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Prescribed Reading: July 2012, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

• Health Care Matters: Continuous learning
• Using our mission as a compass
• CentraCare Clinic leadership changes
• Recognition for years of service
• Welcome to our new employees
• Kudos to:
• Welcome to these new physicians
• Long Prairie clinic addition completed
• 6th annual Loop the Plaza is Aug. 18

Helin Consortium Borrowing 2011-2012, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Annual Loan Statistics

Chart and statistics for borrowing between HELIN member libraries during the 2011-2012 fiscal year

Checkouts By Patron Type: July 2012, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Borrowing by patron type - July 2012

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: July 2012, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - July 2012

A Slow Disaster And A Proposal For Reform, Mark A. Granquist

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Fading From The Family Portrait, Andrew Root

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Ten Commandments 2.0, Adam J. Copeland

Faculty Publications

Since the Ten Commandments still enjoy a primary place in both church teaching and cultural debate, it will be both helpful and faithful to interpret them anew in the light of our new media and new technologies. Adam Copeland does just that in this article.

Life On Screen And Other Musings On Faith, Food, & Media, Mary E. Hess

Faculty Publications

Media and food have this in common: a healthy diet of either one nourishes us, while an unhealthy diet causes problems. Just as we eat together in families, we should find ways to engage media together as well.

Daily Announcements July 2012, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

Protectionism Indices For Non-Tariff Measures: An Application To Maximum Residue Levels, Yuan Li, John C. Beghin

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

We propose aggregation indices of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) to quantify their protectionism relative to international standards. We apply the indices to national Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) regulations affecting agricultural and food trade and using a science-based criteria embodied in Codex Alimentarius international standards. The approach links two streams of the NTM literature, one concerned with the aggregation of various NTMs into operational indices for econometric and modeling purposes, and the other attempting to evaluate the protectionism of NTMs. The data used in the application come from a large international dataset on veterinary and pesticide MRLs and CODEX MRL standards for …

Gsu View, 2012-07, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Parameter Estimation And Uncertainty Quantication For An Epidemic Model, Alex Capaldi, Samuel Behrend, Benjamin Berman, Jason Smith, Justin Wright, Alun L. Lloyd

Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty Publications

We examine estimation of the parameters of Susceptible-Infective-Recovered (SIR) models in the context of least squares. We review the use of asymptotic statistical theory and sensitivity analysis to obtain measures of uncertainty for estimates of the model parameters and the basic reproductive number (R0 )—an epidemiologically significant parameter grouping. We find that estimates of different parameters, such as the transmission parameter and recovery rate, are correlated, with the magnitude and sign of this correlation depending on the value of R0. Situations are highlighted in which this correlation allows R0 to be estimated with greater ease than its constituent parameters. Implications …

Parameter Estimation And Uncertainty Quantication For An Epidemic Model, Alex Capaldi, Samuel Behrend, Benjamin Berman, Jason Smith, Justin Wright, Alun Lloyd

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We examine estimation of the parameters of Susceptible-Infective-Recovered (SIR) models in the context of least squares. We review the use of asymptotic statistical theory and sensitivity analysis to obtain measures of uncertainty for estimates of the model parameters and the basic reproductive number (R0 )—an epidemiologically significant parameter grouping. We find that estimates of different parameters, such as the transmission parameter and recovery rate, are correlated, with the magnitude and sign of this correlation depending on the value of R0. Situations are highlighted in which this correlation allows R0 to be estimated with greater ease than its constituent parameters. Implications …

Hr E-Source, July 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Human Resources Department

HR e-Source

"Newsletter for staff and faculty at the University of Arkansas."

Leadership Walton Newsletter, July 2012, Sam M. Walton College Of Business

Leadership Walton

No abstract provided.

'Not Unworthy Of His Hand': Crossing Borders In Benjamin West's A Drayman Drinking, Lauren K. Lessing, Terri Sabatos

Faculty Scholarship

In May 1797, Benjamin West—President of the Royal Academy, Historical Painter to the Court of King George III, and Surveyor of the King's Pictures—exhibited a small genre painting titled A Drayman Drinking at the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy in London. It was one of seven paintings West exhibited that year, and the only one overlooked by the reviewer for the Times. The critic's oversight may have stemmed from the unprecedented number of paintings on view (nearly twelve hundred, four hundred more than were hung the previous year) and the resulting overcrowding of the principle exhibition room. Through his …

Mole Street Journal, June 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Chemistry And Biochemistry

Mole Street Journal

No abstract provided.

Cultivatingbigideas, July 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Technology Development Foundation

Cultivating Big Ideas

No abstract provided.

University Housing Newsletter, July 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. University Housing

University Housing Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Healthnet News V.27:No.2 Summer 2012, Judith S. Kronick, Alberta Richetelle

Articles - Patient Care

No abstract provided.

Prostate Cancer Biochemical Recurrence Rates After Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, Serge Ginzburg

Articles - Patient Care

Background and Objectives:

To determine prostate cancer biochemical recurrence rates with respect to surgical margin (SM) status for patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP).

Methods:

IRB-approved radical prostatectomy database was queried. Patients were stratified as low, intermediate, and high risk according to D’Amico's risk classification. Postoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values were obtained every 3 mo for the first year, then biannually and annually thereafter. Biochemical recurrence was defined as ≥0.2ng/mL. Patients receiving adjuvant or salvage treatment were included. Positive surgical margin was defined as presence of cancer cells at inked resection margin in the final specimen. Margin presence (negative/positive), …

Summer 2012, Friends Of Dacus Library

Friends of Dacus Library Newsletter

Inside this Issue:

Changes in Friends Bylaws
Dean Herring
Renovations Update
A Note From the Chair
Member Application

July 2012: Volume 1 Issue 4, Dacus Library

Dacus Developments

In this Issue:

Progress at the Library
Dacus Library of Winthrop University
Progress of Construction, Main Floor, Dacus Library

Grand Tactical Assessment Of Effectiveness, Andrew Vorder Bruegge

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

Implementation of a systematic process for reviewing all programmatic assessment instruments in an academic department.

Current And Emerging Therapies In Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review, Wanda Castro-Borrero

UCHC Articles - Research

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling chronic autoimmune neurological disease that mainly affects young adults. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of MS has significantly advanced in the past quarter of a century. This has led to the development of many disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that prevent exacerbations and new lesions in patients with relapsing remitting MS (RRMS). So far there is no drug available that can completely halt the neurodegenerative changes associated with the disease. It is the purpose of this review to provide concise information regarding mechanism of action, indications, side effects and safety of Food and Drug Administration …

Determining The Functional Significance Of Mismatch Repair Gene Missense Variants Using Biochemical And Cellular Assays, Christopher D. Heinen

UCHC Articles - Research

With the discovery that the hereditary cancer susceptibility disease Lynch syndrome (LS) is caused by deleterious germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes nearly 20 years ago, genetic testing can now be used to diagnose this disorder in patients. A definitive diagnosis of LS can direct how clinicians manage the disease as well as prevent future cancers for the patient and their families. A challenge emerges, however, when a germline missense variant is identified in a MMR gene in a suspected LS patient. The significance of a single amino acid change in these large repair proteins is not …

Reaction-Diffusion Modeling In The Neuron Simulator, James C. Schaff

UCHC Articles - Research

The NEURON simulator is a widely used tool for studying detailed single cell and network models. In recognition of the growing importance of multi-scale modeling, we have expanded NEURON’s support for intracellular chemical dynamics. In particular, we discuss our work with stochastic reaction-diffusion models and three-dimensional simulations.

High Serum Cu And Cu/Zn Ratios Correlate With Impairments In Bone Density, Physical Performance And Overall Health In A Population Of Elderly Men With Frailty Characteristics, Eric D. Gaier, Alison Kleppinger, Richard E. Mains, Anne M. Kenny, Betty A. Eipper

UCHC Articles - Research

Serum Cu levels rise with age and high Cu/Zn ratios are linked with multiple-cause mortality in the elderly. The relationships of these parameters to measures of musculoskeletal health and frailty have not yet been analyzed. We used inductively coupled mass spectrometry to assess serum levels of Cu and Zn and probed for relationships between serum Cu levels and the Cu/Zn ratio with specific measures of bone, physical and overall health in a cohort of 144 frail elderly men. Subjects were divided into quintiles based on serum metal levels and comparisons for functional measures were made between the reference (middle) group …

Chicago-Kent Magazine - Summer 2012, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Chicago-Kent Magazine

No abstract provided.

Appellate Courts As First Responders: The Constitutionality And Propriety Of Appellate Courts' Resolving Issues In The First Instance, 87 Notre Dame Law Review 1521 (2012)., Joan E. Steinman

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.