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Plasma lipid concentrations and survival in geriatric population

Abstract Plasma lipids in mid-life are important predictors for cardiovascular events and deaths. However, the association between plasma lipid concentrations and mortality in late life is controversial. Recent studies showed that older people with extremely low total cholesterol (TC) have poor survival outcome, but this conclusion was drawn mostly from Western cohorts. Our study investigated association between plasma lipid concentrations and mortality in Taiwanese elderly population. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among the 69,824 elderly people who participated in the Taipei City Geriatric Health Examination between 2006 and 2010, with a mean follow-up of 3.6 years. The measurements of TC, high density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides were obtained from the records of the participants. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) was calculated using Friedewald formula in 69,088 participants. All lipid components were categorized into quartiles. Males and females were analyzed separately using multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. The elderly with the lowest quartile of TC (<175 mg/dL), HDL cholesterol (<43 mg/dL) and LDL cholesterol (<100.4 mg/dL) were at higher risk of all-cause mortality. Older females with the lowest quartile of TC and LDL cholesterol had higher cardiovascular mortality. Older females with the lowest quartile of HDL had higher mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. We concluded that TC, mostly attributed to LDL cholesterol, was inversely related to all-cause mortality. HDL remained to be protective against both cardiovascular and stroke mortality in older females. The target levels of plasma lipids in people older than 65 years should be different from that in younger adults.
An Automated Telephone Call System Improves the Reach and Cost-effectiveness of Panel Management Outreach for Cancer Screening

This implementation and comparative effectiveness study compared an automated call system (ACS)-assisted method to enhance staff efficiency in panel management cancer screening outreach compared with standard outreach using manual calls. One panel manager assisted by the ACS at the intervention primary care practice completed outreach workflows for 43% more patients than 2 unassisted panel managers at comparison practices, with 78% more patients in the ACS-assisted panel management program ultimately having a preventive screening gap closed. Outreach cost per completion of 1 or more cancer screenings was $45.39 under standard procedures and $15.85 using the ACS-assisted method.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Dampens Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Does Not Worsen the Cardiac Function and Oxidative State of Diabetic Rats

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is frequently used after soft tissue injuries and in diabetic patients with ulcerated wounds; however, its ability to increase oxidative stress casts doubts. Diabetes (DM) in male Wistar rats (N = 20) weighing 300 g were induced by a single dose of streptozotocin. Ten diabetics (DMHBOT) and 10 controls (CHBOT) underwent a one-hour long hyperbaric oxygen treatment protocol (2.5 bar) 12 times after the 3rd week of diabetes. Ten animals remained untreated. Eight weeks after diabetes induction, we measured the 24-hour blood glucose profile and cardiovascular function (sonocardiography and the relaxation ability of aortae). Malonyl-dialdehyde (MDA) and cytokine levels were measured in blood plasma. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) activity was estimated in cardiac and aortic tissue. HBOT did not alter most of the cardiovascular parameters. PARylation in cardiac and aortic tissues, plasma MDA levels were elevated in diabetic rats. HBOT prevented the increase of MDA in diabetic animals. In addition, levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 (CINC-1) the levels of anti-inflammatory tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases-1 were not altered in diabetes or in hyperoxia. Our results suggest that HBOT does not increase long-term oxidative stress, and, similar to training, the TBARS products, nitrotyrosine formation and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation may be eased as a result of hyperoxia.
Metabolomic profiling in neuroblastoma

Previous studies on several cancer types show that metabolomics provides a potentially useful noninvasive screening approach for outcome prediction and accurate response to treatment assessment. Neuroblastoma (NB) accounts for at least 15% of cancer‐related deaths in children. Although current risk‐based treatment approaches in NB have resulted in improved outcome, survival for high‐risk patients remains poor. This study aims to evaluate the use of metabolomics for improving patients’ risk‐group stratification and outcome prediction in NB.
Getting the Deep Parse of Chinese

This paper introduces our recent work on Chinese deep parsing based on the Headdriven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). We first built a Chinese HPSG Treebank semi-automatically from the Penn Chinese Treebank. Then a Chinese HPSG parser was trained on this treebank. This parser can get both the semantic analysis and syntactic analysis simultaneously. Experimental results showed that the proposed parser achieved comparable performance on both semantic parsing and syntactic parsing with previous works.
Interoperability of corpus processing workflow engines: the case of AlvisNLP/ML in OpenMinTeD

AlvisNLP/ML is a corpus processing engine developed by the Bibliome group. It has been used in several experiments and end-user applications. We describe its design principles and data and workflow models, then we discuss interoperability challenges in the context of the OpenMinTeD project. The objective of OpenMinTeD (EC/H2020) is to create an infrastructure for Text and Data Mining (TDM) of scientific and scholarly publications. In order to offer to the infrastructure users a single entry point and the widest range of tools as possible, the major European corpus processing engines will be made interoperable, including Argo, DKPro, and GATE. We show that AlvisNLP/ML can be fully integrated into the OpenMinTeD platform while maintaining its originality.
Economics of Finnish Innovation Policy

We provide both a qualitative analysis of the various Finnish innovation policies and a quantitative welfare analysis of the Finnish R&D subsidy policy and tax credit regime of 2013-2014. In the qualitative analysis we argue that innovation policy should be based on a bottom-up approach rather than a mission oriented, top-down approach. We highlight areas of the Finnish innovation policies that should be evaluated rigorously. Our counterfactual welfare analysis suggests that the Finnish R&D subsidy and tax credit policies increase R&D investments and social externalities markedly, but once the costs of the policies are taken into account, they hardly increase welfare. * Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland and VATT, E-mail: tuomas.takalo@bof.fi. Otto Toivanen, Aalto University, KU Leuven, CEPR and HECER, E-mail: otto.toivanen@aalto.fi. We thank Allan Seuri for excellent research assistance and many useful comments. We also thank seminar participants at the Economic Policy Council Finland, ETLA, and Herkko Hietanen, Ari Hyytinen, Martti Kivistö, Jussi Laitila, Pierre Mohnen, Ulla-Maija Mylly, Juha Pulliainen, Petri Rouvinen, Samuli Simojoki, Pekka Sääskilahti, Tommi Uhari, Rainer Oesch ja Ilari Valjus for comments and discussions. 1
How Does Emotional Labor Impact Employees’ Perceptions of Well-Being? Examining the Mediating Role of Emotional Disorder

Since bank employees are prone to high psychological pressure, it is key to explore the influencing mechanism of their emotional labor so as to relieve their pressure, as well as improve organizational performance and service quality. This study aimed to investigate the effects of emotional labor on bank employees’ well-being and to determine the mediating role of emotional disorder in this relationship. Employees responded to a survey regarding their use of emotional labor as well as perceptions of their well-being and emotional disorder. The results showed that employees’ use of emotional labor was related to their perceptions of well-being and confirmed the mediating role of emotional disorder in this relationship. The results indicated that surface acting has a significant negative impact on employee well-being, while deep acting has a significant positive impact. Moreover, emotional disorder played a role in mediating emotional labor and employee well-being, and emotional disorder was positively correlated with surface acting and negatively correlated with deep acting. The results revealed that developing deep-acting skills is important for increasing front-line bank staff’s well-being in China, who are accustomed to repressing their emotions, and emotional disorder might occur more often than has been previously believed, which worsens their well-being.
Token Boundaries or Named Entity Boundaries

Named Entity Recognition (NER) is a task that recognizes mentions of specific entities of interest in text. These mentions could be names of people, organizations and locations[6], or terminologies in specialized domains (e.g. medical areas) such as gene and protein names[2, 5]. NER has been mostly formalized as a sequential labeling task which labels a sequence of tokens with a set of pre-defined tags. This formalization means that input sentence should be tokenized first. While it is a necessary step, tokenization has not drawn much attention from researchers probably because simple tokenization methods usually work well for NER tasks in general domain. In biomedical domains, however, such tokenization methods may produce a token sequence having inconsistent token boundaries with named entity (NE) boundaries. The example in Figure 1 shows the parts of sentences tokenized on non-alphanumeric characters. GGP (gene or gene product) mentions are bold-faced.
Beyond the Single Path View: Interpath Dynamics in Regional Contexts

abstract Recurrent economic and financial crises, globalization, digitalization, and climate change are posing major challenges for regional economies to constantly renew their industrial structures. Over the past few years much progress has been made in understanding how new path development unfolds in a regional context. Earlier contributions to the path development literature have acknowledged that multiple industrial paths developing within a region are interdependent and coevolving. However, most conceptualizations and empirical analyses to date have mainly been focused on one new path or path development activities in one nascent industry only. Potential relationships between emerging paths have received little attention, and, as a consequence, little is known about how new paths shape each other’s evolution. This article draws on recent contributions that broaden conventional perspectives on regional structural change and develops a framework to analyze the dynamic interdependencies between multiple new regional growth paths. We explore the nature of interpath linkages and discuss the role of agency in creating or shaping the relationship between linked paths to be either supportive, competitive, or neutral toward each other. By means of illustrative empirical examples, we show that interpath relationships in a regional context are a significant phenomenon to be considered in regional structural change and conclude by discussing policy implications and identifying avenues for future research.
MR Spectroscopy ofthe Human Heart : The Status and the Challenges ’

Evanochko et al (80) reported that myocardial PCr/ATP ratio was normal in five patients with mild rejection (1.81 ± 0.06 standard error vs 1.76 ± 0.11 in six healthy control subjects), but it was lower in patients with moderate rejection (1.13 ± 0.17, n = 4). These patients were studied 3-5 weeks after transplantation. P-3i MR correctly characterized as normal all five patients with mild histologic rejection, while three of four patients with moderate rejection exhibited abnormally low PCr/ATP ratios. In a third abstract, Wolfe et al (81) reported
DETERIORATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF SOME POTTERY VESSELS IN TEL AJRUD, SUEZ, EGYPT

Many of excavated archaeological pottery from Tel Ajrud in Suez had suffered from different phenomena of deterioration.This kind of pottery needed a consolidation process for improving physical, mechanical properties and durability of various deterioration factors. Some archaeological pottery samples were treated to evaluate some traditional and nanosilica consolidants. Pottery samples were diagnosed using Polarized Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive of X-Ray and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis. Some consolidation materials such as Paraloid B67, Wacker BS28, Nano Silica, a mixture of NanoSilica and Wacker BS28 at a rate of 1: 1, Wacker 290Lwere laboratory evaluated. Different experiments, tests and examinations had proved poor physical structure of pottery. They also proved success and efficiency of one of selected consolidants (First: a mixture of Nano Silica and Wacker BS28 at a rate of1:1, concentration 1 %, Second: Nano Silica, concentration 1 %). These consolidants improved physical and mechanical properties. It showed resistance to thermal, light and salt accelerated artificial aging. Therefore, the research recommends using one of two consolidants for strengthening archaeological pottery excavated from Tel Ajrud in Suez.
Feeding behavior of goat kids fed diets containing peach palm meal

The aim in this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior of goat kids fed diets containing peach palm meal replacing corn (0, 10, 40, 60, and 85 % on a dry matter basis). Thirty crossbred Boer kids, with 90 days old and initial body weight of 16.7 ± 3.5 kg were distributed in a completely randomized design with six replicates. Diets were daily supplied ad libitum to allow 10-20 % leftovers. Three collections were performed every 28 days. Diets were isoenergetics and isonitrogenous, composed of corn, soybean meal, peach palm meal, mineral supplement and Tifton 85 hay, with roughage: concentrate ratio of 30:70. There was a linear reduction in the intakes of dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) with a respective decrease of 35.7 % and 58.8 % comparing the diet with 85 % replacement and the control diet. The rumination and chewing times increased in diets with peach palm meal. The feeding and rumination rates decreased with reducing intakes of DM and NDF. The peach palm meal affects the feeding behavior and decreases the feed intake in response to palatability, fat and fiber composition, and it is recommended until 10 % replacing corn.
A research of autonomous loading / unloading of consumer products using a dual-arm robot

In this paper, we describe the problem definition and system construction for automatic loading / unloading of consumer products by dual-arm robot. We define the Loading / unloading task as complex of 3 elements; installation localization, object recognition, and robot planning. We also propose a hardware configuration and software components to manipulate a wide variety of items. The proposed system was evaluated in the warehouse environment with variety items and the store environment with multiple items, and the result shows ability of handling of a wide variety of items in the warehouse and reliability of a long-term continuous working in the store environment.
What Matters Most? Measuring Service Quality to Improve Schools

Over the recent years an observable trend has emerged in the field of education. Parents are empowered and encouraged to make school choice decisions for their children and have become consumers of the educational delivery system. They are inundated information regarding the “product” of the school student achievement scores and overall performance rankings. Do pare nts value other things beyond academic performance rankings and student achievement ratings? How do parents perceive the importance of the quality of the delivery of educational services? In a competitive educational market pl ce, attracting and retaining families is essential to a school’s ability t o survive and succeed. This mixed-method study draws from research on customer service from the business field. It was designed to learn more about parental perceptions of the service quality dimensions: Reliability, Assurance, Tangibles, Empathy , nd Responsiveness (Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Barry, 1985). In schools, these dimensions correspond to issues of school safety, culture and climate of the learning environment, communication and parental involvement. Parents from four elementary schools in a large urban school district participated in this st udy by completing a survey designed to solicit information about parental perceptions
Demo Abstract: Lightweight, Deep RNNs for Radar Classification

WedemonstrateMulti-Scale, Cascaded RNN (MSC-RNN)1, an energyefficient recurrent neural network for real-time micro-power radar classification. Its two-tier architecture is jointly trained to reject clutter and discriminate displacing sources at different time-scales, with a lighter lower tier running continuously and a heavier upper tier invoked infrequently on an on-demand basis. It offers for single microcontroller devices a better trade-off in accuracy and efficiency, as well as in clutter suppression and detectability, over competitive shallow and deep alternatives. ACM Reference Format: Dhrubojyoti Roy, Sangeeta Srivastava, Pranshu Jain, Aditya Kusupati, Manik Varma, and Anish Arora. 2019. Demo Abstract: Lightweight, Deep RNNs for Radar Classification. In BuildSys ’19: The 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, November 13–14, 2019, New York, NY, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2 pages. https: //doi.org/10.1145/3360322.3361000
30TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE Neutrino Fluxes and Their Time Evolution of AGN Black Holes

We supplement a previous discussion of the neutrino ’pre-radiation times’ (PRTs) of 234 black holes [1] by computing the neutrino fluxes. The microscopic approach [2]-[4] is of vital importance for two crucial elements required for the Z-burst scenario of air shower events of the extremely high energy cosmic rays (EHECRs) since: 1) it predicts the large fluxes of EHE neutrinos above 10 eV , even after the neutrino trapping in the superdense medium, produced by the predominant neutrino cooling of the AGN protomatter core via simple or nucleon-modified URCA processes, and the pionic reactions; 2) It also predicts an existence of the relic cosmic background neutrinos (CBN) of light mass ∼ 1 eV originated in the hot primordial Big Bang phase, forming the hot dark matter (HDM). The considered 234 BHs are closely linked with the active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and have well-determined masses MBH ' (1.1×10÷4.2×10) M ̄ and bolometric luminosities collected from the literature. The AGNs are favored as promising ”pure neutrino sources” because the computed neutrino fluxes F q ε ≡ εd F q BH ' (5.75×10−9÷2.69×10−2)(eV cm−2 s−1 sr−1), F π ε = 1.7×10−4 F q ε , andF u ε = 2.5×10−10 F q ε are highly beamed along the plane of accretion disk, and peaked at high energies and collimated in smaller opening angle θ ∼ 1/γ, with relativisticγ factor of emitting protomatter-plasma corresponding to εd ∼ 10−6 or even narrower cone.
Laparoscopic telementored adrenalectomy

Background: Laparoscopy is widely accepted as the gold standard for adrenalectomy. Telementoring has been developed to reduce the complications associated with surgeon inexperience. We report our preliminary experience with laparoscopic telementored adrenalectomy. Methods: From July 2002 to May 2003, eight laparoscopic telementored adrenalectomies were performed between two separate operating sites 430km apart. Six of these procedures were monolateral laparoscopic adrenalectomies, and one was bilateral. All cases were performed by an expert open surgeon who was skilled in laparoscopic procedure but who had no experience in laparascopic adrenalectomy Results: All the procedures were successfully performed in a telementored fashion. The mean operative times, blood loss, and postoperative morbidity results were comparable to those for standard laparoscopic adrenalectomies reported in the literature. Conclusions: This preliminary experience has demonstrated the feasibility of national telementoring. It is a viable method that can potentially add to surgical education and decrease the likelihood of complications due to inexperience with new techniques.
Síndrome doloroso regional complejo Complex Regional pain Syndrome

SummARy Introduction. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic disabling disorder that oc-curs after an injury. Pain, changes in the color and temperature of the skin, edema and trophic changes are the main characteristics of this syn-drome. Objective. To provide a current literature over-view of the CRPS to improve its understanding. Methodology. An extensive literature search both in indexed journals and pain medicine books was performed. Forty eight articles and 4 book chap-ters about pain medicine were included. Conclusion. CRPS is difficult to manage and if it is not treated adequately, functionality of the af-fected limb can be compromised. Early diagnosis and treatment may reduce the severity and dura-tion of this condition. Keywords: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; pain; Causalgia; Peripheral Nerves; Hyperalge-sia. (Source: MeSH, NLM). IntRoDuCtIonComplex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is an entity that appears usually after a trauma. There are 2 types of CRPS: type I previously RESumEn
'A Different Story': Narrative Group Therapy in a Psychiatric Day Centre

This paper describes a narrative group therapy model applied in a psychiatric day centre. The group was conceived as a form of definitional ceremony, in which a participant is invited to share an account of a unique outcome that happened to them recently, while the other members serve as outsider witnesses to this development. A detailed example of a therapeutic conversation about depression, and the outsider witness group’s responses, shows how these generative conversations can be held in a psychiatric setting. A second example of this work details how outsider witness group reflections can be used to form the basis of an alternative kind of ‘discharge letter’. Finally, the paper discusses significant dilemmas arising from the work, including how to discern which subordinate story-lines to develop from the many entry points available.
Online optimization and learning in games: Theory and applications

After a short introduction, Part 2 presents the framework of online optimization and of regret minimization. It then describes and analyses the main algorithms (FTL, OGD, MD and DA) and their properties in term of speed of convergence of the time â,verage regret to 0. Furthermore the author provides an extremely clear discussion of their relations and specific characteristics. The last section concerns the game framework where several agents act independently. Equilibria and their link with variational inequalities are described and correlated equilibria, as well as coarse correlated equilibria are introduced.