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The Production of Pleural Adhesions by Kaolin Injection

The treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax has received considerable attention in the literature during the past 20 years. It is accepted that the great majority of cases are due to the rupture of a subpleural cyst or bulla; in a small minority there may be an acquired organic lesion of the underlying lung, such as tuberculosis, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, cystic disease, or some form of growth. This group is commonly excluded from discussions on treatment because the management of the pneumothorax is closely linked with the management of the underlying condition, and it will not be further discussed in this paper. The management of the larger, " simple" group runs along well-defined lines. It is not customary to take action on the occasion of the first attack, for the air absorbs spontaneously as a rule and the patient appears to make a complete recovery. If, however, there should be one or more recurrences it is usual to undertake some form of pleurodesis, or even a surgical operation, in order to remove or obliterate the cystic area in the lung. This attitude towards the management of the initial spontaneous pneumothorax is conditioned by the view that recurrence is less likely than not. Movitt, Smith, and Eloesser (1947) quote various authors whose figures for recurrences vary between 20 and 45%, but this statement is really meaningless, for no allowance is made for the varying periods of time during which the patients were kept under observation. If one takes a series of cases of known spontaneous pneumothorax it is only possible to state that, in so many, there had been more than one attack, but these figures refer only to a limited period in the life history of the patient and they are certain to need revision in an upward direction as the years go by. The figures already published therefore represent a minimum, and it is probably correct to state, contrary to the accepted belief, that recurrence is more likely than not; in other words, that the pneumothorax will probably recur in more than half of a group of cases. In fact, it appears to be logical to state that any spontaneous pneumothorax is potentially recurrent, and to draw the conclusion that it is advisable to adopt treatment on the occasion of the first recognized attack. Artificial fusion of the pleura dates back to 1901, when Spengler (1906) reported on the effect of …
The Effect of Job Rotation on Employees in Organizations in the UAE

Job rotation is a type of on-the-job knowledge acquiring where an employee is encouraged through a list of coursework planned to give them an extent of practical knowledge and coverage of different aspects of employment for that profession. Job rotation is a suitable development method for employees who are focusing only on common job tasks rather than a specialized professional route. It is also a way of obtaining speedy coverage and experience to a large selection of positions within a company in order to boost certain capabilities. The basic purpose of this study is to find out the impact of job rotation on employees in UAE public and private (both) organizations. For this purpose, online survey technique was used and data was gathered from 100 employees including males and females from UAE organizations. Data was analyzed through reliability, descriptive, correlation and regression analysis. The findings of the study show that job rotation has a highly significant and positive impact on employees in both the public and private sector in United Arab Emirates organizations. Job rotation creates new opportunities for employees and develops high skills in them. Introduction Nowadays, “upgrading the knowledge and capabilities of personnel, equipping employees with the most up-to-date and unique capabilities, improving upon productiveness and worth-extra operations, blocking personnel skills from turning into obsolete and enhancing the coaching lifestyle. ” (Ortega, 2001). “Job rotation is a serious component of work layout and an industrial observe normally used along with the intention of lowering monotony and building substantial inspiration. ” (Huang, 1999) According to Jorgensen (2005) “Rotation is usually described as performing at different tasks or in numerous positions for established intervals of time. ” “In the planned way applying lateral transfers aiming to permit employees to gain a range of information, skills and competencies and can be noticed being an on-thework training technique. ” (Gomez and Lorente, 2004). Therefore, it is thought to gain an effect on worker determination. “Job rotation is a part of job system where the employees transfer from one position to another in a specific period of time to do different tasks compared to the previous positions. It can be defined as working in different positions and doing different tasks for a period of time in an organization in order to learn a different range of skills and knowledge. ” (Jorgensen et al, 2005). Also, according to Eriksson & Ortega (2006) “Job rotation is an effective way to develop employees’ abilities”. This research has been investigated in UAE organizations of how employees can benefit from job rotation. It could check with different types of rotations. Job rotation certainly is a kind of on-thecareer knowledge enhancing wherever an employee moves through a timetable of assignments intended to provide them with several career experiences. “Task rotations are appropriate progress remedies for employees who are in search of a general
DİJİTAL DÖNÜŞÜM SÜRECİNDE ÇALIŞMA YAŞAMI

Toplumsal gelisim surecinde calisma yasami acisindan insanlik tarihine baktigimizda; ilki tarim devrimi, ikincisi ise sanayi devrimi olmak uzere iki buyuk kirilmanin yasandigi gorulmektedir. Teknolojik ilerlemelerin bircok gelismenin onunu actigi bir surec olarak tanimlanan sanayi devrimi ise dort onemli asama cercevesinde ele alinarak incelenmektedir. Buhar makinesi, komur, celik ve tekstil sektorunun on planda oldugu sanayilesmenin ilk asamasini bazi tarihciler Birinci Sanayi Devrimi olarak nitelemektedirler. 19. Yuzyilda elektrik enerjisinin ve petrol, dogalgaz gibi akaryakit kaynaklarinin kullanimi, elektrikli ve benzinli motorlarin gelistirilmesi, otomobil, ucak vb. araclarin bulunmasi sonucunda sanayilesme yeni bir asamaya ulasmis ve bu gelisme Ikinci Sanayi Devrimi olarak adlandirilmistir. 1960’li yillardan itibaren bilgisayar teknolojisinin gelismesi ve ozellikle 1990’li yillarda bilgi teknolojilerinin ortaya cikmasi Ucuncu Sanayi Devriminin kapisini aralamistir. Bilisim teknolojileri uretim sistemlerinin otomasyonunu gelistirmekle kalmayarak, dijitallesme dalgasinin da onunu acmistir. Bu baglamda 2000’li yillarla birlikte robot teknolojisinin gelismesi, yapay zeka, uc boyutlu yazicilar, akilli fabrika sisteminin olusmasinda buyuk rol oynayan nesnelerin Interneti, surucusuz arabalar gibi uretim yapisini tamamiyla degistirmeye aday gelismeler de Dorduncu Sanayi Devrimi veya Endustri 4.0 olarak nitelendirilmektedir. Endustri 4.0 olarak kabul edilen surec; siber fiziksel sistemlere, yani sensorler yardimiyla fiziksel dunyayi sanal bilgi islem dunyasina baglayan sistemlere gecis, dijital donusum surecini baslatmistir. Sanayi devrimi, uretim sureci ile birlikte istihdam ve calisma yasamini degistirirken; ucret karsiligi calisan isciler acisindan bircok sorunu da beraberinde getirmistir. Yasanan sorunlar sendikalarin ortaya cikisina ve is hukukunun dogusuna sebep olmustur. Daha sonra Endustri 2.0 sureci, sendikalarin kitleselleserek guclenmesine ve sosyal hayattaki rolunun artmasina, Endustri 3.0 ile baslayan kuresellesme olgusu sendikalarin gucunun zayiflamasina, issizligin artmasina, calisma yasaminin esneklesmesine yol acmistir. Bugun uretim gecmisten oldukca farkli sureclerle gerceklestirilirken, yepyeni isler, meslekler ve calisma bicimleri ortaya cikmakta, uretimin otomasyonu, yapay zekâ ve giderek artan robotik teknolojiler eliyle gerceklestirilmektedir. Bu yeni donem calisma iliskilerini degistirecek potansiyellerle insanligin uzerine gelmektedir. Uretimde robotlarin kullanilmasiyla issizligin giderek artacagi, sendikalarin toplumsal yasamdaki rolunun daha da azalacagi, is ve sosyal guvenlik alaninda yeni duzenlemelerin kacinilmaz oldugu gorusu ileri surulmektedir. Bu calismada, 2000’li yillarla birlikte baslayip giderek hizlanan sayisallastirma, dijitallestirme ve dijital donusum olgusu cercevesinde ele alinarak degerlendirilmeye calisilacaktir.
Codas in Leadership:An Exploration of Emic Perceptions within the American Deaf Community

In the Deaf community, hearing children of deaf adults (Codas) often find themselves in a dichotomy of difference and belonging. It is estimated that nearly 90% of children born to deaf parents are hearing (CACDP, 2006); furthermore, it is often assumed these children do not inherit the cultural identity of their parents based on their biosociality due to physical differences (Rabinow, 1996) and a binary framework of being either Deaf or hearing (Brueggemann, 2008). As adults, Codas may find professional opportunities related to the Deaf community such as interpreting, education, business, and advocacy. A recent flashpoint involving Coda leaders has revealed a growing divide between the American Deaf community and Coda leaders surrounding ethics, identity politics, and allyship. This study explores the perceptions of Codas in leadership positions within the Deaf community. Through a critical ethnographic study, I collected quantitative data through a questionnaire and qualitative data through semi-structured interviews to explore the perceptions of two groups: Deaf individuals and Coda individuals. The data revealed highly varied perceptions from the participants, including negative, positive, and divided perceptions of Coda leaders. Moreover, underlying factors such as ableism, capitalism, education, and other social factors may be contributing to these perceptions. Ultimately, this research provides data and recommendations for leaders in the Deaf community to achieve a praxis of common humanity, where Deaf people and their children unite and collaborate and find a way, as Humphries (2008) proposes, “. to move on from ‘How are we different? ’ to ‘How are we being? (p. 41)”’”
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children: Similarities and Differences Between 4- and 5-Year-Old Children from Flanders and the United States

Purpose: To explore the possibility that 4- and 5-year-old Flemish children would perform differently from children of the same age in the US standardization sample of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC). Participants: Two hundred sixty-seven 4-year-old and 239 5-year-old Flemish children without known impairments, from regular schools, took part in the study (260 boys, 246 girls). Methods: All children were individually assessed using the M-ABC. Results: The total M-ABC score of the 4-year-old children was similar to that of their peers in the United States. The 5-year-old Flemish children performed significantly better, although the effect size of the difference was very small. Of the 5-year-old children, one scored at the 5th percentile (0.4%) and 5.0% of the children scored below the 15th percentile. Conclusions: United States norms are appropriate for 4-year-old Flemish children but require adjustment if they are to identify 5-year-old Flemish children with mild motor impairment.
Combining Competition with Predation: Drastic Effect of Lasius fuliginosus (Latr.) on Subordinate Ant Species at the Northern Limit of its Distribution

Abstract. During long-term field studies on division of space between the territorial ant species Lasius fuliginosus (Latr.) and Formica polyctena, Först. in southern Finland a severe decrease in the abundance of subordinate ant species was observed within L. fuliginosus territory. As part of this study we analyze the extent of changes in subordinate ant species assemblage in the light of already documented cases of L. fuliginosus predation on colonies of subordinate ants. The results showed that L. fuliginosus had a much stronger negative impact on co-occurring subordinate species, than the neighbouring rival F. polyctena. The hypothesis of hunger-induced myrmecophagy in this species is put forward, and is discussed as a possible competitive mechanism by which L. fuliginosus could shape ant assemblages within its territories.
Nitric Oxide (NO) and Arginine as Factors for Increasing Poultry Meat Productivity

Nitric oxide (NO) is intensively synthesized in the embryo of birds. There is evidence that NO mediates myogenesis at the embryonic stage. In this regard, it might be possible to control muscle development and meat productivity by modulating NO synthesis. Using high-precision and a highly sensitive enzymatic sensor, the authors found that it is not the rate of synthesis that correlates with meat productivity, but the rate of NO oxidation to nitrate, which occurs in the tissues of the embryo. In broilers, it is several orders of magnitude higher than in layers. This indicator is solely due to the characteristics of embryonic tissues and is allelically determined. In-ovo arginine supplementation, a source of NO, did not lead to a significant increase in its synthesis and oxidation, but occasionally increased live weight gain, which was likely associated with a deficiency of free arginine and was not directly related to the effect of nitric oxide. Exogenous NO donors were oxidized with the same intensity as endogenous donors. These compounds did not have a significant effect on growth rate. Also, a reduction of 50% in the rate of NO synthesis under the action of a NO synthase inhibitor did not affect this parameter. Thus, regulation of poultry meat productivity is possible by modulating gene expression related to embryonic NO oxidation and ensuring an optimal amino acid and energy equilibrium, rather than by promoting embryonic NO synthesis.
Micronisation of Pharmaceuticals Using Dense Gas Based Microfluidic Processes

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Fast and Light Object Classification from Aerial Drone Image

This paper proposes a fast and solid method to classify objects from the aerial drone image with different altitudes and perspective angles. To classify objects from drone datasets with various characteristics, there are two difficulties. The first difficulty is that the object size is too small. The second difficulty is that the object has many various characteristics. Therefore, we proposed a simple convolution blocks and shortcut blocks with a dilate convolution. Since the drone image is a 4k $(3840\mathrm{x}2160)$ in size, thus a very high resolution, neighboring pixels for a pixel of interest are similar to each other, so it is advantageous in terms of speed to use the skipped pixels. However, as the network goes deeper, the feature map size becomes smaller and there is a possibility that the surrounding pixel values become much different. Therefore, the normal convolution layer was also arranged and constructed. In addition, since the objects in the drone image have a small size because taken at a high altitude, it loses more features as the network gets deeper. Therefore, the features extracted from the original image were supplemented by periodically calculating each pixel by using the shortcut technique. It records fewer parameters than other networks, thus it executes faster and more accurately. The number of parameters is 1,032,054, which is lower than MobileNet(3,504,872), ShuffleNet(1,366,792), and SqueezeNet(1,248,424). Also, the proposed network outperformed with an accuracy of 98.18%, which is higher than MobileNet(97.28%), ShuffieNet(95.88%), and SqueezeNet(94.32%). when classifying images with 4 GTX3090s, it took in a speed of 1,102 FPS. Therefore, it was proved that fast and accurate network configuration is possible when classification experiments of Aerial Drone Images with various features are conducted using a simple convolution block and shortcut block.
Investigating Cortical Changes in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging

S (*Presenter) 1) Kowalczyk I*, Stevens TK, Goncalves S, Bartha R, Duggal N. Unique metabolic and functional profiles in mild and moderate cervical myelopathy. Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association (SfN). London, Ontario; May 5, 2014. (poster) 2) Kowalczyk I*, Stevens TK, Goncalves S, Bartha R, Duggal N. Unique metabolic and functional profiles in mild and moderate cervical myelopathy. Imaging Network Ontario, 12 Imaging Network Symposium. Toronto, Ontario; March 24-25, 2014. (poster) 3) Kowalczyk I*, Stevens TK, Goncalves S, Bartha R, Duggal N. Unique metabolic and functional profiles in mild and moderate cervical myelopathy. London Health Research Day. London, Ontario; March 18, 2014. (poster) 4) Kowalczyk I*, Bartha R, Duggal N. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Spinal Decompression Surgery. Canadian Association for Neuroscience. Toronto, Ontario; May 21-24, 2013. (poster) 5) Kowalczyk I*, Bartha R, Duggal N. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Spinal Decompression Surgery. Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association (SfN). Waterloo, Ontario; May 13, 2013. (poster) WINNER: First place in PhD/Post-Doctoral Category ($200) 6) Kowalczyk I*, Bartha R, Duggal N. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Spinal Decompression Surgery. London Health Research Day. London, Ontario; March 19, 2013. (poster) 7) Kowalczyk I*, Bartha R, Duggal N. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Spinal Decompression Surgery. Western Research Forum. London, Ontario; March 15, 2013. (oral) 8) Kowalczyk I*, Duggal N, Bartha R. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Spinal Decompression Surgery. 9 Annual Congress of SBMT on Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping and Image Guided Therapy. Toronto, Ontario; June 2-4, 2012. (oral and poster) 9) Kowalczyk I*, Duggal N, Bartha R. Decreased N-Acetylaspartate in the Motor Cortex of Cervical Myelopathy Patients Following Decompressive Surgery: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Western Research Forum. London, Ontario; March 26-27, 2012. (oral) WINNER: Second place in Biotechnology and Computer Sciences Category ($100)
Bacterial natural product biosynthetic domain composition in soil correlates with changes in latitude on a continent-wide scale

Significance Secondary metabolites encoded by soil bacteria have proved to be a rich source of lead structures for the development of small-molecule therapeutics. Environmental factors that contribute to differences in the composition of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters found in geographically distant soil microbiomes have remained elusive. In this study, we sought to address this key outstanding question. Of the factors we assessed, changes in latitude were found to correlate most consistently with changes in biosynthetic domain composition on a continent-wide scale. Although further studies are needed to better understand the underlying causes driving this relationship, these findings provide insights into how best to direct future natural product drug discovery efforts. Although bacterial bioactive metabolites have been one of the most prolific sources of lead structures for the development of small-molecule therapeutics, very little is known about the environmental factors associated with changes in secondary metabolism across natural environments. Large-scale sequencing of environmental microbiomes has the potential to shed light on the richness of bacterial biosynthetic diversity hidden in the environment, how it varies from one environment to the next, and what environmental factors correlate with changes in biosynthetic diversity. In this study, the sequencing of PCR amplicons generated using primers targeting either ketosynthase domains from polyketide biosynthesis or adenylation domains from nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis was used to assess biosynthetic domain composition and richness in soils collected across the Australian continent. Using environmental variables collected at each soil site, we looked for environmental factors that correlated with either high overall domain richness or changes in the domain composition. Among the environmental variables we measured, changes in biosynthetic domain composition correlate most closely with changes in latitude and to a lesser extent changes in pH. Although it is unclear at this time the exact mix of factors that may drive the relationship between biosynthetic domain composition and latitude, from a practical perspective the identification of a latitudinal basis for differences in soil metagenome biosynthetic domain compositions should help guide future natural product discovery efforts.
Modulating action through minimization: Syntax in the service of offering and requesting

Abstract This study uses data from a shoe-repair shop, supplemented by data from medical and mundane contexts, to analyze three progressively minimal grammatical formats used to implement offers and requests in interaction (i.e. do you want…? , you want…? , and want…? ). We argue that this cline of minimality reflects a cline of the action-initiator's stance, from relatively weak to strong (respectively), regarding their expectation that the action will be accepted or complied with. In doing so, we illustrate that, as part of the design of requests and offers, participants rely on more granular distinctions than a simple binary between interrogative and declarative morphosyntax. We conclude with a discussion of the interactional logic that undergirds the normative use of these grammatical formats, and of our findings’ implications for action formation and preference organization. (Conversation analysis, interactional linguistics, offer, request, stance, grammar, morphosyntax)*
Counting oriented trees in digraphs with large minimum semidegree

Let $T$ be an oriented tree on $n$ vertices with maximum degree at most $e^{o(\sqrt{\log n})}$. If $G$ is a digraph on $n$ vertices with minimum semidegree $\delta^0(G)\geq(\frac12+o(1))n$, then $G$ contains $T$ as a spanning tree, as recently shown by Kathapurkar and Montgomery (in fact, they only require maximum degree $o(n/\log n)$). This generalizes the corresponding result by Koml\'os, S\'ark\"ozy and Szemer\'edi for graphs. We investigate the natural question how many copies of $T$ the digraph $G$ contains. Our main result states that every such $G$ contains at least $|Aut(T)|^{-1}(\frac12-o(1))^nn! $ copies of $T$, which is optimal. This implies the analogous result in the undirected case.
MRPGA: An Extension of MapReduce for Parallelizing Genetic Algorithms

The MapReduce programming model allows users to easily develop distributed applications in data centers. However, many applications cannot be exactly expressed with MapReduce due to their specific characteristics. For instance, genetic algorithms (GAs) naturally fit into an iterative style. That does not follow the two phase pattern of MapReduce. This paper presents an extension to the MapReduce model featuring a hierarchical reduction phase. This model is called MRPGA (MapReduce for parallel GAs), which can automatically parallelize GAs. We describe the design and implementation of the extended MapReduce model on a . NET-based enterprise grid system in detail. The evaluation of this model with its runtime system is presented using example applications.