bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
phylogeo: an R package for geographic analysis and visualization of microbiome data
Authors: Charlop-Powers Zachary , Brady Sean F.
Published: April 2015

Motivation: We have created an R package named phylogeo that provides a set of geographic utilities for sequencing-based microbial ecology studies. Although the geographic location of samples is an important aspect of environmental microbiology, none of the major software packages used in processing microbiome data include utilities that allow users to map and explore the spatial dimension of their data. phylogeo solves this problem by providing a set of plotting and mapping functions that can be used to visualize the geographic distribution of samples, to look at the relatedness of microbiomes using ecological distance, and to map the geographic distribution of particular sequences. By extending the popular phyloseq package and using the same data structures and command formats, phylogeo allows users to easily map and explore the geographic dimensions of their data from the R programming language.

Availability and Implementation:  phylogeo is documented and freely available http://zachcp.github.io/phylogeo

Contact: zcharlop@rockefeller.edu
DockStar: a novel ILP-based integrative method for structural modeling of multimolecular protein complexes
Authors: Amir Naama , Cohen Dan , Wolfson Haim J.
Published: April 2015

Motivation: Atomic resolution modeling of large multimolecular assemblies is a key task in Structural Cell Biology. Experimental techniques can provide atomic resolution structures of single proteins and small complexes, or low resolution data of large multimolecular complexes.

Results: We present a novel integrative computational modeling method, which integrates both low and high resolution experimental data. The algorithm accepts as input atomic resolution structures of the individual subunits obtained from X-ray, NMR or homology modeling, and interaction data between the subunits obtained from mass spectrometry. The optimal assembly of the individual subunits is formulated as an Integer Linear Programming task. The method was tested on several representative complexes, both in the bound and unbound cases. It placed correctly most of the subunits of multimolecular complexes of up to 16 subunits and significantly outperformed the CombDock and Haddock multimolecular docking methods.

Availability and implementation:  http://bioinfo3d.cs.tau.ac.il/DockStar

Contact:  naamaamir@mail.tau.ac.il or wolfson@tau.ac.il

Supplementary information:  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Using Joint Scaling Methods to Study Ideology and Representation: Evidence from Latin America
Authors: Saiegh Sebastián M.
Published: April 2015

In this article, I use joint scaling methods and similar items from three large-scale surveys to place voters, parties, and politicians from different Latin American countries on a common ideological space. The findings reveal that ideology is a significant determinant of vote choice in Latin America. They also suggest that the success of leftist leaders at the polls reflects the views of the voters sustaining their victories. The location of parties and leaders reveals that three distinctive clusters exist: one located at the left of the political spectrum, another at the center, and a third on the right. The results also indicate that legislators in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru tend to be more “leftists” than their voters. The ideological drift, however, is not significant enough to substantiate the view that a disconnect between voters and politicians lies behind the success of leftist presidents in these countries. These findings highlight the importance of using a common-space scale to compare disparate populations and call into question a number of recent studies by scholars of Latin American politics who fail to adequately address this important issue.
Early Seizure Detection Algorithm Based on Intracranial EEG and Random Forest Classification
Authors: Donos Cristian , Dümpelmann Matthias , Schulze-Bonhage Andreas
Published: April 2015

The goal of this study is to provide a seizure detection algorithm that is relatively simple to implement on a microcontroller, so it can be used for an implantable closed loop stimulation device. We propose a set of 11 simple time domain and power bands features, computed from one intracranial EEG contact located in the seizure onset zone. The classification of the features is performed using a random forest classifier. Depending on the training datasets and the optimization preferences, the performance of the algorithm were: 93.84% mean sensitivity (100% median sensitivity), 3.03 s mean (1.75 s median) detection delays and 0.33/h mean (0.07/h median) false detections per hour.
On the holomorphic automorphism group of the Bergman–Hartogs domain
Authors: Zhao Jie , Wang An , Hao Yihong
Published: April 2015

The Bergman–Hartogs domain which can be regarded as a generalization of the Cartan–Hartogs domain provides a large class of bounded pseudoconvex domains which are in general nonhomogeneous. Since the geometry of a domain is determined by its automorphism group to a certain extent, it is meaningful to study the structure of the automorphism group. In this paper, we completely determine the structure of the holomorphic automorphism group of the Bergman–Hartogs domain over a minimal homogeneous domain with center at the origin.
Anomaly Detection in Video Surveillance via Gaussian Process
Authors: Li Nannan , Wu Xinyu , Guo Huiwen , Xu Dan , Ou Yongsheng , Chen Yen-Lun
Published: April 2015

In this paper, we propose a new approach for anomaly detection in video surveillance. This approach is based on a nonparametric Bayesian regression model built upon Gaussian process priors. It establishes a set of basic vectors describing motion patterns from low-level features via online clustering, and then constructs a Gaussian process regression model to approximate the distribution of motion patterns in kernel space. We analyze different anomaly measure criterions derived from Gaussian process regression model and compare their performances. To reduce false detections caused by crowd occlusion, we utilize supplement information from previous frames to assist in anomaly detection for current frame. In addition, we address the problem of hyperparameter tuning and discuss the method of efficient calculation to reduce computation overhead. The approach is verified on published anomaly detection datasets and compared with other existing methods. The experiment results demonstrate that it can detect various anomalies efficiently and accurately.
PBW deformations of Artin–Schelter regular algebras
Authors: Gaddis Jason
Published: April 2015

We consider properties and extensions of PBW deformations of Artin–Schelter regular algebras. PBW deformations in global dimension two are classified and the geometry associated to the homogenizations of these algebras is exploited to prove that all simple modules are one-dimensional in the non-PI case. It is shown that this property is maintained under tensor products and certain skew polynomial extensions.
A note on the Rouquier dimensions of product varieties
Authors: Yang Song
Published: April 2015

In this note, we show that for the product of some smooth projective varieties (e.g. projective spaces) the Rouquier dimension and the Krull dimension are equal. This verifies a conjecture of Orlov in these examples.
Additive and multiplicative functions from Nottingham to Urbana-Champaign
Authors: Elliott P. D. T. A.
Published: April 2015

The author remembers Heini Halberstam and views their early joint work through the lens of additive and multiplicative arithmetic functions.
A golden iterated map number system: Results and conjectures
Authors: Porta Horacio A. , Stolarsky Kenneth B.
Published: April 2015

We construct a number system for representing numbers in [0, 1] that is based on iterations of an asymmetric tent map that incorporates the golden ratio. It is already known that in this system a number has a periodic representation if and only if it lies in [Formula: see text]. We investigate other aspects of this system such as non-uniquely representable numbers, an inherent semigroup structure, connections with Wythoff's game, related sequences of rational functions, and its connection with an iterative scheme reminiscent of paper folding analysis. Many details of the above-mentioned connections are conjectural.
Congruences for Fishburn numbers modulo prime powers
Authors: Straub Armin
Published: April 2015

The Fishburn numbers ξ(n) are defined by the formal power series [Formula: see text]

Recently, Andrews and Sellers discovered congruences of the form ξ(pm + j) ≡ 0 modulo p, valid for all m ≥ 0. These congruences have then been complemented and generalized to the case of r-Fishburn numbers by Garvan. In this note, we answer a question of Andrews and Sellers regarding an extension of these congruences to the case of prime powers. We show that, under a certain condition, all these congruences indeed extend to hold modulo prime powers.
Double-Walled Ag–Pt Nanotubes Fabricated by Galvanic Replacement and Dealloying: Effect of Composition on the Methanol Oxidation Activity
Authors: Schaefer Sandra , Muench Falk , Mankel Eric , Fuchs Anne , Brötz Joachim , Kunz Ulrike , Ensinger Wolfgang
Published: April 2015

The synthesis of bimetallic nanostructures using galvanic replacement displays a versatile route toward efficient catalysts for fuel cell reactions. We show that electrolessly plated Ag nanotubes (NTs) are a unique template for the synthesis of double-walled Ag – Pt NTs. After replacement reaction, different dealloying protocols are applied to adjust the residual Ag content. The structures were thoroughly characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, providing evidence of a hollow tube structure composed of Ag – Pt alloy. Experiments under harsh conditions reveal, that a significant amount of Ag remain in the NTs, which strongly affects the methanol oxidation performance. With optimized Ag – Pt ratio, the specific activity of Pt / C catalysts can be outperformed. From the obtained results, we emphasize that each effort using galvanic replacement should be accompanied by detailed compositional analysis.
Modeling discrete-time analytical models based on random early detection: Exponential and linear
Authors: Abdel-Jaber Hussein , Thabtah Fadi , Woodward Mike
Published: April 2015

Congestion control is among primary topics in computer network in which random early detection (RED) method is one of its common techniques. Nevertheless, RED suffers from drawbacks in particular when its "average queue length" is set below the buffer's "minimum threshold" position which makes the router buffer quickly overflow. To deal with this issue, this paper proposes two discrete-time queue analytical models that aim to utilize an instant queue length parameter as a congestion measure. This assigns mean queue length (mql) and average queueing delay smaller values than those for RED and eventually reduces buffers overflow. A comparison between RED and the proposed analytical models was conducted to identify the model that offers better performance. The proposed models outperform the classic RED in regards to mql and average queueing delay measures when congestion exists. This work also compares one of the proposed models (RED-Linear) with another analytical model named threshold-based linear reduction of arrival rate (TLRAR). The results of the mql, average queueing delay and the probability of packet loss for TLRAR are deteriorated when heavy congestion occurs, whereas, the results of our RED-Linear were not impacted and this shows superiority of our model.
Petar Hr. Ilievski. A Modest Man with Outstanding Academic Achievments
Authors: Mitevski Vitomir
Published: April 2015

Text in memoriam for Petar Hr. Ilievski (1920-2013).
Petar Hr. Ilievski
Authors: Topolinjska Zuzanna
Published: April 2015

In memoriam of Petar Hr. Ilievski (1920–2013).
Cantare quei giorni. La ballata di Joe Mitraglia
Authors: Bettelli Maurizio
Published: April 2015

Può una canzone raccontare, riassumere, esprimere un fatto accaduto realmente e farcelo percepire/rivivere con la stessa intensità e col medesimo impatto di un filmato o di una fotografia coevi? Esiste un rapporto tra musica e vita reale? Come si comporta l’autore, il songwriter, in questo suo lavoro di trasposizione dei fatti reali in parola e suono? Nel corso di questa indagine utilizzerò “Joe Mitraglia”, una delle sei canzoni da me composte tra il 1973 e il 1978 che nel novembre 1978 furono registrate e pubblicate da I Nomadi su un album intitolato Naracauli e altre storie. Cercherò di raccontare l’ambiente in cui sono nate quelle canzoni, le tensioni e le atmosfere che le hanno generate. Proverò a delineare una mappa cronologica che ricostruisca e combini fatti storici e accadimenti autobiografici, e su quella mappa traccerò una rotta che ci condurrà fin dentro alle parole e al racconto della ballata di “Joe Mitraglia”.
La crisi della musica come arte nella società borghese: Sogni, deliri e allucinazioni musicali in testi di Camillo Boito, Luigi Gualdo, Carlo Dossi e Ugo Fleres
Authors: Bombara Daniela
Published: April 2015

Il presente lavoro intende prendere in esame alcune novelle musicali di autori che consapevolmente si pongono in opposizione a strutture sociali, ideologie e mode imperanti tra Otto e Novecento: gli scapigliati Camillo Boito, Luigi Gualdo, Carlo Dossi, l’antidannunziano Ugo Fleres. La musica nelle loro opere assume una funzione centrale e modellizzante, determinando i contenuti, caratterizzando i personaggi, definendo in alcuni casi la stessa struttura testuale. Ma l’oggetto sonoro è posto come altro dal reale, perché prodotto da ossessioni, incubi, apparizioni fantasmatiche, stati di alienazione mentale; segno della difficile sopravvivenza di saperi e pratiche musicali in una società ormai mercificata, che dalla seconda metà dell’Ottocento si avvia a una trasformazione in senso capitalistico. Onirica, soprannaturale, irrazionale, questa musica si situa ai margini di un universo culturale mutevole e disarmonico, rivelandone pulsioni nascoste e aspirazioni profonde. Le “scritture sonore” presenti in La canzone di Weber e Allucinazione (Luigi Gualdo), Il maestro di setticlavio (Camillo Boito), La principessa di Pimpirimpara (Carlo Dossi), Ariel (Ugo Fleres) possono quindi essere interpretate, sulla scorta delle indicazioni di Roberto Favaro, Assunta Claudia Scotto di Carlo, Roberto Russi, come indici di una fase di transizione – e di difficile approdo alla modernità – dell’esperienza musicale italiana ed europea. Ma esse testimoniano anche un interesse, che sarà poi dominante nel Novecento, per le zone d’ombra della psiche, per un inconscio che è insieme letterario e musicale.
Ask the lyrics: John Fante in music
Authors: Mazzucchelli Chiara
Published: April 2015

The crosspollination of literature and lyrics is not a new phenomenon in popular music and classics of world literature continue to inspire songwriters who incorporate them in their art in different ways and forms. Interestingly enough, a not-yet-classic author like the Italian-American John Fante has had an impact on popular culture and music both in Italy and in the United States. Grossly neglected by mainstream American literature, mainly labeled as an “ethnic” writer, John Fante has only recently become widely read in Italy and he has already developed unusual ties with music in both countries. In this article, I will briefly survey the reception of John Fante in the United States and Italy by tracing the history of the publication of his works in translation. I will then present a review of some Italian and American songs that explicitly draw inspiration from Arturo Bandini, the protagonist of Fante’s saga. This article is an exploration of the relationship between literature, music, and society through a reflection on the impact that a non-canonical American writer has on popular culture and how his ethnic experience often reverberates in larger society and in the singer/reader/listener’s life before earning approval from mainstream critics.
Low-velocity impact behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy multiscale hybrid nanocomposites reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanoplates
Authors: Ulus Hasan , Üstün Tugay , Şahin Ömer Sinan , Karabulut Salim Eğemen , Eskizeybek Volkan , Avcı Ahmet
Published: April 2015

In this article, the mechanical properties and dynamic response of hybrid filler-modified epoxy/carbon fiber multiscale composites were investigated. The hybrid fillers composed of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanoplates were dispersed in epoxy resin and used as matrix material. The multiscale hybrid laminated composites were stacked symmetrically consisting of 10 plies of woven carbon fibers and fabricated by vacuum infusion technique. The mechanical properties of the hybrid composites were investigated by tensile tests. Impact response and energy absorption capacity were investigated by using weight drop test method and the tests were performed according to ASTM-D-7136 standard with impact energies of 5, 10, and 15 J. The impact force and displacement versus interaction time were measured. The impulsive force, energy absorption capability, and damage formation were also investigated. It is observed that when the resin is modified by nanoparticles, both strength and the % strain at fracture increase considerably. However, it is shown in the subject manuscript that the enhancement of mechanical has not fully transferred to dynamic response and energy absorption capacities of nanocomposites.
Dynamic behavior of piezoelectric composite beams under moving loads
Authors: Fereidoon Abdolhossein , Eftekhari Danial , Yaghoobi Hessameddin
Published: April 2015

In this paper, dynamic behavior of multilayered beams integrated with a transducer layer of piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite under moving oscillator of mass–spring–damper is investigated. The theoretical formulations are based on Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, and the governing equations of motion of the system are derived using the Hamilton principle. A semi-analytical method is introduced to solve the problem. First, in order to obtain time-dependent ordinary differential equations (ODE) from the governing equations, the modal expansion method is employed. Then, to solve the ODE set, the differential quadrature method is used. Results for a simply supported beam are compared with previous studies and good agreements are found. Moreover, the effects of different boundary conditions, thickness of layers, and mass, stiffness, and damping of the moving oscillator as well as fiber volume fraction on dynamic behavior of the beam are studied. Dynamic structural behavior of the beam is investigated through practical figures, which can be helpful for structural design purposes.
Design and experimental evaluation of feedforward controller integrating filtered-x LMS algorithm with applications to electro-hydraulic force control systems
Authors: Tang Yu , Zhu Zhencai , Shen Gang
Published: April 2015

The control purpose of an electro-hydraulic force control (EHFC) system is to real time replicate the force exerted on a structure in laboratory so as to simulate loads that cannot otherwise be generated naturally. In contrast to electro-hydraulic position control system, the tracking performance of EHFC system is always limited. To enhance the force replication accuracy of EHFC systems, a feedforward inverse controller integrating filtered-x LMS adaptive algorithm is presented in this paper. The proposed controller comprises a feedforward inverse controller and an adaptive controller. The feedforward inverse controller working as an inner loop is firstly established by directly cascading the designed parametric inverse transfer function to the EHFC system with proportional integral controller and the inverse transfer function is obtained with the implementation of system identification and zero magnitude error tracking technology. Then, the adaptive controller employing the filtered-x LMS algorithm acting as an outer loop is further combined with the feedforward controller to deal with the error occurred in the inverse model design procedure. Therefore, the proposed controller is an easy-to-implement strategy and can effectively enhance the force replication performance for both phase delay errors and amplitude mismatch errors. Finally, a series of experiments are carried out on a real EHFC test rig by means of xPC target technology, and the experimental results indicate that the proposed controller has a relatively better tracking accuracy compared with the proportional integral controller and the feedforward controller. It is also worth noting that the proposed controller can also be extended to other servo control systems where high accuracy tracking performance is required.
Study on the application and optimization of trichiral raft in a floating raft system
Authors: Xu Shiyin , Huang Xiuchang , Du Zhipeng , Hua Hongxing
Published: April 2015

In this paper, periodic and hybrid trichiral structure is developed as the raft in a floating raft system to enhance isolation performance in the medium and high-frequency range. Firstly, wave propagation in the periodic trichiral structure is analyzed through Bloch theorem. Further study of the hybrid trichiral structure, consisting of multilayer of cells with different geometry, demonstrates that the stop band of this assembly is the superposition of the band gap generated by individual cells. This feature can be used to extend the stop band without affecting the performance in other frequencies. Vibration transmission of the floating raft system is studied through frequency response function based substructuring method. Numerical examples indicate that the sound power radiated from the foundation can be greatly attenuated in the stop band of the periodic trichiral raft. Based on the feature of hybrid structure, an optimization scheme with respect to the trichiral raft is developed with the aim of minimizing the radiated sound power of the system. The proposed modeling and optimization method can be extended to design other regular raft structures with great flexibility.
The association between HPV, intraepithelial lesions and HIV-1 shedding in anogenital specimens in two contrasting populations: Senegalese women and American MSM
Authors: Hood Julia E , Gottlieb Geoffrey S , Kiviat Nancy B , Sow Papa Salif , Toure Macoumba , Feng Qinghua , Hawes Stephen E
Published: April 2015

In light of observational evidence showing an association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and HIV acquisition risk, the potential of HPV vaccination as a HIV prevention strategy is being considered. However, the relationship between HPV and HIV infectiousness is unclear. In this analysis, the relationship between HPV and anogenital HIV shedding (a proxy for transmissibility) was assessed in two diverse populations: HIV-infected Senegalese women and American men who have sex with men (MSM). Data from two longitudinal studies with similar protocols were analysed. In both studies, anogenital specimens underwent cytologic, HPV DNA, and HIV-1 RNA testing. Analyses utilised multivariable generalised estimating equations that controlled for age, hormonal contraceptive use (women only), plasma viral load, CD4 count and treatment status. Among Senegalese women, cervical lesions were significantly associated with the detection of HIV RNA (aRR = 1.16 [1.05, 1.28]) and log10 cervicovaginal fluids viral load (adjusted β = 0.56 [0.12, 1.01]). No association was detected between HPV (of any type) and cervicovaginal HIV shedding (aRRDetection = 0.90 [0.77, 1.06]; βQuantity = −0.31 [−0.78, 0.16]). Among MSM, having multiple HPV infections (versus no HPV infection) was associated with anal HIV shedding (aRRDetection = 1.05 [1.01, 1.09]; βQuantity = 0.11 [0.01, 0.21]). Anal lesions were not associated with anal HIV shedding (aRRLESIONS = 0.99 [0.96, 1.03], βLESIONS = −0.05 [−0.13, 0.03]). Although HPV and intraepithelial lesions were associated with anogenital HIV shedding in crude analyses, the measures of effect were attenuated in adjusted analyses. Our data suggest that the prevention of HPV through vaccination is unlikely to substantially affect HIV infectiousness among persons living with HIV.
Combined transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells and allogenic mesenchymal stem cells increases T regulatory cells in systemic lupus erythematosus with refractory lupus nephritis and leukopenia
Authors: Wang Q , Qian S , Li J , Che N , Gu L , Wang Q , Liu Y , Mei H
Published: April 2015

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation is currently being evaluated as a novel treatment for autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Here we report a case of autologous HSC transplantation combined with MSCs in a 25-year-old severe SLE patient with multiple life-threatening complications and refractory to conventional cyclophosphamide (CYC) therapy. After being pretreated with CYC, ﬂudarabine and antithymocyte globulin, the patient was transplanted with autologous CD34+HSCs and MSCs by intravenous infusion. Hematopoietic regeneration was observed on day 12 thereafter. After HSC and MSC transplantation, the patient’s clinical symptoms caused by SLE were remitted, and the SLEDAI score decreased. Moreover, CD4+CD25+FoxP3+Treg cells increased in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after transplantation. This result suggests that the combined transplantation of HSCs and MSCs may reset the adaptive immune system to re-establish self-tolerance in SLE. A 36-month follow-up showed that the clinical symptoms remained in remission. Although a longer follow-up is required for assessing the long-term efficacy, our present results suggest that the combined transplantation of HSCs and MSCs may be a novel and effective therapy for refractory SLE.
The role of netupitant and palonosetron in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
Authors: Abramovitz Rebecca Briana , Gaertner Kelly Marie
Published: April 2015

The combination of netupitant and palonosetron was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October 2014 for the prevention of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Netupitant and palonosetron is available as a single capsule to be administered prior to each cycle of chemotherapy. The approval was based on phase II and III data in patients undergoing treatment with moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Netupitant and palonosetron’s benefits include a convenient dosage form, dual-targeted mechanism, and favorable side effect profile, while its main limitations are cost and potential logistical issues surrounding administration. More studies are needed to adequately determine its role in therapy as well as which patients will derive the most benefit from its use.
Psychological and background correlates of bullying in adolescent residential care
Authors: Sekol Ivana , Farrington David P
Published: April 2015

This research examined psychological and background correlates of bullying in adolescent residential care. Young people aged 11–21 ( N = 601) from 22 residential institutions in Croatia completed an anonymous self-reported bullying questionnaire, the Basic Empathy Scale, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and the Big Five Personality Inventory.

Findings

The results demonstrated that both male and female bullies tend to be disagreeable, careless, neurotic, likely to hold attitudes approving of bullying, and likely to bully others in school. Male bullies also tend to be extraverted, lacking in affective empathy, tend to have a history of bullying during their earlier placements, and tend to have been institutionalised for problematic behaviour. It is concluded that bullying is more persistent for males and that psychological and personality factors play a greater role in male bullying than in female bullying. However, both male and female bullies had commonly been school bullies.

Applications

Bullying in care might be mitigated by: a) avoiding accommodating residents who are prone to victimisation together with older, more experienced residents who manifest antisocial behaviour; b) programmes aimed at changing attitudes approving of bullying; c) techniques for controlling the impulsivity of bullies; and d) empathy enhancement programmes. However, longitudinal research on bullying is needed.
Relocation, portability and social care practice: A scoping review
Authors: White Caroline , Marsland Dave , Manthorpe Jill
Published: April 2015

The portability of publicly-funded adult social care across local authority boundaries received recent policy attention in England and was addressed in the Care Act 2014. This article presents the findings of a scoping review conducted between July–September 2012 that searched selected journals and online databases for relevant material. The aim of the review was to identify what is known about the experiences of adults entitled to publicly-funded social care who move between local authorities, and the support provided by social workers to those planning to relocate. The review focused specifically on disabled adults and carers, eligible for and in receipt of social care support, who relocate for work or education in England.

Findings

The review identified little direct research covering experiences of moving between local authorities. However, six specific barriers, challenges and facilitators to relocation were identified; these included the portability of social care support, variations in policy and practice between local authorities, and housing availability. The review concludes that the process of relocation may be complex, challenging, and uncertain, although individuals may experience benefits and positive outcomes.

Applications

The review outlines areas for good social work practice in supporting people using social care services to relocate. These include: ensuring the provision of information; close working between local authorities and social workers; the development of interim plans to address potential delays in setting up support; proactive and rapid monitoring and reassessment following a move to address potentially changed support needs arising from changed housing circumstances.
Microstructural modeling of three-dimensionally full five-directional braided composites based on a new multiunit cell scheme
Authors: Xu Kun , Qian Xiaomei
Published: April 2015

In this study, a new multiunit cell model is proposed based on the microstructure analysis of three-dimensionally full five-directional braided composites produced by four-step 1 × 1 procedures. The new multiunit cell model consists of five kinds of unit cells, namely interior, exterior surface, interior surface, exterior corner, and interior corner unit cells, which are developed by control volume method to characterize the unique microstructure features for different regions of three-dimensionally full five-directional braided composites. The relationships between the microstructure parameters of unit cells and the braiding process parameters are analyzed in detail and the structural parameters of the preform are derived. Especially, the squeezing condition of the yarns in the interior region is studied. Finally, the main microstructure parameters of braided specimens are calculated to validate the effectiveness of the multiunit cell model. Good agreement has been obtained between the predicted values and the available experimental data. In addition, the variation of the volume proportion of five kinds of unit cells to the overall specimen with the number of yarn carriers is discussed, respectively. The effect of braiding angle on the squeezing factor of braiding yarn is analyzed. Results indicate that the presented multiunit cell model can be adopted to effectively predict the microstructure and structural parameters of three-dimensionally full five-directional braided composites.
Nanoporous Activated Carbons Derived from Agro-Waste Corncob for Enhanced Electrochemical and Sensing Performance
Authors: Adhikari Mandira Pradhananga , Adhikari Rina , Shrestha Rekha Goswami , Rajendran Raja , Adhikari Laxmi , Bairi Partha , Pradhananga Raja Ram , Shrestha Lok Kumar , Ariga Katsuhiko
Published: April 2015

Nanoporous activated carbons (AC) have been prepared from low-cost agro-waste corncob powder by phosphoric acid activation and investigated for their electrochemical supercapacitor and sensing properties. Surface areas and pore volumes are found in the range of 690–1288 m2 g−1 and 0.49–1.64 cm3 g−1, respectively and could be controlled by adjusting the weight ratio of corncob and phosphorous. The corncob-derived AC showed excellent electrochemical performance giving a maximum specific capacitance ca. 340.8 F g−1 at a scan rate of 5 mV s−1. At relatively a high scan rate of 100 mV s−1 the specific capacitance of 133.7 F g−1 was obtained. About 96% capacitance retention rate was achieved even after 1000 cycles demonstrating potential usages of the materials in high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. Furthermore, our AC showed excellent solvent vapor sensing performance with high selectivity for ammonia.
Casting, Plotting, and Enchanting: Arthurian Women in Starz’s Camelot and the BBC’s Merlin
Authors: Edwards Jennifer C.
Published: April 2015

The BBC’s family drama Merlin and Starz’s racy Camelot offer similar narratives for female characters, especially Morgan(a) and Guinevere. By playing with traditional plots and casting, Merlin and Camelot tap into passionate attachments viewers have for powerful female television characters, yet preserve traditional notions about women’s place in Arthurian society. (JCE)
Pendragons at the Chopping Block: Elements of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the BBC’s Merlin
Authors: Chandler Erin
Published: April 2015

The BBC’s Merlin (2008) borrows elements of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in two of its early episodes, adjusting the thematic content of the poem to appeal to its audience of parents and children by placing the family rather than the court at the center of conflict. (EC)
Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Religious Tolerance in Modern Britain and the BBC’s Merlin
Authors: Tollerton David C.
Published: April 2015

Setting the BBC’s Merlin in an ahistorical, mythical realm allows the series’ creators to reflect key elements of modern rather than medieval British society. As a result, the series explores issues of diversity, multiculturalism, and tolerance in a way which resonates with twenty-first-century viewers. (DCT)
Kaamelott ’s Global Fifth Century
Authors: Foster Tara
Published: April 2015

Despite its fifth-century setting, the wildly popular French television series Kaamelott presents spectators with a court that seems familiar and accessible. By lessening the distance between his version of the Arthurian world and his twenty-first-century audience, series creator Alexandre Astier invites viewers to reflect on their own society. (TF)
Constructing Spiritual Hierarchy through Mass Attendance in the Morte Darthur
Authors: Clark David Eugene
Published: April 2015

Mass attendance and participation in the Morte Darthur helps to delineate a four-tier spiritual hierarchy—one which rewards faith with temporal benefits. The hierarchy outlined through mass attendance and participation suggests that the concrete, temporal differentiation between believers is an important Christian concern in the text. (DEC)
Kaamelott ’s Paradox: Lancelot between Subjugation and Individuation
Authors: Briand Cédric
Published: April 2015

In Kaamelott , Lancelot rapidly emerges as the only proficient knight of the Round Table. However, while Alexandre Astier’s situational and discursive humor form the crux of the series’ matter, they also serve to highlight crucial paradoxes in Kaamelott, as well as in Lancelot’s subjective construction and his progressive development as an unanticipated foe. (CB)
From ‘Unthinking Stereotype’ to Fearless Antagonist: The Evolution of Morgan le Fay on Television
Authors: Mediavilla Cindy
Published: April 2015

Although recent fiction has portrayed Morgan le Fay much more sympathetically, on television she has remained, for the most part, an evil caricature. The depictions of Morgan on Starz’s Camelot and BBC1’s Merlin stand out as being among the most fully realized versions of her character in any medium. (CM)
Collaboration of Art and Science in Albert Edelfelt’s Portrait of Louis Pasteur: The Making of an Enduring Medical Icon
Authors: Weisberg Richard E. , Hansen Bert
Published: April 2015

summary: Historians of medicine—and even Louis Pasteur’s biographers—have paid little attention to his close relationship with the Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt. A new look at Edelfelt’s letters to his mother, written in Swedish and never quoted at length in English, reveals important aspects of Pasteur’s working habits and personality. By understanding the active collaboration through which this very famous portrait was made, we also discover unnoticed things in the painting itself, gain a new appreciation of its original impact on the French public’s image of science, and better understand its enduring influence on the portrayal of medicine in the art and the popular culture of many countries even to the present day.
The Entangled History of Sadoka (Rinderpest) and Veterinary Science in Tanzania and the Wider World, 1891–1901
Authors: Sunseri Thaddeus
Published: April 2015

summary: Scholarship on the Tanzanian Rinderpest epizootic of the 1890s has assumed that German colonizers understood from the start that they were confronting the same disease that had afflicted Eurasia for centuries. Outward indicators of the epizootic, known locally as sadoka , especially wildlife destruction, were unknown in Europe, leading German veterinarians to doubt that the African disease was Rinderpest. Financial constraints and conflicting development agendas, especially tension between ranching and pastoralism, deterred early colonial applications of veterinary science that might have led to an early diagnosis. European veterinarians, guarding their authority against medical researchers, opposed inoculation therapies in the case of Rinderpest in favor of veterinary policing despite recent breakthroughs in vaccine research. The virus was not identified before reaching South Africa in 1896, but this breakthrough had little influence on policy in East Africa. Yet emergent international disease conventions directed at bubonic plague entangled with veterinary policy in East Africa.
“By Expresse Experiment”: The Doubting Midwife Salome in Late Medieval England
Authors: Swann Alaya
Published: April 2015

summary: This article examines late medieval English representations of the startling and apocryphal story of Salome, the skeptical midwife who dares to touch, or at least attempt to touch, the Virgin Mary “in sexu secreto” during a postpartum examination at the nativity. Salome’s story originated in the second century, but its late medieval iterations are inflected by a culture interested in evaluating and examining sensory evidence, in both medicine and religion. The story appears in sermon collections, devotional texts, the cycle nativity plays, and John Lydgate’s Life of Our Lady , and these variations demonstrate the intersection of gender and experience-based knowledge in medical and devotional contexts. Salome’s story provides a unique opportunity to study late medieval interpretations of female medicine, materialism, and spirituality.
John Buchanan’s Philadelphia Diploma Mill and the Rise of State Medical Boards
Authors: Johnson David Alan
Published: April 2015

summary: The absence of medical licensing laws in most states during the years following the American Civil War made it possible for unscrupulous individuals to capitalize upon the weak governmental role in medical practice and educational charters. The practices of John Buchanan during much of his tenure at the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, in issuing thousands of dubiously earned diplomas, caused a national and international scandal. The traffic in diplomas became so flagrant that regulatory oversight of physicians and their practice, such as that conducted by the Illinois Board of Health led by Dr. John Rauch, developed rapidly across the United States. Though multiple factors prompted the rebirth of medical licensing laws, professional, educational, journalistic, and public concerns for bogus diplomas played an important role.
Nous revenons à nos moutons : Regarding Animals in Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep
Authors: O’Brien Sarah
Published: April 2015

Although Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977) unfolds an exceptionally generative critique of the connections between animal death and human life, the film has yet to receive attention from overlapping circles in film studies and animal studies. This article argues that the film’s distinctive engagement with a constellation of boundaries—between sound and image, waking and dreaming life, human and animal—works to loosen the visual field and to make room for an ethical recognition of the complex relationships implicated in the practice of animal slaughter.
Genre, Translation, and Transnational Cinema: Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Authors: Cho Michelle
Published: April 2015

This article examines the operation of genre translation in transnational cinemas through an analysis of Kim Jee-woon’s 2008 film The Good, the Bad, the Weird , which triangulates the genre conventions of Hollywood, spaghetti, and Manchurian westerns. I argue that Kim uses the literal and depthless rendering of genre tropes to create a work whose fidelity to its generic predecessors ultimately dismantles their conventional ideologies. The article presents an overview of The Good, the Bad, the Weird ’s discursive contexts, a theoretical discussion of translation in genre adaptation, and a close reading of the film’s key scenes and motifs.
Boundless Ontologies: Michael Snow, Wittgenstein, and the Textual Film
Authors: Remes Justin
Published: April 2015

While most films use moving images as their primary currency, there are several experimental films—such as Michael Snow’s So Is This (1982)—that instead traffic in the written word. This article argues that such experiments problematize rigid conceptions of film’s ontology and instead foreground the usefulness of a Wittgensteinian approach to cinema.
Time and Time Again: Temporality, Narrativity, and Spectatorship in Christian Marclay’s The Clock
Authors: Levinson Julie
Published: April 2015

The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010) is a twenty-four-hour collage movie comprising thousands of film clips that collectively span a range of cinema history and genres. The excerpted scenes show timepieces that are precisely synchronized with the moment during which the audience sees them, thereby conflating cinematic and actual time. Beyond The Clock ’s clever gimmick is a significant theoretical contemplation of the contingency of measured time, the power of film narrative, and the conventions and complexities of spectatorship. Using varied analytical frameworks, including the philosophies of Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze, this article explores the ways in which The Clock both celebrates and subverts cinematic practice.
Vandalism of Cultural Heritage: Thoughts Preceding Conservation Interventions
Authors: Chatzigiannis Dimitrios
Published: April 2015

Vandalism constitutes a continuous phenomenon throughout history. It can be described as an interaction between people and their material environment. Because of its nature, it captures the interest of material culture’s scholar. In this paper, several sociopolitical and aesthetic aspects of the phenomenon are examined from the conservator’s point of view. The sociopolitical background of the act, the role of established and dominant social values, and the role of the single person or of a minority are among them. It is argued that these sociopolitical dimensions of the topic that initially might seem irrelevant with conservation practice constitute the actual foundation upon which conservation of cultural heritage is based. The conscious conservator has to be aware of this complicated web of contradicted values and significances when standing in front of a vandalized object. Thus, the conservation decision making turns out to be a rather human-centric rather than an object-oriented approach.
Bamiyan, Vandalism, and the Sublime
Authors: Janowski James
Published: April 2015

In 2001 the Bamiyan Buddhas, towering fifteen-hundred-year-old sculptures long the centerpiece of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage, were blown up in a very public fashion by the Taliban. I work to understand the event—were the Taliban vandals and was this an instance of vandalism ?—and to determine the meaning of the now-empty niches and the sculptures’ remains. I argue that the act and its result prompt a powerfully emotive experience in which reason is rendered null, and that this experience is captured by (part of) Edmund Burke’s thinking about the sublime. I consider the possibility that, as some seem to suggest, the altered site itself might be understood as an artwork. I urge that this is misguided. Finally, after clarifying the concept of vandalism, I argue that though the Taliban were not vandals, the result of their act is well understood as vandalism nonetheless. Thus I suggest that careful thinking about the event, perhaps the most infamous example of art desecration in recent history, issues in paradox. And while I hint at a way out of the cognitive impasse, I argue that as it stands the Bamiyan episode, which occasioned a colossal loss of meaning and value, defies understanding.
A Hollow Where the Vandals Were
Authors: Calame Jon
Published: April 2015

It is argued that vandalism is a position term used selectively, such that not all wanton destroyers of emblematic public property are called vandals, not all vandals are wanton, not all defacements are vandalistic, and not all eligible vandalisms are accordingly condemned. Governing assumptions include (1) that places, objects, and traditions used as props for cultural identity theater productions are invented to preserve the persons, groups, or institutions who produce the broadcast; (2) that the aggregation of such props, properties, and propaganda is checked by a pulsing instinct for decomposition, contrary to preservation, as stabilizing actions are met with destabilizing reactions, seeking space within a culture for new postures, assumptions, and assertions; and (3) that vandalism is a strategically disparaging term for what is often an amateur effort to broadcast a coherent grievance from outside the city walls so that it is heard inside the city walls, if the city is a metaphor for any bastion of cultural identity reinforced with iconic physical props.
Images in the Piazza: The Destruction of a Work by Maurizio Cattelan (Milan, May 2004)
Authors: Gennari-Santori Flaminia
Published: April 2015

Vandalism constitutes a continuous phenomenon throughout history. It can be described as an interaction between people and their material environment. Because of its nature it captures the interest of material culture’s scholar. In this paper, several sociopolitical and aesthetic aspects of the phenomenon are examined by the conservator’s point of view. The sociopolitical background of the act, the role of established and dominant social values and the role of the single person or of a minority are among them. It is argued that these sociopolitical dimensions of the topic that initially might seem irrelevant with conservation practice constitute the actual foundation upon which conservation of cultural heritage is based. The conscious conservator has to be aware of this complicated web of contradicted values and significances when standing in front of a vandalized object. Thus, the conservation decision making turns out to be a rather human-centric rather than an object-oriented approach.