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Counseling Across Cultures

Foreword - Clement E. Vontress Introduction to the Sixth Edition: Learning From Our "Culture Teachers" - Paul B. Pedersen, Juris G. Draguns, Walter J. Lonner, and Joseph E. Trimble Part I: Basic Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling 1. Ethics, Competence, and Professional Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Paul B. Pedersen 2. Universal and Cultural Threads in Counseling Individuals - Juris G. Draguns 3. Appraisal and Assessment in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Walter J. Loneer and Farah A. Abrahim 4. Guidelines and Competencies for Research in Cross-Cultural Counseling Research - Joseph G. Ponterotto and Ingrid Grieger Part II: Counseling in Ethnocultural Contexts 5. Cultural Considerations and Perspectives for Providing Psychological Counseling for Native American Indians - Joseph E. Trimble and John Gonzalez 6. The Big Picutre: Theorizing Self-Concept Structure and Construal - William E. Cross and Tuere Binta Cross 7. Counseling Asian Americans: Client and Therapist Variables - Frederick T. L. Leong, Szu-Hui Lee, and Dorsi Chang 8. Adelante! Counseling Latina/os From Guiding Theory to Practice - J. Manuel Casa, Jason Duque Raley, and Melba J. T. Vasquez 9. Counseling Arab and Muslim Clients - Marwan Dwairy 10. Counseling Persons of Black African Ancestry - Ivory Achebe Toldson Part III: Counseling Broadly-Defined Cultural Populations 11. Updating Gender Issues in Multicultural Counseling - Amy Harkins, Sunny S. Hansen, and Elizabeth M. P. Gama 12. Culturally-Appropriate Counseling Considerations for Lesbian and Gay Clients - Mark Pope 13. Counseling the Marginalized - Melanie Domenech Rodriguez, Charleas T. McNeal, and Ana Marie Cauce 14. Cross-Cultural Gerontological Counseling: Current Models and Common Issues - Carrie L. Hill and Susan J. Eklund 15. School Counselors: Professional Origins in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Susanna A. Hayes and Arleen C. Lewis Part IV: Counseling Individuals in Transitional, Traumatic, or Emergent Situations 16. Counseling International Students - Nancy Arthur 17. The ABCs of Acculturation: Implications for Counselors - Colleen M. Ward 18. Counseling Refugees and Migrants - Fred Bemak and Rita Chi-Ying Chung 19. Counseling Disaster Survivors: Implications for Cross-Cultural Mental Health - Fred Bemak and Rita Chi-Ying Chung Part V: Counseling in the Context of Some Common Culture-Mediated Circumstances 20. Sprituality in Counseling Across Cultures: Many Rivers to the Sea - Mary A. Fukuyama, Todd Sevig, and Johanna Soet 21. Health Psychology in Multiethnic Perspective - Frances E. Aboud 22. Cultural Confrontation: A Skill of Advanced Cultural Empathy - Charels R. Ridley, Lanaya L. Ethington, and P. Paul Heppner 23. Drug and Alchohol Abuse in Cross-Cultural Counseling - Gerald Mohatt, James Allen, and Lisa Rey Thomas 24. Family and Counseling With Ethnic Groups - James Georgas
A Single Mutation in K13 Predominates in Southern China and Is Associated With Delayed Clearance of Plasmodium falciparum Following Artemisinin Treatment.

BACKGROUND Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in Southeast Asia and poses a threat to malaria control and elimination. Mutations in a P. falciparum gene encoding a kelch protein on chromosome 13 have been associated with delayed parasite clearance following artemisinin treatment elsewhere in the region, but not yet in China. METHODS Therapeutic efficacy studies of artesunate and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine were conducted from 2009 to 2012 in the Yunnan Province of China near the border with Myanmar. K13 mutations were genotyped by capillary sequencing of DNA extracted from dried blood spots collected in these clinical trials and in routine surveillance. Associations between K13 mutations and delayed parasite clearance were tested using regression models. RESULTS Parasite clearance half-lives were prolonged after artemisinin treatment, with 44% of infections having half-lives >5 hours (n = 109). Fourteen mutations in K13 were observed, with an overall prevalence of 47.7% (n = 329). A single mutation, F446I, predominated, with a prevalence of 36.5%. Infections with F446I were significantly associated with parasitemia on day 3 following artemisinin treatment and with longer clearance half-lives. CONCLUSIONS Plasmodium falciparum infections in southern China displayed markedly delayed clearance following artemisinin treatment. F446I was the predominant K13 mutation and was associated with delayed parasite clearance.
Hetero-aggressive outbursts in patients' behaviour in emergency psychiatry.

INTRODUCTION Hetero-aggressive behaviour in patients with mental disorders is frequent and requires special skills of doctors and other medical staff in order to urgently protect the patient and indicate hospitalization. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper was to examine the frequency of the most common diagnostic categories in psychiatric patients with hetero-aggressive behaviour. The secondary objective was to examine aspects of realized hospitalization (voluntary, involuntary) and socio-demographic characteristics of these patients. METHODS The sample was formed of 100 patients who expressed hetero-aggressive behaviour just before and during admission for hospital treatment. The data was collected from auto-anamnesis and hetero-anamnesis, and they were based on general somatic, neurological and psychiatric examination. The statistical analysis used descriptive analysis and Pearson's chi2-test. RESULTS The frequency of the most common diagnostic categories was: F20-F29 73%; F10-F19 19%; F60-F69 11%; F00-F09 8%; F30-F39 and F70-F79 6%. Involuntary hospitalization was implemented in 56%. Socio-demographic characteristics of examinees revealed that the most common were: male gender (63%) and younger age, dominant secondary school qualification (74%), unmarried (76%), unemployed (76%), frequently repeated hospitalizations (66%). CONCLUSION The most common diagnostic categories to which the patients with hetero-aggressive behavioural outbursts belonged were from the schizophrenic circuit, followed by substance abuse, personality disorders, etc. Involuntary hospitalization was the most common form of hospitalization in patients with violent behaviour. Socio-demographic characteristics of examinees revealed this profile as the most common: male gender, younger age, secondary education, unmarried and unemployed, repeatedly hospitalized.
Why Should the Republicans Pray for Rain? Electoral Consequences of Rainfall Revisited

Existing studies—most importantly, Gomez, Hansford, and Krause—provide empirical support for an idea often embraced by popular media: The vote share of the Republican Party (as the percentage of total votes) increases when it rains, because the magnitude of decrease in turnout is larger among Democratic vis-à-vis Republican supporters. Considering the compositional nature of aggregated data, we show that the alleged Republican advantage derives in part from an increase in the number of votes for the Republican Party. Based on the extensive literature of psychology and related fields, we provide a possible interpretation of this counter-intuitive empirical finding. Methodologically, our evidence suggests that researchers must be alert when using rainfall as an instrument to estimate the causal effects of voter turnout on electoral outcome.
MSE lower bounds for phase estimation based on overlapped Gaussian distribution

The Cramér-Rao bound (CRB) has been widely used as a mean square error (MSE) lower bound for unbiased parameter estimations. For phase estimation, however, the CRB is not valid at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) due to the effect of phase wrapping. In this paper, closed-form approximations of the MSE lower bounds for the phase estimation are derived under both Gaussian and Rayleigh fading channels, which are particularly useful at low SNR. The derivation is based on an overlapped Gaussian distribution which is used to approximate the true posterior phase distribution. Analytical and simulation results show that the derived closed-form MSE lower bounds provide more meaningful indications to the phase estimation performance than the CRB.
Refining and regaining skills in fixation/diversification stage performers: the Five-A Model

Technical change is one of many factors underpinning success in elite, fixation/diversification stage performers. Surprisingly, however, there is a dearth of research pertaining to this process or the most efficacious methods used to bring about such a change. In this paper we highlight the emergent processes, yet also the lack in mechanistic comprehension surrounding technical change, addressing issues within the motor control, sport psychology, coaching and choking literature. More importantly, we seek an understanding of how these changes can be made more secure to competitive pressure, and how this can be embedded within the process of technical change. Following this review, we propose the Five-A Model based on successful coaching techniques, psychosocial concomitants, the avoidance of choking and principles of effective behaviour change. Specific mechanisms for each stage are discussed, with a focus on the use of holistic rhythm-based cues as a possible way of internalising changes. Finally, we suggest the need for further research to examine these five stages, to aid a more comprehensive construction of the content and delivery of such a programme within the applied setting.
Opioid use and healthcare costs among patients with DPNP initiating duloxetine versus other treatments

Abstract Objective: To compare opioid utilization and healthcare costs over a 1-year period following the initiation with duloxetine versus other standard of care (SOC) treatments among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP). Methods: This retrospective cohort study assessed commercially-insured DPNP patients between 18 and 64 years old who initiated duloxetine or other SOC treatments (tricyclic antidepressants, venlafaxine, gabapentin, pregabalin) between 3/1/2005 and 12/31/2005. Initiation was defined as a 90-day period without available study medication. The first dispense date of the study medication was denoted as the index date. Selected patients had no opioid pill coverage during the 90 days prior to initiation. Duloxetine and SOC patients were matched via propensity scoring (1:1 ratio), controlling for demographics, comorbidities, prior healthcare utilization and costs, and prior medication history. Opioid utilization and healthcare costs over the 12-month post-index period were compared between study cohorts. Results: The matched sample included 117 patients in each of the duloxetine and SOC cohorts. Compared with SOC-treated patients, duloxetine-treated patients were less likely to use any opioids (52.1 vs. 84.6%, p < 0.05) over the 12-month post-index period. Duloxetine-treated patients, on average, had two fewer opioid prescriptions dispensed, 27 fewer days on opioids, 121 days greater delay in subsequent opioid use, and 1815 mg lower morphine equivalent dosage than SOC-treated patients (all p < 0.05). Also, duloxetine-treated patients had significantly lower total ($18 623 vs. 30 602, p < 0.05) and outpatient costs ($7371 vs. 15 343, p < 0.05). Due to the use of a retrospective administrative claims database, limitations of this study include the potential for selection bias between study cohorts, and inability to measure unobservable confounding and disease severity and/or duration. Conclusions: Among commercially-insured DPNP patients, duloxetine-treated patients had delayed and reduced opioid use and lower healthcare costs than SOC-treated patients.
Health-related quality of life of Gaza Palestinians in the aftermath of the winter 2008-09 Israeli attack on the Strip.

BACKGROUND We document the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living in the Gaza Strip 6 months after 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, Israeli attack. METHODS Cross-sectional survey 6 months after the Israeli attack. Households were selected by cluster sampling in two stages: a random sample of enumeration areas (EAs) and a random sample of households within each chosen EA. One randomly chosen adult from each of 3017 households included in the survey completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument, in addition to reported information on distress, insecurities and threats. RESULTS Mean HRQoL score (range 0-100) for the physical domain was 69.7, followed by the psychological (59.8) and the environmental domain score (48.4). Predictors of lower (worse) scores for all three domains were: lower educational levels, residence in rural areas, destruction to one's private property or high levels of distress and suffering. Worse physical and psychological domain scores were reported by people who were older and those living in North Gaza governorate. Worse physical and environmental domain scores were reported by people with no one working at home, and those with worse standard of living levels. Respondents who reported suffering stated that the main causes were the ongoing siege, the latest war on the Strip and internal Palestinian factional violence. CONCLUSION Results reveal poor HRQoL of adult Gazans compared with the results of WHO multi-country field trials and significant associations between low HRQoL and war-related factors, especially reports of distress, insecurity and suffering.
Effects of Polyamines on Chlorophyll and Protein Content, Photochemical Activity, and Chloroplast Ultrastructure of Barley Leaf Discs during Senescence.

The polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine prevent the loss of chlorophyll normally associated with senescence of excised leaf tissue maintained in darkness on water (control). Retention of chlorophyll in barley leaf discs was in the range of 90% 4 days after excision and placement on effective polyamine solutions. In contrast, the loss of soluble protein was hastened with 0.5 millimolar spermidine and spermine treatments but it was retarded by 0.5 millimolar putrescine.Photosystem I and II activities of chloroplasts from polyamine-treated leaf discs declined more rapidly as compared to the control. Chloroplast ultrastructural changes resulting from the polyamine treatments included the apparent destruction of the envelope, preservation of thylakoid membrane structure, and reduced accumulation of osmiophilic bodies. The influence of polyamines on senescence-related processes may be due to their cationic nature.
Expression of Efflux Transporters in Human Ocular Tissues

To investigate the expression profiles of efflux transporters in human ocular tissues, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry were used to obtain the relative mRNA and protein expressions of various efflux transporters in human ocular tissues. The cornea, conjunctiva, iris-ciliary body (ICB), retina and choroid, human corneal epithelial cell line (HCEC), and human retinal pigment epithelial cell line (ARPE-19) were examined for the expressions of multidrug resistance–associated proteins 1–7 (MRP1–7), multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) P-glycoprotein, lung resistance protein (LRP), and breast cancer–resistance protein (BCRP). The expression sites and patterns of efflux transporters were significantly different in ocular tissues, HCEC, and ARPE-19, as well as the expression profiles of efflux transporters in mRNA and protein levels in ocular tissues. At the protein level, MRP1-7, MDR1, and LRP were expressed in the corneal epithelium; MRP1-7, MDR1, LRP, and BCRP were expressed in the conjunctival epithelium; MRP1-2, MRP6-7, MDR1, and LRP were expressed in the ICB; MRP1-3, MRP6-7, MDR1, and LRP were expressed in the retina; MRP1-3, MRP6-7, MDR1, and LRP were expressed in the HCEC; and MRP7, MDR1, LRP, and BCRP were expressed in the ARPE-19. This quantitative and systematic study of efflux transporters in normal ocular tissues and cell lines provides evidence of cross-ocular tissue transporter expression differences, implying that efflux transporter expression variability should be taken into consideration for better understanding of ocular pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data.
Understanding the Sahelian water budget through the isotopic composition of water vapor and precipitation

The goal of this paper is to investigate the added value of water isotopic measurements to estimate the relative influence of large-scale dynamics, convection, and land surface recycling on the Sahelian water budget. To this aim, we use isotope data in the lower tropospheric water vapor measured by the SCIAMACHY and TES satellite instruments and in situ precipitation data from the Global Network for Isotopes in Precipitation and collected during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis field campaign, together with water-tagging experiments with the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique general circulation model (LMDZ) fitted with isotopes. We show that some isotopic biases in LMDZ reveal the misrepresentation of dehydrating processes that would be undetected without isotopic measurements. In dry regions, the vapor isotopic composition is primarily controlled by the intensity of the air dehydration. In addition, it may also keep some memory of dehydration pathways that is erased in the humidity distribution, namely the relative contribution of dehydration in the tropical upper troposphere versus midlatitudes. In wet regions, vapor and rain isotope compositions are primarily controlled by changes in convection, through rain reevaporation and through the progressive depletion of the vapor by convective mixing along air mass trajectories. Gradients in vapor isotope composition along air mass trajectories may help estimate continental recycling intensity, provided that we could quantify the effect of convection on the isotopic composition of water vapor.
Recombination at Lomer Dislocations in Multicrystalline Silicon for Solar Cells

Lomer dislocations at small-angle grain boundaries in multicrystalline silicon solar cells have been identified as responsible for the dominating inherent dark current losses. Resulting efficiency losses have been quantified by dark lock-in thermography to be locally up to several percent absolute, reducing the maximum power of the cells. By electron beam induced current measurements and scanning transmission electron microscopy investigations, it is revealed that the strengths of the dark current losses depend on the density of Lomer dislocations at the small-angle grain boundaries.
Periodic points for actions of tori in Stein manifolds

In one complex variable dynamics, Sullivan’s theorem ([6]) gives a complete classification of the Fatou components that can appear for a rational map f . Consequently we can have only periodic components U andU can be one of the following: 1.U attracting basin; 2. U parabolic domain; 3. U Siegel disk; 4.U Herman ring. Cases 3. and 4. are called rotation domains . In these cases, the rational mapf is conjugated onU to an irrational rotation, hence by taking all the iterates of and their limits we obtain an S1-action onU which has at most one fixed (periodic) point inU . The goal of this paper is to give conditions when the generalization of the one variable situation is true. In particular we consider actions of tori on Stein manifolds and study their periodic (fixed) points.
Establishing a normal range for d‐dimer levels through pregnancy to aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis

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Remote Bridge Deflection Measurement Using an Advanced Video Deflectometer and Actively Illuminated LED Targets

An advanced video deflectometer using actively illuminated LED targets is proposed for remote, real-time measurement of bridge deflection. The system configuration, fundamental principles, and measuring procedures of the video deflectometer are first described. To address the challenge of remote and accurate deflection measurement of large engineering structures without being affected by ambient light, the novel idea of active imaging, which combines high-brightness monochromatic LED targets with coupled bandpass filter imaging, is introduced. Then, to examine the measurement accuracy of the proposed advanced video deflectometer in outdoor environments, vertical motions of an LED target with precisely-controlled translations were measured and compared with prescribed values. Finally, by tracking six LED targets mounted on the bridge, the developed video deflectometer was applied for field, remote, and multipoint deflection measurement of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, one of the most prestigious and most publicized constructions in China, during its routine safety evaluation tests. Since the proposed video deflectometer using actively illuminated LED targets offers prominent merits of remote, contactless, real-time, and multipoint deflection measurement with strong robustness against ambient light changes, it has great potential in the routine safety evaluation of various bridges and other large-scale engineering structures.