bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Emerging Data Management Roles for Health Librarians in Electronic Medical Records
Authors: Corbett Mary , Deardorff Ariel , Kovar-Gough Iris 
Published: June 2016

<p>Objective: To examine current and developing data management roles and opportunities for health librarians<br />to become involved in electronic medical record (EMR) initiatives. This paper focuses on the Canadian context but has implications farther afield. Methods: To accomplish a state-of-the-art review, searches were conducted in the library and information science databases (LISTA, LISA), biomedical databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE), and on the web for grey literature. Keywords included: clinical librarian, health science librarian, medical librarian, hospital librarian, medical informationist, electronic medical record, EMR, electronic health record, EHR, data management, data curation, health informatics, e-science, and e-science librarianship. MeSH subject headings used were: Medical Records Systems, Computerized/, Electronic Health Records/, and libraries/. Results: There is little evidence of Canadian health librarians’ current involvement in EMR initiatives, but examples from the United States indicate that health librarians’ participation is primarily in system implementation, creating links to the medical literature, and using EMRs to provide patient health information. Further roles for health librarians are emerging in this area as health librarians draw on their core competencies and learn from e-science librarianship to create new opportunities. Data management examples from e-science librarianship, such as building data dictionaries and data management plans and infrastructure, give further direction to health librarians’ involvement in EMRs. Conclusion: As EMRs gradually become more popular in Canada, Canadian health librarians should seek further opportunities for education and outreach to become more involved with these EMR initiatives.</p>
Le choix de la langue d’enseignement au cégep chez les élèves issus de l’immigration scolarisés en français au secondaire québécois
Authors: Ledent Jacques , Mc Andrew Marie , Pinsonneault Gérard 
Published: June 2016

« Les enfants de la loi 101 » réfère généralement aux jeunes issus de l’immigration (1re et 2e générations), quelle que soit leur langue maternelle. Ces jeunes semblent favoriser davantage le français comme langue d’enseignement au cégep que ne le laisse croire la donnée officielle, qui ne porte que sur les allophones. Grâce à la nature longitudinale des données utilisées, nous analysons la variation de leur choix linguistique en fonction de caractéristiques comme la génération, l’origine géographique, la langue maternelle/d’usage et la localisation résidentielle. De plus, nous examinons le maintien ou non au niveau universitaire du choix linguistique au cégep avant d’étudier l’existence de liens possibles entre la persévérance scolaire et le choix de la langue d’enseignement au cégep.
La construction identitaire linguistique et culturelle durant un programme universitaire d’éducation en français en milieu minoritaire
Authors: Pilote Annie , Joncas Jo-Anni 
Published: June 2016

Cet article porte sur le processus de construction identitaire d’étudiants universitaires fransaskois évoluant dans un programme d’éducation en français en contexte minoritaire. Dans une approche interactionniste, l’identité est comprise comme le produit des diverses interactions dont un individu fait l’expérience au cours de sa vie. L’analyse de cinq récits identitaires centrée sur le discours des jeunes participants montre que la majorité d’entre eux ont un profil identitaire « affirmationniste stratégique » et que plusieurs frontières linguistiques ont permis de forger leur identité linguistique et culturelle. Ces derniers partagent un fort attachement envers leur identité fransaskoise. Les résultats de cette recherche exploratoire révèlent que la formation universitaire a un impact sur la construction identitaire des participants.
Option-études Châteauguay
Authors: Côté Benoît , Lamarre Patricia , Razakamanana Andry Nirina 
Published: June 2016

En 2007, un programme scolaire novateur est né : Option-études Châteauguay. Ce programme offre pour la première fois au niveau secondaire au Québec, une scolarisation commune d’élèves du secteur francophone et du secteur anglophone. Plus spécifiquement, il permet aux élèves de « traverser la frontière scolaire » et de faire la moitié de l’année dans une école francophone et la moitié de l’année dans une école anglophone, et ce, tout en respectant la Charte de la langue française. Ce programme, en plus de se distinguer par cette scolarisation commune, prend également appui sur la théorie des contacts intergroupes, un modèle issu de la psychologie sociale. Une recherche qualitative et longitudinale a permis de cerner les impacts perçus à court et à moyen terme de ce programme sur ces élèves, notamment en ce qui a trait aux rapports intercommunautaires et a l’identité linguistique.
Range of Motion and Plantar Pressure Evaluation for the Effects of Self-Care Foot Exercises on Diabetic Patients with and Without Neuropathy
Authors: Cerrahoglu Lale , Koşan Umut , Sirin Tuba Cerrahoglu , Ulusoy Aslihan 
Published: June 2016

Background: We aimed to investigate whether a home exercise for self-care program that consists of range of motion (ROM), stretching, and strengthening exercises could improve ROM for foot joints and plantar pressure distribution during walking in diabetic patients to prevent diabetic foot complications.Methods: Seventy-six diabetic patients were recruited (38 with neuropathy and 38 without neuropathy). Neuropathy and nonneuropathy groups were randomly divided into a home exercise group (n = 19) and a control group (n = 19). Exercise groups performed their own respective training programs for 4 weeks, whereas no training was done in the control group. Total contact area and plantar pressure under six foot areas before and after the exercise program were measured. Ankle and first metatarsophalangeal joint ROM were measured before and after the exercise program.Results: In the exercise group, there were significant improvements in ROM for the ankle and first metatarsophalangeal joints (P &lt; .001); static pedobarographic values showed significant reduction in right forefoot-medial pressure (P = .010); and significant decreases were seen in dynamic pedobarographic values of peak plantar pressure at the left forefoot medial (P = .007), right forefoot lateral (P = .018), left midfoot (P &lt; .001), and right hindfoot (P = .021) after exercise. No significant positive or negative correlation was found between the neuropathy and nonneuropathy groups (P &gt; .05).Conclusions: A home exercise program could be an effective preventive method for improving ROM for foot joints and plantar pressure distribution in diabetic patients independent of the presence of neuropathy.
Forecasting the Value of Podiatric Medical Care in Newly Insured Diabetic Patients During Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California
Authors: Labovitz Jonathan M. , Kominski Gerald F. 
Published: June 2016

Background: Because value-based care is critical to the Affordable Care Act success, we forecasted inpatient costs and the potential impact of podiatric medical care on savings in the diabetic population through improved care quality and decreased resource use during implementation of the health reform initiatives in California.Methods: We forecasted enrollment of diabetic adults into Medicaid and subsidized health benefit exchange programs using the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) base model. Amputations and admissions per 1,000 diabetic patients and inpatient costs were based on the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development 2009-2011 inpatient discharge files. We evaluated cost in three categories: uncomplicated admissions, amputations during admissions, and discharges to a skilled nursing facility. Total costs and projected savings were calculated by applying the metrics and cost to the projected enrollment.Results: Diabetic patients accounted for 6.6% of those newly eligible for Medicaid or health benefit exchange subsidies, with a 60.8% take-up rate. We project costs to be $24.2 million in the diabetic take-up population from 2014 to 2019. Inpatient costs were 94.3% higher when amputations occurred during the admission and 46.7% higher when discharged to a skilled nursing facility. Meanwhile, 61.0% of costs were attributed to uncomplicated admissions. Podiatric medical services saved 4.1% with a 10% reduction in admissions and amputations and an additional 1% for every 10% improvement in access to podiatric medical care.Conclusions: When implementing the Affordable Care Act, inclusion of podiatric medical services on multidisciplinary teams and in chronic-care models featuring prevention helps shift care to ambulatory settings to realize the greatest cost savings.
Alignment layer-free molecular ordering induced by masked photopolymerization with non-polarized light
Authors: Hisano Kyohei , Kurata Yosuke , Aizawa Miho , Ishizu Masaki , Sasaki Takeo , Shishido Atsushi 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Controlled and uniform molecular alignment can provide and enhance functionality in polymer films. We first report that masked photopolymerization with non-polarized light enables direct and precise control of molecular alignment without using a conventional molecular alignment layer. The photopolymerization of a mixture composed of an optically anisotropic acrylate monomer and an isotropic dimethacrylate crosslinker induces either unidirectional or complex molecular alignment, depending upon the shape of the photomask. Such molecular alignments are successfully achieved by shear stress arising from molecular diffusion, even when the photopolymerization is carried out at isotropic temperatures of both the monomer mixture and the obtained polymers.
Probing shallow electron traps in cerium-doped Gd3Al2Ga3O12 scintillators by UV-induced absorption spectroscopy
Authors: Kitaura Mamoru , Kamada Kei , Kurosawa Shunsuke , Azuma Junpei , Ohnishi Akimasa , Yamaji Akihiro , Hara Kazuhiko 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
From measuring absorption spectra of cerium-doped Gd3Al2Ga3O12 (Ce:GAGG) and undoped GAGG crystals at low temperatures under UV-light irradiation, we find that they exhibit a broad band at around 12000 cm−1. This band is enhanced by high-temperature annealing under a hydrogen atmosphere. On the basis of present experimental results, the UV-induced band is assigned to shallow electron traps of defect complexes associated with oxygen vacancies. The UV-induced band completely disappears with Mg2+ codoping. We conclude that the Mg2+ codoping has the effect of inhibiting the formation of shallow electron traps, which realizes a faster scintillation response of Ce:GAGG.
Analysis of stochastic effects in chemically amplified poly(4-hydroxystyrene-co-t-butyl methacrylate) resist
Authors: Kozawa Takahiro , Santillan Julius Joseph , Itani Toshiro 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Understanding of stochastic phenomena is essential to the development of a highly sensitive resist for nanofabrication. In this study, we investigated the stochastic effects in a chemically amplified resist consisting of poly(4-hydroxystyrene-co-t-butyl methacrylate), triphenylsulfonium nonafluorobutanesulfonate (acid generator), and tri-n-octylamine (quencher). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of resist patterns were analyzed by Monte Carlo simulation on the basis of the sensitization and reaction mechanisms of chemically amplified extreme ultraviolet resists. It was estimated that a ±0.82σ fluctuation of the number of protected units per polymer molecule led to line edge roughness formation. Here, σ is the standard deviation of the number of protected units per polymer molecule after postexposure baking (PEB). The threshold for the elimination of stochastic bridge generation was 4.38σ (the difference between the average number of protected units after PEB and the dissolution point). The threshold for the elimination of stochastic pinching was 2.16σ.
Ferroelectricity of nondoped thin HfO2 films in TiN/HfO2/TiN stacks
Authors: Nishimura Tomonori , Xu Lun , Shibayama Shigehisa , Yajima Takeaki , Migita Shinji , Toriumi Akira 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
We report on the impact of TiN interfaces on the ferroelectricity of nondoped HfO2. Ferroelectric properties of nondoped HfO2 in TiN/HfO2/TiN stacks are shown in capacitance–voltage and polarization–voltage characteristics. The Curie temperature is also estimated to be around 500 °C. The ferroelectricity of nondoped HfO2 clearly appears by thinning HfO2 film down to ∼35 nm. We directly revealed in thermal treatments that the ferroelectric HfO2 film on TiN was maintained by covering the top surface of HfO2 with TiN, while it was followed by a phase transition to the paraelectric phase in the case of the open surface of HfO2. Thus, it is concluded that the ferroelectricity in nondoped HfO2 in this study was mainly driven by both of top and bottom TiN interfaces.
Resistive switching characteristics in memristors with Al2O3/TiO2 and TiO2/Al2O3 bilayers
Authors: Alekseeva Liudmila , Nabatame Toshihide , Chikyow Toyohiro , Petrov Anatolii 
Published: June 2016

Abstract
Differences between the resistive switching characteristics of Al2O3/TiO2 and TiO2/Al2O3 bilayer structures, fabricated by atomic layer deposition at 200 °C and post-deposition annealing, were studied in Pt bottom electrode (Pt-BE)/insulator/Pt top electrode (Pt-TE) capacitors. The Pt-BE/Al2O3/TiO2/Pt-TE capacitor exhibits stable bipolar resistive switching with an on-resistance/off-resistance ratio of ∼102 controlled by a small voltage of ±0.8 V. The forming process occurs in two steps of breaking of the Al2O3 layer and transfer of oxygen vacancies (VO) into the TiO2 layer. The capacitor showed poor endurance, particularly in the high-resistance state under vacuum conditions. This indicates that the insulating TiO2 layer without VO is not formed near the Al2O3 layer because oxygen cannot be introduced from the exterior. On the other hand, in the Pt-BE/TiO2/Al2O3/Pt-TE capacitor, multilevel resistive switching with several applied voltage-dependent nonvolatile states is observed. The switching mechanism corresponds to the Al2O3 layer’s trapped VO concentration, which is controlled by varying the applied voltage.
Pathways and mechanisms of offshore water intrusions on the Espírito Santo Basin shelf (18°S–22°S, Brazil)
Authors: Palóczy A. , Brink K. H. , da Silveira Ilson C. A. , Arruda Wilton Z. , Martins Renato P. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThe pathways and physical mechanisms associated with intrusions of cold, nutrient‐rich South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) on the continental shelf of the Espírito Santo Basin (ESB), off southeast Brazil (18°S–22°S), are investigated. To this end, a set of process‐oriented, Primitive‐Equation (PE) numerical models are used, together with an independent and more complete PE model, available observations and simple theoretical ideas. SACW enters the model ESB shelf mostly through two preferential pathways along the Tubarão Bight (TB, 19.5°S–22°S). These pathways are found to be locations where an equatorward along‐isobath pressure gradient force (PGFy*) of
m s−2) develops in response to steady wind forcing. This equatorward PGFy* is essentially in geostrophic balance, inducing onshore flow across the shelf edge, and most of the shelf proper. The Brazil Current (BC) imparts an additional periodic (in the along‐shelf direction) PGFy* on the shelf. The intrinsic pycnocline uplifting effect of the BC in making colder water available at the shelf edge is quantified. The BC also induces local intrusions by inertially overshooting the shelf edge, consistent with estimated Rossby numbers of
0.3–0.5. In addition, the planetary β‐effect is related to a background equatorward PGFy*. A modified Arrested Topographic Wave model is shown to be a plausible rationalization for the shelf‐wide spreading of the pressure field imparted by the BC at the shelf edge. The deep‐ocean processes examined here are found to enhance the onshore transport of SACW, while wind forcing is found to dominate it at leading order.
Modeling relative permeability of water in soil: Application of effective‐medium approximation and percolation theory
Authors: Ghanbarian Behzad , Sahimi Muhammad , Daigle Hugh 
Published: June 2016

AbstractAccurate prediction of the relative permeability to water under partially saturated condition has broad applications and has been studied intensively since the 1940s by petroleum, chemical, and civil engineers, as well as hydrologists and soil scientists. Many models have been developed for this purpose, ranging from those that represent the pore space as a bundle of capillary tubes, to those that utilize complex networks of interconnected pore bodies and pore throats with various cross‐section shapes. In this paper, we propose an approach based on the effective‐medium approximation (EMA) and percolation theory in order to predict the water relative permeability. The approach is general and applicable to any type of porous media. We use the method to compute the water relative permeability in porous media whose pore‐size distribution follows a power law. The EMA is invoked to predict the relative permeability from the fully saturated pore space to some intermediate water saturation that represents a crossover from the EMA to what we refer to as the “critical region.” In the critical region below the crossover water saturation Swx, but still above the critical water saturation Swc (the residual saturation or the percolation threshold of the water phase), the universal power law predicted by percolation theory is used to compute the relative permeability. To evaluate the accuracy of the approach, data for 21 sets of undisturbed laboratory samples were selected from the UNSODA database. For 14 cases, the predicted relative permeabilities are in good agreement with the data. For the remaining seven samples, however, the theory underestimates the relative permeabilities. Some plausible sources of the discrepancy are discussed.
Extraordinary sediment delivery and rapid geomorphic response following the 2008–2009 eruption of Chaitén Volcano, Chile
Authors: Major Jon J. , Bertin Daniel , Pierson Thomas C. , Amigo Álvaro , Iroumé Andrés , Ulloa Héctor , Castro Jonathan 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThe 10 day explosive phase of the 2008–2009 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile, draped adjacent watersheds with a few cm to >1 m of tephra. Subsequent lava‐dome collapses generated pyroclastic flows that delivered additional sediment. During the waning phase of explosive activity, modest rainfall triggered an extraordinary sediment flush which swiftly aggraded multiple channels by many meters. Ten kilometer from the volcano, Chaitén River channel aggraded 7 m and the river avulsed through a coastal town. That aggradation and delta growth below the abandoned and avulsed channels allow estimates of postdisturbance traction‐load transport rate. On the basis of preeruption bathymetry and remotely sensed measurements of delta‐surface growth, we derived a time series of delta volume. The initial flush from 11 to 14 May 2008 deposited 0.5–1.5 × 106 m3 of sediment at the mouth of Chaitén River. By 26 May, after channel avulsion, a second delta amassed about 2 × 106 m3 of sediment; by late 2011 it amassed about 11 × 106 m3. Accumulated sediment consists of low‐density vesicular pumice and lithic rhyolite sand. Rates of channel aggradation and delta growth, channel width, and an assumed deposit bulk density of 1100–1500 kg m−3 indicate mean traction‐load transport rate just before and shortly after avulsion (∼14–15 May) was very high, possibly as great as several tens of kg s−1 m−1. From October 2008 to December 2011, mean traction‐load transport rate declined from about 7 to 0.4 kg−1 m−1. Despite extraordinary sediment delivery, disturbed channels recovered rapidly (a few years).
Can we manage groundwater? A method to determine the quantitative testability of groundwater management plans
Authors: White E. K. , Peterson T. J. , Costelloe J. , Western A. W. , Carrara E. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractGroundwater is the world's largest freshwater resource and due to overextraction, levels have declined in many regions causing extensive social and environmental impacts. Groundwater management seeks to balance and mitigate the detrimental impacts of development, with plans commonly used to outline management pathways. Thus, plan efficiency is crucial, but seldom are plans systematically and quantitatively assessed for effectiveness. This study frames groundwater management as a system control problem in order to develop a novel testability assessment rubric to determine if plans meet the requirements of a control loop, and subsequently, whether they can be quantitatively tested. Seven components of a management plan equivalent to basic components of a control loop were determined, and requirements of each component necessary to enable testability were defined. Each component was weighted based upon proposed relative importance, then segmented into rated categories depending on the degree the requirements were met. Component importance varied but, a defined objective or acceptable impact was necessary for plans to be testable. The rubric was developed within the context of the Australian groundwater management industry, and while use of the rubric is not limited to Australia, it was applied to 15 Australian groundwater management plans and approximately 47% were found to be testable. Considering the importance of effective groundwater management, and the central role of plans, our lack of ability to test many plans is concerning.
Convergent approaches to determine an ecosystem's transpiration fraction
Authors: Berkelhammer M. , Noone D. C. , Wong T. E. , Burns S. P. , Knowles J. F. , Kaushik A. , Blanken P. D. , Williams M. W. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThe transpiration (T) fraction of total terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET), T/ET, can vary across ecosystems between 20–95% with a global average of ∼60%. The wide range may either reflect true heterogeneity between ecosystems and/or uncertainties in the techniques used to derive this property. Here we compared independent approaches to estimate T/ET at two needleleaf forested sites with a factor of 3 difference in leaf area index (LAI). The first method utilized water vapor isotope profiles and the second derived transpiration through its functional relationship with gross primary production. We found strong agreement between T/ET values from these two independent approaches although we noted a discrepancy at low vapor pressure deficits (VPD). We hypothesize that this divergence arises because stomatal conductance is independent of humidity at low VPD. Overall, we document significant synoptic‐scale T/ET variability but minimal growing season‐scale variability. This result indicates a high sensitivity of T/ET to passing weather but convergence toward a stable mean state, which is set by LAI. While changes in T/ET could emerge from a myriad of processes, including aboveground (LAI) or belowground (rooting depth) changes, there was only minimal interannual variability and no secular trend in our analysis of T/ET from the 15 year eddy covariance time series at Niwot Ridge. If the lack of trend observed here is apparent elsewhere, it suggests that the processes controlling the T and E fluxes are coupled in a way to maintain a stable ratio.