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About: Rutgers University is a education organization based out in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 68736 authors who have published 159418 publications receiving 6713860 citations. The organization is also known as: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey & Rutgers.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Health care, Cancer, Galaxy
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TL;DR: Examples from the articles in this special issue “Information Technology and Organizational Form and Function” are used to show the kinds of opportunities that are created in the understanding of organizations when the “black boxes” of technology and organization are simultaneously unpacked.
Abstract: Technology has been an important theme in the study of organizational form and function since the 1950s. However, organization science's interest in this relationship has declined significantly over the past 30 years, a period during which information technologies have become pervasive in organizations and brought about significant changes in them. Organizing no longer needs to take place around hierarchy and the collection, storage, and distribution of information as was the case with “command and control” bureaucracies in the past. The adoption of innovations in information technology (IT) and organizational practices since the 1990s now make it possible to organize around what can be done with information. These changes are not the result of information technologies per se, but of the combination of their features with organizational arrangements and practices that support their use. Yet concepts and theories of organizational form and function remain remarkably silent about these changes. Our analysis offers five affordances---visualizing entire work processes, real-time/flexible product and service innovation, virtual collaboration, mass collaboration, and simulation/synthetic reality---that can result from the intersection of technology and organizational features. We explore how these affordances can result in new forms of organizing. Examples from the articles in this special issue “Information Technology and Organizational Form and Function” are used to show the kinds of opportunities that are created in our understanding of organizations when the “black boxes” of technology and organization are simultaneously unpacked.
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Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli1, University of Graz2, University of Rome Tor Vergata3, University of Vienna4, University of Naples Federico II5, University of Regensburg6, University of Sydney7, University of L'Aquila8, University of Miami9, University of Ljubljana10, University of Tübingen11, University of Geneva12, University of Buenos Aires13, University of Florence14, Medical College of Wisconsin15, University of Connecticut16, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center17, Cornell University18, University of Lübeck19, University of Barcelona20, University of Siena21, Rutgers University22, Shinshu University23, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia24, Keio University25, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich26, New York University27
TL;DR: The virtual Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy represents a valid tool for better standardization of the dermoscopic terminology and, moreover, opens up a new territory for diagnosing and managing pigmented skin lesions.
Abstract: Background: There is a need for better standardization of the dermoscopic terminology in assessing pigmented skin lesions. Objective: The virtual Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy was organized to investigate reproducibility and validity of the various features and diagnostic algorithms. Methods: Dermoscopic images of 108 lesions were evaluated via the Internet by 40 experienced dermoscopists using a 2-step diagnostic procedure. The first-step algorithm distinguished melanocytic versus nonmelanocytic lesions. The second step in the diagnostic procedure used 4 algorithms (pattern analysis, ABCD rule, Menzies method, and 7-point checklist) to distinguish melanoma versus benign melanocytic lesions. κ Values, log odds ratios, sensitivity, specificity, and positive likelihood ratios were estimated for all diagnostic algorithms and dermoscopic features. Results: Interobserver agreement was fair to good for all diagnostic methods, but it was poor for the majority of dermoscopic criteria. Intraobserver agreement was good to excellent for all algorithms and features considered. Pattern analysis allowed the best diagnostic performance (positive likelihood ratio: 5.1), whereas alternative algorithms revealed comparable sensitivity but less specificity. Interobserver agreement on management decisions made by dermoscopy was fairly good (mean κ value: 0.53). Conclusion: The virtual Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy represents a valid tool for better standardization of the dermoscopic terminology and, moreover, opens up a new territory for diagnosing and managing pigmented skin lesions. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:679-93.) J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:679-93.
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University at Buffalo1, Medical College of Wisconsin2, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center3, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island4, Pfizer5, University of Nevada, Reno6, University of Miami7, University of Minnesota8, University of Massachusetts Medical School9, Emory University10, National Institutes of Health11, University of California, Davis12, Yeshiva University13, University of Wisconsin-Madison14, Stanford University15, Northwestern University16, University of Iowa17, Kaiser Permanente18, University of Arizona19, University of Washington20, Rush University Medical Center21, Wake Forest University22, University of Texas at San Antonio23, University of California, Los Angeles24, University of California, San Diego25, University of Cincinnati26, Baylor College of Medicine27, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill28, Wayne State University29, Howard University30, George Washington University31, University of California, Irvine32, Ohio State University33, University of Tennessee Health Science Center34, University of Pittsburgh35, Stony Brook University36, Rutgers University37, University of Alabama at Birmingham38, University of Florida39, Harvard University40
TL;DR: Daily supplementation of calcium with vitamin D for seven years had no effect on the incidence of colorectal cancer among postmenopausal women, and the long latency associated with the development of colorescopy cancer, along with the seven-year duration of the trial, may have contributed to this null finding.
Abstract: Background Higher intake of calcium and vitamin D has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer in epidemiologic studies and polyp recurrence in polyp-prevention trials. However, randomized-trial evidence that calcium with vitamin D supplementation is beneficial in the primary prevention of colorectal cancer is lacking. Methods We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 36,282 postmenopausal women from 40 Women’s Health Initiative centers: 18,176 women received 500 mg of elemental calcium as calcium carbonate with 200 IU of vitamin D3 twice daily (1000 mg of elemental calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D3) and 18,106 received a matching placebo for an average of 7.0 years. The incidence of pathologically confirmed colorectal cancer was the designated secondary outcome. Baseline levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D were assessed in a nested case–control study. Results The incidence of invasive colorectal cancer did not differ significantly between women assigned to calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and those assigned to placebo (168 and 154 cases; hazard ratio, 1.08; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.86 to 1.34; P = 0.51), and the tumor characteristics were similar in the two groups. The frequency of colorectal-cancer screening and abdominal symptoms was similar in the two groups. There were no significant treatment interactions with baseline characteristics. Conclusions Daily supplementation of calcium with vitamin D for seven years had no effect on the incidence of colorectal cancer among postmenopausal women. The long latency associated with the development of colorectal cancer, along with the seven-year duration of the trial, may have contributed to this null finding. Ongoing follow-up will assess the longer-term effect of this intervention. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00000611.)
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01 Aug 1995TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling framework for designing and characterization of digital filters for discrete-Time signal processing applications.
Abstract: 1. Sampling and Reconstruction. 2. Quantization. 3. Discrete-Time Systems. 4. FIR Filtering and Convolution. 5. z-Transforms. 6. Transfer Functions. 7. Digital Filter Realizations. 8. Signal Processing Applications. 9. DFT/FFT Algorithms. 10. FIR Digital Filter Design. 11. IIR Digital Filter Design. 12. Interpolation, Decimation, and Oversampling. 13. Appendices. References. Index.
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TL;DR: Over a 6-month period, treatment with rifaximin maintained remission from hepatic encephalopathy more effectively than did placebo, and also significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization involving hepaticEncephalopathy.
Abstract: Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a chronically debilitating complication of hepatic cirrhosis. The efficacy of rifaximin, a minimally absorbed antibiotic, is well documented in the treatment of acute hepatic encephalopathy, but its efficacy for prevention of the disease has not been established. Methods In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned 299 patients who were in remission from recurrent hepatic encephalopathy resulting from chronic liver disease to receive either rifaximin, at a dose of 550 mg twice daily (140 patients), or placebo (159 patients) for 6 months. The primary efficacy end point was the time to the first breakthrough episode of hepatic encephalopathy. The key secondary end point was the time to the first hospitalization involving hepatic encephalopathy. Results Rifaximin significantly reduced the risk of an episode of hepatic encephalopathy, as compared with placebo, over a 6-month period (hazard ratio with rifaximin, 0.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.28 to 0.64; P<0.001). A breakthrough episode of hepatic encephalopathy occurred in 22.1% of patients in the rifaximin group, as compared with 45.9% of patients in the placebo group. A total of 13.6% of the patients in the rifaximin group had a hospitalization involving hepatic encephalopathy, as compared with 22.6% of patients in the placebo group, for a hazard ratio of 0.50 (95% CI, 0.29 to 0.87; P = 0.01). More than 90% of patients received concomitant lactulose therapy. The incidence of adverse events reported during the study was similar in the two groups, as was the incidence of serious adverse events. Conclusions Over a 6-month period, treatment with rifaximin maintained remission from hepatic encephalopathy more effectively than did placebo. Rifaximin treatment also significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization involving hepatic encephalopathy. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00298038.)
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Salim Yusuf | 231 | 1439 | 252912 |
Daniel Levy | 212 | 933 | 194778 |
Eugene V. Koonin | 199 | 1063 | 175111 |
Eric Boerwinkle | 183 | 1321 | 170971 |
David L. Kaplan | 177 | 1944 | 146082 |
Derek R. Lovley | 168 | 582 | 95315 |
Mark Gerstein | 168 | 751 | 149578 |
Gang Chen | 167 | 3372 | 149819 |
Hongfang Liu | 166 | 2356 | 156290 |
Robert Stone | 160 | 1756 | 167901 |
Mark E. Cooper | 158 | 1463 | 124887 |
Michael B. Sporn | 157 | 559 | 94605 |
Cumrun Vafa | 157 | 509 | 88515 |
Wolfgang Wagner | 156 | 2342 | 123391 |
David M. Sabatini | 155 | 413 | 135833 |