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  1. Book ; Online: Paying It Forward

    Gerofsky, Susan / Barney, Daniel / Gerard, MIra

    Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

    A Gift Economy of Poetry and Visual Art Images

    2020  

    Abstract: As our world has changed rapidly and ineluctably with the COVID-19 pandemic, many are advocating an ethos of generosity and a gift economy, based on generative, creative offerings, as an alternative or balance to the excesses of a mainstream neoliberal ... ...

    Abstract As our world has changed rapidly and ineluctably with the COVID-19 pandemic, many are advocating an ethos of generosity and a gift economy, based on generative, creative offerings, as an alternative or balance to the excesses of a mainstream neoliberal exchange economy. What is the gift economy, and how does it entangle us in a fabric of mutual responsibility, obligation, creative practices and love, within the human and greater-than-human world? A Pay-It-Forward New Year's gift game amongst a group of artist/ educators, ongoing since 2014, gives rise to this meditation on the gift economy, based on Mauss, Hyde, Kimmerer, Vaughan and Jordan's work and contemplation of intergenerational, inter-being webs of mutuality. Visual artwork (photography and painting), and poetry and song that inspired and arose from the Pay-It-Forward engagement are part of this piece.
    Keywords gift economy ; poetry ; visual images ; photography ; painting ; song ; greater-than-human world ; intergenerational ; Art and Design ; Art Education ; Art Practice ; Curriculum and Instruction ; Curriculum and Social Inquiry ; Educational Methods ; covid19
    Subject code 700
    Publishing date 2020-09-24T15:46:50Z
    Publisher OpenSIUC
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Care Bundle Approach to Minimizing Infection Rates after Neurosurgical Implants for Neuromodulation: A Single-Surgeon Experience.

    Arocho-Quinones, Elsa V / Huang, Chiang-Ching / Ward, Barney D / Pahapill, Peter A

    World neurosurgery

    2019  Volume 128, Page(s) e87–e97

    Abstract: Introduction: Implant-related infections carry a high morbidity. Infectious rates for neuromodulation implants range from 1% to 9% for deep brain stimulation (DBS), 0% to 10% for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) systems, and 3% to 15% for intrathecal (IT) ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Implant-related infections carry a high morbidity. Infectious rates for neuromodulation implants range from 1% to 9% for deep brain stimulation (DBS), 0% to 10% for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) systems, and 3% to 15% for intrathecal (IT) pump systems. Meanwhile, studies of care bundles report infection rate reduction to 1.0% for SCS and 0.3% for cardiac implants. Herein, we evaluate the effectiveness of an infection prevention bundle (IPB) in minimizing infections after surgeries for neuromodulation implants.
    Methods: An IPB focused on preoperative checklists, screening questionnaires, methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus decolonization, weight-based antibiotic prophylaxis, strict draping and surgical techniques, and wound care education was implemented in our functional neurosurgery division in April 2015. We retrospectively reviewed all surgeries for implantation or replacement of SCS, DBS, and IT pump system components from March 2013 to October 2017. The patients were divided into pre-IPB and post-IPB groups. All procedures were performed by a single surgeon. Each surgical site was considered a unique surgical case. Infection rates were calculated for pre-IPB and post-IPB groups.
    Results: A total of 688 patients underwent 1161 unique surgical procedures (222 DBS electrodes, 419 IPG, 203 SCS, 317 IT pumps) during the study period. There were 546 pre-IPB and 615 post-IPB surgical procedures. The pre-IPB infection rates were 0%, 1.3%, and 8.7% for SCS, DBS, and IT pumps, respectively. The post-IPB infection rates were 0%, 0.3%, and 1.8% for SCS, DBS, and IT pumps, respectively.
    Conclusions: Implementation of a standardized IPB approach reduced the number of infections for all neuromodulation implants studied. This approach can be adopted within any specialty to potentially decrease the incidence of implant-related infections.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Antibiotic Prophylaxis/methods ; Carrier State/diagnostic imaging ; Deep Brain Stimulation/instrumentation ; Female ; Humans ; Infusion Pumps, Implantable ; Infusions, Spinal ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neurosurgical Procedures/methods ; Patient Care Bundles ; Perioperative Care ; Prosthesis Implantation/methods ; Prosthesis-Related Infections/prevention & control ; Retrospective Studies ; Spinal Cord Stimulation/instrumentation ; Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy ; Surgical Drapes ; Surgical Wound Infection/prevention & control
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-04-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2534351-8
    ISSN 1878-8769 ; 1878-8750
    ISSN (online) 1878-8769
    ISSN 1878-8750
    DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.003
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  3. Article: Pulmonary artery aneurysm.

    Barney, David / Brown, Cara / Das, Devjani / Kapoor, Monica

    The Journal of emergency medicine

    2015  Volume 48, Issue 5, Page(s) 605–606

    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Aneurysm/complications ; Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Heart Arrest/complications ; Heart Arrest/diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Point-of-Care Systems ; Pulmonary Artery/diagnostic imaging ; Radiography ; Ultrasonography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605559-x
    ISSN 0736-4679
    ISSN 0736-4679
    DOI 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.027
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  4. Article: Modelling socio-economic and energy data to generate business-as-usual scenarios for carbon emissions

    Roberts, Simon H / Colin J. Axon / Nigel H. Goddard / Barney D. Foran / Benjamin S. Warr

    Journal of cleaner production. 2019 Jan. 10, v. 207

    2019  

    Abstract: The UK Government is legally committed to achieving an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared with 1990 by 2050. The use of scenarios is wide ranging to inform policy development and forming a business-as-usual scenario helps to understand ... ...

    Abstract The UK Government is legally committed to achieving an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared with 1990 by 2050. The use of scenarios is wide ranging to inform policy development and forming a business-as-usual scenario helps to understand possible effects of different policy interventions. However, the term business-as-usual is frequently misused. We show how econo-physical business-as-usual scenarios can be developed by examining the historical behaviour of coefficients which manifest the relationship between components of an economy. We endogenise economic growth by mimicking national level policies that focus on a target level of unemployment. Our case-study demonstrates the ‘trendability’ of coefficients which for one example coefficient is replicated for Australia, Colombia, Taiwan and the USA. We manifest a gross domestic product growth of 2% falling to 1% which contrasts with an exogenous growth of 2.3% of a comparator business-as-usual scenario. We suggest that it may be possible to achieve a greater reduction in the business-as-usual carbon dioxide emissions in the UK fifth carbon budget than currently projected.
    Keywords carbon ; carbon dioxide ; economic development ; emissions ; energy ; global carbon budget ; gross domestic product ; issues and policy ; models ; pollution control ; socioeconomics ; unemployment ; Australia ; Colombia ; Taiwan ; United Kingdom ; United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-0110
    Size p. 980-997.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.029
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  5. Book: The network society

    Barney, Darin

    (Key concepts)

    2004  

    Author's details Darin Barney
    Series title Key concepts
    Language English
    Size 198 S, 23 cm
    Publisher Polity
    Publishing place Cambridge, UK u.a.
    Document type Book
    Note Formerly CIP ; Literaturverz. S. [182] - 194
    ISBN 0745626688 ; 0745626696 ; 9780745626680 ; 9780745626697
    Database Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing

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  6. Article: Consequences of selecting technology pathways on cumulative carbon dioxide emissions for the United Kingdom

    Roberts, Simon H / Foran, Barney D / Axon, Colin J / Warr, Benjamin S / Goddard, Nigel H

    Applied energy. 2018 Oct. 15, v. 228

    2018  

    Abstract: The UK has an ambitious target of an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, to be reached using a series of ‘carbon budgets’ to aid policy development. Current energy systems modelling methods do not explore, or are unable to account for, ... ...

    Abstract The UK has an ambitious target of an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, to be reached using a series of ‘carbon budgets’ to aid policy development. Current energy systems modelling methods do not explore, or are unable to account for, physical (thermodynamic) limits to the rate of change of infrastructure. The power generation sector has a variety of technological options for this low-carbon transition. We compare physically constrained scenarios that accentuate either carbon capture and storage, fastest plausible nuclear new build, or fastest plausible build rate of offshore wind. We set these in the context of the UK’s legislated fifth carbon budget, which has a comprehensive range of carbon reduction measures with respect to business-as-usual. The framework for our scenario comparison uses our novel system dynamics model to substantiate the policy’s ability to meet 2035 emissions targets while maintaining financial productivity and socially expected employment levels. For an ambitious nuclear new build programme we find that even if it stays on track it is more expensive than offshore wind generation and delays emissions reductions. This affects the cumulative emissions and impacts on the UK’s ability to contribute to international climate change targets. If delays or cancellation occur to the deployment programmes of carbon capture and storage technologies or nuclear new build, we suggest the electricity and decarbonisation targets can by met by a fast growth of offshore wind generation with no change to financial and employment levels.
    Keywords carbon ; carbon dioxide ; carbon sequestration ; climate change ; dynamic models ; electricity ; emissions ; employment ; energy ; global carbon budget ; infrastructure ; issues and policy ; power generation ; storage technology ; thermodynamics ; wind power ; United Kingdom
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2018-1015
    Size p. 409-425.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2000772-3
    ISSN 0306-2619
    ISSN 0306-2619
    DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.078
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  7. Article ; Online: Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior.

    Stryker, Judith A / Atkinson, Jim L / Brown, Robert D / Barney, David / Robinson, J Andy B / Duncan, Jay / Finegan, Esther J

    International journal of biometeorology

    2019  Volume 63, Issue 10, Page(s) 1369–1379

    Abstract: The behavioral repertoire and environmental feature needs for thermoregulatory comfort have not been reported in the literature for large captive exotics. An observational study was done to investigate the behavioral repertoire of tigers via continuous ... ...

    Abstract The behavioral repertoire and environmental feature needs for thermoregulatory comfort have not been reported in the literature for large captive exotics. An observational study was done to investigate the behavioral repertoire of tigers via continuous observation, while focusing on thermoregulatory behavior, in order to examine behavioral and thermoregulatory needs of these animals, and inform microclimatic landscape design for thermal comfort. Nine Bengal tigers (n = 6 females, n = 3 males) were observed in June 2012, and behavior data were recorded every minute, while thermal images of each individual, wind speed, ambient temperature, and relative humidity were recorded every 15 min. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data due to the observatory nature of the study. All tigers spent on average over 45% of the time lying down, less than 19% of the time in direct sunlight and over 20% of their time in the shade. Males did more panting (25.6%) than females (15.1%). There was more individual variation in water and cave usage, compared with shade use and lying behaviors, which could be related to social pressures or basic individual preferences. In summary, shade is a very valuable thermoregulatory resource for tigers. Adding more shade structures to increase thermal comfort and increase activity in these cats (around 10% on average active behaviors) by adding to the space available in the shaded areas.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Behavior, Animal ; Body Temperature Regulation ; Female ; Male ; Microclimate ; Sunlight ; Tigers ; Wind
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 280324-0
    ISSN 1432-1254 ; 0020-7128
    ISSN (online) 1432-1254
    ISSN 0020-7128
    DOI 10.1007/s00484-019-01753-7
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  8. Article: Lost foreign body in the ear.

    Barney, David / Kass, Dara / Hahn, Barry

    The Journal of emergency medicine

    2013  Volume 45, Issue 6, Page(s) e223–4

    MeSH term(s) Child, Preschool ; Ear, Middle/diagnostic imaging ; Female ; Foreign Bodies/diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Radiography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605559-x
    ISSN 0736-4679
    ISSN 0736-4679
    DOI 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.07.021
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  9. Article ; Online: Maintenance of acinar cell organization is critical to preventing Kras-induced acinar-ductal metaplasia.

    Shi, G / DiRenzo, D / Qu, C / Barney, D / Miley, D / Konieczny, S F

    Oncogene

    2012  Volume 32, Issue 15, Page(s) 1950–1958

    Abstract: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers owing to a number of characteristics including difficulty in establishing early diagnosis and the absence of effective therapeutic regimens. A large number of genetic alterations ... ...

    Abstract Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers owing to a number of characteristics including difficulty in establishing early diagnosis and the absence of effective therapeutic regimens. A large number of genetic alterations have been ascribed to PDAC with mutations in the KRAS2 proto-oncogene thought to be an early event in the progression of disease. Recent lineage-tracing studies have shown that acinar cells expressing mutant Kras(G12D) are induced to transdifferentiate, generating duct-like cells through a process known as acinar-ductal metaplasia (ADM). ADM lesions then convert to precancerous pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) that progresses to PDAC over time. Thus, understanding the earliest events involved in ADM/PanIN formation would provide much needed information on the molecular pathways that are instrumental in initiating this disease. As studying the transition of acinar cells to metaplastic ductal cells in vivo is complicated by analysis of the entire organ, an in vitro three dimensional (3D) culture system was used to model ADM outside the animal. Kras(G12D)-expressing acinar cells rapidly underwent ADM in 3D culture, forming ductal cysts that silenced acinar genes and activated duct genes, characteristics associated with in vivo ADM/PanIN lesions. Analysis of downstream KRAS signaling events established a critical importance for the Raf/MEK/ERK pathway in ADM induction. In addition, forced expression of the acinar-restricted transcription factor Mist1, which is critical to acinar cell organization, significantly attenuated Kras(G12D)-induced ADM/PanIN formation. These results suggest that maintaining MIST1 activity in Kras(G12D)-expressing acinar cells can partially mitigate the transformation activity of oncogenic KRAS. Future therapeutics that target both the MAPK pathway and Mist1 transcriptional networks may show promising efficacy in combating this deadly disease.
    MeSH term(s) Acinar Cells/physiology ; Animals ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Carcinoma in Situ/genetics ; Carcinoma in Situ/metabolism ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/genetics ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/pathology ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism ; Metaplasia/metabolism ; Metaplasia/pathology ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Pancreatic Ducts/pathology ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology ; Precancerous Conditions/genetics ; Precancerous Conditions/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/genetics ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; raf Kinases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ; Bhlha15 protein, mouse ; raf Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases (EC 2.7.11.24) ; Hras protein, mouse (EC 3.6.5.2) ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) (EC 3.6.5.2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-06-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 639046-8
    ISSN 1476-5594 ; 0950-9232
    ISSN (online) 1476-5594
    ISSN 0950-9232
    DOI 10.1038/onc.2012.210
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  10. Book: Prometheus wired

    Barney, Darin

    the hope for democracy in the age of network technology

    2000  

    Author's details Darin Barney
    Language English
    Size IX, 340 S, graph. Darst, 22 cm
    Publisher Univ. of Chicago Press
    Publishing place Chicago
    Document type Book
    Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-324) and index
    ISBN 0226037452 ; 0226037460 ; 9780226037455 ; 9780226037462
    Database Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing

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