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Competing aggregation pathways for monoclonal antibodies
Authors: Wu Haixia , Kroe-Barrett Rachel , Singh Sanjaya , Robinson Anne S. , Roberts Christopher J.
Published: February 2014

Aggregation is mediated by local unfolding to allow aggregation “hot spot(s)” to become solvent exposed and available to associate with a hot spot on another partially unfolded protein. Historically, the unfolding of either the crystallizable fragment (Fc) or the antigen binding fragment (Fab) regions of a given monoclonal antibody (MAb) has been implicated in aggregation, with differing results across different proteins. The present work focuses on separately quantifying the aggregation kinetics of isolated Fc, isolated Fab, and intact MAb as a function of pH under accelerated (high temperature) conditions. The results show that both Fab and Fc are aggregation prone and compete within the same MAb.
Compressive Thoracic Myelopathy Caused by Combined Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament and Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: A Report of Four Cases and a Literature Review
Authors: Wing-Sze Tong Jennifer , Pak-Ho Chan Andrew , Ka-Kin Cheung
Published: February 2014

We describe here the rare condition of compressive thoracic myelopathy and its management in four patients with combined thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and ossification of the ligamentum flavum. One of the four patients underwent decompressive laminectomies only, whereas the other three patients had posterolateral fusion with posterior instrumentation (pedicle screws and rods system) in addition to decompressive laminectomies. All four patients developed transient complete paraplegia after surgery. The three patients who received decompressive laminectomies and posterior instrumentation with posterolateral fusion had improved sensation, motor, and sphincter functions compared with their preoperative neurological state. The patient who underwent laminectomy only showed no neurological gain after 7.5 years. A dural tear was noted in two patients and they recovered without complications after intraoperative repair. Posterior instrumentation with posterolateral fusion in addition to decompression laminectomies and excision of the ossification of the ligamentum flavum seems to have a better outcome than simple decompression laminectomies for this rare cause of compressive thoracic myelopathy.
Assessing Regeneration of Mechanoreceptors in Human Hip Pseudocapsule after Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Soulat Naim Syed , Alistair Phillips , Gey VanPittius Daniel
Published: February 2014

Introduction

The aim of our study was to determine whether specific mechanoreceptors would regenerate in the pseudocapsule that had formed in place of the native capsule after primary total hip replacement (THR).

Methods

We studied 20 full-thickness samples of pseudocapsule tissue from patients undergoing revision THR surgery. All patients had had a partial capsulectomy during primary THR. The specimens were stained with haematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemical dyes using a monoclonal antibody against S-100 protein.

Results

No mechanoreceptors were detected in the pseudocapsule of any of the specimens.

Conclusion

Our study concludes that if a partial capsulectomy is performed during primary THR, the replaced pseudocapsule will not have any active neurophysiological role in the hip. In this context, we recommend the preservation of hip joint capsule and an anatomical repair at the time of primary THR. Preservation of neurophysiologically viable tissue has been shown to reduce dislocation and may lead to better functional recovery.
Geologic setting and stratigraphy of the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Authors: Pigati Jeffrey S. , Miller Ian M. , Johnson Kirk R. , Honke Jeffrey S. , Carrara Paul E. , Muhs Daniel R. , Skipp Gary , Bryant Bruce
Published: February 2014

The geologic setting of the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site is somewhat unusual — the sediments containing the Pleistocene fossils were deposited in a lake on top of a ridge. The lake basin was formed near Snowmass Village, Colorado (USA) when a glacier flowing down Snowmass Creek Valley became thick enough to overtop a low point in the eastern valley wall and entered the head of Brush Creek Valley. When the glacier retreated at about 155–130 ka, near the end of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 6, the Brush Creek Valley lobe left behind a moraine that impounded a small alpine lake. The lake was initially ~ 10 m deep and appears to have been highly productive during most of its existence, based on the abundant and exquisitely preserved organic material present in the sediments. Over time, the basin slowly filled with (mostly) eolian sediment such that by ~ 87 ka it contained a marsh or wetland rather than a true lake. Open-water conditions returned briefly between ~ 77 and 55 ka before the impoundment was finally breached to the east, establishing ties with the Brush Creek drainage system and creating an alpine meadow that persisted until historic times.
The Battle for Wau
Authors: Bradley Phillip
Published: February 2014

The Battle for Wau brings together for the first time the full story of the early World War II conflicts in New Guinea, from the landing of the Japanese at Salamaua in March 1942 to their defeat at Wau in February 1943. Phillip Bradley draws on the recollections of over 70 veterans from the campaign and on his own first-hand knowledge of the region. Beginning with the early commando operations in Salamaua, the story unfolds with the burning of Wau, the clashes around Mubo, the Japanese convoy to Lae and the United States air operation to Wau. The book climaxes with the fortitude of Captain Sherlock's outnumbered company. Desperately fighting an enemy regiment debouching from the rugged unguarded ranges to the east, Sherlock's men fought to hold Wau airfield open for the arrival of vital reinforcements.
A Soldier's Soldier
Authors: Grey Jeffrey
Published: February 2014

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly was a renowned soldier and one of the most influential figures in Australia's military history. As Chief of the General Staff during the Vietnam War, he oversaw a significant re-organisation of the Army as he fought a war under political and resource restrictions. In this unique biography, Jeffrey Grey shows how Daly prepared himself for the challenges of command in a time of great political upheaval. A Soldier's Soldier examines Daly's career from his entry to Duntroon in the early 1930s until his retirement forty years later, covering the key issues in the development of the Australian Army along the way. Drawing on extensive interview transcripts, the book provides a compelling portrait of Sir Thomas Daly and his distinguished career.
Quantum Physics
Authors: Rae Alastair
Published: February 2014

Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to understand and controversial in their interpretation. This book aims to explain these issues using a minimum of technical language and mathematics. After a brief introduction to the ideas of quantum physics, the problems of interpretation are identified and explained. The rest of the book surveys, describes and criticises a range of suggestions that have been made with the aim of resolving these problems; these include the traditional, or 'Copenhagen' interpretation, the possible role of the conscious mind in measurement and the postulate of parallel universes. This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years, including the idea of 'consistent histories' to which a completely new chapter is devoted.
American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II
Authors: Buchanan Andrew
Published: February 2014

This book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in a 'peripheral' theater, and that Washington had a major grand-strategic interest in the region. By the end of the war the Mediterranean was essentially an American lake, and the United States had substantial political and economic interests extending from North Africa, via Italy and the Balkans, to the Middle East. This book examines the military, diplomatic, and economic processes by which this hegemonic position was assembled and consolidated. It discusses the changing character of the Anglo-American alliance, the establishment of post-war spheres of influence, the nature of presidential leadership, and the common interest of all the leaders of the 'Grand Alliance' in blocking the development of potentially revolutionary movements emerging from the chaos of war, occupation, and economic breakdown.
Diffusions, Markov Processes, and Martingales
Authors: Rogers L. C. G. , Williams David
Published: February 2014

Now available in paperback, this celebrated book has been prepared with readers' needs in mind, remaining a systematic guide to a large part of the modern theory of Probability, whilst retaining its vitality. The authors' aim is to present the subject of Brownian motion not as a dry part of mathematical analysis, but to convey its real meaning and fascination. The opening, heuristic chapter does just this, and it is followed by a comprehensive and self-contained account of the foundations of theory of stochastic processes. Chapter 3 is a lively and readable account of the theory of Markov processes. Together with its companion volume, this book helps equip graduate students for research into a subject of great intrinsic interest and wide application in physics, biology, engineering, finance and computer science.
Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny in India
Authors: Sarkar Sanjib Chandra , Gupta Anupendu
Published: February 2014

Crustal evolution means the resultant changes that the Earth's crust has gone through in its geologic past affected by changes in the mantle-crust system, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the biosphere. Metallogeny is the genesis of metallic mineral deposits. Both the terms are used in the book in their conventional sense, but keeping in mind an Indian context. This book is the first of its kind to document in detail the nature, origin and evolution of mineral deposits in India and is contextualized in local, regional and global geology. The book is unique in that it combines both metallogeny and crustal evolution that were hitherto treated as stand-alone topics. The exhaustive chapters in the book carry detailed case studies of the distribution and occurrence of ores. The book would be useful to students of advanced geology, researchers, teachers, planners and global metallogeneticists around the world.
English as a Global Language
Authors: Crystal David
Published: February 2014

David Crystal's classic English as a Global Language considers the history, present status and future of the English language, focusing on its role as the leading international language. English has been deemed the most 'successful' language ever, with 1500 million speakers internationally, presenting a difficult task to those who wish to investigate it in its entirety. However, Crystal explores the subject in a measured but engaging way, always backing up observations with facts and figures. Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this is a book written by an expert both for specialists in the subject and for general readers interested in the English language.
The Dating Game
Authors: Lewis Cherry
Published: February 2014

In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. When it was deeply unfashionable to do so in the early twentieth century, he spent many years trying to prove the great antiquity of the Earth, stating that it was 'perhaps a little indelicate to ask of our Mother Earth her age, but science acknowledges no shame'. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.
Bibliotheca judaica antichristiana
Authors: De Rossi Giovanni Bernardo
Published: February 2014

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (1742–1831) first studied Hebrew in Turin as a requirement for his theology degree. Having swiftly mastered several Semitic languages and been ordained a priest, he was appointed professor of oriental languages at the University of Parma in 1769. Despite offers from Pavia, Madrid and Rome, he remained there until his death. An important collector of manuscripts and incunabula - in 1785 Pius VI tried to acquire his library for the Vatican - De Rossi published extensively on Hebrew typography and textual variants in the Old Testament. This 1800 catalogue of 182 Jewish polemics against Christianity - printed by Giambattista Bodoni, a noted typographer at the court of Parma - gives the texts' predominantly Hebrew titles and Latin content summaries. Also included is an 1812 Italian catalogue of books from De Rossi's library. Together they illuminate contemporary theological concerns and De Rossi's own bibliographic interests.
A Grammar of the Bengal Language
Authors: Halhed Nathaniel Brassey
Published: February 2014

The language of Bangladesh, West Bengal and parts of Tripura and Assam, Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language originating from Sanskrit. With over 230 million speakers, it is the sixth most spoken language in the world today. Published in 1778, this was one of the first grammars of Bengali ever compiled. The English orientalist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751–1830) prepared the work during his employment with the East India Company, in order to facilitate communication between his colleagues and the weaving districts of Bengal. It provides detailed and descriptive accounts of all aspects of the language, from its alphabet to its systems of agreement, case and tense, as well as its numerals, verbs and word order. The work was considered to be groundbreaking because Halhed made the first steps towards identifying the Indo-European language family, making it of lasting relevance to language typologists today.
Cranford
Authors: Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn
Published: February 2014

In the delicately impoverished town of Cranford, everyone is keen to know everyone else's business. The community is almost devoid of men, and in their place a solid matriarchy has formed. Manners must be observed, house calls must not exceed a quarter of an hour, and neither money matters nor death may be discussed in public. But the peace is often disturbed. Rumoured burglars, literary disagreements, and the arrival of Captain Brown and his tactless daughters all cause ripples, warmly charted by the conversational narrator, Mary Smith. When the past erupts through the fragile class distinctions and disputed tea sales, the customary perspective of the town shifts in small but perceptible ways forever. First published as a magazine serial from 1851 and then in novel form in 1853, Cranford is the best-known work by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–65). This reissue is of the 1853 second edition.
Giraffe
Authors: Dagg Anne Innis
Published: February 2014

With its iconic appearance and historic popular appeal, the giraffe is the world's tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Recent years have seen much-needed new research undertaken to improve our understanding of this unique animal. Drawing together the latest research into one resource, this is a detailed exploration of current knowledge on the biology, behaviour and conservation needs of giraffe. Dagg highlights striking new data, covering topics such as species classification, the role of infrasound in communication, biological responses to external temperature changes and motherly behaviour and grief. The book discusses research into behaviour alongside practical information on captive giraffe, including diet, stereotypical behaviour, ailments and parasites, covering both problems and potential solutions associated with zoo giraffe. With giraffe becoming endangered species in Africa, the book ultimately focuses on efforts to halt population decline and the outlook for conservation measures.
Catechism of Musical Aesthetics
Authors: Riemann Hugo
Published: February 2014

One of the most important musicologists of his age, Hugo Riemann (1849–1919) influenced an entire generation in its thinking. He held several teaching posts before settling at the University of Leipzig in 1895. A prolific writer on music theory, publishing works on almost every aspect of the subject, he is best remembered for his celebrated Musik-Lexikon (1882). These three lectures, setting out his thinking on how we listen to music, were first published in 1888 as Wie hören wir Musik? and in 1895 in this English translation by Heinrich Bewerunge (1862–1923), plainchant scholar at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. Each lecture deals with a different aspect of the overarching question posed in the original title, revealing Riemann's thoughts on the transformation of hearing into feeling, the different psychological effects of dynamics, emotional responses to rhythm and harmony, and passive and active listening.
Brother Musicians
Authors: Bache Constance
Published: February 2014

Francis Edward Bache (1833–58) and his younger brother Walter (1842–88) were active during a rich period of musical life in Britain. The Philharmonic Society and Crystal Palace concerts in London, the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, and the Birmingham and Three Choirs festivals were all well established, while celebrated composer/conductors from Berlioz to Wagner and virtuosi including violinist Joseph Joachim and pianist Anton Rubinstein were in great demand. Edward, a pupil of Sterndale Bennett, was a promising organist and composer whose potential was tragically ended by his early death from tuberculosis. Walter, a pupil of Liszt from 1862 to 1865, became a dedicated promoter of the pianist/composer's music to the British concert-going public through annual concerts that he financed. First published in 1901, this affectionate account of the brothers' lives by their sister Constance (1846–1903) includes many letters as well as lists of Edward's compositions and Liszt's orchestral works performed at Walter's concerts.
Arctic Searching Expedition
Authors: Richardson John
Published: February 2014

The surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer Sir John Richardson (1787–1865) was a lifelong friend to his former commander Sir John Franklin, with whom he had twice travelled to seek the North-West Passage. Following two years of silence from Franklin after he embarked on his 1845 expedition to the Arctic, Richardson set out on his own voyage in the hope of finding his comrade. Originally published in 1851, this two-volume work charts the journey which would inevitably fail in its ambition: Franklin, unknown to Richardson, had already died in June 1847. Volume 2 begins with detailed descriptions of the aboriginal Chipewyan and Cree peoples. A thorough appendix comprises observations on physical geography, climatology and the geographical distribution of plants, and includes vocabularies for the dialects encountered during the mission. The text ends, Richardson having returned, with the hope that future expeditions may yet trace 'so many gallant victims to science'.
Ancestral Encounters in Highland Madagascar
Authors: Crossland Zoë
Published: February 2014

Nineteenth-century highland Madagascar was a place inhabited by the dead as much as the living. Ghosts, ancestors and the possessed were important historical actors alongside local kings and queens, soldiers, traders and missionaries. This book considers the challenges that such actors pose for historical accounts of the past and for thinking about questions of presence and representation. How were the dead made present, and how were they recognized or not? In attending to these multifarious encounters of the nineteenth century, how might we reflect on the ways in which our own history-writing makes the dead present? To tackle these questions, Zoë Crossland tells an anthropological history of highland Madagascar from a perspective rooted in archaeology and Peircean semiotics, as well as in landscape study, oral history and textual sources.
Casa Guidi Windows
Authors: Browning Elizabeth Barrett
Published: February 2014

In 1847, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61) moved with her new husband to an apartment in Florence, in the wake of perhaps the most famous literary courtship of the nineteenth century. She soon took to calling their home the Casa Guidi. From there, she observed the events of the early Risorgimento. It was at this time that she produced some of her finest work, including Aurora Leigh and Casa Guidi Windows. An impressionistic and thoroughly atypical landmark in the Romantic canon, the latter was written in two parts, separated by several years. Beginning with the memory of a singing child and a lush description of Florence's beauty, the first part explores the air of optimism that permeates both the city and the narrator. By the second, disillusionment is rife: Florence has become the scene of demonstrations and broken political promises. This reissue of the 1851 first edition includes Barrett Browning's own introduction.
The Eschatology of 1 Peter
Authors: Liebengood Kelly D.
Published: February 2014

The author of 1 Peter regards Christian suffering as a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus, which precedes the full restoration and vindication of God's people. Much previous research has explored only the cause and nature of suffering; Kelly D. Liebengood now addresses the need for an explanation for the source that has generated this particular understanding. If Jesus truly is God's redemptive agent, come to restore His people, how can Christian suffering be a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection, and what led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion? Liebengood analyzes the appropriation of shepherds, exodus, and fiery trials imagery and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon the eschatological programme of Zechariah 9-14 for his theology of Christian suffering. This book will interest those studying the New Testament, Petrine theology and early Christianity.
The quasi-static growth of CO2 bubbles
Authors: Enríquez Oscar R. , Sun Chao , Lohse Detlef , Prosperetti Andrea , van der Meer Devaraj
Published: February 2014

We study experimentally the growth of an isolated gas bubble in a slightly supersaturated water–CO2 solution at 6 atm pressure. In contrast to what was found in previous experiments at higher supersaturation, the time evolution of the bubble radius differs noticeably from existing theoretical solutions. We trace the differences back to several combined effects of the concentration boundary layer around the bubble, which we disentangle in this work. In the early phase, the interaction with the surface on which the bubble grows slows down the process. In contrast, in the final phase, before bubble detachment, the growth rate is enhanced by the onset of density-driven convection. We also show that the bubble growth is affected by prior growth and detachment events, though they are up to 15 min apart.
Dramaturging The Tempest: A Pedagogical Forum
Authors: Kelly Philippa
Published: February 2014

“Dramaturging The Tempest: A Pedagogical Forum,” uses dramaturgy—the interface between research and its practical application in the theatre—as a way of preparing The Tempest for a college course curriculum. The article aims to show instructors how to teach dramaturgy as an explication of The Tempest and how to use The Tempest as a means of teaching dramaturgy. The objective is for students to emerge from the course conversant in how to be dramaturgs in the preparation of a professional production. Dramaturgy also illuminates the highly metadramatic underscoring of The Tempest, a play that constantly invites its own characters to be audience to, and critics of, Prospero’s carefully constructed “worldview.”

My brief for this journal issue is to write an essay on The Tempest that can be used as an explication de texte for teaching postcolonial studies. As a practicing dramaturg, I’ve decided to focus on postcolonial dramaturgy. What does a dramaturg do? What can be gained from dramaturgical teaching, and how is it prepared for? What skills will students develop?
DIGNITY AS A MORAL CONCEPT
Authors: Bird Colin
Published: February 2014

Although dignity figures prominently in modern ethical discourse, and in the writings of moral and political philosophers writing today, we still lack a clear account of how the concept of dignity might be implicated in various forms of moral reasoning. This essay tries to make progress on two fronts. First, it attempts to clarify the possible roles the concept of dignity might play in moral discourse, with particular reference to Hart's distinction between positive and critical morality. Second, it offers a new typology of dignity concepts and mobilizes it to, on the one hand, criticize some familiar construals of “human dignity” and, on the other, to advertise the possible virtues of an unfamiliar way of thinking about dignity as a moral concept.
MORALITIES ARE A SIGN-LANGUAGE OF THE AFFECTS
Authors: Leiter Brian
Published: February 2014

This essay offers an interpretation and partial defense of Nietzsche's idea that moralities and moral judgments are “sign-languages” or “symptoms” of our affects, that is, of our emotions or feelings. According to Nietzsche, as I reconstruct his view, moral judgments result from the interaction of two kinds of affective responses: first, a “basic affect” of inclination toward or aversion from certain acts, and then a further affective response (the “meta-affect”) to that basic affect (that is, sometimes we can be either inclined towards or averted from our basic affects). I argue that Nietzsche views basic affects asnoncognitive, that is, as identifiable solely by how they feel to the subject who experiences the affect. By contrast, I suggest that meta-affects (I focus on guilt and shame) sometimes incorporate acognitivecomponent like belief. After showing how this account of moral judgment comports with a reading of Nietzsche's moral philosophy that I have offered in previous work, I conclude by adducing philosophical and empirical psychological reasons for thinking that Nietzsche's account of moral judgment is correct.
THE LIMITS OF BACKGROUND JUSTICE
Authors: Sinclair Thomas Porter
Published: February 2014

The argument from background justice is that conformity to Lockean principles of justice in agreements and transactions does not preclude the development of inequalities that undermine the freedom and fairness of those very transactions, and that, therefore, special principles are needed to regulate society's “basic structure.” Rawls offers this argument as his “first kind of reason” for taking the basic structure to be the primary subject of justice. Here I explore the background justice argument and its implications for questions about the scope of distributive justice. As it turns out, the background justice argument can offer no independent support for conclusions about the scope of distributive justice. For the special principles that it justifies inherit their scope from conclusions that must be established or assumed in advance. These prior conclusions are precisely what is at issue in debates about global justice.
IS THERE A MORAL DUTY TO OBEY THE LAW?
Authors: Hasnas John
Published: February 2014

This essay argues that there can be a duty to obey the law when it is produced by the evolutionary forces at work in the customary and common law. Human beings' inherent epistemic limitations mean that they must rely on the trial and error learning built into the common law process to discover rules that facilitate peaceful social interaction. Hence, a duty to obey the law produced by the common law process can arise from individuals' natural duty to promote social peace. This argument cannot be extended to ground political obligation. It does not give rise to a duty to obey the state.
A Sustainable Training Strategy for Improving Health Care Following a Catastrophic Radiological or Nuclear Incident
Authors: Blumenthal Daniel J. , Bader Judith L. , Christensen Doran , Koerner John , Cuellar John , Hinds Sidney , Crapo John , Glassman Erik , Potter A. Bradley , Singletary Lynda
Published: February 2014

The detonation of a nuclear device in a US city would be catastrophic. Enormous loss of life and injuries would characterize an incident with profound human, political, social, and economic implications. Nevertheless, most responders have not received sufficient training about ionizing radiation, principles of radiation safety, or managing, diagnosing, and treating radiation-related injuries and illnesses. Members throughout the health care delivery system, including medical first responders, hospital first receivers, and health care institution support personnel such as janitors, hospital administrators, and security personnel, lack radiation-related training. This lack of knowledge can lead to failure of these groups to respond appropriately after a nuclear detonation or other major radiation incident and limit the effectiveness of the medical response and recovery effort. Efficacy of the response can be improved by getting each group the information it needs to do its job. This paper proposes a sustainable training strategy for spreading curricula throughout the necessary communities. It classifies the members of the health care delivery system into four tiers and identifies tasks for each tier and the radiation-relevant knowledge needed to perform these tasks. By providing education through additional modules to existing training structures, connecting radioactive contamination control to daily professional practices, and augmenting these systems with just-in-time training, the strategy creates a sustainable mechanism for giving members of the health care community improved ability to respond during a radiological or nuclear crisis, reducing fatalities, mitigating injuries, and improving the resiliency of the community.

BlumethalD, BaderJ, ChristensenD, KoernerJ, CuellarJ, HindsS, CrapoJ, GlassmanES, PotterAB, SingletaryL. A sustainable training strategy for improving health care following a catastrophic radiological or nuclear incident. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(1):80-86.
Modernization, dependency, and the global in Mexican critiques of anthropology
Authors: Rosemblatt Karin Alejandra
Published: February 2014

This articles examines the links between Mexican anthropologists who – as part of a 1960s-era revolt, rejected prior anthropological approaches, which they labelled imperialist – and social science currents in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. They also took inspiration from anti-colonial movements. They spurned modernization theories that focused on the multiple economic, cultural, and psychological factors that might spur US-style capitalist economic growth and that sought to overcome the internal, national brakes on progress. Instead, they embraced dependency theories that linked the ‘internal’ (national) to the ‘external’ (global) and privileged revolutionary changes that implied a radically changed relation to the global capitalist world system. Yet dependency and modernization theories emerged within a shared intellectual space. Even as many intellectuals rejected US models of economic development, they accepted the primacy accorded to economics and technology and the notion that science was a global enterprise aimed at generating universal knowledge.
Neuronale Korrelate emotionaler Prozesse
Authors: Weniger Godehard
Published: February 2014

Nachdem in den Neurowissenschaften die Untersuchung der neuronalen Grundlagen emotionaler Prozesse lange Zeit vernachlässigt wurde, setzte mit dem Aufkommen neuer Methoden der funktionellen Bildgebung ein zunehmendes Interesse an der neuronalen Repräsentation emotionaler Prozesse ein. Gemäss neueren Forschungsergebnissen werden emotionale Prozesse durch überlappende neuronale Netzwerke prozessiert, wobei der Interaktion des limbisches Systems mit heteromodalen Assoziationskortices eine hohe Relevanz für die Verarbeitung emotionaler Informationen zukommt.
Evaluation of 2-[18F]fluoroacetate Kinetics in Rodent Models of Cerebral Hypoxia–Ischemia
Authors: Ouyang Yu , Tinianow Jeff N , Cherry Simon R , Marik Jan
Published: February 2014

Glia account for 90% of human brain cells and have a significant role in brain homeostasis. Thus, specific in vivo imaging markers of glial metabolism are potentially valuable. In the brain, 2-fluoroacetate is selectively taken up by glial cells and becomes metabolically trapped in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Recent work in rodent brain injury models demonstrated elevated lesion uptake of 2-[18F]fluoroacetate ([18F]FACE), suggesting possible use for specifically imaging glial metabolism. To assess this hypothesis, we evaluated [18F]FACE kinetics in rodent models of cerebral hypoxia-ischemia at 3 and 24 hours post insult. Lesion uptake was significantly higher at 30 minutes post injection ( P<0.05). An image-based method for input function estimation using cardiac blood was validated. Analysis of whole blood showed no significant metabolites and plasma activity concentrations of ˜50% that of whole blood. Kinetic models describing [18F]FACE uptake were developed and quantitatively compared. Elevated [18F]FACE uptake was found to be driven primarily by K1/k2 rather than k3, but changes in the latter were detectable. The two-tissue irreversible uptake model (2T3k) was found to be necessary and sufficient for modeling [18F]FACE uptake. We conclude that kinetic modeling of [18F]FACE uptake represents a potentially useful tool for interrogation of glial metabolism.
Temporally selective contextual encoding in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus
Authors: Rangel L.M. , Alexander A.S. , Aimone J.B. , Wiles J. , Gage F.H. , Chiba A.A. , Quinn L.K.
Published: February 2014

A recent model of the hippocampus predicts that the unique properties of the dentate gyrus allow for temporal separation of events. This temporal separation is accomplished in part through the continual generation of new neurons, which, due to a transient window of hyperexcitability, could allow for preferential encoding of information present during their development. Here we obtain in vivo electrophysiological recordings and identify a cell population exhibiting activity that is selective to single contexts when rats experience a long temporal separation between context exposures during training. This selectivity is attenuated as the temporal separation between context exposures is shortened and is further attenuated when neurogenesis is reduced. Our data reveal the existence of a temporal orthogonalizing neuronal code within the dentate gyrus, a hallmark feature of episodic memory.
Anti-Stokes Fluorescent Probe with Incoherent Excitation
Authors: Li Yang , Zhou Shifeng , Dong Guoping , Peng Mingying , Wondraczek Lothar , Qiu Jianrong
Published: February 2014

Although inorganic anti-Stokes fluorescent probes have long been developed, the operational mode of today's most advanced examples still involves the harsh requirement of coherent laser excitation, which often yields unexpected light disturbance or even photon-induced deterioration during optical imaging. Here, we demonstrate an efficient anti-Stokes fluorescent probe with incoherent excitation. We show that the probe can be operated under light-emitting diode excitation and provides tunable anti-Stokes energy shift and decay kinetics, which allow for rapid and deep tissue imaging over a very large area with negligible photodestruction. Charging of the probe can be achieved by either X-rays or ultraviolet-visible light irradiation, which enables multiplexed detection and function integration with standard X-ray medical imaging devices.
Digital drug delivery: on–off ultrasound controlled antibiotic release from coated matrices with negligible background leaching
Authors: Noble Misty L. , Mourad Pierre D. , Ratner Buddy D.
Published: February 2014

An ultrasound-responsive pHEMA-based system is created for local antibiotic delivery to treat biofilm-related or device-centered infections.
Nanoporous molybdenum carbide wires as an active electrocatalyst towards the oxygen reduction reaction
Authors: Liao Lei , Bian Xiaojun , Xiao Jingjing , Liu Baohong , Scanlon Micheál D. , Girault Hubert H.
Published: February 2014

A non-precious metal electrocatalyst has been developed for the oxygen reduction reaction based on nanoporous molybdenum carbide (nano-Mo2C) wires through a facile calcination of sub-nanometer periodic organic–inorganic hybrid nanowires.
A mass spectrometric and quantum chemical study of the vaporisation of lead monoxide in a flow of gaseous arsenic and antimony trioxides
Authors: Kunkel K. , Milke E. , Binnewies M.
Published: February 2014

Three novel ternary oxides PbAs2O4, Pb3As2O6 and PbSb2O4 were detected in the gas phase and studied experimentally and theoretically.
Green-emitting iridium(iii) complexes containing sulfanyl- or sulfone-functionalized cyclometallating 2-phenylpyridine ligands
Authors: Constable Edwin C. , Ertl Cathrin D. , Housecroft Catherine E. , Zampese Jennifer A.
Published: February 2014

[Ir(C^N)2(bpy)][PF6] complexes with C^N ligands containing sulfone groups are green emitters (λmaxem = 493 and 523 to 525 nm) with high PLQYs; properties are compared to analogous complexes containing fluoro and sulfane groups.
Production of renewable jet fuel range alkanes and commodity chemicals from integrated catalytic processing of biomass
Authors: Bond Jesse Q. , Upadhye Aniruddha A. , Olcay Hakan , Tompsett Geoffrey A. , Jae Jungho , Xing Rong , Alonso David Martin , Wang Dong , Zhang Taiying , Kumar Rajeev , Foster Andrew , Sen S. Murat , Maravelias Christos T. , Malina Robert , Barrett Steven R. H. , Lobo Raul , Wyman Charles E. , Dumesic James A. , Huber George W.
Published: February 2014

Experimental and technoeconomic analysis of a catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into jet fuel.
Characterizing the chemical pathways for water formation – a deep search for hydrogen peroxide
Authors: Parise Bérengère , Bergman Per , Menten Karl
Published: February 2014

In 2011, hydrogen peroxide (HOOH) was observed for the first time outside the solar system (Bergman et al., Astron. Astrophys., 2011, 531, L8). This detection appeared a posteriori to be quite natural, as HOOH is an intermediate product in the formation of water on the surface of dust grains. Following up on this detection, we present a search for HOOH in a diverse sample of sources in different environments, including low-mass protostars and regions with very high column densities, such as Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs). We do not detect the molecule in any other source than Oph A, and derive 3σ upper limits for the abundance of HOOH relative to H2 lower than that in Oph A for most sources. This result sheds a different light on our understanding of the detection of HOOH in Oph A, and shifts the question of why this source seems to be special. Therefore we rediscuss the detection of HOOH in Oph A, as well as the implications of the low abundance of HOOH, and its similarity with the case of O2. Our chemical models show that the production of HOOH is extremely sensitive to temperature, and is favored only in the range 20–30 K. The relatively high abundance of HOOH observed in Oph A suggests that the bulk of the material lies at a temperature in the range 20–30 K.
The cycling of carbon into and out of dust
Authors: Jones Anthony P. , Ysard Nathalie , Köhler Melanie , Fanciullo Lapo , Bocchio Marco , Micelotta Elisabetta , Verstraete Laurent , Guillet Vincent
Published: February 2014

Observational evidence seems to indicate that the depletion of interstellar carbon into dust shows rather wide variations and that carbon undergoes rather rapid recycling in the interstellar medium (ISM). Small hydrocarbon grains are processed in photo-dissociation regions by UV photons, by ion and electron collisions in interstellar shock waves and by cosmic rays. A significant fraction of hydrocarbon dust must therefore be re-formed by accretion in the dense, molecular ISM. A new dust model (Jones et al., Astron. Astrophys., 2013, 558, A62) shows that variations in the dust observables in the diffuse interstellar medium (nH ≤ 103 cm−3), can be explained by systematic and environmentally-driven changes in the small hydrocarbon grain population. Here we explore the consequences of gas-phase carbon accretion onto the surfaces of grains in the transition regions between the diffuse ISM and molecular clouds (e.g., Jones, Astron. Astrophys., 2013, 555, A39). We find that significant carbonaceous dust re-processing and/or mantle accretion can occur in the outer regions of molecular clouds and that this dust will have significantly different optical properties from the dust in the adjacent diffuse ISM. We conclude that the (re-)processing and cycling of carbon into and out of dust is perhaps the key to advancing our understanding of dust evolution in the ISM.
Probing the substrate specificity ofTrypanosoma bruceiGlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase with synthetic substrate analogues
Authors: Capes Amy S. , Crossman Arthur , Urbaniak Michael D. , Gilbert Sophie H. , Ferguson Michael A. J. , Gilbert Ian H.
Published: February 2014

A series of substrates analogues of GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase were tested as substrates and inhibitors of theTrypanosoma bruceienzyme.
Synthesis of β-carboline–benzimidazole conjugates using lanthanum nitrate as a catalyst and their biological evaluation
Authors: Kamal Ahmed , Narasimha Rao M. P. , Swapna P. , Srinivasulu Vunnam , Bagul Chandrakant , Shaik Anver Basha , Mullagiri Kishore , Kovvuri Jeshma , Reddy Vangala Santhosh , Vidyasagar K. , Nagesh Narayana
Published: February 2014

A series of β-carboline–benzimidazole conjugates were synthesized using lanthanum nitrate as a novel catalyst and evaluated for their anticancer activity.
Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone
Authors: Nguyen Nam T. , Thurecht Kristofer J. , Howdle Steve M. , Irvine Derek J.
Published: February 2014

First solvent-free synthesis of degradable/bioresorbable, highly branched polymers via Sn(Oct)2 controlled ROP containing di-functional lactones to near quantitative conversion.
Dye-sensitized solar cells based on triazine-linked porphyrin dyads containing one or two carboxylic acid anchoring groups
Authors: Zervaki Galateia E. , Angaridis Panagiotis A. , Koukaras Emmanuel N. , Sharma Ganesh D. , Coutsolelos Athanassios G.
Published: February 2014

Porphyrin dyads, covalently linked by 1,3,5-triazine, either with one or two carboxylic acid groups, were synthesized and used as sensitizers in DSSCs, resulting in power conversion efficiency higher than 5%.
Hedgehog-like hierarchical ZnO needle-clusters with superior electron transfer kinetics for dye-sensitized solar cells
Authors: Qu Jie , Yang Yongan , Wu Qingduan , Coxon Paul R. , Liu Yingjun , He Xiong , Xi Kai , Yuan Ningyi , Ding Jianning
Published: February 2014

Owing to their unique morphology, hedgehog-like ZnO needle-clusters show enhanced photovoltaic conversion efficiencies and superior electron transfer kinetics: fast electron transfer and long lifetimes with suppressed recombination.
A nine-dimensional global potential energy surface for NH4(X2A1) and kinetics studies on the H + NH3↔ H2+ NH2reaction
Authors: Li Jun , Guo Hua
Published: February 2014

A nine-dimensional global potential energy surface (PES) for the NH4system is developed from ∼105high-levelab initiopoints and the hydrogen abstraction kinetics on the PES agree with experiment.
The behaviour of an old catalyst revisited in a wet environment: Co ions in APO-5 split water under mild conditions
Authors: Bonelli Barbara , Armandi Marco , Hernandez Simelys , Vankova Svetoslava , Celasco Edvige , Tomatis Maura , Saracco Guido , Garrone Edoardo
Published: February 2014

Co-APO-5 splits water at room temperature through the endothermic process shown in the figure.
Differencing as a method to estimate the uncertainty of a transient LA-ICPMS signal
Authors: Ulianov Alex , Müntener Othmar
Published: February 2014

A new method is proposed to calculate the mean intensity uncertainty of a transient LA-ICPMS signal. It is based on the statistical analysis of intensity differences for successive sweeps.
Bioinspired protein microparticles fabrication by peptide mediated disulfide interchange
Authors: Lai Kwok Kei , Renneberg Reinhard , Mak Wing Cheung
Published: February 2014

A bioinspired green chemistry approach for the fabrication of pure protein microparticles based on peptide mediated disulfide interchange reactions.
A platinum nanowire network as a highly efficient current collector for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
Authors: Ding Hanping , Xue Xingjian
Published: February 2014

Heating and local exothermicity promote agglomeration and connection to form tree-branch like Pt network.
A simple hydrothermal route for the preparation of HgS nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activities
Authors: Selvaraj Rengaraj , Qi Kezhen , Al-Kindy Salma M. Z. , Sillanpää Mika , Kim Younghun , Tai Cheuk-Wai
Published: February 2014

HgS nanoparticles, synthesized by a hydrothermal method using PEG as stabilizing agent, show good photocatalytic behaviour.
Lewis acidic stiborafluorenes for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride in drinking water at ppm concentrations
Authors: Hirai Masato , Gabbaï François P.
Published: February 2014

Lewis acidic organoantimony(v) derivatives have been developed for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride in biphasic water–CH2Cl2mixtures at sub-ppm concentrations.
Recent developments in the field of energetic ionic liquids
Authors: Sebastiao Elena , Cook Cyril , Hu Anguang , Murugesu Muralee
Published: February 2014

Energetic ionic liquids (EILs) are a subset of the rapidly growing field of ionic liquid research.
Efficient encoding of QC‐LDPC codes with multiple‐diagonal parity‐check structure
Authors: Zhang Peng , Yu Shuo , Liu Changyin , Jiang Lanxiang
Published: February 2014

An efficient encoding method is proposed for a class of quasi‐cyclic low‐density parity‐check (QC‐LDPC) codes with a multiple‐diagonal parity‐check structure. Its easy implementation with Chinese digital terrestrial/television multimedia broadcasting standard as an example is discussed. It is shown that the proposed encoder runs significantly faster and requires much fewer resources than the conventional shift‐register–adder–accumulator encoder.
H∞ filter based accuracy improvement of heterodyne laser interferometer
Authors: Lee Kyunghyun , Lim Minwoo , Park Jongkoo , You Kwan‐Ho
Published: February 2014

The advantage of a laser interferometer is in the high resolution it provides, especially in extremely sensitive nanometrology. The laser interferometer plays a crucial role in ultra‐precision measurement areas. However, the measurement accuracy is limited by a nonlinearity error. The nonlinearity error of the heterodyne laser interferometer needs to be compensated for. An H∞ filter is applied to compensate for the nonlinearity error caused by the elliptic polarisation, two non‐orthogonal beams and an imperfect optical alignment. The proposed compensation method using an H∞ filter can reduce the nonlinearity error. The experimental results show an improved accuracy and reliability.