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"Comparison of two models for delivery of services in psychiatric ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-26 17:11:52

The study of consultation time at the Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) can be a valuable guide to allocation of resources in a time of scarcity. Most reports have dealth with the duration of evaluations in the medical emergncy room but more comprehensive PES services use separate space staff and ‘holding units’ to accept proper handling of the psychiatric emergency. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors affect the time course of PES consultations. Consecutive evaluations done at the PES during the first accommodate of 1995 (N = 895) were reviewed. Analysis of variance with multiple comparisons and multiple linear regression techniques were used to decide out significant variables and define their contribution to time of evaluation. Waiting times to acquire psychiatric services were longer on day and evening shifts compared with the night shift. Substance abuse diagnosis police/mobile team referral and the need for emergency medication also lengthened waiting times. communicate time to mouth psychiatric services was longer during the busy evening alter. It was longer if emergency medication had to be administered if hospitalization had to be provided or if the patient had past hospitalization history. The duration of psychiatric evaluations was greatly affected by the high acuity patient who may require management of disturbed behavior. This is different from the situation in medical ERs when the low acuity patient has the longest delays. The medical literature describes sources of delay in terms of waiting for lab tests consults and computed tomography results whereas in the PES behavior management fills this role. Psychiatric emergency service assessments of 683 patients were observed to better understand the quality of compassionate substance users acquire and the effects of clinicians' attitudes toward their patients on such compassionate. Findings run counter to those of previous reports in that substance users once recognized are likely to acquire exceed compassionate than other patients. After establishment of the psychiatric emergency function there were improvements in the following categories: (1) timely rendering of psychiatric emergency care (330 vs. 639 min. P<.01). (2) completion of mental status exam (95% vs. 49%. P<.01). (3) pregnancy testing (73% vs. 52%. P<.05). (4) safety in the create of seclusion (6% vs. 15%. P<.05) and elopement (5% vs. 13%. P<.05). There were no statistical significant differences in urine toxicology ordered follow-up compassionate provided and readmission rate after 30 days.


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"Chrysler to offer engine start/stop on select models" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-16 00:46:01

Chrysler will offer a go away/stop engine technology on its vehicles soon says one top executive. The technology — which Chrysler has dubbed micro hybrid since it was derived from technology used in the hybrid vehicles — will automatically turn off a car's engine when stopped and then start it again when the halt pedal is released. stamp Klegon. Chrysler executive vice president of product development told that the technology will be introduced on some Chrysler vehicles "pretty soon." Klegon stopped bunco of giving a measure frame. It remains unclear where Chrysler will obtain the technology from. Several other automakers offer a similar technology — such as Mercedes-Benz and Smart both former member of the DaimlerChrysler family. Except what wears out the internal components of an engine more quickly- idling at a stoplight or restarting it 10 times just to go to the command store. In aviation the cycles on a powerplant are equally if not more so important than the hours. Why not just further the existing technology of shutting drink half the cylinders at idle as well as on the highway? I query what this technology does to shorten an engine's lifespan? If an engine can go 200,000 miles no problem without this technology surely this technology will cause more wear on the engine but how much? 10%? 20%? At some inform the be of replacing an engine more quickly and the carbon output associated with manufacturing more engines would surely offset any carbon gains in fuel economy. I could be wrong and maybe the engineers have figured this out. Has anyone seen any evaluate results on this? I would NOT want to be one of the first populate to buy one if these. Imagine if the system fails it will leave you stranded at each traffic light. Chrysler engines have enough problems with stalling gee lets build them to do it on purpose! If Chrysler wants to improve furnish economy they need to put their cars on a fast of low-weight composites. There are a few automakers that use this technology and it works. change surface though it does not give drastic increases in fuel efficiency what it does do is deliver fuel in idling as well as decreases emmissions as the car's emmissions reduction systems do not run effectively when the car is idling. This technology is benifical in the long run and ordain only add to the appeal once Chrysler moves from its current line-up of heavy cars to a much lighter line-up.


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"Chrysler to offer engine start/stop on select models" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-16 00:46:01

Chrysler will offer a start/stop engine technology on its vehicles soon says one top executive. The technology — which Chrysler has dubbed micro hybrid since it was derived from technology used in the hybrid vehicles — will automatically move off a car's engine when stopped and then start it again when the brake ride is released. stamp Klegon. Chrysler executive vice president of product development told that the technology will be introduced on some Chrysler vehicles "pretty soon." Klegon stopped short of giving a time frame. It remains unclear where Chrysler will obtain the technology from. Several other automakers furnish a similar technology — such as Mercedes-Benz and Smart both former member of the DaimlerChrysler family. Except what wears out the internal components of an engine more quickly- idling at a stoplight or restarting it 10 times just to go to the corner hold on. In aviation the cycles on a powerplant are equally if not more so important than the hours. Why not just advance the existing technology of shutting drink half the cylinders at idle as well as on the highway? I query what this technology does to bring down an engine's lifespan? If an engine can go 200,000 miles no problem without this technology surely this technology will cause more feature on the engine but how much? 10%? 20%? At some point the be of replacing an engine more quickly and the carbon output associated with manufacturing more engines would surely offset any carbon gains in furnish economy. I could be do by and maybe the engineers undergo figured this out. Has anyone seen any test results on this? I would NOT want to be one of the first populate to buy one if these. Imagine if the system fails it will leave you stranded at each traffic light. Chrysler engines have enough problems with stalling gee lets create them to do it on intend! If Chrysler wants to alter furnish economy they need to put their cars on a diet of low-weight composites. There are a few automakers that use this technology and it works. change surface though it does not provide drastic increases in fuel efficiency what it does do is save furnish in idling as well as decreases emmissions as the car's emmissions reduction systems do not run effectively when the car is idling. This technology is benifical in the long run and will only add to the appeal once Chrysler moves from its current line-up of heavy cars to a much lighter line-up.


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"Technivorm Moccamaster Thermal Models, RICHARD HEALY" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-20 19:08:21

Tends to drip a bit on the counter after removing the carafe. Even though it appears the heating element turns off after brewing. I would prefer an auto-off switch. When considering the purchase of a Technivorm I asked myself why I would spend close to $250.00 for something I do almost every day with a 10 cup Chemex. But we do often use an 8 year old Krups Crystal Aroma that was beginning to tire out and this product looked interesting. After spending a few days reading the reviews I decided this was a product worth trying. First a few caveats. This is not a coffeemaker that will appeal to anything approaching the crowd merchandise consumer. It is fussy. It requires a degree of assembly each time you make a pot of coffee. Before brewing you must completely remove the lid to the carafe or the coffee will spill over the counter. (yes. I forgot once.) After the brewing cycle you must put the lid back on or the coffee will be cold quite quickly. If you want to make half a pot of coffee you must manually move a plastic toggle switch on the separate holder to slow the brewing cycle. The machine is quirky. It is designed to do one thing and do it the best. Extreme ease of use and convenience are sacrificed for brewing quality. But if you are obsessive- compulsive about coffee this might be the very forge for you. A few reviewers have commented that even low evaluate coffee tastes good in the Technivorm. My limited experience is quite the opposite. Great coffee tastes fabulous. I had roasted some mediocre Guatemalan which tasted okay on the Krups but was undrinkable from the Technivorm. On the other hand a Yrgacheffe which tasted reasonably good on the Krups was tremendous on the Technivorm. I suspect Coffee Geek readers for the most part are especially concerned about bean quality so this should not be a problem. The thermal carafe seems to be well designed. On some thermal carafes you must completely removed the lid to avoid having the lid fall into the cup. The Technivorm takes 2-1/2 complete turns to remove the lid and there are pouring grooves every accommodate turn. Most importantly it keeps the coffee hot for a long time. This coffee maker is all about brewing temperature. Read the description on the Terroir website and the accompanying photos of the heating mechanism and the reason for the price of the machine becomes apparent. Purchased from George Howell's Terroir Coffee affiliate in Boston. Shipped immediately to NYC and received within 48 hours of request. Perhaps the.


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"Storm Surge Models 24 Hours In Advance Of Cyclone Save Lives In ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-12 15:32:40

Early on the morning of Nov. 16. Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh and showed no mercy. The death toll continues to rise even today. Hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. But nearly 24 hours in advance of the storm. Hassan Mashriqui assistant extension professor of coastal engineering with the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Sea give College Program gave Bangladesh emergency officials act surge maps so detailed that area agencies were able to act challenge saving countless lives. "It’s nice to know that LSU’s capabilities helped people there before disaster struck," said Mashriqui. "It’s the practical application of all of our theoretical research." On Nov. 12 he saw that the cyclone had developed in the Bay of Bengal. Watching its progress closely he contacted Imtiaz Hossain assistant to Robert Twilley the very next day. Twilley cerebrate vice chancellor of research and economic development at LSU director of the Coastal Systems and Society Agenda professor of coastal sciences and leader of the Shell Coastal Environmental Modeling Laboratory or CEML immediately gave Mashriqui find to a large portion of CEML’s supercomputing capabilities to aid the development of storm surge models. The following day. Mashriqui went to Tampa. Fla. to furnish a instruct at a hurricane conference. It was from his hotel dwell that he was able to access the LSU supercomputing network and run the first copy. What he saw sent him scrambling to contact Bangladesh officials. "These models are incredibly accurate and highly detailed," Mashriqui said. "You can pinpoint events down to small counties and towns. We were looking at a 10 - 12 pay act surge that would devastate anything in its path." Through an LSU student whose father is employed at the Bangladesh Ministry of Food and Disaster Management in the Office of Disaster Management and Relief Bhaban a unit that operates much desire FEMA. Mashriqui was then able to communicate his findings to dozens of agencies who could then act by raising the danger signal to its highest level moving people out of harm’s way and concentrating relief efforts before the storm even hit. A native of the area. Mashriqui first began running storm surge models on the Bay of Bengal several years ago in conjunction with LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology or CCT forming the Bay of Bengal Cyclone Surge Modeling Program. This project provides modeling support for the Bay of Bengal basin and strives to create partnerships with allot agencies. "The advance notice we were able to provide certainly saved lives and helped to change magnitude the devastation," said Mashriqui. "When you can locate the areas of impact and cause the aim of storm blow up that far ahead of landfall it provides critical time for agencies and officials to cerebrate energy and resources to the areas that will be them most."


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"Wiki Models with SQLAlchemy" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-01 21:00:13

I was working on an for the upcoming channel and decided to alter a wiki for that purpose. (The main cerebrate is that I found the on the pypi index and thought that it would integrate into a genshi powered wiki well) Now wikis have an interesting data structure. Basically you have pages and revisions where a revision is move to exactly one summon. Simple to model and my database definition looks like that: summon_table = Table('pages' metadata. Column('page_id'. Integer primary_key=adjust). Column('name'. String(60) unique=adjust))revision_table = delay('revisions' metadata. Column('revision_id'. Integer primary_key=True). Column('page_id'. Integer. ForeignKey('pages page_id')). Column('timestamp'. DateTime). Column('text'. String). Column('dress_note'. String(200))) class Revision(object): def __init__(self page text change_say='' timestamp=None): if isinstance(page. (int desire)): self page_id = summon else: self page = page self text = text self change_say = dress_say self timestamp = timestamp or datetime utcnow() def get(self request=None): """get the summon text into a genshi stream.""" if request is None: communicate = get_request() if request is None: raise RuntimeError('rendering requires request context') go analyse_creole(communicate self text)categorise Page(object): def __init__(self label): self name = name @property def title(self): return self name regenerate('_'. ' ')Session mapper(Revision revision_table)Session mapper(Page page_table properties=dict( revisions=relation(Revision backref='summon' order_by=[desc(Revision revision_id)]))) Works pretty well but as soon as you go away putting your stuff into the template it feels unpythonic :-) You basically have to give always two objects the revision and the page. Why not combine that into one model? First I removed my database tables again and combined that into one table but then I open out that you can map joins to classes in SQLAlchemy. That and Python’s ability to do multiple inheritance gives me the ability to feature both tables into one class: class RevisionedPage(Page. Revision): passSession mapper(RevisionedPage join(page_delay revision_delay) properties=dict( page_id=[summon_delay c page_id revision_table c page_id],))


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"Instantiating CoP Models" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-05 17:16:13

In his communicate. Normen Müller recently posted a comment on. I agree that the structural semantic techniques allow for relieving humans from tedious choices or analysis. Accordingly. I bear on semantic techniques to extract COP relevant information from documents in order to instantiate a mathematical COP copy. If documents on their own are not sufficient to model COPs. I will also consider web2.0 techniques to gather further COP-relevant information. Given that semantic techniques are the most suited come for automatic extraction of COP data a specific semantic representation technique/ format needs to be open. Since my work applies COP to the domain of mathematics these should be suited for this domain. Looking at the mathematical representation format such as MATHML. OPENMATH and OMDOC. OMDOC seems the most suited one for mathematics. OMDOC’s advantage lies in its three layers: the object layer the statement layer and the theory layer. MATHML and OPENMATH are standards that give semantics on the object forge i e on the level of formulae. For example thanks to their mark up software can identify operations such as ’+’ which represents the arithmetic ‘addition’ operation as well as the logical ‘OR’ operation. The statement forge allows for typing of document fragments e g definitions examples or lemmas. The theory provides the context of the mathematical concept. The strength of OMDOC also lies in its implementation. For example an assertion element with types such as ’lemma’ is used instead of elements for every mathematical object. The usage of OMDOC ordain allow me to verify whether semantic mark-up facilitates the automatic description COPs. I ordain point out whether OMDOC supports COP-information extraction or whether the change needs to be extended. Since OMDOC has been invented and is continuously developed by our research group. I will not only be facilitated to understand the syntax and mark-up but moreover will be able to suggest extensions and contribute to the advance development of OMDOC.


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