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Democracy and the End of Revolution in the Contemporary Caribbean
Authors: Thame Maziki
Published: July 2016

This essay discusses Brian Meeks's assertions on the centrality of democracy to transforming the Caribbean in his book Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory (2014). It considers the relationship between democracy and revolution in the Caribbean in light of Meeks's optimism that democracy is the means of producing radical change in the region and given antidemocratic sentiments among the people, expressed most powerfully in low value for the human in the Jamaican context. Using Meeks's premise that ethical questions are at the heart of radical change, the essay discusses how ethical relations as shaped by race, class, and gender are relevant to Caribbean revolution, arguing that collapse might be the most significant reality that gives reason to hope for revolution and respect for the human in the contemporary Caribbean.
Intellectuals and Social Change: Brian Meeks and Transitions in Caribbean Political Thought
Authors: Gray Obika
Published: July 2016

It is now commonplace to lament the enervation of social thought and the passing of an important social figure—the critical, classical humanistic intellectual as a major actor in contemporary society. This elegy for polymath political leaders and for the presumed demise of theoretically gifted political intellectuals is heard in the United States and in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Both the quality of social thought and regard for political intellectuals as agents of transformative change are alleged to be in steep decline in these islands. Brian Meeks's recent collection of essays, Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory (2014), addresses some of these anxieties in a critical assessment of social thought, subaltern insurgencies, and the politics of radical intellectuals in the Commonwealth Caribbean. While the collection affirms Meeks's confidence in the reinvigoration of Caribbean thought, his sympathetic account of armed minoritarian insurgencies in island states with substantive democratic freedoms raises unanswered questions about theory and social change in these societies.
Reprising the Past, Imagining the Future
Authors: Meeks Brian
Published: July 2016

In 2014, the author published a volume of essays, Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory, which Small Axe editor David Scott proposed might form the basis for a discussion around Meeks's work and its broader contribution to debates surrounding contemporary Caribbean politics and society. Obika Gray and Maziki Thame contributed review essays, tackling many of the issues explored in the book, including the Caribbean black power movement, the Grenada Revolution and its demise, the contemporary state of Jamaican politics, Caribbean intellectual traditions, and the possible directions for Caribbean politics in the near future. While largely sympathetic to many of their comments, Meeks engages with Gray specifically around what Meeks considers Gray's minimalizing of the distinctions between radical activists of the 1970s and contemporary “Dons,” the role of Cuba in the Grenada Revolution, and Gray's underestimation of the importance of the generation born in the 1950s and 1960s for contemporary Caribbean social sciences and the humanities. Meeks then engages with Thame's proposal that there is potential for renewal in what Meeks describes, in Critical Interventions and elsewhere, as a moment of hegemonic dissolution. Meeks argues that this notion must be handled with care, since there is no easy road back to renewal and recovery from a genuine state of societal collapse.
Beyond the Great Camouflage: Haiti in Suzanne Césaire's Politics and Poetics of Liberation
Authors: Joseph-Gabriel Annette K.
Published: July 2016

Suzanne Césaire's essays in Tropiques make an important intervention in imagining a new Martinican and ultimately Pan-Caribbean identity during World War II. This study examines Césaire's joint politics and poetics of liberation in the context of dissidence in Martinique. A close reading of her essays alongside previously uncited personal correspondence reveals Haiti to be central to her vision for a Caribbean cultural renaissance after the death and destruction of the war.
Handling with Care: On Editing, Invisibility, and Affective Labor
Authors: Josephs Kelly Baker
Published: July 2016

Part of a special section titled “What Is Journal Work?,” this reflective essay discusses the ethical questions of editing sx salon: a small axe literary platform. The author's goal in the essay is twofold: to make transparent the work of journal work, the hours of labor that often remain invisible in our culture of individual authorship; and to emphasize the moments during this work when “care,” a concept the author develops throughout the essay, is imperative to a humane process in producing an academic publication.
Development of a diet-induced murine model of diabetes featuring cardinal metabolic and pathophysiological abnormalities of type 2 diabetes
Authors: Morris Jodie L. , Bridson Tahnee L. , Alim Md Abdul , Rush Catherine M. , Rudd Donna M. , Govan Brenda L. , Ketheesan Natkunam
Published: July 2016

The persistent rise in global incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to have significant public health and economic implications. The availability of relevant animal models of T2D is critical to elucidating the complexity of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying this disease and the implications this has on susceptibility to T2D complications. Whilst many high-fat diet-induced rodent models of obesity and diabetes exist, growing appreciation of the contribution of high glycaemic index diets on the development of hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance highlight the requirement for animal models that more closely represent global dietary patterns reflective of modern society. To that end, we sought to develop and validate a murine model of T2D based on consumption of an energy-dense diet containing moderate levels of fat and a high glycaemic index to better reflect the aetiopathogenesis of T2D. Male C57BL/6 mice were fed an energy-dense (ED) diet and the development of pathological features used in the clinical diagnosis of T2D was assessed over a 30-week period. Compared with control mice, 87% of mice fed an ED diet developed pathognomonic signs of T2D including glucose intolerance, hyperglycaemia, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and glycosuria within 30 weeks. Furthermore, dyslipidaemia, chronic inflammation, alterations in circulating leucocytes and renal impairment were also evident in ED diet-fed mice compared with mice receiving standard rodent chow. Longitudinal profiling of metabolic and biochemical parameters provide support of an aetiologically and clinically relevant model of T2D that will serve as a valuable tool for mechanistic and therapeutic studies investigating the pathogenic complications of T2D.
B-type nuclear lamin and the nuclear pore complex Nup107-160 influences maintenance of the spindle envelope required for cytokinesis inDrosophilamale meiosis
Authors: Hayashi Daisuke , Tanabe Karin , Katsube Hiroka , Inoue Yoshihiro H.
Published: July 2016

In higher eukaryotes, nuclear envelope (NE) disassembly allows chromatin to condense and spindle microtubules to access kinetochores. The nuclear lamina, which strengthens the NE, is composed of a polymer meshwork made of A- and B-type lamins. We found that the B-type lamin (Lam) is not fully disassembled and continues to localize along the spindle envelope structure during Drosophila male meiosis I, while the A-type lamin (LamC) is completely dispersed throughout the cytoplasm. Among the nuclear pore complex proteins, Nup107 co-localized with Lam during this meiotic division. Surprisingly, Lam depletion resulted in a higher frequency of cytokinesis failure in male meiosis. We also observed the similar meiotic phenotype in Nup107-depleted cells. Abnormal localization of Lam was found in the Nup-depleted cells at premeiotic and meiotic stages. The central spindle microtubules became abnormal and recruitment of a contractile ring component to the cleavage sites was disrupted in Lam-depleted cells and Nup107-depleted cells. Therefore, we speculate that both proteins are required for a reinforcement of the spindle envelope, which supports the formation of central spindle microtubules essential for cytokinesis in Drosophila male meiosis.
Twist1-positive epithelial cells retain adhesive and proliferative capacity throughout dissemination
Authors: Shamir Eliah R. , Coutinho Kester , Georgess Dan , Auer Manfred , Ewald Andrew J.
Published: July 2016

Dissemination is the process by which cells detach and migrate away from a multicellular tissue. The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) conceptualizes dissemination in a stepwise fashion, with downregulation of E-cadherin leading to loss of intercellular junctions, induction of motility, and then escape from the epithelium. This gain of migratory activity is proposed to be mutually exclusive with proliferation. We previously developed a dissemination assay based on inducible expression of the transcription factor Twist1 and here utilize it to characterize the timing and dynamics of intercellular adhesion, proliferation and migration during dissemination. Surprisingly, Twist1+ epithelium displayed extensive intercellular junctions, and Twist1– luminal epithelial cells could still adhere to disseminating Twist1+ cells. Although proteolysis and proliferation were both observed throughout dissemination, neither was absolutely required. Finally, Twist1+ cells exhibited a hybrid migration mode; their morphology and nuclear deformation were characteristic of amoeboid cells, whereas their dynamic protrusive activity, pericellular proteolysis and migration speeds were more typical of mesenchymal cells. Our data reveal that epithelial cells can disseminate while retaining competence to adhere and proliferate.
RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis
Authors: Orman-Ligeza Beata , Parizot Boris , de Rycke Riet , Fernandez Ana , Himschoot Ellie , Van Breusegem Frank , Bennett Malcolm J. , Périlleux Claire , Beeckman Tom , Draye Xavier
Published: July 2016

Lateral root (LR) emergence represents a highly coordinated process in which the plant hormone auxin plays a central role. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to function as important signals during auxin-regulated LR formation, however their mode of action is poorly understood. Here, we report that Arabidopsis roots exposed to ROS show increased LR numbers due to the activation of LR pre-branch sites and LR primordia (LRP). Strikingly, ROS treatment can also restore LR formation in pCASP1:shy2-2 and aux1 lax3 mutant lines in which auxin-mediated cell wall accommodation and remodeling in cells overlying the sites of LR formation is disrupted. Specifically, ROS are deposited in the apoplast of these cells during LR emergence, following a spatio-temporal pattern that overlaps the combined expression domains of extracellular ROS donors of the RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOGS (RBOH). We also show that disrupting (or enhancing) expression of RBOH in LRP and/or overlying root tissues decelerates (or accelerates) the development and emergence of LRs. We conclude that RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates LR outgrowth by promoting cell wall remodeling of overlying parental tissues.
Shh and ZRS enhancer colocalisation is specific to the zone of polarising activity
Authors: Williamson Iain , Lettice Laura A. , Hill Robert E. , Bickmore Wendy A.
Published: July 2016

Limb-specific Shh expression is regulated by the (∼1 Mb distant) ZRS enhancer. In the mouse, limb bud-restricted spatiotemporal Shh expression occurs from ∼E10 to E11.5 at the distal posterior margin and is essential for correct autopod formation. Here, we have analysed the higher-order chromatin conformation of Shh in expressing and non-expressing tissues, both by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and by chromosome conformation capture (5C). Conventional and super-resolution light microscopy identified significantly elevated frequencies of Shh/ZRS colocalisation only in the Shh-expressing regions of the limb bud, in a conformation consistent with enhancer-promoter loop formation. However, in all tissues and at all developmental stages analysed, Shh-ZRS spatial distances were still consistently shorter than those to a neural enhancer located between Shh and ZRS in the genome. 5C identified a topologically associating domain (TAD) over the Shh/ZRS genomic region and enriched interactions between Shh and ZRS throughout E11.5 embryos. Shh/ZRS colocalisation, therefore, correlates with the spatiotemporal domain of limb bud-specific Shh expression, but close Shh and ZRS proximity in the nucleus occurs regardless of whether the gene or enhancer is active. We suggest that this constrained chromatin configuration optimises the opportunity for the active enhancer to locate and instigate the expression of Shh.
Fgf signalling controls diverse aspects of fin regeneration
Authors: Shibata Eri , Yokota Yuki , Horita Natsumi , Kudo Akira , Abe Gembu , Kawakami Koichi , Kawakami Atsushi
Published: July 2016

Studies have shown that fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) signalling is necessary for appendage regeneration, but its exact function and the ligands involved during regeneration have not yet been elucidated. Here, we performed comprehensive expression analyses and identified fgf20a and fgf3/10a as major Fgf ligands in the wound epidermis and blastema, respectively. To reveal the target cells and processes of Fgf signalling, we performed a transplantation experiment of mesenchymal cells that express the dominant-negative Fgf receptor 1 (dnfgfr1) under control of the heat-shock promoter. This mosaic knockdown analysis suggested that Fgf signalling is directly required for fin ray mesenchyme to form the blastema at the early pre-blastema stage and to activate the regenerative cell proliferation at a later post-blastema stage. These results raised the possibility that the early epidermal Fgf20a and the later blastemal Fgf3/10a could be responsible for these respective processes. We demonstrated by gain-of-function analyses that Fgf20a induces the expression of distal blastema marker junbl, and that Fgf3 promotes blastema cell proliferation. Our study highlights that Fgfs in the wound epidermis and blastema have distinct functions to regulate fin regeneration cooperatively.
Myosin-I molecular motors at a glance
Authors: McIntosh Betsy B. , Ostap E. Michael
Published: July 2016

Myosin-I molecular motors are proposed to play various cellular roles related to membrane dynamics and trafficking. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we review and illustrate the proposed cellular functions of metazoan myosin-I molecular motors by examining the structural, biochemical, mechanical and cell biological evidence for their proposed molecular roles. We highlight evidence for the roles of myosin-I isoforms in regulating membrane tension and actin architecture, powering plasma membrane and organelle deformation, participating in membrane trafficking, and functioning as a tension-sensitive dock or tether. Collectively, myosin-I motors have been implicated in increasingly complex cellular phenomena, yet how a single isoform accomplishes multiple types of molecular functions is still an active area of investigation. To fully understand the underlying physiology, it is now essential to piece together different approaches of biological investigation. This article will appeal to investigators who study immunology, metabolic diseases, endosomal trafficking, cell motility, cancer and kidney disease, and to those who are interested in how cellular membranes are coupled to the underlying actin cytoskeleton in a variety of different applications.
Purification and analysis of endogenous human RNA exosome complexes
Authors: Domanski Michal , Upla Paula , Rice William J. , Molloy Kelly R. , Ketaren Natalia E. , Stokes David L. , Jensen Torben Heick , Rout Michael P. , LaCava John
Published: July 2016

As a result of its importance in key RNA metabolic processes, the ribonucleolytic RNA exosome complex has been the focus of intense study for almost two decades. Research on exosome subunit assembly, cofactor and substrate interaction, enzymatic catalysis and structure have largely been conducted using complexes produced in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or in bacteria. Here, we examine different populations of endogenous exosomes from human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells and test their enzymatic activity and structural integrity. We describe methods to prepare EXOSC10-containing, enzymatically active endogenous human exosomes at suitable yield and purity for in vitro biochemistry and negative stain transmission electron microscopy. This opens the door for assays designed to test the in vitro effects of putative cofactors on human exosome activity and will enable structural studies of preparations from endogenous sources.
Health as a Complex Adaptive System: a new dimension of patient care in internal medicine and general practice
Authors: Bircher Johannes , Hahn Eckhart G.
Published: July 2016

This paper explores the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of a new concept of health. Investigations into the nature of health have led to a new definition that explains health as a complex adaptive system (CAS) and is based on five components (a-e). Humans like all biological creatures must satisfactorily respond to (a) the demands of life. For this purpose they need (b) a biologically given potential (BGP) and (c) a personally acquired potential (PAP). These properties of individuals are embedded within (d) social and (e) environmental determinants of health. Between these five components of health there are 10 complex interactions that justify health to be viewed as a CAS. In each patient, the current state of his health as a CAS evolved from the past, will move forward to a new future, and has to be analyzed and treated as an autonomous whole. A diagnostic procedure is suggested as follows: together with the patient, the five components and 10 complex interactions are assessed. This may help the patient to better understand his situation and to recognize possible next steps that may be useful for him to evolve toward more health by himself. In this process mutual trust in the patient-physician interaction is critical. The described approach offers new possibilities to help patients to improve their health.
Do We Really Need to Change the Decision Maker? Counterintuitive Escalation of Commitment Results in Real Options Contexts
Authors: Boulding William , Guha Abhijit , Staelin Richard
Published: July 2016

A robust finding in the escalation literature, termed as the preference effect, is that involvement in the period 1 initial project assessment decision increases the tendency for decision makers to stick with a losing course of action during the period 2 project reassessment decision. The proposed solution is to bring in a new decision maker in period 2. Across multiple studies, we show that providing period 1 information in real options format increases the tendency for decision makers to view period 2 focal event information as both more negative and more important. Consequently, such decision makers exhibit less escalation in period 2, i.e., exhibit behavior opposite to the preference effect. This suggests that, in real option contexts, not only do we not need to bring in a new decision maker, but also (counterintuitively) it is beneficial to retain the same decision maker in situations where escalation is likely to occur.

This paper was accepted by Yuval Rottenstreich, judgment and decision making.
Developing a postal screening tool for frailty in primary care: a secondary data analysis
Authors: Kydd Lauren
Published: July 2016

The purpose of this secondary data analysis (SDA) was to review a subset of quantitative and qualitative paired data sets from a returned postal screening tool (PST) completed by patients and compare them to the clinical letters composed by elderly care community nurses (ECCN) following patient assessment to ascertain the tool's reliability and validity. The aim was to understand to what extent the problems identified by patients in PSTs aligned with actual or potential problems identified by the ECCNs. The researcher examined this connection to establish whether the PST was a valid, reliable approach to proactive care.

The findings of this SDA indicated that patients did understand the PST. Many appropriate referrals were made as a result of the ECCN visit that would not have occurred if the PST had not been sent. This article focuses specifically upon the physiotherapy section as this was the area where the most red flags were identified.
‘No action today means no cure tomorrow’: the threat of antimicrobial resistance
Authors: While Alison
Published: July 2016

Antimicrobial resistance is a major concern for UK healthcare professionals, following growing evidence of multi-resistant pathogens. Poor prescribing practices, partly driven by patient demand, and poor patient adherence to prescribed regimens are two of the causes of growing antimicrobial resisitance. Improved infection prevention and control practices will not only reduce healthcare-acquired infections, but also reduce the necessity for antimicrobials. Community nurses can also support their clients to promote their own health and wellbeing, increasing resilience to infections through a healthy lifestyle which includes a well-balanced diet, good personal hygiene and the take up of offered vaccinations.
Nutritional pathway for people with motor neurone disease
Authors: Marsden Rachael , Allan Philip , Blackwell Victoria , East James , Lawson Clare , Nickol Annabel H , Millard Emma , Talbot Kevin , Thompson Alexander G , Turner Martin R
Published: July 2016

This paper provides an overview of the nutritional management and care of people living with motor neurone disease (MND) in a specialist nutrition clinic. A specialist pathway of care has been developed to enable people living with MND to undergo a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) procedure in a safe way; the pathway incorporates attendance at a dedicated nutrition clinic, a stratification tool to identify patients with a high periprocedural risk and a PEG insertion team with significant experience in the MND population. Since this pathway has been in place, gastrostomies have been successfully placed in patients with a forced vital capacity (FVC) of less than 50%; previously, this would not have been possible.
When accepting a gift can be professional misconduct and theft
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: July 2016

Gifts are often given as tokens of gratitude by grateful patients to district nurses. However, there are circumstances where the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), as the professional regulator, and the courts, have held that accepting gifts, large or small, from vulnerable adults is dishonest and amounts to professional misconduct and even theft. Richard Griffith discusses the circumstances where a district nurse who accepts a gift can face a fitness-to-practise investigation and an allegation of theft.
Heat stress and its impact on fertility in dairy cattle
Authors: Whitfield LK
Published: July 2016

Heat stress is a problem which has been recognised as having a negative impact on the productivity of dairy cattle for some time. A lot of research has been directed toward understanding the effects of heat stress on cattle, in an effort to find ways to mitigate its impact on the industry. With the continued increase in average global temperatures, an awareness of heat stress and its short-term and longer-term effects on livestock needs to be maintained by all industry stakeholders. This article focuses on the impact of heat stress on reproduction and fertility in dairy cattle.
CattleReview
Authors: Barrett David C
Published: July 2016

Introduction:

This edition of Cattle Review considers two papers on udder health, after one of them planned for the May/June edition was accidentally omitted, along with a paper on the use of a participatory approach to health monitoring.
Silage and livestock health
Authors: Wilkinson JM , Chamberlain AT
Published: July 2016

Silage making involves preserving forage crops by fermentation of water-soluble carbohydrates (sugars) to organic acids. The fermentation is relatively uncontrolled and inadequate acidification can allow the growth of undesirable microorganisms such as enterobacteria and clostridia. Ingress of oxygen to the outer layer of the silo or bale during the storage period encourages growth of yeasts and moulds. Mycobacterium bovis may survive in silages with pH above 5.0. Outgrowth of clostridia in aerobically deteriorating silage can lead to high counts of butyric acid spores in silage that can contaminate milk and cheese. Milk may be contaminated with Penicillium toxins and be rejected for containing antibiotics. Specific disease risks to livestock from poorly preserved silage include bacterial endotoxicosis, listeriosis, botulism, mycotoxicosis and nitric acid poisoning in addition to reduced feed value. Rapid acidification is essential once the crop is ensiled to restrict the growth of enterobacteria, listeria and clostridia. Oxygen barrier film, in addition to reducing loss of dry matter during the storage period, prevents clostridial outgrowth in the outer layer of the silo and is also likely to reduce the risk of listeriosis.
Dairy goat behaviour and welfare
Authors: Anzuino Katharine
Published: July 2016

This article focuses on commercial dairy goat farming in the UK. It describes the relationship between goat behaviour and welfare and highlights how husbandry and management on farm alter goat behaviour. Gaps in knowledge where further study would be particularly useful are identified. Practical refinements to husbandry that can improve goat welfare are recommended.
Referral for colic surgery — preparing the client for what's involved
Authors: McGovern Kate
Published: July 2016

This article looks to provide information that enables to referring veterinarian to help the client make the decision as to whether or not to proceed with colic surgery. It is important that the client understands the risks and pitfalls involved, not only with the surgery itself but also the host of potential complications that can occur afterwards, as well as what to expect when the horse is discharged from the clinic. The client also needs to be aware of the time away from exercise the horse will require, as well as the necessity for this to increase if there are complications. Success rates and prognosis are key pieces of information that will help the client make the right decision for their own horse and circumstances.
Osteochondrosis dissecans of the fetlock joint – diagnosis, management and prognosis
Authors: O'Meara Bryan
Published: July 2016

Osteochondral ‘chip’ fragments of the fetlock joint of horses is a common presentation. The aim of the article is to explore the diagnosis, case management and the process of the different fragments of the fetlock joint.
Kemeny's Constant And An Analogue Of Braess' Paradox For Trees
Authors: Kirkland Steve , Zeng Ze
Published: July 2016

Given an irreducible stochastic matrix M, Kemenyâs constant K(M) measures the expected time for the corresponding Markov chain to transition from any given initial state to a randomly chosen final state. A combinatorially based expression for K(M) is provided in terms of the weights of certain directed forests in a directed graph associated with M, yielding a particularly simple expression in the special case that M is the transition matrix for a random walk on a tree. An analogue of Braessâ paradox is investigated, whereby inserting an edge into an undirected graph can increase the value of Kemenyâs constant for the corresponding random walk. It is shown in particular that for almost all trees, there is an edge whose insertion increases the corresponding value of Kemenyâs constant. Finally, it is proven that for any m â N, almost every tree T has the property that there are at least m trees, none of which are isomorphic to T , such that the values of Kemenyâs constant for the corresponding random walks coincide with the value of Kemenyâs constant for the random walk on T . Several illustrative examples are included.
TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE LOWLAND FOREST OF THE CORE ZONE OF THE BUKIT DUABELAS NATIONAL PARK, JAMBI, INDONESIA
Authors: RAHMAH RAHMAH , KARTAWINATA KUSWATA , NISYAWATI NISYAWATI , WARDHANA WISNU , NURDIN ERWIN
Published: July 2016

RAHMAH, KARTAWINATA, K., NISYAWATI, WARDHANA, W. & NURDIN, E. 2016. Tree species diversity in the lowland forest of the core zone of the Bukit Duabelas National Park, Jambi, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 15(1): 11 - 26. — An analysis of the composition and structure of a one-hectare plot of forest on a lowland hill slope in the eastern core zone of the Bukit Duabelas National Park, Jambi, was conducted in October and November 2012. The objective of the study was to obtain a descriptive account of the structure and tree species composition of a lowland forest in the eastern core zone of the park. The plot was divided into 100 subplots of  (10 m × 10 m) each and the seedling subplots (5 m × 5 m) were nested in the sapling subplots. A total of 414 trees were recorded with DBH (Diameter at Breast Height) ?10 cm, representing 113 species and 38 families, with the total BA (Basal Area)  of 25.71 m2 and Shannon- Wiener diversity index of 4.29. Prunus arborea with IV (Importance Value) of 19.19 is the dominant species and the other prevalent species were, Dracontomelon dao (IV =11.46) and Hydnocarpus sp. (IV =11.38). A total of 44 species (38.9%) had each density of 1 tree/ha, which may be considered locally rare. Ficus fistulosa had the highest density (24 trees/ha) and Prunus arborea had the highest BA (3.28 m2 = 12.8% of the total). Only 10 species had F (frequency) of 8-18%, of which Hydnocarpus sp. had the highest (18%); the remaining species had F<8%, which may be considered locally rare. Moraceae (IV= 34.05) was the dominant family. The two richest families were Moraceae (11) and Clusiaceae (9). A total of 61 species were registered in the Sumatra checklist and one of them was endemic (Baccaurea dulcis). A total of 13 species are listed in the IUCN Red List. The forest is a developing community after disturbance in the past with poor regeneration. Species with complete representation of trees, saplings and seedlings will probably remain in the forest in the future.
Redes de memória e efeitos de sentido em discursos sobre telenovelas no gênero comentário online
Authors: Vieira da Silva Francisco , Da Silveira Éderson Luís
Published: July 2016

Este trabalho se inscreve no quadro teórico da Análise do Discurso de linha francesa (doravante AD) e procura descrever/interpretar os efeitos de sentido e as redes de memória que emergem dos discursos sobre telenovelas, a partir dos enunciados presentes no gênero comentário online sobre notícias publicadas no site do jornal Folha de São Paulo. Desse modo, procuramos investigar de que forma os enunciados que versam sobre a temática da telenovela atualizam outros enunciados, dialogam com outros dizeres, de modo a demarcar a heterogeneidade do discurso. Nesse aspecto, pautamo-nos teoricamente nas discussões sobre discurso, sentido e memória discursiva suscitadas por Pêcheux (1988; 1999; 2006) e no conceito de enunciado postulado por Foucault (2010). Além disso, no intuito de contextualizar nosso gesto de leitura, dialogaremos com as pesquisas que tomam a telenovela como objeto de estudo, mais especificamente as reflexões teórico-analíticas de Junqueira (2009) e Lopes, Borelli e Resende (2002). Os resultados revelam que o leitor, ao enunciar discursivamente sobre a temática da telenovela, traz à tona diferentes vozes oriundas da memória discursiva que elucidam, portanto, a natureza heterogênea dos discursos produzidos.
A escrita colaborativa e as novas tecnologias: relato de experiência
Authors: Silva Sandro Luis
Published: July 2016

Este texto trata da prática de produção textual do gênero artigo de opinião, na disciplina Comunicação e Expressão em um curso de formação inicial do tecnólogo. O objeto de análise são textos produzidos por alunos do segundo semestre do curso de Tecnologia em Análise de Sistema e Tecnologia da Informação em uma universidade pública no interior do Estado de São Paulo. O gênero escolhido para o desenvolvimento da atividade foi o artigo de opinião. Procurou-se associar a escrita de texto aos recursos da tecnologia, em especial os contidos no link “revisão” do Office 2007: “novo comentário” e “controlar alterações”. A análise da atividade pautou-se, sobretudo, nos estudos de Schneuwly & Dolz (2004) e Dionísio, Machado & Bezerra (2005) e Garcia (2001), quanto ao gênero textual e no trabalho com novas tecnologias desenvolvido por Araújo & Biasi Rodrigues (2005), Ribeiro (2012) e Pinheiro (2012). Constatou-se que a utilização dessas ferramentas permite uma dialogicidade entre os pares na sala de aula, caracterizando um trabalho colaborativo em relação à produção textual.
Quem é quem? Um estudo antroponímico a partir dos sobrenomes do município de Lajeado-RS
Authors: Eckert Kleber
Published: July 2016

O presente artigo propõe-se a fazer um estudo antroponímico a partir dos sobrenomes mais comuns do município de Lajeado-RS. Para tanto, fez-se um levantamento dos 20 sobrenomes que ocorrem com mais frequência na lista telefônica do município, os quais foram divididos por origem étnica e analisados histórica e etimologicamente. Além disso, discutem-se também questões relacionadas à onomástica e, dentro dela, a antroponímia.
Contribuições da Semiótica aos estudos toponímicos: estudo de caso dos topônimos das comunidades rurais de Santo Antônio de Jesus
Authors: Santana de Almeida Lana Cristina
Published: July 2016

A Toponímia é uma disciplina científica ligada à Lexicologia e tem como objeto de pesquisa os nomes de localidade, trata-se de um estudo interdisciplinar que se utiliza dos fundamentos de outras teorias para legitimar a significação e a categorização atribuída aos topônimos. Entre essas ciências está a Semiótica, cujos princípios podem ser aplicados aos estudos toponímicos, pois os nomes de lugares são signos que possuem como característica a motivação linguística, isto é, entre esses signos e o seu referente há um vínculo que colabora para a identificação e representação do lugar. Dessa forma, este artigo dedica-se a apresentar fundamentos da Semiótica que podem auxiliar a compreensão a respeito da motivação semântica presente nos topônimos. Para tanto, toma-se como corpus os nomes das comunidades rurais da cidade de Santo Antônio de Jesus-BA e utiliza-se como fundamentação teórica, principalmente, as ideias dos seguintes autores: Peirce (1975, 2005), Santaella (1987, 2004), Ullmann (1964), Saussure (1969), Ogden e Richards (1976), Guiraud (1980) e Dick (1990a, 1990b, 1999, 2001).
Sample preparation for proteomic analysis using a GeLC-MS/MS strategy
Authors: A. Paulo Joao
Published: July 2016

In-gel digestion coupled with mass spectrometric analysis (GeLC-MS/MS) is a cornerstone for protein identification and characterization. Here I review this versatile approach which combines classical and modern biochemistry strategies and allows for targeted and proteome-wide analyses. Starting with any protein sample, reduced and alkylated proteins are precipitated prior to fractionation by SDS-PAGE. Proteins are in-gel digested and the resulting peptides are extracted and desalted for downstream LC-MS/MS analysis. GeLC-MS/MS leverages the advantages of both traditional SDS-PAGE visualization and protein fractionation with the robust protein and post-translational modification identification and quantitation capabilities of state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based technology. As such, this strategy allows for the visible assessment of protein amount and quality, prior to analysis via virtually any mass spectrometry platform. Moreover, gel extracted peptides may be derived from any sample type—e.g., from cell culture, tissue, body fluid, or recombinantly-expressed protein—and are fully compatible with isobaric tagging. GeLC-MS/MS is an invaluable technique for proteomic analyses.
Riding the Waves: Revealing the Impact of Intrayear Category Demand Cycles on Advertising and Pricing Effectiveness
Authors: Gijsenberg Maarten J.
Published: July 2016

Going beyond traditional seasonality, this research introduces the concept of the intrayear category demand cycle. This phenomenon reflects demand cycles most consumer packaged goods categories experience throughout the year, with periods of higher demand following periods of lower demand. The author argues that acknowledging the existence of these cycles and understanding their impact on both advertising and pricing effectiveness and practice is critical for marketers. Specifically, the author demonstrates how both advertising and price elasticities and observed advertising and prices evolve along these cycles for a unique set of 252 brands—ranging from high-advertising, high-priced “premium mass” brands to low-advertising, low-priced “value niche” brands—in 61 consumer packaged goods categories. Overall, both advertising efectiveness and observed advertising are found to be stronger at demand peaks. Surprisingly, consumer reactions to price decreases are weaker at demand peaks, whereas reactions to price increases remain unchanged. However, effectiveness evolutions and observed action patterns along these intrayear cycles are both markedly diverse across the different types of brands.
The Transformative Consumer Research Movement
Authors: Davis Brennan , Ozanne Julie L. , Hill Ronald Paul
Published: July 2016

In this essay, the authors explore the emergence, growth, and future of the transformative consumer research movement. The notion of a social movement is used to conceptualize the organizing activities of research performed with the goal of enhancing consumer well-being. The authors trace the informal/formal and individual/collective actions that support their claim that transformative consumer research is an academic movement. They reflect on the future hurdles the movement faces to remain healthy and dynamic as well as the significant synergies that exist with public policy researchers.
A remark on bifurcation of Fredholm maps
Authors: Waterstraat Nils
Published: July 2016

We modify an argument for multiparameter bifurcation of Fredholm maps by Fitzpatrick and Pejsachowicz to strengthen results on the topology of the bifurcation set. Furthermore, we discuss an application to families of differential equations parametrised by Grassmannians.
The spectral decomposition of shifted convolution sums over number fields
Authors: Maga Péter
Published: July 2016

Let

π
1

{\pi_{1}}

,

π
2

{\pi_{2}}

be cuspidal automorphic representations of

GL
2

{\mathrm{GL}_{2}}

over a number field F with Hecke eigenvalues

λ

π
1

⁢

(
𝔪
)

,

λ

π
2

⁢

(
𝔪
)

{\lambda_{\pi_{1}}(\mathfrak{m}),\lambda_{\pi_{2}}(\mathfrak{m})}

. For nonzero integers

l
1

,

l
2

∈
F

{l_{1},l_{2}\in F}

and compactly supported functions

W
1

,

W
2

{W_{1},W_{2}}

on

F
∞
×

{F_{\infty}^{\times}}

, a spectral decomposition of the shifted convolution sum

∑

l
1

⁢

t
1

-

l
2

⁢

t
2

=
q

0
≠

t
1

,

t
2

∈
𝔫

λ

π
1

⁢

(

t
1

⁢

𝔫

-
1

)

⁢

λ

π
2

⁢

(

t
2

⁢

𝔫

-
1

)

¯

𝒩
⁢

(

t
1

⁢

t
2

⁢

𝔫

-
2

)

⁢

W
1

⁢

(

l
1

⁢

t
1

)

⁢

W
2

⁢

(

l
2

⁢

t
2

)

¯

\sum_{\begin{subarray}{c}l_{1}t_{1}-l_{2}t_{2}=q\\
0\neq t_{1},t_{2}\in\mathfrak{n}\end{subarray}}\frac{\lambda_{\pi_{1}}(t_{1}%
\mathfrak{n}^{-1})\overline{\lambda_{\pi_{2}}(t_{2}\mathfrak{n}^{-1})}}{\sqrt{%
\mathcal{N}(t_{1}t_{2}\mathfrak{n}^{-2})}}W_{1}(l_{1}t_{1})\overline{W_{2}(l_{%
2}t_{2})}

is obtained for any nonzero fractional ideal

𝔫

{\mathfrak{n}}

and any nonzero element

q
∈
𝔫

{q\in\mathfrak{n}}

.
Exceptional bundles of homological dimension ${k}$
Authors: Miró-Roig Rosa María , Soares Helena
Published: July 2016

We characterize exceptional vector bundles on

ℙ
n

${\mathbb{P}^{n}}$

of arbitrary homological dimension defined by a linear resolution. Moreover, we determine all Betti numbers of such resolution.
Specific problems of cross-border Consumer ADR: what solutions?
Authors: Gascón Inchausti Fernando
Published: July 2016

La Directive 11/2013, relative au règlement extrajudiciaire des litiges de consommation (REL), cherche à renforcer les modes alternatifs de règlement des conflits, en leur attribuant le rôle de véritables instruments pour l’effectivité du droit d’accès à la justice. Cet article analyse les défis qui se posent de manière singulière quand les litiges sont transfrontaliers: d’une part, les problèmes habituels des litiges en matière de consommation se voient aggravés (coût, manque de connaissance, manque de confiance); par ailleurs, des nouveaux problèmes apparaissent, qui découlent surtout du fait que la procédure de REL se déroule souvent dans un pays qui n’est pas celui du domicile du consommateur (couverture, langue, loi applicable, efficacité de la décision de REL). Les solutions proposées par la Directive - ou, dans le contexte plus réduit du commerce en ligne, par le Règlement 524/2013 relatif au règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation - montrent comment les autorités européennes ont été conscientes de ces difficultés, bien qu’elles aient souvent préféré de leur faire face de manière indirecte.
Cognitive-Semiotic Mechanisms of Phraseme Building
Authors: Alefirenko Nikolay Fedorovich
Published: July 2016

The article deals with the problems of idioms production and perception related to the foresign forms emergence of information accumulation and storage contained in the cognitive-based derivation of phraseme building. It is suggested that presign stage of the semiosis process and the phraseme understanding is a cognitive model that precedes not only the formation of the phraseme semantic structure, but its perception. Since the cognitive model of phrasemic semiosis is a diagram of discursive meaning embodiment and discourse itself is form of its indirectly derivative existence, there is a need to show how the cognitive-discursive mechanisms of phraseme building is associated with foresign forms of sense accumulation and storage.
Advancing medical education: connecting interprofessional collaboration and education opportunities with integrative medicine initiatives to build shared learning
Authors: Templeman Kate , Robinson Anske , McKenna Lisa
Published: July 2016

Background

Improved teamwork between conventional and complementary medicine (CM) practitioners is indicated to achieve effective healthcare. However, little is known about interprofessional collaboration and education in the context of integrative medicine (IM).

Methods

This paper reports the findings from a constructivist-grounded theory method study that explored and highlighted Australian medical students’ experiences and opportunities for linking interprofessional collaboration and learning in the context of IM. Following ethical approval, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 medical students from 10 medical education faculties across Australian universities.

Results

Medical students recognised the importance of interprofessional teamwork between general medical practitioners and CM professionals in patient care and described perspectives of shared responsibilities, profession-specific responsibilities, and collaborative approaches within IM. While students identified that limited interprofessional collaboration currently occurred in the medical curriculum, interprofessional education was considered a means of increasing communication and collaboration between healthcare professionals, helping coordinate effective patient care, and understanding each healthcare team members’ professional role and value.

Conclusions

The findings suggest that medical curricula should include opportunities for medical students to develop required skills, behaviours, and attitudes for interprofessional collaboration and interprofessional education within the context of IM. While this is a qualitative study that reflects theoretical saturation from a selected cohort of medical students, the results also point to the importance of including CM professionals within interprofessional collaboration, thus contributing to more person-centred care.
Mismatch Considerations in Excitation of Single-Mode Circular Core Parabolic Index Fiber by Laser Diode via Upside Down Tapered Hemispherical Microlens on the Tip of the Fiber
Authors: Das Bishuddhananda , Middya Tapas Ranjan , Gangopadhyay Sankar
Published: July 2016

We report the theoretical investigation of the coupling optics involving laser diode to single-mode circular core parabolic index fiber via upside down tapered hemispherical microlens on the tip of the fiber in the presence of possible transverse and angular mismatches. Using the relevant
Intramax and other objective functions: The case of Slovenia
Authors: Drobne Samo , Lakner Mitja
Published: July 2016

The use of different objective functions in hierarchical aggregation procedures is examined in this paper. Specifically, we analyse the use of the original Intramax objective function, the sum-of-flows objective function, the sum-of-proportions-to-intra-regional-flows objective function, Smart’s weighted interaction index, the first and second CURDS weighted interaction indices, and Tolbert and Killian’s interaction index. The results of the functional regionalisation have been evaluated by self-containment statistics, and they show that the use of the original Intramax procedure tends to delineate operationally the most persuasive and balanced regions that, regarding the intra-regional flows, homogeneously cover the analysed territory. The other objective functions give statistically better but operationally less suitable results. Functional regions modelled using the original Intramax procedure were compared to the regions at NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 levels, as well as to administrative units in Slovenia. We conclude that there are some promising directions for further research on functional regionalisation using hierarchical aggregation procedures.
Delineating zones to increase geographical detail in individual response data files: An application to the Spanish 2011 Census of population
Authors: Martínez-Bernabeu Lucas , Casado-Díaz José Manuel
Published: July 2016

Due to confidentiality considerations, the microdata available from the 2011 Spanish Census have been codified at a provincial (NUTS 3) level except when the municipal (LAU 2) population exceeds 20,000 inhabitants (a requirement that is met by less than 5% of all municipalities). For the remainder of the municipalities within a given province, information is only provided for their classification in wide population intervals. These limitations, hampering territorially-focused socio-economic analyses, and more specifically, those related to the labour market, are observed in many other countries. This article proposes and demonstrates an automatic procedure aimed at delineating a set of areas that meet such population requirements and that may be used to re-codify the geographic reference in these cases, thereby increasing the territorial detail at which individual information is available. The method aggregates municipalities into clusters based on the optimisation of a relevant objective function subject to a number of statistical constraints, and is implemented using evolutionary computation techniques. Clusters are defined to fit outer boundaries at the level of labour market areas.