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A Computational Workbench for Remote Full Field 3D Displacement and Strain Measurements

The present paper reports on the progress towards the development of a computational workbench infrastructure that implements the Meshless Random Grid (MRG) method for the remote (non contact) measurement of displacement and strain fields in 3D space. The method is applicable to structures bounded by flat surfaces that deform under various mechanical and generalized loading conditions in and out of plane. A brief description of the 3D MRG method is followed by the description of the current prototype of a software workbench developed for the computational implementation of the algorithms involved with the analysis display and export of the experimental results associated with any specific applications of the method.Copyright © 2011 by ASME
The deformation of confined, incompetent layers in folding

Shearing stresses acting on an incompetent layer confined between competent beds during its deformation in the development of folds, differ from those commonly accepted as the cause of a number of minor structures associated with the deformation. It is suggested that the effect of bedding drag is negligible, and that the structures described as slaty cleavage, fracture cleavage, and drag folds can be explained by the laminar flow of the incompetent material whilst accommodating itself to the interspaces determined by the more competent layers.
Envisioning the Next WHO Head and Neck Classification

The next WHO classification should abandon “salivary duct carcinoma”; conventional salivary duct carcinoma should be classified as “high-grade salivary duct carcinoma”. Low-grade salivary duct carcinoma should replace the current nosology of “low-grade cribriform cystadenocarcinoma”. Cystadenocarcinoma should be classified with the descriptor “Not Otherwise Specified” and should be considered an exclusionary diagnostic category. On the other hand, “Not Otherwise Specified” does not fit for hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma (HCCC). The EWSR1-ATF1 fusion is specific for HCCC within the context of salivary neoplasia. We recommend adding “hyalinizing” even though this feature is not present in all cases; the benefit of which is the mental association with a salivary clear cell malignancy. Sinonasal Renal Cell-like Adenocarcinoma (SNRCLA) is a distinct clear cell neoplasm and should be added to the next WHO classification. Future studies will bear out whether SNRCLA is even a low-grade carcinoma, or may be reclassified as “adenoma”. Lastly, the next WHO monograph should include the Risk Model in the general introductory statements on oral squamous cell carcinoma, under a subheading of “Histological Prognosticators”. The positive predictive value for developing locoregional recurrence in patients with low-stage oral cavity squamous carcinoma (OSCC) and “worst pattern of invasion type-5” (WPOI-5) is 42 %. Low-stage high-risk OSCC with a combination of features other than WPOI-5 is associated with 32 % likelihood for locoregional progression. WPOI-5 also predicts occult metastatic disease (p = 0.0001, Chi squared, 2 DF). Thus the Risk Model can also be used to make decisions regarding staged elective neck dissections.
Statistics of the beacon and high-energy laser wavefronts in airborne laser

In this work, the application of adaptive optics to the Airborne Laser is considered. The objective is to determine the statistics of the Zernike polynomial coefficients of the phase of the beacon and high energy laser wavefronts. The process of determining the covariance matrix of the phase expansion coefficients of the inbound (beacon) and outbound (high energy laser) wavefront phases is outlined. This work differs from previous research in that it exclusively focuses on the Airborne Laser engagement kinematics. Specifically, the temporal dependence of the above mentioned covariance matrix is determined with appropriate modifications to previous work. Atmospheric wind is neglected due to the large virtual wind induced by the aperture and target velocities. This requires the Taylor's frozen flow hypothesis be modified. Moreover, due to the finite distance between the receiving/transmitting apertures and the target, spherical wavefronts must be used throughout the development.© (1998) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Hematological and Chemical Characteristics Associated with Precocious Male Chinook Salmon Fingerlings

Abstract Hematology, blood chemistry, glycogen levels, and plasma protein composition were measured on samples of female, male, and precocious male fingerlings, male yearlings, and 2-year-old jack chinook salmon. Precocious male fingerlings varied from immature fingerlings in levels of total plasma protein, cholesterol, and various plasma protein fractions, and were more similar in characteristics to jack salmon and yearlings.
Capsules and Separation

We study a formulation of separation logic using capsules, a representation of the state of a computation in higher-order programming languages with mutable variables. We prove soundness of the frame rule in this context and investigate alternative formulations with weaker side conditions.
Time Spectra of Filtered Resonance Radiation of Fe 57

An experiment employing the Mossbauer effect in Fe/sup 57/ is described which illustrates the connection between the observed rate of decay of a nuclear state and the spectrum of the radiation with which the observation is made. (C.J.G.)
Breast phantom for ion chamber dosimetry

Abstract For studies of breast treatment techniques, a water phantom has been developed which allows high accuracy dose measurements using an ion chamber. The phantom is made from the torso of a female mannequin, which is supported so that it can be positioned either supine or prone. The back of the mannequin has been cut away to allow the phantom to be filled with water when positioned prone. The phantom can be simulated, planned, and treated in the manner of a patient. During “treatment” (prone rather than supine), ion chamber measurements can be made at any desired point within (or outside) the treatment volume. The ion chamber support system accurately assigns an (x, y, z) coordinate to each detector position within the phantom.
More on the idiosyncratic effects of cocaine on the human heart

Recreational cocaine use in the US is widespread, affecting more than 30 million people. Cocaine is responsible for more emergency department visits and hospital admissions than any other drug.1 Owing to its ability to interfere with the sodium channel, cocaine intoxication is often associated with electrocardiographic changes, indicative of acute myocardial ischaemia with ST segment elevation and other ST changes, …
Risk of Dementia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Compared with Hemodialysis Patients

BackgroundCompared with similarly aged controls, patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a higher prevalence of cognitive impairment and more rapid cognitive decline, which is not explain...
Elucidation of the Interaction of Calmodulin with the IQ Motifs of IQGAP1

Calmodulin regulates the function of numerous proteins by binding to short regions on the target molecule. IQ motifs, which are found in over 100 human proteins, appear in tandem repeats and bind calmodulin in the absence of Ca2+. One of these IQ-containing proteins, IQGAP1, interacts with several targets, including Cdc42, β-catenin, E-cadherin, and actin, in a calmodulin-regulated manner. To elucidate the molecular mechanism by which apocalmodulin and Ca2+/calmodulin differentially regulate IQGAP1, a series of constructs of IQGAP1 with selected point mutations of the four tandem IQ motifs were generated. Mutating the basic charged arginine residues in all four IQ motifs abrogated binding of IQGAP1 to apocalmodulin, but had no effect on its interaction with Ca2+/calmodulin. Analysis of IQGAP1 constructs with point mutations in single, double, or triple IQ motifs revealed that apocalmodulin bound only to IQ3 and IQ4. By contrast to the arginine mutant constructs, mutation of selected hydrophobic residues in the IQ motifs produced an IQGAP1 protein incapable of binding either apocalmodulin or Ca2+/calmodulin. These results, which differ from the conventional model of Ca2+-independent binding of calmodulin to IQ motifs, provide insight into the complexity of the molecular interactions between calmodulin and IQ motifs.
The retina as a nutritionally responsive tissue

Evaluation of: Richer S, Devenport J, Lang JC: Differential temporal responses of macular pigment optical density in patients with atrophic age-related macular degeneration to dietary supplementation with xanthophylls. Optometry 78, 213–219 (2007) [1]. The Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial (LAST) was conducted to evaluate whether supplementation of an antioxidant cocktail, including, most notably, the carotenoid lutein, would improve visual function in patients with early age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration is the most common form of blindness in the USA and supplementation did, in fact, improve many of the visual functions tested in LAST. These visual improvements were strongly linked to increases in the amount of lutein and zeaxanthin within the retina (termed macular pigment) that resulted from the intervention. LAST II was therefore designed to determine what specific characteristics identified those patients whose retinas responded most strongly to the supplement...
Plasma BNP/NT-proBNP assays: what do they target and what else might they recognize?

Commercial assays for B-type natriuretic peptide and the amino-terminus NT-proBNP have been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are now widely used biomarkers for heart failure diagnosis, staging, and risk stratification for future adverse events. Increased concentrations of BNP and NT-proBNP are also predictive for cardiovascular deaths for patients who present with acute coronary syndromes, and some commercial assays have received clearance for this indication also. In the future, results of BNP and NT-proBNP testing may be important in monitoring outpatient drug therapy of heart failure patients and for screening for left ventricular dysfunction in patients who are asymptomatic for heart failure. None of the commercial assays have clearance for these latter indications to date, however.
An Integrative Approach to Cultural Competence Education for Advanced Practice Nurses

A project funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provided the impetus for the development of four cultural competence modules taught in a graduate program at a university-bas...
The Use of Hazard and Precautionary Symbols on GHS Safety Data Sheets

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has not been adopted by OSHA, but it has the potential to impact the format of every safety data sheet (SDS) used in commerce today. This preliminary investigation attempts to investigate the impact of the use of hazard and precautionary symbols on SDS. Participants were able to refer to a SDS, either with or without hazard and precautionary symbols depending on the trial, to assist them in completing an on-line questionnaire. The presence of the precautionary symbols was significant for one pair of SDS, but there were no significant differences found between questionnaire scores for SDS with hazard symbols and SDS with no symbols or the other pair of SDS with precautionary symbols. The participants correctly responded to an average of 72% of the material on the survey. Participants self-reported they referred to the SDS 66% of the time to respond to seven yes/no questions. Language: en
Habitat-Distribution Modeling of a Recolonizing Black Bear, Ursus americanus , Population in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas

Black Bears ( Ursus americanus ) were once widespread across Texas, but their numbers were reduced in the early 1900s. Recolonization of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas has occurred via bears migrating northward from Mexico. Recent bear sightings have increased in this area. This could be an indication that the population in Texas is beginning to recover, but the population will continue to expand only if there is suitable habitat to occupy. To help identify suitable habitat and restoration areas, we developed a predictive habitat-distribution model by using records of Black Bear sightings from 1996 to 2003 to map the species' distribution. Using Bayesian statistics, we modeled the probability of occurrence of Black Bears in the Trans-Pecos region based on sighting locations. We used GIS layers for land use/landcover, elevation, water sources, and road networks to obtain covariates in our modeling. We used a 10-fold cross-validation to test the effectiveness of using sighting data. Our results indicated a negative association with bare areas, agriculture, and grassland landcovers. In addition, southern aspect, elevation, distance to water, slope, and western aspect also influenced suitable habitat. Both the original and validation datasets correctly classified bear sightings 93.9% and 93.7% of the time, respectively. Our model can be used to target restoration efforts to enhance the ability of the Black Bear to expand in the Trans-Pecos region. It can also identify private landowners most likely to be affected by the expansion of Black Bears for education and cooperative efforts.
CREATION AND EVOLUTION: ANOTHER ROUND IN AN ANCIENT STRUGGLE

. Creation and evolution were historic allies against eternalism. However, Darwinism seemed to undercut cosmological theism and human dignity, and modern reconcilers of evolution and theology have not convinced opponents that they can preserve these concerns. Creationists find divine handiwork in natural order and freedom in human uniqueness. For them, even entropy and continuity of kinds are emblematic of the unity of nature and the needfulness of salvation. Anti-evolutionists’ impatience and frustration are not well answered by dogmatic or mythicized science. Neither is creation well served by reduction to merely empiric facts. Because creationism and evolutionism rest on the unabstractable categories of contingency and necessity, neither will disappear.
Intestinal Absorption of Amino Acid Derivatives: Structural Requirements for Membrane Hydrolysis

The intestinal absorption of L-lysine-p-nitroanilide, L-alanine-p-nitroanilide, and glycine-p-nitroanilide was studied in perfused rat intestine in the presence of a variety of potential competitive inhibitors. The results indicate that the hydrolysis site(s) show side-chain specificity, and that inhibitors require a free amino group in the alpha-position and must be in the L-configuration to be effective. Glycyl-L-proline, a peptide transport inhibitor, had no effect on the absorption rate.
Characteristics of Surface-Channel Strained Si 1-y C y n -MOSFETS

The first demonstration of n -MOSFETs fabricated using strained Si 1-y C y surface channels is reported. Tensile-strained Si 1-y C y layers with substitutional carbon contents up to 0.8 atomic percent were epitaxially grown on Si substrates by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition, using silane and methylsilane as the silicon and carbon precursors. n -MOSFETS were fabricated using standard MOS processing with reduced thermal exposure to minimize the possibility of strain relaxation. A remote plasma CVD oxide was employed to form the gate oxide. The Si 1-y C y devices exhibit electrical characteristics that are typical for Si n -MOSFETs, with good turn-on and subthreshold characteristics. MOS capacitance-voltage analysis demonstrates comparable oxide interface qualities for the Si 1-y C y and Si control devices. No carbon-related leakage current is observed in source and drain diode junctions. Characterization of the MOSFET electron inversion layer mobility at room temperature shows comparable mobilities, within the sensitivity of the measurement, for the Si 1-y C y and Si control devices. This is in contrast to the mobility enhancement observed in n -MOSFETs fabricated using tensile- strained Si grown on relaxed Si 1-x Ge x layers. At low temperatures, the inversion layer mobility of Si 1-y C y devices is lower than that of the Si controls, and appears to be affected by Coulomb and possibly random alloy scattering.
Menu driven user interface for home system

A new on-screen menu based user interface has been developed for a CEBus home system. Menus are generated in a system controller and distributed via CEBus network to TVs. This system provides virtual control panels throughout the house. >
Arthritis care: comparison of physicians' and patients' views.

Abstract Objectives: To understand the expressed needs of physicians and their patients with respect to arthritis care, identify areas of agreement and disagreement in doctor and patient views of arthritis care, and to determine the types of educational programs needed. Methods: Focus group interviews were conducted with 14 physicians of varied specialties and 12 patients with arthritis from Oxford Health Plans. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Analyses were performed by using text processing programs from the Unix computer operating system. Common themes were identified and summarized. Results: Physicians and patients agreed that pain and loss of functioning were the most important problems patients with arthritis faced and that arthritis was incurable. Both agreed that doctors need more time to discuss individual concerns with their patients. More information about diet and exercise and strategies for reducing social isolation were needed. Doctors and patients disagreed about the value of nutritional supplements, joint replacement, and referrals to specialists. Disagreement also existed regarding the belief that pain was an inevitable part of the aging process, and with respect to the use of drug and surgical therapy. Conclusions: Areas of agreement and disagreement were discussed. Collaboration and negotiation were identified as constructive responses to conflicts between physicians and patients. Patients need to be taught self-care strategies to minimize the impact of arthritis on their daily lives. The specific continuing education needs of physicians involved training in exercise, nutrition, occupational and physical therapy, prescriptions, and alternative medicine. Semin Arthritis Rheum 30:100-110. Copyright © 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company
Measurements of fundamental thermal induced phase fluctuations in the fiber of a Sagnac interferometer

We demonstrate measurements of fundamental thermal induced phase fluctuations in the fiber-loop of a Sagnac interferometer. Loop lengths of 1.1 and 2.2 km are considered, showing phase noise levels between /spl sim/0.2-1.4 /spl mu/rad rms//spl radic/(Hz) in the frequency range 1-100 kHz. Good agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated. We show that the frequency dependent noise floor can have a considerable impact on threshold detection's for a Sagnac based sensor for detection of reciprocal measurands, as well as on the random walk coefficient in fiber optic gyroscopes. >
Cardiac Troponin I Phosphorylation Increases the Rate of Cardiac Muscle Relaxation

Cardiac troponin (Tn) I (CTnI), compared with skeletal TnI, contains extra amino acids (32 to 33) at its amino terminus, including two adjacent serine residues. These two serine residues are believed to be phosphorylated by protein kinase A (PKA) upon stimulation of the heart by beta-agonists. In this study, we found that phosphorylation of a cardiac skinned muscle preparation by PKA, mainly at CTnI, results in a decrease in the Ca2+ sensitivity of muscle contraction. The pCa50 decreased by approximately 0.27 +/- 0.06 pCa units upon phosphorylation. To study cardiac muscle relaxation, we used diazo-2, a photolabile Ca2+ chelator with a low Ca2+ affinity in its intact form that is converted to a high-affinity form after photolysis. We found that the rate of cardiac muscle relaxation increased from a time of half-relaxation (t1/2) = 110 +/- 10 milliseconds to t1/2 = 70 +/- 8 milliseconds after CTnI phosphorylation. This result demonstrates that CTnI phosphorylation can be linked with the increased rate of muscle relaxation in a relatively intact muscle preparation. Since CTnI phosphorylation has been shown previously to affect the Ca2+ affinity and Ca2+ off-rate of CTnC in vitro, it is likely that the faster relaxation seen here reflects faster dissociation of Ca2+ from cardiac TnC (CTnC). Model calculations show that increased dissociation of Ca2+ from CTnC, coupled with the faster uptake of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum stimulated by PKA phosphorylation of phospholamban, can account for the faster relaxation seen in the inotropic response of the heart to catecholamines.
Hebbian modification of a hippocampal population pattern in the rat

1. The study of the physiological role of long-term potentiation (LTP) is often hampered by the challenge of finding a physiological event that can be used to assess synaptic strength. We explored the possibility of utilising a naturally occurring event, the hippocampal sharp wave (SPW), for the assessment of synaptic strength and the induction of LTP in vivo. 2. We used two methods in which hippocampal cells were either recorded intracellularly or extracellularly in vivo. In both cases, a linear association between the magnitude of the SPW and cellular responsiveness was observed. 3. LTP was induced by depolarising cells during SPWs by either direct intracellular current injection or extracellular microstimulation adjacent to the cell body. Both of these approaches led to an increase in the slope of the linear association between SPWs and cellular responsiveness. 4. This change was achieved without a rise in overall cell excitability, implying that the synapses providing input to CA1 cells during sharp waves had undergone potentiation. 5. Our findings show that the Hebbian pairing of cellular activation with spontaneous, naturally occurring synaptic events is capable of inducing LTP.
Sarcocystis in free-ranging herbivores on the National Bison Range.

Heart, esophagus, diaphragm and skeletal muscle tissue obtained from various herbivores on the National Bison Range were examined grossly for Sarcocystis. Sarcocystis was found in 81,50,50, and 13% of the mule deer, (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (O. virginianus), elk (Cervus elaphus), and bison (Bison bison), respectively.
Dilute Random Distribution of Small Chiral Ellipsoids in a Chiral Fluid: Optical Properties

An integral equation method has been used to derive the polarizabilities of a small chiral ellipsoid immersed in a chiral fluid. These polarizabilities are then used to obtain the effective electromagnetic/optical properties of a dilute random suspension consisting of randomly-oriented, ellipsoidal, chiral particles in a chiral fluid. The optical rotation and the circular dichroism of the suspension are obtained.
Differences in proliferation of the hematopoietic cell line TF-1 and cytokine production by peripheral blood leukocytes induced by 2 naturally occurring forms of human IL-3 ☆ ☆☆

Abstract Background: A naturally occurring polymorphism in the coding region of the human IL3 gene leads to a change in amino acid residue 8 from proline to serine. Objective: We sought to determine whether the 2 different forms of IL-3 varied in function. These different forms are available as recombinant proteins (recombinant human IL-3/proline 8 [rhIL-3/P8] and recombinant human IL-3/serine 8 [rhIL-3/S8]). Methods: The erythroleukemic cell line TF-1 was incubated with varying concentrations of rhIL-3/P8 or rhIL-3/S8 to determine the capacity of each type of IL-3 to induce proliferation. Human leukocytes were primed with rhIL-3/P8 or rhIL-3/S8 for up to 24 hours and then stimulated with anti-IgE and assessed for leukotrienes (LTs), IL-4, and TNF-α. Results: Proliferation of TF-1 cells was induced by both forms of IL-3 at 48 and 72 hours but to a greater degree by rhIL-3/P8. In contrast, the mean fold increase over control values of LT and IL-4 production was higher after priming the cells with rhIL-3/S8 versus rhIL-3/P8. Additionally, TNF-α production was greater (and reached significance only) for rhIL-3/S8. This activity was independent of IgE and thus directly stimulated by IL-3. Studies with basophil-enriched and basophil-depleted cell preparations revealed that LT production was evident only from the former and TNF-α only from the latter. Conclusion: We conclude that the 2 naturally occurring forms of human IL-3 have similar spectra of activities on cells with IL-3 receptors, but the 2 forms have reversed relative efficacies for promoting proliferation (rhIL-3/P8 > rhIL-3/S8) compared with priming or inducing mediator secretion (rhIL-3/S8 > rhIL-3/P8). (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;107:505-10.)
LP Education as a Path to LP Implementation

Mathematical programming was one of numerous important areas of research and application which, by the 1960's, called for wide-ranging new educational developments. What was scarcely thought about---while mathematical programming research was in its heyday---was that the field was in transition from being “research-driven” to being “education-driven.” Education was beginning to replace research as the fountainhead of further research and application. Only if research were to continue to produce new basic results at the rate of the 50's and 60's could it be otherwise. Indeed it has been clear for the last few years that the field has settled down to being education-driven. It seems timely in this perspective to look back at some of the history of the educational side, to take note of its current status, and to give thought to its future.
Modeling Air-Cooled Heat Sinks as Heat Exchangers

Heat sink performance is generally described by quoting its thermal resistance, Rth, in degrees C per Watt. When Rth is based on data, it can be relied on. When it is predicted, there may be problems. Rth=1/hAeff, the 'convective resistance model', can over-predict the heat transfer by more than 100%. Adding a 'fluid resistance' can get to the right result, but the most reliable approach is to use heat exchanger theory, which many workers have done. The intent of this paper is to point out why heat exchanger theory is the most appropriate approach for predicting the thermal resistance of a heat sink, and to illustrate some of the benefits of that approach, including some new possibilities for compact models. There is no claim to originality: many others have used, and are still using, heat exchanger theory in this way.
A Self-Regulatory Approach to Classroom Management: Empowering Students and Teachers.

AbstractDevelopment of motivation and self-regulated learning skills can take classroom management beyond the role of maintaining order in the classroom to empower students and teachers for lifetime learning. The authors describe self-regulated learning, student strategies, and the classroom structure that supports motivation and self-regulation.
AGE‐ AND GENDER‐BASED ROLE INCONGRUENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE MASTERY AND OBSERVED LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AMONG PERSONNEL IN A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Using archival data from 972 military officers who participated in a 5-week team-based leadership development program, the authors tested 5 hypotheses concerning the implications of age- and gender-based role incongruence for individuals’ mastery of 2 knowledge categories and their observed leadership potential (OLP). As hypothesized, greater age was related to less mastery of both teamwork knowledge and strategy knowledge, whereas female gender was related to less mastery of strategy knowledge only. Another focus was on possible evaluative bias in OLP, with individuals’ knowledge mastery and career-relevant circumstantial factors taken into account. Notably, knowledge mastery partially explained the appreciable overall relationship of age with OLP, yet fully explained the modest overall relationship of gender with OLP. Therefore, some evaluative bias existed for age but not gender. The overall pattern of results revealed that an intrapersonal consequence (i.e., knowledge mastery) of demographic-based role incongruence overshadowed any interpersonal bias in evaluation, pointing to a new direction for theory and research.
AAO-HNSF CORE grant acquisition is associated with greater scholarly impact.

ObjectiveTo determine whether receiving funding from the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) grant program is associated with career choice (in terms of practice setting) and scholarly impact.Study Design and SettingExamination of bibliometrics among academic otolaryngologists, including CORE grants funding history.MethodsAn Internet search was conducted to determine the current practice setting and, for academic otolaryngologists, academic rank of individuals receiving CORE grants since 1985. The Scopus database was used to determine scholarly impact, as measured by the h-index, and publication experience (in years) of these practitioners along with a “control” cohort of nonfunded academic otolaryngologists.ResultsOf 432 unique individuals receiving CORE grant funding since 1985, 44.4% are currently academicians. This cohort had a higher h-index (mean, 11.9; median, 10; interquartile range [IQR], 6-18) than thei...
Experiences of opioid-dependent women in their prenatal and postpartum care: Implications for social workers in health care

The prevalence of prescription opioid abuse has increased nationally in the last decade with increased incidence rates reported among pregnant women. This was a qualitative study designed to understand the role of pregnant women with an opioid use disorder participating in medical decision making regarding their prenatal care while addressing their addiction. Group interviews were conducted with postpartum women who self-identified as opioid dependent during their pregnancy, and the data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Social workers in the health care setting are an integral part of the interdisciplinary team in caring for pregnant and postpartum opioid-dependent women. Social workers are ideal in creating stigma reduction strategies, peer and professional supports, and comprehensive coordinated care. A social justice-based practice may be a framework to utilize when caring for this unique population.
Abstract 20349: Comparison of Health Literacy by Race and Gender Among Heart Failure Patients

Background: Heart failure affects Blacks at a disproportionate rate compared with Whites. Effective self-management programs, including those involving technology have been shown to improve clinica...
Concomitant K- and N-ras gene point mutations in clonal murine lymphoma.

Abstract We have surveyed a panel of induced murine lymphomas for c-ras gene mutations. The K-ras gene seems to be preferentially activated in our system, and there are at least two examples of concomitant K- and N-ras gene mutations in the same tumor. This indicates that in some cases additional ras mutations may contribute to tumorigenesis and is evidence for a role of ras activation in tumor progression.
Association of echo virus type 6 with aseptic meningitis.

SummaryIn a study of vaccinated and non-vaccinated “poliomyelitis” patients in Connecticut during the summer and fall of 1955. 78% of the paralytic, but only 50% of the nonparalytic, cases yielded ...
Phosphorus Doping of Boron Carbon Alloys

Phosphorus doped boron carbon alloy films were made by chemical vapor deposition from a single source compound, dimeric chloro-phospha(III) carburane ((C2B10H10)2(PCl)2). Phosphorus doped B5C materials exhibit increases in the band gap from 0.9 eV to 2.6 eV.
Image reconstruction for robot assisted ultrasound tomography

An investigation of several image reconstruction methods for robot-assisted ultrasound (US) tomography setup is presented. In the robot-assisted setup, an expert moves the US probe to the location of interest, and a robotic arm automatically aligns another US probe with it. The two aligned probes can then transmit and receive US signals which are subsequently used for tomographic reconstruction. This study focuses on reconstruction of the speed of sound. In various simulation evaluations as well as in an experiment with a millimeter-range inaccuracy, we demonstrate that the limited data provided by two probes can be used to reconstruct pixel-wise images differentiating between media with different speeds of sound. Combining the results of this investigation with the developed robot-assisted US tomography setup, we envision feasibility of this setup for tomographic imaging in applications beyond breast imaging, with potentially significant efficacy in cancer diagnosis.
Neurokinin 1 receptor desensitization and resensitization: is it all happening at the membrane? Focus on “Protein phosphatase 2A mediates resensitization of the neurokinin 1 receptor”

g protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs, also designated as heptahelical receptors or 7TMRs) are integral membrane proteins characterized by seven transmembrane α-helices. GPCRs, with ∼800 genes, represent the largest transmembrane receptor superfamily in the human genome ([11][1]). Many intercellular
Implementation of Customized Employment Provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Within Vocational Rehabilitation Systems

Effectively integrating provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into public Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) systems will require extensive effort at both the organizational...
Parent/Caregiver Health Education in the Daycare Center

(1990). Parent/Caregiver Health Education in the Daycare Center. Health Education: Vol. 21, Back to School, pp. 56-57.
Enhanced Solvation of Peptides Attached to “Solid-Phase” Resins: Straightforward Syntheses of the Elastin Sequence Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-Val

The solubility-enhancing power of covalent attachment to solvent-swollen cross-linked resin supports was illustrated by syntheses of the highly aggregating elastin-derived 10-residue peptide sequence Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly-Val using standard protocols for both Boc and Fmoc chemistry SPPS.
Benthic microalgae serve as the major food resource for porcelain crabs (Petrolisthes spp.) in oyster reefs: Digestive track content and pigment evidence

Suspension-feeding porcelain crabs (Petrolisthes spp.) are often the most abundant decapod crustaceans in oyster reef habitat. Analysis of water column and subtidal algal biomass from three Texas estuaries suggests that planktonic food resources are insufficient for porcelain crab growth. Pigment composition of porcelain crab muscle and digestive track contents included the diatom pigment fucoxanthin and cyanobacterial pigment canthaxanthin with digestive track samples containing attached (adnate) benthic diatoms as well as benthic cyanobacteria not found in the water column. Feeding appendages on porcelain crabs include numerous cirri with serrated edges as well as fewer more brush-like longer units. Benthic food resources are in sufficient supply to support porcelain crab biomass.
February Drying in Southeastern Brazil and the Australian Monsoon: Global Mechanism for a Regional Rainfall Feature

AbstractA dry February rainfall signal in southeastern Brazil is shown to be a robust, repeatable feature of climatology. This February depression or minimum in climatological rain curves has an amplitude of about 30% of the seasonal mean and coincides with a poleward excursion of tropical barotropic easterlies to about 25°S in austral midsummer. Momentum budget decomposition indicates that stationary eddy momentum flux [u*υ*] near 150 hPa in Australian longitudes is a main sink in that latitude belt’s zonal momentum budget. A physical linkage among these phenomena is suggested by statistically significant interannual correlations among February anomalies of southeastern Brazil rainfall, zonal-mean zonal wind, and indices of the Australian monsoon. To test a causality hypothesis that the sharply peaked Australian region monsoon drives the sharp climatological dry signal over Brazil, an observation-inspired tropospheric heating signal near Australia is added to the temperature equation of the full-physics ...
Polya's Pattern Analysis

This chapter explores Polya's pattern analysis. Polya's Pattern Inventory [Polya] is concerned with the following combinatorial problem. Suppose there is a pattern consisting of n regions that are to be colored using m colors. Polya's Pattern Inventory answers the general question: if there is a group of symmetries acting on the n regions, are two colorings by m colors to be considered equivalent if one coloring is taken to the other by one of the symmetries? This question can be investigated from a geometrical or an algebraic point of view. The algebraic approach, discovered by Polya, consists of the construction of a polynomial from which one can read off how many colorings there are for specific numbers of regions of specified colors. It concentrates solely on finding these numbers and never does spell out what the actual patterns are. These numbers will appear as coefficients in a polynomial whose variables represent the colors.
Knowledge-Guided Maximal Clique Enumeration

Maximal clique enumeration is a long-standing problem in graph mining and knowledge discovery. Numerous classic algorithms exist for solving this problem. However, these algorithms focus on enumerating all maximal cliques, which may be computationally impractical and much of the output may be irrelevant to the user. To address this issue, we introduce the problem of knowledge-biased clique enumeration, a query-driven formulation that reduces output space, computation time, and memory usage. Moreover, we introduce a dynamic state space indexing strategy for efficiently processing multiple queries over the same graph. This strategy reduces redundant computations by dynamically indexing the constituent state space generated with each query. Experimental results over real-world networks demonstrate this strategy’s effectiveness at reducing the cumulative query-response time. Although developed in the context of maximal cliques, our techniques could possibly be generalized to other constraint-based graph enumeration tasks.
'The Famous Trinity of 1917': Zionist Internationalism in Historical Perspective

Despite a plethora of recent new approaches to Jewish political history, the story of interwar Zionism is still consistently framed as a dichotomy between Diaspora rights-advocacy and state-building in Palestine. This article challenges that persistent historiographical trope by recovering the overlooked Jewish political tradition of Zionist internationalism, whose bearers simultaneously pursued the twin goals of political consolidation in a territorial homeland in Palestine and the construction of national autonomy in the Diaspora. Using the case study of Lithuanian Zionist leader and international lawyer Jacob Robinson (1899-1977), this article demonstrates the complementary relationship between autonomist and statist goals in interwar Zionist politics. After tracing Robinson’s rich, complex biography from the 1920s Lithuanian Parliament and the European Congress of National Minorities to the postwar United Nations and the Israeli Foreign Ministry, it concludes with a discussion of the debates engendered by the Eichmann Trial about the relationship between Zionism and international law.
Overall and Aquinas on Miracles

Christine Overall has argued that miracles, if they exist, would be an evil committed by God and therefore disprove the existence of God. However, her notion of a miracle as an intervention presupposes a view about the relation between God and creation that posits God as an ‘outsider.’ Such a view has not been held by all theists. It was not held by Thomas Aquinas. I show that Aquinas’s conception is not susceptible to Overall’s criticisms. The upshot is that theists should avoid any view of God as an ‘outsider,’ if they wish to avoid Overall’s criticisms.
Imagine that! The effect of counterstereotypic imagined intergroup contact on weight bias.

OBJECTIVE Higher body-weight people are highly stigmatized and face prejudice and discrimination across a number of domains. Further, experiences of weight stigmatization are associated with a host of negative physical, psychological, and social consequences. However, less is known about effective means for reducing weight bias. One strategy that has shown some success in prejudice reduction, yet is relatively untested for weight bias, is imagined intergroup contact. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of counterstereotypic imagined intergroup contact on weight bias. METHOD Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental conditions or a control group. In the experimental conditions, participants were asked to imagine interactions with either a counterstereotypic (e.g., confident, attractive) or stereotypic (e.g., unattractive, insecure) "obese" person. Participants then completed the Anti-fat Attitudes Questionnaire (dislike subscale; Crandall, 1994; Quinn & Crocker, 1999), the Universal Measure of Bias-Fat (negative judgment and social distance subscales; Latner et al., 2008), and the Fat Phobia Scale. RESULTS Results indicated that participants in the counterstereotypic condition reported lower levels of weight bias (dislike, negative judgment, and social distance) than participants in the stereotypic and control conditions. CONCLUSION These findings highlight the potential usefulness of counterstereotypic imagined contact to reduce weight bias. (PsycINFO Database Record
The Role of Geographic Information Science & Technology in Disaster Management

The proliferation of geographic information science & technology (GIS&T) throughout disaster/hazard research and practice enables and facilitates placed-based approaches for disaster risk reduction. Geographic information systems (GIS), one type of GIS&T geo-technology, is commonly applied in the hazards/disaster context. Rapidly evolving technologies now provide a platform to engage in community-based and geo-enabled mobile technologies have rapidly expanded the potential for widespread geographic problem-solving and decision-making. This chapter focuses on GIS&T potential for disaster spatial (geographic) decision support systems (DM-SDSS), highlighting the ways these technologies can integrate physical and social science approaches to support disaster risk reduction. The first part of the chapter provides a brief background of GIS&T and the basics of a DM-SDSS. This is followed by examples of current GIS applications in disaster management, a discussion of challenges and opportunities, and suggested directions for future research.
Effects of tear size and location on predictions of supraspinatus tear propagation.

Abstract Rotator cuff tears remain a significant clinical problem with a high incidence rate and severe clinical burden. Previous computational models developed to study rotator cuff tears have not modeled tissue damage and tear propagation. The objective of this study was to predict tear propagation for various combinations of tear size and location using an experimentally validated finite element model of supraspinatus tendon. It was hypothesized that larger rotator cuff tears propagate at lower loads than smaller tears, and that posterior tears require higher loads to propagate than anterior tears. Using a previously validated computational model of supraspinatus tendon, tears of size 0.5–1.5 cm were introduced to the tendon geometry in the anterior, middle, and posterior tendon thirds. Cohesive elements were assigned subject-specific failure properties and used to model tissue damage and tear propagation. A displacement of 5 mm was applied to the medial tendon edge to induce tear propagation. Model outputs included critical load required to propagate the tear, and principal stress and maximum principal strain at the anterior and posterior tear tips. For all tear sizes, posterior tears required the highest loads to propagate (247–567 N). Anterior tears generally required the least load to propagate (171–280 N). Stress and strain were larger on the articular side (maximum 33.9% articular strain vs 27.8% bursal strain). Overall, larger tears located in the anterior supraspinatus tendon that interrupt the rotator cable are most at risk for tear propagation, and should be carefully followed by clinicians when considering treatment options.
Whole-Genome Sequences of Zika Virus FLR Strains after Passage in Vero or C6/36 Cells.

ABSTRACT We report 26 complete genomes of Zika virus (ZIKV) isolated after passaging the Zika virus strain FLR in mosquito (C6/36) and mammalian (Vero) cell lines. The consensus ZIKV genomes we recovered show greater than 99% nucleotide identify with each other and with the FLR strain used as input.
Integrating Writing and Research Skills: Development and Testing of a Rubric to Measure Student Outcomes

This article describes a scoring rubric focused on assessing performance on literature review papers, developed as part of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project. The rubric was the result ...
Use of annual surveying to identify technology trends and improve service provision

Objective: At an academic health sciences library serving a wide variety of disciplines, studying library users’ technology use provides necessary information on intersection points for library services. Administering a similar survey annually for five years generated a holistic view of users’ technology needs and preferences over time. Methods: From 2012 to 2016, the University of Florida Health Science Center Library (HSCL) annually administered a sixteen-to-twenty question survey addressing health sciences users’ technology awareness and use and their interest in using technology to engage with the library and its services. The survey was distributed throughout the HSC via email invitation from liaison librarians to their colleges and departments and advertisement on the HSCL home page. Results: Smartphone ownership among survey respondents was nearly universal, and a majority of respondents also owned a tablet. While respondents were likely to check library hours, use medical apps, and use library electronic resources from their mobile devices, they were unlikely to friend or follow the library on Facebook or Twitter or send a call number from the catalog. Respondents were more likely to have used EndNote than any other citation management tool, but over 50% of respondents had never used each tool or never heard of it. Conclusions: Annual review of survey results has allowed librarians to identify users’ needs and interests, leading to incremental changes in services offered. Reviewing the aggregate data allowed strategic consideration of how technology impacts library interactions with users, with implications toward library marketing, training, and service development. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program .
Thermodynamics and Mechanism of the Association of Plasma Apolipoproteins with Synthetic Phosphatidylcholines

Two fundamental question in our investigations of lipoprotein structure and function have been how do lipoproteins form, and what factors contribute to lipoprotein stability. In the simplest sense, apolipoproteins might be considered as polymeric detergents: within lipoproteins, the apolipoproteins, phospholipids, and cholesterol form a surface monolayer, which separates a core of neutral lipids from an external aqueous compartment. In the crudest verification of lipid-protein association, one finds that most of the plasma apolipoproteins spontaneously associate with highly turbid multibi-layers of phospholipid to form small lipid-protein complexes that are optically clear. In all such reassembly studies it has been found that phospholipids alone or with neutral lipids form complexes, but that the neutral lipids do not associate with apolipoproteins in the absence of phospholipids. Therefore, the phospholipid-apolipoprotein interaction would appear to be a key structural unit in the organization of a lipoprotein. It is the structure and dynamics of this association which we will attempt to correlate with what is known about the structure of lipoproteins, lipids and apoproteins.