bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Book Reviews
Authors: Angerler J. , Schneider Jürg , Barnes R.H. , Hoskins Janet , Bras Karin , Lübben Christel , Boomgaard Peter , Rodao Florentino , Hägerdal Hans , Arifin Winarsih Partaningrat , Jacobs Els M. , Knaap Gerrit J. , Jordaan Roy E. , Miksic John , King Victor T. , Graham Penelope , Smith Kipp Rita , Rae Simon , Mulder Niels , Pertierra Raul , Reid Anthony , Nagtegaal Luc , Sluys Cornelia M.I. , Howell Signe , Timmer Jaap , Juillerat Bernard
Published: April 2013

- J. Angerler, Jýrg Schneider, From upland to irrigated rice; The development of wet-rice agriculture in Rejang Musi, Southwest Sumatra. Berlin: Reimer, 1995, 214 pp. [Berner Sumatra-Forschungen.] - R.H. Barnes, Janet Hoskins, The play of time; Kodi perspectives on calendars, history, and exchange. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, xx + 414 pp. - Karin Bras, Christel Lýbben, Internationaler Tourismus als Faktor der Regionalentwicklung in Indonesien; Untersucht am Beispiel der Insel Lombok. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1995, xiv + 178 pp. - Peter Boomgaard, Florentino Rodao, Espaýoles en Siam (1540-1939); Una aportaciýn al estudio de la presencia hispana en Asia Oriental. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientýficas, 1997, xix + 206 pp. [Biblioteca de Historia 32.] - Hans Hýgerdal, Winarsih Partaningrat Arifin, Babad Sembar; Chroniques de lýest javanais. Paris: Presses de lýýcole Francaise dýExtrýme Orient, 1995, 149 pp. [EFEO monographie 177.] - Els M. Jacobs, Gerrit J. Knaap, Shallow waters, rising tide; Shipping and trade in Java around 1775. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996. [Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 172.] - Roy E. Jordaan, John Miksic, Ancient history. Singapore: Archipelago Press/Editions Didier Millet, n.d., 148 pp. [The Indonesian Heritage Series 1.] - Victor T. King, Penelope Graham, Iban shamanism; An analysis of the ethnographic literature. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1987 (reprint 1994), x + 174 pp. [Occasional Paper.] - Rita Smith Kipp, Simon Rae, Breath becomes the wind; Old and new in Karo religion. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1994, viii + 306 pp. - Niels Mulder, Raul Pertierra, Explorations in social theory and Philippine ethnography. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1997, xii + 262 pp. - Anthony Reid, Luc Nagtegaal, Riding the Dutch tiger; The Dutch East Indies Company and the northeast coast of Java, 1680-1743 (translated by Beverly Jackson). Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996, x + 250 pp. Index, maps, tables, graphs. - Cornelia M.I. van der Sluys, Signe Howell, For the sake of our future; Sacrificing in eastern Indonesia, Leiden: Centre for Non-Western Studies, 1996, xi + 398 pp. [CNWS Publication 42.] - Jaap Timmer, Bernard Juillerat, Children of the blood; Society, reproduction and cosmology in New Guinea (translated from the French by Nora Scott). Oxford: Berg, 1996, xxx + 601 pp., glossary, bibliography, index. [Explorations in Anthropology.]
Book Reviews
Authors: Boomgaard Peter , Winzeler Robert L. , Borsboom Ad , Coombs H.C. , Borsboom Ad , Coppet Daniel , Bryant Raymond L. , Boomgaard P. , Henley David , Pluvier Jan M. , King Victor T. , Schulte Nordholt Nico , Knapen Han , Sellato Bernard , Leirissa R.Z. , Henley David E.F. , Loven K. , Epskamp Kees , Mulder Niels , Feillard Andrée , Pollmann Tessel , Fasseur Cees , Robson Stuart , Zoetmulder P.J.
Published: April 2013

- Peter Boomgaard, Robert L. Winzeler, Latah in Southeast Asia; The history and ethnography of a culture-bound syndrome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xvi + 172 pp. [Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 7.] - Ad Borsboom, H.C. Coombs, Aboriginal autonomy; Issues and strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xvi + 251 pp. - Ad Borsboom, Daniel de Coppet, Cosmos and society in Oceania. Oxford: Berg, 1995, 416 pp. [Explorations in Anthropology Series]., André Iteanu (eds.) - Raymond L. Bryant, P. Boomgaard, Forests and forestry 1823-1941. Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute, 184 pp. [Changing Economy in Indonesia vol. 16]., R. de Bakker (eds.) - David Henley, Jan M. Pluvier, Historical atlas of South-east Asia. Leiden/New York/Köln: Brill, 1995, 83 + 64 pp. [Handbuch der Orientalistik, Dritter Abteilung (Südostasien), Achter Band]. - Victor T. King, Nico Schulte Nordholt, Social science in Southeast Asia; From particularism to universalism. Amsterdam: VU University Press (for the Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam), 1995, 165 pp. [Comparative Asian Studies 17]., Leontine Visser (eds.) - Han Knapen, Bernard Sellato, Nomads of the Borneo rainforest; The economics, politics, and ideology of settling down. Translated by Stephanie Morgan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994, xxiii + 280 pp. - R.Z. Leirissa, David E.F. Henley, Nationalism and regionalism in a colonial context; Minahasa in the Dutch East Indies. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996, xii + 186 pp. [Verhandelingen 168]. - K. Loven, Kees Epskamp, On printed matter and beyond; Media, orality and literacy. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (CESO), 1995, 136 pp. [CESO Paperback 23]. - Niels Mulder, Andrée Feillard, Islam et armée dans l’Indonésie contemporaine; Les pionniers de la tradition, Paris: Éditions l’Harmattan, 1995, 379 pp. [Association Archipel, Cahier d’Archipel 28]. - Tessel Pollmann, Cees Fasseur, Indischgasten. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1997, 313 pp. - Stuart Robson, P.J. Zoetmulder, Pantheism and monism in Javanese Suluk literature; Islamic and Indian mysticism in an Indonesian setting. Edited and translated by M.C. Ricklefs. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1995, xvii + 381 pp. [Translation Series 24].
Book Reviews
Authors: Boomgaard Peter , Prodolliet Simone , Chauvel Richard , Hoek Antje , Lelijveld J.E. , Groeneboer Kees , Nothofer Bernd , Martin P.W. , Ploeg Anton , Swadling Pamela , Sellato Bernard , Gavin Traude , Wee Sew Jyh , Mintz Malcom W. , Snoek Kees , Dolk Liesbeth , Tarling Nicholas , Kratoska Paul H.
Published: April 2013

- Peter Boomgaard, Simone Prodolliet, Händlerinnen, Goldgräber und Staatsbeamte; Sozialgeschichte einer Kleinstadt im Hochland Südwestsumatras. Berlin: Reimer, 1996, 372 pp. [Berner Sumatra-Forschungen.] - Richard Chauvel, Antje van der Hoek, Religie in Ballingschap; Institutionalisering en Leiderschap onder Christelijke en Islamitische Molukkers in Nederland. Amsterdam: VU Uitgeverij, 1994, 297 pp. - J.E. Lelijveld, Kees Groeneboer, Weg tot het Westen; Het Nederlands voor Indië 1600-1950. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1993, xii + 580 pp. - Bernd Nothofer, P.W. Martin, Language Use & Language Change in Brunei Darussalam, Athens, OH: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1996, xvi + 373 pp. [Monographs in International Studies 100.], C. Ozog, G. Poedjosoedarmo (eds.) - Anton Ploeg, Pamela Swadling, Plumes from Paradise; Trade cycles in outer Southeast Asia and their impact on New Guinea and nearby islands until 1920. With contributions by Roy Wagner and Billai Laba. Boroko/Coorparoo (Qld): Papua New Guinea National Museum in association with R. Brown & Ass. (Qld), 1996, 352 pp. Plates, maps, index. - Bernard Sellato, Traude Gavin, The women’s warpath; Iban ritual fabrics from Borneo, Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1996, 99 pp. - Jyh Wee Sew, Malcom W. Mintz, A course in conversational Indonesian (with equivalent Malay vocabulary). Singapore: EPB Publishers, 1994, 558 pp. - Kees Snoek, Liesbeth Dolk, Twee Zielen, Twee Gedachten; Tijdschriften en Intellectuelen op Java (1900-1957), Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1993, 220 pp. - Nicholas Tarling, Paul H. Kratoska, Malaya and Singapore during the Japanese Occupation. Singapore: National University of Singapore, 1995, xii + 175 pp. [Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Special Publications Series 3.]
Karyological and meiotic studies in seven species of Coreinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) from North India
Authors: BANSAL NIDHI , KAUR HARBHAJAN
Published: April 2013

Coreinae, the largest subfamily of Coreidae, is distributed worldwide but is most abundant in the tropics. Cytogenetic data is available for 122 species, which include 40 from India. In the present paper, 7 species of Coreinae have been cytogenetically investigated for the first time for their diploid chromosome complement and for meiosis. Also, this is the first cytogenetic report for the genera Prionolomia and Petalocnemis. The modal diploid chromosome complement of the family Coreidae is 2n=21=18A+2m+X0. The present study on 7 species shows the diploid chromosome complement to vary from 15 to 27. Microchromosomes are present in 6 and absent only in 1 species. The sex determining mechanism is X0 in 5 and X1X20 in 2 species. The decrease in autosome number (14A) has been accompanied by 2 pairs of extremely large autosomes (Anoplocnemis binotata Distant and Cletus borealis Blöte) and the increase in autosome number (22A, 24A) has been accompanied by distinctly small autosomes (Petalocnemis obscura and Prionolomia sp.) in the complement. The behavior of chromosomes during meiosis is typical of Coreidae. Deviations wherever recorded are discussed. During diplotene, chiasmata are located terminally and there is a predominance of a single chiasma per bivalent. However, in Anoplocnemis binotata and Cletus borealis, one or both of the large bivalents show two terminal or subterminal chiasmata in diplotene. A regular arrangement of chromosomes is observed during both metaphase I and II: all the autosomes form a ring with microchromosomes lying inside and sex chromosomes lying outside the ring.
Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in cynipid oak galls in the West Palaearctic
Authors: ASKEW RICHARD R. , MELIKA GEORGE , PUJADE-VILLAR JULI , SCHÖNROGGE KARSTEN , STONE GRAHAM N. , NIEVES-ALDREY JOSÉ LUIS
Published: April 2013

A quantitative catalogue of the parasitoids (almost exclusively Chalcidoidea) and inquiline Cynipidae recorded in the western Palaearctic from galls induced on Quercus by Cynipidae (Cynipini) is presented. Quantitative and national data are included with bibliographic references to almost all records published in 2011 and earlier. The catalogue is followed by two checklists, firstly one of the Chalcidoidea with numbers of each species recorded from each type of host gall (galls of the sexual and asexual generations of the host gall wasps are listed separately), and secondly one of inquiline Cynipidae with host galls. Compared to non-oak gall wasps, the Cynipini support a much larger parasitoid and especially inquiline fauna, and this fauna is very largely restricted at the species level to Cynipini galls. About one hundred chalcidoid species are recorded from galls of Cynipini, distributed over six families: Pteromalidae and Eulophidae (29 species each), Torymi-dae (21 species), Eurytomidae (10 species), Eupelmidae (8 species) and Ormyridae (at least 2 species). Polyphagy is usual in the chalcidoid parasitoids, most species having a broad host gall range, but quantitatively the fauna of each type of oak gall is rather characteristic and is strongly influenced by gall morphology, situation on the tree, season of growth and host tree species. These and other extrinsic factors restrict the full exploitation of the chalcidoids’ potential host gall range.
Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions
Authors: TRIAPITSYN SERGUEI V.
Published: April 2013

The Palaearctic species of the common and speciose fairyfly genus Gonatocerus Nees ab Esenbeck (Hymenoptera: My-maridae) are reviewed. Illustrated identification keys are provided to separate the three subgenera of Gonatocerus that oc-cur in the region and to females of the species in each subgenus. Distribution ranges, including new records of extralimital specimens examined, and known host associations of the species are given. Forty-two valid taxa are recognized including 19 newly described ones: two in G. (Gonatocerus)—G. bukashka sp. n. (Denmark, Russia) and G. koziavka sp. n. (Kyr-gyzstan), 15 in G. (Lymaenon Walker)—G. berezovskiyi sp. n. (Turkmenistan), G. beshbarmak sp. n. (Kyrgyzstan), G. ka-lika sp. n. (Denmark), G. karakum sp. n. (Italy, Turkmenistan), G. karlik sp. n. (China, Republic of Korea, Russia), G. katraps sp. n. (Republic of Korea, Russia), G. kazak sp. n. (Russia, Spain), G. komarik sp. n. (France), G. krasavchik sp. n. (Russia), G. kulik sp. n. (Russia), G. kum sp. n. (Russia), G. kusaka sp. n. (Russia), G. saulfrommeri sp. n. (Russia), G. svat sp. n. (China), G. ucri sp. n. (Russia), and two in G. (Cosmocomoidea Howard)—G. kikimora sp. n. (Russia) and G. woohoo sp. n. (Russia). New synonymies are proposed for the following names: G. (Gonatocerus) fuscicornis (Walker) [= G. sulphuripes (Foerster) syn. n., G. pictosimilis Soyka syn. n., Lymaenon synaptus Debauche syn. n., L. alecto De-bauche syn. n., and L. crassipes Debauche syn. n.]; G. (Gonatocerus) aegyptiacus Soyka [= G. saipanensis (Doutt) syn. n., G. alami Shamim & Shafee syn. n., G. tarae Narayanan & Subba Rao syn. n., G. miurai Sahad syn. n., and G. minor Matthews syn. n.]; G. (Gonatocerus) pictus (Haliday) [= G. orthopenitus Guo, Lin & Hu syn. n.]; G. (Lymaenon) aureus Girault [= G. tenuipennis Girault syn. n., G. chrysis (Debauche) syn. n., G. vopros nom. n. pro G. flavus Soyka, 1950 (nec G. flavus Foerster, 1841) syn. n., G. pahlgamensis (Narayanan) syn. n., G. kanheriensis Mani & Saraswat syn. n., G. grac-ilentus Hellén syn. n., G. aligarhensis Shamim & Shafee syn. n., and G. fukuokensis Sahad syn. n.]; G. (Lymaenon) lito-ralis (Haliday) [= Alaptus fuscus Förster syn. n., G. exiguus Förster syn. n., G. americanus Brues syn. n., G. anthonomi Girault syn. n., G. brunneus Girault syn. n., G. illinoiensis Girault syn. n., G. maevius Girault syn. n., G. texanus Girault syn. n., and G. priesneri Soyka syn. n.]; G. (Lymaenon) longior Soyka [= G. conicus (Mathot) syn. n.]; G. (Cosmoco-moidea) oxypygus Foerster [= G. ovicenatus Leonard & Crosby syn. n. and G. megalura (Mathot) syn. n.]. Lymaenon cunctator Mathot is reinstated as a valid species, G. (Lymaenon) cunctator (Mathot) stat. rev., based on study of its holo-type. Lectotypes are designated for Alaptus fuscus, Gonatocerus anthonomi, G. ater Foerster, G. brunneus, G. exiguus, G. texanus, Lymaenon fuscicornis Walker, L. tremulae Bakkendorf, and Rachistus sulphuripes Foerster. Neotypes are desig-nated for G. aureus and G. oxypygus.
Hurricane “Amanda”: Rediscovery of a Forgotten U.S. Civil War Florida Hurricane
Authors: Chenoweth M. , Mock C. J.
Published: April 2013

Among the most unusual and unexpected hurricanes in United States history is the only hurricane to make landfall in the month of May. This recently rediscovered storm that struck northwest Florida on 28 May 1863 created a natural disaster in the area that became lost to history because it was embedded in a much larger and important manmade event—in this case, the U.S. Civil War. The authors document the arrival of this storm both historically and meteorologically and anachronistically name it “Hurricane Amanda” in honor of the Union ship driven ashore by the hurricane. The hurricane revealed deficiencies and strengths in combat readiness by both sides. Meteorologically, the storm nearly achieved major hurricane status at landfall and its absence from modern databases of tropical cyclone activity is a useful reminder to users of important gaps in our knowledge of tropical cyclones even in the best-sampled storm basins.
Articulating and Stationary PARSIVEL Disdrometer Measurements in Conditions with Strong Winds and Heavy Rainfall
Authors: Friedrich Katja , Higgins Stephanie , Masters Forrest J. , Lopez Carlos R.
Published: April 2013

The influence of strong winds on the quality of optical Particle Size Velocity (PARSIVEL) disdrometer measurements is examined with data from Hurricane Ike in 2008 and from convective thunderstorms observed during the second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) in 2010. This study investigates an artifact in particle size distribution (PSD) measurements that has been observed independently by six stationary PARSIVEL disdrometers. The artifact is characterized by a large number concentration of raindrops with large diameters (>5 mm) and unrealistic fall velocities (<1 m s−1). It is correlated with high wind speeds and is consistently observed by stationary disdrometers but is not observed by articulating disdrometers (instruments whose sampling area is rotated into the wind). The effects of strong winds are further examined with a tilting experiment, in which drops are dripped through the PARSIVEL sampling area while the instrument is tilted at various angles, suggesting that the artifact is caused by particles moving at an angle through the sampling area. Most of the time, this effect occurs when wind speed exceeds 20 m s−1, although it was also observed when wind speed was as low as 10 m s−1. An alternative quality control is tested in which raindrops are removed when their diameters exceed 8 mm and they divert from the fall velocity–diameter relationship. While the quality control does provide more realistic reflectivity values for the stationary disdrometers in strong winds, the number concentration is reduced compared to the observations with an articulating disdrometer.
Religious expressions of spirituality by displaced Karen from Burma: The need for a spiritually sensitive social work response
Authors: Worland Shirley , Vaddhanaphuti Chayan
Published: April 2013

A series of events following the 7 November 2010 election in Burma triggered a large-scale displacement of majority Karen people from eastern Burma to the Thai side of the border. The authors were involved in a research project in which narratives were collected from these people to gain an understanding of the impact of this displacement on their lives. The essentiality of spirituality within their religious belief was a significant theme that arose from the data. This article relates to this theme and highlights the importance of developing culturally competent, spiritually sensitive responses into social work practice when working with people who have experienced displacement and subsequent trauma in their lives.
Compression behavior of glass-fiber-reinforced and pure polyurethane foams at negative temperatures down to cryogenic ones
Authors: Denay Anne-Gaëlle , Castagnet Sylvie , Roy Annette , Alise Gaëlle , Thenard Nicolas
Published: April 2013

This work experimentally addresses the effects of negative temperature on compression behavior of non-reinforced and glass-fiber-reinforced polyurethane foams. Monotonic, creep and cyclic compression tests are performed down to cryogenic temperatures. In this range, temperature is shown to influence both the Young's modulus and the yield stress, which increase with decreasing temperature. The influence is nearly the same on either reinforced or unreinforced foams, mostly due to the preferential orientation of fibers perpendicular to the compression direction. Among contributions that could explain low temperature deformation, viscoelasticity and damage are focused on. The former contribution was investigated by creep and recovery tests, which showed that a non-negligible part of the compression strain could be recovered. The latter contribution was studied from cyclic tests and scanning electron microscopy observations. Damage analyses showed that a non-negligible initial damage issued from cooling down itself prior to mechanical loading. During further compression, a decrease of the cyclic modulus was observed, significantly before the yield stress at low temperature. Generalized brittle fracture of cavity walls was suggested from micrographs. As a conclusion, damage and viscous phenomena seem to coexist down to cryogenic temperatures.
Collaborative Witnessing of Survival During the Holocaust
Authors: Ellis Carolyn , Rawicki Jerry
Published: April 2013

In this article, a researcher and collaborator present stories about the second author’s survival during the Holocaust. They propose that their approach of collaborative witnessing is a form of “relational autoethnography” that allows researchers to focus on and evocatively tell the lives of others in shared storytelling and conversation. The authors address the benefits and complications of collaborative witnessing and how it extends an autoethnographic perspective in its emphasis on writing for and with the other, listening and working together with care and compassion, and bearing witness to others as well as to oneself.
This Is Another Place
Authors: Smith Jennyanne
Published: April 2013

This Is Another Place is an autoethnographic narrative written while I was a live-in caregiver for my Nan who was 96 years old and suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. During this time I was also writing my literature review on autoethnography and reflexive research as part of the initial stages of my Masters by Research.

The narrative focuses on the juxtaposition of my life as a student of art and my life as a granddaughter who was dealing with the loss of her grandmother. It is also a glimpse into the associated depressions, experiences of guilt, and joys brought about by caring for a loved one toward the end of life.

It is a narrative that I hope may provide a possible back story to some of the surly students we may come across as educators of real people and focuses on the space and time that alternative learning environments can give to us mere mortals when we may need somewhere to breathe.
Training Needs of Small and Medium Enterprises: Findings from an Empirical Investigation
Authors: Manimala Mathew J. , Kumar Sudhir
Published: April 2013

While small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged by researchers and policy-makers alike as the major source of vitality in an economy, they are also found to be extremely vulnerable especially to the vagaries and turbulences of the external environment. It is therefore recognized by policy-makers in most countries that SMEs need special help for their survival and growth. Traditionally such help was offered by way of facilitating the external environment. Such facilitation will be effective only if the SMEs have the internal capabilities for taking advantage of the external facilitation. This is why the experiments with external facilitation have not met with much success especially in developing countries, where SMEs are inherently weaker than their counterparts in developed countries. Strengthening the internal capabilities of SMEs therefore has become a top priority nowadays and is positioned as an alternative or supplementary strategy for SME development. Training is recognized as an important tool for developing the internal capabilities of SMEs. However, research in the Western countries has shown that even though trainers, consultants and policy-makers consider training as an important tool for SME development, the SMEs themselves do not feel so. It is against this background that we launched a survey in Bangalore (India) to assess the training needs of SMEs, as perceived by themselves. This study is especially relevant as there are no other similar studies undertaken in India so far. The survey was conducted among 300 randomly selected SME units in Bangalore. The survey questionnaire enquired about the perceived need for training and the preferences for the topics, duration, timings, costs, training providers, etc. The findings show that the training-related attitudes and behaviour of SMEs are not very different from what is observed by the Western researchers. The overall finding of positive relationships of enterprise characteristics and the ‘acquired’ characteristics of entrepreneurs with the perception of training need suggests that training need perception is more a function of the developmental stage of the enterprise than the personal preferences of the entrepreneur. Specific findings of the study are discussed and their theoretical and practical implications are explained in the article.
Strategic Opportunities for Quality in Higher Education in India
Authors: Ladha Krishna K.
Published: April 2013

This article’s main concern is with the quality of education. It offers two games that highlight the proactive role the government could play for quality in higher education. It is a role that is different from what the government seems to be doing now. In the first game, the government plays against a university. If the government were stern, the university would credibly commit to delivering quality education. At equilibrium, the government trusts the university, and the latter reciprocates the trust by offering quality education. In the second game, two universities (it could be many more) are trapped in a Prisoner’s dilemma (PD) game in which cooperation means offering quality education. The outcome of the PD game is bad for the universities; they want an external agency (possibly the government) to enforce cooperation. With enforcement, both universities provide quality education. The commitment of the government to enforce suitable laws, however, is doubtful in the modern world of give and take; the government is better off finding the universities in violation but not enforcing the law. With the universities anticipating that the government would not enforce the law, the universities are unlikely to cooperate. What can be done? Probably some day the electorate will demand quality education with great vigour. The government may then dissociate itself from the temptation of give and take, and install a Standing Education Commission, with powers matching those of the Election Commission of India. It will then be the task of this commission to implement laws that induce quality education. The article thus provides a theoretical justification for the National Knowledge Commission’s recommendation for the installation of ‘Independent Regulatory Authority for Higher Education (IRAHE)’.
Summary of talks and papers at ISCB-Asia/SCCG 2012
Authors: Tretyakov Konstantin , Goldberg Tatyana , Jin Victor X , Horton Paul
Published: April 2013

The second ISCB-Asia conference of the International Society for Computational Biology took place December 17-19, 2012, in Shenzhen, China. The conference was co-hosted by BGI as the first Shenzhen Conference on Computational Genomics (SCCG).

45 talks were presented at ISCB-Asia/SCCG 2012. The topics covered included software tools, reproducible computing, next-generation sequencing data analysis, transcription and mRNA regulation, protein structure and function, cancer genomics and personalized medicine. Nine of the proceedings track talks are included as full papers in this supplement.

In this report we first give a short overview of the conference by listing some statistics and visualizing the talk abstracts as word clouds. Then we group the talks by topic and briefly summarize each one, providing references to related publications whenever possible. Finally, we close with a few comments on the success of this conference.
Multicenter comparison of PEG-IFN α2a or α2b plus ribavirin for treatment-naïve HCV patient in Korean population
Authors: Jin Young-Joo , Lee Jin-Woo , Lee Jung il , Park Sang Hoon , Park Choong Kee , Kim Young Seok , Jeong Sook-Hyang , Kim Yun Soo , Kim Ju Hyun , Hwang Seong Gyu , Rim Kyu Sung , Yim Hyung Joon , Cheong Jae Youn , Cho Sung Won , Lee June Sung , Park Young Min , Jang Jeong Won , Lee Chun Kyon , Sohn Joo Hyun , Yang Jin Mo , Han Seungbong
Published: April 2013

Background

Two recent Italian studies suggested that Pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2a achieves a higher sustained virological response (SVR) rate than PEG-IFN alfa-2b. We intended to compare the efficacy and safety of PEG-IFN alfa-2a with those of PEG-IFN alfa-2b in Korean patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Methods

This retrospective, multi-center trial was conducted on 661 treatment-naïve chronic HCV patients. Patients received PEG-IFN alfa-2a (180 μg/week; n=402) or PEG-IFN alfa-2b (1.5 μg/kg/week; n=259) with ribavirin (800–1200 mg/day) for 24 or 48 weeks according to HCV genotypes.

Results

Early virologic response and sustained virologic response (SVR) rates were not significantly different between two PEG-IFN groups both in patients with HCV genotype 1 (allP-values>0.05) and 2/3 (allP-values>0.05). SVR rates were not different between two groups in each categorized baseline characteristics: age (years) (≤50 and >50), HCV viral load (IU/mL) (≤7×105and >7×105), and hepatic fibrosis (F0-2 and F3-4) (allP-values >0.05). In additional analysis for 480 patients who sufficiently complied with treatment doses and duration (80/80/80 rule) and propensity-score matched analysis, SVR rates were not different between two groups both in patients with HCV genotype 1 and 2/3 (allP-values >0.05). Adverse event rates were similar between two groups.

Conclusions

Unlike the Western data, efficacy and safety of PEG-IFN alfa-2a were similar to those of PEG-IFN alfa-2b in chronically HCV-infected Korean patients regardless of age, HCV viral load, and hepatic fibrosis.
Public awareness of three major infectious diseases in rural Zhejiang province, China: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Liu He , Li Mei , Jin Mingjuan , Jing Fangyuan , Wang Hui , Chen Kun
Published: April 2013

Background

This study aimed to investigate the level of awareness of and factors associated with major infectious diseases in rural China and to provide the most recent baseline data for the prevention and control of these diseases.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was carried out in Zhejiang province between December 2010 and April 2011. Participants were recruited from 36 villages and interviewed by doctors from the community health service using a structured questionnaire.

Results

The study sample consisted of 36,377 subjects aged 15 to 80 years old. Study results showed that knowledge of HIV was adequate in 44.21% of rural residents; knowledge of TB was adequate in 52.66% of respondents; and knowledge of HBV was adequate in 60.18% of respondents. People in older age groups and with lower education levels were more likely to have low levels of awareness of these three infectious diseases. Participants in the farming industry had poorer awareness of HIV and HBV, while students and factory workers knew little of TB. The proportions of people reporting being fully satisfied with the control policies for HIV, TB and HBV were 37.70%, 34.25% and 36.12%, respectively.

Conclusions

The level of awareness of HIV, TB and HBV is still low among rural residents. Further national disease control plans for major infectious diseases should emphasise effective and comprehensive health education campaigns to increase public awareness of these diseases in rural areas of China.
Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: a systematic review of the contemporary literature
Authors: Beilan Jonathan A , Lawton Adrienne , Hajdenberg Julio , Rosser Charles J
Published: April 2013

Background

Pheochromocytoma (paraganglioma) of the urinary bladder is a rare tumor. Herein we sought to review the contemporary literature on pheochromocytomas of the urinary bladder in order to further illustrate the presentation, treatment options and outcomes of patients diagnosed with these tumors.

Methods

A comprehensive review of the current literature was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines by accessing the NCBI PubMed database and using the search terms “paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, bladder.” This search resulted in the identification of 186 articles published between January 1980 and April 2012 of which 80 articles were ultimately included in our analysis.

Results

Pheochromocytomas usually occurred in young adult Caucasians (mean age, 43.3 years; range,11–84 years). According to the literature, the most common symptoms and signs of pheochromocytomas of the urinary bladder were hypertension, headache, and hematuria. Of the 77 cases that commented on catecholamine production, 65 patients had biochemically functional tumors. Approximately 20% of patients were treated by transurethral resection alone, 70% by partial cystectomy and 10% by radical cystectomy. The 75 patients with follow-up information had a mean follow-up of 35 months. At the time of last follow-up, 15 (14.2%) had disease recurrence, 10 (9.4%) had metastasis, and 65 (61.3%) were alive.

Conclusions

Pheochromocytomas of the urinary bladder tend to be functional and occur mostly in young adult Caucasians. Patients with localized tumors have an extremely favorable prognosis and may be managed by less aggressive modalities, whereas patients with metastatic disease have a significant reduction in survival rates despite aggressive treatment.
Extract of Scutellaria baicalensis inhibits dengue virus replication
Authors: Zandi Keivan , Lim Tong-Hye , Rahim Nor-Aziyah , Shu Meng-Hooi , Teoh Boon-Teong , Sam Sing-Sin , Danlami Mohammed-Bashar , Tan Kim-Kee , Abubakar Sazaly
Published: April 2013

Background

Scutellaria baicalensis(S. baicalensis) is one of the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs that have been shown to possess many health benefits. In the present study, we evaluated thein vitroantiviral activity of aqueous extract of the roots ofS. baicalensisagainst all the four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes.

Methods

Aqueous extract ofS. baicalensiswas prepared by microwave energy steam evaporation method (MEGHE™), and the anti-dengue virus replication activity was evaluated using the foci forming unit reduction assay (FFURA) in Vero cells. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay was used to determine the actual dengue virus RNA copy number. The presence of baicalein, a flavonoid known to inhibit dengue virus replication was determined by mass spectrometry.

Results

The IC50values for theS. baicalensisextract on Vero cells following DENV adsorption ranged from 86.59 to 95.19 μg/mL for the different DENV serotypes. The IC50values decreased to 56.02 to 77.41 μg/mL when cells were treated with the extract at the time of virus adsorption for the different DENV serotypes. The extract showed potent direct virucidal activity against extracellular infectious virus particles with IC50that ranged from 74.33 to 95.83 μg/mL for all DENV serotypes. Weak prophylactic effects with IC50values that ranged from 269.9 to 369.8 μg/mL were noticed when the cells were pre-treated 2 hours prior to virus inoculation. The concentration of baicalein in theS. baicalensisextract was ~1% (1.03 μg/gm dried extract).

Conclusions

Our study demonstrates thein vitroanti-dengue virus replication property ofS. baicalensisagainst all the four DENV serotypes investigated. The extract reduced DENV infectivity and replication in Vero cells. The extract was rich in baicalein, and could be considered for potential development of anti-DENV therapeutics.
Conversion of algorithms by releasing projection for minimization problems
Authors: Yao Yonghong , Liou Yeong-Cheng , Kang Shin Min
Published: April 2013

The projection methods for solving the minimization problems have been extensively considered in many practical problems, for example, the least-square problem. However, the computational difficulty of the projection might seriously affect the efficiency of the method. The purpose of this paper is to construct two algorithms by releasing projection for solving the minimization problem with the feasibility sets such as the set of fixed points of nonexpansive mappings and the solution set of the equilibrium problem.

MSC:47J05, 47J25, 47H09, 65J15.
Fixed point of a pair of contractive dominated mappings on a closed ball in an ordered dislocated metric space
Authors: Arshad Muhammad , Shoaib Abdullah , Beg Ismat
Published: April 2013

Common fixed point results for mappings satisfying locally contractive conditions on a closed ball in an ordered complete dislocated metric space have been established. The notion of dominated mappings is applied to approximate the unique solution of nonlinear functional equations. Our results improve several well-known conventional results.

MSC:46S40, 47H10, 54H25.
Fixed point theorems for nonlinear non-self mappings in Hilbert spaces and applications
Authors: Takahashi Wataru , Wong Ngai-Ching , Yao Jen-Chih
Published: April 2013

Recently, Kawasaki and Takahashi (J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 14:71-87, 2013) defined a broad class of nonlinear mappings, called widely more generalized hybrid, in a Hilbert space which contains generalized hybrid mappings (Kocourek et al. in Taiwan. J. Math. 14:2497-2511, 2010) and strict pseudo-contractive mappings (Browder and Petryshyn in J. Math. Anal. Appl. 20:197-228, 1967). They proved fixed point theorems for such mappings. In this paper, we prove fixed point theorems for widely more generalized hybrid non-self mappings in a Hilbert space by using the idea of Hojo et al. (Fixed Point Theory 12:113-126, 2011) and Kawasaki and Takahashi fixed point theorems (J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 14:71-87, 2013). Using these fixed point theorems for non-self mappings, we proved the Browder and Petryshyn fixed point theorem (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 20:197-228, 1967) for strict pseudo-contractive non-self mappings and the Kocourek et al. fixed point theorem (Taiwan. J. Math. 14:2497-2511, 2010) for super hybrid non-self mappings. In particular, we solve a fixed point problem.

MSC:Primary 47H10; secondary 47H05.
Race, genetic determinism and the media: An exploratory study of media coverage of genetics and Indigenous Australians
Authors: Kowal Emma , Frederic Gerald
Published: April 2013

Social scientists and Indigenous people have voiced concerns that media messages about genetics and race may increase the public's belief in genetic determinism and even increase levels of racism. The degree of genetic determinism in media messages has been examined as a determining factor. This study is the first to consider the implications of this area of scholarship for the indigenous minority in Australia. A search of the last two decades of major Australian newspapers was undertaken for articles that discussed Indigenous Australians and genetics. The review found 212 articles, of which 58 concerned traits or conditions that were presented in a genetically deterministic or antideterministic fashion. These 58 articles were analysed by topic, slant, and time period. Overall, 23 articles were anti-deterministic, 18 were deterministic, 14 presented both sides and three were ambiguous. There was a spike in anti-deterministic articles in the years after the Human Genome Diversity Project, and a parallel increase in deterministic articles since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2000. Potential implications of the nature of media coverage of genetics for Indigenous Australians is discussed. Further research is required to test directly the impact of these messages on Australians.
Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma with a negative premelanosome marker immunoprofile: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Hohensee Samantha E , La Rosa Francisco G , Homer Petra , Suby-Long Thomas , Wilson Shandra , Lucia M Scott , Iczkowski Kenneth A
Published: April 2013

Introduction

The rare variant of renal epithelioid/pleomorphic angiomyolipoma has been reported in approximately 120 cases. One of the most important characteristics to differentiate these tumors from other renal cell neoplasms is their typical reactivity to premelanosome antigens. If such a tumor does not stain for HMB-45 or Melan-A, a specific diagnosis of epithelioid pleomorphic angiomyolipoma cannot be made with certainty.

Case presentation

We present here what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of epithelioid/pleomorphic angiomyolipoma of the kidney in a 50-year-old Caucasian man with no history of tuberous sclerosis, and with a tumor marker profile negative for several premelanosome antigens. The tumor was composed of sheets of pleomorphic, round to polygonal epithelioid cells with prominent eosinophilic cytoplasm, large nuclei, many multinucleated, and very prominent nucleoli. There were prominent vessels and rare interspersed smooth muscle fibers, but adipocytes were not identified. A tumor marker profile showed tumor cell reactivity for CD68, calponin and focally for CD10. Intervening smooth muscle was reactive with smooth muscle actin. The tumor lacked reactivity for melanin-associated antigens HMB-45 and Melan-A, and for CD31, pan-cytokeratin (AE1/3) and desmin. Electron microscopic examination of tumor cells confirmed the presence of premelanosome-like granules.

Conclusions

Based on the characteristic microscopic appearance of this tumor, and its overall tumor marker profile, we concluded this was a renal epithelioid/pleomorphic angiomyolipoma with a negative premelanosome antigen phenotype.
Unexplained cyanosis revealing hepatopulmonary syndrome in a child with asymptomatic congenital hepatic fibrosis: a case report
Authors: Abdul Wahab Atqah , Al-Mansoori Maryam , El-Hawli Mariam , Kini Vishwanatha
Published: April 2013

Introduction

Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a rare disease that affects patients of any age with acute or chronic liver disease. Liver transplantation is the only therapeutic option of proved benefit, and can result in substantial improvement or total improvement in postoperative gas exchange abnormalities.

Case presentation

We report the case of a cyanotic 13-year-old Pakistani boy whose chest computed tomography scan showed normal lung fields and mediastinum with incidental findings of a prominent liver surface with a collateral vein connecting a portal cavernoma to the dilated terminal inferior vena cava. Sonography of his abdomen along with a portal venous Doppler study showed multiple collateral veins replacing the portal vein. A liver biopsy revealed congenital hepatic fibrosis. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography with agitated saline and a 99m Technetium-macroaggregated albumin perfusion lung scan confirmed intrapulmonary shunting. The patient underwent a successful liver transplantation that resulted in improved gas exchange.

Conclusions

Hepatopulmonary syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of unexplained hypoxemia with an evaluation of possible portal hypertension or liver disease even in the absence of other clinical symptoms.
Clinical course and visual outcome in patients with diabetes mellitus and uveitis
Authors: Oswal Kadambari S , Sivaraj Ramesh R , Murray Philip I , Stavrou Panagiota
Published: April 2013

Purpose

We report the clinical course and visual outcome of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) who subsequently developed uveitis from any cause.

Methods

Longitudinal, retrospective case note review.

Results

A total of 36 patients (M/F: 18/18, 58 eyes) were included, Of the 36 patients, 35 had Type 2 DM and one had Type 1 DM. Mean age of onset of DM was 49 years and uveitis 55 years. The uveitis was bilateral in 22 (61%) patients. There were 19 patients with anterior uveitis, 12 with panuveitis and 5 with intermediate uveitis. Mean follow up was 4.4 years (range 1-18). Mean number of uveitis recurrences was 3 (range 1-7). Causes of vision of 6/18 or worse appeared related to the uveitis in 9 eyes and diabetes in 4 eyes. Cataract occurred in 22 eyes, glaucoma in 17 eyes, and cystoid macular oedema in 10 eyes. Diabetic retinopathy was detected in 38 (65.5%) eyes (29 non-proliferative including 6 with clinically significant macular oedema, and 9 proliferative). Progression of diabetic retinopathy to proliferative stage occurred in 7 eyes of 4 patients over a mean duration of 4.4 years. In 10 patients with active uveitis the mean HbA1c was 80 mmol/mol [9.5%], (range 49-137 [6.6-14.7]), and 67 mmol/mol [8.3%] (range 46-105 [6.4-11.8]) when the uveitis was quiescent, p = 0.01. Better glycaemic control was required in 10 patients during episodes of uveitis.

Conclusions

Patients with DM who develop uveitis may have a high complication rate, reduced vision and poor glycaemic control. Checking blood glucose during episodes of uveitis is important.
A test-retest fMRI dataset for motor, language and spatial attention functions
Authors: Gorgolewski Krzysztof J , Storkey Amos , Bastin Mark E , Whittle Ian R , Wardlaw Joanna M , Pernet Cyril R
Published: April 2013

Background

Since its inception over twenty years ago, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used in numerous studies probing neural underpinnings of human cognition. However, the between session variance of many tasks used in fMRI remains understudied. Such information is especially important in context of clinical applications. A test-retest dataset was acquired to validate fMRI tasks used in pre-surgical planning. In particular, five task-related fMRI time series (finger, foot and lip movement, overt verb generation, covert verb generation, overt word repetition, and landmark tasks) were used to investigate which protocols gave reliable single-subject results. Ten healthy participants in their fifties were scanned twice using an identical protocol 2–3 days apart. In addition to the fMRI sessions, high-angular resolution diffusion tensor MRI (DTI), and high-resolution 3D T1-weighted volume scans were acquired.

Findings

Reliability analyses of fMRI data showed that the motor and language tasks were reliable at the subject level while the landmark task was not, despite all paradigms showing expected activations at the group level. In addition, differences in reliability were found to be mostly related to the tasks themselves while task-by-motion interaction was the major confounding factor.

Conclusions

Together, this dataset provides a unique opportunity to investigate the reliability of different fMRI tasks, as well as methods and algorithms used to analyze, de-noise and combine fMRI, DTI and structural T1-weighted volume data.