bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The spiral relationship between suffering and the production of fashionable clothes
Authors: Almond Kevin
Published: December 2014

In this article, I explore the relationships between suffering and the production of fashionable clothes. In the commercial struggle for survival many fashionable styles are discarded while some remain durable due to their adaptability to new trends and creative ideas. The aim of this research was to investigate how suffering initiates these changes in the creative process of fashion design. This was examined through a number of methodologies, which included object-based research and ethnography. The research findings indicate that suffering within the fashion industry can be a positive attribute. It can influence the way in which clothes are produced and the skills necessary to produce them. A model depicting the connection between suffering and fashion is posited as a tentative theory suggesting that there is a spiral relationship in that changes in fashion production and consumption resulting from suffering evolve into a spiral of further suffering impacting on the future of fashion design and manufacture.
Word Pharmacy
Authors: Søndergaard Morten
Published: December 2014

‘Wordpharmacy’ is a concrete poetical work, which playfully equates the structure of language with pharmaceutical products. It consists of ten medicine boxes, each representing one of the ten word-groups. Each box contains a leaflet that functions as an instructional poem, guiding the reader’s ingestion of the given word group. The leaflets are published here.
The nucleobases
Authors: Bok Christian
Published: December 2014

‘The Nucleobases’ is a modular, acrostic poem, written according to a burdensome constraint, in which the molecular structure of the nucleotides in DNA determines not only the selected lexicons (which, in this case, consist only of nine-letter words), but also their arrangement in the line. Each poem maps out a molecule, while conveying a pastoral sentence about the bees (doing so in honour of Virgil, the first of all poets to have a line of poetry enciphered into the genome of an organism...).
Two is not even an odd number
Authors: Dachy Vincent
Published: December 2014

This text uses methods drawn from psychoanalytic free association to organize a series of modular aphorisms. It references a number of discourses, including sound poetry, continental philosophy, psychoanalysis and cultural critique.
(Reading) language as visual art
Authors: Davey Frank
Published: December 2014

Poet Frank Davey demonstrates how paratactic syntax can be used in combination with visual images to create hybrid artworks that occupy an ambiguous position between writing and visual art. The foundation of his work here is the Edwardian postcard with its often unlikely foreshadowing of twenty-first-century history. These postcard poems are part of his larger work in ‘propositional poetics’, in which since 1982 he has been punctuating poems or composing them entirely of propositions, which cannot all possibly be ‘true’ in a referential sense but which create a field of contrasting or clashing meanings and assumptions.
Drawing After – modular reiteration as research method
Authors: Eccleshall Bryan
Published: December 2014

Visual reiteration can be thought of in terms of linguistic translation. As well as similarities between these two areas – attention to detail and the development of a rich vocabulary – visual reiteration inevitably falls foul of the same ‘deforming tendencies’, proposed by theorist Antoine Berman in his essay ‘Translation and trials of the foreign’. The act of translation/redrawing also seeks to represent a source, plotting a trajectory away from that source, while never quite escaping it, and acknowledging the gap between precursor and product in a way that replicas deny. This article, which accompanies and contextualizes images made as part of the research, outlines how a modular approach to the making of a particular work of art widens the scope and clarifies this enquiry.
Footnotes to Capital: A critique of political economy: Volume One: The Process of Exchange
Authors: Kivland Sharon
Published: December 2014

An extract from Kivland’s continuing transcription of the footnotes from Marx’s Capital. Volume I, in which the main body text no longer appears, and a beguiling photograph of nicely shod women (their feet only, of course) is added.
Navigationssystem für blinde Fußgänger und ÖPNV-Nutzer / Navigation system for blind pedestrians and public transport users
Authors: Scheibler Eric
Published: December 2014

Dieser Artikel beschreibt die prototypische Entwicklung und Evaluation eines neuen Navigationssystems, welches sich speziell an den Bedürfnissen blinder und sehbehinderter Fußgänger orientiert. Dabei wurde im Besonderen auf die genaue Beschreibung der zurückzulegenden Route und auf den Einbezug öffentlicher Verkehrsmittel eingegangen. Ziel der Entwicklung ist ein routenbasiertes Navigationssystem, welches deutschlandweit verwendet werden kann.
Using wrist vibrations to guide hand movement and whole body navigation
Authors: Brock Anke , Kammoun Slim , Macé Marc , Jouffrais Christophe
Published: December 2014

In the absence of vision, mobility and orientation are challenging. Audio and tactile feedback can be used to guide visually impaired people. In this paper, we present two complementary studies on the use of vibrational cues for hand guidance during the exploration of itineraries on a map, and whole body-guidance in a virtual environment. Concretely, we designed wearable Arduino bracelets integrating a vibratory motor producing multiple patterns of pulses. In a first study, this bracelet was used for guiding the hand along unknown routes on an interactive tactile map. A wizard-of-Oz study with six blindfolded participants showed that tactons, vibrational patterns, may be more efficient than audio cues for indicating directions. In a second study, this bracelet was used by blindfolded participants to navigate in a virtual environment. The results presented here show that it is possible to significantly decrease travel distance with vibrational cues. To sum up, these preliminary but complementary studies suggest the interest of vibrational feedback in assistive technology for mobility and orientation for blind people.
inDAgo-Helfer-App
Authors: Frank Daniel , Langer Constanze , Hußlein Steffi , Klein Peter , Rieß Henrik
Published: December 2014

Im Projekt inDAgo entwickeln Forschungspartner eine Lösung, die Senioren in Darmstadt bei ihrer täglichen Mobilität unterstützt. Dabei soll ein Netzwerk von freiwilligen Helfern bereit stehen, um den Senioren bei Problemen auf ihren täglichen Wegen zur Hand zu gehen. Koordiniert werden sollen die Helfer über eine Smartphone- Applikation. Der folgende Artikel beschreibt die Entwicklung von Konzept und Prototyp für diese Applikation im Rahmen einer Masterarbeit. Einen Schwerpunkt bildete hierbei die Frage, wie man Helfer motivieren kann. Dafür kam der benutzerzentrierte Gestaltungsprozess zum Einsatz. Der Artikel skizziert den Projektverlauf und gibt einen Einblick in den Szenario- und Prototypen-basierten Arbeitsprozess.
Ein Beitrag zum papierlosen Krankenhaus – Die benutzbare iPad-Patientenkurve
Authors: Graumann Christoph , Meixner Gerrit
Published: December 2014

Am Beispiel der Krankenhausinformationssystem- App iMedOne Mobile wurde ein Prototyp einer digitalen Patientenkurve auf dem Apple iPad entwickelt. Im Zentrum stand dabei der menschzentrierte Entwicklungsprozess nach DIN EN ISO 9241-210. Deutschlandweit wurden Beobachtungen in acht verschiedenen Kliniken durchgeführt. Mit 17 Vertretern relevanter Benutzergruppen (z. B. Chefärzte, Fachärzte, Assistenzärzte, Pflegeleitung, Pflegekräfte) wurden über Leitfadeninterviews Nutzungsanforderungen analysiert und spezifiziert sowie iterativ ein Prototyp entwickelt und dieser verschiedenen Usability-Tests unterzogen. Ergebnis dieses Projektes ist ein semi-funktionaler Prototyp, der die Heterogenität der Benutzergruppen mit der Einfachheit mobiler Anwendungen vereint. Er soll als Wegweiser für künftige Entwicklungen dienen, die dem Ziel eines papierlosen Krankenhauses einen Schritt näher kommen möchten.
Homeric κρείων ‘lord’ and the Indo-European word for ‘head’
Authors: Beek Lucien van
Published: December 2014

An old idea, commonly accepted today,1 is that Homeric κρείων ‘lord, ruler’, Classical Greek κρέων derives from the same verbal root as Vedic śri- ‘beauty, splendor’, śréyas- ‘more beautiful’, Avestan sraiiah- ‘id.’, sraiian- ‘beauty’ and other related forms. In this article, I will challenge this idea, and argue instead that κρείων derives from the PIE nominal stem *ḱrh₂-s- ‘head’. More precisely, κρείων is the outcome of a masculine n-stem derivative PGr. *krāh-on- ‘chief’, derivationally related to (but distinct from) the oblique PGr. *krāhn̥t- ‘head’, the outcome of the PIE neuter *ḱrh₂-s-n-. This PGr. *krāhon- was reshaped as *krāhontafter other nt-stems with a similar meaning, notably γέροντ- ‘old man’.
Tone variation in the Baltic ia-presents
Authors: Svensson Miguel Villanueva
Published: December 2014

The ia-presents frequently present tone variants in the dialects, e. g. Lith. spr̨ę́sti, spréndžia, spréndė ∼ sprę̃sti, spreñdžia, spreñdė ‘decide’, lémti, lẽmia, lė̃mė ∼ lemti, lẽmia, lė̃mė ‘predetermine’. In the case of °ER- and °EU‑roots acute intonation is clearly expansive, whereas the circumflex is strongly favored in the case of roots in °ERK‑, °EUK‑, °ĒK‑. A complete survey of the evidence shows that circumflex/acute variation is extremely widespread among ia-presents of °ERK-/°EUK-/°ĒK-roots and that acute intonation is clearly the original one, thus pointing to a general trend invariant acute → circumflex/acute variation → invariant acute or invariant circumflex. The circumflex variants probably arose in the ē‑preterite: *sprénd-ˈii̯ā > *ˈspreñd‑e > Lith. dial. spreñdė. In most controllable cases the original acute is due to regular sound law (a laryngeal or Winter’s Law), whereas a minority of examples most probably continue Indo-European Narten formations.
Experimental and Theoretical Approach to Mixed Systems of Non-Ionic Cremophor EL and Cationic Gemini Surfactants in Aqueous Solution
Authors: Naqvi Andleeb Z. , Noori Sahar , Kabir-ud-Din
Published: December 2014

Surfactant solutions in practical applications usually are mixtures of
different types, especially ionic and nonionic ones. The mixing
behavior of nonionic Cremophor EL-cationic gemini systems was
therefore investigated by surface tension measurements. The Gemini
surfactants used were of the type alkanediyl – α, ω –
bis(dimethylalkylammonium bromide),
(alkyl: 14 or 16 and alkane: butane, pentane or hexane), designated in
the text as 14-s-14/16-s-16 (where s is the spacer length). The
experimental results indicated that the mixed systems of EL with
16-6-16, 14-5-14 and 14-6-14 have lower cmc values than of pure
surfactants. Comparison between experimental and calculated values of
cmc (cmc and cmcid) showed that the interaction between
the component amphiphiles inside aggregates of EL with RH, 16-4-16,
16-5-16 and 14-4-14 was not ideal but shows antagonism. Such fact was
reflected by the values of activity coefficients also. This may be
due to the steric repulsions which decrease with the increase in
spacer length. The aggregates were mainly comprised of geminis at low
stoichiometric mole fraction of EL (α
1) while by EL at high
α
1. The molecular interaction parameter,
β
m, calculated using Rubingh's approach, was
negative for mixed systems of EL with 16-6-16, 14-5-14 and
14-6-14. Surface parameters, evaluated by Rosen's model, also
suggested mixed monolayer formation with negative β

σ
for
all 16-s-16, 14-4-14 and 14-6-14 systems.
Morbidade referida e utilização dos serviços de saúde no município de São Benedito do Rio Preto - Maranhão - 1995
Authors: Coimbra Liberata Campos , Soares Marcos Aurélio Correa , Paiva Maria de Fátima Lires , Marfins Maria Georgina Pinheiro
Published: December 2014

Morbidade referida e utilização dos serviços de saúde no Município de São Benedito do Rio Preto, Estado do Maranhão, 1995. A morbida de referida foi feita através de inquérito domiciliar e relacionada com as variáveis sócio-econômicas e demográficas. O período recordatório em relação aos eventos informados foi de 30 dias. Buscou-se a taxa de procura por assistência médica, agente e saúde, balconista d e farmácia e benzedeira ou curandeiro. Investigou-se a assistência prestada às mulheres em idade fértil e a cobertura vacinal das crianças de 12 a 59 meses de idade. Das 1.813 pessoas da amostra, 19,7% a presentaram alguma doença, resultando nu m coeficiente d e prevalência de morbidade de 196, 91/1.000 habitantes. A taxa de procura por assistência médica foi de 25,8%, pelo agente de saúde 9,8% e igual para o balconista de farmácia e benzedeira ou curandeiro - 6.7%. Das 363 mulheres em idade fértil 27,3% engravidaram e a cobertura vacinal de pré-natal foi de 12,9%. A cobertura vacinal dascrianças de 12 a 59 meses de idade foi de 68% para a vacina Sabin, 60% para a DPT, 72,8% para a anti-sarampo e 78% para a BCG.
Orientação pré-operatória: análise compreensiva sob a ótica do cliente
Authors: Vale Eucléa Gomes , Amorim Maria Fernandes , Freitas Cristiana Bitu , Melo Fernanda Pereira
Published: December 2014

Abordamos o tema Orientação Pré-Operatória como uma prática imprescindível da intervenção de enfermagem, para identificar facetas da percepção do cliente acerca das informações recebidas antes da cirurgia. Reconhecemos as falhas desta ação no cotidiano das Unidades Cirúrgicas delimitadas em um Hospital Geral de Fortaleza-CE, a falta de um guia do preparo de pacientes para o ato cirúrgico. Portanto, investigamos a temática citada para dimensionar o problema, descrevê-lo e analisarmos o prosseguimento de uma trajetória iniciada inos contatos iniciais com a abordagem fenomenológica. Utilizando os pressupostos desta alternativa metodológica, pudemos compreender o paciente em fase pré-operatória, segundo o referencial de Martins & Bicudo. Assim analisamos o conhecimento captado através das falas dos pacientes: seu significado e a repercussão no atendimento individual, enquanto ação que satisfaz as suas, necessidades no cotidiano do trabalho de enfermagem. Nessa experiência de estar orientando pacientes para enfrentarem a intervenção cirúrgica, abrimos, então um espaço que nos possibilitou conduzí-los ao reconhecimento de sua dimensão existencial do vivenciar uma intervenção cirúrgica.
Expectativas dos clientes hospitalizados frente ao relacionamento com a equipe de enfermagem
Authors: Miranda Ana Claudia Sant'Anna , Teixeira Monica Sequeira Lopes , Santos Rita Batista , Teles Rosana Moraes
Published: December 2014

São levantadas as expectativas dos clientes hospitalizados frente ao relacionamento com a equipe de enfermagem num setor de doenças infectoparasitárias num hospital universitário do município do Rio de Janeiro no 1º semestre de 1995. Foi elaborado um roteiro de entrevista aplicado a cinco (05) clientes, internados por mais de uma semana, de ambos os sexos e adultos. Os dados foram coletados, organizados e analisados através da construção de categorias descritivas, cuja denominação foi: a) Categoria 1: Sentimentos e Expectativas e; b) Categoria 2: Comunicação e Relacionamento. Os resultados encontrados na categoria 1 foram: 1) Carência afetiva; 2) Angústia, medo e ansiedade; 3) Solidão e depressão; 4) Reflexão; 5) Insegurança; 6) Preocupação com equipamento, de ser manipulado, cortado, tratado impessoalmente, perder o autocontrole, de dar trabalho às pessoas e dependência física. Na categoria 2 identificou-se: 1) Dúvidas e necessidade de informação acerca da sua doença, evolução do seu quadro de saúde e tempo de permanência no hospital; 2) Oportunidade de expressar sentimentos e idéias;3) Compreensão do significado da mensagem transmitida pelo enfermeiro. Enfatizou-se o fortalecimento do intercâmbio recíproco de informações, idéias, crenças, sentimentos e atitudes na interação enfermeiro-clieipte para o desenvolvimento do relacionamento terapêutico, com o objetivo de ajudar o cliente a satisfazer suas necessidades básicas.
Fatores de risco para a coluna: avaliação em consulta de enfermagem
Authors: Bringuente Maria Edla de Oliveira , Castro Ivana Silveira de , Jesus João Carlos Gomes de , Luciano Luzimar dos Santos
Published: December 2014

O presente trabalho teve como propósito estudar os fatores de risco que afetam a pessoa com dor na couna, identificando-os e implementando uma proposta de intervenção, composta de um programa de educação à saúde, fundamentado no ensino do autocuidado, pressupostos filosóficos humanista-existenciais e abordagens equalizadoras do estresse, dentre elas, atividades reintegradoras músculo-esqueléticas, técnicas básicas de equalízação do estresse e massagens. Foi desenvolvido junto a uma população de 42 clientes, tendo sido utilizados na coleta de dados dois instrumentos que integraram o protocolo de consultas de enfermagem. Os resultados demonstraram a existência de fatores de risco associados e modificáveis mediante programas de educação à saúde. O processo avaliativo contribuiu para que se tivesse uma visão das medidas terapêuticas, utilizando nessa abordagem cuidados não convencionais, contribuindo, outrossim, na melhoria da qualidade de vida desses clientes.
Cooperação tecnológica em empresas mineiras de biotecnologia
Authors: Cunha Cleverson Renan da , Melo Marlene Catarina de Oliveira Lopes
Published: December 2014

Esse artigo analisa o processo de formação e desenvolvimento dos relacionamentos interorganizacionais cooperativos, que visam a pesquisa e o desenvolvimento de produtos em empresas de base biotecnológica. Partindo do referencial teórico sobre alianças estratégicas e do contexto da biotecnologia, são analisadas as atividades de cooperação de duas empresas mineiras. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam que a incapacidade de realização de determinadas atividades é o principal motivo que leva as empresas a buscarem uma aliança com outras organizações. O contrato e a confiança desenvolvidos entre os parceiros são apontados como os principais mecanismos de controle existentes nas relações. No caso das empresas analisadas, os problemas surgidos no decorrer das interações têm sido resolvidos por negociação e diálogo, em detrimento das medidas legais. Dada a importância do desenvolvimento tecnológico para as empresas em questão, a cooperação tem sido apontada como um diferencial estratégico dessas organizações.
La classificazione aristotelica delle scienze in Pietro d'Abano
Authors: Berti Enrico
Published: December 2014

La classificazione delle scienze di Pietro d'Abano costituisce un'interessante riformulazione della classificazione analoga, proposta da Aristotele in Metaph. VI, e della teoria degli abiti dianoetici, proposta da Aristotele in Eth. Nic. VI. Come risulta dal Conciliator per quanto concerne la medicina e dal Lucidator per quanto concerne l'astronomia, Pietro segue la classificazione aristotelica e le interpretazioni che di essa erano state date nel medioevo (dottrina dei tre gradi di astrazione e distinzione tra methodus compositiva e methodus resolutiva), aggiungendovi come contributo originale l'introduzione di una parte pratica sia nella medicina che nell'astronomia (astronomia iudicialis), dove quest'ultima deriva da Tolomeo e dagli Arabi.
Contro le borie "ritornanti": per un sano uso della critica
Authors: Cacciatore Giuseppe
Published: December 2014

L'Autore ritiene che la critica vichiana delle borie non si riferisca solo a nazioni, culture e teorie filosofico-teologiche concentrate a discutere sull'origine oscura e favolosa dei tempi e sulla relazione tra storia sacra e storie profane. Ma è anche un dispositivo etico-filosofico che invita l'umanità, ormai al culmine del processo di incivilimento, a guardarsi da ogni forma di boria delle nazioni (in termini contemporanei: superbia etnocentrica), così come da ogni manifestazione boriosa da parte dei dotti (ovvero da ogni forma di filosofia e di teoria astrattamente antropocentrica).
“They Just Asked Me Why I Became Homeless”: “Failure to Ask” as a Barrier to Homeless Women’s Ability to Access Services Post-Victimization
Authors: Huey Laura , Broll Ryan , Hryniewicz Danielle , Fthenos Georgios
Published: December 2014

As “access brokers” to resources for their clients, homeless shelter workers are often in a position to aid victimized homeless women in securing medical and psychological services post-victimization. Given high rates of victimization within this population, we would expect that a routine part of a shelter’s case management process would involve queries regarding victimization. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with 42 victimized homeless women in Chicago and Detroit, we sought to discover the extent to which such queries were pursued by staff at their current shelter. What we found is that women are seldom asked to provide a complete history that includes experiences of violent victimization and its effects. From these results, we make several recommendations aimed at improving homeless victims’ access to services.
Esquisse geologique de la chaine des Mauritanides entre M'Bout et Moudjeria (Mauritanie occidentale)
Authors: Chiron Jean Claude
Published: December 2014

Metamorphic, serpentinite complex, granites, epimetamorphic and pelitic series (Precambrian, Paleozoic, Tertiary and Quaternary), autochthonous formations, Hercynian (lower Paleozoic) folds
Presence inattendue de Pinacites jugleri dans un calcaire situe a la base des siltstones de Tighirt (couvinien inferieur du Zemmour noir, Mauritanie septentrionale)
Authors: Sougy Jean
Published: December 2014

Trilobite, lithostratigraphic sequence, stratigraphic distribution, Devonian
The diagnosis and management of an iatrogenic esotracheal fistula in a pediatric patient: Case report
Authors: Straticiuc-Ciongradi Iulia , Rusu Daniela , Olaru Claudia , Gimiga Nicoleta , Diaconescu Smaranda , Barliba Ioan , Aprodu Gabriel
Published: December 2014

Iatrogenic esotracheal fistula in pediatric patients is an extremely rare
complication, and appears either because of the pressure exercised by the
tracheostomy cannula or in patients that are long-term bearers of esogastric
tubes, which will cause, together with the cannula, ischemic injuries and
necrosis of the tissue. The treatment of these lesions is controversial. The
paper presents the management of a pediatric patient with an acquired
esotracheal fistula, secondary to a tracheostomy.
Drawing Dispossession
Authors: Grennan Simon
Published: December 2014

Dispossession (2015) is a 96-page colour graphic adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s 1879 novel John Caldigate. It is the primary outcome of a 2012 commission from the University of Leuven to develop, draw and rationalise a new graphic novel relative to Trollope’s (Fig. 1). Dispossession will be published in an English edition and as Courir deux lièvres [To Run Two Hares] in a French edition in conjunction with a 2015 academic conference on the occasion of the bicentenary of Trollope’s birth.1 The commission encompassed theorisations of adaptation, the habits and limitations of research and practice, narrative drawing and Victorianism. An academic partner volume, Transforming Anthony Trollope: ‘Dispossession’, Victorianism and 19th-Century Word and Image (2015), published at the same time, will include new writing on the graphic adaptation of nineteenth-century literature, Victorian illustration
and Victorianism.
Exhibition, Conference and Book Reviews
Authors: Kunzle David , Malone Paul M. , Pellitteri Marco , Cirella-Urrutia Anne , Ahmed Maaheen , MacLeod Catriona , Kirchhoff Carolin
Published: December 2014

BOOK REVIEWS

Thierry Groensteen, M. Töpffer invente la bande dessinée

Ole Frahm, Die Sprache des Comics [The Language of the Comic]

Daniela Petrini, ed., Die Sprache(n) der Comics: Kollokium in Heidelberg, 16.–17. Juni 2009 [The Language(s) of Comics: A Symposium Held in Heidelberg, 16–17 June 2009]

Hannah Miodrag, Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form

Ian Hague, Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels

EXHIBITION REVIEW

Albums: Bande dessinée et immigration, 1913–2013, Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris, 16 October 2013 to 27 April 2014
Catriona MacLeod

CONFERENCE REVIEW

Graphisches Erzählen: Neue Perspektiven auf Literaturcomics Graphic Storytelling: New Perspectives on Literature and Comics], University of Düsseldorf, Germany, 5–7 March 2014
Carolin Kirchhoff
The Mule Caravans of Western Yunnan
Authors: Jianxiong Ma , Cunzhao Ma
Published: December 2014

Mule caravans established a network across physical, political, and ethnic boundaries that integrated Southwest China, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. This article is a first exploration of this little-known mobile network. Based mainly on oral history, it focuses on the mule caravans based in Zhaozhou in western Yunnan from the late Qing to the 1940s, when the first motor roads were constructed. The investigation assembles horse and mule technologies and trade organization in detail in order to reconstruct the role and standing of transporters and their networks in local society, in the regional setting, in a volatile political environment, and in the face of challenging natural conditions.
Drilling into debris-rich basal ice at the bottom of the NEEM (Greenland) borehole
Authors: Popp Trevor J. , Hansen Steffen B. , Sheldon Simon G. , Schwander Jakob , Johnson Jay A.
Published: December 2014

After the NEEM (Greenland) deep ice-core drilling was declared terminated with respect to developing stratigraphic climate reconstructions, efforts were turned toward collecting basal ice-sheet debris and, if possible, drilling into the bedrock itself. In 2010, several meters of banded debris-rich ice were obtained under normal ice-drilling operations with the NEEM version of the Hans Tausen (HT) drill, but further penetration was obstructed by a rock in the path of the drill head at 2537.36 m. During short campaigns in 2011 and 2012, attempts were made to penetrate further using various reinforced ice cutters mounted on the HT drill head, tailored to cut through rock. These had some success in penetrating coarse material, but produced severely damaged cutters. Additionally a 51 mm diameter diamond cutting tipped rock drill was adapted to fit the NEEM drill. With this device, several additional meters of core containing subglacial sediments, rocks and rock fragments were collected. With these tools 1.39m of additional material were obtained during the 2011 field season, and 7.1 m during 2012. Subglacial water refreezing into the newly formed borehole hindered further penetration, and the bedrock interface was not reached before final closure of the NEEM Camp.
A model study of the response of dry and wet firn to climate change
Authors: Munneke Peter Kuipers , Ligtenberg Stefan R.M. , Suder Eric A. , Van den Broeke Michiel R.
Published: December 2014

We study the response of firn to a stepwise surface temperature change, using a firn model that includes meltwater hydrology and is driven by an idealized surface climate. We find that adjustment of dry firn (i.e. without surface melt) to surface warming takes longer than a subsequent cooling to the original, colder climate, mainly because firn compacts faster at higher firn temperatures. In contrast, wet firn adjusts faster to a surface warming than to a cooling. Increased meltwater percolation enhances the downward transport of latent heat, whereas there is no such mechanism that can enhance the downward transport of a cooling signal. Thus, wastage of firn after surface warming is faster than its regeneration if the warming were reversed. Furthermore, the response of wet firn to temperature change exhibits a complex relation between accumulation rate and the steady-state deep-firn temperature. For high accumulation rates, the deep-firn temperature is higher because latent heat release upon refreezing is isolated by winter snow. As a result, the response of wet firn to a temperature change varies strongly with accumulation rate. In general, the magnitude and the rate of density change is larger in wet firn than in dry firn.
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH INTO AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF A CYLINDRICAL ONE-LEVEL 8-CHANNEL CYCLONE
Authors: VENCKUS Žilvinas , VENSLOVAS Albertas , PRANSKEVIČIUS Mantas
Published: December 2014

The Environmental Protection Laboratory of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University has developed and installed a one-level 8-channel cyclone with different internal structure, which is used for separation of particulate matter from air streams. Airflow velocity was measured in five points of each channel: at the end and the beginning of the channel, in the middle of the channel and in points arranged at 45° angle from the channel's end and beginning. The highest airflow velocity determined in 8-channel device by regulating volumes of peripheral and transit airflows with curvilinear semi-rings was in cyclone's channel 1, while the lowest – in channel 2. Contrary to the above, the highest airflow velocity in 8-channel cyclone by using quarter-rings without holes and with 5° opening angle of plates in holes was recorded in channel 2. Tests on aerodynamic resistance were carried out in airflow inlet and outlet ducts. In all cases analysed the highest aerodynamic resistance in 8-channel cyclone was determined when airflow distribution was regulated at 75/25 ratio with semi-rings. When quarter-rings without holes and with 5° opening angle of plates in holes were used, higher aerodynamic resistance in the system was created by using quarter-rings without holes, i.e. 0° opening of plates.
Professional Values: The Case for RN-BSN Completion Education
Authors: Kubsch Sylvia , Hansen Georgette , Huyser-Eatwell Vicki
Published: December 2014

Background:

Differences exist in the perception and enactment of professional values among practicing registered nurses (RNs). Hall's Care, Cure, and Core model was used as a framework for this study.

Methods:

This study compared perceptions of professional values of 198 RNs according to their level of nursing education and other potentially influencial factors. An online survey developed by the researchers tested perceived professional values.

Results:

A significant difference was found in perceived professional values according to level of nursing education, position or title, and professional organization membership. The highest level of perceived professional values was found among RN-BSN students.

Conclusion:

RN-BSN education should be promoted and a supportive infrastructure provided for the continuation of professional values.

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Environmental Monitoring Based on the Wireless Sensor Networking Technology
Authors: Karapistoli Eirini , Mampentzidou Ioanna , Economides Anastasios A.
Published: December 2014

This paper investigates real-life environmental monitoring applications based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Wireless sensor networking is an emerging technology, which through the research in the labs and the real deployments has proved to be a significant and valuable tool for scientists in their effort to explore various environmental phenomena. During the last decades, this wireless networking technology has been adopted by many scientific fields in order to accurately and effectively monitor climate phenomena such as air pollution, destruction phenomena (i.e., landslides), etc. It has also been widely used in agriculture as well as in horticulture for field monitoring. This paper provides a critical overview of the basic components existing WSN deployments use. It also categorizes these deployments, 111 in total, into five different field categories, namely agricultural monitoring, environmental monitoring, air-water pollution monitoring, monitoring of destruction phenomena, as well as monitoring of livestock, and wild animal, in order to provide a general view of the technologies used, the conditions under which the deployments were conducted, and much more. Then, five easy-to-use guides are provided discussing basic considerations for deploying WSNs in each of these fields. These guides cover various issues, such as sensor node platforms, operating systems (OSs), topologies, installation and maintenance issues, and much more. In order to showcase the usefulness of consulting the resulted guides, this work considers representative application scenarios for each of these field deployments.
Protein expression in mammalian cells: methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

Twelve pages by Dr. James L. Harley (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA; editor of this interesting book) are telling the reader why do we care about protein expression in mammalian cells and the aim of this volume â€¦.. is to provide guidance for those wishing to produce recombinant proteins, and who may be considering doing so in mammals.....
Human pluripotent stem cells
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

The reader will immediately get the feeling, from the preface of the book, of handling a laboratory manual where no one needed information is missing: the preface itself is a chapter dealing with the historical reconstruction of the paradigmatic breakthroughts occurred in the last few decades in the stem cell world. I appreciated so much this aspect, a preface telling the students of the major achievements and from which prior scientific bases the new discoveries have been fueled....
Oogenesis
Authors: Monti Manuela
Published: December 2014

I started flipping through the pages of this book when the expression â€œAb Ovoâ€ came to my mind. Ab Ovo, the beginning, the origin, the egg. This reminded me that the idea of correlating the origin of each human being with an egg characterized the human beliefs of the seventeenth century until Francesco Redi, inspired by the study of Iliad, wonders why Achilles asks his mother Thetis how to conserve the lifeless body of his beloved Patroclus. How the goddess can satisfy her sonâ€™s request if the spontaneous generation of flies and butterflies from the dead body corresponds to reality? Only by covering Patroclusâ€™ body preventing flies and butterflies from laying their eggs on a dead flesh, is the correct answer!...
Liver stem cells - Methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

The brief and concise preface written by prof. Takahiro Ochiya is particularly well addressed to scholars belonging to different scientific fields: cellular and molecular biology, liver and cancer biology, tissue engineering and stem cell therapy. By a few lines prof Ochiya is telling us that we are getting exciting results, at the lab and the preclinical level, in treating liver injuries thanks to the unprecedented advances in our knowledge on liver stem cells biology....
Spermatogenesis - Methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

The spermatogenesis process is comprehensively examined (more than five hundred pages !) with critical analyses provided by internationally reckon specialists in each of the so numerous critical steps the cytodifferentiative process achieves to give rise to mature sperms, not forgetting historically and comparatively aspects. Well, there are XI parts racking up 45 chapters ! Thus, it becomes understandable that this volume has an enlightening destination for us all....
Single-cell analysis - Methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

This is certainly a timely volume in the Methods in molecular biology series: we already entered the synthetic biology era and thus we need to be aware of the new methodological advances able to fulfill the new and necessary needs for biologists, biotechnologists and nano-biotechnologists. Notably, among these, the possibility to perform single cell analysis allow researchers to capture single cell responses....
Somatic stem cells - Methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

Developmental and stem cell biology are certainly two hot topics in nowadays life sciences: Therefore an unrivalled resource, and a fascinating read, on these topics is wellcome. This is the case of theÂ Somatic stem cells. Methods and protocols edited by Prof. Shree Ram Singh (mouse cancer genetics program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA)....
Visualization techniques - From immunohistochemistry to magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Monti Manuela
Published: December 2014

Biology is, undoubtedly, a fascinating subject and the opportunity of studying its different aspects in vivo or in vitro, is even more intriguing. The development of systems able to follow the expression/localization/behavior of several different proteins helped researchers to better understand some of the fundamental biological dogma. This volume belongs to the Neuromethods series and covers a wide range of visualization techniques from immunohistochemistry to magnetic resonance imaging, from high speed imaging of 3D objects to digital infrared thermography....
Skin stem cells - Methods and protocols
Authors: Redi Carlo Alberto
Published: December 2014

One of the most accessible source of stem cells, the skin, is here disvealed thanks to a mass of great histological, physiological, biochemical and stem cell biology details while providing step by step elegantly illustrated methods for isolation, characterization, maintenance and differentiation of skin stem cells. Details so much needed since eventhough we are dealing with one of the most accessible source of stem cells we have not to forget that we are meantime dealing as well with one of the most complicated stem cell niche. Thus all of the details provided are wellcome.....
John Ernest Scott 1930-2012
Authors: Stockwell Robin
Published: December 2014

John Ernest John Scott was a foremost biomedical research worker in the field of connective tissue for nearly sixty years. As a man born and bred in the Manchester area, and hence in the heart of the British textile industry, perhaps it was only appropriate that his life was spent in elucidating the biochemistry, structure and function of the textiles of the body.
‘Wealthy women’ in Antiquity: The ‘capable woman’ of Proverbs 31:10–31 and Mibtahiah from Elephantine
Authors: Labahn Antje
Published: December 2014

This article compares the anonymous ‘capable woman’ of Proverbs 31 with Mibtahiah of Elephantine. Both women are presented as wealthy occupiers of estates with economic success and influence in society. Both literary portraits unfold positive attitudes towards female characters, but present two divergent gender conceptions. The construction of Proverbs 31 depicts the ‘capable woman’ as an ideal character who amalgamates various social female roles and benefits from acting according to the wisdom teachings. The ‘capable woman’ provides a literary model of identification and imitation with an offer to share one’s identity with her. The Elephantine papyri reveal a divergent conception of another wealthy woman with influence insociety. Mibtahiah inherits an estate and enlarges her domain through additional economical purchase. She also takes a leading role in her family. The social role of Mibtahiah seems to be comparatively progressive, since the documents clearly indicate a juridical equalisation of men and women. The two conceptions of influential female characters present wealthy woman with potential in society. Thus, the positive attitude towards the two women is based on their wealth. ‘Welvarende vroue’ in antieke tye: Die ‘knap vrou’ van Spreuke 31:10−31 en Mibtahiahvan Elephantine. Hierdie artikel vergelyk die anonieme ‘knap vrou’ van Spreuke 31 met Mibtahiah van Elephantine. Albei vroue word voorgehou as die welvarende, invloedryke en ekonomies suksesvolle eienaars van landgoedere. Albei letterkundige weergawes openbaar ’n positiewe ingesteldheid teenoor vroulike karakters, maar verteenwoordig twee uiteenlopende geslagskonsepte. Spreuke 31 beeld die ‘knap vrou’ uit as die ideale karakter wat die verskeie rolle van die vrou met gemak hanteer en voordeel uit wysheidsonderrig trek. Die ‘knap vrou’ is ’n navolgenswaardige model met wie iemand sou wou identifiseer. Die Elephantine papyri openbaar ’n verskillende perspektief op ’n ander welgestelde en invloedryke vrou, Mibtahiah, wat ’n landgoed erf en deur verdere aankope. Sy speel ook ’n leidende rol in haar familie. Dit blyk asof die sosiale rol wat Mibtahiah gespeel het betreklik progressief was omdat die geskrifte ’n duidelike juridiese gelykmaking van mans en vroue aandui. Hierdie twee konsepte van invloedryke vroulike karakters stel die vermoënde vrou met potensiaal in die samelewing voor. Dus is die positiewe houding teenoor die twee vroue op hulle welvarendheid gebaseer.
The Birth of I-Kelahiran – Sabah’s experience
Authors: Raja Dhesi
Published: December 2014

Though over the years, Sabah has recorded an increase of childbirth with better healthcare indicators, improving maternal and childcare has always been a major challenge.  Therefore, with the aim of addressing the current issues of birthing discrepancy, delayed reporting of high risk pregnancy and maximum immunization coverage within the state of Sabah, “I-Kelahiran”: Inovasi Kelahiran: was developed in June 2012.   This computerised birthing system acts not only as an online storehouse of information, it also traces data and generates reports to reduce enormous duplication, save cost and time, as well as eliminating delays and confusion on management of health information.  The system also helps to overcome the issue of collecting data from rural health personnel, particularly with the extreme geographical terrain in Sabah.  This paper discusses how I-Kelahiran, a health information system was developed under the Sabah Health Department and shares its experiences in implementation.  The experience and feedback from this system will help to build a full-fledged system capable of handling childbirth data at the higher level in Borneo.
Technological and Organizational Context around Immunization Reporting and Interoperability in Minnesota
Authors: Rajamani Sripriya , Roche Erin , Soderberg Karen , Bieringer Aaron
Published: December 2014

Background: Immunization information systems (IIS) operate in an evolving health care landscape with technology changes driven by initiatives such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR incentive program, promoting adoption and use of electronic health record (EHR) systems, including standards-based public health reporting.  There is flux in organizational affiliations to support models such as accountable care organizations (ACO). These impact institutional structure of how reporting of immunizations occurs and the methods adopted.Objectives: To evaluate the technical and organizational characteristics of healthcare provider reporting of immunizations to public health in Minnesota and to assess the adoption of standardized codes, formats and transport.Methods: Data on organizations and reporting status was obtained from Minnesota IIS (Minnesota Immunization Information Connection: MIIC) by collating information from existing lists, specialized queries and review of annual reports. EHR adoption data of clinics was obtained in collaboration with informatics office supporting the Minnesota e-Health Initiative. These data from various sources were merged, checked for quality to create a current state assessment of immunization reporting and results validated with subject matter experts.Results: Standards-based reporting of immunizations to MIIC increased to 708 sites over the last 3 years. A growth in automated real-time reporting occurred in 2013 with 143 new sites adopting the method. Though the uptake of message standards (HL7) has increased, the adoption of current version of HL7 and web services transport remains low. The EHR landscape is dominated by a single vendor (used by 40% of clinics) in the state. There is trend towards centralized reporting of immunizations with an organizational unit reporting for many sites ranging from 4 to 140 sites.Conclusion: High EHR adoption in Minnesota, predominance of a vendor in the market, and centralized reporting models present opportunities for better interoperability and also adaptation of strategies to fit this landscape. It is essential for IIS managers to have a good understanding of their constituent landscape for technical assistance and program planning purposes.
Group Calls for More Focus on Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Authors: Showstack Randy
Published: December 2014

A group of astronauts, scientists, business leaders, and artists are calling for a dramatic increase in detecting and monitoring asteroids that could potentially strike the Earth catastrophically. They have announced that 30 June 2015 will be a global asteroid awareness day.
Realizing the Value of a National Asset: Scientific Data
Authors: Wilson Anne , Downs Robert R. , Lenhardt W. Christopher , Meyer Carol , Michener William , Ramapriyan Hampapuram , Robinson Erin
Published: December 2014

“We have a shared responsibility to create and implement strategies to realize the full potential of digital information for present and future generations,” according to the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) Declaration [CoBabe‐Ammann et al., 2007]
Sudden pressure enhancement and tailward retreat in the near‐Earth plasma sheet: THEMIS observation and MHD simulation
Authors: Yao Y. , Ebihara Y. , Tanaka T.
Published: December 2014

Sudden enhancement of the plasma pressure in the near‐Earth plasma sheet is one of the common manifestations of substorms and is thought to play an important role in relevant disturbances in the magnetosphere and ionosphere. On 1 March 2008, four of the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms probes observed the sudden enhancement of the plasma pressure around 15:40 UT. The four probes were almost aligned along the Sun‐Earth line, which was suitable for investigating spatial‐temporal evolution of the near‐Earth plasma sheet around the substorm onset. The four probes were located off the equatorial plane, according to a magnetic field model. The plasma pressure suddenly increased at the innermost probe first (at ~7.2 Re), followed by the outer probes (at ~7.5, ~8.3, and ~10.4 Re), that could be seen as a tailward propagation (or retreat) of high‐pressure region (HPR). After comparing with results of a global magnetohydrodynamic simulation, we found that only the tailward propagation of the HPR could be seen at off equator. Near the equatorial plane, the HPR propagates earthward from the magnetotail region, then it retreats tailward. In the course of the tailward retreat, the HPR also propagates away from the equatorial plane. As a consequence, the innermost probe observed the pressure enhancement first, followed by the outer probes. The propagation of the HPR in the ZGSM direction is understood to be a combination of the convergence of the plasma flow (the divergence of bulk velocity along the ZGSM axis) and the pressure gradient force.