93 research outputs found
sj-docx-1-urj-10.1177_03915603231210604 – Supplemental material for Early versus delayed ureterolithotripsy following obstructive acute pyelonephritis treatment
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-urj-10.1177_03915603231210604 for Early versus delayed ureterolithotripsy following obstructive acute pyelonephritis treatment by Huseyin Ozgur Kazan, Muhammet Cicek, Hulya Caskurlu, Ramazan Gokhan Atis and Asif Yildirim in Urologia Journal</p
Interpreting Situated Dialogue Utterances: an Update Model that Uses Speech, Gaze, and Gesture Information
No full textKennington C, Kousidis S, Schlangen D. Interpreting Situated Dialogue Utterances: an Update Model that Uses Speech, Gaze, and Gesture Information. In: Proceedings of SIGdial 2013. 2013
The role of social media and internet search engines in information provision and dissemination to patients with kidney stone disease: a systematic review from European Association of Urologists Young Academic Urologists
No full textIntroduction: kidney stone disease (KSD) affects millions of people worldwide and has an increasing incidence. Social media (SoMe) and search engines are both gaining in usage, while also being used by patients to research their conditions and aid in managing them. With this in mind, many authors have expressed the belief that SoMe and search engines can be used by patients and healthcare professionals to improve treatment compliance and help counseling and management of conditions such as KSD. We wanted to determine whether SoMe and search engines play a role in the management and/or prevention of KSD.Materials and Methods: the databases MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane Library were used to search for relevant English language literature from inception to December 2017. Results were screened by title, abstract, and then full text, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were then analyzed independently by the authors not involved in the original study. Results: After initial identification of 2137 records and screening of 42 articles, 10 studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The articles included focused on a variety of SoMe forms, including two articles each on twitter, YouTube, smartphone apps, and Google search engine and one article on Google insights and Google analytics. Regarding patient centered advice, while two articles covered advice on dietary, fluid intake, and management options, two additional articles each covered advice on fluid advice and management options only, while no such advice was given by three of the SoMe published articles. Conclusions: SoMe and search engines provide valuable information to patients with KSD. However, while the information provided regarding dietary aspects and fluid management was good, it was not comprehensive enough to include advice on other aspects of KSD prevention.</p
Design and Deployment Alternatives ATMS and ATIS Components of IVHS [White Paper]
No full text009636211992PDFResearch PaperAdvanced traffic management systemsAdvanced traveler information systemsIntelligent transportation systemsProgram managementDesign build constructionAlternatives analysisAdministration and ManagementOperations and Traffic ManagementUnited StatesUnited States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsKay, Jack L.JHK & AssociatesIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeThis paper is part of a series of papers being prepared under the title "Ways to Improve Traditional Opportunities for IVHS Deployment". It addresses the specific issue of alternative procedures to be considered for the deployment of the time critical Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) and Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) components of IVHS. Further, the ATIS component is restricted to the field infrastructure and does not include the in-vehicle component. The alternatives considered are defined as Program Management and Design/Build. These approaches are compared to the more traditional Engineer/Contractor approach. It is the author's opinion that three methods described in the paper all offer potential and that all will be used. It is also the opinion of the author that none of the three, in isolation, are likely to meet the expectations of the IVHS program. The engineer/contractor approach is to slow and cumbersome and may not adequately treat technology based projects, and neither program management or design/build will be accepted by all public agencies, with the design/build likely to meet the strongest resistance by some agencies75
ADOT map book
No full textabstract: The Arizona Department of Transportation Map Book samples the numerous uses made of ADOT’s base centerline file, commonly known as Arizona Transportation Information System (ATIS) Roads. ATIS Roads is a Geographic Information System (GIS) coverage, or layer, of Arizona roads and streets. The GIS community in the Arizona state government is a diverse group with a strong commitment to cooperative data sharing. Without this cooperative effort, many of the maps presented here could not have been produced
Measuring the Effectiveness of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)
No full textThe objective of this study was to develop valid methodologies for addressing several limitations of the current Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) evaluation tools. This study was focused mainly on three enhancements. First, the queue propagation algorithm of the selected tool (DYNASMART-P) was modified to more realistically model traffic congestion. The author proposed the addition of transfer flow capacity and backward gated flow constraints for more accurately calculating transfer flow rate. Second, the study modeled the natural diversion behaviors of drivers who do not receive traveler information. Lastly, statistical models of user responses to traveler information were developed using binary and multinomial logit methods to understand and model the relationship between drivers’ socio-economic characteristics and their responses to traveler information. Among these three enhancements, the first two (improved queue propagation and natural diversion behavior algorithms) were implemented in the enhanced model. The user behavior models, however, were not implemented because their predictive power was not acceptable due to limitations in the data set. The enhanced model was applied to two case studies: 1) verifying the capabilities of the model under a recurring bottleneck scenario on I-40 corridor in the Triangle region of North Carolina, and 2) demonstrating the capability of the enhanced model to measure the effectiveness of U-Transportation (similar to the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration [VII] program in the USA) which has been under development in Korea. The first case study results showed that the improved queue propagation algorithm simulated the bottleneck queue much closer to the real data than the original model. The simulation results also indicated that the actual diversion rate under recurring congestion in the study network was very low. The results of the second case study demonstrated that the enhanced model can evaluate the network impact of new advanced technology in flooding situations and can evaluate the effect of market penetration of the communication technology
Analysis of apartment market development in Riga
No full textAtis Blinds Dzīvokļu tirgus attīstības tendenču analīze Rīgā
Maģistra darbs satur: 103 lpp (bez pielikumiem), 6 tabulas, 45 attēlus un 1 pielikumu
Nozare, kas Latvijā ir attīstījusies ļoti interesanti, it īpaši pēdējos gados, ir nekustamo īpašumu tirgus un tieši dzīvokļu segments. Dzīvokļu tirgus attīstība principā visus gadus bija novērojama tikai augšupejošā virzienā, bet būtiskas izmaiņas notika pavisam nesen – 2007. gadā, kad pirmo reizi Latvijas vēsturē pēc neatkarības atgūšanas bija novērojams dzīvokļu cenu, pirkuma līguma skaita, izsniegto hipotekāro kredītu daudzuma un citu svarīgu rādītāju samazinājums. Kāpēc tas tā notika, tam, protams, ir vairāki izskaidrojumi, tāpēc šī maģistra darba mērķis ir veikt nekustamo īpašumu tirgus dzīvokļu segmenta analīzi, balstoties uz tirgus attīstības un izpētes teorētiskajiem principiem, lai noskaidrotu visus galvenos faktorus, kas ir ietekmējuši un veicinājuši šādu un ne savādāku dzīvokļu tirgus attīstību un lai varētu izdarīt tirgus nākotnes prognozi.
Maģistra darba pirmajā nodaļā tiek dots teorētiskais ieskats par tirgu un tā attīstības un izpētes galvenajiem nosacījumiem. Tiek noskaidrots, kādi ir parametri, lai tirgus vispār varētu pastāvēt un funkcionēt, kādi ir iespējamie tirgus tipi un veidi, kāds ir tirgus izpētes process un tā nozīme un pēc tam tiek raksturoti visi galvenie tirgus izpētes virzieni. Otrajā nodaļā tiek pētīts dzīvokļu tirgus Rīgā. Analizējot dažādus datus un informāciju, tiek noskaidroti galvenie faktori, kas ir ietekmējuši tirgus attīstību, kādi rādītāji tā ietekmē ir samazinājušies un kādi ir palielinājušies. Pēdējā trešajā nodaļā tiek veikts dzīvokļu tirgus nākotnes attīstības novērtējums, kurā ietilpst gan tirgus krīzes situācijas izvērtējums trijos scenārijos, gan arī tirgus prognoze.
Maģistra darbā izdarītie priekšlikumi ir paredzēti tirgus galvenajiem dalībniekiem – potenciālajiem dzīvokļu pircējiem un pārdevējiem, kā arī Latvijas valsts valdībai un tās pārvaldes institūcijām, kas tieši regulē dzīvokļu, vispārējo nekustamo īpašumu tirgus un Latvijas ekonomikas attīstību.Atis Blinds
Analysis of apartment market development in Riga
Master thesis consist of: 103 pages (without appendixes), 6 tables, 45 images and 1 appendix
The industry that has developed very interesting during the last year is real estate market and especially apartment segment. There was a constant upward development of apartment market for many years. However, year 2007 came with substantial changes in the market. A decrease in prices, number of purchase contracts, amount of issued loans and other figures was observable for the first time in the history of Latvia since retrieval of its independence. There are several reasons behind this fact. Hence, the aim of this master thesis is to conduct analysis of the apartment segment of the real estate market, based on the theoretical principles of market development, in order to find out the most important factors that have influenced such development pattern and make future market forecast.
The first chapter deals with theoretical insight into a market and the main principles of its development and analysis. It is examined what parameters exist and operate, what the possible types of market are, how the process of market analysis looks like as well as what the main directions of market research are. The second chapter deals with apartment market in Riga. By analyzing different data and information, it is examined what the main factors behind the market development are, and which figures have decreased and increased as a result of the future development of the market development. Evaluation of the future development of the apartment market is included in the third chapter, including evaluation of the market crisis in three scenarios as well as market prognosis.
The suggestions made by the master thesis author can be directed towards the market participants – buyers, sellers and the government and involved institutions that have a direct influence on apartment and overall real estate market as well as the economic development of Latvia
Is there a relationship between severity of coronary artery disease and severity of erectile dysfunction?
No full textIntroduction The correlation between erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease has been emphasized and ED has been recognized as a potential independent risk factor and/or predictor of coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated the association between the number of occluded coronary arteries in myocardial infarction (MI) patients with the severity of ED, and investigated the influence of related risk factors in our study group. Materials and Methods 183 male patients who underwent coronary angiography because of acute MI from November 2009 to May 2011 were included. Following the stabilization of patients after the treatment, each patient was evaluated for erectile functionality. Risk factors such as age, diabetes, smoking, waist circumference, hypertension, and hematologic parameters were recorded. Results Among 183 patients with a mean age of 55.2 years who underwent coronary angiography due to acute MI, 100 (54.64%) had ED, while the ED rate was 45.36% (44/97) in cases of single-vessel disease, 64.5% (31/48) in cases of two-vessel disease, and 65.7% (25/38) in cases of three-vessel disease. The mean IIEF score was 24.2 ± 4.3, 20.4 ± 4.9 and 20.5 ± 4.2 for single or two or three-vessel disease, respectively. The presence of hypertension aggravated ED only in patients with three-vessel disease and increased total and LDL cholesterol levels in patients with single-vessel or two-vessel disease were accompanied by significantly decreasing IIEF scores. Conclusion The severity of ED correlated with the number of occluded vessels documented by coronary angiography, in male patients with acute myocardial infarction. In addition, the presence of hypertension had a significant influence over erectile function only in patients with three-vessel occlusion
C. G. Jung's approach to religion: ontology of archetypes
No full textŠajā darbā pētītas šveiciešu psihoanalītiķa, analītiskās psiholoģijas skolas dibinātāja Karla Gustava Junga idejas. Darbā tiek apskatīti tādi Junga attīstītie koncepti, kā kolektīvā bezapziņa, arhetipi, Dieva tēls, sinhronitāte.
Šī darba tēze ir: „Junga psiholoģijā cilvēka psihi un fizisko realitāti formējošie arhetipi norāda uz vēl dziļāku reāliju, par kuru iespējams runāt vienīgi caur simbolos izteiktiem reliģiskiem pārdzīvojumiem”.
Lai pierādītu darba tēzi, autors apskatīs arhetipus trīs līmeņos – fiziskā, psiholoģiskā un garīgā. Pēdējais līmenis ir simboliskā izpratne, kas nesakņojas racionālajā prātā, bet gan psihiskā pārdzīvojumā, kuru nav iespējams aprakstīt ar valodu.
Šajā darbā autors parāda, kā Karla Gustava Junga kolektīvās bezapziņas ideja risina reliģiskā fenomena problēmjautājumus, kāda ir Junga attieksme pret reliģiju un to, kāda ir reliģisko simbolu nozīme Junga arhetipu teorijā.
Autors parāda, kā Jungs arhetipu sistēmu interpretē psiholoģiski, fiziski un garīgi.This Masters work is about the ideas of Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology - Carl Gustav Jung. In this work the author examines such concepts created by Jung as: collective unconscious, archetypes, God-Image, Self, synchronicity.
The thesis of this master work is as it follows: “In C. G. Jungs thinking archetypes, as forming factors of psychic and physical processes, are giving insight to a even deeper layer of reality which can be expressed only by religious experiences and symbols.”
The author approaches Jungs archetypes in three ways – physical, psychological and unworldly. An unworldly approach to archetype would be by symbolic means.
In this work the author shows how Jung is using concept of collective unconscious to explain religious phenomenon and how Jung understands religious symbols. The author shows how Jung shows Gods-Image as an archetype of transcendental reality which in some respect represents the ontology of archetypes
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