bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Network Structure, Collaborative Context, and Individual Creativity
Authors: Soda Giuseppe , Stea Diego , Pedersen Torben
Published: August 2017

The debate on whether bonding or bridging ties are more beneficial for acquiring knowledge that is conducive to individual creativity has mostly overlooked the context in which such ties are formed. We challenge the widespread assumption that closed, heavily bonded networks imply a collaborative attitude on the part of the embedded actors and propose that the level of collaboration in a network can be independent from that network’s structural characteristics, such that it moderates the effects of closed and brokering network positions on the acquisition of knowledge that supports creativity. Individuals embedded in closed networks acquire more knowledge and become more creative when the level of collaboration in their network is high. Brokers who arbitrage information across disconnected contacts acquire more knowledge and become more creative when collaboration is low. An analysis of employee-level, single-firm data supports these ideas.
Added value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis
Authors: Kwee Robert M , Broos Wouter AM , Brans Boudewijn , Walenkamp Geert HIM , Geurts Jan , Weijers René E
Published: August 2017

Background

The diagnosis of infected hip prosthesis is frequently not straightforward yet very important as it changes treatment.

Purpose

To retrospectively investigate the added value of 18F-FDG PET/CT to conventional tests including radiography, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)/C-reactive protein (CRP) testing, and joint aspiration, in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis.

Material and Methods

Seventy-eight hip prostheses of 78 patients (55% men; mean age = 66.5 years; age range = 30–85 years) with non-specific clinical presentation, i.e. no abscess or sinus tract communicating with the joint space at clinical examination, were analyzed. Cultures of intra-articular fluid and peri-implant tissues after revision surgery or clinical follow-up ≥6 months served as gold standard. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) of radiography, ESR/CRP testing, aspiration culture, and white blood cell (WBC) count without and with the addition of 18F-FDG PET/CT were compared.

Results

The addition of 18F-FDG PET/CT increased AUCs: for radiography with 0.212, P = 0.001; for ESR/CRP testing with 0.076, P = 0.072; for aspiration culture with 0.126, P = 0.032; and for aspiration WBC count with 0.191, P = 0.035.

Conclusion

This study shows that 18F-FDG PET/CT adds to individual conventional tests in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis. It may improve the preoperative planning and should therefore be considered in the diagnostic work-up. Future studies should define the exact place of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnostic work-up of periprosthetic joint infection.
“Pharming out” support: a promising approach to integrating clinical pharmacists into established primary care medical home practices
Authors: Brunisholz Kimberly D. , Olson Jeff , Anderson Jonathan W. , Hays Emily , Tilbury Peggy M. , Winter Bradley , Rickard Josh , Hamilton Sharon , Parkin Gregory
Published: August 2017

Objective

Embedding clinical pharmacists into ambulatory care settings needs to be assessed in the context of established medical home models.

Methods

A retrospective, observational study examined the effectiveness of the Intermountain Healthcare Collaborative Pharmacist Support Services (CPSS) program from 2012–2015 among adult patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM) and/or high blood pressure (HBP). Patients who attended this program were considered the intervention (CPSS) cohort. These patients were matched using propensity scores with a reference group (no-CPSS cohort) to determine the effect of achieving disease management goals and time to achievement.

Results

A total of 17,684 patients had an in-person office visit with their provider and 359 received CPSS (the matched no-CPSS cohort included 999 patients). CPSS patients were 93% more likely to achieve a blood pressure goal < 140/90 mmHg, 57% more likely to achieve HbA1c values < 8%, and 87% more likely to achieve both disease management goals compared with the reference group. Time to goal achievement demonstrated increasing separation between the study cohorts across the entire study period ( P < .001), and specifically, at 180 days post-intervention (HBP: 48% vs 27% P < .001 and DM: 39% vs 30%, P < .05).

Conclusions

CPSS participation is associated with significant improvement in achievement of disease management goals, time to achievement, and increased ambulatory encounters compared with the matched no-CPSS cohort.
An Exploration Based on Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Interpersonal Motivation That Affect Learners’ Intention to Participate in an English Reading Contest
Authors: Liu I-Fan
Published: August 2017

Reading is the foundation for learning foreign languages. The cultivation of a reading habit should break free of the limitations of traditional classroom-style education in order to bring about the possibility of lifelong learning. However, foreign language learning in Taiwan has traditionally been oriented toward college entrance exams, causing students to learn exam techniques while ignoring the benefits that can be gained from reading, which can be difficult for inspiring learning motivations in students. To encourage a reading habit in learners through extensive reading, this study provided an online English learning community for students to learn in and an online English contest for students to participate in. This study also proposed a hypothetical model to not only examine the relationships between the factors of participative motivation in contests but also predict the intention of learners to participate again in future contests. A total of 361 high school students participated in this study. Through data analysis, our model was shown to achieve good fit, and all hypotheses were supported. Finally, we identify and discuss the phenomena from the relationships in the educational setting.
From Labour Migrant to Stay-at-Home Mother? Childcare and Return to Work among Migrant Mothers from the EU Accession Countries in Ireland
Authors: Röder Antje , Ward Mark , Frese Carmen-Adriana
Published: August 2017

Previous research on the labour market integration of migrants from EU Accession countries has primarily viewed migrants as individual economic actors, despite their increasing role in family formation. In this contribution, mothers’ return to work after birth is analysed using data from the Irish childhood prospective cohort study Growing Up in Ireland. Families from the Accession countries appear to have little access to non-parental childcare or the support of extended family, which is an important resource for their Irish peers. Fewer EU Accession mothers return to paid work at the end of maternity leave, and are more likely to juggle work and childcare without support. Structural reasons as well as preferences are considered as potential explanations to develop a better understanding of how migrant status impacts on work and childcare decisions.
Advances in Understanding the Detectability of Trustworthiness From the Face: Toward a Taxonomy of a Multifaceted Construct
Authors: Wilson John Paul , Rule Nicholas O.
Published: August 2017

Researchers have recently shown increasing interest in assessments of trustworthiness, devoting much attention to whether trustworthiness can be detected from a person’s facial appearance. This question has been investigated along diverse behavioral dimensions, using a wide variety of targets, and with great inconsistency in results. Here, we call for greater precision in defining trustworthiness. We review various subdomains of trustworthiness perception and argue that developing a more highly specified taxonomy of trustworthiness will allow for better predictions about when trustworthiness can be judged on the basis of appearance, for more precision in estimating how accurate people are in making such judgments, and for more accurate information regarding the specific cues relevant to inferring trustworthiness in each domain.
Hard Lessons: Why Rational Number Arithmetic Is So Difficult for So Many People
Authors: Siegler Robert S. , Lortie-Forgues Hugues
Published: August 2017

Fraction and decimal arithmetic pose large difficulties for many children and adults. This is a serious problem because proficiency with these skills is crucial for learning more advanced mathematics and science and for success in many occupations. This review identifies two main classes of difficulties that underlie poor understanding of rational number arithmetic: inherent and culturally contingent. Inherent sources of difficulty are ones that are imposed by the task of learning rational number arithmetic, such as complex relations among fraction arithmetic operations. They are present for all learners. Culturally contingent sources of difficulty are ones that vary among cultures, such as teacher understanding of rational numbers. They lead to poorer learning among students in some places rather than others. We conclude by discussing interventions that can improve learning of rational number arithmetic.
Ethical controversies in the process of formulating new national guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Sweden
Authors: Ågård Anders , Bremer Anders , Sallin Karl , Engström Ingemar
Published: August 2017

The Delegation for Medical Ethics within the Swedish Society of Medicine has taken the initiative to create national ethical guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The reasons behind this initiative were indications of differences in the way decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation were made and documented and requests expressed by health-care professionals for new national ethical guidelines. During the process of creating the guidelines, a number of workshops were held with representatives from the delegation and clinical experts from various branches of medicine. Several versions of the working document were sent to consultation bodies with requests for comments. We therefore believe that the final guidelines are well supported by the medical profession in Sweden. The purpose of this article is to present ethical issues on which it was difficult to reach consensus due to divergent opinions expressed by the people and organisations involved. The arguments for and against a particular point of view or wording in the text are presented. The main controversies were related to the following six issues; Determining whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation is beneficial for the patient – The presence of close loved ones during cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the benefit of people other than the patient – Ambulance personnel’s mandate to decide not to initiate and to terminate cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital – Limiting the length and content of cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Whether or not to specify a week of gestation before which cardiopulmonary resuscitation should not be started.
Development of a Computerized 4-D MRI Phantom for Liver Motion Study
Authors: Wang Chunhao , Yin Fang-Fang , Segars W. P. , Chang Zheng , Ren Lei
Published: August 2017

Purpose:

To develop a 4-dimensional computerized magnetic resonance imaging phantom with image textures extracted from real patient scans for liver motion studies.

Methods:

The proposed phantom was developed based on the current version of 4-dimensional extended cardiac-torso computerized phantom and a clinical magnetic resonance scan. Initially, the extended cardiac-torso phantom was voxelized in abdominal–chest region at the end of exhalation phase. Structures/tissues were classified into 4 categories: (1) Seven key textured organs, including liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, heart, kidneys, and pancreas, were mapped from a clinical T1-weighted liver magnetic resonance scan using deformable registration. (2) Large textured soft tissue volumes were simulated via an iterative pattern generation method using the same magnetic resonance scan. (3) Lung and intestine structures were generated by assigning uniform intensity with proper noise modeling. (4) Bony structures were generated by assigning the magnetic resonance values. A spherical hypointensity tumor was inserted into the liver. Other respiratory phases of the 4-dimensional phantom were generated using the backward deformation vector fields exported by the extended cardiac-torso program, except that bony structures were generated separately for each phase. A weighted image filtering process was utilized to improve the overall tissue smoothness at each phase.

Results:

Three 4-dimensional series with different motion amplitudes were generated. The developed motion phantom produced good illustrations of abdominal–chest region with anatomical structures in key organs and texture patterns in large soft tissue volumes. In a standard series, the tumor volume was measured as 13.90 ± 0.11 cm3 in a respiratory cycle and the tumor’s maximum center-of-mass shift was 2.95 cm/1.84 cm on superior–inferior/anterior–posterior directions. The organ motion during the respiratory cycle was well rendered. The developed motion phantom has the flexibility of motion pattern variation, organ geometry variation, and tumor modeling variation.

Conclusions:

A 4-D computerized phantom was developed and could be used to produce image series with synthetic magnetic resonance textures for magnetic resonance imaging research of liver motion.
Identification and confirmation of suspected unintended peripheral arterial cannulation during anaesthesia
Authors: Lim Wan Yen , Raghavan Kavitha Chakravarthy
Published: August 2017

Unintended arterial cannulation and injection of drugs may result in ischaemia and tissue necrosis. Various methods used to differentiate accidental arterial from intravenous cannulation have their own shortcomings. Here we present the case of a 13-year-old girl having an elective procedure under general anaesthesia and the challenges faced in distinguishing suspected intra-arterial cannulation from what was indeed an intravenous cannulation. We recommend the use of an open-ended saline-filled ‘T’ connector–syringe system and pressure transduction as the methods of choice to identify and confirm, respectively, a suspected arterial cannulation during anaesthesia.
Identifying patients with high risk of readmission from the patient navigators’ perspectives: a descriptive qualitative study
Authors: Mohd Razali Mas Rizalynda , Chong Yan Chew , Mustapha Nur Zarifah , Xu Yi , Ayoob Salimah Mohd , Lim Mei Ling , Aloweni Fazila
Published: August 2017

Background:

Unplanned readmission incurs additional cost to patients and contributes to the rising healthcare cost of our nation. Although numerous studies have investigated the predicting factors that contribute to hospital readmission, the majority of the studies focused on clinical and patient-related factors, and were not from the perspectives of clinicians such as patient navigators (PNs).

Aim:

To understand factors that predict patients’ readmission risks from the PNs’ perspectives.

Method:

Using purposive sampling, PNs with a minimum of 10 years of clinical experience in the adult acute-care setting participated in the focus group interviews. Thematic analysis was adopted.

Findings:

All 10 PNs agreed that the readmission risk assessment tool was useful as a guide to assess patients’ risk of readmission; however, they also mentioned the use of clinical judgement and experience while assessing their patients. Three themes emerged from this study: (1) looking beyond medical-related issues; (2) social and community support; (3) functional status of patients.

Conclusion:

Predicting patients’ risk of readmission is closely tied to the patients’ current medical conditions and caregiving needs. Ensuring individualised readmission risk assessment and identifying social issues early are key in ensuring a holistic discharge planning.
Religiosity, religious acceptance, social interaction, and satisfaction with university experience
Authors: Mohebpour Ida , Reysen Stephen , Gibson Shonda , Hendricks LaVelle
Published: August 2017

We tested a mediated moderation model with the interaction of students’ degree of religiosity and perception of the university environment as accepting of one’s religion predicting satisfaction with the university mediated by positive social relations. When the university was perceived as accepting of one’s religion (vs less accepting), greater religiosity predicted more positive relations with other students and greater university satisfaction. The model was supported with social interactions mediating the relationship between the interaction of religiosity and perceived environment and satisfaction with one’s university experience.
Acedia and student life: Ancient Christian wisdom for addressing boredom, distraction, and over-commitment in undergraduates
Authors: Aijian J L
Published: August 2017

Although the deadly vice of acedia is prevalent in contemporary student culture, it is often misunderstood as mere carelessness. This article reconstructs the ancient meaning of acedia, highlighting its outward markers and arguing for a complex account of its internal motivations grounded in the work of John Cassian. These insights are then applied to the experience of contemporary educators with students who are listless or distracted. Students who manifest acedia ought to be understood as not merely careless, but possibly suffering from a kind of paralysis brought on by anxiety or despair. Finally, Cassian suggests some remedies available to educators.
KIT signaling is dispensable for human mast cell progenitor development
Authors: Dahlin Joakim S. , Ekoff Maria , Grootens Jennine , Löf Liza , Amini Rose-Marie , Hagberg Hans , Ungerstedt Johanna S. , Olsson-Strömberg Ulla , Nilsson Gunnar
Published: August 2017

Key Points

SCF and KIT signaling are dispensable for the survival, proliferation, and maturation of human mast cell progenitors.
ICAM-1–targeted thrombomodulin mitigates tissue factor–driven inflammatory thrombosis in a human endothelialized microfluidic model
Authors: Greineder Colin F. , Johnston Ian H. , Villa Carlos H. , Gollomp Kandace , Esmon Charles T. , Cines Douglas B. , Poncz Mortimer , Muzykantov Vladimir R.
Published: August 2017

Key Points

A microfluidic model of TF-driven thrombosis allows testing of human-specific, antibody-targeted therapeutics in whole blood under flow. hTM/R6.5 inhibits inflammatory thrombosis more effectively than untargeted agents (eg, shTM) and shows synergy with supplemental PC.
Frequency-dependent velocity analysis and offset-dependent low-frequency amplitude anomalies from hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs in the southern North Sea, Norwegian sector
Authors: Ahmad Sayyid Suhail , Brown R. James , Escalona Alejandro , Rosland Børge O.
Published: August 2017

Our aim was to identify some of the characteristics of low-frequency anomalies. Specifically, we have looked, in 3D broadband data from the North Sea, for any offset dependence in these anomalies and any frequency-related change in normal moveout (NMO) velocity that could influence stacking power over different frequencies. After high-resolution spectral decomposition, two types of low-frequency anomaly have been identified associated with hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs: (1) at the reservoir top and (2) below the reservoir, with a time delay of approximately 100–200 ms. Both types of anomalies indicate offset dependence. On the near-offset stacks, they are relatively strong, but they tend to be absent on the far-offset stacks. In addition, horizon velocity analysis, which was performed along the horizons picked at the tops of reservoir and nonreservoir intervals, has revealed frequency-dependent NMO velocity. For nonreservoir events, we found no significant difference between the NMO velocities for the low-frequency and high-frequency filtered common-midpoint gathers. However, along the anomalously low-frequency events observed at the tops of, and below, oil-bearing reservoirs, lower velocity is observed for low-frequency and higher velocity for high-frequency filtered gathers. If these properties turn out to be universally typical, increased understanding and inclusion of them could lead to improved workflows and help increase the reliability of low-frequency analysis as a hydrocarbon indicator.
Probabilistic Tsunami Loss Estimation Methodology: Stochastic Earthquake Scenario Approach
Authors: Goda Katsuichiro , De Risi Raffaele
Published: August 2017

This study develops a probabilistic tsunami loss estimation methodology for enhancing community resilience against tsunami disasters. The method is based on novel stochastic earthquake source modeling and state-of-the-art tsunami fragility modeling. It facilitates the quantitative evaluation of tsunami loss for coastal community by accounting for uncertainties of earthquake occurrence and rupture characteristics. A case study is set up to illustrate an application of the developed method to the Sendai Plain area by focusing on possible tsunami events in the Tohoku region of Japan. The quantitative tsunami hazard as well as risk assessment results serve as effective means to make decisions regarding tsunami disaster risk reduction.
Stepwise Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an AuI4CoIII2 Hexanuclear Complex with d-Penicillaminate and Bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane
Authors: Itai Takuma , Kojima Tatsuhiro , Konno Takumi
Published: August 2017

The stepwise synthesis of AuI4CoIII2 complex with d-penicillaminate and 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, [2]2+, via metalloligand approach, together with single-crystal X-ray analysis of nitrate salt, [2](NO3)2, is reported. [2](NO3)2 adopts normal alternate arrangement of cations and anions in crystal, which is different from non-alternate arrangement in corresponding AuI4CoIII2 complex with d-penicillaminate and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane.
Recent advances in ceramic materials and systems for dental restorations
Authors: Qualtrough Alison J.E. , Piddock Valerie
Published: August 2017

The unsurpassed aesthetic and biocompatible qualities of ceramic materials still provide the stimulus to seek to overcome. their limitations. Much. of the materials research since the mid 1960s has been directed towards producmg stronger, reinforced restorations with improved marginal accuracy and: although a new wave of ceramic products appeared in the 1980s, most of the matenals currently available. are developments derived from ideas established more than 20 years ago. This paper outlines some interesting aspects of recent developments and considers the present state of the art with respect to both materials and techniques.
A six-year retrospective analysis of cut-out risk predictors in cephalomedullary nailing for pertrochanteric fractures
Authors: Caruso G. , Bonomo M. , Valpiani G. , Salvatori G. , Gildone A. , Lorusso V. , Massari L.
Published: August 2017

Objectives

Intramedullary fixation is considered the most stable treatment for pertrochanteric fractures of the proximal femur and cut-out is one of the most frequent mechanical complications. In order to determine the role of clinical variables and radiological parameters in predicting the risk of this complication, we analysed the data pertaining to a group of patients recruited over the course of six years.

Methods

A total of 571 patients were included in this study, which analysed the incidence of cut-out in relation to several clinical variables: age; gender; the AO Foundation and Orthopaedic Trauma Association classification system (AO/OTA); type of nail; cervical-diaphyseal angle; surgical wait times; anti-osteoporotic medication; complete post-operative weight bearing; and radiological parameters (namely the lag-screw position with respect to the femoral head, the Cleveland system, the tip-apex distance (TAD), and the calcar-referenced tip-apex distance (CalTAD)).

Results

The incidence of cut-out across the sample was 5.6%, with a higher incidence in female patients. A significantly higher risk of this complication was correlated with lag-screw tip positioning in the upper part of the femoral head in the anteroposterior radiological view, posterior in the latero-lateral radiological view, and in the Cleveland peripheral zones. The tip-apex distance and the calcar-referenced tip-apex distance were found to be highly significant predictors of the risk of cut-out at cut-offs of 30.7 mm and 37.3 mm, respectively, but the former appeared more reliable than the latter in predicting the occurrence of this complication.

Conclusion

The tip-apex distance remains the most accurate predictor of cut-out, which is significantly greater above a cut-off of 30.7 mm. Cite this article: G. Caruso, M. Bonomo, G. Valpiani, G. Salvatori, A. Gildone, V. Lorusso, L. Massari. A six-year retrospective analysis of cut-out risk predictors in cephalomedullary nailing for pertrochanteric fractures: Can the tip-apex distance (TAD) still be considered the best parameter?. Bone Joint Res 2017;6:481–488. DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.68.BJR-2016-0299.R1.
Sixteen years changes in tree density and aboveground biomass of a logged and burned dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Authors: TOMA TAKESHI , WARSUDI WARSUDI , OSONE YOKO , SUTEDJO SUTEDJO , SATO TAMOTSU , SUKARTININGSIH SUKARTININGSIH
Published: August 2017

Toma T, Warsudi, Osone Y, Sutedjo, Sato T, Sukartiningsih. 2017. Sixteen years changes in tree density and aboveground biomass of a logged and burned dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 1159-1167. Changes in tree density and aboveground biomass (AGB) of a logged and burned lowland dipterocarp forest were monitored in Bukit Soeharto Research and Education Forest (BSREF) of Mulawarman University, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. A 9-ha plot was established in 1997 to investigate the effect of second felling and the subsequent recovery. Experimental felling was conducted in October 1997, and the plot was burned by uncontrolled fires between February and April 1998. Stem diameter of living trees (diameter at breast height â‰¥ 10 cm) in the plot was recorded annually. Allometric functions and the annual tree inventory were used to estimate changes in AGB. Tree density in the 9-ha plot was 429 trees haâˆ’1 before the experimental felling.This decreased to 76 trees haâˆ’1 in 2000 because of the felling and fires. Tree density increased to 515 trees haâˆ’1 until 2008 and then decreased to 408 trees haâˆ’1 in 2014. AGB of the 9-ha plot was 279 Mg haâˆ’1 in 1997,which decreased to 96 Mg haâˆ’1 in 2000 and then increased to 139 Mg haâˆ’1 in 2014. After 16 years of the 1998 fires, in 2014, BSREF consists of a mosaic of forest stands that are dominated by either large late successional tree species or small pioneer trees. The former stands consisted of numerous late successional tree species that survived the felling and fires. The latter stands were dominated by a few pioneer species. In 2016, 16 years after the fire, these pioneer dominating stands are now undergoing a transitional stage from pioneer to late successional trees that grow longer and larger than the pioneer trees. Logged and burned forest stands may recover their AGB comparable to that of the original forest (â‰¥400 Mg haâˆ’1), if these stands are saved from further logging and fires in the longterm.
Traditional plants in forest gardens of West Kutai, Indonesia: Production and financial sustainability
Authors: APUY MARTEN , LAHJIE ABUBAKAR M. , SIMARANGKIR B.D.A.S. , RUSLIM YOSEP , KRISTININGRUM ROCHADI
Published: August 2017

Apuy M, Lahjie AM, Simarangkir B.D.A.S, Ruslim Y, Kristiningrum R. 2017. Traditional plants in forest gardens of West Kutai, Indonesia: Production and financial sustainability. Biodiversitas 18: 1207-1217. Our research on the first generation forest gardens (munaan) in West Kutai District, Indonesia, aimed (i) investigating the cultivation and the financial profit of various plants grown by the residents in the first generation forest gardens (munaan); (ii) finding out the financial feasibility level of the first generation forest gardens (munaan) cultivation by the residents. The subject of this research included farmers or people who cultivated the old/ first generation forest gardens as well as several plant commodities namely durian (Durio zibethinus), rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), cempedak (Artocarpus champeden), langsat (Lansium domesticum), ihau (Dimocarpus didyma) (i.e. native Borneo longan), meranti (Shorea sp.) and kapur (Dryobalanops aromatica) trees. Five villages/kampongs were sampled, with each plot sized 20 m x 20 m. Biomass analysis stocks growth of meranti and kapur trees are using volume formula. While the fruit production was calculated by weighing the weight of the fruit. In order to find out the relationships among variables, a polynomial regression equation was employed to obtain the regression coefficient of determination (R2). The bioeconomic analysis feasibility was done by using Pay Back Period (PP), Net Present Value (NPV), Net B/C ratio and IRR. The amount of revenue level for each variant of fruit (i.e. durian, rambutan, langsat, ihau, and cempedak was different depending on the volume of fruit production and the selling price. The total amount of revenue from the cultivation of kapur and meranti trees depended on the total volume of timber, which was based on their diameter and basal area multiplied by the price of the timber itself. These findings imply that the cultivation of first generation forest gardens (munaan) was feasible for the community. The calculated values of Pay Back Period, Net Present Value (NPV), Net B/C and IRR at the discount level factor of 5% were 19.3 years; IDR 30.004.000, 1.58 and 8.8% respectively.
Short Communication: Weak delineation of Styrax species growing in North Sumatra, Indonesia by matK + rbcL gene
Authors: SUSILOWATI ARIDA , HENDALASTUTI HENTI , KHOLIBRINA CUT RIZLANI , RAMADHANI RINI
Published: August 2017

Susilowati A, Hendalastuti H, Kholibrina CR, Ramadhani R. 2017. Weak delineation of Styrax species growing in North Sumatra, Indonesia by matK + rbcL gene. Biodiversitas 18: 1270-1274. The aim of DNA barcoding is to enable precise identification of species from analysis of a unique DNA sequence of a target gene. The present study was undertaken to develop barcodes for different species of Styrax L. growing in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Four putative species of Styrax (each represented by specimens collected from two districts in North Sumatra) were evaluated using two regions in the plastid genome (matK and rbcL) in order to discriminate them at species level. Results showed that matK yielded 891 bp after alignment, however there was no precise identification to species level. The matK gene only differentiated the four recognized species into two groups, each group consisted of two of the species. The rbcL gene yielded 588 bp and showed no variation between species: that is,it determined all the currently recognized species to be of one and the same haplotype. Furthermore, combined matK + rbcL gave a similar grouping result to that for the matK gene considered alone. Considering the overall performance of these loci, we suggest matK + rbcL is not strong enough to determine Styrax growing in North Sumatra to the species level as distinguished on morphological grounds. These findings show the necessity of finding other candidate genes or markers that can potentially be helpful in delineating the various species of Styrax growing in North Sumatra, as well as other related Styrax genera.
Diversity of mung bean insect pests and their natural enemies in farmersâ€™ fields in East Java, Indonesia
Authors: INDIATI SRI WAHYUNI , BEJO BEJO , RAHAYU M.
Published: August 2017

Indiati SW, Bejo, Rahayu M. 2017. Diversity of mung bean insect pests and their natural enemies in farmersâ€™ fields in East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 1300-1307. A survey was conducted from June to September in 2016 in mung bean fields in East Java. The objectives of this survey were to identify the mung bean pests that were present, and to identify potential natural enemies of these pests at each location. Insect pests recorded in low numbers in all fields surveyed were bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli), thrips and grasshoppers. Pod sucking bugs (Nezara viridula, Piezodorus hybneri, and Riptortus linearis) were found in all fields in all months. The population densities of pod sucking bugs were relatively high, and represent a major threat to mung beans in Indonesia.White flies (Bemicia tabaci) and leafhoppers (Empoasca spp.) were found in low numbers in all fields surveyed during the August-September period. Several new pests of mung bean were recorded in this survey: the leaf beetle (Megacopta cribraria) was recorded in fields in the villages of Pungkurlawas, Brondong, Lamongan; and pod boring weevils (Apion clavipes, Curculionoidae) were found in high numbers in Madiun and Nganjuk, resulting in significant damage to mung bean pods. Natural enemies of insect pests recorded during the survey were spiders, dragonflies, Hymenoptera (Braconidae and Trichogrammatidae), Diptera (Tachinidae and Syrphidae), and Coleoptera (Coccinellidae and Paederus fuscipes). Natural enemies - spider and Coccinella predators - were present in low numbers in all fields surveyed, although Coccinella predators were not present in Lamongan.
STUDY OF SHORT-TERM FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR FOR GLUE-BAMBOO AND LUMBER BEAMS UNDER DIFFERENT PRE-STRESSED STATES
Authors: Nan Guo , Yan-Jun Wang , Hong-Liang Zuo
Published: August 2017

After a new kind of steel-lumber composite member, named as pre-stress glue-bamboo and lumber beam, was proposed by project team, the bending test was conducted on 12 groups of pre-stress glue-bamboo and lumber beams and 4 groups of ordinary glue-bamboo and lumber beams, and from the ways of failure mode, ultimate load, load-deflection curves and load-strain curves, the influence of pre-stressing tendons number and pre-stress value on glue-bamboo and lumber beams were researched. The result showed that: under the same pre-stress value, with the increase of pre-stressing tendons number, the beam ultimate load and stiffness increased. Under the same pre-stressing tendons number, with the increase of pre-stress value, the beam ultimate load increased, and the stiffness of pre-stressed beams was better than ordinary beams, while the change was small. Compared with ordinary beams, under the same section size, the bearing capacity of pre-stress beams was 1.76~5.66 times of ordinary beams. With the same bearing capacity, pre-stress could save bamboo-lumber composites 13.28%~51.98%, and reduce cost 1.95%~39.61%. Finally, the bearing capacity calculation formula for this kind of member was proposed and verified, which provide a reference for practical engineering.
Medien und Normkonstruktion
Authors: Klamt Marlies
Published: August 2017

Wie tragen mediale Repräsentationen zur Konstruktion von Ungleichheit bei? Marlies Klamt vergleicht, wie die brisanten Themen Pädophilie und sexueller Missbrauch in fiktionalen »Tatort«-Folgen sowie journalistischen Beiträgen dargestellt werden. Im Zentrum der Studie steht der Normmensch, dessen Machtposition angreifbar wird, wenn er als pädosexueller Täter auftritt. Durch die kultursemiotische, medienwissenschaftliche Methodik und die Verknüpfung von weißseinskritischer Perspektive mit einem intersektionalen Ansatz erweitert Marlies Klamt das theoretische und methodische Instrumentarium zur Erforschung von Ungleichheit.
Wie die Dinge sprechen lernten
Authors: Schulze Mario
Published: August 2017

Vom »schweigenden Objekt« zum »sprechenden Ding« - das Museumsobjekt hat seit den 1970er Jahren eine dramatische Wandlung durchgemacht. Mit den Vorstellungen von der Rolle der Objekte änderten sich auch die Ausstellungsgestaltungen: In den 1980er Jahren lösten Inszenierung und Szenografie die Texttafelausstellung ab, bevor in den 1990er Jahren die »sprechenden Dinge« ins Zentrum des musealen Geschehens rückten. Mario Schulze erzählt entlang der Ausstellungen zweier bundesrepublikanischer Museen - dem Historischen Museum Frankfurt/Main und dem Museum der Dinge Berlin - eine innovative Wissens- und Zeitgeschichte kulturhistorischer Museen.
Sicherheit, Geschlecht und Minderheitenpolitik
Authors: Peeck-Ho Catharina
Published: August 2017

Als Teil der britischen Antiterrorstrategie soll das »Prevent«-Programm Terrorismus bekämpfen, indem Radikalisierung verhindert wird. Gerade in den Anfangsjahren des Programms wurde dabei auf das Empowerment muslimischer Frauen als Möglichkeit einer Entschärfung sozialer Konflikte gesetzt. Obwohl sie von den damit verbundenen Ressourcen profitieren, stehen muslimische Frauenorganisationen dem oftmals kritisch gegenüber. Catharina Peeck-Ho setzt sich kritisch mit dem Programm auseinander und geht den verschiedenen Strategien des Umgangs im umstrittenen Feld der Terrorismusprävention nach. Ihre Studie verweist nicht zuletzt auf die Gefahren einer zu engen Verknüpfung von Sicherheit, Gleichstellung und Minderheitenpolitik.
Schwarz-Grün für Deutschland?
Authors: Weckenbrock Christoph
Published: August 2017

Die Entwicklung des Verhältnisses zwischen Union und Grünen ist in der deutschen Parteiengeschichte einzigartig. Als fundamentaloppositionelle Bewegung gegründet, lehnten die frühen Grünen fast alles ab, was Christdemokraten heilig war: Tradition, Wachstum, Westbindung. Für die Union dagegen waren die Grünen Staatsfeinde. Schwarz und Grün - das war noch bis in die Neunziger wie Schwarz und Weiß. Doch weil sich beide Parteien tiefgreifend wandelten, gelang es, diese Gräben zu überwinden. Über die Jahre wurden aus politischen Erzfeinden Bündnispartner. Erst in den Kommunen, dann in den Ländern - und vielleicht bald auch im Bund. Christoph Weckenbrock erzählt die spannende Geschichte von Schwarz und Grün - vom Ende der siebziger Jahre bis zum Vorabend der Bundestagswahl 2017.
Die vergebliche Gabe
Authors: Holleis Hans
Published: August 2017

Unser Handeln ist zu einem großen Teil darauf ausgerichtet, was wir von uns geben und empfangen. Im Werk Jacques Derridas werden Geben und Nehmen in ihrer Widersprüchlichkeit entfaltet. Hans Holleis zeigt, wie es die paradoxe Form der Gabe erlaubt, sie gewinnbringend auf nahe Themenfelder wie Vergebung und die Hingabe im Opfer zu übertragen: Als ob die Widersprüche unseres ökonomischen Handelns unsere Fähigkeiten zu Vergebung und aufopfernder Hingabe hervorrufen würden. Dabei wird die komplexe Sprechweise Derridas mit den Begriffsfeldern von Différance und Dekonstruktion verständlich erläutert und im Kontext einer Debatte um den Begriff der Postmoderne aufbereitet.
Review of A Historical Atlas of Tibet
Authors: Denil Mark
Published: August 2017

A review of A Historical Atlas of Tibet by Karl E. Ryavec, published by University of Chicago Press. Review by Mark Denil
Maximising available resources: Equality and human rights proofing Irish fiscal policy
Authors: Murphy Mary P.
Published: August 2017

The paper examines various rationales for applying equality and human rights proofing mechanisms to fiscal policy. The principle of using available resources to the maximum to progressively realise human rights, and not to erode the revenue capacity of developing nations to do likewise, is at the heart of emerging human rights norms. To date, Irish budgetary processes and major policy statements such as the Commission on Taxation or the draft outline National Plan on Business and Human Rights Strategy have not engaged with the principles of maximising available resources or extraterritoriality. Proofing fiscal policy is also relevant from the perspective of fiscal welfare where taxation instruments, traditionally used as a revenue-gathering mechanism, are increasingly used as distributional mechanisms to achieve policy outcomes in pensions, health, housing and employment, with important equality and distributive dimensions, particularly from gender, age and socioeconomic perspectives. A number of practical institutional mechanisms and evaluative questions can guide equality and human rights proofing of fiscal policy, but commitments to maximise resources to realise rights also need to be promoted through a public discourse which sees taxation as potential investment in society rather than a burden or cost on the economy.
An extension of a variant of d’Alemberts functional equation on compact groups
Authors: EL-Fassi Iz-iddine , Chahbi Abdellatif , Kabbaj Samir
Published: August 2017

All paper is related with the non-zero continuous solutions f : G → ℂ of the functional equation

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$${\rm{f}}({\rm{x}}\sigma ({\rm{y}})) + {\rm{f}}(\tau ({\rm{y}}){\rm{x}}) = 2{\rm{f}}({\rm{x}}){\rm{f}}({\rm{y}}),\;\;\;\;\;{\rm{x}},{\rm{y}} \in {\rm{G}},$$

where σ; τ are continuous automorphism or continuous anti-automorphism defined on a compact group G and possibly non-abelian, such that σ2 = τ2 = id: The solutions are given in terms of unitary characters of G:
On the growth measures of entire and meromorphic functions focusing their generalized relative type and generalized relative weak type
Authors: Datta Sanjib Kumar , Biswas Tanmay
Published: August 2017

In this paper we study some comparative growth properties of composite entire and meromorphic functions on the basis of their generalized relative order, generalized relative type and generalized relative weak type with respect to another entire function.
Trace inequalities of Cassels and Grüss type for operators in Hilbert spaces
Authors: Dragomir Sever S.
Published: August 2017

Some trace inequalities of Cassels type for operators in Hilbert spaces are provided. Applications in connection to Grüss inequality and for convex functions of selfadjoint operators are also given.
Asymptotic normality of conditional distribution estimation in the single index model
Authors: Hamdaoui Diaa Eddine , Bouchentouf Amina Angelika , Rabhi Abbes , Guendouzi Toufik
Published: August 2017

This paper deals with the estimation of conditional distribution function based on the single-index model. The asymptotic normality of the conditional distribution estimator is established. Moreover, as an application, the asymptotic (1 − γ) confidence interval of the conditional distribution function is given for 0 < γ < 1.
Some conditions under which derivations are zero on Banach *-algebras
Authors: Hosseini Amin
Published: August 2017

Let 𝒜 be a Banach *-algebra. By 𝒮𝒜we denote the set of all self-adjoint elements of 𝒜 and by 𝒪𝒜we denote the set of those elements in 𝒜 which can be represented as finite real-linear combinations of mutually orthogonal projections. The main purpose of this paper is to prove the following result:

Suppose that𝒪𝒜¯=𝒮𝒜$\overline {{\cal O}_{\cal A} } = {\cal S}_{\cal A }$and {dn} is a sequence of uniformly bounded linear mappings satisfyingdn(p)=∑k=0ndn−k(p)dk(p)${\rm{d}}_{\rm{n}} ({\rm{p}}) = \sum\nolimits_{{\rm{k}} = 0}^{\rm{n}} {{\rm{d}}_{{\rm{n}} - {\rm{k}}} ({\rm{p}}){\rm{d}}_{\rm{k}} ({\rm{p}})} $, where p is an arbitrary projection in 𝒜. Then dn(𝒜) ⊆ ∪ϕ∈Φ𝒜ker ϕ for each n ≥ 1. In particular, if 𝒜 is semi-prime and further, dim(∪ϕ∈Φ𝒜ker ϕ) ≤ 1, then dn= 0 for each n ≥ 1.
Proposal for a Method of Constructing Inclusive Urban Green Infrastructure
Authors: Fronczek-Wojciechowska Magdalena , Kopacz Karolina , Padula Gianluca , Wiśniewski Szymon , Wojnarowska Anna
Published: August 2017

Population ageing and growing awareness of the need for physical activity is one of the most important topics in Europe nowadays. But it should be noted that there is still no interdisciplinary and integrated approach to urban environment planning concerning physical activity of elderly people which would take into account special needs and possibilities of this particular group. Elderly people represent one of the groups which are threatened with social exclusion for different reasons. This article presents a proposal for a method of constructing a spatial system consisting of natural and anthropogenic elements of urban environment which can be interpreted as Inclusive Urban Green Infrastructure, enabling active and healthy ways of recreation, including the needs of elderly persons. It is based on the existing elements of the environment, but to create a well-functioning system in urban space it is necessary to introduce additional elements, both natural and man-created. The method refers to the spatial definition of areas for active recreation which meet the adopted, specific for elderly people, pro-health and functional requirements. Creation of such a system in cities would contribute to inclusion of this group into social life, thus boosting social coherence and integration across generations, and would also bring beneficial health results. Such infrastructure would also be of considerable importance for sustainable urban growth and improvement of the quality of urban space. The paper is based on source materials from the fields of science investigating health in connection with physiology of the process of ageing, influence of physical activity on this process, impact of negative features of the environment on the health of elderly people as well as urban space planning and development. The proposed methodology of constructing Inclusive Urban Green Infrastructure is presented on the example of Łódź, using data from the Geographic Information System (Topographic Objects Database) and population database for cities.
Fallacious Node Algorithm for Performance Enhancement in Optical-Burst-Switching Networks
Authors: Saini Hardeep Singh , Wason Amit
Published: August 2017

In this paper, fallacious node algorithm is formulated for performance enhancement of an optical-burst-switching (OBS) network. With the procedural and observational analysis, we have demonstrated that the blocking probability is extremely unnoticeable, during a call establishment, while collectively discarding the faulty nodes from the selected paths. There may be distinguishing values of blocking probability because of random value of congestion on each path. The blocking probability is restrained so as not to be more than 10 % on several values on traffic and congestion. The blocking probability diminishes and becomes imperceptible with the incorporation of fallacious node algorithm and subsequently the performance of optical network is highly aggrandized. Thus the fallacious node algorithm manifests incredible prospects for optical networks as the key features such as the accessibility; sustainability and reliability of the network are highly appreciated and upgraded.