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Co‐expression changes of lncRNAs and mRNAs in the cervical sympathetic ganglia in diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathic rats
Authors: Li Guilin , Sheng Xuan , Xu Yurong , Jiang Huaide , Zheng Chaoran , Guo Jingjing , Sun Shanshan , Yi Zhihua , Qin Shulan , Liu Shuangmei , Gao Yun , Zhang Chunping , Xu Hong , Wu Bing , Zou Lifang , Liang Shangdong , Zhu Gaochun 
Published: December 2016

AbstractCardiac autonomic neuropathy in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is often a devastating complication. Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have important effects on both normal development and disease pathogenesis. In this study, we explored the expression profiles of some lncRNAs involved in inflammation which may be co‐expressed with messenger RNA (mRNA) in superior cervical and stellate ganglia after type 2 diabetic injuries. Total RNA isolated from 10 pairs of superior cervical and stellate ganglia in diabetic and normal male rats was hybridized to lncRNA arrays for detections. Pathway analysis indicated that the most significant gene ontology (GO) processes that were upregulated in diabetes were associated with immune response, cell migration, defense response, taxis, and chemotaxis. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway revealed that most of the target genes of the lncRNAs were located in cytokine–cytokine receptor interactions, the chemokine signaling pathway and cell adhesion molecules, which were involved in T2D. Gene co‐expression network construction showed that the co‐expression network in the experimental rats consisted of 268 regulation edges among 105 lncRNAs and 11 mRNAs. Our studies demonstrated the co‐expression profile of lncRNAs and mRNAs in diabetic cardiac autonomic ganglia, suggesting possible roles for multiple lncRNAs as potential targets for the development of therapeutic strategies or biomarkers for diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Seasonal nitrogen dynamics in lowland rice cropping systems in inland valleys of northern Ghana
Authors: Asante Michael , Becker Mathias , Angulo Carlos , Fosu Mathias , Dogbe Wilson 
Published: December 2016

AbstractFarmers in the inland valleys of northern Ghana are challenged with nitrogen (N) deficiency as a major production constraint of rainfed lowland rice (Oryza sativaL.). With extremely low use of external inputs, there is a need to efficiently use the systems' internal resources such as native soil N. Largest soil nitrate‐N losses are expected to occur during the transition between the dry and wet season (DWT) when the soil aeration status changes from aerobic to anaerobic conditions. Technical options avoiding the build‐up of nitrate are expected to reduce N losses and may thus enhance the yield of rice. A field study in the moist savanna zone of Ghana assessed thein situmineralization of native soil N, the contribution of nitrate to the valley bottom by sub‐surface flow from adjacent slopes, and the effects of crop and land management options during DWT on seasonal soil Nmindynamics and the yield of lowland rice. Large amounts of nitrate accumulated during DWT with a peak of 58 kg ha−1in lowland soils, of which 32 kg ha−1were contributed from the adjacent upland slope. Most of this nitrate disappeared at the onset of the wet season, possibly by leaching and denitrification upon soil flooding. While the incorporation of rice straw (temporary immobilization of soil N in the microbial biomass) had little effect on soil N conservation, growing a crop during DWT conserved 22–27 kg of soil N ha−1in the biomass andCrotalaria junceasupplied an additional 43 kg N ha−1from biological N2fixation. Farmers' practice of bare fallow during DWT resulted in the lowest rice grain yield that increased from 1.3 (2.2) to 3.9 t ha−1in case of the transition‐season legume. Growing a pre‐rice legume during DWT appears a promising option to manage N and increase lowland rice yields in the inland valleys of northern Ghana.
Soil–root cross‐talking: The role of humic substances
Authors: Nardi Serenella , Ertani Andrea , Francioso Ornella 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe biological activity of humic substances (HS) has been elucidated in the last 40 years. Growth enhancement from HS has been demonstrated in several plants in the laboratory and the field. Morphogenesis effects have also been investigated and include induction of lateral root formation and root hair initiation in intact plants and stimulation of root and shoot development in treated cell calluses. HS enhance nutrient use efficiency, aiding assimilation of both macro and microelements and promoting plant growth by the induction of carbon, nitrogen, and secondary metabolism. The review aims are to: (1) shed light on the mechanism by which plants “talk” with soil through humic substances, (2) elucidate the plant responses to the stimulatory effects of HS, the regulatory circuits that allow plants to cope with humus, and the feedback between plant community structures, and (3) show (in light of recent debate about the alkaline extraction of soil humic substances) the plant capability to acquire biologically active substances from soil. It will be shown that plants modify soils, creating and maintaining favorable habitats for growth and survival. Therefore, organic substances exuded by roots are not a wasteful loss of carbon and energy. They represent an evolved strategy by which plants “talk” to the soil. The mobilization of bioactive organic/humic substances from bulk soil or bulk humus is critical to plant and soil health.
Interpreting palaeofire evidence from fluvial sediments: a case study from Santa Rosa Island, California, with implications for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
Authors: Scott Andrew C. , Hardiman Mark , Pinter Nicholas , Anderson R. Scott , Daulton Tyrone L. , Ejarque Ana , Finch Paul , Carter‐champion Alice 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTFluvial sequences from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene are exposed in Arlington Canyon, Santa Rosa Island, Northern Channel Islands, California, USA, including one outcrop that features centrally in the controversial hypothesis of an extra‐terrestrial impact at the onset of the Younger Dryas. The fluvial sequence in Arlington Canyon contains a significant quantity and range of organic material, much of which has been charred. The purpose of this study was to systematically describe the key outcrop of the Arlington sequence, provide new radiocarbon age control and analyse organic material in the Arlington sediments within a rigorous palaeobotanical and palaeo‐charcoal context. These analyses provide a test of previous claims for catastrophic impact‐induced fire in Arlington Canyon. Carbonaceous spherular materials were identified as predominantly fungal sclerotia; ‘carbon elongates’ are predominantly arthropod coprolites, including termite frass. ‘Glassy carbon’ formed from the precipitation of tars during charcoalification. None of these materials indicate high‐temperature formation or combustion. Charcoal and other materials in Arlington Canyon document widespread and frequent fires both before and after the onset of the Younger Dryas, recording predominantly low‐temperature surface fires. In summary, we find no evidence in Arlington Canyon for an extra‐terrestrial impact or catastrophic impact‐induced fire.
Clinical assessment of a new 755 nm diode laser for hair removal: Efficacy, safety and practicality in 56 patients
Authors: Royo Josefina , Moreno‐Moraga Javier , Trelles Mario A. 
Published: December 2016

Background and ObjectiveRecently, the first diode laser with a wavelength of 755 nm for in‐motion hair removal came on the market. The objective of this study was to check its efficacy, safety, and practicality under different options for its use.MethodsA prospective study in a heterogeneous group of 56 patients who had hair removed from various areas of their bodies using three different treatment methods. Four sessions were scheduled in all cases, with a gap of 3 months between each session. Efficacy was assessed by counting of hairs per cm2 and the adverse effects in each session were recorded in detail in the patients' clinical histories.ResultsThe three tested options achieved a significant reduction in the number of hairs (P < 0.0001). The average clearances achieved using the conventional method (HR), the in‐motion method (SHR) and the stacking method were 75.5%, 70.1%, and 41.9%, respectively. The degree of satisfaction of the participants on a scale of 0–10 was 7.7, 8.1 and 6.8, respectively. Erythema and perifollicular edema, which are characteristic responses in laser hair removal, were observed. The incidence of burns was 1.33%.ConclusionThe 755‐nm diode laser performed efficiently and safely in all the tested areas, using high total accumulated energy per surface unit. Based on our prior experience with other equipment, the results are promising. Lasers Surg. Med. 49:355–360, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Application of Polyionic Macromolecules in Micro Flow Syntheses of Nanoparticles
Authors: Visaveliya Nikunjkumar , Knauer Andrea , Köhler Johann Michael 
Published: December 2016

Polyionic macromolecules affect the synthesis of polymer, metal, and composite nanoparticles. Their application in microfluidic nanoparticle syntheses is of great interest because these processes work with high mixing rates and result in high homogeneities and yields of the desired products. Thus, the microfluidic synthesis of silver triangles in the presence of polystyrenesulfonate leads to a very narrow size distribution and allows a fine tuning of the geometrical and optical properties. From the electronic and chemical properties of these particles, it can be concluded that the electrical effect of adsorbed polyionic macromolecules plays a key role in their electrical self‐stabilization and reaction behavior. A similar effect caused by the electrical forces of polyionic additives is found in the microfluidic synthesis of polymer nanoparticles, in which the ratio of polyionic macromolecules to monomer decides about in situ assembling and determines the size and shape of the product particles. This electrical effect can also be used for ex situ heterogeneous nanoparticle assembling and for generation of hierarchically composed particles. In summary, polyionic additives can also be used as an efficient tool for controlling symmetry breaking (nonspherical shape) as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous assembling during the particle formation.
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A supervoxel‐based segmentation method for prostate MR images
Authors: Tian Zhiqiang , Liu Lizhi , Zhang Zhenfeng , Xue Jianru , Fei Baowei 
Published: December 2016

PurposeSegmentation of the prostate on MR images has many applications in prostate cancer management. In this work, we propose a supervoxel‐based segmentation method for prostate MR images.MethodsA supervoxel is a set of pixels that have similar intensities, locations, and textures in a 3D image volume. The prostate segmentation problem is considered as assigning a binary label to each supervoxel, which is either the prostate or background. A supervoxel‐based energy function with data and smoothness terms is used to model the label. The data term estimates the likelihood of a supervoxel belonging to the prostate by using a supervoxel‐based shape feature. The geometric relationship between two neighboring supervoxels is used to build the smoothness term. The 3D graph cut is used to minimize the energy function to get the labels of the supervoxels, which yields the prostate segmentation. A 3D active contour model is then used to get a smooth surface by using the output of the graph cut as an initialization. The performance of the proposed algorithm was evaluated on 30 in‐house MR image data and PROMISE12 dataset.ResultsThe mean Dice similarity coefficients are 87.2 ± 2.3% and 88.2 ± 2.8% for our 30 in‐house MR volumes and the PROMISE12 dataset, respectively. The proposed segmentation method yields a satisfactory result for prostate MR images.ConclusionThe proposed supervoxel‐based method can accurately segment prostate MR images and can have a variety of application in prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy.
Strategic interaction in alliances
Authors: Panico Claudio 
Published: December 2016

Research summary: This article studies strategic interactions between firms that form alliances to exploit synergistic benefits. Firms cooperate to create value, but they can also compete to capture value. Fundamental questions rarely addressed by strategy scholars relate to how the configuration of control over resources influences firms' strategies, the potential for termination, and the emergence of cooperation and trust. The formal results reveal crucial aspects of the interorganizational rent‐generating process and yield testable implications. With greater synergistic benefits, firms invest more, but they also compete more intensively to capture more value. With symmetric control, more value gets created, which limits the potential for termination, but also exacerbates the competition for value; from a relational perspective, this form of control augments the calculative rationale of cooperation and trust.Managerial summary: When forming an alliance to exploit synergies, firms engage in a complicated strategic interaction that is part cooperation and part competition. What happens when partner firms cooperate and invest to create value while competing and using costly adversarial tactics to capture value? The analysis reveals that with greater synergistic benefits, firms invest more in value creation, but the fear of opportunism pushes them to waste more resources on value capture tactics. The balance between value creation and value capture, and the possibility that the alliance is terminated depend on the configuration of control over resources. The analysis further reveals under what conditions there can be trust between the partners, such that they focus on value creation and avoid wasting resources in the competition for value. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Priapism as the Presenting Complaint in Fatal Group A Streptococcal Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Authors: Baverstock Richard J. , Carey Colleen 
Published: December 2016

AbstractA 60-year-old male presented to an emergency department (ED) with priapism following a sore throat illness. He did not have typical findings of sepsis. The patient then developed severe headache, mental status changes, and hypertension, then suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. Autopsy showed group A streptococcal (GAS) sepsis, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and a septic thrombosis to the penile vein. This is the first known case of priapism being the presenting symptom of DIC.
Writing the past in early-modern Ireland: Anglesey, Borlase and the craft of history
Authors: Darcy Eamon 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThe draft notes for a proposed history of Ireland compiled by Arthur Annesley, the first earl of Anglesey, and letters to Edmund Borlase, author of The history of the execrable Irish rebellion (London, 1680), which describe the reception of his work in England and Ireland, offer a convenient keyhole through which historians can investigate the craft of history writing in the early-modern period. While there has been much discussion of these authors and their contribution to wider political (and highly partisan) debates concerning the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Crisis, less has been said about the historical methods they employed to understand the past. While this article does not deny that both authors attempted to defend their own political factions and views, it argues that a focus on the partisan nature of their contributions neglects the historiographical context to what they produced. Both Anglesey’s and Borlase’s research and writing occurred at a time of profound change in history writing as readers were becoming increasingly critical of works they read and authors engaged in sustained attempts to understand deep-lying causes of the various crises that engulfed the three kingdoms. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to illustrate how both Anglesey and Borlase’s ‘histories’ reflected this historiographical turn in the late-seventeenth century.
Professional self-employment, new power and the sharing economy: Some cautionary tales from Uber
Authors: Leighton Patricia 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThis article reflects on some of the major changes in the ways that people are working today, changes often driven by a preference for greater autonomy and choice, but also to work on a sharing, collaborative or networked basis. Many of the growing numbers of independent professionals are attracted by these ways of working. Developments in Information and Communication Technology have been critical, especially in enabling services, including professional services, to be delivered via internet platforms. This has created, in effect, new forms of intermediation and increasingly complex work relationships. These developments have often proved very controversial, as instanced by the disputes surrounding Uber, the international, internet-based taxi provider. Many of these changes also raise issues of accountability and work quality, along with creating new patterns of work relationships. Inevitably, the changes also highlight the role of regulation, which is the main focus of this article The topic is explored against a backdrop of much recent deregulation, challenges to so-called ‘red tape’ and laissez faire policies. The myriad of disputes and litigation involving Uber is examined and reflected upon. There are, of course, many differences between the taxi drivers of Uber and the designers, journalists, engineers and consultants, typical of independent professional working, but there are also some key parallels and experiences that provide a cautionary tale!
Attitudes and cooperation: does gender matter in community-based forest management?
Authors: Ray Biswajit , Mukherjee Promita , Bhattacharya Rabindra N. 
Published: December 2016

AbstractDoes gender matter in people's attitudes and cooperation in community-based natural resource management? If so, how do gender differences in conservation-related attitudes help or hinder sustaining the commons? Since biases ingrained in community norms and expectations often exclude women from decision making in co-management, it is imperative to find plausible answers to these queries in order to understand gender relations and cooperation in co-management. To this end, the authors conducted psychometric surveys and trust experiments on 196 forest-dependent households in West Bengal, India during 2009–2010. The findings suggest that, despite an overall negative perception about women's involvement in co-management, women are more conservation friendly and pro-social than men. It is also noticed that forest biomass and forest incomes as the indicators of sustainability have increased in those forest communities where women's proportional strength as decision makers is greater and people hold an overall positive conservation attitude.
The mountainous Cretan dietary patterns and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors: the Hellenic Isolated Cohorts MANOLIS study
Authors: Farmaki Aliki-Eleni , Rayner Nigel William , Matchan Angela , Spiliopoulou Panagiota , Gilly Arthur , Kariakli Vasiliki , Kiagiadaki Chrysoula , Tsafantakis Emmanouil , Zeggini Eleftheria , Dedoussis George 
Published: December 2016

AbstractObjectiveWe carried outde novorecruitment of a population-based cohort (MANOLIS study) and describe the specific population, which displays interesting characteristics in terms of diet and health in old age, through deep phenotyping.DesignCross-sectional study where anthropometric, biochemical and clinical measurements were taken in addition to interview-based completion of an extensive questionnaire on health and lifestyle parameters. Dietary patterns were derived through principal component analysis based on a validated FFQ.SettingGeographically isolated Mylopotamos villages on Mount Idi, Crete, Greece.SubjectsAdults (n1553).ResultsMean age of the participants was 61·6 years and 55·8 % were women. Of the population, 82·7 % were overweight or obese with a significantly different prevalence between overweight men and women (43·4v. 34·7 %,P=0·002). The majority (70·6 %) of participants were married, while a larger proportion of women were widowed than men (27·8v. 3·5 %,P<0·001). Smoking was more prevalent in men (38·7v. 8·2 %,P<0·001), as 88·8% of women had never smoked. Four dietary patterns emerged as characteristic of the population; these were termed ‘local’, ‘high fat and sugar, ‘Greek café/tavern’ and ‘olive oil, fruits and vegetables’. Individuals more adherent to the local dietary pattern presented higher blood glucose (β=4·026,P<0·001). Similarly, individuals with higher compliance with the Greek café/tavern pattern had higher waist-to-hip ratio (β=0·012,P<0·001), blood pressure (β=1·015,P=0·005) and cholesterol (β=5·398,P<0·001).ConclusionsProfiling of the MANOLIS elderly population identifies unique unhealthy dietary patterns that are associated with cardiometabolic indices.
Recovery measures of underfunded pension funds: higher contributions, no indexation or pension cuts?
Authors: DE HAAN LEO 
Published: December 2016

AbstractUsing recovery plan data of 213 underfunded Dutch pension funds for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, discrete choice models are estimated describing pension funds' choices between three recovery measures: higher contributions, no indexation and pension cuts. The estimation results suggest, first, that pension cuts are more likely when the funding ratio is very low, there is little time left for recovery, the pension fund is not a corporate pension fund, and its participants are still relatively young. Second, the results suggest that Dutch pension funds consider contribution increase first, no indexation second and pension cuts only as a last resort.
INSTANTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD LOGIC
Authors: VAN BENTHEM JOHAN , BEZHANISHVILI NICK , ENQVIST SEBASTIAN , YU JUNHUA 
Published: December 2016

AbstractThis paper explores a new language of neighbourhood structures where existential information can be given about what kind of worlds occur in a neighbourhood of a current world. The resulting system of ‘instantial neighbourhood logic’ INL has a nontrivial mix of features from relational semantics and from neighbourhood semantics. We explore some basic model-theoretic behavior, including a matching notion of bisimulation, and give a complete axiom system for which we prove completeness by a new normal form technique. In addition, we relate INL to other modal logics by means of translations, and determine its precise SAT complexity. Finally, we discuss proof-theoretic fine-structure of INL in terms of semantic tableaux and some expressive fine-structure in terms of fragments, while discussing concrete illustrations of the instantial neighborhood language in topological spaces, in games with powers for players construed in a new way, as well as in dynamic logics of acquiring or deleting evidence. We conclude with some coalgebraic perspectives on what is achieved in this paper. Many of these final themes suggest follow-up work of independent interest.