cssi/SciSciGPT-SciSciNet huggingface dataset:
An Atlantic Genealogy of “Spirit Possession”

Not all spirits have retreated to metaphor, even in the very public sphere of U.S. electoral politics. As we learned during the last presidential campaign, Governor Sarah Palin enlisted the help of Kenyan pastor Thomas Muthee during his 2005 visit to Alaska to cast out the spirits that hindered her career. The New York Times elaborated, “Ms. Palin has long associations with religious leaders who practice a … brand of Pentecostalism known as ‘spiritual warfare.’ Its adherents believe that demonic forces can colonize specific geographic areas and individuals.… Critics say the goal of the spiritual warfare movement is to create a theocracy” (Goodstein 2008, my emphasis).
Autonomy and technological capability in joint ventures in China

China's economic reform – started in 1979 under the new leadership of Deng Xiaoping – began a gradual movement from a centrally planned to a market economy. In the ensuing quarter century, the private business sector, including small businesses, township enterprises, and foreign-owned firms, has become the driving force behind China's economic renaissance. Many of these local businesses have become highly innovative. Taking the perspectives of competence-based view of the firm and of organisational learning, this study examines the organisational mechanisms of the technological capability building process by studying the joint venture (JV) autonomy between the Chinese joint venture and the JV-partner's (parent company). We found the correlation between JV autonomy and technological capability accumulation is negative and significant. However, the level of technological innovation capability is positively associated with the degree of outcome measurability.
Loss of Proliferative Capacity in a Retroviral Immortalized Human Uterine Smooth Muscle Cell Line Derived From Leiomyoma Is Restored by hTERT Overexpression

Overexpression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (h TERT) has facilitated establishing in vitro model systems for biological research. The plasmid containing hTERT gene was stably transfected into ULTR cells, a retroviral transformed human uterine leiomyomatous smooth-muscle cell line. Cells that express hTERT, termed as ULTR-hT, shared the morphological characteristics of the parental proliferative ULTR cells. They expressed a set of smooth-muscle-specific genes and had increased proliferation rate and prolonged lifespan. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis revealed a correlation of proliferation rates of ULTR-hT clonal cells with the level of hTERT expression. ULTR-hT cells also preserved expression of estrogen, progesterone, and oxytocin receptor genes, confirming a myometrial phenotype. Expression of angiotensin II receptors and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase isoforms were also preserved. Our finding suggests that ULTR-hT cells can be a useful in vitro model for studying human myometrium differentiation both in pregnancy and pathological growth.
Society of Interventional Radiology 2012 Presidential Address.

l p t a C a C p s w p d Interventional radiology (IR) faces numerous challenges and has numerous opportunities. The specialty has weathered the collapse of diagnostic angiography, an integral component of IR only 20 years ago, without ever experiencing a decline in the number of services provided by interventional radiologists in the United States. Seemingly every 2 or 3 years, a new opportunity comes along to serve many patients. IR continues to evolve to a patient-care specialty offering therapeutic interventions, and continues to thrive. Of course, others have taken notice of our success. It is said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. If that is true, then we are being enthusiastically flattered! As we continue to lead the way in minimally invasive therapy, there are many practitioners who wish they were interventional radiologists. The Society is blessed with many passionate, enthusiastic, and energetic volunteers. We also have a very hard-working and capable staff, led by Susan E. Sedory Holzer. Like watching children grow, the day-to-day progress of the Society can be almost imperceptible. However, with the passage of time, the difference is astounding. Through all of our volunteers and staff, organized IR and the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) have been able to accomplish a lot. The tenure of a president is brief; with a term of only 1 year, the president inherits many ongoing activities started during prior administrations and also hands off many unfinished items of business to future administrations. Also, much of the change and evolution happens at the grass-roots level and percolates up. So I do not want to take too much credit for our accomplishments, for many of which I was merely along for the ride. Nevertheless, I would like to give you my perspective on changes that have occurred during my tenure, and important ones potentially happening in the near future. First, I would like to provide an overview of the clinical highlights. I apologize in advance if I overlook some. During the past year, we have seen the emergence of
Considerate and inconsiderate text instruction in postsecondary developmental reading textbooks: A content analysis

Abstract The primary objective of this study was to determine the extent to which postsecondary reading textbooks provide an awareness of and strategies for the use of both considerate and inconsiderate text features in the reading of content area textbooks. Forty‐six postsecondary developmental reading textbooks were analyzed to ascertain the presence or absence of such strategies. Results demonstrated that substantially more strategies in these texts concern considerate text features than inconsiderate text features. This suggests that postsecondary reading textbooks are providing strategies for reading text that is easy but not for reading text that is difficult. Discussion includes an analysis of relative strengths and weaknesses of the texts in their provision of strategies for both considerate and inconsiderate conditions.
LEVEL STRUCTURE OF $sup 54$Mn.

Properties of levels in $^{54}\mathrm{Mn}$ have been studied using the reaction $^{54}\mathrm{Fe}(n,p\ensuremath{\gamma})^{54}\mathrm{Mn}$. These data alone were not sufficient to determine spin and parity assignments, but when correlated with data from prior experimental investigations of the $^{54}\mathrm{Mn}$ nucleus, a set of unique ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}$ assignments for the lowest five excited states was determined. These assignments are consistent with nearly all presently available experimental data and are in good agreement with shell-model calculations. The level excitation energies and ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}$ values obtained are: ground state, ${3}^{+}$; 54.3 keV, ${2}^{+}$; 156.9 keV, ${4}^{+}$; 367.6 keV, ${5}^{+}$; 407.5 keV, ${3}^{+}$; and 839.0 keV, ${4}^{+}$. Transitions from higher-lying states were observed and possible ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}$ values were obtained.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Educes Frequency-Specific Causal Relationships in the Motor Network

Abstract Background Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has the potential to treat brain disorders by modulating the activity of disease-specific brain networks, yet the rTMS frequencies used are delivered in a binary fashion – excitatory (>1 Hz) and inhibitory (≤1 Hz). Objective To assess the effective connectivity of the motor network at different rTMS stimulation rates during positron-emission tomography (PET) and confirm that not all excitatory rTMS frequencies act on the motor network in the same manner. Methods We delivered image-guided, supra-threshold rTMS at 3 Hz, 5 Hz, 10 Hz, 15 Hz and rest (in separate randomized sessions) to the primary motor cortex (M1) of the lightly anesthetized baboon during PET imaging. Each rTMS/PET session was analyzed using normalized cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements. Path analysis – using structural equation modeling (SEM) – was employed to determine the effective connectivity of the motor network at all rTMS frequencies. Once determined, the final model of the motor network was used to assess any differences in effective connectivity at each rTMS frequency. Results The exploratory SEM produced a very well fitting final network model ( χ 2 = 18.04, df = 21, RMSEA = 0.000, p = 0.647, TLI = 1.12) using seven nodes of the motor network. 5 Hz rTMS produced the strongest path coefficients in four of the seven connections, suggesting that this frequency is the optimal rTMS frequency for stimulation the motor network (as a whole); however, the premotor cerebellum connection was optimally stimulated at 10 Hz rTMS and the supplementary motor area caudate connection was optimally driven at 15 Hz rTMS. Conclusion(s) We have demonstrated that 1) 5 Hz rTMS revealed the strongest path coefficients (i.e. causal influence) on the nodes of the motor network, 2) stimulation at "excitatory" rTMS frequencies did not produce increased CBF in all nodes of the motor network, 3) specific rTMS frequencies may be used to target specific none-to-node interactions in the stimulated brain network, and 4) more research needs to be performed to determine the optimum frequency for each brain circuit and/or node.
Power with Social Media A Nursing Perspective

Power is an emanating force typically associated with personal relationships. With the expanding capacities and utilization of social media, power with media is an emerging ethical concern to the discipline of nursing. The author here discusses potential ethical meanings and implications of power with social media while utilizing technology in future nurse practice and education.
Changes in Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission Components after Music Exposure

Background: Young adults experience some type of recreational noise exposure on a daily basis; this includes using personal music (PM) systems with earphones. In most cases, this exposure is intermittent and the short-term effects of this exposure on the auditory system are becoming better understood. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of one hour of music exposure using a PM system on distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) absolute levels and generator and characteristic frequency (CF) component levels. Study Samples: Young adults (n = 101) between 18–30 years with normal hearing participated listened to one hour of music through earphones. A second group of young adults (n = 21) served as controls and did not listen to music, but sat in the sound-treated room for one hour. Data Collection and Analysis: Otoscopy, tympanometry, and a hearing screening (≤20 dB HL at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz) were completed in a randomly determined test ear. Preferred listening level, in dBA, was obtained and DPOAEs (2f 1 -f 2 ) were measured between 1 and 6 kHz with stimulus levels fixed at L1,L2 = 55,40 dB SPL. Absolute DPOAE levels, along with generator and CF components levels were measured before and after each participant listened to one hour of music at their preferred level in a quiet setting. For data analyses, absolute DPOAE and generator and CF component levels were collapsed into 1/3rd octave bands centered around 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 6 kHz. Results: Mean preferred listening level was 57.8 dBA, with males having a higher mean level of 61.1 dBA compared with females who had a mean level of 55.7 dBA. Females and males had negligible mean changes in absolute DPOAE levels at 1, 1.5, and 2 kHz, but males had 0.4–1 dB mean decreases after music at 3, 4, and 6 kHz compared to females, although not statistically significant. For DPOAE generator component data, females had small mean decreases for the two lower frequencies whereas males had mean decreases of 0.4–0.8 dB at 3, 4, and 6 kHz. Because of missing data, analyses of the CF component were limited, although females had small mean decreases at four frequencies while males had small mean decreases at two frequencies. There was no effect of listening to music on changes in DPOAEs but control participants had strong reliability (i.e., little or no change) after sitting in quiet for one hour. Conclusions: Young adults listened to music well below what would be considered hazardous. Because of the lower listening levels, DPOAEs showed very little change after music. Although there were no significant short-term changes in DPOAEs after music, the cumulative effect of this noise exposure is still unknown.
Habitat choice by allelic variants in Xiphophorus variatus (Pisces: Poeciliidae) and implications for maintenance of genetic polymorphism

Stream pools in northeastern Mexico exhibit gradients in dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration: low DO at the upstream ends and higher DO at the downstream ends. These pools contain populations of the variable platyfish, Xiphophorus variatus, which are polymorphic at an autosomal locus that affects tailspot pigmentation. Previous work showed that adult males of the cut-crescent morph have a lower metabolic rate than wild type males (Borowsky, 1984). Field collections were made to determine whether the morphs are distributed at random in the pools. As predicted, among adult males, all morphs were found in equal proportions at the upstream and downstream ends of the pools, except cut-crescents, which were distributed preferentially toward the upstream ends. In contrast, the opposite distributional pattern was found among adult females. Habitat choice may contribute to the stability of the tailspot polymorphism, especially so because preferences differing between the sexes can lead to disassortative mating.
Gradual Deformity Correction

Treating children with limb deformity including shortening is an important aspect of orthopedic surgery. In order to circumvent the difficulties in performing deformity correction one must adhere to a specific set of principles. Evaluating a deformity or planning its correction necessitates a holistic approach, accounting for the bone as well as the soft tissue envelope and surrounding vital structures. An understanding of the instrumentation used and the potential pitfalls is also mandatory. Although acute correction may seem appealing, it is fraught with dangers to which gradual correction has proven superior, particularly when correcting complex deformities. In this chapter, we cover the principles of gradual deformity correction. Case illustrations are included to further elucidate the material covered.
Assessment Indicator of Aerobic Capacity for University Students

Objective To compare the validity of methods to assess aerobic capacity(AC) for university students.Methods Participants included 289 university students aged 20.04±1.07 yr.A treadmill test was used to estimate peak oxygen consumption(VO2max) as a measure of CRF,step test in different height and stamina running in a different distance also were used.Results VO2max was related to 1500 m running performance,the correlation coefficient r=0.729(P=0.000).There was no significant correlation between VO2max and step index in different height.Conclusion The 1500 m running performance could be a more favorable cardiovascular index for university students.
Abstract 2466: Development of a novel gene targeting and clone screening platform to engineer common pediatric glioma mutations into model cell lines

The utility of CRISPR/Cas9 gene targeting tools to alter endogenous genomic loci has revolutionized biomedical research across numerous disease focus areas, with especially large gains made in the development of disease models. However, the introduction of specific mutations using CRISPR/Cas9 can be associated with low yields of single cell clones harboring the desired homozygous or heterozygous mutations. Conventional clone screening methods can be a labor intensive and expensive process and thus, better approaches are needed to identify cells with the desired genotype(s). In parallel, there is a dearth of human tumor cell model systems for pediatric cancers, especially for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). To address these needs, we recently designed and validated a platform which utilizes a novel, inducible Cas9 expression system coupled with a high-resolution DNA melt (HRM) analysis protocol to rapidly identify mutant clones. We applied our platform to model several common DIPG mutations, including truncating mutations within exon 6 of the gene, protein phosphatase 1D (PPM1D). Using our HRM analysis protocol, clones containing activating mutations in PPM1D were detectable and grouped distinctly from wild-type and non-functional clones; as validated through conventional Sanger sequencing and Ion Torrent Next Generation Sequencing. Importantly, multiple PPM1D mutant clones were generated in an expedited manner ( Citation Format: Nathan R. Fons, Yulia Surovtseva, Gregory A. Breuer, Ranjini K. Sundaram, Ranjit S. Bindra. Development of a novel gene targeting and clone screening platform to engineer common pediatric glioma mutations into model cell lines. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 2466.
Du fournisseur au point d’assemblage sans rupture de charge (Direct Automatic Delivery) : comment intégrer ses fournisseurs dans sa logistique globale ?

A l’occasion du lancement du modele “KA” l’annee derniere, Ford Valencia a introduit un nouveau concept de parc industriel fournisseurs relies a l’ usine par des convoyeurs amenant le materiel directement a la chaine de montage. M. Roque Alonso a presente ce nouveau modele au IXe colloque ISLI a Bordeaux le 31 mai 1997
Diamond Deposition on Substrates with Different Geometries in a Thermal Plasma Reactor

The effects of process parameters on diamond film deposition have been considered in an atmospheric-pressure dc thermal plasma jet reactor. Two different precursor injection systems have been evaluated, counterflow and side injection. The precursor flow rate using ethanol has been found to strongly affect crystal size as well as orientation of crystal growth planes. Further, crystal size on sharp edges has been found to be up to five times larger than on planar surfaces. The effects of substrate geometry on the morphology and area of deposited diamond have been investigated as well. The results of this study show that dc thermal plasma jets can provide high diamond deposition rates, for example on wires and drills, although crystal size and film thickness show substantial variation.
Stochastic Information Processing in Biological Systems II — Statistics, Dynamics, and Phase Transitions

We discuss the use of probabilistic automata and networks of probabilistic automata as a framework for modeling biological information processing and explore several consequences. In particular, we use the Ising model and recurrence in Brownian motion to argue that the brain uses its two-dimensional surface for primary data access, and consider biological attacks on polynomial-time, and nondeterministic polynomial-time problems, My talk and this paper form a continuation of joint work with Richard Pekelney (Hastings and Pekelney,1982).
Lineage Is a Poor Predictor of Interneuron Positioning within the Forebrain

Summary This Matters Arising Response paper addresses the Sultan et al. (2016) Matters Arising paper, published concurrently in Neuron . Clonally related excitatory neurons maintain a coherent relationship following their specification and migration. Whether cortical interneurons behave similarly is a fundamental question in developmental neuroscience. In Mayer et al. (2015), we reported that sibling interneurons disperse over several millimeters, across functional and anatomical boundaries. This finding demonstrated that clonality is not predictive of an interneuron's ultimate circuit specificity. Comparing the distribution of interneurons published in Mayer et al. to a random computer simulation, Sultan et al. suggest that clonally related interneurons are "not randomly dispersed." We argue that this comparison provides no insight into the influence of clonality on interneuron development because the entire population of cortical interneurons is "not randomly dispersed" in vivo. We find that the majority of cortical interneurons are similarly distributed whether or not they share a lineal relationship. Thus, at present there is no compelling evidence that clonality influences the position or function of interneurons.
Online H ∞ speed control of sensorless induction motors with rotor resistance estimation

This paper proposes an online technique for the H∞ control of speed and flux norm of current-fed induction motors (IM). Integrals of the speed and flux norm tracking errors are considered as elements of the state variables. A robust H∞, optimal control strategy for this problem is determined by solving the algebraic Riccati equation (ARE), using multilayer recurrent neural networks. The proposed controller allows for the simultaneous and independent control of both speed and flux norms of the induction motors. The control implementation involves estimating the rotor flux, rotor resistance, and speed of the induction motor, using continuous-time extended Kalman filter (EKF). The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed controller even in the presence of rotor resistance and load torque disturbances.
Quark cluster signatures in deuteron electromagnetic interactions

A suggestion is made for distinguishing 2N and 6q short-range correlations within the deuteron. The suggestion depends upon observing high momentum backward nucleons emerging from inelastic electromagnetic scattering from a deuteron target. A simple model is worked out to see the size of effects that may be expected.
Assessment of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal

Abstract. This paper investigates district-wide social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal. Disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, epidemics, and droughts are common in Nepal. Every year thousands of people are killed and huge economic and environmental losses occur in Nepal due to various natural hazards. Although natural hazards are well recognized, quantitative and qualitative social vulnerability mapping has not existed until now in Nepal. This study aims to quantify the social vulnerability on a local scale, considering all 75 districts using the available census. To perform district-level vulnerability mapping, 13 variables were selected and aggregated indexes were plotted in an ArcGIS environment. The sum of results shows that only 4 districts in Nepal have a very low social vulnerability index whereas 46 districts (61 %) are at moderate to high social vulnerability levels. Vulnerability mapping highlights the immediate need for decentralized frameworks to tackle natural hazards in district level; additionally, the results of this study can contribute to preparedness, planning and resource management, inter-district coordination, contingency planning, and public awareness efforts.
Tracking of BMI z Scores for Severe Obesity.

BACKGROUND: Although the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) growth charts are widely used in studies of childhood obesity, BMI z scores are known to be inaccurate at values greater than the 97th percentile. METHODS: We used longitudinal data from 6994 children in the Bogalusa Heart Study who were examined multiple times to compare tracking of 3 BMI metrics: BMI-for-sex/age z score (BMIz), BMI expressed as a percentage of the 95th percentile (%BMIp95), and levels of BMI z score that adjust for the compression of very high z scores (adjusted z score [BMIaz]). The later 2 metrics, unlike BMIz, do not have an upper limit. The mean interval between examinations was 2.8 years. We were particularly interested in these metrics among children with obesity or severe obesity (%BMIp95 ≥120%). RESULTS: Although there was little difference in the tracking of the 3 metrics in the overall sample, among 247 children with severe obesity, the correlation of BMIz levels between examinations (r = 0.46) was substantially weaker than those for BMIaz and %BMIp95 (r = 0.65 and 0.61). Age-stratified analyses indicated that the weak tracking of BMIz was particularly evident before the age of 10 years (r = 0.36 vs 0.57 and 0.60). Several children with severe obesity showed BMIz decreases between examinations despite having BMI increases of over 5. CONCLUSIONS: Among children with severe obesity, the tracking of BMIz is weak. This is because of the constraints in converting very high BMIs into z scores based on the CDC growth charts. Rather than using BMIz, it would be preferable to express very high BMIs relative to the CDC 95th percentile or to use BMIaz.
Work Smarter Not Harder: Tips For Junior Academic Epidemiologists And Other Junior Faculty Researchers

Launching an academic faculty career can be daunting, even for those who have completed doctoral level status. Career advice on how to be a successful academic epidemiologist is generally limited to interpersonal communications, as there are scarce written materials on this topic. This is true in many disciplines, and not just Epidemiology. For individuals with or without an active discipline-specific mentor, this article provides six tips for increased productivity, increased efficiency, and overall career success that can benefit aspiring academic researchers. The target audience includes junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows who are pursuing or considering a research career in academia, with special attention to epidemiologists and other public health faculty.
Treatment of ulcerative compared to non-ulcerative interstitial cystitis with hyperbaric oxygen: a pilot study.

BackgroundThe etiology of interstitial cystitis (IC) is often idiopathic but can be due to Hunner’s ulcers. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is used to treat ulcerative disease of the superficial skin. We hypothesized that HBO can treat ulcerative IC (UIC) but would be less efficacious for non-ulcerative IC (NIC).MethodsPatients with NIC and UIC enrolled in this study. Following informed consent, demographic information was collected. A visual analog pain scale and validated questionnaires were collected; each patient underwent cystoscopy prior to treatment. Each subject met with a hyperbaric specialist and after clearance underwent 30 treatments over 6 weeks. Adverse events were monitored. Patients repeated questionnaires, visual analog pain scale and global response assessment (GRA) immediately, 2 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months after treatment. Patients also underwent cystoscopy 6 months after treatment. Differences before and after treatment were compared.ResultsNine patients were recruited to this study. One was un...
How Family Physicians Can Combat the Opioid Epidemic

Family physicians must commit to responsible prescribing of opioid medications. The decision to initiate opioid therapy should be a careful and deliberate one, especially in patients who are at risk of addiction.
STEPHEN GUGGENHEIM: 2013 RECIPIENT OF THE MARILYN AND STURGES W. BAILEY DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD

The following introduction was made on behalf of the recipient at the 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting of The Clay Minerals Society held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on October 8, 2013, by: Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to introduce Professor Stephen (Steve) Guggenheim from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of Illinois at Chicago for the 2013 Marilyn and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award. Steve is internationally recognized as one of the leading crystallographers and mineralogists whose research has focused on the structure and crystal chemistry of layer silicates. Steve received his B.S. in Geology from Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, in 1970 and his M.S. in Geology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1972, where he worked on X-ray diffraction of heat-treated lunar pigeonites under the supervision of J.J. Papike. From there Steve went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to work on cation ordering in subgroup symmetry in the micas with Sturges ‘Bull’ Bailey for his Ph.D. His dissertation laid the foundation for an eminent career in clay mineralogy, which continues today. It is very fitting that …
Cutting Your Cake and Having It Too: Or, Is Equality a Distributive Justice Principle?

Is equality a distributive justice principle? Or, to what extent and under what conditions do individuals employ equality as a distributive justice principle? The goal of this chapter is to raise this question and, at minimum, to provide enough evidence to suggest that we should take the question seriously. In order to do so, I first reexamine some representative treatments of equality in the history of philosophy, specifically those by Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rawls. First, I show that equality does not in fact play a central role in these political and moral theories. Second, I argue that the conversion of distributive justice claims into procedural justice claims, first seen in Hobbes but brought to its culmination in Rawls, has the effect of privileging equality not as a distributive justice principle, but as a privileged outcome that is the result of treating the allocation problem as a procedural one. With this reexamination of the role of equality in the history of philosophy in mind, I then turn to a few representative empirical studies of justice behavior in order to raise questions about what is actually going on when we see individuals behave in a way that seems to accord with the theoretical expectation that they are treating equality as a distributive justice principle and to suggest that they may not actually be doing so. Finally, I conclude with some reflections on the implications of this examination for the empirical study of justice beliefs and behavior and suggest some potentially fruitful lines of further research.
Gedächtnis und Vergessen

Robert W. war der erste Nervenkranke in einer Heilanstalt, den ich wahrend eines Praktikums im Bereich der klinischen Psychologie kennenlernte. Sein Verhalten entsprach keiner meiner Vorstellungen uber Geisteskranke. Wahrend des einstundigen Gesprachs erschien er mir als vollig normal. Aber im gleichen Moment, als die Schlusfolgerung in mir gereift war, hier liege eine Fehldiagnose vor, anderte sich sein freundliches, aufmerksames Verhalten auf dramatische Art und Weise.
Physicians' Recommendations to Medicaid Patients About Tobacco Cessation.

Introduction Smoking is highly prevalent among low-income Medicaid beneficiaries and tobacco-cessation benefits are generally available. Nonetheless, use of cessation medications or counseling remains low, and many clinicians are hesitant to urge smokers to quit. This study examines the extent to which physicians provide advice to Medicaid patients about quitting. Methods Data from the 2014–2015 Nationwide Adult Medicaid Consumer Assessment of Health Plans survey were merged with state Medicaid policy variables and analyzed in 2017–2018. Multivariate regression models examined factors associated with smoking status, physician advice to quit smoking, and discussion of cessation medications or other strategies, as well as patients’ ratings of their personal physicians. Results Almost one third (29%) of adult Medicaid beneficiaries smoke. Almost four fifths of smokers with a personal doctor (77%) say their doctor at least sometimes advised quitting and almost half of smokers discussed cessation medications (48%), or another strategy, such as counseling (42%). Smokers’ ratings of satisfaction with their physicians and their health plans rose as the frequency of smoking recommendations increased. Those in Medicaid managed care plans smoked more, but received less advice about cessation medications than those in fee-for-service care. Conclusions Clinicians and Medicaid managed care plans can improve their efforts to motivate Medicaid patients to try to quit smoking. These findings indicate that patients value prevention-oriented advice and give better ratings to physicians and health plans that offer more support and advice about cessation.
Recurrent Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits in Kidney Allografts Treated With Anti-CD20 Antibodies.

Background.Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (PGNMID) is a distinct form of glomerulonephritis that often recurs after kidney transplantation causing severe graft injury and often failure.Methods.We describe post transplant outcomes and response to therapy in 2
Critical Electrocardiogram Curriculum: Setting the Standard for Flipped-Classroom EKG Instruction.

Author(s): Burns, William P.; Hartman, Nicholas D.; Weygandt, P. Logan; Jones, Shanna; Caretta-Weyer, Holly; Grabow-Moore, Kristen | Abstract: Introduction: Electrocardiogram (EKG) interpretation is integral to emergency medicine (EM).1 In 2003 Ginde et al. found 48% of emergency medicine (EM) residency directors supported creating a national EKG curriculum.2 No formal national curriculum exists, and it is unknown whether residents gain sufficient skill from clinical exposure alone.Methods: The authors sought to assess the value of this EKG curriculum, which provides exposure to critical EKG patterns, a framework for EKG interpretation when the diagnosis is not obvious, and implementation guidelines and open access to any interested residency. The Foundations of Emergency Medicine (FoEM) EKG I course launched in January 2016, followed by EKG II in July 2017; they are benchmarked to post-graduate year 1 (PGY) and PGY2 level learners, respectively. Selected topics included 15 published critical EKG diagnoses and 33 selected by the authors.5 Cases included presenting symptoms, EKGs, and Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) links. Full EKG interpretations and question answers were provided.Results: Enrollment during 2017-2018 included 37 EM residencies with 663 learners in EKG I and 22 EM residencies with 438 learners in EKG II. Program leaders and learners were surveyed annually. Leaders indicated that content was appropriate for intended PGY levels. Leaders and learners indicated the curriculum improved the ability of learners to interpret EKGs while working in the emergency department (ED).Conclusion: There is an unmet need for standardization and improvement of EM resident EKG training. Leaders and learners exposed to FoEM EKG courses report improved ability of learners to interpret EKGs in the ED. [West J Emerg Med. 2020;21(1)52-57.]
MAGICAL: Toward Fully Automated Analog IC Layout Leveraging Human and Machine Intelligence: Invited Paper

Despite tremendous advancement of digital IC design automation tools over the last few decades, analog IC layout is still heavily manual which is very tedious and error-prone. This paper will first review the history, challenges, and current status of analog IC layout automation. Then, we will present MAGICAL, a human-intelligence inspired, fully-automated analog IC layout system currently being developed under the DARPA IDEA program. It starts from an unannotated netlist, performs automatic layout constraint extraction and device generation, then performs placement and post-placement optimization, followed by routing to obtain the final GDSII layout. Various analytical, heuristic, and machine learning algorithms will be discussed. MAGICAL has obtained promising preliminary results. We will conclude the paper with further discussions on challenges and future directions for fully-automated analog IC layout.
Adverse Parenting Is Indirectly Linked to Delayed Reward Discounting via Blunted RSA Reactivity: the Protective Role of a Shift-and-Persist Coping Strategy

Exposure to adverse parenting experiences, either from being reared under conditions of threat or deprivation, is a major source of chronic stress that is linked to youths’ dysregulated stress responses and impulsive decision-making. Many youth, however, adapt well and develop optimal decision-making despite the experience of adversity. Research has shown that the use of cognitive strategies to cope with stress, such as accepting and adapting to an acute stressor (i.e., shifting) and effortfully pursuing future goals (i.e., persisting), can mitigate the influence of adverse parenting experiences on impulsive decision-making and risk behaviors. However, scarce research examines the role of shift-and-persist in mitigating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the effects of adverse parenting on youths’ decision-making. The current study investigated whether shift-and-persist strategy can buffer the indirect link between adverse parenting and youths’ impulsive decision-making via dysregulated stress reactivity gauged by blunted respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity. Data were obtained from a longitudinal sample of mostly minority (75.2% African American) low-SES preadolescents and their primary caregivers (N = 101). The youths’ decision-making was indexed by an assessment of delayed reward discounting (DRD). Results indicated that the threat dimension of adverse parenting was significantly linked to youths’ blunted RSA reactivity. Further, employing a shift-and-persist coping strategy significantly mitigated the indirect effect of threatening parenting behaviors on youths’ impulsive DRD via blunted RSA reactivity. Findings from the current study can inform prevention and intervention programs that aim to promote the development of resilience among youth who experience adverse and threatening rearing environments.
Impact of Anticholinergic Medication Burden on Mobility and Falls in the Lifestyle Interventions for Elders (LIFE) Study

Anticholinergic cognitive burden (ACB) may be associated with detrimental effects on mobility and physical independence in older adults. We evaluated the incidence of major mobility disability (MMD), persistent major mobility disability (PMMD), and injurious falls among participants within the Lifestyle Interventions for Elders (LIFE) trial according to varied anticholinergic burden levels. Participants aged 70-89 years were randomized to a physical activity (PA) or successful aging (SA) intervention and evaluated by ACB medication use as a summed score of a previously developed ACB scale. Confounders included demographic characteristics, physical function, cognitive function, and fall history. Average participant follow-up was 2.6 years and included outcome assessment for MMD, PMMD, and injurious falls every six months. Adjusted proportional hazards models evaluated the independent effects of ACB scores as well as interaction effects with the intervention. Of the 1635 participants, 986 (60%) used ≥1 anticholinergic medication. Compared to those with no burden, participants with an ACB score of 1 demonstrated increased MMD (HR = 1.42 [1.13-1.78]), PMMD (HR = 1.53 [1.12-2.09]), and injurious falls (HR = 1.60 [1.10-2.32]). Results similar in magnitude were observed for all other ACB levels versus the no burden group. Stepwise dose-response comparisons between ACB groupings did not demonstrate significant differences in outcomes. Stratification by PA or SA interventions demonstrated few differences from the combined overall trial results. Compared to those not taking anticholinergic medications, participants taking anticholinergic medications generally demonstrated increased risk of MMD, PMMD, and injurious falls. Total anticholinergic burden was not associated with a stepwise dose-response relationship in mobility disability and may lack sensitivity to capture varied responses.
Performance outcome assessment of the integrated project delivery (IPD) method for commercial construction projects in USA

This article presents the results of a quantitative study evaluating relationships between various project outcome metrics and the use of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Conflicting results with...
Human Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Excitability Phenotype Screen: Target Discovery and Validation

Drug development is hampered by poor target selection. Phenotypic screens using cells differentiated from patient stem cells offer the possibility to validate known and discover novel disease targets in an unbiased fashion. To identify targets for managing hyperexcitability, a pathological feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we designed a multi-step screening funnel using patient-derived motor neurons. High content live cell imaging was used to evaluate neuronal excitability, and from a chemogenomic library of 2899 target-annotated compounds, 67 reduced hyperexcitability of ALS motor neurons carrying the SOD1(A4V) mutation, without cytotoxicity. Bioinformatic deconvolution identified thirteen targets that modulate motor neuron excitability, including two known ALS excitability modulators; AMPA receptors and Kv7.2/3 ion channels, constituting target validation. We also identified D2 dopamine receptors as contributing to ALS motor neuron excitability, a novel discovery. This screen demonstrates the power of human disease cell based phenotypic screens for identifying clinically relevant targets for neurological disorders.
El euskera como lengua de ritmo intermedio en el continuo isosilábico-isomoraico: una comparación con el español y el japonés

The current study employs multiple techniques (C%, V%, DC, DV, nPVI C, nPVI V, Varco DC, Varco DV) designed to detect rhythmic similarities and differences in order to compare the linguistic rhythm of Basque to those of Spanish and Japanese. The analysis of the productions of 24 Spanish/Basque bilinguals (twelve with Basque as their L1 and twelve as their L2), and nine native speakers of Japanese revealed that, although Spanish and Basque have generally been considered syllable-timed languages, the latter resembles moraic languages due to the length and variability of its vocalic intervals. At the same time, the similarities of the rhythmic properties of the euskaldunberri speakers (Basque as L2) and the euskaldunzaharra speakers (Basque as L1) suggest that inter-linguistic rhythmic transfers are not noticeable and that rhythmic characteristic in Spanish and Basque are connected to their respective syllabic preferences and not to phonological or phonetic processes implemented by the speakers.
An Equity Duration-Based Rationale for the Default Risk Puzzle

This paper investigates the cross-sectional implications of equity duration, the present-value weighted average time for shareholders to receive cash-flows from a firm. A portfolio that buys the top quintile and sells the bottom quintile of firms differing in the one-year ex-ante probability of bankruptcy earns a -3.36% (-1.95%) Fama and French (1993) three-factor alpha. In expectation, HDR firms take longer than LDR firms to generate cash-flows for shareholders because HDR firms may use most of their short-term cash-flows to ensure their survival. Consequently, equity duration for HDR firms is 4.03 years longer than that for LDR firms. An arbitrage portfolio that buys the top decile and sells the bottom decile of firms differing in equity duration reduces the default risk puzzle by 57% on the value-weighted arbitrage portfolio that buys the top quintile and sells the bottom quintile of default risk firms.
Nonhost Kitaake rice displays phenotypic characteristics of host resistant wheat and molecular biomarkers of both resistant and susceptible wheat in response to feeding by Hessian fly larvae

The Hessian fly causes severe economic losses in host wheat. The genome complexity of hexaploid wheat makes functional characterization of candidate defense genes extremely challenging. Kitaake ric...
European Identity and Turkey's Quest for the EU Membership

In the post-Single European Act period, debates around European identity have intensified, particularly in the context of EU enlargement. The EU’s move to being a supranational political entity in the past two decades has caused serious concerns in some sections of the elite and people across the EU member states. While French and Dutch rejections of the constitutional treaty set an important milestone, Turkey’s quest for the EU membership has complicated to a great extent controversies on European identity. The reviewed books here contribute to efforts to understand the extent to which European identity and Turkey’s bid for the EU membership has entangled. It is more likely to witness debates around both European identity and Turkey’s candidacy for the Union for many years to come; therefore, these books will more likely remain relevant for the academic and policy circles.
Wall temperature effects on shock unsteadiness in a reattaching compressible turbulent shear layer

Abstract In this study, the effect of heat transfer on the compressible turbulent shear layer and shockwave interaction in a scramjet has been investigated. To this end, highly resolved Large Eddy Simulations (LES) are performed to explore the effect of wall thermal conditions on the behavior of a reattaching free shear layer interacting with an oblique shock in compressible turbulent flows. Various wall-to-recovery temperature ratios are considered, and results are compared to the adiabatic wall. It is found that the wall temperature affects the reattachment location and the shock behavior in the interaction region. Furthermore, fluctuating heat flux exhibits a strong intermittent behavior with severe heat transfer compared to the mean, characterized by scattered spots. The distribution of the Stanton number shows a strong heat transfer and complex pattern within the interaction, with the maximum thermal (heat transfer rates) and dynamic loads (root-mean-square wall pressure) found for the case of the cold wall. The analysis of LES data reveals that the thermal boundary condition can significantly impact the wall pressure fluctuations level. The primary mechanism for changes in the flow unsteadiness due to the wall thermal condition is linked to the reattaching shear layer, which agrees with the compressible turbulent boundary layer theory.
Challenges for 100 Milligram Flapping Flight

Creating insect-scale flapping flight at the 0.1 gram size has presented significant engineering challenges. A particular focus has been on creating miniature machines which generate similar wing stroke kinematics as flies or bees. Key challenges have been thorax mechanics, thorax dynamics, and obtaining high power-to-weight ratio actuators. Careful attention to mechanical design of the thorax and wing structures, using ultra-high-modulus carbon fiber components, has resulted in high-lift thorax structures with wing drive frequencies at 110 and 270 Hz. Dynamometer characterization of piezoelectric actuators under resonant load conditions has been used to measure real power delivery capability. With currently available materials, adequate power delivery remains a key challenge, but at high wingbeat frequencies, we estimate that greater than 400 W/kg is available from PZT bimorph actuators. Neglecting electrical drive losses, a typical 35% actuator mass fraction with 90% mechanical transmission efficiency would yield greater than 100 W/kg wing shaft power. Initially the micromechanical flying insect (MFI) project aimed for independent control of wing flapping and rotation using two actuators per wing. At resonance of 270 Hz, active control of a 2 degrees of freedom wing stroke requires precise matching of all components. Using oversized actuators, a bench top structure has demonstrated lift greater than 1000 \(\upmu\)N from a single wing. Alternatively, the thorax structure can be drastically simplified by using passive wing rotation and a single-drive actuator. Recently, a 60 mg flapping-wing robot using passive wing rotation has taken off for the first time using external power and guide rails.