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Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience
Authors: Kim HaeJung , Ahn Soo-Kyoung , Forney Judith A
Published: December 2014

Emergence of a global techno-economic system is challenging academia and the fashion industry. Consumers, the retail industry and business strategies are strategically contributing to the changing fashion paradigm, which is shifting from the Total (TCE), to Global (GCE) and to Smart Consumer Experience (SCE) concepts. The consumer experience is a pervasive value orientation that is transforming how consumers think, gain information, and make decisions about consumption activities to maximize their total experience value. Moreover, the experiences, products and services that consumers seek are being defined with a global and smart perspective that is made possible by boundary-free access to information and sourcing of products and services. Specifically, the smart consumer experience advocates consumer participation by leveraging the power of communities and networks and enabling consumers to influence retail businesses and co-create future marketspace values. This phenomenon has implications for fashion consumers and fashion retail industry business strategies since fashion is an emulated behavior.
Fabrication and heat treatment of ceramic-reinforced aluminium matrix composites - a review
Authors: Das Dipti Kanta , Mishra Purna Chandra , Singh Saranjit , Pattanaik Swati
Published: December 2014

Ceramic-reinforced aluminium matrix composites have attracted considerable attention in engineering applications as a result of their relatively low costs and characteristic isotropic properties. Reinforcement materials include carbides, nitrides and oxides. In an effort to achieve optimality in structure and properties of ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs), various fabrication and heat treatment techniques have evolved over the last 20 years. In this paper, the status of the research and development in fabrication and heat treatment techniques of ceramic-reinforced aluminium matrix composites is reviewed, with a major focus on material systems in terms of chemical compositions, weight or volume fraction, particle size of reinforcement, fabrication methods and heat treatment procedures. Various optical measurement techniques used by the researchers are highlighted. Also, limitations and needs of the technique in composite fabrication are presented in the literature. The full potential of various methods for fabricating ceramic-reinforced aluminium matrix composites is yet to be explored.
Between the Lines: Seferis Anti-Writing Pound's Homer
Authors: Stergiopoulou Katerina
Published: December 2014

This essay examines the translation theory and practice of Greek modernist poet Giorgos Seferis, focusing on his translation of Ezra Pound's first canto (itself a translation of the Odyssey's Book 11). By looking at how Seferis handles effects and traces of translation already present in his original and exploring the fragile boundary between the two kinds of translation he identifies, antigrafi (interlingual) and metagrafi (intralingual), I show that the Canto One translation represents not his failure to find an equivalent for Pound's poem or the Odyssey, but his resistance precisely to this notion of equivalence, even of the kind that Pound himself is promoting. Writing in response to and against Pound (what I call, adapting Seferis's term, anti-writing), Seferis translates Pound as a way of resisting nationalist ideological appropriation and performs a linguistic archeology that uncovers not a single buried layer—akin to Pound's Anglo-Saxon—but multiple points of originating exchange.
Media, Myth, and the “Fighting Whale” In Maritime Narratives
Authors: Dowling David O.
Published: December 2014

The “fighting whale” in shipwreck accounts has had a pervasive and stubborn hold on maritime narratives, simultaneously perpetuating lasting memorable tales and false assumptions about whale behavior that have endured for nearly two centuries. This essay traces the cultural mechanisms behind the narrative recasting of this docile creature into a calculating predator that savagely attacked whale ships. Owen Chase's Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex set off a flurry of similar tales when it appeared in 1821. Chase attempted to preempt any accusations regarding his own faulty seamanship—he had originally refused to land on the nearby Tahitian islands for fear of cannibals—by creating in its place an enduring myth of a manhunting creature of the sea. The casting of the whale into a murderous villain became a staple of the novelistic narrative structure of shipwreck reportage that demanded a ferocious embodied antagonist in its dramatis personae to justify the capitalist and imperialist objectives of the whaling industry. I argue that Moby-Dick complicates Chase's flat vilification of the whale and its associations with the cultural meanings of the evil sea monster in romanticism and the ancient Leviathan tradition. With origins tracing back to early Christian retellings of the ancient Greek Physiologus nautical myth, the legacy of that tradition of maligning the whale is immediately visible in contemporary writers, such as Jay Parini and Nathaniel Philbrick.
Information Flow and Repetition in Music
Authors: Temperley David
Published: December 2014

A corpus analysis of common-practice themes shows that, when an intervallic pattern is repeated with one changed interval, the changed interval tends to be larger in the second instance of the pattern than in the first; the analysis also shows that the second instance of an intervallic pattern tends to contain more chromaticism than the first. An explanation is offered for these phenomena, using the theory of uniform information density. This theory states that communication is optimal when the density of information (the negative log of probability) maintains a consistent, moderate level. The repetition of a pattern of intervals is (in some circumstances, at least) highly probable; in some cases, the information density of such repetitions may be undesirably low. The composer can balance this low information by injecting a high-information (i.e., low-probability) element into the repetition such as a large interval or a chromatic note. A perceptual model is proposed, showing how the probabilities of intervals, scale degrees, and repetition might be calculated and combined.
Idols of Development
Authors: Käng Dredge Byung'chu
Published: December 2014

Inter-Asian cultural flows are transforming everyday Thai gender practices and performances in unexpected ways. The most striking example is the way in which Korean popular music, or K-pop, is molding contemporary beauty and dance aesthetics through cover dance, the copying of choreographed movements from music videos. K-pop cover dance has become a definitive social activity among Asian sissies (young feminine gay men) and is organized into an extensive contest circuit leading to an annual competition in Korea. Thai sissies are among the most enthusiastic and skillful practitioners of K-pop cover dance, and some practitioners, such as the members of the group Wonder Gay, have become national celebrities. I describe how cover dance demarcates a new social arena for feminine Thai males to express themselves through the idiom of modern Korean female embodiment. Semiprofessional cover dancers constitute a class of “hyper-fans” who become “demi-idols,” with fan followings in their own right. I argue that Thai K-pop cover dance can be read as both an aspiration for personal and national development that indexes participation in a new cosmopolitan Asian sphere. The cover dance phenomenon in Thailand highlights recent shifts in Asian regionalism, idol fandom, and transgressive gender performance.
Patient-reported outcome and quality of life after total en bloc spondylectomy for a primary spinal tumour
Authors: Kato S. , Murakami H. , Demura S. , Yoshioka K. , Kawahara N. , Tomita K. , Tsuchiya H.
Published: December 2014

Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) is the total resection of a vertebra containing a tumour. Many authors have investigated patient-reported outcomes after routine spinal surgery and surgery for tumours in general. However, this is the first report of patient-reported outcomes, including health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and satisfaction, after en bloc vertebral resection for a spinal tumour.

Of the 54 patients who underwent TES for a primary tumour between 1993 and 2010, 19 died and four were lost to follow-up. In January 2012, a questionnaire was sent to the 31 surviving patients. This included the short form-36 to assess HRQoL and questions about the current condition of their disease, activities of daily living (ADL) and surgery. The response rate was high at 83.9% (26/31 patients). We found that most patients were satisfied and maintained good performance of their ADLs.

The mental health status and social roles of the HRQoL scores were nearly equivalent to those of healthy individuals, regardless of the time since surgery. There was significant impairment of physical health in the early post-operative years, but this usually returned to normal approximately three years after surgery.

Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2014;96-B:1693–8.
Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability
Authors: Spassiani Natasha A. , Friedman Carli
Published: December 2014

This exploratory article examines disability culture and identity for people with intellectual disability. In doing so, we argue that the stigma around intellectual disability severely affects people with intellectual disability's sense of culture and identity. This stigma causes internalized ableism and leads to people with intellectual disability disassociating from other people with intellectual disability in an attempt to cope with this stigma. True community inclusion for people with intellectual disability can only occur when this stigma is removed. Fortunately, as we argue, the self-advocacy movement is making great strides in doing so. The self-advocacy movement must be supported to achieve true inclusion and a sense of culture and identity for people with intellectual disability.
T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia with Extensive Cardiovascular Infiltrate Leading to Multiple Myocardial Infarctions and Cardiac Death
Authors: Cheng Hong , Feldman Tatyana , Butt Yasmeen , Chow Kar F. , Yang Xiao Yan , Bhattacharyya Pritish K. , de Vinck David C.
Published: December 2014

Lymphocytic neoplasm involving the heart is not common and usually presents with pericardial effusion or focal myocardial infiltration. Myocardial infarctions due to leukemic infiltration of the coronary arteries are rarely reported. We present the case of a 52-year-old Guatemalan man with a one-year history of untreated T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. He was admitted to our hospital for chemotherapy and evaluation of a pulmonary cavitary lesion by wedge resection. During sedation, the patient experienced acute respiratory failure and hypovolemic shock, from which he could not be resuscitated.

Autopsy revealed that leukemic cells extensively infiltrated the aorta, myocardium, and coronary arteries. The lumina of the 3 major coronary artery branches showed 70% to 95% stenosis, with multifocal remote myocardial infarctions. Tumor cells were also detected in the lungs and other organs. The acute cardiorespiratory insufficiency secondary to leukemia—particularly the extensive infiltration of the coronary arteries and myocardium, and the multiple myocardial infarctions—eventually resulted in cardiac death.
Concurrent Aortic Valvular Disease and Pulmonary Sequestration: Clinical Implications
Authors: Hui Dawn S. , Shavelle David M. , Starnes Vaughn A. , McFadden P. Michael
Published: December 2014

Pulmonary sequestration refers to segmental lung tissue that has no connection with the bronchial tree or pulmonary arteries. In adults, the clinical sequelae are usually related to infection. Patients are typically referred for sequestrectomy even when they are asymptomatic. There are no guidelines for treating patients who have pulmonary sequestration and coexisting cardiac valvular disease, in which case the venous drainage patterns of sequestra pose the additional risks of infective endocarditis and volume overload.

We present the cases of 2 adult patients—one symptomatic and one asymptomatic—who had concurrent aortic valvular disease and pulmonary sequestration, and we discuss the factors involved in our evaluation of their cardiac risk and our treatment decisions. In view of the sparse data to predict cardiac risks, we think that pulmonary sequestrectomy in adult patients with concurrent valvular conditions should be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Repeated Transradial Catheterization: Feasibility, Efficacy, and Safety
Authors: Charalambous Marinos A. , Constantinides Savvas S. , Talias Michael A. , Soteriades Elpidoforos S. , Christou Christos P.
Published: December 2014

Transradial access is an alternative to the transfemoral approach in coronary interventions. It results in less access-site bleeding, shorter hospital stays, lower costs, and less pain for the patient. However, some authors have suggested that the transradial approach might lead to radial artery occlusion, which precludes repeated same-artery catheterizations. Using data from our center, we evaluated the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of repeated transradial catheterization.

We reviewed the 3,006 transradial catheterizations performed at our center from 2006 through 2009. Patients who had undergone at least one repeated transradial catheterization were identified, their cases monitored through 2012, and their baseline characteristics and other factors, including procedural sequelae, were analyzed.

Seventy-nine patients underwent repeated right radial artery catheterizations, for a total of 92 repeated procedures. Repeated access to the right radial artery was not achieved in 4 attempts (failure rate, 4.3%), because of poor pulses or the operator's inability to advance the wire. No major sequelae were noted. The average times between the 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, and 3rd to 4th catheterizations were 406, 595, and 401 days, respectively.

Our procedural success rate of 95.7% in performing repeated transradial catheterizations with no major sequelae provides support for the efficacy and safety of such procedures.
Implementation of distribution centers as logistics competitive advantage: study on oil company distributor in southeast Brazil
Authors: Albernaz Henrique , Maruyama Ursula Gomes Rosa , Maciel Marcelo Sampaio Dias , Correa Fernando Ramos
Published: December 2014

This study aims to present how distribution centers implementation in organization is able to provide a competitive advantage over its competitors. The qualitative research was based on multiple case studies. Thus, these cases were focused on lubricants segment national distribution company. It was intended to introduce improvements recognizing distribution centers (DCs) importance as competitive advantage. DC Macaé-RJ and Piracicaba-SP were chosen to represent this scenario. Therefore, as results it was found increased sales and operating leverage of results within the market in which it operates.
An Extended Model of Preference Formation between Global and Local Brands: The Roles of Identity Expressiveness, Trust, and Affect
Authors: Xie Yi , Batra Rajeev , Peng Siqing
Published: December 2014

The authors propose an augmented conceptual model explaining consumer preferences for global brands versus local brands in emerging markets and test the model using data from a Chinese consumer sample. The model adds high brand-identity expressiveness as well as high trust and positive affect toward these brands. The results support these additions and replicate previous findings that brand quality and prestige are important links between perceived brand globalness (PBG) and perceived brand localness (PBL) and favorable behavioral intentions. The most novel finding is that both PBG and PBL can enhance a brand's identity expressiveness. The results establish the mediating roles of these additional variables between PBG/PBL and behavioral intentions and also identify the incremental explanatory value of these additional mediators, which have been neglected in previous global branding research. Furthermore, PBG—which affects behavioral intentions through pathways of brand prestige, trust, and affect—is more influential than PBL, which operates mainly through brand identity expressiveness.
Brain Responses to Movie Trailers Predict Individual Preferences for Movies and Their Population-Wide Commercial Success
Authors: Boksem Maarten A.S. , Smidts Ale
Published: December 2014

Although much progress has been made in relating brain activations to choice behavior, evidence that neural measures could actually be useful for predicting the success of marketing actions remains limited. To be of added value, neural measures should significantly increase predictive power, beyond conventional measures. In the present study, the authors obtain both stated preference measures and neural measures (electroencephalography; EEG) in response to advertisements for commercially released movies (i.e., movie trailers) to probe their potential to provide insight into participants’ individual preferences as well as movie sales in the general population. The results show that EEG measures (beta and gamma oscillations), beyond stated preference measures, provide unique information regarding individual and population-wide preference and can thus, in principle, be used as a neural marker for commercial success. As such, these results provide the first evidence that EEG measures are related to real-world outcomes and that these neural measures can significantly add to models predicting choice behavior relative to models that include only stated preference measures.
Abnormal driving forces induced by curvatures and gradients of curvatures on micro/nano curved surfaces
Authors: Yin Yajun , Wu Jiye
Published: December 2014

This paper elaborates that at micro/nanoscales, highly curved matter spaces may induce abnormal driving forces. Such abnormal driving forces are controlled by two fundamental factors: one is the bending extent of surfaces (curvature) and another is the non-uniform extent of bending surfaces (the gradients of curvatures).
Wave propagation in an initially stressed transversely isotropic thermoelastic half-space
Authors: Gupta Raj Rani , Saroa M.S.
Published: December 2014

The present paper deals with the study of reflection waves in an initially stressed transversely isotropic medium, in the context of Green and Naghdi (GN) thermoelasticity theory type II and III. The components of displacement, stresses and temperature distributions are determined through the solution of the wave equation by imposing the appropriate boundary conditions. Numerically simulated results are plotted graphically with respect to frequency in order to show the effect of anisotropy.
Placental Insufficiency Is a Leading Cause of Preterm Labor
Authors: Morgan Terry K.
Published: December 2014

Preterm labor is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors. Intra-amniotic infection is one risk factor, but accumulating evidence suggests it is an uncommon cause of preterm labor. Instead, most cases of spontaneous preterm labor appear to be caused by placental insufficiency, similar to preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. This review addresses the placental findings most commonly observed in preterm labor and discusses the prevalence of these features related to the gestational age at the time of delivery. The implications for clinical management and the long-term health of the infant may be profound.
Conservative Implant Removal for the Analysis of the Cause, Removal Torque, and Surface Treatment of Failed Nonmobile Dental Implants
Authors: Anitua Eduardo , Murias-Freijo Alia , Alkhraisat Mohammad Hamdan
Published: December 2014

This study was performed to study the effect of implant surface treatment on the cause and removal torque of failed nonmobile implants. Implant explantation was achieved by the application of countertorque at the implant–bone interface. The explantation socket was examined carefully and curetted to remove any granulation tissue. Immediate implant placement was accomplished when primary stability could be achieved. Eighty-one patients were treated according to the described treatment protocol for the explantation of 158 nonmobile implants in the maxilla and the mandible. The patient's mean age was 62 ± 11 years. The main cause of implant explantation was peri-implantitis (131 implants; 82.9%) followed by malpositioning of the implants (22 implants; 13.9%). The explantation of 139 implants at 146 ± 5 Ncm was performed without the need for trephine bur. However, the use of trephine burs to cut into the first 3 to 4 mm was necessary in 19 explantations, and the removal torque was 161 ± 13 Ncm. All titanium plasma-sprayed implants were removed due to peri-implantitis at a significantly lower torque when compared to acid-etched, particle-blasted, and oxidized implants. The postoperative recovery of the patients was uneventful and the conservation of the available hard and soft tissues was successfully achieved. The protocol followed in this study could constitute a real alternative to other traumatic technique for the removal of failed implants and advanced stages of peri-implantitis. The type of implant surface treatment could influence the value of removal torque and the occurrence of peri-implantitis.
Field Dissipation of Atrazine and Metribuzin in Organic Soils in Florida
Authors: Odero Dennis C. , Shaner Dale L.
Published: December 2014

Sugarcane growers have observed reduced residual activity of atrazine on organic soils in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) of south Florida. Field studies were conducted between 2011 and 2012 to determine the rate of dissipation of atrazine at 2.24, 4.48, and 8.96 kg ha−1and metribuzin at 0.56, 1.12, and 2.24 kg ha−1in the top 10 cm of soil in sugarcane fields in the EAA. The bioavailable fraction of atrazine dissipated more rapidly than the total amount of atrazine in the soil. Half-lives of the total and bioavailable fraction of atrazine ranged between 3.9 to 12.1 d and 1.0 to 7.5 d, respectively. Metribuzin dissipated much more slowly than atrazine on organic soils. Similarly, dissipation of the bioavailable fraction of metribuzin was more rapid than was the dissipation of the total amount of metribuzin in the soil. Half-lives of the total and bioavailable fraction of metribuzin ranged between 16.2 and 24.8 d and 6.0 and 14.3 d, respectively. These results indicate that enhanced atrazine degradation occurs on organic soils under field conditions in the EAA, resulting in shorter residual atrazine activity. This implies that metribuzin is a better option for weed control in sugarcane grown on organic soils of the EAA exhibiting enhanced atrazine degradation.
Different Glyphosate Susceptibility inChloris polydactylaAccessions
Authors: Barroso Arthur A. M. , Albrecht Alfredo J. P. , Reis Fabricia C. Dos , Placido Henrique F. , Toledo Roberto E. , Albrecht Leandro P. , Filho Ricardo V.
Published: December 2014

Glyphosate is now the most widely used herbicide; after years of frequent utilization, resistant weeds were selected, mainly due to widespread adoption of glyphosate-resistant crops and no-tillage sowing system. Increasing difficulty in controllingChloris polydactylawith glyphosate has been noticed in agricultural areas. Here, the susceptibility level of variousC. polydactylaaccessions from Brazil is examined. Two whole-plant studies were conducted to confirm the presence and extent of glyphosate susceptibility among accessions, which involved the application of seven glyphosate doses on four accessions. The four accessions showed different glyphosate susceptibilities. The “Matão” accession presented major tolerance for glyphosate compared to “Palotina” accessions. “Jaboticabal” plants showed an intermediary susceptibility. The resistance factor (RF) was 3.76 between the “Matão” and “Palotina” accessions. All biotypes died at 2,880 g ae ha−1glyphosate.
Response of Commercial Rice Cultivars to Postemergence Applications of Saflufenacil
Authors: Montgomery Garret B. , Bond Jason A. , Golden Bobby R. , Gore Jeffrey , Edwards H. Matthew , Eubank Thomas W. , Walker Timothy W.
Published: December 2014

Research was conducted in 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the response of the rice cultivars ‘Cheniere', ‘CL151′, ‘Caffey', ‘CL261′, and ‘CLXL745′ response to POST applications of saflufenacil. Treatments included a nontreated control, saflufenacil at 50 g ai ha−1, and carfentrazone at 35 g ai ha−1applied mid-POST (MPOST) to rice in the three- to four-leaf stage. Pooled across cultivars, injury was greatest at 3 and 7 d after treatment (DAT), 21 and 17%, respectively. Rice injury was only 5% at 14 DAT and 1% at 28 DAT. Hybrid long-grain cultivar CLXL745 was injured more than inbred long-grain cultivars CL151 and Cheniere. Cheniere was more tolerant than inbred medium-grain cultivars CL261 and Caffey. All cultivars exhibited tolerance to saflufenacil as evidenced by similar normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI), maturity, mature plant height, and rice yield (rough, whole, and total milled rice).
Exploring the Behaviour of Emerging Contaminants in the Water Cycle using the Capabilities of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
Authors: Hollender Juliane , Bourgin Marc , Fenner Kathrin B. , Longrée Philipp , Mcardell Christa S. , Moschet Christoph , Ruff Matthias , Schymanski Emma L. , Singer Heinz P.
Published: December 2014

To characterize a broad range of organic contaminants and their transformation products (TPs) as well as their loads, input pathways and fate in the water cycle, the Department of Environmental Chemistry (Uchem) at Eawag applies and develops high-performance liquid chromatography (LC)
methods combined with high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (HRMS/MS). In this article, the background and state-of-the-art of LC-HRMS/MS for detection of i) known targets, ii) suspected compounds like TPs, and iii) unknown emerging compounds are introduced briefly. Examples for each approach
are taken from recent research projects conducted within the department. These include the detection of trace organic contaminants and their TPs in wastewater, pesticides and their TPs in surface water, identification of new TPs in laboratory degradation studies and ozonation experiments and
finally the screening for unknown compounds in the catchment of the river Rhine.
Environmental Photochemistry of Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins
Authors: Lundeen Rachel A. , Janssen Elisabeth M.-L. , Chu Chiheng , Mcneill Kristopher
Published: December 2014

Amino acids, peptides and proteins are central building blocks of life and of key importance in the biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems. In sunlit surface waters, amino acid-based molecules at different levels of structural organization are susceptible to transformation by both direct
photochemical reactions and indirect processes caused by photochemically produced reactive oxygen species (e.g. hydroxyl radical or singlet oxygen). Photochemical transformation processes can thereby affect the availability of these crucial nutrient sources in aquatic ecosystems, inhibit the
function of microbial extracellular enzymes, or even promote the degradation of amino acid-based pollutant molecules. In this article, the environmental photochemistry of amino acids, peptides and proteins in aquatic systems is reviewed.
Disease-free Pre-Basic Seed Potato Production through Tissue Culture in Nepal
Authors: Sakha Binesh M. , Rai Gyan P. , Dhital Shambhu P. , Nepal Ram B.
Published: December 2014

Pre-basic seed potatoes are disease free potato minitubers produced by transplanting pathogen free in vitro potato plantlets under protected condition in aphid-proof glasshouse  and/or screen house. Double antibody sand witched - enzyme linked immuno-sorbant assay  is used to test six major potato viruses, namely PLRV, PVS, PVX, PVY, PVA and PVM.  Thermotherapy cum meristem tip excision techniques are used to eliminate these viruses.  Virus free in vitro potato plantlets are rapidly propagated by single nodal cuttings on  modified MS media. For pre-basic seed production disease free in vitro potato plantlets are  transplanted in the sterile sand soil substrate under glasshouse and screen house, once in  autumn season and next in spring season. Since 1990, National Potato Research Program has  been producing about 200,000 pre-basic seeds annually. So far, PBS of 19 different  recommended and released potato cultivars has been produced. Till date 3,465,799 PBS had  been produced and 3,217,666 pre-basic seeds distributed to the different seed potato growers  groups, District Agriculture Development Offices, government farms/research stations, and  NGOs/INGOs for subsequent basic seed potato production. After establishment of tissue  culture facilities in National Potato Research Program, the productivity of potato has been  increased by 71% due to utilization of pre-basic seed potatoes.Nepal Agric. Res. J. Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 7-13DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/narj.v8i0.11564
Evaluation of Open Pollinated Normal Maize Varieties in the Eastern Mid Hill of Nepal
Authors: Sah Surya N. , Sharma Diwakar
Published: December 2014

Full season maize genotypes were evaluated in on station coordinated varietal experiments   during summer season at Agriculture Research Station (ARS), Pakhribas in three consecutive years 2003, 2004 and 2005. The experiments were laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The objective of this study was to identify high yield potential normal maize genotypes suitable for the existing cropping patterns in the eastern mid hill. Genotypes were evaluated in coordinated varietal trials (CVT) in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and in intermediate yield trial (IYT) in 2004. Five common genotypes including local and standard check were evaluated in the CVT 2003 and in the CVT 2004, another five common genotypes tested in the CVT 2004 and in the CVT 2005 and six common genotypes of the IYT 2004 and CVT 2005 were analyzed over year. Genotype P501-SARCO-F1/P502-SARCO-F1 produced significantly higher grain yield   followed by DRACOSYN- F1/DRBCOSYN-F1 in the 1st two years and found about one week earlier than Mankamana-3. Across 00502 and Across 9942/Across 9944 were found superior with respect to grain yield and phenotypic characters like husk cover, plant aspect and ear aspect both in CVT 2005 and IYT 2004 across the years and the genotype Across   9942/Across 9944 was found tolerant to turcicum leaf blight (TLB) in 2005.Nepal Agric. Res. J. Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 18-22DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/narj.v8i0.11566
Integrated Disease Management of Tomato Late Blight
Authors: Shrestha Krishna K. , Ashley Richard
Published: December 2014

Tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is a  serious disease of tomato and potato worldwide. The disease causes severe  crop losses in the tomato growing regions of the world. Most of the cultivars  grown in the world are reported to be susceptible to late blight. Systemic  fungicides have been used widely in the past, but the disease has developed  resistance over time. The present study was carried out to minimize  fungicide use through integrated pest management. The bio-pesticides  Azadirachta indica (Neem), Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) and Trichoderma  viride were tested along with the fungicides Krilaxyl (metalaxyl 8% and  mancozeb 64%) and Dithane M-45 (mancozeb 80%) in Nepal during 2000  and 2001. All three bio-pesticides were found more effective than the control  in reducing development of the disease and they increased yield over the  control by 17 to 41%. However, the fungicides, Krilaxyl and Dithane M-45  were observed even more effective. Two transplanting dates ie first and third  week of July were tested against late blight in rainy season during 2000and  2001 and observed its effect on yields. Lower disease incidence and better  yield were found in the second planting.  Nepal Agric. Res. J. Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 67-76DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/narj.v8i0.11583
Marketing Constraints to Goats in the Western Hill of Nepal
Authors: Nepali Megh B. , Tiwari Megh R. , Sapkota Sudha , Poudel Hari P. , Acharya Budhi R. , Gautam Sudeep
Published: December 2014

Goat marketing study was conducted in eleven districts with the objectives of exploration  the existing goat marketing system in western hills of Nepal. The methodology of the study  was households survey, Rapid Marketing Appraisal and use of secondary data. Some of the  marketing centers are at the village level, catchments, terminal level markets and district  headquarters. There are some marketing agents dealing with the goat marketing from village  to the municipalities. Goat marketing agents mainly found farmers and middlemen at the  village level and catchments markets. In terminal markets mainly wholesalers and  middlemen were involved where as in district headquarters and municipalities middlemen,  wholesalers and butchers were dealing the goat business. 59.3% respondents believed that  middlemen visit in the village for goat marketing. Almost all farmers sell their goats on the  basis of estimated price. Major constraints on goat marketing were lack of public goat  marketing centres, lack of communications about goat marketing and lack of infrastructure  etc in all the domestic markets. In the western hills of Nepal main goat marketing centre was  found in Pokhara sub municipality where traders/whole sellers bring their goats to sale from  different catchments. Government has the provision of establishing new goat marketing  centers in each VDCs and district headquarters.Nepal Agric. Res. J. Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 95-102DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/narj.v8i0.11601
Stereotactic laser ablation of high-grade gliomas
Authors: Hawasli Ammar H. , Kim Albert H. , Dunn Gavin P. , Tran David D. , Leuthardt Eric C.
Published: December 2014

Evolving research has demonstrated that surgical cytoreduction of a high-grade glial neoplasm is an important factor in improving the prognosis of these difficult tumors. Recent advances in intraoperative imaging have spurred the use of stereotactic laser ablation (laser interstitial thermal therapy [LITT]) for intracranial lesions. Among other targets, laser ablation has been used in the focal treatment of high-grade gliomas (HGGs). The revived application of laser ablation for gliomas parallels major advancements in intraoperative adjuvants and groundbreaking molecular advances in neuro-oncology. The authors review the research on stereotactic LITT for the treatment of HGGs and provide a potential management algorithm for HGGs that incorporates LITT in clinical practice.
Phosphorylation of NMDA 2B at S1303 in human glioma peritumoral tissue: implications for glioma epileptogenesis
Authors: Gao Xiang , Wang Haiyan , Cai Shanbao , Saadatzadeh M. Reza , Hanenberg Helmut , Pollok Karen E. , Cohen-Gadol Aaron A. , Chen Jinhui
Published: December 2014

Object

Peritumoral seizures are an early symptom of a glioma. To gain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying tumor-induced epileptogenesis, the authors studied modulation of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in peritumoral tissue.

Methods

To study the possible etiology of peritumoral seizures, NMDA receptor expression, posttranslational modification, and function were analyzed in an orthotopic mouse model of human gliomas and primary patient glioma tissue in which the peritumoral border (tumor-brain interface) was preserved in a tissue block during surgery.

Results

The authors found that the NMDA receptor containing the 2B subunit (NR2B), a predominantly extrasynaptic receptor, is highly phosphorylated at S1013 in the neurons located in the periglioma area of the mouse brain. NR2B is also highly phosphorylated at S1013 in the neurons located in the peritumoral area from human brain tissue containing a glioma. The phosphorylation of the extrasynaptic NMDA receptor increases its permeability for Ca2+ influx and subsequently mediates neuronal overexcitation and seizure activity.

Conclusions

These data suggest that overexcitation of the extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in the peritumoral neurons may contribute to the development of peritumoral seizures and that the phosphorylated NR2B may be a therapeutic target for blocking primary brain tumor–induced peritumoral seizures.
Targeting MET for glioma therapy
Authors: Awad Ahmed J. , Burns Terry C. , Zhang Ying , Abounader Roger
Published: December 2014

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and most lethal of all primary brain tumors. Even with the standard therapy, life expectancy is still poor, with an average survival of approximately 14 months following initial diagnosis. Hence, there is an urgent need for novel treatment strategies that inhibit proliferation and angiogenesis in high-grade gliomas. One such strategy consists of inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinases, including MET and/or its ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Because of their widespread involvement in human cancer, HGF and MET have emerged as promising therapeutic targets, and some inhibitory agents that target them have already entered clinical trials. In this paper, the authors highlight recent evidence implicating HGF/MET pathway deregulation in glioblastoma multiforme, discuss therapeutic approaches to inhibit HGF/MET signaling, and summarize ongoing clinical trials targeting this pathway.
Another Level of Leadership: Nurses on Boards
Authors: Bleich Michael R.
Published: December 2014

The movement to place nurses on boards of directors is growing, enriching boards with individuals possessing knowledge of clinical quality tied to care delivery models, human resource competencies and management, finance, and organizational change. Professional development educators are poised to advance a board’s capacity to address complex health care problems.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2014;45(12):530–532.
Upper-Extremity Thrombosis in a Patient After Biceps Tenodesis
Authors: Offoha Roosevelt U. , Garzon-Muvdi Juan , Streiff Michael B. , Mcfarland Edward G.
Published: December 2014

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the upper extremity is uncommon compared with DVT of the lower extremity. Exertional DVT has been described in some athletes, especially in the dominant arm of baseball players. It is important for health care professionals to recognize the signs and symptoms of upper-extremity DVT, which can occur after exertion or after surgery of the upper extremity. Superficial venous thrombosis is also very uncommon in the upper extremity. This article describes a case of superficial venous thrombosis that mimicked DVT in the surgical (right) arm of a recreational baseball player after suprapectoral biceps tenodesis for a painful superior labrum anterior-posterior lesion. Although the superficial venous system of the upper arm has frequent connections to the deeper basilar system, it is uncommon for superficial venous thrombosis to occur concurrently with DVT. It is important for clinicians to understand the distinction between superficial venous thrombosis and DVT in the upper extremity because the physical findings, treatment, and prognosis for these 2 entities differ in the following ways: (1) superficial venous thrombosis may be accompanied by a cord, but DVT is associated with more generalized swelling; (2) superficial venous thrombosis requires symptomatic treatment only, whereas DVT requires anticoagulation; and (3) superficial venous thrombosis typically resolves with few sequelae, whereas upper-extremity DVT increases the risk of future DVT. [
Orthopedics.
2014; 37(12):e1133–e1136.]
Accelerated Corneal Cross-linking in Pediatric Patients With Keratoconus: 24-Month Outcomes
Authors: Ozgurhan Engin Bilge , Kara Necip , Cankaya Kadir Ilker , Kurt Tugba , Demirok Ahmet
Published: December 2014

PURPOSE:

To compare the efficiency and safety of accelerated corneal cross-linking in pediatric patients with progressive keratoconus.

METHODS:

In this retrospective interventional case series, 44 eyes of 38 pediatric patients with progressive keratoconus were enrolled. All consecutive patients underwent accelerated corneal cross-linking with settings of 30 mW/cm
2
for 4 minutes, corresponding to a total dose of 7.2 J. The efficacy and safety of the procedure were assessed over a 24-month follow-up period.

RESULTS:

Mean ± standard deviation age of 10 girls and 28 boys was 15.3 ± 2.1 years (range: 9 to 18 years). Uncorrected distance visual acuity improved significantly from 0.52 ± 0.36 to 0.39 ± 0.26 logMAR (
P
= .002), and corrected distance visual acuity improved significantly from 0.38 ± 0.24 to 0.30 ± 0.20 logMAR (
P
< .001). Mean spherical and cylindrical refraction were not significantly altered (
P
> .001 for both). At the last follow-up visit, the flat keratometry value decreased from baseline from 46.4 ± 3.0 to 46.0 ± 2.9 diopters and the steep keratometry value decreased from 50.6 ± 4.2 to 50.1 ± 4.0 diopters (
P
< .001 for both). The total higher-order aberrations, coma, and astigmatism II values were also significantly decreased at 24 months after treatment (
P
< .05 for all). No serious complications were recorded during the follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS:

The findings revealed that accelerated corneal cross-linking halted the keratoconus progression without relevant side effects in pediatric patients over a 24-month follow-up period. Visual acuity, keratometric values, and corneal aberrations also improved.

[
J Refract Surg
. 2014;30(12):843–849.]
Silentium facite: El fin de la polémica y el discurso en torno a la Virgen del Pilar en la Edad Moderna
Authors: Serrano Martín Eliseo
Published: December 2014

La aparición de la Virgen del Pilar al apóstol Santiago en la ciudad romana de Caesaraugusta no fue aceptada de forma unánime y recibió críticas de religiosos e intelectuales laicos y también de la curia romana en el siglo XVII. Uno de los mayores polemistas fue Juan de Ferreras (1652-1735) que escribió varios textos contrarios que fueron censurados y condenados por la Inquisición en 1720 en un edicto que puso silencio perpetuo a las teorías contrarias a la tradición.
A Concepção de Tempo Geográfico do Mediterrâneo de Vidal de la Blache
Authors: Lira Larissa Alves de
Published: December 2014

Esta sequencia do artigo “Vidal historiador” (http://confins.revues.org/9636), procura situar o geógrafo Vidal de la Blache (1845-1918) num “lento” processo de institucionalização da geografia, em fins do século XIX e início de XX, e na transição de Vidal de la Blache da posição de historiador para a posição de geógrafo. A formação original de Vidal de la Blache como historiador na Escola Normal Superior e na Escola de Atenas, e as relações subseqüentes que manteve com os historiadores (mesmo já reconhecido como geógrafo), marcaram a formação e a carreira de Vidal de la Blache e foi tratado no primeiro artigo. Dessa confluência, surgiu uma concepção original de tempo geográfico. É esta noção que procuramos caracterizar e definir como uma ferramenta metodológica importante para os estudos de Geografia Humana e, notadamente, para o geógrafo de campo, e que trataremos neste segundo artigo.
Fim da geografia ou vingança da geografia ? As sociedades humanas entre um mundo liso, um mundo pontudo ou um mundo plano
Authors: Sanguin André-Louis
Published: December 2014

Présentée au cours des dernières années, la théorie de la fin de la géographie, la théorie du monde plat et la théorie de la revanche de la géographie ont suscité un débat intellectuel parmi les géographes du monde nord-américain. L’article examine les éléments constitutifs de ces trois théories en les replaçant dans le contexte de la révolution numérique et de l’explosion des lieux. Ce débat renvoie à l’ultime frontière de la géographie contemporaine, à savoir la déterritorialisation dans un monde sans frontières et l’avènement du cyberespace. La prédominance d’une géographie à deux faces engendre une dialectique de nouvelle territorialisation.
Dinâmica espaço-temporal das frentes pioneiras no Estado do Pará
Authors: Thalês Marcelo , Poccard-Chapuis René
Published: December 2014

A redução do desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira é alvo de numerosas políticas públicas, buscando promover formas mais sustentáveis de desenvolvimento territorial. Os sistemas atuais de monitoramento proporcionam excelente quantificação do desmatamento, porém continuam pouco eficientes na parte qualitativa de análise dos processos que levam à remoção da floresta na região. Fatores complexos ligados à expansão, intensificação, diversificação das atividades econômicas, políticas de infraestrutura e financiamentos, forças dos mercados de commodities promovem mudanças distintas nos territórios amazônicos, determinando a dinâmica do desmatamento nas frentes pioneiras na região. Neste contexto, o objetivo desta pesquisa é apresentar uma nova metodologia baseada em uma representação sistêmica das frentes pioneiras a partir dos dados públicos do desmatamento. Esta metodologia permite um monitoramento das transformações agrárias das frentes pioneiras, fornecendo informações úteis aos tomadores de decisões para uma melhor adequação das políticas agrícolas e ambientais na região. Neste artigo, a metodologia foi aplicada no Estado do Pará, onde os dados do desmatamento foram mapeados em células de 5x5 km, nas datas de 2000, 2005 e 2009, e associados a uma tipologia, definida conceitualmente, que permitiu classificar cada célula em cada data. Assim foi possível localizar as regiões das frentes pioneiras e caracterizar a dinâmica do desmatamento e os tipos usos da terra dessas regiões, além de qualificar os processos observados ao longo do tempo. Desta forma, foi avaliado que a metodologia é adequada e que pode constituir uma ferramenta de análise para os tomadores de decisão. Porém, identificamos algumas limitações metodológicas, e ressaltamos o interesse em integrar outras fontes de dados para refinar a abordagem.
Radiation-induced spinal cord hemorrhage (hematomyelia)
Authors: Agarwal Amit , Kanekar Sangam , Thamburaj Krishnamurthy , Vijay Kanupriya
Published: December 2014

Intraspinal hemorrhage is very rare and intramedullary hemorrhage, also called hematomyelia, is the rarest form of intraspinal hemorrhage, usually related to trauma. Spinal vascular malformations such intradural arteriovenous malformations are the most common cause of atraumatic hematomyelia. Other considerations include warfarin or heparin anticoagulation, bleeding disorders, spinal cord tumors. Radiation-induced hematomyelia of the cord is exceedingly rare with only one case in literature to date. We report the case of an 8 year old girl with Ewing’s sarcoma of the thoracic vertebra, under radiation therapy, presenting with hematomyelia. We describe the clinical course, the findings on imaging studies and the available information in the literature. Recognition of the clinical pattern of spinal cord injury should lead clinicians to perform imaging studies to evaluate for compressive etiologies.
A late-onset seizure in a child due to intracranial needle
Authors: Gencpinar Pinar , Cetiner Ebru , Akyuz Mahmut , Karaali Kamil , Koken Resit , Haspolat Senay
Published: December 2014

Placing of sewing needles in the brain through the anterior fontanel is a rare entity. There are very few cases reported in literature. Most of them were asymptomatic, but some of them presented with seizure. We report here a 14-year-old boy, who was admitted to the Pediatric Neurology Department with a history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures due to sewing needle located in the frontal lobe.
On the Graph of Divisibility of an Integral Domain
Authors: Greene Boynton Jason , Coykendall Jim
Published: December 2014

It is well known that the factorization properties of a domain are reflected in the structure of its group of divisibility. The main theme of this paper is to introduce a topological/graph-theoretic point of view to the current understanding of factorization in integral domains. We also show that connectedness properties in the graph and topological space give rise to a generalization of atomicity.