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Effectiveness of revascularization of the ulcerated foot in patients with diabetes and peripheral artery disease: a systematic review
Authors: Hinchliffe R. J. , Brownrigg J. R. W. , Andros G. , Apelqvist J. , Boyko E. J. , Fitridge R. , Mills J. L. , Reekers J. , Shearman C. P. , Zierler R. E. , Schaper N. C. ,   on behalf of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF)
Published: September 2015

Symptoms or signs of peripheral artery disease (PAD) can be observed in up to 50% of the patients with a diabetic foot ulcer and is a risk factor for poor healing and amputation. In 2012, a multidisciplinary working group of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot published a systematic review on the effectiveness of revascularization of the ulcerated foot in patients with diabetes and PAD. This publication is an update of this review and now includes the results of a systematic search for therapies to revascularize the ulcerated foot in patients with diabetes and PAD from 1980 to June 2014. Only clinically relevant outcomes were assessed. The research conformed to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analyses guidelines, and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network methodological scores were assigned. A total of 56 articles were eligible for full‐text review. There were no randomized controlled trials, but there were four nonrandomized studies with a control group. The major outcomes following endovascular or open bypass surgery were broadly similar among the studies. Following open surgery, the 1‐year limb salvage rates were a median of 85% (interquartile range of 80–90%), and following endovascular revascularization, these rates were 78% (70–89%). At 1‐year follow‐up, 60% or more of ulcers had healed following revascularization with either open bypass surgery or endovascular techniques. Studies appeared to demonstrate improved rates of limb salvage associated with revascularization compared with the results of conservatively treated patients in the literature. There were insufficient data to recommend one method of revascularization over another. There is a real need for standardized reporting of baseline demographic data, severity of disease and outcome reporting in this group of patients.
Ligand‐binding and constitutive FGF receptors in single Drosophila tracheal cells: Implications for the role of FGF in collective migration
Authors: Lebreton Gaëlle , Casanova Jordi
Published: September 2015

Background: The migration of individual cells relies on their capacity to evaluate differences across their bodies and to move either toward or against a chemoattractant or a chemorepellent signal respectively. However, the direction of collective migration is believed to depend on the internal organization of the cell cluster while the role of the external signal is limited to single out some cells in the cluster, conferring them with motility properties. Results: Here we analyzed the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) signaling in collective migration in the Drosophila trachea. While ligand‐binding FGF receptor (FGFR) activity in a single cell can drive migration of a tracheal cluster, we show that activity from a constitutively activated FGFR cannot—an observation that contrasts with previously analyzed cases. Conclusions: Our results indicate that individual cells in the tracheal cluster can “read” differences in the distribution of FGFR activity and lead migration of the cluster accordingly. Thus, FGF can act as a chemoattractant rather than as a motogen in collective cell migration. This finding has many implications in both development and pathology. Developmental Dynamics 245:372–378, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Alliance and symptom improvement in inpatient treatment for eating disorder patients: A study of within‐patient processes
Authors: Vrabel KariAnne R. , Ulvenes Pål G. , Wampold Bruce
Published: September 2015

Objective

This study examined the reciprocal relationship between alliance and symptoms during treatment for patients with eating disorders (ED).

Methods

Ninety one patients with EDs received inpatient cognitive‐behavioral therapy treatment over 14 weeks. The study used repeated measurements during treatment and collected alliance and symptom measures. The analysis separated the effects of alliance and symptoms into between‐ and within‐patient effects in a multilevel analysis.

Results

 The results show a reciprocal relationship with between‐patient alliance predicting ED symptoms and between‐patient ED symptoms predicting alliance the subsequent weeks. However, for within‐patient effects only alliance predicted ED symptoms the subsequent week.

Discussion

The results nuance the effect of the alliance in this patient group, and paint a complex picture of alliance in the psychotherapy process. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2015; 48:1113–1121).
Psychopharmacology and Bariatric Surgery
Authors: Roerig James L. , Steffen Kristine
Published: September 2015

Currently, it has been demonstrated that psychotropic drugs, particularly antidepressants, are frequently prescribed for patients who seek bariatric surgery. Many bariatric surgery patients have a history of a mood disorder. Unlike medications for diabetes, hypertension or hyperlipidemia, which are generally reduced and at times discontinued, postsurgery antidepressants use is only slightly reduced. The Roux‐en‐Y procedure is most frequently associated with alteration in drug exposure. Medication disintegration, dissolution, absorption, metabolism and excretion have been found to be altered in postbariatric patients, although data are sparse at this time. This paper will review the current evidence regarding the effect of bariatric surgery on drug treatment including mechanism of interference as well as the extent of changes identified to date. Data will be presented as controlled trials followed by case series and reports. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
Microwave‐assisted Regioselective Synthesis of Novel Bis(azoles) and Bis(azoloazines)
Authors: Al‐Bogami Abdullah S. , Mekky Ahmed E. M.
Published: September 2015

We introduce efficient regioselective synthesis of a series of novel bis(pyrazoles) and bis(isoxazoles) via 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition reaction under microwave irradiation. Unequivocal structural assignment of the obtained regioisomers was determined utilizing 1H‐13C HMBC NMR techniques as a valuable tool. A comparative study of the aforementioned reactions was carried out under conventional method as well as under microwave irradiation conditions.
Adaptive isogeometric finite element analysis of steady‐state groundwater flow
Authors: Bekele Yared W. , Kvamsdal Trond , Kvarving Arne M. , Nordal Steinar
Published: September 2015

Numerical challenges occur in the simulation of groundwater flow problems because of complex boundary conditions, varying material properties, presence of sources or sinks in the flow domain, or a combination of these. In this paper, we apply adaptive isogeometric finite element analysis using locally refined (LR) B‐splines to address these types of problems. The fundamentals behind isogeometric analysis and LR B‐splines are briefly presented. Galerkin's method is applied to the standard weak formulation of the governing equation to derive the linear system of equations. A posteriori error estimates are calculated to identify which B‐splines should be locally refined. The error estimates are calculated based on recovery of the L2‐projected solution. The adaptive analysis method is first illustrated by performing simulation of benchmark problems with analytical solutions. Numerical applications to two‐dimensional groundwater flow problems are then presented. The problems studied are flow around an impervious corner, flow around a cutoff wall, and flow in a heterogeneous medium. The convergence rates obtained with adaptive analysis using local refinement were, in general, observed to be of optimal order in contrast to simulations with uniform refinement. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Topology optimization of continuum structures subjected to uncertainties in material properties
Authors: da Silva G. A. , Cardoso E. L.
Published: September 2015

This work addresses the use of the topology optimization approach to the design of robust continuum structures under the hypothesis of uncertainties with known second‐order statistics. To this end, the second‐order perturbation approach is used to model the response of the structure, and the midpoint discretization technique is used to discretize the random field. The objective function is a weighted sum of the expected compliance and its standard deviation. The optimization problem is solved using a traditional optimality criteria method. It is shown that the correlation length plays an important role in the obtained topology and statistical moments when only the minimization of the standard deviation is considered, resulting in more and thinner reinforcements as the correlation length decreases. It is also shown that the minimization of the expected value is close to the minimization of the deterministic compliance for small variations of Young's modulus. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Theoretical study on the mechanism of thieno[3,2‐b]benzofuran bromination: the importance of Lewis and non‐Lewis type NBOs interactions along the reaction path
Authors: Vektariene Ausra
Published: September 2015

A density functional theory study has been performed to estimate the electrophilic thieno[3,2‐b]benzofuran bromination reaction. Optimized structures for all stationary points were examined by employing the B3LYP and BMK at the 6‐31++G(d,p), 6‐311G(d,p), and 6‐311++G(d,p) levels of theory. The solvent polarity has a significant effect on a reduction of activation energies barriers. The reaction involves the formation of a triangle complex, migration of a proton through the bromine moiety followed by ionization of the bromine bond, and activation to the σ‐complex. Finally, the σ‐complex transforms into the reaction products. The natural bond orbital (NBO) population analysis was performed along the reaction minimal energy path defined as a function of the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC). The evolution of interaction energies between filled and empty NBOs along IRC has been estimated. The importance of these interactions for the disruption of BrBr and CH bonds and creation of CBr and HBr bonds have been emphasized. The changes in NBOs hybridization, covalency effects, electrostatic potential density maps, and occupancy of natural bonds have been investigated along IRC. The results obtained explain well the essence of bonding transformations and electron density changes during the reaction. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Genotype by environment interactions and agronomic performance of doubled haploids testcross maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids
Authors: Sserumaga Julius Pyton , Oikeh Sylvester O. , Mugo Stephen , Asea Godfrey , Otim Michael , Beyene Yoseph , Abalo Grace , Kikafunda Joseph
Published: September 2015

In vivo production of maternal haploid plants and advancement in chromosome doubling technology has led to rapid production of doubled haploid homozygous lines. These in turn have boosted rapid advancement in most breeding programs. This has resulted in production of a large number of maize hybrids which need testing across production environments to select the most suitable hybrids for release and cultivation. The objective of this study was to assess the genotype × environment interactions (GE) for grain yield and other agronomic traits and evaluate the performance of 44 recently developed doubled haploids (DH) testcross hybrids along with six checks across five locations in Uganda. Significant mean squares for environment (E), genotype (G) and GE were observed for all studied traits. Environment explained 46.5 % of the total variance, while G and GE contributed 13.2 and 7.2 %, respectively. Genetic correlations among locations were high (0.999), suggesting little GE among environments. The 10 best testcross hybrids had a 49.2 % average grain yield advantage over the six checks at all locations. DH hybrids CKHDHH0887, CKDHH0878, CKDHH0859, WM1210, CKDHH0858, and WM1214 were the most stable, across locations. The DH testcross hybrids produced higher grain yield and possessed acceptable agronomic traits compared to the commercial hybrids developed earlier. Use of the best DH testcross hybrids, well targeted to the production environments, could boost maize production among farmers.
Demographic, Behavioural and Normative Risk Factors for Gambling Problems Amongst Sports Bettors
Authors: Hing Nerilee , Russell Alex M. T. , Vitartas Peter , Lamont Matthew
Published: September 2015

Sports betting is growing exponentially, is heavily marketed and successfully targets young adult males. Associated gambling problems are increasing. Therefore, understanding risk factors for problem gambling amongst sports bettors is an increasingly important area of research to inform the appropriate design and targeting of public health and treatment interventions. This study aimed to identify demographic, behavioural and normative risk factors for gambling problems amongst sports bettors. An online survey of 639 Australian sports bettors using online, telephone and retail betting channels was conducted. Results indicated that vulnerable sports bettors for higher risk gambling are those who are young, male, single, educated, and employed full-time or a full-time student. Risk of problem gambling was also found to increase with greater frequency and expenditure on sports betting, greater diversity of gambling involvement, and with more impulsive responses to betting opportunities, including in-play live action betting. Normative influences from media advertising and from significant others were also associated with greater problem gambling risk. The results of this study can inform a suite of intervention, protection and treatment initiatives targeted especially at young male adults and adolescents that can help to limit the harm from this gambling form.
Diagnose von Bewertungskompetenz durch Biologielehrkräfte – Negieren eigener Fähigkeiten oder Bewältigen einer Herausforderung?
Authors: Steffen Benjamin , Hößle Corinna
Published: September 2015

Die Integration des durch die Bildungsstandards vorgegebenen Kompetenzbereichs ‚Bewertung‘ in den Biologieunterricht ist mit Schwierigkeiten für Lehrende und Lernende verbunden. Insbesondere das Diagnostizieren von Schülerleistungen im Bereich ethischen Bewertens durch Lehrkräfte stellt in diesem Kontext einen Problembereich dar. Davon ausgehend befasst sich die vorliegende Studie mit Deutungs- und Handlungsmustern von Biologielehrkräften zur Diagnose von Bewertungskompetenz. Die Datenerhebungen im Rahmen dieser qualitativen Studie beinhalten die von zwei Interviews mit der jeweiligen Lehrkraft eingerahmte Videographie einer Unterrichtsstunde zur Förderung von Bewertungskompetenz. Die Auswertung der Interviewdaten erfolgte nach den Verfahren der Grounded Theory. Die zentrale Kategorie im Hinblick auf die Diagnose von Bewertungskompetenz wurde als „Negiertes Bewältigen“ konzeptualisiert. Dieses Konzept beschreibt die Erscheinung, dass die interviewten Lehrkräfte Unsicherheiten und Schwierigkeiten bei der Diagnose von Bewertungskompetenz nannten oder sich ihre diesbezüglichen Fähigkeiten ganz absprachen, gleichzeitig jedoch in der Lage waren, wesentliche Aspekte von Bewertungskompetenz in ausgewählten Videovignetten zu diagnostizieren. Das Phänomen wird hinsichtlich seiner ursächlichen, kontextuellen und intervenierenden Bedingungen, der Handlungsstrategien und Konsequenzen beschreibend erklärt. Aus den Ergebnissen werden Implikationen für die Lehrerbildung abgeleitet.
Peer status beyond adolescence: Types and behavioral associations
Authors: Ruschoff Britta , Dijkstra Jan Kornelis , Veenstra René , Lindenberg Siegwart
Published: September 2015

This study investigates the types and behavioral associations of peer status in school‐bound young adults in the Netherlands. We argue that adolescent peer popularity and its link with aggressive and norm‐breaking behavior result from adolescents' desire to create an image of maturity among their peers. We expect that in young adults who are approaching working life, peer status is defined by affective measures of status and prosociality rather than adverse behaviors. Analyses revealed a three cluster solution of (1) liked, (2) liked‐popular and (3) neutral members of the peer group, showing that status is primarily defined by being well‐liked, though popularity remains relevant. Status was primarily associated with prosocial behavior, especially for females. Peer status in young males remained associated with overt aggressive behavior.
The effect of toxofilin on the structure and dynamics of monomeric actin
Authors: Czimbalek Lívia , Kollár Veronika , Kardos Roland , Lőrinczy Dénes , Nyitrai Miklós , Hild Gábor
Published: September 2015

The effects of toxofilin (an actin binding protein ofToxoplasma gondii) on G‐actin was studied with spectroscopy techniques. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements proved that G‐actin and toxofilin interact with 2:1 stoichiometry. The affinity of toxofilin to actin was also determined with a fluorescence anisotropy assay. Fluorescence quenching experiments showed that the accessibility of the actin bound ε‐ATP decreased in the presence of toxofilin. The results can be explained by the shift of the nucleotide binding cleft into a closed conformational state. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements revealed that actin monomers become thermodynamically more stable due to the binding of toxofilin.
Rab7a and Rab27b control secretion of endothelial microRNA through extracellular vesicles
Authors: Jaé Nicolas , McEwan David G. , Manavski Yosif , Boon Reinier A. , Dimmeler Stefanie
Published: September 2015

By transporting regulatory RNAs like microRNAs, extracellular vesicles provide a novel layer of intercellular gene regulation. However, the underlying secretory pathways and the mechanisms of cargo selection are poorly understood. Rab GTPases are central coordinators of membrane trafficking with distinct members of this family being responsible for specific transport pathways. Here we identified a vesicular export mechanism for miR‐143, induced by the shear stress responsive transcription factor KLF2, and demonstrate its dependency on Rab7a/Rab27b in endothelial cells.
The polyamine oxidase from lycophyteSelaginella lepidophylla (SelPAO5), unlike that of angiosperms, back‐converts thermospermine to norspermidine
Authors: Sagor G.H.M. , Inoue Masataka , Kim Dong Wook , Kojima Seiji , Niitsu Masaru , Berberich Thomas , Kusano Tomonobu
Published: September 2015

In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such asArabidopsis thaliana PAO5 andOryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back‐convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 fromSelaginella lepidophylla, also prefers spermine and thermospermine but instead back‐converts these substrates to spermidine and norspermidine, respectively. This finding indicates that the clade III PAOs of lycophytes and angiosperms oxidize thermospermine at different carbon positions. We discuss the physiological significance of this difference.
The Platonic Alcibiades I
Authors: Renaud François , Tarrant Harold
Published: September 2015

Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the authenticity of the Platonic Alcibiades I have unnecessarily impeded its interpretation ever since. It positions itself firmly within the Platonic and Socratic traditions, and should therefore be approached in the same way as most other Platonic dialogues. It paints a vivid portrait of a Socrates in his late thirties tackling the unrealistic ambitions of the youthful Alcibiades, urging him to come to know himself and to care for himself. François Renaud and Harold Tarrant re-examine the drama and philosophy of Alcibiades I with an eye on those interpreters who cherished it most. Modern scholars regularly play down one or more of the religious, erotic, philosophic or dramatic aspects of the dialogue, so ancient Platonist interpreters are given special consideration. This rich study will interest a wide range of readers in ancient philosophy.
A Conceptual History of Psychology
Authors: Greenwood John D.
Published: September 2015

In the new edition of this original and penetrating book, John D. Greenwood provides an in-depth analysis of the subtle conceptual continuities and discontinuities that inform the history of psychology from the speculations of the Ancient Greeks to contemporary cognitive psychology. He also demonstrates the fashion in which different conceptions of human and animal psychology and behavior have become associated and disassociated over the centuries. Moving easily among psychology, history of science, physiology, and philosophy, Greenwood provides a critically challenging account of the development of psychology as a science. He relates the remarkable stories of the intellectual pioneers of modern psychology, while exploring the social and political milieu in which they operated, and dispels many of the myths of the history of psychology, based upon the best historical scholarship of recent decades. This is an impressive overview that will appeal to scholars and graduate students of the history of psychology.
The Value of the Novel
Authors: Boxall Peter
Published: September 2015

Peter Boxall's The Value of the Novel offers a reappraisal of the ethical, political and literary value of the novel as a genre at turning point in the history both of literature and of criticism. As the dominant critical concerns of the twentieth century faded, and new cultural and technological environments emerged, Boxall argues that we lost our collective sense of the purpose of the novel. This book responds to this predicament by demonstrating why and how the novel matters to us today. Ranging from Daniel Defoe to Zadie Smith, Boxall shows how the formal properties of the novel allow us to imagine the worlds in which we live. This is a vibrant, compelling and richly informed critical perspective that asks us to see anew how central fiction is to our idea of the world, and how richly the novel informs our attempts to understand our present and our future.
The Annals of My Village
Authors: Roberts Mary
Published: September 2015

The writer Mary Roberts (1788–1864) developed an interest in natural history while growing up in the Gloucestershire countryside. This work of observations on wildlife, plants and the weather, though written while she was living in the village of Sheepscombe, near Painswick, was not published until 1831, some time after she had moved to London with her widowed mother and was a published author. Each chapter is devoted to a month of the year, and Roberts' acute observation of nature is enhanced by her considerable knowledge: she cites Withering and Cuvier (both also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection) as her reference sources for plants and animals respectively. Her motive is 'a sincere desire to interest the dwellers among rural scenes in the … natural objects that surround them', and there is plenty to interest the modern reader in this charming account of the ecology of a remote rural hamlet.
A Child's History of England
Authors: Dickens Charles
Published: September 2015

This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 3 covers the period from Henry VII through to the fall of James II, with a short chapter on events between 1688 and the accession of Queen Victoria.
Archaeological Resource Management
Authors: Carman John
Published: September 2015

Archaeological resource management (ARM) is the practice of recording, evaluating, preserving for future research and presenting to the public the material remains of the past. Almost all countries uphold a set of principles and laws for the preservation and professional management of archaeological remains. This book offers a critical and comparative perspective on the law and professional practices of managing archaeological remains. Beginning with a global history of ARM, John Carman provides an overview of legal and professional regulations governing ARM today. He then turns to consider the main practices involved in managing archaeological remains, namely, their identification and recording, their evaluation for 'significance', their preservation and their presentation to the public. As a whole, the book offers an overview of what ARM 'does' in the world, with implications for understanding the role of archaeology as a contemporary set of practices that determine how future generations will access material remains of the past.
The Archaeology of South Asia
Authors: Coningham Robin , Young Ruth
Published: September 2015

This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
The Archaeology of Malta
Authors: Sagona Claudia
Published: September 2015

The Maltese archipelago is a unique barometer for understanding cultural change in the central Mediterranean. Prehistoric people helped reshape the islands' economy and when Mediterranean maritime highways were being established, the islands became a significant lure to Phoenician colonists venturing from their Levantine homeland. Punic Malta also sat at the front line of regional hostilities until it fell to Rome. Preserved in this island setting are signs of people's endurance and adaptation to each new challenge. This book is the first systematic and up-to-date survey of the islands' archaeological evidence from the initial settlers to the archipelago's inclusion into the Roman world (c.5000 BC–400 AD). Claudia Sagona draws upon old and new discoveries and her analysis covers well-known sites such as the megalithic structures, as well as less familiar locations and discoveries. She interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices and cultural contact through several millennia.
Rights Come to Mind
Authors: Fins Joseph J.
Published: September 2015

Through the sobering story of Maggie Worthen and her mother, Nancy, this book tells of one family's struggle with severe brain injury and how developments in neuroscience call for a reconsideration of what society owes patients at the edge of consciousness. Drawing upon over fifty in-depth family interviews, the history of severe brain injury from Quinlan to Schiavo, and his participation in landmark clinical trials, such as the first use of deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state, Joseph J. Fins captures the paradox of medical and societal neglect even as advances in neuroscience suggest new ways to mend the broken brain. Responding to the dire care provided to these marginalized patients, after heroically being saved, Fins places society's obligations to patients with severe injury within the historical legacy of the civil and disability rights movements, offering a stirring synthesis of public policy and physician advocacy.
Pretense and Pathology
Authors: Armour-Garb Bradley , Woodbridge James A.
Published: September 2015

In this book, Bradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge distinguish various species of fictionalism, locating and defending their own version of philosophical fictionalism. Addressing semantic and philosophical puzzles that arise from ordinary language, they consider such issues as the problem of non-being, plural identity claims, mental-attitude ascriptions, meaning attributions, and truth-talk. They consider 'deflationism about truth', explaining why deflationists should be fictionalists, and show how their philosophical fictionalist account of truth-talk underwrites a dissolution of the Liar Paradox and its kin. They further explore the semantic notions of reference and predicate-satisfaction, showing how philosophical fictionalism can also resolve puzzles that these notions appear to present. Their critical examination of fictionalist approaches in philosophy, together with the development and application of their own brand of philosophical fictionalism, will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophical logic, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and linguistics.
Transnational Neofascism in France and Italy
Authors: Mammone Andrea
Published: September 2015

This book describes the establishment, evolution, and international links of the extreme right in one of the main Western European areas. Andrea Mammone details the long journey in the development of right-wing extremism in France and Italy, emphasizing the transfer, exchange, and borrowing of ideals, personnel, and strategies and the similarities among neofascist movements, activists, and thinkers across national boundaries from 1945 to the present day - including the Cold War years, the election of the European Parliament in 1979, and the 2014 EU elections. Mammone analyzes the adaptation of neofascism in society and politics; the building of international associations and pan-national networks; and the right-leaning responses to the defeat of fascism, European integration, decolonization, the events of 1968, immigration, and the recent EU-led austerity politics. As a book implicitly on space, borders, and belonging, it shows how some nationalisms may embody a transnational dimension and, at times, even pan-European stances.
Stability Regions of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Authors: Chiang Hsiao-Dong , Alberto Luís F. C.
Published: September 2015

This authoritative treatment covers theory, optimal estimation and a range of practical applications. The first book on the subject, and written by leading researchers, this clear and rigorous work presents a comprehensive theory for both the stability boundary and the stability regions of a range of nonlinear dynamical systems including continuous, discrete, complex, two-time-scale and non-hyperbolic systems, illustrated with numerical examples. The authors also propose new concepts of quasi-stability region and of relevant stability regions and their complete characterisations. Optimal schemes for estimating stability regions of general nonlinear dynamical systems are also covered, and finally the authors describe and explain how the theory is applied in applications including direct methods for power system transient stability analysis, nonlinear optimisation for finding a set of high-quality optimal solutions, stabilisation of nonlinear systems, ecosystem dynamics, and immunisation problems.
Symplectic Topology and Floer Homology
Authors: Oh Yong-Geun
Published: September 2015

Published in two volumes, this is the first book to provide a thorough and systematic explanation of symplectic topology, and the analytical details and techniques used in applying the machinery arising from Floer theory as a whole. Volume 1 covers the basic materials of Hamiltonian dynamics and symplectic geometry and the analytic foundations of Gromov's pseudoholomorphic curve theory. One novel aspect of this treatment is the uniform treatment of both closed and open cases and a complete proof of the boundary regularity theorem of weak solutions of pseudo-holomorphic curves with totally real boundary conditions. Volume 2 provides a comprehensive introduction to both Hamiltonian Floer theory and Lagrangian Floer theory. Symplectic Topology and Floer Homology is a comprehensive resource suitable for experts and newcomers alike.
Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia
Authors: Rieber Alfred J.
Published: September 2015

This is a major new study of the successor states that emerged in the wake of the collapse of the great Russian, Habsburg, Iranian, Ottoman and Qing Empires and of the expansionist powers who renewed their struggle over the Eurasian borderlands through to the end of the Second World War. Surveying the great power rivalry between the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan for control over the Western and Far Eastern boundaries of Eurasia, Alfred J. Rieber provides a new framework for understanding the evolution of Soviet policy from the Revolution through to the beginning of the Cold War. Paying particular attention to the Soviet Union, the book charts how these powers adopted similar methods to the old ruling elites to expand and consolidate their conquests, ranging from colonisation and deportation to forced assimilation, but applied them with a force that far surpassed the practices of their imperial predecessors.
Successful Grant Proposals in Science, Technology, and Medicine
Authors: Oster Sandra , Cordo Paul
Published: September 2015

There are many resources on grant writing in science, technology and medicine, but most do not provide the practical advice needed to write the narratives of grant proposals. Designed to help novice and experienced investigators write compelling narratives and acquire research funding, this is a detailed guide to the content, organisation, layout, phrasing, and scientific argumentation of narratives. The authors draw on more than twenty years of research and analysis of grant proposals, having worked extensively with investigators at different levels, from pre-doctoral students to senior scientists. They have used this experience to design a framework for scientific writing that you can apply directly to narratives. The guidelines and advice offered are applicable across many funding agencies, including the NIH and NSF. Featuring many real-life examples, the book covers a range of topics, from organisational alternatives to best practices in grammar and editing, overview visuals, and working with contributors.
Typographical Antiquities
Authors: Ames Joseph
Published: September 2015

When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718–95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), several of whose other works are also reissued in this series. Ames' history of printing, based on his own collection, was published in 1749, as an aid to booksellers in identifying old works (and modern forgeries). Herbert, a printseller and bibliophile, acquired Ames' own interleaved copy of the work and intended to enlarge it, but died having completed only three of six proposed volumes. His working copies then passed to Dibdin, who eventually published this four-volume edition between 1810 and 1819. Volume 2 considers the lives and work of printers including Wynken de Worde and Richard Pynson.
Typographical Antiquities
Authors: Ames Joseph
Published: September 2015

When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718–95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), several of whose other works are also reissued in this series. Ames' history of printing, based on his own collection, was published in 1749, as an aid to booksellers in identifying old works (and modern forgeries). Herbert, a printseller and bibliophile, acquired Ames' own interleaved copy of the work and intended to enlarge it, but died having completed only three of six proposed volumes. His working copies then passed to Dibdin, who eventually published this four-volume edition between 1810 and 1819. Volume 4 considers the lives and work of printers from Reynold Wolfe to Thomas Hacket.
The Vegetable Kingdom
Authors: Lindley John
Published: September 2015

Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799–1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution, and for saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. As an author, he is best remembered for his various works on taxonomy and classification. This work, one of his most famous, was first published in 1846; reissued here is the revised third edition of 1847. Lindley describes his motive as being 'to make his countrymen acquainted with the progress of Systematic Botany abroad' given that the 'superficial and useless system of Linnaeus' was now consigned to history. The work, nonetheless an important milestone in the development of plant taxonomy, gives an overview of the various classification systems used since that of John Ray, and goes on to define the vegetable kingdom in terms of classes and 'alliances' of plants.
Palissy the Potter
Authors: Morley Henry
Published: September 2015

This two-volume biography of the sixteenth-century French potter and natural scientist Bernard Palissy (c.1510–c.1590) was published in 1852, the year after the Great Exhibition, in which Palissy's extraordinary art had been brought before the Victorian public by Minton's highly decorated 'Palissy wares'. Henry Morley (1822–94) trained in medicine but later became an author and editor, writing for Charles Dickens among others. Here he gathers together all the material then available about Palissy, including the potter's own writings and a contemporary biography. Palissy was among the many European ceramicists who attempted to reproduce Chinese porcelain; his lack of success drove his family into poverty, but his highly ornamented wares, encrusted with sea creatures, came to the attention of Catherine de' Medici, who gave him her patronage and protection (he was a convinced Protestant). After her death he was sent to the Bastille, and died there.
A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament
Authors: Erskine May Thomas
Published: September 2015

'Erskine May', like 'Hansard', is a book recognised by its author's name much more readily than by its title; and, also like Hansard, it is closely connected to the work of the British Houses of Parliament. Thomas Erskine May (1815–86), clerk to the House of Commons, began his working life as assistant to the House of Commons librarian, and familiarised himself with constitutional history and parliamentary procedure during a long and distinguished career. This 1844 book describes the workings of Parliament, including its constitution, powers and privileges, practice and proceedings, and private bills. The history and traditions of the institution are examined, and current practice explained in detail. It went into several subsequent editions, and was translated into many languages. Erskine May was also a cautious but efficient reformer, streamlining procedures in order to manage much greater amounts of parliamentary business: his work is still consulted on procedural matters.
Treasures of Art in Great Britain
Authors: Waagen Gustav Friedrich
Published: September 2015

This four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809–93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance. After an essay on the history of art collecting in Britain, Volume 1 describes the treasures of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy.
Treasures of Art in Great Britain
Authors: Waagen Gustav Friedrich
Published: September 2015

This four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809–93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface to the first volume, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes, after an introductory essay, provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance and quality. Volume 2 describes the artworks in Buckingham Palace, Apsley House and other private collections in London.
The Life of Sir David Wilkie
Authors: Cunningham Allan
Published: September 2015

Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Born in Scotland, Wilkie became a student at the Royal Academy in 1805, and in the following years the uncompromising realism of his scenes from rural life made his name known and attracted royal patronage: he was appointed 'the King's Limner in Scotland' by George IV. This work was compiled by his friend, the poet and critic Allan Cunningham (1784–1842), who himself died shortly after correcting the proofs: it was seen through the press by his son. Volume 1 traces Wilkie's life from his childhood, through student days, to his visit to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford 1817.
Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Authors: Aubrey John
Published: September 2015

This three-volume compilation by the Oxford antiquary John Walker (1770–1831) consists mainly of manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum, but is significant because it contains the biographical notes on the 'lives of eminent men' furnished by John Aubrey (1626–97) to Anthony à Wood, who was at the time compiling his Athenae Oxonienses. Aubrey's subsequently famous Brief Lives were published for the first time in this 1813 work, and, although described as the fourth appendix to it, in fact comprise slightly less than half of the second volume and the entirety of the third. Volume 1 consist of letters between antiquaries including Kenelm Digby, John Cotton and William Dugdale, on topics ranging from the Cornish language and the cure for a bite from a mad dog to the visit of the Princess Anne to Oxford during the tumult of her father's deposition in 1688.
Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Authors: Aubrey John
Published: September 2015

This three-volume compilation by the Oxford antiquary John Walker (1770–1831) consists mainly of manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum, but is significant because it contains the biographical notes on the 'lives of eminent men' furnished by John Aubrey (1626–97) to Anthony à Wood, who was at the time compiling his Athenae Oxonienses. Aubrey's subsequently famous Brief Lives were published for the first time in this 1813 work, and, although described as the fourth appendix to it, in fact comprise slightly less than half of the second volume and the entirety of the third. Volume 2, Part 2 consists of the remainder of Aubrey's 'lives', organised alphabetically from Foote to Wright, together with his extended biography of Thomas Hobbes, which the famous philosopher had asked his friend Aubrey to write, but which again existed only in manuscript form until it was published in this compilation.
The Works of John Hunter, F.R.S.
Authors: Hunter John , Ottley Drewry
Published: September 2015

The surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728–93) left a famous legacy in the Hunterian Museum of medical specimens now in the Royal College of Surgeons, and in this collection of his writings, edited by James Palmer, with a biography by Drewry Ottley, published between 1835 and 1837. The first four volumes are of text, and the larger Volume 5 contains plates. Hunter had begun his career as a demonstrator in the anatomy classes of his brother William, before qualifying as a surgeon. He regarded surgery as evidence of failure - the mutilation of a patient who could not be cured by other means - and his studies of anatomy and natural history were driven by his belief that it was necessary to understand the normal physiological processes before attempting to cure the abnormal ones. Volume 1 contains Ottley's biography, a list of Hunter's published works, and his lectures on surgery.
The Works of John Hunter, F.R.S.
Authors: Hunter John
Published: September 2015

The surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728–93) left a famous legacy in the Hunterian Museum of medical specimens now in the Royal College of Surgeons, and in this collection of his writings, edited by James Palmer, with a biography by Drewry Ottley, published between 1835 and 1837. The first four volumes are of text, and the larger Volume 5 contains plates. Hunter had begun his career as a demonstrator in the anatomy classes of his brother William, before qualifying as a surgeon. He regarded surgery as evidence of failure - the mutilation of a patient who could not be cured by other means - and his studies of anatomy and natural history were driven by his belief that it was necessary to understand the normal physiological processes before attempting to cure the abnormal ones. Volume 3 discusses blood and the vascular system, wounds (especially those suffered in war), and infection.