Productivity Growth and the Future of the U.S. Saving Rate

consumption-income ratio; saving rate; medium-run; productivity growth; U.S.

Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department.

Pneumonia is a condition that is often treated by emergency physicians. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department and highlights dilemmas in diagnostic testing, use of blood and sputum cultures, hospital admission decisions, infection control, quality measures for pneumonia care, and empiric antimicrobial therapy

The Impact of Monetary Policy Shocks on Stock Prices: Evidence from Canada and the United States

monetary policy shocks; stock prices; open economy; structural vector autoregressive model

Understanding racial/ethnic meaning making: Narrative analysis of STE[A]M doctoral student experiences

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the racial and ethnic aspects of the doctoral socialization to provide a meaningful insight into the belief systems and decision-making processes related to academic success and degree completion. This paper addresses a gap in literature focusing on the racial and ethnic aspects of the doctoral student experience as they relate to student agency. Design/methodology/approach This narrative research of four doctoral students uses a postmodern active interview method to foreground the role of a doctoral agency as manifested in the ways students make meaning of their experiences as members of the science, technology, engineering, agriculture and math academic community. A dialectical approach to the traditional socialization models provides the framework for understanding the meaning-making processes within a critical context of academia. Findings Findings present the intrinsic foundations for a doctoral agency and forces that shape key decision-making processes for doctoral students. Research limitations/implications Implications for research and practice provide guidance for faculty, graduate school administrators and organizations interested in supporting degree completion for historically marginalized doctoral students. Originality/value This study examines doctoral socialization as a meaning-making process of racial/ethnic students in engineering and agricultural programs. Narrative research design provides depth into the individual experiences and the role of racial/ethnic histories in students’ socialization (meaning-making) processes in a predominantly White academic environment

ASUHAN KEBIDANAN PADAPOST SEKSIO CAESAREA ATAS INDIKASI PLASENTA PREVIA TOTALIS DIRUANG FLAMBOYAN RSUD PROF. DR. W.Z. JOHANNES KUPANG,TGL : 21 JUNI- 02 JULI 2016.

Latar Belakang:Plasenta previa adalah plasenta yang letaknya abnormal, yaitu pada segmen bawah uterus, sehingga menutupi sebagian atau seluruh jalan lahir. Sedangkan pada keadaan normal letak plasenta ada dibagian fundus uterus. Plasenta previa merupakan salah satu resiko dalam kehamilan. Umur tua, paritas tinggi, dan endometrium yang cacat merupakan factor- factor yang dapat mempertinggi resiko terjadinya plasenta previa. Apabila plasenta previa ini tidak ditangani dengan baik, maka akan menyebabkan perdarahan yang dapat membahayakan jiwa ibu maupun janin. Angka kejadian plasenta previa adalah 0,4 sampai 0,6 % dari keseluruhan persalinan. Tujuan : Untuk memenuhi asuhan kebidanan pada pasien denganpost section caesarea atas indikasi plasenta previa totalis meliputi pengkajian, intervensi, implementasi dan evaluasi. Hasil : Kasus Ny. N. S umur 28 tahun partus SC atas indikasi plasenta previa totalis, anak pertama, hasil pemeriksaan terdapat luka operasi tanpa infeksi. Asuhan diberikan selama 3 hari, asuhan yang diberikan adalah mengobservasi tanda infeksi pada luka operasi, melakukan perawatan luka operasi, menganjurkan ibu untuk melakukan mobilisasi, memberikan KIE tentang nutrisi, dan menjelaskan kepada ibu tentang personal hygiene. Pasien dipulangkan pada tanggal 24 juni 2016 dalam keadaan sehat dan control ulang tanggal 29 juni 2016. Kesimpulan :Berdasarkan hasil asuhan yang diberikan pada ibu post SC atas indikasi plasenta previa totalis terjadi sejak kehamilan 38 minggu saat segmen bawah uteri telah mengalami lebih banyak perubahan. Pelebaran segmen bawah uterus dan pembukaan serviks menyebabkan sinus robek karena lepasnya plasenta dari dinding uterus atau karena robekan sinus marginalis dari plasenta. Perdarahan tak dapat dihindarkan karena ketidakmampuan serabut otot segmen bawah uterus untuk berkontraksi seperti plasenta normal

Complexity of Academic Socialization of Historically Underrepresented Doctoral Students: De-Privileging Distinctions Between Macro-and-Micro-Theoretical Approaches

This article represents a conceptual work that critiques and challenges traditional linear theoretical assumptions of academic socialization and integration that are often applied to research of diverse populations in academia in general and doctoral education specifically. The article further proposes a new conceptual framework of academic socialization as a meaning-making act of historically underrepresented doctoral students. The ultimate goal of the proposed framework is to reconcile the restrictive use of sociological macro- and micro- orientations to foreground possibilities of a conceptual and empirical focus on an individual meaning making act (as a form of individual agency) of historically underrepresented doctoral students within the critical contexts of academia. The proposed framework offers methodological and analytical tools for a more complex qualitative research and institutional/individual practice to account for increasingly diverse populations in higher education

Separation of Radionuclides from a Rare Earth-Containing Solution by Zeolite Adsorption

The increasing industrial demand for rare earths requires new or alternative sources to be found. Within this context, there have been studies validating the technical feasibility of coal and coal byproducts as alternative sources for rare earth elements. Nonetheless, radioactive materials, such as thorium and uranium, are frequently seen in the rare earths’ mineralization, and causes environmental and health concerns. Consequently, there exists an urgent need to remove these radionuclides in order to produce high purity rare earths to diversify the supply chain, as well as maintain an environmentally-favorable extraction process for the surroundings. In this study, an experimental design was generated to examine the effect of zeolite particle size, feed solution pH, zeolite amount, and contact time of solid and aqueous phases on the removal of thorium and uranium from the solution. The best separation performance was achieved using 2.50 g of 12-µm zeolite sample at a pH value of 3 with a contact time of 2 h. Under these conditions, the adsorption recovery of rare earths, thorium, and uranium into the solid phase was found to be 20.43 wt%, 99.20 wt%, and 89.60 wt%, respectively. The Freundlich adsorption isotherm was determined to be the best-fit model, and the adsorption mechanism of rare earths and thorium was identified as multilayer physisorption. Further, the separation efficiency was assessed using the response surface methodology based on the development of a statistically significant model

RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES IN THE COMPUTER INFORMATION FIELD IN THE RUSSIAN, GERMAN AND FRENCH LEGISLATIONS

Abstract. In work the criminal precepts of law providing responsibility for computer crimes in narrow sense of this concept i.e. for crimes in the sphere of computer information are considered. As it appeared, such dual approach to definition of computer crimes is inherent not only in the Russian criminal and legal science, but also is fair in the comparative and legal analysis of the foreign legislation. We tried to show it. Responsibility for crimes in the sphere of computer information in the Russian Federation is provided by the Art. of Art. 272, 273, 274 and 274 1 The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in Germany - §§ 202a, 202b, 202c the Criminal code of the Federal German Republic, in France these are Art. 323-1, 323-2, 323-3, 323-3-1, 323-4, 323-4-1, 323-5, 323-6 of the Criminal code of the French Republic. Foreign criminal and legal legislations are of considerable interest to researches and their comparison to the criminal law ofthe Russian Federation. The purpose of such comparison is an opportunity to adopt experience of these countries. Let's note that for offers of implementation of various norms, it is necessary to pay attention to law-enforcement practice, social and economic features of this or that country and to consider a practical opportunity.Keywords: computer crimes, computer fraud, cybercrimes, high-tech crimes, cyber-enabled crime, Russia,Germany, France

Tumori i pseudotumori orbite

Twenty-four orbital tumors and 4 pseudotumors diagnosed in biopsy material among 596 ophthalmic tumors examined during the 1998-2003 period are presented according to patient age and sex, tumor histology and immunohistochemistry. The most common orbital tumors were lipomas, meningiomas and lymphomas, with a peak incidence in the seventh decade of life. Most orbital tumors of childhood are distinguished from those occurring in adults. Most pediatric orbital tumors are benign (developmental cysts, capillary hemangioma, hamartoma), with a peak incidence in the first decade of life. Orbital tumors show a bimodal age distribution. Benign orbital tumors are more common than the malignant ones. Rhabdomyosarcoma (embryonal type) is the most common orbital malignancy in childhood, and lymphoma in adults. Orbital pseudotumors are a term that has been widely accepted to describe inflammatory lesions of the orbital tissue with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate with a varying grade of fibrosis. Histologic classification of orbital pseudotumors is presented. Orbital pseudotumors occur predominantly in older individuals and are infrequent in children and young individuals. These imply a nonspecific inflammatory process of unknown etiology, and have been included as part of the differential diagnosis of orbital tumors.Opisuju se 24 tumora i 4 pseudotumora orbite prema njihovim histološkim i imunohistokemijskim obilježjima, dobi i spolu, dijagnosticirani u biopsijskom materijalu među 624 oftalmičnih tumora u razdoblju od 1998. do 2003. godine. Najčešći orbitalni tumori bili su lipomi, meningeomi i limfomi s vršnom učestalošću u sedmom desetljeću života. Većina orbitalnih tumora dječje dobi razlikuje se od tumora koji se javljaju u odraslih. Tumori dječje dobi većinom su benigni (ciste, kapilarni hemangiomi i hamartomi) s vršnom učestalošću u prvom desetljeću života. Orbitalni tumori imaju bimodalni oblik rasporeda učestalosti. Najčešći zloćudni tumor dječje dobi je rabdomiosarkom (embrionalni tip), a u odraslih limfom. Orbitalni pseudotumori su prihvaćen izraz koji opisuje lezije orbitalnog tkiva s miješanim upalnim infiltratom s različitim stupnjem fibroze. Prikazana je histološka klasifikacija orbitalnih pseudotumora. Orbitalni pseudotumori javljaju se pretežito u starijih osoba, a rijetko u djece i mladih. To su nespecifične upale nepoznatog uzroka koje su uključene kao dio diferencijalne dijagnoze orbitalnih tumora