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Balanced bandpass filter with spurious mode suppression
Authors: Li Yun‐Li , Chen Jian‐Xin , Chen Jiangjingxian , Zhang Shi‐Bing , Bao Zhi‐Hua 
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACTThis article presents a new and simple design approach for the balanced bandpass filter (BPF) with spurious mode suppression using half‐wavelength resonators. The second harmonic of the resonator, acting as the lowest‐frequency common‐mode (CM) noise, is suppressed by using a new differential feeding scheme. Furthermore, an electrically coupled structure, exhibiting a bandstop response at the third harmonic of the resonator [acting as the lowest‐frequency differential‐mode (DM) spurious], is introduced. As a result, both wideband CM suppression and extended DM upper stopband can be realized simultaneously due to the suppression of the second and third harmonics of the resonator. For demonstration, a second‐order balanced BPF is designed, fabricated, and measured. Good agreement between simulated and measured results can be observed. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:1188–1190, 2017
Compact fractal interferometers for a 4‐bit IFM system
Authors: Silva C.P.N. , Machado G.G. , de Oliveira E.M.F. , de Oliveira M.R.T. , de Oliveira B.G.M. , de Melo M.T. 
Published: March 2017

ABSTRACTInstantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) systems have been developed during the last decades, and new designs came across trying to keep the system as compact as possible. In this paper, the authors present compact interferometers based on Hilbert fractal geometry for a 4‐bit IFM system. The interferometers operate in the range 4.66–6.38 GHz, using a Wilkinson power divider connected to two microstrip lines, which one of these is the Hilbert fractal curve. The design and simulations to be presented were done in a full wave EM simulator. Measured and simulating results are presented and compared. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:1153–1157, 2017
Piperolein B and piperchabamide D isolated from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) as larvicidal compounds against the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)
Authors: Hwang Ki Seon , Kim Young Kook , Park Kee Woong , Kim Young Tae 
Published: March 2017

AbstractBACKGROUNDThere is growing demand for the development of alternative pest control agents that are effective as well as non‐toxic to human health and the environment. Plant protection products derived from plant extracts are an eco‐friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides. The aim of this study was to identify larvicidal compounds isolated from a natural source against Plutella xylostella L. In a larvicidal activity assay, several solvent fractions from the methanol extract of Piper nigrum L. fruit showed larvicidal effects against P. xylostella.RESULTSScreening results indicated that chloroform extract was the most effective against P. xylostella larvae. Two compounds with insecticidal activity in the chloroform fraction were identified as piperolein B and piperchabamide D by spectroscopic analyses, including mass spectrometry and NMR, and by comparison to published data. At applications of 0.1 mg mL−1 concentration, piperolein B and piperchabamide D, respectively, induced 96.7 ± 5.8% and 79.2 ± 16.6% mortality rates of P. xylostella larvae 4 days post‐application.CONCLUSIONOur results demonstrate that piperolein B and piperchabamide D isolated from P. nigrum are the major constituents of the extract demonstrating insecticidal properties for the control of P. xylostella larvae. These plant‐derived compounds should become useful alternatives to synthetic chemicals after studying their insecticidal mechanisms. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry
Diterpenes and Their Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents
Authors: Islam Muhammad Torequl 
Published: March 2017

As therapeutic tools, diterpenes and their derivatives have gained much attention of the medicinal scientists nowadays. It is due to their pledging and important biological activities. This review congregates the anticancer diterpenes. For this, a search was made with selected keywords in PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus, The American Chemical Society and miscellaneous databases from January 2012 to January 2017 for the published articles. A total 28, 789 published articles were seen. Among them, 240 were included in this study. More than 250 important anticancer diterpenes and their derivatives were seen in the databases, acting in the different pathways. Some of them are already under clinical trials, while others are in the nonclinical and/or pre‐clinical trials. In conclusion, diterpenes may be one of the lead molecules in the treatment of cancer. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CHAIN-LADDER METHOD AND MIDYEAR LOSS RESERVING
Authors: Dahms René 
Published: March 2017

AbstractAlthough loss reserving has been deeply studied in the literature, there are still practical issues that have not been addressed a lot. One of them is the estimation of reserves during the year, which is necessary for forecasts or closings during the year. We will study the following question: What can be done for forecasts and closings during the year that goes along with the reserving at year end? In order to make it not too complicated, we will focus on the Chain-Ladder method introduced by Mack (1993). We will describe several methods that are used in practice. We will discuss advantages and disadvantages of these methods based on a simple deterministic example. Roughly spoken, we will see that you may shift development or accident periods, or may split development periods, but should not split accident periods.
Burial and exhumation history of the Daday Unit (Central Pontides, Turkey): implications for the closure of the Intra-Pontide oceanic basin
Authors: FRASSI CHIARA , MARRONI MICHELE , PANDOLFI LUCA , GÖNCÜOĞLU M. CEMAL , ELLERO ALESSANDRO , OTTRIA GIUSEPPE , SAYIT KAAN , MCDONALD CHRISTOPHER S. , BALESTRIERI MARIA LAURA , MALASOMA ALESSANDRO 
Published: March 2017

AbstractIn northern Turkey, the Intra-Pontide suture zone represents one of the first-order tectonic structures located between the Istanbul–Zonguldak and the Sakarya continental terranes. It consists of an E–W-trending assemblage of deformed and variably metamorphosed tectonic units, including sedimentary rocks and ophiolites derived from a Neo-Tethyan oceanic basin, known as the Intra-Pontide oceanic basin. One of these units is represented by the Daday Unit that consists of a block-in-matrix assemblage derived from supra-subduction oceanic crust and related deep-sea sedimentary cover of Middle Jurassic age. This setting was acquired during Late Jurassic time by tectonic underplating at a depth of 35–42 km associated with blueschist-facies metamorphism (D1 phase). The following D2, D3 and D4 phases produced the exhumation of the Daday Unit up to shallower structural levels in a time span running from the Albian to late Paleocene. The high geothermal gradient detected during the D2 phase indicates that the Daday Unit was exhumed during a continent–arc collisional setting. The tectonic structures of the Intra-Pontide suture zone, resulting from the previously described tectonic history, are unconformably sealed by the upper Paleocene – Eocene deposits. This tectonic setting was intensely reworked by the activity of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, producing the present-day geometrical relationships of the Intra-Pontide suture zone of the Central Pontides.
From Private to Religious Patriarchy: Gendered Consequences of Faith-Based Welfare Provision in Germany
Authors: Hien Josef 
Published: March 2017

AbstractOver one million people work for a faith-based welfare provider in Germany. Caritas and Diakonie, the largest faith-based providers in Germany enjoy prerogatives that do not exist in other countries. This particular group of faith-based organizations is exempt from federal labor law and discrimination clauses, which results in arbitrary, and in other cases, institutional, forms of discrimination against particular social groups in society. Research has focused on the institutional regulation of faith-based practice in Germany. Much less attention has been devoted to the faith component within faith-based welfare provision. This study traces the evolution of church doctrine and its impact on the care and employment practices of faith-based welfare providers in Germany from the 1950s to the present. It argues that the conservative ideology of these welfare providers amplifies the negative effects of gendered occupational regimes.
Faster phonological processing and right occipito-temporal coupling in deaf adults signal poor cochlear implant outcome
Authors: Lazard Diane S. , Giraud Anne-Lise 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThe outcome of adult cochlear implantation is predicted positively by the involvement of visual cortex in speech processing, and negatively by the cross-modal recruitment of the right temporal cortex during and after deafness. How these two neurofunctional predictors concur to modulate cochlear implant (CI) performance remains unclear. In this fMRI study, we explore the joint involvement of occipital and right hemisphere regions in a visual-based phonological task in post-lingual deafness. Intriguingly, we show that some deaf subjects perform faster than controls. This behavioural effect is associated with reorganized connectivity across bilateral visual, right temporal and left inferior frontal cortices, but with poor CI outcome. Conversely, preserved normal-range reaction times are associated with left-lateralized phonological processing and good CI outcome. These results suggest that following deafness, involvement of visual cortex in the context of reorganized right-lateralized phonological processing compromises its availability for audio-visual synergy during adaptation to CI.
Atmospheric impacts of the strongest known solar particle storm of 775 AD
Authors: Sukhodolov Timofei , Usoskin Ilya , Rozanov Eugene , Asvestari Eleanna , Ball William T. , Curran Mark A. J. , Fischer Hubertus , Kovaltsov Gennady , Miyake Fusa , Peter Thomas , Plummer Christopher , Schmutz Werner , Severi Mirko , Traversi Rita 
Published: March 2017

AbstractSporadic solar energetic particle (SEP) events affect the Earth’s atmosphere and environment, in particular leading to depletion of the protective ozone layer in the Earth’s atmosphere, and pose potential technological and even life hazards. The greatest SEP storm known for the last 11 millennia (the Holocene) occurred in 774–775 AD, serving as a likely worst-case scenario being 40–50 times stronger than any directly observed one. Here we present a systematic analysis of the impact such an extreme event can have on the Earth’s atmosphere. Using state-of-the-art cosmic ray cascade and chemistry-climate models, we successfully reproduce the observed variability of cosmogenic isotope 10Be, around 775 AD, in four ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, thereby validating the models in the assessment of this event. We add to prior conclusions that any nitrate deposition signal from SEP events remains too weak to be detected in ice cores by showing that, even for such an extreme solar storm and sub-annual data resolution, the nitrate deposition signal is indistinguishable from the seasonal cycle. We show that such a severe event is able to perturb the polar stratosphere for at least one year, leading to regional changes in the surface temperature during northern hemisphere winters.
Discriminating cognitive status in Parkinson’s disease through functional connectomics and machine learning
Authors: Abós Alexandra , Baggio Hugo C. , Segura Bàrbara , García-Díaz Anna I. , Compta Yaroslau , Martí Maria José , Valldeoriola Francesc , Junqué Carme 
Published: March 2017

AbstractThere is growing interest in the potential of neuroimaging to help develop non-invasive biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, connection-wise patterns of functional connectivity were used to distinguish Parkinson’s disease patients according to cognitive status using machine learning. Two independent subject samples were assessed with resting-state fMRI. The first (training) sample comprised 38 healthy controls and 70 Parkinson’s disease patients (27 with mild cognitive impairment). The second (validation) sample included 25 patients (8 with mild cognitive impairment). The Brainnetome atlas was used to reconstruct the functional connectomes. Using a support vector machine trained on features selected through randomized logistic regression with leave-one-out cross-validation, a mean accuracy of 82.6% (p < 0.002) was achieved in separating patients with mild cognitive impairment from those without it in the training sample. The model trained on the whole training sample achieved an accuracy of 80.0% when used to classify the validation sample (p = 0.006). Correlation analyses showed that the connectivity level in the edges most consistently selected as features was associated with memory and executive function performance in the patient group. Our results demonstrate that connection-wise patterns of functional connectivity may be useful for discriminating Parkinson’s disease patients according to the presence of cognitive deficits.
Quantitative strain analysis of InAs/GaAs quantum dot materials
Authors: Vullum Per Erik , Nord Magnus , Vatanparast Maryam , Thomassen Sedsel Fretheim , Boothroyd Chris , Holmestad Randi , Fimland Bjørn-Ove , Reenaas Turid Worren 
Published: March 2017

AbstractGeometric phase analysis has been applied to high resolution aberration corrected (scanning) transmission electron microscopy images of InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) materials. We show quantitatively how the lattice mismatch induced strain varies on the atomic scale and tetragonally distorts the lattice in a wide region that extends several nm into the GaAs spacer layer below and above the QDs. Finally, we show how V-shaped dislocations originating at the QD/GaAs interface efficiently remove most of the lattice mismatch induced tetragonal distortions in and around the QD.
Acknowledging the Risk for Traumatic Brain Injury in Women Veterans
Authors: Amoroso Timothy , Iverson Katherine M. 
Published: March 2017

Abstract
Since the Iraq and Afghanistan wars began, an unprecedented number of women have been engaging in combat operations. Likewise, the number of women using Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) services has doubled since 2001. Military service, and deployment to combat in particular, poses certain risks for traumatic brain injury (TBI)—for all service members. However, women may have additional military and nondeployment risk factors such as intimate partner violence (IPV). We briefly review the definition and classification issues related to TBI, as well as common acute and chronic health symptoms after TBI. Specific sex differences in prognosis after TBI, in particular the neurobehavioral symptoms, are also reviewed. We then focus on the emerging literature regarding TBI in women veterans including the etiologies, outcomes, and unique challenges this population faces. The article concludes with suggestions for enhanced screening by VA and non-VA providers alike, as well as directions for future research and clinical inquiry.
Beyond differences in means: robust graphical methods to compare two groups in neuroscience
Authors: Rousselet Guillaume A. , Pernet Cyril R. , Wilcox Rand R. 
Published: March 2017

AbstractIf many changes are necessary to improve the quality of neuroscience research, one relatively simple step could have great pay-offs: to promote the adoption of detailed graphical methods, combined with robust inferential statistics. Here we illustrate how such methods can lead to a much more detailed understanding of group differences than bar graphs and t-tests on means. To complement the neuroscientist’s toolbox, we present two powerful tools that can help us understand how groups of observations differ: the shift function and the difference asymmetry function. These tools can be combined with detailed visualisations to provide complementary perspectives about the data. We provide implementations in R and Matlab of the graphical tools, and all the examples in the article can be reproduced using R scripts.
Poly(A) Binding Protein Nuclear 1 regulates the polyadenylation of key synaptic plasticity genes and plays a role in homeostatic plasticity
Authors: Vlatkovic Irena , Sambandan Sivakumar , Tushev Georgi , Wang Mantian , Epstein Irina , Glock Caspar , Fuerst Nicole , Cajigas Iván , Schuman Erin 
Published: March 2017

AbstractPolyadenylation is a nuclear process that involves the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA transcripts and the addition of poly(A) tails. The cleavage often takes place at different positions within the same RNA transcript, generating alternative 3’ends. Polyadenylation regulates mRNA localization, stability and translation and is likely to regulate complex processes such as synapse formation, synaptic plasticity and memory. Here we examined whether PolyA Binding Protein Nuclear 1 (Pabpn1), an RNA binding protein known to regulate alternative polyadenylation and polyA tail length in other systems, regulates neuronal mRNA function. Using immunocytochemistry we determined that Pabpn1 is present in both hippocampal slices and cultured hippocampal neurons. Applying shRNAs to knock-down Pabpn1 we discovered that Pabpn1 regulates the mRNA abundance and localization of key synaptic plasticity genes including Calcium/Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase II Alpha (Camk2a) and Glutamate Ionotropic Receptor AMPA Type Subunit 2 (Gria2). Furthermore, Pabpn1 knock-down prevented the homeostatic scaling of synaptic transmission elicited by bicuculline. These data demonstrate a link between Pabpn1, polyadenylation and neuronal plasticity.
Aerodynamic robust optimization of flying wing aircraft based on interval method
Authors: Pan Yalin , Huang Jun , Li Feng , Yan Chuxiong 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a robust optimization strategy to deal with the aerodynamic optimization issue, which does not need a large sum of information on the uncertainty of input parameters.

Design/methodology/approach
Interval numbers were adopted to describe the uncertain input, which only requires bounds and does not necessarily need probability distributions. Based on the method, model outputs were also regarded as intervals. To identify a better solution, an order relation was used to rank interval numbers.

Findings
Based on intervals analysis method, the uncertain optimization problem was transformed into nested optimization. The outer optimization was used to optimize the design vector, and inner optimization was used to compute the interval of model outputs. A flying wing aircraft was used as a basis for uncertainty optimization through the suggested optimization strategy, and optimization results demonstrated the validity of the method.

Originality/value
In aircraft conceptual design, the uncertain information of design parameters are often insufficient. Interval number programming method used for uncertainty analysis is effective for aerodynamic robust optimization for aircraft conceptual design.
Thermoelastic vibration and maneuver control of smart satellites
Authors: Fazelzadeh S. Ahmad , Azadi Emad 
Published: March 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze and control the thermally induced vibration of orbiting smart satellite panels, which have been modeled as functionally graded material (FGM) beams.

Design/methodology/approach
It is assumed that the satellite moves in a circular orbit and has pitch angle rotation maneuver. Rapid temperature changes at day–night transitions in orbit generate time dependent bending moments that induce vibrations in the appendages. So, the heat radiation effects on the appendages should be considered. The thermally induced vibrations of the appendages and the nonlinear heat transfer equation are coupled and should be solved simultaneously. So, the governing equations of the motion are nonlinear and very complicated ones. A robust passivity-based controller is proposed to control the satellite maneuver and appendages vibrations, using piezoelectric sensors/actuators.

Findings
After the simulation, the effects of the heat radiation, piezoelectric actuators and piezoelectric locations on the response of the system are studied. The results of dynamic response and thermal analysis show that the radiation thermal effects are coupled with structure dynamic. These effects induce the vibration. Also, the effectiveness and the capability of the controller are analyzed. The results of the simulation show that the robust passivity-based control can ensure that the satellite rotates in the desired trajectory and vibrations of the appendages are damped. It demonstrates that the proposed control scheme is feasible and effective.

Originality/value
The paper is the basis of deriving the governing equations, thermal analysis and a robust control system design of a smart satellite with FGM panels.
Vaginal delivery after placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death: A 20‐year single‐center experience
Authors: Inoue Ayami , Kondoh Eiji , Suginami Koh , Io Shingo , Chigusa Yoshitsugu , Konishi Ikuo 
Published: March 2017

AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to elucidate the feasibility and safety of vaginal delivery (VD) when placental abruption causes fetal demise.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective study of women who were managed for placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death at Kyoto University Hospital during the period from 1995 to 2015.ResultsSixteen cases were identified during the study period. VD was attempted in 15 cases and was accomplished in 14 (93.3%) cases. The median gestational age was 36 (24–39) weeks, and there were eight primiparas. The median Bishop score on admission was 2.5 (1–9). Eight pregnancies were complicated with pregnancy‐induced hypertension. The median duration of labor was 5 h and 18 min (30 min–12 h 43 min), and the median amount of hemorrhage was 2503 (445–6808) mL. Fresh frozen plasma (≥ 20 U) and red cell concentrate (≥ 10 U) were administered in 10 (71%) and 9 (64%) cases, respectively. Two cases required uterine artery embolization for post‐partum hemorrhage, while there was no case of maternal death or hysterectomy. Patients with Bishop score > 3 (n = 6) experienced shorter‐duration deliveries (P = 0.020) and had significantly larger blood loss volume (P = 0.020) compared to patients with Bishop score ≤ 3. The duration of labor was negatively correlated with the amount of blood loss (R2 = −0.56, P = 0.039).ConclusionAfter placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death, VD is feasible and safe regardless of gestational age, parity, cervical maturity, and duration of labor when intensive medical resources are available.
Violence, Atonement, and Retributive Justice: Bonhoeffer as a Test Case
Authors: Burkholder Benjamin 
Published: March 2017

AbstractRecent soteriological discourse has worried that atonement theologies like satisfaction and penal substitution have potentially damaging effects like inoculating us to our violence, further buttressing retributive justice, and inducing passive acquiescence in the face of abuse. Though legitimate concerns in their own right, this essay investigates whether certain views on the atonement do in fact produce the issues of concern. By investigating the thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who believed that God had to punish sin, this article will seek to identify the complex nuances in Bonhoeffer's work that would potentially safeguard against some of the concerns being raised about atonement theologies like his.