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Noise Pollution and the Eco-Politics of Sound: Toxicity, Nature and Culture in the Contemporary Soundscape
Authors: Kohut Tom
Published: September 2015

Sound is a political question of which the antagonisms of noise pollution are a concrete embodiment. The discourses of noise pollution tend to postulate noise as a toxin that is produced by our industrial societies and is difficult either to contain or even define precisely. Composer R. Murray Schafer contrasts this toxin with a sustaining nature, but ecological thought of the past decade suggests that nature is, in fact, unnatural. The field recordings of Chris Watson and Francisco López suggest that this natural perversity can indicate a new mode of sonic ecological sustainability.
The Tragic Art of Eco-Sound
Authors: Pezanoski-Browne Alison
Published: September 2015

In this article, the author analyzes the work of two artists, Miki Yui and Jana Winderen, who respond to unprecedented ecological change by using nature field recordings as the foundational element of their compositions and installations. Their works replicate environmental dissolution and dislodge listeners from the habits and assumptions of everyday life. The author draws upon the work of sociologist Henri Lefebvre, defining rhythmanalysis, the everyday, and, in Lefebvre’s words, the “dialectical dynamic between tragedy and daily life.”
Power Struggles: The Politics of Composing with Sounds of Protest
Authors: Rennie Tullis
Published: September 2015

The author challenges perceptions of authorship within the practice of field recording, discussing sonic arts responses to political subject matter and examining the power dynamic among recordist/composer, subject and listener. He considers compositions drawing on recordings of protests as a medium to represent political content without recourse to language.
The Meanings in Making: Openness, Technology and Inclusive Music Practices for People with Disabilities
Authors: Samuels Koichi
Published: September 2015

Digital musical instruments and interfaces can be designed to enable people with disabilities to participate in creative music-making. Advances in personalized, open source technologies and low-cost DIY components have made customized musical tools easily accessible for use in inclusive music-making. In this article, the author discusses his research with the Drake Music Project Northern Ireland on making music-making more inclusive.
Experimental Music with Young Novices: Politics and Pedagogy
Authors: Tinkle Adam
Published: September 2015

The author describes an experimental music-based pedagogy developed for workshops with untrained musical novices. He discusses the political impetus and implications for teaching music outside the traditional framework of instrumental skill-development and reproduction of extant works. Instead, he suggests an anti-hierarchical and empowering pedagogy through which anyone can exercise authorship and agency with music composition. Finally, he shows how the open-ended sonic inquiry—“the outcome of which is not foreseen”—that is characteristic of Cagean music resonates with trends toward STEM education.
Glitch/Failure: Constructing a Queer Politics of Listening
Authors: Brooks Andrew
Published: September 2015

This article is an attempt to bring sound studies discourses into dialogue with queer theory, to “queer” the field of sound studies, and to open up queer theory to the textual canon of sonic art. Concerned with notions of failure, this article deals with glitch and examines the result when error, malfunction and failure are amplified within systems. The author argues that the glitch, a key conceit of experimental music, is a productive framework for theorizing minoritarian politics and alternative modes of knowledge production.
Making Activist Sound
Authors: DeLaurenti Christopher
Published: September 2015

The author discusses his approach to recording protests and other politically charged soundscapes.
True Bread: The Sounds of Change in Cuba
Authors: Leonard Neil
Published: September 2015

This article examines True Bread, an installation that engages listeners in the evolving sonic environment of Cuba. The work was made in collaboration with Cuban street vendors, examining the vendors’ presence as a signifier of imminent social and political change.
Soundscapes of the Post-Soviet World Today: Resounding Lithuania
Authors: Kazlauskaitė Sandra
Published: September 2015

Soundscapes of the Post-Soviet World Today is an ethnographic sonic art project that aims to reveal the soundscapes of contemporary post-Soviet countries. In this statement the author presents the project’s first case study: the soundscapes of Lithuania.
Osteopontin expression in the intestine of chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar, Gray, 1830)
Authors: Akbalik Mehmet E. , Sagsoz Hakan , Erdogan Serkan
Published: September 2015

The intestinal mucosa is under continuous attack of microorganisms and is defended by the joint action of epithelial cells and specialized immune cells. Osteopontin (OPN), a member of the Small Integrin-Binding Ligand, N-linked Glycoprotein (SIBLING) family, is an adhesive phosphorylated glyco-protein that is synthesized by a variety of nonimmune and immune cells that is involved in interactions with cells mediating signaling. OPN is especially required for the maintenance of the epithelial barrier. To gain a better understanding of the biology of OPN, in the avian intestinal tract, we examined subcellular localization of OPN in the small and large intestine using immunohistochemistry. Immunostaining for OPN was prominently and significantly detected in the epithelial cells of the small and large intestine. However, intestinal stromal cells of the small intestine and the smooth muscle cells in the wall of the large intestine did not exhibit OPN immunoreactivity. Our results show that the differences between the localizations of OPN in the chukar partridge’s small and large intestine may be associated with functional differences of intestine parts. Therefore, the expression of OPN in the chukar partridge intestine may play a crucial role in barrier function, host defence, and/or secretion.
Cross-Modal Correspondences in Non-human Mammal Communication
Authors: Ratcliffe Victoria F. , Taylor Anna M. , Reby David
Published: September 2015

For both humans and other animals, the ability to combine information obtained through different senses is fundamental to the perception of the environment. It is well established that humans form systematic cross-modal correspondences between stimulus features that can facilitate the accurate combination of sensory percepts. However, the evolutionary origins of the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms involved in these cross-modal associations remain surprisingly underexplored. In this review we outline recent comparative studies investigating how non-human mammals naturally combine information encoded in different sensory modalities during communication. The results of these behavioural studies demonstrate that various mammalian species are able to combine signals from different sensory channels when they are perceived to share the same basic features, either because they can be redundantly sensed and/or because they are processed in the same way. Moreover, evidence that a wide range of mammals form complex cognitive representations about signallers, both within and across species, suggests that animals also learn to associate different sensory features which regularly co-occur. Further research is now necessary to determine how multisensory representations are formed in individual animals, including the relative importance of low level feature-related correspondences. Such investigations will generate important insights into how animals perceive and categorise their environment, as well as provide an essential basis for understanding the evolution of multisensory perception in humans.
A Guide to fieldstations in the tropics II. Panama
Authors: Allen Noris Salazar
Published: September 2015

Collecting permits are given by the Departamento de Parques Nacionales y Vida Silvestre. Apartado 2016, Paraíso, Ancón. Panamá. República de Panamá. The request must include location of the area in which the study is to be conducted, duration, names of the species to be studied when applicable.
RESULTS OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION TO MOUNT RORAIMA, GUYANA. I. BRYOPHYTES

Authors: Gradstein S. R. , Waard J. Florschütz-de
Published: September 2015

A bryological inventory of the Upper Mazaruni District, Guyana (former British Guiana) yielded almost three hundred species, including 2 genera and 11 species new to science and 130 species new to the Guianas. The densely forested and very humid north slope of Mount Roraima (500-2300 m.) proved to be the richest area for bryophytes and most of the novelties were found there. The present paper provides an enumeration of the species collected with a brief characterization of their habitat. The following species are described as new: Haesselia acuminata Gradst., Plagiochila gymnocalyx Inoue, Radula gradsteinii Yamada, Radula guyanensis Yamada, Radula mazarunensis Yamada and Stenorrhipis grollei Gradst. Anastrophyllum subg. Vanaea Inoue & Gradst. from Mount Roraima is elevated to generic rank.
A preliminary treatment of the genus Campylopus (Musci: Dicranaceae) in Central America

Authors: Allen Bruce H.
Published: September 2015

There are 26 species of Campylopus in Central America. They are divided into three groups on the basis of two characters: the presence or absence in the costa of a ventral layer of enlarged, hyaline cells and the presence or absence in the stem of an outer hylodermis. Dicranum costaricensis Bartr. is transferred to Campylopus as C. valerioi nom. nov. Campylopus hoffmanii and C. standleyi are recognized as distinct species. Six new synonyms are proposed: C. straminifolius = C. densicoma; C. costaricensis = C. surinamensis; C. roellii = C. tallulensis; C. donnellii = C. zygodonticarpus; C. tuerckheimii = C. zygodonticarpus; C. sargii = C. zygodonticarpus.
Campylopus, a modern and successful genus !?
Authors: Frahm Jan-Peter
Published: September 2015

Campylopus with nearly 200 revised species is one of the largest genera of mosses in the world and has extremely broad geographical, altitudinal and ecological ranges. Factors to be considered for the rich speciation are 1) the enormous anatomical plasticity of the structure of the costa, 2) the ability for vegetative propagation utilizing different methods, and 3) the special twist mechanism of the cygneous setae. Phytogeographical interpretations of present ranges of species of Campylopus lead to the conclusion that this genus is of Gondwanalandic origin. Most of the species seem to be cool temperate in origin. They have adapted to dry habitats in the Mesozoic and invaded the tropical mountains during the Tertiary, accompanied by rich speciation. This is supported by the physiology of these species. According to preliminary gas exchange measurements, tropical montane species do not differ from temperate species, and are not able to stand climatic conditions of the tropical lowland rainforests; a relatively young habitat for bryophytes. A cladistic analysis of the infrageneric categories of Campylopus using phytogeographical evaluations of apomorphic character states shows that the section Homalocarpus seems to be the most primitive and the subgenera Campylopidulum and Thysanomitrion the most derived.
Discovery of the first telemid spider (Araneae, Telemidae) from South America, and the first member of the family bearing a stridulatory organ
Authors: DUPÉRRÉ NADINE , TAPIA ELICIO
Published: September 2015

The genus Kinku n. gen. is established for the first telemid spider found in South America. The new species, Kinku turumanya n. sp. is characterized by the unique conformation of the male palp and the presence of an abdominal anterioventral stridulatory organ.
The Rainfall Sensitivity of Tropical Net Primary Production in CMIP5 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Simulations*
Authors: Negrón-Juárez Robinson I. , Riley William J. , Koven Charles D. , Knox Ryan G. , Taylor Philip G. , Chambers Jeffrey Q.
Published: September 2015

In this study, the authors used the relationship between mean annual rainfall (MAR) and net primary production (NPP) (MAR–NPP) observed in tropical forests to evaluate the performance (twentieth century) and predictions (twenty-first century) of tropical NPP from 10 earth system models (ESMs) from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Over the tropical forest domain most of the CMIP5 models showed a positive correlation between NPP and MAR similar to observations. The GFDL, CESM1, CCSM4, and Beijing Normal University (BNU) models better represented the observed MAR–NPP relationship. Compared with observations, the models were able to reproduce the seasonality of rainfall over areas with long dry seasons, but NPP seasonality was difficult to evaluate given the limited observations. From 2006 to 2100, for representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) (and most RCP4.5 simulations) all models projected increases in NPP, but these increases occurred at different rates. By the end of the twenty-first century the models with better performance against observed NPP–MAR projected increases in NPP between ~2% (RCP4.5) and ~19% (RCP8.5) relative to contemporary observations, representing increases of ~9% and ~25% relative to their historical simulations. When climate and CO2 fertilization are considered as separate controls on plant physiology, the current climate yields maximum productivity. However, as future climate changes become detrimental to productivity, CO2 fertilization becomes the dominant response, resulting in an overall increase in NPP toward the end of the twenty-first century. Thus, the way in which models represent CO2 fertilization affects their performance. Further studies addressing the individual and simultaneous effect of other climate variables on NPP are needed.
Human Uniqueness: Standing Alone?
Authors: Davidson Andrew
Published: September 2015

Discussion of human uniqueness requires careful attention to what ‘uniqueness’ means. The word is commonly deployed as meaning both distinctiveness and superiority, which implies contrasting relations of continuity and distinction between what is ‘unique’ and what it is contrasted with. Human uniqueness has come into sharp focus in recent years because of discussions of ‘exobiology’: life beyond Earth. Intelligence has frequently been put forward as definitive of human uniqueness, but the ‘convergent evolution’ of intelligence suggests that intelligence would also evolve elsewhere, leaving human beings unique neither as to distinctiveness nor to excellence. However, while evolution might be convergent over basic characteristics such as intelligence, to how the body is structured seems to be more contingent, and we must take the role of the body’s role in thought (‘embodied cognition’) seriously. Basic bodily differences between putative life-forms might, therefore, lead to strong distinctions between the forms that intelligence takes. Human beings might not be ‘unique as superior’, but they would be unique as distinct, bodily speaking, and that distinction might be strongly determinative of the way in which intelligence is worked out.
Genetically Modified Foods at the Intersection of the Regulatory Landscape and Constitutional Jurisprudence
Authors: Ghoshray Saby
Published: September 2015

An ecosystem … [y]ou can always intervene and change something in it, but there's no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be or how it might affect the environment. We have such a miserably poor understanding of how the organism develops from its DNA that I would be surprised if we don't get one rude shock after another.
The Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Strength of the Sustainable Agriculture Movement
Authors: Wiseman Samuel R.
Published: September 2015

In the wake of growing public concerns over salmonella outbreaks and other highly publicized food safety issues, Congress passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011, which placed more stringent standards on food growing and packaging operations. In negotiations preceding the Act's passage, farmers of local, sustainable food argued that these rules would unduly burden local agricultural operations or, at the extreme, drive them out of business by creating overly burdensome rules. These objections culminated in the addition of the Tester-Hagan Amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act, which created certain exemptions for small farms. Proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules to implement the Act threatened to weaken this victory for small farm groups, however, prompting a loud response from small farmers and local food proponents.

The FDA's second set of proposed rules, issued in September 2014 in response to these and other complaints, were, perhaps surprisingly, responsive to small farmers' concerns. Using comments submitted to the FDA, this article explores the responses of the agriculture industry and public health organizations, as well as small farm groups, consumers of local food, and sustainable agriculture interests (which, for simplicity, I alternately describe as comprising the “sustainable agriculture” or “small farm” movement), to three aspects of the FDA's proposed rules—involving manure application, on-farm packing activities, and exemptions for very small farms—to assess the strength of the sustainable agriculture movement. The rules involving manure application and on-farm packing, it turns out, reveal little about the independent political strength of the local food movement, as large industry groups also objected to these provisions. But for the third issue discussed here—exemptions for very small farms—the interests of sustainable agriculture groups were directly opposed to both industry and public health organizations, and yet prevailed. This suggests that the high salience of locavore and “slow food” issues might have allowed relatively small, dispersed interests to overcome traditional obstacles to political organization, and that the sustainable agriculture movement has indeed become an effective political force.
What's in Store: A Vision for Healthier Retail Environments through Better Collaboration
Authors: Fry Christine , McLaughlin Ian , Etow Alexis , Holaday Rio
Published: September 2015

Thousands of small dealers who are barely able to make a living … would be cut off from supplying their customers with milk, butter, [etc.], which they need for use on Sundays, causing them a very serious loss and great inconvenience to thousands of people…

L.J. Callanan, grocer in New York City, March 16, 1903
Genesis and Origin of the Esoteric Culture in White Shamanism: A Historical–Cultural Analysis
Authors: Relic Ratka
Published: September 2015

In the article, a scientific explanation is given about the origin of the white shamanism according to Buryatia and Mongolian shamanic traditions and the very shamanic esotericism of Tengerism, precisely its connection with Indo-Iranian cultural tradition and the tradition of the Indus Valley civilization, with D.N. Dugarov’s explanation based on his historical and archaeological research.
Book Review: Keshavan Nair, Higher Standard of Leadership—Lessons from the Life of Gandhi
Authors: Khera Shikha N. , Malik Sahil
Published: September 2015

Keshavan Nair, Higher Standard of Leadership—Lessons from the Life of Gandhi, 2010, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Publications, pp. 157, ₹ 175, ISBN 978-1-881052-58-6 (hardcover: alk paper).
Behaviour of Stock Return Autocorrelation in the GCC Stock Markets
Authors: Chowdhury Shah Saeed Hassan , Rahman M. Arifur , Sadique M. Shibley
Published: September 2015

There is overwhelming evidence of the presence of autocorrelation in stock returns in many previous studies. Since stock return correlation is related to predictability of stock prices, it is important to know the extent of autocorrelation and its underlying causes. This article investigates the autocorrelation structure of seven Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets. All the markets except for Dubai and Kuwait show significant first-order autocorrelation of returns. Bahrain, Oman and Qatar exhibit strong positive whereas Abu Dhabi exhibits negative autocorrelation of returns. In general, return autocorrelation conditional on a negative return day is higher than that conditional on a positive return day. Autocorrelation between weekdays is usually larger than that between the first and last trading day of the week. Use of dynamic volatility models gives evidence that for almost all the markets negative feedback traders are the dominant players to contribute to the autocorrelation of returns. Thus, traders are very keen to realize their profits too often, resulting in significantly positive return autocorrelation.
Work Autonomy and Workplace Creativity: Moderating Role of Task Complexity
Authors: Sia Surendra Kumar , Appu Aneesh V.
Published: September 2015

In the present global business environment, organizations need different approaches for overcoming the current demands and future challenges for which a creative workplace is a prerequisite. To understand workplace creativity in depth, we need to examine the interactions between personal and contextual characteristics as well as interactions among the contextual characteristics in an organization. Although researchers have attempted to understand the interactions between personal and contextual characteristics, enough attention has not been paid to the interactions among the contextual variables of employee creativity. In the present study, an attempt has been made to examine the interacting role of task complexity with work autonomy in contribution towards workplace creativity. The study has been carried out upon 304 information technology (IT) professionals working in different IT companies located in the Kochi and Trivandrum region of the state of Kerala. Findings reveal that the three dimensions of work autonomy, namely, work method autonomy, work schedule autonomy and work criteria autonomy have a direct positive contribution towards workplace creativity. Direct positive contribution towards workplace creativity is also exhibited by task complexity. As far as the moderating effect is concerned, task complexity is found to moderate significantly the relationships of work criteria as well as work schedule dimension of work autonomy with workplace creativity.
Should Analysts Go by the Book? Valuation Models and Target Price Accuracy in an Emerging Market
Authors: Sayed Samie Ahmed
Published: September 2015

Discounted cash flow (DCF)-based target price forecasts have the highest target price accuracy (TPA) of 70 per cent, while book value-based forecasts have the lowest TPA of 51.1 per cent for buy recommendations in India. Surprisingly, despite its superior performance, DCF is the least used valuation model as analysts prefer heuristics-driven earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) or earnings multiples to produce target price forecasts. A significant and negative relationship with promoter holding explains the underperformance of book value-based target price forecasts—promoters possibly provide analysts with inflated book values which eventually result in inflated target price forecasts and lower target price accuracy.
Early Experience With a Novel Hybrid Vascular Graft for Hemodialysis Access Creation in Patients With Disadvantaged Anatomy
Authors: Anaya-Ayala Javier E. , Davies Mark G. , El-Sayed Hosam F. , Peden Eric K. , Naoum Joseph J.
Published: September 2015

Purpose: To describe the use of the Hybrid vascular graft in disadvantaged anatomy for hemodialysis access creation and compare outcomes to standard-wall polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts. Methods: In a retrospective analysis, 25 patients (mean age 65±14 years; 13 men) who received the Hybrid graft were compared with 35 contemporaneous patients (mean age 63±12 years; 20 men) who received a standard PTFE graft for hemodialysis access over a 2-year period. Criteria for Hybrid graft placement were (1) exhausted or inadequate peripheral veins for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation and concomitant small target veins that precluded conventional PTFE graft placement, (2) previous graft anastomosis or a stent in the venous target at the level of the axilla, or (3) failed brachial-basilic or brachial-brachial upper arm transposition AVF with a small target vein at the axilla. Efficacy, anatomic and clinical considerations, and technique were reviewed; patency rates, complications, and reinterventions were examined. Results: Technical success was achieved in all cases, and all grafts were usable for hemodialysis. Seven of 25 Hybrid patients required stent-graft extensions and 3 patients required angioplasty to improve venous outflow at the time of Hybrid graft insertion. Three of 35 standard PTFE graft patients required angioplasty to improve venous outflow at the time of graft insertion. There was no perioperative mortality or procedure-related morbidity in either group. Median follow-up was 21 months. The patient survival estimate was 66% at 2 years. Estimated primary patency (24% vs 18%, p>0.05), assisted primary patency (34% vs 28%; p>0.05), and secondary patency rates (40% vs 38%, p≥0.05) at 24 months were equivalent for Hybrid vs PTFE grafts, respectively. Venous hypertension was not a complication following Hybrid graft implantation but was seen in 2 patients with the standard PTFE graft. Conclusion: The Hybrid graft offers a safe, technically effective alternative for patients with disadvantaged anatomy requiring hemodialysis access and has comparable outcomes to standard PTFE grafts. Further clinical experience and long-term data are required for determining the proper utility of this device in chronic dialysis-dependent patients.
Suitability of the Zenith p-Branch Standard Fenestrated Endovascular Graft for Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Authors: Kristmundsson Thorarinn , Sveinsson Magnus , Björses Katarina , Törnqvist Per , Dias Nuno
Published: September 2015

Purpose: To evaluate the anatomic suitability of the Zenith pivot branch (p-branch) fenestrated device in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA). Methods: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) images of 206 patients (mean age 75±8 years; 175 men) with rAAA were evaluated in a dedicated 3-dimensional vascular workstation. All aneurysms found unsuitable for standard infrarenal repair were evaluated for Zenith p-branch suitability according to the Investigational Device Exemption protocol for both device configurations (A, pivot fenestrations at the same level; B, right renal fenestration located more cranially). Results: The suitability of the p-branch (A or B configuration) for short neck aneurysms (<15 mm; n=89) was 49%; of the 26 different combinations of exclusion criteria, a mismatch between a renal artery takeoff and the positioning of the corresponding fenestration was the most common. For juxta- and pararenal aneurysms (neck length <10 mm; n=66), suitability was 48%. Suitability assessed by target vessel positioning only (excluding all other limiting factors) was 58% for short neck aneurysms (n=52) and 55% for juxta- and pararenal aneurysms (n=36). Conclusion: Approximately half of patients with short neck rAAAs would be suitable for the Zenith p-branch fenestrated device according to the instructions for use. In almost 60%, the pivot fenestrations can accommodate the corresponding target vessels. More studies are needed to confirm these findings.
Through-Plane Movement at Multiple Aortic Levels on Dynamic Computed Tomography Angiography Is Limited in Patients With an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Authors: de Jonge Jeroen C. , Zandvoort Herman J.A. , Vonken Evert-Jan P.A. , Moll Frans L. , van Herwaarden Joost A.
Published: September 2015

Purpose: To analyze the movement of the aorta in the craniocaudal direction (through-plane movement) during the cardiac cycle at several levels to determine any potential impact on endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Methods: For this study, 30 patients (median age 73.0 years; 27 men) with an infrarenal AAA were randomly selected from a prospectively maintained EVAR database. All patients had undergone preoperative electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography angiography consisting of 8 phases. After semiautomatic segmentation, a 3-dimensional location probe was placed in the center of the aorta (center point) on the orthogonal slices at 12 different levels along the aorta and iliac arteries for all 8 phases. Movement of the center point during the cardiac cycle was analyzed for each level. Values are given as the median and interquartile range (IQR). Results: The median through-plane movement of all levels was 3.0 mm (IQR 2.8–3.2) and appeared to be lower in the region of the celiac and renal arteries: 2.6 mm (IQR 1.7–3.1) at 3 cm proximal to the most distal renal artery and 2.4 mm (IQR 1.9–2.9) at 1 cm distal to the most distal renal artery, respectively. The thoracic part of the aorta showed the largest through-plane motion: 4.1 mm (IQR 2.7–4.6). Conclusion: This study quantifies aortic through-plane motion in the craniocaudal direction. Since through-plane movement appears to be limited, findings of previous studies investigating pulsatile in-plane distension seem to be representative for aortic distension.
Late Conversion After Sac Anchoring Endoprosthesis for Secondary Aortic Aneurysm Infection
Authors: Tolenaar Jip L. , van den Ham Leo H. , Reijnen Michel M. P. J. , de Vries Jean-Paul P. M.
Published: September 2015

Purpose: To demonstrate explantation of the Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) System in the setting of infection. Case Reports: Two male patients, 71 and 83 years old, underwent Nellix implantation for asymptomatic infrarenal aortic aneurysms measuring 5.1 and 6.3 cm, respectively. Each developed late infections at 8 and 4 months post EVAS, respectively. The first patient experienced aneurysm rupture after medical therapy failed; the Nellix endosystem was explanted in an uneventful procedure. The second patient developed an aortoduodenal fistula, which was sutured before the Nellix device was removed without complications. The patient died 3 months later, presumably due to ongoing infection. Conclusion: The need to explant a Nellix EVAS System due to graft infection is a straightforward procedure compared to the removal of a conventional endograft with suprarenal fixation. It requires only temporary suprarenal clamping. The devices can be easily removed due to the lack of penetrating components and without damage to the aortic segment needed to create an anastomosis.
Preferred terminology for medical journals
Authors: Freshwater M. F.
Published: September 2015

The purpose of medical journals is to disseminate information. This is achieved in a different manner than ordinary conversation. Conversation has the advantage over the virtual or printed page because the listener can immediately request clarification of any ambiguities. Common ambiguities in medical writing include words and phrases that are statistically incorrect, potentially inflammatory or logically flawed. Statistically incorrect words include association, average, incidence, prevalence, rate, significant and trend. Potentially inflammatory words and phrases include, ensure, failed, missed, suffering and standard of care. Logically flawed words and phrases include new, novel, many adjectives ending in –st, and gold standard. Relevant examples of correct and incorrect usage for this journal are given.
From Resource to Human Being
Authors: Fortier Michel , Albert Marie-Noëlle
Published: September 2015

Modern human resource management (HRM) has been found to be unsatisfactory as a model and as a praxis concerning human beings in organizations. This article proposes a conceptual change from resource to human being, which we define as “persons management.” After addressing what a person is (a subject navigating between individualism and collectivism; a creative, ethical, and complex being), this text examines how persons can be managed, remembering that persons manage persons. In a dialogical sense, they can help each other and work together, even if they are adversaries. In that sense, persons management must strive to be sustainable at the human, organizational, and environmental levels. We examine certain theoretical and conceptual aspects implied by this restructuring of the field.
Unintended Consequences of Remittance
Authors: Ikuomola Adediran Daniel
Published: September 2015

Research on migrants’ remittance in Nigeria has largely focused on the contribution to national development and economic well-being of family members. In contrast, this article explores the way in which remittance serves as potential sources of conflict within migrant households. The article investigates intra-household conflicts related to migrant remittances, revealing the contradictory and unintended consequences of remittances destabilizing cordial relationships between migrants and family members. Within the family (mainly extended families), the sharing of remittance is often accompanied with envy, distrust, and accusation of witch hunt. While improper utilization and accountability of remittances strain relationships, migrants are forced to re-strategize on how remittances get to their relatives and sometimes cut off communication and remittances with family members. Based on the qualitative data collected in Benin City (Edo State) in Nigeria, the article investigates intra-household conflicts emanating from migrant remittances, from the perspectives of migrants on holidays.
Full-Scale Structural and Nonstructural Building System Performance during Earthquakes: Part I – Specimen Description, Test Protocol, and Structural Response
Authors: Chen Michelle C. , Pantoli Elide , Wang Xiang , Astroza Rodrigo , Ebrahimian Hamed , Hutchinson Tara C. , Conte Joel P. , Restrepo José I. , Marin Claudia , Walsh Kenneth D. , Bachman Robert E. , Hoehler Matthew S. , Englekirk Robert , Faghihi Mahmoud
Published: September 2015

A landmark experimental program was conducted to advance the understanding of nonstructural system performance during earthquakes. The centerpiece of this effort involved shake table testing a full-scale five-story reinforced concrete building furnished with a broad variety of nonstructural components and systems (NCSs) including complete and operable egress, mechanical and electrical systems, facades, and architectural layouts. The building-NCS system was subjected to a suite of earthquake motions of increasing intensity, while base-isolated and then fixed at its base. In this paper, the major components of the test specimen, including the structure and its NCSs, the monitoring systems, and the seismic test protocol are described in detail. Important response and damage characteristics of the structure are also presented. A companion paper describes the damage observed for the various NCSs and correlates these observations with the structure's response.
Full-Scale Structural and Nonstructural Building System Performance during Earthquakes: Part II – NCS Damage States
Authors: Pantoli Elide , Chen Michelle C. , Wang Xiang , Astroza Rodrigo , Ebrahimian Hamed , Hutchinson Tara C. , Conte Joel P. , Restrepo José I. , Marin Claudia , Walsh Kenneth D. , Bachman Robert E. , Hoehler Matthew S. , Englekirk Robert , Faghihi Mahmoud
Published: September 2015

Nonstructural components and systems (NCSs) provide little to no load bearing capacity to a building; however, they are essential to support its operability. As a result, 75–85% of the initial building financial investment is associated with these elements. The vulnerability of NCSs even during low intensity earthquakes is repeatedly exposed, resulting in large economic losses, disruption of building functionality, and concerns for life safety. This paper describes and classifies damage to NCSs observed during landmark shake table tests of a full-scale five-story reinforced concrete building furnished with a broad variety of NCSs. This system-level test program provides a unique dataset due to the completeness and complexity of the investigated NCSs. Results highlight that the interactions between disparate nonstructural systems, in particular displacement compatibility, as well as the interactions between the NCSs and the building structure often govern their seismic performance.
A Flatfile for the KiK-net Database Processed Using an Automated Protocol
Authors: Dawood Haitham M. , Rodriguez-Marek Adrian , Bayless Jeff , Goulet Christine , Thompson Eric
Published: September 2015

The Kiban-Kyoshin network (KiK-net) database is an important resource for ground motion (GM) studies. The processing of the KiK-net records is a necessary first step to enable their use in engineering applications. In this manuscript we present a step-by-step automated protocol used to systematically process about 157,000 KiK-net strong ground motion records. The automated protocol includes the selection of the corner frequency for high-pass filtering. In addition, a comprehensive set of metadata was compiled for each record. As a part of the metadata collection, two algorithms were used to identify dependent and independent earthquakes. Earthquakes are also classified into active crustal or subduction type events; most of the GM records correspond to subduction type earthquakes. A flatfile with all the metadata and the spectral acceleration of the processed records is uploaded to NEEShub ( https://nees.org/resources/7849 , Dawood et al. 2014 ).
Exploring Risk-Targeted Hazard Maps for Europe
Authors: Silva Vitor , Crowley Helen , Bazzurro Paolo
Published: September 2015

In Europe, the design of new structures according to modern regulations requires a uniform hazard spectrum for a given return period (e.g., 475 years). The assumption is that the resulting collapse probability is equally uniform for all structures, regardless of their structural properties or location. However, the uncertainty in the collapse capacity and hazard curves at different sites lead to an unequal level of risk. This discrepancy is undesirable given that some inhabitants will live in dwellings with a lower seismic safety than others living in structures designed according to the same regulation. The estimation of risk-targeted hazard maps allows for the definition of a design ground motion leading to a uniform level of risk. Using hundreds of fragility models developed for European buildings and hazard results from the SHARE project, we calculate risk-targeted hazard maps for a pre-established annual collapse probability.
Rationale for Shallow Foundation Rocking Provisions in ASCE 41-13
Authors: Kutter Bruce L. , Moore Mark , Hakhamaneshi Manouchehr , Champion Casey
Published: September 2015

ASCE 41-13 supports three methods of modeling the soil-structure interaction for rocking footings as components of a foundation-building system: Method 1 uses uncoupled moment, shear, and axial springs; Method 2 uses a nonlinear gapping bed of springs; and Method 3 is used for structural footings that are flexible relative to the underlying soil. New component action tables in ASCE 41-13 provide modeling parameters and acceptance criteria for nonlinear and linear analysis of shallow foundation components. The values in the component action tables for nonlinear procedures were largely based upon analysis of foundation performance in model tests on rocking foundations. The primary measure to assess foundation performance is residual settlement or uplift. The acceptance criteria for linear analysis procedures ( m-factors) were derived from the allowable rotations for nonlinear procedures. A design example is presented in an online Appendix to illustrate differences between the current and previous versions of ASCE 41 and ASCE 31.
Savings of Mazovian households following Poland’s accession to the European Union
Authors: Zalega Tomasz
Published: September 2015

The article deals with the issue, quite important one for the economy, of savings kept by households that face the unemployment-related problems in the Mazovia region of Poland, following the country’s accession to the EU. It discusses crucial macroeconomic theories concerning the problem of saving. The article also includes an analysis, based upon the Author’s own studies, of the dynamics and principal directions of changes taking place in the structure of consumption as well as of the most significant motives for saving in households which include unemployed members in the Mazovia region.
Uncovered interest rate parity on the Japanese yen exchange rate market
Authors: Czech Katarzyna
Published: September 2015

The aim of the paper is to verify the uncovered interest rate parity hypothesis on the Japanese yen exchange rate market. The article describes the theory of uncovered interest rate parity and presents the review of previous research results. Moreover, the paper characterizes the currency speculation strategy „carry trade” which is fundamentally based on the assumption that the uncovered interest rate parity doesn’t hold. The Japanese yen is one of the most popular „carry trade” funding currency and therefore the article is focused on the analysis of this exchange rate market.The uncovered interest rate parity condition suggests that „carry trade” strategy should not result in excess profits. However, the high average payoff to „carry trade” is widely documented by many researchers and thus it may imply that uncovered interest rate parity doesn’t hold on the Japanese yen market. The uncovered interest rate parity on the Japanese yen market is tested by applying the conventional regression approach and orthogonality test of the forward rate forecast error. The results show that it is hard to say definitely that uncovered interest rate parity holds on the analyzed exchange rate market. The uncovered interest rate parity hypothesis is rejected for JPY/TRY market. However, there is not enough evidence to reject UIP hypothesis for JPY/NZD and JPY/USD exchange rate markets.
Value Gaps and Profitability
Authors: Stuart Harborne W.
Published: September 2015

In the value-based approach to business strategy, a firm’s value creation with a buyer—i.e., its value gap—is an important measure. In many formal and informal results, firm profitability depends on whether the firm can identify buyer segments in which it has the largest value gap—namely, a value-gap advantage. These results typically assume, either explicitly or implicitly, that firms have constant marginal costs. In this paper, we show that if a firm’s value gap is defined as its marginal value creation with a buyer, value gaps provide a foundation for a firm’s profitability more generally. By allowing for nonconstant marginal costs, two important factors emerge. First, a firm’s value-gap advantage with respect to a buyer should be based on comparing the firm’s marginal value creation with the buyer’s best alternative for value capture, not value creation. Second, a firm’s guaranteed profitability depends critically on buyer competition. We show that in addition to excluded buyers, there are two other sources of buyer competition. A competitor’s buyer acts like an excluded buyer of a given firm if it can create more value with the given firm. We call such buyers envious buyers. Additionally, because of linkages in buyer preferences—which we call market-price effects—a firm may benefit from a competitor’s excluded or envious buyer. Consequently, a firm can benefit from demand for seemingly unrelated products, even when that demand includes buyers who have zero willingness-to-pay for the firm’s product. These additional sources of buyer competition explain how, in environments of excess supply, a firm can still be guaranteed profits due to competition.
‘I just feel everything has got too much. I have plans of how I am going to end my own life’
Authors: Henshaw Pete
Published: September 2015

New ChildLine figures show increased suicidal feelings among teens, a spike in calls about abuse, and 85,000 contacts about mental health
The obesity challenge
Authors: Rose Kelly
Published: September 2015

A recent SecEd article offering resources to help tackle obesity and educate pupils about healthy diet and lifestyle choices inspired school practitioner Kelly Rose
Gesellschaftliche Differenzierung
Authors: Schimank Uwe , Volkmann Ute
Published: September 2015

Gesellschaftliche Differenzierung bildete von jeher ein zentrales Thema soziologischer GesellschaftstheoÝ rie. Von den Klassikern bis heute finden sich Modelle von unterschiedlichem ErklärungspotenÝ tial für die Analyse moderner Gesellschaft. Gegenwärtig erweisen sich insbesondere Kombinationen von system- und akteurtheoretiÝ schen Herangehensweisen als ausbaufähig. Weitere mögliche Entwicklungsperspektiven der Differenzierungstheorie liegen in einer VerknüpÝ fung mit ungleichheitstheoretischen AspekÝ ten, in einem verstärkten Teilsystemvergleich und in einer Nutzung für soziologische GegenwartsÝ diagnosen.
Risiko
Authors: Japp Klaus Peter
Published: September 2015

Der gesellschaftstheoretisch fundierte RisikoÝ begriff geht von der Annahme aus, dass »Risiko« zu der Klasse von Problemen der modernen Gesellschaft gehört, die »quer« zu deren FunkÝ tionssystemen steht: Risiken können danach nicht auf ein spezielles Funktionssystem (Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft oder Politik etwa) konzentriert werÝ den, sie sind strukturell mit dem System der modernen Gesellschaft verbunden. Wie in dem vorliegenden, auf die systemtheoretische Risikoforschung fokussierenden Band dargelegt wird, beziehen sich Forschungsprobleme wesentlich auf Verständigungschancen zwischen Entscheidern und Betroffenen, auf die »Rationalisierbarkeit« riskanter Entscheidungen und auf die Bedeutung nicht auflösbaren Nichtwissens. Im ökologischen Kontext kulminieren diese Aspekte zum unlösbaren ProÝ blem der »Selbstgefährdung der Gesellschaft«.
Weltgesellschaft
Authors: Wobbe Theresa
Published: September 2015

Weltgesellschaft, Weltsysteme, internationales System und Globalisierung - diese Begriffe präÝ gen gegenwärtige Analysen, ohne immer präzise voneinander abgegrenzt zu sein. Im Anschluss an die Auseinandersetzung mit der Begrifflichkeit bietet der vorliegende Band eine Einführung in die Konzepte der Weltgesellschaft von Peter Heintz, Niklas Luhmann und John Meyer. Diese zeichnen sich vor allem dadurch aus, dass Unterschiede in der Weltgesellschaft als interne Differenzierungen des weltgesellschaftliÝ chen Systems verstanden werden. Abschließend werden Differenzierungsprozesse in Politik und Recht dargestellt, die den Wandel des globalen Erwartungshorizonts in der Weltgesellschaft dokumentieren.
Stimme und Blick
Authors: Gottlob Susanne
Published: September 2015

Das Buch spricht mit »Stimme und Blick« gegenwärtige Themen an: die Frage nach dem, was Sterben macht und Leben läßt, nach der Gewalt über Tod und Leben. Lektüren literarischer Texte - Hölderlin: Antigonä, Heiner Müller: Die Hamletmaschine - und von bildnerischen Darstellungen - Carpaccio: Grabbereitung, Fra Angelico: Verkündigung - lassen die Frage der Verschränkung von Ethik und Politik aufscheinen. In Aufnahme literaturtheoretischer, philosophischer und psychoanalytischer Theoreme nach Derrida, Lacan und Blanchot werden Stimme und Blick als paradoxe, nicht verifizierbare Erscheinungsformen gelesen. Sie treiben das Subjekt und das dichterische und künstlerische Sujet in einer Spanne von Überschuss, ›Unmaaß‹ und absolutem Fehlen des Blicks, Fehlen der Stimme des Anderen in ein halluzinatives und reales Szenario: Totenkammer und Ort der Heraufkunft des Werkes.
Wahrnehmen
Authors: Weingarten Michael
Published: September 2015

Der Begriff des Wahrnehmens wird als ein Moment praktisch-sinnlicher Tätigkeit entwickelt. Damit wird angezeigt, dass die Erforschung des Wahrnehmens nicht ausschließlich und vorrangig Thema von Naturwissenschaften ist, sondern eine originäre philosophische Aufgabe darstellt. Wahrnehmen, verstanden als praktisch-sinnliche Tätigkeit, macht darauf aufmerksam, dass wir im Wahrnehmen weder passiv etwas erleiden noch dass das Wahrgenommene außerhalb und unabhängig von unseren Wahrnehmungen vorhanden wäre. Vielmehr meint Wahrnehmen von etwas als etwas Bestimmtem, dass im Vollzug einer gemeinsamen Praxis die dort getätigten Bestimmungen als miteinander geteilte Bestimmungen verstanden werden.