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A Semantic Network and Categorical Content Analysis of Internet and Online Media Research

This study examines the growth of new media and Internet research from 1991 to 2005. A multi-method approach using both semantic network and categorical content analysis of research abstracts from published manuscripts in ComAbstracts was performed to reveal the occurrence of relevant keywords and parallel theoretical development over time. The categorical content analysis found that 1) Internet and new (online) media studies have not been successful in finding underdeveloped or possible future uses of media although they have rapidly increased their volume, and that 2) traditional research agendas including effect, use, and development of media have been frequently studied. Semantic network analyses revealed that meaning clusters of Internet research abstracts are composed of 1) social aspect and 2) issue-based and policy agendas. The current research expanded previous analyses by using a greater number of keywords, an extended time frame, dual methods, and a more comprehensive coverage of academic journals.
Lung Damage May Induce Thrombocytopenia.

Hematological changes in patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) were common and included thrombocytopenia (55%) (Yang et al, Int J Mol Med. 2004). Thrombocytopenia (50%) was also present in paediatric SARS patients (Hon et al, Lancet. 2003). A number of potential mechanisms have been investigated. The lungs of patients who died of SARS infection show diffuse alveolar damage with pulmonary congestion, edema, formation of hyaline membrane, and fibrosis. Viral infection, oxygen toxicity and/or barotrauma contribute to the lung damage. The lung tissue and pulmonary endothelial cell damage result in platelet activation, aggregation, and thrombi formation at the site of the injury. All these mechanisms may induce the consumption of platelets and megakaryocytes (MK). The association between lung injury and thrombocytopenia was investigated by comparing the MK and platelet counts, and platelet activation using P-selectin as a marker, between the prepulmonary (right atrial) and postpulmonary (left atrial) blood in rats with and without hyperoxic lung injury. In the healthy controls, the postpulmonary blood had lower megakaryocyte count, higher platelet count, but similar P-selectin expression. In contrast, the lung-damaged animals did not show any such differences in either MK or platelet count, but P-selectin expression was greater in the postpulmonary blood. Peripheral platelet and intra-pulmonary MK counts in the lung-damaged rats were significantly lower than those in their respective controls. Intra-pulmonary thrombi or platelet aggregation were detected in the lung-damaged rats but not in the controls. These findings showed that lung damage reduced circulating platelets through (i) failure of the lungs to retain and fragment MK to release platelets, (ii) and platelet activation leading to platelet aggregation, thrombi formation and platelet consumption. The number and morphology of circulating MK were also investigated before, during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in 20 patients undergoing routine cardiac surgery. Results showed that: (i) The total number of MK in central venous was higher than those of peripheral arteries during normal circulation (P<0.01). There was significant decrease of Type-4 MK (mature and large MK) number in peripheral arteries compared with that in central venous (P<0.001); and (ii) During CPB, the total MK and Type-4 MK of central venous and peripheral arteries were significant increased when compared with that in normal circulation (P<0.01). Our observation supports that the lungs may remove large MK during normal circulation. This physiological effect would be lost on CPB. On the other hand, the lungs may be the sites of platelet release from mature MK. The inflammation, the long term ventilation and/or oxygen therapy may result in pulmonary fibrosis and other pathological changes. The reduced or morphologically altered pulmonary capillary bed would affect the MK fragmentation in the lung. The increased consumption of platelet and/or the decreased production of platelet may lead to thrombocytopenia.
Auto-code generation for fast embedded Model Predictive Controllers

The implementation of Model Predictive Controllers (MPC) on low-cast hardware such as micro-controllers has been traditionally hampered by the high computing and associated memory demands of the algorithm. This paper describes a completely automatic way to implement an MPC controller on embedded hardware starting from a dynamic model in Matlab. The resultant controller runs stand-alone on the embedded hardware, is extremely fast, exhibits a modest memory footprint and best of all, requires no particular embedded programming experience from the user.
A Methodology for Deploying the Max-Sum Algorithm and a Case Study on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

We present a methodology for the deployment of the maxsum algorithm, a well known decentralised algorithm for coordinating autonomous agents, for problems related to situational awareness. In these settings, unmanned autonomous vehicles are deployed to collect information about an unknown environment. Our methodology then helps identify the choices that need to be made to apply the algorithm to these problems. Next, we present a case study where the methodology is used to develop a system for disaster management in which a team of unmanned aerial vehicles coordinate to provide the first responders of the area of a disaster with live aerial imagery. To evaluate this system, we deploy it on two unmanned hexacopters in a variety of scenarios. Our tests show that the system performs well when confronted with the dynamism and the heterogeneity of the real world.
Transitional phenomena in early language acquisition

ABSTRACT Two transitional phases in the child's early language development are described; the first occurs between prelinguistic vocalization and one-word speech and the second between one-word and patterned speech. Cognitive, linguistic and affective inputs to the acquisition of reference and syntax are discussed in the light of the transitional phenomena that were found. We claim that each major linguistic stage is preceded by a transitional phase which serves as a bridging device for the next major acquisition; that sound and meaning develop partly independently in language development; and that the child's earliest patterned speech is not organized in terms of knowledge of grammatical categories, but in terms of more fundamental coordinations of conceptual meanings with phonetic outputs. A theoretical framework is proposed which provides a more systematic treatment of transitional phenomena than has previously been provided. The framework allows for interpretations of transitional phenomena and of their relations to the milestone periods of early language development.
Conceptual Conditioning: Evidence for an Artifactual Account of Evaluative Learning

Davey (1994b) has argued that evaluative conditioning may operate through a mechanism of conceptual transfer whereby the pairing of a conceptually neutral CS with a conceptually valenced UCS alerts subjects to the concept-congruent features. This results in subjects reevaluating the CS in terms of these salient conceptual features. An experiment was carried out to test (a) the effects of applying an evaluative conditioning paradigm to a nonaffective concept and (b) whether the number of conceptual features shared by the CS and UCS (i.e., their similarity) would influence learning. The results of the study showed that differential conditioned responding could be achieved using a nonaffective artificial concept: the ratings of conceptually neutral CSs changed after a procedure that paired them with conceptually valenced UCSs. In addition, the conceptual similarity of the stimuli was an important factor in establishing these effects. However, the changes in CS rating observed in the paired condition were also present in both a nonpaired control condition and a no-treatment condition. Further analysis revealed that these conditioning effects were due to the stimuli themselves and not the conditioning procedure. These results suggest that evaluative conditioning studies, which utilize a similar procedure, may also be prone to such artifacts and that apparent learning effects in these studies may simply result from biases in the way in which stimuli are selected and paired. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
Biological Treatments: New Weapons in the Management of Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disorders

Treatment of monogenic autoinflammatory disorders, an expanding group of hereditary diseases characterized by apparently unprovoked recurrent episodes of inflammation, without high-titre autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells, has been revolutionized by the discovery that several of these conditions are caused by mutations in proteins involved in the mechanisms of innate immune response, including components of the inflammasome, cytokine receptors, receptor antagonists, and oversecretion of a network of proinflammatory molecules. Aim of this review is to synthesize the current experience and the most recent evidences about the therapeutic approach with biologic drugs in pediatric and adult patients with monogenic autoinflammatory disorders.
Assessment and management of risk in autism

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the issues in risk assessment and management of autism spectrum disorders in secure hospital settings with reference to best practice guidance.Design/methodology/approach – The author undertook a review of the current literature on risk management in autism spectrum disorders and has drawn on clinical experience to highlight key issues.Findings – Risk assessment and management needs to be tailored to individuals. Characteristics of offences differ compared to other mental disorders. Underlying factors for offending differ from other mental disorders and may be misinterpreted.Practical implications – Risk assessment in autism spectrum disorders should take into account individual characteristics and be informed by specialist assessments. Management should be based on a formulation informed by assessments and by recognising individual characteristics.Originality/value – The paper highlights important issues in risk assessment and management of patients with autism spect.
Detecting visual function abnormalities using the Swedish interactive threshold algorithm and matrix perimetry in eyes with glaucomatous appearance of the optic disc.

OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of 24-2 frequency-doubling perimetry (FDP-Matrix) with standard automated perimetry with the Swedish interactive threshold algorithm (SAP-SITA) in detection of visual function abnormalities in patients with glaucomatous-appearing optic discs (GAOD). METHODS This observational case-control study included 80 patients with GAOD and 54 control subjects diagnosed by masked assessment of optic disc stereoscopic photographs. Abnormal visual function at SAP-SITA and FDP-Matrix testing required consistent abnormalities in 2 visual field examinations, determined using the glaucoma hemifield test outside 99% normal limits, pattern standard deviation outside 95% normal limits, or 3 contiguous points in the pattern deviation probability plot outside 95% normal limits (at least 1 P<1%) within the same hemifield. RESULTS The FDP-Matrix and SAP-SITA detected abnormal visual function in 51% and 44%, respectively, of GAOD eyes (P = .26), and both perimetry techniques identified 11% of healthy eyes as abnormal. Agreement between FDP-Matrix and SAP-SITA was moderate (kappa = 0.49), as only 35% of GAOD eyes and 2% of healthy eyes had both visual field test results flagged as abnormal. CONCLUSIONS The FDP-Matrix detected abnormal visual function in more eyes with GAOD than did SAP-SITA, although this difference was not significant. Each visual field test tended to identify different subsets of eyes with GAOD as abnormal. Combination of these perimetry techniques may improve the detection of visual function abnormalities in patients with glaucoma.
Factors influencing passive transfer in dairy calves.

Records from 2105 calves born over 2 yr on a large dairy in a subtropical climate were examined to delineate factors that influence passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulins and the effect of passive transfer of immunoglobulin on calf mortality. Seasonal effects on immunoglobulin absorption were detected with highest serum total protein occurring in February and March. Lower total protein concentrations were associated with elevated environmental temperatures in the summer months. Maternal antibody was highest in calves from second parity cows; and dystocia appeared to decrease the amount of immunoglobulin absorbed by the neonatal calf. Calves that died of infectious disease during the first 14 wk of life had significantly lower serum total protein concentrations than those that lived. Heritability of serum protein concentration in calves was . 02 +/- . 03.
Altered cardiovascular variability in obstructive sleep apnea.

BACKGROUND Altered cardiovascular variability is a prognostic indicator for cardiovascular events. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. We tested the hypothesis that OSA is accompanied by alterations in cardiovascular variability, even in the absence of overt cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Spectral analysis of variability of muscle sympathetic nerve activity, RR interval, and blood pressure were obtained during undisturbed supine rest in 15 patients with moderate-to-severe OSA, 18 patients with mild OSA, and 16 healthy control subjects in whom sleep disordered breathing was excluded by complete overnight polysomnography. Patients with OSA were newly diagnosed, never treated for OSA, and free of any other known diseases. Patients with moderate-to-severe OSA had shorter RR intervals (793+/-27 ms) and increased sympathetic burst frequency (49+/-4 bursts/min) compared with control subjects (947+/-42 ms; 24+/-3 bursts/min; P=0.008 and P<0.001, respectively). In these patients, total variance of RR was reduced (P=0.01) and spectral analysis of RR variability showed an increase in low frequency normalized units, a decrease in high frequency normalized units, and an increase in the ratio of low to high frequency (all P<0.05). Even though blood pressure was similar to that of the control subjects, blood pressure variance in patients with moderate-to-severe OSA was more than double the variance in control subjects (P=0.01). Patients with mild OSA also had a reduction in RR variance (P=0.02) in the absence of any significant difference in absolute RR interval. For all patients with OSA, linear regression showed a positive correlation (r=0.40; P=0.02) between sleep apnea severity and blood pressure variance. CONCLUSIONS Cardiovascular variability is altered in patients with OSA. This alteration is evident even in the absence of hypertension, heart failure, or other disease states and may be linked to the severity of OSA. Abnormalities in cardiovascular variability may be implicated in the subsequent development of overt cardiovascular disease in patients with OSA.
20–100 keV properties of cataclysmic variables detected in the INTEGRAL/IBIS survey

Analysis of INTEGRAL/IBIS survey observations has revealed that the rare intermediate polar and asynchronous polar cataclysmic variables are consistently found to emit in the 20‐ 100 keV energy band, whereas synchronous polars and the common non-magnetic CVs rarely do so. From the correlation of a candidate INTEGRAL/IBIS survey source list with a CV catalogue, 15 CV detections by IBIS have been established including a new INTEGRALsource IGR J06253+7334. The properties of these sources and 4 additional CV candidates are discussed in the context of their 20‐100 keV emission characteristics and we conclude that the INTEGRALmission is an important tool in the detection of new magnetic CV systems. Furthermore, analysis of the time-averaged spectra of CVs detected by INTEGRALindicate that although there is little difference between the spectral slopes of the different sub-types, intermediate polars may be considerably more luminous than polars in the soft gamma-ray regime. We also present the detection of an unusual high-energy burst from V1223 Sgr discovered by inspection of the IBIS light-curve. Additionally, we have compared the IBIS and optical AAVSO light-curves of SS Cyg and extracted IBIS spectra during single periods of optical outburst and quiescence. We find that the 20‐100 keV flux is an o rder of magnitude greater during optical quiescence. This is in agreement with previous studies which show that the hard X-ray component of SS Cyg is suppressed during high accretion states.
Assigning Elementary Pupils to Their Teachers

This study examines variation in the methods used to assign students to classrooms and teachers in a small but highly diversified sample of elementary schools. Explicit attention is given to parental influence on pupil assignments as well as to the effects of having an unusually incompetent or excellent teacher at a particular grade level. Interviews with principals constitute the data base for the study. 3 basic student assignment methods are identified and vary in terms of the involvement of principals and teachers. The most common method entailed high principal involvement and the use of the random selection of students from within categories. Criteria principals use to assess the legitimacy of parent requests and the strategies principals use to respond are reported. Strategies principals employ to assign pupils to teachers known to be incompetent are also reported. The article concludes with a discussion of future research needed in this area.
Topological pattern recognition for point cloud data*

In this paper we discuss the adaptation of the methods of homology from algebraic topology to the problem of pattern recognition in point cloud data sets. The method is referred to as persistent homology, and has numerous applications to scientific problems. We discuss the definition and computation of homology in the standard setting of simplicial complexes and topological spaces, then show how one can obtain useful signatures, called barcodes, from finite metric spaces, thought of as sampled from a continuous object. We present several different cases where persistent homology is used, to illustrate the different ways in which the method can be applied.
The Family-Centeredness of Individualized Family Service Plans

This study assesses the validity of a rating scale of the family-centeredness of Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) and describes IFSPs from several types of agencies. One hundred IFSPs from four agency types (home-based early intervention, home-based service coordination, center-based segregated, center-based inclusive) were rated on 21 items grouped into Cohesion, Functionality, and Clarity factors. The IFSP Family-Centeredness Rating Scale was successful in finding differences between agencies. Overall, the highest rated items were identifying the family's role and writing in the active voice. The lowest rated items were integration across disciplines/professionals, specificity, and positiveness. Overwhelmingly more child-related goals were written compared to family-related goals. The importance of family-centered IFSPs is discussed in terms of families' rights and how the document reflects the program's or service provider's philosophy.
A 4.6W/mm2 power density 86% efficiency on-chip switched capacitor DC-DC converter in 32 nm SOI CMOS

The future trends in microprocessor supply current requirements represent a bottleneck for next generation high-performance microprocessors since the number of supply pins will constitute an increasingly larger fraction of the total number of package pins available. This leaves few pins available for signaling. On-chip power conversion is a means to overcome this limitation by increasing the input voltage - thereby reducing the input current - and performing the final power conversion on the chip itself. This paper details the design and implementation of on-chip switched capacitor converters in deep submicron technologies. High capacitance density deep trench capacitors with a low parasitic bottom plate capacitor ratio available in the technology facilitate high power density and efficiency in on-chip switched capacitor converter implementations. The measured performance of a 2 : 1 voltage conversion ratio on-chip switched capacitor converter implemented in 32nm SOI CMOS technology with 1.8V input voltage results in a power density of 4.6W/mm2 at 86% efficiency when operated at a switching frequency of 100MHz.
Anger and moral judgment

Although theorists disagree about precisely how to characterize the link between anger and moral judgment, that they are linked is routinely taken for granted in contemporary metaethics and philosophy of emotion. One problem with this assumption is that it ignores virtues like patience, which thinkers as different as Cassian, Śāntideva, and Maimonides have argued are characteristic of mature moral agents. The patient neither experience nor plan to experience anger in response to (at least some) wrongs. Nevertheless, we argue, they remain capable of judging such actions to be wrong. This indicates that a different account of the relationship between anger and moral judgment is required. We conclude by proposing one such account, showing how a metaethicist who was more attentive to the normative ethics of anger might set about reconstructing her position.