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Identification of Consumer Decision-making Styles of Youth in Shopping Malls
Authors: Bedi Sarbjit Singh , Lal Amit Kumar 
Published: June 2017

Purpose The main purpose of this research article is to identify decision-making styles of Indian youth using consumer style inventory. Design/methodology/approach A survey was done on Indian youth to understand decision-making styles in shopping malls. A total sample of 223 youth was taken from two different universities of Punjab. Findings One of the key finding that consumer scale inventory (CSI) is not confirmed to Indian youth who like to go to shopping malls for recreation, and best value deals. Youth are mostly impulsive in nature. The research also revealed that they get confused by over choice hence they seek opinion before buying anything in shopping malls either by family members, friends or salesman. CSI scale has reliability and validity issues. Young India is more loyal towards brands and less loyal towards store. Practical implication This research will not only contribute in a theoretical literature but it will help stores in the shopping malls in many ways: (a) to customise their assortment according to the need of the consumer, (b) to position and advertise as per their targeted segment, (c) to make them understand what type of consumers are coming to their stores, (d) to understand the buying pattern of the young shoppers in the malls and (e) to frame strategies to improve the operational efficiency of their store.
If We Don’t Ask, Our Patients Might Never Tell: The Impact of the Routine Use of a Patient Values Assessment
Authors: Hoverman J. Russell , Taniguchi Cynthia , Eagye Kathryn , Mikan Sabrina , Kalisiak Angela , Ash-Lee Susan , Henschel Rhonda 
Published: June 2017

Purpose: Good communication can be associated with better end-of-life outcomes. The US Oncology Network developed and tested a Values Assessment (VA) for facilitating advance care planning (ACP). The results of the first 1,268 patients are reported. Methods: The VA consists of 10 questions of the format “How valuable is it to me to…” (eg, “...know that I am not a burden to my family, friends, or helpers?”). Responses were on a four-point scale from unsure to very valuable. VA data on 1,286 patients with metastatic cancer from April 1, 2013, to July 31, 2015, were extracted from the electronic health record, including demographics, diagnosis, stage, chemotherapy, and outcomes (hospice enrollment, place of death). These demographics were compared by using the χ2 or Fisher’s exact test or the Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables. Results: A total of 1,268 patients completed the VA (56.7% were ≥ 65 years of age, 57.8% completed advance directives [ADs]). There were 438 deaths of which 308 had a place of death or a hospice enrollment recorded. Of these, 78% died at home or inpatient hospice; 14.6% died in the hospital. Hospice enrollment with ADs was 76.1% and without, 60.9%. Median length of stay in hospice was 21 days with ADs versus 12.5 days without. Chemotherapy in the last 14 days of life was 8.8% with ADs and 15.5% without. The VA was well accepted by patients. Conclusion: A VA as a routine part of practice is feasible and scalable. It facilitates ACP discussions that lead to ADs. The results suggest that VA and ACP lead to less-aggressive care at the end of life.
An improved Akt reporter reveals intra- and inter-cellular heterogeneity and oscillations in signal transduction
Authors: Norris Dougall M. , Yang Pengyi , Krycer James R. , Fazakerley Daniel J. , James David E. , Burchfield James G. 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
Akt is a key node in a range of signal transduction cascades and play a critical role in diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Fluorescently-tagged Akt reporters have been used to discern Akt localisation, yet it has not been clear how well these tools recapitulate the behaviour of endogenous Akt proteins. Here, we observed that fusion of eGFP to Akt2 impaired both its insulin-stimulated plasma membrane recruitment and its phosphorylation. Endogenous-like responses were restored by replacing eGFP with TagRFP-T. The improved response magnitude and sensitivity afforded by TagRFP-T–Akt2 over eGFP–Akt2 enabled monitoring of signalling outcomes in single cells at physiological doses of insulin with subcellular resolution and revealed two previously unreported features of Akt biology. In 3T3-L1 adipocytes, stimulation with insulin resulted in recruitment of Akt2 to the plasma membrane in a polarised fashion. Additionally, we observed oscillations in plasma membrane localised Akt2 in the presence of insulin with a consistent periodicity of 2 min. Our studies highlight the importance of fluorophore choice when generating reporter constructs and shed light on new Akt signalling responses that may encode complex signalling information.
This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
DETECÇÃO PRESUNTIVA DE AFLATOXINAS EM AMENDOINS COMERCIALIZADOS NA CIDADE DO RECIFE-PE, BRASIL
Authors: Braga Carolinne Melo Salgado Ribeiro , Holanda Ewelynne Guedes Menezes , Barbosa Manuela Bernardo Câmara , Silva Gomes Elisangela Barbosa 
Published: June 2017

As micotoxinas são contaminantes naturais de difícil controle em alimentos. Estima–se que cerca de 25% de todos os produtos agrícolas do mundo estejam contaminados por tais substâncias. A aflatoxina é a micotoxina mais conhecida por seus efeitos tóxicos no homem e em animais. Com base nos riscos aos quais a população está exposta, foi realizado um estudo presuntivo para a identificação da presença de aflatoxinas em amendoins industrializados adquiridos em supermercado,e torrados coletados na Praia de Boa Viagem na cidade do Recife-PE. Aplicando a técnica de cromatografia em camada delgada (CCD), foram usadas 6 amostras onde todas apresentaram resultado positivo para a presença de aflatoxinas. Foi verificada a contaminação por aflatoxina B, tanto nas amostras de amendoim industrializado, quanto nas amostras artesanais. Em relação ao subtipo G, apenas foi observado em uma das amostras do amendoim torrado, em pequena evidência. Sabido ser praticamente impossível a eliminação total das aflatoxinas nos alimentos, há que tomar as precauções adequadas, procurando reduzir ao máximo os níveis de aflatoxina nos alimentos humanos e dos animais. Além da fiscalização do governo, a indústria alimentar e o público devem também colaborar para garantir uma melhor segurança alimentar.
O FIM DA EXPECTATIVA E REALIDADE EM TORNO DO EFEITO ANTICANCER DA FOSFOETANOLAMINA?
Authors: Oliveira Anselmo Gomes de , Silveira Dâmaris 
Published: June 2017

Desde 2015, a polêmica sobre a fosfoetanolamina tem sido foco de discussão em diversas esferas da sociedade, indo desde o debate científico até o político (1). Em 2016, escrevemos o primeiro editorial intitulado“Expectativa e realidade em torno do efeito anticâncer da fosfoetanolamina”, no qual discutimos os problemas relacionados à substância sintética, divulgada como “medicamento milagroso”, que poderia ser utilizado empraticamente todos os casos de câncer (2).
Electrochemical and analytical performance of boron-doped diamond electrode for determination of ascorbic acid
Authors: Sálusová Ivana , Cinková Kristína , Brtková Barbora , Vojs Marian , Marton Marián , Švorc Ľubomír 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThe electrochemical behavior and determination of ascorbic acid (AA) was investigated at a bare boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry. The influence of pH of supporting electrolyte and scan rate on the current response of analyte was examined to select the suitable experimental conditions. It was found that AA provided one well-shaped irreversible and diffusioncontrolled oxidation peak at +0.87 V vs. Ag/AgCl in Britton-Robinson buffer pH 4.0. Applying differential pulse voltammetry, the peak current of AA was linearly proportional to its concentration from 5 × 10-6to 2 × 10-4mol L-1(R2= 0.999), with the limit of detection of 1.1 × 10-6mol L-1and the good repeatability (relative standard deviation of 2.3 %). The developed electroanalytical protocol was successfully applied to determine the content of AA in commercial pharmaceutical preparations, based on the standard additions method, with the obtained recovery of 122 %. The accomplished analytical performance indicates that BDD electrodes are promising electrochemical sensors for pharmaceutical analysis.
Active resources concept of computation for enterprise software
Authors: Koryl Maciej 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Traditional computational models for enterprise software are still to a great extent centralized. However, rapid growing of modern computation techniques and frameworks causes that contemporary software becomes more and more distributed. Towards development of new complete and coherent solution for distributed enterprise software construction, synthesis of three well-grounded concepts is proposed: Domain-Driven Design technique of software engineering, REST architectural style and actor model of computation. As a result new resources-based framework arises, which after first cases of use seems to be useful and worthy of further research.
Vehicle navigation in populated areas using predictive control with environmental uncertainty handling
Authors: Skrzypczyk Krzysztof , Mellado Martin 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of navigating an autonomous vehicle using environmental dynamics prediction. The usefulness of the Game Against Nature formalism adapted to modelling environmental prediction uncertainty is discussed. The possibility of the control law synthesis on the basis of strategies against Nature is presented. The properties and effectiveness of the approach presented are verified by simulations carried out in MATLAB.
Current Issues in Histology, Biology and Prognosis of Hodgkin Lymphoma
Authors: Marjanović Goran , Simonović Olivera 
Published: June 2017

Summary
High risk Hodgkin lymphoma patients may occasionally have borderline characteristics similar to gray zone lymphomas and T-cell/histiocyte rich B cell lymphomas. These entities require different and more aggressive treatment modalities. Aggressive behavior is often associated with disturbances caused by Epstein Barr virus, or immune evasion caused by overexpression of check point inhibitors PDL-1 and PDL-2 coupled with the lack of expression of Class I and II MHC molecules. Galectin-1, TARC, sCD163 and other surrogate markers of immunosuppression in Hodgkin lymphoma may be useful for the assessment of treatment response. The improvements in lymphoma management diminished the importance of prognostic factors unified in the International Prognostic Scoring system, reducing them from 7 to 3 factors that remained relevant. Interim PET analysis is the only method able to identify resistant patients while chemotherapy is ongoing, thus enabling adjustment of treatment according to the treatment response. Efforts for stratification of patients according to disease histology, biology, microenvironment, clinical scoring systems and PET scan are ongoing. Current breakthroughs have set strong background for novel therapies with monoclonal antibodies and check point inhibitors that will result in improvement of management of high risk patients.
Existence results for a Kirchhoff type equation in Orlicz–Sobolev spaces
Authors: Hssini EL Miloud , Tsouli Najib , Haddaoui Mustapha 
Published: June 2017

AbstractIn this paper, based on the mountain pass theorem and Ekeland’s variational principle, we show the existence of solutions for a class of non-homogeneous and nonlocal problems in Orlicz–Sobolev spaces.
Analysis and Comparison of Thickness and Bending Measurements from Fabric Touch Tester (FTT) and Standard Methods
Authors: Musa Atiyyah Binti Haji , Malengier Benny , Vasile Simona , Van Langenhove Lieva , De Raeve Alexandra 
Published: June 2017

AbstractFabric Touch Tester (FTT) is a relatively new device from SDL Atlas to determine touch properties of fabrics. It simultaneously measures 13 touch-related fabric physical properties in four modules that include bending and thickness measurements. This study aims to comparatively analyze the thickness and bending measurements made by the FTT and the common standard methods used in the textile industry. The results obtained with the FTT for 11 different fabrics were compared with that of standard methods. Despite the different measurement principle, a good correlation was found between the two methods used for the assessment of thickness and bending. As FTT is a new tool for textile comfort measurement and no standard yet exists, these findings are essential to determine the reliability of the measurements and how they relate to the well-established standard methods.
A Novel Probabilistic Strategy for Delay Corrected Allocation in Shared Resource Systems
Authors: Arun Kumar G. , Sundaresan Aravind , Saha Snehanshu , Goswami Bidisha , Mishra Shakti 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Cloud computing offers scalable services to the user where computing resources are owned by a cloud provider. The resources are offered to clients on pay-per-use basis. However, since multiple clients share the cloud’s resources, they could potentially interfere with each others’ task during peak load instances. The environment changes every instant of time with a new set of job requests demanding resource while another set of jobs relieving another set of resources. A major challenge among the service providers is to maintain a balance without compromising Service Level Agreement (SLA). In case of peak load, when each client strives for a particular resource in minimal time, the resource allocation problem becomes more challenging. The important issue is to fulfil the SLA criterion without delaying the resource allocation.
The paper proposes a n-player game-based Machine learning strategy that would forecast outcome using a priori information available and measure/estimate existing parameters such as utilization and delay in an optimal load-balanced paradigm. The simulation validates the conclusion of the theorem by showing that average delay is low and stays in that range as the number of job requests increase. In future, we shall extend this work to multi-resource, multi-user environment.
Zsolnai Állami Főreáliskola, Art Nouveau Building and its Painted Decorations
Authors: Grúňová Zuzana , Borošová Michalcová Miloslava 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
The historic art nouveau building of the former high school in Žilina - Zsolnai Állami Főreáliskola - is nowadays one of the University of Žilina buildings. Empty, awaiting much needed renovation is school building a subject of the various researches of its art-historical and architectural features. Paper deals with wall painting as a one type decoration among preserved ones in this building. Lack of funds during its initial building and decoration works created rather limited amount motifs and simple technologies. If the whole scope of architectural works of Orth and Somló architectural studio (and the whole set of art nouveau buildings in Žilina) is taken into account, even these simple, but elegant painting in well thought palette of colours could be valuable basis for renovation.
Risks associated with betel quid chewing
Authors: Kister Mateusz P. , Borowska Katarzyna , Kister Karolina A. , Wojtowicz Agnieszka , Jodlowska-Jedrych Barbara 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Betel quid is one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances in the world, especially among Asian communities, just after caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. The mixture that is chewed usually contains betel leaves, areca nut and slaked lime, nonetheless, its ingredients and the preparation manner tend to vary. Areca nut contains four main alkaloids - arecoline, arecaidyne, guvacine and guvacoline that are responsible for its psychoactive effects. The act of betel chewing might have a negative impact on an overall health and can cause pathological lesions or diseases to develop and/or progress, both directly and indirectly. Also, it may happen that the negative impact of betel chewing on one system might have indirect harmful influence on another. Still an association has been drawn between betel chewing and the presence of metabolic diseases, cancers and proteinuria, as well as cardiovascular disorders - including hypertension, chronic renal failure, diabetics type II and obesity. Likewise, it is a known risk factor in the development of oral and esophagus cancer. Moreover, a correlation between betel chewing and smoking exists in that betel chewing might theoretically hinder the abandonment of tobacco smoking. Tissues of oral cavity and the upper part of digestive system are additionally exposed to the mechanical injuries caused by the areca nut. Therefore, they tend to be the most prone to be pathologically affected by betel quid chewing.
Fragile X syndrome – a common disease rarely diagnosed
Authors: Lisik Malgorzata Zofia 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a single-gene disorder with a broad spectrum of involvement, including cognitive and behavioural impairments of varying degrees with specific physical features and with strong association with autism. The study was conducted on 23 males (10-32 years old) who had full mutation in the FMR1 gene. A complete medical evaluation, including medical history, family history, psychological testing and physical examination was conducted on each subject. Three of the FXS patients (13%) were isolated cases of mental retardation in the family. The remaining 20 FXS patients belonged to 15 families, where there were other mentally retarded family members present. The degree of mental retardation (MR) varied. Mild MR was diagnosed in 1/23 (4.35%), moderate MR in 12/23 (52.17%), severe MR in 10/23 (43.48 %). Moreover, autism spectrum disorder was diagnosed in 5/23 (21.74%) FXS patients. Analysis of the BMI showed that in FXS patients, 14 of 23 (60.68%) had too high body weight - 9/23 (39.13%) were overweight and 5/23 (21.74%) were obese. The diagnosis of FXS is difficult because of nonspecific symptoms, yet early diagnosis is crucial for early intervention and genetic counseling. The risk of recurrence is 50%.
The use of the Gelot emulsifier in diclofenac sodium semi-solid preparations
Authors: Berner-Strzelczyk Aneta , Jach Agnieszka , Kolodziejska Justyna , Kołodziejczyk Michal , Godlewska Malgorzata , Piechota-Urbanska Magdalena 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
In topical formulations, the rheological parameters and pharmaceutical availability of many active agents have been improved by the addition of modern excipients. This translates into increased interest in the topical use of NSAIDs. The aim of this study was to create series of effective oil in water (O/W) diclofenac sodium cream formulations that differ in the applied fatty phase, utilizing Gelot TM64 (Gattefosse) (a modern non-ionic emulsifier). In the produced prescriptions, estimation was made of the effect of this on the rheological parameters and the pharmaceutical availability of the diclofenac sodium. Herein, the hydrophilic petrolatum-based cream demonstrated the highest rate of release of the active agent, as well as the best set of beneficial rheological parameters.
Spread of alien plant species in the habitats of the Ukrainian Forest Steppe
Authors: Pashkevych Nataliia , Burda Raisa 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
In order to assess the level of anthropogenic transformation of the vegetation cover of the nature protected areas located within the Ukrainian Forest Steppe, we have analysed the distribution of alien species in natural and anthropogenic habitats. All recorded species are represented in habitats shaped by human activity: dominated by phanerophytes, which included deciduous and coniferous woodlands as well as shrublands of Rhamno-Prunetea class. The same number of species was found in grassland habitats and is caused by the huge number of potential ecological niches as a result of the complex structure and also by the proximity of transportation networks and watercourses. Biotopes of chamaephytes and nanophanerophytes, though being represented in all the studied sites, often have a very narrow ecological amplitude and occupy small areas, making it difficult for alien species to spread. About one-third of species were recorded across at least three habitat types; such species may be considered eurytopic in their secondary ranges. Most widespread species were Fallopia convolvulus L., Vicia angustifolia Reichard, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronqist, Phalacroloma annuum (L.) Dumort. and Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. At the same time, there was not a single species that would have occurred in all habitat types. In sum, agricultural lands and ruderal biotopes were highly invaded; three times less alien plant species occurred in woodlands, shrublands, grasslands and wasteland; and only small number of non-native species were restricted to continental water habitats.
Multi-annual and seasonal patterns of waterbird assemblages in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (El Mellah lagoon) of Northeastern Algeria
Authors: Telailia Salah , Boutabia Lamia , Khemis Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak , Elafri Ali , Djebbari Nawel 
Published: June 2017

AbstratRecently, Mediterranean coastal lagoons have raised considerable environmental concerns. Long-term studies of seasonal changes in waterbird assemblages are therefore extremely important in terms of ecological relevance and conservation of these sensitive ecosystems. An ornithological survey of four years was carried out in a typical costal wetland (El Mellah lagoon) of Northeastern Algeria. Intra-seasonal comparison of waterbird assemblages (diversity indices) demonstrates clear changes between the wintering and the breeding periods. It seems that the first one was rich in term of species number than the second season (43 against 24). In contrast, the breeding seasons were more equilibrate (high values of Simpson, Shannon and evenness index). Additionally, curves in the diversity/dominance diagram revealed that both wintering and breeding assemblages share the same characteristics of community structure, few dominant species (with intermediate relative abundance) and many rare species with the relative abundance lower than 0.1. Invertebrates (25 species) and piscivorous (11 species) are the most abundant guilds over the four years of study (no significant differences among years have been calculated). The marked decline in bird species diversity recorded in this study (in comparison with previous studies) is mainly due to salinity oscillations (due to aquaculture activities) and may be of concern to wetland managers and it might be useful to provide some guidelines about the characteristics that coastal lagoons have to follow in the construction process to enhance the biodiversity.