Digital Commons Network^™

Conclusao Do Processo De Reestruturacao Do Novo Banco, Banco De Portugal/Central Bank Of Portugal

Documents

No abstract provided.

ConclusãO Do Processo De ReestruturaçÃO Do Novo Banco, Bank Of Portugal

Documents

No abstract provided.

Form 10-K (2022), First Republic Bank

Documents

No abstract provided.

Plano De Reestruturação Do Novo Banco Concluído, Government Of Portugal

Documents

No abstract provided.

Peng Block For Total Hip Arthroplasty, Josefina Munoz, Lisa Herbinger

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) has become one of the most common elective orthopedic surgical procedures performed. The postoperative period for THA is associated with severe pain. Severe pain can lead to increased opioid consumption, delayed ambulation, and delayed recovery, which may increase hospital length of stay and increase costs. This can be alleviated by lower peripheral regional anesthesia techniques such as the femoral nerve block (FNB) and the fascia iliac compartment block (FICB). These are the conventional approaches for effective opioid-sparing commonly administered for THA. Nonetheless, FNB and FICB may cause quadriceps motor weakness, and FICB may not provide adequate …

Hospital Nursing Organization And Outcomes For Surgical Oncology Patients, Christopher R. Friese

Dissertations

As interest in the relationship between the organization of nursing care and patient outcomes grows, concerns exist that the quality of care for cancer patients is unequal. This study examined the association between the organization of hospital nursing care and outcomes for surgical oncology patients. Building upon an existing research program, data on cancer diagnosis, stage and length of illness were appended to a database which included patient discharge abstracts, hospital structure characteristics, and nurse reports of staffing, practice environment and educational preparation. The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) measured the practice environment and classified hospitals …

Ramifications And Prevention Of Preoperative Anxiety, Abigail Brady

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

Anxiety is an unpleasant sense associated with fear, unease and nervousness. Researchers report a significant correlation between a patient's level of preoperative anxiety, anesthetic consumption and postoperative pain. Pain in the postoperative period leads to increased narcotic consumption and its subsequent side effects. Other postoperative consequences of preoperative anxiety include nausea, vomiting, cardiovascular disturbances such as tachycardia and hypertension, and increased the risk of infection. It is also reported that the recovery period and length of hospital stay are extended in patients with increased levels of preoperative anxiety.

Practitioners engage in pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures for the treatment of preoperative …

Digital Twins And Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Case Study Of Best Practices And Reproducibility In Chiesa Dei Ss Apostoli E Biagio, James Hutson, Joe Weber, Angela Russo

Faculty Scholarship

The use of digital twin technologies to preserve cultural heritage has become increasingly common over the past two decades. Evolving from the use of virtual environments (VE) and digital reconstructions that required multiple phases of workflow and multiple software applications and various hardware to output a useable experience to the immediacy of 3D artificial intelligence (AI) generative content and the latest generation of photogrammetric scanning, non-specialists are now able to more easily create digital twins. At the same time, the destruction of cultural heritage has accelerated due to geopolitical instability, seen in examples such as the invasion of Ukraine by …

The Free Press Vol. 54, February 02-13-2023, Kelly Ledsworth

Free Press, The

Opportunities for Portland--When in Rome--Creative Expression--Funding Issues Arise Ahead of the Maine Deaf Film Festival--January 27th Student Senate Meeting

February 13, 2023

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Discerning Culture With Herman Bavinck, John B. Thompson

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Bavinck does not intend that we simply adopt and casually integrate secular ideas into our Christian worldview. Instead, every idea must be brought into conformity with Christ."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christianity's influence in a hostile world from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/discerning-culture-with-herman-bavinck/

Federal Tools To Best Encourage Sustainable Ground Water Management, Hayden Davis

University of Memphis Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dysregulation Of Mir-155 Expression In Professional Mixed Martial Arts (Mma) Fighters, Dominick Cabrera, Kayla Thompson, Julius D. Thomas, Corey Peacock, Jose Antonio, Jaime Tartar, Aurelien Tartar

Biology Faculty Articles

Psychological and physical stress can induce dysregulation of gene expression via changes in DNA methylation and microRNA (miRNA) expression. Such epigenetic modifications are yet to be investigated in professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters subject to highly stressful training involving repetitive head impacts. This study examined differences in DNA methylation and miRNA expression in elite MMA fighters compared to active controls. Global methylation differences between groups were assessed via a LINE-1 assay. At the same time, PCR arrays were used to estimate differential expression in samples of 21 fighters and 15 controls for 192 different miRNAs associated with inflammatory diseases. …

A Diagnostic Framework For Reengineering Soil: Potential Strategies To Manage Combinations Of Soil Constraints For Sands And Texture Contrast Soils, Gaus Azam, Stephen Davies

Natural resources published reports

This report is an output of project DAW1902-003RTX ‘Reengineering soils to improve the access of crop root systems to water and nutrients stored in the subsoil’, supported by a co-investment between the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

Key messages:

• Existing soil amelioration options can generate substantial yield responses. However, further yield gain is possible with further improvement in soil amelioration strategies.

• Mapping of soil constraints and potential yield gaps using the water use efficiency achieved from a pilot reengineering experiment has identified a significant yield gap attributed …

A Model For The Rapid Assessment Of Solution Structures For 24-Atom Macrocycles: The Impact Of Β-Branched Amino Acids On Conformation, Alexander J. Menke, Camryn J. Gloor, Liam E. Claton, Magy A. Mekhail, Hongjun Pan, Mikaela D. Stewart, Kayla N. Green, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Giovanni M. Pavan, Riccardo Capelli, Eric E. Simanek

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Experiment and computation are used to develop a model to rapidly predict solution structures of macrocycles sharing the same Murcko framework. These 24-atom triazine macrocycles result from the quantitative dimerization of identical monomers presenting a hydrazine group and an acetal tethered to an amino acid linker. Monomers comprising glycine and the β-branched amino acids threonine, valine, and isoleucine yield macrocycles G-G, T-T, V-V, and I-I, respectively. Elements common to all members of the framework include the efficiency of macrocyclization (quantitative), the solution- and solid-state structures (folded), the site of protonation (opposite the auxiliary dimethylamine group), the …

Comparative-Effectiveness Of Oral Beta-Lactams And Fluoroquinolones For Stepdown Therapy In Patients With Enterobacterales Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Lauren Bjork Ph.D., Teri Hopkins Ph.D., Linda Yang Ph.D., Chengwen Teng Pharm.D., Ph.D., Xavier Jones Bs, Jose Cadena, Elizabeth Walter, Christopher R. Frei Pham.D., Ms

Faculty Publications

Background: This study compares treatment failure for patients who received oral beta-lactams (BLs) and fluoroquinolones (FQs) for stepdown treatment of Enterobacterales bloodstream infections (BSIs).

Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective, age- and sex-matched, cohort study, at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in South Texas. Eligible patients were at least 18 years of age with a monomicrobial BSI treated with a single oral BL or FQ antibiotic. Treatment failure was defined as recurrence or all-cause mortality within 90 days of documented BSI. Bivariate (chi-square, Fisher's Exact, and Wilcoxon Rank Sum) and multivariate (logistic regression) statistical tests were used to compare groups. …

02/13/2023 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Survival Improvement For Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Over Twenty Years, Fadl A Zeineddine, Mohammad A Zeineddine, Abdelrahman Yousef, Yue Gu, Saikat Chowdhury, Arvind Dasari, Ryan W Huey, Benny Johnson, Bryan Kee, Michael S Lee, Maria Pia Morelli, Van K Morris, Michael J Overman, Christine Parseghian, Kanwal Raghav, Jason Willis, Robert A Wolff, Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Ryan Sun, Scott Kopetz, John Paul Shen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Over the past two decades of successive clinical trials in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), the median overall survival of both control and experimental arms has steadily improved. However, the incremental change in survival for metastatic CRC patients not treated on trial has not yet been quantified. We performed a retrospective review of 1420 patients with de novo metastatic CRC who received their primary treatment at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) from 2004 through 2019. Median OS was roughly stable for patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2012 (22.6 months) but since has steadily improved for those diagnosed …

Preoperative Tranexamic Acid Use Inâ Secondary Postpartum Hemorrhage, Katie Waid, Mary Beth Greenway

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and is defined as blood loss greater than 1,000 mL, or blood loss with symptoms of hypovolemia. Primary PPH arises within 24 hours of delivery, while secondary PPH occurs within 12 weeks of delivery. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic that inhibits plasminogen and fibrin binding, thus preventing fibrinolysis and promoting hemostasis. Although uterotonic agents remain the pillar for prevention and treatment of PPH, recent evidence indicates that TXA given prophylactically or as treatment can reduce postpartum blood loss.

Effectiveness Of Virtual Reality For Anxiolysis In Pediatrics, Rebecca Dickinson Hackney

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

In children ages, 5 to 14 years old, does the use of VR programs preoperatively effectively reduce preoperative anxiety and the incidence of emergence delirium compared to patients who receive oral midazolam?

Esophageal Manometer-Guided Ventilation Strategies In The Obese, Austin Ford

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

This case study explores the difficulties of mechanical ventilation in the obese population and possible solutions that would be fit for use in the realm of anesthesia. Esophageal pressure monitoring via an esophageal manometer has shown promise in estimating the high pleural pressures of anesthetized obese patients. This information can then be used in the selection of an optimized PEEP that will stent open airways at end-expiration, decrease alveolar collapse, and reduce ventilator driving pressures. Many studies point to esophageal manometry having the potential to reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications.

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (February 13, 2023), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on February 13, 2023.

Minor Role: Youth Under Age 18 And New York City Violence, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado, Richard A. Espinobarros

Publications and Research

Media outlets attribute recent concerns about increased violent crime in New York City to the behavior of juveniles and associate the increase with New York State's policy governing the handling of 16 and 17-year-olds in family courts rather than adult criminal courts. This databit explores age differences in violent crime arrests and shooting victimizations in New York City and finds the recent concerns to be misplaced.

Q1synth: A Quantum Computer Musical Instrument, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Peter Thomas, Paulo Vitor Itaboraí

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This paper introduces Q1Synth, an unprecedented musical instrument that produces sounds from (a) quantum state vectors representing the properties of a qubit, and (b) its measurements. The instrument is presented on a computer screen (or mobile device, such as a tablet or smartphone) as a Bloch sphere, which is a visual representation of a qubit. The performer plays the instrument by rotating this sphere using a mouse. Alternatively, a gesture controller can be used, e.g., a VR glove. While the sphere is rotated, a continuously changing sound is produced. The instrument has a ‘measure key’. When the performer activates this …

Prescod-Weinstein Honored With Cottrell Scholar Award, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Epigenetic And Integrative Cross-Omics Analyses Of Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities On Mri, Yunju Yang, Maria J Knol, Ruiqi Wang, Aniket Mishra, Dan Liu, Michelle Luciano, Alexander Teumer, Nicola Armstrong, Joshua C Bis, Min A Jhun, Shuo Li, Hieab H H Adams, Nasir Ahmad Aziz, Mark E Bastin, Mathieu Bourgey, Jennifer A Brody, Stefan Frenzel, Rebecca F Gottesman, Norbert Hosten, Lifang Hou, Sharon L R Kardia, Valerie Lohner, Pascale Marquis, Susana Muñoz Maniega, Claudia L Satizabal, Farzaneh A Sorond, Maria C Valdés Hernández, Cornelia M Van Duijn, Meike W Vernooij, Katharina Wittfeld, Qiong Yang, Wei Zhao, Eric Boerwinkle, Daniel Levy, Ian J Deary, Jiyang Jiang, Karen A Mather, Thomas H Mosley, Bruce M Psaty, Perminder S Sachdev, Jennifer A Smith, Nona Sotoodehnia, Charles S Decarli, Monique M B Breteler, M Arfan Ikram, Hans J Grabe, Joanna Wardlaw, W T Longstreth, Lenore J Launer, Sudha Seshadri, Stephanie Debette, Myriam Fornage

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Cerebral white matter hyperintensities on MRI are markers of cerebral small vessel disease, a major risk factor for dementia and stroke. Despite the successful identification of multiple genetic variants associated with this highly heritable condition, its genetic architecture remains incompletely understood. More specifically, the role of DNA methylation has received little attention. We investigated the association between white matter hyperintensity burden and DNA methylation in blood at ∼450 000 cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites in 9732 middle-aged to older adults from 14 community-based studies. Single CpG and region-based association analyses were carried out. Functional annotation and integrative cross-omics analyses were performed to …

Chimes: February 13, 2023, Calvin University

Chimes

Student Senate survey highlights points of difference and consensus by Abigail Ham

University adopts statement on role for interfaith dialogue by Gabriel Choi

Weekday breakfast to move back to Commons by Emily Thomas

Getting through SAD season by Lainey Moore

Just like any other sport, but virtual: Calvin Esports is now a club sport by Katie Rosendale

2022's extreme weather hit close to home for some Calvin students by David Ogboro

The challenge of being a two-sport athlete by Lauren Nyong

Facing the narrative gap: a conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper by Abigail Ham

P-Adic Statistical Field Theory And Deep Belief Networks, Wilson A. Zuniga-Galindo

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this work we initiate the study of the correspondence between p-adic statistical field theories (SFTs) and neural networks (NNs). In general quantum field theories over a p-adic spacetime can be formulated in a rigorous way. Nowadays these theories are considered just mathematical toy models for understanding the problems of the true theories. In this work we show these theories are deeply connected with the deep belief networks (DBNs). Hinton et al. constructed DBNs by stacking several restricted Boltzmann machines (RBMs). The purpose of this construction is to obtain a network with a hierarchical structure (a deep learning architecture). An …

Ending The Hiv Epidemic: Identifying Barriers And Facilitators To Implement Molecular Hiv Surveillance To Develop Real-Time Cluster Detection And Response Interventions For Local Communities, Moctezuma Garcia, Samantha Devlin, Jared Kerman, Kayo Fujimoto, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Gregory Phillips, John Schneider, Moira C Mcnulty

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The rapid implementation of molecular HIV surveillance (MHS) has resulted in significant challenges for local health departments to develop real-time cluster detection and response (CDR) interventions for priority populations impacted by HIV. This study is among the first to explore professionals' strategies to implement MHS and develop CDR interventions in real-world public health settings. Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were completed by 21 public health stakeholders in the United States' southern and midwestern regions throughout 2020-2022 to identify themes related to the implementation and development of MHS and CDR. Results for the thematic analysis revealed (1) strengths and limitations in utilizing …

College Of Business News, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Accounting Alumna Featured by GSCPAs
• LSCM Students Tour Georgia Ports