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The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence: Cuevas/The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence

Description: The Wiley–Blackwell Handbook on the Psychology of Violence presents a collection of original readings that explore all major aspects of the psychology of violence, aggression, and other criminal behaviors. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, readings are contributed by a diverse group of experts, including psychologists, criminologists, sociologists, and others. Coverage is included on topics that range from general issues relating to violence and victimization to emerging problems of online violence and cybercriminal behaviors. Other topics covered include aspects of juvenile violence, sexual violence, family violence, and various violence issues relating to underserved and/or understudied populations. Featuring the most current empirical evidence and theoretical findings, Handbook on the Psychology of Violence is an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in the current state of violence research, practice, and policy.
Framing and visualising biodiversity in EU policy

Abstract This study seeks insights into how biodiversity is framed and visualised in EU policy. The paper presents analysis of both the visual content and written text of two brochures summarising two central EU biodiversity policy documents. The study illustrates how the two modes of communication differ. First, the written text primarily presents an anthropocentric and economic framing of biodiversity values, whereas the visual material generally features the beauty and wonders of nature. Second, the written text strongly emphasises the threats to biodiversity and the detrimental side of human activity, whereas the visual material generally shows close relationships between humans and nature, with humans engaged in small-scale outdoor activities. The analysis illustrates how various representations of biodiversity intersect in the same context, and that the visual representation decontextualises the issue of biodiversity loss from the human exploitation of natural resources and the concrete actions and processes causing it.
Interaction entre dispersion et syndromes comportementaux : causes et conséquences : approche empirique dans une population fragmentée de passereaux

La dispersion est un trait d'histoire de vie cle pour les processus ecologiques et evolutifs dans les populations naturelles. Les dernieres recherches se sont notamment focalisees sur les correlations entre traits comportementaux et la dispersion, ceci afin de mettre en evidence des syndromes comportementaux de dispersion, tout en demontrant la base genetique de la dispersion. Les dispersants ne seraient donc pas une part aleatoire d'une population, mais des individus montrant des strategies particulieres qui augmenteraient leur chances de succes. Cette these s'est orientee vers trois objectifs de recherche majeurs. Le premier est la mise en evidence d'une base genetique de la probabilite de disperser dans une population fragmentee de gobe-mouches a collier Ficedula albicollis. Les resultats nous ont montre, au-dela de l'estimation de la base genetique de la dispersion, une distribution spatiale non aleatoire de l'apparentement dans cette population, qui pourrait etre du a des effets genetiques sur les regles de decision de choix de l'habitat. Le deuxieme s'interesse a la correlation phenotypique et genetique entre le comportement de dispersion natale et le comportement de defense du nid, chez le martinet alpin Tachymarpis melba. Nous avons montre que la dispersion natale et le comportement de defense du nid sont negativement correles au niveau phenotypique mais aussi genetique dans ces populations. Enfin, le troisieme nous a conduit a tester l'existence de syndromes comportementaux de dispersion, c'est-a-dire si les dispersants presentent un profil comportemental particulier, leur permettant en particulier de coloniser de nouveaux sites, chez le gobe-mouche a collier
Introducing a genetic fuzzy linguistic combination method for bagging fuzzy rule-based multiclassification systems

Many different fuzzy aggregation operators have been successfully used to combine the outputs provided by the individual classifiers in a multiclassification system. However, up to our knowledge, the use of fuzzy combination methods composed of a fuzzy system is less extended. By using a fuzzy linguistic rule-based classification system as a combination method, the resulting classifier ensemble would show a hierarchical structure and the operation of the latter component would be transparent to the user. Moreover, for the specific case of fuzzy multiclassification systems, the new approach could also become a smart way to allow fuzzy classifiers to deal with high dimensional problems avoiding the curse of dimensionality. The present contribution establishes the first basis in this direction by introducing a genetic fuzzy system-based framework to build the fuzzy linguistic combination method for a bagging fuzzy multiclassification system.
Allelic Polymorphisms of KIRs and HLAs Predict Favorable Responses to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in CML

In CML patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, KIR alleles were associated with patient outcome. The combination of alleles at KIR3DL1 and HLA-B loci were found to predict the therapeutic effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy. Response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is variable in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and elevated natural killer (NK) cells during TKI therapy are positively correlated with superior outcomes. NK cell function involves interactions of their killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I on target cells, and the avidity of KIR–HLA interactions depends on the combination of KIR and HLA alleles. We hypothesized that KIR and HLA polymorphisms may influence response to TKIs. KIR and HLA allele genotyping was performed by next-generation sequencing for 76 CML cases, and association with clinical outcome was analyzed. Second-generation TKIs as first-line therapy and patients' sex (female) were strongly associated with achievement of complete molecular response (CMR: MR4.0) after 2 years (P < 0.001 and P = 0.002, respectively). After adjustment for these two characteristics, several KIR alleles remained associated with achievement of MR4.0: KIR2DL4*005/011 or *008 (HR = 1.797, P = 0.032); KIR2DS4*003 or *007/010 (HR = 3.348, P < 0.001); KIR3DL1*005 (HR = 2.746, P = 0.003); and KIR3DL2*009 or *010 [HR = 1.980 (1.109–3.524), P = 0.021]. Strong linkage among these alleles exists, implying that they comprise favorable KIR allele haplotypes. Allelic polymorphisms of KIR3DL1 and HLA-B determine their differential avidity into strong/weak or no interaction. Patients carrying noninteracting KIR3DL1 and HLA-B allele pairs achieved better outcomes than those with strongly interacting pairs, and KIR3DL1*005 associated with a positive outcome among patients with weak-interacting pairs. Thus, KIR3DL1*005 and its associated haplotypes associated with superior TKI therapeutic effects. The combinations of these KIR and HLA alleles may correlate with potent NK cell immunity against CML. Cancer Immunol Res; 6(6); 745–54. ©2018 AACR.
On the Wavelength of the Rossby Waves Radiated by Tropical Cyclones

Abstract The authors present a theory for the zonal wavelength of tropical depression–type disturbances, which occur as a result of Rossby wave radiation from a preexisting tropical cyclone (TC). In some cases, such disturbances undergo tropical cyclogenesis, resulting in a pair of tropical cyclones; the theory then predicts the zonal separation distance of such tropical cyclone pairs. Numerical experiments are presented in which a thermally forced vortex, superimposed on an initial state of rest, is moved at different velocities in a shallow-water model on a sphere. Vortices moving westward generate coherent wave trains to the east or southeast (depending on the amplitude of the vortex), resembling those in observations. The zonal wavelengths of these wave trains in each case are well described by the linear stationary solution in the frame comoving with the vortex. Vortices moving eastward or remaining stationary do not generate such trains, also consistent with linear theory, which admits no stationary.
Centrifugal compressor surge and speed control

Previous work on stabilization of compressor surge is extended to include control of the angular velocity of the compressor. A low-order centrifugal compressor model is presented, where the states are mass flow, pressure rise, and rotational speed of the spool. Energy transfer considerations are used to develop a compressor characteristic. In order to stabilize equilibria to the left of the surge line, a close coupled valve is used in series with the compressor. Controllers for the valve pressure drop and spool speed are derived. Semiglobal exponential stability is proved using a Lyapunov argument.
Constructing Transnational and Transracial Identity: Adoption and Belonging in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

1. The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry 2. Stockholm Fieldwork: From St. Eriksplan to Rinkeby 3. "Living in the Twilight Zone" 4. "No One is More Swedish Than Me! " 5. "Love is Above Culture, Above Blood" 6. "It's Like Taking a Cat and Raising It Like a Dog" 7. "I Didn't Feel Norwegian Enough to Wear the National Costume" 8. "I Am Comfortable with the Feeling of Being White! " 9. "Going to the Whiteness" 10. They Can't Afford to Stop Imagining 11. The Construction of Imaginary Homelands 12. Conclusions
Tracking F plasmid TraI relaxase processing reactions provides insight into F plasmid transfer

Early in F plasmid conjugative transfer, the F relaxase, TraI, cleaves one plasmid strand at a site within the origin of transfer called nic. The reaction covalently links TraI Tyr16 to the 5′-ssDNA phosphate. Ultimately, TraI reverses the cleavage reaction to circularize the plasmid strand. The joining reaction requires a ssDNA 3′-hydroxyl; a second cleavage reaction at nic, regenerated by extension from the plasmid cleavage site, may generate this hydroxyl. Here we confirm that TraI is transported to the recipient during transfer. We track the secondary cleavage reaction and provide evidence it occurs in the donor and F ssDNA is transferred to the recipient with a free 3′-hydroxyl. Phe substitutions for four Tyr within the TraI active site implicate only Tyr16 in the two cleavage reactions required for transfer. Therefore, two TraI molecules are required for F plasmid transfer. Analysis of TraI translocation on various linear and circular ssDNA substrates supports the assertion that TraI slowly dissociates from the 3′-end of cleaved F plasmid, likely a characteristic essential for plasmid re-circularization.
Testing the covarion hypothesis of molecular evolution.

The covarion hypothesis of molecular evolution states that the fixation of mutations may alter the probability that any given position will fix the next change. Tests of this hypothesis using the divergence of real sequences are compromised because models of rate variation among sites (e.g., the gamma version of the one-parameter equation) predict sequence divergence values similar to those for the covarion process. This study therefore focuses on the extent to which the varied and unvaried codons of two well-diverged taxa are the same, because fewer are expected by the covarion hypothesis than by the gamma model. The data for these tests are the protein sequences of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) for mammals and plants. Simulation analyses show that the covarion hypothesis makes better predictions about the frequencies of varied and unhit positions in common between these two taxa than does the gamma version of the one-parameter model. Furthermore, the analysis of SOD tertiary structure demonstrates that mammal and plant variabilities are distributed differently on the protein. These results support the conclusions that the variable and invariable codons of mammal and plant SODs are different and that the covarion model explains the evolution of this protein better than the gamma version of the one-parameter process. Unlike other models, the covarion hypothesis accounts for rate fluctuations among positions over time, which is an important parameter of molecular evolution.
Labor and Capital: Is Debt a Bargaining Tool?

This paper examines the e¤ect of labor bargaining power on the equilibrium choice of debt by rms, by using rm-level data from 21 countries over the 1985-2004 period. In contrast to the existing literature that emphasizes the strategic role of debt and thus predicts an increase in nancial leverage to counteract increases in labor bargaining power, we nd that increases in employment protection are associated with decreases in the use of debt by rms. Our interpretation for this result is that strong labor laws constrain rms ability to raise debt as they make labor claims e¤ectively senior to debt claim. Consistent with this view, we show that rms react to increases in employment protection by increasing their reliance on short-term debt and trade credit. Furthermore, we nd that the e¤ect of labor bargaining power is more pronounced for rms that have lower liquidation value and in countries where bargaining is more decentralized. Our results are robust to changes in empirical speci cations, including di¤erent de nitions of leverage and a di¤erences-in-di¤erences approach that exploits inter-temporal variations in labor laws across countries. JEL classi cation: J31, J51, G32, G33, K31.
Identification of critical stacking faults in thin-film CdTe solar cells

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a p-type semiconductor used in thin-film solar cells. To achieve high light-to-electricity conversion, annealing in the presence of CdCl2 is essential, but the underlying mechanism is still under debate. Recent evidence suggests that a reduction in the high density of stacking faults in the CdTe grains is a key process that occurs during the chemical treatment. A range of stacking faults, including intrinsic, extrinsic, and twin boundary, are computationally investigated to identify the extended defects that limit performance. The low-energy faults are found to be electrically benign, while a number of higher energy faults, consistent with atomic-resolution micrographs, are predicted to be hole traps with fluctuations in the local electrostatic potential. It is expected that stacking faults will also be important for other thin-film photovoltaic technologies.
The Effect on Middle-aged and Old Women's Body and Mind by Health Qigong·Wuqinxi Exercise

From the angles of physiology and psychology, the paper gives a scientific research on health Qigong---Wuqinxi. The results show that middle-aged and old women's blood pressure, pulse, waist/hip ratio, grip and vital capacity have had obvious improvement after the exercise of Wuqinxi three months later; at the same time, an evident effect on mentality follows; the scale of difficulty and easiness of the new Wuqinxi has been accepted by people, which proves the layout of new Wuqinxi and has a good effect on middle-aged and old women's body and mind, therefore, the new Wuqinx is worth spreading.
Parasitic Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fresh Leafy Vegetables in Benha, Egypt

This study evaluated the degree of parasitic contamination of vegetables which are commercialized and consumed fresh in Benha, Egypt. It included 530 vegetables: lettuce, watercress, parsley, green onion, and leek. Vegetables were collected randomly from markets within Benha. Samples were washed in saline, and the resulting washing solution was filtered and centrifuged to concentrate the parasitic stages. Sediments and supernatants were examined by iodine and modified Ziehl-Neelsen stained smears. Intestinal parasites were detected in 157/530 (29.6%) samples. Giardia lamblia cysts were the most prevalent parasite (8.8%) followed by Entamoeba spp. cysts (6.8%), Enterobius vermicularis eggs (4.9%), various helminth larvae (3.6%), Hymenolepis nana eggs (2.8%), Hymenolepis diminuta eggs (2.1%), and Ascaris lumbricoides eggs (0.6%). The highest contaminated vegetable was lettuce (45.5%) followed by watercress (41.3%), parsley (34.3%), green onion (16.5%), and leek (10.7%). These results indicate a significant seasonal variation (P < 0.05), with highest prevalence in summer (49%) and the lowest in winter (10.8%). These findings provide evidence for the high risk of acquiring parasitic infection from the consumption of raw vegetables in Benha, Egypt. Effective measures are necessary to reduce parasitic contamination of vegetables.
Identifying Subtypes Among Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder and Mathematical Learning Disabilities, Using Model-Based Clustering

A relationship between motor and mathematical skills has been shown by previous research. However, the question of whether subtypes can be differentiated within developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and/or mathematical learning disability (MLD) remains unresolved. In a sample of children with and without DCD and/or MLD, a data-driven model-based clustering was used to identify subgroups of individuals with relatively homogeneous profiles on measures associated with motor and mathematical skills. One subgroup of children with motor problems was found based on motor variables. Based on mathematical variables, two clinical clusters were found: a subtype with number fact retrieval problems and a subtype with procedural calculation problems. Clustering with motor and mathematical skills revealed two clinical clusters: a cluster with number fact retrieval as well as procedural calculation problems and below average motor and visual-motor integration skills. A second cluster of children had only procedural calculation and visual-motor problems. Our results raise questions about the usefulness of placing children who have below average mathematical skills into a single diagnostic category. Furthermore, we inform ongoing debates about the overlap between DCD and MLD, as below average motor skills were found in both MLD subgroups, although a different motor profile is linked to a different mathematical profile.
Supplementary Data Supplementary Figure Legends (s1-s7)

Supplementary Figure S1. Control ChIPs. Controls for key ChIPs are shown using uninfected BL31 cells or BL31 infected with B95.8-BAC EBV (WT) to show that the precipitations were reliable. Primers that amplify the promoters of inactive Myoglobin and constitutively active GAPDH were used, as well as primers for the PRC2 target IRX4 and non-PRC2-targeted MCM6. A) The repressive mark H3K27me3 was found associated with the inactive gene encoding Myoglobin but not associated with the active GAPDH gene. B) H3K4me3 was present at the GAPDH gene, but not at the Myoglobin gene promoter. C) Total histone H3 was associated with both Myoglobin and GAPDH promoters Myoglobin appears to have a higher nucleosome density than GAPDH in both infected and uninfected cells. D) ChIP analysis shows that JARID2 association with the BIM promoter is significant and comparable to known PRC2-target gene IRX4 (27) with no significant changes associated with the presence of EBV. Background levels were established using primers for the MCM6 promoter that is not associated with either PRC2 or JARID2 (29). E) ChIP for RbAp48 reveals a similar distribution to JARID2 F) No RNA Pol II was precipitated from the silent Myoglobin promoter with the pan-specific antibody, but it was abundant at GAPDH. G) ChIP for the phospho-Ser5 form of RNA Pol II only showed occupation of the active GAPDH promoter. Supplementary Figure S2. SUZ12 levels reduced at the BIM promoter after SUZ12 and JARID2 knock-down. ChIP analysis showing SUZ12 levels at the BIM promoter of cells from which SUZ12 or JARID2 was depleted by shRNA (BL31 WT SUZ12 K/D and JARID2 K/D) relative to control cells
Specificity and Complexity of the Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immune Response

ABSTRACT In response to infection, Caenorhabditis elegans produces an array of antimicrobial proteins. To understand the C. elegans immune response, we have investigated the regulation of a large, representative sample of candidate antimicrobial genes. We found that all these putative antimicrobial genes are expressed in tissues exposed to the environment, a position from which they can ward off infection. Using RNA interference to inhibit the function of immune signaling pathways in C. elegans, we found that different immune response pathways regulate expression of distinct but overlapping sets of antimicrobial genes. We also show that different bacterial pathogens regulate distinct but overlapping sets of antimicrobial genes. The patterns of genes induced by pathogens do not coincide with any single immune signaling pathway. Thus, even in this simple model system for innate immunity, striking specificity and complexity exist in the immune response. The unique patterns of antimicrobial gene expression observed when C. elegans is exposed to different pathogens or when different immune signaling pathways are perturbed suggest that a large set of yet to be identified pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) exist in the nematode. These PRRs must interact in a complicated fashion to induce a unique set of antimicrobial genes. We also propose the existence of an “antimicrobial fingerprint,” which will aid in assigning newly identified C. elegans innate immunity genes to known immune signaling pathways.
The apical ectodermal ridge is a timer for generating distal limb progenitors

The apical ectodermal ridge (AER) is a transient embryonic structure essential for the induction, patterning and outgrowth of the vertebrate limb. However, the mechanism of AER function in limb skeletal patterning has remained unclear. In this study, we genetically ablated the AER by conditionally removing FGFR2 function and found that distal limb development failed in mutant mice. We showed that FGFR2 promotes survival of AER cells and interacts with Wnt/β-catenin signaling during AER maintenance. Interestingly, cell proliferation and survival were not significantly reduced in the distal mesenchyme of mutant limb buds. We established Hoxa13 expression as an early marker of distal limb progenitors and discovered a dynamic morphogenetic process of distal limb development. We found that premature AER loss in mutant limb buds delayed generation of autopod progenitors, which in turn failed to reach a threshold number required to form a normal autopod. Taken together, we have uncovered a novel mechanism, whereby the AER regulates the number of autopod progenitors by determining the onset of their generation.
1 DICER : a Tool for Analyzing Uncertainties in Climate Policy Analysis

Modeling the economy and the planet ́s climate involves a great number of variables and parameters, some of them very uncertain given the current stage of knowledge regarding technology and the science of climate. The DICER model (or DICE-Regional) is a recently developed IAM, based on the structure of the DICE family of models, which was developed to be an instrument for the analysis of uncertainties in climate policy. This paper aims to describe the deterministic version of DICER in which future developments addressing uncertainty in climate policy analysis will be based. Our results suggest a few interesting conclusions when compared to other IAMs: (i) under a plausible set of assumptions and parameters we used in DICER an optimal global climate policy would imply higher costs of climate change in the short run but a faster (and more expensive) decarbonization process in all regions, resulting in a faster stabilization of the climate; (ii) lower peak temperatures observed earlier in time; (iii) sensitivity of results to key parameters such as climate sensitivity, but lower than expected sensitivity of results to the social discount rate.