bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Wandering Aramean in Pharaoh’s Court: The Literary Relationship Between Abram’s Sojourn in Egypt in 1QapGen 19-20 and Jewish Fictional Literature
Authors: Jurgens Blake A.
Published: April 2018

The Abram in Egypt episode in the Genesis Apocryphon has been the subject of several studies which have focused upon its status as an example of “rewritten scripture” and its reclamation of the character of Abram from Genesis 12:10-20. This article attempts to assess not only the redemption of Abram’s character in the Genesis Apocryphon, but also the reconfiguration of the entire Abram in Egypt episode through the use of several literary techniques and tropes common to ancient Jewish fictional literature. This study argues that by remaking the entire episode of Abram’s sojourn in Egypt, the author of the Apocryphon not only transforms Abram into a Jewish hero in the midst of a foreign empire, but also creates a more attractive and meaningful narrative appealing to the literary predilections and tastes of a Hellenistic Jewish audience.
Introduction
Authors: Roubekas Nickolas P.
Published: April 2018

This is an introduction to the commissioned papers of the review panel of William Paden’sNew Patterns for Comparative Religion: Passages to an Evolutionary Perspective(2016).
Liberal Hermeneutics of the Spectacular in the Study of the New Testament and the Roman Empire
Authors: Zeichmann Christopher B.
Published: April 2018

Since 9/11, there has been a surge in interest in the topic of violence both among scholars of religion and in the humanities more broadly. This article suggests that such works operate with a “hermeneutics of the spectacular” that functions to legitimate the liberal status quo by concentrating its focus upon the most visibly heinous forms of state violence under the aegis of a politics of “resistance.” This article uses the New Testament and its depiction of the military as a site for thinking about how folk definitions come to classify certain activities as “violent” and not others, both today and in antiquity. If biblical scholarship—or the study of religion more broadly—is to be something other than an ideological repository for late capitalism, it is necessary to reconsider the issue. This article, by point of contrast, discusses three theoretical approaches to violence that may be useful: Objective-Structural Violence, Symbolic Violence, and Violent Subjectivities.
No evidence for the expensive-tissue hypothesis in Fejervarya limnocharis
Authors: Yang Sheng Nan , Feng Hao , Jin Long , Zhou Zhao Min , Liao Wen Bo
Published: April 2018

Because the brain is one of the energetically most expensive organs of animals, trade-offs have been hypothesized to exert constraints on brain size evolution. The expensive-tissue hypothesis predicts that the cost of a large brain should be compensated by decreasing size of other metabolically costly tissues, such as the gut. Here, we analyzed the relationships between relative brain size and the size of other metabolically costly tissues (i.e., gut, heart, lung, kidney, liver, spleen or limb muscles) among fourFejervarya limnocharispopulations to test the predictions of the expensive-tissue hypothesis. We did not find that relative brain size was negatively correlated with relative gut length after controlling for body size, which was inconsistent with the prediction of the expensive-tissue hypothesis. We also did not find negative correlations between relative brain mass and relative size of the other energetically expensive organs. Our findings suggest that the cost of large brains inF. limnochariscannot be compensated by decreasing size in other metabolically costly tissues.
Karaite or Rabbanite: A Hint from Menahem’s Mahberet
Authors: Howard Jonathan
Published: April 2018

Research has so far been unsuccessful in determining the creed of the Hebrew lexicographer Menahem ben Saruq. Though most probably suspected of Karaism already in his day, there is no conclusive and decisive evidence to prove whether he was Karaite or Rabbanite. In this article, I suggest that Menahem’s choice of verses in one of his lexicon entries reflects a textually non-trivial interpretation originating in midrash, thereby suggesting that he was, in fact, Rabbanite.
Dianthus recticaulis, the correct name for Gypsophila stricta and G. alpina
 (≡ Petrorhagia alpina) (Caryophyllaceae)
Authors: MOSYAKIN SERGEI L. , FEDORONCHUK MYKOLA M.
Published: April 2018

A recent molecular phylogenetic study of Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) by Madhani et al. (2018: 96) showed that “Velezia and the second group of Petrorhagia (including P. armerioides, P. alpina and P. candica)” are phylogenetically rooted in Dianthus Linnaeus (1753: 409) sensu stricto. New names and new combinations were proposed by Madhani et al. (l.c.) to reflect the revealed phylogenetic patterns in an updated nomenclatural scheme.
New species of Dispio Hartman, 1951 and Streblospio Webster, 1879 (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the coast of the Iberian Peninsula
Authors: DELGADO-BLAS VÍCTOR HUGO , DÍAZ-DÍAZ ÓSCAR , VIÉITEZ JOSÉ M.
Published: April 2018

Re-assessment of spionid specimens from Iberian Peninsula initially assigned to Dispio uncinata Hartman, 1951 and Streblospio benedicti Webster, 1879 led to the recognition of two new species from the spionid genera Dispio and Streblospio from coasts around the Iberian Peninsula. Dispio elegans sp. nov. is characterised by having an oblanceolate-shaped prostomium. In addition, the first two notopodial postchaetal lamellae are serrated with digitiform papillae, the anterior neuropodial lamellae are smooth; all branchiae are almost completely fused to the notopodial lamellae, but with the tips free; the notochaetae on chaetiger 1 are smooth, alimbate capillaries; the ventral chaetae located in the position of the sabre chaetae on chaetigers 1–2 are smooth, alimbate capillaries, but becoming granulated on chaetiger 3; and the middle and posterior chaetigers are granulated and reticulated. Streblospio padventralis sp. nov. is characterized by lacking dorsal papillae between the branchiae of chaetiger 1; the hooks have 4–5 pairs of small teeth; sabre chaetae are present from chaetiger 3; the pygidium has two ventral lappets; and brooding structures are present in the coelomic cavities. We suggest raising the status of Streblospio benedicti japonica Imajima, 1990 to full species level as S. japonica Imajima, 1990. A key for Streblospio species is provided.
Taxonomic study on the genus Fissicepheus (Acari: Oribatida: Otocepheidae) from China
Authors: ZHENG LI-HAO , CHEN JUN
Published: April 2018

Four new species of the genus Fissicepheus Balogh & Mahunka, 1967 from China are described on the basis of adults: Fissicepheus (Fissicepheus) aokii sp. nov., types from Shanxi Province, F. (F.) combicondylus sp. nov., from Guangdong Province, F. (F.) confragosus sp. nov., from Sichuan Province, and F. wangae sp. nov. from Beijing City. A revised generic diagnosis and a key to the 26 known species worldwide of Fissicepheus are provided. Compared with the diagnosis of the subgenus F. (Psammocepheus) Aoki, 1970, F. (P.) haradai Choi, 1986 is moved to the nominotypical subgenus: F. (F.) haradai Choi, 1986.
Revision of the Metallactus kollari species-group with a new diagnosis of the genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
Authors: SASSI DAVIDE
Published: April 2018

The genus Metallactus has been controversial since its introduction due to the ambiguous nature of the original diagnosis. This has caused some confusion in the taxonomy of Neotropical Pachybrachina. In this work the morphology of endophallus, which is useful for the characterization of species groups in several groups of Coleoptera, including Cryptocephalinae, has been analyzed. This has proven to be a good resource also in the taxonomic treatment of the species belonging to the genus Metallactus. After a careful survey on most of the species described so far, the endophallus shape in Metallactus turned out to be remarkably distinctive and very promising in the delimitation of species groups. The present work includes: a) a new diagnosis of the genus Metallactus on the basis of the aedeagal anatomy; b) the designation of the type species of the nominal genus; c) the revision of a first species-group of the genus, including the type species, hereinafter called Metallactus kollari species-group. Before this revision, catalogues had been reporting 13 species attributable to this group, in the present work three species have been synonymized and seven have been described as new to science. Therefore, the group includes 17 species. The species described as new are: Metallactus rileyi n. sp., M. bellatrix n. sp., M. longicornis n. sp.; M. londonpridei n. sp., M. regalini n. sp., M. bezoar n. sp., M. guarani n. sp. The new synonymies are as follows: Metallactus albipes Suffrian, 1866 (= M. nigrofasciatus Suffrian, 1866 n. syn.), M. albifrons Suffrian, 1866 (= M. flavofrontalis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.), M. dodecastictus Suffrian, 1866 (= Griburius nigritarsis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.). The lectotypes of all previously described species have been designated. The new synonymies, the name-bearing type fixations and designations and the nomenclatural acts have been critically discussed. An identification key for the species-group is also provided.
A review of the wasp mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae)
Authors: PAUL JIMMY , SANKARAN PRADEEP M. , SEBASTIAN POTHALIL A. , JOSEPH MATHEW M.
Published: April 2018

The monotypic velvet ant-mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 is revised. The paper provides the first detailed morphological and genitalic description, with the first description and illustrations of the male of the type species, Coenoptychus pulcher Simon, 1885, and a redescription of its female. Two new combinations are proposed: Coenoptychus mutillicus (Haddad, 2004) comb. nov. and Coenoptychus tropicalis (Haddad, 2004) comb. nov.; both species were previously included in Graptartia Simon, 1896. The distribution records of the genus are updated.
A Gravity Wave Drag Matrix for Complex Terrain
Authors: Smith Ronald B. , Kruse Christopher G.
Published: April 2018

We propose a simplified scheme to predict mountain wave drag over complex terrain using only the regional-average low-level wind components U and V. The scheme is tuned and tested on data from the South Island of New Zealand, a rough and highly anisotropic terrain. The effect of terrain anisotropy is captured with a hydrostatically computed, 2 × 2 positive-definite wave drag matrix. The wave drag vector is the product of the wind vector and the drag matrix. The nonlinearity in wave generation is captured using a Gaussian terrain smoothing inversely proportional to wind speed. Wind speeds of |U| = 10, 20, and 30 m s−1 give smoothing scales of L = 54, 27, and 18 km, respectively. This smoothing treatment of nonlinearity is consistent with recent aircraft data and high-resolution numerical modeling of waves over New Zealand, indicating that the momentum flux spectra shift to shorter waves during high-drag conditions. The drag matrix model is tested against a 3-month time series of realistic full-physics wave-resolving flow calculations. Correlation coefficients approach 0.9 for both zonal and meridional drag components.
Accumulation and Subduction of Buoyant Material at Submesoscale Fronts
Authors: Taylor John R.
Published: April 2018

The influence of submesoscale currents on the distribution and subduction of passive, buoyant tracers in the mixed layer is examined using large-eddy simulations. Submesoscale eddies are generated through an ageostrophic baroclinic instability associated with a background horizontal buoyancy gradient. The simulations also include various levels of surface cooling, which provides an additional source of three-dimensional turbulence. Submesoscales compete against turbulent convection and restratify the mixed layer while generating strong turbulence along a submesoscale front. Buoyant tracers accumulate at the surface along the submesoscale front where they are subducted down into the water column. The presence of submesoscales strongly modifies the vertical tracer flux, even in the presence of strong convective forcing. The correlation between high tracer concentration and strong downwelling enhances the vertical diffusivity for buoyant tracers.
Producing and using community health education films in low- and middle-income countries
Authors: Sowa Stephen , Warwick Ian , Chase Elaine
Published: April 2018

Objective:

To analyse the production and use of health education films in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.

Design:

Review of community health education films and their use by three partner organisations.

Methods:

A focused content analysis of 18 community health education films was conducted, and three exemplar films were selected for more detailed review. Interviews were carried out with four film production personnel and seven project workers using the films in health education projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Concepts drawn from the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and Anchored Instruction informed the study.

Findings:

The films, produced primarily for use across sub-Saharan Africa, mostly conveyed biological information and addressed behavioural issues related to maternal and child health topics. The predominantly low-literacy audiences reached by the projects may further benefit from localised content highlighting the social determinants of health through engaging narrative formats. While the health education projects provided some opportunities to discuss the films after screening, linked problem-solving activities could raise awareness of the multiple factors influencing health and help community members formulate holistic action plans.

Conclusion:

The film production company responded to emerging findings, noting that more context-specific films should be produced, with community members being more fully involved in planning, production and evaluation. Such an approach could generate more relevant content and engage audiences more effectively in problem-solving related to health and wellbeing.
Finite element modelling of cutting force in shearing of multidirectional carbon fibre reinforced plastic laminates
Authors: Shirobokov Anton , Klocke Fritz , Baer Oksana , Feuerhack Andreas , Trauth Daniel , Wahl Martin
Published: April 2018

Lightweight structural components made of carbon fibre reinforced plastics are manufactured near-net-shape. However, in order to fulfil geometrical or functional requirements, carbon fibre reinforced plastic components have to be trimmed and pierced in a finish processing step. Shearing is a highly productive technology that is potentially suitable for cost-effective finishing of carbon fibre reinforced plastic components in high-volume series production. Shearing of carbon fibre reinforced plastic has not yet been sufficiently researched. Cutting force is an important characteristic of the shearing process. Up to now, there exists limited knowledge on numerical modelling of the cutting forces in carbon fibre reinforced plastic shearing. In order to address this, a finite element process model of carbon fibre reinforced plastic trimming was developed in this work. The process modelling included a formulation of continuum mechanical material model for a unidirectional ply as well as a development of a kinematic model of the trimming process. The developed finite element process model was validated by means of experimental data. The simulated and experimentally determined maximum specific cutting forces demonstrated a very good qualitative and quantitative agreement.
Industrial legislation in Australia in 2017
Authors: Rawling Michael , Schofield-Georgeson Eugene
Published: April 2018

This article examines key industrial legislation passed by federal Parliament in 2017. The main development in federal industrial legislation for this year, which passed with bipartisan support, saw a weakened Coalition Government (forced from its traditional industrial relations (IR) stance) act to improve protections for vulnerable workers. This initiative introduced extended liability provisions regulating franchisors and holding companies. However, these provisions are a narrow response to an economy-wide problem because they do not establish measures to better regulate supply chains, labour hire and gig economy arrangements for the protection of vulnerable workers. Back in more familiar territory, the Coalition Government managed to implement part of its agenda to further regulate unions by establishing legislation that criminalises bargaining payments by employers to unions. A constitutional crisis over the citizenship status of federal Parliamentarians prevented the Coalition Government from passing legislation designed to curtail trade union activities. The article also considers significant State legislative developments including the introduction of mandatory labour hire licensing laws in South Australia and Queensland, industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland and regulation of ridesharing arrangements in Victoria. The article concludes by contrasting federal criminal penalties against union activity with civil penalties for businesses that exploit vulnerable workers, before suggesting future directions in industrial legislation.
Women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2017
Authors: Kaine Sarah , Boersma Martijn
Published: April 2018

Throughout 2017, public interest, parliamentary debate and academic research about women, work and industrial relations centred around a few key themes: pay and income inequality, health and well-being at work and the intersection of paid and unpaid work. These themes were identified in three related yet distinct mediums: the media, parliamentary debate and academic literature. Automated content analysis software was used to assist in the thematic analysis of media articles and the House of Representatives Hansard, supplemented by a manual analysis of relevant academic publications. A thematic overlap was evident across the three datasets, despite the time lag associated with academic research and publication. This is a significant finding, emphasising that the inequalities experienced by women in the labour market are long term and entrenched.
New Hong Kong statute protects factual statements in medical apologies from use in litigation
Authors: Leung Gilberto KK , Porter Gerard
Published: April 2018

Providing an apology which contains a factual explanation following a medical adverse incident may facilitate an amicable settlement and improve patient experience. Numerous apology laws exist with the aim of encouraging an apology but the lack of explicit and specific protection for factual admissions included in “full” apologies can give rise to legal disputes and deter their use. The new Hong Kong Apology Ordinance expressly prohibits the admission of a statement of fact in an apology as evidence of fault in a wide range of applicable proceedings and thus provides the clearest and most comprehensive apology protection to date. This should significantly encourage open medical disclosure and the provision of an apology when things go wrong. This paper examines the significance and implication of the Apology Ordinance in the medico-legal context.
Thermal properties of polyurethane elastomers from soybean oil-based polyol with a different isocyanate index
Authors: Mizera Kamila , Ryszkowska Joanna
Published: April 2018

The aim of this work was to determine the influence of used soybean oil (SO)-based polyol on the thermal properties of tested polyurethane elastomers (PUEs), with a different value of isocyanate index (INCO). The thermal properties determined by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry show that the highest INCO causes an increase in hydrogen bonds in PUEs and higher thermal stability. A structural analysis and degree of phase separation (DPS) of the tested PUEs were carried out via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. This analysis showed that at INCO = 1.02, the largest number of urethane bonds arises in PUE. The physicomechanical properties of PUEs were also tested via density, resilience, hardness, and wear resistance. The results concluded that the increasing number of –NCO groups during production of PUEs with SO polyol changes the number of hydrogen bonds and DPS and causes the increase of properties such as thermal resistance, storage modulus, cross-linking density, and wear resistance.
Women as Animals, Women as Objects: Evidence for Two Forms of Objectification
Authors: Morris Kasey Lynn , Goldenberg Jamie , Boyd Patrick
Published: April 2018

Women are objectified through overt sexualization and through a focus on physical appearance, but empirical research has not yet made this distinction. In three studies, we found evidence consistent with the hypothesis that although both forms of objectification strip women of their humanness, there are unique dehumanizing signatures associated with each. When women were objectified by a focus on their sexual features or functions ( sexual objectification), they were perceived as lacking uniquely human attributes (i.e., animalistic dehumanization). Conversely, when women were objectified by an emphasis on their beauty or physical appearance ( appearance-focused objectification), they were perceived as lacking human nature (i.e., mechanistic dehumanization). In Study 3, we also examined an outcome associated with women’s risk of harm and found that mechanistic dehumanization, in response to appearance-focused objectification, uniquely promoted the perception that a woman was less capable of feeling pain. Implications for objectification research are discussed.
Collective Pay for Performance: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Nyberg Anthony J. , Maltarich Mark A. , Abdulsalam Dhuha “Dee” , Essman Spenser M. , Cragun Ormonde
Published: April 2018

Rewarding collective outcomes has become an increasingly important strategic motivational tool for driving collective success, reflecting the insight that paying employees for individual contributions does not always optimize performance in collective endeavors. Research into different types of collective pay for performance (PFP), or pay that is contingent on collective outcomes, has been studied in diverse academic fields (e.g., economics, strategy, psychology), but the compartmentalization between these academic disciplines hinders conceptual coordination. To advance this research and its related insights, this article provides a review of the theory and evidence pertaining to the relationships between different collective PFP types and collective outcomes. We also provide a meta-analysis that shows that collective PFP has desirable outcomes (e.g., meta-analysis shows an overall ρ = 0.11; p < .001), substantiating the value of studying collective PFP separately from individual PFP. The review also reveals a lack of empirical and theoretical development and highlights the need for a comprehensive theory of collective PFP. Our cross-disciplinary review of 106 empirical articles builds a foundation for advancing common pursuits, integrating knowledge, and creating theory. The consolidated perspectives point to promising directions for future research.
The Sacred, Heterology and Transparency: Between Bataille and Baudrillard
Authors: Pawlett William
Published: April 2018

This article re-examines Bataille’s increasingly influential notion of the sacred, with particular emphasis on the left or impure aspects of the sacred and their relationship to social structure or topology. Bataille’s understanding of the ‘sacred nucleus’ of society is examined in detail, particularly his suggestion that society endures only as the hardening of the conduits of sacred and profane around a radically heterogeneous, impure or ‘filthy’ central nucleus. For Bataille the sacred as heterogeneous is necessarily excluded from profane, homogeneous working life, and is internally divided between left and right, or pure and impure aspects. The article then examines the theme of profanation in Bataille’s writing, and the emergence of what he calls ‘post-sacred’ society. Finally, the article turns to Baudrillard’s relationship to Bataille’s work, and, beyond their common indebtedness to Mauss, the author examines the thematic relationship between Bataille’s heterological sacred and Baudrillard’s notions of symbolic exchange, evil and transparency. Baudrillard’s work presents a version of heterology more adapted to the contemporary era of rampant consumerism and virtual technologies, but, as the author argues, it actually departs rather little from Bataille’s position. However, for Baudrillard, profanation generates conditions of hyper-positivity and transparency which reintroduce evil, repulsion and disorder into the social system.
Interpersonal relatedness and temporal discounting
Authors: Gan Yiqun , Zheng Lei , He Xiaolu , Cheung Fanny M.
Published: April 2018

The present two studies tested the hypothesis that interpersonal relatedness (IR) affects temporal discounting differently in different interpersonal situations. Using two samples of Chinese university students, interpersonal exclusion was primed among one group of participants, whereas a control group received neutral priming. After priming, participants performed a delay discounting task (Study 1; N = 111) or a prioritizing task (Study 2; N = 108). The results revealed a main effect of IR such that individuals high in IR exhibited lower temporal discounting (Study 1) and made fewer smaller but sooner (SS) choices (Study 2). Additionally, IR interacted with priming condition to predict discounting rates and the number of SS choices made. Specifically, across both studies, the high IR, neutral priming condition was associated with the greatest future focus (i.e., delayed or larger but later choices). In both the delay discounting task and the prioritizing task, the stress priming condition eliminated the advantage of being high in IR. The results of these studies provide preliminary evidence that IR can influence temporal discounting in a direct and dynamic way.
Entrepreneurs and innovation: The contingent role of institutional factors
Authors: Fuentelsaz Lucio , Maicas Juan P , Montero Javier
Published: April 2018

Entrepreneurs play a key role in introducing innovations into the market. However, the extant literature has found that the degree of innovation within new ventures varies considerably and that these differences can be related to the individual factors of entrepreneurs. In this article, we go one step further and suggest that the influence of individual factors on innovation is contingent on the institutional context. We use a sample of more than 140,000 entrepreneurs from 101 countries that have participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project between 2005 and 2015. Our results show that individual characteristics of the entrepreneur, such as risk tolerance, entrepreneurial alertness, education and previous entrepreneurial experience, influence innovation in new ventures but that their effect is reinforced by an institutional context with high economic freedom.
Experimental and numerical analyses of residual stresses induced by tube drawing
Authors: Vollert Florian , Lüchinger Marco , Schuster Simone , Simon Nicola , Gibmeier Jens , Kern Kerstin , Schreiner Michael , Tillmann Wolfgang
Published: April 2018

Lightweight constructions are used to fulfil the ever-increasing demands regarding fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emission in transportation industries. In order to reduce weight, technical components made of solid materials are often replaced by tubular structures. Under service conditions, the components are frequently exposed to cyclic loads. Hence, residual stresses that are induced by manufacturing processes can have a significant impact on service life. In this work, the focus is on tube manufacturing processes, precisely cold tube sinking and fixed plug drawing. Both processes induce characteristic residual stress states, which are important to assess the mechanical integrity and load-carrying capacity of tubular components during service. The aim of this article is to examine the residual stress depth distribution for medium-carbon steel tubes manufactured by cold tube sinking and fixed plug drawing. The residual stresses are measured by means of the Sachs method and the hole-drilling method, respectively. The measured results are compared to finite element simulations of the tube drawing process. It is shown that the residual stress obtained with the different experimental methods and the numerical simulations are consistent. Furthermore, it is shown that the residual stresses can be significantly reduced when a plug is used in the drawing process.
Psychometric properties of the Numeric Pain Rating Scale and Neck Disability Index in patients with cervicogenic headache
Authors: Young Ian A , Dunning James , Butts Raymond , Cleland Joshua A , Fernández-de-las-Peñas César
Published: April 2018

Background

Self-reported disability and pain intensity are commonly used outcomes in patients with cervicogenic headaches. However, there is a paucity of psychometric evidence to support the use of these self-report outcomes for individuals treated with cervicogenic headaches. Therefore, it is unknown if these measures are reliable, responsive, or result in meaningful clinically important changes in this patient population.

Methods

A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (n = 110) examining the effects of spinal manipulative therapy with and without exercise in patients with cervicogenic headaches. Reliability, construct validity, responsiveness and thresholds for minimal detectable change and clinically important difference values were calculated for the Neck Disability Index and Numeric Pain Rating Scale.

Results

The Neck Disability Index exhibited excellent reliability (ICC = 0.92; [95 % CI: 0.46–0.97]), while the Numeric Pain Rating Scale exhibited moderate reliability (ICC = 0.72; [95 % CI: 0.08–0.90]) in the short term. Both instruments also exhibited adequate responsiveness (area under the curve; range = 0.78–0.93) and construct validity ( p < 0.001) in this headache population.

Conclusions

Both instruments seem well suited as short-term self-report measures for patients with cervicogenic headaches. Clinicians and researchers should expect at least a 2.5-point reduction on the numeric pain rating scale and a 5.5-point reduction on the neck disability index after 4 weeks of intervention to be considered clinically meaningful.
Men’s Mental Health: Social Determinants and Implications for Services
Authors: Affleck William , Carmichael Victoria , Whitley Rob
Published: April 2018

Numerous scholars have stated that there is a silent crisis in men’s mental health. In this article, we aim to provide an overview of core issues in the field of men’s mental health, including a discussion of key social determinants as well as implications for mental health services. Firstly, we review the basic epidemiology of mental disorders with a high incidence and prevalence in men, including suicide and substance use disorder. Secondly, we examine controversies around the low reported rates of depression in men, discussing possible measurement and reporting biases. Thirdly, we explore common risk factors and social determinants that may explain higher rates of certain mental health outcomes in men. This includes a discussion of 1) occupational and employment issues; 2) family issues and divorce; 3) adverse childhood experience; and 4) other life transitions, notably parenthood. Fourthly, we document and analyze low rates of mental health service utilization in men. This includes a consideration of the role of dominant notions of masculinity (such as stubbornness and self-reliance) in deterring service utilization. Fifthly, we note that some discourse on the role of masculinity contains much “victim blaming,” often adopting a reproachful deficit-based model. We argue that this can deflect attention away from social determinants as well as issues within the mental health system, such as claims that it is “feminized” and unresponsive to men’s needs. We conclude by calling for a multipronged public health–inspired approach to improve men’s mental health, involving concerted action at the individual, health services, and societal levels.
Critical Issues in Men’s Mental Health
Authors: Bilsker Dan , Fogarty Andrea S. , Wakefield Matthew A.
Published: April 2018

This narrative review highlights key issues in men’s mental health and identifies approaches to research, policy and practice that respond to men’s styles of coping. Issues discussed are: 1) the high incidence of male suicide (80% of suicide deaths in Canada, with a peak in the mid-50 s age group) accompanied by low public awareness; 2) the perplexing nature of male depression, manifesting in forms that are poorly recognised by current diagnostic approaches and thus poorly treated; 3) the risky use of alcohol among men, again common and taking a huge toll on mental and physical health; 4) the characteristic ways in which men manage psychological suffering, the coping strengths to be recognised, and the gaps to be addressed; 5) the underutilization of mental health services by men, and the implication for clinical outcomes; and 6) male-specific approaches to service provision designed to improve men’s accessing of care, with an emphasis on Canadian programs. The main conclusion is that a high proportion of men in Western society have acquired psychological coping strategies that are often dysfunctional. There is a need for men to learn more adaptive coping approaches long before they reach a crisis point. Recommendations are made to address men’s mental health through: healthcare policy that facilitates access; research on tailoring interventions to men; population-level initiatives to improve the capacity of men to cope with psychological distress; and clinical practice that is sensitive to the expression of mental health problems in men and that responds in a relevant manner.
Dual Diagnosis: A Problematic Construct When Applied to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Authors: McLennan John D.
Published: April 2018

The term dual diagnosis can refer to the co-occurrence of an intellectual disability and a mental disorder. While such a term may have some advocacy rationale aimed at facilitating improved mental health care for those with intellectual disabilities, it is proposed that the construct has flawed underpinnings, and its application may problematize mental health service delivery. A core concern is the promotion of categorical diagnostic models, whereas dimensional models may more accurately reflect underlying continuums for both cognitive and mental health challenges. A categorical diagnostic approach may also contribute to questionable dichotomization of mental health difficulties in persons with intellectual disabilities into “problem or challenging behaviours” versus “mental disorders.” Organizing services based on beliefs that such distinctions and categorical classifications are accurate may contribute to unnecessary and inappropriate fractionation of interventions and create additional service barriers for a vulnerable population. It is proposed that the term dual diagnosis be abandoned and replaced by systematic use of a dimensional approach to help facilitate assessment, intervention evaluation, and equitable service access.
The Measurement of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Detroit
Authors: Darden Joe T. , Rubalcava Luis
Published: April 2018

In the United States, past research has shown that Hispanics are less residentially segregated from non-Hispanic Whites than are Blacks. Such research has also shown that like Blacks, Hispanic households are located in poorer neighborhoods than are the average lower-income non-Hispanic White households. However, such studies have been limited for two reasons: (1) they have used a single variable, income, to characterize neighborhoods which is not sufficient to capture the complexity of such areas; and (2) such studies have not focused on Metropolitan Detroit where, unlike in many other large metropolitan areas, the Hispanic population is relatively small and concentrated within a large majority Black central city. This is the first study to examine Hispanic–non-Hispanic White residential segregation and the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods in Metropolitan Detroit using multiple variables to characterize neighborhoods. The Modified Darden-Kamel Composite Socioeconomic Index was used to characterize neighborhoods and the index of dissimilarity was employed to measure Hispanic–non-Hispanic White residential segregation. The results revealed that the level of Hispanic—non-Hispanic White residential segregation was modest, but Hispanics were restricted to neighborhoods that are of lower quality than neighborhoods occupied by non-Hispanic Whites.
Asian American Women’s Victimization History and In-The-Moment Responses to Partner Violence
Authors: Nguyen Hong V. , Schacht Rebecca L. , Yang Joyce P. , George William H. , Pantalone David W.
Published: April 2018

Between 20% and 50% of Asian American women report experiencing partner violence (PV). Furthermore, nearly half of PV victims experience their first assault between the age of 18 and 24 years, suggesting that Asian American college women may be particularly at risk of PV. Experiencing childhood abuse (CA) may impair women’s capacity to perceive risk during a potential PV situation, increasing their risk for revictimization. The purpose of the current study was to examine differences among Asian American college women’s ( N = 324) in-the-moment behavioral intention, risk perception, and likelihood to stay in an abusive relationship during a progressively threatening PV scenario, based on victimization history and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. We tested three path models, each assessing the relations among CA, PV, PTSD, current and future risk perception, likelihood of staying in the relationship, and one of three behavioral intentions (soothe the perpetrator, escape, and escalation/resistance). As hypothesized, CA history positively predicted PV history and PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, CA and PV predicted more in-the-moment soothe behavioral intentions and fewer escape behavioral intentions which, in turn, predicted diminished current and future risk perception. CA and PV also predicted stronger escalation/resistance behavioral intentions, such that escalation/resistance intentions were associated with higher risk perception during a more violent part of the scenario but lower risk perception during a less violent part of the scenario. Finally, higher risk perception predicted lower likelihood of staying in the relationship. Findings indicate that victimization history is associated with increased risky behavioral intentions among Asian American college women and suggest that targeted interventions to improve assault-exposed Asian American women’s awareness of risk cues may be warranted.
The rigour–relevance gap in professional programmes
Authors: Finch David , Falkenberg Loren , McLaren Patricia Genoe , Rondeau Kent V. , O’Reilly Norm
Published: April 2018

The tension between the rigour and the relevance of higher education research remains an important and hotly contested topic among scholars, administrators, practitioners and policymakers. This debate is most evident in professional programmes in which scholars are challenged to pursue new knowledge independent of its immediate relevance to practice while simultaneously contributing actionable knowledge to their profession. This two-part study explores whether the resulting pressure has an impact on the scholarly output and recruitment practices of different professional programmes. The results show that the context of the profession has a significant influence on the level of integration between academia and industry.
Materially Blessed are the Middle Classes, for They are Virtuous: A Review Essay on Deirdre McCloskey’s Bourgeois Trilogy
Authors: Arbo Matthew
Published: April 2018

This essay reviews Deirdre McCloskey’s trilogy in political economy: Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity, and Bourgeois Equality. In this trilogy McCloskey seeks to reestablish the ethical, historical, and political legitimacy of modern capitalism. Success of the project is offset by misapprehension of normativity and thus of how human economy is ethical.
Surface integrity under diamond tool wear effects in ultra-precision raster milling of a Zn–Al–Cu alloy
Authors: Dong Zengwen , Zhang Shaojian , Xiong Zhiwen
Published: April 2018

In ultra-precision raster milling, the material removal process determines surface integrity. In this study, surface integrity was discussed under diamond tool wear effects in ultra-precision raster milling of a Zn–Al–Cu alloy. The results firstly showed that under high speed cutting in ultra-precision raster milling, quenching took place with phase decomposition (namely twin phase changes) with a deformation thickness of even less than 100 nm. Flank wear enhanced phase changes, promoted surface hardening, degraded surface quality, and increased deformation thickness, but crater wear gave better surface integrity. The intrinsic reason is that flank wear caused more external stress but crater wear was reverse, well supported by finite element simulation in orthogonal cutting. Significantly, it provides a further insight into diamond tool wear effects on surface integrity in ultra-precision raster milling of a Zn–Al–Cu alloy.
Studying the interactional construction of identities in Critical Discourse Studies: A proposed analytical framework
Authors: Stamou Anastasia G
Published: April 2018

The field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) needs to extend its analytical scope and cross-fertilize with interactional accounts of identity. One the one hand, there is a constant and reflexive re-crafting of identities in late modernity. On the other hand, interaction is considered to be the major lens through which such identities in flux are studied. To this aim, I propose an analytical framework based on a synthesis of well-established CDS analytical tools with interaction-oriented ones, which results in the formation of ‘discursive strategies of identity construction in interaction’. I put the proposed synthesis under a ‘multiperspectival’ research agenda, which involves the compilation of a ‘package’ based on different approaches, on the condition that the theoretical and epistemological assumptions of each approach are taken into account. By way of illustration, I briefly discuss fictional interactions from two Greek TV commercials for the representation of age identities. It is shown that fictional data, which involve represented identities in talk by institutional agents, could become one possible ‘meeting point’ of CDS with interaction-oriented discourse analytical strands.
Safety and efficacy of thrombopoeitin mimetics for refractory immune thrombocytopenia purpura in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid syndrome: a case series
Authors: Lusa A , Carlson A
Published: April 2018

Background

While thrombopoeitin (TPO) agonists that act to simulate platelet production have been approved for use in steroid-refractory chronic immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), there are few data on the safety and efficacy of these medications in patients with concurrent systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Given that these agents can increase all hematopoietic cell lineages, it is unclear if there is an increased risk for exacerbation of the underlying lymphocyte-driven autoimmune disease in this population.

Case summaries

This case series includes four patients with SLE, one with concurrent APS, who were treated for steroid-refractory ITP with TPO mimetics at the University of Virginia between 2005 and 2015. In three of the four cases the medication was successful in improving platelet counts and preventing bleeding events. In addition, none of the patients experienced thrombosis or worsening of their underlying autoimmune disease.

Conclusions

This case series suggests that TPO mimetics are safe and moderately effective in patients with ITP in the setting of SLE or APS and do not contribute to increased disease activity.
Indecent Calvinists and Vanilla Secularism: Redefining Decency in The Netherlands
Authors: Stegeman Janneke , van den Berg Mariecke , Westerduin Matthea
Published: April 2018

Using Althaus-Reid’s Indecent Theology as a methodology, this article contributes to reflections on the contextuality and physical dimension of Dutch theology: its relation to the Protestant white (mostly male) bodies of its practitioners and its support of and contributions to colonial power and colonial racializing discourse. We do this in a context of a ‘return to decency’ in political discourse in which ‘our’ Calvinist roots are evoked to construct a ‘shared’ past. Using two case studies, we analyse how the in/decent is constructed in the Netherlands. As secularism is more ‘vanilla’ and Calvinism more indecent than is usually assumed, engagement with indecent texts and untidy roots of Calvinism is needed to re-member both the violent character of Calvinist hermeneutics, as well as its potential for indecent readings.
The Possibilities and Limits of Queer Strategies of Denaturalizing and Resignifying Gendered Symbolics
Authors: Mallette Wendy
Published: April 2018

In this article, I take up Marcella Althaus-Reid’s queer strategy that pairs disaffiliation with intimate identification in order to draw out the possibilities and limits of queer strategies of resignification and denaturalization. I will use David M. Halperin’s work on gay femininity, abjection, and camp as the primary site to investigate these queer strategies. This article’s considerations have implications for recent directions taken in contemporary queer theology by challenging projects that presume a certain limitless capacity for queering or that seek to appropriate almost anything – marriage, celibacy, or orthodoxy – as queer. Rather than seeking to mitigate complicity in misogyny or trying to recuperate misogynist theological positions by highlighting their subversive queerness, Althaus-Reid’s demands from queer theologians a prophetic, denunciatory posture that turns away from the imperial theological highways towards the queer ways of knowing and relating to the God at the margins of T-theology.
Systematic Review on Financial Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions in India
Authors: Mehrotra Arpita , Sahay Arunaditya
Published: April 2018

The Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) wave was triggered post-liberalization in 1991. The liberalized policies included removal of industrial licensing as well as lifting of Monopolistic and Restrictive Trade Practice (MRTP) Act. The strategies embarked the advent of new emerging scenario where the combining businesses became a well-opted measure to fight the cut-throat competition through better governance in India. The purpose of this article is to review literature already published pertaining to post-merger financial performance of acquirers. The review revealed that the research is mostly focused on the deals which took place in developed nations where M&A came into vogue as early as late nineteenth century. Further, most of them were announcement-related. The review brought out the gap in research undertaken in emerging nations. This article attempts to help the researchers to the understanding of the issues in M&A and recommends avenues for future research.