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Predicting longitudinal changes in joint contact forces in a juvenile population: Scaled generic versus subject-specific musculoskeletal models
Subject-specific musculoskeletal model use in clinical settings is limited due to development-associated time and effort burdens together with potential medical imaging unavailability. As an alternative, this study investigated consistency in estimating longitudinal changes in joint contact forces (JCF) between scaled generic and subject-specific models. For 11 children, joint kinematics and JCF were calculated using subject-specific and scaled generic models. JCF changes estimated by both models were strongly correlated for the hip and knee although JCF estimates varied between models. Findings suggest that within specified limits of accuracy, scaled generic models are sensitive enough to detect JCF changes consistent with subject-specific models
Early evolution of electron cyclotron driven current during suppression of tearing modes in a circular tokamak
When electron cyclotron (EC) driven current is first applied to the inside of
a magnetic island, the current spreads throughout the island and after a short
period achieves a steady level. Using a two equation fluid model for the EC
current that allows us to examine this early evolution in detail, we analyze
high-resolution simulations of a 2/1 classical tearing mode in a low-beta large
aspect-ratio circular tokamak. These simulations use a nonlinear 3D reduced-MHD
fluid model and the JOREK code. During the initial period where the EC driven
current grows and spreads throughout the magnetic island, it is not a function
of the magnetic flux. However, once it has reached a steady-state, it should be
a flux function. We demonstrate numerically that if sufficiently resolved
toroidally, the steady-state EC driven current becomes approximately a flux
function. We discuss the physics of this early period of EC evolution and its
impact on the size of the magnetic island.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
A qualitative study of primary care professionals’ views of case finding for depression in patients with diabetes or coronary heart disease in the UK
<p>Background
Routinely conducting case finding (also commonly referred to as screening) in patients with chronic illness for depression in primary care appears to have little impact. We explored the views and experiences of primary care nurses, doctors and managers to understand how the implementation of case finding/screening might impact on its effectiveness.</p>
<p>Methods
Two complementary qualitative focus group studies of primary care professionals including nurses, doctors and managers, in five primary care practices and five Community Health Partnerships, were conducted in Scotland.</p>
<p>Results
We identified several features of the way case finding/screening was implemented that may lead to systematic under-detection of depression. These included obstacles to incorporating case finding/screening into a clinical review consultation; a perception of replacing individualised care with mechanistic assessment, and a disconnection for nurses between management of physical and mental health. Far from being a standardised process that encouraged detection of depression, participants described case finding/screening as being conducted in a way which biased it towards negative responses, and for nurses, it was an uncomfortable task for which they lacked the necessary skills to provide immediate support to patients at the time of diagnosis.</p>
<p>Conclusion
The introduction of case finding/screening for depression into routine chronic illness management is not straightforward. Routinized case finding/screening for depression can be implemented in ways that may be counterproductive to engagement (particularly by nurses), with the mental health needs of patients living with long term conditions. If case finding/screening or engagement with mental health problems is to be promoted, primary care nurses require more training to increase their confidence in raising and dealing with mental health issues and GPs and nurses need to work collectively to develop the relational work required to promote cognitive participation in case finding/screening.</p>
A system of relational syllogistic incorporating full Boolean reasoning
We present a system of relational syllogistic, based on classical
propositional logic, having primitives of the following form:
Some A are R-related to some B;
Some A are R-related to all B;
All A are R-related to some B;
All A are R-related to all B.
Such primitives formalize sentences from natural language like `All students
read some textbooks'. Here A and B denote arbitrary sets (of objects), and R
denotes an arbitrary binary relation between objects. The language of the logic
contains only variables denoting sets, determining the class of set terms, and
variables denoting binary relations between objects, determining the class of
relational terms. Both classes of terms are closed under the standard Boolean
operations. The set of relational terms is also closed under taking the
converse of a relation. The results of the paper are the completeness theorem
with respect to the intended semantics and the computational complexity of the
satisfiability problem.Comment: Available at
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10849-012-9165-
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Enumerating the role of incentives in CCI production chains
In the market dynamics of cultural and creative industries, incentives play a major role. This report analyses the various types of incentives in support of these industries in Europe and explores the needs that motivate their existence. This analysis is framed by the Global Production Network approach. Within such approach, an incentive is a policy instrument (or a measure) taken to stimulate the creation, production, dissemination or exhibition of cultural and creative goods and services, as well their reception, and transmission to and consumption by an audience – or the participation of such audience in their final realisation. Within each of these phases of the production networks of cultural and creative industries, incentives can take the form of public subsidies (e.g. grants, vouchers, loan guarantees), regulatory incentives (e.g. tax policies or copyright rules) or incentives leveraging private investment. The presence of incentives at certain phases of the production networks shows where the emphasis is put in terms of investment. We find that incentives quite generously focus on the production phase, mainly because of supposed positive externalities and spillovers onto other sectors of the economy. Yet, we also find evidence of a lack of understanding of cultural value chains by
policymakers. This could lead to considerable damage, as has been witnessed in the European game industry, where production capacity was lost to Canada. With our emphasis on the production networks, we highlight the interdependence between production stages and therefore the need to better connect production with distribution to maximise effects of incentives, which remain important mechanisms in the European CCI economy in the face of new challenges.
This report is produced within the context of the H2020-funded CICERONE project. It is part of a series of reports of six reports resulting from the project's 3rd work package (WP) called “Policy, regulatory and governance matrix of the CCI”. This WP aims at exploring the policy and regulatory environment for the CCI and assessing to what extent these are appropriate to the challenges of new and emergent organisational and governance forms of the creative economy. For more information on the CICERONE project, please visit www.cicerone‐project.eu. The scientific reports resulting from the project are publicly disclosed in its dedicated Zenodo community on https://zenodo.org/communities/ciceroneh2020
Canonical and Microcanonical Distributions for Fermi Systems
Recursion relations are presented that allow exact calculation of canonical
and microcanonical partition functions of degenerate Fermi systems, assuming no
explicit two-body interactions. Calculations of the level density, sorted by
angular momentum, are presented for Ni-56 are presented. The issue of treating
unbound states is also addressed.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Spin Triplet Supercurrent in Co/Ni Multilayer Josephson Junctions with Perpendicular Anisotropy
We have measured spin-triplet supercurrent in Josephson junctions of the form
S/F'/F/F'/S, where S is superconducting Nb, F' is a thin Ni layer with in-plane
magnetization, and F is a Ni/[Co/Ni]n multilayer with out-of-plane
magnetization. The supercurrent in these junctions decays very slowly with
F-layer thickness, and is much larger than in similar junctions not containing
the two F' layers. Those two features are the characteristic signatures of
spin-triplet supercurrent, which is maximized by the orthogonality of the
magnetizations in the F and F' layers. Magnetic measurements confirm the
out-of-plane anisotropy of the Co/Ni multilayers. These samples have their
critical current optimized in the as-prepared state, which will be useful for
future applications.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, formatted in RevTeX version 4. Submitted to
Physical Review B on August 13th, 201
Introduction
Hubs have variously been understood as co-working spaces, as studios, as incubators, as accelerators, as districts, quarters or zones and/or a mix of all of the above. The lack of clarity is particularly troubling given that policy makers, research councils, consultants and governments have been so quick to promote and endorse the value of creative hubs as a catalyst for innovation and growth in local creative and cultural economies, as well as for producing urban regeneration. Our aim is to look critically at creative hubs from an interdisciplinary perspectives and ‘press pause’ on the celebratory discourses about creative hubs; to ask how they are best conceptualised, who they include or exclude, whether they make for ‘good’ workplaces, and what diverse forms they take across different places and contexts. We conclude that one of the most important ‘hidden’ aspects of hubs that find little expression in the writings about hubs is the voices of those that work in hubs: contributors to the collection elaborate the social life of hubs
Automated Data Management Information System (ADMIS)
ADMIS stores and controls data and documents associated with manned space flight effort. System contains all data oriented toward a specific document; it is primary source of reports generated by the system. Each group of records is composed of one document record, one distribution record for each recipient of the document, and one summary record
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