bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Through a Screen Darkly: Use of Computer-Mediated Communication Predicts Emotional Functioning
Authors: Myruski Sarah , Quintero Jean M. , Denefrio Samantha , Dennis-Tiwary Tracy A.
Published: July 2019

Despite the pervasive use of computer-mediated communication, relatively little is known about its implications for emotional adjustment. Recent studies suggest that a preference for computer-mediated communication over other types of communication is associated with emotional vulnerabilities, and its active forms (e.g., direct communication) confer psychosocial benefits compared its passive forms (e.g., browsing Facebook). In this study, we simultaneously examined quality, quantity, and preferences for computer-mediated communication in relation to emotional competencies (emotion detection and regulation) and emotional well-being (self-report of mood and anxiety symptoms). In Study 1, participants ( N = 123) completed a facial morphing task, a computerized assessment of the speed and accuracy of emotion detection, and the Social Media and Communication Questionnaire assessing quantity and preferences to communicate via computer-mediated communication versus face-to-face. More use of computer-mediated communication along with preferring it for casual communication, was associated with faster and more accurate emotion detection. More use of computer-mediated communication, along with preferring it for positive communication and expressing distress, was associated with more difficulties with emotion regulation. Study 2 ( N = 32) added a task-based assessment of active and passive Facebook use in relation to measures of emotional functioning in Study 1. More active Facebook use was associated with greater emotional well-being, whereas more passive Facebook use was associated with less emotional well-being. Active and passive Facebook use was not significantly associated with self-report of broader computer-mediated communication preferences. Together, results suggest that greater use and preference for computer-mediated versus face-to-face communication may be related to heightened emotional sensitivity and more problems with emotion regulation, yet active versus passive use may serve to bolster emotional well-being.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s white moderates and moderate Baptists: Moderateness as betrayal of the gospel
Authors: Hanch Kate
Published: July 2019

In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. criticizes “the white moderate,” identifying them as empathizing with the Civil Rights Movement, but not acting upon it. King’s “white moderate” compares to contemporary white Baptists who embody King’s definition. Putting “white moderate” in conversation with “moderate Baptists” demonstrates how moderate actions betray the Gospel. Exploring the identity of the clergy whom King addresses in his letter aids in drawing out a fuller definition of “moderate.” This article applies three aspects of King’s critique to contemporary Baptist concerns, such as women in ministry and inclusion of LGBTQIA persons in all areas of ministry: (1) an avoidance of tension through silence, what King calls “negative peace;” (2) a sympathetic view without sustained change in social structure or policy, identified by King as “lukewarm acceptance;” and (3) using generalized statements to avoid speaking of “hot-topic” issues, which King phrases as “sanctimonious trivialities.” White Baptists can fight against the trend of “moderateness” through being transformed by and participating in what King calls “direct action.” In doing so, Baptists may become, to use King’s term, “extremists for love.”
Dwelling together: Psalm 133 and the Songs of Ascents
Authors: Bodenhamer K. W.
Published: July 2019

Psalm 133 is the penultimate psalm of a collection within the Psalter entitled the “Songs of Ascents.” Its idyllic picture of community comes at the close of a collection of hymns and prayers in which the reader is invited to praise, lament, contemplate the past, and gather together for worship. In considering the issue of polarization in the church and in society, this psalm collection offers one model for dwelling together in a world in which fracturing is the easier path, arguing that in order to dwell together, we must first do the difficult work of journeying together.
West of Eden with B. H. Carroll, George W. Truett, and J. Frank Norris: The lifelong feud between the First Baptist pastors of Dallas and Fort Worth
Authors: Pigott Kelly
Published: July 2019

For the first half of the twentieth century, two Baptist pastors “squared off” with one another from the First Baptist Church pulpits of two rival Texas towns. In Dallas, George W. Truett led what would arguably become the flagship church of Southern Baptists. Across the Trinity River in Fort Worth, J. Frank Norris, also known as the “Texas Tornado,” packed auditoriums preaching sensational sermons. Mentoring both men was B. H. Carroll, founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. And like James Dean and Richard Davalos in the movie adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden, the two men feuded with one another, in part over the right to be Carroll’s heir. This article summarizes the rivalry as it played out in the lifelong conflict between J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett, and demonstrates how both the unifying statesman and the sectarian fundamentalist sides of B. H. Carroll are apparent in the struggle.
Identification-based aeroengine nonlinear modeling: a comparative study
Authors: Wang Jiqiang
Published: July 2019

Aeroengine modeling plays an important role in the development of advanced controls and other intelligent functions such as engine health management etc. This is particularly true for those on-board applications, where identification-based modeling approaches are often utilized. While linear modeling methodologies have been extensively introduced in the literature, identification-based nonlinear modeling should be investigated, due to the inherent nonlinear nature of an aeroengine’s dynamical properties. Three approaches, i.e., back propagation (BP) neural networks (BPNN), improved BP neural networks (IBPNN), and a piecewise nonlinear autoregression with extra inputs (PNARX) model, are presented. A comparative study is given for systematic development and illustration of nonlinear modeling techniques. Some practical considerations are also given for guidance of implementing the identification-based nonlinear modeling methodologies.
Color difference classification of solid color printing and dyeing products based on optimization of the extreme learning machine of the improved whale optimization algorithm
Authors: Zhou Zhiyu , Wang Chao , Zhang Jianxin , Zhu Zefei
Published: July 2019

To mitigate the problem of low classification accuracy in solid color printing and dyeing, a color difference classification model based on the differential evolution (DE) improved whale optimization algorithm (WOA) for extreme learning machine (ELM) optimization, named the DE–WOA–ELM, was developed in this study. Considering that the initial population of the WOA has a significant influence on the solution speed and quality, DE was used to generate a more suitable initial population for the WOA by avoiding local optima, thereby improving the performance. The method used an excellent global search ability to improve the WOA for optimization and obtained an optimal parameter combination for the ELM. Thus, the problem of randomly initializing the input weight and the hidden layer bias of the ELM, which leads to a nonuniform training model and unstable algorithm, was solved. Finally, by optimizing the input weight and hidden layer bias, the color difference classification model of the ELM with a strong generalization ability was constructed. The results of the color difference classification experiments on fabric images collected under standard light sources show that the average classification accuracy for the dataset is increased by 2.15%, 11.06%, 12.11%, and 0.47% compared with those of the ELM, support vector machine, back propagation neural network, and kernel ELM, respectively.
Pupils on the move: School catchment area segregation and residential mobility of urban families
Authors: Bernelius Venla , Vilkama Katja
Published: July 2019

Socio-spatial segregation has been recognised as an important factor affecting school segregation and educational attainment in urban schools. As urban populations grow and socio-spatial segregation has become a pressing issue in many contexts, a more sophisticated understanding of the interconnections between spatial and school segregation is needed, including the role of school catchment areas as a possible mediating factor. In our article, we focus on the two-way relationship between urban residential mobility and catchment area segregation in Helsinki, Finland. Using fine-grain statistical data we analyse how the long-term changes in spatial segregation have changed catchment area populations and how residential mobility of families with children is, in turn, related to catchment area composition. The analysis focuses on the majority population whose residential choices typically have the strongest impact on segregation patterns in cities. Our main finding is that there is a systematic relationship between socio-spatial segregation and catchment area differentiation, where the disadvantaged areas are consistently left behind in the general socio-economic development. Even though the institutional school quality is high throughout the city, the residential choices of families with children feed into the self-perpetuating cycles of segregation, as the most disadvantaged areas are rejected and privileged areas favoured in mobility patterns. The results highlight the need for urban educational policies with a high sensitivity to the persistent socio-spatial inequalities shaping educational opportunities.
International political authority: on the meaning and scope of justified hierarchy in international relations
Authors: Voelsen Daniel , Schettler Leon Valentin
Published: July 2019

Traditionally, states were widely believed to be the only institutions claiming political authority. More recently, though, a number of authors have argued that we find various instances of political authority on the international level. We discuss three prominent proposals for conceptualizing international authority: Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore’s account of the authority of international bureaucracies, David Lake’s extension of ‘relational’ authority to the international realm, and Michael Zürn’s recent proposal for ‘reflexive’ authority. These authors provide a nuanced and empirically rich picture of hitherto mostly overlooked forms of power in world politics. Yet, we argue that in doing so they lose sight of the distinctly normative character of political authority relations: these relations are built on the explicit normative claim to the right to rule. When such a claim is considered to be justified, authority relations generate content-independent reasons for compliance. Thus understood, authority serves an important function, namely, to facilitate broadly accepted and normatively justified forms of hierarchical coordination. From a normative perspective, therefore, broadening the concept of authority to include various other forms of power deprives us of a critical yardstick against which international organizations should be evaluated. Moreover, it creates a distorted picture of the scope of international authority. Our world is shaped by highly problematic power relations. Yet, in order to meet current challenges of global governance, we need more, not less authority. To illustrate this argument we examine the case of the World Bank, an organization that exercises considerable power while explicitly avoiding any claim to political authority.
“The best and most practical philosophers”: Seamen and the authority of experience in early modern science
Authors: Hellawell Philippa
Published: July 2019

Within the historiography of early modern science, trust and credibility have become synonymous with genteel identity. While we should not overlook the cultural values attached to social hierarchy and how it shaped the credibility of knowledge claims, this has limitations when thinking about how contemporaries regarded the origins of that knowledge and its location in different types of workers and skillsets. Using the example of seamen in the circles of the Royal Society, this article employs the category of experience, and by extension expertise, to illustrate how recognized forms of knowledge and skill acted as routes to credibility and authority in early modern science. It argues that, within the experimental community, the seaman’s authority derived from their direct experience of novel and remote phenomena and the cumulative effect of their wider experience. The accumulated experience they acquired from frequent practice, observation, and exposure translated into a form of “expertness” that rendered seamen trustworthy and credible observers and thinkers. The gentlemanly trust model does not accommodate nor acknowledge the ways the seaman’s direct and accumulated experience (and that of many other professional groups) were recognized and valued in inquiry and discourse. The article therefore sets out a new model for understanding trust, credibility, and authority in early modern science that can take us beyond a restrictive mono-model that locates trust in one sociocultural category to highlight the multiple, and sometimes competing, claims to epistemological authority.
Majority acceptance of vaccination and mandates across the political spectrum in Australia
Authors: Smith David T , Attwell Katie , Evers Uwana
Published: July 2019

The Australian government has recently introduced some of the strictest vaccination mandates in the world. In light of international studies warning that public opposition to vaccination mandates could undermine public consensus about the value of vaccination, we conduct an original study of more than 1000 Australians on attitudes towards both vaccination and mandates. We find that, in contrast to similar studies in the United States and the United Kingdom, support for both vaccination and mandates is very high, with no significant opposition from any political subgroup. Apart from attitudes towards vaccination itself, there appears to be no separate attitudinal dimension that generates political opposition to vaccination mandates in Australia. This shows the importance of national political context in debates about vaccination policy.
Associations between parental media monitoring style, information management, and prosocial and aggressive behaviors
Authors: Padilla-Walker Laura M. , Stockdale Laura A. , Son Daye , Coyne Sarah M. , Stinnett Sara C.
Published: July 2019

Parental monitoring of adolescent media use has been associated with decreased negative effects of media on adolescent behavior, but we know little about the explanatory mechanisms behind these associations. The current study sought to explore the links between parental media monitoring and adolescent behaviors via adolescents’ levels of media disclosure and secrecy. Participants included a national sample of 945 adolescents aged 10–18 years (49% female, 69% European American) taken from a study of adolescent media use. Results suggested that autonomy supportive active and restrictive monitoring were associated with higher levels of media disclosure and lower levels of media secrecy (active only). Controlling active and restrictive monitoring were associated with higher levels of media secrecy. In turn, media disclosure was associated with more prosocial behavior toward family, and media secrecy was associated with less prosocial behavior toward family and more relational aggression. The discussion focuses on adolescent information management (e.g., disclosure and secrecy) as an important mechanism to explain links between parental media monitoring and adolescents’ behavioral outcomes.
Investigating relationship dispositions as explanations for on-again/off-again relationships
Authors: Dailey René M. , Zhong Lingzi , Pett Rudy , Scott Darby , Krawietz Colton
Published: July 2019

The current study explored whether individuals with certain relationship dispositions were more likely to be involved in on-again/off-again (on-off) relationships. A sample of 211 currently dating participants in either on-off or non-cyclical relationships completed an online survey about relationship dispositions (e.g., attachment, implicit beliefs) and positive and negative aspects of relational quality (e.g., satisfaction, commitment, disillusionment). Participants in on-off relationships did not differ from those in non-cyclical relationships with regard to relationship dispositions. Relationship type, however, moderated certain associations between relationship dispositions and relationship qualities showing that the dispositions played a weaker role in relational quality for on-off partners (e.g., the association between growth belief and disillusionment was strong and negative for non-cyclical partners but nonsignificant for on-off partners). Although it was theoretically and practically important to investigate individual differences, interaction dynamics within dyads could be a more prominent factor in explaining on-off relationships.
Teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives on homosexuality: A comparative analysis across European countries
Authors: De Witte Kristof , Iterbeke Kaat , Holz Oliver
Published: July 2019

This article offers the first large-scale comparative analysis of pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives on homosexuality using two waves (2013 and 2017) of self-collected data through questionnaires issued in eight European countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Spain, Poland, Hungary and Turkey. Using these unique data, the authors examine to what extent differences prevail across countries, what mechanisms explain the differences, and how the differences change over time. The results indicate significant differences across countries. Moreover, although a positive trend can be observed between the two waves of the survey, in some countries the general climate towards homosexuality is reversing.
Temporal evolution of cerebral computed tomography perfusion after acute subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective cohort study
Authors: Fragata Isabel , Alves Marta , Papoila Ana Luísa , Diogo Mariana , Canhão Patrícia , Canto-Moreira Nuno
Published: July 2019

Background

Changes in cerebral perfusion occur in subarachnoid hemorrhage that possibly relate to clinical presentation and complications.

Purpose

To evaluate changes in computed tomography perfusion (CTP) parameters between the acute and subacute stage of subarachnoid hemorrhage. To analyze correlation of these parameters to SAH severity and delayed cerebral ischemia.

Material and Methods

Cerebral CT perfusion was assessed in a prospective cohort of 44 patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage at < 72 h (CTP1) and 8–10 days (CTP2), using the mean of all regions of interest. Regions of interest were located at arterial territories of the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral artery and basal ganglia and midpons cerebellar hemispheres. Linear regression models (univariable and multivariable) were used to explore the association between changes in perfusion parameters (absolute and relative differences) and relevant clinical data.

Results

Worse perfusion parameters on the first 72 h were correlated with poor admission clinical scores: cerebral blood flow positively correlated with Glasgow Coma Scale (rS = 0.398, P = 0.008), and negatively correlated with Hunt & Hess scale (rS = −0.348, P = 0.020) and World Federation of Neurosurgeons scale (rS = −0.384, P = 0.010). Cerebral blood volume positively correlated with Glasgow Coma Scale (rS = 0.332, P = 0.028) and negatively correlated with World Federation of Neurosurgeons scale (rS = −0.353, P = 0.019). Mean transit time negatively correlated with Glasgow Coma Scale (rS = −0.415, P = 0.005) and positively correlated with Hunt & Hess scale (rS = 0.471, P = 0.001) and World Federation of Neurosurgeons scale (rS = 0.386, P = 0.010) scores. There were no differences between absolute CTP1/CTP2 parameters. Patients with delayed cerebral ischemia had ΔTmax mean decrease of 2.08 s (95% CI = −4.04–−0.12; P = 0.038).

Conclusion

Early cerebral hypoperfusion correlates with poor clinical grade at admission in subarachnoid hemorrhage and with higher amounts of blood. Tmax was decreased at 8–10 days, in patients with delayed cerebral ischemia, which may favor the application value of Tmax in signaling delayed cerebral ischemia.
MicroRNA-145-5p promotes asthma pathogenesis by inhibiting kinesin family member 3A expression in mouse airway epithelial cells
Authors: Xiong Tao , Du Ying , Fu Zhou , Geng Gang
Published: July 2019

Background

MicroRNA (miR)-145-5p is a respiratory disease biomarker, and is upregulated in asthma pathogenesis. However, its underlying mechanisms were unclear, so were investigated in the present study.

Methods

A mouse model of asthma was established by challenge with house dust mite (HDM) extract. An miR-145-5p antagomir was administered nasally and expression of kinesin family member 3A (KIF3A) and miR-145-5p was measured by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and western blot. Eosinophils in lavage fluid and levels of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13 were quantified. Airway hyper-responsiveness was measured and KIF3A expression was tested following miR-145-5p overexpression or interference in the 16HBE14o- airway epithelial cell line. The effects of miR-145-5p and KIF3A co-transfection in 16HBE14o- cells were examined on cytokine release, epithelial barrier dysfunction, and epithelial repair in HDM-exposed cells.

Results

KIF3A downregulation and miR-145-5p upregulation were noted in airway epithelial cells of HDM-exposed asthmatic mice, while miR-145-5p antagonism significantly improved symptoms. MiR-145-5p promoted the HDM-induced release of chemokines and inflammatory factors and epithelial barrier dysfunction, and suppressed epithelial repair by directly targeting KIF3A.

Conclusion

miR-145-5p influenced HDM-induced epithelial cytokine release and epithelial barrier dysfunction via regulating KIF3 expression. It also affected epithelial repair, exacerbating the HDM-induced T helper 2-type immune response in mice.
Management of kidney cancer patients: 2018 guidelines of the Italian Medical Oncology Association (AIOM)
Authors: Giuseppa Vitale Maria , Bracarda Sergio , Cosmai Laura , Crocetti Emanuele , Di Lorenzo Giuseppe , Lapini Alberto , Mandressi Alberto , Martorana Giuseppe , Masini Cristina , Montironi Rodolfo , Ortega Cinzia , Passalacqua Rodolfo , Porta Camillo , Procopio Giuseppe , Sepe Pierangela , Romano Luigia , Luigi Pappagallo Giovanni , Conti Giario , Guida Michele , Martignoni Guido , Nolè Franco , Pignata Sandro , Gori Stefania , Cartenì Giacomo
Published: July 2019

In the past two decades, the treatment landscape for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma has significantly changed thanks to the approval of several targeted molecular therapies (VEGF and mTOR inhibitors) and recently immune-checkpoint inhibitors. The Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) Renal Cell Cancer (RCC) Guidelines Panel has developed clinical guidelines to provide evidence-based information and recommendations to oncologists, urologists and all professionals involved in the management of patients with renal cell cancer.
Exploring Prospects for Agonistic Encounters in Conflict Zones: Investigating Dual Narrative Tourism in Israel/Palestine
Authors: Strömbom Lisa
Published: July 2019

This article contributes to the emerging literature on possibilities to disseminate agonistic narratives in seemingly deadlocked conflict settings. In this context, conflict parties’ existence is often perceived as being under threat, which makes it demanding to question the current societal order. However, even in the most protracted of conflicts, narratives exist that challenge concurring understandings of identity. Efforts to communicate alternative narratives of identity and memory are the focus of this study, which has two foci: First, it creates a theoretical understanding of agonistic narratives as challenging antagonistic memory constructions in conflicted societies. These agonistic narratives are seen as potentially destabilizing boundary constructions in understandings of the past. Second, it performs an empirical excavation into a contemporary practice of such boundary rupture. It presents results from a study with interviews and participatory observation with guides working within alternative tourism in Israel and Palestine who try to present alternative narratives of the conflict to their audience. The case study thus investigates agonistic elements in these encounters, underlining the mixed logics underpinning the existence of alternative narrative tours in intractable conflicts. Furthermore, it delves into facilitating and inhibiting conditions for carrying out alternative narratives in settings of intractable conflict.
Radical Mothering as a Pathway to Liberation
Authors: Williams Mai’a
Published: July 2019

I weave several threads in this essay, including the history of obstetrics and traditional Black midwifery, the devastating statistics of Black infant and maternal mortality rates, the experiences of eastern Congolese mama activists, the written and lived testimonies of Black North American mama activists, and my personal narratives to illustrate that the practice of mothering is fundamental to creating co-liberatory revolutionary movements and societies. This essay shows how mama activists, in particular Black mama activists, are taking great risks to their lives in the face of white patriarchal structures and in the midst of the ‘afterlife of slavery’ in order to honour the fallen and create a more just future. It also questions scholar-activists as to how they, whose scholarship is built off of the work of these mama activists, redistribute the life and death risk that mama activists shoulder to create the just world scholar-activists claim to desire.
Genetic ancestry testing among white nationalists: From identity repair to citizen science
Authors: Panofsky Aaron , Donovan Joan
Published: July 2019

White nationalists have a genetic essentialist understanding of racial identity, so what happens when using genetic ancestry tests (GATs) to explore personal identities, they receive upsetting results they consider evidence of non-white or non-European ancestry? Our answer draws on qualitative analysis of posts on the white nationalist website Stormfront, interpreted by synthesizing the literatures on white nationalism and GATs and identity. We show that Stormfront posters exert much more energy repairing individuals’ bad news than using it to exclude or attack them. Their repair strategies combine anti-scientific, counter-knowledge attacks on the legitimacy of GATs and quasi-scientific reinterpretations of GATs in terms of white nationalist histories. However, beyond individual identity repair they also reinterpret the racial boundaries and hierarchies of white nationalism in terms of the relationships GATs make visible. White nationalism is not simply an identity community or political movement but should be understood as bricoleurs with genetic knowledge displaying aspects of citizen science.
Capitalization of neighbourhood diversity and segregation
Authors: Nordvik Viggo , Osland Liv , Thorsen Inge , Thorsen Ingrid Sandvig
Published: July 2019

In this paper we study how concentrations and diversity of different groups of households were reflected in the housing prices of neighbourhoods in the Oslo urban area, Norway. The focus is primarily on the settlement pattern of immigrants, but the analysis controls for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Based on a hedonic conditional autoregressive spatial model formulation, we find that households on average prefer neighbourhoods with a high concentration of natives, many immigrants from Western countries and, at the same time, a diverse, thin representation of neighbours from a wide range of countries. We do not find that immigrants from specific countries or continents have a substantial negative impact on housing prices in a neighbourhood.
Valutazione Del Benessere Psico-Fisico Nell’aderenza Terapeutica Nelle Donne Con Malattia Renale Policistica Autosomica Dominante: Uno Studio Osservazionale
Authors: Brioni Elena , Magnaghi Cristiano , Delli Zotti Giulia Bruna , Sangiovanni Eleonora , Sciarrone Alibrandi Maria Teresa , Apuzzo Luigi , Manunta Paolo , Logias Francesco , Burrai Francesco
Published: July 2019

Evaluation Of The Psychophysical Well-Being In The Compliance Of Women With Autosomal Dominant Policystic Kidney Disease: An Observational Study

BACKGROUND: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most common inherited renal disease and affects less than 1 every 400-1,000 people. There are many effective treatments, including blood pressure management, physical activity, low sodium diet and hydration. Therapeutic education is part of a patient’s care and treatment. This approach is an essential strategy in order to face the current healthcare scenario, in which the number of people affected by chronic diseases is progressively increasing. OBJECTIVES: This article aims to analyze the effect of therapeutic education in patients with ADPKD, the level of adherence to pharmacological therapy and their compliance to dietetic and lifestyle recommendations as part of a nursing-led education. METHODS: This is a prospective, longitudinal, observational pilot study. The following measurements were used: Kidney Disease Quality of life - Short Form, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Body Uneasiness Test. At the T0 visit, a nurse selected patients and carried out a personalized educational intervention with the aims of adhering to drug therapies, monitoring blood pressure and dietary behavior (physical activity and water intake). At the T1 visit, patients performed psychological tests. At the T2 visit, the following evaluations were performed: a psychological interview together with the delivery and evaluation of the tests performed, an interview with the nurse to evaluate the adherence to the prescriptions, and a control of parameters such as physical activity, diet, water intake, drug therapy, and blood pressure. RESULTS: Therapeutic education can have a positive impact on patients’ health by improving adherence to the pharmacological therapy, diet and lifestyle. CONCLUSIONS: Therapeutic education improve the patient’s knowledge, treatments and correct behaviors as well as promotes an independent management of the disease. Through an educational intervention, the patient acquires the ability and the awareness to modify the wrong behaviors and to guarantee a balance between his needs and the pathology, thus improving the quality of life.
Hybrid model for the prediction of municipal solid waste generation in Hangzhou, China
Authors: Zhang Zhenying , Zhang Yuxiang , Wu Dazhi
Published: July 2019

Accurate prediction of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation is necessary for choosing appropriate waste treatment methods and for planning the distribution of disposal facilities. In this study, a hybrid model was established to forecast MSW generation through the combination of the ridge regression and GM(1,N) models. The hybrid model is multivariate and involves total urban population, total retail sales of social consumer goods, per capita consumption expenditure of urban areas, tourism, and college graduation. Compared with the constituent models alone, the hybrid model yields higher accuracy, with a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of only 2.59%. Through weight allocation and optimal treatment of residuals, the hybrid model also balances the growth trends of the individual models, making the prediction curve smoother. The model coefficients and correlation analysis show that population, economics, and educational factors are influential for waste generation. MSW output in Hangzhou will gradually increase in the future, and is expected to reach 5.12 million tons in 2021. Results can help decision makers to develop the measures and policies of waste management in the future.
Longer Duration of Palliative Care in Patients With COPD Is Associated With Death Outside the Hospital
Authors: Kraskovsky Valeri , Schneider Jaclyn , Mador M. Jeffery , Provost Karin A.
Published: July 2019

Background: Patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a significant symptom burden despite maximal medical therapy, yet few are referred for concomitant palliative care. Objective: To evaluate the utilization and impact of palliative care on the location of death and to identify clinical variables associated with palliative care contact. Design: Retrospective chart review from 2010 to 2016 at the VA Western New York Healthcare System using ICD-9/10 diagnosis of COPD. Palliative care contact was identified by Z51.5 or stop code 353. Results: Only 0.5% to 2% of living patients received palliative care, increasing abruptly at death (6%). Lower diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (greater emphysema) was associated with palliative care contact, independent of comorbid disease burden or age. Initial outpatient contact was associated with a longer duration of palliative care ( P = .003) and death in a home-like setting. Outpatient palliative care was associated with more severe airflow obstruction (forced expiratory volume in 1 second, percent predicted [FEV1%]), whereas greater disease exacerbation frequency was associated with inpatient contact. COPD patients not referred to palliative care had a greater comorbid disease burden, similar FEV1%, fewer disease exacerbations, and a greater DLCO. Conclusion: Few patients with COPD received palliative care, similar to national trends. Initial outpatient palliative contact had the longest duration of care and death in the preferred home environment. The extent of emphysema (DLCO reduction) and more frequent disease exacerbations identified in patients were more likely to receive palliative care. Our study begins to define the benefits of palliative care in advanced COPD and confirms underutilization in the years before death, where a prolonged impact on the quality of life may be realized.
Addition of 2-deoxy-d-ribose to clinically used alginate dressings stimulates angiogenesis and accelerates wound healing in diabetic rats
Authors: Azam Maryam , Dikici Serkan , Roman Sabiniano , Mehmood Azra , Chaudhry Aqif A , U Rehman Ihtesham , MacNeil Sheila , Yar Muhammad
Published: July 2019

Following recent work from our group on a small ribose-derived sugar 2-deoxy-d-ribose which stimulates angiogenesis in a chick chorionic allantoic membrane bioassay and in skin wounds in healthy rats, we tested the effect of this sugar when added to a common alginate wound dressing in a well-accepted diabetic skin wound model in rats. Dressings were simply loaded with filter-sterilized sugar solutions that were proved stable at room temperature for at least two weeks. Prior to undertaking the animal study, we assessed in vitro release of sugar loaded from alginate dressings loaded with either 5 or 10% 2-deoxy-d-ribose. Both showed more than 90% release of sugar over three days followed by a lesser and sustained release for up to eight days. Diabetes was induced in rats by streptozotocin injection followed by confirmation through measuring elevated blood glucose levels all over the period of the study. Full thickness skin wounds of 20 mm diameter showed slow healing and were still unhealed at 20th day in the control animals. The addition of alginate hydrogel did significantly stimulate wound healing compared to the untreated animals, but the addition of 2-deoxy-d-ribose at either 5 or 10% further and significantly improved the rate of wound healing. The most striking result was seen in the effect of sugar on angiogenesis in the wound beds where alginate alone did not improve the extent of CD34 identified blood vessels in the wound beds but the addition of sugar significantly increased these – this could be seen as early as seven days post addition of the sugar-loaded alginate dressing and was still evident at day 20. Thus, these results suggest that the controlled use of 2-deoxy-d-ribose could be a novel and cost-effective therapy for the management of impaired wound healing in diabetic patients.
Influence of mesoporous diatomite on atom transfer radical random copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate: Kinetics and thermal studies
Authors: Khezri Khezrollah , Fazli Yousef
Published: July 2019

In situ copolymerizations of styrene and methyl methacrylate (MMA) by atom transfer radical random copolymerization in the presence of mesoporous diatomite were performed to synthesize various poly (styrene- co-methyl methacrylate)/diatomite composites. Special characteristics of the mesoporous diatomite were evaluated by X-ray fluorescence, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscope, and nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm. Conversion and molecular weight determinations were carried out using gas chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography, respectively. Due to the pendant hydroxyl groups on the surface of the diatomite platelets and polarity change of the reaction medium, addition of 3 wt% mesoporous kieselgur platelets leads to increase of conversion from 69% to 81%. In addition, polydispersity index values of the poly (styrene- co-methyl methacrylate) chains increases from 1.14 to 1.39 by addition of 3 wt% mesoporous diatomite platelets. Increasing the thermal stability of the nanocomposites is demonstrated by TGA. Differential scanning calorimetry shows an increase in glass transition temperature from 66.4°C to 72.5°C by adding 3 wt% of mesoporous diatomite platelets.
Organizing an entrepreneurial learning programme: The role of people, process and place
Authors: Sörensson Anna , Bogren Maria
Published: July 2019

Research in entrepreneurship and learning has focused on education about, for and within enterprises. The purpose of this article is to analyse and discuss the importance of organizing for entrepreneurial learning. The research design included a case study of a newly established 1-year programme at a university in Sweden. Data were collected through participant observations and interviews with students, both in groups and individually. The study shows that organizing entrepreneurial learning involves a similar method to that used in entrepreneurial processes in companies with a focus on process, people and place. The contribution of the study is to confirm that Foley’s model with these three components is applicable in the context of entrepreneurial learning. The conclusion is that the process, the people and the place combined to create an environment for the students that was conducive to entrepreneurial learning. The people are the most important factor and should also be considered with regard to process and place. In order to establish a creative environment, organizers should consider the importance of students’ collaboration with stakeholders in the region, through which they can contribute to the development of the community. Students contribute to the local community through their interaction with it.
Development of a gripper for garment handling designed for additive manufacturing
Authors: Jilich Michal , Frascio Mattia , Avalle Massimiliano , Zoppi Matteo
Published: July 2019

The paper presents how a robotic gripper specific for grasping and handling of textiles and soft flexible layers can be miniaturized and improved by polymeric additive manufacturing-oriented re-design. Advantages of polymeric additive manufacturing are to allow a re-design of components with integrated functions, to be cost-effective equipment for small batches production and the availability of suitable materials for many applications. The drawback is that for design validation extended testing is still necessary because of lacks in standardization and that the mechanical properties are building parameters dependent. The outcomes are a lower complexity of the design overall and lower number of components. These are pursued taking advantage of the anisotropy of the additive manufacturing processed polymer and assigning appropriate shapes and linkages in the mechanisms. Set of common materials (polylactide, polyethylene terephthalate, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and technical (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, polycarbonate/polybutylene terephthalate blend) are tested to obtain data for the modelling.
Exergy analysis and nanoparticle assessment of cooking oil biodiesel and standard diesel fueled internal combustion engine
Authors: Yildiz Ibrahim , Caliskan Hakan , Mori Kazutoshi
Published: July 2019

In this paper, the exergy analysis and environmental assessment are performed to the biodiesel and diesel-fueled engine at full 294 Nm and 1800 r/min. The exergy loss rates of fuels are found as 15.523 and 18.884 kW for the 100% biodiesel (BDF100) (obtained from cooking oil) and Japanese Industrial Standard Diesel No. 2 (JIS#2) fuels, respectively. In addition, the exergy destruction rate of the JIS#2 fuel is found as 80.670 kW, while the corresponding rate of the BDF100 is determined as 62.389 kW. According to environmental assessments of emissions and nanoparticles of the fuels, the biodiesel (BDF100) fuel is more environmentally benign than the diesel (JIS#2) fuel in terms of particle concentration and carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions. So, it is better to use this kind of the 100% biodiesels in the diesel engines for better environment and efficiency in terms of the availability and environmental perspectives.
User needs assessment for research data services in a research university
Authors: Joo Soohyung , Peters Christie
Published: July 2019

This study assesses the needs of researchers for data-related assistance and investigates their research data management behavior. A survey was conducted, and 186 valid responses were collected from faculty, researchers, and graduate students across different disciplines at a research university. The services for which researchers perceive the greatest need include assistance with quantitative analysis and data visualization. Overall, the need for data-related assistance is relatively higher among health scientists, while humanities researchers demonstrate the lowest need. This study also investigated the data formats used, data documentation and storage practices, and data-sharing behavior of researchers. We found that researchers rarely use metadata standards, but rely more on a standard file-naming scheme. As to data sharing, respondents are likely to share their data personally upon request or as supplementary materials to journal publications. The findings of this study will be useful for planning user-centered research data services in academic libraries.
Fighting Corruption in Russia: Its Characteristics and Purpose
Authors: Kazyrytski Leanid
Published: July 2019

This article examines possible reasons for the inefficiency of criminal policy in the fight against corruption in modern Russia and presents a critical analysis of the role of the supreme state authorities responsible for the development and implementation of criminal laws. It is noted that corruption is functional for the stable development of the Russian authoritarian system, which is based on relations of patrimonial capitalism. The real purpose of campaigns against corruption is emphasized, and it is argued that the implementation of an effective anti-corruption strategy is impossible in modern Russia since this presupposes a threat to the survival of its political and economic model.
Building a Model on Influence of Behavioural and Cognitive Factors on Personal Financial Planning: A Study Among Indian Households
Authors: Mahapatra Mousumi Singha , Raveendran Jayasree , De Anupam
Published: July 2019

Personal financial planning is an emerging area of interest, given the complexities and risks involved in investments and financial markets. As an extension to studies in the field of cognitive and behavioural decision theories, the role of financial cognition (FC) and mental accounting (MA) is examined as antecedents to personal financial planning (PFP) of Indian households and established as a model to represent the same. The study considers factors, that is, financial attitude (FA), risk attitude (RA) and financial knowledge (FK), to measure FC and uses the components of mental budgeting (MB), current income (CI), current assets (CAs) and future income (FI) to study MA as per the behavioural life cycle hypothesis. The study used a structured questionnaire to explore PFP in all the areas of financial interest, that is, cash flow management (CM), investment (INV), insurance (INSU), retirement (RP), tax (TAX) and estate planning (EP). The salaried individuals from different sectors are considered as samples for the study. The data have been collected from all-India representative samples. The analysis has been done with 359 responses from Indian households. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been used to establish and validates the measurement model.
Is the RANZCP CPD programme a competency-based educational programme?
Authors: de Beer Wayne
Published: July 2019

Objective:

This paper attempts to address whether the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) have implemented a competency-based continuing professional development (CPD) programme.

Conclusion:

The RANZCP have implemented a competency-based CPD programme, but a number of areas, especially assessment, can strengthen the competency-based approach.
Timely, Transcendent, and Alive: Trinity in Jenson’s Understanding of the God–World Relation
Authors: Rice Scott P.
Published: July 2019

Robert W. Jenson conceives of the God-world relation through a temporally inclusive idea of God that many critics find objectionable. Central to Jenson’s proposal is that God precedes the history that God lives with others by means of God’s own future. Does this make sense? In this essay I argue that it does, and that Jenson’s account needs to be demystified. The key to this, particularly, demonstrating the coherence of the God-time relation in view of the divine futurity, lies in the understanding of Jenson’s trinitarian theology. I will show that Jenson’s temporal idea of God, with a focus on his doctrine of the Spirit, is consonant with the trinitarian relations and should not be identified with the poles of created time in an overtly literal way. I also draw on Jenson’s trinitarian logic of divine unity to illustrate the reality of God in the process of time in his doctrine of creation.
Relationship between ICT and international tourism demand: A study of major tourist destinations
Authors: Kumar Nikeel , Kumar Ronald Ravinesh
Published: July 2019

In this article, we study the effect of ICT on tourism demand in nine major tourist destinations based on visitor arrivals. Mobile and broadband subscriptions are used to proxy for ICT. Additionally, we account for price, source country’s income, and the destination’s income. Balanced panels for the period 1995–2017 and 2002–2017 are used for mobile and broadband subscriptions, respectively. The pooled mean group approach is used for estimation. The results indicate a 1% increase in mobile subscriptions and broadband would increase international visitor arrivals by 0.04% and 0.11%, respectively. The elasticity coefficients of price and income are −0.71 and 1.58, respectively, based on the mobile subscription model, and −0.88 and 1.83, respectively, based on broadband subscription. The destination’s income has only a short-run positive association with tourism demand. The causality results indicate that ICT cause tourism demand, and support for technology-led growth hypothesis in the major tourist destinations.