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Towards a nationwide geological survey in nineteenth century Mexico
Authors: Azuela Luz Fernanda 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Throughout the nineteenth century, geological research in Mexico was conducted by various actors, including scientific travellers, mining entrepreneurs, civil servants, scientists and amateur geologists. They explored vast swaths of Mexican territory, producing maps and writing articles and books about its geological constitution. However, it was not until the last third of the nineteenth century that any official attempt was made to put together a national geological survey. The French Expedition (1864–67) was the first to assert the need for a general geological map. Later, the Mexican Geological Commission was established in 1888 during the Porfirio Díaz administration. A couple of years later, the first general geological map was finally ready. Research then continued to grow and prosper under the auspices of the National Geological Institute, founded in 1891.
Absence of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Irradiated Childhood Cancer Survivors of Black Race: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study
Authors: Ehrhardt Matthew J. , Bhakta Nickhill , Liu Qi , Yasui Yutaka , Krasin Matthew J. , Mulrooney Daniel A. , Hudson Melissa M. , Robison Leslie L. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Background: Cancer survivors exposed to therapeutic radiation are at increased risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Despite the notable influence of race on rates of BCC in the general population, the same is not clearly defined in previously irradiated cancer survivors. We investigated the influence of race on the development of BCC in adult survivors of childhood cancer.
Methods: Using a retrospective cohort study, outcomes were collected through June 30, 2015, for 1,746 irradiated childhood cancer survivors participating in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE), comprising a total of 33,147 person-years of follow-up. Subsequent neoplasms identified in survivors through self-report and prospective clinical assessment were validated by pathology reports. Expected numbers of each type of radiation-associated neoplasm, including BCC, were calculated for irradiated black survivors based on rates in irradiated white survivors, accounting for primary cancer diagnosis, diagnosis year, attained age, and sex.
Results: On the basis of the rate of BCC in previously irradiated white survivors, 56.1 BCCs were expected among 237 black survivors, yet none observed. In contrast, the observed-to-expected ratio of non-BCC radiation-associated neoplasms (melanoma, brain, breast, thyroid cancer) was 0.88 (30 observed/34.2 expected, 95% confidence interval, 0.59–1.25).
Conclusions: We identified an unexpected absence of BCC in irradiated black survivors in SJLIFE. We observe a similar absence of BCC in black individuals among two additional cohorts treated with irradiation for childhood cancer.
Impact: Black survivors are at a substantially reduced or absent risk for BCC from therapeutic radiation for reasons not yet fully understood. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 25(9); 1356–60. ©2016 AACR.
Election 2016: Voting on Variants
Authors: Cho Raymond J. , Collisson Eric A. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Summary: Genome sequencing studies increasingly identify variants of unknown significance in provocative genes. Kim and colleagues present a system with which to functionally annotate such variants in a high-throughput, biologically relevant series of assays. Cancer Discov; 6(7); 694–6. ©2016 AACR.
See related article by Kim et al., p. 714.
An Achilles' Heel for MLL-Rearranged Leukemias: Writers and Readers of H3 Lysine 36 Dimethylation
Authors: Balbach Sebastian T. , Orkin Stuart H. 
Published: July 2016

Abstract
Summary: Histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation (H3K36me2), a modification associated with transcriptional activation, is required for mixed-lineage leukemia–dependent transcription and leukemic transformation. In this issue of Cancer Discovery, Zhu and colleagues map the network of readers, writers, and erasers of H3K36me2 and uncover the ASH1L histone methyltransferase as a novel target for therapeutic intervention. Cancer Discov; 6(7); 700–2. ©2016 AACR.
See related article by Zhu and colleagues, p. 770.
Prospective Electromechanical Control Systems of Industrial Manipulator Efforts
Authors: Sukhenko Nikolay Alexandrovich , Pyatibratov Georgiy Yakovlevich , Danshina Anzhela Alexandrovna , Altunyan Lermont Lyevikovich 
Published: July 2016

<p>The current electric drive of industrial manipulators is implemented on the principle of speed control and position of the actuator, often do not provide actuator motion as consistent with required process specifications. Taking into account the disadvantages of existing control systems the new approach to control systems engineering and implementation of industrial manipulators electric drives using force balancing systems of actuator efforts control was proposed. Application properties and implementation of efforts control systems inside springy gears and mechanisms of industrial manipulators have been studied. The efficient structure of electromechanical system, which provides the desired balance the transfer object weight and dampening of manipulators mechanical gears springy oscillations is proved. The studies were performed on mathematical modeling and the prototype of industrial manipulators, which confirmed the performance of control system potential structure application and synthesized effort regulator which provide the required performance factor. The potential electromechanical force balancing systems is ably to increase industrial manipulators performance quality, provides transfer and the desired positioning of load directly by operator. Possibility of efficient application the scope increase of industrial manipulators using the potential force balancing systems of efforts control is defined.</p><p> </p>
Development of Wireless Power Transfer using Capacitive Method for Mouse Charging Application
Authors: Saat S. , Guat O. Z. , Abdul Rahman F.K. , Isa A. A. , Darsono A. M. 
Published: July 2016

Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a non-contact power transfer within a distance. With the advantage of not-contact concept, WPT enhances the flexibility movement of the devices. Basically, there are three types of the WPT which are inductive power transfer (IPT), Capacitive Power Transfer (CPT) and Acoustic Power Transfer (APT). Among these, capacitive power transfer (CPT) has the advantages of confining electric field between coupled plates, metal penetration ability and also the simplicity in circuit topologies. Therefore, we focus on the capacitive method in this paper. To be specific, this paper aims to develop a wireless mouse charging system using capacitive based method. This method enables wireless power transmission from mouse pad to a wireless mouse. Hence, no battery requires to power up the mouse. In this paper, a high efficiency Class-E converter is described in details to convert the DC source to AC and the compensation circuit of resonant tank is also proposed at the transmitter side in order to improve the efficiency. In the end, a prototype is developed to prove the developed method. The performances analysis of the developed prototype is discussed and the future recommendation of this technique is also presented.
Intervenção domiciliar com ênfase no autocuidado para idosos usuários de um Centro de Saúde Escola do Município de São Paulo
Authors: Almeida Maria Helena Morgani de , Batista Marina Picazzio Perez 
Published: July 2016

Introdução: Segundo a Organização Mundial da Saúde, riscos para declínio de saúde, funcionalidade e morte de idosos incluem ser mulher solteira ou viúva, ter 80 anos ou mais, estar isolado, ter limitações em atividades diárias básicas. Objetivo: Descrever e analisar intervenção de terapia ocupacional a idosos sob dois ou mais riscos. Método: Pesquisa intervenção desenvolvida em 2008/2009 em três etapas: avaliação com o Instrumento de Classificação de Idosos quanto à Capacidade para o Autocuidado; orientações para funcionalidade, universo ocupacional e interação social; reavaliação. Critérios de inclusão: ser idoso; sob risco demográfico (por ter 80 anos ou mais e/ou ser mulher solteira ou viúva), e social e/ou funcional (segundo pesquisa de 2006/2008); usuário do Centro de Saúde Escola Geraldo Paula Souza da FSP/USP. Resultados: Participaram 58 idosos que adotavam práticas de autocuidado, mas não efetivas. Esses foram orientados quanto a modificações nas atividades e no ambiente e a ampliarem da rede de suporte; 25,9% ampliaram universo ocupacional, 32,8% aumentaram rede, e houve discreta melhora funcional. Um maior número de idosos com dificuldades funcionais passou a morar com alguém e a contar com ajuda. Conclusão: A intervenção foi benéfica para ampliar atividades, rede de suporte e melhorar funcionalidade.
A INTERFACE INSTITUCIONAL ENTRE A ANS E O PODER JUDICIÁRIO: ANÁLISE DE ACÓRDÃOS SOBRE A COBERTURA DE EMERGÊNCIAS MÉDICAS EM PLANOS DE SAÚDE
Authors: Ramalho Bruno Araujo 
Published: July 2016

O presente artigo dedica-se a analisar o controle judicial da norma regulatória atualmente adotada pela Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS) para a cobertura de urgências e emergências médicas em planos de assistência à saúde. Para tanto, foi feita uma revisão jurisprudencial de acórdãos dos tribunais de São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais que versavam sobre o tema e, ao final, verificou-se que a norma regulatória tem sido considerada ilegal pela maioria dos integrantes desses tribunais (com exceção de uma Câmara Cível específica do Tribunal de São Paulo). Os resultados da revisão jurisprudencial foram discutidos tomando-se por base o grau de vinculação à juridicidade e destacando-se os problemas epistêmicos existentes atualmente para a caracterização de uma urgência médica, bem como para a definição do alcance a ser dado na cobertura desta natureza. Na conclusão da pesquisa, demonstrou-se haver a necessidade de um melhor paradigma regulatório e de uma harmoniosa interface institucional entre a agência reguladora e o Poder Judiciário.
A Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse into the Princeps Edition of Colóquios dos simples (Goa, 1563)
Authors: Nobre de Carvalho Teresa 
Published: July 2016

Considered by many to be the most learned Portuguese physician who lived in Goa during the sixteenth century, Garcia de Orta (c. 1500–1568) was the author of Colóquios dos Simples, e Drogas he cousas mediçinais da India [Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India] (Goa, 1563). Devoted entirely to the description of Asian natural resources, very little is known about how this treatise came into existence. Published at the edges of the Portuguese empire, and a hostage to technical, structural and human constraints, the princeps edition had a limited circulation. The diffusion around Europe of the novelties described in Colóquios dos Simples owed in part to the efforts of Clusius (1526–1609), one of the leading botanists of the time. This scholar promptly published Aromatum et Simplicium (Antwerp, 1567), a Latin epitome of Colóquios dos Simples. This complete reframing of Orta’s treatise guaranteed the wide dissemination of the new knowledge about Asian plants, fruits and drugs validated by the Portuguese physician on the periphery of the empire. In this essay I analyse the background to the publication of the Portuguese treatise and demonstrate that, especially due to structural constraints, the princeps edition had a limited circulation. I show that the wide diffusion of the novelties about the natural resources of the Indies was dependent on the technical equipment, artistic skills and editorial criteria dictated and managed by European academics, artists and printers. I propose that the appropriation of local knowledge collected and validated in the Iberian Empires by imperial agents challenged European academics and typographers to create innovative treatises about the Indies’ natural resources that assured the widespread circulation of an entirely new natural knowledge.
A Probabilistic Multispectral Pattern Recognition Method for Detection of Overshooting Cloud Tops Using Passive Satellite Imager Observations
Authors: Bedka Kristopher M. , Khlopenkov Konstantin 
Published: July 2016

AbstractDeep convective updrafts often penetrate through the surrounding cirrus anvil and into the lower stratosphere. Cross-tropopause transport of ice, water vapor, and chemicals occurs within these “overshooting tops” (OTs) along with a variety of hazardous weather conditions. OTs are readily apparent in satellite imagery, and, given the importance of OTs for weather and climate, a number of automated satellite-based detection methods have been developed. Some of these methods have proven to be relatively reliable, and their products are used in diverse Earth science applications. Nevertheless, analysis of these methods and feedback from product users indicate that use of fixed infrared temperature–based detection criteria often induces biases that can limit their utility for weather and climate analysis. This paper describes a new multispectral OT detection approach that improves upon those previously developed by minimizing use of fixed criteria and incorporating pattern recognition analyses to arrive at an OT probability product. The product is developed and validated using OT and non-OT anvil regions identified by a human within MODIS imagery. The product offered high skill for discriminating between OTs and anvils and matched 69% of human OT identifications for a particular probability threshold with a false-detection rate of 18%, outperforming previously existing methods. The false-detection rate drops to 1% when OT-induced texture detected within visible imagery is used to constrain the IR-based OT probability product. The OT probability product is also shown to improve severe-storm detection over the United States by 20% relative to the best existing method.
Communal Currencies
Authors: Dittmer Kristofer 
Published: July 2016

Venezuela’s communal currencies are unique worldwide as a central government initiative. However, efforts to establish significant currency systems have failed so far. Their lack of success can be interpreted in terms of the experiment’s foundation on strong cultural optimism and confused concepts of the nature and origins of money. Government support has been limited to a single model of isolationist-egalitarian “barter” systems. Some form of local currency may be relevant to ecosocialist transition in Venezuela, but the current spatial organization of the systems is wasteful of transport fuel, suggesting that a transition to ecosocialism cannot postpone addressing structural challenges. Las monedas comunitarias de Venezuela son únicas en el mundo como iniciativas de un gobierno central. Sin embargo, los esfuerzos para establecer sistemas monetarios importantes han fallado hasta ahora. Esta falta de éxito se puede interpretar como el resultado del optimismo cultural fuerte y de los conceptos confusos sobre la naturaleza y los orígenes del dinero que forman la base del experimento. El apoyo del gobierno se ha li-mitado a un modelo único de sistemas de “trueque” aislacionistas e igualitarios. Algún tipo de moneda local podría ser apropiada para una transición ecosocialista en Venezuela, pero la organización espacial de los sistemas en la actualidad desperdicia el combustible de transporte, lo que sugiere que la transición hacia el ecosocialismo no puede posponer el examen de estos retos estructurales.
Evaluating aging in cats
Authors: Bellows Jan , Center Sharon , Daristotle Leighann , Estrada Amara H , Flickinger Elizabeth A , Horwitz Debra F , Lascelles B Duncan X , Lepine Allan , Perea Sally , Scherk Margie , Shoveller Anna K 
Published: July 2016

Practical relevance: Many of the changes that occur with aging are not considered pathologic and do not negatively affect overall wellness or quality of life. Ruling out disease is essential, however, when attempting to determine whether an aged cat can be considered ‘healthy’. A clear understanding of the normal and abnormal changes that are associated with aging in cats can help practitioners make decisions regarding medical management, feeding interventions and additional testing procedures for their aged patients. Clinical challenges: It can be difficult to determine if a cat is displaying changes that are appropriate for age. For example, healthy aged cats may have hematologic or serum biochemistry changes that differ from those of the general feline population. Assessment of behavioral health and cognitive changes, as well as auditory, olfactory and visual changes, can also be challenging in the aged patient. Goals: This is the second of two review articles in a Special Issue devoted to feline healthy aging. The goals of the project culminating in these publications included developing a working definition for healthy aging in feline patients and identifying clinical methods that can be used to accurately classify healthy aged cats. This second review proposes criteria for assessing ‘healthy aged cats’. Evidence base: There is a paucity of research in feline aging. The authors draw on expert opinion and available data in both the cat and other species.
Measuring treatment satisfaction in MS: Is the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication fit for purpose?
Authors: Vermersch Patrick , Hobart Jeremy , Dive-Pouletty Catherine , Bozzi Sylvie , Hass Steven , Coyle Patricia K 
Published: July 2016

Background: The Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) was designed to assess patient treatment satisfaction in chronic diseases. Its performance has not been examined in multiple sclerosis (MS). The 14 items of the TSQM cover four domains: Effectiveness, Side Effects, Convenience, and Global Satisfaction. Objective: To evaluate performance of the TSQM in patients with relapsing MS, using data collected from the TENERE study (NCT00883337), in which 324 patients received oral teriflunomide or subcutaneous interferon beta-1a for ⩾48 weeks. Methods: Five measurement properties were examined using traditional psychometric methods: data completeness, scale-to-sample targeting, scaling assumptions, reliability (including test–retest), and construct validity (internal: item-level scaling success, confirmatory factor analysis, and exploratory factor analysis; external: convergence, discrimination, and group differences). Results: There were few (<2%) missing item data; domain scores could be computed for all patients. Score distributions were skewed toward higher satisfaction; two domains had marked ceiling effects. Scaling assumptions were supported. Internal consistency reliability was high (Cronbach’s α > 0.90). Internal validity tests supported item groupings. Correlations supported convergent and discriminant construct validity; hypothesis testing supported group differences validity. Conclusion: This investigation found the TSQM to be a useful tool, exhibiting good psychometric measurement properties in patients with relapsing MS in the TENERE study.
Perceptions of telepractice pedagogy in speech-language pathology: A quantitative analysis
Authors: Overby Megan S , Baft-Neff Annette 
Published: July 2016

Introduction Despite the growth of telecommunication applications to provide clinical healthcare services, there has been little attention to the pedagogical framework needed to train healthcare students to deliver these services. Methods In this exploratory investigation, perceptions of speech-language pathology/therapy (SLP/SLT) faculty ( n = 31), graduate students ( n = 16), and telehealth (“telepractice”) clinicians ( n = 16) were examined with a 15-item survey regarding the 1) comparative pedagogical importance of four skills common to telepractice and face-to-face service (f2f) delivery, and 2) relative pedagogical value of seven skills and competencies unique to telepractice. Results Statistical analyses revealed nonverbal communication skills and knowledge of the literature related to service delivery methods were more important in telepractice than in f2f service delivery. Among seven skills unique to telepractice, participants believed the most important was solving problems related to the Internet and recommended at least two hours of instruction each in telepractice technology, patient confidentiality, and role-playing telepractice. Results suggest that SLP/SLT students may need additional and/or focused academic training in nonverbal communication, telepractice literature, and in solving connectivity issues to enter the telepractice marketplace with sufficient preparation. Discussion Further study is needed to compare the relative importance of additional SLP/SLT skills and competencies, describe components of effective healthcare training telepractice programs, and explore effective pedagogical strategies for healthcare telepractice instruction.
Optimal choices: Azeri multilingualism in indigenous and diaspora contexts
Authors: Karimzad Farzad 
Published: July 2016

Purpose: This study provides a comparative-theoretic account of code-switching in Azeri-Farsi-English multilingual communities in the USA and Iran. The salient differences between the grammars of these communities, I claim, reside in the relative ‘value’ each community places on the two relational constraints: POWER and SOLIDARITY. Approach: I follow Bhatt and Bolonyai’s (2011) optimality-theoretic framework for the analysis of inter-community variation. Data and analysis: The data are drawn from over 15 hours of audio-recorded natural conversations among Azeri-Farsi-English multilingual speakers in Iran and the USA. The recordings were transcribed and coded for the five meta-pragmatic constraints of FAITH, FACE, SOLIDARITY, POWER and PERSPECTIVE proposed by Bhatt and Bolonyai. Findings and conclusions: The results reveal that despite overwhelming similarities in Azeri communities in the USA and Iran, the difference in their sociolinguistic grammars are significant, resulting from the interaction of SOLIDARTY and POWER. Crucially, in the diaspora context, SOLIDARITY outranks POWER, but in the indigenous context POWER outranks SOLIDARITY. I argue that this ranking difference between the two sociolinguistic grammars pertains to the practices that offer the profit of distinction (Bourdieu, 1991): in the diaspora context it is the solidarity function, accomplished by switching to Azeri and/or avoiding POWER switches, whereas in the indigenous context it is the differentiation function, in terms of status/power, accomplished through switching to English/Farsi. Originality: A rather favorable consequence of the approach to code-switching I have adopted is that it allows us to capture the precise micro-discursive changes that are effected by mobility and displacement. Implications: The theoretical approach followed in this study has implications for a sociolinguistic theory of mobility; that changes in sociolinguistic behavior under movement (diaspora) are, in fact, predictable: I argue that the enhancement of the value of solidarity vis-à-vis power as a result of migration is a predictable sociolinguistic behavior similar to other diasporic communal activities.