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sj-docx-1-phr-10.1177_00333549221138851 – Supplemental material for Family Involvement in Asian American Health Interventions: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-phr-10.1177_00333549221138851 for Family Involvement in Asian American Health Interventions: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model by Shahmir H. Ali, Farhan M. Mohsin, Rejowana Rouf, Ravi Parekh, Biswadeep Dhar, Gurket Kaur, Niyati Parekh, Nadia S. Islam and Ralph J. DiClemente in Public Health Reports</p
Bhikhu Parekh
No full textCopyright © The Author 2023. This chapter evaluates Bhikhu Parekh’s texts on multiculturalism, as they are his best-known works and have had a significant impact on political philosophers, scholars in other disciplines, and policy-makers. After introducing Parekh, the chapter examines his ideas about culture and cultural diversity. It then considers why he values intercultural dialogue and examines his approach to legitimizing cultural diversity in a polity. The chapter also discusses Parekh’s approach to fostering unity among the culturally diverse citizens of a polity and looks at how his practical political interventions relate to his ideas about what political philosophy is. Finally, the chapter considers the reception of Parekh’s work on multiculturalism and how best to interpret it
BHIKHU PAREKH CRITICS TOWARD MODERN PLURALISM
No full textPluralism is judged by some thinkers as a response to their dissatisfaction with monism. The factual realities have made a self-evident that society's culture is plural. In this paper the author tries to describe three prominent figures who discuss about pluralism and the weaknesses of their thoughts. The author stands on the work of Bhikhu Parekh entitled "Rethinking Multiculturalism; Cultural Diversity and Political Theory". In Parekh's view, the three thinkers have criticized monism and wanted to propose the idea of cultural pluralism. Unfortunately, they are stuck on moral values which are integral and universal. So they are just returning to moral monism in explaining the reality of a diverse society. In this dialect, multiculturalism becomes a new alternative for intercultural dialogue that carries the mission of equality and freedom of expression which is accompanied by positive reciprocity leading to a dynamic civilization of constructive human life.</jats:p
An improved Quantum Max Cut approximation via matching
No full textFinding a high (or low) energy state of a given quantum Hamiltonian is a
potential area to gain a provable and practical quantum advantage. A line of
recent studies focuses on Quantum Max Cut, where one is asked to find a high
energy state of a given antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Hamiltonian. In this work,
we present a classical approximation algorithm for Quantum Max Cut that
achieves an approximation ratio of 0.584 given a generic input, and a ratio of
0.595 given a triangle-free input, outperforming the previous best algorithms
of Lee \cite{Lee22} (0.562, generic input) and King \cite{King22} (0.582,
triangle-free input). The algorithm is based on finding the maximum weighted
matching of an input graph and outputs a product of at most 2-qubit states,
which is simpler than the fully entangled output states of the previous best
algorithms. --v2 update: Ojas Parekh added as an author, triangle free
condition removed
Deterministic annealing algorithm: tutorial, application to pickup and delivery problem and computational aspects
No full textThe deterministic annealing (DA) method, used for the solution of several nonconvex problems, offers the ability to avoid shallow local minima of a given cost surface and the ability to minimize the cost function even when there are many local minima. The method is established in a probabilistic framework through basic information-theoretic techniques such as maximum entropy and random coding. It arises naturally in the context of statistical mechanics by the emulation of a physical process whereby a solid is slowly cooled and at zero temperature assumes its minimum energy configuration. We start with the introduction to DA method and then present a tutorial to describe the algorithm steps. Also, we discuss the connections of DA method with Statistical Mechanics and Rate-Distortion Theory. Next, we present the application of DA method to pickup and deliver scheduling problem with time windows. Finally, a computational complexity analysis for DA is presented for a given temperature schedule. The case study focuses on the geometric cooling law , where is the temperature at time .Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I only', the embargo will last until 2017-05-01The student, Pratik Mayur Parekh, accepted the attached license on 2015-04-29 at 11:47.The student, Pratik Mayur Parekh, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2015-04-29 at 11:54.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2015-04-30 at 15:06.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8183 on 2015-07-22 at 14:19:02Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T22:34:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Data on the negative regulation of invadopodia activity by MLCK
No full textActomyosin contractility can promote extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation by invadopodia in cancer cells. However, we previously found that inhibiting myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) with siRNA did not change force generation by the head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell line SCC-61. We provide data here that this targeted method of MLCK knockdown (KD) resulted in a significant increase in the amount of ECM degradation, number of actively degrading invadopodia, and the number of total invadopodia formed. These data are related to the research article entitled "Matrix rigidity differentially regulates invadopodia activity through ROCK1 and ROCK2" Jerrell and Parekh, 2016. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.Research reported in this publication was previously supported by the National Institutes of Health grant K25CA143412 from the National Cancer Institute to A.P. Additional support was provided at the time by the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award UL1TR000445 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and resources from the Vanderbilt Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Current support was provided by the Research Scholar Grant RSG-15-226-01-CSM from the American Cancer Society to A.P
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Staying in the Flow using Procedural Content Generation and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
No full textProcedural Content Generation (PCG) and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) have been used separately in games to improve player experience. We explore using PCG and DDA together in a feedback loop to keep a player in the ""flow zone."" The central tenet of this work is a conjecture about how the shape of the performance versus difficulty curve changes at the boundaries of the flow zone. Based on this conjecture, we have developed an algorithm that detects when the player has left the flow zone and appropriately adjusts the difficulty to bring the gameplay back into flow, even as the skill of the player is changing. We developed a game-independent algorithm, implemented our algorithm for the open-source Infinite Mario Bros (IMB) game and conducted a user study that supports the hypothesis that players will enjoy the game more with DDA – PCG algorithm
Cost and non-cost factors associated with delays in receiving medical care in adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
No full textMszar R, Hagan K, Lahan S, Parekh T. Cost and non-cost factors associated with delays in receiving medical care in adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2024;0(0). Copyright © The Author(s) 2024. doi:10.1177/14782715241256693. This article was originally published in Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715241256693.Introduction:
The study aims to compare cost and non-cost factors associated with delays in receiving medical care in adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Methods:
Using 2014–2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behaviour Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey (N = 508,203), multivariate logistic regression models were developed to compute the adjusted odds ratio of reasons for delays in medical care in adults with ASCVD.
Results:
Our study population of 61,227 adults with ASCVD (9.1%) had higher odds of any medical care delay (aOR 1.50, 95% CI 1.43–1.57), delay due to cost (aOR 1.55, 95% CI 1.45–1.65), long clinic wait times (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.04–1.39) and lack of transportation (aOR 1.64, 95% CI 1.47–1.84) than those without ASCVD.
Conclusion:
Novel public health and health policy approaches are urgently needed to reduce the cost- and non-cost-related barriers that adults with ASCVD encounter when accessing healthcare services.The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article
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