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2016

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Evaluating Infection Prevention Strategies In Out-Patient Dialysis Units Using Agent-Based Modeling, Joanna R. Wares, Barry Lawson, Douglas Shemin, Erika D'Agata May 2016

Evaluating Infection Prevention Strategies In Out-Patient Dialysis Units Using Agent-Based Modeling, Joanna R. Wares, Barry Lawson, Douglas Shemin, Erika D'Agata

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

Patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (CHD) are among the most vulnerable to infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), which are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines to reduce transmission of MDRO in the out-patient dialysis unit are targeted at patients considered to be high-risk for transmitting these organisms: those with infected skin wounds not contained by a dressing, or those with fecal incontinence or uncontrolled diarrhea. Here, we hypothesize that targeting patients receiving antimicrobial treatment would more effectively reduce transmission and acquisition of MDRO. We also hypothesize that environmental contamination plays a role in the dissemination of …

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Evaluating Infection Prevention Strategies In Out-Patient Dialysis Units Using Agent-Based Modeling, Joanna R. Wares, Barry Lawson, Douglas Shemin, Erika M. C. D'Agata May 2016

Evaluating Infection Prevention Strategies In Out-Patient Dialysis Units Using Agent-Based Modeling, Joanna R. Wares, Barry Lawson, Douglas Shemin, Erika M. C. D'Agata

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

Patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (CHD) are among the most vulnerable to infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), which are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines to reduce transmission of MDRO in the out-patient dialysis unit are targeted at patients considered to be high-risk for transmitting these organisms: those with infected skin wounds not contained by a dressing, or those with fecal incontinence or uncontrolled diarrhea. Here, we hypothesize that targeting patients receiving antimicrobial treatment would more effectively reduce transmission and acquisition of MDRO. We also hypothesize that environmental contamination plays a role in the dissemination of …

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The Role Of Mathematical Modeling In Designing And Evaluating Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs, Lester Caudill, Joanna R. Wares Apr 2016

The Role Of Mathematical Modeling In Designing And Evaluating Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs, Lester Caudill, Joanna R. Wares

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

Antimicrobial agent effectiveness continues to be threatened by the rise and spread of pathogen strains that exhibit drug resistance. This challenge is most acute in healthcare facilities where the well-established connection between resistance and suboptimal antimicrobial use has prompted the creation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Mathematical models offer tremendous potential for serving as an alternative to controlled human experimentation for assessing the effectiveness of ASPs. Models can simulate controlled randomized experiments between groups of virtual patients, some treated with the ASP measure under investigation, and some without. By removing the limitations inherent in human experimentation, including health risks, study …

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Classifying Coloring Graphs, Julie Beier, Janet Fierson, Ruth Haas, Heather M. Russell, Kara Shavo Jan 2016

Classifying Coloring Graphs, Julie Beier, Janet Fierson, Ruth Haas, Heather M. Russell, Kara Shavo

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

Given a graph G, its k-coloring graph is the graph whose vertex set is the proper k-colorings of the vertices of G with two k-colorings adjacent if they differ at exactly one vertex. In this paper, we consider the question: Which graphs can be coloring graphs? In other words, given a graph H, do there exist G and k such that H is the k-coloring graph of G? We will answer this question for several classes of graphs and discuss important obstructions to being a coloring graph involving order, girth, and induced subgraphs.

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An Inner-Outer Factorization In ℓp With Applications To Arma Processes, Raymond Cheng, William T. Ross Jan 2016

An Inner-Outer Factorization In ℓp With Applications To Arma Processes, Raymond Cheng, William T. Ross

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

The following inner-outer type factorization is obtained for the sequence space ℓp: if the complex sequence F = (F0, F1,F2,...) decays geometrically, then for an p sufficiently close to 2 there exists J and G in ℓp such that F = J * G; J is orthogonal in the Birkhoff-James sense to all of its forward shifts SJ, S2J, S3J, ...; J and F generate the same S-invariant subspace of ℓp; and G is a cyclic vector for S on ℓ …

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Concrete Examples Of H(B) Spaces, Emmanuel Fricain, Andreas Hartmann, William T. Ross Jan 2016

Concrete Examples Of H(B) Spaces, Emmanuel Fricain, Andreas Hartmann, William T. Ross

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

In this paper we give an explicit description of de Branges-Rovnyak spaces H(b) when b is of the form qr, where q is a rational outer function in the closed unit ball of H∞ and r is a positive number.

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Real Complex Functions, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Javad Mashreghi, William T. Ross Jan 2016

Real Complex Functions, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Javad Mashreghi, William T. Ross

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

We survey a few classes of analytic functions on the disk that have real boundary values almost everywhere on the unit circle. We explore some of their properties, various decompositions, and some connections these functions make to operator theory.

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