bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Presenting Feature of Choreoacanthocytosis
Authors: Al‐Asmi Abdullah , Jansen An C. , Badhwar AmanPreet , Dubeau François , Tampieri Donatella , Shustik Chaim , Mercho Suha , Savard Ghislaine , Dobson‐Stone Carol , Monaco Anthony P. , Andermann Frederick , Andermann Eva 
Published: August 2005

Summary:  Purpose: Choreoacanthocytosis (ChAc) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in VPS13A on chromosome 9q21 and characterized by neurodegeneration and red cell acanthocytosis. Seizures are not uncommon in ChAc but have not been well characterized in the literature. We report two ChAc families in which patients presented with temporal lobe epilepsy. Methods: Detailed medical and family histories were obtained. EEG, video‐telemetry, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volumetric studies of amygdala and hippocampus, as well as neuropsychological testing were performed. Blood smears were examined for acanthocytosis. Mutation analysis of VPS13A was carried out in five patients. Results: Six patients in three sibships were initially seen with seizures. Age at seizure onset ranged from 22 to 38 years. Seizures preceded other clinical manifestations of ChAc by ≤15 years. The epileptic aura consisted of a sensation of déjà‐vu, fear, hallucinations, palpitations, or vertigo. EEG with video‐telemetry showed epileptiform discharges originating either from one or both temporal lobes. Epilepsy was generally well controlled, but some patients had periods of increased seizure frequency requiring treatment with multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Both families shared a deletion of exons 70–73 of VPS13A, extending to exons 6–7 of GNA14. Conclusions: Temporal lobe epilepsy may be the presenting feature of ChAc and may delay its diagnosis. Epilepsy in ChAc patients represents a challenge, because seizures may at times be difficult to control, and some AEDs may worsen the involuntary movements. Mutations in VPS13A or GNA14 or both may be associated with clinical features of temporal lobe epilepsy.
HIV antibody seroprevalence in the emergency department at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea
Authors: Curry Chris , Bunungam Paul , Annerud Carolyn , Babona Diro 
Published: August 2005

AbstractObjective:  To determine the prevalence of HIV antibody in patients presenting to the ED at Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea.Method:  Three hundred patients in whom blood samples were taken for investigation of illness or injury between April and July 2003 were surveyed for HIV antibodies. Sex, age and presenting illness were recorded.Results:  Fifty‐four tests (18%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 14–23%) were positive. Forty‐seven per cent were men and 53% were women. The most common presenting illnesses were respiratory tract infections (37%) and gastrointestinal tract infections (26%). Because of resource constraints results were not linked to patients and there was no follow up.Conclusion:  These limited data support the prediction that the developing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Papua New Guinea will be serious.
Assessment of cricoid pressure application by emergency department staff
Authors: Clark Rachel K , Trethewy Christopher E 
Published: August 2005

AbstractObjective:  To assess the accuracy of cricoid force applied by ED staff working in two hospitals based on the New South Wales central coast.Methods:  A prospective, observational study of 38 doctors and 69 nurses working in the ED. Each staff member was asked to demonstrate cricoid pressure using a model based on a set of weighing scales. Five attempts were measured and a mean value calculated for each participant. Subgroup analysis was also performed for specific variables of interest.Results:  Twenty‐seven (25%) participants applied the target cricoid force. Of the 80 participants who were outside of the target range, 50 (63%) applied less than the target range and 30 (37%) applied more than the target range. No statistically significant difference was demonstrated for sex, age, qualification or years of experience and the ability to apply cricoid force within the target range.More candidates (27) applied the target range than those who correctly identified it (12). When methods of instruction were compared there was no difference between candidates with one and more than one modality of instruction (t‐test: t (105) = −0.09, P = 0.9; 95% confidence interval [CI]−0.66–0.6) and the mean cricoid force applied. Those who had greater than one form of instruction applied correct cricoid force at the target range more often than those who had received only one form of instruction, this result was significant. (χ2 = 4.24, d.f. = 1, P = 0.04; odds ratio = 2.6; 95% CI 1.03–6.41).Conclusion:  The application of cricoid force by ED staff participating in the present study is unreliable, often providing inadequate protection against regurgitation. Training using a model integrating the concept of force is recommended. The role of cricoid pressure in rapid sequence induction needs to be further investigated.
Equitable emergency access: Rhetoric or reality?
Authors: Kennedy Marcus 
Published: August 2005

AbstractThe present paper is based on an address given at the Australian Financial Review Health Congress in February, 2005. Let's start with the underlying premise that patients have a valid right to fair and just access to emergency care. Fairness and justice are concepts more comfortably placed within legal and sociological settings than within health. They refer to our ability to deliver care without bias or favour. Our college has published a statement asserting patients’ right to appropriate access (Patients’ Right to Access Emergency Department Care. ACEM Policy Statement P31, March 2004). The other underlying premise in this discussion is that this issue of equity of access actually matters. It may be of significance at a moral level, at a relative resource consumption level, at the level of occupation of system capacity, or at the level of clinical outcomes for individual patients.
Thyrotoxic, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
Authors: Gillett Melissa J 
Published: August 2005

AbstractThyrotoxic, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon, potentially life‐threatening endocrine emergency. Because of the acute onset of neurological symptoms patients often initially present to hospital ED. To reduce patient morbidity and costs of unnecessary investigations, early recognition and appropriate treatment is required. The case of a young man of Singaporean origin is presented to highlight current treatment, management and pathophysiology of this condition.
A pilot study of the quality of informed consent materials for Aboriginal participants in clinical trials
Authors: Russell F M , Carapetis J R , Liddle H , Edwards T , Ruff T A , Devitt J 
Published: August 2005

Objective:To pilot informed consent materials developed for Aboriginal parents in a vaccine trial, and evaluate their design and the informed consent process.Methods:Cross sectional quantitative and qualitative survey of 20 Aboriginal and 20 non-Aboriginal women in Alice Springs. Information about the proposed research was presented to Aboriginal participants by an Aboriginal researcher, using purpose designed verbal, visual, and written materials. Non-Aboriginal participants received standard materials developed by the sponsor. Questionnaires were used to evaluate recall and understanding immediately and five days later. Qualitative analysis of Aboriginal participants’ interviews was performed.Results:There were no differences between the groups in understanding of diseases prevented by the vaccine, the potential risks of participating, or the voluntary nature of participation. Most Aboriginal participants had difficulty with the concept of a “licensed” versus “unlicensed” vaccine. The non-Aboriginal group had a good understanding of this. Aboriginal participants identified the use of the flipchart, along with a presentation by a doctor and Aboriginal health worker, as preferred delivery modes. Group presentations were preferred rather than one-on-one discussions. The use of the questionnaire posed considerable methodological difficulties.Conclusions:A one-off oral presentation to Aboriginal participants is unlikely to produce “informed consent”. Key but unfamiliar concepts require identification and particularly considered presentation.
A NEW APPROACH TO LINEAR SHELL THEORY
Authors: CIARLET PHILIPPE G. , GRATIE LILIANA 
Published: August 2005

We propose a new approach to the existence theory for quadratic minimization problems that arise in linear shell theory. The novelty consists in considering the linearized change of metric and change of curvature tensors as the new unknowns, instead of the displacement vector field as is customary. Such an approach naturally yields a constrained minimization problem, the constraints being ad hoc compatibility relations that these new unknowns must satisfy in order that they indeed correspond to a displacement vector field. Our major objective is thus to specify and justify such compatibility relations in appropriate function spaces. Interestingly, this result provides as a corollary a new proof of Korn's inequality on a surface. While the classical proof of this fundamental inequality essentially relies on a basic lemma of J. L. Lions, the keystone in the proposed approach is instead an appropriate weak version of a classical theorem of Poincaré. The existence of a solution to the above constrained minimization problem is then established, also providing as a simple corollary a new existence proof for the original quadratic minimization problem.
Welcome
Authors: Lee Newton 
Published: August 2005

Welcome to the fourth issue of the ACM Computers in Entertainment online magazine!
In this exciting new issue, we publish six interesting papers on entertainment technologies from authors around the world including Greece, Malaysia, Portugal, UK, and USA. We also feature video interviews with our distinguished advisory board members Prof. Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, MIT Media Lab's Robotic Life Group, and MP3 inventor Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, the Fraunhofer Institute.
Interviews with Cynthia Breazeal
Authors: Breazeal Cynthia 
Published: August 2005

Interviews with Cynthia Breazeal and Karlheinz Brandenburg—September 10, 2003 and July 22, 2004
Prof. Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Lab, and Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, inventor of MP3, have graciously appeared on camera for interviews and joined the ACM Computers in Entertainment magazine's editorial board. Cynthia and Karlheinz are two of the nicest people to talk to and work with. Cynthia talks about her sociable robot Kismet, her role in Steven Spielberg's movie "Artificial Intelligence: AI," and the future of robotics. Karlheinz shares with us the history of MP3, the new spatial audio technology called Wave Field Synthesis, and other fascinating research at the Fraunhofer Institute. The video clips of the interviews are available at http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie.html
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal directs the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Lab. She is internationally known for seamlessly blending scientific theories, artistic insights, and engineering principles to create compelling robotic creatures that have a lively and compelling social presence to those who interact with them. Her current research extends these themes in the area of human-robot relations to create cooperative and capable robots that can work and learn in partnership with people. Her research program strives to revolutionize the art and science of human-robot interaction and cooperation - to develop robots that engage us as helpful partners that will ultimately play an valuable, rewarding, and unprecedented role in the everyday lives or ordinary people. More information can be found at http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/
Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg manages The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology founded in January 2004. He is well known for his work on digital audio coding and perceptual measurement techniques. He received the German Future Award for the development and commercialization of the MP3 music format at the Erlangen based Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits together with his colleagues Harald Popp and Bernhard Grill in 2000. He is also a full professor and the director of the Institute for Media Technology at Ilmenau Technical University. His current research includes the IOSONO Wave Field Synthesis, audio metadata technologies, and audio applications for specific technological demands. More information can be found at http://www.idmt.fraunhofer.de/presse/textarchiv/vita_brandenburg.pdf
Welcome
Authors: Lee Newton 
Published: August 2005

Welcome to the first anniversary issue of the ACM Computers in Entertainment! It has been a year since the magazine was launched in October 2003.
In this anniversary issue we publish eight interesting papers on entertainment technologies, including games, audio media, user interface, live HD media streaming, and digital cinema. We also feature video interviews with two of our distinguished advisory board members, John Gage and Tomlinson Holman. John Gage, chief researcher and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, talks about the volunteer project NetDay, the wireless and broadband Internet, digital media, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tom Holman, creator of the THX sound system and professor at USC, speaks of the history of THX, the 10.2 channel sound system, multichannel music, and digital cinema.
Call for papers
Authors: Lee Newton 
Published: August 2005

<b>ABOUT THE MAGAZINE</b>
The ACM Computers in Entertainment online magazine (http://www.acmcie.org) covers a wide range of theoretical and practical computer applications in the field of entertainment. It features video interviews of leading professionals. It publishes high-quality papers on the latest development in software, hardware, and business policies that improve existing mainstream entertainment and that create new genres of entertainment. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: animation, animatronics, digital asset management, digital cinema, digital rights management, games, interactive television, Internet, movies, music, performing arts, robotics, toys, and virtual reality. The magazine welcomes submissions of articles from scholars and professionals involved in all aspects of entertainment technology.
<b>GUIDELINE FOR AUTHORS</b>
Papers should be submitted to the editor-in-chief via email, preferably in MS Word or PDF format. Rich media such as MP3, QuickTime, and Flash movies are also acceptable. Manuscripts should contain no more than 10,000 words. Submissions should include the paper title, abstract, keywords, classification (www.acm.org/class/1998/overview.html), name of authors, their affiliation, email, and postal address.
Hidden agenda year 2 launches
Authors: Davis Lauren 
Published: August 2005

I'm very excited to announce Year 2 of the Hidden Agenda College Video Game Development Contest! Thanks to all of you for your continued interest in the project.
Attached is a link to the latest contest press release: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/?epi_menuItemID=8529ea2ad8631dcd3bb97904c6908a0c&epi_menuID=887566059a3aedb6efaaa9e27a808a0c&epi_baseMenuID=384979e8cc48c441ef0130f5c6908a0c&ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&newsId=20040831005459
With a successful first year under our belt, we have even higher hopes for this year -- I'd especially love to see MORE FACULTY INVOLVED, encouraging their students to enter the contest for credit or as a resume builder and networking tool. I'd also love to see MORE SCHOOLS INVOLVED -- especially those with specialized game development curriculum!
Please forward information about the contest to any faculty, students, message boards, listserves & organizations that may be interested. As a nonprofit foundation, these are our best marketing tools.
If anyone has questions about the project, I'd be happy to discuss with them directly. As well, I can connect them with students and advisors who participated in last year's successful inaugural event.
Thank you so much for your continued support -- we couldn't do it without you!
Best,
Lauren Davis Director,
Stealth Education
Liemandt Foundation
The Seduction of Authenticity: "The Story of Yingying"
Authors: Luo Manling 
Published: July 2005

AbstractThis paper explores the notion of authenticity and its implications in the Tang classical tale "The Story of Yingying" from the perspective of literati discourse formation. By constructing a problematic "authentic" romance and its public, the story succeeds in turning romance into a "reality." Signifying the symbolic entry of romance into the domestic space, the story reveals sophisticated strategies for adapting, validating, and expanding the Tang literati discourse on romance.
Barry Saltzman and the Theory of Climate
Authors: Maasch K. A. , Oglesby R. J. , Fournier A. 
Published: August 2005

Abstract
Barry Saltzman was a giant in the fields of meteorology and climate science. A leading figure in the study of weather and climate for over 40 yr, he has frequently been referred to as the “father of modern climate theory.” Ahead of his time in many ways, Saltzman made significant contributions to our understanding of the general circulation and spectral energetics budget of the atmosphere, as well as climate change across a wide spectrum of time scales. In his endeavor to develop a unified theory of how the climate system works, he played a role in the development of energy balance models, statistical dynamical models, and paleoclimate dynamical models. He was a pioneer in developing meteorologically motivated dynamical systems, including the progenitor of Lorenz’s famous chaos model. In applying his own dynamical-systems approach to long-term climate change, he recognized the potential for using atmospheric general circulation models in a complimentary way. In 1998, he was awarded the Carl-Gustaf Rossby medal, the highest honor of the American Meteorological Society “for his life-long contributions to the study of the global circulation and the evolution of the earth’s climate.” In this paper, the authors summarize and place into perspective some of the most significant contributions that Barry Saltzman made during his long and distinguished career. This short review also serves as an introduction to the papers in this special issue of the Journal of Climate dedicated to Barry’s memory.
Siple Coast Ice Streams in a General Antarctic Ice Sheet Model
Authors: Verbitsky Mikhail 
Published: August 2005

Abstract
In an earlier paper by Verbitsky and Saltzman, a vertically integrated, high-resolution, nonlinearly viscous, nonisothermal ice sheet model was presented to calculate the “present-day” equilibrium regime of the Antarctic ice sheet. Steady-state solutions for the ice topography and thermodynamics, represented by the extent of the areas of basal melting, were shown to be in good agreement with both observations and results obtained from other three-dimensional thermodynamical equations. The solution for the basal temperature field of the West Antarctic Siple Coast produced areas at the pressure melting point separated by strips of frozen-to-bed ice, the structure of which looks very similar to ice streams A–E. Since the possible response of the Siple Coast basal temperature pattern to global warming and to associated changes in the snowfall rate is not obvious, a special sensitivity study was conducted. Results of such a study suggest that increased precipitation rate and associated intensification of ice advection can effectively “shut down” West Antarctic ice streams.
Reducing Climatology Bias in an Ocean–Atmosphere CGCM with Improved Coupling Physics
Authors: Luo Jing-Jia , Masson Sebastien , Roeckner Erich , Madec Gurvan , Yamagata Toshio 
Published: August 2005

Abstract
The cold tongue in the tropical Pacific extends too far west in most current ocean–atmosphere coupled GCMs (CGCMs). This bias also exists in the relatively high-resolution SINTEX-F CGCM despite its remarkable performance of simulating ENSO variations. In terms of the importance of air–sea interactions to the climatology formation in the tropical Pacific, several sensitivity experiments with improved coupling physics have been performed in order to reduce the cold-tongue bias in CGCMs.
By allowing for momentum transfer of the ocean surface current to the atmosphere [full coupled simulation (FCPL)] or merely reducing the wind stress by taking the surface current into account in the bulk formula [semicoupled simulation (semi-CPL)], the warm-pool/cold-tongue structure in the equatorial Pacific is simulated better than that of the control simulation (CTL) in which the movement of the ocean surface is ignored for wind stress calculation. The reduced surface zonal current and vertical entrainment owing to the reduced easterly wind stress tend to produce a warmer sea surface temperature (SST) in the western equatorial Pacific. Consequently, the dry bias there is much reduced. The warming tendency of the SST in the eastern Pacific, however, is largely suppressed by isopycnal diffusion and meridional advection of colder SST from south of the equator due to enhanced coastal upwelling near Peru. The ENSO signal in the western Pacific and its global teleconnection in the North Pacific are simulated more realistically.
The approach as adopted in the FCPL run is able to generate a correct zonal SST slope and efficiently reduce the cold-tongue bias in the equatorial Pacific. The surface easterly wind itself in the FCPL run is weakened, reducing the easterly wind stress further. This is related with a weakened zonal Walker cell in the atmospheric boundary layer over the eastern Pacific and a new global angular momentum balance of the atmosphere associated with reduced westerly wind stress over the southern oceans.
The Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the Bergen Climate Model
Authors: Mignot Juliette , Frankignoul Claude 
Published: August 2005

Abstract
The link between the interannual to interdecadal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the atmospheric forcing is investigated using 200 yr of a control simulation of the Bergen Climate Model, where the mean circulation cell is rather realistic, as is also the location of deep convection in the northern North Atlantic. The AMOC variability has a slightly red frequency spectrum and is primarily forced by the atmosphere. The maximum value of the AMOC is mostly sensitive to the deep convection in the Irminger Sea, which it lags by about 5 yr. The latter is mostly forced by a succession of atmospheric patterns that induce anomalous northerly winds over the area. The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on deep convection in the Labrador and Greenland Seas is represented realistically, but its influence on the AMOC is limited to the interannual time scale and is primarily associated with wind forcing. The tropical Pacific shows a strong variability in the model, with too strong an influence on the North Atlantic. However, its influence on the tropical Atlantic is realistic. Based on lagged correlations and the release of fictitious Lagrangian drifters, the tropical Pacific seems to influence the AMOC with a time lag of about 40 yr. The mechanism is as follows: El Niño events induce positive sea surface salinity anomalies in the tropical Atlantic that are advected northward, circulate in the subtropical gyre, and then subduct. In the ocean interior, part of the salinity anomaly is advected along the North Atlantic current, eventually reaching the Irminger and Labrador Seas after about 35 yr where they destabilize the water column and favor deep convection.