bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Detecting changes in Arctic methane emissions: limitations of the inter-polar difference of atmospheric mole fractions
Authors: Dimdore-Miles Oscar B. , Palmer Paul I. , Bruhwiler Lori P.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. We consider the utility of the annual inter-polar difference (IPD) as a
metric for changes in Arctic emissions of methane (CH4). The IPD has
been previously defined as the difference between weighted annual means of
CH4 mole fraction data collected at stations from the two polar
regions (defined as latitudes poleward of 53∘ N and 53∘ S,
respectively). This subtraction approach (IPD) implicitly assumes that
extra-polar CH4 emissions arrive within the same calendar year at
both poles. We show using a continuous version of the IPD that the metric
includes not only changes in Arctic emissions but also terms that represent
atmospheric transport of air masses from lower latitudes to the polar
regions. We show the importance of these atmospheric transport terms in
understanding the IPD using idealized numerical experiments with the TM5
global 3-D atmospheric chemistry transport model that is run from 1980 to
2010. A northern mid-latitude pulse in January 1990, which increases prior
emission distributions, arrives at the Arctic with a higher mole fraction and
≃12 months earlier than at the Antarctic. The perturbation at the
poles subsequently decays with an e-folding lifetime of ≃4 years.
A similarly timed pulse emitted from the tropics arrives with a higher value
at the Antarctic ≃11 months earlier than at the Arctic. This
perturbation decays with an e-folding lifetime of ≃7 years. These
simulations demonstrate that the assumption of symmetric transport of
extra-polar emissions to the poles is not realistic, resulting in
considerable IPD variations due to variations in emissions and atmospheric
transport. We assess how well the annual IPD can detect a constant annual
growth rate of Arctic emissions for three scenarios, 0.5 %, 1 %, and
2 %, superimposed on signals from lower latitudes, including random
noise. We find that it can take up to 16 years to detect the smallest
prescribed trend in Arctic emissions at the 95 % confidence level.
Scenarios with higher, but likely unrealistic, growth in Arctic emissions are
detected in less than a decade. We argue that a more reliable
measurement-driven approach would require data collected from all latitudes,
emphasizing the importance of maintaining a global monitoring network to
observe decadal changes in atmospheric greenhouse gases.
The probability distribution of daily precipitation at the point and catchment scales in the United States
Authors: Ye Lei , Hanson Lars S. , Ding Pengqi , Wang Dingbao , Vogel Richard M.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Choosing a probability distribution to represent daily precipitation depths
is important for precipitation frequency analysis, stochastic precipitation
modeling and in climate trend assessments. Early studies identified the
two-parameter gamma (G2) distribution as a suitable distribution for wet-day
precipitation based on the traditional goodness-of-fit tests. Here,
probability plot correlation coefficients and L-moment diagrams are used to
examine distributional alternatives for the wet-day series of daily
precipitation for hundreds of stations at the point and catchment scales in
the United States. Importantly, both Pearson Type-III (P3) and kappa (KAP)
distributions perform very well, particularly for point rainfall. Our analysis
indicates that the KAP distribution best describes the distribution of
wet-day precipitation at the point scale, whereas the performance of G2 and
P3 distributions are comparable for wet-day precipitation at the catchment
scale, with P3 generally providing the improved goodness of fit over G2.
Since the G2 distribution is currently the most widely used probability
density function, our findings could be considerably important, especially
within the context of climate change investigations.
Romper el cerco. Massimo Bontempelli en América del Sur
Authors: De Aldama Ordóñez Celia
Published: December 2018

Cuando el Duilio atraca en el puerto de Buenos Aires el 2 de septiembre de 1933, en la cubierta se distinguen las siluetas de dos pasajeros que conversan. Se trata de Massimo Bontempelli, que avista por primera vez el continente americano, y Luigi Pirandello que regresa a la Argentina seis años después de su primer desembarco. A lo largo de las siguientes páginas, se reconstruirán los pasos del escritor novecentista por la capital porteña durante una tournée que resultará especialmente turbulenta. Bontempelli, además de dictar conferencias y visitar distintas instituciones italianas, asume el papel de emisario del régimen fascista y concibe su desembarco como una ocasión idónea para celebrar ante los expatriados afincados en Argentina la grandeza de su nación de origen. Para calibrar el impacto político del paso del intelectual italiano por la nación argentina así como la impronta que deja el viaje en el viajero, el artículo detallará la batalla entre los diarios de ultramar de signo ideológico contrario y propondrá un acercamiento al ensayo Noi, gli Aria. Interpretazioni Sudamericane, escrito por Bontempelli durante su travesía trasatlántica de retorno.
Il teatro ilarotragico di Manganelli (tra Beckett e Bacon)
Authors: Milani Filippo
Published: December 2018

La ricezione italiana dell’opera di Samuel Beckett, seppur tardiva, trova in Giorgio Manganelli uno degli interpreti più attenti e puntuali. Un aspetto che merita di essere approfondito riguarda il carattere ilarotragico del teatro beckettiano secondo l’interpretazione di Manganelli, ovvero l’operazione di svuotamento del mito tragico in funzione parodica. Le “tragedie da leggere” di Manganelli condividono con le opere teatrali di Beckett e con le tele di Bacon il medesimo intento dissacratorio nei confronti del mito tragico, a cui si oppone una “ilarità” sarcastica e malinconica.
La imagen violenta. Fotografía perversa y violencia objetiva en "Canino" ("Kynódontas", Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009)
Authors: García Sahagún Marta
Published: December 2018

En el presente texto se aborda el tratamiento de la violencia en la película griega Canino (Kynódontas, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009). En concreto, trata la presencia de la violencia objetiva – aquella que Žižek considera invisible a nuestra mirada e inherente a un estado “normal” y pacífico de las cosas– en la imagen cinematográfica. A través del contraste de elementos opuestos en la forma –composición, iluminación, color– y en el contenido –contexto de la escena– descubrimos un lenguaje visual cinematográfico basado en la contención; en una violencia que se ejerce pero que no es posible ver a primera vista. Esta caracteriza una sociedad que, como señala Han, elimina la negatividad para suplirla por positividad y que finalmente nos devuelve, paradójicamente, una imagen perversa.
Presentación: Una oportunidad para el sueño
Authors: Valls Boix Juan Evaristo
Published: December 2018

Presentación: Una oportunidad para el sueño
La incompetencia de Derrida. Pistas de la "trace" derridiana a la "aisthesis" ranciereana
Authors: Bassas Vila Xavier
Published: December 2018

El presente texto está quizá más presente que otros textos por la praxis de escritura que adopta, pero no es quizá un texto. Son pistas, ora rigurosas, ora provocativas o insolentes, sobre una incomodidad que he sentido cuando he leído, traducido, analizado, pensado la relación entre Derrida y el arte, el pensamiento de la trace y las artes. Estas pistas tienen un horizonte lejano, todavía por venir, y se articulan a partir de tres hipótesis: “Derrida es un incompetente”, “En Derrida, no hay relación entre arte y política”, “En arte, al pensamiento de Derrida le concierne el pensamiento de Rancière”.
Where Bluebirds fly
Authors: Chaves María
Published: December 2018

Where Bluebirds fly
La risa proteica, el humor y los pesimistas
Authors: Marín Joan M.
Published: December 2018

Los cauces del humor y de lo cómico desembocan en la risa. Profundizar en su naturaleza proteica supone un desafío que la reflexión estética sólo ha podido realizar desde una pluralidad de perspectivas. En el presente artículo, a partir de las principales enseñanzas de las teorías que han profundizado en la risa, el humor y lo cómico, construimos un retrato de su realidad poliédrica y multifuncional. La risa puede acercarnos y alejarnos de los demás, estimular o relajar nuestro sentido crítico, ser subversiva o contribuir al conformismo; y, cómo no, su virtualidad consoladora la convierte en un alivio ante el desencanto existencial.
Los primeros pasos del reportaje inmersivo a través de vídeos en 360º
Authors: Benítez de Gracia María José , Herrera Damas Susana
Published: December 2018

El objetivo de este texto es trazar un recorrido histórico por los principales pasos del reportaje inmersivo a partir de una exhaustiva revisión bibliográfica de la literatura académica y profesional sobre el tema. La hemos completado con el visionado de vídeos internacionales de referencia y con entrevistas en profundidad con algunos de los expertos españoles en el campo. Confrontamos los hallazgos con la realización de un MOOC sobre el tema, impartido en la Universidad de Texas en Austin entre marzo y abril de 2017. Los resultados confirman la creciente producción de este tipo de reportajes, sus numerosas aplicaciones para el periodismo y el relevante papel que han desempeñado en esta apuesta algunos de los grandes medios en colaboración con otros más pequeños y productoras independientes.
Teaching French in Distance Mode in New Zealand: Methods, Usefulness and Limitations of Digital Technology
Authors: Grenaudier-Klijn France Marie-Laure , Perthuis Dorine
Published: December 2018

Several technological tools are used in the teaching of French in distance mode at Massey University, New Zealand. They play a part in the dissemination of the teaching material, the evaluation of oral and written activities, interactions between students and teaching staff, and in the individual monitoring of students. More schematically, these tools allow for a reconciliation of learners’ autonomy and teachers’ supervision. The empirical study that follows seeks to analyse two types of “encounters” between learners and teachers: weekly online tutorials using AdobeConnect, whose emphasis is on synchronic oral communication; individual weekly written activities submitted by students on Moodle/ Stream which are informally marked in turn a-synchronically. In so doing, we will examine the manner in which these digital tools are used by the various participants, but also the difficulties and limitations inherent in the use of digital technology in the teaching and learning of French as a second language.
Exceso y "fêlure" en "La Curée" de Zola: un estudio sobre representaciones de la voluntad
Authors: Menéndez de la Cuesta González Adrián
Published: December 2018

El concepto de voluntad, bajo distintos términos, adquiere un papel central en el pensamiento moderno. En este artículo, me propongo analizar su descomposición utilizando para ello una lectura de La Curée de Émile Zola a la luz de la filosofía de François de Smet. En primer lugar, repasaré las reflexiones centrales del volumen de De Smet Lost Ego. La tragédie du “Je suis”, para describir a continuación las tres ficciones que vehiculan la voluntad en la novela zoliana: determinismo naturalista, destino mítico y autodeterminación épica. La convivencia de estas tres modalidades en el relato conlleva una ruptura por saturación que me lleva a una relectura de la noción de fêlure. A modo de conclusión, relacionaré esta voluntad descompuesta de La Curée con el panorama ético contemporáneo.
La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras a través de las nuevas tecnologías: reflexiones y propuestas
Authors: Fernández Martín Patricia
Published: December 2018

El objetivo del presente trabajo es ofrecer una serie de actividades útiles para emplear las nuevas tecnologías en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras. Para ello, tras una sección destinada a explicar qué entendemos por el concepto de “nuevas tecnologías”, se proponen diversas tareas que toman las TIC como herramientas esenciales para mejorar el desarrollo (meta)cognitivo de los estudiantes. Por un lado, se muestran tareas con objetivo lingüístico explícito (competencia fonológica, competencia gramatical, competencia léxica, competencia discursivo-pragmática). Por otro lado, se incluyen actividades sin objetivo lingüístico concreto, bien porque trabajan destrezas integradas, bien porque buscan, simplemente, la incorporación al aula de cuestiones afectivas (autoestima, motivación o emociones) o el desarrollo de algunos procesos cognitivos superiores (memoria, reflexión o razonamiento). La principal conclusión apunta a las extraordinarias posibilidades de explotación docente que ofrecen las nuevas tecnologías, especialmente si el profesor es capaz de interrelacionarlas con maestría con otras técnicas de enseñanza.
Localized Surveillance: A Fresh Perspective for Regional Syndromic Surveillance
Authors: Agarwal Mansi , Idaikkadar Nimi , Lojo José , Soto Kristen , Mathes Robert
Published: December 2018

This roundtable will discuss successful syndromic surveillance data sharing efforts that have been used on a local scale for faster, more efficient, and long-term collaboration between neighboring public health jurisdictions.
2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference Translating Research and Surveillance into Action
Authors: Painter Ian , Lojo José
Published: December 2018

Editorial
Effective Collaboration Models for Statisticians and Public Health Departments
Authors: Rigdon Steven E. , Naumova Elena , Painter Ian , Gel Yulia , Burkom Howard
Published: December 2018

The session will explore past collaborations between the statistician panelists and public health departments to highlight approaches that have and have not been effective and to recommend effective, sustainable relationship strategies for mutual advancement of practical disease surveillance and relevant academic research.
 Panelists will describe experiences working with health departments, including actual applications as examples. Issues discussed will include requirements analysis, scoping technical problems for health department utility, adaptation of traditional statistical methods, and management of changing data environments. Panelists will derive advice for public health practitioners seeking help in forming relationships, framing problems, communicating results, and seeking funding.
A Term-based Approach to Asyndromic Determination of Significant Case Clusters
Authors: Burkom Howard , Elbert Yevgeniy , Piatko Christine , Fink Clay
Published: December 2018

The presented method is a practical, understandable way to monitor single care facilities for chief complaint clusters of concern based on unusually high occurrence of rare or common terms that need not be related to syndromes. Routine implementation requires a human monitor to inspect the relevant CCs make follow-up decisions. Using 7 years of patient records from 15 hospitals, our approach pools CCs into contiguous time blocks and uses a statistical hypothesis test to seek current terms that are anomalous relative to their occurrence in a large sliding baseline. Sets of anomalous terms are then presented for further investigation.
Spatial Analysis when the Location of Infection is Uncertain: An Innovative Approach Using an Animal- Herd-Level Weighted Analysis
Authors: Dupuy Céline , Morlot Claire , Demont Pierre , Callait-Cardinal Marie-Pierre , Ducrot Christian , Calavas Didier , Gay Emilie
Published: December 2018

Bovine cysticercosis is a zoonotic foodborne disease caused by "Taenia saginata" involving cattle as the intermediate host and humans as the final host. Due to the slow development of cysticercosis cysts in cattle muscles and the complexity of cattle movements, there is a strong bias to consider the last farm location before slaughter as the location of infection for spatial analysis. This study presents an innovative approach to spatial analysis that takes into account uncertainty regarding the location where the animal was infected. An animal-herd-level weighted analysis was used and applied to bovine cysticercosis in France.
Modelling Based Estimates for Severe Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States
Authors: Farooqui Habib H. , Heymann David , Zodpey Sanjay
Published: December 2018

This presentation highlights the use of mathematical model to estimate burden of disease in absence of surveillance data. We estimated that in 2010, 3.57 million severe pneumonia cases and 0.45 million all cause pneumonia deaths occurred in children under age 5 years. Among these cases, the contribution of pneumococcal pneumonia was 15.8% to all cause pneumonia cases and 20.8% to all cause pneumonia deaths. Three states requires specific mention, Uttar Pradesh contributes (24% cases, 24% deaths), Bihar (16% cases, 17% deaths) and MP (9% cases, 10% deaths) to the national figures. They were top contributors to pneumococcal pneumonia burden also.
Using Hospital ED Data to Identify Mental Illness Trends After Hurricane Sandy
Authors: Lauper Ursula , Pantea Cristian , Chen Jian-Hua , Chang Hwa-Gan , Lin Shao
Published: December 2018

Emergency department chief complaint (EDCC) data provides an opportunity for capturing the early mental health impact of disaster events at the community level, and to track their impact over time. Mental health keyword lists were generated and used to conduct a study of mental health EDCCs after Hurricane Sandy in New York State. Compared with the unaffected area, the relative risk of EDCCs in the affected counties was significantly higher during the 12-day Sandy period (RR 1.16, 95% CI 1.03-1.31), as well as in the 1-year post-Sandy period (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.01-1.25).
Assessment of National Poison Data System Algorithms to identify Public Health Events
Authors: Law Royal K. , Burkom Howard , Bronstein Alvin , Schier Josh
Published: December 2018

This presentation compares surveillance algorithms used in the National Poison Data System to identify incidents of public health significance with recently expanded filtering capabilities and with methods beyond the NPDS generalized historical limits model. Collected data series from 55 poison centers over 7 years include hourly counts of general call volumes and of substance-specific (e.g. CO exposure) calls. By applying current, modified, and novel methods to known and simulated clusters among these data, the authors will present the most efficient algorithms for identifying incidents of public health significance.
Building a Better Syndromic Surveillance System: the New York City Experience
Authors: Mathes Robert , Sell Jessica , Tam Anthony W. , Levin-Rector Alison , Lall Ramona
Published: December 2018

The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from city emergency department (ED) visits since 2001. We conducted an evaluation of statistical aberration detection methods currently in use in our system as well as alternative methods, applying six temporal and four spatio-temporal aberration detection methods to two years of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic outbreaks. We found performance varied between the methods in regard to sensitivity, specificity, and timeliness, and implementation of these methods will depend on needs, frequency of signals, and technical skill.
Transmission Dynamics of Seasonal Influenza in Abidjan: Epidemiology and Modeling
Authors: N’gattia Anderson K. , Coulibaly Daouda , Cherif Djibril , Kadjo Hervé , Tiembre Issaka
Published: December 2018

(Introduction): In the tropics, influenza age-risk groups and the temporal distribution are not as thoroughly studied. (Objective): Here we determine these aspects in Abidjan. Materials and methods: We conducted a review from INHP influenza surveillance database and climatological data from the National Weather Service from 2007 to 2012. (Results): The largest number of positive specimens was from young children aged 0-4 years. The highest monthly and seasonally proportions of influenza viruses were observed in the long rainy season. ARIMAX (2,0,0)RF perform best only with rainfall. (Conclusion): Public health measures must be strengthened at the approach of rainy seasons.
Identifying Emerging Novel Outbreaks In Textual Emergency Department Data
Authors: Nobles Mallory , Deyneka Lana , Ising Amy , Neill Daniel B.
Published: December 2018

We apply a novel semantic scan statistic approach to solve a problem posed by the NC DETECT team, North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) and UNC Department of Emergency Medicine Carolina Center for Health Informatics, and facilitated by the ISDS Technical Conventions Committee. This use case identifies a need for methodology that detects emerging, potentially novel outbreaks in free-text emergency department (ED) chief complaint data. Our semantic scan approach successfully addresses this problem, eliminates the need for classifying cases into pre-defined syndromes and identifies emerging clusters that public health officials could not have predicted in advance.
The Public Health Community Platform: Shared Resources For Enterprise Solutions
Authors: Rennick Marcus , Gordon Scott , Huang Monica , Samuel Anita , Soper Paula , Conn Laura
Published: December 2018

This presentation aims to update the public health practice community on the continuing development of the Public Health Community Platform (PHCP). Public health is at a precipice of increasing demand for the consumption and analysis of large amounts of disparate data, the centralization of local and state IT offices, and the compartmentalization of programmatic technology solutions. The PHCP is being developed as a platform to host technological solutions and accompanying community involvement for common public health problems.
Military Real-time Syndromic Surveillance System for Biosurveillance Portal in Korea
Authors: Rhee ChulWoo , Burkom Howard , Yoon Changgyo , Tak Sangwoo , Katz Aaron , Stewart Miles
Published: December 2018

As a part of the Korea-US joint Biosurveillance Portal project, we have developed the military syndromic surveillance system with electronic medical records from military hospitals for early identification of bio-terror related events among Armed Forces in Korea. Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Botulism, Dermatologic, Neurologic, Hemorrhagic and Fever syndromes were defined by different ICD-10 codes and their alert thresholds were developed based on the characteristics of time series derived using daily counts of ICD-10 codes for each syndrome.
ChatterGrabber: A Lightweight Easy to Use Social Media Surveillance Toolkit
Authors: Schlitt James T. , Lewis Bryan , Eubank Stephen
Published: December 2018

Chattergrabber is an open source, natural language processing based toolkit for public health social media surveillance. ChatterGrabber is designed to collect and categorize a high volume of content at a low cost, providing a readily deployable solution for Epidemiologists to track emergent outbreaks in the field and an additional signal for syndromic surveillance. Sensitivity and specificity of results are maximized through the use of a novel pull method and genetic algorithm optimization of text classifiers. This enables the creation of long term surveillance experiments wholly independent of member reporter networks and hashtag tracking. Such records may also yield additional soft data through shared symptoms, rumors, and observations crucial to an epidemiological investigation.
Impact of Demographics on Healthcare Utilization
Authors: Walsh Andrew
Published: December 2018

The Affordable Care Act is intended to reduce healthcare costs through policy changes. These include expanding healthcare coverage, potentially reducing costly emergency department visits, and reducing hospital readmissions. The feasibility of achieving savings via these routes is in question. Healthcare-seeking behavior is complex; expanding insurance coverage may increase ED usage. This study shows a positive correlation between ED usage and public insurance coverage rates. Readmission rates may be driven by factors beyond the control of hospital policy; this study corroborates that finding. In both cases, data collected automatically for syndromic surveillance is shown to be informative for healthcare policy questions.
Surveillance for Opioid Overdose in the Veterans Health Administration, 2004-2014
Authors: Winston Carla , Holodniy Mark
Published: December 2018

We analyzed VHA syndromic surveillance data to assess the opioid epidemic among Veterans in terms of trends over time by age and US Census region from 2004 through 2014.
The Global Biosurveillance Portal: Biosurveillance for the Department of Defense
Authors: Anderson Janelle A. , Rosenzweig C. Nicole , Roos Jason , Flores Brandon
Published: December 2018

The Biosurveillance Portal (BSP) is a web-based tool that currently is being developed by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The BSP will ultimately facilitate collaboration, communication, information sharing, and provide a centralization of biosurveillance resources in support of the detection, management and mitigation of biological events. The BSP is being developed based on U.S. Special Operations Command biosurveillance requirements. As additional stakeholders are engaged and the BSP matures it will provide information sharing across the DoD biosurveillance community of interest and other government agencies to promote a whole of government biosurveillance capability.
Enhanced Monitoring of Antiretroviral Resistance in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Authors: Gomez James T. , Wang Shuang , Rizvi Syed , Khuwaja Salma K.
Published: December 2018

In recent years the transmission of HIV drug-resistant strains among infected persons has been an on-going concern. Measuring the burden of antiretroviral resistance has risen in importance, ranking alongside other major public health concerns when planning HIV prevention campaigns. The aim of this presentation is to illustrate a public health surveillance method for monitoring antiretroviral drug resistance in persons diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection. We developed procedures for examining HIV related electronic laboratory reports (ELR) transmitted to our health department surveillance system that link to corresponding clinical and demographic data for patients with varying degrees of antiretroviral drug resistance.
A Novel Method for Defining Health Facility Catchment Areas in a Low Income Country
Authors: Zinszer Kate , Kigozi Ruth , Charland Katia , Dorsey Dr. Grant , Kamya Dr. Moses , Buckeridge David
Published: December 2018

The catchment areas of six health-care facilities in Uganda were determined using the cumulative case ratio: the ratio of the observed to expected utilization of a facility for a particular condition by patients from small administrative areas. Our approach is simple, reproducible, and is based on a statistical measure to decide which administrative units should be included in catchment areas.
Using ESSENCE-FL for Situational Awareness after National Reports of Increased Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) Infections with Severe Outcomes, September 2014
Authors: Atrubin David
Published: December 2018

In early September 2014, during the yearly increase in respiratory visits associated with the start of the school year, reports of more severe infection caused by Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children in other parts of the country began circulating. Public health officials in Florida, as well as the media, questioned whether children in the state were being infected by this virus capable of causing more severe illness, especially among asthmatics. As is the case with many incipient outbreaks, syndromic surveillance played an integral role in early efforts to detect the presence of this illness.
Development of an Infectious Disease Surveillance Framework at Public Health Ontario
Authors: Badiani Tina , Lee Brenda
Published: December 2018

Since its inception in 2008, Public Health Ontario (PHO) has grown through new funding, as well as a series of program transfers from the Government of Ontario, including infectious disease (ID) surveillance. In an effort take a strategic approach to ID surveillance, PHO has developed its first Infectious Disease Surveillance Framework. The overarching aim of the framework is to establish key priorities, strategies, and actions to guide ID surveillance over the next five years. The presentation will outline the development process for the framework, highlight its key elements, and identify examples of initiatives planned for implementation.
Justification for Transitioning to an Electronic Disease Notification System
Authors: Blackwell James N. , Hickson Ashley , Heinbaugh David , McGee Kimberlee , Stephens William , Aria* Sharefa
Published: December 2018

Results of transitioning Pertussis related case notifications from the John Peter Smith Network to an electronic notification system.
Response of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center to the Emergence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in the United States
Authors: Brown Yandace K. , Blessington Tyann
Published: December 2018

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the first diagnosed case of PEDV in U.S. swine on May 17, 2013. NBIC has been monitoring this epidemic primarily due to economic concerns. Without a formal response protocol by a single coordinating agency, PEDV spread rapidly between states. Though APHIS have been actively involved from the beginning of emergence, the Federal Order announced on June 5, 2014 marks more formalized and coordination response, which NBIC predicts will exert greater control over the epidemic despite the predicted viral surge in the colder months.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties
Authors: Chen Jian-Hua , Lauper Ursula , Pantea Cristian , Lin Shao , Chang Hwa-Gan
Published: December 2018

This was a retrospective study that combined with emergency department visit chief complaint and power outage data to evaluation of carbon monoxide poisoning during hurricane Sandy in three most affected New York State counties.
Development of Mental Health Classification Related to Severe Weather Events
Authors: Chu Alvin F. , Tsai Stella , Hamby Teresa , Kostial Elizabeth , Fagliano Jerald
Published: December 2018

Real-time emergency department (ED) data are currently received from 78 of 80 New Jersey acute care and satellite EDs by Health Monitoring Systems Inc. (HMS) EpiCenter system. After the 2012 Superstorm Sandy, NJDOH initiated a plan to develop severe weather surveillance using ED data to track both health and mental health outcomes during adverse weather conditions to alert the public about emerging health hazards. Data from 68 out of a total of 80 emergency departments with dates from October 28, 2012 to November 17, 2012 were used in this analysis. Validation results for classifications were reviewed and issues are addressed.
Spatial CUSUM Chart Based Method for Rapid Detection of Outbreaks
Authors: Dassanayaka Sesha K.
Published: December 2018

A simple and an efficient algorithm is proposed for prospective disease surveillance using spatial CUSUSM charts. With this method, spatially correlated Poisson CUSUSM statistics are computed for small neighborhoods and the false discovery rate is controlled using the popular Benjamini-Yekutieli procedure. Simulation studies provide convincing evidence of the strength of the method in rapid identification of disease clusters. The results produced by the method are easily interpretable without a high level of statistical expertise.
Using Twitter to Detect and Investigate Disease Outbreaks
Authors: Marchette David , Hohman Elizabeth
Published: December 2018

We discuss our efforts in detection and tracking using Twitter data collected from January 2013 to the present and discuss various issues that arise in using Twitter data. We discuss various keyword methods, as well as methods for classifying a user as "sick". We discuss some of our successes and failures and provide some insight into the utility and limitations of Twitter. We discuss variations on the basic surveillance theme such as watching for a known disease, a known set of symptoms, and the more general problem of detecting an unusual number of sick individuals within a county.
Where do you Find Interesting Biosurveillance Publications?
Authors: Suda Katie J. , Reynolds Tera , Akkina Judy , Halasz Sylvia , Burkom Howard
Published: December 2018

Since 2012, the ISDS Research Committee (RC) has been using an updated literature search process to identify literature related to disease surveillance. These articles are primarily in the medical literature, but one-third are published in other disciplines. ISDS members may not have access to those articles published outside the health sciences, making the ISDS article repository a valuable resource for those conducting work in surveillance.
So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition
Authors: Wiedeman Caleb , McKennley Tonya , Yates Glenn , Holt Erin
Published: December 2018

Tennessee has been slowly transitioning from a jurisidcitional syndromic surveillance system to a statewide, centralized system. During this process, old jurisdictional systems are being maintained, while infrastructure is being put in place to support a statewide syndromic surveillance solution. Successess, obstacles, and lessons learned throughout this process will be discussed.
Spatial Clustering of ILI in Yunnan Province, China, Based on a Geographical Information System
Authors: Xiao Xia , Luo Chunrui , Song Xiaoxiao , Liu Wei , Cai Le , Li Yan , Lu Lin , Li Qiongfen
Published: December 2018

This research explored the spatial pattern of ILI in one poorer and numerous cross-border-mobility-populations in China. A spatial autocorrelation analysis, "Local" and "Global", "Moran" I, carried out in Yunnan province for 5-year sentinel surveillance data. Four counties shown high susceptible to ILI, which maybe result from poorer surrounding districts or be neighboring with Vietnam or/and Laos.
Using Emergency Department Data for Detection of a Synthetic Marijuana Outbreak
Authors: Yun Lourdes W. , Beum Robert , Askenazi Michele , Chen Yushiuan , McEwen Dean , Maravi Moises , Davidson Arthur
Published: December 2018

Timely access to Emergency Department (ED) data is crucial for early detection of public health events. In August 2013, ED reported an increase in cases with excited delirium possibly related to synthetic marijuana (SM). We used this event to test BioSense 2.0 data to detect a novel public health event not categorized in the BioSense surveillance library. During the outbreak period (September 4-19, 2013), 21 cases of SM-related cases presented to Denver Health ED and 27 records were identified in the BioSense data. Using chief compliant and chart review as gold standard, this method was 99.6% specific and 44% sensitive.
Eventos predatórios em morcegos no Brasil
Authors: Bigai Lizandra Regina , Faria Michel Barros
Published: December 2018

A ecologia trófica de morcegos do Brasil continua pouco conhecida, não sendo até então, considerado a predação como algo significativo para a mortalidade desses animais. Apesar de haver poucos registros dessas interações, é sabido que, muitos animais com comportamento oportunista podem predá-los ocasionalmente. Este trabalho teve como objetivo relatar a predação oportunista de morcegos no Brasil, através de uma revisão bibliográfica das espécies que predaram morcegos em redes de neblina e em ambientes naturais, bem como, discorrer a viabilidade de essas interações serem habituais. O levantamento de dados foi feito a partir de revisão de literatura através de buscadores online, utilizando palavras-chaves em português e inglês. Localizamos cinquenta e três publicações relatando predações, nestas identificamos quarenta e nove vertebrados e dois invertebrados agindo como predadores fortuitos de morcegos. Esses registros são importantes para compreender se há um impacto efetivo na população de morcegos, além de agregar conhecimento aos estudos de chiropterofauna e consequentemente, sobre os hábitos alimentares dos predadores.
Presentation: pay for performance, formulation, implementation and policy success: in low, middle and high income countries
Authors: Da Cunha Saddi Fabiana , Peckham Stephen , Santos Mundim Pedro
Published: December 2018

Low and middle income countries (LMICs), as well as high income countries (HICs), with different politicaleconomic contexts, varying dependence on external financing, as well as in differentiated stages of development of primary health care (PHC), have adopted payment for performance or performance-based financing programs (P4P/PBF). Addressing the reality of different health systems and contexts, in LMICs and HICs, the rational basedassumptions supporting the design of P4P/PBF programmes have been theoretically questioned by more realistic political, organizational and motivational assumptions. Empirically, they have been challenged by alternative logics and processes arising from comparatively distinctive implementation and (re)formulation processes, diverse unexpected effects/evidence and a recognitionof the need to consider adaptations and long-term (sustainable) impacts on health systems. Consequently, P4P/PBF programs have been subject to social sciences, public policy, health policy and health systems research. These analyses have the potential to significantly enrich the debate and knowledge on the operation and impact of P4P/PBF programs and how they could be more effectively designed to support health system performance and strengthening, producing effective/real-world or long-term improvements.
Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica (PMAQ-AB): modelização da política no âmbito nacional
Authors: Morgan Andrade Lemos Larissa , Brito Lima Prado Nília Maria , Guadalupe Medina Maria
Published: December 2018

Pretendeu-se identificar os elementos constituintes do arcabouço teórico do PMAQ-AB e, assim, sistematizar o modelo lógico deste programa. Para tanto, foi realizado estudo de avaliação que abrange revisão e análise de documentos, dentre os quais foram incluídos 35 referentes à intervenção proposta no âmbito nacional. Com base na elaboração do modelo foi possível compreender a plausibilidade lógica da proposta. Podese presumir que esse resultado permitirá a ampliação da visão de avaliação para as questões de organização relacionadas ao programa, ao tornar possível uma comparação entre o programa como fora previsto e o que tem sido, de fato, implementado nos diversos contextos dos municípios brasileiros.
Pagamento por desempenho na atenção primária à saúde em Curitiba-PR: incentivo ao desenvolvimento da qualidade
Authors: Zermiani Thabata Cristy , Helena Baldani Pinto Marcia , Gomes Ditterich Rafael
Published: December 2018

O objetivo desse estudo foi descrever e discutir a percepção dos trabalhadores da saúde no município de Curitiba-PR, Brasil, sobre o uso de incentivos profissionais como ferramenta na gestão e organização da Atenção Primária à Saúde. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo de caso descritivo com abordagem qualiquantitativa. A análise dos dados buscou compreender o impacto da utilização de incentivos financeiros na organização da Atenção Primária à Saúde em Curitiba-PR. Concluiu-se que a avaliação de desempenho com uso de incentivos oferecidos aos trabalhadores foi importante paraampliar a motivação e comprometimento dos profissionais de saúde com a qualidade do trabalho e o alcance de metas pactuadas. Entretanto, foram identificadas dificuldades em relação ao processo avaliativo, à priorização da quantidade e ao fato de os incentivos serem empregados como manobra para não aumentar os salários dos servidores.
Reflexiones sobre el transnacionalismo familiar en territorios de frontera
Authors: Lube Guizardi Menara , Valdebenito Felipe , Nazal Esteban , López Eleonora
Published: December 2018

Discutimos los resultados de una investigación etnográfica desarrollada entre 2012 y 2015 en la frontera chilenoperuana. En el estudio, realizamos 87 entrevistas cualitativas,250 fotografías etnográficas, registramos toda la experiencia en 47 relatos semanales de trabajo de campo y aplicamos un survey a 100 migrantes peruanas. Analizando estos datos, reflexionamos sobre las definiciones de “familias migrantes transnacionales” buscando entender si esta categoría puede ser aplicada a territorios fronterizos. Partiremos sintetizando las discusiones sobre el transnacionalismo, las familias transnacionales y territorios fronterizos. Luego, señalamos la dialéctica constitución de la identidad nacional en la zona fronteriza; cuestionamos la relaciónconceptual entre vínculo y distancia planteada en la noción de familia transnacionalizada y criticamos la asunción del transnacionalismo familiar como un proceso de “desarrollo”de sujetos y comunidades. En las consideraciones finales, sintetizamos nuestras conclusiones conceptuales alrededorde tres ejes: replanteando el protagonismo de las mujeres  transnacionalización de las familias transfronterizas; cuestionando la dimensión espacial literal de las familias y  proponiendo que la categorización de las familias migrantes enzonas de frontera expande el concepto de interseccionalidad de factores de exclusión de género.
Imagens da precariedade, governo dos pobres e implicações etnográficas
Authors: Dos Santos Fernandes Adriana
Published: December 2018

Através do trabalho de campo em ocupações de moradia situadas no centro do Rio de Janeiro, proponho pensar como a precariedade – imagens, sentidos, efeitos – é importante nessa experiência. O contexto político com a eleição de Lula da Silva para presidente foi algo que favoreceu a cena das ocupações. Poucos anos depoishouve uma retração: o anúncio de um projeto de gentrificação da área, o Porto Maravilha, que tornou-se aos poucos uma política de expulsão de camadas mais pobres da região. Para os moradores que  acompanhei isso resultou na piora das condições materiais e das relações vivenciadas nos prédios ocupados. Abordo aqui como elesbuscaram contornar essas políticas de gentrificação. Na últimaseção, a discussão recai sobre algumasdas implicações éticometodológicas suscitadas quando o campo da pesquisa é caracterizado por situações de precariedade.
O ensino de cálculo diferencial e integral sob a óptica da teoria dos campos conceituais
Authors: Thiele Tailon , Miotto Kamphorst Eliane , Kamphorst Carmo Henrique
Published: December 2018

A Teoria dos Campos Conceituais é uma teoria psicológica, fruto de um estudo realizado por Gèrard Vergnaud, embasado nas ideias de Piaget e Vigotsky. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivos o entendimento dessa teoria, além da contextualização com o ensino de Cálculo Diferencial e Integral. A partir de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, foram descritos os principais pontos da teoria dos Campos Conceituais, com destaque para o tripleto (S, I, R), o qual representa as situações, os invariantes operatórios e as representações, respectivamente. A compreensão desses elementos, de acordo com a teoria de Vergnaud, é imprescindível para que o docente possa entender os processos cognitivos dos aprendizes e, consequentemente, intervir na aprendizagem. Quanto ao ensino do Cálculo Diferencial e Integral, é possível perceber que os invariantes operatórios têm importância singular na aprendizagem dos conceitos. Assim, o docente precisa propor aos discentes situações que elucidem de maneira correta e coerente os conceitos. De maneira geral, foi possível compreender a teoria dos Campos Conceituais e construir um embasamento que pode contribuir com a amenização das dificuldades na aprendizagem do Cálculo, além de possibilitar a continuidade dos estudos nesse viés.
De gewijzigde UWV Uitvoeringsregels bij bedrijfseconomisch ontslag – een overzicht
Authors: ten Broeke Marieke
Published: December 2018

De gewijzigde UWV Uitvoeringsregels bij bedrijfseconomisch ontslag – een overzicht

In dit artikel worden de wijzigingen in de Uitvoeringsregels van het UWV bij bedrijfseconomisch ontslag besproken. Eerst wordt ingegaan op de wijzigingen voor de groepswerkgever en de grensoverschrijdende werkgever. Daarna komen de wijzigingen ten aanzien van medezeggenschap en flexibele arbeid aan bod. Vervolgens worden afspiegeling en herplaatsing behandeld. Afgesloten wordt met de wijzigingen betreffende de transitievergoeding.
De dringende reden en ernstige verwijtbaarheid; twee afwegingen op basis van de omstandigheden van één geval
Authors: Sagel Stefan , van Haeringen Rik
Published: December 2018

De dringende reden en ernstige verwijtbaarheid; twee afwegingen op basis van de omstandigheden van één geval

In een uitspraak van 30 maart 2018 maakte de Hoge Raad een einde aan de discussie over de vraag of een terecht gegeven ontslag op staande voet onder de Wwz kan samengaan met de verschuldigdheid van een transitievergoeding. De cassatierechter besliste dat het wettelijke systeem zich niet verzet tegen zulke samenloop. In al die gevallen waarin de door de rechter aangenomen dringende reden niet als ernstig verwijtbaar handelen of nalaten van de werknemer kwalificeert, is de transitievergoeding verschuldigd. De vraag komt dan vervolgens wel op, wanneer van die ernstige verwijtbaarheid sprake is. Deze bijdrage beoogt de praktijk enige handvatten aan te reiken voor de beantwoording van die vraag. Net als bij de beoordeling of sprake is van een dringende reden, zullen ook hier de omstandigheden van het geval beslissend zijn. Maar hoewel er een grote mate van overlap is tussen de gezichtspunten die in aanmerking moeten worden genomen bij de afwegingen of sprake is van (i) een dringende reden en (ii) ernstige verwijtbaarheid, moeten de beide beoordelingen om verschillende redenen toch goed van elkaar worden onderscheiden. In de eerste plaats omdat bepaalde gezichtspunten in de beide wegingen voor verschillende partijen kunnen spreken. In de tweede plaats omdat aan bepaalde gezichtspunten die de Hoge Raad relevant acht in het kader van artikel 7:678 BW, geen gewicht toekomt in het kader van de op artikel 7:673 lid 7 onder c BW gestoelde weging van de ernstige verwijtbaarheid. Tot slot geldt bij weer andere van die gezichtspunten, dat het maar net van de omstandigheden van het geval afhangt, of zij ook van betekenis zijn voor de beoordeling of sprake is van ernstige verwijtbaarheid. Kortom: een genuanceerde benadering is vereist.
"UM ESPECTRO RONDA O RIO DE JANEIRO": MODERNISMO SOVIÉTICO, A NOVA FRANKFURT E A OBRA DE ALTBERG NO BRASIL
Authors: Vianna Neto Liszt
Published: December 2018

O presente artigo aborda a trajetória de Alexander Altberg, arquiteto berlinense imigrado para o Rio de Janeiro em 1931 e ex-aluno da Bauhaus e do proeminente arquiteto Arthur Korn. No Brasil, Altberg atuou não apenas como arquiteto e principal realizador da vanguardista revista Base, mas também como um importante representante do modernismo alemão. Como muitos imigrantes alemães da década de 1930, teve o exercício da profssão vetado pelo governo Vargas e sua trajetória esquecida, como muitos dos primeiros arquitetos modernos.
CONFLITOS POLÍTICOS LOCAIS NO DEBATE SOBRE O URBANISMO EM CAMPINAS/SP NO CONTEXTO DA INSTAURAÇÃO DO GOVERNO AUTORITÁRIO DE GETÚLIO VARGAS
Authors: Krogh Daniela S S , Salgado Ivone
Published: December 2018

Este artigo apresenta discussões sobre a remodelação de Campinas entre as décadas de 1920 e 1930, período marcado por uma turbulenta situação política no país, que afetou a questão do urbanismo na cidade. Visa discutir, por meio das fontes documentais, as interrupções e as explicações políticas suscitadas, à diferença das explicações oficiais já exploradas pela literatura sobre o tema, procurando revelar como a escolha de Prestes Maia se deu por meio de acordos políticos e estava diretamente ligada ao projeto de modernização das cidades brasileiras durante o governo de Getúlio Vargas.