Record Office Research Articles

Distraction index measurement on the dog's hip joint using a dedicated software

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to test the accuracy of a new automated computer software tool for the assessment of passive hip laxity. The hip laxity was estimated using the dedicated computer software by two blinded evaluators, one previously trained and one without specific training for distraction index measurement, in two independent sessions using 230 hip joints from 115 dogs that underwent screening for passive hip laxity using the distraction view. Previously, all of these radiographs were sent to PennHIP Analysis Center for an official distraction index record. The measurement repeatability of the two sessions was adequate for both evaluators. The reproducibility of the official distraction index measurement, mean distraction index±standard deviation 0.44±0.15, was adequate (P>0.05) for the trained evaluator, 0.44±0.15, and non-adequate (P<0.05), for the non-trained evaluator 0.47±0.17. The distraction index measurement tool proposed can be used with confidence for hip laxity evaluation by trained evaluators, as it provided good repeatability and reproducibility of official reports. The simplicity of the process described leads to a less time-consuming and more affordable procedure.

Лексика делового протокола в аспекте «прерывности» дискурсивных формаций (на материале протоколов 1917-1933 гг.)

Лексика делового протокола в аспекте «прерывности» дискурсивных формаций (на материале протоколов 1917-1933 гг.)

Inaccuracies in Eviction Records: Implications for Renters and Researchers

ABSTRACT Administrative court records are increasingly used to study the prevalence of eviction. Yet inaccuracies in court records bias estimates of eviction and distort tenants’ true rental histories. This is the first study to systematically assess the prevalence of inaccuracies across jurisdictions. Drawing on over 3.6 million administrative eviction court records from 12 states, we find that, on average, 22% of eviction records contain ambiguous information on how the case was resolved or falsely represent a tenant’s eviction history. Adjusting for multiple inaccuracies in the data produces significantly different eviction rate estimates. Cases with increased complexity, such as those involving multiple tenants and lawyers, are more likely to contain inaccuracies. However, inaccuracies vary most prominently between states, indicating that state court system characteristics fundamentally shape the official record of the evicted population.

Regional Imagery Patterns and Its Meaning in JungJae, Ryu Chi-Myeong's 『Kwanseo Yurok』 Official Records

Regional Imagery Patterns and Its Meaning in JungJae, Ryu Chi-Myeong's 『Kwanseo Yurok』 Official Records

Are Interventions with Batterers Effective? A Meta-analytical Review

The inconsistency in the results both internally and between of previous meta-analyses on batterer intervention program efficacy, and the publication of new batterer interventions underscored the need for an up-to-date meta-analyticalreview. A total of 25 primary studies were found from literature search, obtaining 62 effect sizes, and a total sample of 20,860 intervened batterers. The results of a global meta-analysis showed a positive, significant, and of a mediummagnitude effect size for batterer interventions, but not generalizable. Nevertheless, the results exhibited a significantly higher rate of recidivism measured in couple reports (CRs) than in official records (ORs). As a consequence, intervention efficacy measuring in CRs was null, whilst in ORs was positive and significant. As for the intervention model, positive andsignificant effects were observed under the Duluth Model and cognitive-behavioural treatment programs (CBTPs), but a higher effect size was obtained with CBTPs in comparison to the Duluth Model (under this model, interventions may have negative effects, i.e., an increase in recidivism rate). In relation to intervention length, short interventions failed to reduce recidivism in ORs and may have negative effects, while long interventions were effective in reducing recidivism rate in ORs without negative effects. Efficacy evaluations in short follow-ups were invalid as artificially boosted recidivismreduction rate. Limitations of ORs and short follow-ups as measures of the intervention efficacy and implications of results for batterer intervention are discussed.

Algoritma K-Means untuk Pengelompokkan Dokumen Akta Kelahiran pada Tiap Kecamatan di Kabupaten Simalungun

A birth certificate is a document that must be owned by a citizen. This document contains information about the birth of a person and is an official record of proof of state recognition of the person's existence. The purpose of this study is to group birth certificate documents in each district in Simalungun Regency. The research data was obtained from the Population and Civil Registry Office of Simalungun Regency. The grouping algorithm used is the K-means algorithm which is one of the Data Mining algorithms that is good for the case of grouping. By using this algorithm the data that has been obtained can be grouped into several clusters, where the application of the K-Means Clustering process uses the RapidMiner tool. Data is divided into 3 groups: high (C1), medium (C2) and low (C3). The results obtained from this study are in December entered into a high level cluster (C1), in August, September and October entered into a medium cluster (C2), and in January, February, March, April, May, June, July and November entered into the low cluster (C3).

Groundwater extraction on the goldfields of Victoria, Australia

Groundwater supply systems constructed by gold miners in Victoria during the nineteenth century were highly significant in the historical development of water law and water licensing in Australia. Alluvial gold mining required large volumes of water to separate gold from washdirt, but surface flows often failed in seasonally dry conditions. Drought in the mid-1860s prompted miners on the Ovens goldfield in north-east Victoria to exploit groundwater to increase supplies, despite limited scientific understanding of this resource at the time. Analysis of historical plans held by Public Records Office Victoria has revealed numerous ‘source of supply’ tunnels dug by miners to extract groundwater in the area. By the early 1880s, miners were using up to 31 ML of groundwater per day, with much of the water transferred between creek and river catchments. These activities represent an early, large-scale and significant intervention in the hydrogeological environment, several decades prior to economic development of the Great Artesian Basin in northern Australia. Understanding the nature and scale of groundwater use in this period provides vital social and historical context for modern debates about groundwater modelling, extraction and management.

On-orbit NOAA-20 VIIRS solar diffuser bidirectional reflectance distribution function and screen transmittance characterization using yaw manoeuvres and regular on-orbit SDSM data

ABSTRACT On-orbit radiometric calibration of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) NOAA-20 satellite is dependent on Solar Diffuser (SD) and Solar Diffuser Stability Monitor (SDSM) observations for the Reflective Solar Bands (RSBs). The time-dependent degradation of the SD Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) (called H-factor) is measured by the SDSM. To reduce direct illumination from the Sun, SD and SDSM have two independent screens called SD Screen (SDS) and SDSM Sun view screen. Once the instrument is on-orbit, the product of the SD BRDF and SDS transmittance can only be measured by VIIRS and SDSM detectors through the Rotating Telescope Assembly (RTA) and SDSM SD viewport, respectively. Using pre-launch parameter tables, the initial H-factor trends showed abnormal oscillations. To validate the functionality of the pre-launch tables, the NOAA-20 VIIRS spacecraft performed 15 yaw manoeuvres on 25 January and 26 January 2018 as a part of post-launch tests. During the yaw manoeuvres, on-orbit SD and SDSM data were collected and used to characterize the SD screen transmittance functions with BRDFs and the SDSM Sun view screen transmittance functions. On-orbit estimated SD/SDSM BRDFs and SDSM Sun screen transmittance functions showed some differences from the pre-launch version, especially with the SDSM Sun view screen transmittance function. This problem was not resolved by applying the initial yaw manoeuvre-derived table. As an alternative approach, NOAA VIIRS team applied a methodology to add fine features in the SDSM Sun transmittance function from the one-year regular on-orbit SDSM collections to cover a full operational range of the solar azimuth angle in the SDSM Sun viewport. After applying additional SDSM detector gain corrections, the yaw manoeuvre and on-orbit regular SDSM data points are aligned that reduced abnormally large degradations in SDSM detector 6, 7, and 8. Finally, 1% level H-factor oscillations are reduced to 0.2% level. Corresponding SD F-factors, scaling calibration coefficients, are calculated and deliver to the NOAA’s Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) to generate the official VIIRS Science Data Record (SDR) products.

Camparative Study of Juvenile Delinquency Law Between India, USA and UK

Juvenile delinquency is misbehavior by children. when a young person gets involved in a criminal act, we call him as a Juvenile and the crime as Juvenile delinquency. Special efforts should be made to prevent juvenile delinquency through effective educational opportunities. Children are the life veins of the future of the society, pillars of the progressive nation and the builders of the future world. Juvenile delinquency is a serious offence. It is a very serious concern for the notion and solution to end the problem need to be sought very carefully. In the circumstances the study on incidence of juvenile delinquency is very important to analyse the causes with reference to psychological perspective and annihilate in the society. The number of young people found guilty by the juvenile court or formally caution by police has fallen in England during the post 15 years. Official record and self-report studies also show that individuals more often break the law when they are young. The ‘peak ages at which they are most likely to be found guilty or caution are between and 15 and 19. This research paper is basically designed to aim at looking at the causes of juvenile delinquency and explanations given by scholars from various fields to explain the problem. The analysis of statistical data available at officials’ sites indicates increasing involvement of the juveniles in heinous crimes. In India Juvenile crimes deals with latest Juvenile Justice (care and protection) Act 2015. This research looks at all the aspect of the juvenile delinquency in major countries and step taken by these countries to curb the offences which are committed by juvenile. This research is focus on Juvenile crime in India, USA and youth crimes and punishment of England.

Failing Private Till: John Edgar Wideman’s Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File

Écrire pour sauver une vie : le dossier Louis Till constitue pour John Edgar Wideman l’ultime tentative de regarder une photo qui le hante depuis des décennies : celle du cadavre d’Emmett Till, jeune garçon noir de Chicago qui fut lynché dans le Mississippi en 1955 pour avoir osé aborder une femme blanche. Wideman plonge dans l’archive du père d’Emmett, Louis, qui fut soldat en Italie pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale et fut condamné à mort par une justice militaire expéditive l’accusant de viol et de meurtre. Les tortionnaires d’Emmett furent acquittés, justifiés par les minutes du procès du père, versées au dossier du fils pour accabler ce dernier. Wideman rouvre le cas Louis Till et se penche sur ses probables mensonges, dans une enquête historique, fictive, et autobiographique. Pourtant l’écrivain reconduit, tout au long de ce mémoire, le constat de l’échec de ses mots à saisir cette vie fantôme et ces spectres raciaux de l’Amérique, de sorte que l’échec de la représentation met finalement en déroute toute ambition d’enquête historique ou de restitution, révélant la faille éthique et méthodologique de l’enquête officielle sur le cas Louis Till. L’échec y est politique en cela qu’il décèle la nature téléologique, et par conséquent fictive et idéologique, de l’enquête. Pourtant, cet échec du récit à produire un contre-récit est la trame même de cette vie et de cette Histoire que le texte figure, poétiquement.

P1189OFFICE AND AMBULATORY RECORDING OF CENTRAL AORTIC PRESSURES, WAVE REFLECTION AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDICES IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Abstract Background and Aims Among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, aortic blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness indices are independent predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Previous studies in PD patients recorded these parameters only in the office. The present study provides comparisons between office and ambulatory recordings of these parameters and explores the association of demographic, clinical and hemodynamic variables with high arterial stiffness. Method In 81 stable PD patients (mean age: 61.3±16.3 years; male gender: 64.2%), brachial and aortic BP, heart rate-adjusted augmentation index (AIx75) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were recorded after a 5-minute seated rest in the office using the oscillometric device Mobil-O-Graph (IEM, Stolberg, Germany). Subsequently, all patients underwent ambulatory recording of these parameters with the same device for 24 hours. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors independently associated with high ambulatory PWV. Results As expected, office brachial systolic BP (SBP) was higher than 24-hour brachial SBP (134.2±22.7 vs. 129.0±18.0 mmHg, P<0.01). Similarly, office aortic SBP was higher than 24-hour aortic SBP (122.5±20.1 vs. 117.1±16.1 mmHg, P=0.001). By contrast, office AIx75 did not differ from 24-hour AIx75 (23.4%±11.7% vs. 23.9%±9.3%, P=0.602), whereas office PWV was only slightly higher than 24-hour PWV (9.2±2.3 vs. 9.0±2.2m/sec, P=0.001). Participants stratified in the high PWV tertile were older, had higher 24-hour mean BP (MBP) and had more commonly history of diabetes, dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease. In multivariate analysis, older age (OR: 4.23; 95% CI: 1.59-11.24) and higher 24-hour MBP (OR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.03-1.67) were the only independent determinants of high PWV. Conclusion Among patients on PD, brachial and central aortic pressures recorded in the office were higher than 24-hour ambulatory pressures, whereas this variation between office and ambulatory recordings was diminished for AIx75 and PWV. Future studies are warranted to explore the prognostic significance of these parameters in the PD population.

TO016MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY

Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with adverse long term outcomes such as increased mortality. It is unclear however whether the increased mortality is due to cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to examine major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) following AKI in a population cohort in Scotland (GoDARTS) specifically examining a “low risk” younger age group without previous cardiovascular events. Method An observational cohort study of people in Tayside & Fife (Scotland, UK) recruited into GoDARTS from December 1998 to July 2017 was performed. Data were linked between the following datasets: population demography files, Scottish Morbidity Record of hospital admissions (SMR01); biochemical laboratory results, medicines dispensed by community pharmacies, the Scottish Care Initiative-Diabetes Collaboration (SCI-DC), the Scottish Renal Registry (SRR) and Scottish death registry data held by the Scottish General Records Office (GRO). AKI was defined using the creatinine based Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definition. MACE events were defined as hospitalisations or death due to myocardial infarction, ischaemic stroke, or coronary artery disease using International Classification of Diseases codes. Follow-up began at the time of first AKI occurrence for cases, and first recorded creatinine measurement for controls. Analyses were restricted to those who were 45 years or younger at the start of follow-up and who had no history of MACE. Survival analyses were performed using cox models adjusted for sex, age, CKD stage at baseline, Scottish index for multiple deprivation, medication use and diabetes. A forward step-wise method was used for variable selection. Analyses stratified by type 2 status were also performed. Results Data were available for 18,163 individuals in GoDARTS of which 15,884 individuals had creatinine measurements which could be used to classify whether an AKI event occurred. Of these, 6534 had at least one AKI event and 8807 never had an event. AKI was associated with more than two-fold increase in risk of MACE, independent of age, sex, type 2 diabetes, deprivation, anti-hypertensives, prior MACE and baseline renal function, HR 2.10 (1.90, 2.26), p<0.0001. On limiting the cohort to individuals under 45 years with no prior MACE this association persists, HR 1.95 (1.49, 2.55), p< 0.0001. When stratified by diabetes status using the same model the effect persisted in both groups. In low risk non-diabetics, the hazards of MACE were 2.59 times higher for AKI cases (95%CI:1.28,5.24 p<0.0001), while in low risk diabetics the hazards were 1.83 times higher for AKI cases (95%CI:1.27,2.44 p<0.0001). Conclusion AKI is associated with significantly increased risk of prospective MACE with a two-fold increase when adjusted for age, prior MACE, baseline renal function, type 2 diabetes, deprivation and blood pressure. In a low-risk group (relatively younger and with no prior MACE), this risk persists. It is unclear whether AKI leads to CV events or AKI is more likely in this population but this finding highlights that cardiovascular risk reduction in patients following AKI is vital.

Animal Model Versus Polynomial Legendre Test-Day In Dairy Cattle

Abstract The aim of the study was to compare the classical animal model (based on total milk for 305 days) with the Test-Day model (using monthly records of milk yield from Official Records of Performances). The data set derived from a total 175 animals (cows with records, parents of these animals and the descendants) from two Romanian breeds (Romanian Black Spotted and Montbeliarde), the phenotypic and the pedigree information arisen from National Research Development Institute for Animal Biology and Nutrition (IBNA-Balotesti). The selection criteria to be included in the analysis for each cow was to have at least 3 test-days and the days in milk between 200 and 330 for the Test-Day model and the total amount of the 305- day lactation yield for classical Animal Model respectively. Both models use B.L.U.P methodology and for that reason all the estimates were adjusted for fixed effects and all the breeding values and the solution for fixed effects were estimated simultaneous. For the animal model the fixed effects used was the breed and the year of performing and for the Test-Day model was an extra one, the test day effect. The correlation calculated between test days was very high (over 90%) for consecutive tests, and was getting lower when the days between tests was higher (under 40%). Also, in terms of heritability the values were in normal limits throughout lactation, except at the beginning and end of lactation period where these values were a little bit higher. The comparison of the ranking of breeding values with Spearman rank correlation shows that in 80% of the cases the ranking was similar for both models. As the ranking correlations shows, it is certain that the two models are very similar when they are used for genetic evaluation. But, in conclusion, we can say that for a better lactation curve estimation it is recommending to use test-day model for dairy cattle.

The legitimization of the endo-ethnonym “Mari” in the first quarter of the XX century

Introduction. Mari people formed in the IX–XI centuries AD and settled due to historical circumstances mostly within the Volga-Kama region. For many centuries it had two ethnonyms: Cheremis and Mari. In the first quarter of the XX century the representatives of the Mari people selected one ethnonym in favor of another one, which was authentic and complimentary; it turned out to be a very complex historical fact. Materials and methods. The use of a systematic analysis of the sources of the studied period, an attempt to restore events in chronological dynamics, studying the events of the Mari ethnic history in the context of all-Russian history allows us to formulate the most objective answers to the research problems. Results and discussion. One of the earliest precursors to the solution of the ethnonymic alternative was “Marla Calendar” yearbook, the first publication to receive official recognition, where the self-name of the people took its rightful place on the cover of the printed edition. The turning point in using of the ethnonym was the First All-Russian Congress of the Mari People in July 1917. The materials of the Congress, both in the original language and in translation into Russian, do not contain a single use of the term Cheremis. February Regional Congress of Mari (1918) made a historic decision to abandon the existing name Cheremis people and replace it with the self-name of the people, Mari. Conclusion. The historical process of legitimization of the ethnonym Mari developed according to a certain pattern: “the position of a broad ethno-social base → a small number of the intelligentsia capable of formulating ideas → the agenda and resolutions of the national movement → legal acts, official record keeping, the language of science …”.

Queering the Nation: Hegemonic Masculinity, Negative Sovereignty and the Great War in Sebastian Barry’sA Long Long Way

This article examines how Sebastian Barry’s 2005 novelA Long Long Wayexplores the impact of the First World War in the construction of a sovereignty that is, against the grain of a teleological understanding of history, not incorporated in the official chronicle of the Irish independence from the British Empire. Through the lens of what I call ‘negative sovereignty’, which describes a form of agency that amounts to something less than nothing and is located in the obverse of the official historical record, I argue that the novel thematises the disruption caused by the war as a crisis in the hegemonic masculinity at the core of the national imagination. This article, thus, reads the novel’s protagonist, Willie Dunne, as a ‘queering’ subjectivity that embodies this kind of sovereignty, provoking a suspension in the patriarchal foundation of nation-building as symbolised by the severance of his relationship with his father.

Number of People who Inject Drugs in Son La, Vietnam: Population Size Estimation Based on Official Records

AimsEstimated population sizes of key populations are critical for resource allocation as well as for monitoring program performance to prevent HIV infection. In 2018, using official records we recruited and conducted a brief survey among People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) to estimate the population size of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Son La Province, Vietnam.MethodsIn Son La, the authorities develop and maintain a master list of individuals who are suspected of using drugs. The list is updated quarterly and is used to monitor the drug use situation in the province. The list, however, does not distinguish injecting from non-injecting drug users. Individual lists from six districts, 24 communes, and 96 hamlets were selected from among those from 12 districts, 204 communes, and 3335 hamlets in the whole province. After reviewing the lists with the hamlet health workers, based on the length of the lists, a minimum of 20% of the total or five drug users in any hamlet with fewer than 25 PWUD were randomly selected for a brief assessment. In addition to basic demographics, the assessment included any drug use in the last 3 months, injection drug use in the last 3 months, and the last time injected.ResultsA total of 250 PWUD were interviewed by hamlet health workers. The total number of PWID across all 12 districts in Son La was estimated at 4475 [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 3379–5570] and the corresponding proportion of PWID among PWUD was 48.4% (95% CI: 36.6–60.4).ConclusionThe exercise provided an estimated number of PWID in Son La. For planning HIV prevention and care service needs among PWID, additional studies using different methods are needed to validate and improve the population size of PWID in the province of Son La.

A PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF Ficus L. SPECIES IN KUANTAN, PAHANG

Ficus is the largest genus in the Moraceae family, with more than 700 species worldwide. It was classified into a distinct genus based on the unique nature of its inflorescence. Until recently, there was no official record of the Ficus checklist in Kuantan, Pahang. Therefore, this study aims to develop the preliminary checklist of Ficus species in Kuantan Pahang. Plant samples were collected from selected areas of Kuantan. Plant samples were pressed, dried and mounted on a herbarium board and processed as specimen vouchers. Based on this study, 14 species of Ficus were recorded. The list of Ficus presented in this study could be used for future research and as a reference source for conservation activities.

From Time Sheets to Tablets: Documentation Technology in Frontline Service Sector Managers’ Coordination of Home Healthcare Services

Research on service work theorizes a triangle of power alliances between workers, managers, and customers, while studies on electronic health records (EHRs) focus on user experiences. Using an ethnography of a home healthcare company, this article explores how EHR affects the roles of frontline managers in the service triangle. Managers using traditional paperwork perform mediational authority. They interpret accounts from workers and clients to create an official record. Managers using app-based EHR software perform directive authority by telling staff how to document, but they lack the power to directly alter the record. Thus, documentation technologies have unintended implications for roles and relationships in service sector work.

Don't air your dirty laundry: Party leadership contests and parliamentary election outcomes

AbstractStaging an open contest is a democratic method to choose a party leader, though its electoral consequences remain unclear. I argue that leadership contests are electorally detrimental to governing parties. Competitive contests signal intraparty policy and/or personality conflict to voters, which damages governing parties’ perceived unity as well as competence in the policy‐making process. Thus, leadership contests undermine governing parties’ performances in parliamentary elections. Moreover, since voters evaluate governing parties’ record in office more than their rhetoric, unlike opposition parties, they cannot repair the image of incompetence/disunity by reshaping their rhetoric and/or policy direction. This implies that leadership contests damage governing parties’ electoral prospects more than they do to opposition parties’ electoral performances. Results from statistical testing with original data from 14 countries support my argument. In addition, these results are not endogenous to the contests’ timing; degree of competitiveness; leadership selection rules; whether or not the incumbent retains office; norms of contests; or how predecessors left office. These findings underscore the need to investigate the relationship between intraparty dynamics and election outcomes.

Socrates the judge: a not-so-platonizing dialogue on the deposition of patriarch Nicholas IV Mouzalon

Abstract The article brings under scrutiny an understudied dialogical account about the deposition of the patriarch of Constantinople Nicholas IV Mouzalon (1147-51). A close reading shows that this is not an official record of the proceedings but a piece of fiction that deliberately inverts the generic conventions of the two types of texts indicative of the 12th-century literary landscape, namely 1) minutes of church councils and 2) syllogistic theological dialogues. The anonymous author invites the reader to recognize the all-familiar scheme of the Socratic interrogation but eventually departs from it investing the protagonists (Manuel I Komnenos and Mouzalon) with features that distance them from their Platonic models. The text seems to be inextricably linked to Mouzalon’s canonical dilemma: can an archbishop who previously voluntarily fled from his office be appointed archbishop once again? In fact, the author’s primary concern is not the patriarch but the emperor, a judge-logician who is at one and the same time Socrates and more than Socrates, and the new language able to reflect the changing balance between the imperial and ecclesiastical powers in mid- 12th-century Byzantium.