bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The march toward marriage equality: Reexamining the diffusion of same-sex marriage among states
Authors: Mitchell Joshua L , Petray Elizabeth
Published: February 2016

The issue of same-sex marriage and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality has received considerable attention from policy scholars. This is unsurprising given the issue is one of the defining social policy battles of the last decade. State governments at the forefront of this battle have responded by proposing a multitude of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related policies. In this study, we comparatively assess the diffusion of two of these policies across US states: the legal recognition of same-sex marriages and state constitutional amendments defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman. While previous studies have examined the diffusion of same-sex marriage bans across states, none have offered a comparative examination of how both sides of this contentious issue have advanced their policy preferences alongside each other. Using event history analysis, we analyze a unique set of covariates to test two diffusion hypotheses: learning and imitation. We find that for both policies, policy learning is the primary mechanism occurring, suggesting that policymakers learn from one another for the same policy area, even if the policies have different motives or objectives. However, the effect of learning is more prominent for anti-gay policies, suggesting there are differences between policies.
Stiffness and damping model of bolted joint based on the modified three-dimensional fractal topography
Authors: Zhao Yongsheng , Xu Jingjing , Cai Ligang , Shi Weimin , Liu Zhifeng
Published: February 2016

The machine tools are consisted of many parts and most of them are connected by the bolts. Accurate modeling of contact stiffness and damping for bolted joint is crucial in predicting the dynamic performance of machine tools. This paper presents a modified three-dimensional fractal contact model to obtain the stiffness and damping of bolted joint. Topography of the contact surface of bolted joint is fractal featured and determined by fractal parameters. Asperities in microscale are considered as elastic, elastic–plastic, and full plastic deformation. The expand coefficient ψ is introduced to the size-distribution function of asperities. The real contact area, contact stiffness, and damping of the contact surface can be calculated by integrating the microasperities. The relationship of contact stiffness, damping, fractal dimension D, and fractal roughness parameter G can be obtained. Experiments are conducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed model. The results show that the theoretical mode shapes are in good agreement with the experimental mode shapes. The relative errors between the theoretical and experimental natural frequencies are less than 3.33%, which is less than those of the W-K model and L-L model. The presented model can be used to accurately predict the dynamic characteristic of bolted assembly in the machine tools.
‘We are all a little mad in one or other particular’. The presentation of madness in the novels of Muriel Spark
Authors: Beveridge Allan
Published: February 2016

This paper examines the presentation of madness in the novels of the great Scottish writer, Muriel Spark (1918–2006). In her work, there is a large cast of mad characters as well as a succession of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts. Spark suggests several explanations as to the origins of madness. We see mental disturbance conceived in terms of the supernatural, the religious and the Gothic. She also depicts insanity as a form of personality defect, eccentricity or mental enfeeblement. She drew on Romantic notions of the madman as a seer and speaker of truth. In her portrayal of psychiatrists, both the pill-prescribers and the psychoanalysts, Spark is frequently sceptical of the two: medication can erase positive qualities in an individual, and analysts can spout meaningless gibberish.
Insomnia symptoms, perceived stress and coping strategies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Authors: Palagini L , Mauri M , Faraguna U , Carli L , Tani C , Dell’Osso L , Mosca M , Riemann D
Published: February 2016

Objective

The aim of this study is to evaluate perceived stress and coping strategies in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) according to the presence of insomnia symptoms, using a set of variables that include anxiety and depressive symptoms evaluation.

Methods

Ninety SLE women were evaluated in a cross-sectional study using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Brief COPE, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).

Results

Individuals with insomnia symptoms ( n = 57, 66%) presented higher PSS ( p < 0.001), PSQI ( p < 0.0001), BDI, ( p < 0.0001) scores and showed less-effective coping strategies such as the use of behavioral disengagement ( p = 0.04), self-blame ( p = 0.02) and emotional-focused coping ( p = 0.001). In a multi-regression model ISI was the independent determinant of high PSS and of behavioral disengagement; PSQI was the only determinant of self-blame ( p = 0.02) and emotional-focused coping.

Conclusions

SLE individuals with insomnia symptoms show high levels of perceived stress and more frequent use of disengaging and emotional-focused coping strategies. This body of evidence suggests that individuals with SLE and comorbid insomnia symptoms may therefore require additional interventions for insomnia.
Towards a cognitive stylistics of the absurd: Joanna Gavins’ Reading the Absurd (2013)
Authors: Couder Olivier
Published: February 2016

Joanna Gavins’ recently published Reading the Absurd (2013) represents a new step in the research into the literary absurd as it introduces cognitive stylistics as an instrument to clarify its workings. This review article focuses on some of the innovative additions offered by Gavins’ book, specifically, the importance it attributes to the reader and his or her response to absurdist literature. In the wake of earlier studies of the absurd, the article identifies incongruity as a key feature of the absurd. Positing that a cognitive approach to incongruity is much needed in this context, the article then considers how cognitive literary theory can add to our knowledge and understanding of absurdist literature.
Antinuclear Radicals: Scientific Experts and Antinuclear Activism in Japan
Authors: Avenell Simon
Published: February 2016

This article examines the role of scientific experts in the post-war Japanese antinuclear power movement. It argues that experts and their movements have influenced the development of nuclear power in Japan, albeit in an indirect, constrained and sporadic way. Experts like the nuclear chemist Takagi Jinzaburō stimulated an upsurge of antinuclear protest and public opinion, especially after the Chernobyl accident in 1986, which made power plant siting more difficult, contributed to longer construction lead times, and forced state and nuclear industry officials to devote considerable resources to atomic energy public relations (PR) campaigns and compensation for nuclearised communities. The antinuclear advocacy and activism of scientific experts arguably helped to slow down nuclear power development, resulting in a less nuclearised Japan than imagined by its advocates. Antinuclear experts and their movements, however, never became players in mainstream nuclear policymaking and had to be content with pressure tactics from the political peripheries. After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 some observers pointed to this lack of direct political influence as evidence of the failure of the antinuclear movement. Rather than outright failure, however, this article presents a more ambivalent history marked by both achievements and shortcomings.
Chinese Public’s Risk Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food: From the 1990s to 2015
Authors: Lü Lan , Chen Haidan
Published: February 2016

This article investigates the Chinese public’s risk perceptions of genetically modified (GM) food from the 1990s to 2015. We adopt socio-psychological and cultural approaches to investigate factors underlying the change of the Chinese public’s perceptions of the risk of GM food in this period. The analysis involves surveys of ‘Chinese publics and biotechnology’, Chinese newspaper coverage of GM food and website and social media sources. Our main finding is that the Chinese public’s risk perceptions of GM food have gone through three different phases: from ‘ignorant of the risk’ in the 1990s, to ‘tolerant of the risk’ between 2000 and 2009, to ‘mindful of the risk’ from 2010 to 2015. Among a variety of factors, social, economic and political transformations in China occurring over the same three decades as our investigation are major factors underlying the change of Chinese public’s risk perception of GM food. Furthermore, with the prominence of risk perception in recent years, as of yet there are no effective mechanisms for coping with the problems of risk communication and management that we have detected; this lack may impede the future development of GM food. We suggest that more studies are necessary to further investigate risk communication and risk governance issues, thereby contributing to better decision making with regard to GM food and risk governance of science and technology.
Drivers and Indicators of Performance in Relief Chain: An Empirical Study
Authors: Bardhan Amit Kumar , Dangi Hamendra Kumar
Published: February 2016

Relief and rehabilitation is an important component of disaster management. Success of this humanitarian intervention is dependent upon a combination of factors; logistics is among the important ones. The purpose of this article is to discuss key drivers of performance while managing disaster relief logistics. This research uses two-stage research designs. The first stage incorporates exploratory research through interviews with experts and focus group discussions. In the second stage, a survey was conducted among those affected by the Kosi floods (2008) in Bihar. A non-random sampling plan was adopted. Results show that there is empirical evidence that the key drivers identified in the present research positively influence the performance of relief operations. This work can also help practitioners and policy makers identify important parameters related to relief logistics. The study was confined to India and only focuses on sudden onset disasters.
Relation between Trade in Financial Services and Economic Growth in BRICS Economies: Cointegration and Causality Approach
Authors: Khatun Rabia
Published: February 2016

Trade in financial services (TIFS) has a very important role in channelling investments into most productive uses, and therefore promoting growth. This article examines the relation between TIFS and economic growth (real gross domestic product, RGDP) in BRICS economies, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, for the period 1990–2012. We have used Pedroni’s panel cointegration approach to establish a long-run relationship between TIFS and economic growth. The results suggest that a causal relationship exists between the TIFS and economic growth of the BRICS economies. Given the variables are cointegrated, Granger causality analysis was undertaken using vector error correction mode (VECM) and vector autoregression (VAR) procedures, the results of which reveal both short-run and long-run uni-directional causalities running from TIFS to RGDP.
Real Sector Output and Financial Liberalisation in Nigeria
Authors: Orji Anthony , Aguegboh Ekene , Anthony-Orji Onyinye I.
Published: February 2016

This study investigates the impact of financial liberalisation on real sector output in Nigeria by adopting the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) modeling technique for the econometric analysis. Pre-estimation tests such as the Stationarity and Cointegration tests were also done. The results show that the variables of interest in the model are cointegrated and that financial liberalisation (proxied by private sector credit) has a negative impact on manufacturing sector, while it has a positive impact on agricultural sector. This implies that credit to private sector was diverted to some unproductive ventures, rather than productive activities. Furthermore, poor infrastructure, high level of corruption, political and economic instability and high cost fund were found to have constrained the contribution of private sector credit to economic development. On the other hand, its positive impact on agriculture shows that there is an improvement in the agricultural sector since the commencement of financial liberalisation. The study concludes that efforts should be geared towards militating against the socioeconomic cum institutional factors that constrained the contribution of private sector credit to manufacturing output growth in Nigeria within the period under review.
Health Infrastructure in Odisha with Special Reference to Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Cities
Authors: Hota Abhash Kumar , Rout Himanshu Sekhar
Published: February 2016

Infrastructure is fundamental for any kind of development. Health infrastructure is very essential for quality health output. In this connection, the objective of this study is to explore the health infrastructure available in the state of Odisha and especially in the twin city of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar. It is observed that the health infrastructure available in the state is very poor with large numbers of medical and paramedical posts lying vacant. But the situations in both the cities are quite good because of the private providers. The private hospitals are better service providers than the public hospitals.
The Perils of Integrating Wellness and Safety and Health and the Possibility of a Worker-Oriented Alternative
Authors: Lax Michael B.
Published: February 2016

Integration of workplace wellness with safety and health has gained momentum on the initiative of the state allied with a segment of large employers and some health and safety professionals. Integration has a dual potential: to fundamentally reshape occupational health in ways that profoundly benefit workers, or to serve neoliberal corporate goals. A focus on the workplace and the ways work and health interact broaden the definition of a work-related injury or illness and emphasize and challenge the employer decisions that create hazards and determine risk. However, the implementation of integration is taking place in a context of corporate dominance and the aggressive pursuit of a neoliberal agenda. Consequently, in practice, integration efforts have emphasized individual worker responsibility for health and fail to actually integrate wellness with safety and health in a meaningful way. Can an alternative be envisioned and pursued that realizes the promise of integration for workers?
Autoethnography in Health Research
Authors: Chang Heewon
Published: February 2016

Autoethnography is gaining acceptance as a legitimate research method in health science research. The growing volume of published autoethnographies is indicative of this trend. After discussing the methodological tenents of this qualitative research method and its compatibility with health-related research, the author illustrates this trend with examples of published autoethnogrpahic books, theses, and journal articles. While celebrating the potential of autoethnography as a suitable health research method, the author critiques dominatly descriptive and evocative illness self-narratives that may evoke emontionally compelling responses from readers but offer insufficient sociocultural insights about the illness phenomenon. To identify a “desirable” autoethnography that provides not only a “thick description” of personal experiences but also a sociocultural interpration of such experiences, the author recommends both creators and consumers of autoethnography to ask five evaluative questions: (1) Does the autoethnography use authentic and trustworthy data?; (2) Does the autoethnography follow a reliable research process and show the process clearly?; (3) Does the autoethnography follow ethical steps to protect the rights of self and others presented and implicated in the autoethnography?; (4) Does the autoethnography analyze and interpret the sociocultural meaning of the author’s personal experiences?; and (5) Does the autoethnography attempt to make a scholarly contribution with its conclusion and engagement of the existing literature?
Effect of perceived organizational support on suicidal ideation of young employees: The mediator role of self-esteem
Authors: Sang Jinyan , Ji Yongbao , Li Ping , Zhao Hao
Published: February 2016

This study aimed to explore the relationships among perceived organizational support, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation of young employees. A total of 447 unmarried employees completed the survey of perceived organizational support, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and suicide ideation scale. The results revealed that perceived organizational support, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation were significantly correlated with each other. Stepwise regression analysis and path analysis both indicated that self-esteem partially mediated the effect of perceived organizational support on suicidal ideation.
Parallelism and meaning: Understanding molas as twinned pairs
Authors: Marks Diana
Published: February 2016

For over 100 years, Kuna Indian women and girls have sewn and worn the mola blouse as part of their dress ensemble. On the front and back of the blouses are mola panels, conceived and created as a pair. The pair of mola panels may be nearly identical or different. The relationship between a pair of mola panels is discussed in terms of the impact on the designs of Kuna culture and ethnoaesthetic criteria, especially layering, filler techniques, symmetry and colour preferences, as well as sewing techniques and material usage. Aspects of Kuna sociality, cosmology and verbal oratory are explored. In most cases it is possible to establish a thematic relationship between the back and front mola panels of a mola blouse. An object-based material culture approach contributes to an enhanced understanding of the complexities of mola making, including the technical skills required to design and manipulate layers of cloth. The importance of understanding mola panels as twinned pairs is highlighted by evaluating individual panels in pairs based on the examination of mola collections from six museums. This research also provides practical information for museum curators and others to establish which individual mola panels in collections may constitute a pair, originating from the same mola blouse.
A generation of resistance
Authors: Nasser Aisha K.
Published: February 2016

Over the last few years in Egypt, female cartoonists have ventured into the traditionally male-dominated arena of political cartoons. For the first time, a group of female cartoonists has emerged, and is expressing its opinions about global, local, and female-related issues. This article discusses the works of young Egyptian female cartoonists and some of the initiatives in which they have participated. I explore their works as sites of resistance that challenge the power hierarchies within the patriarchal structure in post-revolution era Egypt. I use Karl Mannheim’s concept of generation style to suggest that their works will have long-term ramifications for the political scene in Egypt over the coming years. For, in spite of the aborted revolution, a young generation is still carving space that resists the dominant masculine structure in an effort to re-sculpt notions of equity in terms that appropriately reflect the gendered interests of women.
Two-way green wave optimization control method of artery based on partitioned model
Authors: Wang Li , Pan Ke , Guo Wei-wei , Liu Xiao-ming , Wu Dan
Published: February 2016

To enlarge the green wave bandwidth between intersections of an artery and to design an effective green wave bandwidth, the conception of partitioned artery was proposed in this article. First, the artery was divided into sections systematically. After the calculation of the average volumes and intervals of the sections, two-way green wave optimization model of arteries based on division of artery was developed. Then, set constraint condition of public cycle by analyzing the relationship between cycle and delay, and the process of searching the bandwidth of partitioned green wave was proposed. Next, the bandwidth of partitioned green wave was optimized by the genetic algorithms with offset and public cycle as variables. Finally, simulation result shows the feasibility and effectiveness of proposed method based on the comparison and analysis of real data in Beijing.
Numerical investigation on the flow, combustion, and NOX emission characteristics in a 660 MWe tangential firing ultra-supercritical boiler
Authors: Sun Wenjing , Zhong Wenqi , Yu Aibing , Liu Longhai , Qian Yujun
Published: February 2016

A three-dimensional numerical simulation was carried out to study the pulverized-coal combustion process in a tangentially fired ultra-supercritical boiler. The realizable k- ε model for gas coupled with discrete phase model for coal particles, P-1 radiation model for radiation, two-competing-rates model for devolatilization, and kinetics/diffusion-limited model for combustion process are considered. The characteristics of the flow field, particle motion, temperature distribution, species components, and NOx emissions were numerically investigated. The good agreement of the measurements and predictions implies that the applied simulation models are appropriate for modeling commercial-scale coal boilers. It is found that an ideal turbulent flow and particle trajectory can be observed in this unconventional pulverized-coal furnace. With the application of over-fire air and additional air, lean-oxygen combustion takes place near the burner sets region and higher temperature at furnace exit is acquired for better heat transfer. Within the limits of secondary air, more steady combustion process is achieved as well as the reduction of NOx. Furthermore, the influences of the secondary air, over-fire air, and additional air on the NOx emissions are obtained. The numerical results reveal that NOx formation attenuates with the decrease in the secondary air ratio ( γ2nd) and the ratio of the additional air to the over-fire air ( γAA/ γOFA) was within the limits.
Paradoxes of Dignity in Israel/Palestine
Authors: Lloyd Dana
Published: February 2016

Is human dignity a useful political concept for us today? Some think it is useful precisely because it can mean whatever one wants it to mean; others think it is useless for that same reason. It is certainly productive to acknowledge its elusiveness. Perhaps we can only understand fully what dignity means at instances when society fails to protect the dignity of its members. Perhaps we only know dignity in the face of indignation. Against the background of the ambiguity of the concept, I propose that dignity is democratized when resistance to oppression is considered a fundamental right, defended under the umbrella of human dignity.
The role of electroencephalography in the diagnosis of serotonin syndrome
Authors: Krishnamoorthy Theeba , Knighton John , Merton Louis
Published: February 2016

Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening side-effect of agents that enhance synaptic serotonin levels. With the increasing use of serotoninergic agents greater awareness of serotonin syndrome is necessary, including the potential for drug interactions with serotoninergic agents to produce serotonin syndrome. Clinical presentation ranges from mild reactions to a severe toxic state involving generalized tonic-clonic seizures, fevers exceeding 40℃ or coma. This case highlights the necessity of considering serotonin syndrome alongside other differential diagnoses: neuroleptic malignant syndrome, infectious cause, atypical seizures and delirium tremens, in the setting of altered mental state with abnormal neurology. It highlights the potential diagnostic use of electroencephalography in supporting a diagnosis of serotonin syndrome.
Novel immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of urothelial carcinoma
Authors: Muthigi Akhil , George Arvin K. , Brancato Sam J. , Agarwal Piyush K.
Published: February 2016

Immunotherapy has long played a role in urothelial cancers with the use of bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) being a mainstay in the treatment of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Novel therapeutic approaches have not significantly impacted mortality in this population and so a renaissance in immunotherapy has resulted. This includes recombinant BCG, oncolytic viruses, monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and adoptive T-cell therapy. Herein, we provide a review of the current state of the art and future therapies regarding immunotherapeutic strategies for urothelial carcinoma.
Integration of Hybrid and Single Ventricle Rehabilitation Techniques to Treat a Neonate After Iatrogenic Mitral Injury
Authors: Ashfaq Awais , Seckeler Michael , Pophal Stephen , Rhee Edward , Ryan Justin , Rao Rohit , Klewer Scott , Nigro John J.
Published: February 2016

Neonatal critical aortic stenosis is life threatening and requires intervention shortly after birth. Early percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty is generally considered to be an effective way to obtain reliable prograde flow. We describe the integrated use of hybrid, open surgical, and single ventricle rehabilitation techniques to successfully treat a neonate with borderline left-sided cardiac structures, who sustained a complication from balloon aortic valvuloplasty.
Unusual Case of Left Bronchial Compression by Aneurysmal Pulmonary Arteries in a Child With Atrial Septal Defect
Authors: Pawar Ranjit , Kumar Gaurav , Sharma Vipul , Dalal S. S.
Published: February 2016

We report an uncommon case of large ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, with associated aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary arteries (PAs) leading to compression of the left main bronchus and collapse of the entire left lung in a 15-month-old female child. The patient was managed by surgical closure of the ASD, translocation of the right PA anterior to the aorta with PA aneurysmorrhaphy. Left bronchial compression was relieved with complete lung expansion on the third postoperative day.
Explaining the geographic spread of emerging epidemics: a framework for comparing viral phylogenies and environmental landscape data
Authors: Dellicour Simon , Rose Rebecca , Pybus Oliver G.
Published: February 2016

Background

Phylogenetic analysis is now an important tool in the study of viral outbreaks. It can reconstruct epidemic history when surveillance epidemiology data are sparse, and can indicate transmission linkages among infections that may not otherwise be evident. However, a remaining challenge is to develop an analytical framework that can test hypotheses about the effect of environmental variables on pathogen spatial spread. Recent phylogeographic approaches can reconstruct the history of virus dispersal from sampled viral genomes and infer the locations of ancestral infections. Such methods provide a unique source of spatio-temporal information, and are exploited here.

Results

We present and apply a new statistical framework that combines genomic and geographic data to test the impact of environmental variables on the mode and tempo of pathogen dispersal during emerging epidemics. First, the spatial history of an emerging pathogen is estimated using standard phylogeographic methods. The inferred dispersal path for each phylogenetic lineage is then assigned a “weight” using environmental data (e.g. altitude, land cover). Next, tests measure the association between each environmental variable and lineage movement. A randomisation procedure is used to assess statistical confidence and we validate this approach using simulated data. We apply our new framework to a set of gene sequences from an epidemic of rabies virus in North American raccoons. We test the impact of six different environmental variables on this epidemic and demonstrate that elevation is associated with a slower rabies spread in a natural population.

Conclusion

This study shows that it is possible to integrate genomic and environmental data in order to test hypotheses concerning the mode and tempo of virus dispersal during emerging epidemics.
Colib'read on galaxy: a tools suite dedicated to biological information extraction from raw NGS reads
Authors: Le Bras Yvan , Collin Olivier , Monjeaud Cyril , Lacroix Vincent , Rivals Éric , Lemaitre Claire , Miele Vincent , Sacomoto Gustavo , Marchet Camille , Cazaux Bastien , Zine El Aabidine Amal , Salmela Leena , Alves-Carvalho Susete , Andrieux Alexan , Uricaru Raluca , Peterlongo Pierre
Published: February 2016

Background

With next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, the life sciences face a deluge of raw data. Classical analysis processes for such data often begin with an assembly step, needing large amounts of computing resources, and potentially removing or modifying parts of the biological information contained in the data. Our approach proposes to focus directly on biological questions, by considering raw unassembled NGS data, through a suite of six command-line tools.

Findings

Dedicated to ‘whole-genome assembly-free' treatments, the Colib'read tools suite uses optimized algorithms for various analyses of NGS datasets, such as variant calling or read set comparisons. Based on the use of a de Bruijn graph and bloom filter, such analyses can be performed in a few hours, using small amounts of memory. Applications using real data demonstrate the good accuracy of these tools compared to classical approaches. To facilitate data analysis and tools dissemination, we developed Galaxy tools and tool shed repositories.

Conclusions

With the Colib'read Galaxy tools suite, we enable a broad range of life scientists to analyze raw NGS data. More importantly, our approach allows the maximum biological information to be retained in the data, and uses a very low memory footprint.
Seismic interpretation, attribute analysis, and illumination study for targets below a volcanic-sedimentary succession, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil
Authors: Cortez Marcella M. M. , Cetale Santos Marco A.
Published: February 2016

During the past decade, a significant exploration effort into deeper water and deeper targets in offshore areas brought more knowledge about the distribution of igneous rocks in the sedimentary basins along many continental margins. Nonhomogeneous illumination effects may occur below shallow, high-impedance igneous rock bodies. The seismic processing, depth imaging, interpretation, and attribute analysis require a special attention when these magmatic bodies affect the illumination of deeper targets. Usually, those structures are not considered in illumination studies, and the salt diapirs govern the analysis. In this work, seismic attributes are quite relevant to constrain the geologic model used to simulate the amplitude maps of the deeper target and to quantify the shadow effects observed on it. These amplitude shadows may either create (false) or hide (true) attribute anomalies. We have modeled a Tertiary volcano-sedimentary succession (VSS) mapped in the northeastern Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, to simulate the effect in the amplitude response of deeper targets. There were multiple magmatic events through the Santos Basin Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary succession, intrusive and extrusive. The igneous extrusive rocks intercalated with sediments forming VSS marked by low- and high-amplitude responses with tough lateral discontinuity. The amplitude found well-preserved architectural elements interpreted as lava flows and volcanoes, contrasting with layered sediments. We have defined geobodies constrained by relative impedance and 3D edge detection to build the 3D geologic model of the igneous successions used for seismic simulation. From the geobodies, we modeled two VSS to run the P-waves ray-tracing propagation to simulate the migrated amplitude map of the deeper Lower Albian sequence top. We computed the P-velocity and the density from well logs, and the seismic acquisition geometry was similar to the original. Comparison between real and simulated amplitudes showed the impact of shadow zones caused by shallower igneous bodies.
Seismic attenuation attributes with applications on conventional and unconventional reservoirs
Authors: Li Fangyu , Verma Sumit , Zhou Huailai , Zhao Tao , Marfurt Kurt J.
Published: February 2016

Seismic attenuation, generally related to the presence of hydrocarbon accumulation, fluid-saturated fractures, and rugosity, is extremely useful for reservoir characterization. The classic constant attenuation estimation model, focusing on intrinsic attenuation, detects the seismic energy loss because of the presence of hydrocarbons, but it works poorly when spectral anomalies exist, due to rugosity, fractures, thin layers, and so on. Instead of trying to adjust the constant attenuation model to such phenomena, we have evaluated a suite of seismic spectral attenuation attributes to quantify the apparent attenuation responses. We have applied these attributes to a conventional and an unconventional reservoir, and we found that those seismic attenuation attributes were effective and robust for seismic interpretation. Specifically, the spectral bandwidth attribute correlated with the production of a gas sand in the Anadarko Basin, whereas the spectral slope of high frequencies attribute correlated with the production in the Barnett Shale of the Fort Worth Basin.
Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution
Authors: Draper Deborah Riley
Published: February 2016

Not many moments in time change the course of history and evolution of an industry at the same time. And even fewer of these moments can be attributed without exception to a group of black fashion models. In this essay I discuss my award-winning documentary Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution, which revisits the famed fashion battle at Versailles and examines the dynamics of race, economics, beauty, history, and the epic results of that legendary night in 1973 at the Chateau de Versailles. When five American designers enjoy victory against their French counterparts, the Americans triumph in large part is because of the black models that sashayed the runway, moving like dancers with the instincts of soldiers. That combination mesmerized and blew away the French. Those models included Pat Cleveland, Bethann Hardisan, Billie Blair, Alva Chin, Charlene Dash, Norman Jean Darden, Ramouna Saunders, Jennifer Brice, Barbara Jackson, and China Machado. The rest is well-heeled history.
Haute Africa
Authors: Jennings Helen
Published: February 2016

From March 30 to June 9, 2014, in the coastal town of Knokke-Heist, Belgium’s international photography festival hosted an outdoor exhibition that brought together world-renowned artists whose works examine contemporary African dress practices. The continent’s burgeoning fashion industry signals a newfound creative energy and prosperity, yet it also raises debate around such issues as Westernization, postcolonialism, race, gender equality and religion.

Haute Africa focused on the work of photographers who are not interested in African fashion per se but who choose instead to conduct an anthropological study of contemporary African clothing culture. Magnum photographer Martin Parr was the festival’s ambassador and contributed his Luxury series, which includes candid images of a South African elite wearing Western designer clothes and sipping champagne at the Durban July races. Conversely, Daniele Tamagni’s Gentlemen of Bacongo documents the lives of a different kind of elite, the sapeurs of Congo-Brazzaville, whose devotion to European bespoke suits creates a stark contrast to their modest day-to-day reality.

These and other participating artists including Viviane Sassen, Zanele Muholi, Hassan Hajjaj, NontsikeleloVeleko, Jodi Bieber, Phyllis Galembo and Namsa Leuba, are opening up a new discourse where art and fashion collide.
The plant hopperIssus coleoptratuscan detoxify phloem sap saponins including the degradation of the terpene core
Authors: Himmelsbach Markus , Weth Agnes , Böhme Christine , Schwarz Martin , Bräunig Peter , Baumgartner Werner
Published: February 2016

Issus coleoptratus is a small plant hopper which mainly feeds on the phloem sap from ivy. Although all parts of ivy are poisonous as the plant contains saponins, especially hederasaponins, I.coleoptratus can cope with the poison. In contrast to other animals like the stick insect Carausius morosus which accumulates saponins in its body, I. coleoptratus can degrade and disintegrate not only the saponins but even the genines, i.e. the triterpene core of the substances. This is perhaps made possible by a specialised midgut and/or the salivary glands. When the glands and the gut are dissected and added to saponins in solution, the saponins, including the genines, are degraded ex vivo.
Χρονικά αρχαιολογικά 1966-1967
Authors: Πέτσας Φ. Μ.
Published: February 2016

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Περίπτωσις πνευματικής επιδράσεως του Αγίου Όρους εις τον βαλκανικόν χώρον κατα τον 18ον αιώνα
Authors: Παπουλίδης Κωνσταντίνος Κ.
Published: February 2016

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Βασιλείου Θ. Βογιατζή, Η γεωπολιτική και οικονομική σπουδαιότης δια την Ελλάδα του μακεδονοθρακικού χώρου
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χ. Κ.
Published: February 2016

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Αποστ. Ε. Βακαλοπούλου, Ιστορία της Μακεδονίας (1354-1833)
Authors: Χασιώτης Ι. Κ.
Published: February 2016

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G. Τ. Griffith, Alexander the Great: The Main Problems
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασίλειος
Published: February 2016

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Εμμ. Ι. Μικρογιαννάκη, Αι μεταξύ Αλεξάνδρου Γ' και Δαρείου Γ' διπλωματικοί επαφαί
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασίλειος
Published: February 2016

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Η νέα μονή Θεσσαλονίκης
Authors: Θεοχαρίδης Γ. Ι.
Published: February 2016

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Έγγραφα εκ Μοσχοπόλεως
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Recueil des travaux sur la protection des monuments historiques.
Authors: Πελεκανίδης Στυλ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Α. Κανατσούλη, Μακεδονική προσωπογραφία (Από του 148 π.Χ. μέχρι των χρόνων του Μ. Κωνσταντίνου)
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Οι περιπέτειες ενός Μακεδόνα απόδημου μετά την Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821-1829
Authors: Βακαλόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος Απ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ανέκδοτα έγγραφα της Θάσου αναφερόμενα στο έθιμο του "παλληκαριάτικου" και "κοριτσιάτικου"
Authors: Χιόνης Κωνσταντίνος Ι.
Published: February 2016

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Το Ελληνορουμανικόν σύμφωνον της 21ης Μαρτίου 1928
Authors: Σβολόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Χρονικά αρχαιολογικά 1968-1970
Authors: Πέτσας Φώτιος Μ.
Published: February 2016

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Κωνσταντίνου Ε. Σιαμπανοπούλου, Αιανή (ιστορία, τοπογραφία, αρχαιολογία)
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Βυζαντινά και μεταβυζαντινά εγκώμια εις τον Άγιον Δημήτριον
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασίλειος
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ναούμ Σπανού, Αναμνήσεις εκ του Μακεδονικού Αγώνος
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

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Γ. Μόδη, 1) Μακεδονικές ιστορίες "Ντόκτρο Γιάννη". 2) Μακεδονικές ιστορίες, "Τα δυο στρατόπεδα"
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Τρεις κανονισμοί της ελληνικής κοινότητος της Βέροιας κατά τα τέλη της Τουρκοκρατίας
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Yugoslavia, with an introduction by Robert F. Byrnes
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Αντωνίου Λ. Αδαμοπούλου, Η γεωργοοικονομική εξέλιξις του νομού Φλωρίνης. Εφαρμογή νεωτέρων γεωργοοικονομικών μεθόδων ερεύνης
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Ιωακείμ Μαρτινιανού, μητροπολίτου Ξάνθης. Η Μοσχόπολις 1330-1930. Επιμέλεια Στίλπωνος Π. Κυριακίδου
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Djokο Slijepcevic', The Macedonian Question. The Struggle for Southern Serbia. Translated by James Earkin
Authors: Λαούρδας Βασ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Franz Babinger, Maometto il Conquistatore e il suo tempo. Giulio Einaudi editore
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Άγνωστα τοπογραφικά της Θεσσαλονίκης: εξ ανεκδότου εγγράφου της εν Αγίω Όρει Μονής Διονυσίου
Authors: Θεοχαρίδης Γ. Ι.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Έρευναι εν Άνω Μακεδονία
Authors: Πελεκανίδης Σ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Διαλεκτικά Μακεδονίας
Authors: Τσοπανάκης Α. Γ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
B. Ferjancic', Despoti u Vizantiji i juznoslovenskim zemljama. (Οι δεσπότες στο Βυζάντιο και στις Νοτιοσλαβικές χώρες)
Authors: Παπανδριανός Ιωάννης
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Βασιλείου Λαούρδα, Η Μητρόπολις Νευροκοπίου 1900-1907. Εκθέσεις των μητροπολιτών Νικοδήμου και Θεοδωρήτου
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Πολυχρόνη Κ. Ενεπεκίδη, Συμβολαί εις την μυστικήν πνευματικήν και πολιτικήν κίνησιν των Ελλήνων της Βιέννης προ της Επαναστάσεως
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Πάνου Παπασταμάτη, Ο οπλαρχηγός καπετάν Λάκης Πύρζας
Authors: Κυριακίδης Στίλπων Π.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Μια προσωπογραφία του ζωγράφου Γεωργίου Βαρούχα: ο "Κ. Δόσιος" της βιβλιοθήκης Κοζάνης
Authors: Χαραλαμπίδης Αλκιβιάδης Γ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Πνευματικοί άνδρες της Μακεδονίας κατά την τουρκοκρατίαν
Authors: Τσιρπανλής Ζαχ. Ν.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
Μακεδονική προσωπογραφια
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: February 2016

No abstract
System Analysis of Personal and Characterologic Traits of the Teenagers, Inclined to the Formation of Addictive Behavior
Authors: Башманов  , Bashmanov V. , Калиниченко  , Kalinichenko O.
Published: February 2016

This article presents the analysis of personal and characterologic traits of the teenagers, inclined to the formation of addictive behavior, as well as the stereotypes of behavior typical for this age group. The authors compared the results of diagnostic tools for the identification of dependent personality traits, and amounted to a personality profile and identified the structural components that are typical for this group of subjects. They identified accentuation of their character, indicated the possible causes of their addictions and their mechanisms provoking. The authors described the theoretical constructs of domestic and foreign authors, which formed the basis of the study. The practical results of this research can be used not only for diagnosis of dependent behavior, and serve as the basis of programmes for primary and secondary prevention of addictive behavior, as well as corrective and therapeutic interventions. Their implementation is possible in the framework of group and individual lessons, training programs, consultations and discussions with adolescents and their parents on the organization, forms and methods of daily life of a teenager to reinforce and improve adaptation and reserve capacity of the organism, to ensure the successful implementation of social and educational functions.
Integration Processes in Knowledge-Intensive Industries of the Russian Economy
Authors: Евсюков  , Evsyukov S. , Устюжанина  , Ustyuzhanina E. , Комарова  , Komarova Irina
Published: February 2016

This article is devoted to the study of integration processes taking place in

knowledge-intensive sectors of the modern Russian economy. The authors

of the article analyze typical mistakes, which were made during the privatization

of knowledge-intensive enterprises and their consequences for the Russian

economy; reveal the main problems and risks associated with the policy of

creating tightly integrated multi-tiered structures, which stay under control

of the state. The article presents figures describing changes in financial

indicators of a number of integrated structures in high-tech industries.
Can a nursing associate role fill the void left by enrolled nurse training?
Authors: Glasper Alan
Published: February 2016

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, University of Southampton, discusses a recent government commitment to formally introduce a nursing associate to the healthcare workforce
Wound healing and hyper-hydration: a counterintuitive model
Authors: Rippon M.G. , Ousey K. , Cutting K.F.
Published: February 2016

Winter's seminal work in the 1960s relating to providing an optimal level of moisture to aid wound healing (granulation and re-epithelialisation) has been the single most effective advance in wound care over many decades. As such the development of advanced wound dressings that manage the fluidic wound environment have provided significant benefits in terms of healing to both patient and clinician. Although moist wound healing provides the guiding management principle, confusion may arise between what is deemed to be an adequate level of tissue hydration and the risk of developing maceration. In addition, the counter-intuitive model ‘hyper-hydration’ of tissue appears to frustrate the moist wound healing approach and advocate a course of intervention whereby tissue is hydrated beyond what is a normally acceptable therapeutic level. This paper discusses tissue hydration, the cause and effect of maceration and distinguishes these from hyper-hydration of tissue. The rationale is to provide the clinician with a knowledge base that allows optimisation of treatment and outcomes and explains the reasoning behind wound healing using hyper-hydration.

Declaration of interest:

K. Cutting is a Clinical Research Consultant to the medical device and biotechnology industry. M. Rippon is Visiting Clinical Research Fellow, University of Huddersfield and K. Ousey provides consultancy for a range of companies through the University of Huddersfield including consultancy services for Paul Hartmann Ltd on HydroTherapy products
Binding of two bacterial biofilms to dialkyl carbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in vitro
Authors: Cooper R. , Jenkins L.
Published: February 2016

Objective:

To date only planktonic bacteria have been shown to bind irreversibly to dialkyl carbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated Cutimed Sorbact dressings. Therefore, this study was designed to determine whether bacterial biofilm bound to the DACC-coated dressing in vitro.

Method:

Samples of DACC-coated dressings and uncoated control dressings (supplied by BSN medical Ltd, Hull) were placed in contact with plastic coverslips on which biofilms of either Pseudomonas aeruginosa or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had been cultivated for 24 hours. Dressing samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy to detect the presence of biofilm.

Results:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm bound avidly to both DACC-coated and uncoated dressing samples. MRSA bound more extensively to DACC-coated dressings than to uncoated samples.

Conclusion:

Biofilms of two different test bacteria bound to dressings in vitro with the DACC-coating on the dressings enhancing the binding of MRSA biofilm.

Declaration of interest:

This study was supported by BSN medical Ltd (Hull). The company had no influence on the experimental design or the interpretation of the results.