bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparison of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and artificial neutral networks model to categorize patients in the emergency department
Authors: Azeez Dhifaf , Ali Mohd Alauddin Mohd , Gan Kok Beng , Saiboon Ismail 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
Unexpected disease outbreaks and disasters are becoming primary issues facing our world. The first points of contact either at the disaster scenes or emergency department exposed the frontline workers and medical physicians to the risk of infections. Therefore, there is a persuasive demand for the integration and exploitation of heterogeneous biomedical information to improve clinical practice, medical research and point of care. In this paper, a primary triage model was designed using two different methods: an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and artificial neural network (ANN).When the patient is presented at the triage counter, the system will capture their vital signs and chief complains beside physiology stat and general appearance of the patient. This data will be managed and analyzed in the data server and the patient’s emergency status will be reported immediately. The proposed method will help to reduce the queue time at the triage counter and the emergency physician’s burden especially duringdisease outbreak and serious disaster. The models have been built with 2223 data set extracted from the Emergency Department of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre to predict the primary triage category. Multilayer feed forward with one hidden layer having 12 neurons has been used for the ANN architecture. Fuzzy subtractive clustering has been used to find the fuzzy rules for the ANFIS model. The results showed that the RMSE, %RME and the accuracy which evaluated by measuring specificity and sensitivity for binary classificationof the training data were 0.14, 5.7 and 99 respectively for the ANN model and 0.85, 32.00 and 96.00 respectively for the ANFIS model. As for unseen data the root mean square error, percentage the root mean square error and the accuracy for ANN is 0.18, 7.16 and 96.7 respectively, 1.30, 49.84 and 94 respectively for ANFIS model. The ANN model was performed better for both training and unseen data than ANFIS model in term of generalization. It was therefore chosen as the technique to develop the primary triage prediction model. This primary triage model will be combined with the secondary triage prediction model to produce the final triage category as a tool to assist the medical officer in the emergency department.
Prediction of sea water intrusion for mining activity in close precincts of sea shore
Authors: Singh Awanindra Pratap , Gupta Prem Kumar , Khandelwal Manoj 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
The mining lease area of Surka [District Bhavnagar, Gujarat (India)] is located within 6–12 km horizontal distance of sea shore of Gulf of Cambay. Whenever, there will be onset of lignite extraction, there will be always a threat of sea water intrusion into the mining lease area due to its close proximity to seashore. This article describes the prediction of sea water intrusion into the lease area of whole mining block using Ghyben-Herzberg relation between fresh and saline water, Remote Sensing, Ground Truth verification, Electrical Resistivity Survey and groundwater table monitored during the year 2004. As per the Ghyben-Herzberg relation, results show that there will not be sea water intrusion. If there is excess pumping of water then also the basement rock below the lignite seam will put hindrance to any possible upconing of saline water interface.
Review and analysis of augmented reality literature for construction industry
Authors: Rankohi Sara , Waugh Lloyd 
Published: August 2013

AbstractResearch has identified various beneficial capabilities for augmented reality technologies in the AEC industry such as virtual site visits, comparing as-built and as-planned status of projects, pre-empting schedule disputes, enhancing collaboration opportunities, and planning/training for similar projects. This paper provides an expanded foundation for future research by presenting a statistical review of augmented reality technology in the AEC industry. The review is based on articles found within eight well-known journals in architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AEC/FM) until the end of the year 2012. The review further narrows the literature within these journals by considering only those 133 articles found through a key word search for “augmented reality.” The selected journal articles are classified within the following dimensions: improvement focus, industry sector, target audience, project phase, stage of technology maturity, application area, comparison role, and technology. The number of articles within these dimensions are used to identify maturing and emerging trends in the literature as well as to synthesize the current state-of-the-art of augmented reality research in the AEC industry. In summary, the AR literature has increasingly focused on the demonstration of visualization and simulation applications for comparison of as-planned versus as-built statuses of the project during the construction phase to monitor project progress and address issues faced by field workers. In addition, the future trend is toward using web-based mobile augmented systems for field construction monitoring.
Density Function Theoretical Investigation on the Ni3PP Structure and the Hydrogen Adsorption Property of the Ni2P(0001) Surface
Authors: Ariga Hiroko , Kawashima Mayumi , Takakusagi Satoru , Asakura Kiyotaka 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
The electronic and structural properties of a phosphorus-terminated structure of Ni2P(0001) surface (Ni3PP) are investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Phosphorus adsorption largely stabilizes the Ni2P(0001) surface by creating Ni–P bonds on the Ni trimer. Atomic hydrogen can adsorb on the topmost P site although its adsorption energy is much lower than its adsorption energy on the Ni trimer site of the Ni3P2 surface. Our results suggest that the Ni trimer is the key factor for high catalytic activity.
Getting off (on) the Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell, 2006): The politics of hypothetical queer history
Authors: Shahani Nishant 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
In this article, I analyse how post-millennium queer cinema, even while no longer ‘new’, attempts to remember the old in order to articulate the new through what I call ‘queer hypothetical history’. I ground my arguments in relation to the film Shortbus (Mitchell, 2006), which, I suggest, returns to the pastness of the past in order to aesthetically represent a radically different ‘now’ – a new present that is informed by queer memory’s inventive and performative potential. My analysis of Shortbus analyses how the film troubles the binary between the material and the ‘immaterial’ to create queer cultural memory through a historical ‘what if’. While looking backward to the past to cull memories of what could have been, Shortbus also looks forward towards a queer futurity to imagine what could be. I thus analyse how hypothetical memories in the film serve as a queer index to hypothetical futures.
Taming transgression: Gender-bending in Hairspray (John Waters, 1988) and its remake
Authors: Woodward Suzanne 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
There are significant differences between the original John Waters version of Hairspray (1988) and Adam Shankman’s 2007 remake in terms of the films’ camp sensibility and representations of queerness. While the original reflects a subversive attitude towards heteronormativity that draws on the social upheavals of the 1960s (as reflected by its music and self-awareness), the remake offers a sanitized and reassuring representation of gender-bending through its composed (rather than compiled) score and casting choices. This article explores the significance of the camp musical as a political vehicle for queer politics. It provides a detailed comparison of the performances of Divine and John Travolta in the key role of Edna Turnblad in order to consider the ways by which queer representations are being recuperated for the entertainment and economic benefit of mainstream audiences.
The Multitude of Alehouses: The Effects of Alcohol Outlet Density on Highway Safety
Authors: Tang Meng-Chi 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
This article reports the use of detailed panel data on alcoholic beverage outlet licensing in Texas to determine the effects of alcohol outlet density on highway safety. After controlling for county heterogeneity, county and year fixed effects, and county-specific time trends, this study shows that alcohol outlet density decreases expected alcohol-related traffic accidents and arrests for driving under the influence (DUI). The negative correlation can be explained according to the reduced travel distance between alcohol outlets and home, but this distance effect does not appear when the number of off-premise alcohol outlets increases. The empirical results of this study show that the off-premise alcohol outlet density is negatively related to the number of expected accidents and DUI arrests. These results indicate that on-premise consumption decreases according to the number of available off-premise outlets. The results also indicate that this effect originates mainly from the off-premise outlets that sell alcoholic products with a relatively low alcohol content.
Association of the GCKR rs780094 polymorphism with metabolic traits including carotid intima-media thickness in Japanese community-dwelling men, but not in women
Authors: Murata-Mori Fumi , Hayashida Naomi , Ando Takao , Ikeoka Toshiyuki , Nakazato Mio , Sekita Harutaka , Abiru Norio , Yamasaki Hironori , Maeda Takahiro , Kawakami Atsushi , Takamura Noboru 
Published: August 2013

AbstractThe glucokinase regulator gene (A total of 2491 Japanese adults (907 men and 1584 women) who participated in a medical screening program for the general population from 29 to 94 years of age during 2008 to 2010 were enrolled.rs780094 AA genotype was significantly associated with higher TG (p<0.001 vs. GG), lower HDL-C (p=0.021 vs. GG), and lower HbArs780094 was associated with TG, HDL-C, and HbA
The Dilemma of Public–Private Partnerships as a Vehicle for the Provision of Regional Transport Infrastructure Development in Africa
Authors: Akinkugbe Olabisi Delebayo 
Published: August 2013

AbstractWith regional economic integration (REI) as a major strategy for development, the African continent hosts a plethora of regional economic communities of varying ambition longevity and success. While in the 1970s, political-economic ideas built mainly on the “developmental state” informed the design of most of these agreements, the change in economic thought in the 1980s which ushered in the “neoliberal turn” has since influenced the design of most REI schemes in Africa, including the New Partnership for African Development. However, among other factors, inadequate transport infrastructure linking regions poses a major impediment to regional trade and development in Africa. The more so as most African governments are not able to meet up with the financial burden, pace and managerial capability for the efficient provision and management of regional transport infrastructure. The article explores the dilemma associated with the adoption of Public–Private Partnerships (“PPP”) as a mechanism for the provision of regional transport infrastructure in Africa. While sourcing infrastructure provision through the PPP mechanism has significant advantages, it is however also embedded with a complex financial, contractual and legal process. First, it explores the theoretical assumptions which inform PPP based on ideologies within law and development debates. It argues that theoretically, PPPs are reflective of the neoliberal policy set. Against the trajectory of governance in Africa, it critically foregrounds insights that are derivable from an application of Path Dependency theory to the institutional change which comes with the planned adoption of PPP at the regional level. These insights are essential considerations for policy experts to bear in mind both while designing the regional institutional framework for PPP and during the implementation stage. Secondly, although most of the past initiatives for the provision of regional infrastructure have fallen short of their flamboyant development policy goals, the article argues that the recently initiated Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (“PIDA”) provides a new hope for the future of infrastructure development in the continent. The article contends that PIDA offers a legitimate platform which with the requisite support of the regional economic initiatives can generate the enabling environment for the implementation of successful regional PPP infrastructure projects.
Local pronouns in ditransitive scenarios: Corpus perspectives from English and Polish
Authors: Siewierska Anna 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
While there is no doubt that the Rs (recipients) of ditransitive clauses are much more likely to be rendered by LPs (local persons) than Ts (themes), as reflected in the Person Role Constraint (see e.g., Perlmutter 1971; Bonet 1991, 1995; Haspelmath 2004), this paper sets out to determine whether the preference for LP Rs holds only relative to Ts or is in fact an absolute preference, i.e., a general property of Rs in ditransitive clauses. The investigation is based on a consideration of corpus data from two languages, English and Polish, both of which have a rich array of ditransitive predicates and together cover a good range of ditransitive constructions differing in degrees of grammaticalization. The investigation reveals that distribution of LPs is strongly affected by the degree of grammaticalization of a ditransitive construction and the encoding of the person forms, the levels of LP Rs and the frequency effects of the Person Role Constraint being strongest in double object constructions (DOC), less strong in the dative-accusative construction (DAC) and weakest in the prepositional construction (Prep-Cs), as shown in the cline: DOC > DAC > Prep-C. Significant differences are also noted in the distribution of LPs between different classes of ditransitive predicates, the highest level of LP Rs being with communicated message predicates and the lowest with ballistic and accompanying motion predicates.
Cultivating the Spatial Politics of Community-Based Literacy Practices in Hip-Hop
Authors: Prier Darius D. 
Published: August 2013

AbstractIn this article, the social imagination of community-based sites of urban resistance enable out-of-school literacy practices in Black popular culture to foreground the contemporary context in which youth empowerment is nurtured in out-of-school learning settings. Second, the author chronicles how youth advocates in hip-hop–based community settings organize culturally relevant life lessons to political empower and facilitate healing of youth. Finally, the author expands insights from his previous work as a youth advocate for local high school rap artists in at-risk conditions of an urban community. As participants at a youth center, the students learned how to use the art of emceeing as a cultural outlet to overcome and heal from difficult life struggles. The students also developed strong mentoring relationships with youth advocates at the center. Finally, the author worked with the center in designing critical hip-hop curriculum texts to challenge gang activity, incarceration, and death. Each of these events demonstrates the cultivation of community-based literacy practices in hip-hop as social justice education.
Algal compost – toward sustainable fertilization
Authors: Michalak Izabela , Chojnacka Katarzyna 
Published: August 2013

Abstract
In the present paper, the possibilities of the utilization of large amounts of beach-cast seaweeds are discussed. It is important to examine the methods of removing and processing algal biomass and find a manner of its cost-effective utilization in order to obtain a value-added product. A review of composting methods of algal biomass is presented. Compost from seaweeds can find several applications, for example, as an alternative to conventional fertilizers. Algae have been used for centuries as a natural fertilizer in many coastal areas because they are known to be rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Moreover, the biomass is characterized by the high content of trace elements and metabolites. There are different ways of management for algae for their use in agriculture. The most common is composting of algal biomass, for example, in piles. The advantages (i.e., high content of plant nutrients, organic components, etc.) and disadvantages (i.e., heavy metal content and salinity) of the composted biomass are presented. Finally, examples of the application of seaweed compost in plant cultivation are reported.
Measurement Structure of the Trait Hope Scale in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Authors: Smedema Susan Miller , Pfaller Joseph , Moser Erin , Tu Wei-Mo , Chan Fong 
Published: August 2013

Objective: To evaluate the measurement structure of the Trait Hope Scale (THS) among individuals with spinal cord injury.Design: Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability and validity analyses were performed.Participants: 242 individuals with spinal cord injury.Results: Results support the two-factor measurement model for the THS with agency and pathways thinking positively associated with hope-related constructs such as self-efficacy, self-esteem, disability acceptance, and life satisfaction in the predicted direction.Conclusions: The use of the THS among individuals with disabilities is warranted for rehabilitation research and practice.
Psychometric Validation of the Brief Adaptation to Disability Scale-Revised for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury in Taiwan
Authors: Lin Chen-Ping , Wang Chia-Chiang , Fujikawa Mayu , Brooks Jessica , Eastvold-Walton Lissa , Maxwell Kristin , Chan Fong 
Published: August 2013

Purpose:To examine the measurement structure of the Brief Adaptation to Disability Scale-Revised (B-ADS-R).Measure:A 12-item measure of disability acceptance based on the four value changes (enlarging the scope of values, containing the effects of the disability, subordinating the physique, and transforming comparative-status values to asset values) postulated by Beatrice Wright.Participants:154 Taiwanese with spinal cord injury living in the community.Results:The 4-factor intercorrelated model fits the data very well: χ2(48,N= 154) = 82.26,p< .01; χ2/df= 1.71; CFI = .95; RMSEA = .07 with 90% CI (.04, .09). The 4 B-ADS-R factors closely replicate the theoretical constructs of disability acceptance with acceptable reliability and validity.Conclusion:The B-ADS-R was found to measure the four value changes postulated by Beatrice Wright in her disability acceptance theory in a sample of Taiwanese with SCI. It demonstrated adequate psychometric properties and can be used as a brief measure of disability acceptance in rehabilitation research and clinical practice.
Self-Reported Productivity Losses of People with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Alberta, Canada
Authors: Thanh Nguyen Xuan , Ohinmaa Arto , Barnabe Cheryl , Homik Joanne , Barr Susan G. , Martin Liam , Maksymowych Walter P. 
Published: August 2013

Objectives:
To estimate the annual cost of productivity losses per person with RA by 0.5 increment in HAQscore, and the annual cost of productivity losses for Alberta province.

Methods:
Using data from the Alberta Biologics Registry - a prospective observational cohort of consecutive patients
receiving DMARD or anti-TNF therapies created in 2004, we compared the mean and median costs of productivity losses
per patient per year between HAQ-score categories using multiple linear and quantile regressions, respectively. We used a
prevalence-based approach to estimate the cost (in 2010 CA$) of productivity losses of RA for Alberta.

Results:
In total there were 1222 patients with RA interviewed at the baseline. Of this, 358 were the “current employees”
and 204 were the “previous employees” totalling 563 patients for analyses. For all HAQ-score categories, the mean
(median) of the cost per patient per year was estimated at $18,242 ($3,840). The cost was increasing along with the HAQscore
increase. The lowest cost ($6,295) was found in category HAQ<=0.5 and the highest ($31,095) in category
HAQ>2.0. The significant differences were found between the worse categories (HAQ>1.5) and the better categories
(HAQ<=1.5). The mean costs of productivity losses of RA for the province of Alberta were estimated at $270 million.
Conservatively, if median was used for mean, the costs for province would be $57 million.

Conclusion:
The results suggest that an improvement in the controlling of RA could have a significant economic impact in
Alberta and that preventing HAQ-score from the worse categories may be associated with substantial savings in terms of
productivity losses.
Effects of first- and second-order gable bends on the orthodontic load systems produced by T-loop archwires
Authors: Katona Thomas R. , Isikbay Serkis C. , Chen Jie 
Published: August 2013

ABSTRACT

Objective:
To measure the effects of first- and second-order gable bends on the forces and moments produced by a commercially available closing T-loop archwire.

Materials and Methods:
A dentoform-simulated space closure case was mounted on an orthodontic force tester. Sixteen gable bend combinations were placed in the archwires, which were then activated using standard clinical procedures. At each activation, the three force components and three moment components on the maxillary left lateral incisor and canine were simultaneously measured.

Results:
The first- and second-order gable bends showed low load coupling effects when used independently, but the load systems became unpredictable when bends were combined. Gable bends affect the magnitudes and directions of the forces and moments that are applied to teeth. The resulting moment to force ratios are sensitive to the bends.

Conclusion:
Gable bends alter the orthodontic load systems; however, the three-dimensional interactions produce complex and unpredictable tradeoffs.