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Early medieval crafts and production in Ireland, AD 400-1100 : the evidence from rural settlements
This monograph deals with the archaeological evidence for crafts and production activity on rural settlements in early medieval Ireland (and so not on Viking towns).
Book
When Your Ex Doesn't Follow the Rules
End the Co-Parenting War.If you find co-parenting with your ex to be a constant struggle and it seems like he fights you every step of the way - sometimes just for sport, you are not alone.Are you worried that you cannot go on like this for the next 10-15 years and that your bank account will be empty from the legal costs?.
eBook
The Great Chains of Computing: Informatics at Multiple Scales
The perspective from which information processing is pervasive in the universe has proven to be an increasingly productive one. Phenomena from the quantum level to social networks have commonalities that can be usefully explicated using principles of informatics. We argue that the notion of scale is particularly salient here. An appreciation of what is invariant and what is emergent across scales, and of the variety of different types of scales, establishes a useful foundation for the transdiscipline of informatics. We survey the notion of scale and use it to explore the characteristic features of information statics (data), kinematics (communication), and dynamics (processing). We then explore the analogy to the principles of plenitude and continuity that feature in Western thought, under the name of the \"great chain of being\", from Plato through Leibniz and beyond, and show that the pancomputational turn is a modern counterpart of this ruling idea. We conclude by arguing that this broader perspective can enhance informatics pedagogy.
Journal Article
Subtypes of Rumination Associated with White Matter Integrity in Women with Depression
Recent studies have begun to examine white matter connectivity aberrations in psychiatric populations, such as major depressive disorder. Several studies have found reduced white matter integrity (WMI) in depressed samples, though the location of this reduction is not clear. Incorporating symptom measures of depression severity and rumination may allow for increased identification and localization of aberrant WMI in this heterogeneous disorder. This study examined WMI, specifically fractional anisotropy (FA), using diffusion tensor imaging in a sample of depressed adult women (N=45). The relationship between depression severity and subscales of rumination with fractional anisotropy in six tracts were analyzed, including the bilateral superior longitudinal fasciculus, bilateral uncinate fasciculus, and bilateral cingulum bundle. Increased reflective rumination was associated with increased FA in the right cingulum bundle and left uncinate fasciculus. Additionally, post-hoc analyses considered other measures of WMI in those two tracts. Results found that depression rumination and brooding rumination were associated with aberrant WMI in the left uncinate fasciculus. Findings from this study offer a unique understanding of how white matter integrity in prefrontal, temporal, and limbic regions may be associated with different forms of rumination in women diagnosed with major depression.
Dissertation
Professionalizing the Role of Peer Leaders in STEM
Efforts to improve retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors frequently utilize peer mentors and/or leaders. At Northern Kentucky University, the STEM Ambassador (SA) program involves students in the creation of a STEM community through multifaceted roles as mentors, peer-learning facilitators, and social organizers. The program utilizes best practices in organizational leadership and leadership development to maximize the effectiveness of the SAs. The program has resulted in positive perceptions of the SAs, increased retention of STEM students that participate in the SAled activities, and a well-nurtured, professionally developed set of students that serve the STEM community.
Journal Article
The Great Chains of Computing: Informatics at Multiple Scales
The perspective from which information processing is pervasive in the universe has proven to be an increasingly productive one. Phenomena from the quantum level to social networks have commonalities that can be usefully explicated using principles of informatics. We argue that the notion of scale is particularly salient here. An appreciation of what is invariant and what is emergent across scales, and of the variety of different types of scales, establishes a useful foundation for the transdiscipline of informatics. We survey the notion of scale and use it to explore the characteristic features of information statics (data), kinematics (communication), and dynamics (processing). We then explore the analogy to the principles of plenitude and continuity that feature in Western thought, under the name of the \"great chain of being\", from Plato through Leibniz and beyond, and show that the pancomputational turn is a modern counterpart of this ruling idea. We conclude by arguing that this broader perspective can enhance informatics pedagogy.
Journal Article
Step Monitoring to improve ARTERial health (SMARTER) through step count prescription in type 2 diabetes and hypertension: trial design and methods
Background
With increasing numbers of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and hypertension patients, there is a pressing need for effective, time-efficient and sustainable strategies to help physicians support their patients to achieve higher physical activity levels. SMARTER will determine whether physician-delivered step count prescriptions reduce arterial stiffness over a one-year period, compared with usual care, in sedentary overweight/obese adults with DM2/hypertension.
Design
Randomized, allocation-concealed, assessor-blind, multisite clinical trial. The primary outcome is change in arterial stiffness over one year. The secondary outcomes include changes in physical activity, individual vascular risk factors, medication use, and anthropometric parameters. Assessments are at baseline and one year.
Methods
Participants are sedentary/low active adults with 25 ≤ BMI < 40 kg/m
2
followed for DM2/hypertension by a collaborating physician. The active arm uses pedometers to track daily step counts and review logs with their physicians at 3 to 4-month intervals. A written step count prescription is provided at each visit, aiming to increase counts by ≥3,000 steps/day over one year, with an individualized rate increase. The control arm visits physicians at the same frequency and receives advice to engage in physical activity 30-60 minutes/day. SMARTER will enroll 364 individuals to detect a 10 ± 5% difference in arterial stiffness change between arms. Arterial stiffness is assessed noninvasively with carotid femoral pulse wave velocity using applanation tonometry.
Discussion
The importance of SMARTER lies not simply in the use of pedometer-based monitoring but also on its integration into a prescription-based intervention delivered by the treating physician. Equally important is the measurement of impact of this approach on a summative indicator of arterial health, arterial stiffness. If effectiveness is demonstrated, this strategy has strong potential for widespread uptake and implementation, given that it is well-aligned with the structure of current clinical practice.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov (
NCT01475201
)
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