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Animal-Related Injuries Resulting in Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in the United States, 2006–2008

This paper presents information on emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations resulting from an animal-caused injury from 2006 to 2008 using data collected from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Information on the number of ED visits and hospitalizations from adverse animal encounters, the types of injuries resulting from such encounters, and the therapeutic procedures performed to treat injured persons from bites or stings caused by various species of animals are presented. The economic costs of animal-caused injuries also are discussed. Over 1 million hospital ED visits and 48,000 hospitalizations were reported annually in the United States due to an animal-caused injury during this time period. Infections resulting from non-venomous animal bites were the major cause of hospital admissions. The estimated cost of these visits, excluding physician fees during hospitalization, exceeded $2 billion annually. Many animal-related injuries can be prevented if advice from wildlife agencies or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were heeded.
A Ten-Year History of the Demography and Productivity of an Arctic Wolf Pack

A pack of two to eight adult wolves ( Canis lupus arctos ) and their pups was observed during ten summers (1986-95) on Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. The author habituated the wolf pack to his presence in the first summer and reinforced the habituation each summer thereafter. The first alpha female produced four to six pups each year between 1986 and 1989. However, her daughter, who succeeded her as the alpha female, produced only one to three pups each year between 1990 and 1992 and in 1994, and apparently did not whelp in 1993 or in 1995. The tenure of the first alpha male was at least two years, and his successor was alpha male for the remaining eight years of the study. The wolf pack was characterized by highly variable annual productivity. The second alpha male-and-female breeding pair likely was an older brother and a younger sister. Early survival of wolf pups was high and constant, with all pups surviving through August of their first year. The pack's demography was consistent with what is known for wolf packs in other regions of North America, but its productivity was more typical of arctic packs. Key words: wolf, Canis lupus , productivity, demography, breeding tenure, survival
New records for the wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) of Serbia

Numerous scientific projects have been initiated with the aim of tackling the decline in insect pollinators, a crucial group for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the first steps is to address information gaps on species spatial distribution, diversity, and abundance that prevent effective conservation actions in Europe. Given that Serbia belongs to the understudied areas, efforts are being made to improve knowledge of its bee diversity and abundance. The present study includes the monitoring of bees at 54 sites, surveyed three times during 2022. The conducted protocol combined two methods, transect walks and pan traps, resulting in the discovery of 312 bee species. The main results present the records of 25 species, not previously mentioned in Serbia, while another important finding is the confirmation of the presence of 26 species, without any available records from the 21 st century. Moreover, 79 here examined species were known only from literature-based data. Six of the recorded species are considered threatened and 67 (10 newly recorded) have been assessed as Data Deficient in the European Red List of Bees. Therefore, the present study not only contributes to an update and confirms the list of bee species in Serbia, that now counts 731 species, but also provides additional information about European distribution, required for new assessment at the European level. In addition, the results indicate that the combination of complementary sampling methods is an effective way to assess bee diversity and abundance.
Changes in dunefield geomorphology and vegetation cover as a response to local and regional climate variations

ABSTRACT Miot da Silva, G. , Hesp, P., Keim, B. , Martinho, C.T. and Ferligoj, Y. , 2013. Changes in dunefield geomorphology and vegetation cover as a response to local and regional climate variations. In: Conley, D.C., Masselink, G. , Russell, P.E. and O'Hare, T.J. (eds.) Published analyses of aerial photographs show a marked increase in vegetation cover of coastal transgressive dunefields along the Southern Brazilian Holocene Barrier around the late 1970s. This phenomenon is reflecting an increase in precipitation and a decrease in aeolian sediment transport. These climatic changes are associated with recurring high intensity El Niño events related to the 1976/1977 regime shift of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO).
Accretionary Complex Origin of the Mafic-Ultramafic Bodies of the Sanbagawa Belt, Central Shikoku, Japan

In the high-grade Cretaceous Sanbagawa high-pressure (HP) metamorphic belt, our new 1:5000 scale mapping of eclogitic mafic-ultramafic bodies and their surrounding epidote-amphibolite—facies schists has revealed a duplex structure formed by the subduction of the Izanagi-Pacific oceanic plate. Lithologies of the two largest mafic-ultramafic bodies in the Sanbagawa belt, the Iratsu eclogite and the Higashi-Akaishi peridotite, strike WNW-ESE and dip N; the upper boundary with the surrounding schist is a normal fault, whereas the lower boundary is a thrust. The Iratsu body is subdivided into at least two tectonic units; the unit boundary is subparallel to a lithological boundary. Protoliths of the upper unit are gabbro, basalt, minor quartz rock, and pelite, and those of the lower unit are pyroxenite, gabbro, basalt, chert, and marble, in ascending order. The lower unit is characterized by layers of alternating eclogitic metagabbro and pyroxenite. The layers are extensive at the bottom of the Iratsu eclogite, and transient toward the Higashi-Akaishi body. Eclogitefacies metapsammite is intercalated between the Iratsu and Higashi-Akaishi bodies. Our mapping has revealed the following: (1) a duplex structure of the mafic-ultramafic bodies indicating their accretionary complex origin; (2) reconstructed oceanic plate stratigraphy in ascending order of peridotite, gabbro, basalt, limestone, minor chert, and pelite, suggesting that different parts of the protolith were derived from a mid-oceanic topographic high, an oceanic island or plateau, and an overlying trench turbidite; and (3) a change in the convergent motion of the oceanic plate from NW to NE during the accretion of the large oceanic island or plateau.
Around (cid:96) -independence

In this article we study various forms of (cid:96) -independence (including the case (cid:96) = p ) for the cohomology and fundamental groups of varieties over ﬁnite ﬁelds and equicharacteristic local ﬁelds. Our ﬁrst result is a strong form of (cid:96) -independence for the unipotent fundamental group of smooth and projective varieties over ﬁnite ﬁelds. By then proving a certain ‘spreading out’ result we are able to deduce a much weaker form of (cid:96) -independence for unipotent fundamental groups over equicharacteristic local ﬁelds, at least in the semistable case. In a similar vein, we can also use this to deduce (cid:96) -independence results for the cohomology of smooth and proper varieties over equicharacteristic local ﬁelds from the well-known results on (cid:96) -independence for smooth and proper varieties over ﬁnite ﬁelds. As another consequence of this ‘spreading out’ result we are able to deduce the existence of a Clemens–Schmid exact sequence for formal semistable families. Finally, by deforming to characteristic p , we show a similar weak version of (cid:96) -independence for the unipotent fundamental group of a semistable curve in mixed characteristic.
Adaptive Caching Scheme for Jointly Optimizing Delay and Energy Consumption in Heterogeneous Digital Twin IoT

With the massive increase of mobile user and sensor data in the heterogeneous Internet of Things (IoT), the limited caching resources are challenging to meet people's increased data traffic demand. Due to ignoring the influence of uplink, the existing joint caching studies cannot reflect the actual network performance. Furthermore, some emerging delay-sensitive applications in the IoT, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and autonomous driving, require better reliability and stability. Digital twins (DT) can provide real-time and stable wireless connectivity for heterogeneous IoT physical and virtual spaces. To address those issues, we propose an adaptive caching scheme based on the evolutionary game to jointly optimize delay and energy consumption in the uplink and downlink of heterogeneous digital twins IoT (HDT-IoT) networks. Besides, we prove the existence of evolutionary stability strategies (ESSs) in the proposed caching scheme. Based on the evolutionary stability analysis results, we derive the related expression between the content popularity and the ESS condition. The numerical results verify the existence of the content evolutionary stability caching strategy and the accuracy of the derived corresponding ESS conditional expressions and evaluate the caching performance by comparing our scheme with the other two caching schemes.
Impact of Off-State Stress on SiGe-channel p-FETs in 22nm FDSOI under Large-Signal Operation

With the growing interest in high-frequency applications for CMOS, conventional DC reliability analysis might not be sufficient to tackle the reliability issues in this domain. Especially in complex modulation schemes and high-efficiency power amplifier (PA) applications, the transistors are subjected to a strong lateral field when the gate voltage lies below the threshold. Under those conditions, hot-carriers (HC) injection during off-state has become more pronounced. In this work, the impact of off-state stress on p-channel FDSOI during such conditions is analyzed and separated from normal HC degradation. A reverse-degradation with negative threshold voltage shift is observed, which is in the opposite direction than normal HC degradation. A mean to restore the device’s large-signal performance after HC degradation is also investigated.
The Effect of Location on Perceived Intrusiveness of Mobile Ads

Ads are a salient means for supporting the development and sustenance of several computing services free for public use. While ads have potential benefits for users (monetary, informational, etc.) they also have shortcomings such as being perceived as intrusive. With the advent of mobile computing location based services might be able to address the shortcomings of ads. In this paper we study the perceived intrusiveness of location based ads using a virtual environment. We present initial evidence that location has a significant impact on the way people perceive the intrusiveness of ads.
A Study on Accelerating SP Decoding by Neural Network in SMR System

We have previously studied low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding and iterative decoding in the shingled magnetic recording (SMR) system as a signal processing method to realize ultrahigh-density hard disk drives (HDD). In addition, we have proposed the application of the neural network (NN) to improve decoding performance and realize the automation of iterative decoding. In this study, we apply an NN to accelerate iterative decoding in the sum-product (SP) decoder. As the result, the SP decoder with the NN realized “no errors” at the fewest times of the iterative decoding compared to our previous studies.
V-Band Power Amplifier MMIC on InAlN/GaN/SiC HEMTs Technology

In this work, results on a V band [55 $\mathbf{G H z}-71$ GHz] MMIC power amplifier (PA) based on InAlN/GaN HEMT technology with $0.10-\mu \mathrm{m}$ gate length and $4 \times 50 \mu \mathrm{m}$ gate width are presented. For that, a non-linear model of transistor has been developed and validated. Small and large signal measurements results of V-Band $P A$ show a good agreement with simulations. The amplifier delivers more than $22 \mathrm{~dB}$ of gain in the operating bandwidth. The large signal measurements show also good performances with an output power between $[31 \mathrm{dBm}-28.5$ $\mathrm{dBm}]$ and PAE ranging between $[17 \%-10 \%]$ in $[54 \mathrm{GHz}-60$ GHz] bandwidth.
Atomic Layer Deposition of Perpendicularly Magnetized Co Layers Showing Current-Induced Domain Wall Motion

Successful preparation of perpendicularly magnetized Co thin layers on Pt seed-layers (SLs) using atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique with Co(PF3)4H as a precursor is reported. The residual phosphorus content in the samples, due to low deposition temperatures to realize ALD, was reduced effectively by tuning ALD parameters. Spin–orbit-torque-driven current-induced domain wall motion (CIDWM) was observed in the strip containing ALD Co layer prepared with the low phosphorus condition.
Joint Modeling of Linkage and Association Using Affected Sib-Pair Data

There has been a growing interest in developing strategies for identifying single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that explain a linkage signal by joint modeling of linkage and association. We compare several existing methods and propose a new method called the homozygote sharing transmission-disequilibrium test (HSTDT) to detect linkage and association or to identify SNPs explaining the linkage signal on chromosome 6 for rheumatoid arthritis using 100 replicates of the Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 15 simulated affected sib-pair data. Existing methods considered included the family-based tests of association implemented in FBAT, a transmission-disequilibrium test, a conditional logistic regression approach, a likelihood-based approach implemented in LAMP
Between Two Shores. Travellers as Cultural Mediators (The journey to Spain in the eighteenth century)

This paper, drawing on travel narratives of a journey to Spain in the eighteenth century, seeks to explore the role of travellers as cultural interpreters, by examining how they presented themselves as providers of new knowledge about "distant" or "exotic" countries (even within Europe); how their images of the territories they visited were the product of a negotiation between their literary and philosophical background, and actual experience, and how those visions were appropriated by eighteenth-century philosophers to build their own theories about human nature, the workings and "progress" of societies, and the rules governing "national characters"; more specifically, how they contributed to redefine European identity and its internal
Where is the magnetic energy for the expansion phase of auroral substorms accumulated?

Characteristics of the ionospheric current system (the directly driven (DD) / unloading (UL) currents) and the power ε during auroral substorms are examined semiquantitatively in terms of input‐output relationship. The study confirms (a) The magnetic energy for the expansion phase is accumulated with the rate of a little more than 1018 erg/s during the growth phase which lasts for about 1 h (because the ionosphere cannot dissipate the input power). (b) The global energy dissipation rate in the ionosphere (including the Joule heat production and the particle precipitation) is more than 3.3 × 1018 erg/s. (c) Thus, the total energy consumption by the ionosphere during the impulsive expansion phase (lasting for about 1 h) is 1.2 × 1022 erg or up to 1023 erg for medium substorms. (d) However, it is shown that even the total magnetic energy in the magnetotail at a distance between 10 RE and 20 RE (6.5 × 1021 ergs = 6.5 × 1014 J) cannot supply the energy for the expansion phase. This estimate is consistent with the most recent satellite observations (4.3 × 1013 J (= 4.3 × 1020 ergs)). Thus, the following conclusions may be applicable for medium intensity substorms: (i) The major part of the magnetic energy for the expansion phase must be accumulated within a distance of 10 RE and be released almost totally during the expansion phase (because the duration of the growth phase and the expansion phase is about the same). (ii) This suggests that there is an upper limit of the energy which the magnetosphere can accumulate even at distances less than 10 RE. Further, it is confirmed that: (a) The expansion phase is characterized by a single cell current system UL (not a twin cell current system DD which is driven by the earthward plasma convection from the magnetotail). (b) The UL current is independent of the DD current, requiring a different origin. (c) During the recovery phase, the UL current is absent and the DD current approximately follows ε (no accumulation of the energy), because the ionosphere is capable of dissipating the power even if the power is moderate). (d) Based on these results, as an example, one possible chain of processes within 10 RE is proposed as the release process of the accumulated magnetic energy by taking into account the fact that the frozen‐in field condition is observed to be broken down.
E-band Downlink GaN PA with a Homogeneous Output Power of 2.7W and a Peak PAE of 32.3%

A highly homogeneous, high efficiency, multi-watt output power E-band downlink (71–76GHz) Gallium Nitride (GaN) power amplifier (PA) is presented in this article. The 4-stage PA has been measured with an output power of $33.5 \pm 0.8$ dBm $( 2.28 \pm 0.42\mathrm{W})$ across the 68--76GHz frequency range. The peak power-added-efficiency (PAE) of 32.3% is measured at 69GHz, with an associated output power of 34.3dBm (2.7W) and a power gain of 22.3dB. The peak PAE variation across the 31 working cells (out of 37 cells) measured on-wafer is less than 2.5%-points, which demonstrates the design's homogeneity. These results are made possible by excellent in-house wafer processing, utilizing the new microstrip line (MSL) transistor models, and implementing the core matching networks with two-section transmission lines, which are also designed to have a low insertion loss. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the peak PAE and power gain reported in this work are the highest for a multi-watt level PA published in the literature at E-band (60–90GHz).
Livestock stations as foci of groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching in a sandy desert of the Central Monte, Argentina

In arid ecosystems, evapotranspiration generally exceeds precipitation, preventing deep drainage and groundwater recharge. We propose that vegetation changes associated with the establishment of pastoralist settlements (i.e. livestock stations) can disrupt the ecological and hydrological linkages in arid groundwater‐coupled ecosystems of the Monte desert (Argentina), allowing local groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching to the aquifer, affecting groundwater quality. We tested this hypothesis by analysing vegetation, land use indicators, water and nitrate dynamics in three pairs of livestock stations and relatively undisturbed control woodlands. Livestock stations had lower vegetation and dead wood but higher dung covers than control woodlands, indicating soil and vegetation changes associated to land use. Water and nitrate dynamics were also affected by land use. Soil nitrate and water contents sampled down to the water table were higher, and soil chloride and salinity were lower in livestock stations, indicating higher water percolation and N input/transport rates. Higher groundwater nitrate concentrations in livestock stations indicate that these areas behave as foci of N and water export from ecosystems to the phreatic aquifer. Our study supports the idea that vegetation in arid areas prevents downward surface–groundwater interactions, but it also indicates that human modifications of vegetation disrupt this control, reducing soil water consumption and allowing vertical movement of water and solutes to the aquifer, which can modify groundwater quality. Disruptions of ecological processes by livestock activities clearly affect the hydrological links between surface and groundwater. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Attending a Tertiary Health Center in Cameroon and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Isolates

: Urinary tract infections are globally a public health problem. This involved the colonization of the urinary system by the micro-organisms. Several studies have demonstrated that 95% of urinary tract infections are caused by bacteria. Over the years, bacteria have developed antibiotic resistance mechanisms which may sometimes lead to therapeutic failures. Hence, the antibiotics option depends on the adequate diagnostic tool of urinary tract infections to reduce false results that may predispose the patients to treatment failures. This study has as objective to determine the prevalence of bacteriuria and antimicrobial profile of urinary tract infections-suspected patients. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2023. A total of 59 urine samples were collected for the isolation and identification of bacteria based on the standard protocol. The antimicrobial susceptibility test was done by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method on Muller-Hinton agar for all the isolates recovered. The variables were statistically analyzed using the Chi-square test of independent and SPSS (Version 20), where, the p-value ˂0.05 was considered statistically significant. Out of the 59 participants, 53(89.83%) participants yielded positive bacteriuria on culture. Seven species of bacteria were isolated and Gram-negative bacteria are the leading uropathogen (71.43%) against 28.57% of Gram-positive bacteria. Among the Gram-negative bacteria isolated, the most prevalent was E. coli (55.1%), followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (14.29%), Proteus mirabilis (14.29%), Citrobacter freundii (10.2%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (6.12%). Gram-negative bacteria isolates demonstrated a high sensitivity to nitrofurantoin (87.8%), imipenem (81.6%), fosfomycin (79.5%), and gentamicin (75.5%). On the contrary, a high level of resistance to cefotaxime (95.9%), levofloxacin (85.7%), nalidixic acid (81.6%), and cotrimoxazole (75.5%). Gram-positive bacteria showed high resistance to nitrofurantoin, levofloxacin, and cotrimoxazole (100%). This study has shown that urinary tract infections are not to be neglected. Thus regular monitoring of the patients and continuous adaptation of first-line treatment protocols is necessary in order to improve the management of patients presenting with a urinary tract infection.
Complexity scalable motion estimation control for H . 264 / AVC Huijbers

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Making fiction out of fact: attention and belief in the discourse of conspiracy

ion) definiteness: (definite (‘the man’) > specific indefinite (‘a certain man’) > nonspecific indefinite (‘any man’)) activeness: (verbs denoting action, violence, passion, wilfulness, motivation or strength) brightness: (lightness or vivid colours being denoted over dimness or drabness) fullness: (richness, density, intensity or nutrition being denoted) largeness: (large objects being denoted, or a very long elaborated noun phrase used to denote)
Semi-Analytical Non-Linear Physical Model of Core Losses in Ferrite Ring Cores

To calculate ferrite core losses based on a physical approach, non-linear material effects must be considered. To implement these effects in a fast and accurate way, a new semi-analytical model is proposed. It combines the solution of the wave equation in the core with advanced material models of ferrite into an iterative procedure. The results validate the approach, which enables a fast calculation of the core losses.