bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cohabitation’s boundaries and the confines of tradition
Authors: Leckey Robert , Favier Yann
Published: April 2016

In contrast with prescriptions for law reform for unmarried cohabitants, this article studies legislative inertia on the subject. It compares France and the Canadian province of Quebec, drawing on theoretical treatment of boundaries from critical geography, queer theory, and sociolegal work on law reform. Abstinence from legislating for cohabitants has not secured legal stasis. Informally and indirectly, ad hoc responses to cohabitation have amended the boundaries of marriage and fundamental legal categories. A conservative approach to marriage and cohabitation has failed to conserve marriage. We identify a gap, not between law and social life but between law and its prevailing justification, that cohabitants are free to choose to marry or to conclude contracts. Legislative and judicial developments show that this justification fails to persuade. Finally, we read France and Quebec’s approach to cohabitation as symptomatic of an impoverished misreading of the civil law tradition.
Alternative music playlists on the radio: Flow experience and appraisal during the reception of music radio programs
Authors: Ruth Nicolas , Spangardt Benedikt , Schramm Holger
Published: April 2016

It is of fundamental importance for radio broadcasting companies that their listeners do not turn off the radio or switch to another station. Audiences continue listening if they like the program – especially the music. This positive appraisal can be explained by the concept of flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975), which illustrates how the right balance between the challenge of completing a task and the skill of the individual can lead to a particularly fulfilling mental state. We therefore conducted two 2 × 2 between-subjects experiments in cooperation with a major German broadcasting company in which we varied the complexity and familiarity of a 1-hour prime time radio program. In Study 1 we examined the effects of Adult Contemporary radio programs on a sample of the appropriate target group (120 participants, 51% female, 30 to 39 years old), while in Study 2, equivalent Contemporary Hit radio programs were evaluated by that genre’s younger target group (217 participants, 49% female, 14 to 31 years old). We found that, dependent on the musical skill or listening modes of the recipients, the complexity of the music programs could be associated with higher or lower flow experiences, which in turn had an influence on positive listener appraisal.
Energy harvesting using a flextensional compliant mechanism
Authors: Abdelnaby Mohammed Ali , Arafa Mustafa
Published: April 2016

This work presents a vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvester that relies on a mechanical motion amplification mechanism. The aim is to convert a small persistent base motion into larger oscillations in order to generate greater amounts of electric power. The device can be used in situations where a small cyclic relative motion occurs between two surfaces, and where a device can be fitted to generate energy from within. Unlike conventional amplification mechanisms that rely heavily on gears, we employ a compliant mechanism of the flextensional type for energy harvesting. Such a mechanism contains few mechanical parts and attains its mobility from the elasticity of the material, thereby reducing excessive clearance, friction, and power losses. To convert the amplified mechanical motion into electrical energy, a permanent magnet is attached to the output end of the mechanism and is designed to oscillate past a stationary coil. A quasi-static model is formulated in conjunction with a finite element model of the mechanism in order to evaluate the amplification ratio, internal stresses in the flexure joints, output voltage, and power in terms of the design parameters of the flextensional mechanism. The results are supported experimentally on a cam-driven polymer flextensional mechanism across a range of operating speeds and load resistance. A parametric study is conducted to investigate the effect of the various design parameters on the system performance. An effort is made to optimize the design parameters to achieve higher output power levels while minimizing the internal stresses generated in the mechanism.
News Reporting on Comfort Women
Authors: Pak Hyeong-Jun
Published: April 2016

This article explored South Korean and Japanese newspaper reports on the “comfort women” who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in the 1930s-1940s, to examine how print media have reproduced the reality of the issue. I conducted a quantitative frame analysis of the contents of news articles ( N = 384) on the comfort women in four South Korean and Japanese newspapers. The frames of comfort women articles in all papers can be considered to be very stereotyped, because they have changed little according to the newspaper’s political position (conservative/liberal), attitude (anti-Japan/anti–South Korea), and nationality (South Korean/Japanese). When the relationship of South Korea and Japan has been combative, conflict and morality frames have been abundant. In contrast, when the relationship has been favorable, human interest frames have been ample.
Boundary Conditions
Authors: Busse Christian , Kach Andrew P. , Wagner Stephan M.
Published: April 2016

Boundary conditions (BC) have long been discussed as an important element in theory development, referring to the “who, where, when” aspects of a theory. However, it still remains somewhat vague as to what exactly BC are, how they can or even should be explored, and why their understanding matters. This research tackles these important questions by means of an in-depth theoretical-methodological analysis. The study contributes fourfold to organizational research methods: First, it develops a more accurate and explicit conceptualization of BC. Second, it widens the understanding of how BC can be explored by suggesting and juxtaposing new tools and approaches. It also illustrates BC-exploring processes, drawing on two empirical case examples. Third, it analyzes the reasons for exploring BC, concluding that BC exploration fosters theory development, strengthens research validity, and mitigates the research-practice gap. Fourth, it synthesizes the analyses into 12 tentative suggestions for how scholars should subsequently approach the issues surrounding BC. The authors hope that the study contributes to consensus shifting with respect to BC and draws more attention to BC.
The Added Value of Neuroscience Methods in Organizational Research
Authors: Waldman David A. , Wang Danni , Fenters Virgil
Published: April 2016

Historically, the lack of availability and prohibitive expense of brain imaging technology have limited the application of neuroscience research in organizational settings. However, recent advances in technology have made it possible to use brain imaging in organizational settings at relatively little expense and in a practical manner to further research efforts. In this article, we weigh the advantages and disadvantages of neuroscience applications to organizational research. Further, we present three key methodological issues that need to be considered with regard to such applications: (a) level of assessment, (b) intrinsic versus reflexive brain activity, and (c) the targeting of brain region(s) or networks. We also pose specific examples of how neuroscience may be applied to various topical areas in organizational behavior research at both individual and team levels.
Transnational collaboration of the multisensory kind: Exploiting Korean 4D cinema in China
Authors: Yecies Brian
Published: April 2016

This article explores how technicians working in the cinema exhibition arm of the Korean conglomerate CJ Global are pioneering the diffusion of four-dimensional (4D) motion widescreen cinema technology. It analyzes the 4D work-flow processes being developed to connect Asian and Hollywood films with local audiences via motion and environmental special effects, as well as some of the cultural assumptions underlying this new technology transfer. As a case study, this article investigates how the Korean 4D team in Beijing is seeking to appeal to Chinese audiences through this innovative process, while assisting CJ Global’s expansion across China and the world. This study sheds light on a new type of inconspicuous transnational collaboration that is enabling Korean post-production practitioners to contribute to the expansion of the film industry in China and its integration of technical innovation and ideas from outside the country.
Surveillance and Embodiment
Authors: French Martin , Smith Gavin JD
Published: April 2016

This article provides an introduction to a special issue of Body & Society that explores the surveillance--embodiment nexus. It accentuates both the prevalence and consequence of bodies being increasingly converted into ‘objects of information’ by surveillance technologies and systems. We begin by regarding the normalcy of body monitoring in contemporary life, illustrating how a plurality of biometric scanners operate to intermediate the physical surfaces and subjective depths of bodies in accordance with various concerns. We focus on everyday experiences of bodily intermediation by surveillant dispositifs, and consider the broader political, epistemological, and ontological significance of these processes. We then point to the substantive intersections and divergences existing between body and surveillance studies. We conclude with an overview of the five articles appearing in this special issue. We describe how each contribution creates a template for imagining what a body is, and what a body might become, in a culture defined by proliferating data sharing behaviours, systems of codification, and practices of intermediation.
Participation in a mobile health intervention trial to improve retention in HIV care: does gender matter?
Authors: van der Kop Mia L , Muhula Samuel , Ekström Anna M , Jongbloed Kate , Smillie Kirsten , Abunah Bonface , Kinagwi Koki , Kyomuhangi Lennie B , Gelmon Lawrence , Ojakaa David I , Lester Richard T , Awiti Patricia O
Published: April 2016

Background

To be consistent with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals on gender equality, mobile health (mHealth) programmes should aim to use communications technology to promote the empowerment of women. We conducted a pre-trial analysis of data from the WelTel Retain study on retention in HIV care to assess gender-based differences in phone access, phone sharing and concerns about receiving text messages from a healthcare provider.

Methods

Between April 2013–June 2015, HIV-positive adults were screened for trial participation at two clinics in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Proportions of men and women excluded from the trial due to phone-related criteria were compared using a chi-square test. Gender-based differences in phone sharing patterns and concerns among trial participants were similarly compared.

Results

Of 1068 individuals screened, there was no difference in the proportion of men ( n = 39/378, 10.3%) and women ( n = 71/690, 10.3%) excluded because of phone-related criteria ( p-value = 0.989). Among those who shared their phone, women ( n = 52/108, 48.1%) were more likely than men ( n = 6/60, 10.0%) to share with other non-household and household members ( p < 0.001). Few participants had concerns about receiving text messages from their healthcare provider; those with concerns were all women ( n = 6/700).

Discussion

In this study, men and women were equally able to participate in a trial of an mHealth intervention. Equitable access in these urban slums may indicate the ‘gender digital divide’ is narrowing in some settings; however, gender-specific phone sharing patterns and concerns regarding privacy must be fully considered in the development and scale-up of mHealth programmes.
Trainees' Perceptions of a Final Oral Competency Examination
Authors: Goldberg Robert W. , Young Kevin R.
Published: April 2016

Objective(s)

The focus on competency attainment by professional psychology trainees obligates training programs to assess these competencies prior to completion of an internship. However, little is known about how trainees may perceive such testing. This study examines relationships between performance on an Oral Final Competency Examination of a clinical case and trainee perceptions of that examination.

Method

Oral Final Competency Examinations were conducted utilizing the California School of Professional Psychology model with 48 interns over five internship years. Trainees presented a case to examiners, were rated in six competency domains by two examiners, and completed a questionnaire regarding their perception of the exam process two weeks later.

Results

While all trainees passed the examination, those with lower scores perceived the examination and examiners less favorably. Prior experience with similar tasks and self-reported performance anxiety were surprisingly not related to exam performance.

Conclusions

This study found that trainees’ perceptions of an end-of-internship oral competency examination were strongly related to their examination performance. It is important that training program faculty reinforce the responsibility trainees have for their own performance, rather than re-evaluating the examinations themselves based on student feedback, which may be influenced by student performance.
Psychology Degree Beliefs and Stereotypes: Differences in the Perceptions of Majors and Non-Majors
Authors: Brinthaupt Thomas M. , Hurst Jennifer R. , Johnson Quinn R.
Published: April 2016

Very little research examines the beliefs and stereotypes students have about the discipline and major of psychology. Previous research has found that psychology majors report hearing a variety of such beliefs and stereotypes more often from their fellow students than from their family members. In the current study, psychology majors/minors and non-majors/-minors ( N = 376) reported their frequency of hearing beliefs and stereotypes from friends/fellow students or family members and the extent that they agreed with those items. Majors/minors and non-majors/-minors differed significantly on their agreement with several items, such as psychology being “a dead end field,” “psychology is mostly an easy major,” and that “working with crazy people will make you go crazy.” Compared to majors/minors, non-majors/-minors were more likely to agree with the items. There was no evidence that upper-division majors/minors were less likely to believe or less likely to hear the beliefs and stereotypes than lower-division majors/minors. Students reported hearing many of the items more often from friends/fellow students than family members. We discuss the implications of these results for addressing beliefs about the psychology field and degree in introductory and careers courses.
Cardiovascular risk, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary rehabilitation
Authors: Triest Filip JJ , Singh Sally J , Vanfleteren Lowie EGW
Published: April 2016

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) often have concomitant cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is a frequently undiagnosed and undertreated comorbidity. CVD contributes to the burden of the disease and is associated with an increased risk for hospitalizations and mortality. Optimizing the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular risk and disease should be considered as part of the holistic approach of PR. In addition, we need to consider similarities and differences in cardiac and PR programs, in order to improve personalized care in patients with both diseases. The current review addresses the burden of CVD in COPD patients who participate in PR, how CVD and its risk factors affect PR and should be managed during PR, and extends on what we can learn of the organization of cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Attainment of the Elusive
Authors: Matteson-Kome Michelle L. , Ruppar Todd , Russell Cynthia
Published: April 2016

Survival of a kidney transplant recipient beyond 2 decades is a relatively rare event. No studies have been conducted to describe individuals’ longevity attributions, who have had their kidney transplant for many years. The purpose of this qualitative analysis was to examine longevity attributions of kidney transplant recipients who have had a kidney transplant for 25 years or longer. The initial sample was obtained from an informal support group that includes only those who have had their kidney transplant >25 years. A semistructured 1-hour interview was conducted over the phone, audio-taped, and transcribed. Data were examined using thematic content analyses. The sample consisted of 19 participants (7 males and 12 females) ranging in age from 43 to 67 years, with a mean age of 52.8 years (standard deviation [SD] = 6.82). Transplants were performed between 26 and 36 years prior to the interviews, with a mean of 30.7 years (SD = 3.2). Emerging attributions included maintaining a healthy lifestyle, social support, positive attitude, faith, normalcy, participation in decision making, and luck. Prior to transplantation, patients were engaging in self-management behaviors, which many attributed to their success posttransplant. The findings of this study may provide insight and understanding for health-care providers and other transplant recipients regarding longevity attributions of those who have had their kidney transplants for over a quarter century. Future research should explore the impact of supporting kidney transplant recipients in self-management prior to and after transplantation.
Histological and Mathematical Analysis of the Irreversibly Electroporated Liver Tissue
Authors: Sung Chang Kyu , Kim Hong Bae , Jung Jong Hyun , Baik Ku Youn , Moon Kee Wook , Kim Hyung-Sik , Yi Jeong-Han , Chung Jong Hoon
Published: April 2016

Irreversible electroporation has clinically been used to treat various types of cancer. A plan on how to apply irreversible electroporation before practicing is very important to increase the ablation area and reduce the side effects. Several electrical models have been developed to predict the ablation area with applied electric energy. In this experiment, the static relationship between applied electric energy and ablated area was mathematically and experimentally investigated at 10 hours after applying irreversible electroporation. We performed the irreversible electroporation on the liver tissue of Sprague Dawley rats (male, 8 weeks, weighing 250-350 g). The ablated area was measured based on histological analysis and compared with the mathematical calculation from the electric energy, assuming that the tissue is homogeneous. The ablated area increased with the increase in applied electric energy. The numerically calculated contour lines of electric energy density overlapped well with the apoptotic area induced by the irreversible electroporation. The overlapped area clearly showed that the destructive threshold of apoptosis between electrodes is electric energy density level of 5.9 × 105 J/m3. The results of the present study suggested that the clinical results of the irreversible electroporation on a liver tissue could be predicted through mathematical calculation.
Gradually increased oxygen administration promoted survival after hemorrhagic shock
Authors: Luo Xin , Chen Gan , You Guoxing , Wang Bo , Lu Mingzi , Zhao Jingxiang , Wang Ying , Yin Yujing , Zhao Lian , Zhou Hong
Published: April 2016

Gradually increased oxygen administration (GIOA) seems promising in hemorrhagic shock. However, the effects of GIOA on survival remain unclear, and details of GIOA are to be identified. After the induction of hemorrhagic shock, the rats were randomized into five groups ( n = 9): normoxic group (Normo), hyperoxic group (Hypero), normoxic to hyperoxic group (GIOA1), long-time hypoxemic to hyperoxic group (GIOA2), and short-time hypoxemic to hyperoxic group (GIOA3). Survival was recorded for 96 h, plasma alanine transaminase, oxidative stress, hemodynamics, and blood gas were measured. The mean survival time of the GIOA3 was significantly longer than that of the Normo, Hypero, and GIOA2. Plasma alanine transaminase levels were significantly lower in the Normo, GIOA1, and GIOA3 compared to the Hypero and GIOA2 at 2 h post-resuscitation (PR). Plasma 3-nitrotyrosine levels at 2 h PR were significantly lower in the GIOA2 and GIOA3 compared to the Normo and Hypero. Central venous oxygen saturation at 2 h PR in the GIOA3 was significantly higher than the Normo; however, no significant difference was observed between GIOA1 and Normo. Besides, at 2 h PR, mean arterial pressure in the GIOA3 was significantly higher than the GIOA2; however, no significant difference was observed between GIOA1 and GIOA2. (1) GIOA could significantly prolong survival time compared to normoxemic resuscitation and hyperoxic resuscitation; (2) early moments of GIOA are critical to the benefits; and (3) hypoxemia at onset of resuscitation may be imperative, more works are needed to determine the optimal initial oxygen concentration of GIOA.
Numerical simulation of heat transfer and turbulent flow of water nanofluids copper oxide in rectangular microchannel with semi-attached rib
Authors: Akbari Omid Ali , Toghraie Davood , Karimipour Arash
Published: April 2016

In this research, the effect of utilizing semi-attached rib on heat transfer and liquid turbulent flow of nanofluid water–copper oxide in three-dimensional rectangular microchannel has been investigated. The results of numerical examination of this study in comparison to those of smooth channel have also been evaluated. The range of Reynolds numbers is between 10,000 and 60,000 and the volume fraction of copper oxide nanoparticle in 0%, 2%, and 4% was examined. In this numerical simulation, the effects of the changes in parameters such as dimensions of semi-attached rib, volume fraction of the nanoparticle, and Reynolds number were considered. The results of this study showed that utilizing semi-attached rib in microchannel with a ratio of 0 < R/W ≤ 0.325 in producing stronger vortices, which causes better mixture in fluid layers, is weaker than that with tooth mode of R/W = 0 ratio. However, the main advantage of using tooth with a ratio of 0 < R/W ≤ 0.325 in comparison to ordinary tooth is the increase in heat transfer and reduction in coefficient friction and pumping power.
Evaluation of coupled finite element/meshfree method for a robust full-scale crashworthiness simulation of railway vehicles
Authors: Tang Zhao , Liu Feng Jia , Guo Shi Hui , Chang Jian , Zhang Jian Jun
Published: April 2016

The crashworthiness of a railway vehicle relates to its passive safety performance. Due to mesh distortion and difficulty in controlling the hourglass energy, conventional finite element methods face great challenges in crashworthiness simulation of large-scale complex railway vehicle models. Meshfree methods such as element-free Galerkin method offer an alternative approach to overcome those limitations but have proved time-consuming. In this article, a coupled finite element/meshfree method is proposed to study the crashworthiness of railway vehicles. A representative scenario, in which the leading vehicle of a high-speed train impacts to a rigid wall, is simulated with the coupled finite element/element-free Galerkin method in LS-DYNA. We have compared the conventional finite element method and the coupled finite element/element-free Galerkin method with the simulation results of different levels of discretization. Our work showed that coupled finite element/element-free Galerkin method is a suitable alternative of finite element method to handle the nonlinear deformation in full-size railway vehicle crashworthiness simulation. The coupled method can reduce the hourglass energy in finite element simulation, to produce robust simulation.
Fatigue properties of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy butt joints processed by vacuum brazing and tungsten inert gas welding
Authors: Lin Huei , Hwang Jiun-Ren , Fung Chin-Ping
Published: April 2016

Tungsten inert gas welding and vacuum brazing butt joints of Al–Mg–Si alloy 6061 in the artificially aged condition T6 were studied. Constant amplitude and variable amplitude fatigue loading tests were performed. The experimental S-N curves were compared with the fatigue design curves recommended by the International Institute of Welding, British Standard, and Eurocode 9. Two mean stress correction methods, Goodman and Gerber, were evaluated. In terms of the size effect on the fatigue life, this article proposed an innovational thickness correction method based on the ratio of the ultimate tensile strengths of specimens with different thickness. For vacuum brazing components, the tensile strength–based thickness correction method was better than the thickness correction methods recommended by the International Institute of Welding and Eurocode 9.
Evaluation on the hot workability of as-extruded TA2 pure titanium using processing map
Authors: Li Fu , Wang Yongqin , Luo Yuanxin , Yan Xingchun
Published: April 2016

The processing map on the basis of dynamic material model has been recognized to be an effective method to evaluate the hot workability of metal alloys. To evaluate the mechanical behavior of TA2 pure titanium, a sets of hot compression tests were conducted on the TMTS machine in the temperature range of 800°C–1000°C and the strain rate range of 0.01–10 s−1. Then, the processing map is constructed from the strain–stress data with the strain of 0.25, 0.4, 0.55, and 0.7. The fact that the strain will not impact the workability obviously for the little change of the stable regions of the processing maps in different strains was discussed. Finally, an overall consideration was given in the processing maps and the optimized workability of TA2 should be within the strain rate range of 0.5–1 s−1 and temperature range of 900°C–925°C.
Management of thyroid disease in pregnancy – Room for improvement in the first trimester
Authors: Robinson Helen , Robinson Philip , D’Emden Michael , Mahomed Kassam
Published: April 2016

Background

First-trimester care of maternal thyroid dysfunction has previously been shown to be poor. This study evaluates early management of thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy in Australia.

Methods

Patients reviewed by the Obstetric Medicine team for thyroid dysfunction from 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2013 were included. Data were collected on gestation at referral from the patient’s general practitioner to the antenatal clinic, information provided in the referral letter, thyroid function tests and thyroid medications.

Results

Eighty-five women were included in the study. At the time of general practitioner referral to antenatal services, 19% of women with preexisting thyroid disease had no thyroid function tested. Forty-three percent had an abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone defined as being outside the laboratory-specific pregnancy reference range if available, or outside the level of 0.1–2.5 mIu/L in the first trimester, 0.2–3.0 mIu/L in the second trimester and 0.3–3.0 mIu/L in the third trimester. Only 21% of women increased their thyroxine dose prior to their first antenatal clinic review.

Conclusion

This study highlights that a significant proportion of women with known thyroid disease either have untested thyroid function in the first trimester or a thyroid-stimulating hormone outside of levels recommended by guidelines.
Does Space Matter? An Exploratory Study for a Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit
Authors: Trzpuc Stefnee J. , Wendt Karen A. , Heitzman Susan C. , Skemp Sophia , Thomas Don , Dahl Rick
Published: April 2016

Objective:

The aim of this study is to explore design elements and spaces as a contributing influence to behavior and well-being for patients, staff, and families in a child–adolescent mental health unit.

Background:

The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Child–Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit embarked on a renovation project to relocate the hospital’s child and adolescent mental health units. Evidence-based strategies were employed for the design of the new unit to enhance the experience for patients, staff, and families and to support changes in operational and procedural strategies.

Methods:

A mixed-methods approach was utilized to explore the influence of several design strategies intended to induce calm feelings for patients, staff, and families. A comprehensive literature review informed the design process and study design. Methods include patient image surveys (PIS; n = 188), online staff surveys ( n = 48), and face-to-face staff interviews ( n = 25).

Results:

Several design elements and spaces were identified through the image survey as influential in eliciting feelings of calm among patients. Additionally, staff were also influenced by the new unit design, generating feelings of calm, safety, and pride in the work environment.

Conclusion:

Results suggest that design features in which patients have choice and control offer greater perceptions of calm during their stay in the unit. Staff were positively influenced by the colors and artwork throughout the unit as well as the upgraded security and safety features. Findings also show the space has a positive influence on families, demonstrated by its welcoming character and features that help to facilitate better interaction with patients.
Likelihood of mechanistic roles for dopaminergic, serotonergic and glutamatergic receptors in tardive dyskinesia: A comparison of genetic variants in two independent patient populations
Authors: Ivanova Svetlana A , Loonen Anton JM , Bakker P Roberto , Freidin Maxim B , ter Woerds Nienke J , Al Hadithy Asmar FY , Semke Arkadiy V , Fedorenko Olga Yu , Brouwers Jacobus RBJ , Bokhan Nikolay A , van Os Jim , van Harten Peter N , Wilffert Bob
Published: April 2016

Objectives:

An established theory for the pathogenesis of tardive dyskinesia is disturbed dopaminergic receptor sensitivity and/or dopaminergic intracellular signaling. We examined associations between genetic variants of neurotransmitter receptors and tardive dyskinesia.

Methods:

We assessed tardive dyskinesia in Caucasian psychiatric inpatients from Siberia (N = 431) and a long-stay population from the Netherlands (N = 168). These patients were genotyped for 43 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms in five neurotransmitter receptor genes, and the results for the two populations were compared.

Results:

Several significant associations with tardive dyskinesia were identified, but only GRIN2A (rs1345423) was found in both patient populations. This lack of agreement was probably due to the small effect size of the associations, the multiple testing and the small sample size of the Dutch patient population. After reviewing the literature, we propose that the constitutive stimulatory activity of serotonergic type 2 receptors may be relevant.

Conclusions:

Inactivity of the serotonergic, type 2C receptor or blockade of these receptors by atypical antipsychotic drugs may decrease the vulnerability to develop tardive dyskinesia.
Societal Violence and Collective Consciousness
Authors: Dillbeck Michael C. , Cavanaugh Kenneth L.
Published: April 2016

This research tests the hypothesis that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® (TM) and TM-Sidhi® program by a group of sufficient size is associated with reduced rates of homicide and violent crime. Data from a prospective quasi-experiment were analyzed using intervention analysis or interrupted time series analysis. Dependent variables are time series of the U.S. monthly homicide rate as well as violent crime rate from a sample of 206 cities. The binary intervention variable is based on the size of the largest U.S. TM-Sidhi group. Intervention effects were analyzed by time series regression using a broken-trend intervention model. As hypothesized, there was a statistically and practically significant shift in trend in the direction of reduced rates for each of the variables beginning with the onset of the intervention period. Diagnostic tests indicate that key statistical assumptions of the analysis are satisfied. Alternative hypotheses are considered for the apparent effect of macro-level social behavioral change without micro-level behavioral interaction.
Just Animals
Authors: Hunt Alastair
Published: April 2016

Scholars of biopolitics widely assume that the life addressed by power = human life, with a reassuring unconsciousness of having left anything at all out of the equation. Recent research contends that animals are at least as much as human beings subject to varied techniques for managing life. Such “zoopolitical” arguments are, however, likely to be effectively defused, given that theories of biopolitics and politics alike assume that human beings are the real subjects of politics and nonhumans are excluded from the possibility of justice. This essay argues that such an assumption overestimates our ability to answer the question, who are the real political animals? Through a reading of Hannah Arendt's critique of human rights, the essay argues that the traditional assumption that political status is available only to human beings relies on the totalizing power of metaphor to confuse human life and politics. It offers an account of the challenge posed to this metaphor in a brief scene from the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Rather than a recognition of political status based on the nature of animals, what such a challenge amounts to is the apprehension by the viewer of his own stupidity.
Reconsidering Mimesis: Freedom and Acquiescence in the Anthropocene
Authors: Johnson Elizabeth R.
Published: April 2016

In 1993 Michael Taussig's Mimesis and Alterity revitalized the power of the mimetic faculty to craft a vision of nature that was neither the alienated subject of modern science nor the passively malleable medium of late twentieth-century social constructivism. Taussig drew explicitly on a tradition of earlier twentieth-century scholarship—Walter Benjamin, Roger Caillois, and Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno—that located in the mimetic faculty a way out of a techno-fetishized social milieu. This essay explores how mimesis has once again been endowed with revolutionary potential in the contemporary moment through the growing field of biomimicry. I show how mimesis promises a way toward a future free from human hubris and ecological catastrophe—and a way out of the conditions that have created the Anthropocene. I explore how this works in biomimetics, with a detailed look at one of the most celebrated examples of the biomimetic paradigm: the gecko's foot. But, I ultimately suggest that what has been so seductive about mimesis throughout history is that it offers a “way out” of political confrontation. In doing so, I argue mimesis too easily serves as a double mirror—rather than transform production, nonhuman life at the level of biology becomes a force for production.
Gender Abolition and Ecotone War
Authors: Clover Joshua , Spahr Juliana
Published: April 2016

This essay begins with two examples where certain precapitalist material entanglements were taken up and transformed by capital. One is the Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo, and the complicated ecotones that define that poem. The other is gender. Neither ecotones nor the gender distinction arise with capitalism, but capitalism has been spectacularly successful in using both toward its own ends. From there the essay argues that the ecological crisis is a single crisis of capitalist accumulation that develops over time and appears differently in different moments, and any opposition to crisis capitalism (which is to say, capitalism tout court) must turn to synthesize the problematics of ecology and feminism at the level of the whole. The particular transformation in which we are interested concerns the remaking of an aggregate arrangement, various and elaborated and tending toward a whole, into a systematic differential purpose-built to accumulate capital. We argue that the tracing of this history will lead us not merely toward a useful sense of how we date the Anthropocene but toward a politics adequate to the present and an idea of where to intervene.
Meeting report – New York Symposium on Quantitative Biology of the Cell
Authors: Liu Chenshu , Taveras Carmen , Kulukian Anita , Ma Rui , Ezratty Ellen , Mao Yinghui
Published: April 2016

In the city that never sleeps, great science never takes a break. On 15 January 2016, the ‘New York Symposium on Quantitative Biology of the Cell’, a one-day local meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), took place at Columbia University Medical Center in upper Manhattan. Focusing on the quantitative understanding of cellular and multicellular systems, this meeting created an otherwise rare opportunity for interaction among scientists at various career levels with differing but complementary backgrounds. Highlighting cutting-edge experimental measurements and theoretical modeling, the symposium broke the barrier between disciplines and ignited a hopefully continuing regional dialogue on the emergent topic of quantitative biology of the cell.
A descentralização na vigilância sanitária: trajetória e descompasso
Authors: Lucena Regina
Published: April 2016

Este trabalho descreve as características do processo de descentralização no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e na vigilância sanitária, quanto à relação entre as esferas de gestão: centralização e descentralização. Utilizou-se uma abordagem analítica com foco na relação entre as esferas governamentais como fator constitutivo da gestão de uma política social. Os resultados indicam que a vigilância sanitária desenvolveu um processo lento e irregular de descentralização, que expressa claro descompasso com o mesmo processo no SUS, em relação à estrutura institucional e a estratégias de pactuação da relação entre as esferas. Conclui-se que as dificuldades enfrentadas no processo de descentralização estão relacionadas também às tensões advindas de diferentes projetos políticos que coexistem nesses espaços institucionais.
Inclusão digital para quê e para quem? Uma observação do portal Inclusão Digital do governo federal brasileiro
Authors: Cerquinho Kleomara Gomes , Tavares Wellington , De Paula Ana Paula Paes , Vitorino Irineu Amaro
Published: April 2016

A finalidade deste artigo é observar e analisar o Portal de Inclusão Digital do Governo Federal Brasileiro em termos das Ações, Projetos, Programas e Documentos de âmbito federal, apontando seus objetivos e público-alvo. A metodologia se deu por navegação orientada, a qual foi a principal fonte dos dados, definindo o modo de correr links e páginas virtuais. Os resultados encontrados indicam que o Portal governamental, em relação ao tema Inclusão Digital, está desatualizado em informações sobre suas Ações, Projetos, Programas e Documentos, pois muitas de suas páginas estão vazias e alguns dos programas e projetos apresentados foram descontinuados.
Reformas administrativas nos estados brasileiros: o caso da reforma administrativa do estado do Piauí
Authors: Fernandes Antônio Sérgio Araújo , Moraes Douglas Bezerra , Nascimento Alex Marques
Published: April 2016

O artigo analisa o caso da reforma administrativa do estado do Piauí entre 2003 e 2006. Com abordagem histórica e método de narrativa, explica esse processo. As reformas administrativas nos estados brasileiros foram marcadas pela difusão do ideário do novo gerencialismo público, tendo como marca a implementação de instrumentos de gestão importantes, como privatizações, ajustes fiscais, desenvolvimento de carreiras e racionalização dos processos de planejamento e orçamento. Esse processo de difusão de reformas administrativas estaduais ao longo dos anos de 1990 denomina-se conjuntura isomórfica. Um traço comum nas reformas dos estados brasileiros foi o impacto de seus contextos políticos locais nas novas estruturas institucionais. Isso marcou a permeabilidade e resistência de implementação das reformas. Não foi diferente com a reforma administrativa do Piauí, que ocorreu a partir do rearranjo das forças políticas do estado, porém sofrendo as vicissitudes da política local, que terminaram por influenciar decisivamente nos resultados.
Análise das políticas para atração de empresas: o caso de Araxá (MG)
Authors: Silva Giuliano Alves Borges e , Martinelli Dante Pinheiro , Passador Claudia Souza , Passador João Luiz
Published: April 2016

As práticas públicas voltadas ao desenvolvimento regional endógeno devem conciliar as particularidades regionais e interagir com o sistema local, por isso as políticas públicas para atração de empresas devem ser trabalhadas com muito cuidado pelos governos municipais para evitar o contexto de guerra fiscal e considerar as diversas dimensões de desenvolvimento. O objetivo deste artigoconsiste em analisar as políticas públicas de atração de empresas realizadas na cidade mineira de Araxá entre os anos de 2001 e 2008, observando se sua concepção e formulação atendem às dimensões de desenvolvimento. O estudo de caso foi o método de pesquisa adotado, muito escolhido nas Ciências Sociais quando o pesquisador tem pouca ou nenhuma influência sobre o fenômeno observado. Assim, compreende a formação, os estágios e os processos das políticas. As análises foram baseadas nas dimensões de desenvolvimentoeconômico, social, ambiental, político e institucional. Os resultados demonstraram que as políticas para atração de empresas promoveram razoáveis avanços principalmente em resultados sociais e inovações no âmbito político institucional.
Financiamento de partidos políticos nas eleições de 2008 e 2012: análise das empresas doadoras
Authors: Almeida Jardson Edson Guedes da Silva , Félix Júnior Luiz Antônio , Lagioia Umbelina Cravo Teixeira , Araújo Juliana , Araújo João Gabriel Nascimento
Published: April 2016

A motivação deste trabalho foi a observação do processo eleitoral sob o ponto de vista do usuário externo das informações contábeis. Para tanto, buscou-se investigar como se dá a divulgação de dados sobre o processo eleitoral pelas empresas listadas na BM&FBovespa, que fizeram doações a partidos políticos nas eleições municipais de 2008 e 2012. Por meio do sistema de Divulgação Externa, foram obtidas as Informações Anuais e os Demonstrativos Financeiros Padronizados de 11 empresas selecionadas, analisando-se os dados referentes ao controle sobre outras entidades, além da DR, DFC, Nota Explicativa e Relatório da Administração das empresas em busca de referência a doações efetuadas a partidos políticos. Concluiu-se que apenas uma das 11 empresas selecionadas evidenciou a realização de doações a partidos políticos por meio dos demonstrativos e apenas no ano de 2008, não sendo possível identificar os valores doados nem os critérios adotados para escolha dos partidos contemplados.
Modernização administrativa em contexto subnacional. Estudo de caso do Detran-SP
Authors: Rodrigues Dênis Alves , Jayo Martin
Published: April 2016

Como em outras experiências anteriores de reforma do Estado, a implantação da Nova Administração Pública (NAP) no Brasil se deu de forma mais evidente em nível federal, sendo menos estudada no âmbito subnacional (estados e municípios). Ademais, em geral, a NAP costuma ser discutida por um ponto de vista macro, que considera a administração pública como um todo, sendo menos frequente seu estudo em nível organizacional. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar, por meio de um estudo de caso, a implantação de valores e práticas da NAP em uma organização estadual, historicamente associada às características e aos desvios da burocracia tradicional. A organização estudada é o Departamento Estadual de Trânsito de São Paulo (Detran-SP), que passou por um processo de restruturação e pode ser visto como um laboratório para entender as variáveis e desafios mais relevantes da NAP em nível subnacional, no Brasil.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an overview
Authors: Duncan Deborah
Published: April 2016

As chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major causes of worldwide mortality, it is important to prevent, diagnose and manage it. COPD creates a huge burden on the NHS and has a significant impact on patients. This is a problem with the increase in morbidity and mortality rates. In primary care there is a lack of knowledge, under-use of quality-assured spirometry and under-diagnosis in about half of all cases. To be able to effectively diagnose, assess and manage COPD, health professionals must understand the physiology and aetiology of the disease. COPD is similar to asthma in its presentation and physiology but management of the condition can differ. The authors therefore looked at the similarities between the two conditions and what tests one can use to make a diagnosis of COPD.
Description of two new species of Tetracneminae Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India with key to the species
Authors: Krishnachaitanya Tirunagaru , Manickavasagam Sagadai
Published: April 2016

Two new species of Tetracneminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) are described from the material collected from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states of India. They are: Charitopus montibus sp. nov. and Eotopus elongare sp. nov. A key to the Indian species of both genera is provided.
Women's Knowledge of and Support for Abortion Restrictions in Texas: Findings from a Statewide Representative Survey
Authors: White Kari , Potter Joseph E. , Stevenson Amanda J. , Fuentes Liza , Hopkins Kristine , Grossman Daniel
Published: April 2016

CONTEXT

States have passed numerous laws restricting abortion, and Texas passed some of the most restrictive legislation between 2011 and 2013. Information about women's awareness of and support for the laws’ provisions could inform future debates regarding abortion legislation.

METHODS

Between December 2014 and January 2015, some 779 women aged 18–49 participated in an online, statewide representative survey about recent abortion laws in Texas. Poisson regression analysis was used to assess correlates of support for a law that would make obtaining an abortion more difficult. Women's knowledge of specific abortion restrictions in Texas and reasons for supporting these laws were also assessed.

RESULTS

Overall, 31% of respondents would support a law making it more difficult to obtain an abortion. Foreign‐born Latinas were more likely than whites to support such a law (prevalence ratio, 1.5), and conservative Republicans were more likely than moderates and Independents to do so (2.3). Thirty‐six percent of respondents were not very aware of recent Texas laws, and 19% had never heard of them. Among women with any awareness of the laws, 19% supported the requirements; 42% of these individuals said this was because such laws would make abortion safer.

CONCLUSIONS

Many Texas women of reproductive age are unaware of statewide abortion restrictions, and some support these requirements because of misperceptions about the safety of abortion. Advocates and policymakers should address these knowledge gaps in efforts to protect access to legal abortion.
Podcast creation: A methodology for exploring self within music teacher education
Authors: Bolden Benjamin , Nahachewsky James
Published: April 2016

In this article we examine podcast creation as a methodology for exploring self within music teacher education. We draw on interview data concerning pre-service teachers’ perceptions of a podcast creation assignment carried out within an undergraduate music education course. Students were required to use digital technology to create an audio podcast, three to five minutes in duration, to tell their stories of, with and through music. Analysis of the interview data indicated that in creating the podcasts, pre-service music teachers experienced enhanced reflection by combining music and narration together; facilitation of idea exploration and communication as a result of speaking rather than writing; the benefit of hearing their own words; deeply personal engagement and enhanced meaning-making through creative and artistic processes. Accordingly, we conclude that podcast creation holds significant potential as a vehicle for exploring self within music teacher education.