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Rethinking the Measurement of Adversity
Authors: Mersky Joshua P. , Janczewski Colleen E. , Topitzes James
Published: December 2016

Research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has unified the study of interrelated risks and generated insights into the origins of disorder and disease. Ten indicators of child maltreatment and household dysfunction are widely accepted as ACEs, but further progress requires a more systematic approach to conceptualizing and measuring ACEs. Using data from a diverse, low-income sample of women who received home visiting services in Wisconsin ( N = 1,241), this study assessed the prevalence of and interrelations among 10 conventional ACEs and 7 potential ACEs: family financial problems, food insecurity, homelessness, parental absence, parent/sibling death, bullying, and violent crime. Associations between ACEs and two outcomes, perceived stress and smoking, were examined. The factor structure and test–retest reliability of ACEs was also explored. As expected, prevalence rates were high compared to studies of more representative samples. Except for parent/sibling death, all ACEs were intercorrelated and associated at the bivariate level with perceived stress and smoking. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed that conventional ACEs loaded on two factors, child maltreatment and household dysfunction, though a more complex four-factor solution emerged once new ACEs were introduced. All ACEs demonstrated acceptable test–retest reliability. Implications and future directions toward a second generation of ACE research are discussed.
Through the Lens of Accountability: Analyzing Legitimacy in Environmental Governance
Authors: Kraft Brandon , Wolf Steven
Published: December 2016

Environmental governance implies creation of novel interdependencies among actors and actions, and this innovation and diversity presents challenges. One of these challenges is the maintenance of legitimacy. To understand processes of legitimation at the level of individual organizations and at the level of the larger assemblages represented by governance arrangements, we develop a conceptual framework that analyzes accountability relationships. Within this framework, we use artifacts of accountability, material representations of accountability relationships, to understand the creation, maintenance, and erosion of legitimacy. We study the creation and administration of a multifunctional forested landscape in New Hampshire, USA. Empirical assessment of the varied institutional logics that structure and contribute to legitimacy in this material and organizational landscape allows us to advance understanding of persistence, change, and failure of environmental governance arrangements.
Injectable Diphenhydramine Used as Anaesthetic for Wide Local Excision With Flap Closure
Authors: Pickett Laura E. , Macdonald Jillian
Published: December 2016

Background:

Lidocaine-allergic patients pose a challenge for cutaneous surgical procedures. We present a case of a successful wide local excision with flap closures on the face using topical tetracaine followed by infiltration with 1% diphenhydramine.

Case Summary:

An 84-year-old woman, with a lidocaine intolerance, presented to the Mohs surgery clinic for wide local excision of a nodular basal cell carcinoma on her right medial cheek. Successful anaesthesia was achieved using topical 4% tetracaine followed by intradermal and subcutaneous injection of 1% diphenhydramine. Haemostasis was achieved with both electrocautery and suture ligation. Sliding rotation flaps were closed using both deep and superficial sutures. Other than some mild discomfort and temporary hyperemia on injection, the patient tolerated the procedure well with no long-term complications.

Conclusion:

Diphenhydramine is a very useful alternative in lidocaine-intolerant patients for cutaneous procedures including punch and shave biopsies, cyst removals, small elliptical excisions, and wide local excisions.
A generic energy systems model for efficient ship design and operation
Authors: Tillig F , Ringsberg JW , Mao W , Ramne B
Published: December 2016

There is an environmentally and economically motivated need to reduce the fuel consumption and air emissions of ships. To achieve a reduction in energy consumption, the energy flow in the entire energy system of a ship must be analysed in both the component, or subsystem, level as well as in a holistic way to capture the interactions between the components. Of the currently available energy consumption monitoring and prediction methods or models, no single model or method can be used to assess the energy efficiency of an arbitrary vessel in both the early design phase and during operation. This study presents a new generic ship energy systems model that can be used for this purpose. This new model has two parts: one for the assessment of a ship’s energy consumption based on an ordinary static power prediction and one for advanced operational analysis, considering hydrodynamic and machinery systems effects. A Panamax tanker vessel was used as the case study vessel to prove the versatility of the model for five example simulations for the design and operation of ships. The examples include variations of the main dimensions, propeller design, engine layout and the operational profile on a North Atlantic route. From the results, different areas with a potential for energy savings were identified.
A nonlinear viscoelastic iceberg material model and its numerical validation
Authors: Shi Chu , Hu Zhiqiang , Ringsberg Jonas , Luo Yu
Published: December 2016

This article proposes a nonlinear viscoelastic iceberg material model. A nonlinear Burgers’ model in which Kelvin and Maxwell units are strain rate- and stress-dependent is adopted for the iceberg material. The strain rate effect is considered in this model based on the experimental results. The stress of the iceberg model grows linearly (in log form) with increasing strain rate before reaching the transition strain rate, after which the stress remains rather constant. A damage function that reflects the microstructure changes and severe fractures in ice is adopted as the failure criterion. The iceberg model is implemented using implicit integration Crank–Nicolson method and is incorporated in the commercial software LS-DYNA by a user-defined material. Laboratory-scale experiments, creep experiments and constant strain rate experiments, and reality-scale experiment, iceberg–rigid steel plate collisions, are simulated to validate the proposed iceberg material model. Simulated time–strain curves are compared with the results of creep experiments. In the constant strain rate experiments, the strain–stress curves for brittle and ductile failure and ultimate triaxial strength of the ice model are analysed. Area–pressure curves and contact force–displacement relations are investigated for different impact speeds in iceberg–steel plate collisions. The contact force is also studied in view of the kinetic energy of icebergs. The numerical results show that the proposed iceberg material model yields reasonably good results.
Non-model-based damage identification of plates using measured mode shapes
Authors: Xu Yongfeng , Zhu Weidong
Published: December 2016

Mode shapes (MSs) have been extensively used to detect structural damage. This paper presents a new non-model-based damage identification method that uses measured MSs to identify damage in plates. A MS damage index (MSDI) is proposed to identify damage near regions with consistently high values of MSDIs associated with MSs of different modes. A MS of a pseudo-undamaged plate can be constructed for damage identification using a polynomial of a properly determined order that fits the corresponding MS of a damaged plate, if the associated undamaged plate is geometrically smooth and made of materials that have no stiffness and mass discontinuities. It is shown that comparing a MS of a damaged plate with that of a pseudo-undamaged plate is better for damage identification than with that of an undamaged plate. Effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method for identifying damage of different positions and areas are numerically investigated using different MSs; effects of crucial factors that determine effectiveness of the proposed method are also numerically investigated. Damage in the form of a machined thickness reduction area was introduced to an aluminum plate; it was successfully identified by the proposed method using measured MSs of the damaged plate.
Using a developed participatory action research process in practice to help care providers deal with troubled conscience in residential care of older people
Authors: Ericson-Lidman Eva , Strandberg Gunilla
Published: December 2016

Stress of conscience seriously influence the quality of care and the wellbeing of the care providers in care for older people. It is therefore of great importance to take measures to address, and relieve but preferably prevent stress related to troubled conscience. In our participatory action research studies, we have used troubled conscience as a driving force to relieve care providers’ burden and to increase quality of care. The aim with this paper is to present our experiences of using a further developed participatory action research process in practice to deal with care providers' troubled conscience in residential care for older people. The contribution to participatory action research practice in our studies is a support to the participatory action research process through using a modified model of problem processing, an approach which we found fruitful. In the paper, we describe our experiences and discuss them in relation to relevant literature and theory. Our experiences are that in participatory action research it is crucial to build a trusting relationship and striving to create a fruitful dialogue between the researchers and the participants. In our studies, we found that participatory action research is an easy approach to adapt as a problem-solving process in clinical practice and in nursing research.
Developmental trajectories of offenders convicted of fraud: A follow-up to age 50 in a Dutch conviction cohort
Authors: van der Geest Victor R. , Weisburd David , Blokland Arjan A. J.
Published: December 2016

This study describes the criminal careers of offenders convicted of fraud, distinguishing different career dimensions such as intermittency, versatility and specialization. Results indicate that most fraud offenders are versatile in the sense that they also have significant criminal records for other serious offending (that is, not fraud). At the same time they are also specialized in fraud. When we examine developmental trajectories of serious offending and next explore patterns of fraud for the groups identified, we find that offenders in our sample represent a heterogeneous group and that the classic divide between typical financial (for example, white-collar) offenders and common criminals does not apply to the majority of our sample.
Modeling the Effects of Psychological Pressure on First-Mover Advantage in Competitive Interactions
Authors: Vandebroek Tom P. , McCann Brian T. , Vroom Govert
Published: December 2016

The relationship between psychological pressure and performance outcomes has been studied across a variety of sporting contexts. As an extension and complement to recent empirical studies, we construct a formal model of soccer penalty shoot-outs to determine the links between psychological pressure and first-mover advantage (FMA). Our approach indicates that even seemingly simple competitive interactions may include a rich, complex set of effects. We demonstrate that psychological pressure leads to FMA in shoot-outs; however, we show that this relationship can vary depending on a variety of different factors, such as the nature of the pressure, the magnitude of the pressure, and the specific rules governing the shoot-out. Overall, our work clarifies and extends knowledge of the operation of FMA and of how psychological pressure impacts performance outcomes in competitive interactions.
Perspectives on a Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship Curriculum From Interested Medical Students
Authors: Bonnet Jonathan Paul , Edshteyn Ingrid , Phillips Edward M. , Hull Sharon K. , Polak Rani
Published: December 2016

Background. Lifestyle behaviors have a significant effect on preventing and treating disease, yet there is minimal graduate medical training in lifestyle medicine (LM). LM stakeholders’ perspectives regarding components of a LM fellowship have been examined. However, the student perspective has not been studied. Methods. A cross-sectional study design analyzed medical student perceptions surrounding LM domains and educational experiences. A Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance and a Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test were performed for each topic. Results. In all, 21 medical students completed the survey. All domains (nutrition, physical activity, behavior change, stress resiliency, and personal health), except smoking cessation, were rated as important or very important by at least 75% of the respondents (P = .002). The 4 highest-rated educational experiences, by at least 69% of respondents, included developing LM interventions and health promotion programs, clinical experiences, and teaching other health care providers about LM. Significant differences overall were found among the educational experiences (P = .005), with research and fund raising considered the least important. Conclusions. Medical students felt strongly about including nutrition, physical activity, behavior change, personal health, and stress resiliency as part of a LM fellowship curriculum. There was significantly less interest in smoking cessation. Desired experiences of students focused on delivery of LM.
Investigation of unsteady flow in a centrifugal pump at low flow rate
Authors: Li Yi , Li Xiaojun , Zhu Zuchao , Li Fengqin
Published: December 2016

Due to the characteristics of unsteady flow in the centrifugal pump at low flow rate is not revealed well, a simulation of the internal flow at different flow rates is carried out with renormalization group k–ε turbulence model and multiple reference frame. For analyzing the influence of flow rate, ratios of flow rate ( Q/ Qd) are set to 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, and 1.0 at this study. The hydraulic performance of the centrifugal pump obtained by numerical calculation has matched well with the corresponding experimental result. From the characteristics of the internal flow captured by the numerical simulation, it can be seen that backflow occurs in the inlet of impeller at low flow rate, which prevents fluid discharging into impeller passages and leads to vortical structures in suction region. With further decrease in flow rate, the strength of backflow has been intensified, and the number of vortex has significantly increased. A visualization experiment of the backflow evolution in suction pipe is carried out to validate the unsteady simulated results. Results show that the prerotation is an important factor for the deterioration of centrifugal pump performance.
Dorsal intercalated segmental instability associated with malunion of a reconstructed scaphoid
Authors: Kim J.-H. , Lee K.-H. , Lee B. G. , Lee C.-H. , Kim S.-J. , Choi W.-S.
Published: December 2016

We analysed scaphoid deformity as a result of surgical treatment of scaphoid fracture nonunion and assessed the deformity associated with a dorsal intercalated segmental instability pattern of carpal malalignment. A total of 45 patients who were treated for scaphoid fracture nonunion were included in the study. The height-to-length ratio of the scaphoid was measured on computed tomographic images and used to assess scaphoid deformity. Carpal malalignment was quantified based on the radio-lunate angle. A correlation analysis between the height-to-length ratio and the radio-lunate angle was performed. Dorsal intercalated segmental instability was defined as a radio-lunate angle >15°, and a receiver operating curve analysis was used to calculate the cutoff height-to-length ratio that can be accompanied with dorsal intercalated segmental instability. Extension of the lunate increases in proportion to the flexion deformity of the scaphoid; dorsal intercalated segmental instability can occur if the height-to-length ratio of the scaphoid is >0.73.

Level of evidence: IV
Management of vaginal discharge
Authors: Piggott Liam , Lone Farah
Published: December 2016

Vaginal discharge is a common symptom; it may be either physiological or pathological. The most common cause of vaginal discharge is physiological, which is usually clear, non-offensive and non-pruritic. Pathological causes of vaginal discharge include infections, both non-sexually as well as sexually transmitted. It is imperative to assess these patients thoroughly for accurate diagnoses and appropriate management.
Gender difference of school constituents and their rating of the performance dimensions of high-performing principals
Authors: Hutton Disraeli M
Published: December 2016

This study analyses the role that the gender difference of school constituents plays in rating the performance of high-performing principals in 125 schools across Jamaica. A Principal Components Analysis (PCA) generated four dimensions which conceptualized leadership performance in effective principals, and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the fit between the resulting data and the hypothesis of gender difference in the performance of high-performing principals. The analysis from the independent-samples t-test showed that there was a significant difference between the rating of male and female school constituents on the dimensions of leadership and management, and community support and relationships. For the dimensions of personal philosophy and abilities, and student support systems there was no significant difference between male and female constituents. The similarities and differences in the rating of the dimensions of performance of high-performing principals by male and female school constituents may be influenced by factors related to the gender of the principals, the nature of the dimensions being rated, and the gender of the school constituents themselves.
Youth ‘at risk’: A critical discourse analysis of the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network Collection of approaches and practices used in education
Authors: Mattsson Christer , Hammarén Nils , Odenbring Ylva
Published: December 2016

The present article focuses on how the so-called War on terror discourse has merged into the educational system and brought about a securitization of education. As a part of efforts to prevent young people from becoming radicalized into terrorism, the educational system is expected to be able to detect individuals ‘at risk’ and deploy methods to prevent radicalization from happening. Through the critical discourse analysis of a collection of educational practices, sampled by the European Union working group Radicalisation Awareness Network, we have been able to generate knowledge about how the War on terror discourse tends to individualize and decontextualize tensions in society that may ultimately cause terrorism. With this individualized and decontextualized approach to preventing radicalization, it appears more important to control students rather than to develop their ability to analyse complex conflicts in society.
Heterotopic affinity spaces
Authors: Barden Owen
Published: December 2016

In this paper I theorise a contemporary educational configuration, which comprises a physical classroom and an online space. I invoke the hybrid concept of the heterotopic affinity space as a tool for helping us think more clearly about this configuration. The paper thus contributes an alternative way of thinking about a contemporary educational space. Drawing on an empirical classroom research project, I pay particular attention to the way the disciplinary space of a Sixth Form ‘dyslexia support workshop’ is reconfigured into a space which exhibits features of both a heterotopia and an affinity space. However, neither of these concepts by itself can adequately explain the space. The concept of heterotopia is insufficient because although it indicates certain characteristics of the space, it does not adequately account for the shared learning endeavour; the concept of affinity space is insufficient because although it helps us understand aspects of learning within the space, it does not adequately account for the Otherness of the space. I propose the new hybrid concept of heterotopic affinity space as a way of better understanding the project space, and suggest this concept may be useful in coming to understand other contemporary educational configurations.
Think Like a Hacker
Authors: Khera Mandeep
Published: December 2016

Ready or not, the Internet of things (IoT) is here. No longer just a buzz term, it’ll continue to grow at an unprecedented pace over the next few years expecting to reach over 25 billion connected devices by 2020. History shows us that most fast growth technology solutions focus on solving business problems first and security is an afterthought. Unfortunately, IoT is following the same trend. Most IoT devices, apps, and infrastructure were developed without security in mind and are likely going to become targets of hackers. According to some security experts, major cyberattacks against the IoT devices are looming. According to the FBI, criminals can gain access to unprotected devices used in home health care, such as those used to collect and transmit personal monitoring data or time-dispensed medicines. Once criminals have breached such devices, they gain access to any personal or medical information stored on the devices, as well as the power to change the coding that controls the dispense mechanism of medicines or health data collection. This can result in major health issues and potential loss of lives. Are organizations ready to protect themselves? What are the key vulnerable points? There are various steps that companies can take to raise the barrier. In this article, we’ll talk about the background, issues, potential attack vectors liable to be hacked, protection strategies, and more.
The Need for a Privacy Standard for Medical Devices That Transmit Protected Health Information Used in the Precision Medicine Initiative for Diabetes and Other Diseases
Authors: Klonoff David C. , Price W. Nicholson
Published: December 2016

Privacy is an important concern for the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) because success of this initiative will require the public to be willing to participate by contributing large amounts of genetic/genomic information and sensor data. This sensitive personal information is intended to be used only for specified research purposes. Public willingness to participate will depend on the public’s level of trust that their information will be protected and kept private. Medical devices may constantly provide information. Therefore, assuring privacy for device-generated information may be essential for broad participation in the PMI. Privacy standards for devices should be an important early step in the development of the PMI.
Discussing without deciding, deciding without acting
Authors: Wong Mathew YH
Published: December 2016

This article analyzes the problems of governing post-1997 Hong Kong by applying the veto players approach. Previous works in this area placed little emphasis on the actors who could actually create problems for the government by opposing changes—the veto players. In this research, administrative elites and the business sector are regarded as veto players in the system. To improve governance and achieve its ideal “executive-led” model, it is argued that Beijing has attempted to weaken the veto players by adopting different strategies, despite granting them their power in the first place. This article contributes to the literature by offering a novel perspective on the problems in the governance of Hong Kong, as well as providing implications for the dynamics of national-regional relationships.
Genetic modification of ER-Hoxb8 osteoclast precursors using CRISPR/Cas9 as a novel way to allow studies on osteoclast biology
Authors: Di Ceglie Irene , van den Akker Guus G H , Ascone Giuliana , ten Harkel Bas , Häcker Hans , van de Loo Fons A J , Koenders Marije I , van der Kraan Peter M , de Vries Teun J , Vogl Thomas , Roth Johannes , van Lent Peter L E M
Published: December 2016

Osteoclasts are cells specialized in bone resorption. Currently, studies on murine osteoclasts are primarily performed on bone marrow–derived cells with the use of many animals and limited cells available. ER-Hoxb8 cells are conditionally immortalized monocyte/macrophage murine progenitor cells, recently described to be able to differentiate toward functional osteoclasts. Here, we produced an ER-Hoxb8 clonal cell line from C57BL/6 bone marrow cells that strongly resembles phenotype and function of the conventional bone marrow–derived osteoclasts. We then used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to specifically inactivate genes by biallelic mutation. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is an adaptive immune system in Bacteria and Archaea and uses small RNAs and Cas nucleases to degrade foreign nucleic acids. Through specific-guide RNAs, the nuclease Cas9 can be redirected toward any genomic location to genetically modify eukaryotic cells. We genetically modified ER-Hoxb8 cells with success, generating NFATc1−/− and DC-STAMP−/− ER-Hoxb8 cells that lack the ability to differentiate into osteoclasts or to fuse into multinucleated osteoclasts, respectively. In conclusion, this method represents a markedly easy highly specific and efficient system for generating potentially unlimited numbers of genetically modified osteoclast precursors.
Approach to the Patient With HyperCKemia
Authors: Venance Shannon L.
Published: December 2016

Purpose of Review: Neurologists commonly receive consultation requests regarding the evaluation of patients with an elevated serum creatine kinase (CK), a condition known as hyperCKemia. This article outlines an approach to the history and examination of patients with hyperCKemia in order to narrow the localization and differential of an elevated CK and guide possible next steps. This article aims to help clinicians identify treatable or reversible etiologies as well as those that will change management.

Recent Findings: An unrevealing patient history (assessing for acquired and hereditary etiologies) in an otherwise neurologically intact individual who has a normal nerve conduction study and EMG predicts that the likelihood of diagnosing the patient after further investigations will be quite low. After a comprehensive workup, a positive diagnosis is made in approximately 25% of cases of hyperCKemia.

Summary: The best predictors for added diagnostic yield with further testing in hyperCKemia are a higher level of CK and a younger age; the presence of weakness increases the likelihood of a specific cause other than idiopathic or familial hyperCKemia. Many etiologies do not yet have treatments that alter clinical outcomes, and, even in the absence of a specific diagnosis, good communication with patients and primary care providers remains essential to ensure longitudinal surveillance with expectant management for potential consequences. Many patients with hyperCKemia of uncertain etiology, however, will not develop significant muscle disease on longitudinal follow-up.
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Authors: Statland Jeffrey M. , Tawil Rabi
Published: December 2016

Purpose of Review: This article describes the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, molecular pathogenesis, and treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

Recent Findings: FSHD comprises two genetically distinct types that converge on a common downstream pathway of the expression of the toxic protein DUX4. Approximately 95% of patients have FSHD type 1 (FSHD1), in which loss of DNA repetitive elements (D4Z4 repeats) in the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4q causes decreased methylation and epigenetic derepression of DUX4, a gene contained within each D4Z4 repeat. FSHD type 2 (FSHD2) occurs through a deletion-independent mechanism but, similar to FSHD1, leads to decreased methylation and epigenetic derepression in the same region of chromosome 4q. Whereas FSHD1 is dominantly inherited, FSHD2 shows digenic inheritance, and about 80% of patients will have a mutation in the SMCHD1 gene. DUX4 lacks a polyadenylation signal, so both FSHD1 and FSHD2 only occur in the presence of permissive 4q polymorphisms, which provide a stabilizing polyadenylation sequence. FSHD is an epigenetic disease, and penetrance and severity are related to both the number of residual D4Z4 units and D4Z4 methylation.

Summary: Recent consensus guidelines outline standards for care for FSHD, and identification of potential therapeutic targets have shifted emphasis in the research community toward drug development and clinical trial planning.
Gothic Temporalities and Insecure Sanctuaries in Lea Goldberg'sThe Lady of the Castleand Edgar Allan Poe's “Masque of the Red Death”
Authors: Grumberg Karen
Published: December 2016

This essay argues that the gothicism of Lea Goldberg's play ba'alat ha-armon (The Lady of the Castle, 1956) undergirds its key concern: the role time plays in the encounter between art and reality, poetry and ideology. I compare key signifiers of gothic spatiality and temporality in Goldberg's play and Edgar Allan Poe's “Masque of the Red Death” (1842) to expose a shared conceptualization of the relationship between art and the real: the aesthetic sanctuary, designed to exclude time and other agents of the real, is nevertheless subject to and even dependent on its trespass. In light of the ideological quandaries that shaped Goldberg, I argue that the paradigm of insecure sanctuaries and competing temporalities underlies her revision of both gothic and Zionist notions of victimization. Goldberg's play thus reflects her ambivalence regarding the development of Hebrew national culture while also participating in a broader ethical dialogue about victimhood and oppression.
Slips, Breaks, and Tangles: Creative Collaboration and the Aesthetic Process of Trans-Subjectivity
Authors: Durham April
Published: December 2016

As a form of creative practice, collaboration holds the promise to extend capacities, challenge hierarchies, and create new forms of community. At best, however, it is a fraught experiment frankly characterized by discord and strife, often reinstating the same power dynamics it seeks to confront. The questions that this article pose are: How does one attend to the needs of the individual alongside the challenges set forth by the group without the requirement to balance failure and breakdown against success and coherence? What processes might facilitate this balance? From within the conditions of certain types of failure, in which discord runs high and the individual self lacks cohesion, poetic, relational networks arise. Such networks include in their processes the shadowy, unnerving aspects of discord along with the sharing of capacities. This article argues that, beyond the intentions of collaborative partners or the institutions hosting them, shared labor opens ways to contend with difference as creative material and not just as that which opposes normality. The author considers a number of artists' groups, projects, and collaborative methods in which the subject slips out of a volitional, rational place to demonstrate how difficult creative networks can give rise to strange processes of what she calls “trans-subjectivity.” The author accounts for situated styles of collaborative practice wherein the radicalized subject can creatively, unexpectedly, and continuously develop beyond the confines of institutional power.
Together Apart: FemTechNet and Feminist Online Collectives
Authors: Losh Elizabeth
Published: December 2016

Tactics for feminist organizing are changing with the rise of new technologies. From the standpoint of expending digital labor, not all of these changes seem to be for the better. This essay looks at the practices of the international collective FemTechNet, a network of hundreds of scholars, learners, artists, archivists, and activists focused on feminist research on technology. FemTechNet was founded in 2012 in response to what the initial collective felt was a misguided enthusiasm on college campuses for MOOCs (massive open online courses) that appeared to be undermining principles of feminist pedagogy. In response, FemTechNet created an online DOCC (distributed open collaborative course) that modeled the cocreation of knowledge and scholarly dialogues in distributed networks and questioned the hierarchical and colonial impulses of online education. Using the concept of “boundary objects,” students participating in FemTechNet have engaged in shared learning projects like “wikistorming,” in which students edit Wikipedia to improve the representation of women and people of color on the site, and digital-mapping initiatives, in which student experience is recognized as a site of knowledge production. Although more robust teleconferencing technologies have improved experiences of copresence for participants, stymied platform design, weak options for sustainability, exhaustion from affective labor, and scarce resources for community management continue to be challenges.
Valencia: The Movie/s: A New Collectivity
Authors: Clarke Liz , Landberg S. Topiary
Published: December 2016

In this article, the authors argue that the 2013 omnibus film Valencia: The Movie/s (US) presents a unique approach to collective filmmaking in its adaptation of Michelle Tea's queer coming-of-age memoir Valencia (2000). This approach creates a sense of cultural inclusion, expanding the definition of the subculture Tea so vividly represents in her memoir about the punk-dyke community of San Francisco's Mission District in the 1990s. The omnibus structure of the film, in which every chapter presents a disjunctive shift in the aesthetics and cast of actors, provides audiences with a contemporary vision of queer feminism that embraces a multitude of gender expressions. This approach can be understood in the context of the cultural changes to lesbian and queer communities over the past twenty years, shaped by the growing visibility and inclusion of transgender politics. The authors also argue that Valencia: The Movie/s provides an antinostalgic attitude toward the gentrification of Valencia Street and the Mission District today. In representing Tea's Valencia through the lens of twenty different directors filming in multiple locations, the film adaptation resists one of the defining aspects of the book—that subculture is rooted in a particular place and time. Valencia: The Movie/s presents a kaleidoscopic and celebratory vision of Tea's memoir while simultaneously presenting a notion of dyke community that transcends its once-defined physical boundaries.
An Interview with the Artist Radha May: A Global Collective with a Single Identity
Authors: Papa Elisa Giardina , Mathur Nupur , Okwenje Bathsheba
Published: December 2016

This article features an interview with the artist Radha May, a global, artist collective working under a single female identity. Radha May, whose members come from India, Italy, and Uganda, talks about merging three different perspectives and experiences in her art practice and building on the tradition of artists who play with the construction of identity. Radha May's work explores forgotten and hidden histories, peripheral sites, and feminine myths. The interview explores her latest project, When the Towel Drops, Volume 1, Italy (2015), which focuses on the censorship of femininity and sexuality in Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. For the project, Radha May retrieved censored scenes that had never been seen in public and created a film installation, a performance, and a digital publication. She distributed the recovered material further by organizing a public event in which excerpts from the censorship documents were uploaded to Wikipedia.
Development rules about patriot education in the history of russian legislation (IX – XV centuries)
Authors: Пронина Марина , Pronina Marina
Published: December 2016

Introduction: The article reveals the legal regulation of rules on patriotic education since the establishment of the facts of the occurrence of the first state before the end of the XV century. The concepts of «patriotism» and «patriotic education» are considered in the historical development from the point of view of the law. Objective: To identify the direct affiliation of «patriotism» to the law and the traditions sanctioned by state authorities. Methods: formal-logical method, which is used to analyze the normative legal acts regulating various aspects of patriotic education with the requirements of the principles of historicism, objectivity, comprehensiveness, complexity and specificity. Results: The study author defines patriotism as a legal category, range of activities including a permanent resident or a native of the state; in the ancient period, securing sources of patriotic activities were writings (chronicles), philosophical and political leaders; during the XI-XIII centuries norms of patriotic behavior found in the official statutes of princes; in the XIV-XV centuries patriotic behavior receives not only legal consolidation in the ship certificates and legal documents of the Grand Duke, but also formed a patriotic doctrine in both the political and religious environment; are examples of reasoned secure methods of patriotic education in the legal sources for the period of formation and development of Russian statehood in the complex military-political and domestic conditions. Conclusions: religious norms are the basic foundation for the formation of patriotic feelings and consciousness of the population. Patriotism, as a feeling, generates actions that are legal relations and, of course, should be regulated by law. Because of their multiple applications they receive state enshrined in legislation.
Humanitarian activity: new aspects of legal fixation
Authors: Малышева Татьяна , Malysheva Tatyana , Рыльская Марина , Rylskaya Marina
Published: December 2016

The article deals with problems of humanitarian activity. The authors carry out a comparative legal analysis of legal acts regulating humanitarian activity. The result of this study is quite meaningful disclosure of the concept of «humanitarian aid». The results of the study can be tested in the national and international rule-making and law enforcement.
The modern approach to the paradigm of economic development of industrial enterprises
Authors: Грачева Наталья , Gracheva Natalya , Ветошко Дмитрий , Vetoshko Dmitriy
Published: December 2016

Explores the identity categories of "economic growth" and "economic development". It is shown that best reflects the modern dynamics of economic processes category "economic development". Significantly motivating effective performance of industrial enterprises factor is the paradigm of stable development. Discusses providing a synergistic effect of such development resource potential and requirements for its components.
The Study of Qualities’ Specialties of Cast Iron’s with Different Composition.
Authors: Жижкина Наталья , Zhizhkina Natalya , Ипатов Сергей , Ipatov Sergey
Published: December 2016

The paper has been devoted to study of white, chilled and gray cast iron. It has been showed that white cast irons’ ingots are characterized by high level of properties. What is why such materials are used at high temperature and wear condition. Carbides’ and granites existence in the structure increase properties of chilled cast iron. Such cast irons are used for details of metallurgical and other branches of industry. Flake graphite in structure of cast iron decreases level of analyzed properties. But ingots of such cast iron showed high values of tensile strength on compression.
The decrease of the coefficient of uneven load In cylindrical spur gears.
Authors: Макаров Григорий , Makarov Grigoriy , Горленко Олег , Gorlenko Oleg , Шныриков Игорь , Shnyrikov Igor
Published: December 2016

The method of reducing the coefficient of uneven load Spur gear tooth surfaces division into equal parts.
Energy saving resources of the utilities of Bryansk
Authors: Ожерельев Виктор , Ozherelev Viktor , Ожерельева Мария , Ozhereleva Mariya
Published: December 2016

In the article current problems and prospects of innovative development of energy saving systems in public utilities have been shown. The structure of the hydraulic turbine, which can convert po-tential energy of falling used water into the electric energy, have been designed. Economic effect from the implementation of the invention has been counted
Analysis of network communication problems of industrial enterprises with enterprise portals.
Authors: Рытов Михаил , Rytov Mikhail , Ковалев Павел , Kovalev Pavel
Published: December 2016

The article considers the result of analysis of network communication problems in the field of industrial enterprises, where the main part of the workflow control is an enterprise portal. This problem is considered from the point of view of the network model ISO / OSI, which groups communication functions into seven logical layers.
Theoretical basis of analysis of the state of security traffic for a period of use.
Authors: Никитин Антон , Nikitin Anton , Сакович Наталия , Sakovich Nataliya , Христофоров Евгений , Khristoforov Evgeniy , Случевский Александр , Sluchevskiy Aleksandr
Published: December 2016

Approaches for quantitative analysis of traffic safety with application of methods of mathematical statistics and probability theory. The basis for calculation of the indicators of traffic safety, taken Poisson distribution law. At the same time noted that the accuracy of the evaluation indicators will be higher if the volume of statistics burly - accidents.
Improving the efficiency of the activities of the University through the implementation of the main provisions of ISO 9001 : 2015.
Authors: Борбаць Николай , Borbats Nikolay , Мирошников Вячеслав , Miroshnikov Vyacheslav , Горленко Олег , Gorlenko Oleg , Можаева Татьяна , Mozhaeva Tatyana
Published: December 2016

Examines conceptual and key provisions of the new draft ISO 9001 : 2015 and ways of increase of efficiency of activity of the University on the basis of their implementation in practice.
Measuring system for 3d measurement of surface roughness.
Authors: Прохорец Ольга , Prokhorets Olga , Давыдов Владимир , Davydov Vladimir , Языков Вячеслав , Yazykov Vyacheslav
Published: December 2016

Considered preparing data for 3D-measurement of surface roughness stylusrip method. To find the plane of the trend apply the method of approximation function made up of equal volumes of peaks and troughs above the plane and below the plane respectively. Developed information-measuring complex and software for 3D-measurement of surface roughness.
Analysis of approaches to the assessment of efficiency of business processes of the enterprises of mechanical engineering.
Authors: Исайченкова Вероника , Isaychenkova Veronika
Published: December 2016

As a result of the analysis of existing methods for determining the effectiveness of the business processes the methodology is proposed, which serves the purpose of determining the level of competitiveness of enterprises and their strategic position.
Diagnosis and assessment of residual resource of heat power equipment’s exploitation.
Authors: Казаков Валерий , Kazakov Valeriy , Алексеев Анатолий , Alekseev Anatoliy
Published: December 2016

The article is concerned with some modern methods of ultimate limit state diagnosis and the technology of assessment the residual resource of heat power plants operation set by technical standards and allowing to increase the effectiveness, reliability and environmental safety of their further practical use in energy industry.
System for monitoring the quality of studentlearning under the competency-based approach.
Authors: Мирошников Вячеслав , Miroshnikov Vyacheslav , Митрошенкова Елена , Mitroshenkova Elena
Published: December 2016

The article deals with analysis methodology of competencies, process of development and analysis of the matrix model of the basic educational program, use of the analytic hierarchy process to determine the competencies. A method for determining the level of competency of students and an automated monitoring system are suggested.
Limits of applicability of the Hertz solution for contact problem.
Authors: Сакало Владимир , Sakalo Vladimir , Сакало Алексей , Sakalo Aleksey
Published: December 2016

Possibility of applying of the Hertz solution at close values of the radii of curvature of the pro-files of bodies is analyzed. Research is carried out on the example of contact problem for wheel and rail in case when the contact patch is located on the fillet parts of the wheel and rail. The same problem is solved by using finite element method. The correction factors for specifying parameters such as the size of the contact patch and the maximum pressure obtained by an ana-lytical method are proposed.
The choice of parameters of the rolling stock on dynamic criteria.
Authors: Симонов Виталий , Simonov Vitaliy
Published: December 2016

The features of the problem of choosing the optimal parameters of the rolling stock simultaneously on several dynamic criteria taking into account different operating conditions of the object are considered.
Assessment of cluster synergistic effects agglomeration under regional features.
Authors: Атаманова Ольга , Atamanova Olga , Сканцев Виталий , Skantsev Vitaliy , Кулагина Наталья , Kulagina Natalya , Дадыкин Валерий , Dadykin Valeriy
Published: December 2016

Analyzed main approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of creating a cluster agglomeration. A detailed, but are considered systemically important elements of synergies. The approach to assessing the efficiency of each enterprise - cluster member from the joint business in the whole of the function-conditioning cluster agglomeration.
Safety of transport processes of the trucks determined by reliability.
Authors: Самусенко Владимир , Samusenko Vladimir , Сакович Наталия , Sakovich Nataliya , Христофоров Евгений , Khristoforov Evgeniy , Никитин Антон , Nikitin Anton
Published: December 2016

In article questions of safety of transport processes on roads of the Russian Federation of the vehicles caused by reliability are considered. Authors considered activities on safety of the movement at design stages of the created car. For a solution authors used mathematical models on the basis of probability theory.
Application of deep learning models for aspect based sentiment analysis.
Authors: Будыльский Дмитрий , Budylskiy Dmitriy , Подвесовский Александр , Podvesovskiy Aleksandr
Published: December 2016

This paper describes actual problem of sentiment based aspect analysis and four deep learning models: convolutional neural network, recurrent neural network, GRU and LSTM networks. We evaluated these models on Russian text dataset from SentiRuEval-2015. Results show good efficiency and high potential for further natural language processing applications.
Value-cognitive background of formation physical education of personality students of technical university in education
Authors: Булавкина Татьяна , Bulavkina Tatyana , Неклюдова Галина , Neklyudova Galina
Published: December 2016

Experimental study of sociocultural experience of physical training at students of technical colleges. A brief analysis of the semantic system of students in relation to teaching and professional spheres. Methodology and methods of personal constructs.
Comparative analysis of the protection and commercialization of innovation in Russia and abroad.
Authors: Женчевская Наталья , Zhenchevskaya Natalya , Спасенников Валерий , Spasennikov Valeriy
Published: December 2016

It is shown that the management of the development of small business innovation is concerned with evaluating the measures of support. The comparative analysis of the principles of statistics of small business in Russia and abroad is done. Details the protection of innovation as an object of trade secrets (know-how) and other forms of intellectual property are presented.