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On some polycyclic groups with small Hirsch length II
Authors: Liu Heguo , Zhou Fang , Xu Tao 
Published: August 2018

A polycyclic group [Formula: see text] is called a [Formula: see text]-group ([Formula: see text]-group) if every normal abelian subgroup (abelian subgroup) of any finite quotient of [Formula: see text] is generated by [Formula: see text], or fewer, elements and [Formula: see text] is the least integer with this property. In this paper, we describe the structures of [Formula: see text]-groups and [Formula: see text]-groups, and bound the number of generators of [Formula: see text]-groups and the derived lengths of [Formula: see text]-groups, which is a continuation of [H. G. Liu, F. Zhou and T. Xu, On some polycyclic groups with small Hirsch length, J. Algebra Appl. 16(11) (2017) 17502371–175023710].
Animals “Я” Us: Egomorphism in/for Science and Environmental Education
Authors: Monteiro Rute , Reis Giuliano 
Published: August 2018

AbstractWe argue for the notion ofegomorphismas an inexorable discursive element in/for children’s interspecies encounters mediated by nature interpreters. We do so by examining the discourses of a public environmental educator in Canada and a dolphin trainer in a marine park in Portugal while mediating such pedagogical experiences. Our analytical work contributes to expanding the understanding of how human–nonhuman interactions can create opportunities in science and environmental education to disrupt the notion that humans are superior and therefore removed from other animals.
Mental Health and Disability Pension Onset
Authors: Tvete Ingunn Fride , Bjørner Trine , Skomedal Tor 
Published: August 2018

Introduction: In Norway, disability pension (DP) has been more prevalent over the later years, with mental disorders being a frequent cause. Previous analyses have questioned whether receiving DP is beneficial for mental health by considering changes in antidepressant drug consumption. To explore this further, we examined changes in antianxiety and hypnotic drug consumption following DP onset. Methods: Based on national Norwegian register data, this retrospective study encompassed 8617 working-age individuals (25-50 years) who became DP during 2005 to 2013. We compared their benzodiazepines (BZD) and Z-hypnotic consumption 1 year pre- and postdisability pension onset. Results: About 80% of the individuals did not change their altogether benzodiazepine/Z-hypnotic consumption. Among individuals with an initial consumption ≤1 defined daily dose (DDD), 18.9% increased their consumption to above 1 DDD. Individuals in the age-group 45 to 50 versus 24 to 34 years had a lower risk of dose escalation (odds ratio [OR], 0.756, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.601-0.957). Individuals who used Z-hypnotics only had a higher risk of dose escalation compared to the joint benzodiazepine/Z-hypnotic user group (OR, 1.594, 95%CI: 1.284-1.970). Conclusion: In general, we cannot see that DP is associated with changes in benzodiazepine/Z-hypnotic consumption, but younger users and individuals using Z-hypnotics only had a greater risk of dose escalation compared to the older users and users with combined BZD and Z-hypnotic use.
Characteristics of glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from inpatients of three teaching hospitals in Warsaw, Poland
Authors: Szymanek-Majchrzak Ksenia , Mlynarczyk Andrzej , Mlynarczyk Grazyna 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Background
Vancomycin is still one of the most commonly used drug for treatment of severe methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) strains are a serious danger for public health. This study aimed to characterize healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) strains, resistant to at least one of glycopeptide antibiotics: vancomycin (VRSA) and/or teicoplanin (TRSA), isolated at three Warsaw hospitals over a period of 17-years (1991–2007).

Methods
Among 600 HA-MRSA strains, isolated from patients with symptomatic infections, 47 were subjected to detailed analysis. In the study, mechanisms behind VRSA phenotypes were determined (E-tests, GRD-test, agar-dilution method and vanA/B detection). Characteristics of selected isolates on molecular level: i) by detection of resistance genes ermA/ermB/ermC, msrA/msrB, linA/linA’, aacA-aphD, aadD, aph(3”)-IIIa; ii) SCCmec-typing and iii) MLST-typing was done.

Results
In general population of studied strains, 11/47 (23.4%) were VRSA and 36/47 (76.6%) were resistant only to teicoplanin. All isolates exhibited van-independent mechanisms of resistance. Over 80% of isolates belonged to clonal complex CC8, with the following predominant sequence types (STs)/clones: ST247-IA/Iberian, ST241-III/Finland-UK, and ST239-III/Brazilian. Most of the isolated strains harboured ermA and aacA-aphD genes, encoding additional resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramin B, and majority of aminoglycosides. They occurred also in Polish VRSA/TRSA population over the period, which was subjected for analysis: an increase in MIC values for glycopeptides, evolution in terms of the level and extent of resistance, and genetic re-assortment in epidemic clones.

Conclusions
VRSA strains isolated from patients hospitalized at three Warsaw teaching hospitals in Poland, over a period of 17-years do not pose a threat as potential donors of van genes in horizontal-gene transfer processes, but are constantly evolving and represent international epidemic clones.
Clause complexing in systemic functional lingustics – towards an alternative description
Authors: Andersen Thomas Hestbæk , Holsting Alexandra Emilie Møller 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis article examines Halliday & Matthiessen’s systemic functional description of expanding clause complexing. As a perspective, their description is compared to the Cardiff Grammar’s treatment of clause combining. In particular, the article discusses the Hallidayan approach to the subordinate clause in a hypotactic clause complex: functionally speaking – and contrary to Halliday and Matthiessen’s claims – it is far from convincing that a subordinate clause upholds its functional meanings, i.e. its functions as a ‘move’ (interpersonal meaning), a ‘figure’ (experiential meaning) and a ‘message’ (textual meaning); and systemically speaking, it is problematic to see why all hypotactic clause complexes are agnates with paratactic clause complexes, and why no subordinate clauses in hypotactic clause complexes could be said to be agnate with a prepositional phrase. In the final part of the article, we shall provide principles for a solution to the problematic issues at stake in the Hallidayan approach.
Rethinking engagement
Authors: Gilbert David 
Published: August 2018

People affected by health conditions bring insights and wisdom to transform healthcare – ‘jewels from the caves of suffering'. Yet traditional patient and public engagement relies on (child–parent) feedback or (adolescent–parent) ‘representative' approaches that fail to value this expertise and buffers patients' influence. This editorial outlines the emergence of ‘patient leadership' and work in the Sussex Musculoskeletal Partnership, its patient director (the first such role in the National Health Service) and a group of patient/carer partners, who are becoming equal partners in decision-making helping to reframe problems, generate insight, shift dynamics and change practice within improvement and governance work.Declaration of interestDavid Gilbert is Director of InHealth Associates Ltd, a small consultancy organisation that supports patient and public engagement.
Aftereffects of Cognitively Demanding Acute Aerobic Exercise on Working Memory
Authors: KAMIJO KEITA , ABE RYUJI 
Published: August 2018

ABSTRACT

Purpose
This study examined the aftereffects of cognitively demanding acute aerobic exercise on working memory in middle-age individuals.

Methods
In a within-participants design, middle-age males (n = 28) performed a two-back task to assess working memory before, immediately after, and 30 min after the following three interventions: 1) a rest-cognition intervention, in which they performed a cognitive task on a cycle ergometer without exercising; 2) an exercise-cognition intervention, in which they simultaneously exercised on a cycle ergometer and performed a cognitive task; and 3) an exercise-only intervention, in which they only exercised on a cycle ergometer.

Results
The exercise-only intervention resulted in increased hit rate and decreased reaction times and intraindividual variability on correct rejection trials, suggesting that simple aerobic exercise had a beneficial impact on working memory. By contrast, the exercise-cognition intervention resulted in increased intraindividual variability on correct rejection trials, which is suggestive of cognitive fatigue resulting from the additional cognitive demands. Such a decline was not observed even in the rest-cognition condition.

Conclusions
Cognitive fatigue caused by additional cognitive demands during aerobic exercise may cancel beneficial postexercise effects on working memory. Cognitively demanding acute aerobic exercise appears to be less effective than simple aerobic exercise in improving executive function.
Longitudinal comparison of the humoral immune response and viral load of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 in pigs with different vaccination schemes under field conditions
Authors: Vargas-Bermudez Diana S. , Díaz Andrés , Mogollón José Darío , Jaime Jairo 
Published: August 2018

Background: Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections are distributed worldwide and cause Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease (PCVAD). To minimize the impact of PCV2 infection on swine health and production, different vaccination schemes have been used since 2006. However, the association between vaccination schemes, virus load and disease under field conditions are not completely understood. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the effect of two different PCV2 vaccination schemes on the humoral response and PCV2 load in pigs after weaning under field conditions. Methods: Two commercial pig farms (Farm A and B), endemically infected with PCV2, which were using two different PCV2 subunit vaccinations schemes for sow, gilts and piglets, were selected. We designed a longitudinal study and measured IgG levels by ELISA and virus load by quantitative PCR in pigs after weaning. Forty 3-week old piglets were randomly selected at weaning and followed for 20 weeks. IgG levels and virus loads were compared within and between farms and considered statistically different if the non-parametric Wilcoxon-test p value was lower than 0.05. Results: We found that low virus loads were maintained in pigs from both farms regardless of the vaccination scheme used (p>0.05). However, there was significant difference in the mean IgG levels observed over time (p<0.05) while there were no significant differences in viral loads. This suggests that different humoral immune response is not associated with different virus loads observed over time. Conclusions: These results are important because they can help to prevent PCV2 infections using different vaccination schemes to minimize the effect of PCVAD on swine health and production.
Designing healthy foods – A dietetic marketing perspective
Authors: Sandvik Pernilla 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Research in natural sciences often demonstrates health potential of specific foods. However, for these foods to have a beneficial effect in reality, they also need to be available, chosen, liked and eaten by consumers. To find strategies to enable an increased consumption of foods with potential health benefits, a perspective described as dietetic marketing will be elaborated upon. This is done by using the example of rye bread as a potential health beneficial component in the Swedish diet. Several potential health benefits have been shown for rye, but less research has been focused on bread from a consumer perspective. Dietetic marketing draws upon ideas from social marketing but focuses specifically on a food with potential health benefits. Here, consumers are thought to more easily adopt a behaviour if they receive benefits they consider valuable or if relevant barriers are removed. Food quality is a useful concept in identifying barriers to and opportunities for consumption. Objective quality represents, e.g., what is described as healthy and recommended by authorities as well as what is made available to consumers by food industry. Subjective quality is related to consumer perceptions of these qualities. Taste is a crucial quality criterion for consumers’ evaluation of food products. Sensory analysis is therefore used as a key methodology to bridge the gap between the product and the person. In the case of healthier rye breads, the taste was shown to be a major barrier for consumption among Swedish consumers. With the aim to increase consumption of foods with potential health benefits, a dietetic marketing perspective gives interdisciplinary insights into how industry may design products and communication in line with consumer perceptions and preferences as well as how authorities may design recommendations and guidelines to aid consumers in their food choice and guide industry in product development.
Commensality and taste
Authors: Counihan Carole 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Commensality – eating together – is an important way that people bond, constitute families and other social groups, and develop taste preferences. This essay uses ethnographic research in Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy to explore how sharing food and tastes through commensality not only connects people but also creates boundaries between insiders and outsiders, marked by taste and distaste.
Assessing Oenosthesia: Blending wine and sound
Authors: Burzynska Jo 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Recent developments in neuroscience and psychology have confirmed what many artists have long intuited; that our senses are connected. Research into crossmodal correspondences – the universal tendency of a sensory feature in one modality to be matched with one from another sensory modality – has highlighted strong connections between flavour and sound that have only just begun to be explored by artists working in these sensory realms. This article investigates Oenosthesia, a practice-led art research project that aimed to harness crossmodal correspondences in an artwork that combines a soundscape created from field recordings of the winemaking process with wines consumed as part of the piece. Its success in achieving this was tested through data gathered from participants at presentations of the work in London in September 2016 and in Sydney in March 2017. This article presents the results of this study, which suggest that sound can significantly change perceptions of flavour in an experimental audio-gustatory artwork and highlights the potential for the design of crossmodally congruent sound works that heighten specific flavour characters of a wine.
THE NUMERICAL MODELLING OF TIDES IN A SHALLOW SEMI-ENCLOSED BASIN BY A MODIFIED ELLIPTIC METHOD
Authors: Sidjabat Mulia M. 
Published: August 2018

A numerical model which renders possible the numerical solution of the nonlinear tidal equations by obtaining a solution for each individual tidal component is developed. For this purpose, a set of time independent non-linear equations for each tidal constituent is constructed. Each of these sets of equations is interrelated through the non-linear frictional terms, the approximation of which is accomplished by an iterative scheme. The method is tested for several models before it is applied to the real basin (Bight of Abaco). In order to evaluate the model and to construct the boundary conditions along the opening, a series of tidal observations were undertaken. The viability of the method is indicated by the fact that the results of computations using a coefficient of friction r = 0.0034 give good agreement with observations for all components and over all stations.
Feminist Kyai, K.H. Husein Muhammad: The Feminist Interpretation on Gendered Verses and the Qur’ān-Based Activism
Authors: Rahman Yusuf 
Published: August 2018

Husein Muhammad, a feminist ‘ālim or kyai of Dar al-Tauhid Islamic boarding school in Arjawinangun Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia, has written various articles and books on women issues and gender problem. Growing up in a conservative family, and graduating from Al-Azhar University, kyai Husein becomes one of the main proponents of Islamic feminism in Indonesia. Apart from leading a pesantren (Islamic boarding school), in 2000 kyai Husein established Fahmina Institute, an NGO which strives to promote community empowerment and gender justice based on pesantren tradition, and Fahmina Islamic Studies Institute, an Islamic higher education, which aims to build a tolerant and unprejudiced Indonesian Islam. This article discusses his approach in reinterpreting the Qur’ānic verses and Islamic traditions on women issues, and his contribution in the light of the discourse of gender and feminism in Islam as well as in mainstreaming gender in Indonesia. [KH Husein Muhammad merupakan ulama feminis, pengasuh Pondok Pesantren Dar al-Tauhid Arjawinangun Cirebon Jawa Barat, yang telah menghasilkan banyak tulisan dan buku terkait persoalan perempuan dan masalah gender. Beliau yang dibesarkan dalam keluarga tradisional dan lulusan Universitas Al-Azhar, kini telah menjadi tokoh utama feminis Islam di Indonesia. Disamping menjadi pemimpin pondok pesantren, beliau mendirikan Fahmina Institute pada tahun 2000 yang merupakan sebuah LSM pemberdayaan masyarakat dan keadilan gender berbasis pesantren tradisional. Selain itu juga mendirikan Fahmina Islamic Studies Institute, sebuah perguruan tinggi Islam yang bertujuan membangun toleransi dan mengikis prasangka Islam Indonesia. Tulisan ini membahas pendekatannya dalam menafsirkan ayat al Qur’an dan tradisi Islam mengenai persoalan perempuan serta kontribusinya dalam pencerahan wacana gender dan feminisme dalam Islam terutama pengarusutamaan gender di Indonesia.]
“Being a dancer is not only a passion” – dance forms in the prose works of Milan Kundera
Authors: Cieliczko Małgorzata 
Published: August 2018

The author of this article analyses the way in which dance and the dancer function within the prose works of Milan Kundera. Preceded by an introduction which analyses the figure of homo saltans from a cultural perspective, this review of the topic of dance (understood phenomenologically) presents four literary aspects in which it reveals itself. These perspectives are not conflicting, but neither are they complementary. The first relates to ritual rites of dancing in a circle, and their (crooked) reflection can be seen in the socio-political experience of the 20th century. The second presents dance as a narrative element, which asks questions about its own nature, and therefore has an autotelic and universalising character. The third aspect presents a metaphorical understanding of dance movement, while the fourth relates to philosophies of the dance and the dancer, as proposed by one of the protagonists in Slowness, leading this persona away from aesthetics towards the experience of public life. According to the author of this article, dance is used by Kundera to discover more interesting layers of the human condition, but much here depends on the reader.
Commutability of external quality assessment materials for serum sodium and potassium measurements
Authors: Yan Ying , Han Bingqing , Zhao Haijian , Ma Rong , Wang Jing , Wang Donghuan , Hu Cuihua , Chen Wenxiang , Zhang Chuanbao 
Published: August 2018

Abstract

Background
The commutability of electrolyte trueness verification materials (ETVs) and commercial general chemistry materials (GCs) was evaluated to investigate their suitability for use in an external quality assessment (EQA) program for serum sodium and potassium measurements.

Methods
Eighty fresh individual human samples (40 for sodium measurements and 40 for potassium measurements), six ETVs and three GCs were analyzed by five routine methods (validated methods) and by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry reference methods (comparative methods) for the determination of sodium and potassium. The commutability was analyzed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) EP14-A3 protocol and difference in bias approach, respectively. The linearity, bias and imprecision of the routine methods were also assessed according to CLSI guidelines.

Results
According to EP14-A3 protocol, ETVs were commutable for all assays, and GCs were commutable for 3/5 assays for sodium. ETVs were commutable in most assays except Cobas C501, while GCs showed no commutability except in case of AU5821 for potassium. According to a difference in bias approach, the commutability of ETVs was inconclusive for most routine assays for both sodium and potassium, and GCs were inconclusive for sodium and non-commutable for potassium in most routine assays. The routine methods exhibited excellent linearities and precisions. The majority and minority of relative biases between the routine and reference methods were beyond the bias limits for sodium and potassium, respectively.

Conclusions
Superiority in the commutability of ETVs over GCs was observed among the sodium and potassium assays whichever evaluation approach was applied.
Effect of Martensite Structure and Carbide Precipitates on Mechanical Properties of Cr-Mo Alloy Steel with Different Cooling Rate
Authors: Zheng Yaxu , Wang Fuming , Li Changrong , Lin Yu , Cao Ruifang 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The effect of cooling rate on martensitic structure and carbides precipitation behavior was investigated based on Cr-Mo alloy steel with different quenching media of oil, water and 10% NaCl-water, respectively. The influence mechanism of martensite structure and carbide precipitates on mechanical properties was also studied. The results showed that martensite packets and blocks were refined with water quenching, however, they were coarse with oil or 10% NaCl-water quenching. Martensite laths were refined and dislocation density increased with increasing cooling rate. The carbides in tempered steel were coarse obviously with 10% NaCl-water quenching. The impact toughness deteriorated significantly with 10% NaCl-water quenching due to coarsening of martensite structure and carbides.
Toward a mechanistic understanding of plasmon-mediated photocatalysis
Authors: Brooks James L. , Warkentin Christopher L. , Saha Dayeeta , Keller Emily L. , Frontiera Renee R. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
One of the most exciting new developments in the plasmonic nanomaterials field is the discovery of their ability to mediate a number of photocatalytic reactions. Since the initial prediction of driving chemical reactions with plasmons in the 1980s, the field has rapidly expanded in recent years, demonstrating the ability of plasmons to drive chemical reactions, such as water splitting, ammonia generation, and CO2 reduction, among many other examples. Unfortunately, the efficiencies of these processes are currently suboptimal for practical widespread applications. The limitations in recorded outputs can be linked to the current lack of a knowledge pertaining to mechanisms of the partitioning of plasmonic energy after photoexcitation. Providing a descriptive and quantitative mechanism of the processes involved in driving plasmon-induced photochemical reactions, starting at the initial plasmon excitation, followed by hot carrier generation, energy transfer, and thermal effects, is critical for the advancement of the field as a whole. Here, we provide a mechanistic perspective on plasmonic photocatalysis by reviewing select experimental approaches. We focus on spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques that provide molecular-scale information on the processes that occur in the coupled molecular-plasmonic system after photoexcitation. To conclude, we evaluate several promising techniques for future applications in elucidating the mechanism of plasmon-mediated photocatalysis.