bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
RTI and Other Approaches to SLD Identification Under the IDEA: A Legal Update
Authors: Zirkel Perry A.
Published: June 2017

This article provides a concise and objective synthesis of the federal legislation, regulations, and agency policy interpretations; state laws; and case law, including hearing officer and complaint investigation decisions, concerning specific learning disability (SLD) identification since the 2006 IDEA regulations. The results reveal wide latitude for school districts concerning the three approaches—severe discrepancy (SD), response to intervention (RTI), and, as the third, research-based alternative, pattern of strengths and weaknesses (PSW). Moreover, these primary sources of law, with agency policy interpretations being at the margin, provide an ascending absence of detailed directives in this same sequence—SD, RTI, and PSW. In particular, the case law for SLD eligibility is relatively frequent for SD, notably limited for RTI, and nonexistent for PSW.
A unified approach for assessing heterogeneity in age–period–cohort model parameters using random effects
Authors: Chernyavskiy Pavel , Little Mark P , Rosenberg Philip S
Published: June 2017

Age–period–cohort models are a popular tool for studying population-level rates; for example, trends in cancer incidence and mortality. Age–period–cohort models decompose observed trends into age effects that correlate with natural history, period effects that reveal factors impacting all ages simultaneously (e.g. innovations in screening), and birth cohort effects that reflect differential risk exposures that vary across birth years. Methodology for the analysis of multiple population strata (e.g. ethnicity, cancer registry) within the age–period–cohort framework has not been thoroughly investigated. Here, we outline a general model for characterizing differences in age–period–cohort model parameters for a potentially large number of strata. Our model incorporates stratum-specific random effects for the intercept, the longitudinal age trend, and the model-based estimate of annual percent change (net drift), thereby enabling a comprehensive analysis of heterogeneity. We also extend the standard model to include quadratic terms for age, period, and cohort, along with the corresponding random effects, which quantify possible stratum-specific departures from global curvature. We illustrate the utility of our model with an application to metastatic prostate cancer incidence (2004–2013) in non-Hispanic white and black men, using 17 population-based cancer registries in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.
Angiotensin Receptor–Neprilysin Inhibition
Authors: Havakuk Ofer , Elkayam Uri
Published: June 2017

The novel combination sacubitril/valsartan represents a new therapeutic approach in the management of heart failure. With the simultaneous blockage of the enzyme neprilysin (by sacubitril) and angiotensin II receptors (by valsartan), this combination reduces the degradation of natriuretic peptides and other counterregulatory peptide systems while avoiding the deleterious effect of angiotensin II receptors activation and thereby encompasses a beneficial impact of 2 important neurohormonal pathways activated in heart failure. As opposed to previously tested neprilysin inhibitors, sacubitril/valsartan represents a more effective method in reducing morbidity and mortality in heart failure, while preserving a safety profile comparable to well-established, standard, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor’s therapy.
Latin American Investigative Journalism Education: Learning Practices, Learning Gaps
Authors: Schmitz Weiss Amy , de Macedo Higgins Joyce Vanessa , Saldaña Magdalena , Alves Rosental Calmon
Published: June 2017

This study seeks to examine the state of investigative journalism practices used in higher education in Latin America. Using a meta-theoretical framework called the Community of Practice (CoP), this study seeks to identify whether a particular learning practice exists in this region. Based on an online survey conducted on Latin American educators and students, several gaps exist between them on the techniques and resources used to learn about investigative journalism. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the CoP approach as well as their impact on the profession and investigative journalism education in the region.
How Narratives of Fear Shape Girls’ Participation in Community Life in Two Conflict-Affected Populations
Authors: Sommer Marni , Munoz-Laboy Miguel , Wilkinson Salamea Emily , Arp Johanna , Falb Kathryn L. , Rudahindwa Nadine , Stark Lindsay
Published: June 2017

Numerous social factors shape girls’ lives in conflict-affected settings, affecting their vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV). Qualitative research methods were used to examine spaces of perceived safety and risk for girls living in two conflict-affected populations: camps in Ethiopia hosting primarily South Sudanese and Sudanese refugees and communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Three major themes emerged: (a) challenges around caregiver–child communication regarding development, sex, and sexual violence; (b) a typology of safe/risky spaces; and (c) the influence of male-dominated spaces on experiences and fear of GBV. The findings have implications for programs focused on reducing adolescent girls’ vulnerability to violence within conflict-affected contexts.
Plotting stories after war: Toward a methodology for negotiating identity
Authors: Khoury Nadim
Published: June 2017

Identity is an important factor in international conflicts. As it is a crucial part of the problem, some scholars argue, national identity should be an important part of the solution. Parties to the conflict, they recommend, should negotiate their national identities so as to reach a “narrative equilibrium” that will allow them to overcome national stereotypes, build trust, and sustain peaceful relations in the future. This article evaluates not the merits of these negotiations, but the tools that social scientists have employed to analyze them. Its main purpose, therefore, is methodological. It argues that attempts to theorize the negotiation of identity fall short of their goal because they focus heavily on the notion of negotiation and very little on the concept of identity. To remedy this shortcoming, the article turns to the structural theories of narrative to conceptualize the negotiation of identity as a negotiation of literary plots. It argues that the negotiation of identity is the attempt to move away from two mutually exclusive romantic plots, and toward tragic, comic, or satiric plots in counterpoint. The introduction of plots, the article concludes, provides important insights that help theorize the negotiation of identity in post-conflict scenarios.
Engaging with the anti-museum? Visitors to the Museum of Old and New Art
Authors: Franklin Adrian , Papastergiadis Nikos
Published: June 2017

Hailed as the most important cultural event since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania seemingly made very substantial changes to visitor experiences of an art gallery, catalysed a significant cultural florescence in Hobart and achieved tourism-led urban and regional regeneration on a par with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Drawing on a large survey of visitors this article illuminates the origins, social aims and impacts of successful attempts to push art museums beyond what Hanquinet and Savage call ‘educative leisure’. It contributes to our knowledge of the processes by which traditional forms of ‘highbrow’ cultural experience associated with the dominance of the classical and historical canon are being eclipsed by newer, performative, emotional and sensual forms of cultural taste.
Circulating Vitamin D and Overall Survival in Breast Cancer Patients: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies
Authors: Hu Kejia , Callen David Frederick , Li Jiayuan , Zheng Hong
Published: June 2017

Studies have shown that vitamin D could have a role in breast cancer survival; however, the evidence of the relationship between patients’ vitamin D levels and their survival has been inconsistent. This meta-analysis explores possible dose-response relationships between vitamin D levels and overall survival by allowing for differences in vitamin D levels among populations of the various studies. Studies relating vitamin D (25-OH-D [25-hydroxyvitamin D]) levels in breast cancer patients with their survival were identified by searching PubMed and Embase. A pooled HR (hazard ratio) comparing the highest with the lowest category of circulating 25-OH-D levels were synthesized using the Mantel-Haenszel method under a fixed-effects model. A two-stage fixed-effects dose-response model including both linear (a log-linear dose-response regression) and nonlinear (a restricted cubic spline regression) models were used to further explore possible dose-response relationships. Six studies with a total number of 5984 patients were identified. A pooled HR comparing the highest with the lowest category of circulating 25-OH-D levels under a fixed-effects model was 0.67 (95% confidence interval = 0.56-0.79, P < .001). Utilizing a dose-response meta-analysis, the pooled HR for overall survival in breast cancer patients was 0.994 (per 1 nmol/L), Pfor linear trend < .001. At or above a 23.3 nmol/L threshold, for a 10 nmol/L, 20 nmol/L, or 25 nmol/L increment in circulating 25-OH-D levels, the risk of breast cancer overall mortality decreased by 6%, 12%, and 14%, respectively. There was no significant nonlinearity in the relationship between overall survival and circulating 25-OH-D levels. Our findings suggest that there is a highly significant linear dose-response relationship between circulating 25-OH-D levels and overall survival in patients with breast cancer. However, better designed prospective cohort studies and clinical trials are needed to further confirm these findings.
A qualitative exploration of memory cuing by personal items in the home
Authors: Zijlema Annemarie , van den Hoven Elise , Eggen Berry
Published: June 2017

We are surrounded by personal items that can trigger memories, such as photos, souvenirs and heirlooms. Also during holidays, we collect items to remind us of the events, but not all bring back memories to the same extent. Therefore, we explored peoples’ responses to personal items related to a holiday, using the home tour interviewing method. In total, 63 accounts of cuing responses from nine home tours were analysed using thematic analysis. This resulted in four types of cuing responses: (a) ‘no-memory’ responses, (b) ‘know’ responses, (c) ‘memory evoked think or feel’ responses and (d) ‘remember’ responses. For each of these cuing response categories, we looked into the types of items and their characteristics. Furthermore, we found that some items can evoke multiple memories. The majority of the memories’ content refers to events close to the moment of acquiring the item.
The ethics of whistleblowing: Creating a new limit on intelligence activity
Authors: Bellaby Ross W
Published: June 2017

One of the biggest challenges facing modern societies is how to monitor one’s intelligence community while maintaining the necessary level of secrecy. Indeed, while some secrecy is needed for mission success, too much has allowed significant abuse. Moreover, extending this secrecy to democratic oversight actors only creates another layer of unobserved actors and removes the public scrutiny that keeps their power and decision-making in check. This article will therefore argue for a new type of oversight through a specialised ethical whistleblowing framework. This includes, first, outlining what intelligence wrongdoings justify whistleblowing; second, whether whistleblowing is the correct remedy – something not necessarily clear with intelligence; and finally, what form the whistleblowing should take. This framework will examine the Snowden case to determine whether he was correct leaking intelligence data and whether the means were appropriate, and second, whether those involved in the Central Intelligence Agency use of torture should have blown the whistle and if they now face blame for failing to act.
A Longitudinal Test of Three Theories of Overconfidence
Authors: Murphy Sean C. , Barlow Fiona Kate , von Hippel William
Published: June 2017

This article presents a longitudinal test of three proposed functions of overconfidence. In a sample of 894 high school boys surveyed across two school years, we examined whether overconfidence in sporting ability and intelligence predicts improved mental health, motivation, and popularity. Both sporting and intelligence overconfidence showed positive cross-sectional associations with mental health outcomes, but there was little evidence that overconfidence predicted improved mental health over time. Some evidence emerged that overconfidence in sporting ability, but not intellectual ability, predicted increased effort, but neither type of overconfidence predicted improvements in ability over time. Finally, sporting but not intellectual overconfidence predicted increased popularity over time. These results suggest that overconfidence is associated with increased social success over time in at least some domains, and contradict the oft-cited possibility that overconfidence leads to increasingly deleterious outcomes over time.
Education as an Antidote to Cynicism
Authors: Stavrova Olga , Ehlebracht Daniel
Published: June 2017

Although cynical beliefs about human nature yield numerous adverse consequences for individuals’ life outcomes and well-being, very little is known about factors that counteract the development of cynical beliefs. Drawing from the literature on the “education effect” describing the importance of education in overcoming close-mindedness and negative views of others, we propose that education can represent an antidote to cynicism. The results of two large-scale longitudinal studies showed that education was associated with lower levels of cynicism over time spans of 4 and 9 years. Longitudinal mediation analyses underscored the role of individual differences in perceived constraints, a facet of personal control, as the psychological mechanism underlying the education effect: Higher education is associated with a reduced perception of constraints, which is in turn related to less endorsement of cynical beliefs.
Markers of arterial stiffness in a sample of Lebanese subjects with Grade I essential hypertension
Authors: Mallat Samir , Jurjus Abdo , Bou Assi Tarek , Jurjus Alice , Shams Ali , El Sayegh Skye , Berbari Adel
Published: June 2017

Objectives:

Arterial stiffness is becoming a major global condition associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular problems and death. Several markers have been linked to arterial stiffness.

Methods:

To determine and evaluate these relations, anthropometric parameters (weight, height, and pulse rate), biochemical profile, and central and peripheral indices of arterial function were measured in 114 Lebanese subjects with Grade I essential hypertension.

Results:

Age was associated with a higher pulse wave velocity (p = .001), central systolic blood pressure (p = .013), central pulse pressure (p = .028), central augmentation index (p ≤ .0001) with a lower heart rate (p = .08), and glomerular filtration rate (p = .019). Pulse wave velocity was found to be higher in older subjects (>65 years) and correlated with higher body mass index (r = .85) independent of age. Aging also correlated with higher plasma glucose and alterations in calcium–phosphorus metabolism.

Conclusion:

Aging is associated with increased arterial stiffness which is reflected by an increase in the pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, central pulse pressure, and central systolic blood pressure with a reduction in heart rate. Also, a higher body mass index and a lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2) are associated with increased arterial stiffness while calcium and phosphorus metabolism may play a role by promoting vascular calcification.
Graph clustering-based discretization of splitting and merging methods (GraphS and GraphM)
Authors: Sriwanna Kittakorn , Boongoen Tossapon , Iam-On Natthakan
Published: June 2017

Discretization plays a major role as a data preprocessing technique used in machine learning and data mining. Recent studies have focused on multivariate discretization that considers relations among attributes. The general goal of this method is to obtain the discrete data, which preserves most of the semantics exhibited by original continuous data. However, many techniques generate the final discrete data that may be less useful with natural groups of data not being maintained. This paper presents a novel graph clustering-based discretization algorithm that encodes different similarity measures into a graph representation of the examined data. The intuition allows more refined data-wise relations to be obtained and used with the effective graph clustering technique based onnormalized associationto discover nature graphs accurately. The goodness of this approach is empirically demonstrated over 30 standard datasets and 20 imbalanced datasets, compared with 11 well-known discretization algorithms using 4 classifiers. The results suggest the new approach is able to preserve the natural groups and usually achieve the efficiency in terms of classifier performance, and the desired number of intervals than the comparative methods.
Increased mortality in women: sex differences in burn outcomes
Authors: Karimi Karen , Faraklas Iris , Lewis Giavonni , Ha Daniel , Walker Bridget , Zhai Yan , Graves Gareth , Dissanaike Sharmila
Published: June 2017

Background

There is increasing evidence that sex differences may influence responses after thermal injury and affect clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationships between sex, thermal injury, body size, and inpatient mortality in burn patients.

Methods

Medical records of adults with >20% total body surface area (TBSA) burn injury admitted to two American Burn Association (ABA)-verified burn centers between 2008 and 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. Injury details and baseline characteristics, including body size as estimated by body surface area (BSA) and body mass index (BMI) were recorded, along with details of the hospital course. The primary outcome of inpatient mortality was compared between sexes.

Results

Out of 334 subjects, 60 were women (18%). Median TBSA was 33% (IQR 25–49) in this cohort, with 19% full thickness burns and 30% inhalation injury. Despite no significant difference in age, presence of inhalation injury, TBSA, or depth of burn, women had significantly higher rates of inpatient mortality (45 vs. 29%, P = 0.01). BSA was significantly lower in women vs. men (P < 0.001), but this difference was not more pronounced among non-survivors. There was no difference in BMI between men and women non-survivors. Although not significant (P = 0.28), women succumbed to their injuries sooner than men (day 4 vs. 10 post-injury).

Conclusions

Women are less likely to survive burn injuries and die sooner than men with similar injuries. Body size does not appear to modulate this effect. Burn centers should be aware of the higher mortality risk in women with large burns.
An Atypical Presentation of Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM): A Rare Case with Antenatal Ultrasound Findings and Review of Literature
Authors: Gautam Munnangi Satya , M. Naren Satya Srinivas , Prathyusha Ivvala Sai , Reddy K. Hema Chandra , Mayilvaganan Kamala Retnam , Raidu Deepthi
Published: June 2017

Background: Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is a relatively rare congenital anomaly with a wide spectrum of ultrasound features depending on the specific variety of CPAM. Antenatal ultrasound is a valuable, safe, nonionizing, cost-effective, widely available and easily reproducible imaging tool and is indispensable in the diagnosis of CPAM. In this paper, we aimed to report an atypical imaging presentation of CPAM type II in the second trimester, extensively involving all lobes of the left lung.

Case Report: A 25-year-old G1P0A0 woman with a gestational age of around 22 weeks was referred for an anomaly scan. The antenatal ultrasound scan showed a single, live, intrauterine foetus corresponding to a gestational age of around 22 weeks and 4 days. There were multiple, anechoic structures noted within the pulmonary tissue in the left hemithorax, each measuring around 3 to 4 mm in diameter. The lesion was extending from the left lower lobe up to the apical (apicoposterior) segment of the left upper lobe. The ultrasound diagnosis of congenital pulmonary airway malformation type II was made. After explaining the condition and the poor prognosis to the patient, an informed consent was obtained after she opted for medical termination of pregnancy.

Conclusions: Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is an uncommon foetal anomaly with a very wide range of ultrasound appearances depending on the specific type of CPAM. CPAM also has a wide spectrum of differential diagnoses and a variable prognosis. Antenatal ultrasound should always be the primary mode of diagnosis in CPAM.
Εφαρμογή και αξιολόγηση του μαθήματος με τίτλο «Μαθαίνω πως να μαθαίνω να αθλούμαι» που υλοποιήθηκε με τη μέθοδο της εξ αποστάσεως διδασκαλίας στο πλαίσιο ενός ομίλου αριστείας στο Πρότυπο Πειραματικό Γυμνάσιο Πατρών
Authors: Καμπύλης Νίκος
Published: June 2017

Η παρούσα εργασία, στο πλαίσιο της αξιοποίησης της μεθόδου της εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης (εξΑΕ) στο χώρο της δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης, έχει σαν σκοπό την αξιολόγηση στην πράξη της λειτουργίας του εκπαιδευτικού υλικού, των γραπτών εργασιών, των ομαδικών συμβουλευτικών συναντήσεων (Ο.Σ.Σ.), των στοιχείων επικοινωνίας αλλά και της οργανωτικής διαδικασίας μέσα στην οποία εντάχθηκε.Εκμεταλλευτήκαμε τη δυνατότητα που προσφέρουν οι νομοθετικές ρυθμίσεις που αφορούν τα Πρότυπα Πειραματικά Σχολεία (Π.Π.Σ.) και προχωρήσαμε στον σχεδιασμό, την υλοποίηση και την παροχή ενός ολοκληρωμένου μαθήματος συμπληρωματικής εξΑΕ, με εκπαιδευτικό αντικείμενο από τις επιστήμες της Φυσικής Αγωγής κατά το σχολικό έτος 2013-2014. Οι είκοσι συμμετέχοντες, ήταν μαθητές της Γ΄ Τάξης του Πρότυπου Πειραματικού Γυμνασίου Πατρών (Π.Π.Γ.Π.).Για την αξιολόγηση των στοιχείων που συνέθεσαν τη συγκεκριμένη εκπαιδευτική εφαρμογή επιλέξαμε ως ερευνητικά εργαλεία συλλογής πρωτογενών δεδομένων, ένα ερωτηματολόγιο με κλειστού και ανοικτού τύπου ερωτήσεις το οποίο διανεμήθηκε στο σύνολο των συμμετεχόντων μαθητών, αλλά και την παράλληλη λήψη έξι ημιδομημένων συνεντεύξεων.Η διαδικασία της αξιολόγησης, μας έδωσε τη δυνατότητα του χαρακτηρισμού του εκπαιδευτικού αυτού εγχειρήματος ως ιδιαίτερα επιτυχούς και λειτουργικού, ενώ ανέδειξε ταυτόχρονα τη σκοπιμότητα επανάληψης ανάλογων εκπαιδευτικών εφαρμογών στο χώρο της δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Το εκπαιδευτικό υλικό, οι γραπτές εργασίες, οι Ο.Σ.Σ., η οργάνωση του μαθήματος και η επικοινωνία λειτούργησαν σε πολύ μεγάλο βαθμό προς την κατεύθυνση της εξυπηρέτησης της εκπαιδευτικής διαδικασίας. Παράλληλα η ερευνητική διαδικασία, έφερε στην επιφάνεια κάποια στοιχεία των αντικειμένων της αξιολόγησης τα οποία θα πρέπει νατεθούν υπό επανεξέταση και επαναπροσδιορισμό.
Eξ αποστάσεως συνεργατική μάθηση στην τεχνική επαγγελματική εκπαίδευση. Η περίπτωση ελέγχου οχήματος από απόσταση
Authors: Νιάρη Μαρία , Σαμαράς Χρήστος , Κουτσούκος Βλάσιος , Λιοναράκης Αντώνης , Βερύκιος Βασίλειος
Published: June 2017

Στην παρούσα εργασία περιγράφονται οι βασικές αρχές σχεδιασμού και υλοποίησης μιας δράσης εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης στη σχολική δευτεροβάθμια τεχνική και επαγγελματική εκπαίδευση. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, περιγράφονται τα στάδια σχεδιασμού και υλοποίησης της εκπαιδευτικής δράσης που έλαβε χώρα με τη μέθοδο της εξ αποστάσεως συνεργατικής μάθησης σε δύο ΕΠΑΛ/ΣΕΚ της Δράμας και της Αθήνας κατά το σχολικό έτος 2011-2012. Αντικείμενο προς γνωστική επεξεργασία και πρακτική καλλιέργεια δεξιότητας ήταν ο «έλεγχος οχήματος» από απόσταση. Τααποτελέσματα από την εφαρμογή της δράσης πιστοποιούν την ενίσχυση της αλληλεπίδρασης και της εστιασμένης συνεργατικής επικοινωνίας ως στοιχείων που ενισχύουν και προάγουν τη μάθηση σε εξ αποστάσεως συγχρονικό συνεργατικό περιβάλλον στην τεχνική επαγγελματική εκπαίδευση και την καλλιέργεια τεχνικών δεξιοτήτων. Επιπλέον, η επιτυχής εφαρμογή της δράσης παρέχει πλήθος δυνατοτήτων για επαγγελματικούς σκοπούς και συνεισφέρει στη δημιουργία νέων υπηρεσιών υψηλής ποιότητας όπως διάγνωση, επισκευή, οδική βοήθεια κ.ά. από απόσταση.
Lymphocyte Galactocerebrosidase Activity by LC-MS/MS for Post–Newborn Screening Evaluation of Krabbe Disease
Authors: Liao Hsuan-Chieh , Spacil Zdenek , Ghomashchi Farideh , Escolar Maria L , Kurtzberg Joanne , Orsini Joseph J , Turecek Frantisek , Scott C Ronald , Gelb Michael H
Published: June 2017

BACKGROUND

Deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme galactosylcerebrosidase (GALC) causes Krabbe disease. Newborn screening for Krabbe disease is ongoing, but improved methods for follow-up analysis of screen-positive babies are needed to better advise families and to optimize treatment. We report a new assay for the enzymatic activity of GALC in lymphocytes.

METHODS

T lymphocytes were isolated from venous blood by magnetic bead technology. The assay used a close structural analog of the natural substrate and LC-MS/MS to quantify the amount of product with the aid of a chemically identical internal standard.

RESULTS

The analytical range of the assay (ratio of assay response for the QC high standard to that from all non–enzymatic-dependent processes) was 20-fold greater than that for the conventional radiometric GALC assay. The LC-MS/MS could distinguish cells that were null in GALC from those that contained traces of active enzyme (down to 0.3% of normal). There was a good correlation between the level of residual GALC activity in lymphocytes and the severity of Krabbe disease.

CONCLUSIONS

The new assay can measure small amounts of residual GALC activity in leukocytes with high accuracy compared to previous assays and can contribute, along with genotyping, biomarker analysis, and neurological imaging, a better plan for post–newborn screening follow-up for Krabbe disease.
A fantastic fabrication of Weimar Berlin: Queer nostalgia, timeless memories and surreal spatiality in the film Bent
Authors: Padva Gilad
Published: June 2017

The extravagant opening sequence of the film Bent directed by Sean Mathias (1997) fabricates a promiscuous gay venue in the mythic 1930s Weimar Berlin. While Greta’s club is completely fictional, the megastar Mick Jagger’s drag show in this sequence queerly transcends spatiality and temporality. Greta/Jagger not only anticipates the persecution and annihilation of gay men in Nazi Germany but also elegizes modern queer subcultures and their often destructive self-indulgence. This sequence is a flamboyant return to the pastness of queer past that aesthetically represents a radically different queer contemporariness. The screening of queer nostalgia in this decadent opening sequence creates an allegorical space, a psychedelic modern Babylon or a sort of uncanny ‘thirdspace’, a physical and mental space at the same time. The fantastic venue is interrelated with displacement of cultural production, reinvention of collective memory, queer melancholy and, particularly, camp performativity and a new vision of nostalgia as drag show.
Into a wilderness of mirrors: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and queer nostalgia
Authors: Rogers Randal
Published: June 2017

This article examines the role nostalgia plays in three versions of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: John le Carré’s original novel from 1974, John Irvin’s 1979 miniseries, and, especially, Tomas Alfredson’s 2011 film. Within Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’s complex, highly contrived and furtive masculine narrative – where affects are filtered, sublimated and repressed – appear significant forms of nostalgia. Moreover, in all versions of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy nostalgia is queered/queer at vital moments. Without queer forms of nostalgia, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy would be a different film – so too would be the original novel and its multiple adaptations.
Of love and longing: Queer nostalgia in Carol
Authors: Daigle Allain
Published: June 2017

This article discusses nostalgia and sensation in Carol (Haynes, 2015), a contemporary melodrama about a lesbian romance in the 1950s. While Carol returns its romance to a closeted past, it presents a nostalgic view of queer desire that is neither wistful nor tragic. Drawing on Tamara de Szegheo Lang’s theory of critical nostalgia and Elizabeth Freeman’s theory of longing, this article argues that Carol’s nostalgic form, particularly its use of framing, texture and colour, unsettles linear experiences of time associated with looking at the past. Carol’s conspicuous formalism intertwines the phenomena and immediacy of temporal experience with the multiple experiences of historical desire, and the film’s aesthetics productively complicate its compliance with a larger narrative of linear progress. The interaction of framing, texture and colour in Carol engage ways of seeing that are critically full, rather than indulgently melancholic, of female desire in the 1950s.
Queer nostalgia in Mad Men
Authors: Hennessee David
Published: June 2017

Rich in 1960s period detail, the television series Mad Men (2007–15, US: AMC) nevertheless disrupts escapist nostalgia by exploring the injustices underlying the American Dream. As part of this portrayal, Mad Men shows us the pain and possibility of queer life before Stonewall. First, Mad Men spotlights the period’s homophobia and the sadness of closeted life, prompting viewers to be critical of benighted attitudes, sympathetic to queer characters, but also distanced from the period’s bigotry. Second, Mad Men documents the richness of 1960s queer life, especially detailing the growing acceptance of queer people in advertising. However, the series projects the present onto the past through tropes of the ‘gay best friend’ (GBF) and ‘helper homosexual’. Lastly, in the unexpected Glen Bishop–Betty Draper ‘romance’, the series moves beyond models of queerness rooted in identity and identity politics into a more modern exploration of ‘queer’ as non-normative, even queering time itself to propose new future potentialities. Through these different forms of nostalgia, Mad Men functions as a site of negotiation for contemporary approaches to ‘queerness’, oscillating between anti-homophobic unmasking of past injustice, neo-liberal faith in identity politics that celebrates diversity and inclusion, and a more transgressive queer challenge to normativity itself.
Blending in and standing out: Storytelling and genre in the LGBT biopics Milk and Pedro
Authors: Lupo Jonathan
Published: June 2017

This article considers the deployment of self-reflexive storytelling strategies by the titular protagonists in the LGBT biopics Milk (Van Sant, 2008) and Pedro (Oceano, 2008). Written by Dustin Lance Black, both films utilize the formal and narrative conventions as well as the historiographic features of the biopic genre to legitimize its subjects in contemporary culture. Furthermore, Harvey Milk and Pedro Zamora foreground the practice and political utility of storytelling as they assert control over their tragic yet ultimately hopeful legacies. Through a textual analysis of the films, the article examines how the films intersect with the LGBT biopic as a subgenre of the contemporary biographical film and as popular queer history.
A (re)turn to the past: Memory and movement in ¡Viva 16!
Authors: Shaffer Andrew W.
Published: June 2017

At a moment marked by death and displacement, the 1994 documentary film ¡Viva 16! (Long Live 16! [Aguirre and Robles, 1994]) re-imagined the present by turning towards the past. The film followed the development and growth of a queer Latinx community on and around 16th street in the Mission district of San Francisco, CA at a time when the twin devastation of gentrification and AIDS threatened to erase the community from the landscape. Paying attention to the movements of both the narrators and the film itself, this article highlights the usage of active nostalgia and hopeful imagination to craft narratives of belonging. The article reads the film within its historical context to suggest the strategies of narration it employed are useful for utilizing the past to take action in the present.
Book Review
Authors: Panuska Sarah M.
Published: June 2017

Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture, Gilad Padva (2014) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 254 pp., ISBN: 9781137266330, h/bk, $95.00; ISBN: 9781349443178, P/bk, $90.00
Classic Media Review
Authors: West III Thomas J.
Published: June 2017

Quo Vadis, Mervyn LeRoy (1951) USA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film Review
Authors: Kies Bridget
Published: June 2017

Ghostbusters, Paul Feig (2016) USA: Columbia Pictures
Science and innovation dynamics and policy in Scotland: The perceived impact of enhanced autonomy
Authors: Mastroeni Michele , Omidvar Omid , Rosiello Alessandro , Tait Joyce , Wield David
Published: June 2017

The Scottish referendum of 2014 encouraged massive public debate, including on Scotland’s scientific performance and ability to harness innovation and increase global competitiveness. The science base in Scotland has traditionally been strong but has not translated well into innovation. This article uses statistical data, over 30 interviews and two workshops with business and policy leaders, to analyse key scientific and industrial innovation dynamics, using a regional innovation systems (RIS) approach. It investigates the perceived impact of increased autonomy on the dynamics of the Scottish innovation system (SIS). The article shows the weak relationship between science and innovation, and evidences the static nature of Scottish innovation policy geared to bridging a gap rather than improving the dynamics of the various elements in the innovation system. It suggests that an approach which aims to spur evolution in specific elements of the territorial governance system would strengthen Scottish innovation capabilities.
Innovation performance and organizational capabilities in the Swedish hybrid electric vehicle technology: A study of 40 SMEs
Authors: Löfsten Hans
Published: June 2017

This study identifies the important organizational capabilities for innovation performance in the hybrid electric vehicle technology sector. Specifically, we focus on small and medium-sized technology-based firms in Sweden. The empirical data, collected by using a questionnaire, cover 40 technology-based firms from eight industrial branches. We use eighteen variables to identify the important organizational capabilities related to markets and business competition by including indicators for each of these capabilities in two regression models. The results offer empirical evidence that these organizational capabilities are important for mainly radical innovation in the hybrid electric vehicle technology industry. This study thus contributes by exploring how businesses can link organizational capabilities in a competitive business environment. Both patent (radical innovation) and product development require firm development and R&D; however, patent development also requires internationalization. These results offer useful implications for policy-makers and firm managers, who can manage firms based on R&D and business dimensions to support their development in this sector.
Institutional stakeholder perceptions of barriers to Green IT policy in Nigeria
Authors: Okafor Adanma Ogbuogebe , Martins Jorge Tiago
Published: June 2017

This article inductively identifies barriers and limitations to Green IT policy as perceived by IT and environmental regulators in Nigeria. Qualitative interviews were conducted with the set of senior executive managers of Nigerian regulators who share Green IT as a key remit. The data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Although mostly reactive, Green IT policy in Nigeria has mainly targeted e-waste and incentivized innovative uses of renewable energy. However, insufficient financial provision towards the promotion of Green IT was perceived to hinder efficient regulatory activities. Similarly, poor energy infrastructure and insufficient collection and recycling facilities prevented the regulators from enforcing Green IT strategies. Major impeding barriers were also reported at the levels of policy ownership and control. This article is valuable to public administration agencies who must collaborate to address the issues of information technology/information systems and sustainability. It exposes regulators’ perceived difficulty to establish lines of accountability between agencies that intervene in Green IT policy, from the perspective of a developing country. Each regulator is currently focused on taking individual efforts and steps which are perceived to lead to conflict in policies and overlapping authority. As remedial action we propose tighter coordination amongst regulators who share Green IT as a key remit.
The relations between ecological sustainability and geographical proximity: A review of the literature
Authors: Kuch Benjamin
Published: June 2017

Sustainability is often connected with proximity in order to expound and substantiate specific research results. The two concepts have been discussed extensively in the literature, while a deep analysis regarding the linkages between them, especially for the more recent literature, is missing. The current work addresses this gap and presents a systematic literature review of 63 articles. Its main focus is on contributions around ecological sustainability from 2010 to 2015 containing explicit and latent connections to the concept of geographical proximity (GeP). Other forms of proximity are taken into account as well, especially in regard to their impact on the geographical dimension. The results are interpreted through a systems theory lens in order to allow for a discussion about the coordination of complex social systems. It is concluded that, although never a sufficient condition, GeP provides the basis for substantial sustainability-related change within current production–consumption systems.
World Thyroidology News (#4 2016)
Authors: Manuylova Yulia A. , Moshenina Sofia E. , Sviridonova Marina A.
Published: June 2017

Представлены абстракты актуальных международных исследований, посвященных диагностике и лечению различной патологии щитовидной железы, а также влиянию на тиреоидную функцию сопутствующих состояний.
Enhancing rural livelihoods in Tanza-nia : A small-holder farmers’ perspective
Authors: Kinyondo Abel , Magashi Joseph
Published: June 2017

Poverty reduction has been a difficult milestone for Tanzania to achieve despite recording remarkable economic growth over the past decade. This is because the attained growth is not inclusive, in that sectors contributing to this growth employ fewer people. Given the fact that agriculture continues to employ the majority of people in Tanzania, efforts to improve livelihoods should necessarily be geared towards transforming the sector. It is in this context that using a sample of 3,000 farmers from 13 regions of Tanzania; this Tanzania, this study set out to examine challenges facing farmers and their respective solutions following the sustainable livelihood framework. Findings show that improving farmers’ livelihoods would entail concerted efforts by the government to avail to farmers, quality and affordable seeds, fertilizer, agricultural infrastructures, subsidies, extension services, markets, information alert, affordable loans, and areas for pastures. This implies that the government needs to allocate enough funds to the agricultural sector if farmers’ needs are to be met. We note, however, that government’s allocation to the sector has alarmingly generally been exhibiting a declining trend for the past four years. It is against this background that we strongly recommend that the government rethinks its position and prioritize the agricultural sector in its budget.
Patients’ awareness and knowledge of the root canal treatment in Saudi population: survey-based research
Authors: Doumani Mazen , Habib Adnan , Qaid Nashwan , Abdulrab Saleem , Bashnakli Ahmad Reda , Arrojue Ramakrishna
Published: June 2017

Endodontics is a profession based on the work with other people so several factors should be considered during clinical decision-making process.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of patients in a sample of Saudi population regarding endodontic treatment.Methods: multiple-choice questionnaire regarding knowledge and awareness of root canal treatment distributed to 227 patients, the questionnaire comprised questions ranged from personal and social details to specific questions about endodontic treatment; the analysis of data was performed using methods of descriptive statistics.Results: The results shown that the strong spontaneous toothache was the most impact factor of the need for endodontic treatment in (53%) of respondents, (29%) of subjects do not know anything about root canal treatment, (47%) of respondents indicated that the pain was the most important concern associated with the root canal treatment.Conclusion: Toothache is the greatest motivation of patient to refer the dentist, and pain is the more important patients’ concerns associated with root canal treatment, knowledge and awareness of patients regarding root canal treatment is different among races and populations.
Gingival crevicular fluid level of soluble triggering recep-tor expressed on myeloid cells-1(strem-1) in periodontal health and disease: a case-control study
Authors: Gigras Surabhi , Patil Sudhir R , HR Veena , Dani Sneha
Published: June 2017

Background: The Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells-1(TREM-1) is a cell-surface receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily and found to be involved in the amplification of the inflammatory response to various microbial infections, including periodontal diseases.Objectives: The present study was designed to examine gingivalcrevicular fluid(GCF) levels of soluble TREM-1 (sTREM-1) levels in periodontal health and disease as well as evaluate the effect of scaling and/or root planing on the same.Methods: Based on gingival index, probing pocket depth, clinical attachment level, and radiologic parameters (bone loss), 45 subjects were initially divided into three groups- Group, I (Periodontally healthy), Group II (Gingivitis) and Group III (Chronic Periodontitis).From each of the subjects, GCF sample was collected at baseline and scaling and/or root planing was instituted in group II and group III patients. GCF samples were subsequently collected at eight-week interval. Levels of sTREM-1 in collected GCF samples were estimated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: The lowest GCF levels of sTREM-1 were found in periodontal health (69.50±1.8pg/ml) followed by gingivitis (257.17±79pg/ml) and chronic periodontitis (3658.14±55pg/ml) in increasing order, suggesting that levels of sTREM-1 in crevicular fluid increased with the severity of periodontal disease. sTREM-1 levels decreased significantly from baseline to the end of 8 weeks following non-surgical periodontal therapy.Conclusion: Increased GCF levels of sTREM-1 from periodontal health to disease strengthen its association with periodontal status.
Ariadna en América Latina: Los hilos del «Ser», la historia y la revolución
Authors: San Miguel Pedro L.
Published: June 2017

Urgidos por orientarse en ese tortuoso laberinto que es América Latina, los intelectuales, emulando a Teseo, han recurrido a sus propios “hilos de Ariadna” —una diversidad de conceptos y teorías— para poder desentrañar los misterios de tan insondable región. Aunque sería pretencioso abarcar el universo de acercamientos conceptuales a América Latina, no resulta improcedente explorar una muestra de tales aproximaciones, tratando de identificar sus principales fundamentos epistemológicos, discursivos y éticos. Por ende, en este ensayo examino unas pocas obras que ejemplifican, cada una de ellas, una manera particular de concebir la historia de América Latina. Las nociones centrales en cada una de estas obras son, en orden de aparición: el Ser, que es otra forma de nombrar la identidad; la historia, entendida como historiografía; y, finalmente, la idea de la revolución, conceptuada con frecuencia como destino ineluctable de América Latina. Mi objetivo es ofrecer miradas críticas a nociones que han actuado como virtuales “hilos de Ariadna” en la comprensión del devenir de América Latina.
Literatura de cordel y comunicación rural en Cuba. Una mirada microhistórica al mundo secreto de los Naite (1940-1959)
Authors: Díaz Frene Jaddiel
Published: June 2017

En este artículo se intenta reconstruir los usos sociales de la literatura de cordel desde las experiencias de los Naite, una familia de negros y mulatos que ha vivido durante más de dos siglos en la Sierra del Rosario. Las hojas y folletos que estos campesinos compraron y consumieron, entre 1940 y 1959, representan una valiosa puerta de entrada para pensar el impacto de la cultura impresa en el mundo rural. En un primer apartado se estudian asuntos cómo la circulación de los textos y las prácticas para divulgarlos y apropiarlos, para luego pasar a analizar los melodramas conocidos como novelas en décimas. Por último, indagaremos en los impresos con espinelas sobre sucesos políticos, compuestas por poetas callejeros que se ganaban la vida narrando los últimos sucesos.
William David Robinson: Trader, Agent, and Defender of Spanish American Independence, 1799 -1819.
Authors: Von Grafenstein Johanna
Published: June 2017

The paper proposes a re-reading of the actions and writings of the US merchant William Davis Robinson in the context of the 18th and 19th Centuries ́ travel literature examined in recent decades by certain authors. It is based on the concept “travelers of revolutions” by which we understand individuals who are in a country, region or city temporarily, who see themselves as visitors or external observers, and describe and analyze a given political or social process of transformation with an external glance and write for an external audience. The paper analyzes two texts: A Cursory View of Spanish America published by the author in 1815 and Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution published in 1820, and argues that Robinson’s Memoirs can indeed be understood as travel writing sympathe-tic to the “Mexican revolution”; while the other one is an informed description of the available resources and commercial possibilities with Mexico and the countries of South America, once they had gained their independence, as well as a manifesto proclaiming the United States as leader and guardian of free-dom in this hemisphere, in opposition to European powers, such as Spain and Great Britain.
Editorial
Authors: Vidal Ortega Antonino
Published: June 2017

Estimados lectores, en esta ocasión iniciamos el año con un número elaborado por un nutrido grupo de investigadores mexicanos que centran la atención de sus estudios en el mar Caribe.
Divine Horsemen de Maya Deren: una visión avant-garde del vudú haitiano
Authors: De león OlIvares Isabel
Published: June 2017

Maya Deren (1917-1961) fue una cineasta de mediados del siglo XX que llegó a ser considerada la “madre” del cine experimental y de vanguardia de los Estados Unidos, gracias a filmes como Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), At Land (1944), Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946). Entre 1947 y 1954, esta artista realizó cuatro viajes a Haití que le permitieron adentrarse en el conocimiento de la religión vudú, dando por resultado diversos trabajos. En primer lugar, un libro sobre la religión haitiana titulado Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, publicado en 1953, y, en segundo lugar, un material fílmico de casi 9 horas que, si bien Deren nunca dio a conocer en vida, salió a la luz pública en 1981 a manera de documental. En este trabajo se examinan algunas de las representaciones e interpretaciones que sobre el vudú construyó y legó esta cineasta pionera, en función de las cuales se inscribió dentro de una corriente más amplia de revalorización del vudú que tuvo en el libro Ansi parla l’Oncle (1928), del escritor haitiano Jean Price-Mars, un momento fundacional.