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Steps for a Successful Executive Education
Authors: Chatterjee Ajanta 
Published: May 2019

Executive education in India has seen tremendous change in the past decade as companies have started making serious investments to keep the leadership relevant and make them fit for foreseeable future. The whole premise of executive education focusing on senior leadership development stems from the requirement of developing future capabilities such that they are aligned to the individual’s career goals and to the strategic focus of the organisation. The above two aspects coming together is the success mantra of a highly effective executive education.
Assessment of the Need for a Hematology-Specific Fellowship Curriculum for Advanced Practice Providers Using a Needs-Based Survey
Authors: Hwa Yi L. , Marshall Ariela L. , Shelly Jessica L. , Colborn Lisa K. , Nowakowski Grzegorz S. , Lacy Martha Q. 
Published: May 2019

PURPOSE: Subspecialty training programs rarely are available for advanced practice providers (APPs). New curricula are needed to prepare APPs with the skills and knowledge required to deliver high-quality care in hematology and blood and marrow transplantation (BMT). METHODS: A Web-based needs assessment survey was distributed to APPs currently working in hematology and BMT at three Mayo Clinic sites (Rochester, MN; Scottsdale, AZ; and Jacksonville, FL). The survey assessed participants’ perceptions of readiness to practice in hematology after completion of their APP education and identified APP learning needs. RESULTS: Of 68 APPs, 49 (72%; 34 nurse practitioners, 15 physician assistants) completed the survey. Twenty-eight APPs (57%) were new graduates, and 17 (35%) had no prior experience in hematology/BMT. All APPs held a master’s degree or higher (doctorate, 31%). Thirty-nine (80%) reported that less than 5% of their APP school curriculum was hematology focused. More than 90% felt unprepared to practice in hematology or BMT after their APP education and believed that hematology-specific training could improve their competency as providers and positively affect job satisfaction. APPs reported that they would like more formal training in the following areas of clinical focus: malignant and benign hematologic disorders, hematopathology, palliative care, transfusion medicine, infectious disease, and hematology-related pharmacology. They also preferred the following learning strategies: active learning from patient care, case-based teaching, and experience during hospital rounds. CONCLUSION: This needs-based assessment project confirmed the necessity to develop a hematology-specific fellowship for APPs and helped to optimize the curriculum.
Mifepristone Treatment in Four Cases of Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia (BMAH)
Authors: Cohan Pejman , East Honey E , Galati Sandi-Jo , Mercado Jennifer U , Lim Precious J , Lamerson Michele , Smith James J , Peters Anne L , Yuen Kevin C J 
Published: May 2019

ContextPrimary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (BMAH) is a rare form of adrenal Cushing syndrome conventionally treated with adrenalectomy. Medical treatment is often reserved for patients not eligible for surgery. However, to date there have been few studies about the efficacy of mifepristone for the treatment of BMAH associated with hypercortisolism.ObjectiveTo describe a series of patients with hypercortisolism due to BMAH treated with mifepristone from multiple medical practices.DesignWe retrospectively assessed four patients treated with mifepristone for hypercortisolism due to BMAH who had either failed unilateral adrenalectomy, declined surgery, or were poor surgical candidates.ResultsMifepristone induced clinical improvement and remission of the signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism in all described patients with BMAH. The median treatment duration at the time of efficacy response assessment was 5 months (range: 3 to 18 months). Improvement in cardiometabolic parameters was observed as early as 2 weeks after treatment was started. All patients achieved improvements in glycemic control and hypertension and had significant weight loss. The most common adverse event observed with mifepristone therapy was fatigue. Increases in TSH level occurred in two patients.ConclusionMifepristone can be an effective medical alternative to surgery in patients with hypercortisolism due to BMAH.
Sonographic differentiation of complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis
Authors: Rawolle Tanja , Reismann Marc , Minderjahn Maximiliane I , Bassir Christian , Hauptmann Kathrin , Rothe Karin , Reismann Josephine 
Published: May 2019

Objective:
This study aims to differentiate acute uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis, by investigating the correlation between sonographic findings and histological results in different types of paediatric appendicitis.

Methods:
This is a retrospective study of 1017 paediatric patients (age &lt; 18 years) who underwent ultrasound by paediatric radiologists before appendicectomy at our institution between 2006 and 2016. Histologically, uncomplicated appendicitis was primarily associated with transmural infiltration of neutrophil granulocytes, while complicated appendicitis was characterised by transmural myonecrosis. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the association between sonographic and histological findings.

Results:
Out of 566 (56%) male and 451 (44%) female patients with a mean age of 10.7 years, uncomplicated appendicitis was histologically diagnosed in 446 (44%) children and complicated appendicitis was diagnosed in 348 (34%) cases. The following ultrasound findings were significantly associated with complicated appendicitis in multivariate regression: an increased appendiceal diameter (OR = 1.3, p &lt; .001), periappendiceal fat inflammation (OR = 1.5, p = 0.02), the presence of an appendicolith (OR = 1.7, p = 0.01) and a suspected perforation (OR = 6.0, p &lt; .001) by the pediatric radiologist. For complicated appendicitis, an appendiceal diameter of more than 6 mm had the highest sensitivity (98%), while a sonographically suspected perforation showed the highest specificity (94%).

Conclusion:
Abdominal sonography by paediatric radiologists can differentiate between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis in paediatric patients by using an increased appendiceal diameter, periappendiceal fat inflammation, the presence of an appendicolith and a suspected perforation as discriminatory markers.

Advances in knowledge:
This paper demonstrates expanded information on ultrasound, which is not only an essential tool for diagnosing appendicitis, but also a key method for distinguishing between different forms of appendicitis when performed by paediatric radiologists. Compared with previous studies, the crucial distinction features in our analysis are 1) the definition of gangrene and not primarily perforation as an acute complicated appendicitis enabling early decision-making by sonography and 2) a large number of patients in a particularly affected age group.
Theory as habitus for scholarly design research
Authors: Pizzocaro Silvia 
Published: May 2019

Higher education in design, scholarly research and design research need to be continuously clarified in relation to evolving concepts such as knowledge, theory and practice. Being awarded a Ph.D. in design about 25 years ago, when scholarly research in design was in its infancy, and working with students in master and Ph.D. programmes in design for more than two decades, I share with the reader what I keep on learning in this educational milieu. It is my own perspective, based either on past experience or on the ongoing perception of local concerns. More broadly, a number of underlying general issues are reported to highlight the spread of design research practice encompassing aspects such as theory as a practice; the lack of fully consolidated design research frameworks where design paradigms may be embedded; and the need to nurture and strengthen the process of theory-making in design doctorates. What it is finally claimed is the advantage of theory as formae mentis, intended as a habitus for design research learners. While education in design often collectively addresses the professions of design, architecture and engineering, the following reflections will mainly address the manifold domains of industrial design, intended as a comprehensive term for either tangible or intangible design domains, intersecting product, graphic, communication, visual and interaction design fields.
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Desempeño productivo y desarrollo ruminal en cabritos de tambo alimentados con diferentes dietas y faenados a distintas edades
Authors: MARTÍNEZ Gabriela M. , FRANCO Andrea , ALFARO Emilio J. , MICHELOUD Juan F. 
Published: May 2019

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar el desempeño productivo y desarrollo ruminal de cabritos Saanen alimentados con alfalfa y/o grano (Alf, Alf + Gr, Gr) y faenados a distintas edades (50, 60 y 70 días). Se evaluó: ganancia diaria de peso vivo (GDPV), peso a faena (PF), peso de la canal caliente (PCC), rendimiento a faena (RF), peso de los estómagos y el largo de las pailas (LP). El diseño fue DCA con arreglo factorial y para la comparación de medias se utilizó LSD (p=0,05). Los animales fueron asignados al azar dentro de los tratamientos: Alf 50 (n=3), Alf 60 (n=4), Alf 70 (n=3), Gr 50 (n=3), Gr 60 (n=4), Gr 70 (n=3), Alf+Gr 50 (n=3), Alf+Gr 60 (n=4), Alf+Gr 70 (n=3). Los datos fueron analizados mediante ANOVA de Infostat 2018. No se detectó interacción entre dieta y edad de faena para ninguno de los parámetros. En cuanto a la dieta, los animales que consumieron Alf y Alf + Gr presentaron mayores GDPV (p= 0,0022). El PF fue superior para el grupo Alf+Gr respecto al Gr (p=0,0352). Similar fue lo relevado para el PCC (p=0,0298). El RF fue mayor para el grupo Gr respecto a las otras dietas (p <0,0001). La edad a faena impactó en el PF y PCC resultando superior en los animales faenados con 70 días, (p= 0,0002 y p= 0,0008 respectivamente), mientras que aquellos sacrificados a los 50 días presentaron el mayor RF (p=0,0413). El peso del rumen fue superior para el grupo 70 vs. 50 y 60 días (p=0,0410). El LP fue similar para todos los tratamientos. Se puede concluir que para las condiciones del presente ensayo tanto la dieta suministrada como la edad a faena afectaron el desempeño productivo de los animales.
Two-step collocation methods for two-dimensional Volterra integral equations of the second kind
Authors: Torabi Seyed Mousa , Tari Abolfazl , Shahmorad Sedaghat 
Published: May 2019

AbstractIn this paper, we develop two-step collocation (2-SC) methods to solve two-dimensional nonlinear Volterra integral equations (2D-NVIEs) of the second kind. Here we convert a 2D-NVIE of the second kind to a one-dimensional case, and then we solve the resulting equation numerically by two-step collocation methods. We also study the convergence and stability analysis of the method. At the end, the accuracy and efficiency of the method is verified by solving two test equations which are stiff. In examples, we use the well-known differential transform method to obtain starting values.
Trespass to the Person, Human Rights and Ethically Contaminated Food: Freedom of Belief and Bodily Autonomy
Authors: Oliva Javier García , Hall Helen 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
This article explores the specific question of protection which tort law in England and Wales affords to individuals who are victims of ethical spiking (consumption of food contaminated by malicious third parties which is physically harmless, but repugnant to their religion or beliefs), and moves on to analyse the wider implications for the possible evolution of trespass to the person, and the relationship between tort and human rights law in the UK. Although not a comparative piece, it draws on some features of the Spanish paradigm which illustrate significant benefits of developing the law in the English context in the manner suggested.
List of keywords for polymer science (IUPAC Technical Report)
Authors: Slomkowski Stanislaw , Fellows Christopher M. , Hiorns Roger C. , Jones Richard G. , Kubisa Przemyslaw , Luscombe Christine K. , Nakano Tamaki , Russell Gregory T. , dos Santos Claudio G. , Scholz Carmen , Stingelin Natalie , Walter Michael G. 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
This paper provides a list of the most important terms from all areas of polymer science including polymer chemistry, polymer physics, polymer technology and polymer properties. These have been assembled into a representative list of terms that serves as an IUPAC recommended list of keywords for polymer science.
Quadratus lumborum block for postoperative analgesia after full abdominoplasty: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Bjelland Thor W. , Yates Thomas G.R. , Fagerland Morten W. , Frøyen Jan K. , Lysebråten Karl R. , Spreng Ulrich J. 
Published: May 2019

Abstract

Background and aims
The quadratus lumborum block (QLB) provides regional analgesia of the anterior abdominal wall, theoretically matching the postoperative pain after postbariatric standard full abdominoplasty. We investigated the effectiveness of a QLB as an addition to the current multimodal analgesia regimen in postbariatric patients treated with standard full abdominoplasty.

Methods
Randomized, placebo-controlled, triple blinded study (n = 50). All patients received perioperative paracetamol and intraoperative local anesthetic infiltration. QLB was administered bilaterally before induction of general anesthesia with 2 × 20 mL of either ropivacaine 3.75 mg/mL (n = 25) or placebo (saline 9 mg/mL) (n = 25). Patients received intravenous patient controlled opioid analgesia postoperatively. The primary endpoint was opioid use during the first 24 postoperative hours. Secondary endpoints were acute and chronic postoperative pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and other side effects.

Results
Patient characteristics were similar between groups. The primary endpoint in morphine equivalent units was similar between groups during the first 24 h with mean (SD) of 26 (25) vs. 33 (33) mg (p = 0.44) in the ropivacaine and placebo group, respectively. The observed effect was smaller, and SD larger than assumed in the sample size estimation. Linear mixed effects modeling indicated a minimal inter-group difference. No differences were found for secondary endpoints.

Conclusions
The QLB did not provide significant additional benefit in terms of reduced opioid requirements or secondary endpoints when administered as part of a multimodal pain regimen to postbariatric patients undergoing standard full abdominoplasty. A minimal difference of little clinical importance the first 12 postoperative hours may have been missed.

Implications
Including the QLB in the current multimodal pain regimen cannot be recommended based on these findings. The study does not preclude QLB use in individual cases where the multimodal regimen is inadequate or contraindicated. The effectiveness of the QLB for supraumbilical pain remains undocumented.
An online investigation into the impact of adding epidemiological information to imaging reports for low back pain
Authors: Medalian Yasmin , Moseley G. Lorimer , Karran Emma L. 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
Degenerative changes commonly feature on spinal images and are often identified in the imaging reports of pain-free individuals. Many of these findings relate to “normal” age-related characteristics, however are frequently interpreted as implying abnormality and may adversely influence patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of adding epidemiological information to lumbar imaging reports in a general adult population. This study was an online, scenario-based, randomised experiment. Participants were presented with a “virtual patient” scenario via an online survey and then randomly allocated to either receive a standard imaging report or a standard report with additional epidemiological information. The primary outcome was a composite “back-related perceptions” (BRP) score. Data from 247 participants (72% female) were included in the analysis. There was a small effect of group on BRP [F(12,444) = 6.75, p = 0.010] with participants who received the additional epidemiological information demonstrating more positive perceptions. Including epidemiological information in spinal imaging reports positively impacted “virtual-patient” perceptions in an online scenario-based study. This finding suggests that implementing a simple imaging reporting strategy may be reassuring and should be further considered for its potential to positively impact patient outcomes. Further research is warranted in clinical populations.
Octreotide use for rescue of vision in a pregnant patient with acromegaly
Authors: Hannon Anne Marie , Frizelle Isolda , Kaar George , Hunter Steven J , Sherlock Mark , Thompson Christopher J , O’Halloran Domhnall J , _ _ 
Published: May 2019

Summary
Pregnancy in acromegaly is rare and generally safe, but tumour expansion may occur. Managing tumour expansion during pregnancy is complex, due to the potential complications of surgery and side effects of anti-tumoural medication. A 32-year-old woman was diagnosed with acromegaly at 11-week gestation. She had a large macroadenoma invading the suprasellar cistern. She developed bitemporal hemianopia at 20-week gestation. She declined surgery and was commenced on 100 µg subcutaneous octreotide tds, with normalisation of her visual fields after 2 weeks of therapy. She had a further deterioration in her visual fields at 24-week gestation, which responded to an increase in subcutaneous octreotide to 150 µg tds. Her vision remained stable for the remainder of the pregnancy. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 14/40 and was commenced on basal bolus insulin regimen at 22/40 gestation. She otherwise had no obstetric complications. Foetal growth continued along the 50th centile throughout pregnancy. She underwent an elective caesarean section at 34/40, foetal weight was 3.2 kg at birth with an APGAR score of 9. The neonate was examined by an experienced neonatologist and there were no congenital abnormalities identified. She opted not to breastfeed and she is menstruating regularly post-partum. She was commenced on octreotide LAR 40 mg and referred for surgery. At last follow-up, 2 years post-partum, the infant has been developing normally. In conclusion, our case describes a first presentation of acromegaly in pregnancy and rescue of visual field loss with somatostatin analogue therapy.

Learning points:

Tumour expansion may occur in acromegaly during pregnancy.

Treatment options for tumour expansion in pregnancy include both medical and surgical options.

Somatostatin analogues may be a viable medical alternative to surgery in patients with tumour expansion during pregnancy.
Пізнавальні засоби управління процесами перетворень
Authors: Reshetnichenko A. V. , Kirieieva O. B. 
Published: May 2019

Розкрито стан, проблеми, багаторівневу структуру, механізми управління процесами впливу системи засобів пізнання на характер, напрямки і результати суспільних перетворень. Розглянуто визначальні умови подальшого існування та розвитку людства. Робиться акцент на розумінні природи засобів пізнання і їх впливу на управління процесами суспільних перетворень. Сучасне суспільство не може розробити ефективну пізнавальну систему. Без нової системи пізнання суспільний розвиток не може набути прогресивної спрямованості. Розглянуто різницю між гносеологічним, епістемологічним та когнітологічним підходами до пізнавальної діяльності. Порушується питання числових, звукових, кольорових та словесних засобів відображення явищ дійсності. Розглядаються якісно різні можливості засобів пізнання на початкових, середніх та вищих етапах розвитку самих суб’єктів буття. Представлено рівневі моделі усвідомлюваних засобів пізнавальної діяльності, усвідомлюваних засобів перетворень, позасвідомих засобів пізнання та позасвідомих засобів перетворень. Виділено нижчі, середні та вищі рівні. Зроблено висновки про необхідність кардинальної зміни парадигмальних конструктів процесів пізнавальної діяльності та процесів якісно нових перетворень; про ізольованість системи пізнання від стратегічних шляхів розвитку суспільства. Запропонована нова система пізнання, в якій головна увага приділена загальній концепції управління процесами перетворень.
Ombudsman decentralized in the EU: experience for Ukraine
Authors: Мануілова К. В. 
Published: May 2019

The article analyses the actual theme of the ombudsman institution in terms of decen­tralization of public power. The features of formation and functioning of the ombudsman in Sweden, Finland, of Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. It is noted that it is the best ombudsman protects the rights of people in decentralized EU. Ombudsman makes a significant contribution to the democratization of society, public power closer to the peo­ple, ensuring fairness, legitimacy and willingness to meet the needs of citizens and con­tributes to greater transparency, efficiency and quality in the work of public authorities. Today, most decentralized European countries the post of local / regional ombudsman, which successfully handles control of public authorities. The conclusions emphasized that the activities of the institute of local / regional ombudsman investigated in the EU was an important step for the further development of democratic society; strengthening the rule of law key components (growth status of the individual, guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of man and citizen); providing better control over the activities of authori­ties and officials; realization of the main goal of the policy of decentralization of public power – the power to approach people. The recommendations for change Ukrainian om­budsman as a decentralized public power.
Classes of harmonic starlike functions defined by Sălăgean-type $q$-differential operators
Authors: JAHANGİRİ Jay M. , MURUGUSUNDARAMOORTHY Gangadharan , VİJAYA Kaliappan 
Published: May 2019

Sufficient and necessary coefficient bounds, extreme points of closed convex hulls, and distortion theorems are determined for a family of harmonic starlike functions of complex order involving Sălăgean-type $q$-differential operators.