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One‐Step Cationic Grafting of 4‐Hydroxy‐TEMPO and its Application in a Hybrid Redox Flow Battery with a Crosslinked PBI Membrane
Authors: Chang Zhenjun , Henkensmeier Dirk , Chen Ruiyong 
Published: July 2017

AbstractBy using a one‐step epoxide ring‐opening reaction between 4‐hydroxy‐2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidine 1‐oxyl (4‐hydroxy‐TEMPO) and glycidyltrimethylammonium cation (GTMA+), we synthesized a cation‐grafted TEMPO (g+‐TEMPO) and studied its electrochemical performance against a Zn2+/Zn anode in a hybrid redox flow battery. To conduct Cl− counter anions, a crosslinked methylated polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane was prepared and placed between the catholyte and anolyte. Compared to 4‐hydroxy‐TEMPO, the positively charged g+‐ TEMPO exhibits enhanced reaction kinetics. Moreover, flow battery tests with g+‐TEMPO show improved Coulombic, voltage, and energy efficiencies and cycling stability over 140 cycles. Crossover of active species through the membrane was not detected.
Effects of different ozonized slurry‐ice treatments and superchilling storage (−1°C) on microbial spoilage of two important pelagic fish species
Authors: Bono Gioacchino , Okpala Charles Odilichukwu R. , Vitale Sergio , Ferrantelli Vincenzo , Noto Annamaria Di , Costa Antonella , Di Bella Calogero , Monaco Daniela Lo 
Published: July 2017

AbstractCombining different preservative treatments for improving quality and safety of fishery products increasingly receives global research attention. Consistent with this pursuit, the current research was undertaken to determine the effects of different ozonized slurry‐ice treatments and superchilling (−1°C) storage on microbial spoilage of European anchovy (Eugraulis encrasicolus) and sardine (Sardina pilchardus), which are two commercially important pelagic fish species. After the catch (within <5 hr) and at defined scheduled storage times, ozone has been discharged once on sardine (herein referred to as “One‐T”) and repeatedly/sequentially on European anchovy (herein referred to as “Seq‐T”). Microbiological analyses enumerated total viable count (TVC), Bacillus spp., Enterobacteriaceae, Lactobacillus spp., Moraxella spp., Shewanella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas spp. Independent of potential antimicrobial effects of ozone during superchilling storage, no Listeria spp., Shewanella spp., Moraxella spp., and Bacillus spp. were found in all processed samples. While Enterobacteriaceae and Lactobacillus spp. were detected at below 1 log cfu/g, both TVC and Pseudomonas spp. proliferated at different rates throughout superchilling storage. The repeated ozone‐treated (“Seq‐T”) showed lower TVC and Pseudomonas spp. values compared with one‐time treated (“One‐T”) slurry‐iced and control samples. Thus, combined slurry‐ice and superchilling storage at Seq‐T produced improved antimicrobial activity over One‐T application. Largely, ozonized slurry‐ice outcomes/results appear promising thanks to superchilling storage.
Learning‐based automated segmentation of the carotid artery vessel wall in dual‐sequence MRI using subdivision surface fitting
Authors: Gao Shan , van ‘t Klooster Ronald , Kitslaar Pieter H. , Coolen Bram F. , van den Berg Alexandra M. , Smits Loek P. , Shahzad Rahil , Shamonin Denis P. , de Koning Patrick J.H. , Nederveen Aart J. , van der Geest Rob J. 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThe quantification of vessel wall morphology and plaque burden requires vessel segmentation, which is generally performed by manual delineations. The purpose of our work is to develop and evaluate a new 3D model‐based approach for carotid artery wall segmentation from dual‐sequence MRI.MethodsThe proposed method segments the lumen and outer wall surfaces including the bifurcation region by fitting a subdivision surface constructed hierarchical‐tree model to the image data. In particular, a hybrid segmentation which combines deformable model fitting with boundary classification was applied to extract the lumen surface. The 3D model ensures the correct shape and topology of the carotid artery, while the boundary classification uses combined image information of 3D TOF‐MRA and 3D BB‐MRI to promote accurate delineation of the lumen boundaries. The proposed algorithm was validated on 25 subjects (48 arteries) including both healthy volunteers and atherosclerotic patients with 30% to 70% carotid stenosis.ResultsFor both lumen and outer wall border detection, our result shows good agreement between manually and automatically determined contours, with contour‐to‐contour distance less than 1 pixel as well as Dice overlap greater than 0.87 at all different carotid artery sections.ConclusionsThe presented 3D segmentation technique has demonstrated the capability of providing vessel wall delineation for 3D carotid MRI data with high accuracy and limited user interaction. This brings benefits to large‐scale patient studies for assessing the effect of pharmacological treatment of atherosclerosis by reducing image analysis time and bias between human observers.
Reliable quantification of marrow fat content and unsaturation level using in vivo MR spectroscopy
Authors: Xu Kaipin , Sigurdsson Sigurdur , Gudnason Vilmundur , Hue Trisha , Schwartz Ann , Li Xiaojuan 
Published: July 2017

PurposeTo develop a novel technique for reliable quantification of bone marrow fat content and composition using in vivo MR spectroscopy (MRS).MethodsAn MRS quantification method combining both advantages of Voigt line shape model and time‐domain analysis was developed. The proposed method was tested using computer‐simulated data and in vivo data acquired at lumbar vertebral bodies of 23 subjects (age, 83.8 ± 3.7 y; male, n = 13; female, n = 10) from L1 to L4. Reliability and reproducibility were calculated for the quantification results. Comparisons between the proposed method and some conventional methods were conducted.ResultsLow mean absolute percentage errors and low mean coefficients of variation for computer simulations suggest that the proposed method is accurate and precise. By using this method, marrow fat content can be quantified reliably, even for data with low spectral resolution and low signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR). Unsaturation level can be reliably quantified for data with moderate spectral resolution and moderate SNR. Results obtained from in vivo data using the proposed method demonstrated better model fit than conventional methods.ConclusionThe method proposed in this study has better performance than conventional methods in the quantification of bone marrow MRS data and has great potential for wide applications of studying marrow fat content and composition. Magn Reson Med 79:1722–1729, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Analytical study of ground motion caused by seismic wave propagation across faulted rock masses
Authors: Li J.C. , Li N.N. , Chai S.B. , Li H.B. 
Published: July 2017

SummaryStudying seismic wave propagation across rock masses and the induced ground motion is an important topic, which receives considerable attention in design and construction of underground cavern/tunnel constructions and mining activities. The current study investigates wave propagation across a rock mass with one fault and the induced ground motion using a recursive approach. The rocks beside the fault are assumed as viscoelastic media with seismic quality factors, Qp and Qs. Two kinds of interactions between stress waves and a discontinuity and between stress waves and a free surface are analyzed, respectively. As the result of the wave superposition, the mathematical expressions for induced ground vibration are deduced. The proposed approach is then compared with the existing analysis for special cases. Finally, parametric studies are carried out, which includes the influences of fault stiffness, incident angle, and frequency of incident waves on the peak particle velocities of the ground motions.
Concise Review: Developing Best-Practice Models for the Therapeutic Use of Extracellular Vesicles
Authors: Reiner Agnes T. , Witwer Kenneth W. , van Balkom Bas W.M. , de Beer Joel , Brodie Chaya , Corteling Randolph L. , Gabrielsson Susanne , Gimona Mario , Ibrahim Ahmed G. , de Kleijn Dominique , Lai Charles P. , Lötvall Jan , del Portillo Hernando A. , Reischl Ilona G. , Riazifar Milad , Salomon Carlos , Tahara Hidetoshi , Toh Wei Seong , Wauben Marca H.M. , Yang Vicky K. , Yang Yijun , Yeo Ronne Wee Yeh , Yin Hang , Giebel Bernd , Rohde Eva , Lim Sai Kiang 
Published: July 2017

AbstractGrowing interest in extracellular vesicles (EVs, including exosomes and microvesicles) as therapeutic entities, particularly in stem cell-related approaches, has underlined the need for standardization and coordination of development efforts. Members of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and the Society for Clinical Research and Translation of Extracellular Vesicles Singapore convened a Workshop on this topic to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with development of EV-based therapeutics at the preclinical and clinical levels. This review outlines topic-specific action items that, if addressed, will enhance the development of best-practice models for EV therapies.
International Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) terminology in women with postmenopausal bleeding and sonographic endometrial thickness ≥ 4.5 mm: agreement and reliability study
Authors: Sladkevicius P. , Installé A. , Van Den Bosch T. , Timmerman D. , Benacerraf B. , Jokubkiene L. , Di Legge A. , Votino A. , Zannoni L. , De Moor B. , De Cock B. , Van Calster B. , Valentin L. 
Published: July 2017

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo estimate intra‐ and interrater agreement and reliability with regard to describing ultrasound images of the endometrium using the International Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) terminology.MethodsFour expert and four non‐expert raters assessed videoclips of transvaginal ultrasound examinations of the endometrium obtained from 99 women with postmenopausal bleeding and sonographic endometrial thickness ≥ 4.5 mm but without fluid in the uterine cavity. The following features were rated: endometrial echogenicity, endometrial midline, bright edge, endometrial–myometrial junction, color score, vascular pattern, irregularly branching vessels and color splashes. The color content of the endometrial scan was estimated using a visual analog scale graded from 0 to 100. To estimate intrarater agreement and reliability, the same videoclips were assessed twice with a minimum of 2 months' interval. The raters were blinded to their own results and to those of the other raters.ResultsInterrater differences in the described prevalence of most IETA variables were substantial, and some variable categories were observed rarely. Specific agreement was poor for variables with many categories. For binary variables, specific agreement was better for absence than for presence of a category. For variables with more than two outcome categories, specific agreement for expert and non‐expert raters was best for not‐defined endometrial midline (93% and 96%), regular endometrial–myometrial junction (72% and 70%) and three‐layer endometrial pattern (67% and 56%). The grayscale ultrasound variable with the best reliability was uniform vs non‐uniform echogenicity (multirater kappa (κ), 0.55 for expert and 0.52 for non‐expert raters), and the variables with the lowest reliability were appearance of the endometrial–myometrial junction (κ, 0.25 and 0.16) and the nine‐category endometrial echogenicity variable (κ, 0.29 and 0.28). The most reliable color Doppler variable was color score (mean weighted κ, 0.77 and 0.69). Intra‐ and interrater agreement and reliability were similar for experts and non‐experts.ConclusionsInter‐ and intrarater agreement and reliability when using IETA terminology were limited. This may have implications when assessing the association between a particular ultrasound feature and a specific histological diagnosis, because lack of reproducibility reduces the reliability of the association between a feature and the outcome. Future studies should investigate whether using fewer categories of variable or offering practical training could improve agreement and reliability. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Analysis of Injury and Mortality Patterns in Deceased Patients with Road Traffic Injuries: An Autopsy Study
Authors: Pfeifer Roman , Schick Sylvia , Holzmann Christopher , Graw Matthias , Teuben Michel , Pape Hans‐Christoph 
Published: July 2017

AbstractBackgroundDespite improvements in prevention and rescue, mortality rates after severe blunt trauma continue to be a problem. The present study analyses mortality patterns in a representative blunt trauma population, specifically the influence of demographic, injury pattern, location and timing of death.MethodsPatients that died between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2005 were subjected to a standardised autopsy. Inclusion criteria: death from blunt trauma due to road traffic injuries (Injury Severity Score ≥ 16), patients from a defined geographical area and death on scene or in hospital. Exclusion criteria: suicide, homicide, penetrating trauma and monotrauma including isolated head injury. Statistical analyses included Student’s t test (parametric), Mann–Whitney U test (nonparametric) or Chi‐square test.ResultsA total of 277 consecutive injured patients were included in this study (mean age 46.1 ± 23 years; 67.5% males), 40.5% of which had an ISS of 75. A unimodal distribution of mortality was observed in blunt trauma patients. The most frequently injured body regions with the highest severity were the head (38.6%), chest (26.7%), or both head and chest (11.0%). The cumulative analysis of mortality showed that several factors, such as injury pattern and regional location of collisions, also affected the pattern of mortality.ConclusionsThe majority of patients died on scene from severe head and thoracic injuries. A homogenous distribution of death was observed after an initial peak of death on scene. Moreover, several factors such as injury pattern and regional location of collisions may also affect the pattern of mortality.
Management of invasive Phragmites australis in the Adirondacks: a cautionary tale about prospects of eradication
Authors: Quirion Brendan , Simek Zachary , Dávalos Andrea , Blossey Bernd 
Published: July 2017

AbstractInvasive plant management (largely mechanical and chemical) consumes an ever-increasing portion of budgets for land management organizations, but metrics of success, other than extent of areas treated or resources expended is rarely available. Here we assess success of managing 346 populations of invasive Phragmites australis (range 0.36–4134 m2; cover 37–75%) in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, USA. We began by treating 18 patches in 2010 using herbicide; gradually adding patches treated annually or intermittently for a total of 334 by the end of the project period. We monitored each population annually and if P. australis was present mapped its spatial extent and estimated cover. We considered P. australis eradicated when live stems were absent from a site for at least three consecutive years. Our treatments reduced size and cover of P. australis populations and eradication was achieved at 104 of 294 sites. However, probability of eradicating P. australis over a 7-year project timeframe was 0.83 for the smallest patches (0.36 m2), whereas at medium (45 m2) and large patches (>3000 m2) probability of eradication decreased to 0.26 and 0.02, respectively. Our results question efficacy of managing large P. australis populations with the goal of eradication. We urge conservation organizations to clearly articulate management objectives beyond short-term suppression of target plants and to promote accountability by providing quantitative measurements of outcomes.
Sequent Systems for Negative Modalities
Authors: Lahav Ori , Marcos João , Zohar Yoni 
Published: July 2017

AbstractNon-classical negations may fail to be contradictory-forming operators in more than one way, and they often fail also to respect fundamental meta-logical properties such as the replacement property. Such drawbacks are witnessed by intricate semantics and proof systems, whose philosophical interpretations and computational properties are found wanting. In this paper we investigate congruential non-classical negations that live inside very natural systems of normal modal logics over complete distributive lattices; these logics are further enriched by adjustment connectives that may be used for handling reasoning under uncertainty caused by inconsistency or undeterminedness. Using such straightforward semantics, we study the classes of frames characterized by seriality, reflexivity, functionality, symmetry, transitivity, and some combinations thereof, and discuss what they reveal about sub-classical properties of negation. To the logics thereby characterized we apply a general mechanism that allows one to endow them with analytic ordinary sequent systems, most of which are even cut-free. We also investigate the exact circumstances that allow for classical negation to be explicitly defined inside our logics.
Archaeologists and Archives
Authors: Bauer-Clapp Heidi , Kirakosian Katie 
Published: July 2017

ABSTRACTArchaeology as a field is experiencing a curation crisis—our professional paper trail is extensive, and we are not properly trained to adequately catalogue and curate these records. For decades, a handful of archaeologists have pushed for our discipline to confront this crisis—we need better methods for creating records and maintaining archives, as well as stronger training in how to effectively conduct archival research. This issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice echoes these earlier calls to action, adding new voices and perspectives. In addition to the theme of a curation crisis, our authors discuss access to archival records and the relationship between archives and power. The authors and guest editors of this issue hope the contributions presented here will inspire more sustained engagement with archival training, theory, and praxis.
tDAR
Authors: McManamon Francis P. , Kintigh Keith W. , Ellison Leigh Anne , Brin Adam 
Published: July 2017

ABSTRACTHundreds of thousands of archaeological investigations in the United States conducted over the last several decades have documented a large portion of the recovered archaeological record in the United States. However, if we are to use this enormous corpus to achieve richer understandings of the past, it is essential that both CRM and academic archaeologists change how they manage their digital documents and data over the course of a project and how this information is preserved for future use. We explore the nature and scope of the problem and describe how it can be addressed. In particular, we argue that project workflows must ensure that the documents and data are fully documented and deposited in a publicly accessible, digital repository where they can be discovered, accessed, and reused to enable new insights and build cumulative knowledge.
Reimagining International Law for Global Migration: Migration as Decolonization?
Authors: Achiume E. Tendayi 
Published: July 2017

The European colonial project involved the out-migration of at least sixty-two million Europeans to colonies across the world between the Nineteenth and first half of the Twentieth Century alone. It also involved movement in the reverse direction of human and natural resources, overwhelmingly for the benefit of Europe and Europeans. By connecting certain forms of migration in the present century to this mobility of people and goods in prior centuries, I seek to shift some of the fundamental commitments at the core of the international law, norms and discourse around global migration.
A new mysid (Crustacea, Mysida) from the Ladinian Stage (Middle Triassic) of Conca de Barberà (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula)
Authors: San Vicente Carlos , Cartanyà Joan 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe oldest known fossil mysid (order Mysida) Aviamysis pinetellensis n. gen. n. sp. is described here from two nearly complete specimens found in the Alcover unit from El Pinetell (Catalonia). It differs significantly from other Mysida and is placed in a new genus assigned to the family Mysidae and tentatively to the subfamily Boreomysinae. These specimens represent the first described mysid material from the Alcover outcrops (Middle Triassic, upper Ladinian, 235–242 Ma), extending the known geological range of the poorly understood fossil fauna of the order Mysida by at least 70 Myr.
Distinctive neuropsychological profiles differentiate patients with functional memory disorder from patients with amnestic-mild cognitive impairment
Authors: Wakefield Sarah J , Blackburn Daniel J , Harkness Kirsty , Khan Aijaz , Reuber Markus , Venneri Annalena 
Published: July 2017

ObjectivesPatients with functional memory disorder (FMD) report significant memory failures in everyday life. Differentiating these patients from those with memory difficulties due to early stage neurodegenerative conditions is clinically challenging. The current study explored whether distinctive neuropsychological profiles could be established, suitable to differentiate patients with FMD from healthy individuals and those experiencing amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI).MethodsPatients with a clinical diagnosis of FMD were compared with patients with a-MCI, and healthy matched controls on several tests assessing different cognitive functions. Patients with clinically established mood disorders were excluded. Patients with FMD and a-MCI were broadly comparable on the level of their subjective memory complaints as assessed by clinical interview.ResultsThe neuropsychological profile of the FMD patients, although they expressed subjective memory and attention concerns during their clinical interview was distinct from patients with a-MCI on tests of memory [semantic fluency, age of acquisition (AoA) analysis of semantic fluency, verbal and non-verbal memory]. FMD patients did not differ significantly from healthy controls, but their scores on the letter fluency and digit cancellation tasks were not significantly different from those of the a-MCI patients indicating a possible sub-threshold deficit on these tasks.ConclusionWhilst subjective complaints are common within the FMD population, no objective impairment could be detected, even on a sensitive battery of tasks designed to detect subtle deficits caused by an early neurodegenerative brain disease. This study indicates that FMD patients can be successfully differentiated from patients with neurodegenerative memory decline by characterising their neuropsychological profile.