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MicroSolutions September/October 2018

At HARMAN, it’s our mission to develop state-of-the-art audio solutions that provide enhanced listening experiences for music lovers at home, on the road, and on-stage. In recognition of Make Music Day 2018, we spoke with William “Bootsy” Collins,...

Collaboration with publishers and funders to ensure the openness and preservation of the scientific record is one of PMC’s core principles. Open Access Week offers an opportunity to celebrate some of the recent outcomes of these collaborations:

• In July 2018, the PMC corpus of publicly accessible articles hit 5 million articles.
• In May 2018, the PMC Open Access Subset surpassed the 2 million article mark.
• The Author Manuscript Collection now includes more than 500,000 papers for text mining.
• The PMC and Research Funder Policy page underwent an update in September 2018 to increase transparency around funder support in PMC for publishers, authors, and the public.
• Funder policy support in PMC has been extended to the US Department of Homeland Security, in addition to several new US private research funders via the Health Research Alliance.

In FY2018 more than 200 new journals committed to archiving their complete contents in PMC, to be made publicly accessible in 12 months or less.

The number of citations an article receives is an important indicator to quantify its influence in its field. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the characteristics of the 50 top-cited articles addressing dental education published in two journals dedicated to dental education (European Journal of Dental Education and Journal of Dental Education). The Web of Science database was searched to retrieve the 50 most-cited articles from the two journals in December 2018. The top-cited articles were analyzed for journal of publication, number of citations, institution and country of origin, year of publication, study type, keywords, theme and subtheme, and international collaborations. The results showed the 50 top-cited articles were cited between 24 and 146 times each. The majority of these top-cited articles (n=34) were published in the Journal of Dental Education. Half (n=25) of the articles were by authors in the U.S. The most common study types were surveys (n=26) and reviews (n=10). The main themes of these top-cited articles were curriculum and learner characteristics. This bibliometric analysis can serve as a reference for recognizing studies with the most impact in the scholarship of dental education.

BACKGROUND:

Pediatric subspecialists routinely provide procedural sedation outside the operating room. No large study has reported trends in outpatient pediatric procedural sedation. Our purpose in this study was to identify significant trends in outpatient procedural sedation using the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.

Background:

Female physicians have been shown to receive fewer awards from medical societies than their male colleagues. We examined the sex distribution of recipients of Canadian residency association awards.

In this retrospective study, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data generated on an Ion Torrent platform was used to predict phenotypic drug resistance profiles for first- and second-line drugs among Swedish clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from 2016 to 2018. The accuracy was ~99% for all first-line drugs and 100% for four second-line drugs. Our analysis supports the introduction of WGS into routine diagnostics, which might, at least in Sweden, replace phenotypic drug susceptibility testing in the future.

Omadacycline is a broad-spectrum aminomethylcycline approved in October 2018 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired pneumonia as both an oral and intravenous once-daily formulation. In this report, the activities of omadacycline and comparators were tested against 49,000 nonduplicate bacterial isolates collected prospectively during 2016 to 2018 from medical centers in Europe (24,500 isolates, 40 medical centers [19 countries]) and the United States (24,500 isolates, 33 medical centers [23 states and all 9 U.S. census divisions]). Omadacycline was tested by broth microdilution following the methods in Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document M07 (Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically; Approved Standard, 11th ed., 2018). Omadacycline (MIC_50/90, 0.12/0.25 mg/liter) inhibited 98.6% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates at ≤0.5 mg/liter, including 96.3% of methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates and 99.8% of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates. Omadacycline potency was comparable for Streptococcus pneumoniae (MIC_50/90, 0.06/0.12 mg/liter), viridans group streptococci (MIC_50/90, 0.06/0.12 mg/liter), and beta-hemolytic streptococci (MIC_50/90, 0.12/0.25 mg/liter), regardless of species and susceptibility to penicillin, macrolides, or tetracycline. Omadacycline was active against all Enterobacterales tested (MIC_50/90, 1/8 mg/liter; 87.5% of isolates were inhibited at ≤4 mg/liter) except Proteus mirabilis (MIC_50/90, 16/>32 mg/liter) and indole-positive Proteus spp. (MIC_50/90, 8/32 mg/liter) and was most active against Escherichia coli (MIC_50/90, 0.5/2 mg/liter), Klebsiella oxytoca (MIC_50/90, 1/2 mg/liter), and Citrobacter spp. (MIC_50/90, 1/4 mg/liter). Omadacycline inhibited 92.4% of Enterobacter cloacae species complex and 88.5% of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates at ≤4 mg/liter. Omadacycline was active against Haemophilus influenzae (MIC_50/90, 0.5/1 mg/liter), regardless of β-lactamase status, and against Moraxella catarrhalis (MIC_50/90, ≤0.12/0.25 mg/liter). The potent activity of omadacycline against Gram-positive and -negative bacteria indicates that omadacycline merits further study in serious infections in which multidrug resistance and mixed Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial infections may be a concern.

The 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Score was developed to establish a simple, standardized scoring system for researchers to quantify adherence to the 2018 WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and assess its impact on cancer risk and other health-related outcomes. The aim of this commentary is to clarify potential points of ambiguity in its application, focusing on aspects related to specific subscore components (physical activity, fast foods, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened drinks), how to address different data needs due to varied data collection instruments, and future exploratory score approaches. Overall, we encourage researchers to utilize the standardized score to enhance comparability across populations and countries. Researchers who may adapt or augment the 2018 WCRF/AICR Score are strongly encouraged to provide detailed descriptions of their methods to promote transparency and reproducibility.

Mỗi ngôi nhà thường có hàng rào bao quanh dù đơn giản hay cầu kỳ. Hàng rào không chỉ đảm bảo an ninh mà còn giúp ngôi nhà thêm duyên dáng, do đó nó là một phần không thể tách rời với kiến trúc nhà.

Trong năm 2018, những người có bảm mệnh thuộc Đông tứ mệnh nên chọn hướng Đông Nam để kê bàn làm việc, ngoài ra có thể cân nhắc hướng Đông và không nên chọn hướng Nam hoặc Bắc.

Những người thuộc nhóm Tây tứ mệnh nếu chọn các hướng và phương vị thuộc nhóm hướng Tây (Tây, Tây Bắc, Tây Nam và Đông Bắc) sẽ nhận được nhiều may mắn và hạnh phúc hơn. Trong năm 2018, người Tây Tứ mệnh nên chọn hướng Tây Nam để kê bàn làm việc để gặp nhiều may mắn.

Những vật phẩm phong thủy cũng là những món trang sức dưới đây sẽ giúp các con giáp tăng cường vận may phong thủy, xu cát tịnh hung, đem lại cuộc sống khởi sắc hơn.

Tuổi Ngọ hợp với vòng tay bằng Ngọc trong khi tuổi Mùi hợp với trang sức bằng vàng...Nếu mang theo những vật phẩm phong thủy phù hợp bên mình, các con giáp sẽ có vận trình năm mới may mắn hơn.

It's time for way too many people to get on a Skype call and debate the following. How much is Wheels is wrong? What decade will the Final Fantasy VII remake will come out? And most importantly, what did we do to deserve Metal Max Xeno and The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2?

What is likely to be Kimi Raikkonen's final Formula 1 victory at the 2018 US Grand Prix is being live-streamed by F1 today. The high point of a disappointing second spell at Ferrari, it nonetheless gave the 2007 world champion a chance to prove a point.

A new study posits that groundwater pressure might have been a tipping point for the magma system near the eruption

An Indonesian volcano which triggered the deadly 2018 tsunami has erupted again, shooting a huge column of ash into the sky.

The wardrobe malfunction could've ruined her night

It's the most accurate one yet

Learning a language is good for brain-training so get out your smartphone and start downloading

Mohamed Salah's performance at the 2018 World Cup was negatively influenced by his row with the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), a former member of the organisation has claimed.

The star-studded 2018 BET Awards hosted by: Jamie Foxx..

A look at technology business trends for 2018 and beyond shows Amazon’s market-munching power shows no sign of waning.

Keep on reading: Amazon 2018: Bulldozing More Market Leaders

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected John Ratliff, CEO of Covance Drug...

At Engredea 2018 in March in Anaheim, CA, OmniActive will be highlighting the latest addition to its ginger ingredient range, Gingever 10% powder, expanding its application to tablets, capsules and beverages.

Dec 15, 2019

• Russians View Terrorists as Third Most Probable Source of Nuclear Attack
• U.S. Adopts New Strategy for Countering of WMD Terrorism
• Elbe Group Calls for U.S.-Russian Cooperation against Terrorism
• Belfer Center Experts on Combatting Complacency about Nuclear Terrorism
• Can Threat Emanating from Jihadists of Central Asia Have a WMD Dimension?
• NTI and CENESS on Radiological Risks in Central Asia
• Hecker Assesses Probability of Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism
• Luxembourg Forum: It’s Vital for US and Russia to Intensify Cooperation to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

Jun 9, 2018

• U.S. and Russian experts ponder denuclearization of Korean Peninsula.
• Graham Allison on changing the odds of nuclear terrorism.
• William Tobey on insights on UNSCR 1540.
• Siegfried Hecker calls for revival of U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation.

Nov 21, 2018

• Graham Allison on likelihood of another 9/11 and need to deny terrorists nuclear weapons.
• Bunn and Roth on regaining nuclear security momentum.
• New books on lessons of U.S.-Russian non-proliferation cooperation and on preventing illicit nuclear trade.
• Study: Congress needs to play a more active role in nuclear security.

The Malaysian Grand Prix will remain on the calendar for the next three years after the Sepang International Circuit agreed a new deal until 2018

على مدى أربعة عقود من الحكم المضطرب اتّسمت الجمهورية الإسلامية بطول عمر لافت، على الرغم من التوقّعات المستمرّة بانهيارها الوشيك. بيد أنّ فشلها بالإجمال في تحقيق الوعود التي أطلقتها ثورة العام 1979، وأهمّها الديمقراطية والعدالة الاجتماعية، ما زال يطارد حاضرها ومستقبلها. ولم يتّسم تاريخ إيران في ما بعد الثورة بالركود السلطوي، بل بصراعٍ مستمرّ بين…

The 2018 U.S. poverty rate is noteworthy for two reasons: it reflects a continued decline in the U.S. poverty rate since it hit a thirty-year peak in 2010; and, it marks the first time that the poverty rate has returned to pre-Great Recession levels. At 38.1 million people, or 11.8 percent of the population, the 2018 U.S. poverty rate was also statistically significantly lower than in 2017. This analysis characterizes those who were living…

Like my colleagues Mara Karlin and Tom Wright, I am generally impressed by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis's 2018 National Defense Strategy or NDS, which builds on the December 2017 National Security Strategy of President Donald Trump and sets out further guideposts for future defense planning. The NDS's emphasis on technological innovation and development of new capabilities, the clear-eyed focus…

على مدى أربعة عقود من الحكم المضطرب اتّسمت الجمهورية الإسلامية بطول عمر لافت، على الرغم من التوقّعات المستمرّة بانهيارها الوشيك. بيد أنّ فشلها بالإجمال في تحقيق الوعود التي أطلقتها ثورة العام 1979، وأهمّها الديمقراطية والعدالة الاجتماعية، ما زال يطارد حاضرها ومستقبلها. ولم يتّسم تاريخ إيران في ما بعد الثورة بالركود السلطوي، بل بصراعٍ مستمرّ بين…

Congress affects the courts in many ways—funding, operations, jurisdiction. Which judges are confirmed has increasingly become dependent partly on whether Republicans or Democrats have control of the Senate. Based on the results of upcoming 2018 midterm, the balance of power in Congress will determine what will happen in the courts in the future. Watch Brookings…

Welcome to the first edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, a new quarterly evaluation of U.S.-European relations produced by Brookings’s Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), as part of the Brookings – Robert Bosch Foundation Transatlantic Initiative. To produce the Scorecard, we polled Brookings experts on the present state of U.S. relations with Europe—overall…

Whole Foods published a list of all the food trends it predicts for next year, and several of them fit right in on TreeHugger.

Or why you shouldn't barbecue indoors.