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Set It and Forget it? Librarian, Publisher, and Vendor Perspectives on Why You Should Choose KBART Automation
Get PDFSlides for a presentation, Set It and Forget it? Librarian, Publisher, and Vendor Perspectives on why you should choose KBART Automation , presented at Camp ER&L 2022: 17th Meeting of the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference on March 17, 2022. The conference was held online due to COVID-19.
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Abstract:
KBART Automation facilitates regular, automatic updating of a library’s institutional e-resource holdings from a content provider, eliminating the need to manually manage holdings in the knowledge base. In this session, you will hear the library, publisher, and vendor perspectives around this work and why your library should consider adoption.
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The link leads to a session description on the conference website at https://mtgsked.com/p/31425/s.
Additional files include a PDF of the Powerpoint slides for the presentation, a printout of the session description on the conference website, and the contents of the chat discussion held on Pheedloop
Transport and fate of aqueous film forming foam in an urban estuary
Get PDFThe deployment of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) used for firefighting during emergencies and training often releases per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the environment. In October 2018, first responders in Providence, RI, USA applied an AFFF during a fuel spill. Due to the proximity of the incident to the upper reaches of Narragansett Bay (NB), an unknown quantity of gasoline and AFFF entered the estuary via surface runoff and stormwater drains. Water samples near the spill were collected approximately 15 h after the incident and analyzed for 24 PFAS. Minor increases in measured PFAS concentrations were observed relative to pre- and post-spill samples at monitoring sites near the incident, except 6:2-fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2-FTS) that peaked post-spill (max 311 ng/L). After performing the total oxidizable precursor (TOP) assay on water samples and the AFFF concentrate, significant increases in perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) were observed. One compound, 6:2 fluorotelomer mercaptoalkylamido sulfonate (6:2-FTSAS), was identified as a major component of the AFFF used. Peak areas of 6:2-FTSAS and the degradation product 6:2-FTSAS-sulfoxide corresponded to observed increases in the TOP assay results and were useful as tracers of AFFF in surrounding waters. Elevated levels of PFAS at the time of sampling were limited to a confined area of the Providence River due to river flow and tidal action. Observed concentrations were also compared to hydrodynamic model results, and results confirmed rapid dissipation of AFFF components with distance from the spill. However, modeled results did not capture possible secondary releases of AFFF from local municipal stormwater and sewer infrastructure, as observational data suggest. The multiple lines of evidence of PFAS present in surface waters permitted a better assessment of the potential environmental impacts from products such as AFFF for which the chemical composition is largely unknown
The Comparative Effectiveness of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam versus Aminoglycoside- or Polymyxin-Based Regimens in Multi-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections
Get PDFPseudomonas aeruginosa infections are challenging to treat due to multi-drug resistance (MDR) and the complexity of the patients affected by these serious infections. As new antibiotic therapies come on the market, limited data exist about the effectiveness of such treatments in clinical practice. In this comparative effectiveness study of ceftolozane/tazobactam versus aminoglycoside- or polymyxin-based therapies among hospitalized patients with positive MDR P. aeruginosa cultures, we identified 57 patients treated with ceftolozane/tazobactam compared with 155 patients treated with aminoglycoside- or polymyxin-based regimens. Patients treated with ceftolozane/tazobactam were younger (mean age 67.5 vs. 71.1, p = 0.03) and had a higher comorbidity burden prior to hospitalization (median Charlson 5 vs. 3, p = 0.01) as well as higher rates of spinal cord injury (38.6% vs. 21.9%, p = 0.02) and P. aeruginosa-positive bone/joint cultures (12.3% vs. 0.7%, p \u3c 0.0001). Inpatient mortality was significantly lower in the ceftolozane/tazobactam group compared with aminoglycosides or polymyxins (15.8% vs. 27.7%, adjusted odds ratio 0.39, 95% confidence interval 0.16–0.93). There were no significant differences observed for the other outcomes assessed. In hospitalized patients with MDR P. aeruginosa, inpatient mortality was 61% lower among patients treated with ceftolozane/tazobactam compared to those treated with aminoglycoside- or polymyxin-based regimens
Covid\u27s Effect: World Dependency on Chinese Supply Chains
No full textCOVID’s Effect: World Dependency on Chinese Supply Chains
Since the 1990s, China has accelerated to become a global economic superpower. After the nation overtook Japan as the world’s second largest economy in 2010, it began to become clear to the world that China was no longer a nation to be overlooked, and that utilizing their massive economy would prove to be invaluable from a growth and monetary standpoint. Of course, this all came to a halt in early 2020 due to COVID’s impact on global supply chains, many of which were sourced out of the virus’ origin country. Companies worldwide began to reevaluate if China, with their ongoing lockdowns and supply chain unpredictability, was the ideal place to remain if business was to move forward. This has been an ongoing debate for roughly two years now; in an article released by Fortune 500, Bank of America analysists suggested it would cost a total of $1 trillion over 5 years for all foreign firms to relocate business elsewhere, clearly neither an easy move nor a small sum of money to do so.
The goal of this project is to identify the ways in which we have arrived to this point of severe dependency on China for our goods and services. I will be exploring the benefits as well as the hinderances of sourcing from China, as well as the various ways companies are working to move closer to home while regaining upstream visibility. I will also be measuring the internal effect COVID has had on China’s domestic economy, and investigating the ways in which the nation has attempted to mitigate these issues before they become a larger issue
Ballasting Distribution Systems for Undersea Vehicles
No full textThe goal of this project is to ensure that an underwater vehicle can remain neutrally buoyant through varying depths. Additionally, this device must be able to have the ability to have and maintain control through different axes of rotation. As an object like a submarine descends underwater, the environment around the object changes which in turn affects the buoyancy related to the ballasting system. Primarily, as the underwater vehicle descends there will be an increase in pressure to which must be accounted for by the system. Continuously, there will be a slight increase in water density the farther down the vessel descends, however water is not very compressible regardless. The ballasting system in this design will change the quantity of water that is displaced in order to control for the density change of the remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to match with the density of water at the subsequent depth. This dynamic regulation will allow the undersea vehicle to remain neutrally buoyant with limited energy usage from the drive motors. As a result, the AUV will be more energy efficient.
The specifications for this project include having ballast tanks with the ability to take on and remove 1/10 gallons or 0.5 lbs of saltwater or chlorinated water. This module will also be capable of diving to a depth of 14 ft, a parameter set due to the resources available for on-campus underwater testing. In addition, this system will be compact and will be made of noncorrosive and antifouling material such as plastics potentially with embedded nanotechnology. This ballast tank will be able to intake and output the entire volume of water in no less than 10 min while the expected mission length for this system to run is approximately 30 minutes. Overall, this system will be made as space and power-efficient as possible
A Brief on Estimating Costs of Intangible Assets During Capital Budgeting Decisions
Get PDFBy examining financial reporting methods to determine the effects of a pandemic, intellectual property rights and other intangible assets. The goal is to explain how these factors are related to capital budgeting decision utilizing a very common and useful model for capital budgeting
