bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Targeting Epigenetics to Prevent Obesity Promoted Cancers
Authors: Berger Nathan A. , Scacheri Peter C.
Published: February 2018

Epigenetic changes in DNA and associated chromatin proteins are increasingly being considered as important mediators of the linkage between obesity and cancer. Although multiple agents, targeted at epigenetic changes, are being tested for therapy of established cancers, this issue of Cancer Prevention Research carries two articles demonstrating that the bromodomain inhibitor I-BET-762 can attenuate adipose tissue–promoted cancers. Although I-BET-762 significantly delayed, rather than completely prevented, the onset of adiposity-promoted transformation and malignancy, these experiments provide important proof of principle for the strategies of targeting epigenetic changes to disrupt the obesity–cancer linkage. Because bromodomain proteins represent only one of multiple epigenetic mediators, it is probable that targeting other epigenetic processes, alone or in combination, may serve to even more effectively disrupt the obesity promotion of cancer. Given the magnitude of the current obesity pandemic and its impact on cancer, preventive measures to disrupt this linkage are critically important. Cancer Prev Res; 11(3); 125–8. ©2018 AACR.

See related article by Chakraborty et al., p. 129
Identification of Tumoricidal TCRs from Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes by Single-Cell Analysis
Authors: Shitaoka Kiyomi , Hamana Hiroshi , Kishi Hiroyuki , Hayakawa Yoshihiro , Kobayashi Eiji , Sukegawa Kenta , Piao Xiuhong , Lyu Fulian , Nagata Takuya , Sugiyama Daisuke , Nishikawa Hiroyoshi , Tanemura Atsushi , Katayama Ichiro , Murahashi Mutsunori , Takamatsu Yasushi , Tani Kenzaburo , Ozawa Tatsuhiko , Muraguchi Atsushi
Published: February 2018

T-cell receptor (TCR) gene therapy is a promising next-generation antitumor treatment. We previously developed a single–T-cell analysis protocol that allows the rapid capture of paired TCRα and β cDNAs. Here, we applied the protocol to analyze the TCR repertoire of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) of various cancer patients. We found clonally expanded populations of T cells that expressed the same clonotypic TCR in 50% to 70% of CD137+CD8+ TILs, indicating that they responded to certain antigens in the tumor environment. To assess the tumor reactivity of the TCRs derived from those clonally expanded TILs in detail, we then analyzed the CD137+CD8+ TILs from the tumor of B16F10 melanoma cells in six C57BL/6 mice and analyzed their TCR repertoire. We also found clonally expanded T cells in 60% to 90% of CD137+CD8+ TILs. When the tumor reactivity of dominant clonotypic TCRs in each mouse was analyzed, 9 of 13 TCRs induced the secretion of IFNγ in response to, and showed killing of, B16F10 cells in vitro, and 2 of them showed strong antitumor activity in vivo. Concerning their antigen specificity, 7 of them reacted to p15E peptide of endogenous murine leukemia virus-derived envelope glycoprotein 70, and the rest reacted to tumor-associated antigens expressed on EL4 lymphoma as well as B16 melanoma cells. These results show that our strategy enables us to simply and rapidly obtain the tumor-specific TCR repertoire with high fidelity in an antigen- and MHC haplotype–independent manner from primary TILs. Cancer Immunol Res; 6(4); 378–88. ©2018 AACR.
Non-seasonal reproduction in inseminating species of Mimagoniates (Characidae, Characiformes) from southern Brazil
Authors: Lampert Vinicius Renner , Azevedo Marco Aurélio
Published: February 2018

Some aspects of reproduction in two species of Mimagoniates, M. microlepis (Steindachner 1877) and M. rheocharis Menezes & Weitzman 1990 are herein described. Samples were taken monthly from January 1998 to February 1999 in two streams in the locality of Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results from the analysis of hundreds of specimens of M. microlepis and M. rheocharis in two investigated sites indicated mature specimens and peaks of the gonadosomatic index (GSI) along the year. There was a negative and significant correlation between M. microlepis male’s GSI and water temperature. Females of the latter species and both sexes of M. rheocharis, in turn, showed no correlation with any of the tested parameters (relative stomach weight, day length, rainfall). Absolute and relative fecundity are lower than in externally fertilized species of Characidae. Maximum oocyte length was 1.14 mm for M. microlepis and 1.02 mm for M. rheocharis and both species were characterized as total spawners based on the type of oocyte development estimated through oocyte size analysis. Features like non-seasonal reproductive period, low fecundity, and insemination may indicate adaptive advantages, which may enhance the chance of survival even with low energetic investment and improved fertilization.
An overview of migratory birds in Brazil
Authors: Somenzari Marina , Amaral Priscilla Prudente do , Cueto Victor R. , Guaraldo André De Camargo , Jahn Alex E. , Lima Diego Mendes , Lima Pedro Cerqueira , Lugarini Camile , Machado Caio Graco , Martinez Jaime , Nascimento João Luiz Xavier do , Pacheco José Fernando , Paludo Danielle , Prestes Nêmora Pauletti , Serafini Patrícia Pereira , Silveira Luís Fábio , Sousa Antônio Emanuel Barreto Alves de , Sousa Nathália Alves de , Souza Manuella Andrade de , Telino-Júnior Wallace Rodrigues , Whitney Bret Myers
Published: February 2018

We reviewed the occurrences and distributional patterns of migratory species of birds in Brazil. A species was classified as migratory when at least part of its population performs cyclical, seasonal movements with high fidelity to its breeding grounds. Of the 1,919 species of birds recorded in Brazil, 198 (10.3%) are migratory. Of these, 127 (64%) were classified as Migratory and 71 (36%) as Partially Migratory. A few species (83; 4.3%) were classified as Vagrant and eight (0,4%) species could not be defined due to limited information available, or due to conflicting data.
Influence of parasitoid Paravilla sp. (Diptera, Bombyliidae) on the development of larvae of Myrmeleon brasiliensis (Návas, 1914) (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)
Authors: Nonato Lucimara Modesto , Graciolli Gustavo , Lima Tatiane Do Nascimento
Published: February 2018

Parasitoids manipulate the host metabolism for their own benefit by influencing its development and the direct or indirect result of it is the host death. This study aimed to observe the influence of parasitoidism of Paravilla sp. (Diptera, Bombyliidae) on the development of antlion larvae Myrmeleon brasiliensis (Návas, 1914) (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae). The specific objectives were to verify in which larval instars the parasitoid oviposition occurs, the influence of the parasitoid on the larval and pupal development time of M. brasiliensis, the differences in body length of the antlion larvae, as well as of the sex ratio of M. brasiliensis adults. For this, the larvae were differentiated in 1st, 2nd and 3rd instar and measures on body length (head-abdomen) and accompanied until the emergence of the adult. It was observed that the parasitoid Paravilla sp. attacked only the 2nd and 3rd instar larvae. The parasitoid Paravilla sp. oviposited only in 2nd and 3rd instars larvae. No significant differences were observed on larval development time, in the larval body length and in the adult sex ratio between groups of parasitized and non-parasitized M. brasiliensis larvae, however, was observed differences in the pupal development time of these two groups. Thus, we can conclude that the parasitoid Paravilla sp. influences the development time of M. brasiliensis pupal.
CONFLITOS E INTERESSES ATLÂNTICOS NA CAPITANIA DE ANGOLA: O GOVERNO DE JOÃO FERNANDES VIEIRA, 1658 A 1661
Authors: Souza Leandro Nascimento de
Published: February 2018

O principal objetivo deste artigo é analisar as ações de João Fernandes Vieira como governador da capitania de Angola, no período de 1658 a 1661. E de como sua gestão estava relacionada aos seus interesses na produção açucareira e tráfico de escravizados nas capitanias de Pernambuco e Paraíba. Através de uma historiografia clássica, de manuscritos do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, da documentação publicada pelo padre Antonio Brásio, na Monumenta Missionária Africana, pretende-se analisar os conflitos e negociações que aconteceram nesse contexto, os jogos de poder e de como influenciaram os interesses lusitanos no Atlântico da segunda metade do século XVII.
O consumo como possibilidade de autonomia
Authors: Portelinha Maria Beatriz
Published: February 2018

Na obra De refém a protagonista: consumo, identidade e emancipação, Sérgio Silva Dantas (2015) discute acerca do consumo nas trajetórias de vida e sobre como este assume um papel importante na construção de identidades. Durante a obra, o autor articula as temáticas consumo, identidades e classe social, abrangendo as complexidades disso decorrentes. A partir de uma ampla gama de leituras, utilizando-se de autores da comunicação e da psicologia social, Dantas cria uma fundamentação teórica que nos permite entender sua obra tanto como pesquisadores quanto como indivíduos que se reconstroem e se reconfiguram constantemente.
Colocação, metamorfismo e natureza dos anfibolitos de Água Azul do Norte, Província Carajás
Authors: Souza Diwhemerson Barbosa de , Oliveira Davis Carvalho de , Monteiro Lena Virgínia Soares , Gabriel Eleilson Oliveira , Marangoanha Bhrenno
Published: February 2018

Os corpos metamáficos de Água Azul do Norte, porção centro-sul do Domínio Carajás, são intrusivos em uma crosta TTG e correspondem a duas variedades: (i) actinolita anfibolito, que ocorre como um corpo alongado de orientação geral N-S e inflexão para NE, com ~ 17 km de extensão. É formado por plagioclásio e anfibólio, com relíquias de cristais de piroxênio e plagioclásio ígneos associados à textura blasto-subofítica; e (ii) diopsídio anfibolito, de ocorrência restrita ao extremo leste da área, que aflora como pequenos corpos lenticulares, anastomosados e de orientação NW-SE. Estes possuem protólito de composição semelhante aos basaltos toleíticos e razões HFSE que sugerem uma fonte derivada do manto primitivo, com mudanças significativas na composição do magma devido à interação com a crosta e/ou a litosfera subcontinental. As evidências química, mineralógica e textural indicam que o protólito do actinolita anfibolito foi deformado em estágio submagmático e, posteriormente, em estado sólido em profundidades rasas. Em contrapartida, o diopsídio anfibolito foi submetido a regime de deformação dúctil em profundidades relativamente elevadas. A colocação e deformação desses corpos estaria relacionada ao momento D2 sob o qual a crosta TTG de Água Azul sofreu deformação heterogênea com acomodação de zonas de cisalhamento dextrais e sinistrais. A trajetória metamórfica do actinolita anfibolito revela descompressão isotermal (com pico metamórfico em 2,7 kbar e 430ºC e equilíbrio retrometamórfico em 1,2 kbar e 425ºC), associada à sua exumação e/ou à colocação de corpos de leucogranito, enquanto o diopsídio anfibolito registrou metamorfismo em fácies anfibolito sob condições de nível crustal intermediário e ambiente de crosta relativamente fria (5 kbar; 540ºC). Esses dados evidenciam história metamórfica distinta para os corpos anfibolíticos e a exumação e exposição de segmentos de crosta arqueana relativamente profunda na região de Água Azul do Norte (~ 9 – 16 km).
Amendment of the status of Pontella sewelli Heinrich, 1987 as a junior synonym of P. sinica Chen & Zhang, 1965, with confirmation of female-male matching by genetic analysis (Copepoda, Calanoida)
Authors: Francis Sanu V. , Nishida Shuhei
Published: February 2018

Specimens of Pontella sinica Chen & Zhang, 1965, that were collected for the first time from the eastern Indian Ocean, are described, and a revised synonymy of the species is presented, including an amendment of P. sewelli Heinrich, 1987 as a junior synonym of P. sinica. The present specimens agree with most of the previous descriptions except for the frontal, rostral, and/or ventral eye lenses, which have been described as present in some previous studies, but proved to be all absent in the present examination. In addition, an analysis applying mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mt COI) as a genetic marker confirmed matching of the female and male that were morphologically described by previous workers.
Record of two calanoid species, Arctodiaptomus laticeps (Sars, 1863) (Diaptomidae) and Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Temoridae), in the fauna of Croatia
Authors: Balkić Anita G. , Ternjej Ivančica , Stanković Igor
Published: February 2018

Two calanoid species,Arctodiaptomus laticeps(Sars, 1863) andEurytemora velox(Lilljeborg, 1853), are reported from the Danube River basin in Croatia. Our findings present the first record ofA. laticepsandE. veloxat the territory of Croatia. Both species were found in the lowland floodplain area during the spring-summer inundation throughout the years. Their occurrence in the waterbodies studied has not overlapped, and different environmental parameters characterized the periods of occurrence of the individual species. The existence ofE. veloxin this region seems to be permanent, whereas the appearance ofA. laticepsis rather confounding.
Changes in Hurricanes from a 13-Yr Convection-Permitting Pseudo–Global Warming Simulation
Authors: Gutmann Ethan D. , Rasmussen Roy M. , Liu Changhai , Ikeda Kyoko , Bruyere Cindy L. , Done James M. , Garrè Luca , Friis-Hansen Peter , Veldore Vidyunmala
Published: February 2018

Tropical cyclones have enormous costs to society through both loss of life and damage to infrastructure. There is good reason to believe that such storms will change in the future as a result of changes in the global climate system and that such changes may have important socioeconomic implications. Here a high-resolution regional climate modeling experiment is presented using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model to investigate possible changes in tropical cyclones. These simulations were performed for the period 2001–13 using the ERA-Interim product for the boundary conditions, thus enabling a direct comparison between modeled and observed cyclone characteristics. The WRF simulation reproduced 30 of the 32 named storms that entered the model domain during this period. The model simulates the tropical cyclone tracks, storm radii, and translation speeds well, but the maximum wind speeds simulated were less than observed and the minimum central pressures were too large. This experiment is then repeated after imposing a future climate signal by adding changes in temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speeds derived from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). In the current climate, 22 tracks were well simulated with little changes in future track locations. These simulations produced tropical cyclones with faster maximum winds, slower storm translation speeds, lower central pressures, and higher precipitation rates. Importantly, while these signals were statistically significant averaged across all 22 storms studied, changes varied substantially between individual storms. This illustrates the importance of using a large ensemble of storms to understand mean changes.
Southeast Greenland Winter Precipitation Strongly Linked to the Icelandic Low Position
Authors: Berdahl Mira , Rennermalm Asa , Hammann Arno , Mioduszweski John , Hameed Sultan , Tedesco Marco , Stroeve Julienne , Mote Thomas , Koyama Tomoko , McConnell Joseph R.
Published: February 2018

Greenland’s largest precipitation flux occurs in its southeast (SE) region during the winter, controlled primarily by easterly winds and frequent cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic. Several studies have attempted to link SE Greenland precipitation to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) but results are inconsistent. This work uses reanalysis, automatic weather station data, and regional climate model output to show that the east–west position of the Icelandic low is a better predictor of SE Greenland precipitation (average correlation of r = −0.48 in DJF) than climate indices such as the NAO (r = −0.06 in DJF). In years when the Icelandic low is positioned extremely west, moisture transport increases up to ~40% (or up to 40 kg m−1 s−1) off the SE Greenland coast compared to when the low is in an extreme east position. Furthermore, in years when the Icelandic low is positioned extremely west, storm track density and intensity increase just off the SE coast of Greenland. Thus, the Icelandic low’s longitudinal position dominates SE Greenland ice sheet’s wintertime precipitation, a positive term in the ice sheet mass balance. Given SE Greenland’s importance in the overall ice sheet mass balance, the position of the Icelandic low is therefore important for making projections of future sea level.
You’re (Not) Welcome: The Impact of Symbolic Boundaries, Intergroup Contact, and Experiences With Discrimination on Immigration Attitudes
Authors: Neumann Rico , Moy Patricia
Published: February 2018

Against the backdrop of Europe’s migrant crisis, this study investigates attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. Specifically, how do Europeans’ attitudes stem from: (a) the symbolic boundaries they draw regarding immigrants (i.e., their perceptions of what constitutes an immigrant); (b) their contact with racially and ethnically different others; and (c) their own experiences with discrimination? Data from the 2014-2015 European Social Survey ( N = 37,623) show Europeans’ symbolic boundaries regarding immigrants varied by respondents’ sociodemographics, consumption of political news, and social trust. Most, but not all, forms of intergroup contact enhanced support for specific groups and broader immigration policy. Contrary to expectations, experience with discrimination did not shape attitudes toward specific immigrant groups. Our discussion focuses on theoretical implications, future research, and how findings can inform contemporary public discourse about the migrant crisis.
Content validation of the Patient-Reported Hamilton Inventory for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Authors: Packham Tara L. , MacDermid Joy C. , Michlovitz Susan L. , Buckley Norman
Published: February 2018

Background.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a perplexing neurological condition, and persons with CRPS experience substantial loss of daily roles and activities. A condition-specific measure is being developed to evaluate CRPS.

Purpose.

We describe the use of cognitive interviews to examine content validity of this patient-reported outcome measure for CRPS.

Method.

Interviews with 44 persons with CRPS were analyzed to identify problems with wording and support content validation. Item-total correlations were calculated for proposed subscales, and scores were plotted to consider floor/ceiling effects.

Findings.

Interviews identified questions where respondents considered factors unrelated to the construct of interest or were underaddressed by the questionnaire, including depression and skin temperature. The symptoms, daily function, and coping/social impact scales demonstrated satisfactory correlations (Cronbach’s alpha 0.76–0.86). Despite a sampling bias of severity, no frank floor/ceiling effects were noted.

Implications.

This study builds a foundation for continuing development and evaluation of the measurement properties of the Patient-Reported Hamilton Inventory for CRPS. It makes explicit the iterative decisions involved in rigorous instrument development.
Preliminari a una rilettura delle Epistole entomologiche
Authors: Borra Antonello
Published: February 2018

A cento anni di distanza dalla scomparsa di Guido Gozzano, varrà la pena di rileggere il suo poema incompiuto sulle farfalle. La ricezione delle Epistole entomologiche è sempre stata poco favorevole, soprattutto a causa dei numerosi, evidenti debiti gozzaniani nei confronti di altri autori, tra cui primeggia Maurice Maeterlinck. Questo saggio propone di tornare a interrogarsi sul senso e sull’importanza delle Epistole alla luce di un’estetica del rifacimento e della citazione consustanziali da sempre all’opera di Gozzano.
Farewell to Naples: Ferrante’s Story of a New Name
Authors: Palma Pina
Published: February 2018

In Ferrante’s Story of a New Name, the protagonist’s journey to self-knowledge and self-realization is mapped through a farewell trip to Naples before she begins her studies in Pisa . As the centerpiece and background around and against which Elena’s accomplishments, failures, and societal pressures revolve, Naples emerges as a mosaic of energy and lethargy, unbreakable traditions and negligible innovations. While these elements mirror the protagonist’s powerlessness in changing the “norms” to which she is expected to adhere, they also function as her spur to a steady shift toward self-understanding. In this article, I analyze the ways in which Ferrante’s use of the beauty and lure, corrosiveness and lethality of Naples parallel her discourse on the protagonist’s search for self-understanding, a process that will ultimately enable Elena, the protagonist, to find self-realization.
The laboratory stand for measurements and analysis of photovoltaic modules
Authors: Zimny Jacek , Bielik Sebastian , Michalak Piotr , Bojko Mateusz
Published: February 2018

The Eco-Energy Engineering course for students of Mechanical Engineering at Master level at AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow is predominantly theoretical, with the additional computer-aided projects. In order to improve the quality of the course and make the learning process easier for students, some practical elements were introduced. One of them is the presented laboratory stand for the measurement and analysis of photovoltaic modules. The proposed platform consists of a photovoltaic module, rechargeable battery, variable load, charge controller, digital thermometer, solar radiation sensor, and measuring circuit. All the measured variables are stored on the SD card. Also, PC can be connected via the USB port. In order to make the teaching more dynamical, this stand was designed as mobile and it does not need an external power supply. A prototype of the stand was built and tested in real conditions during laboratory classes. A positive feedback from students showed the correctness of the proposed learning schedule and the didactic potential of the laboratory stand.
A Revisited Inquiry: A Survey of the Members of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA)
Authors: Huber Mary J. , Walker Quiteya D. , Dunlap Paige N. , Russell Valerie E. , Richardson Taryn V.
Published: February 2018

In recognition of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association’s (ARCA) 60th anniversary and the need to gather and provide data to further inform the rehabilitation counseling (RC) field with recent developments, a replication of the Peterson, Hautamaki, and Hershenson (2006) study that included surveying ARCA members at the time as well as similar studies in the field (Trotter & Kozochowicz, 1970) was completed. Similar questions related to overall membership benefits, motivations, concerns, and future directions for the field were duplicated. In addition, given the recent major changes in the field including the merger between the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) and the new Clinical Rehabilitation Counselor (CLRC) degree were included. Similar to the 50th anniversary survey, the results of the study informed the ARCA leadership in their future strategic planning activities, organizational development, and in better meeting the needs of ARCA members.
Moving During Adolescence and Depressive Symptoms
Authors: Simoni Zachary R. , Bauldry Shawn
Published: February 2018

Sociological research has demonstrated a link between moving during adolescence and depressive symptoms. In addition, research has documented an inverse association between social support and depressive symptoms. One of the consequences of moving during adolescence is the disruption of social support systems. This suggests that social support may play an important role in the link between moving in adolescence and depressive symptoms, but few studies have explored this possibility. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and using structural equation models to address measurement error and test mediation, this study finds indirect effects of moving in adolescence on depressive symptoms via certain domains of social support—social support from parents and other adults. Results indicate that the role of social support from teachers and other adults in the link between moving and depressive symptoms merits further investigation.
A Map of Understanding: The Riskiness of Trust in the World of the Early Christians
Authors: Alexander Loveday
Published: February 2018

Faith is an important concept in early Christianity. But what did the word pistis (and its Latin equivalent fides) mean in the everyday language of Greeks and Romans? In her important study, Teresa Morgan rightly insists that we need to pay as much attention to the way words worked in the mentalité of the wider social world with which Christians were seeking to communicate as we do to the ways they are used in the New Testament. This article seeks to summarize Morgan’s understanding of pistis in the classical world and its impact on NT texts, focusing on the two major themes of pistis as relationship ( believing/trusting in) and pistis as propositional belief ( believing that).
Pistis as Relational Way of Life in Galatians
Authors: Oakes Peter
Published: February 2018

Using the Septuagint as an example, this article supports Teresa Morgan’s recent contention that πίστις is essentially relational. On the basis of the prevalence of relationality, the article offers a critique of readings of Galatians that privilege other concepts, such as Benjamin Schliesser’s emphasis on spatiality. The study then argues that, instead of Morgan’s ‘ pistis is a relationship’, it would be more accurate and exegetically useful to bring out the action-reference of πίστις with an expression such as ‘πίστις is a relational way of life’. The article will argue that the most likely relational reading of πίστις in Galatians is one in which πίστις primarily represents trust, loyalty and/or trustworthiness in the relationship between the current Christ and people. This raises questions over the focus of πίστις on past events in the work of scholars such as Richard Hays and John Barclay. If πίστις Χριστοῦ is to be read as involving an ‘objective genitive’ it probably denotes people’s trust in and loyalty to Christ and also possibly to God through Christ. If it is to be read as a ‘subjective genitive’, it would probably primarily denote Christ’s current reliability and loyalty in his relationship to people, and conceivably also to God. Various directions of πίστις between people, Christ and God are possible in Galatians but the one most often clearly evidenced is between people and Christ.
The Bodily Illusion in Adverse Conditions: Virtual Arm Ownership During Visuomotor Mismatch
Authors: Caola Barbara , Montalti Martina , Zanini Alessandro , Leadbetter Antony , Martini Matteo
Published: February 2018

Classically, body ownership illusions are triggered by cross-modal synchronous stimulations, and hampered by multisensory inconsistencies. Nonetheless, the boundaries of such illusions have been proven to be highly plastic. In this immersive virtual reality study, we explored whether it is possible to induce a sense of body ownership over a virtual body part during visuomotor inconsistencies, with or without the aid of concomitant visuo-tactile stimulations. From a first-person perspective, participants watched a virtual tube moving or an avatar’s arm moving, with or without concomitant synchronous visuo-tactile stimulations on their hand. Three different virtual arm/tube speeds were also investigated, while all participants kept their real arms still. The subjective reports show that synchronous visuo-tactile stimulations effectively counteract the effect of visuomotor inconsistencies, but at slow arm movements, a feeling of body ownership might be successfully induced even without concomitant multisensory correspondences. Possible therapeutical implications of these findings are discussed.
Assessment of the effects of using the cooperative learning pedagogy in a hybrid mechanics of materials course
Authors: Ahn Benjamin , Nelson Matthew
Published: February 2018

Literature shows that the cooperative learning pedagogy increases engineering students’ performance in a traditional lecture-based course. This study investigated whether a similar positive effect on student performances would be found in a hybrid course that implemented the cooperative learning pedagogy. To examine this question, this study compared the performance of engineering students taught with and without the cooperative learning pedagogy in a sophomore-level Mechanics of Materials course that implemented the hybrid format. The study findings showed that cooperative learning offered no additional increase in performance for students. Student characteristics (e.g. gender, class load in the semester, attendance, previous GPA) did not influence this finding. However, many students reported that they enjoyed working in teams, preferred including the cooperative learning pedagogy in hybrid courses and suggested that similar engineering courses be taught using the cooperative learning pedagogy.
Conversion methodologies from Signal Interpreted Petri Nets to Ladder Diagram and C language in Arduino
Authors: Borges Matheus Ungaretti , Lima Eduardo José
Published: February 2018

With the advent of electronics in the last decades, automation is becoming a wide and strong area to be studied. Its applications go from industrial machinery and robotics processes to home illumination and security system processes. Electronic components are becoming more efficient, more productive, safer and cheaper, which justifies its growing usage. Inside automation’s area is an area called discrete event systems, which presents an organized and graphical way to represent these events through a tool called Signal Interpreted Petri Nets. The purpose of this paper is to formally define Signal Interpreted Petri Net and to develop two didactic methodologies to be used in laboratory classes: to convert Signal Interpreted Petri Net into Ladder Diagram for Programmable Logic Controller and to convert Signal Interpreted Petri Net into C language for Arduino microcontroller. These methodologies will be illustrated by applying the formal Signal Interpreted Petri Net’s definition on an example.
Chinese Female Drug Users’ Experiences and Attitudes With Institutional Drug Treatment
Authors: Liu Liu , Hsiao Suh Chen
Published: February 2018

With its rapid economic growth and the increased influence of Western culture, China has become a drug-consuming country. Forty-six semistructured interviews were conducted in a compulsory drug treatment institution to document Chinese female drug users’ experiences with and attitudes toward two mandated treatment modalities: vocational training and educational activities. Detainees required to participate in first institutional treatment showed enthusiasm and had more positive attitudes; those who had entered the compulsory treatment facilities 2 or more times generally had a negative outlook on their pursuit of abstinence. Although female detainees achieved detoxification in the institution, many relapsed upon release to their community, indicating the institutional compulsory treatment model’s failure to ensure long-term abstinence. By revealing four main flaws of the current institutional compulsory treatment, this study indicates the need for a comprehensive treatment system that combines improvements to institutional treatment and development of community-based treatment to address different stages of abstinence.
Beyond Circles of Support: “Fearless”—An Open Peer-to-Peer Mutual Support Group for Sex Offense Registrants and Their Family Members
Authors: Sample Lisa L. , Cooley Brooke N. , ten Bensel Tusty
Published: February 2018

The term sex offender carries expectations that include a continuous level of sexual criminal risk and untreatable mental health conditions that govern sex offending behaviors. These role expectations by the public can socially isolate individuals who have been convicted of a crime and the people who love them. This is likely to contribute to negative self-images that can result in loneliness, isolation, and depression, and, subsequently, contribute to discontinuing support for sex offender’s loved ones and reoffending. This article highlights the creation and maintenance of a peer-to-peer social support group for registered sex offenders and their family members that helps combat the effects of “sex offender” labels. This group differs from formal organized circles of support model and traditional self-help groups such as Alcohol (AA) or Narcotic (NA) Anonymous. We review this group’s creation, processes and procedures, and outcomes, including changes in cognition, mood, and affect over time for members in the group.
From ignorance to innovation: Serendipitous and purposeful mobility in creative processes – The cases of biotechnology, legal services and board games
Authors: Brinks Verena , Ibert Oliver , Müller Felix C. , Schmidt Suntje
Published: February 2018

In this paper, we are concerned with the relationship between creativity, ignorance and mobility. We understand creativity as a social process of recombination, which is strongly shaped by the actors’ lack of knowledge (or: ignorance) and thus argue in favor of a conceptual shift: Instead of analyzing creativity from a knowledge perspective, the analytical focus is on the participants’ evolving ignorance. In a qualitative multiple-case study research of creative processes in three domains, biotechnology, legal services and board game design, we explore the time-spatial dynamics of collaboration under the influence of two distinct forms of ignorance: unrecognized and specified ignorance. Initially, participants do not know what they do not know and are unable to purposefully directed search for inspiration. In this stage, overlapping local opportunities play a significant role to afford serendipitous encounters. Creative processes take a decisive turn, once participants manage to specify their ignorance. It becomes possible to circumscribe missing expertise and to search for it more purposefully – or to intentionally refrain from further inquiry. Now mutual attraction of experts enables interaction across distance. Places deemed irrelevant are circumvented.
Alcohol Consumption and Use of Sexual Assault and Drinking Protective Behavioral Strategies
Authors: Sell Nichole M. , Turrisi Rob , Scaglione Nichole M. , Cleveland Michael J. , Mallett Kimberly A.
Published: February 2018

Heavy drinking is a risk factor for sexual assault. Although protective behavioral strategies (PBS) tend to be associated with reduced alcohol consumption, there are studies showing differential benefits for using these strategies. The current study extended the research on PBS and drinking by examining daily associations between alcohol consumption and sexual assault PBS (e.g., letting others know one’s whereabouts) versus stopping or limiting drinking PBS (e.g., planning to stop drinking at a predetermined time) and manner of drinking PBS (e.g., avoiding mixing alcohol types). Women who are heavy episodic drinkers attending a northeastern university ( N = 69) completed 14 daily reports of alcohol consumption and PBS use. Using multilevel modeling, we examined associations between alcohol consumption and PBS types across days and PBS users. Alcohol consumption increased with greater use of sexual assault PBS and decreased with greater use of stopping or limiting drinking and manner of drinking PBS. Findings suggest differential benefits for specific PBS. Clinicians, teachers, and parents can provide a menu of options for reducing sexual assault risk by encouraging women to use sexual assault and drinking PBS together. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index
Waste management in the Irkutsk region, Siberia, Russia: An environmental assessment of alternative development scenarios
Authors: Starostina Vlada , Damgaard Anders , Eriksen Marie K , Christensen Thomas H
Published: February 2018

The current waste management system, handling around 500,000 t of household, commercial, and institutional waste annually in the Irkutsk region, Siberia, is based on landfilling in an old landfill with no controls of leachate and gas. Life-cycle assessment modelling of the current system shows that it is a major load on the environment, while the simulation of seven alternative systems results in large savings in many impact categories. With respect to climate change, it is estimated that a saving of about 1200 kg CO2 equivalents is possible per year, per inhabitant, which is a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The best alternatives involve efficient energy recovery from waste and recycling by source separation for commercial and institutional waste, the major waste type in the Irkutsk region. Recycling of household waste seems less attractive, and it is therefore recommended only to consider this option after experience has been gained with the commercial and institutional waste. Sensitivity analysis shows that recovery of energy – in particular electricity, heat, and steam – from waste is crucial to the environmental performance of the waste management system. This relates to the efficiencies of energy recovery as well as what the recovered energy substitutes, that is, the ‘dirtier’ the off-set energy, the higher the environmental savings for the waste management system. Since recovered energy may be utilised by only a few energy grids or industrial users, it is recommended to perform additional local assessments of the integration of the waste energy into existing systems and facilities.
Red light accelerates the formation of a human dermal equivalent
Authors: Oliveira Anna CB , Morais Thayz FL , Bernal Claudia , Martins Virginia CA , Plepis Ana MG , Menezes Priscila FC , Perussi Janice R
Published: February 2018

Development of biomaterials’ substitutes and/or equivalents to mimic normal tissue is a current challenge in tissue engineering. Thus, three-dimensional cell culture using type I collagen as a polymeric matrix cell support designed to promote cell proliferation and differentiation was employed to create a dermal equivalent in vitro, as well to evaluate the photobiomodulation using red light. Polymeric matrix cell support was prepared from porcine serous collagen (1.1%) hydrolyzed for 96 h. The biomaterial exhibited porosity of 95%, a median pore of 44 µm and channels with an average distance between the walls of 78 ± 14 µm. The absorption of culture medium was 95%, and the sponge showed no cytotoxicity to Vero cells, a non-tumor cell line. Additionally, it was observed that irradiation with light at 630 nm (fluency 30 J cm−2) leads to the cellular photobiomodulation in both monolayer and human dermal equivalent (three-dimensional cell culture system). It was also verified that the cells cultured in the presence of the polymeric matrix cell support, allows differentiation and extracellular matrix secretion. Therefore, the results showed that the collagen sponge used as polymeric matrix cell support and the photobiomodulation at 630 nm are efficient for the production of a reconstructed human dermal equivalent in vitro.
Child Victimization and Polyvictimization Among Young Adults in Northern Chile
Authors: Pinto-Cortez Cristián , Gutiérrez-Echegoyen Pablo , Henríquez Diego
Published: February 2018

This study examined the prevalence of victimization and polyvictimization and gender differences in young adults from Arica in northern Chile. In all, 718 college students participated (46.9% men, 53.1% women), aged between 17 and 28 years old ( M = 21.6; SD = 4.11). The Spanish version of Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire ( JVQ) was used to access five categories of child victimization (conventional crime, child maltreatment, peer and siblings victimization, sexual victimization, and indirect victimization). In total, 98.7% of young adults reported at least one type of victimization throughout their life. In general, males are more exposed to victimization for conventional crimes and indirect victimization and women to sexual victimization and bullying. A total of 89.1% of the sample was considered polyvictims (i.e., experienced five or more forms of victimization). This research provides information about the epidemiology of victimization and polyvictimization in young adults in the international context, and is the first study from this point of view in a South American country. The results show that young adults in northern Chile experience a high level of victimization, even mostly higher than others studies realized in the international context. Gender is a variable that has a significant influence and must be taken into account in the analyses of this complex subject of study.
Understanding Empathy, Self-Esteem, and Adult Attachment in Sexual Offenders and Partner-Violent Men
Authors: Loinaz Ismael , Sánchez Luis Miguel , Vilella Andrea
Published: February 2018

The assessment and treatment of emotional variables is a priority in the rehabilitation of offenders. Although theoretical proposals suggest a clear relationship between violence and self-esteem, attachment, and empathy, the research carried out to date has reached contradictory results due mainly to differences in the measurements used, the reliability of self-reports, or even to problems with the definition of the constructs. The present study analyzed these three variables in a prison sample of sexual offenders ( n = 48) and partner-violent men ( n = 68), using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, the Rape Empathy Measure, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Adult Attachment Questionnaire. Results confirmed the low utility of nonspecific empathy, the predominance of high self-esteem, and the difficulty of identifying an insecure attachment. The implications of the use of these variables in the treatment of offenders, and the need to improve the assessment tools, are discussed.
Understanding Revenge Pornography: A National Survey of Police Officers and Staff in England and Wales
Authors: Bond Emma , Tyrrell Katie
Published: February 2018

Online abuse, facilitated via social media and mobile technologies, has recently attracted considerable academic attention. The nonconsensual sharing of intimate images—revenge pornography—can have a devastating effect on victims, is a global problem, and constitutes interpersonal violence. The national helpline in the United Kingdom has now received over 7,000 calls. In the United Kingdom, new legislation making revenge pornography a crime was introduced in 2014, yet the police do not always respond appropriately to victims. This article presents the findings of a national online survey of police understanding of revenge pornography, undertaken in the United Kingdom in March 2017. The study set out to investigate police knowledge of revenge pornography legislation, their confidence in responding to cases of revenge pornography, and what level of training they had received. A total of 783 members of the police force responded to the survey and, to the authors’ knowledge, this the first study to seek to quantify the understanding of revenge pornography by police officers and staff in England and Wales. The findings suggest that the police in the United Kingdom have a limited understanding of revenge pornography legislation and lack confidence both in investigating cases and in effectively responding to victims. The implications of the study demonstrate that there is an urgent need for training across police forces to ensure that cases of revenge pornography are appropriately responded to, victims are safeguarded, and offenders brought to justice.
Poor Parenting, Attachment Style, and Dating Violence Perpetration Among College Students
Authors: Tussey Brian Ermon , Tyler Kimberly A. , Simons Leslie Gordon
Published: February 2018

Although dating violence is prevalent among college students, little is known about how both attachment style and participation in risky behaviors contribute to this pattern of violence. To address this literature gap, we examine the role of poor parenting, child abuse, attachment style, and risky sexual and drug use behaviors on dating violence perpetration among 1,432 college students (51% female). Path analysis results revealed that females were more likely to report greater attachment anxiety but lower attachment avoidance compared with males. Correlates of attachment anxiety included child physical abuse, witnessing parental violence, and poorer maternal relationship quality whereas attachment avoidant behavior was linked to more physical abuse and poorer maternal relationship quality. Females were more likely to perpetrate dating violence as were those with greater attachment anxiety and lower attachment avoidance. Other correlates of dating violence perpetration included sexual and drug risk behaviors. Finally, distal factors (i.e., more child physical abuse and poorer maternal relationship quality) also were associated with dating violence perpetration. Study implications are also discussed.
Insecure Attachment, Maladaptive Personality Traits, and the Perpetration of In-Person and Cyber Psychological Abuse
Authors: Bui Nghi H. , Pasalich Dave S.
Published: February 2018

Although past findings show that insecure attachment and maladaptive personality traits confer risk for perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV), little is known about how these factors may underpin psychological abuse (PA) committed in-person and via technology. This study examined whether borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits and psychopathic traits account for indirect effects of insecure attachment on the perpetration of face-to-face and cyber PA. Participants included a community-based sample ( N = 200; Mage = 22.28 years) in Australia who completed a battery of online questionnaires. Results from bivariate correlations showed that elevated levels of attachment anxiety and avoidance, and higher scores on BPD traits and psychopathic traits, were significantly associated with the perpetration of both face-to-face and cyber PA. Findings from mediation analysis indicated that attachment anxiety was indirectly linked with the perpetration of both forms of PA via elevated scores on BPD traits and psychopathic traits. High levels of psychopathic traits accounted for the indirect effects of attachment avoidance on both forms of PA. Results support the theory that insecure attachment and maladaptive personality functioning might be involved in the development and/or maintenance of the perpetration of PA. These findings have implications for preventive and treatment programs for the perpetration of IPV in terms of shedding new light on potential risk factors for engagement in face-to-face and technology-based PA.