bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clinical Outcomes After Cataract Surgery With a New Transitional Toric Intraocular Lens
Authors: Ferreira Tiago B. , Berendschot Tos T.J.M. , Ribeiro Filomena J. 
Published: July 2016

PURPOSE:
To evaluate the visual outcomes of patients who underwent cataract surgery with implantation of a transitional toric monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) (Precizon Toric IOL, model 565; Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands).

METHODS:
In this prospective case series, 51 eyes of 39 patients with cataract and regular keratometric astigmatism between 1.00 and 4.50 diopters (D) that had phacoemulsification with implantation of a Precizon Toric IOL were included. Over a 4-month follow-up period, the main outcome measures were uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuities (UDVA and CDVA, respectively), spherical equivalent (SE) refraction, astigmatism outcomes evaluated according to the Alpins method, the IOL's rotational stability, and higher order aberrations.

RESULTS:

At the 4-month follow-up visit, mean UDVA was 0.06 ± 0.1 logMAR (range: 0.4 to −0.18 logMAR) (
P
< .001) and mean CDVA was −0.00 ± 0.07 logMAR (range: 0.15 to −0.18 logMAR) (
P
< .001). UDVA was 0.3 logMAR or better in 50 (98%) eyes and 0.1 logMAR or better in 42 (82%) eyes. Mean SE refraction was −0.19 ± 0.38 D (range: −1.13 to +0.50 D), with 44 (86%) eyes within ±0.50 D of the attempted correction. Mean target induced astigmatism was 1.96 ± 0.94 D (range: 0.70 to 4.50 D) and mean surgically induced astigmatism was 1.85 ± 1.01 D (range: 0.07 to 4.64 D). Mean correction index was 0.87 (range: 0.07 to 2.29 D). Mean toric IOL axis rotation was 1.98° ± 1.78° (range: 0° to 7°). Ocular aberrometry was within normal values.

CONCLUSIONS:
The implantation of the Precizon Toric IOL in patients with cataract and corneal astigmatism provided excellent visual outcomes, predictability of refractive results, rotational stability, and good optical performance.

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J Refract Surg.
2016;32(7):452–458.]
Bilateral Ectasia After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)
Authors: Mattila Jaakko S. , Holopainen Juha M. 
Published: July 2016

PURPOSE:
To describe a case of bilateral ectasia after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in a patient with early keratoconus.

METHODS:
Case report.

RESULTS:
Bilateral SMILE was performed on a patient even though preoperative topographies showed changes indicating early keratoconus. The right eye underwent further photorefractive keratectomy enhancement 18 months later. The patient developed a bilateral corneal ectasia.

CONCLUSIONS:
This case underlines the importance of thorough preoperative assessment for possible keratoconus suspect changes with corneal topography to avoid postoperative ectasia.

[
J Refract Surg.
2016;32(7):497–500.]
“Our Color Won’t Wash Off”: The Desegregation of Swimming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Authors: Kibler M. Alison , Davidowitz Shanni 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as in other northern cities, the campaign to desegregate swimming was a protracted drama of victories in court, pool owners’ evasion of state civil rights law, and white flight from integrated facilities. In 1960, Lancaster progressives filed lawsuits against three privately owned pools that were open to the public on a daily basis but did not allow African Americans. Such exclusion was a violation of Pennsylvania’s Equal Rights Act of 1939, which forbade discrimination in public accommodations (or facilities open to the public) based on race, creed, or color. In Lancaster, when the courts sided with African American patrons, the pools quickly shifted from open-access to members-only policies to evade state civil rights law. The city and county responded to the privatization of the three pools by building publically funded pools in 1966 and 1967. Lancaster’s new, high-quality pools, located in parks, were different from most of the other pools built during this “municipal pool renaissance” in which cities built pools—usually shallow and small—in blighted neighborhoods as a strategy for calming urban violence in the second half of the 1960s. The Lancaster case confirms northern ambivalence about civil rights and uncovers one community’s struggle to build and define public swimming pools.
The Diagnostic Concordance of Whole Slide Imaging and Light Microscopy: A Systematic Review
Authors: Goacher Edward , Randell Rebecca , Williams Bethany , Treanor Darren 
Published: July 2016

Context.—Light microscopy (LM) is considered the reference standard for diagnosis in pathology. Whole slide imaging (WSI) generates digital images of cellular and tissue samples and offers multiple advantages compared with LM. Currently, WSI is not widely used for primary diagnosis. The lack of evidence regarding concordance between diagnoses rendered by WSI and LM is a significant barrier to both regulatory approval and uptake.Objective.—To examine the published literature on the concordance of pathologic diagnoses rendered by WSI compared with those rendered by LM.Data Sources.—We conducted a systematic review of studies assessing the concordance of pathologic diagnoses rendered by WSI and LM. Studies were identified following a systematic search of Medline (Medline Industries, Mundelein, Illinois), Medline in progress (Medline Industries), EMBASE (Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and the Cochrane Library (Wiley, London, England), between 1999 and March 2015.Conclusions.—Thirty-eight studies were included in the review. The mean diagnostic concordance of WSI and LM, weighted by the number of cases per study, was 92.4%. The weighted mean κ coefficient between WSI and LM was 0.75, signifying substantial agreement. Of the 30 studies quoting percentage concordance, 18 (60%) showed a concordance of 90% or greater, of which 10 (33%) showed a concordance of 95% or greater. This review found evidence to support a high level of diagnostic concordance. However, there were few studies, many were small, and they varied in quality, suggesting that further validation studies are still needed.
High-Resolution Seafloor Absolute Pressure Gauge Measurements Using a Better Counting Method
Authors: Webb Spahr C. , Nooner Scott L. 
Published: July 2016

AbstractVibrating quartz force transducers are the critical component of most deep-sea pressure and depth gauges in use in oceanography, producing a frequency output that varies with pressure. Accurate and low drift pressure measurements can be obtained by precisely measuring this frequency. In most implementations, the frequency is determined by counting the number of cycles of a high-frequency standard oscillator occurring during a large number of cycles of the lower-frequency quartz force oscillator. Resolution is limited by the sampling interval (length of counting) and the frequency of the frequency standard. Alternative counting methods can provide significant (20–40 dB) improvements in resolution at sampling rates above 1 Hz. Each counting method can be described as a different filter applied to the output of a counter of the frequency standard gated at each transition of the transducer quartz oscillator. Improvements in resolution can be understood as the result of minimizing the aliasing of higher-frequency counting noise into the spectrum below the Nyquist frequency. A simple multipole infinite impulse response (IIR) filter designed to limit spectral leakage of high-frequency noise minimizes the noise spectrum and thereby optimizes the resolution of the pressure output. The resultant noise spectrum rises as frequency squared above 1 Hz, independent of the sampling rate. At frequencies below 1 Hz, it is limited by noise in the electronics driving the force transducer quartz oscillator. Resolution increases with frequency of the frequency standard up to about 200 MHz, plateauing for higher frequencies due to other noise sources (likely electronic).
Ekstraksi Objek pada Citra Radar FM-CW dengan Metode DBSCAN
Authors: Zilvan Vicky 
Published: July 2016

Makalah ini membahas rancang bangun dan implementasi ekstraksi objek pada radar FM-CW untuk mengatasi permasalahan kualitas citra yang ditangkap oleh radar. Teknik clustering density based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) digunakan untuk mengekstraksi objek dari data input. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah rancang bangun ekstrasi objek dengan nilai minPts sebesar 4 dan nilai eps sebesar 4 sebagai parameter input untuk DBSCAN. Hasil dari rancang bangun ekstraksi objek adalah titik-titik data hasil ekstraksi objek yang lebih sederhana yang mampu mengatasi permasalahan kualitas citra yang ditangkap oleh radar. Selain itu, titik-titik data yang dihasilkan juga memiliki kualitas data yang lebih baik karena teknik clustering DBSCAN memiliki kemampuan untuk memisahkan noise dari data input.
Metal ions incorporated titania nanotubes for hydrocarbon oxidation
Authors: Xu Huifang , Vanamu Ganesh , Nie Ziming , Phillips Jonathan , Wang Yifeng 
Published: July 2016

AbstractPresent work shows that simple, standard methods of metal addition, without the need for ion implantation or other complex and expensive processes, can dramatically improve the performance of titania based structures compared to P25 for (i.e. hydrocarbon oxidation) photocatalytic reactions. In this work, Au and Pt were incorporated into titania nanotubes, and their photocatalytic activities were investigated in detail. The samples were analyzed using a JEOL FEG-2010F field emission gun scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) with attached Oxford Instruments' X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) system and Gatan imaging filtering (GIF) system. Both high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) images and high angle annular dark-field (HAAD) images were recorded for the specimens. The performance of the samples was tested for the oxidation of acetaldehyde using a continuous flow reactor. The pure nanotube is more photoreactive than commercial P25 titania. Both Au and Pt treated nanotube samples increased the photo reactivity. The most significant result of this work is that the activity of Pt (< 1 nm) containing nanotube is more than 10 times the rate of P25, and more than 6 times the rate of the pure nanotube. However, sizes of the Au and Pt nanoparticles on the nanotube surfaces likely affected the photo-reactivity. Large size of the Au and Pt particles decreased the photo-reactivity. Specifically, the addition of platinum without formation of obvious nanoparticles on the nanotube surfaces increased the maximum activity significantly, and increased the total yield.
« Je ne veux pas mourir pour rien »
Authors: Mauro Cynthia 
Published: July 2016

Penser le corps dans la prise en charge palliative interpelle d’emblée nos ressources réflexives autour des notions de soulagement de la douleur, soins de confort et soins plaisir. L’accompagnement du sujet dans sa relation au corps recouvre pour une équipe soignante pluridisciplinaire un aspect fondamental. La prise en charge palliative panse donc le corps dans la limite des possibles pour que celui qui incarne la maladie préserve sa qualité d’Etre-sujet et valide positivement sa légitimité d’une existence identitaire au monde qui l’entoure. Or, le devenir du corps après la mort reste encore aujourd’hui une question emprunte de beaucoup de pudeur. Elle peut être accueillie et élaborée dans un contenant relationnel bienveillant et attentionné si elle ne dépasse pas le cadre des pensées « ordinaires ». C’est pourquoi, nous proposons de réfléchir autour des possibles d’accompagnement d’une demande de don du corps par un patient en situation de fin de vie.
Optimum sowing dates and plant populations for
winter peas (Pisum sativum)
Authors: KNOTT C. M. , BELCHER S. J. 
Published: July 2002

Experiments to evaluate the optimum plant population density and
sowing date for winter peas,
semi-leafless cv. Rafale, were sited on free draining sandy loam soils
at Thornhaugh, Cambridgeshire in
1993/94 (Expt 1), 1994/95 (Expt 2) and 1995/96 (Expt 3). Peas
were sown at the end of October, in
mid-November and early December, at seed rates to achieve final plant densities
in spring of 50, 70
or 90 plants/m2. Seed rates were calculated allowing for
20% seedbed loss and plant loss due to
winter kill in Expt 1, and 15% in the other two years.Peas sown in warmer seedbeds in October emerged in early December or
before, November-sown
peas did not emerge until mid-January and December-sown peas from late
February to mid-March.
The growth stage of October-sown peas was thus more advanced than the later
sowings over the
winter and spring period. Winters were mild for Expts 1 and 2, but there
were more frost periods
during Expt 3.The yield of winter peas was dependent on sowing date. Yields of Rafale
sown in October were
highest in Expt 1, but lower than November-sown peas in 1995 (Expt 2),
as a result of damage from
late frosts during flower initiation in April, and in 1996 (Expt 3) due
to plant losses after a more severe
winter, frost periods and very cold winds in March. In Expts 1 and 2, yields
of December-sown peas
were significantly lower than November-sown peas, probably because they
were adversely affected by
drought stress during the sensitive flowering period. Therefore the optimum
time for sowing winter
pea cv. Rafale to achieve reliable yields appears to be mid-November. In
some years, however,
conditions may be too wet for late drilling, particularly on heavier soils.The highest plant population densities of 90 plants/m2
gave the highest yields in Expts 2 and 3, but
there was little increase between 75 and 90 plants/m2. Bearing
in mind financial return and seed costs,
the optimum target suggested is 75–80 plants/m2.
Colostral whey concentrate supplement increases complement activity in the sera of neonatal calves
Authors: ROKKA SUSANNA , KORHONEN HANNU , NOUSIAINEN JUHA , MARNILA PERTTI 
Published: July 2002

We evaluated the effect of a commercial bovine colostral whey on the complement-mediated immune responses of calves. Two groups of neonatal calves were fed, in addition to whole milk (WM) and pooled colostrum (PC), different amounts of a commercial immunoglobulin concentrate made from pooled colostral whey (Ig-C) for the first two feedings post natum. The control group was fed WM and PC only. Serum samples were obtained at the ages of 2, 7, 14 and 30 d. Bacteriolytic activity against complement-sensitive Escherichia coli JM103 and opsonic activity against complement-lysis-resistant E. coli IH3080 strains were studied, as well as the levels of C3 complement component and E. coli JM103 specific antibodies in the sera.Groups fed Ig-C had 2–3 times higher bacteriolytic activity than the control group of both the classic (P < 0·005) and alternative pathways (P < 0·0001) at days 2 and 7 post natum. This effect is obviously not caused solely by the antibodies ingested but also involves other unknown colostral factors, possibly lectins. The opsonisation capacities of the sera correlated well with the amounts of immunoglobulins ingested (P < 0·05) at days 2–14. The levels of C3 component in sera did not differ between the groups. In the group fed the largest amount of immunoglobulins levels of E. coli JM103-specific antibodies were highest (P < 0·0001). It can thus be concluded that the antibody independent complement activities of serum can be increased substantially by feeding colostral whey concentrate to calves during their first days of life.
Collisional particle pressure measurements in

solid–liquid flows
Authors: ZENIT R. , HUNT M. L. , BRENNEN C. E. 
Published: July 2002

Experiments were conducted to measure the collisional particle
pressure

in both

cocurrent and countercurrent flows of liquid–solid mixtures. The
collisional

particle

pressure, or granular pressure, is the additional pressure exerted on the
containing

walls of a particulate system due to the particle collisions. The present
experiments

involve both a liquid-fluidized bed using glass, plastic or steel spheres

and a vertical

gravity-driven flow using glass spheres. The particle pressure was measured
using a

high-frequency-response flush-mounted pressure transducer. Detailed recordings
were

made of many different particle collisions with the active face of

this transducer. The

solids fraction of the flowing mixtures was measured using an impedance
volume

fraction meter. Results show that the magnitude of the measured particle
pressure

increases from low concentrations (<10% solid volume fraction), reaches
a maximum

for intermediate values of solid fraction (30–40%), and decreases

again for more

concentrated mixtures (>40%). The measured collisional particle pressure

appears to

scale with the particle dynamic pressure based on the particle density
and terminal

velocity. Results were obtained and compared for a range of particle sizes,

as well as for two different test section diameters.In addition, a detailed analysis of the collisions was performed that
included

the probability density functions for the collision duration and collision
impulse.

Two distinct contributions to the collisional particle pressure were identified:
one

contribution from direct contact of particles with the pressure transducer,
and the

second one resulting from particle collisions in the bulk that are

transmitted through the liquid to the pressure transducer.
An experimental study of the motion of concentrated suspensions in
two-dimensional
channel flow. Part 1. Monodisperse systems
Authors: LYON M. K. , LEAL L. G. 
Published: July 2002

A modified laser-Doppler velocimetry method is utilized to measure
fully developed
particle velocity and concentration profiles, as well as the mean-square
amplitudes of
velocity fluctuations (i.e. one component of the so-called particle temperature),
for
concentrated monodisperse suspensions across the narrow gap of a rectangular

channel. A stable index-of-refraction match of the suspending and particulate
phases
in conjunction with short-focal-length focusing optics has enabled data
acquisition up
to particle volume fractions of 0.50. In general, the particle concentration
distributions
possess a maximum near the channel centreline and a minimum at the channel
walls.
Coupled to these concentration distributions were blunted velocity profiles,
and
particle velocity fluctuation distributions that had a sharp maximum at
gap positions
approximately 80% of the way from the channel axis towards the walls. The
particle
velocity distributions were consistent with the absence of slip between
particles and the
suspending fluid.The experimental data were compared with theoretical predictions from
the diffusive
flux model (Leighton & Acrivos 1987; Phillips et al. 1992),

a model due to Mills & Snabre (1995), and the suspensions balance model

(McTigue & Jenkins 1992; Nott & Brady 1994). The influence of
bulk particle concentration, suspension volumetric flow
rate, and ratio of channel gap width to particle diameter on the fully
developed profiles
was qualitatively consistent with the theoretical predictions from all
three models. For
the diffusive flux and suspension balance models, we used both literature
values for
model parameters, and values obtained from a best fit to our entire set
of experimental
data. Overall, the Mills & Snabre and suspension balance models were
found to
provide a better quantitative fit to the experimental data than the diffusive
flux model.
The Minimalist Program
Authors: ZWART JAN-WOUTER 
Published: July 2002

Noam Chomsky,The Minimalist Program.
(Current Studies in Linguistics 28.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
1995. Pp. 420.The Minimalist Program, by Noam Chomsky, is a collection of
four articles,
‘The Theory of Principles and Parameters’ (written with Howard
Lasnik,
13–127), ‘Some notes on Economy of Derivation and representation’

(129–166), ‘A Minimalist Program for linguistic theory’
(167–217), and
‘Categories and transformations’ (219–394). The first
three articles have
appeared elsewhere, and are reprinted here with minor revisions. The fourth

was circulated in manuscript form earlier in 1995 and is commonly referred

to as ‘Chapter four’. The volume opens with an
‘Introduction’ (1–11) and
closes with a general bibliography and an index (395–420).The work collected here is based on material presented by Chomsky, and

discussed by participating students, faculty, and visitors, in Chomsky's
fall
term lecture-seminars at MIT in the period of 1986 through 1994.
For those who have ever wanted to attend these class lectures, but were
never in the
position to, this is a must read. The MIT Press is to be commended for

having made this collection available in such an exemplary inexpensive
volume.
Right lower prefronto-parietal cortical dysfunction in
akinetic catatonia: a combined study of
neuropsychology and regional cerebral blood flow
Authors: NORTHOFF G. , STEINKE R. , NAGEL D. , CZERWENKA C. , GROSSER O. , DANOS P. , GENZ A. , KRAUSE R. , BÖKER H. , OTTO H. J. , BOGERTS B. 
Published: July 2002

Background. Catatonia is a psychomotor syndrome that can be characterized by behavioural,
affective and motor abnormalities. In order to reveal further underlying pathophysiological
mechanisms of psychomotor disturbances in catatonia we investigated neuropsychological function
and regional cerebral perfusion (r-CBF) in a combined study.Methods. Ten catatonic patients were investigated with Tc-99mECD brain SPECT and compared
with 10 psychiatric (similar age, sex, medication and underlying psychiatric diagnosis but without
catatonic syndrome) and 20 healthy controls. Neuropsychological measures included tests for
general intelligence, attention, executive functions and right parietal visual–spatial abilities.
Correlational analyses were performed between neuropsychological measures, catatonic symptoms
and r-CBF.Results. Catatonic patients showed a significant decrease of r-CBF in right lower and middle
prefrontal and parietal cortex compared with psychiatric and healthy controls as well as
significantly poorer performance in visual–spatial abilities associated with right parietal function.
Correlational analysis revealed significant correlations between visual–spatial abilities and right
parietal r-CBF only in psychiatric and healthy controls but not in catatonic patients. In contrast,
attentional measures correlated significantly with motor symptoms, visual–spatial abilities and right
parietal r-CBF in catatonia only but not in psychiatric or in healthy controls.Conclusion. Findings are preliminary but suggest right lower prefronto-parietal cortical dysfunction
in catatonia, which may be closely related to psychomotor disturbances.