bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Size optimization of the moving platform for cable-driven parallel manipulators based on stiffness characteristics
Authors: Zhang Bin , Shang Wei-Wei , Cong Shuang , Liu Yi
Published: June 2017

To improve the mechanical structure of cable-driven parallel manipulators (CDPMs), the size of the moving platform is optimized based on the stiffness characteristics. First, the relationship between the stability and the static stiffness of CDPMs is analyzed, and a way of judging whether CDPMs are stable at a given pose is proposed. Therefore, the space formed by all stable poses is defined as the stable workspace. Second, the effects of two different shapes of the moving platform in different sizes on the stable workspace are investigated numerically. Furthermore, by maximizing the stable workspace, the size of the moving platform is optimized using the grouped coordinate descent method. Finally, the simulation experiments are implemented on a six-DOF spatial CDPM with eight cables. The simulation results indicate that the shape and size of the moving platform both have effects on the stable workspace, and the volume of the stable workspace can be enlarged by optimizing the size of the moving platform in the two different shapes.
Possibilities for Total Student Participation in Discussion: My Testing Queue
Authors: Dunbar Laura
Published: June 2017

Technology continues to evolve, and it is time to try out some new technology in my classroom to help ensure student participation.
An Investigation Into the Structural Form of the O*NET–Interest Profiler–Short Form
Authors: Warlick Craig A. , Ingram Paul B. , Ternes Michael S. , Krieshok Thomas S.
Published: June 2017

Since their introduction, interests have been important to the field of vocational psychology. Within career counseling, they often serve as a starting point to career exploration. The changing nature of the world of work means that accurate assessment is even more imperative. There remain a number of inventories to help assess this construct. The Occupational Information Network–Interest Profiler–Short Form (O*NET-IP-SF) is a public domain assessment utilized to measure Holland’s six occupational profiles: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Using confirmatory factor analysis, this study examined the structural integrity of the O*NET-IP-SF and interpretive potential using a regionally and racially diverse sample of American college students. Results suggest that O*NET-IP-SF possesses poor fit with a six-factor structure and that modifications are needed to reach acceptable levels of scale performance. Implications for researchers and career counselors are discussed.
An avascular tumor growth model based on porous media mechanics and evolving natural states
Authors: Mascheroni P , Carfagna M , Grillo A , Boso DP , Schrefler BA
Published: June 2017

Mechanical factors play a major role in tumor development and response to treatment. This is more evident for tumors grown in vivo, where cancer cells interact with the different components of the host tissue. Mathematical models are able to characterize the mechanical response of the tumor and can provide a better understanding of these interactions. In this work, we present a biphasic model for tumor growth based on the mechanics of fluid-saturated porous media. In our model, the porous medium is identified with the tumor cells and the extracellular matrix, and represents the system’s solid phase, whereas the interstitial fluid constitutes the liquid phase. A nutrient is transported by the fluid phase, thereby supporting the growth of the tumor. The internal reorganization of the tissue in response to mechanical and chemical stimuli is described by enforcing the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient tensor associated with the solid phase motion. In this way, we are able to distinguish the contributions of growth, rearrangement of cellular bonds, and elastic distortions which occur during tumor evolution. Results are shown for three cases of biological interest, addressing (i) the growth of a tumor spheroid in the culture medium, and (ii) the evolution of an avascular tumor growing first in a soft host tissue and then (iii) in a three-dimensional heterogeneous region. We analyze the dependence of tumor development on the mechanical environment, with particular focus on cell reorganization and its role in stress relaxation.
Analytical solution of some delamination scenarios in thick structural sandwich plates
Authors: Szekrényes András
Published: June 2017

The first-, second- and third-order shear deformation plate theories are applied in this work to model thick rectangular sandwich plates with through-width delamination. The models are based on the concept of the four equivalent single layers and the system of exact kinematic conditions. Three different scenarios are considered: the failure of the core, the delamination between the top facesheet and the core, and finally, the case when the delamination takes place in the local midplane of the top facesheet. A general model is derived and applied to sandwich plates with Lévy type boundary conditions. The governing equations are summarized and the state-space model of the system is created. The mechanical fields are calculated and compared to finite element results. The comparison shows that the first-order sandwich plate model is inaccurate, on the other hand, the second- and third-order theories capture very well the mechanical fields compared to finite element results. The J-integral distribution is also calculated along the delamination front and it is concluded that the third- and second-order models give very good approximations of the results by finite element analysis and the virtual crack closure technique.
Toward more reflexive, empowering, and ethical metaphorical organizational research
Authors: Driver Michaela
Published: June 2017

This study aims to take forward Gareth Morgan’s call for more reflexivity and self-deconstruction in metaphorical organizational research by developing a novel framework for the production and use of metaphors. Drawing on psychoanalytic theorizing, this framework seeks to move the field toward an approach to metaphors in which metaphors can be explored as symptoms of our struggles with unconscious desire. This, in turn, offers opportunities for engaging in more reflexive, empowering, and ethical metaphorical research.
Alternative citizenship models: Contextualizing new media and the new “good citizen”
Authors: Kligler-Vilenchik Neta
Published: June 2017

Much current literature examines ways in which civic norms and practices are being enacted, developed and experimented with in the realm of new media. Yet an open question pertains to the role the new media environment plays in this process: Are changes in civic conceptions reliant on new media, or is it an arena in which such changes are enacted and enhanced? This essay addresses this question by contextualizing citizenship models that theorize the role of new media, as part of a broader paradigm of “alternative citizenship models.” What threads together this paradigm is an argument about a change in what constitutes “good citizenship”; a change seen not as a decline from a previous standard, but as the manifestation of a new citizenship model. This article maps the landscape of alternative citizenship models and investigates the role of new media in reshaping citizenship.
Primary Care–Based Health Coaching Intervention for Weight Loss in Overweight/Obese Adults: A 2-Year Experience
Authors: Sherman Ryan P. , Petersen Rebecca , Guarino Anthony J. , Crocker J. Benjamin
Published: June 2017

Background: Obesity is a major contributor to medical comorbidity and places a large economic burden on health care. This study examined the effectiveness of primary care–integrated health coaching for weight loss in overweight/obese patients. Participants/Methods: This observational clinical study with a retrospective comparison analysis was performed at an urban academic primary care practice. A total of 271 individuals with a BMI >25 kg/m2 were recruited and followed for 2 years. A standardized health coaching intervention was used to promote weight loss. The main outcome measures were weight loss as a percentage of initial body weight and proportion of patients with weight loss ≥5% initial body weight, controlling for relevant covariates. An activity-based cost assessment of health coaching for weight loss was also performed. Results: Health coaching was associated with a mean loss of 7.24% initial weight after 12 months (95% CI = 8.68 to 5.90) and 6.77% after 24 months (95% CI = 8.78 to 4.76). Coached patients were more likely to achieve ≥5% of initial weight loss at both 12 and 24 months (P < .001). Health coaching costs were $288.54 per participant over 1 year. Conclusions: Primary care–integrated health coaching was associated with statistically significant weight loss in overweight and obese adults.
The new anarchy: Globalisation and fragmentation in world politics
Authors: Cerny Philip G , Prichard Alex
Published: June 2017

Modern International Relations theory has consistently underestimated the depth of the problem of anarchy in world politics. Contemporary theories of globalisation bring this into bold relief. From this perspective, the complexity of transboundary networks and hierarchies, economic sectors, ethnic and religious ties, civil and cross-border wars, and internally disaggregated and transnationally connected state actors, leads to a complex and multidimensional restructuring of the global, the local and the uneven connections in between. We ought to abandon the idea of ‘high’ and ‘low’ politics, ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ once and for all. This does not remove the problem of anarchy but rather deepens it, involving multidimensional tensions and contradictions variously described as ‘functional differentiation’, ‘multiscalarity’, ‘fragmegration’, disparate ‘landscapes’, the ‘new security dilemma’ and ‘neomedievalism’. Approaching anarchy from the perspective of plural competing claims to authority and power forces us to think again about the nature of global order and the virtues of anarchy therein. Will the long-term outcome be the emergence of a more decentralised, pluralistic world order or a quagmire of endemic conflict and anomie?
Automated volumetry of hippocampus is useful to confirm unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis in patients with radiologically positive findings
Authors: Silva Guilherme , Martins Cristina , Moreira da Silva Nádia , Vieira Duarte , Costa Dias , Rego Ricardo , Fonseca José , Silva Cunha João Paulo
Published: June 2017

Background and purpose

We evaluated two methods to identify mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS): visual inspection by experienced epilepsy neuroradiologists based on structural magnetic resonance imaging sequences and automated hippocampal volumetry provided by a processing pipeline based on the FMRIB Software Library.

Methods

This retrospective study included patients from the epilepsy monitoring unit database of our institution. All patients underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging in 1.5T and 3T scanners with protocols that included thin coronal T2, T1 and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and isometric T1 acquisitions. Two neuroradiologists with experience in epilepsy and blinded to clinical data evaluated magnetic resonance images for the diagnosis of MTS. The diagnosis of MTS based on an automated method included the calculation of a volumetric asymmetry index between the two hippocampi of each patient and a threshold value to define the presence of MTS obtained through statistical tests (receiver operating characteristics curve). Hippocampi were segmented for volumetric quantification using the FIRST tool and fslstats from the FMRIB Software Library.

Results

The final cohort included 19 patients with unilateral MTS (14 left side): 14 women and a mean age of 43.4 ± 10.4 years. Neuroradiologists had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 73.3% to detect MTS (gold standard, k = 0.755). Automated hippocampal volumetry had a sensitivity of 84.2% and specificity of 86.7% (k = 0.704). Combined, these methods had a sensitivity of 84.2% and a specificity of 100% (k = 0.825).

Conclusions

Automated volumetry of the hippocampus could play an important role in temporal lobe epilepsy evaluation, namely on confirmation of unilateral MTS diagnosis in patients with radiological suggestive findings.
Surgical, medical and developmental outcomes in patients with Down syndrome and cataracts
Authors: Santoro Stephanie L , Atoum Dema , Hufnagel Robert B , Motley William W
Published: June 2017

Background:

Individuals with Down syndrome have an increased risk for congenital cataracts, but descriptions of surgical, medical and developmental outcomes are sparse.

Materials and Methods:

Retrospective review of medical charts of patients with Down syndrome with visits to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital from 1988 to 2013 was performed. A case series of five patients with Down syndrome and cataracts is presented. A total of 47 patients with Down syndrome without cataracts were used as a developmental control. Developmental quotients were compared using an independent-sample, unequal variance t-test.

Results:

Post-operative cataract complication rates ranged from 20% to 60%. Visual outcomes were varied; significant associations between complication rate and visual outcome were not found. Developmental quotients did not show an association with number of complications, but were lower for children with Down syndrome with cataracts requiring surgery compared to children with Down syndrome without cataracts.

Conclusion:

In children with Down syndrome and congenital cataract, surgical intervention has risk for post-operative complications. Further investigation is needed to determine if there is an association between surgical complications and visual or developmental outcomes.
Therapeutic drug monitoring for colistin therapy in severe multi-resistant Acinetobacter intracerebral abscess: A single case study with high-dose colistin and review of literature
Authors: Tafelski Sascha , Wagner Lukas , Angermair Stefan , Deja Maria ,   for the ABx Study Group
Published: June 2017

Objectives:

Intracranial infections due to multidrug- resistant (MDR) gram-negative pathogens are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. As therapeutic options are limited and systemic drug penetration into the infection focus is difficult, intraventricular therapy has been described.

Methods:

We report on a patient with intracranial abscess caused by MDR Acinetobacter baumannii.

Results:

He was treated with high doses of intravenous and intraventricular colistin resulting in microbiological clearance and clinical cure. Therapy was controlled by therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of serum and liquor colistin levels. About 100 cases with intraventricular or intrathecal colistin are reported in literature but data on TDM are sparse.

Conclusions:

This is one of the first cases providing data on TDM for locally administered high dose colistin therapy for the treatment of intracranial abscess formations. Based on these findings, increasing the intraventricular application interval paralleled with intravenous colistin could possibly be sufficient to achieve appropriate therapeutic drug levels. Further studies are needed to support alternative dosing strategies in similar cases.
The Co-development of Relational Aggression and Disruptive Behavior Symptoms From Late Childhood Through Adolescence
Authors: Aizpitarte Alazne , Atherton Olivia E. , Robins Richard W.
Published: June 2017

Researchers have debated whether relational aggression is a developmentally normative behavior or a sign of some underlying psychopathology. However, due to the dearth of longitudinal studies, we know little about how relational aggression and more severe forms of disruptive behavior co-develop. The present study examined bidirectional associations between relational aggression and two psychiatric disorders, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD), using data from a longitudinal study of 674 Mexican-origin youth followed from age 10 to 16. Results showed that individuals who engaged in relational aggression tended to increase over time in ODD and CD symptoms, and conversely, individuals exhibiting symptoms of ODD and CD tended to increase in relational aggression. These findings held for boys and girls, for youth born in Mexico and the United States, and after controlling for physical aggression. Thus, relational aggression seems to be both a developmentally normative behavior and a predictor of future mental health problems.
Commentary on “Strengths and Weaknesses in the Intellectual Profile of Different Subtypes of Specific Learning Disorder” (Toffalini et al., 2017)
Authors: Beaujean A. Alexander
Published: June 2017

In their article on specific learning disorders (SLDs), Toffalini, Giofré, and Cornoldi conducted a profile analysis of index scores from individuals diagnosed with an SLD. Their data interpretation—and subsequent clinical recommendations—have many of the same problems that have plagued the research in subscale score interpretation for decades. In this article, I describe some problems with Toffalini et al.’s analysis and conclusions as well as provide some recommendations for future research and clinical use of subscale scores.
Genetic variants in ADAMTS13 as well as smoking are major determinants of plasma ADAMTS13 levels
Authors: Ma Qianyi , Jacobi Paula M. , Emmer Brian T. , Kretz Colin A. , Ozel Ayse Bilge , McGee Beth , Kimchi-Sarfaty Chava , Ginsburg David , Li Jun Z. , Desch Karl C.
Published: June 2017

Key Points

Three independent association signals at ADAMTS13 and smoking were identified as major predictors of plasma ADAMTS13 levels. Evidence was presented that 2 nonsynonymous ADAMTS13 variants were driving the variation of plasma ADAMTS13 concentrations.
Hyperprolactinaemia: A guide for psychiatrists
Authors: Wadoo Ovais , Shah Aadil Jan , Hall Rachael , Mamoojee Yaasir
Published: June 2017

Medications prescribed by psychiatrists are known to elevate serum prolactin levels, but hyperprolactinaemia remains underrecognised, as the adverse effects of an elevated prolactin are mostly not visible. Hyperprolactinaemia can lead to adverse health outcomes, so clinicians need not only to be alert to its symptoms, but to manage the consequences as well. In this article we provide a brief overview of prolactin physiology, regulation and function. We list various factors that can lead to elevated serum prolactin. We discuss the interpretation of blood results and the management of psychotropic-induced hyperprolactinaemia. We include a flow diagram to assist clinicians in decision-making in the clinical management of hyperprolactinaemia.

Learning Objectives

• Understand prolactin physiology and regulation

• Understand hyperprolactinaemia and its causes

• Know the consequences of hyperprolactinaemia and appropriately manage it in clinical practice
Moral responsibility in psychopathy: A clinicophilosophical case discussion
Authors: Ramplin Steve , Ayob Gloria
Published: June 2017

This article examines the concept of moral responsibility in psychopathy. In doing so it shows how philosophical ideas can be used to help approach a complex issue in psychiatry. Building on a fictitious case, we explore two arguments: the exempting view, which proposes that psychopaths lack any ability to function as moral agents; and the mitigating view, which concedes that there are impairments in moral understanding in psychopathy, but takes these to be insufficient to be completely exempting, instead concluding that such individuals are at least partially morally responsible. Typically, clinicians (and the courts) are more comfortable with a mitigating view, whereas philosophers tend to extol an exempting view. Through discussion of the case, we illustrate the value that philosophy brings to clinical psychiatry and the ways in which psychiatry can enrich philosophical debate.

Learning Objectives

• Appreciate the diversity of views about moral responsibility in psychopathy, ranging from mitigation to exemption

• Understand the philosophical arguments used to support both the mitigating and exempting views

• Consider the benefits of philosophical reasoning in explicating a complex problem in psychiatry
Quality improvement for psychiatrists
Authors: Holt Genevieve , Ryland Howard , Shah Amar
Published: June 2017

Quality improvement (QI) offers a route to transforming care delivery at the scale and pace needed to ensure sustainability in the National Health Service. However, it is a complex endeavour with numerous challenges to consider, and it takes time. There are many ways of understanding quality and QI in healthcare, and it is important for doctors to develop knowledge of the core principles of QI, which increasingly feature in clinical settings and in training curricula for healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

• Describe what QI means in healthcare contexts and explain how it is different from clinical audit

• Identify when QI methodology can add value to efforts to improve quality in clinical settings

• Describe contextual factors that influence the effectiveness with which QI can be applied
Deaf people: What every clinician needs to know
Authors: du Feu Margaret
Published: June 2017

Deafness is a common and varied medical, social and psychological construct that affects a significant proportion of the population. Restricted communication and uninformed attitudes have adverse effects on the physical and mental health of deaf people. Clinicians need to know how to recognise and resolve these difficulties.

Learning Objectives

• Be aware of the high prevalence and diverse nature of deafness

• Recognise the importance of effective communication and how to achieve this with deaf people

• Understand the potential impact of deafness on mental and physical health
Comorbidity, consanguinity and co-occurrence
Authors: Tyrer Peter
Published: June 2017

The adjective ‘comorbid’, and its fellow noun ‘comorbidity’, are used repeatedly in psychiatric practice, but we frequently use them sloppily and ignore what they really mean. Here, I briefly define comorbidity of disorders, and suggest the alternative categories of consanguinity and co-occurrence.
Risk Factors for the Development of Delayed TSH Elevation in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Newborns
Authors: Zung Amnon , Bier Palmon Rachel , Golan Agneta , Troitzky Mara , Eventov-Friedman Smadar , Marom Ronella , Keidar Rimona , Kats Neri , Almashanu Shlomo , Flidel-Rimon Orna
Published: June 2017

Context

Delayed thyrotropin (TSH) elevation (dTSH) is defined as elevated TSH at the second neonatal screening (after normal TSH levels at the initial screening) in premature, low-birth-weight, and ill newborns, mostly in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting. The pathogenesis of dTSH is elusive.

Objective

To identify the risk factors for dTSH development among newborns in the NICU.

Design, Setting, and Patients

A retrospective medical record review of neonates with dTSH was conducted in eight university-affiliated NICUs. Two controls were selected for each patient, matched for sex and birth weight. The risk factors for dTSH were identified by univariate analysis, followed by multivariate analysis.

Main Outcome Measures

Maternal variables, types of NICU treatments and procedures, syndromes, and various medical conditions were compared between dTSH patients and their matched controls.

Results

We enrolled 100 dTSH patients and 200 matched controls and 46 variables were compared between the two groups. Twelve risk factors for dTSH were identified on univariate analysis: cesarean section, mechanical ventilation, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), pneumothorax, and administration of cefotaxime, vancomycin, fluconazole, dopamine, ibuprofen, furosemide, insulin, and packed red blood cells. On multivariate analysis, four risk factors were identified: PDA and vancomycin, insulin, and furosemide administration. In 26 twin pairs, in which one twin had dTSH, all variables presented similarly in both twins.

Conclusions

Although some variables had direct effects on pituitary–thyroid axis dysfunction, these variables, altogether, reflect the severity of the clinical conditions in the NICU, which is the common basis for dTSH.
Memória, patrimônio e reparação: políticas culturais no Brasil e o reconhecimento da história da escravidão
Authors: Forti Andrea Siqueira D'Alessandri
Published: June 2017

O presente artigo busca relacionar a elaboração de políticas culturais com as lutas sociais das populações negras no Brasil, principalmente, aquelas ocorridas a partir de fins dos anos 1970. O objetivo é analisar, a partir de referenciais teóricos e de estudo de caso, como os resultados da implantação dessas políticas podem ser entendidos como uma reparação simbólica para esses grupos historicamente submetidos e silenciados. Assim como os usos possíveis do patrimônio e de exposições museológicas para a produção de conhecimento e ensino de história da escravidão e de cultura afro-brasileira. Palavras-chave: Memória, Patrimônio, História da escravidão.
Um balanço das formas de proteção institucionalizadas do patrimônio cultural no Brasil e o caso da cidade de Ouro Preto, MG.
Authors: Medina Leite Féres Leila
Published: June 2017

Dentre as formas de proteção institucionalizadas do Patrimônio Cultural no Brasil, estão os mais conhecidos e utilizados instrumentos que conferem salvaguarda ao patrimônio cultural material, natural e imaterial. No presente artigo elegemos alguns mecanismos de proteção previstos em lei, buscamos compreender seu funcionamento nas políticas públicas, assim como suas aplicabilidades. Optamos por eleger a cidade de Ouro Preto, no estado de Minas Gerais, como exemplo da execução dessas políticas de proteção e do recente envolvimento da população nas tomadas de decisões envolvendo o patrimônio cultural. Palavras-chave: Patrimônio cultural, Brasil, Instrumentos de proteção, Ouro Preto.
O que é o Preserve/fe ? E como se constituiu o Centro de Preservação da História Ferroviária do Rio Grande do Sul na década de 1980?
Authors: Lewinski Cinara Isolde Koch
Published: June 2017

Este artigo tem o objetivo de explicar como surgiu o Preserve/fe e demonstrar que a constituição do Centro de Preservação da História Ferroviária do Rio Grande do Sul na década de 1980 estava inserida num projeto nacional. Para desenvolver o assunto, utilizou-se o Museu do Trem de São Leopoldo-RS para ser o objeto de pesquisa, pois, abrigou o Centro de Preservação da História Ferroviária no Rio Grande do Sul. Deste modo, o tema será estudado com embasamento teórico na história cultural para entender a constituição da instituição referida pelo programa preservacionista do governo federal na década de 1980. Palavras-chave: Preserve, Patrimônio ferroviário, Centro de Preservação da História Ferroviária do Rio Grande do Sul.
Os ecos heroicos de Rodrigo na revista Pai d’égua: o patrimônio cultural na Amazônia
Authors: Andrade Andre Luis
Published: June 2017

O presente artigo busca analisar a revista Pai d’égua: o patrimônio cultural da Amazônia, lançada pela Superintendência do Iphan/PA no final da década de 1990. Investigamos como as ações ali divulgadas vão de encontro à divisão proposta pela historiografia oficial do órgão, qual sejam: fases heroica e moderna e, desse modo, nos permite refletir sobre os projetos recentes da política federal de preservação do patrimônio cultural brasileiro, como o programa Casas do Patrimônio. Palavras-chave: Patrimônio cultural, Iphan, Revista Pai d’égua
A (In)visibilidade do patrimônio histórico e cultural: um estudo sobre o patrimônio do município de Rio Grande
Authors: Da Silveira Rafael Branco , Paulitsch Vivian da Silva
Published: June 2017

O presente trabalho objetiva investigar a invisibilidade do patrimônio histórico e cultural do município de Rio Grande, estado do Rio Grande do Sul, mais especificamente o edifício da Delegacia da Polícia Federal, analisando e elencando os fatores responsáveis pelo seu desconhecimento. Com base numa pesquisa de cunho histórico, arquitetônico, cultural e social propõe-se uma mediação cultural a ser realizada no edifício cuja finalidade é despertar um olhar atento acerca do patrimônio, instigando o sentimento de pertencimento na comunidade riograndina. Palavras-chave: Patrimônio, Mediação cultural, Educação patrimonial.
Evidence of disease control: a realistic concept beyond NEDA in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
Authors: Londoño Ana C. , Mora Carlos A.
Published: June 2017

Although no evidence of disease activity (NEDA) permits evaluation of response to treatment in the systematic follow-up of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), its ability to accomplish detection of surreptitious activity of disease is limited, thus being unable to prevent patients from falling into a non-reversible progressive phase of disease. A protocol of evaluation based on the use of validated biomarkers that is conducted at an early stage of disease would permit the capture of abnormal neuroimmunological phenomena and lead towards intervention with modifying therapy before tissue damage has been reached.
Research round-up
Authors: Sargent Suzanne
Published: June 2017

Suzanne Sargent, Lecturer in Hepatology at King's College London, provides a brief overview of recently published, liver-related nursing and health articles
Diabetes and older people: ensuring individualised practice
Authors: Phillips Anne , Phillips Stephen
Published: June 2017

Older people find it more difficult to recognise when they have low blood sugar, meaning diabetes presents a significant risk in this group. Anne and Stephen Phillips explain the importance of targeted practice for older people in the community
Running away with the circus: a care home residency project
Authors: Mendes Aysha
Published: June 2017

There is a wide variety of activities that can be carried out in the care home that are engaging, meaningful, and sometimes even surprising. In this article, Aysha Mendes reports on a project where a performing arts company brought the circus to the home
What the new data protection law means for care homes
Authors: Bernstein Adam
Published: June 2017

The new data protection law comes into effect in May 2018, in the form of the General Data Protection Regulation. In this article, Adam Bernstein explains what this legislation means for care homes, both before and after we leave the European Union
Problems in care: searching for staff in a post-Brexit Britain
Authors: Robinson Tom
Published: June 2017

With the Brexit negotiations ongoing, the full impact of the 2016 EU referendum on the UK social care sector is yet to be decided. In this article, Tom Robinson examines the shifting lay of the land for care homes looking to hire staff from overseas
How to … write your CV for a promotion in the care home
Authors: Ashurst Adrian
Published: June 2017

Writing a CV is an integral part of securing a new job or a promotion to a senior role within the home. However, it is also a notoriously difficult task that most people struggle with. In this article, Adrian Ashurst offers his advice on how to write a successful CV
Make meetings count
Authors: Denton Phil
Published: June 2017

Stop, look and listen – school leader Phil Denton offers some reflection and advice on how we can make our meetings count and ensure our time is not wasted
Imagining Localities of Antiquity in Islamic Societies
Authors: Mulder Stephennie
Published: June 2017

This article aims to conceptualize some of the varied ways Muslims have engaged with antiquity over time. Beginning with the example of Palmyra, it argues that the restoration of the Temple of Bel by the French archaeological team led by Henri Seyrig in the early twentieth century and
the destruction of that same temple by ISIS in 2015 are both ideological acts oriented toward reviving an imagined and idealized past. While ISIS erased the remains of the ancient site recreated by the French, the French had previously erased 1,800 years of Christian and Muslim heritage at
Palmyra. Both actions are the outcome of the logic inherent in globalized, cosmopolitan heritage ideals. As a means of moving beyond the problematic discourse of the globalized heritage model in which certain heritage values are ‘authorized’ and others are not, the article then
proposes an initial conceptualization of imaginings of heritage in Islamic societies over time, suggesting a range of diverse ways Muslims have valued and continue to value ancient localities, and introduces the articles contained in this special issue.
The Wisdom to Wonder: ‘Aja’ib and the Pillars of Islamic India
Authors: Kavuri-Bauer Santhi
Published: June 2017

This article proposes that Indian Islamic architectural practices of the Sultanate period (thirteenth to sixteenth century) were in keeping with centuries-old philosophical principles of reverence for ancient wonders. Guiding Indian Islamic rulers toward this disposition were Neoplatonic
philosophies and texts organized around the structuring principle of wonders or ‘aja’ib. I argue that the discourses on the ‘aja’ib had a significant twofold impact on Islamic architectural practices in India. First, they influenced Islamic rulers of India to interpret
and appreciate the non-Islamic ancient monuments not as traces of idolatrous worship that warranted destruction, but as wonders of God’s creation. Second, the preservation of such wonders or their partial incorporation into new buildings made their cosmological properties available to
rulers desiring to project themselves as rational, divinely ordained sovereigns. This investigation will be focused on two ancient Indian pillars found in Delhi: the iron pillar in the Quwwat al-Islam Mosque and the Ashokan pillar found in Firuz Shah Kotla Fort. Through the lens of ‘aja’ib
it may be proposed that early Muslim rulers were drawing on Hindu and Buddhist architecture to create mystical spaces with the aim of ordering new relationships between the conquering power and the new topography over which they ruled.
Spoils for the New Pyrrhus: Alternative Claims to Antiquity in Ottoman Greece
Authors: Neumeier Emily
Published: June 2017

This article examines the role of one governor in the Ottoman provinces, Tepedelenli Ali Pasha, in the ‘scramble’ for classical antiquity as it emerged in the early nineteenth century. Drawing upon a wide range of evidence – architectural inscriptions, archival documents,
European travel accounts and oral tradition – this project seeks to investigate how Ali Pasha routinely appropriated the ancient past to secure his own political legitimacy in the region. Several of Ali Pasha’s constructions incorporate spoliated stone blocks from ancient sites,
and the governor also conducted excavations with European archaeologists travelling through his territory. The case of Ali Pasha dispels the notion often rehearsed in western travel accounts of an Ottoman population indifferent to the antiquities lying at their feet. To the contrary, the vizier
laid claim to this antique heritage as his own cultural patrimony. The governor forged explicit connections to local history in public inscriptions and poetic works, frequently referring to himself as the ‘new Pyrrhus’ (the ancient Greek king of Ioannina). The fact that Ali Pasha,
an Albanian Muslim, endeavoured to position himself as the rightful heir to the region’s historical past offers an alternative discourse on classical antiquity that has largely been forgotten or even suppressed by modern scholarship.
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Heckman Alma Rachel , Baydar Gülsüm
Published: June 2017

JARDINS D’ORIENT: DE L’ALHAMBRA AU TAJ MAHAL, INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, PARIS, FRANCE, APRIL 19–SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

CIVIL ARCHITECTURAL MEMORY ANKARA: 1930–1980, IZMIR ARCHITECTURAL CENTER, IZMIR, TURKEY, SEPTEMBER 21–23, 2016
Glossário de morfologia dentária - Tradução para Português da terminologia usada em Inglês
Authors: Marado Luís Miguel , Cunha Cláudia , Silva Ana Maria
Published: June 2017

A tradução de termos científicos é necessária para a adequação da “linguagem de especialidade” de cada área científica a cada língua. Para que a língua Portuguesa possa ser usada como língua de comunicação científica e internacional, é necessário encontrar harmonização linguística, através de glossários relativos a cada área científica. O objetivo deste artigo é a tradução sistemática para Português de termos científicos usados em Inglês na descrição morfológica e anatómica dentária em Antropologia, especificamente em morfologia dentária.
            A tradução dos 56 termos considerados evitou a tradução literal ou por decalque e teve em conta a raiz etimológica (greco-latina) dos vocábulos Ingleses. As unidades lexicais sugeridas permitem a adequada descrição dos elementos morfológicos e anatómicos considerados.
PENGENALAN STABILISASI TANAH DENGAN JET GROUTING
Authors: Dwi Atmanto Indrastono
Published: June 2017

Due to restriction of land availability it is frequently we have to build constructions on soft or low bearingcapacity soils, so that soil stabilization must be applied in order to increase its properties. There are manytechniques of soil stabilization, where its applicability depends on many factors regarding appropriateengineering judgement. This paper presents the soil stabilization method by jet grouting, including its theory andpractice.
ANALISIS SERAPAN KEBISINGAN DENGAN PEMASANGAN ROCK WOOL KETEBALAN 5 CM
Authors: Huboyo Haryono S , Hadiwidodo Mochtar , Suhardi Suhardi
Published: June 2017

The noise affects to working quality at the same degree as those to workforce and people health, therefore,appropriate noise control is indispensable. This study is aimed at evaluating of rockwool (5cm) absorptioncoefficient and analyzing its effectivity on noise control. The room for simulation is equipped with known noisesource. In this case a sound system instrument and portable fire pump were used. The tested noise frequencieswere in the range of human hearing threshold for which an equalizer instrument was used to identify the soundfrequencies.Based on this study, the rockwool absorption coefficients were 0.8, 0.96, 0.98, 0.82 for sound frequency of 500Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz and 4000 Hz respectively. By installing the rockwool on 37.97% of room area of 72 m2,this rockwool was able to reduce the noise intensity by 10.16 dBA, 10.75 dBA, 10.5 dBA, 9.58 dBA, 9.25 dBA forfrequency of 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz and multiple frequencies respectively.The rockwool is an effective sound absorber in noise control owing to have high absorption coefficient (almostunity) and ease for installment.
FAKTOR PEMBENTUK PERSEPSI RUANG KOMUNAL DI PEMUKIMAN NELAYAN (Studi Kasus: Pemukiman Nelayan Tambak Mulyo Semarang)
Authors: Firmandhani Satriya Wahyu , Setioko Bambang , Setyowati Erni
Published: June 2017

In certain settlement, human always interact with the physical setting arround of them. That interaction causesperception inside of that human, because perception is the process of organizing and interpretating of stimulusprovided by the environment (Rita, 1983). So the perception is strongly influenced by the individual human andphysical surroundings. Based on the theory of perception, found problems in Tambak Mulyo as fishermensettlement in Semarang, where the inhabitants of Tambak Mulyo do the communal activities on the roadenvironment. Road environment should be a mode of land transport circulation is also used for the communalspace. Seeing this phenomenon, it can be concluded that there is the perception of communal space in thefishermen settlement in Tambak Mulyo. And this study aimed to explore the factors forming the perception ofcommunal space.In answering the research objectives, the research paradigm used is a quantitative rationalistic to constructfactor variables. In constructing the factor variabless, based on the theory that the perception of the individualand the setting up of the physical environment (Sarlito, 1992). So that the required variables are perceptionvariables and variables of communal space. The variables is operationalized into a questionnaire that is easy tounderstand the respondents, next after the questionnaire data collected, the data were analyzed using factoranalysis statistical test, so of many variable factors that could wake is reduced to just a few factors thatsignificantly causes the perception of communal space in the fishermen settlement.At the output of this research, revealed about the causal factors of the perception of communal space in thefishermen settlement. These factors is a collection of variable factors that have a strong correlation in theanalysis. By knowing the factors forming the perception of communal space in the fishing settlement, expected toprovide input in the planning and design of fishing settlements.Key words : Perception, Communal Space, Physical Setting
Sein, Sache, Ordnung: Thomas von Aquin über Wahrmacher und die Beziehung des Wahrmachens
Authors: Löwe Can Laurens
Published: June 2017

The goal of this paper is to determine how Aquinas conceives of the truth-makers of (affirmative present-tense) propositions and the relation of truthmaking. First, I show that Aquinas describes a truth-maker, to which he refers as the “cause of truth” (
A result of uniqueness of solutions of the Shigesada–Kawasaki–Teramoto equations
Authors: Pham Du , Temam Roger
Published: June 2017

We derive the uniqueness of weak solutions to the Shigesada–Kawasaki–Teramoto (SKT) systems using the adjoint problem argument. Combining with [10], we then derive the well-posedness for the SKT systems in space dimension

d
≤
4

{d\leq 4}

.
A sampling theorem for the twisted shift-invariant space
Authors: Ramakrishnan Radha , Adhikari Saswata
Published: June 2017

Recently, a characterization of frames in twisted shift-invariant spaces in
Werthers verbriefte Liebe
Authors: Ungelenk Johannes
Published: June 2017

The article re-reads Werther’s legendary love with Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy. It discovers a constitutive dimension of address and (postal) transfer that not only shapes Werther’s love, but also connects it to the often neglected form of the epistolary novel. Werther’s love is not tragic, and it is not all about Lotte – it is postal. Writing and loving share the constitutive dimension of addressing ‘the other’: distance does not indicate love’s failure; it turns out to be its productive principle. Werther’s love is thus not a ‘warning example,’ not the moral message of a tale – it exhibits and affirms the way modern love works. Anticipating psychoanalytic insight, love does not take place between two specific human beings, but circulates in a complex system of shifting addressees. The readers become involved in this postal system: the epistolary novel also addresses this love to us. Will we really ‘not be able to withhold [our] admiration and love’ as the editor tells us at the very beginning of Werther’s story? However – we seem to be the perfect match – as philo-logists...
Rank Structured Approximation Method for Quasi-Periodic Elliptic Problems
Authors: Khoromskij Boris , Repin Sergey
Published: June 2017

We consider an iteration method for solving an elliptic type boundary value problem

𝒜
⁢
u

=
f

{\mathcal{A}u=f}

, where a positive definite operator

𝒜

{\mathcal{A}}

is generated by a quasi-periodic structure
with rapidly changing coefficients (a typical period is characterized by a small
parameter ϵ). The method is based on using a simpler operator

𝒜
0

{\mathcal{A}_{0}}

(inversion of

𝒜
0

{\mathcal{A}_{0}}

is much simpler than inversion of

𝒜

{\mathcal{A}}

),
which can be viewed as a preconditioner for

𝒜

{\mathcal{A}}

. We prove contraction of the
iteration method and establish explicit estimates of the contraction
factor q. Certainly the value of q depends on the difference between

𝒜

{\mathcal{A}}

and

𝒜
0

{\mathcal{A}_{0}}

.
For typical quasi-periodic structures, we establish simple relations that
suggest an optimal

𝒜
0

{\mathcal{A}_{0}}

(in a selected set of “simple” structures) and compute the
corresponding contraction factor. Further, this allows us to deduce fully computable two-sided a posteriori estimates able to control numerical solutions on any iteration. The method is especially efficient
if the coefficients of

𝒜

{\mathcal{A}}

admit low-rank representations and if algebraic operations
are performed in tensor structured formats.
Under moderate assumptions the storage and solution complexity
of our approach depends only weakly (merely linear-logarithmically)
on the frequency parameter

1
ϵ

\frac{1}{\epsilon}

.
Semilinear Robin problems resonant at both zero and infinity
Authors: Papageorgiou Nikolaos S. , Rădulescu Vicenţiu D.
Published: June 2017

We consider a semilinear elliptic problem, driven by the Laplacian with Robin boundary condition. We consider a reaction term which is resonant at

±
∞

{\pm\infty}

and at 0. Using variational methods and critical groups, we show that under resonance conditions at

±
∞

{\pm\infty}

and at zero the problem has at least two nontrivial smooth solutions.
Characterizing Lie groups by controlling their zero-dimensional subgroups
Authors: Dikranjan Dikran , Shakhmatov Dmitri
Published: June 2017

We provide characterizations of Lie groups as compact-like groups in which all closed zero-dimensional metric (compact) subgroups are discrete.
The “compact-like” properties we consider include (local) compactness, (local) ω-boundedness, (local) countable compactness, (local) precompactness, (local)
minimality and sequential completeness.
Below is
A sample of our characterizations is as follows:

(i) A topological group is a Lie group if and only if it is locally compact and has no infinite compact metric zero-dimensional subgroups.

(ii) An abelian topological group G is a Lie group if and only if G is locally minimal, locally precompact and all closed metric zero-dimensional subgroups of G are discrete.

(iii) An abelian topological group is a compact Lie group if and only if it is minimal and has no infinite closed metric zero-dimensional subgroups.

(iv) An infinite topological group is a compact Lie group if and only if it is sequentially complete, precompact, locally minimal, contains a non-empty open connected subset
and all its compact metric zero-dimensional subgroups are finite.
Pasquill als Komödie: Zu Barthold Feinds Das verwirrte Haus Jacob / Oder Das Gesicht der bestrafften Rebellion an Stilcke und Lütze (1703)
Authors: Dubbels Elke
Published: June 2017

The following article deals with Barthold Feind’s play
Is age of menarche among school girls related to academic performance?
Authors: Al-Mathkoori Radhia , Nur Ula , Al-Taiar Abdullah
Published: June 2017

Background

There is strong evidence that the mean age of menarche has declined over the last few decades in developed and developing countries. This is of a major concern because of its enormous public health implications. This study aimed to estimate the age of menarche in Kuwait and investigate the association between menarcheal age and academic performance among high school girls in Kuwait.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly selected female high school students from private and public high schools in all governorates in Kuwait. Data on the age of menarche were collected by self-administered questionnaire from the students, while data on academic performance were extracted from the students’ academic records.

Results

Of the 907 students we selected, 800 (88.2%) responded. The mean age of menarche was 12.33 [95% confidence interval (CI) 12.18–12.49] years. There was no evidence for significant association between age of menarche and students’ academic performance before or after adjusting for potential confounders.

Conclusion

The calculated age of menarche among contemporary girls in Kuwait is similar to that of the girls in industrialized countries. Early menarcheal age is unlikely to lead to adverse behavior that may affect academic performance in our setting.