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The Sophy: News of Shah Ismail Safavi in Renaissance Europe
Authors: Meserve Margaret
Published: November 2014

Shah Ismail Safavi emerged as the revolutionary leader of a new, Shiʻite movement in western Iran in the early years of the sixteenth century. News of his rise to power reached Western Europe almost immediately and provoked a wide range of responses: some observers hoped he would join the Christian princes of Europe in a new offensive against their common enemy, the Ottoman Turks. Others saw him as an economic and social revolutionary who brought justice to the poor and dispossessed of Persia and whose works might occasion similar reforms in Europe. Yet others saw his rise as a providential event, freighted with apocalyptic significance, or perhaps a divine endorsement of some more particular domestic agenda. Learned humanist observers in Italy and elsewhere found themselves on several sides of the question, expressing first scepticism and then later qualified enthusiasm for this new Islamic prince. The circulation of information about Shah Ismail was fluid, unpredictable, and shaped by local conditions; the printing press also played an important role in transmitting—and transforming—the story of the “Sophy” across Renaissance Europe.
Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from India, with key to species and discussion of tuberculate setae
Authors: DUBEY ANIL KUMAR , SINGH SUDHIR , MARTIN JON H.
Published: November 2014

The genus Acanthaleyrodes Takahashi is reported for the first time from India. Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n. is described from Bridelia retusa in Kerala, India, with a key to puparia of Acanthaleydes species. The new species differs in its exceptionally elevated eighth abdominal tergite, circular vasiform orifice and eight pairs of subdorsal setae. The generic characteristics of Acanthaleyrodes are redefined and distinguished from those of Tuberaleyrodes Takahashi. A. styraci Takahashi is re-described in detail with illustrations of puparia and immatures from Hong Kong. A lectotype puparium is designated for A. callicarpae Takahashi. The development of tuberculate setae is discussed, in whitefly puparia and earlier nymphal instars, and considered to be subject to environmental modification.
Imperial Control and the Translation Project
Authors: Tandon Shivangini
Published: November 2014

This article explores the monumental translation project undertaken by H.M. Elliot and John Dowson in their work The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period (1867–77) consisting of eight volumes. It examines how Elliot and Dowson’s magnum opus facilitated the project of imperial domination and what were the exclusions and silences that marked this project of translation. The imperial historians or administrators treated the project of history writing as a device of imperial control. The history that they wrote was imbued with an element of essentialism that served to demarcate the subject population from the rulers and hence create structures of hierarchy. Their attempt was to classify or label people into neat categories differentiated on the basis of class, caste and religious affiliations which were essential to impose order and discipline on the subject population. All this required a construction of the past of the ruled, steeped in historical evidence within a positivist empiricist frame of reference. This kind of historical reconstruction was undertaken with the objective of legitimating the imperial control and proclaiming its racial superiority as well as lending history an element of objectivity. A careful scrutiny would also be done of the issues of language, power, discourse and the system of equivalences and their role in the translation project to fulfil one’s own political objectives.
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity of Select Herbal Therapies
Authors: Korth Christine
Published: November 2014

The use of herbal botanicals and dietary supplements to treat and alleviate disease symptoms has increased over the past decades, and as a result, more research has been done to study the potential damaging effects of herbal products on the liver and other organs. Although reporting rates vary, cases have been published describing liver damage following herbal therapy. Studies have proposed multiple mechanisms of injury for these herbal preparations, and several potential risk factors have been identified including age, gender, polypharmacy, alcohol consumption, and genetic variability. Ingredients and other constituents often differ among products, and lack of standardization in manufacturing of these formulations makes it difficult to determine causality. The potential for drug-induced liver injury is often not known until the postmarketing period due to less rigorous safety testing and regulations.
The relationship of child poverty to school education
Authors: McKinney Stephen
Published: November 2014

Child poverty is a global issue that affects around half the children in the world; it is inextricably bound to the poverty experienced by their parents and families and has been identified by the United Nations as a human rights issue. Child poverty can be a barrier to children and young people accessing school education or achieving any form of success through participating in school education. This article examines some of the main issues surrounding child poverty and school education and a number of government interventions designed to enhance the education of disadvantaged children (exemplified in the United Kingdom). The article will argue that some of these interventions have had some success, although they need to be contextualized in the wider educational and political context. The article offers an alternative vision of intervention in schools drawn from research from the United Kingdom, America and Australia.
Optimal Degree of Union Centralization
Authors: Bartolomeo Giovanni Di
Published: November 2014

By viewing trade unions as economic units analogous to firms, which can be studied by applying the standard tools of microeconomic analysis, this article aims to derive the optimal degree of union centralization in a multi-unions simple general equilibrium model. Differently from previous literature, we show that if the degree of centralization among the labour unions is considered as the outcome of a voting process, full centralization always emerges as equilibrium and standard policy neutrality implications hold. Moreover, the equilibrium represents a Pareto improvement.
Influence of patterned sapphire substrates with different symmetry on the light output power of InGaN-based LEDs
Authors: You Yao-Hong , Su Vin-Cent , Ho Ti-En , Lin Bo-Wen , Lee Ming-Lun , Das Atanu , Hsu Wen-Ching , Kuan Chieh-Hsiung , Lin Ray-Ming
Published: November 2014

This paper aims to investigate the light output power (LOP) of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on patterned sapphire substrates (PSSs) with different symmetry. The GaN epitaxial layers grown on the hexagonal lattice arrangement PSS (HLAPSS) have a lower compressive strain than the ones grown on the square lattice arrangement PSS (SLAPSS). The quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) is also affected by the residual compressive strain. Based on the experimentally measured data and the ray tracing simulation results, the InGaN-based LED with the HLAPSS has a higher LOP than the one with the SLAPSS due to the weaker QCSE within multiple-quantum wells (MQWs).
Bulk effect of the deltoid muscle on the glenohumeral joint
Authors: Rosso Claudio , Mueller Andreas M , McKenzie Brett , Entezari Vahid , Cereatti Andrea , Croce Ugo Della , Ramappa Arun J , Nazarian Ara , DeAngelis Joseph P
Published: November 2014

Background

There remains controversy on the role of the deltoid on glenohumeral translations during basic and pitching motions. We thus studied the passive effect of the deltoid on the deltoid glenohumeral joint center (GHJC).

Methods

Six shoulders were tested using an automated mechanical system. A baseline motion pattern of the intact specimen was contrasted with glenohumeral translation after removal of the deltoid. Each condition was evaluated in abduction (ABD) and an abbreviated throwing motion (ATM) using retro-reflective, bone-embedded markers. The absolute trajectory and the area under the curve (AUC) for each motion were calculated and glenohumeral kinematics with respect to the GH translation were compared.

Results

The removal of the deltoid resulted in significant changes of the GH translation. During 30-60° of ABD, it resulted in a superior and more anterior GH translation, while in the 60-90° segment in a more inferior and medial GH translation. During 90-120°, the GH translation was medialized. In the pitching motion from maximum external rotation to 90° of external rotation (ER), the removal of the deltoid resulted in a more superior, anterior and lateral GH translation. Thus limits anterior translation in the abduction-external rotation position. In the remaining segments (90-80° and 80-45° of ER), it resulted in a lateralization of the GH translation.

Conclusions

Modelling the throwing shoulder, the deltoid has a significant influence on glenohumeral motion. Athletes with deltoid dysfunction and limited range of motion are at risk for injury due to the resulting change in their throwing mechanics.
Height in relation to dementia death: individual participant meta-analysis of 18 UK prospective cohort studies
Authors: Russ Tom C. , Kivimäki Mika , Starr John M. , Stamatakis Emmanuel , Batty G. David
Published: November 2014

Background

That risk factors measured in middle age may not fully explain future dementia risk implicates exposures acting earlier in life. Height may capture early-life illness, adversity, nutrition and psychosocial stress.

Aims

To investigate the little-explored association between height and dementia death.

Method

Individual participant meta-analysis using 18 prospective general population cohort studies with identical methodologies (1994–2008;n= 181 800).

Results

Mean follow-up of 9.8 years gave rise to 426 and 667 dementia deaths in men and women respectively. The mean heights were 174.4cm (s.d. = 7.3) for men and 161.0cm (s.d. = 6.8) for women. In analyses taking into account multiple covariates, increasing height was related to lower rates of death from dementia in a dose–response pattern (P⩽0.01 for trend). There was evidence of a differential effect by gender (P= 0.016 for interaction). Thus, the association observed in men (hazard ratio per s.d. decrease in height 1.24, 95% CI 1.11–1.39) was markedly stronger than that apparent in women (HR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.03–1.24).

Conclusions

Early-life circumstances, indexed by adult height, may influence later dementia risk.
More Than the Sum of Our Rebellions: Métis Histories Beyond Batoche
Authors: Andersen Chris
Published: November 2014

Anchored in public memory discussions most recently inaugurated by Pierre Nora's distinction between “sites” and “environments” of memory, this article juxtaposes the official telling of Métis history in national historic sites (in this case, the Batoche National Historic Site in Batoche, Saskatchewan, located in western Canada) with that of more vernacular histories rooted in its postrebellion era. Who are the Métis of the Batoche National Historic Site? When does their history end at Batoche and why? This article seeks to explore Métis extended families' and communities' distinctive and complex forms of identity that, while rooted in nineteenth-century experiences, share little in common with narratives produced in official celebratory practices. What does more recent, vernacular history reveal about the simplistic correlations often drawn between historical events and contemporary Métis identities and issues, and how can such vernacular history help us to reconceive Métis identity rooted not in nineteenth-century difference but in twentieth-century density?
What Is a Monument to Massasoit Doing in Kansas City? The Memory Work of Monuments and Place in Public Displays of History
Authors: O'Brien Jean M. , Blee Lisa
Published: November 2014

This article explores questions surrounding the memory work of monuments and place by taking up a puzzling instance of public display of history: the presence of an enormous monument to the important seventeenth-century Pokanoket leader Massasoit in Kansas City, Missouri. Given the historical location of the Pokanoket in what came to be called New England, what are we to make of the erection of this monument, in fact a replica of the Plymouth monument designed by sculptor Cyrus Dallin in 1921, as a project of civic-minded non-Indians hundreds of miles away in 1979? Using archival and visual evidence, this article examines the unique portability and profitability of Massasoit as a symbol and narrative device. Rather than fixing history in place and expressing a sense of permanence on the landscape, Massasoit's presence in Kansas City reveals the malleability of memory and the mobility of memorials. We consider the ways in which monuments to Indians constitute a critical location for public history, place making, and memory.
Reevaluating Chronology and Historical Content in the Maya Books of Chilam Balam
Authors: Harrison-Buck Eleanor
Published: November 2014

This article examines the so-called First Chronicle of the Maya Books of Chilam Balam, a segment of shared content found in three of the native copybooks from northern Yucatán, including the Tizimin, the Chumayel, and the Maní, also known as the Códice Pérez. I reevaluate the chronology and historical content of the First Chronicle found in these books by examining the following: (1) the dates applied to the katun cycles (increments of roughly twenty-year periods) in light of recent archaeological finds from Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Champotón, and Mayapán; (2) Maya conventions of time as expressed in the katun chronicles; (3) the shared subject matter found in all three books; and (4) the internal structure and transcription conventions of the First Chronicle. This study suggests that the early chronicles may offer a larger measure of historical accuracy and reliability than is currently accepted.
Crossing Over: Caciques, Indigenous Politics, and the Vecino World in Caste War Yucatán
Authors: Dutt Rajeshwari
Published: November 2014

In this article I delve into the life story of one particular cacique (indigenous leader), Angelino Uicab of the town of Teya, during a particularly significant period in the history of Yucatán: the Caste War. Focusing on the 1840s and 1850s I use the Uicab case to show how “ordinary,” nonrebel caciques engaged in political alliance making on the ground. While traditional renditions of the Caste War represent it as a race war, I show how, for Uicab, strategic rather than racial concerns remained pivotal in shaping political alliance making at the local level. In doing this, I emphasize that we need to look at nonindigenous, or vecino, politics and the way in which it influenced indigenous and cacique politics. Finally, I show that the rhetoric that represented the Caste War as a race war was partly produced by local government officials as they sought to camouflage their exploitation of indigenous labor.
Advance Demand Information in a Multiproduct System
Authors: Bernstein Fernando , DeCroix Gregory A.
Published: November 2014

In this paper we examine the impact of different types of advance demand information on firm profit and on the benefits of resource flexibility. Specifically, we consider a firm that must choose capacities of resources that will be used to satisfy stochastic demand for multiple products, where demands follow a multivariate normal distribution. Prior to the capacity decision, the firm receives information revealing either the total volume of demand across products or the mix of demand between products. We examine two different scenarios: a dedicated resource setting with product-specific resources and a common resource scenario with one flexible resource. For both scenarios we derive the distribution of the (possibly imperfect) volume or mix demand signal, as well as the conditional distributions of demand given the particular signal. We explore the impact of either type of information on optimal capacities and profit. We find that commonality and volume information are strategic complements—so that it is more valuable to obtain volume information in settings with a common resource. On the other hand, commonality and mix information are strategic substitutes. Moreover, we find that mix and volume information themselves are complements in systems with dedicated resources. Having either type of information is valuable in reducing uncertainty for each individual product demand, but having both of them together provides information on two different dimensions, allowing for a much greater reduction in demand uncertainty. In systems with a common resource, however, the two types of information are substitutes. Because volume information is well aligned with commonality (both focus on total demand), such information already provides much of the value that can be obtained—having mix information adds limited additional value.
INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF FINANCIAL CAPITAL MOBILIZATION IN MODERN RUSSIAN ECONOMY
Authors: Barhatov Igor , Biruykova Ekaterina , Afanasev Igor
Published: November 2014

This article views the mechanism and modern forms of financial capital mobilization in risky and uncertain conditions of the economic environment. From the perspective of the institutional approach, there is a group of problems typical for two different financial capital mobilization models: the bank loans market and the stock market. It reveals some contradictions of capital mobilization mechanism through bank lending by a critical assessment of subjective and purely subject-object relations; the major participant currently is the State. The features of the process of investing in a portfolio of securities in the current environment of high volatility of systematic and specific nature are defined, which ultimately determine the need to revise the prerequisites of classical portfolio theory and the development of new algorithms for redistribution of capital.Solving the problem of the role of the State in the financial capital mobilization will allow the mechanism to adjust itself in the direction of growth in bank lending instruments. Simultaneously, there is an increase in the growth rate in the real sector of the Russian economy.  The proposed mathematical apparatus of fuzzy set theory, based on uncertainty factors variety of the economic system being considered, is capable of minimizing the portfolio investment risk.
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL DIRECTIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
Authors: Čorejová Andrea , Jarošová Jana
Published: November 2014

In this paper, we investigate the management system for intellectual property (IP) within the Center for Technology Transfer (CTT) currently operating in the University Science Park–organizational unit of the University of Žilina. The CTT deals with procedural issues: acquisition of intellectual property rights, IP protection, and IP commercialization. In solving selected issues involving the Internal Directive´s content regulating the IP protection and commercialization in CTT of the University of Žilina, we are using available information and knowledge of the directives from both domestic and international universities.This investigation helps the CTT in formulating more effective directive contents for University Science Park in Žilina. The entire system of research and development funding through projects requires accurate and complex monitoring of the use of allocated funds for various activities and persons.  For internal usage, it is necessary to obtain discreet evidence that would allow accurate identification of funding received directly from IP creation-related projects.
CREATIVE WORK UNDER COGNITIVE CAPITALISM CONDITIONS
Authors: Barhatov Viktor , Kapkaev Yuner , Dyachenko Oleg
Published: November 2014

The transformation of production relations, which we have all witnessed during the last 20 years, has shown outdated existing theoretical approaches toward an understanding of the economy. The search for alternative ways of the economic development involves representatives of various scientific fields: post industrialism, information economy, sustainable economic development, new economy and others. Of particular interest is the concept of cognitive capitalism, which allows us to consider the transformation occurring “inside” of capitalism. This article proposes an approach to the study of the cognitive capitalism nature from the perspective of the Marxian theory, productive forces of society, and psychology. Methodological framework used has revealed contradictions of existing liberal-capitalist vector of development and the innovation-oriented economic formation.  This is based on the exploitation of economic agent’s creative work.  The technique, which allows us to assess the involvement of management in cognitive capitalism, is provided.
THE EMPIRICAL DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING AS A FACTOR OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY EFFECTIVENESS
Authors: Ogienko Nadejda , Kim Anastasia
Published: November 2014

A modern scientific development cannot be imagined without the use of a statistical methodology, which is based on the empirical research.  So, it is necessary for social and economic development of the whole society.  The level of young scientists’ ability to conduct the empirical research can be considered as a quality factor of their future research activities.The preliminary analysis of young Kazakh scientists’ works showed very little applicability of systems and technology use for the processing of statistical data.  The objective is to determine the main critical points in the empirical research that cause the most trouble in the applicability of the statistical research methods, systems and data processing technologies for the writing of Undergraduate level final qualifying works.The analysis of existing empirical data processing technologies and their level of accessibility to university students was made in order to address this problem. The investigation was conducted among Undergraduate courses across 56 departments in different directions, the main reasons were identified and the analysis of possible ways to overcome the causes was made.  An example of a particular case decision and simplification of the empirical data processing is also presented in the research findings.
COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE PAIRS
Authors: Bohdalová Mária , Greguš Michal
Published: November 2014

Due to certain economic factors, Hungary and Poland—the two Central European (CE) countries—have not successfully adopted the Euro currency. We aim to investigate the dependency of the two CE currencies, HUF and PLZ, against the USD and the linking mechanism between them. Cointegration analysis is commonly used as a common econometric technique for evaluating such efficiency.In this article, we discuss the cointegration analysis of the selected foreign exchange (FX) rate pairs. Using bivariate error correction model (ECM), we investigate spot FX rate pairs of HUF/USD and PLZ/USD. The results from ECM are used in impulse response model for prediction of the new equilibrium after the exogenous shocks affecting the processes at time t.We have found that HUF reacts more closely with the change in USD and that HUF and PLZ are very unlikely to be cointegrated. Nonetheless, we have found the period when both spot exchange rates are weekly cointegrated, which was after August 2011. Although contributions are low, the analytical results are still statistically significant for other researches to be conducted with fractal analysis of these FX rates.
THE PECULARITIES OF THE SOLID PHASE OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGES IN CHILDREN WITH THE LUNG DISEASES
Authors: Modna Yuliya , Tananakina Tatiana , Dyka Elina , Mozhaiev Ievgen , Borodin Pavlo
Published: November 2014

The acute destructive pneumonias (ADP) occupy up to 80% of the total number of pneumonias. They require constant improvement of treatment strategy. Nowadays the use of surfactants is a part of most treatment protocols. The aim was to study the features of the solid phase bronchoalveolar lavage in children with the ADPs in the dynamics of complex treatment with exogenous surfactant.Material and methods: We examined 39 patients of contaminated surgery. We identified 2 groups of patients. The patients of first group (n=27) had pulmonary pleural form of ADP, the second group (n=12) had pulmonary form of ADP. All patients got classical treatment and the earlier draining of pleural cavity. We used as an antiseptic reamberin 1.5% by 10 ml/kg and endobronchially injected exogenous surfactant Bl in dose12 mg/kg body weight a day, 6 mg/kg every 12 hours. All the children were made a bronchoscopy to obtain BAL to study the crystallization properties. The solid phase of BAL was studied by method of cuneal dehydration.Results: All facies before treatment were divided into two groups according to classification of facies of biological fluids. Only the facies of the second and the third types were detected there. It was revealed that the sizes of the zones of the facies were different in the comparison groups before treatment and after. And the level of crystalline structures and amorphous aggregates were different in the groups with different degrees of inflammation.Conclusion: So, we can assume that the change in surfactant system is characterized by changes in the morphological structure of solids phases of BAL. And the morphological structure of BAL depends on the chemical composition of BAL.
EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS OF PREGNANT WOMEN ON SMOKING
Authors: Kaasik-Aaslav Urve , Vanatoa Mare , Kotkas Ene
Published: November 2014

Backround: Worldwide, approximately 1 billion people, from which 200-250 million  are women, smoke. Based on the Estonian Medical Birth Register data,  in 2010,  7,5% of pregnant women were smokers, and  in 2012, 7% of pregnant women were smoking during their pregnancy. Thus, smoking rates among pregnant women fell only 0,5%. The objective of the research was to find out the views of pregnant women who were smoking during pregnancy of the effect of smoking on the health of them and their babies, and experiences in quitting smoking, changing indicators, e.g. smoking and socioeconomical status (initial exposure to smoking, employment, long-term partnerships etc.) in 2009-2013.Methods: This research is a phenomenological study, which was being carried out from October 2009 until January 2013. Data collection methods were semi-structured interviews with 45 pregnant women smoking during their pregnancy and being  registered for antenatal care  in three health care institutions of Republic of Estonia. An inductive approach for qualitative analysis was used.Results: Most women smoking during pregnancy started smoking in their teens, their parents smoked, they were under 30 years old housewives or unemployed. On an average of 11-20 cigarettes were consumed each day, the pregnancy of the research group did not influence frequency and tobacco intake. The participants in the research group reported that tobacco consumption helped them relax, gave them a chance to spend time in a good company, and it was not regarded as a bad habit but a social addiction, being caused by availability of tobacco products. Although most of them had an opinion about  harmful effects of smoking, e.g. a cough, asthma and rapid fatigue,  on the health of them and less on their expected babies, they continued smoking.Conclusions: The smoking and socioeconomical status of women smoking during pregnancy in 2009-2013 has not changed,  health awareness of them is low and has not improved. Support groups with close relatives are needed to motivate cessation. In the first place, prevention needs  a good example, purposeful cooperation, which starts in daily life context – at homes, in educational institutions and in the community. Limiting the availability of tobacco products, postponing and preventing an initial exposure to smoking are thought to be of great importance. The results of the research will be introduced in health care institutions and they can be used in the health promotion process.
CLINICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS ASSAULTIVE ACTS IN UZBEKISTAN
Authors: Yеshimbetova Saida , Chembaev Bulat
Published: November 2014

Assaultive acts committed by people with a mental illness is a major public health issue that affects patients with their families, law enforcement authorities, and the public at large. Failure to provide treatment is in fact a major predictor of assaultive acts in patients with schizophrenia living in the community. Considering that the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia have similar sociocultural characteristics, these factors may be reflected in individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan.Objectives: The aim of the work was to identify the sociocultural and clinical characteristics of schizophrenic representatives of indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia who have committed violent crimes in Uzbekistan and have been found insane in regard to their offence, and to compare these subjects to ones belonging to the other ethnic groups.Material and methods: The data were collected in 2010–2013 in the Tashkent High Security Psychiatric Hospital via face-to-face interviews and also from the patients’ charts and from forensic psychiatric examination statements.Results: The sample consisted of 201 individuals. The sample was 90.1 percent (n = 181) male, with a predominance of the paranoid schizophrenia subtype according to the ICD-10 criteria. Of the subjects, 174 ones (86.6%) were representatives of the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, and 27 ones (13.4%) were representatives of other ethnic groups. The duration of illness among the subjects belonging to the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia was less than in the other group; the individuals were rarely referred to psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness. A positive correlation between violence and various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorder, has also been demonstrated in this group.Conclusions: Sociocultural characteristics, such as delayed referral for psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness among the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, frequently factor into committing serious acts of assault because of developing psychotic symptoms at the early stages of disease despite their sufficient socioenvironmental adaptation.
ANALYSIS OF MACRO AND MICROELEMENTS IN TEETH, SALIVA, AND BLOOD OF WORKERS IN FERGANA CHEMICAL PLANT OF FURAN COMPOUNDS
Authors: Gaffarov Sunnatillo , Sharipov Salim
Published: November 2014

This article aims to share the results of research conducted in the Fergana chemical plant of furan compounds (FCPFC) in Uzbekistan.19 workers of the Furan compounds plant, in Fergana, Uzbekistan, were tested. By neutron activation analysis method, we have studied microelement composition of saliva, blood, dental hard tissue, and the level of Ca, Zn, Fe, and Ag in these subjects. We havedetected that the level of chemical elements in dental hard tissue, blood, and saliva of these workers was subject to negative changes as compared to the analysis results from those in the control group.The research results havepractical value for the prophylaxis, treatment, and health resumption of the people living in rugged ecological environment and workers who are engagedwith harmful substances in chemical industry.  Furthermore,this research also provides recommendations fortreatment of dental diseases related to common conditions of pathophysiological processes carried out bylivingorganisms.
RESULTS OF MEDICO-GENETIC STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE/BECKER PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES IN UZBEKISTAN
Authors: Omonova Umida Tulkinovna
Published: November 2014

The purpose of study was to analyze clinical and genetic polymorphism of Duchenne/Becker progressive muscular dystrophies among patients with neuromuscular diseases in Uzbekistan. 106 male patients with progressive pseudohypertrophic forms of muscular dystrophy were retrospectively and prospectively analyzed in the period from 2004 till 2014: 93 patients with Duchenne PMD aged from 3 years to 18 years and 13 patients with Becker PMD aged from 10 years to 25 years, who had been examined in the medico-genetic consulting department of the Republican Center “Mother and Child Screening” of Tashkent city. Comprehensive clinical, neurophysiological, biochemical and genetic study of patients as the integral part in the differential diagnosis of Duchenne/Becker progressive muscular dystrophies allows creating the national database on D/B PMD to prevent the birth of children in families burdened by this disease.
Comparison among Parameters Affecting Vertical Vacuum Dyeing of Populus cathayana Rehd
Authors: Zhang Yang , Yu Zhiming , Wu Xiaofeng
Published: November 2014

Dyeing pale-colored plantation-grown hardwood is an effective way to meet the demand for richly colored tropical hardwoods used in decorative applications. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of wood dyeing parameters such as vacuum pressure, vacuum time, dyeing time, and dye concentration regarding the dyeing of Populus cathayana Rehd using the vacuum dyeing system. As the height increased, the color change decreased gradually. Color change and dye uptake gradually increased with increasing vacuum pressure and dye concentration. As the vacuum time and dyeing time increased, color change and dye uptake first gradually increased until water began to be discharged, leading to a decrease of the pressure gradient in the log, and then decreased.
Fandom studies as I see it
Authors: Jenkins Henry
Published: November 2014

Responding to the recent issue of Journal of Fandom Studies focused on Textual Poachers at 20, this article explores the roots of fandom studies, the value of public-focusing scholarship and the importance of broadening the topics that fandom research explores.
Traducción del resumen de la Octava Edición del SI brochure
Authors: Paniagua Vásquez Carlos
Published: November 2014

El Sistema Internacional de Unidades, el SI, es el acuerdo internacional, para expresar las medidas en todos los niveles de precisión y en todas las áreas de la ciencia, la tecnología, y el quehacer diario.
Comportamientos de elementos de metal expandido sometidos a flexión
Authors: Pacheco Molina Alejandro
Published: November 2014

En este artículo se presenta un estudio sobre el comportamiento elástico de tres tipos diferentes de láminas de metal expandido bajo cargas de flexión. Se investigó experimentalmente la relación entre carga, deflexion máxima y distancia entre apoyos para cada tipo de lámina actuando como viga simplemente apoyada. Se aplicaron dos sistemas de carga diferentes: carga concentrada a mitad del claro y caraga uniformemente distribuida. También se determinó experimentalmente la resistencia de fluencia de cada lámina por medio de pruebas de flexión en muestras llevadas hasta la deformación plástica. Se observó que la teoría convencional de la flexión no predice con suficiente exactitud la deflexión que experimentan las láminas de metal expandido, por lo que fue necesario desarrollar una ecuación experimental que relacionara adecuadamente los datos de carga, deflexión y claro para cada tipo de lámina. Finalmente, como resultado de máximo interés, se presenta una tabla que especifica para cada tipo de lámina los valores de carga admisible y deflexión en función del claro, la cual es muy útil como tabla de diseño.
La red generalizada
Authors: Alfaro Ruíz Víctor M.
Published: November 2014

Se presenta el concepto de Red Generalizada, un procedimiento para el modelado de diferentes sistemas, las ecuaciones constitutivas de los elementos genralizados y sus relaciones con los elementos de los sistemas energéticos. Se describe la obtención de la red y varios métodos para el establecimiento de las ecuaciones que la modelan.
O Perfil Desejado do Egresso dos Cursos de Ciências Contábeis das Universidades de Santa Catarina
Authors: Kruger Silvana Dalmutt , Mazzioni Sady , Resende Antonia , Gubiani Clésia Ana , Zanin Antonio
Published: November 2014

O objetivo do artigo é analisar o perfil do egresso dos cursos de Ciências Contábeis das Universidades de Santa Catarina. Buscou-se estudar as habilidades, as competências e o perfil desejado do egresso pelas Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) de acordo com o Projeto Pedagógico de Curso (PPC), sua relação com as Diretrizes Nacionais de Educação e as orientações do Conselho Federal de Contabilidade (CFC). A amostra investigada é constituída de dez IES que oferecem o curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis e que possuem o status de "universidade". Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados caracterizam a pesquisa como exploratória, de levantamento e qualitativa. Constatou-se que as IES "A", "B", "G" e "I"  contemplam todas as habilidades e competências orientadas pela Resolução CNE/CES 10/2004 e pelo CFC em seu PPC. A instituição de ensino superior "F" apresenta 87,5% das habilidades e competências. Já a IES "E" apresenta 37,5%, a "C" apresenta 25% e a "D" 12,5% das habilidades e competências, sendo que duas IES não contemplam qualquer das habilidades e competências propostas. Os achados indicam que as IES investigadas desejam um profissional contábil que revele capacidade de comunicação e interação com as organizações e a sociedade, que seja capaz de lidar com sistemas de informações, que apresente conhecimentos interdisciplinares, soluções para os desafios encontrados ao desempenhar a profissão, e olhar crítico. Adicionalmente, desejam que seja um indivíduo criativo, atualizado, ético e capaz de fazer a diferença no seu contexto de inserção.
Reflexos na Controladoria com a Adesão da Empresa à Governança Corporativa
Authors: Beuren Ilse Maria , Silva Gilton Paulo da
Published: November 2014

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o reflexo que a adesão da empresa à Governança Corporativa traz à Controladoria. Para tanto foi realizada pesquisa exploratória, por meio de um estudo multicasos, com abordagem qualitativa. Foram selecionadas intencionalmente três empresas de Santa Catarina listadas na Bovespa em níveis diferenciados de Governança Corporativa. Para o estudo de campo, foi encaminhado via correio eletrônico questionário contendo 14 questões, que foram respondidas pelos principais envolvidos com a Controladoria e a implantação da Governança Corporativa nessas empresas. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que a Controladoria tem papel de destaque no processo de implantação da Governança Corporativa, uma vez que gera informações e contribui com as outras áreas para o cumprimento das exigências decorrentes. Conclui-se, com base nos casos estudados, que a Controladoria estava preparada para atender às exigências das boas práticas de Governança Corporativa, uma vez que poucas mudanças foram necessárias nas empresas pesquisadas.
First report on molecular identification and fenbendazole resistance against Baylisascaris transfuga infection in Melursus ursinus (sloth bear)
Authors: Moudgil A. , Singla L. , Singh M.
Published: November 2014

Based on morphometric findings and polymerase chain reaction amplification of internal transcribed spacer regions (ITSs), the worms and eggs retrieved from sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) kept at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Zoological Park, Chhatbir (Punjab, India) were delineated as Baylisascaris transfuga. Therapeutic intervention with fenbendazole à 10 mg/kg body weight for three consecutive days, associated with complete disinfection of the enclosures, proved to be effective for the first few days with the reduction of eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces from 2800 (zero day) to 400 (14.28 %), 700 (25 %) and 800 (28.57 %) on days 1, 4 and 7 post treatments, respectively. The intensity of EPG increased to 2400 (85.71 %) on day 21 post treatment with respect to day zero. A modified schedule with fenbendazole à 15 mg/kg body weight for first three days followed by 10 mg/kg body weight for next three days proved to be effective thus indicating the development of resistance. The study places on record the molecular characterisation of B. transfuga from sloth bears and development of resistance against fenbendazole.
Larval trematodes in bithyniid snails (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in the lake-rivers systems from the steppe zone (The West Siberian Plain, Russia)
Authors: Serbina E.
Published: November 2014

A survey of cercariae and metacercariae (Trematoda, Digenea) from bithyniid snails (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in lake-river systems in Northern Kulunda (of the steppe zone of the West Siberia Plain) is presented. The role of Bithynia tentaculata (Linne, 1758) and Bithynia troscheli (Paasch, 1842) as the first intermediate hosts and as the second intermediate hosts of trematodes in the study area was accomplished for the first time. Twelve species of cercariae (8 families) and 12 species of metacercariae (6 families) were found in bithyniid snails. Altogether, bithyniid snails were infected with 23 trematode species including 16 genera in 11 families. New Cercariae Holostephanus sp. and five original species of trematode metacercariae, were discovered in bithyniid snails of the steppe zone of the West Siberia Plain. The dominant cercariae were those of the families Prosthogonimidae and Lecithodendriidae. The most prevalent metacercariae were Echinoparyphium aconiatum Dietz, 1909 and E. recurvatum Linstow, 1873 (both family Echinostomatidae) and Cyathocotyle bithyniae Sudarikov, 1974 (Cyathocotylidae). B. troscheli infected by trematode parthenitae of Holostephanus sp. was detected in the Russia for the first time.
The bionomics and diversity of freshwater snails species in Yewa North, Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria
Authors: Salawu O. , Odaibo A.
Published: November 2014

Snail control as a form of integrated control for schistosomiasis has been strongly advocated but data on biocontrol using competitor snails are relatively lacking in most endemic areas. Monthly sampling of freshwater snails was conducted in four water bodies in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. Monthly in situ measurements of the physico-chemical characteristics of surface waters were carried out using field meters. A total number of 13 snail species were recovered from the water bodies. Of these, Bulinus camerunensis was reported for the first time in Nigeria. A significant positive relationship occurred between snail density and dissolved oxygen. Other important relationships were those between Lanistes lybicus and Bulinus senegalensis, Bulinus globosus and Bulinus jousseaumei, and B. senegalensis and Segmentorbis augustus. Snail control using competitor snails should be integrated into schistosomiasis management programmes in endemic areas in order to prevent residual schistosomiasis transmission after control intervention through mass drug treatment.
Measurement of critical heat flux conditions under vacuum
Authors: Nemsilová Lenka , Timár Pavol , Timár Pavel , Stopka Ján , Štibrányi Ladislav , Báleš Vladimír
Published: November 2014

Determination of optimum conditions for waste oil (used motor oils, transformer oils) regeneration using vacuum distillation was attempted including the search for the optimum temperature difference between the heating surface and the boiling point of the liquid. Optimum temperature allowed the distillation equipment to operate at maximum performance. Equipment suitable for the measurement of boiling curves under atmospheric pressure and vacuum conditions was assembled. These curves were used to determine the optimum temperature difference of various substances including waste oils. Properties of pure substances, for example water, ethanol, hexane, heptane, isooctane, decane, or dodecane, were measured with this equipment under atmospheric pressure. Results of various liquids measurements under vacuum and atmospheric pressure are presented.
Anita Wohlmann (2014). Aged Young Adults. Age Readings of Contemporary American Novels and Films. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 261 pp. ISBN 978 3 8376 2483 0 (paperback)
Authors: Piqueras Maricel Oró
Published: November 2014

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Microfabricated Tactile Sensors for Biomedical Applications: A Review
Authors: Saccomandi Paola , Schena Emiliano , Oddo Calogero , Zollo Loredana , Silvestri Sergio , Guglielmelli Eugenio
Published: November 2014

During the last decades, tactile sensors based on different sensing principles have been developed due to the growing interest in robotics and, mainly, in medical applications. Several technological solutions have been employed to design tactile sensors; in particular, solutions based on microfabrication present several attractive features. Microfabrication technologies allow for developing miniaturized sensors with good performance in terms of metrological properties (e.g., accuracy, sensitivity, low power consumption, and frequency response). Small size and good metrological properties heighten the potential role of tactile sensors in medicine, making them especially attractive to be integrated in smart interfaces and microsurgical tools. This paper provides an overview of microfabricated tactile sensors, focusing on the mean principles of sensing, i.e., piezoresistive, piezoelectric and capacitive sensors. These sensors are employed for measuring contact properties, in particular force and pressure, in three main medical fields, i.e., prosthetics and artificial skin, minimal access surgery and smart interfaces for biomechanical analysis. The working principles and the metrological properties of the most promising tactile, microfabricated sensors are analyzed, together with their application in medicine. Finally, the new emerging technologies in these fields are briefly described.
Identification of Protein Markers in Patients Infected with Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax
Authors: Mu Alan , Bee Ping , Lau Yee , Chen Yeng
Published: November 2014

Malaria is caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Plasmodium and is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in tropical and subtropical regions. For this reason, effective and practical diagnostic methods are urgently needed to control the spread of malaria. The aim of the current study was to identify a panel of new malarial markers, which could be used to diagnose patients infected with various Plasmodium species, including P. knowlesi, P. vivax and P. falciparum. Sera from malaria-infected patients were pooled and compared to control sera obtained from healthy individuals using the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technique. Mass spectrometry was used to identify serum proteins and quantify their relative abundance. We found that the levels of several proteins were increased in pooled serum from infected patients, including cell adhesion molecule-4 and C-reactive protein. In contrast, the serum concentration of haptoglobin was reduced in malaria-infected individuals, which we verified by western blot assay. Therefore, these proteins might represent infectious markers of malaria, which could be used to develop novel diagnostic tools for detecting P. knowlesi, P. vivax and P. falciparum. However, these potential malarial markers will need to be validated in a larger population of infected individuals.