bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Multiple-Iterated Dual Control Model for Groundwater Exploitation and Water Level Based on the Optimal Allocation Model of Water Resources
Authors: Liu Junqiu , Xie Xinmin , Ma Zhenzhen , Fang Guohua , He Huaxiang , Du Mingyue
Published: April 2018

In order to mitigate environmental and ecological impacts resulting from groundwater overexploitation, we developed a multiple-iterated dual control model consisting of four modules for groundwater exploitation and water level. First, a water resources allocation model integrating calculation module of groundwater allowable withdrawal was built to predict future groundwater recharge and discharge. Then, the results were input into groundwater numerical model to simulate water levels. Groundwater exploitation was continuously optimized using the critical groundwater level as the feedback, and a groundwater multiple-iterated technique was applied to the feedback process. The proposed model was successfully applied to a typical region in Shenyang in northeast China. Results showed the groundwater numerical model was verified in simulating water levels, with a mean absolute error of 0.44 m, an average relative error of 1.33%, and a root-mean-square error of 0.46 m. The groundwater exploitation reduced from 290.33 million m3 to 116.76 million m3 and the average water level recovered from 34.27 m to 34.72 m in planning year. Finally, we proposed the strategies for water resources management in which the water levels should be controlled within the critical groundwater level. The developed model provides a promising approach for water resources allocation and sustainable groundwater management, especially for those regions with overexploited groundwater.
“Un compte public de toutes leurs actions à tout l’univers et à tous les siècles”. The King and his Public: dilemmas around the representation of Louis XIV in the Medallic History of his reign
Authors: Jones Mark
Published: April 2018

Cet article traite de ce que représente l’Histoire Métallique de Louis XIV. Est-ce, comme ses auteurs le suggèrent, les principaux événements du règne ? Ou est-ce, comme le souhaitaient le roi et Colbert, un portrait du souverain idéal ? Ou plutôt la représentation d’un monarque moderne ou d’un héros de l’Antiquité ?
Itinéraire d’un graveur à la fin du règne de Louis XIV. Charles Pinon, élève de François Chéron et commis de Nicolas de Launay
Authors: Jouvet Ludovic
Published: April 2018

The notarial archives of French National Archives offer a valuable resource for studying medal engravers in the modern Era. One apprenticeship contract (1696) between François Chéron (1638-1698) and his pupil Charles Pinon allows to attribute severals medal to this younger engraver at the begining of the 18th century. It offers the opportunity to outline a short biography of this unrecognised artist of the time of Louis XIV, to study know-how transmission, networks and career strategies of protagonists.
Un nouveau type monétaire en argent de Dyrrachion
Authors: Gjongecaj Shpresa
Published: April 2018

A new silver coin found at Durrës, the ancient Dyrrachion, is presented in this paper. The obverse shows the Hermes Parammon’s head. On the reverse, a Δ and a club fasten the attribution of the coin to Dyrrachion. The weight and the use of the half Pegasus on the reverse indicate that the coin is an eighth-stater.
Poseidon as a God of Earthquake in Roman Asia Minor
Authors: Güney Hale
Published: April 2018

Even though the typology of civic coins is one of the most important means of obtaining information about the political, economic, social and cultural life of ancient cities, it is not so easy to obtain this kind of information, as coins do not always bear legends or other informative implications. This paper attempts, however, to analyse the correlation between earthquakes and religious life in Asia Minor under the Roman Empire. It will, thus, focus on exploring whether there is any correlation between the earthquake records of Roman Asia Minor and the representations of Poseidon on civic coinage in this period by evaluating numismatic, epigraphic and archaeological evidence. The subject will be handled in two different sections : the first part deals with the conception of earthquakes in antiquity, as they were associated with Poseidon as the god of earthquakes. The second part focuses on the correlation between the dates during which earthquakes took place and the appearance of Poseidon on the coins of Asia Minor.
Trésors monétaires byzantins des VIe-VIIe siècles trouvés en Syrie
Authors: Kiwan Khaled , Morrisson Cécile
Published: April 2018

Three recent hoards of gold coins are published : a confiscated one from Hama, dep. ca. 507 AD, and two from archaeological excavations in Tartous and Tell-Fekeriye / Resaina-Theodosioupolis, dep. ca. 610. Two bronze finds from excavations are added : 34 folles and halffolles from Ras el-Ma’ara (Yabroud) dep. ca. 596 and a sample of 38 folles and half-folles from the 6 000 bronze coins found during excavations at As-Sanamein / anc. Aere, south of Damascus. One notes an unpublished variant of the rare consular solidus of Anastasius (Hama), the identical dies of five of the six solidi from Fekheriye and the importance of Justin II folles from the military mint in As-Sanamein.
La pièce de 100 francs-or Bazor de 1928 : dernier louis d’or français
Authors: Manas Arnaud
Published: April 2018

La pièce de 100 francs-or Bazor, tentative pour restaurer une véritable monnaie d’or après la dévaluation de Poincaré en 1928, présente un double intérêt. D’une part, elle est le produit de l’histoire récente du début du XXe siècle et des évolutions monétaires, politiques et culturelles consécutives à la Grande guerre. D’autre part, elle s’inscrit dans la continuité longue du système monétaire français moderne instauré par Louis XIII en 1640.
Les ascariérythréens, créateurs de frontières
Authors: Le Houérou Fabienne
Published: April 2018

Les ascari érythréens, créateurs de frontières, Fabienne Le Houérou.

Cette étude présente les premiers résultats d'un chantier de recherche sur les supplétifs érythréens recrutés par l'armée coloniale italienne. La fonction des ascari lors de la période coloniale et le croisement de leurs témoignages avec ceux d'autres acteurs politiques, les anciens combattants du Front de libération de l'Erythrée font apparaître leur rôle dans la formation d'une identité érythréenne.
Encadrer et contrôler le documentaire de propagande sous l'occupation
Authors: Bertin-Maghit Jean-Pierre
Published: April 2018

Encadrer et contrôler le documentaire de propagande sous l'Occupation, Jean-Pierre Bertin-Maghit.

Parmi les instruments de propagande dans la France occupée, le documentaire a été récupéré et mis au service des idéolo- gies du gouvernement de Vichy, des collaborationnistes et de l'occupant nazi. Ces images renvoient aux luttes d'influence qui existaient entre les différents émetteurs. Les réalisations adoptèrent des styles spécifiques à chacun des discours propagés. Il est ainsi possible d'établir une chronique de ces films à travers les quatre années d'Occupation. C'est dire que le cinéma de propagande ne constitue pas un bloc homogène et figé de 1940 à 1944.
Changer la ville. la question urbaine au milieu du 19e siècle
Authors: Bourillon Florence
Published: April 2018

Changing the City. The Urban Issue in Mid-19th Century, Florence Bourillon.

People in the 19th-c didn't use the expression "urban crisis". They noted, however, the dysfunctions and the inadaptability of the city to the strong demographic and economic pressures and complained of its lack of sanitation, disorder, the risk of exodus from the city center, and its lack of security. Historians have borrowed this term from late-20th-c architects and urbanists to designate the assessment of sick city to the decision to redevelop it. The major transformations began in Paris with the Second Republic. Napoleon III promoted the thinking on it in 1853 by appointing the Commission of Paris Embellishment and gave Baron Haussmann the job of renovation.
La prévention dans les politiques d'aménagement : le cas du protectorat français au Maroc
Authors: Baudouï Rémi
Published: April 2018

Prevention in Development Policies : The Case of the French Protectorate in Morocco, Rémi Baudouï.

The notion of crisis isn't easily used in urban history even though the other social sciences as well as political and economic history use it freely. As for urbanists and planners, they use it all the time to justify their practical choices. The case of the development of Moroccan colonial cities is particularly enlightening. For Lyautey and his team, dividing cities up between native space and colonial space was one way of preventing crisis.
Les effectifs du parti social français
Authors: Thomas Jean-Paul
Published: April 2018

Les effectifs du Parti social français, Jean-Paul Thomas.

L'étude de documents nouveaux permet une réévaluation de l'importance du Parti social français dirigé par le colonel de La Rocque dans la France de la fin des années 1930. Premier parti de masses de l'histoire de la droite en France, le PSF fut un phénomène inédit et spectaculaire, touchant les hommes aussi bien que les femmes, dans un pays et sous un régime traditionnellement peu favorables au rôle de partis politiques « populaires ». Le caractère massif du PSF annonce aussi, pour partie, le cas du RPF du général de Gaulle.
Le mémorandum sur les taches d'un plan de quatre ans d'Adolf Hitler
Authors: Murawiec Laurent
Published: April 2018

Adolf Hitler's Memorandum of the Jobs of a Four-Year Plan, Laurent Murawiec.

For the first time and after a detailed presentation, the text of Hitler's Memorandum has been published in French. This text, written in 1936, announced the metamorphosis ofthe Third Reich's peace-time economy to one of wartime. Inspired by the practices and ideologies linked to the First World War wartime economy, taking up the general ideas of autarchy and planism, the Memorandum placed the economy totally in the service of political and military demands. It instituted Goering as the "economic dictator" and sealed the alliance between the military leaders and Hitler.
Les lumières de la ville. L'administration municipale à l'épreuve de l'électrification
Authors: Fernandez Alexandre
Published: April 2018

Les lumières de la ville. L'administration municipale à l'épreuve de l'électrification, Alexandre Fernandez.

Au cours du premier 20e siècle, l'électrification fut un des signes majeurs de la modernité urbaine, et un défi nouveau pour les municipalités. Celles-ci se virent en effet confrontées à la nécessité de réguler un service collectif pour lequel elles ne possédaient ni compétence technique ni tradition de gestion. Rares furent les villes où se mirent en place des régies municipales. Le plus souvent, confrontées à la croissance du secteur de l'industrie électrique et à la mise en place d'entreprises fonctionnant en réseaux, les municipalités durent négocier des concessions avec ces dernières en s'efforçant de garder la maîtrise politique de leur alimentation. L'électrification des villes fut donc l'un des domaines d'apprentissage de la modernité administrative dans le cadre d'une véritable économie politique locale. La loi de régionalisation de 1982 leur rend désormais une capacité d'autonomie que la fin du monopole d'EDF, prévue pour 1999, devrait renforcer, sans que soit garantie pour autant la transparence et le caractère démocratique d'une gestion négociée avec le puissant secteur privé.
De la difficulté d'écrire l'histoire nationale israélienne
Authors: Meimoun Véronique
Published: April 2018

et arabes, avaient eu tendance à nier. Autant de débats passionnels qui appellent une analyse dépassionnée.
P3HT:PCBM blend films phase diagram on the base of variable-temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry
Authors: Hajduk Barbara , Bednarski Henryk , Jarząbek Bożena , Janeczek Henryk , Nitschke Paweł
Published: April 2018

In this work we present an in-depth study of the how the composition of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend films influences their phase transitions using variable-temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry. We demonstrate that this non-destructive method is a very sensitive optical technique to investigate the phase transitions and to determine the glass transition temperatures and melting crystallization points of the P3HT:PCBM blend films. By analyzing the influence of the temperature T on the raw ellipsometric data, we have identified a high sensitivity of the ellipsometric angle Δ at a wavelength of 280 nm to temperature changes. Characteristic temperatures determined from the slope changes of the Δ(T) plot appeared to be very good guess values for the phase transition temperatures.
Stripping in temporal adverbial constructions
Authors: Overfelt Jason
Published: April 2018

This paper argues that phrasal Temporal Adverbial Constructions (TACs; Kim left [before Bill]) are most amenable to a Stripping-like treatment. What I refer to as TAC-Stripping is low-adjunction of a TAC containing a truncated complement, viz. an extended vP. A single remnant is A-moved to a focus position outside the elided vP (Pancheva 2009, Weir 2014).  The remainder of the paper adapts Takahashi 2008 to account for the sensitivity of TAC-Stripping to familiar constraints against embedding the antecedent or ellipsis site, which are not observed with VP-Ellipsis.
La place du marketing territorial dans le processus de transformation territoriale
Authors: Chamard Camille , Schlenker Lee
Published: April 2018

Alors que les pratiques de marketing territorial occupent une place croissante au sein des collectivités territoriales, les fondements théoriques restent trop souvent en retrait des publications, qu’elles soient de nature académique ou pratique. Cette contribution revient sur la définition du marketing territorial afin de mettre en lumière le processus de transformation qu’il opère. Ensuite, la théorie des activités est mobilisée pour construire une grille d’analyse utilisable par les acteurs en charge des démarches de marketing territorial.
Sensualité, auto-sensualité et sexualité dans l’œuvre de Frances Tustin
Authors: Mitrani Judith
Published: April 2018

En 1974, Frances Tustin a décrit deux aspects distincts de la mise en place du sentiment d’exister primaire du bébé : la sensualité qui est dirigée vers le corps de l’autre ressenti comme vivant et réactif-si-séparé de lui – et l’ auto-sensualité qui implique des aspects du corps propre du sujet et même des parties du corps de l’objet traitées comme si elles étaient une partie et une parcelle de sa propre structure corporelle. Le tri de ces différents aspects au cours de la petite enfance, de l’enfance et de l’adolescence joue un rôle considérable dans le développement d’une sexualité adaptée dans la vie adulte.
Les destins de la dyssensorialité. Enfant singulier, particularités plurielles
Authors: Guinot Michèle , Golse Bernard
Published: April 2018

Après avoir rappelé le rôle de la polysensorialité dans le processus d’accès à l’intersubjectivité (correspondant à la possibilité de découvrir l’objet et de le vivre en extériorité), les auteurs présentent quatre observations d’enfants présentant des dyssensorialités diverses sans être pour autant devenus autistes. Après quoi, en réfléchissant au passage de l’intersubjectivité à la subjectivation, certaines hypothèses sont alors proposées pour rendre compte de ce qui a pu protéger ces enfants d’un destin autistique.
Behaviour of culinary tourists: A segmentation study of diners at top-level restaurants
Authors: Daries Natalia , Cristobal-Fransi Eduard , Ferrer-Rosell Berta , Marine-Roig Estela
Published: April 2018

Aim: The main aim of this research is to characterize the tourists visiting top-level restaurants to ascertain the profile of this type of customer, their behaviour and their influence on the destinations where they are located.Design/methodology: During the months of July to December 2016, a survey was conducted on a sample of 187 tourists who had visited Michelin-starred restaurants in order to highlight the most valued aspects during the process of choosing, consulting and booking the top-level restaurant service.Contributions and results: The results reveal the existence of two segments whose behaviour is different, where the individuals of the first consider the culinary experience as the main reason for their tourist visit to the destination. In contrast, the second segment considers that their visit to the destination is the main reason for their tourism. Moreover, the diners from both segments display different behaviour in terms of their post-purchase, recommendation and intention to return behaviour and the perception of the status with which their visit to the restaurant provides them.Limitations: The main limitation of this study is the fact that only the responses of tourists who have visited top-level restaurants in Spain have been studied.Practical implications: The results of this study may help both the managers of restaurants of a certain level and the public authorities responsible for tourism to make decisions, since these types of restaurants are becoming tourist resources of the first order. Social implications: Knowledge of the diner could facilitate the optimal management of the restaurant and help orient it as a tourist resource. In certain areas such a resource can become a pole of tourist attraction and contribute towards territorial balance thanks to the positive externalities it generates in the territory where such establishments are located.Added value: The present research focuses on the study of the behaviour of the culinary tourist in an increasingly popular type of tourism with high added value. Culinary tourism is also enormously important in the economy of the destination and for territorial development.  Therefore, this work may be of interest both for public authorities and the managers of this type of restaurant, and to create synergies between the two. This work comes to fill a gap in the literature of segmentation in the restoration, since there are few research that focus on segmentation according to consumer's motivations and perceptions, and none focus on its relationship to tourism at the destination.
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: Clinical aspects, diagnosis and treatments
Authors: Razmeh Saeed , Habibi Amir Hassan , Orooji Maryam , Alizadeh Elham , Moradiankokhdan Karim , Razmeh Behroz
Published: April 2018

Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a mutation in the PANK2 gene. The clinical presentation may range from only speech disorder to severe generalized dystonia, spasticity, Visual loss, dysphagia and dementia. The hallmark of this disease is eyes of the tiger sign in the medial aspect of bilateral globus pallidus on T2-weighted MRI that is a hyperintense lesion surrounded by hypointensity. Common treatments for PKAN disease include anticholinergics, botulinum toxin, Oral and Intrathecal baclofen, Iron chelation drugs and surgical procedures such as ablative pallidotomy or thalamotomy, Deep brain stimulation. There are many controversies about the pathogenesis and treatment of this disease, and in recent years interesting studies have been done on PKAN disease and other similar diseases. This review summarizes the clinical presentation, etiology, imaging modalities and treatment.
Multilingual website and cyberconsultations for oromandibular dystonia
Authors: Yoshida Kazuya
Published: April 2018

Oromandibular dystonia is a focal dystonia that manifests as involuntary masticatory and/or tongue muscle contractions. This movement disorder is frequently misdiagnosed as a temporomandibular disorder. Hence, it would be useful to establish a method that makes it possible for patients with the condition to find appropriate medical institutions by themselves. The author produced a website Involuntary movements of the stomatognathic region (https://sites. google.com/site/oromandibulardystoniaenglish/) for patients with oromandibular dystonia, which is available in twenty languages. It has been viewed more than 1,000,000 times by individuals from all over the world. The visitors to the site have completed questionnaires and/or sent images or videos of their involuntary movements over the internet. Cyberconsultations (remote diagnosis) were also performed via Skype™. Approximately 1000 patients with involuntary stomatognathic movements visited our department. Only 12.5% of the patients had previously been diagnosed with or were suspected to have dystonia. The findings of this study suggest that the multilingual website has contributed to increasing awareness of oromandibular dystonia and that the provision of basic telemedicine via the internet can aid the diagnosis and treatment of oromandibular dystonia.
Glioma research: Early detection of a downward trend in publication productivity?
Authors: Meyer Michael A.
Published: April 2018

Global publication productivity for brain tumors was examined on a annual basis and compared to other neurologic disorders including stroke, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. An early downward trend is suggested for 2016; possible links to fluctuations in funding is discussed.
A giant cholesteatoma of the mastoid extending into the foramen magnum: A case report and review of literature
Authors: Richard Seidu A , Qiang Li , Lan Zhi Gang , Zhang Yuekang , You Chao
Published: April 2018

Cholesteatomas are very rare benign, progressive lesions that have embryologic derivation and usually result in progressive exfoliation and confinement of squamous epithelium behind an intact or preciously infected tympanic membrane. To the best of our understanding no reports demonstrates the extension of cholesteatoma from the temporal bone into the foramen magnum. We therefore present a case of cholesteatoma extending down into the foramen magnum. We report a case of 67- year-old man with a giant cholesteatoma extending into the foramen magnum without substantial destruction of the mastoid and petrous temporal bones. The patient’s major symptoms were recurrent tinnitus in the left ear and dizziness with unilateral conductive hearing loss. A working diagnosis of cholesteatomas was made combining the symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging findings. He was then successfully operated on with very minimal postoperative complications. Cholesteatomas originating from the mastoid bone often linger with the patients for many years in a subclinical state and progress into a massive size before causing symptoms. Patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss who are otherwise asymptomatic and have a normal tympanic membrane should be suspected with a progressive cholesteatoma. Cholesteatoma should be one of the working diagnosis when an elderly patient present with unilateral conductive hearing loss that is associated with tinnitus and dizziness.
Asymptotic Continuous Orbit Equivalence of Smale Spaces and Ruelle Algebras
Authors: Matsumoto Kengo
Published: April 2018

In the first part of the paper, we introduce notions of asymptotic continuous orbit equivalence and asymptotic conjugacy in Smale spaces and characterize them in terms of their asymptotic Ruelle algebras with their dual actions. In the second part, we introduce a groupoid$C^{\ast }$-algebra that is an extended version of the asymptotic Ruelle algebra from a Smale space and study the extended Ruelle algebras from the view points of Cuntz–Krieger algebras. As a result, the asymptotic Ruelle algebra is realized as a fixed point algebra of the extended Ruelle algebra under certain circle action.
A Framework for Mentoring Students Attending Their First Professional Conference
Authors: Flaherty Elizabeth A. , Urbanek Rachael E. , Wood Darren M. , Day Casey C. , D'Acunto Laura E. , Quinn Vanessa S. , Zollner Patrick A.
Published: April 2018

Core Ideas

Undergraduate students benefit by attending conferences and interacting with professionals.

Active mentoring and support before, during, and after a conference increases student confidence.

Students gained a sense of belonging, social benefits, and career confirmation through the course.

Developing professional relationships likely leads to increased retention of professionals.

This mentoring course focused on students in natural resource and environmental sciences, but the course structure is easily transferrable to other disciplines.

Scientific conferences build professional skills and identity in undergraduate students and provide opportunities for developing professional social skills, a sense of belonging to their field, and an understanding of potential career options. However, undergraduate student attendance at professional conferences is low. When undergraduate students do attend, they often express anxiety associated with speaking with professionals, networking, or with the conference environment. To address these concerns, instructors from several institutions collaborated to develop an undergraduate course with the objective of training students to attend their first professional conference and then traveled with them to experience a conference. The course framework involved meetings with students and course assignments before, during, and after the conference. Assessment results indicated that student outcomes included a greater sense of belonging to their profession, social benefits, gains in confidence, career confirmation, and an improved understanding of the pathways to pursuing a career in this field (i.e., importance of undergraduate research, gaining experience during college, etc.). Our results suggest that formal preparation for attendance at a national scientific meeting maximizes the potential for students to benefit from their experience and reduces the anxiety many students express about attending a professional conference.
The nature of the eurocrisis: a reply to Febrero, Uxó and Bermejo
Authors: Cesaratto Sergio
Published: April 2018

Febrero et al. (2018) criticise the balance-of-payments (BoP) view of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) crisis. I have no major objections to most of the single aspects of the crisis pointed out by these authors, except that they appear to underline specific sides of the EMU crisis, while missing a unifying and realistic explanation. Specific semi-automatic mechanisms differentiate a BoP crisis in a currency union from a traditional one. Unfortunately, these mechanisms give Febrero et al. the illusion that a BoP crisis in a currency union is impossible. My conclusion is that an interpretation of the eurozone's troubles as a BoP crisis provides a more consistent framework. The debate has some relevance for the policy prescriptions to solve the eurocrisis. Given the costs that all sides would incur if the currency union were to break up, austerity policies are still seen by European politicians as a tolerable price to pay to keep foreign imbalances at bay – with the sweetener of some European Central Bank (ECB) support, for as long as Berlin allows the ECB to provide it.
John Maynard Keynes: the economist as investor*
Authors: Cristiano Carlo , Marcuzzo Maria Cristina
Published: April 2018

Keynes the investor has recently attracted the attention of several scholars and quite a few articles have come out in the last six years. A description of Keynes's dealings has emerged, assessing his performance as an investor as superior but not as stellar as had previously been believed. However, overall evaluation of Keynes's performance is still lacking. This paper contributes to this growing literature by filling some of the gaps, especially in relation to Keynes's investment philosophy and economic theory, and by undertaking a more comprehensive review of the available evidence, drawing on some unpublished sources which have not as yet been fully exploited.
2017 Survey of NAFE Members: Their Methods, Estimates, and Perspectives
Authors: Rosenbaum David I , Schap David , Luthy* Michael R
Published: April 2018

In January 2017, 565 e-mail invitations to complete an electronic survey were sent to NAFE (National Association of Forensic Economics) members, with libraries and attorneys excluded. The return rate was 33.1%. The survey covered many of the major topics included in earlier surveys, such as values of important economic variables (e.g., discount rates), trends in the practice of forensic economics (e.g., personal sources of earnings), and open-ended questions concerning ethics and reactions to the survey instrument. The survey also included several new or reworded questions, including a series of questions regarding members' education and level of professional activity designed to enhance their knowledge related to forensic practice.
Chemical characterization of long-range transport biomass burning emissions to the Himalayas: insights from high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry
Authors: Zhang Xinghua , Xu Jianzhong , Kang Shichang , Liu Yanmei , Zhang Qi
Published: April 2018

Abstract. An intensive field measurement was conducted at a remote, background,
high-altitude site (Qomolangma Station, QOMS, 4276 m a.s.l.) in the
northern Himalayas, using an Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol
mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) along with other collocated instruments. The
field measurement was performed from 12 April to 12 May 2016 to chemically
characterize the high time-resolved submicron particulate matter (PM1)
and obtain the dynamic processes (emissions, transport, and chemical
evolution) of biomass burning (BB), frequently transported from South Asia to
the Himalayas during pre-monsoon season. Overall, the average
(±1σ) PM1 mass concentration was
4.44 (±4.54) µg m−3 for the entire study, which is comparable with
those observed at other remote sites worldwide. Organic aerosol (OA) was the
dominant PM1 species (accounting for 54.3 % of total PM1 on
average) followed by black carbon (BC) (25.0 %), sulfate (9.3 %),
ammonium (5.8 %), nitrate (5.1 %), and chloride (0.4 %). The average
size distributions of PM1 species all peaked at an overlapping
accumulation mode (∼ 500 nm), suggesting that aerosol particles were
internally well-mixed and aged during long-range transport. Positive matrix
factorization (PMF) analysis on the high-resolution organic mass spectra
identified three distinct OA factors, including a BB-related OA (BBOA,
43.7 %), a nitrogen-containing OA (NOA, 13.9 %) and a more-oxidized
oxygenated OA (MO-OOA, 42.4 %). Two polluted episodes with enhanced
PM1 mass loadings and elevated BBOA contributions from the west and
southwest of QOMS during the study were observed. A typical BB plume was
investigated in detail to illustrate the chemical evolution of aerosol
characteristics under distinct air mass origins, meteorological conditions,
and atmospheric oxidation processes.
A study of the variability in the Benguela Current volume transport
Authors: Majumder Sudip , Schmid Claudia
Published: April 2018

Abstract. The Benguela
Current forms the eastern limb of the subtropical gyre in the South Atlantic
and transports a blend of relatively fresh and cool Atlantic water and
relatively warm and salty Indian Ocean water northwestward. Therefore, it
plays an important role not only for the local freshwater and heat budgets
but for the overall meridional heat and freshwater
transport in the
South Atlantic. Historically, the Benguela Current region is relatively data
sparse, especially with respect to long-term velocity observations. A new
three-dimensional data set of the horizontal velocity in the upper 2000 m
that covers the years 1993 to 2015 is used to analyze the variability
in the Benguela Current. This data
set was derived using observations from Argo floats, satellite sea surface
height, and wind fields. Since Argo floats do not cover regions shallower
than 1000 m, the data set has gaps inshore. The main features of the
horizontal circulation observed in this data set are in good agreement with
those from earlier studies based on limited observations. Therefore, it can
be used for a more detailed study of the flow pattern as well as the
variability in the circulation in this region. It is found that the mean
meridional transport in the upper 800 m between the continental shelf of
Africa and 3∘ E, decreases from 23 ± 3 Sv
(1 Sv = 106 m3 s−1) at 31∘ S to 11 ± 3 Sv
at 28∘ S. In terms of variability, the 23-year long time series at 30 and 35∘ S
reveals phases with large energy densities at periods of 3 to 7 months, which
can be attributed to the occurrence of Agulhas rings in this region. The
prevalence of Agulhas rings is also behind the fact that the energy density
at 35∘ S at the annual period is smaller than at 30∘ S because the former latitude is closer to Agulhas Retroflection and therefore
more likely to be impacted by the Agulhas rings. In agreement with this, the
energy density associated with mesoscale variability at 30∘ S is
weaker than at 35∘ S. With respect to the forcing, the Sverdrup
balance and the observed transport at 30∘ S exhibit a strong
correlation of 0.7. No significant correlation between these parameters is
found at 35∘ S.
Nitrate deposition and preservation in the snowpack along a traverse from coast to the ice sheet summit (Dome A) in East Antarctica
Authors: Shi Guitao , Hastings Meredith G. , Yu Jinhai , Ma Tianming , Hu Zhengyi , An Chunlei , Li Chuanjin , Ma Hongmei , Jiang Su , Li Yuansheng
Published: April 2018

Abstract. Antarctic ice core nitrate (NO3-) can provide a unique
record of the atmospheric reactive nitrogen cycle. However, the factors
influencing the deposition and preservation of NO3- at the ice
sheet surface must first be understood. Therefore, an intensive program of
snow and atmospheric sampling was made on a traverse from the coast to the
ice sheet summit, Dome A, East Antarctica. Snow samples in this observation
include 120 surface snow samples (top ∼ 3 cm), 20 snow pits
with depths of 150 to 300 cm, and 6 crystal ice samples (the topmost needle-like layer on Dome A plateau). The main purpose of this investigation is to
characterize the distribution pattern and preservation of NO3-
concentrations in the snow in different environments. Results show that an
increasing trend of NO3- concentrations with distance inland is
present in surface snow, and NO3- is extremely enriched in the
topmost
crystal ice (with a maximum of 16.1 µeq L−1). NO3-
concentration profiles for snow pits vary between coastal and inland sites.
On the coast, the deposited NO3- was largely preserved, and the
archived NO3- fluxes are dominated by snow accumulation. The
relationship between the archived NO3- and snow accumulation
rate can be depicted well by a linear model, suggesting a homogeneity of
atmospheric NO3- levels. It is estimated that dry deposition
contributes 27–44 % of the archived NO3- fluxes, and the dry
deposition velocity and scavenging ratio for NO3- were relatively
constant near the coast. Compared to the coast, the inland snow shows a
relatively weak correlation between archived NO3- and snow
accumulation, and the archived NO3- fluxes were more dependent on concentration. The relationship between NO3- and coexisting ions
(nssSO42-, Na+ and Cl−) was also investigated, and the
results show a correlation between nssSO42- (fine aerosol
particles) and NO3- in surface snow, while the correlation between
NO3- and Na+ (mainly associated with coarse aerosol
particles) is not significant. In inland snow, there were no significant
relationships found between NO3- and the coexisting ions,
suggesting a dominant role of NO3- recycling in determining the
concentrations.
Accepting the challenge: what academic health sciences library directors do to become effective leaders
Authors: Fought Rick L. , Misawa Mitsunori
Published: April 2018

Objective: This study sought to better understand effective leadership through the lived experiences of academic health sciences library directors.Methods: Phenomenological interviews were conducted with eight academic health sciences library directors to capture the essence of their shared leadership experiences. The research question that guided the study was: How do academic health sciences library directors understand their leadership effectiveness? The interviews were transcribed and coded, and the data were analyzed thematically.Results: Three main themes emerged from data after analysis: assessment of the environment, strategies and decisions, and critical skills. Assessment of the environment includes awareness not only of trends in libraries and technology, but also the trends in health information, higher education, and current events and politics of their institutions and states. The strategies and decisions theme is about the ability to think both in the long-term and short-term when leading the library. Finally, critical skills are those leadership skills that the research participants identified as most important to their leadership effectiveness.Conclusions: The study identified three main themes capturing the essence of the research participants’ leadership experiences. The three themes constitute a wide array of leadership skills that are important to learn, understand, and develop to increase leadership effectiveness. Effective leadership is fundamental to obtaining long-term strategic goals and is critical to the long-term future of the libraries. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.
5MinuteConsult
Authors: Portillo Ivan Armando
Published: April 2018

5MinuteConsult is an online resource that is designed to help health care professionals and clinical students make evidence-based decisions by providing information that is needed at the point-of-car.
Finding a silver lining: the importance of documenting medical tragedies
Authors: Wiener Judith A.
Published: April 2018

The radiation overexposure tragedy at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital impacted hundreds of patient lives and made a lasting impression on the regulation and oversight of the use of radiation medicine on a national level. Archival documentation of the incident and the current-day importance of the data collected during and after the event is discussed and highlights many of the reasons why the history of past medical disasters matters to us today.
The Special Collections Handbook. 2nd ed.
Authors: Blobaum Paul M.
Published: April 2018

The Special Collections Handbook by Alison Cullingford potentially puts everything that a librarian would need in a concise overview and additional resources on the web at one’s fingertips.
Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2017
Authors: Akers Katherine G.
Published: April 2018

The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) sincerely thanks our peer reviewers in 2017.
Correction to “Satellite stories: capturing professional experiences of academic health sciences librarians working in delocalized health sciences programs” on page 80, 106(1) January. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.214
Authors: Akers Katherine G.
Published: April 2018

Corrects author photos in the hypertext markup language (HTML) version of “Satellite stories: capturing professional experiences of academic health sciences librarians working in delocalized health sciences programs” on page 80, 106(1) January. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.214.
What the EPP and comp-trace effects have in common: Constraining silent elements at the edge
Authors: McFadden Thomas , Sundaresan Sandhya
Published: April 2018

We focus here on the “classic” EPP, the requirement that certain subject positions be filled, and argue that characterizing it in terms of a syntactic movement-triggering feature is misguided. Specifically, we argue that, contrary to standard assumptions but along the lines of some recent proposals, the factors conditioning the EPP are actually not syntactic, but phonological. Nonetheless, the operations that it seems to trigger clearly are syntactic. Under common assumptions about the architecture of the grammar, the EPP thus seems to involve a violation of modularity or strict cyclicity. A novel approach to the EPP is thus required, which must simultaneously be able to handle its unique properties but must also be made to fit in with the broader grammatical architecture. We will argue that such an approach will not only allow a more satisfactory account of the EPP itself, but can also yield a unification with the comp-trace effect and yield insight into how both of these interact with pro-drop.
Boas práticas científicas: Uma discussão analítico-comportamental
Authors: Guazi Taísa Scarpin , Laurenti Carolina , Carrra Kester
Published: April 2018

A publicação de um relatório que contém diretrizes de boas práticas científicas pelo CNPq, em 2011, é considerada um dos marcos da discussão sobre integridade na ciência no Brasil. O objetivo deste trabalho foi discutir tais diretrizes sob enfoque comportamentalista, considerando-as como regras. Embora as regras ofereçam vantagens à aquisição de boas práticas pelos pesquisadores, o ensino da moralidade não deveria se restringir à exposição desses profissionais a essas diretrizes, mas oferecer condições para que eles fiquem sensíveis a diferentes questões éticas que podem surgir no contexto de produção de conhecimento científico. A análise do documento publicado pelo CNPq mostra, ainda, que as consequências atreladas às más e às boas práticas em ciências são tardias e inespecíficas. Por outro lado, a literatura consultada correlaciona a fraude na ciência às exigências de produtividade científica: em alguns casos, as más condutas parecem permitir a adaptação do pesquisador às exigências de produtividade. Além disso, consequências associadas às contingências de produtividade acadêmica são mais imediatas podendo, portanto, exercer maior controle sobre o comportamento do cientista. A discussão sobre a fraude científica, nesse sentido, implica considerar as atuais contingências acadêmicas.
Determination of Ethanol in Kombucha, Juices, and Alcohol-Free Beer by EnzytecTMLiquid Ethanol: Single-Laboratory Validation, First Action 2017.07
Authors: Lacorn Markus , Hektor Thomas
Published: April 2018

EnzytecTMLiquid Ethanol is an enzymatic test for the determination of ethanol in kombucha, juices, and alcohol-free beer. The kit contains two components in a ready-to-use format. Quantification is based on the catalytic activity of alcohol dehydrogenase, which oxidizes ethanol to acetaldehyde and converts NAD+ to NADH. Measurement is performed in 3 mL cuvettes at 340 nm within 20 min. Samples with alcohol contents around 0.5% alcohol by volume need to be diluted 1:20 or 1:50 with water before measurement. Acetaldehyde interferes at concentrations higher than 3000 mg/L, whereas sulfite interferes at concentrations higher than 300 mg/L. The linear measurement range is from 0.03 up to 0.5 g/L ethanol, whereas LOD and LOQ are 1.9 and 3.3 mg/L ethanol, respectively. Kombucha with concentrations between 2.85 and 5.82 g/L showed relative repeatability standard deviation around 1%, whereas juices were below 2%. Results from a reproducibility experiment revealed that at a concentration of 0.1 g/L, the RSDR was at 2.5%, whereas at higher concentrations between 0.2 and 0.3 g/L, coefficients around 1% were obtained. Trueness was checked by using Cerilliant aqueous ethanol solutions and beer with concentration of 0.4 and 4 g/L (BCR-651 and BCR-652). Spiking of kombucha and juice samples resulted in recoveries between 95% and 104%. Acceptable stability was found for the whole test kit under accelerated conditions at 37°C for 2 weeks. The kit is also not susceptible to short freezing–thawing cycles and harsh transport conditions.
Revision of the Madagascan endemic Homollea (Rubiaceae - Pavetteae), with description of two new species
Authors: De Block Petra
Published: April 2018

Homollea Arènes (Rubiaceae, subfamily Ixoroideae, tribe Pavetteae) is a genus of shrubs and small trees endemic to western and northern Madagascar. The genus comprises five species occurring in dry deciduous forest, often in limestone areas. The five species are narrow endemics and their conservation status is either Endangered (4 species) or Critically Endangered (1 species). Homollea is characterized by few-flowered, pseudo-axillary, pedunculate inflorescences, well-developed calyces with the lobes much longer than the tube, laterally flattened seeds with a shallow, elongated to linear hilum and entire endosperm, ovules arising from the upper margin of the placenta, and, pollen grains with supratectal elements in the shape of microgemmae. Until now, three species were known and their descriptions are amended. Two further species, H. furtiva De Block sp. nov. and H. septentrionalis De Block sp. nov., are described as new for science. The five species are dealt with in detail: descriptions, distribution maps, conservation assessments, illustrations, lists of exsiccatae and an identification key are given.
ACRL honors the 2018 award winners, part 1: A recognition of professional development
Authors: Ollis Chase
Published: April 2018

Larry P. Alford wins Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial AwardDavid W. Lewis named Academic/Research Librarian of the YearBucks County Community College Program wins CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning Resources AwardCollard named EBSS Distinguished LibrarianDysert named ESS De Gruyter Grant winnerExcellence in Academic Libraries Award winnersBrager, Mars, and Pittman win IS Innovation AwardNutefall receives IS Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year AwardScherlen named Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award winner
ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, February 2018
Authors: Of College & Research Libraries Association
Published: April 2018

During the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, the ACRL Board of Directors met on February 10 and February 12. The Board met with the leaders of its four goal-area committees: New Roles and Changing Landscapes, Research and Scholarly Environment, Student Learning and Information Literacy, and Value of Academic Libraries to assess progress on the Plan for Excellence.The Board also heard updates from ALA Treasurer Susan Hildreth and ALA CFO Mark Leon, the ALA Washington Office Associate Executive Director Kathi Kromer, as well as updates from representatives from the ACRL Diversity Alliance, ACRL Libraries Transform Implementation Task Force, Joint ACRL/LLAMA Interdivisional Committee on Building Resources, and ALA Council Committee on Legislation.
Grants and Acquisitions
Authors: Galloway Ann-Christe
Published: April 2018

Arizona State University (ASU) has been awarded a $380,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a three-year implementation project to reinvent the library’s strategy and practice for open-stack print collections.The University of Oregon (UO) was awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support enhanced collaboration among campus libraries and museums, and to encourage increased use of library/museum assets in research, teaching, and learning.
People in the News
Authors: Galloway Ann-Christe
Published: April 2018

Diane BruxvoortBarbara J. (Barb) MannRobert A. McInnesLynly BeardRenée Chérie ClarkIan FowlerErin GrantAmanda HurfordNathan KelberNathan KelberMarcia BoosingerDavid LewisWarren Boehm Kuhn
Rate Increases Call for Well‐Planned Public Outreach
Authors: Qureshi Naeem
Published: April 2018

Funding for critical municipal water and wastewater infrastructure renewal must be met with rate increases in the absence of robust federal funding.
Innovation Initiative Targets Three Primary Goals
Authors: Moore Randy
Published: April 2018

The AWWA Innovation Initiative's strategic plan, launched at ACE17 in Philadelphia, is under way, encouraging the water industry to embrace innovation.