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Classical interactions of the instanton-dyons with antidyons

Abstract Instanton-dyons, also known as instanton-monopoles or instanton-quarks, are topological constituents of the instantons at nonzero temperature and nonzero expectation value of A 4 . While the interaction between instanton-dyons has been calculated to one-loop order by a number of authors, that for dyon–antidyon pairs remains unknown even at the classical level. In this work we are filling this gap, by solving the gradient flow equation on a 3d lattice. We start with two well separated objects. We find that, after initial rapid relaxation, the configurations follow “streamline” set of configurations, which is basically independent of the initial configurations used. In striking difference to instanton–antiinstanton streamlines, in this case it ends at a quasi-stationary configuration, with an abrupt drop to perturbative fields. We parameterize the action of the streamline configurations, which is to be used in future many-body calculations.
“Am i still one of them?”: Bicultural immigrant managers navigating social identity threats when spanning global boundaries

We examine the practice of nominating bicultural immigrants to manage knowledge-intensive projects sourced from their host to their home countries. We focus on their actions vis-a-vis global collaborators and unpack psychological processes involved. Managers in these positions have to navigate the workplace social identity threat that arises from being associated with the home country group – a lower status group in this context. How they navigate this threat shapes the way they use their bicultural competencies and authority as managers. When they embrace their home country identity, immigrant managers tend to enable knowledge-based boundary spanning through actions empowering home country collaborators, such as teaching missing competencies, connecting to important stakeholders, and soliciting input. Instead, when distancing from their home country identity, they tend to hinder collaborators by micromanaging, narrowing communication channels, and suppressing input. We develop theoretical implications for the study of global boundary spanning, bicultural managers, and workplace social identity. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
The Influence of Regular Sports Participation on Consumer Psychology

The present study builds on abundant research extolling the unique psychological benefits of sports participation, in the context of consumer psychology. Two primary psychological benefits from sports participation that we were interested in included “positive self outlook” and “leadership and social influence”. Although sports participation takes up a relatively small percentage of daily life, it offers adolescents in particular a rare opportunity to combine intrinsic motivation with deep attention and concentration. Of particular interest to researchers (Larson, 2000) is the rare opportunity an activity like sport offers a young person in 21st Century America to develop initiative and self-esteem by working through challenges, learning to set short-term and long-term goals, and learning time management and problem solving skills (Hansen, Larson and Dworkin, 2003) in real time with real perceived consequences. First the study demonstrates evidence of these benefits in a national sample of adults, and secondly the study presents evidence of how these psychological benefits might impact consumer behavior in different ways depending on the type of sport the individual participates in regularly.
Hemodialysis Disparities in African Americans: The Deeply Integrated Concept of Race in the Social Fabric of Our Society

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is one of the starkest examples of racial/ethnic disparities in health. Racial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to nearly 4 times more likely than their non-Hispanic White counterparts to require renal replacement therapy (RRT), with African Americans suffering from the highest rates of ESRD. Despite improvements over the last 25 years, substantial racial differences are persistent in dialysis quality measures such as RRT modality options, dialysis adequacy, anemia, mineral and bone disease, vascular access, and pre-ESRD care. This report will outline the current status of racial disparities in key ESRD quality measures and explore the impact of race. While the term race represents a social construct, its association with health is more complex. Multiple individual and community level social determinants of health are defined by the social positioning of race in the U.S., while biologic differences may reflect distinct epigenetic changes and linkages to ancestral geographic origins. Together, these factors conspire to influence dialysis outcomes among African Americans with ESRD.
Medical and Endoscopic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) represents the progression from a proinflammatory state to irreversible fibrosis. The CP diagnosis consists of abnormal pancreatic imaging coupled with pancreatitis-type upper abdominal pain and/or pancreatic insufficiency. Medical management includes the elimination of modifiable risk factors such as alcohol or smoking, as well as dietary modification. Pain control is initially managed with nonnarcotics and neuropathic medications prior to consideration of a narcotic pain regimen. Endocrine dysfunction is typically treated with oral hypoglycemics and insulin supplementation. Exocrine dysfunction is treated with oral pancreatic enzyme supplementation. Once medical management options are exhausted, pancreatic endotherapy can be considered for CP pain relief. Pancreatic parenchymal disease can be treated with EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis. CP-related pancreatic duct (PD) disease with evidence of ductal obstruction can be managed with pancreatic ERCP for ductal decompression. The clinical efficacy of pancreatic endotherapy for CP pain is variable but represents a less invasive therapeutic option compared to surgery.
Archer Imagery in Zechariah 9: 11–17 in Light of Achaemenid Iconography

The last six chapters of the book of Zechariah (chs. 9-14) present numerous interpretive challenges. Though widely recognized as a product of a postexilic con text, these chapters, known collectively as Second Zechariah, lack the clear chrono logical framework and explicit historical signposts that are so evident in First Zechariah (chs. 1-8). Therefore, when it comes to historical-critical approaches to Second Zechariah, there is considerable debate and disagreement in the scholarly literature.1 In view of this impasse, an increasing number of scholars have turned to alternative interpretive methods to advance the study of Second Zechariah.2 Following in this trend, in this article I will explore how an examination of ancient art, or iconography, can offer a fruitful way forward in the interpretation of Second Zechariah. Iconography, as a method for studying the Hebrew Bible, has received heightened attention since the 1970s and since then has been pursued with a variety of different investigative goals in view.3 When expressly related to biblical
Theology and Integration

In this chapter, Royce establishes the extent of European integration for his 17 observations on the basis of their respective memberships in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which range from more to less integrated. He compares these outcomes with the comparative results for political theology, and finds that all of the non-EMU countries constitutionally establish Protestantism in some form. These findings are explained on the basis of a theological to constitutional to political process of ideational development, and Royce develops two traditions according to this model. A “Thomist, Tridentine, Christian Democratic tradition” helped give rise to supranational integration, but a “Reformed, Westphalian, Nationalist tradition” informs the politics of Euro-skepticism.
Applications of high-resolution recycling liquid chromatography: From small to large molecules

A twin-column recycling separation process (TCRSP) is assembled and used to generate higher speed and/or higher resolution levels than those of the usual non-recycling process at the same back pressure. It enables the users to solve very challenging separation problems caused by too small selectivity factors and/or too low column efficiencies. The relative gain in speed-resolution performance increases with increasing the number of cycles in the TCRSP, decreasing the maximum allowable pressure imposed by the LC system, decreasing the column permeability, and with reducing the separation speed. TCRSP is then particularly attractive for conventional LC systems (5000psi maximum) and columns packed with sub-2μm to 3.5μm particles. The performance of the real TCRSP was compared to that of the ideal TCRSP for which the retention factor is strictly pressure-independent. A broad range of separation problems encountered in conventional non-recycling chromatography can be easily solved by using a TCRSP assembly based on two 15cm long columns. Under adsorption conditions, the TCRSP enables the full baseline separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) isomers (benzo[a]anthracene and chrysene) on a 3.5μm XSelect-HSS T3 phase, the complete or improved resolution of racemic mixtures (4-phenylbutanol and bromacil) using the same 2.5μm cellulose-1 chiral stationary phase, and the full resolution of isotopic compounds (benzene/1,3,5-benzene-d3/benzene-d6) on a 2.7μm Cortecs-C18 phase. Under non-adsorption conditions or in size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), the fractionation of a polystyrene standard mixture (molecular weights of 35, 66, 130, 277, 552, 1210, and 2500kDa) was completed after only 8 cycles on a 1.7μm BEH 200Aphase. Similarly, a mixture of intact proteins with molecular weights of 16.7, 66.4, 150, 660, and 1320kDa was fully resolved on a 2.5μm BEH 450Aphase after only 6 cycles. Finally, TCRSP enables the complete separation of a few high-molecular-weight species (monoclonal antibody aggregates, small relative abundance of 1 for 250) from the intact monomeric monoclonal antibody (Vectibix).
SHOULDER EXTERNAL ROTATOR STRENGTH IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS SITTING POSTURES: A CONTROLLED LABORATORY STUDY.

Background The forward head rounded shoulder (FHRS) sitting posture has been associated with decreased shoulder complex muscle strength and function. Upon clinical observation, the adverse effects of the FHRS sitting posture on shoulder complex isometric muscle strength is also present when testing controls for scapular position. Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of various sitting postures on shoulder external rotator muscle isometric strength when the strength testing controls for scapular position. Study Design A cohort study, with subjects serving as their own controls. Methods One hundred subjects ages 20-26 participated in the study. Each subject was placed in a neutral cervical sitting (NCS) posture which was maintained for five minutes after which the strength of the dominant shoulder external rotators was immediately tested with the glenohumeral joint in the neutral position using a Micro-FET3 Hand Held Muscle Testing Dynamometer (HHMTD). Each subject was returned to the NCS posture for subsequent external rotator strength testing after five minutes in a FHRS sitting posture, five additional minutes in the NCS posture and five minutes in a retracted cervical sitting (RCS) posture resulting in each subjects' external rotator strength being tested on four occasions. Subjects were randomized for order between the FHRS and RCS postures. Results Mean strength values for each condition were normalized to the mean strength value for the 1st NCS condition for each subject. A statistically significant decline in shoulder external rotator strength following the FHRS sitting posture occurred compared to the appropriate postural conditions (p<.05). A frequency analysis revealed that 36% of the subjects demonstrated greater than 10% decline in external rotator strength following five minutes in the FHRS sitting posture. The average percentage of strength decline in those with greater than a 10% reduction in external rotator strength was 19%. Sixty-four percent of the subjects experienced less than a 10% decline in shoulder external rotator strength in response to the FHRS sitting posture. Conclusion Shoulder external rotator strength declined 8% following five minutes in the FHRS sitting posture. A sub-population of 36% demonstrated an average decline of 19% in shoulder external rotator strength following five minutes in the FHRS sitting posture. The strength decline appears to resolve over the short-term by returning to the NCS posture. Level of Evidence Level III.
The long silent revolution: capturing the life stories of Soviet-Jewish migrants to the West, 1970–2010

How can the prism of self-reflection help scholars see the mass exodus of Jews from the Soviet Union and its successor states in new ways? This article discusses the first effort to collect the lif...
THE EFFECT OF WARFARIN ON PROSTHETIC VALVE FUNCTION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

Optimal antiplatelet and antithrombotic treatment after transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) is unclear. TAVR valve thrombosis with valve dysfunction and high transvalvular gradients have been reported and treated with warfarin therapy, prompting short-term prophylactic warfarin use in some
Measurements of the Fluctuating Pressure in the Turbulent Boundary Layer over Progressive, Mechanically Generated Water Waves

The structure of pressure and velocity fields in the air above mechanically generated water waves was investigated in order to evaluate their contribution to the transfer of momentum and energy from wind to water waves. The wave-induced composite pressure coefficient, at the fundamental mode, shows in general an exponential decay behavior, but the rate of decay is different from that predicted by potential flow theory. The relative wave-induced pressure phase remains fairly constant throughout the boundary layer. The momentum and energy transfer rates supported by the waves were found to be dominated by the wave-induced pressure, but the transfer of the corresponding total quantities to both waves and current may or may not, depending on the ratio of the wave speed to the free-stream velocity, c/U. The contribution of the wave-induced Reynolds stresses to the transfer processes is negligible.
Computed EEG Topography — Theory, Implementation and Application

Taken at first glance, the EEG appears to be merely a mixture of sinusoids ranging in frequency from 1 to 30 Hz with variations in frequency, phase relation and amplitude that are a function of the scalp location from which they are recorded, the state of activity of the subject and the state of the underlying brain. When a normal subject is maintained in the same state of activity repeated samples of more than 15–20 seconds in duration will lead to similar frequency distributions and similar amplitude statistics within a single channel. It is this predictable stability of the EEG signal that allows the estimation of altered states of activity related to altered function or disease.
Is there a correlation between tumor proliferative activity and the FDG phenotype in pediatric sarcomas

1919 Objectives Pediatric soft tissue and bone sarcomas exhibit a strong glycolytic phenotype by 18FDG PET/CT. Here we investigate whether there is a correlation between tumor SUV and the tumor tissue proliferation marker Ki-67. Methods The study included 22 pediatric patients with high grade soft tissue or bone sarcomas. Fifteen (68%) patients underwent PET/CT scans while 7 (32%) had a dedicated PET. Tumor FDG uptake was quantified by SUVmax and tumor to liver ratios (SUVratio). Immunohistochemical staining for Ki-67 with MIB-1 was performed on previously biopsied tissue of all tumors. Results There were 22 patients (17 males, 5 females; mean age 14±5.0 years), 15 of which had bone sarcomas (osteosarcoma: n=8; Ewing’s sarcoma: n=7), and seven had soft tissue sarcomas. The tumors were localized in the extremities (n=15) or the abdomen/pelvis (n=7). SUVmax ranged from 1.6 to 20.4 (median 4.9) in bone sarcomas and 1.4 to 5.3 (median 2.3) in soft tissue sarcomas. A significant correlation between SUVmax and tumor Ki-67 expression was observed for the entire group (r2=0.48; p Conclusions The expression of Ki-67 correlates with the FDG uptake in pediatric bone sarcomas but not in soft tissue sarcomas suggesting that the degree of FDG uptake provide information about tumor proliferative activity only in bone but not in soft tissue sarcoma. The reasons for the lack of correlation in soft tissue sarcomas await further clarification
Disturbances in reproduction and expression of steroidogenic enzymes in aquatic invertebrates exposed to components of the herbicide Roundup

Exposure of organisms to environmental contaminants is a growing concern. We have investigated the effects of the individual active ingredients of the herbicide Roundup (glyphosate and diquat dibro...
Selection of Assembly Systems; Assembly Lines vs. Seru Systems

Abstract In the world of manufacturing, a manufacturing strategy must be selected depending on which strategy would produce the higher output rate, in order to carry out a set of product operations. This study focuses on the steady-demand domain, where two strategies are feasible; Classical Assembly Line and Seru, a recent Japanese strategy that mostly involves single-worker assembly lines. Mathematical modelling is used to determine the worker-to-station and task-to-station assignments of product structures with different parameters to calculate the assembly line output rate. On the other hand, simpler calculations are sufficient to determine the Seru strategy output rate. The aim is to study the relationship between worker skill level variation and strategy selection by building a neural network model using NeuroSolutions. Skill levels were considered to be normally distributed from 1 to 7. Inputs such as number of tasks, product precedence network flexibility, and task processing time variation will also be incorporated to support the learning process of the neural network model. The neural network model will then be applied to predict the more favourable strategy that would produce the higher output rate, between the Classical Assembly and Seru approach. As a result, this will help serve as a guideline regarding when to use Classical Assembly vs. Seru strategy, using only the available information about the product and skill variation and without the need to solve any mathematical model.
Designing a 40.68 MHz power-combining resonant inverter with eGaN FETs for plasma generation

This paper presents the design of a 40.68 MHz, 1.2 kW power-combining resonant inverter using eGaN FETs for plasma generation. Operating at very high frequency (VHF) allows the use of smaller passive components and has the potential to improve the power density of an RF power amplifier for plasma applications. To provide high power at 40.68 MHz switching frequency, a class $\Phi_{2}$ inverter topology with wide band gap (WBG) devices such as eGaN FETs was selected. Using WBG devices in resonant inverters helps us increase switching frequencies while providing relatively higher efficiency compared to silicon devices. In contrast to using RF MOSFETS with large on-resistance and input capacitance, using eGaN FETs with lower on-resistance and input capacitance results in relatively higher efficiency of resonant inverters. However, these FETs in high-power operation cannot effectively dissipate heat at VHF. To reduce the losses in each eGaN FET, we designed and implemented the power-combining inverter based on a class $\Phi_{2}$ inverter to provide 1.2 kW output power at 40.68 MHz. The tuning method of a single class $\Phi_{2}$ inverter enables us to easily connect four inverters in parallel, creating a power-combining inverter that increases the output power. Also, the proposed inverter topology reduces the power loss in each switching device, which can decrease the size of the heat sink. This study demonstrates that power-combining resonant inverters using eGaN FETs can increase efficiency and power density while operating at 40.68 MHz.
Randomized trial of a dissonance-based group treatment for eating disorders versus a supportive mindfulness group treatment

Objective: This report evaluates a dissonance-based group eating disorder treatment designed to be a cost-effective front-line transdiagnostic treatment that could be more widely implemented than extant treatments that are more intensive and expensive relative to a supportive mindfulness group treat
Design of Anti-Skid Foot With Passive Slip Detection Mechanism for Conditional Utilization of Heterogeneous Foot Pads

This letter introduces a novel anti-skid foot design consisting of two different types of foot pads, a cylindrical foot covered with rubber and a complementary foot with an array of spine mechanisms. The primary foot is designed to provide contact during movements that do not require excessive friction forces. On the other hand, the complementary foot is specialized to provide larger traction for dynamic motions. A passive slip detection and lock & release mechanisms are also designed to enable conditional switching to the complementary foot pad if slip occurs while the primary foot is in use. Experimental results demonstrated that the anti-skid foot can sustain 1.9 times of tangential load on a concrete block, compared with the maximum tangential load that a rubber foot pad can sustain on the same surface. Using this enhanced tangential load capability, a two-legged planar robot equipped with the novel foot was able to jump, land, and attach to the surface of a concrete block with a slope of 50 $^{\circ }$ .
Rice Snack Foods

In America, at least 60% of the population eat snacks, that is, some food or beverage between meals. Today, the annual sale of snack foods has surpassed $29.1 billion, led by candies, cookie/crackers, and potato chips (Snack Food 1990).
Evolution of Antibodies to Epitopes of PE_PGRS51 in the Spectrum of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Background Intrafamily homology has impeded correlation of expression of individual PE_PGRS proteins with stage of tuberculosis (TB). We investigated the in vivo expression of PE_PGRS51, which has 3 unique regions. Methods Sera from patients across the spectrum of TB were used to screen peptide arrays spanning PE_PGRS51. Results Antibodies against a subset of conserved "core epitopes" within PE/PGRS domains are elicited during early TB. The epitope repertoire expands to adjacent regions with disease progression. Antiunique region antibodies appear only during cavitary TB. Conclusions Elicitation of antiunique region antibodies can serve as markers for in vivo expression of PE_PGRS proteins.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDEDNESS, ATTITUDES TOWARD HYPNOSIS, AND EXPECTANCY AS CORRELATES OF HYPNOTIZABILITY.

This study aimed to understand how psychological mindedness, attitudes toward hypnosis, and expectancy of hypnotizability are related to hypnotizability. Ninety-one undergraduate students were give...
The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Testimony of David O. Taylor before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Drawing upon my prior research, this written testimony first summarizes the current state of patent eligibility law, explaining how patent eligibility law is in a state of crisis and why legislative reform is needed to eliminate that crisis. It explains why the Supreme Court is unlikely to resolve the current crisis, why alternative avenues to project inventive efforts and investments are insufficient, and why it is appropriate for Congress in particular to take action to change patent eligibility law. Such action would likely withstand a challenge under the Constitution given that eligibility law is a question of policy appropriately directed to Congress. Not only would legislative reform be permissible, there is broad consensus that it is necessary. This testimony then identifies four basic principles that should guide any legislative effort to correct patent eligibility law, before using those principles to evaluate amendments to the patent statute proposed by Senators Coons and Tillis and Representatives Doug Collins, Hank Johnson, and Steve Stivers on May 22, 2019.
Predictors of genetic beliefs toward cancer risk perceptions among adults in the United States: Implications for prevention or early detection.

The objective of this study is to assess predictors of genetic beliefs toward cancer risk perceptions among adults, aged 18 years and over, in the United States (US). Data were obtained from the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Health Information National Trends Survey 2014 (HINTS) 4 Cycle 4. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess factors associated with an individual's beliefs about genetic and cancer risk perceptions. The results showed that African Americans, Non-White Hispanics, Non-Hispanic Asians, individuals with a high school education or less, and annual household incomes less than $20,000 and do not believe that health behaviors play some role in determining whether a person will develop cancer was significantly less likely to report that genetics plays at least some role in whether a person will develop cancer. Findings of this study provide an opportunity for genetic counselors to address beliefs about genetics and cancer risk perceptions among minority populations and promote health equity.
EVALUATION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF A CLINICAL CHROMOSOME SLIDE PREPARATION SYSTEM

Abstract A system for the preparation of microscope slides for cytogenetic analysis was developed at the City of Hope Medical Center and is currently being evaluated at Northwestern University Medical School. The system consists of two mechanical consoles operating under microcomputer control. A wide variety of parameters inherent in the clinical laboratory preparation of chromosome microscope slides are being studied for the improvement of the existing system. Developments currently underway include a redesign of the fluid dispenser assembly. This will offer flexibility in the selection of concentrations and mixtures of solutions. Furthermore, the process control software is being redesigned and implemented in a higher level language. The objectives of the software redesign are to facilitate operator interaction and to provide needed software support for future hardware modifications.
Theoretical Development and Maintenance Models of Binge Eating

Numerous conceptualizations addressing the onset or persistence of binge-eating behaviors have been proposed within the literature. This chapter provides an overview of a wide range of theories addressing the development or maintenance of binge eating. The models vary across a number of features, and this chapter is generally organized based on these features: (1) the focus on binge eating as an independent behavior versus in conjunction with other eating disorder behaviors (e.g., restriction and purging) or within a certain diagnostic class (e.g., bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder); (2) the explicit association with a specific psychotherapeutic intervention; and (3) the nature of the variables within the model, including cognitive, affective, interpersonal, sociocultural, and/or biological variables. We also acknowledge the range of the types of variables included within each conceptualization reviewed within this chapter. Notably, various risk or maintenance factors are shared across multiple models (e.g., restraint, affect regulation, and self-oriented cognitions), and the more complex conceptualizations often integrate elements or processes from other models.
Public Capital and Economic Development

Public capital is sizable and its share in total capital is higher in poor countries. The standard development accounting approach does not distinguish it from private capital, ignoring its public good features. The goal of this paper is to measure public capital stocks for a wide range of countries, and then develop and implement a development accounting framework that explicitly includes its non-rival aspects. The paper finds that factors of production account for a significantly greater share of cross-country differences in output per worker compared to the standard framework. With both non-rivalry and congestion, the contribution of factors of production decreases.
Is Patient Navigation Used by People with HIV Who Need It? An Assessment from the Medical Monitoring Project, 2015 − 2017

We (1) estimated the prevalence of not getting patient navigation despite feeling a need for the service (unmet subjective need) or despite having unsuppressed viral load (unmet objective need) amo...
Reliability of Low-dose Biplanar Radiography in Assessing Pediatric Torsional Pathology.

Background Low-dose biplanar radiographs (LDBRs) significantly reduce ionizing radiation exposure and may be of use in evaluating lower extremity torsion in children. In this study, we evaluated how well femoral and tibial torsional profiles obtained by LDBR correspond with 3-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance axial imaging (MRI) in pediatric patients with suspected rotational abnormalities. Methods Patients who had both LDBR and CT/MRI studies performed for suspected lower extremity rotational deformities were included. Unlike previous publications, this study focused on patients with lower extremity torsional pathology, and bilateral lower extremities of 17 patients were included. CT/MRI torsion was measured using the Reikeras method, after conversion to 3D reconstructions. The LDBRs were deidentified and sent to the software division of EOS imaging, who created 3D reconstructions and evaluated each reconstruction for the torsional quantification of the femurs and tibiae. These imaging modalities were compared using correlation statistics and Bland-Altman analyses. Results The mean age of the cohort was 12.1±1.7 years old. Torsional values of the femur were significantly lower in LDBRs versus 3D CT/MRIs at 17.7±15.1 and 23.3±17.3, respectively (P=0.001). Torsional values of the tibia were similar in LDBRs versus 3D CT/MRIs at 23.6±10.6 and 25.3±11.2, respectively (P=0.503). There was a good intermodality agreement between LDBR and 3D CT/MRI torsional values in the femur (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.807) and tibia (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.768). Bland-Altman analyses showed a fixed bias with a mean difference of -5.6±8.8 degrees between femoral torsion measurements in LDBRs versus 3D CT/MRIs (P=0.001); 15% (5/34) of femurs had a clinically significant measurement discrepancy. Fixed bias for LDBR measurements compared with 3D CT/MRIs for the tibia was not observed (P=0.193), however, 12% (4/34) of tibias had a clinically significant measurement discrepancy. Conclusion Although we found strong correlations between torsional values of the femur and tibia measured from LDBRs and 3D CT/MRIs, torsional values of the femur produced from LDBRs were significantly lower than values obtained from 3D CT/MRIs with some notable outliers. Level of evidence Level III.
Phylogeny and diversity of alkane-degrading enzyme gene variants in the Laurentian great lakes and Western atlantic

Many aquatic environments are at risk for oil contamination and alkanes are one of the primary constituents of oil. The alkane hydroxylase (AlkB) is a common enzyme used by microorganisms to initiate the process of alkane-degradation. While many aspects of alkane bioremediation have been studied, the diversity and evolution of genes involved in hydrocarbon degradation from environmental settings is relatively understudied. The majority of work done to-date has focused on the marine environment. Here we sought to better understand the phylogenetic diversity of alkB genes across marine and freshwater settings using culture-independent methods. We hypothesized that there would be distinct phylogenetic diversity of alkB genes in freshwater relative to the marine environment. Our results confirm that alkB has distinct variants based on environment while our diversity analyses demonstrate that freshwater and marine alkB communities have unique responses to oil amendments. Our results also demonstrate that in the marine environment, depth is a key factor impacting diversity of alkB genes.
A multivariate space–time model for analysing county level heart disease death rates by race and sex

Summary Although death rates from heart disease have declined sharply over the past 50 years, the rate of decline varies by location, race and sex. Despite these declines, heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the USA. We propose a non-separable multivariate spatiotemporal Bayesian model to obtain a clearer picture of the temporally varying trends in county level heart disease death rates for men and women of different races in the USA. After verifying the effectiveness of our model via simulation, we apply our model to a data set of over 230000 county level heart disease death rates.
Radiation Therapy: Predictors of Nonadherence to Treatment Schedules Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.

BACKGROUND Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) often undergo a demanding treatment schedule, including radiation therapy (RT). Nonadherence to RT schedules is a documented problem among patients with HNC and can negatively affect patient outcomes. OBJECTIVES This retrospective, descriptive study aimed to examine whether demographic or clinical characteristics or physical and psychological symptoms were associated with nonadherence to RT among patients with HNC. METHODS Electronic health records of 262 patients with HNC who received treatment at a cancer center in the southeastern United States were reviewed to determine whether nonadherence was related to symptom scores and other patient- and clinical-related factors. FINDINGS Patients at highest risk for nonadherence included women, those admitted as inpatients during treatment, and those who received outpatient IV fluids during treatment. Nonadherent patients reported higher mean scores on 9 of 12 symptoms measured during treatment, indicating a higher symptom burden. Patients with tongue tumors, greater spiritual well-being, and less constipation were less likely to be nonadherent.
Association Between Obesity and Cancer Mortality: An Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic Perspective.

Background: Obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of cancer that has a causal relationship with cancers of esophagus, breast and colon. Paradoxically, there are studies demonstrating that obesity is associated with improved survival in cancer patients. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of obesity and cancer mortality in adult patients. Methods: Retrospective medical record review of 784 adult patients was performed who had a diagnosis of cancer and who were seen in our outpatient Internal Medicine Clinic between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. Results: Forty-three (5.2%) patients were cancer non-survivors and 741 (94.8%) were cancer survivors. The mean age of the cancer non-survivors group was significantly higher than that of the cancer survivors (78.7 vs. 68.0 years, respectively; P < 0.001). For every unit increase in age, there was 7.6% increased odds of cancer death (95% confidence interval (CI): 3-12%) (P = 0.001). Average body mass index (BMI) of the patients in the cancer non-survivors group was significantly lower than that of the cancer survivors group (25.0 vs. 28.1 kg/m 2 ; P = 0.008). Non-obese patients had 4.9 times greater odds of cancer death (95% CI: 1.51 - 15.81) (P = 0.008). The mean glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was significantly higher in the cancer non-survivors group compared to the cancer survivors group (7.1% vs. 6.0%; P < 0.001), and for every unit increase in HbA1c there was 1.6 times greater odds of cancer death (95% CI: 1.14 - 2.23) (P = 0.006). Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) had 3.5 times greater odds of cancer death compared to those without PAD (95% CI: 1.18 - 10.19) (P = 0.023). Conclusions: Non-obese patients with cancer had higher odds of cancer death. Rising HbA1c, increasing age, and presence of PAD were associated with increased cancer mortality. J Clin Med Res. 2021;13(7):377-386 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4543
Nuevas perspectivas para el tratamiento de la infección por Helicobacter pylori: New perspectives in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection

La infeccion por Helicobacter pylori es altamente prevalente en el mundo. En Chile, esta bacteria esta presente entre un 40-70% de la poblacion y su presencia esta asociada a serias complicaciones que van desde la gastritis y el desarrollo de ulceras hasta el cancer gastrico. Este ultimo, es uno de los carcinomas mas frecuentes en nuestro pais, con una tasa de mortalidad de 20 por cada 100000 habitantes. Actualmente, el principal tratamiento de erradicacion de esta bacteria se basa en triterapias, que consisten en un inhibidor de la bomba de protones (IBP) asociado a dos antibioticos en altas dosis. Sin embargo, existe una gran resistencia de H. pylori a los antibioticos, que ha sido reportada por la literatura cientifica y reconocida por la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Esta revision se enfoca en identificar nuevas estrategias de tratamiento para la erradicacion de H. pylori con especial interes en aquellos tratamientos que han sido evaluados contra el crecimiento de este patogeno en forma de biopeliculas. Este tipo de crecimiento le confiere a H. pylori una mayor resistencia a los antibioticos. Se analizaron diferentes agentes y formulaciones que han sido reportados. Se destacan el uso de nanoparticulas y compuestos naturales, asi como formulaciones bioadhesivas que han mostrado disminuir la infeccion por H. pylori. Sin embargo, se sigue necesitando avanzar en estudios clinicos para comprobar la eficacia de nuevas formulaciones con miras a una exitosa erradicacion de H. pylori.
Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship

Introduction Linda McClain and Joanna L. Grossman Part I. Constitutional Citizenship and Gender: 1. Gender at the margins of contemporary constitutional citizenship Rogers Smith 2. Becoming a citizen: marriage, immigration, and assimilation Kerry Abrams 3. Women's civic inclusion and the bill of rights Gretchen Ritter 4. Must feminists identify as secular citizens? Lessons from Ontario Beverley Baines 5. Feminist fundamentalism and constitutional citizenship Mary Anne Case Part II. Political Citizenship and Gender: 6. Women and antiwar protest: rearticulating gender and citizenship Kathryn Abrams 7. Stem cells, disability, and abortion: a feminist approach to equal citizenship Nancy Hirschmann 8. Representation, discrimination, and democracy: a legal assessment of gender quotas in politics Anne Peters and Stefan Suters 9. Citizenship and women's election to political office: the power of gendered public policies Eileen McDonagh Part III. Social Citizenship and Gender: 10. Pregnancy and social citizenship Joanna L. Grossman 11. Equality: still illusive after all these years Martha Albertson Fineman 12. Razing the citizen: economic inequality, gender, and marriage tax reform Martha T. McCluskey Part IV. Sexual and Reproductive Citizenship: 13. Sexual citizens: freedom, vibrators, and belonging Brenda Cossman 14. Feminism, queer theory, and sexual citizenship Maxine Eichner 15. Infertility, social justice, and equal citizenship Mary Lyndon Shanley 16. Reproductive rights and the reproduction of gender Barbara Stark Part V. Global Citizenship and Gender: 17. Women's unequal citizenship at the border Regina Austin 18. Domestic violence, citizenship and equality Elizabeth Schneider 19. Reproductive rights and the reproduction of gender Barbara Stark 20. On the path to equal citizenship and gender equality Anisseh Van Engeland-Nourai 21. Gender and human rights Deborah Weissman.
Self‐managing work teams and their external leadership: A primer for library administrators

Purpose – This paper seeks to review the history, development and utilization of self‐managing work teams (SMWTs) in business and library work environments.Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of both the relevant management and library literature, this paper broadens the library literature related to SMWTs with the objective of finding relevant insights applicable to the management of SMWTs in the library environment.Findings – The paper finds that the use of appropriately designed and implemented SMWTs has the potential to increase employee productivity and workplace satisfaction while reducing absenteeism and employee turnover. Organizational democracy and managerial support are the primary drivers of successful SMWTs. However, the use of SMWTs by library administrators appears to be underutilized.Research limitations/implications – While the organizational and administrative benefits associated with the use of SMWTs are clear, the reasons why library administrators have not used this tool m...
Call admission control in mobile cellular systems using fuzzy associative memory

In a mobile cellular system quality of service to mobile terminals (MTs) is measured by the probability of new call blocking P/sub b/, and the probability of forced termination, P/sub ft/. Since the available bandwidth in a cell is very limited, both P/sub b/ and P/sub ft/ cannot be reduced or avoided simultaneously. Usually keeping the P/sub ft/ below a designated level is accepted as the measure of quality of service. Admission of new calls is controlled to reduce P/sub ft/. However, there are at least three parameters (new call arrival rate, mean duration of calls, and mobility of users) that can and change dynamically. Moreover, these parameters are related with P/sub ft/ via complicated nonlinear equations. Therefore, call admission control (CAC) for maintaining a desired value of P/sub ft/ is a very challenging task. No CAC algorithm has been reported in the past that can function well with dynamic changes to all these three parameters. We proposed an algorithm that addresses this issue. The new algorithm uses a fuzzy controller to adjust the call preblocking load value with the changing traffic parameters. The fuzzy controller makes use of fuzzy associative memory (FAM) to maintain the required QoS. The use of new system in dynamic traffic conditions is illustrated. Providing the required level of QoS, the algorithm also increases the channel utilization. The proposed CAC with FAM is compared and contrasted with previous CACs.
Eine Fallstudie: Einbindung von Legacy-Datenbanken über JDBC

Wir stellen in diesem Artikel eine Architektur zur Einbindung von hierarchischen Legacy-Datenbanken in eine objektorientierte Anwendungsentwicklung in Java vor. Grundlage dieser Einbindung ist ein masgeschneiderter JDBC-Treiber, mit dessen Hilfe ein Zugriff auf die komplexen Datenstrukturen auf der Legacy-Seite transparent vorgenommen werden kann. Der Treiber unterstutzt einen grosen Teil der Funktionalitaten von JDBC 1.22.
Healthcare Costs of Acute and Chronic Pain Associated with a Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster

OBJECTIVES: To determine the healthcare costs of acute and chronic pain associated with herpes zoster. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING: Inpatient and outpatient care. PARTICIPANTS: Patients were selected from Medicare, commercial insurance, and Medicaid claims databases if they had a diagnosis of herpes zoster or postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) or were prescribed analgesics after a diagnosis of herpes zoster (possible PHN) and were matched to controls for demographic and clinical factors using propensity scores. MEASUREMENTS: One-year excess healthcare expenditures attributable to herpes zoster pain or PHN were calculated for inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug services. RESULTS: For the Medicare cohort, the average excess cost per patient was $1,300 in the year after a diagnosis of herpes zoster with 30 days or fewer of analgesic use and ranged from $2,200 to $2,300 per patient with PHN or possible PHN. Patients with possible PHN were 53% more prevalent than patients with PHN in the Medicare cohort and accounted for half of all excess expenditures. Findings were similar in the younger cohorts with commercial insurance and Medicaid except that costs attributable to PHN and possible PHN were higher, and patients with possible PHN were three to five times as prevalent as patients with PHN. CONCLUSION: Healthcare costs associated with PHN were substantially greater than those associated with herpes zoster pain that resolved within 30 days. The data suggest that as many as 80% of patients with PHN may not be diagnosed with PHN and that these patients account for at least half of PHN expenditures. J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1168– 1175, 2007.
Desire and Dramatic Form in Early Modern England

Acknowledgments Textual note Introduction: consummate play Part I. 'Come ... and Play': Christopher Marlowe, Beside the Point: 1. Genre, gender, and sexuality in 'The Passionate Shepherd' and Tamburlaine 2. Submitting to history: Edward II 3. 'True-loves blood': narrative and desire in Hero and Leander 4. 'Thus with a kiss': a Shakespearean interlude Part II. Desiring Women in the Seventeenth Century: 5. 'How strangely does himself work to undo him': (male) sexuality in The Revenger's Tragedy 6. 'My body bestow upon my women': the space of the feminine in The Duchess of Malfi 7. 'I(t) could not choose but follow': erotic logic in The Changeling 8. 'Old men's tales': legacies of the father in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 9. The passionate shepherdess: the case of Margaret Cavendish Afterword: for(e)play Notes List of works cited Index.
Short Sales and Post Earnings Announcement Drift

Using intraday transactions data including short sales, I study short-selling around quarterly earnings announcements and linkages between short sales and post earnings announcement stock returns. Short sales increase immediately after both negative and positive earnings surprises. Furthermore, patterns in shorting at subsequent surprises in series of same-sign earnings surprises suggest that short sellers exploit the consequences of other investors' behavioral biases. The results highlight motivations for short sales after earnings announcements, and illustrate how short-selling contributes to market efficiency after positive (but not negative) earnings surprises.
Exploring Young Adult Sexual Minority Women's Perspectives on LGBTQ Smoking

Smoking rates are higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals than among heterosexuals. These disparities are exacerbated during the transition from youth to young adulthood. The current study uses in-depth qualitative interviews to understand perceptions of LGBTQ smoking among LBQ-identified women (N=30, ages 18-24). Major themes identified include the belief that smoking was a way of overcoming stressors faced by heterosexual and LGBTQ young adults alike, a mechanism to relieve sexuality-related stressors, and an ingrained part of LGBTQ culture. Results suggest unique stressors influence LGBTQ smokers. Implications for smoking cessation interventions for LGBTQ youth are discussed.