bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design thinking como ferramenta para geração de inovação: um estudo de caso da Biblioteca Universitária da UDESC
Authors: Juliani Jordan Paulesky , Cavaglieri Marcelo , Machado Raquel Bernadete
Published: October 2015

Este estudo aborda o uso do design thinking como ferramenta de interação e aproximação entre os colaboradores, comunidade e usuários da Biblioteca da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (BU/UDESC). Essa nova abordagem de inovação, voltada para o design thinking, possibilita agregar valor às propostas a serem implantadas, pois são pensadas e estruturadas de forma participativa. O objetivo do estudo é utilizar as técnicas do design thinking como ferramenta para geração de serviços inovadores na BU/UDESC. A metodologia adotada foi um estudo de caso, com uma pesquisa exploratória, de natureza qualitativa. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizados métodos de entrevistas e grupo focal, realizados com a comunidade local, docentes, discentes e bibliotecários da UDESC. Após a conclusão das fases iniciais do design thinking, partiu-se para a fase da Prototipação em que se realizou a tangibilização da ideia principal, ou seja, propor a criação do Espaço Acessível para atender a pessoas com deficiência na BU/UDESC. Entende-se que a ideia é passível de ser colocada em prática, contribuindo para disponibilizar informações de qualidade e promover a acessibilidade informacional no ambiente da biblioteca universitária.
Precisamos discutir o idadismo na comunicação
Authors: Castro Gisela G.S.
Published: October 2015

O Brasil, considerado por longo tempo um país jovem, apresenta hoje percentuais decrescentes de adultos e idosos. Este progressivo amadurecimento da nossa população resulta da conjugação entre a expressiva redução nas taxas de natalidade e de mortalidade infantil, aliada ao significativo aumento da longevidade. Tais dados refletem o envelhecimento da população mundial, fato que torna importante o debate a respeito da velhice do idadismo, forma ainda pouco discutida de preconceito, baseado na idade, que ocasiona a discriminação contra as pessoas vistas como idosas e contribui para a sua marginalização e eventual exclusão social. Diante deste cenário em transformação, este artigo traz uma reflexão sobre a velhice, promovendo uma discussão sobre o preconceito motivado pelos estereótipos associados à figura do velho em nosso meio social. 
Reconstruindo a tecnoliteracia: uma abordagem de múltiplas literacias
Authors: Kellner Douglas , Kahn Richard
Published: October 2015

Muito tem sido escrito sobre o conceito de "literacia tecnológica". Este artigo começa com uma breve análise dos significados que "tecnologia" e "literacia" receberam, no sentido de procurar entender a qual tipo de conhecimento e habilidades que a "tecnoliteracia" se refere. Richard Kahn e Douglas Kellner resumem as amplas trajetórias de desenvolvimento em programas hegemônicos de tecnoliteracias contemporâneas, desde suas supostas origens como "literacia computacional". Em contrapartida, revelam como essa abordagem tem sido tacitamente desafiada em nível institucional global por meio do Projeto 2000+ das Nações Unidas, e teorizam como isso pode estar ligado a um projeto democrático de revisão da educação por meio das múltiplas literacias. Por fim, os autores refletem sobre o que significará reconstruir amplamente a tecnoliteracia nas diversas áreas da sociedade.
Práticas Educomunicativas e a redução da violência no contexto escolar
Authors: Consani Marciel A. , Maccagnini Maria Carolina Aguilera
Published: October 2015

Este texto se propõe a abordar a questão das práticas educomunicativas como ações de mediação de conflitos baseadas na promoção do diálogo e na aproximação entre os diversos atores sociais presentes no processo educativo. Nosso recorte é para o locus escolar, onde foi implementado o projeto Educom.Rádio, na medida em que o direcionamento efetivo da Educomunicação para o âmbito das políticas públicas, naquela ocasião (2001-2004), ocorreu pela demanda apresentada pela rede pública paulistana por alternativas inovadoras que promovessem a redução da violência nas escolas. Passada mais de uma década do encerramento daquele projeto, consideramos oportuno analisar a efetividade das ações dos educomunicadores na redução da violência escolar. Esta pode ser identificada, principalmente, com a melhoria das relações dialógicas interpessoais/intergrupos e com a promoção da Cultura da Paz.
ÉTICA: A TENDÊNCIA DE OS PROFISSIONAIS CONTÁBEIS DENUNCIAREM ATOS QUESTIONÁVEIS
Authors: Lucena Edzana Roberta F. da C. Vieira , Melo Clayton Levy Lima de , Lustosa Paulo Roberto Barbosa , Silva César Augusto Tibúrcio
Published: October 2015

Este estudo tem por objetivo principal analisar a tendência de os profissionais contábeis denunciarem atos questionáveis aos seus superiores. Por conseguinte, os objetivos secundários são: comparar os resultados obtidos no Brasil com os do trabalho de Schultz et al. (1993) e verificar se os resultados são impactados significativamente pelo efeito do gênero e idade sobre a ética. A amostra é composta por 215 respondentes e o questionário contém 6 casos, que envolvem conflitos éticos entre superiores e subordinados. Para a análise dos dados, foram utilizados: a análise de correlação de Pearson, estatística descritiva, análise de regressão e teste de médias t de Student. Os resultados demonstram que o Modelo é útil na compreensão das tendências de denunciar, uma vez que das três hipóteses de pesquisa, duas foram consideradas consistentes estatisticamente. Em relação aos objetivos secundários, os resultados mostram que a nacionalidade influenciou a ética, enquanto que a análise da influência do gênero e da faixa etária apresentaram resultados inconclusivos
DO TEXTO AO CONTEXTO: O USO DA CONTABILIDADE GERENCIAL PELAS PEQUENAS EMPRESAS SOB A PERSPECTIVA TEÓRICA DE BAKHTIN
Authors: Vaz Patricia Villa Costa , Espejo Márcia Maria dos Santos Bortolocci
Published: October 2015

O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a compreensão do interlocutor a respeito da Contabilidade Gerencial sob a perspectiva teórica de Mikhail Bakhtin sobre a formação do discurso. Bakhtin é um linguista russo que dedicou sua vida à compreensão da comunicação humana, e neste artigo será realizada uma reflexão da Contabilidade Gerencial e seu uso nas pequenas empresas. Desta maneira, o conhecimento do interlocutor (gestor da pequena empresa) sobre a linguagem específica da ciência facilita a compreensão e fornece um caráter maior de utilidade à Contabilidade. Ao final do presente artigo, verificou-se a aplicação das teorias de Bakhtin na Contabilidade Gerencial, pois, além de se compreender como ocorre a formação dos enunciados e dos significados no discurso, analisa-se que o usuário da informação contábil possui papel fundamental no desenvolvimento dos relatórios. Assim, o conhecimento do interlocutor, suas necessidades, seu nível de compreensão e seus objetivos, definem a forma como a comunicação será desenvolvida para ser eficaz.
SOCIAL DISCLOSURE E RETORNOS ANORMAIS: UM ESTUDO DE EVENTOS EM EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS ABERTAS NO PERÍODO DE 2005 A 2012
Authors: Gonçalves Rodrigo De Souza , Barbosa Natália De Menezes , Barroso Caio Rodrigues , De Medeiros Otávio Ribeiro
Published: October 2015

O presente estudo investiga se o evento da divulgação da informação social é determinante para melhoria do retorno acionário das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto. A hipótese subjacente é que o social disclosure deve servir como instrumento capaz de reduzir o risco reputacional, favorecendo a captação de recursos mais atrativos à organização. Foram analisadas 49 empresas brasileiras listadas na BM&FBovespa, que divulgaram relatórios de responsabilidade social no período de 2005 a 2012, totalizando 254 observações. Os níveis de social disclosure foram mensurados por um índice (ISD), baseado em Ramanathan (1976), Haydel (1989) e Hammond e Miles (2004), que avalia as informações através de 13 indicadores. Os resultados encontrados apontaram que, para as empresas de maior ISD há uma tendência de maiores retornos, sobretudo imediatamente após a divulgação da informação. Os referidos resultados foram corroborados ao nível de significância de 5%, indicando que empresas com maiores níveis de social disclosure tendem a apresentam apresentar retornos anormais acumulados positivos e estatisticamente significantes.
Dyscholesterolemia Protects Against Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias
Authors: Baartscheer Antonius , Schumacher Cees A. , Wekker Vincent , Verkerk Arie O. , Veldkamp Marieke W. , van Oort Ralph J. , Elzenaar Ies , Ottenhoff Roelof , van Roomen Cindy , Aerts Hans , Coronel Ruben
Published: October 2015

Background—

Hypercholesterolemia protects against ventricular fibrillation in patients with myocardial infarction. We hypothesize that hypercholesterolemia protects against ischemia-induced reentrant arrhythmias because of altered ion channel function.

Methods and Results—

ECGs were measured in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (LDLr
−/−
), apolipoprotein A1 knockout (ApoA1
−/−
), and wild-type (WT) mice. Action potentials, calcium handling, and ion currents were recorded in ventricular myocytes. Gene expression was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. In isolated perfused hearts, regional ischemia was induced and arrhythmia inducibility was tested. Serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was higher in LDLr
−/−
mice than in WT mice (2.6 versus 0.4 mmol/L), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was significantly lower in ApoA1
−/−
mice than in WT mice (0.3 versus 1.8 mmol/L). LDLr
−/−
and ApoA1
−/−
myocytes contained more cholesterol than WT (34.4±2.8 and 36.5±2.4 versus 25.5±0.4 μmol/g protein). The major potassium currents were not different in LDLr
−/−
and ApoA1
−/−
compared with WT mice. The L-type calcium current (
I
Ca
), however, was larger in LDLr
−/−
and ApoA1
−/−
than in WT (12.1±0.7 and 12.8±0.8 versus 9.4±1.1 pA/pF). Calcium transient amplitude and fractional sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release were larger and action potential and QTc duration longer in LDLr
−/−
and ApoA1
−/−
than in WT mice (action potential duration at 90% of repolarization: 102±4 and 106±3 versus 84±3.1 ms; QTc: 50.9±1.3 and 52.8±0.8 versus 43.5±1.2 ms). During ischemia, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation inducibility was larger in WT than in LDLr
−/−
and ApoA1
−/−
hearts. Expression of sodium channel and Ca-handling genes were not significantly different between groups.

Conclusions—

Dyscholesterolemia is associated with action potential prolongation because of increased
I
Ca
and reduces occurrence of reentrant arrhythmias during ischemia.
Matrigel Mattress
Authors: Feaster Tromondae K. , Cadar Adrian G. , Wang Lili , Williams Charles H. , Chun Young Wook , Hempel Jonathan E. , Bloodworth Nathaniel , Merryman W. David , Lim Chee Chew , Wu Joseph C. , Knollmann Björn C. , Hong Charles C.
Published: October 2015

Rationale:

The lack of measurable single-cell contractility of human-induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiac myocytes (hiPSC-CMs) currently limits the utility of hiPSC-CMs for evaluating contractile performance for both basic research and drug discovery.

Objective:

To develop a culture method that rapidly generates contracting single hiPSC-CMs and allows quantification of cell shortening with standard equipment used for studying adult CMs.

Methods and Results:

Single hiPSC-CMs were cultured for 5 to 7 days on a 0.4- to 0.8-mm thick mattress of undiluted Matrigel (mattress hiPSC-CMs) and compared with hiPSC-CMs maintained on a control substrate (<0.1-mm thick 1:60 diluted Matrigel, control hiPSC-CMs). Compared with control hiPSC-CMs, mattress hiPSC-CMs had more rod-shape morphology and significantly increased sarcomere length. Contractile parameters of mattress hiPSC-CMs measured with video-based edge detection were comparable with those of freshly isolated adult rabbit ventricular CMs. Morphological and contractile properties of mattress hiPSC-CMs were consistent across cryopreserved hiPSC-CMs generated independently at another institution. Unlike control hiPSC-CMs, mattress hiPSC-CMs display robust contractile responses to positive inotropic agents, such as myofilament calcium sensitizers. Mattress hiPSC-CMs exhibit molecular changes that include increased expression of the maturation marker cardiac troponin I and significantly increased action potential upstroke velocity because of a 2-fold increase in sodium current (
I
Na
).

Conclusions:

The Matrigel mattress method enables the rapid generation of robustly contracting hiPSC-CMs and enhances maturation. This new method allows quantification of contractile performance at the single-cell level, which should be valuable to disease modeling, drug discovery, and preclinical cardiotoxicity testing.
The Late Medieval Greek πολιτικὸς στίχος Poetry: Language, Metre and Discourse (University of Ghent, 2015)
Authors: Soltic Jorie
Published: October 2015

In this contribution, I offer a summary of my 2015 Ph.D. dissertation from the University of Ghent on the language and metre of Late Medieval Greek πολιτικὸς στίχος poetry as they pertain to information structure.
A miniaturized beetle larva in Cretaceous Burmese amber: reinterpretation of a fossil “strepsipteran triungulin”
Authors: Beutel R.G. , Zhang W.W. , Pohl H. , Wappler T. , Bai M.
Published: October 2015

A wingless and eyeless tiny fossil embedded in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar is described and interpreted phylogenetically as beetle larva, very likely belonging to a cucujiform group of Coleoptera with parasitic habits, probably the family Ripiphoridae. Features supporting this are the lobe-like terminal elements of the legs and the pattern of setae on the abdomen. However the larva display specialized features differing from immatures of extant ripiphorid species, such as for instance the absence of stemmata and the presence of ventral transverse rows of spines. An earlier tentative assignement of a similar larva embedded in Cretaceaous amber from Manitoba (Canada) to Strepsiptera is not followed here. We suggest that this larva is closely related to the beetle larva described here.
Outline of a Theory of Visual Tension
Authors: Zhu Ling
Published: October 2015

Artists and art historians frequently use the word ‘tension’ when describing a work of art. However, no full-fledged explanation has yet been given on what tension, a term borrowed from physics, exactly means in visual and artistic contexts. This paper seeks to fill this explanatory gap and to outline a theory according to which visual tension, in a way totally analogous to elastic tension, emerges as the result of the distortion of basic shapes underlying visual perception. This theory, which draws from Edwin Rausch and Michael Leyton, will be applied to the analysis of biomorphic art, Edvard Munch’s painting Eye in Eye and Giotto’s fresco Joachim’s Dream.
Copies With Souls: The Late Seventeenth-century Marianas Martyrs, Francis Xavier, and the Question of Clerical Reproduction
Authors: Strasser Ulrike
Published: October 2015

Although Ignatius created the template for Jesuit manhood, the task of modeling missionary masculinity for future generations fell to Francis Xavier as the first member to venture beyond Europe. This essay focuses on two late seventeenth-century followers of Xavier in the Marianas mission, Diego Luis de Sanvitores and Augustin Strobach, whom contemporaries characterized as virtual “copies” of Xavier with a twist: while the original Xavier longed for martyrdom in vain, Sanvitores and Strobach were able to shed blood for the faith. Their stories are set against the backdrop of the post-Trent revival of martyrdom and the Society’s need to keep generating new Christians as well as new missionaries to extend its reach across space and time. Print technology, which circulated images and stories of saintly exemplars worldwide and offered a cultural template for mimetic copying, was crucial in facilitating such clerical reproduction across the much greater distances involved in early modern evangelization.
A checklist of ciliate parasites (Ciliophora) of fishes from Mexico
Authors: AGUILAR-AGUILAR ROGELIO , ISLAS-ORTEGA ALMA GABRIELA
Published: October 2015

A database with all available published accounts of the ciliate parasite species of Mexican fishes was assembled. This information, along with records derived from own recent research, allow generating a checklist containing all the records, which is a necessary first step to address future questions in the areas of ecology, evolutionary biology and biogeography of these host-parasite associations. The checklist is presented as a parasite-host list, and a host-parasite list. The checklist contains 30 nominal species, from 9 genera and 8 families of ciliate parasites. Most of the primary records were done for exotic fish species, artificially introduced to Mexico for aquaculture purposes; however, recent works have been conducted in diverse species of native fishes. Excepting one, all the ciliate species listed here have been previously recorded for diverse fish species from different localities around the world. Based on the amount of information contained in this checklist, much more effort is necessary to accurately know the diversity of species of this type of parasites in fish fauna of Mexico.
A new species of the Callophrys paulae Pfeiffer, 1932 species group from Afghanistan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Authors: KRUPITSKY ANATOLY V. , Pljushtch IGOR G. , Pak OLEG V.
Published: October 2015

A new species from the Callophrys paulae Pfeiffer, 1932 species group—C. succuba sp. n.—is described from the mountains of Central Afghanistan, Bamyan Province. The new species differs from the geographically close C. p. jomuda Nekrutenko & Tshikolovets in morphology of the male and female genitalia along with the distinct wavy shape of the postdiscal white line on the hindwing underside. Discovery of the new species from C. paulae species group extends known distribution range of the group to the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau in Central Afghanistan.
Three new species of Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae) from Campos Basin in SE Brazil
Authors: TEIXEIRA JULIANA HENRIQUE , RIZZO ALEXANDRA ELAINE , SANTOS CINTHYA SIMONE GOMES
Published: October 2015

Currently, 16 species of Flabelligeridae have been recorded in Brazil, four in the genus Diplocirrus: D. glaucus Malmgren, 1867 from Ubatuba, D. capensis Day, 1961 from Santos (São Paulo State) and Diplocirrus sp. from off north of Rio de Janeiro. Diplocirrus glaucus australis Nonato, 1981 is considered a nomen nudum. In the present study, three new species are described: Diplocirrus rugosus sp. nov., Diplocirrus salazarvallejoi sp. nov. and Diplocirrus acafi sp. nov., all collected from soft bottoms off southeast Brazil. A key to all Diplocirrus species is provided.
Flaviata longa, a new species in Flaviata Lu & Qin and new synonymies in Empoasca (Matsumurasca) Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Empoascini)
Authors: XU YE , LU SI-HAN , QIN DAO-ZHENG
Published: October 2015

A new species of genus Flaviata Lu & Qin, Flaviata longa sp. nov. is described from Yunnan (southwest China). An identification key for males of all known species in this genus is provided. Photographs and illustrations of adults and male genitalia of the new species are also given. New synonymies for two species in the leafhopper subgenus Empoasca (Matsumurasca) Anufriev of Empoascini are proposed: E. (M.) southerni Zhang, 2014 = E. (M.) clypealata Qin & Zhang, 2011; E. (M.) qini Zhang, 2014 = E. (M.) quadrialata Qin & Zhang, 2011.
Mitigating Excessive Drying from the Use of Observations in Mesoscale Modeling
Authors: Reen Brian P. , Dumais Robert E. , Passner Jeffrey E.
Published: October 2015

Observations can be used to enhance mesoscale model forecasts by both improving the initial conditions and adjusting the model state toward the observations during its forward integration. Since observations are not available at the same density as the model grid points, spatial and temporal error correlations must be specified in order to effectively assimilate the observations into the model. Overdrying is found while applying the Weather Research and Forecasting Model to five cases centered over Southern California. This overdrying is caused by incorporation of observations in the initial conditions both at a discrete time and over a preforecast data assimilation period. Nonphysical dryness results from the assumption that model moisture error at the observation location is correlated with model moisture error at other locations in the model without regard to the relative magnitude of the moisture at those two locations. Modifying the model and its preprocessor to remove this assumption greatly reduces the occurrence of excessive model dryness without degrading the overall model performance in predicting moisture.
Understanding Atmospheric Motion Vector Vertical Representativity Using a Simulation Study and First-Guess Departure Statistics
Authors: Lean Peter , Migliorini Stefano , Kelly Graeme
Published: October 2015

Atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) have been produced for decades and remain an important source of wind information. Many studies have suggested that the traditional interpretation of AMVs as representative of the wind at cloud top is suboptimal and that they are more representative of the winds within the cloud. This paper investigates the vertical representativity of cloudy AMVs using both first-guess departure [observation − background (O − B)] statistics and the simulation-study technique. A state-of-the-art convection-permitting mesoscale model (“UKV”) is used in conjunction with a radiative transfer model and the Nowcasting Satellite Application Facility (NWCSAF) AMV package to produce synthetic AMVs over a 1-month period. The simulated upper-level AMVs suffered from large height-assignment errors uncharacteristic of those in reality; these issues were partially alleviated by using the model cloud top instead of the assigned height. In agreement with previous studies, both the simulated and real AMVs were found to have the closest fit to a layer mean of the model winds with the majority of the layer below the estimated cloud top. However, improvements in the fit between the AMVs and the model were also found by simply lowering the assigned height. A short NWP trial hinted that height reassignment might lead to short-range forecast improvements. The results of this study indicate that the simulation technique was able to match the usefulness of O − B statistics for AMVs associated with low- and medium-level clouds (albeit at a higher computational cost); however, challenges remain in the simulation of upper-level clouds.
Long-Term Outcomes and Causes of Death in Patients With Renovascular Disease Undergoing Renal Artery Stenting
Authors: Wallace Eric L. , Tasan Ediz , Cook Bryon S. , Charnigo Richard , Abdel-Latif Ahmed K. , Ziada Khaled M.
Published: October 2015

Renovascular disease (RVD) can lead to hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients with advanced peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have a 5-year mortality of ∼30%. Rate and causes of death in patients with significant RVD, who share similar risk factors with patients having PAD, are not well defined. We assessed consecutive patients with RVD who underwent renal artery stenting at our institution over 6 years. Specific causes of death were ascertained, and the probability of survival was estimated. Cox models were fit to identify predictors of outcomes. We identified 281 patients with RVD who underwent renal stenting. Follow-up was available for all patients (median 5.1 years). All-cause mortality was 24.2% at 5 years and 33.7% at 7 years (compounded annualized death rate: 5.5%). Of the 68 deaths, 36 (52.9%) were cardiovascular (13.2% acute myocardial infarction, 13.2% stroke, 11.8% sudden death, and 10.3% congestive heart failure) and 32 (47.1%) deaths had noncardiovascular causes. In patients with RVD undergoing stenting, cardiovascular events are the most common causes of death. Compared to patients with advanced PAD, RVD may have a lower 5-year mortality.
A record linkage study of antidepressant medication use and weight change in Australian adults
Authors: Paige Ellie , Korda Rosemary , Kemp-Casey Anna , Rodgers Bryan , Dobbins Timothy , Banks Emily
Published: October 2015

Objective:

Antidepressant use is widespread. While weight gain is a commonly reported side-effect of antidepressant use and has the potential to affect population health, there is little large-scale population-based evidence on the issue, particularly for long-term use (⩾12 months). The aim of this study is to investigate the association between antidepressant use and weight change, including whether this relationship varies according to antidepressant class, recency of use, duration of use and dose.

Methods:

Annual percentage weight change was calculated from self-reported weight at two time-points from 20,751 participants aged ⩾45 years from the 45 and Up Study – a population-based cohort study from New South Wales, Australia. Antidepressant use, ascertained from linked pharmaceutical data, from 19 months before baseline until end of follow-up (mean = 3.3 years of follow-up), was categorised as current, past-only, non-persistent or non-use. The association between antidepressant use and weight change was modelled using linear and multinomial logistic regressions and according to antidepressant class, recency, duration and dose.

Results:

Antidepressants were dispensed to 23% of participants ( n = 4748) during the study period. Current antidepressant users were significantly more likely to gain >3% of their body weight annually than non-users (adjusted relative risk ratio = 1.19; 95% confidence interval: [1.03, 1.38]); the risk increased with increasing dose among current users ( p[trend] = 0.003). Risk of weight gain did not vary significantly according to antidepressant class, recency or duration of use; however, statistical power was limited. No significant associations were found between antidepressant use and weight loss.

Conclusion:

Current antidepressant use was associated with modest but statistically significant annual gains in weight, with similar effects observed across the different classes of antidepressants used.
Exploring Morality as a Mediator of the Association Between Parenting Practices and Violent and Property Offending Among a Sample of Juvenile Delinquents
Authors: Ishoy Glen A.
Published: October 2015

Prior research has consistently shown that parenting practices have a direct impact on the levels of delinquency in children and on the development of their moral beliefs. Several studies have also found support for a link between levels of moral reasoning and offending. Using a sample of juvenile delinquents, this research tested the ability of morality to act as a mediator for the association between parenting practices and delinquency. Results supported the findings of past research in terms of the direct effects of parenting on juvenile offending. The mediation hypothesis received partial support. No mediation effects were detected when violent offending was the dependent variable, but the direct effects of parental hostility on property offending were mediated by moral disengagement.
Fracture Rates and Lifetime Estimations of CAD/CAM All-ceramic Restorations
Authors: Belli R. , Petschelt A. , Hofner B. , Hajtó J. , Scherrer S.S. , Lohbauer U.
Published: October 2015

The gathering of clinical data on fractures of dental restorations through prospective clinical trials is a labor- and time-consuming enterprise. Here, we propose an unconventional approach for collecting large datasets, from which clinical information on indirect restorations can be retrospectively analyzed. The authors accessed the database of an industry-scale machining center in Germany and obtained information on 34,911 computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) all-ceramic posterior restorations. The fractures of bridges, crowns, onlays, and inlays fabricated from different all-ceramic systems over a period of 3.5 y were reported by dentists and entered in the database. Survival analyses and estimations of future life revealed differences in performance among ZrO2-based restorations and lithium disilicate and leucite-reinforced glass-ceramics.
Cell phone explosion
Authors: Atreya Alok , Kanchan Tanuj , Nepal Samata , Pandey Bhuwan Raj
Published: October 2015

Cell phone explosions and resultant burn injuries are rarely reported in the scientific literature. We report a case of cell phone explosion that occurred when a young male was listening to music while the mobile was plugged in for charging.
Outcome Evaluation of a Family-Based Jail Reentry Program for Substance Abusing Offenders
Authors: Miller J. Mitchell , Miller Holly Ventura , Barnes J. C.
Published: October 2015

Offender reentry programs have proliferated since the passage of the Second Chance Act in 2008. This study examines the effectiveness of one such jail-based reentry program for male inmates diagnosed with substance dependency and who have minor children, the Delaware County (OH) Jail Substance Abuse Treatment program. This program served 34 offenders and their families over 2 years and was based on the Community Reinforcement and Family Training model, a treatment modality for substance abuse involving both operant conditioning and family-based therapy for behavioral modification. Results from a quasi-experimental design indicate that program participants were significantly less likely to be rearrested within 1 year after release relative to a comparison group of similarly situated offenders and more likely to comply with child support orders following release. Findings also revealed the treatment group had significantly more days to failure for those who did recidivate.
Canonical Generations and the British Left: The Narrative Construction of the Miners’ Strike 1984–85
Authors: Nettleingham David
Published: October 2015

‘Generations’ have been invoked to describe a variety of social and cultural relationships, and to understand the development of self-conscious group identity. Equally, the term can be an applied label and politically useful construct; generations can be retrospectively produced. Drawing on the concept of ‘canonical generations’ – those whose experiences come to epitomise an event of historic and symbolic importance – this article examines the narrative creation and functions of ‘generations’ as collective memory shapes and re-shapes the desire for social change. Building a case study of the canonical role of the miners’ strike of 1984–85 in the narrative history of the British left, it examines the selective appropriation and transmission of the past in the development of political consciousness. It foregrounds the autobiographical narratives of activists who, in examining and legitimising their own actions and prospects, (re)produce a ‘generation’ in order to create a relatable and useful historical understanding.
Whose Life Counts
Authors: Guthman Julie , Brown Sandy
Published: October 2015

In the context of the mandated phaseout of methyl bromide, California’s strawberry industry has increased its use of chloropicrin, another soil fumigant that has long been on the market. However, due to its 2010 designation as a toxic air contaminant, the US Environmental Protection Agency and California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation have developed enhanced application protocols to mitigate exposures of the chemical to bystanders, nearby residents, and farmworkers. The central feature of these mitigation technologies are enhanced buffer zones between treated fields and nearby buildings. Not only do buffer zones inherently privilege neighbors over farmworkers, but the determinations of the size of these buffer zones are also based on acceptable threshold levels and probabilities that allow significant exposures to those they are designed to protect. Moreover, these protocols require human monitors to detect sensory irritation. While the science and technology studies literature is highly useful for understanding the inextricability of science and politics in developing protective measures and is attentive to what counts as data in setting acceptable thresholds, it tends to overlook that social sorting is intrinsic to such regulation. We thus turn to Foucault’s biopolitics to make sense of regulations that are designed to protect but inherently allow some to become ill. Doing so illuminates how determinations of the bright line are at once technical–political as well as implicit decisions about whose bodies count.
Sibling relationship quality and Mexican-origin adolescents’ and young adults’ familism values and adjustment
Authors: Killoren Sarah E. , De Jesús Sue A. Rodríguez , Updegraff Kimberly A. , Wheeler Lorey A.
Published: October 2015

We examined profiles of sibling relationship qualities in 246 Mexican-origin families living in the United States using latent profile analyses. Three profiles were identified: Positive, Negative, and Affect-Intense. Links between profiles and youths’ familism values and adjustment were assessed using longitudinal data. Siblings in the Positive profile reported the highest familism values, followed by siblings in the Affect-Intense profile and, finally, siblings in the Negative profile. Older siblings in the Positive and Affect-Intense profiles reported fewer depressive symptoms than siblings in the Negative profile. Further, in the Positive and Negative profiles, older siblings reported less involvement in risky behaviors than younger siblings. In the Negative profile, younger siblings reported greater sexual risk behaviors in late adolescence than older siblings; siblings in opposite-sex dyads, as compared to same-sex dyads, engaged in riskier sexual behaviors. Our findings highlight sibling relationship quality as promotive and risky, depending on sibling characteristics and adjustment outcomes.
Surgical removal of failed ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm device
Authors: Ramani Jaydip , Malhotra Amber , Wadhawa Vivek , Patel Kartik , Sharma Pranav , Garg Pankaj
Published: October 2015

A Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm can cause aortic insufficiency, coronary artery flow compromise, cardiac arrhythmia, or aneurysm rupture. There are different management plans available, ranging from open surgery to percutaneous device closure, but sometimes, device closure may be life-threatening. We report a case of ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a 42-year-old woman, which was managed by percutaneous device closure that failed and required surgical removal of the device.
Test-retest reliability of the Shape/Texture Identification testTM in people with chronic stroke
Authors: Ekstrand Elisabeth , Lexell Jan , Brogårdh Christina
Published: October 2015

Objective:

To evaluate the test-retest reliability of the Shape/Texture Identification test (STI-testTM) in persons with chronic stroke.

Design:

A test-retest design.

Setting:

University hospital outpatient setting.

Participants:

Forty-five persons (mean age 65 years) with mild to moderate impairments in the arm and hand > 6 months post stroke.

Interventions:

Not applicable.

Main measure:

The STI-testTM was used to assess active touch of the hand. It consists of two subtests: identification of shapes and identification of textures, each in three different sizes. Both hands were assessed twice, one week apart. The reliability of the data was evaluated with weighted Kappa statistics and the Svensson rank-invariant method (percentage agreement, systematic and random disagreements).

Results:

The median total score of the STI-testTM was 5 points (min-max 0-6 points) for the more affected hand and 6 points (min-max 3-6 points) for the less affected hand at both test occasions. The weighted Kappa coefficient was 0.94 for the more affected hand and 0.55 for the less affected hand. The percentage agreement for the more affected hand was 69% for the subtest shapes and 82% for the subtest textures, and for the less affected hand 62% and 91%, respectively. There were no systematic or random disagreements for any of the subtests.

Conclusion:

The STI-testTM is reliable to assess active touch of the hand after stroke.
Positive Valence in Adult Imagination
Authors: Naylor Emilee R. , Simonds Jennifer
Published: October 2015

Fantasy proneness, absorption, and daydreaming are all associated with the higher order construct, imaginative involvement. However, there is no measurement instrument that assesses all three together, and existing measures are biased toward negatively valenced items. This research presents a balanced and unified measure, adapted from the Creative Experiences Questionnaire, the Tellegen Absorption Scale, and the Short Imaginal Processes Inventory, by incorporating new items addressing positive valence and novelty in imaginative involvement. In Study 1 ( N = 201), we found that our hypothesized four lower order factors underlie imaginative involvement: Negative Fantasy, Sensory Imagery Intensity, Daydream Novelty, and Positive Fantasy. Reliability analyses yielded favorable internal consistency of each scale, and confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate model fit. Study 2 ( N = 91) provided further convergent and predictive validation of the four-factor model by showing that Positive Affect, Extraversion, Negative Affect, and personality-based Openness were differentially associated with the four lower order factors of imaginative involvement. Finally, imaginative involvement was associated with Surgency, Openness, and Positive Affect, which speaks to the constructive value of imaginative cognitions. Taken together, these results suggest that imaginative involvement is associated with positive emotion, and that the Imaginative Involvement Questionnaire provides a reliable measure for a broad range of individual differences related to imagination, offering implications for a richer theoretical account of the construct.
Effects of Contextual Information on Seeing Pareidolic Religious Inscriptions on an Artifact: Implications for the Shroud of Turin
Authors: Sheen Mercedes , Jordan Timothy R.
Published: October 2015

Several reports suggest that images of the Shroud of Turin contain faint religious inscriptions that support the view that the Shroud has special religious significance. Against this background, we investigated effects of contextual information on detecting religious inscriptions using an image of plain modern linen with no religious provenance and containing no writing. The image was viewed in three contexts: In the Neutral Context, participants were told that the image was of a simple piece of linen; in the Religious Context, participants were told that the image was of an important religious artifact; and in the Religious Context + Options condition, participants were also given plausible word options. Very few words were detected in the Neutral Context, significantly more in the Religious Context, and most in the Religious Context+Options condition. Some implications of these findings for reports of inscriptions in the context-laden conditions surrounding the Shroud of Turin are discussed.
District 9, race and neoliberalism in post-apartheid Johannesburg
Authors: Wagner Keith B.
Published: October 2015

District 9 is a sci-fi film, ostensibly concerned with the arrival of extraterrestrials in Johannesburg, that explores notions of regulatory control and economic supremacy in twenty-first century neoliberal South Africa. This commentary and political resonance are found beneath, and also work with the action and CGI special effects. This essay attempts to identify many real world features as allegories within the film: post-apartheid racism, economic subjugation and urban poverty and how, despite past economic constraints due to colour, the new neoliberal rhetoric of innovation and self-adjustment has replaced the white-centred nationalism of an older capitalism, but with devastating consequences. District 9 is, the author argues, a powerful film through which to think about the structural, spatial and cultural failures of post-apartheid South Africa. The indifferences by the South Africans in the film carry strong ideological and social signification to the past: the extraterrestrials encode the urban landscape which is then decoded by audiences as they interpret the haunting remnants of segregation and urban poverty now reanimated by immigrant aliens (doubling for Nigerians and Zimbabweans) in the narrative. More importantly, via the substitution of subservient extraterrestrials for black immigrants new to South Africa, the film throws up for discussion many discourses over race, politics, remembrance, inequality and reveals decades-old problems recalibrated in District 9’s sci-fi dystopia.
Minority women, austerity and activism
Authors: Emejulu Akwugo , Bassel Leah
Published: October 2015

Based on their study of minority women’s activism in the context of the economic crisis in Scotland, England and France, the authors question how well third sector organisations, policy-makers and social movements have responded to minority women’s perspectives and needs arising from austerity and racism. Apart from being disproportionately affected by the cuts, minority women are also undermined by dominant discourses which can (mis)represent them as either ‘victims’ or ‘enterprising actors’. There appears, from the excerpted interviews, to be a disconnect between minority women’s experiences and analyses of their precarity, their desire to take radical action and the compliant and domesticating projects and programmes that are currently being offered by some of their third sector ‘allies’.
The secret story of Grenada’s independence
Authors: Miller Phil
Published: October 2015

Using declassified British government files at the National Archives, the author shows how the US invasion of Grenada in 1983, which overthrew the radical government of Maurice Bishop and the New Jewel Movement, was not the first time that such an invasion was contemplated in Grenada’s recent history. The UK had had an almost identical plan to land a battalion of troops on Grenada a decade earlier, on the very eve of independence, to ensure the continuation in power of the dictatorial Eric Gairy, should the widespread unrest across the island lead to his ousting.
The Fate of Meniscus Tears Left In Situ at the Time of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Authors: Duchman Kyle R. , Westermann Robert W. , Spindler Kurt P. , Reinke Emily K. , Huston Laura J. , Amendola Annunziato ,   MOON Knee Group, Wolf Brian R. , Parker Richard D. , Dunn Warren R. , Andrish Jack T. , Kaeding Christopher C. , Wright Rick W. , Marx Robert G. , McCarty Eric C.
Published: October 2015

Background:

The management of meniscus tears identified at the time of primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is highly variable and includes repair, meniscectomy, and nontreatment.

Hypothesis/Purpose:

The purpose of this study was to determine the reoperation rate for meniscus tears left untreated at the time of ACL reconstruction with a minimum follow-up of 6 years. The hypothesis was that small peripheral tears identified at the time of ACL reconstruction managed with “no treatment” would have successful clinical outcomes.

Study Design:

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods:

Patients with meniscus tears left untreated at the time of primary ACL reconstruction were identified from a multicenter study group with a minimum 6-year follow-up. Patient, tear, and reoperation data were obtained for analysis. The need for reoperation was used as the primary endpoint, with analysis performed to determine patient and tear characteristics associated with reoperation.

Results:

There were 194 patients with 208 meniscus tears (71 medial, 137 lateral) left in situ without treatment with a complete follow-up for analysis. Of these, 97.8% of lateral and 94.4% of medial untreated tears required no reoperation. Sixteen tears (7.7%) left in situ without treatment underwent subsequent reoperation: 9 tears (4.3%) underwent reoperation in the setting of revision ACL reconstruction, and 7 tears (3.4%) underwent reoperation for an isolated meniscus injury. The patient age was significantly lower in patients requiring reoperation, while tears measuring ≥10 mm more frequently required reoperation.

Conclusion:

Lateral and medial meniscus tears left in situ at the time of ACL reconstruction did not require reoperation at a minimum 6-year follow-up for 97.8% and 94.4% of tears, respectively. These findings re-emphasize the low reoperation rate after the nontreatment of small, peripheral lateral meniscus tears while noting less predictable results for medial meniscus tears left without treatment.
Are LHINs influencing the patient experience in Ontario?
Authors: Fooks Cathy , Hylmar Stephanie
Published: October 2015

Patient engagement and patient experience have become an important focal point for health policy development in Ontario. Many healthcare delivery and planning organizations are exploring how to use patient experience information and data to improve the quality of their services and processes. Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) are also beginning to include patient experience as a measure of local health system improvement. This article reviews the role of LHINs in developing patient experience information over their 10 year history and highlights current initiatives.
The LHIN adventure
Authors: Huras Paul , Switzer Gary , Eliasoph Hy
Published: October 2015

The Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) adventure began 10 years ago with the intent of transforming the Ontario health system by providing system-based leadership and building collaborative capacity among health service providers. The LHIN construct has continued its evolution during this time and is still in the midst of testing and reshaping the boundaries of its mandate and authority. Working closely and in tandem with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, LHINs have grappled with governance, funding, integration, and engagement, changing the nature of relationships and the dynamics inherent across the health system. The next decade holds considerable promise for LHINs and the health system in Ontario as a whole.
Survey of Neurological Disorders in Children Aged 9-15 Years in Northern India
Authors: Kumar Rashmi , Bhave Anupama , Bhargava Roli , Agarwal G. G.
Published: October 2015

The prevalence of neurological disorders in resource-poor settings, although likely to be high, is largely unexplored. The prevalence and risk factors for neurological disorders, including epilepsy and intellectual, motor, vision, and hearing deficits, in children aged 9 to 15 years in the community were investigated. A new instrument was developed, validated, and used in a 2-stage community survey for neurological disorders in Lucknow, India. Screen-positives and random proportion of screen-negatives were validated using predefined criteria. Prevalence of different neurological disorders was calculated by weighted proportions. Of 6431 children screened, 221 were positive. A total of 214 screen-positives and 251 screen-negatives were validated. Prevalence of neurological disorders was 31.3 per 1000 children of this age group (weighted 95% confidence interval = 16.5, 46.4). The final model for risk factors included age, mud house, delayed cry at birth, and previous head injury. The prevalence of neurological disorders is high in this region. Predictors of neurological disorders are largely modifiable.