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Not at a Distance: On Touch, Synaesthesia and Other Ways of Knowing
Year: 2020

Feeling with the world might be the best definition of synaesthesia. To feel with is to be incapable of drawing firm boundaries between sensation, experience and world. Bodies don't lose their limits as 'loss of sense of agency, a pet concept in neuroscience and experimental psychology, would suggest. Bodies continuously trouble the edgings into experience of their body worlding, making apparent that there never was a firm boundary that separated body and world. These are the assumptions that come with the deficit model that drives neurotypicality: that a body is an enclosure; that the world is at arm's length from the body; that certain bodies have more value than others (white bodies, able bodies) that there is a baseline of sensation that is 'normal' that there are five senses that can be delineated from one another; that life without any of those senses is a truncated life. Taking as the point of departure deafblind poet John Lee Clark's proposition that 'a thousand other things sing to me' and putting Clark's writings into conversation with those of autistic poet Tito Mukhopadhyay, this chapter explores the politics of sense as it plays out in neuroscientic accounts of synaesthesia, ending on Clark's concept of 'distantism' and the emerging practice of ProTactile, a communicative/cultural proposition that refutes the distantism at the heart of accounts of body world separation.
Philosophies de soin: des besoins aux desirs, les chemins du prendre soin
Year: 2009

Il est necessaire aujourd'hui de commencer par proposer une vision critique du modele encore dominant en France dans beaucoup de formations de futurs soignants: un modele hybride, entre theorie et philosophie de soin, cree par simplifications successives des travaux de Virginia Henderson et d'Abraham Maslow. Ce modele obsede par la notion de besoins a bloque pendant des annees les reflexions, qui nourrissent aujourd'hui nos pratiques, sur l'elaboration d'un prendre soin centre sur la personne, attentif a sa personnalite, a ses desirs et a ses valeurs, visant a promouvoir tout ce qui permet le developpement de soi et de l'autonomie malgre les handicaps ou les maladies. Nous evoquerons donc ici quelques pistes, bibliographiques notamment, permettant d'approfondir les grandes reflexions contemporaines sur le prendre soin et la place des valeurs et du desir.
Functional characteristics and microbiological viability of foam mat dried Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) yogurt from reconstituted Bambara groundnut milk powder
Venue: Food science nutrition
Year: 2020

The functional, nutritional, and physical characteristics of foam mat dried Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) yogurt were investigated. Bambara groundnut powdered yogurt (BGNPY) was produced using Bambara groundnut milk powder (BGNMP) and Bambara groundnut milk (BGNM) BGNMP was reconstituted with water (1:5) The reconstituted BGN milk (BGNM R) and original nonreconstituted BGNM (BGNM NR) were inoculated with normal yogurt culture while held at a temperature of 45degC and incubated for 24 hr at 35degC. The BGN yogurts were dried employing the foam mat drying process with gum arabic (6% and methylcellulose (0.5% as foaming agents and dried at 50degC for 24 hr. The BGN powdered yogurt from reconstituted milk (BGNPY RM) and BGN powdered yogurt from nonreconstituted milk (BGNPY NRM) were evaluated for functional, nutritional, thermal, and physical characteristics. Water absorption (1.27 and 1.31 g/g) and water solubility (73.3. and 71.22 100/g) index of the powdered yogurts did not differ significantly, while a significant (p 0.05) difference was observed for the Tg of BGNPY R and BGNPY NR. Nutrient composition of BGNPY R and BGNPY NR had no significant (p 0.05) difference, while ash differed significantly (p 0.05) Particle size and particle size distribution of BGNPY R and BGNPY NR had no significant (p 0.05) difference. Probiotic viability of BGNPY R (7.2 log cfu/ml) remained above the minimum recommended dosage (6 log cfu/ml)
Low Variance and Zero Variance Baselines for Extensive Form Games
Venue: ICML
Year: 2020

Extensive form games (EFGs) are a common model of multi agent interactions with imperfect information. State of the art algorithms for solving these games typically perform full walks of the game tree that can prove prohibitively slow in large games. Alternatively, sampling based methods such as Monte Carlo Counterfactual Regret Minimization walk one or more trajectories through the tree, touching only a fraction of the nodes on each iteration, at the expense of requiring more iterations to converge due to the variance of sampled values. In this paper, we extend recent work that uses baseline estimates to reduce this variance. We introduce a framework of baseline corrected values in EFGs that generalizes the previous work. Within our framework, we propose new baseline functions that result in significantly reduced variance compared to existing techniques. We show that one particular choice of such a function predictive baseline is provably optimal under certain sampling schemes. This allows for efficient computation of zero variance value estimates even along sampled trajectories.
Photographic Capture Recapture Analysis Reveals a Large Population of Indo Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) With Low Site Fidelity off the North West Cape, Western Australia
Venue: Frontiers in Marine Science
Year: 2019

Little is known about the ecology of Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) inhabiting the coastal waters of tropical north western Australia. We used photo identification data collected between 2013 and 2015, site fidelity indexes and capture recapture models to estimate the abundance and site fidelity patterns of Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphins (T. aduncus) inhabiting the coastal waters off the North West Cape (NWC) Western Australia. A standardized site fidelity index (SSFI) indicated low site fidelity (SSFI 0.019) at the population level to the 130 km2 study area. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC) of individual re sight rates classified 58% of individuals as "non residents." Open POPAN modeling estimated a super population size of 311 (95% CI: 249 373) individuals over the study period. A maximum likelihood transient model which considers both resident and non resident individuals in a population, estimated a resident population of 141 (95% CI: 121 161) individuals and a super population of 370 (95% CI: 333 407) individuals. These models indicate that a large population of Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphins of relatively high density (an average of 2.4 2.8 bottlenose dolphins per km2) inhabits the waters off the NWC. The large number of both resident and non resident bottlenose dolphins found throughout the coastal waters off the NWC suggest this area, as well as neighboring waters outside our study area, are of high importance to this species.
Are Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries Stationary? Evidence from Univariate and Panel Unit Root Tests
Year: 2020

This paper revisits the dynamics of unemployment rate for 29 OECD countries over the period of 1980 2013. Numerous empirical studies of the dynamics of unemployment rate are carried out within a linear framework. However, unemployment rate can show nonlinear behaviour as a result of business cycles or some idiosyncratic factors specific to labour market (Cancelo, 2007) Thus, as a testing strategy we first perform Harvey et al. (2008) linearity unit root test and then apply the newly ESTAR nonlinear unit root test suggested by Kruse (2011) This test has higher power than conventional unit root tests when time series exhibits nonlinear behaviour. Our empirical findings provide significant evidence in favour of unemployment rate stationarity for 25 countries. For robustness purpose, we have also used panel unit root tests without and with structural breaks. The results show that unemployment hysteresis hypothesis is strongly rejected when taking into account the cross sectional and structural break assumptions. Thus, unemployment rates are expected to return back to their natural levels without executing any costly macroeconomic labour market policies by the OECD's governments.
PENERAPAN TEKNIK RELAKSASI BENSON PADA PASIEN POST OPERASI TURP BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) DENGAN MASALAH KEPERAWATAN NYERI AKUT DI RUANG AZZAHRA 2 RUMAH SAKIT ISLAM JEMURSARI SURABAYA
Year: 2019

TURP merupakan pembedahan dengan memasukkan resektoskopi melalui uretra untuk mengeksisi dan mengkauterisasi kelenjar prostat yang mengalami obstruksi. Dampak yang ditimbulkan dari pembedahan TURP yaitu rasa nyeri. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah penerapan relaksasi benson pada pasien post operasi TURP BPH di Ruang Azzahra 2 Rumah Sakit Islam Jemursari Surabaya. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Subyek yang digunakan adalah 2 pasien melalui asuhan keperawatan dengan masalah keperawatan nyeri pada pasien post Operasi TURP BPH dengan melakukan pengkajian, menegakkan diagnosa, menentukan intervensi, melaksanakan tindakan dan mengevaluasi. Pengumpulkan data yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode wawancara, observasi langsung, pemeriksaan fisik dan rekam medis. Hasil dari penerapan relaksasi benson yang dilakukan satu kali/hari selama 3 hari berturut turut didapatkan penurunan intensitas nyeri pada Tn H dari skala 5 menjadi skala 1 sementara pada Tn G dari skala 6 menjadi skala 2 dan kolaborasi terapi analgesik. Penerapan relaksasi benson ini efektif dapat mengurangi nyeri yang dirasakan oleh pasien post operasi TURP BPH. Perawat diharapkan dapat menerapkan dan menganjurkan penerapan teknik relaksasi benson dalam tindakan mandiri perawat untuk mengatasi nyeri akut pada pasien.
Metal Ligand Cooperativity via Exchange Coupling Promotes Iron Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Low Overpotentials.
Venue: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year: 2020

Biological and heterogeneous catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) often exhibit a high degree of electronic delocalization that serves to minimize overpotential and maximize selectivity over the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) Here, we report a molecular iron(II) system that captures this design concept in a homogeneous setting through the use of a redox non innocent terpyridine based pentapyridine ligand (tpyPY2Me) As a result of strong metal ligand exchange coupling between the Fe(II) center and ligand, [Fe(tpyPY2Me)]2+ exhibits redox behavior at potentials 640 mV more positive than the isostructural [Zn(tpyPY2Me)]2+ analog containing the redox inactive Zn(II) ion. This shift in redox potential is attributed to the requirement for both an open shell metal ion and a redox non innocent ligand. The metal ligand cooperativity in [Fe(tpyPY2Me)]2+ drives the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO at low overpotentials with high selectivity for CO2RR >90% and turnover frequencies of 100 000 s 1 with no degradation over 20 h. The decrease in the thermodynamic barrier engendered by this coupling also enables homogeneous CO2 reduction catalysis in water without compromising selectivity or rates. Synthesis of the two electron reduction product, [Fe(tpyPY2Me)]0, and characterization by X ray crystallography, Mossbauer spectroscopy, X ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) variable temperature NMR, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, support assignment of an open shell singlet electronic structure that maintains a formal Fe(II) oxidation state with a doubly reduced ligand system. This work provides a starting point for the design of systems that exploit metal ligand cooperativity for electrocatalysis where the electrochemical potential of redox non innocent ligands can be tuned through secondary metal dependent interactions.
IJESRTJOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES RESEARCH
Year: 2015

In the era of emergent technology, security is that the foremost anxiety to avoid replicas and counterfeits. There are diverse Biometric systems that enable in personal identification, amongst those verification systems, one system is Signature Verification System. Signatures are substantiated discrimination on line and offline systems. Every human being has their own writing style and hence their signature is used in the financial domain for identity verification. So it is necessary to develop a technique which is efficient in verifying the Handwritten Signature is correct or forge. This paper describes the consequence of offline systems the survey of numerous methods related to offline signature verification systems.
Difficulties Encountering Multileveled Classes Teachers' in Teaching Reading Comprehension (A case study of Cambridge Training Centers and British Educational Institutes in Khartoum State, Sudan)
Year: 2020

The study aims at investigating the difficulties encountered by English centers teachers of multileveled classes in teaching reading comprehension, and suggests some suitable strategies that can alleviate the problems. To run the study, thirty four language center teachers' from Khartoum State are the sample of the study. A questionnaire, supported by classroom observation, was the collecting data tool. The quantitative method matches this type of research. The findings of the study reveal that the difficulties encountered by multileveled classes teachers' attributed to the students' limited vocabulary, poor background knowledge, annoying reading materials, lack of teachers' training, and adverse selection of suitable strategies. The findings of this study are of high value for syllables designers as well as multileveled classes'teachers. Teachers have to adopt adequate strategies, choosing attractive reading materials, and they should be equipped with the required training.
The Impact of Social Distancing on COVID19 Spread: State of Georgia Case Study
Venue: medRxiv
Year: 2020

As the COVID19 spread in the US continues to grow, local and state officials face difficult decisions about when and how to transition to a new normal. We developed an agent based simulation model to project the infection spread; outcomes include the number of COVID19 infections and resulting severe outcomes, and the need for hospital capacity under social distancing, particularly, shelter in place and voluntary quarantine. We populated the model using COVID19 specific parameters for the natural history of the disease and data from Georgia on the agents interactions and demographics. The simulation study covered a six month period, testing different social distancing scenarios, including baselines (no intervention or school closure only) and combinations of shelter in place and voluntary quarantine with different timelines and compliance levels. The outcomes are compared at the state and community levels. Main outcomes are the number and percentage of cumulative and daily new and symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, hospitalizations, and deaths; COVID19 related demand for hospital beds, ICU beds, and ventilators.  The combined intervention of shelter in place followed by voluntary quarantine reduced peak infections from 180,000 under no intervention and 120,000 under school closure, respectively, to below 80,000, and delayed the peak from April to June or later. Increasing shelter in place duration from four to five weeks yielded 3 14% and 4 6% decrease in cumulative infection and fatality rates, respectively. Regardless of the shelter in place duration, increasing voluntary quarantine compliance decreased daily new infections from almost 80,000 to 50,000, and decreased cumulative infection rate by 50% The total number of fatalities ranged from 6,150 to 17,900 under different scenarios. Peak infection date varied across scenarios and counties; on average, increasing shelter in place duration delayed the peak day by 7 days across counties. The peak percentage is similar across rural and urban counties. Region D is estimated to have the highest COVID19 related healthcare needs with 7,357 hospital beds, 1,141 ICU beds, and 558 ventilators.  delay the peak; and enable better preparedness. Time of the peak is projected to vary across locations, enabling reallocation of health system capacity.
Diet and lifestyle intervention on chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other chronic conditions.
Venue: Complementary therapies in clinical practice
Year: 2017

This group study explored how an intervention of diet, lifestyle and behavior modification, including a plant based diet, daily exercise and mindfulness techniques, would affect 500 adult men and women participants diagnosed with chronic moderate to severe depression and anxiety and other conditions during a 12 week period. An analysis of the health outcomes detailed in self reported diary entries was carried out at the conclusion of the 12 week period. These reports noted improvements in depression, anxiety and all other conditions addressed by the study, with the majority of participants reporting substantial benefits. A six month follow up indicated that these benefits persisted in most of the participants. These results demonstrate that an intervention of diet, exercise, lifestyle and behavior modification may provide considerable benefits for moderate to severe depression and anxiety as well as other conditions.
Interleukin 1 Gene Cluster Polymorphisms and its Haplotypes may Predict the Risk to Develop Cervical Cancer in Tunisia
Venue: Pathology Oncology Research
Year: 2015

Our study aimed to evaluate the association between IL 1a (4845 G/T) IL 1b 511C/T) and IL 1RN (VNTR) polymorphisms and risk of cervical cancer. This case control study investigates three polymorphisms in 130 patients and 260 controls by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) The IL 1RN (VNTR) A1/A3 genotype appear as a cervical cancer risk factor (p 0.048; OR 2.92; 95 CI 1.00 8.74) moreover, the L/2* decreased the risk (p 0.011; OR 0.47; 95 CI 0.25 0.88) and may be a protective factor against this pathology. Stratified analysis according to the FIGO stage subgroup revealed that the IL 1b 511 T/T genotype and T allele may be a protective factors against cervical cancer development for patients with early stage (p 0.030; OR 0.46; 95 CI 0.22 0.96) (p 0.020; OR 0.68; 95 CI 0.48 0.97) However, for the patients with advanced FIGO stage, IL 1RN VNTR L/2* genotype appear as a protective factor for this pathology (p 0.023; OR 0.29; 95 CI 0.08 0.99) The (G T L) haplotype showed a significant decreased frequency in cervical cancer patients as compared to controls (p 0.032; OR 0.53; 95 CI 0.29 0.95) In contrast, the (T T 2* combination appear a risk factor for the development of cervical cancer (p 0.018; OR 1.57; 95 CI 1.07 2.30) Our study suggested that IL1 cluster polymorphisms and haplotypes may be a genetic risk factor for cervical cancer.
Virtual Reality Simulationstraining in der Notfallsanitaterausbildung
Venue: retten!
Year: 2019

Immersion beschreibt die Eigenschaft eines Mediums, viele sensorische Reize (z. B. visuelle, auditive, haptische) einer virtuellen Realitat (VR) zu vermitteln und den Mediennutzer moglichst von Reizen aus der physikalischen Umwelt zu isolieren. Mit modernen VR Brillen gelingt dies in einem hoheren Mass als z. B. bei der desktopbasierten, niedrigimmersiven VR. Hochimmersive VR ermoglichen die raumlich dreidimensionale Darstellung unterschiedlicher Einsatzorte und eines virtuellen Patienten (VP) Mit einem VP konnen verschiedene Symptomauspragungen dynamisch dargestellt werden. Durch die Integration virtueller Objekte (z. B. notfallmedizinischen Equipments) in die VR sowie weiterer virtueller Handelnder (z. B. Angehorige des Patienten) konnen vielfaltige Interaktionsmoglichkeiten in der virtuellen Trainingsumgebung geschaffen werden. VR Systeme, die mit einem Motion Tracking System ausgestattet sind, ubertragen zudem die realen Bewegungen der Trainingsteilnehmer in die virtuelle Umgebung und erlauben so auch deren Darstellung als Avatare in der VR   TriCAT GmbH, Ulm Technik im Rettungsdienst
The Link between ICT4D and Modernization Theory
Year: 2015

For some decades western institutions have shared an enormous enthusiasm for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Nevertheless, despite the field's ever increasing importance, research on it remains fragmented and lacks a theoretical foundation. By establishing a link between ICT4D and Modernization theory as one of the major development models, this paper aims to add some theoretical reflections to the body of existing research. Initially, a literature review of the most significant authors of Modernization theory serves as a theoretical base. Subsequently, empirical findings are systematized and embedded in the theoretical framework. The leading question is, whether ICT4D is connected to Modernization theory's main lines of thought, both in theory and in the field. Modernization theory was chosen as a reference point, as even though it has frequently been marked as outdated, some argue that ICT4D has brought about its revival: Led by a technocratic mindset, actors in the field have indeed assumed ICTs to be context free tools, which is one of the reasons why ICT4D has so far not been an unmitigated success. As there is a lack of systematic research on ICT4D, this paper is explorative in nature. It is certainly beyond the author's scope to make any definite statements on how development cooperation has hitherto handled ICT4D, as the field is too complex. Instead, light will be shed on some trends that can be identified in the field of ICT4D to date.
Brexit and European doctors' decisions to leave the United Kingdom: a qualitative analysis of free text questionnaire comments
Venue: BMC Health Services Research
Year: 2021

Quantitative evidence suggests that Brexit has had a severe and negative impact on European doctors, with many medical staff leaving the UK. This study provides a detailed examination of European doctors' feelings towards Brexit, their intentions to leave the UK, and factors that may contribute to their potential decisions to migrate.  An online questionnaire which included three optional free text questions explored self identifying UK based, European doctors' views of Brexit. The three questions prompted responses on how Brexit has impacted their personal lives, their professional lives, and their future migration decisions. Fifty nine doctors participated in the questionnaire with 52 (88.1% providing one or more responses to the three free text questions. Twenty seven doctors provided answers to all three free text questions (51.9% of included sample) Thematic analysis was used to analyse this qualitative data.  Brexit was reported by the majority of participants to have a profound impact, although some respondents felt it was too soon to assess the potential consequences. Five themes emerged including: feeling unwelcome in the UK, Brexit as racism, uncertainty on legal ability to work, strain on relationships, and in contrast, a current lack of concern about Brexit.  To mitigate the adverse personal and professional impact of Brexit, healthcare providers should provide financial and legal support to doctors applying for settlement in the UK, ensure they are addressing issues of racial and ethnic inequality in hiring, promotion, and pay, and work towards making clinical work environments inclusive for all staff and patients.