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Evaluation of a Staff Training Programme using Positive Psychology coaching with film and theatre elements in care homes: views and attitudes of residents, staff and relatives
Authors: Guzmán Azucena , Wenborn Jennifer , Ledgerd Ritchard , Orrell Martin
Published: July 2016

Background

There is a recognised need to improve staff training in care homes. The aim of this study was to conduct a qualitative evaluation of the Ladder to the Moon Culture Change Studio Engagement Programme (CCSEP), a staff training programme aimed at enhancing staff–resident communication.

Method

Focus groups were conducted with residents able to provide consent; staff and relatives and managers were interviewed in two care homes. A theoretical framework was developed to interpret the impact of CCSEP using Framework Analysis.

Results

Residents noted that the programme appeared to result in staff interacting more with them, as well as enjoying working together as a team. Staff reported an improved sense of teamwork, developing more positive attitudes towards residents, as well as their concerns about using theatrical techniques in the care setting. Relatives identified care home organisational aspects as being barriers to implementation, and some regarded CCSEP simply as ‘entertainment’ rather than ‘creative care’.

Discussion

This study provides an insight into the potential of this staff training programme to improve staff–resident interactions. However, participants' varying views of CCSEP highlight the need to brief staff, residents and relatives before implementation so as to enable full understanding of the aim.
Adorno's Negative Dialectics
Authors: Sherman David
Published: July 2016

The concept of negative dialectics constitutes the philosophical core of Adorno's wide‐ranging thought. It reflects his attempt both to consider the status of dialectics in the face of a history that has failed to actualize its prognostications and to rework dialectics to make it adequate to his own time. Among the themes considered are Adorno's critique of conceptuality in the German idealist tradition, his critique of enlightenment reason and its relationship to capitalist society, his qualified rejection of universal history, his concern with revitalizing experience, and his concept of the constellation, which he offers as an alternative to existing epistemological paradigms.
Strategic Analysis of the Agency Model for Digital Goods
Authors: Tan Yinliang (Ricky) , Carrillo Janice E.
Published: July 2016

The introduction of digital goods in the media industry has gained a considerable amount of positive press due to superior features such as increased accessibility and portability. However, the distribution of these digital goods in conjunction with their physical analogs (i.e., printed books) has been operationally problematic for media supply chains. Specifically, the types of contracts utilized to distribute these goods such as agency models have come under fire in the press. A high profile case brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Apple exemplifies this debate as the DOJ claims that the agency model utilized by Apple caused higher prices and decreased consumer surplus. We create and analyze a model of vertically differentiated goods to compare and contrast the agency model with the wholesale model. We ascertain that both (a) the revenue‐sharing structure and (b) the upstream publisher's control over the price contribute to the benefits of the agency model. We consider a variation of this model which shows that if the retailer utilizes a “fixed price” model, then he suffers from a short‐term loss in profit, possibly to garner additional market share. We also investigate an incentive alignment condition for the agency model which assures that the retailer and the publisher will together commit to selling digital goods alongside physical goods in the supply chain. Finally, we analyze an extension of the original model which incorporates horizontal differentiation in addition to vertical differentiation and shows that in most cases, the horizontal differentiation does not alter our original results that the agency model outperforms the wholesale model.
Alexithymia and psychosocial problems among Italian preadolescents. A latent class analysis approach
Authors: Mannarini Stefania , Balottin Laura , Toldo Irene , Gatta Michela
Published: July 2016

The study, conducted on Italian preadolscents aged 11 to 13 belonging to the general population, aims to investigate the relationship between the emotional functioning, namely, alexithymia, and the risk of developing behavioral and emotional problems measured using the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire. The latent class analysis approach allowed to identify two latent variables, accounting for the internalizing (emotional symptoms and difficulties in emotional awareness) and for the externalizing problems (conduct problems and hyperactivity, problematic relationships with peers, poor prosocial behaviors and externally oriented thinking). The two latent variables featured two latent classes: the difficulty in dealing with problems and the strength to face problems that was representative of most of the healthy participants with specific gender differences. Along with the analysis of psychopathological behaviors, the study of resilience and strengths can prove to be a key step in order to develop valuable preventive approaches to tackle psychiatric disorders.
Adding muscle where you need it: non‐uniform hypertrophy patterns in elite sprinters
Authors: Handsfield G. G. , Knaus K. R. , Fiorentino N. M. , Meyer C. H. , Hart J. M. , Blemker S. S.
Published: July 2016

Sprint runners achieve much higher gait velocities and accelerations than average humans, due in part to large forces generated by their lower limb muscles. Various factors have been explored in the past to understand sprint biomechanics, but the distribution of muscle volumes in the lower limb has not been investigated in elite sprinters. In this study, we used non‐Cartesian MRI to determine muscle sizes in vivo in a group of 15 NCAA Division I sprinters. Normalizing muscle sizes by body size, we compared sprinter muscles to non‐sprinter muscles, calculated Z‐scores to determine non‐uniformly large muscles in sprinters, assessed bilateral symmetry, and assessed gender differences in sprinters' muscles. While limb musculature per height‐mass was 22% greater in sprinters than in non‐sprinters, individual muscles were not all uniformly larger. Hip‐ and knee‐crossing muscles were significantly larger among sprinters (mean difference: 30%, range: 19–54%) but only one ankle‐crossing muscle was significantly larger (tibialis posterior, 28%). Population‐wide asymmetry was not significant in the sprint population but individual muscle asymmetries exceeded 15%. Gender differences in normalized muscle sizes were not significant. The results of this study suggest that non‐uniform hypertrophy patterns, particularly large hip and knee flexors and extensors, are advantageous for fast sprinting.
Symbolic Interaction with Consumer Products: An Affect Control Theory Approach
Authors: Shank Daniel B. , Lulham Rohan
Published: July 2016

Symbolic interactionism is one of the few social psychology perspectives that recognizes the important role of physical artifacts, including consumer products, in social life. Consumer products are artifacts people can use to maintain the expressive order within social life – the order that is embedded within the shared meanings of a culture. As a formal theory of symbolic interactionism, affect control theory emphasizes culturally shared affective meaning, the impressions produced within social events, and identity processes that rely on those cultural meanings and social events. We contend that affect control theory provides a framework for understanding and researching how consumer products influence people's social experience and interaction. First, we specifically explore how affect control theory's concepts of affective meaning, identity modification, and impression management can be applied to understanding consumer products. Building on this foundation, we then consider how affect control theory might also contribute to three new research directions: social interaction with consumer products, affective design of consumer products, and the prosumer identity created from consumer products. Our conclusion is that affect control theory provides sociologists with a means of exploring the important and fascinating questions that emerge when we consider people's symbolic interaction with consumer products.
The Threat of the “Other”: Ethnic Competition and Racial Interest
Authors: Gonzalez‐Sobrino Bianca
Published: July 2016

Racial conflict has been at the center of US society since its inception. Various theories have tried to explain why racial conflict arises and what the motivating factors are. The aim of this article is to examine one of these theories––ethnic competition––by reviewing the sociological literature from the 1970s to present that focuses on racial interest, ethnic competition, and racial threat.
Metamorphic sole formation, emplacement and blueschist facies overprint: early subduction dynamics witnessed by western Turkey ophiolites
Authors: Plunder Alexis , Agard Philippe , Chopin Christian , Soret Mathieu , Okay Aral I. , Whitechurch Hubert
Published: July 2016

The largest ophiolite on Earth, in western Turkey, is a key place to study obduction and early subduction dynamics. Ophiolite remnants derived from the same Neotethyan branch (preserved as a result of long‐lived Late Cretaceous continental subduction and later obduction) are underlain by hundred‐metre‐thick extensive metamorphic soles. These soles formed synchronously, at c. 93 Ma, and were welded to the base of the ophiolite, thereby dating the start of intra‐oceanic subduction. This contribution focuses on the structure, petrology and pressure–temperature evolution of the soles and other subduction‐derived units. Peak pressure–temperature conditions were estimated at 10.5 ± 2 kbar and 800 ± 50 °C for the sole by means of pseudosection calculations using Theriak/Domino and at 12 kbar and 425 °C for the unique, enigmatic blueschist facies overprint of the sole. This study provides clues to the mechanisms of sole underplating during early subduction, later cooling, and the nature of the western Turkey ophiolite.
Synthesis, radiolabelling, and biodistribution studies of triazole derivatives for targeting melanoma
Authors: Rathmann Stephanie M. , Janzen Nancy , Valliant John F.
Published: July 2016

Molecular probes that target specific markers expressed in solid tumours are in demand for cancer imaging and radionuclide therapy applications. The synthesis, characterization, and in vivo evaluation of radioiodinated triazoles designed as probes to target melanoma are described here. Compounds were prepared using a thermal click reaction between ethynylstannane and methyl 2-azidoacetate, resulting in preferential formation of the corresponding 1,4-tin triazole. The primary amine of various targeting vectors was then coupled to the resulting tin triazole methyl ester. These precursors were labelled with no carrier added 123I or 125I and purified by high performance liquid chromatography to give isolated radiochemical yields between 6% and 51% and radiochemical purities of >95% in all cases. Among the evaluated compounds, N-(2-diethylamino-ethyl)-2-(4-iodo-[1,2,3]triazol-1-yl)acetamide (7a) and N-(1-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)-2-(4-iodo-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)acetamide (7d) showed the most promising in vivo data, and their 123I-labelled forms were used in single photon emission computed tomography computed tomography (SPECT–CT) imaging studies. The imaging data showed excellent tumour visualization with a very high signal to noise ratio.
The importance of metacommunity processes for long-term turnover of riffle-dwelling fish assemblages depends on spatial position within a dendritic network
Authors: Dala-Corte Renato Bolson , Becker Fernando Gertum , Melo Adriano Sanches
Published: July 2016

Spatial position within a dendritic network may determine environmental filters and connectivity with source of immigrants, influencing species composition and variation in metacommunities. We investigated how long-term turnover of riffle-dwelling fish assemblages is affected by niche- and dispersal-related processes. Multiple linear model selection resulted in four variables important to explain assemblage turnover: (i) habitat change, (ii) channel slope, (iii) dlink (a proxy for connectivity), and (iv) catchment area. These four variables were related to turnover in species abundance, while turnover in species occurrence was only related to habitat change. Models generated for each species indicated they were differently affected by niche- and dispersal-related processes. Our findings provide support for the hypothesis that metacommunity processes affecting temporal turnover of stream fish communities are dependent on the spatial position within a dendritic network, but also vary among species. Our study has implications for sampling design in monitoring programs, as the degree of dissimilarities in fish communities depends not only on local habitat change, but on spatial position within the drainage network and on species particularities.
The general peakon–antipeakon solution for the Camassa–Holm equation
Authors: Grunert Katrin , Holden Helge
Published: July 2016

We compute explicitly the peakon–antipeakon solution of the Camassa–Holm (CH) equation [Formula: see text] in the non-symmetric and [Formula: see text]-dissipative case. The solution experiences wave breaking in finite time, and the explicit solution illuminates the interplay between the various variables.
The Implication of Climate Signal for Precipitation in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China
Authors: Wang Fei , Niu Jun
Published: July 2016

This paper studies the stochastic dynamic variability of precipitation, for the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Heihe River basin in Northwest China, by employing Mann-Kendall statistic, Pettitt test, and wavelet transform methods. The possible associations with three prominent climatic patterns, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Artic Oscillation (AO), and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), are examined by using multiscale wavelet coherence method. No significant trend is identified for the interannual precipitation variability. However, about 2-year significant variability is detected for the lower reach of the Heihe River basin, and this dominating precipitation variability is essentially depicted by AO. The possible influences of ENSO are exerted on long-term timescale, 8–16 years. The obtained knowledge is helpful for the predications of extreme hydroclimatological events and better reservoir operations for regional water resources.
Neuroimmunomodulation in the Gut: Focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Bernardazzi Claudio , Pêgo Beatriz , de Souza Heitor Siffert P.
Published: July 2016

Intestinal immunity is finely regulated by several concomitant and overlapping mechanisms, in order to efficiently sense external stimuli and mount an adequate response of either tolerance or defense. In this context, a complex interplay between immune and nonimmune cells is responsible for the maintenance of normal homeostasis. However, in certain conditions, the disruption of such an intricate network may result in intestinal inflammation, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is believed to result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors acting in concert with an inappropriate immune response, which in turn interacts with nonimmune cells, including nervous system components. Currently, evidence shows that the interaction between the immune and the nervous system is bidirectional and plays a critical role in the regulation of intestinal inflammation. Recently, the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis has been shown to be under the reciprocal control of the microbiota by immune mechanisms, whereas intestinal microorganisms can modulate mucosal immunity. Therefore, in addition to presenting the mechanisms underlying the interaction between immune and nervous systems in the gut, here we discuss the role of the microbiota also in the regulation of neuroimmune crosstalk involved in intestinal homeostasis and inflammation, with potential implications to IBD pathogenesis.
Cross-Sectional Study of Polybrominated Flame Retardants and Self-Reported Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in US Youth Aged 12–15 (NHANES 2003-2004)
Authors: Przybyla Jennifer , Kile Molly L. , Smit Ellen , Houseman E. Andres
Published: July 2016

Background.Animal toxicity tests and epidemiological studies suggest that exposure to PBDEs can alter attention behavior, yet few studies have examined their association with diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents.Methods.Logistic regression was used to examine the cross-sectional association between ADHD and lipid and non-lipid adjusted blood serum concentrations of 2′,4-tribromodiphenyl ether (BDE-28), 2,2′,4,4′-tetrabromodiphenylether (BDE-47), 2,2′,4,4′,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-99), 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-100), 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-153), serum PBDEs, above/below the 75th percentile of serum PBDEs, and tertiles of serum PBDE in 12–15-year-olds (N=292) using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004.Results.The ADHD weighted prevalence was 13.57%. The weighted adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) between ADHD diagnosis and lipid adjusted BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-153, serum total PBDE, serum PBDE concentrations above the 75th percentile, and serum PBDE concentrations in the second or third tertile were 1.16 (95% CI: 0.51, 2.67), 1.36 (95% CI: 0.72, 2.56), 1.51 (95% CI: 0.70, 3.25), 1.53 (95% CI: 0.73, 3.23), 1.43 (95% CI: 0.57, 3.56), 1.41 (0.71, 2.83), 0.59 (0.10, 3.56), 6.16 (1.19, 31.90), and 0.99 (0.23, 4.29).Conclusions.We observed no association between serum PBDE concentrations and ADHD in US youths.
Endoscopic Hands-Off Technique versus Conventional Technique for Conversion from an Orobiliary to a Nasobiliary Tube
Authors: Yang Min Jae , Hwang Jae Chul , Lee Miyeon , Noh Choong-Kyun , Kim Soon Sun , Yoo Byung Moo , Kim Jin Hong
Published: July 2016

Background. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of the endoscopic hands-off technique and the conventional technique when repositioning an endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) tube from the mouth to the nose.Methods. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) performed between July 2013 and May 2015 at a single tertiary referral center. A total of 1187 ERCPs were performed during the study period. Among them, 114 patients who underwent ENBD were enrolled in this study. In those patients, we used the endoscopic hands-off technique between July 2013 and May 2014 (endoscopy group) and the conventional technique between June 2014 and May 2015 (conventional group).Results. Technical success was achieved in 100% (58/58) of the endoscopy group and 94.6% (53/56) of the conventional group (P=0.115). In the 3 cases of failed conventional technique, the endoscopic hands-off technique was then performed, and conversion of the ENBD tube was successful in all of these patients. The procedure time was significantly shorter in the endoscopy group than in the conventional group (124 s versus 149 s,P=0.001).Conclusion. The endoscopic hands-off technique was feasible and effective for oral-nasal conversion of an ENBD tube.
Effect of Regular Resistance Training on Motivation, Self-Perceived Health, and Quality of Life in Previously Inactive Overweight Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Authors: Heiestad Hege , Rustaden Anne Mette , Bø Kari , Haakstad Lene A. H.
Published: July 2016

Objectives. The aim was to investigate the effects of three different types of resistance training implementation.Design. Randomized controlled trial.Methods. Inactive, overweight women (n=143), mean BMI31.3±5.2 kg/m2, mean age39.9±10.5years, were randomized to one of the following groups: A (BodyPump group training), B (individual follow-up by a personal trainer), C (nonsupervised exercise), or D (controls). The intervention included 12 weeks of 45–60 minutes’ full-body resistance training three sessions per week. The outcomes in this paper are all secondary outcome measures: exercise motivation, self-perceived health, and quality of life.Results. Adherence averaged26.1±10.3of 36 prescribed sessions. After the intervention period, all three training groups (A–C) had better scores on exercise motivation (A=43.9±19.8,B=47.6±15.4,C=48.4±17.8) compared to the control group (D) (26.5±18.2) (p<0.001). Groups B and C scored better on self-perceived health (B=1.9±0.8,C=2.3±0.8), compared to group D (3.0±0.6) (p<0.001). For quality of life measurement, there was no statistically significant difference between either intervention groups or the control.Conclusions. Resistance training contributed to higher scores in important variables related to exercise motivation and self-perceived health. Low adherence showed that it was difficult to motivate previously inactive, overweight women to participate in regular strength training.
CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network Coinfection and Concurrent Diseases Core Research Group: 2016 Updated Canadian HIV/Hepatitis C Adult Guidelines for Management and Treatment
Authors: Hull Mark , Shafran Stephen , Wong Alex , Tseng Alice , Giguère Pierre , Barrett Lisa , Haider Shariq , Conway Brian , Klein Marina , Cooper Curtis
Published: July 2016

Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection occurs in 20–30% of Canadians living with HIV and is responsible for a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality.Purpose. To update national standards for management of HCV-HIV coinfected adults in the Canadian context with evolving evidence for and accessibility of effective and tolerable DAA therapies. The document addresses patient workup and treatment preparation, antiviral recommendations overall and in specific populations, and drug-drug interactions.Methods. A standing working group with HIV-HCV expertise was convened by The Canadian Institute of Health Research HIV Trials Network to review recently published HCV antiviral data and update Canadian HIV-HCV Coinfection Guidelines.Results. The gap in sustained virologic response between HCV monoinfection and HIV-HCV coinfection has been eliminated with newer HCV antiviral regimens. All coinfected individuals should be assessed for interferon-free, Direct Acting Antiviral HCV therapy. Regimens vary in content, duration, and success based largely on genotype. Reimbursement restrictions forcing the use of pegylated interferon is not acceptable if optimal patient care is to be provided.Discussion. Recommendations may not supersede individual clinical judgement. Treatment advances published since December 2015 are not considered in this document.
A Focus Group on Dental Pain Complaints with General Medical Practitioners: Developing a Treatment Algorithm
Authors: Carter Ava Elizabeth , Carter Geoff , Abbey Robyn
Published: July 2016

Objective. The differential diagnosis of pain in the mouth can be challenging for general medical practitioners (GMPs) as many different dental problems can present with similar signs and symptoms. This study aimed to create a treatment algorithm for GMPs to effectively and appropriately refer the patients and prescribe antibiotics. Design. The study design is comprised of qualitative focus group discussions. Setting and Subjects. Groups of GMPs within the Gold Coast and Brisbane urban and city regions. Outcome Measures. Content thematically analysed and treatment algorithm developed. Results. There were 5 focus groups with 8-9 participants per group. Addressing whether antibiotics should be given to patients with dental pain was considered very important to GMPs to prevent overtreatment and creating antibiotic resistance. Many practitioners were unsure of what the different forms of dental pains represent. 90% of the practitioners involved agreed that the treatment algorithm was useful to daily practice. Conclusion. Common dental complaints and infections are seldom surgical emergencies but can result in prolonged appointments for those GMPs who do not regularly deal with these issues. The treatment algorithm for referral processes and prescriptions was deemed easily downloadable and simple to interpret and detailed but succinct enough for clinical use by GMPs.
Survey of Robot 3D Path Planning Algorithms
Authors: Yang Liang , Qi Juntong , Song Dalei , Xiao Jizhong , Han Jianda , Xia Yong
Published: July 2016

Robot 3D (three-dimension) path planning targets for finding an optimal and collision-free path in a 3D workspace while taking into account kinematic constraints (including geometric, physical, and temporal constraints). The purpose of path planning, unlike motion planning which must be taken into consideration of dynamics, is to find a kinematically optimal path with the least time as well as model the environment completely. We discuss the fundamentals of these most successful robot 3D path planning algorithms which have been developed in recent years and concentrate on universally applicable algorithms which can be implemented in aerial robots, ground robots, and underwater robots. This paper classifies all the methods into five categories based on their exploring mechanisms and proposes a category, called multifusion based algorithms. For all these algorithms, they are analyzed from a time efficiency and implementable area perspective. Furthermore a comprehensive applicable analysis for each kind of method is presented after considering their merits and weaknesses.
Arthroscopic Repair of Articular Surface Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: Transtendon Technique versus Repair after Completion of the Tear—A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Ono Yohei , Woodmass Jarret M. , Bois Aaron J. , Boorman Richard S. , Thornton Gail M. , Lo Ian K. Y.
Published: July 2016

Articular surface partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (PTRCTs) are commonly repaired using two different surgical techniques: transtendon repair or repair after completion of the tear. Although a number of studies have demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes, it is unclear which technique may provide superior clinical outcomes and tendon healing. The purpose was to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes following arthroscopic repair of articular surface PTRCT using a transtendon technique or completion of the tear. A systematic review of the literature was performed following PRISMA guidelines and checklist. The objective outcome measures evaluated in this study were the Constant Score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, Visual Analogue Scale, physical examination, and complications. Three studies met our criteria. All were prospective randomized comparative studies with level II evidence and published from 2012 to 2013. A total of 182 shoulders (mean age 53.7 years; mean follow-up 40.5 months) were analyzed as part of this study. Both procedures provided excellent clinical outcomes with no significant difference in Constant Score and other measures between the procedures. Both procedures demonstrated improved clinical outcomes. However, there were no significant differences between each technique. Further studies are required to determine the long-term outcome of each technique.
Use ofMoringa oleiferaFlower Pod Extract as Natural Preservative and Development of SCAR Marker for Its DNA Based Identification
Authors: Gull Iram , Javed Attia , Aslam Muhammad Shahbaz , Mushtaq Roohi , Athar Muhammad Amin
Published: July 2016

The use ofMoringa oleiferaas natural food preservative has been evaluated in the present study. In addition, for quality assurance, the study has also been focused on the shelf life of product to authenticate the identification of plant by development of DNA based marker. Among the different extracts prepared from flower pods ofMoringa oleifera, methanol and aqueous extract exhibited high antibacterial and antioxidant activity, respectively. The high phenolic contents (53.5±0.169 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid contents (10.9±0.094 mg QE/g) were also recorded in methanol and aqueous extract, respectively. Due to instability of bioactive compounds in aqueous extract, methanol extract is considered as potent natural preservative. The shelf life of methanol extract was observed for two months at 4°C under dark conditions. The developed SCAR primers (MOF217/317/MOR317) specifically amplified a fragment of 317 bp from DNA ofMoringa oleiferasamples collected from different regions of Punjab province of Pakistan. The methanol extract ofMoringa oleiferaflower pods has great potential to be used as natural preservative and nutraceutical in food industry.
Water Vapor Diffusion and Adsorption of Sandstones: Influence of Rock Texture and Composition
Authors: Keppert Martin , Žumár Jaromír , Čáchová Monika , Koňáková Dana , Svora Petr , Pavlík Zbyšek , Vejmelková Eva , Černý Robert
Published: July 2016

The term sandstone is used for wide range of rocks containing quartz clasts which can be cemented by secondary precipitated quartz or calcite; moreover the space between clasts can be filled by matrix. These facts result in existence of numerous rocks having highly various properties. Sandstones have been used as construction materials due to their good accessibility and workability. Since most of sandstones are porous, water vapor can penetrate through sandstone constructions. The rate of water vapor diffusion, as well as the vapor sorption isotherm, was determined for range of sandstone types. The diffusion resistance factor was found to be dependent on the total porosity of sandstone but the sorption behavior was strongly influenced by nature of the particular sandstone; the specific surface area of stone and presence of clay matrix are determining its sorption isotherm. The published data enable estimating (i) diffusion resistance factor of a sandstone via knowledge of its total porosity and (ii) the sorption isotherm via knowledge of the stone’s nature and specific surface area. This approach can significantly reduce the time necessary to acquire vapor-related properties of a sandstone.
Solar Energy Validation for Strategic Investment Planning via Comparative Data Mining Methods: An Expanded Example within the Cities of Turkey
Authors: Yuregir Oya H. , Sagiroglu Cagri
Published: July 2016

Energy supply together with the data management is one of the key challenges of our century. Specifically, to decrease the climate change effects as energy requirement increases day by day poses a serious dilemma. It can be adequately reconciled with innovative data management in (renewable) energy technologies. The new environmental-friendly planning methods and investments that are discussed by researchers, governments, NGOs, and companies will give the basic and most important variables in shaping the future. We use modern data mining methods (SOM andK-Means) and official governmental statistics for clustering cities according to their consumption similarities, the level of welfare, and growth rate and compare them with their potential of renewable resources with the help of Rapid Miner 5.1 and MATLAB software. The data mining was chosen to make the possible secret relations visible within the variables that can be unpredictable at first sight. Here, we aim to see the success level of the chosen algorithms in validation process simultaneously with the utilized software. Additionally, we aim to improve innovative approach for decision-makers and stakeholders about which renewable resource is the most suitable for an exact region by taking care of different variables at the same time.
Let’s Wiggle with 5-2-1-0: Curriculum Development for Training Childcare Providers to Promote Activity in Childcare Settings
Authors: Vinci Debra M. , Whitt-Glover Melicia C. , Wirth Christopher K. , Kraus Caroline , Venezia Alexandra P.
Published: July 2016

Overweight and obesity are increasing in preschool children in the US. Policy, systems, and environmental change interventions in childcare settings can improve obesity-related behaviors. The aim of this study was to develop and pilot an intervention to train childcare providers to promote physical activity (PA) in childcare classrooms. An evidence scan, key informant (n=34) and focus group (n=20) interviews with childcare directors and staff, and environmental self-assessment of childcare facilities (n=22) informed the design of the training curriculum. Feedback from the interviews indicated that childcare providers believed in the importance of teaching children about PA and were supportive of training teachers to incorporate PA into classroom settings. ThePromoting Physical Activity in Childcare Setting Curriculumwas developed and training was implemented with 16 teachers. Participants reported a positive experience with the hands-on training and reported acquiring new knowledge that they intended to implement in their childcare settings. Our findings highlight the feasibility of working with childcare staff to develop PA training and curriculum. Next steps include evaluating the curriculum in additional childcare settings and childcare staff implementation of the curriculum to understand the effectiveness of the training on PA levels of children.
Consent Issues in Genetic Research: Views of Research Participants
Authors: Goodman Deborah , Johnson Catherine O. , Wenzel Lari , Bowen Deborah , Condit Celeste , Edwards Karen L.
Published: July 2016

Background: With the arrival of large-scale population-based genomic research studies, such as the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), the question of how to best consent participants is significant, and in an era of patient-centered research, few studies have evaluated participants' preferences about re-consent and broad consent. Using quantitative methods, this study evaluates participants' views regarding the acceptability of re-consent and broad consent in subjects from the Participant Issues Project. Methods: A total of 450 participants were recruited from a cancer genetics registry, including cancer patients, their relatives, and controls. Participants completed a secure online survey. Results: Most participants endorsed re-consent when investigating an unrelated health condition or sharing their de-identified data with an investigator at a different institution. Notification rather than re-consent was preferred when studying a different gene but the same disease. Over 80% of respondents endorsed re-consent when parents of a child gave the original consent and the child has now reached adulthood. Preferences for some scenarios varied by history of cancer at baseline, gender, stage of cancer, or case versus control group. The large majority of participants preferred the option to select broad consent categories of research. Conclusion: Understanding research participants' preferences, including their views on the need for re-consent, are critical to the success of the PMI.
Prostate Volume Index Associates with a Decreased Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results of a Large Cohort of Patients Elected to a First Biopsy Set
Authors: Porcaro Antonio Benito , Novella Giovanni , Cacciamani Giovanni , De Marchi Davide , Corsi Paolo , De Luyk Nicolò , Bizzotto Leonardo , Processali Tania , Cerasuolo Mattia , Tamanini Irene , Cerruto Maria Angela , Brunelli Matteo , Siracusano Salvatore , Artibani Walter
Published: July 2016

Background/Aims/Objectives: In patients elected to the first prostate biopsy set, the risk of prostate cancer (PCA) may be predicted by clinical factors. The aim of this study was to investigate on prostate volume index (PVI), defined as the ratio of volume of the transitional zone to the volume of the peripheral zone, and PCA risk. Methods: The study retrospectively evaluated 1,327 patients and included only the first biopsy set with 14 cores. PCA risk was assessed by using the multivariate logistic regression model. Results: The analysis evaluated 596 patients. The detection rate of PCA was 49%. Age, prostate specific antigen, PVI and digital rectal exam were independent factors of PCA risk, which was decreased by PVI (OR 0.224; 95% CI 0.157-0.380). The goodness of fit statistics assessed model efficacy. Conclusions: In a large cohort undergoing the first biopsy set, PVI associated with a decreased risk of PCA. Confirmatory studies are required.
Editorial
Authors: Ramos Luiz Fernando
Published: July 2016

Editorial
Peter Szondi e o circuito
Authors: Mostaço Edelcio
Published: July 2016

O artigo discute a obra Teoria do drama moderno: 1880-1950, de Peter Szondi, destacando suas incongruências argumentativas e vínculos com a estética hegeliana de caráter idealista.
As novas situações propostas de Pais e filhos em São Paulo: a tradução da poética originária de Stanislavski no contexto nacional
Authors: Romano Lucia Regina Vieira
Published: July 2016

Para pensarmos a herança de Stanislavski e sua poética atoral no contexto nacional, proponho um diálogo com a experiência da montagem de Pais e filhos, dirigida pelo encenador Adolf Shapiro, em São Paulo. Inspirada pelo encontro criativo entre a mundana companhia e Shapiro (e por meio dele, com a tradição teatral desenhada por Stanislavski), pretendo – emprestando termos da abordagem antropológica – relacionar a experiência dos atores e atrizes brasileiros no trabalho com o sistema a um processo de interculturação de tradições e técnicas, com a finalidade de refletir sobre as implicações dos horizontes geográficos e das demarcações histórico-temporais na transformação de matrizes atorais originárias.
Estação Primeira de Mangueira: tradição, identidade e simultaneidade
Authors: Silva Carlos Eduardo
Published: July 2016

Este artigo elabora uma leitura do carnaval campeão de 2016 da Estação Primeira de Mangueira sobre Maria Bethânia, com dois enfoques principais: como a performance do desfile articula a restauração enquanto elemento imprescindível na construção da noção de tradição e consolidação da identidade dessa escola de samba; e o espetáculo do desfile como um conjunto de eventos simultâneos. Para tanto, recorre- se a Agamben, Bakhtin, Benjamin, Lehmann, Moreno, Schechner e Winnicott; também se reflete sobre questões da memória e cultura e os aspectos que potencializam o brincar carnavalesco.
Under Pressure
Authors: Read Jason
Published: July 2016

Yves Citton’sRenverser l’insoutenableis both a thorough critique of the current conjuncture and an attempt to construct a politics to reverse it. With respect to the former, Citton outlines the various ways in which the present should be considered unsustainable, ecologically, economically, politically, psychically, and through its various technological mediations. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, Citton proposes a politics that can overcome the untenable conditions of the present. Politics takes two figures here, a politics of pressures, of the loves and hates that drive and determine individual and collective life, and a politics of gestures, of habits and comportments that are both immediate and disseminated through various media. Citton’s political proposals suggest a new political approach, one that focuses on the transindividual, on the affects, imaginations and ideas that form the basis for collective and individual existence. It is on this basis that its merits and limitations should be measured.
Intersectionality and Social-Reproduction Feminisms
Authors: Ferguson Susan
Published: July 2016

Seeking to capture the multi-layered, contradictory, nature of subjectivities and social positions through a framework which insists upon the complex, dynamic nature of the social, intersectionality feminism has inspired Marxist-Feminists to push the social-reproduction feminism paradigm beyond a narrow preoccupation with gender/class relations. Yet even its most politically radical articulations stop short of fully theorising the integrative logic they espouse. This article explores the roots of this under-theorisation, and suggests that a more fully integrative ontology informs certain formulations of social-reproduction feminism. In understanding the social as constituted by practical human activity whose object (the social and natural world) is organised capitalistically, social-reproduction feminism highlights thedialecticalrelationship between the capitalist whole and its differentiated parts. The challenge for Marxist-Feminism is to embrace this dialectical approach while building on the insights of intersectionality feminism to more convincingly capture the unity of a complex, diverse social whole.
New combinations in Tarenaya (Cleomaceae) for the Argentinian flora
Authors: ARANA MARCELO D. , OGGERO ANTONIA J.
Published: July 2016

In the present work new combinations are made for three South American species originally described under Cleome: Tarenaya cordobensis, T. lilloi and T. tucumanensis.
Isoetes tamaulipana (Isoetaceae), a new species from Mexico
Authors: MORA-OLIVO ARTURO , MENDOZA-RUIZ ANICETO , MARTÍNEZ-ÁVALOS JOSÉ GUADALUPE
Published: July 2016

Isoetes tamaulipana, an aquatic plant that grows in small pools formed in outcrops of granitic rocks, and currently known only from the municipality of San Carlos in the state of Tamaulipas México, is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with taxa that are growing in similar environments conditions or have recently been described from the New World. Isoetes tamaulipana differs from these other taxa (e.g. I. lithophila, I. orcuttii, I. texana, etc.) in having megaspores with smooth perispore and microspores with echinate perispore.
Eating well and nurturing others: the role of food in good fostering practice
Authors: Warman Andrea
Published: July 2016

The author uses her background in social work and social anthropology to argue that food does and should play a key role in fostering households. She draws on examples of good practice from the UK, Sweden and Japan to illustrate how the everyday strategies used by some carers can build bonds and relationships, create positive identities and a sense of belonging, and provide preparation for independence. Such practice merits serious attention in foster care training as it has the potential to support carers to promote development of all the social and emotional skills required for a healthy adulthood.
Promoting attachment in foster parents: what we can learn from the experience of parents of premature infants
Authors: Gribble Karleen
Published: July 2016

It is advantageous for children in foster care to have caregivers who are strongly attached to them. However, foster parents may have difficulty attaching to the children placed in their care because they fear the grief that they will feel if a child is removed. The parents of premature babies are another group who may face difficulty attaching to their children owing to the fear of loss. Research has found that parent–premature infant attachment can be assisted via the promotion of close proximity and nurturing touch, aiding parents to interpret their child’s cues and understand their needs, and through providing caregiving. These findings may be applied to foster parenting and provide guidance in the methods by which foster parent-to-child attachment can be promoted. While foster parents who attach to their foster children will grieve if children leave their care, the careful facilitation of moves, providing feedback on children’s well-being and offering support through the grieving process will assist them to retain an ability to attach to subsequent foster children and to continue fostering.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Mythic Poetics: Experiencing the Narrative Persuasions in Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo
Authors: Wu Cheng-Ing
Published: July 2016

Some of Miyazaki’s mythic narratives, rendered within dreamlike figurations, are certainly not detached fantasy. The director portrays relatable human actions and a reasonable amount of setbacks during the (heroic) spectating process. Miyazaki’s animated realm infuses the audience with a bright outlook for the future. His narratives are often based upon graphical details and a calculated emplotment. The present study proposes reading Miyazaki’s animated tales by means of the audience’s internal projection onto the signs in the film frame. In this article, the narrative highlights that render Spirited Away (2001) an archetypal quest will be discussed. Finally, the article examines the narrative oscillation in Ponyo (2008). Alluding to Gaston Bachelard’s phenomenological perspective, the study aims to look into the textual aspects of the three cases, demonstrates how Miyazaki renders the film frame to exert persuasive impact upon the audience, and describes Hayao Miyazaki’s persuasive artistry.
Reusable, extensible, and modifiable R scripts and Kepler workflows for comprehensive single set ChIP-seq analysis
Authors: Cormier Nathan , Kolisnik Tyler , Bieda Mark
Published: July 2016

Background

There has been an enormous expansion of use of chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) technologies. Analysis of large-scale ChIP-seq datasets involves a complex series of steps and production of several specialized graphical outputs. A number of systems have emphasized custom development of ChIP-seq pipelines. These systems are primarily based on custom programming of a single, complex pipeline or supply libraries of modules and do not produce the full range of outputs commonly produced for ChIP-seq datasets. It is desirable to have more comprehensive pipelines, in particular ones addressing common metadata tasks, such as pathway analysis, and pipelines producing standard complex graphical outputs. It is advantageous if these are highly modular systems, available as both turnkey pipelines and individual modules, that are easily comprehensible, modifiable and extensible to allow rapid alteration in response to new analysis developments in this growing area. Furthermore, it is advantageous if these pipelines allow data provenance tracking.

Results

We present a set of 20 ChIP-seq analysis software modules implemented in the Kepler workflow system; most (18/20) were also implemented as standalone, fully functional R scripts. The set consists of four full turnkey pipelines and 16 component modules. The turnkey pipelines in Kepler allow data provenance tracking. Implementation emphasized use of common R packages and widely-used external tools (e.g., MACS for peak finding), along with custom programming. This software presents comprehensive solutions and easily repurposed code blocks for ChIP-seq analysis and pipeline creation. Tasks include mapping raw reads, peakfinding via MACS, summary statistics, peak location statistics, summary plots centered on the transcription start site (TSS), gene ontology, pathway analysis, and de novo motif finding, among others.

Conclusions

These pipelines range from those performing a single task to those performing full analyses of ChIP-seq data. The pipelines are supplied as both Kepler workflows, which allow data provenance tracking, and, in the majority of cases, as standalone R scripts. These pipelines are designed for ease of modification and repurposing.