bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Outcomes of 1000 Carotid Wallstent Implantations
Authors: Ronchey Sonia , Praquin Barbara , Orrico Matteo , Serrao Eugenia , Ciceroni Cristina , Alberti Vittorio , Fazzini Stefano , Mangialardi Nicola
Published: January 2016

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of carotid artery stenting (CAS) with Wallstents in a single-center experience. Methods: From January 2003 to December 2013, 1000 carotid artery lesions were treated with Carotid Wallstents under cerebral protection in 877 patients (mean age 71.7±8 years; 621 men). Indications for treatment were de novo lesions (>70% asymptomatic and >60% symptomatic); stenoses following carotid endarterectomy, radiation, or neck surgery; contralateral laryngeal nerve palsy; and high surgical risk. All the patients underwent duplex ultrasound and clinical evaluation during follow-up; radiography was performed when fracture or stent migration was suggested by ultrasound. Results: Procedure success was achieved in 99.3% of patients. Major and minor 30-day adverse events occurred in 2.1% of patients, including stroke (1.8%: 1.3% minor, 0.5% major), myocardial infarction (0.1%), and death (0.2%). Plaque morphology, nature of stenosis, and symptomatic status were significantly associated with the risk of postoperative neurologic events. Restenosis occurred in 3.2% at a mean 45.5-month follow-up and was significantly associated with diabetes, smoking, symptomatic stenosis, de novo stenosis, and calcification (plaque III/IV). No fracture or migration was registered during follow-up. Conclusion: CAS is a valid method for treating carotid artery disease, with very low rates of major adverse events and neurologic complications. The Carotid Wallstent seems to have excellent results, even with complex plaque morphology, and a low incidence of restenosis at follow-up.
Endovascular Treatment of Degenerative Aneurysms Involving Only the Descending Thoracic Aorta
Authors: Biancari Fausto , Mariscalco Giovanni , Mariani Silvia , Saari Petri , Satta Jari , Juvonen Tatu
Published: January 2016

Purpose: To determine the efficacy of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for degenerative aneurysm involving only the descending thoracic aorta (DTAA). Methods: An English-language literature review was performed through PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar to identify any study evaluating the outcomes of TEVAR for DTAA. The main endpoints of this analysis were all-cause 30-day and late postoperative mortality. Secondary outcome measures were procedure success, vascular access complications, paraplegia, stroke, early endoleaks during the index hospitalization, aneurysm-related death, reinterventions, and conversion to open repair. To control for the anticipated heterogeneity among small observational studies, absolute values and means were pooled using random effects models; the results are expressed as pooled proportions, means, or risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Eleven studies reporting on 673 patients (mean age 72.6 years, mean aneurysm diameter 62.9 cm) with DTAA were selected for the analysis. Technical success was reported in 91.0% of patients, and vascular access complications requiring repair were encountered in 9.7% of cases. Pooled overall 30-day, 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year survival rates were 96.0%, 80.3%, 77.3%, and 74.0%, respectively. Five studies compared the results of TEVAR after elective (n=151) and urgent/emergent procedure (n=77); the latter was a predictor of 30-day mortality (17.1% vs 1.8%, RR 3.83, 95% CI 1.18 to 12.40, p=0.025). Paraplegia occurred in 3.2% of patients and was permanent in 1.4% of patients. The stroke rate was 2.7%. Early type I endoleak was observed in 7.3%, type II endoleak in 2.0%, and type III in 1.2% of patients. The mean follow-up of 9 studies was 22.3 months. At 3 years, freedom from reintervention was 90.3%. Death secondary to aneurysm rupture and/or fistula was reported in 3.2% of patients. Conclusion: Current results indicate that TEVAR for DTAA can be performed with rather high technical success, low postoperative morbidity, and good 3-year survival.
A Rare Complication After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
Authors: Torres-Blanco Álvaro , Molina-Nácher Vicente , Sala-Almonacil Vicente , Ortiz-Monzón Eduardo
Published: January 2016

Purpose: To report a disconnection between the bare suprarenal stent and the main body of a Zenith endograft. Case Report: A 79-year-old man with a history of successful endovascular repair of an aortic aneurysm presented a sudden episode of hypotension and hematuria. He had undergone implantation of a Zenith bifurcated device 8 years earlier in 2006. Plain abdominal radiography and computed tomography showed disconnection of the uncovered proximal stent, which led to endograft migration and type Ia endoleak. The patient also presented with distal endoleaks at the attachment sites in both common iliac arteries. The aneurysm sac diameter had increased from 52 to 96 mm. A proximal aortic cuff and bilateral iliac extensions were deployed via a common femoral artery access. Completion angiography did not show endoleak. Conclusion: After publication of a few such cases with the older Zenith device, the union between the suprarenal stent and main body was reinforced in 2002 to prevent this complication. Since modification of the device, this sequela had not been described. The reappearance of this complication underscores the need for continued surveillance, considering that these late events may require a reintervention to maintain the clinical success of the procedure.
Initial Experience in the Treatment of Extensive Iliac Artery Aneurysms With the Nellix Aneurysm Sealing System
Authors: Youssef Marwan , Nurzai Zmarai , Zerwes Sebastian , Jakob Rudolf , Dünschede Fritz , Dorweiler Bernhard , Vahl Christian F.
Published: January 2016

Purpose: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the Nellix prosthesis in the treatment of common iliac artery aneurysms. Methods: Between May 2013 and June 2015, 230 patients underwent implantation of the Nellix device at 2 institutions. Fifty of these patients (mean age 76 years; 35 men) were identified as having 60 common iliac artery aneurysms (CIAAs) with a median diameter of 4 cm (range 3.5–7). The majority of patients had aortoiliac aneurysms (5, 70%), 10 (20%) had isolated CIAAs, and 5 (10%) had iliac anastomotic aneurysms after aortoiliac bypass. In 20 patients, the iliac aneurysm was the indication for the intervention; in the other 30 patients, the endovascular iliac repair was an adjunct procedure to endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS). An iliac branch device (IBD) was used when feasible to preserve flow to the internal iliac artery. Results: Seventeen (34%) patients underwent elective implantation of the Nellix graft in combination with an IBD, 33 (66%) patients underwent Nellix sealing of the CIAA using 1 (n=5), 2 (n=22), or 3 Nellix grafts (2 bilateral grafts and 1 graft as an extension to the external iliac artery in 6 patients). The technical success rate was 100%, and no graft-related complications were reported postoperatively. No buttock claudication, reinterventions, graft thrombosis, or endoleaks were observed during a mean follow-up of 12 months. Conclusion: Our initial experience demonstrates that Nellix grafts are feasible and safe for the treatment of extensive iliac artery aneurysms. The long-term durability of these grafts should be validated in larger patient cohorts before this promising alternative endovascular technique can gain widespread acceptance.
What Scientists Who Study Emotion Agree About
Authors: Ekman Paul
Published: January 2016

In recent years, the field of emotion has grown enormously—recently, nearly 250 scientists were identified who are studying emotion. In this article, I report a survey of the field, which revealed high agreement about the evidence regarding the nature of emotion, supporting some of both Darwin’s and Wundt’s 19th century proposals. Topics where disagreements remain were also exposed.
Gender differences in carpal tunnel relative cross-sectional area: a possible causative factor in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome
Authors: Sassi S. A. , Giddins G.
Published: January 2016

Previous research has not established a consistent difference in hand size or carpal tunnel cross-sectional area between patients with and without carpal tunnel syndrome. We tested the hypothesis that there would be no difference in relative carpal tunnel sizes between men and women. We defined relative carpal tunnel size as the cross-sectional areas at the inlet (level of the pisiform) and outlet (level of the hook of the hamate) of the carpal tunnel divided by the length of the capitate (as a measure of hand size). We made the measurements on the magnetic resonance imaging scans of 50 men and 50 women taken for symptoms unrelated to carpal tunnel syndrome. The mean relative cross-sectional area was appreciably smaller in women than men ( p < 0.05). This suggests that the carpal tunnel cross-sectional area relative to the size of the hand is constitutionally smaller in women than in men. This could in theory be a significant factor in patients developing carpal tunnel syndrome.

Level of evidence: V
The Symbolic Lynching of James Meredith
Authors: Combs Barbara Harris , Dellinger Kirsten , Jackson Jeffrey T. , Johnson Kirk A. , Johnson Willa M. , Skipper Jodi , Sonnett John , Thomas James M. ,   Critical Race Studies Group, University of Mississippi
Published: January 2016

The hanging of a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of civil rights pioneer James Meredith in February 2014 was framed by university administrators as the act of a few deviant white students, but our analysis suggests otherwise. A historical review shows the university’s long-standing resistance to meaningful change and a continuing lack of transparency following racist incidents. Visual analysis shows that the university remains saturated with monuments, place names, and other symbols of racial dominance. Narratives of marginalized people on campus, including some of the authors, reveal the corrosive effects of normalized white supremacy. The authors’ analysis suggests that, instead of an aberration, the noosing aligned the statue with the prevailing symbolic environment. This study builds bridges between sociological analysis and critical race theory and demonstrates the importance of group processes in understanding and responding to racist incidents on campuses.
Reply to Professor Fenelon and Adding Emotion to My Materialist RSS Theory
Authors: Bonilla-Silva Eduardo
Published: January 2016

In this reply, I accept Professor Fenelon basic critique: that I, as most “race scholars,” fail to take seriously Indigenous accounts in my theorization. However, I challenge several of his specific arguments about my work as well as some of his historical claims. I also include in this reply an unrelated section to Professor Fenelon’s critique of my work on the topic of race and emotion. This addition to my racial theory is crucial because although I still contend that racism has a material foundation, humans cannot live of bread alone–that is, race cannot exist without an emotional bond.
Sodium-Calcium Exchanger and Multiple Sodium Channel Isoforms in Intra-Epidermal Nerve Terminals
Authors: Persson Anna-Karin , Black Joel A , Gasser Andreas , Cheng Xiaoyang , Fischer Tanya Z , Waxman Stephen G
Published: January 2016

Background:

Nociception requires transduction and impulse electrogenesis in nerve fibers which innervate the body surface, including the skin. However, the molecular substrates for transduction and action potential initiation in nociceptors are incompletely understood. In this study, we examined the expression and distribution of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and voltage-gated sodium channel isoforms in intra-epidermal free nerve terminals.

Results:

Small diameter DRG neurons exhibited robust NCX2, but not NCX1 or NCX3 immunolabeling, and virtually all PGP 9.5-positive intra-epidermal free nerve terminals displayed NCX2 immunoreactivity. Sodium channel NaV1.1 was not detectable in free nerve endings. In contrast, the majority of nerve terminals displayed detectable levels of expression of NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9. Sodium channel immunoreactivity in the free nerve endings extended from the dermal boundary to the terminal tip. A similar pattern of NCX and sodium channel immunolabeling was observed in DRG neurons in vitro.

Conclusions:

NCX2, as well as NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9, are present in most intra-epidermal free nerve endings. The presence of NCX2, together with multiple sodium channel isoforms, in free nerve endings may have important functional implications.
CP-CHARM: segmentation-free image classification made accessible
Authors: Uhlmann Virginie , Singh Shantanu , Carpenter Anne E.
Published: January 2016

Background

Automated classification using machine learning often relies on features derived from segmenting individual objects, which can be difficult to automate. WND-CHARM is a previously developed classification algorithm in which features are computed on the whole image, thereby avoiding the need for segmentation. The algorithm obtained encouraging results but requires considerable computational expertise to execute. Furthermore, some benchmark sets have been shown to be subject to confounding artifacts that overestimate classification accuracy.

Results

We developed CP-CHARM, a user-friendly image-based classification algorithm inspired by WND-CHARM in (i) its ability to capture a wide variety of morphological aspects of the image, and (ii) the absence of requirement for segmentation. In order to make such an image-based classification method easily accessible to the biological research community, CP-CHARM relies on the widely-used open-source image analysis software CellProfiler for feature extraction. To validate our method, we reproduced WND-CHARM’s results and ensured that CP-CHARM obtained comparable performance. We then successfully applied our approach on cell-based assay data and on tissue images. We designed these new training and test sets to reduce the effect of batch-related artifacts.

Conclusions

The proposed method preserves the strengths of WND-CHARM - it extracts a wide variety of morphological features directly on whole images thereby avoiding the need for cell segmentation, but additionally, it makes the methods easily accessible for researchers without computational expertise by implementing them as a CellProfiler pipeline. It has been demonstrated to perform well on a wide range of bioimage classification problems, including on new datasets that have been carefully selected and annotated to minimize batch effects. This provides for the first time a realistic and reliable assessment of the whole image classification strategy.
The Feasibility of a Completely Automated Total IV Anesthesia Drug Delivery System for Cardiac Surgery
Authors: Zaouter Cedrick , Hemmerling Thomas M. , Lanchon Romain , Valoti Emanuela , Remy Alain , Leuillet Sébastien , Ouattara Alexandre
Published: January 2016

BACKGROUND:

In this pilot study, we tested a novel automatic anesthesia system for closed-loop administration of IV anesthesia drugs for cardiac surgical procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass. This anesthesia drug delivery robot integrates all 3 components of general anesthesia: hypnosis, analgesia, and muscle relaxation.

METHODS:

Twenty patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass were enrolled. Propofol, remifentanil, and rocuronium were administered using closed-loop feedback control. The main objective was the feasibility of closed-loop anesthesia defined as successful automated cardiac anesthesia without manual override by the attending anesthesiologist. Secondary qualitative observations were clinical and controller performances. The clinical performance of hypnosis control was the efficacy to maintain a bispectral index (BIS) of 45. To evaluate the hypnosis performance, BIS values were stratified into 4 categories: “excellent,” “good,” “poor,” and “inadequate” hypnosis control defined as BIS values within 10%, ranging from 11% to 20%, ranging from 21% to 30%, or >30% of the target value, respectively. The clinical performance of analgesia was the efficacy to maintain NociMap values close to 0. The analgesia performance was assessed classifying the NociMap values in 3 pain control groups: −33 to +33 representing excellent pain control, −34 to −66 and +34 to +66 representing good pain control, and −67 to −100 and +67 to +100 representing insufficient pain control. The controller performance was calculated using the Varvel parameters.

RESULTS:

Robotic anesthesia was successful in 16 patients, which is equivalent to 80% (97.5% confidence interval [CI], 53%–95%) of the patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Four patients were excluded from the final analysis because of technical problems with the automated anesthesia delivery system. The secondary qualitative observations revealed that the clinical performance of hypnosis allowed an excellent and good control during 70% (97.5% CI, 63%–76%) of maintenance time and an insufficient clinical performance of analgesia for only 3% (97.5% CI, 1%–6%) of maintenance time.

CONCLUSIONS:

The completely automated closed-loop system tested in this investigation could be used successfully and safely for cardiac surgery necessitating cardiopulmonary bypass. The results of the present trial showed satisfactory clinical performance of anesthesia control.
Synergistic Interactions Between Direct and Indirect Bypasses in Combined Procedures: The Significance of Indirect Bypasses in Moyamoya Disease
Authors: Uchino Haruto , Kim Jae-Hoon , Fujima Noriyuki , Kazumata Ken , Ito Masaki , Nakayama Naoki , Kuroda Satoshi , Houkin Kiyohiro
Published: January 2016

BACKGROUND: Whether additional indirect bypasses effectively contribute to revascularization in combined procedures remains unclear in patients with moyamoya disease.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the longitudinal changes associated with combined procedures while following up pediatric and adult patients long term and to assess whether any other clinical factors or hemodynamic parameters affected these changes to determine an optimal surgical strategy.

METHODS: We studied 58 hemispheres in 43 adults and 39 hemispheres in 26 children who underwent combined revascularization for moyamoya disease. To evaluate bypass development, we assessed the sizes of the superficial temporal artery and middle meningeal artery using magnetic resonance angiography. Multivariate analysis determined the effects of multiple variables on bypass development.

RESULTS: Indirect bypass (middle meningeal artery) development occurred in 95% and 78% of the pediatric and adult hemispheres, respectively. Of these, dual development of direct and indirect bypasses occurred in 54% of the pediatric hemispheres and in 47% of the adult hemispheres. Reciprocal superficial temporal artery regression occurred in 28% of the hemispheres during the transition from the postoperative acute phase to the chronic phase during indirect bypass development. Good indirect bypass development was associated with adult hemispheres at Suzuki stage 4 or greater (odds ratio, 7.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.4-39.4; P = .02). Disease onset type and preoperative hemodynamic parameters were not considered predictors for the development of surgical revascularization.

CONCLUSION: Simultaneous direct and indirect bypass development was most frequently observed, regardless of patient age and hemodynamic status. Applying indirect bypass as an adjunct to direct bypass could maximize revascularization in adults and children.
Are We (Still) Living in a Computer Simulation?: Althusser and Turing
Authors: Barker Jason
Published: January 2016

Taking Althusser’s hostility to formalism and logicism as read, along with the fact that today our social system is dominated by the logic of inputs and outputs, this essay counterintuitively argues that the theory of computation pioneered by Alan Turing in the 1930s and 1940s, and further developed in the digital philosophy of Gregory Chaitin and others, is perfectly attuned to the detotalization that Althusser, in both Initiation à la philosophie pour les non-philosophes and Être marxiste en philosophie , sees as the true task of an aleatory materialist philosophy.
Resisting Ideology: On Butler’s Critique of Althusser
Authors: Lampert Matthew
Published: January 2016

Judith Butler has built her theory of interpellation through critical engagement with the work of Louis Althusser. For Butler, interpellation explains how the subject emerges in and through language, and her critique of Althusser is meant to open up psychic and discursive space for resisting status quo interpellations and the dominant ideology. In this essay, I argue that Butler’s account of interpellation suffers from two problems: first, she misreads Althusser; second (and more importantly), her account is isolating and politically demotivating. I then show that rereading Althusser provides us both with a criticism (albeit avant la lettre ) of Butler’s position, and a new account of the resources at our disposal for resisting (and even opposing) the dominant ideology.
A Marxist in Philosophy
Authors: Goshgarian G. M.
Published: January 2016

This lightly modified version of the editor’s introduction to Être marxiste en philosophie situates that 1976 text with respect to the aleatory materialism or materialism of the encounter that Althusser began to elaborate in the late 1950s; the theory of class dictatorship that he consistently took to be central to Marxism; and the deconstructive anti-philosophy that he espoused in the 1950s and again from his anti-theoreticist turn of 1966–67 on. The central stake of this turn was the elaboration of a theory of Marxist non-philosophy compatible with a materialism of the encounter: Althusser grounds it, in Être marxiste , on the concept of the “non-state” at the core of the concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat—unsurprisingly, because his understanding of the way a class dictatorship crystallizes (or fails to) out of the destruction of another doubtless provided the starting point for his elaboration of the materialism of the encounter. Whence a conceptualization of philosophy as an encounter—the encounter of class struggle—at the level of theory. Whence also a redefinition of the stakes of theoretical class struggle, of which the only significant record is Althusser’s newly published work of the mid-1970s, aside from an inconspicuous footnote in Reply to John Lewis . If Althusser had previously located the primary objective of philosophical-political battle in the social destiny of the sciences, he now broadens it to take in the destiny of all the social practices and the corresponding ideologies, whose domestication in the interests of the exploiting classes or liberation in the interests of the exploited is, he now says, what philosophical argument is ultimately about. “A Marxist in Philosophy” proposes to show how, in the mid-1970s, these elements gelled in a new configuration that gave rise to Althusser’s well-known aleatory-materialist writings of the mid-1980s.
Althusser’s Lenin
Authors: Montag Warren
Published: January 2016

“Althusser’s Lenin” is an examination of the importance of Lenin in the development of Althusser’s thought. His initial definition of philosophy as the theory of theoretical practices necessarily set beyond the realm of political practice was in some sense defined in opposition to Lenin whose conception of philosophy Althusser regarded as failing to achieve the necessary degree abstraction. But a close reading of Lenin’s conception of the historical contradiction that produced the Russian Revolution led Althusser to see in Lenin a thinker of immanent causality and the philosophy of the encounter. More than anything else, however, he finally came to see through Lenin that the power of philosophy lay in the simple act of drawing a line of demarcation, the philosophical equivalent of splitting the atom, to transform the landscape of history.
The Detour of Abstraction
Authors: Toscano Alberto
Published: January 2016

This article provides a reconstruction of the theory of abstraction elaborated by Louis Althusser in two recently published book manuscripts of the second half of the 1970s, Être marxiste en philosophie (1976, published in 2015) and Initiation à la philosophie pour les non-philosophes (1978, published in 2014). It focuses in particular on the practical character of abstraction, or more precisely, on the plurality of abstractive practices explored by Althusser, contrasting it with Marxian theories of real abstraction, as well as with Althusser's own theory of “Generalities” in For Marx , and touching on whether with his account of abstraction in language Althusser was drifting into a philosophical anthropology. It argues that these manuscripts, starting from the thesis that philosophy began in ancient Greece with a reaction against the subversive character of mathematics, delineate another materialist practice of philosophy, founded on detotalization and oriented towards the question of communist transition.
Supplementary Reading Instruction in Alternative High Schools: A Statewide Survey of Educator Reported Practices and Barriers
Authors: Wilkerson Kimber L. , Yan Min-Chi , Perzigian Aaron B. , Cakiroglu Orhan
Published: January 2016

Recent data suggest that a majority of secondary students read below the level considered proficient on state standardized tests of reading. Alternative high schools, in particular, serve a high proportion of struggling readers. This survey study investigated reading instruction provided to struggling readers in alternative schools in one state by determining: (a) the types of supplemental reading instruction provided, (b) the methods of referral, and (c) educator-perceived barriers to providing that instruction. Findings indicate that most alternative schools offer supplemental reading instruction and that standardized assessments are the primary method of referral. Lack of staff and instructional resources, poor student behavior and motivation, and insufficient time were all identified as barriers to providing instruction. Implications for research and practice are also identified.
High School Physical Education Teachers’ Attitudes and use of Fitness Tests
Authors: Mercier Kevin , Phillips Sharon , Silverman Stephen
Published: January 2016

Recommendations for using and implementing fitness tests have been extensively researched and teachers’ attitudes toward fitness tests are beginning to be studied. Less understood is how high school teachers use fitness tests and the role their attitudes toward fitness tests affect students’ attitudes toward physical activity. The purpose of this study was to understand how fitness tests are used in secondary physical education classes and how the attitudes of physical education teachers toward fitness testing relate to their use of fitness tests. High school physical education teachers ( N = 149) from 47 school districts completed the Physical Education Teacher Attitudes toward Fitness Tests Scale (PETAFTS), a 16-item survey on their attitudes toward fitness tests, with additional items on how they used fitness tests. Results indicated that teachers often do not implement fitness tests as recommended. Findings suggest that teachers with positive and negative attitudes toward fitness testing vary in their implementation and use of fitness tests. Teachers with more positive attitudes reported more frequently using fitness concepts, and teachers who thought fitness testing was important indicated they were more likely to send fitness test results home.
The Impact of Social Influences on High School Students’ Recreational Reading
Authors: Merga Margaret Kristin , Moon Brian
Published: January 2016

Aliteracy, the state in which the skill to read has been acquired, but not the will, is a growing concern in research on adolescence internationally. The West Australian Study in Adolescent Book Reading (WASABR) aimed to discover current attitudes toward and levels of engagement in recreational book reading among 520 adolescent students from 20 Western Australian schools. It also explored the role of social agents in influencing recreational book reading in this cohort, examining the influences of parents, English teachers, the peer group and friends on adolescents’ recreational book reading in order to understand how adolescents’ engagement in recreational book reading is affected by social factors. These understandings were sought with a view to ultimately enhance the participation of high school students in recreational book reading. This paper outlines the current body of research findings from the WASABR, drawing together the broad areas covered within the study into a cohesive whole.
Teacher Support and Engagement in Math and Science: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study
Authors: Kelly Sean , Zhang Yuan
Published: January 2016

Supportive teacher-student relationships are associated with increased levels of engagement and higher levels of achievement. Yet, studies also show that higher achieving students typically receive the most encouragement. Moreover, many studies of teacher-student relationships pertain to elementary and middle school students; by the time students reach high school, interactions with specific teachers may not be salient determinants of engagement. In this study we examine the relationship between supportive relationships with teachers and engagement in high school math and science courses. Data on teacher support and engagement collected concurrently from a student’s math and science teachers allow us to examine the within-student association between supportive relationships and engagement.
Waterloo in Richard Caton Woodville’s “Battles of the British Army”: Series for the Illustrated London News , 1893–99
Authors: Gretton Tom
Published: January 2016

This article examines three Waterloo pictures in Woodville’s “Battles of the British Army” series for the Illustrated London News . It considers the sort of national and imperial history that they, and the series as a whole, project and examines how Woodville’s needs and the magazine’s imperatives intersected during the production process. It also frames them as spaces where relations between words and images, as well as between the construction of history paintings and the reproduction of dominant narratives and tropes, are negotiated. It relates them to available models of and discourses about battle painting. In addition, it places them in relation to late nineteenth-century politics and to the imminent annexation of history painting by didactic book illustration.
The Skeleton out of the Closet: Authorship Identification in Dickens’s All the Year Round
Authors: Parrott Jeremy
Published: January 2016

Most items in All the Year Round , like those in most other mid-Victorian periodicals, were published anonymously. Ever since the late nineteenth century, there has been intense speculation about the identity of the contributors, with various attempts to find primary sources of information. This article tells the story of the recent discovery of a complete marked set of the first series of All the Year Round (1859–68), which provides the names of over 300 contributors who were responsible for some 2,500 items in the journal. The author recounts the background leading up to this discovery, reveals some of the new information it discloses, and gives a conjectured provenance for the set, tracing it back to Charles Dickens himself.
Nineteenth-Century Newspaper Press Directories: The National Gallery of the British Press
Authors: Brake Laurel
Published: January 2016

This is a synoptic piece about the nineteenth-century annual newspaper press directories, an introduction that highlights their unique detail. Their status as a common reference work in their day is belied by their rarity in our own, which may account for their unfamiliarity. This essay discusses their history as a genre and as part of the Benthamite statistical project, with particular attention to Mitchell’s and Deacon’s directories. It assesses their relation to advertising and the press, which provided the core of their readership, and their role in the professionalization of both industries. It also considers their construction and uncertain navigation of generic distinctions among periodicals and between the newspaper and periodical press.
Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory and the Late Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Press
Authors: O’Malley Tom
Published: January 2016

This article focuses on Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory at a time when the newspaper press was undergoing a period of adjustment from the world of the Victorian press to the print culture of the mid-twentieth century. It reflects on the ways in which the Directory represented that change between 1900 and 1939. It stresses the value of seeing the Directory as an agent shaping the way the press was imagined and defined, and it asserts the importance of studying directories in their own right as texts articulating the interplay between readers, the state, and a diverse periodical industry.
Napoleonic Periodicals and the Childhood Imagination: The Influence of War Commentary on Charlotte and Branwell Brontë’s Glass Town and Angria
Authors: Butcher Emma
Published: January 2016

The impact of the Napoleonic Wars was keenly felt by Charlotte and Branwell Brontë in their post-war juvenilia (1829‒39). Their imaginary worlds of Glass Town and Angria were primarily based on the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. The siblings used post-Waterloo accounts in periodicals to reshape and reanimate the relationship between these two military heroes. Examining the characteristics imprinted on Wellington and Bonaparte by the contemporary press, this article argues that the Brontës’ writings provide important commentary on the worship of soldier figures in the periodical press and its enduring influence on early nineteenth-century popular culture.
Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press : Chronicler and Promoter of the Media Industry
Authors: Turner Mark W.
Published: January 2016

The newspaper press directories are a rich resource for students and scholars of the nineteenth century, though they remain under-researched. This article seeks to raise awareness about the value of these annual volumes by focusing attention on one of the most prominent, Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press . I suggest that in Sell’s Dictionary we see the ways the press industry represented and constructed the complex media networks of which it was a part. Furthermore, Sell’s Dictionary helps us understand the press as a key feature in the media and communications network that was spreading globally at the end of the nineteenth century.
Courts Martial and Libel: A Waterloo Officer’s Military Career and the Contemporary Press
Authors: Collins Ann
Published: January 2016

Captain John Montmorency Tucker, a veteran of the Peninsular Wars and Waterloo, was twice court martialled. After the first court martial in 1815, he was sentenced to be discharged, but this was mitigated to no punishment and the prosecutor was reprimanded. The trial was reported by the Military Register , which publicly criticized the prosecutor, and a libel action against the editor soon followed. After the second court martial in 1822, Tucker was sentenced to be reprimanded, but the king, in view of the first court martial, judged him unfit for service, and he was ordered to sell his commission. The official army report of this court martial published the charges, verdict, sentence, and change of sentence with no commentary. This article examines why the cases were reported differently and the significance of the libel charge against the Military Register .
“The Waterloo of Democracy against Despotism”: Chartist Internationalism and Poetic Repetition in the Labourer , 1847–48
Authors: Barrow Barbara
Published: January 2016

This essay argues that Ernest Jones and Feargus O’Connor’s Chartist periodical the Labourer utilizes strategies of poetic repetition in order to reinvent the battle of Waterloo as a symbol of worldwide armed resistance to class oppression. The Labourer’s prose and verse contributions make repeated references to the violence of Waterloo, merging this poetic technique of repetition with the miscellaneous format of the periodical. In so doing, the Labourer counters representations in the mainstream press that depicted Waterloo as a triumph of the hereditary order, showing instead how standing armies might work in the service of an internationalist vision of united laborers.
Solutions of fractional Zakharov-Kuznetsov equations by fractional complex transform
Authors: Yulita R. , Batiha Belal , Shatnawi "Mohd Taib"
Published: January 2016

In this paper, fractional complex transform (FCT) with help of variational iteration method (VIM) is used to obtain numerical and analytical solutions for the fractional Zakharov-Kuznetsov equations. Fractional complex transform (FCT) is proposed to convert fractional Zakharov-Kuznetsov equations to its differential partner and then applied VIM to the new obtained equations. Several examples are given and the results are compared to exact solutions. The results reveal that the method is very effective and simple.
Analysis of microbiologically stimulated biomass of Salix viminalis L. in the presence of Cd2+ under in vitro conditions – implications for phytoremediation
Authors: Złoch Michał , Tyburski Jarosław , Hrynkiewicz Katarzyna
Published: January 2016

The efficiency of phytoremediation might be highly affected by plant-associated microorganisms, and understanding of the underlying mechanisms is still a great challenge. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency parameters for Cd2+accumulation in the biomass of willow (Salix viminalis) as well as to define the biochemical response of the host plant when it is inoculated with selected bacterial strains (Massiliasp. andPseudomonassp.) or saprophytic fungus (Clitocybesp.) under controlledin vitroconditions. Inoculation of plants with bacterial strains affected the efficiency of phytoremediation process and was expressed as the quantity of accumulated Cd (Q), the bioaccumulation factor (BCF) and the translocation index (Ti); however, the effect was strain and plant organ specific. The level of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which is both an indicator of plant response to biological and/or abiotic environmental stress and a molecule involved in plant-microbial interactions, decreased under the influence of Cd2+in uninoculated plants (plant growth was inhibited by Cd2+) and increased in the inoculated variants of plants growing in the presence of Cd2+(microbiologically stimulated biomass). The saprophytic fungusClitocybesp. generally stimulated biomass and increased the level of H2O2synthesis in all the investigated plant organs and variants of the experiment. We suggest that determination of phytoremediation efficiency, and biochemical response (H2O2) of the host plant underin vitroconditions can help in predicting the final effect of plant-microbial systems in further field trials.
Duplex Methylation-Specific Semi-Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Cost-Effective & Time-Efficient Diagnostic Screening of Chromosome 15 and 14 Imprinted Regions
Authors: Ruszova E , Chmelarova M , Senkerikova M , Stefackova S
Published: January 2016

Purpose: Our goal was to develop two-tier strategy based on in house-designed methylation specific-duplex polymerase chain reactions (MS-PCRs) that could serve as a relatively simple, cost effective, time efficient approach for molecular screening of imprinted regions on chromosomes 15 and 14.

Patients and methods: Patients were referred to examination during infancy due to hypotonia and motor development delay. Duplex MS-PCRs were performed that enabled detection of methylated/unmethylated DNA in NDN and MEG3 CpG islands via plurality of detection channels on PCR instrument Rotor Gene 6000.

Results and discussion: Both, copy number variations as well as methylation changes, were revealed by our in house-designed methodology by focusing NDN gene. No imprinting aberrations were yet discovered in MEG3 gene. Clinical features of the patients were compared. In agree with literature no typical facial features were observed in PWS patient with imprinting defect and AS UPD patient seems to have a relatively better development and language ability in comparison to deletional form of the disease.

Conclusion: In conclusion we were able to establish new, throughput and robust diagnostic approach to PWS/AS.
Influence of Titanium on Crystallization and Wear Resistance of High Chromium Cast Iron
Authors: Studnicki A. , Dojka R. , Gromczyk M. , Kondracki M.
Published: January 2016

Paper presents the results of studies on primary crystallization and wear resistance of high chromium cast iron inoculated with ferrotitanium intended for work in abrasive conditions. Primary crystallization was examined with use of TDA method, wear tests of the samples were conducted using the modified pin-on-disk method.
Weighted Gagliardo–Nirenberg Inequalities Involving BMO Norms and Solvability of Strongly Coupled Parabolic Systems
Authors: Le Dung
Published: January 2016

New weighted Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequalities are introduced together with applications to the local/global existence of solutions to nonlinear strongly coupled and uniform parabolic systems. Much weaker sufficient conditions than those existing in literature for solvability of these systems will be established.
Measurement of temperature-dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity of alumina and titania thermal oil nanofluids
Authors: Cieśliński Janusz T. , Ronewicz Katarzyna , Smoleń Sławomir
Published: January 2016

In this study the results of simultaneous measurements of dynamic viscosity, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and pH of two nanofluids, i.e., thermal oil/Al2O3 and thermal oil/TiO2 are presented. Thermal oil is selected as a base liquid because of possible application in ORC systems as an intermediate heating agent. Nanoparticles were tested at the concentration of 0.1%, 1%, and 5% by weight within temperature range from 20 °C to 60 °C. Measurement devices were carefully calibrated by comparison obtained results for pure base liquid (thermal oil) with manufacturer’s data. The results obtained for tested nanofluids were compared with predictions made by use of existing models for liquid/solid particles mixtures.
A strategy for elliptic curve primality proving
Authors: Kiss Gyöngyvér
Published: January 2016

This paper deals with an implementation of the elliptic curve primality proving (ECPP) algorithm of Atkin and Morain. As the ECPP algorithm is not deterministic, we are developing a strategy to avoid certain situations in which the original implementation could get stuck and to get closer to the situation where the probability that the algorithm terminates successfully is 1. We apply heuristics and tricks in order to test the strategy in our implementation in Magma on numbers of up to 7000 decimal digits and collect data to show the advantages over previous implementations in practice.
Factoring multi power RSA moduli with a class of secret exponents
Authors: Akchiche Omar , Khadir Omar
Published: January 2016

In this paper, we consider the RSA variant based on the key equation ed ≡ 1 (mod φ(N)) where N = prq, r ≥ 2. We show that if the secret exponent d is close to any multiple of the prime factor p or its powers, then it is possible to factor N in polynomial time in log N.
Chaotic behavior of the lattice Yang-Mills on CUDA
Authors: Forster Richárd , Fülöp Ágnes
Published: January 2016

The Yang-Mills fields plays important role in the strong interaction, which describes the quark gluon plasma. The non-Abelian gauge theory provides the theoretical background understanding of this topic. The real time evolution of the classical fields is derived by the Hamiltonian for SU(2) gauge field tensor. The microcanonical equations of motion is solved on 3 dimensional lattice and chaotic dynamics was searched by the monodromy matrix. The entropy-energy relation was presented by Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy. We used block Hessenberg reduction to compute the eigenvalues of the current matrix. While the purely CPU based algorithm can handle effectively only a small amount of values, the GPUs provide enough performance to give more computing power to solve the problem.
Invasion of Alien Solidago Taxa into Urban Habitats: A Study of Selected Towns in Southern Poland
Authors: Chmura Damian , Dyba Patrycja , Kraj Paulina , Peplińska Natalia , Pilorz Agnieszka , Roman Mateusz
Published: January 2016

In Poland there are three invasive species of the genus Solidago native to North America. In the years 2010-2015 field survey in five tows in Oswiecim Basin and its vicinity was performed which aimed to examine frequency, habitat preferences and basic parameters of populations of these species. Amongst invasive goldenrods S. canadensis (79 localities) and S. gigantea (74) prevailed in the study area and are much more frequent than S. graminifolia (8). Populations of goldenrods were not very abundant and did not occupy large area, however, there were populations exceeding 500 m2 and that had more than 500 ramets except for S. graminifolia which occur at low densities. The Canadian goldenrod S. canadensis tended to occur more frequently in ruderal and segetal habitats than S. gigantea whereas S. graminifolia was encountered only at fallows. Both S. gigantea and S. canadensis were reported to occur in wetland habitats and sometimes formed monospecific stands what prove negative influence on biodiversity.
Effect of Xanthan gum Solution on the Preservation of Acerola (Malpighia glabra L.)
Authors: Quoc L.P.T. , Hoa D.P. , Ngoc H.T.B. , Phi T.T.Y.
Published: January 2016

Nowadays, storing fresh fruit and vegetable by edible film was the best method. There are a lot of chemical which can coat the surface of fruit to increase the preservation time. Among the chemicals was xanthan gum which was known as an additive and applied widely in food technology but it can use currently in the post harvest technology as an edible film. Coating of acerola fruit with xanthan gum has been found to delay the ripening process. Xanthan gum in aqueous solutions of 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4% (w/v) was applied as an edible coating of unripe acerola which were stored at 30°C and 70-80% RH for 6 days. Fruits were coated with 1.4% xanthan gum delayed the ripening process by slowing down the rate of respiration, in terms of percentage weight loss, soluble solids concentration (°Bx), total acidity and color of acerola fruit during storage as compared to the uncoated control and fruit treated with other xanthan gum concentration. The result suggest that using 1.4% xanthan gum as edible coating may form a protective barrier on the surface of acerola, the ripening process of acerola can be delayed and prevented oxygen penetration. It can be prolong the preservation during 6 days at 30°C without any negative effects on quality of fruit. The appearance of acerola does not have blemishes and which is fresh, shiny and bright colored.
Trace of abelian varieties over function fields and the geometric Bogomolov conjecture
Authors: Yamaki Kazuhiko
Published: January 2016

We prove that the geometric Bogomolov conjecture
for any abelian varieties
is reduced to that for nowhere degenerate abelian varieties
with trivial trace.
In particular,
the geometric Bogomolov conjecture
holds
for abelian varieties whose maximal nowhere degenerate abelian subvariety
is isogenous to a constant abelian variety.
To prove the results, we
investigate closed subvarieties of
abelian schemes over constant varieties,
where constant varieties are varieties over
a function field which can be defined over the constant
field of the function field.