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Magnitude Scales in Central Greece
Authors: Kaviris G. , Papadimitriou P. , Makropoulos K. 
Published: June 2018

The Gulf of Corinth is one of the most active tectonic rifts around the world. Data used in the present study are obtained by the four digital stations of the Cornet Network which was installed in 1995 around the Eastern Gulf of Corinth. A velocity model was calculated, while the majority of local events were located within the Gulf of Corinth. Main scope of the study is the determination of a reliable earthquake magnitude. Concerning the duration magnitude Mo, a multiple linear regression technique was developed for the determination of the constants α, β and γ with very satisfactory values of errors. The coefficient of determination (goodness of fit) R2 was found equal to 0.99. Following, the moment magnitude Mw, which is considered to be the most reliable magnitude scale, was determined. Spectral analysis was applied for the calculation of the seismic moment M0 and a seismic catalogue was created. After the determination of the moment magnitude Mw and of the duration magnitude MD for the same dataset, a relationship between them was obtained, according to which Mw is systematically larger than Mjy Relationships between these magnitudes, the local magnitude ML and the body wave magnitude mb were also obtained.
Burnout among nurses and teachers in Jordan: a comparative study
Authors: Alfuqaha Othman , Alshra'ah Hussain 
Published: June 2018

Aim of the studyThis study was conducted to evaluate burnout among nurses and teachers in Jordan, and to explore the differences between them. Several demographic factors were examined to evaluate their effect on burnout levels in both professionsSubject or material and methodsThis study adopts the descriptive cross sectional design and was performed on 240 total participants; 120 nurses and 120 teachers. A modified Maslach Burnout Inventory (Modified-MBI) was used to assess the three dimensions of burnout.ResultsThe results of this study showed moderate levels of burnout among both nurses and teachers; however statistical analysis indicated that nurses had significantly higher level of burnout than teachers. Moreover, this study showed that sex, marital status and experience significantly affected the level of burnout in teachers but not in nurses. Educational level did not affect the level of burnout in either groupDiscussionThe results will be discussed according to the study questions.ConclusionsThis study should help in setting proper intervention plans and psychological programs to tackle this important problem
Childhood adversity and clinical features of bipolar
mood disorder
Authors: Jaworska-Andryszewska Paulina , Rybakowski Janusz 
Published: June 2018

Aim of the studyAssessing specific associations between a given type of childhood adversity and clinical features of the illness, in patients with bipolar disorder (BD).Subject or material and methodsThe study included 52 patients with BD, aged 47+12 years. A questionnaire for the family history and the course of bipolar disorder, the Polish version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and the own questionnaire for childhood negative experiences were used and employed to the patients during remission period.ResultsEmotional abuse and neglect were associated with the highest number of unfavorable clinical features of BD, predicting such aspects of the illness as psychotic symptoms, suicidal attempts, rapid cycling and anxiety disorders. Also, emotional abuse was connected with the lower risk of hypertension. The total result of the CTQ was correlated with psychotic symptoms and rapid cycling, sexual abuse was linked to earlier onset of illness, and long-term separation with parents - to co-morbid anxiety disorders and obesity. Some of these associations were sex-dependent. Some connections were also found between unfavorable clinical features of BP and family history of psychiatric disorders.DiscussionThe results obtained confirm the relationship between the negative events in childhood and disadvantageous features of BD course. They also suggest an effect of these events on some somatic conditions in adulthood in BD patients.ConclusionsIn bipolar patients studied, we found specific associations between a type of childhood adversity and psychiatric and somatic aspects of the illness. Emotional abuse and neglect exert the biggest impact in this respect.
Interpersonal problems associated with narcissism among psychiatric outpatients: A replication study .
Authors: Cheek Joanna , Kealy David , Joyce Anthony , Ogrodniczuk John 
Published: June 2018

Aim of the studyBackground: Narcissistic personality disorder is the subject of increasing attention in the literature. However, there remains a relative absence of empirical work that has examined narcissism in clinical samples, especially efforts to replicate previous findings. Findings from a previous large-scale study [1] suggest that narcissism is associated with considerable interpersonal impairment.
Aims: The objective of the present study was to replicate the findings of Ogrodniczuk and colleagues in an independent sample of psychiatric outpatients.Subject or material and methodsMethod: Consecutively admitted patients (N=53) to a day treatment program completed measures of narcissism, interpersonal problems, and general psychiatric distress. The association between narcissism and interpersonal impairment at baseline and post-therapy was examined. The relation of narcissism to treatment discharge status was also investigated. Partial correlation analyses were used.ResultsResults: At baseline, higher levels of narcissism were significantly associated with more interpersonal impairment, particularly characterized by domineering, vindictive, and overly nurturing behaviour. Baseline narcissism was also significantly related to interpersonal impairment at post-therapy. Change in interpersonal difficulties following treatment was not significantly associated with baseline narcissism. Treatment discharge status also was unrelated to narcissism.DiscussionImplications for further treatment and clinical considerations are discussed.ConclusionsConclusions: The findings largely replicate those of Ogrodniczuk and colleagues’ earlier study, underscoring prominent interpersonal impairment associated with narcissism and supporting the notion of narcissistic personality disorder as a valid clinical construct.
Diasporas and the role of social media on militant/political activities: The Basque diaspora in Argentina in the spotlight
Authors: Tsavkko Garcia Raphael 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The role of politically motivated and engaged diasporas go beyond the mere reinforcement of state nationalism or states itself, but also promotes and supports sub-national/sub-state ethnic groups’ agendas, both reinforcing and weakening states’ nationalist agendas. Sub-national/sub-state political groups, such as of Kurds, Uyghur, Tamil minorities, among others, tend, in many cases, to find support over its diaspora to advance a specific political agenda (such as greater autonomy, independence, etc). Also, such groups and related diasporas appropriate the Internet as a tool for political engagement, communication, financing, lobby and even moral support. In this article, I seek to understand and conceptualize such appropriation(s) having the Basque case (focusing on its diaspora in Argentina) as the main object of analysis.
Equation of state and some other properties of rock-salt AlN
Authors: Daoud Salah , Mezouar Rabie , Benmakhlouf Abdelfateh 
Published: June 2018

The object of the present work is to study the equation of state (EOS) and the temperature dependence of the vibrational constant pressure heat capacity, the adiabatic bulk modulus Bs and the pressure derivative of the isothermal bulk modulus of cubic rock-salt Aluminum nitride under high pressure up to 100 GPa. In addition, the isothermal bulk modulus and the Debye temperature Î¸D versus pressure at 1800 K are presented. Some structural and thermophysical properties used here are taken from our previous paper published in J. Electron. Mater. (2018) DOI: 10.1007/s11664-018-6169-x. The results obtained are analyzed and compared with other data of the literature.Â Â
Protective effects of Syzygium aromaticum oil (Clove) against acrylamide induced hepatic, renal, and testicular toxicity in rats
Authors: Elkomy Ashraf , Aboubakr Mohamed , Ibrahim Samar , Abdelhamid Yasmine 
Published: June 2018

This study aimed to investigate the possible protective role of clove oil against acrylamide induced oxidative damage and impairment of liver, kidney, and testicular functions in albino rats. The apparent oxidative damage was associated with evident hepatic, renal, and testicular dysfunction, which was confirmed in histopathological lesions, and increased serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase activities. Acrylamide decreased serum total protein and albumin contents; increased urea and creatinine contents. Acrylamide also reduced testosterone concentration. Treatment of acrylamide intoxicated rats with clove oil minimized liver, kidney, and testicular histopathological changes and normalized their functions. Our findings demonstrate that acrylamide is not only associated with hepatotoxicity but also nephrotoxicity and testicular toxicity. Clove oil administration provided substantial organ protection against hepatic, renal, and testicular dysfunction induced by acrylamide, which was possibly mediated through their antioxidant activities.Â Â Â
AB 54+04, Mycenaean te-pa, alphabetic Greek τήβεννα, Latin toga: semantic remarks and possible Near East parallels
Authors: Pierini Rachele 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Fabrics referred to by Linear A ligature AB 54+04, Mycenaean te-pa, alphabetic Greek τήβεννα, and Latin toga are likely to indicate different objects. However, a contextual analysis of these terms highlights that they show considerable similarities, such as the raw material employed (wool) and the huge quantity of product used for their manufacture. Given that it is already well known that τήβεννα is the Greek word used to refer to Latin toga, this paper will present further arguments to extend such a comparison, but this time on semantic grounds, to Mycenaean te-pa and, possibly, also to AB 54+04. Moreover, it will be argued that Mycenaean te-pa could also find a possible parallel in an Eastern term referring to a fabric or a garment.
Maternal body height is a stronger predictor of birth weight than ethnicity: analysis of birth weight percentile charts
Authors: Rochow Niels , AlSamnan Malak , So Hon Yiu , Olbertz Dirk , Pelc Anna , Däbritz Jan , Hentschel Roland , Wittwer-Backofen Ursula , Voigt Manfred 
Published: June 2018

Abstract

Background
Anthropometric parameters such as birth weight (BW) and adult body height vary between ethnic groups. Ethnic-specific percentile charts are currently being used for the assessment of newborns. However, due to globalization and interethnic families, it is unclear which charts should be used. A correlation between a mother’s height and her child’s BW (1 cm accounts for a 17 g increase in BW) has been observed. The study aims to test differences in small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) rates, employing BW percentile charts based on maternal height between ethnic groups.

Methods
This retrospective study of 2.3 million mother/newborn pairs analyzed BW, gestational age, sex, maternal height and ethnicity from the German perinatal survey (1995–2000). These data were stratified for maternal height (≤157, 158–163, 164–169, 170–175, ≥176 cm) and region of origin (Germany, Central and Northern Europe, North America, Mediterranean region, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and Asia excluding Middle East). Percentile charts were calculated for each maternal height group.

Results
The average BW and maternal height differ significantly between ethnic groups. On current percentile charts, newborns of taller mothers (≥176 cm) have a low rate of SGA and a high rate of LGA, whereas newborns of shorter mothers (≤157 cm) have a high rate of SGA and a low rate of LGA. When the BW data are stratified based on the maternal height, mothers of similar height from different ethnic groups show similar average BWs, SGA and LGA rates.

Conclusion
Maternal body height has a greater influence on BW than maternal ethnicity. The use of BW percentile charts for maternal height should be considered.
Abnormally invasive placenta (AIP): pre-cesarean amnion drainage to facilitate exteriorization of the gravid uterus through a transverse skin incision
Authors: Braun Thorsten , Weizsäcker Katharina , Muallem Mustafa Zelal , Tillinger Janina , Hinkson Larry , Chantraine Frederic , Henrich Wolfgang 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The number of pregnant women with abnormally invasive placenta (AIP) including clinical relevant placenta increta and percreta has markedly increased with a reported incidence of as high as one in 731, By 2020 in the United States, there will be an estimated 4504 new cases of AIP and 130 AIP-associated maternal deaths annually. The preoperative diagnosis and operative management of AIP is challenging. In a planned cesarean delivery, a vertical lower abdominal skin incision is widely used in order to have enough space to perform a hysterotomy above the cranial edge of the placenta to avoid significant fetal and/or maternal hemorrhage. We have used preoperative drainage of the amniotic fluid after epidural anesthesia and immediately before a planned cesarean delivery through a transverse skin incision in five patients with AIP of the anterior uterine wall. With less uterine volume, exteriorization of the gravid uterus is easily performed through a transverse laparotomy. The combination of amnion drainage, transverse laparotomy and exteriorization of the gravid uterus facilitates identification of the exact site of placental implantation, provides adequate space for performing fundal or high anterior or even posterior uterine wall incisions and to deliver the fetus safely while minimizing the risk of placental separation and subsequent uncontrolled blood loss. Furthermore, this technique provides the chance to leave the untouched placenta in situ or to remove the placenta in toto with a uterine wall segment.
Mapping Law and Development from African Perspectives: An Overview
Authors: Ordor Ada , Ismail Faizel 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
This piece provides an insight into various contributions made by participants at the Law and Development Conference 2017. Participants converged in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2017 from institutions in different parts of Africa, as well as from other continents to deliberate on the theme of law and development from African perspectives. Over six panels of presentations, contributors wove a collective tapestry of reflections, critiques, debates and ideas showing the intersectionality of different fields of law in constructing, shaping and re-defining multiple development pathways for various constituencies. These discourses present a matrix of needful conditions, content and uses of law for its optimal application to development processes in and for the continent of Africa.
On reductionism in communication studies
Authors: Boruszewski Jarosław 
Published: June 2018

AbstractIn contemporary philosophy of communication we have two competing views on communication. In short they are called message-centred and meaning-centred. The first one is described as reductionist because it reduces communication to transmission of information. In the article a distinction has been made between a purely transmissional approach, which does not have a reductionist character and the reductionist account, which in an unjustified manner, conflates the transmission problem with semantic issues. For this purpose, the concept of levels of analysis and considerations concerning a conduit metaphor were used. Given the limited application of the reductionist approach in communication studies, in the last section of the article an integration approach is proposed. Such an approach, while avoiding conflation of levels, allows for their combining and finding connections between them.
Husserl’s phenomenological-communicative project
Authors: Gilicka Magdalena 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThis paper aims to present the phenomenological method in the perspective of the philosophy of communication, without depriving the latter of the great importance, in Husserl’s works. The first part of this paper presents the ideas contained inIdee II…, including also the study of communication and agreement for the mutual exchange of experiences. The second part of this paper is the analysis of the arguments about the intersubjectivity, formulated by Husserl inMedytacje kartezjańskie. The last part presents the late period of Husserl’s works, which did not weaken his communicative analyses. This paper shows the peculiar evolution the German thinker’s views, which partially explains the doubts about the fundaments of the phenomenological method.
What is the “reflexive historicizing of communication”? A philosophical approach
Authors: Wendland Michał 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to interpret the term the “reflexive historicizing of communication” used by the editors of theHandbook of Communication Historypublished in 2013. In the preface and in the first chapter, the editors introduce the above-mentioned concept, postulating that it is associated with the most important among several possible trends in communication history. Reflexive historicizing, as an important and innovative methodological directive, however, is described therein rather laconically. This article contains comments on both historicism and reflexivity. Their genesis is presented as well as their most important interpretations and possible applications in the social sciences. Particular attention is paid to the concept of historicism, since it is charged with numerous controversies and polemics (Karl Popper’s famous criticism). The main purpose of this article is to explain the meaning of historicism (and reflexivity) so as to avoid confusion and over-interpretation in the application of these concepts within communication history.
Protic ionic liquids as catalysts for a three-component coupling/hydroarylation/dehydrogenation tandem reaction
Authors: Muntzeck Maren , Wilhelm René 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Protic ionic liquids with nitrate anions were used as solvents and catalysts for a three-component oxidative dehydrogenation tandem reaction via the coupling and hydroarylation of benzaldehyde, aniline, and phenylacetylene to a quinoline derivative. The reaction was supported by air and microwave irradiation. The presence of nitrate as counter anion in the protic ionic liquids was essential for the reaction.
Residual Stress Modification and Mechanisms of Bearing Steel with Different Microstructures during Water-Jet Cavitation Peening
Authors: Miao Shan , Ju Dong-Ying , Zhao Hui-Jun 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Water-jet cavitation peening (WCP) is used to increase the hardness and induce the formation of a compressive residual stress layer on the surface through the shock wave pressure, which is produced by the collapse of small bubbles of a cavitation jet at the surface of materials. In this article, a pressure sensitive paper is applied to determine the pressure field distribution of WCP. WCP is carried out on the bearing steel 100Cr6 with different microstructures, which are heat-treated differently. The hardness, residual stress distribution, and microstructure of bearing steels at the same observation points are compared, respectively, before and after WCP. The research indicates that both the hardness and residual stress are increased with the peening time. It also proves that this method has different strengthening limits for materials with different microstructures because of the different mechanisms of WCP.
Behavioral Phenotyping of an Improved Mouse Model of Phelan–McDermid Syndrome with a Complete Deletion of theShank3Gene
Authors: Drapeau Elodie , Riad Mohammed , Kajiwara Yuji , Buxbaum Joseph D. 
Published: June 2018

AbstractPhelan–McDermid syndrome (PMS) is a rare genetic disorder in which one copy of theSHANK3gene is missing or mutated, leading to a global developmental delay, intellectual disability (ID), and autism. Multiple intragenic promoters and alternatively spliced exons are responsible for the formation of numerous isoforms. Many genetically-modified mouse models of PMS have been generated but most disrupt only some of the isoforms. In contrast, the vast majority of knownSHANK3mutations found in patients involve deletions that disrupt all isoforms. Here, we report the production and thorough behavioral characterization of a new mouse model in which allShank3isoforms are disrupted. Domains and tasks examined in adults included measures of general health, neurological reflexes, motor abilities, sensory reactivity, social behavior, repetitive behaviors, cognition and behavioral inflexibility, and anxiety. Our mice are more severely affected than previously published models. While the deficits were typically more pronounced in homozygotes, an intermediate phenotype was observed for heterozygotes in many paradigms. As in otherShank3mouse models, stereotypies, including increased grooming, were observed. Additionally, sensory alterations were detected in both neonatal and adult mice, and motor behavior was strongly altered, especially in the open field and rotarod locomotor tests. While social behaviors measured with the three-chambered social approach and male-female interaction tests were not strongly impacted, Shank3-deficient mice displayed a strong escape behavior and avoidance of inanimate objects in novel object recognition, repetitive novel object contact, marble burying, and nest building tasks, indicating increased novelty-induced anxiety. Similarly, increased freezing was observed during fear conditioning training and amygdala-dependent cued retrieval. Finally, deficits were observed in both initial training and reversal in the Barnes maze and in contextual fear testing, which are memory tasks involving hippocampal-prefrontal circuits. In contrast, working memory in the Y-maze spontaneous alternation test was not altered. This new mouse model of PMS, engineered to most closely represent human mutations, recapitulates core symptoms of PMS providing improvements for both construct and face validity, compared to previous models.