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Mapping and Monitoring Erosion-Accretion in an Alluvial River Using Satellite Imagery – The River Bank Changes of the Padma River in Bangladesh
Authors: Billah Mohammad Maruf 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The Padma river is widely known for its dynamic and disastrous behaviour, and the river has been experiencing intense and frequent bank erosion and deposition leading to the changes and shifting of bank line. In this paper, a time series of Landsat satellite imagery MSS, TM and OLI and TIRS images and are used to detect river bank erosion-accretion and bank line shifting during the study period 1975–2015. This study exhibits a drastic increase of erosion and accretion of land along the Padma river. The results show that from 1975 to 2015, the total amount of river bank erosion is 49,951 ha of land, at a rate of 1,249 ha a−1 and the total amount of accretion is 83,333 ha of land, at a rate of 2,083 ha a−1. Throughout the monitoring period, erosion-accretion was more pronounced in the right part of the river and bank line had been shifting towards the southern direction. The paper also reveals that the total area of islands had been increased significantly, in 2015 there was about 50,967 ha of island area increased from 20,533 ha of island area in 1975, and the results evidence consistency of sedimentation in the river bed.
The Socioeconomic Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Abrasion In Samas, Bantul Regency, Indonesia
Authors: Choirunnisa Audi Karina , Giyarsih Sri Rum 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
This research was conducted in Srigading and Gadingsari Villages, Samas District, Bantul Regency, the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Both of these villages were selected as the study area because of their high vulnerability to coastal erosion. This research aimed to analyse the physical, social, and economic vulnerability and the capacity of communities in both villages to deal with erosion in Samas Coast using primary and secondary database. According to the results of the physical and socioeconomic scenarios, Srigading has a high vulnerability level, whereas Gadingsari has a low vulnerability level. Meanwhile, the equal scenario results in the same spatial distribution of vulnerability as the aforementioned scenarios. This research also finds that the capacity, which was based on knowledge of coastal erosion and its risk reduction measures, is categorized as medium. This capacity level is shaped by the constantly improved preparedness as communities experience coastal erosions directly.
Selected Modern Methods and Tools for Public Participation in Urban Planning – A Review
Authors: Haklay Muki , Jankowski Piotr , Zwoliński Zbigniew 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
The paper presents a review of contributions to the scientific discussion on modern methods and tools for public participation in urban planning. This discussion took place in Obrzycko near Poznań, Poland. The meeting was designed to allow for an ample discussion on the themes of public participatory geographic information systems, participatory geographic information systems, volunteered geographic information, citizen science, Geoweb, geographical information and communication technology, Geo-Citizen participation, geo-questionnaire, geo-discussion, GeoParticipation, Geodesign, Big Data and urban planning. Participants in the discussion were scholars from Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the USA. A review of public participation in urban planning shows new developments in concepts and methods rooted in geography, landscape architecture, psychology, and sociology, accompanied by progress in geoinformation and communication technologies. The discussions emphasized that it is extremely important to state the conditions of symmetric cooperation between city authorities, urban planners and public participation representatives, social organizations, as well as residents.
Pericardial disease after breast cancer radiotherapy
Authors: Marinko Tanja 
Published: September 2018

Abstract

Background
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. Thanks to the modern oncological treatments, disease specific survival has improved throughout the last decades. The number of breast cancer survivors has been increasing, and more and more attention has been paid to the breast cancer treatment side effects. Whereas there are many data regarding ischemic heart disease after radiotherapy for breast cancer, there is not much data in the literature about the incidence and clinical meaning of pericardial disease after breast cancer radiotherapy.

Conclusions
Although radiation-induced pericarditis is the earliest form of radiation-induced cardiovascular disease after irradiation of the heart, it seems that in clinical practice, especially by using modern radiotherapy treatment techniques, it is underdiagnosed because patients are mostly asymptomatic. In some cases, especially in its late form and after multimodal systemic oncological treatment in combination with radiotherapy, it could be presented in severe form and life threatening. Treatment modalities for radiation-induced pericardial diseases are the same as in the non-irradiated population, but in the irradiated patients, surgery may be difficult.
Analisis Karakteristik Pemimpin Yang Dikagumi Oleh Bawahan
Authors: Yuliana Baiturrohma , Widayati Isro Ani 
Published: September 2018

Pemimpin adalah sosok yang diandalkan dalam suatu organisasi, tetapi tidak dapat dipungkiri banyak pemimpin yang mendapatkan apresiasi yang tidak selayaknya. Tidak perlu heran jika sosok pemimpin dijadikan indikator baik buruknya suatu organisasi. Kebanyakan mereka berpikir bisa saja menjadi pemimpin yang efektif tanpa harus disukai oleh bawahannya, tetapi tidak demikian, ternyata menjadi orang yang menyenangkan penting bagi kepemimpinan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik-karakteristik pemimpin yang dikagumi oleh bawahan. Hasil yang didapat dari penelitian ini adalah 20 karakteristik yang diambil penulis dari teori-teori kepemimpinan yang dikemukakan oleh para ahli dan sudah diranking oleh bawahan di Surabaya menunjukkan bahwa setiap karakteristik bisa dikatakan penting dimiliki oleh setiap pemimpin. Jawaban serta alasan yang dikemukakan oleh bawahan tak jauh dari pengalaman masing-masing di dalam organisasinya. Namun dari 20 karakteristik tersebut ada 4 karakteristik yang mendapat ranking teratas, yaitu : jujur, kompeten, bertanggung jawab dan berorientasi kedepan, artinya 4 karakteristik inilah yang paling dikagumi oleh sebagian besar bawahan. Ada pula beberapa bawahan yang menambahkan karateristik lain seperti : mudah bergaul dan agamis. Kata Kunci : Karakteristik, Pemimpin, Dikagumi, Bawahan
INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPLEX HEAT-RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR HEATING AND HUMIDIFYING OF BLOWN AIR OF GAS-FIRED BOILERS
Authors: Fialko N. M. , Presich G. A. , Gnedash G. A. , Shevchuk S. I. , Dashkovska I. L. 
Published: September 2018

The work is devoted to increase of thermal and ecological efficiency of water-heating gas-fired boilers of municipal heat-power engineering. To improve thermal efficiency, heat-recovery technologies are used in which deep cooling of the exhaust-gases from boilers with the realization of the condensation mode of the heat recovery equipment is ensured. To implement this regime throughout the heating period, it is advisable to use complex heat-recovery systems in which several heat transfer agents are heated with sufficiently different thermal potentials. To enhance the environmental effect when using complex systems, it is possible to carry out combustion air humidifying in them, which contributes to the reduction of NOx emissions to the environment by the boiler plants.
The work suggests improvement of the known complex heat-recovery system for heating and humidifying the blown air by introducing into its comprise an additional element - water heater of chemical water-purification system. Such the technological solution will ensure a reduction in the thermal losses of the boiler plant and improve the operating conditions of the gas ducts of the boiler house by preventing the condensate from falling out of the wet exhaust-gases.
The aim of the work is to investigate the operating parameters of the complex heat-recovery system for heating and humidifying the blown air and preheating the water for chemical water-purification and comparing its basic heatly and humidity characteristics with the corresponding complex system without preheating the water.
The results of the investigations are presented in a wide operating range of the load variation of the water-heating boiler respectively the boiler plant temperature graph and are shown graphically.
The analysis of the obtained data showed that due to the proposed modernization by preheating the water of the chemical water-purification system in the complex heat-recovery system for heating and humidifying the blown air, an increase of coefficient the use heat of fuel of boilers is provided, depending on their load from 11% to 17%. For this improved heat-recovery system with preheating the water of the chemical water-purification system in comparison with the system without such preheating, the total heating capacity of the complex system increases by 1.3÷1.6 times, and the coefficient the use heat of fuel of the boiler increases by 5.2%.
FEATURES OF THE APPLICATION OF THE IQLAB PROGRAM FOR SOLVING THE INVERSE HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEM FOR CHROMIUM-NICKEL CYLINDRICAL THERMOSONDES
Authors: Zotov E.N. , Moskalenko A.A. , Razumtseva O.V. , Protsenko L.N. , Dobryvechir V.V. 
Published: September 2018

The paper presents an experimental-computational study of the results of using the IQLab program to solve inverse heat conduction problem and restore the surface temperature of cylindrical thermosondes from heat-resistant chromium-nickel alloys while cooling them in liquid media. The purpose of this paper is to verify the correct operation of the IQLab program when restoring the surface temperature of thermosondes with 1-3 thermocouples. The IQLab program is also designed to solve one-dimensional nonlinear direct lines and inverse heat conduction problems with constant initial and boundary conditions specified as a function of time in a tabular form with a constant and variable time step. A finite-difference method is used to solve the heat equation. Experiments were carried out on samples D = 10-50 mm in liquids with different cooling capacities such as aqueous solutions of NaCl and Yukon-E polymer, rapeseed oil and I-20A mineral oil. For the calculation we used the readings of thermocouples installed at internal points of cylindrical thermosondes. The advantages of solving inverse heat conduction problems with the IQLab program include the possibility of restoring the surface temperature for cylindrical samples with a diameter of 10 mm to 50 mm with practical accuracy according to the indications of a single thermocouple located in the geometrical center of the thermosonde, which simplifies the manufacture of the probe. For larger dimensions with a diameter D ≥ 50 mm, it is necessary to install control intermediate thermocouples and perform additional tests. The solution of inverse heat conduction problems and restoration of the surface temperature of the sample makes it possible to calculate other important characteristics of the cooling process: the heat flux density and the heat transfer coefficient.
Nervus intermedius dysfunctions after vestibular schwannoma surgery: a prospective clinical study
Authors: Metwali Hussam , Kniese Katja , Kardavani Babak , Gerganov Venelin , Samii Madjid 
Published: September 2018

OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the dysfunction of the nervus intermedius (NI) after vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery. The authors present a clinically feasible method for this purpose.METHODSIn this prospective study, the authors included 30 patients who underwent surgery at the International Neuroscience Institute between May 2014 and February 2017 for resection of VS. The patients’ taste sensation was examined using taste strips. Lacrimation was tested using the Schirmer I test. The clinical evaluation was performed before surgery and repeated at 2 weeks and at 6 months after surgery as well as during the follow-up, which extended up to 2 years. The authors tested the correlation between the NI dysfunctions and the House-Brackmann grade of facial nerve palsy.RESULTSThe taste sensation was lost on the side of surgery in 2 patients (6.6%) and decreased in 4 patients (13.3%). The disturbance of taste sensation was not statistically correlated with dysfunctions of the motor portion of the facial nerve. The taste impairment resolved in 4 patients within 6 months, but 2 patients suffered from persistent loss of the taste sensation on the side of surgery during the follow-up. In 23 patients (76.6%), the baseline lacrimation was lower on the side of surgery, and it was significantly correlated with outcome for dysfunctions of the motor portion of the facial nerve. During the follow-up, baseline lacrimation improved in correlation with the improvement in the dysfunctions of the motor portion of the facial nerve. None of the patients reported change in salivation or nasal secretion.CONCLUSIONSThe NI can be affected after VS surgery. The disturbance of baseline lacrimal secretion was correlated with dysfunctions of the motor portion of the facial nerve. However, the disturbance of the taste sensation was not correlated with the grade of facial nerve palsy. Dysfunctions of the NI should be evaluated and separately reported while analyzing facial nerve outcome after VS surgery.
Postoperative translation of the upper instrumented vertebra in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Authors: Yamada Katsuhisa , Sudo Hideki , Kaneda Kiyoshi , Shono Yasuhiro , Abe Yuichiro , Iwasaki Norimasa 
Published: September 2018

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this retrospective study was to analyze the influence of upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) translation from the C7 plumb line (C7PL) on the long-term postoperative results of patients with main thoracic (MT) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).METHODSTwenty-five patients had been treated surgically for AIS with a Lenke type 1 curve and had been followed up for a mean period of 18.2 years. Radiographic parameters, pulmonary function measurements, and clinical outcomes were compared between the patients (n = 15) with UIV translation < 20 mm and those (n = 10) with UIV translation ≥ 20 mm at the final follow-up. Correlations between UIV translation and radiographic or pulmonary function parameters were analyzed.RESULTSPatients with ≥ 20 mm UIV translation at the final follow-up had a significantly larger preoperative UIV translation than that in the patients with < 20 mm UIV translation at follow-up. The former group also had a significantly lower correction rate of the MT curve, higher chest cage ratio, and lower radiographic shoulder height (p = 0.01, 0.005, and 0.025, respectively) at the final follow-up. The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)–30 Questionnaire scores were equivalent between the two groups. Correlation analysis showed that the following parameters were significantly associated with UIV translation: MT curve correction rate (r = -0.481, p = 0.015), chest cage ratio (r = 0.673, p < 0.001), and percent-predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (r = -0.455, p = 0.033).CONCLUSIONSThe UIV translation should be considered an important factor that influences postoperative results. In MT AIS patients whose preoperative upper end vertebra (UEV) is distant from the C7PL, the UIV should be selected above the UEV to prevent large UIV translation at the postoperative follow-up.
Fenomena Thixotropic Pada Lempung Sensitive
Authors: Marzuki Ahmad 
Published: September 2018

Prakiraan daya dukung ultimit tiang dilakukan dengan pendekatan teoritis dan aktual dimana pendekatan teoritis dilakukan dengan mengolah data pemeriksaan parameter tanah di lapangan dan atau di laboratorium. Pendekatan daya dukung aktual dilakukan di lapangan dengan menguji langsung kemampuan dukung tiang terhadap penurunannya. Nilai daya dukung dari 2 (dua) pendekatan tersebut tidak selalu sama, hal ini disebabkan perbedaan kondisi parameter tanah pada saat pra-pemancangan dan saat pemancangan. Terjadiya perbedaan kondisi tersebut karena perbedaan tingkat gangguan parameter dukung tanah terhadap beban aplikasi dan fungsi waktu.
Beberapa eksperimental di lapangan (Herman wahyudi,1999) memperlihatkan bahwa daya dukung tanah lambat laun bertambah seiring dengan bertambahnya waktu atau dengan kata lain kekuatan tanah cenderung akan kembali sebagian ke keadaan daya dukung sebelum diganggu atau disebut peristiwa thixotropic. Pengamatan peristiwa thixotropic pada lempung, khususnya lempung sensitive sangatlah penting untuk memberi pendekatan dugaan tentang adanya kekuatan lebih dari lempung sensitive setelah diganggu daripada kekuatan lempung sensitive yang mengabaikan pengaruh thixotropic. Pemahaman tentang peranan thixotropi sangat menbantu dalam pendekatan nilai-nilai Safety Factor untuk menghitung daya dukung desain yang berpengaruh pada aspek ekomonis dan kemudahan pelaksanaan dilapangan dan menentukan waktu tunggu jika diperlukan setelah pelaksanaan pondasi dan sebelum pondasi dibebani oleh struktur diatasnya agar mendapatkan daya dukung yang optimal..
Cannabidiol for Treatment of Childhood Epilepsy–A Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors: Klotz Kerstin A. , Schulze-Bonhage Andreas , San Antonio-Arce Victoria , Jacobs Julia 
Published: September 2018

Background: The interest in cannabidiol (CBD) for treatment of epilepsy has been increasing over the last years. However, practitioner's attitudes concerning the use of CBD for epilepsy treatment appears to be divided and data about its clinical use in daily practice are not available.Objective: To improve the knowledge about the current use of CBD amongst European practitioners treating children and adolescents for epilepsy.Methods: Cross-sectional survey using an open-access online questionnaire for physicians treating children or adolescents for epilepsy within eight European countries from December 2017 to March 2018.Results: One-hundred fifty-five physicians participated in the survey. CBD is increasingly used by 45% (69/155) of participants, treating a mean (range) number of 3 (1–35) with CBD. Only 48% of the participants prescribing CBD are exclusively using purified CBD to treat children and adolescents with epilepsy, the remainder also applies preparations containing delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Reported daily CBD doses range from &lt; 10 to 50 mg/kg body weight. Management of CBD therapy in regard of monitoring side effects and adjusting concomitant therapy differs widely amongst participants. Their primary objective for commencing CBD is improving patient's quality of life. Participants frequently receive inquiries about CBD treatment but only 40% may actively suggest CBD as a treatment option. Of the 85 participants currently not using CBD for epilepsy treatment, 70% would consider using CBD if available in their country of practice or given the opportunity to become familiar with this treatment option.Conclusions: CBD is increasingly used by participating physicians but individual experience remains limited. There are very diverse opinions about the use of CBD to treat epilepsy in children and adolescents and widely differing views on how to manage the CBD treatment.
Large-scale Multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock and Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations of Transition Data for B-like S xii
Authors: Wang Kai , Song Chang Xian , Jönsson Per , Ekman Jörgen , Godefroid Michel , Zhang Chun Yu , Si Ran , Zhao Xiao Hui , Chen Chong Yang , Yan Jun 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Excitation energies and lifetimes for the 213 lowest states of the n ≤ 5 configurations in B-like S xii are calculated using highly correlated wave functions, optimized with the fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock method. Multipole transition rates and associated radiative data (line strengths and oscillator strengths) for transitions connecting these levels are also reported. The theoretical excitation energies are systematically compared with the NIST Atomic Spectra Database in which misidentifications are pointed out. After eliminating the latter, a mean energy difference with the standard deviation between computed and observed energies of 12 ± 341 cm−1 is obtained for the n ≥ 3 high-lying states. This level of accuracy confirms that elaborate ab initio calculations can assist in the identification of new emission lines in the solar and other astrophysical spectra. The present work provides atomic data of high accuracy for an ion of astrophysical interest, B-like S xii, for which experimental data are scarce.
Remarkably Robust Antiviral Immune Response despite Combined Deficiency in Caspase-8 and RIPK3
Authors: Feng Yanjun , Livingston-Rosanoff Devon , Roback Linda , Sundararajan Aarthi , Speck Samuel H. , Mocarski Edward S. , Daley-Bauer Lisa P. 
Published: September 2018

Abstract
Caspase-8 (Casp8)–mediated signaling triggers extrinsic apoptosis while suppressing receptor-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) 3–dependent necroptosis. Although Casp8 is dispensable for the development of innate and adaptive immune compartments in mice, the importance of this proapoptotic protease in the orchestration of immune response to pathogens remains to be fully explored. In this study, Casp8−/−Ripk3−/− C57BL/6 mice show robust innate and adaptive immune responses to the natural mouse pathogen, murine CMV. When young, these mice lack lpr-like lymphoid hyperplasia and accumulation of either B220+CD3+ or B220−CD3+CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with increased numbers of immature myeloid cells that are evident in older mice. Dendritic cell activation and cytokine production drive both NK and T cell responses to control viral infection in these mice, suggesting that Casp8 is dispensable to the generation of antiviral host defense. Curiously, NK and T cell expansion is amplified, with greater numbers observed by 7 d postinfection compared with either Casp8+/−Ripk3−/− or wild type (Casp8+/+Ripk3+/+) littermate controls. Casp8 and RIPK3 are natural targets of virus-encoded cell death suppressors that prevent infected cell apoptosis and necroptosis, respectively. It is clear from the current studies that the initiation of innate immunity and the execution of cytotoxic lymphocyte functions are all preserved despite the absence of Casp8 in responding cells. Thus, Casp8 and RIPK3 signaling is completely dispensable to the generation of immunity against this natural herpesvirus infection, although the pathways driven by these initiators serve as a crucial first line for host defense within virus-infected cells.