bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Concept of Rakta Dhatu w.s.r. to Rakta Pradoshaja Vikara
Authors: Tadasad Dr. Swapna , Katti Dr. B. H. , Sajjanshetti Dr. M. R. , Kannolli Dr. G. N
Published: November 2018

Dhatu (tissue) is an entity by which sustenance, growth and nourishment of the body takes place. Dhatu are the functional apparatus of the Dosha (body humours). Rakta Dhatu is the 2nd Dhatu. It is produced from the Prasada Bhaga of Rasa Dhatu with the help of Bhutagni and Rasa Dhatwagni. Rakta is word originated Sanskrit word from ‘Raj Ranjane’ meaning is to stain. If white cloth is stained with this Dhatu (tissue) it become red coloured hence it is called as Rakta. As it is one of the seven Dhatu, (tissue) it is present in entire part of the body. However it may present in large quantity in some places and may be functioning specifically in context to some organ. Such places are known as Sthana (location) of the Raktadhatu (Blood) Raktavaha Strotas (channel) is main site of Raktadhatu (Blood). Principle organs of this Strotas are liver and spleen.
Ayurvedic management of Corneal Foreign Body - A Case Report
Authors: MN Dr. Apoorva , V. Dr. Hamsaveni
Published: November 2018

Foreign bodies represent a common cause of eye related complaints for adult and paediatric patients presenting to primary care physicians and ophthalmologists. Corneal foreign body is defined as any microscopic or macroscopic material from the external environment which may lodge in the cornea - the anterior transparent part of the eye that overlies the anterior chamber. Patient of corneal foreign body is frequently self-evident by history that is foreign body sensation, pain, photophobia and lacrimation. Decreased vision may also be reported in few patients. The Lakshanas explained under Sashalya Netra in Ayurveda can be correlated with the Corneal foreign body. Here is a case report of Corneal foreign body which was successfully treated with Ayurvedic treatment principles with Mahatriphaladi Ghrita Aschyotana and Yashtimadhu Ksheera Paka Seka for 6 days after its removal. There was a complete relief in Signs and Symptoms after the treatment. Hence the treatment protocol can be adopted in cases of corneal foreign body.
A Case Study of treating Kamala (jaundice) with Ayurvedic medicine
Authors: R. B. Dr. Shinde , JD Dr. Gulhane , PV, Dr. Deshpande , PN. Dr. Khobarkar
Published: November 2018

Jaundice (Kamala) is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclera (whites of the eyes), and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia (increased levels of bilirubin in the blood). Todays lifestyle with unhygienic and poor dietary habits and alcoholic habits etc. which are responsible factors to promote hepatic damage which clinically reflects as Kamala Roga. The effect of Ayurvedic treatment was assessed in relation to improvement in over all clinical signs and symptoms and biochemical investigations on the basis of grading and scoring system.
Scolytinae y Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculiondae) de Tabasco, México
Authors: Falcón-Brindis Armando , Pérez-de la Cruz Manuel , Mata-Zayas Ena Edith , De la Cruz-Pérez Aracely , Sánchez-Soto Saúl , Burelo-Ramos Carlos M.
Published: November 2018

El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la diversidad de Scolytinae y Platypodinae en cinco localidades de Tabasco de diciembre de 2012 y abril de 2013. Se utilizaron diez trampas de intercepción de vuelo con alcohol etílico como atrayente para recolectar a los insectos en cada sitio. Se recolectaron en total 4,232 especímenes de 62 especies, de las cuales 57 pertenecen a Scolytinae y cinco a Platypodinae. La mayor diversidad de especies se obtuvo en Malpasito (MP) con un valor de H´=2.11 y la menor en Boca del cerro (BC) con un valor de H´=0.78, la mayor riqueza de especies la registró MP con 39 y la mayor abundancia Francisco Rueda (FR) con 1,500 especímenes. Los géneros Hypothenemus y Xyleborus presentaron la mayor riqueza de especies con diez y siete respectivamente. Las especies Premnobius cavipennis Eichhoff, Xyleborus volvulus (Fabricius), Sampsonius dampfi Schedl, Hypothenemus interstitialis (Hopkins) y Corthylus papulans Eichhoff registraron la mayor abundancia con 2,962 especímenes, lo que representa el 69.99% del total. Las especies Cnesinus elegans Blandford, C. gracilis Blandford, Corthylocurus barbatus (Blandford), Chramesus crenatus Wood, H. effeminatus Wood, H. inaequalis Wood, H. columbi Hopkins y M. robustum (Schedl) son nuevos registros para Tabasco. La lista de especies de estos insectos en Tabasco, México continúa creciendo conforme se incrementan los muestreos, lo que sugiere que no ha sido posible recolectar la diversidad real que albergan los ecosistemas del estado.
Modelaje de la distribución geográfica de cuatro especies de serpientes venenosas y su percepción social en el sureste de la Altiplanicie de Chiapas.
Authors: Hidalgo-García Jorge Arturo , Cedeño-Vázquez José Rogelio , Luna-Reyes Roberto , González-Solís David
Published: November 2018

Se describe la distribución geográfica de cuatro especies de serpientes venenosas (Bothriechis aurifer, Crotalus simus, Micrurus diastema y M. elegans) que habitan en el área sureste de la Altiplanicie de Chiapas. Estas especies se encuentran en alguna categoría de riesgo en la NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, se desconoce su distribución precisa y son de importancia médica. Los modelos de distribución se obtuvieron usando el algoritmo MaxEnt, para ello se usaron registros de museos nacionales y del extranjero, así como búsquedas en internet, en la literatura científica y muestreos en campo. También se realizaron entrevistas para determinar la percepción y la relación que tienen las serpientes venenosas con las poblaciones humanas. Además, se determinó la representatividad de cada una de las especies en las áreas naturales protegidas. Algunas barreras geográficas, como el Valle de Motagua, limitan la distribución de M. elegans y B. aurifer, mientras que el Istmo de Tehuantepec lo hace para C. simus. Se pudo determinar que B. aurifer es la especie más vulnerable, debido a su distribución restringida, y a que se encuentra poco representada en las áreas naturales protegidas. Son frecuentes las mordeduras de serpientes venenosas en algunas localidades. La víbora de cascabel (C. simus) es perseguida por el uso medicinal que le dan los pobladores. La información generada es fundamental para implementar programas de educación ambiental y acciones de manejo que contribuyan a la conservación de estas especies.
New Locality of the endangered Sierra Madre Sparrow (Xenospiza Baileyi) from the State of Durango, Mexico, and recommendations for its conservation
Authors: Martínez-Guerrero José Hugo , Nocedal Jorge , Sierra-Franco Daniel , Arroyo-Arroyo Samuel Ignacio , Pereda-Solís Martín Emilio
Published: November 2018

El gorrión serrano (Xenospiza baileyi) es una especie endémica de México y se encuentra en peligro de extinción. Su distribución se reporta en dos áreas: Una en el Cinturón Transvolcánico del centro de México (La Cima) cerca de la Ciudad de México y la otra en la Sierra Madre Occidental en el noroeste de México (Ejido Ojo de Agua El Cazador) cerca de la ciudad de Durango, en el estado de Durango. El hábitat es el mismo en estas dos áreas, y consiste en pastizales amacollados subalpinos que se localizan en valles poco profundos o bajíos. En nuestro caso, “El Bajío la Cantera” de aproximadamente 55 Has de superficie, es usado mayormente en la agricultura de temporal, protegida del pastoreo del ganado con cerco de alambre, que a su vez representa protección para los remanentes de pastizal amacollado donde están las aves. “El Bajío la Cantera” pertenece al Ejido 12 de Mayo, Municipio de San Dimas, Durango, donde se detectaron 28 machos cantando a lo largo de un transecto de 500 metros. Este hallazgo representa la población de Gorrión serrano más saludable actualmente conocida, por lo que sería necesario documentar su tendencia poblacional a través del tiempo. Esta información puede ayudar a evaluar y proponer la creación de un área de protección especial para la especie que involucre acciones conjuntas de gobierno y ejidatarios tendientes a conservar el hábitat durante la época reproductiva para lograr aumentar y/o mantener el tamaño de la población.
Efecto de la temperatura en poblaciones de Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman y Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) bajo un escenario de cambio climático en la Sierra Gorda queretana
Authors: Morales-Rangel Adriana , Cambrón-Sandoval Víctor Hugo , Soto-Correa José Carmen , Jones Robert Wallace , Obregón-Zúñiga Javier Alejandro
Published: November 2018

En México fueron afectadas alrededor de 17,900 ha de bosques de coníferas en 2016 a causa de los brotes de insectos descortezadores. Se ha observado que el aumento en las temperaturas ocasionadas por el cambio climático afecta directamente a los bosques de pino y favorece el desarrollo de insectos plaga. Los gradientes altitudinales generan gradientes climáticos, por lo cual, son buenos modelos de estudio en un contexto de cambio climático. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar el efecto de la temperatura y la abundancia de Dendroctonus frontalis y Dendroctonus mexicanus a lo largo del rango de distribución altitudinal, así como determinar un posible cambio en la abundancia para 2030 bajo un escenario de cambio climático. Los resultados evidenciaron que la mayor abundancia de D. frontalis y D. mexicanus se encuentra en altitudes entre los 1,589 y 1,716 msnm, donde ocurren temperaturas superiores a 16 °C, y en altitudes mayores a los 2,393 msnm la abundancia de ambas especies es menor, correspondiendo a temperaturas menores a 13°C. El escenario A1B de cambio climático predice que la temperatura aumentará del 2015-2016 al año 2030 3.9 °C en promedio.
3 Dimensional Printing in Cardiology: Innovation for Modern Education and Clinical Implementation
Authors: Gharini Putrika Prastuti Ratna , Herianto Herianto , Arfian Nur , Satria Ferdinandus Bayu , Amin Nur
Published: November 2018

Medical uses of three-dimension (3D) printing have advantages for many importances, such as tissue and organ fabrication, creation of prosthetics, and model structural anatomy. Visualization of 3-dimensional structure of heart for the importance of examination, management or education is not fully comprehensive describe toward the complexity of anatomical structure and also toward the illustration of medical procedure. The aim of this study was to identify the potential application of heart’s 3D printing for the enhancement of case understanding for doctor, medical students or residents and also for patient and its family. A normal model of heart is used in this research to stimulate next 3D object in cardiology area.We retrieved data from patients’ CT scan performed in Gadjah Mada University Hospital, Yogyakarta from December 2017 to March 2018. Our focus is on normal heart anatomy. Data from CT scan results are exported into Digital Imaging and Communications format (DICOM), then dimension measurement and threshold segmentation are performed using Mimics Medical 20.0 (Materialise) application. Finally the file must be exported into STL format due to final process to cut the desirable parts using Mesh editing application. After the final model has been done, then it will be printed by fuse deposition method to make a 3D object.The making and implementing 3D printingof heart model has many advantages for medical education especially for the doctor, medical students or residents and also for the patient and its family to be more aware on the condition of the heart. This study may stimulate another trial of using this technique into several heart abnormalities
Atrial Arrhythmia in Atrial Septal Defect Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Paranita Indah , Dinarti Lucia Kris , Irawan Bambang
Published: November 2018

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter are the most common cardiac arrhythmias associated with atrial septal defects (ASD) in adult patients. The incidence could be as high as 52% in patients ages 60 years or more.Patient with congenital heart disease who developed atrial arrhythmias had a >50% increased stroke risk. Nevertheless, studies regarding the pathophysiological mechanism underlying the high incidence of atrial fibrillation in adult patients with ASD remain relatively few. We reported a female 46 years referred to Sardjito hospital with chest discomfort and palpitation. ECG showed atrial flutter, 90 beat per minute, incomplete RBBB, RAD and RVH. Transthoracal echocardiography shown ASD left to right shunt with diameter 1.2 -1.8 cm, LA, RA and RV dilatation, with normal systolic function. From right heart catetherization, the result is ASD High Flow Low Resistance, with pulmonary hypertension (mPAP 44 mmHg).The consequences of left to right shunt across an ASD is RV volume overload and pulmonary overcirculation. Atrial arrhytmia are a common result of long standing right side heart volume and pressure overload. The idea of combining ASD closure and arrhythmia intervention is another approach to consider.
Study of Adsorption Characteristics a Low-Cost Sawdust for the Removal of Direct Blue 85 Dye from Aqueous Solutions
Authors: Abdullah Rahmah Hashim , Oda Amjed Mirza , Omran Alaa Rasheed , Mottaleb Ameer Salem , Mubarakah Teeba Mudhefer
Published: November 2018

The performance sawdust as a low cost adsorbent to remove Direct Blue 85 (DB85) dye from aqueous solutions has been evaluated. The characteristic of sawdust analyzed by FTIR and XRD. The removal percentage of this dye was studied at different experimental conditions such as contact time, adsorbent dosage, particle size, temperature, and pH. The optimum removal percentage value was found at pH 2.Temperature also has a positive impact on adsorption, where the adsorption of this dye on the sawdust increased as the temperature increased. High values of correlation coefficient signified that the adsorption of (DB85) dye on the surface of sawdust obey Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms.
Adsorption of Methylene Blue on the Composite Sorbent Based on Bentonite-Like Clay and Hydroxyapatite
Authors: Vezentsev Alexandr Ivanovich , Thuy Dang Minh , Goldovskaya-Peristaya Lidia Fedotovna , Glukhareva Nadezhda Alexandrovna
Published: November 2018

The adsorption of methylene blue from model aqueous solutions on bentonite-like clay, hydroxyapatite, and a composite sorbent has been investigated. The kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of adsorption in the temperature range 298–333 К have been calculated. The process is found to obey Langmuir isotherm equation. It is spontaneous but slightly endothermic. The maximal sorption capacity of the composite sorbent toward methylene blue is 175.4 mg/g at 25 °С that is 1.3 times more than that for bentonite-like clay and 17.8 times more than that for hydroxyapatite. Kinetics of the process is due to the combination of external and internal diffusion and can be described better by the model of pseudo-second order reaction.
Calidad y evaluación: matrimonio del cielo y el infierno
Authors: Vera Héctor , González-Ledesma Miguel Alejandro
Published: November 2018

El presente artículo desarrolla dos tesis: 1) a más de 30 años de políticas sobre evaluación educativa, se ha conformado un ecosistema de la evaluación donde los elementos que lo componen se afectan mutuamente, pero sin una lógica coherente; 2) no se ha mostrado que exista relación causal entre la reingeniería del gasto público y la “calidad educativa”; pero los instrumentos de política pública actúan sobre la capacidad de agencia de los actores educativos y crean lógicas diferenciadas de gestión de la evaluación. El artículo está dividido en cuatro partes: 1) antecedentes sobre la relación entre evaluación y “calidad”; 2) imbricación de las ideas de evaluación, calidad y cuantificación; 3) instrumentos de política pública y lógicas de gestión pública relacionados con la evaluación; 4) críticas y propuestas para pensar de manera más adecuada el problema de la evaluación y los cambios que serían aconsejables en las prácticas y programas de evaluación.
Acute Hepatitis Associated with “Thermogenic Fat Burner” Weight Loss Supplementation: A Case Report
Authors: Popovic Marko , Billick Maxime , Robinson Matthew R.
Published: November 2018

Thermogenic fat burner treatments are used to increase an individual’s basal metabolic rate, thus mimicking exercise and inducing weight loss. In rare circumstances, these supplements are associated with hepatotoxicity. We describe the case of a 21-year-old male who presented with painless jaundice and a weight loss of 25% of body weight following 8 weeks of thermogenic fat burner supplementation. Laboratory investigations revealed a severe transaminase and bilirubin elevation (AST/ALT>2000 IU/L, total bilirubin=148 μmol/L). An otherwise extensive workup, including a liver biopsy, did not identify a precise cause. Two weeks after discharge, his condition stabilized with a significant improvement in his laboratory abnormalities. In this report, we discuss the likely ingredients that contributed to the patient’s condition, including Garcinia cambogia and green tea leaf extract, and review similar cases documented in the literature.
Comunicado especial
Authors: Ciberlegenda Revista
Published: November 2018

Os seguintes documentos não estão disponíveis:  “Globalitarismo e dependência tecnológica – Considerações sobre a transnacionalidade de uma crise”, artigo de Delfim Soares; “Internet:  táticas e estratégias no mercado global /virtual /total”, artigo de María Paula Sibilia;  “O Planeta Mídia: tendências da comunicação na era global”, resenha de Ladislau Dowbor & Sergio de Souza Brasil;  “City of Bits - Space, place and the Infobahn” resenha de Paula Sibília
O capital da mídia na lógica da globalização
Authors: De Moraes Dênis
Published: November 2018

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Protracted HBsAg-aemia in a Patient with Acute Hepatitis B
Authors: Dudina K. R. , Znoyko O. O.
Published: November 2018

Aim.This clinical observation was aimed at analysing the course of the disease in a patient with a protracted persistence of HBsAg and HBV DNA in the blood in the outcome of acute hepatitis B and the possible formation of a latent HBV infection in the phase of clinical recovery.

General findings. We carried out a 31-month observation study of a patient suffering from acute hepatitis B. Subsequently, we performed a dynamic assessment of the viral kinetics and qualitative and quantitative assessment of HBsAg in the blood using highly sensitive analytical methods. These methods allowed a protracted persistence of HBV DNA in the blood and a late seroconversion of HBsAg/anti-HBs to be revealed.

Conclusion.The described clinical case demonstrates the possibility of an atypically protracted persistence of  HBsAg in the outcome of acute hepatitis B, which is followed by a clinical and laboratory picture of recovery and the formation of latent chronic HBV infection, as an example of the 5th phase of chronic HBV infection (HBsAg-negative), according to a new classification, reflected in the clinical guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis B (EASL 2017).
Differential Diagnosis of Jejunum and Ileum Tumours Based on Video Capsule Endoscopy Data Using Mathematical Analysis
Authors: Fedorov E. D. , Ivanova E. V. , Rauzina S. E. , Seleznev D. E. , Budykina A. V.
Published: November 2018

Aim. The aim of this study was to develop an algorithm for identifying various types of jejunum and ileum tumour lesions based on video capsule endoscopy (VCE), which can be used by physicians in the process of decision making.

Materials and methods. In the study, we analysed data on the examination and treatment of 65 patients (35 men and 30 women aged 18–80 years (mean age 46 ± 28 years)), who underwent VCE in the City Clinical Hospital No. 31 and in the Clinica K+31 during the period October 2008 — April 2017. The indications for VCE were a search for a reason of gastrointestinal bleeding, the anaemia of unknown etiology and suspected tumour of the small intestine. According to the VCE results, 181 cases of various changes in the jejunum and ileum were revealed. Each tumour object had been histologically verified before our study. Capsule endoscopy was performed using equipment produced by Olympus (Japan), MicroCam Intromedic (Korea), PillCam Given Imaging (Israel), OMOM Chongqing Jinshan Science & Technology (China).

Results. Following expert interviews, 30 signs and their gradations were identified for assessing the type of lesion in the jejunum and ileum using video capsule endoscopy images. Among them, 8 were found to be statistically significant (affecting the division of objects into groups): patient gender, gut wall/lumen deformation, path of intestinal folds, polypoid changes, vascular pattern, mucosal regularity, mucosal lobulation and colour. Using a Bayesian heterogeneous diagnostic procedure and the calculation of diagnostic factors, a three-level algorithm has been developed for the differential diagnosis of jejunum and ileum lesions.

Conclusions. The application of the proposed algorithm in clinical practice will not only allow the presence or absence of the jejunum or ileum tumour lesion to be verified, but also the type of this lesion to be determined with an accuracy of more than 86%. The developed diagnostic algorithm can support decision making by the clinician within the task of differentiating jejunum or ileum tumour lesions into three main types: benign epithelial tumours, benign non-epithelial tumours and malignant tumours. Differential diagnosis of the type of jejunum or ileum tumour lesion using the proposed diagnostic algorithm facilitates not only the development of a treatment tactic for managing such patients (dynamic observation, conservative therapy, operative treatment), but also the determination of terms (emergency, urgent, planned) and methods (endometrial luminal, laparoscopic, laparotomic) of surgical treatment.
O financiamento e a gestão da EB: a relação entre o público e o privado
Authors: Santos Marina Silveira Bonacazata , Moreira Jani Alves da Silva
Published: November 2018

O objetivo do texto é discutir sobre a relação entre o público e o privado no contexto das atuais políticas para a educação básica pública (EB) e suas implicações para o financiamento da educação. Destaca-se a influência das Organizações Sociais (OS) por meio da compreensão do contexto histórico e seus determinantes que forjam o tema abordado. O tema é atual, pois mecanismos de privatização, de terceirização e de parcerias entre os setores educacionais público e privado têm se intensificado, sendo relevante para o debate a sua problematização.
PEMODELAN ALIRAN DEBRIS FLOW UNTUK ANALISIS POTENSI LONGSORAN STUDI KASUS: PEGUNUNGAN FISHHWAK, CALIFORNIA
Authors: Rustan Rustan , Purqon Acep
Published: November 2018

Aliran debris (debris flow) merupakan aliran yang terdiri dari campuran material halus berukuran kecil (clay, lumpur, pasir) sampai material berukuran kasar (kerikil, bongkahan bebatuan) dengan sejumlah volume air. Material debris flow mengalir dengan volume besar dan kecepatan tinggi menghasilkan momentum yang bisa menyebabkan kerusakan infrastruktur, lingkungan, bahkan korban jiwa. Interaksi fisis antara campuran air dan material debris melibatkan interaksi yang sangat kompleks membuat mekanisme transpor aliran debris sulit untuk dikaji menggunakan pendekatan numerik. Prediksi distribusi aliran debris dapat dilakukan menggunakan pendekatan statistik empirik. Pendekatan ini dengan menghubungkan parameter volume debris flow dengan luas genangan yang akan dihasilkan. Analisis menggunakan pendekatan statistik empirik didukung oleh data spasial dapat dijalankan menggunakan perangkat lunak DFLOWZ.  Parameter input dalam DFLOWZ yaitu data digital ketinggian (DEM), data polyline, dan volume debris flow.  DFLOWZ berhasil diterapkan pada debris flow di pegunungan Alpen, Italia. Pada penelitian ini, DFLOWZ diaplikasikan di salah satu daerah yang pernah terjadi debris flow di wilayah California, Amerika Serikat. Didapatkan luas genangan debris flow sebesar 285.447 m2. Kata kunci: debris flow, pemodelan, DFLOWZ
PENGARUH FAKTOR EKSPOSI TERHADAP KUALITAS CITRA RADIOGRAFI
Authors: Sparzinanda Eif , Nehru Nehru , Nurhidayah Nurhidayah
Published: November 2018

The research  on the influence of exposure factor on radiographic image quality has been conducted. This research uses phantom, water in plastic container as human substitute with focus film distance (FFD) 100 cm and broad field of irradiation 15 cm × 15 cm. The exposure conditions are given by exposure factors including variations in tube voltages of 60 kV, 65 kV, 70 kV, 75 kV, 80 kV called standard techniques or routine voltage techniques and the time flow is as big as 20 mAs, 25 mAs and 30 mAs. The results showed that the image quality will decrease with the use of current and time high. Image quality can be seen on gray-level histogram using java Image-J Basics version 1.38 software to get optimum value from exposure factor on image quality.
“Diabetes Just Tends to Take Over Everything”: Experiences of Support and Barriers to Diabetes Management for Pregnancy in Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Singh Harsimran , Ingersoll Karen , Gonder-Frederick Linda , Ritterband Lee
Published: November 2018

To optimize clinical outcomes, women with type 1 diabetes are advised to consistently achieve blood glucose levels in their target range before becoming pregnant. However, following this recommendation can be clinically and psychologically challenging for patients. We explored women’s experiences of pregnancy-related diabetes management and any barriers and support systems affecting their self-management. Fifteen semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with a nationwide sample. Interviews focused on women’s perceptions of barriers hindering pregnancy-related diabetes management and support systems facilitating their self-management. Audio recordings were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results indicated significant impairment of psychological health and overall quality of life in women with type 1 diabetes who were pregnant or planning pregnancy. Most participants reported a lack of support and empathetic engagement from their health care team, which affected their clinical management. Guilt and concerns about high blood glucose levels, constant pressure to meet glucose targets, and difficult interactions with health care professionals were a few of the primary themes with regard to barriers to optimal management. Patient-centered programs that provide effective clinical and psychosocial support for women who are preparing for pregnancy with preexisting diabetes are urgently needed so that these women feel adequately supported and empowered to undertake pregnancy.
Researcher Credentialing for Administrative Data: Easing the Burden, Increasing the Efficiency
Authors: Tyler Allison R.B. , Bleckman Johanna Davidson , Levenstein Margaret C.
Published: November 2018

While not collected primarily for research purposes, administrative data gathered as part of normal agency or program operations present unique and vital opportunities for researchers.  However, as with other types of restricted access data, these data are often not made available or require special authorization to access.  The risks of re-identification, social stigma, and privacy violations for individuals represented in the data, especially for special populations, require that data be securely held and access authorization be moderated.  Obtaining this authorization, especially for multiple datasets from one institution or spread across multiple data providers, imposes a significant administrative burden on researchers and data repository staff who must repeatedly and redundantly provide and validate user identities. 

This presentation will offer the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research’s solution to ease the burden on both researchers and data repository staff -- the Researcher Passport.  The researcher passport will incorporate standardized, community-normed identity verification criteria, data security level interpretations, and restricted data access training requirements.  The researcher passport, using these standards, will be issued by a central authority who carries out the identity verification process and issues a tiered-access passport to users who are authorized for a streamlined data access request process for certain levels of secure data.  Visas issued by data custodians control “entry” by passport holders to particular data sets.   We describe these standards, how they fit into the repository workflow, and how they make the data access process for efficient and effective for administrative data users and providers.
A Systems Approach to International Education: How Administrative Data is Being used to Track the Progress of USAID's Education Strategy
Authors: Asrar Sadaf
Published: November 2018

While rigorous evaluation of donor funded education interventions are quite common in developing countries, the data collected and analyzed to assess the interventions are not always published. Even when published, the data often lack codebooks and technical documentation, guidance on how to correctly use the data, and most frustratingly only contain meta-information pertaining to the design of the intervention and evaluation in free text in PDF reports. Such practices reduce the overall quality of the data and meta-data making it very difficult to be used for secondary analysis to answer policy relevant questions. To address such challenges, this paper describes the integrated data system developed to securely receive, review, harmonize, ingest, curate, and publish standardized public use Early Grade Reading Assessment data and meta-data to track the progress of the 2011-2015 USAID Education Strategy. The paper discusses the underlying methodological framework for systematically reviewing the data for quality and completeness as well as the approach to profile the design of the intervention and evaluation to assess its rigor using the system. Lastly, the paper illustrates how the meta-data created through the systematic review process combined with the data collected and processed through the system can be used for developing dynamic data products that reduce the technical barriers for such data to be used by a wide range of stakeholders to inform critical policy decisions.
The Washington State Merged Longitudinal Administrative Database
Authors: Romich Jennifer , Long Mark , Allard Scott , Althauser Anne
Published: November 2018

This paper describes a uniquely comprehensive database constructed from merged state administrative data.  State Unemployment Insurance (UI) systems provide an important source of data for understanding employment effects of policy interventions but have also lack several key types of information: personal demographics, non-earnings income, and household associations.  With UI data, researchers can show overall earnings or employment trends or policy impacts, but cannot distinguish whether these trends or impacts differ by race or gender, how they affect families and children, or whether total income or other measure of well-being change. This paper describes a uniquely comprehensive new administrative dataset, the Washington Merged Longitudinal Administrative Database (WMLAD), created by University of Washington researchers to examine distributional and household economic effects of the Seattle $15 minimum wage ordinance, an intervention that more than doubled the federal minimum wage. 

WMLAD augments UI data with state administrative voter, licensing, social service, income transfer, and vital statistics records. The union set of all individuals who appear in any of these agency datasets will provide a near-census of state residents and will augment UI records with information on age, sex, race/ethnicity, public assistance receipt, and household membership. In this paper, we describe 1.) our relationship with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services that permits this data access and allows construction of this dataset using restricted personal identifiers; 2.) the merging and construction process, including imputing race and ethnicity and constructing quasi-households from address co-location; and 3.) planned benchmarking and analysis work.
International Data Access Network (IDAN)
Authors: Silberman Roxane , Mueller Dana , Lichtwardt Beate
Published: November 2018

With legal frameworks changing, administrative data can increasingly be utilised both for official statistics and to facilitate new research, enabling the development of evidence-based policy for the public benefit. Secure access conditions generally apply to using these rich, highly detailed data. However, using data from various sources is difficult when they are fragmented in “silos” between several Research Data Centres (RDCs) as can happen at a national level, and is very likely to be the case at an international level. This is a major obstacle for international comparative research. Based on user consultations, on discussions with international organisations such as OECD and Eurostat and based on lessons learned from projects as, “Data without Boundaries” and the “Nordic Microdata Access Network”, IDAN aims to create a concrete operational international framework enabling access to controlled data for research. IDAN, founded in 2018, involves six RDCs from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Initially, the partners’ access systems are being implemented in each partners' premise based on bilateral agreements. This process involves combining requirements of security and surveillance for Safe Rooms, thus paving the way for next steps toward an integrated RDCs network. This presentation will describe how IDAN is setting up a new concrete environment for researchers to work remotely with data from the other partners within their local RDC. The paper will present first project developments, lessons and impact for research that are also of interest for national contexts where administrative data are held in multiple data centres.
Returns to Late Aged College Degrees
Authors: Wallace Sally , Mroz Thomas , Hathaway Alex
Published: November 2018

The benefits of a college education are well documented. However, the majority of existing research focuses on students who matriculate soon after high school graduation. There is little empirical evidence illustrating whether a college degree is similarly beneficial to those already in the workforce, particularly individuals over 50. Nonetheless, the coming years will see the dramatic growth of older individuals, many of whom will continue to be active in the labor force, and policymakers would benefit from effective strategies to improve the labor market outcomes of older individuals.

This research proposes to evaluate the labor market outcomes of individuals in Georgia who obtain a bachelor’s degree at age 50 or older by merging state-level individual level labor force (Dpt of Labor) with individual level educational data from the University System of Georgia (USG). Specifically, we explore whether these later-age degrees result in employment opportunities with higher wages and increased retention in the labor force beyond the traditional retirement age of 65 than those who do not attain a bachelor’s degree.  The results will provide policymakers across the United States with information to make informed decisions regarding higher education incentives and policies for older students.
Fusing Administrative Data to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Authors: Conway Kevin P , Gourdet Camille
Published: November 2018

Opioid-related overdose deaths remain the leading cause of unintentional injury fatalities in the United States.  State lawmakers have responded to this crisis by establishing a regulatory environment that extends various legal protections to persons who may help save the life of someone experiencing an opioid-related overdose.  Most states now protect specific parties (e.g., doctors, pharmacists, first responders, laypersons) from civil or criminal liability who prescribe, dispense, possess or administer an opioid antagonist in accordance with the provisions of the state’s law.  In addition to standing orders that facilitate access to opioid antagonists, many states offer legal protection to “Good Samaritans” seeking medical and emergency assistance for a person experiencing an overdose.  Some states additionally mandate that addiction-treatment services be offered in conjunction with the dispensing of an opioid antagonist, whereas others designate revenue to purchase opiate antagonists or to fund treatment programs.

Little is known about the potential impact of such regulatory actions on the opioid crisis.  RTI’s Data Fusion Center seeks to meet this need by combining administrative data across sources and systems to inform research and policy.  The current paper describes the Data Fusion Center and presents preliminary results from a study that predicts opioid-related overdose deaths based on the existence and strength of opioid-related state laws among 50 states from 2006 to 2016.  Policy data were webscraped from state agencies, systematically coded, and associated with target outcomes sourced from CDC.  Study findings may help inform lawmakers and stakeholders in prioritizing data-driven policy responses to the opioid crisis.
Aboriginal life pathways through multiple human service domains; administrative data linkage for policy
Authors: Mitrou Francis , Zubrick Stephen , Pearson Glenn , Ferrante Anna , O’Donnell Melissa , Johnson Sarah , Milroy Helen , Brown Ngiare , Carapetis Jonathan
Published: November 2018

Aboriginal children and families face the highest levels of disadvantage of any population group in Australia across health, education, child protection, justice and other human service domains, but longitudinal data to inform policy is scant. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) is a population representative cross-sectional child development study of over 5,000 randomly selected children aged 0-17 years, plus their families and schools, conducted between 2000 and 2002. This project seeks to leverage the WAACHS by linking the survey data for all participants with State administrative human services data registers from the previous 30+ years, to develop a major program of work in Aboriginal Human Development that would be unique in the world. This presentation describes the project history, novel survey linkage methodology, and project aims in the policy domain.
Quality Assurance in Psychiatric Occupational Therapy by Treatment Manuals: Patients’ Perceptions of Resistance- and Regeneration-specific Occupational Therapy
Authors: Hufenreuter Jenny , Otto Josephine , Linden Michael
Published: November 2018

Objectives

Training, treatment and quality assurance in occupational therapy need guidelines and manuals. Two manuals and corresponding manual adherence checklists were developed for resistance- and regeneration-oriented treatment strategies, which are standard in occupational therapy. The hypothesis is that occupational therapists can apply different treatments and that this can be measured.

Methods

In a psychiatric-psychosomatic rehabilitation hospital, 108 patients were randomly assigned to the regeneration group and 113 to the resistance group. Patients were asked to indicate on a manual adherence checklist which interventions they had experienced during treatment. Additionally, a convenience sample of 124 patients who had not participated in the special groups but only in routine occupational therapy was interviewed at the end of the hospital stay.

Results

Resistance-oriented interventions were significantly more often reported in the resistance group and regeneration-oriented intervention was reported in the regeneration group.

Conclusions

The study demonstrates that the occupational therapy can be standardised according to treatment manuals and that protocol adherence can be ascertained, similar to that in other psychotherapies. This is important for training, practice, research and quality control, as manual guided and monitored treatment allows transparency in regard to what should and what has been done in therapy.
Dynamic Fault Classification and Location in Distribution Networks
Authors: Bouricha Abdelhakim , Bouthiba Tahar , Seghir Samira , Boukhari Rebiha
Published: November 2018

This paper presents a method for detecting, classifying and localizing faults in MV distribution networks. This method is based on only two samples of current or voltage signals. The fault detection, faultclassification and fault localization are based on the maximum value of current and voltage as a function of time. A study is presented in this work to evaluate the proposed method.A comparative study between current and voltage method detection has been done to determine which is the fastest. In addition, the classication and localization of faults were made by the same method using two samples signal. Simulation with results have been obtained by using MATLAB / Simulink software. Results are reported and conclusions are drown.  This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An R Code for Implementing Non-hierarchical Algorithm for Clustering of Probability Density Functions
Authors: Tran Diem Ngoc , Vinant Tom , Colombani Théo Marc , Ho-Kieu Diem
Published: November 2018

This paper aims to present a code for implementation of non-hierarchical algorithm to cluster probability density functions in one dimension for the first time in R environment. The structure of code consists of 2 primary steps: executing the main clustering algorithm and evaluating the clustering quality. The code is validated on one simulated data set and two applications. The numerical results obtained are highly compatible with that on MATLAB software regarding computational time. Notably, the code mainly serves for educational purpose and desires to extend the availability of algorithm in several environments so as having multiple choices for whom interested in clustering.  This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Impacts of Red-Emitting SrwFxByOz:Eu2+,Sm2+ Phosphor on Color Quality of Dual-Layer Phosphor Geometry
Authors: Nguyen Doan Quoc Anh
Published: November 2018

When the features of remote phosphor structure are compared with these of conformal phosphor or in-cup phosphor, it is recognized that it is more outstanding than the rest about luminous flux but the quality of color tends to be worse. Through that we have grasped these disadvantages and find out many studies in order to improve the color of the remote phosphor structure. In this study, we propose a dual-layer remote phosphor structure that could improve the color rendering index (CRI) and color quality scale (CQS) for WLEDs. In this study, three similar WLEDs structures but having different color temperatures including 5600 K, 6600 K and 7700K are applied. The principal idea is putting a red phosphoric layer SrwFxByOz:Eu2+,Sm2+ on the yellow phosphorus layer YAG:Ce3+. The results show that SrwFxByOz:Eu2+,Sm2+  brings great benefits to increasing CRI and CQS. Specifically, the greater the concentration of SrwFxByOz:Eu2+,Sm2+ has, the higher CRI and CQS get. However, the declining trend of luminous flux occurs when the SrwFxByOz:Eu2+,Sm2+ concentration exceeds the level. This can be demonstrated through the results of the study and be explained by the Mie dispersion theory and the Lambert-Beer law. The results of this article are important in making WLEDs of higher color quality.  This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Evaluation of the Physical Stability of Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (NLC) Meloxicam Before and After Strorage 40 Days
Authors: Annisa Rahmi , Melani Dewi , Hendradi Esti
Published: November 2018

Objective: The aims this study was to determine the effect of lipid ratio Monostearin and Miglyol 808 roomates gives the physical stability after storage 40 days. Methods: The NLC making was done by using emulsification method in the formation of NLC meloxicam, 3 different lipid ratios were used, including ratios of 6: 4, 7: 3, 8: 2. Results: NLC meloxicam physical stability of the pH, viscosity, particle size, particle morphology and entrapment efficiency. NLC meloxicam belongs to semisolid preparations with pH value range of 5.72-5.87. Increasing viscosity of NLC system is caused by the increase of solid lipid. The measurement results of particle size of three different lipid formulas indicated that the lipid particle size was less than 1000 nm. Entrapment efficiency test of all NLC-lipid compositions revealed quite high result (> 80%). Conclusion: The system uses lipid monostearin NLC meloxicam and Miglyol 808 at a ratio of 8: 2 is the most optimal combination shows physical stability after storage 40 days.
BAR-Based Multi-Dimensional Nonequilibrium Pulling for Indirect Construction of QM/MM Free Energy Landscape
Authors: Wang Xiaohui , He Qiaole , Sun Zhaoxi
Published: November 2018

Construction of free energy landscapes at Quantum mechanics (QM) level is computationally demanding. By constructing a thermodynamic cycle connecting QM states via an alchemical pathway, we can obtain converged statistics with much less computational resources. The indirect scheme of QM/ molecular mechanics (MM) free energy simulation is often orders of magnitude faster than direct QM/MM simulations. Previous reports on indirect QM/MM simulations are mostly equilibrium sampling based and nonequilibrium methods are only exploited in one-dimensional alchemical QM/MM end-state correction at two end states. In the current work, we report a multi-dimensional nonequilibrium pulling scheme for indirect QM/MM free energy simulations, where the whole free energy simulation is performed only with nonequilibrium methods. The collective variable (CV) space we explore is the combination of one alchemical CV and one physically meaningful CV. The current nonequilibrium indirect QM/MM simulation method can be seen as the generalization of equilibrium perturbation based indirect QM/MM methods. The test systems include one backbone dihedral case and one distance case. The two cases are significantly different in size, enabling us to investigate the dependence of the speedup of the indirect scheme on the size of the system. It is shown that the speedup becomes larger when the size of the system becomes larger, which is consistent with the scaling behavior of QM Hamiltonian.
Binding mode of malonic acid on IrO2 surface
Authors: Zhang L. , Wang Q.
Published: November 2018

Malonic acid, possessing two carboxylic acid anchoring groups, has been employed as the anchoring group to attach molecular dyes onto IrO2 nanoparticles to oxidize water in a dye-sensitized water splitting system. Yet, the detailed binding modes and the nanoscopic structures of malonic acid on IrO2 substrate have not been thoroughly investigated due to the sophisticated structure. Previous researches assume that the malonic acid interacts with the IrO2 nanoparticles via the two carbonyl groups. In this study, we performed first principles calculations on the interfacial structures of malonic acid/IrO2, and found that such assumption is incorrect. Instead, we propose that multiple stable adsorption modes are available at the molecule/IrO2 interface. The associated electronic properties corresponding to different binding modes are discussed.