bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of a Comprehensive Intervention on Plasma BDNF in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Balietti Marta , Giuli Cinzia , Fattoretti Patrizia , Fabbietti Paolo , Papa Roberta , Postacchini Demetrio , Conti Fiorenzo
Published: February 2017

A comprehensive intervention (CI) on patients with Alzheimer’s disease was assessed by measuring plasmabrain-derived neurotrophic factor (pBDNF) and ADAS-Cog score (ADAS-Cogscore) before, immediately after (FU1), and 6 (FU2) and 24 months (FU3) after the CI. Baseline pBDNF was higher in patients with moderate AD (but not mild AD) than in healthy controls. At FU1, pBDNF and ADAS-Cogscore decreased significantly. At FU2 and FU3, patients’ cognitive status worsened and pBDNF further increased versus baseline, suggesting that CI interruption may be a stress event that prevents return to homeostasis. CI exerted positive short-term effects, but more information is needed on long-term consequences.
The Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on the Resting State Functional Connectivity of Brain Regions Modulating Pain: A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: Monroe Todd B. , Beach Paul A. , Bruehl Stephen P. , Dietrich Mary S. , Rogers Baxter P. , Gore John C. , Atalla Sebastian W. , Cowan Ronald L.
Published: February 2017

Background: It is currently unknown why people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) receive less pain medication and report pain less frequently.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of AD on thermal psychophysics and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) among sensory, affective, descending modulatory, and default mode structures.

Methods: Controls ( n = 23, 13 = female) and age-matched people with AD ( n = 23, 13 = females) underwent psychophysical testing to rate perceptions of warmth, mild, and moderate pain and then completed resting-state fMRI. Between groups analysis in psychophysics and RSFC were conducted among pre-defined regions of interest implicated in sensory and affective dimensions of pain, descending pain modulation, and the default mode network.

Results: People with AD displayed higher thermal thresholds for warmth and mild pain but similar moderate pain thresholds to controls. No between-group differences were found for unpleasantness at any percept. Relative to controls, people with AD demonstrated reduced RSFC between the right posterior insula and left anterior cingulate and also between right amygdala and right secondary somatosensory cortex. Moderate pain unpleasantness reports were associated with increased RSFC between right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and left ACC in controls only.

Conclusions: While AD had little effect on unpleasantness, people with AD had increased thermal thresholds, altered RSFC, and no association of psychophysics with RSFC in pain regions. Findings begin to elucidate that in people with AD, altered integration of pain sensation, affect, and descending modulation may, in part, contribute to decreased verbal pain reports and thus decreased analgesic administration.
Prevalence of Use of Cardiovascular Drugs in Dementia Patients Treated in General Practices in Germany
Authors: Jacob Louis , Bohlken Jens , Kostev Karel
Published: February 2017

Background: Dementia is a chronic disease associated with numerous cardiovascular disorders.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence of cardiovascular drug use in dementia patients treated in general practices in Germany.

Methods: The present study included patients who were diagnosed with dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, or unspecified dementia) in 2015. The main outcome measure was the proportion of patients using cardiovascular drugs. Demographical and clinical variables included age, sex, dementia type, and cardiovascular co-diagnoses. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between cardiovascular drug use and these variables.

Results: We identified 7,987 and 1,268 dementia patients with and without prescriptions for cardiovascular drugs, respectively. The share of individuals who received cardiovascular treatments was 86.3%. Diuretics (20.9%), beta blocking agents (20.0%), and ACE inhibitors (17.4%) were the three most commonly prescribed types of medications. Patients between the ages of 71–80 (OR = 1.59), 81–90 (OR = 1.61), and over 90 years (OR = 1.48) were more likely to receive cardiovascular drugs than patients under the age of 70 years. Moreover, compared to those with unspecified dementia, individuals with Alzheimer’s disease had a lower chance while those with vascular dementia had a higher chance of being prescribed these drugs (ORs equal to 0.81 and 1.22, respectively). Finally, we found a positive association between the use of cardiovascular drugs and all co-diagnoses (ORs ranging from 1.23 to 7.12).

Conclusion: The prevalence of cardiovascular drug use in dementia patients was around 86%. This use was significantly associated with such factors as age, type of dementia, and co-diagnoses.
Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
Authors: Smith Robert A. , Andrews Kimberly S. , Brooks Durado , Fedewa Stacey A. , Manassaram‐Baptiste Deana , Saslow Debbie , Brawley Otis W. , Wender Richard C.
Published: February 2017

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Each year, the American Cancer Society publishes a summary of its guidelines for early cancer detection, data and trends in cancer screening rates, and select issues related to cancer screening. In this issue of the journal, the authors summarize current American Cancer Society cancer screening guidelines, describe an update of their guideline for using human papillomavirus vaccination for cancer prevention, describe updates in US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for breast and colorectal cancer screening, discuss interim findings from the UK Collaborative Trial on Ovarian Cancer Screening, and provide the latest data on utilization of cancer screening from the National Health Interview Survey. CA Cancer J Clin 2017;67:100–121. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
(Un-)veiling the west: Burkini-gate, Princess Hijab and dressing as struggle for postsecular integration
Authors: Berg Linda , Lundahl Mikela
Published: February 2017

The ban of the burkini in the summer of 2016 in France is the latest stage in a long political history, where the French depreciation or fear of the veil, and of Islam, has come to play a more significant role since the end of the cold war. Unveiling female bodies at the beach in Nice expose conditioned values of the French republic. In this context, drawing black veils on public advertisements becomes a performative act commenting on consumerism, religion, secularity, and the imagined Muslim woman. In this article we discuss freedom and integration in “third spaces” via an analysis of “hijabisation” in street art and the official reactions against certain types of beachwear. In line with Talal Asad (2006) we want to raise the issue on how the secular state addresses the pain of people who are obliged to give up part of their religious identity to become acceptable. Race-thinking was once an explicit part of celebrated values like modernity, secularity, democracy and human rights. However, the fact that the idea of races has been erased from articulations of Western nations and international bodies does not mean that traces of race-thinking in the heritage from the enlightenment are gone. By following Princess Hijab and the “Burkini-gate” a nationalist fantasy intertwined with the idea of the secular state reveals itself and acts of un/dressing emerge as signs of integration revealing a challenged imperialist paradigm.
The Performative Force of Cultural Products: Subject Positions and Desires Emerging From Engagement with the Manga Boys’ Love and Yaoi
Authors: Lilja Mona , Wasshede Cathrin
Published: February 2017

This article deals with questions about the performative power of cultural products that travel the world. The Japanese manga genre Boys’ Love and Yaoi has gained a broad readership outside of Japan during recent decades. This has cultivated an image of Japan as sexually radical and ‘as more than Japan’, something which has produced alternative subject positions and practises regarding gender and sexuality among Swedish Boys’ Love/Yaoi followers. With the help of the concept hyperreality and elaborations on materiality within feminist theories, this article discusses: Which images of Japan and Sweden are produced as manga Boys’ Love/Yaoi – as cultural products – travel from Japan to Sweden? Which subject positions and forms of desires emerge? In order to understand how cultural products create new subjectivities, images and desires, we also ask: What can a sharper focus on materiality and the agency of matter add to the understanding of the concept of hyperreality and the construction of new realities? We argue that embodied experiences of certain subject positions and desires challenge the idea of the hyperreal as a surface phenomenon. Further, the article shows how the image of “Japan” is often coloured by the desires that West cultivates about the ‘other’.
Epidermal Growth Factor Pathway Signaling in Drosophila Embryogenesis: Tools for Understanding Cancer
Authors: Lusk Jay , Lam Vanessa , Tolwinski Nicholas
Published: February 2017

EGF signaling is a well-known oncogenic pathway in animals. It is also a key developmental pathway regulating terminal and dorsal-ventral patterning along with many other aspects of embryogenesis. In this review, we focus on the diverse roles for the EGF pathway in Drosophila embryogenesis. We review the existing body of evidence concerning EGF signaling in Drosophila embryogenesis focusing on current uncertainties in the field and areas for future study. This review provides a foundation for utilizing the Drosophila model system for research into EGF effects on cancer.
Photoluminescence of Rare-Earth Ions in the Nanocrystalline GaAs/SnO2 Heterostructure and the Photoinduced Electrical Properties Related to the Interface
Authors: Machado Diego , Scalvi Luis , Bueno Cristina
Published: February 2017

Deposition of an SnO2 thin film was carried out by sol–gel-dip-coating and doped with Ce3+ or Eu3+, and a GaAs layer was deposited by resistive evaporation or sputtering. This investigation combines the emission properties of these rare-earth ions with the unique transport properties generated by the heterostructure assembly. Illumination with light with energy above the GaAs bandgap and below the SnO2 bandgap drastically increases the GaAs/SnO2 heterostructure conductance, which becomes practically temperature-independent. This was associated with the presence of interface conduction, possibly a two-dimensional electron gas at the GaAs/SnO2 interface. This feature takes place only for the sample where the GaAs bottom layer is deposited via sputtering. Irradiation with energies above the SnO2 bandgap only excites the top oxide layer. The heterostructure assembly GaAs/SnO2:Eu leads to emission from Eu3+, unlike SnO2 deposition directly on a glass substrate, where the Eu3+ transitions are absent. Eu emission comes along a broad band, located at a higher energy compared to Eu3+ transitions, which are blue-shifted as the thermal annealing temperature increases. Luminescence from Ce3+ ions in the heterostructure can be detected, but the ions overlap with emission from the matrix, and a cleaning procedure helps to identify Ce3+ transitions.
Anterior Thigh Tissue Thickness Measured Using Ultrasound Imaging in Older Recreational Female Golfers and Sedentary Controls
Authors: Herrick Isabel , Brown Simon , Agyapong-Badu Sandra , Warner Martin , Ewings Sean , Samuel Dinesh , Stokes Maria
Published: February 2017

Physical activity is vital for the prevention of sarcopenia and frailty. The training effects of recreational golf on muscle function in older people are unknown. The present study examined quadriceps muscle and subcutaneous fat thickness in 66 older females. Thirty-one golfers (mean age 69.1 years, standard deviation ±3.4) were compared with 35 less active non-golfers (73.4 ± 4.2 years). Images of the dominant anterior thigh were obtained using real-time B-mode ultrasound imaging. Thickness of muscle (rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, and intermuscular fascia) and subcutaneous tissue (fat and perimuscular fascia) was measured, and percentage contributions calculated. Muscle thickness was significantly greater (p < 0.001) in golfers (mean 2.78 cm ± 0.73 cm) than non-golfers (2.18 cm ± 0.55 cm). Mean percentage contribution of muscle and non-contractile tissue was 64% ± 9% and 36% ± 9%, respectively, in golfers, compared to 58% ± 8% and 42% ± 8% in non-golfers (p = 0.013). Multiple linear regression analysis, controlling for age and BMI, showed that golfers still had higher total anterior thigh thickness (regression parameter for non-golfers B = −0.984, p = 0.004) and higher muscle thickness (B = −0.619, p = 0.002). This study indicates an association between recreational golf and greater relative thigh muscle thickness and lower subcutaneous fat than in less active controls. Training effects need to be examined in prospective controlled trials in males and females in different age groups.
Can Sanitary Surveys Replace Water Quality Testing? Evidence from Kisii, Kenya
Authors: Misati Aaron , Ogendi George , Peletz Rachel , Khush Ranjiv , Kumpel Emily
Published: February 2017

Information about the quality of rural drinking water sources can be used to manage their safety and mitigate risks to health. Sanitary surveys, which are observational checklists to assess hazards present at water sources, are simpler to conduct than microbial tests. We assessed whether sanitary survey results were associated with measured indicator bacteria levels in rural drinking water sources in Kisii Central, Kenya. Overall, thermotolerant coliform (TTC) levels were high: all of the samples from the 20 tested dug wells, almost all (95%) of the samples from the 25 tested springs, and 61% of the samples from the 16 tested rainwater harvesting systems were contaminated with TTC. There were no significant associations between TTC levels and overall sanitary survey scores or their individual components. Contamination by TTC was associated with source type (dug wells and springs were more contaminated than rainwater systems). While sanitary surveys cannot be substituted for microbial water quality results in this context, they could be used to identify potential hazards and contribute to a comprehensive risk management approach.
Impact of Cannabis Use on Treatment Outcomes among Adults Receiving Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Authors: Ruglass Lesia , Shevorykin Alina , Radoncic Vanja , Smith Kathryn , Smith Philip , Galatzer-Levy Isaac , Papini Santiago , Hien Denise
Published: February 2017

Background: Research has demonstrated a strong link between trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUDs) in general and cannabis use disorders in particular. Yet, few studies have examined the impact of cannabis use on treatment outcomes for individuals with co-occurring PTSD and SUDs. Methods: Participants were 136 individuals who received cognitive-behavioral therapies for co-occurring PTSD and SUD. Multivariate regressions were utilized to examine the associations between baseline cannabis use and end-of-treatment outcomes. Multilevel linear growth models were fit to the data to examine the cross-lagged associations between weekly cannabis use and weekly PTSD symptom severity and primary substance use during treatment. Results: There were no significant positive nor negative associations between baseline cannabis use and end-of-treatment PTSD symptom severity and days of primary substance use. Cross-lagged models revealed that as cannabis use increased, subsequent primary substance use decreased and vice versa. Moreover, results revealed a crossover lagged effect, whereby higher cannabis use was associated with greater PTSD symptom severity early in treatment, but lower weekly PTSD symptom severity later in treatment. Conclusion: Cannabis use was not associated with adverse outcomes in end-of-treatment PTSD and primary substance use, suggesting independent pathways of change. The theoretical and clinical implications of the reciprocal associations between weekly cannabis use and subsequent PTSD and primary substance use symptoms during treatment are discussed.
Modeling Self-Healing of Concrete Using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm–Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Ramadan Suleiman Ahmed , Nehdi Moncef
Published: February 2017

This paper presents an approach to predicting the intrinsic self-healing in concrete using a hybrid genetic algorithm–artificial neural network (GA–ANN). A genetic algorithm was implemented in the network as a stochastic optimizing tool for the initial optimal weights and biases. This approach can assist the network in achieving a global optimum and avoid the possibility of the network getting trapped at local optima. The proposed model was trained and validated using an especially built database using various experimental studies retrieved from the open literature. The model inputs include the cement content, water-to-cement ratio (w/c), type and dosage of supplementary cementitious materials, bio-healing materials, and both expansive and crystalline additives. Self-healing indicated by means of crack width is the model output. The results showed that the proposed GA–ANN model is capable of capturing the complex effects of various self-healing agents (e.g., biochemical material, silica-based additive, expansive and crystalline components) on the self-healing performance in cement-based materials.
Fabrication of Graphene Aerogels with Heavily Loaded Metallic Nanoparticles
Authors: Shen Chen , Barrios Elizabeth , McInnis Matthew , Zuyus Joseph , Zhai Lei
Published: February 2017

Natural biomaterials with hierarchical structures that enable extraordinary capability of detecting chemicals have inspired the interest in producing materials that can mimic these natural structures. This study reports the fabrication of hierarchically-structured, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aerogels with heavily loaded palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), and tin (Sn) metallic nanoparticles. Metal salts chelated with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) were mixed with graphene oxide (GO) and then freeze-dried. The subsequent reduction produces rGO/metal nanoparticle aerogels. SEM and EDS results indicated that a loading of 59, 67, 39, and 46 wt % of Pd, Pt, Ni, and Sn nanoparticles was achieved. Pd/rGO aerogels of different Pd nanoparticle concentrations were exposed to H2 gas to monitor the resistance change of the composites. The results suggest that rGO aerogels can achieve a higher nanoparticle loading by using chelation to minimize electrostatic interactions between metal ions and GO. Higher loading of Pd nanoparticles in graphene aerogels lead to improved hydrogen gas sensing performance.
Recent Advances in Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy for Chiral Recognition of Organic Compounds
Authors: Silva Márcio
Published: February 2017

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful tool for the elucidation of chemical structure and chiral recognition. In the last decade, the number of probes, media, and experiments to analyze chiral environments has rapidly increased. The evaluation of chiral molecules and systems has become a routine task in almost all NMR laboratories, allowing for the determination of molecular connectivities and the construction of spatial relationships. Among the features that improve the chiral recognition abilities by NMR is the application of different nuclei. The simplicity of the multinuclear NMR spectra relative to 1H, the minimal influence of the experimental conditions, and the larger shift dispersion make these nuclei especially suitable for NMR analysis. Herein, the recent advances in multinuclear (19F, 31P, 13C, and 77Se) NMR spectroscopy for chiral recognition of organic compounds are presented. The review describes new chiral derivatizing agents and chiral solvating agents used for stereodiscrimination and the assignment of the absolute configuration of small organic compounds.
Image-Based Dietary Assessment Ability of Dietetics Students and Interns
Authors: Howes Erica , Boushey Carol , Kerr Deborah , Tomayko Emily , Cluskey Mary
Published: February 2017

Image-based dietary assessment (IBDA) may improve the accuracy of dietary assessments, but no formalized training currently exists for skills relating to IBDA. This study investigated nutrition and dietetics students’ and interns’ IBDA abilities, the training and experience factors that may contribute to food identification and quantification accuracy, and the perceived challenges to performing IBDA. An online survey containing images of known foods and serving sizes representing common American foods was used to assess the ability to identify foods and serving sizes. Nutrition and dietetics students and interns from the United States and Australia (n = 114) accurately identified foods 79.5% of the time. Quantification accuracy was lower, with only 38% of estimates within ±10% of the actual weight. Foods of amorphous shape or higher energy density had the highest percent error. Students expressed general difficulty with perceiving serving sizes, making IBDA food quantification more difficult. Experience cooking at home from a recipe, frequent measuring of portions, and having a food preparation or cooking laboratory class were associated with enhanced accuracy in IBDA. Future training of dietetics students should incorporate more food-based serving size training to improve quantification accuracy while performing IBDA, while advances in IBDA technology are also needed.
Gluten Contamination in Naturally or Labeled Gluten-Free Products Marketed in Italy
Authors: Verma Anil , Gatti Simona , Galeazzi Tiziana , Monachesi Chiara , Padella Lucia , Baldo Giada , Annibali Roberta , Lionetti Elena , Catassi Carlo
Published: February 2017

Background: A strict and lifelong gluten-free diet is the only treatment of celiac disease. Gluten contamination has been frequently reported in nominally gluten-free products. The aim of this study was to test the level of gluten contamination in gluten-free products currently available in the Italian market. Method: A total of 200 commercially available gluten-free products (including both naturally and certified gluten-free products) were randomly collected from different Italian supermarkets. The gluten content was determined by the R5 ELISA Kit approved by EU regulations. Results: Gluten level was lower than 10 part per million (ppm) in 173 products (86.5%), between 10 and 20 ppm in 9 (4.5%), and higher than 20 ppm in 18 (9%), respectively. In contaminated foodstuff (gluten > 20 ppm) the amount of gluten was almost exclusively in the range of a very low gluten content. Contaminated products most commonly belonged to oats-, buckwheat-, and lentils-based items. Certified and higher cost gluten-free products were less commonly contaminated by gluten. Conclusion: Gluten contamination in either naturally or labeled gluten-free products marketed in Italy is nowadays uncommon and usually mild on a quantitative basis. A program of systematic sampling of gluten-free food is needed to promptly disclose at-risk products.
How Love for the Image Cast out Fear of It in Early Christianity
Authors: Carnes Natalie
Published: February 2017

Iconoclastic and iconophilic impulses have long vied for pre-eminence in Christianity, coming to one particularly fraught crisis point in the Byzantine Iconomachy of the eighth and ninth centuries. Funding both impulses, this paper argues, is a profound Platonic ambivalence about the image. For Plato, the image not only deceives and enslaves; it also reveals and inspires. Plotinus, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, John of Damascus, and Theodore of Stoudios articulate their own iterations of Plato’s hopes and fears about the image as they attempt different strategies for resolving these dueling inclinations. This paper traces the evolution of image theory across these thinkers to illumine how Theodore of Stoudios’ approach magnifies Platonic image hopes and quells fears in a way that prepares for the ongoing resolution of image anxiety in the iconographic tradition. More than a purely historical interest, this arc of image thought have continuing relevance for image theory today.
Distinguishing Log-Concavity from Heavy Tails
Authors: Asmussen Søren , Lehtomaa Jaakko
Published: February 2017

Well-behaved densities are typically log-convex with heavy tails and log-concave with light ones. We discuss a benchmark for distinguishing between the two cases, based on the observation that large values of a sum X 1 + X 2 occur as result of a single big jump with heavy tails whereas X 1 , X 2 are of equal order of magnitude in the light-tailed case. The method is based on the ratio | X 1 − X 2 | / ( X 1 + X 2 ) , for which sharp asymptotic results are presented as well as a visual tool for distinguishing between the two cases. The study supplements modern non-parametric density estimation methods where log-concavity plays a main role, as well as heavy-tailed diagnostics such as the mean excess plot.
A Study on the Influence of Speed on Road Roughness Sensing: The SmartRoadSense Case
Authors: Alessandroni Giacomo , Carini Alberto , Lattanzi Emanuele , Freschi Valerio , Bogliolo Alessandro
Published: February 2017

SmartRoadSense is a crowdsensing project aimed at monitoring the conditions of the road surface. Using the sensors of a smartphone, SmartRoadSense monitors the vertical accelerations inside a vehicle traveling the road and extracts a roughness index conveying information about the road conditions. The roughness index and the smartphone GPS data are periodically sent to a central server where they are processed, associated with the specific road, and aggregated with data measured by other smartphones. This paper studies how the smartphone vertical accelerations and the roughness index are related to the vehicle speed. It is shown that the dependence can be locally approximated with a gamma (power) law. Extensive experimental results using data extracted from SmartRoadSense database confirm the gamma law relationship between the roughness index and the vehicle speed. The gamma law is then used for improving the SmartRoadSense data aggregation accounting for the effect of vehicle speed.
Extraction of Pressurized Gas in Low Air-Conductivity Coal Seam Using Drainage Roadway
Authors: Li Shu-gang , Shuang Hai-qing , Wang Hong-sheng , Song Ki-Il , Liu Lang
Published: February 2017

A drainage roadway was constructed in the fractured zone beside an air-return roadway of a mining site. However, drainage roadways serve only one working face and are discarded after mining, thus weakening sustainable mining practices. To improve the sustainability at mining sites, this paper proposes a new drainage roadway that can serve two adjacent working faces. A schematic layout of the proposed lateral high drainage roadway (LHDR) is presented. The LHDR can be used to extract pressurized gas from two neighboring mining zones. A theoretical study, numerical simulation, and field observations were performed to identify the mining-induced fractures and stress distribution. The layout of the LHDR and the optimal position of the extraction boreholes were derived considering the geological conditions in the Liyazhuang Coal Mine in China. A borehole and LHDR were installed at the specified mining site and the rock displacement of the LHDR and gas concentration at branch pipelines, boreholes of the LHDR, and upper part of the working face were monitored during mining. The performance of the LHDR was validated.
New Resource-Wise Planning Strategies for Smart Urban-Rural Development in Finland
Authors: Rönkkö Emilia , Luusua Anna , Aarrevaara Eeva , Herneoja Aulikki , Muilu Toivo
Published: February 2017

This article discusses the opportunities and challenges for resource-wise development strategies in regional planning. Spatial planning integrates the key aspects, transportation, housing, and food production which are, on many occasions, stated as the most significant consumption factors causing environmental impacts. In light of the challenges that regions are currently facing in Finland, we are drawing attention to the role of strategic spatial planning as demand-responsive resource management, a theme which is still inadequately addressed within regional development and planning in Finland. In many other fields of society, innovative data-based products and demand- and user-driven services are considered important sources of success in the future. Such strategies combine different types of service providers, like deliveries for groceries or restaurant meals, mobile healthcare services, or public transport with on-demand services. We highlight the fact that a regionally large and sparsely populated country, such as Finland, cannot achieve success solely through centralisation. Instead, smart networking, co-creation, and innovative cyber-physical solutions are vital for the utilisation of the entire country’s resource potentiality. In conclusion, we underpin the need for a framework, which would offer a strategic support scheme for resource-wise development, resource optimization, and closure of yield gaps. In our view it is necessary to begin to envision, strategise, and develop user- and demand-responsive development strategies with a specific aim for sustainable, resource-wise ways of life in northern regions, also outside the growing urban centres, and innovate solutions that help individuals, communities, and the whole society to renew and manage resources wisely.
La nécropole du Néolithique moyen de Sur les Pâtureaux à Chichery (Yonne)
Authors: Chambon Philippe , Delor Jean Paul , Augereau Anne , Gibaja Bao Juan Fransisco , Meunier Katia , Thomas Aline , Murail Pascal , Molez Danièle
Published: February 2017

La nécropole de Sur les Pâtureaux à Chichery a été explorée entre 1981 et 1984 par J.-L. Tainturier puis par J.-P. Delor. Treize sépultures ont été mises au jour sur 600 m2, les limites du gisement n’étant vraisemblablement pas atteintes. Ces sépultures se rattachent essentiellement au type Balloy, reconnu dans une dizaine de gisements du Bassin parisien. Elles associent une architecture à même la fosse et un défunt inséré dans un contenant mobile, et sont attribuées à l’horizon Cerny. Les tombes sont installées sur deux à trois files dans un axe nord-ouest/ sud-est, sans qu’on puisse supposer qu’elles étaient incluses dans un ou plusieurs monuments allongés, comme c’est souvent le cas pour ce type de sépultures. La population inhumée présente une composition compatible avec une population naturelle. Toutefois la concentration des plus jeunes sujets sur une petite surface peut aussi indiquer une sectorisation de la nécropole. Le mobilier associé aux sépultures est peu abondant et comprend uniquement de l’industrie lithique en silex, parmi laquelle dominent les armatures de flèche et les pics. Aucune trace macroscopique d’usage n’est visible sur les pièces. Une telle industrie ne dépare pas dans le contexte des sépultures de type Balloy, mais l’absence de tout autre mobilier est inédite. Si le Cerny est inévitablement la première référence pour une telle nécropole, quelques caractères de Sur les Pâtureaux incitent à la prudence. Les pics sont fréquents dans les habitats de cette culture, en revanche certaines armatures renvoient davantage vers le Rössen et Chassey. En outre, l’orientation des sépultures est celle qui prévaut dans le Mittelneolithikum rhénan. Les sept datations obtenues placent les tombes avant le milieu du Ve millénaire, soit dans la première partie de l’horizon Cerny. Elles assurent que les tombes de type Balloy existent en Bassin parisien dès le début de cet horizon, sans rapport avec l’un ou l’autre des faciès céramiques du Cerny.
Le site d’habitat Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain de Pontpoint « le Fond de Rambourg » (Oise)
Authors: Bostyn Françoise , Arbogast Rose-Marie , Cayol Nicolas , Hamon Caroline , Lorin Yann , Prodéo Frédéric
Published: February 2017

Le site d’habitat Blicquy/ Villeneuve-Saint-Germain de Pontpoint «le Fond de Rambourg » , fouillé dans un cadre préventif, se caractérise par son bon état de conservation lié à son implantation topographique au pied d’une des buttes sableuses qui modèlent le fond de la vallée de l’Oise. La fouille a révélé au moins trois unités d’habitation et une fosse isolée dont le mobilier permet de conclure à l’existence de deux phases d’occupation. Le mobilier issu de deux unités d’habitation présente des caractéristiques très proches du Rubané récent du Bassin parisien et oriente la datation vers une phase ancienne du Blicquy/ Villeneuve-Saint-Germain, phase peu documentée à ce jour. L’autre unité d’habitation et la fosse, moins riches, ont livré du mobilier ciblant l’occupation du même secteur à la fin du Blicquy/ Villeneuve-Saint-Germain.
Redescription et genitalia mâles de Euthycera flavostriata (Villeneuve, 1911). (Diptera : Sciomyzidae)
Authors: Vala Jean-Claude , Leclercq Marcel
Published: February 2017

Euthycera flavostriata (Villeneuve 1911), Diptère Sciomyzide originaire du Moyen Orient est redécrit. La diagnose de l'espèce est précisée et la structure des pièces génitales mâles est donnée pour la première fois.
Scytinostroma aluta nov. sp. (Basidiomycete Lachnocladiaceae)
Authors: Lanquetin Paule
Published: February 2017

This name is proposed for what European authors inaccuratly call : Corticium portentosum Berk. & Curt, described from Pennsylvania.
Biological Risks In The Professionals Of Mobile Pre-Hospital Care
Authors: Nascimento Santos Jacianne , Formiga Bezerra Anne Milane , Andrade Duarte de Farias Maria do Carmo , Pereira de Carvalho Guilherme Gadelha , Nunes da Silva Edineide , Paulino do Nascimento Maria Mônica , Fontenele Albuquerque Francisco Geyson
Published: February 2017

Introduction: Pre-hospital care professionals face situations in which they are very vulnerable to occupational risks of the biological type, due to direct and constant contact with patients in numerous adverse situations.

Objective: To analyze the biological risks inherents to the nursing team of the Mobile Emergency Care Service (MECS) in Patos-PB.

Method: The study was an exploratory, descriptive type, with a quantitative data approach. The research population was composed of all the nurses and nursing technicians employed in the MECS, Regional of Patos-PB who were available to participate in the research. Data were analyzed with SPSS software (version 21). Descriptive statistics of relative and absolute frequencies, central tendency (mean and median) and dispersion (standard deviation and minimum and maximum values) were used. Considering the small sample size, we adopted non-parametric inferential tests of Mann Whitney and Pearson's Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, accepting as statistically significant that p <0.05.

Results: The sample consisted of 45 professionals of the nursing team, with the majority (88.9%) being female and a prevalent age range from 27 to 33 years, a workload of 36 hours per week, with less than one year of performance in the service; 95.6% use the complete uniform; 97.8% make use of masks, and only 24.4% confirm wearing protective glasses; 31.1% perform reoccurrence of needles already contaminated, and 24.4% already suffered some type of accident with a sharp device. Only 24.4% said they had undergone some training on the part of the company. Conclusion: It was evidenced that the occurrence of the accidents is directly related to the exhaustion of the professionals and their lack of experience in the area, besides the lack of training offered by the service. It can be noted that the company lacks in the area of employee protection, since they do not offer a professional training course, so there is no investment in continuing health education.
Personality Characteristics as Predictive Factors for the Occurrence of Depressive Disorder
Authors: Bajraktarov Stojan , Gudeva-Nikovska Dance , ManuÅ¡eva Nensi , Arsova Slavica
Published: February 2017

BACKGROUND: The depressive disorder is one of the most frequent mental disorders, which is often associated with severe dysfunctionality. Personality traits are considered as important factors for the occurrence of depressive disorder.AIM: To determine the specificity of personality dimensions as predictive factors of depressive disorder.METHODS: This research was conducted at the University Psychiatric Clinic Skopje as a "case-control" study. TCI-R (temperament and character inventory â€“ revised) was used as the main research instrument.RESULTS: There are specific personality traits expressed through high scores of Harm Avoidance and low scores of Self â€“Directedness traits as predictive factors related to an incidence of the depressive disorder.CONCLUSION: The results of this study show that certain personal traits, and more specific HA and SD, are with a specific predictability of the depressive disorder.
Multi-method dating of Grimaldi castle foundations in Antibes, France
Authors: Urbanova Petra , Delaval Eric , Lanos Philippe , Guibert Pierre , Dufresne Philippe , Ney Claude , Thernot Robert , Mellinand Philippe
Published: February 2017

The foundations of Grimaldi
castle in Antibes belonged originally to a vast monumental edifice of
an unknown origin. No historical records that would allow establishing
precise chronological framework of this building exist. Therefore,
four approaches were combined in order to date its construction:
relative chronology from archaeology with “physical” dating methods
applied on building materials, e.g. archaeomagnetic dating of bricks
and dating of mortars by optically stimulated luminescence using both
the single grain and the multigrain technique. Whereas archaeomagnetic
dating followed a well-established, reliable measurement protocol,
dating of archaeological mortar by optically stimulated luminescence
using the single grain technique represents quite new, exploratory
approach that allows direct dating of the moment of edification.
Luminescence dating showed that mortars were well bleached. Variations
of the dose rate due to the heterogeneous distribution of
radioelements in the matrix were observed. In the given context, none
of the four approaches used would succeed to date the construction of
the remains with certainty if they were used separately. Nevertheless,
thanks to the mutual comparison of dating results, a reliable
chronology have been established. The obtained results are in
agreement and suggest the Grimaldi castle foundations were built
between the second half of the first century and the second century
A.D. Our interdisciplinary approach thus proves ancientness of the
standing masonry and attests cultural and historical significance of
the monument.
Prospections géophysiques multi-méthodes de structures portuaires antiques à Narbonne (Aude, France)
Authors: Mathé Vivien , Sanchez Corinne , Bruniaux Guillaume , Camus Adrien , Cavero Julien , Faïsse Camille , Jézégou Marie-Pierre , Labussière Julie , Lévêque François
Published: February 2017

Depuis 2005, une équipe interdisciplinaire de
recherches tente de reconstituer la topographie du port antique de
Narbonne, considéré comme un des plus grands ports de l’Empire romain.
Débutées en 2007, les prospections géophysiques sont un des piliers de
ce travail. Elles ont dû évoluer au fil des campagnes de mesures afin
de s’adapter aux contraintes du terrain, à l’évolution des résultats
et à l’émergence de nouvelles problématiques. Les structures majeures
du site du Castélou / Mandirac, identifié comme étant l’embouchure
aménagée d’un bras sud de l’Aude, ont été repérées puis confirmées par
la fouille. Deux jetées parallèles construites en milieu humide sur
une longueur de plus d’1,5 km encadrent un chenal large de 50 m et
profond de 4 m. D’une largeur de 15 m à 25 m, elles sont aménagées en
chaussée dès la fin du Ier siècle par l’apport de
quantités considérables de matériaux et de milliers de pieux en bois
qui viennent renforcer leurs berges. Les traces d’activités portuaires
y sont nombreuses. Nulle part dans le monde romain, des constructions
de cette ampleur pour canaliser un fleuve n’ont été mises au jour.
Elles soulignent la volonté de maîtriser un milieu fluctuant afin
d’assurer une stabilité et une pérennité de ce lieu d’échanges,
finalement abandonné à la fin du ve siècle.
The marble of O Incio (Galicia, Spain): Quarries and first archaeometric characterisation of a material used since roman times
Authors: Gutiérrez Garcia-M. Anna , Royo Plumed Hernando , González Soutelo Silvia , Savin Marie-Claire , Lapuente Pilar , Chapoulie Rémy
Published: February 2017

In spite of the great leap forward experienced in our understanding of the use of marble and other ornamental stones in Roman Spain, provenance studies are still quite uncommon in some territories of the Iberian Peninsula. This was the case of the northwesternmost part (modern Galicia), where no significant work had been done until now. Within the framework of an interdisciplinary study, a significant number of objects studied did not match with the main well-known Classical marbles but seemed to have been produced with a local stone known as O Incio marble, which had never been yet archaeometrically analysed. Therefore, the quarries near the small village of O Incio were located and sampled, and a multi-method approach combining polarized-light microscopy, cathodoluminescence, X-ray powder diffraction and stable C and O isotope analysis as well as spectrophotometry was applied to characterize the different outcropping marble varieties as the first and basic step to correctly differentiate them from other Iberian and foreign marbles with similar macroscopic features.
Suivi de la fusion expérimentale de la galène de Melle (79) par microspectroscopie Raman
Authors: Mercier-Bion Florence , Téreygeol Florian
Published: February 2017

Cette étude porte sur l’étude (macroscopique et
microscopique) de la transformation de la galène, minerai argentifère
pour les périodes anciennes, et son évolution jusqu’au plomb, à partir
d’un référentiel produit expérimentalement dans un four à moufle
fonctionnant au charbon de bois. En effet, si la réaction chimique qui
conduit du sulfure au plomb d’œuvre est identifiée depuis longtemps,
sa reproduction dans un réacteur type bas-fourneau demeure
insatisfaisante et les tentatives de compréhension des procédés de
transformation de la galène restent largement infructueuses. Cette
absence de maitrise du procédé bloque les possibles réflexions sur les
bilans matières et sur le poids des exploitations minières dans les
économies anciennes notamment pour ce qui touche à la circulation du
plomb. Ainsi, deux grands moments dans cette chaîne de production
doivent être mieux appréhendés : la phase de grillage de la galène et
la réduction en plomb. Pour répondre à ces objectifs, la
microspectroscopie Raman apporte une vision complémentaire de
l’approche macroscopique sur la transformation de la galène
argentifère, en particulier pour identifier les différentes espèces
chimiques du plomb (oxydes, sulfates, oxysulfates) formées au cours de
ces opérations. Lors de l’approche expérimentale choisie, la
modification de ce minéral se produit selon les étapes suivantes : (1)
apparition du soufre élémentaire et des sulfates dès les cinq
premières minutes de grillage ; (2) diminution des sulfates au profit
de l’apparition d’oxydes de plomb (PbO2, Pb3O4, puis signature de la
transformation de Pb3O4 en
PbO), à partir des résultats obtenus sur l’échantillon traité pendant
dix minutes ; (3) poursuite de la diminution des sulfates avec
apparition des carbonates de plomb, comme le laisse entrevoir la
caractérisation de l’échantillon après trente-cinq minutes de
transformation.
Analytics in Public Policy Related to Service Sector
Authors: Ebrahimi Maryam
Published: February 2017

Big Data is transforming industries such as healthcare, financial services and banking, insurance, pharmacy, and telecommunication. Big Data concerns datasets that are not only big, but also high in variety and velocity, which makes them difficult to manage applying traditional tools and techniques. Big Data causes multitude benefits and advantages for industries such as marketing and selling, fraud detection, competitive advantage, risk reduction, and finally decision making and policy making. Due to the rapid growth of such data, methodologies and conceptual architectures need to be studied and provided in order to handle and extract value and knowledge from these data. The purpose of this chapter is studying Big Data benefits, characteristics, methodologies, and conceptual architectures in five different industries. Finally, according to the studies, a comprehensive methodology and architecture are proposed which might be applicable in service sector and one of the useful outcomes can be public policies.
Bug Handling in Service Sector Software
Authors: Goyal Anjali , Sardana Neetu
Published: February 2017

The technology enabled service industry is emerging as the most dynamic sectors in world's economy. Various service sector industries such as financial services, banking solutions, telecommunication, investment management, etc. completely rely on using large scale software for their smooth operations. Any malwares or bugs in these software is an issue of big concern and can have serious financial consequences. This chapter addresses the problem of bug handling in service sector software. Predictive analysis is a helpful technique for keeping software systems error free. Existing research in bug handling focus on various predictive analysis techniques such as data mining, machine learning, information retrieval, optimisation, etc. for bug resolving. This chapter provides a detailed analysis of bug handling in large service sector software. The main emphasis of this chapter is to discuss research involved in applying predictive analysis for bug handling. The chapter also presents some possible future research directions in bug resolving using mathematical optimisation techniques.
Leveraging Enterprise Resource Planning Systems to Digitize Business Functions
Authors: Nair Jessy , Reddy D. Bhanu Sree
Published: February 2017

The successful implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a challenge to many organizations. Though an intervention, ERP brings in large scale tangible and intangible benefits to an organization. It poses significant intervention on firm level endogenous dimensions; internal stakeholders, internal organization, business processes and technology. Though literature recognizes that ERP intervention brings about technological change during ERP implementation, hardly any article has conceptualized these interventions in evaluating its performance. Drawing on the Socio Technical system perspective the objective of this article is to conceptualize the ERP intervention on the endogenous dimensions of the organization and develop a comprehensive conceptual model to assess the success or failure of ERP system implementation. The conceptual model, Process-Variance and Adapted Socio-Technical (PVAST), proposed in this article will enable decision makers and practitioners to measure ERP project performance at every stage of its life cycle in a coherent method and adopt corrective measures.
Contemporary Issues in Enterprise Information Systems
Authors: Saygili Ebru E. , Saygili Arikan Tarik
Published: February 2017

The widespread usage of enterprise information systems (EIS) by various companies operating in different countries has led to digitalization of inter and intra-organizational business functions like customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM). This study considers current issues in EIS implementations in the context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in different countries, industries and companies. Due to the increasing demands and varying needs of different parties, ERP implementations are getting more complex, which means considering a greater number and variety of critical success factors (CSFs). This study therefore reviews the current literature related to CSFs and their classifications before introducing a new conceptual model of 40 CSFs for successful EIS implementations.