Interlocking Directorates and Big Business (1816-1969): Inloc Dataset

The Inloc Dataset (Interlocking Data 1816-1969.col.xlsx), created to identify communities of interest and interlocking linkages, consists of 48,000 directors and officers of 2,600 of the largest U.S. corporations active between 1896 and 1919 and selected other years

Port-Site Hernia Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

The incidence of port-site hernia is variable, but evidence suggests that awareness of risk factors and modification of technique can minimize risk

"A Kind of Ecstasy": Queer Moments and the Power of the Closet in Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway contrasts two very dissimilar characters: the eponymous Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy older woman who is preparing for a party, and Septimus Smith, a young soldier who is contemplating suicide. Throughout the novel, these two characters both struggle with their recollections of past queer moments which disturb their present (straight) lives, while they attempt to find identification with other people. Woolf frames both characters within the novel as parallels, despite their different social classes and backgrounds. Both characters exist in a perpetually closeted space which requires them to conform to heteronormativity, or the assumption and need for straightness. Septimus's and Clarissa's attempts at connection are marked by past queer moments which juxtapose their past selves with their present selves, disrupting the flow of time and breaking through the walls of the closet, if only momentarily. These queer moments disrupt heterosexual performativity within the text and dramatically alter the lives of both Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Smith, bridging the gap between their differing social classes to create a single moment of queer understanding through action.Englis

Steady-state and Dynamic Probe Characteristics in a Low-density Plasma

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the steady-state and dynamic characteristics of the admittance of a metallic probe immersed in a laboratory plasma which has the low electron densities and low electron temperatures characteristic of the ionospheric plasma. The problem is separated into three related topics: the design and production of the laboratory plasma, the measurement of the steady-state properties of dc and very low frequency probe admittance, and the study of transient ion sheath effects on radio frequency probe admittance

Proficiency based progression simulation training significantly reduces utility strikes:A prospective, randomized and blinded study

OBJECTIVES:We evaluated a simulation-based training curriculum with quantitatively defined performance benchmarks for utility workers location and excavation of utility services. BACKGROUND:Damaging buried utilities is associated with considerable safety risks to workers and substantial cost to employers. METHODS:In a prospective, randomized and blinded study we assessed the impact of Proficiency Based Progression (PBP) simulation training on the location and excavation of utility services work. RESULTS:PBP simulation training reduced performance errors (33%, p = 0.006) in comparison a standard trained group. When implemented across all workers in the same division there was a 35-61% reduction in utility strikes (p = 0.028) and an estimated cost saving of £116,000 -£2,175,000 in the 12 months (47,000 work hours) studied. CONCLUSIONS:The magnitude of the training benefit of PBP simulation training in the utilities sector appears to be the same as it is in surgery, cardiology and procedure-based medicine. APPLICATION:Quality-assured utility worker simulation training significantly reduces utility damage and associated costs

Patterns of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in Northern Ireland and Associations with Conflict Related Trauma

In this study, data from the World Mental Health Survey's Northern Ireland (NI) Study of Health and Stress (NISHS) was used to assess the associations between conflict- and non-conflict-related traumatic events and suicidal behaviour, controlling for age and gender and the effects of mental disorders in NI. DSM mental disorders and suicidal ideation, plans and attempts were assessed using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in a multi-stage, clustered area probability household sample (N = 4,340, response rate 68.4%). The traumatic event categories were based on event types listed in the PTSD section of the CIDI. Suicidal ideation and attempts were more common in women than men, however, rates of suicide plans were similar for both genders. People with mood, anxiety and substance disorders were significantly more likely than those without to endorse suicidal ideation, plan or attempt. The highest odds ratios for all suicidal behaviors were for people with any mental disorder. However, the odds of seriously considering suicide were significantly higher for people with conflict and non-conflict-related traumatic events compared with people who had not experienced a traumatic event. The odds of having a suicide plan remain significantly higher for people with conflict-related traumatic events compared to those with only non-conflict-related events and no traumatic events. Finally, the odds of suicide attempt were significantly higher for people who have only non-conflict-related traumatic events compared with the other two categories. The results suggest that traumatic events associated with the NI conflict may be associated with suicidal ideation and plans, and this effect appears to be in addition to that explained by the presence of mental disorders. The reduced rates of suicide attempts among people who have had a conflict-related traumatic event may reflect a higher rate of single, fatal suicide attempts in this population