bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Plasma Dimethylglycine and Risk of Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris
Authors: Tveitevåg Svingen Gard Frodahl , Ueland Per Magne , Pedersen Eva Kristine Ringdal , Schartum-Hansen Hall , Seifert Reinhard , Ebbing Marta , Løland Kjetil Halvorsen , Tell Grethe S. , Nygård Ottar
Published: May 2013

Objective—

Dimethylglycine is linked to lipid metabolism, and increased plasma levels may be associated with adverse prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease. We evaluated the relationship between plasma dimethylglycine and risk of incident acute myocardial infarction in a large prospective cohort of patients with stable angina pectoris, of whom approximately two thirds were participants in a B-vitamin intervention trial. Model discrimination and reclassification when adding plasma dimethylglycine to established risk factors were obtained. We also explored temporal changes and the test–retest reliability of plasma dimethylglycine.

Approach and Results—

Four thousand one hundred fifty patients (72% men; median age 62 years) were included. Plasma dimethylglycine was associated with several traditional coronary artery disease risk factors. During a median follow-up of 4.6 years, 343 (8.3%) patients experienced an acute myocardial infarction. The hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for acute myocardial infarction was 1.95 (1.42–2.68;
P
<0.001) when comparing plasma dimethylglycine quartile 4 to 1 in a Cox regression model adjusted for age, sex, and fasting status. Adjusting for traditional coronary artery disease risk factors only slightly modified the estimates, which were particularly strong among nonsmokers and among patients with serum triglyceride or apolipoprotein B100 levels ≤median (
P
for interaction=0.004, 0.004, and 0.03, respectively). Plasma dimethylglycine improved discrimination and reclassification and had high test–retest reliability.

Conclusions—

Plasma dimethylglycine is independently related to incident acute myocardial infarction and enhances risk prediction in patients with stable angina pectoris. Our results motivate further studies on the relationship between 1-carbon metabolism and atherothrombosis. A potential interplay with lipid and energy metabolism merits particular attention.
Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban in Patients With Heart Failure and Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Authors: van Diepen Sean , Hellkamp Anne S. , Patel Manesh R. , Becker Richard C. , Breithardt Günter , Hacke Werner , Halperin Jonathan L. , Hankey Graeme J. , Nessel Christopher C. , Singer Daniel E. , Berkowitz Scott D. , Califf Robert M. , Fox Keith A.A. , Mahaffey Kenneth W.
Published: May 2013

Background—

In Rivaroxaban Once daily, oral, direct factor Xa inhibition Compared with vitamin K antagonism for prevention of stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF), rivaroxaban was noninferior to warfarin for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolic events and significantly reduced intracranial bleeding in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. We explore the safety and efficacy of rivaroxaban in patients with heart failure (HF).

Methods and Results—

A total of 9033 (63.7%) patients had HF. The primary efficacy analysis was rates of stroke or systemic embolism (per 100 patient-years) by intention to treat. The safety outcomes were major or nonmajor clinically relevant bleeding and hemorrhagic stroke during treatment. Patients with HF were younger (72 versus 74 years), more likely to have persistent atrial fibrillation (83.0% versus 77.6%), and had higher mean CHADS
2
scores (3.7 versus 3.1). The efficacy of rivaroxaban compared with warfarin was similar in patients with HF (1.90 versus 2.09) and without HF (2.10 versus 2.54;
P
-interaction=0.62). The risk of major or nonmajor clinically relevant bleeding with rivaroxaban was similar to warfarin in patients with HF (14.22 versus 14.02) and without HF (16.12 versus 15.35;
P
-interaction=0.99). A reduction in hemorrhagic stroke was observed with rivaroxaban in patients with HF as in the overall trial (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.38; 95% confidence interval, 0.19–0.76;
P
-interaction=0.067). Among patients with HF, the efficacy of rivaroxaban was similar, irrespective of ejection fraction <40 or ≥40% (
P
-interaction=0.38), New York Heart Association class I-II versus III-IV (
P
-interaction=0.68), HF preserved or reduced ejection fraction (
P
-interaction=0.35), or CHADS
2
score 2 versus ≥3 (
P
-interaction=0.48).

Conclusions—

Treatment-related outcomes were similar in patients with and without HF and across HF subgroups. These findings support the use of rivaroxaban as an alternative to warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and HF.

Clinical Trial Registration—

URL:
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
. Unique identifier: NCT00403767.
Electrocardiographic Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease and Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Men and Women Free From Cardiovascular Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Authors: Rautaharju Pentti M. , Zhang Zhu‐Ming , Warren James , Gregg Richard E. , Haisty Wesley K. , Kucharska‐Newton Anna M. , Rosamond Wayne D. , Soliman Elsayed Z.
Published: May 2013

Background

We evaluated predictors of coronary heart disease (
CHD
) death and sudden cardiac death (
SCD
) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (
ARIC
) study.

Methods and Results

The study population included 13 621 men and women 45 to 65 years of age free from manifest cardiovascular disease at entry. Hazard ratios from
C
ox regression with 95% confidence intervals were computed for 18 dichotomized repolarization‐related
ECG
variables. The average follow‐up was 14 years. Independent predictors of
CHD
death in men were TaVR‐ and rate‐adjusted
QT
end (
QT
ea
), with a 2‐fold increased risk for both, and spatial angles between mean
QRS
and T vectors and between Tpeak (T
p
) and normal R reference vectors [θ(R
m
|T
m
) and θ(T
p
|T
ref
), respectively], with a >1.5‐fold increased risk for both. In women, independent predictors of the risk of
CHD
death were θ(R
m
|T
m
), with a 2‐fold increased risk for θ(R
m
|T
m
), and θ(T
p
|T
ref
), with a 1.7‐fold increased risk. Independent predictors of
SCD
in men were θ(T
p
|T
ref
) and
QT
ea
, with a 2‐fold increased risk, and θ(T
init
|T
term
), with a 1.6‐fold increased risk. In women, θ(T
init
|T
term
) was an independent predictor of
SCD
, with a >3‐fold increased risk, and θ(R
m
|T
m
) and
TV
1 were >2‐fold for both.

Conclusions

θ(R
m
|T
m
) and θ(T
p
|T
ref
), reflecting different aspects of ventricular repolarization, were independent predictors of
CHD
death and
SCD
, and Ta
VR
and
TV
1 were also independent predictors. The risk levels for independent predictors for both
CHD
death and
SCD
were stronger in women than in men, and
QT
ea
was a significant predictor in men but not in women.
Smoking and Hemorrhagic Stroke Mortality in a Prospective Cohort Study of Older Chinese
Authors: Xu Lin , Schooling Catherine Mary , Chan Wai Man , Lee Siu Yin , Leung Gabriel M. , Lam Tai Hing
Published: May 2013

Background and Purpose—

Hemorrhagic stroke is more common in non-Western settings and does not always share risk factors with other cardiovascular diseases. The association of smoking with hemorrhagic stroke subtypes has not been established. We examined the association of cigarette smoking with hemorrhagic stroke, by subtype (intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage), in a large cohort of older Chinese from Hong Kong.

Methods—

Multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to assess the adjusted associations of smoking at baseline with death from hemorrhagic stroke and its subtypes, using a population-based prospective cohort of 66 820 Chinese aged >65 years enrolled from July 1998 to December 2001 at all the 18 Elderly Health Centers of the Hong Kong Government Department of Health and followed until May 31, 2012.

Results—

After follow-up for an average of 10.9 years (SD=3.1), 648 deaths from hemorrhagic stroke had occurred, of which 530 (82%) were intracerebral hemorrhage. Current smoking was associated with a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke (hazard ratio, 2.19; 95% confidence interval, 1.49–3.22), intracerebral hemorrhage (1.94; 1.25–3.01), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (3.58; 1.62–7.94), adjusted for age, sex, education, public assistance, housing type, monthly expenditure, alcohol use, and exercise. Further adjustment for hypertension and body mass index slightly changed the estimates.

Conclusions—

Smoking is strongly associated with hemorrhagic stroke mortality, particularly for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Making Sense of Water Quality: Multispecies Encounters on the Mystic River
Authors: Scaramelli Caterina
Published: May 2013

This paper takes water quality as an ethnographic subject. It looks at how water quality monitors in Boston make sense of the quality of water through mundane engagement with three non-human beings who they encounter during their monitoring activities: herring, bacteria and water lily. Each of these organisms suggests a different understanding of water quality for the monitors and poses a dilemma. Water quality monitors who contribute to the production of water quality data come to know water quality as through direct interactions with these beings, mediated by both sensorial experience and laboratory data. These experiences, at the same time, confuse and redraw relationships between science, water flows, non-human vitality, including that of invasive species, and people.
The Tunisian Revolution: From Universal Slogans for Democracy to the Power of Language
Authors: Jerad† Nabiha
Published: May 2013

This article, published posthumously, focuses on the use of language in the Tunisian revolution. It argues that language during the revolution and in the context of the Arab spring more widely was a performative political act by people from diverse backgrounds who united around the common cause of democracy and dignity. It examines the diversity of enunciations during the revolution, verbal as well as written (in the form of graffiti and protest banners), and relates them to the social history of Tunisia. The article then turns to the linguistic faultlines in the wake of the Tunisian revolution between secular and ‘Islamist’ camps in Tunisia, and the linguistic dimension of political debate in the country and its relationship to social history.
McDowellian Neo-Mooreanism?
Authors: Schönbaumsfeld Genia
Published: May 2013

In a series of recent articles, Duncan Pritchard argues for a “neo-Moorean” interpretation of John McDowell’s anti-sceptical strategy. Pritchard introduces a distinction between “favouring” and “discriminating” epistemic grounds in order to show that, within the radical sceptical context, an absence of “discriminating” epistemic grounds allowing one to distinguish brain-in-a-vat from non-brain-in-a-vat scenarios does not preclude possessing knowledge of the denials of sceptical hypotheses. I argue that Pritchard’s account fails. First, the distinction between “favouring” and “discriminating” epistemic grounds only works for “mules-disguised-as zebras” examples, but breaks down in the radical sceptical case. Second, McDowellian disjunctivism neutralizes the radical sceptical threat, but does not refute it. Third, the “highest common factor” conception is itself responsible for generating the sceptical problem and once this is undermined by McDowellian disjunctivism, scepticism no longer stands in need of direct refutation. I conclude by showing that one can either be a McDowellian disjunctivist or a neo-Moorean, but not both.
Davies on Easy Knowledge
Authors: McBride Mark
Published: May 2013

Stewart Cohen considers a case where his son wants a red table for his room. Cohen and his son go to the furniture store. Cohen’s son is concerned that the table his father is considering purchasing, which appears red, may in fact be white with red lights shining on it. Cohen responds with the following reasoning:

 (WARRANT FOR 1) The table looks red.

 (EK) 

(1)

The table is red.

(2)

If the table is red, then it is not white with red lights shining on it.

(3)

The table is not white with red lights shining on it.

If one reasons thus, say one’s engaged in (EK)-reasoning. Cohen finds such a response unsatisfactory. It is not a way of coming to know (3)—it is too easy. And structurally similar reasoning delivers (knowledge of) the falsity of sceptical hypotheses concerning the external world, testimony, other minds etc. So the unsatisfactoriness threatens to generalise. I consider Martin Davies’s attempt to diagnose this unsatisfactoriness and find it incomplete. I then attempt to remedy the incompleteness in Davies’s attempt.
Book Reviews
Authors: Emst P. , Stein R.A. , Sierksma F. , Vredenbregt Jacob , Vredenbregt Jacob , Vorren Ornulv , Hla Pe U , Nooteboom C. , Grenfell Price A. , Lear Elmer
Published: May 2013

- F. Sierksma, R.A. Stein, La civilisation tibétaine. Paris (Dunod) 1962. Collection Sigma, I. With original drawings by Lobsang Tendzin and photographs. 269 p.- P. van Emst, A. Grenfell Price, The western invasion of the Pacific and its continents. A study of moving frontiers and changing landscapes 1513-1958. Oxford University Press. Oxford 1963. 236 pp.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Elmer Lear, The Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Leyte, 1941-1945. Data paper number 42, Southeast Asia Program. Department of Far Eastern Studies. Cornell University, June 1961.- Jacob Vredenbregt, U Hla Pe, U Hla Pe’s narrative of the Japanese occupation of Burma, recorded by U Khin. Data paper number 41, Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, April 1961.- C. Nooteboom, Ornulv Vorren, Lapp life and customs, a survey; translated from the Norwegian by Kathleen McFarlane; London, Oxford University Press, 1962. 171 pp. text, 24 plates, 57 drawings, map., Ernst Manker (eds.)
Book Reviews
Authors: Fischer H. Th. , Needham Rodney , Postel-Coster E. , Herskovits Melville J. , Jans H. , Vredenbregt Jacob , Baal J. , Schmitz Carl A. , Schoeck Helmut , Schmitz Carl A. , Downs R.E. , Firth Raymond , Freedman Maurice
Published: May 2013

- Melville J. Herskovits, Helmut Schoeck, Relativism and the study of man. Princeton, New Jersey, W. van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1961; pp. x + 259., James M. Wiggins (eds.)- E. Postel-Coster, H. Jans, Volkenkundige Encyclopedie, W. de Haan n.v., Zeist en Daphne, Gent 1962. 250 blz. tekst, 48 blz. ills., en tekeningen in de tekst.- H. Th. Fischer, Rodney Needham, Structure and sentiment. A test case in social anthropology. The University of Chicago Press, 1962. 126 pp. text.- R.E. Downs, Maurice Freedman, Lineage organization in Southeastern China. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 18, London, 1958. IX and 151 pp.- Carl A. Schmitz, Raymond Firth, History and traditions of Tikopia. The Polynesian Society, Memoir No. 32. Wellington 1961. 203 pp., 2 Maps, Index.- J. van Baal, Carl A. Schmitz, Bieträge zur Ethnographie des Wantoat Tales, Nordost Neuguinea. Kölner Ethnologische Mitteilungen, dl. 1, Köln 1960; 226 pp.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Etudes rurales. Revue trimestrielle publiée par l’école pratique des Hautes Etudes - Sorbonne. Sixiéme Section: Sciences économiques en sociales. Mouton & Co, Parijs, Den Haag. 1961.
Book Reviews
Authors: KITLV Redactie
Published: May 2013

- J.C. van der Straaten, A.N.J.Th. À Th. van der Hoop, Friedrich W. Funke, Orang Abung. Volkstum Süd-Sumatras im Wandel. Band I, Kulturgeschichte der Abung-Stämme von der megalithischen Zeit bis zur Gegenwart. E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1958.- H.Th. Fischer, F. Sierksma, De Mens en zijn Goden. De Brug - Djambatan - Amsterdam, 1959. 200 pag., 92 platen, 13 ills. in de tekst.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Iskandar Tedjasukmana, The political character of the Indonesian Trade Union Movement. Monograph series. Modern Indonesia project. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1958. [Omslag: 1959!] X + 130 pag.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Ruth T. McVey, The Calcutta conference and the Southeast Asian uprisings. Interim reports series. Modern Indonesia Project. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University. Ithaca, N.Y., 1958; 28 blz.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Ruth T. McVey, The Soviet view of the Indonesian revolution. Interim reports series. Modern Indonesia Project. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1957; 83 blz.- C.L. Voorhoeve, A. Capell, Anthropology and linguistics of Futuna - Aniwa, New Hebrides. Oceania Linguistic Monographs No. 5, Sydney, 1958. 167 pag., 4 p. ills.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Herbert Feith, The Wilopo Cabinet, 1952-1953; a turning point in post-revolutionary Indonesia. Monograph series. Modern Indonesia Project. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, 1958; 212 blz.- ,
Book Reviews
Authors: Josselin de Jong P.E. , Coolhaas W. Ph. , Birket-Smith Kaj , Bontekoe Willem Ysbrantsz. , Josselin de Jong P.E. , Fitzhardinge L.F. , Clark M. , Schrieke B. , Emst P. , Schoorl J.W.
Published: May 2013

- P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Kaj Birket-Smith, An ethnological sketch of Rennell Island: a Polynesian outlier in Melanesia. Dan. Hist. Filol. Medd. 35, no. 3 (1956). 207 p.- P.E. de Josselin de Jong, B. Schrieke, Selected writings of...Indonesian sociological studies. Part Two: Ruler and realm in early Java. W. van Hoeve Ltd., The Hague & Bandung 1957, 309 p., notes, bibl.- P. van Emst, J.W. Schoorl, Kultuur en kultuurveranderingen in het Moejoe-Gebied. Diss. Leiden 1957. Handelsuitgave bij J.N. Voorhoeve, Den Haag 1957, 298 pp.- W. Ph. Coolhaas, Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe, Journaal van Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe, uitgegeven naar de oorspronkelijke tekst met woordverklaringen door Clara Eggink; Tjeenk Willink, Haarlem, 1957, 159 p.- L.F. Fitzhardinge, M. Clark, Sources of Australian history, selected and edited by M. Clark. London, Oxford University Press, 1957.
Book Reviews
Authors: Coolhaas W. Ph. , Reinsma R. , Kooyman S. , Jongmans D.G. , Kooyman S. , Danielsson Bengt , Nooteboom C. , Downs R.E.
Published: May 2013

- W. Ph. Coolhaas, R. Reinsma, Het verval van het cultuurstelsel, Acad. Proefschrift Vrije Universiteit, 1955. 189 blz. - S. Kooyman, D.G. Jongmans, Politiek in Polynesie. Het despotisme op Tahiti in de 18e en 19e eeuw. Amsterdam, 1955 (Dissertatie Amsterdam). - S. Kooyman, Bengt Danielsson, Work and life on Raroia. An acculturation study from the Tuamotu group, French Oceania, Stockholm, 1955 (Dissertatie Uppsala). - C. Nooteboom, R.E. Downs, The religion of the Bare’e speaking Toradja of Central Celebes, Den Haag 1956.
Book Reviews
Authors: Bertling C. Tj. , Gonda J. , Damais L.-Ch. , Noorduyn J. , Teeuw A. , Bosch F.D.K.
Published: May 2013

- F.D.K. Bosch, L.-Ch. Damais, Etudes d’épigraphie Indonésienne. I. Méthode de réduction des dates javanaises en dates européennes. - II. La date des inscriptions en ére de Sañjaya. Bulletin de l’Ecole francaise d’ Extrême-Orient, XLV, 1951 pp. 1-63. - III. Liste des principales inscriptions datées de l’Indonésie (avec tableu comparatif des chiffres indonésiens), ibid., XLVI, 1952, pp. 1-105. - IV. Discussion de la date des inscriptions, ibid., XLVII, 1955, pp. 7-290.- C. Tj. Bertling, J. Noorduyn, Een achttiende-eeuwse kroniek van Wadjo. Buginese Historiografie, Acad. proefschrift Leiden, 1955.- A. Teeuw, J. Gonda, Sanskrit in Indonesia (Sarasvati Vihara Series Volume 28), Nagpur, 1952, XXIX & 456 pp.
Korte mededelingen
Authors: KITLV Redactie
Published: May 2013

P. Voorhoeve, Menselijke onvolkomenheid bij een commentaar van De Volkomen Mens
Korte mededelingen
Authors: Voorhoeve P.
Published: May 2013

Een Timur-Batakse brandbrief; Naklank van de strijd over de Wudjudijah
Book Reviews
Authors: Djamour Judith , Leigh Michael B. , Roff William R. , Appell G.N. , Roessingh M.P.H. , Bachtiar Harsja W. , Jong Th. P.M. , Jaspan M.A. , Voorhoeve P. , Junus Umar , Allen James de V. , Firth Rosemary , Leifer M. , Swift M.G. , Middelkoop P. , Wolters O.W. , Wheatley Paul , Downs R.E.
Published: May 2013

- G.N. Appell, Michael B. Leigh, Checklist of holdings on Borneo in the Cornell University Libraries. Made with the assistance of John M. Echols. Data paper: Number 62, Southeast Asia Program. Department of Asian Studies. Ithaca, Cornell University, 1966. 62 pages.- R.E. Downs, P. Middelkoop, Headhunting in Timor and its historical implications. Oceania Linguistic Monograph No. 8. The Univeristy of Sydney, Sydney, 1964. 423 pp.- M.G. Swift, Rosemary Firth, Housekeeping among Malay peasants. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 7. The Athlone Press, London 1966. Pp. xiv and 242.- Umar Junus, Harsja W. Bachtiar, Negeri Taram: A Minangkabau village community in Koentjaraningrat, ed., Villages in Indonesia. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1967. 445 pp.- William R. Roff, Judith Djamour, The Muslim matrimonial court in Singapore. London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology. No. 31. Athlone Press, London, 1966. 189 pp.- Paul Wheatley, O.W. Wolters, Early Indonesian commerce: A study of the origins of Srivijaya. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1967. 404 pp., 4 maps.- M.P.H. Roessingh, Th. P.M. de Jong, De krimpende horizon van de Hollandse kooplieden. Hollands Welvaren in het Caribisch Zeegebied (1780-1830). Van Gorcum en Comp., Assen, 1966. 352 pp., 2 ills., 1 krt. Oorspr. proefschrift Groningen, met een voorwoord van de schrijver; tevens verschenen als Anjerpublicatie nr. 9, met een woord vooraf van de promotor, Prof. Dr. H. Baudet.- M. Leifer, James de V. Allen, The Malayan Union. Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1967. Monograph Series No. 10. XIV + 181 pp., with appendices.- P. Voorhoeve, M.A. Jaspan, Folk literature of South Sumatra. Rejang Ka-Ga-Nga Texts. Australian University Press, Canberra 1964. 92 pp.
Book Reviews
Authors: Sluimers L. , Osborne M.E. , Sluimers L. , Weinstein F.B. , Sluimers L. , Weatherbee D.E. , Logemann J.H.A. , Weatherbee Donald E. , Graaf H.J. , Ward A.B. , Anceaux J.C. , Krupa Viktor , Wengen G.D.
Published: May 2013

- L. Sluimers, M.E. Osborne, Strategic hamlets in South Viet-nam. A survey and a comparison. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Data Paper no. 55. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1965. XII, 66 blz., X, krt. - L. Sluimers, F.B. Weinstein, Vietnam’s unheld elections: The failure to carry out the 1956 reunification elections and the effect on Hanoi’s present outlook. Data Paper: No. 60, Southeast Asia Program. Department of Asian Studies. Cornell University. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1966. VII, 65 blz., XIII. - L. Sluimers, D.E. Weatherbee, Ideology in Indonesia: Sukarno’s Indonesian revolution. Monograph Series No. 8. Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University, 1966. X, 135 blz., VII. - J.H.A. Logemann, Donald E. Weatherbee, Ideology in Indonesia: Soekarno’s Indonesian Revolution. Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series no. 8. Yale University, 1967. 135 pp., Charts, glossary. - H.J. de Graaf, A.B. Ward, Rajah’s servant. With a preface by Robert M. Pringle and Otto C. Doering III. Data Paper: No. 61. South East Asia Program. Department of Asian Studies. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Nov. 1966. - J.C. Anceaux, Viktor Krupa, Morpheme and word in Maori. (Janua Linguarum, Series Practica. XLVI). Mouton & Co., The Hague 1966. 83 pp. - G.D. van Wengen, Surinam. Grammofoonplaat, uitgave Philips. Serie: “Song and sound the World Around”. Stereo 831 231 PY (ook als mono speelbaar), 33 1/3 t.
Book Reviews
Authors: Phillips Herbert W. , Wittermans E. , Wengen G.D. , Postel-Coster E. , Riemens H. , Jawad A.J. , Kähler Hans , Molendijk M. , Waal Malefijt Annemarie , Funke Friedrich F.W. , Ray Robert R. , Emst P. , Dani Ahmad Hasan , Niel Robert , Schaap Jan , Hidding K.A.H. , Ry C.J. , Swart J.R. , Leyenaar Th. J.J. , Wengen G.D. , Jahoda Gustav , Wengen G.D. , Tennekes J. , Sluimers L. , Wertheim W.F. , Stöhr Waldemar , Boissevain J. , Guarch J.M. , Teeuw A. , Kwabena Nketia J.H. , Guber A.A.
Published: May 2013

- J.R. Swart, P. van Emst, Panorama der volken. Deel II - Volken van Azië. Onder redactie van Dr. P. van Emst. J.J. Romen & Zonen, Roermond en Maaseik, 1965. 464 blz., ills.- K.A.H. Hidding, Waldemar Stöhr, Die religionen Indonesiens. W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1965. 354 pp., Piet Zoetmulder (eds.)- E. Postel-Coster, Friedrich F.W. Funke, Orang Abung; Band II, Das Leben in der Gegenwart. E.J.Brill, Leiden 1962. 353 blz., ills. in tekst, platen, krtn.- Gustav Jahoda, Herbert W. Phillips, Thai peasant personality. The patterning of interpersonal behaviour in the village of Bang Chan. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1965. 231 pp.- Robert R. Ray, E. Wittermans, Inter-ethnic relations in a plural society. J.B. Wolters, Groningen 1964. 180 pp.- L. Sluimers, A.A. Guber, Politika Kapitalistitsjeskich Derzjaw i Natsionaljno-Oswoboditeljnoe Dwizjenie w Jugo-Wostotsjnoj Azii (1871-1917). Dokumenty i Materialy. Tsjastj I, Moskowa 1965. (De Politiek der Kapitalistische Mogendheden en de Nationale Bevrijdingsbeweging in Zuidoost-Azië (1871-1917). Dokumenten en Materiaal. Dl. I, Moskou 1965)., G.I. Lewinson, W.I. Mazaew et al. (eds.)- Robert van Niel, W.F. Wertheim, East-West parallels: Sociological approaches to modern Asia. The Hague, W. van Hoeve Ltd., 1964. 284 pp.- A. Teeuw, Hans Kähler, Wörterverzeichnis des omong Djakarta. Veröffentlichingen des Seminars für Indonesische und Südseesprachen der Universität Hamburg. Band 5. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer in Berlin. 1966. XXII und 351 pp.- G.D. van Wengen, Gamelan music from Java. Grammofoonplaat, uitgave Philips. Serie: Song and Sound the World Around. No. 631 209 PL. 33 1/3 t., mono.- G.D. van Wengen, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Folk songs of Ghana. Oxford University Press for University of Ghana. London 1963. 205 pp.- G.D. van Wengen, Annemarie de Waal Malefijt, The Javanese of Surinam. Van Gorcum & Co., Assen 1963. 206 pp., krt., pln.- Th. J.J. Leyenaar, H. Riemens, Mexico. Land, Volk, Cultuur. Het Wereldvenster, Baarn 1964. 221 pp., geïll.- C.J. du Ry, J.M. Guarch, Excavacion en el Caney del Castillo. Dept. de Antropologica, Habana 1964. 32 pp., 9 ills., R. Payares (eds.)- A.J. Jawad, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Shahbaz Garhi. Foreword by Mohammad Ali, Vice-Chancellor, University of Peshawar. Peshawar 1964. 28 pp., map, 6 figures, and 7 photographs.- J. Tennekes, J. Boissevain, Saints and fireworks: Religion and politics in rural Malta. Athlone Press, London, 1965. 154 pp., 8 pl.- M. Molendijk, Jan Schaap, Fotoboek Israel. L. Stafleu & Zoon, Leiden. 112 blz., 156 ills., Rense Schaap (eds.)
Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov., associated with leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica
Authors: ARIYAWANSA HIRAN A. , MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA SAJEEWA S.N. , C.KARUNARATHNE SAMANTHA , CHUKEATIROTE EKACHAI , BAHKALI ALI H. , KANG JI-CHUAN , BHAT JAYARAMA D. , HYDE KEVIN D..
Published: May 2013

Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov. (Montagnulaceae) forms numerous ascomata on distinct zonate leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica (Lecythidaceae). We isolated this taxon and sequenced the 18S and 28S nrDNA. The result of phylogenetic analysis based on 18S and 28S nrDNA sequence data indicate that the genus belongs in the family Montagnulaceae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota. The ascomata are immersed, dark brown to black, with bitunicate asci and brown, muriform ascospores. Deniquelata is distinguished from the other genera in Montagnulaceae based on its short, broad, furcate and pedicellate asci, verruculose ascospores with short narrow pseudoparaphyses with parasitic naturee and this is also supported by molecular data. A new genus and species is therefore introduced to accommodate this taxon. We used isolates of this species to show via pathogenicity testing that the taxon is able to cause leaf spots when leaves are pin pricked.
How Does the Boundary Layer Contribute to Eyewall Replacement Cycles in Axisymmetric Tropical Cyclones?
Authors: Kepert Jeffrey D.
Published: May 2013

Three diagnostic models of the axisymmetric tropical cyclone boundary layer, with different levels of approximation, are applied to the problem of tropical cyclones with concentric eyewalls. The outer eyewall is shown to have an inherently stronger frictional updraft than the inner because it is in an environment of lower vorticity. Similarly, a relatively weak local enhancement of the radial vorticity gradient outside the primary radius of maximum winds can produce a significant frictional updraft, even if there is no outer wind maximum. Based on these results, it is proposed that the boundary layer contributes to the formation of outer eyewalls through a positive feedback among the local enhancement of the radial vorticity gradient, the frictional updraft, and convection. The friction-induced secondary circulation associated with the inner eyewall is shown to weaken as the outer wind maximum strengthens and/or contracts, so boundary layer processes will contribute, along with the heating-induced secondary circulation, to the weakening of the inner eyewall during an eyewall replacement cycle. An integral mass constraint on the friction-induced secondary circulation is derived and used to examine the oft-stated proposition that “the outer eyewall uses up the inflowing energy-rich boundary layer air.” Using the integral constraint, the author argues that formation of a secondary eyewall will tend to increase the total friction-induced secondary circulation and that, if the moat between the two eyewalls has a local vorticity minimum, then sufficient subsidence may occur there to maintain the primary eyewall's updraft. It is noted, however, that the enthalpy of the updraft is important as well as its mass.
Bicameralism and the Logic of Party Organization
Authors: VanDusky-Allen Julie , Heller William B.
Published: May 2013

This article takes a novel approach to the question of how bicameralism matters by asking not how it shapes policy outcomes, but rather how it shapes political parties. Bicameralism uniquely challenges political parties because party leaders have few tools for disciplining copartisans in separate legislative chambers. As long as party members do not share identical policy preferences, or strategic contexts across chambers differ, copartisan cohorts in each chamber are likely to favor distinct policy positions. To the extent that parties value clear, consistent party labels, it is in their best interests to find ways to keep intraparty disagreements out of the public eye. We argue that parties in bicameral systems do this by centralizing candidate selection, so that members in both chambers are accountable to the same master. We test our argument using data from 66 political parties in 11 advanced parliamentary democracies.
‘Living Space’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Spatial tactics and the politics of smooth space
Authors: Munro Iain , Jordan Silvia
Published: May 2013

Space has become a key analytic concept for the study of organization. While much emphasis has been placed upon the role of designed spaces within the existing literature, as yet there has been little attention paid to the sociality of space and the spatial practices that people employ to enact workspaces. This inquiry provides an ethnographic study of the work of street artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We investigate the spatial tactics that artists employ to create hybrid workspaces within public spaces. We reveal how these spatial tactics are linked to the politics of space by investigating how the artists negotiate the use of public spaces with other users of the space. The study finds that artists employ a distinctive set of spatial tactics to create ‘smooth spaces’ to appropriate and socialize a hybrid workspace. The conceptual contribution of this article develops a processualist account of how hybrid workspaces are created by artists through embodied spatial tactics and how these tactics exploit ambiguities in the spatial boundaries of the existing urban landscape.
Knowing work: Cultivating a practice-based epistemology of knowledge in organization studies
Authors: Rennstam Jens , Ashcraft Karen Lee
Published: May 2013

While knowledge theorists give attention to knowing in practice, two common habits in the empirical literature, which we call knowledge inherency and skepticism, serve to re-center certain practitioners. The sites in which we study knowing thereby remain limited, hindering a fuller practice turn. We argue that this enduring tendency is problematic because it inhibits our understanding of ‘communicative knowledge’ – a form of knowing central to the contemporary economy. Yet communicative knowledge is persistently relegated to secondary status through a logic that is simultaneously gendered and classed. We thus suggest a more thorough shift toward the study of ‘knowledge in work’ (Thompson et al., 2001), wherein such a priori associations are suspended, and all practitioners de-centered, in the interest of understanding specific forms, systems, and relations of knowledge entailed in situated practices of knowing. The second half of the article develops specific empirical strategies for doing so. The strategies are meant to enable grounded analysis of knowing practices in various lines of work to interrogate how these may be different to practices with which we are more familiar, as well as inquiry into similarities between these familiar practices and new ones in order to destabilize the link between knowledge and certain practitioners.
Proanthocyanidins Rapidly Stabilize the Demineralized Dentin Layer
Authors: Liu Y. , Dusevich V. , Wang Y.
Published: May 2013

While proanthocyanidins (PA) are effective in improving collagen’s resistance to collagenolytic degradation, the direct incorporation of PA into an adhesive system is detrimental to the light-curing thereof. Conversely, the use of PA as a primer could circumvent this issue, but little is known about the efficacy of PA in stabilizing collagen when applied in a clinically relevant manner. This study investigated the pre- and post-digestion morphology of an acid-etched dentin collagen layer that underwent PA treatment for time periods on a scale of seconds. The null hypothesis, that there is no difference between the PA-treated and untreated control group, had to be rejected, since it was revealed that the untreated control could not survive 1 hr of exogenous collagenase digestion, while the PA-treated collagen could sustain at least 16 hrs of digestion with no perceptible changes in collagen structure. In addition, the stabilizing effect of the gold-standard cross-linker glutaraldehyde at comparable experimental conditions was found to be almost non-existent within the 5, 15, or 30 sec of cross-linking permitted. Therefore, PA have been proven to be extraordinarily efficient in stabilizing demineralized dentin collagen against enzymatic challenges in a clinically relevant setting, likely due to the non-covalent nature of their interaction with collagen molecules.
Is there an increase in the incidence of uterine carcinosarcoma in north-east Scotland? A 19 years population-based cohort study
Authors: Gurumurthy M , Lahiri R , Scott N , Miller I , Cruickshank ME , Parkin DE
Published: May 2013

Background and aims

The incidence of uterine carcinosarcoma and factors associated with its survival are little known and this study helps to address this question for women residing in north-east Scotland.

Methods and results

Data were collected from women diagnosed with carcinosarcoma of the uterus residing in north-east of Scotland from 1991 to 2009. Kaplan–Meier plots and Cox regression analysis were used for analysis. A total of 43 women were analysed during this period. The median survival was 25 months. The estimated five-year survival for stage I/II disease was 52.5% (95% CI: 30.5–74.5%). The 2-year survival rate for stage III/IV disease was 46% (95% CI: 16–75%). There was an increase in the incidence during this period. Improved survival was seen in early-stage disease (FIGO stages I and II) and in the absence of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI; p = 0.015). A total of 26% of the women had a history of tamoxifen usage with no effect seen on survival. Multivariate analysis showed that when treatment modality and LVSI were adjusted for FIGO staging, there was no statistical significance in the survival outcomes.

Conclusion

The incidence of uterine carcinosarcomas is increasing parallel with endometrial carcinomas with no significant effect of tamoxifen on survival.
Symptoms do not predict colorectal cancer in an FOB screened population
Authors: Saldanha JD , Moug SJ , Linton K , Diament RH
Published: May 2013

Background and aims:

The Scottish Bowel Screening Programme aims to detect cancer in asymptomatic individuals. We aimed to measure the prevalence of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in faecal occult blood (FOB) screen-positive patients, to correlate the symptoms with neoplasia and to compare the predictive value of FOB screening with urgent symptomatic referrals in Ayrshire and Arran.

Methods:

Data were collected prospectively on FOB screen-positive patients undergoing colonoscopy. Patients completed a symptom questionnaire. Positive predictive values (PPVs) for detecting neoplasia were calculated and a chi-square test was performed to determine any influence of symptoms in diagnosing neoplasia. Symptomatic patients undergoing colonoscopy via a general practice fast-track system were compared.

Results:

A total of 378 FOB screen-positive patients were included. In all, 198 (52%) had colorectal symptoms. Overall, 32 were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 93 had polyps . FOB positivity and symptoms gave a PPV of 34% for neoplasia. FOB positivity without symptoms gave a PPV of 32% for neoplasia. Urgent referral of symptomatic patients had a lower PPV of 21% for neoplasia ( p < 0.001).

Conclusion:

Half the FOB screen-positive patients had bowel symptoms. Symptoms in these patients had no correlation with an increased rate of neoplasia. The PPV for neoplasia is superior in symptomatic and asymptomatic screen-positive patients when compared to conventional urgent symptom-based referral.
A young healthy male with syncope and complete heart block
Authors: Chauhan V , Chauhan N , Chauhan CGS , Vaid M
Published: May 2013

Introduction

It is rare to see heart block as the first-and-only presentation of Lyme disease, the reported incidence being just 1% in untreated patients.

Case presentation

We report a patient who presented with syncope secondary to a fluctuating heart block. He had no previous manifestations of Lyme disease. Lyme carditis was suspected after the other usual etiologies of heart block were ruled out. Later, serologies came positive and patient’s heart block resolved on ceftriaxone therapy.

Conclusion

In at-risk individuals, clinicians should rule out this readily-treatable cause of heart block before proceeding with permanent pacemaker implantation due to enormous clinical and cost implications involved. Missing the diagnosis also exposes the patient to the risk of developing the late complications of Lyme disease. Diagnosis of isolated Lyme carditis is a challenge because the clinician does not have the diagnostic-clues that can usually be gleaned from the more common stigmata of Lyme disease.
Housing Submarkets and the Lattice of Substitution
Authors: Pryce Gwilym
Published: May 2013

This paper aims to stimulate interest in the early micro-economic conceptualisation of housing submarkets proposed by Rapkin and Grigsby, which defined market areas in terms of dwelling substitutability. Three key questions need to be addressed if a return to the Rapkin–Grigsby approach is to be achievable and worthwhile. First, what are the practical benefits? (The paper highlights a range of potential research applications that would benefit from the substitutability approach.) Secondly, in what way are existing approaches likely to be inadequate for demarcating substitutability-based submarkets? (Four criteria are proposed for assessing submarket estimation methods which existing approaches fail to satisfy.) Thirdly, what are the prospects for developing a substitutability metric that will make the Rapkin–Grigsby definition empirically feasible? (A new measure is proposed, based on the cross-price elasticity of price (CPEP), which is illustrated using data for Glasgow, Scotland.)
Borderlands, Identity and Urban Development: The Case of Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Authors: Vlassenroot Koen , Büscher Karen
Published: May 2013

This paper challenges traditional studies that explore border sites from a central or capital city perspective. Focusing on expressions of identity in the border city of Goma, it illustrates how the struggle for political, social and economic control affects local urban life and has broader implications for regional relationships and realities. The paper suggests that Goma must be understood as a site of change and fluidity rather than (as borders are commonly depicted) a static and dependent environment, whose increasing sense of autonomy is directly linked to state decline and to the dynamics of regional conflict. Goma has become an area of military rebellion, political struggle and economic competition, as well as a city of flourishing transborder trade and economic opportunity. The paper highlights the need to follow closely the increasing national and regional role that Goma, and other emerging urban centres on the periphery, are playing. This analysis was concluded early 2012 and does not include recent developments related to the M23 rebellion.
Jejunostomy Enteral Feeding in Children
Authors: Egnell Christina , Eksborg Staffan , Grahnquist Lena
Published: May 2013

Background: The aim of this study was to report on the clinical outcome and safety of jejunostomy tube feeding used in our clinical setting for more than 14 years. Material and Methods: A retrospective study of all children who underwent a surgical catheter jejunostomy placement between July 1996 and March 2010 was conducted. Data were collected regarding the outcome and complications. Results: Thirty‐three children (14 girls) were included. The median age at the time of primary surgery was 1.43 years (range, 0.15–17.7 years), and the median time of follow‐up was 2.34 years (range, 0.27–12.6 years). Seventeen children were severely neurologically impaired (NI). Surgical insertion of a jejunostomy tube was performed due to 1 or more of the following indications: gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), failure to thrive, recurrent pneumonia, esophageal disease, or oral feeding difficulties. The effect of the indications showed a reduction in GERD and pneumonia. Feeding difficulties also decreased. Weaning was possible in 12 of 16 children without NI but in only 2 of 17 with NI. Major complications requiring surgical reoperation affected 8 children. No mortality was related to the jejunostomy feeding catheter. Conclusion: In selected cases, surgically placed jejunostomy tubes for feeding in children is an effective and safe method to overcome GERD, feeding difficulties, or recurrent pneumonia without major surgery.
Variations in the Offence Actions of Deliberate Firesetters
Authors: Fritzon Katarina , Doley Rebekah , Hollows Kerrilee
Published: May 2013

Since Canter and Fritzon first introduced their “4D” classification system for arson, many studies have replicated the model with samples of arsonists from around the world. However, scholars have reported differences in the offence actions of arsonists across samples. No study as yet has attempted to statically examine the relevance of these differences. Using multidimensional scaling procedures and two-way chi-square contingency analyses, this study examined whether cross-national differences in arson variables existed between Australian and British arsonists. The results indicated that differences did exist and, furthermore, that differences reflected the environmental characteristics of the country from which each sample was drawn. These findings have important theoretical and clinical implications, particularly for the utility of the “4D” model as an investigatory tool and for the wider arson profiling literature.
Age of Crime Onset and Psychopathic Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquents
Authors: Pechorro Pedro , Gonçalves Rui Abrunhosa , Marôco João , Nunes Cristina , Jesus Saul Neves
Published: May 2013

The aim of this study was to analyze the role of psychopathic traits in the age of crime onset of female juvenile delinquents. Using a sample of 132 young females from the Juvenile Detention Centers of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and from schools in the Lisbon region, a group of early crime onset ( n = 44), a group of late crime onset ( n = 44), and a nondelinquent school group ( n = 44) were formed. Results showed that early crime onset participants score higher on psychopathy measures, self-reported delinquency, and crime seriousness than late crime onset participants and school participants. Psychopathic-traits scores were significantly associated with age of crime onset, age at first trouble with the law, and frequency and seriousness of crime.
The Rate of Subsequent Surgery and Predictors After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Authors: Hettrich Carolyn M. , Dunn Warren R. , Reinke Emily K. ,   MOON Group, Spindler Kurt P. , Parker Richard D. , Andrish Jack T. , Kaeding Christopher C. , Amendola Annunziato , Wright Rick W. , Marx Robert G. , McCarty Eric C.
Published: May 2013

Background:

Subsequent surgeries have a profound effect on patient satisfaction and outcome after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). There have been no prospective studies to date describing the rate and predictors (surgical and patient variables) of all subsequent knee surgeries at short-term and midterm follow-up along with analyses of surgical and patient variables that are associated with subsequent surgeries.

Purpose:

To report the rate and predictors of all subsequent surgeries at short-term and midterm follow-up along with associated patient variables.

Study Design:

Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods:

A total of 980 patients (540 male) were prospectively enrolled in a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) cohort from January 2002 to December 2003. The 2- and 6-year follow-up information for subsequent procedures was obtained. Operative reports were obtained, and all procedures were categorized.

Results:

One hundred eighty-five patients underwent a subsequent surgery on the ipsilateral leg (18.9%) and 100 on the contralateral knee (10.2%) at 6-year follow-up. On the ipsilateral knee, there was a 7.7% rate of ACL revisions, a 13.3% rate of cartilage procedures, a 5.4% rate of arthrofibrosis procedures, and a 2.4% rate of procedures related to hardware. For the contralateral knee, there was a 6.4% rate of primary ACL ruptures. Younger age at the index surgery and the use of allografts were predictors (risk factors) for subsequent surgery. Revision ACLR, female sex, body mass index, and surgical exposure were not significant predictors.

Conclusion:

At 6-year follow-up, 18.9% of patients who had undergone ACLR underwent subsequent surgeries on the ipsilateral knee. The rates between an ipsilateral ACLR graft versus a contralateral normal ACL tear were similar (7.7% vs 6.4%, respectively). Younger age and the use of allografts were risk factors for subsequent surgery.