An Assessment of Communication Strategies in Edinburgh, Scotland: A Focus on News Outlets Used by Select Audiences

The purpose of this study was to discover which media outlets selected Edinburgh, Scotland consumers were using and why they chose those outlets to gain information. This study was conducted using a survey instrument with convenience sampling (N = 39) in Scotland during the summer 2016. It was found that social media is the primary source for news and timeliness is the most important factor when choosing a news source. Another objective for the study was to determine peak viewing times and primary topics of interest. Peak viewing times were observed to be mornings and evenings primarily. Primary topics of interest were political and entertainment. Recommendations for this study are focused on research and practice for each study objective. One recommendation is to conduct this research on a larger scale; while study results support previous findings outlined in the review of literature, the research from this study would have been enhanced with a larger sample. Additionally, industry should review the results and findings from this research and identify if social media efforts should increase in their communication efforts as a way to increase viewership in this digital era

A whole-health-economy approach to antimicrobial stewardship: Analysis of current models and future direction.

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies are widely implemented in single healthcare sectors and organisations; however, the extent and impact of integrated AMS initiatives across the whole health economy are unknown. Assessing degree of integration of AMS across the whole health economy and its impact is essential if we are to achieve a ‘One Health’ approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and therefore we searched systematically for and analysed published examples of integrated AMS initiatives to address this gap. Application of a system-level framework to analyse integration of AMS initiatives across and within healthcare sectors shows that integration is emerging but needs strengthening. Findings from a small number of evaluations in high-income countries suggest that antimicrobial prescribing and healthcare-associated infections can be reduced using a multisectoral integrated AMS approach. More robust research designs to evaluate and understand the impact of multisectoral integrated AMS are needed, particularly with respect to differing health systems in different countries and local organisational contexts. Our analysis highlights a number of challenges and ways forward for enhancing the delivery of AMS through an integrated approach

Approximated maximum likelihood estimation in multifractal random walks

We present an approximated maximum likelihood method for the multifractal random walk processes of [E. Bacry et al., Phys. Rev. E 64, 026103 (2001)]. The likelihood is computed using a Laplace approximation and a truncation in the dependency structure for the latent volatility. The procedure is implemented as a package in the R computer language. Its performance is tested on synthetic data and compared to an inference approach based on the generalized method of moments. The method is applied to estimate parameters for various financial stock indices.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 table

Correlations and fault systematics in the Passamaquoddy Bay area, Southwestern New Brunswick

Three distinct fault-bounded litho-tectonic units have been recognized on Campobello Island in southern Passamaquoddy Bay. These units are the Upper Silurian Wilsons Beach beds, the Lower Silurian Quoddy Formation and the Upper Precambrian Coldbrook Group. Contact relationships between these units and their correlations in the Passamaquoddy Bay area resolve correlation problems between coastal Maine and New Brunswick, and demonstrate the nature of the junction between the Avalon Platform and the Acadian mobile belt. The Wilsons Beach beds are a remnant of the Acadian belt on northeastern Campobello Island, whereas the Coldbrook Group and the Quoddy Formation represent a fault block of the Avalon Platform. The Coldbrook Group, probably overlain unconformably by the Quoddy Formation, plunges to the southwest beneadi the Quoddy Formation of southeastern Maine. The Siluro-Devonian basins formed in a tensional tectonic regime in response to normal(?) faulting. These faults formed along pre-existing zones of crustal weakness that were generated during the late Precambrian by major strike-slip faulting. The present geological configuration of the area was basically established by episodic reactivation of northeast-trending faults (high-angle reverse movements) during the compressional regime of the Acadian Orogeny, RÉSUMÉ On reconnait trois unités litho-techniques bordérs par des failles sur l'ile de Campobello dans le sud de la baie-de Passamaquoddy. Ce sont les lits de Wilson Beach (Silurien supérieur), la Formation de Quoddy (Silurien inférieur) et le Groupe de Coldbrook (Précambrien supérieur). La corrélation de ces unités et de leurs contacts dans la baie de Passamaquoddy résout les problèmes de corrélation entre la côte du Maine et le Nouveau-Brunswick et démontre la nature de la jonction entie la Plate-Forme d'Avalon et la ceinture mobile acadienne. Les lits de Wilson Beach sont un residu de la ceinture acadienne sur le nord-cst de l'ile de Campobello. Par contre, le Groupe de Coldbrook et la Formation de Quoddy représentent un bloc faillé de la Plate-Forme d'Avalon. Le Groupe de Coldbrook est probablement recouvert avec discordance par la Formation de Quoddy et plonge vers le sud-ouest sous la Formation de Quoddy dans le sud-est du Maine. Les bassins siluro-dévoniens se formèrent dans un régime tectonique de tension en résponse à un mouvement normal(?) de failles. Ces failles se créerent le long de zones de faiblcsse crustale déjà établies et issues d'un important coulissement tardi-précambrien. La configuration géologique actuelle de la région s'établit principalement par réactivation épisodique de failles à tendance nord-est (mouvements inverses à fort pendage) durant le régime compressif de l'orogénèse acadienne, [Traduit par le journal

Facilitators and Barriers to Safe Medication Administration to Hospital Inpatients: A Mixed Methods Study of Nurses' Medication Administration Processes and Systems (the MAPS Study).

Research has documented the problem of medication administration errors and their causes. However, little is known about how nurses administer medications safely or how existing systems facilitate or hinder medication administration; this represents a missed opportunity for implementation of practical, effective, and low-cost strategies to increase safety

Plasmonic Hot Spots in Triangular Tapered Graphene Microcrystals

Recently, plasmons in graphene have been observed experimentally using scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy. In this paper, we develop a simplified analytical approach to describe the behavior in triangular samples. Replacing Coulomb interaction by a short-range one reduces the problem to a Helmholtz equation, amenable to analytical treatment. We demonstrate that even with our simplifications, the system still exhibits the key features seen in the experiment.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure