Institute Website Research Articles

A role for design academic institutions in developing clothing appreciation in university female students

The role of fashion specialization comes as one of the important and distinguished departments in the High Institute of Applied Arts because of its role in developing artistic and clothing taste for students of the department and other departments, through the preparation of seminars and workshops to develop clothing taste for students. In furtherance of this role, the researcher has prepared a guidebook that is an electronic brochure and is being uploaded to the Institute's website. The researcher will update its contents annually to match its contents with the new in the fashion world in a way that suits our societal traditions. The guide includes a simplified view of the general principles of design, women's body styles, and what suits each style of clothing, the most important successful color schemes for choosing a color-compatible clothing set, and finally how to create a successful clothing plan. The research problem lies in the fact that the research recently noticed the emergence of strange clothing styles about the values ​​of our society and our Egyptian identity worn by university girls. Hence the role of the departments of specialization in developing the beauty and clothing awareness of university girls. The research aims to enhance the role of specialized academic institutions in spreading the culture of clothing taste in a manner that is in harmony with the international fashion lines and directing them to suit customs and traditions. Upgrading the aesthetic sense and developing the clothing taste of university students. The research follows the descriptive analytical method. The research sample consisted of a sample of random students from all disciplines at the High Institute of Applied Arts, the first semester of the academic year (2016-2017) and their number (40) students. The research tools are a questionnaire for students to know their tendencies and attitudes towards their choice of the quality of their clothes. Designing the guide: The researcher presented the guide in the form of an electronic booklet. Among the most important results of the study is the activation of the role of specialized design departments in spreading the culture of clothing taste for university students. The design of the guidebook may raise the degree of clothing awareness of university students. Among the most important recommendations of the research is to increase the number of seminars and prepare more guidelines for spreading the culture of artistic taste.

Evolution of accesses to information on breast cancer and screening on the Brazilian National Cancer Institute website: an exploratory study.

Delays in diagnosis due to low Breast Cancer awareness are widespread in Brazil maybe owing to ineffective strategies to raise attention on early diagnosis. As a proxy of collective interest in BC screanning (BCS) we studied the monthly accesses to BC and BCS webpages in INCA's website along 48 months. A log analyzer built a time serie (2006-2009) of BC and BCS monthly means, which oscilations were studied by analysis of variance (ANOVA). We found significant increasing accesses to BC and transient "attention peaks". Enlargement in BC/BCS differences along all period were caused by increasing accesses to BC and decreasing/minor/stable oscillations to SBC pages. These results are consistent with previous reports on increasing interest to BC contrasting with indifference on BCS. In the context of an exploratory study, we discussed some aspects: weakness of a "prevention culture"; lack of confidence in health system and screening programs; "celebrity effect" in the context of media framing; collective perception of risks heightened by perception of social vulnerability. Findings suggest that culture-tailored communication strategies would be necessary to inform Brazilian people about BCS. Future research is needed to study social perceptions and constructions on BC topics.

Academic Surgical Oncologists' Productivity Correlates with Gender, Grant Funding, and Institutional NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Affiliation.

A scholar'sh-index is defined as the number of h papers published, each of which has been cited at least h times. We hypothesized that the h-index strongly correlates with the academic rank of surgical oncologists. We utilized the National Cancer Institute (NCI) website to identify NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCC) and Doximity to identify the 50 highest-ranked general surgery residency programs with surgical oncology divisions. Demographic data of respective academic surgical oncologists were collected from departmental websites and Grantome. Bibliometric data were obtained from Web of Science. We identified 544 surgical oncologists from 64 programs. Increased h-index was associated with academic rank (p < 0.001), male gender (p < 0.001), number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants (p < 0.001), and affiliation with an NCI CCC (p = 0.018) but not number of additional degrees (p = 0.661) or Doximity ranking (p = 0.102). H-index was a stronger predictor of academic rank (r = 0.648) than total publications (r = 0.585) or citations (r = 0.450). This is the first report to assess the h-index within academic surgical oncology. H-index is a bibliometric predictor of academic rank that correlates with NIH grant funding and NCI CCC affiliation. We also highlight a previously unexpected and unappreciated gender disparity in the academic productivity of US surgical oncologists. When academic rank was accounted for, female surgical oncologists had lower h-indices compared with their male colleagues. Evaluation of the etiologies of this gender disparity is needed to address barriers to academic productivity faced by female surgical oncologists as they progress through their careers.

Factors Contributing to the Efficacy-Effectiveness Gap in the Case of Orphan Drugs for Metabolic Diseases.

IntroductionAuthorization of orphan medicinal products (OMPs) is often based on studies with several methodological shortcomings. Hence, data are difficult to interpret and efficacy does not always correspond to real-world effectiveness. We investigated to what extent an efficacy-effectiveness gap exists for OMPs for metabolic diseases and set out to explore which factors contribute to it.MethodsWe included all OMPs for rare metabolic diseases authorized in the EU up to 1 January 2016. Efficacy data were obtained from European Public Assessment Reports, relative effectiveness data from the Dutch National Healthcare Institute website, and real-world effectiveness data from literature and interviews with experts and patients. Efficacy and effectiveness were scored as ‘no effect’, ‘unclear’ or ‘good’ based upon a prespecified scoring system.ResultsWe identified 31 authorized OMPs, of which 21 had post-marketing studies available, thus making it possible to score real-world effectiveness. Eight of 21 (38%) OMPs had a ‘good’ real-world effectiveness. The use of a clinical or validated surrogate primary endpoint and a representative study population seemed to be related to good effectiveness in the real world, as were type of marketing authorization, study population and disease prevalence.ConclusionsThis study revealed that less than half of the authorized OMPs are effective in the real world. Since the type of primary endpoint used in the pivotal study seems to be associated with good real-world effectiveness, it is important to agree upon study endpoints through early dialogues among relevant stakeholders.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40265-017-0788-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Retraction: Moment–curvature response of engineered cementitious composites under cyclic loading

The above article, published online on 10th March 2017 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the Editor‐in‐Chief, Luc Taerwe, and John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed because this work has already been published in two Japanese language publications authored by Ms Yuka Onizuka who led the research:Yuka Onizuka and Toshiyuki Kanakubo. Evaluation of the Flexural Performance of DFRCC Subjected to Cyclic Loading, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute, Vol.31, No.2, pp.1315–1320, 2009.7; available on http://data.jci-net.or.jp/data_pdf/31/031-01-2220.pdf (Japan Concrete Institute web site; http://data.jci-net.or.jp/data_html/31/031-01-2220.html) (written in Japanese)Yuka Onizuka. Study on Tensile Stress – Strain Model of ECC, Master Program Thesis, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, 2010.3; available on http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kanakubo/onimas.pdf (written in Japanese)REFERENCEZhang W and Yan J‐B. Moment‐curvature response of engineered cementitious composites under cyclic loading, Struct. Concr. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.201600113

E-Promotion: A Revolution In Technical Education Evolution

Despite of increasing pressure related to enrollment in Technical Education, some Institutes of Technical Education, successfully have taken on a corporate mentality to attract and retain high-quality students through their e-Promotion. Successful branding and marketing strategies have become most important for the Institutes of Technical Education to appeal to a growing and diversified student and to differentiate from competitors. Effective branding can be helpful in increasing enrollment and in developing relationships and bonding. This article explores internet based promotions that Technical Education institutes have focused on branding and marketing initiatives and its influence on the students in selecting institute. It also focuses on effectiveness of internet based promotions. The research study showed that Institute Website and Social Networking are the most influential promotion tools for making their decision of selection than the other traditional promotion tools. In addition, these tools are reported to be very powerful and effective in making satisfaction of decision of selection which is highly associated with such a promotion tools. More surprisingly, it is found to be productive in the rural area. This article presents an adaptation of established qualitative research methodsby a survey (through a structured questionnaire) of students who are presently enrolled (Current-students) and those who have completed their study (Post-students) belonging to the institutes offering Technical Education situated in Khandesh region of India and affiliated to the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. The survey is delimited to the enrollments of Technical Education belonging to North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon and located in Khandesh region of India.

Generating Enhanced Web Log File using Advanced Data Cleansing Algorithm in Pre-Processing Phase

Objectives: The major plan of this research concentrates to generate enhanced web log file using pre-processing stages. Designing an effective web site is a big challenge. With the development of Internet, web sites become a dynamic tool in the world. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Well management and good design are the vital individuality of a web site to congregate the consideration of visitors. There are various methods to generate web log files. An effective analysis is performed on user data on the Educational Institute web site. This can be done on web logs which are generated as a result of user’s access to web page. Data cleaning is performed on this web log file using Advanced Data Cleaning Algorithm (ADC) to generate Enhanced Web Log File. Findings: In this paper, the log file of an educational institute was taken, pre-processed and analyzed using an effective algorithm. The Advanced Data Cleaning Algorithm produced efficient and useful data for performing further stages of Pre-processing. It uses server log files to provide user access patterns. The Enhanced Log File contents are inserted into a database table. Application/Improvement: This paper mainly deals on techniques for enhanced data cleansing, user recognition and session detection for preprocessing stage.

Medical Training to Achieve Competency in Lifestyle Counseling: An Essential Foundation for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Other Chronic Medical Conditions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

A healthy lifestyle is fundamental for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Investment in primary prevention, including modification of health risk behaviors, could result in a 4-fold improvement in health outcomes compared with secondary prevention based on pharmacological treatment. The American Heart Association (AHA) emphasized the importance of lifestyle in its 2020 goals for cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction. In addition to defining “cardiovascular health” based on criteria for blood pressure and biochemical markers (lipids and glycemia), the AHA Strategic Planning Committee further identified lifestyle characteristics of central importance: nutrition, physical activity, smoking, and maintenance of a healthy body weight.1 The World Health Organization estimated that ≈80% of NCDs could be prevented if 4 key lifestyle practices were followed: a healthy diet, being physically active, avoidance of tobacco, and alcohol intake in moderation.2 To support healthy lifestyle initiatives, major changes are necessary at the societal level to improve population health. Numerous strategies might help to create a culture that promotes and facilitates healthy behaviors, including creating laws and regulations, mounting large-scale public awareness and education campaigns, implementing local community programs, and providing individual counseling.3 Physicians are uniquely positioned to encourage individuals to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors: Approximately 80% of Americans visit their primary care physician at least once a year. Physicians directly communicate with their patients during clinical encounters across numerous settings, and research indicates that patients highly value recommendations provided by their physicians.4,5 However, data further indicate that lifestyle counseling does not routinely occur in physicians’ offices, thereby representing a lost opportunity. Physicians report that they perform lifestyle counseling during ≈34% of clinic visits.4 Patients, in turn, report an even lower frequency of physician lifestyle counseling. For example, obese patients reported receiving physical activity and …

Corrigendum: The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons.

Nat. Genet. 48, 427–437 (2016); published online 7 March 2016; corrected after print 25 April 2016 As we intended, other researchers have been able to use the draft spotted gar genome sequence available from the Broad Institute website since December 2011, the assembly LepOcu1 publicly available from NCBI since 13 January 2012 under accession code GCA000242695.

Restraint related deaths and excited delirium syndrome in Ontario (2004–2011)

Restraint related death in individuals in excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) is a rare event that has been the subject of controversies for more than 3 decades. The purpose of this retrospective study was to retrieve data on all restraint related deaths (RRD) that occurred in Ontario during an 8-year period and compare them with an earlier study on RRD in ExDS covering the period 1988–1995 in Ontario. The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario website was consulted under verdicts and recommendations. The Canadian Legal Information Institute website was used to consult verdict explanations and coroner's summary of evidence. During the period 2004–2011, RRD occurred in 14 individuals in ExDS, a 33% reduction. Psychiatric illness as a cause of ExDS decreased from 57% to 14%. Cocaine was the cause of ExDS in 11 (79%) individuals. The number of RRD following a violent encounter in cocaine-induced ExDS (8) was identical in the 2 periods. RRD occurred in 6 individuals without ExDS following a violent encounter. Final restraint position preceding cardiorespiratory arrest was available in 36% of individuals with ExDS and 83% of individuals without ExDS. In both groups, cardiorespiratory arrests could be classified as immediate or delayed. All 4 individuals without ExDS who had immediate cardiorespiratory arrests were restrained in the prone position. Delayed cardiorespiratory arrest occurred in the non-prone position in both groups. Although many hypotheses may be put forward to explain changes in the epidemiology of RRD in ExDS in Ontario, multiple warnings and recommendations from coroners' inquests cannot be ignored. There is probably not a unique pathophysiological pathway leading to cardiorespiratory arrest in RRD. The death rate in RRD in ExDS is so low that drawing any conclusions based on statistical studies or on isolated case report could be hazardous.

A Brief Stroll on the Roundabout of Authenticity, Confidentiality &amp; Impartiality

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his catalog of CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics Alternatives series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns are in print for the first time, building on new concepts and knowledge. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices.

Adaptive Capacity for eutrophication governance of the Laurentian Great Lakes

IntroductionEutrophication refers to the nutrient over-enrichment of water bodies and is one manifestation of anthropogenic adverse impact on the environment worldwide (Smith, 2003). The interactive world map on the World Resources Institute Website (World Resources Institute, 2015) vividly showcases examples of eutrophic water bodies worldwide, including Lake Erie in Canada and the United States, the Susquehanna River in the United States, Lake Winnipeg in Canada and the Bohai Sea in China. Lake Erie has been subject to severe eutrophication in the 20th century, with excessive nutrient loading in the 1960s and 1970s. Indeed, it was primarily eutrophication that prompted the US and Canada to sign the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) in 1972, with stipulated nutrient loading reduction targets for the lake. These phosphorus (P) loadings were from both point (sewage treatment plants, industrial discharges) and non-point sources (agriculture, urban runoff), but measures in the GLWQA focused on point source reduction through phosphorus control technologies and regulations for phosphorus in detergents and sewage treatment effluents (DePinto et al., 1986). Whilst these measures were successful and resulted in P load reductions and the concomitant return of Lake Erie's resiliency (DePinto et al., 1986; Botts and Muldoon, 2005; Scavia et al., 2014), increases in hypoxia, beach closings and algal biomass since the mid-1990s are indications that Lake Erie has become eutrophic again (Bridgeman and Penamon, 2010; Burns et al, 2005; Michalak et al., 2013; Scavia et al., 2014). The term re-eutrophication has been used to describe this phenomenon (Culver and Conroy, 2012; Scavia et al., 2014).While the causes of eutrophication of Lake Erie in the 1960s and 1970s seemed simple and could be linearly traced to P loadings, the current eutrophication of Lake Erie is highly complex and compounded by interacting stressors such as aquatic invasive species and climate change (Pennuto et al., 2014). The eutrophication of Lake Erie now displays the symptoms of a wicked problem, where all the information is not known and the solution is not clear cut and is highly complex (Xiang, 2013). As such, a new model of governance is needed for the restoration of Lake Erie, a governance model that moves from the old command and control paradigm that worked well in a highly certain world, to one that embraces uncertainty. One such governance model is adaptive governance, as it is the facilitator of adaptive capacity that allows better response in an uncertain environment.This paper introduces the concept of adaptive capacity and shows its relevance to eutrophication of Lake Erie. A framework for assessing adaptive capacity is developed and conceptualized by formulating determinants of adaptive capacity from the literature. These determinants are then validated through semi-structured interviews in a baseline case of Lake Erie, which went from severe nutrient enrichment in the 1970s to significant P reductions in the early 1990s. This paper argues that an analysis of these determinants can show the gaps in building adaptive capacity and can prove valuable in the implementation of actions for nutrient management and hence in the implementation of Annex 4 (Nutrients) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Protocol 2012.Eutrophication of Lake Erie - Baseline CaseThe Laurentian Great Lakes are the largest freshwater body on earth and comprise Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. All the Great Lakes are subject to a host of anthropogenic stressors, as illustrated in the land use pattern shown in Figure 6.1. Lake Erie is the least forested of all the Great Lakes and has the most intensive farmlands and urban areas. According to Environment Canada and USEPA (1995), 63% of Lake Erie watershed is being farmed while 84% of its shoreline is for residential uses, 35% is used for agriculture and 22% for commercial uses. …

Single Guide RNA Library Design and Construction.

This protocol describes how to generate a single guide RNA (sgRNA) library for use in genetic screens. There are many online tools available for predicting sgRNA sequences with high target specificity and/or cleavage activity. Here, we refer the user to genome-wide sgRNA sequence predictions that we have developed for both the human and mouse and that are available from the Broad Institute website. Once a set of target genes and corresponding sgRNA sequences has been identified, customized oligonucleotide pools can be rapidly synthesized by a number of commercial vendors. Thereafter, as described here, the oligonucleotides can be efficiently cloned into an appropriate lentiviral expression vector backbone. The resulting plasmid pool can then be packaged into lentiviral particles and used to generate knockouts in any cell line of choice.

Quick Takes: Magic Moments

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his catalog of CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns are in print for the first time, building on new concepts and knowledge. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices. This month's column combines two of those early efforts.

Patterns of cancer-related internet searches: reactiveness; risks; the role of affect.

The popularization of ICTs and the availability of information have not influenced the habits of prevention - cancers are lately diagnosed, as before in the scarcity of information era. This paper analyzes patterns of accesses to the National Cancer Institute website (already described in previous articles) as well as contradictions between the purposes and results of cancer prevention campaigns. We identified a reactive pattern of queries which was indifferent to information on prevention, but interested in treatment technologies and news about celebrity's diseases. These findings contrast with the paradigm of the best data for decision making, based in the heteronomy of "banking education", its means and efficacy. We discussthe symbolic power of campaigns under the theoretical framework of emotional heuristic models - analytical tools rarely employed in studies of risks, but here considered essential elements to the comprehention of public perception of health. Ambiguities are portrayed and as well as its pendulum between certainties and uncertainties in the midst on which they are formed. It is discussed the risk tripartition - as perception, analysis and policy, the latest posed as a public clash between the first concerning the major risks aligned to their historical circumstances.

The Theory of Settlement, in Two Words … With a Little Hollywood Help

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his catalog of CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics Alternatives series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns are in print for the first time, building on new concepts and knowledge. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices.

The Mediation Field, in Theory and Practice

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics Alternatives series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns are in print for the first time, building on the original concepts with new knowledge. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices. This month, he returns to the sixth column he wrote at www.cpradr.org, and updates it.

The Mediator as Arbitrager: Asymmetry in Action

Editor's note: Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a Pittsburgh arbitrator and mediator, has been revisiting his catalog of CPR Institute website columns, originated a decade ago, in a Back to Basics Alternatives series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns, in print for the first time, began a year ago. He has revisited a wide spectrum of mediation room behaviors and practices. This month, he returns to the third column he wrote at www.cpradr.org, and brings it forward.

Theory and Practice and the Neutral's Persona

Editor's note: Longtime Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a veteran Pittsburgh neutral, is revisiting his classic CPR Institute website columns of a decade ago in a Back to Basics Series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns, in print for the first time, began late last year. He has revisited and re‐examined mediation‐room techniques and practice issues. This month, he returns to the second column he wrote at www.cpradr.org a decade ago, and brings it forward.

Out in the Mediation Field, and on the Mediation Carpet

Editor's note: Longtime Alternatives columnist Bob Creo, a veteran Pittsburgh neutral, is revisiting his classic CPR Institute website columns of a decade ago in a Back to Basics Series that he has subtitled “Human Problems, Human Solutions.” These updated and expanded columns, in print for the first time, began late last year. He has revisited and re‐examined mediation‐room techniques and practice issues. This month, he returns to the first column he wrote at www.cpradr.org a decade ago, and brings it forward.