bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Stent Grafts Provided Superior Primary Patency for Central Venous Stenosis Treatment in Comparison with Angioplasty and Bare Metal Stent: A Retrospective Single Center Study on 70 Hemodialysis Patients
Authors: Quaretti Pietro , Galli Franco , Moramarco Lorenzo Paolo , Corti Riccardo , Leati Giovanni , Fiorina Ilaria , Tinelli Carmine , Montagna Giovanni , Maestri Marcello
Published: April 2016

Purpose:

To compare patency in dialysis patients following different endovascular treatment of symptomatic central venous stenosis.

Materials and Methods:

A 10-year retrospective evaluation in 70 patients (32 men) dialyzing through vascular access (33, 47%) and tunneled catheters (37, 53%) was made. Three cohorts were compared: angioplasty alone (22), bare metal stent (28), and stent graft (20). Patencies were described with Kaplan-Meier method, and Cox uni- and multivariate models were analyzed to find factors associated.

Results:

All patients had a favorable anatomical and clinical outcome. Restenosis occurred in 22 (31%) of 70 patients requiring 41 additional interventions; 34 of 70 patients died (median follow-up 19.4 months). Primary patency at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months was 100%, 100%, 100%, and 84% for stent graft versus 90%, 79%, 58%, and 43% for angioplasty ( P = .014) versus 84%, 80%, 75%, and 46% for bare-metal stent ( P = .062). The overall comparison was more favorable for stent graft ( P = .020) when the sites of lesions were matched. Patencies for angioplasty and bare-metal stents were equivalent ( P = .141). A lower risk of restenosis (hazard rate [HR] 0.20, confidence interval [CI] 0.06-0.7) and fewer reinterventions ( P < .01) were associated with stent graft, whereas age (HR 1.04, CI 1.001-1.08) and cardiovascular disease (HR 2.26, CI 1.06-4.84) influenced the overall survival. No difference in assisted primary patency was found.

Conclusion:

Stent graft seems to improve primary patency for central venous stenosis and requires fewer reinterventions in a dialysis population with a high prevalence of long-term catheters.
A Qualitative Study on Chinese Canadian Male Immigrants’ Perspectives on Stopping Smoking: Implications for Tobacco Control in China
Authors: Mao Aimei , Bottorff Joan L. , Oliffe John L. , Sarbit Gayl , Kelly Mary T.
Published: April 2016

China has the largest number of smokers in the world; more than half of adult men smoke. Chinese immigrants smoke at lower rates than the mainstream population and other immigrant groups do. This qualitative study was to explore the influence of denormalization in Canada on male Chinese immigrant smoking after migration. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 male Chinese Canadian immigrants who were currently smoking or had quit smoking in the past 5 years. The study identified that, while becoming a prospective/father prompted the Chinese smokers to quit or reduce their smoking due to concern of the impacts of their smoking on the health of their young children, changes in smoking were also associated with the smoking environment. Four facilitators were identified which were related to the denomormalized smoking environment in Canada: (a) the stigma related to being a smoker in Canada, (b) conformity with Canadian smoking bans in public places, (c) the reduced social function of smoking in Canadian culture, and (d) the impact of graphic health messages on cigarette packs. Denormalization of tobacco in Canada in combination with collectivist values among Chinese smokers appeared to contribute to participants’ reducing and quitting smoking. Although findings of the study cannot be claimed as generalizable to the wider population of Chinese Canadian immigrants due to the small number of the participants, this study provides lessons for the development of tobacco control measures in China to reverse the current prosmoking social environment.
Family behaviors and type 2 diabetes: What to target and how to address in interventions for adults with low socioeconomic status
Authors: Mayberry Lindsay Satterwhite , Harper Kryseana J , Osborn Chandra Y
Published: April 2016

Objectives

Diabetes-specific family behaviors are associated with self-care and glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes. Formative research is needed to inform assessment of these behaviors and interventions to address obstructive family behaviors (sabotaging and nagging/arguing), particularly among racial/ethnic minorities and low-income adults who struggle most with self-care adherence.

Methods

We conducted a mixed-methods study with adults with type 2 diabetes at a Federally Qualified Health Center to better understand experiences with diabetes-specific family behaviors and willingness to engage family members in diabetes interventions. Participants completed a phone survey ( N = 53) and/or attended a focus group ( n = 15).

Results

Participants were 70% African American and had low socioeconomic status (96% annual income <US$20K, 51% uninsured). Although 62% lived with family members, only 48% lived with the person providing the most diabetes-specific support. Participants’ family living situations were diverse and multigenerational. Most (64%) experienced both supportive and obstructive family behaviors from the same person(s). Some participants (40%) said engaging family in interventions would positively affect all members; others (27%) did not want to involve family.

Discussion

Findings can inform the design and content of interventions targeting family involvement in adults’ type 2 diabetes, with implications for assessing family behaviors, intervention modalities, and who to engage.
Bereavement and coping with loss
Authors: Mathieson Liusaidh , Frullani Kelly D
Published: April 2016

Death and resulting bereavement are universal life events, to which grief is a natural response. An average practice has 20 patient deaths per full-time GP every year, each resulting in newly bereaved persons. Often patients consult GPs regarding this, but it remains an area where there is very limited formal training. The majority manage with support from family, friends or faith, but some patients will require more intensive input.
Extension orthoses and the stiff proximal interphalangeal joint following hand trauma: A review of current clinical practice in the Australian context
Authors: Glasgow Celeste , Peters Susan
Published: April 2016

Introduction

Extension orthoses are frequently prescribed by hand therapists to treat fixed flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. A wide variety of proximal interphalangeal joint extension orthoses exist, but there is limited research evidence to guide implementation in clinical practice. Consequently, effective management of fixed flexion deformity of the PIP joint remains a challenge.

Method

An electronic survey was distributed to members of the Australian Hand Therapy Association. The survey included two case scenarios, (including a fixed flexion deformity of 30° and 55°) and participants were asked to identify their preferred orthosis for each case. Responses to closed questions were analyzed descriptively. Thematic analysis for open-ended questions was completed by two experienced hand therapists.

Results

One hundred ninety-five therapists completed the electronic survey. Handmade capener (21.7%), pre-fabricated capener (22.2%), and static finger troughs (21.1%) were the preferred orthoses for treatment of contractures of 30°. Serial casts (60.9%) were the preferred choice for a contracture of 55°. Key themes influencing choice of orthosis reflected an evidence-based practice approach to clinical reasoning that combined use of available evidence with therapists’ experience and the needs of the patient. Therapists’ interpretation and application of research differed according to their unique situation.

Conclusion

Orthotic prescription is a multifaceted process that combines therapists’ interpretation of evidence with their experience and the needs of the patient. Further research is needed to evaluate and clarify current theories that are used to guide intervention.
Healing Environments
Authors: Schreuder Eliane , Lebesque Layla , Bottenheft Charelle
Published: April 2016

Objective:

The main aim of this research was to identify the impact of design characteristics (DCs) of a patient room on self-reported patient well-being.

Background:

This knowledge enables the construction of healing environments focusing on DCs that maximize well-being. Six themes were identified in literature that create healing environments: spatial comfort, safety and security, autonomy, sensory comfort, privacy, and social comfort. We wondered what themes and associated DCs should be prioritized if needed to maximize well-being.

Method:

The physical environment of patient rooms in four hospital locations was measured and patients who stayed in these rooms were asked to evaluate the room design on above mentioned themes and its contribution to their well-being. We used a machine-learning technique and regression analysis to find relations between the physical environment of a patient room and patient well-being.

Results and Conclusions:

We found that spatial comfort, safety and security, autonomy, and associated DCs have the strongest ability to influence patient’s self-reported well-being in a patient room. Privacy appears to have the smallest influence.
Interactive Effects Between Extraversion and Oxytocin Administration
Authors: Human Lauren J. , Thorson Katherine R. , Mendes Wendy Berry
Published: April 2016

Intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) appears to have positive social consequences, but these effects are often highly context- and person-specific. The present research examined whether the core personality trait of extraversion may be one important person-specific factor that plays a role in these associations. Across two double-blind randomized placebo-controlled studies (total ns: Study 1 = 121; Study 2 = 112), we observed significant interactions between OT administration and extraversion predicting prosocial outcomes. For individuals low in extraversion, OT administration relative to placebo led to greater perceived social connection and prosocial tendencies (Study 1) and more positive behavioral responses to help and greater trust of an interaction partner (Study 2). In contrast, OT administration was not beneficial for individuals high in extraversion. Overall, these findings contribute to growing evidence that OT administration has complex, person-specific effects on social behavior, indicating that extraversion plays an important role in these associations.
Intramyocardial Hematoma After Ebstein Anomaly Repair
Authors: Lim Joel Kian Boon , Lee Jan Hau , Mok Yee Hui , Chen Ching Kit , Loh Yee Jim
Published: April 2016

Intramyocardial hematoma is a rare condition and is an incomplete form of myocardial rupture, which may occur after myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, trauma, percutaneous coronary intervention, or spontaneously. We describe a case of a 16-year-old girl with intramyocardial hematoma mimicking an intracavitary thrombus following repair of Ebstein anomaly. The intramyocardial hematoma was incorrectly diagnosed on echocardiography as a right ventricular thrombus, and the true nature of the lesion was only realized during repeat surgical intervention for severe tricuspid regurgitation. The hematoma was managed conservatively and spontaneously resolved.
Teaching Soft Skills to Business Students
Authors: Anthony Suzanne , Garner Benjamin
Published: April 2016

Recent reports have suggested that many employees in the workforce today lack essential soft skills. This research analyzes the effectiveness of multiple classroom assignments for teaching soft skills in a Business Communication course. Five distinct pedagogical strategies were used in an effort to teach soft skills, including a self-analysis, an interview, a guest lecturer, a journal article, and a soft skills video. Results offer insights into students’ perceptions of the most helpful pedagogical approaches for teaching soft skills.
Christian Art in India: Early Christianity from the Arrival of the Portuguese Until Today
Authors: Löwner Gudrun
Published: April 2016

From the seventh century to the present, Christian art has existed in India. Astonishing is the fact that some of the best artistic pieces were done not by Christians, but by Hindus, Muslims, etc. This is especially visible in the Mogul miniatures of the Mogul court of Akbar to the Bengali art of the 20th century, where artists identified in Jesus the suffering Indian humanity. Today a lot of Christian art is engaging with the struggles of the people at the margins. Besides this social critical art, modern art forms are emerging which shed their Indian identity and could be done anywhere in the world.
Spectral Variability and Its Relationship to Structural Response Estimated from Scaled and Spectrum-Matched Ground Motions
Authors: Seifried A. E. , Baker J. W.
Published: April 2016

Conditional spectral dispersion ( CSD) is a measure of response spectrum variability that implicitly characterizes the variety of spectral shapes within a suite of ground motions. It is used here to explain the discrepancy between median structural demands estimated from different suites of scaled and spectrum-matched ground motions. Performing response history analyses with spectrum-matched ground motions is known to result in unconservatively biased median demand estimates in some cases. Herein, several suites of scaled ground motions with equivalent median intensities and varying levels of CSD are selected. A single suite of spectrum-matched ground motions is also created. These records are used to analyze the responses of inelastic single-degree-of-freedom and first-mode-dominated multiple-degree-of-freedom structural systems. Collapse capacities are also examined. A consistent trend between CSD and resulting median responses indicates that the bias phenomenon can be fully explained by an asymmetric relationship between conditional spectral ordinates at periods affecting inelastic response.
Breaking Cancer Bad News to Patients With Cancer: A Comprehensive Perspective of Patients, Their Relatives, and the Public—Example From a Middle Eastern Country
Authors: Zekri Jamal , Karim Syed Mustafa
Published: April 2016

Purpose

Empowering patients with cancer requires that they be continuously informed about their condition. In some Eastern cultures, this concept is often opposed by caregivers. We aim to compare the extent of disclosure desired by actual and presumed patients with cancer and their relatives in our practice.

Methods

Nine questions reflecting possible bad news communication to patients from diagnosis to the end of life were designed to investigate the extent of desired disclosure and were answered by 100 patients (cohort I) and 103 accompanying relatives (cohort II) in an outpatient setting. In addition, 103 public participants attending a family medicine clinic (cohort III) each answered the questions from the perspective of a presumed patient (cohort IIIA) and the perspective of a relative (cohort IIIB). The primary end point was affirmative response to six or more questions (AR ≥ 6), reflecting a preference to be informed of the majority (≥ 67%) of possible bad news.

Results

AR ≥ 6 was reported in 85% of cohort I and 52% of cohort II (χ2 P < .001). On multivariable analysis, AR ≥ 6 showed significant association with being a patient (in cohorts I and II) and having nonmetastatic disease (only in cohort I). In the public cohort, AR ≥ 6 was reported in 91% in cohort IIIA and 63% in cohort IIIB (χ2 P < .001). On multivariable analysis, AR ≥ 6 in cohort III was significantly associated with being a presumed patient and having at least a college education.

Conclusion

Patients desire disclosure of the majority of cancer-related bad news. This is in contrast to the views and requests of relatives. The public participants would also desire similar disclosure if they were to be diagnosed with cancer.
Smoking Cessation: The Role of the Anesthesiologist
Authors: Yousefzadeh Amir , Chung Frances , Wong David T. , Warner David O. , Wong Jean
Published: April 2016

Smoking increases the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Smoking cessation before surgery reduces the risk of complications. The perioperative period may be a “teachable moment” for smoking cessation and provides smokers an opportunity to engage in long-term smoking cessation. Anesthesiologists as the perioperative physicians are well-positioned to take the lead in this area and improve not only short-term surgical outcomes but also long-term health outcomes and costs. Preoperative interventions for tobacco use are effective to reduce postoperative complications and increase the likelihood of long-term abstinence. If intensive interventions (counseling, pharmacotherapy, and follow-up) are impractical, brief interventions should be implemented in preoperative clinics as a routine practice. The “Ask, Advise, Connect” is a practical strategy to be incorporated in the surgical setting. All anesthesiologists should ask their patients about smoking and strongly advise smokers to quit at every visit. Directly connecting patients to existing counseling resources, such as telephone quitlines, family physicians, or pharmacists using fax or electronic referrals, greatly increases the reach and the impact of the intervention.
Adaptive plasticity of spino-extraocular motor coupling during locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus
laevis
Authors: von Uckermann Géraldine , Lambert François M. , Combes Denis , Straka Hans , Simmers John
Published: April 2016

During swimming in the amphibian Xenopus laevis, efference copies of rhythmic locomotor commands produced by the spinal central pattern generator (CPG) can drive extraocular motor output appropriate for producing image-stabilizing eye movements to offset the disruptive effects of self-motion. During metamorphosis, X. laevis remodels its locomotor strategy from larval tail-based undulatory movements to bilaterally synchronous hindlimb kicking in the adult. This change in propulsive mode results in head/body motion with entirely different dynamics, necessitating a concomitant switch in compensatory ocular movements from conjugate left–right rotations to non-conjugate convergence during the linear forward acceleration produced during each kick cycle. Here, using semi-intact or isolated brainstem/spinal cord preparations at intermediate metamorphic stages, we monitored bilateral eye motion along with extraocular, spinal axial and limb motor nerve activity during episodes of spontaneous fictive swimming. Our results show a progressive transition in spinal efference copy control of extraocular motor output that remains adapted to offsetting visual disturbances during the combinatorial expression of bimodal propulsion when functional larval and adult locomotor systems co-exist within the same animal. In stages at metamorphic climax, spino-extraocular motor coupling, which previously derived from axial locomotor circuitry alone, can originate from both axial and de novo hindlimb CPGs, although the latter's influence becomes progressively more dominant and eventually exclusive as metamorphosis terminates with tail resorption. Thus, adaptive interactions between locomotor and extraocular motor circuitry allows CPG-driven efference copy signaling to continuously match the changing spatio-temporal requirements for visual image stabilization throughout the transitional period when one propulsive mechanism emerges and replaces another.
Demolding in Ultraviolet Nanoimprinting Assisted by a Nanoscale Lubricating Fluid Layer of Condensed Alternative Chlorofluorocarbon
Authors: Nakagawa Masaru , Kaneko Shu , Ito Shunya
Published: April 2016

We demonstrated that demolding in ultraviolet (UV) nanoimprinting was assisted by a nanoscale lubricating fluid layer of a liquefied 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (PFP) gas. UV-curable Resin A composed of glycerol 1,3-diglycerolate diacrylate with low PFP absorption showed low surface roughness of 22-nm line-and-space imprint patterns with the smallest line edge roughness (LER) value of 3σ = 1.8 nm. As the molar ratio of 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate with large PFP absorption was increased in the UV-curable resin, the morphological characteristics worsened. Although thin cured films of Resin A possessed a large surface free energy of 57.6 mJ m−2, Resin A could be used for step-and-repeat UV nanoimprinting with bare and fluorinated silica molds. Quartz crystal microbalance measurements suggested that a PFP adsorption layer was formed at a film surface of uncured Resin A upon exposure to PFP gas and functioned as a nanoscale lubricating fluid layer during UV nanoimprinting.
Βιβλιογραφία
Authors: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΥΣ Αλέξανδρος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Πανηγυρικός λόγος Αλεξάνδρου Φιλαδελφέως
Authors: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΥΣ Αλέξανδρος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Δωρεαί εις το Χριστιανικόν Αρχαιολογικόν Μουσείον κατά το έτος 1899
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Μουσείον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας. Μελέται, εργασίαι και περιηγήσεις του έτους 1901
Authors: ΛΑΜΠΑΚΗΣ Γεώργιος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Μουσείον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας. Περιηγήσεις ημών κατά το έτος 1905
Authors: ΛΑΜΠΑΚΗΣ Γεώργιος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Αρχαί της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας κατά το έτος 1905
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Ανακοινώσεις εν τω Αθήνησι συγκροτηθέντι Α΄ Διεθνεί Αρχαιολογικώ Συνέδριω εν τη Αιθούση της Ακαδημίας περί των εν Μήλω Χριστιανικών Κατακομβών, του εν αυτή Βαπτιστηρίου και ετέρων Χριστιανικών αρχαιοτήτων, περί διακρίσεως των όρων Βυζαντινή Αρχαιολογία και Βυζαντινή τέχνη και των όρων Χριστιανική Αρχαιολογία και Χριστιανική τέχνη
Authors: ΛΑΜΠΑΚΗΣ Γεώργιος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Άδεια γάμου παρεχομένη υπό του αρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου εις Μαρωνίτην ιερέα
Authors: ΖΑΝΝΕΤΟΣ Φίλιος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Η αβδηριτική επιγραφή
Authors: ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΡΧΑΙΟΥ ΕΤΑΙΡ. "ΟΘΡΥΟΣ" Αστέριος,
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Εργασίαι του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου κατά το έτος 1907
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Βιβλιογραφία
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Κατάλογος φωτογραφιών της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Εργασίαι του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου κατά το έτος 1908
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Χριστιανική επιγραφή εν τοις ερειπίοις Πυράσου (είτα Βορείου Μεσαιων. Αλμυρού)
Authors: ΓΙΑΝΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νικόλαος Ι.
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Βιβλιογραφία
Authors: ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (ΧΑΕ)
Published: April 2016

no abstarct
Βυζαντινός ναός εν Καρπάθω
Authors: ΙΑΚΩΒΙΤΣ Ιούλιος
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Η Παναγία του Καΐρου
Authors: ΞΥΓΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Ανδρέας
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Χριστιανικά και βυζαντινά γλυπτά Χαλκίδος
Authors: ΓΙΑΝΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νικόλαος Ι.
Published: April 2016

no abstract
Political economy and the ghosts of the past: revisiting the Spanish and Romanian transitions to democracy
Authors: Ban Cornel , Tamames Jorge
Published: April 2016

Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan’s opus on democratic transition and consolidation put Spain and Romania at the extreme ends of these processes and paid little attention to the domestic and external economic constraints on the transition process. This paper interrogates these claims. It shows that in retrospect Spain looks a lot less exemplary and Romania a lot less hopeless than this iconic contribution suggested at the time. Moreover, while external economic shocks and local attempts to buffer them through social compensation shaped both transitions, Romanian governments faced balance of payments crises and international policy conditionality constraints, while their Spanish counterparts did not. This difference invites a greater appreciation of the role of political economy analyses when comparing the policy options of political elites ruling in times of democratic transition and consolidation.
Review of Kostis Kornetis' Children of the Dictatorship: Student Resistance, Cultural Politics and the "Long 1960s'" in Greece
Authors: Voglis Polymeris
Published: April 2016

Book review of Kostis Kornetis, Children of the Dictatorship: Student Resistance, Cultural Politics and the 'Long 1960s' in Greece, New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2013. 373 pp.
Review of Julia P. Cohen’s Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era
Authors: Stephanov Darin
Published: April 2016

Julia P. Cohen, Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xxi + 219 pp
Οι γλωσσικές απεικονίσεις της οικονομικής κρίσης στον ελληνικό διαφημιστικό λόγο – Ενδεικτικές αναπαραστάσεις σημερινών νηπίων και παιδιών
Authors: Τσιτσανούδη – Μαλλίδη Νικολέττα
Published: April 2016

Η παρούσα εργασία εξετάζει τις γλωσσικές αναπαραστάσεις της οικονομικής κρίσης που άρχισε να πλήττει σοβαρά την Ελλάδα από τις αρχές του 2009, μετά μάλιστα και την ένταξη της χώρας στο καθεστώς του λεγόμενου «Μνημονίου Συνεργασίας», στα ποικίλα διαφημιστικά μηνύματα εμπορικών προϊόντων και εταιρειών που μεταδόθηκαν τόσο από ραδιοτηλεοπτικά μέσα ενημέρωσης, όσο και από το διαδίκτυο. Συγκεκριμένα, εξετάζονται οι τρόποι με τους οποίους τα διάφορα καταστασιακά περιβάλλοντα που συνδέονται με την οικονομική υστέρηση της Ελλάδας και την επιβολή σκληρών μέτρων λιτότητας επιδρούν στο σχεδιασμό και την παραγωγή των διαφημίσεων. Επιπλέον, αναλύονται οι στρατηγικές με βάση τις οποίες τα ποικίλα διαφημιστικά κείμενα παρουσίασαν, οργάνωσαν και ανακατασκεύασαν την κοινωνικοοικονομική πραγματικότητα με στόχο να εξασφαλίσουν την αποδεκτότητά τους από τους δέκτες. Ενδεικτικά, παρουσιάζονται και αναπαραστάσεις της νηπιακής και παιδικής ηλικίας, έτσι όπως ανακαλύπτονται στις τρέχουσες «διαφημίσεις της κρίσης».
Όπως προκύπτει, τα καταναλωτικά προϊόντα αναδεικνύονται ως η πανάκεια των σοβαρών οικονομικών προβλημάτων των πολιτών/καταναλωτών, μέσα από έναν προσχεδιασμένο «αυθόρμητο» λόγο. Ο λόγος αυτός, όταν δεν αγνοεί πλήρως την πραγματικότητα, την καυτηριάζει και την αποδομεί ή προχωρά ένα βήμα πιο μπροστά και τελικά την αναδομεί υπέρ του εκάστοτε διαφημιζόμενου είδους. Η εργασία ολοκληρώνεται με το συμπέρασμα ότι μεταξύ των κοινωνικών συγκείμενων και των διαφημιστικών κειμένων παρατηρείται μία διαρκής αλληλεπίδραση η οποία αφορμάται από τα δυσάρεστα λόγω οικονομικής ύφεσης βιώματα των πολιτών. Επεκτείνεται δε μέχρι τον αυθαίρετο μετασχηματισμό των ανθρώπινων εμπειριών σε ιδανικούς υποδοχείς καταναλωτικών ειδών τα οποία και υποτίθεται ότι θα θεραπεύσουν το άλγος και τη στέρηση που προκαλεί η οικονομική κρίση.
Παρουσίαση Βιβλίου Κανατσούλη Μ.,(2014) Μυστικά, ψέματα, όνειρα και άλλα: λογοτεχνία για αναγνώστες προσχολικής και πρώτης σχολικής ηλικίας
Authors: Οικονομίδου Αναστασία
Published: April 2016

"Δεν παρατίθεται περίληψη"
Regional Clustering - a mechanism to increase the investment attractiveness of the region
Authors: Корепова  , Korepova Valeriya , Митрофанова  , Mitrofanova Mariya , Мазина  , Mazina Darya
Published: April 2016

One of the mechanisms to improve the investment potential of the territory of a regional clustering. The development of clusters is an effective way of attracting foreign investment and encouraging foreign integration. The results of the implementation of the cluster policy is to increase productivity and innovation activity of enterprises in the cluster, as well as increase the intensity of development of small and medium-sized businesses.
Care Certificate Standard 11: safeguarding children; and 12: basic life support
Authors: Peate Ian
Published: April 2016

This article provides an overview of safeguarding children and basic life support, which are the Care Certificate's standards 11 and 12 respectively. Safeguarding children and young people is everyone's responsibility, and the healthcare assistant and the assistant practitioner (HCA and AP) have to play their part in ensuring children and young people are safe.

An overview of adult basic life support is provided, emphasising that prompt recognition and appropriate actions can save lives.
Identifying and treating patients with psoriasis
Authors: Watkins Jean
Published: April 2016

Practice and community nurses must know how to manage this common condition, writes Jean Watkins
Going to the fair
Authors: Hewson Claire
Published: April 2016

Roll up, roll up, it's time for the biggest event of the year – the annual summer fair. The committee is buzzing and children are excited. How can practitioners maximise every child's participation?
One of the gang?
Authors: Doyle Phoebe
Published: April 2016

While making friends is what pre-school is all about, the course of friendship does not always run smoothly. Parents will often bring their child's friendship issues to practitioners, says Pheobe Doyle.
APPLYING THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS TO OIL SANDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE RISK MANAGEMENT
Authors: Roux Izak Johannes , Makrigeorgis Dr. Christos
Published: April 2016

In 2013, oil companies in Alberta, Canada invested $32 billion in new oil-sands projects.  Despite the size of this investment, there is a demonstrable deficiency in the uniformity and understanding of environmental legislation requirements that translate into increased project compliance risks. In this paper, we applied the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to develop a priority list of environmental regulatory compliance risk criteria for oil-sands projects.  AHP belongs to the family of multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques that utilizes a pairwise comparison matrix solicited from subject matter experts (SMEs) in the field as input.  The overall methodology itself consisted of 4 phases: (1) identification of the initial list of N potential environmental compliance risk criteria and verification of these criteria via a pilot survey; (2) formation of a pairwise comparison survey in the form of an N(N-1)/2 comparison matrix based on the verified criteria; (3) administration of the pairwise comparison matrix to a sample of 16 industry-specific SME’s; and (4) the application of the AHP method using SuperDecisions as a tool on the collected sample to rank the identified risk criteria. Our demonstrated results can potentially inform Alberta oil sands industry leaders about the ranking and utility of specific compliance risks as understood by experts and enable a more focused environmental compliance action to help increase legislative and public trust.
SELECTION OF REVERSE LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER (RLSP) USING ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS (ANP): A CASE STUDY OF AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY
Authors: Jayant Arvind
Published: April 2016

Activities in reverse logistics implementation are practiced extensively by lead acid battery manufacturing industries. One important problem faced by the management in the battery manufacturing industry is the regular supply of spent batteries/ lead from the end users in the supply chain management of battery production. The Analytic Network Process (ANP) based decision model presented in this work structures the problem related to options in selection of a reverse logistics service provider for supply of EOL lead acid batteries in a hierarchical form and links the determinants, dimensions, and enablers of the reverse logistics service provider with alternatives available to the decision maker. A reverse logistics service provider evaluation problem has been formulated that includes two primary tasks: preliminary screening of the RL service providers by a team of managers and an Analytic Network Process (ANP) based model for final selection. The proposed approach, therefore, links the financial and non-financial, tangible and intangible, internal and external factors, thus providing a holistic framework for the selection of an alternative for the reverse logistics operations for EOL batteries. The results of the present work indicate that acceptable cost between the user and the RL service provider companies is the most important determinant which influences the final selection process. This approach also enables the decision-makers to better understand the complex relationships of the relevant attributes in the decision making which may subsequently improve the reliability of the decision.
Pairwise Comparisons and their Contribution to Understanding Consciousness
Authors: Saaty Thomas L.
Published: April 2016

With network ANP decision structures we raise the weighted supermatrix to powers to obtain the limiting priorities that represent the answer we seek, the priorities of the alternatives of choice. With a neural structure we need eigenfuntions to represent the priorities. The firing of each neuron can be represented by an eigenfunction, an exponentially damped periodic function of period one. There are four fundamental kinds of eigenfunctions: real, complex, quaternionic and octonionic. Each kind is suitable for certain kinds of sensations and thoughts. Interpreting how they contribute to consciousness is under investigation in a paper to appear in the journal Neural Networks.
Open Access Journals as Global Agoras
Authors: Mu Enrique
Published: April 2016

The ancient Greeks used to congregate in the agora, a central open space or square in their city states, to listen to statements from the council or military bosses or simply to discuss politics as needed...
Analysis of D1853N ATM Polymorphism in Radiosensitive Patients with Cervical Carcinoma
Authors: Beránek Martin , Drastíková Monika , Paulíková Simona , Sirák Igor , Vošmik Milan , Petera Jiří
Published: April 2016

Clinical oncologists have been focusing their efforts on attempting to define risk groups of patients with unusual biological reactions to the recommended therapy regimens using molecular biology techniques. The aims of our study were: (i) to find a design and validate a method for fast and reliable analysis of the D1853N (5557G>A) genetic polymorphism in the ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) gene; (ii) to use side-directed mutagenesis to generate ATM 5557A-positive DNA (reference ATM5557A DNA); and (iii) to analyze a group of patients suffering from cervical carcinoma with adverse responses to radiotherapy. The 5557A variant was found in three of twenty women (15%). Our data show that the prevalence of the 5557A allelic variant in cervical cancer subjects with adverse responses after irradiation probably does not differ from the prevalence common in Caucasians. A larger population study should confirm these preliminary results.
Development and characterization of a formaldehyde-free adhesive from lupine flour, glycerol, and a novel curing agent for particleboard (PB) production
Authors: Huang Jian , Li Kaichang
Published: April 2016

A formaldehyde-free adhesive has been developed from defatted lupine flour (defLF), glycerol, and a novel curing agent (CA). The CA was prepared from reactions of epichlorohydrin (ECH) and 3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylamine (DMAPA) and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopies. The adhesive has a low viscosity of 472 cP at a total solids content (SC) of 60% and could be easily applied onto wood particles for the production of particleboards (PBs). The internal bond (IB) strength, modulus of rupture (MOR), and modulus of elasticity (MOE) of the resulting PBs exceeded the industrial requirements. The adhesive with defLF/glycerol/CA mass ratio of 2:4:3 led to the best overall properties of the resulting PBs. The curing mechanisms of the adhesive were mainly attributed to the reactions between lupine protein and the CA.
Sending laughter around the world
Authors: Peacock Louise
Published: April 2016

Clowning for refugees, clown performances in refugee camps or conflict zones is a performative practice which has existed for almost 30 years. However, very little academic attention has been paid to performance of this kind. This article, therefore, outlines the history of clowning with refugees (drawing on the practice of Clowns without Borders (CWB), the primary organisation in this field and on the work of other individual clowns). It establishes the key principles which guide this kind of performance, focusing on the practitioners’ emphasis on the therapeutic power of laughter and play, particularly, but not exclusively, for children. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, email questionnaires, videos of clown refugee performance, internet newspaper articles and published material, the techniques and strategies of clown performances in refugee settings are explored through three examples of practical encounters. These case studies (CWB in Lesotho, Circus2Iraq and Mimi the Clown working with the Red Cross in Tunisia) facilitate the exploration of the aims of such work and how such performances might best be evaluated. Whilst the article’s focus is on examining the performative and therapeutic nature of clowning, play and laughter on those who experience clown performances; the fact that such performances take place in difficult and potentially dangerous settings also raises issues in relation to cultural and ethical considerations which are also explored.
In vitro bactericidal activity of Berberis aristata extract against clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli
Authors: Thakur Pallavi , Chawla Raman , Narula Alka , Goel Rajeev , Arora Rajesh , Sharma Rakesh Kumar
Published: April 2016

Background: Berberis aristata is known to contain a variety of phenolic compounds, flavonoids such as quercetin attributing towards its holistic capability of mitigating multidrug resistance.

Methods: B. aristata stem bark extract was prepared and characterized using phytochemical and bioactivity-based fingerprinting. Anti-oxidant and anti-lipid peroxidation profiling was also done in conjunction with in vitro anti-microbial efficacy testing against the test microorganism i. e., New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Escherichia coli.

Results: Aquo-alcoholic (1:1) extract of B. aristata (PTRC-2111-A), containing 3.0±0.02 µg of QUERCETIN/mg of dried extract, exhibited [flavonoid/polyphenol: F/P (quercetin %) ~ 0.16(0.06 %)]. The bioactivity fingerprint profile of PTRC-2111-A included IC50 ratio [DPPH/NOS]=0.064 as functional standardized value having IC50 (DPPH Scavenging)=16±0.5 µg/mL and IC50 (Nitric Oxide Scavenging)=250±0.5 µg/mL respectively. The reducing ability and anti-lipid peroxidation equivalent (extract: standard) of PTRC-2111-A with respect to standard was estimated to be 3.44 (ascorbic acid) and 0.78 (quercetin) respectively. In vitro anti-microbial activity evaluated against sts-09 multidrug-resistant strain of carbapenem-resistant E. coli was found to be 25 µg/mL.

Conclusions: B. aristata was found to contain a number of phytoconstituents, which acts in a synergistic manner to provide significant bactericidal potential against carbapenem-resistant E. coli.
Synthesis and characterization of some new thallium(III) macrocyclic complexes and their biological studies
Authors: Bajju Gauri D. , Katoch Sapna , Devi Gita , Kundan Sujata , Ashu  , Bhagat Madhullika
Published: April 2016

New symmetrically
Crystal structure of catena-poly-[aqua(μ2-4,4′-bipyridine-κ2
N:N′)bis(3′,5,5′-tricarboxybiphenyl-2-carboxylato-κ2
O,O′)cadmium(II)], C42H28N2O17Cd
Authors: Xia Wei , Liu Peng-Jun , Li Gui-Juan
Published: April 2016

C42H28N2O17Cd, monoclinic, P2/n, a = 11.8533(4) Å, b = 7.1975(3) Å, c = 23.5490(7) Å, β = 115.181(2)°, V = 1818.14(11) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt
(F) = 0.0220, wR
ref
(F
2) = 0.0615, T = 293(2) K.
How to name new chemical elements (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)
Authors: Koppenol Willem H. , Corish John , García-Martínez Javier , Meija Juris , Reedijk Jan
Published: April 2016

A procedure is proposed to name new chemical elements. After the discovery of a new element is established by the joint IUPAC-IUPAP Working Group, the discoverers are invited to propose a name and a symbol to the IUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Division. Elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property or a scientist. After examination and acceptance by the Inorganic Chemistry Division, the proposal follows the accepted IUPAC procedure and is then ratified by the Council of IUPAC. This document is a slightly amended version of the 2002 IUPAC Recommendations; the most important change is that the names of all new elements should have an ending that reflects and maintains historical and chemical consistency. This would be in general “-ium” for elements belonging to groups 1–16, i.e. including the f-block elements, “-ine” for elements of group 17 and “-on” for elements of group 18.
Signaling Legitimacy: Self-legitimation by the G8 and the G20 in Times of Competitive Multilateralism
Authors: Gronau Jennifer
Published: April 2016

Given our pluralistic world today, the G8 or rather G7, is an anachronism. How has the club of Western nations managed to prevail over its four decades of existence? This question is even more relevant in the light of the rise of the G20 at the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. By making use of the concept of self-legitimation, this paper seeks to gain a better understanding of how both informal institutions ended up in a state of coexistence rather than with the replacement of the G8 by the G20. The main argument is that both needed (and still need) to carefully position themselves as distinct from each other in order to prevail and to inspire adherence. By including visual data and examining two informal institutions rather than formalized international organizations, the analysis complements concurrent research on the legitimation efforts of international institutions. The article traces three modes of public self-legitimation: legitimation policies, legitimation talk and nonverbal self-presentation. Based on textual analysis and a reconstruction of ideal-typical summit photographs (1975–2013), this contribution shows how both institutions present themselves as inclusive, accountable managers for the benefit of all. Despite these similarities, a normative as well as a de facto division of labor makes it more likely for today’s G7 to prevail, even in – or even because of – today’s more pluralistic world.
The HABP2 G534E polymorphism does not increase nonmedullary thyroid cancer risk in Hispanics
Authors: Bohórquez Mabel E , Estrada Ana P , Stultz Jacob , Sahasrabudhe Ruta , Williamson John , Lott Paul , Duque Carlos S , Donado Jorge , Mateus Gilbert , Bolaños Fernando , Vélez Alejandro , Echeverry Magdalena , Carvajal-Carmona Luis G
Published: April 2016

Familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) has not been clearly linked to causal germline variants, despite the large role that genetic factors play in risk. Recently, HABP2 G534E (rs7080536A) has been implicated as a causal variant in NMTC. We have previously shown that the HABP2 G534E variant is not associated with TC risk in patients from the British Isles. Hispanics are the largest and the youngest minority in the United States and NMTC is now the second most common malignancy in women from this population. In order to determine if the HABP2 G534E variant played a role in NMTC risk among Hispanic populations, we analyzed 281 cases and 1105 population-matched controls from a multicenter study in Colombia, evaluating the association through logistic regression. We found that the HABP2 G534E variant was not significantly associated with NMTC risk (P=0.843) in this Hispanic group. We also stratified available clinical data by multiple available clinicopathological variables and further analyzed the effect of HABP2 on NMTC presentation. However, we failed to detect associations between HABP2 G534E and NMTC risk, regardless of disease presentation (P≥0.273 for all cases). Therefore, without any significant associations between the HABP2 G534E variant and NMTC risk, we conclude that the variant is not causal of NMTC in this Hispanic population.
An Evolving Genetic Architecture Interacts with Hill–Robertson Interference to Determine the Benefit of Sex
Authors: Whitlock Alexander O B , Peck Kayla M , Azevedo Ricardo B R , Burch Christina L
Published: April 2016

Sex is ubiquitous in the natural world, but the nature of its benefits remains controversial. Previous studies have suggested that a major advantage of sex is its ability to eliminate interference between selection on linked mutations, a phenomenon known as Hill–Robertson interference. However, those studies may have missed both important advantages and important disadvantages of sexual reproduction because they did not allow the distributions of mutational effects and interactions (i.e., the genetic architecture) to evolve. Here we investigate how Hill–Robertson interference interacts with an evolving genetic architecture to affect the evolutionary origin and maintenance of sex by simulating evolution in populations of artificial gene networks. We observed a long-term advantage of sex—equilibrium mean fitness of sexual populations exceeded that of asexual populations—that did not depend on population size. We also observed a short-term advantage of sex—sexual modifier mutations readily invaded asexual populations—that increased with population size, as was observed in previous studies. We show that the long- and short-term advantages of sex were both determined by differences between sexual and asexual populations in the evolutionary dynamics of two properties of the genetic architecture: the deleterious mutation rate (Ud) and recombination load (LR). These differences resulted from a combination of selection to minimize LR, which is experienced only by sexuals, and Hill–Robertson interference experienced primarily by asexuals. In contrast to the previous studies, in which Hill–Robertson interference had only a direct impact on the fitness advantages of sex, the impact of Hill–Robertson interference in our simulations was mediated additionally by an indirect impact on the efficiency with which selection acted to reduce Ud.
Inferring the Frequency Spectrum of Derived Variants to Quantify Adaptive Molecular Evolution in Protein-Coding Genes of Drosophila melanogaster
Authors: Keightley Peter D , Campos José L , Booker Tom R , Charlesworth Brian
Published: April 2016

Many approaches for inferring adaptive molecular evolution analyze the unfolded site frequency spectrum (SFS), a vector of counts of sites with different numbers of copies of derived alleles in a sample of alleles from a population. Accurate inference of the high-copy-number elements of the SFS is difficult, however, because of misassignment of alleles as derived vs. ancestral. This is a known problem with parsimony using outgroup species. Here we show that the problem is particularly serious if there is variation in the substitution rate among sites brought about by variation in selective constraint levels. We present a new method for inferring the SFS using one or two outgroups that attempts to overcome the problem of misassignment. We show that two outgroups are required for accurate estimation of the SFS if there is substantial variation in selective constraints, which is expected to be the case for nonsynonymous sites in protein-coding genes. We apply the method to estimate unfolded SFSs for synonymous and nonsynonymous sites in a population of Drosophila melanogaster from phase 2 of the Drosophila Population Genomics Project. We use the unfolded spectra to estimate the frequency and strength of advantageous and deleterious mutations and estimate that ∼50% of amino acid substitutions are positively selected but that <0.5% of new amino acid mutations are beneficial, with a scaled selection strength of Nes ≈ 12.