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The Use of a Context‐Based Change Model to Unfreeze the Status Quo and Drive Valued Outcomes
Authors: Shogren Karrie A. , Schalock Robert L. , Luckasson Ruth 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThis article describes a four‐component context‐based change model that can be used to unfreeze the status quo and drive change that enhances valued outcomes of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The model's components involve contextual analysis, planning, doing, and evaluating. The article also includes guidelines for synthesizing information from the contextual analysis, selecting change strategies that influence valued outcomes, and evaluating valued outcomes and organization and systems‐level outputs. The article concludes with a discussion of the next steps involved in driving valued outcomes.
Respecting the LDS/Mormon Minority on Campus: College Students’ Attitudes Toward Latter‐Day Saints
Authors: Rockenbach Alyssa N. , Bowman Nicholas A. , Riggers‐Piehl Tiffani , Mayhew Matthew J. , Crandall Rebecca E. 
Published: May 2018

AbstractMembers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐Day Saints remain a minoritized and marginalized population in the United States at large, a pattern mirrored on the majority of college and university campuses across the United States. This study addresses how social identities, institutional contexts, and intergroup dynamics within the postsecondary education environment contribute to cultivating college students’ attitudes toward LDS/Mormons and Mormonism. Using data collected from 13,584 college students attending 52 institutions across the country, the study employs multilevel modeling to examine these relationships. The analyses highlight the importance of productive interreligious contact in a supportive institutional context for shaping out‐group attitudes. Affirming the interplay between social identity and intergroup contact, effects on out‐group attitudes vary to some extent by religion/worldview. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Effect of induced chronic atrial fibrillation on exercise performance in Standardbred trotters
Authors: Buhl Rikke , Carstensen Helena , Hesselkilde Eva Zander , Klein Bjørg Zinkernagel , Hougaard Karen Margrethe , Ravn Kirsten Bomberg , Loft‐Andersen Ameli Victoria , Fenner Merle Friederike , Pipper Christian , Jespersen Thomas 
Published: May 2018

BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting performance in horses. However, no previous studies have quantified the performance reduction in horses suffering from AF.ObjectivesTo quantify the effect of AF on maximum velocity (Vmax), maximum heart rate (HRmax), heart rate recovery (T100), hematologic parameters and development of abnormal QRS complexes.AnimalsNine Standardbred trotters.MethodsTwo‐arm controlled trial. Six horses had AF induced by means of a pacemaker and 3 served as sham‐operated controls. All horses were subjected to an exercise test to fatigue before (SET1) and after (SET2) 2 months of AF or sham. TheVmaxand HRmaxwere assessed using a linear mixed normal model. Abnormal QRS complexes were counted manually on surface ECGs.ResultsAtrial fibrillation resulted in a 1.56 m/sec decrease inVmax(P < .0001). In the AF group, HRmax ± SD increased from 226 ± 11 bpm at SET1 to 311 ± 27 bpm at SET 2. The AF group had higher HRmaxat SET2 compared with controls (P < .0001), whereas no difference between the control and AF groups was observed at SET1 (P = .96). Several episodes of wide complex tachycardia were observed during exercise in 3 of the AF horses during SET2.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceAtrial fibrillation resulted in a significant reduction in performance, an increase in HR and development of abnormal QRS complexes during exercise, which may be a risk factor for collapse or sudden cardiac death.
Insulin dysregulation in horses with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Authors: Bertin François‐René , Ruffin‐Taylor Debra , Stewart Allison Jean 
Published: May 2018

BackgroundSystemic inflammation is a cause of insulin dysregulation in many species, but the insulin and glucose dynamics in adult horses diagnosed with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) are poorly documented.Hypothesis/ObjectivesIn SIRS in horses, insulin and glucose dynamics will be altered and associated with survival.AnimalsAdult horses diagnosed with SIRS admitted to a referral hospital.MethodsProspective study enrolling horses diagnosed with SIRS in which serum insulin and glucose concentrations were measured. Horses were grouped by outcome (survival, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperglycemia) and compared with P < .05 considered significant.ResultsFifty‐eight horses were included in the study and 36 (62%) survived. At admission, 21 horses (36%) were hyperinsulinemic and 44 horses (88%) were hyperglycemic, with survivors having significantly higher serum insulin and a significantly lower serum glucose concentration. Horses diagnosed with hyperinsulinemia at any time during hospitalization were 4 times more likely to survive whereas horses that were hyperglycemic at any time during hospitalization were 5 times less likely to survive. Serum glucose concentration and presence of hyperglycemia both were associated with severity of disease. Insulin/glucose ratio, reflecting insulin secretion, was significantly higher in survivors whereas glucose/insulin ratio, reflecting peripheral tissue insulin resistance, was significantly lower in nonsurvivors. Only in survivors was there a significant correlation between serum insulin and glucose concentrations.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceHyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia are common features of SIRS in horses, but those presenting with relative hypoinsulinemia and corresponding hyperglycemia suggestive of endocrine pancreatic dysfunction have a worse prognosis.
An East–West Conversation: Gürpınar's A Marriage under the Comet and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Authors: Ağıl Nazmi 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThe Turkish writer Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar's 1922 novel A Marriage under the Comet shows similarities with “The Miller's Tale” and “The Wife of Bath's Tale” from Chaucer's fourteenth‐century The Canterbury Tales in terms of its subject and its characters. In the first part of the novel, Irfan, like Nicholas, makes fun of the uneducated people, frightening them with his astrological explanations and predictions. The second part of the novel, like “The Wife of Bath's Tale,” ends with a speech on an ideal marriage. Here too, it is advised that when choosing his/her spouse, one must value inner beauty more than appearance and that if they want a happy marriage, husbands should submit their will to their wives. The enormous interest shown the Turkish version of The Canterbury Tales, since it was translated in 1994 for the first time, might be attributed to these similarities. In the tales above, Chaucer satirizes the religious, sexual, and class culture of the English society of his age unsparingly. It is possible that Gürpınar's well‐loved novel, which adapts similar stories from a different culture and time to the local context, might have played a role in preparing the relatively more conservative Turkish readers for Chaucer's work, which they would meet eighty years later.
Preamble to the first Japanese translation of The Canterbury Tales: A social mirror and a cultural bridge
Authors: Kano Koichi 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIn this essay, I explain the history and characteristics of translation by Kenji Kaneko, the first Japanese translator of The Canterbury Tales, and describe how he transplants a different literary culture. Kaneko invited Japanese readers to the unknown medieval Western world, putting Chaucer's Middle English into forms and idioms familiar to Japanese readers. In the prewar version, censorship caused random parts of the main text to be deleted, but the postwar version provides a complete translation and conveys a truer sense of the original text.
The Mexican Chaucer: Philology south of the border
Authors: Ariza‐Barile Raúl 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThis essay focuses on the reception of Geoffrey Chaucer's work in Mexico. It points out, in the first place, the possibility of conceiving Mexico as part of the transhistoric legacy of the European Middle Ages in light of the country's colonial and postcolonial contexts. Next, and perhaps more importantly, the text analyzes the problems involved in translating Chaucer in and for Mexico. After an extensive survey of the history of Chaucer's translations into Spanish, Ariza‐Barile examines how the translations have adapted to the context of Mexican academic and reader communities, and he addresses why Mexico has never generated a compelling translation from Middle English.
Stories in Stanza'd English: A cross‐cultural Canterbury Tales
Authors: Agbabi Patience 
Published: May 2018

AbstractWhen Canterbury's 2009 Laureate set about to recreate The Canterbury Tales for a 21st‐century audience, she remixed Chaucer's tales as the transcription of a poetry slam on a Routemaster bus travelling between London and Canterbury. She chose poetic forms that reflected the voices of her tale tellers, each with a distinctive cultural heritage. Thus, she transforms the Wife of Bath into a woman she could have encountered in her neighbourhood, a gregarious woman from Nigeria speaking of her experiences in Nigerian English. She retells the Man of Law's tale of Constance from the perspective of the mother‐in‐law, using the corona (rather than Chaucer's rime royale) to house the voice of the older woman from Newcastle, thereby lending formality to her confession of evil. Her rendition of The Franklin's Tale—set now in Edinburgh, written in rime royale, and using enjambment across stanzas—allows her to explore Scotland's important contributions England's culture, an exploration particularly significant after the Scottish Referendum and the Brexit vote. Together, her tales work to remind us of the essentially oral nature of Chaucer's verse as well as the long reach of his verse.
Editors' introduction: Chaucer's global orbits and global communities
Authors: Barrington Candace , Hsy Jonathan 
Published: May 2018

AbstractEncompassing perspectives beyond what Braj B. Kachru terms the “Inner Circle” of Anglophone hegemony, this collection of essays presents a vivid and distinct opportunity to appreciate how Chaucer'sThe Canterbury Talesadapts to life across disparate languages (Persian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Danish, Spanish, Turkish, American Sign Language, and internal varieties of London English) while also moving across cultures (Shiite Iran, Brazilian Gauchoria, Tokyo academia, rural Denmark, Mexican universities, Ottoman Turkey, US Deaf culture, and London's multiethnic East End communities). The termcompaignye, a quintessentially Chaucerian keyword absorbed into Middle English through Anglo‐French, suggests an intimate multitude of people sharing a common interest or purpose. To this end, our textualcompaignyeincorporates contributors who are academics in the traditional sense as well as authors and artists who operate alongside normative structures of the academy. Many of thecompaignye'sso‐called “nonacademics” have garnered prestigious awards for their creative work, and “amateur” cultural artifacts reveal that a deep love of Chaucerian material characterizes both academic and nonacademic endeavors. Such acompaignye, with its many forms of expertise, can expand our knowledge by creating “a vibrant resonance,” as Carolyn Dinshaw explains, between “amateur [popular] medievalism and professional [academic] medievalism.” As the fields of comparative literary analysis, translation theory, and medievalism studies increasingly move away from models of textual “fidelity” that reinforce static distinctions between an “original” and a “derivative,” we offer this cluster of essays as an example of the benefits gained by pluralizing the modes through which we understand processes of linguistic transfer and cultural adaptation.
National identity and the limits of constructivism in international relations theory: a case study of the Suez Canal
Authors: Cahan Jean Axelrad 
Published: May 2018

AbstractConstructivism in most of its variants emphasises the creation of circumstances and the social construction of reality. In international relations theory (IR), it also emphasises the establishment of international regimes. The Suez Canal and its governing regime, established at a high point of European nationalism and imperialism in the nineteenth century, are explored as a test case. I argue that, while the early history of the Canal is illuminated by a constructivist approach, maintenance of the regime to govern it involved military intervention and debt restructuring. Military force, balance of power considerations and economic interests all have to be invoked to explain the later history of the Canal, that is, factors usually stressed by the realist school. A combination of realist and constructivist approaches is recommended. The paper is also critical of certain constructivist concepts of national identity.
Statistical learning and probabilistic prediction in music cognition: mechanisms of stylistic enculturation
Authors: Pearce Marcus T. 
Published: May 2018

AbstractMusic perception depends on internal psychological models derived through exposure to a musical culture. It is hypothesized that this musical enculturation depends on two cognitive processes: (1) statistical learning, in which listeners acquire internal cognitive models of statistical regularities present in the music to which they are exposed; and (2) probabilistic prediction based on these learned models that enables listeners to organize and process their mental representations of music. To corroborate these hypotheses, I review research that uses a computational model of probabilistic prediction based on statistical learning (the information dynamics of music (IDyOM) model) to simulate data from empirical studies of human listeners. The results show that a broad range of psychological processes involved in music perception—expectation, emotion, memory, similarity, segmentation, and meter—can be understood in terms of a single, underlying process of probabilistic prediction using learned statistical models. Furthermore, IDyOM simulations of listeners from different musical cultures demonstrate that statistical learning can plausibly predict causal effects of differential cultural exposure to musical styles, providing a quantitative model of cultural distance. Understanding the neural basis of musical enculturation will benefit from close coordination between empirical neuroimaging and computational modeling of underlying mechanisms, as outlined here.
A comparative clinical study between the efficacy of Nd:YAG laser and Diode laser in the management of physiologic gingival melanin pigmentation
Authors: Salahi Alasbahi Rahaf , Hamadah Omar 
Published: May 2018

AbstractObjectiveRecently, laser surgery has been used extensively in the treatment of gingival melanin pigmentation (GMP). Several lasers have been utilised for this purpose. This study compares the use of Nd:YAG and diode in treating of GMP based on healing period, recurrence and patient’s acceptability.Materials and MethodsTwenty patients with moderate/severe GMP were included in this split mouth study. Nd:YAG with a free running pulse mode, wavelength of 1064 nm, was used to treat GMP of the two right quadrants. However, diode with a continuous mode, wavelength of 980 nm, was used to treat GMP on the left side. Clinical assessment of each laser quadrant was made in 1 week, 1, 3, 6 and 9 months post‐operatively.ResultsClinical examination showed that the complete healing of gingiva occurred in a period between 1 week (30% diode, 40% Nd:YAG) and 4 weeks (70% diode, 60% Nd:YAG). Post‐operatively, after 9 months, most patients were satisfied with the procedure, although a recurrence was of 35% of the sample. Statistical analyses did not demonstrate differences between Nd:YAG and diode lasers with regard to all studied variables (P > 0.05).ConclusionsBoth Nd:YAG and diode lasers are effective in the management of physiologic gingival pigmentations although recurrence is still recognised.
Intraosseous lipoma of the mandible: a case report and short review of the literature
Authors: Mehta J. , Mishra M. 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIntraosseous lipomas are rare, benign neoplasms that account for less than 0.1% of all bone tumours. They remain a diagnostic challenge due to their variable clinical and radiological features; consequently only 26 cases in the mandible have been reported in the literature. Here, we report an unusual finding of an intraosseous mandibular lipoma in a 68 year‐old female patient following a history of third molar extraction. We also review the clinical, radiographical and histological findings in previously documented cases of intraosseous mandibular lipomas.
Effect of coronary revascularization on long‐term clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and recurrent ventricular arrhythmia
Authors: Elsokkari Ihab , Parkash Ratika , Gray Chris J. , Gardner Martin J. , AbdelWahab Amir M. , Doucette Steve , Tang Anthony S. , Wells George A. , Stevenson William G. , Sapp John L. 
Published: May 2018

AbstractBackgroundPatients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) postmyocardial infarction (MI) are a higher risk group with significant morbidity and mortality. We examined the impact of prior coronary revascularization on clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and VT.MethodsThe VANISH trial randomized 259 patients with prior MI and antiarrhythmic drug‐refractory VT to receive escalated medical therapy or catheter ablation. Clinical outcomes were compared according to whether patients have undergone prior revascularization procedures. The primary outcome was a composite of death, appropriate implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shock, or VT storm. The secondary outcomes included elements of the primary outcome, hospitalization, and any ventricular arrhythmia.Results190 patients (73%) had prior coronary revascularization. Revascularization group had more men (97% vs 83%; P = 0.0003) and patients in that group were older (mean age 69.3 ± 7.6 vs 66.7 ± 9.2; P = 0.04), had more renal insufficiency (22.6% vs 8.7%; P = 0.01), and were more likely to have an implanted cardiac resynchronization device (23% vs 10%, P = 0.03) as compared with the nonrevascularized patients. There were no significant differences in baseline medication use. There was a trend toward fewer hospitalizations in the revascularization group (64% vs 77%; P = 0.07); there were no differences in the individual outcomes of mortality, VT storm, ICD shocks, recurrent MI, or cardiac failure.ConclusionsIn this cohort of patients with an ischemic cause for VT, a history of prior coronary revascularization was not associated with a reduction in ventricular arrhythmia or mortality.
Exploring How Institutional Arrangements Shape Stakeholder Influence on Policy Decisions: A Comparative Analysis in the Energy Sector
Authors: Baldwin Elizabeth 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIn recent years, there has been an expansion of efforts to include stakeholders in administrative policy making. Despite significant potential to improve policy decisions, empirical evidence suggests that not all participatory processes provide meaningful opportunities for stakeholders to shape policy and may even give the most powerful stakeholder groups disproportionate influence over policy decisions. This article argues that the institutional arrangements for stakeholder engagement—the rules and norms that determine which stakeholders can participate and how—affect stakeholders’ influence on policy decisions. This article uses state energy efficiency policy making as a context in which to compare how different institutional arrangements shape the ways in which stakeholders engage in and influence the policy process across two states, Connecticut and Maryland. Findings highlight that institutional arrangements can be used to increase participation, mitigate undue influence of industrial stakeholders, and increase the influence of public interest stakeholder organizations.
Christian Political Activism in Lebanon: A Revival of Religious Nationalism in Times of Arab Upheavals
Authors: Felsch Maximilian 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIn response to the spread of Islamic extremism and the Christian exodus in most of the Middle East, many Lebanese Christians are opting for an isolationist, religious‐nationalist policy, aimed at internal self‐determination and national domination. By doing so, they not only accept a further national disintegration of Lebanon's society, but they also prevent essential democratic reforms. Following Georg Jellinek's three elements theory of the state, the paper analyzes Lebanese Christian nationalism in terms of its territorial, population, and state power dimensions.
Antioxidant‐rich foods and response to altitude training: A randomized controlled trial in elite endurance athletes
Authors: Koivisto A. E. , Paulsen G. , Paur I. , Garthe I. , Tønnessen E. , Raastad T. , Bastani N. E. , Hallén J. , Blomhoff R. , Bøhn S. K. 
Published: May 2018

High doses of isolated antioxidant supplements such as vitamin C and E have demonstrated the potential to blunt cellular adaptations to training. It is, however, unknown whether intake of high doses of antioxidants from foods has similar effects. Hence, the aim of the study was to investigate whether intake of antioxidant‐rich foods affects adaptations to altitude training in elite athletes. In a randomized controlled trial, 31 national team endurance athletes (23 ± 5 years) ingested antioxidant‐rich foods (n = 16) or eucaloric control foods (n = 15) daily during a 3‐week altitude training camp (2320 m). Changes from baseline to post‐altitude in hemoglobin mass (Hbmass; optimized CO rebreathing), maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max; n = 16) or 100 m swimming performance (n = 10), and blood parameters were compared between the groups. The antioxidant group significantly increased total intake of antioxidant‐rich foods (~118%) compared to the control group during the intervention. The total study population improved VO2max by 2.5% (1.7 mL/kg/min, P = .006) and Hbmass by 4.7% (48 g, P < .001), but not 100 m swimming performance. No difference was found between the groups regarding changes in Hbmass, VO2max or swimming performance. However, hemoglobin concentration increased more in the antioxidant group (effect size = 0.7; P = .045) with a concomitantly larger decrease in plasma and blood volumes compared to control group. Changes in ferritin and erythropoietin from pre‐ to post‐altitude did not differ between the groups. Doubling the intake of antioxidant‐rich foods was well tolerated and did not negatively influence the adaptive response to altitude training in elite endurance athletes.