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May 17 , 2016 Risk Factors for Adverse Neurological and Developmental Outcomes in Children

The number of patients surviving with congenital heart disease (CHD) has soared over the last 3 decades. Adults constitute the fastest-growing segment of the CHD population, now outnumbering children. Research to date on the heart-brain intersection in this population has been focused largely on neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence. Mutations in genes that are highly expressed in heart and brain may cause cerebral dysgenesis. Together with altered cerebral perfusion in utero, these factors are associated with abnormalities of brain structure and brain immaturity in a significant portion of neonates with critical CHD even before they undergo cardiac surgery. In infancy and childhood, the brain may be affected by risk factors related to heart disease itself or to its interventional treatments. As children with CHD become adults, they increasingly develop heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and coronary disease. These acquired cardiovascular comorbidities can be expected to have effects similar to those in the general population on cerebral blood flow, brain volumes, and dementia. In both children and adults, cardiovascular disease may have adverse effects on achievement, executive function, memory, language, social interactions, and quality of life. Against the backdrop of shifting demographics, risk factors for brain injury in the CHD population are cumulative and synergistic. As neurodevelopmental sequelae in children with CHD evolve to cognitive decline or dementia during adulthood, a growing population of CHD can be expected to require support services. We highlight evidence gaps and future research directions. (Circulation. 2016;133:1951-1962. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019881.)
On Crop Biodiversity, Risk Exposure, and Food Security in the Highlands of Ethiopia

This paper investigates the effects of crop genetic diversity on farm productivity and production risk in the highlands of Ethiopia. Using a moment-based approach, the analysis uses a stochastic production function capturing mean, variance, and skewness effects. Welfare implications of diversity are evaluated using a certainty equivalent, measured as expected income minus a risk premium (reflecting the cost of risk). We find that the effect of diversity on skewness dominates its effect on variance, meaning that diversity reduces the cost of risk. The analysis also shows that the beneficial effects of diversity
E-mentoring as a HRD intervention: an exploratory action research study within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme

ABSTRACT Advances in technology have reshaped mentoring as a human resource development (HRD) intervention and heralded e-mentoring, using online solutions, as an alternative to traditional mentoring. In this article, we report on a unique learning opportunity as a part of the HRD curriculum in a higher education institution (HEI) in which mentoring was offered to pairs separated by not only geographical distance but also by time zone, culture and organisation (global mentoring relationships [GMRs]). We used an action research approach to aid the programme team’s understanding of their own practice and to evaluate 23 GMRs within an e-mentoring scheme in a UK-based university. We offer empirical evidence of the application of media richness theory as well as traditional models of mentoring to develop and evaluate e-mentoring relationships, particularly GMRs. Key findings highlight how the mode of communication and its media richness affect GMRs and demonstrate the effect of the type and style of mentoring on the success of GMRs. Based on our results, we recommend a combination of e-mentoring methods using various forms of technology and the sharing of models to create a common language to enhance the practice of e-mentoring in and across organisations.
Trust, Satisfaction and Commitment- On Loyalty to International Retail Service Brands

Retail service brands are a ubiquitous feature of the retail landscape. In this competitive environment, how to retain consumers and create consumers' retail service brand loyalty is very important. Therefore, this paper will attempt to understand the process through which consumers become loyal to retail service brands. Our research was designed to use 429 valid samples from four international retail service brand settings in different retail formats as the subjects for empirical analysis. The result of empirical analysis by means of LISREL 8.52 show that retail service brand settings, brand satisfaction, brand trust and commitment is the driver of loyalty; brand trust, and continuance commitment are especially important.
Clay Mineral Distributions to Interpret Nile Cell Provenance and Dispersal: III. Offshore Margin between Nile Delta and Northern Israel

Clay assemblages in Holocene sediment on southeast Mediterranean margins are generally smectite-rich and, in the past, were derived primarily from direct River Nile input to the sea. Depositional patterns in the Nile littoral cell are now undergoing extensive change, largely as a response to closure of the High Dam at Aswan (1964), increased sediment entrapment by canal systems in the Nile delta, and construction of large coastal structures between the Nile delta and Israeli margins. Although information on land-to-sea dispersal by the River Nile and other fluvial and offshore sediment sources to the east remains limited, there appears to be evidence for increased sediment input from erosion of Sinai and Levant shelves and coasts east of the Nile delta. This, the third in a 3-part study that focuses on regional clay mineral distributions, was initiated to provide baselines to measure evolving changes of sediment provenance and dispersal patterns on the shelves and upper Nile Cone between the Nile delta and northern Israel. The investigation shows that clay assemblages are not uniformly distributed in the SE Mediterranean, likely a result of several important sediment sources in addition to the Nile. Smectite-rich clay assemblages east of the Nile delta are presently derived from storm wave and coastal current erosion of the Nile delta, reworking of Quaternary deposits along the coast and on the seafloor east of the delta, and from some Israeli rivers between Tel Aviv and Atlit. Kaolinite and illite at offshore sites are supplied in part from erosion of coastal cliff sections, river input between Wadi El Arish in Sinai and the Lebanon-Israel border, and from wind-borne dust from African and Middle East deserts released seaward of the coast. The diverse source terrains that back coastal plains provide laterally variable clay assemblages along the southeastern Mediterranean coast. Presently evolving changes in the volume and mineralogy of sediment transported from the distal Nile region in Egypt, versus those from more proximal coastal sources on Sinai and Levant margins, are likely to be subtle. Post Aswan High Dam changes of fine-sediment load, composition and dispersal in the eastern Mediterranean should now be determined from water samples and sediment traps set above the seafloor between the coast and upper Nile Cone. Improved quality of information can be derived from clay mineral assemblages in suspended sediment samples in conjunction with geochemical tracers. Moreover, detailed morphologic surveys will provide essential information on altered sediment transport patterns as related to sectors undergoing accelerated coastal erosion.
Contents of Phytic Acid of Various Cereal Crops Produced in Korea

The main objective of the study was to investigate the phytic acid contents of various cereals and legumes produced in Korea. The results showed that the phytic acid contents of buckwheat, foxtail millets, sorghum, millet, barley, jobs’ tears, yellow corn and wheat flour (Urimil) were in a range of 0.13 to 2.27%. The contents of the phytic acid ranged from 1.03 to 1.16% for legumes including red Indian bean, black Indian bean, mung bean, and black soybean. The phytic acid content of brown rice was five times higher than those of 100% polished rice. The polishing process of the rice decreased significantly the content of the phytic acid. We estimate that the daily phytic acid intake from rice was changed from 653 ㎎/day in 1995 to 430 ㎎/day in 2005 based on the results of a national nutrition survey.
Level Function Examples Neural control infrastructure Generic neural control functions used by functionally diverse systems Gain limitationa Excitation – inhibition couplingb Neuronal homeostasis Restore baseline neural function under persistent perturbation Recalibration of channel densities after 

Cortical oscillatory synchrony in the gamma range has been attracting increasing attention in cognitive neuroscience ever since being proposed as a solution to the so-called binding problem. This growing literature is critically reviewed in both its basic neuroscience and cognitive aspects. A physiological “default assumption” regarding these oscillations is introduced, according to which they signal a state of physiological activation of cortical tissue, and the associated need to balance excitation with inhibition in particular. As such these oscillations would belong among a variety of generic neural control operations that enable neural tissue to perform its systems level functions, without implementing those functions themselves. Regional control of cerebral blood flow provides an analogy in this regard, and gamma oscillations are tightly correlated with this even more elementary control operation. As correlates of neural
Traveling wave modeling of nonlinear dynamics in multisection semiconductor lasers

A hierarchy of 1 (time) + 1 (space) dimensional first-order partial differential equation (traveling wave) models is used for a description of dynamics in individual semiconductor lasers, various multisection semiconductor lasers, and coupled laser systems. Consequent modifications of the basic traveling wave model allow for taking into account different physical effects such as the gain dispersion, the thermal detuning, the spatial hole burning of carriers, the nonlinear gain saturation, or various carrier exchange processes in quantum dot lasers. For illustration, the model was applied for simulations of dynamics in complex ring laser with four branches of filtered feedback. Finally, several advanced techniques for model analysis such as calculation of instantaneous optical modes, finding of steady states, and numerical continuation and bifurcation analysis of the model equations were discussed and illustrated by example simulations.
The Relationship between of positive emotion and sport competitions in expert's athletes

The purpose of this study was Relationship between of positive emotion and sport competitions in exper t’s athletes. In order to this study, expert’s athletes 87 were s elected randomly from participated students in Shah rood sport Olympiad at the 2010 year. In order to investing th eir happiness degree, Oxford happiness inventory wa s used and it validity has been determined in our country and also personal information questionnaire was used fo r determination win and failure in competitions. Afte r distribution and collection of the questionnaires among expert’s athletes students data were analyzed. The results of this study show that winner expert’s ath letes had a high happiness rather than failure expert’s athletes in while before competitions.
The notion of closedness in topological categories

In [1], various generalizations of the separation properties, the notion of closed and strongly closed points and subobjects of an object in an arbitrary topological category are given. In this paper, the relationship between various generalized separation properties as well as relationship between our separation properties and the known ones ([4], [5], [7], [9], [10], [14], [16]) are determined. Furthermore, the relationships between the notion of closedness and strongly closedness are investigated in an arbitrary topological category and a characterization of each of these notions is given for some known topological categories.
Characteristics of meltwater export from Jakobshavn Isbræ and Ilulissat Icefjord

ABSTRACT Jakobshavn Isbræ, which terminates in Ilulissat Icefjord, has undergone rapid retreat and is currently the largest contributor to ice-sheet mass loss among Greenland's marine terminating glaciers. Accelerating mass loss is increasing fresh water discharge to the ocean, which can feed back on ice melt, impact marine ecosystems and potentially modify regional and larger scale ocean circulation. Here we present hydrographic observations, including inert geochemical tracers, that allow the first quantitative description of the glacially-modified waters exported from the Jakobshavn/Icefjord system. Observations within the fjord suggest a deep-reaching overturning cell driven by glacial buoyancy forcing. Modified waters containing submarine meltwater (up to 2.5 ± 0.12%), subglacial discharge (up to 6 ± 0.37%) and large portions of entrained ocean waters are seen to exit the fjord and flow north. The exported meltwaters form a buoyant coastal gravity current reaching to 100 m depth and extending 10 km offshore.
Intraplate Stress Analysis by COMSOL Multiphysics

Mathematical modeling tools are extensively used in geosciences to delineate the earth structure at various spatial scales as well as to simulate coupled earth processes involving multiphysics concepts. In the present work, we demonstrate an application of COMSOL for the computation of elastic intraplate stresses in the continental crust. Understanding the stress state of continental crust is important for earthquake studies. We have computed intraplate stresses due to density heterogeneities and mechanical property variations for a model of the continental crust, delineated by geophysical techniques along a profile in the western part of the Indian shield, and validated our computations with the published results. The finite element model consists of 11 layers, each having its own geophysical significance and distinct material properties. The computed results show the significant stress concentration in the crust. The stress computation protocol prepared for this work may be used to carry out similar exercises under the Earth Science module.
Running head : Motor cortical excitation and inhibition after training

Motor learning with professional experience leads to cortical reorganization with plasticity. Long-term training facilitates motor cortical excitability. It is not clear how beneficial cortical plasticity is maintained during long-term training. We studied this question in 15 elite badminton athletes and 15 novices. We hypothesize that motor cortical excitation increases after long-term training and this is accompanied by increased motor cortical inhibition. Motor cortical excitation was measured with motor evoked potential (MEP) input-output curve using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Motor cortical inhibition was measured with short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and long-interval intracortical inhibition (LICI) by a paired-pulse TMS paradigm. We found MEP was increased at high TMS intensity and the MEP input-output curve was steeper in athletes compared to novices. Both SICI and LICI were also increased in athletes. In addition, both SICI and LICI were correlated with the slope of MEP input-output curve in athletes but not in novices. The slope of MEP input-output curve, SICI and LICI were also correlated with the training time in athletes. We conclude that both cortical excitation and cortical inhibition are increased, and that the balance between cortical excitation and inhibition is maintained during long-term training.
Persistence of Value Relevance of the Employee Stock Options: An Investor Perspective in Biotech Industry

The employee stock options (ESO) have been a controversial subject in recent years. Firms, in order to attract talented and educated workforce have to reward it adequately so the "talent" stays within the firm and performs, discovers, and invents. This study uses the Ohlson (1995) valuation models to compare the extent to which the APB No. 25 and SFAS No. 123 approaches to accounting for employee stock options reflect the market's assessment of the effects of employee stock options on firm value. It extends the existing literature by examining whether this association stays constant under different market conditions in highly knowledge intensive biotech industry. We find that for biotech industry abnormal earnings and book values have significant explanatory power in predicting market values. This assessment stays constant under different market conditions but the explanatory power of existing components changes upon introduction of new earnings components in the form of employee stock options. Further, we conclude that the accounting for employee stock option expense (as described under SFAS No. 123) has an incremental explanatory
Managers recognised the value of nurses spending time with other healthcare professionals , such as pharmacists

■ Appropriate selection of students. ■ Inter-professional collaboration before, during and after the programme (Courtenay 2013, Weglicki et al 2015). The education programme undertaken by non-medical prescribing (NMP) students includes practice learning and academic assessment at bachelor’s or master’s degree levels (Courtenay 2008, Royal College of Nursing 2012), and must last a maximum of 26 weeks (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2006, Health and Care Professions Council 2013). Students are nominated by their line managers on the basis of their skills and experience, and the NMP qualification will have been identified by their manager as essential to the further development and enhancement of healthcare services for patients. Selected students are invariably highly motivated who recognise the need for prescribing in their practice area, and are ready to undertake the necessary learning and practice assessment. Successful completion of the programme relies on collaboration between stakeholders, who are Abstract
Consumer Behavior In The Process Of Purchasing Tourism Product In Social Media

Today, with the development of communication technologies, the rate of use of the internet and web tools has also increased. The most preferred of this web-based tools has been social media. Because of using a lot, social media has become amarketing tool both in other fields and tourism industry. Consumers are affected the contents which is created by social media users or the company in case of purchase. Thus, a tourism product in social media how it is spoken is becoming important fur businesses. At this point, it must examined changes in consumer behavior in social media in the process of tourism product purchasing. This study aims to explore relationship with consumer behavior of social media in the process of tourism product purchasing. The research was applied 455 people use social media. For the analysis was applied SPSS 21.0. As a result of the data, it’s appeared to be positive relationship between consumer behavior in prior and subsequent the purchase of tourism product and the level of social media usage.
Factors Influencing Track and Swimming Coaches’ Intentions to Use Sport Psychology Services

This study is the first attempt at developing an instrument measuring coaches’ attitudes toward sport psychology modified from Martin, Kellmann, Lavallee, and Page’s (2002) Sport Psychology Attitudes-Revised (SPA-R) form. The Sport Psychology Attitude-Revised Coaches (SPA-RC) form was developed and examined through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) procedures. In addition, an exploratory model of service use was fashioned through regression analyses to help understand coaches’ intended use of sport psychology services. Coaches (n = 374) were surveyed regarding attitude, previous exposure, expectations of the consultation process, and intentions to use sport psychology services. EFA with the SPA-RC revealed a 3factor solution (stigma tolerance, confidence in sport psychology consultation, and personal openness) accounting for 45% of the total variance. Results also showed initial support for the exploratory model, accounting for 38% of the total variance, with confidence (34%) as the most significant predictor of coaches’ intentions, followed by stigma tolerance (3%), and expectations of the process (1%).
neointima : Are they ‘ ‘ true colors ’ ’ shining through ?

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been developed as a novel gray scale imaging of the coronary vessel wall in vivo. IVUS-based cross-sectional imaging provides additional information, such as vessel, lumen, and plaque area and thus helps the undertaking of percutaneous coronary intervention more effectively and safely. In addition to the quantitative assessment, visual interpretations of the gray scale IVUS image may help in assessing plaque as well as neointimal characteristics. Despite the fact that we can assess plaque vulnerability as well as risk for slow flow/no reflow during PCI [1,2], gray scale IVUS-derived tissue qualitative assessment may not be enough because of its subjective and less quantitative nature. Three different IVUS-based tissue characterization algorithms based on radio frequency signal processing have been developed to provide more objective and quantitative information of the coronary plaque in vivo [3–5]. One of the tissue characterizations is virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) [3]. VHIVUS-based tissue characterization has been reported as useful to predict coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary intervention [3] and future coronary events [6]. The second tissue characterization technique is an integrated backscatter (IB)IVUS [5,7–9]. Similar to the VH-IVUS, IB-IVUS may be useful to detect unstable or vulnerable plaque [5] and future coronary events [8]. Although these tissue characterization systems have been validated to assess coronary plaque by comparing with histology [7], IB-IVUS may have some role in the assessment of intrastent neointimal tissue characterization [10]. In fact, IVUS has been used to quantitate in-stent neointimal hyperplasia [11]. Therefore, use of tissue characterization may have an additional role in volumetric neointimal analysis using gray scale IVUS alone. In this issue of the journal, Araki and co-workers [12], by using another IVUS-based tissue characterization system [12], iMap [9,13], reported that in-stent neointimal tissue components may be different between early and late drug-eluting stent restenosis. The iMap has been developed as the third IVUS-based tissue characterization system [9,13]. The iMap classifies tissue components into four categories: fibrotic, lipidic, necrotic, and calcified [13]. Although iMap has not been developed to assess in-stent neointima but to assess atherosclerotic coronary plaque, it may be possible to clarify the differences in the in-stent neointimal tissue components. In fact, in-stent neointimal tissue components
Wherefore Art Thou R3579x? Anonymized Social Networks, Hidden Patterns, and Structural Steganography

In a social network, nodes correspond to people or other social entities , and edges correspond to social links between them. In an effort to preserve privacy, the practice of anonymization replaces names with meaningless unique identifiers. We describe a family of attacks such that even from a single anonymized copy of a social network, it is possible for an adversary to learn whether edges exist or not between specific targeted pairs of nodes.