bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development and testing of a self-regulation model for recurrent depression
Authors: Hagerty Bonnie M , Bathish Melissa A , Kuchman Emily
Published: May 2018

Self-regulation is a strategy for self-management of depression. Study aims were to (1) describe development of an intervention based on metacognition and self-regulation, (2) test intervention feasibility and utility, and (3) determine its effectiveness in reducing depressive symptoms. The Self-Regulated Illness Management of Depression intervention was developed and taught to 22 participants with recurrent depression. There was no attrition 6 months post intervention. At 6 months, there was a significant decrease in depressive symptoms ( M = 10.21, standard deviation = 8.0), t(18) = 5.60, p < .001, and 73 percent of participants used Self-Regulated Illness Management of Depression frequently. Results indicated that Self-Regulated Illness Management of Depression was feasible and useful.
The local politics of rural land use: Place, extraction industries and narratives of contemporary rurality
Authors: Farrugia David , Hanley Joanne , Sherval Meg , Askland Hedda , Askew Michael , Coffey Julia , Threadgold Steven
Published: May 2018

This article contributes to discussions of place and social change in rural sociology with a focus on the local politics of rural land use. In particular, the article explores the way that one rural place is responding to changes in the local and regional economy connected with the arrival of extractive industries such as mining and coal seam gas (CSG). The article shows how attitudes towards extractive industries are formed through notions of place and community within broader narratives concerning rurality and global capitalism. The local politics of land use enrols complex and contradictory forms of place attachment into the articulation of competing narratives about rurality, and intervenes in the local social relationships of rural areas. The politics of extraction in rural Australia is therefore situated at the forefront of contemporary economic and cultural changes that are part of the reshaping of place amid the broader dynamics of contemporary global capitalism.
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta during non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: A case report
Authors: Curtis Eleanor E , Russo Rachel M , Nordsieck Eric , Johnson Michael Austin , Williams Timothy K , Neff Lucas P , Hile Lisa , Galante Joseph M , Dubose Joseph J
Published: May 2018

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a hemorrhage control technique that is increasingly being adopted for the management of noncompressible bleeding. In addition to limiting hemorrhage, REBOA increases blood flow to the heart, lungs, and brain. A small number of case reports and animal studies describe the use of REBOA to increase coronary perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We report a case in which REBOA may have reversed ST-segment abnormalities during a Type II non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in a patient with previous trauma. We describe the presentation, course, and decision making that contributed to the use of REBOA in this case. Additionally, we will present a review of the literature on the effects of REBOA on coronary perfusion.
Technologised consumer culture: The Adorno–Benjamin debate and the reverse side of politicisation
Authors: Kurylo Bohdana
Published: May 2018

This article reanimates the Adorno–Benjamin debate to investigate the potential of contemporary technologised consumer culture to become a space for bottom-up political agency and resistance. For both Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, the technological advancement of the 20th century had an inherently irrational character, as evidenced by the self-destructive tendencies of humanity during the Second World War. Nonetheless, the thinkers famously disagreed when it came to the implications of the marriage between technology and mass culture. Discerning its potential for the mobilisation of the masses, Benjamin believed that technology would politicise mass culture, allowing society to employ it for its political ends – an idea which Adorno debunked. Technologised consumer culture has noticeably evolved since the time of the debate. Nevertheless, revisiting the debate is necessary to understand a contradiction between the expanded possibilities for political participation and the return of the ‘auratic’ or cultic function of technologised consumer culture. At the same time, the article shows that technology does politicise consumer culture. However, the pitfall lies in that the politicisation is done through technology as a tool, which is vulnerable to appropriation, granting those who are in the position to control it a substantial political resource. Consequently, the article argues that the politicisation of consumer culture risks having a reverse effect of facilitating the aestheticising of politics – turning politics into a spectacle.
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of PTSD With a Young Boy and His Mother Following the Experience of Chronic Domestic Violence
Authors: Lowell Amanda , Renk Kimberly
Published: May 2018

This case study follows a 7-year-old boy who presented with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to domestic violence beginning at a very young age. During evaluation of this young boy’s symptoms, it became evident that his mother also was experiencing symptoms of PTSD. Consequently, treatment for both this young boy and his mother was proposed. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used widely with both children and adults to treat PTSD. Fortunately, treatments have been tailored for young children (e.g., trauma-focused CBT [TF-CBT]; preschool PTSD treatment [PPT]) and for adults (e.g., cognitive processing therapy [CPT]). In the current case study, a combination of PPT and TF-CBT was utilized to treat this young boy, and CPT was utilized to treat his mother. With this course of treatment, this young boy demonstrated decreases in his PTSD symptoms and gained an understanding of coping skills and cognitive restructuring. His mother also demonstrated decreases in her PTSD symptoms. Overall, this dyad showed qualitative improvements in their general emotional and behavioral functioning, their individual self-regulation abilities, their social interactions, and their relationship. This case study provides evidence for the importance of treating both young child and parent when both have been exposed to and traumatized by domestic violence. Furthermore, this case study provides a framework for other health service providers to implement conjoint treatment of similarly traumatized families.
External validity of a cardiovascular screening including a coronary artery calcium examination in middle-aged individuals from the general population
Authors: Grønhøj Mette H , Gerke Oke , Mickley Hans , Steffensen Flemming H , Lambrechtsen Jess , Sand Niels Peter R , Rasmussen Lars M , Olsen Michael H , Hallas Jesper , Diederichsen Axel CP
Published: May 2018

Background

Coronary artery calcium is important in cardiovascular risk stratification, but this knowledge is based on studies with a significant selection bias. This study aims to evaluate the external validity of a screening programme including coronary artery calcium examination, and the association between coronary artery calcium and cardiovascular events.

Design

Multi-centre population based study.

Methods

Randomly selected middle-aged men and women ( N = 1751) free of cardiovascular disease were invited to the examination during 2009–2010. Participation rate in the examination was 70%. Participants ( n = 1227) and non-participants ( n = 524) were compared regarding: cardiovascular medical treatment, Charlson comorbidity index and socioeconomic status (evaluated by cohabitation, gross income and education). Study endpoints were cardiovascular events and mortality.

Results

Non-participants had a significant higher comorbidity ( p = 0.003) and a lower socioeconomic status ( p < 0.0001), while cardiovascular medical treatment was alike. Over a median follow-up time of 6.5 years the cardiovascular event and mortality rates were equal (6.7% vs. 6.4%, p = 0.80 and 0.4% vs. 0.5%, p = 0.76, respectively). Adjusted hazard ratio was 0.90 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.63–1.37). Among participants, the extent of coronary artery calcium was significantly associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio 1.92, 95% CI 1.03–3.54, hazard ratio 3.66, 95% CI 1.82–7.32, hazard ratio 6.51, 95% CI 3.17–13.36 for coronary artery calcium scores 1–99, 100–399, ≥400 AU, respectively).

Conclusions

Non-participants had a higher comorbidity index and a lower socioeconomic status, but the cardiovascular event and mortality rates were equal to those of participants. Thus, a screening programme including a coronary artery calcium examination had a high external validity regarding cardiovascular risk, but also a significant social imbalance.
An increased Bax/Bcl‐2 ratio in circulating inflammatory cells predicts primary response to infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Authors: Aghdaei Hamid Asadzadeh , Kadijani Azade Amini , Sorrentino Dario , Mirzaei Alireza , Shahrokh Shabnam , Balaii Hedieh , Geraci Marco , Zali Mohammad Reza
Published: May 2018

Background

Predicting the response of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients to infliximab (IFX) is an unmet clinical need. The expression and density of transmembrane tumor necrosis factor‐α in circulating leukocytes maybe directly related to response by promoting apoptosis.

Aim

We tested the hypothesis that direct apoptosis assessment by real‐time polymerase chain reaction evaluation of pro‐apoptotic (Bax) and anti‐apoptotic (Bcl‐2) proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) might be associated with response to IFX.

Methods

IFX naïve patients (Crohn's disease, 32 and ulcerative colitis, 20; 35 responders and 17 non‐responders) were evaluated for Bax and Bcl‐2 mRNA expression levels before and 2 weeks after the first infusion. In a subset of patients, apoptosis was also evaluated using flow cytometry.

Results

After the first infusion, Bax increased more in responders than in non‐responders (0.7± 0.38 vs 0.81 ± 0.32 and 0.86 ± 0.37 vs 0.87 ± 0.45, respectively, p = 0.071). Bcl‐2 decreased more in responders than in non‐responders (0.71 ± 0.12 vs 0.63 ± 0.13 and 0.81 ± 0.28 vs 0.77 ± 0.27, respectively, p = 0.038). The Bax/Bcl‐2 ratio increased more in responders than in non‐responders (0.99 ± 0.5 vs 1.3 ± 0.51 and 1.03 ± 0.17 vs 1.1 ± 0.28, respectively, p = 0.005). The Bax/Bcl‐2 ratio was able to predict response in 33/52 patients and was correlated to flow cytometry‐assessed apoptosis (r = 0.911; p < 0.001).

Conclusions

An increased Bax/Bcl‐2 ratio in PBMCs was associated with therapeutic response to IFX in IBD patients.
A Bayesian Analysis of Income Distribution Image
Authors: Ishida Atsushi
Published: May 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate people’s image of income distribution and its difference by social position from data collected during a 2015 Japanese survey (SSP 2015) by applying Bayesian statistical analytical models. The income distribution image denotes the perceived and estimated income distribution of the individual and is supposed to be a basis of subjective belief on the features of society, including societal average income. In this study, the latent income distribution images were estimated from the observed variable of average income image. Furthermore, differences in income distribution image by social position were analyzed using Bayesian hierarchical models. The differences in income distribution image by age cohort and household income class were examined in terms of the mean (expected value) and the Gini inequality coefficient of the distribution image. It was found that although the distribution image tends to underestimate the average income level and overestimate inequality, the income distribution image could be an incomplete reflection of the income distribution characteristics of the reference group.
The effect of anti-acid therapy on survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a methodological review of observational studies
Authors: Tran Tanja , Suissa Samy
Published: May 2018

International treatment guidelines for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) give a conditional recommendation for anti-acid therapy. As some observational studies reported discrepant findings on the effectiveness of anti-acid therapy on mortality in IPF, we reviewed all studies to evaluate whether immortal time bias explains these discrepancies.

We searched the Embase and MEDLINE databases up to July 2017 for observational studies assessing the effectiveness of anti-acid therapy on mortality in IPF. Hazard ratios of mortality with anti-acid therapy were pooled across studies using random-effect models, stratified by the presence of immortal time bias.

We identified 10 observational studies. Four of the five studies reporting beneficial effects of anti-acid therapy use on mortality were affected by immortal time bias (pooled hazard ratio 0.46; 95% CI 0.30–0.69), while it was unclear whether the fifth was affected. The five studies that avoided immortal time bias reported no effect of anti-acid therapy on mortality (pooled hazard ratio 0.99; 95% CI 0.81–1.22).

The apparent beneficial effects of anti-acid therapy on mortality in patients with IPF result from observational studies affected by immortal time bias. Thus, the effectiveness of anti-acid therapy in IPF remains uncertain and needs to be reassessed with more accurate observational study methods and randomised trials.
Evidence for the temporal regulation of insect segmentation by a conserved sequence of transcription factors
Authors: Clark Erik , Peel Andrew D.
Published: May 2018

Long-germ insects, such as the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, pattern their segments simultaneously, whereas short-germ insects, such as the beetle Tribolium castaneum, pattern their segments sequentially, from anterior to posterior. Although the two modes of segmentation at first appear quite distinct, much of this difference might simply reflect developmental heterochrony. We now show here that, in both Drosophila and Tribolium, segment patterning occurs within a common framework of sequential Caudal, Dichaete and Odd-paired expression. In Drosophila, these transcription factors are expressed like simple timers within the blastoderm, whereas in Tribolium they form wavefronts that sweep from anterior to posterior across the germband. In Drosophila, all three are known to regulate pair-rule gene expression and influence the temporal progression of segmentation. We propose that these regulatory roles are conserved in short-germ embryos, and that therefore the changing expression profiles of these genes across insects provide a mechanistic explanation for observed differences in the timing of segmentation. In support of this hypothesis, we demonstrate that Odd-paired is essential for segmentation in Tribolium, contrary to previous reports.
Retromer associates with the cytoplasmic amino-terminus of polycystin-2
Authors: Tilley Frances C. , Gallon Matthew , Luo Chong , Danson Chris M. , Zhou Jing , Cullen Peter J.
Published: May 2018

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common monogenic human disease, with around 12.5 million people affected worldwide. ADPKD results from mutations in either PKD1 or PKD2, which encode the atypical G-protein coupled receptor polycystin-1 (PC1) and the transient receptor potential channel polycystin-2 (PC2), respectively. Although altered intracellular trafficking of PC1 and PC2 is an underlying feature of ADPKD, the mechanisms which govern vesicular transport of the polycystins through the biosynthetic and endosomal membrane networks remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we describe an interaction between PC2 and retromer, a master controller for the sorting of integral membrane proteins through the endo-lysosomal network. We show that association of PC2 with retromer occurs via a region in the PC2 cytoplasmic amino-terminal domain, independently of the retromer-binding Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and scar homologue (WASH) complex. Based on observations that retromer preferentially interacts with a trafficking population of PC2, and that ciliary levels of PC1 are reduced upon mutation of key residues required for retromer association in PC2, our data are consistent with the identification of PC2 as a retromer cargo protein.

This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
IL1β and TNFα promote RANKL-dependent adseverin expression and osteoclastogenesis
Authors: Wang Yongqiang , Galli Matthew , Shade Silver Alexandra , Lee Wilson , Song Yushan , Mei Yixue , Bachus Carly , Glogauer Michael , McCulloch Christopher A.
Published: May 2018

Adseverin is an actin-binding protein involved in osteoclastogenesis, but its role in inflammation-induced bone loss is not well-defined. Here, we examined whether IL1β and TNFα regulate adseverin expression to control osteoclastogenesis in mouse primary monocytes and RAW264.7 cells. Adseverin was colocalized with subcortical actin filaments and was enriched in the fusopods of fusing cells. In precursor cells, adseverin overexpression boosted the formation of RANKL-induced multinucleated cells. Both IL1β and TNFα enhanced RANKL-dependent TRAcP activity by 1.6-fold and multinucleated cell formation (cells with ≥3 nuclei) by 2.6- and 3.3-fold, respectively. However, IL1β and TNFα did not enhance osteoclast formation in adseverin-knockdown cells. RANKL-dependent adseverin expression in bone marrow cells was increased by both IL1β (5.4-fold) and TNFα (3.3-fold). Luciferase assays demonstrated that this expression involved transcriptional regulation of the adseverin promoter. Activation of the promoter was restricted to a 1118 bp sequence containing an NF-κB binding site, upstream of the transcription start site. TNFα also promoted RANKL-induced osteoclast precursor cell migration. We conclude that IL1β and TNFα enhance RANKL-dependent expression of adseverin, which contributes to fusion processes in osteoclastogenesis.
The analysis and interpretation of critical temperatures
Authors: Kingsolver Joel G. , Umbanhowar James
Published: May 2018

Critical temperatures are widely used to quantify the upper and lower thermal limits of organisms. But measured critical temperatures often vary with methodological details, leading to spirited discussions about the potential consequences of stress and acclimation during the experiments. We review a model based on the simple assumption that failure rate increases with increasing temperature, independent of previous temperature exposure, water loss or metabolism during the experiment. The model predicts that mean critical thermal maximal temperatures (CTmax) increases nonlinearly with starting temperature and ramping rate, a pattern frequently observed in empirical studies. We then develop a statistical model that estimates a failure rate function (the relationship between failure rate and current temperature) using maximum likelihood; the best model accounts for 58% of the variation in CTmax in an exemplary dataset for tsetse flies. We then extend the model to incorporate potential effects of stress and acclimation on the failure rate function; the results show how stress accumulation at low ramping rate may increase the failure rate and reduce observed values of CTmax. We also applied the model to an acclimation experiment with hornworm larvae that used a single starting temperature and ramping rate; the analyses show that increasing acclimation temperature significantly reduced the slope of the failure rate function, increasing the temperature at which failure occurred. The model directly applies to critical thermal minima, and can utilize data from both ramping and constant temperature assays. Our model provides a new approach to analyzing and interpreting critical temperatures.
The neuromechanics of proleg grip release
Authors: Mukherjee Ritwika , Vaughn Samuel , Trimmer Barry A.
Published: May 2018

Because soft animals are deformable their locomotion is particularly affected by external forces and they are expected to face challenges controlling movements in different environments and orientations. We have used the caterpillar Manduca sexta to study neuromechanical strategies of soft-bodied scansorial locomotion. Manduca locomotion critically depends on the timing of proleg grip release which is mediated by the principle planta retractor muscle and its single motoneuron, PPR. During upright crawling, PPR firing frequency increases approximately 0.6 seconds before grip release but during upside-down crawling, this activity begins significantly earlier, possibly pre-tensioning the muscle. Under different loading conditions the timing of PPR activity changes relative to the stance/swing cycle. PPR motor activity is greater during upside-down crawling but these frequency changes are too small to produce significant differences in muscle force. Detailed observation of the proleg tip show that it swells before the retractor muscle is activated. This small movement is correlated with the activation of more posterior body segments suggesting that it results from indirect mechanical effects. The timing and direction of this proleg displacement implies that proleg grip release is a dynamic interplay of mechanics and active neural control.
Long read assemblies of geographically dispersed Plasmodium falciparum isolates reveal highly structured subtelomeres
Authors: Otto Thomas D. , Böhme Ulrike , Sanders Mandy J. , Reid Adam J. , Bruske Ellen I. , Duffy Craig W. , Bull Pete C. , Pearson Richard D. , Abdi Abdirahman I. , Dimonte Sandra , Stewart Lindsay B. , Campino Susana , Kekre Mihir , Hamilton William L. , Claessens Antoine , Volkman Sarah K. , Ndiaye Daouda , Amambua-Ngwa Alfred , Diakite Mahamadou , Fairhurst Rick M. , Conway David J. , Franck Matthias , Newbold Chris I. , Berriman Matt
Published: May 2018

Background: Although thousands of clinical isolates of Plasmodium falciparum are being sequenced and analysed by short read technology, the data do not resolve the highly variable subtelomeric regions of the genomes that contain polymorphic gene families involved in immune evasion and pathogenesis. There is also no current standard definition of the boundaries of these variable subtelomeric regions.

Methods: Using long-read sequence data (Pacific Biosciences SMRT technology), we assembled and annotated the genomes of 15 P. falciparum isolates, ten of which are newly cultured clinical isolates. We performed comparative analysis of the entire genome with particular emphasis on the subtelomeric regions and the internal var genes clusters.

 Results: The nearly complete sequence of these 15 isolates has enabled us to define a highly conserved core genome, to delineate the boundaries of the subtelomeric regions, and to compare these across isolates. We found highly structured variable regions in the genome. Some exported gene families purportedly involved in release of merozoites show copy number variation. As an example of ongoing genome evolution, we found a novel CLAG gene in six isolates.  We also found a novel gene that was relatively enriched in the South East Asian isolates compared to those from Africa.

Conclusions: These 15 manually curated new reference genome sequences with their nearly complete subtelomeric regions and fully assembled genes are an important new resource for the malaria research community. We report the overall conserved structure and pattern of important gene families and the more clearly defined subtelomeric regions.
Minor change in the sulcus angle during the first six years of life: A prospective study of the femoral trochlea development in dysplastic and normal knees
Authors: Øye C. R. , Foss O. A. , Holen K. J.
Published: May 2018

Purpose

The aetiology of femoral trochlear dysplasia is unknown. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to describe trochlear development in a newborn population during the first six years of life.

Methods

In an earlier study, the femoral trochlea was examined by ultrasound in 174 newborns. A dysplastic trochlea was defined with a sulcus angle (SA) above 159°. Two groups were defined, one group of 15 knees with SA > 159° (dysplastic group), and one group of 101 knees with SA < 159° (non-dysplastic group). In the present follow-up study, the children were further examined at six, 18 and 72 months.

Results

There was a statistically significant difference in the SA between the dysplastic and the non-dysplastic group at all follow-ups (p < 0.001). A small but statistically significant change in the SA between 0 to 72 months was detected for the dysplastic knees (p = 0.032) and for the controls (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

Only minor changes in the anatomy of the femoral trochlea from newborn to age six years were found. A dysplastic trochlea at birth remains shallow and the anatomy does not change from normal to dysplastic during the same time span.

Level of Evidence

II
‘All frocked up in purple’: Rosie Casals, Virginia Slims, and the politics of fashion at Wimbledon, 1972
Authors: Tredway Kristi , Liberti Rita
Published: May 2018

In 1972 Rosemary (Rosie) Casals, an established player in women’s tennis and winner of several doubles championships at Wimbledon, appeared on the court of the staid English event in a tennis dress with a purple design with a ‘VS’ (Virginia Slims – a cigarette brand marketed to a female audience) embroidered on her outfit. The next day she appeared on the number one court for the women’s doubles semi-final match with the cigarette insignia clearly displayed across the front of the athletic wear. Instructed to adhere to Wimbledon’s dress code of ‘predominantly’ white outfits, officials warned Casals would be banned from further play if she did not comply. Forced to obey Wimbledon dress codes, Casals conceded, though not without a verbal assault directed at tournament officials. In this paper we argue, analysing oral history as well as various press reports in the US and abroad, that Casals’ ensemble and the reaction by officials and those in the media symbolized far more than a perceived fashion faux pas by the tennis star. Rather, Casals’ attire and public reaction to it throw into sharp relief debates around equal rights and female independence that raged throughout society during the late 1960s and 1970s. Importantly, the discussions and tensions in relation to Casals’ tennis outfit did not simply mirror these broader conversations they contributed greatly to them. The dress, like Casals, challenged rules of conduct on the court – and social convention off it. The attire was, for her, a form of self-expression, which personified a style she was eager to portray to a public, some of whom were not necessarily similarly keen on its exhibition.
The fashion blogosphere: Success from the readers’ perspective
Authors: Panchal Sheena , Cassidy Tracy Diane
Published: May 2018

The role of blogs and bloggers as conduits of fashion information has strengthened through their growing popularity with fashion consumers. Convenience has been identified as a key reason why fashion consumers use the Internet and social media, enabling them to quickly and easily find trend information, new products and retailer discounts. While research into blogs and blogging is growing, little is given of how blog readers perceive and merit the success of fashion blogs. In this study, we aim to promote a better understanding of the characteristics that fashion blog readers value as contributing factors of a successful fashion blog. This is achieved through an exploration of blog readers’ opinions and through the identification of key blogging trends focusing on female fashion bloggers and readers. The most significant measure of a blog’s success was found to be how relevant it is to its readers, the qualities of which are revealed in this article.
Proposals for data organization and visualization to improve the management and the understanding of complex works
Authors: Vanrell Vellosillo Arianne
Published: May 2018

The adaptation of investigation alternatives through techniques developed in Digital Humanities projects allows to manage and to analyze big quantities of data from complex artistic proposals. Its implementation provides results and the understanding and assessment of characteristics and peculiarities that determine and condition dissemination, conservation and restoration decisions. Specific ontologies to each research serve to define and create databases that allow sorting and sharing information on a large scale in a dynamic and accessible way through display models based on graphs, chronological lines and graphics. Thanks to computational tools, it is possible to store and structure information in an approachable and secure way. This methodology promotes the multidisciplinary and objective analyses of data to create new knowledge and is offered as an alternative in research projects that require to analyze, to compare and to understand the singularities of multiple variables in order to offer answers adapted to the specific objectives of each investigation.
The Counter-Hegemonic Virtues of Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century England
Authors: Ivana Dragoș
Published: May 2018

The purpose of this article is to re-examine popular culture in early-modern England by focusing on the oral/illiterate-written/literate and popular culture-high culture dyads. I aim to question why these interrelated socio-cultural categories have not been properly reconciled by the writers of the time. Moreover, my purpose is to focus on antiquarianism as a valid method whereby the delineation between the above-mentioned dichotomies turns into a subtle relationship in which both terms become complementary. I shall focus on two important antiquarian texts - Henry Bourne’s Antiquitates Vulgares (1725) and John Brand’s Observations on Popular Antiquities (1777) - by considering issues of religion and national identity, in an attempt to show that popular culture made known its counter-hegemonic virtues which, though permanently negotiated, were never rejected by the polite. Ultimately, the unstable relationship between the high and the low will be seen as suggestive of the porous boundaries between the two, indicating, at the same time, popular culture’s participatory role in rethinking cultural identity in Enlightenment England.
Remapping the Constellation of Walter Benjamin’s Allegorical Method
Authors: Wong Jack
Published: May 2018

The now-longstanding academic revival of allegory, as well as its import as a perennial buzzword of contemporary art criticism, owes much to a group of essays published in the journal October in the early 1980s. Authors Craig Owens and Benjamin Buchloh, in turn, drew a bloodline to the ideas of allegory that occupied Walter Benjamin throughout his literary career. However, whereas Benjamin saw allegory as the expression of a radical, indeed messianic, view of political possibility, the October writers found in allegory a counter-paradigm against Modernism that would resist the latter's totalizing tendencies by pursing its own deconstructive fate of “lack of transcendence.” In the following essay, I trace the source of this discrepancy to the crucial theological underpinnings of Benjamin's concept of allegory, without which the allegorical forms - appropriation and montage - produce not miraculous flashes of unmediated recognition but the permanent impossibility of communication.
“A Pattern for Princes to Live by”: Popery and Elizabethan History During England’s Exclusion Crisis, 1679-1681
Authors: Petrakos Christopher Ross
Published: May 2018

This article investigates the intersections of historical memory and political behavior during England’s “Exclusion Crisis” of 1679-1681. In doing so, I bring together theorists of social and historical memory in interpreting the Exclusion Crisis polemic. Between 1679 and 1681, opposition Whigs and Loyalist Tories rehashed sixteenth-century Elizabethan history because it provided potent analogues to the contemporary crisis over the succession. Through an analysis of parliamentary debates and historical writing, I argue that England’s sixteenth-century history was an integral part of the contemporary political debate. The context of Elizabeth’s Treason Act and the imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots provided historical parallels that opposition writers used to justify the exclusion of the Duke of York as well as make claims for parliamentary sovereignty in determining the succession. The Elizabethan era provided a wellspring of historical examples that could be culled to refute arguments for monarchial divineright absolutism. Rather than foreground the role of political theory in structuring attitudes and assumptions about the monarchy and parliament, this article sets out to show that sixteenth-century historical polemic set the terms of contemporary debate and, thus, influenced political outcomes.
Experimental Language Deconstructing Patriarchal Discourse in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Authors: Tellini Silvia Mara
Published: May 2018

By sharing the experiences of women and the black community of her time, represented as a journey towards womanhood on stage, Afro- American playwright Ntozake Shange deconstructs the patriarchal structure of language, by pushing the boundaries of genres as she assembles prose, poetry and stage performance in a “choreopoem” capable of empowering and liberating the trajectories of the represented black women. The present study explores the semiotic and linguistic deconstructions of the patriarchal ideology in for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, aiming at a discussion of the author’s experimentalism with language outside instituted discursive paradigms regarding women. Considering that the concept of the liberation of the individual is strongly historicized in the play, the characters of the seven ladies are focalized as being tightly related to the feminist movement in North America in the seventies. Furthermore, the implications of ideological impositions and limited roles for women in society are analyzed.
A new species of Isometopus from Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae)
Authors: Hosseini Reza
Published: May 2018

A new species, Isometopus (Isometopus) linnavuorii sp. nov., is described from Iran. Illustrations of male genitalia, scanning electron micrographs of male habitus and other selected characters of this new taxon are provided. The diagnosis of the new species is based on a comparison with other congeneric from the Middle East and Europe. The type specimens were deposited in the insect collection of the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Isometopus (Isometopus) kaznakovi Kiritshenko, 1939 and Isometopus (Isometopus) mirificus Mulsant & Rey, 1879 are excluded from the fauna of Iran. The gender agreement is corrected in the name Isometopus praetermissus Akingbohungbe, 2012.
A new genus and two new species of Leiodinae from Chile, with keys to world genera of Sogdini and Leiodinae from Chile and Argentina (Coleoptera: Leiodidae)
Authors: Newton Alfred F. , Švec Zdeněk , Fikáček Martin
Published: May 2018

Anaballetus gen. nov.,,sp. nov. (tribe Sogdini) and,sp. nov. (tribe Pseudoliodini), both from Chile, are described and distinguished from related and similar taxa. A key for the identification of the described world genera of the tribe Sogdini is presented, and the placement of the new genus is discussed; it is considered most closely related to still-undescribed genera known from Australia and New Zealand. A key is also provided to all described species of Leiodinae known from Chile and Argentina. With the exception of,Sharp, 1876, all of these genera and species of Leiodinae are endemic (precinctive) to Chile and southern Argentina.
Three new Asian species of Bruchidius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Authors: Anton Klaus-Werner , Delobel Alex
Published: May 2018

Descriptions of three new species in the genus Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905 are presented. Bruchidius nepalensis sp. nov. from Nepal and B. tricolor sp. nov. from India, Laos and Thailand are assigned to the Bruchidius japonicus species-group, while B. planicornis sp. nov. from Iran and Turkey is assigned to the Bruchidius astragali species-group. Detailed figures of antennae and genitalia are given.
Canuschiza of Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Part 2. Canuschiza minuta species group
Authors: Sehnal Richard , Král David , Bezděk Aleš
Published: May 2018

The Canuschiza minuta species group of the genus Canuschiza is revised. Canuschiza zerig sp. nov. and previously unknown female of C. minuta are described. Variability in number of antennomeres observed in females of C. minuta is briefly discussed. An identification key to males and females of the species group is provided, and photographs illustrate external morphology and male genitalia.
First record of the family Cantharidae on Socotra, with description of a new genus and two new species of the subfamily Silinae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)
Authors: Geiser Michael
Published: May 2018

The first known representatives of the family Cantharidae are described from Socotra: Silidius svihlai sp. nov. and Socotrasilis enigmatica gen. et sp. nov. Dorsal habitus, pronotum and aedeagus for each species are illustrated. Both species seem phylogenetically isolated, with no known close relatives.
A taxonomic review of the genus Clitobius with description of a new species from Oman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Authors: Purchart Luboš , Kamiński Marcin Jan
Published: May 2018

Based on external and internal morphological characters, Apithesis obesa Waterhouse, 1881 (of the monotypical genus Apithesis Waterhouse, 1881) is redescribed and transferred from the tribe Ulomini to the tribe Opatrini where it is incorporated in Clitobius Mulsant & Rey, 1859. Preliminary review of the taxonomy and distribution of Clitobius is performed. The following names are placed in synonymy: Clitobius Mulsant & Rey, 1859 = Apithesis Waterhouse, 1881, syn. nov. = Apteroclitobius Koch, 1960, syn. nov.; Clitobius ovatus (Erichson, 1843) = Halonomus salinicola Wollaston, 1861, syn. nov.; Clitobius oblongiusculus (Fairmaire, 1875) = Clitobius ovatus borkouensis Pierre, 1961, syn. nov.; Clitobius obesus (Waterhouse, 1881), comb. nov. = Clitobius pseudalatus Koch, 1960, syn. nov. Clitobius omanicus sp. nov. is described from Oman. A key to the species of Clitobius is presented. Distributional patterns within the genus are analysed and discussed.
Wettability and Surface Free Energy of Ti(C,N) Coatings on Nickel-based Casting Prosthetic Alloys
Authors: Banaszek K. , Klimek L.
Published: May 2018

The production process of prosthetic restorations runs in two stages. In the first stage, the prosthetic foundation is produced of metal alloys. In the second stage, a facing material is applied on the produced element. In both stages, the wettability is significantly important, as well as the free surface energy relating to it. The quality of the obtained cast depends on the surface phenomena occurring between the metal alloy and the material of which the casting mould is made. The performed examinations also point to a relation between the ceramics joint and the base, depending on the wetting angle.

The aim of the presented paper was to examine influence of the composition of a Ti(C,N)-type coating on bases made of the Ni-Cr prosthetic alloy on the wettability and the surface free energy.

The test material were disks made of the Ni-Cr alloy with the diameter of 8 mm. The disks were divided into five groups, which were covered with Ti(C,N) coatings, with different amounts of C and N in the layer. In order to determine the surface free energy (γs), the wetting angle was measured. Two measure liquids were applied: distilled water and diiodomethane.

The obtained results of the measurements of the water-wetting angles suggest that together with the increase of the ratio of nitrogen to carbon in the Ti(C,N) coating, the surface hydrophobicity increases as well. In all the samples, one can see a large difference between the energy values of the polar and the apolar components. The high values of the polar components and the low values of the apolar ones make it possible to conclude that these surfaces exhibit a greater affinity to the polar groups than to the apolar ones.

On the basis of the analysis of the surface free energy, one can state that covering the alloy with Ti(C,N)-type coatings should not decrease the adhesion of the ceramics to the alloy, whereas TiC coatings should lead to the latter’s improvement. Due to their hydrophilicity, TiC coatings should decrease the adhesion of bacteria to the surface and hinder the formation of a bacterial biofilm.
Optimizing of Work Arc Furnace to Decopperisation of Flash Slag
Authors: Bydałek A.W. , Biernat S. , Wołczyński W. , Bydałek A.
Published: May 2018

Discusses an attempt to optimize the operation of an electric furnace slag to be decopperisation suspension of the internal recycling process for the production of copper. The paper presents a new method to recover copper from metallurgical slags in arc-resistance electric furnace. It involves the use of alternating current for a first period reduction, constant or pulsed DC in the final stage of processing. Even distribution of the electric field density in the final phase of melting caused to achieve an extremely low content of metallic copper in the slag phase. They achieved by including the economic effects by reducing the time reduction.
The Effect of Addition of Titanium on The Structure and Properties of High Chromium Cast Iron
Authors: Kopyciński D. , Guzik E. , Siekaniec D. , Szczęsny A.
Published: May 2018

The paper presents results of Ti-addition to High Chromium Cast Iron (HCCI) on the structure and selected mechanical properties. For this study casted two sets of cylinders with dimensions ø20 mm, ø15 mm × 250 mm, for the High Chromium Cast Iron (HCCI) and with the 4% by mass Ti-addition. Melts were performed in the induction furnace crucible capacity of 15 kg. During the heats the cup with installed S type thermocouple was poured to record the cooling curves. The cylinders were subjected to the static bending strength test. Samples for the test microstructure and Rockwell hardness were cut from the cylinders. The study shows that the addition of titanium had an impact on the structure and thus the properties of High Chromium Cast Iron (HCCI). In subsequent studies, through an appropriate choice of chemical composition and proper process control, it is planned to obtain in the structure the titanium carbides TiC and chromium carbides with type (Cr, Fe)7C3.
Technological Assessment of the Possibility of Making Light-section Castings of GX2CrNiMoN25-6-3 Cast Steel by the Centrifugal Casting Method
Authors: Stradomski G. , Nadolski M. , Stradomski Z.
Published: May 2018

The paper presents the results of investigation into the technological possibility of making light-section castings of GX2CrNiMoN25-6-3 cast steel. For making castings with a wall thickness in the thinnest place as small as below 1 mm, the centrifugal casting technology was employed. The technology under consideration enables items with high surface quality to be obtained, while providing a reduced consumption of the charge materials and, as a result, a reduction in the costs of unit casting production.
Management of Assortment Inventory Groups in Selected Foundry
Authors: Szymszal J. , Kuczyńska-Chałada M. , Król J.
Published: May 2018

As experience shows the practical, reliable assessment and optimisation of total costs of logistical processes implemented in supply chains of foundry plants is a quite complex and complicated process, because it requires to enclose all, without exception, performed actions, including them in various reference cross-sections, systematic activities and finally transforming them in a totally homogenous collection. Only solid analysis and assessment of assortment management in logistical supply systems in foundry plants of particular assortment groups allows to lower the supply costs significantly. In the article the analysis and assessment of the newest implemented optimising algorithms are presented in the process stock management of selected material groups used in a production process of a chosen foundry plant. A practical solution to solve a problem of rotary stock cost minimisation is given as well as of costs while creating a stock with the usage of economical volume and value of order.
Direct Method and Approximation of the Reciprocal Difference Functional Equations in Various Normed Spaces
Authors: Azadi Kenary H.
Published: May 2018

In this paper, using direct method, we prove the generalized Hyers- Ulam-Rassias stability of the reciprocal difference functional equations in various normed spaces.
Non-Null Weakened Mannheim Curves in Minkowski 3-Space
Authors: Tunçer Yilmaz , Karacan Murat Kemal , Yoon Dae Won
Published: May 2018

In this study, non-null Frenet-Mannheim curves and non-null Weakened Mannheim curves are investigated in Minkowski 3-space. Some characterizations for this curves are obtained.
On Uniform Topological Algebras
Authors: El Azhari M.
Published: May 2018

The uniform norm on a uniform normed Q-algebra is the only uniform Q-algebra norm on it. The uniform norm on a regular uniform normed Q-algebra with unit is the only uniform norm on it. Let A be a uniform topological algebra whose spectrum M(A) is equicontinuous, then A is a uniform normed algebra. Let A be a regular semisimple commutative Banach algebra, then every algebra norm on A is a Q-algebra norm on A.
Fixed Point Theorems for Set-Valued Mappings under Contractive Condition in Quasi-Metric Spaces
Authors: Eshaghi Gordji M. , Mohseni Kolagar S. , Cho Y.J. , Baghani H.
Published: May 2018

In this paper, we introduce the concept of a generalized weak contraction for set-valued mappings defined on quasi-metric spaces. We show the existence of fixed points for generalized weakly contractive set-valued mappings. Indeed, we have a generalization of Nadler’s fixed point theorem and Banach’s fixed point theorem in quasi-metric spaces and, further, investigate the convergence of iterate scheme of the form xn+1 ∈ Fxn with error estimates.
λ-Statistically Ward Continuity
Authors: Çakalli Hüseyin , Sönmez Ayşe , Aras Cigdem Gunduz
Published: May 2018

The main object of this paper is to investigate λ-statistically ward continuity. We obtain some relations between this kind of continuity and some other kinds of continuities. It turns out that any λ-statistically ward continuous real valued function on a λ-statistically ward compact subset E ⊂ R is uniformly continuous.
Some New Separation Axioms Via β-I-Open Sets
Authors: Gowrisankar N. , Keskin A. , Rajesh N.
Published: May 2018

In this paper, β-I-open sets are used to define some weak separation axioms and to study some of their basic properties. The implications of these axioms among themselves and with the known axioms are investigated
Permanent Weak Module Amenability of Semigroup Algebras
Authors: Bodaghi Abasalt , Amini Massoud , Jabbari Ali
Published: May 2018

We employ the fact that L1(G) is n-weakly amenable for each n ≥ 1 to show that for an inverse semigroup S with the set of idempotents E, ℓ1(S) is n- weakly module amenable as an ℓ1(E)-module with trivial left action. We study module amenability and weak module amenability of the module projective tensor products of Banach algebras.
Existence and Stability of Periodic Solutions for Impulsive Fuzzy Cohen-Grossberg Neural Networks on Time Scales
Authors: Zhang Qianhong , Liu Jingzhong , Shao Yuanfu
Published: May 2018

By applying the method of coincidence degree and constructing a suitable Lyapunov functional, some sufficient conditions are established for the existence and globally exponential stability of periodic solutions for a kind of impulsive fuzzy Cohen- Grossberg neural networks on time scales. Moreover an example is given to illustrate our results.