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Small Stories of the Greek Crisis on Facebook
Authors: Georgalou Mariza
Published: October 2015

Since it erupted in 2009, the Greek debt crisis has disrupted Greek people’s quotidian life both at a socio-political and at a personal level. In the contemporary social media ecosystem, with the massive bulk of user-produced and user-consumed content, narratives that concern this critical turning point in Greek modern history have found fertile soil to thrive. In this article, having enmeshed discourse-centered online ethnography (Androutsopoulos, 2008) with small stories research (Georgakopoulou, 2007), the dimensional approach to narratives (Ochs & Capps, 2001), and stance-taking (Du Bois, 2007), I look at how a Greek Facebook user has recounted her emotions, thoughts, opinions, and assessments toward the Greek crisis. In doing so, I point to the intertextual, multimodal, and synergetic nature of these narratives. The article argues that Facebook can function as a powerful grassroots channel for expressive storytelling within a period of major socio-political upheaval. It also shows how Facebook has stretched our conception of what (digital) storytelling is as different Facebook affordances propel into different ways of narrating within the medium.
A Review of the Literature of the Followership Since 2008
Authors: Martin Richard
Published: October 2015

Followership continues to be a field of study in the larger field of leadership. In 2008, Ricketson offered an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the variables of leadership styles and courageous followership. Since then, the research has continued to accumulate in attempts to offer new insight on the topic. This article explores the empirical research that has been conducted since Ricketson’s dissertation to determine what new information has been offered and what new conclusions can be reached in this area. In particular, there is widespread agreement on the importance of building the leader–follower relationship in developing effective followers and leaders. This leads to the conclusion that emotional intelligence (EI) plays an important role in the creation of both as it facilitates the establishment of the leader–follower relationship. Future research suggestions are offered as well.
Predictors for Surgery in Shoulder Instability
Authors: Lebus George F. , Raynor Martin B. , Nwosu Samuel K. , Wagstrom Emily , Jani Sunil S. , Carey James L. , Hettrich Carolyn M. , Cox Charles L. , Kuhn John E. ,   for the MOON Shoulder Group
Published: October 2015

Background:

Shoulder instability is a common cause of pain and dysfunction in young, active patients. While studies have analyzed risk factors for recurrent instability and failure after instability surgery, few have examined which variables are associated with initial surgery in this patient population.

Purpose:

To identify variables that may be associated with surgical intervention in patients with shoulder instability in the context of the FEDS (frequency, etiology, direction, severity) classification, a system that may be useful in the surgical treatment of shoulder instability patients.

Study Design:

Cohort study (prognosis); Level of evidence, 2.

Methods:

A database of patients treated for shoulder instability from 3 separate institutions from 2005 to 2010 was generated using International Classification of Diseases–9th Revision data. Data were collected via retrospective review. Injury data were categorized according to the FEDS system. Data were analyzed for significance, with the primary outcome of surgical intervention. Summary statistics were used to assess which variables were associated with eventual surgery. To test the unadjusted bivariate associations between shoulder surgery and each data point, Pearson chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and Wilcoxon tests were used for continuous variables.

Results:

Over the study time period, 377 patients were treated for shoulder instability. Patients who had surgery were more likely younger, had recurrent instability, and had their initial injury while playing a sport. Most patients had anterior instability; however, there was a greater proportion of posterior instability patients in the operative group. Severity of dislocation, measured by whether the patient required help to relocate the shoulder, was not significantly associated with eventual surgery. While imaging was not available for all patients, surgical patients were more likely to have magnetic resonance imaging findings of anterior labral injury and less likely to have a supraspinatus or subscapularis tear.

Conclusion:

Patients who underwent surgery for shoulder instability were younger, more likely to have experienced recurrent instability, and more likely to have sustained their original injury while playing sports. The FEDS classification, particularly the frequency and etiology of the patient’s shoulder instability, may be helpful in identifying patients with a higher likelihood of undergoing surgical treatment.
Postsecondary Public Health Nutrition Programs in Egypt
Authors: Aboul-Enein Basil H. , Bowser Jacquelyn E.
Published: October 2015

Background. Escalating obesity rates have become a major public health problem in Egypt. To address this concern, the education and training of a competent and culturally relevant public health nutrition (PHN) workforce is necessary. The aim of this study is to list and identify current PHN education and training programs offered in Egyptian colleges and universities. Method. An electronic review of websites, departmental homepages, and academic program web links of selected colleges and universities in Egypt ( N = 63) was conducted to identify available training and education in PHN and nutrition-affiliated academic programs. Results. Of the 63 identified Egyptian colleges and universities, two universities, both located in Alexandria, offered education and training degrees in PHN, and 16 were identified as offering non-PHN degree programs, predominantly in home economics. Conclusions. The relative scarcity of PHN training programs in colleges and universities in Egypt coupled with the lack of nationally recognized professional nutrition associations as well as a regulatory standard by which to define the nutrition profession appears to be a gap within the allied health profession in Egypt. Greater cooperation between colleges and universities in Egypt and international collaboration with other colleges and universities outside Egypt may help facilitate the development of academic PHN programs in Egyptian higher education. This would serve the dual purpose of addressing the obesity prevalence and developing a sustainable congruent allied health workforce capacity that includes culturally relevant and competent public health dietitians/nutritionists for effective PHN action operating in Egypt.
Presence of atypical thrombopoietin receptor (MPL) mutations in triple-negative essential thrombocythemia patients
Authors: Cabagnols Xénia , Favale Fabrizia , Pasquier Florence , Messaoudi Kahia , Defour Jean Philippe , Ianotto Jean Christophe , Marzac Christophe , Le Couédic Jean Pierre , Droin Nathalie , Chachoua Ilyas , Favier Remi , Diop M’boyba Khadija , Ugo Valérie , Casadevall Nicole , Debili Najet , Raslova Hana , Bellanné-Chantelot Christine , Constantinescu Stefan N. , Bluteau Olivier , Plo Isabelle , Vainchenker William
Published: October 2015

Key Points

Enrichment of atypical MPL mutations in essential thrombocythemia. MPLS204P and MPLY591N mutants are weak gain-of-function mutants.
Memory B-cell reconstitution following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an EBV-associated transformation event
Authors: Burns David M. , Tierney Rose , Shannon-Lowe Claire , Croudace Jo , Inman Charlotte , Abbotts Ben , Nagra Sandeep , Fox Christopher P. , Chaganti Sridhar , Craddock Charles F. , Moss Paul , Rickinson Alan B. , Rowe Martin , Bell Andrew I.
Published: October 2015

Key Points

CD19+CD27+ memory B cells are detectable at supranormal frequencies in patients with high-level EBV DNAemia following allogeneic HSCT. These memory B cells are frequently positive for EBV genomes and bear many of the hallmarks of lymphoblastoid transformation.
Intrinsic factors and the embryonic environment influence the formation of extragonadal teratomas during gestation
Authors: Economou Constantinos , Tsakiridis Anestis , Wymeersch Filip J. , Gordon-Keylock Sabrina , Dewhurst Robert E , Fisher Dawn , Medvinsky Alexander , Smith Andrew JH , Wilson Valerie
Published: October 2015

Background

Pluripotent cells are present in early embryos until the levels of the pluripotency regulator Oct4 drop at the beginning of somitogenesis. Elevating Oct4 levels in explanted post-pluripotent cells in vitro restores their pluripotency. Cultured pluripotent cells can participate in normal development when introduced into host embryos up to the end of gastrulation. In contrast, pluripotent cells efficiently seed malignant teratocarcinomas in adult animals. In humans, extragonadal teratomas and teratocarcinomas are most frequently found in the sacrococcygeal region of neonates, suggesting that these tumours originate from cells in the posterior of the embryo that either reactivate or fail to switch off their pluripotent status. However, experimental models for the persistence or reactivation of pluripotency during embryonic development are lacking.

Methods

We manually injected embryonic stem cells into conceptuses at E9.5 to test whether the presence of pluripotent cells at this stage correlates with teratocarcinoma formation. We then examined the effects of reactivating embryonic Oct4 expression ubiquitously or in combination with Nanog within the primitive streak (PS)/tail bud (TB) using a transgenic mouse line and embryo chimeras carrying a PS/TB-specific heterologous gene expression cassette respectively.

Results

Here, we show that pluripotent cells seed teratomas in post-gastrulation embryos. However, at these stages, induced ubiquitous expression of Oct4 does not lead to restoration of pluripotency (indicated by Nanog expression) and tumour formation in utero, but instead causes a severe phenotype in the extending anteroposterior axis. Use of a more restricted T(Bra) promoter transgenic system enabling inducible ectopic expression of Oct4 and Nanog specifically in the posteriorly-located primitive streak (PS) and tail bud (TB) led to similar axial malformations to those induced by Oct4 alone. These cells underwent induction of pluripotency marker expression in Epiblast Stem Cell (EpiSC) explants derived from somitogenesis-stage embryos, but no teratocarcinoma formation was observed in vivo.

Conclusions

Our findings show that although pluripotent cells with teratocarcinogenic potential can be produced in vitro by the overexpression of pluripotency regulators in explanted somitogenesis-stage somatic cells, the in vivo induction of these genes does not yield tumours. This suggests a restrictive regulatory role of the embryonic microenvironment in the induction of pluripotency.
Novel Cytogenic and Neurovascular Niches due to Blood–Brain Barrier Compromise in the Chronic Pain Brain
Authors: Tajerian Maral , Clark J. David
Published: October 2015

Background

The mechanisms by which painful injuries are linked to the multitude of pain-related comorbidities and neuroplastic changes in the brain remain poorly understood. Here we propose a model that relies on epi-neuronal communication through the vascular system to effect various brain structures. Specifically, we hypothesize that the differential vulnerability of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in different brain regions is associated with region-specific neuroplastic and neurovascular changes that are in turn associated with particular pain-related comorbidities.

Presentation of the hypothesis

We will present our hypothesis by focusing on two main points: (A) chronic pain (CP) is associated with differential BBB compromise. (B) Circulating mediators leaking through the BBB create cytogenic and neovascular niches associated with pain-related co-morbidities.

Testing the hypothesis

Pre-clinically, our hypothesis can be tested by observing, in parallel, BBB compromise, (neo) vascularization, neurogenesis, and their co-localization in animal pain models using imaging, microscopy, biochemical and other tools. Furthermore, the BBB can be experimentally damaged in specific brain regions, and the consequences of those lesions studied on nociception and associated comorbidities. Recently developed imaging techniques allow the analysis of blood brain barrier integrity in patients providing a route for translation of the laboratory findings. Though perhaps more limited, post-mortem examination of brains with available pain histories constitutes a second approach to addressing this hypothesis.

Implications of the hypothesis

Understanding changes in BBB permeability in chronic pain conditions has clear implications both for understanding the pathogenesis of chronic pain and for the design of novel treatments to prevent chronic pain and its consequences. More broadly, this hypothesis may help us to understand how peripheral injuries impact the brain via mechanisms other than commonly studied efferent sensory pathways.
Management and outcome of patients supported with Impella 5.0 for refractory cardiogenic shock
Authors: Gaudard Philippe , Mourad Marc , Eliet Jacob , Zeroual Norddine , Culas Geraldine , Rouvière Philippe , Albat Bernard , Colson Pascal
Published: October 2015

Introduction

Cardiogenic shock refractory to standard therapy with inotropes and/or intra-aortic balloon pump is accompanied with an unacceptable high mortality. Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices may provide a survival benefit for these very sick patients. In this study, we describe our experience with the Impella 5.0 device used in the setting of refractory cardiogenic shock.

Methods

In this observational, retrospective, single-center study we included all the consecutive patients supported with Impella 5.0, between May 2008 and December 2013, for refractory cardiogenic shock. Patients’ baseline and procedural characteristics, hemodynamics and outcome to the first 48 h of support, to ICU discharge and day-28 visit were collected.

Results

A total of 40 patients were included in the study. Median age was 57 years and 87.5 % were male. Cardiogenic shock resulted from acute myocardial infarction in 17 patients (43 %), dilated cardiomyopathy in 12 (30 %) and postcardiotomy cardiac failure in 7 (18 %). In 15 patients Impella 5.0 was added to an ECMO to unload the left ventricle. The median SOFA score for the entire cohort prior to circulatory support was 12 [10–14] and the duration of Impella support was 7 [5–10] days. We observed a significant decrease of the inotrope score (10 [1–17] vs. 1 [0–9];p = 0.04) and the lactate values (3.8 [1.7–5.9] mmol/L vs. 2.5 [1.5–3.4] mmol/L;p = 0.01) after 6 h of support with Impella 5.0. Furthermore, at Impella removal the patients’ left ventricular ejection fraction improved significantly (p < 0.001) when compared to baseline. Cardiac recovery, bridge to left ventricular assist device or heart transplantation was possible in 28 patients (70 %). Twenty-six patients (65 %) survived at day 28. A multivariate analysis showed a higher risk of mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction (hazard ratio = 4.1 (1.2–14.2);p = 0.02).

Conclusions

Impella 5.0 allowed fast weaning of inotropes and might facilitate myocardial recovery. Despite high severity scores at admission, day-28 mortality rate was better than predicated.
Bodies with New Organs
Authors: Puar Jasbir K.
Published: October 2015

“Transgender rights are the civil rights issue of our time.” So stated Vice President Joe Biden just one week before the November 2012 election. This article critically reframes calls such as this by foregrounding a historical trajectory not celebrated by national LGBT groups or media or explicitly theorized in most queer or trans theory: the move from the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act to the present moment of trans hailing by the US state. Such a trajectory helps map the ways that neoliberal mandates regarding productive, capacitated bodies entrain the trans body to recreate an abled body not only in terms of gender and sexuality but also in terms of economic productivity and the economic development of national economy. Rather than argue for a better form of discretion between the categories of trans and disability, this article analyzes the ontological irreducibilities of such categories, irreducibilities that dissolve them through multiplicity. In following the implications of such an argument, this article unfolds trans and disability studies' concerns within a broader analysis of the geopolitics of racial ontology.
Mick Jagger as Mother
Authors: Peraino Judith A.
Published: October 2015

In an interview from 1974 David Bowie makes a remarkable statement: “For the West, Jagger is most certainly a mother figure… . I also find him incredibly motherly and maternal clutched into his bosom of ethnic blues.” The image is grotesque—intentionally shocking—yet oddly compelling. This article follows Bowie's lead through an assemblage of material—songs, performances, film, and images, as well as historical and theoretical texts—to demonstrate how Bowie's cultural reading of Mick Jagger as mother resonates with the concerns of recent scholarship on race and psychoanalysis, homonormativity and homonationalism, and neoliberalism's privatization and deregulation in cultural spheres. Much of this scholarship tackles post-9/11 economic, political, ideological, and psychic drivers that produce strategic aggregations and disaggregations (to use Jasbir Puar's terminology) of race and sexuality. I argue that incipient expressions of disaggregation appear in Jagger's performances at certain pivotal moments in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Jagger's sexual dissidence, once tied to blackness via music and dance, from 1968 on (corresponding to high racial tensions in Britain and the United States) becomes more explicitly tied to queerness—particularly in dance, but also in other modes of embodiment (i.e., a waifish body, cultivated androgyny, and homoeroticism). Here Bowie's analytic proves useful, for the mother haunts Jagger's own shifting figurations as a burlesque dame, a mixed-race fetish object, a drag mother, and a belated rock ’n’ roll matriarch. Mick Jagger as mother provides a cultural genealogy for present-day homonormativity, homonationalism, and neoliberal colorblindness.
“Let Me Bite You Again”
Authors: Lundberg Elizabeth
Published: October 2015

This essay examines restrictions on and opportunities for agency in Fledgling, Octavia Butler's 2005 science fiction vampire novel. Reading agency through three relational modes—belonging, trauma, and consensual nonconsent—it argues that Fledgling helps us critically consider agency in a queer, posthumanist context. Butler's vampires become figures through which the text highlights conflicting desires (for independence and dependence, autonomy and belonging) that flow through the seemingly unified modern subject. This novel reinforces feminist and queer critiques of humanist notions of agency while allowing that some version of agency does survive for the postmodern subject within embodied and relational experiences of subjectivity.
CREATIVITY AS A SUCCESS FACTOR IN PROMOTIONAL ASPECT OF PRODUCTS IN PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Authors: Arapi Rajan
Published: October 2015

The creativity, as a general concept, is considered an activity which gives birth to something new that did not exist before. This topic can be affected also from the philosophical and physiological point of view. The psychology of creativity studies “Psychological Mechanism” from which stem the actions of creativity.In promotion terms there are different points of views that are considered to be an integral part of creativity in the field of product advertising.  First, there are people who estimate if the promotion is creative whereas on the other side the effect only in cases where you succeeded to sell the product. Second, there are people who consider their creativity or design of the promotion as their originality artistic or esthetical value.What constitutes the creativity in one of the elements of the promotion is distinguishing and entertaining idea of being different from the others, but the creative message must be short and clear. Advertisements or promotional campaigns that are creative rarely fail to transmit their message to the public consumer. In this case, the entire team that is engaged in planning and developing the promotional campaign must balance their attitudes around the creative idea.This research presents the development of ideas and designs of creative promotional spaces for Kosovar companies in cases of the advertisement of their new and existing products in the market. The methodology of this research will be descriptive and comparative between a few manufacturing Kosovar companies.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE AS A PART OF THE COMMUNICATION CAPITAL OF MANAGERIAL STAFF
Authors: Delgadová Elena , Gullerová Monika
Published: October 2015

Education and training have become the cornerstone for the development of today's knowledge society and economy. The goal of the European Union (EU) is a challenging one—to become the most competitive, active, and dynamic knowledge-based economy worldwide, featuring sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs. The purpose of this article was to identify genres and foreign language competencies used by managerial staff in everyday work situations at C1 level. The article addresses the communication capital, made up of language competence, communication competence, and intercultural competence necessary for managers working at any level of the organizations. A linguistic language methodology was employed to determine language competence of managerial staff. Following the primary need analysis, an interview containing open-ended questions with managerial staff was performed. Having analyzed the responses, a questionnaire for the managerial staff was developed. To make the survey respondent-friendly, a genre approach (genre as a text type) was selected and respondents described their competence while referring to individual genres. After investigating the responses, a list of language competencies required for managerial staff was developed. It was found that managers are faced with fifteen genres in their everyday work situations, which require fifty five foreign language competencies (“can do” statements) at C1 level. The competencies required for managerial staff can serve as guidelines for language teachers and course designers. On one hand, they can be used to underpin the fundamental lexical, structural, and functional syllabus of the course. On the other hand, the competencies required help to determine the teaching methodology applied in the course delivery. Thus, students in business and management will be able to acquire the skills that are transferable in nature and can be employed in a wide range of managerial situations.
CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM BUDGETING IN SELF-GOVERNING REGION
Authors: Šoltés Viktor , Štofková Katarína
Published: October 2015

The foundation enabling the management of each public administration entity is the budget. Public administration bodies in the Slovak Republic also include self‑governing regions among others. Budgets for these regions are categorized into two parts—revenue and expenditure. Expenditures are broken down into different areas (programs) that pursue common goals and objectives. Programs are usually divided into sub‑programs and components. Part of the program budgeting deployment incorporated issuance of methodological procedures; these described model cases on how to create the program budget. Yet, these procedures are not binding. As a part of the research in 2013, the final accounts of self‑governing regions of the Slovak Republic were analyzed. Division of individual programs and the amount of funding were determined. It is considered appropriate to create some form of general binding regulation defining programs content. This is to be done by considering the clarity and further statistical processing. Given the findings and bearing in mind five years’ worth of program budgeting operation in local government bodies, it is only appropriate to consider the implementation of changes in program budgeting and provide enhanced transparency.
DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ORGANIZATION FROM CULTURAL AND NETWORK PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Marek Agnieszka , Grzesiuk Kalina
Published: October 2015

Diffusion of knowledge is recognized as one of the key factors that determines organizational success in the knowledge-based economy. The research problem concerns the way social networks and organizational culture may influence knowledge sharing among the agents in general. This article presents the review and critical analysis of literature on the diffusion of knowledge from network and cultural perspective. The results of the research show that both social networks and organizational culture might support the flow of knowledge in different ways. The quality and quantity of organizational knowledge depend on different ties between employees, organizational departments, and between an organization and its environment. The conditions for diffusion of knowledge are provided by the knowledge culture, which differs depending on choosing codification or personalization as leading strategy of knowledge management, as well as on set of key organizational values.
ESTIMATING THE PARAMETER DELTA IN THE BLACK MODEL USING THE FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR FUTURES OPTIONS
Authors: Švábová Lucia
Published: October 2015

Financial derivatives are a widely used tool for investors to hedge against the risk caused by changes in asset prices in the financial markets. A usual type of hedging derivative is an asset option. In case of unexpected changes in asset prices, in the investment portfolio, the investor will exercise the option to eliminate losses resulting from these changes. Therefore, it is necessary to include the options in the investor´s portfolio in such a ratio that the losses caused by decreasing of assets prices will be covered by profits from those options. Futures option is a type of call or put option to buy or to sell an option contract at a designated strike price. The change in price of the underlying assets or underlying futures contract causes a change in the prices of options themselves. For investor exercising option as a tool for risk insurance, it is important to quantify these changes. The dependence of option price changes, on the underlying asset or futures option price changes, can be expressed by the parameter delta. The value of delta determines the composition of the portfolio to be risk-neutral. The parameter delta is calculated as a derivation of the option price with respect to the price of the underlying asset, if the option price formula exists. But for some types of more complex options, the analytical formula does not exist, so calculation of delta by derivation is not possible. However, it is possible to estimate the value of delta numerically using the principles of the numerical method called “Finite Difference Method.” In the paper the parameter delta for a Futures call option calculated from the analytical formula and estimated from the Finite difference method are compared.
MANAGEMENT MOTIVATION IN THE COMPANIES IN KAZAKHSTAN
Authors: Uteubayev Talgat
Published: October 2015

A range of socio-economic factors affects the motivation of a company’s labor force. Many of these represent independent subsystems of the company’s overarching approach. They involve various economic and social indicators, but not all are implemented or included in personnel management. Without a dedicated system in place, it is almost impossible to create labor motivation within an enterprise. This research examines personnel services within several oil and gas companies in the Republic of Kazakhstan. These somewhat overlook the socio-economic factors of the region, while developing labor motivation in the framework of the Company Strategy. The paper shows that companies need personnel services to carry out labor relations. This is valuable for equal economic relations between employees and employers, an effective labor market, and the wider management of social problems affecting productivity.
APPLICATION OF THE GROSS ERROR ANALYSIS TO DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS—A CASE STUDY
Authors: Czabak-Górska Izabela Dagmara , Kucińska-Landwójtowicz Aneta
Published: October 2015

The article contains a description of the procedures to be followed in the analysis of the stability of the manufacturing processes based on an Individual Control Chart (XI) and a Moving Range (MR) Control Chart. In the following part of the article, we present the three-sigma rule and the confidence intervals for the average, which enable the elimination of random errors caused by, e.g. an improper conducting of a measurement.Summary of the theoretical considerations is a study case in which survey data from a company, producing car seat frames, are used. The conducted study indicates that the elimination of Gross Error is significant to identify and eliminate the variability of production processes.
THEORETICAL AND METHODICAL BASES OF CONSTRUCTING THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND COST ANALYSIS FOR THE PRODUCTION COST OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY OF KAZAKHSTAN
Authors: Spatayeva Saule , Ismailova Diana , Nurgalieva Almagul
Published: October 2015

Theoretical and practical significance of the work consists of the fact that the proposed development will result in scientific achievements in the field of accounting and cost analysis of finished products and their application in practice. The theoretical value boils down to accounting for the cost of production using the principles of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), structural-logical model of factor analysis input intensities of production in the food industry, and improving analytical accounting cost of the finished product by the cost centers and responsibility centers. Research results and proposed guidelines can be used in the food industry as a methodical support to managers and accountants of enterprises. The reliability of the results of the research confirmed their practical use in the food industry.