bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults: A Call for Nursing Involvement
Authors: Sorrell Jeanne M.
Published: November 2014

As the population continues to age and new medical developments make surgery at advanced ages increasingly possible, it is important to consider how older adults tolerate surgery and anesthesia. Considerable evidence shows that older adults have a higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), which leads to transient and sometimes long-term cognitive changes that may affect quality of life. Because little is known about how to prevent or treat POCD, it is important that nurses identify ways in which they can intervene to help patients who experience this disorder. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 52
(11), 17–20.]
Neuroimaging and renal ultrasound manifestations of Oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe
Authors: Allmendinger Andrew Mark , Desai Naman S. , Burke Alanna Teatom , Viswanadhan Narayan , Prabhu Sanjay P
Published: November 2014

Oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe (OCRL) is a multisystem disorder characterized by congenital cataracts, hypotonia, and cognitive developmental delay with renal complications developing in the first few months of life. Clinical and laboratory findings of Lowe syndrome are well documented.  Though a small number of case reports describe the neuroimaging features and the renal ultrasound manifestations of this disease, a comprehensive review of all the imaging manifestations has not been reported. The authors present a case of OCRL and review the neuroimaging and renal ultrasound manifestations of this multisystem disease.
Hacia el periodismo moderno: Diez cartas de Emilia Pardo Bazán a José Ortega Munilla (El Imparcial y La Hoja del Lunes)
Authors: Thion Soriano-Mollá Dolores
Published: November 2014

L'objectif de cette étude est d'éditer et d'étudier la correspondance inédite adressée par Emilia Pardo Bazán à José Ortega Munilla, directeur du quotidien El Imparcial et de son supplément littéraire La Hoja del Lunes. Ces lettres montrent la conception moderne du journalisme, , qu'Emilia Pardo avait, à un moment de transition, de tribune d'opinion à entreprise d'information. Les conséquences qui en résultent, touchant à la définition des genres journalistiques et des fonctions du journaliste, sont de nouvelles caractéristiques également perçues par l'écrivaine.
Les langues de spécialité sont-elles des argots comme les autres ?
Authors: Antoine Fabrice
Published: November 2014

Les langues de spécialité sont-elles des argots comme les autres ? À moins que la question se pose dans l’autre sens ? L’auteur propose de croiser ici les points de vue du traducteur, du lexicographe, du lexicologue et de l’argotologue afin de tenter de déterminer la/les filiation(s) possible(s) entre argots et langues de spécialité, en quoi les uns ressemblent aux autres ou au contraire s’en distinguent, dans leurs caractéristiques, leurs moyens, leurs origines et modes de formation, leurs fonctions, hier et aujourd’hui, ou encore leur recours massif à la métaphore et leurs éventuelles résistances à traduction. L’auteur envisage d’aller fureter dans les contre-allées de la langue, afin d’y trouver, peut-être, de quoi nourrir une description concrète, illustrée, de deux cousines, dont l’une est respectable et l’autre pas.
L’anglais de spécialité en LEA à la croisée des domaines : étude de l’acquisition du lexique spécialisé
Authors: McAllister Julie , Belan Sophie
Published: November 2014

Cet article propose d’étudier l’acquisition du lexique spécialisé dans le cadre d’un dispositif hybride d’enseignement-apprentissage de l’anglais des affaires dans la filière LEA. Après une brève exposition du contexte et de la méthodologie de la recherche, il présente les résultats d’une étude qualitative et quantitative menée à partir d’un corpus de productions écrites d’étudiants de Licence 1 LEA. L’objectif de l’étude était de montrer comment la fluidité, la précision et la complexité lexicale et syntaxique de la production écrite évoluent dans le cadre du dispositif hybride proposé. Les résultats obtenus montrent une évolution statistiquement significative de la fluidité, de la précision et de la complexité lexicale des productions, à des degrés divers en fonction du niveau des étudiants.
Researching legal terminology: a corpus-based proposal for the analysis of sub-technical legal terms
Authors: Marín María José , Rea Camino
Published: November 2014

Cet article propose une nouvelle approche pour la description sémantique de « termes semi-techniques » à l’aide du modèle de « constellation lexicale » de Cantos et Sánchez (2001), qui permet la représentation visuelle de la trajectoire suivie par ce type de termes vers la spécialisation. Plusieurs auteurs mettent en avant le fait que l’utilisation de termes semi-techniques est une caractéristique saillante du lexique juridique. Cette étude met en évidence le fait que près de la moitié des termes dans un corpus juridique de 8,85 millions de mots recoupe des listes de vocabulaire d’anglais général comme la General Service List (GSL) de West (1953) ou les 3 000 mots d’anglais les plus courants du British National Corpus (BNC). Étant donné l’importance de ces termes dans cette variété d’anglais de spécialité et le manque d’étude dans la spécialité, les auteurs rendent compte de ce phénomène complexe en adoptant une perspective sémantique fondée sur un corpus. Cette étude a été réalisée au moyen d’une méthodologie qualitative et quantitative pour décrire le processus de spécialisation du terme légal semi-technique « charge », utilisé pour illustrer le modèle d’analyse.
Quand traduire, c’est décider : ce que l’interprétation des régularités statistiques d’un corpus peut apporter à la traduction spécialisée
Authors: Bordet Geneviève
Published: November 2014

La traduction spécialisée implique des choix qui prennent en compte à la fois la situation de communication spécifique et les régularités linguistiques du type de discours dans lequel le texte s’inscrit. L’auteur s’interroge à propos des conditions dans lesquelles l’utilisation des techniques automatiques d’interrogation de corpus permet au traducteur de concilier le repérage de ces régularités et la prise en compte de la complexité de l’univers discursif de chaque domaine. À partir de travaux d’apprentis traducteurs, elle analyse les apports et les limites de l’utilisation des outils statistiques pour l’étayage des choix de traduction. Elle montre de quelle manière des éléments contextuels, au croisement du genre, du texte et du domaine, interviennent dans l’interprétation des résultats obtenus par l’analyse automatique. L’interprétation qui fonde le choix de traduction doit prendre en compte l’hétérogénéité de corpus représentatifs des enjeux spécifiques à un domaine de l’activité humaine. Enfin, l’auteur s’efforce de dégager les implications de cette analyse pour la formation des traducteurs.
Les « fleurs mathématiques » de la poésie et la fiction américaine contemporaine : enjeux d’une intersection littérature-mathématiques pour l’étude de l’anglais scientifique
Authors: Le Cor Gwen
Published: November 2014

Cet article s’attache au dialogue que la littérature américaine contemporaine instaure avec les mathématiques et s’intéresse en retour aux enjeux de ce dialogue pour l’étude de l’anglais scientifique. Si l’on admet avec René Thom que le « formalisme mathématique » s’oppose en tout point au langage naturel, se pose alors le problème de la définition de ce que pourrait être l’objet « anglais des mathématiques ». La première partie de cette étude s’attache à cette question définitoire. L’article examine ensuite l’hypothèse que la littérature puisse proposer une expérience de pensée mathématique et donc être une voie d’accès privilégiée à l’anglais scientifique. En s’appuyant sur les réflexions de Brian Massumi, et de Jean-Luc Nancy l’article envisage enfin la manière dont la littérature permet de saisir le mode d’abstraction et l’affect des concepts mathématiques.
The future of ESP studies: building on success, exploring new paths, avoiding pitfalls
Authors: Williams Christopher
Published: November 2014

L’auteur fournit dans cet article un résumé de l’état de l’art en anglais de spécialité (ASP) ; il souligne la façon dont l’ASP s’est développé et le rôle qu’il joue actuellement au sein de la recherche universitaire et de l’enseignement d’une langue étrangère. Il propose ensuite des voies sur lesquelles l’ASP peut évoluer dans le futur et il se penche en particulier sur les pistes suivantes : la nécessité d’une implication plus profonde dans des domaines non linguistiques (médecine, droit, ingénierie, économie, etc.) et de plus de dialogue avec les praticiens de ces domaines ; l’importance de l’étude des formes de vulgarisation du discours spécialisé et de leur enseignement ; l’exploration (et l’exploitation) du phénomène de la multimodalité en lien avec les études en ASP ; le potentiel de l’enseignement d’une matière par l’intégration d’une langue étrangère (EMILE/CLIL) ; la nécessité de veiller à ce que les études en ASP se penchent sur ce qui est à la fois innovant, pertinent et intéressant pour les enseignants et les praticiens. Cette brève présentation des études en ASP passées, présentes et futures est destinée en particulier aux chercheurs en ASP novices ou à ceux dont les connaissances en ASP sont réduites.
Innovation and regulation in telecommunications industry: A comparative institutional economic analysis
Authors: Biondi Yuri , Giannoccolo Pierpaolo
Published: November 2014

Cet article développe un modèle input-output du secteur des télécommunications. Ce modèle appréhende ce secteur comme un système industriel qui relie les producteurs de contenu (qui génèrent l’information et la communication à transmettre) avec les récepteurs (qui reçoivent ces contenus). Ce système est alors constitué par trois ‘clusters’ fonctionnels (intermédiaires) qui exploitent quatre types de ressources – tangibles et intangibles – liées aux processus d’innovation, recherche et développement (R&D). Cette approche systémique permet une analyse économique institutionnelle comparée des régimes alternatifs de régulation. Nous considérons ici les cas polaires de l’intégration et de la séparation fonctionnelles (engendrés par les politiques de séparation fonctionnelle, la libéralisation des anciens monopoles publics, l’accès réglementé par les nouveaux entrants, la réglementation des alliances et coentreprises industrielles et commerciales, etc.). Nous analysons les effets de ces régimes sur les niveaux et les incitations à innover par les différents intermédiaires, ainsi que sur la performance et la qualité conjointes qu’ils délivrent aux usagers (qu’il s’agisse des producteurs comme des récepteurs des contenus d’information et communication). Nos résultats permettent de formuler des recommandations en termes de régulations industrielle et comptable du secteur des télécommunications. En raison de sa généralité, cette approche systémique pourra s’appliquer à d’autres industries de réseau concernées par des processus d’innovation, recherche et développement (R&D).
Analyse structurelle des systèmes hydriques urbains en Europe : aspects organisationnels et défis patrimoniaux
Authors: Bolognesi Thomas
Published: November 2014

Cet article présente une analyse des déséquilibres à l’œuvre dans le secteur des eaux urbaines. Le processus de gouvernance influe significativement sur la dynamique du secteur, en particulier durant la phase de modernisation qu’il poursuit. Nous proposons alors une grille d’analyse rendant compte des interactions entre les composantes économique et institutionnelle au sein du secteur. Le système hydrique urbain (SHU) offre un aperçu élargi du secteur hydrique urbain et son application au cas des villes européennes aboutit à des résultats originaux. L’article expose le cadre analytique puis présente des résultats empiriques afférant à l’infrastructure et à la soutenabilité des systèmes hydriques urbains en Europe.
Écouter le monde mais n’entendre que soi
Authors: Weiss Sarah
Published: November 2014

This essay problematizes some of the ways in which aesthetic preferences intersect with listeners’ perspectives on borders, boundary crossings, and constructions of authenticity as they encounter musical hybridity and processes of globalization. Using analytical ideas drawn from hybridity theory (Garcia Canclini, Kraidy, Young, Deleuze, Stross) and ethnographic data from the responses of university listeners who respond to two pop songs from Mali, the author suggests that “perceived authenticity” is a primary filter for the valuation of world musics. Although marketers exploit these perceptions, understanding that authenticity is more malleable and cyclic than its definition suggests reveals the complicated nexus between category boundaries, audience expectation, and the hybridizing processes of cultural interaction.
Gifted Education and One Case Solution through E-Learning in Japan
Authors: Nagai Masahiro , Matsunami Noriyuki
Published: November 2014

Japanese parents are genuinely concerned about their children's education, especially if the latter display exceptional abilities. Such parents also believe that the public education system insufficiently nurtures their gifted children's potential. Consequently, parents frequently enroll their children in private schools and afterschool programs at cram schools (juku), which feature accelerated, condensed curriculums. Juku have subsequently prospered, with approximately 37.8% of Japanese sixth grade students attending one (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, & Technology in Japan, 2008). Public schools have noted juku students' excellent examination results and begun hiring juku instructors (Kuroishi, 2009). Unfortunately, equally gifted, but poor, students cannot afford to enroll in these institutions (Mimiduka, 2009). Therefore, the authors propose implementing an e-learning system, granting students affordable access to supplemental learning opportunities. Herein, they discuss the state of Japanese gifted education before highlighting e-learning's effectiveness in this context based on practical educational research at a Tokyo elementary school.
Exploring the Use of Virtual World Technology for Idea-Generation Tasks
Authors: Nicholson Jennifer A. , Nicholson Darren B. , Coyle Patrick , Hardin Andrew , Krishen Anjala S.
Published: November 2014

While the potential value of Virtual World Technologies (VWTs) lies in their promise to facilitate communication through new and novel forms of collaboration, there is a lack of prior research that examines how VWTs compare to other types of information and communication technologies (ICT) commonly used to support collaborative work. This study investigates the effects of VWTs on group ideation outcomes; specifically, it compares the use of Second Life to a chat environment for idea generation tasks. As hypothesized, groups using VWTs for an idea generation task generated significantly more unique ideas and enjoyed using the environment more than the chat environment. Contrary to our predictions, no significant difference between the two environments was observed for satisfaction, group cohesion, and social presence.
Do We Need an Interdisciplinary Approach to Bring Consumers' Desires to e-Market?
Authors: Letouze Patrick , Prata David N.
Published: November 2014

In 2012, the internet advertising revenue in the United States of America reached a total of 36.6 billion dollars, a growth of 15.2% when compared to 2011. The efficiency of a marketing strategy relies in the ability to understand and to direct the consumers' desires. In this work, the authors propose an approach that combines the Internet-Based Information Consumer Theory (IBICT) with semiotics to bring consumers' desires to e-Market. Hence, we present IBICT's framework as a collective network set based on a semiotic human-machine approach. For implementation purposes, we propose a text mining architecture towards IBICT's framework, which leads to an IBICT's architecture, and an Interdisciplinary Research Project Management (IRPM) approach to determine IBICT's dimensions.
The Role of Electronic Signature in the Third Millennium of the Development of International Trade Transactions
Authors: Bagherian Amir , Nasaband Yosef Ebrahimi , Heidari Hassan , Ebrahimi Mahmoud
Published: November 2014

Data explosion, in the present era, has created a lot of changes in the social, economic and cultural relationships of all developed societies. Modern areas usually do not have the required legitimacy; however it does not mean that the way for all kinds of violation is open. Social life requires that order and security also govern these areas and protect ethics and public interests. Electronic commerce law is one of these areas a debatable area filled with innovations and surprises. In this regard, waves of internet revolution and the explosion of e-commerce collide with the legal system and influence the concepts of traditional law. One of the key achievements of information technology is changes in traditional regime of evidence claim. In the system of evidence claim in the majority of countries, written reasons and documents are of undeniable importance, in a way that they are mostly used as citation or to defend the Lawsuit. In fact, a lawsuit and adducing the evidence in our legal life largely depend on delivering or issuance of a written paper such as ID cards, pay stubs, payment receipts, contracts, declarations, warnings, statements, and or commercial documents.
Condensing Biochemistry into Gene Regulatory Networks
Authors: de la Fuente Alberto
Published: November 2014

Gene Regulatory Networks are models of gene regulation. Inferring such model from genome-wide gene-expression measurements is one of the key challenges in modern biology, and a large number of algorithms have been proposed for this task. As there is still much confusion in the current literature as to what precisely Gene Regulatory Networks are, it is important to provide a definition that is as unambiguous as possible. In this paper the author provides such a definition and explain what Gene Regulatory Networks are in terms of the underlying biochemical processes. The author will use a linear approximation to the in general non-linear kinetics underlying interactions in biochemical systems and show how a biochemical system can be ‘condensed' into a more compact description, i.e. Gene Regulatory Networks. Important differences between the defined Gene Regulatory Networks and other network models for gene regulation, i.e. Transcriptional Regulatory Networks and Co-Expression Networks, are also discussed.
Nurses’ Perceptions of Family Presence during Resuscitation
Authors: Tudor Kelly , Berger Jill , Polivka Barbara J. , Chlebowy Rachael , Thomas Beena
Published: November 2014

Background

Although strong evidence indicates that the presence of a patient’s family during resuscitation has a positive effect on the family, the practice is still controversial and is not consistently implemented.

Objectives

To explore nurses’ experience with resuscitation, perceptions of the benefits and risks of having a patient’s family members present, and self-confidence in having family presence at their workplace. Differences in demographic characteristics and relationships between nurses’ perceptions of self-confidence and perceived risks and benefits of family presence were evaluated.

Methods

The study was descriptive, with a cross-sectional survey design. A convenience sample of 154 nurses working in inpatient and outpatient units at an urban hospital were surveyed. The 63-item survey included 2 previously validated scales, demographic questions, and opinion questions.

Results

Nurses’ self-confidence and perceived benefit of family presence were significantly related (r = 0.54; P < .001). Self-confidence was significantly greater in nurses who had completed training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, had experienced 10 or more resuscitation events, were specialty certified, or were members of nurses’ professional organizations. Barriers to family presence included fear of interference by the patient’s family, lack of space, lack of support for the family members, fear of trauma to family members, and performance anxiety.

Conclusions

Changing the practice of family presence will require strengthening current policy, identifying a team member to attend to the patient’s family during resuscitation, and requiring nurses to complete education on evidence that supports family presence and changes in clinical practice.
New report of the coral-associated decapods from the early Messinian (Late Miocene) of Acquabona, Rosignano Marittimo (Toscana, Italy)
Authors: De Angeli Antonio , Garassino Alessandro , Pasini Giovanni
Published: November 2014

We report a coral-associated decapods from the early Messinian (Late Miocene) of Acquabona, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno (Toscana, Italy). This study allowed to identify these species, as follows: Galathea cfr. G. squamifera Leach, 1814 (Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819), Pisi-dia kokayi (Müller, 1974) (Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825), Pilumnus cfr. P. mediterraneus (Lőrenthey, 1897) (Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819), Actaea calzadai Müller, 1984, Xantho moldavicus (Yanakevich, 1977), Haydnella cfr. H. steiningeri Müller, 1984, and Liomera bagaglioi n. sp. (Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838). The studied fauna has some affinities with the Miocene faunas of Mediterranean area, especially with the fauna from the Neogene of Catalonia (Spain). It is the first report of coral-associated decapods from the Miocene of Italy.
La fondazione dell’Orto botanico di Brera e gli anni della direzione dell’abate vallombrosano Fulgenzio Vitman (1728-1806) tra assolutismo asburgico ed età napoleonica
Authors: Visconti Agnese
Published: November 2014

Il saggio ricostruisce, sulla base di documenti per la massima parte inediti raccolti nell’Archivio di Stato di Milano, nella Biblioteca di Brera di Milano, nella Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, nel Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano e nell’Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, la storia della fondazione e dei primi decenni di attività dell’Orto, annesso alla cattedra di Botanica del Ginnasio di Brera, alla quale venne chiamato nel 1774 il padre vallombrosano Fulgenzio Vitman. La prima parte del lavoro descrive le operazioni materiali compiute per l’allestimento dell’Orto. Segue la descrizione dello svolgimento annuo dei lavori consistenti perlopiù nell’acquisizione e nei cambi di semi e piante, nell’adozione per la disposizione delle piante del metodo di classificazione di Linneo, nell’utilizzo delle piante per le lezioni. Si passa quindi all’analisi dei modi che Vitman adottò per arricchire l’Orto, sottolineando la sua convinzione dell’opportunità di privilegiare le piante necessarie alla didattica e alla ricerca scientifica. Purtroppo, mancando l’Orto di un proprio archivio e di raccolte di lettere, molte questioni restano ancora non risolte. Appaiono comunque evidenti sia l’appartenenza di Vitman alla fitta rete di scambi tra i botanici dell’epoca, sia l’utilizzo di canali diplomatici, in particolare per gli scambi con Francia, Olanda e Spagna. Il contributo si conclude con la descrizione dell’attività didattica e scientifica di Vitman, autore di un fortunato libro di testo, De medicatis herbarum facultatibius liber, Faventiae 1770, e di una importante Summa plantarum, Mediolani 1789-1792, in 6 volumi, nella quale l’autore segue il metodo di classificazione linneano.
Distraction Techniques for Children Undergoing Procedures: A Critical Review of Korean Intervention Research.
Authors: Im Eun Seon , Kim Jin Sun
Published: November 2014

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to provide a critical assessment of evidence-based Korean pediatric research that can inform clinical practicability of, and future research on distraction interventions for pediatric procedural pain management.METHODS: A critical review of evidence-based Korean pediatric research was conducted. Databases were searched to identify research that included an evaluation of a distraction intervention as an intervention for pediatric procedural pain management. The search yielded 68 studies.RESULTS: From these studies, 14 were included for this review and all were recently published (2003-2014). Quasi experimental designs were most frequently used (n=12) and for 71.4% the focus was preschoolers. Audiovisual techniques were the most common form of distraction. In most studies clinical utility of the distraction intervention was not examined. Fairly consistent reductions in behavioral measures of pain in association with the distraction intervention were found but less consistent results were found for physiological measures.CONCLUSION: Lack of methodological rigor limits the evidence for distraction interventions to reduce pain and fear experienced by children during painful procedures. Further research to analyze the cost and time-effectiveness and to identify consumer and provider satisfaction with distraction interventions is needed to determine whether distraction interventions are clinically relevant.
Nocturnal enuresis: A topic review and institution experience
Authors: DiBianco John Michael , Morley Chad , Al-Omar Osama
Published: November 2014

The objective is to provide a review of nocturnal enuresis (NE), including its epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, evaluation, and current management. We also set to provide further insight on the treatment of this condition from the experience derived from patients cared for at our tertiary‑care institution. NE affects approximately 15% of all children at 5‑year‑old, affecting boys more frequently than girls. At our large university tertiary pediatric urology center, NE and incontinence, in general, is one the most common chief complaints prompting urologic care. In this review, we examine the condition in detail, highlighting specific goals of the initial evaluation and treatment. We contrast the commonly implemented treatment recommendations, available from the literature with strategies we have found valuable from our extensive experience in treating patients with this disorder. Using current urologic reference textbooks, book chapters, Medline, journal articles and reviews describing the many aspects of NE were reviewed in order to describe NE and the current practices at our institution. Although, this is not a systematic literature review, it includes relevant available research, institutional experience and urological expert opinion and current practices at a tertiary state health facility. The treatment of NE remains a challenge for many pediatricians and pediatric urologists. This likely stems from the multiple possible etiologies of the disorder. We have established a treatment algorithm at our institution, which we have found successful in the majority of our patients. This consists of starting patients on urotherapy, then offering both the enuresis alarm device and medication therapy as first line treatments, and finally adding anticholingerics for combination therapy. Our hope is with further research the treatment of NE will continue to improve.
Unique mitral valve mass: Think beyond vegetation
Authors: Farhoud Mahmoud , Bakdash Husam
Published: November 2014

Osteosarcoma is a rare cardiac malignant tumor. This case of cardiac osteosarcoma presented with atrial fibrillation. Initial echocardiogram demonstrated mitral valve echodensity and mitral valve regurgitation. Surgery and histopathological examination identified the tumor as an osteosarcoma. Tumor grade appeared to be prognostically important in cardiac sarcoma, with poor prognosis in high-grade tumors.
The Satyagraha against diabetes
Authors: Kalra Sanjay , Baruah Maanash , Saboo Banshi
Published: November 2014

This communication discusses Gandhian thought, i.e, the philosophy propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, and its relevance to modern diabetes care. The authors call for a ′righteous movement′ against diabetes, including individual and community-based efforts to minimize its impact. They list various useful suggestions which are concordant with Gandhian thought, and suggest interventions which the Mahatma would have supported in the fight against diabetes. Ideas and thoughts published by him are cited to back these suggestions.
The second step in data analysis: Coding qualitative research data
Authors: Stuckey Heather
Published: November 2014

Coding is a process used in the analysis of qualitative research, which takes time and creativity. Three steps will help facilitate this process:

1. Reading through the data and creating a storyline;

2. Categorizing the data into codes; and

3. Using memos for clarification and interpretation.

Remembering the research question or storyline, while coding will help keep the qualitative researcher focused on relevant codes. A data dictionary can be used to define the meaning of the codes and keep the process transparent. Coding is done using either predetermined (a priori) or emergent codes, and most often, a combination of the two. By using memos to help clarify how the researcher is constructing the codes and his/her interpretations, the analysis will be easier to write in the end and have more consistency. This paper describes the process of coding and writing memos in the analysis of qualitative data related to diabetes research.
Diabetes mellitus: Implication in rural area of Thane district, India
Authors: Bansode-Gokhe Seema , Waghmare Rakesh , Ratnendra Ratnerdra
Published: November 2014

Context: Diabetes mellitus along with its complications contribute a significant amount of burden on the society. Lack of awareness has resulted in an increased number of diabetics over the years. Aims: To study the sociodemographic status, complication profile and perception of diabetic patients regarding their illness. Settings and Design: Cross sectional center based study done on 110 type 2 diabetic patients over a period of 5 months at rural health training center. Materials and Methods: Universal sampling technique was used. All old and newly diagnosed diabetic patients were interviewed by Face to Face interview method. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistics for sociodemographic factors and morbidity; cross tabulation by using test of significance to find association between different variables were used. Results: 50% patients were illiterate, 91.82% were married and 44.5% were farmers. The perception of self-health was reported GOOD on Stanford patient education research center questionnaire scale in 62.7% patients; these responses were significantly associated with males. 61.81% patient had symptoms of coronary heart disease (CHD). 87.3%, 59.1%, and 58.2% patient had symptoms of neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy respectively. Out of 61 patients who were aware of complications only 1/10th were aware with the fact that diabetes can affect eye and heart. Conclusions: Almost half patients were unaware that disease is associated with complications and in remaining halves awareness was negligible for neuropathy and nephropathy. In contrast around 2/3rd patients had symptoms of CHD, nephropathy and retinopathy.
Feasibility of opportunistic screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Need for interventions to improve follow up
Authors: Shewade Hemant , Palanivel Chinnakali , Balamurugesan Kandan , Vinayagamoorthi Ramu , Sunderamurthy Bhuvaneswary , Vasudevan Kavita , Basu Sharbari , Rajagopalan Narayana
Published: November 2014

Objective: To determine the feasibility of opportunistic screening for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among adult attendees of medicine outpatient department (OPD) at a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry district, India. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among nonpregnant nondiabetic adults above 30 years of age attending MOPD to screen for diabetes mellitus (DM). Those with random blood glucose of 6.1 mM/l or more were sent for definitive tests; fasting plasma glucose and post prandial (PP) plasma glucose. Double data entry and validation was done. Results: A total of 510 outpatients were tested for random blood glucose: 278 (54.5%) had blood glucose above the cut off. Out of 278, 83 (29.9%) returned for definitive tests: 18 [21.7%, 0.95 CI: 14.2%, 31.7%] had either fasting plasma glucose and/or PP plasma glucose in diabetic range and 16 (19.3%, 0.95 CI: 12.2%, 29.1%) had impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance. Case detection (screening yield) of diabetes in the adult outpatients was 3.5% (0.95 CI: 2.2%, 5.5%). Conclusion: Compliance or follow-up for definitive tests was poor resulting in low screening yield. Future studies should focus on interventions to improve follow up of outpatients.
Pilot study on the effectiveness of telemedicine in improving the quality of diabetes care of the rural Nepal
Authors: Bhattarai Jyoti , Shakya Samjhana , Shrestha Niraj
Published: November 2014

The use of telecommunication in the field of medicine is very limited in Nepal. Despite huge potential of improving access of the sub-urban and rural communities with the urban-based health care professionals for expert consultation, the use of the telecommunication technology remains largely unexplored. In light of the facts, a comparative study was conducted at a rural community in Makwanpur. In total 40 patients (20 in each group) were selected for the study with an objective to test the feasibility and effectiveness of telemedicine in improving the quality of diabetes care in an experimental group and control group in Makwanpur district. In the intervention group, diabetes care was provided with tele-consultation for diabetes care mediated via local doctor. The outcome was compared with a control group based in an urban community with treatment as usual in their community. The study results showed that the use of telemedicine is a feasible alternative to provide diabetes care in rural Nepal. Overall fasting blood sugar was better controlled in the control group whereas there was significant improvements in micro albumin were observed in the interventional group. Similarly, the knowledge of the respondents on various aspects of the disease was also found to be better in the interventional group than in the control group. Majority of the respondents (90%) felt telemedicine service is less expensive than the service they had taken before.
Interventions in Education Systems
Authors: Scott David , Posner Charles , Martin Christopher , Guzman Elsa
Published: November 2014

Interventions in Education Systems draws on research conducted in England, Mexico, Singapore and Finland to illuminate reform processes to education systems in a range of contexts, to develop a better understanding of intervention processes and to promote the development of more sophisticated models for reforming education systems. The authors compare policy implementations and interventions in countries with different socio-economic profiles and different levels of development, highlighting how these processes in practice all too frequently are side-tracked and distorted, often unintentionally, by political, economic and social forces.
Drugs and Domesticity: Fencing the Nation
Authors: Race Kane
Published: November 2014

Indirect techniques for controlling individuals are advanced, promoted in terms of a moral vocabulary of ‘self-care’. One of the challenges for a national culture disaggregating in this way is how to contain, channel, even profit from the fears, resentment and anxiety that accompanies the loss of various prior forms of security. Here I explore, through analysis of a number of texts, the ways in which the representation of drugs is rallied to this purpose—inciting, concentrating and managing the fear surrounding changes to the economic, political, racial and sexual landscape of our time, while refiguring expectations, demarcations and investments in the public and private domains, and how these spheres of action are made to appear.
Autonomia in the 1970s: The Refusal of Work, the Party and Power
Authors: Cuninghame Patrick
Published: November 2014

One of my aims is to unpack the myths and conspiracy theories surrounding Italian Autonomia and the 1970s to clarify better its role as a movement involved in the conflicts of a period of almost continuous political and economic upheaval and of profound cultural and social change.
Palpable History
Authors: Gibson Ross
Published: November 2014

The article focuses on the essence of non-verbal and palpable historiography. It discusses some screen effects in an artwork called Street X-Rays and cites that viewers at the exhibition could think about the historical feeling rather than its meaning and that although the kinetic event is gone, one could imagine its continuity. Moreover, it is noted that the conditions of living and working in an aftermath-culture like Australia provides that the vital evidence is either missing or non-textual.
Critical Indigenous Studies: From Difference to Density
Authors: Andersen Chris
Published: November 2014

Proponents of the discipline of Native Studies (in its various guises) have attempted to produce a methodologically and theoretically distinctive body of scholarship to justify its existence in the field of academia. Critiquing Duane Champagne’s recent article published in a flagship journal for North American Native Studies, I argue that while establishing Native Studies as a discipline has little or nothing to do with securing Native Studies departments on university campuses, a place nonetheless exists for these departments. Marrying Native Studies literature on the importance of producing tribally specific knowledge with Australian-based Whiteness Studies literature focusing on the utility of indigeneity for denaturalising white privilege, I argue that the discipline of Native Studies should justify itself departmentally by teaching about the complex forms of local indigeneity upon which white privilege is reproduced.
Reflecting on Power Relationships in the 'Doing' of Rural Cultural Research
Authors: Dufty Rae
Published: November 2014

Foucaultian understandings of power have come to be highly influential in the how we analyse and write up rural cultural research. However, despite the extensive application of his work, Foucault’s retheorisation of power has been less consistently applied to how we ‘do’ rural cultural research. While researchers have sought to recognise and develop appropriate strategies around the role of power in how research is conducted, we have been less specific regarding how we theorise and apply our concepts of power when reflecting on the research process. It is the implications of this lack of theoretical rigour, combined with institutional constructions of research relationships, that this paper seeks to interrogate. Drawing on research conducted as part of doctorate, this article analyses the diverse ways in which participants from four New South Wales rural public housing communities negotiated the research relationship with myself and influenced the way this research was conducted and what became the final research project. Ultimately, this article argues that issues of theoretical consistency are fundamental to the overall integrity of reflexive processes when doing rural cultural research.
On Blowing Up the Pokies: The Pokie Lounge as a Cultural Site of Neoliberal Governmentality in Australia
Authors: Nicoll Fiona
Published: November 2014

In 1999 The Whitlams, a popular ‘indie’ band named after a former Australian prime minister whose government was controversially sacked in 1975 by the Governor-General, released a single titled ‘Blow up the Pokies’. Written about a former band member’s fatal attraction to electronic gaming machines (henceforth referred to as ‘pokies’), the song was mixed by a top LA producer, a decision that its writer and The Whitlam’s front-man, Tim Freedman, describes as calculated to ‘get it on big, bombastic commercial radio’. The investment paid off and the song not only became a big hit for the band, it developed a legacy beyond the popular music scene, with Freedman invited to write the foreword of a ‘self-help manual for giving up gambling’ as well as appearing on public affairs television shows to discuss the issue of problem gambling. The lyrics of ‘Blow up the Pokies’ frame the central themes of this article: spaces, technologies and governmentality of gambling. It then explores what cultural articulations of resistance to the pokie lounge tell us about broader social and cultural dynamics of neoliberal governmentality in Australia.
From Ethnocentrism to Transculturalism: A Film Studies Pedagogical Journey
Authors: Yeates Helen , McVeigh Margaret , Van Hemert Tess
Published: November 2014

This study reviews the exploratory implementation of an ‘internationalising the curriculum’ policy in relation to a cultural studies unit within a Creative Industries Faculty at an Australian university. Charting certain pedagogical practices in the delivery of transnational film studies, this case study involves a critical, contextual examination of student feedback as well as current theories about transcultural curricula in general and film studies curricula in particular. The study shows that tertiary students can be provided with an extraordinarily rich range of differing, sometimes conflicting, but always engaging transcultural insights and understandings.  It is further argued that transnational competencies may be developed and enabled through the innovative realisation of a type of ‘border crossing’ pedagogical model, largely by foregrounding transcultural ‘affective’ issues around social justice.
Children, Consumption, Controversy
Authors: Kambuta Rebecca
Published: November 2014

A review of David Buckingham, The Material Child: Growing Up in Consumer Culture (Polity Press, Cambridge, 2011) and Reg Bailey, Letting Children Be Children: Report of an Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood (TSO for the Department of Education, UK, 2011)
Canted Desire: Otaku Performance in Japanese Popular Culture
Authors: Sone Yuji
Published: November 2014

The term, otaku, which addresses varied fandom-related activities, is a buzzword in discussions of Japanese popular culture. This article addresses the most controversial aspect of otaku practice: the stereotypical male otaku’s admiration for, and investment in, cartoon images of young girl characters. While this practice has been discussed in terms of the notions of perversion and of queerness, I see this otaku practice not in terms of a sexual politics, but as operating through a highly culturally-specific tradition that understands signs in embodied terms. I consider how Japanese traditions of somatic and material conditioning relate to and assist to explain this practice. I propose the concept of ‘performance’ as a profound process for making social meaning, and the key term with which to understand the Japanese engagement with artefacts, in contrast to an idea of performance as essentially false, and to do with mere appearance. The article illustrates how an exchange between the male otaku’s coded gesturing and his embodied relations with the young girl cartoon image is derived from traditional concepts. The ‘radicality’ of the otaku’s ‘perversity’ lies in its aberrant construction of intersubjective communication through a cultural habitus that is extended to the Internet, merging the subject and the object of desire.
Music Genre as Method
Authors: Laurie Timothy
Published: November 2014

A review of Jennifer C. Lena, Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music (Princeton University Press, 2012), Michelle Phillipov, Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits(Lexington Books, 2012) and Graham St John, Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance (Equinox Publishing, 2012).
Being, Thinking, Writing 'With'
Authors: Sullivan Nikki
Published: November 2014

Once upon a time there were three women: they were known as ‘the woman in black’, ‘the grey-haired woman with the well-developed sense of humor’ and ‘the rather quiet woman with the capacity to shock’. These women, who had known each other for quite some time, were all physicists. They were also friends. As physicists, the woman in black, the grey-haired woman with the well-developed sense of humour and the rather quiet woman with the capacity to shock had learned, and now shared, ‘a specific vocabulary, grammar and rhetoric’. They knew what could count as a scientific observation, ‘what standards of accuracy in determining observations [were] possible, how the words of common language [were] restricted and refined for use in [their particular] scientific discipline’. They knew how to tell the ‘truth’. Rational knowledge and empirical evidence were no strangers to these women who were well versed in what could count as an argument. Consequently, it was said by some that these women constituted a microcosmic rational community.
Beyond the Beach and into the Blue: Gold Coast High-rises and the Oceanic Gaze
Authors: Griffin Grahame
Published: November 2014

Gold Coast high-rises are big and tall and sometimes they appear or are made to appear bigger and taller than they really are. They also loom large in other ways. They are part of the fabric and fantasy of the Gold Coast. They are its supreme icons. Only nine per cent of the permanent population lives in high-rises and the canal estates have considerable local cachet and appeal. Yet the city turns to its high-rises not only to promote itself to the rest of the world, but also to hold its own self-image: the Gold Coast City Council sponsors a ‘heritage’ architectural guide to tall buildings on the Gold Coast; the Gold Coast Bulletin constantly features articles on new high-rise plans and developments, high-rise architects, builders and developers, and high-rise residents. No-one seems to complain about views being obscured, at least publicly, and the shadows-on-the-beach argument, once a talking point, has been abandoned—in resignation, perhaps.
Reconciling Replicas: The Second Coming of the Duyfken
Authors: Bignall Simone , Galliford Mark
Published: November 2014

Until recently, history as written by the ‘victors’ has been nothing more than repeated efforts to capture a certain slant of truth in order to (re)territorialise the position of ‘white’ dominance in this country. The re-enactment of historical events can be instrumental in the re-presentation of this privileged history. The re-enacted landing of the replica ship Duyfken in August 2000 was marked by an important shift in attitude for at least one of the leading protagonists in the event. In this respect, this particular re-enactment has offered some interesting ways of viewing history/ies in a postcolonial context and for appraising the concept of reconciliation. This essay considers three aspects of the re-enactment: the introduction of a historical discontinuity in Australian ‘race’ relations through the cultivation of a certain type of cultural intimacy during the journey; the (hi)story behind the re-enactment and some reflections on historiography; and, subsequently, an analysis of how the event of the landing could imply an expanded expression of reconciliation, potentially freeing it from its current constraints.
Inflammation and repair in the ischaemic myocardium
Authors: Swirski F. K.
Published: November 2014

Shortly after myocardial infarction, various circulating leukocyte subsets accumulate in the heart. Leukocyte recruitment is highly coordinated and relies on cell production in the bone marrow, mobilization to the blood, and chemokine-mediated infiltration to the destination tissue. Neutrophils, which are phagocytic and inflammatory, are among the first leukocytes to accumulate in large numbers. Within a day, neutrophils disappear and are replaced by a subset of monocytes that further contribute to inflammation and phagocytosis. After a few days, monocyte-derived reparative macrophages accrue, quell inflammation, and foster angiogenesis and tissue remodelling. Studies suggest a wellbalanced response comprising these three waves is essential to optimal infarct healing.