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- Brödje, Anders, 1971, et al.
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Supporting voice communication between navigator and VTS by visual solutions - exploring the use of the “route suggestion” functionality within VTS
- 2015
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In: Information, Communication and Environment: Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation. - : CRC Press. - 9781315672588 ; , s. 267-273
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The present paper describes an experiment where a VTS uses the functionality of “route suggestion” to visually support communication between navigators and VTS Operators. The idea of “route suggestion”, a crucial part of current developments within e-navigation, was first introduced with the EfficienSea project and has since been matured within the MONALISA and ACCSEAS projects. Within the ACCSEAS project the functionality has been augmented through the notion of “intended routes”, where vessels transmit sections of their planned routes using ECDIS in order for navigators to better understand the intentions of other, nearby, vessels. Also, “route suggestions” has been developed for use by shore stations, such as VTS, to transmit route segments to individual vessels within its area of responsibility. As part of the ACCSEAS project, the latter was tested in a simulator consisting of two full mission bridges and two VTSs, each of the two working in pairs, bridge-VTS. Five different scenarios were used, all set in the entrance of the river Humber, UK. In total, nine Pilots/Masters (Unlimited licence) and two VTS Operators participated in the experiment which ran over four days and was divided into two different simulations. ECDIS and VTS system were represented by the shipboard as well as the shore-based E-navigation Prototype Display system, as developed by the Danish Maritime Authority within the MONALISA and ACCSEAS projects. Data was collected using questionnaires, observation and video protocols. The observation protocol and the video protocol were coded and micro coded using MaxQDA and the questionnaires were used for comparison between the different participants following the analysis of protocol data in MaxQDA. Results indicate that there were no differences in acceptance of the tested “route suggestion” functionality between participants of different age, nor previous experiences as navigators/VTS Operators. Further, the results strongly indicate that the acceptance of the “route suggestion” functionality was due to the VTS Operators bridging the introduction of the new functionality by voice communication. Thus, the “route suggestion” functionality served as a graphical means of supporting voice communication between navigator and VTS Operator.
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- Darmon, David, et al.
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Prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics to asthmatic patients in general practice: a cross-sectional study based on French and Italian prescribing data
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In: BMC Family Practice. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2296. ; 16
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Asthma is often poorly controlled and guidelines are often inadequately followed in medical practice. In particular, the prescription of non-asthma-specific drugs can affect the quality of care. The goal of this study was to measure the frequency of the prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics to asthmatic patients and to look for associations between sex or age and the prescription of these drugs. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using computerised medical records from French and Italian general practitioners' networks. Patients were selected according to criteria adapted from the HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) criteria. The outcome measure was the number of antibiotics or anxiolytics/hypnotics prescriptions per patient in 1 year. Parallel multivariate models were developed. Results: The final sample included 3,093 French patients (mean age 27.6 years, 49.7% women) and 3,872 Italian patients (mean age 29.1 years, 48.7% women). In the univariate analysis, the French patients were prescribed fewer antibiotics than the Italian patients (37.1% vs. 42.2%, p < 0.00001) but more anxiolytics/hypnotics (17.8% vs. 6.9%, p < 0.0001). In the multivariate models, the female patients were more likely to receive antibiotics (odds ratio: 1.5 [1.3-1.7]) and anxiolytics/hypnotics (odds ratio: 1.8 [1.5-2.1]). Conclusions: The prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics to asthmatic patients is frequent, especially in women. Asthma guidelines should address this issue by referring to other guidelines covering the prescription of non-asthma-specific drugs, and alternative non-pharmacological interventions should be considered.
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- Hersi, Abdi-Fatah, 1989-, et al.
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A Randomised Clinical Trial comparing Magseed® with Guide Wire localization in nonpalpable breast cancer scheduled for Magtrace® assisted sentinel lymph node biopsy: The MagTotal RCT
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Guidewire localization is widely regarded as the gold standard method of localizing non-palpable breast tumors even though it has drawbacks. Magnetic seed (magseed®) localization is a safe and feasible alternative for localizing and excising non-palpable breast tumors. The combination of magnetic seed localization together with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) for breast cancer scheduled for breast-conserving surgery (BCS) together with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have also been reported. In this multicentre randomized pilot study, we aimed to compare localization with either Magseed® or guidewire in breast cancer patients scheduled for BCS + SLNB between September 2018 and May 2021. All patients received SPIO peritumoral and preoperatively for identification of the sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). If randomized to magseed® localization (n = 91) the patient received it by the radiologist up until 30 days before surgery and if allocated to guidewire localization (n = 116) the patient received it on the day of the surgery. All patients were injected with SPIO, ultrasound guided by radiologist if allocated to magnetic seed or by the surgeon if allocated to guidewire, up until 30 days before surgery. Primary endpoint was reoperation rate due to positive margins. In 207 patients (n = 91 in magseed and n = 116 in guidewire) there was no significant difference in reoperation rate (3.3% in magseed vs 7% in guidewire group, p = 0.354). Furthermore, there was no significant difference in SLN detection rate (97.8% vs 100%, p = 0.187) and both groups had comparable mean number of SLNs retrieved (2.52 vs 2.62 nodes, p = 0.763). Magnetic seed localization together with SPIO for SLNB is a viable and safe alternative to guidewire localization.
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- James, Franz, 1966
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”Sketch and Talk”, Drawing lines between incarcerated humans, the interior, and “stuff”. Design methodologies for (well)-being in prisons, youth homes and psychiatric hospitals
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- With increasing global and local incarceration, the demand for prison beds is rapidly growing. The Swedish government’s plans for implementing youth prisons and amending laws regarding young people’s sentences risk increasing the already high numbers of mental health problems. Although security is an inherent element of institutions for care and incarceration (ICI), the present focus on reinforcing security is similarly jeopardizing the health of inmates, patients, and youths in prisons, forensic psychiatric hospitals, and youth homes. Moreover, the rapid production of beds will likely lead to issues with staff security and work environment. The field of research for design in correctional institutions and behavioral health is limited. Although there is an increased interest in evidence-based design, EBD cannot be said to extend to all design aspects for vulnerable people in ICIs. However, this dissertation critically discusses the dichotomies, meanings, and connecting lines between incarcerated humans, the interior, and stuff, and it looks primarily at the design of institutions in Scandinavia. Moreover, ICIs are understood in this dissertation as an existential and ethical dichotomy with well-being on the one hand and the losses that incarceration brings on the other. The tension between punishment and (re)habilitation manifests through materiality, design, and high-security measures. However, the question for design is not whether it is possible to hinder the pain and losses that come with incarceration but how design can mitigate these losses, alleviate pain, foster well-being, and assist staff through a safe and supportive work environment. Part of this doctoral project has been conducted within a multidisciplinary research project aimed at creating knowledge about youths’ experience of the physical environment in Sweden’s youth homes (SiS). Two of this dissertation’s five papers were written as part of this research project (IV, V). The other three papers discuss the early method development of Sketch and Talk (II), the narrative of patients’ experience of the physical environment in forensic care (I), and the design of prison cells through the narratives of three women (III). The theoretical underpinning of this dissertation is inspired by phenomenology and ethnography. It therefore advocates for a design research methodology that brings the researcher closer to the phenomenon and into the node of peoples’ experiences. Hence, one of this dissertation’s contributions is the Sketch and Talk method, which uses sketching and talking when meeting a participant in their cell or room as a way of creating a space for mutual observation and understanding of the interior. Moreover, as ethical awareness is paramount in research with vulnerable groups, the method has been valuable through its transparency and open approach. Design for ICIs can be seen as a “wicked problem” and is as much an ethical and ideological matter as a design-related problem. This dissertation identifies a “wickedness” in how design processes primarily take their point of departure in previous products and seek to improve them. Therefore, when penal ideology is saturating the previous product (ICI) the ideology has pertained to the new ICI as carceral design heritage. Identifying carceral design is in itself a first step in designing for well-being. This presents a wide-open opportunity to reform and rethink – an opportunity we must take, particularly in light of planned investments and expansion. This dissertation suggests that future research can contribute with more knowledge on how an interior can promote well-being through design for autonomy, dwelling, and movement and as a result can open up new horizons of change and hope.
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- Krug, Rosemarie, et al.
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Comparable Sensitivity of Postmenopausal and Young Women to the Effects of Intranasal Insulin on Food Intake and Working Memory
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In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. - : The Endocrine Society. - 0021-972X .- 1945-7197. ; 95:12, s. E468-E472
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ContextWe have previously shown that enhancing brain insulin signaling by intranasal administration of a single dose of the hormone acutely reduces food intake in young men but not women, whereas its improving effects on spatial and working memory are restricted to young women.ObjectiveAgainst the background of animal studies suggesting that low estrogen concentrations are a prerequisite for the anorexigenic impact of central nervous insulin, we extended our foregoing study by assessing intranasal insulin effects in postmenopausal women with comparatively low estrogen concentrations, expecting them to be more sensitive than young women to the anorexigenic effects of the hormone.Design, Setting, Participants, and InterventionIn a within-subject, double-blind comparison performed at the University of Lubeck, 14 healthy postmenopausal women (body mass index, 23.71 +/- 0.6 kg/m(2); age, 57.61 +/- 1.14 yr) were intranasally administered 160 IU regular human insulin or vehicle.Main Outcome MeasuresSubjects performed a working memory task (digit span) and a hippocampus-dependent visuospatial memory task. Subsequently, free-choice food intake from an ad libitum breakfast buffet was measured.ResultsContrary to expectations, results in postmenopausal women mirrored those found in young women(22.44 +/- 0.63 yr), i.e. insulin administration did not affect food intake (P > 0.46), but did enhance performance in the prefrontal cortex-dependent working memory task (P < 0.05).ConclusionsLow estrogen levels as present in postmenopausal women do not modulate the effects of intranasal insulin in females, suggesting that in humans as opposed to rats, estrogen signaling does not critically alter central nervous system sensitivity to the effects of insulin on energy homeostasis and cognition.Intranasal insulin has comparable effects in postmenopausal and young women, indicating that estrogen does not critically alter central nervous system insulin sensitivity in women.
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- Radovic, Zoran, et al.
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Efficient Synchronization for Non-Uniform Communication Architectures
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In: Proceedings of Supercomputing 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Scalable parallel computers are often nonuniform communication architectures (NUCAs), where the access time to other processor's caches vary with their physical location. Still, few attempts of exploring cache-to-cache communication locality have been mad
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Sustainability in Scandinavia : _Architectural Design and Planning
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Editorial collection (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- In this book, essential aspects of sustainability in architecture and planning are approached from many diverse perspectives that exemplify the breadth and depth of explorations underway in Scandinavia today. The collection of writings is based on six years of visits made to these three Scandinavian countries, and sustained engagements with the schools of architecture in the capital cities. The presentation of these perspectives is intended to illuminate lessons being learned by architects in Scandinavia, and to expand the influence of these ideas to a global audience.The main drivers of sustainability are highlighted through case studies that cover all scales from planning and infrastructure to buildings and components. The cases treat broad themes such as global, regional, political, and cultural, and give each their specifically architectural significance. More acutely architectural topics such as adaptability, holistic thinking, and architectural education/tradition further permeate the cases. At the same time, the cases exemplify the best practices of sustainable architecture in Scandinavia including housing, offices, and cultural buildings, and urban development.
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