bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Abnormal Return Differences Before And After Amnesty Tax Policy 2016 - 2017 Period II And III (Event Study at Company divided in LQ45 Index)
Authors: Cahyono Hadi , Fitradiansyah` Hafiz
Published: November 2017

Purpose : The result of this research are expected to provide information to the investors to face the similar event so that investors can make decisions to taking profit in the future.

Design/methodology/approach : The model of this event study research is using 45 issuers of LQ45 indexes member during test period for 10 days before and after the event. The statistic test which used in this research is paired sample-test towards CAAR and counting t-test towards AAR..

Findings The result of CAAR is showed that CAAR  abnormal return significantly merely happen in research period III. While, for t-test towards AAR showed that abnormal return happened in period II and III tax amnesty execution

Research limitations/implications : The object of this research is company which recorded as a member in LQ45 indexes.

Practical implications : The result of CAAR is showed that CAAR  abnormal return significantly merely happen in research period III. While, for t-test towards AAR showed that abnormal return happened in period II and III tax amnesty execution, with details in period II abnormal return merely happen in t-1 with negative value and period III abnormal return happen in t-9, t-8, t-4, t-3, t+1 and t+9.

Originality/value : expected to provide information to the investors to face the similar event so that investors can make decisions to taking profit in the future
Tourism, Time, and the Last Chance
Authors: Fisher David , Stewart Emma J.
Published: November 2017

Last chance tourism (LCT) is tourism where individuals rush to view and experience vanishing resources before they are altered or disappear entirely. As a documented phenomenon LCT is relatively new, with most of the observations only considering the natural environment. Additionally,
the concept of LCT lacks theoretical underpinning. This article addresses the theoretical gap. Two criteria are identified for LCT without which it will not exist. First is a perception that time is running out. Second is a sense of loss. Loss aversion is linked to a sense of loss which, when
combined with time, provides a basis for the development of a model explaining why a visitor may choose one last chance destination over another even if the loss of that site may not be considered as important. The model also provides a basis for LCT to include places other than natural environments.
A sense of impending loss can also be experienced for other types of tourism sites.
Terrorism, War, and Volatility in Tourist Arrivals: The Case of Lebanon
Authors: Hamadeh Mohamad , Bassil Charbel
Published: November 2017

In this article we investigate the link between fluctuations in tourist arrivals (total, Arabs, Europeans) to Lebanon and terrorism in Lebanon on one hand, and the Syrian civil war on the other hand. This is done by estimating a set of models from the GARCH(1,1) family. Hence, in this
article we attempt to model the conditional mean and conditional variance of the logarithm of monthly tourist arrivals to Lebanon between January 1995 and December 2014. The results reveal a significant negative marginal effect for terrorism on tourism demand. Moreover, terrorism is found
to have a negative impact on the volatility of total international arrivals and Arab arrivals, but a positive impact on the volatility of European arrivals. Hence, terrorism reduces fluctuations in tourist arrivals in the first two cases, but increases fluctuations in the third case. However,
terrorism has a transitory effect on the Lebanese tourism sector while the Syrian civil war has a permanent effect. In fact, during the Syrian civil war the volatility of the Lebanese tourism demand decreased.
Les implications socialement anxiogènes du travail de la sécurité privée
Authors: Bauvet Sébastien
Published: November 2017

Cet article aborde le potentiel anxiogène des dispositifs sécuritaires privés dans un contexte d’insécurité sociale croissante. À partir d’une sociologie de l’expérience vécue des personnes travaillant dans la sécurité privée, il s’agit de montrer les effets réels et potentiels d’un nouveau cadre de contraintes en termes de fragilisation du lien social. Tout en rendant plus incertain pour les agents l’exercice d’une responsabilité dans leurs fonctions, les dispositifs sécuritaires contemporains mobilisent leurs subjectivités à travers de nouvelles injonctions paradoxales, sur des sites de plus en plus contrôlés, selon des normes comportementales liées aux intérêts économiques et commerciaux autant qu’à la lutte contre l’insécurité. Ainsi, agents de sécurité privée et clients sont engagés dans un jeu d’épreuves fréquentes et incertaines, caractéristiques des sociétés de contrôle.
Du risque filicide au care… : la transmission de la violence et son interruption dans l’œuvre de Doris Lessing
Authors: Hatchuel Françoise
Published: November 2017

À travers quelques-uns de ses ouvrages (principalement les trois tomes du cycle des Enfants de la violence, les deux romans intitulés Le carnet d’or et Mémoires d’une survivante et trois écrits à caractère autobiographique), l’article se propose d’étudier la façon dont l’écriture de Doris Lessing, prix Nobel de littérature 2007, met en forme et en scène la transmission de la violence. La question centrale se noue autour de ce que l’auteure de l’article appelle « le risque filicide », c’est-à-dire le risque du désinvestissement (au sens de Piera Aulagnier), potentiellement mortel pour les enfants, et donc impossible à assumer. Ce sont les effets des injonctions contradictoires qui en résultent que l’article s’efforce de repérer, montrant comment le care , le « prendre soin » des enfants, pourrait consister à assumer la complexité des mouvements émotionnels qui nous relient à eux.
Emergences du langage et narrativité
Authors: Barral Armelle
Published: November 2017

Le langage s’inscrit dans le corporel. Les patients autistes, sensibles à l’attention du thérapeute à leur langage corporel, vont développer des expressions métaphoriques sur leur vécu corporel et sur la relation. De la mise en lien par des commentaires, au récit, le thérapeute introduit progressivement une narrativité dans sa relation avec son patient autiste. Cette narrativité du thérapeute soutient l’émergence de celle du patient depuis un langage corporel préverbal jusqu’au langage verbal. Elle relance la narrativité parentale souvent mise à mal par la sidération provoquée dans l’entourage de l’enfant par la symptomatologie autistique. Les émergences du langage verbal s’accompagnent d’utilisation d’appuis tant que la sécurité de base n’est pas acquise.
La santé sexuelle en contexte de handicap intellectuel : une recension narrative des écrits et ses implications pour les soins infirmiers
Authors: Pariseau-Legault Pierre , Holmes Dave
Published: November 2017

Les enjeux associés à la vie affective et sexuelle en contexte de handicap intellectuel ont récemment fait l’objet de recherches et discussions académiques interdisciplinaires. En soins infirmiers, la santé sexuelle constitue un domaine d’intervention approché avec hésitation et cette thématique constitue un champ de recherche encore marginal. Une recension narrative des écrits fut réalisée afin d’établir un portrait de la littérature produite à ce sujet au cours des dernières années. Cet article illustre l’état des connaissances actuellement développées au sein de trois domaines spécifiques, soit à propos des questions associées à l’autonomie sexuelle, des facteurs contextuels contribuant positivement ou négativement à la vie affective et sexuelle, ainsi que du vécu des personnes identifiées comme ayant un handicap intellectuel à cet égard. À partir de ces résultats, différents enjeux de la santé sexuelle en contexte handicap intellectuel sont discutés, dont ceux associés au processus de négociation de la vie affective et sexuelle, à la parentalité comme médiateur de l’expression affective et sexuelle et au caractère inclusif des interventions pouvant être planifiées à cet égard. Les implications de ces constats sont finalement discutées à la lumière des développements récents du rôle infirmier en santé sexuelle.
Die ontstaan en belang van Calvyn se eerste drie publikasies
Authors: Dreyer Wim A.
Published: November 2017

No abstract available
Fifth Wheel and Gooseneck Attachment Performance Up to 13608/kg (30000/lb) Trailer Weight
Authors:   Trailer Committee
Published: November 2017

This document establishes minimum performance criteria and definition of terms for the towing interface between a towing vehicle and fifth wheel or gooseneck trailer at or below 13608 kg (30000 pounds) gross trailer weight. This establishes criteria for the hitch, tow vehicle attachment structure, trailer attachment structure, and coupler.
Probabilistic inference of ecohydrological parameters using
observations from point to satellite scales
Authors: Bassiouni Maoya , Higgins Chad W. , Still Christopher J. , Good Stephen P.
Published: November 2017

Abstract. Ecohydrological parameters that describe vegetation controls on soil moisture dynamics are not easy to measure at hydrologically meaningful scales and site-specific values are rarely available. We hypothesize that sufficient information required to determine these ecohydrological parameters is encoded in empirical probability density functions (pdfs) of soil saturation, and that this information can be extracted through inverse modeling of the commonly used stochastic soil water balance. We developed a generalizable Bayesian inference approach to estimate soil saturation thresholds at which plants control soil water losses, based only on soil texture, rainfall and soil moisture data at point, footprint, and satellite scales. The optimal analytical soil saturation pdfs were statistically consistent with empirical pdfs and parameter uncertainties were on average under 10 %. Parameter estimates were most constrained for scales and locations at which soil water dynamics are more sensitive to the fitted ecohydrological parameters of interest. The algorithm convergence was most successful and the best goodness-of-fit statistics were obtained at the satellite scale. Robust and accurate results were obtained with as little as 75 daily observations randomly sampled from the full records, demonstrating the advantage of analyzing soil saturation pdfs instead of time series. A sensitivity analysis showed that estimates of soil saturation thresholds at which plants control soil water losses were not sensitive to soil depth and near-surface observations are valuable to characterize ecohydrological factors driving soil water dynamics at ecosystem scales. This work combined modeling and empirical approaches in ecohydrology and provided a simple framework to obtain analytical descriptions of soil moisture dynamics at a range of spatial scales that are consistent with soil moisture observations.
Professional Teachers’ Perspective toward an Effective Teaching Technique: A Case Study
Authors: Sobakh Nurus
Published: November 2017

This study aims to describe the teachers’ perspective about the effective teaching technique to teach young leaner in Pasuruan Indonesia. The research design was qualitative case study design. This study tried to investigate the effective teaching technique to teach young learner. The teaching process had been implemented by the teachers. In this study, the teachers would describe their teaching learning process in their classroom. The subject of this study was the professional teachers’ of junior high school in SMPN 1 Gempol and SMPN 1 Beji. The classroom was chosen based on the teacher’s approval and suggestion. The professional teachers were the teachers who had legal certificate as the educator from the government and who had taught more than ten years. The researcher collected the data from the observation sheets, field note, and teachers’ interview. The researcher found that the teachers ordered the steps of teaching technique from the beginning until the end effectively and systematically. The teachers had fulfilled the criteria of professional teacher. They had a better classroom management skill and ordered various kinds of teaching activities and practices in their classroom splendidly.
Interdisciplinary shared governance: A literature review
Authors: Alrwaihi Salwa , Kehyayan V. , Johnson Jessie M.
Published: November 2017

Objective: Interdisciplinary shared governance (IDSG) is important in healthcare to achieve quality and excellence in patient care. Initially adopted in healthcare facilities for the nursing discipline, the recent trend is to expand it to include other disciplines. This paper examined the factors that affect interdisciplinary collaboration that effect successful implementation of an IDSG model.Methods: A literature review on SG, interdisciplinary collaboration, and factors that may potentially influence its successful implementation was conducted.Results: The review of the literature identified several factors grouped under three major themes that affect IDSG. The first theme was individual factors that include the subthemes provider attitude, beliefs, interpersonal skills, and status quo. The second theme was shared factors that includes both individual as well as organizational factors. They include physician-nurse relationships, clear goals and vision, motivation, trust and respect, and team functional skills. Finally, the organizational factors refer to those that impact the working environment and influence decision making by members of the various interdisciplinary teams. These factors include organizational structure, organizational culture, leadership, education, resources, professional boundary, and role ambiguity.Conclusions: The IDSG requires that groups in different disciplines make informed decisions pertaining their work environment as well as those towards patient’s care.
Latin American Immigrants' Adaptation Experiences in Korea: Cases of Migrant Workers with Professions in Culture and Entertainment Sectors
Authors: Choi Jinsook
Published: November 2017

This paper explores the cultural adjustment experiences of Latin American migrating professionals in Korea. Two areas of studies on immigration are adopted to conceptualize the experiences of Latin American migrating professionals in Korea: transnationalism and racial reconstruction. I used qualitative interviews to examine Latin American migrating professionals' adjustment experiences in Korea. Latin American migrating professionals' experiences involving immigration to Korea are characterized by relatively short-term sojourns, isolation, and racial visibility in Korea. The result suggests that they use adaptation strategies to overcome isolation and to achieve the reformation of racial identity. This study will contribute to (1) theorizing transnationalism and the racial reconstruction of Latin American migrant workers, and (2) our understanding of Korean society’s readiness to receive immigrants, through examining Latin American migrating professionals’ experiences with Korean society and culture.
Evaluation of Principal Role on Building Teachers’ Competence in Man Kendari, Southest Sulawesi, Indonesia
Authors: Zulkifli M.
Published: November 2017

This study aims at analyzing the evaluation of principal’s role in training teachers’ competence in MAN 1 Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi Kendari. Subjects in this study are principals and teachers of MAN I Kendari. The research used descriptive method with qualitative approach. All the data collected by observation, interview and documentation and analyzed by data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The result showed that the evaluation of principal role in building teachers’ competence run well. In addition, the principal role as a leader trained the cooperation among administrators in the school, teachers and students’ parents relates to students’ education whether in the school or out of the school and socialization activities done by the teachers through teachers’ group working (Kelompok Kerja Guru / KKG) to improve teachers’ competence. As educator, the principal attempted to train the pedagogic competence and professional in terms of facilitating teachers to actively participate in KKG in order to improve teachers’ ability in classroom management. In addition, as the supervisor, the principal trained teachers’ pedagogic and personal in the classroom supervision activities, conducting meeting relates to the outcome of learning and instruction, arranging its scenario and the interaction process among teacher and students in the classroom.
Analyzing the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Reasoning Skills in Secondary School
Authors: Napitupulu E. Elvis
Published: November 2017

The paper reports part of a study aimed at developing teaching materials in inculcating upper secondary students’ mathematical reasoning skills (MRS). To develop the materials, the researcher implemented the Four-D Model. The study took subjects from five public schools in Province of North Sumatera, Indonesia. The researcher designed and developed students’ work sheet (SWS) and instrument to measure MRS. Along the teaching ran, which applied problem-based learning model, the researcher observed teachers’ and students’ activities while nurturing and applying MRS in the frame of solving mathematical problems. Of the four indicators laid to measure the MRS, students lack most in use of pattern relationship to analyse situation, to make analogy, or to generalize. The ways support student’s progress in achieving MRS are if (i) the problem faced is much mimicked the task solved in the classroom, (ii) more various problems given to solve under guidance, and (iii) intensive scaffolding is given.
Spatial Distribution of Landslide Risk and Exposure Based on CART Model and GIS Technology - Case Study of Panzhihua Basin, Yangtze River, China
Authors: Long Yin , Zhang Runsen , Li Zhaoling
Published: November 2017

Spatial distribution of natural disaster risk has been taking as a reference in urban planning and disaster management. Especially to the remote mountainous areas located in southwestern China where landslide disaster could cause enormous damage. In those areas, only few exposure researches could reveal disaster risk and exposure distribution which related to landslide occurrence since lack of landslide indicator information. This research aimed at combining landslide risk mapping with highly exposure mapping to reveal distribution of highly landslide exposure in a remote mountainous area: Panzhihua basin, Yangtze River, China. In this research, 203 landslide point data (103 occurrences and 100 absences) were collected based on governmental landslide inventory and fieldwork to build CART (Classification and Regression Tree) model, which was applied to investigate the relationship between landslide disaster and four independent variables (vegetation, elevation, slope and top soil type). Finally, we developed a landslide-prone hazard map based on transportation, threatened population and property distribution to illustrate potential socioeconomic damage of landslide occurrence. The output maps show that landslide-prone area basically follows valley stretch and Yangtze Rivers. Northeastern and center zone in study area are classified with higher risk to generate landslide disaster. Threaten population and property exposure shows similar distribution in northeastern and northwestern areas while detached in center and southeastern areas. To the transportation sector, there are 75.3km of local road, 8.6km of main road, 29.5km of railway and 39.2km of national highway are highly exposed to landslide occurrence respectively.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF GAMMA IRRIADIATED POLYSULFONES ON THE STATIC FRICTION COEFFICIENT
Authors: NIEMIEC Aneta
Published: November 2017

The paper presents the results of studies on the effects of gamma irradiation on the static friction coefficient of thermoplastic polymer – polysulfone. These polar polymers belong to the group of amorphous thermoplastics and are widely used for various applications, e.g., automotive and electronic industries (dielectrics in capacitors), waste water recovery, medical uses (hemodialysis membranes), requiring autoclave, and steam sterilization. Polysufones are known for their toughness and stability at high temperatures. The aim of this study is to analysed changes in the static coefficient of friction in association with a contact pressure (in the range 0.2 – 0.8 MPa) depending on the ionizing radiation dose of PSU (in the range 50-150 kGy). Additionally, microhardness, and wear intensity were measured, because tribological properties of polymers as well as mechanical properties that influence their durability and applications. The studies confirmed that the static coefficient of friction increases with an increase in contact pressure (in the test range). The research has shown that mechanical (microhardness) and tribological (static coefficient of friction and tribological wear) improve as the radiation dose of irradiated material increase. Moreover, the tribological wear increases with increasing the sliding velocity. This gamma irradiated polymer is characterized by higher microhardness, a static coefficient of friction, and a higher wear rate compared to PSU in the initial state, because of changes in structure. It requires further research.
What is a "Sebastian"?: A nonsensical look at the poetry of Yona Wallach
Authors: Porat Ailor
Published: November 2017

This article compares the nonsense works of Lewis Carroll to the poetry of the canonical Hebrew poet Yona Wallach. Both writers present literary works which are not based on the logic of 'ordinary' reality, but rather on systems of unfamiliar, surreal and 'dreamlike' logic. However, Carroll's logical nonsense is famously comical and playful in nature. Unlike him, Yona Wallach's poetry is mostly regarded as 'serious', even tragic, with a 'doom-like' atmosphere hovering over it. Nonetheless, and precisely because of their considerable dissimilarity, the comparison between Yona Wallach and Lewis Carroll discloses their surprising similarity. In this artiel will examine two mechanisms in which they both play with the conventional meanings of words and use them incongruously, non-commonsensically.Throughout this article, Carroll reveals his serious and gloomy face whereas Wallach reveals her (hardly spoken of) logical and amused face.Thus, the contrasts between the comically playful accuracy of Carroll's work and Wallach's ambiguous and mostly "dark" poetry, sheds light on their respective mechanisms of signification and humor-making, in a manner indiscernible when each is treated in isolation.
Designing a cancer therapeutic peptide by combining the mitochondrial targeting domain of Noxa and ErbB2‐targeting moieties
Authors: Han Ji‐Hye , Park Junghee , Seo Young‐Woo , Kim Tae‐Hyoung
Published: November 2017

Many anticancer drugs target epidermal growth factor receptors to inhibit receptor tyrosine kinases and tumor growth. Here, we show that an ErbB2‐targeting pronecrotic peptide (KWSY:MTD) selectively kills tumor cells expressing ErbB2 in vitro. An antibody against ErbB2 inhibits KWSY:MTD‐induced cell death. KWSY:MTD causes membrane permeability which allows propidium iodide entry into the cytosol and the release of HMGB1 into the media, indicative of necrosis. Mitochondrial swelling occurs in response to KWSY:MTD. Moreover, in vivo analysis using a mouse model shows that KWSY:MTD partially suppressed growth in tumor tissue bearing ErbB2‐expressing cells, but did not have obvious toxicity in mouse liver or kidney tissue. Taken together, KWSY:MTD has potential as an ErbB2‐targeting anticancer drug.
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of 5A Molecular Sieve with BNs Segregated Structures
Authors: Sun Nan , Zhang Quan‐Ping , Sun Hao‐Ran , Yang Wen‐Bin , Zhou Yuan‐Lin , Song Jiang‐Feng , Luo De‐Li
Published: November 2017

5A molecular sieves have been widely used as adsorbents in cryogenic distillation for hydrogen isotope separation in fusion reactor engineering, but its low thermal conductivity is detrimental to the process stability. Improving the thermal conductivity of 5A molecular sieves is one of the most important goals for high‐performance devices. Here, firm segregated structures with boron nitride sheets (BNs) are constructed around 5A molecular sieve particles. SEM results show 30 µm BNs tend to form the better networks in comparison with that of 0.12 µm BNs at 40 wt% loadings. It is further verified that BNs with the larger size promote the thermal conductivity. Meanwhile, the thermal conductivity increases with the increasing amounts of BNs. XRD and specific surface area results indicate that the sintering and the addition of BNs exert negligible effects on the structure of 5A molecular sieve. These results indirectly show 5A molecular sieve with BNs segregated structures is very likely to be used for the application of hydrogen isotopic separation. Besides, this work provides new insight into the construction of segregated structure in inorganic porous materials.
Multilineage Constructs for Scaffold‐Based Tissue Engineering: A Review of Tissue‐Specific Challenges
Authors: Baudequin Timothée , Tabrizian Maryam
Published: November 2017

There is a growing interest in the regeneration of tissue in interfacial regions, where biological, physical, and chemical attributes vary across tissue type. The simultaneous use of distinct cell lineages can help in developing in vitro structures, analogous to native composite tissues. This literature review gathers the recent reports that have investigated multiple cell types of various sources and lineages in a coculture system for tissue‐engineered constructs. Such studies aim at mimicking the native organization of tissues and their interfaces, and/or to improve the development of complex tissue substitutes. This paper thus distinguishes itself from those focusing on technical aspects of coculturing for a single specific tissue. The first part of this review is dedicated to variables of cocultured tissue engineering such as scaffold, cells, and in vitro culture environment. Next, tissue‐specific coculture methods and approaches are covered for the most studied tissues. Finally, cross‐analysis is performed to highlight emerging trends in coculture principles and to discuss how tissue‐specific challenges can inspire new approaches for regeneration of different interfaces to improve the outcomes of various tissue engineering strategies.
Platelet‐Facilitated Photothermal Therapy of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Authors: Rao Lang , Bu Lin‐Lin , Ma Liang , Wang Wenbiao , Liu Huiqin , Wan Da , Liu Jian‐Feng , Li Andrew , Guo Shi‐Shang , Zhang Lu , Zhang Wen‐Feng , Zhao Xing‐Zhong , Sun Zhi‐Jun , Liu Wei
Published: November 2017

Here, we present a platelet‐facilitated photothermal tumor therapy (PLT‐PTT) strategy, in which PLTs act as carriers for targeted delivery of photothermal agents to tumor tissues and enhance the PTT effect. Gold nanorods (AuNRs) were first loaded into PLTs by electroporation and the resulting AuNR‐loaded PLTs (PLT‐AuNRs) inherited long blood circulation and cancer targeting characteristics from PLTs and good photothermal property from AuNRs. Using a gene‐knockout mouse model, we demonstrate that the administration of PLT‐AuNRs and localizing laser irradiation could effectively inhibit the growth of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In addition, we found that the PTT treatment augmented PLT‐AuNRs targeting to the tumor sites and in turn, improved the PTT effects in a feedback manner, demonstrating the unique self‐reinforcing characteristic of PLT‐PTT in cancer therapy.
Safety and efficacy of the hybrid approach in coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: The Hybrid Video Registry
Authors: Daniels David V. , Banerjee Sudeshna , Alaswad Khaldoon , Doing Anthony H. , Dattilo Philip B. , Kalyanasundaram Arun , Spratt James C. , Hanratty Colm G. , Strange Julian W. , Walsh Simon , Lombardi William L. , Aaron Grantham J.
Published: November 2017

Objectives

The aim of the Hybrid Video Registry (HVR) is to assess the acute safety and efficacy of the Hybrid Approach in comparison to other contemporary methods of CTO‐PCI. Background: Recently, multiple techniques in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for coronary Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO) have been synthesized into a method referred to as the “Hybrid Approach”.

Methods

About 194 video‐taped timed live cases from CTO‐PCI training workshops were analyzed by independent data abstractors and compared to three contemporary CTO‐PCI registries stratified by case complexity based on the J‐CTO score.

Results

Overall procedural success was 95% of all cases attempted with an excellent safety profile. In the most complex lesion subset, which made up 45% of all HVR cases, success was 92.8%, which was significantly higher than either the Royal Bromptom (78.9%), or Japanese‐CTO (73.3%) registries, P = 0.04 Hybrid vs. Royal Brompton, P = 0.006 Hybrid vs. Japanese‐CTO). The Hybrid Approach was also associated with shorter procedure times and lower contrast utilization.

Conclusions

In a real world angiographic registry of complex CTOs, the Hybrid Approach to CTO‐PCI is safe, and may be superior to other contemporary approaches to CTO intervention with respect to procedural success and efficiency among a diverse group of operators and lesion complexity. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Performance monitoring of MIMO control system using Kullback‐Leibler divergence
Authors: Wu Ping
Published: November 2017

In this paper, a novel control performance monitoring method using Kullback‐Leibler divergence is proposed for a multi‐input‐multi‐output (MIMO) control system. Kullback‐Leibler divergence is employed to quantify the dissimilarity in the closed loop output data distributions between the monitored period and the reference period. Furthermore, a Kullback‐Leibler divergence based performance index is developed to detect the control performance change. Compared with conventional covariance based control performance indices, the proposed performance index can not only cope with the closed loop output data distribution under non‐Gaussian noise, but also shows greater sensitivity to the control performance change. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed Kullback‐Leibler divergence based control performance index.
Shifts in air temperature and high-magnitude winter precipitation events in coastal North America: Implications for Environmental Assessment and Management
Authors: Fraser Colin , Jackson Scott
Published: November 2017

This commentary examines recent shifts in air temperature data coinciding with high-magnitude precipitation events at climate stations spanning an elevational and longitudinal gradient on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Results presented show that high-magnitude winter precipitation events are occurring on British Columbia's south coast under progressively warmer conditions. In the future, proportionally more winter precipitation is anticipated to report as rainfall versus snow, and over time these changes will have a marked impact on the snowmelt-dominated hydrographs that characterize local watersheds. Robust preparedness strategies will be needed to balance competing interests such as the security of domestic water supplies, the permitting and operation of major projects (e.g., mines, hydrodevelopments), and the achievement of broader ecosystem health goals under these changing hydroclimatic conditions. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2018;14:185–188. © 2018 SETAC

Key Points

Large atmospheric river events can result in rain-on-snow conditions and widespread flooding, leading to significant property and infrastructure damage estimated in the tens of millions of dollars in coastal North America. Continued and upward shifts in air temperature are predicted for the future, and extreme precipitation events over most midlatitude land masses are very likely to become more frequent and intense as global mean surface temperature increases. Collaborative policy frameworks and robust preparedness strategies will be needed to balance competing interests under these changing hydroclimatic conditions.
Poly (amido amine) dendrimer and dental adhesive with calcium phosphate nanoparticles remineralized dentin in lactic acid
Authors: Liang Kunneng , Xiao Shimeng , Weir Michael D. , Bao Chongyun , Liu Huaibing , Cheng Lei , Zhou Xuedong , Li Jiyao , Xu Hockin H. K.
Published: November 2017

Patients with dry mouth often have an acidic oral environment lacking saliva to provide calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) ions. There has been no report on tooth remineralization in acidic pH4 and CaP ion‐lacking solutions. The objective of this study was to develop a novel method of combining poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) with adhesive containing nanoparticles of amorphous calcium phosphate (NACP) for dentin remineralization in pH4 and CaP‐lacking solution for the first time. Demineralized dentin was tested in four groups: (1) dentin control, (2) dentin with PAMAM, (3) dentin with NACP adhesive, (4) dentin with PAMAM + NACP adhesive. Dentin samples were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy‐dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and hardness testing. Increasing the NACP filler level in adhesive from 0 to 40 wt% did not negatively affect the dentin bond strength (p > 0.1). NACP adhesive released CaP ions and neutralized the acid. PAMAM alone failed to achieve dentin remineralization in lactic acid. NACP alone induced slight dentin remineralization in lactic acid (p > 0.1). In contrast, the novel PAMAM + NACP group in the pH4 and CaP‐lacking solution completely remineralized the predemineralized dentin, increasing its hardness which approached that of healthy dentin (p > 0.1). In conclusion, dentin remineralization via PAMAM + NACP adhesive in pH4 and CaP‐lacking acid was achieved for the first time, when conventional remineralization methods such as PAMAM or NACP did not work. The novel PAMAM + NACP method is promising to increase the longevity of the composite‐tooth bond, inhibit caries, remineralize lesions and protect tooth structures, even for patients with dry mouth and an acidic oral environment. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 106B: 2414–2424, 2018.
Euler characteristic of imaginaries in o‐minimal structures
Authors: Kamenkovich Sofya , Peterzil Ya'acov
Published: November 2017

We define the notion of Euler characteristic for definable quotients in an arbitrary o‐minimal structure and prove some fundamental properties.
A note on stability of spacecrafts and underwater vehicles
Authors: Comănescu Dan
Published: November 2017

A Hamilton‐Poisson system is an approach for the motion of a spacecraft around an asteroid or for the motion of an underwater vehicle. We construct a coordinate chart on the symplectic leaf which contains a specific generic equilibrium point and we establish stability conditions for this equilibrium point.
Enacting knowledge strategy through social media:Passable trust and the paradox of nonwork interactions
Authors: Neeley Tsedal B. , Leonardi Paul M.
Published: November 2017

Research Summary:Despite the recognition that knowledge sharing among employees is necessary to enact knowledge strategy, little is known about how to enable such sharing. Recent research suggests that social media may promote knowledge sharing because they allow social lubrication and the formation of trust. Our longitudinal and comparative analysis of social media usage at two large firms indicates that users who participate in nonwork interactions on social media catalyze a cycle of curiosity andpassable trustthat enables them to connect and share knowledge. Paradoxically, the very nonwork‐related content that attracts users to social media and shapes passable trust can become a source of tension, thwarting a firm's ability to encapsulate knowledge in the form of routines and to use it to enact its strategy.

Managerial Summary:Integrating knowledge from across a firm is a critical source of competitive advantage. Firms are increasingly implementing internal social media sites to promote knowledge sharing among their employees. Our analysis indicates that employees’ curiosity about nonwork‐related and work‐related interactions motivate them to use the sites. The integration of nonwork and work content allows employees to identify people with valuable knowledge, and gauge thepassable trustthat they need to share knowledge on the sites or offline. Paradoxically, the nonwork‐related content that attracts users to the sites can become a source of tension, thwarting the production of knowledge to enact firms’ knowledge‐based strategies. To foster work‐related knowledge sharing, managers should accommodate nonwork‐related interactions on social media.
Growth control, interface behavior, band alignment, and potential device applications of 2D lateral heterostructures
Authors: Zhao Jijun , Cheng Kai , Han Nannan , Zhang Junfeng
Published: November 2017

Two‐dimensional (2D) lateral heterostructures open a new avenue for intentional design of novel 2D devices with superior electronic and optoelectronic properties. Since 2012, many groups have successfully synthesized lateral graphene/h‐BN heterostructures on metal substrates and the fabrication of in‐plane heterostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides has also been reported since 2014. In this review, we first present an overview on recent progress of the experimental fabrications of 2D lateral heterostructures, along with the growth mechanism from atomistic simulations. The atomic structures of interfaces, electronic and thermal transport properties across interfaces for some 2D lateral heterojunctions are then discussed. Our current theoretical understanding on the band alignments and electronic properties as well as potential device applications of these lateral heterostructures are summarized. Finally, we give a perspective on this fast‐growing field. WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2018, 8:e1353. doi: 10.1002/wcms.1353

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Juvenile burrowing owl movement and survival in a human‐altered landscape
Authors: Griffin Eboni , Desmond Martha , VanLeeuwen Dawn
Published: November 2017

Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) are increasingly moving into human‐altered landscapes, yet it is not well‐understood how these environments affect movements and survival. We studied postfledging juvenile burrowing owls (n = 42) in urban, greenspace, and agricultural environments in New Mexico, USA, during 2012 and 2013. Agriculture was divided into heterogeneous and homogenous blocks (up to 1,000‐m radius from nest) based on land‐cover continuity. Postfledging movement distance (n = 31) was not influenced by year, sex, or landscape metrics within 600 m of the nest. Landscape metrics, however, did not account for visual barriers to movement including pecan orchards and residential areas within the agricultural landscape. Movement distances did vary by dominant environment, with owls in urban landscapes (80.9 m ± 20.1 SE, n = 4) moving shorter distances than owls in greenspace (552.7 m ± 117.0 SE, n = 7), homogenous agriculture (497.8 m ± 140.6 SE, n = 7), and heterogeneous agriculture (206.7 m ± 36.3 SE, n = 13). Juvenile postfledging survival was greater in landscapes with a greater percentage of agriculture (β = 0.017, 95% CL = 0.017–0.018). Survival was greatest in heterogeneous and homogeneous agriculture (93% and 89%, respectively) followed by urban (67%) and greenspace (50%) environments. Greenspace had the greatest mortality rate, but was negatively correlated with agriculture, making it difficult to ascertain whether one of these metrics had a stronger influence on survival. Increased mortality in greenspace suggests urban parks and patches of native vegetation adjacent to urban development do not protect young owls. Owls in larger expanses of continuous cover had greater movements and utilized more satellite burrows. Programs managing for burrowing owls in human‐altered landscapes should avoid establishing artificial burrows and translocation sites in greenspace adjacent to urban areas, and, in the southwestern United States, should focus on agricultural areas. © 2017 The Wildlife Society.
Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of a Copper(II) Metal‐Organic Framework with Biphenyl‐2,2′,4,4′‐tetracarboxylic Acid
Authors: Tian Hua , Jia Qin‐Xiang , Li Peng , Yang Qing‐Feng , Gao En‐Qing
Published: November 2017

The 2D CuII metal‐organic framework [Cu2(bptc)(H2O)4]n·4nH2O (1) (H4bptc = biphenyl‐2,2′,4,4′‐tetracarboxylic acid) was hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. In the structure, bptc4– serves as a twisted Π‐shaped organic building block to connect paddlewheel [Cu2(COO)4] dinuclear units and mononuclear units through 2‐/2′‐carboxylate and 4‐/4′‐carboxylate, respectively. According to the magnetic analysis using a dimer‐plus‐monomer model, strong antiferromagnetic coupling is operative within the dinuclear unit (J = –311 cm–1 based on H = –JS1S2), and the compound behaves like a mononuclear molecule at low temperature.
Principals re-constructing their professional performance in elementaryeducation: A participatory contribution within the educational system inYucatan, Mexico
Authors: Atoche-Rodríguez Karla Egle , Salazar-Pastrana Argely , Durán-Pérez Ana María
Published: November 2017

En 2013 se estableció la Reforma Educativa que fundamenta la evaluación de los elementos del Sistema Educativo Nacional (SEN), particular-mente lo relacionado al Servicio Profesional Docente (SPD), el cual requiere de procesos integrales de evaluación enfocados en las oportunidadesy retos culturales y contextuales enfrentados por los profesionales de la educación en servicio. Con el propósito de desarrollar evaluacionesjustas, útiles y viables de los profesionales en el SPD, la Secretaría de Educación del Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, a través del Centro deEvaluación Educativa del Estado de Yucatán (CEEEY), desarrolló una consulta pública para identificar las principales características que debenposeer los profesionales del SPD en su práctica educativa. Este estudio incluyó la participación de docentes, directores, supervisores y asesorestécnicos pedagógicos de la educación básica. En este artículo analizamos las principales características que conforman el perfil de desempe˜node los directores y que se alinean al liderazgo pedagógico. Identificamos cinco dimensiones que integran este perfil: conocimiento educativo,práctica educativa, desarrollo profesional, ética e identidad profesional y compromiso con la comunidad. Concluimos que las características másimportantes para los directores de Yucatán coinciden con las propuestas en el enfoque del liderazgo pedagógico reportado en la literatura.
For Activist Thought: A Response to Bryan Cheyette
Authors: Rothberg Michael
Published: November 2017

This essay responds to Bryan Cheyette’s “Against Supercessionist Thinking: Old and New, Jews and Postcolonialism, the Ghetto and Diaspora.”1It argues that Cheyette fails to evade certain forms of binary thinking, in particular those that polarize thought and action, theory and praxis. We see this persistence of binary logic in his discussion of my bookMultidirectional Memoryand in his engagement with the critic Aamir Mufti on the topic of Israel/Palestine and the legacies of Edward Said.
DHA mediates the protective effect of fish consumption on new episodes of depression among women
Authors: Reeves John L. , Otahal Petr , Magnussen Costan G. , Dwyer Terry , Kangas Antti J. , Soininen Pasi , Ala-Korpela Mika , Venn Alison J. , Smith Kylie J.
Published: November 2017

In a longitudinal cohort study of young Australian adults, we reported that for women higher baseline levels of fish consumption were associated with reduced incidence of new depressive episodes during the 5-year follow-up. Fish are high in bothn-3 fatty acids and tyrosine. In this study, we seek to determine whethern-3 fatty acids or tyrosine explain the observed association. During 2004–2006, a FFQ (nine fish items) was used to estimate weekly fish consumption among 546 women aged 26–36 years. A fasting blood sample was taken and high-throughput NMR spectroscopy was used to measure 233 metabolites, including serumn-3 fatty acids and tyrosine. During 2009–2011, new episodes of depression since baseline were identified using the lifetime version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Relative risks were calculated using log-binomial regression and indirect effects estimated using the STATA binary_mediation command. Potential mediators were added to separate models, and mediation was quantified as the proportion of the total effect due to the mediator. Then-3 DHA mediated 25·3 % of the association between fish consumption and depression when fish consumption was analysed as a continuous variable and 16·6 % when dichotomised (reference group: <2 serves/week). Tyrosine did not mediate the association (<0·1 %). Components in fish other thann-3 fatty acids and tyrosine might be beneficial for women’s mental health.
Analyzing the Wrongfulness of Lying: A Defence of Pluralism
Authors: FALBO ARIANNA
Published: November 2017

Extant accounts, both old and new, of the wrongfulness of lying are all inadequate. The common problem with each consists in its unitary structure. Such analyses presuppose that all lies are wrongful in the same way, for the same unifying reason. This assumption, however, does not do justice to the phenomena of lying. This is because lying can be morally objectionable in diverse ways. Thus, I argue for a dialectical shift towards a pluralist approach to the wrongfulness of lying. We should not force unity upon the moral structure of lying when there is actually diversity.
Merleau-Ponty et la «conscience engluée». Au cœur de laPhénoménologie de la perception
Authors: DALISSIER MICHEL
Published: November 2017

Nous mettons ici en évidence la fonction insigne qu’occupe la conscience dans la partie médiane de laPhénoménologie de la perception. Un sens nouveau donné à la notion permet d’éviter l’alternative entre empirisme et intellectualisme, qui structure cette deuxième partie. La conscience, engluée dans le monde, n’est ni seulement un état ni seulement un acte; elle porte une vie, mieux, un vivre et un faire, et revêt en cela une dimension métaphysique, qui la rend irréductible à l’expérience. Originaire et philosophique, elle correspond à une appréhension effective et efficace du contradictoire en chaque chose.