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Transmediality in Symbolist and Surrealist Photo-Literature
Authors: Walden Lauren 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The fin de siècle period throughout Europe undoubtedly cultivated the “interdisciplinary principle of la fraternité des arts” (Genova 158). Literature, poetry, visual art and music superseded former hierarchical structures favouring the painterly. Correspondence between intellectuals would cross-fertilise between disparate realms through publishing in interdisciplinary cultural journals that were distributed internationally across cosmopolitan cityscapes. The ability for the photograph to be mechanically reproduced, postulated by Walter Benjamin in 1936, allowed for one of the first transmedial aesthetics, to become known as photo-literature. Previously, reproduction had been confined to the textual realm. Bruges La Morte by Georges Rodenbach was the first ever work of photo-literature to commingle these respective art forms, sixty-five years after the invention of photography in 1827. Rodenbach’s novella was first published in 1892 at the height of the symbolist movement which spanned literature, painting, photography and more. Its pseudo-progeny, Andre Breton’s surrealist text Nadja was published in 1928 depicting the author’s meandering through the Parisian cityscape. In these works, text and image engender a sense of cosmopolitanism through the function of transposition.
Link between endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases
Authors: Hosoi Toru , Nomura Jun , Tanaka Keigo , Ozawa Koichiro , Nishi Akinori , Nomura Yasuyuki 
Published: November 2017

AbstractIncreasing evidence suggests that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy play an important role in regulating brain function. ER stress activates three major branches of the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathways, namely inositol-requiring enzyme-1 (IRE1), double stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR)-like ER kinase (PERK) and activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6)-mediated pathways. Recent studies have suggested that these UPR signals may be linked to autophagy. In this review article, we summarize recent evidence and discuss a possible link between ER stress and autophagy with regard to neurodegenerative diseases. Furthermore, possible pharmacological strategies targeting UPR and autophagy are discussed.
Grain size statistics and depositional pattern of the Ecca Group sandstones, Karoo Supergroup in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Authors: Baiyegunhi Christopher , Liu Kuiwu , Gwavava Oswald 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Grain size analysis is a vital sedimentological tool used to unravel the hydrodynamic conditions, mode of transportation and deposition of detrital sediments. In this study, detailed grain-size analysis was carried out on thirty-five sandstone samples from the Ecca Group in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Grain-size statistical parameters, bivariate analysis, linear discriminate functions, Passega diagrams and log-probability curves were used to reveal the depositional processes, sedimentation mechanisms, hydrodynamic energy conditions and to discriminate different depositional environments. The grain-size parameters show that most of the sandstones are very fine to fine grained, moderately well sorted, mostly near-symmetrical and mesokurtic in nature. The abundance of very fine to fine grained sandstones indicate the dominance of low energy environment. The bivariate plots show that the samples are mostly grouped, except for the Prince Albert samples that show scattered trend, which is due to the either mixture of two modes in equal proportion in bimodal sediments or good sorting in unimodal sediments. The linear discriminant function analysis is dominantly indicative of turbidity current deposits under shallow marine environments for samples from the Prince Albert, Collingham and Ripon Formations, while those samples from the Fort Brown Formation are lacustrine or deltaic deposits. The C-M plots indicated that the sediments were deposited mainly by suspension and saltation, and graded suspension. Visher diagrams show that saltation is the major process of transportation, followed by suspension.
Carbonate stable isotope constraints on sources of arsenic contamination in Neogene tufas and travertines of Attica, Greece
Authors: Kampouroglou Evdokia E. , Tsikos Harilaos , Economou-Eliopoulos Maria 
Published: November 2017

AbstractWe presented new C and O isotope data of rockforming calcite in terrestrial carbonate deposits from Neogene basins of Attica (Greece), coupled with standard mineralogical and bulk geochemical results. Whereas both isotope datasets [
A facile synthesis of (E)-2-(aryl/hetaryl)vinyl-4-phenylquinoline-3-carboxylic acids
Authors: Gao Wentao , Li Xingpeng , Wang Yu , Wang Yang 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
New synthetic approach to (E)-2-aryl/hetarylvinyl-4-phenyl-quinoline-3-carboxylic acids was developed, featuring three different synthetic transformations, namely the Arbuzov reaction, in situ Horner-Emmons olefination and subsequent ester hydrolysis occurring as a one-pot procedure. The molecular structures of newly synthesized products were confirmed by spectral data and elemental analysis.
Liquid sorption, swelling and surface energy properties of unmodified and thermally modified Scots pine heartwood after extraction
Authors: Källbom Susanna , Sedighi Moghaddam Maziar , Wålinder Magnus E.P. 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThe effect of extractives removal on liquid sorption, swelling and surface energy properties of unmodified wood (UW) and thermally modified Scots pine heartwood (hW) (TMW) was studied. The extraction was performed by a Soxtec procedure with a series of solvents and the results were observed by the multicycle Wilhelmy plate method, inverse gas chromatography (IGC) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. A significantly lower rate of water uptake was found for the extracted UW, compared with the unextracted one. This is due to a contamination effect in the latter case from water-soluble extractives increasing the capillary flow into the wood voids, proven by the decreased water surface tension. The swelling in water increased after extraction 1.7 and 3 times in the cases of UW and TMW, respectively. The dispersive part of the surface energy was lower for the extracted TMW compared to the other sample groups, indicating an almost complete removal of the extractives. The FTIR spectra of the extracts showed the presence of phenolic compounds but also resin acids and aliphatic compounds.
Are jokes funnier in one’s native language?
Authors: Ayçiçeği-Dinn Ayşe , Şişman-Bal Simge , Caldwell-Harris Catherine L 
Published: November 2017

AbstractAppreciating the humor in jokes involves incongruity-detection and resolution, which requires good language skills. Foreign language comprehension is challenging, including interpreting words within their sentence context. An implication is that jokes in a foreign language will be more difficult to understand and therefore probably less humorous, compared to native language jokes. To study this question while preserving humor across translations, jokes were selected from Turkish and English websites to minimize language play and cultural references. Turkish university students rated both Turkish and English jokes for humor. Humor for foreign language jokes was positively correlated with ease-of-understanding of specific jokes and also by the individual-differences characteristics of English proficiency and likely career investment (e.g., preparing for a future career as English teacher or translator). We propose the proficiency X investment theory: Foreign language jokes will be experienced as funnier than native language jokes when proficiency levels are high (ranging from good to excellent) and bilinguals have a high level of L2 investment. When proficiency levels are only adequate, and without special investment in L2, native language jokes will be evaluated as funnier than foreign language jokes. With intermediate proficiency and investment, jokes can be experienced as similarly humorous in the two language. Important in this pattern is the proposal that weaker L2-proficiency can trade-off with language investment to bolster L2 humor appreciation.
Humor and scatology in contemporary Zulu ceremonial songs
Authors: Turner Noleen 
Published: November 2017

AbstractThis article focuses on humor embedded in the delivery and lyrics of a form of song sung by Zulu women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa still widely practiced in rural areas, called amaculo omgonqo ‘puberty songs.’ The aim is to ascertain how and why young Zulu females sing these unusual songs which are normally sung in the days preceding two rites of passage ceremonies; firstly, the umhlonyane ceremony, which is held to mark a young girl’s first menstruation during her puberty years, and secondly, approximately 10 years later, the umemulo ‘coming of age’ ceremony which is held for young girls who have reached marriageable age. Analysis is made of the unusual use of scatological and ribald language in these songs, which are sung by young girls before these two ceremonies. These songs are rendered socially acceptable only because of the context in which they are sung, and for the bawdy humor which is core to the lyrics.
Placement of Synchronized Measurements for Power System Observability during Cascaded Outages
Authors: Thirugnanasambandam Venkatesh , Jain Trapti 
Published: November 2017

AbstractCascaded outages often result in power system islanding followed by a blackout and therefore considered as a severe disturbance. Maintaining the observability of each island may help in taking proper control actions to preserve the stability of individual islands thus, averting system collapse. With this intent, a strategy for placement of synchronized measurements, which can be obtained from phasor measurement units (PMU), has been proposed in this paper to keep the system observable during cascaded outages also. Since, all the cascaded failures may not lead to islanding situations, therefore, failures leading to islanding as well as non-islanding situations have been considered. A topology based algorithm has been developed to identify the islanding/non-islanding condition created by a particular cascaded event. Additional contingencies such as single line loss and single PMU failure have also been considered after the occurrence of cascaded events. The proposed method is further extended to incorporate the measurement redundancy, which is desirable for a reliable state estimation. The proposed scheme is tested on IEEE 14-bus, IEEE 30-bus and a practical Indian 246-bus networks. The numerical results ensure the observability of the power system under system intact as well as during cascaded islanding and non-islanding disturbances.
A Kalman Filter Based Technique for Stator Turn-Fault Detection of the Induction Motors
Authors: Ghanbari Teymoor , Samet Haidar 
Published: November 2017

AbstractMonitoring of the Induction Motors (IMs) through stator current for different faults diagnosis has considerable economic and technical advantages in comparison with the other techniques in this content. Among different faults of an IM, stator and bearing faults are more probable types, which can be detected by analyzing signatures of the stator currents. One of the most reliable indicators for fault detection of IMs is lower sidebands of power frequency in the stator currents. This paper deals with a novel simple technique for detecting stator turn-fault of the IMs. Frequencies of the lower sidebands are determined using the motor specifications and their amplitudes are estimated by a Kalman Filter (KF). Instantaneous Total Harmonic Distortion (ITHD) of these harmonics is calculated. Since variation of the ITHD for the three-phase currents is considerable in case of stator turn-fault, the fault can be detected using this criterion, confidently. Different simulation results verify high performance of the proposed method. The performance of the method is also confirmed using some experiments.
Drying Damage on Physiological Properties of Rice Seed Associated with Ultrastructure Changes
Authors: Wang Pan , Li Dong , Wang Li-jun 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the alterations of the physiological properties associated with the ultrastructure changes of rice seed after drying at different temperatures. The drying process was accomplished at 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90°C and at 29.3%, 13.0%, 6.4%, 3.2%, and 1.8% relative humidity, respectively. As a result, the germination percentage of the rice seeds was reduced as the increasing of the drying temperature and the highest value of vigor index was recorded at 45°C due to the dormancy breakage. There were no changes in the color of the raw rice seed dried at different temperatures; however, the yellowness of the brown rice and the electrical conductivity increased with the increasing drying temperature. The starch granules of the rice endosperm dried at 45°C were wrinkled and wilted and this damage occurred with high intensity after drying at temperatures above 60°C. The structure of the starch granules eventually became rupture when the drying temperature reached to 90°C. The cells of the rice embryo presented a contraction of their volumes drying at temperatures above 45°C due to the degradation of the middle lamella. The form of the oil drops was also altered after drying. At temperature above 75°C, the drops broke up and coalesced. It was concluded that the physiological quality of rice seed was closely associated with the alterations of cell structure during drying process.
Modeling and Simulation of Nitrogen Injection in Olive Oil
Authors: Ferrari Filippo , Vignali Giuseppe 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze, by means of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, the injection of gaseous nitrogen (N2) in olive oil. This process, called sparging, is important to enhance oil shelf life, because it removes the oxygen (O2) dissolved in the product. In fact, when tank filling begins, N2 bubbles start to rise toward the free surface of the product, taking with them part of the dissolved O2. In this way, the probability of oxidative reactions is reduced and this consequently reduces the possibility of oil degradation. The final goal of this study is to compare different sparger configurations and observe how they influence the stripping process during the tank-filling phase. The various configurations have been compared in terms of O2 residual inside the tank at the end of the filling phase. The simulations still need to be experimentally validated.
Physical and Viscoelastic Properties of Different Moisture Content Highland Barley Kernels
Authors: Zhu Ying-dan , Fu Nan , Li Dong , Wang Li-jun , Chen Xiao Dong 
Published: November 2017

Abstract:
The study is conducted to investigate the physical and viscoelastic properties of the highland barley kernels in different moisture content range from 10.1 %% to 20.5 %% (w.b.). Highland barley kernel samples were selected with physical properties in terms of length, width, thickness, 1000-kernel weight, volume, geometric and arithmetic mean diameter changing in linear trends. By using a dynamic mechanical analyzer, the 4-element Burgers model was found to adequately represent the creep behavior of the highland barley kernels (R
2 > 0.977). The creep behavior of the ventral groove and dorsal side was also matched perfectly with Burgers model (R
2 > 0.946). The creep behavior of these kernels at long-time frame was studied applying time-temperature superposition (TTS). TTS method was successfully used to predict the creep behavior of these kernels at longer frame of time. The Tg values for the kernels decreased with increasing moisture content. The Tg values for the kernels at the moisture contents of 10.1 %%and 20.5 %% were 114.33 °C and 67.95 °C, respectively. The magnitude of the storage modulus, loss tangent and their change rates with frequency were maximum at 10.1 %% and minimum at 20.5 %% moisture contents.
Inactivation of Lipoxygenase in Soymilk by Pulsed Light
Authors: Alhendi Abeer , Yang Wade , Goodrich-Schneider Renee , Sarnoski Paul J. 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Inactivation of soybean lipoxygenase in soymilk by pulsed light (PL) at different durations and distances from the pulsed light lamp was determined with and without ice surrounding the soymilk sample tray for cooling. The results show that without cooling, the lowest LOX residual activity was 0.37%, 0.00%, and 7.24%, and with cooling the LOX residual activity was 76.3%, 87.2%, and 69.0% for origin fluence of 302 J/cm2, 340 J/cm2, and 567 J/cm2, respectively. The LOX band reduced or disappeared after PL treatments compared with the LOX band control as assessed by electrophoresis. Peroxide value of the soymilk had no significant increase after pulsed light treatment. This research provided evidence that PL treatment could fully inactivate LOX in soymilk, mostly due to heat generated by the PL strobe, therefore the photo-thermal effect was the main factor that impacted LOX activity.
Description of Osmotic Dehydration of Melon Cubes using a Three-dimensional Diffusion Model: An Algorithm to Determine the Effective Diffusivity
Authors: Pinheiro Rubens Maciel Miranda , da Silva Wilton Pereira , Miranda Denise Silva do Amaral , e Silva Cleide M. D. P. S. , Pessoa Taciano , de Medeiros Matheus Serrano 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This paper aims to study the transient mass diffusion during the osmotic dehydration of melon cubes, using the analytical solution of the diffusion equation with boundary condition of the first kind. Two techniques are used to determine the effective mass diffusivity, using experimental data. In technique 1, available in the literature, the domain of the effective diffusivity is scanned from a value close to zero, until the minimum value of the objective function (Chi-square) is determined. Technique 2, proposed in this paper, uses an algorithm based on the optimal removal of experimental points, until obtaining the objective function with a minimum value, allowing to determine the optimal value for the effective mass diffusivity. The obtained values for diffusivity and statistical indicators revealed that both techniques generate equivalent results and allowed to satisfactorily describe the kinetics of osmotic dehydration of melon cubes. However, technique 2, proposed in this paper, is much faster than technique 1, in the determination of effective mass diffusivity, for all analyzed sets of experimental data.
Anti-periodic solutions for a higher order difference equation with p-Laplacian
Authors: Kong Lingju , Parsley Jacob , Rizzo Kaitlin , Russell Nicholas 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
A higher order difference equation is studied. The equation is defined on

ℤ

{{\mathbb{Z}}}

and contains a p-Laplacian and both
advance and retardation. Some criteria are established for the existence of infinitely many anti-periodic
solutions of the equation. Several consequences of the main theorems are also included.
Two examples are provided to illustrate the applicability of the results.
Forecasting Air Quality Index Using an Ensemble of Artificial Neural Networks and Regression Models
Authors: Sankar Ganesh S. , Arulmozhivarman Pachaiyappan , Tatavarti Rao 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Air is the most essential constituent for the sustenance of life on earth. The air we inhale has a tremendous impact on our health and well-being. Hence, it is always advisable to monitor the quality of air in our environment. To forecast the air quality index (AQI), artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained with conjugate gradient descent (CGD), such as multilayer perceptron (MLP), cascade forward neural network, Elman neural network, radial basis function (RBF) neural network, and nonlinear autoregressive model with exogenous input (NARX) along with regression models such as multiple linear regression (MLR) consisting of batch gradient descent (BGD), stochastic gradient descent (SGD), mini-BGD (MBGD) and CGD algorithms, and support vector regression (SVR), are implemented. In these models, the AQI is the dependent variable and the concentrations of NO2, CO, O3, PM2.5, SO2, and PM10 for the years 2010–2016 in Houston and Los Angeles are the independent variables. For the final forecast, several ensemble models of individual neural network predictors and individual regression predictors are presented. This proposed approach performs with the highest efficiency in terms of forecasting air quality index.
Diagnostic values of proenkephalin and S100B protein in traumatic brain injury
Authors: Yalcin Anil , Baydin Ahmet , Tuncel Özgür Korhan , Erenler Ali Kemal , Çokluk Cengiz , Güzel Murat , Tomak Leman 
Published: November 2017

Abstract

Background:
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic values of serum S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B) and proenkephalin (P-ENK) levels in brain damage caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Methods:
We prospectively collected serum blood samples of 58 adult patients admitted to our emergency department due to TBI. Serum S100B and P-ENK levels were measured and compared according to clinical findings and outcomes of the patients.

Results:
When patients with brain injury were compared to controls, statistical significance was determined in both S100B and P-ENK levels. According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, cut-off values for serum S100B and P-ENK levels for the differential diagnosis of patients with and without brain damage were found to be 785.944 ng/mL and 2.445 ng/mL, respectively. There was a statistical significance in both S100B and P-ENK levels when patients who were discharged and those who died were compared.

Conclusions:
Serum S100B and P-ENK levels are found to be elevated in patients with TBI when compared to controls. Additionally, serum levels of both markers are found to be elevated in patients with multiple lesions when compared to patients with a single lesion. Serum S100B and P-ENK levels may also be used as predictors of mortality in patients with TBI.