43 research outputs found
Writers Talk featuring Koritha Mitchell, Lonnie Stuckey, and Chris Pavone
No full textOSU professor Koritha Mitchell discuss Amiri Baraka in conjunction with Black Lit radio with Hopeton Hay. Lonnie Stuckey, the winner of the KIPP Journey School/Writers Talk contest, will read his winning essay. Recent Thurber House guest Chris Pavon will discuss his novel The ExPats.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/WritersTalk-Audio/WT_2013_2-18_Mitchell-Stuckey-Pavone.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Lessons and Implementation Challenges of Community Health Information System in LMICs: A Scoping Review of Literature
No full textBACKGROUND: Accurate and timely information on health intervention coverage, quality, and equity is the foundation of public health practice. To achieve this, countries have made efforts to improve the quality and availability of community health data by implementing the community health information system that is used to collect data in the field generated by community health workers and other community-facing providers. Despite all the efforts, evidence on the current state is scant in Low Middle Income Countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE: To summarize the available evidence on the current implementation status, lessons learned and implementation challenges of community health information system (CHIS) in LMICs. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review that included studies searched using electronic databases like Pubmed/Medline, World Health Organization (WHO) Library, Science Direct, Cochrane Library. We also searched Google and Google Scholar using different combinations of search strategies. Studies that applied any study design, data collection and analysis methods related to CHIS were included. The review included all studies published until February 30, 2022. Two authors extracted the data and resolved disagreements by discussion consulting a third author. RESULTS: A total of 1,552 potentially relevant articles/reports were generated from the initial search, of which 21 were considered for the final review. The review found that CHIS is implemented in various structures using various tools across different LMICs. For the CHIS implementation majority used registers, family folder/card, mobile technologies and chalk/white board. Community level information was fragmented, incomplete and in most cases flowed only one way, with a bottom-up approach. The review also indicated that, technology particularly Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) and mobile applications plays a role in strengthening CHIS implementation in most LMICs. Many challenges remain for effective implementation of CHIS with unintegrated systems including existence of parallel recording & reporting tools. Besides, lack of resources, low technical capacity, shortage of human resource and poor Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure were reported as barriers for effective implementation of CHIS in LMICs. CONCLUSION: Generally, community health information system implementation in LMICs is in its early stage. There was not a universal or standard CHIS design and implementation modality across countries. There are also promising practices on digitalizing the community health information systems. Different organizational, technical, behavioural and economic barriers exist for effective implementation of CHIS. Hence, greater collaboration, coordination, and joint action are needed to address these challenges. Strong leadership, motivation, capacity building and regular feedback are also important to strengthen the CHIS in LMICs. Moreover, CHIS should be transformed in to eCHIS with integration of different technology solutions. Local ownership is also critical to the long-term sustainability of CHIS implementation
Secondary Analysis of Diabetes and Psychological Distress in American Indian Women from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
No full textSince European settlers arrived to the United States (U.S.), American Indians (AI) have been separate and unequal members of society. After a long history of discrimination, ethnocide, genocide, and distrust, the AI have become a population with severe disparities, having the highest rates of diabetes, depression, suicide, tuberculosis, and alcoholism than any other minority or majority population in the U.S. The author\u27s purpose for conducting this study was to explore a possible relationship between depression or psychological distress and diabetes in AI women.
AI women are the most under studied group in the country; therefore, a secondary analysis of the large established California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) was done. The sample used 1,110 self-identified AI women\u27s data. Even though the literature shows that the AI have the highest rates of diabetes and depression of any population, this analysis revealed no statistically significant relationship between the two diseases. It did reveal many limitations and implications associated with the use of such large databases for the AI woman.
Among the limitations were the survey itself, its administration to the AI population, guidelines for self-identifying as AI, and the researcher\u27s limited access to the data. The implications of this study are significant. Large databases provide the basis for social and political decisions such as allocation of federal dollars for health care. Healthcare and health care services are designed according to the health burden of specific populations. If these databases are in error, or not representative of the true population, healthcare decisions will not reflect the true health care needs of the population. The inadequacies of large databases results in less funding, leading to less quality health care, and an increase in AI health disparities. Further research is needed to determine the actual health burden depression and diabetes place on the AI woman
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Testing and modeling of the single-phase Written-Pole Motor
No full textA relatively new development in the electric machines field has been the written-pole technology, of which the latest product is the large single-phase electric motor, the single phase Written-Pole Motor (WPM). The WPM is a synchronous, permanent-magnet single-phase motor having a weak rotor cage for start-up which in addition exhibits significant hysteresis effects at speeds below or above true synchronism. The electrical configuration of the WPM places it in the capacitor-start capacitor-run category of single-phase motors, due to the large size and need for an approximation of a round rather than elliptic rotating magnetic field.
This thesis presents the results of the research conducted by the author in the Motor Systems Resource Facility (MSRF) of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Oregon State University. The thesis is structured into two main parts: Testing and Modeling.
The tests conducted on the WPM were trying to independently verify manufacturer's claims with regards to efficiency, power factor, robustness, power-outage ride-through and furthermore to study the behaviour of the machine during voltage sags, overvoltages and undervoltages. Tests were conducting in order to develop a
mathematical model from which the performance of the machine can be predicted.
The modeling efforts were concentrated in the development of a comprehensive model which would include all three major aspects of the WPM, and the performance of the resulting model was compared with the sampled data
Modulation of dopamine release in the striatum by physiologically relevant levels of nicotine
No full textStriatal dopamine (DA) release can be independently triggered not only by action potentials (APs) in dopaminergic axons but also APs in cholinergic interneurons (ChIs). Nicotine causes addiction by modulating DA release, but with paradoxical findings. Here, we investigate how physiologically relevant levels of nicotine modulate striatal DA release. The optogenetic stimulation of ChIs elicits DA release, which is potently inhibited by nicotine with an IC50 of 28nM in the dorsal striatum slice. This ChI-driven DA release is predominantly mediated by alpha 6 beta 2(*) nAChRs. Local electrical stimulus (Estim) activates both dopaminergic axons and ChIs. Nicotine does not affect the AP(DA)-dependent DA release (AP(DA), AP of dopaminergic axon). During burst Estim, nicotine permits the facilitation of DA release by prevention of DA depletion. Our work indicates that cholinergic stimulation-induced DA release is profoundly modulated by physiologically relevant levels of nicotine and resolves the paradoxical observation of nicotine's effects on striatal DA release.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000337504800004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Multidisciplinary SciencesSCI(E)[email protected]; [email protected]
. 48 Tomo XIX (1966) Sexta Época (1939-1966). Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
No full textPublicación que recopila y difunde cien años de trabajo de la antropología en México (1877-1977), integrada por documentos y manuscritos arqueológicos, antropológicos, históricos, geológicos, botánicos y lingüísticos.- Información general de las actividades del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia durante el año 1966 por Javier Romero. - La cerámica Posclásica de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas por Carlos Navarrete. - El Chichán Chob y la Casa del Venado, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán por William J. Folan. - El material osteológico de Chiapa de Corzo, Chis. por María Teresa Jaén Esquivel. - De la biotipología a la psicobiología por Javier Romero. - Algunas cuestiones acerca de la edad biológica del esqueleto humano por Boris A. Nikityuk. - Posibles relaciones externas del grupo lingüístico maya por Evangelina Arana Osnaya. - Los intensivos en Tarahumar por Andrés Lionnet. - Términos de parentesco entre los tzeltales por Carlos Robles Uribe. - Términos de parentesco entre los lacandones por Roberto D. Bruce S. - La adopción de voces españolas en aymará por M. Roudny y V. Solc. - El dios Huitzilopochtli en la peregrinación mexica. De Aztlán a Tula por Yólotl González de Lesur. - From parallel-nominal to patrinominal: changing Cuicatec personal names por Robert J. Weitlaner, Robert Hunt y Eva Hunt. - La asistencia hospitalaria para indios en la Nueva España por Carmen Venegas Ramírez. - Le retención por deudas y los traslados de trabajadores tlaquehuales o alquilados en las haciendas, como sustitución de los repartimentos de indios durante el siglo XVIII por Isabel González Sánchez. - El caudillo insurgente Albino García por Josefina González de Arellano. - Índice bibliográfico de libros norteamericanos sobre la Revolución Mexicana por Eugenia W. Meyer
A comparison of the sources of cancer mortality in China
No full textObjective: To compare the validity of mortality data from available sources in China. Materials, Methods: Two large-scale surveys have provided accurate national-level rates; the most recent involved deaths occurring in a random 10% sample of the population during 1990-1992. Since then, the only readily available sources are two on-going surveillance systems, which provide annual estimates of mortality - the "Disease Surveillance Points" (DSP) sample survey, and that established by the Center of Health Information and Statistics (CHIS) of the ministry of health, the results of which are published by WHO. They were compared with respect to the representativeness of the populations covered and the rates obtained. Results: Neither source covers a random sample of the Chinese population, with respect to age group, sex, and urban-rural residence, although the DSP population is the more representative of the national population in this respect. Sex and region (urban/rural) specific age-standardized mortality rates from the CHIS dataset were, however, closer to those from the (1990-1992) national survey, than those calculated from DSP data. Conclusions: The CHIS data is the preferred source for estimation of national mortality, and study of time trends, but requires appropriate weighting (by age, sex, rural/urban residence). The within-stratum estimates are more stable than those of DSP, because of its larger sample size.OncologyPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSCI(E)8ARTICLE7681-6871
En torno a los factores que detienen el desarrollo en Chiapas, Guerrero y Tabasco.. Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Num. 47 Tomo XVIII (1965) Sexta Época (1939-1966)
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Luces y sombras en la identificación de copistas bizantinos: una reflexión al hilo de la escritura de Gregorio de Chipre
No full textEste artículo está sujeto a una licencia CC BY-NC-ND 4.0[EN] This article is intended as an update on the codices in which the hand of George/Gregory of Cyprus (1241-1290) has been identified. The review of these identifications confirms that most paleographers have accepted the interpretation of the evolution of the Cypriot’s handwriting that the author proposed in her 1996 book. Despite the absence of dated copies, but with the help of an overall study of the Cypriot’s codices, the 1996 paleographic analysis made it possible to distinguish a formative period in which George of Cyprus copied with other colleagues or alone works of oratory and philosophy in order, in many cases, to have a copy in his possession; in a second stage -but without an abrupt cut and without losing the distinctive features-, the copying of works is more selective and the handwriting of the Cypriot evolves towards faster and less emphatic forms. After drawing up the list of manuscripts copied by Gregory, the writings of two copyists are examined: the «Anon. Salm.» (one of the scribes of the Themistius MS. Salm. 232) and the «Anon. Chis.» (one of the scribes of the MS. Vat. Chis. gr. 12), which allow us to reflect on the influence of the Cyprian’s writing on a later generation.[ES] Este artículo quiere ser una puesta al día sobre los códices en los que se ha identificado la mano de Jorge/Gregorio de Chipre (1241-1290). La revisión de estas identificaciones confirma que la mayoría de los paleógrafos ha aceptado la interpretación de la evolución de la escritura del chipriota que la autora propuso en su libro de 1996. A pesar de la ausencia de copias datadas, pero con la ayuda de un estudio global de los códices del chipriota, el análisis paleográfico de 1996 permitía distinguir un período de formación en el que Jorge de Chipre copiaba con otros compañeros o en solitario obras de oratoria y de filosofía a fin de, en muchos casos, tener un ejemplar en su poder; en una segunda etapa –pero sin un corte brusco y sin perder los rasgos identitarios–, la copia de obras es más selectiva y la grafía del chipriota evoluciona hacia formas más rápidas y menos enfáticas. Después de elaborar la lista de manuscritos copiados por Gregorio, se examina las escrituras de dos copistas: el «Anon. Salm.» (uno de los escribas del Temistio Salm. 232) y el «Anon. Chis.» (uno de los escribas del Vat. Chis. gr. 12), que permiten reflexionar sobre la influencia de la escritura del chipriota en una generación posterior.Peer reviewe
Intento de apreciación del mestizaje en algunos grupos mexicanos.. Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Num. 42 Tomo XIII (1960) Sexta Época (1939-1966)
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