433 research outputs found
Community perceptions of pre-identification results and methods in six health equity funds areas in Cambodia
No full textHunting and Collecting
No full textText from a public conversation between Sammy Baloji (artist), Philip Van den Bossche (director Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium) and Patricia Van Schuylenbergh (historian, History and Politics Unit, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium), around the exhibition "Hunting and Collecting" held at the Mu.ZEE in Ostend (from 3 August to 21 September 2014). The conversation took place during the "Karawane" lecture cycle at the Ecole de recherche graphique (ERG)in Brussel, on 2 October 2014. This programme of lectures and discussions, coordinated by Lotte Arndt, went hand-in-hand with the preparation of the "Personne et les autres" pavilion, which the artist Vincent Meessen and the exhibition curator Katerina Gregos devised for the 56th Venice Biennale
The scaling up of low-technology health interventions has been recognised in theory. Practical measures remain few and far between, however
No full textAn overview of the ATLAS High Level Trigger Dataflow and Supervision.
No full textThe ATLAS high-level trigger (HLT) system provides software-based event selection after the initial LVL1 hardware trigger. It is composed of two stages, the LVL2 trigger and the event filter (EF). The LVL2 trigger performs event selection with optimized algorithms using selected data guided by Region of Interest pointers provided by the LVL1 trigger. Those events selected by LVL2 are built into complete events, which are passed to the EF for a further stage of event selection and classification using off-line algorithms. Events surviving the EF selection are passed for off-line storage. The two stages of HLT are implemented on processor farms. The concept of distributing the selection process between LVL2 and EF is a key element in the architecture, which allows it to be flexible to changes (luminosity, detector knowledge, background conditions, etc.) Although there are some differences in the requirements between these subsystems there are many commonalities. An overview of the dataflow (event selection) and supervision (control, configuration, monitoring) activities in the HLT is given, highlighting where commonalities between the two subsystems can be exploited and indicating where requirements dictate that implementations differ. An HLT prototype system has been built at CERN. Functional testing is being carried out in order to validate the HLT architecture
Current lipid lowering treatment and attainment of LDL targets recommended by ESC/EAS guidelines in very high-risk patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Insights from the START registry
No full textBackground: Current European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) guidelines for the management of dyslipidemias have further reduced low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) targets, as compared to the guidelines released in 2016. These targets are particularly restraining for patients at very high risk (VHR). Methods: Using the data from a nationwide, prospective registry on patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), we sought to assess: 1) the contemporary use of conventional cholesterol-lowering therapies and the achievement of LDL-C goals according to previous and current ESC guidelines in subjects at VHR; 2) the proportion of VHR patients potentially eligible for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor (PCSK9i) treatment. Results: Among the 5053 patients with data available, 4751 (94.0%) were deemed as VHR. Among these patients, the mean LDL-C levels were 62.4 ± 47.7 mg/dl at enrollment. A high dose of statin was used in 54.9%, while the association of high dose statin and ezetimibe was prescribed in 4.8% of VHR patients. A target level of LDL-C < 70 mg/dl recommended by 2016 ESC guidelines was reached by 58.1%, while a target of <55 mg/dl and LDL-C reduction ≥50% recommended by 2019 ESC guidelines, would be reached by 3.2% of patients at VHR. Accordingly, 9.4% and 1.4% of VHR patients would be eligible for PCSK9i according to ESC guidelines and Italian regulations, respectively. Conclusions: In VHR patients enrolled in this large cohort of established ASCVD managed by cardiologists, the lipid management and LDL-C targets attainment is largely suboptimal
A probabilistic position value
No full textIn this article, we generalize the position value, defined by Meessen (1988) for the class of deterministic communication situations, to the class of generalized probabilistic communication situations (G´omez et al. (2008)). We provide two characterizations of this new allocation rule. Following in Slikker’s (2005a) footsteps, we characterize the probabilistic position value using probabilistic versions of component eciency and balanced link contributions. Then we generalize the notion of link potential, defined by Slikker (2005b) for the class of deterministic communication situations, to the class of generalized probabilistic communication situations, and use it to characterize our allocation rule. Finally, we show that these two characterizations are logically equivalent.Game Theory, TU Games, Graph-restricted Games, Position Value.Game Theory, TU Games, Graph-restricted Games, Position Value.
Influence de la température sur l'efficience des compteurs à scintillation
No full textExperimental results are reviewed and compared with those of the author. The temperature effect of the scintillator is interpreted for NaI : Tl by lattice emission at low temperature, and by a shift of the Tl-centre emission band at 20 °C and at 100 °C. The variation of the photocathode sensitivity reduces to a shift of the spectral response curve towards the red for lower temperature, at which the dynode-multiplication would be increased. This is interpreted by a surface-photoelectric effect for red light and a volume effect in secondary electron emission and blue light photo-electron emission.L'effet de température des compteurs à scintillations peut être analysé suivant trois groupes : 1) L'effet de température du scintillateur. Nous l'avons étudié pour le NaI : Tl. A basse température on observe l'émission fondamentale du NaI. La bande d'émission du centre T1 apparaît à température plus élevée et se transforme à 20°C et à 100 °C. 2) L'effet de température dans la sensibilité de la photocathode se présente comme un glissement de la courbe de réponse spectrale vers le rouge quand la température est abaissée. 3) La multiplication électronique aux dynodes semble être augmentée par un refroidissement de celles-ci. Les résultats expérimentaux existants sont revus et comparés à ceux de l'auteur ; l'interprétation des différents effets est indiquée
Constraints to scaling up health interventions: a conceptual framework and empirical analysis.
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