Alien Registration- Juntunen, Isaak A. (Paris, Oxford County)

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Stigma, Substance Use, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Rural and Urban Individuals

The current study examined the differences between public stigma, self-stigma, substance use (i.e., alcohol and/or drugs), and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking among rural and urban individuals, and found meaningful differences in public stigma by alcohol use. Two hundred and sixty participants recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk completed an online survey that included the Perceptions of Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Help scale, the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale, the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help scale, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, the Drug Abuse Screening Test–10, and demographics. The authors found significant between-groups differences in public stigma for individuals who screened positive for an alcohol use disorder compared to those who used alcohol but did not meet the screening threshold. This finding suggested that there may be differences in stigmatization between individuals who only occasionally use alcohol and those with an alcohol use disorder. There were no significant differences in self-stigma or attitudes toward psychological help-seeking. Moreover, there were no significant between-groups differences based on DAST-10 scores for individuals who did not report drug use, individuals who reported using drugs, and those who screened positive for a substance use disorder on public stigma, self-stigma, or attitudes toward psychological help-seeking. Contrary to the authors’ hypothesis, the results did not demonstrate any significant differences between public stigma, self-stigma, or attitudes toward psychological help-seeking based on rurality (i.e., rural or urban). The authors highlight areas for future research focus and considerations when further examining stigma, substance use, and help-seeking attitudes among rural and urban individuals

Chatbot for assessing system security with OpenAI GPT-3.5

Abstract. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has grown rapidly in recent years, with advanced AI chatbots like ChatGPT becoming increasingly popular. This thesis explores the potential of utilizing the AI models underlying ChatGPT in assisting users to better understand and improve the cybersecurity of their systems. Specifically, our goal is to develop a chatbot that can analyze user’s system security, inform the user of any anomalies or potential threat vectors found from the log data generated by host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDS), and provide informative answers to any questions the user may have regarding cybersecurity and the security status of their system. To achieve this, we built a web application of a chatbot that uses GPT-3.5, a large natural language model developed by OpenAI, to analyze HIDS log data collected by Wazuh, a host-based intrusion detection system. Our web application provides users with a user-friendly interface to interact with the chatbot to analyze security logs, block IP addresses, and restart Wazuh agents on user’s devices when connected to the user’s Wazuh manager. The implementation and user testing of the chatbot showcase the potential of AI technology in cybersecurity, and the web application we built can be used as a prototype for further development. The use of GPT-3.5 has shown to be effective in handling natural language prompts and providing informative responses. By contributing to the development of conversational AI technology, this thesis provides insights into the potential of utilizing AI models for assessing system security

Nesting Induced Peierls-type Instability for Compressed Li-CI16

Alkalies are considered to be simple metals at ambient conditions. However, recently reported theoretical and experimental results have shown an unexpected and intriguing correlation between complex structures and an enhanced superconducting transition temperature in lithium under pressure. In this article we analyze the pressure induced Fermi surface deformation in bcc lithium, and its relation to the observed cI16 structure. According to our calculations, the Fermi surface becomes increasingly anisotropic with pressure and develops an extended nesting along the bcc [121] direction. This nesting induces a phonon instability of both transverse modes at N, so that a Peierls-type mechanism is proposed to explain the stability of Li-cI16.Comment: Proceedings of Fukuoka 2006 Conference on Novel Pressure-induced Phenomena in Condensed Matter Systems. To be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 2 pages and 3 figure

A Bayesian population model to estimate changes in the stock size in data poor cases using Mediterranean bogue (Boops boops) and picarel (Spicara smaris) as an example

The paper presents an effort to build a biologically realistic, age structured Bayesian model for the stock assessment of data poor fisheries where only aggregated catch data is available. The model is built using prior information from other areas and ecologically or taxonomically similar species. The modeling approach is tested with data poor fisheries on the Cyclades islands in Greek archipelago. The two most important species in the area are selected: bogue (Boops boops) and picarel (Spicara smaris). Both are hermaphroditic. The only data available is the total catch from 1950 to 2010. Information was gathered about natural mortality, recruitment, growth, body size, fecundity, and sex ratio. There were significant problems in finding reliable prior information and a uniform prior was used for fishing mortality. The models at their present stage are not used to give management advice. The biological characteristics of the species in that area should be further studied. However, the posteriors of biological parameters reflect the best available knowledge on these species and they could be used in future studies or in simpler biomass dynamics models as priors

Correlating Pedestrian Flows and Search Engine Queries

An important challenge for ubiquitous computing is the development of techniques that can characterize a location vis-a-vis the richness and diversity of urban settings. In this paper we report our work on correlating urban pedestrian flows with Google search queries. Using longitudinal data we show pedestrian flows at particular locations can be correlated with the frequency of Google search terms that are semantically relevant to those locations. Our approach can identify relevant content, media, and advertisements for particular locations.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 1 tabl

Kelan järjestämien omaishoitajien kuntoutuskurssien arviointitutkimus

Kela järjestää harkinnanvaraisena kuntoutuksena kuntoutuskursseja omaishoitajille. Vuoden 2013 alusta kursseja lisättiin ja uudistettiin siten, että omaishoitajille tarkoitettujen yksilökurssien lisäksi järjestetään parikursseja omaishoitajalle ja hänen hoidettavalle läheiselleen. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli arvioida Kelan omaishoitajien kursseille ohjautumista, niistä saatua hyötyä sekä kurssien kehittämistarpeita. Kuntoutuskurssien hyötyä ja vaikutuksia kuntoutujien masennusoireisiin (BDI-II), elämänlaatuun (WHOQOL-BREF) sekä omaishoidon kuormittavuuteen (COPE-indeksi) arvioitiin näennäiskokeellisella asetelmalla vertailemalla ryhmiä, joista yksi osallistui omaishoitajien yksilökursseille (n = 64), yksi omaishoitajien parikursseille (n = 67), ja ryhmää joka ei osallistunut Kelan järjestämälle omaishoitajien kuntoutuskurssille (n = 49). Lisäksi analysoitiin kursseille osallistuneiden omaishoitajien asettamat GAS-tavoitteet. Vuoden kestäneen seurannan aikana vertailuryhmän kuormittuminen lisääntyi ja yksilökursseille osallistuneiden fyysinen elämänlaatu koheni tilastollisesti merkitsevästi. Vuoden aikana tapahtuneissa muutoksissa oli tilastollisesti merkitsevä ero siten, että vertailuryhmässä kuormittuminen lisääntyi suhteessa parikurssilaisiin (p = 0,047) ja elämänlaadun fyysisen osa-alueen keskiarvo heikkeni suhteessa parikurssilaisiin (p = 0,016) ja yksilökurssilaisiin (p = 0,010). Elämänlaadun ympäristön osa-alueen keskiarvo heikkeni vertailuryhmässä suhteessa yksilökurssilaisiin (p = 0,049). Omaishoitajien masennusoireissa ei ollut tilastollisesti merkitseviä muutoksia vuoden aikana eikä ryhmien välillä ollut eroja. Omaishoitajien kuntoutukselleen asettamista tavoitteista 2/3 lukeutui suoritukset ja osallistuminen -osa-alueelle. Kaikista tavoitteista saavutettiin 62 % ja tavoitteiden määrän mukaisen T-lukuarvon keskiarvo oli yksilökurssilaisilla 49,4 ja parikurssilaisilla 50,2. Suurimmat kehittämistarpeet liittyvät omaishoitajien kuntoutuskursseista tiedottamiseen, jotta kurssit pystyttäisiin kohdentamaan niitä eniten tarvitseville. Kuntoutuskursseihin sinänsä oltiin enimmäkseen tyytyväisiä. Kurssiohjelmassa on kehitettävää fyysisen aktivoinnin ja omaishoitotilanteen hallintaan liittyvissä sisällöissä. Läheisten ohjelmaa parikursseilla olisi hyvä kehittää. Parikurssit ovat tervetullut lisä Kelan kuntoutuskurssivalikoimaan. Monelle omaishoitajalle ne ovat ainoa mahdollisuus osallistua kuntoutukseen ja omaishoitajien kuormittumista pystytään ehkäisemään paremmin, kun läheinen osallistuu kuntoutukseen. Omaishoitajien kuntoutuskursseilla saavutettiin edistymistä omaishoitajien elämänlaadussa. Masennusoireiden vähentämiseksi saatetaan tarvita lisäksi muita tukitoimia kuin kurssimuotoinen kuntoutus

Omaishoitajan jaksamisen ja tuen tarpeen arviointi : COPE-indeksi suomalaisen sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon käyttöön

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Lessons from a year of COVID-19 in Zambia: reported attendance and mask wearing at large gatherings in rural communities

Zambia instituted prevention behavior guidelines for social gatherings before the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on March 18, 2020. Guidelines included nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) including mask wearing, social distancing, and reducing sizes of gatherings. Within a larger cluster randomized trial of community-based parenting groups in four rural districts (three in Southern Province, one in Eastern Province), we collected 5,711 questionnaires from intervention participants between August 2020 and September 2021, during which the country saw two COVID-19 waves. Questionnaires asked about participation and behaviors at community gatherings. Generally, perception of risk of contracting COVID-19 was low for respondents in districts in Southern Province but higher for those in Eastern Province. The highest compliance to mask wearing was reported at clinics (84%) and church services (81%), which were the most frequently attended gatherings. Many funerals were attended by 200 to 300 people, but individuals were 30% less likely to report wearing masks (odds ratio [OR] = 0.71, 95% confidence ratio [CI]: 0.6-0.8) than those attending a clinic visit. After controlling for other variables, the odds of self-reported mask wearing at events were higher in January to March 2021 (adjusted OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.3, 1.7) and July and September of 2021 (adjusted OR = 3.0, 95% CI: 2.5-3.5), timepoints that broadly overlay with two COVID-19 peaks observed in Zambia. Results suggest guideline dissemination penetrated the rural areas. However, there is need to optimize the messaging to increase compliance to NPIs at high-risk gatherings, including funerals. The findings from this analysis should be considered as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve