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Diet and risk of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer: UK Women’s Cohort Study
Authors: Dunneram Yashvee , Greenwood Darren C. , Cade Janet E. 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the association between diet and the risk of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer in the UK Women’s Cohort Study. A total of 35 372 women aged 35–69 years were enrolled between 1995 and 1998 and completed a validated 217-item FFQ. The individual foods were collapsed into sixty-four main food groups and compared using Cox proportional models, adjusting for potential confounders. Hazard ratio (HR) estimates are presented per portion increase in food items. After approximately 18 years of follow-up, there were 1822, 294 and 285 cases of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer, respectively. A high consumption of processed meat and total meat was associated with an increased risk of breast and endometrial cancer. High intake of tomatoes (HR 0·87, 99 % CI 0·75, 1·00) and dried fruits (HR 0·60, 99 % CI 0·37, 0·97) was associated with a reduced risk of breast and endometrial cancer, respectively. Mushroom intake was associated with a higher risk of ovarian cancer (HR 1·57, 99 % CI 1·09, 2·26). Subgroup analysis by pre- or postmenopausal cancer further demonstrated an association between processed meat intake and both postmenopausal breast cancer and endometrial cancer. Intake of dried fruits was associated with a reduced risk of postmenopausal endometrial cancer (HR 0·55, 99 % CI 0·31, 0·98). Our findings suggest that while some foods may trigger the risk of these cancers, some foods may also be protective; supporting the call for further randomised controlled trials of dietary interventions to reduce the risk of cancer among pre- and postmenopausal women.
Effects of an intensified human–animal interaction on tail biting in pigs during the rearing period
Authors: Büttner Kathrin , Czycholl Irena , Basler Heidi , Krieter Joachim 
Published: December 2018

AbstractTail biting in pigs is a serious welfare problem with multifactorial causes. Several risk factors are described in the literature ranging from environmental factors including stocking densities, deficiencies in feed quality or accessibility, to internal factors such as poor health status, genetics or sex. Also, the human–animal relationship can have an effect on behaviour and performance of the animals. Thus, the aim of the current study was to evaluate whether intensified human–animal interaction in the rearing period can reduce the occurrence of tail biting in weaned piglets. For this, two treatment groups were established. The trial group differed only in intensified human–animal interaction (e.g. calm speech, petting, food provision) from the control group, which was carried out three times a week by one person for 15 min in each pen. Once a week the animals’ tails were scored regarding tail lesions and losses and a human approach test was performed. The intensified human–animal interaction influenced the animals’ behaviour towards the human as well as towards their pen mates. The trial group showed significantly better results compared with the control group, i.e. fewer tail lesions and more animals with intact tails. Also, the results of the human approach test in the trial group showed a lower latency to approach compared with the control group. Thus, integration of an intensified human–animal interaction into the daily practice of pig farms could be one possibility for enhancing the human–animal relationship and reducing occurrence of tail biting.
Distribution and abundance of post-larvae and juvenile pink shrimpFarfantepenaeus paulensis(Pérez Farfante, 1967) in a subtropical estuary
Authors: Ruas Vinicius Mendes , Rufener Marie-Christine , D'Incao Fernando 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe spatial and temporal variability in the relative abundance of the post-larvae (PL) and juvenile (JU) stages of the pink shrimpFarfantepenaeus paulensiswas investigated in the estuary of Lagoa dos Patos, southern Brazil. This analysis enabled the identification of differential distribution patterns. Pink shrimp abundance was studied to understand what factors influence the occupation of the estuary. Monthly samples were taken with a trawl net at 12 sites in the estuary from September 2010 to January 2013. Comparisons were made between protected and unprotected sites. Both PL and JU had a wide distribution in the estuary. The temperature was not a significant variable for explaining abundance variability. The abundance of PL increased with salinity and influenced PL entry to the estuary. The highest abundances of PL were found in unprotected areas and protected sites at the mouth of the estuary, while juveniles were unevenly distributed with higher abundance in protected areas. Recruitment period of PL in the estuary was October to March, and of juveniles was November to February. We suggest that the preservation of unprotected shallow waters and protected areas at the mouth of the estuary are key to further recruitment of the species in the estuary.
The Abortion Debate and Profeminist Coalition Politics in Contemporary Turkey
Authors: Unal Didem 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThis article presents a qualitative analysis of profeminist Islamic women public figures’ discourses in the abortion debate in Turkey in 2012. The aim is to reveal the possibilities and limitations of achieving an intersectional and egalitarian profeminist collaboration on the Islamic-secular axis in contemporary Turkey. Drawing on recent feminist scholarship on coalition politics, the article exposes the fluctuations of meaning and the shifting frames of reference in these women's narratives and relates this hybrid, dynamic narrative quality to profeminist Islamic women's unique social location. It also elaborates on the blockage points in these narratives that hinder coalitional ways of thinking. Within this frame, this article suggests that in a social and political context that has witnessed a striking upsurge of antifeminist gender politics in the last decade, the building of coalitional profeminist politics beyond the Islamic-secular divide can be facilitated by shifting the focus from the apparently irreconcilable character of ideological positionings and lived experiences toward coalitional rhetorical strategies and intermediary narrative lines in profeminist subjects’ accounts.
Fred Hersch at the Village Vanguard: The Sound of Jazz Heritage at New York's Oldest Jazz Club
Authors: HANNON TEAL KIMBERLY 
Published: December 2018

AbstractA small basement in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood, an area known for its bohemian values, is home to what is now one of jazz's oldest and most significant venues, the Village Vanguard. Although its very name, geography, and twentieth-century countercultural context define the Village Vanguard, a haven for experiment, its unequaled historical significance and current status as a major landmark within worldwide jazz culture have led to a twenty-first-century reality in which the club not only features but also plays an important role in defining the music that constitutes the most widely accepted subgenre of contemporary jazz, an improvisatory, small-group tradition rooted in the philosophical and musical heritage of bebop. Through an examination of performances both at the Vanguard and in other contexts by pianist Fred Hersch, a performer regularly featured at the club, this article argues that the cultural role of the Village Vanguard, both in spite of and because of the way its longtime owner Lorraine Gordon retained mid-twentieth-century appearances and practices, has shifted from its former purpose as a space for avant-garde experiments to become a powerful force in defining mainstream jazz. Hersch tailors his performances to suit the culture of the Vanguard at multiple levels, including his choice of personnel and ensemble type, the repertoire he does and does not play there, and the musical details of his improvisatory practices. Due to the venue's fame and prevalence as a recording space, choices like these by Hersch and other musicians shape the music widely understood to be at the center of the “jazz tradition,” marking a shift in the nature of the Vanguard that parallels changes in both its local and global context over the past half century as Greenwich Village has undergone substantial gentrification and jazz has gained an ever-stronger foothold as an institutionally recognized art music.
On the Timing and Nature of the Multiple Phases of Slope Instability on Eastern Rockall Bank, Northeast Atlantic
Authors: Georgiopoulou A. , Krastel S. , Finch N. , Zehn K. , McCarron S. , Huvenne V. A. I. , Haughton P. D. W. , Shannon P. M. 
Published: December 2018

AbstractOne of the most challenging tasks when studying large submarine landslides is determining whether the landslide was initiated as a single large event, a chain of events closely spaced in time or multiple events separated by long periods of time as all have implications in risk assessments. In this study we combine new multichannel seismic profiles and new sediment cores with bathymetric data to test whether the Rockall Bank Slide Complex, offshore western Ireland, is the composite of multiple slope collapse events and, if so, to differentiate them. We conclude that there have been at least three voluminous episodes of slope collapse separated by long periods of slope stability, a fourth, less voluminous event, and possibly a fifth more localized event. The oldest event, Slide A (200 km3), is estimated to be several hundred thousand years old. The second event, Slide B (125 km3), took place at the same location as slide A, reactivating the same scar, nearly 200 ka ago, possibly through retrogression of the scarp. Slide C (400 km3) took place 22 ka ago and occurred further north from the other slides. Slide D was a much smaller event that happened 10 ka ago, while the most recent event, albeit very small scale, took place within the last 1,000 years. This study highlights the need to thoroughly investigate large slide complexes to evaluate event sequencing, as seismic studies may hide multiple small‐scale events. This work also reveals that the same slide scarps can be reactivated and generate slides with different flow behaviors.
A Review of the Geological Constraints on the Conductive Boundary Layer at the Base of the Hydrothermal System at Mid‐Ocean Ridges
Authors: Gillis K. M. , Coogan L. A. 
Published: December 2018

AbstractModels of high‐temperature hydrothermal systems at intermediate‐ to fast‐spreading mid‐ocean ridges have a conductive boundary layer (CBL) separating the magmatic heat source from the convecting hydrothermal fluid. Paleo‐CBLs preserved in the geological record provide a means to test theoretical models of the thermal, mechanical, and petrological evolution of this boundary. CBLs occur as metamorphic contact aureoles at or near the dike‐gabbro boundary where axial magma lenses (now plutonic rocks) intruded into the basal dikes, leading to their transformation into low permeability granulite and hornblende hornfels at >800 °C. Paleo‐CBLs are well documented in the Troodos and Oman ophiolites, and evidence of similar lithologies has been found at every location where the dike‐gabbro transition has been mapped and/or sampled in modern fast‐spreading crust (Hess and Pito Deeps, IODP Hole 1256D). Evaluation of the geothermometers used in studies of the thermal evolution of the CBL shows a lack of consistency that can be understood in terms of compositional controls. Peak temperatures are >900 °C in all areas at the base of the CBL, leading to partial melting, stoping, and disaggregation that facilitates thinning from below as required to maintain the high heat fluxes necessary to drive active black smoker systems. However, such thin CBLs are not the norm; steady state conditions must have thicker CBLs and smaller heat fluxes. In turn, global estimates of properties such as chemical fluxes for normal hydrothermal conditions may lead to substantially different element/heat fluxes than those based on active systems.
High‐Resolution Global Contiguous SIF of OCO‐2
Authors: Yu L. , Wen J. , Chang C. Y. , Frankenberg C. , Sun Y. 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe Orbiting Carbon Observatory‐2 (OCO‐2) collects solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) at high spatial resolution along orbits (oco2_orbit), but its discontinuous spatial coverage precludes its full potential for understanding the mechanistic SIF‐photosynthesis relationship. This study developed a spatially contiguous global OCO‐2 SIF product at 0.05° and 16‐day resolutions (oco2_005) using machine learning constrained by physiological understandings. This was achieved by stratifying biomes and times for training and predictions, which accounts for varying plant physiological properties in space and time.oco2_005accurately preserved the spatiotemporal variations ofoco2_orbitacross the globe. Validation ofoco2_005with Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer airborne measurements revealed striking consistency (R2 = 0.72; regression slope = 0.96). Further, without time and biome stratification, (1)oco2_005of croplands, deciduous temperate, and needleleaf forests would be underestimated during the peak season, (2)oco2_005of needleleaf forests would be overestimated during autumn, and (3) the capability ofoco2_005to detect drought would be diminished.
Repeating VLFEs During ETS Events in Cascadia Track Slow Slip and Continue Throughout Inter‐ETS Period
Authors: Hutchison Alexandra A. , Ghosh Abhijit 
Published: December 2018

AbstractEpisodic tremor and slip (ETS) events in Cascadia include slow earthquake phenomena such as slow slip events, tremor, low frequency earthquakes (LFEs), and very low frequency earthquakes (VLFEs; Rogers & Dragert, 2003, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1084783). Using VLFEs detected from a grid‐search centroid moment tensor inversion algorithm in the 2011 (Ghosh et al., 2015, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063286) and 2014 (Hutchison & Ghosh, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069750) ETS events as templates, we apply a matched filter algorithm to create a VLFE catalog for each ETS event. We also use the 2011 template events to create a VLFE catalog from July 2011 through the end of 2012, which encompasses both the 2012 ETS event and an inter‐ETS period. The successful application matched filtering intrinsically suggests that VLFEs are repeating events, of which thousands were detected during each ETS event. The findings contained herein come shortly after the successful application of a similar matched filter methodology in Western Japan where a number of VLFEs were also successfully detected (Baba et al., 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076122). The high temporal resolution of these VLFE catalogs show a significant increase in VLFE activity during ETS events that drops off immediately before and after the ETS period. A comparison of VLFE activity to GPS data shows that VLFE tracks slow slip, even when tremor is not occurring or is behaving anomalously during ETS periods. Finally, we find continued VLFE activity during the inter‐ETS period for all template events, though the extent of reactivation of VLFE asperities and their spatiotemporal coincidence with tremor is varied among the template events.
The Time Evolution of Optical Lightning Flashes
Authors: Peterson Michael , Rudlosky Scott 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe composition and time evolution of lightning are examined using the Lighting Imaging Sensor (LIS). Frame‐by‐frame optical lightning measurements are clustered into features whose radiant energy, horizontal footprint, and timing may be analyzed statistically. A LIS series feature is used to describe distinct periods of near continuous illumination that persists over multiple LIS frames. Series are integrated into the LIS clustering hierarchy between the group and flash level. An average series illuminates 40% of the flash footprint while accounting for 20% of the flash radiance, and just 1% of the flash duration. LIS flashes typically contain optical emissions that are exceptionally radiant and may persist over multiple frames. Series features cluster these bright optical pulses, allowing their number and time separation to be quantified in each flash. This optical multiplicity averages 1.7 for flashes with at least one particularly radiant group. Multigroup series most often occur early in the flash duration with 13% to 18% at first light. Series are typically separated by 100 ms or more in multiseries flashes. Bright series, by contrast, typically occur in rapid succession, with at most a few dozen milliseconds between them. Because series are optical features, they may result from any physical process that produces strong optical emissions. The statistics presented herein support the idea that series may originate from multiple physical processes.
Observations of Lower Tropospheric Water Vapor Structures in GOES‐16 ABI Imagery
Authors: Grasso Lewis , Bikos Dan , Miller Steven 
Published: December 2018

AbstractDuring the afternoon of 16 April 2017 over Durango, Mexico, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)‐16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) imagery near 1.38 and 7.34 μm exhibited nonstationary banded features. Alternating patterns of bright (dry) and dark (moist) bands were evident in images of 1.38‐μm reflectance, while corresponding warm (dry) and cool (moist) bands were evident in images of 7.34‐μm brightness temperatures. Based on observations, ambient southwesterly flow across the region is hypothesized to have channeled water vapor through major valleys over western Durango, followed by terrain lifting of water vapor over the plateau of central Durango. Due to lifting, moist bands appeared relatively cool in imagery near 7.34 μm. Similar bright and dark banded patterns were also evident in ABI imagery over Chihuahua, Mexico, on 8 May 2017. During the afternoon over Chihuahua, broken linear segments of cumulus formed within moist portions of the bands. Imagery from the 12.3‐ to 10.3‐μm split window difference also supported the presence of moist bands. In the 8 May 2017 case, the banded features are hypothesized to be the result of horizontal convective rolls. Observations suggested that dark (moist) bands in imagery near 1.38 μm corresponded to the rising branch of horizontal rolls. Due to vertical motion, broken linear segments of cloud streets formed within the rolls. One consequence of newly identified features of the clear‐sky water vapor field indicated the importance of new ABI measurements to aid forecasters in their interpretation of complex mesoscale dynamics.
Results of First-Round of Surveillance in Individuals at High-Risk of Pancreatic Cancer from the AISP (Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas) Registry
Authors: Paiella Salvatore , Capurso Gabriele , Cavestro Giulia Martina , Butturini Giovanni , Pezzilli Raffaele , Salvia Roberto , Signoretti Marianna , Crippa Stefano , Carrara Silvia , Frigerio Isabella , Bassi Claudio , Falconi Massimo , Iannicelli Elsa , Giardino Alessandro , Mannucci Alessandro , Laghi Andrea , Laghi Luigi , Frulloni Luca , Zerbi Alessandro ,   on behalf of the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP)
Published: December 2018

INTRODUCTION:
Surveillance programs on high-risk individuals (HRIs) can detect pre-malignant lesions or early pancreatic cancer (PC). We report the results of the first screening round of the Italian multicenter program supported by the Italian Association for the study of the Pancreas (AISP).

METHODS:
The multicenter surveillance program included asymptomatic HRIs with familial (FPC) or genetic frailty (GS: BRCA1/2, p16/CDKN2A, STK11/LKB1or PRSS1, mutated genes) predisposition to PC. The surveillance program included at least an annual magnetic resonance cholangio pancreatography (MRCP). Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) was proposed to patients who refused or could not be submitted to MRCP.

RESULTS:
One-hundreds eighty-seven HRIs underwent a first-round screening examination with MRCP (174; 93.1%) or EUS (13; 6.9%) from September 2015 to March 2018.The mean age was 51 years (range 21–80).One-hundreds sixty-five (88.2%) FPC and 22 (11.8%) GF HRIs were included. MRCP detected 28 (14.9%) presumed branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN), 1 invasive carcinoma/IPMN and one low-grade mixed-type IPMN, respectively. EUS detected 4 PC (2.1%): 1 was resected, 1 was found locally advanced intraoperatively, and 2 were metastatic. Age > 50 (OR 3.3, 95%CI 1.4–8), smoking habit (OR 2.8, 95%CI 1.1–7.5), and having > 2 relatives with PC (OR 2.7, 95%CI 1.1–6.4) were independently associated with detection of pre-malignant and malignant lesions. The diagnostic yield for MRCP/EUS was 24% for cystic lesions. The overall rate of surgery was 2.6% with nil mortality.

DISCUSSION:
The rate of malignancies found in this cohort was high (2.6%). According to the International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening Consortium the screening goal achievement was high (1%).
Overall survival of transplant eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: comparative effectiveness analysis of modern induction regimens on outcome
Authors: Paquin Ashley R. , Kumar Shaji K. , Buadi Francis K. , Gertz Morie A. , Lacy Martha Q. , Dispenzieri Angela , Dingli David , Hwa Lisa , Fonder Amie , Hobbs Miriam , Hayman Suzanne R. , Zeldenrust Steven R. , Lust John A. , Russell Stephen J. , Leung Nelson , Kapoor Prashant , Go Ronald S. , Lin Yi , Gonsalves Wilson I. , Kourelis Taxiarchis , Warsame Rahma , Kyle Robert A. , Rajkumar S. Vincent 
Published: December 2018

AbstractOverall survival (OS) of multiple myeloma has improved remarkably over time, with the recent Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome (IFM) 2009 randomized trial reporting a 4-year OS rate of approximately 82% in patients receiving modern therapy. However, survival estimates from clinical trials may overestimate outcomes seen in clinical practice even with the adjustment for age and other key characteristics. The purpose of this study was to determine the OS of myeloma patients seen in routine clinical practice who resembled the cohort studied in the IFM 2009 trial. A second goal was to conduct a brief comparative effectiveness analysis of bortezomib, lenalidomide, dexamethasone, and other major induction regimens used during the study period. We studied all patients with myeloma 65 years of age and younger, seen at the Mayo Clinic between January 1, 2010 and August 31, 2015, who had a stem cell harvest performed within 12 months of initial diagnosis. Patients with baseline serum creatinine >2 mg/dL were excluded. Five hundred and eighteen patients were studied. The 4-year OS rate was 82.3%, comparable to results achieved in the contemporaneous IFM randomized trial. The 4-year OS rates for standard and high-risk myeloma were 86.3% and 68.2%, respectively.