University of Vermont

About: University of Vermont is a education organization based out in Burlington, Vermont, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 17592 authors who have published 38251 publications receiving 1609874 citations. The organization is also known as: UVM & University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.

Handbook of Combinatorial Designs

Abstract: PREFACE INTRODUCTION NEW! Opening the Door NEW! Design Theory: Antiquity to 1950 BLOCK DESIGNS 2-(v, k, ?) Designs of Small Order NEW! Triple Systems BIBDs with Small Block Size t-Designs with t = 3 Steiner Systems Symmetric Designs Resolvable and Near-Resolvable Designs LATIN SQUARES Latin Squares Quasigroups Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares (MOLS) Incomplete MOLS Self-Orthogonal Latin Squares (SOLS) Orthogonal Arrays of Index More Than One Orthogonal Arrays of Strength More Than Two PAIRWISE BALANCED DESIGNS PBDs and GDDs: The Basics PBDs: Recursive Constructions PBD-Closure NEW! Group Divisible Designs PBDs, Frames, and Resolvability Pairwise Balanced Designs as Linear Spaces HADAMARD MATRICES AND RELATED DESIGNS Hadamard Matrices and Hadamard Designs Orthogonal Designs D-Optimal Matrices Bhaskar Rao Designs Generalized Hadamard Matrices Balanced Generalized Weighing Matrices and Conference Matrices Sequence Correlation Complementary, Base and Turyn Sequences NEW! Optical Orthogonal Codes OTHER COMBINATORIAL DESIGNS Association Schemes Balanced Ternary Designs Balanced Tournament Designs NEW! Bent Functions NEW! Block-Transitive Designs Complete Mappings and Sequencings of Finite Groups Configurations Correlation-Immune and Resilient Functions Costas Arrays NEW! Covering Arrays Coverings Cycle Decompositions Defining Sets NEW! Deletion-Correcting Codes Derandomization Difference Families Difference Matrices Difference Sets Difference Triangle Sets Directed Designs Factorial Designs Frequency Squares and Hypercubes Generalized Quadrangles Graph Decompositions NEW! Graph Embeddings and Designs Graphical Designs NEW! Grooming Hall Triple Systems Howell Designs NEW! Infinite Designs Linear Spaces: Geometric Aspects Lotto Designs NEW! Low Density Parity Check Codes NEW! Magic Squares Mendelsohn Designs NEW! Nested Designs Optimality and Efficiency: Comparing Block Designs Ordered Designs, Perpendicular Arrays and Permutation Sets Orthogonal Main Effect Plans Packings Partial Geometries Partially Balanced Incomplete Block Designs NEW! Perfect Hash Families NEW! Permutation Codes and Arrays NEW! Permutation Polynomials NEW! Pooling Designs NEW! Quasi-3 Designs Quasi-Symmetric Designs (r, ?)-designs Room Squares Scheduling a Tournament Secrecy and Authentication Codes Skolem and Langford Sequences Spherical Designs Starters Superimposed Codes and Combinatorial Group Testing NEW! Supersimple Designs Threshold and Ramp Schemes (t,m,s)-Nets Trades NEW! Turan Systems Tuscan Squares t-Wise Balanced Designs Whist Tournaments Youden Squares and Generalized Youden Designs RELATED MATHEMATICS Codes Finite Geometry NEW! Divisible Semiplanes Graphs and Multigraphs Factorizations of Graphs Computational Methods in Design Theory NEW! Linear Algebra and Designs Number Theory and Finite Fields Finite Groups and Designs NEW! Designs and Matroids Strongly Regular Graphs NEW! Directed Strongly Regular Graphs Two-Graphs BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Variability in the measurement of C-reactive protein in healthy subjects: implications for reference intervals and epidemiological applications

Abstract: We developed a reproducible ELISA for C-reactive protein (CRP), calibrated with WHO Reference Material, for which intra- and interassay CVs were 3.0% and 6.0%, respectively. Analytical recovery was 97.9%. The distribution of CRP in a healthy blood donor population (n = 143) was nongaussian, with 2.5th, 50th, and 97.5th percentile values of 0.08, 0.64, and 3.11 mg/L, respectively. There was no sex-related difference, and the association with age was weak. In a study of variability [by the method of Fraser and Harris (Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1989;27:409-37)], the analytical variability was 5.2%; the within-subject variability, CVI, was 42.2%; and the between-subject variability, CVG, was 92.5%. The critical difference for sequential values significant at P < or =0.05 (i.e., the smallest percentage change unlikely to be due to analytical variability or CVI) was calculated as 118%, and the index of individuality, CVI/CVG, was 0.46. This suggests that CRP, like many clinical chemistry analytes, has limited usefulness in detecting early disease-associated changes when used in conjunction with a healthy reference interval. From a molecular epidemiological standpoint, the usefulness of CRP in longitudinal studies is suggested by the small index of individuality and by observations that (a) short-term fluctuations were infrequent, (b) all data stayed within the reference interval, and (c) relative rankings of the subjects over 6 months only moderately deteriorated.

Poverty and Disasters in the United States: A Review of Recent Sociological Findings

Abstract: This article synthesizes the literature on poverty and disasters in the United States and presents the results from a wide range of studies conducted over the past twenty years. The findings are organized into eight categories based on the stages of a disaster event. The review illustrates how people of different socioeconomic statuses perceive, prepare for, and respond to natural hazard risks, how low-income populations may be differentially impacted, both physically and psychologically, and how disaster effects vary by social class during the periods of emergency response, recovery, and reconstruction. The literature illustrates that the poor in the United States are more vulnerable to natural disasters due to such factors as place and type of residence, building construction, and social exclusion. The results have important implications for social equity and recommendations for future research and policy implementation are offered.

GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition - A consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community.

Abstract: Rationale This initiative is focused on building a global consensus around core diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in adults in clinical settings.