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Integrated ecosystem services assessment: Valuation of changes due to sea level rise in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA
Authors: Yoskowitz David , Carollo Cristina , Pollack Jennifer Beseres , Santos Carlota , Welder Kathleen 
Published: June 2016

Abstract

The goal of the present study was to identify the potential changes in ecosystem service values provided by wetlands in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA, under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) A1B max (0.69 m) sea level rise scenario. Built exclusively upon the output produced during the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model 6 (SLAMM 6) exercise for the Galveston Bay region, this study showed that fresh marsh and salt marsh present a steady decline from 2009 (initial condition) to 2100. Fresh marsh was projected to undergo the biggest changes, with the loss of approximately 21% of its extent between 2009 and 2100 under the A1B max scenario. The percentages of change for salt marsh were less prominent at approximately 12%. This trend was also shown in the values of selected ecosystem services (disturbance regulation, waste regulation, recreation, and aesthetics) provided by these habitats. An ordinary least squares regression was used to calculate the monetary value of the selected ecosystem services provided by salt marsh and fresh marsh in 2009, and in 2050 and 2100 under the A1B max scenario. The value of the selected services showed potential monetary losses in excess of US$40 million annually in 2100, compared to 2009 for fresh marsh and more than $11 million for salt marsh. The estimates provided here are only small portions of what can be lost due to the decrease in habitat extent, and they highlight the need for protecting not only built infrastructure but also natural resources from sea level rise. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2017;13:431–443. © 2016 SETAC

Key Points
Fresh marsh was projected to decrease by 21% between 2009 and 2100. The percentages of change for salt marsh were less prominent at approximately 12%. Ecosystem services values decreased more than US$40 million/y for fresh marsh. Ecosystem services values decreased more than $11 million/y for salt marsh.
Logistic regression analysis of drought persistence in East China
Authors: Meng Lei , Ford Trent , Guo Ying 
Published: June 2016

ABSTRACTEast China (EC) has experienced a number of severe droughts in recent decades. Understanding the characteristics of droughts and their persistence will provide operational guidelines for water resource management and agricultural production. This study uses a logistic regression model to measure the probability of drought occurrence in the current season given the previous season's Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) as well as drought persistence. Results reveal large spatial and seasonal variations in the relationship between the previous season's SPI and the drought occurrence probability in a given season. The drought persistence averaged over the entire study area for all the four seasons is approximately 34% with large variations from season to season and from region to region. The East and Northeast regions have the largest summer drought persistence (∼40%) and lowest fall drought persistence (∼28%). The spatial pattern in winter and spring drought persistence is dissimilar with stronger winter and weaker spring drought persistence in the Southwest and Northeast relative to other regions. Logistic regression analysis indicates a stronger negative relationship in summer‐to‐fall (or between fall drought occurrence and summer SPI) than other inter‐season relationships. Most of the stations with significant relationships in summer‐to‐fall lie in the East and the southern part of the North region. Significant negative relationships in winter–spring and fall–winter are primarily located on the western portion of the study area. A significant negative spring–summer relationship exists in the North region. Further, spring drought occurrence has a statistically significant positive relationship with winter SOI in the Southeast. Fall drought occurrence and summer SOI are negatively correlated in the northwest portion of EC (i.e. the border of North and Southwest regions). Overall, this study demonstrates that the impact of previous season SPI and SOI on current season drought varies substantially from region to region and from season to season. This study also shows stronger drought persistence in summer than in other seasons. In other words, the probability of fall drought occurrence is closely related to summer moisture conditions in the EC.
Human annulus progenitor cells: Analyses of this viable endogenous cell population
Authors: Gruber Helen E. , Riley Frank E. , Hoelscher Gretchen L. , Ingram Jane A. , Bullock Letitia , Hanley Edward N. 
Published: June 2016

ABSTRACTBack pain and intervertebral disc degeneration have growing socioeconomic/health care impacts. Increasing research efforts address use of stem and progenitor cell‐based replacement therapies to repopulate and regenerate the disc. Data presented here on the innate human annulus progenitor cells: (i) assessed osteogenic, chondrogenic and adipogenic potentials of cultured human annulus cells; and (ii) defined progenitor‐cell related gene expression patterns. Verification of the presence of progenitor cells within primary human disc tissue also used immunohistochemical identification of cell surface markers and microarray analyses. Differentiation analysis in cell cultures demonstrated a viable progenitor cell pool within Thompson grades III–IV discs. Osteogenesis was present in 8 out of 11 cultures (73%), chondrogenesis in 8 of 11 (73%), and adipogenesis in 6 of 6 (100%). Immunolocalization was positive for CD29, CD44, CD105, and CD14 (mean values 80.2%, 81.5%, 85.1%, and 88.6%, respectively); localization of CD45 and CD34 was negative in disc tissue. Compared to controls, surgical discs showed significantly downregulated genes with recognized progenitor cell functions: TCF7L2 (2.7 fold), BMI1 (3.8 fold), FGF receptor 2 (2 fold), PAFAH1B1 (2.3 fold), and GSTP1 (9 fold). Compared to healthier grade I/II discs, grade III/IV discs showed significantly upregulated XRCC5 (3.6 fold), TCF7L2 (6 fold), GSTP1 (3.7 fold), and BMI1 (3 fold). Additional significant cell marker analyses showed expression of platelet‐derived growth factor receptor alpha, CD90, CD73, and STRO‐1. Statement of Clinical Significance: Findings provide the first identification of progenitor cells in annulus specimens from older, more degenerate discs (in contrast to earlier studies of healthier discs or nondegenerative specimens from teenagers). Findings also increase knowledge on progenitor cells present in the disc and suggest their value in potential future utilization for regeneration and disc cell therapy. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:1351–1360, 2016.
Virgin olive oil quality of hedgerow ‘Arbequina’ olive trees under deficit irrigation
Authors: García José M , Morales‐Sillero Ana , Pérez‐Rubio Ana G , Diaz‐Espejo Antonio , Montero Antonio , Fernández José E 
Published: June 2016

AbstractBACKGROUNDRegulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is used in hedgerow olive orchards to achieve a sustainable balance between water savings, tree vigor and oil production. Its effects on the presence of compounds responsible for the taste of the oil and its nutritional value are controversial. The present 3‐year study was conducted in an ‘Arbequina’ orchard (1667 trees ha−1) under a full irrigation (FI) treatment (470.1 mm year−1 of water) and two RDI treatments scaled to replace 60% and 30%, respectively, of FI. The quality parameters, antioxidant contents and volatiles of the extracted virgin olive oil (VOO) were analyzed.RESULTSIn general, oils from the 30% RDI treatment had higher contents of pigments and phenolic compounds, a higher oleic/linoleic ratio and the highest oxidative stability, despite their lower tocopherol content. FI oils showed higher (E)‐2‐hexenal, 1‐penten‐3‐one, ocimene, E‐2‐pentenal and pentene dimer contents than 30RDI oils, but lower contents of (E)‐2‐pentenol and volatile esters.CONCLUSIONThe results of the present study suggest that a RDI strategy supplying 30% of the total irrigation needs induces an increase in natural antioxidants in VOO. Neither yield, nor the rest of the quality parameters were affected by the reduced irrigation. However, abundant autumn precipitation can over‐ride these effects of 30% RDI treatment on oil quality. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry
The Future of Glass Optics Replication
Authors: Kreilkamp Holger , Staasmeyer Jan‐Helge , Niendorf Laura 
Published: June 2016

AbstractWhile “Industrie 4.0” had been a new and unknown term at the Hannover Fair in 2011, it has now, five years later, become one of the most widely used expressions in the context of production discussions in most industry branches. “What does Industrie 4.0 mean?” This question was asked quite frequently and, as a matter of fact, it could only be answered ambiguously in the past five years. But since every company has a different understanding of this buzz‐word, a general definition cannot be given at all.
Stop Guessing, Start Seeing
Authors: Sarfels Joachim , Liebelt Frank 
Published: June 2016

AbstractIn industrial applications, thermal imaging cameras are used for non‐contact temperature measurements. Another common tool for non‐contact temperature measurements widely used in industrial applications is the spot pyrometer. Both work according to the same principle; they detect infrared radiation and translate it into a temperature reading. While a spot pyrometer can only give you a number, which might be inaccurate, a thermal imaging camera allows you to ‘see’ the heat, giving you not only temperature measurements, but also an instant image of heat distribution. This combination of visual information and accurate temperature measurements enables you to find faults quickly and accurately.
Precise and Rugged Measurement System for Red‐Hot Metals
Authors: Passarge Pierre , Reiff Ellen‐Christine 
Published: June 2016

AbstractWhen casting steel, copper alloys or aluminium in the continuous casting process, the losses of material must be kept as small as possible in order to guarantee economic production. Therefore, measurement systems which control the cutting length are mandatory. Often, however, the inaccuracy inherent in the working principle — caused, for example, by slippage, wear or dirt — is the reason that producers have to add a significant surplus quantity to the minimum length which is guaranteed to the customer; this, however, means that with each cut the producer “gives away” a certain quantity of material. Thanks to high‐precision, non‐contact measurement systems, which withstand also the rough operating conditions directly above the red‐hot strand, this savings potential be can used and the economic efficiency of the continuous casting method can be considerably increased.
Automatic Testing of Photonics Components
Authors: Arnold Steffen 
Published: June 2016

AbstractSilicon photonics sets the pace on the fiber optic data highway. Cloud computing, server farms, big data, fast Internet access, as well as a large number of other computer‐supported services that demand high transmission speeds, benefit from data rates in the Tbit/s range. However, a number of challenges must be overcome for production and testing of the latest generation of silicon photonics wafers.Automated solutions must function reliably under industrial conditions and work around‐the‐clock with great accuracy. At the same time, individual solutions are required because the wafer can make very different demands on the testing and production equipment.
Pragmatist Epistemology and Jane Addams: Fundamental Concepts for the Social Paradigm of Occupational Therapy
Authors: Morrison Rodolfo 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThe objective of this manuscript is to contribute to the education of future occupational therapists within the current paradigm of the profession. To this purpose, some of the conceptual foundations of pragmatist epistemology and philosophical contributions of the philosopher Jane Addams are presented.Some pragmatist fundamentals such as the holistic vision of the human being, the paradox of separating “knowing from doing”, and giving the usefulness of the activity and knowledge primacy in the process of human development, inspired the profession of Occupational Therapy in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. Today, almost 100 years after the founding of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, pragmatism is still relevant to the profession. Specifically, its pertinence is related to the current scenario of the profession, and its powerful development in working scopes related to socio‐community fields. This helps identify how we are on the verge of another paradigm, known as Social Paradigm of the Occupation. This new social understanding of the discipline allows us to understand the relevance of professional work in community or social contexts. Future research could address how the pragmatism contributes to the understanding of occupation as a social phenomenon within this new paradigm. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Partner interfering behaviors affecting cancer quality of life
Authors: Coker Ann L. , Follingstad Diane R. , Garcia Lisandra S. , Bush Heather M. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractObjectiveBecause partners are an important and unpaid resource in cancer care, understanding how destructive, controlling or interfering partner behaviors influence women's cancer care may be particularly relevant for health care providers seeking to provide cancer care and enhance recovery. Using a new measure of partner interfering behaviors in cancer care (PIB‐C), we investigated whether women with a recent cancer diagnosis who additionally endorsed any PIB‐C would report (a) more symptoms of depression and stress, and (b) lower Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT‐G) and lower Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Spiritual Well‐being (FACIT‐SP) scale scores indicating poorer quality of life (QOL).MethodsWomen aged 18–79 included in cancer registries as having an incident, primary, biopsy‐confirmed cancer in the past 12 months were eligible for this study. Consenting women completed a phone interview 9–12 months following cancer diagnosis between 2009 and 2015. Interviews provided data to measure outcomes (perceived stress and depressive symptoms, FACIT‐SP and FACT‐G scores), partner supportive and interfering behaviors, and other potentially confounding factors.ResultsOf the 2376 women in a relationship at cancer diagnosis, 14.7% endorsed one or more of 14 PIB‐C items. Women endorsing any PIB‐C item reported more symptoms of depression and stress and lower FACT‐G and FACIT‐SP scores than partnered women reporting no PIB‐C even when controlling for partner supportive behaviors and lifetime intimate partner violence. Increasing PIB‐C scores were also correlated, in a dose–response pattern, with these same outcomes.ConclusionsPartner interfering behaviors during cancer care impact patients' QOL across multiple domains. © 2016 The Authors. Psycho‐Oncology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Detektion der Spiralbahnen in einem Klein‐Zyklotron
Authors: Görtler David , Wolf Christian , Prechtl Martin , Bauer René 
Published: June 2016

AbstractDas Klein‐Zyklotron COLUMBUS, das in Kooperation des Coburger Gymnasiums Ernestinum mit der Hochschule Coburg entwickelt wurde, ist ein Teilchenbeschleuniger für Schul‐ und Lehrzwecke.Infolge eines Magnetfeldes bewegen sich Ionen auf Spiralbahnen, wobei diese in konstanten Zeitabständen durch ein hochfrequentes E‐Feld beschleunigt werden und so an kinetischer Energie gewinnen. Ein Lineartranslator verfährt einen Ionen‐Detektor quer durch diese Bahnen; dabei wird stets der aktuellen Position die entsprechende Ionenstromstärke zugeordnet.Das Ergebnis ist ein spezifisches Spektrum; aus der Lage der jeweiligen Peaks lassen sich beispielsweise die Radien der Spiralbahn und daraus die Energie der Ionen berechnen.Für die Zukunft ist geplant, das Messsystem mit einer benutzerfreundlichen Bedienoberfläche auszustatten, um den pädagogischen Anforderungen des Zyklotrons gerecht zu werden.
Optical spectrometry in the diagnosis of ion‐plasma processes
Authors: Kostrin D. K. , Uhov A. A. , Lisenkov A. A. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractAt the present stage of progress the development of ion‐plasma technological devices requires the use of express analysis of the generated plasma flux composition. Spectrometric equipment which can be embedded into the technological process to determine the composition of the gas mixture and to analyze the emission spectra of low temperature plasma generated by magnetron sputtering systems and vacuum arc sources is presented. The method of spectral interferometry that allows to control thickness and refractive index of the deposited films with depth from fractions to hundreds of micrometers is described.
Vakuumsysteme für die mobile Analytik
Authors: Barfuss Heinz 
Published: June 2016

AbstractSteigende Umweltbelastungen und verschärfte Umweltauflagen, zunehmende weltweite Verschlechterung der Sicherheitslage durch Sprengstoffanschläge, Drogentransport und ‐missbrauch, genauere Vorhersage von möglichen Naturkatastrophen wie z. B. Vulkanausbrüchen, Bewertung von Umwelteinflüssen durch Fracking und nach Unfällen in chemischen und petrochemischen Anlagen, polizeiliche Nutzung zur Aufklärung von Straftaten, lokale Lecksuche in Vakuumanlagen benötigen mobile und tragbare Analysesysteme für in situ Messungen vor Ort. Der Artikel zeigt die sich daraus ergebenden Anforderungen an Vakuumsysteme, umrahmt von konkreten Anwendungsbeispielen.
Empirical evidence for competition‐driven semelparity in wild medaka
Authors: Edeline Eric , Terao Osamu , Naruse Kiyoshi 
Published: June 2016

AbstractMetabolic theory predicts that maintenance rate increases faster with animal body size than food intake rate, such that the critical resource densityR* at which ingested energy exactly covers maintenance requirements increases with body size. Small‐sized (lowR*) juveniles may thus exclude their larger‐sized (highR*) parents in resource competition, resulting in apparent semelparous life histories and non‐overlapping generations. However, empirical support for such a competition‐driven semelparity (CDS) remains scarce. Here, we report a high consistency of cohort dynamics with CDS in wild medaka (Oryzias latipes). As predicted by the theory, there was a strong juvenile‐adult diet overlap, and all individuals died after reproduction as semelparous age‐1 adults, synchronous with a rapid somatic growth of age‐0 juveniles into the adult stage and with dropping abundances of zooplankton food resources. In addition to the theory, we found evidence for increased reproductive allocation under food stress, translating into immune depression and elevated parasite prevalence. Therefore, CDS in medaka emerges both from intercohort competitive exclusion and from food‐dependent energy reallocation from maintenance to reproduction, the later presumably representing an adaptive response to the former. The literature data show that the strengths of both intercohort competition and reproductive allocation increase at higher temperatures in many ectotherms, pointing to climate warming as a potentially powerful magnifier of CDS in the wild.
CONTRACTUAL NETWORKS IN EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Authors: Grušić Uglješa 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThis article examines private international law issues raised by transnational contractual networks. The focus is on choice-of-law questions that arise in the context of 1) relations between network members who are contractually bound to one another, 2) relations between network members not connected directly by bonds of contract, and 3) relations between the network and the outsiders. The aim is to assess whether, and to what extent, European private international law is capable of dealing with some of the key challenges posed by contemporary economic and social activity.
Development of chylous ascites in an infant with ventricular septal defect: a case report
Authors: Ootaki Yoshio , Verghese George R. , Ungerleider Ross M. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractThis case report describes chylous ascites associated with a CHD in a 4-month-old infant. Although atraumatic chylous ascites are a rare clinical finding, the recognition and treatment of chylous ascites influence the timing of cardiac surgery.
Lower spatial QRS-T angle rules out sustained ventricular arrhythmias in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Authors: Cortez Daniel , Sharma Nandita , Cavanaugh Jean , Tuozo Froilan , Derk Gwendolyn , Lundberg Emily , Weiner Keith , Kiciman Nafiz , Alejos Juan , Landeck Bruce , Aboulhosn Jamil , Miyamoto Shelley , McCanta Anthony C. , Batra Anjan S. 
Published: June 2016

AbstractIntroductionThe spatial peaks QRS-T angle accurately distinguishes children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from their healthy counterparts. The spatial peaks QRS-T angle is also useful in risk stratification for ventricular arrhythmias. We hypothesised that the spatial peaks QRS-T angle would be useful for the prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients under 23 years of age.MethodsCorrected QT interval and spatial peaks QRS-T angles were retrospectively assessed in 133 paediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients (12.4±6.6 years) with versus without ventricular arrhythmias of 30 seconds or longer. Significance, positive/negative predictive values, and odds ratios were calculated based on receiver operating characteristic curve cut-off values.ResultsIn total, 10 patients with ventricular arrhythmias were identified. Although the corrected QT interval did not differentiate those with versus without ventricular arrhythmias, the spatial peaks QRS-T angle did (151.4±19.0 versus 116.8±42.6 degrees, respectively, p<0.001). At an optimal cut-off value (124.1 degrees), the positive and negative predictive values of the spatial peaks QRS-T angle were 15.4 and 100.0%, respectively, with an odds ratio of 25.9 (95% CI 1.5–452.2).ConclusionIn children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the spatial peaks QRS-T angle is associated with ventricular arrhythmia burden with high negative predictive value and odds ratio.
Where the Right Gets in: On Rawls’s Criticism of Habermas’s Conception of Legitimacy
Authors: Finlayson James Gordon 
Published: June 2016

AbstractMany commentators have failed to identify the important issues at the heart of the debate between Habermas and Rawls. This is partly because they give undue attention to differences between Rawls’s original position and Habermas’s principle (U), neither of which is germane to the actual dispute. The dispute is at bottom about how best to conceive of democratic legitimacy. Rawls indicates where the dividing issues lie when he objects that Habermas’s account of democratic legitimacy is comprehensive and his is confined to the political. But his argument is vitiated by a threefold ambiguity in what he means by ‘comprehensive doctrine’. Tidying up this ambiguity helps reveal that the dispute turns on the way in which morality relates to political legitimacy. Although Habermas calls his conception of legitimate law ‘morally freestanding’, and as such distinguishes it from Kantian and natural law accounts of legitimacy, it is not as freestanding from morality as he likes to present it. Habermas’s mature theory contains conflicting claims about the relation between morality and democratic legitimacy. So there is at least one important sense in which Rawls’s charge of comprehensiveness is made to stick against Habermas’s conception of democratic legitimacy, and remains unanswered.