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MediCoordination: A Practical Approach to Interoperability in the Swiss Health System

Interoperability and data exchange between partners in the health sector is seen as one of the important domains that can improve care processes and in the long run also decrease costs of the health care system. Data exchange can assure that the data on the patient are as complete as possible avoiding potential mistreatments, and it can avoid double examinations if the data required are already available. On the other hand, health data is a sensible point for many people and strong protection needs to be implemented to protect patient data against misuse as well as tools to let the patient manage his/her own data. Many countries have eHealth initiatives in preparation or already implemented. However, health data exchange on a large scale still has a fairly long way to go as the political processes for global solutions are often complicated. In the MediCoordination project a pragmatic approach is selected trying to integrate several partners in health care on a regional scale. In parallel with the Swiss eHealth strategy that is currently being elaborated by the Swiss confederation, particularly medium-sized hospitals and external partners are targeted in MediCoordination to implement concrete added-value scenarios of information exchange between hospitals and external medical actors.
Correlates of distance to crime in Mexico City

This study examined the correlates of distance to crime in a sample of 412 prison inmates in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. The study focused on crimes of theft and included a spatial analysis of the crime scene and the place of residence of the prison inmates. The data show a high clustering of criminals in a few neighbourhoods surrounding the old downtown area. Also, 38.8% of the sampled criminals committed their crimes in the same neighbourhood where they lived. Regression analysis revealed two independent and positive correlations of distance to crime: the monetary gain of the crime and if the prison inmates' intimate partner was also in jail. These findings suggest that, aside from the monetary rationale in the distance to crime function, the neighbourhood and family contexts deserve further research for a better understanding of criminal behaviour in Mexico.
Using mobile devices to enable visual multiplexing on public displays: three approaches compared

Public displays have become ubiquitous in many places regularly visited by large numbers of people (e.g., traffic hubs or malls). In addition to advertising they often provide information related to the location (e.g., time tables). However, individuals can have difficulties to find information relevant to them -- either due to information overload or lack of personalization. Multiplexing, as defined in information theory, can help to address this issue by increasing the number of available channels. We propose three methods for visual multiplexing, and report on a controlled lab-based comparison study. Our results indicate that visual multiplexing via mobile devices can be a feasible solution to provide personalized multimedia content on public displays, and that the three methods tested differ in terms of performance. We found that the content type shown has an impact on which method works best, and that self-reported workload differed according to content type and multiplexing method.
Isolated ileal ganglioneuromatosis in an 11-year-old boy: Case report and review of literature

Ganglioneuromatous proliferation in the gastrointestinal tract is a rare occurrence and is usually associated with specific syndrome complexes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 2B or von Recklinghausen's disease. We report here a case of diffuse intestinal ganglioneuromatosis, presenting as intestinal obstruction and chronic constipation in an 11-year-old boy. Sporadic cases of intestinal ganglioneuromatosis in the absence of any systemic manifestations are a very rare cause of enteric motility disorders in childhood, and we discuss the pathological and clinical significance of this finding. Histopathological identification of this uncommon cause of a common pediatric problem is important since the condition is amenable to surgical treatment.
The politics of child abuse in America

The recent surge in reports of child abuse has led Costin, Karger, and Stoesz to examine whether our current responses to the problem are adequate. In this book they trace the cultural, social, and legal factors that have shaped the history of child abuse and responses to it since the 1870s. The public response to child abuse is detailed, from the creation of the first Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the late 19th century, to the relative consignment of child abuse cases to the courts in the early to mid 20th century, and finally to the clinical, individual-level approaches introduced in the 1960s and still practised today.
Arterial stiffening and vascular calcifications in end-stage renal disease.

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have identified aortic stiffness as an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. In these patients, aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) was associated with mediacalcosis, but the influence of arterial calcifications on the viscoelastic properties of large arteries was not well characterized. The purpose of the present study was to analyse the influence of arterial calcifications on arterial stiffness in stable haemodialysed patients. METHODS We studied 120 stable ESRD patients on haemodialysis. All patients underwent B-mode ultrasonography of common carotid artery (CCA), aorta, and femoral arteries to determine CCA distensibility, the elastic incremental modulus (Einc), and the presence of vascular calcifications. All patients underwent measurement of aortic PWV and echocardiogram. The presence of calcifications was analysed semiquantitatively as a score (0 to 4) according to the number of arterial sites with calcifications. RESULTS Our observations indicate that arterial and aortic stiffness is significantly influenced by the presence and extent of arterial calcifications. The extent of arterial calcifications is in part responsible for increased left ventricular afterload, and is inversely correlated with stroke volume. The influence of calcifications is independent of the role of ageing and blood pressure. Arterial calcifications density increases with age, duration of haemodialysis, the fibrinogen level, and the prescribed dose of calcium-based phosphate binders. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study showed that the presence of vascular calcifications in ESRD patients was associated with increased stiffness of large capacity, elastic-type arteries, like the aorta and CCA. The extent of arterial calcifications increased with the use of calcium-based phosphate-binders.
The Problem of Representation: Realism and Operationalism in Survey Research

This paper is concerned with the question of representation in survey research, specifically in respect of the operationalisation of variables. In sociology, empiricist explanations of the social world are largely discredited and some form of realism is now commonly favoured by researchers. Here I will argue that whilst realism has made theoretical progress in sociology, in survey research there has been an unfortunate accommodation between empiricist operationalism and a naive methodological realism. I will argue that operationalism is not a viable strategy and instead will put the case for a realist approach to definition and measurement in survey research.
Using Mimicry to learn about Phonology

We often think of intonational phonology in terms o f discrete entities: accents which fall into just a few categories (Gussenhoven 1999; Ladd 1996; Beckman and Ayers Elam 1997). In this view, accents in intonation corresp ond to phonemes in segmental phonology (except that they cover a larger interval). They h ave a rough correspondence to the acoustic properties of the relevant region and they ar a small set of atomic objects that do not have meaning individually but they can be combi ned to form larger objects that carry meaning. For segmental phonology, the larger objec ts are words; for intonation, the larger objects are tunes over a phrase.
Postural tachycardia syndrome.

When a person stands up, he or she assumes that the body will automatically make any changes necessary to compensate for the increased gravitational stress this change of position brings. Indeed, standing causes gravity to try to pull nearly one quarter of the body’s blood downward toward the lower arms, legs, and abdomen, reducing the amount of blood available to keep the brain supplied with oxygen. To maintain a constant oxygen supply to the brain and upper body, standing is normally accompanied by an automatic increase in heart rate and the force with which the heart contracts and, most important, a tightening of the blood vessels in the lower part of the body. The combination of these 3 actions pushes blood upward against the force of gravity, thereby maintaining an uninterrupted flow of blood to the brain. The aspect of the nervous system that governs these …
REDUPLICATION IN VIRTUALIZATION OF IMAGES IN CLOUD

Information de duplication is a specific information pressure strategy for dispensing with double duplicates of rehashing information. This system is utilized to enhance stockpiling usage and to open-source cloud successfully diminish the plate space for putting away multi- gigabyte virtual machine (VM) pictures. Lived is one of the lived duplication document frameworks which empowers deduplication stockpiling of VM pictures in anopen-source cloud.cloud registering has developed as a standout amongst the most persuasive innovations in the IT business and is quickly changing the way IT assets are overseen and utilized.livedfs has a few different characteristics, including spatial region, prefetching of metadata, Live Deduplication Storage of Virtual Machine Images in an Open-Source Cloud
3D ROAM for scalable volume visualization

The 2D real time optimally adapting meshes (ROAM) algorithm has had wide success in the field of terrain visualization, because of its efficient error-controlling properties. In this paper, we propose a generalization of ROAM in 3D suitable for scalable volume visualization. Therefore, we perform a straightforward 2D/3D analogy, replacing the triangle of 2D ROAM by its 3D equivalent, the tetrahedron. Although work in the field of hierarchical tetrahedral meshes was widely undertaken, the produced meshes were not used for volumetric rendering purposes. We explain how to compute a bounded error inside the tetrahedron to build a hierarchical tetrahedral mesh and how to refine this mesh in real time to adapt it to the viewing conditions. We further show how to achieve cell sorting in linear time, thus yielding real time view-dependent display of the volumetric object. We present examples of large volume data sets and compare our approach with a similar one. Our results outline the high quality and computational efficiency of our approach.
The Yes/No test as a measure of receptive vocabulary knowledge

Performance on the Yes/No test (Huibregtse et al., 2002) was assessed as a predictor of scores on the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT), a standard test of receptive second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge (Nation, 1990). The use of identical items on both tests allowed a direct comparison of test performance, with alternative methods for scoring the Yes/No test also examined (Huibregtse et al., 2002). Overall, performance on both tests by English L2 university students (n - 36) was similar. Mean test accuracy on the various Yes/No methods ranged from 76-82%, comparable to VLT performance at 83%. However, paired t-tests showed the scoring methods used to correct raw hit performance increased the difference between the Yes/No test and criterion VLT scores to some degree. All Yes/No scores were strong predictors of VLT performance, regardless of method used, r = . 8. Raw hit rate was the best predictor of VLT performance, due in part to the >5% false alarm rate. The low false alarm rate may be due to the participants, drawn primarily from non-Latin alphabet first languages (L1s), and the nature of the instructions. The results indicate the Yes/No test is a valid measure of the type of L2 vocabulary knowledge assessed by the VLT, with implications for classroom application.
Antibody to acetylcholine receptor in myasthenia gravis

Elevated amounts of antibodies specific for acetylcholine receptors were detected in 87 percent of sera from 71 patients with myasthenia gravis but not in 175 sera from individuals without myasthenia gravis, including those with other neurologic or autoimmune diseases. Antireceptor antibodies were not directed at the acetylcholine binding site of the receptor. Presence or titer of antibody did not appear to correlate with age, sex, steroid therapy, or duration of symptoms. Myasthenia gravis patients with only ocular symptoms had lower antibody titers, while the majority of titers in myasthenia gravis patients with thymoma exceeded the median titer of the myasthenia gravis group as a whole. Assay of antireceptor antibody should prove a useful test in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
Effects of emission from different UWB short-range communication devices

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a new concept in wireless short-range communication. It has numerous advantages that are resulted in producing different new products in various applications. This technology uses very short duration pulses hence occupies very large transmission bandwidth. This phenomenon may cause harmful interference in the existing wireless devices. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effective parameters in ultra-wideband communication for indoor short-range devices. In this regard, two commercial UWB devices are utilized and effects of these devices in different experimental configurations are investigated. Three configurations including the effects of distance, narrowband spectrum, and another UWB device on bit error rate performance are evaluated. The results of the performed experiments showed the stability and amenability of the UWB technology to be used in multiple UWB devices.
A Weighted Principal Component Analysis and Its Application to Gene Expression Data

In this work, we introduce in the first part new developments in Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and in the second part a new method to select variables (genes in our application). Our focus is on problems where the values taken by each variable do not all have the same importance and where the data may be contaminated with noise and contain outliers, as is the case with microarray data. The usual PCA is not appropriate to deal with this kind of problems. In this context, we propose the use of a new correlation coefficient as an alternative to Pearson's. This leads to a so-called weighted PCA (WPCA). In order to illustrate the features of our WPCA and compare it with the usual PCA, we consider the problem of analyzing gene expression data sets. In the second part of this work, we propose a new PCA-based algorithm to iteratively select the most important genes in a microarray data set. We show that this algorithm produces better results when our WPCA is used instead of the usual PCA. Furthermore, by using Support Vector Machines, we show that it can compete with the Significance Analysis of Microarrays algorithm.
Investigation and Macroscopic Anatomical Study of Referred Pain in Patients with Hip Disease

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and patterns of referred pain in patients with hip disease, as well as the nerve distribution in the hip and knee joints of 2 cadavers. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 113 patients with hip joint disease were included in the investigation. The incidence of regional pain and referred pain patterns were evaluated before and after arthroplasty. Two cadavers were macroscopically observed to verify the nerve innervation of the hip and knee joints. [Results] Anterior knee pain was observed preoperatively in 13.3% (in resting) and 33.6% (in motion) of the patients, which was comparable with the incidence of greater trochanter pain. In addition, the preoperative incidence rates of knee pain in resting and motion markedly decreased postoperatively. Of note is the remarkable incidence of pain radiating to the ventral lower limb. An anteromedial innervation was determined in the cadavers by the articular branches of the obturator and femoral nerve, which supply small branches to the knee joints. [Conclusion] Our results suggest that the distribution of the incidence of pain among the patients with hip disease is diverse owing to the sensory distribution of the femoral and obturator nerves.
Influences on Educational Attainment: The Importance of the Local Residential Environment

The local residential environment is shown to be a major factor affecting the educational attainment of thirteen-year-old and fifteen-year-old schoolchildren. Its strength and effect relative to other variables, like intelligence and social class, are demonstrated via path analysis. It has a greater influence on the educational attainment of girls than of boys. Possible processes leading to both the differential and the general effect are discussed. The scale of analysis suggests that exactly where within a catchment area people live affects their children's educational attainment.
Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010–2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing

Background The incidence of TB has doubled in the last 20 years in London. A better understanding of risk groups for recent transmission is required to effectively target interventions. We investigated the molecular epidemiological characteristics of TB cases to estimate the proportion of cases due to recent transmission, and identify predictors for belonging to a cluster. Methods The study population included all culture-positive TB cases in London residents, notified between January 2010 and December 2012, strain typed using 24-loci multiple interspersed repetitive units-variable number tandem repeats. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the risk factors for clustering using sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of cases and for cluster size based on the characteristics of the first two cases. Results There were 10 147 cases of which 5728 (57%) were culture confirmed and 4790 isolates (84%) were typed. 2194 (46%) were clustered in 570 clusters, and the estimated proportion attributable to recent transmission was 34%. Clustered cases were more likely to be UK born, have pulmonary TB, a previous diagnosis, a history of substance abuse or alcohol abuse and imprisonment, be of white, Indian, black-African or Caribbean ethnicity. The time between notification of the first two cases was more likely to be <90 days in large clusters. Conclusions Up to a third of TB cases in London may be due to recent transmission. Resources should be directed to the timely investigation of clusters involving cases with risk factors, particularly those with a short period between the first two cases, to interrupt onward transmission of TB.
Integrated connectionist models: building AI systems on subsymbolic foundations

Symbolic artificial intelligence is motivated by the hypothesis that symbol manipulation is both necessary and sufficient for intelligence. In symbolic systems, knowledge is encoded in terms of explicit symbolic structures, and inferences are based on handcrafted rules that sequentially manipulate these structures. Such systems have been quite successful, for example, in modeling in-depth natural language processing, episodic memory, and symbolic problem solving. However, much of the inferencing for everyday natural language understanding appears to take place immediately, without conscious control, apparently based on associations with past experience. This type of reasoning is difficult to model in the symbolic framework. In contrast, subsymbolic (distributed connectionist) networks represent knowledge in terms of correlations, coded in the weights of the network. For a given input, the network computes the most likely answer given its past experience. A number of human-like information processing properties such as learning from examples, context sensitivity, generalization, robustness of behavior, and intuitive reasoning emerge automatically in subsymbolic systems. The major motivation for subsymbolic AI, therefore, is to give a better account for cognitive phenomena that are statistical, or intuitive, in nature. <<ETX>>
Heuristics for context-caches in 2-level reconfigurable architectures

Heuristics for the use of a context cache in multi-context 2-level reconfigurable architectures are proposed. These architectures can be dynamically reconfigured on two different levels. The lower level allows to perform ordinary reconfiguration operations on the reconfigurable resources. On the upper reconfiguration level the reconfiguration capabilities of the reconfigurable resources that are available for the lower level reconfiguration can be reconfigured. We consider 2-level reconfigurable architectures with a cache for contexts that correspond to the upper reconfiguration level. Different heuristics to select the contexts that are stored in the cache are proposed in order to reduce the total reconfiguration costs.
Sociology of Knowledge in Natural Science

This paper is intended to explore the role of sociological factors in the knowledge-producing activity of natural science. The study of the production of scientific knowledge has always been a central issue in the history and philosophy of science. It is also a natural part of the sociological study of intellectual activities and their place in society, a separate pursuit which has arisen within this century. There has only been a partial interaction between these two separate approaches, and it is hoped that the present paper will promote cross-fertilization.
Individual postoperative analgesia and gene polymorphisms of CYP 3 A 7 and MDR 1 : an association study

Pain was acknowledged as a member of five vital signs. In clinical practice, anesthetic was used to alleviate pain for cancer patients undergoing surgery. Previous studies showed anesthetic sensitivity varied significantly in different races or ethnics, suggesting that anesthetic dose should be considered for individual analgesia. However, molecular mechanism of anesthetic sensitivity is still unclear. Thus, our study was focused on the association between individual postoperative analgesia and gene polymorphisms of CYP3A7 and MDR1. Consecutive gastric cancer patients were enrolled. All enrolled patients received surgery and treatment in the same hospital. Blood specimens were collected from enrolled patients. Polymorphisms of CYP3A7 and MDR1 were analyzed with PCR and PCR-RFLP. Anesthetic efficacy was evaluated for patients with different polymorphisms of CYP3A7 and MDR1, and was verified by pain scoring for fentanyl treatment. Logistic regression was performed upon age, gender, and surgery status to predict potential risk factors for high anesthetic sensitivity. Compared with gastric cancer patients with low grade of pain, patients with high grade had higher frequency of gene polymorphisms (P < 0.01), including genotype of CYP3A7 heterozygote, allele at T site of CYP3A7, genotype of MDR1 homozygous, genotype of MDR1 heterozygote and allele at G site of MDR1. Moreover, compared patients with AA genotype, patients with AG genotype had lower grade of pain, regardless of CYP3A7 or MDR1 (P < 0.01). Logistic regression demonstrated that CYP3A7 heterozygote, allele at T site of CYP3A7 and polymorphisms of MDR1 gene were risk factors upon age, gender, and surgery status for high anesthetic sensitivity. Polymorphisms of CYP3A7 and MDR1 were significantly associated with high anesthetic sensitivity in gastric cancer patients with high grade of pain. CYP3A7 heterozygote and polymorphisms of MDR1 gene could predict high anesthetic sensitivity.