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Cross-Selling Sequentially Ordered Products: An Application to Consumer Banking Services:

Abstract Customers have predictable life cycles. As a result of these life cycles, firms that sell multiple products or services frequently observe that, in general, certain items are purchased before others. This predictable phenomenon provides opportunities for firms to cross-sell additional products and services to existing customers. This article presents a structural multivariate probit model to investigate how customer demand for multiple products evolves over time and its implications for the sequential acquisition patterns of naturally ordered products. The authors investigate customer purchase patterns for products that are marketed by a large midwestern bank. Among the substantive findings are that women and older customers are more sensitive to their overall satisfaction with the bank than are men and younger customers when determining whether to purchase additional financial services, and households whose head has a greater level of education or is male move more quickly along the financial ma...
Inelastic Mie scattering from rough metal surfaces: Theory and experiment

A theory for inelastic Mie scattering from rough metal surfaces or metal sols is proposed. A resonant excitation of a localized dipolar plasmon can enhance the cross section, and experimental data relating to the phenomenon in silver and copper are presented. Two distinct effects are noted. One is inelastic light scattering from the rough metal surface or bare metal sol. The other is related to Reyleigh scattering from adsorbed molecules as modified by the presence of the substrate. Both involve frequency shifts determined by the characteristic mechanical vibrations of the metal. A striking feature of this inelastic Mie scattering is that for a distribution of particle sizes and shapes the frequency shift changes as the incident laser frequency is changed or as the index of refraction of the surrounding medium is changed. Inelastic Mie scattering is shown to yield important information on the surface roughness required for the observation of surface-enhanced Raman scattering.
Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867–1921), Pioneer Fishery Biologist of the American West

Abstract The life of Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867–1921) was marked by his many contributions to fishery science. As an assistant with the old U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, he pioneered life history studies of salmon in California and Alaska, and assisted in the collection of hundreds of thousands of natural history specimens from the Pacific Ocean as resident naturalist on the U.S.S. Albatross. He was innovative in the use of field photography in fishery work, and the design and construction of capture nets and collecting gear. His detailed reports were important in documenting the conditions of the native ichthyofauna in Alaska, Arizona, and California at the turn of the century and have been heavily relied upon by subsequent investigators. His ability to design and conduct scientifically justifiable studies to solve fishery problems while under many kinds of hardships is a testament to his background and dedication to the field. He represents the prototype of the modern fishery biologist.
Analgesic effects of intrathecally applied noradrenergic compounds in the developing rat: differences due to thermal vs mechanical nociception

Abstract Peak noradrenergic receptor development in rat spinal cord has been shown to occur around 12 days of postnatal life. The intent of the present study was to examine the development of analgesia produced by spinally applied noradrenergic agonists. The extent to which these drugs modulate pain information evoked by a thermal vs mechanical stimulus in the infant rat was also addressed. Intrathecal norepinephrine resulted in analgesia that was more pronounced against a mechanical than thermal stimulus and more pronounced in 10-day-olds than 3-day-olds. The α 2 receptor agonist clonidine produced a dose-dependent analgesia that first appeared at 7 days of age when tested with a thermal stimulus and 3 days of age when tested with a mechanical stimulus. The analgesic effect of clonidine was also greatest at 10 days of age. The α 1 agonist phenylephrine was without analgesic effects. The developmental profile of behavioral analgesia correlates with the ontogeny of noradrenergic receptor activity in the spinal cord. The finding that intrathecal norepinephrine produced a more pronounced analgesia against a mechanical rather than thermal stimulus in the adult is supported by our investigation in the infant rat.
An Iterative Method for Frame-Level Adaptive Wiener Interpolation Filters in Video Coding

In this paper we present an iterative method for improving frame-level adaptive Wiener filtering in video coding. Our method iteratively computes Wiener filter coefficients using the motion field, macroblock partitioning and best coding modes, which are in turn updated in the motion estimation and compensation process using the computed filters. To control the computational complexity of the iterative method, we also propose a termination condition using the mean Euclidean distance of the filter coefficients between consecutive iterations. With extensive computer simulations, we found that our proposed iterative Wiener filtering method produces significant bit rate saving (3.4% on the average) while maintaining the same level of peak-signal-to-noise-ratio (PSNR), compared to the JM 10.1 reference software for H.264/AVC. Most of the performance gain comes from a few iterations at the very beginning. As the number of iteration increases, the further bit rate reduction is less than 1%. Therefore, to achieve the best balance between computational complexity and performance gain, we believe computing Wiener filter coefficients using just 2-3 iterations will suffice.
Creating the Long-Term T-28 Instrumented Research Aircraft Data Archive

The T-28 armored research aircraft was developed beginning in 1968 with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT). The modification of the stock military trainer was done under the direction of Paul MacCready with much of the engineering work performed by Robin Williamson. Once it went into service it was operated by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS) at the SDSMT. From 1970 through 2003 it participated in regional, national and international convective storm research projects.
Knot strength of cerclage bands and wires

I compared the knot strength of loop-and twist-knotted cerclage wires, and Parham and CPC bands, using a knot-slip resistance test. Two twist-knot devices and one loop-knot device were used to apply cerclage wires, and a band clamp was used to apply bands to a 5-cm-diameter split circular jaw mounted on a tensile testing machine. For all the wire sizes tested, the twisted knot provided greater resistance to knot failure than did the loop knot. Knot resistance increased with increase in wire size for all the devices tested. Neither band produced knot-slip resistance as great as 1.2-mm twist-knotted wire.
Imaging dislocations in ice.

Three techniques have been used to study dislocations in ice: etch pitting-replication, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray topography (XT). It is shown that, because ice is a weak absorber of X-rays and can be produced with a low dislocation density, allowing relatively thick specimens to be studied, the most useful technique is XT. The observations that have been made with conventional XT are briefly outlined. However, the introduction of high-intensity synchrotron radiation, with its concomitant short exposure times, showed that images obtained through conventional XT observations were of dislocations that had undergone recovery. The important dynamic observations and measurements that have been made using synchrotron X-ray topography are presented. Dynamic synchrotron X-ray topography observations of ice single crystals undergoing deformation in situ have shown that slip mainly occurs by the movement of screw and 60 degrees (1/3) [1120] dislocations on the basal plane, although non-basal slip by edge dislocations can also occur. The operation of Frank-Read and other dislocation multiplication sources have been clearly demonstrated and dislocation velocities have been measured. In contrast, in polycrystals, dislocation generation occurred at grain boundaries where there are stress concentrations before lattice dislocation generation mechanisms operate. Faulted dislocation loops have been determined to be mainly interstitial in both polycrystals and single crystals.
Microstructure and dielectric quality for Mn-doped (Zr0.8Sn0.2)TiO4 ceramics

Abstract The dielectric properties of (Zr0.8Sn0.2)TiO4 ceramics (ZST) are useful for microwave applications.1,2 Several factors affect the dielectric quality (Q) and have been reviewed.3,4 Wakino et al. 3 reported improvements in Q values (7000 at 7 GHz) for NiO additions. Nomura4 reported improved sintering with MnO2 additions. A Q value of 6100 at 9.1 GHz was reported for 2 mol % MnO2. Mechanisms by which Mn improves dielectric quality are not well understood at the present time, and are the subject of continuing investigation.
Co-occurrence of celiac disease and other autoimmune diseases in celiacs and their first-degree relatives

The occurrence of other autoimmune diseases in celiac disease families has not been previously reported in a North American population. We investigated the familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis/juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JRA/JIA), hypothyroidism, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), and alopecia areata (AA) among individuals in families with celiac disease (CD). Family history information, obtained from questionnaires from the University of California Irvine Celiac Disease study, was reviewed for reports of RA, JRA/JIA, hypothyroidism, IDDM, and AA in celiac disease cases and their first-degree relatives. Reports of disease were compared with prevalence data from the literature and analyzed by calculating the standardized ratio (SR) with 95% confidence limits. We analyzed: (1) subjects with confirmed celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis (205 probands and 203 affected first-degree relatives) and (2) first-degree relatives of celiac disease cases (n = 1272). We found a significantly increased number of cases, relative to the expected number, of IDDM in both groups and hypothyroidism among subjects with celiac disease. JRA/JIA was increased among first-degree relatives of celiacs. These results indicate that the presence of IDDM within our celiac disease families may be due to shared genetic susceptibility predisposing to these diseases or autoimmune diseases in general.
Understanding variable shapes in 3-d

In this paper, a mathematical methodology for shape in 3-D is presented and applied to certain tasks related to the understanding of variable shape. The approach is Bayesian in nature. The methodology is based on that of a deformable template. A prior measure on polyhedral shapes is induced from a matrix-valued Gauss Markov random field on the edge graph of a polyhedral template. Stochastic relaxation is peformed to obtain realizations from the posterior measure
The Specter of Manet: A Contribution to the Archaeology of Painting

Michel Foucault's essays dedicated to painting have fared poorly in terms of scholarly attention, notwithstanding his memorable treatments of Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas and Rene Magritte's Cecin'estpas unepipe.1 When we open up a systematic perspective on these occasional essays, however, it is clear that Foucault was engaged in an effort to define a distinctive, philosophical approach to works of art in accordance with the method that he developed under the name of archaeology. Foucault's writings on visual art were the attempt to fashion a type of thinking that would allow him to analyze modern painting in terms of its historical uniqueness. Accordingly, what we find is that each of these essays seeks to highlight the distance that separates one set of cultural practices from another, and they do this by means of a careful analysis of the painting itself. When taken together, Foucault's essays form an unwritten genealogical project, one that tells the story of modern art through the analysis of some of its representative cultural products. Essential to this claim is familiarity with some of Foucault's final lecture courses on Hel-
Density-Functional Pseudopotential Approach to Crystal Phase Stability and Electronic Structure

We show that a first-principles nonlocal pseudopotential theory, based on an all-electron density-functional formalism, provides an essentially exact topological separation of both the octet ${A}^{N}{B}^{8\ensuremath{-}N}$ structures and the suboctet ${A}^{N}{B}^{P\ensuremath{-}N}(3l~Pl~6)$ structures for 77 and 56 non-transition-metal compounds, respectively. These pseudopotentials which also yield accurate descriptions of atomic and bulk solid electronic structure have been computed for 68 transition and nontransition elements.
In vitro hepatic gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis as affected by prolonged ketonemia-glucosuria and fasting in steers.

Abstract Both 1,3-butanediol, which causes ketonemia, and phlorizin, which causes glucosuria, were given to four steers for 28 days to determine effects of prolonged ketonemia and glucosuria on in vitro hepatic gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis. Treatments were: control ration; control with butanediol plus phlorizin; and fasting for 9 days. Liver slices, obtained by biopsy, were incubated with carbon-14 substrates. Substrate converted to glucose [ μ mol/(h × g liver)] during control, butanediol plus phlorizin, and fasting averaged 2.34, 7.21, and 12.00 for propionate; .99, 3.80, and 12.26 for lactate; .30, .76, and 2.20 for alanine; and 2.06, 5.37, and 5.78 for glycerol. Omission of calcium ++ eliminated increases of gluconeogenesis caused by butanediol plus phlorizin and by fasting. Ketone bodies, octanoate, and bovine serum albumin did not affect glucose production markedly. Stearate inhibited gluconeogenesis during all periods except fasting. Production of β -hydroxybutyrate [ μ mol/(h × g liver)] during control, butanediol plus phlorizin, and fasting averaged 2.07, 4.27, and 3.25 from butyrate and .06, .27, and .02 from palmitate. Results demonstrate that the gluconeogenic capacity of bovine liver is responsive to physiological and nutritional status.
Thermal analysis of a compressor for application to Compressed Air Energy Storage

Abstract In this paper, the topic of Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is discussed and a program in which it is being applied to a wind turbine system for leveling power supplied to the grid is described. Noted is the importance of heat transfer in the design of the compressor and its effect on performance. Presented is a design for minimizing the temperature rise in the compressor during compression. The design requires modeling regenerative heat transfer from the compressed air to solid material inserted in the compression space. Modeling requires characterizing pressure drop through the porous insert, interfacial heat transfer between solid and fluid in the matrix, and thermal dispersion within the porous regions. Computation and experimentation are applied for developing correlations for such terms. Two types of porous media are applied: interrupted plates and open-cell metal foams. Cases with foam inserts are computed and the results are discussed. Discovered in the results are some complex secondary flow features in spaces above the porous inserts.
Vitellogenin in the camel cricket Ceuthophilus sp. (orthoptera, gryllacrididae)

Hemolymph and egg yolk proteins in the camel cricket, Ceuthophilus sp., were analyzed by native and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Four sex-specific polypeptides (FSYPs I–IV) accounted for 44% of the hemolymph protein in adult females. These polypeptides were absent from the blood of adult males and female nymphs but composed 63% of the yolk protein in fully grown oocytes. Hemolymph FSYPs became labeled with [35S]-methionine after a 1-hour period of in vivo incorporation and appeared in terminal, vitellogenic follicles after 2 hours of incorporation. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed that all four FSYPs occur in a single egg-yolk glycoprotein also present in adult female hemolymph. We conclude that this glycoprotein is a multisubunit vitellogenin (VG). Two high molecular weight polypeptides synthesized by the fat body of adult females and immunoreactive with VG-specific antiserum were tentatively identified as proVGs.
Historical Antecedents: Counseling Psychology and the Fulbright Program:

The purpose of this research is to develop a comprehensive, field-specific directory of counseling psychologists who have served as Fulbright scholars. First, the authors provide a brief history of the development and mission of the Fulbright program, followed by a review of prominent Fulbright grants. Next, they focus on the Fulbright Senior Scholars program. They detail the method used to explore related archival data and present a list generated from those data to include researchers and educators who professionally identify as counseling psychologists. Host country and dates of international service under the auspices of the Fulbright scholarship are included. Ultimately, the authors seek to provide documentation and stimulate future research into the collective impact of individual Fulbright scholars on counseling psychology as a discipline.
High-Throughput Screening in Academia: The Harvard Experience

To identify small-molecule modulators of biologic systems, academic scientists are beginning to use high-throughput screen ing (HTS) approaches that have traditionally been used only in industry. The HTS laboratories that are being established in universities, while differing in details of staffing, equipment, and size, have all been created to attain 1 or more of 3 principal goals: drug discovery, chemical genetics, or training. This article will examine the role that these activities play in 4 HTS labo ratories that have been created within the academic community of Harvard Medical School and its affiliated institutions. First, the 3 activities will be defined with special attention paid to describing the impact they are having on how academic biologic science is conducted today. Next, the histories and operations of the 4 Harvard laboratories are reviewed. In the course of these summaries, emphasis is placed on understanding the motivational role that the 3 activities initially played in the creation of the 4 Harvard facilities and the roles that the activities continue to play in their day-to-day operations. Finally, several concerns are identified that must be attended to for the successful establishment and operation of an academic biologic science that has yet to be fully determined. HTS has the ability to provide the tools to test previously untestable hypotheses and can thereby allow the discovery of the unanticipated and the truly novel. ( Journal of Biomolecular Screening2003:615-619)
Inviscid critical and near-critical reflection of internal waves in the time domain

A solution that describes the inviscid reflection of internal waves off a sloping bottom in time is derived under conditions of linearity and uniform stratification. The solution is well behaved even under critical conditions. In the region ky < Nt, where k is the along-slope wavenumber of the incoming wave, y is the slope-normal direction, N is the Brunt― Vaisala frequency and t is time, an approximation can be written in terms of Lommel's function of two variables. The analysis can easily be extended to the case of a beam of finite width. In the non-critical case, the streamfunction relaxes to the classical Phillips steady-state solution in the region y < c g t, where c g is the slope-normal component of the group velocity for waves at the forcing frequency. However, it is found that the region where the along-boundary component of the velocity relaxes to the Phillips solution is also bounded from below, leaving a region very close to the wall where the classical solution misses important elements of the reflection process. This leads to interesting properties near the boundary, especially relatively to the formation of shear-driven unstable conditions.
Causal Transmission of Colored Source Frames over a Packet Erasure Channel

We propose a linear predictive quantization system for causally transmitting parallel sources with temporal memory (colored frames) over an erasure channel. By optimizing within this structure, we derive an achievability result in the high-rate limit and compare it to an upper bound on performance. The proposed system subsumes the well-known PCM and DPCM systems as special cases. While typically DPCM performs well without erasures and PCM suffers less with many erasures, we show that the proposed solution improves performance over both under all severities of erasures, with unbounded improvement in some cases.
A postsurgical obturator after cleft lip repair in patients with holoprosencephaly

Several factors affect healing of lip repair in children with complete cleft lip and palate in the immediate postoperative period. However, children with holoprosencephaly present a unique challenge. Because of their wide midline clefts and premaxillary agenesis they have protrusive positioning of their tongue, which can adversely affect the surgical result. In these cases we have found a postsurgical obturator made with hard-setting acrylic to be especially useful. Such an appliance may be used for the initial healing period (1-2 weeks). Two cases are presented here where such a device was used successfully.
Tissue repair through cell competition and compensatory cellular hypertrophy in postmitotic epithelia.

Summary In multicellular organisms, tissue integrity and organ size are maintained through removal of aberrant or damaged cells and compensatory proliferation. Little is known, however, about this homeostasis system in postmitotic tissues, where tissue-intrinsic genetic programs constrain cell division and new cells no longer arise from stem cells. Here we show that, in postmitotic Drosophila follicular epithelia, aberrant but viable cells are eliminated through cell competition, and the resulting loss of local tissue volume triggers sporadic cellular hypertrophy to repair the tissue. This "compensatory cellular hypertrophy" is implemented by acceleration of the endocycle, a variant cell cycle composed of DNA synthesis and gap phases without mitosis, dependent on activation of the insulin/IGF-like signaling pathway. These results reveal a remarkable homeostatic mechanism in postmitotic epithelia that ensures not only elimination of aberrant cells through cell competition but also proper organ-size control that involves compensatory cellular hypertrophy induced by physical parameters.
Changes in Food Attitudes as a Function of Hunger

This experiment investigated whether hunger selectively influences attitudes toward common food items. Participants completed a take-home questionnaire on which they rated their attitudes toward food and non-food items when they were either hungry (45 participants) or not hungry (45 participants); after returning the questionnaire, participants completed a second take-home questionnaire in the opposite hunger condition. Results of both between-subject and within-subject analyses revealed that participants rated foods more positively when hungry compared to not hungry and that there was no difference in the ratings of non-foods when hungry vs. not hungry. Moreover, attitudes toward high-fat foods changed more as a function of hunger than attitudes toward low-calorie foods. As attitudes are important for guiding behavior, these results suggest that food attitudes influence daily eating patterns and consumer decisions regarding food purchases. The findings may also have important health implications because hunger exerts a greater influence on attitudes toward high-fat foods.
Validity of index of learning styles scores: multitrait−multimethod comparison with three cognitive / learning style instruments

Cognitive and learning styles research is limited by the lack of evidence supporting valid interpretations of style assessment scores. We sought evidence to support the validity of scores from 4 instruments: the Index of Learning Styles (ILS); the Learning Style Inventory (LSI); the Cognitive Styles Analysis (CSA), and the Learning Style Type Indicator (LSTI). The ILS assesses 4 domains: sensing-intuitive (SensInt), active-reflective (ActRefl), sequential-global (SeqGlob) and visual-verbal (VisVerb), each of which parallel a similar domain in at least 1 of the other instruments. We administered the ILS, LSI and CSA to family medicine and internal medicine residents and Year 1 and 3 medical students and applied the multitrait-multimethod matrix to evaluate convergence and discrimination. After 3 months participants repeated the ILS and completed the LSTI. A total of 89 residents and medical students participated. Multitrait-multimethod analysis showed evidence of both convergence and discrimination for ActRefl (ILS, LSI and LSTI) and SensInt (ILS and LSTI) scores. ILS SeqGlob and SensInt scores showed unanticipated correlation. No other domains met the criteria for convergence or discrimination. Test-retest reliabilities for ILS scores were 0.856 for SensInt, 0.809 for ActRefl, 0.703 for SeqGlob and 0.684 for VisVerb. Cronbach's alpha values were > or = 0.810 for LSI and 0.237-0.758 for LSTI. At least 9 participants misinterpreted the LSI instructions. These data support the validity of ILS active-reflective and sensing-intuitive scores, LSI active-reflective scores and LSTI sensing-intuitive scores for determining learning styles in this population. Cognitive style and learning style scores may not be interchangeable, even for constructs with similar definitions.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs and personality

A scale to measure the degree of satisfaction of Maslow's basic needs was devised. Scores on the scale were negatively related to neuroticism as expected and also related to extraversion.
A Microfluidic System for Biological Particle Enrichment Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis

A microfluidic system for the enrichment of biological particles, operating on the principle of dielectrophoresis (DEP), is presented. Through the use of a unique manifestation of DEP, contactless ...
Risk of Serious Injury for Young Baseball Pitchers A 10-Year Prospective Study

Results: The cumulative incidence of injury was 5.0%. Participants who pitched more than 100 innings in a year were 3.5 times more likely to be injured (95% confidence interval = 1.16 to 10.44). Pitchers who concomitantly played catcher seemed to be injured more frequently, but this trend was not significant with the study sample size. Conclusion: Pitching more than 100 innings in a year significantly increases risk of injury. Playing catcher appears to increase a pitcher’s risk of injury, although this trend is not significant. The study was unable to demonstrate that curveballs before age 13 years increase risk of injury. Clinical Relevance: The risk of a youth pitcher sustaining a serious throwing injury within 10 years is 5%. Limiting the number of innings pitched per year may reduce the risk of injury. Young baseball pitchers are encouraged to play other positions as well but might avoid playing catcher.
Neurobehavioral Correlates of Sound Communication in Anurans

Animal sound communication involves a cooperative agreement between the sender and the receiver. This cooperation consists of a set of rules which constrains the sender to transmit only certain classes of sounds (in the appropriate context) in order to convey a meaningful message. The receiver, in turn, must use these rules to extract the “meaning” of the message. But the rules themselves are invisible, at least to a naive observer. They are either laid down in the nervous system through genetic control or else they must be learned and shaped by experience. Through experimental studies we can gain some insight into the rules that link the sender and receiver by identifying the physical features in an acoustic signal (i.e., its morphology) and the behavioral response which follows. In other words, we can “listen in” to their conversation and gradually learn the grammar which underlies their “foreign language”. Behavioral field studies aimed at this approach can be pursued quantitatively, because we have at our disposal a variety of calibrated instruments for recording and playback of animal sounds (e.g., condenser microphones, battery operated tape recorders, high-fidelity loudspeakers, and precision sound level meters). Furthermore, we can generate an endless variety of synthetic animal sounds by means of computer simulation or by use of dedicated analog and digital electrical instrumentation.
Identifying the probable timing and setting of respiratory virus infections.

Objective. Show how detailed incubation period estimates can be used to identify and investigate potential healthcare-associated infections and dangerous diseases. Methods. We used the incubation period of 9 respiratory viruses to derive decision rules for distinguishing between community- and hospital-acquired infection. We developed a method, implemented in a simple spreadsheet, that can be used to investigate the exposure history of an individual patient and more specifically to identify the probable time and location of infection. Illustrative examples are used to explain and evaluate this technique. Results. If the risks of hospital and community infection are equal, 95% of patients who develop symptoms of adenovirus infection within 5 days of hospital admission will have been infected in the community, as will 95% of patients who develop symptoms within 3 days for human-coronavirus infection, 2.5 days for severe acute respiratory syndrome, 1 day for influenza A, 0.5 day for influenza B, 12 days for ...
Analysts’ Use of Industry-level and Firm-Specific Information: Implications for Information Production

This paper examines security analysts’ tendency to rely on category-level (e.g. industry) information as opposed to firm-specific information in issuing earnings forecasts. We find that analysts who rely more on category-level information have larger forecast errors, issue less frequent forecasts, have less impact on stock prices, and are more likely to experience job turnover. Our results are consistent with analysts being subject to limited attention, where psychological evidence predicts that attention-constrained market participants oversimplify information processing by relying on coarse category-level information. Further, analysts’ limited attention has a significant association with their forecasting ability, stock price impact, and career outcomes.
Associations between child behavior problems, family management, and depressive symptoms for mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

Abstract Purpose The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between child behavior problems and mothers’ depressive symptoms and to determine whether family management mediates this relationship. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of parents in a southeastern state. Mothers of children with ASD (n = 234) completed self-reported measures of child behavior problems, depressive symptoms, and family management using ad-hoc questions, CES-D-Boston short form, and family management measure (FaMM), respectively. We used a parallel multiple mediator model to address the study hypotheses. Results Children’s behavior problems were significantly associated with mothers’ depressive symptoms and with all five subscales of the FaMM. However, only the Family Life Difficulty subscale was a significant predictor of parent depressive symptoms, suggesting that Family Life Difficulty was the only mediator of the association between child behavior problems and mothers’ depressive symptoms. After accounting for the mediators, the direct effect of child behavior problems on parent depressive symptoms was non-significant. Conclusion As the severity of child behavior problems increased, mothers of children with ASD perceived a greater impact of ASD on their family life, which in turn increased the levels of the mothers’ depressive symptoms. Family Life Difficulty assesses parent perceptions of the extent to which their child with ASD influences family relationships and routines, suggesting a need for family-centered services that assist the family in maintaining or adapting to their routines.
Practical Strategies for Integrating Interprofessional Education and Collaboration into the Curriculum

Interprofessional collaboration is vital for the provision of quality patient care. Thoughtfully designed educational programs can help students of health professions develop interprofessional competencies and capacities, including values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and teamwork (Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel, 2011). The authors were involved in developing Interprofessional Education (IPE) activities and simulations to be infused into the curriculums of the various health professions programs in their College. A review of the IPE experiences revealed students greatly benefited from involvement in a diverse set of IPE activities and simulations.
SA11 Rotavirus Is Specifically Inhibited by an Acetylated Sialic Acid

Bovine salivary mucin (BSM) inhibits rotavirus replication in vitro and in vivo. The inhibitory effect of BSM in vitro is abolished by Arthrobacter ureafaciens neuraminidase but not by Clostridia perfringens neuraminidase; it is abolished by mild base deacetylation but not by influenza C acetylesterase. The data suggest that SA11 rotavirus binds to a specific sialic acid structure on BSM different from the sialic acids recognized by other viruses.
Renal Transplantation in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Kidney transplantation is the best option for patients with end-stage kidney disease. It is associated with better quality of life, lower medical costs, less hospitalization, and improved survival compared with wait-listed patients who remain on dialysis. Timely referral for transplantation is essential to reap the maximal benefit and should begin in the advanced chronic kidney disease stage prior to starting dialysis. Shortage of donor organs remains the biggest challenge to transplantation. With the improved success of kidney transplantation, candidate acceptance criteria continue to broaden. This article provides an overview of the pretransplantation multidisciplinary evaluation process detailing the factors that determine transplant candidacy.
P-026 pufs primary endpoint complications by aneurysm size

Background and purpose Flow diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) has been shown to be effective and safe in several trials and registries. The PUFS trial demonstrated a 5.6% major stroke and neurologic death rate in large and giant internal carotid artery aneurysms. Multiple prior publications suggested a higher complication risk with increasing aneurysm size. We sought to determine the relationship between aneurysm size and primary safety events in the PUFS patient population. Materials and methods Ten centers prospectively enrolled 107 patients with 109 aneurysms into the safety arm of the PUFS trial. All centers had obtained IRB approval. Prospectively collected information included demographic characteristics, aneurysm size and location, aneurysm neck size, number of PEDs used, and any complications (including stroke and death). All angiographic images were evaluated by an independent Core Radiology Laboratory. All complications were reviewed and adjudicated by a Clinical Events Committee. Results The rate of major ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke was 4.7% (5/107). Two of these events were fatal. An additional patient experienced a fatal event that was thought to be possibly of neurologic origin, making the neurologic mortality rate 2.8% (3/107). Combined major stroke and neurological mortality rate for the trial was 5.6% (6/107). All primary safety events occurred within the first 6 months post treatment. Of the 109 aneurysms treated, 86 (78.9%) were large (10–24.9 mm), 22 (20.2%) giant (≥25 mm), and 1 (0.9%) small. All of the primary safety events were observed the large aneurysm group, for a major stroke / neurologic death rate of 7.1% (6/84). Complete aneurysm occlusion was noted in 91.8% (79/86) of large and in 90.9% (20/22) of giant aneurysms. However, 4 of the total 6 parent vessel occlusions encountered in the trial occurred in the giant aneurysm group (4/22=18.2%); while only 2 of 86 vessels harboring large aneurysms suffered occlusion (2.3%). Conclusions All 6 major neurologic morbidity and neurologic mortality events in the PUFS trial was observed in 84 patients harboring large aneurysms, for 7% complication rate in this subgroup. Patients with giant aneurysms suffered no such complications, however, their parent vessel occlusion rates were higher at 18.2% (4/22). More aggressive or more prolonged antiplatelet treatment may be necessary in patients with giant aneurysms treated with flow diversion alone. Disclosures T. Becske: 2; C; Proctor for Covidien. M. Potts: None. W. Brinjikji: None. D. Kallmes: 1; C; funding for enrollment in clinical trials. 2; C; Covidien: funding for Principal Investigator duties, Steering Committee and Adverse Event Adjudication Committee;. M. Shapiro: 2; C; Covidien proctor. P. Nelson: 2; C; Covidien proctor.
Mechanization studyon rock fragmentation via TBM disc cutters under different loading modes

To resolve such operational problems of full-face rock tunnel boring machine(TBM)as cutter selection and disc cutter allocation in cutter-head,the smoothed particle hydrodynamics(SPH)and finite element methods are initially applied for numerical experiment research on frequently-used V-type and Constant Cross-Section(CCS)disc cutters under simultaneous and sequential loading conditions.Subsequently,the crack generation and propagation processes during dynamic rock fragmentation and disc cutter engagement are obtained in terms of different disc cutter sections and loading sequences.Consequently,it is found from results that the V-hob rock fragmentation effect of sequential loading is better than that of simultaneous loading,whereas the CCS-disc cutter sequential loading facilitates bulk rock fragment generation.
The Skills of the Teacher

In teaching mindfulness as a professional, the teacher works from her or his own unique authenticity, authority, and friendship. That means, of course, that all individual teachers are different, with singular ways of integrating and embodying mindfulness. In fact, for this purpose, integrating and embodying are the same thing. Teachers know what they know, and can do what they do, based on the fruits of their practice and on the skills they have developed along the paths of their own professional and personal development. As a result, the skills each teacher possesses may be a melange of ideas, which is not so much integrated theoretically in the thinking, but, rather, more directly in the body of the teacher. Even at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts, the programs of teacher training comprise such a melange. Pragmatic and eclectic, these trainings make use of a wide range of insights and practices from medicine, psychotherapy, education, anthropology-sociology, and world wisdom traditions. Again, the integration of all of this substance is not in theory but in the body of each teacher. Yet, at the same time, we also believe that there are general skills that teachers share; that is, we believe each teacher uses comparable skills to work with participants in her own inimitable way.
Relationship between Teaching Style and Students’ Performance

Students’ performance is related to some factors; one of which is the teaching style of the faculty members. Hence, this study aimed to find a relationship between the teaching style of the teachers and the performance of the students and compares the teaching styles of the faculty when grouped according to gender, department, and field of specialization and years of teaching. Using the Grashna-Riechmann (1996) Teaching Style Survey, the School of Arts and Sciences faculty members of Mountain View College, Mindanao, Philippines were assessed. The respondents were asked to judge themselves using a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). They rated their teaching style as expert, formal authority, personal model, facilitator, and delegator. On the other hand, the performance of the students was determined by the grades they got from the courses taught by faculty in the area of specialization by the department. The correlation is tested between the student grades and the teaching style of the faculty. Results showed that the performances of students enrolled in Social Sciences have the highest average performance of 8.21 with letter grade equivalent of B- (between 86-88%) with a standard deviation of 2.55. Also, enrolled students in Natural Sciences/Biology had the lowest average grade of 6.29 with letter grade equivalent of C (between 80-82%) with a standard deviation of 3.01. The average performance of students enrolled in Mathematics and Natural Sciences/Bio was different. However, their letter grades were the same C, which has equivalent between 80-82%. Hence, it is concluded that personal model teaching style for the faculty in Natural Sciences/Biology is significantly negatively correlated with the performance of the students (r=-0.863, p=0.049). Moreover, the educational attainments of the professors differ significantly in Personal Model. Professors who are masters’ degree holders were highest in the personal model (with a mean value of 4.33) followed by BS/MS Candidate (with a mean of 3.50) and Ph.D. holders (with a mean of 3.375). Keywords: Students’ performance, Grashna-Riechmann (1996) Teaching Style Survey
Glycocalyx-Inspired Nitric Oxide-Releasing Surfaces Reduce Platelet Adhesion and Activation on Titanium

The endothelial glycocalyx lining the inside surfaces of blood vessels has multiple features that prevent inflammation, blood clot formation, and infection. This surface represents the highest standard in blood compatibility for long-term contact with blood under physiological flow rates. Engineering materials used in blood-contacting biomedical devices, including metals and polymers, have undesirable interactions with blood that lead to failure modes associated with inflammation, blood clotting, and infection. Platelet adhesion and activation are key events governing these undesirable interactions. In this work, we propose a new surface modification to titanium with three features inspired by the endothelial glcyocalyx: First, titanium surfaces are anodized to produce titania nanotubes with high surface area. Second, the nanostructured surfaces are coated with heparin–chitosan polyelectrolyte multilayers to provide glycosaminoglycan functionalization. Third, chitosan is modified with a nitric oxide-donor...
Effects of organizational safety practices and perceived safety climate on PPE usage, engineering controls, and adverse events involving liquid antineoplastic drugs among nurses

ABSTRACTAntineoplastic drugs pose risks to the healthcare workers who handle them. This fact notwithstanding, adherence to safe handling guidelines remains inconsistent and often poor. This study examined the effects of pertinent organizational safety practices and perceived safety climate on the use of personal protective equipment, engineering controls, and adverse events (spill/leak or skin contact) involving liquid antineoplastic drugs.Data for this study came from the 2011 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers which included a sample of approximately 1,800 nurses who had administered liquid antineoplastic drugs during the past seven days. Regression modeling was used to examine predictors of personal protective equipment use, engineering controls, and adverse events involving antineoplastic drugs.Approximately 14% of nurses reported experiencing an adverse event while administering antineoplastic drugs during the previou...
Auditory spatial attention to speech and complex non‐speech sounds in children with autism spectrum disorder

One of the earliest observable impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a failure to orient to speech and other social stimuli. Auditory spatial attention, a key component of orienting to sounds in the environment, has been shown to be impaired in adults with ASD. Additionally, specific deficits in orienting to social sounds could be related to increased acoustic complexity of speech. We aimed to characterize auditory spatial attention in children with ASD and neurotypical controls, and to determine the effect of auditory stimulus complexity on spatial attention. In a spatial attention task, target and distractor sounds were played randomly in rapid succession from speakers in a free-field array. Participants attended to a central or peripheral location, and were instructed to respond to target sounds at the attended location while ignoring nearby sounds. Stimulus-specific blocks evaluated spatial attention for simple non-speech tones, speech sounds (vowels), and complex non-speech sounds matched to vowels on key acoustic properties. Children with ASD had significantly more diffuse auditory spatial attention than neurotypical children when attending front, indicated by increased responding to sounds at adjacent non-target locations. No significant differences in spatial attention emerged based on stimulus complexity. Additionally, in the ASD group, more diffuse spatial attention was associated with more severe ASD symptoms but not with general inattention symptoms. Spatial attention deficits have important implications for understanding social orienting deficits and atypical attentional processes that contribute to core deficits of ASD. Autism Res 2017, 10: 1405-1416. © 2017 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The Socratic Teaching of Constructivism: A Reading of Pangle and Ahrensdorf's Justice Among Nations: On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace

ABSTRACTPangle and Ahrensdorf's Justice Among Nations: On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace has become one of the classic studies of international political thought. The account Pangle and Ahrensdorf provide of the Socratics resembles in places the concerns of constructivists, even though they never discuss the international relations theory of constructivism. With this in mind, I argue that their account enables one to glimpse what a Socratic teaching of constructivism might look like. What comes to the surface is that Socratic constructivism shares with contemporary constructivism a concern with rhetoric and the role of ideas, norms, and rules in international politics while nonetheless expressing reservations over the goals of general enlightenment and emancipation that some contemporary constructivists espouse. Instead, Socratic constructivism urges the practice of generosity in the realm of politics, whether domestic or international. This emphasis rests on the Socratic understanding of human nature...
Evaluation of segregation in Roman sestertius coins

Three brass sestertius coins from the reign of Gordian III were imaged at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s neutron imaging beam, CG-1D, at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. Tomography results showed a gradual variation in neutron attenuation from one side of the coins to the other or toward the center of the coin. Linear neutron attenuation values calculated from the neutron radiographs, as well as micro-XRF results, suggest that this gradual variation in neutron attenuation is associated with elemental segregation within the coins. The difference in segregation patterns between the coins implies two types of casting methods were utilized to form the coins—vertical and horizontal casting methods.