bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
They Brought the Essence of Africa—Social Memory, Sensational Heritage, and Embodied Practices in Perico and Agramonte, Cuba
Authors: Flanders Crosby Jill
Published: June 2015

In the Cuban towns of Perico and Agramonte, the Afro-Cuban religious practices inherently involve dance and music practices that exist in a mutual dialogue of sounding the body and moving the music. But the dialogue between the music and dance are but a part of the embodied sensorium. Stories, narratives, memories, religious objects, and ritual process are as resonant. The embodied-body is contextualized by these conversational sensual forms. Together, they form and mobilize the sensational heritage of these towns. This presentation will narrate the evocative stories and historical narratives of Perico and Agramonte, Cuba—in particular, their African-derived Arará religious practices. Revealed as a fluid and shifting social memory, the narratives tell the stories of the “African” elders and their religious objects and deities that arrived with them “directly” from Africa in Perico and Agramonte. These narratives resonate with imperfect but evocative history and imagination. They inform and imbue religious ritual and community identity. They also wrap around and imbue the dance and musical expressions that ground, move, sound, and evoke social memory, which is at one and the same time—a collective weaving of history and myth, construction, change, reimagining and reweaving. Is this social memory fact or fiction, or both? How does embodied sensational heritage relate to these stories, whether tangibly felt, touched, heard, or danced? And how is this social memory understood as its own creative process?
Dancing Religion: When Traditional and Pop Cultures Collide
Authors: Wang Ruping
Published: June 2015

Dao is one of the important religions in Taiwan. When religious views set guidance for people's ways of living, temple festivities reflect trends of the time. When traditional rituals frame the procedure of a festival, allowing space for including and embracing popular cultures plays a key element for its vitality. This research will introduce the evolvement of temple festival under the influence of economic structures in Taiwan, and it will utilize Techno Nezha as an example to further investigate the relationships of the religion, the culture, and life in Taiwan.
FoxO1-negative cells are cancer stem-like cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Authors: Song Weifeng , Li Qi , Wang Lei , Huang Weiyi , Wang Liwei
Published: June 2015

Flow cytometry assays using aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity or CD133 positivity to isolate cancer stem cells (CSCs) are widely applied but have limitations. Thus, characterization of CSC makers for a specific cancer is potentially important. We have previously shown that miR-21 regulates cancer cell growth via FoxO1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Here, we areported evidence of FoxO1-negative PDAC cells as CSCs in PDAC. Both ALDH-high and CD133-high cell fractions isolated from PDAC of the patients expressed high levels of miR-21 and null FoxO1. Cultured PDAC cells were virally transduced with GFP under FoxO1 promoter. GFP (FoxO1)-null PDAC cells expressed high levels of miR-21 and grew more quickly than FoxO1-positive PDAC cells. Moreover, the fold increases in growth of FoxO1-negative vs FoxO1-positive cells were greater than CD133-high vs CD133-low cells, or ALDH-high vs ALDH-low cells. Further, FoxO1-negative cells formed tumor spheres in culture and developed tumors after serial adoptive transplantation into NOD/SCID mice, while the FoxO1-positive cells did not. Finally, selective elimination of FoxO1-negative cells completely inhibited the growth of PDAC cells. Together, these data suggest that FoxO1-negative cells as CSCs in PDAC and targeting FoxO1-negative cells in PDAC may provide better therapeutic outcome.
A novel photomineralization of POME over UV-responsive TiO2photocatalyst: kinetics of POME degradation and gaseous product formations
Authors: Ng Kim Hoong , Cheng Chin Kui
Published: June 2015

Figures (a) settling pond from where the POME was collected, (b) filtered POME was ready for UV-irradiation and (c) POME after 20 h of photocatalytic reaction became clear after the solid TiO2was removed.
Fe(iii)-catalyzed grafting copolymerization of lignin with styrene and methyl methacrylate through AGET ATRP using triphenyl phosphine as a ligand
Authors: Li Haifeng , Pang Zengbo , Gao Ping , Wang Lailai
Published: June 2015

A novel, effective and environment friendly Fe(iii)-catalyzed AGET ATRP has been presented to carry out the grafting copolymerization of lignin with styrene and methyl methacrylate for the first time.
HJURP is involved in the expansion of centromeric chromatin
Authors: Perpelescu Marinela , Hori Tetsuya , Toyoda Atsushi , Misu Sadahiko , Monma Norikazu , Ikeo Kazuho , Obuse Chikashi , Fujiyama Asao , Fukagawa Tatsuo
Published: June 2015

The CENP-A–specific chaperone HJURP mediates CENP-A deposition at centromeres. The N-terminal region of HJURP is responsible for binding to soluble CENP-A. However, it is unclear whether other regions of HJURP have additional functions for centromere formation and maintenance. In this study, we generated chicken DT40 knockout cell lines and gene replacement constructs for HJURP to assess the additional functions of HJURP in vivo. Our analysis revealed that the middle region of HJURP associates with the Mis18 complex protein M18BP1/KNL2 and that the HJURP-M18BP1 association is required for HJURP function. In addition, on the basis of the analysis of artificial centromeres induced by ectopic HJURP localization, we demonstrate that HJURP exhibits a centromere expansion activity that is separable from its CENP-A–binding activity. We also observed centromere expansion surrounding natural centromeres after HJURP overexpression. We propose that this centromere expansion activity reflects the functional properties of HJURP, which uses this activity to contribute to the plastic establishment of a centromeric chromatin structure.
Neutral hydrogen absorption towards Fast Radio Bursts
Authors: Fender R. , Oosterloo T.
Published: June 2015

If Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are truly at astronomical, in particular cosmological, distances, they represent one of the most exciting discoveries in astrophysics of the past decade. However, the distance to FRBs has, to date, been estimated purely from their excess dispersion, and has not been corroborated by any independent means. In this Letter, we discuss the possibility of detecting neutral hydrogen absorption against FRBs both from spiral arms within our own galaxy, or from intervening extragalactic H i clouds. In either case a firm lower limit on the distance to the FRB would be established. Absorption against galactic spiral arms may already be detectable for bright low-latitude bursts with existing facilities, and should certainly be so by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Absorption against extragalactic H i clouds, which would confirm the cosmological distances of FRBs, should also be detectable with the SKA, and maybe also Arecibo. Quantitatively, we estimate that SKA1-Mid should be able to detect H i absorption against about a few per cent of FRBs at a redshift z ∼ 1.
Group Music Therapy Reconsidered
Authors: Pavlicevic Mercedes
Published: June 2015

Group music therapy, while acknowledged professionally as a powerful therapeutic format, remains relatively undocumented and untheorized in the literature. This historical scarcity is puzzling, given that music therapists do group work in a range of formats as part of their service delivery in schools, care homes, health centers, hospitals, cafes, and community centers. In this chapter a range of approaches to group work in music therapy will be presented. Four key texts providing information about group work in music therapy are reviewed and discussed in order to show how group work offers opportunities for differences, opportunities for attachment, for different kinds of simultaneous roles, relationships, and transferences, and different combinations of self-and-others, with larger groups, and with offering opportunities for the person to become themselves by contributing to the group.
Investment financing: evidence from Korea
Authors: Choi Heejung , Suh Jungwon
Published: June 2015

This study examines the relative importance of various forms of capital in financing investments by Korean firms. Our results from the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) method indicate that, unlike U.S. firms, Korean firms rely substantially on cash holdings to finance investments. These results also suggest that Korean firms use long‐term debt more actively than equity issuance to finance investments. Subgroup analyses show that large firms and Chaebol‐affiliated firms use more long‐term debt but less equity issuance than comparison firms do, suggesting that debt capacity allows firms to reduce the use of equity issuance. However, there is little evidence that financing decisions are driven by information asymmetry. The results from the quantile regression (QR) method suggest that Korean firms tend to use debt capital more than they do equity capital at low and medium levels of investments, while their reliance on equity capital increases at high levels of investments.
Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis following vasectomy – report of a case history and review of the literature
Authors: Schandiz Hossein , Olav Hermansen Nils , Jørgensen Trond , Roald Borghild
Published: June 2015

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase‐negative Staphylococcus (CoNS), and part of the normal skin flora. The bacterium is an emerging pathogen that, unlike other CoNS, resembles coagulase‐positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in virulence, tissue destruction, and clinical course. We report a fatal case following minor surgery. The frequency of S. lugdunensis infections has probably been underestimated and under‐reported in the past as few clinical laboratories routinely identify coagulase‐negative Staphylococci.
Lenalidomide and vorinostat maintenance after autologous transplant in multiple myeloma
Authors: Sborov Douglas W. , Benson Don M. , Williams Nita , Huang Ying , Bowers Mindy A. , Humphries Kristina , Efebera Yvonne , Devine Steven , Hofmeister Craig C.
Published: June 2015

Single‐agent post‐autologous transplant maintenance therapy with lenalidomide is standard of care for patients with multiple myeloma. The tolerability and effectiveness of combination post‐transplant maintenance therapy is unknown, so we investigated lenalidomide and vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid) in this setting, hypothesizing that the regimen would be well tolerated and associated with an improved post‐transplant response. This trial followed a standard 3 × 3 dose escalation phase 1 design. Vorinostat was administered beginning day +90 post‐haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for days 1–7 and 15–21, and lenalidomide was started at 10 mg days 1–21, both on a 28‐d cycle. The primary endpoint was maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicities were assessed during the first cycle. Treatment was well tolerated in 16 enrolled patients. During Cycle 1, the most common toxicities included cytopenias, gastrointestinal complaints and fatigue. Seven patients improved their transplant response after starting combination therapy. The median follow‐up was 38·4 months, and the median progression‐free survival and overall survival have yet to be reached. This oral post‐transplant maintenance regimen was well tolerated. This is the first trial to publish results on the use of a histone deacetylase inhibitor in the maintenance setting, and it provides rationale for the ongoing randomized trial in maintenance (ISRCTN 49407852).

Trial Registration: NCT00729118
A pilot memory café for people with Learning Disabilities and memory difficulties
Authors: Kiddle Hannah , Drew Neil , Crabbe Paul , Wigmore Jonathan
Published: June 2015

Accessible summary

Memory cafés help people without learning disabilities who have dementia. We wanted to know whether memory cafés can help people with learning disabilities and memory problems.

We ran a memory café for 12 weeks for people with learning disabilities. We watched how people got on in the café and how happy they looked. We asked people what they thought of the memory café. We also asked their carers.

The people who came to the memory café said it helped. They seemed happier each week. Carers said that after the memory café people talked more, were more alert and did more activities at home.

Memory cafés have been found to normalise experiences of dementia and provide access to an accepting social network. People with learning disabilities are at increased risk of developing dementia, but the possible benefits of attending a memory café are not known. This study evaluates a 12‐week pilot memory café for people with learning disabilities in terms of adaptations required and benefits of attending. Results indicate that affect levels significantly improved across the course of the café and that communication, interaction, alertness and participation in other activities improved outside the café. Future plans for attendance at memory cafés for people with learning disabilities are discussed.
Paternalism and factitious disorder: medical treatment in illness deception
Authors: Fry Anthony , Gergel Tania L.
Published: June 2015

The primary aims are to consider whether a range of paternalistic medical interventions can be justified in the treatment of factitious disorder (FD) and to show that the particularities of FD and its management make it an ideal phenomenon to highlight the difficulties of balancing respect for self‐determination, responsibility and duty of care in psychiatry. FD is usually classified as a mental disorder involving deliberate and hidden feigning or inducement of illness, in order to achieve patient status. Both the nature of the disorder and the approach to treatment are controversial and under‐researched. It is argued that FD should be classified as a mental disorder; may well expose the patient to extreme risk; can warrant paternalistic interventions, in order to fulfil duty of care. Moreover, treatment of FD is inherently paternalistic and therefore raises interesting questions about justifications and type of paternalistic interventions in psychiatry both for FD and in general. A brief account of key questions concerning psychiatry and paternalism is followed by some case histories of FD, the clinical dilemmas posed and the question of how this disorder might warrant paternalistic interventions. In order to answer this question, two things are considered: the legitimacy and character of FD as a mental disorder; possible frameworks for and types of paternalistic interventions. To conclude, it is argued that there are no compelling reasons for rejecting the use of paternalistic interventions for FD, but that further investigation of FD and type and frameworks for psychiatric paternalism, in relation to FD and other mental disorders, are urgently needed.
Meanings of at‐homeness at end‐of‐life among older people
Authors: Saarnio Lotta , Boström Anne‐Marie , Gustavsson Petter , Öhlén Joakim
Published: June 2015

Maintaining the well‐being of older people who are approaching the end‐of‐life has been recognised as a significant aspect of well‐being in general. However, there are few studies that have explicitly focused on at‐homeness among older people. This study aims to illuminate meanings of at‐homeness among older people with advancing illnesses. Twenty men and women, aged 85 or older, with advancing illnesses and who lived in their own homes, in nursing homes or in short‐term nursing homes in three urban areas of Sweden were strategically sampled in the study. Data were generated in narrative interviews, and the analysis was based on a phenomenological hermeneutical method. After obtaining a naïve understanding and conducting structural analyses, two aspects of the phenomenon were revealed: at‐homeness as being oneself and at‐homeness as being connected. At‐homeness as being oneself meant being able to manage ordinary everyday life as well as being beneficial to one's life. At‐homeness as being connected meant being close to significant others, being in affirming friendships and being in safe dependency. Here, at‐homeness is seen as a twofold phenomenon, where being oneself and being connected are interrelated aspects. Being oneself and being connected are further interpreted by means of the concepts of agency and communion, which have been theorised as two main forces of the human being.
The Adoption of Information Technology in the Governance System of the Bank of Namibia
Authors: Kahorongo Tjikarerera C. T. , Reddy Nishika , Karodia Anis Mahomed
Published: June 2015

The failure of many organisations over the years has led to a greater need for transparency and accountability. The Corporate Governance Framework, as developed by the King report, is the overarching framework that ensures that the board of directors are responsible for the governance of an organisation. The King III report implies that the board should also be responsible for IT governance because IT is a crucial and costly component that enables the achievement of organisational objectives. From several IT Governance frameworks that exist, the Bank of Namibia, through its integration initiative with the SADC Central Banks, has adopted COBIT 4.1 as an IT governance framework. COBIT 4.1 has several processes that directly aid the alignment of IT to business. A study of the implementation approach of the framework at the Bank and its effectiveness in ensuring the alignment of IT to the business functions was conducted. This study used a quantitative research methodological approach. A questionnaire was developed and was completed using a stratified sample of 35 individuals chosen from a target population comprised of the IT department, executive management and IT compliance champions in the Bank. The findings from the study revealed that a good understanding of what corporate and IT governance entails was evident in the Bank. Ninety-seven percent of the respondents indicated that IT is a key strategic tool that can be leveraged to achieve business goals. In the age of changing technology, the study revealed that the IT department is innovative and stays abreast with new technologies and trends. User awareness was not adequate and the study further revealed that only 49% of the respondents were involved in the IT governance project. The study revealed that top management supported the project. The study also reflected the positive role of IT auditing in the project. It was also noted that IT service delivery has improved and that benchmarking initiatives, as a result of the project, can lead to significant improvements in IT operations. The study revealed that the IT department understands business needs through a process facilitated by their annual departmental visits. The results from the departmental visits are well prioritised projects and IT projects that are tailored to support business goals. An IT steering committee, which was formulated, ensures that executive management is involved in key IT decisions and the reports on IT governance to the board and ensures that awareness is raised on that platform. It is recommended that an IT user awareness programme be established and an investment framework should also be established. It is recommended that the Bank adopts the COBIT 5 framework, which is a more holistic approach that focuses on governance as well as allowing for greater alignment between IT and business functions.
Bleed-Induced Distortion in Axial Compressors
Authors: Grimshaw S. D. , Pullan G. , Walker T.
Published: June 2015

In this paper, the influence of nonuniform bleed extraction on the stability of an axial flow compressor is quantified. Nonuniformity can be caused by several geometric factors (for example, plenum chamber size or number of off-take ducts), and a range of configurations is examined experimentally in a single stage compressor. It is shown that nonuniform bleed leads to a circumferential distribution of flow coefficient and swirl angle at inlet to the downstream stage. The resultant distribution of rotor incidence causes stall to occur at a higher flow coefficient than if the same total bleed rate had been extracted uniformly around the circumference. A connection is made between the analysis of nonuniform bleed extraction and the familiar DCθ criterion used to characterize inlet total pressure distortion. The loss of operating range caused by the nonuniform inlet flow correlates with the peak sector-averaged bleed nonuniformity for all the bleed configurations tested.
Making heads or tails of shattered chromosomes
Authors: Kloosterman Wigard P.
Published: June 2015

Isolation of lagging chromosomes in micronuclei causes catastrophic genome rearrangements
Marine Snails and Slugs: a Great Place To Look for Antiviral Drugs
Authors: Dang Vinh T. , Benkendorff Kirsten , Green Tim , Speck Peter
Published: June 2015

Molluscs, comprising one of the most successful phyla, lack clear evidence of adaptive immunity and yet thrive in the oceans, which are rich in viruses. There are thought to be nearly 120,000 species of Mollusca, most living in marine habitats. Despite the extraordinary abundance of viruses in oceans, molluscs often have very long life spans (10 to 100 years). Thus, their innate immunity must be highly effective at countering viral infections. Antiviral compounds are a crucial component of molluscan defenses against viruses and have diverse mechanisms of action against a wide variety of viruses, including many that are human pathogens. Antiviral compounds found in abalone, oyster, mussels, and other cultured molluscs are available in large supply, providing good opportunities for future research and development. However, most members of the phylum Mollusca have not been examined for the presence of antiviral compounds. The enormous diversity and adaptations of molluscs imply a potential source of novel antiviral compounds for future drug discovery.
Lung CD8+T Cell Impairment Occurs during Human Metapneumovirus Infection despite Virus-Like Particle Induction of Functional CD8+T Cells
Authors: Wen Sherry C. , Schuster Jennifer E. , Gilchuk Pavlo , Boyd Kelli L. , Joyce Sebastian , Williams John V.
Published: June 2015

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major cause of respiratory disease in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals worldwide. There is currently no licensed HMPV vaccine. Virus-like particles (VLPs) are an attractive vaccine candidate because they are noninfectious and elicit a neutralizing antibody response. However, studies show that serum neutralizing antibodies are insufficient for complete protection against reinfection and that adaptive T cell immunity is important for viral clearance. HMPV and other respiratory viruses induce lung CD8+T cell (TCD8) impairment, mediated by programmed death 1 (PD-1). In this study, we generated HMPV VLPs by expressing the fusion and matrix proteins in mammalian cells and tested whether VLP immunization induces functional HMPV-specific TCD8responses in mice. C57BL/6 mice vaccinated twice with VLPs and subsequently challenged with HMPV were protected from lung viral replication for at least 20 weeks postimmunization. A single VLP dose elicited F- and M-specific lung TCD8s with higher function and lower expression of PD-1 and other inhibitory receptors than TCD8s from HMPV-infected mice. However, after HMPV challenge, lung TCD8s from VLP-vaccinated mice exhibited inhibitory receptor expression and functional impairment similar to those of mice experiencing secondary infection. HMPV challenge of VLP-immunized μMT mice also elicited a large percentage of impaired lung TCD8s, similar to mice experiencing secondary infection. Together, these results indicate that VLPs are a promising vaccine candidate but do not prevent lung TCD8impairment upon HMPV challenge.

IMPORTANCEHuman metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory disease for which there is no licensed vaccine. Virus-like particles (VLPs) are an attractive vaccine candidate and induce antibodies, but T cell responses are less defined. Moreover, HMPV and other respiratory viruses induce lung CD8+T cell (TCD8) impairment mediated by programmed death 1 (PD-1). In this study, HMPV VLPs containing viral fusion and matrix proteins elicited epitope-specific TCD8s that were functional with low PD-1 expression. Two VLP doses conferred sterilizing immunity in C57BL/6 mice and facilitated HMPV clearance in antibody-deficient μMT mice without enhancing lung pathology. However, regardless of whether responding lung TCD8s had previously encountered HMPV antigens in the context of VLPs or virus, similar proportions were impaired and expressed comparable levels of PD-1 upon viral challenge. These results suggest that VLPs are a promising vaccine candidate but do not prevent lung TCD8impairment upon HMPV challenge.
Change in quality of life in patients with acromegaly after treatment with octreotide LAR: first application of AcroQoL in Korea
Authors: Chin Sang Ouk , Chung Choon Hee , Chung Yoon-Sok , Kim Byung-Joon , Kim Hee Young , Kim In-Ju , Kim Jung Guk , Kim Min-Seon , Kim Seong-Yeon , Lee Eun Jig , Lee Ki Young , Kim Sung-Woon
Published: June 2015

Objectives

This study was designed to investigate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with acromegaly in Korea after medical treatment with octreotide LAR using the validated Korean version of the acromegaly quality of life questionnaire (AcroQoL).

Design

A prospective, open-label, single-arm study.

Setting

11 tertiary centres in Korea.

Participants

58 Korean patients (aged 21–72 years) who were newly diagnosed with acromegaly between 2009 and 2012 were prescribed octreotide LAR 20 mg at the time of enrolment. During 24 weeks of observation, AcroQoL survey questionnaires and measurement of growth hormone insulin-like growth factor 1(GH/IGF-I) were performed at baseline, week 12 and week 24.

Main outcome measures

We assessed the HRQoL of Korean patients with acromegaly after medical treatment with octreotide LAR using the validated Korean version of the AcroQoL questionnaire.

Results

Patients had a mean age of 47.2 years (29 males), and GH and IGF-I significantly decreased during the first 12 weeks (GH: 4.8 vs 1.9 μg/L, p<0.001; IGF-I: 497 vs 265 μg/L, p<0.001), but showed insignificant change at week 24 (GH: 2.3 μg/L; IGF-I: 294 μg/L). Only AcroQoL scores for the psychological appearance subdomain showed a significant increase during the entire 24 weeks (p<0.05). The change in the psychological appearance subdomain of AcroQoL scores demonstrated a significant but weak negative correlation with change in IGF-I levels (r=−0.282, p=0.039). When patients were divided into two groups according to their disease activity at week 24 (controlled vs uncontrolled), there was no difference in AcroQoL scores, but the psychological appearance subdomain of the two groups appeared to change differently over the entire 24-week period (p=0.047).

Conclusions:

Medical treatment with octreotide LAR in patients with acromegaly has a limited contribution to HRQoL as assessed by the AcroQoL.
Republished: Successful treatment of a giant pediatric fusiform basilar trunk aneurysm with surpass flow diverter
Authors: Kan Peter , Mokin Maxim , Puri Ajit S , Wakhloo Ajay K
Published: June 2015

Fusiform aneurysms present a unique challenge to traditional microsurgical and endovascular treatment because of the lack of a discernible neck and the involvement of parent vessel. Flow diversion has increasingly become the treatment of choice for fusiform aneurysms in the anterior circulation, but its results in the posterior circulation are variable. We report successful treatment of a giant fusiform upper basilar trunk aneurysm with the Surpass flow diverter in an adolescent, and discuss the potential advantages of this emerging technology in the treatment of fusiform posterior circulation aneurysms.
Surveillance focus: ragwort toxicity in horses in the UK
Authors: Durham Andy E.
Published: June 2015

Andy Durham considers whether ragwort toxicity actually poses the problem it is perceived to
Embarking on a PhD
Authors: Hill Myfanwy
Published: June 2015

To PhD or not to PhD? That was never really a question for Myfanwy Hill, who knew it was part of her career path before she started at Bristol vet school. Although the twists and turns en route were challenging at times, she is now settled in Cambridge and beginning her research in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. Myfanwy will be sharing her experiences with Vet Record Careers
Structural and physical properties of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 film prepared by pulsed laser deposition in a mixture of argon and oxygen
Authors: Lou J. Z. , Fang X. Y. , Wang S. J. , Dai X. H. , Jia C. J. , Zhang L. , Jia Y. L. , Wang Y. L. , Ma L. X. , Liu B. T.
Published: June 2015

In order to investigate the effect of argon introduction on the structural and physical properties of Ba 0.6 Sr 0.4 TiO 3 (BST) films, epitaxial BST films have been grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on (001) oriented Nb - SrTiO 3 (STON) substrates in the ambient gas of pure oxygen and the mixture of argon and oxygen, respectively. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) reveals that the sample deposited in the mixture of argon and oxygen has a bigger grain size than that deposited in pure oxygen. The dielectric properties of two BST films have been investigated using the Pt /BST/STON parallel plate capacitors. The tunability and the figure of merit (FOM) of the BST film deposited in the mixture gas are about 41% and 7.07 at a DC bias voltage of 8 V at room temperature, which are better than 32% and 4.51, for BST film deposited in pure oxygen. On account of the introduction of argon, the leakage current density of the BST film deposited in the mixture gas has fallen by almost five times, and the leakage current mechanism is both in accordance with ohmic conductive mechanism.
Note on Order-Isomorphic Isometric Embeddings of Some Recent Function Spaces
Authors: Talponen Jarno
Published: June 2015

We investigate certain recently introduced ODE-determined varying exponentLpspaces. It turns out that these spaces are finitely representable in a concrete universal varying exponentlpspace. Moreover, this can be accomplished in a natural unified fashion. This leads to order-isomorphic isometric embeddings of all of the aboveLpspaces to an ultrapower of the above varying exponentlpspace.
Rheological Behavior of Physiological Pulsatile Flow through a Model Arterial Stenosis with Moving Wall
Authors: Shupti Sumaia Parveen , Rabby Mir Golam , Molla Md. Mamun
Published: June 2015

The paper presents a numerical investigation of non-Newtonian modeling effects on unsteady periodic flows in a two-dimensional (2D) constricted channel with moving wall using finite volume method. The governing Navier-Stokes equations have been modified using the Cartesian curvilinear coordinates to handle complex geometries, such as, arterial stenosis. The physiological pulsatile flow has been used at the inlet position as an inlet velocity. The flow is characterized by the Reynolds numbers 300, 500, and 750 that are appropriate for large arteries. The investigations have been carried out to characterize four different non-Newtonian constitutive equations of blood, namely, the (i) Carreau, (ii) Cross, (iii) Modified-Casson, and (iv) Quemada. In these four models, blood viscosity is a nonlinear function of shear rates. The Newtonian model has been investigated to study the physics of fluid and the results are compared with the non-Newtonian viscosity models. The numerical results are presented in terms of streamwise velocity, wall shear stress, pressure distribution as well as the vorticity, streamlines, and vector plots indicating recirculation zones at the poststenotic region. Comparison has also been illustrated in terms of wall pressure and wall shear stress for the Cross model considering different amplitudes of wall oscillation.
Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement Concrete
Authors: Martínez-Barrera Gonzalo , Barrera-Díaz Carlos E. , Cuevas-Yañez Erick , Varela-Guerrero Víctor , Vigueras-Santiago Enrique , Ávila-Córdoba Liliana , Martínez-López Miguel
Published: June 2015

The development of the packaging industry has promoted indiscriminately the use of disposable packing as Tetra Pak, which after a very short useful life turns into garbage, helping to spoil the environment. One of the known processes that can be used for achievement of the compatibility between waste materials and the environment is the gamma radiation, which had proved to be a good tool for modification of physicochemical properties of materials. The aim of this work is to study the effects of waste cellulose from Tetra Pak packing and gamma radiation on the mechanical properties of cement concrete. Concrete specimens were elaborated with waste cellulose at concentrations of 3, 5, and 7 wt% and irradiated at 200, 250, and 300 kGy of gamma dose. The results show highest improvement on the mechanical properties for concrete with 3 wt% of waste cellulose and irradiated at 300 kGy; such improvements were related with the surface morphology of fracture zones of cement concrete observed by SEM microscopy.
ПРО ЗВ’ЯЗОК ВИКЛИКАНОЇ ОТОАКУСТИЧНОЇ ЕМІСІЇ ТА ВЛАСТИВОСТЕЙ СЛУХУ ЛЮДИНИ
Authors: Zubchenko О. O.
Published: June 2015

It was held a comparative analysis of subjective and objective audiometry. It was established the following compliance: dependence ∆f = 1/∆t on fp, which is defined by the signal of delayed otoacoustic emissions, quantitatively coincides with the average dependency (people with different sensitivity) width of frequency groups, measured by subjective evaluation of noise volume; separation range of sound frequency integrating group is in the cochlea of the inner ear.

Using the pulse function induced of otoacoustic emission provides a new objective method to determine the exact width of the frequency bands and objective invariant setting standards of inner ear, allowing you to add newborn hearing screening and to monitor the functional state of the ear.
АНАЛІЗ РЕЗУЛЬТАТІВ ОБСТЕЖЕННЯ ПАЦІЄНТІВ З ГІПЕРТЕНЗІЄЮ НА ОСНОВІ КОРЕЛЯЦІЙНИХ ПОКАЗНИКІВ ТА БАГАТОПАРАМЕТРИЧНОЇ НЕЙРОМЕРЕЖЕВОЇ КЛАСТЕРИЗАЦІЇ З МЕТОЮ ОПТИМІЗАЦІЇ ПРОГНОЗУВАННЯ ПЕРЕБІГУ ЗАХВОРЮВАННЯ НА ПЕРВИННОМУ РІВНІ
Authors: Martsenyuk V. P. , Selskyi P. R. , Tvorko V. M.
Published: June 2015

The paper exam ines prognosis methodology of the disease progression at the primary health care level. Approach is based on calculation of correlation coefficients and multiparameter neural network clasterization.
ЩОДЕННИЙ ДИСТАНЦІЙНИЙ ТЕСТОВИЙ КОНТРОЛЬ ЗНАНЬ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ ФОРМУВАННЯ МЕДИКО-ПРАВОВОЇ ОСВІТИ СТУДЕНТІВ-МЕДИКІВ
Authors: Martsenyuk V. P. , Rogalskyi I. O.
Published: June 2015

The article presents the danger of corruption in medical education as a national problem. Therefore, the formation of medical legal insight is very important since the undergraduate stage of training health professionals in the assessment of theoretical knowledge. The system of daily remote control testing medical students' knowledge was chosen as a tool, which was designed to objectify the evaluation in medical education. The system allows teachers to prepare daily test control using internet technologies, and promote medical students to reject any doubts about the objectivity of the evaluation and to form the basis of medical legal education.
Molecular and morphological evidences reveal two new species in Grammothele and Theleporus (Basidiomycota) from southern China
Authors: Yuan Hai-Sheng
Published: June 2015

Two new wood-decaying polypores from southern China, Grammothele separabillima and Theleporus rimosus, are described and illustrated using morphological characteristics and rDNA ITS sequences. Grammothele separabillima is characterized by its easily separable basidiocarps, poroid hymenophore with hymenium restricted to the base of the tubes, a dimitic hyphal system, pale brown skeletal hyphae with dextrinoid reaction, presence of dendrohyphidia, and oblong ellipsoid basidiospores. Theleporus rimosus is characterized by its resupinate, cracked basidiocarps, shallow poroid hymenophore with hymenium restricted to the base of the tubes, a di-trimitic hyphal system with dendroid and non-dextrinoid skeletal hyphae, presence of dendrohyphidia and ellipsoid to fusiform basidiospores. The discriminating characters of these two new species and the closely related species are discussed.
Adsorption of pathogenic microorganisms, NH4+ and heavy metals from wastewater by clinoptilolite using bed laminar flow
Authors: Ferronato Chiara , Vianello Gilmo , Antisari Livia Vittori
Published: June 2015

The contamination of water bodies in urban areas is a serious problem, which may increase when wastewater is discharged without complete remediation. Due to their high adsorption capacity and ion-exchange properties, zeolites, such as clinoptilolite, can be used successfully to detoxify the wastewater before discharging it into the water body. In this study, experimental use of clinoptilolite is presented for water remediation. A static flow (A) and a laminar flow (B) method were applied in order to evaluate the efficiency of clinoptilolite for reducing different contaminants in the outflow wastewater of an old municipal treatment plant in Bologna District (Northern Italy). Mesocosm experiments were performed in order to achieve reduction of the microbial faecal indicators and of the excess nutrients and heavy metals in the effluent. During the experiments, pathogenic microorganisms, ammonium and heavy metals were reduced by as much as between 78 and 95% within 24 h, highlighting the great efficiency of this low-cost material for water remediation.
Are public sector workers different? Cross-European evidence from elderly workers and retirees
Authors: Tonin Mirco , Vlassopoulos Michael
Published: June 2015

We investigate whether public and private sector employees differ in terms of public service motivation using a representative sample of elderly workers from 12 European countries. We find that public sector workers, both those currently employed and those already retired, are significantly more prosocial; however, the difference in prosociality is explained by differences in the composition of the workforce across the two sectors, in terms of (former) workers’ education and occupation. Subsample analysis reveals that public sector former workers in education are more prosocial even after controlling for a rich set of characteristics.

JEL codes: D64; H83; J45
For richer, for poorer: China embraces global poverty reduction?
Authors: Chan Gerald
Published: June 2015

Has China embraced global poverty reduction? To what extent has it done so? China faces three paradoxes in trying to alleviate poverty: first, the country is on the whole getting richer, becoming one of the largest economies in the world, yet huge pockets of extreme poverty exist in the country. Second, it wants to be taken seriously as a responsible member of the international community. It would therefore like to be treated as a normal aid giver helping the poor in the developing world. Yet its own people are crying out loud for better social services at home. Third, while it wants to be respected by others in the world, it has been accused by other countries of ignoring, if not abusing, human rights in the Third World in its relentless search for natural resources, trade and investments. This paper aims to unravel these paradoxes by examining China’s foreign aid and its adherence or otherwise to the UN Millennium Development Goals. In so doing, the paper assesses China’s unilateral approach as well as its multilateral approach to poverty alleviation. It argues that China’s overall approach has become more multilateral in nature but the change has been slow and incremental. Its influence in global poverty reduction, though increasing, is still limited.
Desequilibrios hidrográficos en España y trasvases a la vertiente mediterránea: utopías y realizaciones
Authors: Gil Olcina Antonio
Published: June 2015

Este artículo analiza la diacronía de los trasvases en la Península Ibérica, desde los proyectos iniciales en el bajo medievo a la problemática que enfrenta la nueva Ley de Aguas. Se concede especial atención a las actuaciones del reformismo ilustrado, legislación decimonónica de aguas, propuesta de corrección del desequilibrio hidrográfico contenida en el I Plan Nacional de Obras Hidráulicas, travase Tajo-Segura e intereses contrapuestos en las transferencias de recursos hídricos actualmente planteadas.
Fenómenos de retrogresión estivales en el ámbito mediterráneo: desarrollos ciclogenéticos, sistemas convectivos de mesoscala y lluvias intensas. El episodio de 27 de septiembre a 7 de octubre de 1986
Authors: Olcina Cantos Jorge
Published: June 2015

Los fenómenos de retrogresión que acontecen en los meses finales del período estival sobre la cuenca del Mediterráneo Occidental suponen el desarrollo de atmósferas baróclinas sumamente inestables que activan los mecanismos de transferencia energética (calor latente) en dicho ámbito. La formación de sistemas convectivos de mesoscala reconocibles en las imágenes infrarrojas de los satélites meteorológicos se acompañan de precipitaciones muy intensas, elemento natural de los meses finales del verano de la región mediterránea peninsular. Los efectos catastróficos del episodio de finales de septiembre y primeros días de octubre de 1986 son buen ejemplo de las consecuencias pluviométricas a menudo asociadas a estas situaciones atmosféricas.
El comercio interprovincial de ganado porcino en España
Authors: Segrelles Serrano José Antonio
Published: June 2015

La intensificación de la producción porcina y el surgimiento de nuevas fórmulas jurídico-productivas lleva consigo el establecimiento de un activo comercio de ganado vivo que en gran medida ha sustituido las tradicionales transacciones en ferias y mercados. Este tráfico mercantil acentúa la clásica separación entre las zonas ganaderas y las áreas de sacrificio y consumo, al tiempo que crecen los desequilibrios regionales.
La ganadería oriolana en el siglo XV: la regulación de los pastos
Authors: Barrio Barrio Juan Antonio
Published: June 2015

El análisis de la regulación de los pastos es uno de los aspectos más interesantes de la ganadería valenciana en la Baja Edad Media. El objetivo de este trabajo es el estudio de su control en Orihuela, dentro el contexto de la problemática general de la organización social del espacio peninsular. Durante el siglo XV se va a desarrollar la progresiva privatización de los pastos, llevada a cabo por los propietarios de alquerías y señoríos jurisdiccionales.
Descolonización y migraciones desde el África española (1956-1975)
Authors: Gozálvez Pérez Vicente
Published: June 2015

Los territorios africanos que estuvieron bajo administración española son el Protectorado Español de Marruecos (hasta 1956), Guinea Ecuatorial (hasta 1968), Ifni (incorporado a Marruecos en 1969) y Sáhara Español (hasta 1975); en el momento de la descolonización censaban una población española total de más de 132.000 personas. Para cada uno de estos territorios se estudia: a) el volumen, características geodemográficas y situación económica y social de la población española residente, en los años anteriores a la descolonización; b) los nativos auxiliares de la Administración española; c) los flujos de repatriación de los españoles con motivo de la descolonización; d) indemnizaciones a los repatriados. El estudio se completa con un inventario de las principales fuentes de investigación.
El turismo rural: una alternativa para el desarrollo integrado de los municipios rurales de La Montaña alicantina
Authors: Matarredona Coll Enrique , Ivars Baidal Josep Antoni
Published: June 2015

En este artículo planteamos un modelo de desarrollo que, como objetivo global, pretende promover el crecimiento y frenar la regresión demográfica de La Montaña, al objeto de romper su aislamiento, mejorar la calidad de vida de sus habitantes, mejorar los recursos económicos disponibles y proteger el patrimonio natural y cultural. La estrategia de un desarrollo turístico en espacio rural puede ser la alternativa aconsejable para incrementar la rentabilidad de estas áreas del interior montañoso alicantino, en el bien entendido que se trata de potenciar un turismo integrado con las restantes actividades económicas, con el medio ambiente, con el patrimonio cultural y con la población autóctona.
Rausch und Rummel
Authors: Szabo Sacha
Published: June 2015

Achterbahn, Karussell oder Riesenrad: Diese spannende soziologische Kulturgeschichte der Jahrmärkte und Vergnügungsparks stellt die dortigen Vergnügungsanlagen vor und geht der Frage nach, was genau den Reiz derartiger Volksbelustigungen ausmacht. Und sie zeigt: Diese technischen Attraktionen erzeugen transzendente Erfahrungen, die von den Rezipienten als Reflex auf eine ausdifferenzierte Moderne nachgefragt und abgerufen werden.
Ductal Stent Implantation in Tetralogy of Fallot with Aortic Arch Abnormality
Authors: Tola Hasan Tahsin , Ergul Yakup , Saygi Murat , Ozyilmaz Isa , Guzeltas Alper , Odemis Ender
Published: June 2015

Stenting of patent ductus arteriosus is an alternative to palliative cardiac surgery in newborns with duct-dependent or decreased pulmonary circulation; however, the use of this technique in patients with an aortic arch abnormality presents a challenge. Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect that is frequently associated with anomalies of the aortic arch and its branches. The association is even more common in patients with chromosome 22q11 deletion.

We present the case of an 18-day-old male infant who had cyanosis and a heart murmur. After an initial echocardiographic evaluation, the patient was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot and right-sided aortic arch. The pulmonary annulus and the main pulmonary artery and its branches were slightly hypoplastic; the ductus arteriosus was small. Conventional and computed tomographic angiograms revealed a double aortic arch and an aberrant left subclavian artery. The right aortic arch branched into the subclavian arteries and continued into the descending aorta, whereas the left aortic arch branched into the common carotid arteries and ended with the patent ductus arteriosus. After evaluation of the ductal anatomy, we implanted a 3.5 × 15-mm coronary stent in the duct. Follow-up injections showed augmented pulmonary flow and an increase in oxygen saturation from 65% to 94%. The patient was also found to have chromosome 22q11 deletion.
Unicuspid Unicommissural Aortic Valve: An Extremely Rare Congenital Anomaly
Authors: Singh Sukhjeet , Ghayal Puneet , Mathur Atish , Mysliwiec Margaret , Lovoulos Constantinos , Solanki Pallavi , Klapholz Marc , Maher James
Published: June 2015

Unicuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital malformation that usually presents in the 3rd to 5th decade of life—and usually with severe aortic stenosis or regurgitation. It often requires surgical correction. Diagnosis can be made with 2- or 3-dimensional transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

We report the case of a 31-year-old man who presented with dyspnea on exertion due to severe aortic stenosis secondary to a unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve. After aortic valve replacement, this patient experienced complete heart block that required the placement of a permanent pacemaker.