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Modeling and analyzing the impact of temperature and rainfall on mosquito population dynamics over Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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International Journal of Biomathematics 2017年第4期10卷 211-233页

作者： Gbenga J. Abiodun peter witbooi Kazeem O. Okosun Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 Bellville 7535 Republic of South Africa Department of Mathematics Vaal University of Technology Private Bag X021 Vanderbijlpark Andries Potgieter Blvrd-1900 Republic of South Africa

Malaria parasites are strongly dependent on Anopheles mosquitoes for transmission; for this reason, mosquito population dynamics are a crucial determinant of malaria risk. However, temperature and rainfall play a significant role in both aquatic and adult stages of the Anopheles. Consequently, it is important to understand the bio- logy of malaria vector mosquitoes in the study of malaria transmission. In this study, we develop a climate-based, ordinary-differential-equation model to analyze how rain- fall and temperature determine mosquito population size. In the model, we consider in detail the influence of ambient temperature on gonotrophic and sporogonic cycles over Amajuba District, Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa. In particular, we further use the model to simulate the spatial distribution of the mosquito biting rate over the study region. Our results reflect high seasonality of the population of An. gambiae over the region and also demonstrate the influence of climatic factors on the mosquito population dynamics.

关键词： Anopheles mosquito climate basic reproduction number.

Military trainees can accurately measure optic nerve sheath diameter after a brief training session

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Military Medical Research 2019年第3期6卷 183-188页

作者： joseph Betcher Torben KBecker peter Stoyanoff Jim Cranford Nik Theyyunni Department of Emergency Medicine Mercy Health Muskegon1500ESherman BlvdMuskegonMI49444USA Department of CriticalCare Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center200LothropStPittsburghPA15213USA Department of Emergency Medicine Hurley Hospital1Hurley PlazaFlintMI48503USA Department ofPsychiatry University of Michigan1500E Medical CenterAnn ArborMI48109USA Department of Emergency Medicine University ofMichigan1500E Medical CenterAnn ArborMI48109USA.

Background: Identification of elevated intracranial pressure is important following traumatic brain injury. We assessed the feasibility of educating military trainees on accurately obtaining optic nerve sheath diameter measurements using a brief didactic and hands-on training session. Optic nerve sheath diameter is a noninvasive surrogate marker for elevated intracranial pressure, and may be of value in remote military operations, where rapid triage decisions must be made without access to advanced medical ***: Military trainees with minimal ultrasound experience were given a 5-min didactic presentation on optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasound. Trainees practiced optic nerve sheath diameter measurements guided by emergency physician ultrasound experts. Trainees then measured the optic nerve sheath diameter on normal volunteers. Following this, a trained physician measured the optic nerve sheath diameter on the same volunteer as a criterion standard. An average of three measurements was ***: Twenty-three military trainees were enrolled. A mixed design ANOVA was used to compare measurements by trainees to those of physicians, with a mean difference of –0.6 mm(P=0.76). A Bland-Altman analysis showed that the degree of bias in optic nerve sheath diameter measures provided by trainees was very small: d=–0.004 for the right eye and d=–0.007 for the left ***: This study demonstrates that optic nerve sheath diameter measurement can be accurately performed by novice ultrasonographers after a brief training session. If validated, point-of-care optic nerve sheath diameter measurement could impact the triage of injured patients in remote areas.

关键词： Ultrasound Military Optic nerve sheath diameter Intracranial pressure Education

Ileal-anal pouches: A review of its history, indications, and complications

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2019年第31期25卷 4320-4342页

作者： Kheng-Seong Ng Simon joseph Gonsalves peter Michael Sagar John Goligher Colorectal Unit St.James’s University HospitalLeeds LS9 7TFUnited Kingdom Institute of Academic Surgery University of SydneyCamperdownNew South Wales 2050Australia Department of Colorectal Surgery Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield HD3 3EAUnited Kingdom

The ileal pouch anal anastomosis(IPAA)has revolutionised the surgical management of ulcerative colitis(UC)and familial adenomatous polyposis(FAP).Despite refinement in surgical technique(s)and patient selection,IPAA can be associated with significant *** the IPAA celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018,this review provides a timely outline of its history,indications,and *** has undergone significant modification since *** both UC and FAP,IPAA surgery aims to definitively cure disease and prevent malignant degeneration,while providing adequate continence and avoiding a permanent *** majority of patients experience long-term success,but“early”and“late”complications are *** sepsis is a common early complication with far-reaching consequences of long-term pouch dysfunction,but prompt intervention(either radiological or surgical)reduces the risk of pouch *** in the absence of sepsis,pouch dysfunction is a longterm complication that may have a myriad of *** is a common cause that remains incompletely understood and difficult to manage at times.10%of patients succumb to the diagnosis of pouch failure,which is traditionally associated with the need for pouch *** review provides a timely outline of the history,indications,and complications associated with *** selection remains key,and contraindications exist for this surgery.A structured management plan is vital to the successful management of complications following pouch surgery.

关键词： Ileal pouch Restorative proctocolectomy Ulcerative colitis Crohn’s disease Familial adenomatous polyposis

Synthesis and Application of Granular Activated Carbon from Biomass Waste Materials for Water Treatment:A Review

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Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts 2021年第4期6卷 292-322页

作者： joseph Jjagwe peter Wilberforce Olupot Emmanuel Menya Herbert Mpagi Kalibbala Department of Mechanical Engineering College of EngineeringDesignArt and TechnologyMakerere UniversityP.O.Box 7062Kampala-Uganda Department of Biosystems Engineering Gulu UniversityP.O.Box 166GuluUganda Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of EngineeringDesignArt and TechnologyMakerere UniversityP.O.Box 7062Kampala-Uganda

There is an increased global demand for activated carbon(AC)in application of water treatment and *** pollutants that have exhibited a greater removal efficiency by AC included but not limited to heavy metals,pharmaceuticals,pesticides,natural organic matter,disinfection by-products,and *** activated carbon(GAC)is mostly used in aqueous so-lutions and adsorption columns for water *** AC is not only costly,but also obtained from non-renewable *** has prompted the search for alternative renewable materials for AC *** wastes present a great potential of such materials because of their availability and carbonaceous *** in turn can reduce on the adverse environmental effects caused by poor disposal of these *** challenges associated with biomass waste based GAC are their low strength and attrition resistance which make them easily disintegrate under aqueous *** paper provides a comprehensive review on recent advances in production of biomass waste based GAC for water treatment and highlights future research *** parameters such as granulation conditions,use of binders,carbonization,activation methods,and their effect on textural properties are *** influencing the adsorption capacities of the derived GACs,adsorption models,adsorption mechanisms,and their regeneration potentials are *** literature reveals that biomass waste materials can produce GAC for use in water treatment with possibilities of being ***,there is a need to explore 1)the effect of preparation pathways on the adsorptive properties of biomass derived GAC,2)sustainable production of biomass derived GAC based on life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis,and 3)adsorption mechanisms of GAC for removal of contaminants of emerging concerns such as microplastics and unregulated disinfection by-products.

关键词： Activated carbon Biomass waste Binder Water treatment Adsorption mechanism Regeneration

Defining the association between the prolonged operative time and 90-day complications in patients undergoing radical cystectomy

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Asian Journal of Urology 2024年第3期11卷 429-436页

作者： peter Hanna joseph Zabell Badrinath Konety Christopher Warlick Department of Urology University of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNUSA Department of Urology Aswan UniversityAswanEgypt Department of Urology Rush UniversityChicagoILUSA

Objective:Radical cystectomy is a complex lengthy procedure associated with postoperative *** aimed to assess the operative time(OT)in patients undergoing radical cystectomy and its impact on 90-day postoperative complications and readmission ***:The retrospective cohort study included 296 patients undergoing radical cystectomy and urinary diversion from May 2010 to December 2018 in our *** OT of 369 min was set as a cutoff value between short and long OT *** primary outcome was 90-day postoperative complication *** outcomes were gastrointestinal recovery time,length of hospital stay,and 90-day readmission ***:The overall incidence of 90-day postoperative complications was 79.7%where 43.2%representing low-grade complications according to the ClavieneDindo classification(Grade 1 and Grade 2),and 36.5%representing high-grade complications(Grade3).Gastrointestinal tract and infectious complications are the most common complications in our data set(45.9%and 45.6%,respectively).On multivariable analysis,prolonged OT was significantly associated with odds of high-grade complications(odds ratio 2.340,95%confidence interval 1.288e4.250,p=0.005).After propensity score-matched analysis,a higher incidence of major complications was identified in the long OT group 55(51.4%)compared to 35(32.7%)in the short OT group(p=0.006).A shorter gastrointestinal tract recovery time was noticed in the short OT group(p=0.009).Prolonged OT was associated with a higher 90-day readmission rate on univariate and multivariate analyses(p<0.001,p=0.001,respectively).

关键词： Radical cystectomy Operative time Complication Readmission

Field testing innovative differential geospatial and photogrammetric monitoring technologiesin mountainous terrain near Ashcroft,British Columbia,Canada

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Journal of Mountain Science 2021年第1期18卷 1-20页

作者： David HUNTLEY peter BOBROWSKY Roger MACLEOD Robert COCKING Jamel joseph Drew ROTHERAM-CLARKE Geological Survey of Canada 1500-605 Robson StreetVancouverBritish ColumbiaV6B 5J3Canada Geological Survey of Canada 9860 West Saanich RoadSidneyBritish ColumbiaV8L 4B2Canada

This paper presents a novel approach to continuously monitor very slow-moving translational landslides in mountainous terrain using conventional and experimental differential global navigation satellite system(d-GNSS)technologies.A key research question addressed is whether displacement trends captured by a radio-frequency“mobile”d-GNSS network compare with the spatial and temporal patterns in activity indicated by satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR)and unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)*** testing undertaken at Ripley Landslide,near Ashcroft in south-central British Columbia,Canada,demonstrates the applicability of new geospatial technologies to monitoring ground control points(GCPs)and railway infrastructure on a landslide with small and slow annual displacements(<10 cm/yr).Each technique records increased landslide activity and ground displacement in late winter and early *** this interval,river and groundwater levels are at their lowest levels,while ground saturation rapidly increases in response to the thawing of surficial earth materials,and the infiltration of snowmelt and runoff occurs by way of deep-penetrating tension cracks at the head scarp and across the main slide *** over the last decade provides vital information for government agencies,national railway companies,and other stakeholders to understand geohazard risk,predict landslide movement,improve the safety,security,and resilience of Canada’s transportation infrastructure;and reduce risks to the economy,environment,natural resources,and public safety.

关键词： Landslide Change detection monitoring Global Navigation Satellite System Real-Time Kinematic System GeocubeTM Bathymetric Survey Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

Estimation of spatial and temporal water requirements of grain amaranth using satellite,local and virtual weather stations datasets in Uganda

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International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 2016年第2期9卷 85-97页

作者： joseph Kyagulanyi Isa Kabenge Noble Banadda John Muyonga peter Mulamba Nicholas Kiggundu Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Makerere UniversityP.O.Box 7062KampalaUganda Department of Food Technology and Nutrition Makerere University P.O Box 7062 KampalaUganda

In this study,an integrated approach incorporating Remote Sensing(RS),Geographical Information System(GIS),local meteorological weather stations’data and NASA’s virtual meteorological stations’data were used to quantify Grain Amaranth(GA)water requirements in ***-Monieth method within CropWAT8 model and Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land(SEBAL)Model was used to quantify the *** Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI),daily spatial distribution of Evapotranspiration(ET),Land Surface Temperature(LST)and surface albedo were extracted from satellite *** ratio of effective rainfall(Pe)to Potential Evapotranspiration(PET)–(Pe/PET)and time series for NDVI were computed to determine the growth stage of GA in different *** GA water demand was the highest in Karamoja sub-region(467.5 mm/season)and the lowest in Tororo(174.1 mm/season).The growing season for GA in most areas of Uganda was from March to *** of evapotranspiration in Karamoja sub-region with SEBAL model corresponded to the NDVI extracted,especially for highly vegetated *** indicated that if GA was planted during the late September and early October in Karamoja sub-region,despite the decreasing moisture levels,the crop could have sufficient water supply during emergence to *** ability to utilize low available moisture levels makes GA a potential crop to bridge the gap(due to the elongated drought)for the food production cycle in Karamoja sub-region.

关键词： grain amaranth water requirement remote sensing SEBAL evapotranspiration Uganda

On the Use of Adjoint-Based Sensitivity Estimates to Control Local Mesh Refinement

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Communications in Computational Physics 2010年第3期7卷 631-638页

作者： joseph D.Frazier peter K.Jimack Robert M.Kirby School of Computing University of UtahSalt Lake CityUTUSA School of Computing University of LeedsLeedsLS29JTUK

The goal of efficient and robust error control, through local mesh adaptationin the computational solution of partial differential equations, is predicated on theability to identify in an a posteriori way those localized regions whose refinement willlead to the most significant reductions in the error. The development of a posteriori errorestimation schemes and of a refinement infrastructure both facilitate this goal, howeverthey are incomplete in the sense that they do not provide an answer as to where themaximal impact of refinement may be gained or what type of refinement — elementalpartitioning (h-refinement) or polynomial enrichment (p-refinement) — will best leadto that gain. In essence, one also requires knowledge of the sensitivity of the error toboth the location and the type of refinement. In this communication we propose theuse of adjoint-based sensitivity analysis to discriminate both where and how to *** present both an adjoint-based and an algebraic perspective on defining and usingsensitivities, and then demonstrate through several one-dimensional model problemexperiments the feasibility and benefits of our approach.

关键词： Adaptivity error estimation hp-finite elements sensitivity discrete adjoint

Evaluation of thermal comfort and air quality of low-income housing in Kampala City,Uganda

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Energy and Built Environment 2022年第4期3卷 508-524页

作者： Derrick Kajjoba Hillary Kasedde peter W.Olupot joseph D.Lwanyaga Department of Mechanical Engineering College of EngineeringDesignArt and TechnologyMakerere UniversityP.O Box 7062KampalaUganda Department of Mining and Water Resources Engineering Faculty of EngineeringBusitema UniversityP.O.Box236TororoUganda

This paper presents the results of thermal comfort and air quality studies in naturally ventilated residential buildings in Kampala City,*** surveys were used for obtaining occupant subjective thermal sensation *** and outdoor measurements for air temperature(T_(a)),Mean Radiant Temperature(MRT),relative humidity,air speed,and air quality were done for seven buildings over fifteen days during the month of June *** software was used to develop the reference building model and to simulate strategies for improvement of thermal *** results showed that 67.8%of the respondents were comfortable with the indoor thermal *** indoor air temperature range was 22.7℃-27.9℃ which lies within the 80%acceptable limits set by ASHRAE *** measured indoor MRT range was 24.24℃-25.57℃.Measured levels of indoor PM_(2.5)were double the World Health Organization recommended limits,while the levels of PM 10 were thrice the recommended limits of ASHRAE *** CO_(2)concentrations were within the limits set by ASHRAE *** developed model predicted comfortable indoor conditions with a temperature range of 23.6℃-25.3℃ based on the 80%acceptable limits set by ASHRAE *** results show that majority of occupants preferred cooler temperatures during the day which is justified by the use of adaptive measures to obtain thermal comfort.

关键词： Thermal comfort Air quality Natural ventilation Low-income housing Uganda