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Effect of orifice shape on acoustic impedance
Authors: Gaeta Richard J , Ahuja KK
Published: April 2016

The effect on normal incidence acoustic impedance of a non-circular orifice shape is examined relative to a circular orifice. The impedance of an adjustable porosity perforate, formed from two identical perforates sliding over each other, is measured. As the orifice shape becomes more non-circular, the measured impedance is found to deviate from the predicted results for a circular orifice of the same area. Several isolated orifices of the same open area but different shapes are tested and compared with a circular orifice. Both low incident sound pressure levels using broadband noise and high incident sound pressure levels using sinusoidal tones are used to evaluate the impedance performance of these isolated orifices. One orifice mimics the unique shape produced by the adjustable perforate and results in a smaller attached mass (or mass end correction) compared with a round orifice. This is consistent with the perforate impedance results. The unique orifice shape does not appear to have measurable differences in acoustic normal resistance at high incident sound pressure levels. However, since the attached mass plays a key role in determining the peak absorption frequency of resonant liners, the reduction in attached mass relative to a circular orifice has implications where these types of orifices are used.
Measurements of unsteady pressure fluctuations in the near-field of a solid rocket motor plume
Authors: Horne William C , Burnside Nathan J , Panda Jayanta , Brodell Charles
Published: April 2016

Near-plume fluctuating pressures were measured during five static burns of a two-stage solid rocket motor. An array of 11 water-cooled dynamic pressure sensors was used for the near-field survey, and a condenser microphone was used to monitor the far-field acoustic fluctuations. During the initial high-thrust phase of the burn, the plume was nearly ideally expanded, while in the following low-thrust phase, it was highly over-expanded and showed the presence of clear shock patterns. This paper presents time histories and spectra measured for the two thrust conditions. Spectra from very close to the plume show high levels of low-frequency fluctuations which are known to produce significant vibro-acoustic response of the spacecraft structures. The far-field microphone signal was dominated by mixing noise with little evidence of contribution from shock-associated noise, even for the over-expanded condition. The work was performed in support of an effort to improve predictions of the acoustic environment of a manned spacecraft, such as NASA's Orion Crew Vehicle, during pad abort scenarios.
A Qualitative Examination of Health Barriers and Facilitators Among African American Mothers in a Subsidized Housing Community
Authors: Cotter Elizabeth W. , Hamilton Natia S. , Kelly Nichole R. , Harney Megan B. , Greene LaShaun , White Kelly A. , Mazzeo Suzanne E.
Published: April 2016

Although African American families are at particular risk for obesity and its associated health comorbidities, few interventions have directly targeted low-income members of this group living in subsidized public housing. Using a consensual qualitative research approach, we conducted 11 interviews with African American mothers living in two public housing communities to enhance understanding of their perceived barriers and facilitators to health. Five primary domains emerged, including barriers (access, financial, personal, and neighborhood concerns), resources (personal and community), current behaviors (diet, physical activity, and program participation), definition of health (mental well-being, physical well-being, and health behaviors), and needs/interests in programming (health behavior-specific programs, non–health-related programs, child-focused programming, and qualities of programs and their leaders). Results demonstrate the complex interaction among social, environmental, and personal factors on health behaviors for this priority population, and highlight the need for community members’ involvement in the development of community-based obesity prevention programming.
What Does a Gamer Look Like? Video Games, Advertising, and Diversity
Authors: Chess Shira , Evans Nathaniel J. , Baines Joyya JaDawn
Published: April 2016

Recent years have seen changes to the video game industry and the image of video game players. There are more games on the market and a larger variety of ways to play those games. Yet, despite market shifts, authors such as Shaw demonstrate that there are still tensions surrounding gamer identification. Even as next-generation systems (such as the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, and the Wii U) and casual gaming take hold of the market, tension remains between the perceptions of who is playing versus the reality of actual players. In our study, we perform a content analysis of video game commercials in 2013 to explore questions of diversity—particularly in terms of portrayals of the player’s sex and ethnicity—to consider how the gamer is represented in terms of physical and behavioral attributes.
Alteration of FXR phosphorylation and sumoylation in liver in the development of adult catch-up growth
Authors: Hu Xiang , Zhang Qiao , Zheng Juan , Kong Wen , Zhang Hao-Hao , Zeng Tian-Shu , Zhang Jiao-Yue , Min Jie , Wu Chaodong , Chen Lu-Lu
Published: April 2016

Catch-up growth in adult, is increasingly recognized as an important causative factor for the extremely prevalent insulin resistance-related diseases especially in developing countries/territories. We aimed to investigate the alteration of bile acids level, phosphorylation and sumoylation of its interacting protein, bile acid receptor/farnesoid X receptor and their downstream signaling pathway, as well as insulin sensitivity and lipid profile in catch-up growth in adult rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into four groups for two sampling points: caloric restriction group, catch-up growth in adult refed with normal chow and their normal chow controls for four or eight weeks (N4, N8 individually).We found that total serum bile acids and farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation increased without significant changes in farnesoid X receptor sumoylation and its downstream small heterodimer partner expression at the end of caloric restriction stage, while the visceral fat decreased and insulin resistance never occurred in these animals; After refeeding, total serum bile acids, farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation and sumoylation, as well as Cyp7a1, SREBP-1c mRNA levels were higher with significant decrease in small heterodimer partner expression, which is associated fat accumulation, and drastic insulin resistance in whole body and skeletal muscle. Our findings demonstrated that the fat accumulation and insulin resistance are associated with increases of bile acids, alteration of farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation, and sumoylation and its downstream signaling pathway. These changes of bile acids, farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation and sumoylation, as well as their downstream signaling might be of importance in the etiology of fat accumulation and insulin resistance in catch-up growth in adult.
Featured Article: Effect of copper on nuclear translocation of copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase-1
Authors: Wang Lin , Ge Yan , Kang Y James
Published: April 2016

Copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase-1 (CCS-1), facilitating copper insertion into superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD-1), is present in the nucleus. However, it is unknown how CCS-1 is translocated to the nucleus. The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of copper on nuclear translocation of CCS-1. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were subjected to hypoxia, causing an increase in both copper and CCS-1 in the nucleus. Treatment with tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) not only decreased the total cellular concentration and the nuclear translocation of copper, but also completely suppressed the entry of CCS-1 to the nucleus. On the other hand, siRNA targeting CCS-1 neither inhibited the increase in total concentrations nor blocked the nuclear translocation of copper. This study thus demonstrates that under hypoxia condition, both copper and CCS-1 are transported to the nucleus. The nuclear translocation of CCS-1 is copper dependent, but the nuclear translocation of copper could take place alternatively in a CCS-1-independent pathway.
The remnant of primary head sinus found in the case of dural arteriovenous fistula: A case report
Authors: Mizutani Katsuhiro , Akiyama Takenori , Yoshida Kazunari
Published: April 2016

In the embryo, the primary head sinus (PHS) is the first venous drainage channel in the craniocervical region. During embryonic development, this channel regresses and usually disappears completely; accordingly, a remnant of the PHS is an extremely rare condition and has been described in only a few previous studies. Here, we report a case of remnant of the PHS with a dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) in an adult. The remnant of the PHS had penetrated the petrous bone to run from the middle fossa to the jugular bulb and served as a drain for the middle fossa dAVF. We used digital subtraction angiography and reconstructed cone-beam computed tomography in 3D rotational angiography to obtain detailed anatomic information about the remnant PHS and additionally scrutinised and discussed its features.
Difficulties in prenatal diagnosis of tumour in the fetal sacrococcygeal area
Authors: Krekora Michał , Zych-Krekora Katarzyna , Blitek Marek , Kęsiak Marcin , Piaseczna-Piotrowska Anna , Łukaszek Stanisław , Krasomski Grzegorz , Słodki Maciej , Szaflik Krzysztof , Respondek-Liberska Maria
Published: April 2016

Prenatal ultrasound at the 20th week of gestation revealed a 3-cm tumour in the sacrococcygeal area. Initially, a sacrococcygeal teratoma was suspected on the basis of fetal ultrasonography, which revealed normal heart anatomy and an increasing tumour mass. The diagnosis was then changed to fetus in fetu or teratoma. Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging at the 34th week of pregnancy confirmed the ultrasound diagnosis. No other anomalies were found. Elective caesarean section was performed at term. The care team included a paediatric surgeon, obstetricians, neonatologists, midwives, and an anesthesiologist. A female newborn was delivered in good condition. The tumour was resected in the operating room and mature teratoma was established by histopathological evaluation. Surprisingly, agenesis of the right forearm was revealed which had not been detected prenatally, despite many examinations (both in our hospital and earlier at a primary care obstetrician office).
Analysis of positional training loads (ratings of perceived exertion) during various-sided games in European professional soccer players
Authors: Owen Adam L , Dunlop Gordon , Rouissi Mehdi , Haddad Monoem , Mendes Bruno , Chamari Karim
Published: April 2016

The primary aim of the study was to perform a comparative analysis of the positional training loads during various game formats among European professional soccer players. Twenty-two male professional soccer players participated in the investigation and were divided into their tactical positional roles for analysis. Ratings of perceived exertion were collected daily and corresponded to specific formatted game types (small-sided games; large-sided games; large-sided games within a smaller area size) implemented as part of the weekly periodised training structure. Across the sample period, only one game per week training scenarios were analysed (9 × small-sided games; 9 × large-sided games; 9 × large-sided games within a smaller area size). Analysis of the mean ratings of perceived exertion between various game formats revealed significant differences between large-sided games within a smaller area size vs. small-sided games (5.53 vs. 7.79; p = 0.007); however, no differences were presented between small-sided games vs. large-sided games format types (7.9 vs. 7.35; p > 0.05). No differences between mean ratings of perceived exertion and small-sided games and large-sided games, respectively, were found. Differences were shown between positional demands during large-sided games within a smaller area size game type formats, with wide forwards reporting higher mean ratings of perceived exertion values when compared against centre forwards ( p = 0.02). Therefore, within a periodised microcycle, variance of game formats can be used to manipulate training loads, manage accumulation of fatigue through a tapering method in order to facilitate optimal match preparation. Furthermore, players of certain position types may require additional training stimulus to induce the desired physical adaptations.
Stance affects balance in surfers
Authors: Anthony Chantel C , Brown Lee E , Coburn Jared W , Galpin Andrew J , Tran Tai T
Published: April 2016

Surfing is a dynamic sport and is performed in a highly unstable and changing environment, making balance a vital characteristic for surfers. It might be expected that repeated practice of particular movements in a specific stance, such as surfing, would lead to specific balance adaptations. This study investigated dynamic balance within surfers while also evaluating the influence of stance. Balance was assessed using the Biodex Stability System in an upright bipedal stance in 20 adult male surfers (age 24.10 ± 2.40 years, mass 74.95 ± 8.26 kg, height 177.11 ± 6.13 cm). Three 20-second balance trials were performed, and the degree and direction of tilt from horizontal were recorded. Results indicated that regular stance surfers spent a significantly ( p < 0.05) greater percentage of time (66.18% ± 26.28) in horizontal balance compared to goofy stance surfers (44.03% ± 18.96). Regular stance surfers spent a significantly greater percentage of time (38.81% ± 14.77) in a posterior direction compared to goofy stance surfers (20.09% ± 7.25), while goofy stance surfers spent a significantly greater percentage of time in an anterior direction (40.50% ± 21.61) compared to regular stance surfers (16.04% ± 8.84). Surf stance appears to play a large role in horizontal and directional balance. These findings suggest the repetition of particular movements relative to stance may induce specific adaptations in surfers. Therefore, balance measurements may be used as an evaluation tool in this population.
Adrenal infarction in a healthy pregnant woman
Authors: Sormunen-Harju Heidi , Sarvas Krista , Matikainen Niina , Sarvilinna Nanna , Laitinen E Kalevi
Published: April 2016

Adrenal infarction is a very rare event but occasionally seen in hypercoagulable states. We present a case of a 31-year-old woman at 38 weeks of gestation who developed a severe upper abdominal pain and unilateral adrenal infarction due to thrombosis of the adrenal vein. The only thrombogenic factor found was pregnancy. The case highlights that adrenal infarction may complicate a normal pregnancy and should be included in the differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen in pregnancy.
Momentary stress, cortisol, and gestational length among pregnant victims of childhood maltreatment: a pilot study
Authors: Bublitz Margaret H , Bourjeily Ghada , Vergara-Lopez Chrystal , Stroud Laura R
Published: April 2016

Background

Pregnant victims of childhood maltreatment are more likely to deliver preterm. The mechanisms explaining this relationship are unclear. The goal of the current pilot study was to investigate whether momentary stress and cortisol serve as mechanisms linking maltreatment history to gestational length.

Methods

Seventeen women enrolled in the study (35% maltreated). Women completed two study sessions at 27 and 34 weeks gestation. Following each session, at four times/day over two days, women reported their momentary stress levels by text message and provided corresponding salivary cortisol samples. Gestational length was determined by medical chart review.

Results

Higher reports of momentary stress were associated with shortened gestational length. High stress predicted lower cortisol concentrations for women with maltreatment histories but higher concentrations among women without maltreatment.

Conclusion

Results from this pilot study provide preliminary evidence for understanding mechanisms explaining increased risk for preterm birth among childhood maltreatment victims.
Understanding the gastrointestinal manifestations of Fabry disease: promoting prompt diagnosis
Authors: Zar-Kessler Claire , Karaa Amel , Sims Katherine Bustin , Clarke Virginia , Kuo Braden
Published: April 2016

Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disease characterized by the dysfunction of multiple systems, including significant gastrointestinal involvement such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, early satiety and nausea. The gastrointestinal symptoms of Fabry disease are thought to be due to neuropathic and myopathic changes leading to symptoms of dysmotility that are encountered in many other disorders. The gastrointestinal symptoms can often be one of the presenting signs of the disease in childhood, but can be misdiagnosed by gastroenterologists for many years due to their nonspecific presentation. As the chief treatment for Fabry is enzyme-replacement therapy that has been shown to stabilize and possibly reverse disease course, recognition of these symptoms and early diagnosis in an attempt to prevent progression with treatment, is critical.
School Nurses
Authors: Duff Carolyn L. , Poole Cynthia R.
Published: April 2016

School nurses coordinate student health care for prevention and treatment to remove health barriers to learning and to school attendance. They use a team approach to manage students with chronic conditions as they transition among home, school and healthcare settings, working to develop competent self-care aligned with developmental ages of students. Care coordination ensures the continuum of care is unbroken. Meeting the health needs of low-income students can be challenging, because those students are likely to be uninsured or underinsured and often lack necessary resources, such as transportation, to access primary health care. Care coordination is a tenet of school nursing and to optimally serve low-income students, school nurses form partnerships in the community. One innovative and successful partnership is Healthy Learners, an organization that works with community healthcare providers and school district nurses to connect eligible students to needed healthcare services. Always, the goal is to keep students in school, healthy, and ready to learn.
A high-throughput sequencing test for diagnosing inherited bleeding, thrombotic, and platelet disorders
Authors: Simeoni Ilenia , Stephens Jonathan C. , Hu Fengyuan , Deevi Sri V. V. , Megy Karyn , Bariana Tadbir K. , Lentaigne Claire , Schulman Sol , Sivapalaratnam Suthesh , Vries Minka J. A. , Westbury Sarah K. , Greene Daniel , Papadia Sofia , Alessi Marie-Christine , Attwood Antony P. , Ballmaier Matthias , Baynam Gareth , Bermejo Emilse , Bertoli Marta , Bray Paul F. , Bury Loredana , Cattaneo Marco , Collins Peter , Daugherty Louise C. , Favier Rémi , French Deborah L. , Furie Bruce , Gattens Michael , Germeshausen Manuela , Ghevaert Cedric , Goodeve Anne C. , Guerrero Jose A. , Hampshire Daniel J. , Hart Daniel P. , Heemskerk Johan W. M. , Henskens Yvonne M. C. , Hill Marian , Hogg Nancy , Jolley Jennifer D. , Kahr Walter H. , Kelly Anne M. , Kerr Ron , Kostadima Myrto , Kunishima Shinji , Lambert Michele P. , Liesner Ri , López José A. , Mapeta Rutendo P. , Mathias Mary , Millar Carolyn M. , Nathwani Amit , Neerman-Arbez Marguerite , Nurden Alan T. , Nurden Paquita , Othman Maha , Peerlinck Kathelijne , Perry David J. , Poudel Pawan , Reitsma Pieter , Rondina Matthew T. , Smethurst Peter A. , Stevenson William , Szkotak Artur , Tuna Salih , van Geet Christel , Whitehorn Deborah , Wilcox David A. , Zhang Bin , Revel-Vilk Shoshana , Gresele Paolo , Bellissimo Daniel B. , Penkett Christopher J. , Laffan Michael A. , Mumford Andrew D. , Rendon Augusto , Gomez Keith , Freson Kathleen , Ouwehand Willem H. , Turro Ernest
Published: April 2016

Key Points

Developed a targeted sequencing platform covering 63 genes linked to heritable bleeding, thrombotic, and platelet disorders. The ThromboGenomics platform provides a sensitive genetic test to obtain molecular diagnoses in patients with a suspected etiology.
Growthcurver: an R package for obtaining interpretable metrics from microbial growth curves
Authors: Sprouffske Kathleen , Wagner Andreas
Published: April 2016

Background

Plate readers can measure the growth curves of many microbial strains in a high-throughput fashion. The hundreds of absorbance readings collected simultaneously for hundreds of samples create technical hurdles for data analysis.

Results

Growthcurver summarizes the growth characteristics of microbial growth curve experiments conducted in a plate reader. The data are fitted to a standard form of the logistic equation, and the parameters have clear interpretations on population-level characteristics, like doubling time, carrying capacity, and growth rate.

Conclusions

Growthcurver is an easy-to-use R package available for installation from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). The source code is available under the GNU General Public License and can be obtained from Github (Sprouffske K, Growthcurver sourcecode, 2016).
Separating a wavefield by propagation direction
Authors: Richardson Alan , Malcolm Alison E.
Published: April 2016

Determining the propagation direction of waves in a wavefield is important in several seismic imaging techniques and applications, including velocity analysis, amplitude variation with angle analysis, survey design, and illumination compensation. This can be achieved using the Poynting vector method, but this method performs poorly when waves overlap, returning incorrect wave amplitude and direction. An alternative, the local slowness method, is capable of separating overlapping waves, but it suffers from low angular resolution. We have developed modifications of these two approaches that improve the ability to extract the wave amplitude propagating in different directions. The primary modification is the addition of a wavefront orientation separation step. We have evaluated the methods’ ability to separate six overlapping waves with different phases in a constant velocity model, to accurately determine scattering angles in the construction of an angle domain image gather, and to determine the propagation directions of the back-propagated receiver wavefield for one shot in a 2D slice of the SEAM model. We have determined that in these examples, the proposed methods produce results that are generally superior to those of the Poynting vector and local slowness methods.
Nucleolar activity and CENP-C regulate CENP-A and CAL1 availability for centromere assembly in meiosis
Authors: Kwenda Lucretia , Collins Caitriona M. , Dattoli Anna A. , Dunleavy Elaine M.
Published: April 2016

The centromere-specific histone CENP-A is the key epigenetic determinant of centromere identity. Whereas most histones are removed from mature sperm, CENP-A is retained to mark paternal centromeres. In Drosophila males we show that the centromere assembly factors CAL1 and CENP-C are required for meiotic chromosome segregation, CENP-A assembly and maintenance on sperm, as well as fertility. In meiosis, CENP-A accumulates with CAL1 in nucleoli. Furthermore, we show that CENP-C normally limits the release of CAL1 and CENP-A from nucleoli for proper centromere assembly in meiotic prophase I. Finally, we show that RNA polymerase I transcription is required for efficient CENP-A assembly in meiosis, as well as centromere tethering to nucleoli.
Concealed expansion of immature precursors underpins acute burst of adult HSC activity in foetal liver
Authors: Rybtsov Stanislav , Ivanovs Andrejs , Zhao Suling , Medvinsky Alexander
Published: April 2016

One day prior to mass emergence of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the foetal liver at E12.5, the embryo contains only a few definitive HSCs. It is thought that the burst of HSC activity in the foetal liver is underpinned by rapid maturation of immature embryonic precursors of definitive HSCs, termed pre-HSCs. However, because pre-HSCs are not detectable by direct transplantations into adult irradiated recipients, the size and growth of this population, which represents the embryonic rudiment of the adult haematopoietic system, remains uncertain. Using a novel quantitative assay, we demonstrate that from E9.5 the pre-HSC pool undergoes dramatic growth in the aorta-gonad-mesonephros region and by E11.5 reaches the size that matches the number of definitive HSCs in the E12.5 foetal liver. Thus, this study provides for the first time a quantitative basis for our understanding of how the large population of definitive HSCs emerges in the foetal liver.
A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs
Authors: Gillis J. Andrew , Hall Brian K.
Published: April 2016

Chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays and holocephalans) possess paired appendages that project laterally from their gill arches, known as branchial rays. This led Carl Gegenbaur to propose that paired fins (and hence tetrapod limbs) originally evolved via transformation of gill arches. Tetrapod limbs are patterned by a sonic hedgehog (Shh)-expressing signalling centre known as the zone of polarising activity, which establishes the anteroposterior axis of the limb bud and maintains proliferative expansion of limb endoskeletal progenitors. Here, we use loss-of-function, label-retention and fate-mapping approaches in the little skate to demonstrate that Shh secretion from a signalling centre in the developing gill arches establishes gill arch anteroposterior polarity and maintains the proliferative expansion of branchial ray endoskeletal progenitor cells. These findings highlight striking parallels in the axial patterning mechanisms employed by chondrichthyan branchial rays and paired fins/limbs, and provide mechanistic insight into the anatomical foundation of Gegenbaur's gill arch hypothesis.
ADAM10–Notch signaling governs the recruitment of ovarian pregranulosa cells and controls folliculogenesis in mice
Authors: Feng Lizhao , Wang Yijing , Cai Han , Sun Guanghong , Niu Wanbao , Xin Qiliang , Tang Xiaofang , Zhang Jiawei , Wang Chao , Zhang Hua , Xia Guoliang
Published: April 2016

Ovarian follicles are the basic functional units of female reproduction in the mammalian ovary. We show here that the protein a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 10 (ADAM10), a cell surface sheddase, plays an indispensable role in controlling primordial follicle formation by regulating the recruitment of follicle supporting cells in mice. We demonstrate that suppressing ADAM10 in vitro or deletion of Adam10 in vivo disrupts germline cyst breakdown and primordial follicle formation. Using a cell lineage tracing approach, we show that ADAM10 governs the recruitment of ovarian follicle cells by regulating the differentiation and proliferation of LGR5-positive follicle supporting progenitor cells. By detecting the development of FOXL2-positive pregranulosa cells, we found that inhibiting ADAM10 reduced the number of FOXL2-positive cells in perinatal ovaries. Furthermore, inhibiting ADAM10 suppressed the activation of Notch signaling, and blocking Notch signaling also disrupted the recruitment of follicle progenitor cells. Taken together, these results show that ADAM10–Notch signaling in ovarian somatic cells governs the primordial follicle formation by controlling the development of ovarian pregranulosa cells. The proper recruitment of ovarian follicle supporting cells is essential for establishment of the ovarian reserve in mice.
Reviews Books
Authors: Bye Joseph , Campbell Sean , Clarke Dominic , Copman Wiebe , Gant Sophia , Garza Oscar , Holmes Brent , Incrucio Mars , Jarman Cody , King Justin Ray Jonathan , Martin Richard F. , Siddiqui Afra , Warpole Kailyn N. , Winn John Garland
Published: April 2016

A Corpus of Corpses

The Philosophy of Tim Burton, Jennifer L. McMahon (ed.), (2014)

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 328 pp., ISBN: 9780813144627 (hbk), $40.00

The Politics of Hollywood Cinema: Popular Film and Contemporary Political Theory, Richard Rushton, (2013)

Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 248 pp., ISBN: 9780230244580 (hbk), $90.00

Boyhood: Twelve Years on Film, Matt Lankes, (2014)

Austin: University of Texas Press, 200 pp., ISBN: 9781477305416 (hbk), $50.00

Beyond the Looking Glass: Narcissism and Female Stardom in Studio-Era Hollywood, Ana Salzberg, (2014)

New York: Berghahn Books, 206 pp., ISBN: 9781782383994 (hbk), $90.00

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American Indie Film, Geoff King, (2014)

New York: Columbia University Press, 288 pp., ISBN: 9780231167949 (hbk), $90, ISBN: 9780231167956 (pbk), $30, ISBN: 9780231537896 (e-book), $29.99

Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Marvel’s The Avengers, David Lavery, (2014)

New York: IB Tauris, 278 pp., ISBN-13: 9781848850309 (pbk), $18.00

Parallel Lines: Post 9/11 American Cinema, Guy Westwell, (2014)

New York: Wallflower Press, 208 pp., ISBN: 9780231172035 (pbk), $27.00

Blossoms & Blood: Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson, Jason Sperb, (2013)

Austin: University of Texas Press, 296pp., ISBN: 029275289X (hbk), $60.00

The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, Thomas S. Hischak, (2015)

New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 819 pp., ISBN: 1442245492 (hbk), $95.00

From Chariots of Fire to The King’s Speech: Writing Biopics and Docudramas, Alan Rosenthal, (2014)

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 197 pp., ISBN: 9780809332984 (pbk), $33.00, ISBN: 0809332981 (pbk), $33.00, ISBN: 9780809332991 (e-book), $33.00, ISBN: 080933299X (e-book), $33.00

Film Restoration: The Culture and Science of Audiovisual Heritage, Leo Enticknap, (2013)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 256 pp., ISBN: 9780230230439 (hbk), $85.00

Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black, Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg (eds.), (2013)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 276 pp., ISBN: 9781137276889 (hbk), $85.14

Shooting the Moon, Brian Willems, (2015)

Alresford: Zero Books, 221 pp., ISBN: 9781782798484 (pbk), $24.95

The Philosophy of Michael Mann, Steven Sanders, Aeon J. Skoble, and R. Barton Palmer (eds.), (2014)

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 284 pp. ISBN: 9780813144719 (hbk), $40.00
Reviews DVD/Blu-ray
Authors: Guglielmi Philip , Hang Yeng , Marsellus Mynt , Berndt Victoria , Grant Matthew , Marsellus Mynt , McBain Sarah , Miller Aaron , Bahr Kevin , Beaney Rachel , Getz Adam , Blankenship Paige
Published: April 2016

Three Views of An Autumn Afternoon An Autumn Afternoon (1962) Japan Director Yasujiro Ozu Runtime 113 minutes Blu-ray USA, 2015 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1)

All That Heaven Allows (1955) USA Director Douglas Sirk Runtime 89 minutes Dual-Format Edition Blu-ray/DVD USA, 2014 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1)

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) USA Director Leo McCarey Runtime 92 minutes Blu-ray USA, 2015 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region A/1)

Pickpocket (1959) France Director Robert Bresson Runtime 76 minutes Dual-Format Edition 1 Blu-ray/1 DVD USA, 2014 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1)

Farewell Shire, Hello Virtual World: CGI in The Hobbit The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition) (2012) Director Peter Jackson Runtime 182 minutes DVD USA, 2013 Produced and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Home Entertainment Company (region 1)

Breaking the Waves in 1 Frame Breaking the Waves (1996) Denmark Director Lars von Trier Runtime 159 minutes Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD USA, 2014 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region A/1)
CONDICIONANTES PARA LA PUESTA EN VALOR DE LAS CASAS EN ACANTILADO DE LA SIERRA DE CHIHUAHUA, MÉXICO
Authors: Gamboa Carrera Eduardo , Guerrero Baca Luis Fernando
Published: April 2016

A lo largo del sistema montañoso conocido como la Sierra Madre Occidental al norte de México, en la época prehispánica se desarrolló la llamada Cultura Casas Grandes que utilizó a la tierra como material constructivo básico. Los sistemas constructivos empleados les permitieron desarrollar viviendas en altura con un complejo diseño estructural que generó una tipología que se conoce como “casas en acantilado” (ver Fig. 1). En la presente ponencia se analizan las consideraciones que se han debido tomar en cuenta para el desarrollo de proyectos de presentación y puesta en valor de algunas de las casas en acantilado más emblemáticas de la Sierra de Chihuahua, entre las que se encuentran las Cuarenta Casas, Huápoca y Sírupa. Se trata de destacar los criterios de intervención y conservación que se siguieron en estos sitios y de caracterizar la problemática que implica el diseño de los recorridos en el que se busca conciliar la posibilidad de lectura del patrimonio, con la salvaguardia de las evidencias materiales.
De la lingüística oracional a la supraoracional
Authors: Alcaraz Varó Enrique
Published: April 2016

The object of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to establish a paralelism between sentence linguistics and textual linguistics through the dichotomies of grammaticality/acceptability and cohesion coherence, and on the other hand, to suggest the role that repetition may play in the topicalisation and decodification of a text.
La estructura léxico-semántica de la coordinación
Authors: Román del Cerro Juan Luis
Published: April 2016

This study deals with coordination from a lexical-semantic view point and verifies the base structure of semantic predicates for each coordinating type. The first item sets up the general lexical-semantic hypothesis of the coordination starting with the predicate ALTERNATIVE which in successive forms exhaust the coordinated structure, with the predicate NEGATIVE. The second item considere that coordination in its development shows not only coordination of clauses but also coordination of performance. The third item sets up the problem of JUXTAPOSITION and of the distributive clauses in particular, in which the structure of asyndeton is established, and its semantic equalization to the copulative clause is stated.
Los prefijos verbales en húngaro: a propósito de algunos estudios recientes
Authors: Rainò Nicola
Published: April 2016

The Hungarian language has traditionally been analyzed by scholars as having a free sentence order. Recent studies maintain that the free order pertains only to surface elements such as subject, verb, object; on a deeper level there are two fundamental positions to the left of the verb: those of Topic and Focus. It is possible to explain variations in word order as well as verbal prefix movement on the basis of these underlying positions.
El verbo en el «Lapidario» de Alfonso X
Authors: Rodríguez Martín-Montalvo Sagrario
Published: April 2016

This article attemps a thorough analysis of verbal form and function throughout the text of Lapidario. Examination of morphology and function of verbal syntagma in this text leads us to conclude that it fulfils the conditions of a text belonging to positive sciences. There is no complete verbal paradigm because of the lack of first person singular forms, the scarcity of second person forms and the rare use of the past tense, which are peculiar to narrative. However, the examples chosen allow us to verify that endings and uses are those general found in the XIIIth. Century.
Funciones de expresión, oraciones, actos comunicativos, textos (aspectos del significado y de su tematización en la estructura de una teoría textual)
Authors: Petöfi János S.
Published: April 2016

The present paper discusses three main questions: (1) Analysis of the meaning of words/idioms and their representation in a Lexicon which builds a component of a theory. When discussing the questions of analysis and representation, critical attention is being paid to the Putnam-concept of word meaning. (2) Analysis of the meaning of sentences and of real or potential communicative acts. The analysis concerns on the one hand the co-textual and the con-textual aspects, on the other hand, besides handling aspects of single sentences/communicative acts, it also ranges over the discussion of the problems of sequences of sentences and of communicative acts. (3) Analysis of the meaning of texts. This analysis implies the discussion of different aspects of text meaning as well as the discussion of those properties of a verbal object which can be called connexity, cohesion and coherence. (Meaning is understood as a pair consisting of a sense and an extralinguistic correlate. Neither textuality, nor interpretability, nor coherence will be understood as inherent properties of a text).
Semiótica del discurso y texto plástico: del esquema textual y la construcción imaginaria
Authors: García Berrio Antonio , Hernández Fernández María Teresa
Published: April 2016

The authors make the transposition of a semiotic theory of poem, consisting of the traditional semiotic levels, to the theory of the plastic text, in such a way that the absolute homology between all the processes of artistic communication like the plastic ones and the literary ones in proved, distinguishing the level of literarity as conventionalized pragmatic option and the level of poeticality as value based on the effects of the imaginary activity and communication. The authors examine examples of the Spanish modern painting.
La estructura fonológica de la lengua china: introducción al estudio de los tonos
Authors: Fisac Taciana
Published: April 2016

This article deals with the importance of the tones in Chinese language. The tone is indeed one of the distinctive elements of the mentioned language. The paper offers a brief history of some classifications, states the development of modifications and changes, and then approaches an analysis of the four main tones. These four tones produce alterations depending on the way they become combined, this operating semantic and syntactic differentiations. An essential matter refering to the Chinese speech, the tone acquires extraordinary importance within the poetical creation. The paper also studies the fith tone, known as neuter tone.
Espacio y enunciación en la dinámica textual de la lengua española
Authors: Cifuentes Honrubia José Luis
Published: April 2016

This article, inscribed within the frame of Greimas-inspired Textual Semiotics, tries to explain how the linguistic space at work is one of the «setting to discourse mechanisms» for the semio-narrative structures, that is, one of the main mechanisms within the articulation of the utterance and enunciation, that fact already know by Greimas. The contribution we are try to do with this article consits of the demonstration that spatial locatives, in its deictic view as well the inherent one, form part of the so called token-reflexive expressions: a token-reflexive expression, as a type, has no particular meaning, but a signification that turns a particular meaning when the enunciation takes place in the context of a particular token for this expression; then, the signification of the type is completed by the token display, reflexing the fact of its own enunciation and moving to take into account the context it comes from. The spatial locatives —deictics and inherents— refer always to the situation of enunciation framing them, and they need it to determine their meaning. At the same time they articulate the dialectics utterance enunciation, they can be considered as mechanisms of textual coherence, though in this occasion the isotopy formed by them would always be asystematic, because it constantly need the situation of enunciation.
Comprender textos, interpretar textos
Authors: Schmidt Siegfried J.
Published: April 2016

The present study shows the importance of research into textual understanding not only in linguistics and psychology, but also in sociologically-oriented trends of the science of literature which, while not centring their activity in interpretation, see in it an interesting object of investigation. The paper sets out a general survey of models of textual understanding and considers some of the critical problems arising from these models from the point of view of a constructivist science of literature. The author then proposes a constructivist criticism of research into textual understanding and constructivist hypotheses concerning it, that serve as the basis for the construction of a model of textual understanding. Finally, textual interpretation is analysed from a constructivist perspective.
Reconsideración del concepto nietzscheano de tragedia a la luz de la nueva psicocrítica
Authors: Pujante Sánchez José David
Published: April 2016

The aim of this article is to relate Nietzsche's concept of tragedy to the notion of imaginary syntax (Burgos, Vierne, García Berrio) by placing it among the distant sources of this notion as developed in recent mythocritics, the justification being that tragedy, for Nietzsche, interprets the deepest origins of human existence in a communicative space, the complex structure of which is the expression of this primary subconscious truth.
El alcance explicativo del funcionalismo: sus limitaciones
Authors: Eguren Gutiérrez Luis Javier
Published: April 2016

Generative Grammar has expressed two major criticisms upon functional views on human language: the indeterminacy of the concept "function of language" and the inadequacy of the proposed subsidiarity of structure in relation to the goals language may fulfil. In this paper we offer evidence in support of the generative attitude. A careful look through the most outstanding theories on the functions of language - e.g., Bühler, Morris, Jakobson, Martinet, Halliday, Hymes...- reveals serious discrepancies amongst them all on the definition of "external function", its number and its hierarchy. In this sense, the strong generative idealization of its field of research seems to be well motivated. There is no functional explanation, even in the philogenetic process, for abstract and simple principles that deeply characterize human languages, such as those developed within the Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981, 1986). Ontogenetically at least, the existence of genetically determined principles, which constitute the hard core of language structure, has to be hypothesized if we wish to solve the so called "Plato's problem": the poverty of stimulus.
Reparos de Juan Iriarte al Diccionario de autoridades
Authors: Hernández González Carmen
Published: April 2016

Juan de Iriarte, the uncle of the fabulist Tomás Iriarte and Royal Librarian, is a man of considerable importance in the field of the production of the academic ortography, grammar and dictionary. The fact that majority of his work is in manuscript form and has been unknown for too long has meant that is has not received the scholarly attention which it deserves. There "Reparos al Diccionario Académico Corregido" are an example of his erudite activities.
El nombre propio como imagen semiótica del referente
Authors: Sánchez Corral Luis
Published: April 2016

This essay investigates how, through the proper name's textualisation on the practice of the advertising text, the trading mark needs to be a linguistic notion to work as an economic concept which controls market activity. Author's ideas permit us to realise a correspondece between the proper name's asignation of the product and the purchase of the virtualizating modality which permits the situation of product as protagonist of the persuasive program. Textual or iconic operations of referent's semiotization are directed to give an antropomorphic nature to the product, as prerequisite to things can realise changes that corresponde to men and make themselves a lot of desirable.
Recensiones
Authors: Estudios de Lingüística ELUA
Published: April 2016

Recensiones.
Algunos préstamos en el español de Panamá
Authors: Giralt Latorre Javier
Published: April 2016

This paper is concerned with the analysis of some foreign elements found in the press from Panama. We have noted that English, French and Italian are the languages which have had the greatest influence on the Spanish used in America and especially on the Spanish from Panama as can be deduced from the information herein. First, we have ascertained the reasons that facilitated, and in the case of English still facilitate, that influence, and we have analyzed the different morphological, syntactical and lexical borrowings found. Then we have fixed the extension of their use, that is to say, those Latin-American countries where those foreign terms are used, based on our research on this subject. From the conclusions obtained it can be stated that the borrowings are classified in several semantic fields, that their presence in the press may be the outcome of a widespread usage in the country and that the Spanish language nevertheless remains unaltered by their use.
Reseñas
Authors: Estudios de Lingüística ELUA
Published: April 2016

Reseñas.
Hacia un modelo teórico que explique la estructura semántica de los significados emotivos
Authors: Jiménez Ruiz Juan Luis
Published: April 2016

This essay, as its title shows, is intended to establish a theory of linguistics about connotative meaning within the context of dialectical analysis of meaning. Meaning is doubtless a complex phenomenon and, when trying to collect data about it, we have to move necessarily within different fields of study. Our essay shows the possible harmony that can exist between linguistic, semantic and symptomatic semantics. It is, first, a study on the different descriptions of denotative meaning. Symptomatic semantics is a study about the splanations of connotative meaning. We think that two perspectives cannot be considered to be opposite directions, but complementary proposals each of which achieves its reason to be in the dialectical model we defend. Here we present the second stage of this process: connotative meaning and the basis for the construction of a theoretical model able explain it within the dialectical framework we support.
Teoría de prototipos y funcionalidad semántica
Authors: Cifuentes Honrubia José Luis
Published: April 2016

This paper shows an expositive and critical path of prototypes' theory and its relevance to semantic analysis. From a grammar's methodological view, prototypes are understood simply as effects, that is giving account the differences between different members of a same category —not the differences in functional concept which gives account of category and its categorical being—. So, the prototype effect's idea can be valid to explain basic ideas as meaning (understood as constructive schema, being senses sanctionables totally or partly from meaning) or the relation between differents associated meanings to the same expression which is organised as familiar resemblances.
Complejidad semántica y contexto
Authors: Rastier François
Published: April 2016

Linguistics has neglected the variety of systems at work in every text. These systems can be described according to four orders: syntagmatic, paradigmatic, referential, and hermeneutic. Interpretative semantics must take these into account to describe the construction of meaning in context. The basic semantic operations are similar to perceptive operations such as assimilation and dissimilation.
Tecnicismos jurídicos en un código del Fuero Juzgo
Authors: Orazi Veronica
Published: April 2016

This article contains a list of juridical technicalities proceeding from a half XIIIth century Fuero Juzgo manuscript in old Leonese. Many therms survive actually, others were substituted by new voices. Their abundance and exact use seem to us the main features to underline, as well as their diffusion and linguistic reality in the XIIIth century. Such kind of linguistic studies in Hispano-romance -about lexical technicalities- are in our opinion not enough diffused as the interest of the subject would require.