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> Digitalization: ‘The encoding of analogue information into a digital format and the possible subsequent reconfigurations of the socio-technical context of production and consumption of the associated products and services’ .1 |
This edition includes two papers reporting research from a 5-year study of electronic prescribing in English hospitals.2 3 The papers each address a significant safety and quality issue drawing data from the wider study. These issues are the level of coordination and integration that electronic prescribing systems achi... |
Workarounds were found to be either ‘informal’ or ‘formalised’ practices, the former derived from user innovations, the latter promoted and endorsed by management. Both types involved the use of other ‘intermediary systems’, such as paper or other software.2 While workarounds can create new risks and are an opportunity... |
The issue of integration of information is a common theme that crosses both studies. Workarounds, arguably, serve to better integrate information into work practices while the interfacing of multiple digital systems can provide a more coherent and timely flow of information. The research reports that even integrated ho... |
Summary The Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) method measures the frequency dependence of the electrical resistivity of rocks and sediments by magnitude and phase. Usually, the resistivity spectrum is measured sequentially with mono-frequency signals. This method proves to be advantageous for large-scale measurement ... |
In 1991, the International Association for Management Education (AACSB) dramatically changed the way “intellectual contributions” (IC) of colleges of business are measured for accreditation. This fundamental change provided the impetus to re‐engineer a basic organizational process – the performance model – in an academ... |
NASEM committee members must work with freely available data to adjust current nutrient recommendations. This presentation will highlight fundamental questions with which the next committee will need to wrestle. How relevant are the foundational studies upon which current recommendations were built, given the genetic,... |
Thirty patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), (20 men and 10 women, age 16-55, mean 37 +/- 8 years) underwent exercise test done on bicycle twice to estimate effort tolerance before drugs. In all patients a 24-hour ekg Holter monitoring was also performed. During exercise test heart rhythm disturbances were n... |
We discuss a searching method for synthesis of approximate description of decision classes in large data tables (decision tables). The method consists of the following stages: (i) searching for basic templates which are next used as elementary building blocks for decision classes description; (ii) performing templates ... |
Long term average idle speed control has been studied in most engine idle control systems in automotive engines, but they allow undesirable short-term engine speed fluctuation even under steady idle conditions. The difference in the torque production among cylinders influences the idle stability by making the fluctuati... |
on an “institutional model of diff usion” (72), whether in the USSR or the USA. Andrei Bitov also approached the publication of his novel Pushkinskii dom [Pushkin House] strategically, attempting to guide some sections through censorship for publication in offi cial journals. Crucially, this made plausible the claim th... |
The crosstalk problem between the background light and the signal light of the diffractive optical element severely degrades the image quality and limits the practical application. In this paper, we proposed an off-axis imaging technology aimed at multifocal diffractive lenses and performed geometrical imaging analysis... |
The general half-space scattering problems (i.e., the scatterers are straddling the interface of a half-space) are analyzed using the algebraic adaptive cross approximation (ACA) algorithm. As the object is naturally separated into two parts by the interface, two different mesh densities are required due to the contras... |
The problem of an unsteady 3D boundary layer flow induced by a stretching sheet in a rotating hybrid nanofluid is studied. A dimensionless set of variables is employed to transform the system of partial differential equations (PDEs) to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Then, the system of ODEs ... |
Biological microstructures perform a variety of chemical and electrical functions: switches, proton pumps, power supplies, receptors, effectors, and transducers. In most biological systems, each function is carried out by a separate molecule or as part of a complex of molecules. In a few cases, the same molecule can pe... |
A tumor-like tissue mass of lateral-limbal site in the right eye of a 12-year-old Cob Pony mare was presented for surgical removal. The mass, covering the lateral limbus, bulbar conjunctiva and part of the cornea, was surgically removed, and the corneal defect repaired with a pedicle bulbar conjunctival graft. The mass... |
Host defense peptides are widely distributed in nature, being found in species from bacteria to humans. The structures of these peptides from insects, horseshoe crabs, frogs, and mammals are known to have the common features of a net cationic charge due to the presence of multiple Arg and Lys residues and in most cases... |
In order to accurately identify abnormal driving behaviors, this paper proposes different abnormal driving behavior recognition algorithms. The algorithm obtains driver's driving data through the OBD terminal, combines the x-axis and y-axis acceleration changes and behavior duration of the vehicle's three-axis accelera... |
c u ry pollution has caused numerous deaths and thousands of hospitalizations globa l l y. The first widely publicized occurrence was in Minimata, Japan, where thousands of people were poisoned from eating fish contaminated with methyl merc u ry. Other episodes occurred in Japan (Nigata), Iraq, Pakistan, Guatemala, and... |
It is a pleasure to write the Barringer Award citation for our 2006 recipient, Robert M. Schmidt. Robert is a rare combination of bold experimental researcher and an individual with exquisite theoretical insight. Everyone who studies impact craters knows of the Schmidt-HolsappleHousen scaling relations, and many of us ... |
Introduction: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an endoscopic treatment for severe asthma that reduces airway smooth muscle (ASM) by radiofrequent energy. No diagnostic method is currently available to assess ASM, other than invasive, focal airway biopsies. Bronchoscopic standard optical coherence tomography (OCT) generat... |
This paper models firms' entrepreneurial ability according to their ability to predict changes in productivity (i.e., their prediction ability), and derives an aggregate production function as a result of entrepreneurship. An increase in firms' prediction ability improves allocative efficiency in a competitive economy,... |
A disposable probe cover for an electronic tympanic ("ear") thermometer is made of closed-cell foam that is laminated with a sheet of high density polyethylene plastic film substantially transparent to infrared radiant energy. The probe cover is hollow, defining a central passageway that accepts an oversized probe and ... |
The thickness of the villous membrane is known to be an important factor in determining the morphometric diffusing capacity of the placenta at term. As yet it is not certain how areas of the villous membrane specialised for gaseous exchange, the vasculo-syncytial membranes, differentiate. One mechanism suggested is tha... |
A new method is presented to compute the normal depth in circular conduit. This is the rough model method (RMM). It states that the linear dimension of a con duit or channel is equal to the linear dimension of a referential rough model corrected by the effect of a non-dimensional correction factor. The method is based ... |
chronic prurigo (CPG) is characterized by multiple pruriginous lesions, which develop as a consequence of the patients` scratching in reaction to chronic itch1 . Patients with CPG report high sense of burden, impairment of life quality and more psychological comorbidities than patients with other pruritic or skin disea... |
Virtual Reality proposes different innovative solutions for the fruition of tangible, intangible, or no longer existing Cultural Heritage. The representation of architectural artifacts through virtual 3D models framed in immersive and interactive virtual environments allows building new paths of knowledge. This kind of... |
To evaluate chronic effect of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) on thyroid functions, thyroid hormone levels and thyroidal autoantibodies were studied in 81 patients with Yusho in 1996. Serum level of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was elevated in 7 cases (8.6%). All of them showed normal triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxi... |
Teachers play a decisive role in making inclusive education a reality. The particular case of inclusion in physical education (PE) poses a specific challenge to teaching practice. How PE teachers view inclusion may provide special insights into teachers’ general attitudes toward inclusion and inclusive practices in the... |
Selenium oxyanions, particularly selenite, can be highly toxic to living organisms. Few bacteria reduce both selenate and selenite into the less toxic elemental selenium. Insights into the mechanisms of the transport and the reduction of selenium oxyanions in Escherichia coli were provided by a genetic analysis based o... |
Introduction: Mammographic screening is recommended yearly after the age of 40; however, many pregnant women are younger and should undergo the test. In these cases, anamnesis and clinical examination of the breasts are essential to detect any breast change. In case of clinical suspicion, it is recommended to undergo m... |
Dispersing a team of robots into an unknown and dangerous environment, such as a collapsed building, can provide information about structural damage and locations of survivors to help rescuers plan their actions. We have developed a rolling dispersion algorithm, which makes use of a small number of robots and achieves ... |
The role of submicroscopic infections in modulating malaria antibody responses is poorly understood and requires longitudinal studies. A cohort of 249 children ≤5 years of age, 126 children between 6 and 10 years and 134 adults ≥20 years was recruited in an area of intense malaria transmission in Apac, Uganda and treat... |
This paper develops a fundamental theory of two dimensional wheeled vehicle kinematics. The author first analyzes rigid body robot 2D motions so that a mixture of translational and rotational motions is considered to be a purely rotational motion with its center. Next the author defines the class of tangential motions.... |
The incidence of clinically significant avascular necrosis (AVN) following medial open reduction of the dislocated hip in children with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) remains unknown. We performed a systematic review of the literature to identify all clinical studies reporting the results of medial open reduc... |
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Thallous chloride (201Tl) is a well-known imaging agent. It has been shown to accumulate in the testes. In view of this, the testicular kinetics of 201Tl is investigated in humans and the absorbed dose to the organ calculated. |
METHODS |
Thallous chloride 201Tl was injected intravenously into four patients for myocardial perfusion studies. After clinical evaluation, the testicular uptake and clearance of 201Tl were monitored for about 1 wk using a gamma camera. |
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Testicular uptake of 201Tl was rapid with a mean biological uptake half-time of 0.67 hr and mean biological clearance half-time of 280 hr. The mean maximum testicular uptake of 201Tl was about 0.4% of the injected activity. These data were utilized to calculate the average absorbed dose to the testes. The absorbed dose... |
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When the relative biological effectiveness of the Auger emitter 201Tl is taken into account, the equivalent dose to the testes is 9.5 x 10(-4) Sv/MBq (3.5 rem/mCi).Loss optimization of a 10 MW class HTS synchronous generator based wind turbines |
In this paper, the performance analysis of a 10 MW class high temperature superconducting (HTS) synchronous generator for wind turbines applications is discussed. The proposed generator using HTS excitation field winding is modeled and simulated under full load condition. Also, the losses of the generator especially ir... |
3GPP's Long Term Evolution is defined by the standardization body's Release 8 and 9, and provides more than a substrate for 3GPP's IMT-Advanced candidate, namely LTE-Advanced, which is due to be defined in Release 10. Both LTE and LTE-Advanced have SC-FDMA in their uplink, a multi-carrier access technique requiring con... |
We investigate entanglement transfer from two separate cavities to the excitons in two quantum dots separately placed in the two cavities. The cavity fields and the excitons are treated as two continuous-variable (CV) subsystems. The time-dependent characteristic functions in the Wigner representation for the two subsy... |
The data from low-flying satellites play both an independent and an additional role in the study of the ionosphere. In this paper, data from the Swarm satellite were used to assess the state of the ionosphere during the disturbance period of April 19-21, 2020, together with the data of the total electron content TEC of... |
The respiratory effects of dl-methadone administered i.v. were examined in awake of Pygmy goats. Three castrated males and three anestrus females received i.v. injections of methadone in increasing sequential saline treatments 10 days before the methadone injections. Serum dl-methadone was measured by radioimmunoassay.... |
In this paper, a control-theoretic DAMA (Demand Assignment Multiple Access) protocol for ATM-based geostationary (GEO) satellite networks is introduced The proposed scheme, developed for the European Union, project "GOECAST" (Information Society and Technology (IST), programme), deals with the lower priority traffic ca... |
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