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9 ORIGINAL PAPERS . 10 INTRODUCTION . 11 BACKGROUND . 12 Past lessons and present challenges . 12 The person-environment relationship. 14 Understanding the ward atmosphere in psychiatric care . 16 On the notion of ward atmosphere . 16 The ward atmosphere in psychiatric care . 19 The psychiatric nursing staff’s work situation . 24 The psychosocial work environment . 24 The stress process . 25 The rationale of the thesis . 27 AIMS . 29 METHODS . 30 Settings . 30 Selection procedure and data collection . 32 Sample . 32 Paper I . 32 Papers II-IV . 33 Instruments . 33 Ward Atmosphere Scale . 33 QPSNordic 34+ . 34 Perceived Stress Scale . 34 Stress of Conscience Questionnaire . 36 Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire . 36 Mastery . 36 Patient and Nursing staff characteristics . 37 Good Milieu Index . 37 Content validity and usability questionnaire. 37 Data analysis . 37 Ethical considerations . 38 RESULTS . 40 The revised Ward Atmosphere Scale . 40 Perceptions of the ward atmosphere . 41 The nursing staff’s work situation, stress, and sense of control . 43 DISCUSSION . 44 The Ward Atmosphere Scale. 44 Contemplating the nursing staff’s work situation . 45 Program and role clarity . 46 Perceptions of patient activity, interaction and aggression . 47 Perceived control . 49 Understanding the person-environment relationship . 50 Methodological considerations . 51 Choice of data analysis methods . 51 Psychometric considerations of the measurements . 51 Design and sampling . 52 CONCLUDING REMARKS . 54 POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING . 56 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 58 REFERENCES . 60 ORIGINAL PAPERS I-IV . 71
Comparison of quadruple and triple Furazolidone containing regimens on eradication of helicobacter pylori

Background: The effectiveness of classic standard triple therapy regimen of helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication has decreased to unacceptably low levels, largely related to development of resistance to metronidazole and clarithromycin. Thus successful eradication of H. pylori infections remains challenging. Therefore alternative treatments with superior effectiveness and safety should be designed and appropriately tested in all areas depending on the native resistance patterns. Furazolidone has been used successfully in eradication regimens previously and regimens containing furazolidone may be an ideal regimen. Methods: H. pylori infected patients with proven gastric or duodenal ulcers and /or gastric or duodenal erosions at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari/Northern Iran, were randomly allocated into three groups: group A (OABF) with furazolidone (F) (200 mg bid.), group B (OABM-F) metronidazole (M) (500 mg bid.) for the first five days, followed by furazolidone (F) (200 mg bid.) for the second five days and group C (OAF) with furazolidone (F) (200 mg tid.). Omeprazole (O) (20 mg bid.) and amoxicillin (A) (1000 mg bid.) were given in all groups; bismuth (B) (240 mg bid.) was prescribed in groups A & B. Duration of all eradication regimens were ten days. Eight weeks after treatment, a 14C-urea breath test was performed for evaluation of H. pylori eradication. Results: A total of 372 patients were enrolled in three groups randomly (124 patients in each group); 120 (97%) patients in group A (OABF), 120 (97%) in group B (OABM-F) and 116 (93%) in group C (OAF) completed the study. The intention-to-treat eradication rates were 83.7% (95% CI= 77.3–90.4), 79.8% (95% CI= 72.6–87), and 84.6% (95% CI= 78.2–91.1) and per-protocol eradication rates were 86.6% (95% CI= 80.5–92.8), 82.5% (95% CI= 75.6–89.4), and 90.5% (95% CI= 85.1–95.9) for groups OABF, OABM-F, and OAF, respectively. No statistical significant differences were found in case of severe drug adverse effects between the above mentioned three groups (p> 0.05). The most common side effects, namely nausea and fever, occurred in all groups, but more frequently in group C (OAF) (p< 0.05). Conclusion: In developing countries such as Iran, furazolidone-based regimens can substitute clarithromycinbased regimens for H. pylori eradication because of a very low level of resistance, low cost and high effectiveness. Considering per-protocol eradication rate of ten days OAF regimen, and the acceptable limit of ninety percent, we recommend this regimen in developing countries such as Iran to be substituted of classic standard triple therapy. In order to minimize rare serious adverse effects, one week high dose OAF regimen should be taken into consideration in other studies.
Tests With Different Fitness Functions For Tuning Of Artificial Neural Networks With Genetic Algorithms

The choice of a good fitness function still a key element for th e practitioners who use artificial intelligence to solve the forecasting problem. The fitness functions proposed in t he li erature have not been compared among them. Based on thi s fact, we started a brief empirical comparison among three di ff rent fitness functions in order to give some guidelines to help the fitness function choice. They were tested with a modified Gene tic Algorithm for tuning the Artificial Neural Network struc ture and parameters. This experimental investigation with six n on linear time series, showed that adjust the fitness functio an be lead to a significantly improved accuracy for one given perfo rmance measure.
“Turn Around and Forget”: Assessment of the Cognitive Inhibitory Effect of Working Memory Information Using the List-Before-Last Paradigm

This study mainly discusses whether the cognitive inhibitory effect of working memory information is affected by the nature of the signified information and the number of retrieval cues in the inhibitory information. Experiment 1 of our study examined the effect of concreteness on the information retrieval phase under different cognitive inhibition scenarios that were distinguished by the nature of the signified information and the number of retrieval cues in the inhibitory information. Experiment 2 of our study examined the effect of the number of retrieval cues in the inhibitory information on the cognitive inhibitory effect under different cognitive inhibition scenarios. The results of both experiments showed that information displaying more concrete characteristics exerted a greater the cognitive inhibitory effect during the working memory task, and a greater cognitive inhibitory effect was produced when all of inhibition retrieval information clues are provided than when none of the clues are provided in the working memory task. Based on these results, the concreteness effect on cognitive inhibition exists, and when all retrieval clues for inhibitory information are provided, the cognitive inhibitory effect might be greater.
Evolution of Hydrological Drought in Human Disturbed Areas: A Case Study in the Laohahe Catchment, Northern China

A case study on the evolution of hydrological drought in nonstationary environments is conducted over the Laohahe catchment in northern China. Using hydrometeorological observations during 1964–2009, meteorological and hydrological droughts are firstly analyzed with the threshold level method. Then, a comprehensive analysis on the changes within the catchment is conducted on the basis of hydrological variables and socioeconomic indices, and the whole period is divided into two parts: the undisturbed period (1964–1979) and the disturbed period (1980–2009). A separating framework is further introduced to distinguish droughts induced by different causes, that is, the naturalized drought and human-induced drought. Results showed that human activities are more inclined to play a negative role in aggravating droughts. Drought duration and deficit volume in naturalized conditions are amplified two to four times and three to eight times, respectively, when human activities are involved. For the two dry decades 1980s and 2000s, human activities have caused several consecutive drought events with rather long durations (up to 29 months). These results reflect the considerable impacts of human activities on hydrological drought, which could provide some theoretical support for local drought mitigation and water resources management.
MIXED-ORDER KINETICS MODEL FOR OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE

The theory of mixed-order kinetics is well-established for the description of single thermoluminescence (TL) glow-peaks. The main advantage of mixed-order kinetics relative to the more widely used general-order kinetic theory is that the former is physically meaningful whereas the latter is entirely empirical. In the case of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) either non-first-order or second-order kinetics are studied using the empirical general-order kinetics theory. In the present work, expressions for mixed-order kinetics are derived for OSL curves. A peak shape parameter for linear modulation OSL is developed and special mixed-order expressions are derived for use in the computerized OSL curve deconvolution analysis.
Application of GaN Devices for 1 kW Server Power Supply with Integrated Magnetics

In today’s power electronics products, quality and reliability are given. Great emphases are placed on high efficiency, high power density and low cost. With recent advances made in gallium nitride power devices (GaNs), it is expected that GaNs will make significant impacts to all three areas mentioned above. Thanks to the absence of reverse recovery charge and smaller junction capacitances, the turnon loss of GaN is significantly reduced and Turn-off loss and driving loss are negligible, for the first time. These desired properties coupled with ZVS techniques will drastically reduce all switching related losses, thus enabling GaN to operate at a switching frequency more than ten times higher than its silicon counterparts. To illustrate the impact of GaN on efficiency, density and even design practice, a 1 kW server power supply is demonstrated which employs an interleaved CRM totem-pole PFC followed with an LLC resonant converter. Both operate beyond 1 MHz. All magnetic components are integrated into PCB with much reduced EMI noises, thus, only a simple onestage EMI filter is required. The system achieves a power density more than 150 W/in, an efficiency above 96%, and much improved manufacturability with minimum labor content.
Highly thermostable extracellular lipase-producing Bacillus strain isolated from a Malaysian hotspring and identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

The activities of lipase produced by five lipases-producing thermophilic bacteria strains (SY1, SY5, SY6, SY7 and SY9) isolated from Selayang Hot Spring in the western part of Peninsular Malaysia were analyzed and compared. SY7 and SY9 had considerably higher lipolytic activities than those of SY1, SY5 and SY6. Thermostabilities of lipase produced by all strains were determined after heating at 80°C for 30 minutes. Strain SY7 retained the highest lipolytic activity of 77%, while others had infinitesimally low thermostability (retaining less than 34% of their original activity) at the same temperature and time. SY7 was chosen for further characterization because it showed exceptionally high lipase activity and thermostability. It was identified as belonging to Bacillus species by the conventional Gram-staining technique, Biochemical tests and Biolog Microstation system. By using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, strain SY7 generated the same expected PCR product with molecular weight of 1500 base pair. It displayed 98% sequence similarity to Bacillus cereus strain J-1 16S rRNA gene partial sequence with accession number: AY305275 and has been deposited in the database of Genbank.
Modelling multimodal genre in print media: A case study of tourist brochures

This paper aims to show how the Genre and Multimodality (GeM) model (Bateman 2008) can be applied to the study of multimodal meaning-making and genre as higher level organizational concept in print media. The theoretical framework of the GeM model combines the methodologies of corpus and text linguistics and document design in a multi-layered and cross-referenced XML-based annotation schema, which is suited for the systematical analysis required in modelling the complex phenomenon of genre in print media. An analysis of a series of five tourist brochures published between 1967 and 1988 for the purpose of advertising the city of Helsinki serves as the basis for a discussion of the patterns that may be identified in the rhetorical, layout and navigational structures in this particular print media genre. The semiotic resources of language and image convey ideational meaning for the purpose of construing a persuasive image of the locations, and to guide the reader to and around the location. Consistent patterns in layout and realisation information (typographical and visual features) are used to make the document accessible to the reader. The findings imply that while identifying patterns that may be attributed to the genre of tourist brochure is possible, many of the features can also exist in other print media genres, which suggest that the concept of genre itself is fuzzy and may contain overlapping features. A prototypical model of genre provides a context for more detailed studies of multimodal semiotics, but further investigations and comparative studies are required to in order to work towards a functioning definition genre in print media.
The Glottal Modulation Components For Speaker Voice Recognition

Glottal signals may carry more information about speakers than the speech signal itself when they used in the con- text of text-dependent speaker identification system. Source signals that came from voice-containing utterance appear to improve the system performance up to 10% comparing with the speech signal itself while those came from non-voiced utterance appear to have similar or pretty less accuracy comparing with the speech signals. Features are extracted from each speech/source signal by the method of AM-FM signal modulation. This method is able to introduce a set of descriptors that are encoded as a parameters for speaker identification. The purposes of this paper is to show that the voiced speech source signal contains more speaker dependence information than the speech signal in the context of speaker identification system. The speech signal and its source are parameterised in the method of AM-FM signal modulation. The results show that the source signal will give better performance just when it comes from voiced source.
ANALYSIS OF HEAT TRANSFER IN INFLATABLE SLEEPING PADS ŞİŞİ

Sleeping bags and sleeping pads present inevitable equipment of all sportsman dedicated to mountaineering. Major part of thermal insulation of a person sleeping in a sleeping bag ensures the proper bag, but more than 40% of heat escapes through the sleeping pad (mattress) down to the ground or floor. However, despite the importance of sleeping pads, related research reports are almost missing. In the study, heat transfer mechanisms in hollow sleeping pads filled with the pressure air (to increase their thickness) and modern sleeping pads additionally filled with porous polyurethane foam is theoretically and experimentally analysed. From the theoretical analysis follows, that sleeping pads filled with porous polyurethane structures exhibit approximately 2 times higher thermal resistance then empty inflated pads, due to the reduction of free convection in the internal space of the pads. These theoretical findings were confirmed by the experimental results presented in the paper.
Novel encapsulation technique for incorporation of high permittivity fillers into silicone elastomers

The research on soft elastomers with high dielectric permittivity for the use as dielectric electroactive polymers (DEAP) has grown substantially within the last decade. The approaches to enhance the dielectric permittivity can be categorized into three main classes: 1) Mixing or blending in high permittivity fillers, 2) Grafting of high permittivity molecules onto the polymer backbone in the elastomer, and 3) Encapsulation of high permittivity fillers. The approach investigated here is a new type of encapsulation which does not interfere with the mechanical properties to the same content as for the traditionally applied thermoplastic encapsulation. The properties of the elastomers are investigated as function of the filler content and type. The dielectric permittivity, dielectric loss, conductivity, storage modulus as well as viscous loss are compared to elastomers with the same amounts of high permittivity fillers blended into the elastomer, and it is found that the encapsulation provides a technique to enhance some of these properties.
Transitioning from multiple ports to a single port in video-assisted thoracic surgery: early results

Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery (SPVATS) is a relatively new minimally invasive thoracic approach and is rapidly being adopted around the world. SPVATS is not merely a variation of the established multi-portal VATS, because it requires specific skills. We here describe our transition from 2-port VATS to SPVATS. From January 2017 to May 2018, we performed SPVATS in 54 patients. The procedures performed included 21 anatomic lung resections and 23 decortications for empyema. Perioperative outcomes were good with few complications and low postoperative pain scores. Despite some challenges due to our location and public health system, we successfully integrated SPVATS into our operative repertoire in a relatively short time.
NONLINEAR SCALE-FREE CASCADES AND THEIR STATIONARY SPECTR A

The cascade idea is central to our understanding of an amazin gly broad scope of natural phenomena. One of the earliest mathematical cascade models, the Galton-Watson process [1 ], was suggested in 1874 as a solution to the "problem of the extinction of families. " This kind of branching cascades wa s later used for theoretical treatment of chemical and nucle ar chain reactions, electron multipliers, and statistics of p olymers among other problems. These cascades are linear, as the agents are assumed to not interfere with each other. Studies of turbulence provided a wealth of examples of nonli ear cascade processes. Among them are the Richardson cascade of energy in the inertial range that underlies the no w classical approach of Kolmogorov [2], the Kraichnan reverse enstrophy cascade for two-dimensional turbulence [3 ], and various random cascade models suggested as theoretic al explanations of the unsolved problem of turbulence intermi ttency. We propose that many other complex multi-scale mechanical p henomena can be viewed as nonlinear cascades. They include coagulating particles in multiphase flows, coalesc ing drops in clouds and cracks in solids; the asteroid size di stributions due to collisional fragmentation, etc. Nonlinear cascades are characterized by strong interactio n between the agents. Unlike linear cascades, they are are poorly understood. Their studies have relied on system-spe cific features and assumptions. As a result, the general pict ure remained unknown. Our purpose is to turn the attention to a br o d class of nonlinear scale-free conservative cascades, and to show that seemingly different systems reveal common f eatures when considered from this unifying viewpoint. In particular, we derive a nonlinear conservative cascade equ ation, and demonstrate how it can give rise to stationary pow erlaw spectra. We show that the power-law exponent depends onl y on three indices characterizing a particular cascade: the ‘conservation law’ index , thescale homogeneity index , and thenonlinearity index . This result is illustrated by Table 1. Let us set up the stage. We think of cascades as statistical co llective systems of interacting agents of different type. A s a result of an interaction of two or more agents, ‘new’ agents f orm, whereas ‘old’ agents annihilate. For instance, the res ult of hydrodynamic interactions between turbulent eddies lea ding to exchange of their energies, is viewed as annihilatio n of ‘old’ eddies and creation of ‘new’ eddies having altered ene rgies in their place. A cascade state is specified by the agent distribution, also c lled spectrum, , which equals the average number of agents of the type at the time : (1)
Increasing student confidence and motivation in a project-based Machine Construction and Mechatronics course

This paper describes an exercise project implemented in a 7th semester mechatronics course for mechanical engineers. Its intention is to teach technical know-how, theoretical understanding, practical experience and to increase confidence in the students. This is achieved by encouraging exploration, practical work and to let the students’ experience achievement in a new subject early in the semester. The project spanned over 4 four weeks and the task was to build an Arduino based robot that reacts on input from minimum two sensors. Previous years‘ exercise routine has been a teacher driven activity that left little creative freedom for the students. However, by adopting ideas from both project-based learning (PBL) and design thinking (DT) the focus has changed. Creative confidence or creative self-efficacy is one of the most important aspects for the students to develop, along with a good understanding of the theory. As an experiment, we incorporated these elements in the exercise routine of the course. The intent was to increase the students’ confidence in the theoretical elements of the course and in their abilities to solve relevant problems. There were 71 students in the course with a gender distribution of 59 male and 12 female. Measurements were done using a questionnaire (n=43) answered just after the project was finished, 36 male and 7 female. The results presented in this paper are based on dichotomous items from the questionnaire. The descriptive results show an increase of motivation for learning mechatronics (88.4%), increased confidence in translating theory to practice (79.1%) and high satisfaction on individual performance in the project (82.9%). This indicates that the project was successful. The complete dataset and the exercise project is discussed further in the full paper.
Relationship between phenotypic and sperm traits of South African indigenous cockerels

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between body measurements such as body weight, shank, comb and wattle length and semen traits. A total of 33 Indigenous cockerels (Naked Neck, Ovambo and Potchefstroom Koekoek) were used in this experiment. Semen was collected by abdominal massage technique from each individual cockerel. Semen was analysed macroscopically (colour, volume, and pH) and microscopically (sperm concentration and sperm motility) by Computer Aided Sperm Analysis. There were no significant differences on the shank length (SL), comb length (CL) and wattle length (WL) of Naked Neck, Ovambo and Potchefstroom Koekoek cockerels. However, the body weight of Ovambo was significantly (P < 0.05) higher compared to the Naked Neck and Potchefstroom Koekoek cockerels. Semen volume of the Naked Neck was significantly higher (P < 0.05) compared to Ovambo but similar to Potchefstroom Koekoek cockerels. Shank and wattle length were positively correlated with semen volume, sperm concentration and semen pH but negatively correlated with total motility. Furthermore, comb length was positively correlated with semen volume, sperm concentration, semen pH and total motility. In conclusion, South African indigenous cockerel’s body weight and comb length of all three indigenous breeds were positively correlated with total sperm motility, sperm concentration, semen pH and percentage of live normal sperm. However, shank and wattle length were negatively correlated with total sperm motility.