bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Strategies for Sustaining Complex Partnerships
Authors: Nichols Naomi , Gaetz Stephen
Published: March 2017

This article details the role that networks play in the creation and implementation of a comprehensive knowledge mobilization strategy. Using the activities of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) as a case study, the authors draw on in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis to understand how the interactivity cultivated in a multi-stakeholder partnership can increase the impact of research on policy, practice, public opinion, and, in this case, the lived experiences of people who are homeless. The article details the diverse activities of the CHRN (e.g., its methodologies, processes, and tools), highlighting the tension points, successes, and failures of particular approaches. Findings bring into view a) the CHRN’s role as a central connecting node, linking multiple and diverse individuals, institutions, and other networks; b) relations of reciprocity, which support ongoing interactivity between network members; and c) the changes (e.g., in research use) that network activities have influenced. Data suggest that the use of research evidence to co-produce “useable content” is a key indicator of network productivity.
Knowledge Translation and Strategic Communications: Unpacking Differences and Similarities for Scholarly and Research Communications
Authors: Barwick Melanie , Phipps David , Myers Gary , Johnny Michael , Coriandoli Rossana
Published: March 2017

Knowledge translation (KT) involves communication of research evidence. Within research-relevant organizations there is considerable overlap in the roles and activities associated with KT and strategic communications (SC), which calls for greater role clarity. We untangle the differences and similarities between KT and SC, bringing clarity that may benefit organizations employing both types of workers. As KT practitioners (KTPs) take hold in organizations that have long had SC personnel, there is tension but also opportunities for defining roles and exploring synergies. What follows is a description of how we have explored this duality within our networks and an analysis of how SC and KT roles are similar and divergent.L’application des connaissances (AC) suppose la communication des données de la recherche. Dans les organisations qui s’occupent de recherche, les rôles et les activités associés à l’AC et aux communications stratégiques (CS) se recoupent en maints endroits, à tel point qu’une clarification des rôles s’impose. Nous démêlons ici les différences et les ressemblances entre l’AC et les CS, dans une mise a point utile aux organisations qui emploient les deux types de travailleurs. En effet, à mesure que les professionnels de l’AC prennent leurs marques dans des lieux de travail où s’affaire depuis longtemps un personnel voué aux communications, des tensions se créent, mais aussi des occasions de définir les rôles respectifs et de développer une synergie. Voici comment nous avons exploré cette dualité au sein de nos réseaux, ainsi qu’une analyse des ressemblances et des divergences entre les CS et l’AC.
Peer Review, Scholarly Production and a Provocation: Let’s Blow Stuff Up
Authors: Wright David N.
Published: March 2017

Academics tend to control scholarly processes by emphasizing strict adherence to formal presentation styles that may not be relevant to contemporary modes or platforms for scholarly work. Arguing for a scholarly approach that foregrounds open processes, this article suggests that academics cede control over conversations about peer review by ending with a provocation to account for emerging audiences and producers.
The Changing Culture of Humanities Scholarship: Iteration, Recursion, and Versions in Scholarly Collaboration Environments
Authors: Brown Susan , Simpson John
Published: March 2017

The non-linear and iterative nature of scholarly research processes presents complexities with respect to how online collaborative systems manage versions both within interfaces and at the back end. This article maps out a two-part framework for thinking about versions and versioning in the context of contemporary scholarship and data preservation. The first presents four notable qualities of digital textuality that are intensified by the digital turn, and the second considers technical considerations flowing from these characteristics. The authors argue that the management of large humanities data sets and the design of associated interfaces, tools, and infrastructure need to recognize and preserve the dynamic, living nature of digital cultural artifacts and of scholarship on culture.
From Index to Interoperability: The Desideratum of Authority Files in Large-Scale Digital Projects
Authors: Nelson Brent
Published: March 2017

Networked knowledge has long been an elusive desideratum of the digital humanities. This article argues the desirability and feasibility of linking person-entity references between a well defined and closely related set of digital projects related to early modern knowledge networks.
The Provision of Digital Apparatus for Use in Experimental Interfaces
Authors: Ruecker Stan , Sinclair Stéfan , Dobson Teresa , Rockwell Geoffrey , Radzikowska Milena
Published: March 2017

In this article, we discuss the various ways in which the experiments we have been doing within the INKE Interface Design team and elsewhere are predicated on the availability of “digital apparatus” – various forms of metadata that can be made consistently available. These include structural, procedural, and semantic markup, digital indexes, textual variants, annotations, regularized citations, and taxonomies of references, to name a few. While some affordances are agnostic to the very existence of metadata, in some crucial instances the metadata is essential. The question we hope to address in these cases is the extent to which the new affordances are actually of sufficient potential benefit to the community to warrant being produced and maintained.
Introduction: "Building Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Publishing"
Authors: Arbuckle Alyssa , Crompton Constance , Mauro Aaron
Published: March 2017

On February 5th-6th 2014 researchers, students, and other participants gathered together in Whistler, BC, Canada to discuss issues relating to scholarly publishing in Canada. The day and a half long meeting, “Building Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Publishing,” welcomed participants representing several Canadian libraries and universities, publishers, and scholarly organizations, among others. The event was hosted by Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE; inke.ca) and sponsored by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Fostering the institutional repository through policies and interoperability with online services: the case of Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Authors: Villarreal Gonzalo Luján , Terruzzi Franco Agustín , De Giusti Marisa Raquel , Lira Ariel Jorge , Texier José Daniel
Published: March 2017

Institutional repositories play a central role as preservation and dissemination hubs for academic institutions. They are useful to increase knowledge access, measure science production and to make public institutions transparent. Repositories must ensure a back-and-forth collaboration with many institution parties, by setting up transparent workflows and offering services to encourage its use. This article presents the case of Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where a combination of policies, workflows and developments has been established to foster its main repository. Consequently an important growth in size, rankings, usage and online visibility has resulted from the joint effort of many parties
Libraries: Sustaining the Digital Reader Experience
Authors: Brynge Elisabet , Case Holly , Forsyth Ellen , Green Gary , Hölke Ulf
Published: March 2017

As librarians involved with two online reading groups, Read Watch Play (a regular themed Twitter chat) and Read With Me (a live Web-based, face-to-face discussion using Adobe Connect), we consider how we present text in these specific online environments, and how this impacts the reader’s experience. Formats and interfaces used by both groups result in different types of reading experiences – including brief, mobile-based reads (Twitter chats) or more in-depth reads (blogs). Both groups recognize that reading is a critical skill required for discussions about books. We also recognize the value of face-to-face online discussions. This presents challenges for libraries in how they connect and interact with readers: encouraging reading discussions online, offering tools focused on reading, and connecting these with the full range of reading materials available in libraries, both online and off.
Why Experimental Interfaces Should Include an Application Programming Interface
Authors: Ruecker Stan , Hodges Peter , Lokhadwala Nayaab , Ching Szu-Ying , Windsor Jennifer , Hudson Antonio , Rodriquez Omar
Published: March 2017

An Application Programming Interface (API) can serve as a mechanism for separating interface concerns on the one hand from data and processing on the other, allowing for easier implementation of alternative human-computer interfaces. The API can also be used as a sounding board for ideas about what an interface should and should not accomplish. Our discussion will take as its case study our recent work in designing experimental interfaces for the visual construction of Boolean queries, for a project we have previously called the Mandala Browser.
Playing Well With Others: The Social Edition and Computational Collaboration
Authors: Crompton Constance , Mash Cole , Siemens Raymond
Published: March 2017

This article draws on the Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript’s RDFa encoding practice as a case study of how to formalize statements about entities on the Web in a way that is machine-parsable. RDFa encoding allows machines to become collaborators with human readers in the discovery of new connections between entities (people, places, and events) even between websites. The edition’s encoding is motivated by the INKE Modelling and Prototyping team’s guiding research question about the implications and impact of real-time applications in relation to traditionally static knowledge objects. The authors argue for the value of bringing texts into communication with other texts, through RDFa, allowing virtual collaboration even when the scholars behind the projects do not know one another.
On the Publishing Methods of Our Time: Mobilizing Knowledge in Game Studies
Authors: Wilcox Steve
Published: March 2017

There is a considerable amount of academic and non-academic interest in the production and reception of video games. At the same time game scholars encounter questions such as, “are video game academics irrelevant?” In this article I connect questions of relevancy in game studies with the need to develop forms of publishing capable of asserting that relevancy more broadly. As the co-founder and editor-in-chief of First Person Scholar (FPS), a middle-state publication based in the Games Institute at the University of Waterloo, I detail how FPS has attempted to reach beyond the traditional scope of game studies to engage a wider audience and assert a new degree of relevancy for the game scholar.
Promoting Open Access and Innovations: From Synergies to Le Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques
Authors: Sinatra Michael
Published: March 2017

This article discusses the relationship between digital humanities and disciplinary boundaries in the last decade, primarily in the context of the national project Synergies. It offers first an overview of Synergies as a concrete example of the way technological change impacts the very notion of disciplines by trying to create a platform that was interdisciplinary by nature, then discusses the creation of a new Digital Humanities centre in Québec—Le Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques – and the ways it was conceived as encompassing a range of disciplinary approach.
Mode 2 in Action: Working Across Sectors to Create a Center for Humanities and Technology
Authors: Wyatt Sally
Published: March 2017

This article examines recent developments in Amsterdam to establish a Center for Humanities and Technology (CHAT). The project is a collaboration between public research institutions and a private partner. To date, a White Paper has been produced that sets out a shared research agenda addressing both humanities and computing challenges. The article begins with a brief summary of “Mode 2” knowledge production. After providing a fuller description of the White Paper, the extent to which CHAT can be considered an instance of Mode 2 is assessed. Some of the challenges in cross-sector and cross-disciplinary work are presented
Designing a culture of co-learning: Mobilizing knowledge about KTT-KMb amongst graduate students
Authors: LaMarre Andrea , Bishop-Williams Kate , Racey Megan , Day Lindsay , Meeks Tylar
Published: March 2017

The goal of this Field Note is to outline our experiences developing and maintaining a Knowledge Translation and Transfer-Knowledge Mobilization (KTT-KMb) Learning Circle for graduate students at the University of Guelph. Since the fall of 2013, we have planned and held events and training opportunities for graduate students across the university’s colleges and maintained an online presence for our membership of 107 students. In this article, we reflect on the successes of the Learning Circle, including a sustained presence across an interdisciplinary group, securing funding, and engaging in successful collaborations. We also highlight our challenges, including attendance at events, staying relevant in a quickly evolving field, and striving toward sustainability. Our hope is that this article provides a non-prescriptive guideline for students wishing to develop similar “by student, for student” initiatives to scaffold graduate student learning and engagement in KTT-KMb.Résumé : Dans ce field note, nous visons a surligner nos experiences en développant et maintenir un cercle d’apprentissage pour la mobilization des connaissances pour les étudiants de deuxième et troisième cycle à Université de Guelph. Depuis 2013, nous avons organise de nombreuses événements et formations pour les étudiants de toutes les collèges à l’Université; nous avons aussi maintenu un présence web pour nos 107 membres. Dans cet article, nous réfléchissons au sujet des succès du cercle, ci inclus une présence soutenu au coeur d’un nombre de membres interdisciplinaires, du succès a obtenir les fonds, et les collaborations conçus pour réaliser nos buts. Nous surlignons aussi nos defis, en tant que les difficultés attirer les étudiants aux événements, rester au courant dans une domaine en evolution, et viser à la durabilité. Nous espèrons que l’article fournira une guide non-préscrit pour les étudiants qui veulent développer des initiatives “par étudiants, pour étudiants” qui visent a soutenir les connaissances et engagement dans la domaine de la mobilisation des connaissances.Mots clés : Mobilization des conaissances; Partage du savoir; Étudiants; Formation; Communauté de practique
Online Survey on Open Journal Systems in Germany and the Network OJS-de.net
Authors: Büttner Alexandra , Gehrlein Sabine , Clormann Stefanie
Published: March 2017

At the beginning of 2015 an online survey on the open source software Open Journal Systems (OJS) was launched in Germany to determine how the software is used at German research institutions and what scholars require when working with OJS. The survey was launched by the collaborative project OJS-de.net, a network initiative to support the use of the software in the German publishing landscape. It is a joint effort of the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) at the Freie Universität Berlin, Heidelberg University Library, and the Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) at the University of Konstanz. The following article presents an overview of the survey results and shows how these are implemented by OJS-de.net to improve the software adaption for German speaking researchers.Au début de l’année 2015, un sondage en ligne sur le logiciel open source Open Journal System (OJS) a été lancé en Allemagne, afin de savoir comment il est utilisé et mis en œuvre dans les institutions de recherche allemandes, et de déterminer les attentes qu’ont les chercheurs en l’utilisant et ce qui peut au contraire leur manquer. L’enquête a été lancée par le projet collaboratif « OJS-de.net », une nouvelle initiative collective allemande visant à encourager l’utilisation du logiciel OJS dans le paysage éditorial allemand. C’est un effort conjoint du Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) de la Freie Universität Berlin, de la bibliothèque universitaire de Heidelberg, et du Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) de l’université de Constance. L’article qui suit présente un aperçu des résultats de l’enquête, et montre comment ils sont exploités par « OJS-de.net » pour améliorer l’adaptation du logiciel aux chercheurs germanophones.
Ink on Our Hands: Mapping the Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem
Authors: Silk Kimberly
Published: March 2017

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a consortia of Canadian university libraries dedicated to expanding digital content for the academic research enterprise in Canada. Two themes in the CRKN strategic plan are to 1) collaborate to advance scholarship, and 2) engage members and stakeholders. The Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem (IDSE) project addresses these themes by mapping activities in the Canadian digital scholarship landscape, with a view to understanding the complexity of the landscape, and identifying opportunities to align key stakeholders and providers around a series of shared objectives. This article describes the IDSE project, and how the mapping exercise will provide a lens through which to identify opportunities for stakeholders to coordinate efforts and collaborate on tools, services, programs, and projects.
Unknown But Not Unknowable: The Network of Identified and Unidentified Hands in the Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript
Authors: Mash Cole , Crompton Constance , Group INKE Research , White Travis
Published: March 2017

This article draws on the Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript represented in the form of a Neo4j graph and the practices of digital prosopography to better understand the circulation of poetry in the sixteenth-century English court. A Neo4j can represent attributes of real-world entities in the form of a graph, which can illuminate patterns in large amounts of information that are difficult to retain otherwise. The paper is motivated by the INKE Modelling and Prototyping team’s objective of improving the analysis of extant and developing digital resources in ways that meaningfully extend the codex form. The authors argue that the manuscript has the same value for scholars interested in its unnamed contributors as for those interested in its named contributors.
A Experiment in Hybrid Open-Access Online Scholarly Publishing: Regenerations
Authors: Brown Susan , Cameron Linda , Ilovan Mihaela , Ivanova Olga , Knechtel Ruth , Andrew MacDonald Andrew MacDonald , Nelson Brent , Ruecker Stan , Sinclair Stéfan , Group INKE Research
Published: March 2017

Background: The history of reading, writing, and the dissemination of technology is one of epochal change, and each transition – indeed the history of the book – is marked by hybridity. In the mature years of print, publishers, librarians, and scholars had clearly defined and segregated roles. In the digital realm, the boundaries have broken down. Just now we have hybridity of form and of roles in the implementation of new reading environments.Analysis: This article provides: 1) an overview of e-reading environments; 2) a survey of the Dynamic Table of Contexts interface; and 3) a report on the hybrid production process of a particular online text, Regenerations.Conclusion and implications: Regenerations could only have emerged from a collaboration among a digital infrastructure project, research project, university press, and digital humanities tool suite.
First Macedonian child with tyrosinemia type 1 successfully treated with nitisinone and report of a novel mutation in the FAH gene
Authors: Kostovski Aco , Zdraveska Nikolina , Tesarova Marketa , Zeman Jiři
Published: March 2017

Introduction. Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) is a severe hereditary metabolic disorder of tyrosine metabolism due to fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH) deficiency and accumulation of toxic products in tissues. More than 80 mutations in the FAH gene are presently reported on the Human Genome Mutation Database. To date, no molecular genetic defects of HT1 in Macedonia have been described. Case outline. A female infant two and a half months old presented with failure to thrive, anemia, edemas, and severe coagulation disturbances. The diagnosis of HT1 was based on high levels of serum ?-fetoprotein, increased serum tyrosine, and positive succinylacetone in urine. Nitisinone treatment with tyrosine-restriction diet was immediately introduced. The patient, currently aged five years, has normal growth, psychomotor development, and no focal lesions on abdominal MRI. A screening of the FAH gene revealed two heterozygous mutations ? c.[1A>G];[784T>A]. The mutation c.784T>A is a novel one (p.Trp262Arg), and was predicted to be the cause of the disease by an in silico analysis. Conclusion. To date, this case is the first and only child with HT1 successfully treated with nitisinone in our country. Also, this is the first report of an HT1 patient caused by the c.784T>A mutation.
Challenges of the reform of the position of juvenile victims of crime in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Miric Filip
Published: March 2017

The paper offers an analysis of the possible directions of the reform of
juvenile criminal legislation with regard to the position of juvenile victims
of crime in Serbia. The paper analyses provisions of national and
international legal acts, relevant and important for the legal protection of
juvenile victims. The aim is to point out the challenges and problems in the
process of reform of juvenile law, which are directed towards building a
?child-friendly justice? system. In this way, as the author points, it is
possible to get valuable information on which direction the reform of
juvenile criminal legislation should go in order to provide basis for
prevention of secondary victimization of juvenile victims of crime in the
criminal procedure.
Management of Inpatient Hyperglycemia and Diabetes in Older Adults
Authors: Umpierrez Guillermo E. , Pasquel Francisco J.
Published: March 2017

Adults aged 65 years and older are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and their number is expected to double to 89 million between 2010 and 2050. The prevalence of diabetes in hospitalized adults aged 65–75 years and over 80 years of age has been estimated to be 20% and 40%, respectively. Similar to general populations, the presence of hyperglycemia and diabetes in elderly patients is associated with increased risk of hospital complications, longer length of stay, and increased mortality compared with subjects with normoglycemia. Clinical guidelines recommend target blood glucose between 140 and 180 mg/dL (7.8 and 10 mmol/L) for most patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). A similar blood glucose target is recommended for patients in non-ICU settings; however, glycemic targets should be individualized in older adults on the basis of a patient’s clinical status, risk of hypoglycemia, and presence of diabetes complications. Insulin is the preferred agent to manage hyperglycemia and diabetes in the hospital. Continuous insulin infusion in the ICU and rational use of basal-bolus or basal plus supplement regimens in non-ICU settings are effective in achieving glycemic goals. Noninsulin regimens with the use of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors alone or in combination with basal insulin have been shown to be safe and effective and may represent an alternative to basal-bolus regimens in elderly patients. Smooth transition of care to the outpatient setting is facilitated by providing oral and written instructions regarding timing and dosing of insulin as well as education in basic skills for home management.
Correlates of well-being among Canadians with mood and/or
anxiety disorders
Authors: Orpana Heather , Vachon J. , Pearson C. , Elliott K. , Smith M. , Branchard B.
Published: March 2017

Introduction

Our objective was to examine variables associated with well-being as
measured by high self-rated mental health (SRMH) and life satisfaction (LS), among
Canadian adults (aged 18+) living with a mood and/or an anxiety disorder.

Methods

We used nationally representative data from the 2014 Survey on Living with
Chronic Diseases in Canada–Mood and Anxiety Disorders Component (SLCDC-MA) to
describe the association between well-being and self-management behaviours (physical
activity, sleep and meditation) as well as perceived stress, coping and social support.
We used multivariate logistic regression to model the relationship between these factors
and measures of well-being.

Results

Approximately one in three individuals with mood and/or anxiety disorders
reported high SRMH. The logistic regression models demonstrated that several characteristics
such as being older, and reporting higher self-rated general health, fewer functional
limitations, lower levels of perceived life stress, higher levels of perceived coping
and higher levels of perceived social support were associated with higher levels of wellbeing.
Self-management behaviours (including starting physical activity, meditation,
adopting good sleep habits and attaining a certain number of hours of nightly sleep)
were not significantly associated with measures of well-being in our multivariate model.

Conclusion

Canadian adults with mood and/or anxiety disorders who reported lower
levels of perceived stress and higher levels of social support and coping were more
likely to report high levels of well-being. This study contributes evidence from a representative
population-based sample indicating well-being is achievable, even in the presence
of a mood and/or an anxiety disorder.
WSN and RFID Integration in the IoT scenario: an Advanced Safety System for Industrial Plants
Authors: Petracca Matteo , Bocchino Stefano , Azzarà Andrea , Pelliccia Riccardo , Ghibaudi Marco , Pagano Paolo
Published: March 2017

The paper proposes and discusses the integration of WSN and RFID technologies in the IoT scenario. The proposed approach is based on the REST paradigm, thanks to which the two technologies can be seamless integrated by representing sensors, actuators and RFID related data as network resources globally addressable through state-of-the-art IoT protocols. The integration approach is detailed for the Smart Factory use case by proposing and developing an advanced IoT-based WSN and RFID integrated solution aiming at improving safety in industrial plants. The developed system can guarantee a safe access to factory dangerous areas in which safety equipments are required. In the paper, the system design is first presented, then, all the developed hardware and software solutions are described before presenting system performance results in a real test bed. System performance are reported in terms of response time and accuracy for authorization control and location tracking applications.
CHANGE OF MARCHANTIA SP SIZE AND COLOUR RELATED TO DISTANCE FROM WATER RESOURCE IN CUGHUP EMBUN, SOUTH SUMATERA
Authors: Marisa Hanifa
Published: March 2017

An invesgation about size and colour of Marchantia sp moss, had been done in Cughup Embun water fall, Pagar Alam, South Sumatera, Indonesia at November 9th, 2014(end of drough season). The aim was to know wether the distance from water fall (air and soil moisture) should effect the size and colour of those moss. Twenty meters sistematically distance in 4 points location  from above slope to water fall pond; 5, 25, 45, 65 and 85 m were considered for Marchantia sp sampling. Body size, colour and existing of Sporangium were noted. It is found that the size of moss body gradually bigger from 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.3  and 1.3 cm. Colour of moss change An from pale brown, pale green, green and deep green. Amount  of archegoniopore seems exist in many number at 45 m distance from above ground.Keywords: Marchantia sp, moisture, archegoniopore, antheridiopore.
PANTAI PASIR PADI (PADDY SAND BEACH) OF BANGKA ISLAND; CRABS (Scopimera sp) POPULATION, FEEDING BEHAVIOUR AND THEIR BIRD PREDATOR
Authors: Marisa Hanifa , Ridho Mohammad Rasyid , Sarno -
Published: March 2017

An observation about beach crab (Scopimera sp) population, their feeding behaviour and predator bird had been done at October 9 th, 2014 in Pantai Pasir Padi, Eastern Bangka Island beach, near Pangkal Pinang town. Ten 1 meter square plots were put at sandy beach and number of Scopimera sp be counted by the number of their hole nest home. Their feeding behaviour observed directly by eye-watching and video making. The threatening of bird predator was noted too.  The investigation find out that the mean of crabs population is 17 individu/m2 .  They come out from home hole for feeding around by sieving wet sand that be taken by front legs, obsorb organic nutrious material by mouth and kick residual sand to behind legs, move it as a small sand ball to right of left back side.  Production of small ball sand were about 15 - 30 balls /per minute. For making the nest hole, bigger sand ball were produced about 7 – 9 ball/minute; ball colour is same with under layer beach sand; quite grey. The crabs run instinctivey fast, when the threat come from their natural enemy, predator bird, Actitis hypoleucos.  Bird searching behaviour look adapted to the fast run of crab.
DRAGONFLIES INVENTORY (Odonata) IN KOTA WARINGIN VILLAGE, PUDING BESAR DISTRICT – BANGKA ISLAND
Authors: Pratama Rahmat , Rosalini Rega Alfi
Published: March 2017

Odonata is considered an environmental indicator group of freshwater habitats. Thus there is a need to have a good baseline data to use it for monitoring fluvial habitats. However, species composition of Odonata in Kota Waringin Village is poorly known.This study aims to determine the diversity of dragonfly species in the Kota Waringin Village, Puding Besar District – Bangka Island. Data were collected at Three different ecosystems in Kota Waringin Village area (River in Forest, River in oil palm plantations and yard). Location for data collection based on the availability of water resources using purposive sampling method. The species were identified using identification books (Dragonfly of Singapore and Australian Dragonfly). Based on research we revealed 13 species of dragonflies are exist in three sampling locations (Agrionoptera insignis, Brachydiplax chalybea, Heliaeschna crassa, Ictinogomphus decoratus melaenops, Nannophya pygmaea, Neurothemis fluctuans, Neurothemis ramburii, Neurothemis terminata, Orthetrum chrysis, Orthetrum Sabina, Rhodothemis rufa, Zyxomma petiolatum and Rhyothemis phyllis). Keywords       :  Odonata, Dragonflies, Inventory, Conservation, Bangka Island
DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLIES (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) IN CAMPUS AREA INDRALAYA SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH SUMATRA
Authors: Lamin Syafrina , Sari Nirmila , Setiawan Doni
Published: March 2017

Research on Diversity and distribution of butterflies, was held at the Campus Indralaya Sriwijaya University of South Sumatra. The purpose of this study was to obtain information species diversity of butterflies at the Sriwijaya University of Inderalaya and distribution of species of butterflies in several different habitat types in the campus area Unsri Indralaya. The study used purposive and collection methods in November 2014-january 2015. Sampling sites were divided into five locations: Arboretum, Science Faculty, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Agriculture and Swamp Cape Disconnect. The parameters used are the index of species diversity, dominance index, and evenness index. The results showed that the diversity of butterflies in the region is classified as moderate. Overall found as many as 40 species of butterflies with a number of 609 individuals consisting of 5 the Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, and Hesperiidae. Regions Sriwijaya University has a diversity of butterflies that were moderate with criteria (H'1≤H'≤3), in each different habitat types, and not found butterfly species that dominate in every type of habitat in this Unsri region. Distribution of butterflies found in the campus area Unsri Indralaya categorized fairly evenly with a range of values from 0.58 to 0.68.Keywords: Butterflies,  Diversity,  Distribution , Sriwijaya University of Indralaya
Challenges of managing a European brown bear population; lessons from Sweden, 1943–2013
Authors: Swenson Jon E. , Schneider Michael , Zedrosser Andreas , Söderberg Arne , Franzén Robert , Kindberg Jonas
Published: March 2017

‘Adaptive management’, which has been defined as the repeated iteration between management action, scientific assessment and revised management action, leading to a strengthened foundation for management, is required by Swedish law to be incorporated into the management of large carnivores. We have evaluated whether the size and/or trend of the brown bear Ursus arctos population in Sweden corresponded to management‐decided national objectives during five management regimes during the past 70 years (1943—2013). We found that the objective had been met in only one period, when it had been worded very vaguely. During the last period studied (2008—2013), when management was carried out on the county level and adaptive management was required by the Swedish Government, four of six counties met their trend objectives, but only one of six met the population objectives, although one was close to meeting them. Sociological studies have documented major problems in communication among the members of the county delegations responsible for the management of large carnivores. As adaptive management apparently never has been implemented successfully in brown bear management in Sweden, we recommend that the Delegations for Game Management be mandated to integrate up‐to‐date, scientifically documented biological information into their decisions. This is not done consistently today. Researchers should be involved in the process to inform about relevant, available information, design testable scientific ‘experiments’ based on the predicted results of management decisions, and evaluate the results in relation to the predictions, perhaps as members of a ‘boundary organization’ consisting of researchers, managers and stakeholders. This would require a new management paradigm, because many in Sweden seem to be skeptical to the idea of involving researchers in management.
Outcomes of Hospitalised Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Authors: Boussaid Ghilas , Prigent Hélène , Caranhac Gilbert , Annane Djillali , Devaux Christian , Orlikowski David , Lofaso Frédéric
Published: March 2017

Background: In France, referral centres in teaching hospitals were created 10 years ago to provide MD patients with treatments and follow-up designed to prevent complications and improve outcomes. Respiratory failure is a major cause of death among subjects with MD, and its prevention and treatment can serve as a touchstone for assessing the effectiveness of MD care pathways.

Objective: We report data from a preliminary study of admissions of MD patients in France and of factors associated with mortality, with special emphasis on respiratory failure [RF].

Methods: Retrospective analysis of the data from the French nationwide hospital database [ Programme de M é dicalisation des syst é mes d’ information, PMSI] for 2009 and 2010.

Results: 7187 admissions of patients with MD were included in the study. Most admissions were to teaching hospitals [5913/7187, 82.3%]. 302 [4.2%] patients were admitted for RF requiring invasive ventilation, 924 [12.9%] for RF requiring only NIV or high-flow oxygen therapy, and 5961 [82.9%] required no respiratory assistance. 494 [6.9%] admissions occurred on an emergency basis. 77/7187 [1.1%] patients died while hospitalised. Teaching-hospital admission was associated with lower frequencies of emergency admission [3.08% vs. 24.5%, p < 0.01] and in-hospital death [0.71% vs. 2.75%, p < 0.01].

Conclusions: Our data suggest that there is room for improvement in care pathways for MD patients requiring admission. Admission to referral centres may provide the best outcomes.

Further studies are needed to assess associations between healthcare pathways and outcomes of MD subjects.
Dopamine Transporter Imaging has no Impact on Functional Outcomes in de Novo Probable Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Hickey Patrick T. , Kuchibhatla Maragatha , Scott Burton , Gauger Lisa , Stacy Mark A.
Published: March 2017

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is among the most prevalent neurodegenerative conditions. While motor and non-motor aspects of this disease have been well characterized, no objective biomarker exists to support an accurate clinical diagnosis. However, newer imaging techniques, including [123I]-FP-CIT (DaTSCAN), have demonstrated utility in differentiating between PD and non-neurodegenerative tremor disorders.

Objective: DaTSCAN has been primarily investigated in situations where diagnostic confusion exists, and in these instances has been shown to significantly impact clinical management. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the impact of DaTSCAN on the clinical management of patients with early probable PD, where no diagnostic uncertainty exists.

Methods: This was a prospective, 54-week, comparative pilot study, in which twenty subjects with de novo PD were randomly assigned to DaTSCAN either immediately upon diagnosis (and again at 6 and 12 months) or delayed to 6 months (and again at 12 months). The primary outcome measure was the frequency of deviation from the initial treatment plan from baseline to 54 weeks between the two groups. Secondary outcomes included motor and non-motor assessments.

Results: There was no significant difference in the number of treatment changes over the course of the study between the two groups: initial imaging group = 4.2 (SD:2.74) vs. delayed imaging group = 2.3 (SD:2.0, p = 0.11). In addition, there were no group differences in medication requirements, motor performance, or patient expectations of disease.

Conclusions: In patients with early, probable PD, DaTSCAN contributes no additional impact on clinical management or functional outcomes when added to the diagnostic algorithm.
Spherically symmetric volume elements as basis functions for image reconstructions in computed laminography
Authors: Trampert Patrick , Vogelgesang Jonas , Schorr Christian , Maisl Michael , Bogachev Sviatoslav , Marniok Nico , Louis Alfred , Dahmen Tim , Slusallek Philipp
Published: March 2017

BACKGROUND:

Laminography is a tomographic technique that allows three-dimensional imaging of flat, elongated objects that stretch beyond the extent of a reconstruction volume. Laminography datasets can be reconstructed using iterative algorithms based on the Kaczmarz method.

OBJECTIVE:

The goal of this study is to develop a reconstruction algorithm that provides superior reconstruction quality for a challenging class of problems.

METHODS:

Images are represented in computer memory using coefficients over basis functions, typically piecewise constant functions (voxels). By replacing voxels with spherically symmetric volume elements (blobs) based on generalized Kaiser-Bessel window functions, we obtained an adapted version of the algebraic reconstruction technique.

RESULTS:

Band-limiting properties of blob functions are beneficial particular in the case of noisy projections and if only a limited number of projections is available. In this case, using blob basis functions improved the full-width-at-half-maximum resolution from 10.2±1.0 to 9.9±0.9 ( p value = 2.3·10-4). For the same dataset, the signal-to-noise ratio improved from 16.1 to 31.0. The increased computational demand per iteration is compensated for by a faster convergence rate, such that the overall performance is approximately identical for blobs and voxels.

CONCLUSIONS:

Despite the higher complexity, tomographic reconstruction from computed laminography data should be implemented using blob basis functions, especially if noisy data is expected.
The Wardrobe Goods of Anna of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland and England (1574–1619)
Authors: Field Jemma
Published: March 2017

This article analyses and transcribes an inventory of the wardrobe goods of Anna of Denmark, queen consort of Scotland and England, which was compiled in 1608, and annotated up to and including 1611. The inventory reveals the types of goods that Anna owned, the movement of garments between residences, her involvement in the politicized custom of gift exchange and the concept of her appearance as a point of diplomacy. Arguing that Anna's visual appearance was considered and strategic, it further discredits her narrow and largely negative historiography, which has routinely cast her as a recklessly indulgent and fanciful queen. Anna's tactical visual emulation of Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603), pointed use of recognizable pieces of inherited jewellery and politically significant colours of dress are discussed.
Scottish Late Seventeenth-Century Male Clothing (Part 2): The Barrock Estate Clothing Finds Described
Authors: Wilcox David
Published: March 2017

The National Museums Scotland collections include clothes and textiles recovered from Scottish peat bogs, examples which are revealing of vernacular, non-elite dress in Scotland. One of these sets, the clothes recovered from peat moss at Quintfall Hill on the Barrock Estate, near Keiss, Caithness and dating from the late seventeenth century are the subject of this article. Although reported in some detail after their discovery in 1920, very little further consideration was given to these clothes. This article, the second of two, describes the finds in more detail and discusses them in the context of other Scottish and Irish finds of the period c. 1650–c. 1750, and draws on recent discoveries about the textiles. Pattern-cutting analyses of the garments are also presented as diagrams and discussed in relation to the cut and tailoring of surviving examples elsewhere.
‘It is the Hat that Matters the Most’: Hats, Propriety and Fashion in British Fiction, 1890–1930
Authors: Nicklas Charlotte
Published: March 2017

Essential to both propriety and fashion, hats were a crucial aspect of British female dress and appearance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article shows how British novelists of this period, ranging from mainstream to experimental, understood this importance. With appropriate contextualization, these literary depictions can illuminate how women wore and felt about their hats. Authors such as Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dorothy Whipple and Virginia Woolf used these accessories to explore social respectability and convention, the pleasures and challenges of following fashion, and consumption strategies among women. Despite the era's significant social changes, remarkable continuity exists in these literary representations of hats.
RETRACTED: Curcumin Improves Palmitate-Induced Insulin Resistance in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Maintaining Proteostasis in Endoplasmic Reticulum
Authors: Ye Mao , Qiu Hong , Cao Yingkang , Zhang Min , Mi Yan , Yu Jing , Wang Changhua
Published: March 2017

Dysfunction of proteasome and autophagy will result in disturbance of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteostasis, and thus lead to long-term and chronic ER stress and subsequent unfolded protein response (UPR), which is implicated in the occurrence and development of insulin resistance. Curcumin exerts beneficial metabolic effects in in vitro cells and in vivo animal models of diabetes and diabetic complications including cardiovascular diseases, due to its powerful anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its impacts on insulin resistance of endothelial cells and its underlying mechanism(s) remain ill-defined. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that curcumin action in ER protein quality control was related to improvement of insulin resistance in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) cultured with saturated fatty acid palmitate. We found that palmitate treatment induced insulin resistance of HUVECs and activated both the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and autophagy. Palmitate-stimulated activation of the UPS and autophagy was attenuated by pharmacological inhibition of ER stress. In addition, curcumin supplementation mitigated palmitate-induced insulin resistance, inhibited the UPS, and activated autophagy. Furthermore, curcumin administration suppressed palmitate-induced protein aggregation and ER stress. Genetic inhibition of autophagy by silencing autophagy protein 5 (Atg5) completely restored total protein ubiquitination and protein aggregation in HUVECs treated with combined curcumin and palmitate. Atg5-knockdown also abolished the beneficial effects of curcumin on palmitate-induced ER stress, JNK/IRS-1 pathway as well as insulin signaling. Our results reveal that curcumin-activated autophagy could maintain proteostasis in ER leading to attenuation of ER stress and subsequent inhibition of JNK/IRS-1 pathway and improvement of insulin resistance.
The Proposal of Magnetic Suspension using Laterally Control Flux-Path Mechanism
Authors: Ishibashi Naoki , Mizuno Takeshi , Ishino Yuji , Yamaguchi Daisuke , Hara Masayuki , Takasaki Masaya , Yamada Kazuki
Published: March 2017

A novel flux control magnetic suspension system that places control plates beside the magnetic source (permanent magnet) is proposed. In a conventional flux-path control magnetic suspension system, the control plates were inserted between the magnetic source and the suspended object (floator). In contrast, the control plates were placed beside the magnetic source in the proposed system. In such a configuration, the effective gap becomes larger than in the conventional system. Basic characteristics of the proposed magnetic suspension system were studied both numerically and experimentally. The numerical analyses show that the attractive force acting on the floator increases as the position of the lateral ring-shape control plate increases. The variation of the attractive force is sufficient for the stabilization of the suspension system. It is also shown that lateral force can be generated by dividing the plates into halves and moving them differentially. The predicted characteristics are confirmed experimentally in a fabricated apparatus with a three-axis force sensor and a gap adjustment mechanism.
Question-Driven Methodology for Analyzing Emergency Room Processes Using Process Mining
Authors: Rojas Eric , Sepúlveda Marcos , Munoz-Gama Jorge , Capurro Daniel , Traver Vicente , Fernandez-Llatas Carlos
Published: March 2017

In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Emergency Rooms (ER), it is important to provide answers to frequently-posed questions regarding all relevant processes executed therein. Process mining provides different techniques and tools that help to obtain insights into the analyzed processes and help to answer these questions. However, ER experts require certain guidelines in order to carry out process mining effectively. This article proposes a number of solutions, including a classification of the frequently-posed questions about ER processes, a data reference model to guide the extraction of data from the information systems that support these processes and a question-driven methodology specific for ER. The applicability of the latter is illustrated by means of a case study of an ER service in Chile, in which ER experts were able to obtain a better understanding of how they were dealing with episodes related to specific pathologies, triage severity and patient discharge destinations.