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Tribute to Raymond Buriel (1948-2017): A Passionate Advocate for Chicana/o Studies and a Pioneer of Latinx Psychology
Authors: Perez William
Published: October 2017

On June 21, 2017, the fields of Latinx Psychology, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, and education lost a trailblazing researcher, teacher, and mentor. Dr. Raymond Buriel made significant contributions to the study of acculturation and adjustment of Mexican immigrant families, with a special emphasis on the characteristics of immigrant students that are conducive to academic success. His seminal and widely cited publications on the psychological development of children who serve as language and cultural brokers for their families were among the first to illustrate the myriad of developmental assets of immigrant students. Buriel’s reputation as a mentor and advocate for countless undergraduate students, graduate students, and early career scholars was legendary. Affectionately referred to as “Papa Buri” by his Latinx undergraduate students, his legacy will continue to be felt in psychology and education. Many of his students now hold academic, research, policy, and administrative positions in major institutions and are leaders in their fields.
Making the invisible visible: Masculinities and men’s illicit recreational drug use
Authors: Darcy Clay
Published: October 2017

This paper highlights a significant gender disparity within Ireland’s illicit drug landscape, which is predominantly composed of men. Irish men’s historical gender invisibility contributed to their predominance as drug users being overlooked. Thus, this paper focuses a masculinities lens on Irish men’s recreational use of illicit drugs, making their drug taking visible as a gendered activity. The study utilised a qualitative methodology, with masculinities theory forming the primary theoretical and analytical lens. Nine focus groups were conducted with Irish men exploring their views on illicit drugs. Twenty in-depth interviews were completed with men who identified as illicit recreational drug users, exploring their drug-taking histories and experiences. Findings demonstrate how the use of illicit drugs can symbolically communicate messages about the drug taker. The study reveals masculinities are an interpretative lens employed by men when trying to understand their own or other men’s drug taking. It is argued that men’s drug taking and masculinities intersect. In homosocial contexts, men’s recreational use of illicit drugs can contribute to them demonstrating masculinities to other drug-taking men; however, outside of these contexts, the same behaviours can be viewed by non-drug takers as emasculating.
What Makes Police Officers Act? Police Response to Instances of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Peirone Amy , Barrett Betty Jo , Cheung Chi Ho , Habibov Nazim
Published: October 2017

Using data from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS Cycle 23: Victimization main file), this study assessed the relationship between individual and neighborhood-level factors and police response to spousal violence in Canada. A total of 890 participants in the GSS reported experiences of spousal violence within the previous 5 years, with approximately 22% of these victims reporting direct contact with the police because of the violence. Among this subsample of victims who had police contact, we evaluated the extent to which individual-level factors (sociodemographic and violence characteristics) and neighborhood-level factors (perceptions of social disorder and the presence of police facilities in one’s community) were related to distinct types of police response to reported spousal violence. Regression analyses suggest variations in police response based on sociodemographic, violence, and neighborhood characteristics; however, overall satisfaction with police actions taken were not found to be significantly different among victims based on these characteristics. Implications are relevant for policing practice as results suggest that different victims may have different safety needs and abilities to communicate these needs to the police.
Essential Training, Resources, and Skills of First-Year and Junior Pharmacy Practice Faculty Needed in the Development of an Individual Research Program
Authors: Zimmermann Anthony E. , Thomas Michael C.
Published: October 2017

Objective:

To describe types of current training/support received and elicit opinions on the level of importance of specific skills and resources needed to build confidence in conducting research for early-career pharmacy practice faculty.

Methods:

A survey instrument regarding available resources, levels of importance of resources, and skills needed to improve research confidence was sent to all new early-career practice faculty members with 3 or less years of experience in academia at 129 US colleges and schools of pharmacy.

Results:

Few respondents indicated a formal research training existed at their institution. Overall, a majority of respondents identified at least 14 specific developmental areas as moderately to very important in building confidence. Over 75% of respondents rated 15 basic skills as moderately to very important in successfully starting an individual research program.

Conclusion:

Although different types of research training programs are available, confidence in conducting research in both informal and formal ones is low. Both groups of respondents identified similar important developmental research areas that would increase their confidence and skills in achieving their early research goals.
Clinical Characterization of Canine Acanthomatous Ameloblastoma (CAA) in 263 dogs and the Influence of Postsurgical Histopathological Margin on Local Recurrence
Authors: Goldschmidt Stephanie L. , Bell Cindy M. , Hetzel Scott , Soukup Jason
Published: October 2017

Canine acanthomatous ameloblastoma (CAA) has been reported to be the most common odontogenic tumor in dogs. This retrospective study evaluated 263 dogs with histopathologically confirmed CAA. Within this data set, CAA presents most commonly in the rostral mandible in adult large breed dogs, with golden retriever dogs being overrepresented. Patients with appropriate follow-up after curative intent surgery were evaluated to assess the effect of histopathological margin on local tumor recurrence. No local recurrence was noted in any patient. This study raises questions about what the recommended surgical margin should be for treatment of CAA. It also serves as a stimulus for discussion as to whether further treatment for CAA is required when inadequate surgical margins are obtained, or if medical surveillance would be an appropriate management recommendation. Prospective studies are necessary to answer these questions.
A Case of Congenital Supernumerary Teeth in an Ovine Dental Pad
Authors: Corbera Juan Alberto , Morales Immaculada , Martin Sergio , Arencibia Alberto , Gutierrez Carlos
Published: October 2017

A rare case of congenital supernumerary teeth, also known as hyperdontia, observed in a healthy 8-month-old female ewe is presented. The congenital defect consisted of the presence of 2 incisor teeth embedded in the lateral areas of the dental pad. The anomaly was found during a routine physical examination and no other congenital abnormalities were found in the patient. No prior congenital abnormalities had been seen in the herd and the study of possible associated teratogenic factors was inconclusive. To the authors’ knowledge, this ovine odontogenic abnormality has not been described in the literature and appears to be an extraordinarily rare condition.
LatinX and the neurologization of self
Authors: Viego Antonio
Published: October 2017

This paper explores the question of “LatinX” through debates in affective and critical neuroscience regarding the “neurologization of self” that many theorists claim we are experiencing today. This exploration takes Oliver Sacks’ case study “The Autist’s Artist” as its centerpiece and traces how the figure of “José” is narrativized as an autistic subject. The paper asks how we might understand “José” as a “LatinX” subject.
Latinx: ¡Estamos aquí!, or being “Latinx” at UNC-Chapel Hill
Authors: DeGuzmán María
Published: October 2017

This essay theorizes the specific use of the term “Latinx” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during 2016–2017, which emanated in the context of the Tar Heel State’s election year politics and the transition from the Obama administration to the Trump one. “Latinx” gained currency at the University of North Carolina in the wake of House Bill 2: The Public Facilities, Privacy, and Security Act, or as it came to be commonly referenced, “HB2.” The bill enforces an oppressive binary sex-and-gender system as well as the potential exploitation of and discrimination against employees. HB2, signed into law, takes aim at transgender and transsexual people and bars employees from filing in state courts against their employers and limits them to bringing their grievance cases to a federal court, a far more expensive and cumbersome process. Latinx was adopted at the University of North Carolina especially but not exclusively by students to be gender-inclusive in the wake of HB2 and, furthermore, to be coalitional. A general consensus exists that discrimination runs along multiple vectors at once, not just gender but also ethno-racial and class vectors where “class” is understood to encompass a variety of factors, including citizenship status.
X marks the spot
Authors: Rodríguez Richard T
Published: October 2017

This essay critically assesses the shift from Latina/o to Latinx to articulate new formations of language, history, and cultural politics. Taking cue from Suzanne Oboler’s foundational 1995 book Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of (Re)Presentation in the United States, it further asks what’s at stake in adopting new labels and discarding those preceding them, particularly for attending to the lives and histories of individuals incessantly impacted by matters related to gender and sexuality. While recognizing the important representational work the X does, the essay also troubles an easy embrace of it by asking what the X crosses out or eliminates from consideration within contemporary identity politics.
An Internet of Things based framework to enhance just-in-time manufacturing
Authors: Xu Yuchun , Chen Mu
Published: October 2017

Just-in-time manufacturing is a main manufacturing strategy used to enhance manufacturers’ competitiveness through inventory and lead time reduction. Implementing just-in-time manufacturing has a number of challenges, for example, effective, frequent and real-time information sharing and communication between different functional departments, responsive action for adjusting the production plan against the continually changing manufacturing situation. Internet of Things technology has the potential to be used for capturing desired data and information from production environment in real time, and the collected data and information can be used for adjusting production schedules corresponding to the changing production environment. This article presents an Internet of Things based framework to support responsive production planning and scheduling in just-in-time manufacturing. The challenges of implementing just-in-time manufacturing are identified first and then an Internet of Things based solution is proposed to address these challenges. A framework to realise the proposed Internet of Things solution is developed and its implementation plan is suggested based on a case study on automotive harness parts manufacturing. This research contributes knowledge to the field of just-in-time manufacturing by incorporating the Internet-of-Things technology to improve the connectivity of production chains and responsive production scheduling capability.
Quantitative wear particle analysis for osteoarthritis assessment
Authors: Guo Meizhai , Lord Megan S , Peng Zhongxiao
Published: October 2017

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide. The aims of this study were (1) to quantitatively characterise the boundary and surface features of wear particles present in the synovial fluid of patients, (2) to select key numerical parameters that describe distinctive particle features and enable osteoarthritis assessment and (3) to develop a model to assess osteoarthritis conditions using comprehensive wear debris information. Discriminant analysis was used to statistically group particles based on differences in their numerical parameters. The analysis methods agreed with the clinical osteoarthritis grades in 63%, 50% and 61% of particles for no osteoarthritis, mild osteoarthritis and severe osteoarthritis, respectively. This study has revealed particle features specific to different osteoarthritis grades and provided further understanding of the cartilage degradation process through wear particle analysis – the technique that has the potential to be developed as an objective and minimally invasive method for osteoarthritis diagnosis.
Toward high-intensity focused ultrasound lesion quantification using compressive sensing theory
Authors: Ghasemifard Hadi , Behnam Hamid , Tavakkoli Jahan
Published: October 2017

Compressive sensing theory has in recent years been increasingly used in various pattern recognition applications. Compressive sensing theory makes it possible, under certain assumptions, to recover a signal or an image sampled below the Nyquist sampling limit. In this work, a new application of compressive sensing based on the threshold algorithm, in the area of controlling and monitoring of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy, was investigated. In this work, a new method of high-intensity focused ultrasound lesion detection is presented based on a modified compressive sensing method in combination with the threshold algorithm and the wavelet transforms. In this study, analysis of the suggested method is performed using two sets of data: simulated and experimental ultrasound radio frequency data. The results of processing the data show that the proposed algorithm results in enhancement of the high-intensity focused ultrasound lesion contrast in comparison with the ultrasound B-mode and standard compressive sensing imaging methods. The results of the study show that the modified compressive sensing method could effectively detect thermal lesions in vitro. Comparing the estimated size of the thermal lesion (8.3 mm × 8.4 mm) using the proposed algorithm with the actual size of that from physical examination (10.1 mm × 9 mm) shows that we could detect high-intensity focused ultrasound thermal lesions with the difference of 0.8 mm × 0.5 mm.
Disrupting being on an industrial scale: Towards a theorization of Māori ways-of-being
Authors: King Pita , Hodgetts Darrin , Rua Mohi , Morgan Mandy
Published: October 2017

The discipline of psychology grew out of European philosophy into a unique discipline that retained reductionist assumptions regarding knowledge production and ways-of-being. Born out of dissatisfaction with the dominance and ineffectiveness of Anglo-European/American assumptions in psychology, and how the discipline obscured culturally unique ways-of-being and producing knowledge, Indigenous scholars are working to decolonize psychology. This article contributes to this Indigenous project by exploring the ways in which dominant reductionist philosophies in psychology today theorize away Indigenous peoples’ understanding of being. Drawing on the continental and existential philosophical tradition, and Māori (Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) knowledge of being, we provide a critique of how the self has been recast in psychology through a reductionist perspective. We set dominant theorizing and knowledge production regarding the self in psychology against the backdrop of processes of colonization, industrialization, urbanization, and the need for the development of Indigenous psychologies to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples.
Marginal structural models to estimate the effects of time-varying treatments on clustered outcomes in the presence of interference
Authors: He Jiwei , Stephens-Shields Alisa , Joffe Marshall
Published: October 2017

Marginal structural models are a class of causal models useful for characterizing the effect of treatment in the presence of time-varying confounding. They are more widely used than structural nested models, partly because these models are easier to understand and to implement. We extend marginal structural models to situations with clustered observations with unit- and cluster-level treatment and introduce an appropriate inferential method. We consider how to formulate models with cluster-level and unit-level treatments. For unit-level treatments, we consider cases with and without interference. We also consider the use of unit-specific inverse probability weights and certain working correlation structures to improve the efficiency of estimators in some situations. We apply our method to different scenarios including 2 or 3 units per cluster and a mixture of larger clusters. Simulation examples and data from the treatment arm of a glaucoma clinical trial were used to illustrate our method.
Improving Maternal Health
Authors: Banik Bijoy Krishna
Published: October 2017

A number of South Asian countries (such as Nepal and Sri Lanka) with modest economic growth and less amount of investment in human development are able to reduce high maternal mortality rate (MMR) quickly than other countries, including Bangladesh. Comparing success experience of Nepal and Sri Lanka with that of Bangladesh thus emerges as the critical requirement of the hour. The main objective of the article based on secondary sources was therefore to explore the factors that worked behind the relative success in Nepal and Sri Lanka and to compare these factors in the context of Bangladesh. As found, long-term policies, better availability of and accessibility to maternal health care services, strong political will and monitoring system are the contributing factors to the success. It concludes that Bangladesh is able to achieve the sustainable development goal for health if bio-social approach—placing importance to not only medical advancement but also social development—to improve maternal health is followed.
Shared Authentic Leadership in Research Teams: Testing a Multiple Mediation Model
Authors: Guenter Hannes , Gardner William L. , Davis McCauley Kelly , Randolph-Seng Brandon , Prabhu Veena P.
Published: October 2017

Research teams face complex leadership and coordination challenges. We propose shared authentic leadership (SAL) as a timely approach to addressing these challenges. Drawing from authentic and functional leadership theories, we posit a multiple mediation model that suggests three mechanisms whereby SAL influences team effectiveness: shared mental models (SMM), team trust, and team coordination. To test our hypotheses, we collected survey data on leadership and teamwork within 142 research teams that recently published an article in a peer-reviewed management journal. The results indicate team coordination represents the primary mediating mechanism accounting for the relationship between SAL and research team effectiveness. While teams with high trust and SMM felt more successful and were more satisfied, they were less successful in publishing in high-impact journals. We also found the four SAL dimensions (i.e., self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing, and internalized moral perspective) to associate differently with team effectiveness.
Emergence of eye–hand coordination as a creative process in an artificial developmental agent
Authors: Aguilar Wendy , Pérez y Pérez Rafael
Published: October 2017

Based on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and an extension of the Engagement-Reflection model of creativity, the Developmental Engagement-Reflection (Dev E-R) model characterizes the early cognitive development of an agent as a creative activity. In its first version, Dev E-R uses an agent that can see and move its head; through interactions with its environment, it is able to develop elaborated behaviors consistent with Piaget’s ideas. This work describes an advancement of our model. We give our agent a hand (tactile sensor) so it can detect the presence and features of an object in its environment; we also study the necessary mechanisms to coordinate its vision with the sense of touch. We report the behavior of the agent when it is granted the capacity of touching without seeing (i.e. the agent was “blind”) and when both skills, touch and sight, come together. For such purpose, we place an agent in a virtual environment and let it perform in different contexts. We analyze how new knowledge structures results from prior experiences and interactions with the environment. The outcomes from the experiments reveal that it learns new skills associated with eye–hand coordination. We observe that the arising developmental behavior resembles some of the features reported by Jean Piaget.
Rate and Incidence of Adverse Reactions Associated With Ceftaroline Exposure: Importance of Cutaneous Manifestations
Authors: Jansen Jeffrey W. , Moenster Ryan P.
Published: October 2017

Background: Ceftaroline is a broad-spectrum, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-active β-lactam approved for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSIs) and community-acquired pneumonia. Because of its favorable spectrum and pharmacokinetics, ceftaroline is frequently utilized for infections such as osteomyelitis and endocarditis. Ceftaroline has been associated with neutropenia, but evaluation of other adverse events remains limited. Objective: To describe the rates and types of ceftaroline-associated adverse events and determine if patients’ baseline allergies affect the rates of an adverse event. Methods: A single-center, retrospective, observational analysis was conducted of all patients who received ceftaroline between November 4, 2011, and March 28, 2017, at the VA Saint Louis Health Care System. The Naranjo algorithm was utilized as a standardized method to evaluate likelihood that the adverse events were caused by ceftaroline therapy. Ceftaroline dose, duration, indication, and baseline allergy information were collected for all patients. Results: There were 75 patients who received 78 courses of ceftaroline identified for inclusion. The most common indications were osteomyelitis (51.3%) and ABSSSI (16.7%). Overall, 13/75 (17.3%) patients developed an adverse event, and 10/75 (13.3%) required discontinuation of ceftaroline. Rash was the most common adverse reaction and occurred in 7/75 (9.3%) patients, followed by neutropenia in 3/75 (4.0%) patients. There were no differences in baseline allergy characteristics between patients who experienced an adverse reaction to ceftaroline and those who did not. Conclusions: When compared with clinical trials, ceftaroline use appears to be associated with an increased rate of overall adverse events, which is driven by cutaneous reactions.
Comparison of Oral and Intravenous Tranexamic Acid for Prevention of Perioperative Blood Loss in Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Gortemoller Mary Alice , Allen Bryan , Forsyth Rochelle , Theiss Kimberly , Cunningham Kristal , Tucker Calvin
Published: October 2017

Background: Tranexamic acid (TA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that prevents perioperative blood loss in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This benefit has been established with the intravenous (IV) dosage form, but there is limited evidence evaluating oral TA in this setting. Objective: To compare the effect of oral versus IV TA on perioperative blood loss in those undergoing TKA or THA. Methods: In this single-centered retrospective chart review, participants at least 18 years of age who received IV or oral TA from a single surgeon who performed their THA or TKA were included. The primary outcome evaluated hemoglobin (Hgb) reduction. Power analysis determined that 165 participants were required in each group to achieve 80% power, with a noninferiority margin of 0.3 mg/dL. Results: Both study groups included 165 participants. Oral TA was noninferior to IV TA (Hgb difference = −0.12 g/dL [95% CI = −0.28 to 0.05; P = 0.0250]). A subgroup analysis of THA and TKA revealed that oral TA was noninferior to IV TA in THA (Hgb difference = 0.24 g/dL [95% CI = −0.17 to 0.5]), but oral TA failed to meet the noninferiority margin in the TKA subgroup (Hgb difference = −0.20 [95% CI = −0.38 to −0.02]). Conclusion: This study provides evidence that oral TA is a clinically effective and cost-efficient alternative to IV TA in the setting of THA and TKA.
Effects of Integrated Play Therapy on Relationship Satisfaction and Intimacy Within Couples Counseling
Authors: Kennedy Siyuan Chen , Gordon Kenisha
Published: October 2017

The importance of play and playfulness has been recognized from Greek philosophy to contemporary psychology, while play has been primarily limited to the population of children in the use of mental health therapy. Play in adult couples counseling has been recently brought to the attention of mental health clinicians, while no clinical studies have yet been done. This study explored the effects of integrated play therapy on relationship satisfaction and intimacy in couples counseling through a clinical case study.
Appropriateness of Dabigatran and Rivaroxaban Prescribing in Qatar: A 5-Year Experience
Authors: Elewa Hazem , El-Makaty Honain , Ali Zainab
Published: October 2017

Introduction:

Over the past few years, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been gradually replacing warfarin. Inappropriate prescribing of DOACs in real-life practice settings can affect their perceived safety and efficacy, especially with the lack of a surrogate marker for guidance.

Objectives:

To describe the appropriateness of DOACs prescribing, compare dabigatran to rivaroxaban in terms of inappropriate prescribing, and determine other factors associated with inappropriate DOACs use.

Methods:

In this cross-sectional retrospective study, 5-year DOAC prescriptions data were extracted. Appropriateness was evaluated based on approved dosing and indications in Canada and the United States. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using SPSS.

Results:

From 2011 to 2015, there were 1049 DOACs prescriptions, among which 572 (54.5%) were for dabigatran and 477(45.5%) were for rivaroxaban. The DOACs were prescribed for inappropriate indication in 35 (3.3%) patients, while inappropriate dosing was found in 352 (33.6%) prescriptions. There were significantly more inappropriate dabigatran prescriptions compared to rivaroxaban both in terms of indication (4.7% vs 1.7%, P = .004) and dosing (50.9% vs 12.8%, P < .001). Logistic regression analysis confirmed that dabigatran prescribing was the only factor associated with inappropriate indications (odds ratio [OR] = 2.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3-6.5). Factors associated with inappropriate dosing included dabigatran prescriptions (OR = 7.6, 95% CI: 5.5-10.5) and poor renal function (OR = 14.6, 95% CI: 3.6-58.4).

Conclusion:

Direct oral anticoagulants have been gradually replacing warfarin in Qatar; however, they are not always prescribed appropriately especially in patients on dabigatran and those with renal impairment. Educating health-care practitioners is necessary. Future studies comparing the clinical safety and effectiveness of the DOACs especially when used at an inappropriate dose are also warranted.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake’s Association With Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Factors Among Homeless Blacks and Whites
Authors: Rogers Charles R. , Robinson Cendrine D. , Arroyo Cassandra , Obidike Ogechi Jessica , Sewali Barrett , Okuyemi Kolawole S.
Published: October 2017

The homeless represent an extremely disadvantaged population that fare worse than minority groups in access to preventive services and health, and minority groups fare worse than Whites. Early detection screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) saves lives, but empirical data about CRC screening practices among homeless Blacks and Whites are limited. Psychosocial risk factors may serve as a barrier to CRC screening completion among homeless Black individuals. A secondary data analysis of a randomized clinical trial for smoking cessation among homeless smokers was conducted to determine whether psychosocial factors and sociodemographic factors were more highly associated with CRC screening uptake among homeless Blacks than among their White counterparts. Study participants ( N = 124) were surveyed on their CRC screening status, sociodemographic variables, and psychosocial correlate measures including anxiety, depression, hopelessness, depression severity, and perceived stress. Associations between these factors were examined with logistic regression. White participants who were currently disabled/unable to work were 6.2 times more likely to ever receive CRC screening than those who were employed. Black participants with public health insurance coverage were 90% less likely to ever obtain CRC screening than participants without health insurance. Black and White participants had similar levels of anxiety symptoms, depression, and hopelessness, yet depression was the only psychosocial variable negatively associated with CRC screening status. Black and White participants with symptoms of depression were 58% less likely to complete screening than those without depression. Mental health risk and sociodemographic factors may serve as barriers to CRC screening among homeless Blacks and Whites.
Use of telehealth in the management of non-critical emergencies in rural or remote emergency departments: A systematic review
Authors: du Toit Marie , Malau-Aduli Bunmi , Vangaveti Venkat , Sabesan Sabe , Ray Robin A
Published: October 2017

Background

Telehealth has been used extensively in emergency departments to improve healthcare provision. However, its impact on the management of non-critical emergency presentations within rural and remote emergency department settings has not been adequately explored. The objective of this systematic review is to identify how telehealth has been used to assist in the management of non-critical presentations in rural and remote emergency departments and the outcomes.

Methods

Articles were identified through database searches of CINAHL, Cochrane, MEDLINE (OVID), Informit and SCOPUS, as well as the screening of relevant article reference and citation lists. To determine how telehealth can assist in the management of non-critical emergencies, information was extracted relating to telehealth programme model, the scope of service and participating health professionals. The outcomes of telehealth programmes were determined by analysing the uptake and usage of telehealth, the impact on altering a diagnosis or management plan as well as patient disposition including patient transfer, discharge, local hospital admission and rates of discharge against medical advice.

Results

Of the 2532 identified records, 15 were found to match the eligibility criteria and were included in the review. Uptake and usage increased for telehealth programmes predominantly utilised by nursing staff with limited local medical support. Teleconsultation conservatively altered patient diagnosis or management in 18–66% of consultations. Although teleconsultation was associated with increased patient transfer rates, unnecessary transfers were reduced. Simultaneously, an increase in local hospital admission was noted and fewer patients were discharged home. Discharge against medical advice rates were low at 0.9–1.1%.

Conclusion

The most widely implemented hub-and-spoke telehealth model could be incorporated into existing referral frameworks. Telehealth programmes may assist in reducing unnecessary patient transfer and secondary overtriage, while increasing the capacity of emergency department staff to diagnose and manage patients locally, which may translate into increased local hospital admission and reduced discharge rates following teleconsultation.
Depressive symptoms, perceived stress, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations: Predict fitness among adolescents with obesity
Authors: Tulloch Heather , Heenan Adam , Sweet Shane , Goldfield Gary S , Kenny Glen P , Alberga Angela S , Sigal Ronald J
Published: October 2017

The objective of the present study was to test if outcome expectancy mediated the relationship between fitness and self-efficacy, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms.Adolescents with obesity ( n = 228) completed measures of perceived stress and depressive symptoms at baseline, self-efficacy and outcome expectancy at baseline and 3 months, and fitness at baseline and 6 months. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Results showed that self-efficacy was positively associated with fitness via outcome expectancies. For females, fewer depressive symptoms were linked to fitness via self-efficacy and outcome expectancies. Exercise interventions that enhance exercise self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and reduce depressive symptoms may increase fitness.
Place and time in the Criminology of Place
Authors: Bannister Jon , O’Sullivan Anthony , Bates Ellie
Published: October 2017

This article evaluates developments in the ecological analysis of crime, which have found their most recent expression in a Criminology of Place. We argue that theoretical and methodological deficiencies are evident in the Criminology of Place and associated literatures with respect to their underlying treatment of place, time and causation. Big Data holds promise for helping address these shortfalls, but dangers also. The successful advance of the Criminology of Place requires elevating the why question to equal status with those of where and what in the analysis of crime. Ultimately, the paper positions the progress towards and prospects for a multi-scalar and time sensitive theoretical and empirical model of the Criminology of Place.
Telling migrant stories in collaborative photography research: Photographic practices and the mediation of migrant voices
Authors: Cabañes Jason Vincent A
Published: October 2017

This article examines how photographic practices in collaborative research might mediate migrant voices. It looks at the case of Shutter Stories, a collaborative photography project featuring images by Indian and Korean migrants in Manila, the Philippines. Drawing on life-story interviews and participant observation data, I identify two ways that the photographic selection practices in the project mediated the migrants’ photo essays. One is how subject selection practices led the participants to use both strategic and ‘medium’ essentialism in choosing their topics. The second is how technique selection practices enabled the participants to express vernacular creativity in crafting their images. I argue that the mediation instantiated by Shutter Stories fostered the participants’ ability to use photo essays to articulate voices that simultaneously conveyed their personal stories and engaged the viewing public. However, I also identify the limits of this mediation, indicating how future projects can better enable migrant voices.
Keeping rights at home: British conceptions of rights and compliance with the European Court of Human Rights
Authors: Jay Zoë
Published: October 2017

The United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been historically fraught. This article examines this relationship with a view to understanding how the United Kingdom’s conceptions of human rights protection, both domestically and in Europe, shape its willingness to comply with ECtHR judgements. The article argues that the U K maintains a sense of a distinctly ‘British’—as opposed to ‘European’—rights culture, based on principles such as parliamentary sovereignty and so-called common sense values. In doing so, the article explores an important analytical gap in terms of understanding the relationship between compliance behaviour and international law, as current theoretical explanations do not necessarily explain how cultural perceptions of rights and law translate into decisions to comply.
A return of the repressed: Symptom, fantasy and campaigns for justice for Guantánamo detainees post-2010
Authors: Zevnik Andreja
Published: October 2017

The article develops a theory of the symptom and argues for a symptomal analysis of contemporary political situations, in particularly those that resonate with exception. By focusing on Guantánamo detainees and habeas corpus petitions, the article analyses the language of law and public attitude towards the closure of the facility. The article shows how the legal situation of detainees post-2010 is determined not by the binary distinctions (identity/difference, normal/exceptional) but by attempts to eliminate these binaries and bring detainees under the normal rule of law. The attempts to bring the detainees under the normal rule of law are social fantasies, that is different narratives, which determine how we understand and engage with the law in Guantanamo. Fantasies are always fragmented at their core, and Al-Adahi case with the lack of public response to it reveals this fissure in the form of ‘the return of the repressed’. In doing so, the article shows how the overcoming of the exception is a fantasy of modern politics and points to the moment the repressed truth is revealed.
The inverse transformation of the explicit fourth-moment standardization for structural reliability
Authors: Zhang Xuan-Yi , Zhao Yan-Gang , Lu Zhao-Hui
Published: October 2017

In practical engineering, the probability distributions of some random variables are often unknown, and the only available information about these may be their statistical moments. To conduct structural reliability assessment without the exclusion of random variables with unknown probability distributions, an explicit fourth-moment standardization function has been proposed, and a single expression of its inverse transformation, that is, normal transformation, with limitations of inputting sets of the third and fourth moments (skewness and kurtosis) of random variables was derived. However, the clear definition of the complete expressions of the inverse transformation of fourth-moment standardization function under different combinations of skewness and kurtosis of random variables has not been provided yet. It is in this regard that four criteria are proposed to derive the complete inverse transformation of fourth-moment standardization function, and then the complete expressions of the inverse transformation are formulated. Through the numerical examples presented, the proposed complete expressions are found to be quite efficient for normal transformations and to be sufficiently accurate to include random variables with unknown probability distributions in structural reliability assessment.
Effects of shaft inclination angle on the capacity of smoke exhaust under tunnel fire
Authors: Yao Yongzheng , Zhang Shaogang , Shi Long , Cheng Xudong
Published: October 2017

Vertical shaft is one of the most important approaches for smoke control under tunnel fires. However, the boundary layer separation is a common phenomenon of hampering the smoke exhaust for vertical shafts. A tilted shaft has been proposed to solve problems and improve the capacity of smoke exhaust. In this study, the effect of shaft inclination angle (θ decreases from 90° to 14°) and shaft height on the capacity of smoke exhaust was addressed numerically. A series of scenarios were simulated in a full-scale road tunnel. Numerical results showed that the tilted shaft could eliminate the boundary layer separation. However, small shaft inclination angle could lead to a relatively higher resistance to the smoke and a smaller cross-section area of shaft, which could have an adverse effect on the capacity. Under these two factors, an optimal inclination angle exists in the shaft of around 76° in this study. Based on the smoke flow characteristics and exhaust effect, the inclination angle was roughly divided into three regions. The main influence factor of the inclination angle on the mass flow rate of smoke in each region was examined. For a comprehensive consideration, the low and slightly tilted shaft was applied to tunnel fires, which can improve the capacity of smoke exhaust obviously.
Making the most of Twitter: How technological affordances influence Swedish journalists’ self-branding
Authors: Hedman Ulrika
Published: October 2017

Journalists are among the most frequent users of Twitter, and Twitter has become an important platform for personal branding. Social media logic promotes not only a chase for virality and impressive metrics but also a mix of professional, personal, and private content, as well as sharing, interaction, and dialogue. Focusing one aspect of social media logic, the aim of this study is to analyze how the technological affordances of Twitter shape journalists’ self-branding in their account presentations and whether there are differences between groups of journalists. The study draws on a quantitative content analysis of Swedish journalists’ Twitter presentations and account information (N = 2543). The findings suggest that Swedish journalists on Twitter brand themselves as being more audience oriented, networking, and individualistic, projecting a mixed identity including both professional and personal features, and that social media logic influence journalists’ self-branding.
Photo-fake conditions of digital landscape representation
Authors: Lee Myeong-Jun , Pae Jeong-Hann
Published: October 2017

Digital landscape representation tends to be used mainly to provide illustrations of designed landscapes that have not been actualized, rather than to deploy operational design strategies during the design and reception process. The present study offers a critique of this direction of digital representation towards realism in current landscape design. To illustrate this pervasive trend, the authors have coined the term ‘photo-fake’: an image that imitates the actual existence of a designed and not-yet-actualized landscape. The study then discusses several photo-fake conditions (invisible frame and the viewer’s position, creating illusions, landscape as theatre and human figures as spectators, and digital aura), through which the visual materials developed in 2012 for the International Competition for the Master Plan of Yongsan Park, Korea, are scrutinized. Through this analysis, the authors contend that a photo-fake’s realism is not the actual realism of the physical world but rather depends on the established pictorial convention of fine arts and 18th-century picturesque aesthetics in landscape architecture.
A statistics and optimization-based approach for crack parameter identification in curved beams
Authors: Dey Palash , Talukdar Sudip
Published: October 2017

This article presents a study for detecting crack parameters (crack location and crack-depth ratio) in horizontally curved thin-walled channel section beams utilizing only dynamic information from a post-damage event based on combined statistical and optimization tools. A combined response surface methodology and genetic algorithm have been utilized in the present research work. Finite element computations based on design of experiment have been used in order to obtain the coefficients of a second-order polynomial model for the response surface function. Genetic algorithm is then used as a searching tool to determine the optimum parameters by minimizing an objective function which is formed as the root mean square of the errors between the computed responses from response surface functions and measured responses. Two cases of different subtended central angles are considered to illustrate the approach. Each case required 18 laboratory experiments to provide measured input to the proposed integrated approach. It was found that large variation can occur in the calculation of natural frequencies of thin-walled beams, when the effect of warping stiffness is neglected in mathematical model. This study reveals that the precision of the localization and quantification of cracks are dependent on subtended angle. The present method has great potential in crack detection as it does not require the response of an uncracked beam as baseline criteria.
On meeting students where they are: Teacher judgment and the use of data in higher education
Authors: Schouten Gina
Published: October 2017

It is treated as a truism that teaching well requires ‘meeting students where they are’. Data enable us to know better where that is. Data can improve instructional practice by informing predictions about which pedagogies will be most successful for which students, and it can improve advising practice by informing predictions about which students are likely to thrive on which pathways moving forward. But moral hazards lurk, and these have been highlighted especially in response to the burgeoning use of new data mining technologies to produce ‘big data’. This article explores the ethics of data use in higher education. I consider the ethics of aggregate data as a tool for meeting students where they are, comparing it to an ongoing debate about the use of statistics in the legal context. The comparison generates two important insights: First, even the most viable moral concerns about using statistical information in the educational context are not deal-breakers: Those concerns should lead us to exercise careful judgment in the use of statistical information but do not justify eschewing that information altogether. Second, surprisingly, those viable moral concerns show big data to have a moral advantage over traditional little data, suggesting that some of the resistance to the use of big data in education is either unfounded or at least needs to be balanced against the moral advantages big data offer.
Black Lives and Police Tactics Matter
Authors: Kramer Rory , Remster Brianna , Charles Camille Z.
Published: October 2017

Using New York Police Department Data, three researchers set out to test claims about police interactions made by Black Lives Matter and its detractors.
Who Would Eat Such a Fish?
Authors: Clark Timothy
Published: October 2017

Examining the rhetorical claims to freshness, authenticity, and artistry in America’s elite sushi restaurants reveals commodity-driven ugliness alongside beautiful meals.
Where Punishment and Pregnancy Meet
Authors: Comfort Megan
Published: October 2017

Megan Comfort speaks with Carolyn Sufrin, author of Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars.
Girls Rock the Stage and Smash the Patriarchy
Authors: Crawshaw Trisha
Published: October 2017

Trisha L. Crawshaw on a rock camp helping eqip kids to resist gender norms, acknowledge privilege, and confront racism.
Muslim Punk in an Alt-Right Era
Authors: McDowell Amy
Published: October 2017

Amy McDowell on a subgenre of punk that isn’t fighting for the right to party or partying for the right to fight, but making music to fight the right (wing, that is).
Couple Clothes
Authors: Mniszak Caroline , Yodanis Carrie , Lauer Sean
Published: October 2017

Caroline Mniszak, Carrie Yodanis, and Sean Lauer on a Korean coordinating trend and a cross-cultural desire to express interdependence
Socializing Economy
Authors: Lounsbury Michael
Published: October 2017

Michael Lounsbury on Society and Economy: Framework and Principles.
A 200-Year Weight Debate
Authors: Czerniawski Amanda M.
Published: October 2017

Amanda M. Czerniawski charts two centuries of height and weight’s actuarial ideals.
Be a Good Neighbor! Mind (Y)Our Business
Authors: Walton Emily
Published: October 2017

Emily Walton on neighborhood norms and whose business is our business.
The Closet
Authors: Ghaziani Amin
Published: October 2017

Amin Ghaziani on measuring people who don’t want to be measured.