cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
HOME HEALTH MONITORING: An in-depth look into designing the next generation of health technology for older adults living at home
Creators: name: Zimmerman, Jonathan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The changing landscape of healthcare regulation, shifting needs of an aging population and recent growth in the digital health marketplace have placed home health monitoring and its associative technologies at the forefront of discussion for both consumers and companies. Organizations across the country are looking to identify the next big breakthrough in the healthcare industry and capitalize on sizable gains in investment. However, there remains significant disparities between the goals of the industry and the fragmented solutions currently available. This paper utilizes literature research, stakeholder interviews, company comparisons and an evaluation of the regulatory environment to build a robust framework from which to structure future innovation in the digital home health monitoring space. Findings indicate that by engaging key stakeholders (patients/informal caregivers/providers) and attending to their top needs (social engagement/care-life balance/treatment adherence, respectively) through the use personalized, communicative, and integrated designs, home health monitoring technologies can have substantial value at the industry level. Specifically, products that address informal caregivers’ challenges associated with managing medication for older adults by building strong cross-stakeholder relationships through communicative means are likely to have the greatest impact in the next 5-10 years.
title: Implementation of a real-time monitoring system to expedite report turnaround-times
Creators: name: Escher, Achim
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Management
subject: RIS
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Economics

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Report turnaround-times (RTTs) in radiology are a key performance indicator of service quality. Improving RTTs has been made a major business goal in 2013 within the department of radiology at the University Hospital Basel. To achieve this goal, a...
The Evolution of the World Bank's Global Health Work in Africa from 2000-2015
Creators: name: Hinkle, Lawrence
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The World Bank is a leading driver of international development in Africa, where a higher percentage of its project portfolio is concentrated than any other continent. The World Bank's stated goal is poverty reduction and growing economies. Given the strong connection between poverty and poor health, however, the World Bank has become a major player in global health, particularly since the advent of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. At the conclusion of the MDGs, however, progress was unsatisfactory in many areas. As the Sustainable Development Goals were developed to replace the MDGs, there was a lot of discussion in the development community about the need to change strategies, including from those at the Bank itself. This report examines the strategies that the World Bank has used to achieve its health goals in Africa since the start of the MDGs in 2000. This report examines data from all 420 World Bank health projects implemented in Africa between 2000-2015. The report also samples projects for a document review to better analyze the Bank's health interventions and strategies. The report concludes that while many of the Bank's strategies and interventions remain vertically inclined, the Bank appears to recognize the need for horizontal interventions. The data suggests that the Bank has made some movement in this direction, but it is too soon to tell whether this trend will persist or what the outcomes of this work will be.
Coarse-grained molecular simulations of allosteric cooperativity
Creators: name: Nandigrami, Prithviraj
name: Portman, John J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Interactions between a protein and a ligand are often accompanied by a redistribution of the population of thermally accessible conformations. This dynamic response of the protein's functional energy landscape enables a protein to modulate binding affinities and control binding sensitivity to ligand concentration. In this paper, we investigate the structural origins of binding affinity and allosteric cooperativity of binding two calcium ions to each domain of calmodulin (CaM) through simulations of a simple coarse-grained model. In this model, the protein's conformational transitions between open and closed conformational ensembles are simulated explicitly and ligand binding and unbinding is treated implicitly within the Grand Canonical Ensemble. Ligand binding is cooperative because the binding sites are coupled through a shift in the dominant conformational ensemble upon binding. The classic Monod-Wyman-Changeux model of allostery with appropriate binding free energy to the open and closed ensembles accurately describes the simulated binding thermodynamics. The simulations predict that the two domains of CaM have distinct binding affinity and cooperativity. In particular, C-terminal domain binds calcium with higher affinity and greater cooperativity than the N-terminal domain. From a structural point of view, the affinity of an individual binding loop depends sensitively on the loop's structural compatibility with the ligand in the bound ensemble, as well as the conformational flexibility of the binding site in the unbound ensemble.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures; supplemental information: 2 pages, 2 figures
title: Comparison between 0.1 mmol/kg of gadoterate meglumine and 0.075 of gadobenate dimeglumine in brain MRI
Creators: name: Khouri Chalouhi, Katia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-other

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To compare a reduced dose (RD) of a high-relaxivity contrast-material (CM) 0.075 mmol/kg of gadobenate dimeglumine (RD-Gd-BOPTA) with a single dose (SD) of 0.1 mmol/kg of gadoterate meglumine (SD-Gd-DOTA), for 1.5 T brain...
title: Acute pelvic pain in female patient: Clinical and Radiological evaluation
Creators: name: Simelane, Thabisile
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Emergency
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Pelvis
subject: Ultrasound
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Intrauterine diagnosis
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The learning objectives of this poster is to provide a clinical and Radiological triage of female patients presenting with acute pelvic...
Zur Rolle von (Laien-)Dolmetscher*innen in Interviews: Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie
Creators: name: Riegger, Miriam
name: Ricart Brede, Julia
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Interviews
subject: Deutsch als Zweitsprache
subject: Dolmetschen
subject: Methodik
subject: Videografie
subject: German as a second language
subject: Interpreting
subject: Methodology
subject: Videography
subject: 400 Sprache

description: Bei der Befragung neu Zugewanderter ist ein Interview in der Zielsprache meist nicht möglich und daher die Anwesenheit eines/einer Dolmetscher*in nötig. Dadurch entsteht eine ‚Über-Eck- Kommunikation‘, die besondere Aufmerksamkeit auf die Einhaltung der Prinzipien und Maximen qualitativer Befragungen erfordert. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Herausforderungen, aber auch die Chancen solcher Interviewsituationen beleuchtet. Dies erfolgt über die Analyse eines Pilotinterviews, das im Rahmen eines Dissertationsprojektes mit Hilfe eines Laiendolmetschers auf Deutsch und Arabisch geführt wurde. Die methodische Reflexion der Gesprächsdaten soll einen Beitrag dazu leisten, ähnliche Begegnungssituationen besser vorzubereiten, durchzuführen und auszuwerten.
description: When interviewing recent immigrants, an interview in the target language is usually not possible and therefore the presence of an interpreter is necessary. This results in 'over-corner communication', which requires special attention to adhering to the principles and maxims of qualitative interviews. In this article, the challenges but also the opportunities of such interview situations will be examined. Examples are drawn from a pilot interview conducted in German and Arabic with the help of a lay translator, which is part of a dissertation project. The methodological reflection of the interview data shall contribute to better preparation, implementation and evaluation of similar qualitative interviews.
Market Access for Orphan Drugs: A Payer Perspective in Seven Countries
Creators: name: Lisec, Asher
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: As the cost and number of orphan drugs increases, payers are evaluating orphan drug reimbursement applications with increased scrutiny. The purpose of this study is: (1) to describe the payer processes and perceptions that affect orphan drug market access in the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom and (2) to determine if those practices result in disparities in access across countries and payers. To accomplish this research objective, this study used a mixed methods design. The study found that (1) Payers are seeking more value based information as the cost and number of orphan drugs increase. (2) The movement toward required demonstration of long-term value marks a shift in payer and manufacture perspectives on orphan drugs. (3) The fragmented processes and procedures across payers can ultimately lead to disparities in access to orphan drugs.
Evidence for Reflected Light from the Most Eccentric Exoplanet Known
Creators: name: Kane, Stephen R.
name: Wittenmyer, Robert A.
name: Hinkel, Natalie R.
name: Roy, Arpita
name: Mahadevan, Suvrath
name: Dragomir, Diana
name: Matthews, Jaymie M.
name: Henry, Gregory W.
name: Chakraborty, Abhijit
name: Boyajian, Tabetha S.
name: Wright, Jason T.
name: Ciardi, David R.
name: Fischer, Debra A.
name: Butler, R. Paul
name: Tinney, C. G.
name: Carter, Brad D.
name: Jones, Hugh R. A.
name: Bailey, Jeremy
name: O'Toole, Simon J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planets in highly eccentric orbits form a class of objects not seen within our Solar System. The most extreme case known amongst these objects is the planet orbiting HD~20782, with an orbital period of 597~days and an eccentricity of 0.96. Here we present new data and analysis for this system as part of the Transit Ephemeris Refinement and Monitoring Survey (TERMS). We obtained CHIRON spectra to perform an independent estimation of the fundamental stellar parameters. New radial velocities from AAT and PARAS observations during periastron passage greatly improve our knowledge of the eccentric nature of the orbit. The combined analysis of our Keplerian orbital and Hipparcos astrometry show that the inclination of the planetary orbit is $> 1.22\degr$, ruling out stellar masses for the companion. Our long-term robotic photometry show that the star is extremely stable over long timescales. Photometric monitoring of the star during predicted transit and periastron times using MOST rule out a transit of the planet and reveal evidence of phase variations during periastron. These possible photometric phase variations may be caused by reflected light from the planet's atmosphere and the dramatic change in star--planet separation surrounding the periastron passage.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal. Follow-up observations are encouraged for the next periastron passages at BJD 2457634.859 +/- 0.123 (2016 September 3 8:36 UT) and BJD 2458231.924 +/- 0.153 (2018 April 23 10:10 UT). Contact the authors for more ephemeris information
Second-order and local characteristics of network intensity functions
Creators: name: Eckardt, Matthias
name: Mateu, Jorge
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Graphs
subject: Local indicators of spatial network association
subject: Network intensity functions
subject: Second-order analysis
subject: Partially directed networks
subject: 310 Sammlungen allgemeiner Statistiken

description: The last decade has witnessed an increase of interest in the spatial analysis of structured point patterns over networks whose analysis is challenging because of geometrical complexities and unique methodological problems. In this context, it is essential to incorporate the network specificity into the analysis as the locations of events are restricted to areas covered by line segments. Relying on concepts originating from graph theory, we extend the notions of first-order network intensity functions to second-order and local network intensity functions. We consider two types of local indicators of network association functions which can be understood as adaptations of the primary ideas of local analysis on the plane. We develop the nodewise and cross-hierarchical type of local functions. A real data set on urban disturbances is also presented.
title: Application of MSCT in adult normal liver volume measurement
Creators: name: Yong, Chen
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cirrhosis
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: CT
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: To investigate the application value of MSCT in measurement of liver volume in normal...
γ-radiation effects on metal oxide particles and their wetted surfaces
Creators: name: McGrady, John
name: Yamashita, Shinichi
name: Kimura, Atsushi
name: Kano, Sho
name: Yang, Huilong
name: Duan, Zhengang
name: Saito, Takumi
name: Abe, Hiroaki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy

description: Typical metal oxide corrosion products of structural materials have been irradiated with γ-rays in ultra-pure water to investigate the effect of radiation on the surface oxide and the nature of adsorbed water. Analysis techniques including thermal gravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy before and after γ-irradiation were employed to investigate surface structural effects and adsorbed water behaviour. The production of H2 in the oxide nanoparticle mixtures was investigated by gas chromatography to probe the mechanism of radiolysis in the water/oxide mixtures and the relationship with surface water. The nature of water at the surface of the oxides was affected by γ-radiation and the relationship was dependent on the particle composition. The rate of H2 production was shown to be oxide dependent, and higher rates of H2 formation were attributed to the decomposition of surface adsorbed water. Changes to the surface chemistry and H2 production rates were found to be highly dependent on the surface chemistry of the metal oxide nanoparticle and no bulk structural changes were observed.
Additional file 1 of Felodipine attenuates neuroinflammatory responses and tau hyperphosphorylation through JNK/P38 signaling in tau-overexpressing AD mice
Creators: name: Hwang, Jeong-Woo
name: Kim, Jeongha
name: Park, Jin-Hee
name: Nam, Jinhan
name: Jang, Ji-Yeong
name: Jo, Aran
name: Lee, Hyun-ju
name: Hoe, Hyang-Sook
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary material 1
title: Whole brain adaptive perfusion imaging utilising 70 kV and asymmetric temporal sampling reduces dose and inconsistency while maintaining quality
Creators: name: Tanenbaum, Lawrence
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Abdomen
subject: MR
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Computer Applications-Teleradiology
subject: Dosimetry
subject: Pathology
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: EDespite general availability of MR perfusion, CT perfusion is often preferred over MR for patients presenting with symptoms suggesting acute stroke due to speed andaccessibility (1-3). The widespread application of perfusion CT for neurologic...
Does the Availability of a Disease Management Clinic Reduce Hospital Use for Atrial Fibrillation Emergency Visits?
Creators: name: Akiyama, Jill
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: A disease management clinic targeting atrial fibrillation emergencies aims to reduce unnecessary hospital use among patients with low to moderate atrial fibrillation. This analysis shows that the availability of a disease management clinic targeting patients with atrial fibrillation significantly reduces hospital use during the overall patient experience among the observed patient sample.
Degeneracy between warm and coupled cold dark matter: A clarifying note
Creators: name: Velten, Hermano
name: Borges, Humberto A.
name: Caramês, Thiago R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wei et al [PRD 88, 043510 (2013)] have proposed the existence of a cosmological degeneracy between warm dark matter (WDM), modified gravity and coupled cold dark matter (CDM) cosmologies at both the background expansion and the growth of density perturbation levels, i.e., corresponding cosmological data would not be able to differentiate such scenarios. Here, we will focus on the specific indistinguishability between a warm dark matter plus cosmological constant ($Λ$) and coupled scalar field-CDM scenarios. Although the statement of Wei et al is true for very specific conditions we present a more complete discussion on this issue and show in more detail that these models are indeed distinguishable. We show that the degeneracy breaks down since coupled models leave a specific signature in the redshift space distortion data which is absent in the uncoupled warm dark matter cosmologies. Furthermore, we complement our claim by providing the reasons which suggest that even at nonlinear level a breaking of such apparent equivalence is also expected.
description: 6 pages, 1 Figure; revised version, section IV extended and enriched with further discussion, title altered, typos corrected and new references added. Version published in PRD
Skyrmion-induced bound states on the surface of 3D Topological Insulators
Creators: name: Andrikopoulos, Dimitrios
name: Sorée, Bart
name: De Boeck, Jo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interaction between the surface of a 3D topological insulator and a skyrmion / anti-skyrmion structure is studied in order to investigate the possibility of electron confinement due to skyrmion presence. Both hedgehog (Néel) and vortex (Bloch) skyrmions are considered. For the hedgehog skyrmion the in-plane components cannot be disregarded and their interaction with the surface state of the TI has to be taken into account. A semi-classical description of the skyrmion chiral angle is obtained using the variational principle. It is shown that both the hedgehog and the vortex skyrmion can induce bound states on the surface of the TI. However, the number and the properties of these states depend strongly on the skyrmion type and on the skyrmion topological number $N_{Sk}$. The probability densities of the bound electrons are also derived where it is shown that they are localized within the skyrmion region.
title: Early changes in apparent diffusion coefficient monitor response to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Zhao, Yilei
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Animal (veterinary) studies
subject: Liver
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Biopsy
subject: Education
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Cancer
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Gene therapy

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and chemotherapy has been established by several research. However, whether ADC could be considered as a sign for monitor response to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) has not...
[Book Review] American dreamscape: The pursuit of happiness in postwar suburbia
Creators: name: Noonan, J. Michael
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Suburbs--North America
subject: Suburban life--North America
subject: City planning--Book reviews

description: Book review
description: American dreamscape: The pursuit of happiness in postwar suburbia by Tom Martinson (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000) is reviewed by J. Michael Noonan.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5329/Review.pdf?sequence=6
Investigations on the energy balance in TDCB tests
Creators: name: Hesebeck, Olaf
name: Meyer, Udo
name: Sondag, Andrea
name: Brede, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The TDCB test is an established method to determine the critical strain energy release rate of adhesives in mode I. Provided that the adherends stay elastic, that the adhesive layer is not too flexible and that inertia effects can be neglected, the experiment allows to identify the work required by the adhesive layer per area of crack growth. The evaluation according to the standard does not permit to distinguish between different sources of dissipation in the adhesive layer or at the adhesive-adherend interfaces, though. This paper proposes two approaches to gain a more detailed understanding of the dissipation in mode I crack growth of adhesive layers. The first investigation method uses detailed finite element simulations of the TDCB test based on an elastic-plastic adhesive material model derived from tests on bulk specimens. The simulation is used to distinct between the work required for the plastic deformation of the entire adhesive layer and the work consumed by the crack and the adhesive in its vicinity. The dependence of this distribution of work on the adhesive layer thickness is studied. The second approach adds a temperature measurement by an infrared camera to the TDCB test. This measurement allows observation of the thermo-elastic effect in the adhesive layer and of the heat generation at the crack. Finally, the results of the two approaches are employed to estimate the energy balance in the TDCB test.
description: Olaf Hesebeck, Udo Meyer, Andrea Sondag, Markus Brede, Investigations on the energy balance in TDCB tests, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Volume 67, June 2016, Pages 94-102, ISSN 0143-7496
Association Between Information Source and Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods: Analysis by Gender in Colombia 2015-2016
Creators: name: Zarate-Ardila, Carol
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Background: In Colombia, one of every five women younger than 19 years old has been pregnant. Despite governmental efforts to increase healthy sexual behaviors, related outcomes are not as good as expected. Before the 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) there was no information about use of modern contraceptive methods in men. This study aims to assess the relationship between the place where information about contraception is received and use of modern methods, and whether this relationship varies by gender.Methods: This study analyzed secondary data from the 2015-2016 Colombian DHS. People who were actively trying to get pregnant, were sterile, or had never had sex were excluded. A weighted multivariate logistic regression assessed the relationship between information source and use of modern contraceptive methods by gender.Results: Ceteris paribus, men were more likely to report using modern contraception methods than women (OR=2.79, 95% CI 2.54 – 3.07). The most frequent information source for men and women were educational institutions (57.67% and 56.67%, respectively); however, the predicted probabilities of using modern contraceptive methods was higher for both when information was received in healthcare facilities compared to family, educational institutions, friends, and other sources, although only statistically different for women.Conclusion: Although sexual healthcare services have historically targeted women, use of modern contraceptive methods is significantly lower among women compared to men. Even though educational institutions were a frequent source of information about contraception, their effectiveness in promoting use of modern contraceptive methods is not as high as that of healthcare facilities. A policy that combines efforts from both information sources could increase the probability of using modern methods in Colombian men and women.
title: Improvement of Image Quality on 320-multidetector CT Using Total Variation Technique of Three-dimensional Workstation: A Phantom Study
Creators: name: Shimomiya, Yamato
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Image verification
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: CT
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: In recent years, owing to the developments in CT equipment technology, it has become possible to reduce the noise introduced by filtered back-projection (FBP), which had been the method for image reconstruction thus far. The current image...
Atmospheric-dispersion database system that can immediately provide calculation results for various source term and meteorological conditions
Creators: name: Terada, Hiroaki
name: Nagai, Haruyasu
name: Tanaka, Atsunori
name: Tsuduki, Katsunori
name: Kadowaki, Masanao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: We have estimated source term and analyzed processes of atmospheric dispersion against atmospheric discharge of radioactive materials due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident by atmospheric-dispersion calculation using the Worldwide version of System for Environmental Emergency Dose Information (WSPEEDI). On the basis of this experience, we developed an atmospheric-dispersion calculation method that can respond to various needs for dispersion prediction in a nuclear emergency and provide useful information for emergency-response planning. By this method, if a release point, such as a nuclear facility, is known, it is possible to immediately obtain the prediction results by applying provided source term (released radionuclides, release rate, and release period) to the database of dispersion-calculation results prepared in advance without specifying source term. With this function, it is easy to compare results by applying many kinds of source term with monitoring data, and to find out the optimum source term. By preparing a database by this calculation with past long-term meteorological data, we can immediately get dispersion-calculation results for various source term and meteorological conditions. This database is useful for pre-accident planning, such as optimization of a monitoring plan and understanding of events to be supposed in considering emergency countermeasures.
title: Lung window in abdominal computed tomography of drug mules: is it really useful?
Creators: name: Vakilian, Fatemeh
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: CT
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: “Drug mules” which are carriers with internal illicit drugs have been a real challenge for emergency radiologic departments for their medicolegal aspects. They are referred to as “swallowers”, “couriers”, “internal carriers” or...
Exploring the Financial Impact of Removing the Tax Exemption for North Carolina's Non-Profit Hospitals
Creators: name: Bazakas, Andrea
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Non-profit hospitals were among the first tax exempt charity organizations formed in the United States and receive an estimated tax benefit of $24.6 billion a year. The North Carolina General Assembly considered three bills during the 2015 legislative session which would have effectively removed parts of the tax exemption for non-profit hospitals in the state. This study evaluates the effect of removing each aspect of the tax exemption individually and in combination on the profitability of non-profit hospitals in North Carolina using net income as the indicator of profitability. Financial data were obtained on all non-profit acute care facilities in the state (N=95) and property, sales, and income taxes were estimated for each facility. A significant decrease in net income was found under each of the seven tax plans evaluated. Full removal of the tax exemption led to a decrease in average net income of $4.4 million. The number of unprofitable hospitals in the state also increased under six of the seven tax plans. While not a large change, the implications in terms of number of individuals who could lose access to an acute care facility if these unprofitable hospitals were to close are of real importance in the decision making process for the state legislature.
Participatory democracy: From theory to practice
Creators: name: Alexander, Don
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: City planning--Citizen participation
subject: Citizen activism

description: As more and more people become aware of the inefficiency and injustice of being ruled by remote bureaucracies, they are demanding more of a say in their decisions that affect their lives. Thus, participatory democracy is moving from being a mere ideal to something that citizens and communities are beginning to demand and are seeking to implement in practice. As this occurs, there is more of a need for useful ideas and successful, experiences that people can assimilate and apply to their own situations. This article offers a modest introduction to a few of these.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5330/CACE003.pdf?sequence=3
Meson assisted dibaryons
Creators: name: Gal, Avraham
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a new type of L=0 positive-parity dibaryons, pion-B-B', where the dominant binding mechanism is provided by resonating p-wave pion-baryon interactions. Recent calculations of such pion assisted dibaryons are reviewed with special emphasis placed on the non-strange I(JP)=1(2+) N-Delta dibaryon D_{12}(2150) studied recently at JLab, and on the 0(3+) Delta-Delta dibaryon D_{03}(2380) discovered recently by the WASA-at-COSY Collaboration. We review recent searches by the HADES Collaboration at GSI and by the E15 and E27 Experiments at J-PARC for a strangeness S=-1 I(JP)=1/2(0-) K-pp dibaryon and perhaps also for a strange I(JP)=3/2(2+) N-Sigma(1385) pion assisted dibaryon Y_{3/2(2+)}(2270). Charm C=+1 dibaryons, predicted with these same I(JP) values, are also briefly reviewed.
description: Presented at the Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics, Cracow, June 2015; matches published version
A vision for the "Secret City": Urban design guidelines for a former Soviet military base in Latvia
Creators: name: Tomich, Sinisa (Sonny)
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Military base conversion--Latvia--Liepāja
subject: Land use--Latvia--Liepāja
subject: Historic buildings--Latvia--Liepāja
subject: Dillon Consulting Ltd. (Toronto, Ont.)

description: In 1999, Dillon Consulting worked with Canadian government agencies and local officials in the Baltic state of Latvia to devise plans for redeveloping an old Soviet naval base. The historic setting provided many challenges and even more opportunities for exciting urban design.
description: En 1999, Dillon Consulting a travaillé avec des organismes gouvernementaux canadiens et des représentants de la Lettonie pour aménager une ancienne base navale soviétique. Le contexte historique présenta plusieurs difficultés mais surtout de grandes possibilités d'aménagement urbain.
description: Abstract in English and French; text in English
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5331/Article015.pdf?sequence=3
Neuroprosthetic decoder training as imitation learning
Creators: name: Merel, Josh
name: Carlson, David
name: Paninski, Liam
name: Cunningham, John P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Neuroprosthetic brain-computer interfaces function via an algorithm which decodes neural activity of the user into movements of an end effector, such as a cursor or robotic arm. In practice, the decoder is often learned by updating its parameters while the user performs a task. When the user's intention is not directly observable, recent methods have demonstrated value in training the decoder against a surrogate for the user's intended movement. We describe how training a decoder in this way is a novel variant of an imitation learning problem, where an oracle or expert is employed for supervised training in lieu of direct observations, which are not available. Specifically, we describe how a generic imitation learning meta-algorithm, dataset aggregation (DAgger, [1]), can be adapted to train a generic brain-computer interface. By deriving existing learning algorithms for brain-computer interfaces in this framework, we provide a novel analysis of regret (an important metric of learning efficacy) for brain-computer interfaces. This analysis allows us to characterize the space of algorithmic variants and bounds on their regret rates. Existing approaches for decoder learning have been performed in the cursor control setting, but the available design principles for these decoders are such that it has been impossible to scale them to naturalistic settings. Leveraging our findings, we then offer an algorithm that combines imitation learning with optimal control, which should allow for training of arbitrary effectors for which optimal control can generate goal-oriented control. We demonstrate this novel and general BCI algorithm with simulated neuroprosthetic control of a 26 degree-of-freedom model of an arm, a sophisticated and realistic end effector.
title: Kidney is Being Attacked: MDCT Findings, Pathology, Clinical Correlation and Algorithmic Approach of Renal Infection.
Creators: name: El-Diasty, Tarek
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1.Understand different types of renal infections. 2.Review the pathogenesis of renal infective diseases. 3.Design and establish an anatomically based algorithm for classification and diagnosis of various renal infections. 4.Discuss MDCT...
Moral Embodiment
Creators: name: Dehghani, Morteza
name: Atari, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: The somatosensory reaction to different social circumstances has been proposed to trigger conscious emotional experiences. Here, we present a pre-registered experiment in which we examine the topographical maps associated with violations of different moral concerns. Specifically, participants (N = 596) were randomly assigned to scenarios of moral violations, and then drew their subjective somatosensory experience on two 48,954-pixel silhouettes. We demonstrate that bodily representations of different moral violations are slightly different. Further, we demonstrate that violations of moral concerns are felt in different parts of the body, and arguably result in different somatosensory experiences for liberals and conservatives. We also investigate how individual differences in moral concerns relate to bodily maps of moral violations. Finally, we use natural language processing to predict activation in body parts based on the semantic representation of textual stimuli. The findings shed light on the complex relationships between moral violations and somatosensory experiences.
Chemical forms of uranium evaluated by thermodynamic calculation associated with distribution of core materials in the damaged reactor pressure vessel
Creators: name: Ikeuchi, Hirotomo
name: Yano, Kimihiko
name: Washiya, Tadahiro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: To suggest efficient process of the fuel debris treatment after the retrieval from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F), thorough investigation is indispensable on potential source of U in the fuel debris. The present study aims to estimate chemical forms of U in the in-vessel fuel debris, especially in the minor phases such as metallic phases, by performing the thermodynamic calculation under various conditions considering material relocation and changing environment during the accident progression in the 1F Unit 2. Input conditions for the thermodynamic calculation such as composition, temperature, and oxygen amount were set mainly based on the transient change in the core material distribution which had been calculated with severe accident analysis codes such as MAAP and MELCOR. The result showed that chemical form of U varied depending on the local amount of Fe and O. In regions of low steel content, the U-containing metallic phase was dominated by α-(Zr,U)(O), while regions of high steel content were dominated by Fe2(Zr,U) (Laves phase). A few percent of U transferred to the metallic phases were highly expected under reducing conditions. Therefore, those metallic phases should be one of the potential sources of U.
title: The applied research of automatic tube voltage selection in abdominal CT scan of various body sizes in China
Creators: name: Zhang, Rui
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Computer applications
subject: CT
subject: Complications

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The automatic tube voltage selection technique (ATVS) is a novel clinically available software (Care kV; Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany). It automatically adjusts the tube voltage based on the patient's body size and scanning purposes, and...
Pokémon GO Scoping Review
Creators: name: Jørgensen, Amanda
name: Kowert, Rachel
name: Nielsen, Rune
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: A scoping review of empirical literature about the game Pokemon Go. This registration contains the review protocol.
Spectral Sequences and Vacua in N = 2 Gauged Linear Quantum Mechanics with Potentials
Creators: name: Wong, Kenny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the behaviour of supersymmetric ground states in a class of one-dimensional N = 2 abelian gauged linear sigma models, including theories for which the target space is a complete intersection in projective space, and more generally, models with an interaction term introduced by Herbst, Hori and Page in which the vacua correspond to elements of hypercohomology groups of complexes of sheaves. Combining physical insights from recent work by Hori, Kim and Yi with the use of spectral sequences, we propose a way to reconcile the non-linear sigma model description, valid deep within a geometric phase, with the effective Coulomb branch description, valid near a phase boundary. This leads to a physical interpretation of the hypercohomology groups from the perspective of the Coulomb branch, as well as an interpretation for the spectral sequences used to compute them.
description: 38 pages. v4: Section 3.4 rewritten and conclusions added; version to appear in JHEP
Program Evaluation: A Joint Venture between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) at the Fayetteville Rehabilitation Clinic (FRC)
Creators: name: Buckland, Kathryn
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: BACKGROUND: Rehabilitative care services, like physical, speech, and occupational therapy (PT/SP/OT), are critical to sustaining military readiness and, at the same time, to Veteran health to prevent injury or further loss of mobility. In 2013, Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) and Fayetteville North Carolina Veteran Affairs Medical Center (FNCVAMC) submitted a Joint Incentive Funding (JIF) proposal to create a shared outpatient rehabilitation clinic, known as the Fayetteville Rehabilitation Clinic (FRC), with the intent of reducing purchased care expenditures, recapturing workload in the direct care system, improving appointment wait times, and enhancing the continuity of care. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate from the federal government perspective the extent DoD and VA are achieving the JIF program objectives for Active Duty, military dependents, Retirees, and eligible Veterans seeking rehabilitative care services by increasing direct care capacity at the FRC.PARTICIPANTS: Womack AMC, Fayetteville VAMC, and FRC staff.APPROACH: The evaluation uses The Donabedian Model of Care “structure-process-outcomes” conceptual framework and non-experimental time series pre-test/post-test design to observe trends in access, quality, and value between FY13-FY18 year to date (YTD). Specifically, observations and trends related to purchased care expenditures, direct and purchased care encounters, and appointment wait times were analyzed for both Womack AMC and Fayetteville VAMC before and after the FRC opened in June 2017. MAIN RESULTS: Womack AMC and Fayetteville VAMC may reduce combined purchased care expenditures by approximately $4.5 million ($4.3 million and $166K respectively), which is on par with the JIF proposal’s $2.4 million estimate. However, purchased care expenditures will always exist due to the DoD’s readiness mission and the constraint that neither DoD nor VA can provide an exhausted list of specialized services and must subsequently seek care in the private sector. Despite having increased patient encounters, Womack AMC’s appointment wait times across all beneficiary types (Active Duty, family members, Retirees) have remained steady between 11.7 to 12.4 days, while Fayetteville VAMC’s appointment wait times vary greatly between new and established patients, but have declined since the implementation of the Veterans Choice Program in FY14. CONCLUSIONS: Providing joint DoD/VA rehabilitative care services within the direct care system contributes to the overall reduction in purchased care expenditures, workload referred to the private network, and appointment wait times, while enhancing collaboration and provider skill sets for both parties by servicing a broader population of patients.
Local economic development project in Ukraine
Creators: name: Heide, Wayne
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Economic development--Ukraine
subject: Government aid to small business--Ukraine

description: The small business and economic development initiative in the western Ukrainian province of Ivano-Frankivsk is designed to assist people there in the difficult transition from a centrally directed to a market economy, and from totalitarianism to democracy.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5332/Article014.pdf?sequence=3
title: Imaging of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Utility of abdominal CT scan in establishing the diagnosis.
Creators: name: Fenesan, Diana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Haemorrhage
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: CT
subject: Computer applications
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Abdominal CT scan is an imaging method becoming widely used in the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. The purpose of this poster is to point out its role and protocol applied. Further objectives that we propose are: To understand the...