bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Orientable homotopy modules
Authors: Déglise Frédéric
Published: March 2013

We prove a conjecture of Morel identifying Voevodsky’s homotopy invariant sheaves with transfers with spectra in the stable homotopy category which are concentrated in degree zero for the homotopy $t$-structure and have a trivial action of the Hopf map. This is done by relating these two kind of objects to Rost’s cycle modules. Applications to algebraic cobordism and construction of cycle classes are given.
"I Guess They Didn't Want Us Asking Too Many Questions": Reading American Empire in Guam
Authors: Woodward Valerie Solar
Published: March 2013

This article analyzes Chris Perez Howard's biography of his mother, Mariquita: A Tragedy of Guam , and selections from Craig Santos Perez's poetry book from unincorporated territory: [hacha] and explores their responses to the continued colonization of Guam by the United States. While these two authors use the same events, namely World War II and the multiple military occupations of their home island, to reflect on the contemporary situation in Guam, I claim that the United States is able to continue its colonization of Guam through the twin practices of denying its own imperial practices and ignoring the pleas of native activists. The United States is partially able to accomplish its denial by using a memorialization of rescue from coercive and repressive colonizers who are portrayed in contrast with its own "benevolent" stewardship of the island. This rhetoric of liberation has been one of the acceptable forms of narrative for past authors, but contemporary authors and activists are beginning to explore other forms of discourse. Both Perez and Howard use metaphors of the body in order to explore the disjointed nature of Guam's relationship to the continental United States. Howard portrays the dependent position of Guam through the metaphor of the willing and submissive female body of his mother, whereas Perez attempts to reclaim an independent body and nation that is continually under siege from the United States and its military ambitions. Despite their stylistic differences, these two authors both claim recognition for Guam and its peoples.
In-Home Air Filtration for Improving Cardiovascular Health: Lessons from a CBPR Study in Public Housing
Authors: Brugge Doug , Reisner Ellin , Padró-Martínez Luz T. , Zamore Wig , Owusu Emmanuel , Durant John L.
Published: March 2013

Background : Particulate air pollution, including from motor vehicles, is associated with cardiovascular disease.
Objectives: To describe lessons learned from installing air filtration units in public housing apartments next to a major highway.
Methods: We reviewed experience with recruitment, retention, and acceptance of the air filtration units.
Results: Recruitment and retention have been challenging, but similar to other studies in public housing. Equipment noise and overheated apartments during hot weather have been notable complaints from participants. In addition, we found that families with members with Alzheimer’s or mental disability were less able to tolerate the equipment.
Conclusions: For this research, the primary lesson is that working closely with each participant is important. A future public health program would need to address issues of noise and heat to make the intervention more acceptable to residents.
Impact of LEED-Certified Affordable Housing on Asthma in the South Bronx
Authors: Garland Elizabeth , Steenburgh Erin Thanik , Sanchez Sadie H. , Geevarughese Anita , Bluestone Les , Rothenberg Laura , Rialdi Alexander , Foley Mary
Published: March 2013

Background : Green housing reduces energy costs and may mitigate indoor allergens and pollutants, improving asthma morbidity. High asthma burden is seen in low-income neighborhoods. Past studies show improvements in respiratory symptoms when living in green homes.
Objective: Develop partnership with Blue Sea Development Company to determine impacts of living in Melrose Commons V (MCV), a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-certified affordable housing complex, on asthma in the South Bronx.
Methods: Participants completed a home-based respiratory health questionnaire before moving into MCV. Follow-up occurred at 6, 12, and 18 months post-move. A home-based educational module was delivered on indoor environmental interventions to avoid asthma triggers. A pretest was given before the module and a posttest was given 9 months later, including an evaluation of behavioral practice changes.
Results: Outcomes included decreases in continuous daily respiratory symptoms ( p < .001), asthma symptoms disrupting sleep in the past month ( p = .028), and urgent visits to a healthcare professional for asthma in the past 3 months ( p = .038). Clinically relevant outcomes included fewer days with asthma symptoms; asthma episodes; days of work, school, or daycare missed; and emergency department visits. Education changes from pretest to posttest included increased knowledge about dust mites, roaches, mold, and chemical irritants ( p = .007). Common behavioral changes included using hypoallergenic mattress covers, using green cleaning products, and eliminating bedroom carpets.
Conclusions: Findings support the beneficial effect of LEED Platinum-certified buildings on respiratory health. Trends may be clinically and economically relevant. Advocacy efforts should promote the expansion of green housing and emphasize the development of healthy communities.
Improving Health Services for Residents Through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Public Housing Leadership Perspective
Authors: Council Kenneth D. , Wilson Julian C. , Harris B. Michelle , O’Keefe Anne Marie , Henderson Corey , Dixon Benika , Merengwa Enyinnaya , Nwazue Eric , Weaks Francesca
Published: March 2013

Background : In response to feedback from a health forum, resident leaders of public housing in Washington, DC, were inspired to create a health survey for and by the residents.
Objective: The survey was designed to document residents’ concerns about health, health care, and environmental threats. It also explored tobacco use and support for smoke-free housing.
Methods: A newly created Health Planning Committee of the Citywide Advisory Board, including residents, academics, and representatives of health and housing organizations, facilitated the creation of a health needs assessment. Questionnaires were initially mailed, then hand-delivered to every public housing household. More than 1,000 completed questionnaires have now been returned.
Lessons Learned: This project highlights a model that places resident leaders in charge of health issues, including leading advocacy efforts for policies to reduce health disparities in public housing. It identifies research challenges and ways to overcome them and empowers the community for continued research.
The Man Who Knows Himself
Authors: Morton Brian
Published: March 2013

When Irving Howe died suddenly, in May 1993, no one was sure whether Dissent would keep going. The magazine's young-ish editors and writers wanted to see it continue, but we all felt that it would thrive only if Michael Walzer stepped in as Irving's successor. And none of us knew whether Michael wanted to do that. With his reserve, his inwardness, his courtly distance, Michael wasn't someone whom the younger editors knew well. He was the Greta Garbo of Dissent. Although he formally served as Irving's co-editor and reliably attended Dissent's quarterly editorial board meetings, he played little role in the day-to-day life of the magazine.
Charting the Road to Davos: The Rise and Fall of Internationalism
Authors: Immerwahr Daniel
Published: March 2013

" La tot' homoze in familje konunigare so debà ," sang Ludwig Zamenhof in 1877, in celebration of his nineteenth birthday. The language of the song, Esperanto, was of his own invention, but the sentiment was not: All mankind must unite in one family . Within fifty years, that same idea could have found expression in any number of international languages—from Solresol, in which every phoneme is sung, to Volapük, an improbably popular, vaguely Germanic tongue that attracted tens of thousands of speakers before collapsing under the weight of its own unwieldy grammar. For the slightly less ambitious, there was the spelling reform movement, which attempted to turn English into a sort of universal language by dramatically simplifying its orthography.
Liberal or Social Democrat?
Authors: Margalit Avishai
Published: March 2013

Is there a difference between a liberal and a social democrat that amounts to a distinction? If there is, is it a distinction with merit? Michael Walzer is a social democrat; it is an honorary badge. For a long time, he wore his badge while driving an antique Volvo—the second-hand car for mature social democrats. Sidney Morgenbesser, a master of fine and funny distinctions, tried to answer our question with a quip: A liberal believes money should be taken from the very rich and handed over to the poor. But he stands exactly at the point at which no money should be taken and no money should be given. In contrast, the social democrat believes she, too, has to give money.
Alternate Modernity in Asia
Authors: Brook Daniel
Published: March 2013

Pankaj Mishra asks good questions. As he has ascended from posh-poor Brahmin in provincial India, to New York Review of Books contributor, to London-based Bloomberg columnist, he has posed his trenchant questions to ever wider audiences. In his 2006 travelogue, Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond , Mishra catalogued local answers to the eponymous question. In his recent journalism, he appears to take special pleasure in impertinently interrogating the unexamined prejudices of the Economist -toting classes (for example, Should contemporary China's economic system really be considered "Western-style capitalism"? Do the pronouncements of Niall Ferguson actually make any sense?)
Guanaco Management in Argentina: Taking a Commons Perspective
Authors: Lichtenstein Gabriela
Published: March 2013

Este trabajo analiza la vida silvestre como un bien común no convencional en Argentina, un país poco representado en la literatura sobre los bienes comunes. Se sugiere que en este país las políticas públicas con respecto al manejo de los recursos naturales reflejan, en general, el relegamiento histórico de las comunidades indígenas y rurales así como la promoción de la propiedad privada sobre la propiedad comunal. El estudio discute los desafíos que presentan las experiencias de esquila de guanacos ( Lama guanicoe ) en Patagonia y la potencial incorporación de enseñanzas sobre los bienes comunes para promover el uso sustentable de la especie.
Keeping Faith: Translating the Poems of Sarra Copia Sulam
Authors: Wells Will
Published: March 2013

Although Sarra Copia Sulam’s sonnets present various challenges to translators, the opportunity to convey her distinctive voice offers ample compensation. Since translation is an iterative art, the best any translator can achieve is a version of the original, ideally one that combines historically accurate understanding of the era’s context with poetic diction that sounds idiomatic and mellifluous in the target language and target, that is, contemporary, era. Sulam’s sonnets bridge multiple steams of influence—emulation of the magnificent Italian sonnet tradition; echoes of Biblical Hebrew (particularly The Psalms); firm handling of early seventeenth-century poetic trends; and finally distinctive individual talent and style. The English translator must connect these strands while simultaneously conveying the complex autobiographical narratives which prompted and continue to underlay the sonnet content. Her battles with the Italian religious and literary establishment, while exposing her to mortal risk, inspired her best work. Thus, the translator’s chosen phrases and rhythms must also suggest the conscious and unconscious unease of a woman under duress. While her writings often adopt paradigms from the dominant Italian culture and popularized by Christian males, they are enriched by deliberate interweaving of traditional Jewish thought and depiction of the troubled pilgrim as a female Jew, a status which both exposed her to profound exile from Italy’s literary community and enabled her unique contribution to it.
A question of values: why we need art and design in higher education
Authors: Budge Kylie
Published: March 2013

Contemporary higher-education institutions are currently confronted with a range of vexing issues related to the market, funding and quality. These issues are having a profound impact on art and design disciplines in universities in relation to funding cuts and pressures to develop
new approaches to teaching. At the heart of the current focus on creative disciplines such as art and design is a critically important debate about values. By addressing a series of key questions, this article argues that there is value in art and design disciplines in higher education. Value
theory is used to provide a framework to show how value is attributed and influenced by external forces and based on beliefs, attitudes and judgements. Such a framework creates a way of understanding value in higher education and how art and design disciplines are situated within it. Through
the lens of values and value theory, this article further supports the case for art and design in higher education.
REVIEW
Authors: Woolf Harvey
Published: March 2013

EXPLORING MORE SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES: APPROACHES TO TEACHING DISCIPLINARY HABITS OF MIND, NANCY L. CHICK, AERON HAYNIE AND REGAN A. R. GURUNG (EDS) (2012) Sterling, VA: Stylus, 257 pp., ISBN: 978-1-57922-476-9, P/b, £24.50
Materia Secunda, text-as-image
Authors: Calvert Sheena
Published: March 2013

This article is an extension of the arguments and examples offered in ‘Materia Prima, text-as-image’ (Calvert 2012), where the materiality of language was foregrounded, rather than its transparent role in communication. The claims of neutrality to content in ‘The Crystal
Goblet’, made by Beatrice Warde, alongside ideas from various philosophical sources were contrasted with the work of concrete poets, artists and designers, whose free play with materiality in language upsets those relatively uncomplicated notions of transparency to content. The current
article proposes that in the next stage of this argument, we might think of the materiality of language in terms of a kind of ‘event’, or ‘constellation’, in which the raw materials of language (whether writing/typography/speech) are fully mobilized and enacted. This
performative stage, which harnesses the dynamic attributes of language, is grounded by reference to Deleuze’s theory of the event, as well as Adorno and Benjamin’s notion of ‘constellation’. Katherine Hayles, Villém Flusser and others are used to support the
contention that we might think of materiality and performativity/gesture in language as a form of content. Lyotard’s Discourse, Figure is invoked as a way to describe a different space of interaction between the textual and the figural, one where the distinction between them is erased.
Examples from art/design/typography are offered to support these points.
Touching the text of T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’: a critical discussion of interactive design and screen typography for an iPad e-book
Authors: Kenna Hilary
Published: March 2013

Why would a complex, often inaccessible early twentieth-century poem become ‘iPad App of the Week’ in the United States of America? Why would it warrant an editorial in the New York Times? Or garner the headline ‘The future of digital literature?’ on the front
of the Sunday Times Culture Magazine? The answer may lie in the interactive experience of the poem that has brought Eliot’s words to life for a contemporary audience. Created for the iPad, rich media content, elegant typography and a spare, but deeply functional, user interface combine
to form an intimate interactive reading experience that sets it apart from other electronic books. The iPad App of ‘The Waste Land’ (TWL App), was designed by the author in 2011, for its joint publishers – Touch Press and Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom. It presents
the poem anew, as an interactive multimedia reading experience. The typographic design and presentation of the poem enable the reader to interactively explore the text and its meaning, and to simultaneously listen and watch audio and video performances while reading the text itself. The typography
incorporates sound, motion, interactivity and navigation via touch-based interaction with the iPad tablet. The central design vision for the App was to maintain the poem text in its purest form at the heart of the reading experience. The New York Times review aptly captures this intent: ‘For
all its accouterments, The Waste Land App honors the silence of the text itself, the silence that makes Eliot’s many voices in this poem so clearly audible’ (New York Times 2011). This article will examine how carefully crafted interaction design, typography and rich media content
combine to create a distinctive screen-reading experience on the iPad. It will also demonstrate how a practice methodology for designing screen typography, which was developed during the author’s practice-based Ph.D. research, was applied to the design process of the The Waste Land App.
The ghost in the mirror: Notes on Paul Auster’s Ghosts
Authors: Penteado Bruno
Published: March 2013

Here I present a reading of Paul Auster’s Ghosts, part of The New York Trilogy, attentive to theories of subjectivity (especially those informed by psychoanalysis). I also try to go beyond the notion of theory as a supplier of ‘critical tools’; in fact, my reading
suggests that Ghosts is in harmony with and complementary to certain theoretical discourses; it belongs, then, to a category we can loosely call ‘theoretical fiction’. Central to my argument is the dialectics of ‘I’ and ‘other’ that determines subjective
constitution.
The Representative Space: Shaheed Minar – the Martyrs Monument Plaza in Dhaka
Authors: Habib Kishwar , Meulder Bruno De
Published: March 2013

The national monument Shaheed Minar finds its origin in the Bengali Language Movement, commonly considered the catalyst for the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign state. It is situated in an in-between and contested space: between old indigenous and new postcolonial parts of Dhaka.
Due in part to the monument’s historic and cultural significance, as well as to its location as the centre of public demonstration and protest, it has emerged as the city’s pre-eminent symbolic and representative space. The monument plaza is simple in design, yet very precise in
its architectural expression and is structured by a dual axiality: the symbolic axis of mourning and protest and the ordinary axis of everyday life. This dual-axiality allows for coexistence of contradictory activities. It creates a sense of living apart, together, where ceremonial and mundane
activities and ordinary life are regularly juxtaposed. Despite being a contested platform, the plaza is also one of the few places without fences in an area of fenced, segregated spaces. This article positions Shaheed Minar within the context of its evolution – from its role in the Language
Movement to its contemporary position as both public plaza par excellence and stage for frequent political demonstration.
EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Authors: Walker Julia , McKenna Caitlin , Demerdash Nancy
Published: March 2013

‘ZAHA HADID: FORM IN MOTION’, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PERELMAN BUILDING, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011–MARCH 25, 2012

‘CITY OF MIRAGES: BAGHDAD, 1952–1982’ AND ‘CHANGE: ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 2000–PRESENT’,
CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 22–MAY 5, 2012

‘ARTS DE L’ISLAM’, THE NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION, MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, FROM SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
Marco Ferreri: The task of cinema and the end of the world
Authors: Rugo Daniele
Published: March 2013

This article identifies Marco Ferreri's original contribution to cinema as a gesture aimed at exposing the 'end of the world'. This expression should be understood - aside from millenarian connotations - as a reopening of sense in excess of acquired significations. Ferreri supports
this gesture through images that deliberately defy conceptual validation, so that his films often move from the meticulous description of ordinary situations to the collapse of meaningful references. In order to contextualize the framework described above, the argument traces Ferreri's trajectory
back to neo-realism, highlighting elements of continuity and moments of rupture. In particular, the article highlights how Ferreri delivers the humanism expressed by neo-realism to a world without thought.
REVIEWS
Authors: Koven Mikel J. , Orsitto Fulvio , Trecchia Patrizia La , Caminati Luca , Rinaldi Lucia , Fabbri Lorenzo , Marini-Maio Nicoletta , Parati Graziella
Published: March 2013

PERVERSE TITILLATION: THE EXPLOITATION CINEMA OF ITALY, SPAIN AND FRANCE, 1960-1980, DANNY SHIPKA (2011) Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Inc., 346 pp., ISBN: 978-07864-4888-3, p/bk, $49.95

POPULAR ITALIAN CINEMA. CULTURE AND POLITICS IN A POSTWAR SOCIETY, FLAVIA BRIZIO-SKOV
(ED.) (2011) 1st ed., London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 283 pp., ISBN: 978 1 84515 572 4, h/bk, $95.00

THE NEW NEAPOLITAN CINEMA, ALEX MARLOW MANN (2011) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 242 pp., ISBN: 978074864066 9, h/bk, £65.00

POSTCOLONIAL CINEMA STUDIES,
SANDRA PONZANESI AND MARGUERITE WALLER (ED.) (2012) New York: Routledge, 272 pp., ISBN: 9780415782296, p/bk, $39.95

MURDER MADE IN ITALY: HOMICIDE, MEDIA, AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CULTURE, ELLEN NERENBERG (2012) Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 384 pp., ISBN: 978-0253223098,
p/bk, £29.95

BRUTAL VISION. THE NEOREALIST BODY IN POSTWAR ITALIAN CINEMA, KARL SCHOONOVER (2012) Minneapolis-London: University of Minnesota Press, 283 pp., ISBN: 978-0-8166-7555-5, p/bk, $25

LA MASCHERA, IL POTERE, LA SOLITUDINE. IL CINEMA DI PAOLO SORRENTINO, FRANCO VIGNI
(2012) Florence: Aska, 198 pp., ISBN: 9788875421779, p/bk, €20.00

ALTRA EUROPA/OTHER EUROP, DIRECTED BY ROSSELLA SCHILLACI (2011) Subsidized by Piemonte Doc Fund/Fondo Regionale per il Documentario and the Film Commission Regione Siciliana/Sicilia Film Commission. Produced by Azul
(Italy), in collaboration with Laranja Azul (Portugal). Distributed by The Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT.
Can big media do Big Society? A critical case study of commercial, convergent hyperlocal news
Authors: Thurman Neil , Pascal Jean-Christophe , Bradshaw Paul
Published: March 2013

The UK Government is committed to helping ‘nurture a new generation of local media companies’. Changes to local media ownership rules allowing companies to follow their customers from platform to platform are supposed to assist in this by encouraging economies of scale.
This article provides a timely case study examining a UK-based commercial local news network owned by Daily Mail & General Trust that leverages economies of scale: Northcliffe Media’s network of 154 Local People websites. The study evaluates the level of audience engagement with
the Local People sites through a user survey, and by looking at the numbers of active users, their contributions and their connections with other users. Interviews with ten of the ‘community publishers’ who oversee each site on the ground were conducted, along with a content survey.
Although the study reveals a demand for community content, particularly of a practical nature, the results question the extent to which this type of ‘big media’ local news website can succeed as a local social network, reinvigorate political engagement or encourage citizen reporting.
The Government hopes that communities, especially rural ones, will increasingly use the Internet to access local news and information, thereby supporting new, profitable local media companies, who will nurture a sense of local identity and hold locally elected politicians to account. This
case study highlights the difficulties inherent in achieving such outcomes, even using the Government’s preferred convergent, commercial model.
Crystal structure of bis(bromophenazone)hydrotribromide, (C11H11BrN2O)2HBr3, C22H23Br5N4O2
Authors: Lemoine Pascale , Viossat Bernard , Brion Jean Daniel , Bekaert Alain
Published: April 2013

C22H23Br5N4O2, monoclinic, P2/n (no. 13), a = 12.5980(6) Å, b = 6.0596(2) Å, c = 17.9790(8) Å, β= 105.253(2)°, V = 1324.2 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.0416, wRref(F2) = 0.1100, T = 293 K.
Rehabilitation Counselor Knowledge, Comfort, Approach, and Attitude Toward Sex and Disability
Authors: Pebdani Roxanna N.
Published: March 2013

This study examined the effect of rehabilitation counseling students’ age, sex, disability status, geographic location, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, and level of sexuality training on knowledge, comfort, approach, and attitudes toward the sexuality of people with disabilities. Participants were 312 rehabilitation counseling master’s students in Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) accredited programs all over the United States. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) analyses demonstrated that Knowledge scores were affected by intensity of training. Other subscale scores indicated that rehabilitation counseling students had generally negative attitudes toward sex and disability and low levels of comfort with approaches from clients. Results demonstrate the importance of rehabilitation counselor educators incorporating the topic of sex and disability in training programs so that graduating students have the knowledge and comfort necessary to discus sex with their clients with disabilities.
Assessing and monitoring agroenvironmental determinants of recreational freshwater quality using remote sensing
Authors: Turgeon Patricia , Michel Pascal , Levallois Patrick , Ravel André , Archambault Marie , Lavigne Martin-Pierre , Kotchi Serge Olivier , Brazeau Stéphanie
Published: April 2013

Diverse fecal and nonfecal bacterial contamination and nutrient sources (e.g. agriculture, human activities and wildlife) represent a considerable non-point source load entering natural recreational waters which may adversely affect water quality. Monitoring of natural recreational water microbial quality is most often based mainly on testing a set of microbiological indicators. The cost and labour involved in testing numerous water samples may be significant when a large number of sites must be monitored repetitively over time. In addition to water testing, ongoing monitoring of key environmental factors known to influence microbial contamination may be carried out as an additional component. Monitoring of environmental factors can now be performed using remote sensing technology which represents an increasingly recognized source of rigorous and recurrent data, especially when monitoring over a large or difficult to access territory is needed. To determine whether this technology could be useful in the context of recreational water monitoring, we evaluated a set of agroenvironmental determinants associated with fecal contamination of recreational waters through a multivariable logistic regression model built with data extracted from satellite imagery. We found that variables describing the proportions of land with agricultural and impervious surfaces, as derived from remote sensing observations, were statistically associated (odds ratio, OR = 11 and 5.2, respectively) with a higher level of fecal coliforms in lake waters in the southwestern region of Quebec, Canada. From a technical perspective, remote sensing may provide important added-value in the monitoring of microbial risk from recreational waters and further applications of this technology should be investigated to support public health risk assessments and environmental monitoring programs relating to water quality.
Photodegradation of amoxicillin in aqueous solution under simulated irradiation: influencing factors and mechanisms
Authors: Zhao Qian , Feng Li , Cheng Xiang , Chen Chao , Zhang Liqiu
Published: April 2013

This paper investigated the effects of selected common chemical species in natural waters (HCO3−, NO3− and humic acids (HA)) on the photodegradation of amoxicillin (AMO) under simulated irradiation using a 300 W xenon lamp. Quenching experiments were carried out to explore the mechanisms of AMO photodegradation. The results indicated that AMO photodegradation followed pseudo-first-order kinetics. Increasing AMO concentration from 100 to 1,000 μg L−1 led to the decrease in the photodegradation rate constant from 0.2411 to 0.1912 min−1. The presence of NO3− and HA obviously inhibited the photodegradation rate of AMO because they can compete for photons with AMO. Bicarbonate, as a hydroxyl radical (·OH) scavenger, also adversely affected AMO photodegradation. Quenching experiments in pure water suggested that AMO could undergo self-sensitized photooxidation via ·OH and singlet oxygen (1O2), accounting for AMO removal of 34.86 and 8.26%, respectively. In HA solutions, the indirect photodegradation of AMO was mostly attributed to the produced ·OH (22.37%), 1O2 (24.12%) and 3HA* (20.80%), whereas the contribution of direct photodegradation was to some extent decreased.
Multi-stage constructed wetland systems for municipal wastewater treatment
Authors: Masi F. , Caffaz S. , Ghrabi A.
Published: April 2013

In the present paper the detailed design and performances of two municipal wastewater treatment plants, a four-stage constructed wetlands (CW) system located in the city of Dicomano (about 3,500 inhabitants) in Italy, and a three-stage CW system for the village of Chorfech (about 500 inhabitants) in Tunisia, are presented. The obtained results demonstrate that multi-stage CWs provide an excellent secondary treatment for wastewaters with variable operative conditions, reaching also an appropriate effluent quality for reuse. Dicomano CWs have shown good performances, on average 86% of removal for the Organic Load, 60% for Total Nitrogen (TN), 43% for Total Phosphorus (TP), 89% for Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and 76% for Ammonium (NH4+). Even the disinfection process has performed in a very satisfactory way, reaching up to 4–5 logs of reduction of the inlet pathogens concentration, with an Escherichia coli average concentration in the outlet often below 200 UFC/100 mL. The mean overall removal rates of the Chorfech CWs during the monitored period have been, respectively, equal to 97% for TSS and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), 95% for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), 71% for TN and 82% for TP. The observed removal of E. coli by the CW system was in this case 2.5 log units.
Removal of aniline and phenol from water using raw and aluminum hydroxide-modified diatomite
Authors: Wu C. D. , Zhang J. Y. , Wang L. , He M. H.
Published: April 2013

The feasibility of using raw diatomite and aluminum hydroxide-modified diatomite (Al-diatomite) for removal of aniline and phenol from water was investigated. Their physicochemical characteristics such as pHsolution, point of zero charge (pHPZC), surface area, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy was determined. After the raw diatomite was modified, the surface area of Al-diatomite increases from 26.67 to 82.65 m2 g–1. The pHPZC and pHsolution (10%) occurred around pH 5.2 and pH 8.6, respectively. The removal rates of aniline and phenol on diatomite and Al-diatomite decreased with increasing solution pH, while surface charge density decreased. The adsorption of aniline and phenol on diatomite presented a good fit to the Langmuir and Freundlich models, but the models are not fit to forecast the adsorption of aniline and phenol on Al-diatomite. The study indicated that electrostatic interaction was a dominating mechanism of aniline and phenol sorption onto Al-diatomite.
Evaluation of First Flush Phenomenon from Bridge and Parking Lot Sites in the Gyeongan Watershed in Korea
Authors: Memon Sheeraz , Go Sunghoon , Lee Chang‐Hee
Published: March 2013

Urban land‐use areas with high imperviousness, such as bridges, highways, and parking lots, are known to be responsible for relatively large amounts of stormwater runoff and high concentration of pollutants particularly in the “first flush”. This study was conducted to determine the effect of first flush from urban land‐use sites located in Yongin City, Korea, on runoff amounts and pollutant concentration. It was observed that, on most pollutant parameters, the effect was apparent when the data were analyzed qualitatively but it was relatively weak when analyzed quantitatively. A stronger effect was observed from a bridge site than from a parking lot site. Pollutant loads, washed off at 40 and 60% runoff volume, respectively, were also determined for further analysis of the first flush effect to find an improved strategy for best management practices. In this study, no correlation was observed between rainfall intensity and runoff duration with first flush effect.
Comprehensive Review and Compilation of Treatment for Azo Dyes Using Microbial Fuel Cells
Authors: Murali V. , Ong Soon‐An , Ho Li‐Ngee , Wong Yee‐Shian , Hamidin Nasrul
Published: March 2013

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent an emerging technology that focuses on power generation and effluent treatment. This review compiles articles related to MFCs using azo dye as the substrate. The significance of the general components in MFCs and systems of MFCs treating azo dye is depicted in this review. In addition, degradation of azo dyes such as Congo red, methyl orange, active brilliant red X‐3B, amaranth, reactive blue 221, and acid orange 7 in MFCs are summarized. Further exploration and operational modification are suggested to address the challenges of complete removal of azo dye with maximum power generation in an MFC. In addition, a sequential treatment system with MFCs is suggested for complete mineralization of azo dye.
A Taxonomy for Choosing, Evaluating, and Integrating in-the-Cloud Resources in a University Environment
Authors: Kahn Russell L.
Published: April 2013

This article develops and applies an analytic matrix for searching and using Web 2.0 resources along a learning continuum based on learning styles. This continuum applies core concepts of cognitive psychology, which places an emphasis on internal processes, such as motivation, thinking, attitudes, and reflection. A pilot study found that access to multiple media and enhanced graphical tools in an online classroom responds to students' varied learning styles. This article applies Bloom's Taxonomy of learning styles to explain the matrix. It presents preliminary evidence that indicates how use of multiple resources works to include more learning styles and thus engage and motivate more students.
Repeating “Yes” in a First Request and Compliance with a Later Request: the Four Walls Technique
Authors: Guéguen Nicolas , Joule Robert-Vincent , Courbet Didier , Halimi-Falkowicz Séverine , Archand Andm Ariem
Published: March 2013

The commitment/consistency principle for compliance implies that people act in ways consistent with their previous behavior. Cialdini and Sagarin (2005) have stated that, according to this principle, asking individuals questions to which they would be expected to say “yes”
could be associated with achieving greater compliance with a subsequent request. However, this procedure, referred to as the four walls technique, has never been tested experimentally. In this study, we conducted an experiment in which participants were first asked to answer several questions
that required “yes” or “no” responses. Then, the participants were asked to comply with an additional request. It was found that saying “yes” several times beforehand is associated with greater compliance with a subsequent request than is saying “no”
beforehand or when no first request was made.
Factors Affecting Employee Creativity in Taiwan's Hakka Clothing Industry
Authors: Hsu Hsiu-Ju
Published: March 2013

I investigated the relationship among employee creativity, personal characteristics, and work environment characteristics in Taiwan's Hakka cultural and creative industries, specifically the clothing industry. I used snowball sampling to find participants who completed a questionnaire
that was either self-administered or administered through telephone interviews, from which I obtained 86 responses for the analysis. I then performed analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and t test. The results reveal that employee creativity was significantly correlated to both
personal cognitive style and work environment characteristics. However, the results do not reveal any significant differences in employee creativity with regard to demographic factors.
Machiavellianism and Dating: Deception and Intimacy
Authors: Dussault Matthew , Hojjat Mahzad , Boone R. Thomas
Published: March 2013

We explored the relationship between Machiavellian personality, mate attraction strategies, and intimacy. Participants filled out the Mach IV and self-report questionnaires about the use of deceptive tactics in attracting potential dating partners, level of intimacy, and previous dating
history. Higher scores on Machiavellianism were associated with greater likelihood of using deceptive tactics and lower levels of relationship intimacy. However, for women the relationship between Machiavellianism and deceptive strategies was moderated by the history of intimate behaviors.
Implications and future directions are discussed.
Approval Versus Disapproval of Dogfighting and Cockfighting Among College Students
Authors: Molina Melody , Arikawa Hiroko , Templer Donald I.
Published: March 2013

We explored the extent of approval/disapproval of dogfighting and cockfighting in 206 community college students with 97.1% disapproving of dogfighting and 93.8% disapproving of cockfighting. Disapproval of dogfighting was associated with higher scores on the Pet Attitude Scale (Templer,
Salter, Dickey, Baldwin, & Veleber, 1981), scoring in the continuous rather than dichotomous direction on the Animal-Human Continuity Scale (Templer, Connelly, Bassman, & Hart, 2006), and high scoring in empathy toward humans on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980). Disapproval
of cockfighting was associated with women. Despite the finding of an extremely high percentage of disapproval of dogfighting and cockfighting, continued educational programs and preventive efforts are recommended to achieve our aim, which is zero dogfighting and cockfighting.
Unilateral renal agenesis in a neonate with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Authors: Han Kyoung , Kim Kwang , Chang Jee , Kim Young
Published: April 2013

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare and severe disorder with a high mortality rate among infants. Unilateral renal agenesis (URA) is a relatively common congenital urinary malformation. Here, we present the case of a newborn infant with left CDH associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis. The male patient was born weighing 3.850 g through normal spontaneous vaginal delivery at 38 weeks and 6 days of gestational age at a maternity hospital. He was transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit due to respiratory distress with tachypnea, grunting and cyanosis after birth. A chest radiography indicated parts of the bowel in the thoracic cavity, consistent with CDH. Renal ultrasonography indicated no kidney structure on the left side and a 5.6 cm right kidney with normal echogenicity. Repair of the diaphragmatic hernia was performed three days after birth. Most of the colon, small bowel, stomach and spleen were located in the left pleural cavity, but the left kidney was not seen. Subsequent dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy indicated non-visualized functional cortical uptake in the left kidney on day 13 after birth. Thus, we report the successful treatment of a patient with CDH accompanied by URA.
Trends in Incidence and Susceptibility among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Intranasal Cultures Associated with Rhinosinusitis
Authors: Rujanavej Valin , Soudry Ethan , Banaei Niaz , Baron Ellen Jo , Hwang Peter H. , Nayak Jayakar V.
Published: March 2013

Background

Reports regarding the incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in rhinosinusitis (RS) are limited. This study was designed to identify epidemiology and trends of MRSA incidence and antimicrobial resistance in the sinonasal cavities.

Methods

This is a retrospective case series. All intranasal/sinus cultures obtained by otolaryngologists at Stanford over a 20-year period (1990–2010) were retrospectively reviewed by mining the microbiology database. Nested searches were then made for all S. aureus and MRSA cultures. Patterns of incidence and changes in antibiotic susceptibilities were tabulated and statistical analysis was performed.

Results

Our search retrieved 10,387 positive intranasal culture samples, with S. aureus found in 800 (7.7%), and MRSA comprising 110 (1.06%) of this subset. Between the years of 1990 and 1999, only 2/112 (1.7%) of S. aureus–positive nasal cultures were positive for MRSA, with a sharp rise in incidence to 86/606 (14.2%) from 2000 to 2005, and to 22/82, 26.8% from 2006 to 2010. On a percent basis, using logistic regression modeling, this represents a statistically significant increasing trend (p < 0.0001) for MRSA sinusitis. However, over the 20-year interval studied, the patterns of antibiotic resistance among MRSA remained unaltered, especially with regard to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and vancomycin.

Conclusion

S. aureus and MRSA isolates from intranasal cultures, which were essentially absent before the year 2000, became significantly more common earlier this decade. These data show the increased role of MRSA in sinusitis. MRSA antibiotic susceptibilities have remained, however, largely stable during this time period.
Nasal Septal Perforation Repair Using Intranasal Rotation and Advancement Flaps
Authors: Park Joo Hyun , Kim Dae woo , Jin Hong Ryul
Published: March 2013

Background

We aimed to present our experience with and algorithm for septal perforation repair using advancement and rotation flaps.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed on 14 patients who underwent septal perforation repair. Etiology, perforation size, presenting symptoms, reconstruction methods, combined operation, surgical results, and complications were evaluated.

Results

The mean postoperative follow-up duration was 36 ± 18 months. Among 14 cases, 9 had previous septoplasty or septorhinoplasty and 5 cases suffered from nasal trauma. The perforation sizes varied from 5 to 27 mm, with a 14-mm average. Two cases had multiple perforations. The main symptoms included nasal obstruction, crusting, epistaxis, and whistling. Perforations were repaired using advancement flaps in seven cases or combination of advancement and rotation flaps in seven cases, with or without an interposition graft. Bilateral mucosal closure was accomplished in all cases. Conchal cartilage, remnant septal cartilage, or septal bone was used for an interposition graft. Nine patients had a concurrent rhinoplasty with septal perforation repair. At last follow-up, complete perforation closure was achieved in 12 cases (85.7%). Septal perforation recurred in 2 large perforation cases, which were repaired without interposition grafts. Nasal symptoms disappeared or improved in 13 cases (92.9%). There were no serious complications after surgery.

Conclusion

Combined use of intranasal advancement and rotation flaps is a safe and promising option for surgical repair of moderate to large septal perforation. Bilateral tension-free mucosal closure with an interposition graft is important for the surgical success.
An n-Si/n-Fe2O3 Heterojunction Tandem Photoanode for Solar Water Splitting
Authors: Van de Krol Roel , Liang Yongqi
Published: March 2013

Few metal oxide photoanodes are able to reduce protons to hydrogen because their conduction band minimum is located at too positive potentials. This can be remedied by biasing the photoanode with a photovoltaic cell placed behind the photoanode. The disadvantage of such a tandem device
is the rather complicated structure. Here, we demonstrate a very simple monolithic heterojunction tandem photoanode based on n-Si and n-type ?-Fe2O3. Detailed characterization of this system in a basic planar configuration reveals that the silicon generates a photovoltage
of ?0.3 V, and that the heterojunction functions as a D4 tandem device in which the absorption of two photons leads to one high-energy electron in the external circuit. No Fermi level pinning occurs at the Si/Fe2O3 interface, and the tandem photoanode is thermodynamically
able to split water without the need for an external bias potential. This suggests that the n-Si/n-Fe2O3 heterojunction photoanode is a promising system for solar water splitting.
The Treatment of Wilson's Disease, a Rare Genetic Disorder of Copper Metabolism
Authors: Purchase Rupert
Published: March 2013

Wilson's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterised by the deposition of copper in the brain, liver, cornea, and other organs. The overload of copper inevitably leads to progressive liver and neurological dysfunction. Copper overload in patients with Wilson's disease is caused by impairment to the biliary route for excretion of dietary copper. A combination of neurological, psychiatric and hepatic symptoms can make the diagnosis of Wilson's disease challenging. Most symptoms appear in the second and third decades of life. The disease affects between one in 30,000 and one in 100,000 individuals, and is fatal if left untreated. Five drugs are currently available to treat Wilson's disease: British Anti-Lewisite; D-penicillamine; trientine; zinc sulfate or acetate; and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate. Each drug can reduce copper levels and/or transform copper into a metabolically inert and unavailable form in the patient. The discovery and introduction of these five drugs owes more to the inspiration of a few dedicated physicians and agricultural scientists than to the resources of the pharmaceutical industry.
Utilisation of Biochar and Superabsorbent Polymers for Soil Amendment
Authors: Ekebafe M.O. , Ekebafe L.O. , Maliki M.
Published: March 2013

The application of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) and/or biochars to stressed lands offer solutions to several critical ecological, energy and economic challenges posed by degraded lands due to human activities. These substances are like, ‘artificial humus’ as they are hydrophilic and contain carboxylic groups (SAPs) which enable them to bind cations and water, and sequester carbon from air to reverse global warming (biochars). Several research studies using these substances point to their ability to increase the plant-available water in the soil which enables the plants to survive longer with water shortage, increase soil fertility and agricultural yields, improve soil structure, aeration and water penetration, reduce use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, reduce nitrous oxide and methane emission from soil, reduce nitrate and farm chemicals leaching into watersheds, convert green and brown wastes into valuable resources, and reduce the evapotranspiration rate of the plants. SAPs and biochars induce a significantly higher growth rate in plants; they bind heavy metals and mitigate their action on plants as well as mitigate the effects of salinity. This paper reviews what is known about these claims and considers the wider environmental implications of the adoption of these processess. The intention is not just to summarise the current knowledge but also to identify gaps that require further research.