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Weight, Temperature, and Transcutaneous Bilirubin of the Term Neonate at Discharge: A Comparative Study Between a Traditional Nursery and Rooming-in Model of Care
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine day of discharge term neonate outcomes of percent weight change, body temperature, and transcutaneous bilirubin from a traditional nursery and a rooming-in model of care.
Design: A retrospective, descriptive, comparative design was used, comparing two groups for differences between outcomes.
Methods: A total of 102 electronic neonate records from one hospital in north Georgia were examined and divided based on when the model of neonate care changed from the traditional nursery care setting to full rooming-in, which was early November 2010: Group 1 (traditional care) consisted of 51 term neonates discharged from August 2010 through October 2010; Group 2 (rooming-in) consisted of 51 term neonates discharged from November 2010 through February 2011.
Results: A one-way ANOVA revealed there was no statistically significant difference for neonates’ percent change in weight between the traditional nursery group and the rooming-in group, F(1, 100) = 1.70, p = .195. In addition, no significant difference was found for neonates’ discharge temperature or discharge transcutaneous bilirubin level between the two groups, F(1, 100) = 0.003, p = .953 and F(1, 100) = 0.000, p = .985, respectively.
Conclusions: These study findings suggest term neonates cared for by their mothers in rooming-in settings have similar biometric measurements as neonates cared for by nurses in traditional nurseries. This strengthens the case for hospitals to either continue the practice of rooming-in or to transition to rooming-in if currently practicing within the traditional nursery setting
Midcourse maneuver operations program
Midcourse Maneuver Operations Program /MMOP/ computes the required velocity change to correct a spacecraft trajectory. The program establishes the existence of maneuvers which satisfy spacecraft constraints, explores alternate trajectories in the event that some out-of-tolerance condition forces a change in plans, and codes the maneuvers into commands
Monotonic Prefix Consistency in Distributed Systems
We study the issue of data consistency in distributed systems. Specifically,
we consider a distributed system that replicates its data at multiple sites,
which is prone to partitions, and which is assumed to be available (in the
sense that queries are always eventually answered). In such a setting, strong
consistency, where all replicas of the system apply synchronously every
operation, is not possible to implement. However, many weaker consistency
criteria that allow a greater number of behaviors than strong consistency, are
implementable in available distributed systems. We focus on determining the
strongest consistency criterion that can be implemented in a convergent and
available distributed system that tolerates partitions. We focus on objects
where the set of operations can be split into updates and queries. We show that
no criterion stronger than Monotonic Prefix Consistency (MPC) can be
implemented.Comment: Submitted pape
Unlocking biomarker discovery: Large scale application of aptamer proteomic technology for early detection of lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, because ~84% of cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Worldwide in 2008, ~1.5 million people were diagnosed and ~1.3 million died – a survival rate unchanged since 1960. However, patients diagnosed at an early stage and have surgery experience an 86% overall 5-year survival. New diagnostics are therefore needed to identify lung cancer at this stage. Here we present the first large scale clinical use of aptamers to discover blood protein biomarkers in disease with our breakthrough proteomic technology. This multi-center case-control study was conducted in archived samples from 1,326 subjects from four independent studies of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in long-term tobacco-exposed populations. We measured >800 proteins in 15uL of serum, identified 44 candidate biomarkers, and developed a 12-protein panel that distinguished NSCLC from controls with 91% sensitivity and 84% specificity in a training set and 89% sensitivity and 83% specificity in a blinded, independent verification set. Performance was similar for early and late stage NSCLC. This is a significant advance in proteomics in an area of high clinical need
Performance of wheat varieties, Oklahoma - 1983
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The most current edition is made available. For access to an earlier edition, if available for this title, please contact the Oklahoma State University Library Archives by email at [email protected] or by phone at 405-744-6311
Streamlined Blockchains: A Simple and Elegant Approach (A Tutorial and Survey)
A blockchain protocol (also called state machine replication) allows a set of nodes to agree on
an ever-growing, linearly ordered log of transactions. The classical consensus literature suggests
two approaches for constructing a blockchain protocol: 1) through composition of single-shot
consensus instances often called Byzantine Agreement; and 2) through direct construction of
a blockchain where there is no clear-cut boundary between single-shot consensus instances.
While conceptually simple, the former approach precludes cross-instance optimizations in a
practical implementation. This perhaps explains why the latter approach has gained more
traction in practice: specifically, well-known protocols such as Paxos and PBFT all follow the
direct-construction approach.
In this tutorial, we present a new paradigm called “streamlined blockchains” for directly
constructing blockchain protocols. This paradigm enables a new family of protocols that are
extremely simple and natural: every epoch, a proposer proposes a block extending from a
notarized parent chain, and nodes vote if the proposal’s parent chain is not too old. Whenever
a block gains enough votes, it becomes notarized. Whenever a node observes a notarized chain
with several blocks of consecutive epochs at the end, then the entire chain chopping off a few
blocks at the end is final.
By varying the parameters highlighted in blue, we illustrate two variants for the partially
synchronous and synchronous settings respectively. We present very simple proofs of consistency
and liveness. We hope that this tutorial provides a compelling argument why this new family of
protocols should be used in lieu of classical candidates (e.g., PBFT, Paxos, and their variants),
both in practical implementation and for pedagogical purposes
Performance of wheat varieties, Oklahoma - 1982
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The most current edition is made available. For access to an earlier edition, if available for this title, please contact the Oklahoma State University Library Archives by email at [email protected] or by phone at 405-744-6311
Performance of oat varieties: Oklahoma 1977
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The most current edition is made available. For access to an earlier edition, if available for this title, please contact the Oklahoma State University Library Archives by email at [email protected] or by phone at 405-744-6311
Oat performance in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The most current edition is made available. For access to an earlier edition, if available for this title, please contact the Oklahoma State University Library Archives by email at [email protected] or by phone at 405-744-6311
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