bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Beyond the Walls: Sites of Trauma and Suffering, Forgotten Australians and Institutionalisation via Punitive ‘Welfare’
Authors: Wilson Jacqueline Z.
Published: June 2017

Women’s and children’s welfare and institutionalisation are a neglected area of Australian public history, and the historic sites which operated as carceral venues within that field today stand largely forgotten, in many cases derelict. The prime example of such sites is the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct (PFFP). In practice, Australian women’s and children’s welfare was strongly focused on a punitive approach, resulting in many thousands of vulnerable people suffering significant harm at the hands of their ‘carers’. These victims comprise the group known as the ‘Forgotten Australians’. The article discusses the nature of the relationship between the historic sites and the narratives of individuals who were victims of the system, whether actually incarcerated or merely threatened with such. As a form of case study, the author’s own story of State wardship and her encounters with the welfare system is employed to illustrate the connections between the ‘generic’ stories embodied in the sites, the policies underlying the system, and the nature of institutionalisation. It is argued that immersion in the system can induce a form of institutionalisation in individuals even when they are not actually incarcerated. The effective omission of women’s and children’s welfare and the Forgotten Australians from the forthcoming national Australian Curriculum in History is discussed, with a focus on the potential of the PFFP to be developed as a public history venue emphasizing its educational possibilities as an excursion destination, and a source of public information on the field from convict settlement to the present day.
'Manxness': The Uses of Heritage on the Isle of Man
Authors: Catte Elizabeth
Published: June 2017

This article examines how the Isle of Man, a self-governing crown dependency located in the center of the British Isles, uses heritage to create social stability among a diverse and rapidly changing population. The result of this process has been a powerful model of heritage branding through which all definitions of national identity must flow. After tracing the development of ‘Manx’ national identity from the Victorian era to the present, this article explores the benefits and limitations of the Isle of Man’s political uses of its history and shares insight from the practice of public history on the Isle of Man.
Going Public, Going Global: Teaching Public History Through International Collaborations
Authors: Li Na
Published: June 2017

Introduction to this new journal section, Public History Education, entitled 'Teaching Public History Through International Collaborations' edited by Professor Na Li.
Take-away Thoughts: Reflecting on Four Case Studies
Authors: Conard Rebecca
Published: June 2017

This commentary on four case studies of transnational public history projects or experiences teases out the pedagogical implications. Financial and logistical aspects present challenges to designing collaborative initiatives that reach across national boundaries, and must be addressed. However, in order to tap the full educational value, transnational public history endeavors should also contribute to the intellectual core of public history curricula.
Remembering Tomorrow: Wagon Roads, Identity and the Decolonization of a First Nations Landscape
Authors: Gibson Erin L.S.
Published: June 2017

Roads embody the experiences of those who construct, use and maintain them through time. Using a biographical approach I explore how memory and identity are entangled in the material remains of a wagon road in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. First constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1859 to enable miners to reach the Fraser River goldfields, the importance of this road transcends its colonial origins. Entwined in different webs of meaning, the material remains of the wagon road continue to play a role in the lives of people today. In this article I investigate the significance of this wagon road to the indigenous Stl’atl’imx (pronounced Stat-lee-um) people of the lower Lillooet River Valley who aim to preserve it as a part of decolonizing and reclaiming their traditional territory and identity. I also look at the road’s importance to a group of Grade 10 students who experience it as part of a high school excursion that teaches outdoor survival skills alongside lessons about British Columbia’s historic past. While these two groups have different experiences of the colonial encounter, for each their understanding of the road goes beyond its physical form to its ‘place’ in understanding their own identity.
Up Close and Personal: Feeling the Past at Urban Archaeological Sites
Authors: Ireland Tracy
Published: June 2017

In this article I focus on the emotional, sensory and aesthetic affordances of urban archaeological remains conserved in situ and explore what these ruins ‘do’ in the context of the layered urban fabric of the city. I am concerned with a particular category of archaeological remains: those that illustrate the colonial history of settler nations, exploring examples in Sydney and Montreal. Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of ‘affective economies’ – where emotions work to stick things together and align individuals with communities – I tease out some of the distinctive aspects of this particular form of social/emotional/material entanglement, that appears to create stable objects of memory and identity from a much more contingent and complex matrix of politics, social structures, and the more-than-human materiality of the city. I argue that an understanding of the affective qualities of ruins and archaeological traces, and of how people feel heritage and the past through aesthetic and sensuous experiences of materiality, authenticity, locality and identity, bring us closer to understanding how heritage works.
Investigation of short-term effective radiative forcing of fire aerosols over North America using nudged hindcast ensembles
Authors: Liu Yawen , Zhang Kai , Qian Yun , Wang Yuhang , Zou Yufei , Song Yongjia , Wan Hui , Liu Xiaohong , Yang Xiu-Qun
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Aerosols from fire emissions can potentially have large impact on clouds and radiation. However, fire aerosol sources are often intermittent and their effect on weather and climate is difficult to quantify. Here we investigated the short-term effective radiative forcing of fire aerosols using the global aerosol-climate model Community Atmosphere Model Version 5 (CAM5). Different from previous studies, we used nudged hindcast ensembles to quantify the forcing uncertainty due to the chaotic response to small perturbations in the atmosphere state. Daily mean emissions from three fire inventories were used to consider the uncertainty in emission strength and injection heights. The simulated aerosol optical depth (AOD) and mass concentrations were evaluated against in-situ measurements and re-analysis data. Overall, the results show the model has reasonably good predicting skills. Short (10-day) nudged ensemble simulations were then performed with and without fire emissions to estimate the effective radiative forcing. Results show fire aerosols have large effects on both liquid and ice clouds over the two selected regions in April 2009. For the 10-day average, we found a large ensemble spread of regional mean shortwave cloud radiative effect over Southern Mexico (15.6 %) and the Central U.S. (64.3 %), despite that the regional mean AOD time series are almost indistinguishable during the 10-day period. Moreover, the ensemble spread is much larger when using daily averages instead of 10-day averages. For the case investigated here, a minimum of 9 ensemble members is necessary to get a reasonable estimate of the ensemble mean and spread of the forcing on individual days. This demonstrates the importance of using a large ensemble of simulations to estimate the short-term effective aerosol radiative forcing.
A new voxel-based model for the determination of atmospheric weighted mean temperature in GPS atmospheric sounding
Authors: He Changyong , Wu Suqin , Wang Xiaoming , Hu Andong , Wang Qianxin , Zhang Kefei
Published: June 2017

Abstract. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a powerful atmospheric observing system for determining precipitable water vapour (PWV). In the detection of PWV using GPS, the atmospheric weighted mean temperature (Tm) is a crucial parameter for the conversion of zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) to PWV since the quality of PWV is affected by the accuracy of Tm. In this study, an improved voxel-based Tm model, named GWMT-D, was developed using global reanalysis data over a 4-year period from 2010 to 2013 provided by the United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The performance of GWMT-D was assessed against three existing empirical Tm models – GTm-III, GWMT-IV, and GTm_N – using different data sources in 2014 – the NCEP reanalysis data, surface Tm data provided by Global Geodetic Observing System and radiosonde measurements. The results show that the new GWMT-D model outperforms all the other three models with a root-mean-square error of less than 5.0 K at different altitudes over the globe. The new GWMT-D model can provide a practical alternative Tm determination method in real-time GPS-PWV remote sensing systems.
Characterization of interferences to in situ observations of δ13CH4 and C2H6 when using a cavity ring-down spectrometer at industrial sites
Authors: Assan Sabina , Baudic Alexia , Guemri Ali , Ciais Philippe , Gros Valerie , Vogel Felix R.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Due to increased demand for an understanding of CH4 emissions from industrial sites, the subject of cross sensitivities caused by absorption from multiple gases on δ13CH4 and C2H6 measured in the near-infrared spectral domain using CRDS has become increasingly important. Extensive laboratory tests are presented here, which characterize these cross sensitivities and propose corrections for the biases they induce. We found methane isotopic measurements to be subject to interference from elevated C2H6 concentrations resulting in heavier δ13CH4 by +23.5 ‰ per ppm C2H6 ∕ ppm CH4. Measured C2H6 is subject to absorption interference from a number of other trace gases, predominantly H2O (with an average linear sensitivity of 0.9 ppm C2H6 per  % H2O in ambient conditions). Yet, this sensitivity was found to be discontinuous with a strong hysteresis effect and we suggest removing H2O from gas samples prior to analysis. The C2H6 calibration factor was calculated using a GC and measured as 0.5 (confirmed up to 5 ppm C2H6). Field tests at a natural gas compressor station demonstrated that the presence of C2H6 in gas emissions at an average level of 0.3 ppm shifted the isotopic signature by 2.5 ‰, whilst after calibration we find that the average C2H6 : CH4 ratio shifts by +0.06. These results indicate that, when using such a CRDS instrument in conditions of elevated C2H6 for CH4 source determination, it is imperative to account for the biases discussed within this study.
Ocean acidification changes the structure of an Antarctic coastal protistan community
Authors: Hancock Alyce M. , Davidson Andrew T. , McKinlay John , McMinn Andrew , Schulz Kai , van den Enden Rick L.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Antarctic near-shore waters are amongst of the most vulnerable in the world to ocean acidification. Microbes occupying these waters are critical drivers of ecosystem productivity, elemental cycling and ocean biogeochemistry, yet little is known about their sensitivity to ocean acidification. An unreplicated, six-level dose-response experiment was conducted using 650 L incubation tanks (minicosms) adjusted to fugacity of carbon dioxide (ƒCO2) from 343 to 11 641 μatm. The minicosms were filled with near-shore water from Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and the protistan composition and abundance was determined by microscopy analysis of samples collected during the 18 day incubation. No CO2-related change in the protistan community composition was observed during the initial 8 day acclimation period under low light. Thereafter, the response of protists to ƒCO2 were species-specific for both heterotrophic and autotrophic protists. The response by diatoms was related to cell size, large cells increasing in abundance with low to moderate ƒCO2 (634–953 μatm). Similarly, the abundance of Phaeocystis antarctica increased with increasing ƒCO2 peaking at a ƒCO2 of 634 μatm. Above this threshold the abundances of large diatoms and Phaeocystis antarctica fell dramatically, and small diatoms dominated, therefore culminating in a significant shift in the composition of the protistan community. The threshold CO2 level at which the composition changed agreed with that previously measured at this location, indicating it remains consistent among seasons. This suggests that near-shore microbial communities are likely to change significantly near the end of this century if anthropogenic CO2 release continues unabated, with profound ramifications for near-shore Antarctic ecosystems.
A method to preserve trends in quantile mapping bias correction of climate modeled
temperature
Authors: Grillakis Manolis G. , Koutroulis Aristeidis G. , Daliakopoulos Ioannis N. , Tsanis Ioannis K.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Bias correction of climate variables is a standard practice in Climate Change Impact (CCI) studies. Various methodologies have been developed within the framework of quantile mapping. However, it is well known that quantile mapping may significantly modify the long term statistics due to the time dependency that the temperature bias. Here, a method to overcome this issue without compromising the day to day correction statistics is presented. The methodology separates the model temperature signal into a normalized and a residual component relatively to the molded reference period climatology, in order to adjust the biases only for the former and preserve intact the signal of the later. The results show that the adoption of this method allows for the preservation of the originally modeled long-term signal in the mean, the standard deviation and higher and lower percentiles of temperature. The methodology is tested on daily time series obtained from five Euro CORDEX RCM models, to illustrate the improvements of this method.
SPREAD: A high-resolution daily gridded precipitation dataset for Spain
Authors: Serrano-Notivoli Roberto , Beguería Santiago , Saz Miguel Ángel , Longares Luis Alberto , de Luis Martín
Published: June 2017

Abstract. A high-resolution daily gridded precipitation dataset was built from raw data of 12,858 observatories covering a period from 1950 to 2012 in peninsular Spain and 1971 to 2012 in Balearic and Canary Islands. The original data were quality controlled and gaps were filled on each day and location independently. Using the serially-complete dataset, a grid with a 5 x 5 kilometres spatial resolution was constructed by estimating daily precipitation amounts and their corresponding uncertainty at each grid node. Daily precipitation estimations were compared to original observations to assess the quality of the gridded dataset. Four daily precipitation indices were computed to characterize the spatial distribution of daily precipitation and nine extreme precipitation indices were used to describe the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events. The use of the total available data in Spain, the independent estimation of precipitation for each day and the high spatial resolution of the grid allowed for a precise spatial and temporal assessment of daily precipitation that are difficult to achieve when using other methods, pre- selected long-term stations or global gridded datasets. SPREAD dataset is publicly available at http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/7393.
Photosynthesis-irradiance parameters of marine phytoplankton: synthesis of a global data set
Authors: Bouman Heather A. , Platt Trevor , Doblin Martina , Figueiras Francisco G. , Gudmudsson Kristinn , Gudfinnsson Hafsteinn G. , Huang Bangqin , Hickman Anna , Hiscock Michael , Jackson Thomas , Lutz Vivian A. , Mélin Frédéric , Rey Francisco , Pepin Pierre , Segura Valeria , Tilstone Gavin H. , van Dongen-Vogels Virginie , Sathyendranath Shubha
Published: June 2017

Abstract. The photosynthetic performance of marine phytoplankton varies in response to a variety of factors, environmental and taxonomic. One of the aims of the MArine primary Production: model Parameters from Space (MAPPS) project of the European Space Agency is to assemble a global database of photosynthesis-irradiance (P-E) parameters from a range of oceanographic regimes as an aid to examining the basin-scale variability in the photophysiological response of marine phytoplankton and to use this information to improve the assignment of P-E parameters in the estimation of global marine primary production using satellite data. The MAPPS P-E Database, which consists of over 5000 P-E experiments, provides information on the spatio-temporal variability in the two P-E parameters (the assimilation number, PmB, and the initial slope, αB, where the superscripts B indicate normalisation to concentration of chlorophyll) that are fundamental inputs for models (satellite-based and otherwise) of marine primary production that use chlorophyll as the state variable. Quality-control measures consisted of removing samples with abnormally-high parameter values and flags were added to denote whether the spectral quality of the incubator lamp was used to calculate a broad-band value of αB. The MAPPS database provides a photophysiological dataset that is unprecedented in number of observations and in spatial coverage. The database would be useful to a variety of research communities, including marine ecologists, biogeochemical modellers, remote-sensing scientists and algal physiologists. The compiled data are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874087 (Bouman et al., 2017).
Cyclonic intensity study using sea level pressure estimations from Ocensat-II scatterometer winds over Bay of Bengal during 2013
Authors: Purna Chand C. , Venkateswara Rao M. , Prasad K. V. S. R . , Rao K. H.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Sea level pressure (SLP) fields prevailing over Bay of Bengal (BoB) during Phailin, Lehar and Madi cyclones (2013) were estimated using University of Washington Planetary Boundary Layer (UWPBL) model with Oceansat-II Scatterometer (OSCAT) sea surface winds as an input parameter. Model performance in estimating SLP variations during cyclonic periods was investigated by comparison against cyclone reports of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and in-situ measurements. Pressure drop as per IMD reports were observed to be higher than model estimates, primarily due to limitations in scatterometer wind data. However, model retrieved pressure fields compare well against buoy measurements, with a bias of 0.0042, −0.1279 and −0.4406 observed for Phailin, Lehar and Madi cyclones respectively. The contrast in pressure drops between model estimates and IMD reports was investigated by comparing scatterometer winds against IMD reported maximum sustainable winds.
The Centrality of Seeing inJourney to Love
Authors: Westover Jeffrey
Published: June 2017

This article examines scenes of looking and watching that recur throughout Williams’s 1955 collection Journey to Love and suggests that acts of seeing provide a poetic paradigm for the book. In some of the best poems in Journey to Love Williams envisions the act of looking in relational terms, which prevents the book as a whole from becoming solipsistic. The article compares this late work to Williams’s precise and unallegorical depiction of the world in his earlier poems. Williams ultimately turns from poetic iconoclasm to imaginative synthesis, connecting the parts of the world he singles out for attention through his characteristically keen observations.
The (Non)Modern Imagination of a Noisy Williams
Authors: Hernandez Aleksandra
Published: June 2017

This article investigates William Carlos Williams’s philosophical investment in relational ways of knowing the world by re-reading the poems in his 1923 collection Spring and All through the lens of the poet’s prose. Bringing into focus the noisy aesthetic aims that Williams outlines in the prose passages and that are at play in the poems themselves, Spring and All is read not for what it means but for how it means, taking noisy Williams at his word and asking not how poetic language represents but how it mediates. The article extends pragmatist approaches to Williams’s poetry by turning to Bruno Latour’s theory of (non)modernity and new media theories in order to articulate the poet’s interest in the translations and exchanges that occur beneath the binaries that moderns have produced.
La escritura como compromiso. El porqué de nuestra revista
Authors: Maritza Andino Elvira
Published: June 2017

No resumenRaíces - Revista Nicaragüense de Antropología. Año 1 No. 1/2017: 6-7
TRANSMISSÃO DE POLÍTICA MACROECONÔMICA: O CASO DE BRASIL E ALEMANHA
Authors: Führ Janaína , Dias Maria Helena Ambrosio
Published: June 2017

O presente trabalho estuda a transmissão macroeconômica de política fiscal entre Brasil e Alemanha no período compreendido entre o primeiro mês de 2001 até o décimo segundo mês de 2013. O objetivo é analisar os efeitos de longo prazo de transmissão da política fiscal da Alemanha sobre os agregados econômicos brasileiros: consumo, produto, e termos de troca, verificando se este efeito é beggar-thy-neighbor, beggar-thyself ou prosper-thy-neighbor. Para tanto, realiza-se uma aplicação empírica do modelo teórico de interdependência macroeconômica proposto por Corsetti e Pesenti (2001), aplicando a metodologia de séries temporais dos modelos de Vetores Autorregressivos Estruturais com variável exógena – SVARX. Os resultados obtidos através do SVARX e da análise impulso-resposta para a equação de longo prazo do produto doméstico e dos termos de troca indicam que a política fiscal alemã exerce efeito beggar-thy-neighbor como indicado no modelo teórico de Corsetti e Pesenti (2001).
Década de 1980: as crises da economia e do Estado brasileiro, suas ambiguidades institucionais e os movimentos de desconfiguração do mundo do trabalho no país
Authors: Vargas Juliano , Felipe Ednilson Silva
Published: June 2017

O artigo discute a configuração que o mercado nacional de trabalho (MNT) assumiu na economia nos anos oitenta, com ênfase para o fenômeno da informalidade. Primeiramente, é feita a apreciação do interregno 1930-1980 quanto às principais modificações econômicas e institucionais que se consubstanciaram na configuração do mercado de trabalho do despontar dos anos oitenta, mostrando o legado deixado ao país pela “era do desenvolvimentismo”, uma sociedade urbano-industrial derivada de um descompasso entre um pujante crescimento econômico e um anêmico desenvolvimento social. Em seguida, expõe-se como na década de oitenta ocorreu a débâcle da economia brasileira e dela proveio uma crise do Estado, justificativa para o não compromisso formal por parte do governo com o pleno emprego, caracterizando uma contraposição aos princípios jurídicos vigentes. Na esteira destes acontecimentos iniciou-se a deterioração do mundo do trabalho, com maior insegurança laboral e, consequentemente, aumento da exposição dos cidadãos a atividades precárias e informais.
Rheumatoid arthritis presenting as rheumatoid meningitis: A case report
Authors: Jessee Ryan , Keenan Robert T
Published: June 2017

Rheumatoid meningitis typically presents as a late manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis, and its pathogenesis remains uncertain. We describe a patient with neurological symptoms, subsequently found to have a brain mass of unclear etiology. The findings from imaging and histological analysis led to a diagnosis of rheumatoid meningitis. Surprisingly, this case presented in the absence of a history of arthritis or other systemic signs typically seen in RA. This case highlights the fact that rheumatoid meningitis can be the initial presenting symptom of rheumatologic disease and should be kept in the differential in patients with or without a history of RA.
Demyelinating lesions as a presenting feature of pernicious anaemia: Case report and literature review
Authors: Daimari Rahul , Oyekunle Anthony A , Ocampo Cassandra A , Kwape Lawrence
Published: June 2017

Background: Pernicious anaemia (PA) describes megaloblastic anaemia resulting from cobalamin deficiency that is due to the absence of intrinsic factor (IF). Most cases are autoimmune in origin, with antibodies to parietal cells, IF or the cobalamin – IF complex.Methods: We report the clinical features, investigation and treatment of a patient in whom the first presentation of PA was demyelinating brain lesions. She presented with clinical features initially of neurological impairment and subsequently anaemia. Imaging studies were consistent with demyelinating lesions extending from the cortex to the midbrain. Peripheral blood and bone marrow findings were consistent with megaloblastic anaemia, which were confirmed by subnormal serum cobalamin levels. The patient was treated with parenteral cobalamin and oral folic acid.Results: She responded with complete resolution of anaemia and complete clinical neurological response.Conclusion: Clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings are important in the screening of patients presenting with demyelinating lesions, as these may help in the diagnosis of rare cases of PA. These tests are just as relevant even in the young African female population.
The Effectiveness of Repeated Reading on Increasing the Reading Fluency of Struggling Readers
Authors: Holder Ashley J.
Published: June 2017

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of repeated reading intervention for increasing the reading fluency of an elementary student reading below grade level. Measures compared the fluency of a first grade student reading below grade level after participating in a repeated training for six weeks. Assessments to determine fluency prior to and after training were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the repeated reading intervention on the fluency scores of the student.Results of this study, based on pre and post-assessment data, indicated that repeated readings are an effective practice for increasing the reading fluency of struggling readers. The student showed significant improvement with her reading fluency. In addition, she showed gains on her running record and oral reading fluency scores.
The Adjusted Log-logistic Generalized Exponential Distribution with Application to Lifetime Data
Authors: Okorie I. E. , Akpanta A. C. , Ohakwe J. , Chikezie D. C. , Onyemachi C. U. , Obi E. O.
Published: June 2017

This paper introduces a new generator of probability distribution-the adjusted log-logistic generalized (ALLoG) distribution and a new extension of the standard one parameter exponential distribution called the adjusted log-logistic generalized exponential (ALLoGExp) distribution. The ALLoGExp distribution is a special case of the ALLoG distribution and we have provided some of its statistical and reliability properties. Notably, the failure rate could be monotonically decreasing, increasing or upside-down bathtub shaped depending on the value of the parameters $\delta$ and $\theta$. The method of maximum likelihood estimation was proposed to estimate the model parameters. The importance and flexibility of he ALLoGExp distribution was demonstrated with a real and uncensored lifetime data set and its fit was compared with five other exponential related distributions. The results obtained from the model fittings shows that the ALLoGExp distribution provides a reasonably better fit than the one based on the other fitted distributions. The ALLoGExp distribution is therefore ecommended for effective modelling of lifetime data sets.
Commodity Future Money Flows Trading Strategies Based on HMM
Authors: Ma Jishan , Zhang Yuanbiao
Published: June 2017

This paper aims to establish a quantitative trading strategy of commodity futures based on market money flows. Firstly, we use Accumulation/Distribution index to respectively construct the CMF index which represents the ratio of total capital flows to total volume, and the CHO index which represents the exponential moving average of the cumulative capital flows. In view of the different flows of money between buyers and sellers, the establishment of the transaction net volume index VTL is used to describe respectively the flow of money between buyers and sellers. On this basis, the HMM model is introduced, and the above three kinds of indexes are combined to choose the time, at which we execute the stop-loss operation and risk control. Finally, all performance index values of the strategy are as follows: the rate of initial capital return is 193.77%, the annual rate of return is 99.86%, the maximum retracement rate is 15.73%, the Sharpe rate is 2.05 and the price earnings ratio is 4.01.
Hoe profileer je een pluriforme regio?
Authors: Verheul Wouter Jan , Hospers Gert-Jan
Published: June 2017

How to profile a pluralistic region: Inspiration from the Southern Randstad

How do you profile a diverse region? Based on what story, and under what name? The Southern Randstad, a conglomeration of large cities, medium-sized cities and villages in the Netherlands, wishes to make a name for itself worldwide as a metropolitan and innovative region. In this article, we will discuss how such a profiling strategy is realized. We will use insights from public administration, geography and those obtained from forty interviews with regional stakeholders. Selecting a new regional profile is a complex matter and sometimes even inappropriate. From the case study, it will be evident that in a pluralistic region collective profiling is only promising if it does not function as a replacement but as an enhancement. Furthermore, it will become clear that an area reference that refers to the two largest cities (Rotterdam and The Hague) in the region name is the most preferable. Finally, municipalities have to ‘play with scales’,i.e. they will have to align their profiling to suit the scale level at which they are presenting themselves.
De demos digitaal bekrachtigd?
Authors: van Hulst Merlijn , Cuijpers Colette , Hendriks Frank , Metze Tamara
Published: June 2017

The digital demos

E-democracy incorporates digital tools, the internet and social media to enhance democracy. There are many of these tools available to improve governmental responsiveness, transparency, and accountability, but also to support the inclusiveness, representativeness and influence of citizens’ participation. Examples are online petitions, apps for neighborhood watches, wikiplanning and social media monitoring. Web 3.0, which is more interactive and less location specific, enables governments to take a more personalized approach. It also allows for participation across administrative and geographical boundaries. In this symposium two contributions address the question of the influence of e-democracy on the democratization of governmental decision-making, information and service delivery, and of citizens’ participation.
Langdurig vermiste personen
Authors: Hardeman Manon , van Leiden Ilse
Published: June 2017

Long-term missing persons

The nature and extent and lessons for the detection of long-term missing persons.
Wat hebben mannen nodig?
Authors: Aoulad Hadj Mustapha , Straver Rob , Janssen Janine
Published: June 2017

What do men need? Looking into genderspecific programs for dealing with domestic violence

In the Netherlands violence in dependent relationships is handled ‘gender neutral’: it is assumed that men and women can both be perpetrator and victim of this violence. A gender neutral approach does not hinder gender sensitivity. With gender sensitivity it is about the question whether sufficient account is taken with gender aspects. In this article the authors look into what is on offer for the men. Although regular welfare organisations, private organisations and local self-help organisations are involved, until now there is is no structural offering of methodologically well substantiated activities.
Habilidades de visualización de estudiantes con talento matemático: comparativa entre los test psicométricos y las habilidades de visualización manifestadas en tareas geométricas
Authors: Ramírez Uclés Rafael , Flores Martínez Pablo
Published: June 2017

De la revisión de las investigaciones se desprende que no hay una postura unificada en la relación entre talento matemático y visualización. Un factor que se ha de considerar es la diversidad de instrumentos utilizados para caracterizar la visualización. En este trabajo se comparan los resultados obtenidos en dos test visuales con las habilidades de visualización puestas en juego en tres sesiones de enriquecimiento curricular. Los resultados de un grupo de 25 estudiantes que participan en un proyecto de estimulación del talento matemático no evidencian relación entre la visualización manifestada en los test y el uso de las habilidades de visualización registrado en la resolución de tareas geométricas.
Lo que no dicen los libros españoles de texto de educación secundaria obligatoria sobre la masa, el volumen y la densidad
Authors: Palacios-Díaz Rafael , Criado Ana María
Published: June 2017

En el presente trabajo se hace una evaluación de la forma en la que se exponen en los libros de texto españoles de segundo (LOMCE) y tercer curso (LOE) de educación secundaria obligatoria (ESO) los conceptos volumen, masa y densidad. La intención es establecer la presencia o ausencia de elementos, en este recurso, que puedan ayudar a eliminar, o a favorecer, las concepciones alternativas asociadas a estos conceptos que poseen los estudiantes. Los resultados demuestran que los libros LOE suelen presentar carencias relativas a estos conceptos, que no mejoran sustancialmente con la implantación de la LOMCE. En general, los libros introducen la densidad como una fórmula matemática sin previa aclaración cualitativa. Tampoco suelen tratar las concepciones alternativas, como las confusiones existentes entre densidad y viscosidad.
Modelización, argumentación y transferencia de conocimiento sobre el sistema inmunológico a partir de una controversia sobre vacunación en futuros docentes
Authors: Maguregi González Gurutze , Uskola Ibarluzea Araitz , Burgoa Etxaburu Begoña
Published: June 2017

En este trabajo se analiza la construcción del modelo de sistema inmunológico incluido en el modelo de ser vivo. Se ha utilizado una controversia sociocientífica sobre la vacunación, sobre la que 42 estudiantes del Grado de Educación Primaria han tenido que buscar información y utilizarla para tomar decisiones, construir conocimiento y transferirlo. Se han analizado las producciones escritas y las discusiones. Los resultados muestran que la competencia argumentativa mejora, tanto en número como en variedad de justificaciones. Se observan indicios de construcción del modelo de sistema inmunológico, ya que se hace referencia a elementos de su estructura, intercambio de materia y cambios producidos, especialmente en lo referente a las vacunas. Sin embargo, tienen dificultades en la transferencia de conocimiento cuando esta es lejana.
Polityka jako wiedza kulturowa. Antropologia interpretatywna Clifforda Geertza
Authors: Pietrzak Edyta
Published: June 2017

The aim of the article is the presentation of the Interpretative anthropology, and its connections with political science. The paper describes humanistic inspirations of contemporary social theories, anthropological ways of understanding of culture and the title category with its political context. It is analysed through the hermeneutical category of discovering meanings in terms of Gadamer.
Rola i znaczenie międzynarodowych rozwiązań prawnych wobec procesów globalizacji
Authors: Lenkiewicz Tomasz
Published: June 2017

Growing international interdependencies, weakening of internal and external sovereignty of the state and necessity of joint overcoming of problems and global threats reveals the necessity of creating new rules of global order, based not only on nation-states, but also on growing number of international organizations and institutions, regional groupings, communities and local organizations. The globalization of political life fosters rise of number of institutions, organizations and international groupings and development of international law. The cooperation between them should respect the rules of equality, freedom, democracy, partnership, solidarity, respect for cultural diversity and environmental protection.
Wpływ programów telewizyjnych na kształtowanie się stereotypów
Authors: Toszek Joanna
Published: June 2017

Niezliczona liczba informacji docierająca do nas z zewnątrz powoduje, że aby nie zgubić się w informacyjnym gąszczu podejmujemy próbę oceny. Najczęściej przy ocenie pomijamy niektóre (wydawać by się mogło) istotne informacje bądź – z drugiej strony – przypisujemy większą rangę innym, co w konsekwencji tworzy nam prosty ogląd otaczającej nas rzeczywistości. Taki ogląd przyczynia się do rozwoju strategii, którą nazywamy kategoryzacją. Kategoryzowanie rzeczywistości społecznej (poprzez częste powtarzanie i utrwalanie oraz brak głębszej analizy) w dużym stopniu wpływa na powstawanie stereotypowych skojarzeń. W tej sytuacji pomocne mogą być media, które przychodzą z pomocą i utrwalają – albo zmieniają ugruntowany obraz (stereotyp).
Reference Data Set of Human Skin Reflectance
Authors: Cooksey Catherine C. , Allen David W. , Tsai Benjamin K.
Published: June 2017

This data set contains 100 reference reflectance spectra of human skin, spanning the wavelength region from 250 nm to 2500 nm. The spectra were acquired with a commercial spectrophotometer and are directly traceable to the national scale for directional-hemispherical reflectance factor.
Evidence from a natural experiment that malaria parasitemia is pathogenic in retinopathy-negative cerebral malaria
Authors: Small Dylan S , Taylor Terrie E , Postels Douglas G , Beare Nicholas AV , Cheng Jing , MacCormick Ian JC , Seydel Karl B
Published: June 2017

Cerebral malaria (CM) can be classified as retinopathy-positive or retinopathy-negative, based on the presence or absence of characteristic retinal features. While malaria parasites are considered central to the pathogenesis of retinopathy-positive CM, their contribution to retinopathy-negative CM is largely unknown. One theory is that malaria parasites are innocent bystanders in retinopathy-negative CM and the etiology of the coma is entirely non-malarial. Because hospitals in malaria-endemic areas often lack diagnostic facilities to identify non-malarial causes of coma, it has not been possible to evaluate the contribution of malaria infection to retinopathy-negative CM. To overcome this barrier, we studied a natural experiment involving genetically inherited traits, and find evidence that malaria parasitemia does contribute to the pathogenesis of retinopathy-negative CM. A lower bound for the fraction of retinopathy-negative CM that would be prevented if malaria parasitemia were to be eliminated is estimated to be 0.93 (95% confidence interval: 0.68, 1).
Attentional modulation of neuronal variability in circuit models of cortex
Authors: Kanashiro Tatjana , Ocker Gabriel Koch , Cohen Marlene R , Doiron Brent
Published: June 2017

The circuit mechanisms behind shared neural variability (noise correlation) and its dependence on neural state are poorly understood. Visual attention is well-suited to constrain cortical models of response variability because attention both increases firing rates and their stimulus sensitivity, as well as decreases noise correlations. We provide a novel analysis of population recordings in rhesus primate visual area V4 showing that a single biophysical mechanism may underlie these diverse neural correlates of attention. We explore model cortical networks where top-down mediated increases in excitability, distributed across excitatory and inhibitory targets, capture the key neuronal correlates of attention. Our models predict that top-down signals primarily affect inhibitory neurons, whereas excitatory neurons are more sensitive to stimulus specific bottom-up inputs. Accounting for trial variability in models of state dependent modulation of neuronal activity is a critical step in building a mechanistic theory of neuronal cognition.
Collagen induces activation of DDR1 through lateral dimer association and phosphorylation between dimers
Authors: Juskaite Victoria , Corcoran David S , Leitinger Birgit
Published: June 2017

The collagen-binding receptor tyrosine kinase DDR1 (discoidin domain receptor 1) is a drug target for a wide range of human diseases, but the molecular mechanism of DDR1 activation is poorly defined. Here we co-expressed different types of signalling-incompetent DDR1 mutants (‘receiver’) with functional DDR1 (‘donor’) and demonstrate phosphorylation of receiver DDR1 by donor DDR1 in response to collagen. Making use of enforced covalent DDR1 dimerisation, which does not affect receptor function, we show that receiver dimers are phosphorylated in trans by the donor; this process requires the kinase activity of the donor but not that of the receiver. The receiver ectodomain is not required, but phosphorylation in trans is abolished by mutation of the transmembrane domain. Finally, we show that mutant DDR1 that cannot bind collagen is recruited into DDR1 signalling clusters. Our results support an activation mechanism whereby collagen induces lateral association of DDR1 dimers and phosphorylation between dimers.
Distinct Akt phosphorylation states are required for insulin regulated Glut4 and Glut1-mediated glucose uptake
Authors: Beg Muheeb , Abdullah Nazish , Thowfeik Fathima Shazna , Altorki Nasser K , McGraw Timothy E
Published: June 2017

Insulin, downstream of Akt activation, promotes glucose uptake into fat and muscle cells to lower postprandial blood glucose, an enforced change in cellular metabolism to maintain glucose homeostasis. This effect is mediated by the Glut4 glucose transporter. Growth factors also enhance glucose uptake to fuel an anabolic metabolism required for tissue growth and repair. This activity is predominantly mediated by the Glut1. Akt is activated by phosphorylation of its kinase and hydrophobic motif (HM) domains. We show that insulin-stimulated Glut4-mediated glucose uptake requires PDPK1 phosphorylation of the kinase domain but not mTORC2 phosphorylation of the HM domain. Nonetheless, an intact HM domain is required for Glut4-mediated glucose uptake. Whereas, Glut1-mediated glucose uptake also requires mTORC2 phosphorylation of the HM domain, demonstrating both phosphorylation-dependent and independent roles of the HM domain in regulating glucose uptake. Thus, mTORC2 links Akt to the distinct physiologic programs related to Glut4 and Glut1-mediated glucose uptake.
Evaluation of a critical pathway for stroke
Authors: Ross, Gary , Johnson Denise , Mha Michael Kobernick,
Published: June 2017

The diagnosis of stroke, which is diagnosis-related group (DRG) 014, is the fourth most frequent discharge DRG at Macomb Hospital Center, Warren, Michigan. The length of stay for stroke was 7.52 days before intervention. Quality improvement techniques identified areas of delay that presented opportunities for improvement. After the initiation of a critical pathway that begins its interventions in the Emergency Department, the length of stay decreased to 6.33 days. Quality of care was also improved in delivery time of carotid artery ultrasound examinations, as well as in timeliness of obtaining head computed tomography scans and reports. This article describes the development, implementation, and results of a stroke critical pathway that was implemented to address excessive length of stay.
Central nervous system ischemia after varicella infection and desmopressin therapy for enuresis
Authors: Wieting J. Michael , Dykstra, Dennis D. , Ruggiero Michael P. , Robbins G. Barry , Galusha Kimberly
Published: June 2017

A 7-year-old boy had a left-sided cerebrovascular accident 48 hours after beginning intranasal desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) therapy for persistent secondary nocturnal enuresis and approximately 2 weeks after varicella infection. A possible connection between desmopressin therapy or varicella infection (or both) and the patient's neurologic symptoms is discussed, as is the relationship of desmopressin with hypercoagulability. Suggestions for patient/parent education, medical history taking, and patient surveillance are offered to prescribing physicians.
The hysteresis loop as a model for low back motion analysis
Authors: Warner Michael J. , Mertz James A. , Zimmerman Adam S.
Published: June 2017

The human low back is highly susceptible to dysfunction. Many diagnostic and treatment modalities for low back problems are used subjectively in clinical practice. Availability of a quantitative reference of back motion could improve practice efficiency. This article describes hysteresis and the hysteresis loop as an objective measurement model of low back motion. The authors constructed an instrument that quantifies force displacement responses of the lower back in passive subjects. Hysteresis loops generated by this instrument lay a scientific foundation on which to base diagnostic procedures and therapeutic measures.
Comparison of performance on the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination 1986 to 1996 by type of residency
Authors: Slick Gary L.
Published: June 2017

The purpose of this study was to determine if internal medicine residency type or location was associated with differences in performance of candidates as measured by the internal medicine certifying examination. Included in the study were all first-time taker candidates for the 1986 to 1996 American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine certifying examinations in internal medicine. Group analysis was performed based on the type of residency track leading to board eligibility: (1) traditional internship plus 3 years of internal medicine residency; (2) traditional internship plus 2 years of internal medicine residency and 1 year of subspecialty training; (3) specialty track internship plus 2 years of internal medicine residency; and (4) traditional internship plus 3 years of allopathic internal medicine residency. Subgroup analysis of the subspecialty track group was performed to determine if any particular subspecialty-trained subgroup performed better than the others. Results indicate that all groups had similar scores and pass rates except for the allopathic-trained residents, whose scores and pass rates were lower. Subgroup analysis of the subspecialty-trained candidates revealed that procedure-oriented subspecialty candidates performed similar to nonprocedure-oriented candidates. No gender differences were noted in scores or pass , rates. It is concluded that the overall performance of candidates is equivalent for . each of the residency training tracks developed by the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Future performance on the recertification examination will need to be tracked to determine if these trends continue for practicing internists.
Skin-to-skin parental contact with fragile preterm infants
Authors: Cleary Gerard M. , Spinner Susan S. , Gibson Eric , Greenspan Jay S.
Published: June 2017

Skin-to-skin contact has been implemented recently to facilitate maternal-infant bonding of preterm infants. The technique allows the removal of fragile preterm infants from an incubator to the bare chest of a parent or caretaker. When specific guidelines are followed, thermal stability can be maintained, parent-infant bonding can be facilitated, and parental satisfaction can be enhanced. We illustrate a case in which a preterm infant has skin-to-skin contact while being monitored for physiologic parameters, including heart and respiratory rate, oxyhemoglobin saturation, and nasal airflow. Improvements in breathing patterns in this infant during skin-to-skin care and maintenance of a normal temperature suggest that this technique may not only be safe and psychologically beneficial, but it may also promote physiologic improvement.