bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Experiences and Attitudes Among Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurses in the Use of Telemental Health: Results of an Online Survey
Authors: Baird Martha B. , Whitney Lucinda , Caedo Cassie E.
Published: July 2017

BACKGROUND: Telemental health (TMH) growth is driven by recent trends in health delivery systems and disparities in access to mental health services. There are currently no standard educational guidelines to prepare psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurses (PMH-APRNs) in TMH delivery. OBJECTIVE: To survey practicing PMH-APRNs across the United States about their experiences and attitudes about use of TMH. DESIGN: Eighty-three participants from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association online discussion board completed a nine-item survey. QUESTIONS INCLUDED: Length of time practicing as a PMH-APRN, TMH use in practice, populations served, and TMH background. RESULTS: A majority had been practicing as a PMH-APRN for less than a decade and had used TMH, although most reported no prior education or training in this delivery method. Participants did indicate a desire for TMH education. CONCLUSION: This survey affirms the prevalence of TMH use among PMH-APRN providers, lack of formal training, and necessity for standardized educational guidelines in TMH delivery.
ADHD Status and Degree of Positive Illusions;Moderational and Mediational Relations with Actual Behavior
Authors: Kaiser Nina M. , Hoza Betsy , Pelham William E. , Gnagy Elizabeth , Greiner Andrew R.
Published: July 2017

Objective

Past research suggests that many children with behavior problems display overly positive self-views (“positive illusions”); some researchers have hypothesized that these positive illusions may prevent these children from improving their behavior. This research investigates positive illusions in the behavioral domain as a moderator and mediator of the relation between ADHD status and behavior in a summer program setting.

Method

Boys with ADHD and comparison boys rated their own behavioral competence; discrepancies between these self-ratings and the reports of boys’ teachers served as an index of behavioral positive illusions. Dependent variables were derived from a behavioral point system that provided specific data about boys’ positive and negative behaviors and from counselor ratings of behavior.

Results/Conclusion

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed no evidence supporting a moderational association, although ADHD status and behavioral positive illusions were additive predictors of the dependent variables. Post hoc analyses revealed a pattern of mediational effects that were strongest for dependent variables assessing conduct problem behaviors. (J. of Att. Dis. 2008; 12(3) 227-238)
Infantile NTRK-associated Mesenchymal Tumors
Authors: Davis Jessica L , Lockwood Christina M , Albert Catherine M , Tsuchiya Karen , Hawkins Douglas S , Rudzinski Erin R
Published: July 2017

Pediatric fibroblastic/myofibroblastic lesions are a relatively common group of tumors with varying morphologies, for which the molecular mechanisms are becoming increasingly well characterized. Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma (CIFS), perhaps the most well studied of these lesions is characterized by a recurrent ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion. However, a notable subset of locally aggressive congenital/infantile soft tissue lesions with similar morphologic features to CIFS, have not to-date, shown evidence of any canonical molecular aberration. We describe 6 patients with mesenchymal tumors composed of infiltrative fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumor cells and showing a morphologic spectrum of features much analogous to that previously described in CIFS but without ETV6 fusion transcripts. These tumors lacked a uniform immunoprofile, but showed variable expression of CD34, S100, smooth muscle actin, and CD30. All patients first developed a mass in infancy (≤2 months of age). Using next-generation DNA sequencing, TMP3-NTRK1 fusions were identified in 4 cases, an LMNA-NTRK1 fusion in one case, and a variant EML4-NTRK3 fusion in one case. Similar to infantile fibrosarcoma, these tumors were locally aggressive (with local recurrences if incompletely excised) and rarely metastasized (lung metastases in one patient). Proper identification of these tumors including investigation for NTRK family gene rearrangements is essential for diagnostic accuracy, as well as for clinical management decisions. Given the morbidity associated with radical resection of large soft tissue tumors, children with unresectable, recurrent, and/or metastatic disease may benefit from treatment with NTRK targeted therapies.
Clinical and critical: The Lacanian contribution to management and organization studies
Authors: Arnaud Gilles , Vidaillet Bénédicte
Published: July 2017

Over the past 15 years, an increasing number of researchers have become aware of what the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s work can contribute to management and organization studies. The number of publications on the subject has significantly risen, at the risk of leading to some apparent heterogeneity of the topics covered and a potential distortion of the Lacanian concepts when used in management and organization studies. In this article, we aim to map this emerging field of research, bring to light the theoretical basis common to those works so as to make the Lacanian theory used to study management and organization more legible, and discuss the limitations and opportunities implied by such a Lacanian approach. We organize the published works around two main orientations, each helping to address specific issues: a clinical orientation, within organizational psycho-dynamics, and a critical orientation, related to critical management studies.
Unequal by structure: Exploring the structural embeddedness of organizational diversity
Authors: Holck Lotte
Published: July 2017

This article applies classical concepts of organizational structure and extends them to contemporary challenges of diversity to explore why unequal opportunity structures persist in an organization despite its commitment to diversity and employing highly skilled ethnic minority employees. Based on a study of the team-based municipal center CityBiz, the article inquires as to how inequality is embedded in two structural features: first, the differentiation of roles accelerates in response to continuous change, which results in similar workers being attracted to collaborating with one another, which generates inequality. Second, inequality is sustained by inadequate integration methods that merge a formal–informal hierarchy, which results in peer competition and majority elites. The structural approach to organizational diversity developed in this article nuances the current research on diversity that is predominantly concerned with employee experiences of inequality in an organizational structural landscape perceived as fixed and stable. This study offers a dynamic view of organizational structure based on how it is experienced, navigated, and reshaped by employees of different ethnicities. Linking micro-interactions to structural triggers and outcomes points to situated caveats about inequalities ingrained in the organizational structural set-up. Tapping into employees’ sentiments and interactions furthermore gives the possibility to mobilize collective change in favor of equal opportunities.
Reconstitution of the peripheral immune repertoire following withdrawal of fingolimod
Authors: Ghadiri Mahtab , Fitz-Gerald Leslie , Rezk Ayman , Li Rui , Nyirenda Mukanthu , Haegert David , Giacomini Paul Steven , Bar-Or Amit , Antel Jack
Published: July 2017

Background:

Following fingolimod cessation, immune reconstitution or lack thereof may have consequences for disease rebound or safety of commencing alternative therapies.

Objective:

To examine the degree and profile of peripheral blood lymphocyte reconstitution following fingolimod withdrawal.

Methods:

Total lymphocyte counts (TLC) and CD4+/CD8+ T-cell counts were measured in 18 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients pre-treatment, on fingolimod, and up to 8–9 months post-cessation. T-cell subsets were analyzed using flow cytometry.

Results:

At 2-week post-fingolimod cessation, TLC reconstitution was variable and not correlated with age, treatment duration, pre-, or on-treatment TLC. Despite normalization of TLC and CD4+:CD8+ ratios over months, naive subsets remained lower and effector memory subsets higher in frequency compared with pre-treatment. Drug-induced increases in ratios of regulatory to pathogenic Th17-containing central memory populations appeared to rapidly return to baseline.

Conclusion:

Early peripheral lymphocyte reconstitution after fingolimod withdrawal remains partial and heterogeneous. Relative frequencies of circulating naive and memory T-cell subsets may not recover for many months, even when clinical laboratory tests have normalized. Analyzing specific components of the peripheral immune repertoire helps define the overall immune status of patients. To be determined is whether assessment of such immune measures will have implications for the timing and safety of commencing alternative therapies.
Behavioural and cognitive sex/gender differences in autism spectrum condition and typically developing males and females
Authors: Hull Laura , Mandy William , Petrides KV
Published: July 2017

Studies assessing sex/gender differences in autism spectrum conditions often fail to include typically developing control groups. It is, therefore, unclear whether observed sex/gender differences reflect those found in the general population or are particular to autism spectrum conditions. A systematic search identified articles comparing behavioural and cognitive characteristics in males and females with and without an autism spectrum condition diagnosis. A total of 13 studies were included in meta-analyses of sex/gender differences in core autism spectrum condition symptoms (social/communication impairments and restricted/repetitive behaviours and interests) and intelligence quotient. A total of 20 studies were included in a qualitative review of sex/gender differences in additional autism spectrum condition symptoms. For core traits and intelligence quotient, sex/gender differences were comparable in autism spectrum conditions and typical samples. Some additional autism spectrum condition symptoms displayed different patterns of sex/gender differences in autism spectrum conditions and typically developing groups, including measures of executive function, empathising and systemising traits, internalising and externalising problems and play behaviours. Individuals with autism spectrum conditions display typical sex/gender differences in core autism spectrum condition traits, suggesting that diagnostic criteria based on these symptoms should take into account typical sex/gender differences. However, awareness of associated autism spectrum condition symptoms should include the possibility of different male and female phenotypes, to ensure those who do not fit the ‘typical’ autism spectrum condition presentation are not missed.
The mass rapes of 1945 in contemporary memory culture: The (gender) politics of metaphor and metonymy
Authors: Stone Katherine
Published: July 2017

This article takes Jenny Erpenbeck’s provocative novel Heimsuchung as an opportunity to consider how the mass rape of German women in 1945 has functioned as a ‘mnemonic signifier’, that is, a symbolic figuration of broader memory discourses. Through a close reading of this work, I show that this mnemonic signifier often dovetails with cultural ‘rape scripts’ that determine whether and how sexual violence is addressed, recognized and understood. Exploring how wartime rape has been remembered thus opens up new perspectives on the social and political salience of memory. This article consequently addresses the need for a ‘mnemographic ethics’ that foregrounds the victims of historical violence and their experiential realities, matters that are all too easily suppressed or transfigured in processes of remembrance and interpretation. It argues that literature can offer a model for such a practice.
Structural response recovery based on improved multi-scale principal component analysis considering sensor performance degradation
Authors: Ma Shenglan , Li Jun , Hao Hong , Jiang Shaofei
Published: July 2017

This article proposes an improved multi-scale principal component analysis approach to recover the structural dynamic response in the time domain from data measured by performance-deteriorated sensors. The proposed approach builds on discrete wavelet transform, principal component analysis, and inverse discrete wavelet transform. The main approach is based on a cross-correlation calculation to better preserve the true structural vibration behavior as well as to recover the structural response from data measured by deteriorated sensors. Three sensor performance degradation models are considered in this study. Numerical studies are conducted first to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed approach to recover the structural vibration response of an example spatial truss model considering sensor performance degradation under different loading scenarios. Experimental data on an in-field benchmark bridge are also analyzed to further validate and demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach.
Connection performance of restrained deformed grouted sleeve splice
Authors: Liu Hongtao , Han Qiang , Bai Yulei , Xu Chengshun , Du Xiuli
Published: July 2017

Grouted reinforcement sleeve connection is one of the main methods to connect steels. In this article, to investigate the mechanical mechanism and behavior of grouted sleeve splices, six large-diameter grouted sleeve splices were manufactured. The connection property, failure mode, bearing capacity, damage distribution, and hoop confining mechanism were investigated through uniaxial tensile test. The performance of grouted sleeve splices was evaluated according to several indexes of quantification. It was shown that the tensile strength of the sleeve splice is equal to the tensile strength of the steel bar with an embedded length of eight times the bar diameter. Severe damage occurred at the end of the cementitious grout, with the damage depth about 8% of the total sleeve length. Based on the test results, an empirical expression of hoop confining strain along the axis direction of sleeve was proposed. The yield ratio and strength ratio of sleeve splices meet the standard requirements, and the sleeve capacity ratio varies with different bar diameter. The ductility ratio of grouted sleeve splices was all more than 4%, which could meet the earthquake-resistant need in low-moderate seismic regions.
A global, incremental development method for a web-based prostate cancer treatment decision aid and usability testing in a Dutch clinical setting
Authors: Cuypers Maarten , Lamers Romy ED , Kil Paul JM , The Regina , Karssen Klemens , van de Poll-Franse Lonneke V , de Vries Marieke
Published: July 2017

Many new decision aids are developed while aspects of existing decision aids could also be useful, leading to a sub-optimal use of resources. To support treatment decision-making in prostate cancer patients, a pre-existing evidence-based Canadian decision aid was adjusted to Dutch clinical setting. After analyses of the original decision aid and routines in Dutch prostate cancer care, adjustments to the decision aid structure and content were made. Subsequent usability testing (N = 11) resulted in 212 comments. Care providers mainly provided feedback on medical content, and patients commented most on usability and summary layout. All participants reported that the decision aid was comprehensible and well-structured and would recommend decision aid use. After usability testing, final adjustments to the decision aid were made. The presented methods could be useful for cultural adaptation of pre-existing tools into other languages and settings, ensuring optimal usage of previous scientific and practical efforts and allowing for a global, incremental decision aid development process.
Eco-friendly composites based on peanut shell powder / unsaturated polyester resin
Authors: Ikladious NE , Shukry N , El-Kalyoubi SF , Asaad JN , Mansour SH , Tawfik SY , Abou-Zeid RE
Published: July 2017

Different samples of unsaturated polyester composites containing various amounts of untreated and alkali- or silane-treated peanut shell powder were prepared. In order to investigate and understand the changes in the chemical structure of the filler that may occur after the treatments, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, and X-ray diffraction analyses were performed. The prepared composites were investigated in view of their thermal stability, mechanical strength, and water absorption. The results showed that the treatments of the filler enhanced the interfacial adhesion between the fibers and matrix and consequently improvements in the mechanical properties, as well as a reduction in water absorption were gained. These results were strengthened by scanning electron microscopic measurements of the fracture surface of the composites. It has also been found that the flexural strength values of the investigated composites exceed the minimum requirements for the flexural strength of panels for general purposes. Therefore, the prepared composites can be considered as excellent candidates for several potential applications.
Personalities of Introductory Course Instructors and Course Completion
Authors: Evans Shelley M.
Published: July 2017

Online courses are often criticized for having lower retention rates than traditional courses, especially introductory courses. This study aimed to determine whether there was a relationship between online and traditional instructor personality traits and course completion rate for introductory course instructors at a higher education institution in the Western United States. Instructor personality traits, as measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3), were correlated with student course completion rate. Independent t tests were used to determine whether the relationship differed as a function of modality. There were no statistically significant relationships found between online and traditional instructor personality traits and course completion rate, but there were statistically significant differences between modalities for extroversion, agreeableness, and course completion rate. The results imply the traditional modality better supports individuals with these traits and allows for greater expression of the traits. The findings provide a greater understanding of the diversity among teachers in different modalities.
Recalibrating Our Understanding of Retention
Authors: Stephenson Amber L. , Yerger David B. , Heckert D. Alex
Published: July 2017

In a study exploring how organizational identification impacted college retention and performance outcomes at a university in the United States, we found the mere act of taking the survey emerged as an unexpectedly strong result. Using propensity score matching, we found that those who took the voluntary survey during the first week of school were 6%, 9%, and 11% more likely to retain by the second, third, and fourth semesters, respectively. Participation in a short survey had notable retention predictive power 18 months later. These results provoke a series of questions on retention much more broadly considered and invite us to recalibrate our understanding of mechanisms for improving retention.
The Long-Term and Geographically Constrained Effects of Campaign Advertising on Political Polarization and Sorting
Authors: Ridout Travis N. , Franklin Fowler Erika , Franz Michael M. , Goldstein Kenneth
Published: July 2017

Scholars agree that there has been an increase in polarization among political elites, though there continues to be debate on the extent to which polarization exists among the mass public. Still, there is general agreement that the American public has become more sorted over the past two decades, a time during which political ad volumes have increased and ads have become more negative. In this research, we explore whether there is a link between the two. We take advantage of variation in the volume and tone of political advertising across media markets to examine the link between advertising and three dependent variables: issue polarization, affective polarization, and sorting. We focus on the impact of both recent ad exposure and cumulative ad exposure across several election cycles. Ultimately, we find little impact of advertising on polarization or sorting, both overall and among subgroups of the population.
Influences of Segregation and Integration on the Bands at Historically Black High Schools in Duval County, Florida
Authors: Groulx Timothy J.
Published: July 2017

Segregated schooling in Florida was initially a concession to gain public acceptance of free public education. Its effects can be seen in the band programs of many high school bands. This study looks at the effects of segregation and integration on bands at black high schools in Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County Public Schools). Much of the story echoes the history of Tampa’s desegregation, though Duval County’s age, location, demographics, and politics helped shape a different story.

The story of the bands’ origins highlights some noteworthy directors, including the distinguished Kernaa D. McFarlin of the Stanton High School band. This study describes how the Stanton band would shatter prejudices about black schools by becoming the first black high school band to earn a Superior rating at state in a newly integrated Florida Bandmasters Association in 1966.

Lawsuits compelled the district to integrate, though traditions and prejudices led to massive white flight from the public schools which continues today. The black student population became the majority demographic in 2006, and musical traditions reflecting those at many Historically Black Colleges and Universities are now the “tradition” at many formerly all-white high schools.
Engineering Resistors: Engineering Latina/o Students and Emerging Resistant Capital
Authors: Revelo Renata A. , Baber Lorenzo D.
Published: July 2017

This qualitative study examined how Latina/o engineering students, members of a student organization, used their emergent resistant capital in their academic trajectories. Their emergent resistant capital, as evident by three main themes, was characterized as a movement from conformist resistance toward transformative resistance. This study finds that emergent resistant capital enabled students to become engineering resistors by engaging in role modeling, doing community outreach, and resisting collectively. This study has research and policy implications for engineering programs aiming to serve Latina/o students.
The Science of Improvement: Responding to Internal and External Challenges in a Complex School Environment
Authors: Donaldson Morgaen L. , Weiner Jennie
Published: July 2017

This case focuses on the complexity of change and improvement within schools with a particular emphasis on the role of the principal and a science teacher leader. Although current rhetoric suggests that school improvement should happen quickly and consistently, research indicates that it is difficult, context specific, and incremental. In fact, expecting quick change can backfire, leading to short-term technical fixes that inhibit exploration of underlying beliefs and assumptions that generate meaningful change that results in learning and continuous improvement. Focused on a principal and teacher leader in a school facing declining science scores and other challenges, this case asks aspiring and practicing administrators and teacher leaders to consider the assumptions driving individuals’ behavior in their efforts to enhance practice and respond to external challenges in the long term.
Winning the team event at major international archery competitions
Authors: Jacobs Derek B , Park James L
Published: July 2017

Major international target archery competitions usually include a 72-arrow ranking round, followed by one-on-one knockout matches conducted with a small number of arrows until one team remains. This article considers the relation between a team’s placement from the ranking round and the likelihood of that team finishing in a top spot following the one-on-one knockout matches. The team’s ranking round score has been used for two purposes: to indicate the ability of each archer in the matches and to calculate the probability of the team winning sufficient matches in succession to succeed in the competition. The finding of the study is that the probability of the team winning the competition decreases exponentially with ranking place. This finding adequately reflects the results from all major international target archery competitions held between 2000 and 2015 inclusive. Due to the importance of the ranking round, a team needs to finish in or near the top 4 places in the ranking round for the team to have a chance at medalling. The score trend for fourth place provides an indication of the likely scores required to medal in future competitions, such as the 2020 Olympic Games.
The psychology of uncertainty in difficult decisions
Authors: Danczak Avril , Lea Alison
Published: July 2017

Uncertainty is everywhere in clinical practice; diagnosis, referral, arranging treatment and teamwork difficulties may all give rise to troubling uncertainties for doctors. Uncertainty has important psychological components; it affects thinking (cognitions), affects emotions (feelings), and influences relationships with patients, colleagues and teams. This article focuses on understanding experiences of uncertainty, suggesting strategies for thinking about and managing uncertainty. Uncertainty can feel like a failure or a deficiency, however, uncertainty is both inevitable and necessary in clinical practice. Embracing uncertainty and learning to handle it well, makes for more effective decision-making, improves resilience and makes professional work more satisfying.
Difficult decisions: The ethics of GP commissioning
Authors: Papanikitas Andrew N , Cox Dennis
Published: July 2017

GPs in the UK have been involved in commissioning healthcare for years; well before the Health and Social Care Act of 2012. In this article, we discuss the ethics of commissioning and resource allocation as an essential skill for all GPs. Limitations in resources for healthcare, need and expectations result in difficult decisions, which need to be visibly coherent and consistent for public trust in GPs is to be well-founded.
Ethical issues in genetic medicine
Authors: Lucassen Anneke , Farsides Bobbie
Published: July 2017

‘It runs in my family’ is an expression commonly used by patients. Family history is recorded as part of new patient checks, and it is usual to ask patients with symptoms suggestive of a disease with an inherited component about family history of that disease. As genetic technology has become cheaper and faster, it is increasingly applied outside the specialty of clinical genetics: paediatricians use comparative microarrays, prenatal testing is offered to many women in pregnancy and, in the fields of oncology and cardiology, genetic predispositions to disease are frequently sought. GPs are already seeing these developments impact on their practice and will inevitably become more involved in the genetic management of families as testing becomes more widespread.
Evaluating the effectiveness of a community-based hygiene promotion program in a rural Salvadoran setting
Authors: Andrade Elizabeth L. , Bingenheimer Jeffrey B. , Edberg Mark C. , Zoerhoff Kathryn L. , Putzer Emily M.
Published: July 2017

There has been considerable progress in the reduction of diarrheal disease among children under five through health and nutrition interventions. However, diarrheal disease is still the second leading cause of child death worldwide. There is growing recognition that comprehensive hygiene behavior improvements should be integral to prevention efforts, but the effectiveness of different approaches for hygiene promotion is still being established. Hygiene risk practices vary across settings, suggesting that prevention strategies should be adapted to local contexts using community-based approaches. We planned, implemented, and evaluated a hygiene promotion intervention using the hygiene cluster framework. The two-year, multi-level intervention was implemented by local health promoters who were involved in identifying and addressing disease transmission risks at the household, school, and community levels. The intervention was evaluated using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with repeated follow-up assessments to determine changes in hygiene knowledge and behavior. A household survey instrument was administered at three time points in the intervention ( n = 480) and comparison ( n = 271) communities to assess two hygiene knowledge and eleven hygiene behavior outcome variables. We used one-way analysis of variance with post hoc analysis using Tukey’s HSD for multiple comparisons to examine change and differences over time. We also fit a linear regression model to identify statistically significant differences. Study results demonstrated improvements in the areas of: knowledge of disease transmission and key times for handwashing, water container hygiene, sanitation practices, personal hygiene and food hygiene. The hygiene cluster framework is useful for hygiene promotion intervention planning and evaluation, and we recommended continued testing of this framework across contexts. We also recommend local community participatory approaches, as well as in-depth formative behavioral assessments by hygiene cluster that also consider environmental barriers to behavior change.
The Comprehensive Glucose Pentagon: A Glucose-Centric Composite Metric for Assessing Glycemic Control in Persons With Diabetes
Authors: Vigersky Robert A. , Shin John , Jiang Boyi , Siegmund Thorsten , McMahon Chantal , Thomas Andreas
Published: July 2017

Background:

Composite metrics have the potential to provide more complete and clinically useful information about glycemic control than traditional individual metrics such as hemoglobin A1C, %/time/area under curve of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.

Methods:

Using five key metrics that are derived from continuous glucose monitoring, we developed a new, multicomponent composite metric, the Comprehensive Glucose Pentagon (CGP) that demonstrates glycemic control both numerically and visually. Two of its axes are composite metrics—the intensity of hypoglycemia and intensity of hyperglycemia. This approach eliminates the use of the surrogate marker, hemoglobin A1C (A1C), and replaces it with glucose-centric metrics.

Results:

We reanalyzed the data from two randomized control trials, the STAR 3 and ASPIRE In-Home studies using the CGP. It provided new insights into the effect of sensor-augmented pumping (SAP) in the STAR 3 trial and sensor-integrated pumping with low-glucose threshold suspend (SIP+TS) in the ASPIRE In-Home trial.

Conclusions:

The CGP has the potential to enable health care providers, investigators and patients to better understand the components of glycemic control and the effect of various interventions on the individual elements of that control. This can be done on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It also allows direct comparison of the effects on different interventions among clinical trials which is not possible using A1C alone. This new composite metric approach requires validation to determine if it provides a better predictor of long-term outcomes than A1C and/or better predictor of severe hypoglycemia than the low blood glucose index (LBGI).
Adam, Linnaeus, and Lexicography
Authors: Lawrence Paul J. N.
Published: July 2017

According to the Bible, the categorisation of nature is as old as humankind (Gen 2.19-20). The modern binominal nomenclature system was pioneered by Carl Linnaeus and is now universally used. Translators should be encouraged to use these names to identify terms in their receptor languages. However, it is not foolproof, and there is some evidence within the biblical texts of lexical items being identifiable with a plurality of names. It is these examples that are outlined here.
Public Goods in Endogenous Networks
Authors: Kinateder Markus , Merlino Luca Paolo
Published: July 2017

We study a local public good game in an endogenous network with heterogeneous players. The source of heterogeneity affects the gains from a connection and hence equilibrium networks. When players differ in the cost of producing the public good, active players form pyramidal complete multipartite graphs; yet, better types need not have more neighbors. When players differ in the valuation of the public good, nested split graphs emerge in which production need not be monotonic in type. In large societies, few players produce a lot; furthermore, networks dampen inequality under cost heterogeneity and increase it under heterogeneity in valuation. (JEL D63, D85, H41)
Prospective evaluation of a specific technique of sexual function preservation in external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Authors: Samlali Hamza , Udrescu Corina , Lapierre Ariane , Enachescu Ciprian , Ruffion Alain , Jalade Patrice , Chapet Olivier
Published: July 2017

Objective:

Sexual preservation is an important issue in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. A technique of irradiation was developed to better preserve this function and has been evaluated.

Methods:

Eleven patients, with no erectile dysfunction (ED), were treated with daily IMRT-IGRT (total dose: 76–78 Gy). The pudendal arteries, penile bulb and cavernous body were delineated on the planning CT scan. The doses to these structures (with a 5 mm margin) were optimized to be as low as possible.

The erectile function was documented using IIEF-5 scores at baseline, 6 months, 1 and 2 years. No ED was defined by an IIEF5 ≥ 20/25, a mild ED by an IIEF5 score of 17–19 and an important ED by a score <17.

Results:

The mean age was 68.4 years. At the median follow-up of 36 months, there was no biochemical relapse. Before RT, the mean IIEF5 score in all 11 patients was 23.4 (range, 20–25). At 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after RT, the mean IIEF scores were 21.2 (14–25), 21.3 (14–25), 21.8 (16–25) and 21.8 (16–25), respectively. At 2 years, 8 patients (72.7%) had no ED and 2 patients (18.2%) experienced a mild ED. The only patient with an important ED had a medical treatment and recovered a satisfactory IIEF score from 16 to 24.

Conclusion:

The results of this technique of optimisation for sexual preservation are encouraging. Despite a mean age close to 70 years at the time of treatment, 90.9% of the patients had no to mild ED at 2 years. This rate increases at 100% with medical treatment.

Advances in knowledge:

Dose optimization on sexual organs is possible and could decrease the ED rates.
Anxiety reduction and emotional self-care using the U-technique in radiology departments
Authors: Martinez Lorca Alberto , Aguado Romo Roberto , Martinez Lorca Manuela , Zabala Baños Maria Carmen
Published: July 2017

Daily clinical practice is an important source of stress and emotional exhaustion. In the health field, patients could experience a significant number of emotional reactions. There are high levels of anxiety in patients referred for medical imaging, and these levels are even higher in patients undergoing complicated diagnostic procedures. All this shows the need to understand that anxiety must be diagnosed and treated. This situation forces radiologist to develop emotional and social skills to resolve difficulties that may arise in the communicative act. In the patient-radiologist interaction, many elements have been analysed, being communication and communicative skills one of the most important elements. The objective is to present an emotional management tool, the U-technique. It consists of four movements: sympathize, empathize, feel the antidote emotion and spread the antidote emotion in order that the health professionals recognize their emotional state in each moment of the relationship with the patient.
THE FIRST PALEOSEISMIC TRENCH DATA FROM ACIPAYAM FAULT, FETHİYE BURDUR FAULT ZONE, SW TURKEY
Authors: Kürçer A. , Özdemir E. , Uygun Güldoğan Ç. , Duman T.Y.
Published: July 2017

The Acıpayam Fault is an active fault segment which is located on the central part of Fethiye Burdur Fault Zone in SW Turkey. According to the Active Fault Map of Turkey published by MTA (Turkey), it is described as a Quaternary fault. Acıpayam Fault extends from Acıpayam at northeast to Akköprü Dam at southwest. The general strike of fault is N 35°E, approximately 60 km long and it’s a normal fault with minor sinistral strike-slip component. The fault is composed of three fault section, which are named as Örenköy, Olukbaşı and Yolçatı, seperated from each other by step-over zones. In this study, active tectonic features of Acıpayam fault are investigated and paleoismological trench surveys are perfomed at the Örenköy fault section. Two cross trenches were excavated along the fault. The samples collected from the trenches were dated using the 14C dating method. Örenköy trenches were photographed using the Paleoseismological Three Dimensional Virtual Photography Method, which is a new tecnique for paleoseismology. According to the trench microstratigraphy, structural data and dating results, Acıpayam fault is described as a Holocene fault. The date of last event that occurred on the Acıpayam fault is between 3030 ± 30 BP and 2410 ± 30 BP.
THE TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CYCLADIC BLUESCHIST UNIT ON SIKINOS AND SIFNOS: IMPLICATION FOR THE MESOZOIC TECTONIC SETTING
Authors: Papadopoulou S. , Aravadinou E. , Karavoulia C. , Xypolias P.
Published: July 2017

This study presents new results for the tectonostratigraphic configuration of the Cycladic Blueschist unit (CBU) in the islands of Sikinos and Sifnos. These results show that the observed tectonostratigraphy in CBU results from tectonic repetitions of a thinner sequence. Tectonic repetitions have been achieved by a series of largescale ductile thrusts that operated during burial and exhumation of CBU. Restoration of the tectonostratigraphy in both islands implies an original, pre-metamorphic sequence, which was made up by a volcano sedimentary complex at the base and an overlying carbonate-rich sedimentary succession. This Mesozoic protolithic sequence was possibly formed in a continental terrane or in a transitional domain between a continental terrane and an oceanic basin. We suggest that the Mesozoic protolith of the CBU was formed in an incipient oceanic basin rather than a mature ocean like Pindos Ocean. This incipient oceanic basin was developed either along south part or along the north margin of Pelagonian microcontinent.
LATE QUATERNARY AND HOLOCENE FAULTS OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF CORINTH RIFT, CENTRAL GREECE
Authors: Valkaniotis S. , Pavlides S.
Published: July 2017

New results for the recent tectonic activity in the northern part of the Gulf of Corinth rift are presented. Geological mapping and morphotectonic study re populate the area of study with numerous active and possible active faults. The area is dominated by individual and segmented normal faults along with major structures like Marathias and Delphi-Arachova faults. The results are in accordance with recent studies that reveal a more complex and wider structure of Corinth Rift to the north.
SEISMOTECTONICS OF THE SOUTHERN MARMARA REGION, NW TURKEY
Authors: Yalçın H. , Kürçer A. , Utkucu M. , Gülen L.
Published: July 2017

The Southern Marmara Region is an active deformation area, which is a transition zone between the strike-slip tectonics manifested by the North Anatolian Fault System and the N-S extensional regime of the Aegean Region. We have reviewed tectonic and geological structure of the region, based onseismological studies. We have obtained a total of 37 earthquake moment tensor solutions between 1953 and 2015. In addition, stress tensor analysis has been carried out using 37 earthquake moment tensor solutions. Also long term seismicity were investigated and a,b, Mc values were calculated and mapped. Moment tensor solutions indicate that the source of these earthquakes are mostly NE-trending dextral strike-slip faults and some of them are E-W trending dip-slip normal faults. The stress tensor analysis shows that the direction of the regional compressive stress is NW-SE. The temporal and spatial distrubution of the large earthquakes (1944, 1953, 1964) indicate that the ruptures unilaterally propagate from SW to NE. The 1855 earthquake had been occurred to the east of Manyas Lake. The elapsed time (160 year) and regional stress transfer suggest that the segments to the east of Manyas Lake form a probable seismic gap and this area has a high earthquake risk.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDIES FROM GREECE
Authors: Argyraki A.
Published: July 2017

The contribution of environmental geochemistry to sustainable development is discussed through the presentation of different case studies from Greece. The aim is to demonstrate the impact of geochemistry to a variety of societal and economic areas such as the sustainable exploitation of natural resources, the assessment of environmental problems within cities and the sustainable remediation of contaminated land. Several examples of completed and ongoing research are provided including a pre-mining survey in Skouries, Chalkidiki, a geochemical background study in an area of serpentine, agricultural soil in Atalanti, the urban soil geochemistry of Athens and the use of natural minerals as amendments for the remediation of contaminated land. The paper concludes with some facts on opportunities and obstacles to development in the field of environmental geochemistry in Greece under the current economic crisis conditions.
CLASSIFICATION OF CONTENTS OF GEOSCIENSE IN SECONDARY CURRICULA IN GREECE, 1830 -2015
Authors: Makri K. , Pavlides S.
Published: July 2017

The educational systems are evolving dynamically reflecting social and economical changes. The Geology has developed and evolved in Greece, based on specific economic and social interactions. This paper attempts to define and interpret the position of the teaching of geosciences in Greek Secondary Education, from 1830 until today, with reference to the educational changes and their historical and social context.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: THE ROCK CYCLE IN A WORKSHOP - PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION OF THE TEACHING APPROACH
Authors: Psychogiou M. , Chrysostomidis P.
Published: July 2017

A research organised in the frame of the European project GEOschools to investigate the interest of students and teachers in geosciences in secondary school, concluded that both students and teachers are deeply interested, among other things, in the teaching strategies applied to teaching Geology. Bearing this in mind, a workshop was designed about the rock cycle, simulating the natural processes that take place in earth’s lithosphere, using everyday objects. The workshop was then carried out with the help of students and/or teachers of secondary school who evaluated the whole endeavour in terms of efficiency in imparting knowledge and acquisition of a deeper understanding of otherwise difficult concepts through evaluation sheets.
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND BATHYMETRIC RESEARCH ON LAKES ZERELIA OF ALMYROS (CENTRAL GREECE)
Authors: Gaitanopoulos A. , Albanakis K. , Vouvalidis K.
Published: July 2017

The area of interest is located close to Almyros city, at the prefecture of Magnesia (Central Greece), where the twin lakes Zerelia are situated. The origin of these twin lakes is not clear, however, many hypotheses have been proposed over the years. A lack of large-scale mapping in the surrounding area and a high resolution spatial depiction of the topography, hinders the extractionof conclusions on the twin lakes' origin. Also, previous studies have focused on surficial evidence to support hypotheses, rather than investigating the geometric characteristics and the spatial lay-out of the twin lakes. Filling this gap, measurements of depth via sonar in Zerelia lakes were performed. The bathymetric data along with the digitized, high-resolution topographic data of the surrounding terrain were imported in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. The area was depicted with high accuracythrough DEMs and conclusions for the landscape were extracted. The above analysis contributed towards an appreciation of the intense interplay between erosional andtectonic processes in the area and deemed drainage antecedence an important element that needs to be accounted for, in any interpretation of the origin of the twin lakes Zerelia.
OBTAINING AND TESTING COARSE GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC GRID COUNTS
Authors: Karalis S. , Aytousmis A. , Iordanou A. , Karakostas G. , Charatsis K. , Karymbalis E.
Published: July 2017

The grain size distribution (GSD) of surface bed material in alluvial rivers is of interest in many geological, ecological and engineering applications. In this work, which is a part of our broader Ph.D research in Vouraikos river on sediment transport, we are testing the possibility of obtaining such a distribution from photographs taken at the field (grid sampling), compared with the standard method which is the “pebble count”. We have also examined and quantified the errors resulting from radial distortion of the photographs. The motive of the work was to explore the opportunity of substituting field work for laboratory work. Results show that for this method to give reliable results, a better knowledge of the site-specific conditions is needed, which, in turn, requires more field work.
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF AG-1 CORE OF AYVALIK REGION, NW TURKEY
Authors: Nikolaou K. , Alysandratou A. , Karanika K. , Kaya Y. , Inaner H. , Christanis K. , Iliopoulos G. , Avramidis P.
Published: July 2017

This study presents sedimentological and palaeontological data retrieved from a coastal lagoon near Ayvalik in NW Turkey. The objective of this study is to interpret the depositional environments and reconstruct the evolution of the study area during the late Holocene. 42 sediment samples have been retrieved from a 13m core. Sedimentological analyses such as grain size analysis, moment measures of mean, sorting, skewness and kurtosis, definition of total organic carbon (T.O.C.), total nitrogen (T.N.), colour and CaCO3 (%) were employed. Moreover, macro and microfossils were collected to reconstruct the depositional environments. The palaeoenvironmental - palaeoecological analyses indicated a closed shallow shelf environment (around 4000 to 2400 yr BP) that gradually turned into a leaky lagoon (around 2400 yr BP to present).
LANDSCAPE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND COASTAL CHANGES: A CASE STUDY OF COASTAL EVOLUTION IN THE WESTERN PATRAIKOS GULF AREA, WESTERN GREECE
Authors: Alevizos G. , Stamatopoulos L.
Published: July 2017

Geological and geomorphological research has been carried out in the western part of the south coast of Patraikos Gulf and the findings were studied in relation to archaeological remains found in the same area. The characteristics of the archaeological findings and the stratigraphical record and the deposits in which they are contained, may originate their source, transportation way and age. The artifacts were contained in fluvial and alluvial deposits under the present land surface. Their age was estimated by archaeologists to be between 7th century BC and 4th century AC. Geomorphology and archaeology have strong historical and methodological links and can provide information about the processes and extent of environmental changes. They also provide the tools for analysing sedimentation rates, relative chronology and geomorphological evaluation of the particular archaeological site as well as clues for land-surface development, paleoenvironmental and climatic conditions. Sediments indicating considerable climatic changes in current humid areas are alluvial deposits of considerable thickness, covering areas with human activity. There is a close correlation, as shown by the archaeological findings between climatic and environmental fluctuations. Since when there is a transition in climatic conditions causing changes in hydrologic conditions with ensuing geomorphological instability and burying the structures