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Performance within the virtual action planning supermarket (VAP-S): an executive function profile of three different populations suffering from deficits in the central nervous system

Executive functions are those higher-order functions required for performing complex or nonroutine tasks. People exhibiting Central Nervous System (CNS) deficits often manifest impaired executive functions, compromising return to full everyday activity and occupation. Such individuals have difficulty performing mundane daily living activities, and especially complex activities – termed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL). The use of ecologically valid, functional virtual environments constitutes a novel solution to evaluation. The Virtual Action Planning Supermarket (VAP-S) allowed us to compare performance among 3 groups of clients: post-stroke, Minimal Cognitive Impaired, and schizophrenics, and to analyze predictive group membership of the clients (N=83). Results supported study objectives, revealing distinctive performance profiles per group.
Genetic evidence for a role of IL33 in nasal polyposis

To cite this article: Buysschaert ID, Grulois V, Eloy P, Jorissen M, Rombaux P, Bertrand B, Collet S, Bobic S, Vlaminck S, Hellings PW, Lambrechts D. Genetic evidence for a role of IL33 in nasal polyposis. Allergy 2010; 65: 616–622.
Commercial Water Auditing In Stella

Stella has been successfully used to model water supply systems [1] including the representation of residential demand [2] in such systems (Stella is a product of ISEE Systems, Hanover, NH USA.) This paper documents the use of this modeling tool in simulating demand from several appliances common to commercial water users and applying this technique to commercial water auditing. The application of the model to the audits of six commercial organizations is presented. The model is being used for water management/conservation studies but also has potential for representing commercial water demand in more comprehensive supply system models.
Edge-guided depth map enhancement

Low-cost depth sensing devices, such as Microsoft Kinect, can only produce noisy depth maps that are mis-aligned with color images, and even contain many holes. Even though the coupled high quality color images contain rich information which can be exploited to enhance the depth maps, the redundant color edges often introduce incorrect depth edges in the result depth map, since color images contain more textures than depth maps. To solve this problem, we propose a novel approach which generates accurate color-consistent depth edges by employing both color and depth images. First, Edges of raw depth maps are extracted using image pyramid strategy. Then, the redundant edges in color images are removed according to the raw depth edges, and, accurate color-consistent depth edges are generated by combining raw depth edges with current color edges. Finally, constraints extracted from both raw depth and color images and the generated depth edges are fused in a MRF optimization framework to obtain the enhanced depth map, which is accurately aligned with coupled color image. As experimentally demonstrated, the proposed method achieves outstanding performance when compared with previous approaches.
Anthracyclines, mitoxantrone, radiotherapy, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: risk factors for leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome after breast cancer.

PURPOSE To determine the risk factors for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) after breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a case-control study among women treated for breast cancer between 1985 and 2001 in French general hospitals, cancer centers, or clinics. We included 182 AML and MDS patients and 534 matched controls. Breast cancer characteristics, type of treatment, and family history of cancer were compared in both groups. RESULTS The risk of AML/MDS was increased after topoisomerase-II inhibitor-based chemotherapy (P < 10-16) and was higher for mitoxantrone-based chemotherapy than for anthracycline-based chemotherapy (relative risk [RR] = 15.6; 95% CI, 7.1 to 34.2; and RR = 2.7; 95% CI, 1.7 to 4.5, respectively). After adjustment for other treatment components, the risk of AML/MDS in patients who received radiotherapy was multiplied by 3.9 (95% CI, 1.4 to 10.8) but was not increased by alkylating agents. Patients receiving granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) support had an increased risk of AML/MDS (RR = 6.3; 95% CI, 1.9 to 21), even when controlling for chemotherapy doses. Similar results were obtained when AML and MDS were considered separately. CONCLUSION This large case-control study demonstrates that the risk of AML/MDS is much higher with mitoxantrone-based chemotherapy than with anthracyclines-based chemotherapy in a population of women recently treated for breast cancer. The risk of AML/MDS associated with mitoxantrone must be kept in mind when using this drug to treat diseases other than breast cancer (eg, prostate cancer or multiple sclerosis). In addition, our study suggests the need to monitor the long-term effects of G-CSF therapy.
How media factors affect audience responses to brand placement

This study investigates the influence of media factors on brand placement effects in a real-life setting. Although many studies on brand placement have been conducted, insights into context effects on brand placement reactions are scarce. The impact of objective and subjective media context factors is studied for brands placed in four different television shows. Drawing on a survey of 1195 viewers, we found that genre, programme attitude and the programme’s informational value had positive effects on brand placement reactions. These results support theories on ‘spillover effects’ and media gratifications. The effect of genre on viewers’ behaviour was partially mediated by the programme’s perceived informational value. This study shows the importance of context factors in brand placement effects.
Immunohistochemical detection of class III β‐tubulin in primary brain tumours: variable expression in most tumour types limits utility as a differential diagnostic marker

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A customer‐oriented framework for empowering service employees

While a great deal has been written on the subject of empowerment of employees in the manufacturing industries, its application in the services area is relatively under‐developed. In fact, the special nature of services, and in particular the simultaneity of production and consumption is one of the major reasons for arguing that contact employees should be allowed a degree of discretion when dealing with customers. However, some authors have argued that service employees should have little or no discretion. This suggests that the approach to participation is a contingent one. That is, empowerment is not suitable for all occasions or all types of employees. Outlines a contingency framework for the empowerment of contact service employees. Argues that the appropriate levels and the types of empowerment given to employees depends on a combination of the complexity or variability of customer needs, and the degree of task complexity or variability involved in delivering the customer needs. It is also argued that, in any empowerment framework it is essential that the degree and the type of empowerment is also included.
The development of visuo-spatial working memory

Children's performance on tests of visuo-spatial working memory improves with age, although relatively little is known about why this happens. One explanation concerns the development of the ability to recode visually presented information into phonological form. This process appears to be used from around 8 years of age and is a major contributor to tasks in which stimuli can be verbally labelled. However, evidence suggests that phonological recoding cannot account for all of the age-related change in performance on visuo-spatial working memory tasks. In this review, four other mechanisms (knowledge, processing strategies, processing speed, and attentional capacity) are considered in terms of their contribution to children's visuo-spatial working memory development.
Commitment and response to inductive signals of primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo

In the sea urchin embryo, primary mesenchyme cells (PMC) are committed to produce the larval skeleton, although their behavior and skeleton production are influenced by signals from the embryonic environment. Results from our recent studies showed that perturbation of skeleton development, by interfering with ectoderm–extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, is linked to a reduction in the gene expression of a transforming growth factor (TGF)‐beta growth factor, Pl‐univin, suggesting a reduction in the blastocoelic amounts of the protein and its putative involvement in signaling events. In the present study, we examined PMC competence to respond to environmental signals in a validated skeleton perturbation model in Paracentrotus lividus. We found that injection of blastocoelic fluid (BcF), obtained from normal embryos, into the blastocoelic cavity of skeleton‐defective embryos rescues skeleton development. In addition, PMC from skeleton‐defective embryos transplanted into normal or PMC‐less blastula embryos are able to position in correct regions of the blastocoel and to engage spicule elongation and patterning. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PMC commitment to direct skeletogenesis is maintained in skeleton perturbed embryos and confirm the role played by inductive signals in regulating skeleton growth and shape.
The Role of Brand Detachment on the Dissolution of the Relationship Between the Consumer and the Brand

Given the growing role of affective factors in consumer behaviour and particularly on brand loyalty, the deterioration of these factors can provide an additional explanation of the dissolution of the relationship between the brand and the consumer. A new concept, brand detachment, was developed in marketing research to enhance understanding of the dissolution process of the relationship between brands and consumers. Brand detachment results from the dissolution of the affective bond existing between a brand and a consumer and can be seen as an attitudinal aspect of the dissolution process of certain relationships. After conceptualizing brand detachment, the results of a quantitative study (N=434, use of regression analysis) allow this concept to be used as an indicator of the consumer's propensity to end the relationship with the brand. Thus brand detachment has a negative influence on the consideration of the brand and the consumer's subsequent buying behaviour in relation to it.
Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading in Dynamic Limit Order Markets

We consider a dynamic equilibrium model of algorithmic trading (AT) for limit order markets. We show that AT improves market performance ‘only’ under specific conditions. For instance, AT traders with only an informational (only a trading speed) advantage increase (reduce) global welfare. AT traders act as liquidity demanders with ‘predatory’ strategies when ‘less-skilled’ investors are majority, which may deteriorate liquidity and welfare. AT reduces waiting costs but finally damages traditional traders’ profits and changes their trading behaviour. AT traders prefer volatile assets, and we report that cancellation fees may be better policy instruments to control AT activity than latency restrictions.
STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN AND ASSOCIATED PURSE SEINE AND BAITBOAT FLEETS, IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

This document presents a summarized statistical balance of the European and assimilated purse seine and baitboat fleet from 1991 to 2012. The document presents indications on fleet characteristics (type of fishery by number category), fishing effort by type and vessel size category, number of 1o square visited by the fleet by year during the period, catches, effort and PUE by species for purse seine and baitboat, as well as the average individual weight by species and by gear. Fishing maps are also presented indicating fleet deployment in the Atlantic, as well as the time-area distribution of European and assimilated purse seine catches in 2012 compared to the average 2007-2011 scenario.
Temporary anchorage devices for tooth movement: a review and case reports.

BACKGROUND Temporary anchorage devices (TADs) are immediately loaded miniscrews and osseointegrated palatal implants that are placed to control tooth movement during orthodontic treatment and removed when the treatment is completed. They are a relatively new addition to the dental armamentarium and can be used in some cases to replace traditional orthodontic extraoral appliances. Because placement requires a surgical procedure, orthodontists often refer patients to periodontists for this stage of the overall treatment plan. METHODS The purpose of this article is to introduce TADs to the periodontal community by reviewing their purpose, various systems that are available, indications for use, site selection, and surgical technique. Case reports are included to illustrate this new treatment approach. RESULTS Placement of osseointegrated implants for restorative purposes is an established procedure in most periodontal offices. Although placement of TADs is a modification of these familiar techniques, most of these devices serve a very different purpose, involving new loading protocols with no expectation of osseointegration in patients usually not receiving concomitant periodontal therapy. CONCLUSIONS Periodontists' knowledge of soft and hard tissue anatomy and their ability to manage soft tissue position them well to collaborate with orthodontists in this multidisciplinary treatment. However, as with every new modality, clinicians need to understand the specific uses and limitations of TADs and work closely with their referring orthodontists in identifying patients for whom miniscrew implants are a viable option. Periodontal practices are based primarily on referrals from dental colleagues, and the concept of periodontists working cooperatively with orthodontists is not new. Including TAD placement among the services periodontists offer provides another opportunity to further this relationship and to establish periodontists as appropriate resources for this segment of orthodontic treatment.
Effects of Band-Pass Spatial Frequency Filtering of Face and Object Images on the Amplitude of N170

Previous studies have suggested that physiological responses are greatest and face recognition performance is best when a band of middle relative spatial frequencies (SFs) is included in stimuli. Conversely, behavioural data suggest that object recognition performance shows comparatively little effect of SF variations. Here, we examine the effects of SF filtering on the amplitude of the N170 ERP component when participants are shown images of faces and objects. Our findings show that with face stimuli the amplitude of N170 exhibits a band-pass modulation function, with responses to middle SFs (around 11 cycles per face) being statistically indistinguishable from responses to full-band faces. In contrast to faces, object stimuli elicited a relatively flat function across much of the spectrum. However, for both faces and objects, middle spatial frequencies were sufficient to elicit the same N170 magnitude as full-band images. Our results with face stimuli are in accordance with previous work examining single-cell and MEG responses. Our results with objects are compatible with previous behavioural work showing a relative robustness of object recognition to SF manipulations. Our findings are novel in showing that the middle band elicits the same N170 as full-band images in both faces and objects.
Equity Offerings, Stock Price Crash Risk, and the Impact of Securities Regulation: International Evidence

We examine whether earnings manipulation around seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) is associated with an increase in the likelihood of a stock price crash post-issue and test whether the enactment of securities regulations attenuate the relation between SEOs and crash risk. Empirical evidence documents that managerial tendency to conceal bad news increases the likelihood of a stock price crash (Jin and Myers, 2006; Hutton, Marcus, and Tehranian, 2009). We test this hypothesis using a sample of firms from 29 EU countries that enacted the Market Abuse Directive (MAD). Consistent with our hypothesis, we find that equity issuers that engage in earnings management experience a significant increase in crash risk post-SEO relative to control groups of non-issuers; this effect is stronger for equity issuers with poor information environments. In addition, our findings show a significant decline in crash risk post-issue after the enactment of MAD that is stronger for firms that actively manage earnings. This decline in post-issue crash risk is more effective in countries with high ex-ante institutional quality and enforcement. These results suggest that the implementation of MAD helps to mitigate managers’ ability to manipulate earnings around SEOs.
Fixed-Effects Panel Data Analysis of Gasoline Prices, Fare, Service Supply, and Service Frequency on Transit Ridership in 10 U.S. Urbanized Areas

Gasoline price increases since 1999 have generated substantial discussion about their effect on travel behavior. With panel data for 10 selected U.S. urbanized areas between 2002 and 2011, this study analyzed the effects of gasoline prices and three factors that were internal to transit agencies—fare, service supply, and service frequency—on ridership of bus, light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail, as well as their aggregate ridership. Improving on past studies on the subject, this study accounted for the simultaneous relationship between service supply and ridership and controlled for factors that were external to transit agencies' control but might have influenced ridership. With fixed-effects models that examined temporal changes within each urbanized area, the analysis found that the possibility of simultaneity was low. The results of estimated coefficients showed that the short-term increase in ridership due to gasoline price increases was relatively small for bus and aggregate transit and marginal for rails, certainly smaller than the effects of the three internal factors. The total influence of the three internal factors was found to be more substantial than that of external factors; this finding indicated the potential to increase ridership by transit agencies' efforts when resources were available. In addition, it is recommended that transit agencies prepare for a ridership increase more for bus than for rail because of gasoline prices, considering that even a small increase could require a substantial service increase to accommodate travelers' needs during peak periods.
Benchmarking supply chain operations

Over the last decade or so a number of significant research studies have focused on the characteristics of an excellent supply chain. These studies have shifted the emphasis from operational to strategic considerations. The practice of supply chain management has also broadened to include both operational and strategic concerns. A framework was developed to evaluate both the operational and strategic effectiveness of the supply chain which was tested with ten consumer goods and automobile manufacturers. It was found that consumer goods companies had significant room to improve their logistics operations. But none had a logistics strategy to guide the change. Automotive companies, on the other hand, had more sophisticated logistics operations and had plans to improve further over the next two years. The framework described in this paper provides a useful benchmark set for focusing change projects to improve both operational and strategic capabilities of the corporate supply chain.
Factors associated with fatigue in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between fatigue, disease activity, damage, and quality of life measures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS Consecutive patients attending the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic were studied. Disease activity was assessed using the SLEDAI and SLAM-R and damage using the SLICC/ACR Damage index. Fatigue was measured by the Fatigue Severity Score (FSS) and health status by the SF-36 questionnaire. In all cases a tender point count was also performed. RESULTS 81 patients were studied. Their mean (SD) age and disease duration were 43 (12.5) years and 12.7 (8.0) years respectively. The FSS did not correlate with the SLEDAI nor with the SLAM-R. There was no correlation with the SLICC damage index. Fatigue severity correlated with the tender point count (SCC r=0.46, p<0.001), and negatively with all domains of the SF36 (r values −0.50 to −0.82). Disease activity and damage accounted for only 4.8% and 4% respectively of the variance in fatigue severity reported by patients. CONCLUSION In an outpatient population of SLE patients, fatigue severity correlates with poor health status and a higher tender point count. In patients with SLE, factors associated with quality of life and fibromyalgia seem to have a greater influence on the severity of reported fatigue than does the level of current disease activity.
SURVEY OF NECROPSY RESULTS IN CAPTIVE RED WOLVES (CANIS RUFUS), 1992–1996

Abstract Through the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan, the captive red wolf (Canis rufus) population was developed with the intent of reestablishing wild populations. One part of the plan was a survey for diseases that might occur as a result of population homogeneity or that might impede breeding success and reintroduction. For this survey, complete necropsies and histopathologic analyses were performed on 62 red wolves from 1992 to 1996. Major causes of 22 neonatal deaths were parental trauma, parasitic pneumonia, and septicemia. Common neonatal lesions included pododermatitis and systemic ascariasis. Cardiovascular anomalies and systemic parasitism were found in two juveniles. Causes of death in the 38 adults included conspecific trauma, neoplasia, or gastrointestinal diseases such as necrotizing enteritis, intestinal perforation, and gastric volvulus. Lymphosarcoma represented 50% of the fatal neoplasms. Three adults died from cardiovascular failure or hyperthermia during handling, and several adults were euthanized for suspected genetic diseases. Overall, the captive population had few significant health problems, but population fitness might be improved by continued removal of potentially deleterious genes from the breeding population and by modifying the husbandry of neonates and adults.