bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Larval morphologies of three species of stream toads, genus Ansonia (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from East Malaysia (Borneo), with a key to known Bornean Ansonia tadpoles
Authors: HAAS ALEXANDER , WOLTER JOHANNA , HERTWIG STEFAN T. , DAS INDRANEIL
Published: August 2019

We describe the external morphology of tadpoles of Ansonia longidigita Inger, 1960, A. minuta Inger, 1960, and A. platysoma Inger, 1960 from East Malaysia, Borneo. Specimens were collected from small to medium-sized streams with swift current in Sarawak State. Tadpole identities were confirmed by matching tadpole genetic sequences (16S mtRNA) to sequences from adult toads from the same collection sites. Among the three species, A. minuta appears to prefer the strongest current and was collected from fast-flowing waters in association with boulders. Ansonia longidigita larvae inhabit more moderate currents than sympatric A. platysoma. Species microhabitat choices are reflected in their body shape, with A. minuta and A. platysoma being more streamlined than A. longidigita. Colour photos of live specimens and a key to the known Bornean Ansonia tadpoles are provided to facilitate field identification.
Four new species of the family Lithodidae (Decapoda: Anomura) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Authors: HALL SALLY , THATJE SVEN
Published: August 2019

Four new species of lithodid crab were identified in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These include three species of the genus Paralomis: P. nivosa from the Philippines, P. makarovi from the Bering Sea, and P. alcockiana from South Carolina; and one new species of the genus Lithodes, L. galapagensis, from the Galapagos archipelago. Two of these species, P. nivosa and P. makarovi were part of a collection of previously unidentified lithodid samples from the Albatross expeditions of 1906–1908. Paralomis makarovi may have been misidentified as P. multispina Benedict, 1894, or P. histrix (De Haan, 1844) in other collections owing to superficial similarities in carapace ornamentation and overlapping distributions.
Two new species of Sphaeromopsis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the Persian Gulf
Authors: KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY VALIALLAH , WÄGELE JOHANN-WOLFGANG
Published: August 2019

Two new species of Sphaeromopsis (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda) from Iran are described based on light and electronmicroscope study: Sphaeromopsis sarii sp. nov. from the coasts of Kish and Qeshm Islands, and S. persikolpos sp. nov. from Kish Island, Qeshm Islands and the southern coasts of Iran. The two species are sympatric in most areas. Sphaeromopsis sarii is distinct among other species in the genus for having a pleotelson with a faint dorsomedial furrow and a broadly rounded apex. Sphaeromopsis persikolpos sp. nov. is unique for the single suture at either side of the posterior margin of the pleon, a narrow pleotelsonic apex, and the uropodal exopod extensions that reach well beyond the pleotelsonic apex.
Review of Agrenia Börner, 1906 with descriptions of four new species from North America (Collembola, Isotomidae)
Authors: FJELLBERG ARNE , BERNARD ERNEST C.
Published: August 2019

The eight known species of Agrenia are reviewed and new distributional data are added. Two species groups are suggested for the genus: a bidenticulata-group with a mucronal seta and an agilis-group without a mucronal seta. Four new species of the second group are described from North America: A. falcula, A. parkeri, and A. tarashchukae from forest streams of the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee, North Carolina, and New York, and A. extrema from glaciers in Washington and Alaska. The head of the maxilla is introduced as a useful character for separation of some species. A key to all species is given.
The genus Neuroscelio Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.) reviewed: new species, distributional update, and discussion of relationships
Authors: VALERIO ALEJANDRO A. , MASNER LUBOMÍR , AUSTIN ANDREW D. , JOHNSON NORMAN F.
Published: August 2019

The genus Neuroscelio Dodd is revised and two new species are described: N. lagunai n. sp. (Australia) and N. orientalis n. sp. (Vietnam). An update to the identification key for Neuroscelio species is presented. The male of N. doddi Galloway, Masner & Austin is described, the first record of this sex for the genus. The geographic distribution of Neuroscelio is expanded to include South Australia and New South Wales in Australia, and the Oriental region. The relationships of Neuroscelio are discussed: the genus is removed from the tribe Gryonini. It does not appear to be closely related to any extant genera but is similar in several morphological aspects to the Eocene genus Brachyscelio Brues and the Cretaceous genus Cenomanoscelio Schlüter.
Morphological description of the pupa and fourth-instar larva and redescription of the adults of Psorophora (Psorophora) pallescens Edwards (Diptera: Culicidae)
Authors: STEIN MARINA , LAURITO MAGDALENA , ROSSI GUSTAVO CARLOS , ALMIRÓN WALTER RICARDO
Published: August 2019

The adult male and female of Psorophora (Psorophora) pallescens Edwards are redescribed. The pupa and fourth-instar larva are described for the first time. The male genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva are illustrated. Information on distribution, bionomics and taxonomy is also included. Psorophora pallescens adults differ from the other species of the subgenus in the coloration of the scutum and abdomen. The larva can be distinguished from Psorophora ciliata based on characters of the head, thorax and abdomen.
First record of the genus Atrichobrunettia Satchell in Mexico, with the description of a new species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae)
Authors: IBÁÑEZ-BERNAL SERGIO
Published: August 2019

Genus Atrichobrunettia Satchell is represented in the Americas by 14 described species, 13 from Brazil, and one from Costa Rica. Atrichobrunettia xalapaensis sp. nov. is described based on male and female characteristics and constitutes the first record of this genus in Mexico. This species belongs to subgenus A. (Polibrunettia) Bravo, but is easily distinguished from other described species of Polibrunettia by the form of the parameres and aedeagus in the male.
Glyptothorax gopii, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, north-eastern India
Authors: KOSYGIN LAISHRAM , DAS UJJAL , SINGH PRATIMA , CHOWDHURY BASUDHARA ROY
Published: August 2019

Glyptothorax gopii, a new sisorid catfish, is described from the Kaladan River drainage in Mizoram, northeast India. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Indian subcontinent by the combination of the following characters: an axe-shaped anterior nuchal plate element extensively in contact with the posterior nuchal plate, plicae present on the ventral surfaces of the pectoral-fin spine and outer rays of pelvic-fin rays, an elliptical thoracic adhesive apparatus, the nasal barbel not reaching the anterior margin of the eye, tuberculate skin, and two pale cream longitudinal stripes on the body. Glyptothorax alaknandi is considered a valid species.
One new species and one new Chinese record of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Mount Shiwandashan of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China
Authors: MO RAORAO , YAO GANG , WANG GUOQUAN , LI WEIHAI
Published: August 2019

Two species of the genus Neoperla Needham, 1905 from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China are treated, the description of one new species, N. shiwandashana sp. nov., and the first Chinese record of N. yentu Cao & Bae, 2007. Illustrations and color images are provided for each species and the new species is compared with related congeners.
Interdecadal Variation of the Relationship between East Asian Water Vapor Transport and Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures during January and Associated Mechanisms
Authors: Sun Bo , Wang Huijun , Zhou Botao
Published: August 2019

This study examined the interdecadal variations in the relationship between the East Asian water vapor transport (WVT) and the central and eastern tropical Pacific (CETP) sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in January during 1951–2018, focusing on the meridional WVT over East Asia, which is critical for the East Asian winter precipitation. The results indicate that before the 1980s, an increased southerly WVT over East Asia was generally associated with warm SST anomalies in the CETP during January, whereas, after the mid-1980s, an increased southerly WVT over East Asia was mostly associated with cold SST anomalies in the central tropical Pacific during January. The underlying mechanisms are discussed based on a comparison on the climate anomalies associated with the East Asian meridional WVT between the periods of 1951–79 and 1986–2018. During 1951–79, the meridional WVT over East Asia was mainly modulated by the Pacific–East Asian (PEA) teleconnection, which would induce an anomalous southerly WVT over East Asia corresponding to warm SST anomalies in the CETP. Whereas, during 1986–2018, the connection between the PEA teleconnection and the East Asian meridional WVT was weakened. The connection among the CETP SSTs, the anomalous zonal circulation over the North Pacific, and the East Asian meridional WVT was enhanced. Additionally, the connection among the CETP SSTs, the circumglobal teleconnection in the Northern Hemisphere, and the East Asian meridional WVT was enhanced. The above two enhanced connections opposed the effect of the PEA teleconnection and would induce an anomalous southerly WVT over East Asia corresponding to cold SST anomalies in the central tropical Pacific.
Comments on “Diathermal Heat Transport in a Global Ocean Model”
Authors: Hochet Antoine , Tailleux Rémi
Published: August 2019

Holmes et al. (2019) have proposed a new theoretical framework for studying ocean heat uptake in potential temperature coordinates. One important step in their derivations requires understanding the temporal changes of the volume of water V with temperature greater than some value, which they write as the sum of two terms. The first one is due to the surface freshwater fluxes and is well defined, but the second one—attributed to the volume fluxes through the lower boundary of the domain—is given no explicit expression. What the authors mean exactly is unclear, however, because in the incompressible Boussinesq approximation, the use of a divergenceless velocity field implies that the sum of the volume fluxes through any kind of control volume must integrate to zero at all times. In this comment, we provide two alternative explicit mathematical expressions linking the volume change of Holmes et al. (2019) to the diabatic sources and sinks of heat that clarify their result. By contrasting Holmes et al.’s (2019) approach with that for a fully compressible ocean, it is concluded that the volume considered by Holmes et al. (2019) is best interpreted as a proxy for the Boussinesq mass M0 = ρ0V, where ρ0 is the reference Boussinesq density. If V were truly meant to represent volume rather than a proxy for the Boussinesq mass, the Boussinesq expression for dV/dt would have to be regarded as inaccurate because of its neglect of the volume changes resulting from mean density changes.
Reply to “Comments on ‘Diathermal Heat Transport in a Global Ocean Model’”
Authors: Holmes Ryan M. , Zika Jan D. , England Matthew H.
Published: August 2019

Hochet and Tailleux (2019), in a comment on Holmes et al. (2019), argue that under the incompressible Boussinesq approximation the “sum of the volume fluxes through any kind of control volume must integrate to zero at all times.” They hence argue that the expression in Holmes et al. (2019) for the change in the volume of seawater warmer than a given temperature is inaccurate. Here we clarify what is meant by the term “volume flux” as used in Holmes et al. (2019) and also more generally in the water-mass transformation literature. Specifically, a volume flux across a surface can occur either due to fluid moving through a fixed surface, or due to the surface moving through the fluid. Interpreted in this way, we show using several examples that the statement from Hochet and Tailleux (2019) quoted above does not apply to the control volume considered in Holmes et al. (2019). Hochet and Tailleux (2019) then derive a series of expressions for the water-mass transformation or volume flux across an isotherm in the general, compressible case. In the incompressible Boussinesq limit these expressions reduce to a form (similar to that provided in Holmes et al. 2019) that involves the temperature derivative of the diabatic heat fluxes. Due to this derivative, can be difficult to robustly estimate from ocean model output. This emphasizes one of the advantages of the approach of Holmes et al. (2019), namely, does not appear in the internal heat content budget and is not needed to describe the flow of internal heat content into and around the ocean.
A Method of Visibility Detection Based on the Transfer Learning
Authors: Li Qian , Tang Shaoen , Peng Xuan , Ma Qiang
Published: August 2019

Atmospheric visibility is an important element of meteorological observation. With existing methods, defining image features that reflect visibility accurately and comprehensively is difficult. This paper proposes a visibility detection method based on transfer learning using deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) that addresses issues caused by a lack of sufficient visibility labeled datasets. In the proposed method, each image was first divided into several subregions, which were encoded to extract visual features using a pretrained no-reference image quality assessment neural network. Then a support vector regression model was trained to map the extracted features to the visibility. The fusion weight of each subregion was evaluated according to the error analysis of the regression model. Finally, the neural network was fine-tuned to better fit the problem of visibility detection using the current detection results conversely. Experimental results demonstrated that the detection accuracy of the proposed method exceeds 90% and satisfies the requirements of daily observation applications.
Autism spectrum disorder: How can occupational therapists support schools?
Authors: Grandisson Marie , Rajotte Émilie , Godin Julie , Chrétien-Vincent Myriam , Milot Élise , Desmarais Chantal
Published: August 2019

Background.

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face multiple occupational challenges in their school, and school staff need additional support to increase their participation.

Purpose.

The aim of this study is to identify how Response to Intervention (RTI) could be used by occupational therapists to support school personnel who work with children with ASD.

Method.

In a descriptive qualitative study, three discussion groups were undertaken with occupational therapists and school staff members in Quebec, Canada, to identify the main concerns regarding the participation of children with ASD in school activities as well as the actions to consider when attempting to increase school-related abilities.

Findings.

School staff members are primarily concerned with frequent outbursts and limited autonomy, along with low motivation and anxiety in children with ASD in diverse school activities and contexts. The actions identified provide guidelines for school and occupational therapist selection, the process to follow, collaborative practices, and support required.

Implications.

A practice model is presented for occupational therapists who seek to develop school capacity to support the participation of children with ASD.
God in Creation: A Consideration of Natural Selection as the Sacrificial Means of a Free Creation
Authors: Watson Simon R.
Published: August 2019

If the Christian God is creator of all things and revealed in Christ to be costly love, then how can divine agency in creation be understood in light of scientific discoveries revealing that biological warfare undergirds Darwinian evolution by natural selection? To explore this challenge, I look to Philip Hefner’s teleonomic axiom as a measure for divine agency in the fulfillment and survival of natural structures and processes. Drawing on this criterion and the feminist writing of Judith Plaskow, I conclude that Hefner’s attempt to understand divine immanence using the metaphor of sacrifice with John Hick’s Irenaean Theodicy can support a risky model for the human as made in God’s image by justifying the instrumental subjugation and exploitation of creaturely life and specifically women. Considering the God crucified in Christ, I recommend the metaphor of a fallen creation to acknowledge the inexplicable and unacceptable magnitude of harm suffered by individual creatures.
The Renaissance of African Spiritualities vis-à-vis Christianity: Adopting the Model of Mutual Enrichment
Authors: Nweke Kizito Chinedu
Published: August 2019

Christianity has been dominant in many parts of Africa especially since its colonial contact. Recently, however, there is a surge of interest in reviving indigenous spiritualities among Africans, both in Africa and in the diaspora. In Lagos, Nigeria, for example, shrines compete with churches and mosques for adherents and positions. Among the Igbos, a form of convenient interreligiousness has been developed in the society. When issues of practical expediency arise, the Christian would have the option of referring back to his/her traditional religion. Beyond Africa, the rise of African spiritualities has become conspicuous. For various reasons, ranging from Afrocentrism to anti-religious tendencies to the popular religions, from racial animosity to politico-economic ideologies, a lot of people, Africans and non-Africans, are embracing the neo-African spiritualities. This article is a study addressing this revival, by critically analyzing the reasons for its re-emergence, the challenges that have accompanied the revival and the implications of it in the Christian–African spirituality relationship. Can this renaissance in African spirituality bring forth or support a renaissance in Africa? Africa has about 450 million Christians, about 40% of the continent’s population. People of African origin equally make up a good number of Christians outside Africa. In other words, Christianity is decisive, ideologically and structurally, not just as a religion but also in the socio-political life of Africans. Finding a way to harmonize Christianity and African spiritualities, especially in the face of this renaissance, for the growth of Africa, is the aim of this article. Hence, it suggests the model of “Mutual Enrichment.”
Assessment of the Impact of Chinese and Indian Economic Activities in Africa: A Particular Focus on Ethiopia’s Economy
Authors: Addis Amsalu K. , Zuping Zhu
Published: August 2019

In Africa, China and India are considered to be following a donor–recipient approach and are explicitly criticised for exploiting the continent’s energy resources. This study focuses on the presence of the Asian countries in terms of institutional theory, historical connections, instrumental motivations and political engagement with Africa in general, and with Ethiopia in particular. India offers non-pecuniary value, such as scholarship and technical assistance, whereas China focuses on a wider range of economic aids and non-pecuniary packages; thus, both countries are well positioned in Africa. This study is an exercise audit of the impact of Chinese and Indian economic activities on Ethiopia’s economic growth and examines the period from 1992 to 2016 from historical and contemporary perspectives. This study also includes a case study of members of Ethiopian society’s attitudes towards the presence and prospects of Chinese and Indian investment projects and its perceptions of these projects. Although some long-term developmental impacts remain uncertain, this study argues that the presence of the Asian drivers has favoured Ethiopia in many investment sectors and concludes that the overall impact of the Asian drivers on Ethiopia is beneficial. To collect primary data, individual and group interviews and discussions were conducted.
On the Difference Between Necessary and Unnecessary Glances Away From the Forward Roadway: An Occlusion Study on the Motorway
Authors: Kircher Katja , Kujala Tuomo , Ahlström Christer
Published: August 2019

Objective

The present study strove to distinguish traffic-related glances away from the forward roadway from non-traffic-related glances while assessing the minimum amount of visual information intake necessary for safe driving in particular scenarios.

Background

Published gaze-based distraction detection algorithms and guidelines for distraction prevention essentially measure the time spent looking away from the forward roadway, without incorporating situation-based attentional requirements. Incorporating situation-based attentional requirements would entail an approach that not only considers the time spent looking elsewhere but also checks whether all necessary information has been sampled.

Method

We assess the visual sampling requirements for the forward view based on 25 experienced drivers’ self-paced visual occlusion in real motorway traffic, dependent on a combination of situational factors, and compare these with their corresponding glance behavior in baseline driving.

Results

Occlusion durations were on average 3 times longer than glances away from the forward roadway, and they varied substantially depending on particular maneuvers and on the proximity of other traffic, showing that interactions with nearby traffic increase perceived uncertainty. The frequency of glances away from the forward roadway was relatively stable across proximity levels and maneuvers, being very similar to what has been found in naturalistic driving.

Conclusion

Glances away from the forward roadway proved qualitatively different from occlusions in both their duration and when they occur. Our findings indicate that glancing away from the forward roadway for driving purposes is not the same as glancing away for other purposes, and that neither is necessarily equivalent to distraction.
Progressing the care, husbandry and management of ageing mice used in scientific studies
Authors: Wilkinson Michael JA , Selman Colin , McLaughlin Lynn , Horan Linda , Hamilton Lindsay , Gilbert Colin , Chadwick Caroline , Flynn J Norman
Published: August 2019

Driven by the longer lifespans of humans, particularly in Westernised societies, and the need to know more about ‘healthy ageing’, ageing mice are being used increasingly in scientific research. Many departments and institutes involved with ageing research have developed their own systems to determine intervention points for potential refinements and to identify humane end points. Several good systems are in use, but variations between them could contribute to poor reproducibility of the science achieved. Working with scientific and regulatory communities in the UK, we have reviewed the clinical signs observed in ageing mice and developed recommendations for enhanced monitoring, behaviour assessment, husbandry and veterinary interventions. We advocate that the default time point for enhanced monitoring should be 15 months of age, unless prior information is available. Importantly, the enhanced monitoring should cause no additional harms to the animals. Where a mouse strain is well characterised, the onset of age-related enhanced monitoring may be modified based on knowledge of the onset of an expected age-related clinical sign. In progeroid models where ageing is accelerated, enhanced monitoring may need to be brought forward. Information on the background strain must be considered, as it influences the onset of age-related clinical signs. The range of ageing models currently used means that there will be no ‘one-size fits all’ solution. Increased awareness of the issues will lead to more refined and consistent husbandry of ageing mice, and application of humane end points will help to reduce the numbers of animals maintained for longer than is scientifically justified.
Impact of an Empathy Training Program on Children’s Perspective-Taking Abilities
Authors: Aslan Durmuş , Köksal Akyol Aysel
Published: August 2019

This study investigated the impact of an empathy training program developed by the researchers to promote perspective-taking abilities of preschool children. Participants were 34 children from two different kindergartens. Children in the treatment group attended an empathy training program that consisted of 30 activities and lasted for 10 weeks, whereas those in the nonintervention group attend the regular preschool program. Data were obtained through individual interviews with children. Perspective-Taking Test for Children, designed by the researchers, was used to assess children’s perspective-taking abilities. The results of the study demonstrated that the training program significantly improved perspective-taking performance of children in the treatment group compared to their peers in the nonintervention group, and this effect persisted one month after the intervention.
Self-Construal Differences in Chile and South Korea: A Brief Report
Authors: Benavides Paloma , Hur Taekyun
Published: August 2019

Latin American and East Asian cultures are generally considered to be collectivistic cultures. However, there are very few cross-cultural studies contrasting these two cultures against each other, as most studies in this field compare them to Western culture. Self-construal is one of the most used constructs to explain cultural differences, elucidating whether individuals of a cultural group see themselves as independent of their environment and others, focusing on personal motivations, or interdependent of others and their context, recognizing their role within it. This study intends to compare the self-construal of Chileans and South Koreans and observe the variability in the presence of these dimensions in these two cultures. A total of 200 participants from Chile and South Korea responded to the Self-Construal Scale. Chileans presented significantly higher scores on independent and interdependent self-construal simultaneously when compared to South Koreans. Also, Chileans presented higher scores on independent self-construal than on interdependent self-construal, while Koreans did not show a preference for either dimension. These results are consistent with previous studies on Chileans, implying that not all Latin American countries would adhere to collectivism.
Schizotypal Tendencies Are Positively Associated With Self-Talk Frequency
Authors: Brinthaupt Thomas M. , Smartt Deroneasha D. , Long Kyle R.
Published: August 2019

Theory and research suggest that schizotypy is a personality construct characterized by self-regulatory problems and that self-talk serves a variety of self-regulatory functions. In this study, undergraduates ( N =  379) completed multidimensional measures of schizotypy and self-talk. Results provided strong support for a greater self-regulatory focus hypothesis, with positive and disorganized schizotypy factors positively and significantly correlated with self-talk factors, but negative schizotypy factors unrelated to self-talk frequency. We discuss implications of these findings for schizotypy and self-talk theory and research.
Completion of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Series Among Adolescent Users and Nonusers of School-Based Health Centers
Authors: Munn Meaghan S. , Kay Meagan , Page Libby C. , Duchin Jeffrey S.
Published: August 2019

Objectives:

Uptake and completion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series among adolescents are suboptimal in the United States. We examined immunization registry data to determine completion of the 3-dose HPV vaccine series among adolescents in Seattle, Washington, born during 1995-2000 who received ≥1 dose of HPV vaccine.

Methods:

Immunization data included the administrating facility, which identified adolescents who used school-based health centers (SBHCs) for any HPV vaccine dose. We calculated completion of the 3-dose series at any time and on time by the 13th birthday. We stratified analyses by sex and assessed differences in on-time and any-time completion between users and nonusers of SBHCs.

Results:

Overall, 67.9% (8612 of 12 676) of females and 41.8% (3560 of 8521) of males with ≥1 dose of HPV vaccine completed the 3-dose series. Compared with female SBHC nonusers, female SBHC users had 37% higher odds of completing the series at any time (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.37; 95% CI, 1.19-1.58) and 33% higher odds of completing the series on time (aOR = 1.33; 95% CI, 1.08-1.64). Compared with male SBHC nonusers, male SBHC users had 45% higher odds of completing the series at any time (aOR = 1.45; 95% CI, 1.23-1.70) and 79% higher odds of completing the series on time (aOR = 1.79; 95% CI, 1.11-2.89).

Conclusion:

Adolescent SBHC users had higher odds of completing the HPV vaccine series than adolescents who received all doses in traditional health care settings. SBHCs should be leveraged to increase adolescent immunization rates.
Gentrification, transnational gentrification and touristification in Seville, Spain
Authors: Jover Jaime , Díaz-Parra Ibán
Published: August 2019

Increased international tourism in large European cities has been a growing social and political issue over the last few years. As the number of urban tourists has rapidly grown, studies have often focused on its socio-spatial consequences, commonly referred to as touristification, and have linked this to gentrification. This connection makes sense within the framework of planetary gentrification theories because the social injustices it generates in cities have a global pattern. However, gentrification is a complex process that must be analytically differentiated from tourism strategies and their effects. Whereas gentrification means a lower income population replaced by one of a higher status, touristification consists of an increase in tourist activity that generally implies the loss of residents. Strategies to appropriate and marketise culture to sustain tourism-led economies can also shape more attractive places for foreign wealthy newcomers, whose arrival has been theorised as transnational gentrification. Discussions on the relationship between gentrification, transnational gentrification and touristification are essential, especially regarding how they work in transforming an urban area’s social fabric, for which Seville, Spain’s fourth largest city with an economy specialised in cultural tourism, provides a starting point. The focus is set on the processes’ timelines and similar patterns, which are tested on three consecutive scales of analysis: the city, the historic district and the Alameda neighbourhood. Through the examination of these transformations, the article concludes that transnational gentrification and touristification are new urban strategies and practices to revalorise real estate and appropriate urban surplus in unique urban areas.
Digging for sanctuary: The garden as a contact sphere
Authors: Alexander Vera
Published: August 2019

The European ideal of connectivity across national borders is haunted by a dissolving of boundaries and categories. Public crises are carried into private spaces, generating an almost omnipresent anxiety exacerbated by various media. Almost omnipresent? Yes: for one space, the garden, tenaciously resists the maelstrom of late modernity, or appears to do so in reassuring ways. This article analyses how the multiple European crises are addressed in and by recent mediatisations of gardening. Drawing on selected Anglophone gardening programmes, I argue that the mediascape of gardening represents a relational ‘contact sphere’ where Otherness is negotiated. Focusing on regaining a sense of control and autarky, infotainment programmes on gardening have grown into interactive platforms which disseminate images and practices which contribute to a sustainable vision of Europe, while addressing seemingly uncontrollable problems of change, identity and emotion, threats to human health, and non-transparent food production.
Identifying Destination Health: Developing the Concepts of Market Indifference and Destination Dependence / Market Irrelevance
Authors: McKercher Bob , Mak Barry
Published: August 2019

This article develops a diagnostic tool to identify destinations “at risk” as a result of markets’ interest or lack thereof in a place. “At risk” is used in a similar manner to the medical profession’s use of the term “patients at risk” to identify those patients at risk of deterioration in order to trigger early intervention. Two situations are identified: market indifference, where markets as a whole show little interest in a destination, and destination dependence/market irrelevance, where destinations are overly reliant on markets that in the larger scheme of outbound travel show little interest in the destination. The study analyzed 162 destinations using UNWTO data. Almost 80 are affected potentially by one of these conditions. Most at-risk destinations are either small island countries, micro states, or countries with an underdeveloped tourism sector. Interestingly, no differences were found in the contribution tourism makes to GDP between seemingly at risk and not at risk places.
An overview of systematic literature reviews in social media marketing
Authors: Rowley Jennifer , Keegan Brendan James
Published: August 2019

Systematic literature reviews (SLRs) adopt a specified and transparent approach in order to scope the literature in a field or sub-field. However, there has been little critical comment on their purpose and processes in practice. By undertaking an overview of SLRs in the field of social media (SM) marketing, this article undertakes a critical evaluation of the SLR purposes and processes in a set of recent SLRs and presents a future research agenda for social media marketing. The overview shows that the purposes of SLRs include the following: making sense (of research in a field), developing a concept matrix/taxonomy and supporting research and practice. On SLR processes, while there is some consensus on the stages of the process, there is considerable variation in how these processes are executed. This article offers a resource to inform practice and acts as a platform for further critical debate regarding the nature and value of SLRs.
Evaluating the performance of government websites: An automatic assessment system based on the TFN-AHP methodology
Authors: Cai Xudong , Li Shengli , Feng Gengzhong
Published: August 2019

Government websites are currently important for providing information and services to citizens. It is a crucial task to evaluate the performance of each government website. The traditional evaluation processes based on experts are criticised as being subjective and cannot work in real time. This article proposes a framework and automatic assessment system for evaluating the performance of government websites in real time. To test the proposed framework and the automatic assessment system, we evaluate and classify 70 websites from Shaanxi Province of China. This article provides guidance for government agencies, managers of government websites and researchers.
The impact of business intelligence through knowledge management
Authors: Bouaoula Wassila , Belgoum Farid , Shaikh Arifusalam , Taleb-Berrouane Mohammed , Bazan Carlos
Published: August 2019

Competition among companies has intensified during the last few decades and hence monitoring the organization’s environment has become a priority. Monitoring the internal and external environments involves collecting, retrieving, managing, and disseminating large volumes of data and information. Companies are able to handle these complex tasks very efficiently through knowledge management (KM). A valuable tool of KM is business intelligence (BI), that is, the set of coordinated actions of research, treatment, and distribution of information that can help support the company’s competitiveness. This study aims to evaluate BI and quantitatively demonstrate its impact on the competitiveness of an organization. It proposes a methodology and applies it to a multinational food processing company to determine the influencing elements in BI and measure their impacts on the organization’s competitiveness. This study identified four variables of BI that are likely to have an impact on the competitiveness of the company: the search for information, the treatment of information, the utility of information, and information security. To collect the required data, this study developed a survey with five categories, namely, research, utility, treatment, security, and competitiveness, and the collected data were analyzed using second-order partial least square-structural equation modeling in SmartPLS 3. This study found that research, utility, treatment, and security have positive correlations with BI, and that the strength of the relationship between BI and each variable is significant. Furthermore, the results show that the BI elements can explain over 38 percent of the variation in the competitiveness of the company.
Friendships and Social Acceptance of Portuguese Children With Disabilities: The Role of Classroom Quality, Individual Skills, and Dosage
Authors: Ferreira Milene , Aguiar Cecília , Correia Nadine , Fialho Margarida , Pimentel Júlia Serpa
Published: August 2019

Positive social experiences with peers are important for children with disabilities attending inclusive early childhood education (ECE). This study investigated the associations between classroom quality; children’s verbal, social, and behavioral skills; and the friendships and social acceptance of children with disabilities, while testing the moderating effects of ECE dosage. Eighty-six children with disabilities (63 boys; Mage = 67.53 years, SD = 10.54 years), attending 86 inclusive ECE classrooms from the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, Portugal, participated in the study. We found no effects of classroom quality on children’s social acceptance and friendships and ECE dosage did not moderate this association. However, ECE dosage moderated the association between children’s individual skills and their social acceptance and friendships. Findings suggest that more time in ECE is not enough to support children’s social acceptance, particularly for children with increased language and behavioral difficulties, who likely require more intensive and individualized interventions to support their peer-related social experiences.
Shared invariance control for constraint satisfaction in multi-robot systems
Authors: Kimmel Melanie , Pfort Jannick , Wöhlke Jan , Hirche Sandra
Published: August 2019

In systems involving multiple intelligent agents, e.g. multi-robot systems, the satisfaction of environmental, inter-agent, and task constraints is essential to ensure safe and successful task execution. This requires a constraint enforcing control scheme, which is able to allocate and distribute the required evasive control actions adequately among the agents, ideally according to the role of the agents or the importance of the executed tasks. In this work, we propose a shared invariance control scheme in combination with a suitable agent prioritization to control multiple agents safely and reliably. Based on the projection of the constraints into the input spaces of the individual agents using input–output linearization, shared invariance control determines constraint enforcing control inputs and facilitates implementation in a distributed manner. In order to allow for shared evasive actions, the control approach introduces weighting factors derived from a two-stage prioritization scheme, which allots the weights according to a variety of factors such as a fixed task priority, the number of constraints affecting each agent or a manipulability measure. The proposed control scheme is proven to guarantee constraint satisfaction. The approach is illustrated in simulations and an experimental evaluation on a dual-arm robotic platform.
Design and implementation of brushless doubly fed induction machine with new stator winding configuration
Authors: Resmi R , Vanitha V , Nambiar TNP , Kottayil Sasi K
Published: August 2019

Brushless doubly fed induction machine has acquired relevance as a wind electric generator because of its relative merits over doubly fed induction generator. However, the main drawback of brushless doubly fed induction machine is the presence of torque ripples due to spatial and time harmonics caused by two stator windings and complex rotor structure. In this article, a special design of brushless doubly fed induction machine using delta-star connection in one of the two stator windings is proposed to reduce the torque ripples. Simulation of the new brushless doubly fed induction machine design is performed in ANSYS Maxwell software, and the results when compared with the conventional winding design validated the effectiveness of the new design in minimizing the torque ripples. Prototype of the new brushless doubly fed induction machine has been fabricated and tested in laboratory. Tests have been conducted in both synchronous and asynchronous modes of brushless doubly fed induction machine. Simple induction and cascade connections have been tested in asynchronous motoring mode. Motoring as well as generating conditions have been tested in synchronous mode. Test results show that the new brushless doubly fed induction machine has not only the desired characteristics for wind turbine generator but also capabilities suited for variable torque–variable speed motor applications as well as constant speed applications.
System-Level Fault Prognosis for High-Speed Railway On-Board Systems
Authors: Zang Yu , ShangGuan Wei , Cai Bai-Gen , Wang Hua-Shen , Kaushik Lovlesh , Pecht Michael G.
Published: August 2019

The on-board system is the core part of a train control system that ensures traffic safety and improves operational efficiency. At present, fault data processing methods for on-board systems do not show the degradation of components, subsystems, or the system over time, but only focus on identifying faults after a failure has occurred, so fault prognosis cannot be realized. This paper applies a multilevel flow model based on system-level failure mode and effect analysis. The model defines the primary and secondary alarms, divides the failure modes into different levels, and ranks the risk priority numbers at different levels. The Balise transmission system is then used as an example to demonstrate the system-level fault prognosis methodology, and the variables from different levels are combined through the component model, subsystem model, and system model. The results are verified according to the actual operation manual.
Reducing Implicit Bias Toward Non-Native Speakers of English Via Perspective Taking
Authors: Weyant James
Published: August 2019

Using an independent groups design, an experiment was performed to test the hypothesis that a perspective taking exercise would reduce implicit bias against individuals who speak English as a second language. The dependent variable was a brief implicit association test, designed to detect bias against people who are Hispanic. Compared with a no-perspective taking control group, a perspective taking group showed no significant bias on the measure. Implications about how a perspective taking exercise might be applied more broadly are discussed.
Does Emotion Regulation Mediate the Relation Between Family-of-Origin Violence and Intimate Partner Violence?
Authors: Oliveros Arazais D. , Coleman Ashley S.
Published: August 2019

Family-of-origin violence (FOV), including child maltreatment and exposure to interparental violence during childhood, is frequently cited as a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood. Emotion regulation (ER) difficulties have been linked to FOV and to IPV, but research has not identified the role of ER as a mechanism by which past exposure to FOV predicts current IPV. The current study examines whether greater FOV predicts ER difficulties, whether these difficulties can explain/mediate the relationship between FOV and IPV, and whether the process differs according to the gender of parent–child dyads. Emerging adult participants (475 women, 145 men) aged 18 to 30 years, who were in a current romantic relationship lasting at least 3 months, completed measures of past FOV, current difficulties in ER, and IPV perpetrated and experienced in current intimate relationships. ER difficulties mediated the relationship between FOV and current IPV; however, differences among specific types of FOV and gender were noted. Results support an intergenerational transmission of family violence and suggest that parent–child gender dyads influence this process.
Key Articles and Guidelines in the Management of Dyslipidemia: 2019 Update
Authors: Wiggins Barbara S. , Dixon Dave , Bellone Jessica , Gasbarro Nicole , Marrs Joel C. , Tran Rebecca
Published: August 2019

Although the mortality from cardiovascular disease has declined, it remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Dyslipidemia is a modifiable risk factor that plays a significant role in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Treating dyslipidemia by lowering cholesterol, predominately low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events. The first article that provided dyslipidemia bibliographies was published in 2006. Since this time, new therapies have become available and older therapies that were once thought to provide benefit have since been shown to lack positive outcomes and have therefore fallen out of favor for routine use. As the body of evidence continues to expand, clinicians are faced with reevaluating their treatment strategies to ensure optimal outcomes and appropriate use of lipid-lowering therapies. Therefore, this compilation was created to serve as a resource for clinicians. This publication provides an update of key articles in dyslipidemia management including various guidelines and practice-changing randomized controlled trials.
Comparing modular and personal service delivery in specialised outpatient care: A survey of haematology and oncology patient preferences
Authors: Silander Katariina , Torkki Paulus , Peltokorpi Antti , Tarkkanen Maija , Lepäntalo Aino , Mattson Johanna , Bono Petri , Kaila Minna
Published: August 2019

Background

Oncology and haematology are shifting from inpatient to outpatient care, requiring new care delivery models. This study compares preferences of oncology patients treated by named nurses in a traditional specialty-focused day hospital and haematology patients treated without named nurses in a modularised day hospital.

Methods

Questionnaires to explore patient preferences on number of treating nurses and named nurses, and satisfaction in day hospital care were distributed to 300 haematology and 410 oncology patients. Binomial logistic regressions were performed to study how background variables influenced preferences for having (i) a named nurse or (ii) maximum three treating nurses in the day hospital.

Results

In 2016, 156 (52%) haematology and 289 (70%) oncology surveys were completed and returned. Both groups were satisfied with day hospital care. Haematology patients preferred named nurses less often than oncology patients (odds ratio (OR) = 0.09, p < 0.0005). Haematology patients were less likely to prefer a maximum of three treating nurses (OR = 0.12, p < 0.0005).

Conclusion

This study suggests that patients can be satisfied with outpatient care with or without named nurses. However, as several factors affect patient satisfaction and experience, more in-depth research is needed to understand how modularisation and patient preferences may be linked.