205 research outputs found
Aging, Privacy, and Home-Based Computing: Developing a Design Framework
No full textApplications for "aging in place" focus on supporting elders and informing the caregiver but often at the risk of abrogating privacy. The authors developed and tested various prototypes to create a privacy framework for designing home-based computing for seniors.United States National Science FoundationAM
Supplemental Material - Chronic Non-cancer Pain and Associated Risks of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
No full textSupplemental Material for Chronic Non-cancer Pain and Associated Risks of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Yi-Han Hu, Dong-Chul Seo, Lesa Huber, Patrick C. Shih, and Hsien-Chang Lin in Journal of Applied Gerontology.</p
Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
No full textPhotoshop is the world's most widely used photo-editing and graphics program. But with all its fantastic new features and options, the CS4 version can bewilder even the most seasoned professional. That's where Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual comes in: packed with tips, tricks, and lots of practical advice, this visually rich four-color guidebook teaches you everything you need to know to edit photos and create beautiful documents in Photoshop. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a power user ready to try some advanced techniques, author and graphics pro Lesa Snider King offers crystal-
Vliv větru na polohu horní hranice lesa - otázka vrcholového fenoménu
No full textNázev: Vliv větru na polohu horní hranice lesa - otázka vrcholového fenoménu Autor: Jakub Kašpar Ústav: Katedra fyzické geografie a geoekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Univerzita Karlova Školitel: Václav Treml, Katedra fyzické geografie a geoekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Univerzita Karlova Abstrakt: Na globální úrovni je poloha horní hranice lesa daná izotermou teploty vegetační sezony. Na regionální úrovni, však může být její poloha modifikována dalšími environmentálními faktory, jako je například působení větru. Intenzita působení větru roste se zkracující se vzdáleností mezi ekotonem horní hrance lesa a vrcholovými oblastmi. Vysoká intenzita působení větru může vést k přítomnosti vrcholového fenoménu. Ten může vést ke snížení polohy horní hranice lesa pod její potenciální elevaci danou teplotními podmínkami. Ekoton horní hranice lesa vyskytující se v jedenácti pohořích Střední Evropy v Harzu, Vysokých Sudetech a Karpatech sloužil jako model pro můj výzkum. Tato pohoří kopírují 50. rovnoběžku a podél gradientu rostoucí kontinentality. Vzdálenost polohy horní hranice lesa od vrcholu je v těchto pohořích značně variabilní. Kromě toho se jednotlivá pohoří liší svou hmotnatostí a pravděpodobně také intenzitou vrcholového fenoménu. Poloha horní hranice lesa ve Střední Evropě roste o 94 m na 100 km směrem...Title: The influence of wind on treeline position - the question of summit syndrome Author: Jakub Kašpar Department: Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University Supervisor: Václav Treml, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University Abstract: Growing season temperatures drive treeline position on a global scale. However, environmental factors including wind action may critically modify the position of treeline ecotone on a regional or a local scale. The intensity of wind action increases with shortening of treeline-summit distance. High intensity of wind action may cause the presence of a summit syndrome. This results into the lowering of treeline below its potential limit given by temperature conditions. Alpine treeline ecotones occurring in 11 mountain ranges including the Harz Mts., the High Sudetes and the Carpathians represented the model areas for my research. These mountains are located at the 50th parallel and reflect an increase in the gradient of continentality. Moreover, the distance of treeline from the summit is highly variable among these mountains. These mountains are moreover characterized by differences in mass elevation effect and in the summit syndrome intensity. Treeline position in Central Europe is...Katedra fyzické geografie a geoekologieDepartment of Physical Geography and GeoecologyPřírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of Scienc
RSM Outlook Summer 2009
No full text#### Business and Academia: The Mutual Benefits of Collaboration (Lesa Sawahata)
Business is at the heart – and in the DNA – of RSM. And through collaborative activities at every level, RSM researchers, alumni and students are impacting business.
#### The New Face of Capitalism
As we enter a phase of post-crisis uncertainty, what hope now for business and society at large in a world where the almost universally accepted tenets of capitalism lie shattered in the rubble of collapsed institutions and fractured economic foundations? Noreena Hertz, author of such best-selling books as The Silent Takeover and IOU: The Debt Threat, believes that the time could be right for an ideological shift and a new age of collaborative capitalism.
#### Post-Crisis Management: What can we do Differently? (Lesa Sawahata)
Recently a group of senior executives gathered with RSM leaders to discuss the pre-eminent topic in the world of business and management: how we got here, what has to change, and how RSM can create a positive impact on the future business leaders that fill its classrooms. This is what we heard from the participants
Crímenes de lesa humanidad y Corte Penal Internacional.
No full textThis article discusses the need for a specialized convention for the investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes against humanity. To this end and as a point of reference, it addresses the norms contained in Article 7 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. The main purpose is to subject this provision to a rigorous critical analysis and to compare its performance with the definition of the crime proposed in the Draft International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, prepared by an international group of experts, in which the author of this article participated. A second issue to be addressed, close to the one proposed, is the effective capacity that the ICC has or should have to prevent and prosecute crimes against humanity. This problem affects one of the fundamental pillars of (international) criminal law: its potential deterrent effect.El presente artículo plantea la discusión en torno a la necesidad de una convención especializada para la investigación, juzgamiento y castigo de los crímenes de lesa humanidad (crimes against humanity). A ese fin y como punto de referencia, se aborda la normativa contenida el artículo 7 del Estatuto de la Corte Penal International. Con ello se intenta, como propósito central, someter esta disposición a un riguroso análisis crítico y comparar sus rendimientos frente a la definición del delito propuesta en el Proyecto de Convención Internacional para la Prevención y la Sanción de los Crímenes de Lesa Humanidad, elaborado por un grupo internacional de expertos, en el que participó el autor de este artículo. Un segundo tema a tratar, cercano al propuesto, es la capacidad efectiva que tiene o debería tener la CPI para prevenir y perseguir los crímenes de lesa humanidad. Este problema afecta a uno de los pilares fundamentales del Derecho Penal (internacional): su posible efecto de disuasión
FACTORS INFLUENCING GERIATRIC SPECIALIZATION INTENTION. A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY OF CLINICAL MEDICAL AND NURSING STUDENTS IN GHANA
No full textThesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, School of Public Health/University Graduate School, 2020Background: The population of older persons in Ghana is increasing. Yet, the exact number of practicing health professionals with geriatric-related expertise to provide skilled services to the aging population in the country is unknown. Our understanding of future health providers’ consideration of a career in geriatrics and attitudes toward geriatric patients is also very limited. Aim: The overarching purpose of this dissertation was to closely examine the intrapersonal and
interpersonal factors associated with intention to choose a geriatric -related career among clinical medical and nursing students in a public institution in Ghana. Specifically, two related substudies were explored in this dissertation. The first sub-study examined the association between attitudes, personal interest, past experiences, mentoring opportunities, demographic characteristics, and intention to select a geriatric specialty among clinical medical and nursing
students. The second sub-study assessed (a) differences in the attitudes of final year clinical medical and nursing students towards older persons; and (b) the relationship between the quality of students’ experiences with older persons and their attitudes. Method: Medical and nursing students undergoing clinical training at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, voluntarily participated in this cross-sectional study. The survey was administered online via Qualtrics. Sub-study 1: Data were analyzed using Poisson multiple regression (N=314). For medical students, personal interest was the best predictor of intention to specialize in geriatrics (B =.462, S.E = .0592, p = .000). After adjusting for other variables in the model, medical students with moderate to strong interest were 1.6 more likely to express an intention to specialize in geriatrics compared to those with low to minimal interest. For nursing students, personal interest was the sole significant predictor of intention to specialize in geriatrics (B=.456, S.E = .1386, p = .001). After adjusting for other variables in the model, nursing students with moderate to strong interest were 1.6 times more likely to express an intention to specialize in geriatrics compared to those
with low to minimal interest. Sub-study 2: Data analysis involved two-sample t-tests and a one-way ANOVA (N=135). Overall, most participants (82.2%) held positive attitudes towards older persons. Medical students had significantly more positive attitudes toward older persons (3.50 ± 0.44) than nursing students (3.26 ± 0.38) (t [133] = 3.257, p = .001). The association between students’ attitudes
and the quality of their experiences with older persons was significant (F [2, 132] = 7.062, p = .001). Students whose experiences with older persons were negative had the least positive attitudes. Conclusion: Interventions geared towards increasing geriatric-oriented healthcare providers in Ghana should focus on enhancing students’ interests and cultivating positive attitudes towards older patients through both clinical and community-based exposures
Proceedings of the 21st annual Central Plains irrigation conference, Colby Kansas, February 24-25, 2009
No full textPresented at the 21st annual Central Plains irrigation conference on February 24-25, 2009 in Colby, Kansas.Crop production was compared under subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), low energy precision applicators (LEPA), low elevation spray applicators (LESA), and mid elevation spray applicators (MESA) at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Tex., USA. Each irrigation method was compared at irrigation rates meeting 25, 50, 75, and 100% of full crop evapotranspiration (ETc). Crops included three seasons of grain sorghum, one season of soybean (planted following a cotton crop that was destroyed by hail), and four seasons of upland cotton. For grain sorghum, SDI followed by LEPA, MESA, and LESA resulted in greater grain yield, water use efficiency, and irrigation water use efficiency at the 25- and 50% irrigation rates, whereas MESA followed by LESA outperformed LEPA and SDI at the 75- and 100% irrigation rates. For soybean, the same trend was observed at the 25- and 50% irrigation rates, whereas SDI followed by MESA, LEPA, and LESA resulted in the best crop response at the 75% irrigation rate, and MESA followed by SDI, LESA, and LEPA resulted in the best crop response at the 100% irrigation rate. Cotton response was consistently best for SDI, followed by LEPA, and either MESA or LESA at all irrigation rates. Within each irrigation rate, few significant differences were observed among irrigation methods in total seasonal water use for all crops
Analysis of urine, oral fluid and fingerprints by liquid extraction surface analysis coupled to high resolution MS and MS/MS - Opportunities for forensic and biomedical science
No full textLiquid Extraction Surface Analysis (LESA) is a new, high throughput tool for ambient mass spectrometry. A solvent droplet is deposited from a pipette tip onto a surface and maintains contact with both the surface and the pipette tip for a few seconds before being re-aspirated. The technique is particularly suited to the analysis of trace materials on surfaces due to its high sensitivity and low volume of sample removal. In this work, we assess the suitability of LESA for obtaining detailed chemical profiles of fingerprints, oral fluid and urine, which may be used in future for rapid medical diagnostics or metabolomics studies. We further show how LESA can be used to detect illicit drugs and their metabolites in urine, oral fluid and fingerprints. This makes LESA a potentially useful tool in the growing field of fingerprint chemical analysis, which is relevant not only to forensics but also to medical diagnostics. Finally, we show how LESA can be used to detect the explosive material RDX in contaminated artificial fingermarks.OLD ChemE/Organic Materials and Interface
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Readmissions in Older Adults
No full textIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Hospital readmission is of growing importance in the healthcare industry because
of associated patient and system costs, impact to the quality of patient care, and hospital
Medicare payment penalties. The increasing interest in sepsis readmission prevention has
highlighted the uniqueness of severe sepsis or septic shock survivors. The results of this
study provide insight into the relationship between index hospital length of stay (LOS)
and 30-day readmissions for older adults (> 65 years) who discharged home from an
index hospital with a principle or secondary discharge diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic
shock.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between index
hospital LOS and 30-day readmissions in older adults (> 65 years) whose expected
primary payer was Medicare and who discharged home with a principle or secondary
diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock. Data used to answer the proposed research
questions consisted of older adult discharge records from the 2014 Nationwide
Readmissions Database (NRD), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality. Differences in 30-day readmissions between older
adult age groups, gender, and older adult location were examined. The number of days to
readmission since discharge was evaluated for the subset of older adults with a
readmission.
Approximately 15.6% of older adults were readmitted within 30 days of their
discharge. Readmissions were statistically different based on the older adult’s age,
gender, and LOS. Location did not have a significant effect on readmissions. Mean LOS
among readmitted older adults was 10.1 days. Analysis indicates that an older adult’s
LOS had a significant effect on readmissions, although models performed poorly.
Findings suggest that there are certain factors that can predict older adults who are at risk
for being readmitted after being discharged with a principle or secondary discharge
diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock
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