Published branding academic who researches in the areas of brand management, luxury brands, entrepreneurial brands, consumer relationships with brands and assisting SMEs, entrepreneurs, scale ups and social enterprises with brand growth using design thinking methods and practices. Address: Australia
No prospectively derived or validated decision tools identify emergency department (ED) patients ... more No prospectively derived or validated decision tools identify emergency department (ED) patients with acute heart failure (AHF) at low risk for 30-day adverse events who are thus potential candidates for safe ED discharge. This study sought to accomplish that goal. The nearly 1 million annual ED visits for AHF are associated with high proportions of admissions and consume significant resources. We prospectively enrolled 1,033 patients diagnosed with AHF in the ED from 4 hospitals between July 20, 2007, and February 4, 2011. We used an ordinal outcome hierarchy, defined as the incidence of the most severe adverse event within 30 days of ED evaluation (acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularization, emergent dialysis, intubation, mechanical cardiac support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and death). Of 1,033 patients enrolled, 126 (12%) experienced at least one 30-day adverse event. The decision tool had a C statistic of 0.68 (95% confidence interval: 0.63 to 0.74). Elevated troponin (p < 0.001) and renal function (p = 0.01) were significant predictors of adverse events in our multivariable model, whereas B-type natriuretic peptide (p = 0.09), tachypnea (p = 0.09), and patients undergoing dialysis (p = 0.07) trended toward significance. At risk thresholds of 1%, 3%, and 5%, we found 0%, 1.4%, and 13.0% patients were at low risk, with negative predictive values of 100%, 96%, and 93%, respectively. The STRATIFY decision tool identifies ED patients with AHF who are at low risk for 30-day adverse events and may be candidates for safe ED discharge. After external testing, and perhaps when used as part of a shared decision-making strategy, it may significantly affect disposition strategies. (Improving Heart Failure Risk Stratification in the ED [STRATIFY]; NCT00508638).
Despite the fact that anthropologists have long noted that rituals associated with death are cent... more Despite the fact that anthropologists have long noted that rituals associated with death are central to understanding a culture's worldview, studies of capital punishment have not examined its ritualistic elements. The purpose of this paper is to address this shortcoming by examining news media portrayals of capital cases as emergent ritual dramas of death. We used narrative and content analysis methods to examine 524 newspaper reports of 100 executions that occurred between January 1, 1990 and April 30, 2005. We sought to determine the types of information reported, the structure of the reports, and their functionality in the dramaturgy of executions. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for future research suggested by our analysis.
"It is very hard for me, knowing that I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. ... more "It is very hard for me, knowing that I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. I'm still a kid, and kids make mistakes. We can learn from our mistakes. But nowadays, all people want to do is send a kid to prison and throw away the key." --S.S., 16 year old sentenced to life without parole.
More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. ... more More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. The contributions of numeracy and health literacy to recidivism for patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are not known. A cohort of patients with acute heart failure who presented to 4 emergency departments between January 2008 and September 2011. Research assistants administered subjective measures of numeracy and health literacy; 30-day follow-up was performed by phone interview. Recidivism was defined as any unplanned return to the emergency department or hospital within 30 days of the index emergency department visit for AHF. Multivariable logistic regression adjusting for patient age, sex, race, insurance status, hospital site, days eligible for recidivism, chronic kidney disease, abnormal hemoglobin, and low ejection fraction evaluated the relation between numeracy and health literacy with 30-day recidivism. Of the 709 patients included in the analysis, 390 (55%) had low numerac...
A method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds is disclosed and w... more A method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds is disclosed and which includes providing a pair of transducers which are individually positioned on the opposite sides of a partially completed weld to be inspected; moving the transducers along the length of and laterally inwardly and outwardly relative to the partially completed weld; pulsing the respective transducers to
We pilot tested a sociotechnical systems-based instrument that assesses the prevalence and nature... more We pilot tested a sociotechnical systems-based instrument that assesses the prevalence and nature of self-care barriers among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute heart failure. A semistructured instrument for measuring self-reported self-care barriers was developed and administered by ED clinicians and nonclinician researchers to 31 ED patients receiving a diagnosis of acute heart failure. Responses were analyzed with descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. Feasibility was assessed by examining participant cooperation rates, instrument completion times, item nonresponse, and data yield. Of 47 distinct self-care barriers assessed, a median of 15 per patient were indicated as "sometimes" or "often" present. Thirty-four specific barriers were reported by more than 25% of patients and 9 were reported by more than 50%. The sources of barriers included the person, self-care tasks, tools and technologies, and organizational, ...
... Magnus Benzie, Alex Harvey, and Karen Miller ... Available via http://www.london.gov.uk/lccp/... more ... Magnus Benzie, Alex Harvey, and Karen Miller ... Available via http://www.london.gov.uk/lccp/ publications/wild-weather-09.jsp Swart R, Biesbroek R, Binnerup S, Carter TR, Cowan C, Henrichs T, Loquen S, Mela H, Morecroft M, Reese M, Rey D (2009) Europe adapts to climate ...
Abstract: South Africa is currently experiencing one of the highest periods of emigration in its ... more Abstract: South Africa is currently experiencing one of the highest periods of emigration in its history. However, this phenomenon has received little research attention. This study examined the issue of emigration from an organisational psychology perspective by exploring the ...
[reaction: see text] Highly regioselective, catalytic asymmetric reductive coupling reactions of ... more [reaction: see text] Highly regioselective, catalytic asymmetric reductive coupling reactions of 1,3-enynes and ketones have been achieved using catalytic amounts of Ni(cod)(2) and a P-chiral, monodentate ferrocenyl phosphine ligand. These couplings represent the first examples of catalytic, intermolecular reductive coupling of alkynes and ketones, enantioselective or otherwise, and afford synthetically useful 1,3-dienes possessing a quaternary carbinol stereogenic center in up to 70% ee.
No prospectively derived or validated decision tools identify emergency department (ED) patients ... more No prospectively derived or validated decision tools identify emergency department (ED) patients with acute heart failure (AHF) at low risk for 30-day adverse events who are thus potential candidates for safe ED discharge. This study sought to accomplish that goal. The nearly 1 million annual ED visits for AHF are associated with high proportions of admissions and consume significant resources. We prospectively enrolled 1,033 patients diagnosed with AHF in the ED from 4 hospitals between July 20, 2007, and February 4, 2011. We used an ordinal outcome hierarchy, defined as the incidence of the most severe adverse event within 30 days of ED evaluation (acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularization, emergent dialysis, intubation, mechanical cardiac support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and death). Of 1,033 patients enrolled, 126 (12%) experienced at least one 30-day adverse event. The decision tool had a C statistic of 0.68 (95% confidence interval: 0.63 to 0.74). Elevated troponin (p < 0.001) and renal function (p = 0.01) were significant predictors of adverse events in our multivariable model, whereas B-type natriuretic peptide (p = 0.09), tachypnea (p = 0.09), and patients undergoing dialysis (p = 0.07) trended toward significance. At risk thresholds of 1%, 3%, and 5%, we found 0%, 1.4%, and 13.0% patients were at low risk, with negative predictive values of 100%, 96%, and 93%, respectively. The STRATIFY decision tool identifies ED patients with AHF who are at low risk for 30-day adverse events and may be candidates for safe ED discharge. After external testing, and perhaps when used as part of a shared decision-making strategy, it may significantly affect disposition strategies. (Improving Heart Failure Risk Stratification in the ED [STRATIFY]; NCT00508638).
Despite the fact that anthropologists have long noted that rituals associated with death are cent... more Despite the fact that anthropologists have long noted that rituals associated with death are central to understanding a culture's worldview, studies of capital punishment have not examined its ritualistic elements. The purpose of this paper is to address this shortcoming by examining news media portrayals of capital cases as emergent ritual dramas of death. We used narrative and content analysis methods to examine 524 newspaper reports of 100 executions that occurred between January 1, 1990 and April 30, 2005. We sought to determine the types of information reported, the structure of the reports, and their functionality in the dramaturgy of executions. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for future research suggested by our analysis.
"It is very hard for me, knowing that I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. ... more "It is very hard for me, knowing that I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. I'm still a kid, and kids make mistakes. We can learn from our mistakes. But nowadays, all people want to do is send a kid to prison and throw away the key." --S.S., 16 year old sentenced to life without parole.
More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. ... more More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. The contributions of numeracy and health literacy to recidivism for patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are not known. A cohort of patients with acute heart failure who presented to 4 emergency departments between January 2008 and September 2011. Research assistants administered subjective measures of numeracy and health literacy; 30-day follow-up was performed by phone interview. Recidivism was defined as any unplanned return to the emergency department or hospital within 30 days of the index emergency department visit for AHF. Multivariable logistic regression adjusting for patient age, sex, race, insurance status, hospital site, days eligible for recidivism, chronic kidney disease, abnormal hemoglobin, and low ejection fraction evaluated the relation between numeracy and health literacy with 30-day recidivism. Of the 709 patients included in the analysis, 390 (55%) had low numerac...
A method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds is disclosed and w... more A method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds is disclosed and which includes providing a pair of transducers which are individually positioned on the opposite sides of a partially completed weld to be inspected; moving the transducers along the length of and laterally inwardly and outwardly relative to the partially completed weld; pulsing the respective transducers to
We pilot tested a sociotechnical systems-based instrument that assesses the prevalence and nature... more We pilot tested a sociotechnical systems-based instrument that assesses the prevalence and nature of self-care barriers among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute heart failure. A semistructured instrument for measuring self-reported self-care barriers was developed and administered by ED clinicians and nonclinician researchers to 31 ED patients receiving a diagnosis of acute heart failure. Responses were analyzed with descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. Feasibility was assessed by examining participant cooperation rates, instrument completion times, item nonresponse, and data yield. Of 47 distinct self-care barriers assessed, a median of 15 per patient were indicated as "sometimes" or "often" present. Thirty-four specific barriers were reported by more than 25% of patients and 9 were reported by more than 50%. The sources of barriers included the person, self-care tasks, tools and technologies, and organizational, ...
... Magnus Benzie, Alex Harvey, and Karen Miller ... Available via http://www.london.gov.uk/lccp/... more ... Magnus Benzie, Alex Harvey, and Karen Miller ... Available via http://www.london.gov.uk/lccp/ publications/wild-weather-09.jsp Swart R, Biesbroek R, Binnerup S, Carter TR, Cowan C, Henrichs T, Loquen S, Mela H, Morecroft M, Reese M, Rey D (2009) Europe adapts to climate ...
Abstract: South Africa is currently experiencing one of the highest periods of emigration in its ... more Abstract: South Africa is currently experiencing one of the highest periods of emigration in its history. However, this phenomenon has received little research attention. This study examined the issue of emigration from an organisational psychology perspective by exploring the ...
[reaction: see text] Highly regioselective, catalytic asymmetric reductive coupling reactions of ... more [reaction: see text] Highly regioselective, catalytic asymmetric reductive coupling reactions of 1,3-enynes and ketones have been achieved using catalytic amounts of Ni(cod)(2) and a P-chiral, monodentate ferrocenyl phosphine ligand. These couplings represent the first examples of catalytic, intermolecular reductive coupling of alkynes and ketones, enantioselective or otherwise, and afford synthetically useful 1,3-dienes possessing a quaternary carbinol stereogenic center in up to 70% ee.
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