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Adversarial Allegiance among Expert Witnesses

Can experts remain objective and accurate when one particular side in adversarial legal proceedings retains them? Despite long-standing concerns from the legal system and the general public, research has only recently explored whether experts can provide opinions unbiased by the side that retained them. This review addresses some of the factors that may cause disagreements between opposing experts. After summarizing recent field and experimental studies on mental health evaluations by forensic experts, we conclude that working for one side in an adversarial case causes some experts' opinions to drift toward the party retaining their services, even on ostensibly objective instruments and procedures. We call this process adversarial allegiance. The mechanisms that underlie adversarial allegiance among forensic experts are likely similar to the unconscious heuristics and cognitive biases that compromise judgment in a variety of other settings, but these will require further study to understand, and ultimatel...
Impact of weight change during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on pathologic response in triple-negative breast cancer.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an uncommon but aggressive subtype of breast cancer. Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and worse prognosis. Some studies suggest that obese patients are less likely to achieve pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) and experience worse overall survival. Ki-67 is a proliferation marker that correlates with tumor aggressiveness. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of weight change during NCT for TNBC on pathologic response and Ki-67 reduction. Retrospective review identified 173 TNBC patients treated between 2004 and 2011. Data were collected on patient demographics, pre- and post-NCT body mass index (BMI), Ki-67, and pCR. Data analysis was performed using the two-tailed Student's t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Fisher's exact test. Sixty-six patients met final study criteria. Forty-three patients lost weight during chemotherapy and 23 gained weight. Patients in the weight gain group were significantly younger (P = 0.0013). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of Ki-67 reduction (P = 0.98) or pCR (P = 0.58). When patients were separated into normal weight (BMI<25 kg/m2), overweight (BMI ≥ 25 and <30 kg/m2), and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), there was no significant difference in Ki-67 among those groups either before or after NCT. The degree of obesity did not have a significant impact on Ki-67 reduction. Weight change during NCT does not appear to correlate with Ki-67 change or achieving pCR in TNBC. This may reflect the nature of this subtype of breast cancer that is less responsive to the hormonal effects that adipose tissue exerts on cancer cell proliferation.
Social Norms Marketing Campaigns to Reduce Campus Alcohol Problems

It's is a simple idea, but also a big idea. Most college and university students, no matter where they attend school, have exaggerated misperceptions of how much alcohol their peers drink. Therefor...
Probabilities and statistics for backscatter estimates obtained by a scatterometer

Methods for the recovery of winds near the surface of the ocean from measurements of the normalized radar backscattering cross section must recognize and make use of the statistics (i.e., the sampling variability) of the backscatter measurements. Radar backscatter values from a scatterometer are random variables with expected values given by a model. A model relates backscatter to properties of the waves on the ocean, which are in turn generated by the winds in the atmospheric marine boundary layer. The effective wind speed and direction at a known height for a neutrally stratified atmosphere are the values to be recovered from the model. The probability density function for the backscatter values is a normal probability distribution with the notable feature that the variance is a known function of the expected value. The sources of signal variability, the effects of this variability on the wind speed estimation, and criteria for the acceptance or rejection of models are discussed. A modified maximum likelihood method for estimating wind vectors is described. Ways to make corrections for the kinds of errors found for the Seasat SASS model function are described, and applications to a new scatterometer are given.
Competitive Interactions Among Two Specialist Predators and a Generalist Predator of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Homoptera: Adelgidae), in the Laboratory

Abstract Competitive interactions among two specialist predators, Laricobius nigrinus Fender and Sasajiscymnus (Pseudoscymnus) tsugae Sasaji and McClure, and a generalist predator, Harmonia axyridis Pallas, of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand, were studied in the laboratory. The two specialist predators are part of a biological control program that has been initiated for A. tsugae, and the potential for competition among these species and polyphagous established predators is unknown. Laboratory assays were evaluated in environmental chambers at two conditions: (1) early spring, 9:5°C (D:N), 12:12 (L:D) h, and 50–75% RH; and (2) late spring, 18:10°C (D:N), 16:8 (L:D) h, and 75–90% RH. Predator feeding trials using conspecific and heterospecific eggs showed that L. nigrinus and S. tsugae eggs were consumed by all species, and predation was decreased with increased A. tsugae density. Eggs of H. axyridis were eaten almost exclusively by conspecifics, at high rates, regardless of A. tsugae density...
ANALYSIS OF PHYTOCHEMICALS FROM EUPATORIUM ODORATUM FLOWER

The Eupatorium odoratum is included in sun flower family Asteraceae has many properties as anti-bacterial, anti-mycobacterial properties. It also contains many phytochemicals. It used as tea in many places. An ointment prepared from the leaves of Eupatorium odoratum is has been shown to promote the healing of soft tissue wounds by enhancing the proliferation and migration of fibroblast. It has been identified that the presence of antioxidants and other bioactive compounds might have helped the people to use the leaves and roots of this plant as natural medicine. It used as medicinal as well as ornamental plant. Successive extracts from dried flowers of Eupatorium odoratum were investigated for the presence of phytochemicals. Methanol extract was used for the phytochemical and antibacterial studies. Aqueous extracts of Eupatoriumodoratum was used for the insecticidal and larvicidal activity. As a result it was found that the plant flowers have insecticidal and larvicidal activity and a slight range of antibacterial activity. Aqueous extract exhibited the presence of enzyme polyphenol oxidase. The extract was subjected to ammonium sulfate precipitation and dialysis to precipitate proteins. It was then eluted out using ion exchange chromatography and partially purified. The PPO have a wide range of applications, it is an important natural component in dye industry, it is good for bioremediation as it cleaves phenol rings of many of the petroleum compounds which cause soil pollution.
Predictors of higher-risk chronic opioid prescriptions in an academic primary care setting

ABSTRACTBackground: Patients with chronic noncancer pain treated with higher doses of opioids or concurrent substance use are at increased risk of adverse events. Although several national guidelines recommend maximum dosing thresholds and urine drug testing, adherence to these guidelines is inconsistent. Methods: To identify predictors of higher-risk opioid prescriptions in 2 academic primary care clinics, the authors developed a retrospective cohort of 842 patients who were prescribed ≥5 opioid prescriptions for noncancer pain between March 2012 and March 2013. The authors evaluated odds of higher-dose opioid prescriptions and urine drug testing using multivariate logistic models. Results: Among study subjects, 47% received prescriptions for the equivalent of ≥50 mg morphine per day. After adjustment for confounders, patients with a resident primary care provider were less likely to receive higher-dose prescriptions compared with faculty providers (odds ratio = 0.66, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.46–0...
Plasmonic Nanowire Networks: From Waveguiding to Passive and Active Optical Devices

Plasmonic nanowires can serve as waveguides where incident light can be reemitted from remote positions. We show that by combining nanowires into networks, it is possible to realize both passive and active subwavelength optical devices.
A Generalization of a Theorem of Archimedes

(1973). A Generalization of a Theorem of Archimedes. The American Mathematical Monthly: Vol. 80, No. 7, pp. 794-796.
Inter/Intrachain Interactions Behind the Formation of Charge Transfer States in Polyspirobifluorene: A Case Study for Complex Excited-State Dynamics in Different Polarity Index Solvents

In this work, we demonstrate the complex excited-state nature of the conjugated polymer, polyspirobifluorene (PSBF), using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy techniques to understand the origin of excited charge transfer state (CT) formation and their contribution to the total photoluminescence (PL). The measurements were compared in two solvents with different polarity, for example, methyl cyclohexane (MCH) and 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF), which allow us to reveal solvent quality and temperature dependent CT state formation arising from “inter/intrachain” interaction phenomena. The inter/intrachain interactions are explained by means of spatial conformational changes of the polymer chain configuration, such as coiling and collapse of the backbone with concomitant side chain reorganization. It has been found that the PL emission at room temperature (RT) demonstrates a mixed state configuration containing contributions from 1(π, π*) excited states along with the CT states contribution, with ...
Comment on Kobrick and Cahoon's “Correspondence of Brightness Enhancement to Cortical Alpha Rhythm”:

The note comments on Kobrick and Cahoon's apparent misunderstanding of what brightness enhancement is, how it is related to the alpha rhythm, and upon their seemingly oversimplified view of the relation of neurophysiological records and sensory phenomena.
GABA-mediated inhibition of raphe pallidus neurons regulates sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue

Sympathetic nerve activity to brown adipose tissue (BAT) regulates adipocyte metabolism of its stored lipid fuel and thus the thermogenesis in BAT. To determine if the discharge of neurons in the r...
Techniques to resect the distal ureter in robotic/laparoscopic nephroureterectomy

Treatment of clinically-organ confined high grade urothelial carcinoma of the upper tract has historically comprised open nephroureterectomy, with the distal ureter and bladder cuff mobilized through a separate open pelvic incision. To decrease morbidity, urologists have increasingly adopted laparoscopy and robotics in performing nephroureterectomy. In many published series of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, the distal ureter and bladder cuff are detached from the bladder endoscopically by a variation of the "pluck" technique, with the resulting bladder defect left to heal by prolonged indwelling urethral catheter drainage. While the distal ureter and bladder cuff can be excised laparoscopically, it does require advanced laparoscopic skills. With the wrist articulation and stereoscopic vision in robotic surgery, robotic nephroureterectomy (RNU) and bladder cuff excision can be performed in antegrade fashion to mimic the open technique together with the ability to intracorporeally close the bladder defect in a watertight, mucosa to mucosa fashion after excising the bladder cuff. In this review, we discuss the published minimally invasive techniques in resecting the distal ureter and bladder cuff during laparoscopic and RNU.
Measuring antibody neutralization of dengue virus (DENV) using a flow cytometry-based technique

Dengue virus (DENV) is an emerging virus that threatens over two-third of the world's population. The specific diagnosis of dengue infection by serology is based on assays that detect DENV-specific antibodies including neutralizing antibodies (Abs). Neutralizing Abs are an important, if not the main, mechanism of protection from natural dengue virus (DENV) infection as well. The current gold-standard assay for measuring neutralizing Ab responses against DENV is the plaque reduction neutralization assay (PRNT). However, this assay is slow and laborious and utilizes physiologically irrelevant cell lines. Here, we describe a relatively high-throughput, flow cytometry-based neutralization assay for DENV that has been optimized for use with a human monocytic suspension cell line, U937 + DC-SIGN, or the more commonly used adherent monkey kidney cells, Vero-81.
The benthic fish assemblage of the soft-bottom community of the Duluth-Superior Harbor before and after round goby invasion (1989–2011)

Abstract The soft-bottom benthic fish community of the St. Louis River and Duluth-Superior Harbor was examined yearly (20 of 23 years) from 1989 through 2011 using bottom trawling. Catch per unit effort (CPUE) and fish lengths were used to assess the impact of the round goby, which appeared in trawl records in 1998, on benthic native fishes. Logperch ( Percina caprodes ), spoonhead sculpin ( Cottus ricei ), johnny darter ( Etheostoma nigrum ), channel catfish ( Ictlarus puncatus ), tadpole madtom catfish ( Noturus gyrinus ) and bullhead catfish ( Ictalurus spp.) plus the invasive Eurasian ruffe ( Gymnocephalus cernuus ) populations were assessed. After detection in the trawl record in 1998, round goby continued to increase in abundance through 2006. Logperch showed a 65% decline in median CPUE from 2.4 to 0.85, while johnny darter increased almost three-fold from 0.24 to 0.68 CPUE following round goby detection. Bullheads dropped from 7.5 CPUE to being virtually extirpated from the study area. However, their decline preceded round goby appearance, and was linked to the stocking of predator fish to combat the Eurasian ruffe. It is hypothesized that the presence of the Eurasian ruffe contributed to depressing the native fish population to the extent that the round goby appearance had less impact on the community. However, after 20 years of decline, the native fish appear to be rebounding due to declines in the Eurasian ruffe and round goby populations and improvements in water quality.
Embracing Discontent: Teaching Television Effects Through an Ethnographic Experiment

AbstractThis article proposes using a hybrid form of qualitative research as a course assignment to help students better understand the effects of television and motion pictures in their lives. The assignment model combines self-experiment, participant observation, and a reflexive focus. The method could provide students and instructors with significant, potentially provocative insight, and it could lead to important segues into understanding theories and studies of media effects, especially those of television and fdm.
African-American representation in family and twin studies of mood and anxiety disorders: A systematic review

Abstract Purpose Mood and anxiety disorders are common and disabling psychiatric disorders with known heritable risk factors. But the extent to which their heritability and familial risks can be generalized across ethnic/racial groups is still largely unknown, but remains of considerable scientific and clinical interest. The main objective in this review was to evaluate African-American (AA) representation in family and twin studies of major mood and anxiety disorders. Method We conducted key word-driven computerized searches in MEDLINE and PsycINFO and manual searches from reference lists of selected articles. Search parameters included family or twin studies, mood or anxiety disorders, and familial aggregation or heritability. US-based studies published from 1980 to 2015 were included. Results The final selection yielded 209 studies, of which 88 did not report race/ethnicity or only reported Caucasian/white race. Of the remaining 121 studies, 66% did not include AAs, 24% included 1–10% AA, 8% included greater than 10% AA and 2 studies were exclusively AA. These trends were similar across study type, disorder and time periods spanning 35 years. Limitations Small samples, including the large number of studies without race/ethnicity reports, limited detailed analyses of change across time by disorder and study type. Adoption studies were not included in this review. Conclusions Underrepresentation of AAs in family and twin studies of affective disorders is substantial and can limit generalizability of established heritability and familial risk estimates across clinical and research settings. Additional twin and family studies focusing on AAs can be of benefit in closing this gap.
Regional and Temporal Models for Ozone Along the Gulf Coast

The studies described in the previous chapter focused on estimating trends in a daily ozone summary having adjusted for the relationship of surface ozone concentrations to meteorology. Moreover, the analysis was largely restricted to the Chicago urban area. This chapter contrasts this narrow scope by studies that: model the entire day’s ozone profile rather than its maximum; relate ozone levels to specific weather patterns; characterize the ozone field at different spatial scales from urban to regional.
Notes on Comparative Dynamics

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of comparative dynamics. It discusses the model used in Araujo and Scheinkman. The chapter provides proof of a general negative-definiteness property of stable models. It also presents a sharper version of the dominant diagonal assumption used in Araujo and Scheinkman to produce more precise comparative dynamics results. The chapter shows the application of the results to an adjustment cost model due to Lucas. In the general equilibrium theory, the dominant diagonal assumption was frequently used to allow one to sign the impact of a change of a parameter in the solution. The chapter highlights the way by which the dominant diagonal, coupled with restriction on the sign of elements of the matrix, can give comparative dynamics information.
Postdisaster Electric Power Recovery Using Autonomous Vehicles

This paper presents an architecture for the development of mobile microgrids using autonomous vehicles for the recovery of electrical power in postdisaster scenarios. The goal is to facilitate the integration of the different disciplines involved and address interrelated challenges in interaction between the disparate components of the system and the physical world. The architecture described in this paper has emerged through a combination of hardware development and experimental studies. The proposed layout will create an autonomous mobile microgrid system consisting of a team of ground robots capable of navigating in a disaster-affected area, making electrical connections, and supplying and controlling the electrical power needed by the loads in the area. This system has the scalability characteristics of an ad hoc system and can reconfigure itself depending on the changes in demanded performance of the microgrid.
Robotic repair of a right-sided Bochdalek hernia: a case report and literature review

Bochdalek hernias (BHs) are usually diagnosed in the neonatal period, occurring in 1/2200–1/12,500 live births. There are few reported cases of BHs in adults. Robotic repair has not been described in current literature as opposed to the laparoscopic approach. Here we present a case of an adult with clinical signs of bowel obstruction secondary to a BH which was repaired using a robotic approach. A 74-year-old gentleman with past medical history of benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and decline in appetite. Computed tomography (CT) imaging of the chest and abdomen revealed elevation of the right hemidiaphragm and evidence of small bowel obstruction. The patient was managed conservatively with nasogastric tube placement and bowel rest. He underwent colonoscopy which could not be completed secondary to a transverse colon stricture which was confirmed by barium enema. Upon repeat CT imaging, the patient was found to have herniated colon through a right-sided diaphragmatic hernia which caused colonic narrowing. The patient’s intestinal obstruction improved clinically with continued conservative management and he underwent robotic repair of a right posterior diaphragmatic hernia. The hernia defect was closed with interrupted figure of eight Ethibond sutures. A right-sided chest tube was placed. Intraoperatively, the herniated proximal transverse colon was noted to be ischemic and a right hemicolectomy was performed. He recovered well and was discharged home on postoperative day 5. Congenital diaphragmatic hernias usually present in the neonatal period and are rare in adults. Operative repair is recommended and laparoscopic repair has been described. Based on the existing literature regarding laparoscopic repair and the current case report, robotic repair also appears to be a viable and safe option.
Total Hip Intraoperative Femur Fracture: Do the Design Enhancements of a Second-Generation Tapered-Wedge Stem Reduce the Incidence?

Abstract Background Intraoperative femur fracture (IFF) is a well-known complication in primary uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA). Variations in implant instrumentation design and operative technique may influence the risk of IFF. This study investigates IFF between a standard uncemented tapered-wedge femoral stem and its second-generation successor with the following design changes: size-specific medial curvature, proportional incremental stem growth, modest reduction in stem length, and distal lateral relief. Methods A single experienced surgeon's patient database was retrospectively queried for IFF occurring during primary uncemented THA using a standard tapered-wedge femoral stem system or a second-generation stem. All procedures were performed using soft tissue preserving anatomic capsule repair and posterior approach. The primary outcome measure was IFF. A z-test of proportions was performed to determine significant difference between the 2 stems with respect to IFF. Patient demographics, Dorr classification, and implant characteristics were also examined. Results Forty-one of 1510 patients (2.72%) who received a standard tapered-wedge femoral stem sustained an IFF, whereas 5 of 800 patients (0.63%) using the second-generation stem incurred an IFF. No other significant associations were found. Conclusion A standard tapered-wedge femoral stem instrumentation system resulted in greater than 4 times higher incidence of IFF than its second-generation successor used for primary uncemented THA. Identifying risk factors for IFF is necessary to facilitate implant system improvements and thus maximize patient outcomes.
A new technique for measuring ratios of elastic scattering cross sections: An application to the calcium isotopes

A technique has been developed which allows one to measure ratios of elastic scattering cross sections for nearby nuclei and which should be free of most systematic uncertainties. Protons scattered from a mixed target are momentum-analyzed in a high resolution spectrograph and the scatterer is identified by the kinematic shift. The result of an application to scattering from the calcium isotopes 40,44,48Ca is discussed.
Abstract #3693: Sorafenib inhibits Stat3-regulated expression of prosurvival Mcl-1 and Bcl-xL proteins to enhance TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells.

Background: Sorafenib, a multi-target kinase inhibitor, has been shown to downregulate the prosurvival Bcl-2 family protein, Mcl-1, by an as yet unclear mechanism. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) is constitutively active in human tumors and has been shown to regulate Mcl-1. Therefore, we determined if sorafenib can inhibit Stat3 signaling to downregulate Mcl-1. We also studied whether Mcl-1 suppression can potentiate apoptosis induction by TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand), a proapoptotic cytokine whose anti-tumor effects are negatively regulated by Mcl-1. Experimental Design: Human pancreatic cancer cell lines (PANC-1 and BxPC-3) were pre-incubated with sorafenib (Nexavar®) alone or followed by TRAIL and apoptosis was determined by annexin V labeling. Caspase-8,-9,-3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage, as well as Bax/Bak activation, were analyzed by immunoblotting. The effects of sorafenib on Stat3 phosphorylation (Tyr 705 ) and downstream Mcl-1 and Bcl-x L protein expression were determined. Lentiviral shRNA was used to knockdown BRAF, Stat3, and Mcl-1 expression. Results: Sorafenib treatment inhibited Stat3 phosphorylation (Tyr 705 ) and downregulated Mcl-1 and Bcl-x L proteins in a dose-dependent manner in both cell lines. Stat3 knockdown was shown to suppress Mcl-1 and Bcl-x L . Furthermore, knockdown of BRAF, a Raf kinase and target of sorafenib, inhibited Stat3 phosphorylation (Tyr 705 ) and similarly inhibited Mcl-1 and Bcl-x L protein expression. Mcl-1 knockdown was shown to potentiate apoptosis induced by TRAIL, and pharmacologic suppression of Mcl-1 by sorafenib similarly enhanced TRAIL-mediated apoptosis that was associated with caspase-8,-9,-3 and PARP cleavage, as well as Bak activation. Conclusions: Sorafenib inhibits Stat3 phosphorylation to downregulate prosurvival Mcl-1 and Bcl-x L protein expression, resulting in augmentation of TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells. Citation Information: In: Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res; 2009 Apr 18-22; Denver, CO. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; 2009. Abstract nr 3693.
In Situ Dealloying of Bulk Mg2Sn in Mg-Ion Half Cell as an Effective Route to Nanostructured Sn for High Performance Mg-Ion Battery Anodes

Nanostructured Sn as negative electrode material in Mg-ion batteries suffers from very slow magnesiation kinetics when its nanoscale feature sizes are not in the sub-100 nm range. Herein, we use electrochemical experiments in combination finite element modeling (FEM) to demonstrate a cost-effective route to nanostructured Sn for high performance Mg-ion battery anodes. Using FEM we found that antagonistic stresses developed during dealloying of Mg2Sn induce pulverization of the dealloyed material and formation of nanostructured Sn with the characteristic feature size in the sub-100 nm range. These results were further confirmed through electrochemical experiments using a Mg half-cell consisting of bulk Mg2Sn particles with an average characteristic size larger than 10 μm as the working electrode, cycled versus Mg metal as counter and reference electrodes, and all-phenyl complex (APC) electrolyte. Ex situ electron microscopy and diffraction techniques were used to study the working electrode material in the...
Outlier detection in dairy cows estrus based on density clustering

In the dairy farming, it's necessary to identify estrus of dairy cattle accurately in order to increase the milk production milk, prolong lactation and improve economic efficiency. In the modern large-scale farming, the artificial observation method can't meet the needs of the ranch because of the limiting conditions such as its large workload and the serious subjective factors. Therefore, this article uses the method of density clustering to analyze the outliers and judge whether the cow ruts based on the data collected from the dairy cradle and combined with the behavioral characteristics of dairy cow in different situation.
Modeling Separation and Reattachment Using the Turbulent Potential Model

ABSTRACT A new type of turbulence model has recently been proposed by the first author which involves transport equations for the scalar and vector potentials of the turbulent body force (the divergence of the Reynolds stress tensor). Theoretical analysis of this turbulent potential model suggests that the predictive accuracy of Reynolds stress transport equation models might be obtained at a cost comparable to state-of-the-art two-equation turbulence models. Initial tests of the model showed promising results for simple turbulent flows such as channel flow at various Reynolds numbers, boundary layers, mixing layers, rotating channel flow, and even transition. In order to understand the model’s behavior in more complex flow situations it is now tested on a number of more complex flows involving flow separation, reattachment and stagneation. Model predictions for two adverse pressure-gradient boundary layers are presented, one mild and one on the verge of separation. In addition, predictions for the backward facing step and a turbulent impinging jet are presented.
Asymmetry in dual language practice: Assessing imbalance in a program promoting equality

The capacity for dual-language programs to deliver specific benefits to students with different primary and secondary language skills continues to be debated. Individuals favoring dual language assert that as it relies upon a reciprocal approach, dual language students acquire dual language proficiency without the need for teachers to translate from one language to another. By utilizing and conserving the language skills that students bring, dual language students also gain cross-cultural understandings and an expanded opportunity to realize academic success in the future. Research that explores whether these programs meet the needs of monolingual and bilingual students is limited. The intent of this study is not to criticize dual language practice. Instead, it is to describe a newly implemented dual language immersion program that exists and operates in Phoenix, Arizona. In particular, this study examines the
Familienorientierung in der psychiatrischen Behandlung

Im folgenden Beitrag mochten wir auf unterschiedliche Aspekte und Angebote familienorientierter Arbeit in der akut-psychiatrischen Klinik Gilead IV der Evangelischen Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH (EvKB) eingehen. Das Krankenhaus ist akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitat Munster mit ca. 1 300 Betten in 24 Fachabteilungen. Trager des Krankenhauses sind die von Bodelschwinghschen Stiftungen und das Evangelische Johanneswerk e. V.; damit gehort das EvKB dem Diakonischen Werk an.
The coupling of bay hydrodynamics to sediment transport and its implication in micro-tidal wetland sustainability

Abstract To investigate bay hydrodynamics and its impacts on the adjacent micro-tidal wetland sustainability, hourly measurements of wave, tidal current, and benthic suspended sediment concentration in summer, winter, and spring of 2015–2016 were conducted in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana, USA. High-temporal resolution data indicate that benthic suspended sediment resuspension had a dominant periodicity of 4.8-d, which was mainly caused by wind-driven waves. Sediment flux reached 28 g·m−2·s−1 during events. Net sediment flux direction is northwestward in summer, and southeastward in winter and spring. Potential depth-integrated sediment flux to surrounding wetland varied within 0–500 g·m−1·s−1. Seasonal variations of river discharge and wind direction (particularly speed >3 m·s−1) dominated potential sediment contribution from the bay to the surrounding wetland. Three sediment transport regimes were delineated: ‘bypassing’ season, resuspension-accumulation season, and combined ‘bypassing’ and resuspension-accumulation season. This study couples bay hydrodynamics to the sediment transport processes and sustainability of adjacent wetlands in a micro tidal environment. It sheds light on the understanding of natural feedback mechanisms and how estuarine-marsh system survive high relative sea level rising scenario in micro tidal environment, which could aid in the design of future ecological engineering restoration strategies.
Abstract TP13: Predicting Outcomes After Successful Endovascular Thrombectomy: Damage Control

Introduction: Endovascular Therapy (ET) has become the new standard of care for treating acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion (ELVO). There are numerous tools t...
Dealing with Remnants of Politics, Power and History in Germany

ABSTRACT: The link between place and identity is not stagnant or fixed. It changes over time, influenced by social and political changes and ethical developments, from one generation to another. What was important to remember (or commemorate) yesterday may not have the same significance tomorrow. What we see as right and just now may be viewed as wrong or obsolete in a decade or two. So, what do we do when the storyline changes? In our current political climate, the question about the validity of certain historic monuments, their context, their meaning for various groups and our handling of these at times uncomfortable monuments gained unexpected relevance. Suddenly the question becomes important what to do with these memories, with monuments and buildings that clearly reference a certain time or nationalistic expression and that today leave us with an uncomfortable aftertaste. This abbreviated version of the paper explores the questions posed above by looking at Germany as one example of where the people had to grapple with the role and impact of collective memory, of public monuments and architecture that are freighted with heavy past. German history since 1871 is filled with fractures of political, cultural and social orders that forced the definition and re-definition of what to remember and how to remember appropriately by its politicians and citizens. The paper will retrace the changes in significance and how authorities and the public dealt with buildings of historic significance in two locations of Berlin as examples from a larger range of buildings and monuments the author is investigating in context of the topic. They give an overview how uncomfortable monuments were treated in a country with turbulent past. KEYWORDS: Berlin, architecture, symbolism, perception, monument, politics, history
Probing polaritons in the mid- to far-infrared

The long free-space wavelengths associated with the mid- to far-infrared spectral range impose significant limitations on the form factor of associated optic and electro-optic components. Specifically, current commercial optical sources, waveguides, optical components (lenses and waveplates), and detector elements are larger than the corresponding diffraction limit, resulting in reduced image resolution and bulky optical systems, with deleterious effects for a number of imaging and sensing applications of interest to commercial, medical, and defense related arenas. The field of nanophotonics, where the ultimate objective is to confine and manipulate light at deeply subwavelength, nanometer length scales, offers significant opportunities to overcome these limitations. The demonstration of nanoscale optics in the infrared can be achieved by leveraging polaritons, quasiparticles comprised of oscillating charges within a material coupled to electromagnetic excitations. However, the predominant polaritonic materials and the characterization techniques and methods implemented for measuring these quasiparticles in the mid- to far-IR require a different approach with respect to similar efforts in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-IR. The purpose of this tutorial is to offer an overview of the basic materials, tools, and techniques for exciting, manipulating, and probing polaritons in the mid- to far-infrared wavelength range, providing a general guide to subwavelength and nanoscale optics for those entering this exciting and burgeoning research field.
HPC chart completeness-an internal audit

Background & Aim According to FACT standards, the cell processing facility should perform internal audits on a regular basis. In CTMF, HPC chart completeness is defined as one of the yearly key audit topics. This study is an example of the HPC chart completeness internal audit, in which selected parameters of the HPC chart were audited and analyzed, to indicate trend and help process improvement. Methods, Results & Conclusion Methods The HPC cryopreservation processes occurred in CTMF from 06/01/2018 to 07/15/2018. Total 5 autologous patients chart, 11 processes were audited. Goal: Compliance 95% at the time of audit, 100% after corrections made. Auditor is the laboratory supervisor, who has the knowledge of the processes, and did not participate in the processes being audited, and therefore independent. Results 1. 59 missing / incomplete entries identified at the time of audit, total 604 pages, 2543 entries audited, approximately 97.7% compliance (entries completed out of all audited entries). After correction, 100% compliance. 2. Incomplete Entry Analysis-per Incomplete Type: (1) Sampling Record and Coulter/Flow print-out contributed to a big portion (20%) of all incomplete entries. Major examples are Sampling and Testing Record cover sheet) missing review, or not initialed and dated. (2) Batch Record: label control took up 1/7 of all entries missed in the batch record. All 18 “Batch Record, Others” missing items were from the last day of patient “D”’s last day of the 4-day collection. (3) 45% (5 out of 11) CryoMed print-out did not have initial and / or date. (4) Chain of Custody, Storage Record, Release Criteria were other weak areas affecting the completion rate. See Figure 1. 3. Incomplete Entry Analysis-per timing Min number of collection/process was 1, max 4. 3 patients had 2 days collections. The 4-day collection had the highest incomplete entries per processing day (7.3). Out of the 59 incomplete entries, 43 (73%) were from Processing Days, 16 (27%) were from After Processing Days (post thaw, infusion). 4. Incomplete Entry Analysis-per staff, Incomplete Rate. Figure 2. 5. Incomplete Entry Analysis-as Performer/as Reviewer. Out of the 59 incomplete entries, 47 (80%) were from performers, 12 (20%) were from reviewers. 6. Incomplete Entry Analysis-per staff as Paperwork Manager. Figure 3. Conclusion Audit result is acceptable. Recommendation is to enhance good documentation practice, enhance Paperwork Magager and facility director review in a timely fashion, especially for multiple days collections.
Measuring Urologic Quality of Life in People with Progressive Neurologic Conditions

Practitioners frequently need to assess a neurogenic bladder patient’s quality of life (QOL) regarding urinary symptoms, particularly when a neurologic condition is progressing. It is important to understand how health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) can be employed to improve the care of these patients. General QOL questionnaires, such as the Satisfaction with Life Survey (SF 35), can help a practitioner determine how the illness impacts perceptions on daily functioning. Urinary-specific instruments (International Prostate Symptom Score, Michigan Incontinence Severity Index, Incontinence Quality of Life) can be used to focus treatment to specific areas of urinary bother and determine the effectiveness of the interventions. Neurogenic bladder-specific questionnaires (Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Score, Qualiveen) allow practitioners to best appreciate the impact of bladder symptoms as they relate to the underlying disease. More work is needed to integrate QOL assessment into the care of the neurogenic bladder patient with a progressive disease.
Pteropods and heteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thecosomata) and the Miocene Oxygen Minimum Zone, Trinidad

Fossil holoplanktonic mollusks (pteropods and heteropods) are so far little known from Trinidad and have not yet been employed in paleoenvironmental studies in this region. Specimens >125 µm were examined in samples from two sections of the Middle Miocene Brasso Formation of Central Trinidad. Samples from the type section at Brasso Village were younger (planktonic foraminiferal Zones N11–N12) than those from Nollis Tunnel, near Tabaquite (N8). Both sections yielded abundant holoplanktonic molluscs, but all were juveniles. At Brasso Village, yields were highest in samples collected near a bathyal oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) that was revealed using benthic foraminifera. The percentage of the fauna as Vaginella sp. did not vary significantly throughout this section, while Heliconoides sp. was concentrated in rocks deposited near the OMZ base and Creseis spina above the OMZ core. This implies depth stratification among the pteropods that limited the flux of Heliconoides sp. to shallower water samples. The fauna from Nollis Tunnel, where recovery was restricted to eight out of nine samples, was used to infer the position of the OMZ at this site. The assemblage was more abundant at Nollis Tunnel than at Brasso Village. Simultaneous confidence intervals show that the proportional abundance of Vaginella sp. did not vary significantly throughout the Nollis Tunnel section, while Creseis roesti and Heliconoides inflatus inflatus? showed depth stratification. This demonstrates that fossil holoplanktonic gastropods have potential as a tool for paleoenvironmental interpretations, especially in detecting fossil OMZs.
Numerical Analysis on Multipactor Effects in Coaxial Cables via Particle-in-Cell Algorithm

We present a numerical analysis on multipactor effects in coaxial cables using an electromagnetic particle-in-cell (EM-PIC) algorithm on unstructured grids. The analysis combines a 2.5-D axisymmetric EM-PIC algorithm and the Furman-Pivi probabilistic model for the realistic description of secondary electron emission (SEE) process. Employing a local and explicit finite-element time-domain (FETD) scheme, the present algorithm yields an energy- and charge-conservation from first principles on unstructured grids. We numerically investigate single- and double-sided multipactor effects confirming that the former originates from the higher-order multipactors (in parallel plates) in conjunction with ponderomotive (inhomogeneous) forces. This analysis can be instrumental in devising multipactor mitigation techniques.
Editors' Introduction to the Special Section on Cloud Computing and Accounting Information Systems (JISC 2018)

This introduction provides an overview to this special section and reports on the third Journal of Information Systems Conference (JISC 2018) held March 15 and 16, 2018 in Durham, NC. The conference was jointly sponsored by the AAA Accounting Information Systems (AIS) section and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA). This JIS research will help advance cloud computing research related to the domain of accounting information systems. The conference included seven research papers with related industry discussant feedback, three cloud industry keynote speakers, and three panels of practitioners and researchers to discuss the impact of the emergence and rapid maturing of cloud computing services. This editors' introduction outlines the major research paper topics represented in this special section, briefly introduces each paper, and highlights their main contributions. A comprehensive report on the full JISC 2018 conference is provided in the cloud commentary paper included in this special section.
Cooperative, competitive, or individualistic? Exploring the role of social interdependence in the classroom

This study examines how different social interdependence structures influence students’ perceptions of anticipated affective learning, motivation, classroom communication apprehension, and classroo...
Enabling Scientific Discovery at Next-Generation Light Sources with Advanced AI and HPC

The synchrotron and free electron laser light sources, large scientific user facilities, are in the position to help solve some of the most challenging and novel scientific questions facing the world, ranging from the design of new materials to manipulate classical and quantum information with high fidelity and ultra low power consumption, to enabling systems for efficient energy storage, transportation, and conversion that will drive the emerging economy based on renewable energy, to understanding the structure and motion of protein molecules to enable individualized medicine. These scientific opportunities will be addressed by new measurement techniques, technological advances in detectors, multi-modal data utilization, and advances in data analysis algorithms, all of which are being driven to a new level of sophistication. Over the next decade, it is estimated that the US light sources will generate in the exabyte (EB) range of data, require tens to 1,000 PFLOPS of peak on-demand computing resources, and utilize billions of core hours per year. Scientific discovery on this scale will be enabled by data management and workflow tools that integrate user facility instruments with sufficient computing, networking, and storage resources, on-demand utilization of super-computing environments to enable real-time data processing, real-time data analysis capabilities to significantly reduce data volumes and provide feedback during experiments to improve data quality and to drive the direction of ongoing measurements, the application of advanced machine learning algorithms to make crucial experiment decisions, and the integration of simulations and model-based approaches to facilitate automated experiment design and steering of data collection.
Predictive 3D Printing with IoT

Industry 4.0 marks a new industrial revolution centered around technologies that connect digital and physical realms, revamping how information is used to manage work. Two core enablers are the Internet of Things (IoT) and 3D printing. The former monitors the real-time status of a complex system, and the latter responds to that information with agile manufacturing. Nevertheless, how exactly this can be done remains unclear. To gain insights, we consider the context of a 3D printer supplying a critical part installed in multiple machines embedded with sensors and interconnected via IoT. While it is tempting to perceive that the marriage of 3D printing and IoT would make on-demand printing a reality, our results indicate that this is not necessarily so. The true benefit of the marriage is enabling predictive printing. In particular, it is optimal for the 3D printer to print-to-stock predictively in advance of demand, triggered by a system-lifetime-status dependent threshold. Whether it is optimal to print-on-advance-demand to achieve minimum inventory depends crucially on the printing speed. We further quantify the impact of IoT on system cost and inventory by separately assessing the impact of advance demand information from embedded sensors and that of IoT’s real-time information fusion from sensor interconnections. We demonstrate that information fusion intensifies the inventory reduction through advance demand information, and IoT’s impact hinges upon the effectiveness of embedded sensors. Our framework can be leveraged to aid IoT investment decisions and to help develop operating policies for predictive 3D printing.
'You Learn How to Hate': Adapting a Healthy Relationship Curriculum Using a Trauma-Informed Race Equity Lens.

Teen dating violence is a public health concern that can lead to short- and long-term mental and physical health consequences, including depression, anxiety, risky behaviors, and unhealthy future relationships. Research shows that social and structural determinants of health, such as racism, low socio-economic status, and neighborhood conditions, may predispose certain communities to violence. To better understand methods to reduce TDV among ethnically and economically diverse populations, we used a trauma-informed race equity lens to adapt an efficacious prevention program known as Fourth R. This universal program has been shown to reduce some dating violence, substance use, and risky sexual behaviors, but there remains room for improvement. Specifically, more attention to trauma and the importance of societal risk and protective factors may improve the program’s effectiveness. Thus, focus group discussions were conducted with students and we then adapted Fourth R lessons specific to trauma, racism, and discrimination. Major themes discussed are that Fourth R and other prevention programs should focus attention on social and structural issues, such as racism and discrimination.