194 results on '"Annie Chen"'
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52. Alterations in Gut Microbiota Do Not Play a Causal Role in Diet-independent Weight Gain Caused by Ovariectomy
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Reeya S Shah, Christine M Olmstead, Annie Chen, Varykina G. Thackray, Scott T. Kelley, Lillian Sau, and Laura J Cui
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0301 basic medicine ,Agonist ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,gut microbiome ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Biology ,Gut flora ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,estrogen ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Obesity ,Aetiology ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Nutrition ,Brief Report ,Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Polycystic ovary ,cohousing ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,ovariectomy ,Estrogen ,Ovariectomized rat ,medicine.symptom ,Weight gain ,AcademicSubjects/MED00250 ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists - Abstract
Acute estrogen deficiency in women can occur due to many conditions including hyperprolactinemia, chemotherapy, GnRH agonist treatment, and removal of hormone replacement therapy. Ovariectomized (OVX) rodent models, often combined with a high-fat diet (HFD), have been used to investigate the effects of decreased estrogen production on metabolism. Since evidence suggests that gut microbes may facilitate the protective effect of estrogen on metabolic dysregulation in an OVX + HFD model, we investigated whether the gut microbiome plays a role in the diet-independent weight gain that occurs after OVX in adult female mice. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that OVX was not associated with changes in overall gut bacterial biodiversity but was correlated with a shift in beta diversity. Using differential abundance analysis, we observed a difference in the relative abundance of a few bacterial taxa, such as Turicibacter, 3 to 5 weeks after OVX, which was subsequent to the weight gain that occurred 2 weeks postsurgery. A cohousing study was performed to determine whether exposure to a healthy gut microbiome was protective against the development of the metabolic phenotype associated with OVX. Unlike mouse models of obesity, HFD maternal-induced metabolic dysregulation, or polycystic ovary syndrome, cohousing OVX mice with healthy mice did not improve the metabolic phenotype of OVX mice. Altogether, these results indicate that changes in the gut microbiome are unlikely to play a causal role in diet-independent, OVX-induced weight gain (since they occurred after the weight gain) and cohousing with healthy mice did not have a protective effect.
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- 2021
53. eP514: Extending cascade screening using genealogy, DTC genetics and social media – the ConnectMyVariant exploratory pilot study
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Annie Chen, Jenna Huey, Sandy Coe, Jailanie Kaganovsky, Emily Malouf, Heather Evans, Jill Daker, Elizabeth Harper, Olivia Fordiani, Emma Lowe, Caleigh Oldroyd, Ashlyn Price, Kristlynn Roth, Julie Stoddard, Jill Crandell, and Brian Shirts
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- 2022
54. Law 19: The ultimate photodiode performance metric
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Jon Ellsworth, Donald Lee, Majid Zandian, E. Piquette, Ryan Cottier, Aristo Yulius, Annie Chen, Stephanie Tallaricao, Sheri Douglas, Michael Carmody, and Peter Dreiske
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Physics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Operating temperature ,law ,Detector ,Shot noise ,Mercury cadmium telluride ,Performance metric ,Photodiode ,law.invention ,Diode ,Dark current - Abstract
In 2007, Teledyne presented and subsequently published an empirically derived formula, known as “Rule 07”, for the dark current performance of Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HgCdTe) P-on-n diodes. The Rule 07 metric has become widely popular within the infrared community, not only as a basis for predicting HgCdTe detector and system performance, but as the “number to beat” for other technologies, notably III-V nBn and strained-layer superlattice (SLS) devices. For materials that have sufficiently long recombination lifetimes, HgCdTe being one of the few such widely used materials, internal currents within the detector can be suppressed and the detector becomes limited by the background radiation from the surrounding environment. These currents can be orders of magnitude below Rule 07 and even further orders of magnitude below the Auger-limit. The ability to suppress Auger currents and operate at the radiative limit allows for significantly higher operating temperature and provides several significant advantages, including: Reduced size, weight, power, cost, and improved reliability associated with reduced cooler requirements Lower dark current when operating at conventional temperatures, permitting improved sensitivity from lower shot noise and longer achievable integration times Because background radiatively-limited performance is both fundamental and physics-driven, in 2019 we proposed replacing Rule 07 with “Law 19” and provided a comparison of this fundamental limit with Rule 07. In this paper, we review the theoretical performance of Teledyne’s fully-depleted HgCdTe P-υ-N detectors and provide performance data on dark current, dynamic impedance and quantum efficiency (QE) for mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) and long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) detectors both at high operating temperatures (up to 300K) and as a function of temperature
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- 2020
55. HIV comprehensive knowledge and prevalence among young adolescents in Nigeria: evidence from Akwa Ibom AIDS indicator survey, 2017
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Chinedu Agbakwuru, Timothy D Mastro, Ezekiel James, Patrick Essiet, Jefferson Mwaisaka, Annie Chen-Carrington, Satish Raj Pandey, Titilope Badru, Kwasi Torpey, Sani H. Aliyu, Hadiza Khamofu, and Oluwasanmi Adedokun
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Comprehensive HIV knowledge ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Risk perceptions ,Adolescent ,Psychological intervention ,Nigeria ,HIV Infections ,Logistic regression ,Social issues ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Environmental health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,030505 public health ,Descriptive statistics ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,medicine.disease ,Stigma ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Young adolescents ,Female ,Biostatistics ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Background Despite the recent increase in HIV infections among adolescents, little is known about their HIV knowledge and perceptions. This study, therefore, sought to examine the factors associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge, stigma, and HIV risk perceptions among young adolescents aged 10–14 years in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Additionally, consenting parents and assenting young adolescents were tested for HIV. Methods We used cross-sectional data from the 2017 Akwa Ibom AIDS Indicator Survey to analyze comprehensive HIV knowledge, stigma, and HIV risk perceptions among young adolescents. Demographic characteristics of young adolescents were summarized using descriptive statistics. Chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact test in cases of small subgroup sample sizes) was used to elicit associations between demographics and study outcomes. Separate multivariable logistic regression models were then conducted to determine associations with the study outcomes. Sampling weights were calculated in order to adjust for the sample design. P-values less than 0.05 were considered to be significant. Results A total of 1818 young adolescents were interviewed. The survey highlighted significant low levels of comprehensive HIV knowledge (9.4%) among young adolescents. Adolescent-parent discussions [AOR = 2.19, 95% C.I (1.10–4.38), p = 0.03], schools as sources of HIV information [AOR = 8.06, 95% C.I (1.70–38.33), p p = 0.02] were associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge. Majority (93%) of young adolescents perceived themselves not to be at risk of HIV. Overall, 81.5% of young adolescents reported stigmatizing tendencies towards people living with HIV. HIV prevalence among young adolescents was 0.6%. Conclusions Results indicate low comprehensive HIV knowledge among young adolescents. Our findings suggest that there is a need for increased attention towards young adolescents particularly in the provision of comprehensive, functional sexuality education, including HIV at the family- and school-levels. Consequently, age appropriate interventions are needed to address the epidemiological risks of young adolescents that are influenced by a myriad of social issues.
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- 2020
56. Self‐concept, individual characteristics, and counterfeit consumption: Evidence from an emerging market
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Dwight Merunka, Annie Chen, Muhammad Shakaib Akram, Aneela Malik, Bradley R. Barnes, Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille (CERGAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN), and BEN KHALLOUK, Abdelhafid
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Marketing ,Consumption (economics) ,05 social sciences ,Self-concept ,Context (language use) ,Affect (psychology) ,Counterfeit ,Normative social influence ,Theory of reasoned action ,0502 economics and business ,[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,050211 marketing ,[SHS.GESTION] Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,Emerging markets ,Psychology ,050203 business & management ,Applied Psychology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
The study draws on a sample of over 350 consumers from 10 department stores in an emerging market where counterfeit products are available in abundance and there is a huge demand for such goods. The findings reveal that interdependent and independent self traits significantly affect individual characteristics, that is, susceptibility to normative influence, readiness to take social risk, and status acquisition (SA), which in turn influences counterfeit purchase intention. It was discovered that such individual characteristics play a mediating effect on the self‐concept—purchase intention relationship and that high degrees of interdependent self traits positively affect consumers' purchase intention. The study adds to the theory of reasoned action (TRA) by incorporating SA variables into the TRA framework and discovers their significant influence on purchase intention. Some novel insights surrounding counterfeit consumption in an emerging economy context are presented and several implications are extracted to help practitioners appeal to such individual characteristics for combating counterfeit consumption.
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- 2020
57. Augmentation Cystoplasty
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Annie Chen, Brian S. McIntyre, and Elise J. B. De
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- 2020
58. Empowering Older Adults: Incorporating Technology for Retirement Adjustment
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Calvin Tran, Shari Emas, Annie Chen, Lia Montoya, Peter Tran, and Anu Dharni
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Occupational therapy ,030506 rehabilitation ,Medical education ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Training course ,Rehabilitation ,Social engagement ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Occupational Therapy ,Community model ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Use of technology ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology ,Gerontology - Abstract
Aims: This research project targeted the immersion of older adults with the use of technology to increase social participation and access to meaningful online information. Methods: A one-hour iPad/...
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- 2018
59. Examining consumers’ intentions to dine at luxury restaurants while traveling
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Norman Peng and Annie Chen
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Variable (computer science) ,Strategy and Management ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,05 social sciences ,050211 marketing ,Advertising ,Psychology ,Affect (psychology) ,Value (mathematics) ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism - Abstract
This study incorporates a “food image” variable into a luxury value-attitude-behavior model. The aim is to examine Taiwanese tourists’ attitudes toward luxury restaurants and purchase intentions, i.e., to dine at luxury restaurants while traveling for tourism purposes. A total of 361 participants were recruited to complete the questionnaires. The results indicated that the perceived functional value, perceived symbolic / expressive value, and perceived hedonic value may influence consumers’ attitudes toward luxury restaurants, which, in turn, may affect their purchase intentions – to dine at luxury restaurants while participating in tourism activities. In addition, a destination’s food image moderates the relationship between attitude and purchase intentions. The managerial implications of this research are discussed.
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- 2018
60. An Online Community Intervention for Older Persons with Pre-Frailty and Frailty: Pilot Studies
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Oleg Zaslavsky, Frances Chu, Shaoqing Ge, Andrew Teng, Shih-Yin Lin, George Demiris, and Annie Chen
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Abstracts ,Health (social science) ,Late Breaking Poster Session II ,Life-span and Life-course Studies ,AcademicSubjects/SOC02600 ,Health Professions (miscellaneous) ,Session 9505 (Late Breaking Poster) - Abstract
Online community interventions can support self-management in older populations but have rarely targeted symptomology of pre-frailty and frailty. To support older adults’ pre-frailty/frailty symptom management, we iteratively refined an approach entitled Virtual Online Community for Aging Life Experience (VOCALE) in three consecutive pilot studies (2018-2020). These studies employed asynchronous online discussions in which participants were asked to respond to weekly prompts. A study facilitator moderated the discussion, encouraging participants to respond to both the prompts and comments of other participants. In the first pilot (n=8), participants engaged in a collective exploration of different symptoms of pre-frailty and frailty. The second (n=10) and third (n=10) pilots employed a hybrid approach including collaborative exploration and learning of different problem-solving therapy skills over eight weeks. The mean age of participants of the three pilots combined was 80.6 (SD = 7.0). Most participants were female (71%). Participant attrition ranged from 20-25%. Many participants who completed the study noted that they enjoyed the discussions. The participants also found the moderators' follow-up questions and support timely and engaging. Additionally, we observed small but positive changes in self-efficacy measures. These pilot studies have confirmed that older adults with pre-frailty and frailty are interested, and can successfully engage in online community interventions, with the technical support and moderation provided, even during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdown policies were rolled out. Participation in the intervention was also associated with increased awareness of the need to be proactive in self-management concerning frailty-related symptoms.
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- 2021
61. DISSEMINATED BLASTOMYCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
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Nader Kamangar and Annie Chen
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine ,Disseminated blastomycosis ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,business ,Dermatology - Published
- 2021
62. Context-aware collaborative filtering system: predicting the user's preferences in ubiquitous computing.
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Annie Chen
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63. The Effects of Trade Show Environments on Visitors
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Annie Chen, Tzu-hui Li, Norman Peng, and Jehnn-Yih Wong
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Marketing ,Service (business) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Context (language use) ,Advertising ,Affect (psychology) ,Structural equation modeling ,Promotion (rank) ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,Quality (business) ,Business ,Business and International Management ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism ,media_common - Abstract
Tourism trade shows that are open to the public as well as to buyers and sellers are an emerging channel for the promotion of products to potential tourists. However, few studies have explored the influence of environmental stimuli on nonbusiness visitors' emotions. Moreover, the moderating effect of visitors' expectations remains understudied in the context of trade show management. To address this issue, this study reports on research derived from 611 respondents at a Taiwanese tourism trade show through a modified Mehrabian–Russell model. Structural equation modeling of the data shows that positive emotions positively influence behavioral intentions, but negative emotions do not negatively influence behavioral intentions. Among the three stimuli (i.e., information rate, service staff quality, and atmospherics), only information rate and service staff quality positively affect positive emotions and negatively affect negative emotions. The results show that visitors with high and low trade show visit expectations react differently to environmental stimuli at trade shows.
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- 2017
64. DRT: A Tool for Design Recovery of Interactive Graphical Applications.
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Keith Chan, Annie Chen, Zhi Cong Leo Liang, Amir Michail, Minh Hoai Nguyen, and Nicholas Seow
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- 2003
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65. 2020 trends in dental office visits during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Ashley M. Kranz, Grace Gahlon, Annie Chen, and Bradley D. Stein
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Office Visits ,Office visits ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pandemic ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pandemics ,General Dentistry ,Retrospective Studies ,access to care ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,COVID-19 ,Retrospective cohort study ,Original Contribution ,030206 dentistry ,United States ,Connecticut ,Dental Offices ,dental health services ,Observational study ,utilization of care ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Background COVID-19 has created barriers to the delivery of health care services, including dental care. This study sought to quantify the change in dental visits in 2020 compared with 2019. Methods This retrospective, observational study examined the percentage change in weekly visits to dental offices by state (inclusive of the District of Columbia), nationally, and by county-level COVID-19 incidence using geographic information from the mobile applications of 45 million smartphones during 2019 and 2020. Results From March through August 2020, weekly visits to dental offices were 33% lower, on average, than in 2019. Weekly visits were 34% lower, on average, in counties with the highest COVID-19 rates. The greatest decline was observed during the week of April 12, 2020, when there were 66% fewer weekly visits to dental offices. The 5 states (inclusive of the District of Columbia) with the greatest declines in weekly visits from 2019 through 2020, ranging from declines of 38% through 53%, were California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Conclusions Weekly visits to US dental offices declined drastically during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although rates of weekly visits rebounded substantially by June 2020, rates remain about 20% lower than the prior year as of August 2020. These findings highlight the economic challenges faced by dentists owing to the pandemic. Practical Implications States exhibited widespread variation in rates of declining visits during the pandemic, suggesting that dental practices may need to consider different approaches to reopening and encouraging patients to return depending on location.
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- 2021
66. Parental Decision-Making Capacity in Pediatric Palliative Care
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Annie Chen, Hsuan-hsiu, primary
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- 2020
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67. Consumers’ luxury restaurant reservation session abandonment behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of luxury restaurant attachment, emotional ambivalence, and luxury consumption goals
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Norman Peng and Annie Chen
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Consumption (economics) ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Need for uniqueness ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Strategy and Management ,Status consumption ,05 social sciences ,Reservation ,Self-presentation motives, abandonment ,Advertising ,Emotional ambivalence ,Luxury restaurant attachment ,Ambivalence ,Article ,Session (web analytics) ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,Pandemic ,Abandonment (emotional) ,050211 marketing ,Psychology ,050203 business & management - Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine how consumers’ attachment to luxury restaurants and their emotional ambivalence contribute to their reservation session abandonment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition, the moderating effect of luxury consumption goals (e.g., self-presentation motives, status consumption, and need for uniqueness) is examined. A total of 408 participants completed questionnaires, and the results reveal that luxury restaurant attachment significantly influences consumers’ emotional ambivalence, which in turn causes them to not complete their reservation sessions. Furthermore, the moderating effects of status consumption and need for uniqueness are supported.
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- 2021
68. Robotic approach to resection of villous adenoma of the urachus: a case report and literature review
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Julio Chong, Reza Mehrazin, Quisheng Si, Annie Chen, and Kenneth Haines
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0301 basic medicine ,Villous adenoma ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adenoma ,Health Informatics ,Urachus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Robotic Surgical Procedures ,Adenoma, Villous ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Laparoscopy ,Urinary bladder ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Cystoscopy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Surgery ,business - Abstract
Very few cases of villous adenomas of the bladder or urinary tract have been described. To our knowledge this is the first account of resection of an urachal villous adenoma via robotic laparoscopy, which is a safe and efficacious surgical approach. At this time, there is not enough evidence to suggest that progression of disease to carcinoma is the typical course. Nonetheless, follow-up cystoscopy is recommended after complete removal of the adenoma to monitor for recurrence. This case report reviews the current literature and describes a novel approach to treatment of this exceedingly rare entity.
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- 2017
69. Economic evaluation of dental sealants: A systematic literature review
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Marvellous A. Akinlotan, Annie Chen, Tiana M. Fontanilla, Bradley Chen, and Victoria Y. Fan
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Pit and Fissure Sealants ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Sealant ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Dentistry ,Health Care Costs ,030206 dentistry ,Dental Caries ,Seal (mechanical) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Systematic review ,Economic evaluation ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business ,Risk assessment ,General Dentistry ,Permanent teeth - Abstract
Objectives To systematically review the literature on economic evaluations of dental sealants and examine the costs and effectiveness of caries prevention using sealants. Methods Of 21 full-text articles examined, a total of 13 were included in this study. These studies are grouped by the type of intervention as follows: (i) sealants compared with no sealants; (ii) sealants compared with other forms of caries prevention; (iii) resin-based sealants compared with glass-ionomer sealants; (iv) different sealing strategies in primary teeth; (v) different sealing strategies in permanent teeth; and (vi) sealants based on school- or clinic-based setting of delivery. All currency is reported in constant 2010 US$. Results Cost-effectiveness analyses differed due to varying study designs, assumptions, sealant delivery settings, outcomes, caries risk assessment and study durations. Findings varied on the cost-effectiveness of sealants compared with other caries-preventive strategies. Under the assumption of equal caries risk, always sealing primary molars appeared to be the most effective strategy, whereas risk-based sealing was the optimal strategy with differing caries risk. Studies that assessed sealing strategies in permanent teeth reported that risk-based sealing was more cost-effective than not sealing, but they differed on the cost-effectiveness of risk-based seal compared with non-risk-based seal. Sealants delivered in school settings had mixed results on costs but were as equally effective as sealants delivered in private practices. Conclusions The cost-effectiveness of sealants is dependent on the conditions of delivery. The list of cost-effectiveness ratios for each intervention can support policy makers to estimate expected returns on their investments in dental sealants.
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- 2017
70. The effects of teppanyaki restaurant stimuli on diners’ emotions and loyalty
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Kuang-Peng Hung, Norman Peng, and Annie Chen
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Service (business) ,Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Hospitality management studies ,Advertising ,Affect (psychology) ,Tourism-management ,Tourism ,Luxury-hospitality ,Empirical research ,Restaurant-management ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,Loyalty ,050211 marketing ,Marketing ,Psychology ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,media_common - Abstract
This research examines the influence of restaurant stimuli (i.e., chefs, service staff, other customers, food quality, and atmospherics) on diners’ emotions and loyalty to teppanyaki restaurants. In teppanyaki restaurants, chefs take orders from diners, prepare food in front of diners, and serve dishes to diners. Although the importance of chefs has been acknowledged by scholars, empirical research on the influence of chefs on diners has been scarce. To augment the literature on how chefs influence diners, this research incorporates “chef’s image” into an extended Mehrabian-Russell model (M-R model) to conceptualize diner loyalty to teppanyaki restaurants. A total of 308 diners from Taiwan were recruited. After examining their completed questionnaires, this study found that chef’s image, service quality, and food quality can affect the positive and negative emotions of diners. Moreover, other diners and restaurant atmospherics affect only the negative emotions of diners. Both positive and negative emotions can affect diner loyalty to teppanyaki restaurants. In addition, the managerial implications of this study are discussed.
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- 2017
71. Patient and Family Member Preparedness for Inpatient Discussions about End-of-Life Care (S729)
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Annie Chen, J. Randall Curtis, Jennifer Zech, Ruth A. Engelberg, and Rashmi K. Sharma
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Family member ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,business.industry ,Family medicine ,Preparedness ,medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,End-of-life care ,General Nursing - Published
- 2020
72. Differential Gene Expression in Capsules Derived From Smooth and Textured Silicone Implants
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Regina Y. Baker, Annie Chen, David P. Perrault, Solmaz Niknam-Bienia, Daniel Gardner, Vinaya Soundararajan, Maxwell B Johnson, Alexander Fedenko, Giulia Daneshgaran, and Alexander Wong
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Silicone ,chemistry ,business.industry ,Gene expression ,Medicine ,Breast Abstracts ,Surgery ,business ,Differential (mathematics) ,Biomedical engineering - Published
- 2019
73. Isolated, Together
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Hsuan-hsiu Annie Chen
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Depressive Disorder, Major ,Students, Medical ,Work Schedule Tolerance ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Social Stigma ,Humans ,Internship and Residency ,Stress, Psychological - Published
- 2019
74. MON-204 Gut Bacterial Composition Correlates with an Improved PCOS Phenotype after Co-Housing
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Annie Chen, Scott T. Kelley, Bryan Ho, Varykina G. Thackray, Pedro J. Torres, and Lillian Sau
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Reproductive Endocrinology ,Biology ,Bacterial composition ,Phenotype ,Microbiology - Abstract
Approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women worldwide are affected by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In addition to infertility, many women with PCOS have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Studies have shown that the human gut microbiome is altered in humans with metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes and these changes may contribute to metabolic dysfunction. Additionally, studies have reported that changes in the gut microbiome are associated with PCOS in women and in rodent models. These changes include lower alpha diversity (species richness) and changes in specific Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes many of which are also altered in other metabolic diseases. In previous work, we investigated whether the gut microbiome was altered in a PCOS mouse model using letrozole, a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor, to increase endogenous testosterone levels and decrease estrogen levels. Letrozole treatment of pubertal female mice results in hallmarks of PCOS including elevated testosterone and LH, acyclicity, polycystic ovaries, and a metabolic phenotype. In the current study, we tested whether manipulation of the gut microbiome in the PCOS mouse model via co-housing improved reproductive and metabolic phenotypes and whether these changes correlated with gut microbial composition. Pubertal female mice were implanted with a placebo or letrozole pellet and divided into 3 groups with two mice per cage: co-housed placebo mice, letrozole mice or placebo and letrozole mice. Our results demonstrated that co-housing letrozole-treated mice with placebo mice resulted in substantial improvement of PCOS reproductive and metabolic phenotypes. Testosterone and LH levels, estrous cycling and ovulation were normalized in letrozole-treated mice co-housed with placebo mice compared to letrozole-treated mice housed together. In addition, weight, fasting blood glucose and insulin levels, and insulin resistance were decreased in letrozole-treated mice co-housed with placebo mice compared to letrozole-treated mice housed together. Using 16S rRNA sequencing, we observed that co-housing letrozole-treated mice with placebo mice did not result in substantial changes in alpha diversity but were associated with changes in specific bacterial genera that may be candidates for pre- or probiotic therapies. Our results suggest that manipulation of the gut microbiome may be a potential treatment option for PCOS.
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- 2019
75. Spontaneous voiding is surprisingly recoverable via outlet procedure in men with underactive bladder and documented detrusor underactivity on urodynamics
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Amy D. Dobberfuhl, Elise De, Ahmed F Alkaram, and Annie Chen
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urology ,Urinary Bladder ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Urination ,Underactive bladder ,urologic and male genital diseases ,Urologic Surgical Procedure ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bladder outlet obstruction ,0302 clinical medicine ,Primary outcome ,Urinary Bladder, Underactive ,Medicine ,Humans ,Statistical analysis ,Aged ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Mean age ,Recovery of Function ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction ,Urodynamics ,Treatment Outcome ,Bladder contractility ,Urologic Surgical Procedures ,Neurology (clinical) ,Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
To identify clinical and urodynamic factors leading to spontaneous voiding in men with detrusor underactivity (DU) and suspected bladder outlet obstruction who underwent an outlet de-obstruction procedure.We identified 614 men who underwent an outlet procedure at our institution from 2005 to 2014. Men were stratified by bladder contractility index (BCI). The primary outcome was spontaneous voiding after surgery. Data were analyzed in Statistical analysis system software.Of the 131 men who underwent preoperative urodynamics, 122 (mean age 68 years) had tracings available for review. DU (BCI 100) was identified in 54% (66 of 122), of whom only 68% (45 of 66) voided spontaneously before surgery, compared with 82% (46 of 56) of men with BCI ≥ 100. At a mean follow-up of 6.4 months postoperatively, 79% (52 of 66) of men with DU were able to void spontaneously, compared with 96% (54 of 56) of men with BCI ≥ 100. In men with a BCI 100 unable to void before surgery, 57% (12 of 21) recovered spontaneous voiding after surgery. On logistic regression for the outcome postoperative spontaneous voiding, significant preoperative characteristics, and urodynamic factors included preoperative spontaneous voiding (odds ratio [OR] = 9.460; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.955-30.289), increased maximum flow rate (Qmax; OR = 1.184; 95% CI = 1.014-1.382), increased detrusor pressure at maximum flow (Pdet@Qmax; OR = 1.032; 95% CI = 1.012-1.052), DU with BCI 100 (OR = 0.138; 95% CI = 0.030-0.635), and obstruction with bladder outlet obstruction index 40 (OR = 5.595; 95% CI = 1.685-18.575).Outlet de-obstruction improves spontaneous voiding in men with DU and may benefit men who do not meet the urodynamic threshold for obstruction.
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- 2019
76. Genome Sequences of Cluster K Mycobacteriophages Deby, LaterM, LilPharaoh, Paola, SgtBeansprout, and Sulley
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Parker Sevier, Olivia Brobst, Sai Alam, Ivonne G. Romero, Zilla Kailani, Keeyon Dabrian, Nam Phuong Do, Rina Watanabe, Ryan Ngo, Wenyuan Wei, Alisa Sukhina, Samuel Wu, Min-Ying Wu, Stephanie B. Orchanian, Lauren Brenner, Samantha F. Mosier, Hannah Kim, Carly Pierson, Justin E. Miller, Nikolina Walas, Siobhan McCarthy, Marcia Brinck, Rohan Luhar, Mikael Sanchez, Emma C. Goodwin, Hayley A. Ennis, Xinyu Ma, Christina T. Fournier, Andrew J. Lund, Paola Nol-Bernardino, Drake W. Williams, Joyce Wang, Oyinlola Sawyerr, Joel Laskow, Joseph M. Gaballa, Aika Miikeda, William Villella, Darwin Wu, Amitoj Singh, Alysha N. Salbato, Erin Sakaji, Christy J. Kim, Michael A. Murphy, Annie Chen, Jordan Moberg Parker, Rachel Desai, Yousif Kettoola, Boon Xin Tan, Rebecca Fernando, Yiwei Sun, Alexandra Sarkis, Amanda C. Freise, Diane Park, Katelynn R. Kazane, and Newton, Irene LG
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Genetics ,Whole genome sequencing ,0303 health sciences ,Mycobacteriophages ,Mycobacterium smegmatis ,Genome Sequences ,Human Genome ,Biology ,Disease cluster ,biology.organism_classification ,Genome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Good Health and Well Being ,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) ,Molecular Biology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Mycobacteriophages Deby, LaterM, LilPharaoh, Paola, SgtBeansprout, and Sulley were isolated from soil using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155. Genomic analysis indicated that they belong to subclusters K1 and K5., Mycobacteriophages Deby, LaterM, LilPharaoh, Paola, SgtBeansprout, and Sulley were isolated from soil using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155. Genomic analysis indicated that they belong to subclusters K1 and K5. Their genomic architectures are typical of cluster K mycobacteriophages, with most variability occurring on the right end of the genome sequence.
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77. Exposure to a Healthy Gut Microbiome Protects Against Reproductive and Metabolic Dysregulation in a PCOS Mouse Model
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Annie Chen, Pedro J. Torres, Bryan Ho, Scott T. Kelley, Lillian Sau, Varykina G. Thackray, and Pablo Arroyo
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system diseases ,Rodent ,Physiology ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Placebo ,Anovulation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Endocrinology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,biology.animal ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Endocrine system ,Research Articles ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,biology ,Aromatase Inhibitors ,business.industry ,Reproduction ,Letrozole ,Hyperandrogenism ,medicine.disease ,Housing, Animal ,Phenotype ,Polycystic ovary ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,3. Good health ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,030104 developmental biology ,Dysbiosis ,Female ,business ,Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder affecting approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women worldwide. Diagnosis requires two of the following: hyperandrogenism, oligo/anovulation and polycystic ovaries. In addition to reproductive dysfunction, many women with PCOS display metabolic abnormalities associated with hyperandrogenism. Recent studies have reported that the gut microbiome is altered in women with PCOS and rodent models of the disorder. However, it is unknown whether the gut microbiome plays a causal role in the development and pathology of PCOS. Given its potential role, we hypothesized that exposure to a healthy gut microbiome would protect against development of PCOS. A co-housing study was performed using a letrozole-induced PCOS mouse model that recapitulates many reproductive and metabolic characteristics of PCOS. Since mice are coprophagic, co-housing results in repeated, non-invasive inoculation of gut microbes in co-housed mice via the fecal-oral route. In contrast to letrozole-treated mice housed together, letrozole-treated mice co-housed with placebo mice showed significant improvement in both reproductive and metabolic PCOS phenotypes. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we observed that the gut microbial composition of letrozole-treated mice co-housed with placebo mice differed from letrozole mice housed together. In addition, our analyses identified several bacterial taxa including Coprobacillus, Dorea and Adlercreutzia associated with the improved PCOS phenotype in letrozole-treated mice co-housed with placebo mice. These results indicate that disruption of the gut microbiome may play a causal role in PCOS and that manipulation of the gut microbiome may be a potential treatment option for PCOS.SignificancePCOS is a common cause of female infertility and ~80% of women with PCOS have metabolic dysregulation that predisposes them to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Since treatment options for the metabolic symptoms of PCOS are limited, there is a need to develop novel therapeutic options. The gut microbiome has emerged as an important player in human health and has been shown to play a causal role in obesity. In this study, we found that exposure to a healthy gut microbiome through co-housing protected against the development of reproductive and metabolic dysregulation in a PCOS mouse model. These results suggest that manipulation of the gut microbiome may be a potential treatment option for women with PCOS.
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- 2018
78. Surgical decompression, with or without adjunctive therapy, for palliative treatment of primary vertebral osteosarcoma in dogs
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Rebecca A. Packer, Stephanie A. Thomovsky, Arturo Otamendi, Beverly K. Sturges, Annie Chen, John H. Rossmeisl, Lara Curtis, Alix Partnow, Daniela A. Mauler, Karen M. Vernau, Alexandra Dixon, Peter J Early, and Jonathan M. Levine
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative treatment ,040301 veterinary sciences ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Bone Neoplasms ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,Surgical decompression ,0302 clinical medicine ,Concurrent chemotherapy ,Dogs ,Medicine ,Animals ,Dog Diseases ,Cause of death ,Retrospective Studies ,Chemotherapy ,Osteosarcoma ,General Veterinary ,business.industry ,Palliative Care ,Laminectomy ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,medicine.disease ,Decompression, Surgical ,Survival Analysis ,Surgery ,Radiation therapy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business - Abstract
Vertebral osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary vertebral tumor in dogs, however studies examining the survival time after surgical decompression of these tumors are limited. There is also limited information regarding the benefit of adjunctive treatments such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy in these patients. The goal of this study was to determine survival time of dogs with primary vertebral OSA after palliative decompressive surgery alone and combined with radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. Records from 22 client-owned dogs diagnosed with primary vertebral OSA and treated with decompressive surgery were collected retrospectively from eight referral institutions. Survival time was assessed for dogs treated with surgery alone as well as dogs who received adjunctive radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. Median survival time in the 12 dogs treated with surgery alone was 42 days (range: 3-1333 days). The three dogs treated with surgery and chemotherapy had a median survival time of 82 days (range: 56-305 days). Only one dog was treated with surgery and radiation therapy; this dog survived 101 days. Six dogs were treated with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy; these dogs had a median survival time of 261 days (range: 223-653 days). Cause of death in all cases that survived the initial postoperative period was euthanasia secondary to confirmed or suspected tumor regrowth. The results of this study suggest that definitive radiation therapy, possibly combined with concurrent chemotherapy, significantly improves survival in dogs treated with palliative decompressive surgery for vertebral OSA and should be the treatment of choice in selected cases.
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- 2018
79. ct2vl: A Robust Public Resource for Converting SARS-CoV-2 Ct Values to Viral Loads
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Elliot D. Hill, Fazilet Yilmaz, Cody Callahan, Alex Morgan, Annie Cheng, Jasper Braun, and Ramy Arnaout
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COVID-19 ,Ct values ,viral loads ,Python ,RT-qPCR ,bioinformatics ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
The amount of SARS-CoV-2 in a sample is often measured using Ct values. However, the same Ct value may correspond to different viral loads on different platforms and assays, making them difficult to compare from study to study. To address this problem, we developed ct2vl, a Python package that converts Ct values to viral loads for any RT-qPCR assay/platform. The method is novel in that it is based on determining the maximum PCR replication efficiency, as opposed to fitting a sigmoid (S-shaped) curve relating signal to cycle number. We calibrated ct2vl on two FDA-approved platforms and validated its performance using reference-standard material, including sensitivity analysis. We found that ct2vl-predicted viral loads were highly accurate across five orders of magnitude, with 1.6-fold median error (for comparison, viral loads in clinical samples vary over 10 orders of magnitude). The package has 100% test coverage. We describe installation and usage both from the Unix command-line and from interactive Python environments. ct2vl is freely available via the Python Package Index (PyPI). It facilitates conversion of Ct values to viral loads for clinical investigators, basic researchers, and test developers for any RT-qPCR platform. It thus facilitates comparison among the many quantitative studies of SARS-CoV-2 by helping render observations in a natural, universal unit of measure.
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80. CVSSearch: Searching through Source Code Using CVS Comments.
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Annie Chen, Eric Chou, Joshua Wong, Andrew Y. Yao, Qing Zhang, Shao Zhang, and Amir Michail
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81. The Attachment Theory Workbook : Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships
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Annie Chen LMFT and Annie Chen LMFT
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Build stronger relationships with strategies grounded in attachment theory Attachment theory explores the different ways we develop connections with others. If you're searching for a way to create stronger, healthier, and more authentic relationships with the people you love, The Attachment Theory Workbook can help. It's your guide to understanding your own attachment style and exploring actionable exercises to improve honesty, intimacy, and communication with your partner, family, or close friends. This workbook offers: The basics of attachment theory—Find a comprehensive overview of the Anxious, Avoidant, and Secure attachment styles, with self-assessments that help you understand which ones apply to you. Active strategies for healing—Develop your relationship skills with exercises like listing what you love about someone, and answering questions about how hypothetical scenarios make you feel. For yourself and others—This expert advice helps you explore your own attachment style as well as identify the attachment style of others, so you can better understand their perspective. Lay the foundation for strong and lasting relationships with The Attachment Theory Workbook.
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- 2019
82. Examining Chinese Tourists' Nature-based Tourism Participation Behavior: Incorporating Environmental Concern Into a Constraint-negotiation Model
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Norman Peng and Annie Chen
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media_common.quotation_subject ,Tourism geography ,05 social sciences ,Hospitality management studies ,Context (language use) ,Negotiation ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Scale (social sciences) ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,Sociology ,Marketing ,China ,Constraint (mathematics) ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism ,media_common - Abstract
Finding the balance between economic development and preservation of the natural environment is a challenging yet important task. This is a particularly pressing issue in the case of China, because it is the largest and fastest growing market for tourism. The purpose of this research is to examine Chinese tourists' participation in nature-based, tourism activities by incorporating tourists' environmental concern—measured by a revised New Environmental Paradigm scale—into a tourism constraint-negotiation model. The responses of 409 Chinese tourists show that environmental concern will positively affect tourists' motivation, which, in turn, will affect their negotiation strategy and ultimately their participation behavior. The theoretical and managerial implications of this study are discussed in the context of the tourism literature.
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- 2016
83. Chef image’s influence on tourists’ dining experiences
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Norman Peng, Kuang-Peng Hung, and Annie Chen
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Service quality ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.,HCI) ,05 social sciences ,Advertising ,Development ,Experiential learning ,Social relation ,Consumer satisfaction ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,Value (economics) ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,050211 marketing ,InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS ,Marketing ,Psychology ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism - Abstract
Highlights\ud \ud •\ud Tourists’ teppanyaki restaurant dining experience is examined.\ud •\ud A chef’s image has a positive influence on experiential value.\ud •\ud Interaction with other customers positively influences experiential value.\ud •\ud Service quality has a positive influence on diners’ experiential value.
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84. NF-kappaB subunit regulation in nontransformed CD4+ T lymphocytes
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Kang, Sang-Mo, Tran, Annie-Chen, Grilli, Mariagrazia, and Lenardo, Michael J.
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Gene expression -- Research ,Interleukin-2 -- Research ,Science and technology ,Research - Abstract
Regulation of interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene expression by the p50 and p65 subunits of the DNA binding protein NF-κB was studied in nontransformed [CD4.sup.+] T lymphocyte clones. A homodimeric complex of the NF-κB p50 subunit was found in resting T cells. The amount of p50-p50 complex decreased after full antigenic stimulation, whereasa the amount of the NF-κB p50-p65 heterodimer was increased. Increased expression of the IL-2 gene and activity of the IL-2 κB DNA binding site correlated with a decrease in the p50-p50 complex. Overexpression of p50 repressed IL-2 promoter expression. The switch from p50-p50 to p50-p65 complexes depended on a protein that caused sequestration of the p50-p50 complex in the nucleus., Tumor cell lines have proven vital to the study of gene regulation because they are easily grown and manipulated. However, nontransformed T cells exhibit biological characteristics that are not manifested [...]
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85. Managing salespeople strategically when promoting new products – incorporating market orientation into a sales management control framework
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Annie Chen, Norman Peng, and Kuang-Peng Hung
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86. Parental Decision-Making Capacity in Pediatric Palliative Care
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Hsuan-hsiu Annie Chen
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87. A Review of Adverse Outcomes Following Intravenous Morphine Usage for Pain Relief in Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Tiffany Chan, David Lebowitz, Farimah Shariati, and Annie Chen
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Drug ,Acute coronary syndrome ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Cardiology ,Pain relief ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Chest pain ,acute coronary syndrome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intravenous morphine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Adverse effect ,media_common ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,morphine ,analgesia ,medicine.disease ,stemi ,myocardial infarction ,Anesthesia ,Emergency Medicine ,Morphine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Chest pain in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) unresponsive to nitrates is routinely treated by intravenous (IV) morphine. In the past two decades, several studies have emerged, suggesting poorer outcomes in patients receiving this treatment; however, morphine remains the drug of choice for these patients as per the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines on ACS management. The results of various studies that examined the impact of morphine on myocardial infarct size, antiplatelet therapy absorption time, and patient mortality are discussed. There is mounting evidence suggesting that morphine may increase adverse events in ACS patients, therefore, the development of more precise criteria for IV morphine administration in ACS patients is needed.
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88. Management of Postoperative Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) After Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) Repair
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Brian McIntyre, Annie Chen, and Elise De
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Pessary ,Counseling ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urology ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Pelvic Organ Prolapse ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pelvic floor dysfunction ,Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ,Lower urinary tract symptoms ,Risk Factors ,Preoperative Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Medical history ,Surgical repair ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction ,Neck of urinary bladder ,Urodynamics ,Overactive bladder ,Ambulatory ,Female ,business - Abstract
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition for which approximately 200,000 US women annually undergo surgical repair [Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:108-115, 2003]. After surgical correction, persistent or new lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) can be present. We provide guidance on the current tools to predict, counsel, and subsequently handle postoperative LUTS. The current literature is reviewed regarding LUTS diagnosis and management in the setting of prolapse surgery with an emphasis on newer developments in this area.1. More severe stages of prolapse are positively correlated with obstructive symptoms [Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:1332-1337, 2001], but not with other LUTS [Adv Urol 2013:5673753, 2013, Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 177:141-145, 2014, Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:683, 2008, Int Urogynecol J 21:1143-1149, 2010]. 2. One-week ambulatory pessary trial is an effective way to approximate postoperative results-one study correctly predicted persistent urgency and frequency in addition to occult stress urinary incontinence in 20% of study population [Obstet Gynecol Int 2012:392027, 2012]. 3. No preoperative overactive bladder (OAB) symptom was the best predictor for the absence of de novo OAB symptoms postoperatively [Int Urogynecol J 21:1143-1149, 2010]. 4. Urge incontinence patients respond favorably to sacral neuromodulation [Neurourol Urodyn 26: 29-35, 2007], botulinum toxin, and anticholinergic therapy [Res Rep Urol 8:113-122, 2016 , N Engl J Med, 367:1803-1813, 2012]. 5. Primary bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) can be treated effectively with alpha antagonists or anticholinergics, timed voiding, and pelvic physiotherapy as first-line therapy. Counseling regarding postoperative LUTS is key when planning POP surgery. A thorough understanding of patient history is crucial to successful repair. Patients with significant preoperative symptoms, history of neurologic disease, pelvic floor dysfunction, bladder neck obstruction, or higher stages of anterior wall prolapse may be higher risk for postoperative LUTS. UDS with or without reduction and an ambulatory pessary trial can help prognosticate. Patients will likely maintain a positive therapeutic relationship postoperatively for LUTS if counseled preoperatively.
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89. Manufacturability and performance of 2.3-µm HgCdTe H2RG sensor chip assemblies for Euclid
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Robert Kopp, James W. Beletic, Mark Farris, Michael Carmody, Stephanie E. Tallarico, Ellen Boehmer, Augustyn Waczynski, Warren Holmes, Jessica Maiten, Annie Chen, Michael Seiffert, Lisa L. Fischer, Yibin Bai, Eric C. Holland, Aristo Yulius, Hyung Cho, Murzy D. Jhabvala, Jon Ellsworth, E. Piquette, and S. Pravdo
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Materials science ,Spectrometer ,business.industry ,Detector ,Photometer ,Chip ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,CMOS ,chemistry ,Application-specific integrated circuit ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Mercury cadmium telluride ,business ,Dark current - Abstract
The detector system for the Euclid Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument is a 4×4 mosaic focal plane of 16 H2RG (2K×2K pixels) infrared Sensor Chip Assemblies (SCAs) and 16 SIDECAR ASIC Sensor Chip Electronics (SCE) modules. Teledyne has successfully completed the fabrication, testing, and delivery of 24 sciencegrade flight candidate SCAs to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). These SCAs were made with Teledyne’s TRL-9 substrate-removed MBE mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) 2.3 μm cutoff detector material and low-noise H2RG CMOS readout chip. The SCAs are mounted on a buttable molybdenum package that enables close packing of the 16 flight SCAs in the NISP focal plane. In this paper, we present the test results of the 24 Euclid flight candidate SCAs. The key detector performance parameters that are critical to the NISP instrument are: high in-band quantum efficiency with good spatial uniformity, low readout noise, low dark current with tight distribution, low pixel crosstalk, low persistence, and good detector surface metrology profile. All 24 SCAs exceed the Euclid NISP performance and interface requirements. The additional acceptance testing at JPL and NASA Goddard’s Detector Characterization Lab has also been completed. 20 flight SCAs have been delivered to European Space Agency (ESA).
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- 2018
90. Controlling the message: preschoolers’ use of information to teach and deceive others
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Elizabeth Bonawitz, Leyla Roksan Caglar, Patrick Shafto, Marjorie Rhodes, and Annie Chen
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pedagogy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Teaching ,4. Education ,lcsh:BF1-990 ,Evidence selection ,Deception ,deception ,Presentation ,lcsh:Psychology ,Cognitive development ,Psychology ,Semantic memory ,Social psychology ,General Psychology ,Original Research ,media_common ,Cognitive psychology ,cognitive development - Abstract
Effective communication entails the strategic presentation of information; good communicators present representative information to their listeners—information that is both consistent with the concept being communicated and also unlikely to support another concept a listener might consider. The present study examined whether preschool-age children effectively select information to manipulate others’ semantic knowledge, by testing how children choose information to teach or deceive their listeners. Results indicate that preschoolers indeed effectively select information to meet some specific communicative goals. When asked to teach others, children selected information that effectively spanned the concept of interest and avoided overly restrictive or overly general information; when asked to deceive others, they selected information consistent with the intended deceptive messages under some circumstances. Thus, preschool children possess remarkable abilities to select the best information to manipulate what others believe.
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- 2018
91. Small Fiber Polyneuropathy Is Prevalent in Patients Experiencing Complex Chronic Pelvic Pain
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Charles Argoff, Annie Chen, and Elise De
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endometriosis ,Pelvic Pain ,03 medical and health sciences ,Polyneuropathies ,0302 clinical medicine ,030202 anesthesiology ,Fibromyalgia ,Internal medicine ,Back pain ,Prevalence ,Medicine ,Humans ,Retrospective Studies ,Pain disorder ,business.industry ,Pelvic pain ,Chronic pain ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Low back pain ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Vulvodynia ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,Chronic Pain ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objective To demonstrate the prevalence of small fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) in patients with refractory chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Design Retrospective study of prospective database. Subjects Participants were complex CPP patients recruited from subspecity referral clinics defined as those who were refractory to initial treatment and/or exhibited comorbid pain syndromes at initial presentation. Methods Comprehensive treatment history for CPP was obtained, and participants referred as above; 3-mm punch biopsies were obtained of the lower extremity and sent to diagnostic reference labs to evaluate for SFPN. The reported lab sensitivity and specificity for SFPN are 78-92% and 65-90%, respectively. Results Twenty-five of 39 patients (64%) were positive for SFPN. Comorbid conditions noted in our population included gastroesophageal reflux disease (46%), migraine (38%), irritable bowel syndrome (33%), lower back pain (33%), fibromyalgia (38%), endometriosis (15%), interstitial cystitis (18%), vulvodynia (5%), and other chronic pain syndromes (36%). Conclusions The prevalence of SFPN in our specialty referral patients with complex CPP is remarkably high vs published general population prevalence data (53/100,000). Identification of SFPN in this complex population shifts the focus from undefined syndromes to symptom complexes with linked potentially treatable mechanisms (e.g., SFPN, central sensitization). Most CPP patients with SFPN are undiagnosed. Considering the diagnosis may expand treatment options beyond conventional or so-called adjuvant analgesics. Treatment may expand to therapies such as IV lidocaine, IVIG, or other immunomodulatory options. In addition, the value to the patient of receiving a diagnosis for a multisystem or refractory pain syndrome, often attributed to negative psychologic factors, cannot be underestimated. Identifying SFPN should be contemplated in CPP patients who present with multisystem pain or who have not responded to initial evaluation and management.
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- 2018
92. Strategic management of salespeople when promoting new products
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Norman Peng, Kuang-Peng Hung, and Annie Chen
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Marketing ,Goal orientation ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Context (language use) ,Affect (psychology) ,Customer orientation ,Electronic product ,Perception ,New product development ,Strategic management ,Business ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of salespeople when selling new products (namely, electronic goods) in a business-to-business context by incorporating the organizations’ perceived psychological climate into goal orientation theory. Design/methodology/approach – The current study uses the goal orientation theory to examine the performance of 158 salespeople based on new electronic product sales. Organizational psychological climate perceptions (i.e. customer orientation, sales supportiveness and sales innovativeness) are included as variables that can moderate salespeople’s performance. This study used partial least squares to examine its proposed model. Findings – This study found that the learning goal orientation and the performance-prove goal orientation positively affect salespeople’s self-efficacy to sell new products, whereas a performance-avoid goal orientation negatively affects efficacy. In addition, new product selling self-efficacy itself has a positive influence on new product sales performance. As for the moderator, sales supportiveness and customer orientation have the ability to moderate the relationship between self-efficacy and performance. Practical implications – This study has implications for sales managers or product managers who are responsible for promoting new products. First, this study’s findings suggest that managers should consider employing performance-prove goal-oriented staff and learning goal oriented staff to sell new products. Second, management can attempt to develop a more supportive climate for the sales team, such as assisting the team in obtaining needed resources from other departments. Finally, management needs to let salespeople know that they are doing their best to understand what new products existing and potential customers will need in the near future. Originality/value – This current research is one of the first to examine how the perceived psychological climates of organizations (i.e. sales supportiveness, sales innovativeness and customer orientation) may moderate salespeople’s performance when selling new products. Second, this research examines how different types of goal orientation affect salespeople’s self-efficacy when selling new products. Previous results have not always been consistent regarding the influence of a performance-prove goal orientation. Last but not least, this study tests how new product selling self-efficacy mediates the relationships between goal orientations and new product sales performance as scholars have suggested that more research into the mediating role of self-efficacy is needed.
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- 2015
93. Managing salespeople strategically when promoting new products—Incorporating market orientation into a sales management control framework
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Norman Peng, Annie Chen, and Kuang-Peng Hung
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Marketing ,Need to know ,Sales promotion ,business.industry ,Control (management) ,New product development ,Market orientation ,Business ,Sales management ,Affect (psychology) - Abstract
Salespeople play a pivotal role in promoting new products. Therefore, managers need to know what control mechanism (i.e., output-based control, behavior-based control, or knowledge-based control) can improve their salespeople’s new product sales performance. Furthermore, managers may be able to assist salespeople in performing better by having a strong market orientation. The literature has been inconsistent regarding the effects of sales management control mechanisms and has not yet incorporated market orientation into a sales management control framework. The current study surveyed 315 Taiwanese salespeople from publicly traded electronics companies with the aim of contributing to the sales management literature. The results show that sales management controls can directly affect salespeople’s innovativeness, which, in turn, affects new product sales performance. However, sales management controls cannot affect performance directly. Furthermore, market orientation can positively moderate the relationship between salespeople’s innovativeness and new product sales performance.
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- 2015
94. The effects of luxury restaurant environments on diners’ emotions and loyalty
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Kuang-Peng Hung, Norman Peng, and Annie Chen
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Consumption (economics) ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Advertising ,Affect (psychology) ,Hospitality industry ,Structural equation modeling ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Loyalty ,Marketing ,Basic needs ,Psychology ,business ,Consumer behaviour ,Qualitative research ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose – This paper aims to examine diners’ luxury restaurant consumption behavior by incorporating diner expectations into a modified Mehrabian–Russell model. Consumers dine at luxury restaurants for reasons beyond fulfilling basic needs. However, little is known about the factors that contribute to diners’ emotions and loyalty toward luxury restaurants. Design/methodology/approach – To examine the proposed six hypotheses, qualitative and quantitative studies were performed. Following exploratory qualitative research, 310 consumers who dined at Taiwan’s five-star hotel restaurants were recruited for the main study. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings – The results show that restaurants’ stimuli influence diners’ positive and negative emotions (organisms), which, in turn, affect their loyalty toward luxury restaurants (responses). Furthermore, customers with different levels of expectation react differently to stimuli. Practical implications – This study offers new empirical support for the proposition that diner expectation plays a role in building customer loyalty and, thereby, shades both theoretical and managerial understanding of the luxury restaurant consumption process. Originality/value – This study conceptualizes diners’ loyalty toward luxury restaurants (e.g. revisiting and recommending luxury restaurants) by examining the influence of restaurants’ stimuli, diners’ emotions and customers’ expectations toward luxury restaurants. Additionally, this study offers some managerial implications for practitioners.
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- 2015
95. Examining tourists’ loyalty toward cultural quarters
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Annie Chen, Norman Peng, and Kuang-Peng Hung
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Consumption (economics) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Advertising ,Development ,Self perception ,Affect (psychology) ,Cultural tourism ,Cultural heritage ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Loyalty ,Business ,Marketing ,Consumer behaviour ,Tourism ,media_common - Abstract
Highlights • This paper examines tourists’ loyalty toward cultural quarters. • A model of the symbolic consumption of tourism destination brands is used. • Self-congruence affects tourists’ loyalty. • Brand identification does not affect loyalty. • Lifestyle-congruence affects tourists’ loyalty.
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- 2015
96. What Is Your Neurologic Diagnosis? In collaboration with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
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Merbl, Yael and Allen, Annie Chen
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The article presents a case study of a 1.5-year-old 16-kg spayed female Australian Cattle Dog was evaluated at a veterinary teaching hospital because of sudden-onset paraparesis that had progressed to paraplegia over the past three days. It mentions that differential diagnoses for acute deteriorating paraparesis-paraplegia in a dog included trauma with associated instability and inflammatory (immune-mediated myelitis).
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97. Evaluation of the Abbott Alinity m STI assay for diagnosis of the primary causes of sexually transmitted infections in the United States
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Colette Matysiak, Annie Cheng, and James E. Kirby
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Chlamydia trachomatis ,Neisseria gonorrhoeae ,Trichomonas vaginalis ,Mycoplasma genitalium ,Diagnostics ,Syndromic panel ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Objectives: The sexually transmitted infections, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG), have similar risk factors and symptoms, supporting use of a quadruplex test as an efficient diagnostic modality.We assessed the clinical and analytical performance of the Abbott Alinity m STI assay to detect these pathogens. Design and methods: Urine and genital swabs from 142 patient samples were tested from an adult outpatient population in the Northeast United States. The positive and negative percent agreement for CT, NG, and TV were determined by comparison with the Hologic Panther Aptima assay. The analytical sensitivity was determined through serial dilution of standards for CT, NG, TV, and MG in negative urine and swab matrix. Results: The positive and negative percent agreement of the Alinity m assay in comparison with the Hologic Panther Aptima assay were, respectively: CT [100.0% (90.6–100.0%) and 99.1% (94.8–100.0%)], NG [100.0% (89.6–100.0%) and 99.1% (94.9–100.0%)]; and TV [96.3% (81.7–99.8%) and 99.1% (95.2–100.0%)]. The limits of detection in urine and swab matrix were, respectively: CT ≤ 5, ≤1; NG ≤ 5, ≤5; TV ≤ 0.5, ≤0.5; and MG ≤ 500, ≤250 genome copies/mL. Conclusions: The Alinity m assay demonstrated excellent performance characteristics and identifies CT, NG, and TV accurately compared with a well-established comparator.
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98. Utilization patterns of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates in the United States 1997-2012
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Ashley Y. Song, Hsuan-Hsiu Annie Chen, Rachel Chapman, Ameish Govindarajan, Jeffrey S. Upperman, Rita V. Burke, James Stein, Philippe S. Friedlich, and Ashwini Lakshmanan
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Retrospective data ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ,030225 pediatrics ,Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Hospital Costs ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,United States ,surgical procedures, operative ,Treatment Outcome ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Multivariate Analysis ,Surgery ,Female ,Level iii ,business ,Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital ,Resource utilization - Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remains one of the most intensive therapies for newborns in the United States. However, there is limited information on resource utilization for neonates receiving ECMO.We conducted a retrospective data analysis of the Kids' Inpatient Database from 1997 to 2012. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was completed to identify predictors of LOS, hospital costs and mortality. Cardiac and non-cardiac diagnoses of neonates receiving ECMO were also included in the bivariate and multivariable analysis.Of the 5151 ECMO cases, survival to discharge was 62%. 22% had a principal cardiac diagnosis. After adjusting for covariates, increased mortality was associated with treatment in the midwest compared to the northeast region (aOR=2.0, p0.01) and decreased among neonates with a non-cardiac diagnosis (aOR=0.4, p0.01). Living in midwest was associated with longer LOS by 13days and increased hospital costs by 63,000 dollars (p0.01). When stratified by non-cardiac diagnoses, infants with a diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia was associated with increased mortality (2.3, p0.01) and longer LOS (25, p0.01) and increased costs (11,100, p0.01).Neonates who received ECMO in certain regions of the United States were associated with poorer survival outcomes as well as increased LOS and hospital costs.Retrospective study.Level III.
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99. Taking Dogs to Tourism Activities
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Norman Peng, Annie Chen, and Kuang-Peng Hung
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media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Advertising ,Affect (psychology) ,Structural equation modeling ,Education ,Negotiation ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,Business ,Marketing ,human activities ,Constraint (mathematics) ,Dog owners ,health care economics and organizations ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Tourism ,media_common - Abstract
This research’s purpose is to examine the factors that affect pet owners’ decisions when taking pets to participate in tourism activities. Unlike tourist travelling alone, pet owners must consider their own circumstances as well as the constraints their pets place on them. To narrow the gap in the literature, 568 Taiwanese dog owners who have included their pets in tourism activities were recruited. The results from structural equation modeling show pet-associated constraints will negatively affect owners’ behavior. On the other hand, motivated owners who are attached to their pets will still include their pets in tourism activities if they have the needed negotiation strategy.
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100. A stimulus-driven approach reveals vertical luminance gradient as a stimulus feature that drives human cortical scene selectivity
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Annie Cheng, Zirui Chen, and Daniel D. Dilks
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Parahippocampal place area ,Occipital place area ,Scene perception ,Scene selectivity ,High-level vision ,Lateral occipital complex ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
Human neuroimaging studies have revealed a dedicated cortical system for visual scene processing. But what is a “scene”? Here, we use a stimulus-driven approach to identify a stimulus feature that selectively drives cortical scene processing. Specifically, using fMRI data from BOLD5000, we examined the images that elicited the greatest response in the cortical scene processing system, and found that there is a common “vertical luminance gradient” (VLG), with the top half of a scene image brighter than the bottom half; moreover, across the entire set of images, VLG systematically increases with the neural response in the scene-selective regions (Study 1). Thus, we hypothesized that VLG is a stimulus feature that selectively engages cortical scene processing, and directly tested the role of VLG in driving cortical scene selectivity using tightly controlled VLG stimuli (Study 2). Consistent with our hypothesis, we found that the scene-selective cortical regions—but not an object-selective region or early visual cortex—responded significantly more to images of VLG over control stimuli with minimal VLG. Interestingly, such selectivity was also found for images with an “inverted” VLG, resembling the luminance gradient in night scenes. Finally, we also tested the behavioral relevance of VLG for visual scene recognition (Study 3); we found that participants even categorized tightly controlled stimuli of both upright and inverted VLG to be a place more than an object, indicating that VLG is also used for behavioral scene recognition. Taken together, these results reveal that VLG is a stimulus feature that selectively engages cortical scene processing, and provide evidence for a recent proposal that visual scenes can be characterized by a set of common and unique visual features.
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