bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A new species and new record of the genus Sinocorophium (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae) from Korean Waters
Authors: HEO JUN-HAENG , KIM YOUNG-HYO
Published: August 2017

Two species of the genus Sinocorophium belonging to the family Corophiidae were collected from shallow Korean waters. One of the species is new and is described as Sinocorophium jindoense. The new species Sinocorophium jindoense sp. nov. is similar to S. hangangense and S. monospinum. However, the new species can be obviously distinguished from the other two by having a subpointed rostrum. The other species, Sinocorophium homoceratum Yu, 1938 is previously known from Chinese waters. It is a new record from Korean waters. Both species are illustrated and compared to related species. A key to the species of Sinocorophium is also provided.
Sertania gen. nov., a new genus of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) from the South American dry diagonal
Authors: KAMINSKI LUCAS A. , CALLAGHAN CURTIS J. , SERAPHIM NOEMY , MAGALDI LUIZA M. , VOLKMANN LUIS , FREITAS ANDRÉ V. L.
Published: August 2017

Sertania Callaghan & Kaminski, gen. nov. is proposed for the Neotropical riodinid butterfly species “Emesis” guttata (Stichel, 1910). Both, morphological (wing shape pattern and characters in the male genitalia) and molecular data support this as a new genus distinct from all other described genera of Riodinidae. Based on morphology and molecular data, two described subspecies were raised to species status: Sertania jaibensis (Callaghan & Soares, 2001), comb. nov., stat. nov., and Sertania lambedor (P. Jauffret, J. Jauffret & Pessôa, 2008), comb. nov., stat. nov. In addition, taxonomic and ecological notes, distribution map and illustrations of adults are provided. Species in this genus are restricted to xeric environments along the South American ‘dry diagonal’ and can be a promising model for biogeography studies of Neotropical open vegetal physiognomies.
On the taxonomy of the genus Barsochrista Singh & Kirti, 2016 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Authors: VOLYNKIN ANTON V. , IVANOVA MARIA S.
Published: August 2017

The Asura / Miltochrista generic complex is one of the largest and taxonomically most difficult Lithosiini groups, including several hundreds of species, most of which occur in the Oriental Tropics. At present the complex includes about 25 valid genera as well as several generic taxa of unclear status, and some species groups not established taxonomically that probably represent distinct genera or subgenera (Holloway 2001; Kirti & Singh 2016; Volynkin 2016).
Improved Sea Ice Forecasting through Spatiotemporal Bias Correction
Authors: Director Hannah M. , Raftery Adrian E. , Bitz Cecilia M.
Published: August 2017

A new method, called contour shifting, is proposed for correcting the bias in forecasts of contours such as sea ice concentration above certain thresholds. Retrospective comparisons of observations and dynamical model forecasts are used to build a statistical spatiotemporal model of how predicted contours typically differ from observed contours. Forecasted contours from a dynamical model are then adjusted to correct for expected errors in their location. The statistical model changes over time to reflect the changing error patterns that result from reducing sea ice cover in the satellite era in both models and observations. For an evaluation period from 2001 to 2013, these bias-corrected forecasts are on average more accurate than the unadjusted dynamical model forecasts for all forecast months in the year at four different lead times. The total area, which is incorrectly categorized as containing sea ice or not, is reduced by 3.3 × 105km2(or 21.3%) on average. The root-mean-square error of forecasts of total sea ice area is also reduced for all lead times.
A Preliminary Study Investigating the Association Between Hearing Acuity and a Screening Cognitive Tool
Authors: Mukari Siti Zamratol-Mai Sarah , Ishak Wan Syafira , Maamor Nashrah , Wan Hashim Wan Fazlina
Published: August 2017

Objectives:

Studies in cognitive aging demonstrated inconsistent association between hearing and cognition in older adults. Furthermore, it is still unclear if hearing loss at high frequencies, which is the earliest to be affected, is associated with cognitive functioning. This study aimed to determine the association between global cognitive status and pure tone average (PTA) at 0.5, 1, and 2 kHz (PTA low) and PTA at 4 and 8 kHz (PTA high).

Methods:

This study involved 307 adults aged 60 years and older. Participants had their hearing and cognition measured using pure tone audiometry and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), respectively.

Results:

Pure tone average (low) accounted for significant but minimal amount of variance in measure of MMSE. Multiple regression analyses were also performed on normal and impaired hearing cohorts and cohorts with younger (60-69 years) and older (≥70 years) groups. The results revealed a significant relationship between PTA (low) and MMSE only in the younger age group. In contrast, no significant relationship was found between PTA (high) and cognition in any of the cohorts.

Conclusion:

Pure tone average (low) is significantly but minimally related to measure of general cognitive status. Similar relationship is not observed between high-frequency hearing and cognition. Further research using a more comprehensive cognitive test battery is needed to confirm the lack of association between high-frequency hearing and cognition.
Transformational Leadership and Asian Indian Values: Duty, Selfless Service, and Nonviolence
Authors: Varghese Femina P. , Nolan Jon N. , Bihm Elson M. , Salagame Kiran Kumar K. , Khanna Richa , Rasheed Ali Saba
Published: August 2017

As reports increase of scandals and unethical behavior in Western corporations and organizations, public faith in leadership has declined, indicating the need for a reevaluation of what makes a good leader. We propose a transformational style of ethical leadership, supplemented by traditional Indian values, for leadership that focuses on duty, selfless service, and nonviolence. We address Indian cultural values of dharma, karma–yoga, and ahimsa in reference to transformational leadership, highlighting the contributions of influential Indian leaders like Mohandas K. Gandhi. We describe the consonance of these values and counseling psychology ideals, as well as their applications for leadership practice, training, and research.
Merit in Meritocracy: Uncovering the Myth of Exceptionality and Self-Reliance Through the Voices of Urban Youth of Color
Authors: Lardier David T. , Herr Kathryn G. , Barrios Veronica R. , Garcia-Reid Pauline , Reid Robert J.
Published: August 2017

A disproportionate number of urban youth attend underresourced and segregated schools. While tenets of the American Dream are inculcated in urban youth, a dearth of educational resources is available to help realize this dream. This qualitative study explored the narratives of urban youth ( N = 85), many of whom sought to be the exceptions, embracing higher education as a pathway to successful futures, yet few identified resources that would make access to higher education possible. The capital accrued in their communities allowed them to navigate their social environment; however, it was an insufficient bridge for future success in higher education. Furthermore, they espoused a belief in their own self-reliance as the one resource on which they could count on. Ironically, the youth also accepted “not making it” a result of their own shortcomings. We link findings to empowerment agents who would cultivate both bridging capital and critical consciousness among/for youth.
Curriculum-Based Measurement of Reading Growth: Weekly Versus Intermittent Progress Monitoring
Authors: Jenkins Joseph , Schulze Margaret , Marti Allison , Harbaugh Allen G.
Published: August 2017

We examined the idea that leaner schedules of progress monitoring (PM) can lighten assessment demands without undermining decision-making accuracy. Using curriculum-based measurement of reading, we compared effects on decision accuracy of 5 intermittent PM schedules relative to that of every-week PM. For participating students with high-incidence disabilities—all receiving special education reading instruction ( N = 56)—intermittent schedules of PM performed as well as every-week PM. These findings signal a need for research on the relative accuracy and timeliness of curriculum-based measurement decision making for intermittent and weekly PM.
Science at the court of the cosmocrat: Mughal India, 1531–56
Authors: Anooshahr Ali
Published: August 2017

The present article studies a number of texts produced at the court of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in order to argue that there was a rise in prestige for various fields of knowledge such as mathematics, geography and astronomy. While these texts certainly fulfilled a political function (elucidating the cosmos for Mughal universalist claims), they also reflected aspects of the intellectual climate and practices of the sixteenth century that were undergoing a realignment with the expansion of royal authority throughout much of the globe.
Book Review: Ronit Ricci, ed., Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration
Authors: Raman Bhavani
Published: August 2017

Ronit Ricci, ed., Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration, Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2016, 312 pp.
Effects of fiber loading and chemical treatments on properties of sisal fiber-reinforced sheet molding compounds
Authors: Huang Zhen , Ge Heyi , Yin Jiaojiao , Liu Fanggang
Published: August 2017

In this study, the effects of fiber loading from 0 vol.% to 15 vol.% and the chemical treatments on the properties of the sisal fiber-reinforced sheet molding compounds were investigated. The chemical treatments were performed with alkali, γ-ammoniapropyl-triethoxy-silane (KH-550) and γ-methacryloxypropyl-trimethoxy-sliane (KH-570), respectively, to improve the interfacial adhesion between sisal fiber and the matrix (unsaturated polyester resin). The changes of surface morphology and sisal fiber functional groups were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis, respectively. Compared to the untreated sisal fiber-reinforced sheet molding compounds, the mechanical property of the treated sisal fiber-reinforced sheet molding compounds increased due to the interfacial enhancement between sisal fiber and the matrix, which could be observed through the scanning electron microscopy images of fracture surface. Moreover, the better interfacial adhesion was also assisted in water absorption resistance and the thermal stability of the treated sisal fiber-reinforced sheet molding compounds. In the chemical treatments, KH-570 treatment was proved to be an effective method to improve the interfacial adhesion between sisal fiber and the matrix.
Experimental and numerical study on bearing failure of countersunk composite–composite and composite–steel joints
Authors: Yang Baifeng , Yue Zhufeng , Geng Xiaoliang , Guan Xin , Wang Peiyan
Published: August 2017

Tensile experiments were conducted on composite–composite joints and composite–steel joints with countersunk bolts while three-dimensional finite element models using progressive damage method on composite were developed to simulate bearing failure of joints. Experimental results showed good repeatability and bearing damage showed obvious difference between the two kinds of joints. Solid elements were chosen to model all the parts and laminates were partitioned into actual number of plies in order to gain accurate stress distribution and damage profile in each ply. A 3D Hashin-type criteria and degradation rules were implemented using a user subroutine in ABAQUS. Numerical results had good agreement with experimental results considering clearance effects. Composite–steel joints showed better carrying capacity than composite–composite joints according to load–displacement curves and damage evolution processes. Delamination were more severe in composite–composite joints indicating that it is necessary to pay attention to designing composite laminates and structures under certain load condition.
Bending and free vibration analyses of antisymmetrically laminated carbon nanotube-reinforced functionally graded plates
Authors: Huang Bin , Guo Yan , Wang Ji , Du Jianke , Qian Zhenghua , Ma Tingfeng , Yi Lijun
Published: August 2017

In this paper, a simple four-variable first-order shear deformation theory is further applied to solve the bending and free vibration problems of antisymmetrically laminated functionally graded carbon nanotube (FG-CNT)-reinforced composite plates. The adopted four-variable theory contains only four unknowns in its displacement field which is less than the Reddy’s first-order theory. The equations of motion are derived from the Hamilton’s principle with the help of specific boundary conditions. Laminated FG-CNT-reinforced plates with different distribution types of carbon nanotube through the thickness are considered. The material properties of individual layer are estimated by using the extended rule of mixture. Analytical solutions of various simply supported antisymmetric cross-ply and angle-ply laminates are given for case study. The effects of carbon nanotube volume fraction, length to width ratio and thickness to width ratio on the non-dimensional fundamental frequency and the central deflection are investigated for antisymmetrically laminated FG-CNT-reinforced plates.
The Presence of MMP-20 Reinforces Biomimetic Enamel Regrowth
Authors: Prajapati S. , Ruan Q. , Mukherjee K. , Nutt S. , Moradian-Oldak J.
Published: August 2017

Biomimetic synthesis of artificial enamel is a promising strategy for the prevention and restoration of defective enamel. We have recently reported that a hydrogel system composed of chitosan-amelogenin (CS-AMEL) and calcium phosphate is effective in forming an enamel-like layer that has a seamless interface with natural tooth surfaces. Here, to improve the mechanical system function and to facilitate the biomimetic enamel regrowth, matrix metalloproteinase–20 (MMP-20) was introduced into the CS-AMEL hydrogel. Inspired by our recent finding that MMP-20 prevents protein occlusion inside enamel crystals, we hypothesized that addition of MMP-20 to CS-AMEL hydrogel could reinforce the newly grown layer. Recombinant human MMP-20 was added to the CS-AMEL hydrogel to cleave full-length amelogenin during the growth of enamel-like crystals on an etched enamel surface. The MMP-20 proteolysis of amelogenin was studied, and the morphology, composition, and mechanical properties of the newly grown layer were characterized. We found that amelogenin was gradually degraded by MMP-20 in the presence of chitosan. The newly grown crystals in the sample treated with MMP-20–CS-AMEL hydrogel showed more uniform orientation and greater crystallinity than the samples treated with CS-AMEL hydrogel without MMP-20. Stepwise processing of amelogenin by MMP-20 in the CS-AMEL hydrogel prevented undesirable protein occlusion within the newly formed crystals. As a result, both the modulus and hardness of the repaired enamel were significantly increased (1.8- and 2.4-fold, respectively) by the MMP-20–CS-AMEL hydrogel. Although future work is needed to further incorporate other enamel matrix proteins into the system, this study brings us one step closer to biomimetic enamel regrowth.
Target Practice
Authors: Lindsay Jon R.
Published: August 2017

The nineteenth-century strategist Carl von Clausewitz describes “fog” and “friction” as fundamental features of war. Military leverage of sophisticated information technology in the twenty-first century has improved some tactical operations but has not lifted the fog of war, in part, because the means for reducing uncertainty create new forms of it. Drawing on active duty experience with an American special operations task force in Western Iraq from 2007 to 2008, this article traces the targeting processes used to “find, fix, and finish” alleged insurgents. In this case they did not clarify the political reality of Anbar province but rather reinforced a parochial worldview informed by the Naval Special Warfare community. The unit focused on the performance of “direct action” raids during a period in which “indirect action” engagement with the local population was arguably more appropriate for the strategic circumstances. The concept of “data friction”, therefore, can be understood not simply as a form of resistance within a sociotechnical system but also as a form of traction that enables practitioners to construct representations of the world that amplify their own biases.
Playing to Dissent: The Aesthetics and Politics of Playful Office Design
Authors: Alexandersson Anna , Kalonaityte Viktorija
Published: August 2017

In this article we develop the analysis and the conceptualization of the relationship between play and work within the increasingly aestheticized working life, drawing on the scholarship of Jacques Rancière and using images of playful office interiors as our empirical case. In doing so, we are able to add to the theorization of the uneasy relationship between the subordination of employee imagination and self to the agendas of the employer, typical of wage labor, and the strive for heteronomy and refiguring of the social order, characteristic of play.
Nomadic Missiology? Bringing Braidotti’s Thought into the Conversation about the Future of Cross-Cultural Mission
Authors: Woods Paul
Published: August 2017

Recent discussion about the future of mission has engaged with concepts such as missio Dei, polycentrism, Christendom and glocalisation. In order to provide a philosophical response to these and to introduce a new conversation partner, this article explores key ideas from the nomadic theory of Rosi Braidotti. Notions such as the embodied subject, the rhizome and various forms of becoming could be of benefit to the evolving multilogue about mission futures, and an initial attempt is made to show their relevance to the task of reforming an approach to cross-cultural mission usually associated with Christendom and the power of the West.
State, Class and Capital: Gentrification and New Urban Developmentalism in Hong Kong
Authors: Ip Iam-chong
Published: August 2017

Drawing on a recent wave of scholarship on urban development in East Asia, this article offers a critical account of the twists and turns of Hong Kong’s urban development by focusing on class recomposition, state strategies and their relationships with the city’s changing position in its regional political economy. To do so, it examines how the middle class and their housing and investment demand have begun to lose their significance as a driver of urban gentrification. Meanwhile, since the resumption of China’s sovereignty over the city and the outbreak of Asian financial crisis, the local and central state have engineered a finance-led growth model whose diverse neoliberal interventions and political calculations have persistently lead to widespread discontent with “developer hegemony” and private property-led urban redevelopment. Using a case study of Wan Chai and the rise of serviced apartments, this article argues that this transition has marked the rise of a new urban developmentism in Hong Kong.
Nurses’ Experiences of Grief Following Patient Death: A Qualitative Approach
Authors: Khalaf Inaam A. , Al-Dweik Ghadeer , Abu-Snieneh Hana , Al-Daken Laila , Musallam Ruba M. , BaniYounis Mohammad , AL-Rimawi Rula , Khatib Atef Hassan , “Habeeb Allah” Abla , Atoum Maysoun Hussein , Masadeh Arwa
Published: August 2017

Purpose: To explore the lived experiences of nurses’ feelings, emotions, grief reactions, and coping mechanisms following their patients’ death. Background: On a daily basis, nurses are experiencing patients’ death, which exposes them to grief. Nurses’ grief has not been sufficiently addressed in practice settings, although it has been a well-known threat to health and work performance. Design: A qualitative design guided by a phenomenological approach was adopted. Method: Data were collected from a purposive sample of 21 Jordanian nurses by conducting three focus groups and analyzed using Colaizzi’s framework. Findings: Four themes were generated in which participants reported feelings of grief following their patients’ death. Their grief emotions were reported as sadness, crying, anger, shock, denial, faith, fear, guilt, fear of the family’s reaction, and powerlessness. Conclusions: The study provided evidence that nurses respond emotionally to patients’ death and experience grief. Nurses are burdened by recurrent patients’ deaths and try to cope and overcome their grief. This study emphasizes the importance of developing strategies to help nurses positively cope with their grief from a holistic perspective. This will reflect positively on the nurses’ performance.
China’s changing disaster management regime
Authors: Paltemaa Lauri
Published: August 2017

This article analyses China’s disaster management regime at the local level. The article outlines historic disaster management regimes from the pre-imperial era to the present and ends with an analysis of the ongoing campaign for ‘comprehensive disaster relief model communities’. As argued in the article, throughout history Chinese disaster management has been characterized by attempts to combine strong state leadership with active grass-roots participation in disaster prevention and relief work, and different historical circumstances have translated into different kinds of disaster governance regimes with strengths and weaknesses. The current situation is no exception. The current model community drive led by the party-state aims to establish local professional or semi-professional disaster management organizations in every urban community, but leaves the role of civic organizations vaguely defined. While the state’s commitment to local-level disaster management has its strengths, the current ambiguous conceptualization of the role of civil society actors leaves resources untapped.
Clinical Application of Whole Genome Array Improves the Diagnosis of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Authors: Shao Lina , Miller Sue , Koschmann Carl , Camelo-Piragua Sandra
Published: August 2017

Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of childhood cancer mortality. Recurring genetic abnormalities play an essential role in the diagnosis and prognosis of pediatric brain tumors. However, clinical workup has not routinely included whole genome assessment. Here, we present high resolution whole genome array results in 11 pediatric brain tumors. Array identified clinically relevant abnormalities in all samples. Copy number aberrations with targeted therapy implication, GOPC-ROS1 fusion, CDK4 amplification, and NF1 deletion, were detected in 3 cases. In addition, array detected recurring genetic abnormalities, including KIAA1549-BRAF fusion, 19q13.42 amplification, i(17q), and monosomy 6, which assisted accurate histological diagnosis in pediatric brain tumors. In conclusion, our results show that whole genome high-resolution array detects diagnostic and treatment-relevant copy number abnormalities in pediatric brain tumors.
Career Adaptability With or Without Career Identity
Authors: Haibo Yu , Xiaoyu Guan , Xiaoming Zheng , Zhijin Hou
Published: August 2017

Based on career construction theory, this study examined the relationships between career adaptability, organizational success, and individual career success with the moderating effect of career identity. Using a time-lagged survey design, we tested the proposed model on a sample of 1,652 employees from 20 Chinese companies. The results showed that career adaptability was negatively related to turnover intention but positively associated with supervisor-rated job performance, career satisfaction, and yearly income. In addition, the relationship between career adaptability and turnover intention was significantly positive for employees with low levels of career identity. Moreover, the positive relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction was stronger for employees with high levels of career identity, and the relationship between career adaptability and yearly income was significantly positive for employees with high levels of career identity. We discuss the research implications for the development of career adaptability and career counseling.
Measuring Noncognitive Factors Related to College Student Outcomes: Development and Initial Construct Validation of the Student Strengths Inventory
Authors: Gore Paul A. , Leuwerke Wade C. , Metz A. J. , Brown Steve , Kelly Alexandra R.
Published: August 2017

This study describes the development and initial construct validation of the Student Strengths Inventory (SSI), a brief measure of noncognitive variables previously found to be related to college student outcomes. A sample of 760 first-year college students completed an initial item pool in addition to a lengthier, established noncognitive assessment tool with similar constructs. Results support a 48-item, six-factor measure with the following scales: Academic Self-efficacy, Academic Engagement, Campus Engagement, Resiliency, Social Comfort, and Educational Commitment. The SSI demonstrates good internal consistency reliability and construct validity. Future research is needed to examine the predictive validity of the SSI subscales with respect to academic performance and persistence. Practice implications include providing individualized feedback to students on their noncognitive strengths and weaknesses and helping them set goals for their academic success. Moreover, the results of the SSI can inform interventions at the individual, group, and institutional level.
Does Anxiety Modify the Risk for, or Severity of, Conduct Problems Among Children With Co-Occurring ADHD: Categorical and Dimensional and Analyses
Authors: Danforth Jeffrey S. , Doerfler Leonard A. , Connor Daniel F.
Published: August 2017

Objective: The goal was to examine whether anxiety modifies the risk for, or severity of, conduct problems in children with ADHD. Method: Assessment included both categorical and dimensional measures of ADHD, anxiety, and conduct problems. Analyses compared conduct problems between children with ADHD features alone versus children with co-occurring ADHD and anxiety features. Results: When assessed by dimensional rating scales, results showed that compared with children with ADHD alone, those children with ADHD co-occurring with anxiety are at risk for more intense conduct problems. When assessment included a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) diagnosis via the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children–Epidemiologic Version (K-SADS), results showed that compared with children with ADHD alone, those children with ADHD co-occurring with anxiety neither had more intense conduct problems nor were they more likely to be diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder. Conclusion: Different methodological measures of ADHD, anxiety, and conduct problem features influenced the outcome of the analyses.
xSyn: A Software Tool for Identifying Sophisticated 3-Way Interactions From Cancer Expression Data
Authors: Bandyopadhyay Baishali , Chanda Veda , Wang Yupeng
Published: August 2017

Background:

Constructing gene co-expression networks from cancer expression data is important for investigating the genetic mechanisms underlying cancer. However, correlation coefficients or linear regression models are not able to model sophisticated relationships among gene expression profiles. Here, we address the 3-way interaction that 2 genes’ expression levels are clustered in different space locations under the control of a third gene’s expression levels.

Results:

We present xSyn, a software tool for identifying such 3-way interactions from cancer gene expression data based on an optimization procedure involving the usage of UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) and synergy. The effectiveness is demonstrated by application to 2 real gene expression data sets.

Conclusions:

xSyn is a useful tool for decoding the complex relationships among gene expression profiles. xSyn is available at http://www.bdxconsult.com/xSyn.html .
Quality by Design–Applied Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Determination of Enzalutamide Anti-Prostate Cancer Therapy Drug in Spiked Plasma Samples
Authors: Sankar ASK , Palani Shanmugasundaram , Velayudham Ravichandiran
Published: August 2017

This research article presents the Quality by Design (QbD)–finalised conditions for a method that uses liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of concentration of enzalutamide (ENZ), an atypical anticancer drug, in a drug formulation and in spiked plasma samples. Critical process attributes (CPA) considered to be the influential parameters in separation, identification, and quantification processes by ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS) were organic content, buffer strength, pH modifier, flow rate, spray voltage, sheath gas, and auxiliary gas that alter critical analytical attributes, such as retention time (R1) and area (R2). These factors were evaluated first in a factorial design (Taguchi orthogonal array design) and then extensively in a central composite design (CCD) to zero-in on the mobile phase for the quantification of ENZ standard drug and along with its internal standard (ENZIS) in spiked plasma samples and in formulation. Pareto chart from initial factorial design (Taguchi orthogonal array design) model suggested which of the CPA factors should be given the weightage, that is, to be exhaustively analysed in the CCD and response surface analysis. The elaborated parameters proposed by World Health Organization were studied by method validation, ie, selectivity, linearity, accuracy, precision repeatability system-suitability tests, method robustness/ruggedness, sensitivity, and stability. The strategy followed gives an insight on the development of a robust QbD-compliant quantitative UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS method for ENZ drug containing plasma samples (spiked).
Digital storytelling and the ‘problem’ of sentimentality
Authors: McWilliam Kelly , Bickle Sharon
Published: August 2017

‘Sentimentality’ is typically used to refer to the excessive, self-indulgent and banal use of affect to manipulate audiences into ‘tender’ emotional responses Sentimentality is also one of the most common criticisms of ‘digital storytelling’, a co-creative media practice in which ‘ordinary’ people are taught to create short, usually autobiographical ‘digital stories’. Indeed, scholars and practitioners alike have noted the frequent reception of digital storytelling as ‘too sentimental’, ‘sentimental navel-gazing’ and ‘sentimental tripe’ This article uses Stories of Service – an American programme that facilitates the creation of war veterans’ digital stories – as a case study to investigate such criticisms, finding that not only does the programme make extensive use of the tropes and conventions of sentimentality but also that its ‘distinctive media logic’ is actually constitutive of the very sentimentality with which the practice is so frequently charged.
What makes parents act and react? Parental views and considerations relating to ‘child health’ during infancy
Authors: Almqvist-Tangen Gerd , Arvidsson Susann , Alm Bernt , Bergman Stefan , Roswall Josefine , Dahlgren Jovanna , Nevonen Lauri
Published: August 2017

Lifestyle factors and behaviours are adopted very early in life and tend to persist throughout life. Considering that the parents are the primary gatekeepers for their child’s health, there is a need to gain more knowledge and deeper understanding about what causes parents to act and react in order for early preventive efforts to have any effect. The aim was to explore the parental views and considerations concerning ‘child health’ among parents with infants 8–10 months old. The sample was strategic and 16 parents (aged 23–41) were recruited from three child health centres in Sweden. Open-ended interviews were conducted and a qualitative, manifest content analysis approach was utilized. The parents described the subject ‘child health’ as a large, multifaceted concept. Three categories emerged during data analysis: developing a sixth sense, being affected by perceptions and believing health and ill health as a continuum. The parents perceived food and feeding issues as one of the most worrying aspects and a significant indicator of ‘child health’. In order to meet the parents on their turf, the ‘healthy health message’ conveyed needs to take the parental perspective into consideration rather than attempting to educate the parents from predetermined assumption, belief and values.
What is authority?
Authors: Haugaard Mark
Published: August 2017

This article theorizes authority from sociological and normative perspectives. It opens with the work of Weber, Arendt and Raz. This is followed by a sociological analysis of authority as a capacity for action, power-to and power-over, which are linked to felicitous performative action within epistemic interpretative horizons. Normatively, it confronts the anarchist challenge that authority is inimical to freedom by distinguishing between dispositional and episodic power. Bureaucratic and political power-over authority is theorized as normatively defensible when it confers dispositional power-to. This article concludes by discussing the mismatch between sociological authority, as a social fact, and normatively desirable authority: how the practices of charismatic, bureaucratic and democratic authority are often normatively problematic.
The Havana Biltmore and the Buena Vista Social Club two iconic buildings in Havana, Cuba
Authors: Read Peter John , Wyndham Marivic
Published: August 2017

The authors trace the physical and cultural history of two iconic buildings in Havana, Cuba: the Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club and the Buena Vista Social Club. The ‘Biltmore’, now renamed the Club Havana, flourishes after several periods in which its survival was doubtful. The ‘Buena Vista’ had already long ceased its original functions at the time the film of that name was made in 1997. The article illuminates the enormous cultural significance with which certain buildings may be invested when the emotional title to the past is magnified by revolution and social turmoil.
Continuing and Transfer Students
Authors: Blekic Mirela , Carpenter Rowanna , Cao Yi
Published: August 2017

This research examines factors that contribute to persistence of sophomore students. It builds a model to predict the likelihood of leaving the institution by third year and explores whether the concept of transfer receptivity can be used to explain differences in persistence between continuing and transfer sophomore students. Results indicate that financial variables and transfer status are the most important variables in sophomores’ retention. Other student precollege characteristics and experiences during college also display statistical significance in the model we built. Implications for theory and practice are presented, including a discussion of a persistence framework and transfer receptivity concept.
Maturation of Binocular, Monocular Grating Acuity and of the Visual Interocular Difference in the First 2 Years of Life
Authors: Costa Marcelo Fernandes , de Cássia Rodrigues Matos França Valtenice , Barboni Mirella Teles Salgueiro , Ventura Dora Fix
Published: August 2017

The sweep visual evoked potential method (sVEP) is a powerful tool for measurement of visual acuity in infants. Despite the applicability and reliability of the technique in measuring visual functions the understanding of sVEP acuity maturation and how interocular difference of acuity develops in early infancy, as well as the availability of normality ranges, are rare in the literature. We measured binocular and monocular sVEPS acuities in 481 healthy infants aged from birth to 24 months without ophthalmological diseases. Binocular sVEP acuity was significantly higher than monocular visual acuities for almost all ages. Maturation of monocular sVEP acuity showed 2 longer critical periods while binocular acuity showed three maturation periods in the same age range. We found a systematic variation of the mean interocular acuity difference (IAD) range according to age from 1.45 cpd at birth to 0.31 cpd at 24 months. An additional contribution was the determination of sVEP acuity norms for the entire age range. We conclude that binocular and monocular sVEP acuities have distinct growth curves reflecting different maturation profiles for each function. Differences in IAD range shorten according to age and they should be considered in using the sVEP acuity measurements for clinical diagnosis as amblyopia.
Jamming-resilient algorithm for underwater cognitive acoustic networks
Authors: Wang Zixiang , Zhen Fan , Zhang Senlin , Liu Meiqin , Zhang Qunfei
Published: August 2017

Due to the limit spectrum resource in the underwater acoustic networks, underwater cognitive acoustic communication is a promising technique. The channel sharing mechanism in cognitive networks can improve the communication capacity efficiently. Jamming attack is a common deny of service attack in cognitive networks. In the underwater cognitive acoustic networks, the anti-jamming problem is quite different from cognitive radio networks. It calls for an effective anti-jamming strategy in the cognitive acoustic channel access. In this article, we propose an online learning anti-jamming algorithm called multi-armed bandit–based acoustic channel access algorithm to achieve the jamming-resilient cognitive acoustic communication. The imperfect channel sensing and the constraints of underwater acoustic communication are considered in the anti-jamming game. Under different kinds of jamming attacks, the channel utilization can be improved with our jamming-resilient approach.
To Be or Not to Be (Black or Multiracial or White)
Authors: Chen Jacqueline M. , de Paula Couto Maria Clara P. , Sacco Airi M. , Dunham Yarrow
Published: August 2017

Culture shapes the meaning of race and, consequently, who is placed into which racial categories. Three experiments conducted in the United States and Brazil illustrated the cultural nature of racial categorization. In Experiment 1, a target’s racial ancestry influenced Americans’ categorizations but had no impact on Brazilians’ categorizations. Experiment 2 showed cultural differences in the reliance on two phenotypic cues to race; Brazilians’ categorizations were more strongly determined by skin tone than were Americans’ categorizations, and Americans’ categorizations were more strongly determined by other facial features compared to Brazilians' categorizations. Experiment 3 demonstrated cultural differences in the motivated use of racial categories. When the racial hierarchy was threatened, only Americans more strictly enforced the Black–White racial boundary. Cultural forces shape the conceptual, perceptual, and ideological construal of racial categories.
Multicolored Blindfolds
Authors: Gündemir Seval , Galinsky Adam D.
Published: August 2017

Past studies have found that multicultural approaches to diversity can reduce prejudice and stimulate positive intergroup relations. The current research explored a possible negative side effect of multiculturalism: whether organizational diversity structures geared toward multiculturalism can conceal racial discrimination and delegitimize racial discrimination claims. Three studies found that, even when objective information was indicative of discrimination, both Whites and racial minorities perceived organizations which had diversity policies emphasizing multiculturalism as more fair toward minorities. This perception of (false) fairness led individuals to perceive less racial discrimination and to view claims of racial discrimination against that organization as less legitimate. Furthermore, we found that organizational multiculturalism and externally granted diversity awards both produced a (false) fairness effect. The results suggest an irony of multicultural diversity structures: They can create a false fairness effect that conceals and delegitimizes discrimination.
Massage Therapy in Outpatient Cancer Care: A Metropolitan Area Analysis
Authors: Cowen Virginia S. , Miccio Robin Streit , Parikh Bijal
Published: August 2017

Massage offers cancer patients general quality of life benefits as well as alleviation of cancer-related symptoms/cancer-treatment–related symptoms including pain, anxiety, and fatigue. Little is known about whether massage is accessible to cancer patients who receive treatment in the outpatient setting and how massage is incorporated into the overall cancer treatment plan. Outpatient cancer centers (n = 78) in a single metropolitan area were included this mixed-methods project that included a systematic analysis of website information and a telephone survey. Massage was offered at only 40 centers (51.3% of total). A range of massage modalities were represented, with energy-based therapies (Reiki and Therapeutic Touch) most frequently provided. Although massage therapists are licensed health care providers in the states included in this analysis, massage was also provided by nurses, physical therapists, and other health care professionals.
A Guided Review of Top-10 Rated Social Work Education Program Websites: Diversity in the Digital Age
Authors: Stango Gina M. M. , Carter James R.
Published: August 2017

Increasingly, higher education is a competitive industry, with students considering numerous schools through which to obtain their college degrees. Many prospective students rely on the programs’ websites to inform their decisions. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredits schools of social work based on standards set forth in its Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) for bachelor- and master-level education. The EPAS document sets forth specific directives for programs’ missions and goals, and explicit and implicit curriculum and assessment. The goal of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the websites of top-rated social work education programs with special attention to their diversity content. Analysis of diversity content is crucial to increase the utility of the websites for potential applicants. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
“They Were Neither One Thing Nor the Other”: Media Technology’s Challenge to the Subject
Authors: Hibbs Tabatha
Published: August 2017

This essay will examine the way in which media technologies, through object agency, produce intersubjectivity and, thus, challenge the autonomy of the self. For H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), the image produced by the cinema bridges differences created by conventional language, culture, and nationality. Her poems, “Projector” and “Projector II (Chang),” celebrate the importance of the projector that reasserts light as deity. By contrast, Virginia Woolf privileges sound in her search for intersubjectivity. Woolf’s last novel, Between the Acts, presents a much bleaker view—particularly of machine-generated intersubjectivity—of the loss of autonomy in the rise of Hitler and Fascism.
Free and Compulsory Primary Education in India Under the British Raj: A Tale of an Unfulfilled Dream
Authors: Mondal Ajit
Published: August 2017

Attempts to make free and compulsory education accessible to Indian children began a little more than a century ago. A strong consciousness for the need of free and compulsory Primary Education in India was highly moved by enactment of the Compulsory Education Act in 1870 in England. Education has been formally recognized as a human right since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. This has since then been reaffirmed in numerous global human rights treaties. Ultimately, universalization of elementary education has been one of the most important goals of educational development in India since independence. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act), 2009, came into force from April 1, 2010, pursuant to the Eighty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of India (2002), which guarantees elementary education as a fundamental right. This article attempts to delve into the checkered history of development of the free and compulsory primary education in India under the British Raj. The history of compulsory and free primary education during the British Rule in India is an uphill journey replete with suggestions, advocacies, demands, experimentations, attempts, promises, and movements within legislative framework. The British rulers adopted a good number of policies on education, but these were framed in tune with the needs of the colonial power. Consequently, compulsory and free primary education remained an unfulfilled dream during the British Raj, in spite of the stirring efforts of the Indians.
The Relationship of Welding Fume Exposure, Smoking, and Pulmonary Function in Welders
Authors: Roach Laura L.
Published: August 2017

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between occupational exposure to welding fumes and pulmonary function in an effort to add supportive evidence and clarity to the current body of research. This study utilized a retrospective chart review of pulmonary function testing and pulmonary questionnaires already available in charts from preplacement physicals to the most recent test. When comparing smokers to nonsmokers, utilizing multiple regression and controlling for age and percentage of time using a respirator, years welding was statistically significant at p = .04. Data support that smoking has a synergistic effect when combined with welding fume exposure on pulmonary decline.
Medial external fixation for staged treatment of closed calcaneus fractures: Surgical technique and case series
Authors: Githens Michael , Shatsky Joshua , Agel Julie , Bransford Richard J , Benirschke Stephen K
Published: August 2017

The derangement in calcaneal morphology after a fracture can be significant and is often associated with severe soft tissue envelop problems. Medial calcaneal external fixation is useful for early restoration of calcaneal morphology and the corresponding soft tissue envelop. When performed in a stepwise fashion, external fixation can successfully restore normal calcaneal height, length, width, and coronal plane alignment. For severely displaced joint depression and broken tongue–type calcaneus fractures where open treatment is the preferred strategy, early external fixation restores the normal soft tissue tension, allows a stable environment for soft tissue recovery, and facilitates the definitive operation by restoring and maintaining overall calcaneal architecture. We describe the stepwise approach to calcaneal reduction and external fixation and report a case series demonstrating this method is safe and effective for staged management of severely displaced calcaneus fractures.
Atypical femoral fracture associated with bone-modifying agent for bone metastasis of breast cancer: A report of two cases
Authors: Tateiwa Daisuke , Outani Hidetatsu , Iwasa Saya , Imura Yoshinori , Tanaka Takaaki , Oshima Kazuya , Naka Norifumi , Araki Nobuhito
Published: August 2017

Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are recently observed as a complication of long-term bone-modifying agent (BMA; bisphosphonate or denosumab) therapy for bone metastases. We describe the cases of two women diagnosed with breast cancer who developed incomplete AFF associated with BMAs prescribed for bone metastases. Radiographs of their femurs revealed thickening of the lateral subtrochanteric cortex, and tomosynthesis revealed a visible fracture line in the thickened cortex. They were initially treated with conservative management; however, the incomplete fracture resulted in a complete fracture. These cases highlight two major implications. First, symptomatic incomplete AFF associated with BMAs prescribed for bone metastases should be treated with surgical prophylaxis, given the fact that fracture healing is expected to require a longer duration and an incomplete fracture might potentially progress to a complete fracture during long-term conservative management. Second, tomosynthesis is useful in identifying radiolucent fracture lines that are reliable predictors of fracture propagation.