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Breast augmentation
Authors: Branford Olivier
Published: September 2018

Breast augmentation, also referred to as augmentation mammoplasty, involves using implants and/or fat transfer to increase the size of the breasts. As fat transfer has been covered in a previous article in this series, this piece will focus solely on breast augmentation using implants. This procedure can also restore volume lost after weight reduction or pregnancy, achieve a perter shape or improve natural breast size asymmetry. The science of breast augmentation has changed dramatically over the past 5 years—Olivier Branford provides an overview of what is involved in the procedure
Benefits and pitfalls of nurse independent prescribing in medical aesthetics
Authors: Newson Christina
Published: September 2018

Many nurses enter into the aesthetic profession without the non-medical prescribing (V300) qualification, relying on their relationship with another prescribing practitioner to enable them to administer prescription-only drugs. With talk of evolving regulation within the aesthetics sector, prescribing has become a topic of importance for aesthetic nurse practitioners. This article aims to discuss the benefits of non-medical prescribing in aesthetic practice while also outlining the possible drawbacks.
Mindset and Marketing Seminar: recognising strengths and weaknesses
Authors: Senior Amy
Published: September 2018

During a turbulent time in aesthetic medicine, with increasing reports of horror stories following dermal filler treatments, it is time for practitioners to refocus their attention on the positive changes they can make in their own practice. A pilot seminar taking place in October 2018 has been set up to address this need. Amy Senior shares what will be on the agenda and the benefits of attending
Introduction: Queerbaiting
Authors: Brennan Joseph
Published: September 2018

Fans employ ‘queerbaiting’ to call out media producers and performers who they believe have deliberately inserted homoerotic subtext in order to court a queer following and yet never actualize this subtext; it has attracted a level of cultural currency in the popular and scholarly field. In this introduction to the Journal of Fandom Studies special issue on the topic, the issue’s guest editor sets out how the term has developed in extant scholarship, including more recent expansion to account for manifest queerness deemed negative. Articles of the present collection, five in total, are then introduced in line with their connection with current debates and how they advance understandings of the term. Future research directions for scholars writing on the topic are also considered.
A Triple Band-Notched UWB Antenna Using Folded Resonators
Authors: Zeng Yi-Chao , Zhang Hou , Min Xue-Liang , Zhang Ying
Published: September 2018

A triple band-notched ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna etching novel folded resonator on the radiating patch, ground and between the feeding-line, is presented in this paper. The tri-rejection bands are 5.1–6.1 GHz, 7.6–8.8 GHz and 10.1–10.8 GHz which have covered bands of WLAN and ITU 8 GHz. To analyze the principle of proposed antenna, the simulation of parametric study and distribution of surface current are carried out. The size of antenna is 32 mm×19 mm×1 mm. And the test results are in good agreement with the simulation, which indicate that the antenna is promising for UWB system.
Operation of Direct Power Control Scheme in Grid-Connected Mode Using Improved Sliding Mode Observer and Controller
Authors: Elnady A. , Al-Shabi M.
Published: September 2018

This paper introduces the direct power control (DPC) scheme controlled by a new version of the 1st order sliding mode control to operate a distributed generator. This distributed generator is a core of the distributed generation system (DGS), which injects active and reactive power to the distribution system in a grid-connected mode. The presented 1st order sliding mode control based direct power scheme is very efficient in terms of chattering at steady-state and its dynamic performance. The superior performance of the presented control scheme results from a novel combination of an integral form for the sliding surface along with an innovative power-rate reaching law. The feedback power of the direct power scheme is estimated using an accurate developed formulation of the sliding mode observer. The distributed generator is based on the 5-level diode clamped inverter to minimize the injected harmonics. To prove the accurate performance of this new combination of the sliding mode control with sliding mode observer, the developed sliding mode observer is compared to Luenberger observer and the traditional virtual-flux based power estimation. Also, the whole control scheme is compared to other schemes for the same application such as conventional direct power control and conventional sliding mode control based direct power control.
Revisionen
Authors: Heller Veronika
Published: September 2018

Referring to the video testimony of Holocaust survivor Mrs. K. and interviewer and psychoanalyst Kurt Grünberg, I propose to analyse the body movement behavior in interaction in this interview as the “Gestalt” of memory units. According to the theory of embodiment and following Daniel Stern, I show how it is possible to co-construct sense while watching nonverbal aspects of giving testimony. Using different methods of movement analysis such as KMP, LMA, NEUROGES and MEA, this study was conducted by means of phenomenological inquiry. I suggest that a hermeneutic perspective on movement aspects can thus be used to enrich the transcript and provide a broader and highly specific understanding of this testimony. Movement can thus be seen as an integral part of transmission.
„Und ich bin der Räuber“
Authors: Dreyer Florian
Published: September 2018

Children engage in sociodramatic pretend play to develop strategies for dealing with the dangers and uncertainties of their everyday live. This paper examines the path into joint pretend play by a child therapist and her young patient through fine-grained conversation analysis and the usage of the PRAAT-Software. Interactants don’t follow a linear path from the real world into play but are rather negotiating their ideas of how the play might/should unfold. In a second part, this paper deals with the patients’ aggressive behavior as a result of pretended mother-child interactions enacted by the therapist. A special light is shed on how recurrent interactional constellations in the pretend play lead to a development of structures of expectations.
Rhythmus als fundamentale soziale Orientierung
Authors: Dittmann Michael M.
Published: September 2018

How do actors co-ordinate their actions in a well-tested stage play? And how does a dance-theatre performance contribute to a better understanding of processes of social coordination? The way participants co-ordinate social interactions is guided by mechanisms that are true for the actors involved in the scene. Viewed as a burning glass, the dance-theatre scene is analysed in a cumulative theoretical process, as actors in this scripted coordination are oriented towards i) implicit rules in social contexts, ii) non-linear system attributes, iii) anticipations of events, iv) mutual monitoring and v) rhythmic gestalts. Rhythmic pattern analysis shows when and with what tempo and intensity participants adapt to each other’s multi-modal impulses, establishing (prelude), narrowing (climax) and dissolving (conclusion) a rhythmic co-construction. Micro-macro links between transitions of rhythmic gestalts (co-regulation) and the speakers’ contributions (individual autonomy) reveal rhythm as a fundamental social orientation.
Perspektiven aus und auf interdisziplinäre(r) Zusammenarbeit
Authors: Bleimling Jasmin , Dittmann Michael M. , Dreyer Florian , Heller Veronika
Published: September 2018

Im Folgenden werden in einem Dreischritt zunächst 1) die Perspektiven aus einem Rückblick auf unsere Arbeitsweise, 2) weiterführende Gedanken zu Rhythmuskonzepten sowie 3) ein methodischer Ausblick auf die künftige Zusammenarbeit präsentiert.
Marvell’s Green Thought(s): The Paradoxes of Marvell’s Nature Poetry
Authors: Jajtner Tomáš
Published: September 2018

This paper interprets the “green” poetry of Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). It discusses the main features of the Renaissance pastoral, especially the standard elements of the genre and its ethical aspects. Methodologically, it combines ecocritical reading with the philosophical concepts of harmony, based on Pythagorean harmonic lore. It shows the paradoxes of Marvell’s treatment of the pastoral, especially the dramatic contrast between the meditative and comforting aspect of the pastoral genre and the impossibility of reconciling the harmonious ethos of the natural world with the plagues of human love and its finality.
“Hospitality to the Exile and Broken Bones to the Tyrant”: Early Modernity in Walter Scott’s Waverley
Authors: Gül Sinan
Published: September 2018

Published anonymously in 1814, Waverley; Or ‘Tis Sixty Years Hence is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott which unfolds the story of a young English soldier, Edward Waverley, and his journey to Scotland. Regarded as the first historical novel, it contains elements of modernity, heralding a new upcoming era in England. Scott obviously displays the concept of the modern/modernity differently from the perception that writers are conveying today, but he hints at the emergence of a society detached from feudal customs in several aspects through the issue of union between England and Scotland. Highlighting the modern characteristics of Walter Scott’s Waverley, this paper argues that Scott employs elements of modernity in his novel long before their disclosure in literature and politics.
From “Big Red” Hydrick to Goat Dykeman: Eudora Welty’s Navigation between the Fictional and the Real in “Where Is the Voice Coming From?”
Authors: Ha Quan-Manh , Hitchcock Ryan
Published: September 2018

Known for her lyrical evocations of the American South, Eudora Welty’s short story “Where is the Voice Coming From?” is unique in her oeuvre for both its intense topicality and its direct treatment of the Southern racism that is often only obliquely acknowledged in her fiction. This article examines how Welty maintains her characteristically deep sympathy for her characters, and her profound attention to detail, while narrating the event of a horrific and racist murder. Furthermore, by providing biographical details of the real life “Goat Dykeman”, G.W. Hydrick, informed readers see how even in a brief story about contemporary events, Welty is continually aware of regional history and assumptions, and she uses details, sometimes very subtly, to attach layers of meaning to her stories.
Appropriating Writing in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God
Authors: Njeng Eric Sipyinyu
Published: September 2018

This paper examines the appropriation of writing as an integral part of the colonial encounter in Achebe’s Arrow of God (1964). Achebe’s hero (Ezeulu) realizes the pitfalls of orality in the confrontation with Europeans who are equipped with writing and its accompaniments. The coming of the West is therefore welcomed as Ezeulu quickly sides with them to empower himself against the contending forces of a disintegrating society. I argue that, as the Chief Priest of Ulu, Ezeulu is aware of the flaws in the oral nature of his religious pantheon and by sending his son Oduche to learn the art of writing he appropriates the technology of writing in order to prevail against his enemies and ineluctably allows his god’s surrender to the Christian God. This absorption into a greater pantheon is facilitated through the appropriation of writing and the sacred book.
Reclaiming the Past: Restoration of Personal and Communal History in Petals of Blood
Authors: Klimková Simona
Published: September 2018

The implications of the colonialist discourse, which suggested that the colonized is a person “whose historical, physical, and metaphysical geography begins with European memory” (Thiong’o, 2009), urged postcolonial writers to correct these views by addressing the issues from their own perspectives. The themes of history and communal/national past thus play a prominent role in postcolonial literature as they are inevitably interwoven with the concept of communal identity. In Petals of Blood (1977), the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o explores the implications of social change as brought about by the political and economic development during the post-independence period. This paper seeks to examine the crucial relation between personal and communal/national history and relate it to the writer’s views of principal legacies of colonialism. As Thiong’o states: “My interest in the past is because of the present and there is no way to discuss the future or present separate from the past” (Thiong’o, 1975). Clearly, the grasping of the past and one’s identification with it seems fundamental in discussing national development. As Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s narratives are always situated in the realm of political and historical context, blending fiction with fact, this paper also aims to elaborate on the implications of his vision.
Digitalisierung: Theologische Selbstklärungen und Gegenwartsinterpretationen. Eine Skizze
Authors: Charbonnier Ralph
Published: September 2018

Digitalisierung betrifft alle Lebensbereiche. Damit ergibt sich die Frage, welche Herausforderungen sich dem christlichen Glauben stellen. Phänomene der Digitalisierung werden in interdisziplinärer Perspektive dargestellt und durch Theologoumena interpretiert. Es wird erkennbar, welche Bedeutung Glaubensaussagen zu Schöpfung, Rechtfertigung, Handlungsorientierung, Befreiung und Hoffnung im Kontext der Digitalisierung haben können.
Oncometabolite induced primary cilia loss in pheochromocytoma
Authors: O’Toole Samuel M , Watson David S , Novoselova Tatiana V , Romano Lisa E L , King Peter J , Bradshaw Teisha Y , Thompson Clare L , Knight Martin M , Sharp Tyson V , Barnes Michael R , Srirangalingam Umasuthan , Drake William M , Chapple J Paul
Published: September 2018

Primary cilia are sensory organelles involved in regulation of cellular signaling. Cilia loss is frequently observed in tumors; yet, the responsible mechanisms and consequences for tumorigenesis remain unclear. We demonstrate that cilia structure and function is disrupted in human pheochromocytomas – endocrine tumors of the adrenal medulla. This is concomitant with transcriptional changes within cilia-mediated signaling pathways that are associated with tumorigenesis generally and pheochromocytomas specifically. Importantly, cilia loss was most dramatic in patients with germline mutations in the pseudohypoxia-linked genes SDHx and VHL. Using a pheochromocytoma cell line derived from rat, we show that hypoxia and oncometabolite-induced pseudohypoxia are key drivers of cilia loss and identify that this is dependent on activation of an Aurora-A/HDAC6 cilia resorption pathway. We also show cilia loss drives dramatic transcriptional changes associated with proliferation and tumorigenesis. Our data provide evidence for primary cilia dysfunction contributing to pathogenesis of pheochromocytoma by a hypoxic/pseudohypoxic mechanism and implicates oncometabolites as ciliary regulators. This is important as pheochromocytomas can cause mortality by mechanisms including catecholamine production and malignant transformation, while hypoxia is a general feature of solid tumors. Moreover, pseudohypoxia-induced cilia resorption can be pharmacologically inhibited, suggesting potential for therapeutic intervention.
Perception of nursing staff towards the application of Professional Nursing Care Model and job satisfaction at Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar
Authors: Yuntari Gusti Ayu Krisma , Januraga Pande Putu , Suarjana I Ketut
Published: September 2018

AbstractBackground and purpose: Several hospitals in Indonesia have developed a model of nursing care known as MAKP (Professional Nursing Care Model) to improve the quality of nursing services. Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar has applied this model. The aim of this study is to explore the perception of nurses towards this approach and assess its association with job satisfaction.Â  Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 92 nurses working at the inpatient ward at Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar. Data were collected from July-August 2017 by interview using questionnaires. Data collected included Â the characteristics of respondents (age, gender, education, and employment status), nursesâ€™ perception towards the application of MAKP, and nursesâ€™ job satisfaction.Results: Nursing staff demonstrated perception score of â‰¥15 on leadership elements (68.5%), communication (72.2%), coordination (84.8%), delegation (80.4%), and supervision (66, 3%). Nursing staff with a score of â‰¥15 in coordination perception (AOR=4.48; 95%CI: 1.14-17.54), delegation (AOR=4.00; 95%CI: 1.21-13.23) and supervision (AOR=3.35; 95%CI: 1.25-8.88) expressed higher job satisfaction. While aspects of leadership (AOR=0.98; 95%CI: 0.29-3.79) and communication (AOR=0.76; 95%CI: 0.19-3.05) were not significantly associated with job satisfaction.Conclusions: The majority of nurses have a positive perception towards the MAKP approach. The better perception on coordination, supervision and delegation are found to increase job satisfaction. The results imply that coordination, supervision and delegation should be considered in order to increase job satisfaction in other hospitals.
Why do HIV-positive pregnant women discontinue with comprehensive PMTCT services? A qualitative study
Authors: Suryanti Putu Emy , Sari Komang Ayu Kartika , Januraga Pande Putu , Lubis Dinar
Published: September 2018

AbstractBackground and purpose: Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is a government program aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. A comprehensive PMTCT program involves the implementation of HIV testing up to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for mothers with positive HIV test results. Coverage of comprehensive PMTCT remains low, with many HIV-positive pregnant women who discontinued ARV treatment. This study aims to explore the reasons of HIV-positive pregnant women to discontinue with the comprehensive PMTCT program.Methods: A qualitative study was carried out in Badung District, Bali Province, with seven respondents: one HIV-positive pregnant woman who did not continue the ARV treatment, two HIV-positive women who gave birth the previous year and did not take ARV, three public health centre (PHC) providers, and one head of PHC. Respondents were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed thematically. The results presented narratively to illustrate the reasons why HIV-positive pregnant women discontinued with the comprehensive PMTCT program.Results: The emerging themes related to the reasons of HIV-positive pregnant women discontinued with the comprehensive PMTCT program included the lack of comprehensive PMTCT-related information, the lack of health provider assistance, and the high stigma towards people living with HIV (PLHIV). These barriers were affecting the willingness of HIV-positive pregnant women to continue with the program.Conclusions: Lack of comprehensive PMTCT-related information, lack of assistance by health care providers, and high public stigma impacts upon HIV-positive pregnant womenâ€™s willingness to continue with comprehensive PMTCT program. There is a need for a minimum service standard in the implementation of comprehensive PMTCT services and comprehensive information on HIV infection in order to reduce the stigma towards PLHIV.
Differences in post-placental intra uterine device acceptance with and without couples counseling in private practice midwifery clinics, West Denpasar
Authors: Darmayanti Putu Ayu Ratna , Wirawan Dewa Nyoman , Sari Komang Ayu Kartika , Karmaya Mangku , Suariyani Ni Luh Putu
Published: September 2018

Background and purpose: The post-placental intra uterine device (IUD) program is one intervention Â to increase IUD uptake however the acceptance remains low. Contraceptive counseling during pregnancy is expected to increase IUD uptake. The primary objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of counseling by involving the husband in order to improve post-placental IUD uptake. The secondary objective is to compare knowledge and perceptions of IUD before and after intervention.Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 58 pregnant women at 37-40 weeks' gestation in three private midwifery clinics in Denpasar, Bali. Subjects were divided into two groups: 29 intervention groups that were given couples counseling and 29 control groups that were given counseling without involving husbands. Base line interview was conducted during enrollment and follow up interview was carried out immediately after delivery.Results: Acceptance of post-placental IUD was found in 21 women (72.41%) in the intervention group and 10 women (34.48%) in the control group (RR=2.2; 95%CI: 1.23-3.84). The mean difference in pretest and post-test scores of knowledge, perceptions of susceptibility and benefits were found to be higher in the intervention group but not statistically significant. The result of multivariate analysis indicated that the variables influencing post-placental IUD acceptance were the child's gender (AOR=45.9, 95%CI: 4.53-465.25), couples counseling with husband (AOR=17.4, 95%CI: 2.55-119.56) and maternal education (AOR =7.1; 95%CI: 1.17-43.40).Conclusions: Couples counseling was found to increase post-placental IUD uptake. In addition, post-placental IUD acceptance is also influenced by the child's gender and maternal education levels. To increase uptake of post-placental IUDs there is a need for upscalling of couples counseling at the time of antenatal care.
Nutritional status and associated factors in under-five children in Lembar Village West Lombok, Indonesia
Authors: Dwijayanti Widya , Wirawan Dewa Nyoman , Seri Ani Luh , Arya Utami Ni Wayan
Published: September 2018

Background and purpose: Studies on determinants of nutritional status in under-five children in Indonesia have been widely explored. However, most studies utilised only one out of three nutritional status indicatorsâ€“weight/age, height/age, or weight/height. These studies also show inconsistent results. This present study aims to examine nutritional status in under-five children by using all three indicators and associated factors which include motherâ€™s characteristics, nutrition intake, and childâ€™s history of infectious diseases.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a total sample of 100 under-five children who were randomly selected. Data on the motherâ€™s characteristics, nutrition intake, and childâ€™s history of infectious diseases were collected through structured interview with the mother, while data on nutritional status were obtained through measurements. Data were analysed using logistic regression to identify association between the nutritional status of under-five children with the motherâ€™s characteristics, nutrition intake, and childâ€™s history of infectious diseases.Results: There was no association between the nutritional status of under-five children based on weight/age, height/age, and weight/height with the motherâ€™s characteristics and nutrition intake. However, there was an association between the nutritional status of under-five children and childâ€™s history of infectious diseases with an adjusted odd ratio (AOR)=41.0 (95% CI: 12.10-139.14) for weight/age, AOR=3.52 (95%CI: 1.53-8.05) for height/age, and AOR=10.69 (95%CI: 1.31-87.11) for weight/height.Conclusions: Childâ€™s history of infectious diseases is the only determinant associated with nutritional status in under-five children based on weight/age, height/age, and weight/height. Prevention measures are required to prevent infection among children by improving environmental hygiene as well as providing prompt treatment for infectious diseases especially diarrhoea and upper-respiratory tract infection.
Early marriage as a risk factor for undernutrition among children aged under three years old in Gangga Subdistrict, North Lombok District
Authors: Suhartiningsih Suhartiningsih , Suariyani Ni Luh Putu , Karmaya Mangku
Published: September 2018

Background and purpose: The prevalence of severe and mild undernutrition among children aged under five years in North Lombok District is ranked second in West Nusa Tenggara Province after Bima City. The number of reported cases of early marriages in West Nusa Tenggara is higher than the national average. This study aims to examine the association between early marriages and undernutrition among children aged under three years in Gangga Subdistrict, North Lombok District.Methods: A case-control study was conducted with a total of 49 cases (severe undernourished children) and 98 controls (normal-weight children). A systematic random sampling was used to select all cases and controls from the health post register based on the weight/age indicator in Gangga Public Health Centre. Variables of sex and residency were matched between cases and controls. Data were collected from October to November 2016 through interviews with the mother at their house. Logistic regression using a software STATA SE 12.1 was employed to identify the association between early marriages and nutritional status of the children.Results: Cases and controls were comparable based on childrenâ€™s gender, motherâ€™s age, area of residency, employment status of mother, and family income. There were significant differences on childrenâ€™s age and motherâ€™s education. Multivariate analysis showed an association between the nutritional status and early marriages with adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=5.21 (95%CI: 1.36-19.95), the frequency of sickness over the last three months (AOR=1.93; 95%CI: 1.26-2.97) and low birth weight (AOR=14.12; 95%CI: 3.37-59.05).Conclusions: Early marriages, frequency of sickness over the last three months, and low birth weight are associated with undernutrition among children aged under three years. Preventative measures to prevent early marriages, child infections and low birth weight need to be enhanced.
The Making of an Avatar
Authors: Wolfers Alex
Published: September 2018

Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950), the revolutionary yogi of Pondicherry, was one of India's first global gurus of the modern age. Eluding easy classification, at different stages in his life he played the role of scholar, politician, poet, philosopher and mystic. Despite being the subject of considerable scholarship, Aurobindo has generally been presented as a disjointed figure, fragmented and constrained by disciplinary boundaries. Ongoing disputes within the wider Aurobindo community regarding his contested legacy have drawn attention to his (mis)appropriation by a resurgent Hindutva ethno-nationalism. Against the attempts by some to monumentalize Aurobindo as an infallible Avatar, this interdisciplinary review of the field of Aurobindo studies seeks to bring together a wide range of scholarly perspectives so as to serve as a meeting ground for multiple overlapping interpretations and future integral research. Indeed, only if we place Aurobindo's accession to Avatarhood in the context of his poetic, political and prophetic vision can we better understand how he reconciled the revolutionary and the mystic in his own life. Just as Aurobindo's theo-political reconfiguration of Hinduism under colonial conditions invokes an anticipatory horizon of individual and collective transformation, his conception of Avatarhood demands a mode of spiritual envisioning that sets the stage for utopian struggle.
Humanities for medical students: essential to their cultural competence and patient-engaged practices of care
Authors: Malpas Phillipa , Jowsey Tanisha
Published: September 2018

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Over the past 50 years, advances in medical technology have revolutionised the medical landscape. The ways in which patients, their families, and health professionals connect and interact together in the medical endeavour have also changed. At the same time as advances in medical technology resulted in tremendous gains for society, criticism began emerging that the patient as a whole person had been overshadowed by the disease the person had. The interface of medicine and the humanities concerns itself with our relationships with others, the ways in which we confront challenges to our mortality, how we understand human behaviour, and the meanings we give to situations within the medical context. In this paper we outline the genesis of a medical humanities programme at the University of Auckland, and how the programme has advanced over the past twenty years. The programme promotes important social aspects of medicine such as cultural competence and person-centred engaged care. It also encourages students to improve their academic and reflective writing skills. We discuss how one course within the programme promotes student cultural awareness of - and responsiveness to - Maori people and Deaf people. Specific attention is paid to current leading pedagogy, as well as how the use of space and language contribute to student learning. We conclude that medical humanities remains an essential and valued element in medical curricula.
Vipulanandanp–qmodel to predict the effect of pressurised water on the strengths of gypsum rock in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Authors: Mohammed Ahmed , Salih Nihad
Published: September 2018

In this study, the effects of soaking time and confining water pressure on the compressive and flexural strengths of rock due to the dissolution of gypsum content in rock samples with 96% gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) content collected from northern Iraq (Kurdistan Region) were investigated. Experiments on compressive strength and flexural strength were performed on gypsum rock samples in normal and pre-saturated conditions. The pre-saturated samples were submerged in distilled water for 35, 70 and 105 d and subjected to confined pressures of 0–0·5 MPa. Thermogravimetric analyses showed a notable reduction in the weight of gypsum rock between 25 and 120°C. Also, the total weight loss at 800°C for the field rock sample was 7·53%. The weight loss of the gypsum rock increased with increasing soaking time and confining water pressure. The gypsum content decreased by 11% under a soaking time of 105 d and a confining water pressure of 0·5 MPa with respect to the natural samples. The compressive strength of the normal gypsum rock was 19·6 MPa, and it decreased by 68 and 90% after 105 d of soaking under confining water pressures of 0 and 0·5 MPa, respectively. The flexural strength of the normal gypsum rock was 10·8 MPa, and it decreased by 65 and 91% after 105 d of soaking under confining water pressures of 0 and 0·5 MPa, respectively. Two non-linear constitutive models were used to simulate the experimental stress–strain relationships in various conditions. The constitutive model parameters were sensitive to the gypsum content. Based on the methods of the coefficients of determination (R2) and root mean square errors, the non-linear constitutive model (Vipulanandan p–q model) predicted the stress–strain behaviour for the gypsum rock very well.
Drained triaxial response of clay reinforced with sand columns
Authors: Najjar Shadi S. , Sadek Salah , Bou Lattouf Hani , Maalouf Yara
Published: September 2018

In ground-improvement applications involving stone columns in soft clays, the columns act as drains that facilitate partial drainage during practical load applications. Partial drainage could improve the short-term strength of the clay/column composite. The objective of this work was to bracket the range of loading conditions by investigating the fully drained response of clay/column composites through consolidated drained triaxial tests. The area replacement ratio, the column penetration ratio and the presence of geotextile encasement were varied in the testing programme. A maximum improvement of 69% was observed in the deviatoric stress for area replacement ratios of 31·7%. A comparison between identical drained and undrained tests indicated that the deviatoric stresses were higher in drained tests with the drained response representing an upper bound for the strength of the reinforced clay specimens. When the improvements observed in triaxial tests were compared with improvements witnessed in full-scale footing tests, the triaxial test results seemed to over predict the per cent improvement observed in the field bearing capacity.
Book review
Authors: Sousa Nuno
Published: September 2018

Designing for Cycle Traffic
Commercial activities as stimulators for entrepreneurial social spaces in residential neighbourhoods
Authors: Zhu Tianyu , Lu Qian
Published: September 2018

Since the Chinese economic reform, especially after the Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation rolled out in 2014, there has been an increase in entrepreneurial activities in planned innovative parks and urban residential neighbourhoods. This paper studies the entrepreneurial social spaces produced by adaptive commercial activities (ACAs), and its impact on spatial publicness. It is argued that ACAs can promote spatial publicness in urban residential neighbourhoods. ACAs foreground contradictions between housing policies and private interests. While physical and social spaces of the neighbourhood are modified, the contradictions are negotiated among entrepreneurs and residents in public. Case studies of three residential neighbourhoods in Beijing showed that ACAs in designated residential neighbourhoods are more effective than in designated mixed-use urban areas. Housing policies should provide the flexibility to tolerate ACAs. The construction of neighbourhoods with statistical mixed functions but fixed usage for each space should be avoided. Urban designers should be able to realise the potential of publicness in spaces both inside and around a neighbourhood.
Remedial Instructions for C-level ESL College Students with Severe Listening Disabilities
Authors: Zhang Xiuli
Published: September 2018

This paper suggested two strategies to improve the listening capacity for C-level ESL College Students with Severe Listening Disabilities: boosting self-confidence and providing pre-listening vocabulary support. Special instructions shall be adopted for C-level ESL College Students, for they encounter severe listening problems that are vital for their second language acquisition.
Exploring the Moves and Steps in TEFL M.A. Theses Introduction and Review of Literature PowerPoint Presentations: A Genre Analysis Approach
Authors: Pieketaleyee Azadeh , Bazargani Davood Taghipour
Published: September 2018

The use of technology has had great impacts on different aspects of our lives. Educational settings, in this regard, have been no exception, and technology is changing and affecting the way students learn and present academic endeavors. Among these is the use of computer assisted presentation of materials (PowerPoint in particular) that has received special attention when it comes to presenting the results of research such as students’ theses. This study investigates the moves and steps M.A. students of TEFL use in the introduction and review of literature sections while presenting their M.A. theses through PowerPoint. The findings showed that five basic units of M.A. theses (Introduction, Literature review, Method, Results and Discussion) are present as the rhetorical structuring of PowerPoint presentations. The findings of this study can have implications for students, teachers, material developers, curriculum designers and all those who wish to benefit from the genre theory and make use of it practically.
Research on the Teaching Model of Reading Literary Classics from the Cross-cultural Perspective
Authors: Wu Yan
Published: September 2018

College language courses in China should focus on the combination of carrying forward the excellent Chinese traditional culture and learning from foreign cultural achievements to guide students to see some aspect of the world in a world-wide sight. This paper advocates setting the curriculum which combines the introduction of the Western literary canons and the Chinese literary classics together. The purpose of this teaching model is to enhance the college students’ humanistic qualities with the new teaching philosophy, new curriculum, teaching content, and teaching methods.
La costumbre EN EL ORDENAMIENTO JURÍDICO PRIVADO COLOMBIANO: VISIÓN DESDE LA TEORÍA ANALÍTICA DEL DERECHO Y LA TEORÍA DE LA INTERACCIÓN ESTRATÉGICA
Authors: ESPINEL BENÍTEZ CARLOS ANÍBAL
Published: September 2018

En la dogmática jurídica tradicional, la Ley y la Costumbre son los modos de manifestación típicos del Derecho. En el siglo XX, de las tesis iusfilosóficas de Norberto Bobbio (1950), nace la Teoría Analítica del Derecho, según la cual, ‘el Derecho es el discurso prescriptivo del Legislador’. Dentro de este marco conceptual, la norma consuetudinaria ha recibido una atención residual como problema teórico; con todo, la Ley y la Costumbre han constituido fuente del Derecho desde lege data, es más, las mores maiorum han precedido cronológicamente a la Ley. Solo el estudio de Bruno Celano (1995), propone una posición moderada en la dialéctica analítica de Bobbio, dando lugar a la Teoría de la Interacción Estratégica; con esta, el profesor de la Universidad de Palermo, no pretermite la formación espontánea de las reglas sociales. No es intención del autor exponer un trabajo de teleología jurídica vasto, con una exposición detallada de núcleos iusfilosóficos que, desbordarían el natural contenido de una lección divulgadora. Sí se espera, sostener una defensa razonada, del importante rol de la Costumbre en el ordenamiento jurídico privado colombiano.
Revocatoria directa DE LOS ACTOS ADMINISTRATIVOS: ANÁLISIS FRENTE A LOS PRINCIPIOS CONSTITUCIONALES
Authors: NADER ORFALE RACHID FARID
Published: September 2018

La revocatoria directa de los actos administrativos se constituye en un mecanismo extraordinario respecto del cual la administración puede dejar sus efectos jurídicos en un acto administrativo. Sin embargo respecto de larevocatoria directa de los actos administrativos de carácter particular las distintas legislaciones que han regulado el tema así como los diferentes fallos jurisprudenciales en sentidos diferentes evidencian una latente tensión de principios que debe ser resuelta por el legislador o por el juez constitucio
DESCRIPCIÓN DE SUELOS REPRESENTATIVOS DE ÁREAS NATURALES CON PRESENCIA DE POBLACIONES DE CHILE CHILTEPIN (Capsicum annuun var. glabriusculum).
Authors: Bojórquez Pacheco E , Bojórquez Serrano JI , Herrera Romero JA , García Paredes JD , Can Chulim A
Published: September 2018

En el presente estudio se realizó una selección de cuatro sitios con alta presencia de poblaciones de chile silvestre en un área de 85 km2, correspondiente al municipio de Mocorito, Sinaloa, México. Mediante la observación en campo, se decidió realizar un perfil de suelo en cada uno de los sitios, el cual consistió en la descripción de campo, análisis físico-químico e hidrofísico y la clasificación de los diferentes tipos de suelo. De esta forma se logró identificar un tipo de suelo por cada población de chile silvestre, estos corresponden al tipo de suelo Vertisol, Fluvisol, Leptosol y Feozem.
Un réquiem al mítico punto “G”
Authors: Espitia De La Hoz Franklin J.
Published: September 2018

Objetivo: revisar la literatura presente, respecto a la evidencia científica existente, en relación al punto “G”.

 Materiales y métodos:

Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográﬁca en diferentes bases de datos electrónicas para identificar literatura relevante EBSCO, Elsevier, Interscience, Medline, Ovid, Pubmed, SciELO, Scopus (1950 al 2016), Cochrane Group (julio 31 del 2016) y libros de texto impresos, así como de revistas de sexología científica indexadas y sociedades sexológicas reconocidas como: Advances in Sexual Medicine, American Journal of Sexuality Education, British Journal of Sexual Medicine (BJSM),  European Journal of Sexual Health, Sexology and The Journal of Sexual Medicine; tratando de encontrar la mejor evidencia científica existente en relación al punto “G”.

 

Resultados:

Se revisaron 75 títulos, de los cuales 65 cumplían con nuestros criterios de selección, correspondientes a artículos de revisión, diseños de tipo transversal, casos y controles. El termino Punto “G”, no es un término usado en la anatomía humana; y no existen imágenes anatómicas ni ecográficas de dicho punto, por lo tanto, el punto “G” no existe; y a pesar de ser ampliamente aceptado entre las mujeres, los estudios anatómicos, bioquímicos e histológicos no han demostrado su existencia.

Conclusiones:

La literatura muestra que la vagina no tiene ninguna estructura anatómica que pueda desencadenar un orgasmo; y así como las teorías que afirmaban la existencia del punto “G”, por más de treinta años tuvieron su auge, hoy por hoy, la evidencia de su no existencia, también está cogiendo eco.
Monitoring and treatment of chronic patients through uHealth: Keys to sustainability (efficiency) and quality of care
Authors: Cabo-Salvador Javier , Velarde José Manuel , Cabo Muíños Verónica , De Castro Lozano Carlos , Ramos López Javier
Published: September 2018

This paper proposes an integrated model of social-health resources management. The authors present the actual challenges for health care, in an environment characterized by longer life expectancy and an increase in the number of patients with chronic pathologies, in a scenario of both, economic and financial crises. Their presentation includes management and financial issues, and the technological trends –such as the development of personalized and regenerative medicine– which will lead to an increase in health spending. The task of facing these challenges, they explain, cannot be postponed, the goals should be to improve: the efficiency in the use of health resources, the quality of health care and the level of patient satisfaction. Finally, they present some concepts about the application of information and communications technologies in health, show its relationship with the chronic patient care and present both, the current management models for this type of patient and the new proposed model.
Effects of blind channel equalization using the regressive accelerator algorithm version ɣ
Authors: Hurtado Sánchez Johanna Andrea , Jojoa Gómez Pablo Emilio
Published: September 2018

We present a blind channel equalization scheme, applied to ɣ version regressive acceleration algorithm, which uses self-taught equalization techniques to study the characteristics of both, the second and the higher order moments for the transmitted signal, used to calculate the signal of error and thus, to make an optimal estimation of the transmitted symbols. This way, simulations of the obtained results are done in comparison with the algorithms based on the stochastic gradient and with the Bussgang algorithms. The results of that simulations show how, using the regressive acceleration algorithm version ɣ, a better detection of transmitted bits and higher convergence speeds are obtained, with a minimum mean square error.
Splenic lymphangioma: a rare benign tumor in adults
Authors: Raza Mohammed , S. P. Preethi , P. Harish Kumar , Ali Mir Zeeshan , Jasuja Pranav
Published: September 2018

Primary benign tumors of the spleen are extremely rare and account for less than 0.007% of all tumors identified upon surgery and autopsy. Splenic lymphangioma is a rare malformation of the splenic lymphatic channels, mostly seen in children. It is characterized by the presence of cysts, resulting from increases in the size and number of thin-walled lymphatic vessels that are abnormally interconnected and dilated. We report the case of 45-year-old female, came with chief complaint of pain abdomen for 1 month. Radiological imaging showed multiple echogenic non-enhancing lesions with septate cystic changes. Splenectomy was done. HPE was reported as Splenic Lymphangioma. The clinical picture is variable; small lesions are often incidentally detected through imaging studies, while larger lesions can result in compression of organs, causing pain or rupture even after minor trauma. Therefore, splenic lymphangiomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of splenomegaly or left upper quadrant pain even among adults and should be immediately treated with splenectomy; delay in the therapeutic intervention can lead to life-threatening complications.
A rare case of glomus tumor of calcaneum
Authors: Yarky Anu , Kumar Vipan
Published: September 2018

When a young patient comes to our OPD with chronic heel pain, our first differential diagnosis is never a tumour. We always consider a possibility of calcaneal epiphysitis, or apophysitis. Glomus tumour itself is rare and that involving the bones is rarer. We are presenting here a case of an 11 year ­old girl with complaints of chronic pain in left heel. Plain radiograph revealed a lesion in her left calcaneum. CT scan was suggestive of hyper dense lesion in left calcaneum and possibilities of chondroma or osteoid osteoma were kept. The lesion was excised and microscopy revealed a glomus tumour comprising round to oval cells arranged around blood vessels. Aim of our study is to report such an unusual case of glomus tumour of bone in young patient without recurrence after resection.
GAMBARAN KLINIS DAN ANALISA CAIRAN SEREBROSPINAL PADA PASIEN MENINGITIS KRIPTOKOKUS DENGAN ATAU TANPA INFEKSI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS DI RUMAH SAKIT SHLV
Authors: Gunawan Pricilla Yani , Feliana Feliana , Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih
Published: September 2018

Meningitis kriptokokus adalah infeksi sistem saraf pusat dengan onset subakut atau kronis, disebabkan oleh sel ragi berkapsul Cryptococcus neoformans. Pasien dengan MK biasanya adalah pasien imunodefisiensi/imunokompromais. Di negara-negara Asia Tenggara, penyakit infeksi oportunistik yang sering dijumpai pada pasien Human Immnunodeficiency Virus (HIV) stadium lanjut adalah MK. Meningitis kriptokokus juga ditemukan pada riwayat penggunaan steroid sistemik, terapi immunosuppresive, transplantasi organ, gagal ginjal, keganasan, penyakit reumatik, diabetes melitus, dan systemic lupus erythematosus atau bahkan pada pasien yang imunokompeten sekalipun. Penelitian ini merupakan studi deskriptif retrospektif potong lintang yakni pengambilan data rekam medis hasil pemeriksaan neurologis dan analisa carian serebrospinal (CSS) penderita MK yang dirawat di Siloam Hospitals Lippo Village dari bulan Januari 2009 hingga September 2014. Teknik pengumupulan data pada penelitian ini dengan mengumpulkan data dari rekam medis. Dari 8 subyek penelitian yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi diperoleh hasil: pasien meningitis kriptokokus dengan HIV (+) sebanyak 6 orang (75%) dan dengan HIV (-) sebanyak 2 orang (25%). Proporsi pria dan wanita sebesar 3:1. Rentang usia subyek dari 4 hingga 55 tahun dimana sebagian besar subyek penelitian berusia sekitar 20-40 tahun dengan hasil pemeriksaan HIV (+). Saat masuk rumah sakit, secara keseluruhan gejala yang paling sering ditemukan pada subyek berupa nyeri kepala (87.5%). Meskipun memiliki sejumlah kelemahan data hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat bermanfaat bagi perkembangan neurologi khususnya neuroinfeksi di Banten. Di masa yang akan datang diharapkan dapat dilakukan penelitian dengan skala yang lebih besar dan komprehensif.