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Student training to perceptually assess severity of dysphonia using the dysphonic severity percentage scale.

Summary Objectives/Hypothesis The goal of the present study was to determine if students can be trained to reliably perceive dysphonia using the Dysphonic Severity Percentage (DSP) scale, a perceptual measure shown to have high interrater reliability when used by speech-language pathologists experienced with voice disorders. Because the DSP scale was found to be useful as a research tool in the measurement of dysphonia, using it to train students to recognize dysphonia can enhance their education as future clinicians and researchers. Methods This method involved having five inexperienced speech-language pathology students listen to voice samples in two conditions (spontaneous speech and paragraph reading) of 10 clients with moderate to severe dysphonia (phonotrauma); the students simultaneously tallied the nondysphonic syllables on written content of the samples to obtain a DSP for both conditions. Because the clients' dysphonias were moderate to severe, and there were many dysphonic syllables, it was more efficient and advantageous for the students' perception and training to tally the nondysphonic syllables, leaving the dysphonic syllables to calculate the DSP. By tallying the nondysphonic syllables, the students were still recognizing which syllables were dysphonic by not choosing them, thus increasing their perception of both normal and disordered syllables. Results and Conclusion Statistical analysis using the intraclass correlation coefficient revealed high interrater reliability and high correlations among the trained students for both spontaneous speech and paragraph reading, thus indicating similar training experiences and perceptions. This method appeared to be a more quantitative measure of perceptual ratings than current scales, which use general gradations of dysphonic severity. Moreover, the DSPs were similar between the newly trained students and experienced raters for spontaneous speech, indicating that the students could be trained in the direction experienced by voice clinicians. There was, however, a significant difference between the two groups for paragraph reading, which will be discussed. It was concluded that the DSP method was an effective technique to train students to recognize dysphonia.
Illusory Shrinkage and Growth Body-Based Rescaling Affects the Perception of Size

The notion that apparent sizes are perceived relative to the size of one's body is supported through the discovery of a new visual illusion. When graspable objects are magnified by magnifying goggles, they appear to shrink back to near-normal size when one's hand (also magnified) is placed next to them. When objects are "minified" by minifying goggles, the opposite occurs. The rescaling effect also occurred when participants who were trained in tool use viewed the tool next to the objects. However, this change in apparent size does not occur when familiar objects or someone else's hand is placed next to the magnified or minified object. Presumably, objects' apparent sizes shift closer to their actual sizes when one's hand is viewed because objects' sizes relative to the hand are the same with or without the goggles. These findings highlight the role of body scaling in size perception.
Genetic and cellular dissection of the activation of AM14 rheumatoid factor B cells in a mouse model of lupus.

The RF-specific AM14 tg BCR has been used as a model to dissect the mechanisms of B cell tolerance to ICs containing nucleic acids. We have shown previously that AM14 RF B cells break tolerance in the TC mouse model of lupus through the dual engagement of the AM14 BCR and TLR9. In this study, we showed that neither the expression of Sle1 or Sle2 susceptibility loci alone was sufficient to activate AM14 RF B cells, suggesting that the production of antichromatin IgG2a a autoAg mediated by Sle1 and an intrinsically higher B cell activation mediated by Sle2 were required. We also showed that the B6 genetic background enhanced the selection of AM14 RF B cells to the MZB cell compartment regardless of the expression of the Sle loci and therefore, of their activation into AFCs. Furthermore, some AM14 RF B cells were selected into the B-1a compartment, where they did not differentiate into AFCs. Therefore, it is unlikely that the selection of AM14 RF B cells to the MZB or B-1a cell compartments in TC.AM14 a mice is responsible for their breach of tolerance. Finally, we showed that the presence of expression of Sle1 in non-tg cells, most likely T cells, is necessary for the activation of AM14 RF B cells into AFCs. Overall, these results suggest a threshold model of activation of AM14 RF B cells on the B6 background with additive genetic and cellular contribution of multiple sources. J. Leukoc. Biol. 98: 209–221; 2015.
Towards Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion PET in the Clinic

Myocardialperfusionimaging(MPI)with PET provides improved diag-nostic quality, certainty, and accu-racy over single-photon emissioncomputed tomography imaging[1,2]. The prognostic value in pre-dicting adverse cardiac outcomeshas also been demonstrated [3].In particular, MPI with dynamicPET, in concert with tracer kineticanalysis, provides a powerful meanstoquantifythetracertransportrate,K
Usable speech detection using a context dependent Gaussian mixture model classifier

Speech that is corrupted by nonstationary interference, but contains segments that are still usable for applications such as speaker identification or speech recognition, is referred to as "usable" speech. A common example of nonstationary interference occurs when there is more than one person talking at the same time, which is known as co-channel speech. In general the above speech processing applications do not work in co-channel environments; however, they can work on the extracted usable segments. Unfortunately, currently available usable speech measures only detect about 75% of the total available usable speech. The first reason for this high error stems from the fact that no single feature can accurately identify all the usable speech characteristics. This situation can be resolved by using a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) based classifier to combine several usable speech features. A second source of error stems from the fact that the current usable speech measures treat each frame of co-channel data independently of the decisions made on adjacent frames. The situation can be resolved when a hidden Markov model (HMM) is used to incorporate any context dependent information in adjacent frames. Using this approach we were able to obtain 84% reduction of usable speech with a 16% false alarm rate.
The Rise in Elder Bankruptcy Filings and the Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Law

Recent empirical legal scholarship on the consumer bankruptcy system has uncovered a marked rise in the proportion of elder Americans filing for relief under the Bankruptcy Code. But these studies have not probed the reasons behind that rise, an omission this Article seeks to address. Professor John Pottow and colleagues recently assembled the new dataset of the Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP), the largest national sample of consumer debtors in this country, which he uses to explore the sources of elder bankruptcy. The findings are both striking and ominous. While multiple factors, such as health problems and medical debts, contribute to elders’ financial distress, the dominant force appears to be overwhelming burdens related to credit cards. Elder debtors carry fifty percent more credit card debt than younger debtors, and they cite credit card interest and fees as a reason for their bankruptcy filings fifty percent more frequently, results that are highly statistically significant. Professor Pottow uses further survey and court record data from the CBP to explore why elders rely upon credit cards more than their younger counterparts. Finally, Professor Pottow addresses the current Bankruptcy Code, noting that it is both a theoretical and doctrinal mismatch for elder debtors, and proposes possible reforms.
Query-by-example spoken term detection using phonetic posteriorgram templates

This paper examines a query-by-example approach to spoken term detection in audio files. The approach is designed for low-resource situations in which limited or no in-domain training material is available and accurate word-based speech recognition capability is unavailable. Instead of using word or phone strings as search terms, the user presents the system with audio snippets of desired search terms to act as the queries. Query and test materials are represented using phonetic posteriorgrams obtained from a phonetic recognition system. Query matches in the test data are located using a modified dynamic time warping search between query templates and test utterances. Experiments using this approach are presented using data from the Fisher corpus.
Design of high efficiency surface aerators: Part 3. Dimensional analysis of rotor performance

Abstract This paper is the third and final part of this work. The first two parts studied the mass transfer equations for oxygen in water and presented equations to design propeller of the surface aerator based on its similitude to an axial flow pump. Additionally, the results of aeration test with 23 different rotor setups were presented, in which the highest SAE=1.805 kg O 2 /kWh, was for the rotor designed with the axial flow pump criteria. The aim of this part is to describe the aerator’s behavior as a general equation, using dimensional analysis. These equations are defined in terms of geometric characteristics and aeration efficiency (oxygen transfer rate/input power). It can be concluded that the aeration efficiency improves with the Froude number, but is inversely related to the speed and diameter of the propeller.
The Cyclical Properties of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

This paper studies whether three macroeconomic models (Real Business Cycle Model, Sticky Price Model, and Liquidity Effects Model) similar to those studied in King and Watson - (1996) can generate the behavior of nominal and real term structure found in data. Differing from King and Watson - (1996), we use data on UK index-linked bonds to get a better measure of ex-ante real interest rates. It is found that among the three models the sticky price model generates term structure behavior that matches data findings most closely. The sticky price model is able to generate the downward-sloping average real term structure, the upward-sloping average nominal term structure for maturities between 2 and 6 years, the cyclical property of nominal and real yield spread and 1-year nominal and real interest rates.
Guantanamo Bay and the United States Military Commissions: The Perplexities of Trial and Punishment by the Laws of War

On September 11th, 2001 a group of hijackers took control of four commercial jetliners in the United States with the intent of crashing them into strategic U.S. targets thereby furthering the aims of a war against America that had been declared by Osama Bin Laden, leader of the stateless terrorist organization al-Qaeda, several years earlier. By 10:03 a.m., all four of the jetliners had been crashed by their hijackers: one each into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; a third into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; and the last in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, short of its final destination because of the efforts of the passengers and crew to retake the plane. In all 2,977 people were killed in the attacks of September 11th.
Systematic evaluation of the impact of ChIP-seq read designs on genome coverage, peak identification, and allele-specific binding detection.

Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments revolutionized genome-wide profiling of transcription factors and histone modifications. Although maturing sequencing technologies allow these experiments to be carried out with short (36–50 bps), long (75–100 bps), single-end, or paired-end reads, the impact of these read parameters on the downstream data analysis are not well understood. In this paper, we evaluate the effects of different read parameters on genome sequence alignment, coverage of different classes of genomic features, peak identification, and allele-specific binding detection. We generated 101 bps paired-end ChIP-seq data for many transcription factors from human GM12878 and MCF7 cell lines. Systematic evaluations using in silico variations of these data as well as fully simulated data, revealed complex interplay between the sequencing parameters and analysis tools, and indicated clear advantages of paired-end designs in several aspects such as alignment accuracy, peak resolution, and most notably, allele-specific binding detection. Our work elucidates the effect of design on the downstream analysis and provides insights to investigators in deciding sequencing parameters in ChIP-seq experiments. We present the first systematic evaluation of the impact of ChIP-seq designs on allele-specific binding detection and highlights the power of pair-end designs in such studies.
Fabrication of Fiber-optic Sensors Based on Plasmon Resonances of Metallic Nanostructures

This paper describes the fabrication of portable and robust fiber optic sensors - mainly chemical and biological sensors - on standard communication grade optical fibers. Metallic nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanopillars, nanorods, and nanoholes in optically thick metallic films were employed to precisely control the enhancement and absorption of light so as to form sensitive and specific optical sensors based on optical fibers. The fiber-optic sensors employ localized plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of metallic nanostructures formed on the fiber end-face as well as surface plasmon resonances assoc1ated with nanoholes in optically thick metallic films as a means of transducing the input optical signal. These metallic nanostructures were formed on the cleaved end-face of multimode and single mode optical fibers and were employed in both reflection and transmission modes. Metallic nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanopillars were formed on the tip or surface of the optical fiber by either employing chemical means or by first depositing a 10-100 nm layer of metallic film on the tip or surface of the fiber and then employing focused ion beam (FIB) milling to pattern out the metallic nanoparticles and nanopillars from the film. Ordered arrays of nanoholes were formed in optically thick (150-230 nm) metallic films by employing FIB milling. Gold (Au) nanostructures are chemically stable and result in plasmon resonance related peaks in the transmission spectrum in the visible spectral region. Hence, gold was selected as the material of choice for the fabrication of the plasmon resonance sensors.
Resident education in the health care reform environment: The role of organized radiology

To summarize, the 10 actions I believe we should take are as follows: 1. Protect our patient base by institutional involvement and selected departmental outreach programs. 2. Reorganize our faculties and gain their support to meet the changes that will occur as a result of health care reengineering. 3. Restructure our residency and fellowship programs to adapt positively to the needs of a new delivery system. 4. Take a stand on resident/fellow training, accreditation issues, and program length and composition. 5. Develop a national program to continue to attract the best medical students into radiology. 6. Get the information needed to provide the best estimate of work force requirements and work toward achieving the proper balance between supply and demand. 7. Support subspecialization in our field. Quality eventually will be an issue. 8. Support research training for faculty and make research important. 9. Continue to present our field as an exciting place to be, which it is. 10. Support the AUR, the SCARD, and the APDR as the collective voice for academic radiology. Finally, I would like to challenge the AUR, the SCARD, and the APDR to unite to become a strong force in academic radiology. Academic radiology now has no singular voice. Radiologists in private practice have the ACR, neuroradiologists have the ASNR, vascular-interventional radiologists have the SCVIR, nuclear medicine radiologists have the Society of Nuclear Medicine, ultrasonographers have the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and I can name many other important special interest groups within our field. No doubt, all these organizations share many of our common concerns and interests, but having an organization interested solely in the continued health of academic radiology is vital to our future and, because of the reengineering of the health care system, more important than ever. Academic radiology is in the unique position of being radiology's only supplier of human resources and research. We must make our voice heard on staff issues, training program changes, accreditation, certification, financing of graduate education, support for biomedical research, and all other matters important to our academic programs. Although we will be drawn into the delivery of managed care, we cannot afford to ignore our other two principal missions: education and research. If we do, all of radiology will suffer the consequences in years to come. So let's take up the challenge and make our three organizations a steady, consistent, rational but firm voice in the support of academic radiology. I believe that the future of radiology is bright, but we need to make it happen. Now is the time for action. Thank you for the invitation to present the Glen W. Hartman lecture. It is truly a great honor.
Pregnancy Outcomes Among Obese Women and Their Offspring by Attempted Mode of Delivery.

Objective To compare maternal and neonatal morbidities among obese women and their offspring by attempted delivery approach. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of 47,372 obese women at delivery (body mass index 30 or greater) eligible for vaginal delivery who were carrying singleton vertex fetuses at 37 weeks of gestation or greater. Prior cesarean delivery, congenital anomalies, and antepartum stillbirth were exclusion criteria. We analyzed outcomes by attempted delivery route and stratified by parity. The composite maternal outcome included intensive care admission, death, hemorrhage, transfusion, or thromboembolism. The neonatal composite included intensive care unit admission, death, seizure, ventilator use, birth injury, or asphyxia. Adjusted relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using Poisson regression. Results Among nulliparous women attempting vaginal delivery (n=15,268), the success rate was 72.6% and among parous women (n=23,426), it was 93.7%. The maternal composite outcome rate was not statistically higher among nulliparous women (7.7% compared with 4.2% [adjusted RR 1.58, 95% CI 0.96-2.59]) but it was among parous women (7.6% compared with 2.5% [adjusted RR 2.45, 95% CI 1.23-4.90]) attempting vaginal delivery related to hemorrhage, blood transfusion, or both. In contrast, the neonatal composite outcome rate was lower in parous women (6.0% compared with 11.6% [adjusted RR 0.65, 95% CI 0.51-0.83]) but not in nulliparous women (10.2% compared with 12.4% [adjusted RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.74-1.12]) parous. Conclusion In obese nulliparous women, attempted vaginal delivery was not associated with increased composite maternal or neonatal morbidity. In obese parous women, attempted vaginal delivery was associated with increased composite maternal morbidity and lower composite neonatal morbidity. Level of evidence II.
Ah receptor expression in cardiomyocytes protects adult female mice from heart dysfunction induced by TCDD exposure

Epidemiological studies in humans and experimental work in rodents suggest that exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a persistent environmental toxicant, is associated with incidence of heart disease. Although TCDD toxicity depends by and large on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), the role of the cardiac AHR in TCDD induced cardiovascular disease is not well defined. To determine whether the Ahr gene mediates disruption of heart function by TCDD, we generated a cardiomyocyte-specific Ahr knockout mouse by crossing Ahr(fx/fx) mice with βMhc:cre/+ mice, in which expression of Cre recombinase is driven by the promoter of the βMhc (myosin heavy chain-beta) gene. Starting at three months of age, mice with cardiomyocyte-specific Ahr ablation were exposed to 1μg/kg/week of TCDD or control vehicle by oral gavage for an additional three months. Relative to unexposed controls, TCDD-exposure induced cardiomyocyte Ahr-independent changes in males but not females, including a significant increase in body weight, blood pressure, and cardiac hypertrophy and a decrease in cardiac ejection fraction. TCDD exposure also induced cardiomyocyte Ahr-dependent changes in fibrosis and calcium signaling gene expression in both males and females. TCDD exposure appears to cause sexually dimorphic effects on heart function and induce fibrosis and changes in calcium signaling in both males and females through activation of the cardiomyocyte-specific Ahr.
Some biochemical and electrophoretic studies on purified prothrombin, factor VII (proconvertin) and factor X (Stuart).

1. Complete separation of prothrombin, factors VII and X has been achieved by conventional fractionation technic followed by starch gel electrophoresis. 2. The glycoprotein nature of bovine prothrombin has been confirmed. 3. In addition to hexose and hexosamine, substantial quantities of a hitherto unrecognized constituent, neuraminic acid, have been demonstrated. When included with the other carbohydrates, the total sugars comprise a substantial fraction of prothrombin. 4. In electrophoretic mobility the preponderance of proteins and total neuraminic acid correlate closely with the biologic prothrombin activity. 5. Scission of neuraminic acid by neuraminidase does not result in destruction of the prothrombin, which can subsequently still be converted to thrombin. 6. Significant quantities of neuraminic acid are also found in preparations rich in factors VII and X but devoid of prothrombin. These fractions are relatively low in protein. Here, too, cleavage of neuraminic acid does not destroy biologic activity. 7. Treatment with neuraminidase results in some changes in electrophoretic mobility of some of the protein, resulting in the appearance of a slower moving protein fraction devoid of biologic activity. The mobility of factor VII was slightly altered, but that of factor X remained unchanged.
TU-H-CAMPUS-TeP2-01: A Comparison of Noninvasive Techniques to Assess Radiation-Induced Lung Damage in Mice

Purpose: To evaluate the use of post-irradiation changes in respiratory rate and CBCT-based morphology as predictors of survival in mice. Methods: C57L/J mice underwent whole-thorax irradiation with a Co-60 beam to four different doses [0Gy (n=3), 9Gy (n=5), 11Gy (n=7), and 13Gy (n=5)] in order to induce varying levels of pneumonitis. Respiratory rate measurements, breath-hold CBCTs, and free-breathing CBCTs were acquired pre-irradiation and at six time points between two and seven months post-irradiation. For respiratory rate measurements, we developed a novel computer-vision-based technique. We recorded mice sleeping in standard laboratory cages with a 30 fps, 1080p webcam (Logitech C920). We calculated respiratory rate using corner detection and optical flow to track cyclical motion in the fur in the recorded video. Breath-hold and free-breathing CBCTs were acquired on the X-RAD225Cx system. For breathhold imaging, the mice were intubated and their breath was held at full-inhale for 20 seconds. Healthy lung tissue was delineated in the scans using auto-threshold contouring (0–0.7 g/cm3). The volume of healthy lung was measured in each of the scans. Next, lung density was measured in a 6-mm2 ROI in a fixed anatomic location in each of the scans. Results: Day-to-day variability in respiratory rate with our technique was 13%. All metrics except for breath-hold lung volume were correlated with survival: lung density on free-breathing (r=−0.7482,p<0.01) and breath-hold images (r=−0.5864,p<0.01), free-breathing lung volume (r=0.7179,p<0.01), and respiratory rate (r= 0.6953,p<0.01). Lung density on free-breathing scans was correlated with respiratory rate (r=0.7142,p<0.01) and lung density on breath-hold scans (r=0.5543,p<0.01). One significant practical hurdle in the CBCT measurements was that at least one lobe of the lung was collapsed in 36% of free-breathing scans and 45% of breath-hold scans. Conclusion: Lung density and lung volume on free-breathing CBCTs and respiratory rate outperform breath-hold CBCT measurements as indicators for survival from radiation-induced pneumonitis. This work was partially funded by Elekta.
Short-Term/Working Memory

Publisher Summary Short-term memories are the active contents of mind, and are typically conceived in psychological theory as the by-products, or end results, of a perceptual analysis. A more inclusive term, working memory, is used to refer to the internal machinery that collectively selects short-term memories, maintains them in an active state, and underlies most on-line psychological functioning. The development of internal machinery that keeps the by-products of perceptual analyses in an active state is clearly adaptive. This chapter focuses on the creation, storage, and recovery of short-term memories. The chapter discusses what it means to be part of the “active” contents of mind, including how the concept of activation is typically defined and measured as well as discusses some of the logical implications of this notion for theory. Some specific short-term storage mechanisms that have been proposed are reviewed and the interpretive tools that researchers typically employ for the analysis of short-term forgetting are examined. The chapter discusses briefly the retrieval processes in working memory and offers some speculations about the proper role of short-term memories in the current psychology of memory.
Isolated Cryptococcal neoformans Pleuritis in a Lung Cancer Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

The purposes of this study were to report and review the literature of an Isolated Cryptococcal neoformans Pleuritis. Cryptococcus neoformans is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality in humans, especially for those with underlying cellular immunity dysfunction. Disseminated disease can result often due to primary pulmonary inoculation; however, isolated disease to body cavity sites such as the pleural space is rare. We present a unique case of a 79-year-old man with a history of lung adenocarcinoma who presented with gradual onset of dyspnea. Chest radiograph revealed only a small left pleural effusion. Pleural fluid was exudative and positive for adenosine deaminase. It eventually grew Cryptococcus neoformans. There was no evidence of dissemination or parenchymal pulmonary involvement. We report a case of a 79-year-old man with prior lung adenocarcinoma and isolated C. neoformans pleuritis. A review of the available literature reveals that this finding is exceedingly rare.
Stress Concentrations in Plates Loaded over Small Areas

If a considerable pressure is applied within a small area as a transverse load on a plate or slab, a concentration of stress will occur within and around that area. This stress concentration differ...
Anthrax lethal toxin rapidly reduces c-Jun levels by inhibiting c-Jun gene transcription and promoting c-Jun protein degradation.

Anthrax is a life-threatening disease caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis, which expresses lethal factor and the receptor-binding protective antigen. These two proteins combine to form anthrax lethal toxin (LT), whose proximal targets are mitogen-activated kinase kinases (MKKs). However, the downstream mediators of LT toxicity remain elusive. Here we report that LT exposure rapidly reduces the levels of c-Jun, a key regulator of cell proliferation and survival. Blockade of proteasome-dependent protein degradation with the 26S proteasome inhibitor MG132 largely restored c-Jun protein levels, suggesting that LT promotes degradation of c-Jun protein. Using the MKK1/2 inhibitor U0126, we further show that MKK1/2–Erk1/2 pathway inactivation similarly reduces c-Jun protein, which was also restored by MG132 pre-exposure. Interestingly, c-Jun protein rebounded to normal levels 4 h following U0126 exposure but not after LT exposure. The restoration of c-Jun in U0126-exposed cells was associated with increased c-Jun mRNA levels and was blocked by inactivation of the JNK1/2 signaling pathway. These results indicate that LT reduces c-Jun both by promoting c-Jun protein degradation via inactivation of MKK1/2–Erk1/2 signaling and by blocking c-Jun gene transcription via inactivation of MKK4–JNK1/2 signaling. In line with the known functions of c-Jun, LT also inhibited cell proliferation. Ectopic expression of LT-resistant MKK2 and MKK4 variants partially restored Erk1/2 and JNK1/2 signaling in LT-exposed cells, enabling the cells to maintain relatively normal c-Jun protein levels and cell proliferation. Taken together, these findings indicate that LT reduces c-Jun protein levels via two distinct mechanisms, thereby inhibiting critical cell functions, including cellular proliferation.
Health professions faculty beliefs, confidence, use, and perceptions of organizational culture and readiness for EBP: A cross-sectional, descriptive survey.

Abstract Background Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential skill and ethical obligation for all practicing health professions clinicians because of its strong association with improved health outcomes. Emerging evidence suggests that faculty who prepare these clinicians lack proficiency to teach EBP. Objectives The purpose of this study was to describe; 1) health profession faculty beliefs about and confidence in their ability to teach and implement EBP, 2) use of EBP for education, 3) organizational culture and readiness for EBP; and to determine whether relationships exist among these variables. Design This study used a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design. Setting and Participants College of Nursing (CON) and College of Health Professions (CHP) faculty from a university located in the Northeast, United States. Faculty were defined as anyone teaching a course for the CON or CHP during the fall of 2016. Methods Faculty were invited to complete an electronic survey measuring EBP beliefs, EBP use, and EBP organizational culture and readiness. The survey was comprised of three tools developed specifically for health professions educators in 2010 by Fineout-Overholt & Melnyk. Results Sixty-nine faculty returned usable surveys (25.5% response rate). Mean EBP beliefs score was 89.49 (SD = 10.94) indicating respondents had a firm belief in and confidence in their ability to implement and teach EBP. Mean EBP use was 32.02 (SD = 20.59) indicating that respondents taught and implemented EBP between 1 and 3 times in the last 8-weeks. Mean EBP culture and readiness score was 90.20 (SD = 15.23) indicating essential movement toward a sustainable culture of college-wide integration of EBP. Mean scores for beliefs/confidence were higher for full-time clinical faculty compared to other groups [F(2, 55) = 0.075, p = 0.928; ηp2 = 0.003)]. Adjunct faculty reported higher EBP behaviors expected by health profession educators in the last 8-weeks compared to other groups [F(2, 55) = 0.251, p = 0.779; ηp2. =0.009)]. Adjunct faculty had the highest mean scores on OCRSIEP-E followed by full-time clinical faculty. These group differences in OCRSIEP-E were statistically significant [F(2, 49) = 7.92, p = 0.001; ηp2 = 0.244)]. OCRSIEP-E was significantly different between full-time tenure/tenure track faculty (M = 78.0, SD = 12.58) and full-time clinical faculty (M = 91.37, SD = 14.79, p = 0.027) and between full-time tenure/tenure track faculty and adjunct faculty (M = 97.19, SD = 12.39, p = 0.001). Conclusions Faculty adoption of EBP as a foundational pillar of teaching is essential. Research is needed to define the scope of the problem internationally. Organizations need to set standards for faculty teaching in the health professions to be EBP proficient. Programs preparing faculty to teach in nursing and other health professions must include educator EBP competencies.
Immigration Policy and Partisan Politics in the State Legislatures: 2010–2012

In 2010, the Arizona state legislature debated, and ultimately passed, a restrictive omnibus state-level immigration reform, widely referred to by the bill’s Arizona Senate number, SB-1070. This legislation originated with the growing frustration within the Republican Party with the country’s broken immigration system, in particular the large number of undocumented immigrants residing in the country, and with the stalemate on the issue that existed in Washington, DC. The introduction and passage of SB-1070 inspired a wave of similar legislation in a host of other states throughout the country. Primarily, Republican legislative leaders and legislators utilized the legislation to burnish their conservative credentials on the hot-button issue of immigration, while simultaneously sending a message to President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats (as well as to congressional Republicans) that they considered the current immigration status quo to be unacceptable.
Behavioral Intervention in a Pediatric Setting

While psychologists have worked with children for many years, recognition of pediatric psychology as a distinct area, having some relationship to child psychology but differing in many ways, is a relatively recent phenomenon. The term pediatric psychology appears originally to have been proposed by Wright in an article in the American Psychologist in 1967. The Society of Pediatric Psychology was founded in 1968, and publication of the Pediatric Psychology newsletter began in 1969. In 1976, the name of the newsletter was changed to the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
The Complex Dynamics of Team Situation Awareness in Human-Autonomy Teaming

This study explores how Human-Autonomy Teams work together in a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) to overcome three types of degraded conditions, including automation and autonomy failures, and malicious attack. The two human participants were informed that the pilot was a “synthetic” agent that has limited communication capacity. For in-depth exploratory analysis, we identified one high- and one low- performing team in terms of overcoming failures and malicious attack, and then we used nonlinear dynamical methods to understand how human-autonomy interactions might affect overall Team Situation Awareness (TSA) in terms of level of complexity. We first produced Joint Recurrence Plots (JRP) to demonstrate predictability of team communication behavior during the TSA. After that, in order to identify how flexible the team was during degraded conditions, we examined entropy across four layers to represent RPAS:communication - chat-based interactions; vehicle - the RPA itself; control - user interface; and system - total activity of all layers. Results from the JRP showed that the high performing team communicated more effectively than the low performing team during the all three types of failures, while the entropy analysis showed that the high performing team appeared to be more flexible in their communication and overall system patterns.
Method for Extracting the Effective Tensor Surface Impedance Function From Nonuniform, Anisotropic, Conductive Patterns

A patterning technique known as the point shifting method has enabled the generation of smoothly varying and highly anisotropic impedance surfaces with a wide range of patch sizes and shapes. Previously, the surface impedances of different shapes of unit cells were assumed by the impedance of similar size rectangle cells. In this paper, we study an approach to calculate the surface impedances for anisotropic polygon unit cells more accurately, based on the area moment of inertia equations. We define an alternative unit cell called the equivalent rectangle, which has the same tensor impedance properties of a general polygon unit cell in the surface impedance pattern. The size of the equivalent rectangle cell is calculated by using the moment of inertia equations between the polygon and the rectangle. The extracted surface impedance from the equivalent rectangle is compared to the surface impedance of polygon in the unit cell simulation, validating our method. We also verify the method by comparing the results between PEC patterns and impedance boundary sheets to which the extracted impedances are applied. Simulations of the patterns are verified by measurements as well.
Clinics as classrooms: assessing patient knowledge and satisfaction following stroke video education (P1.007)

Objective: To create a stroke education video and study its impact in stroke clinic with regards to patient satisfaction and knowledge acquisition. Background: Excellent medical care includes providing patient education, but most clinics do not emphasize this. We are exploring the use of video education in the stroke clinic, as this patient population may particularly benefit from secondary stroke prevention teaching. Design/Methods: Stroke patients coming for routine hospital follow-up were enrolled and randomized to either watch an educational stroke video or receive standard care. Patients were stratified by education level, with patients going beyond high school categorized as highly educated. Both groups took a pre- and post-visit test as well as a post-visit satisfaction survey. We hypothesized that knowledge acquisition, judged by improvement in test score, and satisfaction scores would both be greater in the video group. Test scores were expected to positively correlate with satisfaction. Results: Forty patients were enrolled to date. Preliminary data demonstrated patients were positive (n=11) or neutral (n=4) about the video. Both groups were highly satisfied with their visit, and a two-tailed t-test demonstrated no difference in satisfaction between groups (p=0.89). A linear regression showed a trend for the highly educated patients in the video group having an improvement in test score after the visit (p=0.069). Further enrollment of patients is needed to better assess this. In both groups, there was a correlation between post-test scores and satisfaction scores (R=0.37, p=0.03). Conclusions: Based on this preliminary data, stroke patients enjoy video education in clinic. However, as patients in both groups were highly satisfied, it remains unclear whether video education increases overall satisfaction. Highly-educated patients may benefit more from video education, but further enrollment will clarify this. A positive correlation between post-visit test score and satisfaction indicates that clinics should prioritize patient education. Disclosure: Dr. Tisel has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rieman, has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hodges has nothing to disclose. Dr. Desai, has nothing to disclose. Dr. Haynes, has nothing to disclose. Dr Gwathmey has nothing to disclose.
Management of Chronic Ulnar Neuropathy

Management of chronic ulnar neuropathy remains a complex problem without simple solutions. Any surgeon caring for patients suffering from chronic ulnar neuropathy must be able to recognize the impairment patterns, accurately assess the degree of nerve dysfunction, and assess the recovery potential before formulating and implementing a treatment plan. This chapter provides an overview of the management of chronic ulnar neuropathy, beginning with patient evaluation and then discussing some of the more common clinical scenarios and available treatments.
Investigation and Characterization of a Robust Nanocomposite Preformed Particle Gel for Enhanced Oil Recovery

A robust starch-grafted nanocomposite preformed particle gel (SN-PPG) with superior viscoelasticity and thermal stability is developed to improve the oil recovery. The effects of a cross-linker, an...
International Tourism Dynamics in a Globalized World: A Social Network Analysis Approach

A complex network of tourism has emerged in the globalized world, but there is little research on the dynamics of global tourism networks and the underlying forces that affect those dynamics. Using...
Understanding the effect of repeated administration of meloxicam on feline renal cortex and medulla: A lipidomics and metabolomics approach.

Repeated administration of meloxicam can cause kidney damage in cats by mechanisms that remain unclear. Metabolomics and lipidomics are powerful, noninvasive approaches used to investigate tissue response to drug exposure. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the effects of meloxicam on the feline kidney using untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics approaches. Female young-adult purpose-breed cats were allocated into the control (n = 4) and meloxicam (n = 4) groups. Cats in the control and meloxicam groups were treated daily with saline and meloxicam at 0.3 mg/kg subcutaneously for 17 days, respectively. Renal cortices and medullas were collected at the end of the treatment period. Random forest and metabolic pathway analyses were used to identify metabolites that discriminate meloxicam-treated from saline-treated cats and to identify disturbed metabolic pathways in renal tissue. Our results revealed that the repeated administration of meloxicam to cats altered the kidney metabolome and lipidome and suggest that at least 40 metabolic pathways were altered in the renal cortex and medulla. These metabolic pathways included lipid, amino acid, carbohydrate, nucleotide and energy metabolisms, and metabolism of cofactors and vitamins. This is the first study using a pharmacometabonomics approach for studying the molecular effects of meloxicam on feline kidneys.
Who governs here? Informal resource extraction, state enforcement, and conflict in Ghana

Abstract Over the past two decades, “illegal” natural resource extraction has become a significant driver of environmental change and social conflict across the Global South. In response, numerous Sub-Saharan African states have engaged in governance reforms that heed calls to securitize – or, establish and consolidate state control over – natural resources. In Ghana, securitization has served to entrench the informal economy as domestic producers, marginalized in the process of reform, continue to utilize non-state institutions to maintain access. While the Ghanaian state has branded “illegal” resource extraction a major environmental, social, and national security concern, it has responded to this threat unevenly; it has violently enforced its authority in some contexts but remained relatively indifferent in others. This article explores the phenomenon of selective enforcement to explain patterns of violence that have emerged between state and society in response to both securitization and informality. Drawing on a multimethod approach, I find that natural resource governance authority remains fragmented across resource contexts, and that the configuration of authority and interests on the ground shapes the extent of state intervention. I propose a natural resource typology that identifies when the state is most likely to enforce its authority, and the degree of violent conflict likely to result. Ultimately, I contend that domestic patterns of enforcement are shaped primarily by: 1) competition with local power holders over resource entitlements and 2) global conservation and extraction priorities. While specific to Ghana, this argument can provide important insights into the relationship between informal extraction, state enforcement, and social conflict in other Global South contexts.
Achievement goal orientation and stimulant misuse in college students.

Objective: The prevalence of stimulant medication misuse is rising in college students. Motivations to use stimulant medications differ from motivation to use other substances such as alcohol or ca...
Is Tapering Enteroplasty an Alternative to Resection of Dilated Bowel in Small Intestinal Atresia

Abstract Background Intestinal atresia is a congenital defect resulting in intestinal discontinuity and can be associated with significant morbidity related to intestinal failure. The bowel proximal to the atresia is often significantly dilated and dysfunctional. The treatment approaches of this dilated bowel include resection with primary anastomosis versus tapering enteroplasty with preservation of bowel length. The purpose of this study was to compare these two approaches in regard to bowel function as characterized by the time to full enteral feeding. Methods A retrospective review was performed of intestinal atresia repair performed at a tertiary referral pediatric hospital from 2007 to 2017. Length of stay, time to full enteral feeds, and complications were assessed in patients who underwent repair with tapering enteroplasty (n = 8) and compared with those who underwent resection and anastomosis (n = 39). Results The median age at surgery, gender distribution, weeks gestational age (WGA), location of the atresia, and comorbidities were similar between the two groups. Overall, there was no statistically significant difference in length of stay and time to full enteral feeds between groups. Three of eight (38%) patients in the tapered group and five of 39 patients (13%; P = 0.12) in the nontapered group underwent further surgical exploration because of bowel dysmotility. Factors associated with longer length of hospital stay were abdominal reoperation and WGA, and factors associated with longer time to full enteral feeds were WGA, abdominal reoperation, and gastroschisis. Conclusions Tapering enteroplasty at initial operation for intestinal atresias preserves bowel length and has statistically equivalent outcomes to resection and anastomosis in regard to the length of stay and time to full enteral feeds.
Poster: Enabling Wideband Full-Duplex Wireless via Frequency-Domain Equalization

Full-duplex (FD) wireless can significantly enhance spectrum efficiency but requires tremendous amount of self-interference (SI) cancellation. Recent advances in the RFIC community enabled wideband RF SI cancellation (SIC) in integrated circuits (ICs) via frequency-domain equalization (FDE), where reconfigurable RF filters are used to channelize the SI signal path. In [2], we designed and implemented an FDE-based RF canceller on a printed circuit board (PCB). We also presented an optimized canceller configuration scheme based on the derived canceller model, and extensively evaluated the performance of the FDE-based FD radios in a software-defined radio (SDR) testbed in different network settings.
Standard Sirens as a novel probe of dark energy

Cosmological models with a dynamical dark energy field typically lead to a modified propagation of gravitational waves via an effectively time-varying gravitational coupling $G(t)$. The local variation of this coupling between the time of emission and detection can be probed with standard sirens. Here we discuss the role that lunar laser ranging (LLR) and binary pulsar constraints play in the prospects of constraining $G(t)$ with standard sirens. In particular, we argue that LLR constrains the matter-matter gravitational coupling ${G}_{N}(t)$, whereas binary pulsars and standard sirens constrain the quadratic kinetic gravity self-interaction ${G}_{gw}(t)$. Generically, these two couplings could be different in alternative cosmological models, in which case LLR constraints are irrelevant for standard sirens. We use the Hulse-Taylor pulsar data and show that observations are highly insensitive to time variations of ${G}_{gw}(t)$ yet highly sensitive to ${G}_{N}(t)$. We thus conclude that future gravitational waves data will become the best probe to test ${G}_{gw}(t)$, and will hence provide novel constraints on dynamical dark energy models.