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Early Clinical Indicators of Addison Disease in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide, Observational, Cohort Study
Authors: Chantzichristos Dimitrios , Persson Anders , Miftaraj Mervete , Eliasson Björn , Svensson Ann-Marie , Johannsson Gudmundur 
Published: November 2018

Abstract

Context
Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have an increased risk of Addison disease (AD) development, but prediction of those at risk is not possible.

Objective
To determine whether there are early clinical indicators that may denote the development of AD in adults with T1DM.

Design
Observational, matched-cohort study.

Setting
Patient data from Swedish national registries [National Diabetes Register (NDR), Inpatient Register, and Prescription Drug Register].

Participants
All patients with T1DM diagnosed with concomitant AD (n = 66) among the 36,514 adult patients with T1DM in the NDR between 1998 and 2013. Each case was matched to five controls with T1DM alone (n = 330).

Main Outcome Measures
Clinical data and drug prescriptions were assessed prior to baseline (inclusion into the study) and prior to AD diagnosis. Analysis of covariance and estimated group proportions were used for comparisons.

Results
Prior to baseline, cases had a higher frequency of thyroid/antithyroid drug prescription than controls (9.1% vs 1.8%). Prior to AD diagnosis, cases had higher frequencies of diabetic retinopathy (12.1% vs 2.1%), infections requiring hospital admission (16.7% vs 2.1%), thyroid/antithyroid drug prescription (28.8% vs 7.0%), and glucagon prescription (18.2% vs 6.4%). There was no difference in glycated Hb between the groups prior to baseline or prior to AD diagnosis.

Conclusions
These data suggest that medical treatment of thyroid disease, a severe infection, and glucagon prescription for severe hypoglycemia should raise the suspicion of AD development in adults with T1DM. Development of diabetic retinopathy might also be associated with glucocorticoid deficiency and the development of AD among patients with T1DM.
Dispersion has a large effect (Cohen's d) on crop yield in crop residue application
Authors: Oda Masato 
Published: November 2018

Background: Crop residue application can maintain soil fertility and sustain agriculture. However, the effects of residue application are unstable because of variable weather conditions and the residual effects of crop residue application. Residue application often reduces crop yields. I tried to clarify effective residue application factors in an environment which was has stable weather conditions and low residual effects. Methods: Majuro atoll, a coral sand atoll near the equator, was selected for the experiment site because of its stable weather and low residual effect of coral sand. A factorial design experiment using sweet corn was conducted based on the following four factors: fungi propagation before application, cutting residue into pieces, dispersion (or accumulation) of applied residue, and placement (on the surface or incorporation) with an equal amount of crop residue. The effects of each factors on the corn yields were evaluated using Cohen’s power analysis. Results: The dispersion showed the largest effect (p = 0.045, Cohen’s d = 1.2), which exceeded the effect of incorporation (p = 0.223, Cohen’s d = 0.7). The interaction of dispersion and incorporation showed a huge effect on corn yield (p = 0.005, Cohen’s d = 4.9). Discussion: The effect of dispersion was not positive but it avoided the negative effects of residue clustering. The toxicity of the plant residue and generation of toxic substances by anaerobic decomposition are widely known. Anaerobic decomposition occurs inside the residue clusters. However, dispersion reduced the toxicity by adsorption in soil and avoiding anaerobic decomposition. Furthermore, incorporation showed an interaction effect, but surface placement did not. Conclusion: The dispersion of crop residue enhanced the positive effect of crop residue incorporation by avoiding the toxicity from crop residue. This finding adds a new viewpoint for the controversy between conventional and conservation agriculture.
Towards a spatial history of contemporary art in China
Authors: Yao Pauline J. 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
The development of contemporary art in China over the last four decades is a story that can be narrated along multiple trajectories. Equally, the term ‘contemporary’ can be used to refer to the adoption of particular art forms and styles, or to experimental strategies surrounding the making of art. In both cases, it is art’s intersection with space – spaces for making, for thinking, for sharing and for exhibiting – that has most deeply impacted our understanding of certain art in China as ‘contemporary’. This paper looks at recent developments in Chinese art through the lens of space, taking into account the importance of spatial positioning of art and the exhibitionary form as a key influencer upon artistic practices. It intends not to articulate an exhibition history so much as a spatial history, and seeks to establish new narratives for art history that are culturally and context specific.
The effectiveness of platelet concentrations in periodontal surgeries
Authors: Al-Azem Ronad , Ali Neveen , Mostafa Diana 
Published: November 2018

Platelets release several growth factors which stimulate tissue regeneration. Several techniques for platelet concentrates such as platelet rich plasma (PRP), plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF), platelet rich fibrin (PRF) and concentrated growth factors (CGF) have been introduced in dental surgeries for the prevention of hemorrhage and acceleration of tissue regeneration. However, a fabricating growth factors-enriched bone graft matrix which is called â€œsticky boneâ€ has been demonstrated to provide stabilization in bony defects. In this article, we presented the method of preparing and utilizing CGF and sticky bone and evaluate the effect of CGF mixed with bone graft and CGF barrier membrane in periodontal surgeries.Methodology: We used websites such as PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of knowledge to get related articles about this subject. The research process involved specific key words " concentrated growth factorâ€- â€œPlatelet rich fibrinâ€- growth factors-enriched bone graftâ€ - â€œsticky boneâ€ to find more articles which published from 2007 to March 2018.Results: We reviewed 48 articles, 43 articles were excluded. Only five articles have been conducted. Original human studies and case report were included.Conclusion: We concluded that the use of sticky bone and CGF is effective in bone grafting and implant.Â Â
Framing the Romantic Artist: Goethe’s Torquato Tasso and James’s Roderick Hudson
Authors: Müller Timo 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s Torquato Tasso (1790) and Henry James’s Roderick Hudson (1875) share not only a number of structural parallels but also an interest in the fate of the romantic artist in a regulated society. The article suggests Goethe’s play as a possible influence on James’s novel. After a brief outline of James’s relationship to Goethe and of the structural parallels between the texts, the article discusses the similarities of their stance on the romantic artist. Both texts contrast the protagonist’s classicist-idealist art with his broadly romantic personality, both remain ambivalent about the romantic conception of the poet-genius, and both take an analytical attitude toward their artist figures. On this poetological level, the article concludes, their portraits of a proto-Romantic and a late Romantic respectively form a revealing historical frame of the phenomenon of the Romantic artist.
“The sad, proud old man stared eternally out of his canvas...”: Media Criticism, Scopic Regimes and the Function of Rembrandt’s “Self-Portrait with Two Circles” in John Fowles’s Novel Daniel Martin
Authors: Horlacher Stefan 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
On the surface level, Fowles’s novel sets the trust in the timelessness of art and the possibility of a recourse to some kind of ‘true self’ against American hyperreality. Though the novel’s verdict on the American scopic regime of simulacra is devastating, England’s morbid theatricality does not represent an alternative. However, a novel which criticizes visuality only to accord Rembrandt’s “Self-Portrait” a place of utmost importance necessarily runs into problems of self-contradiction: Rembrandt’s self-portrait refuses any one-dimensional functionalization and contains self-reflexive/revocative elements pertaining to its capitalist dimension and to the dangers of commodification/narcissism/serialization. Moreover, Rembrandt’s portrait is located at the centre of a whole series of mises en abyme and contains significant autotelic elements which link it with the criticized American scopic regime, question its representational dimension by stressing the pure materiality of the work of paint and revoke Fowles’s novel and its didactic media-theoretical underpinnings.I would like to thank Bryan Knowlton, Simon Loesch, Keith Hollingsworth and Bettina Jansen for their constructive help at various stages of work on this article.
Would a Basic Income Guarantee Reduce the Motivation to Work? An Analysis of Labor Responses in 16 Trial Programs
Authors: Gilbert Richard , Murphy Nora A. , Stepka Allison , Barrett Mark , Worku Dianne 
Published: November 2018

AbstractMany opponents of BIG programs believe that receiving guaranteed subsistence income would act as a strong disincentive to work. In contrast, various areas of empirical research in psychology (studies of intrinsic motivation; non-pecuniary benefits of work on social identity and purpose; and reactions to financial windfalls such as lottery winnings) suggest that a BIG would not lead to meaningful reductions in work. To test these competing predictions, a comprehensive review of BIG outcome studies reporting data on adult labor responses was conducted. The results indicate that 93 % of reported outcomes support the prediction of no meaningful work reductions when the criterion for support is set at less than a 5 % decrease in either average hours worked per week or the rate of labor participation. Overall, these results indicate that adult labor responses would show no substantial impact following a BIG intervention.
The impact of steatosis on liver regeneration
Authors: Allaire Manon , Gilgenkrantz Hélène 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases are the leading causes of cirrhosis in Western countries. These chronic liver diseases share common pathological features ranging from steatosis to steatohepatitis. Fatty liver is associated with primary liver graft dysfunction, a higher incidence of complications/mortality after surgery, in correlation with impaired liver regeneration. Liver regeneration is a multistep process including a priming phase under the control of cytokines followed by a growth factor receptor activation phase leading to hepatocyte proliferation. This process ends when the initial liver mass is restored. Deficiency in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) liver expression, reduced expression of Wee1 and Myt1 kinases, oxidative stress and alteration in hepatocyte macroautophagy have been identified as mechanisms involved in the defective regeneration of fatty livers. Besides the mechanisms, we will also discuss in this review various treatments that have been investigated in the reversal of the regeneration defect, for example, omega-3 fatty acids, pioglitazone, fibroblast growth factor (FGF)19-based chimeric molecule or growth hormone (GH). Since dysbiosis impedes liver regeneration, targeting microbiota could also be an interesting therapeutic approach.
Optimal Thrust Programming Along the Brachistochronic Trajectory with Non-linear Drag
Authors: Cherkasov Oleg , Zarodnyuk Alena , Smirnova Nina 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
The problem of maximization of the horizontal coordinate of a mass-point moving in the vertical plane driven by gravity, non-linear viscous drag, and thrust is considered. The slope angle and the thrust are considered as a control variables. The problem is related to the modified brachistochrone problem. Principle maximum procedure allows to reduce the optimal control problem to the boundary value problem for a set of systems of two non-linear differential equations. The qualitative analysis of the trajectories of these systems is performed, and the characteristic features of the optimal solutions are determined. Thrust control depending on the velocity and slope angle is designed. Results obtained allow to construct quasi-optimal solutions for the more complex systems, where phase plane method is not applicable.
Using Landweber iteration to quantify source conditions – a numerical study
Authors: Gerth Daniel 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Source conditions of the type

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Considering measurement uncertainty in dynamic object tracking for autonomous driving applications
Authors: Naujoks Benjamin , Engler Torsten , Michaelis Martin , Luettel Thorsten , Wuensche Hans-Joachim 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Measurement uncertainty plays an important role in every real-world perception task. This paper describes the influence of measurement uncertainty in state estimation, which is the main part of Dynamic Object Tracking. Its base is the probabilistic Bayesian Filtering approach. Practical examples and tools for choosing the correct filter implementation including measurement models and their conversion, for different kinds of sensors are presented.
Discourse-pragmatic functions of the present perfect in American English TV and radio interviews
Authors: Frazier Stefan , Koo Hahn 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
The English present perfect has received a great deal of sentence-based analytical attention in the empirical linguistic literature as well as some corpus-based coverage at the discourse level, in which analysis depends on close scrutiny of the context of a structure’s placement, i.e. several utterances, turns at talk, or sentences before and after. Due to the painstaking nature of such analysis, however, corpora used to date have been relatively small. This study, via a corpus of over 12 million words from television and radio interviews in the United States, categorizes the use of discourse-pragmatic functions of 268 present perfect tokens. From this analysis, one use stood out overwhelmingly: the present perfect in the employment of position-taking or support. Also, only very rarely was the present perfect used to initiate narratives, which is a finding that does not conform to previous understandings. The study contributes to the overall knowledge of present perfect use and has implications for how the tense can be taught to English language learners.
Optimization of Hot Workability and Control of Microstructure in 18Ni (M250 Grade) Maraging Steel Using Processing Maps
Authors: Chakravarthi K. V. A. , Koundinya N. T. B. N. , Sarkar Aditya , Narayana Murty S. V. S. , Nageswara Rao B. 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
This article examines the hot working characteristics of M250 grade maraging steel by performing isothermal compression tests varying the temperatures and strain rates. A processing map has been developed, indicating microstructurally “stable” and “unstable” regions during hot working. At strain rates (ϵ˙) above 0.1 s−1 and temperatures (T) below 1,000°C, stress–strain curves show strain hardening behavior, whereas steady-state behavior is shown at strain rates below 0.01 s−1 and temperatures above 1,050°C. Above 1,150°C, flow softening is observed at 0.001 and 0.01 s−1. In the processing map, two distinct microstructurally stable domains are observed: one is at T = 1,150–1,200°C and ϵ˙ = 0.001–0.01 s−1, and another is at T = 1,000–1,150°C and ϵ˙ = 0.001–0.1 s−1. Based on microstructural observations, electron backscattered diffraction results, and the high efficiency of power dissipation, dynamic recrystallization is the softening mechanism. A constitutive relation useful in computer modeling is developed, using the generated flow stress data.
Directing Voluntary Temporal Attention Increases Fixational Stability
Authors: Denison Rachel N. , Yuval-Greenberg Shlomit , Carrasco Marisa 
Published: November 2018

Our visual input is constantly changing, but not all moments are equally relevant. Visual temporal attention, the prioritization of visual information at specific points in time, increases perceptual sensitivity at behaviorally relevant times. The dynamic processes underlying this increase are unclear. During fixation, humans make small eye movements called microsaccades, and inhibiting microsaccades improves perception of brief stimuli. Here, we investigated whether temporal attention changes the pattern of microsaccades in anticipation of brief stimuli. Human observers (female and male) judged stimuli presented within a short sequence. Observers were given either an informative precue to attend to one of the stimuli, which was likely to be probed, or an uninformative (neutral) precue. We found strong microsaccadic inhibition before the stimulus sequence, likely due to its predictable onset. Critically, this anticipatory inhibition was stronger when the first target in the sequence (T1) was precued (task-relevant) than when the precue was uninformative. Moreover, the timing of the last microsaccade before T1 and the first microsaccade after T1 shifted such that both occurred earlier when T1 was precued than when the precue was uninformative. Finally, the timing of the nearest pre- and post-T1 microsaccades affected task performance. Directing voluntary temporal attention therefore affects microsaccades, helping to stabilize fixation at the most relevant moments over and above the effect of predictability. Just as saccading to a relevant stimulus can be an overt correlate of the allocation of spatial attention, precisely timed gaze stabilization can be an overt correlate of the allocation of temporal attention.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTWe pay attention at moments in time when a relevant event is likely to occur. Such temporal attention improves our visual perception, but how it does so is not well understood. Here, we discovered a new behavioral correlate of voluntary, or goal-directed, temporal attention. We found that the pattern of small fixational eye movements called microsaccades changes around behaviorally relevant moments in a way that stabilizes the position of the eyes. Microsaccades during a brief visual stimulus can impair perception of that stimulus. Therefore, such fixation stabilization may contribute to the improvement of visual perception at attended times. This link suggests that, in addition to cortical areas, subcortical areas mediating eye movements may be recruited with temporal attention.
Coincidence and common fixed point theorems for four mappings satisfying (alpha(s),F)-contraction
Authors: Nazam Muhammad , Arshad Muhammad , Postolache Mihai 
Published: November 2018

In this paper, we manifest some coincidence and common fixed point theorems for four self-mappings satisfying Círíc-type and Hardy–Rogers-type (αs,F)-contractions defined on an αs-complete b-metric space. We apply these results to infer several new and old corresponding results in ordered b-metric spaces and graphic b-metric spaces. Our work generalizes several recent results existing in the literature. We present examples to validate our results. We discuss an application of main result to show the existence of common solution of the system of Volterra type integral equations.
Morphine and Methadone for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Authors: Slowiczek Lindsay , Hein Darren J. , Risoldi Cochrane Zara , Gregory Philip J. 
Published: November 2018

PurposeTo compare the effects of morphine and methadone on length of hospital stay (LOS) or treatment (LOT) and adverse effects in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).DesignSystematic review.SamplePubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane library, CINAHL, IPA, American Academy of Pediatrics, and clinicaltrials.gov were systematically searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies. comparing morphine and methadone for NAS.OutcomesLOS, LOT, adverse effects.ResultsOne RCT, two cohort studies, and two chart reviews met inclusion criteria. Each had a low risk of bias. LOS ranged from 12.08 to 36 days with morphine and 21 to 44.23 days with methadone. LOT ranged from 7.46 to 22.9 days (morphine) and 13.9 to 38.08 days (methadone). Adverse effects were not reported. Clinical evidence comparing morphine to methadone for NAS treatment is limited and conflicting. A recommendation for one over the other cannot be made based on these outcomes.