bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Does emotional intelligence influence success during medical school admissions and program matriculation?: a systematic review
Authors: Cook Christian Jaeger , Cook Chad E. , Hilton Tiffany N.
Published: November 2016

Purpose: It aimed at determining whether emotional intelligence is a predictor for success in a medical school program and whether the emotional intelligence construct correlated with other markers for admission into medical school. Methods: Three databases (PubMed, CINAHL, and ERIC) were searched up to and including July 2016, using relevant terms. Studies written in English were selected if they included emotional intelligence as a predictor for success in medical school, markers of success such as examination scores and grade point average and association with success defined through traditional medical school admission criteria and failures, and details about the sample. Data extraction included the study authors and year, population description, emotional intelligence I tool, outcome variables, and results. Associations between emotional intelligence scores and reported data were extracted and recorded. Results: Six manuscripts were included. Overall, study quality was high. Four of the manuscripts examined emotional intelligence as a predictor for success while in medical school. Three of these four studies supported a weak positive relationship between emotional intelligence scores and success during matriculation. Two of manuscripts examined the relationship of emotional intelligence to medical school admissions. There were no significant relevant correlations between emotional intelligence and medical school admission selection. Conclusion: Emotional intelligence was correlated with some, but not all, measures of success during medical school matriculation and none of the measures associated with medical school admissions. Variability in success measures across studies likely explains the variable findings.
Not just a lawyer: Thomas Craig and humanist Edinburgh
Authors: McOmish David
Published: November 2016

Edinburgh lawyer and jurist Thomas Craig was a prominent public figure in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jacobean Edinburgh. Our appreciation of Craig's cultural and intellectual legacy has usually been understood only through the prism of his well-known vocational activities in the law. Craig, however, was much more than a lawyer. He was part of a vibrant humanist culture in Edinburgh that played a significant part in wider European intellectual debates pushing the Scientific Revolution forward. Craig was an engaged and enthusiastic member of a circle of friends and family who were at the forefront of the sixteenth century's radical and transformative astronomical and mathematical debates. Evidence from a cross-section of Latin literary material reveals Craig's part in a remarkable intellectual awakening that took place in Humanist Edinburgh, and whose significance is only now beginning to be understood.
The life of Sir James MacDonald of Knockrinsay
Authors: Crawford Ross
Published: November 2016

Sir James MacDonald of Knockrinsay is best known for his leadership of the ‘Islay Rising’ of 1615. Various strands of evidence are here brought together to reveal an individual of significance, controversy, and complexity. Sir James lived in relative comfort with King James VI at Edinburgh and London, but for eleven years he was imprisoned in the dungeon of Edinburgh Castle until he made his daring escape in 1615. Although possessed of a natural charisma, Sir James was not the most adept political operator, and his family life was always turbulent. His career is here set against a wider backdrop of upheaval and transition in the Highlands, as many clans struggled for survival. The ultimate failure of the ‘Islay Rising’ and Sir James's exile in the Spanish Netherlands can be seen as a symbolic end of an era for the clans of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Cyclic Crack Monitoring of a Reinforced Concrete Column under Simulated Pseudo-Dynamic Loading Using Piezoceramic-Based Smart Aggregates
Authors: Kong Qingzhao , Robert Rachel , Silva Pedro , Mo Y.
Published: November 2016

Structural health monitoring is an important aspect of maintenance for bridge columns in areas of high seismic activity. In this project, recently developed piezoceramic-based transducers, known as smart aggregates (SA), were utilized to perform structural health monitoring of a reinforced concrete (RC) bridge column subjected to pseudo-dynamic loading. The SA-based approach has been previously verified for static and dynamic loading but never for pseudo-dynamic loading. Based on the developed SAs, an active-sensing approach was developed to perform real-time health status evaluation of the RC column during the loading procedure. The existence of cracks attenuated the stress wave transmission energy during the loading procedure and reduced the amplitudes of the signal received by SA sensors. To detect the crack evolution and evaluate the damage severity, a wavelet packet-based structural damage index was developed. Experimental results verified the effectiveness of the SAs in structural health monitoring of the RC column under pseudo-dynamic loading. In addition to monitoring the general severity of the damage, the local structural damage indices show potential to report the cyclic crack open-close phenomenon subjected to the pseudo-dynamic loading.
Optimization of One-Step In Situ Transesterification Method for Accurate Quantification of EPA in Nannochloropsis gaditana
Authors: Tang Yuting , Zhang Yue , Rosenberg Julian , Betenbaugh Michael , Wang Fei
Published: November 2016

Microalgae are a valuable source of lipid feedstocks for biodiesel and valuable omega-3 fatty acids. Nannochloropsis gaditana has emerged as a promising producer of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) due to its fast growth rate and high EPA content. In the present study, the fatty acid profile of Nannochloropsis gaditana was found to be naturally high in EPA and devoid of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), thereby providing an opportunity to maximize the efficacy of EPA production. Using an optimized one-step in situ transesterification method (methanol:biomass = 90 mL/g; HCl 5% by vol.; 70 °C; 1.5 h), the maximum fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield of Nannochloropsis gaditana cultivated under rich condition was quantified as 10.04% ± 0.08% by weight with EPA-yields as high as 4.02% ± 0.17% based on dry biomass. The total FAME and EPA yields were 1.58- and 1.23-fold higher separately than that obtained using conventional two-step method (solvent system: methanol and chloroform). This one-step in situ method provides a fast and simple method to measure fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yields and could serve as a promising method to generate eicosapentaenoic acid methyl ester from microalgae.
The Potential of Non-Provitamin A Carotenoids for the Prevention and Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Authors: Murillo Ana , DiMarco Diana , Fernandez Maria
Published: November 2016

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an obesity-associated spectrum of comorbidities defined by the presence of metabolic dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, and fibrosis in the liver. If left untreated, NAFLD can progress to cirrhosis, liver failure, or hepatocellular carcinoma. NAFLD is recognized as the most common liver disease in the United States, affecting around 30% of the population. Identification of dietary components capable of reducing or preventing NAFLD is therefore essential to battle this condition. Dietary carotenoids including astaxanthin, lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin have been demonstrated to be potent antioxidants as well as to exhibit anti-inflammatory effects. Many studies report the protective effect(s) of these carotenoids against different conditions such as atherosclerosis, diabetic complications, age-related macular degeneration, and liver diseases. In this review, we will focus on the effects of these carotenoids in the prevention or reduction of NAFLD as seen in epidemiological observations and clinical trials, as well as the suggested mechanism of action derived from animal and cell studies.
Advance Care Planning in Glioblastoma Patients
Authors: Fritz Lara , Dirven Linda , Reijneveld Jaap , Koekkoek Johan , Stiggelbout Anne , Pasman H. , Taphoorn Martin
Published: November 2016

Despite multimodal treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, glioblastoma is an incurable disease with a poor prognosis. During the disease course, glioblastoma patients may experience progressive neurological deficits, symptoms of increased intracranial pressure such as drowsiness and headache, incontinence, seizures and progressive cognitive dysfunction. These patients not only have cancer, but also a progressive brain disease. This may seriously interfere with their ability to make their own decisions regarding treatment. It is therefore warranted to involve glioblastoma patients early in the disease trajectory in treatment decision-making on their future care, including the end of life (EOL) care, which can be achieved with Advance Care Planning (ACP). Although ACP, by definition, aims at timely involvement of patients and proxies in decision-making on future care, the optimal moment to initiate ACP discussions in the disease trajectory of glioblastoma patients remains controversial. Moreover, the disease-specific content of these ACP discussions needs to be established. In this article, we will first describe the history of patient participation in treatment decision-making, including the shift towards ACP. Secondly, we will describe the possible role of ACP for glioblastoma patients, with the specific aim of treatment of disease-specific symptoms such as somnolence and dysphagia, epileptic seizures, headache, and personality changes, agitation and delirium in the EOL phase, and the importance of timing of ACP discussions in this patient population.
Correction: Ana Pais. “Re-Affecting the Stage: Affective Resonance as the Function of the Audience.” Humanities 5 (2016): 79
Authors: Pais Ana
Published: November 2016

The author wishes to make the following correction to the paper published in Humanities [1].[...]
Viability for Semilinear Differential Equations with Infinite Delay
Authors: Dong Qixiang , Li Gang
Published: November 2016

Let X be a Banach space, A : D ( A ) ⊂ X → X the generator of a compact C 0 -semigroup S ( t ) : X → X , t ≥ 0 , D ( · ) : ( a , b ) → 2 X a tube in X, and f : ( a , b ) × B → X a function of Carathéodory type. The main result of this paper is that a necessary and sufficient condition in order that D ( · ) be viable of the semilinear differential equation with infinite delay u ′ ( t ) = A u ( t ) + f ( t , u t ) , t ∈ [ t 0 , t 0 + T ] , u t 0 = ϕ ∈ B is the tangency condition lim inf h ↓ 0 h − 1 d ( S ( h ) v ( 0 ) + h f ( t , v ) ; D ( t + h ) ) = 0 for almost every t ∈ ( a , b ) and every v ∈ B with v ( 0 ) ∈ D ( t ) .
Aroma Release in Wine Using Co-Immobilized Enzyme Aggregates
Authors: Ahumada Katherine , Martínez-Gil Ana , Moreno-Simunovic Yerko , Illanes Andrés , Wilson Lorena
Published: November 2016

Aroma is a remarkable factor of quality and consumer preference in wine, representing a distinctive feature of the product. Most aromatic compounds in varietals are in the form of glycosidic precursors, which are constituted by a volatile aglycone moiety linked to a glucose residue by an O-glycosidic bond; glucose is often linked to another sugar (arabinose, rhamnose or apiose). The use of soluble β-glycosidases for aroma liberation implies the addition of a precipitating agent to remove it from the product and precludes its reuse after one batch. An attractive option from a technological perspective that will aid in removing such constraints is the use of immobilized glycosidases. Immobilization by aggregation and crosslinking is a simple strategy producing enzyme catalysts of very high specific activity, being an attractive option to conventional immobilization to solid inert supports. The purpose of this work was the evaluation of co-immobilized β-glycosidases crosslinked aggregates produced from the commercial preparation AR2000, which contains the enzymes involved in the release of aromatic terpenes in Muscat wine (α-l-arabinofuranosidase and β-d-glucopyranosidase). To do so, experiments were conducted with co-immobilized crosslinked enzyme aggregates (combi-CLEAs), and with the soluble enzymes, using an experiment without enzyme addition as control. Stability of the enzymes at the conditions of winemaking was assessed and the volatiles composition of wine was determined by SPE-GC-MS. Stability of enzymes in combi-CLEAs was much higher than in soluble form, 80% of the initial activity remaining after 60 days in contact with the wine; at the same conditions, the soluble enzymes had lost 80% of their initial activities after 20 days. Such higher stabilities will allow prolonged use of the enzyme catalyst reducing its impact in the cost of winemaking. Wine treated with combi-CLEAs was the one exhibiting the highest concentration of total terpenes (18% higher than the control) and the highest concentrations of linalool (20% higher), nerol (20% higher) and geraniol (100% higher), which are the most important terpenes in determining Muscat typicity. Co-immobilized enzymes were highly stable at winemaking conditions, so their reutilization is possible and technologically attractive by reducing the impact of enzyme cost on winemaking cost.
Large Scale Screening of Southern African Plant Extracts for the Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Microtitre-Plate Method
Authors: Elbagory Abdulrahman , Cupido Christopher , Meyer Mervin , Hussein Ahmed
Published: November 2016

The preparation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) involves a variety of chemical and physical methods. These methods use toxic and environmentally harmful chemicals. Consequently, the synthesis of AuNPs using green chemistry has been under investigation to develop eco-friendly nanoparticles. One approach to achieve this is the use of plant-derived phytochemicals that are capable of reducing gold ions to produce AuNPs. The aim of this study was to implement a facile microtitre-plate method to screen a large number of aqueous plant extracts to determine the optimum concentration (OC) for the bio-synthesis of the AuNPs. Several AuNPs of different sizes and shapes were successfully synthesized and characterized from 17 South African plants. The characterization was done using Ultra Violet-Visible Spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering, High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy. We also studied the effects of temperature on the synthesis of the AuNPs and showed that changes in temperatures affect the size and dispersity of the generated AuNPs. We also evaluated the stability of the synthesized AuNPs and showed that some of them are stable in biological buffer solutions.
American Bishops and Religious Freedom: Legacy and Limits
Authors: Wilde Melissa
Published: November 2016

This paper explores continuity and change in the American Catholic hierarchy’s promotion of and later reliance on religious freedom. With an analysis spanning more than 50 years, it first traces the pressures for reform that created the Declaration more than 50 years ago, demonstrating that American bishops were crucial actors in the Declaration’s existence and passage, and that this was the case because of the strong legitimacy pressures they were under as Roman Catholic leaders in a predominantly Protestant country. The paper then turns to a summary of how the Birth Control Mandate of the Affordable Care Act once again created pressures for legitimacy for the American Catholic hierarchy, pressures which were again articulated in terms of critiques of hypocrisy. It demonstrates that although the specific critique changed, accusations of hypocrisy remain central in discussions of the Catholic Church’s stance on the Birth Control Mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Using Food Flow Data to Assess Sustainability: Land Use Displacement and Regional Decoupling in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Authors: Millones Marco , Parmentier Benoit , Rogan John , Schmook Birgit
Published: November 2016

Food flow data provide unique insights into the debates surrounding the sustainability of land based production and consumption at multiple scales. Trade flows disguise the spatial correspondence of production and consumption and make their connection to land difficult. Two key components of this spatial disjuncture are land use displacement and economic regional decoupling. By displacing the environmental impact associated with food production from one region to another, environmental trajectories can falsely appear to be sustainable at a particular site or scale. When regional coupling is strong, peripheral areas where land based production occurs are strongly linked and proximate to consumption centers, and the environmental impact of production activities is visible. When food flows occur over longer distances, regional coupling weakens, and environmental impact is frequently overlooked. In this study, we present an analysis of a locally collected food flow dataset containing agricultural and livestock products transported to and from counties in Quintana Roo (QRoo). QRoo is an extensively forested border state in southeast Mexico, which was fully colonized by the state and non-native settlers only in the last century and now is home to some of the major tourist destinations. To approximate land displacement and regional decoupling, we decompose flows to and from QRoo by (1) direction; (2) product types and; (3) scale. Results indicate that QRoo is predominantly a consumer state: incoming flows outnumber outgoing flows by a factor of six, while exports are few, specialized, and with varied geographic reach (Yucatan, south and central Mexico, USA). Imports come predominantly from central Mexico. Local production in QRoo accounts for a small portion of its total consumption. In combining both subsets of agricultural and livestock products, we found that in most years, land consumption requirements were above 100% of the available land not under conservation in QRoo, suggesting unsustainable rates of land consumption in a ´business as usual´ scenario. We found evidence of economic regional decoupling at the state level.
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Can Regulate the Immune Response in the Tumor Microenvironment
Authors: Poggi Alessandro , Giuliani Massimo
Published: November 2016

The tumor microenvironment is a good target for therapy in solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Indeed, solid tumor cells’ growth and expansion can influence neighboring cells’ behavior, leading to a modulation of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) activities and remodeling of extracellular matrix components. This leads to an altered microenvironment, where reparative mechanisms, in the presence of sub-acute inflammation, are not able to reconstitute healthy tissue. Carcinoma cells can undergo epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), a key step to generate metastasis; these mesenchymal-like cells display the functional behavior of MSC. Furthermore, MSC can support the survival and growth of leukemic cells within bone marrow participating in the leukemic cell niche. Notably, MSC can inhibit the anti-tumor immune response through either carcinoma-associated fibroblasts or bone marrow stromal cells. Experimental data have indicated their relevance in regulating cytolytic effector lymphocytes of the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Herein, we will discuss some of the evidence in hematological malignancies and solid tumors. In particular, we will focus our attention on the means by which it is conceivable to inhibit MSC-mediated immune suppression and trigger anti-tumor innate immunity.
Complete chloroplast genome of a valuable medicinal plant, Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiaceae), and comparison with its congener
Authors: Guo Zhi‐You , Zhang Hong‐Rui , Shrestha Nawal , Zhang Xian‐Chun
Published: November 2016

Premise of the study:

Here we report the complete chloroplast genome of the important medicinal species Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiaceae) and compare it to the chloroplast genome of the congeneric species H. lucidula.

Methods and Results:

The whole chloroplast genome of H. serrata was sequenced using an Illumina platform and assembled with Geneious version R9.0.5. The genome size of H. serrata was 154,176 bp, with 36.3% GC content. The complete chloroplast genome contained 120 unique genes, including 86 coding genes, four rRNA genes, and 30 tRNA genes. Comparison with the chloroplast genome of H. lucidula revealed three highly variable regions (rps16‐chlB, ycf12‐trnR, and ycf1) between these two species and 252 mutation events including 27 insertion/deletion polymorphisms and 225 single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Ninety‐two SNPs were identified in the gene‐coding regions. In addition, 18 microsatellite sites were found, which can potentially be used in phylogeographic studies.

Conclusions:

The complete chloroplast genome of H. serrata is reported here, and will be a valuable genome resource for further phylogenetic, evolutionary, and medical studies of medicinal plants in the genus Huperzia.
Local Satisfaction Explained Away
Authors: Zeevat Henk
Published: November 2016

The paper makes the proposal to replace local satisfaction as a source of presupposition blocking by causal and identity inferences that indirectly ---through Trapping--- lead to the same effect.
Truthful resolutions: A new perspective on false-answer sensitivity
Authors: Theiler Nadine , Roelofsen Floris , Aloni Maria
Published: November 2016

Responsive verbs like know embed both declarative and interrogative complements. Standard accounts of such verbs are reductive: they assume that whether an individual stands in a knowledge-wh relation to a question is determined by whether she stands in a knowledge-that relation to some answer to the question. George (2013) observed that knowledge-wh, however, not only depends on knowledge-that but also on false belief---a fact that reductive accounts can't capture.We develop an account that is not reductive but uniform: it assumes a single entry for interrogative-embedding and declarative-embedding uses of a responsive verb. The key insight that allows us to capture the false-belief dependency of knowledge-wh is that verbs like know are sensitive to both true and false answers to the embedded question. Formally, this is achieved through a novel, fine-grained way of representing the meaning of a clausal complement in terms of so-called truthful resolutions. The resulting analysis gives us a unifying perspective, under which false-answer sensitivity comes out as a general characteristic common to all levels of exhaustivity.
"Different" as a Restriction on Skolem Functions
Authors: Lahm David
Published: November 2016

An analysis of different as in every child watched a different movie is developed that is based on an analysis of indefinites in terms of Skolemised choice functions. The internal reading of the sentence, which expresses that the movies covary with the children, is analysed as stating that the children can be mapped injectively to movies they watched. This is achieved by letting the Skolemised choice function that interprets the indefinite pick, for each child, an element from the set of movies that the same function does not assign to any other individual, which allows for analysing different in a manner parallelling ordinary intersective adjectives. Simply replacing this set of movies with the set of contextually salient movies then also gives the external reading. An implementation at the syntax-semantics interface is provided, employing Lexical Resource Semantics.
States and events for S-level gradable adjectives
Authors: Wellwood Alexis
Published: November 2016

The event analysis is only rarely incorporated into degree-theoretic treatments of adjectival comparatives. I propose a neodavidsonian account of predications like "Ann was happy" that involves quantification over both states and events. This ‘double-eventuality’ analysis is motivated primarily by how stage-level gradable adjectives interact with temporal "for"-phrases in two classes of comparatives, which I differentiate as ‘low’ versus ‘high’ attachment of the comparative morpheme. Low attachment comparatives express canonical degree readings ("more available"), while high attachment involve comparing numbers of occasions ("available more"). I resolve these patterns by positing a stative core for adjectives, and the possibility of mapping properties of states to properties of events. Low attachment interpretations, then, involve comparison of states, and high involve comparison of (pluralities of) events. I show that the analysis extends to other cases where states and events can do work for adjectives outside of comparatives.
Dissatisfaction Theory
Authors: Mandelkern Matthew
Published: November 2016

I propose a new theory of semantic presupposition, which I call 'dissatisfaction theory'. I first briefly review a cluster of problems - known collectively as the 'proviso problem' - for most extant theories of presupposition, arguing that the main pragmatic response to them faces a serious challenge. I avoid these problems by adopting two changes in perspective on presupposition. First, I propose a theory of projection according to which presuppositions project unless they are locally entailed. Second, I reject the standard assumption that presuppositions are contents which must be entailed by the input context; instead, I propose that presuppositions are contents which are marked as backgrounded. I show that, together, these commitments allow us to avoid the proviso problem altogether, and generally make plausible predictions about presupposition projection out of connectives and attitude predicates. I close by sketching a two-dimensional implementation of my theory which allows us to make further welcome predictions about attitude predicates and quantifiers.
Homogeneity in donkey sentences
Authors: Champollion Lucas
Published: November 2016

Donkey sentences have existential and universal readings, but they are not often perceived as ambiguous. I extend the pragmatic theory of homogeneity in plural definites by Križ (2016) to explain how context disambiguates donkey sentences. I propose that a semantic theory produces truth value gaps in certain scenarios, and a pragmatic theory fills these gaps in context-dependent ways. By locating the parallel between donkey pronouns and definite plurals is located in the pragmatics rather than in the semantics, I avoid problems known to arise for some previous accounts according to which donkey pronouns and definite plurals both have plural referents (Krifka 1996; Yoon 1996). I sketch an extension of plural compositional DRT (Brasoveanu 2008) that delivers the required truth value gaps by building on concepts from error-state semantics and supervaluation quantifiers.
Actuality Entailments, negation, and free choice inferences
Authors: Alxatib Sam
Published: November 2016

In some languages, (certain) root modals license Actuality Entailments (AEs) when they are perfective-marked. We discuss two puzzling properties of these constructions: (i) when AE-licensing modals are negated, the result entails the negation of actuality, and (ii) when AE-licensing modals embed disjunctions, no Free Choice inferences are available. We develop an account of (i) and show that, given an implicature-based view of Free Choice, (ii) follows as a consequence.
At least ignorance inferences come at a processing cost: Support from eye movements
Authors: Alexandropoulou Stavroula , Dotlačil Jakub , Nouwen Rick
Published: November 2016

We present results of an eye-tracking reading study that directly probes ignorance effects of the superlative numeral modifier at least in embedding and unembedding environments. We find that interpreting a numeral (phrase) modified by at least in a context with an ignorant speaker is costlier than in a context with a knowledgeable speaker, regardless of whether at least is in an embedding environment or not. In line with online studies testing scalar implicatures using a similar paradigm, this finding is taken to suggest that the observed processing cost is due to the derivation of ignorance interpretations via a pragmatic mechanism. Our results, given the paradigm we employ, further enable us to adjudicate not only between semantic and pragmatic accounts of ignorance, but also among various pragmatic proposals, favouring neo-Gricean accounts that derive ignorance as a quantity implicature (Büring 2008; Cummins & Katsos 2010; Schwarz 2013; Kennedy 2015). We find no evidence indicating that ignorance with at least in interaction with a universal modal involves an extra operation, like covert movement.
RADIO COUNTERPARTS OF COMPACT BINARY MERGERS DETECTABLE IN GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: A SIMULATION FOR AN OPTIMIZED SURVEY
Authors: Hotokezaka K. , Nissanke S. , Hallinan G. , Lazio T. J. W. , Nakar E. , Piran T.
Published: November 2016

Mergers of binary neutron stars and black hole–neutron star binaries produce gravitational-wave (GW) emission and outflows with significant kinetic energies. These outflows result in radio emissions through synchrotron radiation. We explore the detectability of these synchrotron-generated radio signals by follow-up observations of GW merger events lacking a detection of electromagnetic counterparts in other wavelengths. We model radio light curves arising from (i) sub-relativistic merger ejecta and (ii) ultra-relativistic jets. The former produce radio remnants on timescales of a few years and the latter produce γ-ray bursts in the direction of the jet and orphan-radio afterglows extending over wider angles on timescales of weeks. Based on the derived light curves, we suggest an optimized survey at 1.4 GHz with five epochs separated by a logarithmic time interval. We estimate the detectability of the radio counterparts of simulated GW-merger events to be detected by advanced LIGO and Virgo by current and future radio facilities. The detectable distances for these GW merger events could be as high as 1 Gpc. Around 20%–60% of the long-lasting radio remnants will be detectable in the case of the moderate kinetic energy of

erg and a circum-merger density of

or larger, while 5%–20% of the orphan-radio afterglows with kinetic energy of 1048 erg will be detectable. The detection likelihood increases if one focuses on the well-localizable GW events. We discuss the background noise due to radio fluxes of host galaxies and false positives arising from extragalactic radio transients and variable active galactic nuclei, and we show that the quiet radio transient sky is of great advantage when searching for the radio counterparts.
MULTI-WAVELENGTH STUDY OF THE SUPERNOVA REMNANT KES 79 (G33.6+0.1): ON ITS SUPERNOVA PROPERTIES AND EXPANSION INTO A MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Zhou Ping , Chen Yang , Safi-Harb Samar , Zhou Xin , Sun Ming , Zhang Zhi-Yu , Zhang Gao-Yuan
Published: November 2016

Kes 79 (G33.6+0.1) is an aspherical thermal composite supernova remnant (SNR) observed across the electromagnetic spectrum and showing an unusual highly structured morphology, in addition to harboring a central compact object (CCO). Using the CO J = 1–0, J = 2–1, and J = 3–2 data, we provide the first direct evidence and new morphological evidence to support the physical interaction between the SNR and the molecular cloud in the local standard of rest velocity

. We revisit the 380 ks XMM-Newton observations and perform a dedicated spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopic study with careful background subtraction. The overall X-ray-emitting gas is characterized by an under-ionized (

) cool (

keV) plasma with solar abundances, plus an under-ionized (

) hot (

keV) plasma with elevated Ne, Mg, Si, S, and Ar abundances. The X-ray filaments, spatially correlated with the 24

IR filaments, are suggested to be due to the SNR shock interaction with dense gas, while the halo forms from SNR breaking out into a tenuous medium. Kes 79 appears to have a double-hemisphere morphology viewed along the symmetric axis. Projection effect can explain the multiple-shell structures and the thermal composite morphology. The high-velocity, hot (

keV) ejecta patch with high metal abundances, together with the non-uniform metal distribution across the SNR, indicate an asymmetric SN explosion of Kes 79. We refine the Sedov age to 4.4–6.7 kyr and the mean shock velocity to 730

. Our multi-wavelength study suggests a progenitor mass of ∼15–20 solar masses for the core-collapse explosion that formed Kes 79 and its CCO, PSR J1852+0040.
A HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SURVEY FOR NOVAE IN M87. I. LIGHT AND COLOR CURVES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS, AND THE NOVA RATE*
Authors: Shara Michael M. , Doyle Trisha F. , Lauer Tod R. , Zurek David , Neill J. D. , Madrid Juan P. , Mikołajewska Joanna , Welch D. L. , Baltz Edward A.
Published: November 2016

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the central part of M87 over a 10 week span, leading to the discovery of 32 classical novae (CNe) and nine fainter, likely very slow, and/or symbiotic novae. In this first paper of a series, we present the M87 nova finder charts, and the light and color curves of the novae. We demonstrate that the rise and decline times, and the colors of M87 novae are uncorrelated with each other and with position in the galaxy. The spatial distribution of the M87 novae follows the light of the galaxy, suggesting that novae accreted by M87 during cannibalistic episodes are well-mixed. Conservatively using only the 32 brightest CNe we derive a nova rate for M87:

novae yr−1. We also derive the luminosity-specific classical nova rate for this galaxy, which is

. Both rates are 3–4 times higher than those reported for M87 in the past, and similarly higher than those reported for all other galaxies. We suggest that most previous ground-based surveys for novae in external galaxies, including M87, miss most faint, fast novae, and almost all slow novae near the centers of galaxies.
Promoting Community Participation in Peri - Urban Infrastructures
Authors: Meniku Jonida
Published: November 2016

AIM: The aim of this research is to examine the importance of community participation in education and social infrastructure in Peri - Urban of Tirana city.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This research states that “involvement of community” is a direct response to giving the community a voice in shaping their future environment to promote urban regeneration in combination with the respecting of the principle of sustainability.RESULTS: This rich picture of community participation and urban planning brings an improver's eye to the real issue on the ground, focused mainly on the guidelines set by the European Union. The goal of the project participation which generates public space, beyond the values that carry on improving the quality of life for the citizens – can illustrate how urban regeneration projects may have a huge impact on the entire city life. The result is to create an area which improves profits and a good lifestyle; re-conceptualization of investment as an investment in urban infrastructure, an investment that can have a large impact even with a relatively low cost.CONCLUSIONS: This article emphasises the need for a real metamorphose to all barriers between builders and users which must be abolished so that building and usage become two different parts, of the same planning process.
Changer de peau à l’adolescence
Authors: Le Breton David
Published: November 2016

Les interventions sur la peau sont des tentatives de remaniement des frontières entre dehors et dedans, un outil de franchissement d’un passage délicat vers l’âge d’homme ou de femme. Coiffure, peau (maquillage, tatouages, piercings , chirurgie esthétique), ou vêtements, chaque jeune est surinformé sur les look s possibles et sur leur réception par les autres. Tentatives de contrôle de l’image de soi ou dans les scarifications par exemple, volonté d’échapper à une identité intolérable.
Subjectivation du handicap
Authors: Bernard Alix
Published: November 2016

À travers l’évocation de deux patients sourds, ce texte propose de réfléchir à la subjectivation du handicap à l’adolescence. Ce processus semble étroitement lié à la capacité de l’environnement à accueillir le désir d’autonomie et l’altérité de l’enfant, à le laisser rencontrer de nouveaux objets d’amour et également des pairs. Cette condition permet au sujet de passer d’un corps potentiellement à réhabiliter à un corps désirant et d’intégrer le handicap comme partie de son être et de son histoire.
Le masculin dans la maladie musculaire
Authors: Bonnichon Delphine
Published: November 2016

L’activité semble venir remplir des fonctions importantes pour le travail du masculin en cours chez l’adolescent. Mais qu’en est-il lorsque l’activité est entravée par la maladie somatique ? À la lumière d’une vignette clinique, ces fonctions de différenciation/délimitation, de contenance, d’étayage, mais aussi d’expérimentation de la puissance virile sont mises au travail.
Le corps blessé de l’adolescent sportif
Authors: Essadek Aziz , Payan Ségolène
Published: November 2016

C’est souvent à l’adolescence que les grands sportifs sont repérés. Dès qu’ils acceptent de s’engager dans cette voie, leur corps est soumis à un entraînement intense les amenant à dépasser les limites du normal. Ces jeunes gens s’oublient parfois. Ne parvenant pas à exprimer et faire entendre verbalement leur mal-être, c’est au travers de leurs corps, au travers d’une blessure parfois traumatisante que leur subjectivité peut parvenir à s’exprimer.
Fraternel et œdipien : enjeux identitaires
Authors: Toubert-Duffort Danièle , Sirota André
Published: November 2016

L’apparition d’un handicap à l’adolescence bouleverse le rapport à soi et à autrui, et modifie les liens œdipien ou fraternel. À partir d’une clinique issue de groupes d’adolescents hospitalisés est discutée une théorisation des transformations et réorganisations psychiques de l’adolescent handicapé, étayée sur les concepts de complexe œdipien et fraternel. Les auteurs développent l’hypothèse d’un complexe sororal tirant sa spécificité de l’affrontement à la passivation.
Le corps « bessé » de l’analyste
Authors: Glas Jérôme
Published: November 2016

L’auteur montre comment, dans les vécus contre-transférentiels de précessions, le corps blessé de l’analyse peut se donner à être investi comme tenant lieu de représentation de transposition des fantasmes inconscients de castration du patient. Et comment la précession du contre-transfert se doit d’être entendue comme un outil précieux de repérage métapsychologique de la processualité inconsciente, avant même la toute première rencontre analytique.
Les crimes de sang soumis à l’examen du Conseil privé de la Martinique. Exequatur et clémence
Authors: Bénavides Christine
Published: November 2016

La présente analyse porte sur l’ exequatur des arrêts des cours d’assises de Saint-Pierre et de Fort-de-Royal, ainsi que l’examen des demandes de grâce ou de clémence, de remise ou de commutation de peines en ce qui concerne les atteintes aux personnes comme les meurtres, les tentatives de meurtre, et les coups et blessures, de 1827 à 1848 en Martinique. L’honorabilité des individus et l’infamie des peines prennent un sens particulier à l’aube de la reconnaissance des droits civiques des gens de couleur.
Le Conseil supérieur de la Guadeloupe sous l’Ancien Régime : entre centralisation et spécificités coloniales
Authors: Destouches Didier
Published: November 2016

Le roi de France a souhaité installer dans ses possessions coloniales des conseils chargés, à l’instar des conseils souverains de la métropole, d’enregistrer ses lois et de jouer le rôle d’instance judiciaire majeure. Dès le début de leur installation, le Conseil supérieur de la Guadeloupe va se trouver au cœur d’un rapport de forces politique entre le roi représenté par ses agents (intendant et gouverneur) et le pouvoir colonial constitué des planteurs membres du Conseil supérieur. Que ce soit par sa composition, son fonctionnement ou ses pratiques judiciaires, le Conseil supérieur est un témoignage de la force de l’absolutisme centralisateur aux xvii e et xviii e siècles dans la colonie de la Guadeloupe.
Les magistrats et la Cour d’appel de Cayenne au xix e siècle
Authors: Humbert Sylvie
Published: November 2016

De 1704 à nos jours, les juridictions supérieures, Conseils souverains puis Cours d’appel, ont dit le droit en Guyane. Mais quels droits et quelle justice ces magistrats coloniaux pouvaient-ils rendre ? Le xix e siècle a été marqué par une organisation bicéphale de la justice sous étroite tutelle de l’administration. Ce siècle de bouleversements politiques et juridiques verra s’opposer le droit et la loi. Les magistrats, à la fois au service de la loi et au service de la société, rendront une justice plus prétorienne que légaliste. Mais le sentiment du droit peut-il avoir une place dans la justice ?
Les conventions entre la France et les peuples Marrons du Surinam. Contribution à l’étude des middle-grounds post-esclavagistes
Authors: Urban Yerri
Published: November 2016

L’historiographie récente de l’Amérique du Nord a mis l’accent sur des rapports de forces atypiques entre colons européens et Amérindiens. Elle insiste sur des accords hybrides et syncrétiques manifestant un compromis entre deux cultures, un rapport de forces équilibré ou même défavorable au pouvoir colonial, qu’elle appelle middle-grounds . Pour la Guyane, cette notion décrit parfaitement les conventions conclues, entre 1860 et 1892, par la France avec les peuples marrons du Surinam constitués par des esclaves évadés des plantations néerlandaises. Fruits des besoins de main-d’œuvre et des rivalités entre puissances, ces accords montrent en effet un pouvoir colonial obligé d’oublier son complexe de supériorité, traitant ces peuples comme des puissances indépendantes autorisées à se constituer en véritables enclaves.
La justice commerciale en Guyane française : entre particularisme et droit commun ?
Authors: Bondil Frédéric
Published: November 2016

En Guyane française, la justice commerciale échappe aux débats sur l’introduction de magistrats professionnels dans les tribunaux consulaires. Elle affiche la mixité de sa juridiction de première instance, suivant une formule bien établie pour les tribunaux de commerce ultramarins. Cette composition originale n’empêche pas des renvois importants aux règles générales de l’organisation judiciaire commerciale. Les réflexions sur le particularisme et le droit commun ne doivent pas faire oublier les décisions rendues. Les juges commerciaux disposent de ressources pour permettre l’émergence d’un droit accueillant les spécificités guyanaises.
Visual Outcomes After LASIK Using Topography-Guided vs Wavefront-Guided Customized Ablation Systems
Authors: Toda Ikuko , Ide Takeshi , Fukumoto Teruki , Tsubota Kazuo
Published: November 2016

PURPOSE:

To evaluate the visual performance of two customized ablation systems (wavefront-guided ablation and topography-guided ablation) in LASIK.

METHODS:

In this prospective, randomized clinical study, 68 eyes of 35 patients undergoing LASIK were enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned to wavefront-guided ablation using the iDesign aberrometer and STAR S4 IR Excimer Laser system (Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., Santa Ana, CA) (wavefront-guided group; 32 eyes of 16 patients; age: 29.0 ± 7.3 years) or topography-guided ablation using the OPD-Scan aberrometer and EC-5000 CXII excimer laser system (NIDEK, Tokyo, Japan) (topography-guided group; 36 eyes of 19 patients; age: 36.1 ± 9.6 years). Preoperative manifest refraction was −4.92 ± 1.95 diopters (D) in the wavefront-guided group and −4.44 ± 1.98 D in the topography-guided group. Visual function and subjective symptoms were compared between groups before and 1 and 3 months after LASIK.

RESULTS:

Of seven subjective symptoms evaluated, four were significantly milder in the wavefront-guided group at 3 months. Contrast sensitivity with glare off at low spatial frequencies (6.3° and 4°) was significantly higher in the wavefront-guided group. Uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity, manifest refraction, and higher order aberrations measured by OPD-Scan and iDesign were not significantly different between the two groups at 1 and 3 months after LASIK.

CONCLUSIONS:

Both customized ablation systems used in LASIK achieved excellent results in predictability and visual function. The wavefront-guided ablation system may have some advantages in the quality of vision. It may be important to select the appropriate system depending on eye conditions such as the pattern of total and corneal higher order aberrations.

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J Refract Surg.
2016;32(11):727–732.]
360-Degree Iris Burns Following Conductive Keratoplasty
Authors: Çakir Hanefi , Genç Selim , Güler Emre
Published: November 2016

PURPOSE:

The authors report a case with multiple iris burns after conductive keratoplasty to correct hyperopia.

METHODS:

Case report.

RESULTS:

A 52-year-old woman with hyperopia had a previous conductive keratoplasty procedure and underwent a conductive keratoplasty re-treatment 6 months later. Postoperatively, she presented with 360-degree iris burns in both eyes that were correlated with the corneal conductive keratoplasty scars. In addition, specular microscopy revealed decreased endothelial cell density for both eyes.

CONCLUSIONS:

This is the first reported case of iris burns associated with conductive keratoplasty.

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J Refract Surg.
2016;32(11):776–778.]
Nd:YAG Capsulotomy Rates With Two Trifocal Intraocular Lenses
Authors: Bilbao-Calabuig Rafael , Llovet-Osuna Fernando , González-López Felix , Beltrán Jaime
Published: November 2016

PURPOSE:

To compare Nd:YAG capsulotomy rates following implantation of two diffractive trifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs).

METHODS:

This multi-center retrospective analysis included patients who underwent uncomplicated lens phacoemulsification and were implanted with a diffractive trifocal IOL: FineVision MicroF (PhysIOL, Liège, Belgium) or AT Lisa tri 839MP (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany). All surgeries were performed during the same period. The postoperative follow-up period was at least 1 year. Chi-square and Kaplan–Meier tests analyzed non-parametric estimates for survival/failure functions. The Wilcoxon (Breslow) test compared Nd:YAG capsulotomy rates between the two groups.

RESULTS:

Of 5,130 eyes included, 3,387 were implanted with the FineVision MicroF IOL and 1,743 with the AT Lisa tri 839MP IOL. There were no statistical differences in age, axial length, or IOL power between groups. Nd:YAG capsulotomies were necessary in 330 eyes (9%) in the FineVision group and 408 eyes (23%) in the AT Lisa tri group (P< .001). The probability of having Nd:YAG capsulotomy up to 9 months postoperatively was equal for both lenses. Beyond 9 months, the Nd:YAG capsulotomy rate increased significantly more in the AT Lisa tri group, reaching a probability of 35% for eyes with a follow-up of 34 to 44 months, whereas in the FineVision group the probability was 14% after a follow-up of 37 to 47 months. The differences in survival (without Nd:YAG capsulotomy)/failure (with Nd:YAG capsulotomy) functions were significant (P< .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Eyes implanted with the FineVision MicroF IOL required significantly fewer Nd:YAG laser capsulotomies than those with the AT Lisa tri 839MP IOL during the first years after implantation. The design of the IOL platforms could account for these differences.

[J Refract Surg.2016;32(11):748–752.]