cssi/SciSciGPT-SciSciNet huggingface dataset:
Tumor diameter accurately predicts perioperative outcomes in T1 renal cancer treated with robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

To compare diameter as a continuous variable with categorical R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score (RNS) in predicting surgical outcomes of robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN). We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients receiving RPN at our institution between July 2007 and June 2014 (n = 286). Three separate multivariate analyses were performed to assess the relationship between RNS components (R = radius, E = endophyticity, N = nearness to collecting system, L = location relative to polar lines), total RNS, and diameter as a continuous variable with operating time, warm ischemia time (WIT), and estimated blood loss (EBL). Each linear regression model’s quality of fit to the data was assessed with coefficients of determination (R 2). Continuous tumor diameter and total RNS were each significantly correlated to operative time, EBL, and WIT (p < 0.001). Categorical R related to operative time (R = 2 vs. R = 1, p = 0.001; R = 3 vs. R = 1, p = 0.001) and WIT (R = 2 vs. R = 1, p = 0.003; R = 3 vs. R = 1, p = 0.016), but not to EBL. For each of these outcomes, diameter outperformed both R and total RNS, as assessed by R 2. Age, body mass index, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and anterior versus posterior location did not correlate with surgical outcomes. In this series of RPN from a high-volume center, surgical outcomes more closely related to tumor diameter than RNS. While RNS provides surgeons a standardized tool for preoperative planning of renal masses, tumor size may be employed as a more familiar measurement when counseling patients on potential outcomes.
Determinants, Effects, and Funding of Arts Consumption

We conducted a three-phase study of arts participation using SPPA (Survey of Public Participation in the Arts) data going back to 1982. Using statistical methods to correct for possible survey sampling bias (including clustering, stratification, and weighting), in phase 1 we confirm previous findings that arts participation as traditionally measured is declining, almost universally. We examined both individual art forms as well as aggregate measures. In phase 2 of the paper, we exploit the unique situation of free art museums in Washington, D.C., to quasi-experimental tests and found only mixed evidence to support the expected result that higher income leads to more arts participation. The more surprising and interesting finding, with stronger evidence to support it, is that arts participation actually leads to higher levels of family income. In supplementary tests (phase 3), we found that treatment effects analysis using nearest-neighbor matching (on gender, natural log of income, education, ethnicity, urban location, and survey year) showed consistent and generally statistically significant evidence of an effect of the NEA budget cuts on arts education during the 1995/6 budget years. For every aggregated variable (combining 8, 7 or 6 of the individual categories) we saw findings consistent with the fact that students who were exposed to the reduction in arts funding (that is, survey respondents born after 1982, the “treated” group) had lower levels of arts involvement relative to their otherwise similar control matches. Finally, we examined whether arts participation is related in any way to state-level changes in opinions over time, as measured by presidential election results. We found that changes in arts participation over the 2002-2012 timeframe (the years for which SPPA data include survey respondents’ location) were robust to consideration of presidential election voting margins, although respondents from more Democratic-leaning states were more likely to attend art museums and live jazz, and to a lesser extent, plays and craft fairs.
Synthesis and characterization of aluminum-α-diimine complexes over multiple redox states.

The aluminum complexes (LMes2–)AlCl(THF) (3) and (LDipp–)AlCl2 (4) (LMes = N,N′-bis[2,4,6-trimethylphenyl]-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diazabutadiene, LDipp = N,N′-bis[2,6-diisopropylphenyl]-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diazabutadiene) were prepared by direct reduction of the ligands with sodium metal followed by salt metathesis with AlCl3. The (LMes–)AlCl2 (5) complex was prepared through one-electron oxidative functionalization of 3 with either AgCl or CuCl. Complex 3 was characterized using 1H and 13C NMR spectoscopies. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the complexes revealed that 3–5 are all four-coordinate, with 3 exhibiting a trigonal pyramidal geometry, while 4 and 5 exist between trigonal pyramidal and tetrahedral. Notable in the LMes complexes 3 and 5 is a systematic lengthening of the C–Nimido bonds and shortening of the C–C bond in the N–C–C–N backbone with increased electron density on the ligand. The geometries of the complexes 3 and 5 were optimized using DFT, which showed primarily ligand-based frontie...
EFFECT OF AN AMYLOID INDUCING REGIMEN ON PHAGOCYTOSIS OF CARBON PARTICLES.

Summary1) A group of 8 rabbits was shown to have significantly higher rates of phagocytosis when young and small than when fully matured. However, after the animals achieved a weight of 3.5 kg, further gains in weight did not significantly decrease phagocytic activity. 2) Two groups of 8 and 6 rabbits respectively were given casein injections as used previously to induce amyloidosis. Both groups showed a pattern of accelerating and then decelerating phagocytic activity over many weeks. One group was sacrificed while phagocytic indices were still quite high. The animals in this group showed no evidence of amyloidosis. The second group of animals, sacrificed only after phagocytic indices had returned to control levels, showed definite amyloid deposition. 3) The possible relationships between amyloidosis and the R.E.S. were discussed.
Cause Analysis of Food Poisoning in Sichuan,2004-2012

Objective To investigate the cause of food poisoning in Sichuan for formulating pertinent prevention measures. Methods Descriptive epidemiology was applied to analyze the data of Sichuan food poisoning incidents occurred from 2004 to 2012. Results Among all the events of food poisoning,bacterial poisoning took the largest percentage of 31. 00%, poisonous animals and plants took the second largest percentage of28. 40%. The mortality rate of chemical poisoning was 7. 9%. All the above three types of poisoning incidents occurred in summer and autumn. Among all the incidents,those were ascertained for causes accounted for78. 80%,and the ascertained rate was increasing during the period. Conclusion The causes of food poisoning in Sichuan is diversity and mainly occurred in summer and autumn.
Will the traditional horticultural breeding and genetics research be fairly valued in academia

I wrote the inaugural Editorial when Horticulture Research was launched in January 2014. This second Editorial was trigged by the manuscript that was submitted to Horticulture Research (HORTRES.2015.49, www.nature.com/articles/hortres201549), a summary of 17 years of traditional genetics on a woody ornamental tree called redbud. I have always been fascinated by the wealth of unique ornamental trees, mostly caused by genetic mutations. Since the redbud and dogwood are the two signature ornamental trees in eastern Tennessee, where University of Tennessee locates, I called Dr Dennis Werner and asked him to write a story behind this research and how he could continue and sustain this research for 17 years. In his story (see below), I see several important questions that are in need of open discussions. Over the past 25 years as a faculty in land-grant universities in the United States, I have seen eliminations or switching from the traditional breeding and genetics research programs to biotechnology, molecular biology and genomics, and alike. University administrators are shifting funds and changing evaluation matrixes, and have been placing more emphasis on publications, grants, and high impact factor journal articles. During the six years of my joint appointment at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, I have been struck by the “typhoon” of publishing high impact factor journal articles and changing evaluation matrix that swept through the Chinese research institutions. I have contacted many faculty members in the United States and China, and asked the following questions: “Will the traditional breeding and genetics (or similar programs) be fairly valued in academia, especially in land grant, or similar mission-oriented universities where horticultural research is primarily conducted?” “In the current academic environment, how can young scientists set long-term research goals without worrying about short-term pressures of publishing?” “How do we evaluate high impact research and does it equal to high impact factor journal articles?” As the Editor-in-Chief, I accepted Dr Werner’s article, which has taken 17 years to collect and aggregate the data, in Horticulture Research, to offer my view and support on this solid, traditional genetics research. I invite and encourage faculty and administrators to openly discuss these questions which may greatly impact research and service we perform to the horticultural science, horticultural industry, and ultimately our life in general.
Military service and smoking in a cohort of northern Vietnamese older adults

Wide-ranging scholarship demonstrates war’s impacts on US veterans’ health. We ask whether, among Vietnamese men of a certain age, wartime experiences contributed to initiating smoking, and thus shaped one behavioral pathway linking war exposure and older adult health. We analyze the Vietnam Health and Aging Pilot Study (VHAPS), a survey of adults ages 55 and older (N = 405) conducted in one commune of northern Vietnam. We implement Cox discrete-time proportional hazards models to discern the effects of military service upon the initiation of smoking. Military service results in a heightened risk of initiating smoking within this cohort (HR 2.13, [CI 1.36, 3.35]). Smoking initiation is also significantly gendered and age graded. Socioeconomic position and social capital variables in the models are statistically insignificant. This study finds that, among older northern Vietnamese men whose early adulthood coincided with mass mobilization in the Vietnam War, involvement in formal military service significantly increased the risk of initiating smoking. Military-induced smoking emerges where tobacco products were not provided by the military institution, but where social availability of tobacco was widespread.
Night sky cooling for concentrating solar power plants

Abstract Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants are currently designed with either cooling towers or air-cooled condensers. These two alternatives have a trade off: cooling tower evaporative cooling systems use water, which is a scarce resource in the desert environments where CSP is implemented, but air-cooling results in decreased power plant performance. In this paper, a radiation-enhanced cooling system for thermal power plants is analyzed with a detailed heat transfer model and shown to be feasible for CSP. The proposed system consumes no water and has the potential to out-perform air-cooling. Heat transfer occurs by convection and radiation to the cold night temperatures of desert environments. The radiators are uncovered black panels with tubes of cooling fluid circulated to a cold storage system. The radiators’ performance is modeled using a two-dimensional finite difference model and the complete power plant system is modeled on an hourly basis using a standard power plant with thermal energy storage. If the night sky cooling system is the same size as the solar collector field, annual simulation shows that the system can provide over 90% of the required cooling. In addition, performance is improved compared to traditional air-cooling because the parasitic load for circulating water in the radiator system is about 1% of gross energy production while the parasitic load for an air-cooled power plant is about 4%. The night sky cooling system is a potential solution to the water issues that face CSP power plants and other power plants located in desert environments.
Supporting Racially Diverse Students at HBCUs: A Student Affairs Perspective

While research has shown that the racial diversity of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is increasing, the efforts of student affairs professionals to foster racial inclusivity are under examined. This case study discusses findings from student affairs professionals at one HBCU to understand what they are doing to foster a supportive environment for non-Black students. Findings presented in this article are critical as HBCUs seek to increase the racial diversity of their student bodies.
Epigenetic determinants of allergy and tolerance

Not only genetics and environmental factors are responsible for the development of allergies. Epigenetic mechanisms – that are master regulators of gene transcription and thus of the accessibility and use of genome information – have been identified as a third power that is key in determining many features of allergy. So far, three epigenetic mechanisms have been identified in humans: histone modification, DNA methylation, and posttranscriptional modification by microRNA (miRNA) or small interfering RNA (siRNA). In recent years, it became clear that epigenetic regulation of gene function does not only play a role in the development of allergy but may also play a key role in the induction of tolerance against allergens, holding the promise to truly heal or prevent atopic diseases in the future.
Towards a Model-Learning Approach to Interactive Narrative Intelligence for Opportunistic Storytelling

Opportunistic storytelling is an approach to interactive narrative where game play is the ordinary activity that underlies notable story events, and the AI challenge is to tell a story about what the player is doing, that meets authorial goals. In this preliminary work, we describe a game and AI system that motivates the need for event prediction within the game world, and provides the opportunity for automated machine learning of such a predictive model. We report results showing how different feature models can be learned and compared in this context, towards automating model selection.
Method for online battery AC impedance spectrum measurement using dc-dc power converter duty-cycle control

An online method of measuring battery AC impedance spectrum is presented in this paper. By adding a square wave perturbation to the steady-state value of the duty cycle of a boost power converter, AC impendence values can be devised from the responses of the battery voltage and current at the odd harmonics of the perturbation frequency. FFT analysis is applied to battery voltage and current to obtain the harmonic components, then the harmonic components of battery voltage and current can be used to calculate the battery AC impedance at these odd harmonics of perturbation frequency. The battery AC impedance measurement method of this paper allows for the measurement of battery impedance at several different frequencies in one single perturbation period. An experimental laboratory prototype is constructed to verify and validate the proposed online battery AC impedance spectrum measurement method.
Inhibitors of Ethylene Biosynthesis and Signaling

Ethylene is a gas biosynthesized by plants which has many physiological and developmental effects on their growth. Ethylene affects agriculturally and horticulturally important traits such as fruit ripening, post-harvest physiology, senescence, and abscission, and so ethylene action is often inhibited to improve the shelf life of fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers. Chemical inhibitors of ethylene action are also useful for research to characterize the mechanisms of ethylene biosynthesis and signal transduction, and the role that ethylene plays in various physiological processes. Here, we describe the use of three inhibitors commonly used for the study of ethylene action in plants: 2-aminoethoxyvinyl glycine (AVG), silver ions (Ag), and the gaseous compound 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP). AVG is an inhibitor of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase, a key enzyme involved in ethylene biosynthesis. Silver and 1-MCP are both inhibitors of the ethylene receptors. Inhibitor use as well as off-target effects are described with a focus on ethylene responses in dark-grown Arabidopsis seedlings. Methods for the use of these inhibitors can be applied to other plant growth assays.
Nasal Swab Screening for Staphylococcus aureus in Spinal Deformity Patients Treated With Growing Rods.

Background:Surgical-site infections are one of the most concerning complications in patients treated with growing rods (GR). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of preoperative screening for Staphylococcus aureus (SA) for all growing spine procedures, and if this would permit alteratio
Analysis on the long-term relationship between DNI and CSP yield production for different technologies

Abstract Ground measured hourly data from the Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory of the University of Oregon over 34 years have enabled a detailed analysis of the relations between direct normal solar irradiance (DNI) and energy yield from concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) generation systems. Six different plant configurations have been selected for simulating the energy yields with System Advisor Model (SAM), based on different parabolic through and central receiver CSP and linear Fresnel commercial plants. The long-term yield energy of each CSP reference plant has been estimated by two different approaches: by modeling a typical DNI year estimated by the Sandia procedure for computing typical meteorological years, or by applying the Sandia methodology directly on the 34 years of hourly gross energy output resulting from multi-year modeling with SAM of the 34 years of meteorological input. Important differences are observed on the typical yield year resulting from each methodology. This work presents thus a complete analysis on how the statistical long-term characteristics of solar resource input might represent the statistical characteristics of long-term yield energy.
Introduction: Jousting with Windmills

Stephen Jay Gould once wrote that “the most erroneous stories are those we think we know best—and therefore never scrutinize or question.”2 This book will scrutinize the facts that “we think we know best” about medieval Jews, question how and why the tale of Jewish lending became a compelling narrative in the modern period, and explore what may be gained by thinking outside of the box. The story of Jewish moneylenders is well known to the educated public and college students, to academics, journalists, and museum curators. It revolves around the “economic role” or “function” of European Jews and goes something like this3: Most Jews were merchants in the early Middle Ages and moneylenders in the High Middle Ages. Jews were drawn, propelled, or pushed out of trade and into lending in the High Middle Ages, because they were uniquely positioned to fill the new economic niche of credit. European economy was expanding dramatically in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But the Church prohibited usury, preventing the easy flow of credit necessary for economic development. Jews, not being Christian, were not subject to the laws on usury, on the one hand. On the other hand, Jews were prevented from owning land and joining craft guilds. As Christians moved into trade and pushed Jews out, Jews adapted their commercial expertise and accumulated capital by lending on interest. Strong centralizing monarchies in western Europe protected and privileged Jewish moneylending. For rulers would then ruthlessly squeeze out the surplus capital collected by Jewish creditors through special royal taxes levied on the Jewish population. Ironically and tragically, Jews suffered an antisemitic backlash against Jewish “usury,” even as Jewish moneylending propelled Europe forward. This antisemitic backlash morphed into antisemitic fantasies, pogroms, and expulsions.
Firearm-associated Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Trends in the United States 2003-2012.

Background Firearm-associated injuries are the second leading cause of death in children in the United States. Fractures are common comorbid injuries in young patients with firearm-associated injuries. The purpose of this study was to define the burden of firearm-associated fractures (FAFs) in children and adolescents in the United States. Methods We analyzed the 2003-2012 Kids' Inpatient Database. Patients were grouped into 4 age groups: 0 to 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14, and 15 to 20 years old. Sample observations with both an external cause of injury code indicating gunshot injury and a diagnosis code indicating orthopaedic fracture (extremity, pelvis, or spine) were identified as cases of FAF. Sex, age, race, cause of injury, and fracture-related operating room procedures were catalogued. Population-level incidence was calculated for each year studied. Results From 2003 to 2012, the incidence of FAF in patients 20 years and below of age increased from 73 to 96 cases per 100,000 admissions (P=0.009). The 0 to 4 age group saw the largest increase in injury frequency (141%, P=0.08). There was a 4-fold increase in the rate of unintentional injury in this subgroup. The most common age group affected by FAFs was 15 to 20 year olds. Minorities and male individuals were disproportionately affected. Assault and unintentional causes were the most common reasons for injury. Conclusions The frequency of FAF in patients 20 years and below of age increased over the study period, with almost 1 case per 1000 admissions in 2012. The finding that certain subpopulations are disproportionately affected reflects the complex sociologic factors influencing gun violence in the United States. Level of evidence Level III-retrospective cohort study.
Meteorite flaws and scaling for atmospheric entry

Abstract Research is being conducted to understand the behavior of asteroids entering the atmosphere in order to help quantify their impact hazard. The strength of the body plays a critical role in determining the outcome of their impact events and is needed for many asteroid mitigation options. Meteorites are the physical material we have here to understand the larger parent body. Our objective is to scale flaw parameters in meteorites to their parent body, and therefore providing a way to scale strength from the smaller meteorites to the larger asteroids.
Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Aggression : Introduction to the Special Issue

The papers in this volume present varying approaches to human aggression, each from an evolutionary perspective. The evolutionary studies of aggression collected here all pursue aspects of patterns of response to environmental circumstances and consider explicitly how those circumstances shape the costs and benefits of behaving aggressively. All the authors understand various aspects of aggression as evolved adaptations but none believe that this implies we are doomed to continued violence, but rather that variation in aggression has evolutionary roots. These papers reveal several similarities between human and nonhuman aggression, including our response to physical strength as an indicator of fighting ability, testosterone response to competition, a sensitivity to paternity, and baseline features of intergroup aggression in foragers and chimps. There is also one paper tackling the phylogeny of these traits. The many differences between human and nonhuman aggression are also pursued here. Topics here include the impact of modern weapons and extremes of wealth and power on both the costs and benefits of fighting, and the scale to which coercion can promote aggression that acts against a fighter’s own interests. Also the implications of large-scale human sociality are discussed.
Durability of protective clothing

This chapter focuses on durability issues that relate to protective clothing. Durability of materials and seams is often included in the conformity assessment requirements. However, issues that affect durability and thus safety when the garments are used and refurbished are typically not addressed by conformity assessment. Wear studies, and in some cases failures during use, can provide important information that can be used to address safety issues. Examples are provided of protective clothing where durability affects safety and approaches are suggested to improve durability of such clothing.
Improvement of appointment compliance in an underserved lupus clinic.

To identify major obstacles to appointment compliance and quantify a measurable effect of a simple phone call intervention on the clinic show rate. We retrospectively looked at the show rates from November 1st, 2013 to June 30th, 2014 at our Lupus clinic, which is located in Bronx, NY. The scheduled patient chart was crosschecked if the patient made it to the appointment by verifying the provider note. A patient survey was implemented over a period of 8 weeks from July 1st, 2014 to August 12th, 2014. A reminder phone call intervention 2–3 days prior to the visit was planned. The intervention was implemented from September 1st, 2014 to April 30th, 2015. Data was analyzed after the end of the intervention period. In the pre-intervention period, our clinic show-rate was 207/352 (58.8%) The pilot survey had a total of 43 responses. The most common reason for a missed appointment was ‘forgot about the appointment’ (45.5%). Reminder phone calls were the preferred intervention (76.74%), which patients’ thought might help to keep scheduled appointments. In the intervention period, 283 of the scheduled 378 appointments were completed (74.8) in the lupus clinic. The difference in the show rate before and after the intervention by Pearson’s Chi-squared test with Yates continuity correction was statistically significant with a p-value of 0.0062. A simple telephone call reminder significantly improves clinic show rates in an underserved Lupus clinic, which can help improve health parameters in the Lupus population.
The Second Treatise

A reading of the Second Treatise reveals Locke’s commitment to individual rights, representative government, and popular consent to government as less than robust and his assertion of a right to revolution as much qualified. Any assertion of such ideas, however tame, in the circumstances of the Exclusion Crisis of 1679–1683 would have jeopardized Locke’s life. Although written at that time, the Second Treatise was not published until 1689 and even then anonymously. Locke ended his more than five years of exile in Holland and returned to England in the train of the victorious armies of William of Orange.
Commercial Activity Trackers Overestimate Step Count: Implications for Ambulatory Activity Monitoring.

Guidelines for Physical Activity (PA) include a minimum of 150 min of moderate PA each week for adults, and at least 60 daily minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA for youth aged 6–17 years. The burden to monitor self-compliance lies on the individual and involves tracking content, intensity, and temporal breakdown of daily activities while delineating these as light-, moderate-, or vigorous-intensity. Presenting PA recommendations as steps per day makes them more accessible. Inaccurate step counts can mislead individuals looking to meet recommendations using a step count paradigm. This research evaluated the degree to which wrist and hip worn activity trackers misattribute steps to non-ambulatory activities and overestimate total step count. An adult male (age: 41 years; height: 1.7 m; mass: 74 kg) wore a Fitbit Versa and Apple Watch on his wrist and a Withings Go and an Apple iPhone 7-deployed Pedometer++ application on his lateral hip. The participant walked and ran for a total of 84 and 100 steps, respectively, and performed 20 vertical jumps, 20 bilateral hops, 20 squats, and 20 sit-to-stand tasks. The mean step count and percent error between observed step count and total step count output from each device were calculated. Fitbit Versa, Apple Watch, Pedometer++, and Withings Go overestimated total step count by 110%, 126%, 48%, 97%, respectively. It was concluded that both low- and high-end commercial activity trackers attribute steps to non-ambulatory activities and consequently overestimate step count. This can mislead individuals who rely on these activity trackers to monitor their step count. Therefore, there is need for algorithms with improved activity recognition.
12 – Other Correlational Techniques

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on other correlational techniques. With ranked data, the Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient is used. With one continuous and one dichotomous variable, the point biserial correlation coefficient (rpb) is used. Alternatively, the correlation could be computed by using the formula for the Pearson r. rpb is tested for significance in the same way as the Pearson r.
Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Abstract Background Pediatric cancer survivors suffer indirect long-term effects of their disease; however, there is a paucity of data regarding the effect of pediatric cancer survivorship on sexual function. Aim To assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with sexual dysfunction among pediatric cancer survivors. Methods Pediatric cancer survivors were recruited to complete an online survey using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) or the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5), both validated questionnaires to assess female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and erectile dysfunction (ED). Patient demographics, oncologic history, prior treatment, and sexual habits were also queried. Logistic regression was used to evaluate risk factors for sexual dysfunction, and Mann-Whitney U test was used to identify factors associated with individual domains of the FSFI. Outcomes The main outcome measures were FSFI and IIEF-5 score, which are used to diagnose FSD (FSFI Results A total of 21 (72.4%) female respondents and 20 (71.4%) male respondents were sexually active and completed the survey and FSFI or IIEF-5 questionnaire, respectively. Mean (±SD) age was 23.7 (4.1) years, and average age at diagnosis was 9.1 (5.0), with no difference between genders. Overall, 25.0% (5/20) of male and 52.4% (11/21) of female pediatric cancer survivors reported sexual dysfunction (P = .11). Oncologic history and prior treatment were not associated with sexual function. Females who reported difficulty relaxing during intercourse in the last 6 months had higher odds of reporting sexual dysfunction (odds ratio: 13.6, 95% confidence interval: 1.2–151.2, P = .03). Subgroup analysis of FSFI domains found that previous radiation therapy was correlated with decreased lubrication and satisfaction during intercourse, whereas previous treatment to the pelvic region significantly reduced satisfaction and increased pain during intercourse. Clinical Implications Female pediatric cancer survivors have higher odds of reporting sexual dysfunction after treatment and should be screened appropriately to provide early intervention and to mitigate risk. Strength & Limitations Our study includes validated questionnaires to assess FSD and ED and queries specific characteristics to assess their association with sexual dysfunction. However, the study is limited by sample size and its cross-sectional survey design. Conclusions The prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in this cohort is higher than that in the general population of equivalent-aged individuals, and clinicians should be aware of these potential long-term sequelae. Greenberg DR, Khandwala YS, Bhambhvani HP, et-al. Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction in Pediatric Cancer Survivors. J Sex Med 2020;17:1715–1722.
Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Children's Neighborhoods: Evidence From The New Child Opportunity Index 2.0.

Neighborhoods influence children’s health, so it is important to have measures of children’s neighborhood environments. Using the Child Opportunity Index 2.0, a composite metric of the neighborhood...
Storytelling to Inspire Dialysis Patients to Learn about Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Background Policy changes including the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative and CMS's ESRD Quality Incentive Program recommend increasing educational initiatives within dialysis centers to increase living kidney donor transplant (LDKT) rates. LDKT education can be challenging in dialysis centers due to limited provider time to educate, patient fears or reluctance to learn about LDKT, and difficulty educating potential living donors. New educational innovations that increase dialysis patient curiosity about pursuing LDKT are needed. Summary Digital first-person storytelling, or the sharing of narratives by individuals in their own words, is a culturally competent, health literate, patient-driven approach to expanding patient understanding about LDKT that can supplement traditional educational strategies without additional burden for dialysis providers. The Living Donation Storytelling Project is an online digital library of over 150 video stories told by diverse kidney recipients, donors, those in search of a donor, and their family/friends. By honestly discussing how they overcame fears and challenges related to LDKT, these stories address sensitive topics that can be hard for providers to introduce by using easily accessible learning methodology that may better connect with racial/ethnic minorities, scared patients, and patients facing health literacy challenges. Key Messages: Supplementing traditional educational approaches with digital storytelling may help overcome time limitations in educating for busy providers, boost providers' own knowledge about LDKT, serve as a free supplemental resource for patients, reduce fears and increase self-efficacy about transplant, help more patients to share about transplant with their social networks, and ultimately increase LDKT rates.
Outcomes of Displaced Forearm Fractures in Children Treated With Closed Reduction and Casting and a Loop and Sling Attached to the Cast Proximal to the Fracture Site

Introduction Forearm fractures of the radius and ulna account for approximately 45% of pediatric fractures. Unfortunately, after adequate reduction and casting, these fractures have a risk of re-displacement in the cast within the first 3 weeks. While some re-displacement may be acceptable due to remodeling capabilities of children, significant re-displacement requires repeat manipulation or internal fixation to prevent deformity and range of motion deficits. Previous literature suggests that conservatively managed mid-shaft both-bone forearm fractures have a re-manipulation rate of 10-70%. The purpose of this study is to compare the re-displacement rate of …
Verifying Storm Water Drainage System Capacity for Vadodara Airport

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda, the Cultural Capital of Gujarat is the third largest city in the Gujarat. Airports play an important role in the development of any city. Flooding of an airport in general and runway specifically can cause serious damage to the connectivity of the city. The recently constructed terminal of the Vadodara airport is soon scheduled to become an international airport. Hence, it is very important to regulate flow of storm water of airport during flooding & other relevant critical situation. Storm water management modeling (SWMM) has been used in thousands of studies of hydraulic and water quality analysis of storm, sanitary and combined sewer systems throughout the world. Major role of it is in flood control and water quality protection. This study attempts to model the Vadodara airport to analyze the discharge carrying capacity of the existing stormwater drains and the possible flood scenario using EPA SWMM _5.1 Software. SWMM model is develop and analyzed for Storm Water drainage system of Vadodara airport for a precipitation with the return period of 1 and 2 year for durations of 15, 30, 45 and 60 min. The simulation results can be used to modify the capacity of the existing storm water drainage of airport and determine the possible changes in drainage network in order to avoid flooding of the airport. INP.PINS tool was used which used to get an areal extent of the flooding for the durations of 1 year and 2 year return periods.
Beyond Academic Preparation for College: The Role of High Schools in Shaping Postsecondary Plans for Underprepared Students

Most college readiness reforms in high school focus on academic preparation for college, while underprepared students who do not intend to enroll in college are often left underserved. Using a uniq...
Benchmark datasets incorporating diverse tasks, sample sizes, material systems, and data heterogeneity for materials informatics.

Abstract Materials discovery via machine learning has become an increasingly popular method due to its ability to rapidly predict materials properties in a time-efficient and low-cost manner. However, one limitation in this field is the lack of benchmark datasets, particularly those that encompass the size, tasks, material systems, and data modalities present in the materials informatics literature. This makes it difficult to identify optimal machine learning model choices including algorithm, model architecture, data splitting, and data featurization for a given task. Here, we attempt to address this lack of benchmark datasets by assembling a unique repository of 50 different datasets for materials properties. The data contains both experimental and computational data, data suited for regression as well as classification, sizes ranging from 12 to 6354 samples, and materials systems spanning the diversity of materials research. Data were extracted from 16 publications. In addition to cleaning the data where necessary, each dataset was split into train, validation, and test splits. For datasets with more than 100 values, train-val-test splits were created, either with a 5-fold or 10-fold cross-validation method, depending on what each respective paper did in their studies. Datasets with less than 100 values had train-test splits created using the Leave-One-Out cross-validation method. These benchmark data can serve as a basis for a more diverse benchmark dataset in the future to further improve their effectiveness in the comparison of machine learning models.
Window dressing: possibilities and limitations of incremental changes in solitary confinement.

BACKGROUND In light of mounting evidence of the physical and psychological harms associated with solitary confinement, many correctional systems, state legislators, courts, and even international human rights bodies are increasingly recommending and implementing reforms to mitigate the harms of solitary confinement, if not abolish the practice entirely. In this piece, we examine three specific infrastructural changes to solitary confinement conditions and practices implemented in Washington state prisons with such harm minimization goals in mind: (1) building so-called "nature imagery rooms" to play videos of outdoor spaces, (2) eliminating punishments for self-harm, and (3) conducting daily cell-front wellness checks. RESULTS Drawing on 183 in-depth qualitative interviews with both staff working in and people imprisoned in solitary confinement units conducted in Washington state restrictive housing units in 2017, we find that these three reforms not only resulted in limited successes but also generated new conflicts. Institutional logics such as deprivation, risk-management, and responsibilization ultimately impeded even the most modest attempts to mitigate the inherently harsh practice of solitary confinement. The limits of these reforms are due in part to individual choices made by people imprisoned in solitary confinement and staff working in these units, as well as the larger cultural norms that shape life in restrictive housing units. CONCLUSIONS Incrementalist reforms aimed at softening the environment of solitary confinement may actually serve to increase the strain and stress experienced by people confined to and working within them. Even the most well-intentioned reforms, like those attempted by the Washington DOC, should be scrutinized in order to determine if they are producing the desired outcomes, or instead, reproducing a different, but nonetheless damaging set of harms to people imprisoned in solitary confinement. Further, even well-intentioned reforms are often stymied by the underlying institutional logics of restrictive housing spaces.
Three Modes of Perception in Mozart: The Philosophical, Pastoral, and Comic in Cosí fan tutte

This 2004 book is a full-length, scholarly study of what is widely regarded as Mozart's most enigmatic opera and Lorenzo Da Ponte's most erudite text. Against the long-standing judgement that the opera uses a misguided confidence in reason to traduce feeling, Goehring's study shows how Cosi affirms comedy's regenerative powers and its capacity to grant access to modes of sympathy and understanding that are otherwise inaccessible. In making this argument, the book surveys a rich literary, operatic and intellectual territory. It offers fresh perspective on the relationships between text and tone in the opera, on the tension between comedy and philosophy and its representation in stage works and on the pastoral mode which the opera uses in subtle ways. Throughout, Goehring's argument is sustained by close readings of primary sources, many of them little known, and is richly illustrated with musical examples.
Performance Apprehension in Learning to Tell Stories

The purpose of this study was to determine if performance apprehension was a significant issue with students (n = 102) enrolled in a graduate level storytelling course and to determine if there was a relationship between the course structure and any change in the students' level of apprehension by the end of the course. Analyses of the data indicated that performance apprehension was a significant concern for students initially and that, by the end of the course, there was a significant reduction in students' performance apprehension regarding both reading aloud and storytelling to children and adults. Two of the primary contributing factors to this reduction included instructor modeling and opportunities for students to practice and perform for adult peers.
Self-scheduled parallel isosurfacing using distributed span space on cell

A method designed for fast isosurfacing on Cell platforms is introduced. It well-utilizes limited amounts of local memory by exploiting a block-based span space. Exploitation goes beyond the usual steps of avoiding span space tiles whose range does not contain the isovalue. In particular, the method keeps resident in local memories most span space information in addition to the parts of the volume most likely to be examined if multiple isovalues are explored. The method also performs distributed self-scheduling of isosurfacing work among the Cell's Synergistic Processing Units (SPUs) without explicit centralized computation of workload or assignment of work. Results are also presented for trials on the Playstation-3, including comparison to another fast, parallel isosufacing method (which is faster than prior reported parallel methods on Cell).
Psychometric Properties and Norms of the Family Needs Scale.

We studied 205 low-income families, using the Family Needs Scale (FNS). Factor analysis of the FNS data resulted on a 7-factor solution with high internal consistency within the various subscales. We provide normative scores based on the factor structure of the FNS. A total of 53 parents completed the FNS on two occasions with an average of four weeks between these two ratings. In general, the test-retest reliabilities were low to moderate. A total of 61 pairs of parents independently rated their families with the FNS. Again, agreement between raters was low to moderate. Several factors that may have detracted from better test-retest and interrater reliability were identified. Our data point to the need for more psychometric studies with the FNS.
Ly-4.2: A cell membrane alloantigen of murine B lymphocytes: III. In vitro studies☆

Abstract The alloantigenic specificity Ly-4.2 is present on a restricted population of murine lymphocytes which have previously been shown to have some of the properties generally ascribed to B lymphocytes, both with regard to distribution and function. In the study reported herein, the effect of anti-Ly-4.2 and anti-Thy-1.2 (θ) antisera have been examined in various in vitro systems. (a) T cell-mediated lysis of 51 Cr-labeled P815-X2 target cells by immune allogeneic peritoneal exudate cells is inhibited by anti-Thy-1.2, but not affected by the anti-B (Ly-4.2) reagent. (b) Antibody-dependent lymphocyte-mediated lysis of 51 Cr-labeled sheep red cells was only slightly inhibited by anti-Ly-4.2 and anti-Ig antisera, and not at all by anti-Thy-1.2 antisera, indicating that this type of cell lysis is mediated by neither T (Thy-l + ) nor B (Ly-4.2 + ,Ig + ) cells. (c) The response of lymph node lymphocytes to various mitogens was affected thus: PHA, completely inhibited by anti-Thy-1.2 but not by anti-Ly-4.2; Con A, largely inhibited by anti-Thy-1.2, and slightly by anti-Ly-4.2; PWM (pokeweed mitogen), partially inhibited by both antisera; E. coli endotoxin lipopolysaccharide, greatly inhibited by anti-Ly-4.2 but only slightly by anti-Thy-1.2. The findings demonstrate that anti-Thy-1.2 reacts predominantly with T cells and anti-Ly-4.2 with B cells.
Other Magnetic Performance Parameters

This chapter discusses a few magnetic performance parameters. After defining these key parameters, they are evaluated using reluctance and finite-element methods. Their relations with energy and force are also explained. The parameters discussed in the chapter are magnetic flux, flux linkage, inductance, capacitance and impedance.
Site-Specific Mucosal Immunity to Fungi: Lessons Learned from Candida albicans Applied to Other Fungi

This chapter uses Candida as the example to emphasize the uniqueness of mucosal immunity to fungi. Following a general discussion of the dogmatic host defense mechanisms against Candida albicans, a fairly detailed discussion of host defense against oral, vaginal, and gastrointestina (GI) candidiasis is reviewed to stress the uniqueness of the responses at each anatomical site and what this implies for immunity to other fungal organisms that infect multiple sites. The chapter talks about other fungi that infect multiple sites and on which studies on host defense have been focused to date, together with a road map for research on immunity to fungi that affect different mucosal tissues or anatomical sites. Historically, most studies of host defense against other medically important fungi focused on cells in the lymph nodes, spleen, or peripheral blood. Studies of host defense against the medically important fungi are certainly following the correct path and moving to evaluations at sites of infection. The authors would like this chapter to serve as an example of what the future should be relative to host defense against the medically important fungi. Development of vaccines must consider the site-specific host responses and target the site of infection with the vaccine.
Shifting the Boundary Between the Sections 402 and 404 Permitting Programs by Expanding the Definition of Fill Material

The section 404 permitting program has endured a history of divergent interpretations from both the agencies that operate the program and the courts. In 2002, these agencies, the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA, redefined fill material to include many activities under the section 404 program that did not appear to be included under the previous definition. One of these activities is the disposal of excess dirt and bedrock in the Nation's waters from strip mining operations. Efforts to thwart this disposal activity have been met with increasing resistance by the courts, while efforts to minimize the adverse environmental effects of this type of disposal have forced the Army Corps to propose developing a coordinated permit process with other involved agencies. This Note argues that the new definition of fill material expands the scope of the section 404 program to include activities that at one time were or could have become subject to regulation under EPA's more rigorous section 402