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Nafamostat Mesilate as a Regional Anticoagulant in Patients with Bleeding Complications during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Authors: Park Jin-Han , Her Charles , Min Ho-Ki , Kim Dong-Kie , Park Si-Hyung , Jang Hang-Jea 
Published: January 2016

Purpose Anticoagulation is mandatory for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), but systemic heparinization, which has been most widely used as an anticoagulant, has been associated with bleeding complications. The present study reviewed the usefulness and safety of nafamostat mesilate as a regional anticoagulant in patients with bleeding complication during ECMO. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the record of 13 cases. The nafamostat mesilate dose was regulated to maintain the activated clotting time (ACT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) values within an adequate range at the ECMO reinfusion route. ACT or aPTT values in blood samples from the ECMO circuit and from the patients were measured simultaneously and consecutively. Results We measured the ACT value in 6 cases and aPTT in 7 cases. The bleeding complications were treated in 11 cases. When we compared the difference in 2 anticoagulation values (ACT and aPTT) between the 2 blood samples, one taken from ECMO and the other from patients, mean anticoagulation values of blood from patients were lower than those from ECMO circuit in 11 cases. With respect to the type of ECMO reinfusion mode, the difference was significant only in veno-arterial mode ECMO group (p<0.001). Conclusions Nafamostat mesilate, with which we can reduce anticoagulation values of patient to a safe level without losing the ECMO anticoagulation values is expected to be useful as a regional anticoagulant in patients with bleeding complications or a high risk of bleeding during ECMO.
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Commitment in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Authors: Azizollah Arbabisarjou , Abolghasem Farhang , Mohammad Amin Dadgar 
Published: January 2016

<p><strong>BACKGROUND &amp; OBJECTIVE:</strong> Organizations effort is to achieve a common goal. There are many constructs needed for organizations. Organizational culture and organizational commitment are special concepts in management. The objective of the current research is to study the relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment among the personnel of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. </p><p><strong>MATERIALS &amp; METHODS:</strong> This is a descriptive- correlational study. The statistical population was whole tenured staff of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences that worked for this organization in 2012-2013. Random sampling method was used and 165 samples were chosen. Two standardized questionnaires of the organizational culture (Schein, 1984) and organizational commitment (Meyer &amp; Allen, 2002) were applied. The face and construct validity of the questionnaires were approved by the lecturers of Management and experts. Reliability of questionnaires of the organizational culture and organizational commitment were 0.89 and 0.88 respectively, by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. All statistical calculations performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The level of significance was set at P&lt;0.05.</p><p><strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The findings of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment (P value=0.027). Also, the results showed that there was a significant relation between organizational culture and affective commitment (P-value=0.009), organizational culture and continuance commitment (P-value=0.009), and organizational culture and normative commitment (P-value=0.009).</p>
Investigating Information-Seeking Behavior of Faculty Members Based on Wilson’s Model: Case Study of PNU University, Mazandaran, Iran
Authors: Azadeh Fereydoon , Ghasemi Shahrzad 
Published: January 2016

<p>The present research aims to study information seeking behavior of faculty Members of Payame Noor University (PNU) in Mazandaran province of Iran by using Wilson’s model of information seeking behavior. This is a survey study. Participants were 97 of PNU faculty Members in Mazandaran province. An information-seeking behavior inventory was employed to gather information and research data, which had 24 items based on 5-point likert scale. Collected data were analyzed in SPSS software. Results showed that the most important goal of faculty members was <em>publishing a scientific paper</em>, and their least important goal was <em>updating technical information</em>. Also we found that they mostly use internet-based resources to meet their information needs. Accordingly, 57.7% of them find information resources via online search engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo). Also we concluded that there was a significant relationship between <em>English language proficiency</em>, <em>academic rank</em>, and <em>work experience</em> of them and their information- seeking behavior.</p>
Survey of Communicable Diseases Surveillance System in Hospitals of Iran: A Qualitative Approach
Authors: Fadaei Dehcheshmeh Nayeb , Arab Mohammad , Rahimi Fouroshani Abbas , Farzianpour Fereshteh 
Published: January 2016

<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Communicable Disease Surveillance and reporting is one of the key elements to combat against diseases and their control. Fast and timely recognition of communicable diseases can be helpful in controlling of epidemics. One of the main sources of management of communicable diseases reporting is hospitals that collect communicable diseases’ reports and send them to health authorities. One of the focal problems and challenges in this regard is incomplete and imprecise reports from hospitals. In this study, while examining the implementation processes of the communicable diseases surveillance in hospitals, non-medical people who were related to the program have been studied by a qualitative approach.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> This study was conducted using qualitative content analysis method. Participants in the study included 36 informants, managers, experts associated with health and surveillance of communicable diseases that were selected using targeted sampling and with diverse backgrounds and work experience (different experiences in primary health surveillance and treatment, Ministry levels, university staff and operations (hospitals and health centers) and sampling was continued until arrive to data saturation.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>Interviews were analyzed after the elimination of duplicate codes and integration of them. Finally, 73 codes were acquired and categorized in 6 major themes and 21 levels. The main themes included: policy making and planning, development of resources, organizing, collaboration and participation, surveillance process, and monitoring and evaluation of the surveillance system. In point of interviewees, attention to these themes is necessary to develop effective and efficient surveillance system for communicable diseases.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>Surveillance system in hospitals is important in developing proper macro - policies in health sector, adoption of health related decisions and preventive plans appropriate to the existing situation. Compilation, changing, improving, monitoring and continuous updating of surveillance systems can play a significant role in its efficiency and effectiveness. In the meantime, policy makers’ and senior managers’ support in development and implementation of communicable disease surveillance’ plans and their reporting plays a key and core role.</p>
Entre o ofício e a amizade: o discurso epistolar do vice-rei 2° Marquês do Lavradio no século XVIII (Between official and friendship: the epistolary speech of the Viceroy, 2nd Marquis of Lavradio in the 18th...)
Authors: Conceição Adriana Angelita da 
Published: January 2016

<p>Para a efetivação do governo ultramarino, as práticas de escrita tornaram-se inerentes ao exercício do mando no período moderno. A massa documental produzida pelo império luso-brasileiro é formada por distintas tipologias documentais de ordem político-administrativa, jurídica, econômica e também sociocultural. Entre esses papéis as cartas ocuparam um lugar de destaque, considerando os usos nos espaços da vida pública e particular. A partir desse contexto, este artigo se ocupará da escrita epistolar de D. Luís de Almeida, 2º Marquês do Lavradio, vice-rei do Estado do Brasil de 1769 a 1779. O objetivo será problematizar a prática discursiva de amizade e de ofício de Lavradio em um momento específico de sua passagem pela América: o recebimento da nomeação ao cargo de vice-rei, quando ainda governava a capitania da Bahia (1768-1769). Para isso, selecionamos três missivas: uma de amizade enviada ao tio, Tomas de Almeida, e duas – uma de ofício e outra de amizade – destinadas ao secretário de Estado da Marinha e Ultramar, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado. A seleção de cartas será analisada por meio dos pressupostos teóricos e metodológicos apresentados pela história social da Cultura Escrita, ao problematizar a carta não apenas como fonte de informação, mas objeto de análise.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>For the realization of the overseas government the script practices became inherent in the exercise of power in the modern period. The documental mass produced by the Portuguese-Brazilian Empire is made up of different documentary types of political-administrative, legal, economic, and also social and cultural category. Among these papers the letters occupied a prominent place considering the uses in the areas of private and public life. Thus, this article shall deal with the epistolary script of D. Luís de Almeida, 2<sup>nd</sup> Marquis of Lavradio, and Viceroy of Brazilian State from 1769 to 1779. The goal is to discuss the discursive practice of friendship and official of Lavradio at a specific time of his passage through America: receiving the appointment to the post of vice-king, while the captaincy of Bahia (1768-1769) still ruled. For this we selected three letters: one of friendship sent to the uncle, Tomas de Almeida, and two – one official and another of friendship – for the Staff of Navy and Overseas Secretary, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado. Thus, the selection of letters shall be analyzed by means of the theoretical and methodological assumptions presented by social history of Script Culture, when discussing the letter not only as a source of information, but also as an object of analysis.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Correspondence; Portuguese-Brazilian Empire; Viceroy; 2<sup>nd</sup> Marquis of Lavradio.</p>
Como ler uma revista ilustrada? Uma proposta metodológica para o estudo de periódicos ilustrados publicados no Brasil oitocentista (How to read an illustrated magazine? A methodological issues for studie...)
Authors: Figueiredo Guilherme Elias de 
Published: January 2016

<p>O artigo discute questões metodológicas para o estudo das revistas ilustradas brasileiras oitocentistas. O objetivo é debater um método de análise que se detém sobre os sentidos estabelecidos na interação entre textos e imagens de determinado número de um periódico ilustrado, na lógica formada pela leitura sequencial de suas edições e nas suas relações com outras revistas e jornais que circularam no Brasil durante o século XIX. Essa perspectiva foi denominada “blocos temáticos de análise” e possibilita a compreensão de sentidos não observados quando são analisadas isoladamente as imagens e os textos dessas revistas. A proposta aponta para a importância de o historiador considerar o projeto editorial de um periódico ilustrado e as formas de apropriação e contextualização das ideias, símbolos e visões sobre a sociedade brasileira oitocentista desse tipo de publicação. Para tanto, foram analisados os números 84, 85 e 87 da revista<em> </em><strong>Illustrada</strong> de Angelo Agostini. Essas edições abordaram o retorno de D. Pedro II ao Brasil depois de sua segunda viagem internacional em 1877 e a repercussão desse fato na imprensa brasileira, assunto que norteia o bloco temático de análise. São apontados caminhos que podem contribuir para a interpretação historiográfica sobre os periódicos ilustrados publicados no Brasil no século XIX.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The article discusses about methodological issues in the study of illustrated magazines from Brazil published by nineteenth-century. The goal is to debate a method established in the interaction of texts and images inside a number of illustrated magazine, the logic formed by a sequential read of their editions and in its relations with other magazines and journals that circulated in Brazil during the nineteenth century. That is called prospect "analysis of thematic blocks" and allows us to understand directions that were not observed when the analisys consider isolated images and texts of these magazines. The proposal indicates the importance of the historian consider the editorial design of an illustrated magazine and the forms of appropriation and contextualization of ideas, symbols, and visions about the brazilian society. Therefore, we analyzed the numbers 84, 85 and 87 of the revista<em> </em><strong>Illustrada</strong> by Angelo Agostini. It was approuched the return of D. Pedro II to Brazil after his second international trip in 1877 and the impact of that fact in the brazilian press. Thus it ispropouse ways that can contribute to the historiographical interpretation of the illustrated magazine published in Brazil by the nineteenth century.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Illustrated magazines; Methodology; Brazil; Nineteenth-century.</p>
Solution-processed crystalline silicon double-heterojunction solar cells
Authors: Devkota Ramesh , Liu Qiming , Ohki Tatsuya , Hossain Jaker , Ueno Keiji , Shirai Hajime 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
Crystalline silicon double-heterojunction solar cells were fabricated using Si/organic and Si/Cs2CO3 heterojunctions. The front heterojunction is formed by spin-coating conductive polymer poly(3,4-ethyenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) on n-type Czochralski (CZ) (100) silicon, which separates the photogenerated carriers and blocks the electron dark current while allowing the photocurrent to pass through. The rear heterojunction, formed by spin-coating Cs2CO3 and polyethylenimine (PEI) dissolved in 2-ethoxyethanol and Al metal evaporation, functions as a back surface field that reduces the hole dark current while allowing the electron photocurrent to pass through. The double-heterojunction device showed a power conversion efficiency of 12.7% under AM1.5G simulated solar light exposure.
High-power supercontinuum generation using high-repetition-rate ultrashort-pulse fiber laser for ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography in 1600 nm spectral band
Authors: Yamanaka Masahito , Kawagoe Hiroyuki , Nishizawa Norihiko 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
We describe the generation of a high-power, spectrally smooth supercontinuum (SC) in the 1600 nm spectral band for ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT). A clean SC was achieved by using a highly nonlinear fiber with normal dispersion properties and a high-quality pedestal-free pulse obtained from a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser operating at 182 MHz. The center wavelength and spectral width were 1578 and 172 nm, respectively. The output power of the SC was 51 mW. Using the developed SC source, we demonstrated UHR-OCT imaging of biological samples with a sensitivity of 109 dB and an axial resolution of 4.9 µm in tissue.
Controlled superconductivity in infinite-layer Sr0.875La0.125CuO2 films sputter-deposited on BaySr1−
yTiO3 buffer layers
Authors: Sakuma Keita , Ito Masataka , Hajiri Tetsuya , Ueda Kenji , Asano Hidefumi 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
We present a systematic study of the structural and electrical properties of electron-doped infinite-layer Sr0.875La0.125CuO2 (SLCO) thin films grown on Ba
y
Sr1−

y
TiO3 (BSTO; y = 0.2–0.7) buffer layers. The BSTO (y = 0.2–0.6) buffer layers were found to allow the coherent growth of SLCO thin films. The coherently tensile-strained SLCO thin films grown on BSTO (y = 0.6) buffer layers at a low deposition rate of 0.2 nm/min showed a low room-temperature resistivity (118 µΩ cm) and a high T
c (36 K). All the other SLCO thin films exhibited a reduced T
c of around 20 K. The present results are discussed in terms of correlation among epitaxial strain, c
SLCO/a
SLCO ratio, and T
c.
One-pass manufacturing of multimaterial colloidal particles using optical recognition-enhanced laser direct imaging lithography
Authors: Kavčič Blaž , Kokot Gašper , Poberaj Igor , Babić Dušan , Osterman Natan 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
We report on a maskless lithography rapid prototyping system for the fabrication of multimaterial hybrid structures in standard i-line negative photoresists enriched by the addition of functionalization particles. The system uses a combination of image recognition methods to detect particle positions in the photoresist and laser direct imaging to illuminate it with a focused ultraviolet laser. A set of acousto-optic deflectors, used to steer the laser, enables precise high-speed illumination of complex patterns. As a result, hybrid micron-sized structures composed of a base particle embedded in a photoresist frame can be manufactured using a one-pass process.
Analytical drain current model for long-channel gate-all-around negative capacitance transistors with a metal–ferroelectric–insulator–semiconductor structure
Authors: Jiang Chunsheng , Liang Renrong , Wang Jing , Xu Jun 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
A carrier-based analytical drain current model was proposed for long-channel gate-all-around negative capacitance transistors with a metal–ferroelectric–insulator–semiconductor structure, which was derived by solving Poisson’s equation and a one-dimensional Landau–Khalatnikov equation. The electrostatic potential, gain of surface potential, and drain current were examined extensively by changing different device parameters, including the ferroelectric film thickness, channel radius, insulator layer thickness, and permittivity of the insulator layer. The device design methodologies are discussed in detail in this paper. A nonhysteretic transfer characteristic with a steep subthreshold swing (<60 mV/decade) was achieved at room temperature by optimizing the device parameters. The developed model is valid for all operation regions without any auxiliary variables or functions.
Development of ethenetetrathiolate hybrid thermoelectric materials consisting of cellulose acetate and semiconductor nanomaterials
Authors: Asano Hitoshi , Sakura Naoko , Oshima Keisuke , Shiraishi Yukihide , Toshima Naoki 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
We investigated novel organic/inorganic hybrid thermoelectric materials prepared using several metal-polymer complexes, binders (insulating polymers), and inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials. It was found that the three-component hybrid thermoelectric materials, which consisted of nanodispersed poly(nickel 1,1,2,2-ethenetetrathiolate) (Ni-PETT), cellulose acetate (CA), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), showed high thermoelectric performance. Ni-PETT had a large negative Seebeck coefficient of −42 µV K−1 and was an n-type semiconducting polymer complex. Ni-PETT sufficiently dispersed p-type CNTs in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. The charge transfer interaction between Ni-PETT and CNTs could provide a strong contact. Good films could be obtained by using CA as a binder. In addition, the electrical conductivity of the three-component hybrid films was increased by methanol treatment. The Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and power factor of Ni-PETT/CA/CNT films normalized on the basis of the CNT mass were 1.9, 5.2, and 2.8 times higher than those of the CNT sheets.
Structural and optical properties of Fe doped bismuth titanate thin film deposited by RF sputtering
Authors: Han Jun Young , Bark Chung Wung 
Published: January 2016

Abstract
Achieving wide band gap tunability in complex oxide materials is highly desirable for the development of current materials research and photovoltaic device applications. To tune the band gap of complex oxides, ferroelectric iron doped BLT thin films (BLFT) were fabricated on SrTiO3 substrates by RF sputtering at various growth temperatures. The structural and optical properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy. As the growth temperature was increased from 500 to 800 °C, the crystallinity of the BLFT thin films was enhanced by the smooth surfaces, whereas the optical band gap was increased from 2.69 to 2.75 eV. On the other hand, the optimized deposition temperature of the BLFT film was 750 °C because of the almost complete crystalline phase. This result was found to be sensitive to the deposition temperature when the BLFT epitaxial thin-films were prepared by RF sputtering for the band-gap narrowing.
Activity and biophysical inhibition resistance of a novel synthetic lung surfactant containing Super-Mini-B DATK peptide
Authors: Notter Robert H. , Wang Zhengdong , Walther Frans J. 
Published: January 2016

Background/objectives.This study examines the surface activity, resistance to biophysical inhibition, and pulmonary efficacy of a synthetic lung surfactant containing glycerophospholipids combined with Super Mini-B (S-MB) DATK, a novel and stable molecular mimic of lung surfactant protein (SP)-B. The objective of the work is to test whether S-MB DATK synthetic surfactant has favorable biophysical and physiological activity for future use in treating surfactant deficiency or dysfunction in lung disease or injury.Methods.The structure of S-MB DATK peptide was analyzed by homology modeling and by FTIR spectroscopy. Thein vitrosurface activity and inhibition resistance of synthetic S-MB DATK surfactant was assessed in the presence and absence of albumin, lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC), and free fatty acids (palmitoleic and oleic acid). Adsorption and dynamic surface tension lowering were measured with a stirred subphase dish apparatus and a pulsating bubble surfactometer (20 cycles/min, 50% area compression, 37 °C).In vivopulmonary activity of S-MB DATK surfactant was measured in ventilated rabbits with surfactant deficiency/dysfunction induced by repeated lung lavages that resulted in arterial PO2values <100 mmHg.Results.S-MB DATK surfactant had very high surface activity in all assessments. The preparation adsorbed rapidly to surface pressures of 46–48 mN/m at 37 °C (low equilibrium surface tensions of 22–24 mN/m), and reduced surface tension to <1 mN/m under dynamic compression on the pulsating bubble surfactometer. S-MB DATK surfactant showed a significant ability to resist inhibition by serum albumin, C16:0 lyso-PC, and free fatty acids, but surfactant inhibition was mitigated by increasing surfactant concentration. S-MB DATK synthetic surfactant quickly improved arterial oxygenation and lung compliance after intratracheal instillation to ventilated rabbits with severe surfactant deficiency.Conclusions.S-MB DATK is an active mimic of native SP-B. Synthetic surfactants containing S-MB DATK (or related peptides) combined with lipids appear to have significant future potential for treating clinical states of surfactant deficiency or dysfunction, such as neonatal and acute respiratory distress syndromes.