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E-cigarette prevalence, motivations for use, and relationship with tobacco – the changing situation in Ireland
No full textHanafin J, Sunday S, Clancy L (2021). E-cigarette prevalence, motivations for use, and relationship with tobacco – the changing situation in Ireland. Poster presented at SRNT 27th Annual Meeting, Theme: Social Justice and Action in Tobacco and Nicotine Science, February 24-27, 2021 (Virtual).Funded by Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust (RCDHT) Grant No. 18
Focusing Qualitative Simulation Using Temporal Logic: Theoretical Foundations
No full textthis paper took place while the author was visiting the Qualitative Reasoning Group at the Dept. of Computer Sciences of the University of Texas at Austin. G. Brajnik and D.J. Clancy / Focusing qualitative simulation 2 formation about the trajectory of a variable or relationships between the trajectories of interconnected variables. Such information allows the modeler to restrict the simulation to a region of the state space and to specify time--varying input variables. The Temporally Constrained Qsim (TeQsim, pronounced tek'sim) algorithm combines the expressive power of these two paradigms by interleaving temporal logic model checking with qualitative simulation. Temporal logic is used to specify qualitative and quantitative trajectory information that is incorporated into the simulation to constrain and refine the resulting behaviors. Qualitative simulation constructs a set of possible behaviors consistent with a model of a dynamical system represented by a qualitative differential equation (QDE). The Qsi
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The CCCC-IP Annual: Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2015
No full textIntroduction to the 2015 Annual Clancy Ratliff, University of Louisiana at LafayetteWho's Failing Who? Six Questions To Consider Before Adopting the FI Grade Kristi Murray Costello, Arkansas State UniversityStamp of Authenticity: Using the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp To Explore Quotation and Authorship Steven Engel, Marygrove CollegeCatfishing, Authorship, and Plagiarism in First-Year Writing Kathrin Kottemann, South Louisiana Community ColllegeCultural Commentary and Fair Use: Bob Englehart, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Two Flags Matthew Teutsch, University of Louisiana at LafayetteA Prince, Some Girls, and the Terms: A Canary in the Cave? Craig A. Meyer, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleDefeat Devices as Intellectual Property: A Retrospective Assessment from the DMCA Rulemaking William Duffy, University of MemphisHow Does the Rise of the 'Kilo-Author' Affect the Field of Composition and Rhetoric? Wendy Warren Austin, Southern New Hampshire UniversityAll She Had To Do Was Stay: How Apple Music Got Taylor Swift and Avoided Bad Blood Laurie Cubbison, Radford UniversityA Copyright Ruling Puts the "Happy" Back in Happy Birthday (and Brings an End to the Mortification of Restaurant Servers and Patrons) Kim Dian Gainer, Radford UniversityUnderstanding Open Access: When, Why & How To Make Your Work Openly Accessible Traci Zimmerman, James Madison Universit
Fighter wing a guided tour of an Air Force combat wing
No full textNew York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy takes readers on an inside tour of an Air Force combat wing--the planes, the technology, and the people--capturing the thrill of takeoff, the drama of a dogfight, and the relentless dangers which fighter pilots face every day of their lives. Exclusive photos, diagrams, and illustrations throughout
Particulate air pollution and mortality in Dublin 1980-1996
No full textTHESIS 5310Air pollution in Dublin was studied for the period from 1980 to 1996. The factors which contribute to air pollution were investigated, and the nature of particulate air pollution is discussed. The trends in air pollution, and the Government interventions in relation to fuel usage, and air quality were evaluated. All non-accidental mortality for residents of Dublin County Borough was studied for the same period. The study covers 16.75 years, or 6119 days. A total of 80,307 deaths used in the study. Giving an average of 13.2 deaths per day
Epidemiology of lung cancer in the Republic of Ireland
No full textTHESIS 7680The study aimed at investigating the epidemiology of overall lung cancer pattern in the Republic of Ireland across different time-periods. The study also examined the lung cancer incidence pattern across major cell-types (adenocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma), with special emphasis on Dublin City populations
Cittàslow. The Emilia-Romagna case
No full textThis chapter focuses on Cittaslow association, in order to see the importance of tourism in the choice of joining as well as the eventual impact on this sector. In the first part, the author considers some recent trends of global tourism and their effects on local development and hospitality policies. The second part focuses on Cittaslow in Italy and a preliminary investigation of certified cities in Emilia-Romagna; their territorial distribution, the importance of tourism for joining, and their measures to meet the requirements in hospitality policies. The third part examines the case of Santarcangelo di Romagna and the effects of Cittaslow membership on local tourism; the relation seems to be weak even if tourism has increased over the last years
Overview of the 2019 open-source IR replicability challenge (OSIRRC 2019)
No full textThe Open-Source IR Replicability Challenge (OSIRRC 2019), organized as a workshop at SIGIR 2019, aims to improve the replicability of ad hoc retrieval experiments in information retrieval by gathering a community of researchers to jointly develop a common Docker specification and build Docker images that encapsulate a diversity of systems and retrieval models. We articulate the goals of this workshop and describe the "jig" that encodes the Docker specification. In total, 13 teams from around the world submitted 17 images, most of which were designed to produce retrieval runs for the TREC 2004 Robust Track test collection. This exercise demonstrates the feasibility of orchestrating large, community-based replication experiments with Docker technology. We envision OSIRRC becoming an ongoing community-wide effort to ensure experimental replicability and sustained progress on standard test collections.Web Information System
Reductions in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory mortality following the national Irish smoking ban: Interrupted time-series analysis
No full textCopyright @ 2013 Stallings-Smith et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Background: Previous studies have shown decreases in cardiovascular mortality following the implementation of comprehensive smoking bans. It is not known whether cerebrovascular or respiratory mortality decreases post-ban. On March 29, 2004, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to implement a national workplace smoking ban. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of this policy on all-cause and cause-specific, non-trauma mortality. Methods: A time-series epidemiologic assessment was conducted, utilizing Poisson regression to examine weekly age and gender-standardized rates for 215,878 non-trauma deaths in the Irish population, ages ≥35 years. The study period was from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2007, with a post-ban follow-up of 3.75 years. All models were adjusted for time trend, season, influenza, and smoking prevalence. Results: Following ban implementation, an immediate 13% decrease in all-cause mortality (RR: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.76-0.99), a 26% reduction in ischemic heart disease (IHD) (RR: 0.74; 95% CI: 0.63-0.88), a 32% reduction in stroke (RR: 0.68; 95% CI: 0.54-0.85), and a 38% reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (RR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.46-0.83) mortality was observed. Post-ban reductions in IHD, stroke, and COPD mortalities were seen in ages ≥65 years, but not in ages 35-64 years. COPD mortality reductions were found only in females (RR: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.32-0.70). Post-ban annual trend reductions were not detected for any smoking-related causes of death. Unadjusted estimates indicate that 3,726 (95% CI: 2,305-4,629) smoking-related deaths were likely prevented post-ban. Mortality decreases were primarily due to reductions in passive smoking. Conclusions: The national Irish smoking ban was associated with immediate reductions in early mortality. Importantly, post-ban risk differences did not change with a longer follow-up period. This study corroborates previous evidence for cardiovascular causes, and is the first to demonstrate reductions in cerebrovascular and respiratory causes
Efficient design of precision medical robotics
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-114).Medical robotics is increasingly demonstrating the potential to improve patient care through more precise interventions. However, taking inspiration from industrial robotics has often resulted in large, sometimes cumbersome designs, which represent high capital and per procedure expenditures, as well as increased procedure times. This thesis proposes and demonstrates an alternative model and method for developing economical, appropriately scaled medical robots that improve care and efficiency, while moderating costs. Key to this approach is a structured design process that actively reduces complexity. A selected medical procedure is decomposed into discrete tasks which are then separated into those that are conducted satisfactorily and those where the clinician encounters limitations, often where robots' strengths would be complimentary. Then by following deterministic principles and with continual user participation, prototyping and testing, a system can be designed that integrates into and assists with current procedures, rather than requiring a completely new protocol. This model is expected to lay the groundwork for increasing the use of hands-on technology in interventional medicine.by Nevan Clancy Hanumara.Ph.D
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