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A Review of Global Literature on Using Administrative Data to Estimate Prevalence of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Friedman Daniel J. , Gibson Parrish R. , Fox Michael H. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractAs understanding of health deficits among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) increases, concerns grow about how to develop comprehensive, sustainable surveillance systems to reliably monitor the health of this population over time. This study reviews literature from 12 countries in which retrospective administrative data have been used to estimate population‐based prevalence of IDD, identifies promising practices in that literature, and discusses the feasibility of applying those promising practices to other countries. Administrative data sources can be used to identify the number of people with IDD (numerators) in the presence of population estimates from which people with IDD are drawn (denominators) for discrete geographic locations. Case ascertainment methods, age groupings, data years captured, and other methods vary, contributing to a wide variation in prevalence rates. Six methods are identified from five countries that appear to offer the greatest likelihood of expanded applications. Approaches in which administrative data collections are linked with other population‐based data sources appear promising as a means of estimating the size and characteristics of populations living with IDD in defined geographic locations. They offer the potential for sustainability, timeliness, accuracy, and efficiency.
The Nature of Nature: Concerning the Efficacy of Natural Law Reasoning
Authors: Gourlay Thomas V 
Published: January 2018

AbstractRecourse to natural law reasoning has long been a part of how Catholics and Christians engage in debates about issues of public and private morality with people and communities of people who do not share the Catholic/Christian faith. But with the rise of modernity, the scientific revolution, and the relative success of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, many Catholics have begun to question traditional natural law reasoning. Some, including theorists like Germain Grisez, and John Finnis have sought to modify traditional natural law reasoning and continue to employ it within debates concerning public and private ethics, while others, acknowledging the radically altered conception of nature that followed the scientific revolution have thought to look for alternative modes of engagement. The following paper will seek to develop an argument against proponents of this altered version of natural law theory, what has come to be called New Natural Law theory, on the basis of the altered understanding of nature in the contemporary West, and the New Natural Law propensity to sideline the question of nature itself. The paper will then go on to advocate for an alternative and more confessional mode of engagement in public debate.
The impact of health and health insurance literacy on access to care for Hispanic/Latino communities
Authors: Edward Jean , Morris Sarah , Mataoui Fatma , Granberry Phillip , Williams Mark V. , Torres Idali 
Published: January 2018

AbstractObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of health literacy (HL) and health insurance literacy (HIL) on health insurance status and access to health care services for Spanish‐speaking communities living in Massachusetts.MethodsA total of 139 surveys (descriptive, knowledge‐based HIL questions, and Short Assessment of Health Literacy in Spanish) and 30 semi‐structured interviews were collected and analyzed using chi‐square, Mann‐Whitney U test, and logistic regression analysis.ResultsThe majority of participants had inadequate HL (56%) and HIL (93%). There were differences in HL scores (t = 4.1; p < .0001) between the insured (M = 12.3, SD = 5.7) and uninsured (M = 7.9, SD = 6.7) and differences (t = 1.9; p = .05) between those with adequate HIL (M = 14.3, SD = 4.3) and inadequate HIL (M = 10.2, SD = 6.6). Participants who were uninsured (MW U = 37.6; p < .0001) and who had inadequate HL (MW U = 5.2; p = .02) were more likely to have never accessed health care in the U.S. Participants who had never accessed health care were 93% less likely to be insured and those with adequate HL were three times more likely to be insured.ConclusionsHealth literacy and HIL are closely associated with insurance status and access to health care for Spanish‐speaking communities, indicating the need for further research and enhanced public health efforts to improve knowledge and awareness around navigating health care systems.
The Role of Preterm Birth in the Association Between Opioid Maintenance Therapy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Authors: Lemon Lara S. , Naimi Ashley , Caritis Steve N. , Platt Robert W. , Venkataramanan Raman , Bodnar Lisa M. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractBackgroundPregnant women treated with methadone as opioid maintenance therapy are more likely than women treated with buprenorphine to deliver preterm. Preterm birth is associated with less risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). We sought to assess the role of preterm birth as a mediator of the relationship between in utero exposure to methadone and NAS compared with buprenorphine.MethodsWe studied 716 women receiving methadone or buprenorphine and delivering liveborn infants at Magee‐Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013–15). We implemented inverse probability weighted marginal structural models to isolate the role of preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation). Weights accounted for confounding by maternal age, race, insurance, parity, delivery year, marital, employment, hepatitis C, and smoking status.ResultsApproximately 57% of the cohort were treated with methadone. Preterm birth was more common in methadone‐exposed pregnancies (25% versus 14%). The incidence of NAS treatment was higher in methadone compared with buprenorphine‐exposed infants (65% vs 49%), and term compared with preterm births (64% vs 36%). For every 100 infants liveborn to mothers treated for opioid dependence, there were 13 excess cases of NAS among infants exposed to methadone compared with buprenorphine (adjusted risk difference [RD] 13.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.7, 20.9). Among term births, this increased to 17 excess cases of NAS in methadone‐ compared with buprenorphine‐exposed (RD 16.7, 95% CI 9.3, 24.0).ConclusionThe further increased risk of NAS associated with methadone use vs buprenorphine in term deliveries emphasises the utility of buprenorphine in clinical settings aimed at decreasing NAS.
What, exactly, are we measuring? Examining heteronormativity in relation to same‐gender marriage
Authors: Bartholomay Daniel J. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractFocusing on the relationship between same‐gender marriage and heteronormativity, my objectives in this paper are twofold. First, I examine the scholarly conversation examining same‐gender marriage as a practice that either reinforces or challenges heteronormativity. I agree with the arguments posed by contemporary sociologists that reducing same‐gender marriage to being purely supportive or disruptive of heteronormativity oversimplifies the issue. Next, I critically examine how challenges to heteronormativity are being measured in the context of same‐gender marriage. I argue that future scholarship would benefit from more thoroughly considering how challenges to heteronormativity manifest in different forms and impact the social system of heteronormativity in distinct and varied ways.
Damage detection in beams from modal and wavelet analysis using a stationary roving mass and noise estimation
Authors: Solís M. , Ma Q. , Galvín P. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThis paper uses the Continuous Wavelet Transform Analysis on mode shapes for damage identification. The wavelet analysis is applied to the difference in the mode shapes between a healthy and a damaged state. The paper also includes a novel methodology for estimating the level of noise of the experimental mode shapes based on a standard Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The estimated SNRs are used for identifying and making emphasis on the less noisy data. Moreover, a mass attached to the structure is considered to enhance the sensitivity of the structure to damage. Modal analysis is performed for different positions of the mass along the beam. The results obtained for all the positions of the mass are combined so an averaging process is implicitly applied. The paper presents the results from an experimental test of a cantilever steel beam with different severity levels of damage at the same location. The results show that the use of the attached mass reduces the effect of noise and increases the sensitivity to damage. Little damage can be identified with the proposed methodology even using a small number of sensors and only the first five bending modes.
Cladosporium cladosporioides‐complex infection in a mixed‐breed dog
Authors: Spano Matteo , Zuliani Davide , Peano Andrea , Bertazzolo Walter 
Published: January 2018

AbstractA 3‐year‐old female mixed‐breed dog was referred with a 2‐day history of serious dyspnea, coughing, lethargy, anorexia, and a low‐grade right anterior lameness. At presentation, the dog had an increased respiratory rate, dull heart and lung sounds, and cyanotic mucous membranes. It was hyperthermic and slightly dehydrated. Laboratory findings showed mild neutrophilia with a left shift, while serum biochemistry variables were in the normal range. However, urinalysis revealed mild proteinuria and rare erythrocytes and leukocytes on sediment examination. Thoracic radiographs showed a diffuse mixed interstitial and alveolar pattern with an air bronchogram, while appendicular radiographs showed a right humeral interrupted brush‐like periosteal reaction. Thoracic ultrasonography revealed mediastinal lymph node enlargement. Cytology from a fine‐needle aspirate of mediastinal lymph nodes revealed a pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis with numerous fungal hyphae. Culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar isolated dark fungal colonies with microscopic features consistent withCladosporiumspp. Sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region identified the fungus as a species of theCladosporium cladosporioides‐complex.
Establishment of the Korean haemovigilance system
Authors: Kim H. , Hyun J. , Han K.‐S. 
Published: January 2018

BackgroundThe first regulation on haemovigilance in South Korea was first established in 1999 by the Blood Management Act. The purpose of this act was mainly focused on management of transfusion‐transmitted infections.AimsA more general form of haemovigilance system was needed for surveillance on the transfusion chain.Materials & MethodsA research funded by the government was initiated in 2007 for development of a haemovigilance system. Review on haemovigilance systems of other countries and development of draft report forms were proceeded on the first year. Pilot operation of the system with 46 voluntary participating institutions was conducted during 2008‐2009 including development of an online reporting system via the website.ResultsThe system was formally launched in a nationwide scale in 2010, financially supported continuously by the government but independently operated by the Korean Society of Blood Transfusion. The program is a centralized, stand‐alone, voluntary reporting, non‐punitive, anonymized, comprehensive system. The number of reporting hospitals and reports submitted has grown every year, with a significant increase after several administrative changes regarding financial incentives and institutional accreditation programs which requested the participation of haemovigilance. Workshops are held for participants every year, and the annual reports can be accessed on the website. Among 215 participating hospitals, 169 reported 3,375 adverse events during the fiscal year 2016.ConclusionWe have successfully operated the program for ten years, including a two‐year pilot study. We hope to further enhance the system qualitatively regarding case validation and standardization of case reporting.
Bulk Storage of Citrus Juice Concentrate
Authors: Ratcliff Morris W. 
Published: January 2018

Bulk holding tanks for the storage of juice and concentrates are becoming a way of life in the Florida Citrus Processing Industry. Most of the processors in this industry either have now or are considering some form of bulk tank system. These tanks vary from a few hundred gallons up to one hundred thousand gallons capacity. Outside the State of Florida there are fruit juice holding tanks which approach three hundred thousand gallons, and the wine industry exceeds even this in tank capacity. Tanks of both vertical and horizontal structure are in use. These tanks may be made of stainless steel, coated mild steel, fiberglass reinforced resin or coated concrete. Reinforced, collapsible neoprene “cushion” tanks of up to forty thousand gallons capacity are in use.
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Spray Irrigation of Citrus Waste
Authors: Morrell Henry P. 
Published: January 2018

Land application of wastewater is an old practice — it was used by the Greeks in Athens and was begun in the United States over 100 years ago. Hundreds of communities throughout the nation currently use one form or another of land application with varying degrees of success. The application of wastewater to the land brings into play elements of climate, air, land, irrigation and water so that understanding and analysis of its many aspects requires a multi-disciplinary approach. There are three generally accepted approaches to land application. These are:
1. Irrigation
2. Overland Flow
3. Infiltration Percolation
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The Fuel Crisis
Authors: Smith W. J. 
Published: January 2018

Based on facts available to the public, almost everyone agrees that an energy shortage or fuel crisis now exists in our country and state. While there is not general agreement about the quantitative aspects of this crisis, there is agreement that it is of significant magnitude to create very great concern about sustaining the current high levels of industrial productivity with its related employment and economic activity.
In our complex society and economic system, it is not possible to easily determine all of the causes of the current fuel crisis. To better understand the problems of causing fuel supply to increase to correspond to fuel demand, an effort is made to briefly describe some of the more apparent causes for the fuel crisis.
The primary attention and discussion herein are directed toward what may be done, both short range and long range, to help overcome the fuel crisis from the point of view of the Florida Citrus Industry.
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Potable Water From Plant Waste Water
Authors: Richardson Gordon H. , McDuff Omer R. 
Published: January 2018

The direct reuse of waste affluents is not a new concept to the citrus industry. Jones(1) reported the limited reuse of lime treated treatment plant effluent as barometric leg water. Treatment plant effluent was indicated by the Coca Cola Company Foods Division(2) as suitable for reuse as cooling water. Reuse of barometric leg water through the installation of cooling towers has become an accepted practice. This relatively high quality water, which amounts to a significant part of the total plant water usage, is readily isolated from the existing systems.
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Increasing Boiler Efficiencies
Authors: O’Leary R. P. 
Published: January 2018

The most difficult problem in giving any talk, on any subject, is how to get started. I, myself, decided to go to Webster’s Dictionary to find the definition of efficiency. Webster defines it as follows: “Efficiency is the ratio of useful work obtained to energy expended”. I think it would be fair to say that the efficiency by which we convert energy to a saleable product will be the measure of a successful engineer.
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Engineering and the Citrus Industry
Authors: Kimball Thos. B. 
Published: January 2018

When I was first asked to make this talk about the engineer and the citrus industry, I was horrified at the thought that anyone would get up and try to extol the virtues of their profession in a group so knowledgeable and experienced as you. Nothing but a fool would do this! But I was convinced by your Program Committee members that we should do it, and that I might be able to pull it off — and I will try.
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Citrus in the World Food Outlook
Authors: Eastwood Ralph A. 
Published: January 2018

GOALS. You invited me to develop two sub-topics relative to citrus in the world food outlook. The first and shorter is to update the speech delivered to your association in this auditorium three years ago.2 The second, to which more emphasis is to be given, is to discuss selected important citribusiness issues in such detail and at a sufficiently high level of generalization to provide perspective for your long-range profit planning as you develop products featuring adequate technology for citribusiness here and abroad.
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Coal as a Fuel
Authors: Kaiser Alex 
Published: January 2018

I want to take a moment at the start of this paper to explain what this paper is and what it isn’t. This paper is not a highly technical paper with a great deal of engineering details but, rather, as the title indicates, an overview of coal. I will try to show during the presentation of this paper the differences between coal and the other fossil fuels and attempt to trace coal from its origin to the end point use. I will not attempt to discuss the end point use for your industry, and it will be presumptuous of me to do so as my experience with coal uses is centered entirely in the electric utility industry.
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Irrigation Methods and Equipment for Production of Citrus in Florida
Authors: Harrison Dalton S. 
Published: January 2018

Florida citrus growers have perhaps the most challenging times ahead for decisions as to which supplemental irrigation method they should use. It is estimated that some 500,000 acres of approximately 875,000 acres of Florida citrus are now subject to irrigation by various methods. Of this total, 160,000 acres are under permanent overhead systems; 150,000 are under seepage or flood; 175,000 under portable pipe and guns; and 16,000 plus under drip. There are other reports that have drip up to 20,000 acres; however, the acreage of drip reported here does not include under-tree low volume spray-head type systems (some 4,000 acres), erroneously referred to as drip systems.
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Dietary Citrus Fibers
Authors: Ferguson R. R. , Fox K. I. 
Published: January 2018

Limited quantities of dried juice sacs have been produced commercially in Florida since the late 1950’s. Several citrus processors have been involved in this production at one time or another and one well known processor is currently producing relatively small but significant quantities. Workers at the University of Florida’s Agricultural Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred, as well as at the USDA’s Utilization Research Labs at Winter Haven, Florida and Pasadena, California have been advocating this speciality by-product citing the tangible advantages of the higher return as compared to that of dried orange pulp for animal feed. At the same time they point out the intangible benefits of removing one of the major sources of air pollutants from the stack emissions of feed mills.
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Energy Review
Authors: Zausner Eric R. 
Published: January 2018

Today almost 4 years after the Arab embargo confusion, conflict and lack of action are still the key words which describe a Nation’s energy policy. There are several questions and hopefully some answers that I’d like to address today about national energy policy.
• What is illusion and what is reality about the energy “crisis”?
• What will the President’s program accomplish and will it emerge as battered as the press would have us believe?
• Why are we unable to develop a comprehensive energy program?
• What are the key issues and decisions we must face up to?
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Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Fish Pathogens
Authors: Miller Ron A. , Harbottle Heather 
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACT

Major concerns surround the use of antimicrobial agents in farm-raised fish, including the potential impacts these uses may have on the development of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in fish and the aquatic environment. Currently, some antimicrobial agents commonly used in aquaculture are only partially effective against select fish pathogens due to the emergence of resistant bacteria. Although reports of ineffectiveness in aquaculture due to resistant pathogens are scarce in the literature, some have reported mass mortalities in
Penaeus monodon
larvae caused by
Vibrio harveyi
resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and streptomycin. Genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance have been described in aquaculture environments and are commonly found on mobile genetic elements which are recognized as the primary source of antimicrobial resistance for important fish pathogens. Indeed, resistance genes have been found on transferable plasmids and integrons in pathogenic bacterial species in the genera
Aeromonas
,
Yersinia
,
Photobacterium
,
Edwardsiella
, and
Vibrio
. Class 1 integrons and IncA/C plasmids have been widely identified in important fish pathogens (
Aeromonas
spp.,
Yersinia
spp.,
Photobacterium
spp.,
Edwardsiella
spp., and
Vibrio
spp.) and are thought to play a major role in the transmission of antimicrobial resistance determinants in the aquatic environment. The identification of plasmids in terrestrial pathogens (
Salmonella enterica
serotypes,
Escherichia coli
, and others) which have considerable homology to plasmid backbone DNA from aquatic pathogens suggests that the plasmid profiles of fish pathogens are extremely plastic and mobile and constitute a considerable reservoir for antimicrobial resistance genes for pathogens in diverse environments.
Paediatric obesity appears to lower the risk of diabetes if selection bias is ignored
Authors: Stovitz Steven D , Banack Hailey R , Kaufman Jay S 
Published: January 2018

BackgroundFrustrated with the onslaught of articles reporting fascination with results that appear paradoxical but are merely due to selection bias, we studied the apparent effect of obesity on diabetes risk in youth who had a test for diabetes. We hypothesised that obese subjects would have lower rates of diabetes than non-obese subjects due to selection bias, and consequently, obesity would appear to lower the risk of diabetes.MethodsRetrospective cohort study of children (4–9 years), pre-teens (10–12 years) and teenagers (13–19 years). Participation was restricted to those who had a test of haemoglobin A1C along with measured height and weight. Body mass index percentile via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention age and sex standards was calculated and categorised. The main outcome was A1C%, subsequently categorised at the level for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (≥6.5%).ResultsThe sample consisted of 134 (2%) underweight, 1718 (30%) healthy weight, 660 (12%) overweight and 3190 (56%) obese individuals. 16% (n=936) had an A1C≥6.5%. Overall, healthy weight children had 8.2 times the risk of A1C≥6.5% (95% CI 5.3 to 12.7) compared with those in the obese category. The relative risk was 13 in pre-teens (95% CI 8.5 to 20.0) and 3.9 in teenagers (95% CI 3.3 to 4.7).ConclusionsHealthy weight was associated with a 4–13 times higher relative risk of diabetes mellitus compared with being obese. While apparently shocking, the study’s fatal flaw (selection bias) explains the ‘paradoxical’ finding. Ignoring selection bias can delay advances in medical science.