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How the WNC transformed SEG's approach to the advancement of women in only 5 years
Authors: Capello Maria , Erwin Maitri
Published: February 2016

As chair of the SEG Women's Network Committee (WNC) for 2013–2015, I was thrilled and remain thrilled with the possibilities ahead to advance the many talented young women in geophysics that come to academy and industry in ever-increasing numbers. In November 2011, prior to my service, the SEG joined a decades-old worldwide trend to promote the advancement of women within all professions and sectors by launching an SEG Women's Network and the SEG Women's Network Committee (WNC).
Long-Term Neurocognitive Functioning and Social Attainment in Adult Survivors of Pediatric CNS Tumors: Results From the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study
Authors: Brinkman Tara M. , Krasin Matthew J. , Liu Wei , Armstrong Gregory T. , Ojha Rohit P. , Sadighi Zsila S. , Gupta Pankaj , Kimberg Cara , Srivastava Deokumar , Merchant Thomas E. , Gajjar Amar , Robison Leslie L. , Hudson Melissa M. , Krull Kevin R.
Published: February 2016

Purpose

To assess the prevalence and severity of neurocognitive impairment in adult survivors of pediatric CNS tumors and to examine associated treatment exposures.

Patients and Methods

Participants included 224 survivors of CNS tumors who were treated at St Jude Children's Research Hospital (current median age [range], 26 years [19 to 53 years]; time from diagnosis, 18 years [11 to 42 years]) and completed neurocognitive testing. Information on cranial radiation therapy (CRT) doses and parameters of delivery were abstracted from medical records. The prevalence of severe impairment (ie, at least two standard deviations below normative mean) was compared across radiation treatment groups (no CRT, focal irradiation, craniospinal irradiation) using the χ2 test. Log-binomial models were used to estimate risk ratios (RRs) and corresponding 95% CIs for severe impairment.

Results

In multivariable models, craniospinal irradiation was associated with a 1.5- to threefold increased risk of severe impairment compared with no CRT (eg, intelligence: RR = 2.70; 95% CI, 1.37 to 5.34; memory: RR = 2.93; 95% CI, 1.69 to 5.08; executive function: RR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.24 to 2.45). Seizures were associated with impaired academic performance (RR = 1.48; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.14), attention (RR = 1.54; 95% CI, 1.12 to 2.13), and memory (RR = 1.44; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.99). Hydrocephalus with shunt placement was associated with impaired intelligence (RR = 1.78; 95% CI, 1.12 to 2.82) and memory (RR = 1.42; 95% CI, 1.03 to 1.95). Differential follow-up time contributed to variability in prevalence estimates between survivors treated with older nonconformal and those treated with more contemporary conformal radiation therapy methods. Neurocognitive impairment was significantly associated with lower educational attainment, unemployment, and nonindependent living.

Conclusion

Survivors of pediatric CNS tumors are at risk of severe neurocognitive impairment in adulthood. The prevalence of severe impairment is greater than expected in the general population, even in the absence of CRT, and is associated with disrupted attainment of adult social milestones.
GnRH Pulse Frequency Control of Fshb Gene Expression Is Mediated via ERK1/2 Regulation of ICER
Authors: Thompson Iain R. , Ciccone Nick A. , Zhou Qiongjie , Xu Shuyun , Khogeer Ahmad , Carroll Rona S. , Kaiser Ursula B.
Published: February 2016

The pulsatile release of GnRH regulates the synthesis and secretion of pituitary FSH and LH. Two transcription factors, cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) and inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER), have been implicated in the regulation of rat Fshb gene expression. We previously showed that the protein kinase A pathway mediates GnRH-stimulated CREB activation. We hypothesized that CREB and ICER are activated by distinct signaling pathways in response to pulsatile GnRH to modulate Fshb gene expression, which is preferentially stimulated at low vs high pulse frequencies. In the LβT2 gonadotrope-derived cell line, GnRH stimulation increased ICER mRNA and protein. Blockade of ERK activation with mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase I/II (MEKI/II) inhibitors significantly attenuated GnRH induction of ICER mRNA and protein, whereas protein kinase C, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and protein kinase A inhibitors had minimal effects. GnRH also stimulated ICER in primary mouse pituitary cultures, attenuated similarly by a MEKI/II inhibitor. In a perifusion paradigm, MEKI/II inhibition in LβT2 cells stimulated with pulsatile GnRH abrogated ICER induction at high GnRH pulse frequencies, with minimal effect at low frequencies. MEKI/II inhibition reduced GnRH stimulation of Fshb at high and low pulse frequencies, suggesting that the ERK pathway has additional effects on GnRH regulation of Fshb, beyond those mediated by ICER. Indeed, induction of the activating protein 1 proteins, cFos and cJun, positive modulators of Fshb transcription, by pulsatile GnRH was also abrogated by inhibition of the MEK/ERK signaling pathway. Collectively, these studies indicate that the signaling pathways mediating GnRH activation of CREB and ICER are distinct, contributing to the decoding of the pulsatile GnRH to regulate FSHβ expression.
Using the mouse to model human disease: increasing validity and reproducibility
Authors: Justice Monica J. , Dhillon Paraminder
Published: February 2016

Experiments that use the mouse as a model for disease have recently come under scrutiny because of the repeated failure of data, particularly derived from preclinical studies, to be replicated or translated to humans. The usefulness of mouse models has been questioned because of irreproducibility and poor recapitulation of human conditions. Newer studies, however, point to bias in reporting results and improper data analysis as key factors that limit reproducibility and validity of preclinical mouse research. Inaccurate and incomplete descriptions of experimental conditions also contribute. Here, we provide guidance on best practice in mouse experimentation, focusing on appropriate selection and validation of the model, sources of variation and their influence on phenotypic outcomes, minimum requirements for control sets, and the importance of rigorous statistics. Our goal is to raise the standards in mouse disease modeling to enhance reproducibility, reliability and clinical translation of findings.
Determination of Soluble Solids Content and Titratable Acidity of Intact Fruit and Juice of Satsuma Mandarin Using a Hand-Held near Infrared Instrument in Transmittance Mode
Authors: Masithoh Rudiati Evi , Haff Ron , Kawano Sumio
Published: February 2016

Determination of soluble solids content ( SSC) and titratable acidity ( TA) of intact fruit and juice of satsuma mandarin was carried out using a hand-held near infrared instrument (“NIR-Gun”) in transmittance mode. The resulting calibration model measured SSC in intact fruit and juice with a standard error of prediction ( SEP) of 0.33 °Bx and 0.42 °Bx, respectively. TA measurements yielded SEP values of 0.22% and 0.14% for intact fruit and juice, respectively.
Up in the air: Untethered Factors of Auxin Response
Authors: Powers Samantha K. , Strader Lucia C.
Published: February 2016

As a prominent regulator of plant growth and development, the hormone auxin plays an essential role in controlling cell division and expansion. Auxin-responsive gene transcription is mediated through the TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1/AUXIN SIGNALING F-BOX (TIR1/AFB) pathway. Roles for TIR1/AFB pathway components in auxin response are understood best, but additional factors implicated in auxin responses require more study. The function of these factors, including S-Phase Kinase-Associated Protein 2A (SKP2A), SMALL AUXIN UP RNAs (SAURs), INDOLE 3-BUTYRIC ACID RESPONSE5 (IBR5), and AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN1 (ABP1), has remained largely obscure. Recent advances have begun to clarify roles for these factors in auxin response while also raising additional questions to be answered.
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Authors: Комаров Вячеслав , Komarov Vyacheslav
Published: February 2016

The International division of production and trade led to the emergence of global chains of value creation (GVCs). The concept GVCs introduced into scientific circulation in the early 2000s. In the contemporary world economy and international economic relations GTSS ТАК? are the dominant element of production, trade and investment. Participation in GVCs, in general, carries significant benefits for international production, trade, economic growth and innovative development. For many states, the question is not whether to participate in GVCs, but how to do it. Thanks GVCs in developing States and countries with economies in transition there is an opportunity to integrate into the world economy with significantly lower costs. The passive policy of the state regarding to the participation in GVCs may lead to stagnation of the national economy
Comparison between unimodal and multimodal Physical Therapy interventions in frailty: a systematic review
Authors: Simões Maria , Moura Patrícia , Nascimento Marina , Varanda Renata , Pompeu José
Published: February 2016

Frailty can be defined as a biologic syndrome that results from decline in multiple systems leading to vulnerability, with poorer capacity of the organism to maintain homeostasis facing stressing events. Physical symptoms of frailty involve unintentional weight loss, decreased physical activity level, exhaustion, muscle weakness, impaired balance and gait. Together, these symptoms can compromise independence in activities of daily living. Physical Therapy can improve muscle strength, balance, gait and cardiorespiratory aptitude of frail elderly, but remains unclear what is the best intervention strategy: unimodal or multimodal interventions, with combined exercises. This systematic review aimed: (1) to compare the efficacy of unimodal and multimodal Physical Therapy interventions; (2) to analyze its effects on clinical outcomes and (3) to elucidate what is the best modality of exercise and its combination in order to improve physical symptoms and independence in frail elderly. Searches were conducted in PubMed, Medline, PEDro, Lilacs and Scielo databases. We obtained 2,579 studies and 17 were included in analysis. Studies analyzed the following clinical outcomes: mobility, muscle strength, balance, falls and fear of falling, quality of life and functional capacity. We conclude that both unimodal and multimodal interventions have potential to promote beneficial effects, but the analyzed studies have important methodological issues that negatively affect their quality. Although the beneficial effects of both interventions, the quality of studies analyzed does not allow us to generalize these effects. We suggest that new clinical trials should be conducted with a stronger methodology and according to current guidelines for randomized clinical trials.
Atividade física após hospitalização por doenças do aparelho circulatório
Authors: Weber Cicero , Costa Juvenal , Olinto Maria Teresa , Manenti Euler Roberto , Henn Ruth , Paniz Vera Maria , Gonçalves Tonantzin , Nunes Marcelo , Motta Monique
Published: February 2016

Os objetivos do estudo foram verificar a prática de atividade física em pacientes internados por síndrome coronariana aguda e/ou doença cerebrovascular no momento da hospitalização e um ano após a alta hospitalar e investigar a associação entre a prática de atividade física um ano após a alta hospitalar com as características demográficas, socioeconômicas e comportamentais. Foi realizado um estudo de coorte com pacientes de ambos os sexos, acima de 30 anos de idade hospitalizados por Síndrome Coronariana Aguda e/ou doenças Cerebrovasculares, entre maio de 2009 a maio de 2011, no Sul do Brasil. Entre os 187 participantes, constatou-se que 9,6% dos sujeitos praticavam atividade física no momento da hospitalização e um ano após a alta hospitalar, 68,4% da amostra não praticava atividade física nos dois momentos, e apenas 3,2% tiveram uma mudança de comportamento, começando a praticar atividade física após o evento. Desta forma, apenas 12,8% foram considerados como fisicamente ativos um ano após a alta hospitalar. Após ajuste pela regressão de Poisson, verificou-se que os sujeitos com menos de 80 anos praticavam menos atividade física. Assim, observou-se que a experiência da hospitalização, a gravidade das doenças de interesse deste estudo e os benefícios potenciais da atividade física como integrante da recuperação não foram suficientes para mudança de comportamento.
Management of Barrett's oesophagus
Authors: Sharma Neel , Ho Khek Yu
Published: February 2016

Barrett's oesophagus is associated with the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma. This review highlights the management strategies currently used in the treatment of this condition.
A guide to wound debridement
Authors: Atkin Leanne
Published: February 2016

Debridement is a key element of wound management. Leanne Atkin gives a nurse's overview
The body in between, the dissociative experience of trauma
Authors: Walker Anna
Published: February 2016

In ‘The autonomy of the affect’ Brian Massumi wrote of the gap between affective and cognitive registering of the traumatic experience. Affect theorists and neuroscientists have long shared the notion of a gap between the somatic response to a traumatic event and the appraisal of the affective situation. This article develops theories on dissociation or nothingness, where nothingness is a measurement of the space between the affective and the cognitive registering of a traumatic event. It explores the concept of two different systems, one a ‘conscious automatic’ system and the other an ‘intensity system’ that exists outside of normal physiological sequencing, beyond narration, and therefore incapable of integrating into memory systems.
Las instrucciones diplomáticas de los embajadores españoles en Inglaterra durante el siglo XVII
Authors: Sanz Camañes Porfirio
Published: February 2016

Las instrucciones que portaban los embajadores constituyen una importante fuente diplomática para el conocimiento de las relaciones internacionales de la Edad Moderna. Evidentemente, la recurrencia de los temas o el énfasis puesto sobre determinados aspectos repetidos en muchas de las mismas, dan prueba de que las buenas intenciones que acompañaban al embajador al comienzo de su misión no siempre tenían el mismo resultado durante el desempeño de su cargo. El sistema diplomático español brilló a gran altura como se recoge en este estudio gracias a la hábil política de los Bédmar, Zúñiga, Oñate, Cárdenas o Gondomar, algunos de ellos embajadores en Londres.
«La infanta se ha de casar con quien facilite la paz o disponga los medios para la guerra». Las negociaciones para la realización del matrimonio entre la infanta María Teresa y Leopoldo I (1654-1657)
Authors: Martínez López Rocío
Published: February 2016

La muerte del príncipe Baltasar Carlos en el año 1646 convirtió a la joven infanta María Teresa en la única heredera directa de Felipe IV, por lo que su matrimonio se convirtió en una cuestión fundamental dentro la política europea durante las décadas centrales del siglo XVII. Su matrimonio con el heredero del emperador Fernando III fue la opción elegida por Felipe IV como la más conveniente mientras no tuviera heredero varón, pero las negociaciones para hacer realidad este enlace distaron mucho de ser sencillas. En el siguiente artículo, se examinarán las negociaciones mantenidas entre Madrid y Viena durante los años 1654 y 1657 a través de la correspondencia intercambiada por Felipe IV y sus embajadores en la corte imperial, para fijar el matrimonio entre la infanta María Teresa y el que sería el emperador Leopoldo I, prestando especial atención a las relaciones políticas que se forjaron entre el Imperio y la Monarquía Hispánica en torno al matrimonio de la posible heredera de la que todavía era la Corona más extensa de Europa.
Un palacio en fiesta: Troyano Acquaviva y la celebración por los esponsales de Carlos de Borbón y María Amalia de Sajonia en el palacio de España en Roma
Authors: Díez del Corral Corredoira Pilar
Published: February 2016

En este artículo se pretende analizar la celebración por los esponsales de Carlos de Borbón y de María Amalia de Sajonia a la luz de los conflictos diplomáticos en los que se vio envuelto el cardenal Troyano Acquaviva durante los primeros años de su embajada en Roma. Se abordará el particular ambiente político y social en el que Troyano tuvo que hacerse un lugar como legado del Monarca Católico y cómo esta celebración fue la primera muestra de poder significativa después de casi dos años de tensiones con el Pontífice, que condujeron incluso a una ruptura de las relaciones.
El mérito personal en los prebendados nombrados por Carlos III: los capitulares de la archidiócesis de Toledo y sus sufragáneas (1760-1774)
Authors: Ferrándiz Moreno Mónica
Published: February 2016

El control de las reservas apostólicas de tipo beneficial por el monarca hispánico a partir de 1753 inauguró una nueva etapa en lo que respecta al reclutamiento del clero nacional. En el amplio conjunto de beneficios cuya provisión pasó a la Corona, se incluían la mayoría de las prebendas capitulares. En relación con las políticas regalistas dirigidas a diseñar un clero afín a los intereses regios, pretendemos ahora conocer el mérito personal de los individuos nombrados para estas piezas y el valor concedido al mismo por parte de quien controlaba dichas provisiones. El presente artículo analiza estas cuestiones para el caso de los prebendados de la archidiócesis de Toledo y sus sufragáneas presentados durante la primera mitad del reinado de Carlos III. Así, a través de los expedientes de estos nombramientos, hemos constatado la importancia de su currículum, el cual contó con un peso significativo en la elección, sin que ello significara el desprecio de otros factores.
Cuidado informal a mayores dependientes en Chile: quiénes cuidan y con qué políticas sociales cuentan
Authors: Troncoso Miranda Deiza
Published: February 2016

Se investiga la situación sociocultural de los cuidados informales a personas mayores dependientes en Chile. El estudio empírico cualitativo fue realizado en la Región Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile, con cuidadores informales de personas mayores con dependencias, de estratos socioeconómicos bajos y medios-bajos. Los principales resultados indican que los cuidados en Chile eran responsabilidad exclusiva de las familias –mujeres– con un Estado desempeñando un rol subsidiario.
O PROCESSO DE SUCESSÃO NAS EMPRESAS FAMILIARES: UM ESTUDO FEITO EM EMPRESAS FAMILIARES DA REGIÃO DO SUL DE SANTA CATARINA
Authors: Batista Juliana D’Agostin , Silveira Coelho Lopes Gisele , Watanabe Melissa , Souza Izabel Regina de
Published: February 2016

Este estudo revela a história de quatro empresas familiares localizadas no Sul de Santa Catarina. Foram entrevistados os sucessores, cuja temática destaca desde o momento em que o fundador decide iniciar o próprio negócio, até o momento que ocorre a sucessão. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio de entrevistas, gravadas e transcritas, respeitando a autenticidade das falas dos participantes. O presente trabalho tem caráter descritivo com abordagem de análise qualitativa. O foco da entrevista foi o processo sucessório, cujo objetivo foi compreender como aconteceu o processo sucessório em empresas familiares do extremo sul catarinense. Foram selecionados por acessibilidade, 2 (duas) empresas do segmento gráfico e 2 (duas) empresas do segmento do vestuário.  A análise dos resultados pôde delinear que os processos aconteceram sem planejamento explícito dos seus fundadores, sendo que os escolhidos para administrar as empresas foram os filhos homens, por estarem na empresa com o fundador desde pequenos.
ON FPGA BASED ACCELERATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING IN MOBILE ROBOTICS
Authors: Cížek Petr , Faigl Jan
Published: February 2016

In visual navigation tasks, a lack of the computational resources is one of the main limitations of micro robotic platforms to be deployed in autonomous missions. It is because the most of nowadays techniques of visual navigation relies on a detection of salient points that is computationally very demanding. In this paper, an FPGA assisted acceleration of image processing is considered to overcome limitations of computational resources available on-board and to enable high processing speeds while it may lower the power consumption of the system. The paper reports on performance evaluation of the CPU–based and FPGA–based implementations of a visual teach-and-repeat navigation system based on detection and tracking of the FAST image salient points. The results indicate that even a computationally efficient FAST algorithm can benefit from a parallel (low–cost) FPGA–based implementation that has a competitive processing time but more importantly it is a more power efficient.
VECTOR MAPS IN MOBILE ROBOTICS
Authors: Jelinek Ales
Published: February 2016

The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview of vector map techniques used in mobile robotics and to present current state of the research in this field at the Brno University of Technology. Vector maps are described as a part of the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem in the environment without artificial landmarks or global navigation system. The paper describes algorithms from data acquisition to map building but particular emphasis is put on segmentation, line extraction and scan matching algorithms. All significant algorithms are illustrated with experimental results.
"You've got to appreciate all kinds of music"
Authors: Riccardi Ricky
Published: February 2016

A review of Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism by Thomas Brothers.
Charlie Parker: Two New Bios And A Revision - Crouch, Haddix and Giddins
Authors: Sultanof Jeff
Published: February 2016

A review of two recent Charlie Parker biographies: Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch; Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix; a revised version of Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker by Gary Giddins.
Fiscal Constraints In The European Union – When More Is Less?
Authors: Macsim Florin-Alexandru , Oprea Florin
Published: February 2016

This paper examines the implications of fiscal rules measured through the Fiscal Rules Index and fiscal institutions that supervise fiscal policies on key aspects of fiscal policies such as public debt and budget deficits. Our goal was to identify the specific links between fiscal rules, institutions and fiscal policies, to support any rethinking of public policy matters. Our results confirm that the government’s consolidated debt is influenced by both fiscal rules and institutions. Through this research we have showed that an increased number of institutions and fiscal rules is closely related to an increase in public debt levels. We explained this influence by stating that cause may consist in not having one strong and independent institution, but more institutions more or less independent that divide key responsibilities. Also our results indicate that budget deficits aren’t influenced either by supervising institutions or fiscal rules.
Economic Insecurity as Systemic Risk
Authors: Pârţachi Ion , Gârlă Eugeniu
Published: February 2016

Difficulties related to the problem of evaluating the economic security / insecurity, including the threshold of economic security / insecurity, namely the impossibility of giving an analytical description of a criterion entirely made up of a set of indicators describing the degree of economic security / insecurity, makes more and more researchers, including the authors, to seek indirect ways of finding solutions, for example considering systemic risk., as a measure of evaluation. Thus, starting from a new approach, and given the specific components of systemic risk to financial stability: the banking sector, corporate sector, public sector, volume of credits, economic activity index the threshold vector of economic security / insecurity can be developed. The study shows that systemic risk can be used to measure the threshold of economic security /insecurity.
Endorsements’ Effects of one Branded Service on Attitude, Purchase Intention and Intention of Recommendation Towards the Service Category
Authors: Cara Corina , Tocila Tudor
Published: February 2016

The study focuses on the effectiveness of endorsement strategies in the beauty service industry. We refer an effective endorsement strategy as a strategy where the endorser is perceived as trustful and we assume that trustworthiness leads to an attitudinal or behavioural change.

This quantitative research aims to identify the changes in attitude, purchase intention and intention of recommendation based on the perceived credibility derived from three different sources of endorsement - celebrities, experts and typical satisfied consumers.

426 subjects participated on an online survey. Their attitudes and intentions related to the service category were measured before and after they were exposed to an ad layout for one branded service.

All the tracked changes were significant, leading endorsement to make positive changes in purchase and recommendation intentions, but negative changes in attitude. Differences between consumers and nonconsumers and between males and females were analysed.
An Insight Regarding Economic Growth and Monetary Policy in Romania
Authors: Mera Valentina , Pop Silaghi Monica
Published: February 2016

This study introduces some aspects regarding the link between monetary policy and economic growth, through a rule well known in the literature which is named Taylor’s rule and through the concept of sacrifice ratio which encompasses the impact of the cost of disinflation on the economic growth of a country. In this paper, we rely on estimates of the growth of potential GDP of the National Bank of Romania for the period 2003-2006 while for the period 2007-2012 we rely on the estimates reported by the International Monetary Fund. Thus, we carry a deterministic exercise for computing the interest rate on the period 2003-2012 as depicted from the Taylor’s rule and we compare it with the effective monetary policy interest rate used by the National Bank of Romania. In the same time, we calculate the sacrifice ratio for the period 1997-2013 so as to be able to form an opinion regarding the cost of disinflation and its comparison with the typical estimates for larger time spans and for other countries.
Cyclic refinements of the discrete and integral form of Jensen’s inequality with applications
Authors: Horváth László , Khan Khuram Ali , Pečarić Josip
Published: February 2016

In this paper we introduce new refinements of both the discrete and the classical Jensen’s inequality. First, we give the weighted version of a recent cyclic refinement. By using this result, we obtain new refinements of the classical Jensen’s inequality. We investigate
Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of visible implant elastomer and coded wire tags for tagging young-of-the-year Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus
Authors: Kapusta Andrzej , Duda Arkadiusz , Wiszniewski Grzegorz , Kolman Ryszard
Published: February 2016

The aim of the study was to determine the retention rates of visible implant elastomer (VIE) and coded wire tags (CWT) and the impact tagging had on the growth of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, during an eight-week rearing period under laboratory conditions. Two size groups of young-of-the-year (YOY) sturgeon were used in the study. The tagging was not found to have a significant impact on the final total length or body weight or the condition coefficient of the sturgeon from either size group. Sturgeon survival in the different groups ranged from 90.6 to 100%. Mortality was not noted until two (CWT) and four (VIE) weeks following tagging and was probably not linked to tagging. The retention rate for VIE tags implanted in the rostrum in both size groups was 100%, while for tags implanted at the base of the pectoral fin was 93.5%. The retention of CWT in the smaller fish was 90%, and in the larger sturgeon it was 100%. Tagging small sturgeon with CWT and VIE is minimally invasive, and it did not impact the growth or condition of the tagged fish.
The spt-crank for ordinary partitions
Authors: Chen William Y. C. , Ji Kathy Q. , Zang Wenston J. T.
Published: February 2016

The spt-function spt(n) was introduced by Andrews as the weighted counting of partitions of n with respect to the number of occurrences of the smallest
part. Andrews, Garvan and Liang defined the spt-crank of an S-partition which leads to combinatorial interpretations of the congruences of spt(n) modulo 5 and 7. Let NS
(m,n) denote the net number of S-partitions of n with spt-crank m. Andrews, Garvan and Liang showed that NS
(m,n) is nonnegative for all integers m and positive integers n, and they asked the question of
finding a combinatorial interpretation of NS
(m,n). In this paper, we introduce the structure of doubly marked partitions and define the spt-crank of a doubly marked partition. We show that the number NS
(m,n) can be interpreted as the number of doubly marked partitions of n with spt-crank m. Moreover, we
establish a bijection between marked partitions of n and doubly marked
partitions of n. A marked partition is defined by Andrews, Dyson and Rhoades
as a partition with exactly one of the smallest parts marked.
They consider it a challenge to find a definition of the
spt-crank of a marked partition so that the set of
marked partitions of

5
n

$5n$

+ 4 and 7n + 5 can be divided into five and seven equinumerous classes.
The definition of spt-crank for doubly marked partitions and the bijection between the marked partitions and doubly marked partitions in principle lead to a solution to the problem of Andrews, Dyson and Rhoades.
Theorems on large deviations in the polynomial scheme of trials
Authors: Timashev A.N.
Published: February 2016

Theorems on large deviations in the polynomial scheme of trials with a fixed number of outcomes and a growing number of trials, which generalize the analogous known results for the case of binomial scheme, are obtained.
Bent functions from a finite abelian group into a finite abelian group
Authors: Solodovnikov V.I.
Published: February 2016

We introduce the notions of an absolutely non-homomorphic function, a minimal function (farthest from homomorphisms) and a bent function, and prove that the class of bent functions coincides with the class of absolutely non-homomorphic functions, a function is uniquely determined by the distances to homomorphisms with shifts, and that in the primary case the bent functions are absolutely minimal.
On conditions of efficiency of a solution of a multicriteria discrete problem
Authors: Emelichev V.A. , Pashkevich A.V.
Published: February 2016

For a wide class of multicriteria (vector) optimisation problems with a finite set of vector constraints, basing on the additive method of aggregating special monotone functions of partial criteria, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions of efficiency (Pareto-optimality) of a solution.
On inherited properties of restricted Boolean functions
Authors: Logachev O.A. , Salnikov A.A. , Yashchenko V.V.
Published: February 2016

For a property P of Boolean functions, a Boolean function f(x), x ∈ V

In this paper, this approach is applied to the following property of Boolean functions: the value f̂(α)/2

We give convenient criteria for (H, α)-stability in terms of zeros of the Walsh-Hadamard coefficients, and establish relations between the (H, α)-stability, correlation immunity, and m-resiliency.
On complexity of representation of multiple-valued logic functions as polarised polynomials
Authors: Selezneva S.N.
Published: February 2016

The notion of a polarised polynomial form is extended to the case of multiple-valued logic functions. We introduce the Shannon functions of weight and length of polarised polynomial forms of multiple-valued logic functions and give some bounds for them.
On the analysis of fuzzy information graphs
Authors: Feshchuk A.A.
Published: February 2016

We suggest a mathematical model of information search with fuzzy logic. We give elementary properties of this model such as a criterion for admissibility of an information graph and a criterion for completeness of a basic set. We describe a method to go from a precise search problem to a fuzzy one and give conditions for a solution of the precise problem to be a solution of the corresponding fuzzy problem.
A formal reduction of the general problem of expressibility of formulas in the Gödel-Löb provability logic
Authors: Ratsa M.F.
Published: February 2016

It is a well-known idea to embed the intuitionistic logic into the modal logic in order to interprete the modality 'provable' as the deducibility in the Peano arithmetics with also well-known difficulties. P. M. Solovay and A. V. Kuznetsov introduced into consideration the Gödel-Löb provability logic whose formulas are constructed from propositional variables with the use of the connectives &, v, ⊃, ¬, and Δ (Gödelised provability). This logic is defined by the classic propositional calculus complemented by the three Δ-axioms

Δ (p ⊃ q) ⊃ (Δp ⊃ Δq), Δ(Δp ⊃ Δp) Δp, Δp ⊃ ΔΔp,

and the extension rule (the Gödel rule). A formula F is called (functionally) expressible in terms of a system of formulas ∑ in logic L if, on the base of ∑ and variables, it is possible to obtain F with the use of the weakened substitution rule and the rule of change by equivalent in L. The general problem of expressibility in a logic L requires to give an algorithm which for any formula F and any finite system of formulas ∑ recognises whether F is expressible in terms of ∑ in L.

In this paper, it is proved that in the Gödel-Löb provability logic and in many of extensions of this logic there is no algorithm which recognises the expressibility. In other words, the general expressibility problem is algorithmically undecidable in these logics.
The structure of an infinite Sylow subgroup in some periodic Shunkov groups
Authors: Senashov V.I.
Published: February 2016

We study periodic groups such that the normaliser of any finite non-trivial subgroup of such a group is almost layer-finite. The class of groups satisfying this condition is rather wide and includes the free Burnside groups of odd period which is greater than 665 and the groups constructed by A. Yu. Olshanskii.

We consider the classical question: how the properties of the system of subgroups of a group influence on the properties of the group? We show that almost layer-finiteness is transferred on the group G from the normalisers of non-trivial finite subgroups of the group G if G is periodic conjugately biprimitively finite group with a strongly embedded subgroup.

We study the structure of an infinite Sylow 2-subgroup in a periodic conjugately biprimitively finite group in the case that the normaliser of any finite non-trivial subgroup is almost layer-finite.

The results of the paper can be useful in the study of the class of periodic conjugately biprimitively finite groups (periodic Shunkov groups).
Kierkegaard’s Passion for Equality
Authors: Cain David
Published: February 2016

Fundamental in Kierkegaard is passion for equality among persons, and this in a double sense: passion-“desire”- for equality, but also passion for-“for the sake of”-equality. Now, if the ethical and religious are of inestimable importance in human life, then justice demands that potential for them be equally accessible to all. But how? All are so differentiated. In what can equal potential be rooted, if not in passion? Enter the Christian faith, however, and an enormous problem, anchored precisely in Kierkegaard’s concern to take seriously the specificity of Christianity, arises: No passion can produce Jesus; so how can Jesus and equality be brought together? Can they be brought together?
Selfless Passion: Kierkegaard on True Love
Authors: Dalferth Ingolf U.
Published: February 2016

In the Works of Love Kierkegaard answers the question what love is not by distinguishing types of love or by outlining cases or instances of how love occurs in human life (a descriptive approach) but by exploring what must be true for love to be at all (normative approach). Thus, he offers not a descriptive or conceptual but rather a hermeneutical and orienting account of love. Love as an orienting ought is sheer activity, always present, and therefore a mode of life rather than one particular activity among others. Living in this mode means loving others as a selfless self-but this can only be done when we are enabled to see ourselves and our neighbors not only as selves and other selves but as we are seen by God: as God’s neighbors. The upshot of Kierkegaard’s hermeneutical account of love is that love cannot be fully understood as a (reciprocal or onesided) I-you-relationship. Rather, such a relationship is a relationship of love only if and insofar as love-and therefore God-as the middle term enables two selves to fully relate in a you-you-relationship, a relation of true love.
Love, Death, and the Limits of Singularity
Authors: Fox-Muraton Mélissa
Published: February 2016

Love and death are two predominate and multifarious themes in Kierkegaard’s authorship. The aim of this paper will be to demonstrate that a coherent, unified understanding of Kierkegaard’s views on love and death can only be attained when the two concepts are brought together and thought in relation to singularity and community. Reading death through love, we will argue that Kierkegaard’s insistence on loving and remembering the dead requires a recognition of the limits of human singularity, which itself enables a new way of understanding life within community-and that love’s repetition proves to be death’s contradiction.
Passion as a Will to Existence in Kierkegaard
Authors: Petkanič Milan
Published: February 2016

Kierkegaard might be aptly called a philosopher of passion due to his enormous emphasis on this concept. At the same time his notion of passion is highly original and does not correspond to common usage of the term. That is why the paper begins with pointing out the differences between the two. However, the main intention of the paper is to interpret his specific concept of passion as a will to existence on the basis of analyzing the correlative relationship between passion and existence, and as a part of this goal to outline some positive aspects of passion as found in Kierkegaard’s authorship.
Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence
Authors: Teodorescu Valentin
Published: February 2016

This article offers an evaluation of Climacus’ objections to the arguments for the existence of God. With one exception (the critique of the ontological argument, which seems to anticipate the contemporary logico-empiricist position), these objections are found wanting. In the first general objection, Climacus seems to jump illegitimately from the objective reality of God’s existence (or non-existence) to the subjective conviction about God’s existence (or nonexistence). In the second, one might find exceptions to Climacus’ assertion that one can never deduce the existence of persons from the facts of the palpable world. Next, the objection against the teleological argument is inconclusive, since, in my opinion, Climacus does not offer a clear structure to-or critique of-this argument. Lastly, the ethico-religious objection fails because God’s existence- even if one would accept the reality of a sensus divinitatis-is not yet transparently evident to us. Nonetheless, in Climacus’ treatment of all these objections we observe similarities with certain ideas of contemporary reformed epistemology: a skepticism with regard to natural theology, a belief in a sensus divinitatis, and a positive assessment of the role of faith as an epistemological presupposition.
The Middle Term: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Debate about Explanatory Theism
Authors: Dalferth Ingolf U.
Published: February 2016

Contrary to what many hold, Kierkegaard does not champion the God of classical theism. On the contrary, he criticizes the ideologies, anthropomorphisms and misleading objectifications of classical theism. He understands God not as a perfect being but as the fundamental dynamic reality of love without which nothing else could and would exist. In his view God is not a first cause or a necessary being but the infinite or eternal actuality of creative and transforming love: a love that is self-communicating and the source of all life and love in heaven and on earth
Der Schatten der Kierkegaard-Renaissance. Eine rezeptionsgeschichtliche Studie über die dezisionistisch-irrationalistischen Kierkegaard-Interpretationen zwischen den Weltkriegen in Deutschland
Authors: Yoshida Keisuke
Published: February 2016

During the first half of the 20th century, especially between the two world wars, the German-speaking countries experienced the so-called Kierkegaard Renaissance. Although at that time a wide range of thinkers engaged with Kierkegaard’s writings, Georg Lukács and Theodor W. Adorno argue that Kierkegaard exercised a particularly strong influence on fascist thought. Furthermore, Wilfried Greve claims that Kierkegaard was widely interpreted in the decisionist-irrationalist fashion during the Third Reich, which resulted in the appropriation of Kierkegaard by the ideologues of National Socialism, particularly by Alfred Baeumler, a leading intellectual of National Socialism, and by Emanuel Hirsch, a leading theologian of the “German Christians” movement at the time. In the present article I examine historical examples of the decisionist-irrationalist Kierkegaard interpretation. Then I discuss Carl Schmitt’s appropriation of Kierkegaard and the critical responses to it from Karl Löwith and Norbert Bolz. This discussion leads to the conclusion that the decisionist-irrationalist Kierkegaard interpretation takes on an “occasionalistic” character and thereby willy nilly renders the arbitrary or accidental content of the decision absolute. It can be maintained that this “occasionalistic” character of the decisionistirrationalist interpretation paved the way for a Kierkegaard appropriation favored by fascist ideologues in the interwar period
An Overview of Kierkegaard’s Nachlass. Part One: the Materials
Authors: Stewart Jon
Published: February 2016

Kierkegaard’s journals, notebooks and loose papers represent a generally neglected part of his vast corpus of writings. The present two-part article tells the story of this material from the time of Kierkegaard’s death until the creation of the new Danish edition, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter. This first part explains the general nature of the surviving material. An account is further given of the long road that Kierkegaard’s Nachlass took from its discovery upon his death in 1855 to its current home at the Royal Library in Copenhagen. The goal is to provide little-known factual information about this large body of material and to encourage scholars to use it more frequently in their studies.
Crystal structure of a poly[bis(3,4,5,6-tetrachlorophthalato)neodym(III)potassium(I)] — 4,4′-bipyridine — water (1/1/5.5)
Authors: Zhang Fan , Qu Ya-Jie , Wu Wen-Hua , Deng Yu-Heng
Published: February 2016

C26H19Cl8KN2NdO13.5, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 8.6114(17) Å, b = 12.665(3) Å, c = 16.997(3) Å, α = 96.53(3)°, β = 103.28(3)°, γ = 97.89(3)°, V = 1766.6(6) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt
(F) = 0.0254, wR
ref
(F
2
) = 0.0838, T = 293 K.
Historical Note: Aqueous Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching at Christa Gaehde’s Studio in the 1990s
Authors: Brückle Irene
Published: February 2016

The preparation and use of aqueous 0.2% chlorine dioxide as it was practiced at the private conservation studio of paper conservator Christa M. Gaehde in the 1990s is described for the record. The bleach was used predominantly on prints printed in black printing inks on machinemade lignin-free paper. The treatment sequence involved washing in deionized water; immersion in the chlorine dioxide solution or a local brush application of the bleach in the print margins; rinsing in deionized water; neutralization of residual bleach by misting 1% sodium thiosulfate solution recto and verso; four rinsing baths in deionized water, the fourth one conditioned with calcium hydroxide to pH 9. Preparation of the bleach required special precautions in handling the sodium chlorite and formaldehyde.
Moist Heat Accelerated Aging Test of Naturally Aged Paper by Suspension Method
Authors: Lee Kang , Inaba Masamitsu
Published: February 2016

This research was planned to clarify the relationship between natural ageing and accelerated ageing of paper using naturally aged paper. First, samples of paper which had deteriorated over time for 130 to 80 years were artificially aged at 80°C, 65% RH, and their physical and chemical changes were investigated. Oxalic acid contained in the samples before accelerated ageing increased, while glycolic acid showed a tendency to decrease. This means that accelerated ageing test did not simulate the chemical processes occurring during natural ageing in a straight forward manner. On the other hand, paper in which many organic acids had accumulated by natural ageing showed larger degradation rate indicators of tear index and burst index i.e. initial degradation rate constant divided by initial tear index or initial burst index before accelerated ageing and discolouration rate. That of values of the degradation rate indicators of tear index and burst index and the discolouration rate showed good correlation with the number of cellulose chain breaks. However, the number of cellulose chain breaks is not simply correlated with the concentration of hydrogen ion which is an index of the acidic hydrolysis of paper. Oxidation contributes to the rate of cellulose chain breaks.
Stabilisation Treatments with Aerosols: Evaluating the Penetration Behaviour of Gelatine and Methylcellulose
Authors: Hummert Eva , Henniges Ute , Potthast Antje
Published: February 2016

In the stabilisation of unbound paint layers on paper and fragile papers with misted adhesive solutions, the distribution of the consolidant determines whether the stabilisation treatment is effective. Knowing the distribution of the adhesive throughout the pigment-paper matrix is therefore crucial. It was studied by labelling gelatine and methylcellulose solutions with fluorescent dyes. Their distribution was analysed in thin sections by fluorescence microscopy. The penetration of the misted 0.25-1% adhesive solutions into powdery pigment layers was investigated by simulating gouaches and pastels with a low ratio of binding agent vs. pigment. The penetration of these dilute adhesives into paper substrates was evaluated using four types of paper with different porosities. The following application techniques were compared: repeated applications with and without intermediate drying, applying the aerosol on the suction table and adding alcohol to the consolidant to decrease its surface tension. The results show that the distribution of misted adhesives is governed by the method of application. Drying between applications diminished the penetration of a 1% gelatine solution. The penetration behaviour of the misted adhesives was influenced by the water absorbency of the paper. Porous papers are completely saturated by 0.5% gelatine solutions. On samples with a low porosity, the adhesive was deposited mainly at the surface. Immersing the papers in 0.5% solutions of gelatine or methylcellulose always led to a full penetration of the paper with the adhesive, regardless of the water absorbency of the paper. Aerosol misting allowed a highly localized precise application, making it a suitable method for local stabilisation of media and paper.