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Instructors’ Address Forms Influence Course Ratings

AbstractWhen evaluating potential new courses, students take into account the address forms of the instructors. Seventy college students rated the desirability of courses based on their syllabus descriptions. Syllabi differed only in the presentation of the instructors’ names with seven variations in their address listings: Dr, Professor, Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss, or No Title. Results indicate that instructors’ address forms had a significant effect on course ratings. Specifically, courses with the instructor labeled with an academic title (i.e., Professor, Dr) received higher ratings than those with a generic title (i.e., Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss), and those with a male address form received higher ratings than those with a female address form. Unlike previous studies, the three female titles of address — Ms, Mrs, and Miss — were evaluated similarly, suggesting that connotative differences in meaning among these address forms are disappearing.

A Nationwide Survey of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices

ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to characterize hospital antimicrobial stewardship practices nationwide and to identify factors associated with the presence of these programs. MethodsThe first web-based survey was sent in 2009 to members of the Yankee Alliance and the Premier Healthcare Alliance, nationwide organizations of health-care providers. The second survey, a slightly modified version of the first, was sent in 2010 to a commercially purchased list of hospital pharmacy director e-mail addresses. ResultsA total of 406 responses were received from ~5890 providers targeted, for an overall response rate of ~7%. More than one half (206 of 406) of the respondents reported having what they considered to be a formal antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). Among all respondents regardless of presence or absence of an ASP, 96.4% (351 of 364) were using some form of antimicrobial stewardship technique. Of those respondents working in hospitals without an ASP, 63.3% (114 of 180) had considered implementing one. After controlling for all significant variables, those that remained which were significantly associated with having an ASP were survey (Premier vs commercial), having an infectious disease consultation service, and having an infectious disease pharmacist. ConclusionsIn this survey of 406 respondents from across the country, we found that just more than one half of hospitals had what they considered to be formal ASPs; however, the vast majority were using stewardship techniques to optimize the use of antibiotics. Common barriers to implementation of ASPs included staffing constraints and insufficient funding.

Adjusting the obesity thresholds for self-reported BMI in Ireland: a cross-sectional analysis

ObjectiveTo investigate the optimal adjustment to be made to obesity thresholds when using self-reported body mass index (BMI).DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingData from the Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland,...

SHARDIS: A Privacy-Enhanced Discovery Service for RFID-Based Product Information

The EPCglobal Network is an emerging global information architecture for supporting Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) in supply chains. Discovery services for the EPCglobal Network are distributed services that serve the following pivotal lookup function: Given an identifier for a real-world object, e.g., an Electronic Product Code (EPC) stored on an RFID tag, they return a list of Internet addresses of services that offer additional information about the object. Since a client's information interests in the EPCglobal Network can be used to create inventory lists and profiles of his physical surroundings, as well as be used for business intelligence on the flow of goods in corporate applications, protecting client privacy becomes crucial. In particular, privacy mechanisms should by design be integrated into discovery services where the client's information interests could be analyzed by many potential adversaries. This paper introduces SHARDIS, a privacy-enhanced discovery service for RFID information based on the peer-to-peer paradigm. The idea is to enhance confidentiality of the client's query against profiling by cryptographically hashing the search EPC and by splitting and distributing the service addresses of interest. Furthermore, a probabilistic analysis of the privacy benefits of SHARDIS is presented. SHARDIS was implemented using the global research platform PlanetLab. Several performance experiments show its practical feasibility for many application areas.

A survey of physicians who care for older persons in Southwest China.

The aim of this survey is to determine the main barriers of geriatric health care from the physicians' point of view and compare the improvement before and after the Continue Medical Education (CME) provided by International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG). Cross-sectional survey. Five hundred samples were generated using systematic random sampling from the address lists of physicians in Southwest China who had received the IAGG CME or been trained in Sichuan Association of Geriatrics (SAG) CME. The interview instrument examined demographics and information on geriatric education. Of the 500 physician sampled, 461(92.2 percent) responded. 34.3 percent of the respondents reported that over 70 percent of their patients were older persons. 76.8 percent of the respondents felt that they lacked geriatric knowledge. Only 15.6 percent of the respondents had geriatric curriculum before graduation, and 26.0 percent received geriatric trainings after graduation. Most physicians felt that "Language barrier" and "Insufficient geriatric education in undergraduate medical school and postgraduate education" were the main challenges in practicing geriatric medicine. Geriatric training and knowledge are inadequate due to the lack of geriatric curriculums in medical schools and CME for physicians who practice geriatrics. With the help of IAGG, CME in Southwest China provided more workshops on geriatric progress in year 2011 than in year 2007-2010. Eighty percent of the physicians acknowledged that the IAGG CME was helpful for their clinical practice. The physicians paid more attention to geriatric syndromes rather than age-related pathophysiology alone. CME provided by geriatric associations is helpful. Collaboration between different geriatric societies such as IAGG and SAG may be a good model for spreading geriatric knowledge and should be considered by medical educational administration.

Editors of APA journals: 2012 address list.

Editors of APA journals: 2012 address list.

Editors of EPF journals: 2012 address list.

Editors of EPF journals: 2012 address list.

Assessment of Egyptian pharmacists’ attitude, behaviors, and preferences related to continuing education

Contemporary pharmaceutical care requires sustained pharmacist competency through maintenance and improvement of knowledge, skills, and performance. Existing continuing education (CE) models reflect a wide spectrum of international approaches to life-long learning. The objective of this study was to determine CE preferences of pharmacists in Egypt before implementing a plan for compulsory annual CE activities and events for licensure renewal. A questionnaire containing questions about continuing education needs and preferences of Egyptian pharmacists was distributed to 400 pharmacies in Cairo. The sample was drawn randomly from the address list in yellow pages. The survey was conducted by personal interview. The questionnaire was designed and validated. Questions were divided into specific domains of interest including pharmacist demographics; access to internet resources; frequency and characteristics of past CE activities; preferences for delivery and content; motivation to participation; and plans for future CE activities. All data analyses were conducted using SPSS for Windows version 18.0. All statistical tests were 2-tailed and based on a significance level of p value ≤ 0.05. Results During the six months of questionnaire distribution, 400 pharmacists (one from each randomly selected pharmacies) were asked to complete the questionnaire. The response rate was 359 out of 400 pharmacists (89.75%). Twenty three percent of respondents had held their highest pharmacy degree to practice for less than 5 years and 19% had obtained their initial degree more than 15 years ago. More than half of the respondents were female (53.3%). Topics related to therapeutics were of highest interest to 85.3%, closely followed by clinical skills topics. Pharmacists working in community pharmacies had attended less CE events (15 vs. 28%, p = 0.034 within the past 2 years) when compared to their hospital-based counterparts. Conversely, hospital pharmacists generally reported less satisfaction with current CE (21 vs. 33%, p = 0.021). Respondents of the survey expressed enthusiasm towards CE activity, but cited common barriers to participation, as well, such as employer-and technology-based obstacles. These results confirm that features of a successful CE program must be flexible to meet preferences and perceived needs of Egyptian pharmacists.

Creating Residential and Tenure Histories from Multi‐Year White Pages

AbstractIn epidemiology research, a list of residences a person has occupied as well as a history of tenants for a residence are useful pieces of information for investigating geographically localized risk factors, environmental exposures, and for analyzing disease clusters. This article reports on a methodology for constructing residential and tenure histories using multi‐year white page phone listings. Residential histories associate a person with a list of addresses of residence and the length of occupancy at each address. Tenure histories document the list of persons occupying a residence along with length of occupancy. These histories were created using fuzzy matching on name address pairs between sequential years. Simulated annual phone listing data were used to develop and test the methodology which was then applied to an actual white page phone listing for a study town in Maine. The approach is applied locally and generates partial local residential and tenure histories that capture local migrations. We see these local history sets as building blocks for constructing more geographically extensive histories over time. Geocoded results were compared against numbers of housing units reported in the 2000 and 2010 US Census to assess the proportion of local residences captured by phone listings.

Analyzing existing customers’ websites to improve the customer acquisition process as well as the profitability prediction in B-to-B marketing

We investigate the issue of predicting new customers as profitable based on information about existing customers in a business-to-business environment. In particular, we show how latent semantic concepts from textual information of existing customers’ websites can be used to uncover characteristics of websites of companies that will turn into profitable customers. Hence, the use of predictive analytics will help to identify new potential acquisition targets. Additionally, we show that a regression model based on these concepts is successful in the profitability prediction of new customers. In a case study, the acquisition process of a mail-order company is supported by creating a prioritized list of new customers generated by this approach. It is shown that the density of profitable customers in this list outperforms the density of profitable customers in traditional generated address lists (e.g. from list brokers). From a managerial point of view, this approach supports the identification of new business customers and helps to estimate the future profitability of these customers in a company. Consequently, the customer acquisition process can be targeted more effectively and efficiently. This leads to a competitive advantage for B2B companies and improves the acquisition process that is time- and cost-consuming with traditionally low conversion rates.

P2-340 Harmony in family relations: exploratory analysis in search of a harmony scale

ObjectiveRelationship harmony is characteristic of Chinese values and has been increasingly identified as a factor that contributes to social stability. However, no existing survey instrument is available that assesses the...

Pleins feux sur la chanson jeune public [Spotlight on the Children's Song] (review)

Reviewed by: Pleins feux sur la chanson jeune public [Spotlight on the Children's Song] Sibylle Weingart Anne H. Bustarret , Pleins feux sur la chanson jeune public [Spotlight on the Children's Song] . (Series: Collection passeurs d'histoires. Didier Jeunesse) Paris: Didier 2010 219pp ISBN 9782278059225 € 22.50 In her introduction, journalist Anne H. Bustarret describes the general distrust of French adults against current "chansons" for children and young adults. It is mainly aimed at mainstream productions, characterised by silly or soppy lyrics set to less than mediocre music. This thorough survey reveals, however, that the French market also has something very different to offer. Drawing on forty years of experience in research, teaching, and broadcasting on "France Culture," Bustarret honors the contemporary French children's song as an integral part of children's culture. The study explores a number of key questions: What role does the children's song play in today's early music education? Are lyrics allowed to say "everything," or are there limits to what is or should be said or sung? How do children's songs foster understanding across generational or cultural boundaries? How are they transmitted? Against the backdrop of these larger questions, case studies illustrate the functions of melodic structures, rhythm, and arrangements in specific contexts. The book offers extensive information on France's most important singers and songwriters, composers, and production managers. It also features very personal statements by twenty-seven renowned figures from the world of the [End Page 71] "chanson jeune public," ranging from Anne Sylvestre to Yves Prual. Their insider's perspective allows readers to understand challenges and new developments in this cultural niche segment, which - largely unaffected by the increasingly fast-paced music industry - functions according to its own rules and is doing rather well despite the record industry crisis. Bustarret gives valuable references to songs, CDs, and websites in the individual chapters, but unfortunately does not provide a complete discography at the end. The annex offers a bibliography for further reading, a list of useful addresses, and an index of proper names. Copyright © 2011 Bookbird, Inc.

Editors of APA journals: 2011 address list.

Editors of APA journals: 2011 address list.

Editors of EPF journals: 2011 address list.

Editors of EPF journals: 2011 address list.

A Novel Method of Location Based Listing of Residential Addresses

We have entered into a new era of the geo-information revolution. A vast amount of data/information that we generate is georeferenced and available publicly. This article demonstrates the application of reverse geocoding couple with web-mining for developing a georeferenced list of residential addresses using these datasets. The proposed methodology is likely to extend the scope of spatial sampling for social, demographic and health surveys (SDHS). Spatial sampling for SDHS involves sampling locations/areas first and then sampling respondents at/around these locations. Four different methods of spatial sampling were employed to draw four sets of samples in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). A list of residential addresses at/around each sample site was developed with the aid of reverse geocoding and web-mining using publicly available datasets; a residential address was selected randomly from this list. The sampled residential addresses were compared with the US Postal Service’s address database; 98.7% of the addresses that we generated using reverse geocoding and web-mining were valid residential addresses. Results are important, and suggest that the availability of geo-referenced data provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to develop a list of residential addresses in a cost-effective manner, and augment the scope of spatial sampling for social surveys.

Wait-Free Multi-Word Compare-and-Swap Using Greedy Helping and Grabbing

We present a new algorithm for implementing a multi-word compare-and-swap functionality supporting the Read and CASN operations. The algorithm is wait-free under reasonable assumptions on execution history and benefits from new techniques to resolve conflicts between operations by using greedy helping and grabbing. Although the deterministic scheme for enabling grabbing somewhat sacrifices fairness, the effects are insignificant in practice. Moreover, unlike most of the previous results, the CASN operation does not require the list of addresses to be sorted before the operation is invoked, and the Read operation can read the current value without applying helping when the word to be read is within an ongoing transaction. Experiments using micro-benchmarks varying important parameters in three dimensions have been performed on two multiprocessor platforms. The results show similar performance as the lock-free algorithm by Harris et al. for most scenarios, and significantly better performance on scenarios with very high contention. This is altogether extraordinary good performance considering that the new algorithm is wait-free.

A Survey-Based Evaluation of the Radiology Residency Interview Process

The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic radiology residency interview process and determine variability among programs in their approach to interviewing candidates. A survey of the residency interview process was sent to diagnostic radiology program directors through an e-mail address list provided by the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. Questions addressed were (1) the number of applicants interviewed per residency position offered; (2) the number of interviews scheduled for each applicant on the interview day; (3) whether interviews were performed by staff members, residents, or both; and (4) whether interviewers were granted time away from clinical services to interview applicants. Two electronic mailings were sent to 313 individuals. Responses were received from 89 of 188 accredited diagnostic radiology residency programs (response rate, 47.3%). The average number of interviews per residency position was 12.6 (range, 3-28), with university-based programs interviewing significantly fewer candidates (mean, 11.5) than non-university-based programs (mean, 15.3). The average number of individual interviews during the interview day was 3.9 (range, 1-8) per candidate at each program. Of responding programs, 69% of responding programs included residents in interviews, and 67% compensated their interviewing staff members with time off clinical service, with no statistical difference between large and small programs. There is a large amount of variability present in the residency interview process. Applicants to programs may have very different experiences while visiting programs. Further study of this variation may allow programs to optimize resource utilization while maintaining success in the match process.

Efficient Context-Sensitive Intrusion Detection Based on State Transition Table

Those host-based intrusion detection models like VPStatic first construct a model of acceptable behaviors for each monitored program via static analysis, and then perform intrusion detection by comparing them with programs' runtime behaviors. These models usually share the highly desirable feature that they do not produce false alarms but face the conflicts between accuracy and efficiency. For instance, the high accuracy of the VPStatic model is at the cost of high space complexity. In this paper, we use a statically-constructed state transition table (STT), which records expected transitions among system calls as well as their stack states (return address lists), as a behavior model to perform context-sensitive intrusion detection. According to our analysis, our STT model improves the space efficiency of the VPStatic model without decreasing its high precision and time efficiency. Experiments show that for three test programs, memory uses of our STT models are all much less than half of the VPStatic models'. Thereby, we alleviate the conflicts between the accuracy and the efficiency.