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Determining the Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State for the ASES, SST, and VAS Pain After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Authors: Chamberlain Aaron M , Hung Man , Chen Wei , Keener Jay D , McAllister Jared , Ebersole Gregory , Granger Erin K , Bowen Randy C , Tashjian Robert Z 
Published: November 2017

Background The Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) is a symptom state that a patient considers acceptable. No prior study has determined the PASS for the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, the Simple Shoulder Test (SST), and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain score after shoulder arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to determine the PASS for the ASES score, the SST score, and VAS pain for patients treated with a total shoulder arthroplasty. Methods A total of 326 patients had a primary anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) or primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) by 1 of 5 shoulder and elbow surgeons at 1 of 2 institutions. Each patient completed the SST, ASES score, and a VAS pain preoperatively and at a minimum of 2 years postoperative (average 3.5 years). The PASS value for the ASES score, SST, and VAS pain was calculated. Results The PASS for the ASES score, SST, and VAS pain was 76, 8.4, and 1.5, respectively. Neither hand dominance nor age had a significant effect on PASS for SST, VAS, and ASES ( P > .05). Gender had significant effect on SST and ASES scores with P-values of < .01 and .034, respectively. Duration of follow-up is correlated with VAS ( P = .004) but not with ASES or SST scores. Conclusions Patients treated with a shoulder arthroplasty consider ASES score of 76, SST score of 8.4, and a VAS pain level of 1.5 to be acceptable symptomatic states. Females typically consider a slightly higher ASES and SST score to reach an acceptable state.
Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolic Events After Open Shoulder Surgery
Authors: Sing David C , Tangtiphaiboontana Jennifer , Ma C Benjamin , Feeley Brian T , Zhang Alan L 
Published: November 2017

Background Although venous thromboembolic (VTE) events are known to develop after lower extremity surgery, there is little research on the risk of VTE after upper extremity surgery. The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors for VTE in patients undergoing open shoulder surgery. Methods We used International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification procedure codes to identify patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 1998 to 2011 who underwent open shoulder surgery. Patients were tracked to determine the incidence of VTE after surgery and stratified by demographics, comorbidities, and hospital characteristics. Risk factors were analyzed using multivariate analysis. Results A total of 315 423 open shoulder procedures were identified in the NIS from 1998 to 2011, of which 1420 (0.45%) carried a diagnosis of VTE, with 873 (0.27%) cases of pulmonary embolism, and 976 (0.31%) cases of deep vein thrombosis. The VTE incidence was similar in common shoulder surgeries, including total shoulder replacement (0.28%), partial shoulder replacement (0.51%), open reduction internal fixation of humerus (0.73%), and open rotator cuff repair (0.28%). Patients with VTE were older, male, African-American, and had a longer hospital stay (14.0 days compared with 3.2 days for patients without VTE). Comorbidities associated with higher risk of VTE included hypercoagulability (odds ratio [OR]: 5.62, P < .001), cancer (OR: 2.51, P < .001), congestive heart failure (OR: 2.01, P < .001), electrolyte abnormalities (OR: 2.1, P < .001), and obesity (OR: 1.46, P < .001). Conclusions There is a low overall risk of VTE after open shoulder surgery. Risk factors for VTE in this population should be used in conjunction with current guidelines to update recommendations for postoperative prophylactic treatment.
Defining the gap: a systematic review of the difference in rates of diabetes‐related foot complications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non‐Indigenous Australians
Authors: West Matthew , Chuter Vivienne , Munteanu Shannon , Hawke Fiona 
Published: November 2017

AbstractBackgroundThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has an increased risk of developing chronic illnesses including diabetes. Among people with diabetes, foot complications are common and make a significant contribution to the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease. The aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the literature comparing the rates of diabetes related foot complications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to non‐Indigenous Australians.MethodsMEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library; PUBMED and CINAHL were searched from inception until August 2016. Inclusion criteria were: published cross‐sectional or longitudinal studies reporting the prevalence of diabetes related foot complications in both a cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and a cohort of one other Australian population of any age with diabetes. Risk of bias was assessed using the STROBE tool.ResultsEleven studies including a total of 157,892 participants were included. Studies were set in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, primarily in rural and remote areas. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experienced substantially more diabetes related foot complications with the mean age up to 14 years younger than non‐Indigenous Australians. Aboriginality was associated with increased risk of peripheral neuropathy, foot ulceration and amputation. In several studies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians accounted for the vast majority of diabetes related foot complications (up to 91%) while comprising only a small proportion of the regional population. Reporting quality as assessed with the STROBE tool showed underreporting of: methods, sample description and potential sources of bias. There are no data available for some Australian states and for specific types of diabetes related foot complications.ConclusionsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a 3–6 fold increased likelihood of experiencing a diabetes related foot complication compared to non‐Indigenous Australians. Evidence‐based, culturally appropriate screening and intervention programs and improved access to effective health care services are required to prevent a widening of the gap in diabetes related foot complications between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non‐Indigenous Australians.
On some fixed point theorems in generalized metric spaces
Authors: ElKouch Youness , Marhrani El Miloudi 
Published: November 2017

AbstractIn this paper, we obtain some generalizations of fixed point results for Kannan, Chatterjea and Hardy-Rogers contraction mappings in a new class of generalized metric spaces introduced recently by Jleli and Samet (Fixed Point Theory Appl. 2015:33, 2015).
Correction to: Accuracy of surface strain measurements from transmission electron microscopy images of nanoparticles
Authors: Madsen Jacob , Liu Pei , Wagner Jakob B. , Hansen Thomas W. , Schiøtz Jakob 
Published: November 2017

AbstractUnfortunately, after publication of this article [1], it was noticed that the name of the fifth author was incorrectly displayed as Jakob Schiøz. The correct name is Jakob Schiøtz and can be seen in the corrected author list above. The original article has also been updated to correct this error.
Modeling Dose Response for Late Dysphagia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer in the Modern Era of Definitive Chemoradiation
Authors: Tsai Chiaojung Jillian , Jackson Andrew , Setton Jeremy , Riaz Nadeem , McBride Sean , Leeman Jonathan , Kowalski Alex , Happersett Laura , Lee Nancy Y. 
Published: November 2017

Purpose To develop personalized multivariate dose-response models for late dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer treated in the modern era of combined chemotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Patients and Methods The analysis included 424 patients (oropharyngeal cancer [n = 295] and nasopharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, or laryngeal cancer [n = 129]) who received definitive chemoradiation between January 2004 and April 2009. The superior, middle, and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles were contoured. We calculated generalized equivalent uniform dose (gEUD) for each and the total constrictor muscle volume, with the volume effect parameter a varying from log10 a = −1 to +1 in steps of 0.1. We used the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (version 3.0) to grade late dysphagia and logistic regression to evaluate the correlation of gEUD( a) with grade 2 or higher (≥ G2) and grade 3 or higher (≥ G3) late dysphagia at each value of a. Results Median follow-up was 33.3 months (range, 6 to 69 months). There were 41 cases (10%) of ≥ G2 dysphagia and 22 cases (5%) of ≥ G3 dysphagia. Mean doses to the total constrictor ranged from 30.1 to 85.7 Gy (median, 61.2 Gy). The predicted rate of ≥ G2 dysphagia increased by approximately 3.4% per Gy at the mean dose, for which the probability of ≥ G2 dysphagia is 50%. The threshold mean total constrictor doses that limited rates of ≥ G2 and ≥ G3 dysphagia to < 5% were < 58 Gy and < 61 Gy, respectively. Other significant factors in the multivariate predictive model included disease site, mean dose to total constrictor muscle, and patient age. Conclusion Incidences of both ≥ G2 and ≥ G3 dysphagia were dependent on the mean radiation dose to the total constrictor muscle volume, disease site, and patient age. Limiting the total volume of constrictor muscle to < 58 Gy could keep the predicted rate of ≥ G2 dysphagia to < 5%.
Piscine birnavirus triggers antiviral immune response in trout red blood cells, despite not being infective
Authors: Nombela Ivan , Carrion Aurora , Puente-Marin Sara , Chico Veronica , Mercado Luis , Perez Luis , Coll Julio , Ortega-Villaizan Maria del Mar 
Published: November 2017

Background:Some fish viruses, such as piscine orthoreovirus and infectious salmon anemia virus, target red blood cells (RBCs), highly replicate inside them and induce an immune response. However, the implications of RBCs in the context of birnavirus infection (i.e, infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV)) have not yet been studied.Methods:Ex vivotrout RBCs were obtained from peripheral blood, ficoll purified and exposed to IPNV in order to analyze infectivity and induced immune response using RT-qPCR, immune fluorescence imaging, flow cytometry and western-blotting techniques.Results:IPNV could not infect RBCs; however, IPNV-exposed RBCs increased the expression of the INF1-related genesifn-1, pkrandmxgenes. Moreover, conditioned media from IPNV-exposed RBCs conferred protection against IPNV infection in CHSE-214 fish cell line.Conclusions:Trout RBCs could trigger an antiviral immune response against IPNV infection despite not being infected. Fish RBCs could be considered mediators of the antiviral response and therefore targets of novel DNA vaccines and new strategies against fish viral infections. Further research is ongoing to completely understand the molecular mechanism that triggers this immune response in trout RBCs.
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in bio-aerosols from untreated TB patients
Authors: Patterson Benjamin , Morrow Carl , Singh Vinayak , Moosa Atica , Gqada Melitta , Woodward Jeremy , Mizrahi Valerie , Bryden Wayne , Call Charles , Patel Shwetak , Warner Digby , Wood Robin 
Published: November 2017

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is predominantly an airborne disease. However, quantitative and qualitative analysis of bio-aerosols containing the aetiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), has proven very challenging. Our objective is to sample bio-aerosols from newly diagnosed TB patients for detection and enumeration of Mtb bacilli. Methods: We monitored each of 35 newly diagnosed, GeneXpert sputum-positive, TB patients during 1 hour confinement in a custom-built Respiratory Aerosol Sampling Chamber (RASC). The RASC (a small clean-room of 1.4m3) incorporates aerodynamic particle size detection, viable and non-viable sampling devices, real-time CO2 monitoring, and cough sound-recording. Microbiological culture and droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) were used to detect Mtb in each of the bio-aerosol collection devices. Results: Mtb was detected in 27/35 (77.1%) of aerosol samples; 15/35 (42.8%) samples were positive by mycobacterial culture and 25/27 (92.96%) were positive by ddPCR. Culturability of collected bacilli was not predicted by radiographic evidence of pulmonary cavitation, sputum smear positivity, or cough rate. Mtb was detected on all viable cascade impactor stages with a peak at aerosol sizes 2.0-3.5μm. This suggests a median of 0.09 CFU/litre of exhaled air (IQR: 0.07 to 0.3 CFU/l) for the aerosol culture positives and an estimated median concentration of 4.5x107 CFU/ml (IQR: 2.9x107-5.6x107) of exhaled particulate bio-aerosol. Conclusions: Mtb was identified in bio-aerosols exhaled by the majority of untreated TB patients using the RASC. Molecular detection was more sensitive than mycobacterial culture on solid media, suggesting that further studies are required to determine whether this reflects a significant proportion of differentially detectable bacilli in these samples.
Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business—IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?
Authors: Liang Huigang , Wang Nianxin , Xue Yajiong , Ge Shilun 
Published: November 2017

Contradictory views exist regarding whether business–information technology (IT) alignment enhances or reduces organizational agility, and no consensus has been achieved. To disentangle this puzzle, this study takes both the intellectual and social dimensions of IT alignment into account and investigates how they influence agility in opposite directions through distinct mechanisms. Based on survey data from 429 dyads of business and IT executives, we uncover that intellectual alignment impedes agility by increasing organizational inertia, while social alignment facilitates agility by enhancing emergent business–IT coordination. We also find that social alignment weakens the effect of intellectual alignment on organizational inertia. This paper fills a gap in the information systems (IS) literature by providing a theory-driven explanation of the alignment paradox, which makes a significant contribution to both IS research and practice.The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2017.0711 .
‘What is our motherland?’ Performing ‘time out of joint’ at the National Theatre of Greece (2011–13)
Authors: Zaroulia Marilena 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
In May 2011, the National Theatre of Greece launched its autumn 2011 to spring 2013 programme season under the title ‘Ti ine i patrida mas?’ (‘What is our motherland?’) which featured works by Greek and non-Greek artists that focused on three areas: Greeks’ perceptions of themselves, non-Greeks’ views of the country and its people, and what Greece might signify today. This two-year long season can offer insight into the National’s role amidst growing socio-political and financial crises as well as a shifting theatre and performing arts landscape. This article explores whether the ‘What is our motherland?’ season marks a change in the politics, aesthetics and practices of the National Theatre in order to offer some ways of approaching the interplay between crisis, culture and nation-building in contemporary Greece. I will argue that the National’s ostensible change of attitude, inaugurated by this season, in fact constitutes a fulfilment of its institutional role, ‘a natural affiliation between theatre and public politics on a national scale’ (Kruger 1992: 6). But what deserves further critical attention is the issue of temporality as manifested in individual works during the season. In the examples considered here, I offer some ways of reading current experiences of temporality, a time ‘out of joint’ that seems to mark the tone of Greek politics and public life since 2010.
Avances y retos en la implementación de la estrategia AIEPI en Medellín. 2012-2015
Authors: Caicedo Martínez Nydia Stella , Silva Viviescas Claudia Inés , Gómez Dávila Joaquín Guillermo 
Published: November 2017

La estrategia AIEPI busca disminuir la morbi-mortalidad en la población materno-infantil, fortalecer la calidad de los servicios de salud e integrar las redes de atención comunitarias con las de las Instituciones Prestadoras de Servicios de Salud (IPS). En Medellín, la Secretaría de Salud en 2012-2015 definió realizar acciones de capacitación, asesoría, monitoreo y evaluación en el componente clínico, comunitario y organizacional de AIEPI. Resultados: Componente clínico se encuentra el diseño de un Plan Operativo (PO) y una ruta de atención en las Empresas Administradoras de Planes de Beneficio (EAPB) y sus redes de IPS. La evaluación de adherencia de la estrategia en las IPS en los últimos años ha sido en promedio de 32%, para 2015 los estándares no negociables presentaron un cumplimiento de 42% y de los estándares generales 39%; el sector público en este mismo año alcanzó 87% en los estándares no negociables y 88% en los demás estándares. Componente comunitario, se logró articular la estrategia AIEPI con la política pública de primera infancia liderada por el programa Buen Comienzo. Componente organizacional, se logró la conformación del Comité de Infancia y Maternidad Segura para planear, implementar y evaluar la estrategia AIEPI, que luego se fue expandiendo a otros temas materno-infantiles. En conclusión, este proceso presenta logros y desafíos que deben ser enfrentados fortaleciendo la articulación intersectorial e interinstitucional y la participación de diferentes actores sociales de la ciudad, desde un enfoque de derechos y con un abordaje integral desde la etapa preconcepcional, la gestación y la primera infancia.
IUPAC Polymer Division at 50 Years
Authors: Jones Richard “Dick” 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
For most of us, history is marked by significant anniversaries following from recognisable start or end dates: birthdays, wedding anniversaries, monarchical reigns, wars. So it is that this year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formal inception of the Polymer Division under its former name as the IUPAC Macromolecular Division. However, the Division has a significant pre-history that essentially maps the development of polymer chemistry to a mature discipline in its own right. By the 1920s, through the efforts of individuals who recognized the need, a common language of communication was already in the offing. These people formed committees to consider the development of systematic nomenclature, terminology and definitions, symbols, and other matters of importance in polymer science. All of this work became the foundations on which IUPAC built its growing interest in macromolecules, of which I would know very little if it were not for the excellent History of IUPAC 1919-1987 [1] and History of IUPAC 1988-1999 [2] upon which I have been able to draw.
Polymers Everyday and Everywhere
Authors: Rabinovich Daniel 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
I recently looked back at all the notes I’ve written for Chemistry International during the past decade or so, and polymer chemistry seems to be a recurrent theme, with a range of topics that underscores the multifarious applications of polymeric materials, both natural and synthetic. For example, the common polypropylene stacking chair, created in 1962 by Robin Day, one of the most influential furniture designers of the 20th century, was featured on a British stamp used to illustrate a Stamps International article published in 2011.
Performance Analysis of Visible Light Communication Based on 16-QAM Companded OFDM Using Laser Diode
Authors: Fall Mangone , Gao Xiang , Deng Rui , Zhong Zhangdui 
Published: November 2017

AbstractIn this paper, a 16-QAM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with companding technique is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in a high-speed visible laser light communication setup with low-cost 450 nm blue-light laser diode. Companding technique is used to reduce the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the OFDM signal. The experimental results show a successfully achieved 2.5 Gb/s under 5 m free space transmission and a PAPR reduction of about 3.2 dB at a fixed complementary cumulative distribution function of 10–3 when compared with the regular one without any technique.
Discussing discourse modalities in argument theory: Reconsidering a paradigm
Authors: van den Hoven Paul 
Published: November 2017

Abstract
This article analyzes a statement by Blair that the conditions of interpretation of visual expression are indeterminate to a much greater degree than is the case with verbal expression. We argue that this proposition reveals a somewhat hidden paradigm about what argument theory is or should be. This currently dominant paradigm takes as its object a prototypical verbal discourse from which arguments can be “reconstructed” in a fairly straightforward way. In this article, we argue that accepting multimodal discourse as a means to convey argumentation implies the necessity of a serious amendment of this paradigm. The problem of modeling the protagonist’s commitments inevitably requires our having to deal more with indeterminate, “raw” discourse formats, not to be replaced by verbal reconstructions. It requires our incorporating multimodal semiotics as an integrated element of argumentation theory; and it requires our accepting that argumentative commitments are deliberately underspecified and negotiable.
Un Protocolo Conversacional de una Entrevista de Corte Policiaco a un Detenido, Difundida en los Medios de Comunicación Masiva
Authors: Vázquez Laslop María Eugenia 
Published: November 2017

ResumenEl 30 de agosto de 2010 la Policía Federal mexicana detuvo a uno de los capos del narcotráfico más buscados del momento, Édgar Valdez Villarreal, “La Barbie”. Durante los primeros días de septiembre la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública difundió en los medios de comunicación masiva fragmentos de una entrevista al detenido realizada el 31 de agosto, que seguía un formato en apariencia oficial e institucional. El objetivo de este artículo es describir la entrevista a modo de protocolo en términos del mecanismo de la interacción verbal entre el entrevistador y el entrevistado y reflexionar acerca de dicho formato según el modelo jurídico de la entrevista policiaca, así como de la configuración de la identidad del entrevistado por parte de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública. Se caracteriza esta entrevista policiaca desde tres perspectivas: una jurídica, en materia penal, una pragmática, de acuerdo con los parámetros conversacionales propios de cualquier interacción verbal y de los conceptos defachada, identidadyestigmaen la presentación de la persona, y una gramatical, respecto de las formas de las preguntas en las entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Se reflexiona acerca de la difusión de este material en los medios de comunicación como estrategia de propaganda política.