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Show the Heavens More Just: Ordering Society in Utopia, King Lear, and The Tempest
Authors: Kincaid Arthur
Published: January 2017

Using essentially dramatic methods, creating an imaginary country, and setting up moral tension by having characters interact in a realm of complex ideas, Thomas More in Utopia draws the reader into active participation. Later, Shakespeare carries forward some of the ideas introduced in Utopia. In King Lear he responds to similar social and legal problems, and in The Tempest, inspired like More by recent discoveries of new lands, invents a strange world. Using georgic or pastoral dimensions, both authors explore the nature/nurture theme. While implying Christian ideals, More sets his fictive world outside Christianity, introducing it explicitly as the work reaches its conclusion - a technique Shakespeare echoes. By stimulating imaginative sympathy in their audience, these works open the way to a sense of community which accords with natural law.
Deux fabulistes fabuleux : Thomas More et Jean de La Fontaine
Authors: Marc’hadour Germain
Published: January 2017

More est un raconteur si coté que des recueils de ses bonnes histoires ont paru dans plusieurs langues. Quant à La Fontaine, ce qui le caractérise par rapport à Esope et Phèdre, c’est le soin qu’il prend du récit, parfois dialogué, porteur de la morale. Bien que séparés par une mer, une langue et un siècle et demi de distance, nos deux auteurs ont beaucoup en commun. Leur bestiaire, marqué au coin de leur génie, demeure néanmoins dans la tradition de l’Occident, dominé qu’il est par le triumvirat lion-loup-renard. Ils abordent les mêmes sujets et aboutissent à des conclusions souvent identiques. Ils sont tous deux avocats de métier. Que la note chrétienne et l’inspiration biblique soient moins présentes chez La Fontaine est dû en partie à l’esthétique du Grand Siècle, qui ne mélange pas la Parole de Dieu au discours profane. Mais il a reçu une bonne formation religieuse et même théologique par son noviciat oratorien, comme More auprès des chartreux, et il a comme lui le culte de l’amitié.
More’s Biblical Exegesis in De tristitia Christi : Original Interpretations and Applications
Authors: Miller Clarence H.
Published: January 2017

In my edition of More’s De tristitia Christi for the Yale Complete Works I attempted to find sources for all the biblical exegesis. When I could not find any source (or only remote resemblances) I was willing to suggest that More’s interpretation was original, though I am aware of the difficulties of asserting a universal negative. But with that limitation we can see that More sometimes added brief new interpretations, sometimes made original applications to topical issues such as the new heresies or the duty of bishops and others to face up to them, sometimes followed Erasmian linguistic or contextual methods, and sometimes approached texts with an exactitude or analysis of probability derived from his legal skill.
Memorializing History in The Booke of Sir Thomas Moore
Authors: Kinney Arthur F.
Published: January 2017

Tracing the various playtexts of Sir Thomas Moore, a play of the 1590s written partly by Shakespeare, reveals differing perspectives on the cause and significance of Evil May Day and thus serves as a litmus test on its various cultural meanings and a history of cultural change. Under a strongly Protestant regime, the Catholic Thomas More is seen heroically as an authority who puts down protest and uprisings, a champion of peace. From another viewpoint, he is the humanist interested in social justice. After the threat of the Spanish Armada, however, attention turned to the rioters as alien workers displacing natives ones. To make More more acceptable, he was turned into a man of wit and of theatricality, his Catholicism parodied. Together, such varied responses suggest the rich complexity of a play which deserves to be better known.
Two Tudor Witnesses to “the Corps of Christendom” – More and Shakespeare
Authors: Milward Peter
Published: January 2017

In the literary history of Tudor England, I venture to propose two names as standing out and claiming comparison with each other as witnesses to the ideal and reality of Christendom – those of Thomas More in the reign of Henry VIII and William Shakespeare in the reign of Elizabeth I. In the case of More, little needs to be said, it is so obvious that he bore witness to the ideal and the reality, even to the shedding of his blood as a canonized martyr. But in that of Shakespeare, much more has to be said in view of the seemingly overwhelming evidence to the contrary. For this purpose it is necessary to take account not just of the dramatist’s indebtedness to More’s Life of Richard III in his history play of that title, nor just of his contribution to the MS Book of Sir Thomas More, nor of the one explicit mention of More in the play of Henry VIII, which is commonly attributed to John Fletcher, but of the whole corpus of Shakespeare’s plays in their chronological order as bearing witness in their totality to what More called in his last speech at his trial in Westminster Hall “the whole corps of Christendom”.
Thomas Nashe’s Anatomy of Venice in The Unfortunate Traveller or the Life of Jack Wilton (1594): Utopia Revisited
Authors: Geoffroy Anne
Published: January 2017

Although most critics have focused on the overall negative aspect of Jack Wilton’s Italian tour in The Unfortunate Traveller (1594), as suggested in the title of Thomas Nashe’s prose fiction, the specificity of the narrator’s Venetian adventures should be examined more closely. This paper argues that Thomas Nashe’s representation of Venice needs to be reassessed in the context of Thomas More’s Utopia and the question of the ideal commonwealth. Notwithstanding Nashe’s reliance on pervasive irony, the author provides an image of the city-state which – thanks to a retrospective approach – puts the topic of alternative urban spaces in the early modern period into perspective.
Utopia and Providence in the humanism of Thomas More: “Man is a god for man, if he knows his duty”
Authors: Gangale Giuseppe
Published: January 2017

This article argues that the oldest representation of the loving and providential attitude of More’s spirit is the maxim homo homini deus est, si suum officium sciat (“man is a god for man, if he knows his duty”). This essay shows that the key to reading the humanistic concept turns exclusively on the affirmation of Caecilius Statius, with a tone probably more hopeful than objective. More than a realistic analysis of truth, this could be a future challenge posed for man so that he will pay attention to all humanity. In reality, this ethical concept of life is more obviously shown in Utopia, when More proposes a constructive vision of a world where peace and social justice prevail, where family and personal relationships are marked by gifts and mutual benefit.
A Comprehensive Real-Time Traffic Map for Geographic Routing in VANETs
Authors: Huang Chi-Fu , Chan Yuan-Feng , Hwang Ren-Hung
Published: January 2017

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) have attracted a lot of attention during the last decade. VANETs can not only improve driving safety, but also convenience, and support most future Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Due to the highly dynamic network topology of VANETs, many geographic routing protocols have been proposed and use real-time traffic information as an important metric to select a reliable forwarding path. However, most of the existing works do not describe how to gather real-time traffic. They either assume this information is already available, or can query an existing traffic center. Few studies have noticed this issue but the proposed solutions only consider a small region. In this paper, we propose a Comprehensive Real-Time Traffic Map (CRT Map) to collect wide-ranging real-time traffic information with low overhead. In the design of a CRT Map, the concept of Crowdsensing is adopted. Vehicles cooperatively gather traffic information and share it with each other to construct an overview of the whole road network traffic. In addition, we design a CRT Map Based Routing (CBR), which takes into account the connectivity of consecutive roads in routing decisions. Simulation results show that the CBR can achieve a lower end-to-end delay and a higher packet delivery ratio.
Total Lightning Flash Activity Response to Aerosol over China Area
Authors: Zhao Pengguo , Zhou Yunjun , Xiao Hui , Liu Jia , Gao Jinhui , Ge Fei
Published: January 2017

Twelve years of measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD), cloud fraction, cloud top height, ice cloud optical thickness and lightning flash density from 2001 to 2012 have been analyzed to investigate the effect of aerosols on electrical activity over an area of China. The results show that increasing aerosol loading inspires the convective intensity, and then increases the lightning flash density. The spatial distribution of the correlation between aerosol loading and electrical activity shows a remarkable regional difference over China. The high-correlation regions embody the positive aerosol microphysical effect on the intensity of the electrical activity, while the large-scale processes may play the main role in convection development and producing lightning in low-correlation regions.
Role of Wind Filtering and Unbalanced Flow Generation in Middle Atmosphere Gravity Wave Activity at Chatanika Alaska
Authors: Triplett Colin , Collins Richard , Nielsen Kim , Harvey V. , Mizutani Kohei
Published: January 2017

The meteorological control of gravity wave activity through ﬁltering by winds and generation by spontaneous adjustment of unbalanced ﬂows is investigated. This investigation is based on a new analysis of Rayleigh LiDAR measurements of gravity wave activity in the upper stratosphere-lower mesosphere (USLM,40–50km)on 152 nights at Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR), Chatanika, Alaska (65◦ N, 147◦ W), over 13 years between 1998 and 2014. The LiDAR measurements resolve inertia-gravity waves with observed periods between 1 h and 4 h and vertical wavelengths between 2 km and 10 km. The meteorological conditions are deﬁned by reanalysis data from the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA). The gravity wave activity shows large night-to-night variability, but a clear annual cycle with a maximum in winter,and systematic interannual variability associated with stratospheric sudden warming events. The USLM gravity wave activity is correlated with the MERRA winds and is controlled by the winds in the lower stratosphere through ﬁltering by critical layer ﬁltering. The USLM gravity wave activity is also correlated with MERRA unbalanced ﬂow as characterized by the residual of the nonlinear balance equation. This correlation with unbalanced ﬂow only appears when the wind conditions are taken into account, indicating that wind ﬁltering is the primary control of the gravity wave activity.
Data on Healthy Food Accessibility in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Authors: Helbich Marco , Hagenauer Julian
Published: January 2017

This data descriptor introduces data on healthy food supplied by supermarkets in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In addition to two neighborhood variables (i.e., share of autochthons and average housing values), the data comprises three street network-based accessibility measures derived from analyses using a geographic information system. Data are provided on a spatial micro-scale utilizing grid cells with a spatial resolution of 100 m. We explain how the data were collected and pre-processed, and how alternative analyses can be set up. To illustrate the use of the data, an example is provided using the R programming language.
Biocontrol of Fusarium circinatum Infection of Young Pinus radiata Trees
Authors: Iturritxa Eugenia , Trask Tyler , Mesanza Nebai , Raposo Rosa , Elvira-Recuenco Margarita , Patten Cheryl
Published: January 2017

Pitch canker, caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum, is a major disease of Pinus radiata currently controlled to some extent in nurseries by good hygiene and application of synthetic fungicides. The aim of this study was to evaluate alternative strategies to control fungal infections in nurseries and young pine plantations. The antagonistic effects of biocontrol bacteria and essential oils against F. circinatum in vitro and in young P. radiata trees were assessed. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Erwinia billingiae, and Bacillus simplex reduced the growth of the fungus in vitro by 17%–29%, and decreased the density of the mycelial mat. In young P. radiata trees, the length of F. circinatum lesions was reduced by 22%–25% by the same bacterial strains. Direct application of cinnamon and/or clove essential oils to wounds in stems of two-year-old P. radiata trees also limited the damage caused by F. circinatum. Lesion length was reduced by 51% following treatment with cinnamon oil (10% v/v), and by 45% following treatment with clove oil (15% v/v) or a combination of both oils. However, the oils were toxic to younger trees. The biocontrol bacteria and essential oils show promise as prophylactic treatments to reduce the devastating effects of F. circinatum on P. radiata.
Yeast Biotechnology
Authors: Willaert Ronnie
Published: January 2017

Yeasts are truly fascinating microorganisms. Due to their diverse and dynamic activities, they have been used for the production of many interesting products, such as beer, wine, bread, biofuels, and biopharmaceuticals. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewers’ or bakers’ yeast) is the yeast species that is surely the most exploited by man.[...]
Understanding Resilience Dimensions and Adaptive Strategies to the Impact of Recurrent Droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Approach
Authors: Birhanu Zewdie , Ambelu Argaw , Berhanu Negalign , Tesfaye Abraraw , Woldemichael Kifle
Published: January 2017

Recurrent shocks and stresses are increasingly deteriorating pastoralist communities’ resilience capacities in many aspects. A context specific resilience framework is essential to strengthen pastoralist community’s resilience capacity towards the impact of recurrent drought. Hence, the present study was aimed to develop a context specific and data driven resilience building framework towards impacts of recurrent droughts in the case of Borana pastoralists in Ethiopia. Qualitative grounded theory approach was employed to guide the study process. The data were collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews in two drought affected districts of Borana Zone during October 2013. The analysis was assisted by ATLAS. ti 7.1.4. The analysis provided a context specific resilience building conceptual tool, which consists of, closely interconnected, eight dimensions operating at multiple capacities and levels: environment (underlying vulnerability factor); livestock, infrastructures/social services, and wealth (immediate causes and effects); community network/social capital, as well as governance, peace and security (support and enabling factors oriented), psychosocial, and human capital (as eventual outcomes and impacts). The resilience capacities of these pastoralist communities have been eroded, leaving them without sufficient and effective adaptive strategies. The emergent resilience framework can serve as a useful guidance to design context-specific interventions that makes the people and the system resilient to the impacts of recurrent droughts.
Investigating the Influence of Different DEMs on GIS-Based Cost Distance Modeling for Site Catchment Analysis of Prehistoric Sites in Andalusia
Authors: Becker Daniel , De Andrés-Herrero María , Willmes Christian , Weniger Gerd-Christian , Bareth Georg
Published: January 2017

The overall objective of this work is to apply GIS-based cost distance modeling (CDM) to site catchment modeling and analysis of prehistoric (Solutrean) sites in Andalusia. The implementation of a GIS-method for slope-based CDM was explained in detail, so that it can be replicated easily in future studies. Additional cost components, vegetation and stream networks, were included in the method. The presented CDM approach uses slope rasters as input data, which were derived from digital elevation models (DEMs). Various DEMs that differ in cell size, accuracy and other characteristics can be applied to this method. Thus, a major goal of this work is to investigate the influence different publicly available DEMs (SRTM, ASTER GDEM, EU-DEM, official 5-m/10-m cell size DEMs) have on the results of GIS-based CDM. While the investigation was conducted on sites from different chronocultural periods, a case study was performed on Solutrean sites in order to test the CDM approach by producing actual results and then comparing and interpreting them from an archaeological perspective. The results of the DEM evaluation with resampled horizontal resolutions show a clear influence of the DEM cell size on the modeled catchment area sizes. The investigation also indicates that this influence can be superimposed by other factors, such as noise and residuals of filtered anthropogenic features, when using DEMs of different origins.
Dimerized Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein-Binding Peptide Ameliorates Atopic Dermatitis in NC/Nga Mice
Authors: Jin Xing-Hai , Lim Juhyeon , Shin Dong , Maeng Jeehye , Lee Kyunglim
Published: January 2017

Our previous study showed that dimerized translationally controlled tumor protein (dTCTP) plays a role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis. A 7-mer peptide, called dTCTP-binding peptide 2 (dTBP2), binds to dTCTP and inhibits its cytokine-like effects. We therefore examined the protective effects of dTBP2 in house dust mite-induced atopic dermatitis (AD)-like skin lesions in Nishiki-nezumi Cinnamon/Nagoya (NC/Nga) mice. We found that topical administration of dTBP2 significantly reduced the AD-like skin lesions formation and mast cell infiltration in NC/Nga mice, similarly to the response seen in the Protopic (tacrolimus)-treated group. Treatment with dTBP2 also decreased the serum levels of IgE and reduced IL-17A content in skin lesions and inhibited the expression of mRNAs of interleukin IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC), thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). These findings indicate that dTBP2 not only inhibits the release of Th2 cytokine but also suppresses the production of proinflammatory cytokines in AD-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice, by inhibiting TCTP dimer, in allergic responses. Therefore, dTCTP is a therapeutic target for AD and dTBP2 appears to have a potential role in the treatment of AD.
Plasma Triglyceride Levels May Be Modulated by Gene Expression of IQCJ, NXPH1, PHF17 and MYB in Humans
Authors: Vallée Marcotte Bastien , Guénard Frédéric , Cormier Hubert , Lemieux Simone , Couture Patrick , Rudkowska Iwona , Vohl Marie-Claude
Published: January 2017

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) by our group identified loci associated with the plasma triglyceride (TG) response to ω-3 fatty acid (FA) supplementation in IQCJ, NXPH1, PHF17 and MYB. Our aim is to investigate potential mechanisms underlying the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the four genes and TG levels following ω-3 FA supplementation. 208 subjects received 3 g/day of ω-3 FA (1.9–2.2 g of EPA and 1.1 g of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) for six weeks. Plasma TG were measured before and after the intervention. 67 SNPs were selected to increase the density of markers near GWAS hits. Genome-wide expression and methylation analyses were conducted on respectively 30 and 35 participants’ blood sample together with in silico analyses. Two SNPs of IQCJ showed different affinities to splice sites depending on alleles. Expression levels were influenced by genotype for one SNP in NXPH1 and one in MYB. Associations between 12 tagged SNPs of IQCJ, 26 of NXPH1, seven of PHF17 and four of MYB and gene-specific CpG site methylation levels were found. The response of plasma TG to ω-3 FA supplementation may be modulated by the effect of DNA methylation on expression levels of genes revealed by GWAS.
HDAC Inhibitors and RECK Modulate Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Tumor Cells
Authors: Chen Yun , Tsai Ya-Hui , Tseng Sheng-Hong
Published: January 2017

In the tumor microenvironment hypoxia and nutrient deprived states can induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. If ER stress is not relieved, the tumor cells may become apoptotic. Therefore, targeting ER homeostasis is a potential strategy for cancer treatment. Various chemotherapeutic agents including histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors can induce ER stress to cause cell death in cancers. Some HDAC inhibitors can prevent HDAC from binding to the specificity protein 1-binding site of the promoter of reversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with Kazal motifs (RECK) and up-regulate RECK expression. Up-regulation of RECK expression by HDAC inhibitors has been observed in various cancer types. RECK is a tumor and metastasis suppressor gene and is critical for regulating tumor cell invasiveness and metastasis. RECK also modulates ER stress via binding to and sequestering glucose-regulated protein 78 protein, so that the transmembrane sensors, such as protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase are released to activate eukaryotic translational initiation factor 2α phosphorylation and enhance ER stress. Therefore, HDAC inhibitors may directly induce ER stress or indirectly induce this stress by up-regulating RECK in cancer cells.
Unexpectedly Higher Morbidity and Mortality of Hospitalized Elderly Patients Associated with Rhinovirus Compared with Influenza Virus Respiratory Tract Infection
Authors: Hung Ivan , Zhang Anna , To Kelvin , Chan Jasper , Zhu Shawn , Zhang Ricky , Chan Tuen-Ching , Chan Kwok-Hung , Yuen Kwok-Yung
Published: January 2017

Rhinovirus is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections in adults, especially among the elderly and immunocompromised. Nevertheless, its clinical characteristics and mortality risks have not been well described. A retrospective analysis on a prospective cohort was conducted in a single teaching hospital center over a one-year period. We compared adult patients hospitalized for pneumonia caused by rhinovirus infection with those hospitalized for influenza infection during the same period. All recruited patients were followed up for at least 3 months up to 15 months. Independent risk factors associated with mortality for rhinovirus infection were identified. Between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2015, a total of 1946 patients were consecutively included for analysis. Of these, 728 patients were hospitalized for rhinovirus infection and 1218 patients were hospitalized for influenza infection. Significantly more rhinovirus patients were elderly home residents and had chronic lung diseases (p < 0.001), whereas more influenza patients had previous stroke (p = 0.02); otherwise, there were no differences in the Charlson comorbidity indexes between the two groups. More patients in the rhinovirus group developed pneumonia complications (p = 0.03), required oxygen therapy, and had a longer hospitalization period (p < 0.001), whereas more patients in the influenza virus group presented with fever (p < 0.001) and upper respiratory tract symptoms of cough and sore throat (p < 0.001), and developed cardiovascular complications (p < 0.001). The 30-day (p < 0.05), 90-day (p < 0.01), and 1-year (p < 0.01) mortality rate was significantly higher in the rhinovirus group than the influenza virus group. Intensive care unit admission (odds ratio (OR): 9.56; 95% confidence interval (C.I.) 2.17–42.18), elderly home residents (OR: 2.60; 95% C.I. 1.56–4.33), requirement of oxygen therapy during hospitalization (OR: 2.62; 95% C.I. 1.62–4.24), and hemoglobin level <13.3 g/dL upon admission (OR: 2.43; 95% C.I. 1.16–5.12) were independent risk factors associated with 1-year mortality in patients hospitalized for rhinovirus infection. Rhinovirus infection in the adults was associated with significantly higher mortality and longer hospitalization when compared with influenza virus infection. Institutionalized older adults were particularly at risk. More stringent infection control among health care workers in elderly homes could lower the infection rate before an effective vaccine and antiviral become available.
Deguelin Potentiates Apoptotic Activity of an EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (AG1478) in PIK3CA-Mutated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Baba Yuh , Maeda Toyonobu , Suzuki Atsuko , Takada Satoshi , Fujii Masato , Kato Yasumasa
Published: January 2017

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is known to be intrinsically resistant to inhibitors for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Until now, clinical outcomes for HNSCC using EGFR inhibitors as single agents have yielded disappointing results. Here, we aimed to study whether combinatorial treatment using AG1478 (EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor) and deguelin, which is a rotenoid isolated from the African plant Mundulea sericea, could enhance the anti-tumor effects of AG1478 in HNSCC. For Ca9-22 cells with EGFR, KRAS, and PIK3CA wild types, AG1478 alone suppressed both phosphorylated levels of ERK and AKT and induced apoptosis. On the contrary, for HSC-4 cells with EGFR and KRAS wild types, and a PIK3CA mutant, AG1478 alone did not suppress the phosphorylated level of AKT nor induce apoptosis, while it suppressed ERK phosphorylation. Forced expression of constitutively active PIK3CA (G1633A mutation) significantly reduced the apoptotic effect of AG1478 on the PIK3CA wild-type Ca9-22 cells. When HSC-4 cells with the PIK3CA G1633A mutation were treated with a combination of AG1478 and deguelin, combination effects on apoptosis induction were observed through the inhibition of the AKT pathway. These results suggest that the combination of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor with deguelin is a potential therapeutic approach to treat PIK3CA-mutated HNSCC.
Bioactive Polymeric Materials for Tissue Repair
Authors: Bienek Diane , Tutak Wojtek , Skrtic Drago
Published: January 2017

Bioactive polymeric materials based on calcium phosphates have tremendous appeal for hard tissue repair because of their well-documented biocompatibility. Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP)-based ones additionally protect against unwanted demineralization and actively support regeneration of hard tissue minerals. Our group has been investigating the structure/composition/property relationships of ACP polymeric composites for the last two decades. Here, we present ACP’s dispersion in a polymer matrix and the fine-tuning of the resin affects the physicochemical, mechanical, and biological properties of ACP polymeric composites. These studies illustrate how the filler/resin interface and monomer/polymer molecular structure affect the material’s critical properties, such as ion release and mechanical strength. We also present evidence of the remineralization efficacy of ACP composites when exposed to accelerated acidic challenges representative of oral environment conditions. The utility of ACP has recently been extended to include airbrushing as a platform technology for fabrication of nanofiber scaffolds. These studies, focused on assessing the feasibility of incorporating ACP into various polymer fibers, also included the release kinetics of bioactive calcium and phosphate ions from nanofibers and evaluate the biorelevance of the polymeric ACP fiber networks. We also discuss the potential for future integration of the existing ACP scaffolds into therapeutic delivery systems used in the precision medicine field.
Effective Properties of Composites with Periodic Random Packing of Ellipsoids
Authors: Zhuang Xiaoying , Wang Qing , Zhu Hehua
Published: January 2017

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effective properties of composite materials with periodic random packing of ellipsoids of different volume fractions and aspect ratios. Therefore, we employ computational homogenization. A very efficient MD-based method is applied to generate the periodic random packing of the ellipsoids. The method is applicable even for extremely high volume fractions up to 60%. The influences of the volume fraction and aspect ratio on the effective properties of the composite materials are studied in several numerical examples.
Microcapsule-Type Self-Healing Protective Coating for Cementitious Composites with Secondary Crack Preventing Ability
Authors: Kim Dong-Min , Yu Hwan-Chul , Yang Hye-In , Cho Yu-Jin , Lee Kwang-Myong , Chung Chan-Moon
Published: January 2017

A microcapsule-type self-healing protective coating with secondary crack preventing capability has been developed using a silanol-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (STP)/dibutyltin dilaurate (DD) healing agent. STP undergoes condensation reaction in the presence of DD to give a viscoelastic substance. STP- and DD-containing microcapsules were prepared by in-situ polymerization and interfacial polymerization methods, respectively. The microcapsules were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, optical microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The microcapsules were integrated into commercial enamel paint or epoxy coating formulations, which were applied on silicon wafers, steel panels, and mortar specimens to make dual-capsule self-healing protective coatings. When the STP/DD-based coating was scratched, self-healing of the damaged region occurred, which was demonstrated by SEM, electrochemical test, and water permeability test. It was also confirmed that secondary crack did not occur in the healed region upon application of vigorous vibration to the self-healing coating.
Modeling of Hydration, Compressive Strength, and Carbonation of Portland-Limestone Cement (PLC) Concrete
Authors: Wang Xiao-Yong
Published: January 2017

Limestone is widely used in the construction industry to produce Portland limestone cement (PLC) concrete. Systematic evaluations of hydration kinetics, compressive strength development, and carbonation resistance are crucial for the rational use of limestone. This study presents a hydration-based model for evaluating the influences of limestone on the strength and carbonation of concrete. First, the hydration model analyzes the dilution effect and the nucleation effect of limestone during the hydration of cement. The degree of cement hydration is calculated by considering concrete mixing proportions, binder properties, and curing conditions. Second, by using the gel–space ratio, the compressive strength of PLC concrete is evaluated. The interactions among water-to-binder ratio, limestone replacement ratio, and strength development are highlighted. Third, the carbonate material contents and porosity are calculated from the hydration model and are used as input parameters for the carbonation model. By considering concrete microstructures and environmental conditions, the carbon dioxide diffusivity and carbonation depth of PLC concrete are evaluated. The proposed model has been determined to be valid for concrete with various water-to-binder ratios, limestone contents, and curing periods.
Element Selective Probe of the Ultra-Fast Magnetic Response to an Element Selective Excitation in Fe-Ni Compounds Using a Two-Color FEL Source
Authors: Ferrari Eugenio , Spezzani Carlo , Fortuna Franck , Delaunay Renaud , Vidal Franck , Nikolov Ivaylo , Cinquegrana Paolo , Diviacco Bruno , Gauthier David , Penco Giuseppe , Ribič Primož , Roussel Eléonore , Trovò Mauro , Moussy Jean-Baptiste , Pincelli Tommaso , Lounis Lounès , Svetina Cristian , Zangrando Marco , Mahne Nicola , Raimondi Lorenzo , Manfredda Michele , Pedersoli Emanuele , Capotondi Flavio , Demidovich Alexander , Giannessi Luca , Kiskinova Maya , De Ninno Giovanni , Danailov Miltcho , Allaria Enrico , Sacchi Maurizio
Published: January 2017

The potential of the two-color mode implemented at the FERMI free-electron laser (FEL) source for pumping and probing selectively different atomic species has been demonstrated by time-resolved scattering experiments with permalloy (FeNi alloy) and NiFe2O4 samples. We monitored the ultra-fast demagnetization of Ni induced by the pump FEL pulse, by tuning the linearly-polarized FEL probe pulse to the Ni-3p resonance and measuring the scattered intensity in the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect geometry. The measurements were performed by varying the intensity of the FEL pump pulse, tuning its wavelength to and off of the Fe-3p resonance, and by spanning the FEL probe pulse delays across the 300–900 fs range. The obtained results have evidenced that for the case of NiFe2O4, there is a sensible difference in the magnetic response at the Ni site when the pump pulse causes electronic excitations at the Fe site.
Potential and Limitation of SPOT-5 Ortho-Image Correlation to Investigate the Cinematics of Landslides: The Example of “Mare à Poule d’Eau” (Réunion, France)
Authors: Le Bivic Rejanne , Allemand Pascal , Quiquerez Amélie , Delacourt Christophe
Published: January 2017

Over the last 10 years, the accessibility of high spatial resolution remote sensing images has strongly increased. These images are available in ortho-rectified format which do not necessitate any further geometrical processing to be analyzed. In parallel, image correlation software has become more efficient and friendly. In this paper, image correlation methods are tested to evaluate their potential and limitations to measure the surface displacements in a complex case of a landslide located in a tropical environment. This studied landslide, called “Mare à Poule d’Eau”, is located in the Salazie erosion watershed in Réunion Island (France). This landslide is monitored daily by a DGPS station which registers the south-north displacements. Two pairs of ortho-rectified SPOT-5 images at 2.5 m resolution provided by Kalideos (http://kalideos.cnes.fr) were selected. The first pair frames the period between 2002 and 2005 during which the landslide activity was low. The second pair of images (2006–2008) frames a period of time during which the landslide was more active. Fifty-nine Image Control Points (ICP) were selected on the images by the SIFT method (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) and visually controlled. The shifts of these points used as external control are estimated for the two time periods. Two image correlator softwares are used: MicMac and Cosi-Corr. The results obtained by the two correlators are similar. For the 2002–2005 period, the shift measured by correlators in the landslide is similar to the shift outside the landslide. This means that the displacement cannot be detected and estimated during periods of low activity of the landslide. The shift of the landslide for the 2006–2008 period is out of noise and reaches 8.5 m. The displacement can be estimated by applying a correction factor extracted from the ICP located in the stable areas. The potential and limits of the image correlation in such complex environments is discussed. A strategy is proposed to evaluate the quality of the results and to extract the displacement signal from the shift measurements.
Geometric Positioning for Satellite Imagery without Ground Control Points by Exploiting Repeated Observation
Authors: Ma Zhenling , Wu Xiaoliang , Yan Li , Xu Zhenliang
Published: January 2017

With the development of space technology and the performance of remote sensors, high-resolution satellites are continuously launched by countries around the world. Due to high efficiency, large coverage and not being limited by the spatial regulation, satellite imagery becomes one of the important means to acquire geospatial information. This paper explores geometric processing using satellite imagery without ground control points (GCPs). The outcome of spatial triangulation is introduced for geo-positioning as repeated observation. Results from combining block adjustment with non-oriented new images indicate the feasibility of geometric positioning with the repeated observation. GCPs are a must when high accuracy is demanded in conventional block adjustment; the accuracy of direct georeferencing with repeated observation without GCPs is superior to conventional forward intersection and even approximate to conventional block adjustment with GCPs. The conclusion is drawn that taking the existing oriented imagery as repeated observation enhances the effective utilization of previous spatial triangulation achievement, which makes the breakthrough for repeated observation to improve accuracy by increasing the base-height ratio and redundant observation. Georeferencing tests using data from multiple sensors and platforms with the repeated observation will be carried out in the follow-up research.
Encouraging Vietnamese Household Recycling Behavior: Insights and Implications
Authors: Nguyen The , Nguyen Hoang , Lobo Antonio , Dao The
Published: January 2017

This research aims to provide new insights into various determinants affecting household recycling. By focusing on Vietnam, this research also extends knowledge about sustainable behavior in emerging markets, which are the major culprits in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Hypotheses were developed as a result of the critical review of relevant studies in the fields of marketing, psychology, and economics, and then tested using a quantitative survey data. Structured questionnaires were administered to Vietnamese respondents which yielded 486 usable responses. Multivariate statistics reveal that all the determinants influenced their recycling behavior except for moral norms. Attitude towards the importance of recycling exerted the strongest influence, followed by subjective norms and warm glow respectively. On the other hand, attitude towards the inconvenience of recycling significantly reduced recycling behavior. The research findings have important implications for strategies aimed at promoting recycling behavior. Communication and education programs should emphasize how household recycling contributes to environmental protection, as well as stress intrinsic rewards when recycling. Public media campaigns should feature opinion leaders and attractive communicators, who can effectively apply social pressure to perform recycling behavior. Organizations should also make every effort to make recycling more convenient.
Exploring the Factors Driving Seasonal Farmland Abandonment: A Case Study at the Regional Level in Hunan Province, Central China
Authors: Yu Zhonglei , Liu Lei , Zhang Hua , Liang Jinshe
Published: January 2017

Farmland abandonment, including perennial and seasonal abandonment, is an important process of land use change that matters most to food security. Although there is a great deal of studies on farmland abandonment, seasonal abandonment, which is as serious as perennial abandonment, has attracted little academic attention. This paper takes Hunan Province in central China as its study area and uses a spatial regression model to examine the driving factors of seasonal farmland abandonment at the county level. Our results show that farmland abandonment has striking spatial relativity, and there are two clustering zones with a high index of farmland abandonment (IFA) in the Dongting plain and the basin in south-central Hunan, while a clustering zone of low IFA can be found in the mountains of southwest Hunan. Farmland abandonment at the regional level is negatively affected by the land productive potentialities, proportion of mechanized planting, ratio of effective irrigation, and distance to provincial capital, while it is positively associated with the variables mountainous terrain, per capita farmland area, and labor shortage. Additionally, farmland abandonment is also affected by adjacent areas through its spatial dependence. In short, seasonal farmland abandonment is also driven integratedly by the socioeconomic and environmental dimensions and spatial interaction of farm abandonment.
Efficacy of Urtoxazumab (TMA-15 Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Shiga Toxin 2) Against Post-Diarrheal Neurological Sequelae Caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in the Neonatal Gnotobiotic Piglet Model
Authors: Moxley Rodney , Francis David , Tamura Mizuho , Marx David , Santiago-Mateo Kristina , Zhao Mojun
Published: January 2017

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is the most common cause of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in human patients, with brain damage and dysfunction the main cause of acute death. We evaluated the efficacy of urtoxazumab (TMA-15, Teijin Pharma Limited), a humanized monoclonal antibody against Shiga toxin (Stx) 2 for the prevention of brain damage, dysfunction, and death in a piglet EHEC infection model. Forty-five neonatal gnotobiotic piglets were inoculated orally with 3 × 109 colony-forming units of EHEC O157:H7 strain EDL933 (Stx1+, Stx2+) when 22–24 h old. At 24 h post-inoculation, piglets were intraperitoneally administered placebo or TMA-15 (0.3, 1.0 or 3.0 mg/kg body weight). Compared to placebo (n = 10), TMA-15 (n = 35) yielded a significantly greater probability of survival, length of survival, and weight gain (p <0.05). The efficacy of TMA-15 against brain lesions and death was 62.9% (p = 0.0004) and 71.4% (p = 0.0004), respectively. These results suggest that TMA-15 may potentially prevent or reduce vascular necrosis and infarction of the brain attributable to Stx2 in human patients acutely infected with EHEC. However, we do not infer that TMA-15 treatment will completely protect human patients infected with EHEC O157:H7 strains that produce both Stx1 and Stx2.
Les orphelins de guerre de Thasos : un nouveau fragment de la stèle des Braves (ca 360-350 av. J.-C.)
Authors: Fournier Julien , Hamon Patrice
Published: January 2017

La publication de 22 nouvelles lignes d'un nouveau fragment du « Règlement sur les Braves » (J. POUILLOUX, Recherches sur Thasos I, 141), relatif aux funérailles des citoyens morts pour la patrie, ajoute trois clauses. La cité assurera l'entretien des orphelins de guerre en leur versant une allocation journalière, à condition qu'ils soient effectivement nécessiteux. Les fils des métèques recevront une indemnité forfaitaire de 17,5 statères. Les fils d'autres individus indéterminés (nothoi ?, affranchis ?) se contenteront de privilèges définis dans un décret antérieur. La publication est prévue près du prytanée. Le document apporte plusieurs nouveautés, comme l'existence de prytanes. Il permet de réexaminer la question des dénominations monétaires dans le nouveau système introduit à Thasos, au début du IVe s. L'ensemble du règlement trahit la forte influence du modèle athénien. Il fut adopté dans des circonstances militaires exceptionnelles, dans lesquelles il faut sans doute reconnaître la désastreuse guerre de Datos/Krénidès, en 360-356 av. J.-C.
Defixiones d'Istros
Authors: Avram Alexandre , Chiriac Costel , Matei Ionel
Published: January 2017

Defixiones from Istros

The authors publish eight more or less fragmentary preserved lead curse tablets found by chance in the tumular necropolis from Istros and dating from the 4th century BC. The first one is obviously a defixio iudiciaria, nos. 2-4 are lists of names (perhaps also defixiones iudiciariae), nos. 5-7 are hardly legible, while no. 8 is an inscribed lid. The most important text is revealed by no. 1. The commentary focuses especially on the verbum devotorium γράφειν, on the form συνεπιόντων, on the persons concerned by the curse and on their names. Nos. 2-3 reveal more rather rare personal names commented in detail. No. 8 seems to be a fragment of a lead box in which a "voodoo doll" might have been hidden. Only five boxes of this kind were known until now: four in Attica and one in the Black Sea area.
Le dépôt archaïque du rempart Nord d’Amathonte VII. Autres productions chypriotes et importations levantines
Authors: Fourrier Sabine
Published: January 2017

Faisant suite à deux études précédentes, consacrées à des catégories particulières du dépôt (céramiques culinaires et vases du «style d’Amathonte » ), cet article s’intéresse à toutes les autres catégories céramiques de production chypriote, ainsi qu’aux importations levantines. Il en dresse le répertoire et propose, de ce fait, une synthèse sur les productions amathousiennes de la fin de l’archaïsme. L’abondant matériel recueilli contre le rempart Nord de la ville basse d’Amathonte mérite, en outre, d’être comparé aux dépôts contemporains de la grotte du sanctuaire d’Aphrodite et des nécropoles : cet assemblage, de composition sensiblement différente, met en évidence l’importance de la pratique du banquet au palais, à la fin de l’époque archaïque.
Pierres gravées de la Marche à Lussac-les-Châteaux (Vienne) : techniques, technologie et interprétations
Authors: Mélard Nicolas
Published: January 2017

Abstract. The artistic creations of Magdalenian peoples are multiple and astonishingly rich. In the domain of portable art, engraved stones play an important role in the iconography of this period and clearly reflect the diversity and complexity of Magdalenian representations. Since its discovery, the site of la Marche (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne), dated to the Middle Magdalenian, has been known for its engraved stones; several researchers have attempted to decode them and have revealed the presence of hundreds of human and animal figurations. During a recent field project, more than one thousand new engraved stone fragments were discovered. The objective of the study presented here is to analyse these engravings and their supports, as well as other traces found on them. In addition to the discovery of new engraved figures, it appears that these stones can provide evidence of Magdalenian behaviours and activities, as well as their symbolic concepts. The testing of new investigative techniques in the context of a methodology adapted to these supports shows their value for the understanding, valorization and conservation of these prehistoric objects. à part -
Production et diffusion au Chalcolithique des lames en silex du Ludien de Collorgues (Gard)
Authors: Remicourt Maxime , Vaquer Jean , Bordreuil Marc
Published: January 2017

This article presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the exploitation of Ludian flint from the tertiary basin of Collorgues (Gard department) at the end of the Neolithic and during the Chalcolithic period. During the 19th century, early research was conducted on the pseudo-hypogea of Collorgues. Later studies, however, revealed that these structures were originally flint extraction galleries for the production of bifacial pieces from small flint plaques and blades from larger plaques. A recent study of archaeological assemblages originating from excavations and surface collections in proximity to Collorgues has revealed the presence of several workshops specialised in blade production near the raw material sources. These data, integrated with those collected from the study of blades exported to part of the Midi region in southern France, have revealed a selection of full debitage phase blades for exchanges. These studies have also allowed us to delimit a preferential diffusion zone concerned by these exportations and to propose a chronological framework that we can situate roughly between 3300 and 2400 BC for the development and end of this phenomenon.