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Complications and consent following decompressive craniectomy: An illustrative case study

Abstract Primary objective: To assess clinical outcome following restoration of cranial contour in a young male who had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. Research design: Case report. Methods and procedures: A young male was assessed before and after cranial reconstructive surgery with a custom-made titanium plate. The patient had previously required a bifrontal decompressive craniectomy in order to control intractable intracranial hypertension due to neurotrauma. Following an autologous cranioplasty he made very little neurological recovery and remained wheelchair-bound with severe contractures and was only able to follow single stage commands. Over the following 2 years he developed extensive resorption of his bone flap such that it required augmentation. Main outcomes and results: After surgery he clinically improved such that he was able to communicate more effectively and, although he remained severely disabled and fully dependent, he was able to communicate that he would have provided consent for the initial decompressive procedure even if he had known that the eventual outcome would be survival with severe disability and total dependence. Conclusions: Long-term follow-up is required for patients with severe traumatic brain injury not only to assess outcome and complications, but also to assess how acceptable that outcome is for the patient and their families.
Innovation And Small Firms

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International Financial Crises in Comparison Lessons for Managing the Current Crisis

 With the eclipse of the system and the liberalisation of the capital markets began the modern age of debt and financial and real estate crises. As a reserve currency country the USA retained its dominant position and was able to run up debts in its own currency with impunity. In addition, from the 1980s onwards the »financial capital faction« was able to assert itself against the »real capital faction«, both politically and ideologically.
A pan-Canadian practice guideline and algorithm: screening, assessment, and supportive care of adults with cancer-related fatigue.

PURPOSE The purpose of the present systematic review was to develop a practice guideline to inform health care providers about screening, assessment, and effective management of cancer-related fatigue (crf) in adults. METHODS The internationally endorsed adapte methodology was used to develop a practice guideline for pan-Canadian use. A systematic search of the literature identified a broad range of evidence: clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and other guidance documents on the screening, assessment, and management of crf. The search included medline, embase, cinahl, the Cochrane Library, and other guideline and data sources to December 2009. RESULTS Two clinical practice guidelines were identified for adaptation. Seven guidance documents and four systematic reviews also provided supplementary evidence to inform guideline recommendations. Health professionals across Canada provided expert feedback on the adapted recommendations in the practice guideline and algorithm through a participatory external review process. CONCLUSIONS Practice guidelines can facilitate the adoption of evidence-based assessment and interventions for adult cancer patients experiencing fatigue. Development of an algorithm to guide decision-making in practice may also foster the uptake of a guideline into routine care.
Electromagnetic design of irregular three phase windings

The paper deals with the design of irregular AC windings by a new method. The new method is based on the notion of “local density of conductors”. Design of the interspersed winding 1-3-1 is shown as an example of using this new method. This type of winding can be used to reduce higher harmonic components of magnetic flux density in the air gap, mainly the fifth and the seventh harmonic. This new method can be used for any three-phase windings even for arbitrary irregular windings with different number of conductors in individual slots.
Binding of the estrogen receptor DNA-binding domain to the estrogen response element induces DNA bending

We have used circular permutation analysis to determine whether binding of purified Xenopus laevis estrogen receptor DNA-binding domain (DBD) to a DNA fragment containing an estrogen response element (ERE) causes the DNA to bend. Gel mobility shift assays showed that DBD-DNA complexes formed with fragments containing more centrally located EREs migrated more slowly than complexes formed with fragments containing EREs near the ends of the DNA. DNA bending standards were used to determine that the degree of bending induced by binding of the DBD to an ERE was approximately 34 degrees. A 1.55-fold increase in the degree of bending was observed when two EREs were present in the DNA fragment. These in vitro studies suggest that interaction of nuclear receptors with their hormone response elements in vivo may result in an altered DNA conformation.
Investment Incentives And The Global Competition For Capital

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Technological Indicators of Performance

AbstractThe following sections are included:IntrodutionThe Major Measures of Technological ActivityResearch and Development (R&D)Patenting activityDirect measurement of innovationTechnical employeesTechnological Indicators of Performance: What We KnowImpact of Technological Activities on Firm PerformanceProduction function approachMarket value approachRelationship between technology and profitabilityFirm size and technological performanceMeasuring and mapping technological competenciesCharacteristics of technological competenciesTechnology and product diversification and corporate performanceGeographic spread of technological competencies within firmsConclusionsAcknowledgement
ETHYL SILICATES WITH DIFFERENT HYDROLYSIS DEGREE LIKE NON-FLAMMABLE IMPREGNATING MATERIAL FOR WOOD

The wood, like other materials, cannot indefi nitely resist the action of the fi re without undergoing deterioration. In this work, low-density wood panels were impregnated with partially hydrolyzed ethyl silicates The results obtained in laboratory, with different degree of penetration and retention of the impregnant material, showed through tests in a Horizontal-Vertical Cabinet, a LOI Chamber and an Inclined Tunnel a high fi re retardant effi ciency.
Transparency in the Public Sector: Drivers of Effectiveness in Right to Information Implementation

This paper presents findings from a study on the drivers of effectiveness in right to information implementation. It is based on a conceptual mapping of four domains of RTI implementation that emerged from earlier research: (1) enabling conditions, (2) demand for information, (3) institutional capacity, and (4) oversight. The major elements found to be driving or impeding implementation effectiveness include barriers to access, strategic leadership and incentives, institutionalization of practices, monitoring responsibilities and institutional arrangements, cross-cutting transformative factors, and various types of enforcement mechanisms.
Targeting Mr average: participation, gender equity and school sport partnerships

The School Sport Partnership Programme (SSPP) is one strand of the national strategy for physical education and school sport in England, the physical education and school sport Club Links Strategy (PESSCL). The SSPP aims to make links between school physical education (PE) and out of school sports participation, and has a particular remit to raise the participation levels of several identified under-represented groups, of which girls and young women are one. National evaluations of the SSPP show that it is beginning to have positive impacts on young people's activity levels by increasing the range and provision of extra curricular activities (Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), 2003, 2004, 2005; Loughborough Partnership, 2005, 2006). This paper contributes to the developing picture of the phased implementation of the programme by providing qualitative insights into the work of one school sport partnership with a particular focus on gender equity. The paper explores the ways in which gender equity issues have been explicitly addressed within the ‘official texts’ of the SSPP; how these have shifted over time and how teachers are responding to and making sense of these in their daily practice. Using participation observation, interview and questionnaire data, the paper explores how the coordinators are addressing the challenge of increasing the participation of girls and young women. The paper draws on Walby's (2000) conceptualisation of different kinds of feminist praxis to highlight the limitations of the coordinators’ work. Two key themes from the data and their implications are addressed: the dominance of competitive sport practices and the PE professionals’ views of targeting as a strategy for increasing the participation of under-represented groups. The paper concludes that coordinators work within an equality or difference discourse with little evidence of the transformative praxis needed for the programme to be truly inclusive.
Does Social Capital Matter on Social Media? An Examination Into Negative e-WOM Toward Competing Brands

Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the use of social media contributes to the creation and dynamic process of social capital. By employing social capital theory, the study examined three dimensions of social capital (social interaction tie, community trust, and shared vision) and investigated the relationships between social capital, brand trust, brand loyalty, and negative e-word-of-mouth (e-WOM) about competing brands on restaurants’ Facebook fan pages. Data was collected with 242 student samples and analyzed with structural equation modeling. Our findings indicated that all the three dimensions significantly contribute to social capital. Social capital has a significantly positive effect on brand trust, which in turn positively affects brand loyalty. However, no significant relationship was found between brand trust and negative e-WOM about competing brands. The study enriches the research body of social capital theory and provides marketers strategies of designing Facebook fan pages.
E-Commerce Online Purchase Intention: Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility Issues

Mobile technologies have grown tremendously in the past ten years. Mobile technology use differs greatly between the United States and Japan but the drivers behind the phenomenal growth of mobile technologies, and specifically mobile phones, can be attributed to common themes. Those themes are affordability, accessibility, compatibility, effort or ease of use, experience, perceived playfulness, perceived usefulness, service quality, safety concerns, social influences and technical support. While each of these categories offers different motivations, they seem to show up in multiple studies examining the Internet and mobile technology research. It is interesting that mobile Internet in the United States has followed Japan and the Philippines at a considerable distance. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming an important function of businesses. Consumers are more aware of various social and environmental issues. Various researches suggest that corporate social responsibility influences consumers either directly or indirectly (Singh, de los Salmones Sanchez, & Del Bosque, 2008; Balqiah, Setyowardhani, & Khairani, 2011; Huber, Meyer, Vogel, & Vollmann, 2011; Dean, 2003; Smith, Read, & López-Rodríguez, 2010; Bui, 2010; Tian, Wang, & Yang, 2011). Few articles discuss how corporate social responsibility affects the decision-making of the consumer (Wisdom, 2012). This study attempts to study the perception of e-commerce in organizations practicing corporate social responsibility (CSR) with Filipino consumers. The following section begins with a review of relevant and related literature on key corporate social responsibility constructs. The research framework and the methodology adopted in this research will be presented. The quantitative results of the survey will also be presented, and finally we will discuss the key findings and managerial implications of the survey. Ultimately, we want to know if a consumer will still purchase online from a corporation that is not socially responsible; and what are the factors. E-Commerce Online Purchase Intention: Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility Issues
Application of VLSI Technology in Wireless Mobile Communications

: Communication is a widely recognized phenomenon and its applications and techniques have been proliferating from its early stages. Among these, mobile wireless communication systems provide users the opportunity to travel freely with in the service area. These systems are made possible by using radio waves as transmission/receiving medium. This paper presents the survey of developments and trends in VLSI architecture and also discusses signal processing algorithms for wireless mobile communications. With ever increasing data being transferred, there is increase in demand for VLSI design and implementation methods for new architectures, design methods, algorithms etc. for high performance and low power in the communication systems.
Transition to Seizure: Ictal Discharge Is Preceded by Exhausted Presynaptic GABA Release in the Hippocampal CA3 Region

How the brain transitions into a seizure is poorly understood. Recurrent seizure-like events (SLEs) in low-Mg2+/high-K+ perfusate were measured in the CA3 region of the intact mouse hippocampus. The SLE was divided into a “preictal phase,” which abruptly turns into a higher frequency “ictal” phase. Blockade of GABAA receptors shortened the preictal phase, abolished interictal bursts, and attenuated the slow preictal depolarization, with no effect on the ictal duration, whereas SLEs were blocked by glutamate receptor blockade. In CA3 pyramidal cells and stratum oriens non-fast-spiking and fast-spiking interneurons, recurrent GABAergic IPSCs predominated interictally and during the early preictal phase, synchronous with extracellularly measured recurrent field potentials (FPs). These IPSCs then decreased to zero or reversed polarity by the onset of the higher-frequency ictus. However, postsynaptic muscimol-evoked GABAA responses remained intact. Simultaneously, EPSCs synchronous with the FPs markedly increased to a maximum at the ictal onset. The reversal potential of the compound postsynaptic currents (combined simultaneous EPSCs and IPSCs) became markedly depolarized during the preictal phase, whereas the muscimol-evoked GABAA reversal potential remained unchanged. During the late preictal phase, interneuronal excitability was high, but IPSCs, evoked by local stimulation, or osmotically by hypertonic sucrose application, were diminished, disappearing at the ictal onset. We conclude that the interictal and early preictal states are dominated by GABAergic activity, with the onset of the ictus heralded by exhaustion of presynaptic release of GABA, and unopposed increased glutamatergic responses.
Di V erential diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis

myopathy and constrictive pericarditis has been a perennial problem in clinical cardiology. Constrictive pericarditis requires surgical treatment and is usually curable, while restrictive cardiomyopathy, short of cardiac transplantation, is treatable only by medical means and often responds unsatisfactorily. The opinion has often been expressed that there are diYcult cases in which only an exploratory operation will allow the two conditions to be distinguished. However, such cases were relatively rare in the past and should be extremely so in the present era. Many diVerences exist between the two conditions, even though no one diagnostic method can be relied upon to make the distinction by itself.
Shift in S-layer protein expression responsible for antigenic variation in Campylobacter fetus

Campylobacter fetus strains possess regular paracrystalline surface layers (S-layers) composed of high-molecular-weight proteins and can change the size and crystalline structure of the predominant protein expressed. Polyclonal antisera demonstrate antigenic cross-reactivity among these proteins but suggest differences in epitopes. Monoclonal antibodies to the 97-kDa S-layer protein of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus strain 82-40LP showed three different reactivities. Monoclonal antibody 1D1 recognized 97-kDa S-layer proteins from all C. fetus strains studied; reactivity of monoclonal antibody 6E4 was similar except for epitopes in S-layer proteins from reptile strains and strains with type B lipopolysaccharide. Monoclonal antibody 2E11 only recognized epitopes on S-layer proteins from strains with type A lipopolysaccharide regardless of size. In vitro shift from a 97-kDa S-layer protein to a 127-kDa S-layer protein resulted in different reactivity, indicating that size change was accompanied by antigenic variation. To examine in vivo variation, heifers were genetically challenged with Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis strains and the S-layer proteins from sequential isolates were characterized. Analysis with monoclonal antibodies showed that antigenic reactivities of the S-layer proteins were varied, indicating that these proteins represent a system for antigenic variation.
EconPort: Creating and Maintaining a Knowledge Commons

This chapter contains sections titled: Microeconomics and Experiments, Microeconomics Experiments as a Teaching Method, Experimental Economics Laboratories as Information Facilities, Historical Development of Experimental Economics Laboratories, Challenges in Creating an Economics Common Resource, EconPort: A Digital Library for Microeconomics Education, EconPort as a (Globally Consumable) Local Public Good, EconPort as an Associational Knowledge Commons, Sustainability: Fostering a User Community and Workshop Dissemination, Conclusion, References
Drivers of user engagement in eWoM communication

Purpose This paper aims to complement the current understanding about user engagement in electronic word-of-mouth (eWoM) communications across online services and product communities. It examines the effect of the senders’ prior experience with products and services, and their extent of acquaintance with other community members, on user engagement with the eWoM. Design/methodology/approach The study used a sample of 576 unique user postings from the corporate fan page of two German firms: a service community of a telecom provider and a product community of a car manufacturer. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the conceptual model. Findings Senders’ prior experience and acquaintance positively affect user engagement with eWoM, and these effects differ across communities for products and services and across their influence on “likes” and “comments”. The results also suggest that communities for products are orientated toward information sharing, while those discussing services engage in information building. Research limitations/implications This research explains mechanisms of user engagement with eWoM and opens directions for future research around motives, content and social media tools within the structures of online communities. The insights on information-handling dimensions of online tools and antecedents to their use contribute to the research on two prioritized topics by the Marketing Science Institute – “Measuring and Communicating the Value of Online Marketing Activities and Investments” and “Leveraging Digital/Social/Mobile Technology”. Practical implications This research offers insights for firms to leverage user engagement and facilitate eWoM generation through members who have a higher number of acquaintances or who have more experience with the product or service. Executives should concentrate their community engagement strategies on the identification and utilization of power users. The conceptualization and empirical test about the role of likes and comments will help social media managers to create and better capture value from their social media metrics. Originality/value The insights about the underlying factors that influence engagement with eWoM advance our understanding about the usage of online content.
Current Debates Regarding International Accounting Harmonization, Standardization and Compliance

The central goal of the adoption of the IFRS was to improve the quality of accounting information and to ensure greater comparability and transparency of international financial reporting. This paper is intended to identify the importance of accounting and financial information in the present context of continuous and dynamic change towards globalization on all levels, in order to outline the underlying factors that generate differences regarding international accounting. At the same time, the paper traces the evolution of international accounting harmonization, standardization and uniformity with the aim of describing the advantages, concerns, success and flaws of the IAS/IFRS framework.
Ultra‐Late Antibody‐Mediated Rejection 30 Years After a Living‐Related Renal Allograft

Antibody‐mediated renal allograft rejection has become increasingly recognized and more clearly defined through the use of flow cytometry cross‐matching and the deposition of C4d in renal allograft biopsies. All of the cases reported thus far have developed an antibody within 10 years of transplantation, and many lacked HLA and/or donor specificity.