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Strategic Management of Crossmedia Production at Estonian Public Broadcasting
Authors: Ibrus Indrek , Merivee Astra
Published: December 2015

This article investigates the strategies behind the production of crossmedia content at Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), Estonia’s public broadcaster. The empirical work that supports its analytic objectives consists of multiple methodologically varying sub-studies: a textual analysis of ERR’s existing online presence and crossmedia content; 32 semi-structured interviews with its various top- and mid-level managers; and a documentary analysis of its associated strategies, guidelines, and communications. The paper suggests that, despite ERR’s advanced presence on digital platforms, it notably lacks a more comprehensive strategy for crossmedia content production and for achieving better inter-organisational cooperation that would enable new production processes. Although a few more advanced crossmedia productions have taken place, these have tended to emerge ad hoc - out of initiatives from individual employees. The article, however, suggests that, despite the current lack of an organisational strategy, the experiences acquired by its employees are creating a timely momentum for using interpretative and adaptive approaches to developing its new crossmedia production strategies.
Constructing National Identity in Soviet Estonian Documentary Cinema: A Case Study of the Documentary Ruhnu (1965) by Andres Sööt
Authors: Västrik Riho
Published: December 2015

This article aims to find out how Soviet Estonian documentaries constructed the national discourse in the 1960s, by focusing on the case of the 10-minute documentary Ruhnu (1965) by Andres Sööt. Ruhnu was the first Soviet Estonian documentary released after World War II that romanticised Estonian nationalism. In order to narrate the national ideals considered undesirable by the official ideology, the Soviet Estonian filmmakers often chose to portray characters embedded in the national consciousness as archetypal heroes from pre-Soviet times and the landscapes associated with them. In the desire for past times, national heroes and idealised landscapes were constructed and naturalised in a contemporary context. The article raises the question - what kind of heroes, landscapes and activities were used to construct the national identity and which elements of film language were used? The research method used, critical discourse analysis, allows us to analyse the archetypes created in the documentary and the archetypal landscapes used as a framework for the narrative.
Slowly Moving Bodies: Signs of Pictorialism in Aki Kaurismäki’s Films
Authors: Valkola Jarmo
Published: December 2015

Aki Kaurismäki is arguably the best-known Finnish filmmaker, owing largely to his feature films such as Crime and Punishment (Rikos ja rangaistus, Finland, 1983), Calamari Union (Finland, 1985), Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa, Finland, 1986), Hamlet Goes Business (Hamlet liikemaailmassa, Finland, 1987), Ariel (Finland, 1988), The Match Factory Girl (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö, Finland, 1990), I Hired a Contract Killer (Finland/ Sweden, 1990), La vie de bohéme (Finland/France/ Sweden/Germany, 1992), Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana, Finland/Germany, 1994), Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat, Finland, 1996), Juha (Finland, 1999), The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä, Finland, 2002), Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot, Finland, 2006) and Le Havre (Finland/France, 2011). A large body of his work has been made in Finland, but also in countries like France and Great Britain. Besides feature films, he has also made documentaries and short films, as well as musical films with the group Leningrad Cowboys. In a broader context, Kaurismäki has a unique place in Finnish and international film history, as well as in media and communication culture. Kaurismäki’s cultural context includes elements that have been turned into national and transnational symbols of social communication and narrative interaction by his stylisation. The director’s cinematic strategy investigates and makes choices evoking a social understanding of characters that has special communicative value. Kaurismäki’s films have been scrutinised for over thirty years.
Folk Elements in Aleksei Balabanov’s Brat and Brat 2: A Morphological Analysis
Authors: Schuckman Matthews Emily
Published: December 2015

The article uses Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale (Морфолоƨuя сказкu, 1928) as a framework to illustrate the way in which Aleksei Balabanov masterfully creates a modern folk tale using classic motifs and structures in his 1997 film Brother (Браm, Russia) and its sequel Brother 2 (Браm 2, Russia, 2000). The paper argues that Brother and Brother 2 are post-Soviet retellings of classic tales of Russian folklore and that Danila is a modern hero, an unlikely saviour of the Russian nation and the Russian soul. Danila’s journey is formulaic, predictable and straightforward, yet nevertheless makes for a powerfully new take on concepts of Russian nationalism and heroism. The underworld to which our hero must journey is located in the heart of Russia’s ‘Peter’, and possession of the Russian nation and soul are the object of his quest in the volatile post-Soviet period.
Kinetic study of non-reactive iron removal from iron-gall inks
Authors: Costa Antonio C. A. da , Corrêa Fernanda do N. , S. Sant’Anna Gustavo de , Tonietto Gisele B. , O. Godoy Jose Marcus de , A. Gonçalves Rodrigo de , Lutterbach Márcia T. S.
Published: December 2015

The removal of non-reactive iron for different combinations of Fe
Synthesis of new 5-bromo derivatives of indole and spiroindole phytoalexins
Authors: Očenášová Lucia , Kutschy Peter , Gonda Jozef , Pilátová Martina , Gönciová Gabriela , Mojžíš Ján , Pazdera Pavel
Published: December 2015

Electrophilic aromatic substitution is one of the most thoroughly studied reactions in organic chemistry. In the present paper, the 5-brominated spirobrassinol methyl ethers VII, VIII were obtained by electrophilic substitution of the aromatic core of indoline at the C-5 position in the presence of various brominating agents. The same products were also prepared from 5-bromoindole (IX ) following the sequence for the synthesis 1-methoxyspirobrassinol methyl ether (V) from indoline. In addition, the new related 5-bromospiroindoline derivatives XX-XXIII were synthesised and their biological activity on human tumour cell lines was examined. The presence of bromine in the indole or indoline skeleton at the C-5 position resulted in the partial increase in anticancer activity on leukaemia cell lines (Jurkat, CEM). The structures of the newly prepared products were determined by
Do you investigate word order in detail or do you investigate in detail word order? On word order and headedness in the recent history of English
Authors: Pérez-Guerra Javier
Published: December 2015

This paper examines the design of verb phrases and noun phrases, focusing on the diachronic tendencies observed in the data in Middle English, Early Modern, and Late Modern English. The approach is corpus-based and the data, representing different periods and text types, is taken from the
Contingency management adapted for African-American adolescents with obesity enhances youth weight loss with caregiver participation: a multiple baseline pilot study
Authors: Hartlieb Kathryn Brogan , Naar Sylvie , Ledgerwood David M. , Templin Thomas N. , Ellis Deborah A. , Donohue Bradley , Cunningham Phillippe B.
Published: December 2015

Background:Contingency management (CM) interventions, which use operant conditioning principles to encourage completion of target behavioral goals, may be useful for improving adherence to behavioral skills training (BST). Research-to-date has yet to explore CM for weight loss in minority adolescents.

Objective:To examine the effects of CM in improving adolescent weight loss when added to BST.

Design:The study utilized an innovative experimental design that builds upon multiple baseline approaches as recommended by the National Institutes of Health.

Participants/setting:Six obese African-American youth and their primary caregivers living in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Intervention:Adolescents received between 4 and 12 weeks of BST during a baseline period and subsequently received CM targeting weight loss.

Main outcome measures:Youth weight.

Statistical analysis performed:Linear mixed effects modeling was used in the analysis.

Results:CM did not directly affect adolescent weight loss above that of BST (p=0.053). However, when caregivers were involved in CM session treatment, contingency management had a positive effect on adolescent weight loss. The estimated weight loss due to CM when caregivers also attended was 0.66 kg/week (p<0.001, [95% CI; –1.96, –0.97]) relative to the baseline trajectory.

Conclusion:This study demonstrates application of a novel experimental approach to intervention development and demonstrated the importance of parent involvement when delivering contingency management for minority youth weight loss. Lessons learned from contingency management program implementation are also discussed in order to inform practice.
Addressing Confounding in Predictive Models with an Application to Neuroimaging
Authors: Linn Kristin A. , Gaonkar Bilwaj , Doshi Jimit , Davatzikos Christos , Shinohara Russell T.
Published: December 2015

Understanding structural changes in the brain that are caused by a particular disease is a major goal of neuroimaging research. Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) comprises a collection of tools that can be used to understand complex disease efxcfects across the brain. We discuss several important issues that must be considered when analyzing data from neuroimaging studies using MVPA. In particular, we focus on the consequences of confounding by non-imaging variables such as age and sex on the results of MVPA. After reviewing current practice to address confounding in neuroimaging studies, we propose an alternative approach based on inverse probability weighting. Although the proposed method is motivated by neuroimaging applications, it is broadly applicable to many problems in machine learning and predictive modeling. We demonstrate the advantages of our approach on simulated and real data examples.
A Binomial Integer-Valued ARCH Model
Authors: Ristić Miroslav M. , Weiß Christian H. , Janjić Ana D.
Published: December 2015

We present an integer-valued ARCH model which can be used for modeling time series of counts with under-, equi-, or overdispersion. The introduced model has a conditional binomial distribution, and it is shown to be strictly stationary and ergodic. The unknown parameters are estimated by three methods: conditional maximum likelihood, conditional least squares and maximum likelihood type penalty function estimation. The asymptotic distributions of the estimators are derived. A real application of the novel model to epidemic surveillance is briefly discussed. Finally, a generalization of the introduced model is considered by introducing an integer-valued GARCH model.
Perceived parental differential treatment, cognition, behaviour and family cohesiveness among siblings of children with cerebral palsy? A family-mediated intervention to understand “displaced” children
Authors: Louis Preeti Tabitha , Kumar Navin
Published: December 2015

The present study adopts a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact of perceived parental differential treatment towards 30 non-disabled siblings of children with cerebral palsy 7–10 years of age. Standardised inventories such as, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (SBIT), the Connors Parent Rating Scale-Revised (CPRS) and the Draw-a-Family test were used pre and post intervention. Scheduled interviews were used for parents and children to obtain information regarding family cohesiveness. A special program was designed to structure the home environment and to maximise parental involvement that catered to the “needy child” and this was implemented for 6 months after which the children were reassessed. Prior to the intervention, we observed deficits in cognitive skills and siblings had concerns in hyperactivity and oppositional behaviour. Scheduled interviews with siblings elicited responses that represented neglect, perceived differential treatment and negative emotional well-being. Projective tests revealed that family dynamics were disturbed and chaotic. Post intervention, we observed significant differences in the cognitive orientation, behavioural engagement and also in the interpersonal relationship within the family. We may conclude therefore, that parental involvement significantly predicts academic and psychosocial adjustment of siblings and this is an important implication for practitioners in developing early intervention programs.
Student feedback on a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu
Published: December 2015

Using a refined student feedback questionnaire (SFQ), this study examined students’ evaluation about a subject entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders” at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in terms of subject attributes and qualities of teaching staff. Results showed that students were satisfied with the subject (perceived learning experiences, achievement of learning objectives) and teaching of the staff member. Overall, students from Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles showed more positive views about the subject, while less favorable SFQ ratings were observed in students of Faculty of Construction and Environment. Students’ performance in the subject was significantly predicted by their perceived teacher attributes but not subject attributes. Implications of the findings were discussed.
Periodic and Quasi-periodic Responses of Van der Pol–Mathieu System Subject to Various Excitations
Authors: Fan Q. , Leung A. Y. T , Lee Y. Y.
Published: December 2015

This paper addresses the steady-state periodic and quasi-periodic responses of van der Pol–Mathieu system subject to three excitations (i.e., self, parametric and external excitations). Method of multiple scales and double perturbation technique are employed to study the original system. The cases of van der Pol–Mathieu oscillator with and without external excitation are considered, and periodic and quasi-periodic solutions are obtained and discussed. In the parametric study, the effects of various parameters and self, parametric and external excitations on the system behaviors are studied. Results from method of multiple scales well agree with those from numerical method.
Exploring the awareness of research among registered massage therapists in Ontario
Authors: Baskwill Amanda J. , Dore Kelly
Published: December 2015

Background: An increase in available research has highlighted that knowledge changes over time as theories are challenged and adjusted or dismissed. This is particularly important to healthcare practitioners, including massage therapists, who need to frequently review current research and adjust practice accordingly. However, when research findings related to practice are generated, there is considerable delay in implementation. Few studies measure actual knowledge of current evidence for practice. The objectives of the study reported here were to (a) describe current awareness of evidence for practice among registered massage therapists (RMTs) in Ontario and (b) identify the sources of information RMTs use to inform their awareness of current evidence and the reported importance and frequency of use for each source.

Methods: An online questionnaire-based mixed-methods cross-sectional study was conducted. Ontario RMTs were invited to participate. This report focuses on the quantitative analysis.

Results: In total, 1,762 questionnaires were included. Of seven sources of information provided, respondents rated cumulative professional experience as most important, followed by recent research studies and education. Cumulative professional experience also rated as most frequently used, followed by other RMTs and education.

Conclusions: There was a tendency for respondents to agree with positive statements about MT, or disagree with negative statements, regardless of correctness. The results suggest that RMTs need to improve their awareness of the current evidence for practice. Furthermore, cumulative professional experience was ranked most frequently used. This has the potential to not include the most current research. Improving communication of research findings to RMTs might improve awareness.
Linguet’s Lettre du Mandarin, a Forgotten Apology for the Jesuits: The Mandarin Wei Zheng as a Model
Authors: Heule Freerk , Ye Shi
Published: December 2015

The Jesuit order was vehemently spreading the gospel since it was founded, and China was a major target. After 1601, many Jesuits had arrived in China and their learned reports to their headquarters accumulated rapidly. The Jesuits adapted to the Chinese scholar-officials called Mandarins and their Confucian theories, leading to a conflict with the French church, the Pope, and the Chinese Emperor. Throughout Europe, the Jesuits further played a prominent role in society: as educators, teachers, and advisors of royalty. Seventeenth-century France, troubled by a fundamental socio-cultural reorientation, class struggles and wars, blamed them for holding such esteemed positions and this resentment grew shortly before the French Revolution. The writer Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet takes an apologetic position in their lawsuit for the Parlement de Paris of 1762 in the Lettre du Mandarin. Bibliographic and biographic details are provided. The “opening part” shows the morally high position of Mandarins such as Wei Zheng, an image produced on the basis of Jesuit correspondence, and it denotes the European trend of “Chinoiserie.” This part is here presented in an English translation and richly commented on. The ideas of “Chinoiserie” are here illustrated with works from the literature. The Jesuits and their humane advocate Linguet lost the unique case, but it is concluded that the image of the Mandarin as a rational and moral man is portrayed as a model for a new French society.
Preaching the Place of Huguenots in France: The Sermons of Jean Daillé and Huguenot Identity under the Edict of Nantes
Authors: Must Nicholas
Published: December 2015

This paper examines the career and homiletics of Huguenot pastor Jean Daillé (1594–1670) and what his example reveals about how Huguenots understood their place in France under the Edict of Nantes. Daillé’s career began at Saumur, but he soon became one of the pastors at Charenton, ministering to Paris’ Reformed population. Over the course of a career that lasted for more than four decades, Daillé became a leading figure among his co-religionists, and left behind a sizable list of published works, including sermons. Based primarily on a reading of those printed sermons, this paper highlights the important role that preached and printed sermons played in negotiating the religious particularism and political loyalty to the crown that, together, informed Huguenot confessional identity during Daillé’s lifetime. Sermons were integral to this process by offering a vocabulary of images and arguments in support of the Huguenot position, especially since their message was directed both to the Huguenot faithful and to the crown.
Literacy, Spirituality of Reading, and Catholic Literary Culture in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Authors: Roldán-Figueroa Rady
Published: December 2015

Clerical attitudes toward reading and the book can help explain the spread of literacy as well as the marked popular interest in devotional literature in sixteenth-century Spain. The author argues that the Spanish clergy played an important, although underestimated, role in the dissemination of literality (i.e. knowledge of letters) in the early part of the sixteenth century. The article demonstrates how the catechetical efforts of Catholic clergy contributed to the long term forging of a confessional literary culture, a literary culture informed by Catholic religious ideas. The author moves away from customary scholarly focus on the coercive role of the clergy, examining instead how members of the clergy crafted a spirituality of reading. The article thus explores how the Spanish clergy elaborated a constructive understanding of reading that fused together the practice of reading, understood as spiritual/devotional practice, with the contents of the faith. Synodal constitutions as well as diverse genres of devotional literature are brought to bear as the author explains how the Spanish clergy endeavored to make a lay Catholic reader.
Using a MG-M Imagery Intervention to Enhance the Sport Competence of Young Special Olympics Athletes
Authors: Catenacci Kelley L. , Harris Brandonn S. , Langdon Jody L. , Scott Melinda K. , Czech Daniel R.
Published: December 2015

Opportunities for athletes with an intellectual disability (ID) to participate in sport are limited by physical and psychosocial barriers. Sport psychology interventions may be able to address these barriers, namely the lack of sport competence that athletes with an ID experience. This study sought to enhance sport competence among athletes with an ID using personalized motivational general-mastery (MG-M) imagery scripts. The six-week study assessed the imagery use, imagery ability, and sport competence of five Special Olympians (Mage=11.40) who had ID’s including autism, a mild intellectual disability, and a moderate intellectual disability. Three of five participants demonstrated improvements in sport competence through the intervention, with two of those three maintaining these changes upon withdrawal of the intervention. Effect sizes suggested that scores became more stable during the intervention for three of five participants. Implications of the current study emphasize the feasibility of conducting research with this special population of athletes. Additionally, this study identifies the relevant modifications for mental skills training with individuals who have an ID. Results suggest that imagery use, ability, and sport competence can be improved with individualized imagery training among athletes with an ID.
Influences of post weld heat treatment on tensile properties of friction stir welded AA2519-T87 aluminium alloy joints
Authors: Sabari S. Sree , Balasubramanian V. , Malarvizhi S. , Reddy G. Madusudhan
Published: December 2015

AA 2519-T87 is an aluminium alloy that principally contains Cu as an alloying element and is a new grade of Al-Cu alloy system. This material is a potential candidate for light combat military vehicles. Fusion welding of this alloy leads to hot cracking, porosity and alloy segregation in the weld metal region. Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid state joining process which can overcome the above mentioned problems. However, the FSW of age hardenable aluminium alloys results in poor tensile properties in the as-welded condition (AW). Hence, post weld heat treatment (PWHT) is used to enhance deteriorated tensile properties of FSW joints. In this work, the effect of PWHT, namely artificial ageing (AA) and solution treatment (ST) followed by ageing (STA) on the microstructure, tensile properties and microhardness were systematically investigated. The microstructural features of the weld joints were characterised using an optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The tensile strength and microhardness of the joints were correlated with the grain size, precipitate size, shape and its distribution. From the investigation, it was found that STA treatment is beneficial in enhancing the tensile strength of the FSW joints of AA2519-T87 alloy and this is mainly due to the presence of fine and densely distributed precipitates in the stir zone.
Modeling the zonal disintegration of rocks near deep level tunnels by gradient internal variable continuous phase transition theory
Authors: Haoxiang Chen , Qi Chengzhi , Peng Liu , Kairui Li , Aifantis Elias C.
Published: December 2015

The occurrence of alternating damage zones surrounding underground openings (commonly known as zonal disintegration) is treated as a “far from thermodynamic equilibrium” dynamical process or a nonlinear continuous phase transition phenomenon. The approach of internal variable gradient theory with diffusive transport, which may be viewed as a subclass of Landau’s phase transition theory, is adopted. The order parameter is identified with an irreversible strain quantity, the gradient of which enters into the expression for the free energy of the rock system. The gradient term stabilizes the material behavior in the post-softening regime, where zonal disintegration occurs. The results of a simplified linearized analysis are confirmed by the numerical solution of the nonlinear problem.
Crystal structure of 4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone monohydrate, C17H20N4O·H2O, C17H22N4O2
Authors: Zhang Hong , Jiang Xue-Yue , Sheng Liang-Quan , Xu Hua-Jie
Published: December 2015

C17H22N4O2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 14.382(1) Å, b = 11.3604(8) Å, c = 10.8996(7) Å, β = 105.73(1)°, V = 1714.1 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.0417, wRref(F2) = 0.0819, T = 291 K.
Crystal structure of bis[μ-1-[(2-ethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzotriazole-κ2N:N′]bis[dibromido]dimercury(II), C24H26Br4Hg2N10
Authors: Wang Xia , Yang Hai-Yan , Zhang Chao , Yuan Juan , Yang Huai-Xia
Published: December 2015

C24H26Br4Hg2N10, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 7.587(1) Å, b = 9.801(1) Å, c = 11.037(2) Å, α = 78.81(1)°, β = 86.41(1)°, γ = 75.97(1)°, V = 781.0 Å3, Z = 1, Rgt(F) = 0.0516, wRref(F2) = 0.1323, T = 291 K.
Crystal structure of catena-poly[aqua-(μ2-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylato-κ3O,O′:O′′)-(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc(II)], [Zn(C9H8O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]n
Authors: Hai-Xia Wu , Ling-Yun Xin , Ying-Ge Zhang , Yan-Yan Zhang
Published: December 2015

The complex : C21H18N2O5Zn, Monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 12.4476(15) Å, b = 9.1446(11) Å, c = 17.420(2) Å, β = 98.012(2), V = 1963.6(4) Å3, Rgt(F) = 0.0370, wRref(F2) = 0.0867; Z = 4; T = 296(2) K.
Emerging nanostructured materials for the catalytic removal of volatile organic compounds
Authors: Li Jiaqi , Liu Hui , Deng Yuzhou , Liu Gang , Chen Yunfa , Yang Jun
Published: December 2015

The strong growing interest in using catalytic oxidation to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which seriously threaten the health of human being, is rooted in its desirable features such as relative energy savings, low cost, operation safety and environmental friendliness. Within the last decades, the development of manufacturing processes, characterization techniques and testing methods has led to the blossom of research in synthesis and application of various nanostructured materials, which creates great opportunities and also a tremendous challenge to apply these materials for highly efficient catalytic removal of VOCs. We herein will systematically introduce the latest research developments of nanostructured materials for the catalytic degradation of VOCs so as to provide the readers a coherent picture of the field, mainly focusing on noble metals and metal oxides, which are currently two primary types of VOC catalysts. This review will focus on synthesis, fabrication and processing of nanostructured noble metals and metal oxides as well as the fundamentals and technical approaches in catalytic removal of VOCs, providing technical strategies for effectively developing novel nanostructured catalysts with low cost, enhanced activity and high stability for pollutant removal from surrounding environments.
Matrimid mixed matrix membranes for enhanced CO2/CH4 separation
Authors: Rahmani Mohammadreza , Kazemi Abbass , Talebnia Farid
Published: December 2015

In this study, Matrimid mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were prepared for CO2/CH4 separation. MMMs were fabricated for improving the permeability and ideal selectivity of Matrimid membranes. Matrimid 5218 was used as a polymer matrix, and inorganic particles were used as additives. MMMs with a thickness of 33–38 μm were prepared at room temperature. The effects of the types and different amounts of additives on the permeability and ideal selectivity of MMMs were investigated by using a gas separation membrane unit. Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy images were used for checking the dispersion and agglomeration of additives within polymer matrices. Thermal gravimetric analysis showed that MMMs became much more thermally stable than pristine membranes. The decomposition temperatures (Td) of MMMs were increased as compared to those of pristine membranes. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis of MMMs and pristine membranes were recorded. The tensile strength of MMMs and pristine membranes was studied, and the results indicated that MMMs had higher values of tensile strength compared to pristine membranes.
Labeling, maximality and the head – phrase distinction
Authors: Rizzi Luigi
Published: December 2015

Combining the labeling algorithm of
Magnetic properties of RE
10
TCd3 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; T = Fe, Co, Ni, Ru) and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic data of Y10FeCd3
Authors: Niehaus Oliver , Johnscher Michael , Block Theresa , Gerke Birgit , Pöttgen Rainer
Published: December 2015

Fourteen X-ray-pure intermetallic compounds RE
10
TCd3 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; T = Fe, Co, Ni, Ru) and Y10FeCd3 were obtained through high-frequency melting of the elements in sealed niobium tubes and subsequent annealing in a muffle furnace. They adopt the Er10FeCd3 structure, a ternary ordered version of the Co2Al5 type. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements show Pauli paramagnetism for the lutetium compounds Lu10FeCd3, Lu10CoCd3, and Lu10RuCd3. The RE
10
TCd3 phases with holmium, erbium, and thulium show Curie–Weiss paramagnetism and the experimental magnetic moments match with the free ion values of RE
3+. All these compounds order antiferromagnetically. The highest Néel temperature was observed for the holmium compounds, e.g. 46.5 K for Ho10RuCd3. Some of the RE
10
TCd3 phases show field-induced spin reorientations. A 57Fe Mössbauer spectrum of Y10FeCd3 confirms the single crystallographic iron site.
Near Eastern archaeology and global history
Authors: LaBianca Oystein S.
Published: December 2015

The work of North American archaeologists in Jordan has, for more than a century, been directed by the quest for a particular desired past, namely that of the history of Israel and its neighbours, such as the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites. The volumes under review here continue this tradition. But, more significantly, they also demonstrate the current efforts by these researchers to bring archaeology out of its provincial past in the heartland of biblical archaeology and towards an engagement with contemporary issues in anthropological archaeology and, less explicitly perhaps, global history. One volume, New insights into the Iron Age archaeology of Edom, reports on the results of a single major research initiative, the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project (ELRAP); the other, Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley to the west, synthesises a number of smaller survey projects directed by Burton MacDonald over the past three decades.
Roofing Research and Standards Development: 8th Volume
Authors: Rossiter Walter J. , Molleti Sudhakar
Published: December 2015

Description

This special technical publication consists of 11 symposia papers from ASTM International Technical Committee D08 on Roofing and Waterproofing. Committee D08 is the focal point in North America for the development of standards for low-sloped and steep roofing, and also waterproofing. The extent of its activities stretches across the typical categories of ASTM standards including specifications, test methods, practices, and guides. Fortunately, D08 members bring a broad variety of necessary expertise and backgrounds to cover these activities.

Consistent with the broad range of D08 standards activities, the symposium papers assembled in these current Proceedings range from the practical to the fundamental and include:

• Hygrothermal conditions in attic spaces of wooden houses with eaves ventilation • A test method for a very severe hail rating for low-slope roofing assemblies• Puncture resistance and accelerated aging of TPO membranes • Air leakage properties of seam-fastened roof membrane assemblies• Hygrothermal analysis of pitched-roof underlayment assemblies• Long-term reflective performance of roof surfaces• Service-life assessment of 55% Al-Zn alloy-coated steel standing seam roof systems• Performance of low‐sloped roof structures with varying surface types and ballast layers• Thermal performance evaluation of roofing details• Shear resistance of paving and waterproofing systems.
Developing a Test Method for a Very Severe Hail Rating for Low Slope Roofing Assemblies
Authors: Boardman Daniel A. , Brown Daniel E.
Published: December 2015

Increased property damage from hail impact has become more common in recent years, with a majority of the damage occurring to roofs. To help address this concern, a very severe hail (VSH) rating for low slope roofing is being developed. This work is being done using a modified version of the existing test method described in ANSI/FM 4473, American National Standard for Impact Resistance Testing of Rigid Roofing Materials by Impacting with Freezer Ice Balls. During this first phase of development, samples of single-ply, built-up, and modified bitumen low slope roof assemblies were subjected to impacts from 2.0 in. (51 mm) diameter freezer ice balls with impact energies between 23.75 and 26.13 ft·lbf (32.2 and 35.5 J). These impact energies are nearly double the 14.95 ft·lbf (19 J) kinetic energy delivered by the 2.0 in. (51 mm) diameter steel balls currently used in the severe hail rating test in FM Approvals Standard Number 4470. Of utmost importance to this study was evaluating the appropriateness of using freezer ice balls with the less rigid materials more commonly found in low slope roofing. Following the procedures in ANSI/FM 4473, each impact location was subjected to two ice ball impacts. Samples were impacted at seam locations, over metal plates (where applicable), and in the field of the roof sample in order to determine if any currently FM approved severe hail rated roofing assemblies could meet the pass criteria. The samples were evaluated for surface cracking and damage as well as for damage to the substrate (insulation or coverboard). Although the validity of using ice balls for impacting roofing samples has previously been demonstrated, the testing conducted in this study has shown the ability of ice balls to be used in granting a more severe hail rating than is currently available for low slope roofing.
Health Information Technology and Care Coordination:The Next Big Opportunity for Informatics?
Authors: David Bates W.
Published: December 2015

The costs of care in the U.S. are very high, in part because canre is relatively uncoordinated. To begin to address this and other issues, health care reform was passed, including the notion of accountable care. Under acountable care arrangements, providers are at risk for the costs of the care they provide to groups of patients. Evaluation of costs has made it clear that a large proportion of these costs are in the post-acute setting, and also that many specific problems such as adverse events and unnecessary readmissions occur following transitions. However, the electronic health records of today do not provide a great deal of assistance with the coordination of care, and even the best organizations have relatively primitive systems with respect to care coordination, even though communication is absolutely central to better coordination of care and health information technology (HIT) is a powerful lever for improving communication. This paper identifies specific gaps in care coordination today, presents a framework for better coordinating care using HIT, then describes how specific technologies can be leveraged. Also discussed are the need to build and test specific interventions to improve HIT-related care coordination tools, and the key policy steps needed to accomplish this.
Estrogen-dependent up-regulation of TRPA1 and TRPV1 receptor proteins in the rat endometrium
Authors: Pohóczky Krisztina , Kun József , Szalontai Bálint , Szőke Éva , Sághy Éva , Payrits Maja , Kajtár Béla , Kovács Krisztina , Környei József László , Garai János , Garami András , Perkecz Anikó , Czeglédi Levente , Helyes Zsuzsanna
Published: December 2015

Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) receptors expressed predominantly in sensory nerves are activated by inflammatory stimuli and mediate inflammation and pain. Although they have been shown in the human endometrium, their regulation and function are unknown. Therefore, we investigated their estrogen- and progesterone-dependent alterations in the rat endometrium in comparison with the estrogen-regulated inflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Four-week-old (sexually immature) and four-month-old (sexually mature) female rats were treated with the non-selective estrogen receptor (ER) agonist diethylstilboestrol (DES), progesterone and their combination, or ovariectomized. RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were performed to determine mRNA and protein expression levels respectively. Channel function was investigated with ratiometric [Ca2+]imeasurement in cultured primary rat endometrial cells. Both TRP receptors and MIF were detected in the endometrium at mRNA and protein levels, and their localizations were similar. Immunostaining was observed in the immature epithelium, while stromal, glandular and epithelial positivity were observed in adults. Functionally active TRP receptor proteins were shown in endometrial cells by activation-induced calcium influx. In adults,Trpa1andTrpv1mRNA levels were significantly up-regulated after DES treatment. TRPA1 increased after every treatment, but TRPV1 remained unchanged following the combined treatment and ovariectomy. In immature rats, DES treatment resulted in increased mRNA expression of both channels and elevated TRPV1 immunopositivity. MIF expression changed in parallel with TRPA1/TRPV1 in most cases. DES up-regulatedTrpa1,Trpv1andMifmRNA levels in endometrial cell cultures, but 17β-oestradiol having ERα-selective potency increased only the expression ofTrpv1. We provide the first evidence for TRPA1/TRPV1 expression and their estrogen-induced up-regulation in the rat endometrium in correlation with the MIF.
Maternal high-fat diet influences stroke outcome in adult rat offspring
Authors: Lin ChengCheng , Shao Bei , Zhou YuLei , Niu XiaoTing , Lin YuanShao
Published: December 2015

Diet-induced epigenetic modifications in early life could contribute to later health problem. However, it remains to be established whether high-fat diet (HFD) consumption during pregnancy and the suckling period could predispose the offspring to stroke. The present study investigated the influence of maternal HFD on stroke outcome in adult offspring. Female Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a normal diet (5.3% fat) or a HFD (25.7% fat), just before pregnancy until the end of lactation. Male offspring were fed with the control diet or the HFD after weaning, to form four groups (control offspring fed with the control diet (C/C) or the HFD (C/HFD) and offspring of fat-fed dams fed with the control diet (HFD/C) or the HFD (HFD/HFD)). The offspring received middle cerebral artery occlusion on day 120 followed by behavioral tests (neurological deficit score, staircase-reaching test and beam-traversing test), and infarct volumes were also calculated. We found that the HFD/C rats displayed larger infarct volume and aggravated functional deficits (allP<0.05), compared with the C/C rats, indicating that maternal fat-rich diet renders the brain more susceptible to the consequences of ischemic injury. Moreover, maternal HFD offspring displayed elevated glucocorticoid concentrations following stroke, and increased glucocorticoid receptor expression. In addition, adrenalectomy reversed the effects of maternal HFD on stroke outcome when corticosterone was replaced at baseline, but not ischemic, concentrations. Furthermore, expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the ipsilateral hippocampus was decreased in the HFD/C offspring (P<0.05), compared with the C/C offspring. Taken together, maternal diet can substantially influence adult cerebrovascular health, through the programming of central BDNF expression and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.
60 YEARS OF POMC: Purification and biological characterisation of melanotrophins and corticotrophins
Authors: Lowry Philip
Published: December 2015

The remarkable conservation of the primary structures and anatomical location of dogfish α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) compared with mammals reinforced the tissue-specific processing hypothesis of ACTH peptides in the pituitary gland. The cloning of dogfish pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) led to the identification of δ-MSH and simultaneously revealed the high conservation of the γ-MSH sequence during evolution. These studies have also shown that β-MSH is much less conserved during evolution and in some species is not even processed from β-LPH. Human pro-γ-MSH potentiates the corticosteroidogenic activity of ACTH and peptides generated from its N-terminal, in particular big-γ-MSH, appear to have adrenal mitogenic activity. Human big-γ-MSH (from the zona intermedia) may also cause the adrenache. The review finishes with a cautionary note with regard to the misdiagnosis of the ectopic ACTH syndrome in which partial processing of ACTH can result in large concentrations of α-MSH and CLIP, which can interfere in the performance of two-site immunoassays, and the problem of the correct disulphide bridge arrangement in synthetic N-POMC peptides is also discussed.
How to keep the HG weights non-negative: the truncated Perceptron reweighing rule
Authors: Magri Giorgio
Published: December 2015

The literature on error-driven learning in Harmonic Grammar (HG) has adopted the Perceptron reweighing rule. Yet, this rule is not suited to HG, as it fails at ensuring non-negative weights. A variant is thus considered which truncates the updates at zero, keeping the weights non-negative. Convergence guarantees and error bounds for the original Perceptron are shown to extend to its truncated variant.
Visual System Assessment in Infants, Children, and Young Adults by Pediatricians
Authors:   COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE AND AMBULATORY MEDICINE,   SECTION ON OPHTHALMOLOGY,   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ORTHOPTISTS,   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS,   AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Simon Geoffrey R. , Boudreau Alexy Darlyn Arauz , Baker Cynthia N. , Barden Graham Arthur , Hackell Jesse M. , Hardin Amy Peykoff , Meade Kelley E. , Moore Scot B. , Richerson Julia , Lehman Sharon S. , Granet David B. , Bradford Geoffrey E. , Rubin Steven E. , Siatkowski R. Michael , Suh Donny Won , Granet David B.
Published: December 2015

This Policy Statement was reaffirmed October 2021.

Appropriate visual assessments help identify children who may benefit from early interventions to correct or improve vision. Examination of the eyes and visual system should begin in the nursery and continue throughout both childhood and adolescence during routine well-child visits in the medical home. Newborn infants should be examined using inspection and red reflex testing to detect structural ocular abnormalities, such as cataract, corneal opacity, and ptosis. Instrument-based screening, if available, should be first attempted between 12 months and 3 years of age and at annual well-child visits until acuity can be tested directly. Direct testing of visual acuity can often begin by 4 years of age, using age-appropriate symbols (optotypes). Children found to have an ocular abnormality or who fail a vision assessment should be referred to a pediatric ophthalmologist or an eye care specialist appropriately trained to treat pediatric patients.
Procedures for the Evaluation of the Visual System by Pediatricians
Authors: Donahue Sean P. , Baker Cynthia N ,   COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE AND AMBULATORY MEDICINE,   SECTION ON OPHTHALMOLOGY,   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ORTHOPTISTS,   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS,   AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Simon Geoffrey R. , Boudreau Alexy Darlyn Arauz , Baker Cynthia N. , Barden Graham Arthur , Hackell Jesse M. , Hardin Amy Peykoff , Meade Kelley E. , Moore Scot B. , Richerson Julia , Lehman Sharon S. , Granet David B. , Bradford Geoffrey E. , Rubin Steven E. , Siatkowski R. Michael , Suh Donny Won , Granet David B.
Published: December 2015

This Clinical Report was reaffirmed February 2022.

Vision screening is crucial for the detection of visual and systemic disorders. It should begin in the newborn nursery and continue throughout childhood. This clinical report provides details regarding methods for pediatricians to use for screening.
Reduced Time for Uniform Etching of Cu Power Planes during FIB Editing
Authors: Makarov V.V. , Thompson W.B. , Lundquist T.R.
Published: December 2015

Dry etching of Cu challenges the Focused Ion Beam (FIB) removal of metallizations. Cu metallizations are comprised of numerous, randomly orientated crystallites. Each orientation shows a different etch rate under ion bombardment, leading to unacceptable damage to underlying dielectric. An improved methodology for uniform Cu etching over dielectric consists of three steps: 1) Exposure, 2) Initial off-normal bombardment and 3) Chemistry assisted ion bombardment. Comparison is made with and without preliminary off-normal bombardment. It is shown that Cu etching preceded by off-normal bombardment was completed ∼50% sooner with decreased dielectric over-etch.
Tradisi Hagiografi Sufi Yasawî: Relasi Tasawuf dan Politik
Authors: Asmawi Asmawi
Published: December 2015

Every method and approach in Islamic Studies currently available to us has

weaknesses in looking at religious data. For that reason, efforts to find better and more

integrative method are needed. One of the approaches that might be useful for Islamic

Studies is historical approach. Sufism in the meantime, has become an important part

of the history of Islam. Nonetheless, it is only recently that Sufism–as well as its origin,

change and development- become a subject of historical study. Hagiography has also

become a new trend in the historical study of Sufism. And one of the Sufis whose

hagiography has become an important subject of study is that of Ahmad Yasafi, a Sufi of

16th – 17th century. Hagiography is a kind of written sources that narrate the life of a

supposedly holy man and the legends related to him. According to Devin Dewees, the

hagiography of Ahmad Yasawi portrays the man’s personal and communal life, his

patronage with the ruler, the rituals of his tarîqah, and the legends related to him and his

order. This article –using historical approach- is a descriptive account of Ahmad Yasawi’s
hagiography.