bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On Fejér's inequalities for the Legendre polynomials
Authors: Alzer Horst , Kwong Man Kam
Published: May 2017

We present various inequalities for the sum
urn:x-wiley:0025584X:media:mana201600461:mana201600461-math-0001where denotes the Legendre polynomial of degree k. Among others we prove that the inequalities
urn:x-wiley:0025584X:media:mana201600461:mana201600461-math-0003hold for all and . The constant factors 2/5 and are sharp. This refines a classical result of Fejér, who proved in 1908 that is nonnegative for all and .
Bor und Stickstoff statt Kohlenstoff
Authors: Helten Holger , Ayhan Ozan , Lorenz Thomas
Published: May 2017

Werden in π‐konjugierten Systemen einige C‐C‐Doppelbindungen durch isoelektronische B‐N‐Einheiten ersetzt, entstehen organisch‐anorganische Hybridmaterialien. Werden nur B‐N‐Einheiten verwendet, ergeben sich Polyiminoborane: neue anorganische Hauptgruppenpolymere, die sich formal von Polyacetylen ableiten.
Lanxess: Bilanz 2016
Authors: Bulmahn Maren
Published: May 2017

Lanxess setzte mehr ab, aber weniger um. Nun steht die größte Akquisition der Firmengeschichte an.
Erste Hilfe aus dem Meer – vom Schwimmkörper zum Klebstoff
Authors: Grunwald Ingo , von Byern Janek , Zheden Vanessa , Klepal Waltraud
Published: May 2017

Die gestielte Meereichel Dosima fascicularis nutzt ein Floß aus einem schaumartigen Proteinhydrogel zum Überleben. Das Gel wäre aufgrund seines Aufbaus und der Zusammensetzung ein idealer Klebstoff für die Medizin.
Contra Energiewende
Authors: Weimann Jochen
Published: May 2017

Die deutsche Energiewende ist ein Flop, findet Joachim Weimann. Sie ist nicht kosteneffizient und setzt auf die falschen Techniken.
Electronic π‐to‐π* Excitations of Rhodamine Dyes Exhibit a Time‐Dependent Kohn–Sham Theory “Cyanine Problem”
Authors: Moore Barry , Schrader Robert L. , Kowalski Karol , Autschbach Jochen
Published: May 2017

The longest‐wavelength π‐to‐π* electronic excitations of rhodamine‐like dyes (RDs) with different group 16 heteroatoms (O, S, Se, Te) have been investigated. Time‐dependent Kohn–Sham theory (TDKST) calculations were compared with coupled‐cluster (CC) and equations‐of‐motion (EOM) CC results for π‐to‐π* singlet and triplet excitations. The RDs exhibit characteristics in the TDKST calculations that are very similar to previously investigated cyanine dyes, in the sense that the singlet energies obtained with nonhybrid functionals are too high compared with the CC results at the SD(T) level. The errors became increasingly larger for functionals with increasing amounts of exact exchange. TDKST with all tested functionals led to severe underestimations of the corresponding triplet excitations and overestimations of the singlet–triplet gaps. Long‐range‐corrected range‐separated exchange and “optimal tuning” of the range separation parameter did not significantly improve the TDKST results. A detailed analysis suggests that the problem is differential electron correlation between the ground and excited states, which is not treated sufficiently by the relatively small integrals over the exchange‐correlation response kernel that enter the excitation energy expression. Numerical criteria are suggested that may help identify “cyanine‐like” problems in TDKST calculations of excitation spectra.
ACCP Clinical Pharmacist Competencies
Authors: Saseen Joseph J. , Ripley Toni L. , Bondi Deborah , Burke John M. , Cohen Lawrence J. , McBane Sarah , McConnell Karen J. , Sackey Bryan , Sanoski Cynthia , Simonyan Anahit , Taylor Jodi , Vande Griend Joseph P.
Published: May 2017

The purpose of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is to advance human health by extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy. Consistent with this mission and its core values, ACCP is committed to ensuring that clinical pharmacists possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to deliver comprehensive medication management (CMM) in team‐based, direct patient care environments. These components form the basis for the core competencies of a clinical pharmacist and reflect the competencies of other direct patient care providers. This paper is an update to a previous ACCP document and includes the expectation that clinical pharmacists be competent in six essential domains: direct patient care, pharmacotherapy knowledge, systems‐based care and population health, communication, professionalism, and continuing professional development. Although these domains align with the competencies of physician providers, they are specifically designed to better reflect the clinical pharmacy expertise required to provide CMM in patient‐centered, team‐based settings. Clinical pharmacists must be prepared to complete the education and training needed to achieve these competencies and must commit to ongoing efforts to maintain competence through ongoing professional development. Collaboration among stakeholders will be needed to ensure that these competencies guide clinical pharmacists’ professional development and evaluation by educational institutions, postgraduate training programs, professional societies, and employers.
Developing local oral reading fluency cut scores for predicting high‐stakes test performance
Authors: Grapin Sally L. , Kranzler John H. , Waldron Nancy , Joyce‐Beaulieu Diana , Algina James
Published: May 2017

This study evaluated the classification accuracy of a second grade oral reading fluency curriculum‐based measure (R‐CBM) in predicting third grade state test performance. It also compared the long‐term classification accuracy of local and publisher‐recommended R‐CBM cut scores. Participants were 266 students who were divided into a calibration sample (n = 170) and two cross‐validation samples (n = 46; n = 50), respectively. Using calibration sample data, local fall, winter, and spring R‐CBM cut scores for predicting students’ state test performance were developed using three methods: discriminant analysis (DA), logistic regression (LR), and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis (ROC). The classification accuracy of local and publisher‐recommended cut scores was evaluated across subsamples. Only DA and ROC produced cut scores that maintained adequate sensitivity (≥.70) across cohorts; however, LR and publisher‐recommended scores had higher levels of specificity and overall correct classification. Implications for developing local cut scores are discussed.
A mixed‐method efficacy and fidelity study of Check and Connect
Authors: Powers Kristin , Hagans Kristi , Linn Megan
Published: May 2017

The effectiveness of the Check and Connect dropout prevention program was examined, over the course of 2 ½ years, with 54 middle school students from diverse backgrounds experiencing one or more conditions of risk for dropout. Participants were randomly assigned to receive the Check and Connect intervention or business as usual (i.e., control) in sixth grade. Students in the treatment group had significantly better eighth grade attendance than the control. There were no significant differences between the two groups in eighth grade cumulative grade point average or office disciplinary referrals. An in‐depth analysis of the quality and quantity of the intervention delivered to the students in the treatment group identified conditions that were associated with higher treatment integrity and better student outcomes.
Atomschwingungen in Superzeitlupe
Authors: Weisshaupt Jannick , Rouzée Arnaud , Woerner Michael
Published: May 2017

In einem Kristall bewegen sich Atome auf der Längenskala von Atomkernen und auf einer Zeitskala von weniger als einer Pikosekunde. Unsere Gruppe am Max‐Born‐Institut in Berlin hat in Kollaboration mit Kollegen aus der Schweiz und den USA eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sich Atome in LiBH4‐Kristallen gezielt zum Schwingen anregen lassen und anschließend mit Hilfe einer Reihe von Röntgenblitzen deren Bewegung beobachtet werden kann [1].
Spielereien mit Stabmagneten
Authors: Schlichting Hans Joachim
Published: May 2017

Zwingt man Stabmagnete, sich mit gleichnamigen Polen gegenüberzustehen, so kommt es zu paradox anmutenden Phänomenen. Ihnen liegt ein subtiles Zusammenwirken von magnetischer Anziehung und Abstoßung sowie mechanischen Drehmomenten und der Gleitreibung zugrunde.
Quantitative phosphoproteome analysis of cisplatin‐induced apoptosis in Jurkat T cells
Authors: Tran The Trung , Strozynski Margarita , Thiede Bernd
Published: May 2017

Protein phosphorylation is one of the most important post‐translational modifications (PTMs) due to its vital role in cellular functions and signaling pathways. Protein phosphorylation is also known to be involved in the regulation of apoptosis. Previously, we have performed a SILAC‐based analysis of tyrosine phosphorylated peptides of cisplatin‐induced apoptotic Jurkat T cells. Here, we analyzed the global phosphorylation profile by enrichment of serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphorylated peptides using TiO2 beads. More than 7000 phosphopeptides of more than 2500 phosphoproteins were identified in four biological replicates. Using two different normalized collision energy (NCE) values for fragmentation by higher‐energy collisional dissociation (HCD) revealed complementary results. HCD with NCE 25 accounted for 31% and NCE 35 for 12% uniquely identified phosphopeptides, whereas 57% were found at both NCEs. Different peptide lengths and amino acid compositions were observed at different NCE. A phosphopeptide database was generated out of the results obtained using the Swiss‐Prot protein database in order to find differences in regulation of specific phosphorylated sites within multiphosphorylated proteins. Several members of the MAPK signaling pathway were found to be upregulated in apoptotic compared to control cells. Changes of phosphorylation of the transcription factors JUN and ATF2 during apoptosis was confirmed by Western blotting.
The Effects of Hydrogenation on Graphitic C3N4 Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity
Authors: Zhou Minjie , Hou Zhaohui , Chen Xiaobo
Published: May 2017

Graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has recently been studied as a promising metal‐free catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen generation and environmental pollution removal. However, its photocatalytic activities are far from satisfactory, partially due to unsatisfied optical absorption and poor charge separation. Hydrogenation has recently been proven as an efficient approach in enhancing the optical absorption and improving the charge separation in oxide photocatalysts. In this study, the effects of hydrogenation on nonoxide g‐C3N4 nanosheets have been elucidated for photocatalytic applications. Hydrogenation introduces structural defects, leads to disaggregation and fragmentation, and increases the specific surface area. And it increases and redshifts the optical absorption, narrows the bandgap, and increases the donor density. The photocatalytic activities are remarkably enhanced for hydrogen production from water by 45% and pollutant removal by 650% under stimulated sunlight irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is due to the synergistic effects brought by hydrogenation: the increased optical absorption, reduced bandgap, enlarged specific surface area, and increased donor density. Thus, this study shows that hydrogenation can have a wide range of effects on the structural, optical, electronic, and photocatalytic properties of g‐C3N4, providing a facile approach to modify properties and performances of nonoxide photocatalysts.
Mixed ionic–electronic conductivity and structural properties of strontium‐borate glass containing nanocrystallites of Bi2VO5.5
Authors: Wójcik Natalia Anna , Prześniak‐Welenc Marta , Kupracz Piotr , Karczewski Jakub , Gazda Maria , Barczyński Ryszard Jan
Published: May 2017

Samples of strontium borate glass containing bismuth vanadate nanocrystallites were prepared. Nanocomposites containing up to 45 mol% of the Bi2VO5.5 phase exhibit electrical properties closer to the strontium‐borate glass than to the ferroelectric Bi2VO5.5 ceramic. The glass matrix still may contain some part of bismuth and vanadium ions even after crystallization process and there is too little of crystalline phase to observe its ferroelectric properties. The glass‐ceramic nanocomposite containing 50 mol% of Bi2VO5.5 phase exhibits electrical properties closer to the Bi2VO5.5 ferroelectric. The electric parameters of conduction processes in the Bi2VO5.5 nanocrystallites, glass matrix and phases boundaries are discussed. The conduction process mechanism in all nanocomposites for the low temperatures is mixed ionic–electronic and in the higher temperatures the oxygen ion hopping starts to dominate.
Substrate‐Friendly Growth of Large‐Sized Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Flexible Electrochromic Films
Authors: Zhu Liangliang , Ong Wei Li , Lu Xin , Zeng Kaiyang , Fan Hong Jin , Ho Ghim Wei
Published: May 2017

Large‐area, 2D, anisotropic, direct growth of nanostructures is considered an effective and straightforward way to readily fulfill transparent, flexible technology requirements. In addition, formation of thin hybrid structures by combining with another 2D material brings about dimensional advantages, such as intimate heterostructure functionalities, large specific area, and optical transparency. Here, we demonstrate 2D planar growth of thin Ni(OH)2 nanosheets on arbitrary rigid and soft supports, by exploiting the growth strategies of oriented attachment induced by interfacial chemistry and the intrinsic driving force of layered structure constitution. Moreover, large‐scale 2D heterohybrids have successfully been prepared by direct conformal growth of Ni(OH)2 nanosheets overlying MoO3 nanobelts. Unlike the exfoliation and transfer of 2D materials technique, this approach minimizes multiple process contamination and physical‐handling structural defects. Accordingly, proof‐of‐concept flexible electrochromism is demonstrated in view of its prerequisite to the access of a large homogeneous material coating. The as‐synthesized 2D layered structure affirms its optical and electrochemical superiority through the display of wide optical modulation, high coloration efficiency, good cyclic stability, and flexibility.
Die CLC‐Multifunktionsdecke
Authors: Olipitz Michael
Published: May 2017

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die österreichische Entwicklung einer Multifunktionsdecke beschrieben, die eine ganzheitliche Planung im Sinne nachhaltiger Gebäudekonzepte erfordert. Es genügt keinesfalls, Deckensysteme rein auf die Tragfunktion zu beschränken, sondern diese sollten integrativ und multifunktionell sein. Eine Beschreibung aller Möglichkeiten dieses neuartigen Verbunddeckensystems hinsichtlich Trageigenschaften, Bauphysik und Integration der Gebäudetechnik geben Einblicke für den Anwender. Es handelt sich um eine Stahl‐Verbundbauweise, bei der ein Stahl‐Wellsteg mit Hilfe der Vorspannung einen Formschluss und Verbund ermöglicht und damit eine hohe Ressourceneffizienz aufweist. Das Tragverhalten wurde durch zwei Großversuche bestätigt, die im Folgenden beschrieben werden. Die Systemeigenschaften der CLC‐Multifunktionsdecke im Zusammenwirken mit einem Bodenaufbau geben Einblick in die ganz spezifischen bauphysikalischen Möglichkeiten dieses Systems. Speziell durchgeführte Schallversuche nach EN ISO 10142 Teil 2 und Teil 3 beschreiben die Besonderheiten. Der Brandschutz erfordert getrennte Betrachtungen in allen drei Zonen der Decke. Beispiele für die Anwendung des Deckensystems für Büro‐ und Hotelnutzung zeigen die vielfältigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieses innovativen Deckensystems.
Abbruch und Neubau der ÖBB‐Ennsbrücke Ardning
Authors: Stelzer Barbara , Dorrer Günther
Published: May 2017

Der Abbruch und Neubau der ÖBB‐Ennsbrücke in Ardning auf der Strecke Linz–Selzthal km 101,121 erfolgt im Zuge der Totalsperre für die Sanierung des Bosrucktunnels und ermöglicht es, die im Jahre 1905 errichtete Bestandsbrücke rückzubauen. Das neue Tragwerk ist auf zukünftig zu erwartende Einwirkungen ausgelegt und erhöht durch das nun durchgehend vorhandene Schotterbett den Fahrkomfort für die Reisenden. Die vorgesehene Errichtung in Brückenendlage in Kombination mit den engen zeitlichen Rahmenbedingungen stellt alle Beteiligten vor große Herausforderungen und regt zum Nachdenken über alternative Montagekonzepte an.
An amazing ring – Die neue ÖAMTC‐Zentrale
Authors: Mühl Bernd , Ebner Dieter
Published: May 2017

Am Standort Baumgasse 129 im dritten Wiener Gemeindebezirk, unmittelbar an der am stärksten befahrenen Straße Österreichs, wurde im März 2017 die neue Zentrale des Österreichischen Automobil‐, Motorrad‐ und Touringclub ÖAMTC eröffnet. Auf neun Ebenen des so genannten Mobilitätszentrums, mit einer Bruttogeschossfläche von 27 000 m2, entstanden Büro‐, Konferenz‐ und Schulungsräumlichkeiten. Diese bieten ein innovatives Arbeitsumfeld für rund 800 Mitarbeiter und fassen gleichzeitig fünf Bürostandorte zentral zusammen. Das Gebäude ist in Form einer Felge mit fünf „Bürospeichen” angelegt. Die 230 m lange und beinahe 17 m hohe Ringfassade ist das architektonische Highlight der neuen ÖAMTC‐Zentrale und bildet gleichzeitig das verbindende Element, das sich von Speiche zu Speiche erstreckt und somit einerseits als Schutzwand zur Wiener Südosttangente dient, andererseits konnten so die Fluchtwege aus den Büroräumlichkeiten konstruktiv in die Stahlkonstruktion integriert werden. Somit konnten die Tiefen des Bürogebäudes ausgenutzt und die Massivtreppenhäuser kleiner gehalten werden. Die prominent positionierte Stahl‐Glaskonstruktion der Ringfassade konnte durch den konsequenten Einsatz von BIM‐(Building Information Modeling)Technologien im Zuge der Ausführungsplanung durch das Zusammenspiel der planenden Architekten, des Tragwerksplaners und der ausführenden Unternehmen umgesetzt werden. Für die Ringfassade, die Hochgarage, den Hangar, den Heliport sowie die sieben Atriumstiegen zeichnet die international tätige Unger Steel Group aus Oberwart/Österreich verantwortlich.
Neuartige Sandwichfahrbahnplatte für Eisenbahnbrücken
Authors: Takács Patrik , Fink Josef
Published: May 2017

An der Technischen Universität Wien wird am Institut für Tragkonstruktionen im Forschungsbereich für Stahlbau eine neue, extrem schlanke Steel‐Concrete‐Steel‐Composite (SCSC)‐Platte untersucht, mit der wesentliche Randbedingungen (niedrige Bauhöhe, Reduktion Lärmemission durch Schotteroberbau) bei Ersatzneubauten von Eisenbahnbrücken älterer Bauart befriedigt werden. Der mehrschichtige Aufbau der Platte besteht aus zwei außenliegenden Stahlblechen mit unbewehrtem Betonkern, daher der Name Sandwichplatte. Lochdübelleisten, wechselweise nur am oberen und nur am unteren Blech angeschweißt, dienen der Schubübertragung zwischen den äußeren Blechen durch die Aktivierung von diagonal liegenden, horizontalen Betondruckstreben zwischen benachbarten Dübelleisten. Zusätzlich zur Weiterleitung der Vertikallasten in Querrichtung zu den Hauptträgern wirkt die SCSC‐Platte als Untergurt der Brückenhauptträger. Untersuchungen zur Tragfähigkeit ohne Ermüdung sowie die Erläuterung des Tragmechanismus der SCSC‐Platte erfolgten in ([1], [2] und [3]). Die rechnerische Beurteilung des Tragverhaltens bei Ermüdungsbeanspruchungen wird in dieser Arbeit vorgestellt, wobei der Fokus auf das Ermüdungsverhalten der Lochdübelleiste der SCSC‐Platte gerichtet ist.

Die Ermüdungsanalysen wurden anhand eines nichtlinearen, dreidimensionalen Finite‐Elemente‐Modells als Grundlage für die Lebensdauerberechnung mithilfe der Kerbdehnungsmethode durchgeführt [4]. Ziel ist es, die Beziehung zwischen dem Niveau der Verkehrslast (Lastmodell LM71) und der ertragbaren Anzahl der Schwingspiele bis Rissbildung in den Dübelleisten entsteht, zu bestimmen. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Ansätze und Ergebnisse zur Berechnung der Lebensdauer der Lochdübelleiste als Konstruktionselement mit Schlüsselfunktion (Schubübertragung durch Betondruckstreben) für die Tragwirkung der SCSC‐Platte und eine kurze Zusammenfassung der signifikanten Ergebnisse.
Applying Social Psychology
Authors: Kremer John , Sheehy Noel , Reilly Jacqueline , Trew Karen , Muldoon Orla
Published: May 2017

As an applied science standing at the crossroads of so many disciplines, social psychology should have great potential for offering insight into countless aspects of our social lives. But teachers and students of social psychology often lament that the relevance of the subject to 'the real world' can remain obscure, as can the applicability of theories and models which continue to provide th4e foundation of the subdiscipline. Applying Social Psychology really does apply social psychology. It not only considers research which has been applied directly to social issues but also evaluates the process whereby social psychology has been and can be applied to an understanding of the social world.
Language Matters
Authors: Bauer Laurie , Holmes Janet , Warren Paul
Published: May 2017

This book provides a non-technical introduction to the study of language by focusing on questions such as:

- Where does language come from?

- Why don't we all talk the same?

- Who needs grammar?

Suitable for students with no experience of linguistics, this lively introduction to language approaches will encourage students to think.
Treatment of Implant Exposure due to Skin Necroses after Skin Sparing Mastectomy: Initial Experiences Using a Not Selective Random Epigastric Flap
Authors: Echazarreta‐Gallego Estíbaliz , Pola‐Bandrés Guillermo , Arribas‐Del Amo María Dolores , Gil‐Romea Ismael , Sousa‐Domínguez Ramón , Güemes‐Sánchez Antonio
Published: May 2017

Breast prostheses exposure is probably the most devastating complication after a skin sparing mastectomy (SSM) and implant‐based, one‐stage, breast reconstruction. This complication may occur in the immediate post‐operative period or in the weeks and even months after the procedure. In most cases, the cause is poor skin coverage of the implant due to skin necrosis.

Patients and methods

Eight consecutive cases of implant exposure (or risk of exposure) due to skin necrosis in SSM patients over a period of 5 years, all patients were treated using a random epigastric rotation flap, executed by the same medical team.

Results

A random epigastric flap (island or conventional rotation flap) was used to cover the skin defect. All the patients completed the procedure and all prostheses were saved; there were no cases of flap necrosis or infection.

Conclusions

Cases of skin necrosis after SSM and immediate implant reconstruction, in which the implant is at risk of exposure, can be successfully treated with a random epigastric rotation flap.
Relationships between trait and respiratory parameters during quiet breathing in normal subjects
Authors: Kato Akae , Takahashi Koki , Homma Ikuo
Published: May 2017

Respiratory patterns are influenced and altered by various emotional changes. In the present study, we investigated how respiratory patterns differ from individual to individual during quiet breathing. We examined the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and various respiratory parameters in 16 healthy male subjects. Tidal volume was significantly larger and respiratory rate (RR) was significantly higher in both the higher trait (HT) and higher state (HS) anxiety groups compared to the lower trait and lower state anxiety groups. Inspiratory (T
I) and expiratory time (T
E) was significantly shorter in both the HT and HS anxiety groups. There was no significant difference in minute ventilation between these two groups. End-tidal CO2%, heart rate, and oxygen uptake (

$$\dot{\rm {V}} {\rm{O_2}}/W$$

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O
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W

) also showed no significant differences. V
T showed a negative correlation and RR showed a positive correlation with trait scores. T
I and T
E showed a negative correlation with trait anxiety scores. However, no other respiratory parameter showed any correlation. These results suggest that the respiratory rhythm reflected by RR is affected by the activity generated in the higher center in accordance with the level of trait anxiety during quiet breathing in awake humans.
Le Levant méditerranéen et les nomades moustériens : un territoire de confluence
Authors: Tillier A.-M. , Arensburg B.
Published: May 2017

Au Levant méditerranéen, la documentation anthropologique datée de la fin du Pléistocène est importante et anatomiquement diverse. Le statut de cette documentation a fait l'objet de discussions par les chercheurs, et ses relations phylogénétiques sont toujours débattues, du fait de la mosaïque de caractères qu'illustrent les squelettes crâniens et infracrâniens. Quelles que soient leurs caractéristiques anatomiques, tous ces fossiles du Levant sont trouvés associés à un contexte moustérien à dominante Levallois et ont en commun des stratégies de subsistance et pratiques culturelles. De nouvelles datations et des découvertes récentes conduisent à reconsidérer le modèle traditionnellement admis du remplacement d'un groupe humain distinct par un autre.
Political Tolerance and Religion: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis, 1984-2014
Authors: Eisenstein Marie A. , Clark April K. , Jelen Ted G.
Published: May 2017

Using data from the 1984-2014 General Social Survey, we employ cross classified random effects models to examine age-period-cohort changes in political tolerance by religion, incorporating religious belief, belonging, and behavior into the analyses. The results show large cohort and period based changes in political tolerance of the various religious traditions. The results also suggest that the primary driver of changes over time in political tolerance is best attributed to period effects, not cohort replacement, although there is some evidence of a cohort effect among Roman Catholics. Finally, our results demonstrate that aggregate data analyses can lead to noticeably different results and thus can mask substantial differences between groups.
An Ecological Framework to Support Small-Scale Shared Housing for Persons with Neurocognitive Disorders of the Alzheimer's and Related Types: A Literature Review
Authors: Bortnick Kevin N.
Published: May 2017

Background

Small scale shared housing arrangements (SHAs) is a deinstitutionalized model of care designed to resemble a typical home of <10 people and are increasingly available for persons with neurocognitive disorders of the Alzheimer's and related types (NCD). However, there is little aggregate evidence of their effect on persons with NCD thus, a literature review was performed.

Methods

Database searches were conducted across CINAHL Complete, OTseeker, PubMed, Ovid, Academic One File, ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health, the World Wide Web and Google Scholar using the several key words that included neurocognitive disorders, Alzheimer's, dementia, quality of life, well-being, occupational performance, activities of daily living, small scale shared housing, sheltered housing and group homes. Bibliographic references from final articles were also examined. Selection criteria involved three steps: screening perspective articles by title and abstract, assessing full text for eligibility and finally, reviewing full-texts.

Results

16 studies were selected for final review where most found the association of SHAs with various occupational performance indicators unique to the NCD population better than or equal to controls (traditional models of long term care). A small minority of studies had mixed or inconclusive results. No study found SHAs necessarily worse than controls.

Conclusion

The SHA model has many benefits for person's with NCD and may be especially advantageous for those in the early stages of the disease process. The occupational therapy profession should continue to raise awareness of SHAs and consider ecological theory as a valid basis for their expansion.
BENEFITS OF AN ANIMAL TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR A FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK: A SUPPLY-DRIVEN SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX APPROACH
Authors: KIM MAN-KEUN , UKKESTAD C. MICHAEL , TEJEDA HERNAN A. , BAILEY DEEVON
Published: May 2017

This study reports the findings for an analysis using the computer program NAADSM (North American Animal Disease Spread Model) and a supply-driven social accounting matrix to examine the impact of a hypothetical foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in a relatively isolated part of the United States, Utah, under various levels of livestock traceability. The analysis demonstrates that a significant regional economic impact in Utah would result from an FMD outbreak but that improved levels of traceability would be very important in helping to reduce the negative economic consequences of the outbreak.
Imaginative Vividness
Authors: KIND AMY
Published: May 2017

How are we to understand the phenomenology of imagining? Attempts to answer this question often invoke descriptors concerning the ‘vivacity’ or ‘vividness’ of our imaginative states. Not only are particular imaginings often phenomenologically compared and contrasted with other imaginings on grounds of how vivid they are, but such imaginings are also often compared and contrasted with perceptions and memories on similar grounds. Yet however natural it may be to use ‘vividness’ and cognate terms in discussions of imagination, it does not take much reflection to see that these terms are poorly understood. In this paper, I review both some relevant empirical literature as well as the philosophical literature in an attempt to get a handle on what it could mean, in an imaginative context, to talk of vividness. As I suggest, this notion ultimately proves to be so problematic as to be philosophically untenable.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), an unusual cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis
Authors: Carlier Laurence , Van Belleghem Vincent , Croes Kathleen , Hooft Frederik , Desmet Matthias , Heylen Olivier , Lambrecht Stijn , Carlier Stefaan
Published: May 2017

The causes of high anion gap metabolic acidosis (HAGMA) are well described in the literature. However, sometimes more frequent causes of HAGMA cannot explain its occurrence.

In the case of HAGMA and severe neurological depression in the absence of other causes of HAGMA, clinicians should consider an intoxication with gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) as a possible cause.

GHB is endogenous to the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Synthetic GHB was initially used as an anesthetic but is now only licensed for medical use in a limited number of indications such as the treatment of narcolepsy. Because of its euphoric effects, it became popular for recreational use under the street names: Liquid Ecstasy, Georgia Home Boy, and Liquid G.

We describe the clinical case of a patient who suffered from severe neurological depression and HAGMA.
The Furstenberg–Poisson boundary and CAT(0) cube complexes
Authors: FERNÓS TALIA
Published: May 2017

We show under weak hypotheses that$\unicode[STIX]{x2202}X$, the Roller boundary of a finite-dimensional CAT(0) cube complex$X$is the Furstenberg–Poisson boundary of a sufficiently nice random walk on an acting group$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$. In particular, we show that if$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$admits a non-elementary proper action on$X$, and$\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$is a generating probability measure of finite entropy and finite first logarithmic moment, then there is a$\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$-stationary measure on$\unicode[STIX]{x2202}X$making it the Furstenberg–Poisson boundary for the$\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$-random walk on$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$. We also show that the support is contained in the closure of the regular points. Regular points exhibit strong contracting properties.
Linear equations over multiplicative groups, recurrences, and mixing III
Authors: DERKSEN H. , MASSER D.
Published: May 2017

Given an algebraic$\mathbf{Z}^{d}$-action corresponding to a prime ideal of a Laurent ring of polynomials in several variables, we show how to find the smallest order$n+1$of non-mixing. It is known that this is determined by the non-mixing sets of size$n+1$, and we show how to find these in an effective way. When the underlying characteristic is positive and$n\geq 2$, we prove that there are at most finitely many classes under a natural equivalence relation. We work out two examples, the first with five classes and the second with 134 classes.
A dynamical characterization of diagonal-preserving -isomorphisms of graph -algebras
Authors: ARKLINT SARA E. , EILERS SØREN , RUIZ EFREN
Published: May 2017

We characterize when there exists a diagonal-preserving$\ast$-isomorphism between two graph$C^{\ast }$-algebras in terms of the dynamics of the boundary path spaces. In particular, we refine the notion of ‘orbit equivalence’ between the boundary path spaces of the directed graphs$E$and$F$and show that this is a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a diagonal-preserving$\ast$-isomorphism between the graph$C^{\ast }$-algebras$C^{\ast }(E)$and$C^{\ast }(F)$.
Continuous spectrum for a class of smooth mixing Schrödinger operators
Authors: FAYAD BASSAM , QU YANHUI
Published: May 2017

We give the first example of a smooth volume preserving mixing dynamical system such that the discrete Schrödinger operators on the line defined with a potential generated by this system and a Hölder sampling function have almost surely a continuous spectrum.
Ground states and zero-temperature measures at the boundary of rotation sets
Authors: KUCHERENKO TAMARA , WOLF CHRISTIAN
Published: May 2017

We consider a continuous dynamical system$f:X\rightarrow X$on a compact metric space$X$equipped with an$m$-dimensional continuous potential$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7}=(\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}_{1},\ldots ,\unicode[STIX]{x1D719}_{m}):X\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{m}$. We study the set of ground states$GS(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC})$of the potential$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}\cdot \unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7}$as a function of the direction vector$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}\in S^{m-1}$. We show that the structure of the ground state sets is naturally related to the geometry of the generalized rotation set of$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7}$. In particular, for each$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$the set of rotation vectors of$GS(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC})$forms a non-empty, compact and connected subset of a face$F_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7})$of the rotation set associated with$\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$. Moreover, every ground state maximizes entropy among all invariant measures with rotation vectors in$F_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7})$. We further establish the occurrence of several quite unexpected phenomena. Namely, we construct for any$m\in \mathbb{N}$examples with an exposed boundary point (that is,$F_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7})$being a singleton) without a unique ground state. Further, we establish the possibility of a line segment face$F_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7})$with a unique but non-ergodic ground state. Finally, we establish the possibility that the set of rotation vectors of$GS(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC})$is a non-trivial line segment.
Lower bounds and the asymptotic behaviour of positive operator semigroups
Authors: GERLACH MORITZ , GLÜCK JOCHEN
Published: May 2017

If $(T_{t})$ is a semigroup of Markov operators on an $L^{1}$-space that admits a non-trivial lower bound, then a well-known theorem of Lasota and Yorke asserts that the semigroup is strongly convergent as $t\rightarrow \infty$. In this article we generalize and improve this result in several respects. First, we give a new and very simple proof for the fact that the same conclusion also holds if the semigroup is merely assumed to be bounded instead of Markov. As a main result, we then prove a version of this theorem for semigroups which only admit certain individual lower bounds. Moreover, we generalize a theorem of Ding on semigroups of Frobenius–Perron operators. We also demonstrate how our results can be adapted to the setting of general Banach lattices and we give some counterexamples to show optimality of our results. Our methods combine some rather concrete estimates and approximation arguments with abstract functional analytical tools. One of these tools is a theorem which relates the convergence of a time-continuous operator semigroup to the convergence of embedded discrete semigroups.
Driving and damping mechanisms for transverse combustion instabilities in liquid rocket engines
Authors: Urbano A. , Selle L.
Published: May 2017

This work presents the analysis of a transverse combustion instability in a reduced-scale rocket engine. The study is conducted on a time-resolved database of three-dimensional fields obtained via large-eddy simulation. The physical mechanisms involved in the response of the coaxial hydrogen/oxygen flames are discussed through the analysis of the Rayleigh term in the disturbance-energy equation. The interaction between acoustics and vorticity, also explicit in the disturbance-energy balance, is shown to be the main damping mechanism for this instability. The relative contributions of Rayleigh and damping terms, depending on the position of the flame with respect to the acoustic field, are discussed. The results give new insight into the phenomenology of transverse combustion instabilities. Finally, the applicability of spectral analysis on the nonlinear Rayleigh and dissipation terms is discussed.
BEYOND EQUAL LIBERTY: RELIGION AS A DISTINCT HUMAN GOOD AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Authors: Moschella Melissa
Published: May 2017

In this essay I argue that religion, understood as harmony with the transcendent source of existence and meaning, is a good that practical reason grasps as an objective, distinct, and important aspect of human well-being, one that reasonably takes pride of place among the various aspects of a good human life due to its architectonic role in structuring and adding a transcendent meaning to all of the other goods that we pursue. On the basis of this view of religion, I suggest that religious belief and practice deserve special protection in law, above and beyond mere preferences and even other conscientious commitments. I develop this view through a dialectical engagement with Ronald Dworkin, Brian Barry, and Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence Sager.
Small shelly fossils from the Montezuman–Delamaran of the Great Basin in Nevada and California
Authors: Wotte Thomas , Sundberg Frederick A.
Published: May 2017

The mixed carbonate-siliciclastic successions of the Cambrian Series 2–Cambrian Series 3 interval of the Great Basin are well investigated in respect to their trilobite and brachiopod fauna. In contrast, the small shelly fossils have been mostly unreported. Nine sections in eastern California and southern Nevada have produced a small shelly assemblage of low diversity, which likely reflects non-phosphatization and loss of originally calcareous remains. From the Montezuman–Delamaran stages we reportAnabarella chelataSkovsted, 2006a,Costipelagiella nevadenseSkovsted, 2006a,Pelagiellaaff.P. subangulata(Tate, 1892),Microcornussp.,Parkulasp.,Hyolithellus? sp.,Alloniasp.,Chancelloriasp.,Archiasterellacf.A. hirundoBengtson in Bengtson et al., 1990,Archaeooidescf.A. granulatusQian, 1977, and undefined echinoderms and helcionelloid molluscs. The lower part of the Montezuman Stage delivered a number of lobopodian sclerites asMicrodictyon rhomboidaleBengtson, Matthews, and Missarzhevsky, 1986,Microdictyon montezumaensisn. sp., andMicrodictyon cuneumn. sp. The occurrence ofP. aff.P. subangulataand species ofMicrodictyonin the lower Montezuman Stage offers a fundamental potential for correlation with the base of Cambrian Series 2/Stage 3 of South China, Siberia, and Avalonia.
GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION IN THE THEORY OF PSEUDO-FINITE FIELDS
Authors: BEYARSLAN ÖZLEM , CHATZIDAKIS ZOÉ
Published: May 2017

We study the automorphism group of the algebraic closure of a substructure A of a pseudo-finite field F, or more generally, of a bounded PAC field F. This paper answers some of the questions of [1], and in particular that any finite group which is geometrically represented in a pseudo-finite field must be abelian.
ON THE LATTICE OF -SUBNORMAL SUBGROUPS OF A FINITE GROUP
Authors: GUO WENBIN , SKIBA ALEXANDER N.
Published: May 2017

Let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=\{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{i}\mid i\in I\}$ be a partition of the set of all primes $\mathbb{P}$. Let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{0}\in \unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}\subseteq \unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ and let $\mathfrak{I}$ be a class of finite $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{0}$-groups which is closed under extensions, epimorphic images and subgroups. We say that a finite group $G$ is $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}$-primary provided $G$ is either an $\mathfrak{I}$-group or a $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{i}$-group for some $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{i}\in \unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}\setminus \{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{0}\}$ and we say that a subgroup $A$ of an arbitrary group $G^{\ast }$ is $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}$-subnormal in $G^{\ast }$ if there is a subgroup chain $A=A_{0}\leq A_{1}\leq \cdots \leq A_{t}=G^{\ast }$ such that either $A_{i-1}\unlhd A_{i}$ or $A_{i}/(A_{i-1})_{A_{i}}$ is $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}$-primary for all $i=1,\ldots ,t$. We prove that the set ${\mathcal{L}}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}}(G)$ of all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}$-subnormal subgroups of $G$ forms a sublattice of the lattice of all subgroups of $G$ and we describe the conditions under which the lattice ${\mathcal{L}}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F1}_{\mathfrak{I}}}(G)$ is modular.
Faster eating rates are associated with higher energy intakes during anad libitummeal, higher BMI and greater adiposity among 4·5-year-old children: results from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort
Authors: Fogel Anna , Goh Ai Ting , Fries Lisa R. , Sadananthan Suresh A. , Velan S. Sendhil , Michael Navin , Tint Mya-Thway , Fortier Marielle V. , Chan Mei Jun , Toh Jia Ying , Chong Yap-Seng , Tan Kok Hian , Yap Fabian , Shek Lynette P. , Meaney Michael J. , Broekman Birit F. P. , Lee Yung Seng , Godfrey Keith M. , Chong Mary F. F. , Forde Ciarán G.
Published: May 2017

Faster eating rates are associated with increased energy intake, but little is known about the relationship between children’s eating rate, food intake and adiposity. We examined whether children who eat faster consume more energy and whether this is associated with higher weight status and adiposity. We hypothesised that eating rate mediates the relationship between child weight andad libitumenergy intake. Children (n386) from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes cohort participated in a video-recordedad libitumlunch at 4·5 years to measure acute energy intake. Videos were coded for three eating-behaviours (bites, chews and swallows) to derive a measure of eating rate (g/min). BMI and anthropometric indices of adiposity were measured. A subset of children underwent MRI scanning (n153) to measure abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity. Children above/below the median eating rate were categorised as slower and faster eaters, and compared across body composition measures. There was a strong positive relationship between eating rate and energy intake (r0·61,P<0·001) and a positive linear relationship between eating rate and children’s BMI status. Faster eaters consumed 75 % more energy content than slower eating children (Δ548 kJ (Δ131 kcal); 95 % CI 107·6, 154·4,P<0·001), and had higher whole-body (P<0·05) and subcutaneous abdominal adiposity (Δ118·3 cc; 95 % CI 24·0, 212·7,P=0·014). Mediation analysis showed that eating rate mediates the link between child weight and energy intake during a meal (b13·59; 95 % CI 7·48, 21·83). Children who ate faster had higher energy intake, and this was associated with increased BMIz-score and adiposity.
Human, All Too Human: Thomas Berger's Crazy in Berlin
Authors: HEATH WILLIAM
Published: May 2017

Thomas Berger is best known for his western, Little Big Man, made into a film starring Dustin Hoffman, yet his Reinhart tetralogy is at least as important an achievement. Crazy in Berlin (1958), the first volume and the author's first novel, is a very ambitious work that captures postwar Berlin in telling detail. Based on Berger's experiences in the American Army during the occupation, the book displays his tragicomic vision of the human condition. The opening sections of the essay provide information about Berger's German American background while growing up in Cincinnati, a discussion of how Berger studied the political novels of his time to shape his craft, and a succinct account of the harrowing situation in postwar Berlin that Berger witnessed firsthand. Having established the most relevant contexts, the latter half of the essay provides an interpretation of the novel's central themes as well as an aesthetic evaluation of its merits as a work of fiction. While Crazy in Berlin is not without significant flaws, it is in the last analysis an impressively accomplished work, distinguished both by its memorable characters and by the author's philosophical depth. It deserves to be much better known as one of the most challenging works of his distinguished career.
A Queer Orthodoxy: Monastic Socialism and Celibate Sexuality in Vida Dutton Scudder and Ralph Adams Cram
Authors: MCGREGOR JONATHAN
Published: May 2017

This essay analyzes the writings of two American Anglo-Catholic socialists, Vida Dutton Scudder and Ralph Adams Cram, on medieval monasticism. Writing at the turn of the twentieth century, Scudder and Cram appealed to monasticism to fold together their nonnormative sexualities with their radical anticapitalism. Nevertheless, they rejected the ideology of social progress common to most forms of liberalism and socialism. By attending to the past examples of St. Francis and St. Benedict, they produced surprisingly forward-looking critiques of modern capitalist society.
The Other Religion of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Authors: SAVVAS THEOPHILUS
Published: May 2017

This essay analyses the later fiction of Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer through the prism of his vegetarianism. Singer figured his adoption of a vegetarian diet in 1962 as a kind of conversion, pronouncing it a “religion” that was central to his being. Here I outline Singer's vegetarian philosophy, and argue that it was the underlying ethical precept in the fiction written after the conversion. I demonstrate the way in which that ethic informs the presentation of both Judaism and women in Singer's later writings. The piece concludes with the suggestion that this vegetarian ethic was the mainspring of the critique of humanism found in Singer's final novels.
The complete description of larval stages of the lobster shrimpLeonardsaxius amurensis(Kobjakova, 1937) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae) identified by DNA barcoding
Authors: Kornienko Elena S. , Golubinskaya Darya D. , Korn Olga M. , Sharina Svetlana N.
Published: May 2017

The complete larval development of the lobster shrimpLeonardsaxius amurensis(Kobjakova, 1937) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae) is described and illustrated for the first time. The first zoeae of this species were collected from the plankton samples and reared in the laboratory before moulting to the megalopa. A molecular genetic analysis based on comparison of partial mitochondrial COI, 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA sequence data confirmed the identity of axiid larvae found in the plankton andL. amurensisadults collected in the same area. The larval development ofL. amurensisincludes five zoeal stages and a single megalopa. Zoeae I ofL. amurensisare characterized by the presence of one short posterodorsal spine on the fifth pleonite in contrast to the larvae of related sympatric speciesBoasaxius princepshaving four posterodorsal spines on the pleonites 2–5.Leonardsaxius amurensisoccupies an intermediate position between lobster shrimps with abbreviated pelagic development (2–3 zoeal stages) and species with long development (up to eight zoeal stages). Thus, the number of zoeal stages in the family Axiidae varies widely, similarly to that in the families Callianassidae and Upogebiidae.