bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Telehealth at the US Department of Veterans Affairs after Hurricane Sandy
Authors: Der-Martirosian Claudia , Griffin Anne R , Chu Karen , Dobalian Aram 
Published: January 2018

Background Like other integrated health systems, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has widely implemented telehealth during the past decade to improve access to care for its patient population. During major crises, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has the potential to transition healthcare delivery from traditional care to telecare. This paper identifies the types of Veterans Affairs telehealth services used during Hurricane Sandy (2012), and examines the patient characteristics of those users. Methods This study conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses. Veterans Affairs administrative and clinical data files were used to illustrate the use of telehealth services 12 months pre- and 12 months post- Hurricane Sandy. In-person interviews with 31 key informants at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center three-months post- Hurricane Sandy were used to identify major themes related to telecare. Results During the seven-month period of hospital closure at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center after Hurricane Sandy, in-person patient visits decreased dramatically while telehealth visits increased substantially, suggesting that telecare was used in lieu of in-person care for some vulnerable patients. The most commonly used types of Veterans Affairs telehealth services included primary care, triage, mental health, home health, and ancillary services. Using qualitative analyses, three themes emerged from the interviews regarding the use of Veterans Affairs telecare post- Hurricane Sandy: patient safety, provision of telecare, and patient outreach. Conclusion Telehealth offers the potential to improve post-disaster access to and coordination of care. More information is needed to better understand how telehealth can change the processes and outcomes during disasters. Future studies should also evaluate key elements, such as adequate resources, regulatory and technology issues, workflow integration, provider resistance, diagnostic fidelity and confidentiality, all of which are critical to telehealth success during disasters and other crises.
An assessment of quality of randomized controlled trials in shoulder instability surgery using a modification of the clear CLEAR-NPT score
Authors: Alkaduhimi Hassanin , Saarig Aimane , van der Linde Just A. , Willigenburg Nienke W. , van Deurzen Derek F. P. , van den Bekerom Michel P. J. 
Published: January 2018

Background The present study aimed to evaluate the methodological quality and determine the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assess surgical treatment for shoulder instability. Methods A Cochrane, Pubmed, EMBASE and Trip database search was performed, including the relevant literature, regarding RCTs that report on shoulder instability published between January 1994 and January 2017. Methodological quality was assessed with a modification of the Checklist to Evaluate A Report of a Nonpharmacologic Trial (CLEAR-NPT). Points were assigned based on 18 items regarding patient characteristics, randomization, care provider characteristics, surgical details and blinding, with a total score ranging from 0 points to 18 points. Missing items were verified with the corresponding authors of the studies. Quality of reporting corresponds to the total scores including the items that were additionally provided by the authors. Results We included 22 studies. Of these, nine corresponding authors provided additional information. The average methodological quality was 16.9 points (11 studies) and the average quality of reporting was 9.5 points (22 studies). Items scoring worst included information regarding the surgeon’s experience, the patients’ level of activity, comorbidities, analyzing according to ‘intention-to-treat’ principles, and blinding of care providers, participants and assessors. Conclusions RCTs reporting on shoulder instability surgery are well performed but poorly reported.
Finite Element Analysis of Long Posterior Transpedicular Instrumentation for Cervicothoracic Fractures Related to Ankylosing Spondylitis
Authors: Robinson Yohan , Lison Almkvist Viktor , Olerud Claes , Halldin Peter , Fahlstedt Madelen 
Published: January 2018

Study Design: Biomechanical finite element model analysis. Objectives: Spinal fractures related to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are often treated by long posterior stabilization. The objective of this study is to develop a finite element model (FEM) for spinal fractures related to AS and to establish a biomechanical foundation for long posterior stabilization of cervicothoracic fractures related to AS. Methods: An existing FEM (consisting of 2 separately developed models) including the cervical and thoracic spine were adapted to the conditions of AS (all discs fused, C0-C1 and C1-C2 mobile). A fracture at the level C6-C7 was simulated. Besides a normal spine (no AS, no fracture) and the uninstrumented fractured spine 4 different posterior transpedicular instrumentations were tested. Three loads (1.5 g, 3.0 g, 4.5 g) were applied according to a specific load curve. Results: All posterior stabilization methods could normalize the axial stability at the fracture site as measured with gap distance. The maximum stress at the cranial instrumentation end (C3-C4) was slightly greater if every level was instrumented, than in the skipped level model. The skipped level instrumentation achieved similar rotatory stability as the long multilevel instrumentation. Conclusions: Skipping instrumentation levels without giving up instrumentation length reduced stresses in the ossified tissue within the range of the instrumentation and did not decrease the stability in a FEM of a cervicothoracic fracture related to AS. Considering the risks associated with every additional screw placed, the skipped level instrumentation has advantages regarding patient safety.
Treatment of implant-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis with vancomycin-loaded VK100 silicone cement: An experimental study in rats
Authors: Neyisci Cagri , Erdem Yusuf , Bilekli Ahmet Burak , Demiralp Bahtiyar , Kose Ozkan , Bek Dogan , Korkusuz Feza , Kankilic Berna 
Published: January 2018

Introduction: The purpose of this present study is to investigate the efficacy of vancomycin-loaded VK100 silicone cement drug delivery system in the treatment of implant-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) osteomyelitis in rats. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six adult (18–20 weeks old) female Sprague-Dawley rats were included in the study. All rats underwent experimental osteomyelitis surgery via injecting 100 µL bacterial suspension of MRSA into the medullary canal. After a 2-week duration for the formation of osteomyelitis model, rats were assigned randomly into four groups: control (C), systemic vancomycin (V), local vancomycin-loaded VK100 silicone cement (vVK100), and systemic vancomycin and local vancomycin-loaded VK100 silicone cement (V+vVK100). The following treatment protocols were administered to each group for 4 weeks. For group C, 0.9% saline solution equivalent to the volume of vancomycin dose (approximately 1 ml/kg) was administered intraperitoneally twice daily (12-h intervals). For group V, 15 mg/kg of vancomycin was administered intraperitoneally twice daily (12-h intervals). For group vVK100, vVK100 polymer was included so that the intramedullary canal of the rats are affected. For group V+vVK100, vVK100 polymer was included so that the intramedullary canal of the rats are affected and 15 mg/kg of vancomycin was administered intraperitoneally twice daily (12-h intervals). After 4 weeks of treatment, clinical, radiologic, microbiologic, and histopathologic evaluations were performed for all groups. Results: Results of this study revealed that all scores of the evaluation criteria for the treatment groups (groups V, vVK100, and V+vVK100) decreased due to the treatment protocols when compared to group C. These results show the effectiveness of all treatment protocols for the implant-related chronic MRSA osteomyelitis. However, there were no statistical difference between these three protocols. Conclusions: vVK100 polymer, as a local antibiotic delivery system, seems to be an effective method for the treatment of implant-related chronic MRSA osteomyelitis.
Midterm outcome of partial radial head replacement with a contoured iliac crest bone graft in complex elbow dislocation
Authors: Luenam Suriya , Kosiyatrakul Arkaphat , Jangsombatsiri Winai , Pimpabootr Nitikorn , Vathana Torpon 
Published: January 2018

Purpose: To report the midterm outcome of a novel reconstructive technique using a contoured iliac crest bone graft for partial radial head replacement in the treatment of complex elbow dislocation. Material and methods: Between January 2008 and December 2013, 10 patients (5 women, 5 men; mean age, 43.8 years; mean follow-up duration, 65.9 months) with complex elbow dislocation who underwent the partial radial head replacement with the contoured bone graft were included in the study. The irreparable radial head defects averaged 49% of the articular surface (range, 36–60%). The fracture involved the entire head in four patients and partial head in six patients. Results: At the final follow-up, the mean elbow extension was 8°, flexion 143°, supination 76.5°, and pronation 73°. The mean Mayo elbow performance index was 93.2 points and the Broberg–Morrey functional rating score was 94.1 points, with seven excellent cases, two good cases, and one fair case. Radiographic union was achieved in all but one, at an average time of 6.89 weeks (range, 6–10 weeks). The final radiographs demonstrated no evidence of degenerative change in eight patients, mild arthritis in one patient, and moderate arthritis in one patient. Conclusion: This technique is a viable option in the treatment of the large radial head defect in complex elbow dislocation when more than 40% of the original head is still available for incorporation.
Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Western Amazon: a Potential Biological Control Agent
Authors: Oliveira Matheus Montefusco , Gomes Flávia Batista , Somavilla Alexandre , Krug Cristiane 
Published: January 2018

Wasps of the genus Polistes (Vespidae: Polistinae) are eusocial, considered valuable biological control agents. The objective of this work was to determine the resources collected by Polistes canadensis wasps, evaluate their performance and importance as a natural enemy and possible agent of biological control in the Brazilian Amazon. Between 8 October and 20 November of 2014, 20 evaluations were performed, totalizing 101 hours of observations of the foraging activity of an aggregation out in stage of development post-emergence with approximately 50 adult individuals distributed in 15 colonies. Additionally, observations of the predatory activity of Polistes canadensis on Plutella xylostella on a small organic plantation of kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala DC), were also made. During the evaluations 1742 returns were recorded, 11.72% of them with prey, 3.10% with plant fiber, 16.76% with nectar, 45.17% with water and 23.25% without any visible load. All the preys identified were classified as Lepidoptera, belonging to ten morphospecies. Only one morphospecies was identified as Spodoptera frugiperda, which was the most commonly resource used by the wasps in 37 % in immature feeding. Only returns with nectar had statistically significant difference between the evaluated schedules. Polistes canadensis wasps did not prey Plutella xylostella caterpillars. The wasp aggregation studied was able to prey an average of 10.2 caterpillars per day, which demonstrates the potential of this species for the biological control of pests in the Amazon region.
Classification of degree two curves in the symmetric square with positive self-intersection
Authors: Sáez Meritxell 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
We give a precise classification of the pairs (C, B͠) with C a smooth curve of genus g and B͠ ⊂ C
(2) a curve of degree two and positive self-intersection. We prove that there are no such pairs if g < pa
(B͠) < 2g−1. We study the singularities and self-intersection of any degree two curve in C
(2). Moreover, we give examples of curves with arithmetic genus in the Brill–Noether range and positive self-intersection on C × C.
Phenomenology of Embodied Personhood and the Challenges of Naturalism in Pain Research
Authors: Geniusas Saulius 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Here I distinguish three fundamental ways in which the naturalistically oriented science of pain has critically engaged phenomenology. The science of pain has either denied any role phenomenology could play in scientific pain research, or it has aimed to correlate phenomenological findings with neurological processes, or it has pursued a genuine dialogue with phenomenology, yet only insofar as phenomenology is conceived in line with the principles of static methodology. I argue that genetic phenomenology of embodied personhood offers a fourth and most promising way to pursue a dialogue between phenomenology and the science of pain. By drawing a distinction between the naturalistic and the personalistic attitudes, genetic phenomenology invites one to reinterpret the neurological conceptions of pain as modifications derived from a more basic understanding of pain experience.
Toward a Liberative Phenomenology of Zen
Authors: Davis Bret W. 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
The questions pursued in this essay are: What can philosophers today learn from a tradition of psychosomatic practice such as Zen Buddhism? How does such a tradition challenge the very methodology of our cerebral practice of philosophy? And finally: What would it mean to bring Western philosophy and the psychosomatic practice of Zen together, not necessarily to merge them into one, but at least to commute between them so that they may speak to and inform one another? In pursuing these questions, it is demonstrated, we have much to learn from the Kyoto School of modern Japanese philosophy. The middle two sections of this essay explain how Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) and Nishitani Keiji (1900-1990) challenged the disembodied methodology of Western philosophy by drawing on their psychosomatic practice of Zen. The final section of this essay critically compares and contrasts the psychosomatic practice of Zen with the pragmatist “somaesthetics” of Richard Shusterman. Shusterman himself pursued connections between his project and Zen practice, yet it will be argued that the guiding aims of his pragmatically and aesthetically orientated somaesthetics need to be distinguished from the primarily enlightening and liberative aims of the psychosomatic practice of Zen.
On the Possibility of a Disembodied Mind
Authors: Chong-Fuk Lau 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Even though the Cartesian mind-body dualism has largely been dismissed in contemporary philosophy, the idea that the conscious mind can be a bodiless and non-spatial entity is still held to be possible. This paper examines a series of arguments by Jaegwon Kim, Peter Strawson, and Immanuel Kant against the possibility of a disembodied mind. It is argued that although the concept of a disembodied mind is coherent, it derives from a more fundamental concept in which the mind and the body are originally unified. The unity of mind and body, which can be called a person, is logically prior to the concept of the mind as a disembodied person, and thus the possibility of a disembodied mind turns out to depend on the existence of the physical and spatial world.
Dynamic Interactions between Top–Down Expectations and Conscious Awareness
Authors: Meijs Erik L. , Slagter Heleen A. , de Lange Floris P. , van Gaal Simon 
Published: January 2018

It is well known that top–down expectations affect perceptual processes. Yet, remarkably little is known about the relationship between expectations and conscious awareness. We address three crucial outstanding questions: (1) how do expectations affect the likelihood of conscious stimulus perception?; (2) does the brain register violations of expectations nonconsciously?; and (3) do expectations need to be conscious to influence perceptual decisions? Using human participants, we performed three experiments in which we manipulated stimulus predictability within the attentional blink paradigm, while combining visual psychophysics with electrophysiological recordings. We found that valid stimulus expectations increase the likelihood of conscious access of stimuli. Furthermore, our findings suggest a clear dissociation in the interaction between expectations and consciousness: conscious awareness seems crucial for the implementation of top–down expectations, but not for the generation of bottom-up stimulus-evoked prediction errors. These results constrain and update influential theories about the role of consciousness in the predictive brain.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTWhile the relationship between expectations and conscious awareness plays a major role in many prediction-based theories of brain functioning, thus far few empirical studies have examined this relationship. Here, we address this gap in knowledge in a set of three experiments. Our results suggest that the effect of expectations on conscious awareness varies between different steps of the hierarchy of predictive processing. While the active use of top–down expectations for perceptual decisions requires conscious awareness, prediction errors can be triggered outside of conscious awareness. These results constrain and update influential theories about the role of consciousness in the predictive brain.
PEMANFAATAN PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE SEBAGAI MEDIA PENYIMPANAN DATA E-LEARNING PADA LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Santiko Irfan , Rosidi Rahman 
Published: January 2018

ABSTRAK Cloud Computing atau komputasi awan adalah gabungan pemanfaatan teknologi komputer ('komputasi') dan pengembangan berbasis Internet ('awan'). Awan (cloud) adalah metafora dari internet, sebagaimana awan yang sering digambarkan pada diagram jaringan computer. Selain seperti awan dalam diagram jaringan komputer, awan (cloud) dalam cloud computing juga merupakan abstraksi dari infrastuktur kompleks yang disembunyikannya. Private Cloud Storage dengan kolaborasi komponen Service Oriented Architecture mampu menyediakan antarmuka yang efisien untuk proses berjalannya lembaga dan berfungsi sebagai Virtualization Server dan Online Storage yang dapat diakses menggunakan Fixed Device dan Mobile Device seperti Smartphone Android, Komputer Pad, dan PC Tablet melalui koneksi jaringan lokal dan internet.Sebagai fungsi manfaat dari cloud sendiri bisa di manfaatkan kedalam kebutuhan E-Learning, mengingat dari segi kemudahan, kebutuhan, dan keamanan, cloud computing terbilang metode yang pas dalam menerapkan kebutuhan tersebut. Dimana setiap data berhak di simpan secara bebas, luas dan aman tentunya. ABSTRACT Cloud Computing is a combination of the use of computer technology and cloud of Internet-based development. Clouds are metaphors of the Internet, as are clouds that are often depicted in computer network diagrams. In addition to clouds in computer network diagrams, clouds in computing technology are also an abstraction of the complex infrastructure it conceals. Private Cloud Storage with Service Oriented Architecture component collaboration is able to provide an efficient interface for the running process of the institution and serves as Virtualization Server and Online Storage that can be accessed using Fixed Devices and Mobile Devices such as Android Smartphone, Pad Computer and Tablet PC via local network connection and Internet.As function of the benefits of the cloud itself can be utilized into the needs of E-Learning, given the ease, needs, and security, cloud computing spelled out the right method in applying these needs. Where every data is entitled to save freely, broadly and safely of course.How to Cite : Santiko, I. Rosidi, R., Wibawa. S. A (2017). PEMANFAATAN PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE SEBAGAI MEDIA PENYIMPANAN DATA E-LEARNING PADA LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN. Jurnal Teknik Informatika, 10(2), 137-146. doi:10.15408/jti.v10i2.6992Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jti.v10i2.6992
APLIKASI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION (CAI) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BANGUN RUANG
Authors: Samsudin Samsudin 
Published: January 2018

ABSTRAK Pembelajaran merupakan suatu proses pengembangan diri seseorang dalam upaya memperoleh ilmu pengetahuan, keterampilan dan nilai-nilai positif dengan memanfaatkan berbagai sumber ilmu untuk belajar. Untuk mempermudah pembelajaran sehingga memperoleh hasil yang lebih maksimal, maka kita membutuhkan suatu sistem pembelajaran yang baik. Dengan sistem pembelajaran berbantuan komputer atau sering dikenal materi dari pendidik ke para peserta didiknya. Dengan adanya sistem pembelajaran berbantuan komputer maka dibuatlah sebuah sistem pembelajaran untuk menghitung rumus matematika bangun ruang dengan istilah Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), maka sistem pembelajaran ini berfungsi untuk mempermudah proses penyampaian. Dengan adanya sistem pembelajaran ini diharapkan proses pembelajaran menjadi lebih efektif dan menarik. Sehingga nantinya sistem pembelajaran untuk menghitung rumus matematika bangun ruang ini sangat dibutuhkan sebagai sarana penunjang lancarnya proses pembelajaran. ABSTRACT Learning is a process of self-development in an effort to gain knowledge, skills and positive values ​​by utilizing various sources of science to learn. To facilitate learning so as to obtain maximum results, then we need a good learning system. With computer-aided learning system or often known as Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), then this learning system serves to facilitate the process of delivering materials from educators to the students. With the computer-assisted learning system then made a learning system to calculate the mathematical Formula wake up space. With this learning system is expected to be more effective and interesting learning process. So that later the learning system to calculate the mathematical Formula to build this space is needed as a means of supporting the smoothness of the learning process.How to Cite : Samsudin. (2017). APLIKASI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION (CAI) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA BANGUN RUANG. Jurnal Teknik Informatika, 10(2), 93-108. doi:10.15408/jti.v10i2.6995Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jti.v10i2.6995