bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Images and Expectations of Chinese Tourists Visiting an Arctic Destination: Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
Authors: Tommasini Daniela , Zhou Shenghan
Published: May 2019

During the last years an increasing number of Chinese tourists are travelling to the Arctic regions. Rovaniemi in Finland is one of the most popular destinations among them. Here Chinese tourists, with a preconceived image of the Arctic, can enjoy clean air and nature, meet Santa Claus, see the Northern Lights, and thus meet their expectations.

This paper is based on an online survey made in April and May 2016 among Chinese that went to visit Rovaniemi and its surroundings.

Results show, among other things, that there are a growing number of tourists organising their own travel, and a higher demand for leisure activities. The level of satisfaction after the experience is pretty good, and the expectations, according to the pre-formed images, are fulfilled.
‘I might be wrong’
Authors: Brouwer Rein
Published: May 2019

For about ten years (1998-2008), Kester Brewin was one of the principal instigators of the Vaux community, a ‘vehicle for exploring radical theological thought and practice’. From these experiences and events, he wrote The Complex Christ: Signs of Emergence in the Urban Church (2004). Since then he moved on as a blogger, columnist, tedx-er, and writer. In 2016 he published Getting High: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the Dream of Flight with Vaux Publishing. Getting High is a fascinating reflection on an era dominated by the flight of technology (from the 1960s on), substituting for the eternal longing for the ultimate. But it is also a moving introspection into Brewin’s own life. Being the son of a preacher man, he was getting high on evangelical ecstasy as a young adult, before he became one of the influential figures in the emerging church movement. He ended up, however, ‘outside of what would be taken as orthodox belief.’ This paper discusses Kester Brewin’s ‘piratic’ thoughts on the church, based on his books, blogs, and columns. How did his ‘theological’ thinking evolve, and what does it mean for ecclesiology?
Being Privileged Overseas: Taiwanese People in Jakarta (海外優勢移民：雅加達的台灣人)
Authors: Lin (林平) Ping
Published: May 2019

During the 1980s, many Taiwanese firms moved to the prc or Southeast Asia due to rising production costs in Taiwan. This trend of firm relocation caused many Taiwanese people to move to the prc or Southeast Asia as entrepreneurs, firm managers, or accompanying family members. While many studies have explored the experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in the prc, studies on the lives of Taiwanese people in Southeast Asia are still limited. This pilot study is based on my fieldwork in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2015. Through conducting 24 interviews and participant observation of Taiwanese people affiliated with the Jakarta Taipei School (hereinafter jts), I argue that a certain number of Taiwanese people live their lives as ‘privileged migrants’ in Jakarta as most respondents lead a life that is of significantly higher quality than most locals. Those who marry rich Sino-Indonesians are accorded a status higher than what was available to them in Taiwan. Their life experiences show the intertwining relationship between international migration and social mobility. While some studies have suggested the importance of ethnic affinity in the process of integration, respondents’ complicated perception on the native Indonesians and Sino-Indonesians predicts that more studies on the issue of ethnicity in the field of privileged migration and overseas Chinese are necessary.

由於生產成本上升，台灣很多勞力密集產業自1980年代起便遷往中國大陸或東南亞地區。這樣的產業遷移吸引不少台灣人以企業經營者、高階管理人，或隨行家屬的身分前往相關國家。當不少研究關注移居中國大陸的台灣人時，關於台灣人在東南亞生活現狀的討論卻是非常有限。這份研究是以筆者2015年在雅加達針台北學校進行田野調查的資料為基礎，經過初步分析之後完成。藉由對24位受訪者進行訪談及參與觀察，筆者認為不少台灣人在當地享有相當優渥的生活。與當地華人通婚的受訪者，更擁有在台灣無法獲得的生活條件與發展機會。這些受訪者的遷移經驗顯示，社會階層的向上流動是有可能與地理邊界的跨國流動發生連結。此外，受訪者對印尼華人與印尼原住民的不同反應，更顯示族群因素依然是優勢移民及海外華人研究的重要議題。 (This article is in English.)
Pop-Rock, Cultural Cosmopolitanism and the Global Cultural Market of Youth Identities
Authors: Regev Motti
Published: May 2019

This article offers a sociological framework for understanding the functioning of pop-rock music, in its plentiful genres, styles and related phenomena through the years, as an agent in thrusting cosmopolitan youth identities, and thereby cultural cosmopolitanism in general. The article develops the notion of a global cultural market of youth identities, created by the structural emergence of ‘youth’ as an age based social category in modern societies. Following a discussion of cultural cosmopolitanism and an elaboration on the nature of pop-rock music as a global meta-category of musicking, the article discusses the functioning of pop-rock as a realm of content and meaning for youth identities across the world. This is developed and illustrated through the concept of aesthetic cultures of pop-rock; and by a focus on the notion of pop-rock knowledge.
First record of fossil Priacma (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from the Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China
Authors: TAN JING J. , REN DONG , SHIH CHUNG K.
Published: May 2019

Four new fossil species of the genus Priacma, P. latidentata sp. nov., P. tuberculosa sp. nov., P. clavata sp. nov. and P. renaria sp. nov., are described from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. This finding documents the first record of fossil Priacma in China and extends the geographical distribution of this genus.
Convolutidae (Acoela) from Tanzania
Authors: ACHATZ JOHANNES G. , HOOGE MATTHEW D.
Published: May 2019

Four species of Convolutidae, including a new genus and species, from shallow marine sediments in Tanzania are described: Convoluta enelitta, Convoluta thela comb. nov., Heterochaerus australis and Picola gen. nov. renei sp. nov. The species Conaperta krana and Conaperta thela are reassigned to the genus Convoluta.
Associations, new records, and a new species of Atopsyche from northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)
Authors: MARTIN PAOLA A.R.
Published: May 2019

The larva, pupa, and the adult male of a new species of Atopsyche (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae) from northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia are described and illustrated. Atopsyche (Atopsaura) yunguensis new species, is close to A. (Atopsaura) lobosa Ross and King 1952 and A.(Atopsaura) spinosa Navás 1930. In the new species the parapods are large, broadened at the tip, and dorsally curved toward the midline, the apical segment of the inferior appendages is curved toward the midline, and the phallotheca bears a dorsal bilobed lobe with lateral spines. Preimaginal stages of A. spinosa and A. callosa are described and illustrated and represent new records from Bolivia. In addition, A. (Atopsyche) kamesa is newly recorded from Argentina.
Brasilaccoderus, a new genus of Eurypinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) from Brazil
Authors: POLLOCK DARREN A.
Published: May 2019

The Brazilian genus Brasilaccoderus is diagnosed and described as new, comprising Brasilaccoderus scaber (Champion), new combination, and B. plaumanni, new species. Important characters are illustrated, and habitus photographs and a key to species are provided. Some preliminary thoughts on a phylogenetic placement of the new genus are given.
Mecogonopodium carpathicum n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Attemsiidae), a new troglophilic millipede from Slovakia
Authors: MOCK ANDREJ , TAJOVSKÝ KAREL
Published: May 2019

Mecogononopodium carpathicum n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Attemsiidae) is proposed for a new millipede from the Č ierna hora Mts., Western Carpathians, Slovakia. It represents the first record of the genus Mecogonopodium and the second of the family Attemsiidae for the Carpathian region. Together with Allorhiscosoma sphinx (Verhoeff) they represent endemics for the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. M. carpathicum seems to be stenoendemic, as its occurrence in caves and stony debris is limited to a small area of two neighbouring valleys. Morphology of male and female characters and notes on its ecology are presented.
Hieracium-associated aphid parasitoid guilds (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Europe
Authors: TOMANOVIĆ ŠELJKO , STARÝ PETR , KAVALLIERATOS NICKOLAS G. , PETROVIĆ ANDJELJKO , NIKETIĆ MARIJAN , VUČETIĆ ANDJA
Published: May 2019

Eleven aphidiine braconid species are associated with 10 aphid species to form over 50 tritrophic associations in Europe. The host aphids belong to five genera, Aphis L., Brachycaudus Van der Goot, Hyperomyzus Börner, Nasonovia Mordvilko, and Uroleucon Mordvilko, and feed on 11 Hieracium species. Five new host plant records are reported. The associated aphidiine guilds are linked with the taxonomic position of the host aphids. Host aphids such as Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) and Uroleucon spp. are broadly oligophagous, but Nasonovia spp., Aphis hieracii Schrank, and Hyperomyzus hieracii (Börner) are specific mainly to Hieracium and related plants. A key for the identification of aphidiine species associated with aphids on Hieracium plants in Europe is provided.
Myrmoplastoides subgen. nov. of the genus Myrmoplasta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) from the Oriental region
Authors: STEHLÍK JAROSLAV L. , KMENT PETR
Published: May 2019

Myrmoplasta Gerstäcker, 1892, is a small genus of the family Pyrrhocoridae, currently including five described species—Myrmoplasta mira Gerstäcker, 1892, M. vittiventris Carlini, 1894, and M. kmenti Stehlík, 2007, from the Afrotropical region (Stehlík 2007); and two Oriental species, M. longipennis Blöte, 1933, and M. biguttata Blöte, 1933, both known only from the short original descriptions by Blöte (1933). The examination of types of both Oriental Myrmoplasta species enable us to redescribe them, and to describe the hitherto unknown male of M. longipennis. Moreover, we found several important differences between the Oriental and the Afrotropical species of the genus, which warrant the establishing of a new subgenus—Myrmoplastoides subgen. nov.—for the Oriental species.
Ocypus (Matidus) primoriensis Smetana, a new species from the Russian Far East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini)
Authors: SMETANA ALEŠ , GREBENNIKOV VASILY
Published: May 2019

In a paper dealing with the Chinese species of the subgenera Ocypus Leach, 1819 s. str. and Matidus Motschulsky, 1860, the senior author (Smetana 2007) commented that, in addition to Ocypus coreanus (J. Müller, 1925), an additional, undescribed species occurs in the Russian Far East. Recently, the junior author collected a long series of specimens of this undescribed species in the southernmost part of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. This material provides the basis for the present paper, in which the new species is described, illustrated and compared to O. coreanus.
Description of the larvae of Drusus radovanovici septentrionis Marinkovic-Gospodnetic, 1976 and Drusus croaticus Marinkovic-Gospodnetic, 1971 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia
Authors: KUČINIĆ MLADEN , PREVIŠIĆ ANA , GOTTSTEIN SANJA , HRAŠOVEC BORIS , STANIĆ-KOŠTROMAN SVJETLANA , PERNEK MILAN , DELIĆ ANTUN
Published: May 2019

A description of the hitherto unknown larvae of Drusus radovanovici septentrionis Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1976 and Drusus croaticus Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1971 is given. The most important diagnostic features enabling separation from larvae of the other Drusinae are listed and illustrated. Larvae of D. croaticus are distinguished by the combination of specific morphological features (e.g. shape of head and pronotum, the absence of mandible teeth, the absence of prominent, black median setae on frontal margin of pronotum etc.). Besides the above mentioned, larvae of D. radovanovici septentrionis are primarily distinguished by distinct spinules on the head capsule. Some ecological notes are given and the life cycle of both species is discussed. Regarding the feeding behaviour, both analyzed species seem to be predominantly grazers. Both species were recorded in different spring types in the Dinarides. D. radovanovici septentrionis is known only from three springs in Bosnia and Herzegovina (springs of the Rivers Pliva, Bistrica and Sturba), while D. croaticus was recorded in 19 different springs in Croatia. Additionally, all Trichopteran species recorded from the sampled springs are listed.
Lobomyia neotropica, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
Authors: WOODLEY NORMAN E. , ARNAUD, JR. PAUL H.
Published: May 2019

A new genus and species, Lobomyia neotropica gen. nov., sp. nov., (Diptera: Tachinidae) is described from material from Colombia (type locality), Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Trinidad. The Colombian material was reared from Glena bisulca Rindge (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of introduced cypress trees. Costa Rican material was reared from several species of Lepidoptera: Notodontidae.
The true female of Alloclubionoides kimi (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Korea
Authors: KIM BYUNG-WOO , LEE WONCHEOL
Published: May 2019

The genus Alloclubionides Paik, 1992 is a typical Palearctic member of the subfamily Coelotinae and includes a total of 23 species from a variety of Asian countries (Korea, 12 species; China, 6; Russia, 4; Japan, 1) (Kim & Lee 2006; Platnick 2008). More than 10 species of this genus are known only from male or female specimens (Platnick 2008). During a survey of the spider fauna of Korea, spiders of the genus Alloclubionoides were collected by pitfall traps in natural forests and caves. In this paper, the female of Alloclubionoides kimi (Paik, 1974) is described for the first time. The previously proposed female of A. kimi (Namkung 2001) appears to be a misidentification of A. dimidiatus (Paik, 1974). Specimens examined in this paper will be deposited at the National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon (NIBR) and the Laboratory of Biodiversity, Hanyang University, Seoul (LBHU).
Checklist of the Geometridae of European Turkey, with new records (Lepidoptera)
Authors: OKYAR ZUHAL , MIRONOV VLADIMIR
Published: May 2019

A checklist with synonyms, distributions, larval foodplants, and parasitoid data for the European Turkish geometrid moths is presented. The checklist includes both published and previously unpublished faunistic information. In total, 200 species are reported for the region. Seventeen new species are tabulated for the fauna of European Turkey: Charissa ambiguata (Duponchel, 1830); Eumannia oppositaria Mann, 1864; Neognopharmia stevenaria Boisduval, 1849; Alsophila aceraria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); A. aescularia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Thetidia smaragdaria (Fabricius, 1787); Cleta filacearia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847); Idaea circuitaria (Hübner, 1819); Costaconvexa polygrammata (Borkhausen, 1794); Eupithecia extremata (Fabricius, 1787); E. insigniata (Hübner, 1790); E. silenicolata Mabille, 1867; E. subfuscata (Haworth, 1809); E. venosata (Fabricius, 1787); Orthonama vittata (Borkhausen, 1794); Rheumaptera cervinalis Scopoli, 1763; and Scotopteryx luridata (Hufnagel, 1767). Three species are new for the geometrid fauna of Turkey: Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767); Scopula floslactata (Haworth, 1809) and Pasiphila chloerata (Mabille, 1870). Erroneous data for Rhodostrophia calabra (Petagna, 1786); Timandra griseata (W. Petersen, 1902), Pasiphila debiliata (Hübner, 1817), and Nychiodes dalmatina Wagner, 1909, given by Okyar & Aktaç (1999) are corrected respectively under the entries for R. discopunctata (Amsel, 1935), T. comae (Schmidt, 1931), P. chloreata (Mabille, 1870), N. waltheri Wagner, 1919.
The millipede genera Gephyrodesmus Jeekel, 1983 and Orthorhachis Jeekel, 1985 in southeastern Australia, a new Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 from Victoria, and observations on male leg setae, spinnerets and metatergite sculpture (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae)
Authors: MESIBOV ROBERT
Published: May 2019

Descriptions and illustrations are provided for Gephyrodesmus arcuatus n. sp., G. cineraceus Jeekel, 1983, G. coolahensis n. sp. and G. regilacus n. sp.; Lissodesmus grampianensis n. sp.; and Orthorhachis catherinae n. sp., O. cavatica Jeekel, 2006, O. celtica n. sp., O. christinae n. sp., O. durabilis n. sp., O. gloriosa n. sp., O. inflata n. sp., O. jubata n. sp., O. kerewong n. sp., O. monteithi n. sp., O. oresbia n. sp., O. pallida Jeekel, 1985, O. paradoxalis Jeekel, 2006, O. serrata n. sp., O. tallagandensis n. sp., O. vinnula n. sp., O. weiri n. sp. and O. yabbra n. sp.
The Scolopendra species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) of Greece (E-Mediterranean): a theoretical approach on the effect of geography and palaeogeography on their distribution
Authors: SIMAIAKIS STYLIANOS , MYLONAS MOISIS
Published: May 2019

The species of the genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 are very widely distributed in the Mediterranean region. Current knowledge is summarized, with references to material derived mainly from the well-explored islands of the Aegean Archipelago, several localities in continental Greece and old bibliographic reports. We suggest that Scolopendra species represent examples of both paradigms of historical biogeography, namely vicariance and dispersal. We propose that the dispersal routes of Scolopendra species in Greece were mainly influenced by late Miocene and upper Pleistocene palaeogeography. The formation of the Mid-Aegean trench (c. 12 – 9 Mya) considered as a remarkable geographical barrier between the Anatolian peninsula and mainland Greece, prevented the entry of certain Scolopendra species westwards. In total, five Scolopendra species have been recorded from mainland and insular Greece. A vicariance event that occurred in the area more than 17 Mya, when the Aegean region was part of a united landmass, better explains the biogeographical history of S. canidens. Cyclades harbours remnants of the ancient populations of S. canidens, whereas during the late Pleistocene (c. 400.000 21.000 ya) S. canidens was isolated in Dodecanese. S. cretica is the only endemic, being distributed in Crete and its adjacent islets. S. clavipes in E-Mediterranean and S. dalmatica in W-Mediterranean evolved from ancient canidens populations. S. cingulata entered central and southern Europe from the east (c. 20 – 11 Mya), while the formation of the Mid-Aegean trench (c. 12 – 9 Mya) prevented its entry in Crete.
Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Margaritidae, and Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition in southeastern Brazil, with description of a new species of Calliostoma
Authors: CAVALLARI DANIEL C. , SALVADOR RODRIGO B. , DORNELLAS ANA P. S. , SIMONE LUIZ R. L.
Published: May 2019

The deep-water mollusks collected during the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to the southeastern Brazilian coast in 1987 have been studied in several recent works. The present paper lists and diagnoses 19 species belonging to the vetigastropod families Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Margaritidae, and Solariellidae. A new species, Calliostoma valkuri sp. nov., is described. It is mainly characterized by a very short teleoconch I, with limits marked by conspicuous varices and sculpture consisting of 3 spiral threads; sculpture of the teleoconch II consisting of spiral cords with thorn-like projections; and the presence of two strongly marked cords on the median portion of the whorls. Based on the MD55 samples and complementary specimens from other expeditions, the following species have their geographical and/or bathymetrical range extended: Bathymophila euspira, Calliostoma gemmosum, Calliostoma rude, Callogaza watsoni, Gaza compta, Falsimargarita terespira, Homalopoma boffii, Lamellitrochus cancapae comb. nov., Lamellitrochus pourtalesi, Margarites imperialis, and Solariella quinni.
Larval morphology of Hylarana lateralis (Boulenger) (Anura: Ranidae) from southern Vietnam
Authors: VASSILIEVA ANNA B.
Published: May 2019

The Kokarit Frog, recently referred to as Hylarana lateralis (Boulenger), is widely distributed throughout Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam), Thailand, Myanmar and southern China. The position of this species in ranid systematics remains unclear; accordingly to the latest revision by Oliver et al. (2015), it was formally withdrawn from the genus Hylarana, but not assigned to any other hylaranine genus and currently is referred to as “Hylarana” lateralis (Frost 2019).
Review of the Oxynoemacheilus tigris group with the description of two new species from the Euphrates drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
Authors: FREYHOF JÖRG , KAYA CÜNEYT , TURAN DAVUT , GEIGER MATTHIAS
Published: May 2019

The Oxynoemacheilus tigris species group is reviewed, resulting in the recognition of six species, of which two are described herein as new. Oxynoemacheilus tigris is known from the endorheic Qweik River and the Merziman River, which is a tributary of the western Euphrates. Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus is endemic to the endorheic Lake Van basin and O. hazarensis is endemic to Lake Hazar basin in the upper Tigris drainage. Oxynoemacheilus kaynaki is widespread in the Euphrates drainage. The two undescribed species occur in the Euphrates drainage. Oxynoemacheilus arsaniasus, new species, from the Murat River and the upper Karasu (Muş) River drainage, is distinguished from other species of the O. tigris group by having a bold, black, irregularly-shaped bar at the caudal-fin base, an incomplete lateral line and a scaleless body. Oxynoemacheilus muefiti, new species, from the upper Murat River drainage and a tributary to the Atatürk reservoir, is most similar to O. ercisianus, from which it is distinguished by a more slender body and a shallower dorsal adipose crest. According to our molecular data, the Qweik population of O. tigris is suspected to be introgressed by O. namiri from the Orontes drainage. Oxynoemacheilus erdali is identified as a synonym of O. bergianus as we were unable to find differences between the two species.
Morphology and DNA barcodes of two species of Bradysia Winnertz from China (Diptera, Sciaridae), with the description of Bradysia minorlobus Yang, Shi & Huang sp. n.
Authors: YANG XUE , SHI KAI , HELLER KAI , MENZEL FRANK , HUANG JUNHAO , WU HONG
Published: May 2019

Two morphologically similar species of the fungicola species group of Bradysia Winnertz, 1867 were studied in China: Bradysia chenjinae Yang, Zhang & Yang, 1993 and Bradysia minorlobus Yang, Shi & Huang sp. n. The morphological species concepts were supported by the DNA barcodes of COI sequences. The genetic distances of 16 Bradysia fungicola group species were analyzed and a neighbor-joining tree was constructed. The morphological characters of both Chinese species were described and illustrated.
Neocrassocoris, a new apterous genus of Carventinae from China (Heteroptera: Aradidae)
Authors: BAI XIAOSHUAN , HEISS ERNST , CAI WANZHI
Published: May 2019

A new apterous genus, Neocrassocoris gen. nov., with two new species, N. pingbianensis sp. nov. and N. longzhouensis sp. nov. (Heteroptera: Aradidae: Carventinae), are described from Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces of China. The diagnostic morphological features of both taxa are described and illustrated.
Impacts of Climate Warming on Aviation Fuel Consumption
Authors: Ren Diandong , Leslie Lance M.
Published: May 2019

Factors affecting aviation fuel efficiency are thermal and propulsive efficiencies, and overall drag on aircraft. An along-the-route integration is made for all direct flights in a baseline year, 2010, under current and future atmospheric conditions obtained from 26 climate models under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario. Thermal efficiency and propulsive efficiency are affected differently, with the former decreasing by 0.38% and the latter increasing by 0.35%. Consequently, the overall engine efficiency decrease is merely <0.02%. Over the same period, the skin frictional drag increases ~3.5% from the increased air viscosity. This component is only 5.7% of the total drag, and the ~3.5% increase in air viscosity accounts for a 0.2% inefficiency in fuel consumption. A t test is performed for the multiple-model ensemble mean time series of fuel efficiency decrease for two 20-yr periods centered on years 2010 and 2090, respectively. The trend is found to be statistically significant (p value = 0.0017). The total decrease in aircraft fuel efficiency is equivalent to ~0.68 billion gallons of additional fuel annually, a qualitatively robust conclusion, but quantitatively there is a large interclimate model spread.
Prophylactic Enoxaparin Dosing in Obese Orthopedic Patients: A Literature Search
Authors: Tran Van N. , Varfolomeev Ilya , Hill Geoff
Published: May 2019

Objective: The objective of the study was to review the current literature for prophylactic enoxaparin dosing in obese orthopedic patients. Method: A literature search was undertaken using OVID Medline, OVID Embase, and Cochrane Central databases, accessed through hospital library websites. Key search terms (in UK and US spelling) included orthopaedics, low-molecular-weight heparin, enoxaparin, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, weight, obese, morbid obesity. Possible related subheadings, such as bone, fractures, anticoagulants, overweight, body mass index, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, were also included in the database search to optimize the search strategies. The search was restricted to human subjects and limited to articles published from 1998 to the present. Results: The search identified 429 potentially relevant articles. Once duplicates were removed, 345 were screened for inclusion in this review. Only 3 articles (a case-control study, an observational prospective study, and a case report) met both the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The findings from this review need to be interpreted cautiously due to limitations in study designs and the potential for confounding bias. Conclusion: The results of a multiple database search draw one to the conclusion that there is very limited evidence in the literature with regard to prophylactic enoxaparin dosing in obese orthopedic-specific patients. Orthopedic patients are among the highest risk of all surgical specialties for venous thromboembolism. There is strong evidence to support an increased prophylactic low-molecular-weight heparin doses in obese patients; thus, the authors recommend higher prophylactic enoxaparin dosing in obese orthopedic patients.
The Role of Work Environment in Training Sustainment: A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Hughes Ashley M. , Zajac Stephanie , Woods Amanda L. , Salas Eduardo
Published: May 2019

Objective:

The purpose of this meta-analytic review is to examine the role of three work environment support variables (i.e., peer, supervisor, and organizational support) in training transfer and sustainment or long-term use of learned knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs).

Background:

Estimates demonstrate that little training is transferred to the job, wasting billions in organizational spending each year and resulting in significant loss to safety and individual and team performance. Prior research shows the importance of a supportive work environment to facilitating transfer; however, we know little of the relative importance of specific support variables. This study seeks to examine the unique roles of distinct support variables in training transfer.

Method:

A meta-analysis was conducted with multiple regressions to answer three primary research questions.

Results:

All work environment support variables demonstrate moderate and positive correlations with transfer of training. Furthermore, multiple regressions demonstrate that each factor of the work environment explains unique variance as a predictor, with the model accounting for 32% of transfer and peer support accounting for most of R2. Motivation to transfer mediates the relationship between all three work environment support variables and transfer. Furthermore, three support variables are positively related to sustainment, with peer and supervisor support showing the strongest relationships.

Conclusion:

Findings illuminate the relative contribution of peer, supervisor, and organizational support to transfer and sustainment of training. As transfer continues to be an important yet understudied measure of the effectiveness of workplace training, these findings hold implications for both research and practice.
New method of finding Thevenin equivalent circuits for the transformer and partial–ideal operational amplifier system
Authors: Chou Yang-Ching , Chen Chung-Cheng , Chen Yen-Ting
Published: May 2019

This paper proposes a new method of finding the Thevenin equivalent circuits for the transformer and partial–ideal operational amplifier systems that have not been systematically solved by traditional approaches now. This paper also exploits some strong improvements to solve the complicated dependent source circuit and mutual coupling circuit. Five comparative examples are demonstrated to show the significant merits that our method owns over the traditional approaches including the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current method, matrix node voltage (mesh current) method, modified nodal (mesh) analysis, reference node r model, reflected impedance method, and virtual ground method.
A New Internationalism: Endeavouring to ‘Build from this Diversity, Unity’, 1945–90
Authors: Mangion Carmen M.
Published: May 2019

Catholic women’s religious institutes as religio-cultural networks crossed national borders. Often, as with religious sisters who taught and nursed, their relocation was done for the sake of evangelisation and mission. Religious life was influenced by international connections but the meaning and consequences of religious internationalism shifted and came into sharp relief from the 1940s. This article examines how one religious congregation, the Dutch Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy ( Zusters van Liefde) transformed their understanding of what it meant to be an international religious congregation. It examines the changing understandings of being international through the shift from uniformity to pluriformity. This led to transnational exchanges via revised practices of governance that were both consultative and participatory and emphasised a culture of ‘communication and encounter’. Religious institutes developed new understandings of internationalism which acknowledged the national diversity of their membership but this was a difficult journey weighed down as it was by mindsets that reified convent traditions and forms of cultural superiority. New understandings of internationalism acknowledged the national diversity of their membership and worked to develop unity from cultural difference through governance and interrelationships. This case study demonstrates the complexities of the processes by which Catholic international religious institutes around the world were rethinking their internationalism in response to the social consequences of post-war modernity and later, the spirit of aggiornamento of the Second Vatican Council (1962–65). It broadens our understanding of internationalist thoughts and actions, pointing to an emphasis on the national, which, rather than receding comes to the forefront particularly in the process of decentralisation. It also demonstrates that women without an explicitly feminist or political agenda also negotiated how internationalism was defined, lived and experienced. Internationalist activities did not occur in a vacuum, they were aligned to the larger social movements of the post-war Catholic and secular world.
BMP Signaling in Regulating Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Incisor Homeostasis
Authors: Shi C. , Yuan Y. , Guo Y. , Jing J. , Ho T.V. , Han X. , Li J. , Feng J. , Chai Y.
Published: May 2019

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling performs multiple essential functions during craniofacial development. In this study, we used the adult mouse incisor as a model to uncover how BMP signaling maintains tissue homeostasis and regulates mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) fate by mediating WNT and FGF signaling. We observed a severe defect in the proximal region of the adult mouse incisor after loss of BMP signaling in the Gli1+ cell lineage, indicating that BMP signaling is required for cell proliferation and odontoblast differentiation. Our study demonstrates that BMP signaling serves as a key regulator that antagonizes WNT and FGF signaling to regulate MSC lineage commitment. In addition, BMP signaling in the Gli1+ cell lineage is also required for the maintenance of quiescent MSCs, suggesting that BMP signaling not only is important for odontoblast differentiation but also plays a crucial role in providing feedback to the MSC population. This study highlights multiple important roles of BMP signaling in regulating tissue homeostasis.
Making Sense of Out Phrasal Verbs: the Instruction of Out Senses
Authors: Liao Fei-Hsuan
Published: May 2019

The issue of phrasal verb learning has caused much discussion and attracted vigorous investigation. Inspired by the theory of conceptual metaphor, a pedagogical experiment was conducted to investigate whether an approach focussing on sense extension of particle out in terms of conceptual metaphors can enhance the learning of phrasal verbs containing out. One control group was instructed with general reading materials embedded with various phrasal verbs, and two experimental groups with self-constructed lessons, in which six sense types of out were identified and corresponding phrasal verbs were selected, and in addition, an L1 lexical item was employed to illustrate the mechanism of metaphorical extension for one experimental group. The result showed that learners receiving a cognitive inspired approach to instruction achieved significantly better learning outcomes than those receiving the traditional approach, not only on taught items but also on untaught items. However, the use of L1 lexical items to illustrate sense extension was not as effective as expected in boosting the learning of out-phrasal verbs . It was concluded by discussing the benefit of the proposed approach to phrasal verb instruction and, more importantly, the need of teaching materials providing more profound understanding of phrasal verbs so as to facilitate phrasal verb learning.
The Fox and the Crow: Predatory Open Access Journals in Otolaryngology
Authors: Mudry Albert , Ruben Robert J.
Published: May 2019

Otolaryngologists regularly receive invitations from open access otolaryngology–head and neck surgery journals to submit papers or to join the editorial board. Some of these journals are considered “predatory.” There has been no published attempt to see if bogus otolaryngological articles would be accepted by such journals. We sent a fake article describing a supposed otosclerotic lesion localized in the fallopian tube and surgically treated by phacoemulsification of the stapes to 41 such journals. Eight journals accepted the paper, 7 requested structural revision, 2 requested revision even though the reviewer recommended rejection, 4 rejected the paper only because they found it had already been published by another open access journal (without the authors’ knowledge), and 2 rejected the paper. Eighteen journals had not responded after 6 weeks. A contemporary retelling of the poem “The Fox and the Crow” concludes our article, which illustrates predatory practices among specific open access otolaryngology journals.
The Effectiveness of Behavior-Focused Alternative Middle Schools for Students With Disabilities
Authors: Afacan Kemal , Wilkerson Kimber L.
Published: May 2019

Behavior-focused alternative schools serve students who are identified by school personnel as exhibiting behavior difficulties, often coupled with low academic achievement. Students can be referred to behavior-focused alternative schools as an alternative to expulsion. In this study, we examined the demographic characteristics of students who attended behavior-focused alternative middle schools, as well as the effectiveness of these schools on two outcomes: (a) standardized state reading assessment scores and (b) number of suspensions received. Using a retrospective cohort design study, we investigated whether students attending behavior-focused alternative middle schools experienced significantly different reading and suspension outcomes compared with a matched sample of students attending traditional middle schools. The majority of students in behavior-focused alternative middle schools were male, Black, and receiving special education services. Results showed that students attending behavior-focused alternative middle schools performed significantly lower on standardized assessments of reading in the eighth grade. No significant differences were noted for the number of suspensions experienced.
Combined effect of chronic partial occlusion and orthostatic load on the saphenous vein network: A varicosity model in the rat
Authors: Dörnyei Gabriella , Hetthéssy Judit , Patai Bettina , Balogh Fruzsina , Németi Ádám , Jäckel Márta , Tőkes Annamária , Fees Alexander , Varady Zoltan , Monos Emil , Nádasy György L
Published: May 2019

Objectives

We tested the combined effects of chronic flow obstacle and gravitation on the saphenous vein network of rats.

Methods

A narrowing clip (500 µm, partial occlusion) was administered on the saphenous vein main branch for 4, 8 and 12 weeks, either separately or in combination with chronic orthostatic load (tilted tube-cages for four weeks). Resulting network changes were studied on plastic casts, by video-microscopy, histochemistry–immunohistochemistry and image analysis.

Results

A rich collateral venous network developed containing newly formed masses of retrograde conducting small veins. Their walls had less dense elastica, less contractile protein, increased cell division activity and macrophage invasion, and were more sensitive to chronic gravitational load.

Conclusions

Hemodynamic disturbance induces remodeling of the saphenous vein network. Walls of veins being in the process of flow-induced morphological remodeling are weak and more sensitive to gravitational load. Reticular vein conglomerates, veins with local dilations, and convoluted courses were observed.
Variegated neoliberalization and institutional hierarchies: Scalar recalibration and the entrenchment of neoliberalism in New York City and Johannesburg
Authors: Piletic Aleksandra
Published: May 2019

A decade ago, in their article on ‘variegated neoliberalization’, political geographers Brenner, Peck and Theodore proposed what has become one of the leading theoretical conceptualizations of neoliberalism. By developing a process-based account of neoliberal transformations, they successfully trace neoliberalization across geographies and temporalities, accounting for both its systemic and contingent qualities. In this paper, I suggest that the variegated neoliberalization approach would benefit from contributions made by the French Régulation school, particularly those that introduce the institutional complementarity/institutional hierarchy as crucial components for understanding institutional configurations of diverse capitalist economies. Namely, I point to the fact that shared institutional hierarchies underpin different regimes of accumulation (e.g. Fordist, neoliberal), allowing us to study patterns of accumulation despite evident variation across contexts. By drawing on these insights, it becomes possible to deepen our understanding of the patterned structural traits preceding the onset of neoliberalization and how they shape various courses of institutional differentiation, thereby taking the variegated neoliberalization framework one step further. In the final section, I sketch the neoliberalization of two cities – New York and Johannesburg – to illustrate how legacies of preceding institutions played a role in generating differential neoliberal landscapes.
Grace Aguilar’s double-vision to a feminized religiosity through the Torah’s laws on inheritance and vows
Authors: Lee Bernon
Published: May 2019

Grace Aguilar’s interpretation of the Torah’s laws on female inheritance and a daughter’s vows in her 19th-century biography of biblical women The Women of Israel sits between a proselytizing Anglo-Protestant rhetoric and an androcentric Judaism. This article traces the contours of her feminized, contemplative brand of Judaism through her reading of these laws. The article finds her arguments against the main currents of Judaism of the period to be of a social-religious strain familiar to, yet contending with, the ‘tolerant’ Christianity of Victoria’s England. In staking her space between traditions, Aguilar adopts (and adapts) the terminology of Christian parlance and the Christianized domestic ideology the terms facilitate. The result is a subversive, if ambivalent, work of biblical interpretation that seconds a hegemonic cultural vision for domestic accord in substituting Judaism for its religious heart. Aguilar’s recovered ‘authentic’ Judaism, then, emerges as Christianity’s worthy twin that stands its ground against misogyny.
Combined and parallel individual and group therapy—still a red rag?
Authors: Türk Dorothe
Published: May 2019

The author argues that in specific cases, and for particular reasons, combined or parallel treatment could be superior to sole individual or sole group therapy. In recent years, I treated some patients before and during the start of group therapy with weekly individual sessions. This procedure was necessary to reduce the fear of the group for these patients to a tolerable level. For some other patients, I replaced the third psychoanalytic individual session with psychoanalytic group therapy for their treatment. The concurrent parallel group session can provide a supplement and extension of the psychoanalytic process. For patients with pronounced super-ego disorders, severe shame and social anxieties, this treatment may boost individual development in treatment. Concurrent group and individual psychotherapy enriches transference and countertransference work in both settings and enables a dense and intensive therapeutic process.

To treat people equally means to treat them differently. The needs of our patients are not the same. The main point of my interest is the patient and not the treatment modality. Every patient requires individual ways of therapy.
Is democracy enough to get early turn of the environmental Kuznets curve in ASEAN countries?
Authors: Gill Abid Rashid , Hassan Sallahuddin , Viswanathan K Kuperan
Published: May 2019

This research article investigates the impact of democracy on peak turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve in the context of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries that have different levels of development and democracy. For this purpose, time-series data for the period of 1980–2014 have been employed. The empirical findings support the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 emission in the ASEAN countries. It is also found that democracy measured by civil liberties delays the turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve and, therefore, increases the environmental cost of economic growth. The research output provides meaningful inputs to formulate an effective public policy for the protection of the environment in the ASEAN countries.
Designing of power system stabilizer based on neural-like P systems
Authors: Li Meng , Chen Yong
Published: May 2019

Power system stabilizers play an important role in reducing the low-frequency oscillation. In this article, the problem of robustly selecting the parameters of the power system stabilizers is studied. A new neural-like P systems optimization algorithm is proposed in order to optimize the power system stabilizer parameters. First, the structure of the neural-like P systems is established. Then, the operation rules, including forgetting rule, spiking rule, evolving rule, and transferring rule, are designed. Furthermore, a new objective function is constructed on the eigenvalues and damping ratio. Finally, the proposed algorithm is tested on the 16-machine and 68-bus system. The simulation results show the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed methods to select the optimal power system stabilizer parameters for damping out the low f oscillation.
Anti-Platelet Therapy in Mild Cerebral Infarction Patients on the Basis of CYP2C19 Metabolizer Status
Authors: Lan Hu , Ying Tang , Xi-Hua Sheng , Yi Li
Published: May 2019

This study aimed to investigate the effects of CYP2C19 metabolizer status on the clinical therapeutic efficacy of cerebral infarction. Patients with cerebral infarction ( n = 180; NIHSS score ≤ 5) were recruited and divided into Group A and Group B according to CYP2C19 metabolizer status. In Group A, patients received routine clopidogrel therapy for 1 year; in Group B, the patients with extensive metabolizer (EM) were treated with clopidogrel, and patients with intermediate metabolizer (IM) and poor metabolizer (PM) were treated with aspirin for 1 year. On admission, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was determined, and the therapeutic efficacy was evaluated with Modified Rankin Scale score after 1 year of treatment. The outcomes and adverse effects were recorded during the treatment. After routine clopidogrel treatment, the efficacy in EM patients was significantly better than in PM and IM patients. After adjustment of therapeutic protocol, the therapeutic efficacy in PM and IM patients was markedly improved, which was accompanied by significant reduction in recurrence rate of cerebral infarction. Although the adverse effects increased in patients receiving aspirin treatment, they resolved after symptomatic therapy. CYP2C19 metabolizer status is closely related to the clinical efficacy of clopidogrel. Thus, it is necessary to adjust the anti-platelet treatment according to the CYP2C19 metabolizer status to maximize therapeutic efficacy without increasing recurrence and adverse effects.
New Persistent Opioid Use and Associated Risk Factors Following Treatment of Ankle Fractures
Authors: Gossett Timothy D. , Finney Fred T. , Hu Hsou Mei , Waljee Jennifer F. , Brummett Chad M. , Walton David M. , Holmes James R.
Published: May 2019

Background:

The aim of this study was to define the rate of new persistent opioid use and risk factors for persistent opioid use after operative and nonoperative treatment of ankle fractures.

Methods:

Using a nationwide insurance claims database, Clinformatics DataMart Database, we identified opioid-naïve patients who underwent surgical treatment of unstable ankle fracture patterns between January 2009 and June 2016. Patients who underwent closed treatment of a distal fibula fracture served as a comparative group. We evaluated peritreatment and posttreatment opioid prescription fills. The primary outcome, new persistent opioid use, was defined as opioid prescription fulfillment between 91 and 180 days after the procedure. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the effect of patient factors, and the differences of the effect were tested using Wald statistics. The adjusted persistent use rates were calculated. A total of 13 088 patients underwent treatment of an ankle fracture and filled a peritreatment opioid prescription.

Results:

When compared with closed treatment of a distal fibula fracture, only 2 surgical treatment subtypes demonstrated significantly increased rates of persistent use compared with the closed treatment group: open treatment of bimalleolar ankle fracture (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.32; 95% CI, 1.10-1.58; P = .002) and open treatment of trimalleolar ankle fracture with fixation of posterior lip (aOR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.04-2.07; P = .027). Rates were significantly increased (aOR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.34-1.82; P < .001) among patients who received a total peritreatment opioid dose that was in the top 25th percentile of total oral morphine equivalents. Factors independently associated with new persistent opioid use included mental health disorders, comorbid conditions, tobacco use, and female sex.

Conclusion:

All ankle fracture treatment groups demonstrated high rates of new persistent opioid use, and persistent use was not directly linked to injury severity. Instead, we identified patient factors that demonstrated increased risk of persistent opioid use. Limiting the peritreatment opioid dose was the largest modifiable risk factor related to new persistent opioid use in this privately insured cohort.

Level of Evidence:

Level III, retrospective cohort study.