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Replicating the effect of moral standards accessibility on dishonesty, authorâs response to the replication attempt
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2515245918769062Accepted manuscriptPublished versio
Joint Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Packets with Deadlines and Priorities
Cellular networks provide communication for different applications. Some
applications have strict and very short latency requirements, while others
require high bandwidth with varying priorities. The challenge of satisfying the
requirements grows in congested traffic where some packets might miss their
deadlines. Unfortunately, we prove that the problem is NP-Hard. To overcome
this, we propose a new scheduling policy for packets with multiple priorities,
latency requirements, and strict deadlines. To alleviate the complexity, our
solution incorporates a novel time domain relaxation solved by linear
programming. Simulation results show that this method outperforms existing
scheduling strategies
Hardness of Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search
We prove conditional near-quadratic running time lower bounds for approximate
Bichromatic Closest Pair with Euclidean, Manhattan, Hamming, or edit distance.
Specifically, unless the Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis (SETH) is false,
for every there exists a constant such that computing a
-approximation to the Bichromatic Closest Pair requires
time. In particular, this implies a near-linear query time for
Approximate Nearest Neighbor search with polynomial preprocessing time.
Our reduction uses the Distributed PCP framework of [ARW'17], but obtains
improved efficiency using Algebraic Geometry (AG) codes. Efficient PCPs from AG
codes have been constructed in other settings before [BKKMS'16, BCGRS'17], but
our construction is the first to yield new hardness results
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Postpartum womenâs use of medicines and breastfeeding practices: a systematic review
The objectives of this article are to systematically review i) the extent of medicine use in postpartum women, and ii) the impact of maternal medicine use (excluding contraceptives and galactogogues) on breastfeeding outcomes (initiation and/or duration). PubMed, Medline (Ovid), Scopus (Elsevier), Cinahl (EBSCO), PsycINFO (Ovid), Embase (Ovid) and Web of Science (ISI) databases were searched to find original studies on medicine use in women after the birth. Additional studies were identified by searching Google Scholar, Wiley Online Library, Springer Link, selected journals and from the reference list of retrieved articles. Observational studies with information about postpartum womenâs use of any type of medicine either for chronic or acute illnesses with or without breastfeeding information were included. The majority of relevant studies suggest that more than 50 % of postpartum women (breastfeeding or not) required at least one medicine. Due to the lack of uniform medication use reporting system and differences in study designs, settings and samples, the proportion of medicine use by postpartum women varies widely, from 34 to 100 %. Regarding the impact of postpartum womenâs medicine use on breastfeeding, a few studies suggest that womenâs use of certain medicines (e.g. antiepileptics, propylthiouracil, antibiotics) during lactation can reduce initiation and/ or duration of breastfeeding. These studies are limited by small sample size, and with one exception, all were conducted in Canada more than a decade ago. Large scale studies are required to establish the relationship between maternal medicine use and breastfeeding, considering type of illness, period of use and total duration of medicine use
Prenatal Phthalate Exposure Is Associated with Childhood Behavior and Executive Functioning
Background: Experimental and observational studies have reported biological consequences of phthalate exposure relevant to neurodevelopment. Objective: Our goal was to examine the association of prenatal phthalate exposure with behavior and executive functioning at 4-9 years of age. Methods: The Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Study enrolled a multiethnic prenatal population in New York City between 1998 and 2002 (n = 404). Third-trimester maternal urines were collected and analyzed for phthalate metabolites. Children (n = 188, n = 365 visits) were assessed for cognitive and behavioral development between the ages of 4 and 9 years. Results: In multivariate adjusted models, increased loge concentrations of low molecular weight (LMW) phthalate metabolites were associated with poorer scores on the aggression [β = 1.24; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.15- 2.34], conduct problems (β = 2.40; 95% CI, 1.34-3.46), attention problems (β = 1.29; 95% CI, 0.16- 2.41), and depression (β = 1.18; 95% CI, 0.11-2.24) clinical scales; and externalizing problems (β = 1.75; 95% CI, 0.61-2.88) and behavioral symptom index (β = 1.55; 95% CI, 0.39-2.71) composite scales. Increased loge concentrations of LMW phthalates were also associated with poorer scores on the global executive composite index (β = 1.23; 95% CI, 0.09-2.36) and the emotional control scale (β = 1.33; 95% CI, 0.18- 2.49). Conclusion: Behavioral domains adversely associated with prenatal exposure to LMW phthalates in our study are commonly found to be affected in children clinically diagnosed with conduct or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
Forum: Feminism in German Studies
From Professor Wallach\u27s contribution entitled Jews and Gender :
To consider Jews and gender within German Studies is to explore the evolution of GermanâJewish Studies with respect to feminist and gender studies. At times this involves looking beyond German Studies to other scholarship in Jewish gender studies, an interdisciplinary subfield in its own right. Over the past few decades, the focus on gender within GermanâJewish Studies has experienced several shifts in line with broader trends: an initial focus on the history of Jewish women and feminist movements gradually expanded to encompass the study of gender identity, masculinity, and sexuality. Historical and literary scholarly approaches now operate alongside and in dialogue with interdisciplinary scholarship in cultural studies, film and visual studies, performance studies, and other fields. [excerpt
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