Linking Ambulance Trip and Emergency Department Surveillance Data on Opioid-Related Overdose, Massachusetts, 2017

Objectives Studies describing linkage of ambulance trips and emergency department (ED) visits of patients with opioid-related overdose (ORO) are limited. We linked records of patients experiencing ORO from ambulance trip and ED visit records in Massachusetts during April 1–June 30, 2017. Methods We estimated the positive predictive value of ORO-capturing definitions by examining the narratives and triage notes of a sample of OROs from each data source. Because of a lack of common unique identifiers, we deterministically linked OROs to records in the counter data set on date of birth, incident date, facility, and sex. To validate the linkage strategy, we compared ambulance trip narratives with ED triage notes and chief complaints for a sample of pairs. Results Of 3203 ambulance trips for ORO and 3046 ED visits for ORO, 82% and 63%, respectively, matched a record in the counter data set on date of birth, incident date, facility, and sex. In 200 randomly selected linked pairs from a final linked data set of 3006 paired records, only 5 (3%) appeared to be false matches. Practice Implications This exercise demonstrated the feasibility of linking ORO records between 2 data sets without a unique identifier. Future analyses of the linked data could produce insights not available from analyzing either data set alone. Linkage using 2 rapidly available data sets can actively inform the state’s public health opioid overdose response and allow for de-duplicating counts of OROs treated by ambulance, in an ED, or both.

EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEWING MARSHMALLOW CONTAINING BETEL CHEW ON SALIVARY Streptococcus mutans IN 12 YEARS OLD CHILDREN OF SMPN 29 PALEMBANG

Marshmallow is a favored type of soft candy among children and adults. Betel chew added to marshmallow was reported containing antibacterial substances. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of chewing marshmallow containing betel chew on salivary S. mutans in 12 years old children. This experimental research was done with pretest and posttest control group design involving 30 subjects with DMFT range 3-5. Subjects were divided into group 1 (marshmallow containing betel chew) and group 2 (plain marshmallow). Saliva was collected before and after chewed marshmallow containing betel chew and plain marshmallow. Streptococcus mutans colonies were evaluated with colony counter. Data were analysed using pair T-test & independent T-tests. Paired-t test showed that the number of S. mutans colonies was significantly reduced after chewed marshmallow containing betel chew p=0,00 (p

Youth Critical Data Practices in the COVID-19 Multipandemic

This study investigates how youth from two cities in the United States engage in critical data practices as they learn about and take action in their lives and communities in relation to COVID-19 and its intersections with justice-related concerns. Guided by theories of critical data literacies and data justice, a historicized and future-oriented participatory methodological approach is used to center the lived lives and communities of participants through dialogic interviews and experience sampling method. Data were co-analyzed with participants using critical grounded theory. Findings illustrate how youth not only aimed to reveal the dynamic and human aspects of and relationships with data as they engage with/in the world as people who matter but also offered alternative infrastructures for counter data production and aggregation toward justice in the here and now and desired possible futures. Implications for studies of learning with/through data practices in everyday life in relation to issues of justice are discussed.

DAYA HAMBAT EKTRAK DAUN JARAK PAGAR (Jatropha curcas L) TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN Candida albicans

Candida albicans merupakan jamur flora normal bersifat opportunistik didalam rongga mulut yang dapat menyebabkan terjadinya denture stomatitispada daerah rongga mulut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menetapkan potensi hambat ekstrak daun jarak pagar terhadap pertumbuhan Candida albicans (ATCC 10231) pada permukaan akrilik. Desain penelitian eksperimental laboratorium dengan Post test only with control group. Sampel 20 buah pelat resin akrilik heat cured yang dikontaminasikan dengan suspensi Candida albicans (0.5X108 cfu/ mL) dan diinkubasi secara aerob, selama 24 jam. Sampel dibagi menjadi 4 kelompok dan direndam selama 8 jam dalam ekstrak daun jarak pagar konsentrasi 10% (G1), 15% (G2), 20% (G3) dan akuades (G4). Ekstrak daun jarak pagar dibuat secara maserasi dengan etanol 96%. Koloni masing-masing sampel dihitung dengan Tally counter. Data dianalisis dengan One Way Anova (p0,05). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa jumlah koloni Candida albicans terkecil ditemukan pada kelompok konsentrasi 20% dibandingkan dengan kelompok kontrol. Hasil analisa One Way Anova menunjukkan adanya perbedaan jumlah koloni Candida albicans antar kelompok (p0.05). Hasil Uji Least Significance Different terdapat perbedaan bermakna antara kelompok kontrol dengan kelompok konsentrasi 15%, dan 20% (p0.05). Kesimpulan ekstrak daun jarak pagar dapat menghambat pertumbuhan Candida albicans pada pemukaan akrilikKata kunci: Candida albicans, ekstrak daun jarak pagar, maserasi

New usage reports, new insights! How to use your COUNTER data in decision making processes

Librarians have been receiving COUNTER Release 5 reports since February 2019 and are becoming familiar with the new robust usage data. In this paper three experts explain how the new usage reports provide greater clarity and how they give insight into users’ actions. Athena Hoeppner outlines the new reports and metrics and explains how to interpret book usage data and how to use the data effectively in decision making process. Sonja Lendi focuses on journal usage data and the differences between Release 4 and Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice. She also explains Distributed Usage Logging (DUL). This protocol enables publishers to capture traditional usage activity related to their content that happens on sites other than their own so they can provide reports of “total usage” regardless of where that usage happens. Kornelia Junge explains how librarians can use Microsoft Excel to analyse usage.

Effects of the Matter of Balance Program on Self-Reported Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Objective: To (a) evaluate effects of the Matter of Balance (MOB) program on self-reported physical activity (PA) in older adults as measured by the program’s activity (MOB-PA) measure and the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity, Part 1 (RAPA1) and (b) for a separate Community cohort, explore correlations between MOB-PA and RAPA1 scores and step counts obtained using accelerometry. Methods: Community-dwelling older adults recruited from upcoming MOB classes and from in-person contacts comprised MOB ( N = 56) and Community ( N = 23) cohorts, respectively. For the MOB cohort, paired t tests were computed for baseline and follow-up MOB-PA and RAPA1 scores. For the Community cohort, Pearson’s correlations between self-reported PA and step counter measures were calculated. Results: Self-reported PA did not change following MOB participation. The MOB-PA had substantial ceiling effects, which weakened relationships with step counter data. Discussion: No evidence was found that MOB participation increased PA. The MOB-PA may not be appropriate for measuring activity levels.

Grassroots resource mobilization through counter-data action

In this paper, we document the counter-data action and data activism of a grassroots affordable housing advocacy group in Atlanta. Our observation and insight into these data activities and strategies are achieved through ethnographic and engaged research and participatory design. We find that counter-data action through community-collected data is rooted in a legacy of Atlanta’s black activism and black scholarship; that this data activism enabled resource mobilization and critical conscious making; and that design and media production are essential post counter-data action activities in data activism. Based on these findings, we urge the field of open government data to broaden their concept of social impact of data to include the use data to mobilize resources within oppressed communities not to influence policy and government but to build capacities within community in order to transform, not join, political structures. We also advocate that scholars within the fields of open government data, critical data studies, and data activism recognize the legacy and historic practice of data activism by black communities working towards social change.

"Look what they've done to our data!" — How Aggregators Change Data Items in Collection Records

Aggregators such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) have recently been criticised for imposing "backbone taxonomies" on records provided by museums, herbaria and other sources. Taxon names may be changed to suit the backbone, with the result that the taxon rank of the record may change and the originally provided name may no longer be searchable online through the aggregator. Aggregators may also delete data items, either by omitting entire fields or rejecting data items not conforming to aggregator-specific data standards. Modifications are more common than deletions and are particularly worrying in geospatial, date and recorder data fields. It can be difficult to locate originally provided data on aggregator websites, even for individual records, and bulk downloads from aggregators typically mask the changes made. In this presentation I document the loss and modification of biodiversity data items by aggregators and suggest strategies for museums and herbaria to counter data loss and modification.