bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Proteomic profiling and characterization of differential allergens in the nematodes Anisakis simplex sensu stricto and A. pegreffii
Authors: Arcos Susana C. , Ciordia Sergio , Roberston Lee , Zapico Inés , Jiménez‐Ruiz Yolanda , Gonzalez‐Muñoz Miguel , Moneo Ignacio , Carballeda‐Sangiao Noelia , Rodriguez‐Mahillo Ana , Albar Juan P. , Navas Alfonso
Published: April 2014

The parasite species complex Anisakis simplex sensu lato (Anisakis simplex sensu stricto; (A. simplex s.s.), A. pegreffii, A. simplex C) is the main cause of severe anisakiasis (allergy) worldwide and is now an important health matter. In this study, the relationship of this Anisakis species complex and their allergenic capacities is assessed by studying the differences between the two most frequent species (A. simplex s.s., A. pegreffii) and their hybrid haplotype by studying active L3 larvae parasiting Merluccius merluccius. They were compared by 2D gel electrophoresis and parallel Western blot (2DE gels were hybridized with pools of sera from Anisakis allergenic patients). Unambiguous spot differences were detected and protein assignation was made by MALDI‐TOF/TOF analysis or de novo sequencing. Seventy‐five gel spots were detected and the corresponding proteins were identified. Differentially expressed proteins for A. simplex s.s., A. pegreffii, and their hybrid are described and results are statistically supported. Twenty‐eight different allergenic proteins are classified according to different families belonging to different biological functions. These proteins are described for the first time as antigenic and potentially new allergens in Anisakis. Comparative proteomic analyses of allergenic capacities are useful for diagnosis, epidemiological surveys, and clinical research. All MS data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD000662 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD000662).
Quantification of peptides from immunoglobulin constant and variable regions by LC‐MRM MS for assessment of multiple myeloma patients
Authors: Remily‐Wood Elizabeth R. , Benson Kaaron , Baz Rachid C. , Chen Y. Ann , Hussein Mohamad , Hartley‐Brown Monique A. , Sprung Robert W. , Perez Brianna , Liu Richard Z. , Yoder Sean J. , Teer Jamie K. , Eschrich Steven A. , Koomen John M.
Published: April 2014

Purpose

Quantitative MS assays for Igs are compared with existing clinical methods in samples from patients with plasma cell dyscrasias, for example, multiple myeloma (MM).

Experimental design

Using LC‐MS/MS data, Ig constant region peptides, and transitions were selected for LC‐MRM MS. Quantitative assays were used to assess Igs in serum from 83 patients. RNA sequencing and peptide‐based LC‐MRM are used to define peptides for quantification of the disease‐specific Ig.

Results

LC‐MRM assays quantify serum levels of Igs and their isoforms (IgG1–4, IgA1–2, IgM, IgD, and IgE, as well as kappa (κ) and lambda (λ) light chains). LC‐MRM quantification has been applied to single samples from a patient cohort and a longitudinal study of an IgE patient undergoing treatment, to enable comparison with existing clinical methods. Proof‐of‐concept data for defining and monitoring variable region peptides are provided using the H929 MM cell line and two MM patients.

Conclusions and clinical relevance

LC‐MRM assays targeting constant region peptides determine the type and isoform of the involved Ig and quantify its expression; the LC‐MRM approach has improved sensitivity compared with the current clinical method, but slightly higher inter‐assay variability. Detection of variable region peptides is a promising way to improve Ig quantification, which could produce a dramatic increase in sensitivity over existing methods, and could further complement current clinical techniques.
Giant magneto‐impedance effect in thin Finemet nanocrystalline microwires
Authors: Talaat A. , Ipatov M. , Zhukova V. , Blanco J. M. , Churyukanova M. , Kaloshkin S. , Zhukov A.
Published: April 2014

We studied giant magneto‐impedance (GMI) effect, magnetic and structural properties of thin Finemet‐type (FeCuNbSiB) glass‐coated microwires fabricated by Taylor‐Ulitovsky technique with different composition and diameters, with the aim to achieve the optimal conditions for improving the final GMI response. We observed that GMI can be tailored either by controlling the microwires microstructure through the thermal annealing, or by controlling the quenching rate velocity during the fabrication processes. Finally, we obtained up to 50% GMI in the as‐prepared samples and up to 100% in annealed microwires. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Hopkinson effect in Co‐rich glass‐coated microwires
Authors: Zhukova V. , Ipatov M. , Talaat A. , Zhukov A.
Published: April 2014

We present studies of the temperature dependence of AC susceptibility, χ, and magnetization, M in few Fe‐Cr based microwires. We observed drastic increasing of the χ in vicinity of Curie temperature which we interpreted as the Hopkinson effect. Cr content drastically affects the Curie temperature of studied microwires. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
The Puzzling Issue of ‘Vehicle‐Treated Control’ when Using Ethanol as Drug Carrier for MCF‐7 Cells
Authors: Chan Robbie Yat‐Kan , Lee Kenneth Ka‐Ho , Wong Wai‐Yeung , Tang Johnny Cheuk‐On , Lam Kim‐Hung , Cheng Chor‐Hing , Lau Fung‐Yi , Kok Stanton Hon‐Lung , Gambari Roberto , Chui Chung‐Hin
Published: April 2014

Ethanol has been commonly used as a vehicle for drug discovery purpose in vitro. The human breast cancer MCF‐7 estrogen dependent cell line is a common in vitro model used for hormonal therapy study. However, special precaution is suggested when ethanol is used in pharmacological tests as solvent in order to evaluate the biological activity of potential drugs especially concerning about the MCF‐7. Ethanol was shown to stimulate the proliferation of this estrogen receptor positive cell line. Here, we have further demonstrated that the dose responsive stimulatory effect of ethanol on the MCF‐7 cells after pre‐incubating the breast carcinoma cells with phenol red‐free medium and stripped fetal bovine serum. Our findings open a discussion for the evaluation of ethanol as solvent for drug discovery and screening when using MCF‐7 cells as a testing model. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An almost linear time algorithm for finding Hamilton cycles in sparse random graphs with minimum degree at least three
Authors: Frieze Alan , Haber Simi
Published: April 2014

We describe an algorithm for finding Hamilton cycles in random graphs. Our model is the random graph . In this model G is drawn uniformly from graphs with vertex set [n], m edges and minimum degree at least three. We focus on the case where m = cn for constant c. If c is sufficiently large then our algorithm runs in time and succeeds w.h.p. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 47, 73–98, 2015
Simulation of nanoindentation experiments of single‐layer and double‐layer thin films using finite element method
Authors: Moćko W. , Szymańska M. , Śmietana M. , Kalisz M.
Published: April 2014

In this work, we focused on investigations of mechanical properties of SiNx and diamond‐like carbon thin films deposited by plasma‐enhanced chemical vapour deposition method for application in optical devices or solar cells. Mechanical properties of thin films deposited on clean and oxidized silicon substrates were determined by nanoindentation. The main difficulty with the characterization of thin films using nanoindentation method is related to the influence of the substrate on the measured properties of thin layers. We proposed a method to determine the mechanical properties (hardness and Young's modulus) of thin films in single‐layer/substrate or double‐layer/substrate system through combining the finite element method, nanoindentation experiments and numerical simulations. In this study, a three‐dimensional numerical model of nanoindentation tests performed with Vickers diamond indenter was examined to determine the stress distributions during measurement with various maximum loads. The hardness and Young's modulus of the examined layers were determined using two types of procedures, depending on the von Mises equivalent stress distribution obtained at the maximum load. If the size of an elastically deformed region was sufficiently small compared with the thickness of the measured layers, we applied a standard method of measuring at the depth equal to 10% of the layer thickness; otherwise, an approximation method was used to reduce the substrate influence. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Liposome binding for multiplexed biomolecule detection and imaging using ToF‐SIMS
Authors: Sjövall P. , Agnarsson B. , Carlred L. , Gunnarsson A. , Höök F.
Published: April 2014

A novel approach for multiplexed biomolecule detection at surfaces, involving specific binding of liposomes and subsequent analysis by time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS), was evaluated with respect to its capability for quantitative analysis of biomolecule surface concentrations. The specific binding of liposomes to a poly(L‐lysine)‐g‐poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL‐g‐PEG) surface, using the biotin‐avidin coupling chemistry, was characterized by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM‐D), fluorescence microscopy and ToF‐SIMS. The ToF‐SIMS results showed a linearly increasing signal from the liposomes up to a saturation coverage corresponding to a full liposome layer on the surface, in close agreement with fluorescence microscopy analysis of the same samples, strongly supporting the potential of the liposome‐based approach for quantitative biomolecule detection. However, the multiplexing capability and issues on nonspecific binding need further studies. Furthermore, an improved method for the preparation of lipid bilayer samples for ToF‐SIMS analysis is presented, demonstrating the imaging of individual 210‐nm diameter liposomes adsorbed on a SiO2 surface. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Lipid compounds analysis with MeV‐SIMS apparatus for biological applications
Authors: Fujii Makiko , Kusakari Masakazu , Matsuda Kazuhiro , Man Naoki , Seki Toshio , Aoki Takaaki , Matsuo Jiro
Published: April 2014

Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is one of the powerful methods that can be applied to high sensitivity mass analysis and high‐spatial resolution mass imaging. For the analysis of minor components of the complex biological samples, however, superior sensitivity with low background is required. We have developed an MeV‐SIMS apparatus with distinctively high secondary ion yield for large organic molecules. In this study, the detection limit of our original MeV‐SIMS apparatus was investigated using compounds of two lipids. In the acquired mass spectra, the molecular ions of both lipids were clearly observed with high quantitativity. In addition, the results were compared with conventional time‐of‐flight‐SIMS results. As a result, the detection limit of MeV‐SIMS apparatus was found to be below 0.1% and was much lower than that of the conventional Bi cluster SIMS. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Using modified approaches on marginal regression analysis of longitudinal data with time‐dependent covariates
Authors: Zhou Yi , Lefante John , Rice Janet , Chen Shande
Published: April 2014

Quadratic inference functions (QIFs) and estimating equations using the conjugate gradient method (CGM) for fitting marginal models to longitudinal data show appealing features in improving the efficiency without making assumptions on the correlation structure. However, our simulation study shows that both methods produce biased and inefficient estimates of regression parameters when time‐dependent covariates are present. In this paper, we extend both the QIF and CGM methods for fitting marginal models to longitudinal data with time‐dependent covariates. The idea is to restrict the moment conditions to the ones that are only valid to certain types of time‐dependent covariates. Our simulations show that efficiency on estimating regression parameters is achieved using modified approaches. Furthermore, we apply the modified approach to anthropometric screening data to evaluate the association between body mass index and morbidity in children in the Philippines. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
High‐intensity focused ultrasound applied to the placenta using a toroidal transducer: a preliminary ex‐vivo study
Authors: Caloone J. , Huissoud C. , Vincenot J. , Kocot A. , Dehay C. , Chapelon J. Y. , Rudigoz R. C. , Melodelima D.
Published: April 2014

Objective

To demonstrate in an ex‐vivo model the feasibility of applying high‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) using a toroidal transducer for the creation of placental lesions.

Methods

In this study we used a toroidal transducer, composed of 32 ring‐shaped emitters with an ultrasound probe at the center, operating at a frequency of 2.5 MHz. We examined 45 human placentae, following either normal vaginal delivery or medical termination of pregnancy between 17 and 40 gestational weeks. First, the attenuation coefficients of 12 human placentae were measured and integrated into a numerical model for simulating HIFU lesions. Then, using acoustic parameters from this preliminary study, we performed ex‐vivo experiments with 33 human placentae, each overlain with an animal abdominal wall to simulate the maternal wall. We created single HIFU lesions in 25 of these placentae, and a series of six juxtaposed lesions in eight, studying these both sonographically and macroscopically.

Results

Human placental attenuation coefficients of the 12 human placentae ranged from 0.072 to 0.098 Np/cm/MHz, according to gestational age. The 25 single HIFU lesions created had an average diameter of 7.1 ± 3.2 mm and an average depth of 8.2 ± 3.1 mm. The average diameter of the eight series of six juxtaposed HIFU lesions was 23.0 ± 5.0 mm and the average depth was 11.0 ± 4.7 mm. The average thickness of the abdominal walls was 10.5 ± 1.8 mm. No lesions or damage were observed in intervening tissues.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates, using an ex‐vivo model, the feasibility, reproducibility, harmlessness and effectiveness of HIFU applied to the human placenta. Copyright © 2014 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Synthesis of Microcrystalline Ce2O3 and Formation of Solid Solutions between Cerium and Lanthanum Oxides
Authors: Hamm Christin M. , Alff Lambert , Albert Barbara
Published: April 2014

A new method of preparation of golden‐yellow, microcrystalline, and air‐sensitive single‐phase cerium(III) oxide, Ce2O3, from CeO2 and Ce was developed. Solid solutions (Ce1–xLax)O2–0.5x (0 < x < 0.55) in the system CeO2‐La2O3 and (Ce1–xLax)2O3 (0 < x < 1) in the system Ce2O3‐La2O3 were synthesized and investigated by means of X‐ray powder diffraction.
Characterization of functional domains of the cblD (MMADHC) gene product
Authors: Jusufi Jehona , Suormala Terttu , Burda Patricie , Fowler Brian , Froese D. Sean , Baumgartner Matthias R.
Published: April 2014

In humans vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl) must be converted into two coenzyme forms, methylcobalamin (MeCbl) and adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), in order to maintain intracellular homeostasis of homocysteine and methylmalonic acid, respectively. Previously we have shown that in cblD patients three types of MMADHC mutations exist: 1) null mutations N‐terminal to Met116 cause isolated methylmalonic aciduria (cblD‐MMA) due to AdoCbl deficiency; 2) null mutations across the C–terminus (p.Y140‐R250) cause combined methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria (cblD‐MMA/HC) due to AdoCbl and MeCbl deficiency; 3) missense mutations in a conserved C‐terminal region (p.D246‐L259) cause isolated homocystinuria (cblD‐HC) due to MeCbl deficiency. To better understand the domain boundaries related to MeCbl formation, we made selected point mutations and C‐terminal truncations in MMADHC and tested rescue of MeCbl and AdoCbl synthesis in immortalized cblD‐MMA/HC patient fibroblasts. Testing 20 mutations (15 missense and five C‐terminal truncations) across p.P154‐S287 revealed the presence of a region (p.R197‐D226) responsible for MeCbl synthesis, which gave a similar cellular phenotype as cblD‐HC. Further, mutation of the polypeptide stretch between the new and patient defined regions (p.D226‐D246) and directly C‐terminal to the patient region (p.L259‐R266), gave cellular phenotypes intermediate to those of cblD‐HC and cblD‐MMA/HC. Finally, C‐terminal truncation of more than 20 amino acids resulted in a cblD‐MMA/HC like cellular phenotype, while truncation of between ten and 20 amino acids resulted in a cblD‐HC like cellular phenotype. These data suggest that specific regions of MMADHC are involved in differential regulation of AdoCbl and MeCbl synthesis and help better define the boundaries of these regions.
Predictors of Genetic Testing Decisions: A Systematic Review and Critique of the Literature
Authors: Sweeny Kate , Ghane Arezou , Legg Angela M. , Huynh Ho Phi , Andrews Sara E.
Published: April 2014

Genetic testing is increasingly available in medical settings and direct‐to‐consumer. However, the large and growing literature on genetic testing decisions is rife with conflicting findings, inconsistent methodology, and uneven attention across test types and across predictors of genetic testing decisions. Existing reviews of the literature draw broad conclusions but sacrifice nuanced analysis that with a closer look reveals far more inconsistency than homogeny across studies. The goals of this paper are to provide a systematic review of the empirical work on predictors of genetic testing decisions, highlight areas of consistency and inconsistency, and suggest productive directions for future research. We included all studies that provided quantitative analysis of subjective (e.g., perceived risk, perceived benefits of testing) and/or objective (e.g., family history, sociodemographic variables) predictors of genetic testing interest, intentions, or uptake, which produced a sample of 115 studies. From this review, we conclude that self‐reported and test‐related (as opposed to disorder‐related or objective) predictors are relatively consistent across studies but that theoretically‐driven efforts to examine testing interest across test types are sorely needed.
The Systems View of Life
Authors: Capra Fritjof , Luisi Pier Luigi
Published: April 2014

Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, the authors examine the appearance of key concepts such as autopoiesis, dissipative structures, social networks, and a systemic understanding of evolution. The implications of the systems view of life for health care, management, and our global ecological and economic crises are also discussed. Written primarily for undergraduates, it is also essential reading for graduate students and researchers interested in understanding the new systemic conception of life and its implications for a broad range of professions - from economics and politics to medicine, psychology and law.
Franz Anton Mesmer's Leben und Lehre
Authors: Kiesewetter Karl
Published: April 2014

Karl Kiesewetter (1854–1895) was the most influential German theosophical writer of his time, and wrote several books on the history of esotericism and occultism. This biography of Mesmer (1734–1815) was first published in Leipzig in 1893. It begins with two very substantial historical chapters. The first discusses practitioners of 'animal magnetism' before Mesmer, citing evidence dating back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and Babylonian cuneiform records. The second discusses the history of visions, dreams, trances, soothsaying and divination, referring to the Greeks and the Gnostics. The second half of the book focuses on Mesmer himself. It describes his childhood near Lake Constance, his university education in philosophy and medicine, his medical practice in Vienna and his interest in 'cosmic magnetism'. It documents his treatments and the controversies they caused, his travels, his benefactors and detractors, and ends with a summary of his theories including extracts from his work.
An Elementary Treatise on Electricity
Authors: Maxwell James Clerk
Published: April 2014

James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge, made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics, not least his discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and of the kinetic theory of gases, which have been regarded as laying the foundations of all modern physics. This work of 1881 was edited from Maxwell's notes by a colleague, William Garnett, and had formed the basis of his lectures. Several of the articles included in the present work were also included in his two-volume Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (1873), also reissued in this series. The preface indicates that the two works were aimed at somewhat different audiences, the larger work assuming a greater knowledge of higher mathematics. Maxwell had also modified some of his methodology, and hoped to encourage the reader to develop an understanding of concepts relating to electricity.
The First French Reformation
Authors: Lange Tyler
Published: April 2014

The political culture of absolute monarchy that structured French society into the eighteenth century is generally believed to have emerged late in the sixteenth century. This new interpretation of the origins of French absolutism, however, connects the fifteenth-century conciliar reform movement in the Catholic Church to the practice of absolutism by demonstrating that the monarchy appropriated political models derived from canon law. Tyler Lange reveals how the reform of the Church offered a crucial motive and pretext for a definitive shift in the practice and conception of monarchy, and explains how this first French Reformation enabled Francis I and subsequent monarchs to use the Gallican Church as a useful deposit of funds and judicial power. In so doing, the book identifies the theoretical origins of later absolutism and the structural reasons for the failure of French Protestantism.
Nietzsche's Last Laugh
Authors: More Nicholas D.
Published: April 2014

Nietzsche's Ecce Homo was published posthumously in 1908, eight years after his death, and has been variously described ever since as useless, mad, or merely inscrutable. Against this backdrop, Nicholas D. More provides the first complete and compelling analysis of the work, and argues that this so-called autobiography is instead a satire. This form enables Nietzsche to belittle bad philosophy by comic means, attempt reconciliation with his painful past, review and unify his disparate works, insulate himself with humor from the danger of 'looking into abysses', and establish wisdom as a special kind of 'good taste'. After showing how to read this much-maligned book, More argues that Ecce Homo presents the best example of Nietzsche making sense of his own intellectual life, and that its unique and complex parody of traditional philosophy makes a powerful case for reading Nietzsche as a philosophical satirist across his corpus.
Italy's Margins
Authors: Forgacs David
Published: April 2014

Italy's Margins explores how certain places and social groups in Italy have been defined as marginal or peripheral since unification. This marginalization involves not only concrete policies but also ways of perceiving people and places as outside society's centre. The author looks closely at how photography and writing have supported political and social exclusion and, conversely, how they have been enlisted to challenge it. Five cases are examined: the peripheries of Italy's major cities after unification; its East African colonies in the 1930s; the less developed areas of its south in the 1950s; its psychiatric hospitals before the reforms of the late 1970s; and its 'nomad camps' after 2000. Each chapter takes its lead from a symptomatic photograph and is followed by other pictures and extracts from written texts. These allow the reader to examine how social marginalization is discursively performed by cultural products.
Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria
Authors: Adebanwi Wale
Published: April 2014

Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria investigates the dynamics and challenges of ethnicity and elite politics in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy. Wale Adebanwi demonstrates how the corporate agency of the elite transformed the modern history and politics of one of Africa's largest ethnic groups, the Yorùbá. The argument is organized around the ideas and cultural representations of Ọbáfemi Awólowo, the central signifier of modern Yorùbá culture. Through the narration and analysis of material, non-material and interactional phenomena - such as political party and ethnic group organization, cultural politics, democratic struggle, personal ambitions, group solidarity, death, memory and commemoration - this book examines the foundations of the legitimacy of the Yorùbá political elite. Using historical sociology and ethnographic research, Adebanwi takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of one of the most powerful and progressive elite groups in Africa, tracing its internal and external struggles for power.
Internet Privacy Rights
Authors: Bernal Paul
Published: April 2014

Internet Privacy Rights analyses the current threats to our online autonomy and privacy and proposes a new model for the gathering, retention and use of personal data. Key to the model is the development of specific privacy rights: a right to roam the internet with privacy, a right to monitor the monitors, a right to delete personal data and a right to create, assert and protect an online identity. These rights could help in the formulation of more effective and appropriate legislation, and shape more privacy-friendly business models. The conclusion examines how the internet might look with these rights in place and whether such an internet could be sustainable from both a governmental and a business perspective.
An Introduction to Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena and Quantum Dissipation
Authors: Caldeira A. O.
Published: April 2014

Reviewing macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation, from the phenomenology of magnetism and superconductivity to the presentation of alternative models for quantum dissipation, this book develops the basic material necessary to understand the quantum dynamics of macroscopic variables. Macroscopic quantum phenomena are presented through several examples in magnetism and superconductivity, developed from general phenomenological approaches to each area. Dissipation naturally plays an important role in these phenomena, and therefore semi-empirical models for quantum dissipation are introduced and applied to the study of a few important quantum mechanical effects. The book also discusses the relevance of macroscopic quantum phenomena to the control of meso- or nanoscopic devices, particularly those with potential applications in quantum computation or quantum information. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers.
Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific
Authors: Drechsel Emanuel J.
Published: April 2014

This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin. It offers linguistic and sociohistorical substantiation for a regional Eastern Polynesian-based pidgin, and challenges conventional Eurocentric assumptions about early colonial contact in the eastern Pacific by arguing that Maritime Polynesian Pidgin preceded the introduction of Pidgin English by as much as a century. Emanuel J. Drechsel not only opens up new methodological avenues for historical-sociolinguistic research in Oceania by a combination of philology and ethnohistory, but also gives greater recognition to Pacific Islanders in early contact between cultures. Students and researchers working on language contact, language typology, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics will want to read this book. It redefines our understanding of how Europeans and Americans interacted with Pacific Islanders in eastern Polynesia during early encounters and offers an alternative model of language contact.
Römisches Strafrecht
Authors: Mommsen Theodor
Published: April 2014

Römisches Strafrecht was first published in 1899 and complements Mommsen's earlier, monumental study of Roman constitutional law. Applying the same historical method, he attributes the evolution of criminal law to the demise of the Roman Republic. The book, here reissued in two volumes, is divided into five main sections. The first discusses the nature of criminal law. Mommsen next looks at the institutions involved in administering criminal law, and the roles of different officials within them. He identifies three types of trial: trial by magistrate alone, trial by magistrate and comitia, and trial by jury, and describes their stages from the courtroom process to the pronouncement of sentence. Sections 4 and 5, in the second volume, consider particular crimes, from treason or murder to heresy, rape and theft, and explain the possibilities for appeal and the different categories of sentences ranging from the death penalty or exile to fines.
The Fascists and the Jews of Italy
Authors: Livingston Michael A.
Published: April 2014

From 1938 until 1943 - before the German occupation and accompanying Holocaust - Fascist Italy drafted and enforced a comprehensive set of anti-Semitic laws. Notwithstanding later rationalizations, the laws were administered with a high degree of severity and resulted in serious damage to the Italian Jewish community. Written from the perspective of an American legal scholar, this book constitutes the first truly comprehensive survey of the Race Laws in the English language. Based on an exhaustive review of Italian legal, administrative and judicial sources, together with archives of the Italian Jewish community, Professor Michael A. Livingston demonstrates the zeal but also the occasional ambivalence and contradictions with which the Race Laws were applied by the Italian legal order and ordinary citizens. Although frequently depressing, the history of the Race Laws contains numerous examples of personal courage and idealism, providing a useful and timely study of what happens when otherwise decent people are confronted with an evil and unjust legal order.
The Textualization of the Greek Alphabet
Authors: Woodard Roger D.
Published: April 2014

In this book, Roger D. Woodard argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon conceptually modeled on the performances of the oral poets. Since a time older than Greek antiquity, the oral poets of Indo-European tradition had been called 'weavers of words' - their extemporaneous performance of poetry was 'word weaving'. With the arrival of the new technology of the alphabet and the onset of Greek literacy, the very act of producing written symbols was interpreted as a comparable performance activity, albeit one in which almost everyone could participate, not only the select few. It was this new conceptualization of and participation in performance activity by the masses that eventually, or perhaps quickly, resulted in the demise of oral composition in performance in Greece. In conjunction with this investigation, Woodard analyzes a set of copper plaques inscribed with repeated alphabetic series and a line of what he interprets to be text, which attests to this archaic Greek conceptualization of the performance of symbol crafting.
Writing and the Ancient State
Authors: Wang Haicheng
Published: April 2014

Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use of writing in administration, analyzing both textual and archaeological evidence to reconstruct how the state used bookkeeping to allocate land, police its people, and extract taxes from them. The third part focuses on education, the state's system for replenishing its staff of scribe-officials. The first half of each part surveys evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Maya lowlands, Central Mexico, and the Andes; against this background the second half examines the evidence from China. The chief aim of this book is to shed new light on early China (from the second millennium BC through the end of the Han period, ca. 220 AD) while bringing to bear the lens of cross-cultural analysis on each of the civilizations under discussion.
A Treatise on Analytical Statics
Authors: Routh Edward John
Published: April 2014

As senior wrangler in 1854, Edward John Routh (1831–1907) was the man who beat James Clerk Maxwell in the Cambridge mathematics tripos. He went on to become a highly successful coach in mathematics at Cambridge, producing a total of twenty-seven senior wranglers during his career - an unrivalled achievement. In addition to his considerable teaching commitments, Routh was also a very able and productive researcher who contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. This two-volume textbook, which first appeared in 1891–2 and is reissued here in the revised edition that was published between 1896 and 1902, offers extensive coverage of statics, providing formulae and examples throughout for the benefit of students. While the growth of modern physics and mathematics may have forced out the problem-based mechanics of Routh's textbooks from the undergraduate syllabus, the utility and importance of his work is undiminished.
A Treatise on Dynamics of a Particle
Authors: Routh Edward John
Published: April 2014

As senior wrangler in 1854, Edward John Routh (1831–1907) was the man who beat James Clerk Maxwell in the Cambridge mathematics tripos. He went on to become a highly successful coach in mathematics at Cambridge, producing a total of twenty-seven senior wranglers during his career - an unrivalled achievement. In addition to his considerable teaching commitments, Routh was also a very able and productive researcher who contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. This textbook, first published in 1898, offers extensive coverage of dynamics, providing formulae and examples throughout. While the growth of modern physics and mathematics may have forced out the problem-based mechanics of Routh's textbooks from the undergraduate syllabus, the utility and importance of his work is undiminished.
Les Parlers Judéo-Romans et la Vetus Latina
Authors: Blondheim D. S.
Published: April 2014

The American philologist David Simon Blondheim (1884–1934) was endowed with vast Hebraic learning. In this book, first published in 1925, he makes connections between European Jewish speech in antiquity, the Old Latin versions of the Bible, and medieval Romance languages. He examines how Greek-speaking Jews transmitted their linguistic traditions both orally and in writing until the Middle Ages. Establishing that they used the Hebrew and Greek Bibles side by side and translated the Greek version into Old Latin, Blondheim concludes that their traditional translations extensively influenced the Vulgate, the English Bible, and the Romance languages. In 1926, Blondheim was the first American to be awarded the Volney Prize from the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres for this groundbreaking scholarly achievement. It will make invaluable reading for students of the Bible and the Romance languages.
A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions
Authors: Tercapanchánana Jagannátha
Published: April 2014

An honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu law at Fort William College in Calcutta, and a key figure in the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) became Britain's foremost orientalist during the early nineteenth century. Taking up the reins of Sanskrit scholarship following the death of Sir William Jones (1746–94), Colebrooke made several substantial contributions to Indic study. Through seminal publications such as a grammar of Sanskrit and an extended article on the Vedas, he provided unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest languages and some of its oldest texts. Published in 1801, this three-volume translation of Brahman law was based on a Sanskrit compilation prepared by a pandit, Jagannatha Tercapanchanana, whose learned commentary is also featured in the work. Volume 1 elucidates Hindu jurisprudence on monetary issues, covering contracts, loans and deposits.
A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc.
Authors: Findlay A. G.
Published: April 2014

The English geographer and hydrographer Alexander George Findlay (1812–75) had observed that navigators of his time had to consult a considerable number of documents to gather the information they needed to sail the Pacific Ocean safely. Not only was this highly impractical, it also exposed seafarers to conflicting information that could lead to their demise. First published in 1851, this two-volume nautical directory, compiled by Findlay from reputable sources, provided seamen with a single comprehensive and authoritative reference work. This first volume covers the shores of the Pacific and is a collection of nautical coordinates, sailing instructions and detailed descriptions of the topography of the coastlines, as well as the winds, currents and tides affecting them. An invaluable resource for navigators of the nineteenth century, this work remains of great interest to geographers and scholars of nautical history.
The Alexiad of Anna Komnene
Authors: Buckley Penelope
Published: April 2014

This is the first full-scale study of the literary art of Anna Komnene's Alexiad. Her history of her father's reign is well-known and much used by Byzantinists and historians of the First Crusade, but the art with which it shapes its central character has not been fully examined or understood. This book argues that the work is both history and tragedy; the characterization of Alexios I Komnenos is cumulative; it develops; the models for his idealization change; much of the action takes place in his mind and the narrative relays and amplifies his thought while building a dense picture of the world in which he acts. Engaging critically and responsively with other texts, Komnene uses the full range of current literary genres to portray the ideal culture of his rule. She matches her art of literary control to his of government over the adverse forces of his time.
Memoirs of Rossini
Authors: Stendhal
Published: April 2014

Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et le Noir. Over the course of his life, he wrote in a variety of literary genres and under a multitude of names, or anonymously. Reissued here is the 1824 English translation of his Vie de Rossini of the same year, which was accused of being partly plagiarised from Giuseppe Carpani's Le Rossiniane, following similar claims regarding his biographies of Haydn and Mozart (which are also reissued together in translation in this series). Best known for William Tell and The Barber of Seville, Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) was by far the most popular opera composer of his day, adored by his public. Colourful, vigorous and forthright, Stendhal's brilliant though somewhat unreliable biography offers an opinionated contemporary critique of 'Signor Crescendo'.
Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay
Authors: Burney Fanny
Published: April 2014

Born into a musical family as the daughter of Charles Burney, Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752–1840) opted for a life of letters. Her epistolary novel Evelina generated both sensation and sales upon its appearance early in 1778, and when her identity as the author was soon revealed, it opened the door to intellectual circles frequented by the likes of Samuel Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale. Appearing under her married name of Madame d'Arblay, her witty and candid journals and correspondence, from her breakthrough until her final years, were edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett (1786–1870) and first published in seven volumes between 1842 and 1846. Reissued here is the new edition of 1854, including biographical notes. Volume 6 covers the period from September 1793 through to 1812, during which she published Camilla (1796) and, in an episode omitted here, endured a mastectomy without anaesthetic.
Consolations in Travel
Authors: Davy Humphry
Published: April 2014

Arguably the first celebrity scientist, and the epitome of the 'Romantic' natural philosopher, Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) was a brilliant lecturer whose popularising of science made him famous. He pioneered electrochemistry, befriended the Romantic poets, invented a safety lamp for miners and even wrote on angling (see On the Safety Lamp and Salmonia, also reissued in this series). Described as 'the last words of a dying Plato', Consolations in Travel was published posthumously in 1830. It is an intriguing mixture of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, philosophical musings on the afterlife and, in the view of one contemporary review, 'some [matter] which sober reason must dissent as extravagant, and almost bordering on the absurd'. Here, in his final months, Davy turns to the eternal, believing that through science all the questions of the universe could be answered. It remains a poignant and controversial postscript to an illustrious life.
A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy
Authors: Ball Robert Stawell
Published: April 2014

Spherical or positional astronomy is used primarily to map objects on the celestial sphere. In this technical work, first published in 1908 and intended for advanced students, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913) breaks down the field into distinct areas of study. Assuming a good level of geometry and trigonometry, he begins with fundamental formulae before moving into the determination of coordinates, atmospheric refraction, the theory of cartography, and more. Each section contains exercises derived from a variety of sources, including contemporary Cambridge examinations. The coverage ranges from the calculation of stellar parallax to the geometrical principles behind the Mercator projection. Testifying to the knowledge expected of university students in the early twentieth century, Ball's book remains instructive to their modern counterparts. More accessible to the general reader, The Story of the Heavens (1885), Star-Land (1889) and A Popular Guide to the Heavens (1905) are also reissued in this series.
Dose-remission of pulsating electromagnetic fields as augmentation in therapy-resistant depression: a randomized, double-blind controlled study
Authors: Straasø Birgit , Lauritzen Lise , Lunde Marianne , Vinberg Maj , Lindberg Lone , Larsen Erik Roj , Dissing Steen , Bech Per
Published: April 2014

Objective

To evaluate to what extent a twice daily dose of Transcranial Pulsating ElectroMagnetic Fields (T-PEMF) was superior to once daily in patients with treatment-resistant depression as to obtaining symptom remission after 8 weeks of augmentation therapy.

Methods

A self-treatment set-up of the T-PEMF device was used allowing self-administration by patients in own homes. All patients were treated for 30 min per T-PEMF session. The antidepressant medication the patients were receiving at baseline remained unchanged during the trial. The patients were randomised to either one T-PEMF dose (active dose in the morning and sham in the afternoon) or two T-PEMF doses (active dose both morning and afternoon) in a double-blind procedure. A score of 7 or less on the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D17) was the criterion of remission.

Results

In total 34 patients received active T-PEMF once a day and 31 patients twice daily. After 5 weeks of therapy remission was obtained in 26.5% and 32.3% on one dose and two doses of T-PEMF, respectively. After 8 weeks the rate of remission was 73.5% and 67.7%, respectively. The side effects as measured by the Udvalget for Kliniske Undersøgelser scale showed a better toleration of the antidepresssive medication in both treatment groups, which was reflected by the WHO-5 well-being scale with increased scores in both groups of patients.

Conclusion

The high remission rate obtained by the T-PEMF augmentation was not a dose effect (one versus two daily T-PEMF sessions) but was explained by the extension of the treatment period from 5 to 8 weeks.
Can Descriptive Representation Change Beliefs about a Stigmatized Group? Evidence from Rural India
Authors: CHAUCHARD SIMON
Published: April 2014

Can descriptive representation for a stigmatized group change the beliefs and intentions of members of dominant groups? To address this question, I focus on quotas (reservations) that allow members of the scheduled castes to access key executive positions in India's village institutions. To measure the psychological effect of reservations, I combine a natural experiment with an innovative MP3-player-based self-administered survey that measures various beliefs and behavioral intentions. Results provide credible causal evidence that reservations affect the psychology of members of dominant castes. Even though villagers living in reserved villages continue to think poorly of members of the scheduled castes (stereotypes do not improve), reservation affects two other types of beliefs: perceived social norms of interactions and perceived legal norms of interactions. These changes in beliefs in turn appear to have far-reaching consequences for intercaste relations, as villagers’ discriminatory intentions also decrease under reservation.
Rethinking Care Ethics: On the Promise and Potential of an Intersectional Analysis
Authors: HANKIVSKY OLENA
Published: April 2014

This article contributes to current debates and discussions in critical social theory about diversity, inclusion/exclusion, power, and social justice by exploring intersectionality as an important theoretical resource to further develop and advance care ethics. Using intersectionality as a critical reference point, the investigation highlights two key shortcomings of care ethics which stem from this ethics’ prioritization of gender and gendered power relations: inadequate conceptualizations of diversity and power. The article draws on concrete examples related to migrant domestic work to illustrate how an intersectionality lens can advance new theoretical insights for understanding caring practices (or lack of them), and generate new methodological and practical strategies for confronting and transforming the deeply entrenched interlocking power inequities that undermine the realization of care in an increasingly complex context of national and international policy and politics.
ELLIPTIC CURVES ARISING FROM BRAHMAGUPTA QUADRILATERALS
Authors: IZADI FARZALI , KHOSHNAM FOAD , MOODY DUSTIN , ZARGAR ARMAN SHAMSI 
Published: April 2014

A Brahmagupta quadrilateral is a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides, diagonals and area are all integer values. In this article, we characterise the notions of Brahmagupta, introduced by K. R. S. Sastry [‘Brahmagupta quadrilaterals’, Forum Geom. 2 (2002), 167–173], by means of elliptic curves. Motivated by these characterisations, we use Brahmagupta quadrilaterals to construct infinite families of elliptic curves with torsion group $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ having ranks (at least) four, five and six. Furthermore, by specialising we give examples from these families of specific curves with rank nine.