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Solid desiccant dehumidification-based air-conditioning system for agricultural storage application: Theory and experiments
Authors: Mahmood Muhammad H , Sultan Muhammad , Miyazaki Takahiko
Published: August 2019

This study experimentally investigates desiccant dehumidification and indirect evaporative cooling for agricultural products' storage. Thermodynamic advantages of the proposed system are highlighted and compared to vapor compression systems. Significance of proposed system is discussed in relation to agricultural storage application. Factors affecting the postharvest quality of products are discussed, and consequently, the psychrometric zones are established for optimum storage. Hydrophilic polymeric sorbent-based desiccant units are used for the experimental investigation. An open-cycle experimental apparatus is setup by which desiccant dehumidification and regeneration processes are analyzed at various conditions. Thereby, a novel correlation is developed by which desiccant dehumidification process can be simulated precisely. The correlation is successfully validated against the experimental data of various conditions. Desiccant air-conditioning cycle is analyzed for two cases (i.e. case-A: dry-bulb temperature = 31 ℃, humidity-ratio = 6 g/kg-DA; and case-B: dry-bulb temperature = 13 ℃, humidity-ratio = 6 g/kg-DA) to investigate the proposed system's applicability for agricultural storage. The results show that the thermal coefficient of performance is highly influenced by ambient air conditions and decreases with the increase in regeneration temperature. The thermal coefficient of performance for case-A is higher as compared to case-B, and for both cases, it increases with the increase in wet-bulb effectiveness of the evaporative cooling unit.
Resveratrol trimer enhances gene delivery to hematopoietic stem cells by reducing antiviral restriction at endosomes
Authors: Ozog Stosh , Timberlake Nina D. , Hermann Kip , Garijo Olivia , Haworth Kevin G. , Shi Guoli , Glinkerman Christopher M. , Schefter Lauren E. , D’Souza Saritha , Simpson Elizabeth , Sghia-Hughes Gabriella , Carillo Raymond R. , Boger Dale L. , Kiem Hans-Peter , Slukvin Igor , Ryu Byoung Y. , Sorrentino Brian P. , Adair Jennifer E. , Snyder Scott A. , Compton Alex A. , Torbett Bruce E.
Published: August 2019

Key Points

The cyclic resveratrol trimer caraphenol A safely enhances lentiviral vector gene delivery to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Caraphenol A decreases interferon-induced transmembrane protein-mediated restriction in an endosomal trafficking-dependent manner.
Freedom Over Seas: Eileen Chang, Ernest Hemingway, and the Translation of Truth in the Cold War
Authors: Bo L. Maria
Published: August 2019

This article examines Eileen Chang’s 1953 translation of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea into Chinese as Cold War propaganda for the United States Information Service (USIS). It argues that this translation, meant to show the truth of democracy through its high modernist form, directly influenced the writing and translating of The Rice-Sprout Song (1955), the novel Chang wrote next for the USIS to expose the truth of famine in Communist China. I show that Chang’s translation practices connect US and Chinese literary modernisms in a showdown of literary forms and their disparate claims to the truth. Chang navigates political ideologies by eschewing linguistic equivalence to favor equivocation instead, ultimately transforming Hemingway’s modernist form via her own. It thus adds to transpacific studies and Cold War historiography by revealing the intimate relationship between political ideology and literary form, and their cross-fertilization in the process of translation.
The Persianate Cosmology of Historical Inquiry in the Caucasus:ʿAbbās Qulī Āghā Bākīkhānūf’s Cosmological Cosmopolitanism
Authors: Gould Rebecca Ruth
Published: August 2019

This article engages with cosmopolitan conceptions of culture that flourished in the nineteenth century Caucasus with a view to clarifying the relevance of these legacies today. I focus in particular on the polymath writer ʿAbbās Qulī Āghā Bākīkhānūf (1794–1847). Bākīkhānūf’s historical work conceptualizes community outside the framework of the nation, while conjoining distinctive strands of epistemic and cultural cosmopolitanism. As I explore Bākīkhānūf’s historical writing, I consider how the Persianate literary tradition of which he partakes advance a cosmopolitan conception of community that contrasts with and occasionally contests the nationalist histories promulgated by modern European nations. As a scientific and literary project, Bākīkhānūf’s cosmological cosmopolitanism shows how epistemic openness advances cultural inclusivity, in part by recognizing the relationship between the literary imagination and scientific inquiry.
Hushed Ballads: Listening to the Printed Text in Multiconfessional Iberia
Authors: Kimmel Seth
Published: August 2019

Early modern editors of Iberian popular ballads, known in Spanish as romances, excluded the poems’ musical notation from their publications. They also catered to contemporary audiences’ tastes by focusing on poems that represented battles among Christian and Muslim nobles. These publications in this way confused the romance’s oral origins at the intersection of medieval Castilian and Arabic cultural practices, one the one hand, and the early modern reception and revival of the genre, on the other hand. This essay examines how and why debate about this complex history of the romance has long served as a test case for Iberian history as a whole. Putting early modern literary theorists and musicians into conversation with late modern scholars influenced by Milman Parry and Albert Lord, the broad argument that emerges from this particular account of the romance is that the printed record better captures oral culture than either Parry and Lord or their successors thought possible.
Making and breaking symmetry in development, growth and disease
Authors: Grimes Daniel T.
Published: August 2019

Consistent asymmetries between the left and right sides of animal bodies are common. For example, the internal organs of vertebrates are left-right (L-R) asymmetric in a stereotyped fashion. Other structures, such as the skeleton and muscles, are largely symmetric. This Review considers how symmetries and asymmetries form alongside each other within the embryo, and how they are then maintained during growth. I describe how asymmetric signals are generated in the embryo. Using the limbs and somites as major examples, I then address mechanisms for protecting symmetrically forming tissues from asymmetrically acting signals. These examples reveal that symmetry should not be considered as an inherent background state, but instead must be actively maintained throughout multiple phases of embryonic patterning and organismal growth.
Microtubule minus-end regulation at a glance
Authors: Akhmanova Anna , Steinmetz Michel O.
Published: August 2019

Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments essential for numerous aspects of cell physiology. They are polarized polymeric tubes with a fast growing plus end and a slow growing minus end. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we review the current knowledge on the dynamics and organization of microtubule minus ends. Several factors, including the γ-tubulin ring complex, CAMSAP/Patronin, ASPM/Asp, SPIRAL2 (in plants) and the KANSL complex recognize microtubule minus ends and regulate their nucleation, stability and interactions with partners, such as microtubule severing enzymes, microtubule depolymerases and protein scaffolds. Together with minus-end-directed motors, these microtubule minus-end targeting proteins (−TIPs) also control the formation of microtubule-organizing centers, such as centrosomes and spindle poles, and mediate microtubule attachment to cellular membrane structures, including the cell cortex, Golgi complex and the cell nucleus. Structural and functional studies are starting to reveal the molecular mechanisms by which dynamic −TIP networks control microtubule minus ends.
Parental stressor exposure simultaneously conveys both adaptive and maladaptive larval phenotypes through epigenetic inheritance in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Authors: Bautista Naim M. , Burggren Warren W.
Published: August 2019

Genomic modifications occur slowly across generations, whereas short-term epigenetic inheritance of adaptive phenotypes may be immediately beneficial to large numbers of individuals acting as a bridge for survival when adverse environments occur. Crude oil was used as an example of an environmental stressor. Adult zebrafish (P0) were dietarily-exposed for three weeks to no, low, medium or high concentrations of crude oil. The F1 offspring obtained from the P0 groups were then assessed for transgenerational epigenetic transfer of oil-induced phenotypes. The exposure did not alter body length, body and organ mass or condition factor in the P0. However, when the P0 were bred, the fecundity in both sexes decreased in proportion to the amount of oil fed. Then the F1 larvae from each P0 were exposed from hatch to 5dpf to oil in their ambient water. Remarkably, F1 larvae derived from oil-exposed parents, when reared in oiled water, showed a 30% enhanced survival compared to controls (P<0.001). Unexpectedly, from day 3 to 5 of exposure, the F1 larvae from oil-exposed parents showed poorer survival in clean water (up to 55 % decreased survival). Additionally, parental oil exposure induced bradycardia (presumably maladaptive) in F1 larvae in both clean and oiled water. We conclude that epigenetic transgenerational inheritance can lead to an immediate and simultaneous inheritance of both beneficial and maladaptive traits in a large proportion of the F1 larvae. Depending upon whether they are offset by the maladaptive traits, the adaptive responses may help fish populations survive when facing transient environmental stressors.
Plasmalemma Function Is Rapidly Restored in Mdx Muscle after Eccentric Contractions
Authors: BAUMANN CORY W. , WARREN GORDON L. , LOWE DAWN A.
Published: August 2019

Purpose

Muscle that lacks dystrophin, as in the mdx mouse, has a heightened sensitivity to eccentric (ECC) contraction-induced strength loss but an enhanced rate of recovery. However, the timeline and mechanisms underlying why mdx muscle recovers quicker have yet to be determined. We used an EMG approach to analyze plasmalemma electrophysiological function during and after ECC contraction-induced injury to test the hypothesis that loss of plasmalemmal excitability is a transient event in mdx muscle.

Methods

Mice were implanted with stimulating electrodes on the common peroneal nerve and EMG electrodes on the tibialis anterior muscle. Anterior crural muscles of anesthetized mice performed one or two bouts of 50 injurious ECC contractions, and recovery of maximal isometric torque and M-wave root mean square (RMS) were assessed after each bout.

Results

Maximal isometric torque and M-wave RMS were equally reduced 62% (P < 0.001) in mdx mice immediately after the initial ECC injury. For these mdx mice, M-wave RMS was still reduced at 2 d postinjury (P = 0.034) but was not different from preinjury values by 6 d (P = 0.106), whereas torque took up to 9 d to recover (P = 0.333). M-wave RMS did not change (P = 0.390) in wild-type mice in response to ECC injury, whereas torque decreased 35% (P < 0.001) and recovered by day 2 (P = 0.311). Results from the second bout of ECC contractions were similar to those observed during and after the initial injury.

Conclusion

Functional dystrophin is necessary for excitation to occur at the plasmalemma during ECC contractions but is not essential for the complete recovery of plasmalemma electrophysiological function or maximal isometric strength.
Using singscore to predict mutation status in acute myeloid leukemia from transcriptomic signatures
Authors: Bhuva Dharmesh D. , Foroutan Momeneh , Xie Yi , Lyu Ruqian , Cursons Joseph , Davis Melissa J.
Published: August 2019

Advances in RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) technologies that measure the transcriptome of biological samples have revolutionised our ability to understand transcriptional regulatory programs that underpin diseases such as cancer. We recently published singscore - a single sample, rank-based gene set scoring method which quantifies how concordant the transcriptional profile of individual samples are relative to specific gene sets of interest. Here we demonstrate the application of singscore to investigate transcriptional profiles associated with specific mutations or genetic lesions in acute myeloid leukemia. Using matched genomic and transcriptomic data available through the TCGA we show that scoring of appropriate signatures can distinguish samples with corresponding mutations, reflecting the ability of these mutations to drive aberrant transcriptional programs involved in leukemogenesis. We believe the singscore method is particularly useful for studying heterogeneity within a specific subsets of cancers, and as demonstrated, we show the ability of singscore to identify where alternative mutations appear to drive similar transcriptional programs.
Symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) in patients treated for depressive disorders
Authors: Skalski Michał , Przydacz Mikolaj , Sobański Jerzy , Cyranka Katarzyna , Klasa Katarzyna , Datka Wojciech , Golabek Tomasz , Chlosta Piotr , Dudek Dominika
Published: August 2019

Aim of the study

The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) and severity of depressive symptoms in patients treated for depression.

Subject or material and methods

102 patients (43 m, 59 f) aged 20–67 (M = 46.1±11,3) treated for depression were included. OAB symptoms were examined with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Overactive Bladder Module (ICIQ-OAB). OAB-related quality of life - with the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Overactive Bladder Quality of Life Module (ICIQ-OABqol). Depressive symptoms - with the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – Self Report (QIDS-SR).

Results

Symptoms of OAB were more severe in women than in men. In the entire group highest scores in IPSS of assessed OAB symptoms were observed in nocturia, followed by urinary frequency and lowest in urgency. Symptoms of OAB were more bothersome in women, than in men. Patients suffering from at least moderate depression assessed with QIDS-SR had significantly more pronounced symptoms of urinary frequency and urgency. A number of other significant correlations were observed.

Discussion

OAB symptoms are common among patients treated for depressive disorders. There is a correlation between severity of depressive symptoms and OAB. OAB is bothersome and affects the quality of life in patients treated for depression.

Conclusions

Comorbidity of OAB and depression has clinical significance and that should enhance interdisciplinary treatment approaches. Due to limitations of this study, further researches are essential to reveal more details of the correlation between OAB and depression.
Capacity Pooling in Hospitals: The Hidden Consequences of Off-Service Placement
Authors: Song Hummy , Tucker Anita L. , Graue Ryan , Moravick Sarah , Yang Julius J.
Published: August 2019

Hospital managers struggle with the day-to-day variability in patient admissions to different clinical services, each of which typically has a fixed allocation of hospital beds. In response, many hospitals engage in capacity pooling by assigning patients from a service whose designated beds are fully occupied to an available bed in a unit designated for a different service. This “off-service placement” occurs frequently, yet its impact on patient and operational measures has not been rigorously quantified. This is, in part, because of the challenge of properly accounting for the endogenous selection of off-service patients. We use an instrumental variable approach to quantify the causal effects of off-service placement of hospitalized medical/surgical patients, having accounted for the endogeneity issues. Using data from a large academic medical center with 19.6% of medical/surgical patients placed off service on average, we find that off-service placement is associated with a 22.8% increase in remaining hospital length of stay (LOS) and a 13.1% increase in the likelihood of hospital readmission within 30 days. We find no significant effect on in-hospital mortality or clinical trigger (rapid response) activation. We identify longer distances to the service’s home unit as a key mechanism that drives the effect on LOS. In contrast, a mismatch in nursing specialization does not seem to explain this effect. By quantifying the effects of off-service placement on patient and operational outcomes, we enable clinicians and hospital managers to make better-informed short-term decisions about off-service placement and longer-term decisions about capacity allocation.

This paper was accepted by Stefan Scholtes, healthcare management.
A AMPLIAÇÃO DA TEORIA DA CAUSA MADURA NOS MOLDES DO CPC/2015
Authors: Lemos Vinicius Silva
Published: August 2019

Um estudo acercada Apelação no CPC/2015 e a aplicabilidade do instituto da Teoria da Causa Madura, com a análise da nova sistemática desta forma de julgamento, novas diretrizes, amplificações e alterações. Há também uma inserção dessa possibilidade no Recurso Ordinário e no Agravo de Instrumento contra decisão parcial de mérito. Delinear os impactos doutrinários, reais e práticos dessa ampliação deste instituto, apresentando as inovações e perspectivas de êxito no tocante à Teoria da Causa Madura e sua importância em busca da celeridade processual.
ANÁLISE ECONÔMICA DA LITIGÂNCIA – PRESSUPOSTOS BÁSICOS E O CÓDIGO DE PROCESSO CIVIL DE 2015
Authors: Trigueiro Victor Guedes , Borges João Paulo Resende
Published: August 2019

Com o objetivo de tornar mais eficiente a litigância no Brasil, aproximando-o a níveis socialmente desejáveis, o Código de Processo Civil de 2015 previu ou aprimorou quatro importantes institutos processuais: conciliação e mediação; sistema de precedentes; multas e honorários sucumbenciais; e atribuição de efeitos vinculantes aos recursos extraordinários com repercussão geral sobrestados. Partindo da base teórica da Análise Econômica da Litigância e por meio de pesquisa aplicada, adotando-se o método hipotético-dedutivo, conclui-se que, ainda que os mencionados institutos não tenham resultado, de imediato, na melhoria dos índices de litigiosidade no país, eles se apresentam como mecanismos de desestímulo à litigância frívola, inclusive aos recursos meramente protelatórios, ao buscar soluções autocompositivas, minimizar o viés do otimismo e reduzir a assimetria de informações.
DISCURSO DE POSSE: A ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE LETRAS JURÍDICAS E A TRAJETÓRIA DA CADEIRA Nº 14: O PATRONO ODILON DE ANDRADE E O ANTECESSOR BRENNO DE ANDRADE
Authors: Mendes Aluisio Gonçalves de Castro
Published: August 2019

O presente texto é a versão escrita do discurso proferido por ocasião da posse do autor na Academia Brasileira de Letras Jurídicas (ABLJ). O trabalho encontra-se subdividido em quatro partes, sendo a primeira destinada a agradecimentos pessoais e institucionais; a segunda à enunciação de dados biográficos e bibliográficos do patrono e do antecessor da Cadeira nº 14 da ABLJ, Odilon de Andrade e Brenno de Andrade, respectivamente; em seguida, são lançadas algumas reflexões sobre os problemas e as perspectivas para o Direito Processual no mundo contemporâneo; e, por fim, as expectativas do autor em relação à Academia Brasileira de Letras Jurídicas.
DISCURSO: SAUDAÇÃO AO DR. ALUISIO MENDES, POR OCASIÃO DA CERIMÔNIA DE SUA POSSE NA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE LETRAS JURÍDICAS
Authors: Ferreira Sérgio De Andréa
Published: August 2019

SAUDAÇÃO AO DR. ALUISIO MENDES, POR OCASIÃO DA CERIMÔNIA DE SUA POSSE NA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE LETRAS JURÍDICAS
Revolutionizing the ‘Made in USA’ model for apparel manufacturers
Authors: Wyatt Nioka
Published: August 2019

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the United States (US) manufacturing sector will remain competitive and sustainable in the global supply chain. The ‘Made in USA’ model has gained momentum due to the increase in labour rates in China, shorter lead times, streamlining the supply chain process and reducing the carbon footprint for many brands. The central question that formulated this research was, ‘Can the Made in USA business model survive in an unprecedented and volatile market?’. The topic has stimulated discussions throughout the media and think tanks at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and additional innovative Universities were formed. In this paper, the researcher analysed the concept of on-shoring by instituting qualitative research methods while interviewing executives at small-medium size enterprises (SMEs) that are revolutionizing manufacturing in the United States. The findings of the interviews were constructed into a thematic narrative. The details surrounding the development of opportunities and challenges are discussed and applied to Porter’s Determinants of National Advantage Model.
American designers step up: Historical design inspiration from 1940 to 1945
Authors: Mower Jennifer M. , Pedersen Elaine L.
Published: August 2019

The Second World War gave American designers the push that they needed to stand on their own without the design leadership of Paris. At the beginning of the war some were not convinced that American designers would be successful. Industry leaders knew that the success of Parisian design was in part due to museums and heritage institutions as sources for design inspiration. In the early 1940s, several East Coast museums installed historic dress and textile exhibits to inspire American dress and textile designers. Our research demonstrates that American designers looked to the past for inspiration and we found how these historic designs were interpreted. Using Women’s Wear Daily, the New York Times and other periodicals from 1 January 1940 to 31 December 1945 we determined that the Victorian-style period was the most frequently referenced style period, followed by the Directoire- and Renaissance-style periods. We briefly examined fashion historian James Laver’s ‘Laver’s Law’ (the idea that tastes in historic styles, viewed from a contemporary perspective, change over time and the further away individuals are from a particular historic period the more positive the view of that period).
Reviews
Authors: Gordon Beverly , Brewster Maureen , Divita Lorynn , Hannel Susan , Lascity Myles Ethan , Lindholm Christina , Delgado Henry Navarro , Porter Matthew , Seidl Monika
Published: August 2019

House of Fashion: Haute Couture and the Modern Interior, Jess Berry (2018) London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 213 pp., black and white illustrations and colour plates, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-1-47428-340-3, p/bk, $31.95

The Fashion Show: History, Theory and Practice, Gill Stark (2018) 1st ed., London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 216 pp., ISBN 978-1-47256-848-9, p/bk, $27.96

Fashioning Horror: Dressing to Kill On Screen and in Literature, Julia Petrov and Gudrun D. Whitehead (eds) (2018) London: Bloomsbury Academic, 234 pp., ISBN 978-1-35003-618-5, h/bk, £85, $114

Fashion Cities Africa, Hannah Azieb Pool (ed.) (2016) Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 143 pp., ISBN 978-1-78320-611-7, p/bk, $28.50

Fashion Journalism: History, Theory and Practice, Sanda Miller and Peter McNeil (2018) New York: Bloomsbury, 172 pp., ISBN 978-1-47253-581-8, p/bk, $28.76; ISBN 978-1-47252-017-3, h/bk, $84.60

Colors in Fashion, Jonathan Faiers and Mary Westerman Bulgarella (eds) (2017) London: Bloomsbury, 227 pp., ISBN 978-1-35007-740-9, p/bk, $37.95

Fashioning Professionals: Identity and Representation at Work in the Creative Industries, Leah Armstrong and Felice MCDOWELL (EDS) (2018) London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi and Sydney: Bloomsbury, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-35000-186-2, h/bk, $88.00

Fashion History: A Global View, Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun (2018) London and New York: Bloomsbury, 195 pp., ISBN 978-1-47425-476-2, p/bk, $91.00

Fashioning the Victorians: A Critical Sourcebook, Rebecca N. Mitchell (ed.) (2018) London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi and Sydney: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 245 pp., ISBN 978-1-35002-339-0, h/bk; ISBN 978-1-35002-340-6, p/bk; ISBN 978-1-35002-338-3, ePub; ISBN 978-3-50023-413, e-book, $94.00
The role of participation in memorable tourism experience: a comparative case of cap go meh festival and linggarjati festival in Indonesia
Authors: Soehadi Agus W , Ardianto Eka
Published: August 2019

The study aimed to analyze the role of participation in creating memorable tourism experience in Cap Go Meh festival and Linggarjati festival to create loyal visitors. This study used a questionnaire of 42 questions on 5-point Likert-scale ranged from one to five range (1 = strongly disagree up to 5= strongly agree) to the festival visitors after the event. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and the structural model using regression analysis. It showed that the visitors have different motives to attend and take a part in the festival. The group socializationhas a positive effect on participation, which lead to immersion, then influences vivid memory and loyalty in Cap Go MehÂ  while novelty has a positive effect on participation in Lingarjati vestival, which lead to immersion, then influences vivid memory and loyalty. Practicaly, it implied that this study has the benefit for event manager to understand the visitors characteristics. Cap Go Meh festival can be higher in group socialization. Event manager should facilitate visitors to participate as a group on God Statue parade. In Linggarjati, the visitors gain the novelty of historical site and city history merge with the stage of angklung -traditional music instrument- colossal.
Breeding Latitude and Annual Cycle Timing in a Songbird
Authors: Reed Susan M. , Ketterson Ellen
Published: August 2019

In spring, songbirds undergo physiological changes such as migratory fattening and gonadal recrudescence in response to increasing day length. Past research suggests that the day length required to initiate physiological changes, known as the photoperiodic threshold, can vary by breeding latitude. In this study, we explored whether migrants breeding at higher latitudes require longer days in spring before physiological changes occur (i.e., whether breeding latitude of origin predicts photoperiodic threshold). We caught and housed male migrant and resident dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) in an indoor aviary. Photoperiod was increased incrementally from nine to sixteen hours over fourteen weeks. During each photocycle, morphological measurements of mass, subcutaneous body fat, and cloacal protuberance were measured as indicators of migratory and reproductive condition. Stable isotope signatures of hydrogen were used to estimate breeding latitude as an index of migratory distance. Our results show that migrants and residents differed in physiological changes, as migrants accumulated more subcutaneous fat, increased body mass, and displayed a significant delay in gonadal recrudescence relative to residents. Additionally, individuals breeding at higher latitudes deposited fat at a faster rate than individuals breeding at lower latitudes. These results supported our hypothesis that migratory strategy and breeding latitude may predict differences in photoperiodic threshold for both migratory and reproductive timing. Our findings contribute to the understanding of regulation of timing in annual cycles and improve predictions of how species might respond to changing environments.
The Impact of US Economic Policy Uncertainty Shock on GCC Stock Market Performance
Authors: Alqahtani Abdullah , Taillard Michael
Published: August 2019

This study examines the impact of the United States’ Economy Policy Uncertainty (US EPU) shocks on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ stock market returns which are heavily related through global oil markets. Using monthly data spanning from 31/01/2010 to 31/08/2018, we employ a Non-Structural Vector Autoregression (VAR) and Vector Granger Causality Tests (VGCT) in order to ascertain the magnitude of transmitted shocks and to primarily evaluate if US EPU affects stock market returns in any of the GCC countries. Our OLS and VAR results suggest that US EPU has little impact on the GCC markets with the exception of Bahrain. The Vector Granger Causality Test confirms that changes in US EPU influence returns on Qatar’s stock market. These results will help GCC nations to stabilize global energy markets and prevent economic ripples to policy shocks.
Establishment of the intelligent verification criteria for a routine urinalysis analyzer in a multi-center study
Authors: Wang Li , Guo Ye , Han Jiang , Jin Jing , Zheng Cuiling , Yang Junxia , Xu Jia , Wang Jiaxing , Wang Xiaowei , Hao Yingying , Wu Wei , Liu Guijian , Cui Wei
Published: August 2019

Background

Although laboratory information system (LIS) is widely used nowadays, the results of routine urinalysis still need 100% manual verification. We established intelligent verification criteria to perform the automated verification process and reduce manual labor.

Methods

A total of 4610 urine specimens were obtained from the patients of three hospitals in Beijing, China. Firstly, 895 specimens were measured to establish the reference intervals of formed-element parameters in UF5000. Secondly, 2803 specimens were analyzed for setting up the intelligent verification criteria (including the microscopic review rules and manual verification rules). Lastly, 912 specimens were used to verify the efficacy and accuracy of the intelligent verification criteria. Phase-contrast microscopes were used for the microscopic review.

Results

Employing a results level corresponding relationship in specific parameters including hemoglobin (red blood cell [RBC]), leukocyte esterase (white blood cell [WBC]) and protein (cast) between the dry-chemistry analysis and formed-element analysis, as well as instrument flags, we established seven WBC verification rules, eight RBC verification rules and four cast verification rules. Based on the microscopy results, through analyzing the pre-set rules mentioned earlier, we finally determined seven microscopic review rules, nine manual verification rules and three auto-verification rules. The microscopic review rate was 21.98% (616/2803), the false-negative rate was 4.32% (121/2803), the total manual verification rate was 35.71% (1001/2803) and the auto-verification rate was 64.29% (1802/2803). The validation results were consistent.

Conclusions

The intelligent verification criteria for urinary dry-chemistry and urinary formed-element analysis can improve the efficiency of the results verification process and ensure the reliability of the test results.
Thermal and Morphology Properties of Cellulose Nanofiber from TEMPO-oxidized Lower part of Empty Fruit Bunches (LEFB)
Authors: I.P. Mahendra , B. Wirjosentono , Tamrin  , H. Ismail , J.A. Mendez
Published: August 2019

Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) gel has been obtained from TEMPO-oxidized differently treated lower part of empty fruit bunches (LEFB) of oil palm. Three kinds of materials were initially used: (i) α-cellulose, (ii) raw LEFB fiber two-times bleaching, and (iii) raw LEFB three-times bleaching. The obtained nanofibers (CNF1, CNF2 and CNF3, respectively) were then characterized using several methods, e.g. FT-IR, SEM, UV-Visible, TEM, XRD and TGA. The LEFB at different levels of bleaching showed that the Kappa number decreased with the increase of the bleaching levels. The decrease of lignin and hemicellulose content affected the increase of the yield of fibrillation and optical transmittance of CNF2 and CNF3 gels. The FT-IR analysis confirmed the presence of lignin and hemicellulose in the CNF2 and CNF3 film. Based on TEM analysis, the lignin and hemicellulose content significantly affected the particle structure of CNFs, i.e. CNF1 was found as a bundle of fibril, while the CNF2 and CNF3 were visualized as individual fibers and interwoven nanofibril overlapping each other, respectively. The XRD data of the CNF’s film showed that CNF2 and CNF3 have a lower crystallinity index (CI) than CNF1. The presence of lignin and hemicellulose in the CNFs decreased its decomposition temperature.
Quasi-static crack propagation in Ti-6Al-4V in inert and aggressive media
Authors: Baragetti Sergio , Borzini Emanuele , Arcieri Emanuele Vincenzo
Published: August 2019

High strength-to-weight ratio Ti-6Al-4V alloy is used in many engineering applications. Its surface oxide film can protect the substrate from interaction with a lot of corrosive environments. Unfortunately, this surface layer can be damaged under mechanical and chemical actions with a consequent reduction in corrosion resistance. A characterization of the untreated alloy under quasi-static loading is here provided. Inert and aggressive environments have been investigated and the influence of the notch geometry of the alloy has also been analyzed.
Two-term spectral asymptotics for the Dirichlet Laplacian in a Lipschitz domain
Authors: Frank Rupert L. , Larson Simon
Published: August 2019

We prove a two-term Weyl-type asymptotic formula for sums of eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian in a bounded open set with Lipschitz boundary. Moreover, in the case of a convex domain we obtain a universal bound which correctly reproduces the first two terms in the asymptotics.
Activities to teach heat and temperature concepts to visually impaired students
Authors: Kızılaslan Aydın , Sözbilir Mustafa
Published: August 2019

Low vision or blindness are defined as visual impairment, which is the decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems in education as well as in daily life. Students with visual impairment struggle with learning concepts in science due to using visual objects such as figures, equations and graphs. But the science could be made more accessible to those students through collaboration and specific adaptation in both the science classroom and laboratory by providing simple adaptations or doing some essential modifications to help them gaining experience with measuring, balancing and weighing a variety of materials with simple adaptations or modifications. This study aims to design activities to teach heat and temperature concepts to visually impaired students which are found difficult to comprehend even by the sighted students. For this purpose, instructional material that emphasizing the sense of touch and interactive science activities were designed to make science more accessible to 8th grade students in a special school for visually impaired. The activities basically consist of simple, economical and easily accessible everyday materials. Nearly all of the students indicated that they are quite satisfied if all courses would be taught by activities developed in line with their individual needs.
An experimental digital learning environment with universal accessibility
Authors: Kieserling Mats , Melle Insa
Published: August 2019

Today, digital media are an integral part of most people’s daily routine. Therefore, tablets, smartphones and the internet have become increasingly important at school, as well. At the same time, digitisation offers great potential for teaching highly heterogeneous learning groups individually and comprehensively. However, the use of digital media at German schools is still in its infancy. In order to create a basis for the successful implementation of digital media in teaching, it is necessary to generate profound knowledge about the effectiveness of digital learning environments regarding heterogeneous learning groups. Within this framework, we develop and evaluate a digital learning environment for lower secondary classrooms (age group 13–14) in this project. The aim of the study is to determine the effects of the use of tablet computers in different teaching phases on the students’ learning outcome. In order to analyse the effectiveness of the tablets in the classroom, we assess the expertise knowledge of the students before and after the teaching unit as well as the students’ attitude towards the teaching unit and towards working with tablet computers. With the help of a screen-capture-software, it is possible to retrace the students’ action steps while working with the tablets. Additionally, the lessons are filmed to compare the work behaviour of the learners with and without tablets. Furthermore, the cognitive abilities and the self-concept of the students are determined. This paper focuses on the development and design of the study, as the evaluation has not yet been completed.
Catalytic Steam Gasification of Glucose for Hydrogen Production Using Stable Based Ni on a γ–Alumina Fluidizable Catalyst
Authors: González Castañeda Daniel Gibran , Sanchez Enríquez Adriana , Cruz Reyes Ivan , Calzada Hernández Alan Ruben , Serrano Rosales Benito
Published: August 2019

Six different Ni-based fluidizable catalysts were synthesized using both incipient impregnation and co-impregnation. Ni-based catalysts were also promoted with 2.0 wt% La or alternatively with 2 wt% Ce. The preparation procedure included catalysts treated at high temperatures and under free of oxygen conditions. Catalysts were characterized using BET, XRD, AA, PSD, TPR, TPD, H2-chemisorption. TPR and H2 chemisorption showed good metal dispersion with 10 nm- 40 nm metal crystallites.

Glucose catalytic gasification runs were performed in a CREC Riser Simulator to evaluate the following catalysts: (a) 5 %Ni/γ-Al2O3, (b) 5 %Ni-2 %La/γ-Al2O3 and (c) 5 %Ni-2 %Ce/γ-Al2O3. In all cases, the preparation steps involved acid solutions with pHs of 1 and 4. In between consecutive runs, different approaches were considered: (a) A catalyst was regenerated by air, (b) A catalyst was regenerated by air followed by hydrogen pretreatment, (c) A catalyst was reused directly without any regeneration or hydrogen pretreatment. It was observed that Ni-based catalysts, which were subjected after every run, to both, air regeneration and hydrogen pretreatment, displayed the best yields in close agreement with thermodynamic equilibrium. On the other hand, Ni-based catalysts regenerated with air only, showed the worst hydrogen yields. In between these two-hydrogen yield limits, where catalysts not contacted with air nor hydrogen, with these yields being moderately below chemical equilibrium.

This shows that Ni-based fluidizable catalysts can perform on stream for extended periods, requiring limited reactivation with air and H2. This makes of gasification using the catalysts of the present study, a viable process alternative that could be implemented at industrial scale.
Effect of hot arm and foot bath on heart rate variability and blood pressure in healthy volunteers
Authors: Vyas Samruddhi Chintaman , Mooventhan A. , Manjunath N. K.
Published: August 2019

Background

Though hot arm and foot bath (HAFB) is widely used, a precise physiological response is not reported. Hence, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of HAFB on heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure (BP) in healthy volunteers.

Materials and Methods

Sixteen healthy male volunteers’ aged 23.81 ± 5.27 (mean ± standard deviation) years were recruited. All the subjects underwent only one session of HAFB (104-degree Fahrenheit) for the duration of 20 min. Assessments such as Electrocardiography and BP were taken before and after the intervention.

Results

Results of this study showed a significant reduction in systolic-BP (SBP), diastolic-BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), the mean of the intervals between adjacent QRS complexes or the instantaneous heart rate (RR interval), the number of interval differences of successive NN intervals greater than 50 ms (NN50), the proportion derived by dividing NN50 by the total number of NN intervals (pNN50), and high frequency (HF) band of HRV along with a significant increase in heart rate (HR), low-frequency (LF) band of HRV and LF/HF ratio compared to its baseline.

Conclusions

Results of this study suggest that 20 min of HAFB produce a significant increase in HR and a significant reduction in SBP, DBP, and MAP while producing parasympathetic withdrawal.
MBO-Based Bandwidth Allocation and Traffic Coloring Optimization in PON
Authors: Kumar Ashok , Banga V. K. , Wason Amit
Published: August 2019

Passive optical network (PON)-supported orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing is viewed as a capable answer designed for subsequent generation optical networks in terms of traffic coloring when integrated with monarch butterfly optimization (MBO). Traffic coloring optimization (TCO) or MBO algorithmic rule solves the matter of controlling the traffic, began by end-user transceivers with multiple parameters through rescheduling transmission capacity and bandwidth allocation strategy of the optical network, which are done by means of its operator functions. The TCO method with granularity adjustment components outcome signifies an improvement in quality of service as it reduces jitter and increases throughput in PON by 350 µs and 12.5 %, respectively. It even improves the blocking probability and fairness index.
Psychological effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment in girls with central precocious puberty
Authors: Yu Rita , Yang Seung , Hwang Il Tae
Published: August 2019

Objective

This study was done to evaluate the emotional and behavioral status of precocious puberty patients and analyze the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) treatment.

Methods

Sixty-six female precocious puberty patients were enrolled prospectively for the study at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University Medical Center from September 2011 to December 2012 and self-administered questionnaire was completed during the GnRHa treatment initiation period and after 12 months from the first injection. The patients were evaluated using the Korean version of Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL) and Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI).

Results

A total of 30.3% (n = 20) of the patients scored within the clinical range for one or more scales of K-CBCL at the initiation of GnRHa treatment, but only 10.6% (seven patients) were within the clinical range after 1 year of treatment. Average CDI scores of the patients decreased from baseline 6.5 ± 6.0 to 4.9 ± 4.7 after GnRHa therapy.

Conclusions

This study shows that both K-CBCL and CDI scores improved from baseline score ranges after 1 year of GnRHa treatment in female central precocious puberty patients while significant psychological problems of clinical range amongst them were not noted.
Checking Model Adequacy for Count Time Series by Using Pearson Residuals
Authors: Weiß Christian , Scherer Lukas , Aleksandrov Boris , Feld Martin
Published: August 2019

After having fitted a model to a given count time series, one has to check the adequacy of this model fit. The (standardized) Pearson residuals, being easy to compute and interpret, are a popular diagnostic approach for this purpose. But which types of model inadequacy might be uncovered by which statistics based on the Pearson residuals? In view of being able to apply such statistics in practice, it is also crucial to ask for the properties of these statistics under model adequacy. We look for answers to these questions by means of a comprehensive simulation study, which considers diverse types of count time series models and inadequacy scenarios. We illustrate our findings with two real-data examples about strikes in the U.S., and about corporate insolvencies in the districts of Rhineland–Palatinate. We conclude with a theoretical discussion of Pearson residuals.
Grenzen formaler Regulierung: Wie informelle Normen und kriminogene Werte die Korruptionsbereitschaft von Managern beeinflussen
Authors: Hermann Dieter , Pohlmann Markus , Klinkhammer Julian
Published: August 2019

Mittels einer Online-Befragung von Managern in führenden Positionen werden Hypothesen über den Einfluss von Normen und Werten auf die Korruptionsbereitschaft überprüft. Dabei wird zwischen organisationaler und individueller Korruption sowie zwischen informellen und formellen Normen unterschieden. Bei der organisationalen Korruption steht der erwartete Nutzen für die Organisation und die Relevanz informeller Organisationsnormen im Vordergrund. Bei der individuellen Korruption sind der Nutzen des Akteurs und formale Normen handlungsrelevant, wohingegen informelle Normen organisationaler Nützlichkeit in den Hintergrund treten. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass die Bereitschaft zur organisationalen Korruption quantitativ bedeutsamer ist als die Bereitschaft zu individueller Korruption. Die Ablehnung von Konformität, Tradition, Wohlwollen, Universalismus und Selbstbestimmung, die Präferenz für leistungs- und machtorientierte Werte und Hedonismus sowie die Zustimmung zu den informellen Normen in einem Unternehmen sind die wichtigsten Bedingungen für die Bereitschaft zu organisationaler Korruption. Diese Ergebnisse stützen die voluntaristische Kriminalitätstheorie und sie untermauern institutionentheoretische Annahmen der Organisationssoziologie.
Akteneinsicht Dritter zu Forschungszwecken
Authors: Klopp Ina
Published: August 2019

Die Analyse von Akten ist eine zentrale Methode in der empirisch-kriminologischen Forschungspraxis. Dabei sind verschiedene Akten bei unterschiedlichen Behörden von Interesse, bspw. Strafverfahrensakten, Jugendamtsakten, Akten der Polizei, Akten der Verwaltungsgerichte und Innenministerien. Um Akten einsehen zu können, ist die Beantragung der Einsicht erforderlich. Dafür benötigt der Antragsteller

Im Folgenden wird (wie in den Texten der Monatsschrift üblich) in der Regel das generische Maskulinum verwendet; es sind aber jeweils alle Geschlechter gemeint. Dort, wo es angebracht erscheint, wird davon abgewichen.

ein Recht auf Akteneinsicht. Als Forscher ist man eine nicht am Verfahren beteiligte Person und damit Dritter im Sinne des Gesetzes. Bei der Beantragung von Akteneinsicht kann es vielfach zu Schwierigkeiten kommen. Fraglich ist insbesondere, welches die Rechtsgrundlage für ein Akteneinsichtsrecht Dritter ist. Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich mit dem Akteneinsichtsrecht Dritter zu Forschungszwecken bei Verwaltungsgerichtsakten und Akten der Innenministerien. Literatur, die sich auf dieses Recht Dritter bezieht, gibt es bisher kaum. Diese Lücke soll geschlossen werden. Der Beitrag stellt eine praktische Hilfestellung für Forscher auf der einen Seite und für die Gerichte und Ministerien auf der anderen Seite dar.
Tropes and Some Ontological Prerequisites for Knowledge
Authors: Smith R. Scott
Published: August 2019

Many have written about trope ontology, but relatively few have considered its implications for some of the ontological conditions needed for us to have knowledge. I explore the resources of trope ontology to meet those conditions. With J. P. Moreland, I argue that, being simple, we can eliminate tropes’ qualitative contents without ontological loss, resulting in bare individuators. Then I extend Moreland’s argument, arguing that tropes undermine some of the needed ontological conditions for knowledge.

Yet, we do know many things, and trope nominalists presuppose that too. Therefore, I consider three counter-arguments, starting with David Lewis’s rebuttal based on appeal to brute facts. Second, I explore Jeffrey Brower’s recent proposal as a possible solution. Last, I consider Robert Garcia’s recent distinction between module and modifier tropes, to see if it can be of assistance. I conclude, however, that trope nominalism cannot preserve some of the needed ontology to have knowledge.