Michigan: Baseline Report - State Level Field Network Study of the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

This report is part of a series of 21 state and regional studies examining the rollout of the ACA. The national network -- with 36 states and 61 researchers -- is led by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.Michigan has taken a mixed approach to implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). It very nearly became the first state led entirely by Republicans to create a health insurance exchange as part of the ACA. Instead, Michigan was one of the more than thirty states to default to a federally run exchange. The state decided to adopt the Medicaid expansion, but with a delayed start date of April 2014

Risiken der Nichterkennung von Malware in komprimierter Form

Maliziöse Software (Malware) gefährdet die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und die Verfügbarkeit von Informatiksystemen auf verschiedene Art und Weise. In diesem Beitrag wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwiefern durch Malware in komprimierter Form Risiken entstehen. Ausgewählte Risiken werden anhand eines Szenarios veranschaulicht und analysiert. Ein Standard-Schutzmechanismus vor Malware ist Anti-Malware-Software. Es wird eine Testmethodik vorgestellt, mit der systematisch die Güte der Erkennung von Malware in komprimierter Form durch Anti-Malware Software getestet werden kann. Abschließend werden mit dieser Methodik erlangte Testergebnisse vorgestellt

Biomonitoring of airborne fluoride and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in industrial areas of Cordoba, Argentina, using standardized grass cultures of Lolium multiflorum

A biomonitoring study was performed employing standardized grass cultures. Plants of Lolium multiflorum were exposed at 4 industrial sites over three?month periods in two seasons (dry and rainy) and the biomass produced was used for subsequent measurements of fluoride, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (phenanthrene, anthracene, pyrene, benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]‐ anthracene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene), total chlorophyll, malondialdehyde, water, and sulfur content. The total content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) revealed seasonal variations, with the highest values corresponding to the dry season, although this species showed a high retention capacity of PAHs during rainy season. In addition, sampling sites with high vehicular traffic and metal?mechanical industries were associated with the highest content of PAHs. Furthermore, physiological degradation associated with anthropogenic activities in the sampling sites was observed. Fluoride content in the biomonitor was associated with the production and use ofcement, which was higher in the dry season.Fil: Rodriguez, Judith Hebelen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Wannaz, Eduardo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Franzaring, Jurgen. Universidad de Hohenheim. Instituto de Paisaje y Ecología Vegetal. Especialidad En Ecología Vegetal y Ecotoxicologia; AlemaniaFil: Klumpp, Andreas. Universidad de Hohenheim. Instituto de Paisaje y Ecología Vegetal. Especialidad En Ecología Vegetal y Ecotoxicologia; AlemaniaFil: Fangmeier, Andreas. Universidad de Hohenheim. Instituto de Paisaje y Ecología Vegetal. Especialidad En Ecología Vegetal y Ecotoxicologia; AlemaniaFil: Pignata, Maria Luisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentin

The neural correlates of belief-bias inhibition: The impact of logic training

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) was used to investigate the brain activity associated with response change in a belief bias paradigm before and after logic training. Participants completed two sets of belief biased reasoning tasks. In the first set they were instructed to respond based on their empirical beliefs, and in the second – following logic training – they were instructed to respond logically. The comparison between conflict problems in the second scan versus in the first scan revealed differing activation for the left inferior frontal gyrus, left middle frontal gyrus, cerebellum, and precuneus. The scan was time locked to the presentation of the minor premise, and thus demonstrated effects of belief–logic conflict on neural activation earlier in the time course than has previously been shown in fMRI. These data, moreover, indicated that logical training results in changes in brain activity associated with cognitive control processing

Measurement of the production cross section of four top quarks in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV

The field of particle physics involves not only searches for new particles and measurements of their interactions, but also the design and construction of advanced particle detectors. This thesis presents the measurement of the production cross section of four top quarks in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV using 137 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. This analysis considers events in the final state of a same-sign pair of leptons, notable for being a final state with relatively few Standard Model background events. A boosted decision tree is utilized to discriminate four top quark events from background events. The four top quark production cross section is measured to be $12.6^{+5.8}_{-5.2}$ fb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction. This measurement is used to constrain the top quark\u27s Yukawa coupling as well as various theories beyond the Standard Model. This thesis also describes the construction and testing of silicon pixel detector modules used in the Phase I upgrade of the CMS pixel detector, and optimization of electron reconstruction methods using the new detector. The role of automated module assembly and quality assurance will be discussed, as well as work towards the construction of a high precision silicon strip detector based telescope. Adviser: Professor Frank Gol