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The power brokers of neoliberalism: Philanthrocapitalists and public education:

Since the 1970s business groups have staged the control of education, first in the form of partnerships with schools and universities to support science, math, and technology, and more recently in ...
Cleaning up unexploded ordnance.

Technological limitations, cost uncertainties, regulatory disputes, environmental issues, and public safety concerns plague the transfer of military bases to civilian control.
On the restoration of strength through stress-driven healing of faults in ice

Abstract New experiments have revealed that stress-driven healing of faults in saline ice, when confined under biaxial compressive stress of σh = 60–750 kPa for a period from th = 3 s to 18 h at a temperature from −30 to −3° C, restores compressive strength to the body. The strength increases with confinement, time and temperature, scaling as σ h t h n exp ( − n Q / R T ) where n = 0.29 ± 0.02 and Q = 50 ± 6 kJ mol−1. A model of the restoration is developed in terms of creep of asperities that interact across the plane of the fault and is applied to healing of the arctic sea ice cover.
Mental Health Care for Elderly People at Formal Mental Health Systems and Buddhist Temples in Vietnam: Making a Case for Mindful Elder Care in Vietnam

Despite being one of the fastest aging countries in the world, Vietnam lacks systemic and comprehensive policies and programs to manage the physical and mental health needs of its elderly population. In this paper, I will review the formal, biomedical system for mental health care and present preliminary results of an ethnographic study on formal mental health services provided through Buddhist temples. Results of the study show that while Vietnamese formal mental health system is under-developed, Buddhist temples serve effectively as a source of help to Vietnamese elderly with mental health problems. In that light, Vietnam should incorporate Buddhist concepts of existence—most importantly, the concept of mindful aging—into its developing system of elder care.
Seasonal Succession of Free-Living Bacterial Communities in Coastal Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

The marine ecosystem along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) undergoes a dramatic seasonal transition every spring, from almost total darkness to almost continuous sunlight, resulting in a cascade of environmental changes, including phytoplankton blooms that support a highly productive food web. Despite having important implications for the movement of energy and materials through this ecosystem, little is known about how these changes impact bacterial succession in this region. Using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, we measured changes in free-living bacterial community composition and richness during a nine-month period that spanned winter to the end of summer. Chlorophyll a concentrations were relatively low until summer when a major phytoplankton bloom occurred, followed three weeks later by a high peak in bacterial production. Richness in bacterial communities varied between ~1,200-1,800 observed operational taxonomic units (OTUs) before the major phytoplankton bloom (out of ~43,000 sequences per sample). During peak bacterial production, OTU richness decreased to ~700 OTUs. The significant decrease in OTU richness only lasted a few weeks, after which time OTU richness increased again as bacterial production declined towards pre-bloom levels. OTU richness was negatively correlated with bacterial production and chlorophyll a concentrations. Unlike the temporal pattern in OTU richness, community composition changed from winter to spring, prior to onset of the summer phytoplankton bloom. Community composition continued to change during the phytoplankton bloom, with increased relative abundance of several taxa associated with phytoplankton blooms, particularly Polaribacter. Bacterial community composition began to revert towards pre-bloom conditions as bacterial production declined. Overall, our findings clearly demonstrate the temporal relationship between phytoplankton blooms and seasonal succession in bacterial growth and community composition. Our study highlights the importance of high-resolution time series sampling, especially during the relatively under-sampled winter and spring, which enabled us to discover seasonal changes in bacterial community composition that preceded the summertime phytoplankton bloom.
[307-POS]: Cx43 phosphorylation and the functionality of Cx43 gap junctions are moderated by cyclic nucleotide activity in UAECs and HUVECs

Objectives Gap junctions (GJ) are intercellular channels that contribute to the robust vasodilation found in pregnancy in several vascular beds. GJs allow for the coordination of endothelial cell responses by directing cell-cell communication via facilitated diffusion of signaling molecules (e.g. cAMP, cGMP). The phosphorylation of GJ protein Cx43 at serine (Ser) residues regulates both open (Ser365) and closed gating (Ser368), thus allowing the passage of signaling molecules between cells. Although the phosphorylation events of cAMP are well studied, little is known about cGMPs role on gap junction intracellular communication (GJIC) and function. Hypothesis: The inhibition of cAMP and cGMP-mediated pathways will modulate the phosphorylation and expression of Cx43 at their respective phosphorylation sites and thus increase or reduce GJIC in pregnant ovine uterine artery endothelial cells (P-UAECs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Methods P-UAECs were pretreated with the respective cAMP and cGMP nucleotide cyclase inhibitors SQ22536 and ODQ (0.1–100 μ M) followed by treatment with 100 μ M of ATP or Forskolin, or 1 μ M–1 mM 8-Bromo-cAMP or 8-Bromo-cGMP and analyzed using ELISA, western analysis, or scrape-loading/dye transfer technique. Results ELISA revealed that the inhibitors SQ22536 and ODQ specifically and completely abrogated (P 0.01) cAMP and cGMP productions, respectively. Western analysis showed that SQ22536, decreased (P 0.05) the ATP, Forskolin, and cAMP-induced phosphorylation at Ser365 in P-UAECs and HUVECs, while GJIC function was reduced. ODQ decreased (P 0.05) ATP and cGMP-induced elevation at Ser365 in P-UAECs and HUVECs. In contrast, ODQ alone had no effect on GJIC. Conclusions cAMP via adenylyl clycase and cGMP via guanylyl cyclase differentially regulate Cx43 phosphorylation and expression, which is important in regulating GJIC. Although both cyclic nucleotides may serve as important regulation mechanisms in controlling vascular tone, cAMP may play the most important functional role in GJICs. These findings also suggest an expanded role of cGMP signaling on GJ function. Disclosures B. Ampey: None. I. Bird: None. R. Magness: None.
Inhibition of Salmonella typhimurium on agar medium and poultry skin by ultraviolet energy

Ultraviolet radiation (UV) was effective in destroying Salmonella typhimurium on agar plates and poultry skin. Agar plates inoculated with varying numbers of colony-forming units (CFU) of S. typhimurium (1.2 x 10(2) to 1.7 x 10(9) were subjected to different doses of UV light to determine optimal killing. Poultry skin was also inoculated with varying CFU of S. typhimurium per 2 cm2 of skin and subjected to UV light. UV light treatment of inoculated agar plates revealed almost complete elimination (99.9%) of S. typhimurium at 2,000 microW x s x cm(-2). Bacterial reduction was less effective on the surface of poultry skin when a 80.5% reduction in S. typhimurium was obtained at 2,000 microW x s x cm(-2).
PASSERT: a tool for debugging parallel programs

passert is a new debugging tool for parallel programs which allows programmers to express correctness criteria using a simple, expressive assertion language. We demonstrate how these parallel assertions allow the detection and diagnosis of real world concurrency bugs, detecting 14/17 bugs in an independently selected set of bugs from open source software. We describe a runtime checker which allows automatic checking of parallel assertions in C and C++ programs, with a geometric mean of 6.6× overhead on a set of PARSEC benchmarks. We improve performance by introducing a relaxed timing semantics for parallel assertions, which better reflects real memory models, and exposes more bugs with less overhead (geometric mean overhead 3.5×).
Fiber-coupled vapor cell for a portable Rydberg atom-based radio frequency electric field sensor.

We demonstrate a movable, Rydberg atom-based radio frequency (RF) electric (E) field probe. The technique is based on electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler–Townes splitting. Two fibers attached to a 10 mm cubic Cs133 vapor cell are used to couple counter-propagating probe and control lasers through the cell. This all-dielectric fiber-coupled sensor can be moved from the optics table to locations more suitable for RF (gigahertz to sub-terahertz) E-field measurements and calibrations.
Non-native autoinducer analogs capable of modulating the SdiA quorum sensing receptor in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

Quorum sensing (QS) allows many common bacterial pathogens to coordinate group behaviors such as virulence factor production, host colonization, and biofilm formation at high population densities. This cell–cell signaling process is regulated by N -acyl L-homoserine lactone (AHL) signals, or autoinducers, and LuxR-type receptors in Gram-negative bacteria. SdiA is an orphan LuxR-type receptor found in Escherichia, Salmonella, Klebsiella, and Enterobacter genera that responds to AHL signals produced by other species and regulates genes involved in several aspects of host colonization. The inhibition of QS using non-native small molecules that target LuxR-type receptors offers a non-biocidal approach for studying, and potentially controlling, virulence in these bacteria. To date, few studies have characterized the features of AHLs and other small molecules capable of SdiA agonism, and no SdiA antagonists have been reported. Herein, we report the screening of a set of AHL analogs to both uncover agonists and antagonists of SdiA and to start to delineate structure–activity relationships (SARs) for SdiA:AHL interactions. Using a cell-based reporter of SdiA in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, several non-natural SdiA agonists and the first set of SdiA antagonists were identified and characterized. These compounds represent new chemical probes for exploring the mechanisms by which SdiA functions during infection and its role in interspecies interactions. Moreover, as SdiA is highly stable when produced in vitro, these compounds could advance fundamental studies of LuxR-type receptor:ligand interactions that engender both agonism and antagonism.
Using social media during the hiring process: A comparison between recruiters and job seekers

A large majority of organizations and those seeking employment maintain at least one, if not several, social media pages; consequently, social media is being used more frequently in the job search ...
Mutual Coinduction

In this paper we present mutual coinduction as a dual of mutual induction and also as a generalization of standard coinduction. In particular, we present a precise formal definition of mutual induction and mutual coinduction. In the process we present the associated mutual induction and mutual coinduction proof principles, and we present the conditions under which these principles hold. In spite of some mention of mutual (co)induction in research literature, but the formal definition of mutual (co)induction and the proof of the mutual (co)induction proof principles we present here seem to be the first such definition and proof. As such, it seems our work is the first to point out that monotonicity of mutual generators seems not sufficient for guaranteeing the existence of least and greatest simultaneous fixed points in complete lattices, and that continuity on the other hand is sufficient for guaranteeing their existence. [The paper has been responsively updated so as to not require the continuity of generators but only require their monotonicity, and it now includes a proof of the sufficiency of monotonicity. A full revision of the paper to reflect the relaxed requirement is currently underway.] In the course of our presentation of mutual coinduction we also discuss some concepts related to standard (also called direct) induction and standard coinduction, as well as ones related to mutual (also called simultaneous or indirect) induction. During the presentation we purposely discuss particular standard concepts so as to help motivate the definitions of their more general counterparts for mutual/ simultaneous/ indirect (co)induction. Greatest simultaneous post-fixed points, in particular, will be abstractions and models of mathematical objects (e.g., points, sets, types, predicates, etc.) that are defined mutually-coinductively.
Behavioural research priorities for the study of animal response to climate change

Behavioural traits are thought to be important determinants of the resilience of animal species to a rapidly changing global climate. Although increasing temperature has taken centre stage in the debate over climate change, animals will have to survive more than just extreme heat to persist in the Anthropocene. The aim of this review is to stimulate interest in the opportunities for integrative and applied behavioural study of how animals can survive life-threatening weather events, in order to help achieve the societal goal of maintaining viable wildlife populations under future climate scenarios. First, using the thermoregulatory behaviour of a hypothetical ground squirrel species as an example, we explore how different scenarios of behavioural flexibility, plasticity, adaptation, exaptation and management action can lead to population persistence or extinction. Next, we propose that considering weather events such as heatwaves, storms and floods, wildfire and drought as selective pressures worthy of investigation provides a new research framework for climate-related conservation behaviour. In our review we provide examples of the responses of animals to different types of weather extremes and describe behavioural adaptations to environments with extreme climates. We give methodological recommendations to jump start climate change research by behaviourists. Finally, we conclude with suggestions for using citizen science and a public video repository to foster evidence-based decision making for managing habitats and prioritizing species conservation efforts in light of the threats to biodiversity posed by climate change.
Implicit and explicit spatial-numerical representations diverge in number-form synesthetes.

Abstract In number-form (NF) synesthesia—a condition in which people report vivid, automatic and consistent mental layouts for numerical sequences—numbers and space are closely linked. These explicit associations are similar to the implicit associations demonstrated by the Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect. Thus, NF synesthesia offers a unique opportunity to investigate spatial-numerical associations. We tested implicit and explicit representations in NF synesthetes using a multiple case-study design. Over two sessions, synesthetes participated in a semi-structured interview focusing on the nature of their associations, as well as SNARC and number line estimation tasks. Contrary to our hypotheses, only one synesthete demonstrated SNARC effects congruent with her reported form, whereas two others exhibited SNARC effects that were the opposite of their explicit NFs. While this inconsistency between implicit and explicit representations may indicate separate underlying cognitive mechanisms, factors such as task-specific constraints and strategic variability must also be considered.
Arts attendance among first-year American college students

Though many studies explore arts participation at the P-12 level and attendance at the adult level, there remains little to no exploration on who attends arts events throughout college. Being an eg...
Making the Fault-Tolerance of Emerging Neural Network Accelerators Scalable

Deep neural network (DNN) accelerators built upon emerging technologies, such as memristor, are gaining increasing research attention because of the impressive computing efficiency brought by processing-in-memory. One critical challenge faced by these promising accelerators, however, is their poor reliability: the weight, which is stored as the memristance or resistance value of each device, suffers large uncertainty incurred by unique device physical limitations, e.g. stochastic programming, resistance drift etc., translating into prominent testing accuracy degradation. Non-trivial retraining, weight remapping or redundant cell fixing, are popular approaches to address this issue. However, these solutions have limited scalability since they are more like tedious patch adding or bug fixing after identifying each accelerator-dependent defect map. On the other side, scalable solutions are highly desirable in the envisioned scenario of a neural network trained once in the cloud and deployed to many edge devices with each equipped with an emerging accelerator. In this paper, we discuss the challenge and requirement of the fault-tolerance in these new accelerators. Then we show how to address this problem through a scalable algorithm-hardware codesign method, with a focus on unleashing the algorithmic error-resilience of DNN classifiers, so as to eliminate any expensive defect-map-specific calibration or training-from-scratch.
Molecular Regulation of Plant Responses to Environmental Temperatures

Temperature is a key factor governing the growth and development, distribution, and seasonal behavior of plants. The entire plant life cycle is affected by environmental temperatures. Plants grow rapidly and exhibit specific changes in morphology under mild average temperature conditions, a response termed thermomorphogenesis. When exposed to chilling or moist chilling low temperatures, flowering or seed germination is accelerated in some plant species; these processes are known as vernalization and cold stratification, respectively. Interestingly, once many temperate plants are exposed to chilling temperatures for some time, they can acquire the ability to resist freezing stress, a process termed cold acclimation. In the face of global climate change, heat stress has emerged as a frequent challenge, which adversely affects plant growth and development. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent progress in dissecting the molecular mechanisms regulating plant thermomorphogenesis, vernalization, and responses to extreme temperatures. We also discuss the remaining issues that are crucial for understanding the interactions between plants and temperature.
The Perspective of a Breast Cancer Patient: A Survey Study Assessing Needs and Expectations.

Background Patient satisfaction is one of the key indicators of health care quality. We aim to identify patient's needs and expectations in a breast cancer clinic to provide patient-centered care and better overall satisfaction. Methods A 17-item survey was administered to 110 patients at a breast cancer clinic. The survey was designed after a thorough literature review and approved by an oncologist and a palliative care physician. Results Self-reported knowledge about the disease was reported adequate by 90.9% of our patients yet only 55.45% of our patients could identify the stage of their cancer. More education was desired by 32.7% of patients including various treatment options (29%), common complications (24.5%), prognosis (26.3%) and risk factors (11.8%). The majority of our patients were having some form of cancer-related emotional stress and physical symptoms. The majority of our patients (57.27%) wanted their oncologist to address social/emotional issues and 25.45% felt the need for more focus on physical symptoms in their subsequent visits. End-of-life (EoL) care discussions were considered an integral component of overall care by 29% of our patients. Components of EoL care discussions that patients stated they could benefit from included prognosis (27.27%), life expectancy (29%), the treatment effect on the quality of life (22.7%), palliative care (9%), hospice (10.9%), advance directives (11.8%), and family involvement in medical decision-making (13.6%). There was a difference noted regarding their EoL care discussion based on the stage of cancer. Patients with early-stage disease wanted their oncologists to decide on the frequency of this discussion (72.7%). Patients with advanced disease wanted EoL care discussion to be done more frequently as initiated by them or their oncologist or if there's a change in the treatment plan. Conclusions A discrepancy between self-reported and actual knowledge in breast cancer patients emphasizes the need for patient education. Most patients rely on their oncologists for their diagnosis-related emotional and social issues. Surprisingly, more than a quarter of our patients consider EoL care discussions important even though the majority of our patients were healthy and having stage I and II disease.
Comparison of the M-Vac ® Wet-Vacuum-Based Collection Method to a Wet-Swabbing Method for DNA Recovery on Diluted Bloodstained Substrates* , † , ‡

A wet-vacuum-based collection method with the M-Vac® was compared to a wet-swabbing collection method by examining the recovery of diluted blood on 22 substrates of varying porosity. The wet-vacuum method yielded more total nuclear DNA than wet-swabbing on 18 porous substrates, recovering on average 12 times more DNA. However, both methods yielded comparable amounts of total DNA on two porous and two nonporous substrates. In no instance did wet-swabbing significantly recover more DNA. The wet-vacuum method also successfully collected additional DNA on previously swabbed substrates. Mitochondrial DNA yields were assessed, and outcomes were generally similar to the nuclear DNA outcomes described above. Results demonstrate that wet-vacuuming may serve as an alternative collection method to swabbing on difficult porous substrates and could potentially recover additional DNA on previously swabbed substrates. However, swabbing remains the preferred collection method on substrates with visible stains and/or nonporous surfaces for reasons of convenience, simplicity, and lower cost relative to the wet-vacuum method.
Big 5 personality traits and intraindividual variability in sleep duration, continuity, and timing.

Abstract Objectives The personality traits of conscientiousness and neuroticism have been consistently linked to mean-level, self-reported sleep duration and continuity. The present study expands this literature by using actigraphy sleep assessment to examine how personality is related to both mean-level and the intraindividual variability in sleep duration, continuity, and timing. Design One-week ecological sleep assessment. Setting The research was conducted at a mid-size Midwestern university. Actigraphy data were collected at participants’ homes. Participant The study had a sample size of 358 college-aged participants. Measurements Sleep duration, continuity, and timing were assessed for 7 consecutive nights using actigraphy. Participants also completed a self-report assessment of personality. Results Conscientiousness and extraversion emerged as the key personality predictors of sleep outcomes. Higher conscientiousness was associated with longer average sleep duration and earlier timing, as well as higher consistency in total sleep time. Higher extraversion was associated with later bedtimes, less total sleep time, and more variability in their sleep timing. Neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness to experience were not significantly related to sleep. Conclusion The study's results highlight the importance of personality in sleep research, with implications for sleep health promotion efforts.
Factors Affecting Burnout Among Medical Assistants.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Medical assistants-key professionals supporting physician practices-have not been studied with regard to burnout and professional fulfillment, which may affect other healthcare professionals. This study examined the factors associated with burnout among medical assistants in an academic healthcare organization while validating the use of a tool previously used to assess burnout in physicians. Using portions of the Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI) and questions designed for this mixed methods study, medical assistants employed across Stanford Health Care were surveyed. The authors assessed demographic characteristics and the impact of control, organizational culture, team knowledge, self-efficacy, and professional fulfillment/meaningfulness on burnout. Of the 505 eligible participants, 261 (52%) completed the survey; 76% were women. The study validated the PFI for use with this population and validated three additional scales. Burnout was found to be low among medical assistants (M = 2.32); professional fulfillment/meaningfulness of work was found to be high (M = 4.08). Organizational culture, professional fulfillment, and self-efficacy were found to be predictors of burnout (R2 = 0.438), with negative perceptions of organizational culture as the strongest predictor of burnout among medical assistants (β = -0.34). These results indicate that a survey tool is useful in understanding components of burnout and professional fulfillment in this population. Although limited to one site, this study could be replicated in other organizations.
Hybridizing power and water cogeneration plants with biomass steam gasification systems: An Energy-Water-Waste (EW2) nexus case study

Abstract Due to their fast start-up, diesel-fired gas turbine (GT) backup units are commonly used in Kuwait to satisfy increasing local power demand in utility-scale cogeneration power and water desalination plants (CPDP). This study investigates the use of syngas generated from biomass high-temperature steam gasification (HTSG) systems as fuel for the GT backup units instead of the diesel-fired units. The objective of hybridizing CPDPs with HTSG systems is to minimize fossil fuel dependence and simultaneously reduce waste discarded in landfills. The coupling of the carbon–neutral system retrofits existing power and water cogeneration plants to sustainable Energy-Water-Waste (EW2) systems. Synergies of hybridizing biomass HTSG systems with conventional CPDPs are presented and discussed in this study. A thermodynamic analysis is performed on the hybrid plant for the simultaneous generation of power and water by cofiring municipal solid waste (MSW), plastic, and used rubber tires with conventional fossil fuels. Depending on the gasifier’s feedstock and at the optimal steam-to-biomass ratio ( STBR ) and steam temperature, peak power capacity enhancement is calculated to be in the range of 3.40% to 4.52% when integrating a 100 MW syngas-fired GT unit with the CPDP. The results of the energy analysis show that the hybrid plant’s utilization factor ranges from 70.0% to 74.4%. The largest increase (2.52%) in the plant’s power and water gain ratio ( PWGR ) is achieved when rubber is gasified with 800 °C steam and an STBR of 3.82. Even though the cogeneration plant’s in-house water consumption rate increases in the range of 10.8 to 55.0% because of the HTSG coupling, the maximum plant’s net desalinated water export rate decreases by a maximum of 0.233% only at the optimum operating parameters. Approximately 1.69 million kgs of waste landfilling can potentially be avoided daily from such coupling representing 25.5% of Kuwait’s total MSW production per day.
Safety and Efficacy of Using Fracture Tables for Prosthetic Hip Dislocations

The incidence of prosthetic hip dislocation continues to increase because of the overall increase in volume of total hip replacement surgery. Closed reduction is often the preferred treatment, particularly in the first few months after surgery. No matter the closed reduction technique, linear traction is a requirement, thus posing a physically demanding stress opening both surgeon and patient to potential injury. We describe a fracture table closed reduction technique along with outcomes and safety data for a sample of patients. In all 10 reduction procedures, reduction was achieved quickly and without fracture or anesthetic complication. The use of a fracture table for reduction of prosthetic hip dislocation is a viable option, particularly when the surgeon may not have the physical requirements and/or qualified assistance necessary for reduction in the emergency department.
Adherence to Weight-Based Dosing Guidelines in Patients Receiving Hydroxychloroquine for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Quality Improvement Initiative.

OBJECTIVE Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is commonly prescribed for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and other rheumatic diseases. To limit retinal toxicity, the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) guidelines recommended limiting the HCQ dose to 5 mg/kg/day or less. Our objective was to develop a quality improvement program to improve adherence to these guidelines. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 801 adult patients receiving HCQ for SLE and RA in a single academic rheumatology practice. In 2018, we calculated weight-based doses of HCQ at two time points at least 6 months apart. We surveyed provider opinions regarding the 2016 AAO guidelines and implemented a quality improvement intervention during which dosing data were shared with all prescribers (individually and in aggregate) and nurse-aided decision support was provided for HCQ refill requests. One year after the initial analysis and intervention, we again assessed weight-based doses of HCQ for the 674 patients still taking HCQ. RESULTS At both measured time points during 2018, 22.8% of patients received doses greater than 5 mg/kg/day. For 60% of those patients, the dose of HCQ was reduced to 5 mg/kg/day or less by the study end. Between the second time point in 2018 and the postintervention time point in 2019, there was a statistically significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving of dose of 5 mg/kg/day or less (from 74% to 87%; P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION We observed a significant increase in adherence with current AAO guidelines for weight-based HCQ dosing after providing feedback to providers regarding their prescribing data and reviewing weight-based dosing prior to refilling prescriptions.
Innovation Inspired by COVID: A Virtual Treatment Program for Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment at Mayo Clinic

Limited access to mental health and behavioral interventions is a public health issue that predated and is further worsened by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing restrictions. The Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking (HABIT) program is a cognitive rehabilitation and wellness program for patients with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and their partners that involves groups of up to 32 people (16 dyads) at a time. Thus, the public health recommendation to avoid groups at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic immediately impacted our ability to offer this treatment protocol. This brief report provides patient and partner satisfaction data as well as clinical outcomes with a virtual adaptation of the HABIT program developed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of their participation, patients who attended in-person sessions had an average age of 74.4 years and those who attended virtual sessions had an average age of 75.4 years (P=.60). Both groups had an average of 16.3 years of education (P=.95). Approximately half of the patients in both groups were male (30 of 57 [53%]), most were White (54 of 57 [95%]) and were accompanied to the program by a spouse (50 of 57 [88%]). Overall, patient and partner satisfaction with the HABIT program remained high, ranging from a mean score of 5.8 to 6.6 on a rating scale of 1 to 7 for patients and partners, and clinical outcomes remained consistent with our face-to-face formatting when compared with pre-COVID pandemic sessions. The most notable changes across both formats were improvements in patient anxiety (Cohen's d=0.25 face-to-face; d=0.39 virtual), partner anxiety (d=0.37 face-to-face; d=0.34 virtual), and partner depression (d=0.37 face-to-face; d=0.35 virtual). This preliminary program evaluation suggests that transitioning the HABIT program to virtual formatting provides high-quality care similar to our in-person care models. Ongoing program evaluation is planned as we continue using virtual treatment for safety. Even after COVID-19 pandemic public health restrictions are lifted, these findings will have continued relevance to ongoing demand for telehealth.
Basic Background Concepts

On a microscopic level a gas is comprised of material particles at various levels of internal excitations, moving randomly in space (executing thermal or kinetic motions). The problem of the kinetic theory of gases is to determine the distributions of the thermal velocities and of the level populations. This task is complicated by the fact that these distributions are determined by the combined effects of a number of competing mechanisms, including collisions between the particles as well as various radiative processes.
Fractal Signal Analysis Using Mathematical Morphology

Publisher Summary This chapter provides the definitions of basic morphological transformations for sets and signals—i.e., the erosion, dilation, and opening operations—and surveys the theory of fractal dimensions. There is a proliferation of fractal dimensions, all of which are more or less capable of measuring the degree of fragmentation of a signal's graph; their definitions and interrelationships are also discussed in the chapter. Emphasis is given on the Minkowski–Bouligand dimension, whose analysis is done using morphological operations. The chapter also reviews three classes of parametric fractal signals and related algorithms for their synthesis. The performance of the presented morphological method for measuring fractal dimension is tested by applying it to the above synthetic fractal signals. In the chapter, various covering methods—a class of general and efficient approaches to compute the fractal dimension of arbitrary fractal signals—are discussed. The morphological covering approach to find the fractal dimension of 2D signals are described in the chapter followed by the fractal binary image modeling using collages.
PRACTICUM OF IMAGE-GUIDED PROSTATE IMPLANT

This paper is based on my invited talk at the Brachytherapy Subcommittee of JASTRO meeting in June of 2003 in Tokyo. It presents basic information regarding seed implant, specifically, iodine 125 (I-125) seed implant history, characteristics and dosimetry of I-125, minimum equipment requirements for implant and snapshots of pictures taken during a seed implant procedure in the operating room. It can not be stressed enough that the seed implant program is only successful when one has a good collaborative team including members from Urology, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics and other medical support staff.
Highly Reactive Calcium for the Preparation of Organocalcium Reagents: 1‐Adamantyl Calcium Halides and their Addition to Ketones: 1‐(1‐Adamantyl)Cyclohexanol

Highly reactive calcium for the preparation of organocalcium reagents: 1-adamantyl calcium halides and their addition to ketones: 1-(1-adamantyl)cyclohexanol product: 1-(1-adamantyl)cyclohexanol unknown: 1-octylcyclohexanol unknown: 1-(1-adamantyl)cyclohexanol Keywords: addition, to CO; Grignard and related reactions; metalation reactions, calcium; metalation reactions, calcium; reduction, miscellaneous; tetrahydrofuran
Surface tension effects in gas bubble dissolution and growth

Abstract The influence of surface tension upon the dissolution and growth of a stationary, isolated gas bubble in a fluid is examined. It is demonstrated that for small gas undersaturation of the liquid, surface tension corrections for bubble dissolution are significant for nearly the entire period of bubble dissolution. Also, it is shown that for slight supersaturation of the liquid, when bubble growth occurs, surface tension corrections are non-negligible too. Furthermore, comparisons are made with the quasi-stationary results which seem to indicate that surface tension corrections are of greater significance than convective corrections for small undersaturations. In the case of large undersaturations surface tension corrections are only of importance when the radius of the bubble is small.
Quantitative Determination of Methanol and Ethanol with Synthetic Calibration Spectra in Passive Fourier Transform Infrared Remote Sensing Measurements

A spectral synthesis strategy is introduced to help obtain estimates of path-integrated concentrations in passive Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) remote sensing measurements conducted during field-monitoring experiments. Obtaining quantitative information from passive infrared data is challenging because of the joint effects of temperature and concentration on spectral intensities. The collection of calibration data for use in modeling spectral intensities for a given set of experimental conditions is also costly and labor intensive. In the work presented here, a radiance model is defined for use in synthesizing calibration spectra that serve as inputs to partial least-squares (PLS) models that relate spectral intensities to path-integrated concentrations. The field data for which quantitative estimates are desired are used to estimate the background temperature associated with a given time and set of experimental conditions. Sample temperatures can be obtained through either experimental measurement or by estimating one calibration release. Given these temperatures, calibration data can be synthesized and the PLS model developed. This methodology is tested with stack monitoring data obtained from controlled releases of pure and mixture samples of heated ethanol and methanol. Experiments were conducted across 6 days with stack temperatures of 150 to 200 °C and with path-integrated concentrations in the range of 10 to 300 parts per million meters. Median relative errors in the estimates of path-integrated concentration were typically in the range of 20% or less, with the best results observed at the higher stack temperatures.
Cumulative Effects of Parent and Teacher Offered Levels of Facilitative Conditions Upon Indices of Student Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual Functioning

AbstractEighty fifth-grade students, their past and present teachers (N - 38), and their parents (seventy-six mothers and sixty-nine fathers) participated in this study which examined the relationships between parent and teacher- offered levels of facilitative conditions and indices of student physical, emotional-interpersonal, and intellectual functioning. Levels of facilitative conditions offered by parents and teachers were determined by their levels of communication and discrimination. Student levels of functioning were measured by two indices of physical functioning, (1) height-weight and (2) physical fitness test scores; two indices of emotional functioning, (I) level of communication and (2) level of discrimination; two indices of intellectual functioning, (1) grade-point average (GPA) and (2) achievement test scores ; and one index of creativity-productivity, a 42-item questionnaire concerning student achievements. The results indicated that the cumulative effects of parent and teacher offered lev...
Pulmonary deposition modeling with airborne fiber exposure data: a study of workers manufacturing refractory ceramic fibers.

Increasing production of refractory ceramic fiber (RCF), a synthetic vitreous material with industrial applications (e.g., kiln insulation), has created interest in potential respiratory effects of exposure to airborne fibers during manufacturing. An ongoing study of RCF manufacturing workers in the United States has indicated an association between cumulative fiber exposure and pleural plaques. Fiber sizing data, obtained from electron microscopy analyses of 118 air samples collected in three independent studies over a 20-year period (1976-1995), were used with a computer deposition model to estimate pulmonary dose of fibers of specified dimensions for 652 former and current RCF production workers. Separate dose correction factors reflecting differences in fiber dimensions in six uniform job title groups were used with data on airborne fiber concentration and employment duration to calculate cumulative dose estimates for each worker. From review of the literature, critical dimensions (diameter <0.4 w m, ...
Completion of nascent HeLa ribosomal proteins in a cell-free system.

Abstract HeLa cell 3H-labeled proteins completed in vitro and 14C-labeled 60S subunit ribosomal proteins isolated from cells labeled in vivo were processed together and applied to a carboxymethyl-cellulose column. A linear gradient of NaCl was used to elute the adsorbed proteins. Prominent peaks of both isotopes eluted together at 0.1M and from 0.175M to 0.25M NaCl. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the doubly-labeled proteins confirmed the identity of the ribosomal proteins completed in vitro with the ribosomal proteins labeled in vivo .
On the Rôle of the Thymus in the Production of Tetany.

Terms. 4 Fuhner, loc cit., p. 443. 5 Cf. Aldrich, T. B., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Easton, Pa., 38, 1915, (203). 6 The biuret reaction was made at room temperature. Unfortunately we did not apply heat as is done when making this test for histidine. This substance was no doubt present, having been set free from the albumoses by hydrolysis, as is shown by the positive Pauly test. 7 This also contained the redissolved residue from the 10 cc. used for the estimation of dry matter. 8 Fenger, F., J. Biol. Chem., Baltimore, 25, 1916, (417). 9 Cf. Ott, Enriquez and Hallion, Zuelzer, Weiland, Klohler and others.
AIDS in women: epidemiology.

Several facts concerning the distribution of AIDS in U.S. female populations are clear. This disease has made significant inroads, in a quantitative sense, into the female segment of our society as documented by AIDS surveillance data, information on pregnant women and parturients, and by screening data from the military. The impact on women in the reproductive years, on the reproductive health of these women, and on the reproductive outcome of their pregnancies is of substantial concern. Monitoring epidemiologic trends in certain groups will require clever and creative strategies like those of Hoff and colleagues. Additional data may be derived from the CDC's Family of Surveys that will examine HIV prevalence in five groups (in addition to the newborn infant survey described above): intravenous drug users, patients admitted to hospitals, sexually transmitted disease clinic patients, women's health and reproductive health clinics, and tuberculosis clinics. It is hoped that the data obtained from these studies, as well as data gathered on college students and Job Corps applicants, will contribute additional information on HIV infection in women. Monitoring the progress of the AIDS epidemic in women will be difficult. Even more difficult will be the effort to respond to the epidemic in the women it most frequently affects: the poor, minority, disenfranchised women who may be involved in illegal activities (drug use, prostitution, illegal immigration) who are not well networked into the medical and social services of our society.
Disambiguating the Sublime and the Historicity of the Concept

In his article "Disambiguating the Sublime and the Historicity of the Concept" Vrasidas Karalis explores the notion of sublime or sublimity as the field of colliding signifiers and of experiential frameworks in conflict. Instead of treating the traditional notion as a structural element of style of ideology, he analyses it from the point of its contextual validation and its very historicity: what makes sublimity emerge is the extra-lingual unease, the existential dysphoria of the world outside the text, as refracted through specific works of art. Such dysphoria is expressed through ungrammatical language or/and through the attempt in specific moments in history to reclaim a "totalising vision of experience." Through examples from various cultures Karalis addresses the difference of sublime perceptions that we see around the world. Ultimately, Karalis returns to Pseudo-Longinus's Peri Hypsous in order to explore sublimity as an expression of cultural and existential othering as an attempt to foreground the innovative differentiation in experience. Vrasidas Karalis, "Disambiguating the Sublime and the Historicity of the Concept" page 2 of 11 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 12.4 (2010): Thematic Issue Ambiguity in Culture and Literature. Ed. Paolo Bartoloni and Anthony Stephens
Microsatellite DNA markers for population‐genetic studies of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) and other species of genus Thunnus

Twenty-five microsatellites from Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus thynnus ) were characterized. All 25 microsatellites were polymorphic; the number of alleles among up to 56 individuals surveyed ranged from two to 23. Atlantic bluefin tuna are highly exploited and major questions remain as to stock structure and abundance in the eastern and western North Atlantic. The microsatellites will be useful in testing stock-structure hypotheses and in generating estimates of effective population size. The polymerase chain reaction primer sets developed also amplified identifiable alleles in three other species of genus Thunnus : T. albacares (yellowfin tuna), T. alalunga (albacore tuna) and T. obesus (bigeye tuna).
Determination of serum and urine calcium

Abstract Equipment for quantitative visualization of the fluorometric end point in the titration of calcium with EDTA using calcein indicator is described. Results with pooled serum had an acceptable standard deviation and agreement with isolation as the oxalate was excellent. Recovery of added calcium to urine was satisfactory and agreement with analysis by atomic absorption indicated good specificity.
Electron Transfer. 139. Reductions with Trioxodinitrate, [N2O3]2-

Trioxodinitrate (N2O32-), prepared as its sodium salt (Angeli's salt, Na2N2O3) by nitrosation of hydroxylamine using isopropyl nitrate and sodium ethoxide, reacts with a variety of inorganic oxidants. Observed stoichiometries for both le- and 2e- reagents at pH values above 4 generally point to conversion mainly to nitrite with both types. Kinetic acidity patterns, pertaining to media where the uninegative ion, HN2O3- (pKA = 9.3) predominates, indicate that oxidations by both I2 and I3- proceed through the dinegative ion, N2O32-, but that oxidations by I(V) involve HIO3 and the monoprotonated reductant. Oxidations with both Cl(I) and I(VII) proceed by multiple paths involving several protonation levels, with the acidity profile for the latter (Figure 1) being unusually complex. It is proposed that oxidations by HOCl proceed by Cl+ transfer, that iodate and periodate utilize oxygen transfer, and that the le- oxidants employ a pair of outer-sphere transactions of which the first is rate-determining. The mos...
Playing to the Press in McKinley’s Front Porch Campaign: The Early Weeks of a Nineteenth-Century Pseudo-Event

In the summer of 1896 William McKinley, Republican candidate for President, remained at home while his opponent, William Jennings Bryan, conducted a vigorous railroad campaign. Nonetheless, McKinle...
Teichmüller curves in moduli space, Eisenstein series and an application to triangular billiards

There exists a Teichmuller discΔ n containing the Riemann surface ofy 2+x n =1, in the genus [n−1/2] Teichmuller space, such that the stabilizer ofΔ n in the mapping class group has a fundamental domain of finite (Poincare) volume inΔ n . Application is given to an asymptotic formula for the length spectrum of the billiard in isosceles triangles with angles (π/n, π/n,n−2/nπ) and to the uniform distribution of infinite billiard trajectories in the same triangles.