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Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship

Section I: Introduction/Overview 1. Overview of Health Sciences Libraries and Librarianship Mary Moore 2. The Health Care Environment Logan Ludwig Appendix 2. A. Selected Federal Legislation with Important Health Aspects, Including Health Care Information Policy Legislation Section II: Technical Services 3. Journal Collection Development: Challenges, Issues, and Strategies Laurie L. Thompson, Mori Lou Higa 4. Monographic and Digital Resource Collection Development Esther Carrigan, Mori Lou Higa, Rajia Tobia 5. Organizing Resources for Information Access Maggie Wineburgh-Freed Appendix 5. A. Resource Bibliography for Organizing Information Section III: Public Services 6. Access Issues, Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, Cindy Scroggins 7. Information Services in Health Sciences Libraries Elizabeth H. Wood 8. Information Retrieval in the Health Sciences Elizabeth H. Wood 9. Marketing, Public Relations, and Communication Patricia C. Higginbottom, Lisa A. Ennis Appendix 9. A. Additional Readings 10. Information Literacy Education in Health Sciences Libraries Stewart M. Brower 11. Evidence-Based Practice Jonathan D. Eldredge 12. Health Informatics K. Ann McKibbon, Ellen Gay Detlefsen Section IV: Administration 13. Management in Academic Health Sciences Libraries Francesca Allegri, Martha Bedard 14. Management of and Issues Specific to Hospital Libraries Dixie A. Jones 15. Library Space Planning Elizabeth Connor Section V: Special Topics 16. Special Services Provided by Health Sciences Libraries Brenda L. Seago 17. Health Sciences Librarianship in Rare Book and Special Collections Stephen J. Greenberg, Patricia E. Gallagher 18. Consumer Health Information Catherine Arnott Smith Glossary Index
Strategic Human Resource for Lean Management involving Quality and Operational Performance

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of strategic human resources for lean management (LM) involving product quality performance and operational performance in Malaysian small and medium size manufacturing industry (SMI). By inference, relationships between strategic human resources management practice, product quality performance and operational performance and associations are analyzed using Pearson‟s correlation, cluster analysis and multiple regression analysis. The findings suggest that strategic human resources practice and implementations has significant associations with product quality performance and operational performance. The results of the study will be of particular interest to practicing production managers or top level managers by learning about the factors stimulating the adoption of strategic human resource for LM.
Temperature-induced magnetization reversals in micromagnetic systems

Microscopic magnetic particles can be found in a wide range of systems, from asteroids in outer space and minerals in the Earth’s crust to living organisms on land and in the ocean. Often they determine critical functional properties of these systems and form the basis of modern technology such as high-density data storage devices. An essential task for fundamental magnetism and applications is to describe the behavior of such particles at a given temperature and in the presence of an applied magnetic field. In this thesis, a theoretical method is developed for estimating the lifetime of magnetic states of microscopic particles based on harmonic transition state theory. It represents an extension of Stoner-Wohlfarth theory by introducing the effect of temperature. An analytical expression for the lifetime is presented as a function of magnetic field strength and temperature for certain field directions. This theory is applied in the calculations of switching field distribution of sub-micron CoPt islands with out-of-plane anisotropy and in the estimation of nucleation volume for magnetization reversal in such islands. After considering magnetization reversal of a single island, collections of micromagnetic particles in elements of spin ice systems are analyzed. Micromagnetic, dipole-dipole and dumbbell numerical models for the description of the interaction between islands in spin ice magnetic elements are compared. The lifetime of magnetic states in one and two hexagonal rings of a kagome spin ice system is calculated and found to compare well with reported results of experimental measurements. The magnetization reversal processes in an element of the shakti lattice are quantitatively described using various paths on the energy surface with estimation of the energy variation along each path for a range in the value of the lattice constant.
Biblioteconomia clinica em uma comunidade hospitalar

La notion recente de «bibliotheconomie clinique» pretend repondre aux besoins d'information du corps medical dans son activite therapeutique, au sein meme de l'hopital. A titre d'exemple, on presente le cas d'un hopital bresilien specialise dans les pathologies de l'appareil locomoteur
A Survey of Different Genetic Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimization

Multi-Objective problems are realistic models for many complex engineering optimization problems. Different types of genetic algorithms provide best solution for solving these problems. They differ from traditional GA by using specialized fitness functions and by providing new methods to promote solution diversity. In this paper an overview of multi-objective problems is presented first. It also provides a comparative study on different types of genetic algorithms that are available for solving multi-objective problems. The merits and demerits of each algorithm is identified.
Paleoseismology of the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo, and Homestead Valley Faults: Clustering of Earthquakes in the Eastern California Shear Zone

Paleoseismic data from 11 trenches at seven sites excavated across the southern Johnson Valley, Kickapoo, and Homestead Valley faults that ruptured in the 1992 Landers earthquake, as well as the northern Johnson Valley fault which did not fail in 1992, indicate that the return period for large surface rupturing events in this part of the eastern California shear zone is in the range of 5-15 ka. The inferred slip rates, based on their respective recurrence intervals, are in the range of 0.2-0.6 mm/yr for each of the faults studied. A previous large earthquake ruptured the southern Johnson Valley and Kickapoo faults about 5 ka B.P. The northern Johnson Valley fault also failed at about this time at 5.8 ka B.P. and may have been part of the same rupture. In contrast, the penultimate large earthquake that we identify on the Homestead Valley fault occurred about 15 ka B.P., much earlier than other faults involved in the 1992 rupture. From these observations, combined with paleoseismic work by others after the 1992 earth- quake, it appears that previous events along the southern Johnson Valley and Kick- apoo faults were different than those of 1992 and may have involved other fault segments. It has been over 5 ka since the most recent rupture on the northern Johnson Valley fault. Therefore, it is surprising that it did not fail in the 1992 rupture. From our observations, dextral shear appears to be distributed across the entire eastern California shear zone, with individual faults taking only a small proportion of the overall slip. Release of this regional strain appears to occur in temporal clusters of large (? ) earthquakes, with the 1992 event apparently the most recent of a sequence of late Holocene (0-1 ka) earthquakes that have ruptured the nine faults we have trenched in the southwestern Mojave desert. Previous clusters of earthquake activity occurred in the early (8-9 ka) and middle (5-6 ka) Holocene, and possibly the latest Pleistocene (15 ka).
Assessing the oceanic control on the amplitude of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

Received 24 October 2011; revised 28 March 2012; accepted 30 March 2012; published 15 May 2012. [1] Tropical cyclones (TCs) induce sea surface cooling that feeds back negatively on their intensity. Previous studies indicate that the cooling magnitude depends on oceanic conditions as well as TC characteristics, but this oceanic control has been poorly documented. We investigate the oceanic influence on TC-induced cooling using a global ocean model experiment that realistically samples the ocean response to more than 3,000 TCs over the last 30 years. We derive a physically grounded oceanic parameter, the Cooling Inhibition index (CI), which measures the potential energy input required to cool the ocean surface through vertical mixing, and hence accounts for the pre-storm upper-ocean stratification resistance to TC-induced cooling. The atmospheric control is described using the wind power index (WPi), a proxy of the kinetic energy transferred to the ocean by a TC, which accounts for both the effects of maximum winds and translation speed. The cooling amplitude increases almost linearly with WPi. For a given WPi, the cooling amplitude can however vary by an order of magnitude: a strong wind energy input can either result in a 0.5 � Co r 5 � C cooling, depending on oceanic background state. Using an oceanic parameter such as CI in addition to wind energy input improves statistical hindcasts of the cold wake amplitude by � 40%. Deriving an oceanic parameter based on the potential energy required to cool the ocean surface through vertical mixing is thus a promising way to better account for ocean characteristics in TCs studies.
Lexical Acquis i t ion Viewed from a Contrastive Analysis of Collocational Behavior of Near Synonyms

This paper makes a contrastive analysis of the collocational features of cause and lead to in SWECCL (Spoken and Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners) and BNC by using the collocational study methods of corpus linguistics. In this research, first, the semantic prosody distribution of the near synonyms in two corpora were investigated; second, by defining minimum frequency (≥5) and MI score(≥3), the collocates of the synonyms were computed and listed in the order of frequency, and then a comparison was made between collocational features of cause and lead to in two corpora. The data showed that English-major learners demonstrated similar semantic preferences with the native speakers, but that there were still great differences in their underlying collocational patterns. The English-major learners seemed to have acquired the semantic features of the near synonyms, but far more efforts need to be made to improve the depth and breadth of their lexis. This paper also discussed the implications for language teaching.
Experimental studies on new particle formation and ions

Atmospheric aerosol particles have significant climatic effects. Secondary new particle formation is a globally important source of these particles. Currently, the mechanisms of particle formation and the vapours participating in this process are, however, not truly understood. The recently developed Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer (NAIS) was widely used in field studies of atmospheric particle formation. The NAIS was calibrated and found to be in adequate agreement with the reference instruments. It was concluded that NAIS can be reliably used to measure ions and particles near the sizes where the atmospheric particle formation begins. The main focus of this thesis was to study new particle formation and participation of ions in this process. To attain this objective, particle and ion formation and growth rates were studied in various environments – at several field sites in Europe, in previously rarely studied sites in Antarctica and Siberia and also in an indoor environment. New particle formation was observed at all sites were studied and the observations were used as indicatives of the particle formation mechanisms. Particle size-dependent growth rates and nucleation mode hygroscopic growth factors were examined to obtain information on the particle growth. It was found that the atmospheric ions participate in the initial steps of new particle formation, although their contribution was minor in the boundary layer. The highest atmospheric particle formation rates were observed at the most polluted sites where the role of ions was the least pronounced. Furthermore, the increase of particle growth rate with size suggested that enhancement of the growth by ions was negligible. Participation of organic vapours in the particle growth was supported by laboratory and field observations. It was addressed that secondary new particle formation can also be a significant source of indoor air particles. These results, extending over a wide variety of environments, give support to previous observations and increase understanding on new particle formation on a global scale.
Native Listening: Language Experience and the Recognition of Spoken Words

Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech is a process of native listening because so much of it is exquisitely tailored to the requirements of the native language. Her cross-linguistic study (drawing on experimental work in languages that range from English and Dutch to Chinese and Japanese) documents what is universal and what is language specific in the way we listen to spoken language. Cutler describes the formidable range of mental tasks we carry out, all at once, with astonishing speed and accuracy, when we listen. These include evaluating probabilities arising from the structure of the native vocabulary, tracking information to locate the boundaries between words, paying attention to the way the words are pronounced, and assessing not only the sounds of speech but prosodic information that spans sequences of sounds. She describes infant speech perception, the consequences of language-specific specialization for listening to other languages, the flexibility and adaptability of listening (to our native languages), and how language-specificity and universality fit together in our language processing system. Drawing on her four decades of work as a psycholinguist, Cutler documents the recent growth in our knowledge about how spoken-word recognition works and the role of language structure in this process. Her book is a significant contribution to a vibrant and rapidly developing field.
The revealed preference approach to collective consumption behavior: Testing and sharing rule recovery

We present a revealed preference methodology for empirically analysing collective consumption behaviour. First, we introduce an integer programming (IP) methodology for testing data consistency with collective consumption models that account for publicly as well as privately consumed goods. This IP methodology can include information on “assignable quantities” for private goods. Next, we show that the IP methodology allows for recovering the personalized (Lindahl) prices for the public goods and the personalized quantities for the private goods. In turn, this implies recovery of the sharing rule (i.e. personalized income share levels). An empirical application demonstrates the practical usefulness of the methodology.
The role of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis in headache.

This thesis investigates the hypothesis that dysfunction of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis is important in headache in patients with pituitary disorders. The observation that patients with small functional pituitary tumours may suffer with severe headache syndromes, and the dramatic analgesic effect that may be seen with somatostatin analogues, are central to the thesis. In the first study, I showed that there was no correlation between pituitary volume or cavernous sinus invasion with headache in pituitary tumours. In this study, prolactinomas and growth hormone- secreting tumours were found to be associated with the highest degree of headache, suggesting that biochemical mechanisms may be more important than structural ones in the pathophysiology of pituitary tumour-associated headache. In the second study, the presence of potentially nociceptive peptides CGRP and substance P within pituitary tumours was investigated there was no association between the presence of these peptides and headache. In the third study, the clinical characteristics of pituitary tumour-associated headache were investigated. The commonest presentation of headache was migraine. The rare primary headache, Short lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing (SUNCT), was exclusively associated with acromegaly or prolactinoma. In the fourth study, the possibility that cessation of somatostatin infusion could be a useful non-vascular way of triggering headache was investigated the headache induction was not reliable. In the final study, the potential use of octreotide in the management of primary headache was investigated. Octreotide was unhelpful for migraine, but was efficacious in the acute treatment of cluster headache. The findings suggest that functional disturbances in the hypothalamo-pituitary axis may have a pathophysiological role in some headache types.
Lexical Organization and Access: A Developmental Cognitive Approach to the Acquisition of Morphology

The present paper represents a further step in the work of Kahlaoui (2000) on lexical organization and access. It was argued in this paper that the distinction between regular and irregular morphology is counter cognitive as it deprives a good deal of the lexical elements from being processed via rule abstraction (Plunkett & Marchman, 1993) only because they are processed by minor rules (Mohanan, 1986). The lexicon is the modular mental component of a speaker's linguistic knowledge. It was also argued that the poor performance of dysphasic speakers on regular morphology is to be explained outside the non-natural and cognitively unwarranted distinction between regularity and irregularity. The lexicon is the sum of words – devoid of any internal structure -- known to the speaker. It was also argued that the set of word formation strategies generated/abstracted by the speaker in a developmental cognitive fashion constitutes his/her morphological system, which will be used for an automatic normal access to words. Automatic access is the normal access route via the central nervous system which is linguistically aware of the grammar it uses to access the modular the encapsulated lexicon. Access is performed through the strategy itself for both comprehension and production and happens in a non-modular fashion. Default – or emergency – access is performed in cases of accidental or mnemonic failure through a direct look-up procedure into the associative lexicon and through the central nervous system.
“Change in schools it’s more like sort of turning an oil tanker”: Creating readiness for Health Promoting Schools

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to the evidence of best practice in the implementation of the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) framework by examining the process of creating readiness for change in a large international school in South-East Asia. Using a settings-based approach and guided by readiness for change theory the data collected reflects which factors were most influential in the decision of the leadership team (LT) to adopt a comprehensive HPS model. It follows the process of creating readiness in the early stages of adopting a HPS approach and captures the critical factors effecting leader’s beliefs and support for the program. Design/methodology/approach – This research is a case study of a large pre-K-12 international school in South-East Asia with over 1,800 students. A mixed methods qualitative approach is used including semi-structured interviews and document analysis. The participants are the 12 members of the LT. Findings – Readiness for change was established in the LT who a.
Apoptoz: Programlı Hücre Ölümü

T Klin J Med Sci 2003, 23 499 Fizyolojik ya da programlanmı hücre ölümü olarak tanımlanan apoptoz biyoloji alanında olduu kadar temel ve klinik tıp bilimlerinde de ilgi çeken bir konudur. Patolojik hücre ölümü olan ve ATP miktarının azalıp, hücre homeostazının hızla bozuldu u, inflamasyon yanıtının geli ti i nekrozdan tamamen farklı olarak, apoptoz; inflamasyon olmaksızın hücrelerin kendi kendilerini yok ettikleri, genlerle düzenlenen, programlı, RNA, protein sentezi ve enerjiye gereksinim duyan, organizmada homeostazı koruyan bir olaydır. Apoptoz, Yunanca’da apo(=ayrı) ve ptozis(=dü en) kelimelerinin Apoptoz: Programlı Hücre Ölümü
Bem-estar e qualidade de carne de suínos submetidos a diferentes técnicas de manejo pré-abate

A total of 120 pigs (86 to 95Kg/140 days) was divided in two groups of 60 animals and transported in the night period (0,4m2/100kg) for a distance of 120Km. In the first group, the animals were handled using aluminum panel, during loading and unloading of the pigs, and in the second group the animals were handled with electric stick (40v). All the pigs were submited to the manual electric stunning in the slaughterhouse (340v/1,3A). The pig group handled with the aluminum panel presented smaller blood cortisol concentrations (10,76  5,76) and lactate(16,32  5,50) in comparison with the group handled with the electric stick (80,26  41,38) and (189,214  72,06), demonstrating that the stick was more stressful, however the welfare provided by the use of panel was not enough to alter the color values significantly (L*, a*, b*), as well as the drip loss. Significant variations in the pH (4, 6 and 8h post-mortem) were also obtained when the treatments was compered, however none significant value was obtained in the period of 24h post-mortem. Significant visual blood splashed score in the central area of the loin was obtained when the pigs was handled with the electric stick. We concluded that the pigs handled with panel suffered less stress.
Histomorphological and mucin histochemical study of the alimentary canal of pangas catfish, Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton 1822)

The present study describes the histological and mucin histochemical properties of the alimentary canal (AC) of the pangas catfish, Pangasius pangasius . The results revealed that the mucosa of the oesophagus was lined by a stratified epithelium containing chloride cells and taste buds which suggested mechanic, gustatory and physiologic roles of the oesophagus in this species. The stomach mucosa was lined by a simple columnar epithelium. The lamina propria-submucosa in cardiac and fundic stomach contained gastric glands. The pyloric stomach had the thickest muscularis layer among all the parts of the AC. The villi showed the maximum height and width in the middle intestine. The tunica muscularis and serosa showed the thinnest thickness among all parts of AC. The mucin histochemistry showed that the goblet cells of oesophagus and intestine contained both neutral and acidic with carboxylated and sulfated mucins and there was not acidic mucins in epithelial cells of the stomach.
Sistema de Recomendação Web Usando Agentes

O crescimento da Web trouxe varios problemas aos utilizadores. A grande quantidade de informacao existente hoje em dia em alguns sitios Web torna a procura de informacao util muito dificil. Os objetivos dos proprietarios dos sitios Web e dos utilizadores nem sempre coincidem. O conhecimento dos padroes de visitas dos utilizadores e crucial para que os proprietarios possam transformar e adaptar o sitio Web. Este e o principio do sitio Web adaptativo: o sitio Web adapta-se de forma a melhorar a experiencia do utilizador. Alguns algoritmos foram propostos para adaptar um sitio da Web. Neste artigo, descrevemos uma proposta de um sistema de recomendacao Web baseado em agentes que combina dois algoritmos: regras de associacao e filtragem colaborativa. Ambos os algoritmos sao incrementais e funcionam com dados binarios. Os resultados mostram que, em algumas situacoes, a abordagem multiagente melhora a capacidade preditiva quando comparada com os agentes individuais.