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Sedimentary flow heterogeneities in the Triassic U.K. Sherwood Sandstone Group: Insights for hydrocarbon exploration
Authors: Medici Giacomo , West L. Jared , Mountney Nigel P. 
Published: May 2018

Fluvial and aeolian sedimentary successions host important hydrocarbon resources as well as major groundwater aquifers. This review of the lithological characteristics of Triassic fluvio‐aeolian successions of the Sherwood Sandstone Group (United Kingdom) demonstrates how distance from a fluvial sediment source and rate of rift‐related tectonic subsidence play important roles in governing reservoir quality in continental successions. Increasing distance from the fluvial sediment source area results in increased porosity and permeability in deposits of mixed fluvial and aeolian reservoir successions that accumulated in arid and semiarid settings. Indeed, successions of the U.K. Sherwood Sandstone Group reveal an increase in the proportion of highly permeable deposits of aeolian origin with increasing distance from the principal uplands, represented by the Armorican Massif in northern France, which formed the main source for delivery of fluvial sediment to a series of rift basins. A progressive reduction in the discharge of fluvial systems entering and passing through a series of interlinked rift basins encouraged aeolian accumulation in more distal basins. Extensional tectonics enabled preservation of highly permeable aeolian facies in basins subject to high rates (≳100 m/Myr) of tectonic subsidence by rapidly placing such deposits below the water table. However, successions exclusively characterized by fluvial lithofacies record decreases in both porosity and permeability with increasing distance (~250–750 km) from the sediment source due to the coupling of porosity reduction and increasing clay content.
The role of Aboriginal family workers in delivering a child safety‐focused home visiting program for Aboriginal families in an urban region of New South Wales
Authors: Clapham Kathleen , Bennett‐Brook Keziah , Hunter Kate 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIssue addressedAboriginal Australian children experience higher rates of injury than other Australian children. However, few culturally acceptable programs have been developed or evaluated. The Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service (IAMS) developed the Safe Homes Safe Kids program as an injury prevention program targeting disadvantaged Aboriginal families with children aged 0‐5 in an urban region of New South Wales. Delivered by Aboriginal Family Workers (AFWs), the program aims to reduce childhood injury by raising awareness of safety in the home. A program evaluation was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the home visiting model as an injury prevention program. This study reports on the qualitative interviews which explored the ways in which clients, IAMS staff and external service providers experienced the program and assessed its delivery by the AFWs.MethodsA qualitative program evaluation was conducted between January 2014 and June 2015. We report here on the semi‐structured interviews undertaken with 34 individuals.ResultsThe results show increased client engagement in the program; improved child safety knowledge and skills; increased access to services; improved attitudes to home and community safety; and changes in the home safety environment.ConclusionsSafe Homes Safe Kids provides a culturally appropriate child safety program delivered by AFWs to vulnerable families. Clients, IAMS staff and external service were satisfied with the family workers’ delivery of the program and the holistic model of service provision.So what&questThis promising program could be replicated in other Aboriginal health services to address unintentional injury to vulnerable Aboriginal children.
Is there a limit to bioretention effectiveness? Evaluation of stormwater bioretention treatment using a lumped urban ecohydrologic model and ecologically based design criteria
Authors: Wright Olivia M. , Istanbulluoglu Erkan , Horner Richard R. , DeGasperi Curtis L. , Simmonds Jim 
Published: May 2018

AbstractIn this study, we developed the urban ecohydrology model (UEM) to investigate the role of bioretention on watershed water balance, runoff production, and streamflow variability. UEM partitions the land surface into pervious, impervious, and bioretention cell fractions. Soil moisture and vegetation dynamics are simulated in pervious areas and bioretention cells using a lumped ecohydrological approach. Bioretention cells receive runoff from a fraction of impervious areas. The model is calibrated in an urban headwater catchment near Seattle, WA, USA, using hourly weather data and streamflow observations for 3 years. The calibrated model is first used to investigate the relationship between streamflow variability and bioretention cell size that receives runoff from different values of impervious area in the watershed. Streamflow variability is quantified by 2 indices, high pulse count (HPC), which quantifies the number of flow high pulses in a water year above a threshold, and high pulse range (HPR), which defines the time over which the pulses occurred. Low values of these indices are associated with improved stream health. The effectiveness of the modelled bioretention facilities are measured by their influence on reducing HPC and HPR and on flow duration curves in comparison with modelled fully forested conditions. We used UEM to examine the effectiveness of bioretention cells under rainfall regimes that are wetter and drier than the study area in an effort to understand linkages between the degree of urbanization, climate, and design bioretention cell size to improve inferred stream health conditions. In all model simulations, limits to the reduction of HPC and HPR indicators were reached as the size of bioretention cells grew. Bioretention was more effective as the rainfall regime gets drier. Results may guide bioretention design practices and future studies to explore climate change impacts on bioretention design and management.
Hydrological projections of future climate change over the source region of Yellow River and Yangtze River in the Tibetan Plateau: A comprehensive assessment by coupling RegCM4 and VIC model
Authors: Lu Wenjun , Wang Weiguang , Shao Quanxi , Yu Zhongbo , Hao Zhenchun , Xing Wanqiu , Yong Bin , Li Jinxing 
Published: May 2018

AbstractUnderstanding climate change impacts on hydrological regime and assessing future water supplies are essential to effective water resources management and planning, which is particularly true for the Tibetan Plateau (TP), one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change. In this study, future climate change in the TP was projected for 2041–2060 by a high‐resolution regional climate model, RegCM4, under 3 representative concentration pathways (RCPs): 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5. Response of all key hydrological elements, that is, evapotranspiration, surface run‐off, baseflow, and snowmelt, to future climate in 2 typical catchments, the source regions of Yellow and Yangtze rivers, was further investigated by the variable infiltration capacity microscale hydrological model incorporated with a 2‐layer energy balance snow model and a frozen soil/permafrost algorithm at a 0.25°×0.25° spatial scale. The results reveal that (a) spatial patterns of precipitation and temperature from RegCM4 agree fairly well with the data from China Meteorological Forcing Dataset, indicating that RegCM4 well reproduces historical climatic information and thus is reliable to support future projection; (b) precipitation increase by 0–70% and temperature rise by 1–4 °C would occur in the TP under 3 RCPs. A clear south‐eastern–north‐western spatial increasing gradient in precipitation would be seen. Besides, under RCP8.5, the peak increase in temperature would approach to 4 °C in spring and autumn in the east of the TP; (c) evapotranspiration would increase by 10–60% in 2 source regions due to the temperature rise, surface run‐off and baseflow in higher elevation region would experience larger increase dominantly due to the precipitation increase, and streamflow would display general increases by more than 3% and 5% in the source regions of Yellow and Yangtze rivers, respectively; (d) snowmelt contributes 11.1% and 16.2% to total run‐off in the source regions of Yellow and Yangtze rivers, respectively, during the baseline period. In the source region of Yangtze River, snowmelt run‐off would become more important with increase of 17.5% and 18.3%, respectively, under RCP2.6 and RCP4.5 but decrease of 15.0% under RCP8.5.
BUILDING EVALUATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FOR HOME VISITING
Authors: Ayoub Catherine C. , Geary Erin , Londhe Rucha , Hiratsuka Vanessa , Roberts Erica 
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACTThe goal of this current descriptive study was to examine the roles and relationships of evaluators with the tribal communities in which they work. First, we describe a participatory community research model with a strong capacity‐building component as the standard for assessing successful working partnerships between evaluators, programs, tribes, and tribal organizations. This model serves as a yardstick against which we examine the success and challenges of program–evaluation partnerships. Second, we report on a survey of tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program leaders and outline their impressions of successes and challenges related to program–evaluation partnerships. Survey participants discussed the importance of working with evaluators who have deep investment in and understanding of the tribal community; respect for cultural relevance and honor for cultural ways; collaboration that includes transparency, trust, and translation of research for community leaders and members; a focus on strength‐based design without losing the need to consider challenges; and relationships of mutual trust that can weather addressing stressors when issues of conflict, limited resources, and/or mixed expectations arise.
Defining personalized concepts for XBRL using iPAD‐drawn fuzzy sets
Authors: Reformat Marek Z. , Yager Ronald R. , To Nhuan D. 
Published: May 2018

SummaryAn efficient and effective analysis of business data requires a better understanding of what the data represents, and to what degree. A human‐like way of accomplishing that without being too detailed yet learning more about data content is to summarize and map the data into concepts familiar to a person performing analysis. Processes of summarization help identify the most essential facts that are embedded in the data. All this is of significant importance for analysis of large amounts of business data required to make good and sound financial decisions.There are two aspects enabling more comprehensive yet easier processing of data: a standardized representation format of financial data; and a human‐friendly way of defining concepts and using them for building personalized models representing processing data. The first of the aspects has been addressed by the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)—a standardized format of defining, representing and exchanging corporate and financial information. The second aspect is related to providing individuals with the ability to gain understanding of data content via determining a degree of truth of statements summarizing data based on their own perception of concepts they are looking for.In this paper, we introduce a tablet application—Tablet‐based input of Fuzzy Sets (TiFS)—and demonstrate its usefulness for entering personalized definitions of concepts and terms that enable a quick analysis of financial data. Such analysis means utilization of soft queries and operations of aggregation that extract and summarize the data and present it in a form familiar to analysts. The application allows for defining concepts and terms with ‘finger‐made’ drawings representing a person's perception of concepts. Further, these definitions are used to build summarization statements for exploring XBRL data. They are equipped with ‘drawn’ definitions of linguistic terms (e.g. LARGE, SMALL, FAST) and linguistic quantifiers (e.g. ALL, MOSTLY), and enable summarization of data content from the perspective of a user's interests. The ‘drawn’ linguistic terms and quantifiers represent membership functions of fuzzy sets. Utilization of fuzzy sets allows for performing operations of data summarization in a human‐like way. The application of TiFS illustrates ease of inputting personalized definitions of concepts and their influence on the interpretation of data. This introduces aspects of personalization and adaptation of artificial intelligence systems to perceptions and views of individuals. The proposed application is used to perform a basic analysis of an XBRL document.
Utility of intravoxel incoherent motion MRI derived parameters for prediction of aggressiveness in urothelial bladder carcinoma
Authors: Zhang Miaomiao , Chen Yan , Cong Xinying , Zhao Xinming 
Published: May 2018

BACKGROUNDPreoperative accurate judgment of aggressiveness is of great importance to determine treatment and prognosis of bladder cancers.PURPOSETo evaluate the utility of IVIM‐MRI parameters in predicting aggressiveness of bladder urothelial carcinoma.STUDY TYPEProspective.POPULATION MODELSixty‐seven patients with bladder urothelial cancer.FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE3.0 T/T2WI and IVIM‐MRI.ASSESSMENTAll cases were categorized in low‐, intermediate‐, or high‐aggressiveness proposed by Kobayashi depending on the T stage and pathological grade. Images analysis and IVIM‐derived parameters (apparent diffusion coefficient standard ADC, true diffusion coefficient D, pseudodiffusion coefficient D*, and perfusion fraction f) measurements were performed independently by two radiologists.STATISTICAL TESTSComparisons of IVIM‐derived parameters in different aggressiveness levels were performed using one‐way analysis of variance or Kruskal‐Wallis test. Binary logistic regression models were used to calculate predicted probability of combined parameters. Diagnostic performance of individual and combined parameters for distinguishing high‐ from low‐/intermediate‐aggressiveness was assessed by using the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve.RESULTSThe ADC and D values differed significantly among low‐, intermediate‐, and high‐aggressive urothelial bladder carcinoma, respectively (P < 0.05). The f value showed significant differences between low‐ and high‐aggressive and between intermediate‐ and high‐aggressive bladder carcinoma (P < 0.05). The best parameter for differentiating high‐ from low‐/intermediate‐aggressive urothelial bladder carcinoma was ADC value, with the area under ROC curve (AUC) and accuracy of 0.895 and 85.97%, followed by f and D values with AUCs of 0.873 and 0.862, respectively. The best combination of parameters was combined D and f values, with AUC and accuracy of 0.931 and 91.82%.DATA CONCLUSIONADC value showed slightly better diagnostic performance than D and f values in predicting bladder cancer aggressiveness. The combination of D and f model can produce a robust value than single parameter in evaluating aggressiveness.Level of Evidence: 1Technical Efficacy: Stage 3J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2018;48:1648–1656
All You Need Is Love: The Importance of Partner and Family Relations to Highly Creative Individuals’ Well‐Being and Success
Authors: Lebuda Izabela , Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly 
Published: May 2018

AbstractThe aim of the article was to investigate how the family life of highly creative individuals—mainly marriages or romantic relationships—is related to their sense of success and well‐being. Previous studies have led to conflicting conclusions. The predominant finding has been that marriage and family constitute an obstacle to creative potential development. Other studies have demonstrated that, regardless of gender, creators lead satisfying family lives, which contributes to their well‐being. The study presented in this paper is based on the grounded theory methodology and triangulates two sources: interviews with prominent creators from theUSAconducted years ago (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996,N = 91) and interviews with recognized contemporary Polish artists and scientists (N = 34). Based on interactions between the interviewees’ perception of themselves as creators and their perception of gender and family roles, the authors identify and discuss five types of relationship between creators’ family life and work. They also discuss the factors that hinder or facilitate creators’ satisfactory functioning in both areas in each of the five types of relationship.
New geomorphological and chronological constraints for glacial deposits in the Rivoli‐Avigliana end‐moraine system and the lower Susa Valley (Western Alps, NW Italy)
Authors: Ivy‐Ochs Susan , Lucchesi Stefania , Baggio Paolo , Fioraso Gianfranco , Gianotti Franco , Monegato Giovanni , Graf Angela A. , Akçar Naki , Christl Marcus , Carraro Francesco , Forno Maria Gabriella , Schlüchter Christian 
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACTOur new dataset from the Rivoli‐Avigliana end‐moraine system, the westernmost amphitheatre of the Italian Alps, provides an important step towards understanding foreland‐reaching glaciations before and during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Western Alps. 10Be data from six boulders in pre‐LGM deposits gave ages between 26.8 ± 2.1 and 41.2 ± 1.9 ka. Based on morphological and pedological data, we interpret the oldest age as a minimum age for the glacier advance(s). 10Be results suggest that the LGM occurred in two major steps. During the first at 24.0 ± 1.5 ka, several ridges were constructed demonstrating oscillation of the Dora Riparia glacier snout at the maximum position. Our data demonstrate a significantly larger LGM extent in the Rivoli‐Avigliana amphitheatre than shown on previous maps. The maximum advance was followed by a short re‐advance of the glacier at 19.6 ± 0.9 ka, as recorded by 10Be ages from boulders in lateral positions along the lower Susa Valley. The maximum ice surface during the LGM was at 1000–920 m a.s.l. in the final reach of the valley (560–620 m of elevation above the alluvial plain) and at 620–340 m a.s.l. at the continuous moraines in the amphitheatre.
Synthesis and Properties of a Cationic Gemini Asphalt Emulsifier
Authors: Liu Jiajia , Xie Yicheng , Xu Hujun 
Published: May 2018

AbstractA cationic Gemini surfactant with a benzene ring (abbreviated as C14‐CGB) was synthesized in 2 steps with aniline, epichlorohydrin, and N,N‐dimethyltetradecylamine as starting materials. This product was characterized using mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR). The critical micelle concentration (CMC) and surface tension (γcmc) of C14‐CGB were measured from 298 to 313 K and thermodynamic parameters of micellization were calculated. The results showed that the CMC and γcmc were 1.269 × 10−3 mol L−1 and 38.33 mN m−1 at 298 K, respectively. Moreover, upon increasing the temperature, the CMC increases, γcmc decreases, the maximum surface adsorption capacity (Γmax) decreases, and the minimum molecular area (Amin) increases. The emulsified asphalt test showed that C14‐CGB is a slow‐breaking asphalt emulsifier exhibiting excellent emulsifying ability.
Robust Fluorine‐Free Superhydrophobic PET Fabric Using Alkaline Hydrolysis and Thermal Hydrophobic Aging Process
Authors: Oh Ji‐Hyun , Park Chung Hee 
Published: May 2018

AbstractA newly developed fluorine‐free method to render robust superhydrophobic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric is introduced with alkaline hydrolysis followed by thermal hydrophobic aging process, i.e., nonchemical finishing. The superhydrophobic PET fabric shows a static contact angle of 170.7° ± 2.4° and a shedding angle of 8.6° ± 0.7°. Breathability and color of the fabricated PET fabric are improved and not changed. The alkaline hydrolyzed and thermal hydrophobic aged PET fabric is easily bent and has increased smoothness, fullness, and softness. Additionally, it has good durability for tape test, abrasion test, pH test, and washing test under an extra aging process that gives rise to self‐healing. Self‐cleaning property of the superhydrophobic PET fabric is excellent. Therefore, the alkaline hydrolyzed and thermally hydrophobic aged superhydrophobic fabric has a potential for commercial applications in functional or biomedical textiles, goods and related industries, with improved human/environmental friendliness and efficiency of care.
Reductions in muscle quality and quantity in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patients assessed by magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Gilmore Kevin J. , Doherty Timothy J. , Kimpinski Kurt , Rice Charles L. 
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Weakness in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) may be caused by decreases in muscle quantity and quality, but this has not been explored. Methods: Twelve patients with CIDP (mean age 61 years) and 10 age‐matched (mean age 59 years) control subjects were assessed for ankle dorsiflexion strength, and two different MRI scans (T1 and T2) of leg musculature. Results: Isometric strength was 36% lower in CIDP patients compared with controls. Tibialis anterior muscle volumes of CIDP patients were smaller by ∼17% compared with controls, and non‐contractile tissue volume was ∼58% greater in CIDP patients. When normalized to total muscle or corrected contractile volume, strength was ∼29% and ∼18% lower, respectively, in CIDP patients. Discussion: These results provide insight into the structural integrity of muscle contractile proteins and pathologic changes to whole‐muscle tissue composition that contribute to impaired muscle function in CIDP. Muscle Nerve 58: 396–401, 2018
Histone deacetylase inhibition inhibits brachial plexus avulsion‐induced neuropathic pain
Authors: Zhao Yingbo , Wu Tianjian 
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Neuropathic pain induced by brachial plexus avulsion (BPA) is a pathological condition. We hypothesized that inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) could suppress BPA‐induced neuropathic pain through inhibition of transient reception potential (TRP) overexpression and protein kinase B (Akt)‐mediated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation. Methods: We generated a rat BPA model; administered HDAC inhibitor tricostatin A (TSA) for 7 days postsurgery; and assessed the effects on HDAC expression, Akt phosphorylation, neuroinflammation, and mTOR activation. Results: TSA treatment alleviated BPA‐induced mechanical hyperalgesia, suppressed Akt phosphorylation, and increased HDAC. We found suppressed proinflammatory cytokine levels, TRPV1 and TRPM8 expression, and mTOR activity in TSA‐treated BPA rats. Discussion: Our results suggest that altered HDAC and Akt signaling are involved in BPA‐induced neuropathic pain and that inhibition of HDAC could be an effective therapeutic approach in reducing neuropathic pain. Muscle Nerve 58: 434–440, 2018
Measuring chaos and synchronization of chaotic satellite systems using sliding mode control
Authors: Khan Ayub , Kumar Sanjay 
Published: May 2018

SummaryIn this paper, we measure the chaotic behavior for satellite system through the dissipation, equilibrium points, bifurcation diagrams, Poincare section maps, Lyapunov exponents, and Kaplan‐Yorke dimension. We observe the qualitative behavior of satellite systems through these tools to justify the chaos in the system. Synchronization for 2 identical satellite systems using slide mode control is presented. We estimate the equilibrium points of chaotic satellite system. At each equilibrium point, we obtain the eigenvalues of Jacobian matrix of satellite system and verify the unstable region. We calculate Kaplan‐Yorke dimension, ie, DKY=2.1915, which ensures the strange behavior of the system. The qualitative and simulated results are in an excellent agreement.