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Applications of noise barriers with a slanted flat-tip jagged cantilever for noise attenuation on a construction site
Authors: Zhaomeng Wang , Kian Meng Lim , Priyadarshinee Prachee , Pueh Lee Heow
Published: December 2017

Construction noise is one of the main sources of noise pollution in many cities, and degrades the comfort level of living spaces. It was previously reported that a noise barrier with a wide “cross-sectional profile” (e.g., T- or Y-shaped) could enhance the noise attenuation performance, and the jagged edge “longitudinal profile” on the top edge of the noise barrier could generate destructive interference sound fields behind the noise barrier, which could further reduce the noise levels. The present paper attempts to study the noise attenuation performances of jagged edge profiles applied on the edge of a cantilever, which was mounted at the top of a commercial passive noise barrier. In addition to the numerical simulations, the full-sized prototypes were also experimentally tested on a construction site with noise generated by a boring machine. Both numerical simulation and experimental results showed that this barrier with slanted flat-tip jagged cantilever would perform better than the traditional barrier having a Straight edge cantilever of same height, with a maximum additional attenuation of 5.0 dBA obtained experimentally. The barrier with a slanted flat-tip jagged cantilever could also extend the shadow zone behind the barrier to higher levels.
Filling in the Resource Gap of Urban Regime Analysis to Make It Travel in Time and Space
Authors: Lambelet Sébastien
Published: December 2017

Responding to recent studies that have argued that urban regime analysis (URA) is inappropriate for studying urban politics in Europe or in the twenty-first century, this article argues that URA is a powerful analytical tool to understand the dynamics of contemporary urban governance. It does so by drawing on evidence from the Swiss cities of Zurich and Bern since the turn of the millennium. In both cities, the realization of major urban projects has relied on strong public-private cooperation structured around the mobilization and exchange of five resources (“land,” “law,” “money,” “expertise,” and “democratic support”). Drawing on this empirical evidence, the article concludes by presenting two types of regimes: the PRIVATE-public regime and the PUBLIC-private regime.
Exploring Informal Caregivers’ Views on Their Perceived Burden
Authors: Prevo Lotte , Linssen Evelyne , Hajema KlaasJan , Kremers Stef , Crutzen Rik , Schneider Francine
Published: December 2017

The problem of overburdening is increasing among informal caregivers. Some attention has been paid to relationship factors, positive effects of caregiving, and coping strategies in relation to caregivers’ perceived burdens, as these factors might make valuable contributions. The aim of this study was to thoroughly explore the views, experiences, and interpretations of informal caregivers with regard to these factors, who lived in the southernmost part of the Netherlands. In this qualitative case study design, 26 informal caregivers were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire. The respondents indicated that having a good relationship with the care recipient, experiencing positive effects of providing care, and using coping strategies reduced their burden. In the future, longitudinal research is warranted to determine the actual contribution of these factors.
Expanding the Phenotype of ALK-positive Histiocytosis: A Report of 2 Cases
Authors: Huang Huiya , Gheorghe Gabriela , North Paula E , Suchi Mariko
Published: December 2017

ALK-positive histiocytosis is a recently described rare histiocytic proliferative disorder of early infancy. When infants present with anemia, thrombocytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly, this entity should be included in the differential diagnosis along with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, metabolic/storage diseases, hematopoietic malignancies, and autoimmune thrombocytopenia. We report 2 new cases of ALK-positive histiocytosis, one with kidney involvement and the other with extensive bone marrow involvement in addition to an overt liver disease. Renal involvement by ALK-positive histiocytosis has not been reported. The infiltrating histiocytes in this case showed Rosai–Dorfman disease-like morphology including emperipolesis. The histiocytes in the second case with extensive bone marrow involvement had foamy cytoplasm initially suggesting storage disease. Our 2 cases highlight previously unrecognized diversity of ALK-positive histiocytosis in clinical manifestation, organ involvement, and cytomorphologic features and further elucidate the diagnostic challenges of this rare entity.
Upframing Service Design and Innovation for Research Impact
Authors: Patrício Lia , Gustafsson Anders , Fisk Raymond
Published: December 2017

Service design and innovation are receiving greater attention from the service research community because they play crucial roles in creating new forms of value cocreation with customers, organizations, and societal actors in general. Service innovation involves a new process or service offering that creates value for one or more actors in a service network. Service design brings new service ideas to life through a human-centered and holistic design thinking approach. However, service design and innovation build on dispersed multidisciplinary contributions that are still poorly understood. The special issue that follows offers important contributions through the examination of service design and innovation literature, the links between service design and innovation, the role of customers in service design and innovation, and service design and innovation for well-being. Building on these contributions, this article develops a future research agenda in three areas: (1) reinforcing and expanding the foundations of service design and innovation by integrating multiple perspectives and methods; (2) advancing service design and innovation by improving the connection between the two areas, deepening actor involvement, and leveraging the role of technology; and (3) upframing service design and innovation to strengthen research impact by innovating complex value networks and service ecosystems and by building a cornerstone for transformative service research.
Changing the World? The Politics of Activism and Impact in the Neoliberal University
Authors: Rhodes Carl , Wright Christopher , Pullen Alison
Published: December 2017

This article explores the political differences between academic activism and the recently emerged research impact agenda. While both claim that academic work can and should engage with and influence the world beyond the academic ‘ivory tower’, their political meaning and practice are radically different. Following the distinction made by Jacques Rancière, we argue that research impact performs a policing function which, despite its own rhetoric, is arranged as an attempt to ensure that academic work maintains a neoliberal status quo by actually having no real political impact. Academic activism, in contrast, serves to politicize scholarly work by democratically disrupting political consensus in the name of equality. Being an academic activist in an era of research impact rests in a twofold movement: that of both acting in the name of equality in an effort (using Marx’s terms) to ‘change the world’ and resisting and contesting an academic administration whose police actions have attempted to eliminate such forms of democratic practice from the political consensus. The argument is illustrated with examples from the Australia Research Council’s statements on research impact and the practice of climate change activism.
Sexual function and quality-of-life-related problems during the menopausal period
Authors: Gozuyesil Ebru , Gokyildiz Surucu Sule , Alan Sultan
Published: December 2017

This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the sexual functions and quality of life and the problems during menopausal period. This descriptive, cross-sectional study included a total of 317 women. The mean total Female Sexual Function Index score was 18.8 ± 8.7, while the mean total Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female score was 72.7 ± 13.7. Sexual dysfunction was found in 82 percent. There was a positive significant correlation between the total Female Sexual Function Index scores and total Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female scores ( p < 0.05). Our study results suggest that women do not often experience serious menopausal symptoms, but have sexual dysfunction with a moderate sexual quality of life.
Individual characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorders and school refusal behavior
Authors: Munkhaugen Ellen Kathrine , Torske Tonje , Gjevik Elen , Nærland Terje , Pripp Are Hugo , Diseth Trond H
Published: December 2017

This study compared social, executive, emotional, and behavioral characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder who did and did not display school refusal behavior. The participants were 62 students with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability aged 9–16 years attending inclusive schools. Parents first completed questionnaires assessing social and executive functioning as well as emotional and behavioral problems. They then documented their child’s school refusal behavior for a period of 20 days. Compared to students without school refusal behavior (n = 29), students with school refusal behavior (n = 33) were significantly less socially motivated; displayed more deficits in initiating tasks or activities, in generating ideas, responses, or problem-solving strategies; and displayed more withdrawn and depressive symptoms. Assessing social and executive functioning, as well as emotional problems, may help professionals provide tailored interventions for students with autism spectrum disorder and school refusal behavior, which will further be valuable in recognizing characteristics associated with school refusal behavior.
Do health complaints in adolescence negatively predict the chance of entering tertiary education in young adulthood?
Authors: Låftman Sara B. , Magnusson Charlotta
Published: December 2017

Background: Self-reported psychological and psychosomatic health complaints, such as nervousness, sadness, headache and stomach-ache, are common among adolescents, particularly among girls, and studies suggest that the prevalence has risen among adolescent girls during the last few decades. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated the potential long-term consequences of such health complaints. The aim of the current study was to assess whether psychological and psychosomatic health complaints in adolescence predict the chance of entering tertiary education in young adulthood among women and men. Methods: The data used are from the Swedish Young-LNU, which is based on a nationally representative sample with self-reported survey information from adolescents aged 10–18 years in 2000 and from the same individuals at ages 20–28 in 2010 ( n=783). Information was also collected from parents and from official registers. Results: Linear probability models showed that self-reported psychological complaints in adolescence were associated with a lower chance of having entered tertiary education 10 years later. This association was accounted for by differences in grade point average (GPA), suggesting that GPA may mediate the association between psychological complaints and later education. The pattern was similar for both genders. Furthermore, among men, psychosomatic complaints in adolescence were significantly associated with a lower likelihood of having entered tertiary education 10 years later when adjusting for GPA and social class in adolescence. A similar but non-significant tendency was found among women. Conclusions: The findings suggest that health complaints in adolescence may have long-term consequences in terms of lower educational attainment.
Being bilingual, being a reader: Prekindergarten dual language learners’ reading identities
Authors: Wagner Christopher J
Published: December 2017

This study explores the interplay between early reading, identity and bilingualism. Reading identities, or understandings about what reading is and whom one is as a reader, have been linked to reading achievement and the development of reading skills. Only a small portion of the overall research on reading identities has included dual language learners. This exploratory study provides a description of the reading identities of three dual language learners in prekindergarten. Data include child-centered interviews, child and classroom observations, teacher interviews and a family questionnaire. Methods centered on the use of child-oriented data collection protocols, and the inclusion of children in the interpretation of their own work and language. Through the exploration of three cases, this study documents the ways that reading identities were constructed, taken up and expressed by the participants. This study provides evidence that dual language learners are actively constructing ideas about reading, bilingualism/biliteracy, and whom they are as readers as they learn to read. These findings show that framing early reading in an identity perspective presents opportunities to look more holistically at the language and reading practices of dual language learners as they learn to read and navigate two or more languages at home and school.
Variation in Pediatric Organ Donor Management Practices Among US Organ Procurement Organizations
Authors: Ream Robert S. , Armbrecht Eric S.
Published: December 2017

Introduction:

Reports of actual pediatric organ donor management practice among US organ procurement organizations are sparse, and the use of standardized management guidelines is unknown. A recent consensus statement from the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations offers guidelines for the management of the pediatric organ donor.

Research Question:

To describe the use of guidelines and routine practices in the management of the pediatric organ donor with respect to hemodynamics, lung and ventilator management, fluid and electrolytes, hormonal replacement therapy, the use of blood products, thermoregulation, and prophylactic antibiotics.

Design:

Cross-sectional observational study using a survey and follow-up telephone interview with respondents from all 58 US organ procurement organizations.

Results:

All 58 US Organ Procurement Organizations participated. A majority employed written guidelines for the management of pediatric donor hemodynamics, thermoregulation, fluids, and electrolytes. Management of blood products, the lung, and mechanical ventilation were less commonly committed to written guidelines, but common practices were described. All used various forms of hormonal replacement therapy and the majority administered empiric antibiotic therapy. Wide variation was observed in the management of the lung, mechanical ventilation, and glycemic control.

Discussion:

Most OPOs used forms of standardized donor management for the pediatric organ donor although variation in the content of that management exists. Barriers to an evidence-based approach to the pediatric donor need to be determined and addressed.
Computation Error Analysis: Students With Mathematics Difficulty Compared To Typically Achieving Students
Authors: Nelson Gena , Powell Sarah R.
Published: December 2017

Though proficiency with computation is highly emphasized in national mathematics standards, students with mathematics difficulty (MD) continue to struggle with computation. To learn more about the differences in computation error patterns between typically achieving students and students with MD, we assessed 478 third-grade students on a measure of mathematics computation. Results indicated that using the wrong operation was the most common identifiable error for all students. Students with MD had similar accuracy rates for item categories (e.g., addition items) compared to typically achieving students, but students with MD consistently had more variability in incorrect item responses. This study has implications for efficacious computation instruction for students in the elementary grades.
Immune response proteins as predictive biomarkers of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
Authors: Yu Li-Rong , Cao Zhijun , Makhoul Issam , Daniels Jaclyn R , Klimberg Suzanne , Wei Jeanne Y , Bai Jane PF , Li Jinong , Lathrop Julia T , Beger Richard D , Todorova Valentina K
Published: December 2017

Cancer treatment with doxorubicin (DOX) can induce cumulative dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Currently, there are no specific biomarkers that can identify patients at risk during the initial doses of chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to examine plasma cytokines/chemokines and potential cardiovascular biomarkers for the prediction of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity. Plasma samples were collected before (T0), and after the first (T1) and the second (T2) cycles of DOX-based chemotherapy of 27 breast cancer patients, including five patients who presented with >10% decline of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), five patients with LVEF decline of 5–10%, and 17 patients who maintained normal LVEF at the end of chemotherapy (240 mg/m2 cumulative dose of DOX from four cycles of treatment). Multiplex immunoassays were used to screen plasma samples for 40 distinct chemokines, nine matrix metalloproteinases, 33 potential markers of cardiovascular diseases, and the fourth-generation cardiac troponin T assay. The results showed that the patients with abnormal decline of LVEF (>10%) had lower levels of CXCL6 and sICAM-1 and higher levels of CCL23 and CCL27 at T0; higher levels of CCL23 and lower levels of CXCL5, CCL26, CXCL6, GM-CSF, CXCL1, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-8, CXCL11, CXCL9, CCL17, and CCL25 at T1; and higher levels of MIF and CCL23 at T2 than the patients who maintained normal LVEF. Patients with LVEF decline of 5–10% had lower plasma levels of CXCL1, CCL3, GDF-15, and haptoglobin at T0; lower levels of IL-16, FABP3, and myoglobin at T1; and lower levels of myoglobin and CCL23 at T2 as compared to the patients who maintained normal LVEF. This pilot study identified potential biomarkers that may help predict which patients are vulnerable to DOX-induced cardiotoxicity although further validation is needed in a larger cohort of patients.

Impact statement

Drug-induced cardiotoxicity is one of the major concerns in drug development and clinical practice. It is critical to detect potential cardiotoxicity early before onset of symptomatic cardiac dysfunction or heart failure. Currently there are no qualified clinical biomarkers for the prediction of cardiotoxicity caused by cancer treatment such as doxorubicin (DOX). By using multiplex immunoassays, we identified proteins with significantly changed plasma levels in a group of breast cancer patients who were treated with DOX-based chemotherapy and produced cardiotoxicity. These proteins were associated with immune response and were identified before DOX treatment or at early doses of treatment, thus they could be potential predictive biomarkers of cardiotoxicity although further validation is required to warrant their clinical values.
Uncovered Chimney Stent Graft for Renal Arteries With the Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing Technique
Authors: Garriboli Luca , Jannello Antonio Maria
Published: December 2017

Purpose:

To describe the application of uncovered chimney stent grafts with the Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing technique (ChEVAS) for juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (JAAAs).

Case Report:

Two patients with JAAA and multiple comorbidities were considered unfit for open surgery and were selected for an endovascular approach. Fenestrated and branched endografts were too expensive, and a chimney endovascular approach was considered inappropriate for the relatively high incidence of proximal type I endoleak and graft migration. ChEVAS was performed successfully with the novel addition of uncovered chimney stents to further reduce costs and possibly improve target vessel patency. JAAA exclusion and visceral vessel patency was confirmed at 18-month follow-up.

Conclusion:

ChEVAS with bare chimney stents is technically less complex, potentially reduces access complications and procedural costs, and may improve long-term patency compared to alternative techniques. Results at 18 months seem promising, but strict follow-up is necessary as the long-term durability is unknown.
Researchers’ experiences and lessons learned from doing mixed-methods research with a population with intellectual disabilities: Insights from the SOPHIE study
Authors: Corby Deirdre , Sweeney Mary Rose
Published: December 2017

Researchers are challenged to provide opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) and their families to become participants in research. This article explores the processes and procedures involved in conducting a mixed-methods study. The preparation for the study is described and explained. Recruitment is examined by describing the process and analysing phone calls made to potential participants. Reflections of research team members help to develop the analysis and contribute to a discussion of the fieldwork. Lessons learned show that research projects involving people with IDs and their families need careful planning and have additional costs. The research team requires a mix of expertise. Traditional recruitment methods may not be suitable, and researchers need to build good relationships with gatekeepers so that participants can be contacted directly. Good quality research with people with IDs and their families is possible once suitable strategies are employed throughout the research process.
Expected Time to Return to Athletic Participation After Stress Fracture in Division I Collegiate Athletes
Authors: Miller Timothy L. , Jamieson Marissa , Everson Sonsecharae , Siegel Courtney
Published: December 2017

Background:

Few studies have documented expected time to return to athletic participation after stress fractures in elite athletes.

Hypothesis:

Time to return to athletic participation after stress fractures would vary by site and severity of stress fracture.

Study Design:

Retrospective cohort study.

Level of Evidence:

Level 3.

Methods:

All stress fractures diagnosed in a single Division I collegiate men’s and women’s track and field/cross-country team were recorded over a 3-year period. Site and severity of injury were graded based on Kaeding-Miller classification system for stress fractures. Time to return to full unrestricted athletic participation was recorded for each athlete and correlated with patient sex and site and severity grade of injury.

Results:

Fifty-seven stress fractures were diagnosed in 38 athletes (mean age, 20.48 years; range, 18-23 years). Ten athletes sustained recurrent or multiple stress fractures. Thirty-seven injuries occurred in women and 20 in men. Thirty-three stress fractures occurred in the tibia, 10 occurred in the second through fourth metatarsals, 3 occurred in the fifth metatarsal, 6 in the tarsal bones (2 navicular), 2 in the femur, and 5 in the pelvis. There were 31 grade II stress fractures, 11 grade III stress fractures, and 2 grade V stress fractures (in the same patient). Mean time to return to unrestricted sport participation was 12.9 ± 5.2 weeks (range, 6-27 weeks). No significant differences in time to return were noted based on injury location or whether stress fracture was grade II or III.

Conclusion:

The expected time to return to full unrestricted athletic participation after diagnosis of a stress fracture is 12 to 13 weeks for all injury sites.

Clinical Relevance:

Athletes with grade V (nonunion) stress fractures may require more time to return to sport.
Increasing the Complexity of the Illumination May Reduce Gloss Constancy
Authors: Wendt Gunnar , Faul Franz
Published: December 2017

We examined in which way gradual changes in the geometric structure of the illumination affect the perceived glossiness of a surface. The test stimuli were computer-generated three-dimensional scenes with a single test object that was illuminated by three point light sources, whose relative positions in space were systematically varied. In the first experiment, the subjects were asked to adjust the microscale smoothness of a match object illuminated by a single light source such that it has the same perceived glossiness as the test stimulus. We found that small changes in the structure of the light field can induce dramatic changes in perceived glossiness and that this effect is modulated by the microscale smoothness of the test object. The results of a second experiment indicate that the degree of overlap of nearby highlights plays a major role in this effect: Whenever the degree of overlap in a group of highlights is so large that they perceptually merge into a single highlight, the glossiness of the surface is systematically underestimated. In addition, we examined the predictability of the smoothness settings by a linear model that is based on a set of four different global image statistics.
Acute stress disorder and C-reactive protein in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Authors: Bielas Hannes , Meister-Langraf Rebecca E , Schmid Jean-Paul , Barth Jürgen , Znoj Hansjörg , Schnyder Ulrich , Princip Mary , von Känel Roland
Published: December 2017

Background

Myocardial infarction-triggered acute stress disorder (ASD) and subclinical inflammation associate with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder, and worsen the prognosis of myocardial infarction patients. We examined the relationship between ASD severity and C-reactive protein levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Methods

We assessed 190 patients (median age 59 years; 83% men) with a verified myocardial infarction within 48 h of an acute coronary intervention. Circulating levels of C-reactive protein were categorized according to their prognostic risk for cardiovascular disease: 0 to <5, 5 to <10, 10 to <20, and ≥ 20 mg/l. Patients completed the ASD-Scale (ASDS) for myocardial infarction-triggered symptoms and questionnaires for demographic factors, health behaviours, cardiac-related variables and psychosocial characteristics.

Results

The ASDS sum score was positively associated with C-reactive protein categories in the bivariate analysis ( r = 0.20, p < 0.01). Significant relationships with C-reactive protein also emerged for dissociation ( r = 0.25, p < 0.001) and avoidance ( r = 0.19, p < 0.01), but not for arousal and re-experiencing. Similarly, C-reactive protein levels ≥ 20 mg/l versus < 20 mg/l were predicted by the ASDS sum score, and the dissociation, avoidance and arousal subscores (all p-values < 0.05) in the fully adjusted binary regression analyses. C-reactive protein levels ≥ 20 mg/l were also independently predicted by male gender, body mass index, lower education, and lower left ventricular ejection fraction and higher white blood cell count.

Conclusions

Higher levels of myocardial infarction-triggered ASD symptoms associate with a greater inflammatory response in patients with acute myocardial infarction independently of important covariates. The findings suggest a link between myocardial infarction-triggered ASD symptoms and a heightened acute phase response with a potential impact on cardiovascular disease prognosis.
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from the optic canal
Authors: Hannabass Kyle , Justice Jeb M
Published: December 2017

Objective:

To present a case of successful repair of a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak in a previously unreported anatomic site.

Methods:

Retrospective chart review.

Results:

A 48-year-old woman developed a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from the optic nerve sheath and underwent a multilayer endoscopic closure with no damage to the optic nerve.

Conclusion:

Endoscopic surgeons can successfully repair cerebrospinal fluid leaks from the optic nerve sheath without causing loss of vision.
Comprehensive home-based care coordination for vulnerable elders with dementia: Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus—Study protocol
Authors: Samus Quincy M , Davis Karen , Willink Amber , Black Betty S , Reuland Melissa , Leoutsakos Jeannie , Roth David L , Wolff Jennifer , Gitlin Laura N , Lyketsos Constantine G , Johnston Deirdre
Published: December 2017

Introduction

Despite availability of effective care strategies for dementia, most health care systems are not yet organized or equipped to provide comprehensive family-centered dementia care management. Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus is a promising new model of dementia care coordination being tested in the U.S. through a Health Care Innovation Award funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that may serve as a model to address these delivery gaps, improve outcomes, and lower costs. This report provides an overview of the Health Care Innovation Award aims, study design, and methodology.

Methods

This is a prospective, quasi-experimental intervention study of 342 community-living Medicare–Medicaid dual eligibles and Medicare-only beneficiaries with dementia in Maryland. Primary analyses will assess the impact of Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus on risk of nursing home long-term care placement, hospitalization, and health care expenditures (Medicare, Medicaid) at 12, 18 (primary end point), and 24 months, compared to a propensity-matched comparison group.

Discussion

The goals of the Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus model are to improve care coordination, ability to remain at home, and life quality for participants and caregivers, while reducing total costs of care for this vulnerable population. This Health Care Innovation Award project will provide timely information on the impact of Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus care coordination model on a variety of outcomes including effects on Medicaid and Medicare expenditures and service utilization. Participant characteristic data, cost savings, and program delivery costs will be analyzed to develop a risk-adjusted payment model to encourage sustainability and facilitate spread.
Care coordination in a business-to-business and a business-to-consumer model for telemonitoring patients with chronic diseases
Authors: Grustam Andrija S , Vrijhoef Hubertus , Cordella Antonio , Koymans Ron , Severens Johan L
Published: December 2017

Introduction

For telemonitoring to support care coordination, a sound business model is conditional. The aim of this study is to explore the systemic and economic differences in care coordination via business-to-business and business-to-consumer models for telemonitoring patients with chronic diseases.

Methods

We performed a literature search in order to design the business-to-business and business-to-consumer telemonitoring models, and to assess the design elements and themes by applying the activity system theory, and describe the transaction costs in each model. The design elements are content, structure, and governance, while the design themes are novelty, lock-in, complementarities, and efficiency. In the transaction cost analysis, we looked into all the elements of a transaction in both models.

Results

Care coordination in the business-to-business model is designed to be organized between the places of activity, rather than the participants in the activity. The design of the business-to-business model creates a firm lock-in but for a limited time. In the business-to-consumer model, the interdependencies are to be found between the persons in the care process and not between the places of care. The differences between the models were found in both the design elements and the design themes.

Discussion

Care coordination in the business-to-business and business-to-consumer models for telemonitoring chronic diseases differs in principle in terms of design elements and design themes. Based on the theoretical models, the transaction costs could potentially be lower in the business-to-consumer model than in the business-to-business, which could be a promoting economic principle for the implementation of telemonitoring.
A tale of two societies: The doing of qualitative comparative research in Hong Kong and Britain
Authors: Jackson Stevi , Ho Petula Sik Ying , Na Jin Nye
Published: December 2017

This article explores the challenges and opportunities for methodological innovation arising from an exploratory, cross-national, qualitative study of women’s lives in Hong Kong and Britain. We begin by briefly outlining the aims of our study and its original research design, based on life history interviews with young adult women and their mothers in each location. We then turn to a discussion of how this was modified as we recruited participants and conducted the interviews, including the use of vignettes. We aim to be transparent about some of the problems of implementing a symmetrical approach to generating qualitative data in very different socio-cultural settings compounded by the practical difficulties of geographical distance between team members. We argue for a flexible approach that takes account of local cultural sensibilities rather than trying to follow rigidly identical procedures, recognising also that, in any qualitative research team, there will be differences in approach that affect the data produced. We highlight some of the insights yielded by the problems we encountered and, in particular, an accidental innovation that occurred through an ad hoc decision to conduct focus groups with the young women, which we call ‘cross-cultural data feedback’. This innovation involved our participants in contributing to cross-cultural comparison and also brought taken-for-granted assumptions in each setting into sharp relief, as well as sensitising us to issues that proved important in analysing our data. This leads us to raise issues of interpreting and analysing data from differing socio-cultural locations and translating between cultures. We conclude with some recommendations including the potential for the future development of our method of cross-cultural data feedback.
Methodology to design a Map of Alert for population and housing censuses: The Portuguese case
Authors: Reis Elizabeth , Vicente Paula , Rosa Álvaro , Marques Catarina
Published: December 2017

The Portuguese Population and Housing Census is carried out every 10 years by Statistics Portugal. In the Census 2011, a new tool was developed to assist the Quality Assurance system in order to make the monitoring of fieldwork operations more efficient and thus diminish the uncertainties that could cause coverage error in the results. This tool, named as Map of Alert, presents a three-level typology of alert that ensures advance knowledge of the potential risk of each freguesia’s failure to meet the quality standards defined for the enumeration process. This article describes the methodological process that guided the development of the Map of Alert and presents the Map itself.
Use of Visual Decision Aids in Physician–Patient Communication
Authors: Mercer Mary Beth , Rose Susannah L , Talerico Cassandra , Wells Brian J , Manne Mahesh , Vakharia Nirav , Jolly Stacey , Milinovich Alex , Bauman Janine , Kattan Michael W
Published: December 2017

Introduction:

A risk calculator paired with a personalized decision aid (RC&DA) may foster shared decision-making in primary care. We assessed the feasibility of using an RC&DA with patients in a primary care outpatient clinic and patients’ experiences regarding communication and decision-making.

Methods:

This pilot study was conducted with 15 patients of 3 primary care physicians at a clinic within a tertiary medical center. An atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk calculator was used to generate a personalized RC&DA that displayed absolute 10-year risk information as an icon array graphic. Patient perceptions of utility of the RC&DA, preferences for decision-making, and uncertainty with risk reduction decisions were measured with a semi-structured interview.

Results:

Patients reported that the RC&DA was easy to understand and knowledge gained was useful to modify their ASCVD risk. Patients used the RC&DA to make decisions and reported low uncertainty with those decisions.

Conclusions:

Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of, and positive patient experiences related to using, an RC&DA to facilitate shared decision-making between physicians and patients in an outpatient primary care setting.
Book Review: Teresa Rehman, The Mothers of Manipur
Authors: Haripriya Soibam
Published: December 2017

Teresa Rehman, The Mothers of Manipur. Delhi, Zubaan. 2017. Pp. 153. ₹325.
Acid Violence in South Asia: A Structural Analysis toward Transformative Justice
Authors: Kuriakose Francis , Mallick Neha , Iyer Deepa Kylasam
Published: December 2017

Acid violence is embedded in larger macro-political and economic structures that sustain gender domination and perpetuate new forms of gender inequality. This article argues that increasing incidences of acid violence in South Asia and especially in India would benefit from the structural analysis that takes into account impacts from socio-economic structures that reinforce gender inequality. In contemplating a systemic redress mechanism, structural analysis is used to enlarge legal norms. The article proposes a model of transformative justice that involves centrality of state responsibility as a catalyst for social change.
Vulnerabilities of Women in Extractive Industries
Authors: Adamson Rebecca
Published: December 2017

Perhaps it should not be surprising that sex crimes, the sex trade and anti-woman violence, have become major and predictable by-products of oil, gas and mining extraction operations. After all, mining and drilling camps attract hundreds, even thousands of mostly male workers, typically housed in makeshift ‘man camps’. It is a global epidemic. This article looks at the market trends among investors who look at social performance as well as financial performance. It includes a case study on the difference in financial performance between the oil, gas and mining companies that uphold Indigenous peoples’ rights and those companies that do not. The results indicate that for the extractive industry and its investors, doing what is right and doing what pays are one and the same when it comes to Indigenous peoples’ rights. This article proposes that it would be the same for women’s rights and that as governments increasingly prove incapable or unwilling to protect women, we need to turn to the market and make our voices heard. What is needed are the metrics and analytical tools for assessing the impact and financial risks a company can incur, when it fails to recognize women’s rights.
The Indian Forest Rights Act (2006): A Gender Perspective
Authors: Sharma Anjoo B.
Published: December 2017

It is the instinct for survival that energizes women in the remote mountain terrain into direct action, challenging the collusion between the state and timber grabbers. The unsung- and marginalized women forest dwellers have struggled in the non-violent footsteps of Gandhi, while the state has rested its oars and remained in deep slumber. The best it has offered, so far, is what is commonly called the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. The strength of the marginalized is in collective action. A space has been created to conserve forest lands in this FRA that supports conservation efforts by communities. Women forest dwellers must occupy this space collectively, more so the most marginalized amongst them. To empower women, rights incorporated under the Act need to be exercised. Adequate support to women-oriented farm/forestry-based skill development and guidance in their local settings can further add to collective action. Sustained use of forest and its minor produce shall lead to conservation, and if women as a group assert community claims and community rights, their consent will have to be sought at the time of allotting that land for other industry. If for no other reason, the community as a group shall enjoy greater bargaining power at the time of securing adequate compensation for displacement.
Sejanus, the King’s Men Altar Scenes, and the Theatrical Production of Paganism
Authors: Kuhn John
Published: December 2017

This article traces the lineage of the popular performance set-piece of the ‘oracular altar scene’ from its inception in Jonson’s Sejanus through its frequent reuse by the King’s Men and their imitators later in the century. By doing so, it demonstrates how material practices of reuse in the seventeenth-century theatre helped shape the production of popular knowledge about the nature of ‘pagan’ ritual and its practitioners in the Stuart era of intensified antiquarian discovery and colonial expansion.
Much Virtue in O-Oh: A Case Study
Authors: Dessen Alan C.
Published: December 2017

The ‘O, o, o, o’ that follows Hamlet’s ‘The rest is silence’ in Shakespeare's first folio has often been derided, but this signal is found in five other Shakespeare plays and in the words of dramatists as varied as Jonson, Middleton, Fletcher, Massinger, and Brome to indicate that a figure is dying, mortally wounded, or sick, or to generate a comic effect. Shakespeare was adept at using the tools at hand, but to understand his distinctive implementation of those tools requires a working knowledge of the theatrical vocabulary shared at that time by playwrights, players, and playgoers.
Beaumont's Lives
Authors: Munro Lucy
Published: December 2017

This essay explores the ‘lives’ of Francis Beaumont at the point of the four hundredth anniversary of his death, through elegies by John Earle and Thomas Pestell and hitherto unknown and newly interpreted biographical information that sheds fresh light on the relationship between his life and works. Focusing in particular on his plays The Scornful Lady and The Woman Hater, it argues that Beaumont and his regular collaborator, John Fletcher, mix (auto)biographical allusions with satire and fantasy. This analysis offers new perspectives on the ways in which their imaginations were sparked by their lived experience.
The House of Lords debates wound care strategy
Authors: Browning Paul
Published: December 2017

On Tuesday 22 November, the House of Lords (London, UK) held a short debate ‘Improving the standard of wound care in the NHS.’ It consisted of nine questions from the floor and a response from Lord O'Shaughnessy, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Conservative). Here, Paul Browning, (Doctoral Research Student, University of Worcester) summarises the key points from the evening and explains why it is so important we keep wound care on the Government's agenda.
The influence of fertilizer type and time of application on growth and forage productivity of mung bean
Authors: MOHAMMEDALTOM ARD ALSHAM ADAM , DAGASH YASSIN MOHAMED IBRAHIM
Published: December 2017

Abstract. Mohammedaltom AAA, Dagash YMI. 2017. The effect of fertilizer type and time of application on growth and forage productivity of mung bean. Asian J Agric 1: 22-28. A field experiment was conducted on April 3, 2016, at the Demonstration Farm of College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Sciences and Technology, Shambat, Khartoum, Sudan to study the effect of some fertilizers and their time of application on growth and forage productivity of mung bean. The treatments were arranged factorially in split-plot trial with four replications. Application time was assigned to the main plot as three times of application: before sowing, with sowing and after sowing. Types of fertilizers as the subplots, included four types of fertilizers: without fertilizer (control), 50 kg ha-1 (organic manure), 100 kg ha-1 (diammonium phosphate), and 10 L ha-1 (humic acid). Different characteristics measured included: plant height (cm), stem thickness (cm), number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, fresh weight/plant (g) as well as dry weight/plant (g). The results revealed that there was a highly significant difference for types and application time of fertilizers and their interaction on plant height, number of leaves, and fresh forage and dry forage. Highly significant differences (p ? 0.01) were recorded in types of fertilizers and interaction between different application times and types of fertilizers for number of branches and significant difference (p ? 0.05) of application time for number of branches and stem diameter. There was no significant difference in types of fertilizers for stem diameter. The highest height of the plant (28.78 cm), the highest number of branches/plant (9.37), the maximum stem diameter (6.43 cm), the largest number of leaves/plant (31.69), the best fresh weight (815 kg ha-1) and dry weight (161 kg ha-1) were recorded for the treatment of 50 kg ha-1 organic manure applied after sowing.
Sustainable aquaculture development in floating nets at Cirata reservoir (West Java, Indonesia) through single-sex nilem fish introduction
Authors: YUSTIATI AYI , ANDRIANI YULI , HERAWATI TITIN
Published: December 2017

Yustiati A, Andriani Y, Herawati T. 2017. Sustainable aquaculture development in floating nets at Cirata reservoir (West Java, Indonesia) through single-sex nilem fish introduction. Asian J Agric 1: 29-34. This research aims to develop a sustainable aquaculture system using single-sex nilem fish in trophic level-based farming and to analyze the feeding habits, types of meal and preference level of the feed in nilem farmed in Cirata Reservoir. In addition, it also aims to determine the fish's ability as a biocontrol agent for water cleaning by measuring the ability to utilize periphyton attached to the floating nets. Research conducted at the Laboratory of Ciparanje, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran and floating nets of Cirata reservoir. Observation of the performance of biological testing and food feeding applies the experimental design method of Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting 5 treatments and 3 replications. The five treatments include non-artificial feeding (treatment A), 1% feeding of body weight per day (treatment B), 2% feeding of body weight per day (treatment C), 3% of feeding of body weight per day (treatment D), and 4% feeding of body weight per day (treatment E). The results showed there was no difference in the survival and growth levels of the female single-sex fish given both commercial and non-commercial feed. The highest feed efficiency was observed in the 3% of commercial feeding treatment, amounting to 55.30%. The fish are herbivorous and generalist with trophic levels between 1.03% and 1.45% eating planktons for living. Fish fed with artificial food to 4% of the biomass still graze on phytoplankton as the main source of food, but adapt by changing the natural feeding and tend to be ineffective in utilizing the available food resources in the waters. During the study, the types and amount of periphyton attached to the nets have decreased. Higher commercial feeding level results in the higher density of periphyton in the floating nets.
Non-timber forest products extracted activities of the upstream Mamberamo basinâ€™s traditional communities of West Papua, Indonesia
Authors: RAHAWARIN YOHANES Y.
Published: December 2017

Rahawarin YY. 2017. Non-timber forest products extracted activities of the upstream Mamberamo basinâ€™s traditional communities of West Papua, Indonesia. Asian J For 1: 23-26. The aim of this study is to find utilization activities of extracting nontimber forest products by local communities on the upstream part of Mamberamo Basin. Survey, observation and semi-structural interview were taken to generate data and information. The result showed that the local communities extracted several of non-timber forest products over the course of their generations to fulfill basic daily necessities. There were several types of non-timber forest products that have been used by local communities either from plants wild animals that living across different types of forest. These activities were lasted for generations so that people called it as a traditional conservation. They are still exist recently and believed to maintain the long-lasting of non timber forest products continuity to keep the availability of traditional food sources for the daily needs over generations.