bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Increased Risk of Developing Breast Cancer after a False-Positive Screening Mammogram
Authors: Henderson Louise M. , Hubbard Rebecca A. , Sprague Brian L. , Zhu Weiwei , Kerlikowske Karla
Published: December 2015

Background: Women with a history of a false-positive mammogram result may be at increased risk of developing subsequent breast cancer.

Methods: Using 1994 to 2009 Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium data, we included women ages 40 to 74 years with a screening mammogram that resulted in a false-positive with recommendation for additional imaging, false-positive with recommendation for biopsy, or true-negative with no cancer within one year following the examination. We used partly conditional Cox proportional hazards survival models to assess the association between a false-positive mammogram result and subsequent breast cancer, adjusting for potential confounders. Adjusted survival curves stratified by breast density and false-positive result were used to evaluate changes in risk over time.

Results: During 12,022,560 person-years of follow-up, 48,735 cancers were diagnosed. Compared with women with a true-negative examination, women with a false-positive with additional imaging recommendation had increased risk of developing breast cancer [adjusted HR (aHR) = 1.39; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.35–1.44] as did women with a false-positive with a biopsy recommendation (aHR = 1.76; 95% CI,1.65–1.88). Results stratifying by breast density were similar to overall results except among women with almost entirely fatty breasts in which aHRs were similar for both the false-positive groups. Women with a false-positive result had persistently increased risk of developing breast cancer 10 years after the false-positive examination.

Conclusion/Impact: Women with a history of a false-positive screening mammogram or biopsy recommendation were at increased risk of developing breast cancer for at least a decade, suggesting that prior false-positive screening may be useful in risk prediction models. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 24(12); 1882–9. ©2015 AACR.
Toward Personalized Lymphoma Immunotherapy: Identification of Common Driver Mutations Recognized by Patient CD8+ T Cells
Authors: Nielsen Julie S. , Sedgwick Colin G. , Shahid Aniqa , Zong Zusheng , Brumme Zabrina L. , Yu Stephen , Liu Lewis , Kroeger David R. , Treon Steven P. , Connors Joseph M. , Gascoyne Randy D. , Berry Brian R. , Marra Marco A. , Morin Ryan D. , Macpherson Nicol , Nelson Brad H.
Published: December 2015

Purpose: A fundamental challenge in the era of next-generation sequencing (NGS) is to design effective treatments tailored to the mutational profiles of tumors. Many newly discovered cancer mutations are difficult to target pharmacologically; however, T-cell–based therapies may provide a valuable alternative owing to the exquisite sensitivity and specificity of antigen recognition. To explore this concept, we assessed the immunogenicity of a panel of genes that are common sites of driver mutations in follicular lymphoma, an immunologically sensitive yet currently incurable disease.

Experimental Design: Exon capture and NGS were used to interrogate tumor samples from 53 patients with follicular lymphoma for mutations in 10 frequently mutated genes. For 13 patients, predicted mutant peptides and proteins were evaluated for recognition by autologous peripheral blood T cells after in vitro priming.

Results: Mutations were identified in 1–5 genes in 81% (43/53) of tumor samples. Autologous, mutation-specific CD8+ T cells were identified in 23% (3/13) of evaluated cases. T-cell responses were directed toward putative driver mutations in CREBBP and MEF2B. Responding T cells showed exquisite specificity for mutant versus wild-type proteins and recognized lymphoma cells expressing the appropriate mutations. Responding T cells appeared to be from the naïve repertoire, as they were found at low frequencies and only at single time points in each patient.

Conclusions: Patients with follicular lymphoma harbor rare yet functionally competent CD8+ T cells specific for recurrent mutations. Our results support the concept of using NGS to design individualized immunotherapies targeting common driver mutations in follicular lymphoma and other malignancies. Clin Cancer Res; 22(9); 2226–36. ©2015 AACR.
Novel MYBL1 Gene Rearrangements with Recurrent MYBL1–NFIB Fusions in Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas Lacking t(6;9) Translocations
Authors: Mitani Yoshitsugu , Liu Bin , Rao Pulivarthi H. , Borra Vishnupriya J. , Zafereo Mark , Weber Randal S. , Kies Merrill , Lozano Guillermina , Futreal P. Andrew , Caulin Carlos , El-Naggar Adel K.
Published: December 2015

Purpose: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an indolent salivary gland malignancy, characterized by t(6;9) translocations and MYB–NFIB gene fusions in approximately 50% of the tumors. The genetic alterations underlying t(6;9)-negative and t(6;9)-positive/MYB–NFIB fusion–negative ACC remain unknown. To uncover the genetic alterations in ACC lacking the canonical translocation and fusion transcript and identify new abnormalities in translocation positive tumors.

Experimental Design: We performed whole-genome sequencing in 21 salivary ACCs and conducted targeted molecular analyses in a validation set (81 patients). Microarray gene-expression data were also analyzed to explore the biologic differences between fusion positive and negative tumors.

Results: We identified a novel MYBL1–NFIB gene fusion as a result of t(8;9) translocation and multiple rearrangements in the MYBL1 gene in 35% of the t(6;9)-negative ACCs. All MYBL1 alterations involved deletion of the C-terminal negative regulatory domain and were associated with high MYBL1 expression. Reciprocal MYB and MYBL1 expression was consistently found in ACCs. In addition, 5′-NFIB fusions that did not involve MYB/MYBL1 genes were identified in a subset of t(6;9)-positive/fusion-negative tumors. We also delineated distinct gene-expression profiles in ACCs associated with the length of the MYB or MYBL1 fusions, suggesting a biologic importance of the C-terminal part of these fusions.

Conclusions: Our study defines new molecular subclasses of ACC characterized by MYBL1 rearrangements and 5′-NFIB gene fusions. Clin Cancer Res; 22(3); 725–33. ©2015 AACR.
Recurrent Fusions in MYB and MYBL1 Define a Common, Transcription Factor–Driven Oncogenic Pathway in Salivary Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Authors: Brayer Kathryn J. , Frerich Candace A. , Kang Huining , Ness Scott A.
Published: December 2015

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), the second most common malignancy of salivary glands, is a rare tumor with a bleak prognosis for which therapeutic targets are unavailable. We used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to analyze low-quality RNA from archival, formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples. In addition to detecting the most common ACC translocation, t(6;9) fusing the MYB proto-oncogene to NFIB, we also detected previously unknown t(8;9) and t(8;14) translocations fusing the MYBL1 gene to the NFIB and RAD51B genes, respectively. RNA-seq provided information about gene fusions, alternative RNA splicing, and gene expression signatures. Interestingly, tumors with MYB and MYBL1 translocations displayed similar gene expression profiles, and the combined MYB and MYBL1 expression correlated with outcome, suggesting that the related MYB proteins are interchangeable oncogenic drivers in ACC. Our results provide important details about the biology of ACC and illustrate how archival tissue samples can be used for detailed molecular analyses of rare tumors.

Significance: Using RNA-seq to perform whole-transcriptome analysis of archival ACC tumor samples, we identified novel, recurrent gene fusions, detected alternative RNA splicing, and established gene expression signatures that provide detailed information about the biology of ACC tumors. Cancer Discov; 6(2); 176–87. ©2015 AACR.

See related commentary by Gonda and Ramsay, p. 125.

This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 109
Telephone Transmission and Earwitnesses: Performance on Voice Parades Controlled for Voice Similarity
Authors: McDougall Kirsty , Nolan Francis , Hudson Toby
Published: December 2015

The effect of telephone transmission on a listener's ability to recognise a speaker in a voice parade is investigated. A hundred listeners (25 per condition) heard 1 of 5 ‘target' voices, then returned a week later for a voice parade. The 4 conditions were: target exposure and parade both at studio quality; exposure and parade both at telephone quality; studio exposure with telephone parade, and vice versa. Fewer correct identifications followed from telephone exposure and parade (64%) than from studio exposure and parade (76%). Fewer still resulted for studio exposure/telephone parade (60%) and, dramatically, only 32% for telephone exposure/studio parade. Certain speakers were identified more readily than others across all conditions. Confidence ratings reflected this effect of speaker, but not the effect of exposure/parade condition.
Sodium Fluoride Affects DNA Methylation of Imprinted Genes in Mouse Early Embryos
Authors: Zhao Lei , Zhang Sheng , An Xinglan , Tan Wentao , Tang Bo , Zhang Xueming , Li Ziyi
Published: December 2015

Fluorine is reported to affect embryonic development, but the underlining mechanism is unclear. The modification of DNA methylation of the H19 and Peg3 genes is important in embryonic development. Therefore, the effect of fluorine on methylation of H19 and Peg3 during early mouse embryos was studied. It was shown that the H19 gene was significantly downmethylated in E2.5, E3.5, and E4.5 embryos from pregnant mice treated with 120 mg/l NaF in drinking water for 48 h. But methylation of both H19 and Peg3 genes was disrupted when the parent male mice were treated with NaF for 35 days. H19 DNA methylation decreased significantly, while Peg3 was almost completely methylated. However, when pregnant mice, mated with NaF-treated male mice, were again treated with NaF for 48 h, either H19 or Peg3 methylation in the embryos decreased significantly. In addition, the mRNA level of H19 considerably increased in E3.5 and E4.5 embryos from NaF-treated pregnant mice. Further, the expression of DNMT1 decreased significantly after NaF treatment. Conclusively, we demonstrated that fluorine may adversely affect early embryonic development by disrupting the methylation of H19 and Peg3 through downregulation of DNMT1.
The association of F11 genetic variants with the risk of incident venous thrombosis among women, by statin use
Authors: Wiggins Kerri L. , Sitlani Colleen M. , Blondon Marc , Vlieg Astrid van Hylckama , Rosendaal Frits R. , Heckbert Susan R. , Psaty Bruce M. , Smith Nicholas L. , Harrington Laura B.
Published: December 2015

Supplementary Material to this article is available online at www.thrombosis-online.com.
Appendix: Huizhou Studies in China: Scholarship and Sources
Authors: Guo Qitao
Published: December 2015

This appendix essay surveys the rise of Huixue (Huizhou scholarship) in post-Mao China as background for the main theme of this special Nan Nü issue: the chastity cult in Huizhou. It discusses works by China’s leading Huizhou specialists on a number of key aspects of Huizhou socioeconomic history, especially lineage institutions and mercantile groups in the late imperial period. It also calls attention to the enormous richness of Huizhou source materials, especially the newly uncovered Huizhou wenshu (Huizhou documents) which include contracts, wills, personal letters, tax records, rent books, and local liturgies.
The Decline of Safavid Iran in Comparative Perspective
Authors: Matthee Rudi
Published: December 2015

This essay analyzes the incontrovertible weakening of the Safavid state in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century by putting it in a larger context. It does so by comparing various manifestations of Iran’s “decline” at the time to conditions and developments in the adjacent Ottoman and Mughal states, where similar processes were playing out in the same period. In order to arrive at a measured and balanced view of similarities and differences between these three early modern Islamic empires, it singles out and focuses on four areas: geographical/environmental and economic conditions, political developments, the state of the army, and ideological characteristics.
SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa,
Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus
Authors: MOLINERO A. GONZÁLEZ , CANTERO A.L. PEÑA
Published: December 2015

Oswaldella is the most speciose genus, and one of the most characteristic, of hydrozoans inhabiting the Antarctic benthic marine ecosystem. Its species have relatively many important taxonomic characters allowing for their identification. Some of them, however, are difficult to study properly with a compound microscope. With the aim of improving scientific knowledge concerning species of the genus, a SEM survey of species of Oswaldella was carried out to study key morphological characters. Fourteen out of the 27 known nominal species were considered. The study has revealed unknown important characters, such as the presence of nematothecae associated with the nematophores at the cauline apophyses, and has provided a better understanding of others, such as the shape of the nematotheca associated with the medial infrathecal nematophore. A final general discussion on some of the characters studied and on the bathymetrical and geographical distribution of all known species is also included. Finally, an annotated checklist including all known nominal species has also been assembled.
First new fossil plant bugs of the genus Psallops Usinger, 1946 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Psallopinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber
Authors: HERCZEK A. , POPOV YU.A.
Published: December 2015

The extinct members of the Psallopinae are important for classifying and understanding the relationships among the closely related mirid groups Isometopinae, Psallopinae (sensu Schuh, 1976) and Cylapinae. These subfamilies are considered to be the most primitive sister groups among mirids and their taxonomical composition, geographical distribution and life history are still poorly known. Extant Psallopinae appear to live on tree trunks and bark. For instance, the species Psallops myiocephalus Yas. from Japan is only known from an oak Quercus acutissima (Yasunaga, 1999). The 14 extant species of this genus have been described from Old World tropics, subtropics and warm temperate regions: Micronesia (Guam, Marian and Caroline Islands), Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Singapore, South Africa, Japan, China, Taiwan and Thailand (Usinger, 1946; Carvalho, 1956; Linnavuori & Alamy, 1986; Schuh, 1995; Yasunaga, 1999; Lin, 2004, 2006; Yasunaga & Yamada, 2010; Herczek & Popov, 2014).
New data on the genus Tamolia Horváth, 1900 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tessaratomidae), with description of a new species
Authors: CARVAJAL MARIOM A. , FAUNDEZ EDUARDO I. , RIDER DAVID A.
Published: December 2015

The first specific locality data within New Guinea is provided for Tamolia ramifera (Walker, 1868). The male genitalia of this species is described for the first time. Tamolia ancalagon n. sp. is described from Karimui, New Guinea.
Families’ opinions about caring for patients with psychiatric disorders after involuntary hospitalization in Japan
Authors: Noguchi Masayuki , Tachimori Hisateru , Naganuma Yoichi , Zhao Xianghua , Kono Toshiaki , Horii Shigeo , Takeshima Tadashi
Published: December 2015

Objective:

It is imperative to know families’ opinions about where patients should live after discharge from involuntary hospitalization in the era of community mental health.

Methods:

Questionnaires were sent (March–May 2011) to 808 guardians of patients who were involuntarily hospitalized in Japan (response rate = 54.2%). The final sample size was 365 family members. Whether families wanted to live with the patient after discharge from the hospital was the primary outcome variable. The associations of the demographic characteristics of the patients and families with the outcome variable were tested using logistic regression analysis.

Results:

Approximately, 19% of the family guardians wanted to live with the patient after discharge from the hospital. Their wish to cohabit was positively associated with being a female (vs male) patient, having three or more cohabitants in the home and having lived together before hospitalization, after adjusting for the other covariates. Long-term hospitalization (10 years or longer) and siblings were significantly associated with the families not wanting to cohabit, after adjusting for the other covariates.

Conclusion:

It is important to know families’ opinions about patients’ living situations after discharge from involuntary hospitalization to provide them with an effective support system.
Blast response of composite pipeline structure using finite element techniques
Authors: Giannaros E , Kotzakolios T , Kostopoulos V
Published: December 2015

This paper investigates the blast response of a glass fiber reinforced polymer pipeline using explicit finite element analysis. In this study, a fluid-structure interaction methodology was employed to obtain the deformation and damage of pipeline under explosive impact using LS-DYNA. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the influence of the stand-off distance, the tube diameter, the internal pressure of tube and the explosive quantity on dynamic response of composite pipe. Simulations were carried out not only in the case of empty pipe but also in the case of water-filled pipe with different internal pressures. The analysis was performed in two phases; initialization phase, where the pressurization and gravity loads are applied on the pipeline, and the blast phase. Comparing the analysis results, it was proved that the internal pressure influences significantly the deformation of the tube. The results of the present study can serve as a reference guide for the prediction of pipe response under blast loading, since no guidelines exist in pipeline standards for design under blast loading conditions.
Rural Households’ Access to Basic Amenities in India: Deprivation and Socio-economic Exclusions
Authors: Kumar Arjun
Published: December 2015

Access to basic amenities such as drinking water, sanitation, electricity and drainage is imperative for a decent quality of life. The need for these basic amenities has been universally recognised and has been a major plank in the formulation of several policies and programmes in India. While rural households in India have witnessed a gradual improvement in the access to basic amenities in proportional terms, they continue to face high levels of deprivation. Adding to such a grim scenario are appalling socio-economic disparities and exclusions that have been highlighted in this article using data from the Census of India, 2001 and 2011, and the National Sample Survey (NSS) Housing Conditions Round unit records data, 1993 and 2008/09. Determinants of households having access to basic amenities have been estimated using an econometric exercise and the contribution of caste-based factors of the gap in accessing basic amenities among various social groups has been estimated using the decomposition technique on household-level information and NSS unit record data 2008/09. Households belonging to the weaker sections of society, such as, the poor, wage labourers, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, have been found to be the most deprived, neglected and excluded. The findings of this article call for immediate action towards providing adequate basic amenities with inclusive and group-specific provisions with a focus on socio-spatial situatedness of households in rural India so as to enhance the overall quality of life and well-being.
Agricultural Labour and the Gender Dimension: A Note
Authors: Vaddiraju Anil Kumar
Published: December 2015

In this commentary, we examine the gender dimension in Indian agrarian history. For doing so, we review the scholarship of three economic historians, Surendra J. Patel, Dharma Kumar and Utsa Patnaik, who have looked at the evolution of the agrarian classes in modern India. We argue for the importance of giving a rightful place to female labour, outlining the persistence of the multifold oppression they face and the general conditions of their existence. Historically, they have suffered, and continue to do so, under the dominance of patriarchy, class and caste. Lastly, we conclude that including a gender perspective will help in ameliorating the status of female labour through state action.
Book Review: Venkat Pulla and Bharath Bhushan Mamidi (eds), Some Aspects of Community Empowerment and Resilience
Authors: Bhattacharyya Rituparna
Published: December 2015

Venkat Pulla and Bharath Bhushan Mamidi (eds), Some Aspects of Community Empowerment and Resilience, New Delhi, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2015, 258 pp., ₹ 750, ISBN 978-81-8424-962-0 (paperback).
Contextualization, conceptualization, and communication: The development of contextualization at Fuller’s Graduate School of World Mission/Intercultural Studies
Authors: Shaw R. Daniel , DeLoach Danny , Grimes Jonathan , Herrmann Simon , Bailey Stephen
Published: December 2015

Beginning with Tippett’s emphasis on the “phenomenology of Folk Religion” in the mid-1960s, contextualization, though not so-called at the time, was central to appreciating the need to ground the gospel message in the local context. Kraft applied Nida’s development of “dynamic equivalence” translation principles to cultural contexts. Many faculty members contributed to the short-lived journal Contextualization which extended the concepts of indigenization and inculturation into a missiologically viable framework. Each member of the SWM faculty contributed to Gilliland’s volume from their respective subdiscipline. Hiebert advocated a critique of cultural practice in light of scriptural insight. The impact of the cognitive revolution eventually had an effect on dealing with strengths as well as abuses of the concept beyond its original intent. This article, then, will consider the historical, conceptual, theoretical, and missiological development of contextualization as an idea that epitomizes the 50-year existence of the SWM/SIS, as well as anticipates the next 50 years.
Media Review: Socialization Experiences of Children in Israeli Kibbutzim
Authors: Bellinger David
Published: December 2015

L. Joseph Stone and Jeannette Stone. Infant Development in the Kibbutz (16 mm color film, 28 minutes, $275 purchase, $30 rental); Rearing Kibbutz Babies (16 mm color film, 29 minutes, $275 purchase, $30 rental); Day Care for a Kibbutz Toddler (16 mm color film, 24 minutes, $265 purchase, $30 rental). Produced by the Institute for Child Mental Health with the collaboration of Oranim-School for Kibbutz Education. Distributed by Campus Film Distributors, 20 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.

Jeannette Stone. Study Guide for Three Films on Kibbutz Infancy. Institute for Child Mental Health, 386 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016 ($1.00).
A Structured-Training Approach to Teaching Diagnostic Interviewing
Authors: Bögeis Susan M.
Published: December 2015

In this article, recent developments in the teaching of diagnostic-interviewing skills in the mental health professions are discussed. First, the tasks and skills of the diagnostic interviewer are analyzed. Second, empirical evidence on effective interviewing styles is outlined. Third, training methods for teaching diagnostic interviewing are reviewed. A training program, developed to teach diagnostic interviewing to undergraduates, is then described. The program is highly structured, and simulated patients are used to introduce complex clinical problems and to evaluate students’ emerging competencies. Student and trainer satisfaction with the program has been high during the past 6 years.
Enhancing the Psychology of Memory by Enhancing Memory of Psychology
Authors: Carney Russell N. , Levin Joel R. , Levin Mary E.
Published: December 2015

Perhaps the classic introduction of mnemonic techniques to introductory psychology students is the textbook or the instructor describing a few simple examples. However, such examples may be insufficient to convince students of the utility of such techniques for their own learning. We offer supplementary instructional suggestions, along with specific examples, for enhancing students’ motivation to apply mnemonic strategies. First, confidence in the efficacy of mnemonic strategies is fostered through actual demonstrations, or mnemonstrations, initially provided by the instructor and then by the students themselves. Second, greater perceived personal relevance of mnemonic strategies is established by helping students apply the strategies directly to psychology course content on which they will be tested.
Developing Fantasy Organizations in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Courses
Authors: Wann Daniel L.
Published: December 2015

Students in an undergraduate industrial/organizational psychology class were asked to develop fantasy organizations and apply lecture material to them. Student evaluations indicated that the exercise was informative and enjoyable.
Professional Development in Great Britain without Faculty Exchange
Authors: Hettich Paul I.
Published: December 2015

The literature on faculty exchange with Great Britain demonstrates its value for professional development, but an exchange may not be possible or desirable. This article summarizes a semester-long sabbatical leave that involved part-time teaching, library research, visits to several British universities, and attendance at a British Psychological Society conference. Resources and practical considerations are discussed.
MindLab: A Software Tool for Integrating Interactive Microcomputer Exercises into the Classroom
Authors: Goernert Phillip N.
Published: December 2015

In this article, 1 review the MindLab software program (Bharucha, 1990) and present procedures for using it to create two classroom memory experiments. Both experiments highlight MindLab's versatility and. illustrate how an instructor uses MindLab in a classroom setting. Students report that participation in the experiments enhances their understanding of each illustrated memory phenomenon.
Heads and Tales in Introductory Psychology
Authors: Fernald Dodge
Published: December 2015

The story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron provides a framework for presenting the merits of narrative-assisted instruction (NAI). Approaching the human mind as a pattern-making and pattern-recognizing system, NAI has special significance in three areas of learning: motivation, comprehension, and memory. By providing a cultural and contextual approach to the study of human behavior, NAI can serve as a complement to the objective, empirical methods of traditional scientific discourse.
An Interactive Classroom Demonstration of Propositional and Analogical Representation
Authors: Kruschke John K.
Published: December 2015

In a cognitive psychology demonstration, students see a rat's-eye view of a maze, projected from a computer, and vocally vote for moves through the maze. The class takes false paths in the first run, but it avoids them in the second. The learning can be explained in terms of analogical imagery or in terms of propositions and rules for modifying them. The demonstration achieves three goals: It actively engages students, effectively explains the concepts, and provides a memorable referent for explaining other topics such as algorithms versus heuristics, production systems, and phrase-structure grammar.
Animal Use in Undergraduate Psychology Programs
Authors: Hull Debra B.
Published: December 2015

Chairpersons of undergraduate institutions that offer a psychology major but no graduate program were surveyed concerning their use of animals currently and 5 years ago. Results show that, despite the efforts of animal rights activists, there has been little change in the number of schools that use animals (about 50%) or in the aversive procedures to which animals are subjected. Surprisingly few institutions have had direct contact with animal rights activists. Chairpersons in departments that use animals report that students generally respond favorably to animal use and that American Psychological Association and National Institutes of Health guidelines are appropriate. Alternatives to animal use reported by respondents include computer simulations, video presentations, prepared slides, and human participants.
Thriving at Liberal Arts Colleges: The More Compleat Academic
Authors: Dunn Dana S. , Zaremba Stacey B.
Published: December 2015

Few publications deal with professional advancement for psychologists employed outside research institutions. We believe that many junior faculty who pursue careers at liberal arts colleges do not know how to ensure their success in or out of the classroom, and this article is an attempt to remedy the situation. We offer representative strategies from the four traditional areas of faculty performance and evaluation—teaching, scholarship, service, and working with students.
Coming Out in Class: Disclosure of Sexual Orientation and Teaching Evaluations
Authors: Liddle Becky J.
Published: December 2015

A lesbian assistant professor of counseling psychology disclosed her sexual orientation during lectures to 2 sections of an undergraduate course and did not disclose in 2 comparable sections of the same course. Group differences in means and variances of teaching evaluations were examined for possible student bias. No evidence of sexual orientation bias was found.
Of Theater, Pedagogy, and the History of Psychology: An Exploration
Authors: Rhoads Susan E. , Wight Randall D.
Published: December 2015

If psychology is to accept responsibility for its own historiography, then it must instill within its students an interest in and love for history. We provide an argument for this assertion and describe a pedagogical assignment designed to achieve these objectives.
A Project for Developing Tests in a Psychological Testing and Measurement Course
Authors: Hynan Linda S. , Foster Barbara M.
Published: December 2015

This article describes a project used in a sophomore-level psychological testing and measurement course. The project helps integrate the seemingly separate topics of item writing, reliability, and validity by having students work through the different phases of developing a test. Students have reported that this project was valuable in learning how to create and evaluate tests.
Corporate-Sponsored Undergraduate Research as a Capstone Experience
Authors: Durso Francis T.
Published: December 2015

This article describes procedures used to establish, promote, and implement a culminating undergraduate research experience that included financial sponsorship by local businesses and government agencies. The sponsorship allowed small teams of seniors to apply their understanding of psychological theory and methods to problems of relevance outside of the academic community. Each team produced a report and gave formal presentations to the sponsor. The endeavor was evaluated highly by the students. Each sponsor agreed to cooperate in a second capstone project.
Radical Feminism
Authors: Mackay Finn
Published: December 2015

How has feminism changed in the UK since the 1960s? This was the question I set out to explore in my research on the British Women’s Liberation Movement, published as Radical Feminism: Feminist Activism in Movement (2015). I found that the motivations and aspirations of activists today were similar to those reported by feminists of the Second Wave; but the methods and tactics were more professionalized and there was less of a focus on women-only space.
Managing violence: aid, counterinsurgency, and the humanitarian present in Palestine
Authors: Bhungalia Lisa
Published: December 2015

Violence is most often theorized in relation to overt and sensational displays of sovereign power and military force. Less frequently, however, is violence considered within the remit of humanitarian technologies, discourses, and practices. Taking Eyal Weizman's theorization of the relationship between humanitarianism and violence as a point of departure, this paper traces the deepening entanglements between liberal war, violence, and civilian intervention in Palestine/Israel. Drawing on research conducted in the West Bank on the US Agency for International Development and the vast web of aid intermediaries, experts, lawyers, and contractors through which it operates, this paper attends to the ways in which counterinsurgency and pacification strategies are being mobilized through the networks of aid governance. Centrally this paper argues that, while the foreign aid regime in the Palestinian territories has served to mitigate the most deleterious effects of military occupation and dispossession, it has at the same time, further extended a regime of war and policing into ever-more intimate spaces of Palestinian everyday life. In tracing these processes, this paper brings to the fore the persistence of war in moments when direct military violence is held in abeyance. More broadly, it argues that the case of Palestine lends insight into the multiple forms of violence that exist within our concept of ‘war’—not only the spectacular and the crisis-laden, but also the mundane, bureaucratic, routinized, and largely concealed. In so doing, this paper invites a consideration of the ways in which regimes of war and violence are reproduced through mediums, practices, and institutions that emerge to realize ‘stability’ and ‘peace’.
Retail Participation in Health Insurance: A Model of Consumer Preferences
Authors: Thomas K.T. , Sakthivel R.
Published: December 2015

Several countries are realizing that, with the increasing cost of health care, commercial health insurance is a key solution to meet health care financing needs of their citizens. India is one of the countries that allowed retail health insurance to begin operations, but the industry sector is still nascent in India with poor retail participation and hence there is an urgent need to understand consumer preferences, so as to significantly increase retail participation. This article has looked at the extant literature in modelling consumer and patient preferences in health industry, and this knowledge base was used to model consumer preferences in retail health insurance. The methodology included a detailed literature review and a primary data survey of 495 respondents, based on a systematic random sampling methodology. From a total of 58 variables, the variables were reduced using factor analysis and then the consumer preferences were modelled using structured equations modelling (SEM). The study provides key consumer perspectives that will be useful for researchers and practitioners facing similar health care market scenarios. The consumer preferences model will help the health stakeholders to design products that will be more suited to consumer needs and improve retail participation, which is a key building block to bridge the health financing gap that most of the countries are facing.
Interrelationship between Total Quality Management and Six Sigma: A Review
Authors: Patyal Vishal Singh , Maddulety K.
Published: December 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore the dimensions of total quality management (TQM) and Six Sigma methodology through an extensive literature review and to understand the similarities and differences between the two. The present study identified a set of 13 TQM and 11 Six Sigma practices. The authors also compared the two methodologies with respect to their mutual similarities and differences. Though a considerable number of studies are available on TQM and Six Sigma individually, only limited literature is available regarding their integration. This study systematically reviews and reports about a set of 36 and 31 scholarly articles for TQM and Six Sigma, respectively. Only a few authors (such as, Revere & Black, 2003; Yang, 2004; Zu, Fredendall & Douglas, 2008) have focused on the integration perspective of TQM and Six Sigma.

The literature survey revealed that TQM and Six Sigma are two different concepts that share similarities, but also have significant disparities. Six Sigma emerges as significantly superior to TQM in some aspects. However, both TQM and Six Sigma should be integrated to produce a synergistic effect on quality performance, which, in turn, may increase business performance. The outcome of this study will help provide a better understanding of the identified TQM and Six Sigma philosophies that will help managers and future researchers understand effective implementation of quality management strategies in improving business performance.
Maoism to Mass Culture: Notes on Telangana’s Cultural Turn
Authors: Srinivas S.V.
Published: December 2015

Like other “regional” cinemas of southern India, Telugu cinema too has grown on the strength of its intimate linkages with both language politics and the linguistic state. In the more recent past, the relatively stable, if contentious, equilibrium between cinema, the linguistic state, and its official language was disrupted by a political movement demanding the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, which coincided with the proliferation of post-celluloid forms and modes of engagement with the moving image. This movement foregrounds the importance of region—understood as territory—as the site for nurturing, but more importantly producing, “cultural” differences among speakers of a single language. Telugu cinema came to be imbricated with a political mobilization engaged in, and driven by, the production of cultural difference, while the Telugu film industry as a whole came under sustained attack by activists and politicians supporting bifurcation for prejudicial and stereotypical representations of Telangana. The article focuses on a curious aspect of the movement for a separate Telangana state: the hypervisibility of communist and radical left propaganda forms, to examine how a minor film genre became a resource for the production of a territorially bound political community that reinforced the cultural logic of the linguistic state even as Andhra Pradesh, which was once ruled by a film star-turned-politician, was bifurcated.
Alternative approaches to well-being and engagement in Vanuatu
Authors: Dick Thomas
Published: December 2015

Objectives:

This article describes some innovative approaches to understanding, measuring and attributing value to traditional wisdom in Vanuatu.

Methods:

The article uses decolonising methodologies to privilege indigenous perspectives. In particular, the study features the use of endogenous practices, such as sand drawing, as a vehicle for facilitating community engagement in the research.

Results:

The results of the project reveal that, in the context of broad structural support for customary practices, communities leveraging traditional wisdom into commercial realms are able to generate livelihoods and maintain cultural heritage transmission.

Conclusions:

Local communities report increased pride and pleasure in the resurgence and innovation of cultural practices.
Resuscitating the National Mental Health Policy in the Maldives
Authors: Mohamed Arif
Published: December 2015

Objectives:

This article summarises the experiences and challenges in resuscitating the National Mental Health Policy in the Maldives, a developing island nation in the Indian Ocean.

Conclusions:

The most significant challenge included stigma and poor awareness around mental health at all levels, compounded by the lack of established mental health advocacy groups. The broad scope of mental health in the policy without accompanying detailed plans and lack of local research may have also been barriers. The background of political instability and its consequences on the health sector have also been significant barriers to political endorsement. Persevering with advocating for mental health and improving awareness will be crucial to ensure that resuscitation attempts are successful.
Healthy phoning: Papua New Guinea’s first ever health call centre
Authors: Watson Amanda HA , Poima Regina
Published: December 2015

Objective:

The paper reports on the establishment of Papua New Guinea’s first ever health call centre.

Method:

Details of the phone calls received during the first nine weeks of the call centre’s operation are presented.

Results:

The data on phone call rates and types indicate a slight increase in utilisation of the service over the initial period. A total of 113 health-related phone calls were received during the first nine weeks of the call centre’s operation. Most of these calls were from the public, while a small number were from rural health workers. Prank calls and calls enquiring about the service were also received. During establishment, mental health was not considered and calls that may fall into this category have not been logged separately.

Conclusions:

Further analysis would need to be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of the health call centre model in the Papua New Guinea context. Scripts, protocols and analysis regarding mental health may need to be developed.
Implementation Science for closing the treatment gap for mental disorders by translating evidence base into practice: experiences from the PRIME project
Authors: Shidhaye Rahul
Published: December 2015

Objective:

This paper utilizes the experience of PRIME (Programme for Improving Mental health care) to exemplify how implementation science provides key insights and approaches to closing the treatment gap for mental disorders.

Conclusion:

The real-world application of strategies described in the implementation science literature, accompanied by use of alternative, rigorous evaluation methods to assess their impact on patient outcomes, can help in closing the mental health treatment gap in disadvantaged populations.
Insider–Outsider reflections from a Native Hawaiian researcher and the use of community-based participatory approaches
Authors: Spencer Michael S
Published: December 2015

Objectives:

There is an increasing interest in conducting research within indigenous communities among indigenous and non-indigenous researchers alike. This paper offers the critical reflections of one Native Hawaiian researcher and the process of engaging in research as both an insider–outsider.

Conclusions:

Community-based, participatory research (CBPR) offers one model for outsiders to work effectively with indigenous communities, but CBPR also offers valuable principles for insiders who desire to work with their own communities.
Obstacles to Shared Expectations in a Burn Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Fanning Joseph B. , Farkas Cristina M. , DeWitt Paula M. , Webster Tinsley H. G. , Burnam John , Piras Susan E. , Schenck David , Miller Anne
Published: December 2015

Critical care patients are dependent on the health care team and their family members to effect care goals that are consistent with their core values and wishes. This study aimed to identify and understand how obstacles to communication affect these two disparate groups. Ten burn intensive care unit (BICU) care team and 20 family members participated in in-depth semistructured interviews. A two-cycle coding, inductive analytical approach was used to derive three obstacle metathemes: family engagement, information exchange, and process transparency and standardization. However, care team and family members’ themes within each metatheme were different. Although the thematic structure was derived inductively, our findings in retrospect appeared to be consistent with Law’s four resistances associated with actor-networks. From this perspective, actor-network theory provides a plausible explanation for perceived obstacles and may, in the future, guide the development of interventions to improve shared agency across networks.
Facilitators and Barriers to HIV Screening
Authors: Leblanc Natalie M. , Flores Dalmacio D. , Barroso Julie
Published: December 2015

Accomplishments in biomedical research and technology, combined with innovative community and clinically based interventions, have expanded HIV testing globally. However, HIV screening and receipt of results remains a challenge in some areas. To optimize the benefits of HIV screening, it is imperative that there is a better understanding of the barriers to and motivators of testing for HIV infection. This study is a meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature on HIV screening and receipt of results; 128 unique publications had implications for HIV screening and receipt of results. A socioecological perspective provided an appropriate approach for synthesizing the literature. Three levels of influence emerged: individual attributes, interpersonal attributes, and broader patterns of influence. Findings were reviewed and found to have implications for continued engagement in the HIV treatment cascade. Recommendations to enhance HIV screening and to ensure receipt of results are proposed and discussed.
Mothers’ Continuing Bond With the Baby
Authors: Leichtentritt Ronit D. , Mahat-Shamir Michal
Published: December 2015

The nature of the ongoing bond maintained by the bereaved with the deceased has attracted considerable attention, but studies have generally ignored postdeath relationships when loss occurs in utero. The goal of this research was to reach an interpretive understanding of the continuing bond experience among Israeli mothers who underwent feticide, examining the strategies they use in maintaining a postdeath relationship with a child they did not know, whose death they chose and witnessed, within a social context that ignores their loss and forces them to silence their grief. The results highlight two themes: (a) strategies for relinquishing connection with the baby and (b) strategies for maintaining a postdeath relationship. These processes partially correspond with two theoretical views that shed light on interpretation of the results: the dual process of coping with bereavement and relational dialectic theory. Implications of the results to the practice of health providers are outlined.
Identity, Representations, and Beliefs
Authors: Préau Marie , Mora Marion , Laguette Vanessa , Colombani Colline , Boufassa Faroudy , Meyer Laurence , Spire Bruno , Lambotte Olivier
Published: December 2015

Some people living with HIV spontaneously control the virus without antiretroviral treatment. They are called HIV controllers, and their status places them at the limits of bio-clinical normality. The objective of this study was to investigate HIV controllers’ beliefs and representations of their individual trajectories using a qualitative approach. Fourteen HIV controllers were interviewed. Vertical analysis focused on examining how interviewees’ specific beliefs and representational processes help these patients adapt to their particular situation. Horizontal analysis focused on how patients’ biographic trajectories and identity positioning help them make sense of their situation. Results highlighted that perceiving oneself to be healthy or ill was linked to change or a lack of change in terms of disease perception, beliefs, and representations, when seropositivity was announced. This study of social representations and the processes involved provide crucial elements for health professionals caring for HIV controllers.