Local Neighborhoods as Early Predictors of Innovation Adoption

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Goldenberg
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Early Predictors

Early Predictors of Later Creative Achievements

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Klein ◽  
Franklin R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Early Predictors

How specific are the early predictors of teenage drug use?

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheppard G. Kellam ◽  
David L. Stevenson ◽  
Barnett R. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Early Predictors

Early predictors of placental dysfunction

2016 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
J.M. Melnik ◽  
◽  
A.A. Shlyahtina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Umbilical Artery ◽  
Placental Growth Factor ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Endothelin 1 ◽  
Placental Dysfunction ◽  
Early Predictors ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

The article presents the predictors of placental dysfunction on the early stage of pregnancy. The objective: the search for prognostic markers and criteria for the occurrence of placental insufficiency in the early stages of the gestational process to optimize the pregnancy and labor with improved perinatal outcomes. Patients and methods. To solve this goal in the period from 2013 to 2015 were conducted a comprehensive survey of 334 pregnant women, which depending on the peculiarities of pregnancy and childbirth were divided into groups. The control group consisted of 236 pregnant women with uncomplicated gestational period, no morphological signs of placental dysfunction. The study group included 98 patients with a complicated pregnancy who had revealed violations of the fetal-placental relations, which was confirmed by morphological examination of the placenta in the postpartum period. Results. It was found that pregnant women with placental insufficiency in the first trimester of pregnancy have higher levels of interleukin-1B (IL-1v) and interleukin-3 (IL-3) in comparison with physiological pregnancy, as well as there is a direct significant correlation between IL-1v and pulsative index (PI) in the spiral (r=0.84) and uterine artery (r=0.77), and the inverse correlation between the level of IL-3 and PI in the terminal branches of the umbilical artery (r=-0.69). Verified an inverse relationship between the concentration of endothelin-1, the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (r=-0.87) and placental growth factor (r=-0.73), and also a direct link between the content of endothelin-1 and PI in spiral arteries (r=0.89), uterine artery (r=0.83) and the terminal branches of the umbilical artery (r=0.79). Conclusion. Thus, it is proven that early predictors of placental dysfunction can be considered the concentration of endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, placental growth factor, interleukin-1, interleukin-3, and the indices of pulsative index. Key words: placental dysfunction, predictors, endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, placental growth factor, interleukin, pulsative index.

Early Predictors of 15-Year End-Stage Renal Disease in Hypertensive Patients

Hypertension ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Mitchell Perry ◽  
J. Philip Miller ◽  
Jane Rossiter Fornoff ◽  
Jack D. Baty ◽  
Mohinder P. Sambhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Early Predictors ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

scholarly journals Calorimetric analysis of ice onset temperature during cryoablation: a model approach to identify early predictors of effective applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Campagnoli ◽  
Andrea Ballatore ◽  
Valter Giaretto ◽  
Matteo Anselmino
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Bovine Liver ◽  
Onset Temperature ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Calorimetric Analysis ◽  
Early Predictors ◽  
Latent Heat Capacity ◽  
Model Approach

AbstractAim of the present study is to analyze thermal events occurring during cryoablation. Different bovine liver samples underwent freezing cycles at different cooling rate (from 0.0075 to 25 K/min). Ice onset temperature and specific latent heat capacity of the ice formation process were measured according to differential scanning calorimetry signals. A computational model of the thermal events occurring during cryoablation was compiled using Neumann’s analytical solution. Latent heat (#1 = 139.8 ± 7.4 J/g, #2 = 147.8 ± 7.9 J/g, #3 = 159.0 ± 4.1 J/g) of all liver samples was independent of the ice onset temperature, but linearly dependent on the water content. Ice onset temperature was proportional to the logarithm of the cooling rate in the range 5 ÷ 25 K/min (#3a = − 12.2 °C, #3b = − 16.2 °C, #3c = − 6.6 °C at 5K/min; #3a = − 16.5 °C, #3b = − 19.3 °C, #3c = − 11.6 °C at 25 K/min). Ice onset temperature was associated with both the way in which the heat involved into the phase transition was delivered and with the thermal gradient inside the tissue. Ice onset temperature should be evaluated in the early phase of the ablation to tailor cryoenergy delivery. In order to obtain low ice trigger temperatures and consequent low ablation temperatures a high cooling rate is necessary.

scholarly journals Moving Consumers along the Innovation Adoption Curve: A New Approach to Accelerate the Shift toward a More Sustainable Diet

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4477
Author(s):  
Antje Gonera ◽  
Erik Svanes ◽  
Annechen Bahr Bugge ◽  
Malin Myrset Hatlebakk ◽  
Katja-Maria Prexl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Food System ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Dietary Shift ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Diet

Unsustainable food production and consumption contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Adopting a more plant-based diet has been identified as a necessary change toward a more sustainable food system. In response to the call for transdisciplinary research on the sustainability of food consumption, this exploratory study combined consumer science, nutrition and health, sustainability research, and innovation to develop a new approach that can accelerate the shift toward a more sustainable diet. Quantitative data on the eating habits and attitudes of 1785 consumers was combined with data on environmental impacts via a life cycle assessment for different consumer segments. We studied the sustainable dietary shift using the diffusion of innovation theory, as well as qualitative and quantitative approaches. We identified and characterized seven consumer segments and related habits and attitudes toward an increase in plant-based foods and meat reduction. The nutritional quality and the environmental footprint of the segments’ dinners showed large differences. The results indicate that moving consumers along the innovation adoption curve with targeted interventions can reduce the environmental footprint of people’s diets and improve dietary health. We also discussed the value of user-centric innovation tools for the translation of insights into interventions by working with personas.

scholarly journals Ethical dilemmas are really important to potential adopters of autonomous vehicles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tripat Gill
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Dilemma ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal And Ethical Issues ◽  
Theoretical Standpoint

AbstractThe ethical dilemma (ED) of whether autonomous vehicles (AVs) should protect the passengers or pedestrians when harm is unavoidable has been widely researched and debated. Several behavioral scientists have sought public opinion on this issue, based on the premise that EDs are critical to resolve for AV adoption. However, many scholars and industry participants have downplayed the importance of these edge cases. Policy makers also advocate a focus on higher level ethical principles rather than on a specific solution to EDs. But conspicuously absent from this debate is the view of the consumers or potential adopters, who will be instrumental to the success of AVs. The current research investigated this issue both from a theoretical standpoint and through empirical research. The literature on innovation adoption and risk perception suggests that EDs will be heavily weighted by potential adopters of AVs. Two studies conducted with a broad sample of consumers verified this assertion. The results from these studies showed that people associated EDs with the highest risk and considered EDs as the most important issue to address as compared to the other technical, legal and ethical issues facing AVs. As such, EDs need to be addressed to ensure robustness in the design of AVs and to assure consumers of the safety of this promising technology. Some preliminary evidence is provided about interventions to resolve the social dilemma in EDs and about the ethical preferences of prospective early adopters of AVs.

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