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Analysis of Vital Steps in the Transmission Pricing Model in UK

In order to propose a suitable transmission pricing approach to electricity market in China, the wide-noticed new electricity trading arrangements (NETA) in United Kingdom is presented. The vital links of user charge for power network in NETA, such as the calculation of nodal marginal kilometer and zonal marginal kilometer as well as user charge of regional power network, are analyzed; the influence of principal parameters on calculation results is researched. Because the user charge of power network relates to marginal cost and composite cost, NETA approach can offer economic signals and keep financial balance. Analysis results show that NETA is suitable to bilateral-agreement market with abundant transmission capacity, and it should be improved while it is used in the electricity market where central-trade or mixed transaction modes coexist as well as congestion frequently occurs.
National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: Recommendations for Safer Outpatient Opioid Use.

INTRODUCTION: Adverse drug events (ADEs) have been highlighted as a major patient safety and public health challenge by the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan), which was released by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) in August 2014. The ADE Action Plan focuses on surveillance, evidence-based prevention, incentives, and oversights, additional research needs as well as possible measures and metrics to track progress of ADE prevention within three drug classes: anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioids.OBJECTIVEs and Recommendations. With outpatient opioid prescriptions being a great concern among many healthcare providers, this article focuses on recommendations from the ADE Action Plan to help guide safer opioid use in healthcare delivery settings. Its aim is to discuss current federal methods in place to prevent opioid ADEs while also providing evidence to encourage providers and hospitals to innovate new systems and practices to increase prevention.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. 2016. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US. Language: en
0130 Using fully immersive simulation to identify latent errors in a new major trauma centre

Background/context Simulation in-situ is gaining popularity1 and is recognised as a method of identifying latent errors in the clinical setting to improve patient safety.2 We have previous local experience of using in-situ simulation in the operating theatre to identify latent errors.3 Aintree University Hospital is part of the Major Trauma Collaboration in Liverpool and is due to open a new Major Trauma Unit in the summer of 2015. We plan to use in-situ simulation to test the facility prior to opening and wish to present the outcomes of our study. Methodology (used or planned) Using the wireless mannequin SimMan 3G (Kent, UK) we intend to run the following fully immersive scenarios to involve the actual teams on call. Trauma Call Deteriorating Patient in the Resuscitation Bay Medical Emergency Team Call to Observation Ward Scenarios will be video recorded to allow an immediate debrief and a report will be written to allow any latent errors to be corrected prior to opening the facility Results/outcomes (anticipated or recorded to date) Previous work by Wheeler and colleagues2 identified latent errors in the categories of medication, equipment and systems and resources. We will seek to identify any latent errors and correct them immediately. Potential impact This exercise will allow rehearsal of complex trauma scenarios in a safe environment and the opportunity to correct any latent errors prior to opening our new facility. References Mercer SJ, Wimlett S. Simulation in situ. Bull Royal College Anaesthetists 2012;76:28–30 Wheeler DS, Geis G, Mack EH, et al. High-reliability emergency response teams in the hospital: improving quality and safety using in situ simulation training. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:507–514 Welfare E, Lacasia-Purroy C, Groom P, et al. Investing latent errors in the operating theatre using high fidelity simulation. BMJ J Simulation Technol Enhanced Learn 2014;99(S1):A67–68 [10.1136/bmjstel-2014-ASPiH_abstract.163]
Subpixel Characterization of HIRS Spectral Radiances Using Cloud Properties from AVHRR

AbstractThis paper describes a cloud type radiance record derived from NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellites using cloud properties retrieved from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and spectral brightness temperatures (Tb) observed by the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS). The authors seek to produce a seamless, global-scale, long-term record of cloud type and Tb statistics intended to better characterize clouds from seasonal to decadal time scales. Herein, the methodology is described in which the cloud type statistics retrieved from AVHRR are interpolated onto each HIRS footprint using two cloud classification methods. This approach is tested over the northeast tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean region, which contains a wide variety of cloud types during a significant ENSO variation from 2008 to 2009. It is shown that the Tb histograms sorted by cloud type are realistic for all HIRS channels. The magnitude of Tb biases among spatially coincident satellite intersec...
Conclusion Stuart Women and Political Culture

Let us consider the following event. Sometime in 1694, Archbishop Tillotson presented Bridget Bendish to Queen Mary II. Bendish was granted a pension, presumably for circulating pro-Williamite propaganda prior to the Prince’s invasion in 1688, thereby supporting the Revolution.1 Bendish seems to have had contacts in the Netherlands among the large Whig and Dissenting refugee communities there. Perhaps she was another “nursing mother.” But Bendish was also special for another reason; one that might have prevented her meeting with the Stuart queen, but did not. Bridget Bendish was the granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell and from all accounts, his spitting image. Still further, her father was Henry Ireton, Cromwell’s close associate as well as a leading parliamentary officer and regicide. Her exchange of pleasantries with the Queen, whose grandfather, Charles I, Bendish’s father and grandfather had brought to the scaffold, provides us with an intriguing, even poignant, image. It certainly has much to say about Mary II, much that John Tillotson already knew. First, that the presence of this living image of Cromwell, she whose ancestors were rebels and regicides, would not unsettle the Queen; and secondly, that the presence of this Dissenting woman, who worshipped with Independents and practiced the kind of enthusiastic religiosity that moderates like Mary and Tillotson found troubling, would not faze her.
Di­aqua­bis­[N,N′-(ethane-1,2-di­yl)bis­(isonico­tin­amide)-κN]bis­(hydrogen phthalato-κO)nickel(II) hexa­hydrate

In the title solvated coordination complex, [Ni(C8H5O4)2(C14H14N4O2)2(H2O)2]·6H2O, the NiII cation is octa­hedrally coordinated by trans carboxyl­ate O-atom donors from two crystallographically distinct monodentate hydrogen phthalate (Hpht−) ligands, two trans aqua ligands, and trans pyridyl N-atom donors from two crystallographically distinct N,N′-(ethane-1,2-di­yl)bis(isonicotinamide) (ebin) ligands. Extensive O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen-bonding patterns involving the water mol­ecules of crystallization anchor neighboring coordination complexes into a three-dimensional network.
Formation of Technetium Salts in Hanford Low-Activity Waste Glass

The distribution and physical form of technetium in a Hanford low-activity waste (LAW) glass was examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). A simulated Hanford LAW glass was spiked with varying amounts of potassium pertechnetate and melted at 1000°C. The glass was melted in a sealed quartz ampoule with the air pumped out, so that volatile material could leave the glass but would not be lost from the system. Previous studies have shown that technetium remains in the glass up to about 2000 ppm, but rises to the top of the melt as a separate salt phase above this concentration. Examination by SEM shows that crystals of technetium compounds appear to grow out of the hot glass, which implies that the hot glass was supersaturated in technetium salts. Some of the technetium compound crystals had apparently melted, but other crystals had obviously not melted and must have formed after the glass had partially cooled. The technetium compounds in the salt layer are KTcO4 and NaTcO4, according to SEM and XRD. No TcO2 was found in the salt phase, even though Tc(IV) has been previously reported in the glass.
Sequential Regeneration of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Highly Selective Atomic Layer Deposition

Next generation 3D electronic devices will require novel processing methods. Area selective atomic layer deposition (ALD) of robust films has the opportunity to play an important role in significantly reducing complexities associated with current top-down fabrication processes of patterned structures. An all-vapor process is demonstrated for depositing and regenerating thiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on copper between ALD cycles. It is shown that by redosing SAM precursors, the SAM quality can be restored after it begins to degrade. It is also shown that this approach is effective in improving the blocking properties of the SAMs against ZnO ALD. This process allows selective deposition of dielectric films on dielectric regions of patterned Cu/SiO2 substrates more than three times thicker than approaches that do not regenerate the SAM. In addition, this all-vapor strategy provides the ability to integrate the selective deposition process into the ALD reactor, reduces artifacts associated with depositing the SAMs on porous or 3D structures, and decreases the required deposition time for the passivation layer, opening up the possibility for new applications in next generation electronic devices.
Spatial downscaling of precipitation using adaptable random forests

This paper introduces Prec-DWARF (Precipitation Downscaling With Adaptable Random Forests), a novel machine-learning based method for statistical downscaling of precipitation. Prec-DWARF sets up a nonlinear relationship between precipitation at fine resolution and covariates at coarse/fine resolution, based on the advanced binary tree method known as Random Forests (RF). In addition to a single RF, we also consider a more advanced implementation based on two independent RFs which yield better results for extreme precipitation. Hourly gauge-radar precipitation data at 0.125° from NLDAS-2 are used to conduct synthetic experiments with different spatial resolutions (0.25°, 0.5° and 1°). Quantitative evaluation of these experiments demonstrates that Prec-DWARF consistently outperforms the baseline (i.e., bi-linear interpolation in this case) and can reasonably reproduce the spatial and temporal patterns, occurrence and distribution of observed precipitation fields. However, Prec-DWARF with a single RF significantly underestimates precipitation extremes and often cannot correctly recover the fine-scale spatial structure, especially for the 1° experiments. Prec-DWARF with a double RF exhibits improvement in the simulation of extreme precipitation as well as its spatial and temporal structures, but variogram analyses show that the spatial and temporal variability of the downscaled fields are still strongly underestimated. Covariate feature importance analysis shows that the most important predictors for the downscaling are the coarse scale precipitation values over adjacent grid cells as well as the distance to the closest dry grid cell (i.e., the dry drift). The encouraging results demonstrate the potential of Prec-DWARF and machine-learning based techniques in general for the statistical downscaling of precipitation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
The comparative study of science

The modernity of science In the present world, science and its offshoots appear to be the epitome of modernity. The scientific method of treating every conceivable natural, human, or social malady is everywhere in evidence. If the scientific approach has not been applied to the problem at hand, the treatment and analysis are thought to be either defective or suspect. This state of affairs is not bereft of moral critics who think that science itself has too much power or that the strictly scientific point of view, especially in medicine, claims too much, is overly confident, arrogant, and even capable of reaching false diagnoses. In the Western world there are those who think that science itself is a “social problem.” To them the technological products of science – excessive levels of radiation released into the atmosphere of local communities, the inadequately monitored use of pesticides, the general degradation of the natural environment caused by the dumping of toxic substances, and even global warming – are all to be laid at the door of modern science and technology. Nevertheless, alternative forms of knowledge – those derived from religion, mysticism, or occult sciences such as astrology – must offer their own defenses against the prevailing scientific posture. If they are to be accredited, these alternatives must be shown to produce their results and achieve their effects in ways that are consistent with either scientific ignorance (“about this we have no knowledge”) or scientific wisdom (“this outcome is perfectly conceivable within expanded parameters of our present scientific knowledge”).Indeed, it is common to refer to the privileged status of scientific knowledge in the modern world. This phrase means several things. First, it implies that the knowledge claims of scientific experts are given pride of place in public discussion and, above all, in matters of health, public and private. Second, expert witnesses, who are reputed to be scientific experts, are permitted to testify in courts of law regarding arcane and abstruse topics that laymen are hard-pressed to understand. In such circumstances these experts are permitted to use their scientific knowledge to establish possible facts as well as the probable causes of events.
Preliminary results from the AFRL-NASA W/V-band terrestrial link experiment in Albuquerque, NM

Atmospheric propagation models and the measurements that train them are critical to the design of efficient and effective space-ground links. As communication systems advance to higher frequencies in search of higher data rates and open spectrum, a lack data at these frequencies necessitates new measurements to properly develop, validate, and refine the models used for link budgeting and system design. In collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA Glenn Research Center has deployed the W/V-band Terrestrial Link Experiment (WTLE) in Albuquerque, NM to conduct a measurement campaign at 72 and 84 GHz, among the first atmospheric propagation measurements at these frequencies. WTLE has been operational since October 1, 2015, and the system design shall be herein discussed alongside preliminary results and performance.
Shape properties of forced oscillations

The recent advent of the phasor measurement unit (PMU) and their associated networks has revealed that forced oscillations are a common occurrence in synchronized power systems. Forced oscillations are not be confused with electromechanical oscillations. Forced oscillations are typically caused by some rouge input driving the system into a sustained oscillation. An example is an ill-operating power-plant steam valve oscillating in a limit-cycle. While the existence of forced oscillations has been recognized for many decades, their dynamical impact on the system is not well established. This paper expands on the current knowledge by proposing a dynamic model for forced oscillations and uses this model to explore how the forced oscillations are perceived throughout the system. Specifically, we introduce the concept of “forced-oscillation shape” and examine how this shape interacts with the modal dynamics of a power system. We use simulation examples to demonstrate key points.
Effect of a partial contact between the crack faces on its contribution to overall material compliance and resistivity

Abstract Compliance and resistivity contribution tensors of a penny-shaped crack having a partial contact of arbitrary location along crack faces are found, in terms of contact size and its distance from the center. This result is a first step towards modeling of “rough” cracks having contacts between crack faces. Being applied to multiple cracks, our results yield the “adjusted”, for the presence of contacts, value of crack density in terms of contact parameters. Similar results are obtained in the context of conductivity.
The interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review

ABSTRACTThe interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review. Regional Studies. This paper reviews the literature on high human capital interregional migration with particular attention paid to the consequences of inflows and outflows on local economies. While other reviews focusing on the determinants of high-skilled interregional migration flows exist, this is the first attempt to organize and examine the extensive literature on the consequences of such flows on the economies of both receiving and sending regions as well as on the overall system. It is found that the majority of existing contributions focus on economic consequences for destination regions and highlight the strong need for future research that explores impacts on origin regions. In the critical assessment of the state-of-the-art, it is observed that lack of availability of suitable data on migration and migrant characteristics hinders the advancement of high-skilled migration research. The review also stre...
Reliability and Validity

Reliability and its antonym unreliability are related to the consistency with which observations can be measured and recorded. Validity depends on reliable observations but addresses the user confidence in or credibility of a study. Both notions are evaluated with respect to a relative notion of ‘truth’ that requires a specification of against what reference we are evaluating observations or conclusions. Methods to evaluate reliability and validity depend on the research purpose, assumptions, and methodologies and may involve quantitative as well as qualitative assessments.
Does Walking Mitigate Affective and Cognitive Responses to Social Exclusion

Social exclusion can produce harmful affective and cognitive responses that undermine healthy functioning. Physical activity is known to have acute affective and cognitive effects that are adaptive and therefore may mitigate these responses. The purpose of this study was to assess walking as a strategy to reduce the effects of social exclusion on affect and working memory performance. Healthy female college students (N = 96, Mage = 19.2 ± 0.8 years) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: (a) sedentary plus neutral feedback, (b) sedentary plus exclusion feedback, (c) walking plus neutral feedback, or (d) walking plus exclusion feedback. Pre- and postactivity and pre- and postfeedback measures of affect and working memory performance were recorded. Excluded participants had a significant negative shift in affect following feedback, p < .05. Those who were sedentary prior to exclusion had lower affect scores following exclusion than the walking plus exclusion and neutral feedback cond...
Epidemiology of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, Aortic Dissection, Intramural Hematoma, and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers

Anatomically the thoracic aorta is divided into a several distinct segments (Figure 1.1). The ascending aorta extends from the left ventricle (at the aortic annulus) and rises in the anterior mediastinum to the innominate artery. The base of the ascending aorta is referred to as the aortic root. The root is the widest aortic segment and is comprised of three coronary sinuses, which bulge outward, and serves as the support structure for the aortic valve cusps. The portion of the ascending aorta above the root is narrower and tubular in shape. Distal to the ascending aorta is the aortic arch, which moves posteriorly and to the left in the superior mediastinum, extending from the innominate artery to the ostium of the left subclavian artery. Thereafter, the descending aorta courses posteriorly, adjacent to the vertebral column, and continues to the level of the diaphragm, after which it becomes the abdominal aorta.
Caulleriella mediterranea, a new species of polychaete (Annelida: Cirratulidae) from the central Mediterranean Sea

A new species belonging to the genus Caulleriella Chamberlin, 1919 (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) is described from coastal soft bottom sediments off the northwest Italy coast in fine sand at around 8 ...
Compression and Transport of CO2

Following capture and separation of CO2 from a gas mixture, the CO2 must be compressed for transport, regardless of whether it is destined for storage in underground geologic reservoirs or used as a feedstock in chemical processing, aggregate formation, or EOR. There are various modes of transport such as rail, ship, truck, and pipeline. On average, a single 500-MW coal-fired power plant would need to transport on the order of 2–3 Mt per year of compressed CO2, which makes pipeline transport a feasible option due to the potential large-scale application (Energy Conv Manag 45(15–16):2343–2353, 2004). For instance, the installed capacity in the U.S. is approximately 315 gigawatts (GW) (EIA Existing Electric Generating Units by Energy Source; Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE): Washington, D.C., 2008), China’s installed capacity of coal-fired power is approximately 600 GW and India’s approximately 100 GW. The installed capacity in China and India will undoubtedly grow since as of 2009 these regions had populations of 186 million (China and East Asia) and 612 million (South Asia) without electricity (World Energy Outlook. Accessed August 13, 2011). China, U.S., and India are the top three coal producers, with production of 2716, 993, and 484 million tons produced in 2008, respectively (World Energy Outlook. Accessed August 13, 2011). With this heavy reliance on coal for advancing electrification in these regions, there will be an inevitable increase in CO2 emissions. Mitigation of CO2 via carbon capture will require CO2 transport. This chapter focuses on the compression and transport of CO2 after capture.
The Transformative Mind: Expanding Vygotsky’s Approach to Development and Education, by Anna Stetsenko, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016, 434 pp., £95 (hardcover)

It is a heady time to be writing a book about the mind, or reviewing one, in the stimulating but confusing wake of posthumanism, postphenomenology, post-postmodernism, the new materialism, critical...
“Hey, Professor—Something Is Wrong in the Book”

Differences among textbooks, electronic books, and content material on the Internet often lead to student confusion. The ease of searching for factual information on the Internet makes it difficult for students and instructors to be “on the same page”, literally and figuratively. Some of the issues can be resolved by focusing more (or entirely) on conceptual understanding with little (or at least, less) focus on factual knowledge.
Increasing the Fuel Economy of Connected and Autonomous Lithium-Ion Electrified Vehicles

When the sensors and signals that enable connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technology are combined with vehicle electrification, new vehicle control strategies that improve fuel economy (FE) are possible through perception, planning, and a control request issued to the vehicle plant. In this chapter, each CAV technology that could contribute to planning is introduced and discussed. Next, the techniques for modeling and validating a vehicle plant and running controller are discussed. Then, three planning-based control strategies are developed: (1) an Optimal Energy Management Strategy (Optimal EMS), (2) Eco-Driving strategies, and (3) an Optimal EMS combined with Eco-Driving strategies. Each of these planning-based control strategies is evaluated using a validated model of a 2010 Toyota Prius in Autonomie so that engine power, battery state of charge, and FE results can be compared. The results indicate that a 40% + FE improvement is possible when an Optimal EMS is combined with Eco-Driving for city drive cycles. Overall, as more vehicles incorporate CAV technologies and electrification, these FE improvements will be easier to achieve and will have a greater impact on transportation sustainability.
Health, Justice, and Responsibility

The issues raised by Beauchamp and Towers join in an important and powerful way. Beauchamp articulates clearly the problem of distributive justice facing us. In discussing the issue of the fair allocation of health resources, we tend to talk about our obligations as a society, and we are, I think, tempted to forget that our obligation is always in the end my obligation and your obligation. Our obligation is not anonymous, but personal. Towers’s discussion involves just this issue. He calls us to recognize our own responsibility for our health or lack of it: physical, professional, and moral. My remarks deal for the most part with Beauchamp’s essay, but mv conclusions, I hope, answer Towers’s call.
Occupant Simulation Models:Experiment and Practice

This paper is an overview of the evolution of math modeling as it pertains to occupant/restraint interactions. Specifically, math models involving lumped mass, finite element, and hybrid methods are examined. The process by which math models of both the dummy and restraints are developed, validated, and integrated into the vehicle design process is also presented. Finally, the progression of modeling impact responses of instrumented dummies to that of modeling actual human responses is motivated by way of example.
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of heterotopic ossification

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a debilitating condition in which cartilage and bone forms in soft tissues such as muscle, tendon, and ligament causing immobility. This process is induced by inflammation associated with traumatic injury. In an extremely rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progessiva (FOP), a combination of inflammation associated with minor soft tissue injuries and a hereditary genetic mutation causes massive HO that progressively worsens throughout the patients' lifetime leading to the formation of an ectopic skeleton. An activating mutation in the BMP type I receptor ALK2 has been shown to contribute to the heterotopic lesions in FOP patients, yet recent studies have shown that other events are required to stimulate HO including activation of sensory neurons, mast cell degranulation, lymphocyte infiltration, skeletal myocyte cell death, and endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). In this review, we discuss the recent evidence and mechanistic data that describe the cellular and molecular mechanisms that give rise to heterotopic bone.
Suture Tape Augmentation Repair of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament.

Abstract Adolescents with osteochondral loose bodies after a first-time patellar dislocation are most commonly treated with surgical intervention. However, the ideal method of managing a concurrent medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) disruption is still unknown. Recent evidence suggests high failure rates are associated with primary MPFL repair. The purpose of this Technical Note is to describe an alternative surgical technique for managing acute first-time patellar dislocations by using high-strength suture augmentation of the MPFL.
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON PERSONAL FACTORS AFFECTING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE LEVELS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S

This study explores the impact of some personal factors (i.e., gender, age, education, marital status) on employees’ emotional intelligence levels in service sector in the U.S. Using a questionnaire survey, pertinent data is gathered from a group of 98 employees who works in different companies and industries in New York and New Jersey. Employees’ EI is measured using Wong and Low Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS). The data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. First, descriptive statistics were obtained. Then, t-tests ANOVA and Mann Whitney- U tests were conducted. Also, the differences obtained through ANOVA among the means are further compared through Tukey Post-hoc Tests. The results of the study show that education is a factor affecting emotional intelligence of employees positively in the U.S.
Development and Characterization of a Wee1 Kinase Degrader

The G1/S cell cycle checkpoint is frequently dysregulated in cancer, leaving cancer cells reliant on a functional G2/M checkpoint to prevent excessive DNA damage. Wee1 regulates the G2/M checkpoint by phosphorylating CDK1 at Tyr15 to prevent mitotic entry. Previous drug development efforts targeting Wee1 resulted in the clinical-grade inhibitor, AZD1775. However, AZD1775 is burdened by dose-limiting adverse events, and has off-target PLK1 activity. In an attempt to overcome these limitations, we developed Wee1 degraders by conjugating AZD1775 to the cereblon (CRBN)-binding ligand, pomalidomide. The resulting lead compound, ZNL-02-096, degrades Wee1 while sparing PLK1, induces G2/M accumulation at 10-fold lower doses than AZD1775, and synergizes with Olaparib in ovarian cancer cells. We demonstrate that ZNL-02-096 has CRBN-dependent pharmacology that is distinct from AZD1775, which justifies further evaluation of selective Wee1 degraders.
Built Environment and Walking: Short vs. Long Walking Trips

In recent decades, many studies investigated the influencing factors on walking. Although there are lots of finding about these factors, only a few of them conducted to differentiate between short and long walking trips and their associated influencing factors. Current research investigates the impact of the influencing factors on the share of short. To do so, in the first step a proxy between short and long walking trip had been recognized. In this regard, indices mentioned in the literature review are derived from a transportation network database and land use data. According to the results, density in both trip generation sides in short trips is significant. Models are able to describe variation in share of walking up to 0.277 in short return to home walking trips.
Postoperative outcomes of total knee arthroplasty compared to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A matched comparison

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate early postoperative outcomes in patients following UKA (unicompartmental knee arthroplasty) compared to a matched cohort of TKA (total knee arthroplasty) patients. Methods Patients who met radiographic criteria for a medial UKA who underwent either a TKA or UKA at a single institution were matched based on age, gender, and BMI. Results One hundredy and fifty UKA in 138 patients and 150 TKA in 148 patients were included in this retrospective analysis. Mean age was 62.6 ± 9 years and 65.2 ± 9 years in the UKA and TKA groups respectively (p = .01). Patients who underwent UKA had significantly less pain at two and six weeks postoperatively compared to TKA patients with mean Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) scores of 3.7 ± 1.1 vs. 7.8 ± 1.2, p Conclusions Patients with primarily medial compartment OA who underwent UKA had less postoperative pain, earlier return to work, and higher KSS compared to a matched group who underwent TKA.
Restoration of peak strength and endurance following distal biceps reconstruction with allograft for chronic ruptures.

Background Distal biceps reconstruction for chronic rupture often requires a graft to recover length and allow for distal tendon reattachment to bone. Our purpose was to assess peak strength and endurance recovery following biceps reconstruction with tendon grafts. Hypothesis We hypothesized that allograft reconstruction would result in decreased flexion and supination peak strength and endurance. Methods Consecutive distal biceps reconstructions with allograft, performed for chronic ruptures between January 2008 and March 2018 at a single institution, were reviewed. Isokinetic dynamometry for peak strength and endurance testing was performed on the operative and contralateral arms in flexion and supination. Functional outcomes and overall satisfaction with the operation were determined. Results Eleven patients were available for a complete evaluation, including dynamometry, at a mean of 46 months postoperatively. Reconstructions demonstrated a nonsignificant trend toward decreased peak flexion strength (P = .06), and significantly decreased peak supination strength (P = .01) compared with the unaffected arm. There were no differences in flexion and supination endurance between the affected and unaffected arms. Using standardized outcome scales, patients reported excellent function. Conclusion Chronic biceps ruptures undergoing reconstruction are highly functional and patients are satisfied. Somewhat surprisingly, supination and flexion endurance were equal to the contralateral, uninvolved arm. However, this procedure does not restore peak supination strength.
Tuning into ‘fleshy’ frequencies: A posthuman mapping of affect, sound and de/colonized literacies with/in a primary classroom:

Within this article, I attend to the slippages among sound, silence, noise, voice and ir/rationality to map out the ways in which white supremacist forces subtly moved with/in a primary classroom (...
Mapping community-level determinants of COVID-19 transmission in nursing homes: A multi-scale approach

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected older adults and residents in nursing homes. Although emerging research has identified place-based risk factors for the general population, little research has been conducted for nursing home populations. This GIS-based spatial modeling study aimed to determine the association between nursing home-level metrics and county-level, place-based variables with COVID-19 confirmed cases in nursing homes across the United States. A cross-sectional research design linked data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Community Survey, the 2010 Census, and COVID-19 cases among the general population and nursing homes. Spatial cluster analysis identified specific regions with statistically higher COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents. Multivariate analysis identified risk factors at the nursing home level including, total count of fines, total staffing levels, and LPN staffing levels. County-level or place-based factors like per-capita income, average household size, population density, and minority composition were significant predictors of COVID-19 cases in the nursing home. These results provide a framework for examining further COVID-19 cases in nursing homes and highlight the need to include other community-level variables when considering risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in nursing homes.
Comparing Methods for Assessing Reliability.

The usual method for assessing the reliability of survey data has been to conduct reinterviews a short interval (such as one to two weeks) after an initial interview and to use these data to estimate relatively simple statistics, such as gross difference rates (GDRs). More sophisticated approaches have also been used to estimate reliability. These include estimates from multi-trait, multi-method experiments, models applied to longitudinal data, and latent class analyses. To our knowledge, no prior study has systematically compared these different methods for assessing reliability. The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Reliability and Validity (PATH-RV) Study, done on a national probability sample, assessed the reliability of answers to the Wave 4 questionnaire from the PATH Study. Respondents in the PATH-RV were interviewed twice about two weeks apart. We examined whether the classic survey approach yielded different conclusions from the more sophisticated methods. We also examined two ex ante methods for assessing problems with survey questions and item nonresponse rates and response times to see how strongly these related to the different reliability estimates. We found that kappa was highly correlated with both GDRs and over-time correlations, but the latter two statistics were less highly correlated, particularly for adult respondents; estimates from longitudinal analyses of the same items in the main PATH study were also highly correlated with the traditional reliability estimates. The latent class analysis results, based on fewer items, also showed a high level of agreement with the traditional measures. The other methods and indicators had at best weak relationships with the reliability estimates derived from the reinterview data. Although the Question Understanding Aid seems to tap a different factor from the other measures, for adult respondents, it did predict item nonresponse and response latencies and thus may be a useful adjunct to the traditional measures.
A Large Test Collection for Entity Aspect Linking

Given a text with entity links, the task of entity aspect linking is to identify which aspect of an entity is referred to in the context. For example, if a text passage mentions the entity "USA'', is USA mentioned in the context of the 2008 financial crisis, American cuisine, or else? Complementing efforts of Nanni et al (2018), we provide a large-scale test collection which is derived from Wikipedia hyperlinks in a dump from 01/01/2020. Furthermore, we offer strong baselines with results and broken-out feature sets to stimulate more research in this area. Data, code, feature sets, runfiles and results are released under a CC-SA license and offered on our aspect linking resource web page http://www.cs.unh.edu/~dietz/eal-dataset-2020/
«El hombre y lo divino» de María Zambrano: una ética más allá de Nietzsche, una estética con Antonioni

En El hombre y lo divino , Maria Zambrano sostiene, como Nietzsche, que los seres humanos nunca alcanzaran la verdad racionalmente. Agrega un corolario etico: hay que asumir tales limitaciones. Pero Zambrano va mas alla que Nietzsche al aceptar las implicaciones de su postura. Ademas, su demanda de suponer que hay una porcion incognoscible del mundo, unida a su elogio del arte modernista (Schoenberg y Picasso) por descubrir lo incognoscible, implica que una extension logica de este elogio, si incluyera el cine, deberia contener mas que el neorrealismo italiano al que Zambrano hizo referencia en sus escritos filmicos, al modernista Michelangelo Antonioni.
ON THE FORMATION OF Ti(C, N) IN BLAST FURNACE

The formation of Ti(C, N) occurs principally on the interfacial reac- tions between slag and coke as well as between slag and liquid iron in the blast fur- nace. The mechanism and state of formation for these two paths are different. At the slag-coke interface, TiC is formed first, and the unhomogeneous interstitial solid solution Ti(C, N) is then formed by nitrogen atom diffusion from furnace gas into TiC lattice. The slag basicity and temperature are extremely influential in the forma- tion of Ti(C, N). The larger the slag-coke interface is, the more favourable the for- mation of Ti(C, N) will be.
Leading, learning and herding

Abstract We analyze a game theoretic model of social learning about a consumption good with endogenous timing and heterogeneous accuracy of private information. We show that if individuals value their reputation for the degree to which they are informed, this reduces the incentive to learn by observing others and exacerbates the incentive to consume the good before others, i.e., to attempt to be an “opinion leader.” Consequently, reputation concerns reduce the average delay of consumption of new goods and weaken the social information value of early consumption. In an extension, we show that reputation concerns increase the probability of herding on consumption of both high and low quality goods.
Justified Communication Equilibrium

Justified communication equilibrium (JCE) is an equilibrium refinement for signaling games with cheap-talk communication. A strategy profile must be a JCE to be a stable outcome of nonequilibrium learning when receivers are initially trusting and senders play many more times than receivers. In the learning model, the counterfactual "speeches" that have been informally used to motivate past refinements are messages that are actually sent. Stable profiles need not be perfect Bayesian equilibria, so JCE sometimes preserves equilibria that existing refinements eliminate. Despite this, it resembles the earlier refinements D1 and NWBR, and it coincides with them in co-monotonic signaling games.
Calderón-Zygmund Capacities and Operators on Nonhomogeneous Spaces

Introduction Preliminaries on capacities Localization of Newton and Riesz potentials From distribution to measure. Carleson property Potential neighborhood that has properties (3.13)-(3.14) The tree of the proof The first reduction to nonhomogeneous $Tb$ theorem The second reduction The third reduction The fourth reduction The proof of nonhomogeneous Cotlar's lemma. Arbitrary measure Starting the proof of nonhomogeneous nonaccretive $Tb$ theorem Next step in theorem 10.6. Good and bad functions Estimate of the diagonal sum. Remainder in theorem 3.3 Two-weight estimate for the Hilbert transform. Preliminaries Necessity in the main theorem Two-weight Hilbert transform. Towards the main theorem Long range interaction The rest of the long range interaction The short range interaction Difficult terms and several paraproducts Two-weight Hilbert transform and maximal operator Bibliography.
From Fanatics to Folk: Brazilian Millenarianism and Popular Culture

Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Patricia R. Pessar Year: 2004 Pages: 273 Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822332647 Prices: $79.95(hard cover).
Fine-scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation

In keeping with the title of Symposium No. 63,1 would like to confront the assembly with a short review of observational upper limits on the amplitude of intensity fluctuations in the microwave background radiation on angular scales of less than one degree.
Arousal systems and infant heart rate responses.

Publisher Summary Several writers have recently proposed that there are two arousal systems that affect behavior differently; one energizing response while inhibiting receptive and consolidative processes and the other facilitating these processes and, thus, memory and learning. Sokolov's work, in particular, has stimulated considerable interest but attention has been largely focused on the facilitative “orienting” system to the neglect of an opposite-acting “defense” system. This chapter considers the evidence from adult studies that these two systems can be distinguished by the direction of heart rate (HR) change. It reviews typical procedures and problems encountered in studies of infant HR response and review the data from these studies to determine whether there is a developmental shift from primarily defensive reactions during the newborn period to increasingly probable and larger orienting reactions with increasing age.
Canine sterile nodular panniculitis: a retrospective study of 39 dogs.

Background Canine sterile nodular panniculitis (SNP) is an inflammatory disease of the panniculus that is typically managed with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive treatments. It has been reported to be a cutaneous marker of an underlying systemic disease. Hypothesis/Objectives To assess the presence or absence of concurrent systemic diseases associated with canine SNP and to document breed predispositions. Animals Thirty nine dogs presented to a veterinary teaching hospital from 1990 to 2012 which met inclusion criteria. Methods Inclusion in this retrospective study required a diagnosis of SNP via histopathological analysis and negative special stains for infectious organisms. Breed distributions of affected dogs were compared to all other dogs examined at this hospital during the study period. Correlations between the histological pattern of panniculitis and the histological presence of dermatitis, clinical presentation of lesions, dog breed and therapeutic outcomes were assessed. Results Australian shepherd dogs, Brittany spaniels, Dalmatians, Pomeranians and Chihuahuas were significantly over-represented, but correlations between inflammatory patterns of panniculitis and other histological and clinical factors were not identified. Based on the information available in medical records, 32 dogs (82.1%) had no concurrent systemic diseases identified. Four dogs had concurrent polyarthritis, which may be related to SNP through unknown mechanisms. Conclusions/Clinical Importance This study identified several novel breed predilections for SNP; it failed to find any clear correlations with associated systemic diseases other than polyarthritis. The histological inflammatory pattern of SNP does not predict therapeutic outcome.
Successful DCD Kidney Transplantation Using Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal

Organs from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are being increasingly utilized. Prior reports of DCD kidney transplantation involve the use of prednisone-based immunosuppression. We report our experience with early corticosteroid withdrawal (ECSW). Data on 63 DCD kidney transplants performed between 2002 and 2007 were analyzed. We compared outcomes in 28 recipients maintained on long-term corticosteroids (LTCSs) with 35 recipients that underwent ECSW. DGF occurred in 49% of patients on ECSW and 46% on LTCS (p = 0.8). There was no difference between groups for serum creatinine or estimated GFR between 1 and 36 months posttransplant. Acute rejection rates at 1 year were 11.4% and 21.4% for the ECSW and LTCS group (p = 0.2). Graft survival at 1 and 3 years was 94% and 91% for the ECSW group versus 82% and 78% for the LTCS group (p ≥ 0.1). Death censored graft survival was significantly better at last follow-up for the ECSW group (p = 0.02). Multivariate analysis revealed no correlation between the use of corticosteroids and survival outcomes. In conclusion, ECSW can be used successfully in DCD kidney transplantation with no worse outcomes in DGF, rejection, graft loss or the combined outcome of death and graft loss compared to patients receiving LTCS.
Sphenoid Sinus Expansion: A Radiographic Sign of Intracranial Hypotension and The Sunken Eyes, Sagging Brain Syndrome (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis)

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that in patient with sunken eyes, sagging brain syndrome, bone remodeling is not limited to the orbits. Volumetric analysis of the sphenoid sinus is performed in this study.
Analysis and Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus After Its Persistance in a Lymphoblastoid Cell Line for 15 Months

Infection of a human lymphoblastoid cell line (F-365 line containing Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen, derived from an individual without overt signs of lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, or leukemia) with herpes simplex virus (HSV), maintained and observed for 15 months, was characterized by the continuous production of infectious extracellular virus. By the 5th day postinfection 75% of the cells produced HSV antigen as detected by fluorescent antibody, and by the 10th day 90% did so; production continued through the 15th month. Only 11% of single isolated cells produced detectable infectious virus. HSV produced after the 3rd month formed smaller plaque in monolayer cell culture than did the parental virus. No antigenic or polypeptide change in the HSV was detected by crossed immunoelectrophoresis and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis over the 15-month cultivation in F-365 cells. Cell susceptibility and HSV virulence did not appear to change. The HSV-lymphoblastoid cell culture provided a useful model in which to study long-term virus-cell interactions.