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Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Type Species from the
Thermococcus
Genus of Hyperthermophilic and Piezophilic Archaea
Authors: Oger Philippe M. 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

We report here the genome sequences of the type strains of the species
Thermococcus barossii
,
T. celer
,
T. chitonophagus
,
T. gorgonarius
,
T. pacificus
,
T. peptonophilus
,
T. profundus
,
T. radiotolerans
,
T. siculi
, and
T. thioreducens
, as well as the prototype of a possible type strain of a novel
Thermococcus
species, strain P6.
Draft Genome Sequence of Methylocella silvestris TVC, a Facultative Methanotroph Isolated from Permafrost
Authors: Wang Jing , Geng Kan , Farhan Ul Haque Muhammad , Crombie Andrew , Street Lorna E. , Wookey Philip A. , Ma Ke , Murrell J. Colin , Pratscher Jennifer 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

Permafrost environments play a crucial role in global carbon and methane cycling. We report here the draft genome sequence of
Methylocella silvestris
TVC, a new facultative methanotroph strain, isolated from the Siksik Creek catchment in the continuous permafrost zone of Inuvik (Northwest Territories, Canada).
Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. Strain UFRGS-B20, a Hydrocarbon Degrader
Authors: Dörr de Quadros Patricia , Fulthorpe Roberta , Saati Rosemary , Cerqueira Vanessa , Bento Fátima Menezes 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

Bacillus
sp. strain UFRGS-B20 was isolated in 2012 from Brazilian land-farming soil contaminated with petrochemical oily sludge. This strain was subjected to hydrocarbon biodegradation tests, showing degradation rates of up to 60%. Here, we present the 6.82-Mb draft genome sequence of the strain, which contains 2,178 proteins with functional assignments.
Complete Genome Sequence of a New Strain of Tanay Virus, Isolate YN15_103_01, from Yunnan, China
Authors: Zhao Lu , Xia Han , Wang Yujuan , Evans Atoni , Zhang Yunzhi , Yuan Zhiming 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

We report here the complete genome sequence of a new strain of Tanay virus, isolate YN15_103_01, which was isolated from
Anopheles sinensis
mosquitoes caught in China. Sequence analysis showed that it shares a 79% nucleotide sequence identity with the only other previously reported strains of Tanay virus, which were isolated from the Philippines.
Complete Genome Sequences of Two Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains
Authors: Li Zhaoli , Song Ningning , Li Weijie , Hardwidge Philip R. , Bu Zhigao , Liu Siguo 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

Enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli
(ETEC) is one of the main causes of illness and death in neonatal and recently weaned pigs. Here, we sequenced the genomes of two ETEC strains that were previously used as inactivated vaccines in China.
Genomic Sequence of Mycobacteriophage OKCentral2016
Authors: Patton Christopher James , Kotturi Hari 
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT

OKCentral2016 is the first mycobacteriophage sequenced from Oklahoma soil using the bacterial host
Mycobacterium smegmatis
strain mc
2
155. OKCentral2016 has a double-stranded DNA genome composed of 50,072 bp, with 84 predicted coding genes and 1 tRNA sequence. This mycobacteriophage has sequence similarities to members of the A10 subcluster.
Time-inconsistent planning
Authors: Kleinberg Jon , Oren Sigal 
Published: February 2018

In many settings, people exhibit behavior that is inconsistent across time---we allocate a block of time to get work done and then procrastinate, or put effort into a project and then later fail to complete it. An active line of research in behavioral economics and related fields has developed and analyzed models for this type of time-inconsistent behavior.
Here we propose a graph-theoretic model of tasks and goals, in which dependencies among actions are represented by a directed graph, and a time-inconsistent agent constructs a path through this graph. We first show how instances of this path-finding problem on different input graphs can reconstruct a wide range of qualitative phenomena observed in the literature on time-inconsistency, including procrastination, abandonment of long-range tasks, and the benefits of reduced sets of choices. We then explore a set of analyses that quantify over the set of all graphs; among other results, we find that in any graph, there can be only polynomially many distinct forms of time-inconsistent behavior; and any graph in which a time-inconsistent agent incurs significantly more cost than an optimal agent must contain a large "procrastination" structure as a minor. Finally, we use this graph-theoretic model to explore ways in which tasks can be designed to motivate agents to reach designated goals.
Re-born Translated
Authors: Stănescu Bogdan-Alexandru 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Starting in the 1980s, Romanian intellectual debates on national identity centered on “cultural complexes” and “paradoxes” to account for the local modes of cultural production in relation to hegemonic cultural centers in Western Europe, and especially Paris. This essay deals with the enduring effects of this perspective, examined through the lens of today’s circulation of translated Romanian fiction. I focus on one of the most celebrated Romanian novelists on the international stage, Gabriela Adameșteanu, and I analyze the changes in the mode of production of her postcommunist writings, once her works start to travel in translation. My argument will be framed by Walkowitz’s notion of novels “written for translation,” and Moretti’s notion of semi-peripheral novels as a compromise between the foreign form and the “local material.”
The Role of the Water Vapor Feedback in the ITCZ Response to Hemispherically Asymmetric Forcings
Authors: Clark Spencer K. , Ming Yi , Held Isaac M. , Phillipps Peter J. 
Published: February 2018

In comprehensive and idealized general circulation models, hemispherically asymmetric forcings lead to shifts in the latitude of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). Prior studies using comprehensive GCMs (with complicated parameterizations of radiation, clouds, and convection) suggest that the water vapor feedback tends to amplify the movement of the ITCZ in response to a given hemispherically asymmetric forcing, but this effect has yet to be elucidated in isolation. This study uses an idealized moist model, coupled to a full radiative transfer code, but without clouds, to examine the role of the water vapor feedback in a targeted manner.In experiments with interactive water vapor and radiation, the ITCZ latitude shifts roughly twice as much off the equator as in cases with the water vapor field seen by the radiation code prescribed to a static hemisperically symmetric control distribution. Using energy flux equator theory for the latitude of the ITCZ, the amplification of the ITCZ shift is attributed primarily to the longwave water vapor absorption associated with the movement of the ITCZ into the warmer hemisphere, further increasing the net column heating asymmetry. Local amplification of the imposed forcing by the shortwave water vapor feedback plays a secondary role. Experiments varying the convective relaxation time, an important parameter in the convection scheme used in the idealized moist model, yield qualitatively similar results, suggesting some degree of robustness to the model physics; however, the sensitivity experiments do not preclude that more extreme modifications to the convection scheme could lead to qualitatively different behavior.
Assessment of Performance Carryover Effects Due to Successive Exposure to Different Lateral Camera Rotations in a Laparoscopic Training Environment
Authors: Neilson Brittany N. , Klein Martina I. 
Published: February 2018

Objective The aim of this study was to assess performance carryover effects associated with different successive lateral camera rotations in the laparoscopic training environment. Background Laparoscopy requires surgeons to adapt to disruptions of visuomotor mapping. A gradual adaptation process is hypothesized to be effective up to a given rotation threshold; this threshold may have performance implications for successive exposure to different lateral camera rotations. Method Two experiments utilized a laparoscopic training task. Experiment 1 exposed novices to a subsequent rotation that was either 45° larger than one of the initial rotations of 45°, 75°, 105°, and 135° or 45° smaller than one of the initial rotations of 90°, 120°, 150°, and 180°. Experiment 2 exposed novices to either stepwise increasing rotations (0° to 180°) or stepwise decreasing rotations (180° to 0°). Results Regarding Experiment 1, performance generally improved for subsequent rotations that were 45° larger than the initial rotation, except for one condition (initial rotation, 105°; subsequent rotation, 150°). Performance generally improved for subsequent rotations that were 45° smaller than the initial rotation, except for one condition (initial rotation, 120°; subsequent rotation, 75°). Experiment 2 indicated worst performance at 120° for the increasing and decreasing conditions. This finding suggests an identical threshold for increasing and decreasing rotations, which is inconsistent with Experiment 1 results. Conclusion Improved performance due to carryover effects from successive exposure to lateral camera rotations in the laparoscopic training environment is contingent on the specific camera rotations. Application Supplementary laparoscopic training might be needed for surgeries that entail certain successive lateral camera rotations.
Changing the Channel: Class Conflict, Everyday State Formation, and Television in Venezuela
Authors: Schiller Naomi 
Published: February 2018

The formation of new state television outlets in Venezuela during the Chávez era was a process of dismantling and remaking hierarchies among social classes and between the fields of state and community media production. An analysis of the involvement of community media producers in creating a new state television outlet in Caracas and the collaboration between community and state producers in the first decade of the twenty-first century suggests that the influx of community media producers into state media projects and vice versa was mutually transformative. Such an analysis brings to the fore what vertical topographies of power obscure: the conflict and cooperation between different social sectors that were central to the making of both official and unofficial media projects aligned with the Chávez-led Bolivarian Revolution. In these joint efforts we see the state as an unfolding process of negotiation and struggle. La formación de nuevos medios televisivos en Venezuela durante la era de Chávez implicó desmantelar y rehacer jerarquías entre clases sociales, así como las áreas de producción de medios estatal y comunitaria. Un análisis de la participación de productores de medios comunitarios en la creación de una nueva emisora televisiva en Caracas y la colaboración entre productores estatales y la comunidad en la primera década del siglo XXI sugiere que el influjo de productores de medios comunitarios en los medios estatales y viceversa dieron lugar a transformaciones mutuas. Dicho análisis pone en evidencia algo que las topografías verticales del poder ocultan: el conflicto y cooperación entre los diferentes sectores sociales fundamentales a la creación, tanto oficial como extraoficial, de los proyectos de medios asociados a la Revolución Bolivariana chavista. Es en estos esfuerzos que el estado se nos revela como un proceso asentado en la lucha y la negociación.
Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears in Professional American Football Athletes
Authors: Johnston Jeffrey T. , Mandelbaum Bert R. , Schub David , Rodeo Scott A. , Matava Matthew J. , Silvers-Granelli Holly J. , Cole Brian J. , ElAttrache Neil S. , McAdams Tim R. , Brophy Robert H. 
Published: February 2018

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are prevalent in contact sports that feature cutting and pivoting, such as American football. These injuries typically require surgical treatment, can result in significant missed time from competition, and may have deleterious long-term effects on an athlete’s playing career and health. While the majority of ACL tears in other sports have been shown to occur from a noncontact mechanism, it stands to reason that a significant number of ACL tears in American football would occur after contact, given the nature of the sport. Hypothesis/Purpose: The purpose was to describe the mechanism, playing situation, and lower extremity limb position associated with ACL injuries in professional American football players through video analysis to test the hypothesis that a majority of injuries occur via a contact mechanism. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A retrospective cohort of National Football League (NFL) players with ACL injuries from 3 consecutive seasons (2013-2016) was populated by searching publicly available online databases and other traditional media sources. Of 156 ACL injuries identified, 77 occurred during the regular season and playoffs, with video analysis available for 69 injuries. The video of each injury was independently viewed by 2 reviewers to determine the nature of the injury (ie, whether it occurred via a noncontact mechanism), the position of the lower extremity, and the football activity at the time of injury. Playing surface, player position, and time that the injury occurred were also recorded. Results: Contrary to our hypothesis, the majority of ACL injuries occurred via a noncontact mechanism (50 of 69, 72.5%), with the exception of injury to offensive linemen, who had a noncontact mechanism in only 20% of injuries. For noncontact injuries, the most common football activity at the time of injury was pivoting/cutting, and the most common position of the injured extremity included hip abduction/flexion, early knee flexion/abduction, and foot abduction/external rotation. There was no association between injury mechanism and time of injury or playing surface in this cohort. Conclusion: In this study of players in the NFL, the majority of ACL tears involved a noncontact mechanism, with the lower extremity exhibiting a dynamic valgus moment at the knee. These findings suggest that ACL injury prevention programs may reduce the risk of noncontact ACL tears in American football players.
Effectiveness of GonaCon as an immunocontraceptive in colony-housed cats
Authors: Fischer Amy , Benka Valerie AW , Briggs Joyce R , Driancourt Marc-Antoine , Maki Joanne , Mora Darcy SO , Morris Kevin N , Myers Kayla A , Rhodes Linda , Vansandt Lindsey M , Weedon George Robert , Wolf Julie , Levy Julie K 
Published: February 2018

Objectives Non-surgical contraceptive management of free-roaming cat populations is a global goal for public health and humane reasons. The objectives of this study were to measure the duration of contraception following a single intramuscular injection of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-based vaccine (GonaCon) and to confirm its safe use in female cats living in colony conditions. Methods GonaCon (0.5 ml/cat) was administered intramuscularly to 20 intact female cats (queens), and saline was administered to 10 queens serving as sham-treated controls. Beginning in late February, 4 months after injection, all cats were housed with fertile male cats in a simulated colony environment. Time to pregnancy, fetal counts and vaccine-elicited injection-site reactions were evaluated. Results All control cats (n = 10/10) and 60% (n = 12/20) of vaccinated cats became pregnant within 4 months of the introduction of males. Two additional vaccinates became pregnant (70%; n = 14/20) within 1 year of treatment. Average fetal counts were significantly lower in vaccinated cats than in control cats. Vaccinates had a significantly longer ( P = 0.0120) median time to conception (212 days) compared with controls (127.5 days). Injection-site reactions ranging from swelling to transient granulomatous masses were observed in 45% (n = 9/20) of vaccinated cats. Conclusions and relevance A single dose of GonaCon provided contraception lasting for a minimum of 1 year in 30% (n = 6/20) of treated cats. The level of contraception induced by this GonaCon dose and vaccine lot was not sufficiently effective to be recommended for use in free-roaming cats.
Expression of Sestrin Genes in Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer and Its Association With Fatigue: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Authors: Gonzalez Velda J. , Abbas-Aghababazadeh Farnoosh , Fridley Brooke L. , Ghansah Tomar , Saligan Leorey N. 
Published: February 2018

Genetic factors that influence inflammation and energy production/expenditure in cells may affect patient outcomes following treatment with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Sestrins, stress-inducible genes with antioxidant properties, have recently been implicated in several behaviors including fatigue. This proof-of-concept study explored whether the sestrin family of genes ( SESN1, SESN2, and SESN3) were differentially expressed from baseline to the midpoint of EBRT in a sample of 26 Puerto Rican men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer. We also examined whether changes in expression of these genes were associated with changes in fatigue scores during EBRT. Method: Participants completed the 13-item Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Fatigue subscale, Spanish version. Whole blood samples were collected at baseline and at the midpoint of EBRT. Gene expression data were analyzed using the limma package in the R (version R 2.14.0.) statistical software. Linear models and empirical Bayes moderation, adjusted for radiation fraction (total number of days of prescribed radiation treatment), were used to examine potential associations between changes in gene expression and change in fatigue scores. Results: Expression of SESN3 (adjusted p < .01, log fold change −0.649) was significantly downregulated during EBRT, whereas the expressions of SESN1 and SESN2 remained unchanged. After adjustment for radiation fraction, change in SESN3 expression was associated with change in fatigue during EBRT (false discovery rate <.01). Conclusions: Downregulation of SESN3, a novel pharmacoactive stress response gene, was associated with fatigue intensification during EBRT. SESN3 may serve as an interventional target and a biomarker for the cellular and molecular events associated with EBRT-related fatigue.
Pediatric Lip Adhesion Following Bullous Erythema Multiforme and Review of Similar Oral Complications
Authors: Ashton Rosalind , Wong Karen W. , Weinstein Miriam 
Published: February 2018

Background: Erythema multiforme (EM) is a mucocutaneous disease most often associated with preceding herpes simplex virus or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. It is characterized by targetoid lesions occurring on the limbs and head and neck. Mucosal involvement can be extensive. Objective: We report a case of lip adhesion as a complication of EM in a child who required corrective surgery and review similar oral commissure complications. Methods: We completed a review of the literature for similar cases using PubMed and Medline. Conclusions and Relevance: We present the youngest report of lip adhesion due to striking mucositis related to EM. Sequelae of erythema multiforme can be significant, in our case requiring surgery. Meticulous oral hygiene should be encouraged when mucosal lesions are identified.
Pattern Analysis of Lower Extremity Venous Thrombosis: Implications for Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Protocols
Authors: Angelson Mary E. , Wooster Douglas L. , Wooster Elizabeth M. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction Emergency department point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can identify lower extremity venous thrombosis (LEVT) with a published accuracy is 85–90%. The aim of this study was to compare the patterns of LEVT with protocol results and determine the clinical impact of the study results. Methods Patterns of superficial venous thrombosis(SVT) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) were collated from positive venous duplex ultrasound (VDU) studies. Each pattern was mapped to the potential findings by the described POCUS protocols. Analysis of the literature was used to identify the potential clinical impact of the findings and the functional efficacy of each strategy and a numerical result was developed. Results One hundred six studies were positive for DVT (42), SVT (44), or both (20) on VDU. Patterns for DVT (single or multiple levels and unilateral or bilateral) and SVT (great saphenous vein above and/or below knee or small saphenous vein in single, multiple or bilateral and juxta-junctional) were noted. The patterns covered by the “two-area” protocol showed DVT = 80% and SVT = 38%, and by “three-point compression” DVT = 74% and SVT = 0%. Particular areas not covered included proximal disease (iliac and vena cava) and calf DVT and SVT in all areas except juxta-junctional. The potential impact for DVT is high, whereas for SVT it is moderate to low. The functional efficacy of the “two-area” protocol (5.9) exceeds the “three-point compression” strategy (3.7) but falls short of the “gold standard” VDU (10). Conclusion Pattern analysis of venous thrombosis identifies weakness in POCUS strategies; the clinical implications allow for an assignment of the functional efficacy of each study. Knowledge of these findings should inform emergency room POCUS strategies.
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Laparoscopic repair of vesicovaginal fistulae with a transperitoneal approach at Universitas Gadjah Mada Urological Institute: a case report
Authors: Soeroharjo Indrawarman , Khalilullah Said Alfin , Danarto Raden , Yuri Prahara 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Background
A vesicovaginal fistula is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder and the vagina that allows the continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault. In addition, the sequelae from these fistulae have a profound effect on the patients in view of their physical, psychological, and social dimensions. The treatment of vesicovaginal fistula is surgical in most cases and the choice of the repair technique is controversial. We evaluated the benefits of a laparoscopic approach in a patient with vesicovaginal fistulae. Here, we present our first experience using a simplified laparoscopic approach technique to repair vesicovaginal fistulae in our country.

Case presentation
A 46-year-old Javanese woman presented with urinary incontinence following an abdominal hysterectomy 3 months earlier and received laparoscopic repair. A cystoscopy was performed to confirm the fistula orifice and a stent was inserted into the fistula tract from her bladder to her vagina. A tamponade was inserted into her vagina up to the vaginal apex, to be able to identify the vagina. She had adhesions; therefore, adhesiolysis was performed using a combination of sharp and blunt dissection to expose the vaginal stump and the superior aspect of her bladder. A simple cystotomy was performed and extended to include the fistulae site, and then the defect was repaired by using a running stitch. A second layer of closure was performed in an imbricating fashion with the same suture. The vagina defect was not closed separately but covered with an omental flap. This procedure takes approximately 2.5 hours; estimated blood loss was minimal and there were no intraoperative complications. She had no recurrent symptoms 6 months after surgery.

Conclusion
Our case report concludes that the simplified laparoscopic approach to vesicovaginal fistulae is a viable option for successful repair and that it reduces the size of bladder opening, causes minimal bleeding, and gives successful relief.