Journal articles: 'Specificite hote'

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Samadova, A. K. "SPECIFICITY OF HOTEL SERVICE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT." Scientific Review: Theory and Practice 10, no. 10 (October 30, 2020): 2522–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.35679/2226-0226-2020-10-10-2522-2531.

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This article examines the effectiveness of management and quality improvement due to the various tools considered in the article; it gives recommendations for improving the efficiency of staff, training it for a new level and improve its qualifications and the efficiency of the hotel. In the face of fierce competition, hotel companies come up with and carry out new searches for modern methods of increasing competitiveness between hotel companies and creating demand for hotel services. One of the ways to make a hotel competitive is to enhance the hotel services in the enterprise. Hotel services directly depend on the competence of the staff, on their preparedness and stress resistance. In turn, the hotel company must contain satisfied employees to service hotel guests. Basically, the HR department monitors the number of personnel, their main task is to have as many employees in the company as should be in the staffing table. But now today it is important for the personnel department to achieve not only the timely filling of personnel, but to hire competent employees with good knowledge and qualifications. It is necessary to retain a good worker by offering and developing good working conditions, a system of motivation and quality management. As a result, an agreed personnel policy will be developed, which includes a system of personnel selection, training, improvement, personnel remuneration, as well as an established policy and subordination between management and subordinates. This article examines how, by applying different methods, to build good relationships between employees, to increase the motivation system, and to be a competitive hotel.

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Olesova, Antonina Petrovna, and Diana Dmitrievna Zakharova. "Specificity of the Yakut Hotel Names." Filologičeskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki, no. 10 (September 2020): 248–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.30853/filnauki.2020.10.49.

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Berg, R. "Sensitivity and Specificity." Clinical Medicine & Research 3, no. 2 (May 1, 2005): 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3121/cmr.3.2.56.

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Espino‐Rodríguez, Tomás F., Pei‐Chun Lai, and Tom Baum. "Asset specificity in make or buy decisions for service operations." International Journal of Service Industry Management 19, no. 1 (March 14, 2008): 111–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564230810855734.

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PurposeThis work analyses make or buy decisions from the transaction cost economics perspective and the resource‐based view of the firm. The aim is to analyse the extent to which the presumptions of the two theories are valid in the service sector in terms of specific assets.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted on a representative sample of hotels in Scotland, UK. Each of the surveyed hotels was asked for information about 13 operations or hotel processes. A comprehensive model is developed that establishes the relationship between asset specificity and operation performance and hotel or business performance, moderated by the form of governance (make or buy). Moreover, the relationship between asset specificity and outsourcing in the hotel sector is also examined. The different hotel processes are classified according to the asset specificity. The factors that could lead to an increase in the outsourcing strategy are also analysed.FindingsThe results indicate that, the relationship between asset specificity and operation performance is weaker when the operations are executed in‐house. In the case of the relationship between specific assets and performance, the findings regarding non‐financial performance are not contradictory since it is slightly higher when the operation is outsourced. The factors determining an increase in outsourcing would be those related to the quality of the operation and to non‐financial performance.Research limitations/implicationsPrevious studies have not considered the relationship between specificity and business performance, which gives extra incentive to complement and expand the literature on service operations. Future research should analyze other theories on organisations and outsourcing. The findings should also be tested in other geographical regions and use sources of information other than the hotel managers.Practical implicationsThe work generates knowledge and aids managers in their “make or buy” decisions for the principal processes in the hotel industry according to the asset specificity.Originality/valueThe paper develops a specificity‐outsourcing matrix and identifies each of the hotel operations. Apart from testing the model in the hotel sector, which is an important sector of the service industry, the work offers a better understanding of outsourcing decisions based on the two basic theories used in the literature on services management. The paper also makes an innovative contribution by analysing relationships between operation specificity and performance that are previously untested in the service sector.

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Gawande, A., L. W. Roloff, and M. F. Marmor. "The Specificity of Colored Lenses as Visual Aids in Retinal Disease." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 86, no. 6 (June 1992): 255–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9208600608.

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This study of the effects of lenses of different colors on the visual abilities and comfort of 20 patients with retinal disease found that in home trials, orange, yellow, and light neutral-density lenses were generally helpful, but the critical issue was density more than color. Office tests of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity with colored lenses did not predict subjective benefit. The results suggest that no specific color is uniquely effective and that home trial of several lenses may be the best way to judge which filter (if any) will help an individual patient.

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Cameron, V., K. A. Musana, S. H. Yale, and A. S. Abdulkarim. "Sensitivity and Specificity of Tests of Liver Injury." Clinical Medicine & Research 2, no. 4 (November 1, 2004): 205. http://dx.doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2.4.205.

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Gilbert, Cody Sykes, Mitch Earleywine, Maha N. Mian, and Brianna R. Altman. "Symptom specificity of ayahuasca's effect on depressive symptoms." Journal of Psychedelic Studies 5, no. 1 (May 11, 2021): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2054.2021.00165.

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AbstractBackgroundAyahuasca's effects on symptoms of depression have generated considerable optimism. Clients frequently report more concern about some symptoms than others, and available treatments alter symptoms differentially. Few studies address the symptom specificity of this psychoactive brew.AimsWe examined self-reported effects of ayahuasca on the individual symptoms of depression assessed by the 10-item short-form of Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression (CESD-10).MethodsWe asked over 120 participants to complete a retrospective assessment of CESD-10 symptoms one month before and one month after using ayahuasca.ResultsParticipants indicated that ayahuasca had a larger influence on affective symptoms like hope, depressed mood, and happiness, than cognitive, interpersonal, and somatic symptoms like restless sleep, loneliness, and difficulty focusing.ConclusionsPotential clients might appreciate identifying if different treatments provide more relief for some depressive symptoms than others. We examined retrospective reports of ayahuasca's potential for differential impact. Those eager to alter hope, happiness, and other affective symptoms will likely find ayahuasca more helpful than those who want an intervention for restless sleep, loneliness, or trouble focusing. This symptom specificity parallels the effects of serotonergic antidepressant medications, suggesting that psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy using ayahuasca might have considerable appeal for those who seek comparable relief but would rather not use prescription serotonergic medications. Jumpstarting psychotherapy with the rapid onset of ayahuasca-induced relief also appears to have potential.

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Hill, Catherine M., Heather E. Elphick, Michael Farquhar, Paul Gringras, Ruth M. Pickering, Ruth N. Kingshott, Jane Martin, et al. "Home oximetry to screen for obstructive sleep apnoea in Down syndrome." Archives of Disease in Childhood 103, no. 10 (May 14, 2018): 962–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-314409.

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ObjectiveChildren with Down syndrome are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and screening is recommended. Diagnosis of OSA should be confirmed with multichannel sleep studies. We aimed to determine whether home pulse oximetry (HPO) discriminates children at high risk of OSA, who need further diagnostic multichannel sleep studies.DesignCross-sectional prospective study in a training sample recruited through three UK centres. Validation sample used single-centre retrospective analysis of clinical data.PatientsChildren with Down syndrome aged 0.5–6 years.InterventionDiagnostic multichannel sleep study and HPO.Main outcome measuresSensitivity and specificity of HPO to predict moderate-to-severe OSA.Results161/202 children with Down syndrome met quality criteria for inclusion and 25 had OSA. In this training sample, the best HPO parameter predictors of OSA were the delta 12 s index >0.555 (sensitivity 92%, specificity 65%) and 3% oxyhaemoglobin (SpO2) desaturation index (3% ODI)>6.15 dips/hour (sensitivity 92%, specificity 63%). Combining variables (delta 12 s index, 3% ODI, mean and minimum SpO2) achieved sensitivity of 96% but reduced specificity to 52%. All predictors retained or improved sensitivity in a clinical validation sample of 50 children with variable loss of specificity, best overall was the delta 12 s index, a measure of baseline SpO2 variability (sensitivity 92%; specificity 63%).ConclusionsHPO screening could halve the number of children with Down syndrome needing multichannel sleep studies and reduce the burden on children, families and health services alike. This approach offers a practical universal screening approach for OSA in Down syndrome that is accessible to the non-specialist paediatrician.

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Panibratov, Andrei Yu, and Liana E. Rysakova. "The organizational legitimacy of Russian firms: Contextual specificity and legitimization strategies." Russian Management Journal 18, no. 3 (2020): 289–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu18.2020.301.

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Russian firms suffer from the negative country of origin effect and legitimacy shortage. This paper has the aim to reveal factors for Russian firms to focus on while build legitimacy both at home and abroad. To identify the existing research directions, the 48 articles applying legitimacy and Russian focus from journals in management and business for all years were analyzed, using both the bibliometric analysis and manual in-depth study of papers. Based on the specificity of the Russian context and literature analysis about the factors of the legitimacy concept, we develop a theoretical framework that is supported by a set of propositions about possible legitimization strategies of Russian firms. Three main pillars of the organizational legitimacy construct such as moral, pragmatic and cognitive, which are accepted as the most influential ones, were introduced and proposed for Russian firms how to gain them at home and abroad. This paper has the value for both theory and practice. It contributes to the legitimacy literature, responding to many calls to study the microfoundations of the organizational legitimacy and developing the holistic theoretical framework within the Russian context. The findings also are of practical importance for managers and entrepreneurs whose attention is paid to the effective strategic management and legitimacy building both at home and abroad.

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Kim, Jungmeen, Kirby Deater–Deckard, Paula Y. Mullineaux, and Charles R. Beekman. "Context Specificity in Stability of Hyperactivity–Impulsivity." European Journal of Personality 24, no. 8 (December 2010): 656–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.767.

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This paper exemplifies a secondary data analysis of context–specific differences in children's hyperactivity–impulsivity while controlling for informant–specific effects. Participants were boys and girls from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development whose behaviours were measured in 1st, 3rd and 5th grades. Latent factor models were structured using multi–informant reports including mothers, fathers, teachers and observers. Temporal stability within a context was stronger than cross–context consistency, and the magnitude of longitudinal stability was higher in the home context compared to the school context. Controlling for informant–specific effects resulted in a significantly improved model fit and increased within–context stability. Our findings highlight the importance of considering both context and informant effects when studying longitudinal stability and change in personality development. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Hollewand, Anne M., Anouk G. Spijkerman, Henk J. G. Bilo, Nanne Kleefstra, Yvo Kamsma, and Kornelis J. J. van Hateren. "Validity of an Accelerometer-Based Activity Monitor System for Measuring Physical Activity in Frail Older Adults." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 24, no. 4 (October 2016): 555–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2014-0290.

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This study aimed to investigate the validity of the accelerometer-based DynaPort system to detect physical activity in frail, older subjects. Eighteen home-dwelling subjects (Groningen Frailty Indicator [GFI] score ≥ 4, ≥ 75 years) were included. Activities in their home environment were simultaneously observed by two researchers and measured with the DynaPort system during six consecutive hours. Primary outcome measures were the sensitivity and specificity of the DynaPort for locomotion (90% considered as sufficient agreement). Other outcome measures were overall agreement, and sensitivity and specificity for other activities. Sensitivity and specificity for locomotion were 83.3% and 100.0%, respectively. Overall agreement was 74.6%. Sensitivity was sufficient for sitting (94.4%), but not for lying and standing (59.2% and 69.6%, respectively). Specificity was sufficient for lying and standing (100.0% and 93.3%, respectively), but not for sitting (80.7%). In conclusion, the DynaPort system is not a valid method for assessing physical activity in frail, older subjects.

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Bôas, Maria Leopoldina de Castro Villas, Helena Eri Shimizu, and Mauro Niskier Sanchez. "Creation of complexity assessment tool for patients receiving home care." Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 50, no. 3 (June 2016): 434–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0080-623420160000400009.

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Abstract OBJECTIVE To create and validate a complexity assessment tool for patients receiving home care from a public health service. METHOD A diagnostic accuracy study, with estimates for the tool's validity and reliability. Measurements of sensitivity and specificity were considered when producing validity estimates. The resulting tool was used for testing. Assessment by a specialized team of home care professionals was used as the gold standard. In the tool's reliability study, the authors used the Kappa statistic. The tool's sensitivity and specificity were analyzed using various cut-off points. RESULTS On the best cut-off point-21-with the gold standard, a sensitivity of 75.5% was obtained, with the limits of confidence interval (95%) at 68.3% and 82.8% and specificity of 53.2%, with the limits of confidence interval (95%) at 43.8% and 62.7%. CONCLUSION The tool presented evidence of validity and reliability, possibly helping in service organization at patient admission, care type change, or support during the creation of care plans.

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Chen, Yilin, Lu Tian, Longlun Wang, Yong Qin, and Jinhua Cai. "Black Hole Sign on Noncontrast Computed Tomography in Predicting Hematoma Expansion in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Meta-analysis." Current Medical Imaging Formerly Current Medical Imaging Reviews 16, no. 7 (September 9, 2020): 878–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573405615666190903155738.

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Background: Black hole sign represents a novel imaging marker for predicting hematoma expansion (HE) in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Several previous studies have reported the accuracy of black hole sign in predicting HE, but the accuracy was variable. We performed a meta-analysis to systematically assess the accuracy of black hole sign in predicting HE in patients with ICH. Methods: A systematic search was performed to identify relevant English and Chinese articles (from inception to January 2019). All studies on the accuracy of black hole sign in predicting HE in patients with ICH were included. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios were calculated. Pooling was conducted using the bivariate generalized linear mixed model. Forest plots and a summary receiver operator characteristic plot were generated. We used I² to test heterogeneity and investigated the source of heterogeneity by meta-regression. Publication bias was assessed by Deeks’ funnel plot asymmetry test. Results: A total of 6 studies with 1876 patients were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios of black hole sign for predicting HE were 0.30, 0.93, 4.00 and 0.75, respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.83. The studies had substantial heterogeneity (I²=89.00%, 95% CI 78.00-100.00). Low risk of publication bias was detected. Conclusion: Black hole sign is a useful imaging marker with high specificity in predicting hematoma expansion in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

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De Vita, Glauco, and Arafet Tekaya. "Hotel outsourcing under asset specificity: “The good, the bad and the ugly”." Tourism Management 47 (April 2015): 97–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.09.012.

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Bedyaeva, T. V., V. E. Sandrina, and A. A. Zelenskaya. "DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROCESSES IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS." ECONOMIC VECTOR 2, no. 25 (June 2021): 60–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.36807/2411-7269-2021-2-25-60-62.

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The article presents the features of innovation in the hotel industry as an integral component of the development of tourism services, maintaining competitiveness in the hospitality sector, as well as the impact of innovation as a factor in building the potential of the hotel industry and entering a new market. The specificity and problems of the innovation strategy of the hotel enterprise are considered.

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Yang, Hyeon-Jeong, Seok-Joon Yoon, Jong-Sung Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Jin-Gyu Jung, Won Yoon Suh, Sami Lee, Hyun Gu Kim, and Yong Woo Lee. "Validation of the Simplified Palliative Prognostic Index to Predict Survival for Advanced Cancer Patients in Home Hospice Setting." Korean Journal of Family Medicine 42, no. 4 (July 20, 2021): 274–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.20.0160.

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Background: The simplified Palliative Prognostic Index (sPPI) substitutes a single item from the Communication Capacity Scale (CCS) for the delirium item of the original PPI. This study aimed to examine the validity of the sPPI for patients with advanced cancer in a home-based hospice care setting.Methods: This study included 75 patients with advanced cancer who received home-based hospice care. We used medical records maintained by professional hospice nurses who had visited the patients in their homes. Based on their sPPI score, patients were divided into three groups—A (<4), B (≥4 and <6), and C (≥6)—to compare survival. Further, we investigated the sPPI’s accuracy using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and sensitivity and specificity for 3- and 6-week survival. We used three sPPIs including different substitutions for the delirium item (two methods using the CCS and one using the Korean Nursing Delirium Screening Scale).Results: The median survival was 60–61 days for group A, 27–30 days for group B, and 12–16 days for group C. The difference in survival was significant (P<0.05). The AUC was 0.814–0.867 for 3-week survival and 0.736–0.779 for 6-week survival. For 3- and 6-week survival, prognostic prediction showed sensitivities of 76.2%–90.9% and 76.3%–86.8%, and specificities of 64.2%–88.7% and 51.4%–70.3%, respectively.Conclusion: The sPPI, which is measured by professional hospice nurses, has acceptable validity to predict survival for patients with advanced cancer in a home hospice setting in South Korea.

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Choi, Soonja. "Language-specificity of motion event expressions in young Korean children." Language, Interaction and Acquisition 2, no. 1 (June 27, 2011): 157–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lia.2.1.07cho.

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This paper examines the development of motion expressions in two Korean children. The database consists of bi-weekly to monthly recordings of spontaneous mother–child interaction in their home between ages 1:11 and 4;2. All expressions of motion, both spontaneous and caused, were analyzed following the coding system developed by Hickmann, Hendriks & Champaud 2009). Analyses include form–function relationships between the types of linguistic devices used and the components of Motion expressed (e.g. Path, Manner, Cause), as well as the semantic density of motion-relevant information within the clause. The results were then compared to those of French and English learners reported in Hickmann et al. (2009). verb-framed

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Bornstein, Marc H., Diane L. Putnick, Yoonjung Park, Joan T. D. Suwalsky, and O. Maurice Haynes. "Human infancy and parenting in global perspective: specificity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284, no. 1869 (December 13, 2017): 20172168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2168.

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We address three long-standing fundamental questions about early human development and parental caregiving within a specificity framework using data from 796 infant–mother dyads from 11 societies worldwide. Adopting a cross-society view opens a vista on universal biological origins of, and contextual influences on, infant behaviours and parenting practices. We asked: how do infant behaviours and parenting practices vary across societies? How do infant behaviours relate to other infant behaviours, and how do parent practices relate to other parent practices? Are infant behaviours and parent practices related to one another? Behaviours of firstborn five-month infants and parenting practices of their mothers were microanalysed from videorecords of extensive naturally occurring interactions in the home. In accord with behavioural specificity, biological expectations and cultural influences, we find that infants and mothers from diverse societies exhibit mean-level society differences in their behaviours and practices; domains of infant behaviours generally do not cohere, nor do domains of maternal practices; and only specific infant behaviours and mother practices correspond. Few relations were moderated by society.

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Smól, Joanna. "Profesjolekt hotelarski w mediach na przykładzie pisma menedżerów hoteli – „Biznes Hotel”." Investigationes Linguisticae, no. 33 (July 1, 2016): 55–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/il.2016.33.6.

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The article presents the main features of hotel professiolect on the basis of a paper “Business Hotel”, aimed at hotel managers. The basic considerations are preceded by the introduction of the term professiolect as well as features of media messages which confront with the specificity of specialized texts. The main purpose of this article is to characterize hotel professiolect in its variety used in media, particularly at the lexical level (borrowings, professional vocabulary, acronyms) and to indicate the main semantic areas which the analyzed lexemes fall under.

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Matsugi, Akiyoshi, Keisuke Tani, Yoshiki Tamaru, Nami Yoshioka, Akira Yamashita, Nobuhiko Mori, Kosuke Oku, Masashi Ikeda, and Kiyoshi Nagano. "Prediction of Advisability of Returning Home Using the Home Care Score." Rehabilitation Research and Practice 2015 (2015): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/501042.

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Purpose. The aim of this study was to assess whether the home care score (HCS), which was developed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan in 1992, is useful for the prediction of advisability of home care.Methods. Subjects living at home and in assisted-living facilities were analyzed. Binominal logistic regression analyses, using age, sex, the functional independence measure score, and the HCS, along with receiver operating characteristic curve analyses, were conducted.Findings/Conclusions. Only HCS was selected for the regression equation. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve (0.9), sensitivity (0.82), specificity (0.83), and positive predictive value (0.84) for HCS were higher than those for the functional independence measure, indicating that the HCS is a powerful predictor for advisability of home care.Clinical Relevance. Comprehensive measurements of the condition of provided care and the activities of daily living of the subjects, which are included in the HCS, are required for the prediction of advisability of home care.

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Steward, Tom James Longley. "Wide-Screen Television and Home Movies." Convergent Television(s) 3, no. 6 (December 24, 2014): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc070.

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In this article, Tom Steward uses past interrelations of television and cinema spectatorship, exhibition, production and aesthetics to historicize phenomenological digital-era discourses on, ontological definitions of, and cultural arguments about television and cinema convergence. He argues that television and cinema assisted in defining each other as late 20th Century media and cultural forms, have a multi-directional industrial and artistic flow, and are often interdependent in reception and distribution. Television and cinema convergence demonstrates the need for historical breadth in media convergence theory and an understanding of medium-specificity that incorporates interactions with other media.

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Clarke, Anthony J. "The “hole” story of predatory outer-membrane vesicles." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 64, no. 9 (September 2018): 589–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2017-0466.

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All Gram-negative bacteria release membrane vesicles. These vesicles contain a cargo of proteins and enzymes that include one or more autolysins. Autolysins are a group of enzymes with specificity for the different linkages within peptidoglycan sacculi that if uncontrolled cause bacteriolysis. This minireview, written in honor and memory of Terry Beveridge, presents an overview of autolytic activity and focuses on Beveridge’s important original observations regarding predatory membrane vesicles and their associated autolysin cargo.

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Hilmersson, Mikael, and Hans Jansson. "Reducing Uncertainty in the Emerging Market Entry Process: On the Relationship among International Experiential Knowledge, Institutional Distance, and Uncertainty." Journal of International Marketing 20, no. 4 (December 2012): 96–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jim.12.0052.

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In three institutional environments, this study examines the uncertainty-reducing effects of experiential knowledge of varying specificity in the market entry process. The goal of the study is to answer the research question: What is the uncertainty-reducing effect of experiential knowledge of varying specificity in markets with different institutional distances from a firm's home base? The authors develop a theoretical model using the most recent developments in internationalization process theory. They test the model with a data set collected on-site at 203 small and medium-sized enterprises with entry experience into the new Eastern European Union member-states, Russia and China. The analysis shows no support for the claim that internationalization knowledge reduces uncertainty in the market entry process. Rather, the analysis reveals that societal knowledge of the entering firm has an uncertainty-reducing effect in markets that are relatively less distant from its home market. The analysis also shows that international experiential knowledge of high specificity, an important type of marketing knowledge, provides the greatest uncertainty-reducing effect.

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Susilowardani, Dewi, Wahyudi Istiono, and I. Dewa Putu Pramantara. "Adaptation of Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) as a Fall Risk Screening Tool for the Elderly in First Level Health Facilities at Purworejo Regency." Review of Primary Care Practice and Education (Kajian Praktik dan Pendidikan Layanan Primer) 3, no. 2 (July 6, 2020): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/rpcpe.33984.

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Background: The Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) is used for early detection of unsafe environmental conditions at home and risk factors for falls in the elderly. However, in Indonesia there are no data on the adaptation of this instrument. Objective: To determine if the HOME FAST adaptation can be used as a screening tool for the risk of falling in the elderly in the First Level Health Facilities/Fasilitas Kesehatan Tingkat Pertama (FKTP) of Purworejo Regency. Methods: This research was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. Subjects were elderly with age over 65 years in the Puskesmas Loano working area that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: After the adaptation of the HOME FAST instrument was completed, a validity test was performed and a r table result of 0.361 was obtained, indicating all questions were valid. Reliability testing using the Cronbach Alpha formula obtained 0.8461. Subjects were 300 respondents with a distribution of 135 men (45%) and 165 women (55%). The results of the bivariate analysis found three factors that were statistically significantly related, namely gender, age, and the total score of the HOME FAST adaptation instrument. Gender was statistically significantly correlated with a history of falls p = 0.045 (95% CI 2.14-2.56) with RP 1.57 while age was significant with p = 0.046 with (95% CI: 2.85-3.46), and the risk of unsafe total HOME FAST scoring with p = 0.024. From the 2x2 table calculations, the sensitivity of the HOME FAST adaptation scoring method was low with 46% and the specificity of 67%. Conclusion: The adaptation of HOME FAST has a sensitivity of 46% and a specificity of 67%. The prevalence of adaptation results from HOME FAST risk of falling was 36.66%, with the number of safe houses were 190 housing units and 110 unsafe houses.

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Livesey, Andrea. "Learning Slavery at Home." Journal of Global Slavery 6, no. 1 (January 29, 2021): 31–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2405836x-00601003.

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Abstract Since Stephanie Camp wrote of the “rival” geography that enslaved people created on slave labor plantations, few studies outside the field of architectural history have used the built environment as a source to understand the lives of enslaved people and the mindsets of enslavers in the United States. This article takes adolescent outbuildings in Louisiana (garçonnières) as a starting point to understand how white parents taught and reinforced ideas of dominance over both the environment and enslaved people and simultaneously rooted young white sons to a slave labor plantation “home.” Using architectural evidence, alongside testimony left behind by both enslavers and the enslaved, this article argues that by moving young male enslavers out of the main plantation house and into a separate building, white enslaving parents created a “risk space” for sexual violence within the sexualized geography of the slave labor plantation. The garçonnière, with its privacy and age-and gender-specificity, constituted just one space of increased risk for enslaved women on Louisiana slave labor plantations from a violence that was manipulated within the built environment.

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Farchi, Sara, Laura Camilloni, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Francesco Chini, Piero Borgia, and Gabriella Guasticchi. "Home injuries mortality: Sensitivity and specificity analysis of different data sources and operative definitions." Accident Analysis & Prevention 39, no. 4 (July 2007): 716–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.11.002.

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Van Oosten, A. R., D. J. A. Heylen, and E. Matthysen. "Host specificity of a bird-specialised endophilic ectoparasite, the tree-hole tick Ixodes arboricola." Parasitology Research 113, no. 12 (September 18, 2014): 4397–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4116-1.

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Litvinov, Rustem I., Oleg V. Gorkun, Scott F. Owen, Henry Shuman, and John W. Weisel. "Polymerization of fibrin: specificity, strength, and stability of knob-hole interactions studied at the single-molecule level." Blood 106, no. 9 (November 1, 2005): 2944–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2005-05-2039.

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Abstract Using laser tweezers, we measured for the first time the forces of individual knob-into-hole interactions underlying fibrin polymerization. Exposure of A-knobs in desA-fibrin or its fragment from the central part of the molecule (N-terminal disulphide knot, NDSK) resulted in strong interactions with fibrinogen or fragment D (containing only a- and b-holes), producing a binding strength of approximately 125 to 130 pN. The interactions were not present in the absence of either knobs or holes and were abrogated by a specific inhibitor of fibrin polymerization, a peptide mimic of the A-knob (GPRPam). Exposure of both the A- and B-knobs in desAB-fibrin or desAB-NDSK did not change the rupture force spectra compared with the desA molecules, and their interactions with fibrinogen remained highly sensitive to GPRPam but not to GHRPam (B-knob), suggesting that neither A:b nor B:b nor B:a contacts contributed significantly to binding strength in addition to A:a contacts. The A:a interactions had a relatively small zero-force off-rate of approximately 10–4 s–1 and tight knob-to-hole contacts characterized by a transition state distance of approximately 0.3 nm. The results demonstrate that the knob-hole binding during thrombin-induced fibrin polymerization is driven by strong, stable, and highly specific A:a bonding, whereas A:b, B:b, or B:a interactions were not detected.

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Ryan, Joseph J., Takahiro Yamaguchi, and David S. Kreiner. "Preliminary Validation of the Rey 15-Item Test and Reliable Digit Span in Native Japanese Samples." Psychological Reports 122, no. 5 (August 9, 2018): 1925–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294118792697.

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The Rey 15-Item Test and reliable digit span were evaluated in Japan. Participants were controls ( n = 15), healthy volunteers instructed to simulate memory impairment ( n = 12; 5 of 17 volunteers did not comply with instructions and were dropped), healthy elderly ( n = 12), and cognitively disabled nursing home residents ( n = 8). On the 15-Item Test, controls and elderly performed similarly and were combined. Nursing home residents could not cope with the 15-Item Test and were dropped. Total score was a fair predictor of dissimulation using a cutoff ≤ 8. Rows were fair predictors using a ≤2 cutoff. Sensitivities were low and specificities were excellent. Reliable digit span contrasts between simulators and each of the other groups demonstrated that reliable digit span discriminated controls and elderly from simulators (≤6 and ≤5 cutoffs). Sensitivities were moderate and specificities were excellent. Reliable digit span did not differentiate simulators from nursing home residents.

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Lektip, Charupa, Sarawut Lapmanee, Thanapoom Rattananupong, Vitool Lohsoonthorn, Arnond Vorayingyong, Thira Woratanarat, Kitti-On Sirisuk, et al. "Predictive validity of three home fall hazard assessment tools for older adults in Thailand." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (December 31, 2020): e0244729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244729.

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This study aimed to examine the predictive validity of two internationally well-known instruments, the Modified Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (Modified HOME FAST) and the Modified Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool-Self Report (Modified HOME FAST-SR), and the newly developed Thai Home Falls Hazard Assessment Tool (Thai-HFHAT) (69 items) in predicting falls among older Thai adults. It also aimed to examine the predictive validity of the two abbreviated versions (44 and 27 items) of the Thai-HFHAT, which were developed post hoc to accommodate older adults’ limited literacy and poor vision and to facilitate the identification of high-impact home fall hazards that are prevalent in the Thailand context. A prospective cohort study was conducted among 450 participants aged 60 years and above who were assessed by the aforementioned tools at baseline, for which data on fall incidence were then collected during the one-year follow-up. The Cox proportional hazard model was applied to estimate hazard ratios (HRs); then, Harrell’s C-statistics and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were conducted to identify the best cutoff point, sensitivity and specificity for each instrument. The results showed that the fall hazard rate was 2.04 times per 1,000 person-days. Taking into account both the predictive validity and applicability, the Thai-HFHAT (44 items) was found to be the most suitable screening tool due to its highest sensitivity and specificity (93% and 72%) at the cutoff score of 18. In conclusion, our study showed that these internationally validated home fall hazard assessment tools were quite applicable for Thailand, but further tailoring the tools into a specific local context yielded even more highly valid tools in predicting fall risk among older Thai adults. Although these findings were well reproducible by inferring from the internal validation results, further external validation in the independent population is necessary.

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Bronstein, Joel C., and Arthur W. Bull. "Substrate Specificity and Characterization of Partially Purified Rat Liver 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid (13-HODE) Dehydrogenase." Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 348, no. 1 (December 1997): 219–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/abbi.1997.0364.

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Potpot, Rimma Mihajlovna. "NATIONAL SPECIFICITY OF THE CONCEPT HOME IN KHANTY RITUAL VOCABULARY (ON THE MATERIAL KAZYM DIALECT)." V mire nauchnykh otkrytiy, no. 5.8 (August 4, 2015): 2891. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/wsd-2015-5.8-10.

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Espino-Rodríguez, Tomás F., and Pei Chun Lai. "Activity outsourcing and competitive strategy in the hotel industry. The moderator role of asset specificity." International Journal of Hospitality Management 42 (September 2014): 9–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.06.005.

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Calvo, Mireia, Rubèn González, Núria Seijas, Emili Vela, Carme Hernández, Guillem Batiste, Felip Miralles, Josep Roca, Isaac Cano, and Raimon Jané. "Health Outcomes from Home Hospitalization: Multisource Predictive Modeling." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 10 (October 7, 2020): e21367. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/21367.

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Background Home hospitalization is widely accepted as a cost-effective alternative to conventional hospitalization for selected patients. A recent analysis of the home hospitalization and early discharge (HH/ED) program at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona over a 10-year period demonstrated high levels of acceptance by patients and professionals, as well as health value-based generation at the provider and health-system levels. However, health risk assessment was identified as an unmet need with the potential to enhance clinical decision making. Objective The objective of this study is to generate and assess predictive models of mortality and in-hospital admission at entry and at HH/ED discharge. Methods Predictive modeling of mortality and in-hospital admission was done in 2 different scenarios: at entry into the HH/ED program and at discharge, from January 2009 to December 2015. Multisource predictive variables, including standard clinical data, patients’ functional features, and population health risk assessment, were considered. Results We studied 1925 HH/ED patients by applying a random forest classifier, as it showed the best performance. Average results of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC; sensitivity/specificity) for the prediction of mortality were 0.88 (0.81/0.76) and 0.89 (0.81/0.81) at entry and at home hospitalization discharge, respectively; the AUROC (sensitivity/specificity) values for in-hospital admission were 0.71 (0.67/0.64) and 0.70 (0.71/0.61) at entry and at home hospitalization discharge, respectively. Conclusions The results showed potential for feeding clinical decision support systems aimed at supporting health professionals for inclusion of candidates into the HH/ED program, and have the capacity to guide transitions toward community-based care at HH discharge.

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Bachelor, Alexandra. "Specificity and Persistence of Cognitive-Dynamic Characteristics in Elderly Depression." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 15, no. 2 (1996): 198–225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800006711.

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ABSTRACTGiven the lack of research in clinically depressed elders, and drawing on an integrative perspective, this study examined predictions of three prominent psychological models of depression (cognitive, learned helplessness, and psychodynamic theory) in a sample of elderly depressed patients. The hypothesized specificity to depression and stability of representative psychological characteristics were evaluated by comparing levels of 25 clinically depressed elders, 20 nondepressed psychiatric controls and 28 nondepressed medical controls, at hospitalization (Tl), discharge (T2) and five months later (T3). Also, the relative contribution of theory-based variables to depression severity at discharge and at follow-up was explored. While elderly depressed patients showed, overall, significantly higher levels of maladaptive cognitions, biased attributions, and selected depressogenic personality traits than medical controls, these variables did not discriminate among depressives and psychiatric controls, with the exception of negative automatic thinking, and pessimistic attributions in females. Positive attributional style and hedonism did not discriminate among subject groups. Support was found for the stability, in the depressed group, of purportedly traitlike characteristics through hospitalization to follow-up. Multiple regression analyses indicated that initial symptomatology level was the strongest predictor of both discharge and follow-up depression severity, whereas selected variables from each theoretical model contributed marginally, depending on the time of assessment.

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Lestari, Sri, and Muhammad Reza Romahdoni. "Decision Support System for Service Quality Using SMART and Fuzzy ServQual Methods." JUITA: Jurnal Informatika 9, no. 1 (May 22, 2021): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.30595/juita.v9i1.9644.

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The Regional Technical Implementation Unit of the Tresna Werdha Social Home for the Elderly of Natar South Lampung does not yet have a systematic calculation, which can be a parameter of the quality level of each service. This study develops a system to solve the problem of the calculation gap between perceptions and expectations in determining the quality level of each service, namely the Decision Support System using the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique Method (SMART) and Fuzzy Service Quality. The results showed that the SMART method obtained an accuracy rate of 85.71%, 75.00% Precision, 100% Recall, and 100% Specificity, while the Fuzzy Service Quality method obtained an accuracy rate of 71.43%, 66.67% Precision, 66.67% Recall, and 75.00% Specificity. So that the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique Method (SMART Method) is superior, so it is more appropriate to solve the problem of decision-making on the level of service quality at the Regional Technical Implementation Unit of the Tresna Werdha Elderly Social Home, Natar South Lampung.

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Chinoy, Evan, Joseph Cuellar, Jason Jameson, and Rachel Markwald. "275 Evaluation of Multiple Wearable Sleep-Tracking Devices Tested Under Ad Lib Home Sleep Conditions." Sleep 44, Supplement_2 (May 1, 2021): A110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab072.274.

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Abstract Introduction Consumer wearable sleep-tracking devices are increasingly popular and have performed well versus gold standard sleep measurement techniques (polysomnography and actigraphy) in recent validation studies. However, most validation studies were conducted in laboratories under controlled conditions. We therefore aimed to test the validation performance of multiple consumer wearable sleep-tracking devices under real-world ad lib sleep conditions at home. Methods We tested 21 healthy young adults (12 women, 9 men; 29.0±5.0 years, mean±SD) for 7 nights each. Participants slept at home under ad lib sleep conditions, using a set of consumer wearable sleep-tracking devices and completed daily sleep diaries. Consumer wearables included the Fatigue Science Readiband, Fitbit Inspire HR, Oura Ring, and Polar Vantage V Titan. Participants also wore the Philips Respironics Actiwatch 2, a research-grade actigraphy watch, for comparison. To assess validity of sleep/wake measures, all devices were compared with the previously-validated Dreem 2 electroencephalography-based headband device. Analyses included agreement of epoch-by-epoch sensitivity (for sleep) and specificity (for wake), and sleep summary comparisons of time-in-bed (TIB) and total sleep time (TST). Results Sensitivity and specificity, respectively, were as follows: Actiwatch 2 (0.95, 0.36), Readiband (0.93, 0.43), Inspire HR (0.93, 0.45), Ring (0.94, 0.41), and Vantage V Titan (0.96, 0.33). Device average biases, in minutes±SD, for TIB and TST, respectively, were as follows: Actiwatch 2 (N/A, +0.7±42.4), Readiband (+18.2±34.9, +0.4±49.5), Inspire HR (+7.8±35.0, -5.9±44.4), Ring (+9.2±28.0, +4.4±44.5), and Vantage V Titan (+0.2±50.0, -3.2±46.1). Conclusion The consumer wearable devices had comparable sleep-tracking performance during real-world ad lib home sleep. Similar to prior studies, the devices all had high sensitivity and low-to-medium specificity, indicating a greater ability to accurately detect sleep than wake. Notably, specificity for most consumer wearables was higher than a research-grade actigraph, indicating potentially greater ability than actigraphy to detect wake. Sleep summary outcomes were similar among the wearables, which accurately tracked TIB and TST on most nights. However, on some nights there was still considerable bias and variability. Overall, preliminary findings indicate that consumer wearables are promising for tracking sleep and wake in real-world home conditions. Support (if any) Office of Naval Research, Code 34

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Ge, Zhengyan, Linshan Li, Lynne Lohfeld, Chunjie Lu, Nathan Congdon, Sigeng Lin, Yuxuan Deng, et al. "Validity and feasibility of a self-administered home vision examination in Yueqing, China: a cross-sectional study." BMJ Open 10, no. 4 (April 2020): e030956. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030956.

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ObjectiveTo investigate the validity and feasibility of a self-administered home vision examination programme in China.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingYueqing, China.ParticipantsA two-stage convenience sampling procedure was used to randomly select 600 households from 30 communities participating in the Yueqing Eye Study (YES). The aim of YES is to encourage home-based vision screening, reporting of visual acuity (VA) annually through social media and encouraging people to attend follow-up clinic appointments as a way to improve eye care access for adults with VA ≤+0.5 log of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR).InterventionsHousehold screeners (one per household) who tested other family members’ VA completed a questionnaire on family structure, demographic information and knowledge about screening procedures. Other family members then underwent confirmatory VA testing by researchers.Outcome measuresThe completion rate of home-based VA screening, its sensitivity and specificity were used to evaluate validity. Factors that determined whether families participated in the self-VA screening were used to evaluate feasibility.Results345 (66%) of the 523 (87.2%) households with valid data form their home-based vision examinations also were retested by researchers. There was no statistically significant difference in scores on the family-administerd or researcher-administerd VA test (VA≤+0.5 logMAR, p=0.607; VA >+0.5 logMAR, p=0.612). The sensitivity and specificity of home-based vision screening were 80.5% (95% CI 70.2% to 86.9%) and 95.1% (95% CI 92.6% to 96.8%), respectively. 14.7% (77/523) of tested respondents had VA ≤+0.5 logMAR. Predictors of performing home screening for VA remaining in regression models included higher economic status (‘fair and above’ vs ‘poor’: OR 1.74; 95% CI 1.08 to 2.76; p=0.022), age (<45 years vs ≥45 years: OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.25 to 0.85; p=0.014) and living in a nuclear (OR 5.17; 95% CI 2.86 to 9.36; p<0.001) or extended family (OR 8.37; 95% CI 4.93 to 14.20; p<0.001).ConclusionSelf-administered home vision screening is reliable and highly accepted by Chinese adults.

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Rasheed, Muneera A., Prem Chand, Saad Ahmed, Hamza Sharif, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Ayat Siddiqui, and Babar S. Hasan. "Use of artificial intelligence on Electroencephalogram (EEG) waveforms to predict failure in early school grades in children from a rural cohort in Pakistan." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 8, 2021): e0246236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246236.

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Universal primary education is critical for individual academic growth and overall adult productivity of nations. Estimates indicate that 25% of 59 million primary age out of school children drop out and early grade failure is one of the factors. An objective and feasible screening measure to identify at-risk children in the early grades can help to design appropriate interventions. The objective of this study was to use a Machine Learning algorithm to evaluate the power of Electroencephalogram (EEG) data collected at age 4 in predicting academic achievement at age 8 among rural children in Pakistan. Demographic and EEG data from 96 children of a cohort along with their academic achievement in grade 1–2 measured using an academic achievement test of Math and language at the age of 7–8 years was used to develop the machine learning algorithm. K- Nearest Neighbor (KNN) classifier was used on different model combinations of EEG, sociodemographic and home environment variables. KNN model was evaluated using 5 Stratified Folds based on the sensitivity and specificity. In the current dataset, 55% and 74% failed in the mathematics and language test respectively. On testing data across each fold, the mean sensitivity and specificity was calculated. Sensitivity was similar when EEG variables were combined with sociodemographic, and home environment (Math = 58.7%, Language = 66.3%) variables but specificity improved (Math = 43.4% to 50.6% and Language = 32% to 60%). The model requires further validation for EEG to be used as a screening measure with adequate sensitivity and specificity to identify children in their preschool age who may be at high risk of failure in early grades.

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Nowakowska, Luiza. "The specificity of the individual professional practice of midwives with regard to home births. Analysis of the ‘relationship field’." Polish Journal of Public Health 128, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 93–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjph-2018-0018.

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Abstract Introduction. By virtue of the Act of 5 July 1996 on the occupation of nurses and midwives, a midwife in Poland has full professional autonomy. The Act does not forbid conduct of individual practice outside of a hospital. Aim. The purpose of the article is to present practical execution of individual practice of assisting during home birth with regard to relations between the midwife and the woman giving birth. Materials and methods. The issues presented in the article are a part of broader research concerning home births in Poland. The research was commenced in 2014 and finalized in 2018. The analysis concerned statements of women who decided not to give birth in a hospital. I obtained the empirical material through in-depth interviews and I referred to data existing in the form of e.g. blog entries. Finally, I collected 40 descriptions of home births. They underwent a qualitative analysis with the use of the grounded theory methodology and the social world theory. Results. The outcome of the research is a multifaceted “sociological portrait” of the world of women, which implement an alternative to the hospital birth scenario. In the article, I limit myself to the presentation of mechanisms of transformation of midwife-birthing woman relations from professionally neutral to emotionally involved: mutual appreciation, balancing of positions, comprehensive qualification, systematic maintenance of relations, and feminization of birth. I also presented the principles of cooperation with the birthing woman during home birth: constant and imperceptible presence, following a woman, patient accompaniment, support, animation of bonds, and respect for the ceremony. The whole discussion depicts the special character of the individual practice of midwives with regard to the field of relations. Conclusion. Reference to childbirth experiences allowed for identifying potential expectations of women planning to have children towards the midwife’s profession, as well as the possible paths of professional development of representatives of this profession, especially in the face of the growing awareness and autonomy of people using health care services. These issues may also be treated as an element of a broader discussion on the shape of an optimum pre- and post-natal care.

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Cutler, Lois J., Rosalie A. Kane, Howard B. Degenholtz, Michael J. Miller, and Leslie Grant. "Assessing and Comparing Physical Environments for Nursing Home Residents: Using New Tools for Greater Research Specificity." Gerontologist 46, no. 1 (February 2006): 42–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/46.1.42.

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Avants, Brian B., Daniel A. Hackman, Laura M. Betancourt, Gwendolyn M. Lawson, Hallam Hurt, and Martha J. Farah. "Relation of Childhood Home Environment to Cortical Thickness in Late Adolescence: Specificity of Experience and Timing." PLOS ONE 10, no. 10 (October 28, 2015): e0138217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138217.

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Lombardi, Lucia, Annarita Falanga, Valentina Del Genio, and Stefania Galdiero. "A New Hope: Self-Assembling Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity." Pharmaceutics 11, no. 4 (April 4, 2019): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics11040166.

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Peptide drugs hold great promise for the treatment of infectious diseases thanks to their novel mechanisms of action, low toxicity, high specificity, and ease of synthesis and modification. Naturally developing self-assembly in nature has inspired remarkable interest in self-assembly of peptides to functional nanomaterials. As a matter of fact, their structural, mechanical, and functional advantages, plus their high bio-compatibility and bio-degradability make them excellent candidates for facilitating biomedical applications. This review focuses on the self-assembly of peptides for the fabrication of antibacterial nanomaterials holding great interest for substituting antibiotics, with emphasis on strategies to achieve nano-architectures of self-assembly. The antibacterial activities achieved by these nanomaterials are also described.

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Inoue, Yoshihiro, Ryota Mori, Yujiro Takahashi, So Kiguchi, Takashi Enomoto, Izumi Chuma, and Yukio Tosa. "Identification and Molecular Mapping of a Wheat Gene for Resistance to an Unadapted Isolate of Colletotrichum cereale." Phytopathology® 103, no. 6 (June 2013): 575–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/phyto-09-12-0216-r.

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To elucidate genetic mechanisms of host species specificity between graminicolous anthracnose fungi and gramineous plants, infection assays were performed with a Sorghum isolate (Colletotrichum sublineolum), a Digitaria isolate (C. hanaui), a Polypogon isolate (C. cereale), and an Avena isolate (C. cereale). They were specifically virulent on the plants from which they were isolated. When 72 wheat lines were inoculated with an unadapted isolate from Asia Minor bluegrass (Cgp29), however, some exceptional cultivars were recognized. Although most cultivars were resistant to Cgp29, ‘Hope’ was susceptible. In F2 populations derived from crosses between three resistant cultivars—‘Norin 4’ (N4), ‘Chinese Spring’ (CS), and ‘Shin-chunaga’ (Sch)—and the susceptible Hope, resistant and susceptible seedlings segregated in a 3:1 ratio, suggesting that a major gene is involved in the resistance of each cultivar to Cgp29. In F2 populations derived from crosses between the three resistant cultivars, all seedlings were resistant, suggesting that these three cultivars carry the same gene. This resistance gene was designated as “resistance to Colletotrichum cereale 1” (Rcc1). Analysis with the CS–Hope chromosome substitution lines and molecular mapping revealed that Rcc1 was located on the long arm of chromosome 5A. Cytologically, Rcc1 was mainly associated with hypersensitive reaction. These results suggest that major genes similar to those controlling cultivar specificity are involved in the resistance of wheat against the unadapted isolate of C. cereale.

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Jaroszewski, Julian. "Przemiany w sporcie łódzkim po 1956 r." Physical education, sport and health culture in modern society, no. 2 (50) (July 1, 2020): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.29038/2220-7481-2020-02-44-52.

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The sport movement along with other aspects of social life was strictly controlled in the communist countries. After Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953 the «thaw» was a hope for democratization. On the other hand, a hope for the Polish society appeared in 1956 when, after a wave of demands and criticism, people enforced the liberalization of home politics. The Head Committee of Physical Culture also believed in the necessity of unavoidable changes. It aimed, however, at the rigid control of the direction and the tempo of the changes by the party apparatus. Although post-October changes followed the mainstream ones, the local specificity can be noticed. They resulted, among the others, from the fact that there existed two committees of physical culture, one in the city of Łódź, the other one in the voivodeship. The process of changes in Łódzkie region was initiated by the national council of sport activists in which regional delegates participated. Both the meeting itself and further changes were scrutinously supervised by party authorities. As a consequence of talks and implemented acts the majority of clubs and associations returned to their traditional names. Sport activists expelled after 1949 were welcome to work in them. This process did not concern all of them. An attempt to reactivate ‘Sokół’ Gymnastics Association was not approved by party authorities because it was a counter proposition to The Society for the Promotion of Sport and Physical Activity ‒ a unit newly created by the communists. Previous sport sections functioning under The Voivodeship Committee of Physical Culture and Łódzki Committee of Physical Culture, after being combined, reflected county sport unions that were in operation until 1949.

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Weinberg, Adriana, Debbie Spiers, Guan-Yung Cai, Christopher M. Long, Rita Sun, and Vince Tevere. "Evaluation of a Commercial PCR Kit for Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Central Nervous System." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36, no. 11 (1998): 3382–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.11.3382-3384.1998.

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We evaluated the AMPLICOR cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR kit for the diagnosis of neurologic CMV infections on 43 positive and 112 negative archived cerebrospinal fluid specimens originally tested by an in-house PCR method. The AMPLICOR kit showed sensitivity and specificity of 95 and 100%, respectively, versus the home-grown assay, indicating its utility in this clinical setting.

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Stoll, L. L., M. R. Morland, and A. A. Spector. "13-HODE increases intracellular calcium in vascular smooth muscle cells." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 266, no. 4 (April 1, 1994): C990—C996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1994.266.4.c990.

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13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (HODE) (2 microM) consistently increased porcine aortic and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell calcium concentrations ([Ca2+]i), whereas 9-HODE and linoleic acid had no significant effect in the aortic cells and a much lesser effect in the pulmonary artery cells. A transient increase in [Ca2+]i occurred with as little as 50 nM 13-HODE. Structural specificity for elevation of [Ca2+]i also was seen with the monohydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs), with 12-HETE but not 5- or 15-HETE increasing [Ca2+]i. 13-HODE, but not 9-HODE, increased smooth muscle cell guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels. The [Ca2+]i increase produced by 13-HODE was dependent on extracellular calcium and was inhibited by the calcium channel blockers verapamil and nifedipine and by KT-5823, a cGMP-dependent kinase inhibitor. A similar increase in [Ca2+]i was produced by 8-bromo-cGMP. These results suggest that 13-HODE, a 15-lipoxygenase product formed from linoleic acid, can act as a lipid mediator in vascular smooth muscle. It raises smooth muscle cGMP, causing a secondary increase in [Ca2+]i due to Ca2+ influx through a cGMP kinase-dependent L-type channel.

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George Hornby, T., Donald S. Straube, Catherine R. Kinnaird, Carey L. Holleran, Anthony J. Echauz, Kelly S. Rodriguez, Eric J. Wagner, and Elizabeth A. Narducci. "Importance of Specificity, Amount, and Intensity of Locomotor Training to Improve Ambulatory Function in Patients Poststroke." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 18, no. 4 (July 2011): 293–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1310/tsr1804-293.

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Cushing, Scott K., Ilana J. Porter, Bethany R. de Roulet, Angela Lee, Brett M. Marsh, Szilard Szoke, Mihai E. Vaida, and Stephen R. Leone. "Layer-resolved ultrafast extreme ultraviolet measurement of hole transport in a Ni-TiO2-Si photoanode." Science Advances 6, no. 14 (April 2020): eaay6650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay6650.

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Metal oxide semiconductor junctions are central to most electronic and optoelectronic devices, but ultrafast measurements of carrier transport have been limited to device-average measurements. Here, charge transport and recombination kinetics in each layer of a Ni-TiO2-Si junction is measured using the element specificity of broadband extreme ultraviolet (XUV) ultrafast pulses. After silicon photoexcitation, holes are inferred to transport from Si to Ni ballistically in ~100 fs, resulting in characteristic spectral shifts in the XUV edges. Meanwhile, the electrons remain on Si. After picoseconds, the transient hole population on Ni is observed to back-diffuse through the TiO2, shifting the Ti spectrum to a higher oxidation state, followed by electron-hole recombination at the Si-TiO2 interface and in the Si bulk. Electrical properties, such as the hole diffusion constant in TiO2 and the initial hole mobility in Si, are fit from these transient spectra and match well with values reported previously.

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Cameron, Jan, Robyn Gallagher, Susan J. Pressler, Chantal F. Ski, Anne Sullivan, Rhonda Burke, Susan Hales, Geoffrey Tofler, and David R. Thompson. "PM483 Sensitivity And Specificity Of A Five Minute Cognitive Screen In Heart Failure Patients." Global Heart 9, no. 1 (March 2014): e161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1801.

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