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Shared Decision-Making Communication And Prognostic Misunderstanding In The Icu, Judith B. Vick, Benjamin T. Berger, Peter A. Ubel, Christopher E. Cox, Hyun Bin You, Jessica E. Ma, Marie C. Haverfield, Bradley G. Hammill, Shannon S. Carson, Catherine L. Hough, Douglas B. White, Deepshikha Charan Ashana

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Importance: Surrogate misunderstanding of patient survival prognosis in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with poor patient and surrogate outcomes. Shared decision-making (SDM) may reduce misunderstanding. Objective: To evaluate the association between SDM-aligned communication and prognostic misunderstanding. Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at 13 medical and surgical ICUs at 5 hospitals in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington between December 2012 and January 2017. Participants were surrogates of adult patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation and ICU physicians. Analysis was performed May to November 2023. Exposure: SDM-aligned communication during ICU family meetings, defined as the presence …

Intraindividual Discordance Between Remnant Cholesterol And Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Associated With Incident Stroke: Results From 2 National Cohorts, Cancan Cui, Pingan Li, Yitian Qi, Jiayin Song, Tianjiao Han, Xinyun Shang, Lois Balmer, Chen Sheng, Yining Zha, Zhonghang Xu, Xu Wang, Zhiyuan Wu

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

BACKGROUND: The atherogenic effect of remnant cholesterol is being increasingly acknowledged. This study aimed to explore the association of discordance between remnant cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with stroke onset using 2 Chinese national cohorts. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 11 139 participants from CHARLS (China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study) and 5993 participants from CHNS (China Health and Nutrition Survey) aged 45 years or older. The discordance between remnant cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was defined using the difference in percentile units (>15 units). There were 988 (8.9%) and 128 (2.1%) stroke events reported during follow-up in the …

Wormhole Attack Mitigation In Wireless Network Using Propagation Delay, Harry May, Travis Atkison

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

This paper presents a novel approach for mitigating wormhole attacks on wireless networks using propagation delay timing. The wormhole attack is a persistent security threat that threatens the integrity of network communications, potentially leading to data theft or other malicious activities. While various methods exist for combating wormhole attacks, our approach offers advantages that set it apart. Our approach involves a combination of proactive and reactive measures, harnessing box plot analysis and weighting factor techniques to identify and isolate outlier node links effectively. Unlike traditional methods, our solution not only detects outlier links but also defines dynamic weighting factors, providing …

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Of Heaving Wave Energy Converter With Nonlinear Froude–Krylov Forces, Tania Demonte Gonzalez, Enrico Anderlini, Houssein Yassin, Gordon Parker

Michigan Tech Publications

Wave energy holds significant promise as a renewable energy source due to the consistent and predictable nature of ocean waves. However, optimizing wave energy devices is essential for achieving competitive viability in the energy market. This paper presents the application of a nonlinear model predictive controller (MPC) to enhance the energy extraction of a heaving point absorber. The wave energy converter (WEC) model accounts for the nonlinear dynamics and static Froude–Krylov forces, which are essential in accurately representing the system’s behavior. The nonlinear MPC is tested under irregular wave conditions within the power production region, where constraints on displacement and …

Finite Sum Of Integral Operators From The Fractional Cauchy Spaces To Bloch-Type And Zygmund-Type Spaces, Rita A. Hibschweiler, Ajay K. Sharma

Faculty Publications

The family of fractional Cauchy transforms, defined on the open unit disc in the complex plane, is of classical and modern interest. Membership of an analytic function in the family is determined by the requirement that the function can be expressed as an integral of a certain kernel against a complex Borel measure on the disc. Such an integral representation imposes a growth condition on the function and its derivatives. This exposes a connection between the families of Cauchy transforms and familiar spaces of analytic functions, such as the Bloch spaces and the Zygmund space. The notion of a composition …

Finite Sum Of Integral Operators From The Fractional Cauchy Spaces To Bloch-Type And Zygmund-Type Spaces, Rita A. Hibschweiler, Ajay K. Sharma

Faculty Publications

The family of fractional Cauchy transforms, defined on the open unit disc in the complex plane, is of classical and modern interest. Membership of an analytic function in the family is determined by the requirement that the function can be expressed as an integral of a certain kernel against a complex Borel measure on the disc. Such an integral representation imposes a growth condition on the function and its derivatives. This exposes a connection between the families of Cauchy transforms and familiar spaces of analytic functions, such as the Bloch spaces and the Zygmund space. The notion of a composition …

إشكاليات تداخل السلطتين الدينية والسياسية: قراءة في خبرة الكنيسة الكاثوليكية, الأب صلاح أَبُو جُودِه اليسوعي

Horizons et Conjonctures

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منذ أن نشأت الكنيسة كمؤسّسة مستقلّة عن السلطة السياسيّة، وهي في الوقت نفسه تعلن رسالة تتعلّق بالإنسان والمجتمع البشري، أصبحت علاقتها بالدولة إشكاليّة لا مفرّ منها. فلا يمكن للسلطة السياسيّة أن تتجاهل الكنيسة، كما لا يمكن للكنيسة أن تتّخذ موقف اللامبالاة تجاه السلطة السياسيّة. غير أنّ رسم حدود نشاط كلٍّ من المؤسّستين ليس بالأمر اليسير، ولا سيّما عندما يتعلّق الأمر بتحديد غاية السلطة السياسيّة نفسها. لكن هذه العلاقة المتقلّبة، بسبب الظروف المتغيّرة للحياة الإنسانيّة، يمكن أن تكون حيويّة للمجتمع. ويتوسّع الكاتب في هذه الإشكاليّات في ضوء خبرة الكنيسة الكاثوليكيّة داخل المجتمع الواحد.‏

كلمات مفتاحيّة

الكنيسة الكاثوليكيّة، الدولة، السلطة السياسيّة، …

Brief Amici Curiae Of Religious Liberty Law Scholars In Support Of Petitioner, W. Thomas Wheeler, Thomas C. Berg, Richard W. Garnett

Court Briefs

No. 24-291
Apache Stronghold v. United States

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

From the Introduction and Summary of Argument

The federal government owns the land at Oak Flat, where Apache people have worshiped and conducted ceremonies for centuries. As the district court’s findings show, “Apaches view Oak Flat as a ‘direct corridor’ to their Creator’s spirit”—a place “‘uniquely endowed with holiness and medicine’”—“and neither ‘the powers resident there, nor [the Apaches’] religious activities . . . can be relocated.’” App. 201a (opinion of Murguia, C.J.) (quoting Apache Stronghold …

Development And Evaluation Of A Colorimetric Lamp Based-Assay Targeting The Bacteroides Hf183 Marker For Tracking Sewage Pollution In Environmental Waters, Mariah C.A. Do Nascimento, Wendy J.M. Smith, Metasebia Gebrewold, Yawen Liu, Stuart L. Simpson, Aaron Bivins, Paula Rahal, Warish Ahmed

Faculty Publications

Surface waters are vulnerable to contamination by human and animal feces, posing risks to human health due to potential exposure to enteric pathogens. This research developed a colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification (cLAMP) assay to detect sewage associated Bacteroides dorei HF183/BacR287 (HF183) marker in wastewater and environmental water samples. The host sensitivity and host specificity of the assay were evaluated, and their performance was compared to the Bacteroides HF183 qPCR assay using control materials (gBlocks), environmental water samples seeded with untreated sewage, and ambient environmental water samples. In serial dilutions of control materials, qPCR produced quantifiable data across all dilutions, while …

Asphalt Binder Laboratory Short-Term Aging - Phase Ii, Farzad Yazdipanah, Ahmad Muhammad, Zahra Kamali Khanghah, Mahdieh Khedmati, Jamilla Teixeira, Mohammad Ghashami, Hamzeh Haghshenas

Nebraska Department of Transportation: Research Reports

This study examined the effectiveness of laboratory short-term aging processes for warm mix asphalt (WMA) binders using response surface methodology (RSM) with various combinations of aging parameters: time, temperature, airflow, and binder weight. The research aimed to enhance understanding of aging parameter efficacy and propose a modified laboratory short-term aging protocol that accurately simulates plant short-term aging in WMA binders. Additionally, the study explored the potential of thermal simulation techniques to model the heat transfer within asphalt mixtures during the compaction procedure. To achieve these goals, three WMA mixtures produced at 135 ºC were collected from plants, and their asphalt …

لاهوت الجسد انطلاقًا من تعاليم قداسة البابا يوحنا بولس الثاني, الخوري خليل شلفون

Horizons et Conjonctures

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ينطلق البحث من لاهوت الجسد كما طوّره قداسة البابا يوحنّا بولس الثاني، ولا سيّما من خلال تعاليمه في لقاءات الأربعاء (1979-1984)، حيث يؤكّد على التمايز والمساواة بين الرجل والمرأة ضمن وحدة الطبيعة البشريّة. فقد خلق الله الرجل والمرأة متمايزين ومتساويين في الكرامة، ودعاهما إلى الاتّحاد كجسد واحد بحسب قصد الله الخالق. يفسّر لاهوت الجسد هذا الاتّحاد بوصفه أساس الزواج والعائلة، ويبرز تمايز الإنسان عن الخليقة وتكريمه بكرامة فريدة. وقد أعطى المسيح المعنى النهائيّ للجسدانيّة من خلال عطاء الذات في الزواج والخدمة بالمحبّة، مساهمًا في تكوين حضارة العائلة والأخوّة. كما أنّ الجسد البشريّ مدعوّ إلى القيامة الأخيرة.‏

كلمات مفتاحيّة

لاهوت …

لدين في اختبار المال (نموذج: أموال الكنيسة الزمنيّة والأوقاف المارونيّة), ميـلاد الدويهي

Horizons et Conjonctures

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يتناول المقال العلاقة التكاملية بين الدين والمال، مؤكدًا عدم التعارض بينهما، بل الحاجة الماسّة إلى أغنياء يستخدمون أموالهم في خدمة الفقراء ويعتبرون البشر إخوة. للكنيسة الحق في التملّك واستخدام الأموال لتحقيق أهدافها الروحية والخيرية، وإعالة خدّامها. وعلى الرغم من تميّز النصوص الكنسيّة، كالمجمع البطريركي الماروني وقوانين الكنائس الشرقيّة، في تنظيم أموال الكنيسة والأوقاف، يأسف الكاتب للنقص في التطبيق العملي. واليوم أكثر من أيّ وقت مضى، تُدعى الكنيسة إلى المساهمة في تحرير الإنسان، والمحافظة على كرامته، ونشر السلام، وتعزيز العدالة الاجتماعية والتنمية.‏

كلمات مفتاحيّة

أموال الكنيسة الزمنيّة، الوقف، الدين، الإيمان، الفقراء، الهجرة، التضامن، التنمية، التحرير‏

Résumé

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الإسلام السياسيّ في دولة الكويت وأثره على التشريعات والقوانين والمعاهدات والاتفاقيّات الدوليّة, محمد المحميد

Horizons et Conjonctures

خلاصة

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى مقاربة واقع التعدديّة الدينيّة والفكريّة والمذهبيّة في دولة الكويت، في ظلّ الدستور والحياة الديمقراطيّة، وفي سياق التصاعد المستمرّ لانتشار الفكر الأصوليّ الحركيّ والإسلام السياسيّ في العالم، ودخول هذه الأيديولوجيّات إلى المجتمع الكويتيّ.‏

Could Storms Like Hurricanes Helene And Milton Eventually Impact New Hampshire?, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Ole Miss Partners With Texas A&M, Virginia Tech For Novel Ai Study, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Colleges and universities across the globe are grappling with artificial intelligence without a consensus on how best to approach one of the fastest-growing technologies of the era.

2024 October 15, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Molecular Tumor Testing On Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Specimens In A Large Community-Based Healthcare System, David H. Kruchko, Sareena Ali, Mahbubul Hasan, Madeline Sesselmann, Imad Almanaseer, Eli D. Ehrenpreis

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Purpose: This study aimed to describe the adherence of National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines to perform genetic screening for all colorectal cancer (CRC) specimens with molecular tumor testing, eg, immunohistochemical (IHC) testing, in a large community-based healthcare setting. The study also identified trends involving characteristics of CRC, individual reporting physician, and physician location and examined the potential impact of these trends on the performance of molecular tumor testing.

Methods: This was a retrospective, multi-center study using a centralized pathology database to assess molecular testing on CRC specimens. The primary endpoint was whether tumor testing of a CRC specimen was performed. …

Tuesday Morning Recital, October 15th, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Clemson University Board Of Trustees, State Crop Pest Commission, 2024 October 15, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

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Structural Correlation To Linear And Non-Linear Optical Properties Of Bi3+ Ion Doped Li2o–Sro–B2o3 Glasses: Optical Switching And Limiting Applications, B. P. Siddalingeshwara, T. C. Sabari Girisun, M. Abith, C. Devaraja

Open Access archive

A series of bismuth doped lithium strontium borate glasses are synthetized using melt-quench technique. Compositional modification resulted in the maximum refractive index (2.306) and lowest optical bandgap (3.36 eV) for 2 mol% of Bi2O3. Raman as well as FTIR investigations reveal the presence of diborate, dipentaborate and metaborate ring type structural units and structural interconversions occur between diborate and metaborate rings. These structural interconversions are in support of the trends observed in linear and non-linear optical properties. Photoluminescence spectra reveal a prominent emission peak around 572 nm corresponding to the ²P3/2 → ²P1/2 transition. Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage …

Trends In Gaps Of Care For Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: Implications For Social Determinants Of Health And Child Opportunity Index, Abbas H. Zaidi, Adam Alberts, Devyani Chowdhury, Claude Beaty, Benjamin Brewer, Ming Hui Chen, Sarah D. De Ferranti

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Lifelong continuity of care is essential for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) to maximize health outcomes; unfortunately, gaps in care (GIC) are common. Trends in GIC and of social determinants of health factors contributing to GIC are poorly understood.

METHODS AND RESULTS: This retrospective cohort study included patients with CHD, aged 0 to 34 years, who underwent surgery between January 2003 and May 2020, followed up at a pediatric subspeciality hospital. Patients were categorized as having simple, moderate, and complex CHD based on 2018 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines. Social determinants of health, such …

Valve-In-Valve Tavr Complicated By Hemodynamically Unstable Aortic Insufficiency And Pulseless Electrical Activity, Artush Grigoryan, Hrayr Ghazaryan, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Farzad Ebrahimi

Advocate GME

No abstract provided.

Fantasy, Colonialism, And The Middle Landscape, Brian Attebery

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Weaving together Anglo-American folklore, the Indian captivity narrative genre, and science fiction and fantasy with Midwest settings, Attebery explores the lasting influence of the pastoral chronotope of the “middle landscape” and its entanglement with colonialism and empire. Scholar Guest of Honor Address, Mythcon 53.

Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Yes, this is the biggest issue of Mythlore since the 458-page Centenary Conference joint issue with the Tolkien Society in 1996. It’s still true that anything over 300 pages triggers a bump in the postage to mail the issue, but the income from our electronic subscriptions can subsidize an occasional issue over this limit—like this one—without an increase to print subscription prices.

Hamlet In Narnia: The Prince And The Poem In Lewis’S Chronicles Of Narnia, Sarah R. A. Waters

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

C.S. Lewis is little-known for his Shakespeare scholarship except perhaps for his lecture “Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem” for the British Academy (1942). This essay begins by discussing Lewis’s approach to the play and his desire to reenchant his audience with the play he had loved as a child, before character-criticism got in the way. It then explores how Lewis takes the Prince and the aspects he found most affective in Hamlet out of the play and explores them, imaginatively, in another world: recasting them “for children” in Narnia. The essay considers Hamlet in The Silver Chair in …

Science, Technology, And Magic In The Witcher: A Medievalist Spin On Modern Monsters, By Kristine Larsen, Amber Lehning

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This article critiques Kristine Larsen’s Science, Technology, and Magic in THE WITCHER: A Medievalist Spin on Modern Monsters. Larsen’s wide-ranging discussion views the Witcherverse through several critical lenses and explores the ways this modern myth speaks to some important questions of ethics, science, and philosophy. The review evaluates Larsen’s coverage of the full expanse of the transmedia Witcher phenomenon.

2024 October 15, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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2024 October 15, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Modeling Method Of Blue Army Warship Formation Air Defense Command And Control For System-Of-Systems Simulation, Shikang Chen, Zhimin Wang, Biao Liang, Kunren Gu, Keman Song, Yuan Gao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The command and control of warship formation air defense is a key link for the blue army's sea to air combat tasks and the modeling of air defense for warship formation is an important component of simulation modeling of blue army's maritime combat system. Based on the background of system-of-systems simulation, the air defense command and control modeling for blue army is designed. Through a modular modeling method, functional module including asset management and plan, unified situation generation, command decision are designed. According to blue army's command and control logic, these modules are integrated and the air defense command …