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Teaching Evidence Assimilation for Collaborative Health Care (TEACH) 2009-2014:
Building Evidence-Based Capacity Within Health Care Provider Organizations
Authors: Wyer Peter C. , Umscheid Craig A. , Wright Stewart , Silva Suzana A. , Lang Eddy 
Published: July 2015

Background: Clinical guidelines, prediction tools, and computerized decision
support (CDS) are underutilized outside of research contexts, and conventional teaching
of evidence-based practice (EBP) skills fails to change practitioner behavior.
Overcoming these challenges requires traversing practice, policy, and implementation
domains. In this article, we describe a program’s conceptual design, the results of
institutional participation, and the program’s evolution. Next steps include integration
of instruction in principles of CDS.Conceptual Model: Teaching Evidence Assimilation for
Collaborative Health Care (TEACH) is a multidisciplinary annual conference series
involving on- and off-site trainings and facilitation within health care provider
organizations (HPOs). Separate conference tracks address clinical policy and guideline
development, implementation science, and foundational EBP skills. The implementation
track uses a model encompassing problem delineation, identifying knowing-doing gaps,
synthesizing evidence to address those gaps, adapting guidelines for local use,
assessing implementation barriers, measuring outcomes, and sustaining evidence use.
Training in CDS principles is an anticipated component within this track. Within
participating organizations, the program engages senior administration, middle
management, and frontline care providers. On-site care improvement projects serve as
vehicles for developing ongoing, sustainable capabilities. TEACH facilitators conduct
on-site workshops to enhance project development, integration of stakeholder engagement
and decision support. Both on- and off-site components emphasize narrative skills and
shared decision-making.Experience: Since 2009, 430 participants attended TEACH
conferences. Delegations from five centers attended an initial series of three
conferences. Improvement projects centered on stroke care, hospital readmissions, and
infection control. Successful implementation efforts were characterized by strong
support of senior administration, involvement of a broad multidisciplinary constituency
within the organization, and on-site facilitation on the part of TEACH faculty.
Involvement of nursing management at the senior faculty level led to increased presence
of nursing and other disciplines at subsequent conferences.Conclusions: A
multidisciplinary and multifaceted approach to on- and off-site training and
facilitation may lead to enhanced use of research to improve the quality of care within
HPOs. Such training may provide valuable contextual grounding for effective use of CDS
within such organizations.
γ-Glutamyl Transferase Is Associated with Mortality Outcomes Independently of Fatty Liver
Authors: Sung Ki-Chul , Ryu Seungho , Kim Bum-Soo , Cheong Eun Sun , Park Dong-il , Kim Byung I k , Kwon Min-Jung , Wild Sarah H , Byrne Christopher D 
Published: July 2015

Abstract

BACKGROUND
High serum enzyme activity levels of γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) are associated with increased risk of mortality, but whether this is mediated by fatty liver, as a common cause of high GGT levels, is uncertain. Our aim was to test whether GGT levels are associated with all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular (CVD) mortality, independently of fatty liver.

METHODS
In an occupational cohort (n = 278 419), causes of death (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision) were recorded over 7 years. Liver function tests and liver fat [measured by ultrasonographic standard criteria or fatty liver index (FLI)] were assessed at baseline. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs of all-cause, cancer, and CVD mortality for GGT quartiles (with lowest GGT quartile as reference).

RESULTS
There were 136, 167, 265, and 342 deaths across increasing GGT quartiles. After adjusting for liver fat (by ultrasound diagnosis) in the fully adjusted model, all-cause and cancer mortality were increased in the highest GGT quartile [HR 1.50 (95% CI 1.15–1.96) and 1.57 (1.05–2.35), respectively]. For CVD mortality, the hazard was attenuated: HR 1.35 (95% CI 0.72–2.56). After adjusting for FLI in the fully adjusted model, HRs for all-cause, cancer, and CVD mortality were 1.46 (0.72–2.56), 2.03 (1.02–4.03), and 1.16 (0.41,3.24), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS
There were similar hazards for all-cause and cancer mortality and attenuated hazards for CVD mortality for people in the highest GGT quartile, adjusting for fatty liver assessed by either ultrasound or FLI.
Judging authorship in divided cultural work: Broadcast series formats in mid-century idea law
Authors: Heuman Josh 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
In the mid-twentieth century, US courts and legal commentators confronted increasingly prominent problems of idea protection. While not unique in raising such problems, the maturing radio and television broadcasting industry intensified and complicated them – in the unruliness of its idea markets, and the distinctive relation between idea and expression implied in broadcast series formats. Idea law offers a revealing scene of discourse about mid-century broadcast writing – a scene for making sense and value from often ambiguous and ambivalent writing practices. In particular, problems of idea protection and copyright’s idea–expression dichotomy draw out tensions across divisions of writing labour. This article explores how mid-century idea law struggled to account for the economic and cultural value of ideas, in arguments that compose particular but provocative discourses about broadcast authorship. It also points towards some of the broader interest of those arguments – as a particular case study in the fragmentation of authorship, and as a provocative but neglected antecedent for contemporary concerns like amateur participation, recombinatory creativity and even the ‘creative economy’.
Jimmy McGovern through an ethical lens
Authors: Maras Steven 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Discussion of Jimmy McGovern’s screenwriting tends to focus on the dimensions of politics, class, gender and religion in his work. While none of these concepts should be divorced from a discussion of ethics, what is missing is analysis of McGovern’s writing that ventures to consider it a kind of ‘ethical philosophy’ in its own right. While McGovern has a lot to say about religion and morality, I want to suggest that McGovern is more than a critic of religion, and that his work can be seen in relation to secular ethics. This research proposes an ethical analysis of McGovern’s screenwriting. It suggests that through actions and situations the narrative engages in ethical ‘work’. I explore McGovern’s work in terms of some key ethical concepts such as how we treat others, form judgements, how we balance loyalties and roles and the interrelationship between deception and decency. The focus is on scenes or episodes from the series Cracker (ITV, 1993–2007), Hearts and Minds (Channel 4, 1995) and Accused (BBC, 2010–2012).
Modellierung der biochemischen, elektrischen und thermischen Prozesse auf Kläranlagen
Authors: Genzowsky Kristoffer , Leupolt Christine , Frehmann Torsten , Krost Gerhard , Gramlich Eric 
Published: July 2015

Zusammenfassung
Kläranlagen zeichnen sich durch einen nicht unerheblichen Verbrauch an elektrischer Energie aus; andererseits lässt sich der
Gehalt an organischen Stoffen des Abwassers für die dezentrale Erzeugung elektrischer Energie verwenden. Auf dem Gelände der
Kläranlage Bottrop sollen technisch und wirtschaftlich sinnvolle Kombinationen erneuerbarer Energien prototypisch installiert und
im Zusammenspiel untersucht werden. Durch Modellbildung und Simulation soll die Auslegung unterstützt und die Betriebsweise
optimiert werden.
State estimation in flash flood prediction for small rivers
Authors: Karimanzira Divas , Linke Hartmut , Rauschenbach Thomas , Pfützenreuter Torsten 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
Rainfall–runoff models are used as an integral part of flood warning systems. Especially in small river catchment areas with a fast
response to intense rain, an early enough triggering of warnings requires high quality weather forecasts as well as sufficiently
accurate models. A conceptual rainfall–runoff model proposed by Lorent/Gevers serves as core routine of a pilot flash flood warning
system for the Truse catchment in Thuringia (Germany). A moving horizon state estimator is used in order to enable this model for
online application.
Integrierte Materialflussanalyse und Prozessmodellierung als Planungshilfe im Wasser- und Energiesektor
Authors: Robleto Gloria , Henke Robert , Jumar Ulrich , Halang Wolfgang 
Published: July 2015

Zusammenfassung
Die integrierte Analyse von Wasser- und Energiesystemen kann einen Beitrag leisten, um wirksame Maßnahmen zur Ressourcenschonung und
Infrastrukturauslastung zu identifizieren und Auswirkungen planerischer Entscheidungen zu quantifizieren. In Anlehnung an die
mathematische Materialflussanalyse (MMFA) und auf Basis etablierter mathematischer Modellansätze werden die Möglichkeiten der MMFA und
Prozessmodellierung in sektorübergreifenden integrierten Infrastrukturen am Beispiel des Wasser- und Energiesektors vorgestellt.
Kinematic formulas for tensor valuations
Authors: Bernig Andreas , Hug Daniel 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
We prove new kinematic formulas
for tensor valuations and simplify previously known Crofton formulas by using the
recently developed algebraic theory of translation invariant valuations. The heart of the paper is the
computation of the Alesker–Fourier transform on the large class of spherical valuations, which is achieved by differential-geometric and
representation theoretical tools. We also describe in explicit form the product and convolution of tensor valuations.
Heat kernel
estimates for an operator with a singular drift and isoperimetric
inequalities
Authors: Grigor’yan Alexander , Ouyang Shunxiang , Röckner Michael 
Published: July 2015

Abstract
In the present paper we prove upper and lower bounds of the heat kernel for the operator

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functional isoperimetric inequality for the radial part of this measure.
Orientation, Evaluation, and Integration of Part-Time Nursing Faculty
Authors: S. Carlson Joanne 
Published: July 2015

AbstractThis study helps to quantify and describe orientation, evaluation, and integration practices pertaining to part-time clinical nursing faculty teaching in prelicensure nursing education programs. A researcher designed Web-based survey was used to collect information from a convenience sample of part-time clinical nursing faculty teaching in prelicensure nursing programs. Survey questions focused on the amount and type of orientation, evaluation, and integration practices. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze results. Respondents reported on average four hours of orientation, with close to half reporting no more than two hours. Evaluative feedback was received much more often from students than from full-time faculty. Most respondents reported receiving some degree of mentoring and that it was easy to get help from full-time faculty. Respondents reported being most informed about student evaluation procedures, grading, and the steps to take when students are not meeting course objectives, and less informed about changes to ongoing curriculum and policy.
Conversation with Randy Stoecker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Authors: Khanenko-Friesen Natalia , Stoecker Randy 
Published: July 2015

In the Exchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. For our inaugural issue, we converse with Dr. Stoecker who offers his critique of the assumed meanings of four concepts of higher education community-engagement learning, service, community and change. He points out that all four are highly problematic and Â that their uncritical use often misleads and limits the scope, focus, and direction of community-engaged work.Â
Statewide Medicaid Enhanced Prenatal Care Programs and Infant Mortality
Authors: Meghea Cristian I. , You Zhiying , Raffo Jennifer , Leach Richard E. , Roman Lee Anne 
Published: July 2015

OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate whether participation in a statewide enhanced prenatal and postnatal care program, the Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP), reduced infant mortality risk.

METHODS:
Data included birth and death records, Medicaid claims, and program participation. The study population consisted of Medicaid-insured singleton infants born between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2012, in Michigan (n = 248 059). The MIHP participants were propensity score–matched with nonparticipants based on demographics, previous pregnancies, socioeconomic status, and chronic disease. Infant mortality, neonatal mortality, and postneonatal mortality analyses were presented by race.

RESULTS:
Infants with any MIHP participation had reduced odds of death in the first year of life compared with matched nonparticipants (odds ratio [OR] 0.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.63–0.84). Infant death odds were reduced both among black infants (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.58–0.87) and infants of other races (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.61–0.91). Neonatal death (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.57–0.86) and postneonatal death odds (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.63–0.96) were also reduced. Enrollment and screening in MIHP by the end of the second pregnancy trimester and at least 3 additional prenatal MIHP contacts reduced infant mortality odds further (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.58–0.85; neonatal: OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.51–0.89; postneonatal: OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.56–0.98).

CONCLUSIONS:
A state Medicaid-sponsored population-based home-visitation program can be a successful approach to reduce mortality risk in a diverse, disadvantaged population. A likely mechanism is the reduction in the risk of adverse birth outcomes, consistent with previous findings on the effects of the program.
Bulk superconductors textured and densified by Spark Plasma Sintering
Authors: Noudem J. G. , Dupont L. , Bernstein P. 
Published: July 2015

ABSTRACTIn this contribution, we report progress in the preparation of superconducting materials made by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). On the one hand, the fabrication process was optimized in order to improve the texturing of Bi2Ca2Sr2CuO8 superconductor ceramics. The new process is referred to as “Spark Plasma Texturing” (SPT). During SPT, the bulk material is free to deform itself. As a result, an inter-grain preferential crystallographic orientation is generated, while materials processed by conventional SPS are usually quasi-isotropic. The crystallographic orientation causes a strong anisotropy in the magnetic properties of the Bi2Ca2Sr2CuO8 bulk.On the other hand, superconducting MgB2 discs were consolidated using the rapid SPS process. MgB2 has not been yet been seriously considered as a superconductor that could be used for magnetic levitation. Here we present trapped field measurements as a function of the distance to the superconductor and field cooled levitation force measurements that suggests that it presents interesting characteristics for this application.
Age-related macular degeneration treatment: current view (literature review)
Authors: Kalesinskaitė Monika , Uljanionok Diana , Liutkevičienė Rasa 
Published: July 2015

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – is a damage of the macula, accompanied by a significant and irreversible loss of central vision. It is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in older adults (>60 years). Damage of the retina always includes both eyes, though the intensity can vary. Early AMD is defined as the presence of drusen and retinal pigmentary abnormalities (RPE); late AMD includes dry AMD (geographic atrophy of the RPE in the absence of neovascular AMD) or neovascular AMD (detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium, hemorrhages, and/or scars). Unfortunately, the etiology and pathogenesis of AMD aren’t fully understood up to now, so treatment options are limited and not always effective. This article briefly reviews the options of initial and late forms of AMD treatment
Wykorzystanie metody refleksji strategicznej do oceny możliwości zmian potencjału konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstwa
Authors: Rawski Marek 
Published: July 2015

The purpose of the paper is to show that the characteristics and properties of strategic reflection method (its third stage, to be precise) effectively identify potential opportunities to develop competitive business components according to the expectations formulated by stakeholders. Four groups are assessed: the owners of shares, customers, employees and suppliers. The paper's theses are examined, presenting a fragment analysis for the real case of companies from the food industry that are active on the Polish market.
Patterns of Managing Secondary Schools under Reforms: Sociological Analysis Experience
Authors: Farkhatdinov Nail , Evstigneeva Nadezhda , Kurakin Dmitry , Malik Valeriya 
Published: July 2015

The article provides results of a sociological study of management patterns applied to secondary schools in modern Russia. Focus groups with school principals were organized in eight pilot regions of Russia in October — November 2014. The project aimed at constructing a typology of management patterns, which we regard as a configuration of relations associated with teaching process management. Four basic patterns were singled out: “authoritarian manager”, “democratic manager”, “authoritarian leader” and “democratic leader”. They were built together following the merge of two criteria: delegation regimes, i. e. steady patterns of interrelation between principals and other subjects and agents of management, as well as subjectivity of principals, i. e. their ability to independently determine and implement the organization’s mission. Each pattern is described based on the example of FGOS (Federal State Educational Standard) introduction in elementary schools. It is demonstrated that the choice of a specific management pattern is determined by a wide range of factors and is situational, i. e. depends on the goal and context of management activities. Potential of the identified management patterns is discussed in terms of efficient implementation of reforms.
Direct quantification of long‐term rock nitrogen inputs to temperate forest ecosystems
Authors: Morford Scott L. , Houlton Benjamin Z. , Dahlgren Randy A. 
Published: July 2015

AbstractSedimentary and metasedimentary rocks contain large reservoirs of fixed nitrogen (N), but questions remain over the importance of rock N weathering inputs in terrestrial ecosystems. Here we provide direct evidence for rock N weathering (i.e., loss of N from rock) in three temperate forest sites residing on a N‐rich parent material (820–1050 mg N kg−1; mica schist) in the Klamath Mountains (northern California and southern Oregon), USA. Our method combines a mass balance model of element addition/depletion with a procedure for quantifying fixed N in rock minerals, enabling quantification of rock N inputs to bioavailable reservoirs in soil and regolith. Across all sites, ~37% to 48% of the initial bedrock N content has undergone long‐term weathering in the soil. Combined with regional denudation estimates (sum of physical + chemical erosion), these weathering fractions translate to 1.6–10.7 kg·ha−1·yr−1 of rock N input to these forest ecosystems. These N input fluxes are substantial in light of estimates for atmospheric sources in these sites (4.5–7.0 kg·ha−1·yr−1). In addition, N depletion from rock minerals was greater than sodium, suggesting active biologically mediated weathering of growth‐limiting nutrients compared to nonessential elements. These results point to regional tectonics, biologically mediated weathering effects, and rock N chemistry in shaping the magnitude of rock N inputs to the forest ecosystems examined.
In-Situ Poisson's Ratio Determination From Interference Transient Well Test
Authors: Shahri Mojtaba P. , Miska Stefan Z. 
Published: July 2015

SummaryPoisson's ratio is usually determined with well logging, fracturing data, and core samples. However, these methods provide us with a Poisson's ratio that is representative of only near-wellbore regions. In this paper, a technique is proposed by extending currently used pressure-transient-testing concepts to include reservoir stresses. More specifically, the interference well test is generalized to find not only conventional flow parameters such as reservoir transmissivity and storage capacity, but also the average in-situ Poisson's ratio. This is accomplished with the generalized diffusivity equation, which takes into account flow-induced stress changes.First, a generalized diffusivity equation is formulated by considering a deformable porous medium. The main goal of the generalized diffusivity equation is to extend current well-testing methods to include both fluid-flow and rock-mechanics aspects, and to present a way to determine the rock-mechanics-related property, Poisson's ratio, from the interference-well test. The line-source solution to the diffusivity equation is used to modify the current interference well-test technique. A synthetic example is presented to show the main steps of the proposed transient well-testing analysis technique. In addition, application of the proposed method is illustrated with interference-well-test field data. With a Monte Carlo simulation, effects of uncertainty in the input data on the prediction of Poisson's ratio are investigated, as well. In addition, a coupled fluid-flow/geomechanical simulation is performed to show the validity of the proposed formulation and corresponding improvement over the current analytical approach.One can put in practice an average in-situ value in different applications requiring accurate value of Poisson's ratio on the reservoir scale. Some examples of these include in-situ-stress-field determination, stress distribution and rock-mass deformation, and the next generation of coupled fluid-flow/geomechanical simulators. By use of Poisson's ratio that could capture flow-induced stress changes, we would be able to find the stress distribution caused by production/injection within the reservoir more precisely as well.
Production Scenarios for the Haynesville Shale Play
Authors: Gülen Gürcan , Ikonnikova Svetlana , Browning John , Smye Katie , Tinker Scott W. 
Published: July 2015

SummaryThe Haynesville shale gas play has significant potential, with an estimated original gas in place larger than that of the Barnett with roughly 63% of the Barnett's acreage. However, the drilling and completion costs of Haynesville are approximately three times as much compared with the Barnett. We present a production scenario for the Haynesville on the basis of wells existing by the end of 2012 and wells to be drilled over the next 3 decades and quantify uncertainties around it. The scenario is underpinned by geologic, engineering, and well-economics analyses, which reveal the important differences between the Haynesville and two other plays we analyzed previously, Barnett and Fayetteville. The production profiles are developed by use of data from 2,131 wells drilled between 2008 and 2011 in both Louisiana and Texas, and a transient-linear-flow model. We run sensitivity analyses on reasonable ranges for natural-gas price, remaining-developable acreage, improvements in technology and well-cost performance, and economic limit for shutting in a well. Our analysis indicates a cumulative production of roughly 46 Tcf in the base case, subject to many uncertainties.