bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Surgical Technique and Initial Clinical Experience with a Novel Extracapsular Articulating Implant for Treatment of the Canine Cruciate Ligament Deficient Stifle Joint
Authors: Barkowski Veronica J. , Embleton Neil A. 
Published: July 2016

ObjectiveTo describe the surgical technique, clinical efficacy, and complications using the Simitri Stable in Stride®extracapsular articulating implant (EAI) to treat naturally occurring stifle instability due to cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) insufficiency.Study DesignProspective case series.AnimalsClient‐owned dogs with CrCL‐deficient stifles (n=60 dogs; 66 stifles).MethodsAn EAI was applied to the medial aspect of the distal femur and proximal tibia after stifle exploration and treatment of joint pathology. Outcome measures included lameness score, time to weight bearing, and bilateral assessment of stifle stability, stifle range of motion (ROM), and thigh circumference (TC). Outcome measures were determined preoperatively and at intervals from 4.5 to 16.0 months (median 8.9 months) postoperatively. Data were excluded from bilaterally affected dogs <6 months after CrCL surgery on the contralateral limb, and from dogs with contralateral limb lameness.ResultsWithin 24 hours of EAI surgery, dogs were weight bearing on 64 of 66 limbs at the walk. Incidence of major complications requiring surgical revision was 15.3% and minor complications was 10.2%. Postoperatively, there were significant improvements in lameness scores and ROM in 34 EAI‐treated limbs meeting inclusion criteria, and the mean ROM returned to within normal limits. TC did not change in the operated limb, but decreased significantly in the control limb.ConclusionThe EAI effectively stabilized the CrCL‐deficient stifle, and significantly improved lameness scores and stifle ROM. Decreased TC in control limbs may have been due to early return to mobility and weight bearing on the EAI‐treated limb.
Ab-initio study of structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of Ba2YTaO6
Authors: Du Lifei , Du Huiling 
Published: July 2016

The structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of cubic double perovskite Ba2YTaO6 are calculated by using the plane wave within density functional theory (DFT) framework employing the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The ground state quantities including the lattice parameter, bulk moduli and its pressure derivative are fitted by the Birch–Murnaghan equation of state. The calculated energy band indicates that Ba2YTaO6 has a direct band gap of 3.42 eV at [Formula: see text] point in the Brillouin zone and the energy band near Fermi level is determined by the density of states of O 2[Formula: see text], Ta 5[Formula: see text] and Y 4[Formula: see text] electrons. The thermodynamic properties including Debye temperature, bulk moduli and heat capacity of various pressures and temperatures are calculated and analyzed. Results indicate that the temperature and induced pressure have significant effect on the thermodynamic properties of Ba2YTaO6.
Progressive Trends in the Uptake of SEA in South Asia
Authors: Saxena Akanksha , Rajvanshi Asha , Mathur V. B. 
Published: July 2016

Striking a balance between the need to achieve socio-economic growth and to conserve and sustainably use natural resources has become a pressing requirement globally, especially in developing nations. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that recognises and integrates environmental, social and economic considerations into policies, plans and programmes is a recognised and effective planning tool in more than 90 countries across the globe. The paper reflects on changing trends in SEA uptake and increasing momentum for its application in South Asia. Evidence suggests that various drivers including voluntary practice and donor driven impact assessments are favouring the uptake of SEA as a robust and futuristic planning support tool for sustainable growth in multiple economic sectors. The paper draws on numerous examples of SEA and ‘SEA-like’ instruments applied in different sectors in South Asia and identifies growth sectors where SEA has a significant potential to synchronise conservation and sustainable development objectives.
Rigel
Authors: Hegarty James , Daly Ross , DeVito Zachary , Ragan-Kelley Jonathan , Horowitz Mark , Hanrahan Pat 
Published: July 2016

Image processing algorithms implemented using custom hardware or FPGAs of can be orders-of-magnitude more energy efficient and performant than software. Unfortunately, converting an algorithm by hand to a hardware description language suitable for compilation on these platforms is frequently too time consuming to be practical. Recent work on hardware synthesis of high-level image processing languages demonstrated that a single-rate pipeline of stencil kernels can be synthesized into hardware with provably minimal buffering. Unfortunately, few advanced image processing or vision algorithms fit into this highly-restricted programming model.
In this paper, we present Rigel, which takes pipelines specified in our new multi-rate architecture and lowers them to FPGA implementations. Our flexible multi-rate architecture supports pyramid image processing, sparse computations, and space-time implementation tradeoffs. We demonstrate depth from stereo, Lucas-Kanade, the SIFT descriptor, and a Gaussian pyramid running on two FPGA boards. Our system can synthesize hardware for FPGAs with up to 436 Megapixels/second throughput, and up to 297x faster runtime than a tablet-class ARM CPU.
Synthesis of filigrees for digital fabrication
Authors: Chen Weikai , Zhang Xiaolong , Xin Shiqing , Xia Yang , Lefebvre Sylvain , Wang Wenping 
Published: July 2016

Filigrees are thin patterns found in jewelry, ornaments and lace fabrics. They are often formed of repeated base elements manually composed into larger, delicate patterns. Digital fabrication simplifies the process of turning a virtual model of a filigree into a physical object. However, designing a virtual model of a filigree remains a time consuming and challenging task. The difficulty lies in tightly packing together the base elements while covering a target surface. In addition, the filigree has to be well connected and sufficiently robust to be fabricated. We propose a novel approach automating this task. Our technique covers a target surface with a set of input base elements, forming a filigree strong enough to be fabricated. We exploit two properties of filigrees to make this possible. First, as filigrees form delicate traceries they are well captured by their skeleton. This affords for a simpler definition of operators such as matching and deformation. Second, instead of seeking for a perfect packing of the base elements we relax the problem by allowing appearance preserving partial overlaps. We optimize a filigree by a stochastic search, further improved by a novel boosting algorithm that records and reuses good configurations discovered during the process.
We illustrate our technique on a number of challenging examples reproducing filigrees on large objects, which we manufacture by 3D printing. Our technique affords for several user controls, such as the scale and orientation of the elements.
Leadership, Equality & Democracy
Authors: Keohane Nannerl O. 
Published: July 2016

The goal of this essay is to clarify the relationship between leadership and equality as two essential constitutive factors of a democratic political system. The essay is motivated by concern about increasing inequalities in the political system of the United States and other countries that describe themselves as democracies. The first section notes the logical tension between leadership and equality, and spells out my understanding of the key terms I use in this essay. I show how the tension between leadership and equality poses a conundrum for democratic governance. Yet the crux of my argument is that profound socioeconomic inequalities pose the more basic threat. I identify disparities in power, as distinct from leadership, as the root of the problem here. Leadership and power are often conflated. Eliding the differences between the two impedes our understanding of the dilemmas we face. The classical answer to concerns about the abuse of power is to establish institutional constraints on political leadership. Yet good leadership is essential in solving the problems we confront. Because leaders can take significant steps to reduce inequality, leadership and equality are not always in tension. If we are to emerge from our current malaise, we must recognize and draw upon the positive contributions of leadership to efficacious democratic governance.
Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges
Authors: Fan Jiwen , Wang Yuan , Rosenfeld Daniel , Liu Xiaohong 
Published: July 2016

AbstractOver the past decade, the number of studies that investigate aerosol–cloud interactions has increased considerably. Although tremendous progress has been made to improve the understanding of basic physical mechanisms of aerosol–cloud interactions and reduce their uncertainties in climate forcing, there is still poor understanding of 1) some of the mechanisms that interact with each other over multiple spatial and temporal scales, 2) the feedbacks between microphysical and dynamical processes and between local-scale processes and large-scale circulations, and 3) the significance of cloud–aerosol interactions on weather systems as well as regional and global climate. This review focuses on recent theoretical studies and important mechanisms on aerosol–cloud interactions and discusses the significances of aerosol impacts on radiative forcing and precipitation extremes associated with different cloud systems. The authors summarize the main obstacles preventing the science from making a leap—for example, the lack of concurrent profile measurements of cloud dynamics, microphysics, and aerosols over a wide region on the observation side and the large variability of cloud microphysics parameterizations resulting in a large spread of modeling results on the modeling side. Therefore, large efforts are needed to escalate understanding. Future directions should focus on obtaining concurrent measurements of aerosol properties and cloud microphysical and dynamic properties over a range of temporal and spatial scales collected over typical climate regimes and closure studies, as well as improving understanding and parameterizations of cloud microphysics such as ice nucleation, mixed-phase properties, and hydrometeor size and fall speed.
The Key Role of Diabatic Outflow in Amplifying the Midlatitude Flow: A Representative Case Study of Weather Systems Surrounding Western North Pacific Extratropical Transition
Authors: Grams Christian M. , Archambault Heather M. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Recurving tropical cyclones (TCs) undergoing extratropical transition (ET) may substantially modify the large-scale midlatitude flow pattern. This study highlights the role of diabatic outflow in midlatitude flow amplification within the context of a review of the physical and dynamical processes involved in ET. Composite fields of 12 western North Pacific ET cases are used as initial and boundary conditions for high-resolution numerical simulations of the North Pacific–North American sector with and without the TC present. It is demonstrated that a three-stage sequence of diabatic outflow associated with different weather systems is involved in triggering a highly amplified midlatitude flow pattern: 1) preconditioning by a predecessor rain event (PRE), 2) TC–extratropical flow interaction, and 3) downstream flow amplification by a downstream warm conveyor belt (WCB). An ensemble of perturbed simulations demonstrates the robustness of these stages. Beyond earlier studies investigating PREs, recurving TCs, and WCBs individually, here the fact that each impacts the midlatitude flow through a similar sequence of processes surrounding ET is highlighted. Latent heat release in rapidly ascending air leads to a net transport of low-PV air into the upper troposphere. Negative PV advection by the diabatically driven outflow initiates ridge building, accelerates and anchors a midlatitude jet streak, and overall amplifies the upper-level Rossby wave pattern. However, the three weather systems markedly differ in terms of the character of diabatic heating and associated outflow height, with the TC outflow reaching highest and the downstream WCB outflow producing the strongest negative PV anomaly.
Assessing Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices of Workers Supporting People With Disabilities: A Validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale
Authors: Vassos Maria V. , Carroll Michael F. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
This study conducted an initial psychometric validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scales (EBPAS; Aarons, 2004) with a sample of workers employed in services that offer support to people with disabilities. Workers completed an online survey containing the EBPAS-GEN (a disability services version) and EBPAS-PBS (a version focused on positive behavior support, an evidence-based practice used in disability services). Confirmatory factor analysis, group differences, and internal consistency results support the psychometric soundness of both versions; however, the EBPAS-GEN shows slightly weaker properties. Evidence-based practice is gaining attention in the disability literature, and these findings add to this body of knowledge. These initial findings support the use of both versions of the EBPAS with populations of workers who work within disability services.
Hydrogen Adsorption in Carbon Materials
Authors: Dresselhaus M.S. , Williams K.A. , Eklund P.C. 
Published: July 2016

Recent reports of very high, reversible adsorption of molecular hydrogen in pure nanotubes, alkali-doped graphite, and pure and alkali-doped graphite nanofibers (GNFs) have aroused tremendous interest in the research community, stimulating much experimental work and many theoretical calculations worldwide. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Plan has seta standard for this discussion by providing a commercially significant benchmark for the amount of reversible hydrogen adsorption. This benchmark requires a system-weight efficiency (the ratio of stored H2 weight to system weight) of 6.5-wt% hydrogen and a volumetric density of 63 kg H2/m. If the encouraging experimental reports (summarized in Table I) are reproducible, it may be possible to reach the goals of the DOE Hydrogen Plan. On the other hand, the community still awaits confirmation of these experimental results by workers in other laboratories. Of additional concern is the fact that theoretical calculations have been unable to identify adsorption mechanisms compatible with the requirements of the DOE Hydrogen Plan.An economical, safe, hydrogen-storage medium is a critically needed component of a hydrogen-fueled transportation system. Hydrogen storage in a carbon-based material offers further advantages associated with its low mass density. Furthermore, fuel cell technology involving the conversion of hydrogen into protons, or hydrogen and oxygen into electric current, is being vigorously researched for both transportation and small power-plant applications.
A demonstração das ondas gravitacionais e suas possibilidades de aplicação na área de saúde
Authors: Negreiors Rodrigo Picanço 
Published: July 2016

Entrevista realizada no dia 31 de março de 2016, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil.Entrevistado: Rodrigo Picanço NegreirosBolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq - Nível 2 - CA FA - Física e Astronomia. Possui graduação em Física pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2004), mestrado em Física pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2005) e Ph.D. pela San Diego State University/Claremont Graduate University. Atuou como um posdoc no Frankfurt Institute for Advance Studies, na Goethe University, em Frankfurt am Main, Alemanha. Atualmente é professor no Instituto de Física da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Suas areas de pesquisam envolvem principalmente física nuclear e estrelas compactas (estrelas de neutrons, estrelas de quarks, pulsares ...), astrofisica relativística, métodos numéricos e física de matéria ultra-densa.Entrevistadores:Dalmo Machado Valério de LimaRN (UFF), MSN (UNIRIO), PhD (USP). Professor Adjunto da Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa (EEAAC/UFF), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Cardiovasculares (PPGCCV/UFF) e do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem Assistencial (MPEA/UFF), Editor Chefe do Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing (OBJN), Conselho Concultivo da Associação Brasileira de Editores Cietíficos (ABEC), Líder de Grupo de Pesquisa: Cardiovisão – Núcleo de Cardiointensivismo Baseado em Evidências e Gestão de Informação e Conhecimento em Saúde Jorge Luiz Lima da SilvaRN (UFF), MSN (UNIRIO), Doutor em Ciências área de Saúde Pública (ENSP/FIOCRUZ). Professor Adjunto da Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa (EEAAC/UFF), Editor Associado do Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing (OBJN), integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa: Trabalho em Turnos e Repercussões na Saúde
Vivência de mulheres no pós-operatório da cirurgia bariátrica: estudo fenomenológico
Authors: Oliveira Deíse Moura de , Merighi Miriam Aparecida Barbosa , Kortchmar Estela , Braga Vanessa Augusta , Silva Marcelo Henrique da , Jesus Maria Cristina Pinto de 
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: compreender a vivência de mulheres no pós-operatório da cirurgia bariátrica. Método: estudo de natureza qualitativa fundamentado na Fenomenologia Social de Alfred Schütz. Participaram do estudo oito mulheres, cujos depoimentos foram obtidos no período de outubro a dezembro de 2012 por meio de entrevista com questões abertas. Resultados: a categoria “Resgate das atividades cotidianas” revela que a cirurgia possibilitou o controle das doenças crônicas associadas à obesidade, a autonomia para o autocuidado e atividades diárias, o resgate da autoestima e a inclusão social. A categoria “D esafios” evidencia que as mulheres convivem com a necessidade de adotar hábitos alimentares saudáveis capazes de permitir o alcance e a manutenção do peso desejado. Conclusão: embora este estudo evidencie um ganho na qualidade de vida da mulher bariatrizada, ele também ressalta a necessidade de um cuidado compartilhado e longitudinal junto a essa clientela por uma equipe multiprofissional, em virtude do caráter crônico da obesidade.
Realização de visita técnica na formação de acadêmicos de enfermagem: estudo descritivo
Authors: Badaró Camila da Silva Marques , Fabri Angélica Conceição Oliveira Coelho , Deus Raquel Liquer de , Dutra Herica Silva 
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: identificar, na percepção de acadêmicos de Enfermagem, se a realização de visitas técnicas contribui para a formação profissional e para o gerenciamento em enfermagem. Método: estudo descritivo cujos dados foram obtidos em entrevistas semiestruturadas com 11 acadêmicos do curso de graduação em Enfermagem. Após transcrição das entrevistas, utilizou-se análise de conteúdo. Resultados: a visita técnica é uma ferramenta eficaz no processo de ensino-aprendizagem da administração em enfermagem, auxilia os acadêmicos na percepção da relação entre a teoria e a prática, proporciona o desenvolvimento de uma visão crítica e reflexiva sobre a realidade e favorece a percepção da relação entre gerenciamento em enfermagem e assistência/cuidado prestado ao paciente. Conclusão: A visita técnica foi considerada uma ferramenta de ensino eficaz para promover uma aproximação com a realidade do mercado de trabalho diminuindo as distâncias entre teoria e prática.
Qualidade de vida de pacientes durante terapia antineoplásica: estudo descritivo
Authors: Caetano Joselany Afio , Siqueira Julianna Freitas , Rodrigues Andrea Bezerra , Alves Maria Dalva Santos , Fialho Ana Virgínia Melo , Oliveira Francisca Jane Gomes 
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes oncológicos que utilizam dispositivo para infusão contínua de antineoplásicos. Método: estudo transversal, realizado em uma operadora de plano de saúde de Fortaleza/CE, em 2013, com 28 pacientes, mediante aplicação do instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHOQOL-bref). Resultados: o domínio mais comprometido foi satisfação com a saúde, ruim em ambos os ciclos de administração do antineoplásico, sendo a percepção quanto à qualidade de vida considerada regular. O domínio de maior média foi o das relações sociais; o de menor média, o psicológico, para ambos os ciclos. Conclusão: é importante conhecer os determinantes que influenciam a qualidade de vida de pacientes oncológicos, permitindo o aperfeiçoamento de intervenções multidisciplinares para melhorar a adaptação à experiência da doença.
Grau de estresse entre trabalhadores de estaleiro: estudo seccional
Authors: Lima Silva Jorge Luiz , Soares Rafael da Silva , Teixeira Enéas Rangel , Daher Donizete Vago , Almeida Jones Alberto de , Almeida Jonathan Henrique Anjos de 
Published: July 2016

Objetivo: descrever o grau de estresse dos trabalhadores de estaleiro, segundo as dimensões demanda e controle. Método: pesquisa descritiva do tipo seccional. Foi utilizado questionário autoaplicado estruturado. Demanda e controle foram aferidos pela escala adaptada para o português, baseada na versão resumida da Job Stress Scale. Resultados: entre os 114 participantes, apresentaram-se as seguintes pontuações: demanda de 11 pontos, com 63,2% dos trabalhadores abaixo da mediana; e controle com 12 pontos, a maior parte dos funcionários com escores abaixo da mediana (57,9%). A maioria dos trabalhadores estava em baixa exigência (36,8%). Discussão: o ambiente e as relações próprias à atividade do trabalho, de acordo com as condições em que ocorrem, podem também produzir desgas¬tes físicos e mentais. Conclusão: a situação de baixa exigência oferece maior motivação para criação e desenvolvimento de comportamentos positivos no trabalho. Alerta-se para a necessidade de desenvolver ações interinstitucionais e multidisciplinares em saúde mental e trabalho.
Fronteras simbólicas y clases medias. Movilidad social en Chile
Authors: Castillo Mayarí 
Published: July 2016

A más de tres décadas de la aplicación de las políticas de ajuste estructural en Chile, las clases medias han aumentado su peso en la estructura social y han cambiado su sector económico, empleo y trayectorias de movilidad social. Este artículo analiza la percepción de las fronteras simbólicas que, emergentes de estos procesos macrosociales, van moldeando las subjetividades de los sujetos pertenecientes a las clases medias en procesos de movilidad social ascendente y se relacionan con las percepciones sobre la desigualdad. Para esto se presenta un análisis cualitativo de casos, en los que destacan componentes discursivos como la meritocracia, el esfuerzo y la idea de “barreras/obstáculos” como ejes discursivos claves. Este artículo se inscribe dentro de los recientes estudios sobre clases medias para el caso chileno, enfocados en los aspectos culturales tras la reproducción de la estratificación y desigualdad en Chile.
Las fronteras de la pobreza en Bogotá
Authors: Uribe Mallarino Consuelo , Jaramillo Marín Jefferson 
Published: July 2016

Este artículo propone una perspectiva de análisis sobre la pobreza con un enfoque multidimensional, que la considera no solo como una suma de variables e indicadores, sino que le agrega una estrategia exploratoria sobre cómo se percibe la pobreza entre grupos que reciben o no programas para aliviarla, o usan o no servicios públicos subsidiados. Con base en herramientas cuantitativas y cualitativas aplicadas a información recabada sobre una muestra de residentes de Bogotá, se estudian las maneras en que las fronteras de sentido sobre la pobreza se relacionan con factores objetivos y subjetivos, lo cual implica ser o no usuarios de programas de subsidios, tener una condición socioeconómica y educativa determinada, además de las características de participación política, grado de asociación y uso de mecanismos para hacer valer derechos ciudadanos.