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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of extremity soft tissue sarcomas at Thailand’s national tertiary referral center
Authors: Chantharasamee Jomjit , Tanapathomsinchai Nichanan , Niyomnaitham Suvimol , Anekpurithanang Tauangtham 
Published: August 2018

Background: Due to the heterogeneity of soft tissue sarcomas, conflicting data have been reported regarding treatment outcomes. Moreover, factors such as histologic subtype, treatment compliance, and treatment tolerability may influence outcomes of treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, survival outcomes, and outcomes of treatment in patients with extremity soft tissue sarcoma who underwent complete tumor resection at Siriraj Hospital. Methods: Medical records of patients with extremity soft tissue sarcoma underwent total tumor resection at Siriraj Hospital during the January 2007 to December 2016 study period were included. Data collected included demographic data, tumor characteristics, type of surgery, and postsurgical intervention. Regimen, dose, cycle, and treatment compliance data were collected in patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy. Results: A total of 58 patients with a median age of 53.5 years were included. In total, 13 patients received adjuvant chemotherapy. Tumor grade 3 with size >10 cm was a baseline factor found to be a significant predictor of unfavorable disease-free survival (DFS) (p<0.001). Median DFS was 56.2 months in the chemotherapy group and 20.5 months in the non-chemotherapy group (p=0.29). Median OS was 77.2 months in the chemotherapy group and 66.6 months in the non-chemotherapy group (p=0.24). A total of 20% of patients in chemotherapy group developed grade 3-4 hematologic toxicity. Conclusion: Tumor grade 3 >10 cm was the only baseline characteristic found to be a significant predictor of unfavorable DFS in univariate analysis. No conclusive benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in term of DFS and OS.
Student paramedic views of an international clinical and cultural learning experience
Authors: Delisle Brenda , Ebbs Phillip 
Published: August 2018

Background: Universities are now frequently exploring international placements and learning experiences for paramedicine students. This has given rise to questions about the quality and meaningfulness of overseas student experiences within the paramedic curriculum. Aim: This study investigates whether a university-organised overseas trip provided a useful clinical and cultural learning experience for undergraduate paramedicine students. Methods: A 60-question survey was administered to participants, with questions chiefly focusing on clinical and cultural experiences during the overseas trip. Statistical software was used to analyse continuous and categorical survey data. Findings: This international trip appears to have provided a very useful cultural learning experience, but a sub-optimal clinical learning experience for students (even despite child births, emergency room presentations and blood-draws). Conclusions: A validated survey instrument which builds upon current knowledge and literature could be used more widely to evaluate and better understand the dimensions of quality in overseas paramedic student placements.
Use of 2D and multislice transperineal ultrasonography to describe the degree of perineal laceration following vaginal delivery
Authors: Santoso Budi I. , Djusad Suskhan , Hakim Surahman , Moegni Fernandi , Meutia Alfa P. , Priyantini Tyas 
Published: August 2018

Background: Perineal tear is the most common complication after vaginal delivery. Pill-rolling test is a widely used clinical evaluation method to determine the degree of perineal tear. However, the evaluation results of anal sphincter complex (ASC) differ between clinical examination and 2D/multislice transperineal ultrasonography (TPUS). This study aims to describe measurement variation between these modalities.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital from November 2015 to May 2016. Subjects were primiparous women after vaginal delivery. Clinical examination using pill-rolling test was performed to determine the degree of perineal laceration. Suture was conducted accordingly. The subjects were subjected to 2D/multislice TPUS 72 hours after delivery to evaluate the integrity of internal and external anal sphincters. Data were collected and analyzed to determine compatibility between these examinations.Results: Among 70 prospective primiparous women, five were excluded due to unavailability to undergo 2D/multislice TPUS 72 hours after delivery. The mean duration to perform 2D/multislice TPUS was 4.5 minutes, and pain was tolerable during the examination. The compatibility values of clinical examination with 2D and multislice TPUS were 0.98 and 0.93, respectively, with Cohen’s kappa of 0.92 (95% CI 0.81–1.00) and 0.79 (95% CI 0.58–0.99), respectively.Conclusion: Clinical examination is compatible with 2D/multislice TPUS for determining the degree of perineal tear after vaginal delivery.
Overexpression of p53 in extra large (more than 10 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: Lalisang Toar J.M. , Moenadjat Yefta , Siregar Nurjati C. , Stephanie Marini 
Published: August 2018

Background: Extra large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of >10 cm managed in our center shows a specific characteristic in tropical regions. This type of HCC exhibits distinct p53 expression. This study aimed to determine the association between p53 expression and tumor size and behavior. Method: Subjects with HCC who underwent surgical resection in our hospital during 2012–2015 were enrolled in thisstudy. Subject’s characteristics, tumor size, histopathology findings, and tumor behavior were variables observed. Animmunohistochemical study on p53 expression was conducted to determine its association with those variables.Results: This study involved 38 subjects with tumor size ranging from 3 cm to 25 cm in diameter and 20 subjects (52.8%) with tumor size ranging from 10 cm to 25 cm in diameter. Only 13 samples were evaluated for p53 expression. Five subjects with >10 cm (extra large) tumor showed highly/overexpressed p53 (intensity>50%), two subjects with strong p53 expression (intensity>5%–50%), and two subjects with weak expression. Three subjects with <10 cm (large) tumor showed strong expression of p53 (5%–9%) and a subject with 3 cm tumor showed weak p53 expression (<5%). Highly expressed p53 was found in patients with microvascular invasion, inflammatory response, mitosis, and necrosis.Conclusion: Overexpression of p53 was associated with extra large and poorly differentiated HCC.
GLASS CEILING: SEBUAH STUDI LITERATUR
Authors: Muslim Muhamad Ihwanul , Perdhana Mirwan Surya 
Published: August 2018

Nowadays, women's involvement in the workforce are continues to increase. However, the number of womens participate in the upper management are still limited. Such condition might be caused by glass ceiling phenomenon – obstacles hindering women’s career advancement. This study presents antecedents of glass ceiling phenomenon both in profit and non-profit organizations. Extensive literature review were conducted to gain conclusion on factors hindering women’s career advancement. Managerial implication and opportunity for further research were discussed.
KAJIAN PENGARUH KERJASAMA PERDAGANGAN INDONESIA – CHILE TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PERDAGANGAN INDONESIA DI WILAYAH ASIA PASIFIK
Authors: Sidabutar Victor Tulus Pangapoi 
Published: August 2018

Kemitraan Trans-Pasifik (TPP) merupakan perjanjian perdagangan antara dua belas negara di daerah Asia – Pasifik dengan tujuan untuk mendorong terjadinya liberalisasi perdagangan di negara anggota terutama dalam hal penetapan tarif, proteksi perdagangan dan persamaan perekonomian. Indonesia menunjukkan keinginannya untuk masuk kedalam TPP guna memperluas pangsa pasar ekspor Indonesia. Indonesia saat ini telah memiliki kerjasama perdagangan dengan hampir dengan seluruh negara anggota TPP, kecuali dengan Chile salah satunya. Analisa dilakukan dengan menganalisa data perdagangan Indonesia-Chile di tahun 2011 hingga 2015; menganalisa hasil perdagangan Chile dengan negara Kanada, Singapura dan Vietnam dan juga berdasarkan hasil simulasi yang dilakukan Petri (2016). Hasil simulasi menunjukkan bahwa kerjasama TPP dapat menguntungkan negara yang terlibat didalamnya, terlihat dengan meningkatnya PDB dari negara anggotanya. Selain itu, TPP juga meningkatkan lebih banyak arus investasi masuk daripada investasi keluar terutama investasi masuk yang berasal dari negara dengan perekonomian yang tinggi. Tetapi perjanjian perdagangan bebas (FTA) Indonesia dengan negara mitra dagang utama juga harus dipertimbangkan sebelum Indonesia bergabung dalam TPP.
Foreign in London: Diaspora as a traumatic experience in Samuel Selvon’sThe Lonely Londoners
Authors: Flajšarová Pavlína 
Published: August 2018

AbstractStuart Hall inBlack Britainclaims that “the experience of black settlement has been a long, difficult, sometimes bitterly contested and unfinished story.” Such is the case in Samuel Selvon’s 1956 novelThe Lonely Londoners, which depicts the trauma of diaspora for West Indian newcomers. People from the Caribbean who settle in the “mother country” experience total disillusion because they are not welcomed by the white British. The paper focuses on the influence British politics has had upon the Windrush generation of immigrants. It shows how the characters cope with animosity, loneliness and the sense of failed promise that all lead to the traumatic experience of living in total isolation in a foreign city far from their native islands. The immigrants face xenophobia, suffer from being the “other”, invisible and segregated. They try to cope with the trauma of “not belonging anywhere”, i.e. being uprooted from their homes in the West Indies. In the aftermath of the decolonization process they fail to come to terms with their new living conditions, and as there is no return ticket to the Caribbean, they experience the ever-growing trauma of unsuccessful resettlement.
Iconization of the deathly affliction in Andersen’s Fairytales1
Authors: Čechová Mariana 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The contribution focuses on a thematological interpretation of the existentials of misery and extinction, using a corpus of selected fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. In explaining the specificity of Andersen’s concept and presenting life’s givenness (the parameters of being-in-the-world) he verifies the relevance of several existentials which were explained by Heidegger in connection with the use of factual existence (Dasein). The use of existentials as real facts in describing a textual model of the world is justified by the thematic concept as a proposition of modes of existence by Ricouer.
Oxidation and Hydrogen Behaviur in Zr-2Mn Alloy
Authors: Zienkiewicz N. , Paradowska J. , Serbiński W. , Gajowiec G. , Hernik A. , Zieliński A. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to determine the oxidation and hydrogenation behavior in the new Zr-2Mn alloy. The oxidation of alloy was performed at temperatures between 350°C and 900°C for 30 minutes. The hydrogen charging was made for 72 h at a current density 80 mA/cm2. The charged samples were heat treated at 400°C for 4 h to obtain a uniform hydrogen profile content across the sample. The oxidation resulted in an appearance of non-uniform oxide layers of thickness increasing with temperature. The surface damage was observed at higher temperatures 700 and 900°C. After charging with hydrogen followed by annealing no hydrides were found. The observed effect is evidence that the oxide layers may form effective barriers against hydrogen diffusion even if they are partially degraded. The absence of hydrides or hydride cracking may be caused by an absence in Zr-Mn alloys of such phase precipitates, which may trap diffusive hydrogen and initiate the hydrides. The positive influence of manganese on the formation of the thick oxide layer and relative resistance to delayed hydride cracking may be attributed to its affinity of oxygen, the ability to form thick and compact oxide layers during oxidation, the formation of solid solution in zirconium and no precipitates enhancing nucleation of hydrides.
Wear Resistance of the Cermet Cutting Tools After Aluminum (Al+) and Nitrogen (N+) Ion Implantation
Authors: Morozow D. , Narojczyk J. , Rucki M. , Lavrynenko S. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
In the paper, the issue of the cermet cutting tools wear resistance was addressed. The tool inserts made out of cermet composites were exposed to the ion implantation with ions of nitrogen N+ and with combination of nitrogen N+ and aluminum Al+ ions. In order to assess the impact of the ion implantation, the samples of stainless steel EZ6NCT25 were turned with the standard cutting tools and with the inserts after ion implantation. The results in general confirmed better wear resistance of the ion implanted inserts. In particular, they performed 20-40% smaller friction. After some time, when the destruction of the implanted surface layer took place, the friction coefficient rose up to the value typical for non-implanted inserts. For the implanted inserts, the wear index VB appeared to be lower, and even visual assessment revealed distinguishably smaller wear than in case of tools without ion implantation.
Reflective practice tools in ESL: Two retrospective evaluations
Authors: Unlu Zuleyha , Kulekci Erkan 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This article evaluates the use of reflective practice (RP) tools by focusing on the main critiques on RP. In the literature, RP has often been criticised for its design-related problems, RP’s being directed by problem identification purposes rather than empirical data, and RP practitioners’ loss of contact with their discourse communities due to the undue emphasis on practical knowledge. Therefore, this article suggests methodological and data triangulation of RP tools as well as highlighting the community of inquiry framework to overcome the aforementioned problems While doing this, the authors reflect on their own RPs, both of which were conducted at a refugee centre in Philadelphia, USA. In this examination, the critical role of reflective tools is highlighted.
Schooling and Cohort Size: Evidence from Vietnam, Thailand, Iran and Cambodia
Authors: Falaris Evangelos M. , Thai Thuan Q. 
Published: August 2018

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In many developing countries, the annual number of births has reached a peak in recent years and has declined since that time. We investigate how the schooling that individuals complete responds to the changes in the number of potential labor market competitors implied by changes in the annual number of births. We use census data from Vietnam, Thailand, Iran and Cambodia and document a similar pattern in all of them: holding other characteristics constant, individuals born during the upswing of the demographic cycle complete less schooling than individuals born during the downswing of the demographic cycle. Our estimates suggest that individuals' schooling choices mitigate the possibly adverse economic effects of the demographic cycle. For developing countries that are at earlier phases of the demographic transition, our study lets us predict schooling levels as the demographic transition moves forward.
The first loess map and related topics: contributions by twenty significant women loess scholars
Authors: Fitzsimmons Kathryn , McLaren Sue , Smalley Ian 
Published: August 2018

AbstractWomen scholars have contributed to the study of loess. Charlotte Hibbert made the first map of loess distribution and there were many subsequent achievements. The twenty people selected represent a subjective choice; there is no overall biobibliographical metric that can be applied. The twenty are mss: Hibbert, Owen, Swineford, Conea, Marković-Marjanović, Fotakieva, Ivanova, Davin, Coude-Gaussen, Wintle, Matviishina, Gerasimenko, Billard, Grabowska-Olszewska, Sycheva, Mavlyanova, Rendell,Łanczont, Klukanova, Morozova. The INQUA Loess Commission provides a convenient temporal divide, and also a divide in style of loess investigation: early studies pre-Commission; Loess Commission activities; modern scientific loess research post-Commission (after 2003).TopicsHypotheses of loess formation, aeolian vs. fluvial, aeolian vs. in-situ, desert loess, Danubian loess, INQUA Loess Commission, Dating techniques, hydroconsolidation, loessification, Ukraine, Russia, Central Asia, loess structure.The paper by Jelena Marković-Marjanović in the 1961 INQUA Loess Symposium was one of the key pioneering documents in the development of loess stratigraphy; it should be more widely recognized.
Cold Plasma: The Way to Improve the Repeatability of Sald ICP-MS Analysis
Authors: Stiborek Marek , Preisler Jan , Shekargoftar Masoud , Kanickŷ Viktor , Kelar Jakub 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This work deals with the preparation of model biological microsamples for Substrate-Assisted Laser Desorption Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (SALD ICP-MS). This technique provides the direct and fast analysis of liquid samples deposited onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plates (substrates) in the form of dried droplets with minimal sample preparation and submicrolitre sample volume requirements. Furthermore, SALD ICP-MS allows for the direct analysis of samples in organic solvents, which cannot be directly nebulised to ICP-MS. These benefits are, however, balanced out by the low degree of repeatability of the assay, which is typically about 30%. One of the approaches to increase the repeatability is a modification of the substrate surface by Diffuse Coplanar Surface Barrier Discharge (DCSBD) with the addition of an internal standard to the sample. Using this approach, a relative standard deviation (RSD) of less than 10% for model biological samples can be achieved. The only limitation of this technique is the occurrence of the so-called “aging effect”, i.e. the gradual return of the modified physicochemical surface properties to their original state
Smart Battery Charging Station for ElectricVehicle Using Half Bridge Power Converter
Authors: Ananthapadmanabha B. R. , Maurya Rakesh , Arya Sabha Raj , Chitti Babu B. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This paper presents a concept of smart charging station using bidirectional half bridge converter for an electric vehicle. This battery charging station is useful for charging applications along with harmonics and reactive power compensation in a distribution system. A filter which is adaptive to the supply voltage frequency is used for the estimation of the 50 Hz component of load current. Due to additional features of vehicle charger, associated with the power quality improvement, there will be a drastic reduction in the current drawn from utility to meet the same load demand. The charging station presented in this paper is termed as smart with several function. The proposed smart charger is able to improve power quality of residential loads or other loads, not only during charging/discharging of the vehicle battery, but also in the absence of the vehicle. The Simulink model is developed with MATLAB software and its simulation results are presented. The level of current distortion during charging and and discharging mode is recorded 1.6 % and 2.4 % respectively with unity supply power factor during experiments. The performance of converter is evaluated during charging modes both in constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) modes.
Starch behaviour in potato at temperatures close to cellular membrane breakdown
Authors: Blahovec Jiří , Kouřím Pavel 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
A combined thermal analysis (including a dynamic mechanical analysis and a dielectric thermal analysis) was applied to the cortex tissues of long-stored potatoes in the temperature range of 30-90°C, with the constant air relative humidity of 90%. Two heating rates, i.e. 1°C min−1 and 0.5°C min−1, were used for temperature scanning. The obtained results were found to differ in the inspected temperature range, indicating either a different mode of drying or differences in the starch gelatinization mechanism, the latter being usually controlled by water availability in contact with starch in both tests. The observed results indicate new possibilities in the cooking strategies that are usually applied to potatoes.
Effect of self-heating on the processing quality of rapeseed
Authors: Gawrysiak-Witulska Marzena , Siger Aleksander , Rudzińska Magdalena , Stuper-Szablewska Kinga , Rusinek Robert 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The paper concerns the effect of adverse thermal phenomena on the processing quality of rapeseed. A measurement station was developed for the study, composed of a model cylindrical silo with a capacity of 3.85 m3, which was filled with seeds of winter rape cv. Suzy (2.5 t). In the conducted experiment, the silo was filled with three layers of seeds, the bottom layer witha moisture content of 7%, the middle layer with a moisture content of 12.7%, and the top layer with a moisture content of 7%. The experiment was carried out with temperature and humidity sensors in the vertical and horizontal axes, placed in a distance of 0.15 m from one another. The increase in temperature in the intergranular space measured during the self-heating pheno-menon can be divided into two stages: I – slow (up to approx. 150 h)and II – significant (from 150 h, 2-3ºC per day). As a result of the development of the self-heating phenomenon, the processing quality of rapeseed deteriorated. Indeed, under increased temperature the quality changes were so significant that they rendered the seeds unfit for any kind of consumption purposes.
Viscoelastic response of apple flesh in a wide range of mechanical loading rates
Authors: Stropek Zbigniew , Gołacki Krzysztof 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The cylindrical samples of ‘Beni Shogun’ apples cultivar in a range of deformation velocities from 0.0002 to 1 m s−1 were studied using stress relaxation tests. In the work, experimental courses of the force response were described via the Maxwell model, and the effects of deformation velocity on the Maxwell model parameters as well as the maximum and residual force were determined. The maximum force increased with the increase of the deformation velocity, which proved the response of apple flesh to be of viscoelastic nature. The residual force described the state of the material after the strain and was much higher under the quasi-static than impact loading conditions. The three relaxation times decreased with the increasing deformation velocity. For the shortest relaxation time (order of magnitude 0.1 s) there was a rapid decrease in the velocities under the quasi-static loading conditions and it remained on a steady and low level under the impact loading conditions. A definite limit was observed between the medium relaxation time (order of magnitude 1 s) for the lowest deformation velocity of 0.0002 m s−1 and the other relaxation times obtained at higher deformation velocities. The values of the longest relaxation time (order of magnitude 100 s) were much larger under the quasi-static than the impact loading conditions.