertilizer and manure were large (17 kg N2O-N ha−1 yr−1 and 5.5 kg N2O-N ha−1 yr−1) during the previous year when soil water conditions were favourable for N2O production during the first month following fertilizer application. Our findings confirm the importance of weather conditions as well as nitrogen management on N2O fluxes.
Practices of Strategy Committees of Supervisory Boards

Background. This article presents the very first research on strategy committees in the context of Polish supervisory boards. Consequently, it is also the first study on strategy committees of supervisory boards conducted in the European, two-tier system of corporate governance. Research aims. The article aims to explore practices of strategy committees in supervisory boards, including factors conditioning the formation of a committee, criteria for membership selection, as well as functions, tasks, and operations that are undertaken by the committees. Methodology. The research presented in this paper was conducted via the method of interviews with 10 board members selected according to the stratified sampling, having both vast experience in the function of a board member at several companies, and experience of participation in a strategy committee. Key findings. Their narration suggests that a strategy committee serves as a structural solution supporting the engagement of the board in the company’s strategy process. A strategy committee plays an advisory role for the board, which decides on the final strategy. An opportunity to focus attention on key factors influencing strategy formulation is perceived as a key dimension of a committee’s works. A committee may be permanent or formed ad hoc if a strategic renewal is needed. Critical factors that seem to increase the likelihood of committee formation are the size and complexity of a company.
EFFECT OF SEVEN CANOLA GENOTYPES ON CABBAGE APHID BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE GROWTH PARAMETERS

Developmental time and reproduction of cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) were evaluated on leaves of seven genotype of canola (Brassica napus L.) (“Modena”, “Geronimo”, “Opera”, “Sunday”, “Dexter”, “Zarfam” and “Okapi”) at a constant temperature of 22.5 °C. Total developmental time of B. brassicae was the shortest (8.38 days) on “Geronimo and the longest (9.16 days) on “Opera” and “Okapi”. Production longevity time of aphid was the shortest (11.66 days) on “Opera”, and the longest (17.13 days) on “Geronimo”. Net reproductive rate was highest (45.46 nymph) on “Geronimo” and lowest (21.33 nymph) on “Okapi”. Intrinsic rate of increase was 0.274 on “Geronimo”, followed by 0.249 on “Modena”, 0.246 on “Dexter”, 0.227 on “Opera”, 0.227 on “Zarfam”, 0.221 “Sunday” and 0.204 on “Okapi”. “Geronimo” was the most susceptible host plant for the cabbage aphid and “Okapi” showed resistance to cabbage aphid.
Effect of Educational Guidelines on Therapeutic Regimen Compliance and Self-Efficacy among patients with Myocardinal Infraction

The Myocardial infarction is a life threatening disease that influences the physical, psychological and social dimensions of the individual. Improper lifestyle is one of the causes of this disease. These consequences in turn may have negative impact on the patient's physical and psychological condition, will prolong patient's hospital stay, and increase hospital costs. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on therapeutic regimen compliance and self - efficacy among patients with myocardial infarction through the following: Assess the study patients' knowledge and practices regarding therapeutic regimen, level of compliance and self – efficacy, develop and implement educational guidelines for the study patients about therapeutic regimen compliance, and evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on patients' level of compliance to therapeutic regimen and self- efficacy. Research hypotheses: The current study hypothesized that, the educational guidelines will have a positive effect on therapeutic regimen compliance and self - efficacy among patients with myocardial infarction.Design: A quasi-experimental research design has been utilized to conduct this study. Setting: Data were collected from outpatient Clinics of Cardiology at Eldmerdash Hospital. The study was conducted on 90 patients, who have been selected by certain criteria. Data tools: Four tools were used for data collection (I) A structured interview questionnaire (A) sociodemographic data questionnaire, (B) Patients` knowledge assessment questionnaire, (II) An observational checklist, (III) Patients' compliance assessment questionnaire, (IV) General Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: This study revealed that there was a statistically significant improvement regarding patients’ knowledge, practice and compliance toward myocardial infarction throughout the study. So, this study concluded that the educational guidelines had a positive effect on improving therapeutic regimen compliance and self – efficacy among studied patients with MI through the enhancement of their knowledge and practices so, the current study recommended that: Patients` education should be held in continuous manner, because it is a fundamental part of their treatment.