bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) on Environment and Human Health of Gorontalo Utara Regency, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia
Authors: Arifin Yayu , Sakakibara Masayuki , Sera Koichiro
Published: April 2015

Mercury concentrations in the environment (river sediments and fish) and in the hair of artisanal gold miners and inhabitants of the Gorontalo Utara Regency were determined in order to understand the status of contamination, sources and their impacts on human health. Mercury concentrations in the sediments along the Wubudu and Anggrek rivers are already above the tolerable level declared safe by the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, commonly consumed fish, such as snapper, have mercury levels above the threshold limit (0.5 μg/g). The mean mercury concentrations in the hair of a group of inhabitants from Anggrek and Sumalata are higher than those in hair from control group (the inhabitants of Monano, Tolinggula and Kwandang). The mean mercury concentration in the hair of female inhabitants is higher than that in the hair of male inhabitants in each group. Neurological examinations were performed on 44 participants of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) miners and inhabitants of Anggrek and Sumalata. From the 12 investigated symptoms, four common symptoms were already observed among the participants, namely, bluish gums, Babinski reflex, labial reflex and tremor.
Kinugasa Reactions in Water: From Green Chemistry to Bioorthogonal Labelling
Authors: Chigrinova Mariya , MacKenzie Douglas , Sherratt Allison , Cheung Lawrence , Pezacki John Paul
Published: April 2015

The Kinugasa reaction has become an efficient method for the direct synthesis of β-lactams from substituted nitrones and copper(I) acetylides. In recent years, the reaction scope has been expanded to include the use of water as the solvent, and with micelle-promoted [3+2] cycloadditions followed by rearrangement furnishing high yields of β-lactams. The high yields of stable products under aqueous conditions render the modified Kinugasa reaction amenable to metabolic labelling and bioorthogonal applications. Herein, the development of methods for use of the Kinugasa reaction in aqueous media is reviewed, with emphasis on its potential use as a bioorthogonal coupling strategy.
Recommendations for the Involvement of Patient Research Partners (PRP) in OMERACT Working Groups. A Report from the OMERACT 2014 Working Group on PRP
Authors: Cheung Peter P. , de Wit Maarten , Bingham Clifton O. , Kirwan John R. , Leong Amye , March Lyn M. , Montie Pam , Scholte-Voshaar Marieke , Gossec Laure
Published: April 2015

Objective.

Patient participation in research is increasing; however, practical guidelines to enhance this participation are lacking. Specifically within the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) organization, although patients have participated in OMERACT meetings since 2002, consensus about the procedures for involving patients in working groups has not been formalized. The objective is to develop a set of recommendations regarding patient research partner (PRP) involvement in research working groups.

Methods.

We conducted a systematic literature review on recommendations/guidelines of PRP involvement in research; elaborated a structured consensus process involving multiple participants to develop a set of recommendations; and sought endorsement of recommendations by OMERACT.

Results.

In the 18 articles included in the literature review, there was general agreement on the broad concepts for recommendations covering PRP involvement in research although they were heterogeneous in detail. Most considered PRP involvement in all phases of research with early engagement, training, and support important, but details on the content were scarce. This review informed a larger consensus-building process regarding PRP inclusion in OMERACT research. Three overarching principles and 8 recommendations were developed, discussed, and refined at OMERACT 2014. The guiding principles were endorsed during the OMERACT plenary session.

Conclusion.

These recommendations for PRP involvement in OMERACT research reinforce the importance of patient participation throughout the research process as integral members. Although the applicability of the recommendations in other research contexts should be assessed, the generalizability is expected to be high. Future research should evaluate their implementation and their effect on outcome development.
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Brodalumab in Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Authors: Pavelka Karel , Chon Yun , Newmark Richard , Lin Shao-Lee , Baumgartner Scott , Erondu Ngozi
Published: April 2015

Objective.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of brodalumab, a human monoclonal antibody inhibitor of the interleukin 17 receptor, in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods.

Patients (n = 252) with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) were randomized to receive subcutaneous injections of brodalumab (70 mg, 140 mg, or 210 mg) or placebo. The primary endpoint was the American College of Rheumatology 50% response (ACR50) at Week 12.

Results.

Demographics and baseline characteristics were generally balanced among treatment groups. At Week 12, ACR50 occurred in 16% (70 mg), 16% (140 mg), 10% (210 mg), and 13% (placebo; all nonsignificant vs placebo) of subjects. No significant treatment effects were observed for the secondary endpoints, including ACR20, ACR70, and Disease Activity Score in 28 joints. Incidences of all adverse events (AE), including serious AE (SAE), were similar across treatment groups. A total of 7 subjects reported SAE during the study (2 in the placebo group and 5 in the brodalumab groups), none of which was treatment related. There was 1 death (cardiopulmonary failure) ∼1 week after the last dose in the 140 mg group.

Conclusion.

Our study failed to find evidence of meaningful clinical efficacy with brodalumab treatment in subjects with RA who had an inadequate response to MTX. These preliminary results do not support further evaluation of brodalumab as a treatment for RA. Clinicaltrials.gov number: NCT00950989.
Chanter les vulnérabilités : des poèmes de Sappho au rap bernois, du modèle choral au paradigme néolibéral
Authors: Calame Claude
Published: April 2015

Comparaison inattendue et impertinente sans doute entre un lyric d’une rappeuse bernoise et un poème ‘mélique’ de Sappho. Certes tous deux sont chantés dans une cadence vocale et un rythme corporel qui, en dialecte local, disent un désir, au féminin. Mais au-delà des analogies de surface, la comparaison ne peut être que différentielle. D’un côté donc un corps rendu extérieurement vulnérable par un désir compulsif de consommation pour une esthétique égocentrée ; de l’autre un corps presque anéanti dans ses facultés sensorielles par un désir amoureux incarné dans une force divine et provoqué par une jeune et éclatante beauté. Le rythme du rap contemporain souligne le désir compulsif ; le rythme strophique du poème choral grec marque un accomplissement. Prétexte aussi pour remettre en question, dans le double écart comparatif, nos conceptions partagées de l’homosexualité et du genre.
Le houmous et le bio en Israël : comment un plat national devient cosmopolite
Authors: Grosglik Rafi
Published: April 2015

Le houmous est un mets du Moyen-Orient de consommation courante en Israël. Depuis plusieurs dizaines d’années, les Israéliens se le sont approprié et en ont fait un symbole de leur culture et un plat national. Il représente l’enracinement, le terroir, la simplicité et, surtout, le fait même d’être Israélien : l’» israélité ». Le houmous bio, une variante plus récente, naît de la rencontre entre des pratiques locales et des pratiques transnationales de consommation éthique. Ainsi revisité, ce mets devient l’expression d’un cosmopolitisme porteur de statut social.
De la responsabilité des théologiens dans l’Église
Authors: Doré Joseph
Published: April 2015

La responsabilité du théologien s’exerce à différents niveaux. Comme tout croyant, le théologien répond de sa foi devant Dieu et devant les hommes, même si sa vocation lui donne une place privilégiée dans ce concert d’expressions de la foi : il est comme un virtuose de l’intelligence de la foi, aux côtés du prophète et du saint qui sont respectivement virtuoses de l’interpellation et de la vie plénière de la foi. Le théologien doit parler en « Je » car, comme tout croyant, il dit Credo. Mais ce « Je » est situé ecclésialement par rapport au peuple des croyants, au Magistère et au corps collégial des théologiens. Pour conclure, l’article pointe six domaines où cette responsabilité doit s’exercer dans notre monde contemporain : écologie, respect de la vie, souci de la communauté humaine (p. ex. l’Europe), débat du religieux et du séculier, engagement personnel et souci d’une relève pour le travail théologique à venir.
Management of post midface distraction occlusal discrepancy using temporary anchorage devices in a cleft patient
Authors: Prasad N. K. Koteswara , Hussain Syed Altaf , Chitharanjan Arun B. , Murthy Jyotsna
Published: April 2015

Open bite deformity following a successful midface advancement by distraction osteogenesis is a common complication. Temporary anchorage devices can be deployed during the distraction and post-distraction settling phases for restoring the occlusion even in severe cases. The following report describes the management of severe anterior open bite following maxillary distraction.
Involvement of mediastinal/intra.abdominal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and left adrenal in presumed isolated pancreatic tuberculosis: An endoscopic ultrasound study
Authors: Rana Surinder S. , Sharma Vishal , Sharma Ravi , Bhasin Deepak K.
Published: April 2015

Background: Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis is very rare and closely mimics pancreatic cancer. Extra pancreatic involvement is very rare and has been rarely reported. Aim: Study the involvement of mediastinal/intra-abdominal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and left adrenal in patients of isolated pancreatic tuberculosis using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Patients and Methods: Retrospective analysis of the records of 16 patients (12 males; mean age 37.8 ± 9.3 years) with pancreatic tuberculosis seen over last 4 years was done. Results: All 16 patients had a well-defined predominantly hypoechoic mass lesion in the pancreatic head and 7/16 (43%) patient had isolated pancreatic tuberculosis with no lymphadenopathy or extrapancreatic involvement. Nine (57%) patients had involvement of the peripancreatic lymph nodes and 6 (38%), 3 (19%), and 2 (13%) patients had celiac, periportal, and mediastinal nodes involvement, respectively. The diameter of the lymph nodes ranged from 1.2 cm to 2.6 cm with celiac lymph nodes being the largest. The left adrenal had normal morphology on EUS in all patients. The spleen and left lobe of the liver were also normal on EUS. Conclusions: Extra pancreatic involvement is seen in up to one-third of patients with presumed isolated pancreatic tuberculosis with involvement of peri-pancreatic and celiac lymph nodes being the commonest.
Endoscopic ultrasonography diagnosis of long common channel in a patient with recurrent biliary pain
Authors: Thomas Reuben , Pal Sandipt , Simon Ebby , Chowdhary Sudipta Dhar
Published: April 2015

The main pancreatic duct and the common bile duct open into the duodenum either alone or as a common channel. A common channel of >15 mm is associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis or biliary tract malignancy. Interesting case of young women with recurrent biliary pain where the diagnosis was made by endoscopic ultrasonography.
Biliary Ascariasis: A difficult extraction
Authors: Thakur Sanjeev Kumar , Prakash Vijay
Published: April 2015

Hepatobiliary ascariasis (HBA) is a common complication of Ascaris infestation. It is reported mostly from developing countries. It is a common cause of biliary colic and cholangitis in some parts of India. It is also proposed as an etiology of a subset of patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC). Conservative management, endoscopic removal of the worm wherever needed and deworming is the accepted treatment approach. We herewith present a unique challenge that we encountered during worm removal. The patient was a 35-year-old female with 3 days history of epigastric pain, fever with rigors and vomiting. Her biochemical evaluation showed mild neutrophilic leukocytosis, mild elevation of aminotransferases and alkaline phosphatase. Ultrasound abdomen showed a tubular filling defect in the common bile duct extending in to the left hepatic duct. On endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the extraction was difficult because of left ductal stricture and a knot at the end of the worm. Such a worm conformation is rarely reported in the literature. In addition to presenting a challenge during removal it may act as a nidus for further infections and damage to the biliary tree particularly if the worm is dead or decaying. RPC is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. HBA is argued as an inciting event in significant number of cases. Recognition of such worm conformations emphasizes the need of meticulous ductal clearance at the time of ERCP, subsequent deworming and improved sanitation to protect such case from subsequent dreaded complications.
AAC Indus soft white spring wheat
Authors: Randhawa H. S. , Graf R. J. , Sadasivaiah R. S.
Published: April 2015

Randhawa, H. S., Graf, R. J. and Sadasivaiah, R. S. 2015. AAC Indus soft white spring wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95: 793–797. AAC Indus is a soft white spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar that meets the end-use quality specifications of the Canada Western Soft White Spring (CWSWS) class. AAC Indus is adapted to the irrigated wheat-growing regions of southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan, and for dryland production in the western prairies. AAC Indus had higher (P≤0.05) grain yield under dryland conditions than all of the check cultivars. AAC Indus exhibited excellent straw strength and was 2 d later in maturity. AAC Indus exhibited good levels of resistance to the prevalent races of stripe rust and powdery, mildew and intermediate reactions to kernel black point and leaf rust. AAC Indus was susceptible to stem rust, common bunt, loose smut and Fusarium head blight.
CDC Fortitude durum wheat
Authors: Pozniak C. J. , Nilsen K. , Clarke J. M. , Beres B. L.
Published: April 2015

Pozniak, C. J., Nilsen, K., Clarke, J. M. and Beres, B. L. 2015. CDC Fortitude durum wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95: 1013–1019. CDC Fortitude durum wheat is adapted to the durum production area of the Canadian prairies. This conventional-height durum wheat cultivar combines high grain yield potential with high grain pigment and protein concentrations and low grain cadmium. CDC Fortitude has strong straw with a solid stem (high degree of pith expression) conferring wheat stem sawfly resistance. CDC Fortitude expresses leaf, stem, and stripe rust, common bunt, loose smut and Fusarium head blight resistance similar to the current check cultivars.
Odontogenic Myxoma of Maxilla
Authors: Hosalkar Rashmi Maruti
Published: April 2015

Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is a locally aggressive, benign, slowgrowing tumor arising from mesenchyme and/or odontogenic epithelium. It is the third most common odontogenic tumor predominantly affecting females and posterior mandible. Radiographically, OM demonstrates unilocular or multilocular, well or ill-defined radiolucency showing ‘honeycomb’, ‘soap-bubble’ or ‘tennis-racket’ pattern with cortical expansion and tooth displacement. Histologically, OM shows loosely arranged stellate or spindle-shaped cells interspersed in myxoid matrix. Various treatment modalities, such as wide excision, enucleation and curettage, curettage with/without electrical or chemical cautery, enbloc resection and wide resection with/without immediate grafting can be considered based on the extent of the lesion. Here, we present a case of a 17-year-old female, with OM in the left maxilla and the maxillary sinus.

How to cite this article

Hosalkar RM, Patel S, Pathak J, Swain N. Odontogenic Myxoma of Maxilla. J Contemp Dent 2015;5(1):27-30.
Minimally Invasive Endodontic Management of a Maxillary Second Premolar with an S-shaped Root Canal using the Self-adjusting File
Authors: Kokate Sharad R , Pawar Ajinkya M , Pawar Mansing G
Published: April 2015

The main objective of an endodontic treatment is thorough shaping and cleaning of the root canal system, with the aim to obtain a fluid tight seal by a biocompatible obturating material. Complex unusual root canal morphology is an often-occurring phenomenon. Knowledge and understanding the unusual root canal morphology predicts the successful outcome in endodontic treatment. One such variant root canal morphology is the ‘S’ shaped root canal.

The self-adjusting file (SAF) is a hollow compressible file made up of nickel-titanium lattice. The new concept associated with the SAF is that it adapts itself to the anatomical shape of the root canal and performs mechanical shaping and chemical cleaning with continuous irrigation simultaneously.

This case report discusses endodontic treatment of a maxillary second premolar with a ‘S’ shaped root canal and its successful management with the SAF.

How to cite this article

Pawar AM, Pawar MG, Kokate SR. Minimally Invasive Endodontic Management of a Maxillary Second Premolar with an S-shaped Root Canal using the Self-adjusting File. J Contemp Dent 2015;5(1):35-37.
Customized Ocular Prosthesis
Authors: Mohite Anuradha Ganpat
Published: April 2015

Artificial replacement of the lost eye is done with an ocular prosthesis. Loss of eye or any other facial structures affect the physical, emotional and psychological well being of a person. Aim of the maxillofacial prosthesis that will replace such structures will improve patients’ esthetics, restore and maintain health of these structures and, thereby provide physical and mental well being. Accurate impression to duplicate the contours of the defect site is required for the fabrication of custom made prosthesis. A case report of customized ocular prosthesis is described here.

How to cite this article

Mohite AG. Customized Ocular Prosthesis. J Contemp Dent 2015;5(1):53-59.
The mechanical and thermal setup of the GLORIA spectrometer
Authors: Piesch C. , Sartorius C. , Friedl-Vallon F. , Gulde T. , Heger S. , Kretschmer E. , Maucher G. , Nordmeyer H. , Barthel J. , Ebersoldt A. , Graf F. , Hase F. , Kleinert A. , Neubert T. , Schillings H. J.
Published: April 2015

Abstract. The novel airborne Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) measures infrared emission of atmospheric trace constituents. GLORIA comprises a cooled imaging Fourier transform spectrometer, which is operated in unpressurized aircraft compartments at ambient temperature. The whole spectrometer is pointed by the gimbal towards the atmospheric target. In order to reach the required sensitivity for atmospheric emission measurements, the spectrometer optics needs to operate at a temperature below 220 K. A lightweight and compact design is mandatory due to limited space and high agility requirements. The cooled optical system needs to withstand high pressure and temperature gradients, humidity, and vibrations. A new cooling system based on carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen combined with high-performance insulation has been developed to meet the mechanical, thermal, and logistical demands. The challenging mechanical and spatial requirements lead to the development of a novel rigid linear slide design in order to achieve the large optical path difference for high spectral resolution. This paper describes the mechanical and thermal setup of GLORIA and presents the performance results on two different research aircrafts.
Controls on terrestrial carbon feedbacks by productivity vs. turnover in the CMIP5 Earth System Models
Authors: Koven C. D. , Chambers J. Q. , Georgiou K. , Knox R. , Negron-Juarez R. , Riley W. J. , Arora V. K. , Brovkin V. , Friedlingstein P. , Jones C. D.
Published: April 2015

Abstract. To better understand sources of uncertainty in projections of terrestrial carbon cycle feedbacks, we present an approach to separate the controls on modeled carbon changes. We separate carbon changes into 4 categories using a linearized, equilibrium approach: those arising from changed inputs (productivity-driven changes), and outputs (turnover-driven changes), and apply the analysis separately to the live and dead carbon pools. Using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) simulations for 5 models, we find that changes to the live pools are primarily explained by productivity-driven changes, with only one model showing large compensating changes to live carbon turnover times. For dead carbon pools, the situation is more complex as all models predict a large reduction in turnover times in response to increases in productivity. This responses arises from the common representation of a broad spectrum of decomposition turnover times via a multi-pool approach, in which flux-weighted turnover times are faster than mass-weighted turnover times. This leads to a shift in the distribution of carbon among dead pools in response to changes in inputs, and therefore a transient but long-lived reduction in turnover times in response to increases in productivity. Since this behavior, a reduction in inferred turnover times resulting from an increase in inputs, is superficially similar to priming processes, but occurring without the mechanisms responsible for priming, we call the phenomenon "false priming", and show that it masks much of the intrinsic changes to dead carbon turnover times as a result of changing climate. These patterns hold across the fully-coupled, biogeochemically-coupled, and radiatively-coupled 1% yr−1 increasing CO2 experiments. We disaggregate inter-model uncertainty in the globally-integrated equilibrium carbon responses to initial turnover times, inital productivity, fractional changes in turnover, and fractional changes in productivity. For both the live and dead carbon pools, inter-model spread in carbon changes arising from initial conditions is dominated by model disagreement on turnover times, whereas inter-model spread in carbon changes from fractional changes to these terms is dominated by model disagreement on changes to productivity in response to both warming and CO2 fertilization. However, the lack of changing turnover time control on carbon responses, for both live and dead carbon pools, in response to the imposed forcings may indicate a common lack of process representation behind changing turnover times (e.g., allocation and mortality for live carbon; permafrost, microbial dynamics, and mineral stabilization for dead carbon), rather than a true estimate of the uncertainty in these processes.
Technical Note: An operational landslide early warning system at regional scale based on space–time-variable rainfall thresholds
Authors: Segoni S. , Battistini A. , Rossi G. , Rosi A. , Lagomarsino D. , Catani F. , Moretti S. , Casagli N.
Published: April 2015

Abstract. We set up an early warning system for rainfall-induced landslides in Tuscany (23 000 km2). The system is based on a set of state-of-the-art intensity–duration rainfall thresholds (Segoni et al., 2014b) and makes use of LAMI (Limited Area Model Italy) rainfall forecasts and real-time rainfall data provided by an automated network of more than 300 rain gauges. The system was implemented in a WebGIS to ease the operational use in civil protection procedures: it is simple and intuitive to consult, and it provides different outputs. When switching among different views, the system is able to focus both on monitoring of real-time data and on forecasting at different lead times up to 48 h. Moreover, the system can switch between a basic data view where a synoptic scenario of the hazard can be shown all over the region and a more in-depth view were the rainfall path of rain gauges can be displayed and constantly compared with rainfall thresholds. To better account for the variability of the geomorphological and meteorological settings encountered in Tuscany, the region is subdivided into 25 alert zones, each provided with a specific threshold. The warning system reflects this subdivision: using a network of more than 300 rain gauges, it allows for the monitoring of each alert zone separately so that warnings can be issued independently. An important feature of the warning system is that the visualization of the thresholds in the WebGIS interface may vary in time depending on when the starting time of the rainfall event is set. The starting time of the rainfall event is considered as a variable by the early warning system: whenever new rainfall data are available, a recursive algorithm identifies the starting time for which the rainfall path is closest to or overcomes the threshold. This is considered the most hazardous condition, and it is displayed by the WebGIS interface. The early warning system is used to forecast and monitor the landslide hazard in the whole region, providing specific alert levels for 25 distinct alert zones. In addition, the system can be used to gather, analyze, display, explore, interpret and store rainfall data, thus representing a potential support to both decision makers and scientists.
Mobile Augmented Reality in support of building damage and safety assessment
Authors: Kim W. , Kerle N. , Gerke M.
Published: April 2015

Abstract. Rapid and accurate assessment of the state of buildings in the aftermath of a disaster event is critical for an effective and timely response. For rapid damage assessment of buildings, the utility of remote sensing (RS) technology has been widely researched, with focus on a range of platforms and sensors. However, RS-based approach still have limitations to assess structural integrity and the specific damage status of individual buildings. Consequently, ground-based assessment conducted by structural engineers and first responders is still required. This paper demonstrates the concept of mobile Augmented Reality (mAR) to improve performance of building damage and safety assessment in situ. Mobile AR provides a means to superimpose various types of reference or pre-disaster information (virtual data) on actual post-disaster building data (real building). To adopt mobile AR, this study defines a conceptual framework based on Level of Complexity (LOC). The framework consists of four LOCs, and for each of these the data types, required processing steps, AR implementation, and use for damage assessment, are described. Based on this conceptualization we demonstrate prototypes of mAR for both indoor and outdoor purposes. Finally, we conduct a user evaluation of the prototypes to validate the mAR approach for building damage and safety assessment.
The Sense of Social Commitment and Well-being among Older Japanese Women: Focusing on the Reinterpretation and Exhibition of Bridal Noren
Authors: Taniguchi Yoko
Published: April 2015

This article explores the ways in which elderly Japanese women’s sense of well-being relates to their sense of “social responsibility” and “deep involvement with society.” It is based on fieldwork conducted in Nanao City (Ishikawa Prefecture) in 2010-2011. The local government of Nanao recently emphasized the development of a community welfare network and tourism resources in order to deal with depopulation and an aging community, and to reinvigorate the local economy. I describe various activities in the social and political context of Nanao, meant to revitalize the local community. One of these activities is performed by women in their sixties, who retreated from their roles as housewives and/or shop proprietors. These women’s activity reinterprets the given values of bridal noren (door curtain), a local object known for its beautiful sensuousness. When the women recently initiated activities to display bridal noren as objects of art, they become one of the main tourist attractions in the city. This paper concludes by demonstrating that elderly women expressed subjective well-being through involvement in their social world via social activities.
The Uncertain Bodies and Spaces of Aging in Place
Authors: Penney Lauren
Published: April 2015

In the United States, “aging in place” has been established as the preferred method of aging. This article examines the work, processes, and tensions involved in aging in place in the southwest US, focusing on the experiences of chronically ill older adults receiving Medicare-reimbursed home health care. Based on an in depth ethnography, it  examines the resources and work that go into aging in place amid uncertainty, and highlights how processes related to the integration of person and place are negotiated and contested between older adults, family members, and home health nurses. Drawing on definitions of place from geography, I argue that aging in place should be understood using a processual lens to highlight the ways that health regimes aimed at facilitating aging in place can, at times, reinforce and introduce sense of bodily risk, shift embodiment and daily practice, and require negotiations among household members. I also point to the difficulties people face in maintaining aging in place when supports are lacking and futures uncertain.
The Familial Dyad between Aged Patients and Filipina Caregivers in Israel: Eldercare, Bodily-based Practices, and the Jewish Family
Authors: Mazus Keren
Published: April 2015

As the population in the US ages, there is increasing need to study aging In this article I describe a familial dyad between the Filipina caregiver and the Israeli aged patient. I argue that a familial dyad emerges based on bodily forms of care. This familial dyad becomes a mechanism for adaptation to and enduring of the daily and intimate encounter of a foreign caregiver and an aged dying patient. The familial dyad provides insight into the phenomenology of the care experience as a function for re-conceptualizing social relations and intra-family dynamics. This will broaden our understanding of the possible varieties of bodily-based practices and their relational repercussions as interpersonal care engagements. The form of a familial dyad underscores the dynamism and complexity of care practices as intersubjective and corporeal modes through which one body engages the other. These care practices which are based on repetitive physical actions allow immediate first-person access to the other participants’ subjective state. Thus, in an era of globalized care, the familial dyad takes form and shape at the most intimate juncture between the subjects, their corporeal and interpersonal being.
Postmenopausal Health and Disease from the Perspective of Evolutionary Medicine
Authors: Froehle Andrew W.
Published: April 2015

Menopause normally occurs between 45-55 years of age, marks the end of a woman’s reproductive lifespan, and is accompanied by a reduction in estrogen that has substantial physiological effects. The standard medical view is that these changes underlie high postmenopausal disease rates, defining menopause as an estrogen deficiency condition needing treatment. This view stems from the idea that extended postmenopausal longevity is a consequence of recent technological developments, such that women now outlive their evolutionarily-programmed physiological functional lifespan.Increasingly, however, researchers employing an evolutionary medicine framework have used data from comparative demography, comparative biology, and human behavioral ecology to challenge the mainstream medical view. Instead, these data suggest that a two-decade human postmenopausal lifespan is an evolved, species-typical trait that distinguishes humans from other primates, and has deep roots in our evolutionary past. This view rejects the inevitability of high rates of postmenopausal disease and the concept of menopause as pathology. Rather, high postmenopausal disease risk likely stems from specific lifestyle differences between industrialized societies and foraging societies of the type that dominated human evolutionary history. Women in industrialized societies tend to have higher estrogen levels during premenopausal life, and experience a greater reduction in estrogen across menopause than do women living in foraging societies, with potentially important physiological consequences. The anthropological approach to understanding postmenopausal disease risk reframes the postmenopausal lifespan as an integral period in the human life cycle, and offers alternative avenues for disease prevention by highlighting the importance of lifestyle effects on health.
Sugar, Judith, Rieksa, Robert, Holstege, Henry, & Farber, Michael. Introduction to Aging: A Positive, Interdisciplinary Approach
Authors: Lewis Denise C.
Published: April 2015

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MORPHOLOGY OF SILICA-REINFORCED NATURAL RUBBER: THE EFFECT OF SILANE COUPLING AGENT
Authors: Sarkawi S. Salina , Dierkes Wilma K. , Noordermeer Jacques W. M.
Published: April 2015

A good dispersion of silica in a rubber vulcanizate is important as it influences the filler-to-rubber interaction and consequently the final properties. This article presents an investigation into the morphology of silica-reinforced natural rubber (NR) in the presence and absence of a silane coupling agent, bis(triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide (TESPT). Micro- and nano-dispersion morphologies of silica in NR and deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) are studied by using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Using a special network visualization technique based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM), insight into the silica and rubber interaction in the NR and DPNR is gained. In the absence of silane, vacuoles around the silica particles are formed as a result of a weak filler–polymer interaction, whereas the presence of silane leads to strong filler-to-rubber bonding, which prevents formation of vacuoles. Improvement of the micro-dispersion of silica in the NR and DPNR vulcanizates with the use of TESPT is observed from AFM phase imaging. The correlation between the filler-to-rubber interaction as analyzed by TEM and AFM and bound rubber contents as well as the Payne effect is discussed.
Gastronomía Garífuna: Preparación y Consumo del Bami o Ereba
Authors: Hodgson Dalky Idalia Sambola
Published: April 2015

Este artículo contiene parte de los resultados de una investigación gastronómica sobre el bami o ereba, un platillo típico cuya elaboración forma parte de la tradición culinaria e identidad garífuna. Mediante entrevistas con portadores culturales y la discusión sobre el tema en un grupo focal, la autora recogió información sobre los instrumentos ancestrales y los utilizados actualmente en su elaboración; los ingredientes, forma y tiempo empleado para la preparación y vencimiento; la manera de transmitir su elaboración; causas del decrecimiento en la elaboración del bami; formas de promover su consumo, y algunas propuestas para su revitalización.Garifuna balna plun kakaswa satni kidika: ampat Bami awaskat Ereba atwa kidi yamwi didiwa kidika. Akat ulwi yakna stadi munwi laihwi tatalna dai kidi garifuna balna plun kakaswa satni kidika dawak Bami awaskat Ereba yulni kidika, adika kuduh sara puyuni plun ni satni as ki, adika plun ni ridi yamnin lani kidika garifuna balna sara puyuni kaupak plun ni aihwa as kapat duduwi,.Adika muihni balna ampat yalalahwa kidi yulni amanglalawa muihni balna dawak stadi munwi laihwi tatalyang muihni balna aslah kalalahna balna karak bik yulbauwi tatalna usnit yakat adika ulwi yakna daniwan kidi yul mahni ulwi duna dai, sara puyuni kau adika plun ni ampat yus mumunwa dai kidi dawak waradi ampat adi plun ni kidi ridi yayamwa kidi yulni, baisa auhni yamnin atwi ais ais ahawa kidi, dawak taim ampus diswa kidi adika plun ni yamwi, kaput bik ais puyuni kat adika plun ni daukalwa kidika, kaut bik ampat muih balna kau yamwi niningna kanin kidika, dawak bami awaskat ereba plun ni kidi ais yulni tanit kau sip barakwi kiwas kidi, muih balna kau baisa kalawa kat kakaswa atnin lani, dawak baisa tanit kau barakwi kiunin sinsni lani balna ulwi yaknin.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/wani.v67i0.1884
Notes on Operations: One Title, Hundreds of Volumes, Thousands of Documents: Collaborating to Describe the Congressional Serial Set
Authors: Ward Suzanne M. , Glasson Patricia A. , Roeder Randall F.
Published: April 2015

As part of its participation in the Google Books government documents scanning project, the Purdue University Libraries agreed to contribute volumes of the Congressional Serial Set (CSS). Realizing that the results would be far more useful if the individual documents within this title were cataloged separately, librarians developed procedures to create brief records and began cataloging CSS documents from the 1890s. The University of Iowa became a partner in this collaborative pilot project, and its cataloging staff used the Purdue template and procedures to create records from the CSS for individual documents from two years in the 1890s. Purdue staff used those records to barcode their own corresponding CSS documents before sending those volumes to Google for scanning. Staff subsequently loaded the records into WorldCat to improve discoverability for scholars. The result of the collaborative cataloging effort was the ability to prepare CSS volumes for scanning quickly and efficiently.
Notes on Operations: Combining Citation Studies and Usage Statistics to Build a Stronger Collection
Authors: Wical Stephanie H. , Vandenbark R. Todd
Published: April 2015

Citation studies and analyses of usage statistics are two approaches academic librarians take to determine if their journal collections support the needs of research faculty. Librarians at a small, regional liberal arts university compiled a list of faculty journal publications covering a thirteen-year span from four academic departments—nursing, chemistry, biology, and mathematics—and, from these publications, generated a list of the journals that were cited. As expected, this university’s faculty members publish in many of the same journals that they cite. However, faculty members cite a wide range of sources. Wiley journal usage statistics were examined from 2011 and 2012 to determine if the number of PDF downloads of articles in the published in and cited Wiley journals were higher than the average numbers of PDF downloads of Wiley journals. Combining an analysis of usage statistics with citation analysis provides a more strategic way to look at a Big Deal package. This information is of interest to the departments represented and other stakeholders, and the implications for collection development purposes are addressed.
Book Review: Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
Authors: Day Annette
Published: April 2015

Peggy Johnson has updated her comprehensive text, Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, for its 3rd edition. Fundamentals is intended as “a comprehensive introduction to the topic for students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to day work” (ix). The breadth and depth of information Johnson provided is impressive in its coverage, and any reader in her intended audience will glean something relevant and informative from this text. Comprehensive, yet surprisingly easy to read, Johnson’s text is written in a straightforward, informative style and organized into clear chapters and subsections that enable a reader to dip in and out of the text.
Book Review: Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age
Authors: De Fino Melissa
Published: April 2015

In 2001, a legislator told Mark Herring “everything was on the Internet, so why did our students need a new, big library building?” (7). Herring responded by publishing a brief and highly popular list, “10 Reasons Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library.”1 Six years later, Herring transformed that list into a book, Fool’s Gold: Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library (McFarland 2007). Both the list and book outline in passionate detail Herring’s view that the Internet’s many flaws make it inferior to the library. “Not everything is on the Internet” writes Herring, and “quality control doesn’t exist. . . . The Internet is ubiquitous but books are portable.”2 His latest book, Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age, revisits points made in his earlier works. Thirteen years after Herring’s original list was published, has the Internet made the library obsolete? Herring says no.
Book Review: Floating Collections: A Collection Development Model for Long-Term Success
Authors: Lewontin Amy
Published: April 2015

In these uncertain economic times, library administrators are often faced with tough budget decisions. They are encouraged to “think outside the box” for creative strategies to help cut costs while not diminishing services to library patrons. Wendy Bartlett’s Floating Collections: A Collection Development Model for Long-Term Success offers one such creative and thought-provoking strategy, particularly for public library systems.
La vida cotidiana en el Imperio Asirio: usos y costrumbres de un pueblo que conquistó las Cuatro Regiones del Mundo.
Authors: González Torres Ángel Luis
Published: April 2015

El presente trabajo pone de manifiesto la sesión del seminario Work in Progress llevado a cabo en la Facultad de Letras de la Universidad de Murcia dedicada a la investigación historiográfica acerca de la vida cotidiana durante el Imperio Nuevo Asirio, iniciándose con un estudio bibliométrico. Se analiza aquí la metodología empleada en dicha investigación, partiendo de lo general y avanzando en mayores niveles de concreción temática, centrándose posteriormente en uno de sus aspectos, la situación de la mujer en el Imperio Neoasirio. Culmina con algunas de las más destacadas conclusiones obtenidas en dicha investigación.

This paper is a brief summary of the seminar Work in Progress carried out in the University of Murcia regarding the historigraphy of the daily life during the Neoassyrian Empire. The methodology is analysed here, considering a bibliometric study as starting point and moving towards further levels of detail, focussing in one issue at the end: the situation of the Assyrian Women during the Neoassyrian Empire. Finally the paper includes some of the most outstanding conclusions of this investigation.
Modeling of electrokinetic reactive transport in micropore using a coupled lattice Boltzmann method
Authors: Zhang Li , Wang Moran
Published: April 2015

It is well known that a solid surface will be charged when it comes into contact with liquid, especially with electrolyte solutions. The surface charge influences ion distribution and transport and, therefore, affects the chemical reaction. Such an effect may become significant in micropores/nanopores when the electrical double layer thickness is comparable to the pore size, but this has never been well studied. This work investigates the coupled electrokinetic and reactive transport in micropores using mesoscopic modeling. We established a numerical framework by coupling multiple lattice Boltzmann models to combine all effects on ion transport from convection, diffusion and electrokinetics, and therefore, on heterogeneous reactions in micropore. After validations, the mechanism of surface charge effects on reactive transport is studied for an ion precipitation case and a solid dissolution case. The results show that two factors, transport and reaction, compete in such complicated processes based on their characteristic rates. When the transport rate, including diffusion and convection, is much lower than the reaction rate, i.e., the transport‐dominated process, the surface charge significantly reduces the reaction. Otherwise for a reaction‐dominated process, the surface charge effect may be negligible.
Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic provenance record of Paleo‐Pacific subduction beneath South China
Authors: Hu Lisha , Cawood Peter A. , Du Yuansheng , Yang Jianghai , Jiao Liangxuan
Published: April 2015

Northeast trending Yong'an Basin, southeast South China Craton, preserves a Permian‐Jurassic, marine to continental, siliciclastic‐dominated, retroarc foreland basin succession. Modal and detrital zircon data, along with published paleocurrent data, sedimentary facies, and euhedral to subhedral detrital zircon shapes, indicate derivation from multicomponent, nearby sources with input from both the interior of the craton to the northwest and from an inferred arc accretionary complex to the southeast. The detrital zircon U‐Pb age spectra range in age from Archean to early Mesozoic, with major age groups at 2000–1700 Ma, 1200–900 Ma, 400–340 Ma, and 300–240 Ma. In addition, Early Jurassic strata include zircon detritus with ages of 200–170 Ma. Regional geological relations suggest that Precambrian and Early Paleozoic detritus was derived from the inland Wuyi Mountain region and Yunkai Massif of the South China Craton. Sources for Middle Paleozoic to early Mesozoic detrital zircons include input from beyond the currently exposed China mainland. Paleogeographic reconstruction in East Asia suggests derivation from an active convergent plate margin along the southeastern rim of the craton that incorporated part of Southwest Japan and is related to the subduction of the Paleo‐Pacific Ocean. Integration of the geologic and provenance records of the Yong'an Basin with the time equivalent Yongjiang and Shiwandashan basins that lie to the southwest and south, respectively, provides an integrated record of the subduction of the Paleo‐Pacific Ocean along the southeast margin of the South China Craton and termination of subduction of the Paleo‐Tethys beneath its southwest margin in Permo‐Triassic.
Elastic wave velocities of peridotite KLB‐1 at mantle pressures and implications for mantle velocity modeling
Authors: Wang Xuebing , Chen Ting , Zou Yongtao , Liebermann Robert C. , Li Baosheng
Published: April 2015

Compressional (VP) and shear (VS) wave velocities of a synthetic KLB‐1 peridotite were measured for the first time up to 10 GPa using ultrasonic interferometry. Analysis of the P and S wave velocities yielded K0 = 123(1) GPa, K0′ = 5.1(2), G0 = 75(1) GPa, and G0′= 1.3(1) for the bulk and shear moduli and their pressure derivatives. Comparison with Voigt‐Reuss‐Hill (VRH) calculations based on literature elasticity data for its constituent minerals indicates that the experimentally measured P and S wave velocities, densities, bulk sound velocities, and VP/VS ratios fall close to the lower limit of VRH averages associated with the uncertainties of the mineral elasticity data. A comparison with previous modeling of mantle compositions implies that the velocities for an aggregate with the pyrolitic composition of KLB‐1 are in close agreement with seismic data at the depths of the Earth's upper mantle.
Migration of atmospheric convection coupled with ocean currents pushes El Niño to extremes
Authors: Kim WonMoo , Cai Wenju , Kug Jong‐Seong
Published: April 2015

The warm phase of El Niño–Southern Oscillation can grow much stronger than the cold phase, but the associated dynamics are not well understood. Here we show that the anomalous zonal advection of warm water is the major process that pushes El Niño to extremes and that this anomalous advection results from the coupling of oceanic currents with eastward migration of the atmospheric convection; a greater zonal advection is associated with a greater extent of the eastward migration. By contrast, there is a limited extent for westward migration during La Niña. Climate models that successfully simulate the amplitude asymmetry display a systematic linkage of a greater longitudinal movement of the convection center with a stronger zonal advection and greater El Niño amplitude. In a warming world, the longitudinal migration of convection response increases, as does the role of zonal advection, increasing the frequency of future extremes of El Niño.