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11:20's Two Big Hemispheres
(The Laurel Review, 2019-03-15) Lee, David Dodd
2018 ALI Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference
(InULA Notes, 2018-11) Finlay, Stephen Craig; Collins, Nina K.
A Dynamical Study of the Non-Star Forming Translucent Molecular Cloud MBM16: Evidence for Shear Driven Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium
(IOP Publishing, 1998-09) LaRosa, Theodore N.; Shore, Steven N.; Magnani, Loris Alberto
We present the results of a velocity correlation study of the high latitude cloud MBM16 using a fully sampled 12CO map, supplemented by new 13CO data. We find a correlation length of 0.4 pc. This is similar in size to the formaldehyde clumps described in our previous study. We associate this correlated motion with coherent structures within the turbulent flow. Such structures are generated by free shear flows. Their presence in this non-star forming cloud indicates that kinetic energy is being supplied to the internal turbulence by an external shear flow. Such large scale driving over long times is a possible solution to the dissipation problem for molecular cloud turbulence.
A Foot Rub
(The Apple Valley Review, 2019-10) Chaney, Joseph R. (Joseph Raymond)
A General Framework of Automorphic Inflation
(Springer Verlag [Commercial Publisher], 2016-05-24) Schimmrigk, Rolf
Automorphic inflation is an application of the framework of automorphic scalar field theory, based on the theory of automorphic forms and representations. In this paper the general framework of automorphic and modular inflation is described in some detail, with emphasis on the resulting stratification of the space of scalar field theories in terms of the group theoretic data associated to the shift symmetry, as well as the automorphic data that specifies the potential. The class of theories based on Eisenstein series provides a natural generalization of the model of j-inflation considered previously.
A Generalization of Moufang and Steiner Loops
(Springer, 2001-11) Kinyon, Michael; Kunen, Kenneth; Phillips, Jon D.
We study a variety of loops, RIF, which arise naturally from considering inner mapping groups, and a somewhat larger variety, ARIF. All Steiner and Moufang loops are RIF, and all flexible C-loops are ARIF. All ARIF loops are diassociative.
A Guide to Excellent Creative Business Libraries and Business Centers
(American Library Association, 2009-03) Gonzalez, Adriana Trujillo; Kwong, Vincci; Strange, Julie; Yen, Julie
The goal of the project was to create a guide to excellent creative business libraries and business centers to provide examples of innovative and best practices. To better understand the current practices of business libraries and business centers, we conducted a Web-based survey to identify innovation and best practice. The findings from the survey are discussed in this article. Note that we have used the term library to designate both business libraries and business centers.
A Kiss Is (Not) Just a Kiss: Heterodeterminism, Homosexuality, and TV Globo Telenovelas
(Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 2013) Joyce, Samantha Nogueira, 1976-
This article addresses the inherent bias in Brazilian telenovelas’ representations of homosexual love. Medium- and genre-specific biases such as the visuality of telenovelas are powerful limiting agents of representation. However, technological determinism must be expanded to read culture itself as deterministic to properly account for particular biases in the medium’s use in different national contexts. The key issue is a struggle for a “monopoly of knowledge” over discourses that deem homosexuality as “acceptable,” and one that views it as “unacceptable” and strange. This article examines three recent gay and lesbian progressive storylines in TV Globo telenovelas that fell short in one important aspect: the characters were not allowed to kiss.
A Method for Verifying Indicators of Journal Quality
(Academic Libraries of Indiana, 2018-10-26) Odell, Jere; Polley, David Edward
A recent search of the UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory for active, digital, peer reviewed, scholarly journals shows that world’s academic articles are published in more than 58,500 journals. By one estimate the growth of new journal titles increases by 2.5% ever year (Ware & Mabe, 2015). At the same time, universities are adopting researcher information systems that provide administrators and other campus stakeholders with nearly complete bibliographic data for all articles published by their faculty authors. As campus leaders work to make sense of this data, they may turn to their library for help. Questions may include: Are all of these new or previously unencountered journal titles legitimate? Who are the main publishers of our articles? What are the emerging trends that promotion and tenure committees should consider? The most common way to address these questions involves significant shortcomings--proprietary subscription databases, like Scopus, Web of Science, and Academic Analytics, have limited coverage of the journal literature and, by design, are unlikely to include newer and lesser known journal titles. At the same time many universities publish thousands of articles per year, manually checking each article submitted to a faculty annual review database would prove to be a tedious and lengthy process. To reduce the labor involved in identifying indicators of journal quality, we have developed a method using open source software and open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). In specific, our method reduces the labor in identifying the publishers for a long list of journals and in identifying the access model for these journals (subscription-only or open access). To do this we wrote an R script that uses the SHERPA RoMEO and the DOAJ APIs. Using this method permitted us to quickly identify the journals that needed closer inspection. This method will help others that are working to verify journal quality in large data sets without relying on problematic, journal blacklists.
A modularity test for elliptic mirror symmetry
(Physics Letters B, 2007) Schimmrigk, Rolf
In this Letter a previously initiated program to construct space from modular forms on the string worldsheet is applied to mirror symmetry. Predictions of an algebraic mirror construction are confirmed for elliptic curves of Brieskorn–Pham type by showing that the string theoretic modular forms associated to the Hasse–Weil L-series of mirror pairs of such curves are identical.
A Process Model Leading to Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Record Systems
(Inderscience, 2015-01) Merhi, Mohammad I.
The implementation of electronic health record (EHR) systems presents a number of difficult challenges for practitioners. Until now, no study in the Information Systems discipline has rigorously examined these challenges. This paper proposes a process model of the factors leading to successful implementation of EHR systems. The process is composed of three stages: pre-implementation, implementation, and post-implementation. Each stage involves specific factors which are based on the system development life cycle theory, the general systems theory, and the contingency model. These theories are also used to validate the model. A quantitative tool based on the maximised expected payoffs is used to assess the model and demonstrate its usefulness for best practices. The implications for both researchers and practitioners are discussed. Keywords: EHR implementation; critical success factors; healthcare information systems; electronic health record systems; process model; meaningful use; monitoring.
A Search for Periodicities in the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
(American Physical Society, 2005-10) Levine, Ilan
A search has been made for sinusoidal periodic variations in the 8B solar neutrino flux using data collected by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory over a 4-year time interval. The variation at a period of one year is consistent with modulation of the 8B neutrino flux by the Earth’s orbital eccentricity. No significant sinusoidal periodicities are found with periods between 1 day and 10 years with either an unbinned maximum likelihood analysis or a Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis. The data are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the results of the recent analysis by Sturrock et al., based on elastic scattering events in Super-Kamiokande, can be attributed to a 7% sinusoidal modulation of the total 8B neutrino flux.
A Six-Dimensional Framework for Telehealth Delivery
(International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2020) Fox, Mark A.; Vaidyanathan, Ganesh
Telehealth is one of the most influential emerging technologies in healthcare. Traditionally, failure in the successful introduction of an information system is correlated with its delivery model. The delivery of telehealth depends heavily on the mitigation of its project risks. Apart from the usual project management risks, the idiosyncratic risks of telehealth implementation are identified in this paper. We have identified several factors that constitute six dimensions for successful telehealth implementation. The six dimensions include the risks associated with new business models, legal and ethics, patient privacy and data security, new technologies, fulfillment, and socioeconomics. We use those six dimensions to formulate a framework for telehealth delivery. Keywords: Telehealth, Telemedicine, Telecare, Mobile Health, Healthcare, Framework
A social work perspective on paediatric and adolescent research vulnerability
(Social Work and Social Sciences, 2016-04) McGregor, Kyle; Hall, James; Wilkerson, David; Bennett, Larry; Ott, Mary
Children’s and adolescents’ capacity to provide valid informed consent is one of the key ethical concerns in pediatric research. This review of adolescent vulnerability is presented to highlight the complex interplay between capacity and other forms of vulnerability. This review is offered as an interdisciplinary analysis to better understand why the study of vulnerable populations is critical to the ethical advancement of clinical research. Results from this analysis suggest the need for enhanced screening techniques as well as the utilization of specialized staff to identify and reduce the impact of different forms of vulnerability. These findings also provide insights into ways to ethically involve youth in complex biomedical research.
A Socialist Horizon: Crisis, Hegemony, and the Promise of a New Party
(North Meridian Review, 2019-08) Balthaser, Benjamin
Unlike the social movements of the last decades that have focused on creating decentralized networks, unencumbered by unifying demands or an articulated base, the DSA is a class-focused organization that is intent on both engaging state power through elections as well as placing concrete demands on the state for large social policy transformations through grassroots campaigns, such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. As a writer and activist who came of age during the affinity groups and consensus-decision making of the Global Justice Movement, this realignment not only toward socialism but to a socialist organization is perhaps the most dramatic historical rupture I've witnessed in my time
Abnormal Audit Fees and Audit Quality: Evidence from the Korean Audit Market
(American Accounting Association, 2020-10) Park, Sung-Jin; Behrend, Matt; Khan, Sarfraz; Ko, Youngwoo
Do abnormally high or low audit fees reflect audit quality? Prior literature examining the U.S. audit market offers conflicting evidence in response to this question. In this paper, we re- examine this issue after controlling for the confounding effect of audit hours by using a sample of public firms in the Korean audit market, which publicly discloses both audit fees and audit hour information. While we do not find a significant association between abnormally high audit fees and audit quality, we find that abnormally low audit fees are associated with larger discretionary accruals and a higher likelihood of meeting or beating analyst earnings forecasts. Further, we find evidence showing that the relationship between abnormally low audit fees and audit quality indicators persists regardless of the level of audit hours. To the extent that audit hours represent the amount of audit effort exerted during an audit engagement, these findings suggest that greater audit effort alone may not lead to higher audit quality as fee pressure from abnormally low audit fees may discourage the provision of high-quality audit services. Keywords: abnormal audit fees; audit effort; audit quality; audit hours
Above and Beyond: An Exploratory Study of Breast ancer Patient Accounts of Healthcare Provider Information-giving Practices and Informational Support
(PAGEPress, 2018) Meluch, Andrea L., 1988-
-giving practices. Twenty-two women diagnosed with breast cancer participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews designed to understand their experiences receiving supportive information from healthcare providers (e.g., oncologists, surgeons, nurse practitioners). Participants’ accounts suggest that providers who spend extensive time discussing cancer-related information and who explain that information thoroughly so that patients can understand their medical situation, are communicating informational support in contrast to merely presenting factual information related to cancer diagnosis and treatments. Participant accounts further suggest that the supportive nature of provider information-giving practices results from message framing, or the provider’s metacommunication.
Academic Libraries and Extracurricular Reading Promotion
(Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2007) Feighery, Julie
In this column, Julie Elliott considers the role of RA services in the academic library. She looks at the history of the role of extracurricular reading at colleges and universities. Elliott examines current practices in academic libraries, and outlines the issues that have kept readers’ services from taking a prominent role in academic libraries. Her article concludes with a call for academic libraries to revitalize their approach to readers’ services.
Accessibility Characteristics of Community Acupuncture Clinics
(The American Acupuncturist, 2012) Fox, Mark A.; Brettin, Staci Lugar
This study provides a profile of some of the characteristics of 114 Community Acupuncture Network (CAN) clinics as of June, 2011. Characteristics of clinics that affect their accessibility are examined. Most clinics offered a sliding scale fee structure to patients; the lower end of this scale ranged from 10 to 25 dollars and the higher end ranged from 35 to 45 dollars. On average, CAN clinics were open for 31 hours per week but had limited opening hours during hours at the start and end of weekdays and on Sundays. The typical clinic was operated by 1.48 acupuncturists, 69% of whom were women. Clinics typically had 7.6 chairs/recliners and 0.8 treatment tables (but half of all clinics had no tables). Suggestions are made for increasing clinic accessibility that focus on the number of practitioners, opening hours, and clinic configuration.
Activation of Brian Attention Systems in Individuals with Symptoms of ADHD
(Hindawi, 2007) Rodriguez, P. Dennis; Baylis, Gordon C.
Previous research investigating attention and impulse control in individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has largely ignored the symptomatic differences among the three subtypes of ADHD: ADHD-Inattentive Type, ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive Type, and ADHD-Combined Type. The present study examined attention and impulse control by focusing on these subtypes. Based on their self-reported symptoms of ADHD, participants belonged to one of four groups: ADHD-Inattentive, ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive, ADHD-Combined, and control. Cortical activity was recorded from participants during performance of a Go/NoGo task. The event-related potentials (ERP) measured at frontal and posterior sites discriminated between the control group and participants with symptoms of ADHD. The control group consistently exhibited a higher P3 amplitude than all the ADHD groups. The main difference occurred at the frontal site, indicating that individuals with ADHD symptoms have deficits in the anterior attentional system, which mediates signal detection. Behavioral measures of signal sensitivity revealed that the ADHD-Inattentive and the ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive groups had more difficulty with the attention-demanding Go/NoGo respond-to-target task, while behavioral measures of response bias indicated that the ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive and the ADHD-Combined groups responded more liberally in the inhibition-demanding Go/NoGo suppress-to-target task.

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