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Recommendations for the Society for Epidemiologic Research to Further Promote Diversity and Inclusion at the Annual Meeting and Beyond.
Venue: American journal of epidemiology
Year: 2020

Increasing diverse engagement in the Society of Epidemiologic Research (SER) will positively impact the field of epidemiology. SER has long been a pioneer in promoting diversity and inclusion as the largest and longest running epidemiologic society in North America. A recent survey of SER members, however, showed there is still room for improving diversity, inclusion, representation, and participation in the Society. In this commentary, as members of both SER and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) Department of Epidemiology's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Science (Epi IDEAS) working group, we recommend four goals for the SER Annual Meeting and beyond: 1) Convene epidemiologic researchers with diverse backgrounds and ideas, 2) Promote an inclusive environment at the SER Annual Meeting, 3) Develop, compile, and disseminate best practices to honor diversity in epidemiologic research, and 4) Increase prioritization of health disparities research and methods. We also suggest strategies to achieve these goals so that SER can better include, support, and elevate members from historically disadvantaged groups. While our recommendations are tailored specifically to SER, the greater epidemiologic and academic communities could benefit from adopting these goals and strategies within their professional societies and conferences.
Trends in Long Term Outcomes Among Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis With Renal Disease
Venue: Arthritis rheumatology
Year: 2016

It is still not clear how advances in the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) have impacted long term outcomes. We undertook this study to examine changes over 25 years in long term clinical outcomes, including the impact of renal function at diagnosis (a potential marker of time to disease detection) and the duration of cyclophosphamide use in AAV patients with renal involvement.
Diosgenin ameliorates testicular damage in streptozotocin diabetic rats through attenuation of apoptosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation
Venue: International immunopharmacology
Year: 2019

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a prevalent metabolic disorder that is associated with development of some complications in male reproductive system including testicular damage, sexual dysfunction, abnormal spermatogenesis, and infertility. Diosgenin is a natural steroidal saponin with anti diabetic, anti oxidative, and anti inflammatory effects. This research study was undertaken to explore the protective effect of diosgenin against diabetes induced testicular damage in the rat. Ten days following streptozotocin (STZ; i.p. diosgenin was daily administered for 6 weeks (p.o. Diosgenin administration to diabetic rats significantly improved body weight and lowered serum glucose. In addition, diosgenin treated diabetic group had a significantly lower level of malondialdehyde (MDA) protein carbonyl, greater level of glutathione (GSH) and higher activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) catalase, and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in addition to testicular improvement of ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) Furthermore, diosgenin significantly improved serum insulin and testosterone level and alleviated testicular markers of inflammation including tumor necrosis factor &agr; (TNF&agr; and interleukin 6 (IL 6) in diabetic rats. Moreover, apoptotic markers including caspase 3 activity, Annexin V, and DNA fragmentation decreased, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) accentuated, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity as a biomarker of neutrophil infiltration decreased in diosgenin treated diabetic group. Additionally, diosgenin was capable to improve sperm count, motility, and viability in addition to prevention of damage to seminiferous tubules in diabetic animals. Collectively, diosgenin ameliorates testicular damage in DM, at least via partial suppression of apoptosis, oxidative stress, inflammation, and neutrophil infiltration and also via partial restoration of mitochondrial integrity. HighlightsDiosgenin improved body weight and lowered serum glucose in STZ DM.Diosgenin ameliorated testicular apoptosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in STZ DM.Diosgenin improved serum insulin and testosterone level in STZ DM.Diosgenin prevented mitochondrial dysfunction and neutrophil infiltration in STZ DM.Diosgenin prevented damage of seminiferous tubules in STZ DM.
Investigation of the Relationship between Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Stress in Kerman Emergency Medical and Emergency Center 115
Year: 2020

The efficacy of psychological and pharmacological approaches is broadly similar in the acute treatment of psychopharmacology disorders. One of the most important stressful environmental stimuli that can cause chronic stress is people's jobs. And since promoting the mental health of individuals in a society, especially its constituent classes, is essential to the dynamics and growth of that society, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between trauma caused by accident and anxiety, depression, and stress in Kerman Emergency Medical and Emergency Center during 2019. Original Research Article Soltaninejad et al. JPRI, 32(1) 25 31, 2020; Article no.JPRI.53924 26  This is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population was all 70 personnel members of Emergency Medical and 115 Emergency Centers in Kerman. The Depression, Stress and Anxiety Scale 21 and Trauma Screening were used as the instruments of measurement. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients through SPSS software were used to test the hypotheses.  There is a significant and direct correlation between trauma caused by accidents and personnel anxiety with a correlation coefficient of 0.407. Also, there is a significant and direct correlation between trauma caused by accidents and personnel depression with a correlation coefficient of 0.407. There is also a significant and direct relationship between trauma caused by accidents and personnel stress with a correlation coefficient of 0.388.  Our data suggested that mental health along with personality traits is a solution to reduce stress and anxiety resulting from the personnel facing trauma caused by accidents.
Design of Synchronous Rectifier Digital Power Supply Based on STM32
Year: 2016

Introduced the basic principle of synchronous rectification in low voltage high current fields. Using digital control's feature in switch power, a design scheme of SR digital Buck converter was put forward and analyzed the device choice. Designed all the circuit of the converter, designed and made a prototype. The experiment data were given including driving waveform and efficiency curve. One cycle control strategy was made. To extend the using fields of the prototype, designed the intelligence communication interface. By means of experiment, the power supply has fast dynamic response and high precision and its efficiency can reach up to 95%
Structural and Thermodynamic Signatures of Ligand Binding to the Enigmatic Chitinase D of Serratia proteamaculans.
Venue: The journal of physical chemistry. B
Year: 2019

The Gram negative bacteria Serratia marcescens and Serratia proteamaculans have efficient chitinolytic machineries that degrade chitin into N acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) which is used as a carbon and energy source. The enzymatic degradation of chitin in these bacteria occurs through the synergistic action of glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that have complementary activities; an endo acting GH (ChiC) making random scissions on the polysaccharide chains and two exo acting GHs mainly targeting single reducing (ChiA) and nonreducing (ChiB) chain ends. Both bacteria produce low amounts of a fourth GH18 (ChiD) with an unclear role in chitin degradation. Here, we have determined the thermodynamic signatures for binding of (GlcNAc)6 and the inhibitor allosamidin to SpChiD as well as the crystal structure of SpChiD in complex with allosamidin. The binding free energies for the two ligands are similar (D Grdeg 8.9 0.1 and 8.4 0.1 kcal/mol, respectively) with clear enthalpic penalties (D Hrdeg 3.2 0.1 and 1.8 0.1 kcal/mol, respectively) Binding of (GlcNAc)6 is dominated by solvation entropy change TD Ssolvdeg 17.4 0.4 kcal/mol) and the conformational entropy change dominates for allosamidin binding TD Sconfdeg 9.0 0.2 kcal/mol) These signatures as well as the interactions with allosamidin are very similar to those of SmChiB suggesting that both enzymes are nonreducing end specific.
In mask temperature and humidity can validate respirator wear time and indicate lung health status
Venue: Journal of Exposure Science Environmental Epidemiology
Year: 2018

The effectiveness of respiratory protection is dependent on many factors, including the duration and times during the day when it is worn. To date, these factors could only be assessed by direct observation of the respirator user. We describe the novel use of a data logging temperature and humidity sensor (iButton Hygrochron) located inside a facemask to quantify respirator wear time through supervised experiments (Phase 1) and an unsupervised wearing trial (Phase 2) Additionally, in Phase 1 the in mask temperature was compared with measurements of exhaled breath temperature. We found humidity responds more rapidly than temperature to donning a mask, so it was considered a more sensitive measure of wear time, particularly for short durations. Supervised tests showed that this method can provide accurate and precise estimates of wear time, although the approach may be unsuitable for use in situations where there is high ambient humidity. In mask temperature is closely associated with exhaled breath temperature, which is linked to lung inflammation. This technique could provide a useful way of evaluating the effectiveness of respirators in protecting health in real life situations.
Green synthesis of lignin nanoparticle in aqueous hydrotropic solution toward broadening the window for its processing and application
Year: 2018

To exploit a green way to produce polymer nanoparticles using biodegradable and renewable macromolecules instead of petroleum based ones, we initiated a novel and facile method to synthesize lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) The LNPs, having a hydrodynamic diameter ranging from ca. 80 to 230 nm, were formed by self assembly in a recyclable and non toxic aqueous sodium p toluenesulfonate (pTsONa) solution at room temperature, with a lowest concentration of up to 48 g/L. We eliminated the unfavorable factors of restricted processing pH and lignin species by taking advantage of the hydrotropic chemistry and the synergistic dissociation of the entrapped pTsONa and intrinsic phenolic hydroxyl and carboxylic acid moieties of the LNPs. Because of the hydrotropic system, various water soluble or water insoluble drugs can be dissolved and encapsulated in the LNPs with an encapsulation efficiency of up to 90% The drug encapsulated LNPs also showed great properties, with sustained drug releasing capability and biocompatibility. Furthermore, the unloaded drugs and free pTsONa could be easily recycled for multiple use, thereby achieving environmental sustainability. This synthesis approach with broad processing window could realize the industrial scale up production of LNPs and have wide potential applications, including but not limited to versatile drug/bioactive macromolecule loading in the biomedical field.
Thermally evaporated CZTSe thin films for solar cell application: Study on the effect of annealing time
Year: 2020

In this paper, Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin films were prepared by thermal evaporation method and annealed at 300degC for three different annealing time (2, 4, and 6 h) in air atmosphere. The XRD studies indicates that the as deposited films shows amorphous nature and annealed films confirms the formation of CZTSe compound and its average crystallite size increase with increase in annealing time. Among the films, the 2 h annealed film shows higher crystallinity. AFM images show bigger size particels for annealed films. DRS spectra of all the films show good optical absorption in the entire visible range and the band gap is found in the range of 1.45 1. 54 eV. Therefore the annealed films show good photosensing behavior.
Sensor Less Five Level Packed U Cell (PUC5) Inverter Operating in Stand Alone and Grid Connected Modes
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Year: 2016

In this paper, a new mode of operation has been introduced for packed U cell (PUC) inverter. A sensor less voltage control based on redundant switching states is designed for the five level packed U cell (PUC5) inverter, which is integrated into switching process. The sensor less voltage control is in charge of fixing the dc capacitor voltage at half of the dc source value results in generating symmetric five level voltage waveform at the output with low harmonic distortion. The sensor less voltage regulator reduces the complexity of the control system, which makes the proposed converter appealing for industrial applications. An external current controller has been applied for grid connected application of the introduced sensor less PUC5 to inject active and reactive power from inverter to the grid with arbitrary power factor, while the PUC auxiliary dc bus is regulated only by sensor less controller combined with new switching pattern. Experimental results obtained in stand alone and grid connected operating modes of proposed PUC5 inverter prove the fast response and good dynamic performance of the designed sensor less voltage control in balancing the dc capacitor voltage at desired level.
The Pragmatics of Iris Marion Young's Feminist Historical Materialism
Venue: Politics &amp; Gender
Year: 2008

How do we make sense of the contradictory claims embedded in these two views articulated by the same scholar over a 15 year interval? Is the mature feminist philosopher writing in the leading journal of feminist scholarship in 1994 repudiating the neophyte socialist feminist who published in Socialist Review? Are we glimpsing a familiar feminist trajectory from Marxism to socialist feminism to poststructuralism? Do these two claims represent a discursive shift in how one writes feminist theory or a change in philosophical views?
Evidence of localised gas propagation pathways in a field scale bentonite engineered barrier system: results from three gas injection tests in the large scale gas injection test (Lasgit)
Year: 2014

Three gas injection tests have been conducted during a large scale gas injection test (Lasgit) performed at the Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden. Lasgit is a full scale experiment based on the Swedish KBS 3 repository concept, examining the processes controlling gas and water flow in highly water saturated compact buffer bentonite. Three preliminary gas injection tests have been performed. The first two tests were conducted in the lower array of injection filters (FL903) Both of these tests showed similar behaviour that corresponded with laboratory observations. The third gas test was conducted in an upper array filter (FU910) which gave a subtly dissimilar response at major gas entry with an initial pressure drop followed by a secondary gas peak pressure. Lasgit has confirmed the coupling between gas, stress and pore water pressure for flow before and after major gas entry at the field scale. All observations suggest mechanisms of pathway propagation and dilatancy predominate. In all three gas tests the propagation was through localised features that tended to exploit the interface between the copper canister and the bentonite buffer. Considerable evidence exists for the development of a highly dynamic, tortuous network of pressure induced pathways which evolves both temporally and geospatially within the clay, opening and closing probably due to local changes in gas pressure and or effective stress.
Modern physical access control systems and privacy protection
Venue: 2015 38th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)
Year: 2015

The paper deals with current state of card based PAC ( systems, especially their level of security and provided mechanisms for protecting users' privacy. We propose to use ABCs (Attribute Based Credentials) to create Privacy PAC system that provides greater protection of user privacy compared to classic systems. We define basic requirements for Privacy PAC and provide a comparison of the current ABC systems by their usability in Privacy PAC. Moreover, we show performance benchmarks of cryptographic primitives used in ABCs which were implemented on Multos and Java Card platforms.
A Comparative Study of User Data Security and Privacy in Native and Cross Platform Android Mobile Banking Applications
Venue: 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security and Internet of Things (ICSIoT)
Year: 2019

This research reports on security and privacy of user data transmitted in Android mobile banking applications. The basis of this approach was to experiment and urge a choice of development framework which ensures user data privacy in banking mobile applications of banks operating in Ghana. The results obtained directed attention to the fact that mobile banking applications developed using cross platform development frameworks (particularly Cordova) make applications less vulnerable by making use of most of the permissions requested ensuring user data privacy as compared to applications development using native development framework.
Rapid Prototyping of Immersive Video for Popularization of Historical Knowledge
Venue: Tangible and Embedded Interaction
Year: 2019

Popularization of historical data implies going beyond the language and knowledge specific to this scientific field in order to make it understood. This applies to people's perception of the world since many changes have been applied to our surrounding environment. Communicating the way people used to hear, see and smell allows for a better retranscription of what once was, and a more effective connection between the teller and his audience. After the sensory data is gathered through heterography, comes the issue of assembling and presenting them. For the Bretez project, a reconstruction of eighteenth century Paris neighbourhood, the process is done manually. This paper describes a new approach to this aspect of historian's work. Using an immersive editing platform controlled through virtual reality devices, we built a pipeline dedicated to facilitating the creation process for historians, and transparently allowing for exporting the result to multiple video formats (immersive or not) The specific case of prototyping this pipeline with the Bretez project for future user experiments is described and discussed.
Recent advances in computer aided drug design
Venue: Briefings Bioinform.
Year: 2009

Modern drug discovery is characterized by the production of vast quantities of compounds and the need to examine these huge libraries in short periods of time. The need to store, manage and analyze these rapidly increasing resources has given rise to the field known as computer aided drug design (CADD) CADD represents computational methods and resources that are used to facilitate the design and discovery of new therapeutic solutions. Digital repositories, containing detailed information on drugs and other useful compounds, are goldmines for the study of chemical reactions capabilities. Design libraries, with the potential to generate molecular variants in their entirety, allow the selection and sampling of chemical compounds with diverse characteristics. Fold recognition, for studying sequence structure homology between protein sequences and structures, are helpful for inferring binding sites and molecular functions. Virtual screening, the in silico analog of high throughput screening, offers great promise for systematic evaluation of huge chemical libraries to identify potential lead candidates that can be synthesized and tested. In this article, we present an overview of the most important data sources and computational methods for the discovery of new molecular entities. The workflow of the entire virtual screening campaign is discussed, from data collection through to post screening analysis.
E Restaurant management system using robot Paper ID IJIFR/ V2/ E6/ 045 Page No. 1840 1847 Subject Area Electronics Engineering Key Words Multi Touchable Dining Menu, RFID, Kitchen Menu, Robot Restaurants
Year: 2015

The primary objective of this study was to develop a control system for autonomous mobile robots used in Hotel management. To accomplish this objective, it was necessary to develop mobile robot having minimal centralized control. This report focuses on the development of two basic motion control algorithms, namely a GOTO algorithm and a FOLLOW algorithm, for use in a master slave system. These robot motion control algorithms would have wide applicability in hotel operations. In this master robot receives order from the customer and passes it to the slave to place the order. Master wakes up on presence of customer and actuates to provide user a menu card. Then user places the order then these orders are placed and posted to the slave which picks them on completion and passes it to particular table. Our aim is to develop the system using ARM Processor for E restaurant management system using robot. This increases the efficiency of restaurant management.
The truck driver scheduling problem with fatigue monitoring
Venue: Decis. Support Syst.
Year: 2018

In the United States, approximately 4000 fatalities due to truck and bus crashes occur each year. Of these, up to 20% are estimated to involve fatigued drivers [48] However, no model currently exists that incorporates a measure of drowsiness or fatigue into the Truck Driver Scheduling Problem (TDSP) We introduce a fatigue aware model for determining the optimal schedule for a driver while maintaining an acceptable level of alertness as well as abiding by time windows and hours of service (HOS) regulations. Additionally, we examine a shortcoming in existing regulations, specifically related to assumptions made about the rest and alertness of a driver at the start of the workweek.
Five Fingered Hand with Wide Range of Thumb Using Combination of Machined Springs and Variable Stiffness Joints
Venue: 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Year: 2018

Human hands can not only grasp objects of various shape and size and manipulate them in hands but also exert such a large gripping force that they can support the body in the situations such as dangling a bar and climbing a ladder. On the other hand, it is difficult for most robot hands to manage both. Therefore in this paper we developed the hand which can grasp various objects and exert large gripping force. To develop such hand, we focused on the thumb CM joint with wide range of motion and the MP joints of four fingers with the DOF of abduction and adduction. Based on the hand with large gripping force and flexibility using machined spring, we applied above mentioned joint mechanism to the hand. The thumb CM joint has wide range of motion because of the combination of three machined springs and MP joints of four fingers have variable rigidity mechanism instead of driving each joint independently in order to move joint in limited space and by limited actuators. Using the developed hand, we achieved the grasping of various objects, supporting a large load and several motions with an arm.