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Role of Academic Institutions in Community Disaster Response Since September 11, 2001
Authors: Dunlop Anne L. , Logue Kristi M. , Beltran Gerald , Isakov Alexander P. 
Published: October 2011

ABSTRACTObjective: To describe the role of academic institutions in the community response to Federal Emergency Management Agency–declared disasters from September 11, 2001, to February 1, 2009.Methods: We conducted a review of the published literature and Internet reports to identify academic institutions that participated in the community response to disaster events between September 11, 2001, to February 1, 2009, inclusive. From retrieved reports, we abstracted the identity of the academic institutions and the resources and services each provided. We characterized the resources and services in terms of their contribution to established constructs of community disaster resilience and disaster preparedness and response.Results: Between September 11, 2001, and February 1, 2009, there were 98 published or Internet-accessible reports describing 106 instances in which academic institutions participated in the community response to 11 Federal Emergency Management Agency–declared disaster events that occurred between September 11, 2001, and February 1, 2009. Academic institutions included academic health centers and community teaching hospitals; schools of medicine, nursing, and public health; schools with graduate programs such as engineering and psychology; and 4-year programs. The services and resources provided by the academic institutions as part of the community disaster response could be categorized as contributing to community disaster resilience by reducing the consequences or likelihood of an event or to specific dimensions of public health preparedness and response, or both. The most common dimensions addressed by academic institutions (in order of occurrence) were resource management, enabling and sustaining a public health response, information capacity management, and performance evaluation.Conclusions: Since September 11, 2001, the participation of academic institutions in community disaster response has contributed to community resilience and the achievement of specific dimensions of disaster preparedness and response.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:218–226)
Mono‐ and Dinuclear Co/Ni Complexes Bearing Redox‐Active Tetrathiafulvaleneacetylacetonate Ligands – Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Properties
Authors: Xiong Jing , Li Gao‐Nan , Sun Lei , Li Yi‐Zhi , Zuo Jing‐Lin , You Xiao‐Zeng 
Published: October 2011

AbstractA series of tetrathiafulvalene‐substituted acetylacetonate ligands (L1–L4) has been synthesized and characterized. Reaction of the ligands with (Tp)Co(OAc)(Hpz) and (Tp)Ni(OAc) [Tp = hydrotris(3,5‐diphenylpyrazol‐1‐yl)borate; Hpz = 3,5‐diphenylpyrazole] afforded eight new mono‐ or dinuclear complexes 1–8: TpML1 or (TpM)2L (M = Co, Ni; L = L2, L3 and L4). The crystal structures of L4 and 1–3, 5, and 6 were determined by X‐ray crystallography. The absorption spectra and redox behavior of these compounds have been studied. The optimized geometry and electron absorption spectrum of 2 were analyzed by DFT and time‐dependent (TD)‐DFT.
Altered brain activation during response inhibition in children with primary nocturnal enuresis: An fMRI study
Authors: Lei Du , Ma Jun , Du Xiaoxia , Shen Guohua , Tian Minlu , Li Gengying 
Published: October 2011

AbstractNocturnal enuresis is a common developmental disorder in children, and primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) is the dominant subtype. The main purpose of this study was to investigate brain functional abnormalities specifically related to motor response inhibition in children with PNE using fMRI in combination with a Go/NoGo task. Twenty‐two children with PNE and 22 healthy children, group‐matched for age and sex, took part in this experiment. Although no significant between‐group differences in task performance accuracy were observed, PNE patients showed significantly longer response times on average. There were several brain regions with reduced activation during motor response inhibition in children with PNE: the bilateral inferior frontal gyri, right superior and middle frontal gyri, right inferior parietal lobe, bilateral cingulate gyri and insula. Our data indicate that response inhibition in children with PNE is associated with a relative lack of or delay in the maturation of prefrontal cortex circuitry that is known to suppress inappropriate responses. This result might give clues to understanding the pathophysiology of PNE. Hum Brain Mapp, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
A plug and play polymeric template driven by supramolecular interactions
Authors: Xiao Wang , Chen Wei‐Hai , Li Cao , Chen Jin‐Xiao , Zhang Xian‐Zheng , Zhuo Ren‐Xi 
Published: October 2011

AbstractA new “plug and play” polymeric template with the driving force of host–guest interaction between β‐CD and naphthalene‐modified functional groups was designed and studied. Multiple functional groups can be loaded into the template directly and conveniently. Importantly, the “plug and play” effect of the polymeric template is reversible and the functional groups could be removed from the polymeric template conveniently by adding AD‐HCl. The studies on the cell viability and phagocytosis proved that the loading and unloading process of this template could be realized in vitro. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A, 2012.
Similarity recognition of molecular structures by optimal atomic matching and rotational superposition
Authors: Helmich Benjamin , Sierka Marek 
Published: October 2011

AbstractAn algorithm for similarity recognition of molecules and molecular clusters is presented which also establishes the optimum matching among atoms of different structures. In the first step of the algorithm, a set of molecules are coarsely superimposed by transforming them into a common reference coordinate system. The optimum atomic matching among structures is then found with the help of the Hungarian algorithm. For this, pairs of structures are represented as complete bipartite graphs with a weight function that uses intermolecular atomic distances. In the final step, a rotational superposition method is applied using the optimum atomic matching found. This yields the minimum root mean square deviation of intermolecular atomic distances with respect to arbitrary rotation and translation of the molecules. Combined with an effective similarity prescreening method, our algorithm shows robustness and an effective quadratic scaling of computational time with the number of atoms. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2011
Verification of DFT‐predicted hydrogen storage capacity of VC3H3 complex using molecular dynamics simulations
Authors: Wadnerkar Nitin , Kalamse Vijayanand , Lee Shyi‐Long , Chaudhari Ajay 
Published: October 2011

AbstractDensity functional theory (DFT) and Fourth‐order Möller–Plesset (MP4) perturbation theory calculations are performed to examine the possibility of hydrogen storage in V‐capped VC3H3 complex. Stability of bare and H2 molecules adsorbed V‐capped VC3H3 complex is verified using DFT and MP4 method. Thermo‐chemistry calculations are carried out to estimate the Gibbs free corrected averaged H2 adsorption energy which reveals whether H2 adsorption on V‐capped VC3H3 complex is energetically favorable, at different temperatures. We use different exchange and correlation functionals employed in DFT to see their effect on H2 adsorption energy. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulations are performed to confirm whether this complex adsorbs H2 molecules at a finite temperature. We elucidate the correlation between H2 adsorption energy obtained from density functional calculations and retaining number of H2 molecules on VC3H3 complex during MDs simulations at various temperatures. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2011
Selective recognition of sesamol using molecularly imprinted polymers containing magnetic wollastonite
Authors: Wang Xue , Pan Jianming , Guan Wei , Zou Xiaohua , Huo Pengwei , Yan Yongsheng , Hu Wei 
Published: October 2011

AbstractThe magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs) have been synthesized using piperonal molecules as dummy template and magnetic wollastonite composites as support. The resulting composites were applied to selective recognition of sesamol from aqueous solution. MMIPs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). MMIPs were demonstrated with an imprinted polymer film (90–100 nm) and exhibited magnetic property (Ms=8.60 emu/g) and thermal stability. The effective average diameter of the Fe3O4 nanoparticles was about 10 nm and the thickness of magnetic film was about 160 nm. Batch mode adsorption studies were carried out to investigate the specific adsorption equilibrium, kinetics and selective recognition. The Langmuir isotherm model was fitted to the equilibrium data better than the Freundlich model, and the kinetic properties were well described by the pseudo‐second‐order equation. The value of Ea in this study was 5.35 kJ/mol for MMIPs. In addition, the selective recognition experiments demonstrated that MMIPs have specific recognition ability toward sesamol.
A role for normativism
Authors: Douven Igor 
Published: October 2011

AbstractElqayam & Evans (E&E) argue against prescriptive normativism and in favor of descriptivism. I challenge the assumption, implicit in their article, that there is a choice to be made between the two approaches. While descriptivism may be the right approach for some questions, others call for a normativist approach. To illustrate the point, I briefly discuss two questions of the latter sort.
Reason is normative, and should be studied accordingly
Authors: Spurrett David 
Published: October 2011

AbstractReason aims at truth, so normative considerations are a proper part of the study of reasoning. Excluding them means neglecting some of what we know or can discover about reasoning. Also, the normativist position we are asked to reject by Elqayam & Evans (E&E) is defined in attenuated and self-contradictory ways.
The “is-ought fallacy” fallacy
Authors: Oaksford Mike , Chater Nick 
Published: October 2011

AbstractMere facts about how the world is cannot determine how we ought to think or behave. Elqayam & Evans (E&E) argue that this “is-ought fallacy” undercuts the use of rational analysis in explaining how people reason, by ourselves and with others. But this presumed application of the “is-ought” fallacy is itself fallacious. Rational analysis seeks to explain how people do reason, for example in laboratory experiments, not how they ought to reason. Thus, no ought is derived from an is; and rational analysis is unchallenged by E&E's arguments.
Down in the Dumps: Is There a Garbage Crisis in America?
Authors: Melosi Martin V. 
Published: October 2011

The pariah garbage barge on a two-month odyssey with 3,100 tons of unwanted trash drew throngs of sightseers and reporters Sunday as it anchored just outside New York Harbor while city officials decide its fate.The trek of the Mobro is well known. On 22 March 1987 the fully loaded garbage barge left Islip, New York, looking for a landfill that would take its unwanted cargo. Five states—North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida—as well as three countries, Mexico, Belize, and the Bahamas, had banned the barge from unloading. Reluctantly, the captain turned the Mobro toward home, where it received an unceremonious, and dispirited, welcome.
Health‐related quality of life after radical retropubic prostatectomy and permanent prostate brachytherapy: A 3‐year follow‐up study
Authors: Hashine Katsuyoshi , Yuasa Akihito , Shinomori Kensuke , Ninomiya Iku , Kataoka Masaaki , Yamashita Natsumi 
Published: October 2011

Objectives:  To examine quality of life (QOL) for 3 years after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) or permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) and to determine differences between the two procedures.Methods:  In all 107 patients who underwent RRP and 91 who received PPB between October 2005 and July 2007 were included in this study. QOL surveys were performed using the international prostate symptom score (IPSS), the Medical Outcome Study 8‐items short form health survey and the expanded prostate cancer index composite at baseline and 1, 3, 6, 12 and 36 months after treatment.Results:  At 3 years, all parameters for general QOL and almost all for disease‐specific QOL were similar to those at 12 months. Urinary continence after RRP slightly improved from 12 months to 3 years, but it was still significantly worse than that after PPB. Scores for urinary irritation or obstruction and for bowel function and bother at 3 years were similar between the two groups. Sexual function and bother did not change between 12 months and 3 years in either group. Sexual function at 3 years after RRP was worse than that after PPB. Recovery from urinary incontinence and sexual function after RRP with nerve sparing were similar to those after PPB. Urinary incontinence at 3 years correlated with the treatment method and patients' age, whereas urinary irritation/obstruction and urinary bother correlated with the pre‐treatment IPSS.Conclusion:  QOL assessment represents an important issue in prostate cancer management. Our findings are likely to be of aid in the development of a treatment plan for prostate cancer patients.
Principles, current status and clinical implications of ischaemic heart disease assessment by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Chan W. , Ellims A. H. , Duffy S. J. , Kaye D. M. , Taylor A. J. 
Published: October 2011

AbstractCardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has matured into a robust, accurate and highly reproducible imaging modality for the assessment of cardiac function and ischaemic heart disease. The unique physical properties of CMR permit depiction of pathology‐specific tissue contrast based on differences in tissue composition, such as myocardial oedema, necrosis and fibrosis. This can be imaged at high spatial resolution allowing characterisation of the acuity of an ischaemic event, the presence and extent of myocardial ischaemia, necrosis and viability. Prognostically important information obtained from CMR evaluation of ischaemic heart disease, such as left ventricular ejection fraction, infarct size and transmurality, infarct location and the presence of intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony may be used to guide coronary revascularisation, device and medical therapies.
Stillbirths in a referral medical college hospital, West Bengal, India: A ten‐year review
Authors: Bhattacharyya Raghunath , Pal Amitava 
Published: October 2011

AbstractAim:  To evaluate the stillbirth rate, its major demographic and obstetric risk factors and its trend in a referral teaching hospital.Material and Methods:  A hospital‐based cross‐sectional retrospective study of stillbirths was done among all deliveries over a decade from January 1999 to December 2008. The stillbirth rate and its changing trends over 10 years were evaluated and its associated risk factors were also assessed.Results:  The stillbirth rate in the present study decreased from 44.87 per 1000 total births in 1999–2003 to 24.15 per 1000 total births in 2004–2008. Maternal age over 35 years, pregnant women having parity ≥ 4, lower socioeconomic status and poor antenatal check up were responsible for highest number of stillbirths. Other associated risk factors responsible for stillbirths were antepartum hemorrhage (8.35%), medical diseases of mother (8.00%), severe prematurity (7.34%), birth trauma (3.12%) and intrapartum asphyxia (16.73%). Thirty‐six percent of the stillbirths occurred at term and 27% at 34–36 weeks of pregnancy. Only 2% of fetuses had congenital anomalies. Incidence of fresh stillbirth was high. Lower segment cesarean section rate was 16%.Conclusion:  Poor antenatal check‐up, lower socioeconomic status and weak referral facilities were the major factors responsible for stillbirths. Most of the stillbirths were preventable by improving women's education and compliance to antenatal care. So proper antenatal care, prompt referral services and availability of emergency obstetric care will provide a pivotal role for reduction of stillbirths.
Perceptions of the physical attractiveness of the self, current romantic partners, and former partners
Authors: SWAMI VIREN , ALLUM LUCY 
Published: October 2011

Swami, V. & Allum, L. (2012). Perceptions of the physical attractiveness of the self, current romantic partners, and former partners. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 53, 89–95.This study examined ratings of physical attractiveness of the self and former and current partners. A total of 304 participants completed measures of attractiveness, relationship satisfaction, love dimensions, self‐esteem and sociosexual orientation. Consistent with previous work, results showed that participants rated their current partners as more attractive than themselves and their former partners. However, results also showed that former partners were rated as more attractive than the self on a number of bodily characteristics. Finally, results showed that ratings of former partner physical attractiveness were associated with passion for the former partner, self‐esteem, sociosexual orientation, and attributions of relationship termination. These results are discussed in relation to the available literature on positive illusions in intimate relationships.
Panic in the ER: Maternal Drug Use, the Right to Bodily Integrity, Privacy, and Informed Consent
Authors: WOLFF KRISTINA B. 
Published: October 2011

In the early 1980s, the U.S. government began to address the issue of substance use during pregnancy. Attention to this issue was ushered to the forefront of health‐care debates due to the belief that the nation was gripped in an epidemic of “crack babies” (children born addicted to crack cocaine). Many involved in developing policy addressing this issue called for harsh measures as an attempt to curtail a possible crisis involving thousands of children. This case study expands existing research through examining the events which led to two significant court cases in South Carolina. The first involves the establishment of fetal rights in the state and the other resulted in the strengthening of an individual's right to privacy and bodily integrity in the United States. The study also outlines the effectiveness of the creation of a moral panic to adopt politically controversial and questionably constitutional social policy.A principios de 1980 el gobierno de los Estado Unidos comenzó a tomar medidas respecto al uso de sustancias durante el embarazo. La atención a este tema fue dirigida al frente de los debates sobre salud pública debido a que la nación fue tomada por una epidemia de “bebes del crack:” niños adictos al crack desde el nacimiento. Muchas de las personas encargadas de desarrollar políticas para resolver el problema solicitaron medidas más estrictas en un esfuerzo por contener una posible crisis que involucraría a miles de niños. Este estudio expande la literatura existente analizando los eventos que dieron pauta a dos casos de corte en Carolina del Sur. El primero involucra el establecimiento de derechos del feto en dicho estado y el segundo resultó en el fortalecimiento de los derechos de privacidad e integridad física del individuo en los Estados Unidos. Así mismo, este estudio hace un planteamiento sobre la efectividad de crear pánico moral para adoptar políticas sociales controversiales y constitucionalmente cuestionables.
A1 Developing a prioritised vehicle equipment check-sheet (VECS): a modified Delphi Study
Authors: Duncan E , Fitzpatrick D 
Published: October 2011

BackgroundThe number, type; and complexity of equipment carried on frontline ambulances is increasing each year. Whilst this enhances the range of prehospital interventions available, it also results in lengthy equipment checks which, on occasion, are interrupted by emergency calls. This can lead to ambulances arriving at an incident without vital equipment, or with equipment that malfunctions. Although equipment check-sheets have previously been developed to support ambulance clinicians, an informal audit of Scottish Ambulance Service practice indicated that these were outdated, un-prioritised and not in routine use.MethodsAim: To develop a prioritised vehicle equipment check-sheet for routine use. Participants: 99 ambulance clinicians were purposively selected and invited to participate. Design: A modified Delphi study was undertaken. A list of all routine ambulance equipment was collated and developed into the initial Delphi study questionnaire. Participants were then asked to prioritise each item (on a scale from 1 [low priority] to 7 [high priority]) in two rounds. The questionnaire was distributed and returned by email. Analysis: Means and Standard Deviations were calculated for each item from round two.Results27 participants completed both rounds of data collection. Items which were required for life saving intervention rated the highest. These were followed by items relating to personal protection and infection control.Conclusions and RecommendationsThis study has enabled the development of a prioritised vehicle equipment check-sheet with high face validity. Its prioritised nature means that vital equipment is accounted for first, ensuring their presence and functionality even if the vehicle is dispatched before a full check can be completed. The check-sheet is now being introduced throughout the Scottish Ambulance Service and would have applicability to other emergency medical services.
A14 Involving service users in prehospital emergency care through TRUST
Authors: Evans A , Snooks H , Thomas G , Porter A , Gaze S 
Published: October 2011

BackgroundService user involvement in health and social care policy-making and research is increasingly encouraged to improve research quality, relevance and accountability. There are particular challenges when involving people in prehospital care research: it is a dynamic and urgent service delivery context; there are no obvious patient groups from which to recruit service users and anyone could be affected by an unplanned illness, accident or assault. TRUST (Thematic Research group for UnScheduled, emergency and Trauma care) is the only UK research network with an exclusive remit of research of emergency and unscheduled care. We wanted to involve service users in developing and undertaking research.MethodWe recruited patients and carers through the Involving People network and Long Term Conditions Alliance Cymru. People with experience of emergency care or a condition at risk of requiring emergency care were included. We supported with information and expenses.ResultsService users are involved at four levels of TRUST activity.At least two people sit on TRUST's advisory group to consider strategic and operational issues.Service users attend research development groups. Examples include: involvement in a bid to evaluate an electronic patient record form; chronic conditions patients and carers research group; emergency care of stroke workshop.Service users join research management groups on funded TRUST-linked projects. TRUST supports researchers to sustain involvement, for example, SAFER (999 care for older people who fall) trials (1 & 2), PRISM (predictive risk stratification in primary care) evaluation.Service users are involved in data analysis and developing research papers (Patient experience study, chronic conditions policy evaluation).DiscussionPatients and carers have experience and knowledge relevant to developing and undertaking prehospital research. TRUST coordinates and supports service user involvement in research in this field. Service users have fed their views into meetings covering project-specific and strategic topics at all stages of the research process.