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1. Kartagener syndrome complicated by immunoglobulin A nephropathy

Author

Oka K, Sugase T, Akimoto T, Murakami T, Nagayama I, Kaneko M, Asakura M, Ohara K, Saito O, and Nagata D

Subjects
primary ciliary dyskinesia, Kartagener syndrome, situs inversus, IgA nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Kentaro Oka,1 Taro Sugase,1 Tetsu Akimoto,1,2 Takuya Murakami,1 Izumi Nagayama,1 Miwa Kaneko,1 Maki Asakura,1 Ken Ohara,1 Osamu Saito,1 Daisuke Nagata1 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan; 2Department of Chronic Kidney Disease Pathophysiology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Abstract: We herein report the case of a 36-year-old woman with Kartagener syndrome (KS), which is an autosomal recessive disorder defined by a triad of bronchiectasis, sinusitis, and situs inversus, with complications of asymptomatic microhematuria and proteinuria. She was finally diagnosed with biopsy-proven immunoglobulin (Ig) A nephropathy. KS constitutes a subgroup of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) characterized by structural and/or functional ciliary abnormalities resulting in sinopulmonary involvement with varying severity. Our case does not allow us to corroborate the clinical impact of KS and/or PCD as a pathogenic basis for the IgA nephropathy, and each disease might develop independently. However, systematic studies on this topic are quite lacking, so we strongly recommend the accumulation of more cases similar to our own, which would allow us to clarify the nature of this disease state more precisely. Keywords: primary ciliary dyskinesia, Kartagener syndrome, situs inversus, IgA nephropathy, glomerulonephritis

Published
2018

5. Spinal glial TLR4‐mediated nociception and production of prostaglandin E2 and TNF

Author

Saito, O, Svensson, CI, Buczynski, MW, Wegner, K, Hua, X‐Y, Codeluppi, S, Schaloske, RH, Deems, RA, Dennis, EA, and Yaksh, TL

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Neurosciences, Clinical Sciences, Chronic Pain, Pain Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Animals, Astrocytes, Behavior, Animal, Chromatography, Liquid, Dinoprostone, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Injections, Spinal, Lipopolysaccharides, Male, Microglia, Pain, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Spinal Cord, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, spinal cord, intrathecal, astrocytes, microglia, tumour necrosis factor, prostaglandin, lipopolysacaride, Toll-like receptor 4, pain, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Abstract

Background and purposeToll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) expressed on spinal microglia and astrocytes has been suggested to play an important role in the regulation of pain signalling. The purpose of the present work was to examine the links between TLR4, glial activation and spinal release of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF), and the role these factors play in TLR4-induced tactile allodynia.Experimental approachToll-like receptor 4 was activated by intrathecal (i.t.) injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and KDO(2)-Lipid A (KDO(2)) to rats. Tactile allodynia was assessed using von Frey filaments and cerebrospinal fluid collected through spinal dialysis and lumbar puncture. PGE(2) and TNF levels were measured by mass spectometry and elisa. Minocycline and pentoxifylline (glia inhibitors), etanercept (TNF-blocker) and ketorolac (COX-inhibitor) were given i.t. prior to injection of the TLR4-agonists, in order to determine if these agents alter TLR4-mediated nociception and the spinal release of PGE(2) and TNF.Key resultsSpinal administration of LPS and KDO(2) produced a dose-dependent tactile allodynia, which was attenuated by pentoxifylline, minocycline and etanercept but not ketorolac. Both TLR4 agonists induced the spinal release of PGE(2) and TNF. Intrathecal pentoxifylline blunted PGE(2) and TNF release, while i.t. minocycline only prevented the spinal release of TNF. The release of PGE(2) induced by LPS and KDO(2) was attenuated by i.t. administration of ketorolac.Conclusions and implicationsActivation of TLR4 induces tactile allodynia, which is probably mediated by TNF released by activated spinal glia.

Published
2010

6. Hydrochemical indices as a proxy for assessing land-use impacts on water resources: a sustainable management perspective and case study of Can Tho City, Vietnam

Author

Duc, N.H., Kumar, P., Lan, P.P., Kurniawan, T.A., Khedher, K.M., Kharrazi, A., Saito, O., Avtar, R., Duc, N.H., Kumar, P., Lan, P.P., Kurniawan, T.A., Khedher, K.M., Kharrazi, A., Saito, O., and Avtar, R.

Abstract

Can Tho City is experiencing water stress driven by rapid global changes. This study assesses the spatiotemporal variation in surface water quality (SWQ) through a multivariate statistical approach to provide evidence-based scientific information supporting sustainable water resource management and contributing to achieving the city’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). The complex SWQ dataset with 14 monthly-measured parameters at 73 sampling sites throughout the city was collected and analyzed. The obtained results indicated that average concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand (COD), dissolved oxygen (DO), total coliform, turbidity, total suspended solids, and phosphate (PO43−) exceeded the permissible national levels. Spatially, cluster analysis had divided the city’s river basin into three different zones (mixed urban-industrial, agricultural, and mixed urban–rural zones). The key sources of SWQ pollution in these three zones were individually identified by principal component/factor analysis (PCA/FA), which were mainly related to domestic wastewater, industrial effluents, farming runoff, soil erosion, upstream sediment flows, and severe droughts. Discriminant analysis also explored that COD, DO, turbidity, nitrate (NO3−), and PO43− were the key parameters discriminating SWQ in the city among seasons and land-use zones. The temporally analyzed results from weighted arithmetic water quality index (WAWQI) estimation revealed the deterioration of SWQ conditions, whereby the total polluted monitoring sites of the city increased from 29% in 2013 to 51% in 2019. The key drivers of this deterioration were the expansion in built-up and industrial land areas, farming runoff, and droughts.

Published
2023
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7. Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures

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Kim, H., Peterson, G., Cheung, W., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T., Johnson, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R., Schoolenberg, M., Shin, Y.-J., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., van Vuuren, D., Wabnitz, C., José Alava, J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K., Gasalla, M., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B., Ohashi, H., Gabriela Palomo, M., Popp, A., Paco Remme, R., Saito, O., Rashid Sumalia, U., Willcock, S., Pereira, H., Kim, H., Peterson, G., Cheung, W., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T., Johnson, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R., Schoolenberg, M., Shin, Y.-J., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., van Vuuren, D., Wabnitz, C., José Alava, J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K., Gasalla, M., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B., Ohashi, H., Gabriela Palomo, M., Popp, A., Paco Remme, R., Saito, O., Rashid Sumalia, U., Willcock, S., and Pereira, H.

Abstract

The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. This paper describes how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support decision-making. First, we describe key considerations for the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative scenarios: i) multiple value perspectives on nature as a state space where pathways improving nature toward a frontier can be represented, ii) mutually reinforcing key feedbacks of social-ecological systems that are important for nature conservation and human wellbeing, iii) indicators of multiple knowledge systems describing the evolution of complex social-ecological dynamics. We then present three approaches to modelling Nature Futures scenarios in the review, screening, and design phases of policy processes. This paper seeks to facilitate the integration of relational values of nature in models and strengthen modelled linkages across biodiversity, nature’s contributions to people, and quality of life.

Published
2023
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9. Multi-temporal remote sensing data to monitor terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate variations in Ghana

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Avtar, R., Yunus, A.P., Saito, O., Kharrazi, A., Kumar, P., Takeuchi, K., Avtar, R., Yunus, A.P., Saito, O., Kharrazi, A., Kumar, P., and Takeuchi, K.

Abstract

Operational monitoring of vegetation and its response to climate change involves the use of vegetation indices (VIs) in relation to relevant climatic data. This study analyses the temporal variations of vegetation indices in response to climatic data (temperature and precipitation) to better understand the phenological changes in the Wa-West and Tolon districts of Ghana during 1999–2011. This study also examines the inter-annual variation of vegetation indices and lag effects of climate variables (temperature and precipitation) using simple regression and correlation approaches. Results indicate that the mean Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Soil Index (NDSI) were significantly correlated with the mean temperature, whereby the value of NDVI increases with a decrease in temperature and value of NDSI increases with an increase in temperature. On examining seasonal variations, our findings indicated that the months of August and September have the highest mean NDVI values. This study confirms that consistently rising temperature and altered precipitation patterns have exerted a strong influence on temporal distributions and productivities of the terrestrial ecosystems of the Tolon and Wa-West districts of Ghana. Furthermore, this research demonstrates how vegetation indices can be used as an indicator to monitor phenological changes in the terrestrial ecosystem.

Published
2022

11. Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures

Author

Kim, H., Peterson, G., Cheung, W., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L., Chaplin-Kramer, R, den Belder, E., Eddy, T., Johnson, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuysen, S., Kok, M., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R., Schoolenberg, M., Shin, Y., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., van Vuuren, D., Wabnitz, C., Alava, J., Cuadros-Casanova, Ivon, Davies, K., Gasalla, M., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M., Popp, A., Remme, R., Saito, O., Sumaila, R., Willcock, S., Pereira, H., Kim, H., Peterson, G., Cheung, W., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L., Chaplin-Kramer, R, den Belder, E., Eddy, T., Johnson, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuysen, S., Kok, M., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R., Schoolenberg, M., Shin, Y., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., van Vuuren, D., Wabnitz, C., Alava, J., Cuadros-Casanova, Ivon, Davies, K., Gasalla, M., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M., Popp, A., Remme, R., Saito, O., Sumaila, R., Willcock, S., and Pereira, H.

Abstract

The expert group on scenarios and models of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services initiated the development of the Nature Futures Framework for developing scenarios of positive futures for nature, to help inform assessments of policy options. This new scenarios and modelling Framework seeks to open up diversity and plurality of perspectives by differentiating three main value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature (intrinsic values of nature), Nature for Society (instrumental values) and Nature as Culture (relational values). This paper describes how the Nature Futures Framework can be applied in modelling to support policy processes by identifying key interventions for change in realizing a diversity of desirable futures. First, the paper introduces and elaborates on key building blocks of the framework for developing qualitative scenarios and translating them into quantitative scenarios: i) multiple value perspectives on nature and the Nature Futures frontier representing diverse preferences, ii) incorporating mutual and key feedbacks of social-ecological systems in Nature Futures scenarios, and iii) indicators describing the evolution of social-ecological systems with complementary knowledge and data. This paper then presents three possible application approaches to modelling Nature Futures scenarios to support the i) review, ii) implementation and iii) design phases of policy processes. The main objective of this paper is to facilitate the integration of the relational values of nature in models, through improved indicators and other forms of evidence, and to strengthen modelled linkages across biodiversity, ecosystems, nature’s contributions to people, and quality of life to identify science- and knowledge-based interventions and to enhance ecological understanding for achieving sustainable futures. The paper aims at stimulating the development of new scenarios and models based on this new framework by a wide c

Published
2021

12. Solidarity Economy in Brazil: Towards Institutionalization of Sharing and Agroecological Practices

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Otsuki, K., de Castro, F., Saito, O., and CEDLA (FGw)

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Promotion (rank), Solidarity economy, Order (exchange), Political economy, media_common.quotation_subject, Political science, Sustainability, Market system, Context (language use), Redistribution (cultural anthropology), media_common, Social movement
Abstract

Solidarity economy is often focused on autonomous initiatives outside the regular market system. In Brazil, the leftist national government during the 2000s has supported a number of solidarity economy initiatives by institutionalizing the ideal and practices of sharing and sustainable production and consumption within the regular market system. New actors, policies, and procedures have been instrumental in this institutionalization. However, the questions of how the actors, policies, and procedures interact and how the interaction becomes socially and politically relevant remain largely unaddressed. In this chapter we will explore implications of the interactions for the establishment of solidarity economy based on agroecological practices carried out by small family farmers in Brazil. We firstly give an overview of the national context in which the agroecological practices were linked to the practice and economy of sharing. We then analyze cases of the Program of Food Acquisition in the south of Brazil and agroforestry systems in the Amazon region in order to highlight different patterns of the involved actors’ interaction and eventual articulation of solidarity economy in relation to the promotion of sustainability. The chapter concludes by discussing the linkage between actors at different levels, new institutional arrangements, and monetary and nonmonetary values added to the solidarity economy.

Published
2020

13. Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

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Arneth, A., Shin, Y., Leadley, P., Rondinini, C., Bukvareva, E., Kolb, M., Midgley, G.F., Oberdorff, T., Palomo, I., Saito, O., Arneth, A., Shin, Y., Leadley, P., Rondinini, C., Bukvareva, E., Kolb, M., Midgley, G.F., Oberdorff, T., Palomo, I., and Saito, O.

Abstract

Recent assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) have highlighted the risks to humanity arising from the unsustainable use of natural resources. Thus far, land, freshwater, and ocean exploitation have been the chief causes of biodiversity loss. Climate change is projected to be a rapidly increasing additional driver for biodiversity loss. Since climate change and biodiversity loss impact human societies everywhere, bold solutions are required that integrate environmental and societal objectives. As yet, most existing international biodiversity targets have overlooked climate change impacts. At the same time, climate change mitigation measures themselves may harm biodiversity directly. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 framework offers the important opportunity to address the interactions between climate change and biodiversity and revise biodiversity targets accordingly by better aligning these with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. We identify the considerable number of existing and proposed post-2020 biodiversity targets that risk being severely compromised due to climate change, even if other barriers to their achievement were removed. Our analysis suggests that the next set of biodiversity targets explicitly addresses climate change-related risks since many aspirational goals will not be feasible under even lower-end projections of future warming. Adopting more flexible and dynamic approaches to conservation, rather than static goals, would allow us to respond flexibly to changes in habitats, genetic resources, species composition, and ecosystem functioning and leverage biodiversity’s capacity to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Published
2020

19. New or Progressive Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: A Sepsis Phenotype With Higher Morbidity and Mortality

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Lin, John C, Spinella, Philip C., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Tucci, Marisa, Bush, Jenny L., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Pineres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., De Clety, S. Clement, Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, J. P., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Cross-sectional study, Multiple Organ Failure, Vascular damage Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 16], Prevalence, children, epidemiology, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, severe sepsis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Global Health, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Pediatrics, Article, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Intensive care medicine, Prospective cohort study, Septic shock, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Perinatology and Child Health, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Clinical trial, Cross-Sectional Studies, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Disease Progression, Female, Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, business
Abstract

Copyright © 2016 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.Objectives: To describe the epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children with severe sepsis. Design: Secondary analysis of a prospective, cross-sectional, point prevalence study. Setting: International, multicenter PICUs. Patients: Pediatric patients with severe sepsis identified on five separate days over a 1-year period. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Of 567 patients from 128 PICUs in 26 countries enrolled, 384 (68%) developed multiple organ dysfunction syndrome within 7 days of severe sepsis recognition. Three hundred twenty-seven had multiple organ dysfunction syndrome on the day of sepsis recognition. Ninety-one of these patients developed progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, whereas an additional 57 patients subsequently developed new multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, yielding a total proportion with severe sepsis-associated new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome of 26%. Hospital mortality in patients with progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome was 51% compared with patients with new multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (28%) and those with single-organ dysfunction without multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (10%) (p < 0.001). Survivors of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome also had a higher frequency of moderate to severe disability defined as a Pediatric Overall Performance Category score of greater than or equal to 3 and an increase of greater than or equal to 1 from baseline: 22% versus 29% versus 11% for progressive, new, and no multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Development of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is common (26%) in severe sepsis and is associated with a higher risk of morbidity and mortality than severe sepsis without new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Our data support the use of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome as an important outcome in trials of pediatric severe sepsis although efforts are needed to validate whether reducing new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome leads to improvements in more definitive morbidity and mortality endpoints.

Published
2017

28. Ecosystem Services are Nature’s Contributions to People: Response to: Assessing nature's contributions to people

Author

de Groot, Rudolf, Costanza, R., Braat, L., Brander, L., Burkhard, Benjamin, Carrascosa, J.L., Crossman, N., Egoh, B., Geneletti, D., Hansjuergens, B., Hein, Lars, Jacobs, S.J., Kubiszewski, I., Leimona, B., Li, B., Liu, J., Luque, S, Maes, J., Marais, C., Maynard, S., Montanarella, L., Moolenaar, S., Obst, C., Quintero, M., Saito, O., Santos-Martín, Fernando, Sutton, Paul, van Beukering, P., van Weelden, M., Willemen, L., Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, and Department of Natural Resources

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2023 OA procedure
Published
2018

29. Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis

Author

Thakkar, Rajan K., primary, Weiss, Scott L., additional, Fitzgerald, Julie C., additional, Keele, Luke, additional, Thomas, Neal J., additional, Nadkarni, Vinay M., additional, Muszynski, Jennifer A., additional, Hall, Mark W., additional, Fontela, P., additional, Tucci, M., additional, Dumistrascu, M., additional, Skippen, P., additional, Krahn, G., additional, Bezares, E., additional, Puig, G., additional, Puig-Ramos, A., additional, Garcia, R., additional, Villar, M., additional, Bigham, M., additional, Polanski, T., additional, Latifi, S., additional, Giebner, D., additional, Anthony, H., additional, Hume, J., additional, Galster, A., additional, Linnerud, L., additional, Sanders, R., additional, Hefley, G., additional, Madden, K., additional, Thompson, A., additional, Shein, S., additional, Gertz, S., additional, Han, Y., additional, Williams, T., additional, Hughes-Schalk, A., additional, Chandler, H., additional, Orioles, A., additional, Zielinski, E., additional, Doucette, A., additional, Zebuhr, C., additional, Wilson, T., additional, Dimitriades, C., additional, Ascani, J., additional, Layburn, S., additional, Valley, S., additional, Markowitz, B., additional, Terry, J., additional, Morzov, R., additional, Mcinnes, A., additional, McArthur, J., additional, Woods, K., additional, Murkowski, K., additional, Spaeder, M., additional, Sharron, M., additional, Wheeler, D., additional, Beckman, E., additional, Frank, E., additional, Howard, K., additional, Carroll, C., additional, Nett, S., additional, Jarvis, D., additional, Patel, V., additional, Higgerson, R., additional, Christie, L., additional, Typpo, K., additional, Deschenes, J., additional, Kirby, A., additional, Uhl, T., additional, Rehder, K., additional, Cheifetz, I., additional, Wrenn, S., additional, Kypuros, K., additional, Ackerman, K., additional, Maffei, F., additional, Bloomquist, G., additional, Rizkalla, N., additional, Kimura, D., additional, Shah, S., additional, Tigges, C., additional, Su, F., additional, Barlow, C., additional, Michelson, K., additional, Wolfe, K., additional, Goodman, D., additional, Campbell, L., additional, Sorce, L., additional, Bysani, K., additional, Monjure, T., additional, Evans, M., additional, Totapally, B., additional, Chegondi, M., additional, Rodriguez, C., additional, Frazier, J., additional, Steele, L., additional, Viteri, S., additional, Costarino, A., additional, Thomas, N., additional, Spear, D., additional, Hirshberg, E., additional, Lilley, J., additional, Rowan, C., additional, Rider, C., additional, Kane, J., additional, Zimmerman, J., additional, Greeley, C., additional, Lin, J., additional, Jacobs, R., additional, Parker, M., additional, Culver, K., additional, Loftis, L., additional, Jaimon, N., additional, Goldsworthy, M., additional, Fitzgerald, J., additional, Weiss, S., additional, Nadkarni, V., additional, Bush, J., additional, Diliberto, M., additional, Allen, C., additional, Gessouroun, M., additional, Sapru, A., additional, Lang, T., additional, Alkhouli, M., additional, Kamath, S., additional, Friel, D., additional, Daufeldt, J., additional, Hsing, D., additional, Carlo, C., additional, Pon, S., additional, Scimeme, J., additional, Shaheen, A., additional, Hassinger, A., additional, Qiao, H., additional, Giuliano, J., additional, Tala, J., additional, Vinciguerra, D., additional, Fernandez, A., additional, Carrero, R., additional, Hoyos, P., additional, Jaramillo, J., additional, Posada, A., additional, Izquiierdo, L., additional, Olave, B.E. Piñeres, additional, Donado, J., additional, Dalmazzo, R., additional, Rendich, S., additional, Palma, L., additional, Lapadula, M., additional, Acuna, C., additional, Cruces, P., additional, De Clety, S. Clement, additional, Dujardin, M., additional, Berghe, C., additional, Renard, S., additional, Zurek, J., additional, Steinherr, H., additional, Mougkou, K., additional, Critselis, E., additional, Di Nardo, M., additional, Picardo, S., additional, Tortora, F., additional, Rossetti, E., additional, Fragasso, T., additional, Cogo, P., additional, Netto, R., additional, Dagys, A., additional, Gurskis, V., additional, Kevalas, R., additional, Neeleman, C., additional, Lemson, J., additional, Luijten, C., additional, Wojciech, K., additional, Pagowska-Klimek, I., additional, Szczepanska, M., additional, Karpe, J., additional, Nunes, P., additional, Almeida, H., additional, Rios, J., additional, Vieira, M., additional, Iniguez, J. P. Garcia, additional, Revilla, P., additional, Urbano, J., additional, Lopez-Herce, J., additional, Bustinza, A., additional, Palacios, A., additional, Hofheinz, S., additional, Rodriguez-Nunez, A., additional, Sanagustin, S., additional, Gonzalez, E., additional, Riaza, M., additional, Piaya, R., additional, Soler, P., additional, Esteban, E., additional, Laraudogoitia, J., additional, Monge, C., additional, Herrera, V., additional, Granados, J., additional, Gonzalez, C., additional, Koroglu, T., additional, Ozcelik, E., additional, Baines, P., additional, Plunkett, A., additional, Davis, P., additional, George, S., additional, Tibby, S., additional, Harris, J., additional, Agbeko, R., additional, Lampitt, R., additional, Brierley, J., additional, Peters, M., additional, Jones, A., additional, Dominguez, T., additional, Thiruchelvam, T., additional, Deep, A., additional, Ridley, L., additional, Bowen, W., additional, Levin, R., additional, Macleod, I., additional, Gray, M., additional, Hemat, N., additional, Alexander, J., additional, Ali, S., additional, Pappachan, J., additional, McCorkell, J., additional, Fortune, P., additional, MacDonald, M., additional, Hudnott, P., additional, Suyun, Q., additional, Singhi, S., additional, Nallasamy, K., additional, Lodha, R., additional, Shime, N., additional, Tabata, Y., additional, Saito, O., additional, Ikeyama, T., additional, Kawasaki, T., additional, Lum, L., additional, Abidin, A., additional, Kee, S., additional, Tang, S., additional, Jalil, R., additional, Guan, Y., additional, Yao, L., additional, Lin, K., additional, Ong, J., additional, Salloo, A., additional, Doedens, L., additional, Mathivha, L., additional, Reubenson, G., additional, Moaisi, S., additional, Pentz, A., additional, Green, R., additional, Schibler, A., additional, Erickson, S., additional, McEneiry, J., additional, Long, D., additional, Dorofaeff, T., additional, Coulthard, M., additional, Millar, J., additional, Delzoppo, C., additional, Williams, G., additional, Morritt, M., additional, Watts, N., additional, Beca, J., additional, Sherring, C., additional, and Bushell, T., additional

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2019
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31. Magnetization patterns of slave media duplicated by using patterned master media

Author

Sugita, R., Saito, O., Muranoi, T., Nishikawa, M., and Nagao, M.

Subjects
Physics -- Research, Storage media -- Research, Magnetization -- Analysis, Physics
Abstract

The magnetization patterns of slave media duplicated by using patterned master media are examined. The duplicated magnetization reverses at transitions and changes between transitions for bit lengths of more than several mu m whereas the magnetization reverses at transitions and is found to be uniform between transitions for bit lengths less than several mu m.

Published
2002

34. Abstract P-110

Author

Kodani, T., primary, Iki, Y., additional, Nagai, Y., additional, Sueishi, T., additional, Makoto, M., additional, Saito, O., additional, and Shimizu, N., additional

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2018
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35. Abstract PD-054

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Morimoto, K., primary, Shimizu, N., additional, Saito, O., additional, Kodani, T., additional, Iki, Y., additional, Nagai, Y., additional, Sueishi, T., additional, Motomura, M., additional, Kaneko, T., additional, Morikawa, K., additional, Miura, M., additional, and Honda, M., additional

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2018
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36. Abstract P-208

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Morimoto, K., primary, Iki, Y., additional, Kodani, T., additional, Nagai, Y., additional, Sueishi, T., additional, Motomura, M., additional, Saito, O., additional, and Shimizu, N., additional

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2018
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37. Abstract P-565

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Shoya, K., primary, Kodani, T., additional, Iki, Y., additional, Sueishi, T., additional, Nagai, Y., additional, Motomura, M., additional, Saito, O., additional, Yoshimura, Y., additional, Miura, M., additional, Terada, M., additional, and Shimizu, N., additional

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2018
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38. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in U.S. and European ICUs

Author

Giuliano, John S, Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Weiss, S., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, Cross-sectional study, shock, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Severity of Illness Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Child, Prospective cohort study, Pediatric intensive care unit, Perinatology and Child Health, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Child, Preschool, outcome, children, management, pediatric intensive care unit, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, medicine.symptom, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Critical Care, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, Intensive care, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, Healthcare Disparities, business.industry, Organ dysfunction, Infant, Newborn, Infant, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Health Status Disparities, medicine.disease, United States, Clinical trial, Cross-Sectional Studies, Multivariate Analysis, Emergency medicine, business
Abstract

Copyright © 2016 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.Objectives: Pediatric severe sepsis remains a significant global health problem without new therapies despite many multicenter clinical trials. We compared children managed with severe sepsis in European and U.S. PICUs to identify geographic variation, which may improve the design of future international studies. Design: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Data about PICU characteristics, patient demographics, therapies, and outcomes were compared. Multivariable regression models were used to determine adjusted differences in morbidity and mortality. Setting: European and U.S. PICUs. Patients: Children with severe sepsis managed in European and U.S. PICUs enrolled in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: European PICUs had fewer beds (median, 11 vs 24; p < 0.001). European patients were younger (median, 1 vs 6 yr; p < 0.001), had higher severity of illness (median Pediatric Index of Mortality-3, 5.0 vs 3.8; p = 0.02), and were more often admitted from the ward (37% vs 24%). Invasive mechanical ventilation, central venous access, and vasoactive infusions were used more frequently in European patients (85% vs 68%, p = 0.002; 91% vs 82%, p = 0.05; and 71% vs 50%; p < 0.001, respectively). Raw morbidity and mortality outcomes were worse for European compared with U.S. patients, but after adjusting for patient characteristics, there were no significant differences in mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, disability at discharge, length of stay, or ventilator/vasoactive-free days. Conclusions: Children with severe sepsis admitted to European PICUs have higher severity of illness, are more likely to be admitted from hospital wards, and receive more intensive care therapies than in the United States. The lack of significant differences in morbidity and mortality after adjusting for patient characteristics suggests that the approach to care between regions, perhaps related to PICU bed availability, needs to be considered in the design of future international clinical trials in pediatric severe sepsis.

Published
2016

39. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in US and European ICUs

Author

Giuliano, J.S., Markovitz, B.P., Brierley, J., Levin, R., Williams, G., Lum, L.C.S., Dorofaeff, T., Cruces, P., Bush, J.L., Keele, L., Nadkarni, V.M., Thomas, N.J., Fitzgerald, J.C., Weiss, S.L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B.E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban-Torne E, Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., McEneiry, J., Long, D., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.

Published
2016

40. Acute kidney injury in pediatric severe sepsis : An independent risk factor for death and new disability

Author

Fitzgerald, Julie C., Basu, Rajit K., Akcan-Arikan, Ayse, Izquierdo, Ledys M., Piñeres Olave, Byron E., Hassinger, Amanda B., Szczepanska, Maria, Deep, Akash, Williams, Duane, Sapru, Anil, Roy, Jason A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Furth, Susan, Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebne, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Allen, C., Gessouroun, M., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, JP, Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Palacios, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Long, D., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Basu, Rajit K., Akcan-Arikan, Ayse, Izquierdo, Ledys M., Piñeres Olave, Byron E., Hassinger, Amanda B., Szczepanska, Maria, Deep, Akash, Williams, Duane, Sapru, Anil, Roy, Jason A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Furth, Susan, Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebne, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Allen, C., Gessouroun, M., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, JP, Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Palacios, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., and Long, D.

Abstract

Objectives: The prevalence of septic acute kidney injury and impact on functional status of PICU survivors are unknown. We used data from an international prospective severe sepsis study to elucidate functional outcomes of children suffering septic acute kidney injury. Design: Secondary analysis of patients in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies point prevalence study: acute kidney injury was defined on the study day using Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes definitions. Patients with no acute kidney injury or stage 1 acute kidney injury ("no/mild acute kidney injury") were compared with those with stage 2 or 3 acute kidney injury ("severe acute kidney injury"). The primary outcome was a composite of death or new moderate disability at discharge defined as a Pediatric Overall Performance Category score of 3 or higher and increased by 1 from baseline. Setting: One hundred twenty-eight PICUs in 26 countries. Patients: Children with severe sepsis in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: One hundred two (21%) of 493 patients had severe acute kidney injury. More than twice as many patients with severe acute kidney injury died or developed new moderate disability compared with those with no/mild acute kidney injury (64% vs 30%; p < 0.001). Severe acute kidney injury was independently associated with death or new moderate disability (adjusted odds ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.5-4.2; p = 0.001) after adjustment for age, region, baseline disability, malignancy, invasive mechanical ventilation, albumin administration, and the pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score. Conclusions: In a multinational cohort of critically ill children with severe sepsis and high mortality rates, septic acute kidney injury is independently associated with further increased death or new disability.

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2016

41. Comparison of pediatric severe sepsis managed in U.S. and European ICUs

Author

Giuliano, John S., Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, V., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Giuliano, John S., Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, V., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., and Green, R.

Abstract

Objectives: Pediatric severe sepsis remains a significant global health problem without new therapies despite many multicenter clinical trials. We compared children managed with severe sepsis in European and U.S. PICUs to identify geographic variation, which may improve the design of future international studies. Design: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Data about PICU characteristics, patient demographics, therapies, and outcomes were compared. Multivariable regression models were used to determine adjusted differences in morbidity and mortality. Setting: European and U.S. PICUs. Patients: Children with severe sepsis managed in European and U.S. PICUs enrolled in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: European PICUs had fewer beds (median, 11 vs 24; p < 0.001). European patients were younger (median, 1 vs 6 yr; p < 0.001), had higher severity of illness (median Pediatric Index of Mortality-3, 5.0 vs 3.8; p = 0.02), and were more often admitted from the ward (37% vs 24%). Invasive mechanical ventilation, central venous access, and vasoactive infusions were used more frequently in European patients (85% vs 68%, p = 0.002; 91% vs 82%, p = 0.05; and 71% vs 50%; p < 0.001, respectively). Raw morbidity and mortality outcomes were worse for European compared with U.S. patients, but after adjusting for patient characteristics, there were no significant differences in mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, disability at discharge, length of stay, or ventilator/vasoactive-free days. Conclusions: Children with severe sepsis admitted to European PICUs have higher severity of illness, are more likely to be admitted from hospital wards, and receive more intensive care therapies than in the United States. The lack of significant differences in morbidity and mortality after

Published
2016

43. A Novel Magnetic Contact Duplication Technique for Servo-Writing on Magnetic Disks

Author

Sugita, R., Kinoshita, T., Saito, O., Muranoi, T., Nishikawa, M., and Nagao, M.

Subjects
Hard disks -- Research, Magnetic disks -- Research, Magnetic recorders and recording -- Research, Computer simulation -- Usage, Finite element method -- Usage, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Abstract

A novel magnetic contact duplication technique is proposed in order to write a servo signal on hard disks and floppy disks at a high speed and a low cost. In this technique a magnetic layer of a master disk is lithographically patterned in accordance with a servo signal, having low coercivity, and dc magnetic field is applied to a slave disk contacted with the master one. A computer simulation using finite element method shows that the pattern of the master disk can be duplicated on a slave one. The possibility of duplication by using this technique is confirmed from experimental results in which a Bitter pattern of a duplicated slave medium is clearly observed. Index Terms--Magnetic contact duplication, servo-writing, hard disk, floppy disk.

Published
2000

44. International science workshop on assessments for IPBES February 27-29 2012 Tokyo UNEP/IPBES.MI/2/INF/10

Author

van Jaarsveld, A., Takeuchi, K., Duraiappah, A.K., Mooney, H., Brondizio, E., Driver, A., Elmqvist, T., Hassan, R., Larigauderie, A., Reyers, B., Shirayama, Y., Spierenburg, M.J., Alpizar, F., Andelman, S.J., Beard, D.J., Bánki, O., Cui, X., Fu, B., Furuta, N., Garcia, K., Hashimoto, S, Kim, E.S., Ko, B.C.J., Kohsaka, R., Nakashizuka, T., Naeem, S., Niles, D., Pereira, H., Ramachandran, S.P.R.R., Saito, O., Sakai, S., Suzuki, W., Tallis, H., Walker, D., Yashiro, M., Yoshida, K., Organization Sciences, Petrology, Network Institute, Geology and Geochemistry, and Organization & Processes of Organizing in Society (OPOS)

Published
2012

45. Estratégia e gestão de centros de P&D em multinacionais: estudo de caso em uma multinacional no segmento químico

Author

Saito, O. M. and Bernardes, Roberto

Subjects
Empresas multinacionais, Globalização
Abstract

A internacionalização das empresas não é um fato novo e nem ao menos recente. As multinacionais como agentes de expansão internacional têm procurado nas últimas décadas ampliar a sua atuação além fronteira em múltiplos países e mercados, em busca de novas oportunidades de crescimento arrefecidas em seus países de origem. Esta atuação multinacional historicamente demonstrou primordialmente foco nos países desenvolvidos, detentores de maior atratividade pelo alto poder de consumo e dinamismo destes mercados. No entanto, nos últimos anos fatores como a saturação dos mercados de consumo, aumento das rivalidades concorrenciais e crises econômicas têm criado um cenário adverso, influenciando substancialmente as decisões de investimentos nas economias cêntricas. As economias emergentes têm se fortalecido então, como fonte de acesso a mercados em vigorosa expansão, crescimento da capacidade de consumo e conhecimento, comparativamente com as economias desenvolvidas. Tal fato tem provocado um natural deslocamento geográfico do fluxo de Investimentos Diretos Estrangeiros (IDE) dos países desenvolvidos para as economias em desenvolvimento. Diferentes mercados, porém, exigem produtos customizados às necessidades locais, o que só é possível através de esforços direcionados de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (P&D) no lançamento de novos produtos que satisfaçam às suas expectativas. Desta forma, este trabalho de pesquisa teve por objetivo entender sob a perspectiva da matriz corporativa de uma multinacional, a formulação da estratégia global de P&D, seu alinhamento e implementação na gestão de cada centro, particularmente nos mercados emergentes, considerando-se os esforços tecnológicos internos e externos, as demandas e oportunidades dos mercados locais. Para tanto, uma pesquisa empírica qualitativa baseada em estudo de casos múltiplos exploratórios foi realizada em uma corporação multinacional de origem alemã, atuante no segmento químico, no mercado de lubrificantes industriais, em seus cinco centros de P&D localizados respectivamente na Alemanha (matriz), EUA, Brasil, China e Índia. Os resultados da pesquisa demonstraram que o principal motivador para a descentralização das atividades de P&D é fortalecer a capacidade dos centros em responder rapidamente às demandas e oportunidades dos mercados locais. A multinacional formula a estratégia corporativa e a desdobra de forma alinhada na gestão dos centros de P&D, considerando as capacidades internas e externas e os fatores de mercado, assim como grandes oportunidades e demandas específicas se apresentam nos crescentes mercados emergentes, levando-a a reavaliar a sua estratégia de negócios, seja em termos de core business, seja em linha de produtos, considerando o perfil de consumo destes mercados e a disponibilidade de fontes diferenciadas de matérias primas The internationalization of companies is not a new phenomenon and not even recent. Multinationals corporations as agents of international expansion in recent decades have sought to expand its operations beyond the border in multiple countries and markets looking for new opportunities for growth cooled in their countries of origin. This multinational acting historically has been focused in developed countries more attractive for their high purchasing power and dynamism of these markets. However, in recent years factors such as the saturation of consumer markets, increased competitive rivalries and economic crises have created a new adverse scenario, substantially influencing the investment decisions on centric economies. Emerging economies have been strengthened as source of access to increasing markets, growth in consumption capacity and knowledge, compared with developed economies. This has caused a natural geographic shift the flow of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) from developed countries to developing economies. Different markets, however, require tailoring products to fit the local needs, which is only possible through directed efforts in Research and Development (R&D) in lauching new products to meet their expectations. Thus, this research aims to understand through the perspective of the corporate headquarters of a multinational, the formulation of the global R&D Strategy, its alignment and implementation in the management of each R&D center, particularly in emerging markets, considering the internal and external technological efforts, demands and opportunities of local markets. Then, an empirical and qualitative study based oh multiple-case study exploration was nducted in a multinational corporation of German origin, active in the chemical segment in the market for industrial lubricants in its five centers of R&D located respectively in Germany (headquarter), USA, Brazil, China and India. The survey results demonstrated that the main motivation for decentralization of R&D activities is strengthen the capacity of each center to respond quickly the demands and opportunities of local markets. The multinational defines its corporate strategy and deploys it in an aligned manner into the management of each R&D center, considering the internal capabilities and external market factors, as well as, important opportunities and specific demands are facing on increasing emergent markets leading the multinational to rethink its business strategy, in terms of both core business and line of products, considering the consumption customers profile, and availability of differentiated raw materials sources

Published
2011

46. The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

Author

Díaz, S., Demissew, S., Carabias, J., Joly, C., Lonsdale, M., Ash, N., Larigauderie, A., Adhikari, J.R., Arico, S., Báldi, A., Bartuska, A., Baste, I.A., Bilgin, A., Brondizio, E., Chan, K.M.A., Figueroa, V.E., Duraiappah, A., Fischer, M., Hill, R., Koetz, T., Leadley, P., Lyver, P., Mace, G.M., Martin-Lopez, B., Okumura, M., Pacheco, D., Pascual, U., Pérez, E.S., Reyers, B., Roth, E., Saito, O., Scholes, R.J., Sharma, N., Tallis, H., Thaman, R., Watson, R., Yahara, T., Hamid, Z.A., Akosim, C., Al-Hafedh, Y., Allahverdiyev, R., Amankwah, E., Asah, S.T., Asfaw, Z., Bartus, G., Brooks, L.A., Caillaux, J., Dalle, G., Darnaedi, D., Driver, A., Erpul, G., Escobar-Eyzaguirre, P., Failler, P., Fouda, A.M.M., Fu, B., Gundimeda, H., Hashimoto, S., Homer, F., Lavorel, S., Lichtenstein, G., Mala, W.A., Mandivenyi, W., Matczak, P., Mbizvo, C., Mehrdadi, M., Metzger, J.P., Mikissa, J.B., Moller, H., Mooney, H.A., Mumby, P., Nagendra, H., Nesshöver, Carsten, Oteng-Yeboah, A.A., Pataki, G., Roué, M., Rubis, J., Schultz, M., Smith, P., Sumaila, R., Takeuchi, K., Thomas, S., Verma, M., Yeo-Chang, Y., Zlatanova, D., Díaz, S., Demissew, S., Carabias, J., Joly, C., Lonsdale, M., Ash, N., Larigauderie, A., Adhikari, J.R., Arico, S., Báldi, A., Bartuska, A., Baste, I.A., Bilgin, A., Brondizio, E., Chan, K.M.A., Figueroa, V.E., Duraiappah, A., Fischer, M., Hill, R., Koetz, T., Leadley, P., Lyver, P., Mace, G.M., Martin-Lopez, B., Okumura, M., Pacheco, D., Pascual, U., Pérez, E.S., Reyers, B., Roth, E., Saito, O., Scholes, R.J., Sharma, N., Tallis, H., Thaman, R., Watson, R., Yahara, T., Hamid, Z.A., Akosim, C., Al-Hafedh, Y., Allahverdiyev, R., Amankwah, E., Asah, S.T., Asfaw, Z., Bartus, G., Brooks, L.A., Caillaux, J., Dalle, G., Darnaedi, D., Driver, A., Erpul, G., Escobar-Eyzaguirre, P., Failler, P., Fouda, A.M.M., Fu, B., Gundimeda, H., Hashimoto, S., Homer, F., Lavorel, S., Lichtenstein, G., Mala, W.A., Mandivenyi, W., Matczak, P., Mbizvo, C., Mehrdadi, M., Metzger, J.P., Mikissa, J.B., Moller, H., Mooney, H.A., Mumby, P., Nagendra, H., Nesshöver, Carsten, Oteng-Yeboah, A.A., Pataki, G., Roué, M., Rubis, J., Schultz, M., Smith, P., Sumaila, R., Takeuchi, K., Thomas, S., Verma, M., Yeo-Chang, Y., and Zlatanova, D.

Abstract

The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework. This conceptual and analytical tool, presented here in detail, will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that IPBES will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions. Salient innovative aspects of the IPBES Conceptual Framework are its transparent and participatory construction process and its explicit consideration of diverse scientific disciplines, stakeholders, and knowledge systems, including indigenous and local knowledge. Because the focus on co-construction of integrative knowledge is shared by an increasing number of initiatives worldwide, this framework should be useful beyond IPBES, for the wider research and knowledge-policy communities working on the links between nature and people, such as natural, social and engineering scientists, policy-makers at different levels, and decision-makers in different sectors of society

Published
2014

48. Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study

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Weiss, Scott L, Fitzgerald, Julie C., Maffei, Frank A., Kane, Jason M., Rodriguez Nunez, Antonio, Hsing, Deyin D., Franzon, Deborah, Kee, Sze Ying, Bush, Jenny L., Roy, Jason A., Thomas, Neal J., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbel, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Weiss, S., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Bierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Schibler, A., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Erickson, S., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Watts, N., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Beca, J., Sherring, C., Bushell, T., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., and Green, R.

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Biomedical Research, Adolescent, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4], Practice Patterns, macromolecular substances, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Sepsis, Intensive care, Epidemiology, Severity of illness, Clinical endpoint, Prevalence, Medicine, Humans, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Preschool, Intensive care medicine, Child, Pediatric intensive care unit, Observer Variation, Physicians', business.industry, Research, Organ dysfunction, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Child, Preschool, Female, Treatment Outcome, Newborn, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Clinical trial, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Introduction Consensus criteria for pediatric severe sepsis have standardized enrollment for research studies. However, the extent to which critically ill children identified by consensus criteria reflect physician diagnosis of severe sepsis, which underlies external validity for pediatric sepsis research, is not known. We sought to determine the agreement between physician diagnosis and consensus criteria to identify pediatric patients with severe sepsis across a network of international pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Methods We conducted a point prevalence study involving 128 PICUs in 26 countries across 6 continents. Over the course of 5 study days, 6925 PICU patients Results Of the 706 patients, 301 (42.6 %) met both definitions. The inter-rater agreement (κ ± SE) between physician diagnosis and consensus criteria was 0.57 ± 0.02. Of the 438 patients with a physician’s diagnosis of severe sepsis, only 69 % (301 of 438) would have been eligible to participate in a clinical trial of pediatric severe sepsis that enrolled patients based on consensus criteria. Patients with physician-diagnosed severe sepsis who did not meet consensus criteria were younger and had lower severity of illness and lower PICU mortality than those meeting consensus criteria or both definitions. After controlling for age, severity of illness, number of comorbid conditions, and treatment in developed versus resource-limited regions, patients identified with severe sepsis by physician diagnosis alone or by consensus criteria alone did not have PICU mortality significantly different from that of patients identified by both physician diagnosis and consensus criteria. Conclusions Physician diagnosis of pediatric severe sepsis achieved only moderate agreement with consensus criteria, with physicians diagnosing severe sepsis more broadly. Consequently, the results of a research study based on consensus criteria may have limited generalizability to nearly one-third of PICU patients diagnosed with severe sepsis.

Published
2015

50. ABSTRACT 791

Author

Ikeyama, T., primary, Yuki, I., additional, Yuko, N., additional, Imai, K., additional, Niitsu, T., additional, Saito, O., additional, Mizushiro, N., additional, and Shimizu, N., additional

Published
2014
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