University of North Carolina at Charlotte

About: University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a education organization based out in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 8772 authors who have published 22239 publications receiving 562529 citations. The organization is also known as: UNC Charlotte & UNCC.

Joint Replacement Access in 2016: A Supply Side Crisis

Abstract: Demand for primary and revision arthroplasty is expected to double in 10 years Coincident with this is a decreased interest in arthroplasty by residents Retirement of arthroplasty surgeons further threatens access This study determines if supply will meet demand Survey data were used to calculate the 2016 workforce Demand in 2016 was estimated using the Nationwide Inpatients Sample Between 2008 and 2016, 400 arthroplasty specialists and 1584 generalists will enter the workforce By 2016, 1896 arthroplasty surgeons will retire using 65 years as a conservative retirement age, whereas 4239 will retire using 59 years as a baseline retirement age In 2016, the model estimated a procedural shortfall ranging from 174,409 (↓186%) using conservative retirement assumptions (age, 65 years) to 1,177,761 (↓694%) using baseline retirement assumptions (age, 59 years) This economic model predicts a supply side crisis that threatens patient access to specialty care Immediate steps to stimulate supply must be taken

Everyday Forgetting: Data from a Diary Study

Abstract: 50 subjects were asked to keep a diary of instances in which they realized they had forgotten something. The 750 forgettings recorded were grouped on the basis of nominal similarity, with 64% of them falling into one of 24 categories. The major categories included forgetting to comply with requests, failures of habitual actions, absentmindedness, and forgetting to bring something. Most failures involved the forgetting to perform a future action (i.e., forgetting to do something) as opposed to forgetting facts, names, or other information once known. These results suggest that the failure to retrieve the intention to do something at the appropriate time is the source of many forgettings, and this finding may have implications for the construction of memory inventories.

LinkageMapView—rendering high-resolution linkage and QTL maps

Abstract: MOTIVATION Linkage and quantitative trait loci (QTL) maps are critical tools for the study of the genetic basis of complex traits. With the advances in sequencing technology over the past decade, linkage map densities have been increasing dramatically, while the visualization tools have not kept pace. LinkageMapView is a free add-on package written in R that produces high resolution, publication-ready visualizations of linkage and QTL maps. While there is software available to generate linkage map graphics, none are freely available, produce publication quality figures, are open source and can run on all platforms. LinkageMapView can be integrated into map building pipelines as it seamlessly incorporates output from R/qtl and also accepts simple text or comma delimited files. There are numerous options within the package to build highly customizable maps, allow for linkage group comparisons, and annotate QTL regions. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/LinkageMapView/.