bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Time Trends in Incidence and Case Fatality of Ischemic Stroke
Authors: Vangen-Lønne Anne Merete , Wilsgaard Tom , Johnsen Stein Harald , Carlsson Maria , Mathiesen Ellisiv B.
Published: April 2015

Background and Purpose—

Ischemic stroke incidence has declined in industrialized countries the last decades, with possible exception for the youngest age groups. We estimated age- and sex-specific trends in incidence and case fatality of first-ever ischemic stroke between 1977 and 2010 in a Norwegian municipality.

Methods—

Age-adjusted time trends in incidence from 1977 to 2010 were estimated by fractional polynomial and Poisson regression, and case fatality by logistic regression in 36 575 participants of the population-based Tromsø Study.

Results—

There were 1214 first-ever ischemic strokes within a total follow-up time of 611 176 person-years. The overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence decreased by 24% in 1995 to 2010. In women aged 30 to 49 years, the incidence increased significantly from 1980 to 2010. In men aged 30 to 49 years, there was a nonsignificant, rising trend from 1977 to 2010. Men aged 50 to 64 years had similar incidence in 2010 compared with 1989. From the mid-1990s to 2010, the incidence declined significantly in women aged 50 to 74 years and in men aged 65 to 74 years, but remained stable in those aged ≥75 years. Case fatality decreased significantly in men aged 30 to 84 years from 1995 to 2010, whereas there was no significant change in women.

Conclusions—

Age-adjusted incidence of first-ever ischemic stroke increased in young women, declined in women aged 50 to 74 years and men aged 65 to 74 years and remained stable among the oldest. Case fatality declined in men aged 30 to 84 years, but not in women.
Hospital Costs Associated With Atrial Fibrillation for Patients With Ischemic Stroke Aged 18–64 Years in the United States
Authors: Wang Guijing , Joo Heesoo , Tong Xin , George Mary G.
Published: April 2015

Background and Purpose—

Hospital costs associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib) among patients with stroke have not been well-studied, especially among people aged <65 years. We estimated the AFib-associated hospital costs in US patients aged 18 to 64 years.

Methods—

We identified hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of ischemic stroke from the 2010 to 2012 MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters inpatient data sets, excluding those with capitated health insurance plans, aged <18 or >64 years, missing geographic region, hospital costs below the 1st or above 99th percentile, and having carotid intervention (n=40 082). We searched the data for AFib and analyzed the costs for nonrepeat and repeat stroke admissions separately. We estimated the AFib-associated costs using multivariate regression models controlling for age, sex, geographic region, and Charlson comorbidity index.

Results—

Of the 33 500 nonrepeat stroke admissions, 2407 (7.2%) had AFib. Admissions with AFib cost $4991 more than those without AFib ($23 770 versus $18 779). For the 6582 repeat stroke admissions, 397 (6.0%) had AFib. The costs were $3260 more for those with AFib than those without ($24 119 versus $20 929). After controlling for potential confounders, AFib-associated costs for nonrepeat stroke admissions were $4905, representing 20.6% of the total costs for the admissions. Both the hospital costs and the AFib-associated costs were associated with age, but not with sex. AFib-associated costs for repeat stroke admissions were not significantly higher than for non-AFib patients, except for those aged 55 to 64 years ($3537).

Conclusions—

AFib increased the hospital cost of ischemic stroke substantially. Further investigation on AFib-associated costs for repeat stroke admissions is needed.
Type of Anesthesia and Differences in Clinical Outcome After Intra-Arterial Treatment for Ischemic Stroke
Authors: van den Berg Lucie A. , Koelman Diederik L.H. , Berkhemer Olvert A. , Rozeman Anouk D. , Fransen Puck S.S. , Beumer Debbie , Dippel Diederik W. , van der Lugt Aad , van Oostenbrugge Robert J. , van Zwam Wim H. , Brouwer Patrick A. , Jenniskens Sjoerd , Boiten Jelis , Lycklama à Nijeholt Geert A. , Vos Jan Albert , Schonewille Wouter J. , Majoie Charles B.L.M. , Roos Yvo B.W.E.M. ,   Participating centers, de Bruijn Sebastiaan , van Dijk Lukas , Kappelle Jaap , Lo Rob , de Kort Paul , van Rooij Willem Jan , Hofmeijer Jeannette , van Oostayen Jacques , van Dijk Ewoud , de Vries Joost , Schreuder Tobien , Heijboer Roel , Vroomen Patrick , Eshghi Omid , Aerden Leo , Dallinga René , van den Berg Jan , van Hasselt Boudewijn , den Hertog Heleen , Tielbeek Alexander , Wermer Marieke , van Walderveen Marianne
Published: April 2015

Background and Purpose—

Intra-arterial treatment (IAT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) can be performed with or without general anesthesia (GA). Previous studies suggested that IAT without the use of GA (non-GA) is associated with better clinical outcome. Nevertheless, no consensus exists about the anesthetic management during IAT of AIS patients. This study investigates the association between type of anesthesia and clinical outcome in a large cohort of patients with AIS treated with IAT.

Methods—

All consecutive patients with AIS of the anterior circulation who received IAT between 2002 and 2013 in 16 Dutch hospitals were included in the study. Primary outcome was functional outcome on the modified Rankin Scale at discharge. Difference in primary outcome between GA and non-GA was estimated using multiple ordinal regression analysis, adjusting for age, stroke severity, occlusion of the internal carotid artery terminus, previous stroke, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes mellitus.

Results—

Three hundred forty-eight patients were included in the analysis; 70 patients received GA and 278 patients did not receive GA. Non-GA was significantly associated with good clinical outcome (odds ratio 2.1, 95% confidence interval 1.02–4.31). After adjusting for prespecified prognostic factors, the point estimate remained similar; statistical significance, however, was lost (odds ratio 1.9, 95% confidence interval 0.89–4.24).

Conclusions—

Our study suggests that patients with AIS of the anterior circulation undergoing IAT without GA have a higher probability of good clinical outcome compared with patients treated with general anesthesia.
God’s Mission Challenges from the Otherness
Authors: Zwetsch Roberto E.
Published: April 2015

This article raises relevant aspects of the dialogue missiology regarding Abya Yala religions and cultures. It is based on the concept of missio Dei as critical to the Christian missionary experience in Latin America, and discusses some historical examples, including Bartolomé de Las Casas, José de Acosta, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and Jorge Benci, in order to arrive at the proposals for inculturation and interculturality, as the present day challenges to innovative missionary action. It declares respect and love for the ‘other’ as the starting point for a journey responding to the passion of the God of Life for humanity and dignity of all peoples and cultures. It tries to rewrite mission theology as a ‘decolonizing’ task, at a time and in a world dominated by Western culture. This requires a difficult, but essential, ‘intercultural decentering’ (Josef Estermann), which is both a rupture and a personal, philosophical, theological and pastoral conversion in this direction. Examples derived from ‘critical Pentecostal’ theology can help us in this intent.
Ecofeminism: New Liberation Paths for Women and Nature
Authors: Caro Olga Consuelo Vélez
Published: April 2015

The deterioration of the environment and the responsibilities of faith have led theology to search for new paths of response and transformation. Hence, ecofeminism responds to this challenge, by making a creative link between the domination experienced by women and nature. Women and nature are not identified as one, but they can be allies in a search for common liberation. In this article, these possibilities are explored; their limits and ranges are discussed, and new paths for epistemological and theological renovation are proposed. These paths are capable of strengthening ecological responsibility and, simultaneously, weakening the patriarchal mentality as well as the predator capitalist system, with the harmful consequences they have brought to the history of humankind.
Notes on Socio-Cultural Changes in Latin America
Authors: Fajardo Juan M.
Published: April 2015

The author reflects on the challenges to theology arising from a sociocultural and religious context. This is the result of varied and complex changes that have taken place in Latin America during the last decades. The analysis pays attention to features of this sociocultural and religious configuration such as the changes occurring in daily life, the intergenerational relationships, new ways of living religious life, and a new understanding of the position of human beings within the ecosystem. This context poses several challenges to the Latin-American theological task at the epistemological and at the methodological levels, and also to value the contributions that these theological approaches have made.
Case Comment: The Unconstitutionality of Article 51 of the Jordanian Arbitration Law No. 31 of 2001
Authors: Madi Ramzi
Published: April 2015

The article comments on a Jordanian Constitutional Court decision No. 2 for the year 2013 on whether Article 51 of the Arbitration Law No. 31 of 2001 is in violation of the provisions of Article 6(1) and Article 128(1) of the Constitution. The author review the relevant provisions of the Arbitration Law and consider the problems raised by the Constitutional Court’s decision.
ANTONIUS VON PFaRR UND MATTHAus HUMMEL: ZWEI GELEHRTE AUTOREN DES 15. JAHRHUNDERTS IM SPIEGEL HISTORISCHER ZEUGNISSE
Authors: Bärmann Michael
Published: April 2015

Der vorliegende Beitrag unternimmt den Versuch, mittels einer Zusammenstellung und einer personengeschichtlichen Analyse einer Reihe von historischen Zeugnissen zu Antonius von Pforr und Matthäus Hummel Konturen eines frühhumanistischen Beziehungsgeflechts nachzuzeichnen, die sich aufgrund gemeinsamer Auftritte der genannten Autorpersönlichkeiten nicht nur im Rahmen mehrerer Hofgerichtssitzungen, sondern auch über verschiedene Karriereschritte Pforrs und Hummels rekonstruieren lassen. Angesichts eines erweiterten Untersuchungshorizonts erhebt sich dariiber hinaus die Frage, ob und wie weit unter Umständen auch Niklas von Wyle in einem solchen Beziehungsfeld anzusiedeln sein könnte,
ANTIKE POESIE, HUMANISTISCHE PÄDAGOGIK UND EIDGENÖSSISCHE POLITIK
Authors: Günthart Romy
Published: April 2015

Im Jahre 1518 erschien in der Basler Offizin von Johannes Froben eine lateinischgriechische Ausgabe der Fabeln des Äsop, in deren Vorrede die Berner Tagsatzung des Jahres 1514 erwähnt wird, auf der der Sittener Bischof Matthäus Schiner die Eidgenossen durch das Erzählen einer Fabel davon abgebracht haben soll, ein Bündnis mit dem französischen König einzugehen. Der Artikel analysiert die genannte Anekdote und die Vorrede insgesamt in ihrem Iiterarischen und zeitgeschichtlichen Kontext. Dabei werden zum einen die vielfältigen Verflechtungen der kulturellen und politischen Eliten Basels mit dem Sittener Bischof aufgezeigt, zum anderen wird dargelegt, daß als tatsächlicher Verfasser der Vorrede, die unter dem Namen des Druckers Johannes Froben publiziert wurde, aus inhaltlichen wie außertextuellen Gründen Erasmus von Rotterdam angenommen werden kann.
FREMDE FEDERN
Authors: Seelbach Ulrich
Published: April 2015

Die ältere Quellen- und Zitatforschung zu François Rabelais und Johann Fischart hat in speziellen Untersuchungen und Kommentaren einen gewichtigen Beitrag auch zur Ermittlung der Mitarbeit des Lesers bei der Lektüre des Gargantua und der Geschichtklitterung, des Catalogus catalogorum und des Eulenspiegel reimen weis erbracht. Die Brauchbarkeit und Zuverlässigkeit dieser Forschungsbeiträge für die 'intertextuelle Dimension' der Texte wird eingehend bewertet. Im zweiten Teil wird das Interesse der Interpreten an der Ermittlung von 'Leserquellen' eruiert und nach dem Erkenntnisgewinn intertextueller Perspektiven anband einiger neuerer Publikationen gefragt.
MODELS OF WRITING IN EYEWITNESS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
Authors: Mortimer Geoffrey
Published: April 2015

This article is based upon a study of more than seventy eyewitness personal accounts, which are a valuable source of information about the nature of the Thirty Years War as perceived by participants and the affected population. Many of the writers were unpractised at any form of literary activity, and for most their account of the war would probably have been their most complex and extensive piece of free composition. All writing is influenced by models, general forms with which the writer is familiar or specific examples which he or she has read, and this study examines the available models in mid-seventeenth century Germany, and traces their influences in these eyewitness accounts.
DER ZÄCH-BRUDER SPIEGEL 1654 - KEINE SCHRIFT MOSCHEROSCHS
Authors: Schäfer Walter E.
Published: April 2015

Der in einzelnen Bibliographien Moscherosch zugeschriebene Traktat Zäch-Bruder Spiegel erweist sich als eine der Trunkenheitsliteratur zugehörige Schrift eines Katholiken. Sie gehört nicht zum Werk Moscheroschs.
NEU GEFUNDENE TEXTE DES DEUTSCHEN BAROCK AUS BRITISCHEN BESTÄNDEN
Authors: Kelly W.A.
Published: April 2015

Der Beitrag bietet eine Edition von neu aufgefundenen lateinischen Gedichten deutscher Barockautoren aus Hochschulschriften in Beständen britischer Bibliotheken.
II
Authors: Vredeveld Harry
Published: April 2015

These philological notes are intended to supplement my earlier article: Materials for a New Commentary to Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff. In: Daphnis 26 (1997), pp. 553-651.
CZEPKO ALS REUCHLIN-LESER
Authors: Mundt Lothar
Published: April 2015

Bei dem kleinen, Intelligentia überschriebenen lateinischen Text aus dem Nachlaß Daniel Czepkos handelt es sich nicht um eine eigene Schrift dieses Autors, sondern um ein Exzerpt aus Buch 3 von Johannes Reuchlins De arte cabalistica.
WAR ES EIN JAGD UNFALL? ZU JOHANN BEERS TOD
Authors: Kremer Manfred
Published: April 2015

Während die Fakten bezüglich der Verletzung Johann Beers bei einem "Vogelschießen", die zu seinem Tode führte, unbestritten sind, herrscht in der Forschungsliteratur bis heute Verwirrung, was diese Veranstaltung selbst betrifft. Die zu beobachtende Unklarheit beruht dabei lediglich auf dem regional unterschiedlichen Sprachgebrauch der jeweiligen Interpreten. Anhand von Zitaten aus Beers "Autobiographie" kann die Natur dieses "Vogelschießens" jedoch eindeutig erschlossen werden.
NORM, KRITIK, AUTORITÄT
Authors: Robert Jörg
Published: April 2015

Das Konzept der imitatio veterum zählt zu den grundlegenden Denkmustem rinascimentaler Poetik und Kultur. Im Rahmen der sog. Ciceronianismus-Debatte geht es dabei vor allem urn die Frage nach dem Verbindlichkeitsstatus literarischer Modelle, namentlich Ciceros. Am Beispiel der literarkritischen Korrespondenz De imitatione zwischen Giovanfrancesco Pico della Mirandola (1470-1533) und dem 'Ciceronianer' Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) läßt sich zeigen, daß in der Nachahmungskontroverse darüber hinaus Grundprobleme der Renaissance-Episterne implizit mitverhandelt werden. Picos Eintreten für eine eingeborene 'idea loquendi' als normativer Instanz verweist dabei auf Positionen seines erkenntniskritischen Hauptwerkes Examen vanitatis doctrinae gentium. Entwertet wird in beiden Schriften nicht nur eine pagane Autorität, sondem vor allem der epistemologische Wert sensualistischer Prämissen in der Urteilsbegründung. Täuschungsfreie und mithin normative Urteile sind für Pico demgegenüber nur im Rekurs auf eine regulative idea innata bzw. durch göttliche 'Illumination' zu gewinnen.
1563 – ca. 1621
Authors: Brand Peter , Rudin Bärbel
Published: April 2015

Führender Kopf der kontinentalen Erwerbsmigration englischer Bühnenangehöriger im Zeitalter Shakespeares war der Prinzipal Robert Browne. Auf den Stationen seiner Laufbahn, insbesondere seit 1592 als Wegbereiter des Berufstheaters im deutschen Sprachraum, konturiert sich die logistische, administrative und geschlechterspezifische Praxis des Tourneebetriebs und der höfischen Engagements, ferner als Vorteil eine Paarung von performativer Kunstfertigkeit mit Kaufmannsgeist. Davon profitierte nach Landgraf Moritz von Hessen-Kassel und dem französischen König Henri IV auch der polnische Königshof als Magnet weiträumiger Migrationsstrategien, die Browne, sein Kompagnon John Green und sein Schwiegersohn Robert Reynolds am Vorabend des Dreißigjährigen Krieges noch eingeleitet hatten. Aus dieser Schule kamen die “alt Englischen Comoedianten” der ersten Friedensjahre.
MANIERISMUS DES NIEDRIGEN
Authors: Robert Jörg
Published: April 2015

Paul Schede Melissus (1539-1602) zählt zu den zentralen Figuren des deutschen Späthumanismus im Vorfeld der Opitz’schen Vers- und Literaturreform. Dies gilt vor allem für seine neulateinische Lyrik, dokumentiert in den Schediasmata poetica (1574, 1575, 1586 und Meletemata pia, 1595), aber auch für seine Versuche, romanische Formen systematisch in die deutsche Volkssprache zu übertragen (Übersetzung des ‘Hugenottenpsalters’, 1572). Neben diesen Zyklen haben sich eine Reihe deutscher Dichtungen erhalten, die J. W. Zincgref im Anhang seiner Edition der Teutschen Poemata des Martin Opitz (1624) publizierte. An einem prominenten Beispiel aus diesem Korpus sucht der Beitrag Schedes subtiles Spiel mit hybriden Gattungstraditionen und Diskursen (Lied, neulateinische Lyrik, Petrarkismus, Emblematik) zu beschreiben und so ein Schlaglicht auf die (vielfach ungenutzten) Optionen einer deutschen Kunstdichtung um 1600 zu werfen.
BELLUM OMNE FLAGRET!
Authors: Dijkstra Roald , Hermans Erik
Published: April 2015

Jacob Balde was in close contact with important persons such as the palatinate Maximilian I and the French diplomat D’Avaux. The latter was an influential participant of the Westphalian peace negotiations. Balde showed his political commitment by the dedication of the ninth book of his Silvae to D’Avaux. This article tries to put the publication of Silvae 9 in its historical context. Furthermore, it provides the first integral and literal translation as well as a commentary on Silvae 9.26 — the last political poem of that collection. This poem bears witness to Balde’s desire for peace, for it summons the negotiators, after a fictitiously concluded peace, not to set off fireworks, but to burn all the armaments of the war.
WISSENSTRANSFER ZWISCHEN LATINITAS UND VOLKSSPRACHE
Authors: Wuttke Ulrike
Published: April 2015

In diesem Artikel wird das eschatologische Gedankengut in der mittelniederländischen Weltchronik Spiegel Historiael anhand der Endkaiserlegende in Bezug auf den mittelalterlichen lateinischen eschatologischen Diskurs untersucht. Dabei wird insbesondere der Frage nachgegangen, welche Aussagen der Vergleich mit der lateinischen Vorlage über das Endzeitdenken von Laien zulässt. Es wird argumentiert, dass die Ausarbeitung der Endkaiserlegende im eschatologischen Epilog des Spiegel Historiael durch das apokalyptische Weltbild des mittelniederländischen Autors Lodewijk van Velthem und nicht unbedingt durch das Weltbild oder den literarischen Geschmack des laikalen Publikums zu erklären ist. Es ist nicht auszuschließen, dass Velthem mit der Wahl seiner Materie und der Präsentationsform seiner individuellen apokalyptischen Sichtweise auf die ihn umgebende Geschichte Ausdruck verleiht.
DIALOGISCHER TRANSFER
Authors: Meise Helga
Published: April 2015

Gegenstand des Beitrags sind die drei Bände “Gallica”, die der Heidelberger Kirchenrat Marcus zum Lamm (1544-1606) in seinen Thesaurus picturarum (1566-1606) einrückt. Die selbstgeschriebene Enzyklopädie, die der Kirchenrat über 40 Jahre lang aus selbst verfassten und kompilierten Texten, einmontierten Flugblättern und Zeichnungen handschriftlich erstellt und beständig ergänzt hat, setzt einen Transfer von Kontakten und Wissen in Gang, der dialogisch strukturiert ist, wie die Materialität der Bände, die Beziehungen zwischen Text und Bild, zwischen offenem und geschlossenem Text sowie die Aussagen Lamms über seine Autorschaft exemplarisch vorführen.
DIE GEISTLICHE HIRTEN-FREUDE
Authors: Rathey Markus
Published: April 2015

Der Beitrag untersucht das bisher unbekannte Libretto eines musikalischen Weihnachtsspiels, das 1685 in Leipzig vom Collegium musicum aufgeführt wurde. Das Libretto wurde von dem Leipziger Poeten Paul Thymich verfasst und die (verschollene) Musik stammt von Johann Magnus Knüpfer. Ein späterer Librettodruck belegt überdies eine gottesdienstliche Aufführung in Jena im Jahre 1693, wo es zudem als Vorlage für zwei Passionsoratorien gedient hat. Das Libretto des Weihnachtsspiels zeigt Einflüsse von Christian Weises Versuchen, die klassische Bukolik durch Verwendung biblischer Themen zu ‘christianisieren’. Es kombiniert die Paraphrase der biblischen Weihnachtsgeschichte mit einer bukolischen Szene, in der die Hirten Namen aus der alttestamentlichen Tradition tragen. Das Stück gehört gleichermaßen zur Vorgeschichte der Leipziger Oper, deren Librettist Thymich ab 1693 war, als auch zur Frühgeschichte des deutschsprachigen Oratoriums.
GESPART AM ‘TITUL-BIER’?
Authors: Donien Jürgen
Published: April 2015

Der Artikel beschreibt eine bislang unbekannte Druckvariante der Ausgabe von Moscheroschs Gesichten Philanders von Sittewald aus dem Jahr 1643. Diese Variante, die sich vom bekannten Druck lediglich in den Paratexten unterscheidet, lässt sich aufgrund verschiedener Indizien als ‘Korrektur’ eines vom Buchdrucker wohl als fehlerhaft empfundenen
ersten Drucks verstehen.
POLEN DES 17. JAHRHUNDERTS IN DER DEUTSCHSPRACHIGEN PRESSE
Authors: Zientara Włodzimierz
Published: April 2015

Die von der Presse des 17. Jahrhunderts überlieferten Nachrichten über Polen sind eine der wichtigsten Quellen überhaupt. Sie gehen oft ins Detail, vor allem auf der Ebene des politischen Geschehens und der Kriegshandlungen. Die Autoren zeitgenössischer Kompilationen, aber auch seriöser Druckwerke wie das Theatrum Europaeum, lieferten sie an den Leser weiter. Das Bild des Landes und des Volkes wurde also zum wesentlichen Teil von der Presse geprägt.
MIT GESPALTENER ZUNGE
Authors: Harst Joachim
Published: April 2015

Der Beitrag arbeitet markante Modifikationen von Opitz’ Antigone-Übersetzung auf syntaktischer, stilistischer und semantischer Ebene heraus: Während die sophokleische Tragödie vom Oxymoron geprägt ist, zeichnet sich Opitz’ Übersetzung durch die Klärung des paradoxen Ausdrucks zur äußerlichen Antithese aus. Dank ihr kann die Tragödie als moralisches Exempel präsentiert werden. Der Grund für diese Umdichtung wird im rhetorischen Sprachverständnis des Übersetzers gesucht: Die Eigenart seines “Teutschs” (und des von ihm geprägten Trauerspiels) liegt in der zwiespältigen Orientierung an griechischer Tragödie und lateinischer Gerichtsrhetorik begründet.
DAS GRÜNDUNGSEPOS DER RÖMERSTADT AGUNTUM VON JOSEPH RESCH
Authors: Schaffenrath Florian
Published: April 2015

Ovid beschreibt im ersten Buch seiner Metamorphosen am Übergang zwischen der Daphne- und der Io-Geschichte den Fluss Peneus, der am Pindus entspringt und durch das Tempetal fließt. Die Beschreibung dieses Flusses war der Ausgangspunkt für Joseph Resch, der sie im Jahr 1772 auf die Drau (Dravus) übertrug und dabei ein Kurzepos über den Ursprung der Römerstadt Aguntum in der Nähe von Lienz in Osttirol schuf.
New substitute name for the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)
Authors: ZHANG DAO-WEI , CHEN JING
Published: April 2015

The braconid genus Napo was established by Shaw (2012) for a single species Napo townsendi Shaw, 2012 from Napo Province, Ecuador. However, the genus name Napo is preoccupied and was initially introduced by Linnavuori & DeLong (1976) for a deltocephalinae leafhopper genus with Napo brazosellus Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976 as the type species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Thus, the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 is a junior homonym of the genus Napo Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976. According to Article 60 of the ICZN (2015), we propose the new replacement name Yanayacu nom. nov. for Napo Shaw, 2012. The resulting nomenclatural changes are summarized below.
Monochoroterpes, a replacement name for Monophyllus Kluge, 2012 (Insecta: Ephemeroptera), nec Monophyllus Leach, 1821 (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
Authors: KLUGE NIKITA J. , JACOBUS LUKE M.
Published: April 2015

The genus group name Monophyllus Kluge, 2012 was established to include a single species of the mayfly family Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Hainan Island, China, Choroterpes (Monophyllus) monophyllus Kluge, 2012. Unfortunately, this name is preoccupied by Monophyllus Leach, 1821, a genus of Phyllostomidae bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Antilles (type species: M. redmani Leach, 1821: 76). Therefore, we propose a replacement name for the mayfly genus group as follows.
Two new species of Amazophrynella (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Loreto, Peru
Authors: ROJAS ROMMEL R. , CARVALHO VINÍCIUS TADEU DE , ÁvilA Robson W. , FARIAS IZENI PIRES , GORDO MARCELO , HRBEK TOMAS
Published: April 2015

Amazophrynella is a taxonomically poorly known bufonid genus with a pan-Amazonian distribution. A large part of this ambiguity comes from taxonomic uncertainties regarding the type species A. minuta. In this study we compare morphological and molecular data of topotypic specimens of A. minuta with all other nomical congeneric species. Based on these comparisons, we describe two new species. The first species, A. amazonicola sp. nov., differs from other recognized congeners by having a tip of snout with a small triangular protrusion (in dorsal and lateral view), spiculated body and basal webbing on fingers I and II. The second species, A. matses sp. nov., differs from congeners by the smallest snout to vent length of the genus, edges of nasal protrusion dilated and elliptical shape palmar tubercles. The two species are allopatric, where the first species is known to be associated with white sand forests (=campinaranas), while the second inhabits upland (=terra firme) forests. Both species are diagnosable by a series of substitutions in the 16S rDNA, and both species are highly divergent from their sister taxa (p-distances range from 7–14%)
Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert from southern Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new species
Authors: SAMOH ABDULLOH , BOONROTPONG SINGTOE , GROOTAERT PATRICK
Published: April 2015

The genus Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002 is reported for the first time from Thailand in particular from mangroves on the coast of the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand. Three species were found: N. murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002, N. sivasothii Grootaert & Puniamoorthy, 2014 and N. chutamasae sp. nov. The latter species is described and illustrated and a key to all four known species is provided. COI barcode data showed that the new species is most closely related to N. murphyi with a genetic distance of 7%. The distance with the other species is 11 to 12%.
Description of the male of Dolomedes raptoroides Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae)
Authors: DA SILVA ESTEVAM L. CRUZ , GIBBONS ANNE , SIERWALD PETRA
Published: April 2015

Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 is the most diverse genus in Pisauridae, with 98 described species and a wide range of distribution on every continent, except Antarctica (World Spider Catalog 2014). The genus has never been comprehensively revised. Roewer’s (1955) monograph covered African species of the genus; Carico (1973) revised the Nearctic species; Vink & Dupérré 2010 revised the four Dolomedes species of New Zealand.
The METCRAX II Field Experiment: A Study of Downslope Windstorm-Type Flows in Arizona’s Meteor Crater
Authors: Lehner Manuela , Whiteman C. David , Hoch Sebastian W. , Crosman Erik T. , Jeglum Matthew E. , Cherukuru Nihanth W. , Calhoun Ronald , Adler Bianca , Kalthoff Norbert , Rotunno Richard , Horst Thomas W. , Semmer Steven , Brown William O. J. , Oncley Steven P. , Vogt Roland , Grudzielanek A. Martina , Cermak Jan , Fonteyne Nils J. , Bernhofer Christian , Pitacco Andrea , Klein Petra
Published: April 2015

The second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II) was conducted in October 2013 at Arizona’s Meteor Crater. The experiment was designed to investigate nighttime downslope windstorm−type flows that form regularly above the inner southwest sidewall of the 1.2-km diameter crater as a southwesterly mesoscale katabatic flow cascades over the crater rim. The objective of METCRAX II is to determine the causes of these strong, intermittent, and turbulent inflows that bring warm-air intrusions into the southwest part of the crater. This article provides an overview of the scientific goals of the experiment; summarizes the measurements, the crater topography, and the synoptic meteorology of the study period; and presents initial analysis results.
The Impact of Parameterized Convection on the Simulation of Crop Processes
Authors: Garcia-Carreras L. , Challinor A. J. , Parkes B. J. , Birch C. E. , Nicklin K. J. , Parker D. J.
Published: April 2015

Global climate and weather models are a key tool for the prediction of future crop productivity, but they all rely on parameterizations of atmospheric convection, which often produce significant biases in rainfall characteristics over the tropics. The authors evaluate the impact of these biases by driving the General Large Area Model for annual crops (GLAM) with regional-scale atmospheric simulations of one cropping season over West Africa at different resolutions, with and without a parameterization of convection, and compare these with a GLAM run driven by observations. The parameterization of convection produces too light and frequent rainfall throughout the domain, as compared with the short, localized, high-intensity events in the observations and in the convection-permitting runs. Persistent light rain increases surface evaporation, and much heavier rainfall is required to trigger planting. Planting is therefore delayed in the runs with parameterized convection and occurs at a seasonally cooler time, altering the environmental conditions experienced by the crops. Even at high resolutions, runs driven by parameterized convection underpredict the small-scale variability in yields produced by realistic rainfall patterns. Correcting the distribution of rainfall frequencies and intensities before use in crop models will improve the process-based representation of the crop life cycle, increasing confidence in the predictions of crop yield. The rainfall biases described here are a common feature of parameterizations of convection, and therefore the crop-model errors described are likely to occur when using any global weather or climate model, thus remaining hidden when using climate-model intercomparisons to evaluate uncertainty.
The Job Hunt
Authors: Stephens Cathy
Published: April 2015

In this column, part of a satirical issue, the author discusses which fonts to use on résumés, how to get a signature on reference letters, and whether college grades matter to employers.
Electronic Assessment System Transforms Schools
Authors: Sailler Robert
Published: April 2015

In this satirical article, the author discusses the impact of electronic assessment systems on a school, ranging from academic rigor to students’ behavior.
Parents and Teachers Unite to Maximize Student Achievement
Authors: Young Donna
Published: April 2015

In this satirical article, the author shows readers what her classroom looks like now that families are immersed in their children’s education and wholly supportive of her efforts.
School Makes Bold Move in Banning Pencils
Authors: Spencer John
Published: April 2015

In this satirical article, school officials struggle to manage a new “papering” movement. Instead of using slates and chalk, students are using pencils and paper tablets to do their schoolwork, play games, and write notes to each other. Officials contemplate the pros and cons of banning pencils and returning to slates to restore order to the classrooms.
The Education Poll That Confirms Your Deepest Fears
Authors: Cress Kaitlyn , Vilson José Luis , Orphal Dave , Dillon Bob , Lawerence-Kauk Heather
Published: April 2015

In this fake, satirical education poll, the public weighs in on curriculum, assessment, influence over what’s taught in schools, classroom management, and the biggest problem facing schools. Education experts provide analysis of the poll’s data.
The Ultimate Top 10 Teaching Tips to Make Your ELLs Soar!
Authors: Pillars Wendi
Published: April 2015

In this satirical article, the author offers 10 tips for teaching English to nonnative speakers.
Why I Teach
Authors: Brown Dan
Published: April 2015

In this satirical column, the author explains why teaching is all about money.
Flexible ceramic-elastomer composite piezoelectric energy harvester fabricated by additive manufacturing
Authors: Park Jae-Il , Lee Gil-Yong , Yang Jinkyu , Kim Chung-Soo , Ahn Sung-Hoon
Published: April 2015

As a renewable energy harvesting method, interest in piezoelectric energy harvesting has increased significantly. Despite the piezoelectric energy-harvesting technology expanding its area to the flexible (elastic, amendable) devices, striking use or application of the technology is hardly found in the market. Here, we report a novel flexible piezoelectric energy harvester fabricated by using an additive manufacturing process, which enables both effective and customized manufacturing technique. By taking advantages of additive manufacturing, further application of the piezoelectric energy-harvesting technology is highly expected. Particles of BaTiO3, a ceramic with a large piezoelectric constant, were mixed with polyether block amide elastomer to form a flexible piezoelectric composite. The energy harvester was fabricated using an additive manufacturing process, by printing the piezoelectric composite on a laser-patterned flexible Indium-tin-oxide–coated polyethylene terephthalate substrate. Performance of fabricated energy harvester was evaluated by applying a mechanical stress to the energy harvester; voltage and current output were 2 V and 40 nA, respectively. An analytical model of the piezoelectric energy harvester was developed and discussed to explain the form of the voltage waveforms in response to the applied stress.
The Ontological Representation of Death
Authors: Testoni Ines , Ancona Dorella , Ronconi Lucia
Published: April 2015

Since the borders between natural life and death have been blurred by technique, in Western societies discussions and practices regarding death have became infinite. The studies in this area include all the most important topics of psychology, sociology, and philosophy. From a psychological point of view, the research has created many instruments for measuring death anxiety, fear, threat, depression, meaning of life, and among them, the profiles on death attitude are innumerable. This research presents the validation of a new attitude scale, which conjoins psychological dimensions and philosophical ones. This scale may be useful because the ontological idea of death has not yet been considered in research. The hypothesis is that it is different to believe that death is absolute annihilation than to be sure that it is a passage or a transformation of one’s personal identity. The hypothetical difference results in a greater inner suffering caused by the former idea. In order to measure this possibility, we analyzed the correlation between Testoni Death Representation Scale and Beck Hopelessness Scale, Suicide Resilience Inventory-25, and Reasons for Living Inventory. The results confirm the hypothesis, showing that the representation of death as total annihilation is positively correlated to hopelessness and negatively correlated to resilience.
Japanese Undergraduates’ Attitudes Toward Students Survivors of Parental Suicide
Authors: Yamanaka Akira
Published: April 2015

This study investigated Japanese undergraduates’ attitudes toward a fellow student whose parent has died by suicide. One hundred thirty-four participants responded to four versions of a brief fictional case describing a male undergraduate whose father had died. These presented fictional cases described the cause of the death as being suicide, cancer, AIDS, or murder. Results indicated that participants had more negative attitudes toward the suicide survivor student than the nonstigmatized death (cancer) survivor. Further, results indicated that participants viewed suicide survivors as more to blame for the death and had a more negative image of them than of the other stigmatized death (AIDS and murder) survivors.
Talent management
Authors: Smith Richard
Published: April 2015

In November 2014, the first cohort of direct entry superintendents began an 18-month training course to enable them to bring their skills and experiences from previous careers into senior leadership roles in policing. As one of many controversial recommendations made by Sir Tom Winsor’s review of police remuneration and conditions, this policy has been subject to significant scrutiny. This article argues that much of the narrative surrounding this new pathway into policing has been unhelpful and that it is time for a new mood. By considering the wider discipline of talent management, there is some useful learning, often described as the ‘war for talent’, that the police service will need to embrace. By considering direct entrants as different rather than better, it is argued that a more supportive narrative will develop.
The Reconstruction of Community College Vocational Education
Authors: Harbour Clifford P. , Wolgemuth Jennifer R.
Published: April 2015

Objective:

The purpose of this article is to explain how central points developed in Dewey’s 1916 Democracy and Education provide the rationale needed to adopt institutional and policy recommendations made by Grubb and Lazerson in their 2004 book, The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling.

Method:

The central points of Grubb and Lazerson’s work, and the policy agenda offered to guide reforms, are reviewed.

Results:

The authors describe how a Deweyan view of education and democracy may provide the motivation and guidance needed to move forward on the Grubb and Lazerson agenda to benefit community college vocational education.

Contributions:

The argument advanced in this article reveals that a meaningful reconstruction of community college vocational education will require implementation of institutional reforms and public policy reforms. This reconstruction will also require, however, a normative vision to motivate policy makers, educators, and citizens.
Manufacturing Landmarks in New York City Parks
Authors: Reichl Alexander
Published: April 2015

Recently, derelict artifacts of the industrial age such as railroad tracks and gantry cranes have emerged as prominent aesthetic features in New York City’s newest parks. This article documents and analyzes this new practice of historic preservation in three new parks, including the internationally acclaimed High Line. Socioeconomic data confirm that these industrial-themed parks exist in neighborhoods marked by dramatic postindustrial change. I argue that the trends are interrelated: that is, the injection of industrial remains into the city’s cultural and symbolic landscape not only represents the decline of the city’s industrial sector but also reinterprets and legitimizes this decline. The analysis highlights the political nature of historic preservation, which in this case helps nurture support for an elite-led postindustrial agenda in the face of recurring political challenges from progressives.
Taming the War on Poverty
Authors: Murray Gail Schmunk
Published: April 2015

President Johnson’s War on Poverty encountered significant opposition in southern states where impoverishment and race served to reinforce both social and economic systems. In Memphis, the War on Poverty underwent political attacks primarily aimed at neighborhood organizing. However, two agencies used Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) recruits to implement significant antipoverty initiatives. VISTAs developed a prisoner release–mentoring program and a pretrial release for indigent detainees who could not post bail. The Metropolitan Inter Faith Association recruited savvy local residents to design VISTA services for the poor. The latter drew on local volunteers and reflected a paternalistic approach rather than one that reflected the voice of the poor.
School Conversions in the Segregated St. Louis Public Schools District Prior to the Historic Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
Authors: Weathersby Claude
Published: April 2015

Even though the St. Louis Board of Education established the first high school for blacks west of the Mississippi River, the first facility was substandard. As the black population of St. Louis grew and encroached upon the white residential areas, it became necessary to provide additional school facilities for black enrollment. On several occasions, school officials reluctantly resorted to the conversion of school buildings from white to black use. During the decades of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s, the St. Louis Public Schools district experienced a tremendous increase in the black student population. School conversions were prompted by civil protests and demands by the black community. The conversion (from white to black) of a school building’s use, in some instances, tended to elicit the ire of the affected white parents.
“Choosing to Stay”
Authors: Klopfer Anja Nadine
Published: April 2015

Oral histories of the Hurricane Katrina experience abound in stories of conscious decisions to “ride out the storm.” My article explores the narrative of “choosing to stay” as an empowering narrative rooted in assertions of place-knowledge and traces its historical genealogy to the nineteenth century. I argue that claiming agency in New Orleans and articulating a sense of belonging and local identity through professed intimate knowledge of the local environment took shape as a strategy of resistance against dominant discourses of American progress after the Civil War. Ultimately, this counternarrative of connecting to place as “homeland,” drawing on knowledge arising from lived experience, defied the normative twist of modernization, simultaneously reformulating power relations within the city. “Choosing to stay” thus turns out to be a long-lasting narrative not only of disaster, but of place, belonging, and community; without understanding its historical layers, we cannot fully make sense of this particular Katrina narrative.
Robust non-fragile stabilisation and H∞ control for uncertain discrete-time stochastic systems with Markovian jump parameters and time-varying delay
Authors: Hua Mingang , Tan Huasheng , Zhang Jianyong
Published: April 2015

In this paper, the robust non-fragile stabilisation and H∞ control problem is investigated for a class of uncertain discrete-time stochastic systems with Markovian jumping parameters and time-varying delay. The parameter uncertainties are supposed to be time-varying as well as norm-bounded. The aim of the robust non-fragile stabilisation problem is to design a non-fragile state feedback controller which guarantees the robust stability of the closed-loop system for all admissible uncertainties. At the same time, in addition to the robust stability requirement, a prescribed H∞ performance level is required to be achieved for the robust H∞ control problem. By Lyapunov stability theory, delay-segment-dependent conditions for the solvability of these problems are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequality technique. Finally, numerical examples are shown to demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of the proposed design method.
Noise annoyance and loudness: Acoustic performance of residential buildings in tropics
Authors: Wang Chen , Si Yuenxun , Abdul-Rahman Hamzah , Wood Lincoln C
Published: April 2015

Acoustic properties of residential building are often neglected by designers, developers, contractors, and even home buyers. Noises from both the internal and external environments affect occupants' daily lives. This motivates the current study which aims to identify all types of audible noises in Malaysian residential buildings and to determine the physical and psychological impacts of noise loudness and annoyance on occupants in various types of residential buildings. A questionnaire was conducted covering 19 types of noises in residential buildings with participants assessing the loudness and annoyance level. There were 171 valid forms collected from around Malaysia for analysis from 1000 posted forms, responding rate of 17.1%. Traffic noises were deemed as the most undesired type of noise, followed by the noises from neighbors and animals. More interestingly, the annoyance experienced in relation to noise from traffic and neighbors was inter-correlated. While many animal noises such as birds chirping, rooster calls, and insect noise cause little irritation to occupants, dogs barking are significantly more annoying to the occupants. Job stress and occupants' sensitivity to noise are highly correlated with many types of noises. Generally, the influences of human-related factors are more significantly related to the housing-related factors on the perceived noise loudness and annoyance.

Practical application: The result of this study could directly assist building developers and architects to enhance the acoustic (sound) properties of residential buildings. This study will guide potential property buyers how to look into the acoustic performance of the building that they are going to purchase and to stay in. All types of audible noises annoying residents in full range of residential buildings are identified and categorized in this study. The loudness and annoyance of each type of noise to resident occupants were addressed. The physical and psychological impacts of noise loudness and annoyance to the occupants in different type of residential buildings are determined, which will improve the fullness of industry standards as well regarding acoustic concern as a trend.
Understanding the Selection Bias
Authors: Stark Tobias H.
Published: April 2015

Research has found that prejudiced people avoid friendships with members of ethnic outgroups. Results of this study suggest that this effect is mediated by a social network process. Longitudinal network analysis of a three-wave panel study of 12- to 13-year-olds (N = 453) found that more prejudiced majority group members formed fewer intergroup friendships than less prejudiced majority group members. This was caused indirectly by the preference to become friends of one’s friends’ friends (triadic closure). More prejudiced majority members did not have a preference for actively avoiding minority group members. Rather, they had the tendency to avoid friends who already had minority group friends and thus could not be introduced to potential minority group friends. Instead they became friends with the majority group friends of their friends. This research shows how a social networks perspective can further our understanding of the processes underlying intergroup contact.