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Sidney J. Levy: an autobiography
Authors: Levy Sidney Jay
Published: March 2017

Purpose

This autobiography sums up the life story of one of the contributors to the history of inquiry and instruction in the field of marketing, with special attention to the historical developments that have influenced the study of consumer behavior and the concept of branding.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is an autobiographical essay, a personal history.

Findings

The reminiscence illustrates the way life experiences evolve, showing the interaction among personal growth, education, career choices and work experience that led to Professor Levy’s contributions to the field of marketing education and its research literature.

Originality/value

The paper describes a unique life, and an unusual explication of the personal life sources of influential ideas. It is novel in its large perspective and integrative narrative, and the unusual exposure of its various conceptual issues and links. It should be of interest to marketing historians, managers and scholars of marketing education.
Towards a theoretical mashup for studying posthuman/postsocial ethics
Authors: Buzato Marcelo El Khouri
Published: March 2017

Purpose

This paper aims to propose a theoretical arrangement for the study of applied computer and information ethics carried out in an interdisciplinary and a democratic manner by which the information and communications technologies are seen as an ethical environment, and human-computer couplings are seen as hybrid moral agents.

Design/methodology/approach

New ethical issues emerge dynamically in such environment which must be interpreted according to human sentience and computer ontology. To attribute moral meaning to acts perpetrated by human-computer hybrids, a hybrid of two semiotics must be likely used that bridge the gap between signs and things from opposite directions.

Findings

The author argues that ecosocial dynamics and material semiotics can be harnessed together as in a theoretical mashup for that purpose, and that such harnessing will allow us to engage with a posthumanist/post-social ethics here and now.

Originality/value

The originality of the proposal resides in bringing hybridity to the center of the picture, forcing interdisciplinary teams to engage with one unified, even if hybrid, agency regardless of conflicting ontologies and epistemologies.
Research watch: is social inclusion for service users increased when mental health professionals “come out” as service users?
Authors: Holttum Sue
Published: March 2017

Purpose

This paper discusses two recent studies of mental health professionals who have experience of mental distress, one in the USA and one in Australia. The purpose of this paper is to highlight different experiences, first of largely concealing their experience, and second of disclosing and using it.

Design/methodology/approach

The Australian study examined the barriers experienced by mental health professionals, including trainees, in relation to seeking help. The USA study reported on a sample of mental health professionals who were doing well, including leaders of services, despite current or past mental distress.

Findings

Both studies included more psychologists than other mental health professionals. Australian mental health professionals reported similar fears and barriers to those found in other studies, in addition to concern about their colleagues’ duty to report impairment to the regulating body. Professionals in the USA-based study were described as potentially helpful in reducing stigma about mental distress because their achievements demonstrated that recovery is possible. However, many of them were also cautious about who they disclosed to, and wanted further reduction in stigma and discrimination.

Originality/value

The Australian study highlighted specifically that the requirement to report impairment to the regulator deterred people from disclosing distress at work, making it less likely that they would get help. The USA-based study was ground-breaking in documenting achievements of a substantial sample of mental health professionals with experience of mental distress. Potentially more professionals being “out and proud” might help increase recovery and social inclusion for service users more generally.
Bridging the discursive gap between lay and medical discourse in care coordination
Authors: Sheaff Rod , Halliday Joyce , Byng Richard , Øvretveit John , Exworthy Mark , Peckham Stephen , Asthana Sheena
Published: March 2017

For older people with multiple chronic co‐morbidities, strategies to coordinate care depend heavily on information exchange. We analyse the information‐sharing difficulties arising from differences between patients’ oral narratives and medical sense‐making; and whether a modified form of ‘narrative medicine’ might mitigate them. We systematically compared 66 general practice patients’ own narratives of their health problems and care with the contents of their clinical records. Data were collected in England during 2012–13. Patients’ narratives differed from the accounts in their medical record, especially the summary, regarding mobility, falls, mental health, physical frailty and its consequences for accessing care. Parts of patients’ viewpoints were never formally encoded, parts were lost when clinicians de‐coded it, parts supplemented, and sometimes the whole narrative was re‐framed. These discrepancies appeared to restrict the patient record's utility even for GPs for the purposes of risk stratification, case management, knowing what other care‐givers were doing, and coordinating care. The findings suggest combining the encoding/decoding theory of communication with inter‐subjectivity and intentionality theories as sequential, complementary elements of an explanation of how patients communicate with clinicians. A revised form of narrative medicine might mitigate the discursive gap and its consequences for care coordination.
Soya bean oil/soya protein isolate and carrageenan emulsions as fat replacer in fat‐reduced Oaxaca‐type cheese
Authors: Totosaus Alfonso , Rojas‐Nery Eladio , Franco‐Fernández M. Jesus
Published: March 2017

Milk fat was replaced in Oaxaca‐type cheese with soya bean oil emulsions stabilised with soya protein isolate and different carrageenans (kappa, iota and lambda). Inclusion of soya bean oil emulsion increased yield, moisture and protein content and reduced fat content. Fat reduction and moisture incorporation provoked a tougher but less ductile texture. Specific interaction of carrageenans with milk proteins resulted in larger spreading area when melted and a softer and more adhesive texture, particularly in samples containing lambda‐carrageenan. These results are useful to improve the nutritional composition of Oaxaca‐type cheese, allowing the control of textural properties during cheese melting.
Sewing needles in the abdominal cavity assumed to have been ingested and to have penetrated the GI tract 40 years ago: A case report
Authors: Yamaguchi Naoya , Hiramatsu Kazuhiro , Shibata Yoshihisa , Yoshihara Motoi , Aoba Taro , Kamiya Tadahiro , Koike Yoshio , Fujita Takeru , Maeda Chikara , Ito Kisuke , Kanbara Yuichi , Nishimura Motonobu , Kobayashi Ryutarou , Dei Hideyuki , Takimoto Aitaro , Nonaka Yukiko , Kato Takehito
Published: March 2017

A 60‐year old woman had been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital for 40 years for schizophrenia. An X‐ray was performed when she fell, which showed needles in the abdominal field. After additional examinations and questioning, the patient was diagnosed with needles in the abdominal cavity, which were assumed to have been ingested and to have perforated the GI tract 40 years ago. They were removed by laparoscopic surgery. The needles were found in the omentum and near the left ovary. There were no inflammatory reactions around them. There have been previous reports about the removal of intra‐abdominal foreign bodies, but foreign body reaction occurred in most of the reports. Our case had the longest period from ingestion of the foreign bodies to their removal. Laparoscopy and intraoperative fluoroscopy are useful for removing intra‐abdominal foreign bodies because of their ability to help discriminate between structures and to navigate in real time.
Cultura Viva, a Challenge to the Creative Economy Policy Discourse in Brazil
Authors: SEOANE MAXIMILIANO VILA
Published: March 2017

During the last decade, Brazil has experimented with two different cultural policy discourses. The creative economy policy was inspired by international experiences and places emphasis on the commercialisation of culture, while, by contrast, the ‘Cultura Viva’ initiative is an autochthonous policy discourse that stimulates access to the cultural consumption and production of lower‐income sectors of the population. Both cultural policy discourses speak of the contributions of culture to ‘development’. However, this shibboleth delineates different projects. This article shows the different connections these two policy discourses make with ‘development’ and describes a number of disparities between them.
DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS FROM PATENTS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EVIDENCE ACROSS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TYPES
Authors: Goel Rajeev K. , Saunoris James W.
Published: March 2017

Using data across U.S. states over a recent decade, this paper uniquely uses three qualitatively different measures of entrepreneurship to examine the knowledge flows from patents, paying attention to the dynamic nature of such influences. We find that there are significant variations in the effects of knowledge flows across entrepreneurship types and, in general, these effects are not immediate. The greatest positive effect of knowledge spillovers is on startup entrepreneurship and the resulting magnitude grows somewhat over time. The spillovers are modest on overall entrepreneurship, while entrepreneurs who were previously employed see more immediate benefits. These findings are generally robust. (JEL L26, O33, O51, M21)
An Eye Tracking Investigation of Color–Location Binding in Infants' Visual Short‐Term Memory
Authors: Oakes Lisa M. , Baumgartner Heidi A. , Kanjlia Shipra , Luck Steven J.
Published: March 2017

Two experiments examined 8‐ and 10‐month‐old infants' (N = 71) binding of object identity (color) and location information in visual short‐term memory (VSTM) using a one‐shot change detection task. Building on previous work using the simultaneous streams change detection task, we confirmed that 8‐ and 10‐month‐old infants are sensitive to changes in binding between identity and location in VSTM. Further, we demonstrated that infants recognize specifically what changed in these events. Thus, infants' VSTM for binding is robust and can be observed in different procedures and with different stimuli.
Neonatal exchange transfusions in tertiary and non‐tertiary hospital settings, New South Wales, 2001–2012
Authors: Chessman Julia C , Bowen Jennifer R , Ford Jane B
Published: March 2017

Aim

To describe neonatal exchange transfusions in New South Wales (NSW) before and after release in January 2007 of a NSW Health guideline regarding exchange transfusions in tertiary and non‐tertiary hospitals.

Methods

The study population included neonates receiving exchange transfusion in NSW hospitals, 2001–2012. Linked birth and hospital data for mothers and babies were used to describe birth characteristics and maternal and neonatal conditions. Exchange transfusions were identified in hospital data and compared for 2001–2006 and 2007–2012. Maternal and neonatal characteristics were compared with χ2 and Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests.

Results

Between 2001 and 2012, there were 286 exchange transfusions performed for 281 neonates in NSW hospitals. The number of exchange transfusions decreased from 187 in 184 neonates for 2001–2006 to 99 in 97 neonates 2007–2012 (P < 0.001). The percentage of exchange transfusions performed at tertiary hospitals increased from 85% in 2001–2006 to 91% in 2007–2012, although this was not statistically significant (P = 0.16). Most neonates requiring exchange transfusion were born in tertiary hospitals: 62% for 2001–2006 and 69% for 2007–2012. Among those born in a non‐tertiary hospital, the percentage transferred or admitted to a tertiary hospital for exchange transfusion was 63% in 2001–2006 and 77% in 2007–2012.

Conclusion

Between 2001 and 2012, there was a decrease in neonatal exchange transfusions in NSW. After the 2007 guideline there was a non‐significant increase in the proportion of exchange transfusions performed at tertiary hospitals. Although rare, exchange transfusions are still expected to occur occasionally in non‐tertiary hospitals, requiring continuing support for this procedure in these settings.
Finite Element Stent Modeling for the Postoperative Analysis of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Authors: Hopf Raoul , Gessat Michael , Russ Christoph , Sündermann Simon H. , Falk Volkmar , Mazza Edoardo
Published: March 2017

In order to evaluate the performance of stents used in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), finite element simulations are setup to reconstruct patient-specific contact forces between implant and its surrounding tissue. Previous work used structural beam elements to setup a numerical model of the CoreValve stent used in TAVI and developed a procedure for implementing kinematic boundary conditions from noisy computer tomography (CT) scanning data. This study evaluates element size selection and quantitatively investigates the choice of a linear elastic constitutive model for the Nitinol stent under physiological loading conditions. It is shown that this simplification leads to reliable results and enables a huge reduction in computation time. Further, the procedure used to compensate for noisy postoperative CT data is tested by adding artificial noise. It is concluded that for physiologically relevant loading ranges, the procedure yields convergent results and successfully eliminates the influence of the noise.
Exploring the Landscape of Diazabicyclooctane (DBO) Inhibition: Avibactam Inactivation of PER-2 β-Lactamase
Authors: Ruggiero Melina , Papp-Wallace Krisztina M. , Taracila Magdalena A. , Mojica Maria F. , Bethel Christopher R. , Rudin Susan D. , Zeiser Elise T. , Gutkind Gabriel , Bonomo Robert A. , Power Pablo
Published: March 2017

PER β-lactamases are an emerging family of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) found in Gram-negative bacteria. PER β-lactamases are unique among class A enzymes as they possess an inverted omega (Ω) loop and extended B3 β-strand. These singular structural features are hypothesized to contribute to their hydrolytic profile against oxyimino-cephalosporins (e.g., cefotaxime and ceftazidime). Here, we tested the ability of avibactam (AVI), a novel non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor to inactivate PER-2. Interestingly, the PER-2 inhibition constants (i.e.,
k
2
/
K
= 2 × 10
3
± 0.1 × 10
3
M
−1
s
−1
, where
k
2
is the rate constant for acylation (carbamylation) and
K
is the equilibrium constant) that were obtained when AVI was tested were reminiscent of values observed testing the inhibition by AVI of class C and D β-lactamases (i.e.,
k
2
/
K
range of ≈10
3
M
−1
s
−1
) and not class A β-lactamases (i.e.,
k
2
/
K
range, 10
4
to 10
5
M
−1
s
−1
). Once AVI was bound, a stable complex with PER-2 was observed via mass spectrometry (e.g., 31,389 ± 3 atomic mass units [amu] → 31,604 ± 3 amu for 24 h). Molecular modeling of PER-2 with AVI showed that the carbonyl of AVI was located in the oxyanion hole of the β-lactamase and that the sulfate of AVI formed interactions with the β-lactam carboxylate binding site of the PER-2 β-lactamase (R220 and T237). However, hydrophobic patches near the PER-2 active site (by Ser70 and B3-B4 β-strands) were observed and may affect the binding of necessary catalytic water molecules, thus slowing acylation (
k
2
/
K
) of AVI onto PER-2. Similar electrostatics and hydrophobicity of the active site were also observed between OXA-48 and PER-2, while CTX-M-15 was more hydrophilic. To demonstrate the ability of AVI to overcome the enhanced cephalosporinase activity of PER-2 β-lactamase, we tested different β-lactam–AVI combinations. By lowering MICs to ≤2 mg/liter, the ceftaroline-AVI combination could represent a favorable therapeutic option against
Enterobacteriaceae
expressing
bla
PER-2
. Our studies define the inactivation of the PER-2 ESBL by AVI and suggest that the biophysical properties of the active site contribute to determining the efficiency of inactivation.
Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Authors: Meaney S , Corcoran P , Spillane N , O'Donoghue K
Published: March 2017

Objective

The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of those who have experienced miscarriage, focusing on men's and women's accounts of miscarriage.

Design

This was a qualitative study using a phenomenological framework. Following in-depth semistructured interviews, analysis was undertaken in order to identify superordinate themes relating to their experience of miscarriage.

Setting

A large tertiary-level maternity hospital in Ireland.

Participants

A purposive sample of 16 participants, comprising 10 women and 6 men, was recruited.

Results

6 superordinate themes in relation to the participant's experience of miscarriage were identified: (1) acknowledgement of miscarriage as a valid loss; (2) misperceptions of miscarriage; (3) the hospital environment, management of miscarriage; (4) support and coping; (5) reproductive history; and (6) implications for future pregnancies.

Conclusions

One of the key findings illustrates a need for increased awareness in relation to miscarriage. The study also indicates that the experience of miscarriage has a considerable impact on men and women. This study highlights that a thorough investigation of the underlying causes of miscarriage and continuity of care in subsequent pregnancies are priorities for those who experience miscarriage. Consideration should be given to the manner in which women who have not experienced recurrent miscarriage but have other potential risk factors for miscarriage could be followed up in clinical practice.
Bipartite networks improve understanding of effects of waterbody size and angling method on angler–fish interactions
Authors: Chizinski Christopher J. , Martin Dustin R. , Shizuka Daizaburo , Pope Kevin L.
Published: March 2017

Networks used to study interactions could provide insights to fisheries. We compiled data from 27 297 interviews of anglers across waterbodies that ranged in size from 1 to 12 113 ha. Catch rates of fish species among anglers grouped by species targeted generally differed between angling methods (bank or boat). We constructed angler–catch bipartite networks (angling method specific) between anglers and fish and measured several network metrics. There was considerable variation in networks among waterbodies, with multiple metrics influenced by waterbody size. Number of species-targeting angler groups and number of fish species caught increased with increasing waterbody size. Mean number of links for species-targeting angler groups and fish species caught also increased with waterbody size. Connectance (realized proportion of possible links) of angler–catch interaction networks decreased slower for boat anglers than for bank anglers with increasing waterbody size. Network specialization (deviation of number of interactions from expected) was not significantly related to waterbody size or angling methods. Application of bipartite networks in fishery science requires careful interpretation of outputs, especially considering the numerous confounding factors prevalent in recreational fisheries.
Mechanisms of spontaneous pacing: sinoatrial nodal cells, neonatal cardiomyocytes, and human stem cell derived cardiomyocytes
Authors: Morad Martin , Zhang Xiao-hua
Published: March 2017

The sinoatrial (SA) node is the primary site from which the mammalian heart is paced, but the mechanisms underlying the pacemaking still remain clouded. It is generally believed that the hyperpolarization-activated current If, encoded by hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide–gated (HCN) genes, contributes significantly to pacing, which in tandem with inward current generated by efflux of Ca2+ via the Na+–Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), resulting from the released Ca2+, mediates the diastolic depolarization. Here, we review the data that implicate If as the “pacemaker current” and conclude that there is not only a significant discrepancy between the range of diastolic depolarization potential (–60 to –40 mV) and the activation potential of If (negative to –70 mV), but that also the kinetics of If and its pharmacology are incompatible with the frequency of a heartbeat in rodents and humans. We propose that If serves as a functional insulator, which protects the SA-nodal cells against the large negative electrical sink of atrial tissue connected to it with connexins. We also evaluate the role of If and calcium signaling in mediating the diastolic depolarization in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes (rN-CM), and human induced pluripotent stem-cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CM), and provide evidence for a possible involvement of mitochondrial Ca2+ in initiating the oscillatory events required for the spontaneous pacing.
Comprehending particle production at RHIC and LHC energies using global measurements
Authors: Dash Sadhana , Nandi Basanta K. , Nayak Ranjit , Pandey Ashutosh Kumar , Sett Priyanka
Published: March 2017

The centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity densities [Formula: see text] and transverse energy densities [Formula: see text] are investigated using the two-component Glauber approach for broad range of energies in heavy ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A comprehensive study shows that the data is well-described within the framework of two-component model which includes the contribution of “soft processes” and “hard processes” for different centrality classes and energies. The data at two different energies are compared by means of the ratio of [Formula: see text] (and [Formula: see text]) to see the interplay of energy scaling and relative contribution of hard processes.
Limiting symmetry energy elements from empirical evidence
Authors: Agrawal B. K. , Samaddar S. K. , De J. N. , Mondal C. , De Subhranil
Published: March 2017

In the framework of an equation of state (EoS) constructed from a momentum and density-dependent finite-range two-body effective interaction, the quantitative magnitudes of the different symmetry elements of infinite nuclear matter are explored. The parameters of this interaction are determined from well-accepted characteristic constants associated with homogeneous nuclear matter. The symmetry energy coefficient [Formula: see text], its density slope [Formula: see text], the symmetry incompressibility [Formula: see text] as well as the density-dependent incompressibility [Formula: see text] evaluated with this EoS are seen to be in good harmony with those obtained from other diverse perspectives. The higher order symmetry energy coefficients [Formula: see text], etc., are seen to be not very significant in the domain of densities relevant to finite nuclei, but gradually build up at supra-normal densities. The analysis carried out with a Skyrme-inspired energy density functional (EDF) obtained with the same input values for the empirical bulk data associated with nuclear matter yields nearly the same results.
Elaboration, Structure and Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Fe100−xSix Powders Elaborated by Mechanical Alloying
Authors: Hemmous M. , Guittoum A.
Published: March 2017

We have studied the effect of the silicon concentration on the structural and hyperfine properties of nanostructured Fe[Formula: see text]Six powders ([Formula: see text], 20, 25 and 30[Formula: see text]at.%) prepared by mechanical alloying. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies indicated that after 72[Formula: see text]h of milling, the solid solution bcc-[Formula: see text]-Fe(Si) is formed. The grain sizes, [Formula: see text]D[Formula: see text] (nm), decreases with increasing Si concentration and reaches a minimum value of 11[Formula: see text]nm. We have found that the lattice parameter decreases with increasing Si concentration. The changes in values are attributed to the substitutional dissolution of Si in Fe matrix. From the adjustment of Mössbauer spectra, we have shown that the mean hyperfine magnetic field, [Formula: see text]H[Formula: see text] (T), decreases with increasing Si concentration. The substitutional dependence of [Formula: see text]H[Formula: see text] (T) can be attributed to the effect of p electrons Si influencing electrons d of Fe.
Re-considering the nature of value in communication design
Authors: Amant Kirk St.
Published: March 2017

The concept of value is one of the most complex aspects of the communication professions. Most organization, for example, would admit effective communication adds value to almost any process. After all, effective communication helps members of an organization perform tasks more effectively (enhancing the value their work contributes to the organization). It also helps clients/customers view products as meeting their needs - thus contributing value to the individual's daily life. Yet determining how communication contributes value is a trickier prospect.
Functional Analysis of the Coronary Heart Disease Risk Locus on Chromosome 21q22
Authors: Beaney Katherine E. , Smith Andrew J. P. , Folkersen Lasse , Palmen Jutta , Wannamethee S. Goya , Jefferis Barbara J. , Whincup Peter , Gaunt Tom R. , Casas Juan P. , Ben-Shlomo Yoav , Price Jacqueline F. , Kumari Meena , Wong Andrew , Ong Ken , Hardy Rebecca , Kuh Diana , Wareham Nicholas , Kivimaki Mika , Eriksson Per , Humphries Steve E. , Consortium UCLEB
Published: March 2017

Background. The coronary heart disease (CHD) risk locus on 21q22 (lead SNP rs9982601) lies within a “gene desert.” The aim of this study was to assess if this locus is associated with CHD risk factors and to identify the functional variant(s) and gene(s) involved.Methods. A phenome scan was performed with UCLEB Consortium data. Allele-specific protein binding was studied using electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Dual-reporter luciferase assays were used to assess the impact of genetic variation on expression. Expression quantitative trait analysis was performed with Advanced Study of Aortic Pathology (ASAP) and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) consortium data.Results. A suggestive association between QT interval and the locus was observed (rs9982601  p=0.04). One variant at the locus, rs28451064, showed allele-specific protein binding and its minor allele showed 12% higher luciferase expression (p= 4.82 × 10−3) compared to the common allele. The minor allele of rs9982601 was associated with higher expression of the closest upstream genes (SLC5A31.30-fold increasep= 3.98 × 10−5;MRPS61.15-fold increasep= 9.60 × 10−4) in aortic intima media in ASAP. Both rs9982601 and rs28451064 showed a suggestive association withMRPS6expression in relevant tissues in the GTEx data.Conclusions. A candidate functional variant, rs28451064, was identified. Future work should focus on identifying the pathway(s) involved.
Video Nasoendoscopic-Assisted Transoral Adenoidectomy with the PEAK PlasmaBlade: A Preliminary Report of a Case Series
Authors: Kuo Chao-Yin , Lin Yuan-Yung , Chen Hsin-Chien , Shih Cheng-Ping , Wang Chih-Hung
Published: March 2017

Objectives. The primary objective for this study is to evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, surgical applicability, and outcome of the pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK) PlasmaBlade in transoral adenoidectomy under direct visualization using video nasoendoscopy.Patients and Methods. In this series, six cases of adenoid hypertrophy showing varying clinical presentations in relation to its clinical course were surgically treated using a PEAK PlasmaBlade. Before and after surgery, all patients underwent nasal endoscopy to define the grading of hypertrophic adenoids and postoperative outcome. Pure tone audiometry and tympanometry tests were carried out to investigate the change in middle and inner ear functions.Results. The mean follow-up period was 23.8 months. Postoperatively, symptoms of otitis media with effusion were all relieved with closure of the air-bone gap (6/6). Other relevant ear complaints like tinnitus were resolved (1/1) and aural fullness disappeared in 87.5% of ears (7/8). Nasal obstruction (2/2) and postnasal drip (2/2) were improved after surgery.Conclusions. Based on this preliminary report of a case series in a limited sample size, we suggest that using the transoral PEAK PlasmaBlade for adenoidectomy guided by video nasoendoscopy is a safe and feasible surgical technique, allowing remarkable outcomes by providing precise tissue removal, effective hemostasis, and painless postoperative recovery.
Integration of Geometrical and Material Nonlinear Energy Sink with Piezoelectric Material Energy Harvester
Authors: Zhang Ye-Wei , Wang Chuang , Yuan Bin , Fang Bo
Published: March 2017

This paper presents a novel design by integrating geometrical and material nonlinear energy sink (NES) with a piezoelectric-based vibration energy harvester under shock excitation, which can realize vibration control and energy harvesting. The nonlinear spring and hysteresis behavior of the NES could reflect geometrical and material nonlinearity, respectively. Two configurations of the piezoelectric device, including the piezoelectric element embedded between the NES mass and the single-degree-of-freedom system or ground, are utilised to examine the energy dissipated by damper and hysteresis behavior of NES and the energy harvested by the piezoelectric element. Similar numerical research methods of Runge-Kutta algorithm are used to investigate the two configurations. The energy transaction measure (ETM) is adopted to examine the instantaneous energy transaction between the primary and the NES-piezoelectricity system. And it demonstrates that the dissipated and harvested energy transaction is transferred from the primary system to the NES-piezoelectricity system and the instantaneous transaction of mechanical energy occupies a major part of the energy of transaction. Both figurations could realize vibration control efficiently.
Walking Cadence to Exercise at Moderate Intensity for Adults: A Systematic Review
Authors: Slaght J. , Sénéchal M. , Hrubeniuk T. J. , Mayo A. , Bouchard D. R.
Published: March 2017

Background. Most adults choose walking as a leisure activity. However, many do not reach the international physical activity guidelines for adults, which recommend moderate intensity aerobic activity for at least 150 minutes/week in bouts of 10 minutes. Purpose. This systematic review provides an update on the walking cadence required to reach moderate intensity in adults and older adults, identifies variables associated with reaching moderate intensity, and evaluates how walking cadence intensity should be measured, but the main purpose is to report the interventions that have been attempted to prescribe walking cadence to increase time spent at moderate intensity or other outcomes for adults and older adults. Methods. SportDISCUS, Scopus, and PubMed databases were searched. We identified 3,917 articles and 31 were retained for this systematic review. Only articles written in English were included. Results. In general, 100 steps/minute is prescribed for adults to achieve moderate intensity, but older adults may require a higher cadence. Currently, few studies have explored using walking cadence prescription as an intervention to increase physical activity levels. Conclusion. Prescribing walking cadence as a way to increase physical activity levels has potential as a practical and useful strategy, but more evidence is required to assess its ability to increase physical activity levels at moderate intensity.
Chronic Health Conditions as a Risk Factor for Falls among the Community-Dwelling US Older Adults: A Zero-Inflated Regression Modeling Approach
Authors: Paliwal Yoshita , Slattum Patricia W. , Ratliff Scott M.
Published: March 2017

Falls are an important health concern among older adults due to age-related changes in the body. Having a medical history of chronic health condition may pose even higher risk of falling. Only few studies have assessed a number of chronic health conditions as risk factor for falls over a large nationally representative sample of US older adults. In this study, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2014 participants aged 65 years and older (n = 159,336) were evaluated. It was found that 29.7% (n=44,550) of the sample experienced at least one fall and 16.3% (n=20,444) experienced more than one fall in the past 12 months. According to the study findings, having a medical history of stroke, CKD, arthritis, depression, and diabetes independently predict the risk of first-time falling as well as the risk of recurrent falling in older adult population while controlling for other factors. On the other hand, having a medical history of the heart attack, angina, asthma, and COPD did not predict the risk of first-time falling, but did predict the risk of recurrent falling after experiencing the first fall in this population.
Can Limited Education of Lung Ultrasound Be Conducted to Medical Students Properly? A Pilot Study
Authors: Lim Jang Sun , Lee Sanghun , Do Han Ho , Oh Kyu Ho
Published: March 2017

Objectives. Lung ultrasonography (LUS) is a useful examination to identify lung problems. Unfortunately, there are currently no LUS educational programs for medical students. We designed a brief LUS training course for medical students during the ED rotation. The purpose of training was improving cognitive and psychomotor learning domains, knowledge of ultrasound, knowledge of LUS, image acquisition, and image interpretation. Methods. Forty students in their fourth year of medical school were enrolled in this study. Student achievement was evaluated through examinations of cognitive and psychomotor skills. A survey was administered following the training. Results. The average test result was 42.1 ± 13.7 before training and 82.6 ± 10.7 after training. With respect to the assessment of LUS performance, the acceptable rates for right and left anterior chest wall scanning and right and left posterolateral scanning were 95%, 97.5%, 92.5%, and 100%, respectively. The students felt a high level of confidence in their ability to administer LUS to patients after training and they agreed that inclusion of LUS training in the medical school curriculum is necessary. Conclusion. This study showed that, among the medical students without ultrasound experience, limited LUS education to improve their knowledge, image acquisition, and interpretation ability was successful.
Training zoo animals for better welfare, better nursing
Authors: Deane Kelly
Published: March 2017

Background:

Historically, methods used to carry out veterinary procedures in animals within a zoo usually involved manual restraint or darting as a first choice.

Aim:

To see whether any animal can be trained and if that trained behaviour will improve animal welfare through allowing veterinary procedures to be carried out.

Method:

A range of species were looked at retrospectively to establish if they could be trained and how that affected welfare. A study was then carried out using a group of Zebras, who were trained for hand injection for their annual vaccination.

Results:

Case studies indicated that any animal can be trained and the results of using training could improve their welfare. The use of remote delivery systems, such as darts, resulted in pain, stress and deferred aggression.

Conclusion:

A number of different species can be trained to carry out a behaviour, if this is applied in all animals the need for restraint and general anaesthesia could be reduced. This would result in improved welfare to zoo animals, but can be applied to all patients, exotic and small animal.
Análise da suscetibilidade ao desprendimento de blocos rochosos nas arribas da orla costeira do Algarve: aplicação do método Rock Engineering System (RES)
Authors: Viegas José , Pais Luís Andrade
Published: March 2017

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar uma aplicação do método Rock Engineering System, com vista à avaliação da instabilidade potencial das arribas rochosas da orla costeira do Algarve, que evoluem através de eventos de movimentos de massa intermitentes e descontínuos.  Identificam-se os parâmetros que desempenham um papel mais relevante no comportamento das arribas, quantificam-se as interações binárias e o coeficiente de ponderação dos parâmetros principais, e calcula-se o índice de instabilidade das arribas de alguns setores costeiros. https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_24_3
O porto de Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Açores: avaliação das consequências de galgamento pelo método AHP
Authors: Rodrigues Joana , Fortes Conceição Juana , Reis Maria Teresa , Poseiro Pedro , Pinto Francisco Taveira
Published: March 2017

No presente trabalho descreve-se a aplicação de uma metodologia para avaliação das consequências do galgamento no porto de Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Açores, recorrendo a uma análise multicritério (Processo de Análise Hierárquica, AHP) do impacto da ocorrência de galgamentos superiores aos limites admissíveis. Esta metodologia permite obter resultados baseados numa análise espacial dos indicadores que caraterizam a zona portuária em estudo, no que diz respeito à sua importância relativa. https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_24_9
Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine
Authors: Schreiber Jenny
Published: March 2017

The discourse on transplantation and brain death has become emblematic of conflicts between certain perspectives on adequate medical care, death and dying. Scientific and religious, modernising and traditional as well as academic and popular voices debate on how to approach these topics. This work captures the heterogeneous and often contradictory views on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist and Daoist clergy. It also addresses vital issues as to the use of and extent to which biomedicine and medical technology in contemporary Malaysia actually benefits its people.
Mimesis und moderne Architektur
Authors: Mayer Hartmut
Published: March 2017

Mimesis in der Architektur ist Nachahmung von Natur und Welt auf vorbewusste, ontologische Weise - und sie ist grundlegend für das Verständnis der vormodernen wie der modernen Architektur. Im Diskurs mit der philosophischen Ästhetik seit der Antike verdeutlicht Hartmut Mayer die fundamentale Bedeutung der Mimesis für die Architekturtheorie. Im Rückgriff auf Nietzsche und Adorno interpretiert er Mimesis im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert als Permanenz der querelle des anciens et des modernes und einer »Verleiblichung« ästhetischer Prinzipien.
Zwischen Aufklärung und Propaganda
Authors: Wittenzellner Jana
Published: March 2017

Hildegart Rodríguez (1914-1933) war die einzige prominente weibliche Vertreterin der spanischen Sexualreformbewegung der 1930er Jahre. Sie veröffentlichte dreizehn sexualpolitische Bücher, die bis heute als emanzipativ und wissenschaftlich innovativ gelten. Rodríguez' Forderungen waren in vielerlei Hinsicht durchaus radikal. Doch der hervorragende Ruf der Schriften beruht primär auf der textuellen wie öffentlichen Inszenierung der Autorin als wissenschaftliches Wunderkind und nicht auf der tatsächlich eher zweifelhaften Qualität der Texte. Jana Wittenzellners Analyse macht Wissenspopularisierung als politisches Instrument sowie als textuellen Prozess greifbar, in dem die Autorschaft von strategischer Bedeutung ist.
Teilen, Reparieren, Mülltauchen
Authors: Grewe Maria
Published: March 2017

Klimawandel, Ressourcenverknappung und Wirtschaftskrisen auf der einen Seite, Wachstumsparadigma, Massenkonsum und Wegwerfmentalität auf der anderen - immer mehr Menschen überwinden diese Widersprüche in Nischen und setzen sich dafür ein, Dinge länger in Nutzungskreisläufen zu halten: Teilen und Tauschen sowie Reparieren und Retten werden als Möglichkeiten gedeutet, nachhaltiger zu leben und damit zu gesellschaftlicher Transformation beizutragen. Ausgehend von den zentralen Akteuren in drei exemplarischen Feldern - Kleidertauschpartys, Reparaturcafés und Mülltauchen - untersucht Maria Grewe in einer vergleichend angelegten Ethnographie die kulturellen Strategien im Umgang mit Überfluss und Knappheit und prüft dabei, welchen Beitrag kulturanthropologische Forschung für den Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs leisten kann.
Im Namen der Gesundheit
Authors: Suter Simone
Published: March 2017

Was bedeutet Gesundheitsförderung in der Institution Schule? Welche gesellschaftlichen Diskurse über Gesundheit kommen dabei zum Tragen? Simone Suter zeigt, wie unterschiedlich Lehrpersonen den Auftrag, Gesundheit zu fördern, deuten und umsetzen. Die Interventionen im Namen der Gesundheitsförderung reichen von Disziplinierung und Paternalismus über die Ermächtigung der Heranwachsenden bis zum Versuch struktureller Veränderungen. Die soziologische Studie deckt die Paradoxien des Gesundheitsbegriffs auf und macht die Ambivalenzen der Norm einer gesundheitsorientierten Lebensführung sichtbar. Trägt die Schule zur Etablierung eines Zwangs zum Gesundsein bei?
GABAB receptor attenuation of GABAA currents in neurons of the mammalian central nervous system
Authors: Shen Wen , Nan Changlong , Nelson Peter T , Ripps Harris , Slaughter Malcolm M
Published: March 2017

Ionotropic receptors are tightly regulated by second messenger systems and are often present along with their metabotropic counterparts on a neuron's plasma membrane. This leads to the hypothesis that the two receptor subtypes can interact, and indeed this has been observed in excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA receptors. In both systems the metabotropic pathway augments the ionotropic receptor response. However, we have found that the metabotropic GABAB receptor can suppress the ionotropic GABAA receptor current, in both the in vitro mouse retina and in human amygdala membrane fractions. Expression of amygdala membrane microdomains in Xenopus oocytes by microtransplantation produced functional ionotropic and metabotropic GABA receptors. Most GABAA receptors had properties of α‐subunit containing receptors, with ~5% having ρ‐subunit properties. Only GABAA receptors with α‐subunit‐like properties were regulated by GABAB receptors. In mouse retinal ganglion cells, where only α‐subunit‐containing GABAA receptors are expressed, GABAB receptors suppressed GABAA receptor currents. This suppression was blocked by GABAB receptor antagonists, G‐protein inhibitors, and GABAB receptor antibodies. Based on the kinetic differences between metabotropic and ionotropic receptors, their interaction would suppress repeated, rapid GABAergic inhibition.
Recent Results for Widths of Lines Important in the Spectra of Cool Stars
Authors: Peach G.
Published: March 2017

The broadening of spectral lines by neutral perturbers is an important factor in the interpretation of the observed spectra of cool stars and is often included in the analysis by using a simple van der Waals formula. Detailed calculations are carried out for selected lines and are used to examine the validity of this formula for a range of temperatures.
Judeo-Greek wedding poems from the fifteenth century
Authors: Hollender Elisabeth , Niehoff-Panagiotidis Jannis
Published: March 2017

This paper is the first edition of a new collection of Judaeo-Greek texts. Moscow Guenzburg 746 is a very small ms., a Romaniote siddur, which contains eight wedding poems at the end. Four of the poems are in Hebrew, while the remaining four are in Greek. These poems, which are not attested to anywhere else, show strong relations with much later Christian love lyrics in Greek, that despite being erotic, were not necessarily aimed at weddings. The poetical language between the two traditions is the same, as is shown in the commentary. Since the ms. is dated to 1419, transmitted through an unknown Jewish scribe, it exhibits the oldest collection of Byzantine “tragoudia” known so far.
Evectiones et tractoriae. Identifying the permits for the cursus publicus in the 4th century
Authors: Lemcke Lukas
Published: March 2017

The article focuses on the permits required for the use of the cursus publicus during the 4th century CE. The central interest is to arrive at a precise definition for the document referred to in the sources as tractoria and its significance vis-à-vis the most common permit type, the evectio. Through a reassessment of existing explanations in previous scholarship and a review of the available documentary evidence, a novel definition is proposed: the tractoria’s primary purpose was to allow access to the (slower) vehicles of the cursus publicus (such as redae, angariae, mules, oxen); the evectio enabled users to use the cursus publicus at large. In all other regards, evectio and tractoria seem to have been identical. The results are then placed into the context of the development of the cursus publicus at the turn from the 3
Astrology, piety and poverty: seven anonymous poems in Vaticanus gr. 743
Authors: Zagklas Nikos
Published: March 2017

The fourteenth-century manuscript Vaticanus gr. 743 transmits seven anonymous poems entitled as follows: 1) εἰς ἀστρονόμον 2) ἴαμβος 3) εἰς πίθηκον λαβόντα μεγάλην γυναῖκα 4) εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ἰάκωβον 5) εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν μάρτυρα Βαρβάραν 6) εἰς τὰ λαιμία τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀρχιστρατήγου 7) εἰς τὸν χορὸν τῶν ψαλτῶν καὶ εἰς τὸν χειρονόμον. The first three are satires, while the remaining four epigrams were most likely meant to be inscribed next to corresponding images. Although the first poem was edited quite recently, the other six remain unedited. The aim of this article is to provide an edition and translation of all these texts together as well as to discuss their dating and authorship.
Relationship between polymorphisms in the CRP, LEP and LEPR genes and high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in Spanish children
Authors: Navarro Pilar , de Dios Olaya , Gavela-Pérez Teresa , Soriano-Guillen Leandro , Garcés Carmen
Published: March 2017

Background:

We investigated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the C-reactive protein (

Methods:

We measured hs-CRP levels in 646 6–8-year-old and 707 12–16-year-old children using a high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein ELISA kit. Four SNPs in the

Results:

The four CRP SNPs studied were significantly (p<0.05) associated with hs-CRP levels in both cohorts. Furthermore, two common CRP haplotypes (constructed using the SNPs in order: rs1205, rs1130864, rs1800947, rs2794521) ACGA and GCGG were associated with significantly lower CRP levels (p<0.05) at both ages. The LEPR SNPs rs1137100 (K109R) and rs1137101 (Q223R), and LEP SNP rs7799039 (G2548A) were also associated to hs-CRP levels (p<0.05) in both cohorts.

Conclusions:

hs-CRP levels in healthy Spanish children, besides being associated to common polymorphisms in the
Applying the Heuristic to the Risk Assessment within the Automotive Industry Supply Chain
Authors: Marasova Daniela , Andrejiova Miriam , Grincova Anna
Published: March 2017

Risk management facilitates risk identification, evaluation, control, and by means of appropriate set of measures, risk reduction or complete elimination. Therefore, the risk management becomes a strategic factor for a company’s success. Properly implemented risk management system does not represent a tool to avoid the risk; it is used to understand the risk and provide the bases for strategic decision-making.

Risk management represents a key factor for the supply chain operations. Managing the risks is crucial for achieving the customer satisfaction and thus also a company’s success. The subject-matter of the article is the assessment of the supply chain in the automobile industry, in terms of risks. The topicality of this problem is even higher, as after the economic crisis it is necessary to revaluate the readiness of the supply chain for prospective risk conditions. One advantage of this article is the use of the Saaty method as a tool for the risk management within the supply chain.