PURPOSE We investigated the relationship between cognitive status and quality of life (QOL) of Minnesota nursing home (NH) residents and the relationship between conventional or Alzheimer's special care unit (SCU) placement and QOL. The study may inform development of dementia-specific quality measures. DESIGN AND METHODS Data for analyses came from face-to-face interviews with a representati...

Abstract At the European XFEL, a superconducting afterburner is planned for SASE2 hard X-ray beamline. It will consist of 5 undulator modules plus pre-series module called S-PRESSO. Within each module, two undulators (SCU) 2 m long are present. Such an enable photon energies above 30 keV. The magnetic field SCU determines quality electron beam trajectory and free-electron laser (FEL) radiation....

Abstract. The South Vietnam Upwelling (SVU) develops in the China Sea (SCS) under influence of southwest monsoon winds. To study role small spatiotemporal scales on SVU functioning and variability, a simulation was performed over 2009–2018 with high-resolution configuration (1 km at coast) SYMPHONIE model implemented western region SCS. Its capability to represent ocean dynamics water masses fr...

Controlled release urea (CRU) is considered to enhance crop yields while alleviating negative environmental problems caused by the hazardous gas emissions that are associated with high concentrations of ammonium (NH₄⁺) and nitrate (NO₃-) in black soils. Short-term effects of sulfur-coated urea (SCU) and polyurethane-coated urea (PCU), compared with conventional urea, on NO₃- and NH₄⁺ in black s...

A comprehensive comparison of the levels and profiles of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in fly ash samples from multiple industrial sources may help to prioritize sources and to understand discrepancies in profiles. In this study, PCDD/F data from 113 fly ash samples from 14 sources reported in previous studies were summarized and compared. The highest PCDD/F level...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of water storage on micro tensile strength (µTS) and mass changes (MC) of two universal adhesives. MATERIAL AND METHODS 10 disk-shaped specimens were prepared for each adhesive; Scotchbond Universal (SCU) All-Bond Universal (ABU) and Adper Single Bond 2 (SB2). At the baseline and after 1 day and 28 days of water storage, th...

Abstract We propose to develop, characterize and operate a superconducting undulator (SCU) afterburner consisting of 5 modules (1 module = 2 SCU coils m length 1 phase shifter) plus pre-series prototype at the SASE2 hard X-ray beamline European XFEL. This will produce an output in order 10 ph/pulse photon energies above 30 keV. The project is divided into production small-series modules. Centra...

This project assessed the extent to which modern technology (Vigil) can augment or substitute for direct staff intervention in nonacute late-evening and nighttime situations in a nursing home setting. Vigil was implemented for dementia residents of a special care unit (SCU) in a large nursing home. An SCU matched in terms of unit-wide case mix and cognition was used for comparison. Results show...

Evaluation is one of the hardest tasks in automatic text summarization. It is perhaps even harder to determine how much a particular component of a summarization system contributes to the success of the whole system. We examine how to evaluate the sentence ranking component using a corpus which has been partially labelled with Summary Content Units. To demonstrate this technique, we apply it to...