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Characterizing therapist delivery of evidence-based intervention strategies in publicly funded mental health services for children with autism spectrum disorder: Differentiating practice patterns in usual care and AIM HI delivery

This study identified patterns of therapist delivery of evidence-based intervention strategies with children with autism spectrum disorder within publicly funded mental health services and compared patterns for therapists delivering usual care to those trained in AIM HI (“An Individualized Mental Health Intervention for ASD”). Data were drawn from a randomized community effectiveness trial and included a subsample of 159 therapists (86% female) providing outpatient or school-based psychotherapy. Therapist strategies were measured via observational coding of psychotherapy session recordings. Exploratory factor analysis used to examine patterns of strategy delivery showed that among therapists in the usual care condition, strategies loaded onto the single factor, General Strategies, whereas for therapists in the AIM HI training condition, strategies grouped onto two factors, Autism Engagement Strategies and Active Teaching Strategies. Among usual care therapists, General Strategies were associated with an increase in child behavior problems, whereas for AIM HI therapists, Active Teaching Strategies were associated with reductions in child behavior problems over 18 months. Results support the effectiveness of training therapists in evidence-based interventions to increase the specificity of strategies delivered to children with autism spectrum disorder served in publicly funded mental health settings. Findings also support the use of active teaching strategies in reducing challenging behaviors. Lay abstract This study was conducted to identify patterns of therapist delivery of evidence-based intervention strategies with children with autism spectrum disorder receiving publicly funded mental health services and compare strategy use for therapists delivering usual care to those trained to deliver AIM HI (“An Individualized Mental Health Intervention for ASD”), an intervention designed to reduce challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder. For therapists trained in AIM HI, intervention strategies grouped onto two factors, Autism Engagement Strategies and Active Teaching Strategies, while strategies used by usual care therapists grouped onto a broader single factor, General Strategies. Among usual care therapists, General Strategies were related to an increase in child behavior problems, whereas for AIM HI therapists, Active Teaching Strategies were related with reductions in child behavior problems over 18 months. Findings support the use of active teaching strategies in reducing challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder and provide support for the effectiveness of training therapists in evidence-based interventions to promote the delivery of targeted, specific intervention strategies to children with autism spectrum disorder in mental health services.
Chain Mobility in Crosslinked EPDM Rubbers. Comparison of 1 H NMR T2 Relaxometry and Double-Quantum 1 H NMR

1Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2Dutch Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands 3DSM Resolve, P.O. Box 18, 6160 MD Geleen, The Netherlands 4Lanxess Elastomers Global R&D, P.O. Box 1130, 6160 BC Geleen, The Netherlands 5Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Institut fur Physik, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, D-06108 Halle, Germany *E-mail: p.c. m.m. magusin@tue.nl
Evaluating Rapid-cycle Deliberate Practice Versus Mastery Learning in Training Nurse Anesthetists on the Universal Anaesthesia Machine Ventilator in Sierra Leone.

Background Underserved sub-Saharan countries have 0.1 to 1.4 anesthesia providers per 100 000 citizens, below the Lancet Commission's target of 20 per 100 000 needed for safe surgery. Most of these anesthesia providers are nurse anesthetists, with anesthesiologists numbering as few as zero in some nations and 2 per 7 million in others, such as Sierra Leone. In this study, we compared 2 simulation-based techniques for training nurse anesthetists on the Universal Anaesthesia Machine Ventilator-rapid-cycle deliberate practice and mastery learning. Methods A 2-week Universal Anaesthesia Machine Ventilator course was administered to 17 participants in Sierra Leone. Seven were randomized to the rapid-cycle deliberate practice group and 10 to the mastery learning group. Participants underwent baseline and posttraining evaluations in 3 scenarios: general anesthesia, intraoperative power failure, and postoperative pulmonary edema. Performance was analyzed based on checklist performance scores and the number of times participants were stopped for a mistake. Statistical significance to 0.05 was determined with the Mann-Whitney U Test. Results Checklist performance scores did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. When the groups were combined, simulation-based training resulted in a statistically significant improvement in performance. The highest-frequency problem areas were preoxygenation, switching from spontaneous to mechanical ventilation, and executing appropriate treatment interventions for a postoperative emergency. Conclusion Both rapid-cycle deliberate practice and mastery learning are effective methods for simulation-based training to improve nurse anesthetist performance with the Universal Anaesthesia Machine Ventilator in 3 separate scenarios. The data did not indicate any difference between these methods; however, a larger sample size may support or refute our findings.
Prediction of Flavor Sorption Using the Flory-Huggins Equation

Prediction of flavor sorption by packaging polymers was compared between the equation based on the regular solution theory and the Flory-Huggins equation. The Flory-Huggins equation gave much better predictions of flavor sorption than the Scatchard-Hildebrand equation. This indicates the entropic contribution is a significant factor in the flavor sorption by packaging polymers. The difference between the experimental and calculated values from the Flory-Huggins equation was relatively large. It seems the Flory-Huggins equation can provide only a qualitative prediction of flavor sorption, but this is potentially very useful for selection and design of packaging polymers
A Parallel Loading Based Accelerator for Convolution Neural Network

 Abstract —Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used in modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Compared with other classical methods, CNNs have superior performance in image classification, speech recognition and object detection. However the computational load of CNNs is very heavy and a large amount of data movement are expected. An efficient way of data movement is critical for both performance and power efficiency for an accelerator design. In this paper we propose a novel CNN accelerator architecture with unique parallel loading scheme and smart memory addressing solution. Our solution is 30% faster than others on Alexnet. Our proposal can achieve high efficiency for FC layer without using image batching. This will make our solution very suitable for edge applications.
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Tris(2,2′‐bipyridine)‐C60‐ruthenium(II) Dyad: Evidence of Charge Recombination to a Fullerene Excited State

A novel fulleropyrrolidine covalently linked to a tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complex is presented (see picture). While electrochemical investigations suggest the absence of any ground-state interaction between ruthenium and fullerene chromophores, photoinduced optical absorption studies clearly show that electron transfer occurs to afford the Ru3+−C60 pair with characteristic fullerene radical anion band at λmax = 1040 nm.
An overview of the engineered graphene nanostructures and nanocomposites

This critical review focuses on the property analysis of graphene and graphene nanocomposites (GNCs) and their demonstrated superior performances in energy storage and conversion, electrochemical- and bio-sensing, environmental remediation and flame retardant application and atomic thickness membrane separation. The performances of graphene and GNCs are strongly dependent on their chemical component, synthetic method, nanoscale morphology, and assembling structure of the hybrids. The current progress in supercapacitor energy storage density, solar cell power conversion efficiency, thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency, electrochemical sensing capability, biosensor sensitivity, heavy metal adsorption capacity and efficiency, photocatalytic degradation rate of organic dye, flame retardant polymer nanocomposites, graphene and porous graphene membranes is discussed with detailed examples through extensive analysis of the literature.
Regulation of ppgorsk Phosphorylation and S6 Phosphotransferase Activity in Swiss 3T3 Cells by Growth Factor-, Phorbol Ester-, and Cyclic AMP-Mediated Signal Transduction

Somatic cell homologs to the Xenopus laevis S6 protein kinases (referred to collectively as pp9osk) have recently been identified and partially characterized. Here we examine alterations in pp9osk phosphorylation and S6 phosphotransferase activity in response to regulators of multiple signal transduction systems: purified growth factors, phorbol ester, changes in cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels, and sodium vanadate. All reagents tested increased pp9(Wk serine and threonine phosphorylation, but only those agents that regulate cell proliferation and sodium vanadate activated its S6 kinase activity. In addition to the cAMP-stimulated phosphorylation of pp9(yk, a simple correlation between the extent of growth-regulated pp90ik phosphorylation and S6 phosphotransferase activity was not observed. Quantitative phosphorylation of pp991sk continued to increase after its S6 kinase activity began its return towards basal levels. However, a close correlation between the appearance and disappearance of a slow-mobility form of phosphorylated pp90isk (by electrophoresis) and pp9orS activity was observed. In addition, pp9(yk was regulated by both protein kinase C-independent and -dependent signaling mechanisms. The extent of protein kinase C participation, however, varied depending on which growth factor receptor was activated. Furthermore, growth factor-specific differences in the temporal regulation of pp90Vsk S6 phosphotransferase activity were also observed. These results support the notion that the
A Validated Stability-Indicating High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Method for the Estimation of Pirfenidone in Tablet Formulation

Pirfenidone is a novel antifibrotic agent approved for mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) [1, 2] as orphan drug in Japan and Europe. IPF is a rare incurable disease, often fatal, which mostly affects geriatric patients causing fibroins interstitial pneumonia of unknown etiology. Pirfenidone is the only drug which has been approved for the treatment of IPF. Pirfenidone is a small nonpeptide molecule of low molecular weight with the chemical name of 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)pyridone (Figure 1). A survey of literature revealed that liq-
MD simulations using distributed multipole electrostatics: Structural and spectroscopic properties of CO- and methane-containing clathrates

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to investigate the properties of empty and methane- and carbon-monoxide-containing hydrates. Intermolecular interactions are described by force fields including a combination of anharmonic bond potentials and accurate molecular electrostatics based on distributed multipoles. It is found that structural and spectroscopic properties and small differences between the systems can be correctly described with such an approach. In particular, spectra in the acoustic region (low-frequency lattice modes) delicately depend on the electrostatic interactions between the molecules for clathrates with different guests. Analysis of the radial distribution functions demonstrates that the short-range order is dominated by steric effects, whereas the long-range order is more sensitive to electrostatic interactions. Predictions are made for the acoustic modes of CO-containing clathrates and for the structural differences in the hydrogen radial distribution function between the CO- and methane-containing clathrates.
Study : The Development of the HDI Tree

This paper describes the process of developing graphical metaphors and diagrammatic representations for the Human Development Index – HDI– and its components: the HDI Tree (UNDP, 2011). In 1990, the United Nations Development Programme introduced the Human Development Index as a measure of development that combines indicators of life expectancy, educational attainment and income. The project was commissioned to César A. Hidalgo (2010) by the Human Development Report office and developed in collaboration with three senior students at Northeastern University. The objective was to explore ways to simplify and communicate the Human Development Index using visual rather than numerical representations. Here, we describe the design process, discuss the concepts behind the metaphor, and analyze two selected visualizations. We conclude by examining how the Development Tree can be used in visual narratives for educational and outreach purposes
Quantifying Water at the Organic Film/Hydroxylated Substrate Interface

Abstract A method, based on Fourier transform infrared-multiple internal reflection (FTIR-MIR) spectroscopy, for determining the amount and thickness of water at an organic film/hydroxylated substrate interface has been developed. The analysis uses a two-layered model, which takes into account: 1) water at the organic film/hydroxylated substrate interface, 2) water taken up by the organic film within the penetration depth of the evanescent wave and 3) change of the penetration depth as water displaces the organic film from the substrate. Experimentally, the method requires the application of an organic film, transparent or opaque, of sufficient thickness on a hydroxylated internal reflection element, which is used as the substrate. A water chamber is attached to the organic-coated specimen. After adding water to the chamber, FTIR-MIR spectra are taken automatically at specified time intervals without disturbing the specimen or the instrument. Water uptake in the organic films and FTIR-MIR spectra of water.
The effect of stationary rehabilitative cycling after lower extremity musculoskeletal surgical procedures on gross motor related activities of daily living, lower extremity pain and body structure and function outcomes: a systematic review

Abstract Background Stationary cycling offers a unique rehabilitative strategy to engage recovering tissues of the surgical lower extremity, however, cycling is not routinely implemented following all lower extremity surgeries. There is a need to systematically review and summarize the evidence on rehabilitative cycling after lower extremity musculoskeletal surgeries. Objectives To conduct a systematic review evaluating stationary cycling initiated within three months post-surgery following lower extremity musculoskeletal surgeries to improve gross motor related activities of daily living, lower extremity pain, and body structure and function measures of the operative lower extremity. Methods Two independent reviewers searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Reviews databases. Risk of bias was assessed using the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) criteria. Results 3758 articles were screened and three were included, two were rated acceptable and one was rated low quality. Cycling was shown to improve gross motor related activities of daily living following total hip arthroplasty and partial meniscectomy, and decrease knee pain following partial meniscectomy. Evidence does not support the use of cycling to improve body structure and function measures. Conclusions Evidence supports the use of stationary cycling following total hip arthroplasty and partial knee meniscectomy. Further research is required to build the evidence base.
Mechanism of Bilateral Staining of Merino Wool Fibers with Basic Dyes

The mechanism of bilateral staining of the cortex of wool fibers by basic dyes has been investigated in detail. Merino wool fibers were treated with formic acid and pronase, and their behavior in staining with basic dyes such as methylene blue and janus green was examined using light and electron microscopy. Formic acid is known to remove intercellular cement, one of the nonkeratinous proteins, from the cell mem brane complex, while pronase removes all nonkeratinous proteins. Bilateral staining was still distinctly observed after cuticle removal, but not for wool fibers treated with pronase, for fiber fragments obtained by treatment with formic acid with stirring, or for cortical cell particles recovered after fibrillation of the cortex in formic acid. The microfibril-matrix structure of the cortex remained unchanged, however, even after treatment with formic acid and with pronase. These results imply that bilateral staining with basic dyes occurs because of the difference in the network structure of nonker atinous proteins, especially the intercellular cement of the cell membrane complex between the orthocortex and paracortex.
Relationship between Generalized Metacomprehension and Personality Traits

Abstract Perceptions of reading comprehension and knowledge of strategy, called generalized metacomprehension (GM), can influence study habits and metacognition accuracy, ultimately influencing academic success. One factor that may influence GM is personality. Personality likely relates to GM, as it is correlated with other types of cognitive and metacognitive outcomes. Because personality is stable, a moderate relationship with personality may suggest GM is also stable. We hypothesized that personality traits would relate to the Metacomprehension Scale (MCS), and were most interested in perceptions of comprehension ability and control-related subscales. A series of regressions demonstrated openness most strongly predicted overall MCS and related to the most subscales. Specifically, openness was related to our subscales of interest. Additionally, conscientiousness and extraversion were related to GM, although conscientiousness was related to more subscales of interest. This relationship suggests that GM is related to personality and therefore stable, which may have implications for improving GM.
Mixed matrix membranes composed of two-dimensional metal–organic framework nanosheets for pre-combustion CO2 capture: a relationship study of filler morphology versus membrane performance

A facile and scalable bottom-up method is used to synthesize a microporous jungle-gym-like metal–organic framework [Cu2(ndc)2(dabco)]n in the morphologies of nanocubes and nanosheets. The obtained MOFs are blended with polybenzimidazole yielding a series of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), which are evaluated for their performance in pre-combustion CO2 capture (H2/CO2 separation). Pure gas permeation tests indicate that MMMs with partially oriented nanosheet MOFs possess the largest improvement compared with neat polymers, with the overall H2/CO2 separation performance exceeding the 2008 polymer upper bound.
An improved graph-cut-based unsupervised change detection method for multispectral remote-sensing images

ABSTRACT An improved graph-cut-based change detection method is proposed in this paper to make full use of the spectral and spatial information from multispectral remote-sensing images. The proposed method detects changes by minimizing the graph-cut energy function. The energy function consists of change feature energy and image feature energy. The two features are generated based on spectral information and spatial-context information, respectively. Change feature energy item is calculated from the change vector, which uses the spectral information to detect changes. Image feature energy item is obtained by calculating the similarity of the texture features between neighbouring pixels. The image feature energy item uses spatial information to refine the contours of change detection results and remove false alarms (FA). A novel energy function is proposed to quantify the spatial-context information and measure the difference information between multispectral images. Finally, the max-flow/min-cut method is employed to produce the final change map by minimizing the energy function. The experiments carried out on medium- and high-resolution images demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed method. This study provides a new perspective for incorporating spectral and spatial information in change detection.
Mesogenic Properties as an Analytical Tool for the Pyrolytic Transformation of Substituted Aryl Aldehyde Semicarbazones to Corresponding Benzalazines

Abstract The evaluation of semicarbazones for the mesogenic properties revealed that it undergoes transformation to azine at elevated temperatures. The transformation products were identified by modern tools. The diazines of 4-n−alkoxy benzaldehydes are reported to be mesogenic. It was planned to use mesomorphism as a tool for analysis. We had established that transformation of a semicarbazone of aldehyde gives diazine. With this in view fourteen 4-n−alkoxybenzaldehyde semicarbazones were synthesized and heated at 260°C in an oil-bath. The pyrolized products were purified and evaluated for their mesogenic properties. The mesogenic properties of pyrolized products exactly tally with the diazines reported by Shaw and Brown.1 A few diazines which were not reported are also obtained in present study and are characterized. They also exhibit mesomorphism. The study indicates that if the transformation products can be designed which are conducive to mesomorphism, the mesogenic properties can be the tool to under.
Swollen Micelles Plus Hydrophobically Modified Hydrosoluble Polymers in Aqueous Solutions: Decoration versus Bridging. A Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study

In this paper we examine the effective interactions introduced between the droplets of an oil in water microemulsion upon progressive addition of hydrophobically modified water soluble poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) using essentially small angle neutron scattering. To discuss the relative importance of decoration and bridging of the droplets, we compare analogous samples with addition of a PEO grafted at both extremities with hydrophobic C12H25 chains (PEO-2m) or addition of a PEO grafted at one extremity only with a C12H25 chain (PEO-m). PEO-m or PEO-2m adsorb onto the droplets via their hydrophobic extremities, and the droplets are found to retain their form and size upon addition of up to 40 hydrophobic C12H25 chains per droplet. When the volume fraction of droplets is less than about 10%, the effective interactions introduced by PEO-m or PEO-2m are found to be very different: PEO-m introduces a repulsive interaction, while PEO-2m introduces an effective attractive interaction. This attractive interaction.