bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Description of Paracymbiomma gen. nov., a new genus of prodidomid spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Prodidomidae) including a new troglobite species
Authors: RODRIGUES BRUNO V. B. , CIZAUSKAS IGOR , RHEIMS CRISTINA A.
Published: November 2018

Paracymbiomma gen. nov. is proposed to include six new species from Brazil: P. angelim sp. nov. (♂ ♀) from São Paulo, P. carajas sp. nov. (♂ ♀), P. bocaina sp. nov. (♂ ♀) and P. caecus sp. nov. (♂ ♀) from Pará, P. doisirmaos sp. nov. (♂) from Pernambuco and P. pauferrense sp. nov. (♂) from Paraíba. The genus is included in Theuminae by having the sternum with posterior region without rebordered margins, strongly protruding between coxae IV and with numerous long and erect setae, and by the vulva with highly convoluted ducts. It can be distinguished from the other members of the subfamily by the male palp with paracymbium, single RTA, bulb with sclerotized conductor and partly sclerotized median apophysis, and by the female epigyne with posteromedian atrium and sclerotized margin, and vulva with copulatory ducts long, strongly convoluted laterally with proximal part (closest to copulatory openings) translucent. Paracymbiomma carajas sp. nov., P. bocaina sp. nov. and P. caecus sp. nov. occur exclusively in ferruginous caves. We provide a discussion on specializations and adaptations of Paracymbiomma gen. nov. and other species of Prodidomidae to the subterranean environment.
Sanaungulus ruicheni (Hsiao & Huang, 2018) n. comb. with the differential diagnosis of genera Sanaungulus Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger, 2018 and Ornatomalthinus Poinar & Fanti, 2016
Authors: FANTI FABRIZIO
Published: November 2018

Recently, Hsiao & Huang (2018) presented a taxonomical revision of Ornatomalthinus Poinar & Fanti, 2016 based on the discovery of a new species (O. ruicheni) from the Cretaceous Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley (Myanmar). According to the authors, this species shows many differences in respect to O. elvirae Poinar & Fanti, 2016. I propose that due to these morphological divergences the new species cannot belong to the genus Ornatomalthinus (type-species O. elvirae) as indicated by Hsiao & Huang (2018). The appearance is in fact identical to Sanaungulus Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger, 2018 (Poinar & Fanti, 2016; Fanti et al., 2018). Additionally, Ornatomalthinus should remain in the subfamily Cantharinae. In this note the common characters of O. ruicheni and the criticalities of attribution to Ornatomalthinus are highlighted, a new combination is proposed and higher classification is discussed.
Faunistic inventory and zoogeographical analysis of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Southwestern of Saudi Arabia, and description of a new species of Paussinae
Authors: ABDEL-DAYEM MAHMOUD S. , RASOOL IFTEKHAR , ELGHARBAWY ALI A. , NAGEL PETER , ALDHAFER HATHAL M.
Published: November 2018

Study of ground beetles of the Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, located in the Asir Mountains of southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) resulted in one species, Paussus abditus Nagel, sp. n. described as new to science. Thirteen species (21.3%) are reported as new country records and fifteen species (24.6%) are new records for Asir Province. Adult beetles were collected from 2013 to 2017. The determination of this material yielded a total of 61 species in 40 genera and 17 tribes belonging to nine subfamilies of Carabidae. The species richness represented approximately 36.1% of carabid species previously reported from KSA. The most species rich tribes were the Lebiini (20 species), the Harpalini (10 species), and the Bembidiini (6 species). The life form analysis of adults indicated 18 life form types that are grouped into three categories, Zoophagous (77.1%), Mixophytophagous (18.0%), and Myrmecophilous (4.9%). Zoogeographical analyses indicated that the Afrotropical (19.3%) and the Saharo-Arabian (19.3%) species dominate the carabid fauna of this region of KSA. Coryza cf. maculata (Nietner, 1856) is considered the only Oriental representative. Only one cosmopolitan species, Perigona nigriceps (Dejean, 1831), was collected. Eleven endemics were identified; six species are considered KSA endemics and five are Arabian Peninsula endemics.
Three new species of Diduga Moore, [1887] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Cambodia
Authors: BAYARSAIKHAN ULZIIJARGAL , LEE DONG˗JUNE , BAE YANG˗SEOP
Published: November 2018

Three new species of the genus Diduga, D. dubatolovi n. sp., D. kohkongensis n. sp., and D. bispinosa n. sp. are described from Cambodia along with other five recorded species, D. albicosta Hampson, 1891, D. barlowi Holloway, 2001, D. amoenusa Bucsek, 2012, D. annulata Hampson, 1900, and D. alternota Bucsek, 2014. A key to the Cambodian species of the genus Diduga with illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented.
A Modified Dual-Wavelength Technique for Ku- and Ka-Band Radar Rain Retrieval
Authors: Liao Liang , Meneghini Robert
Published: November 2018

To overcome a deficiency in the standard Ku- and Ka-band dual-wavelength radar technique, a modified version of the method is introduced. The deficiency arises from ambiguities in the estimate of the mass-weighted diameter Dm of the raindrop size distribution (DSD) derived from the differential frequency ratio (DFR), defined as the difference between the radar reflectivity factors (dB) at Ku and Ka band ZKu − ZKa. In particular, for DFR values less than zero, there are two possible solutions of Dm, leading to ambiguities in the retrieved DSD parameters. It is shown that the double solutions to Dm are effectively eliminated if the DFR is modified from ZKu − ZKa to ZKu − γZKa (dB), where γ is a constant with a value less than 0.8. An optimal radar algorithm that uses the modified DFR for the retrieval of rain and Dm profiles is described. The validity and accuracy of the algorithm are tested by applying it to radar profiles that are generated from measured DSD data. Comparisons of the rain rates and Dm estimated from the modified DFR algorithm to the same hydrometeor quantities computed directly from the DSD spectra (or the truth) indicate that the modified DFR-based profiling retrievals perform fairly well and are superior in accuracy and robustness to retrievals using the standard DFR.
Datafied childhoods: Contextualising datafication in everyday life
Authors: Mascheroni Giovanna
Published: November 2018

The article focuses on early childhood as a critical site of datafication and dataveillance. First, it provides an overview of approaches that situate the datafication of childhood within the new business logic and modes of governance called ‘surveillance capitalism’. Second, it presents approaches that theorise how surveillance culture has been normalised in a range of everyday family practices, including those supported by pregnancy and parenting apps, baby wearables and the Internet of Toys (IoToys). Finally, it develops the argument that we need to understand data traces as socially situated and account for the everyday embedding of algorithms in early childhood and family life, if we want to avoid the essentialism that characterises much of the debate around surveillance culture in the lives of young children.
Social policies and services for survivors of domestic violence in South Korea
Authors: Cho Hyunkag , Choi Y Joon , Choi Ga-Young , Bae Junghee , Seon Jisuk
Published: November 2018

Social policies and services addressing domestic violence have been developed recently in South Korea but scarcely reported to the international audience. We adopted the empowerment perspective, comprehensively reviewing whether, and how, policies and services empower survivors in Korea. Survivor services and criminal justice responses have great potential for survivor empowerment in Korea. However, these services serve only a limited number of survivors, and police officers often do not arrest perpetrators even though it is encouraged by law. It is critical to increase the number of service providers and make sure that training for law enforcement personnel is fully funded and appropriately implemented nationwide.
Edgar Schein at 90: A Celebratory and Exploratory Metalogue
Authors: Coghlan David
Published: November 2018

To mark Edgar H. Schein’s 90th birthday, a metalogue between him and David Coghlan took place to explore selected themes of their shared organization development scholarship. A metalogue is a reflective dialogue where the mode of conversation reflects the topic being explored. The themes explored are interiority, a philosophy of practical knowing, and inquiring in the present tense. The aim of the article is both celebratory and exploratory, with the latter seeking to offer readers insights from the metalogue on some core themes in the exercise of the applied behavioral science of organization development and to advance the notion of metalogue as an approach to shared inquiry.
Where Do We Go From Here? An Examination of the Relationship Between Changes in Social Structure and Strategic Priorities in Cross-Sector Collaborative Organizations
Authors: Hearld Larry R. , Alexander Jeffrey A. , Wolf Laura J. , Shi Yunfeng
Published: November 2018

Cross-sector collaborative organizations are increasingly viewed as an effective means of addressing multifaceted health and social challenges. Given their dependence on volunteers to develop and implement strategy, members’ perceptions of future strategic priorities is a critical concern for leaders and sponsors of these organizations. Research set in more hierarchical, single-sector organizations acknowledges the important relationship between structure and strategy; however, relatively little research has explored these relationships in the context of collaborative organizations. We examined these relationships using multiple rounds of an Internet survey. All three dimensions of social structure (locus of decision making, formalization, and integration) had independent associations with participant’ perceptions of different strategic priorities, suggesting there is more than one approach to influencing the perceived priorities of the alliance. However, some dimensions of the social structure changed more than other dimensions over time, highlighting differential opportunities for influencing strategic priorities.
Selected Nonmusic Predictors of Urban Students’ Decisions to Enroll and Persist in Middle and High School Music Ensemble Electives
Authors: Kinney Daryl W.
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this study was to fit theoretical models of prediction to urban students’ decisions to enroll and persist in music ensembles using academic achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), number of parents/guardians at home, mobility, ethnicity, and sex as explanatory variables. Through multinomial logistic regression, I built predictive models for initial enrollment (i.e., 6th grade) and retention (8th and 10th grades) in band, string, and choir electives. At each grade level, predictive models supported differentiation between band, string, and choir students from nonmusic students on most factors as well as differences between instrumental and choir students. Choir students were differentiated from instrumental students in terms of academic achievement, SES, family structure, and mobility. These factors revealed more congruence with the population of nonmusic students than instrumental students. Factors influencing initial enrollment in band, string, and choir remained relatively stable over retention models, with notable exceptions: SES became a weaker predictor of band enrollment in high school, whereas number of parents/guardians at home became more salient for this group. All music participation was predicted by academic achievement; however, this was evidenced only in reading test scores for choir participants, whereas math and reading achievement predicted enrollments in instrumental music electives.
“Safe” and “At-Risk”: Cyberbullying Victimization and Deviant Health Risk Behaviors in Youth
Authors: Wood Frank R. , Graham Roderick
Published: November 2018

This study explores the links between cyberbullying victimization and a set of health risk behaviors associated with juvenile delinquency (cigarette smoking, marijuana usage, alcohol usage, and sexual frequency). These links are examined with data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey ( n = 9,122). Using cluster analysis, respondents are categorized into two groups: “safe” students who report on average no engagement in the behaviors measured, and “at-risk” students who report on average moderate to high levels of engagement in sexual frequency, marijuana usage, and alcohol usage. Findings suggest that cyberbullying victimization increases the odds of a student being categorized into the “at-risk” cluster. This effect holds controlling for physical bullying, a proxy measure of self-control, and demographic variables.
Matching Needs to Services: Prison Treatment Program Allocations
Authors: Long Joshua S. , Sullivan Carrie , Wooldredge John , Pompoco Amanda , Lugo Melissa
Published: November 2018

The criminogenic needs of prison inmates are assessed to help guide their treatment plans, but inmates are often not matched to corresponding services to address those needs. A sample of 69,129 inmates in a state prison system was examined to identify those who completed treatment programs matched to their assessed needs and those who did not complete such programs. The odds of returning to prison within 3 years after release were compared for both groups. Of the eight need-specific domains examined, significant differences in the odds of prison returns were found for individuals identified with a Community Functioning need and for those identified with a Personal/Emotional need. That is, persons with either of these needs who completed suitable programs were less likely to return to prison compared with those with the same needs who did not complete suitable programs. Implications for future research are discussed.
“The City of Tomorrow Must Reckon with the Lives and Living Habits of Human Beings”: The Joint Center for Urban Studies Goes to Venezuela, 1957-1969
Authors: Loss Christopher P.
Published: November 2018

This essay explores the forgotten history of the founding of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Harvard University and the challenges it faced in putting its multidisciplinary urban studies method to work, in Venezuela, in the early 1960s. The first part “Cambridge, Massachusetts” details the Center’s creation and the mix of personal and professional relationships that shaped its structure and mission. The second part “Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela” retraces the Center’s role in building Ciudad Guayana. While the existing scholarship has portrayed the Center’s expedition to Venezuela as a botched experiment in midcentury utopian modernism, there’s more to the story. Building on recent work that has uncovered a converging transatlantic critique of the “urban renewal order,” this essay sheds light on why the Center went to rural Venezuela, where there weren’t supposed to be many people, to hone a new planning technique that purported to “reckon with the lives and living habits of human beings.”
Empowerment Through Difference: An Online Difference-Education Intervention Closes the Social Class Achievement Gap
Authors: Townsend Sarah S. M. , Stephens Nicole M. , Smallets Stephanie , Hamedani MarYam G.
Published: November 2018

A growing body of work suggests that teaching college students a contextual understanding of difference—that students’ different experiences in college are the result of participating in different contexts before college—can improve the academic performance of first-generation students (i.e., students whose parents do not have 4-year college degrees). However, only one empirical study, using an in-person panel format, has demonstrated the benefits of this intervention approach. In the present research, we conduct two studies to test the effectiveness of a new difference-education intervention administered online to individual students. In both studies, first-year students read senior students’ and recent graduates’ stories about how they adjusted to college. In the difference-education condition, stories conveyed a contextual understanding of difference. We found that the online intervention effectively taught students a contextual understanding of difference and closed the social class achievement gap by increasing first-generation students’ psychological empowerment and, thereby, end-of-second-year grades.
Functional and Morphological Characteristics of Pancreatic Islet Lesions Induced by Quinolone Antimicrobial Agent Gatifloxacin in Rats
Authors: Yabe Koichi , Yamamoto Yuka , Suzuki Takami , Takada Sanae , Mori Kazuhiko
Published: November 2018

We characterized pancreatic islet lesions induced by several quinolones using functional and morphological examinations of the pancreatic islets in male rats orally administered gatifloxacin, lomefloxacin, or levofloxacin at 300 mg/kg for 14 consecutive days. Consequently, in contrast to lomefloxacin or levofloxacin, gatifloxacin increased serum glucose and glycosylated albumin on day 14 and elevated serum glucose tended to decrease insulin in the intravenous glucose tolerance test. Microscopically, only gatifloxacin induced cytoplasmic vacuoles containing eosinophilic homogenous contents in islet cells. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that vacuolated islet cells were positively stained for insulin, demonstrating they were pancreatic β cells. Electron microscopy showed that the cytoplasmic vacuoles represented dilated cisterna of the rough endoplasmic reticulum filled with electron-lucent materials in pancreatic β cells. Moreover, insulin secretory granules were drastically decreased in vacuolated islet cells, suggesting impaired insulin synthesis and/or transport. This gatifloxacin-induced pancreatic toxicity in rats was considered to be associated with high pancreatic drug distribution. These results demonstrated that gatifloxacin provoked functional and morphological pancreatic β cell alteration associated with impaired insulin synthesis and/or transport, leading to hyperglycemia.
Development of Statewide Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimation Model from Short-Term Counts: A Comparative Study for South Carolina
Authors: Khan Sakib Mahmud , Islam Sababa , Khan MD Zadid , Dey Kakan , Chowdhury Mashrur , Huynh Nathan , Torkjazi Mohammad
Published: November 2018

Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) is an important parameter for traffic engineering analysis. Departments of Transportation continually collect traffic count using both permanent count stations (i.e., Automatic Traffic Recorders or ATRs) and temporary short-term count stations. In South Carolina, 87% of the ATRs are located on interstates and arterial highways. For most secondary highways (i.e., collectors and local roads), AADT is estimated based on short-term counts. This paper develops AADT estimation models for different roadway functional classes with two machine learning techniques: Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The models predict AADT from short-term counts. The results are first compared against each other, using the 2011 ATR data, to identify the best models. Then, the results of the best models are compared against both the regression-based model and factor-based model. The comparison reveals the superiority of the SVR model for AADT estimation for different roadway functional classes over all other methods. Among models for different roadway functional classes, developed with the 2011 ATR data, the SVR-based models show minimum errors in estimating AADT compared to the ANN-based, regression-based, and factor-based models, depicting the superiority of the SVR-based model for all roadway functional classes over other models in terms of AADT estimation accuracy. SVR models are validated for each roadway functional class using the 2016 ATR data and short-term count data collected by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The validation results show that the SVR-based AADT estimation models can be used by the SCDOT as a reliable option to predict AADT from the short-term counts.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a 3-Year, Teacher-Led Healthy Lifestyle Program on Eating Behaviors Among Adolescents Living in Day School Hostels in Malaysia
Authors: Teng Chian Yi , Chin Yit Siew , Taib Mohd Nasir Mohd , Chan Yoke Mun
Published: November 2018

Background:

Independence gained during adolescence may be associated with unhealthy eating behaviors. Although malnutrition among adolescents is evident, studies on eating behaviors among adolescents are scarce.

Objective:

To determine the effectiveness of a teacher-led Healthy Lifestyle Program on eating behaviors among adolescents in Malaysia.

Methods:

This was a cluster randomized controlled trial (conducted in 2012 to 2014), with 100 schools randomly selected from 721 schools, then assigned to 50 intervention schools and 50 control schools. A Healthy Eating and Be Active among Teens (HEBAT) module was developed for pretrained teachers to deliver a Healthy Lifestyle Program on eating behaviors among adolescents. Eating behaviors of the respondents was determined using Eating Behaviors Questionnaire. Linear Mixed Model analysis and χ2 test were used to determine within- and between-group effects of studied variables.

Results:

A total of 4277 respondents participated in this study, with 2635 samples involved in the final analysis, comprised of 921 intervention and 1714 control respondents. There were 32.4% (36.4%) males and 67.6% (63.6%) females in the intervention (control) group. Mean age was comparable between the groups (intervention = 12.98 years; control = 12.97 years). Majority of the respondents skipped meals at baseline (intervention = 74.7%; control = 79.5%). After the program, intervention respondents had higher consumption frequency of lunch, dinner, and mid-morning snack but a lower consumption frequency of late-evening snack and meal skipping behaviors than their control counterparts.

Conclusion:

The teacher-led Healthy Lifestyle Program was effective in reducing meal-skipping behaviors among Malaysian adolescents.
Understanding Parental Ethnotheories and Practices About Healthy Eating: Exploring the Developmental Niche of Preschoolers
Authors: Srivastava Deepa , Torquati Julia , de Guzman Maria Rosario T. , Dev Dipti A.
Published: November 2018

Purpose:

To understand parental ethnotheories (ie, belief systems) and practices about preschoolers’ healthy eating guided by the developmental niche framework.

Design:

Qualitative hermeneutic phenomenology.

Setting:

Home.

Participants:

Participants were 20 parents of preschool-age children ages 3 to 5 years, recruited from a quantitative investigation. A majority of the participants were white, female, married, well educated, and working full time.

Methods:

Participants who completed the quantitative survey were asked to provide their contact information if they were willing to be interviewed. From the pool of participants who expressed their willingness to participate in the interviews, 20 participants were selected using a random number generator. In-person semistructured interviews were conducted until data saturation (n = 20). Thematic analysis was performed.

Results:

Three themes and 6 subthemes emerged: theme 1—parental ethnotheories about healthy eating included subthemes of knowledge about healthy eating, motivations to promote healthy child development through healthy eating, and sources of knowledge about healthy eating (eg, doctors, social media, government guidelines, positive family-of-origin experiences); theme 2—parental ethnotheories that supported organization of children’s physical and social settings included structured mealtime routines and food socialization influences (eg, grandparents, siblings, and childcare programs); and theme 3—parental ethnotheories that supported children’s learning about healthy eating included parent–child engagement, communication, and encouragement in food-related activities (eg, meal preparation, visiting farmer’s market, grocery shopping, gardening, cooking, baking).

Conclusion:

Findings advance the literature on parental practices about healthy eating. Parental ethnotheories (eg, beliefs, motivations, knowledge, and skills) matter. Developmental niche of preschoolers (ie, physical and social settings, childrearing practices, and parental ethnotheories) constitutes an interactive system in which ethnotheories serve as guides to parental practices. Fostering nutrition education and parent–child engagement, communication, and encouragement in food-related activities are recommended to promote children’s healthy eating in daily routines.
Automation and Offshoring in Durable Goods Manufacturing: An Indiana Case Study
Authors: Slaper Timothy F.
Published: November 2018

The loss of manufacturing jobs is largely attributed to either offshoring or automation. Using state-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufactures and unit record administrative data from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, we determine the drivers of durable goods manufacturing employment losses in Indiana. We test a simple model that explains changes in industry production employment by changes in output, wages, intermediate input consumption, productivity, capital-to-labor ratios, or a proxy related to these explanatory variables. Using the unit record data, the authors assess the consequences of large layoff events on the wages of those who remain employed at a particular manufacturing establishment. The data suggest that offshoring was the primary driver for employment losses and productivity gains in Indiana, not automation. We also find that average wages for workers at establishments that experienced large redundancy events rose for those workers who remained after large layoff events.
School or Work? The Choice May Change Your Personality
Authors: Golle Jessika , Rose Norman , Göllner Richard , Spengler Marion , Stoll Gundula , Hübner Nicolas , Rieger Sven , Trautwein Ulrich , Lüdtke Oliver , Roberts Brent W. , Nagengast Benjamin
Published: November 2018

According to the social-investment principle, entering new environments is associated with new social roles that influence people’s behaviors. In this study, we examined whether young adults’ personality development is differentially related to their choice of either an academic or a vocational pathway (i.e., entering an academic-track school or beginning vocational training). The personality constructs of interest were Big Five personality traits and vocational-interest orientations. We used a longitudinal study design and propensity-score matching to create comparable groups before they entered one of the pathways and then tested the differences between these groups 6 years later. We expected the vocational pathway to reinforce more mature behavior and curtail investigative interest. Results indicated that choosing the vocational compared with the academic pathway was associated with higher conscientiousness and less interest in investigative, social, and enterprising activities.
Controller structure for plants with combined saturation and stiction
Authors: María del Carmen Rodríguez-Liñán , Heath William P
Published: November 2018

A compensation strategy for plants that suffer from both stiction and saturation in the input is proposed. This strategy exploits a principle established previously by the authors referred to as the “saturation equivalence.” This approach shows that, for systems affected by a certain class of nonlinearities and saturation at the actuator, the addition of a right inverse of the nonlinearity, in series with the plant, results in a saturation. This article shows that a stiction model belongs to this class of nonlinearities and that it can be compensated using the method of “saturation equivalence” by implementing a right inverse for an approximate stiction model. Then, the resulting saturation can be treated by traditional methods, such as anti-windup or model predictive control. Results are demonstrated in a case study plant via simulation.
Balancing market needs and environmental protection: Vehicle approval in the European Union
Authors: Zannoni Diego
Published: November 2018

Road transport today is responsible for almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and poses a set of challenges. Traditional regulatory instruments, adopted by the European Union to reduce vehicle emissions, are increasingly accompanied by measures that promote the use of alternative fuels and propulsion systems that would drastically reduce, if not reset, CO2 emissions. Some EU Member States are even planning to adopt more drastic measures: banning future sales of petrol and diesel cars. The article will attempt to highlight the special relationship that can be drawn between common market needs on the one hand, and protecting human health and the environment on the other, and then between EU and broader international standards. Both intertwine when enacting and then assessing the normative framework applicable to vehicles, culminating in the complex assessment of EU norms that regulate the approval of types of vehicles. The objective is to consider the current law framework, pointing out its weaknesses and making some de iure condendo proposals.
Organisational impact of the National Disability Insurance Scheme transition on mental health care providers: the experience in the Australian Capital Territory
Authors: Furst Mary Anne , Salinas-Perez Jose A , Salvador-Carulla Luis
Published: November 2018

Objectives:

Concerns raised about the appropriateness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia for people with mental illness have not been given full weight due to a perceived lack of available evidence. In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), one of the pilot sites of the Scheme, mental health care providers across all relevant sectors who were interviewed for a local Atlas of Mental Health Care described the impact of the scheme on their service provision.

Methods:

All mental health care providers from every sector in the ACT were contacted. The participation rate was 92%. We used the Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories for Long Term Care to assess all service provision at the local level.

Results:

Around one-third of services interviewed lacked funding stability for longer than 12 months. Nine of the 12 services who commented on the impact of the NDIS expressed deep concern over problems in planning and other issues.

Conclusions:

The transition to NDIS has had a major impact on ACT service providers. The ACT was a best-case scenario as it was one of the NDIS pilot sites.
A Systematic Review Summarizing the State of Evidence on Bullying in Childhood Cancer Patients/Survivors
Authors: Collins Daisy E. , Ellis Sarah J. , Janin Madeleine M. , Wakefield Claire E. , Bussey Kay , Cohn Richard J. , Lah Suncica , Fardell Joanna E.
Published: November 2018

Background: One in four school-aged children is bullied. However, the risk may be greater for childhood cancer patients/survivors (diagnosed <18 years), because of symptoms of the disease and treatment that may prejudice peers. While the serious consequences of bullying are well documented in the general population, bullying may have even greater impact in children with cancer due to the myriad of challenges associated with treatment and prolonged school absence. Objective: To summarize the state of evidence on bullying in childhood cancer patients/survivors; specifically, the rate and types of bullying experienced and the associated factors. Method: We searched five electronic databases from inception to February 2018 for original research articles reporting on bullying in childhood cancer patients/survivors. Results: We identified 29 eligible articles, representing 1,078 patients/survivors ( M = 14.35 years). Self-reports from patients/survivors revealed a considerably higher rate of bullying (32.2%) compared with the general population (25%). Our review identified little information on the factors associated with bullying in patients/survivors. However, the bullying described tended to be verbal and was often related to the physical side effects of treatment, indicating that differences in appearance may prejudice peers. It was further suggested that educating the child’s classmates about cancer may prevent bullying. Conclusions: Our findings confirm that bullying is a significant challenge for many childhood cancer patients/survivors. Additional studies are needed to identify factors that may influence the risk of bullying, which will inform the development of evidence-based interventions and guidelines to prevent bullying in childhood cancer patients/survivors.
Romantic Partner Alcohol Misuse Interacts With GABRA2 Genotype to Predict Frequency of Drunkenness in Young Adulthood
Authors: Gajos Jamie M. , Russell Michael A. , Cleveland H. Harrington , Vandenbergh David J. , Feinberg Mark E.
Published: November 2018

Previous research has identified the importance of romantic partners—including spouses, significant others, and dating partners—for influencing the engagement in health-risking behaviors, such as alcohol misuse during emerging adulthood. Although genetic factors are known to play a role in the development of young adult alcohol misuse, little research has examined whether genetic factors affect young adults’ susceptibility to their romantic partners’ alcohol misusing behaviors. The current study tests whether a single nucleotide polymorphism in the GABRA2 gene (rs279845) moderates the relationship between romantic partner alcohol misuse and frequency of drunkenness in young adulthood. Results revealed differential risk associated with romantic partner alcohol misuse and young adult drunk behavior according to GABRA2 genotype, such that individuals with the TT genotype displayed an elevated risk for frequency of drunkenness when romantic partner alcohol misuse was also high (incidence rate ratio = 1.06, p ⩽ .05). The findings demonstrate the potential for genetic factors to moderate the influence of romantic partners’ alcohol misuse on drunk behavior during the transition to young adulthood.
3-Degree-of-freedom electromagnetic vibration energy harvester with serially connected leaf hinge joints
Authors: Kim Hyun Soo , Ryu Wooseok , Park Shi-baek , Choi Yong Je
Published: November 2018

This article presents a new design method of a planar 3-degree-of-freedom serial manipulator-type electromagnetic vibration energy harvester in which any desired ratio of power peaks and three target resonant frequencies can be specified arbitrarily. The design of the harvester aims to achieve minimum difference between the power peaks generated at target frequencies. The geometrical positions of three normal modes are first determined and the corresponding stiffness matrix of the harvester is found. Second, the stiffness matrix can be synthesized by three serially connected torsional springs. Third, the leaf hinge joints corresponding to torsional springs are designed using the newly developed design equations. Finally, the array and the locations of the magnets are found using the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm. The experiments are conducted to verify the design method. Three resonant frequencies are measured at 23.4, 29.2, and 34.8 Hz comparing to the target frequencies of 25, 30, and 35 Hz. The peak powers of 1.28, 0.89, and 1.32 mW are obtained across the optimal load resistor of 1.01 kΩ under the condition of the constant acceleration of 1.5 m/s2.
Adapting Leadership Perceptions Across Tasks: Micro-Origins of Informal Leadership Transitions
Authors: Cook Alexandra (Sasha) , Meyer Bertolt , Gockel Christine , Zill Alexander
Published: November 2018

Relational theories of leadership emphasize the relevance of dynamic changes of informal leadership structures in teams, especially when teams are confronted with new tasks. In this study, we examine how leadership perceptions change in a new task and focus on two potential moderators: interpersonal contact and perceived change in competence allocation. We confronted existing student teams with a new and nonroutine task in the laboratory, during which we assessed team members’ interpersonal face-to-face contact via infrared using wearable sensors. We conducted multilevel analyses focusing on leadership perceptions on the relational level as outcome. Results show that leadership perceptions were relatively stable across tasks. However, team members changed these leadership perceptions more if they had more interpersonal contact with others and if they perceived a shift in competence relations. We discuss theoretical implications regarding informal and shared leadership research and practical implications regarding leadership development, as well as team diagnostics and interventions.
Developing a Program Community of Practice for Leadership Development
Authors: Smith Sue , Kempster Steve , Wenger-Trayner Etienne
Published: November 2018

This article outlines how a community of practice can be designed within management education for effective leadership development. Through a qualitative study of a cohort of 25 owner–managers of small businesses, we explore how a program community of practice (PCoP) acts as a pedagogical device for focusing on the development of leadership practice. Drawn from “grounded theory” analysis, we outline a pedagogic heuristic of a PCoP built on an emergent rather than a didactic curriculum, shaped by the PCoP members’ own experiences and practices of managing their businesses. Our contribution is to illustrate the significant value of applying communities of practice theory to pedagogic designs in order to advance the development of leadership practice in small businesses. We critically examine this contribution with regard to the scope that designing a PCoP can bring to leadership development and the challenges for educators designing and facilitating an emergent curriculum.
Engineering a Brighter Future: The Evolving Role of the Pharmacist in the Era of the HeartMate 3
Authors: Ciolek Alana M. , Littlefield Audrey J. , Jennings Douglas L.
Published: November 2018

Continuous-flow left-ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) are an option for patients with end-stage heart failure requiring durable mechanical circulatory support. Two of the older-generation CF-LVADs have been associated with multiple device-related complications, including bleeding and thrombosis. The newest generation CF-LVAD, the HeartMate 3, was engineered specifically to prevent device-related thrombosis. As more data enhance our understanding of the burden of bleeding and thrombotic adverse events, patients with durable mechanical circulatory support may require less-aggressive antithrombotic therapy.
In Their Words: A Found Poem on the Experiences of Rural LGBTQ Youth
Authors: Paceley Megan S.
Published: November 2018

This poem represents the qualitative findings from a study on the experiences of rural LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) youth. LGBTQ youth engaged in in-depth interviews with the author, sharing their experiences about what life is like growing up in small towns in a Midwestern state, with a focus on the ways in which their communities did or did not support them. From these interviews, the author created a found poem. This poem is crafted from the words of the youth themselves carefully and intentionally arranged to tell their stories and to more authentically convey the power and emotionality of these youth’s experiences.
Dream Writing: Writing Through Vulnerability
Authors: Helin Jenny
Published: November 2018

Wet sheet that gets cold. The smell of sweat. A disrupted, unpleasant night again where my dreaming had me; a felt vulnerability from which it was impossible to hide. Sometimes, at bedtime, I already know that it will be a tough night. At the same time, the night offers experiences that radically differ from my everyday life. I want to learn from the way in which these experiences unfold and what I am capable of doing at night; what can my dreaming body teach me that can be generative for my writing? Through a reading of Hélène Cixous’s work on the writing body and inquiring into my night dreaming, I elaborate on possibilities for writing that differ from my usual daylight writing. Written in the form of seven invitations, I note that these possibilities are not about finding ways to overcome vulnerability in writing, but rather writing through vulnerability as a gift from the dreaming-writing-body.
Mental Health Issues and Substance Use in the United States: Pulling the Power Levers
Authors: Beeber Linda S.
Published: November 2018

BACKGROUND: Promising treatment avenues have been developed and studied that align well with the skills of psychiatric-mental health (PMH) nurses. The treatments are relationship-driven, nimble and accessible, and recovery-guided. They emphasize a whole-person approach with care delivered by a team of experts working in a contextually coordinated way. AIMS: To describe the challenges facing the United States with regard to mental illness and substance use disorders and the ways in which PMH nurses can use their skills to mitigate these challenges. METHOD: Published research and government reports were reviewed to obtain current mental health and substance use data. RESULTS: The number of people not being treated for mental illnesses—particularly serious mental illness, major depressive episode, and suicidal thoughts—has not improved since 2009. Although inroads have been made in reducing the rate of smoking in the United States, we are facing an opioid crisis. There are limited data on marijuana use, but it is apparent that many Americans use cannabis routinely. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, approximately 44.7 million people need mental health treatment and 20.1 million Americans need substance use treatment, but only 10% to 30% receive it. CONCLUSIONS: PMH nurses must take a leading role in retooling the therapeutic relationship and partnering with clients, families, and caregivers to improve the quality of life and well-being of those dealing with mental illness and substance use disorders. To accomplish this essential task, the PMH nursing workforce must be robust and distributed throughout the United States.
Access to Five Nonprimary Health Care Services by Homebound Older Adults: An Integrative Review
Authors: Sterling-Fox Cynthia
Published: November 2018

Globally, the number of homebound older adults is rising exponentially as the aging population increases. Homebound older adults have complex medical and psychological issues for which many receive home-based primary care services. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify, analyze, and synthesize the existing literature regarding homebound older adults’ need for, use of, and access to five nonprimary health care services. They are dental, nutritional, optical, pharmacy, and psychological services. The integrative review was conducted using a database search of CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing Education, PubMed, Medline, PsycINFO, and Cochrane, that was supplemented by a hand search. Little research was found addressing the five nonprimary health care services. Five themes emerged from the 10 studies. They were (1) complex and interrelated health problems require more health care services; (2) perceived unimportance of nonprimary health care services; (3) barriers to use of and access to nonprimary health care services; (4) the impact of socioeconomic and demographical factors on access to services; and (5) the impact of psychological factors (depression and social isolation) on the use and access to health care services. These findings suggest further inequity and barriers to health care services by homebound older adults. Future research is needed with nonprimary health care providers to examine the clinical outcomes and costs of providing the services to homebound older adults.
Percutaneous Techniques, Limitations and Challenges for the Failed Surgical Mitral Intervention
Authors: Nyman Charles B. , Shook Douglas C. , Shernan Stanton
Published: November 2018

The advent of percutaneous therapies has significantly altered therapeutic options for patients with valvular heart disease. Building on the success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, both expanded indications and purpose-built devices are now being used to address percutaneous approaches for mitral valve pathology. While surgical mitral valve repair remains the gold standard for addressing significant mitral valve pathology, there has been a progressive increase in the utilization of bioprosthetic valves despite their limited lifespan. The risks of reoperation to address mitral valve repair failure or bioprosthetic valve dysfunction is not insignificant. In light of the aging population and the potential for significant associated comorbidities, less invasive alternative techniques hold particular appeal. Utilization of commercially available transcatheter aortic valve replacement valves for failed surgical valves has been shown to have better short-term mortality than would be predicted for open reoperation. As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the utilization of transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement for the failed bioprosthetic valve in high surgical risk patients. Despite the favorable outcomes, transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve is not without procedural challenges and potential complications including malpositioning, embolization, paravalvular leak, and outflow tract obstruction. Awareness of these challenges, mitigation strategies, and therapeutic options is imperative to optimizing outcomes in this high-risk patient population.
Diagnosis of non-effusive feline infectious peritonitis by reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR from mesenteric lymph node fine-needle aspirates
Authors: Dunbar Dawn , Kwok Wendy , Graham Elizabeth , Armitage Andy , Irvine Richard , Johnston Pamela , McDonald Michael , Montgomery Dorothy , Nicolson Lesley , Robertson Elise , Weir William , Addie Diane D
Published: November 2018

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate a feline coronavirus (FCoV) reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) on fine-needle aspirates (FNAs) from mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) collected in sterile saline for the purpose of diagnosing non-effusive feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in cats.

Methods

First, the ability of the assay to detect viral RNA in MLN FNA preparations compared with MLN biopsy preparations was assessed in matched samples from eight cats. Second, a panel of MLN FNA samples was collected from a series of cats representing non-effusive FIP cases (n = 20), FCoV-seropositive individuals (n = 8) and FCoV-seronegative individuals (n = 18). Disease status of the animals was determined using a combination of gross pathology, histopathology and/or ‘FIP profile’, consisting of serology, clinical pathology and clinical signs.

Results

Viral RNA was detected in 18/20 non-effusive FIP cases; it was not detected in two cases that presented with neurological FIP. Samples from 18 seronegative non-FIP control cats and 7/8 samples from seropositive non-FIP control cats contained no detectable viral RNA. Thus, as a method for diagnosing non-effusive FIP, MLN FNA RT-qPCR had an overall sensitivity of 90.0% and specificity of 96.1%.

Conclusions and relevance

In cases with a high index of suspicion of disease, RT-qPCR targeting FCoV in MLN FNA can provide important information to support the ante-mortem diagnosis of non-effusive FIP. Importantly, viral RNA can be reliably detected in MLN FNA samples in saline submitted via the national mail service. When applied in combination with biochemistry, haematology and serological tests in cases with a high index of suspicion of disease, the results of this assay may be used to support a diagnosis of non-effusive FIP.