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Fifteen practices in the CC/SC arm receive the SCP interventions plus implementation of the collaborative care model with stepped-care components (community health worker referrals and virtual specialist-panel consults). The primary clinical outcome is BP control ( less then 140/90 mm Hg) at 12 months. The primary patient-reported outcome is change from baseline in self-reported patient activation at 12 months. Discussion This study will provide knowledge about the feasibility of leveraging existing resources in routine primary care and potential benefits of adding supportive community-facing roles to improve hypertension care and reduce disparities. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.govNCT02674464.While oral anticoagulation is a cornerstone of stroke prevention therapy in atrial fibrillation (AF), few studies have evaluated comparative discontinuation rates in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to evaluate discontinuation rates among patients on warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in clinical practice. Methods The ORBIT-AF II Registry enrolled 10,005 total AF patients with a CHA2DS2VASc score of ≥2 on warfarin or DOACs from 235 clinical practices across the US from February 13, 2013 and July 12, 2017. Descriptive statistics and multivariable Cox regression modeling were used to describe baseline characteristics and predictors of discontinuation. Unadjusted and adjusted discontinuation rates and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using Cox proportional hazards models and propensity score adjustment, respectively. Results At baseline, 16.4% (N = 1642/10,005) were treated with warfarin, 83.6% (N = 8363/10,005) with DOACs and 1498/10,005 patients (15.0%) discontinued therapy [warfarin = 236/1642 (14.4%) vs DOACs = 1262/8363 (15.1%)]. At 6 and 12 months respectively, among 7049 patients with a new diagnosis of AF within 6 months, adjusted discontinuation rates for warfarin versus DOACs were as follows [6 months 7.9%, 95%CI (6.8%-9.0%) vs 9.6% (8.4%-10.7%), P = .16]; [12 months 12.7% (11.0%-14.3%) vs 15.3% (13.6%-16.9%), P = .02)]. Patients who discontinued therapy with warfarin or DOACs had higher risk of adverse clinical outcomes including all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death (CV) than those who continued treatment. Conclusion In a community based AF cohort, adjusted rates of discontinuation at 12-months were higher in DOAC-treated versus VKA-treated patients. Discontinuation of oral anticoagulation was associated with increased absolute risk of all-cause mortality and CV death. Clinical trial registration URLhttps//clinicaltrials.gov. Unique Identifier NCT01701817.Background The objective was to describe the design of a population-level electronic health record (EHR) and insurance claims-based surveillance system of adolescents and adults with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in Colorado and to evaluate the bias introduced by duplicate cases across data sources. Methods The Colorado CHD Surveillance System ascertained individuals aged 11-64 years with a CHD based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnostic coding between 2011 and 2013 from a diverse network of health care systems and an All Payer Claims Database (APCD). A probability-based identity reconciliation algorithm identified duplicate cases. Logistic regression was conducted to investigate bias introduced by duplicate cases on the relationship between CHD severity (severe compared to moderate/mild) and adverse outcomes including all-cause mortality, inpatient hospitalization, and major adverse cardiac events (myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or cias into research findings. Conclusion Population-level surveillance systems for rare chronic conditions, such as congenital heart disease, based on aggregation of EHR and claims data require sophisticated identity reconciliation methods to prevent bias introduced by duplicate cases.Emissions from solid-fuel burning cookstoves are associated with 3 to 4 million premature deaths annually and contribute significantly to impacts on climate. Pellet-fueled gasifier stoves have some emission factors (EFs) approaching those of gas-fuel (liquid petroleum gas) stoves; however, their emissions have not been evaluated for biological effects. Here we used a new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) testing protocol to determine pollutant- and mutagenicity-EFs for a stove designed for pellet fuel, the Mimi Moto, and for two other forced-draft stoves, Xunda and Philips HD4012, burning pellets of hardwood or peanut hulls. The Salmonella assay-based mutagenicity-EFs (revertants/megajouledelivered) spanned three orders of magnitude and correlated highly (r = 0.99; n = 5) with EFs of the sum of 32 particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The Mimi Moto/hardwood pellet combination had total-PAH- and mutagenicity-EFs 99.2 and 96.6% lower, respectively, compared to data published previously for the Philips stove burning non-pelletized hardwood, and 100 and 99.8% lower, respectively, compared to those of a wood-fueled three-stone fire. The Xunda burning peanut hull pellets had the highest fuel energy-based mutagenicity-EF (revertants/megajoulethermal) of the pellet stove/fuel combinations tested, which was greater than that of diesel exhaust, a known human carcinogen, and was between that of open burning of oil and a wood-fueled three-stone fire. VX-809 cell line Although the Mimi Moto burning hardwood pellets had the lowest fuel energy-based mutagenicity-EF, this value was between that of utility coal and utility wood boilers. This advanced stove/fuel combination has the potential to greatly reduce emissions in contrast to a traditional stove, but adequate ventilation is required to approach acceptable levels of indoor air quality.When estimating a structural health monitoring (SHM) system, its defect sensitivity and area/distance coverage are most important factors. For commonly used guided wave sparse array system, it usually requires a reference state as the baseline which is not available in many cases. In comparison, phased array technique typically does not need the baseline in simple structures and it had been successfully used in nondestructive testing (NDT). However, currently developed phased array systems employed omni-directional transducers routinely, where the wave energy is distributed equally along all directions thus it is not favorable for long-distance detection. In this work, bidirectional piezoelectric transducers were used to form a linear phased array system, which can generate/receive shear horizontal (SH) wave with high energy concentration. Firstly, the configuration of the employed transducer composed by antiparallel d15 piezoelectric strips (APS) was presented. Then the total focusing method (TFM) employed for defect detection was introduced. After validating the radiation pattern of SH wave generated by the APS, the properties of beam steering for the proposed phased array was investigated. Finally, experiments were carried out to validate its performance in detection of various defects. Results indicated that even for a 1 mm through-thickness hole 700 mm away, the proposed phased array system can still detect it accurately, which is much better than previous SHM systems. Dual defects including a crack and a hole can also be clearly detected without baseline. The high-sensitivity of the proposed system was attributed to the employed bidirectional transducer which can generate non-dispersive SH0 wave with high energy concentration. This proposed SH wave phased array system will provide a high-performance SHM method for plate-like structures.This paper derives the resonance conditions for one-way resonant mixing of nonlinear Lamb waves. Two mode triplets are identified that satisfy such resonance conditions. link2 It is also found that, when the primary waves are pulses of finite duration, the signal envelope of the corresponding resonant mixed wave is either a diamond or an elongated hexagon. The dimensions of these shapes are obtained explicitly in terms of the pulse lengths and group velocities of the Lamb modes in the mode triplet. These analytical results are verified by numerical simulations using the finite element method. Finally, a nondestructive evaluation method based on one-way mixing of Lamb waves is proposed for the inspection of a large area of a plate for damage distribution via a single access point. Numerical simulations of this nondestructive evaluation technique are conducted. link3 It is found that using shorter pulses gives better spatial resolution, thus better suited for locating and sizing the damage zone, while using longer pulses gives a higher signal to noise ratio, thus better suited for quantifying the degree of damage in the damage zone. Results of this paper clarify some of the confusion in the existing literature regarding the resonance conditions for one-way mixing of nonlinear Lamb waves. They also provide a better understanding of the physical characteristics of the resonant mixed wave. Such understanding enables the design of optimal measurement systems for one-way mixing of Lamb waves for the purpose of conducting large area nondestructive evaluation of plate-like structures from a single access point. This proposed one-way mixing nondestructive evaluation technique can be extended to pipes.Among the renewable energy sources, wind power generation presents competitive costs and high installation potential in many countries. Ensuring the integrity of the generation equipment plays an important role for reliable energy production. Therefore, nondestructive test procedures are required, especially for turbine blades, which are subject to severe operational conditions due to phenomena such as lightning strikes, mechanical stress, humidity and corrosion. Nondestructive ultrasonic test techniques are commonly applied in their predictive maintenance. This work proposes the use of novelty detection methods combined with nondestructive ultrasound testing to identify structural problems in wind turbine blades. Ultrasound signals are preprocessed using both, wavelet denoising and principal component analysis. Novelty detection deals with the one-class classification problem, when only the normal condition signatures are required for the classification system design. For the nondestructive test of turbine blades, this is an interesting paradigm because it is not always possible to obtain test samples from all of the existing flaw conditions. Our experimental results indicate the efficiency of the proposed method.Background and purpose We evaluated optimal transcranial Doppler (TCD) measures for predicting delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Material and methods Consecutive patients with aSAH and daily middle cerebral artery (MCA) TCD recordings were retrospectively analyzed. Change in TCD velocity was obtained by creating a smoothing curve. Change in TCD velocity was determined with a linear regression model that confirmed greatest change in velocity associated with DCI occurred at days 2-7. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was then completed. Results 95 patients were evaluated. Increase in TCD velocity at days 2-7 proved to be the best predictor for DCI with an optimal cutoff of 8.9 cm/s/day (p = .019) and AUC 0.651. Multivariate logistic regression analysis using DCI as outcome showed that poor admission Hunt-Hess scores (OR 5.02, 95%CI 1.22-22.67, p = .028) and increases in TCD velocity (OR 5.32, 95%CI 1.41-23.33, p = .018) were independently associated with DCI.
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