bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Response to A Different Vantage Point Commentary: Psychotherapeutic Genetic Counseling, Is it?
Authors: Biesecker Barbara , Austin Jehannine , Caleshu Colleen 
Published: November 2016

AbstractWhether genetic counseling is a form of psychotherapy is open for debate. Early practicioners in genetic counseling described it as such, and this claim has been replicated in recent publications. This commentary is a rebuttal to the claim that genetic counseling is distinct from psychotherapty. We argue that it is a a form of psychoterapy that aims to help clients manage a health threat that affects their psychological wellbeing, paralleling the goals of psychotherapy.
Treatment success in neck pain: The added predictive value of psychosocial variables in addition to clinical variables
Authors: Groeneweg Ruud , Haanstra Tsjitske , Bolman Catherine A.W. , Oostendorp Rob A.B. , van Tulder Maurits W. , Ostelo Raymond W.J.G. 
Published: November 2016

Abstract

Background and aims
Identification of psychosocial variables may influence treatment outcome. The objective of this study was to prospectively examine whether psychosocial variables, in addition to clinical variables (pain, functioning, general health, previous neck pain, comorbidity), are predictive factors for treatment outcome (i.e. global perceived effect, functioning and pain) in patients with sub-acute and chronic non-specific neck pain undergoing physical therapy or manual therapy. Psychosocial factors included treatment outcome expectancy and treatment credibility, health locus of control, and fear avoidance beliefs.

Methods
This study reports a secondary analysis of a primary care-based pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Potential predictors were measured at baseline and outcomes, in 181 patients, at 7 weeks and 26 weeks.

Results
Hierarchical logistic regression models showed that treatment outcome expectancy predicted outcome

Conclusions
Based on the results of this study we conclude that outcome expectancy, in patients with non-specific sub-acute and chronic neck pain, has additional predictive value for treatment success above and beyond clinical and demographic variables.

Implications
Psychological processes, health perceptions and how these factors relate to clinical variables may be important for treatment decision making regarding therapeutic options for individual patients.
Longitudinal Multicenter Analysis of Outcomes After Cessation of Control Measures for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Authors: Lemieux Camille , Gardam Michael , Evans Gerald , John Michael , Suh Kathryn N. , vanWalraven Carl , Vicencio Elisa , Coulby Cameron , Roth Virginia , Hota Susy 
Published: November 2016

OBJECTIVETo assess clinically relevant outcomes after complete cessation of control measures for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE).DESIGNQuasi-experimental ecological study over 3.5 years.METHODSAll VRE screening and isolation practices at 4 large academic hospitals in Ontario, Canada, were stopped on July 1, 2012. In total, 618 anonymized abstracted charts of patients with VRE-positive clinical isolates identified between July 1, 2010, and December 31, 2013, were reviewed to determine whether the case was a true VRE infection, a VRE colonization or contaminant, or a true VRE bacteremia. All deaths within 30 days of the last VRE infection were also reviewed to determine whether the death was fully or partially attributable to VRE. All-cause mortality was evaluated over the study period. Generalized estimating equation methods were used to cluster outcome rates within hospitals, and negative binomial models were created for each outcome.RESULTSThe incidence rate ratio (IRR) for VRE infections was 0.59 and the associatedPvalue was .34. For VRE bacteremias, the IRR was 0.54 andP=.38; for all-cause mortality the IRR was 0.70 andP=.66; and for VRE attributable death, the IRR was 0.35 andP=.49. VRE control measures were not significantly associated with any of the outcomes. Rates of all outcomes appeared to increase during the 18-month period after cessation of VRE control measures, but none reached statistical significance.CONCLUSIONClinically significant VRE outcomes remain rare. Cessation of all control measures for VRE had no significant attributable adverse clinical impact.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2016;1–7
Spilling breakers in shallow water: applications to Favre waves and to the shoaling and breaking of solitary waves
Authors: Gavrilyuk S. L. , Liapidevskii V. Yu. , Chesnokov A. A. 
Published: November 2016

A two-layer long-wave approximation of the homogeneous Euler equations for a free-surface flow evolving over mild slopes is derived. The upper layer is turbulent and is described by depth-averaged equations for the layer thickness, average fluid velocity and fluid turbulent energy. The lower layer is almost potential and can be described by Serre–Su–Gardner–Green–Naghdi equations (a second-order shallow water approximation with respect to the parameter $H/L$, where $H$ is a characteristic water depth and $L$ is a characteristic wavelength). A simple model for vertical turbulent mixing is proposed governing the interaction between these layers. Stationary supercritical solutions to this model are first constructed, containing, in particular, a local turbulent subcritical zone at the forward slope of the wave. The non-stationary model was then numerically solved and compared with experimental data for the following two problems. The first one is the study of surface waves resulting from the interaction of a uniform free-surface flow with an immobile wall (the water hammer problem with a free surface). These waves are sometimes called ‘Favre waves’ in homage to Henry Favre and his contribution to the study of this phenomenon. When the Froude number is between 1 and approximately 1.3, an undular bore appears. The characteristics of the leading wave in an undular bore are in good agreement with experimental data by Favre (Ondes de Translation dans les Canaux Découverts, 1935, Dunod) and Treske (J. Hydraul Res., vol. 32 (3), 1994, pp. 355–370). When the Froude number is between 1.3 and 1.4, the transition from an undular bore to a breaking (monotone) bore occurs. The shoaling and breaking of a solitary wave propagating in a long channel (300 m) of mild slope (1/60) was then studied. Good agreement with experimental data by Hsiao et al. (Coast. Engng, vol. 55, 2008, pp. 975–988) for the wave profile evolution was found.
Factoriality and Type Classification of k-Graph von Neumann Algebras
Authors: Yang Dilian 
Published: November 2016

AbstractLet be a single vertex k-graph and let be the von Neumann algebra induced from the Gelfand–Naimark–Segal (GNS) representation of a distinguished state ω of its k-graph C*-algebra . In this paper we prove the factoriality of , and furthermore determine its type when either has the little pullback property, or the intrinsic group of has rank 0. The key step to achieving this is to show that the fixed-point algebra of the modular action corresponding to ω has a unique tracial state.
The effects of three total mixed rations with different concentrate to maize silage ratios and different levels of microalgaeChlorella vulgarisonin vitrototal gas, methane and carbon dioxide production
Authors: KHOLIF A. E. , ELGHANDOUR M. M. Y. , SALEM A. Z. M. , BARBABOSA A. , MÁRQUEZ O. , ODONGO N. E. 
Published: November 2016

SUMMARYThe aim of the current study was to assess the effects of addingChlorella vulgarisalgae at different levels onin vitrogas production (GP) of three total mixed rations (TMR) with different concentrate (C): maize silage (S) ratios (25C : 75S, 50C : 50S, 75C : 25S).Chlorella vulgariswas added at 0, 20, 40 and 80 mg/g dry matter (DM) of the TMR and total gas, methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) production were recorded after 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24 and 48 h of incubation in three runs. Increasing concentrate portion in the TMR linearly increased the asymptotic GP and decreased the rate of GP without affecting the lag time. Addition ofC. vulgarisat 20 mg/g DM to the 25C : 75S TMR increased the asymptotic GP, CH4, CO2and GP at 48 h. Addition ofC. vulgaristo the 50C : 50S TMR decreased the asymptotic GP and GP at 48 h. Higher CH4production was observed at 48 h of incubation whenC. vulgariswas included at (per g DM): 20 mg for the 25C : 75S ration, 40 mg for the 50C : 50S ration and 80 mg for the 75C : 25S ration. Inclusion ofC. vulgarislinearly increased CH4production for the 50C : 50S ration and increased CO2production at 10 and 12 h of incubation for the 50C : 50S ration, whereas 20 and 40 mgC. vulgaris/g DM of the 75C : 25S TMR decreased CO2production. The 25C : 75S TMR had the highestin vitroDM disappearance withC. vulgarisaddition.Chlorella vulgarisaddition was more effective with rations high in fibre content than those high in concentrates. It can be concluded that the optimal level ofC. vulgarisaddition was 20 mg/g DM for improved ruminal fermentation of the 25C : 75S TMR.
Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals that hybridization between Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica occurred in China
Authors: ICHIKAWA-SEKI MADOKA , PENG MAO , HAYASHI KEI , SHORIKI TAKUYA , MOHANTA UDAY KUMAR , SHIBAHARA TOSHIYUKI , ITAGAKI TADASHI 
Published: November 2016

SUMMARYThe well-known pathogens of fasciolosis, Fasciola hepatica (Fh) and Fasciola Gigantica (Fg), possess abundant mature sperms in their seminal vesicles, and thus, they reproduce bisexually. On the other hand, aspermic Fasciola flukes reported from Asian countries, which have no sperm in their seminal vesicles, probably reproduce parthenogenetically. The aim of this study was to reveal the origin of aspermic Fasciola flukes. The nuclear single copy markers, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and DNA polymerase delta, were employed for analysis of Fasciola species from China. The hybrid origin of aspermic Fasciola flukes was strongly suggested by the presence of the Fh/Fg type, which includes DNA fragments of both F. hepatica and F. gigantica. China can be regarded as the cradle of the interspecific hybridization because F. hepatica and F. gigantica were detected in the northern and southern parts of China, respectively, and hybrids flukes were distributed between the habitats of the two species. The Chinese origin was supported by the fact that a larger number of mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) haplotypes was detected in Chinese aspermic Fasciola populations than in aspermic populations from the neighbouring countries. Hereafter, ‘aspermic’ Fasciola flukes should be termed as ‘hybrid’ Fasciola flukes.
Resource activation for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, co-morbid symptoms and impaired functioning: a randomized controlled trial in Cambodia
Authors: Steinert C. , Bumke P. J. , Hollekamp R. L. , Larisch A. , Leichsenring F. , Mattheß H. , Sek S. , Sodemann U. , Stingl M. , Ret T. , Vojtová H. , Wöller W. , Kruse J. 
Published: November 2016

BackgroundMental health morbidity in post-conflict settings is high. Nevertheless, randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy on site are rare. Our aim was to integrate rigorous research procedures into a humanitarian programme and test the efficacy of resource activation (ROTATE) in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), co-morbid symptoms and impaired functioning in Cambodia.MethodA total of 86 out-patients with PTSD were randomly assigned to five sessions of ROTATE (n= 53) or a 5-week waiting-list control (WLC) condition (n= 33). Treatment was provided by six Cambodian psychologists who had received extensive training in ROTATE. Masked assessments were made before and after therapy.ResultsPTSD remission rates according to the DSM-IV algorithm of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire were 95.9% in ROTATE and 24.1% in the WLC condition. Thus, patients receiving ROTATE had a significantly higher likelihood of PTSD remission (odds ratio 0.012, 95% confidence interval 0.002–0.071,p< 0.00001). Additionally, levels of anxiety, depression and impaired functioning were significantly reduced compared with the WLC condition (p< 0.00001, between-group effect sizesd= 2.41, 2.26 and 2.54, respectively). No harms were reported.ConclusionsROTATE was efficacious in treating Cambodian patients with high symptom levels of PTSD, emotional distress and impaired functioning. ROTATE is a brief, culturally adaptable intervention focusing on stabilization and strengthening resources rather than trauma confrontation. It can be taught to local professionals and paraprofessionals and enhance access to mental health care for patients in need.
Home-ownership and housing wealth of elderly divorcees in ten European countries
Authors: WIND BAREND , DEWILDE CAROLINE 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTRecent research has shown that divorce reduces the likelihood of home-ownership. Even in later life, ever-divorced men and women display lower home-ownership rates than their married counterparts. There is, however, a lack of knowledge about the consequences of divorce for a majority of divorcees: those who remain in home-ownership or move back into home-ownership after an episode in rental housing. This paper investigates the economic costs of divorce by focusing on the housing wealth of ever-divorced home-owners in later life (age 50 and over), against the background of changing welfare and housing regimes. The empirical analysis is based on data from ten European countries that participated in the third and fourth waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE 2007/8 and 2011/2). Our analyses support an association between divorce experience and lower housing wealth holdings for men and women who remain in home-ownership after a divorce, or re-enter home-ownership after a spell in rental housing. This means that a divorce has negative housing consequences for a broader range of individuals than thus far assumed. In countries with a dynamic housing market and a deregulated housing finance system, ever-divorced home-owners are worse off than their married counterparts. In these countries, more elderly individuals with a weaker financial situation are able to remain in or regain access to (mortgaged) home-ownership, but at the cost of lower housing equity. Further research should focus on the implications (e.g. for wellbeing, economic position) of such cross-country variations.
Ageing in a low-density urban city: transportation mobility as a social equity issue
Authors: ADORNO GAIL , FIELDS NOELLE , CRONLEY COURTNEY , PAREKH RUPAL , MAGRUDER KAREN 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to examine older adults' experiences and perspectives regarding transportation mobility. Using a community-based participatory research approach, residents of Arlington, Texas, age 55 and older, participated in individual interviews (N = 15) or one of six focus groups (N = 45) as part of an overall study about ageing well in a large ethnically diverse city in the United States of America. Thematic analysis was conducted using inductive and deductive qualitative methods and social equity as a sensitising concept. Findings indicate that older adults who are transportation-disadvantaged experience limited access to health care, goods and services and are isolated from familiar lifestyle habits and social networks. Access to affordable, adequate transportation is compromised through social and political forces, which marginalise historically disadvantaged populations. Implications for cross-disciplinary practice and future research on sustainable transportation and policy development are discussed within a social justice and social equity framework.
Change and stability in loneliness and friendship after an intervention for older women
Authors: MARTINA CAMILLE M. S. , STEVENS NAN L. , WESTERHOF GERBEN J. 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTIn this study we examine patterns of change and stability in loneliness among 108 women who had participated in a friendship enrichment programme during the year after the programme. We distinguished seven groups of participants in which different levels of loneliness significantly declined, remained stable or increased. These were reduced to the following groups: those recovered, significantly improved and not improved. We then examined whether resources such as age, education, partner status, health, initially available friendships and developments in friendships were related to these loneliness patterns. The data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews, a loneliness scale and the personal convoy model. The results indicate that none of the demographic characteristics, nor health, were associated with the patterns of loneliness. Friendship availability and development did differ among the groups. Recovery from loneliness after a year was associated with the presence of a friend in the outer circle of the convoy and having more variation in one's friendships initially and one year later. It was also associated with the presence of a friend in the inner circle and reporting improvement in friendship later. The absence of these qualities initially or subsequently was more characteristic of those whose loneliness was stable or increased. Thus, the maintenance of companionate friendship and the development of intimacy in one's friendships seem advantageous for recovery from loneliness. While this study illustrates that recovery from, and significant reduction of loneliness are possible, we are not yet able to predict who will benefit and who will not benefit from a friendship enrichment programme.
Intergenerational flows of support between parents and adult children in Britain
Authors: EVANDROU MARIA , FALKINGHAM JANE , GOMEZ-LEON MADELIN , VLACHANTONI ATHINA 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTUnderstanding patterns of intergenerational support is critical within the context of demographic change, such as changing family structures and population ageing. Existing research has focused on intergenerational support at a given time in the individuals' lifecourse, e.g. from adult children towards older parents and vice versa; however, few studies have focused on the dynamic nature of such support. Analysing data from the 1958 National Child Development Study, this paper investigates the extent to which the receipt of parental help earlier in the lifecourse affects the chances of adult children reciprocating with support towards their parents later in life. The findings show that three-quarters of mid-life adults had received some support from their parents earlier in life, and at age 50 more than half were providing care to their parents. Patterns of support received and provided across the lifecourse differ markedly by gender, with sons being more likely to have received help with finances earlier in the lifecourse, and daughters with child care. The results highlight that care provision towards parents was associated with support receipt earlier in life. However, the degree of reciprocity varies according to the type of care provided by children. Such findings have implications for informal care provision by adult children towards future cohorts of older people, and by extension, the organisation of social care.
Interpersonal work context as a possible buffer against age-related stereotyping
Authors: VAN DER HEIJDEN BEATRICE I. J. M. 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTThis study deals with the impact of relational demography upon occupational expertise ratings, and possible moderating effects of interpersonal work context factors. The results revealed support for a decrease in supervisor ratings of occupational expertise of their subordinates as an effect of directional age difference (status-incongruence: a situation wherein a supervisor is younger than his or her subordinate). Moreover, it appeared that transformational leadership style could not moderate this effect. Dyadic tenure appeared to strengthen the negative effect of status-incongruence, yet, only in the case of a longer duration of the relationship between employee and supervisor. Both theoretical and practical implications of these outcomes are discussed.
‘The trauma of the cyclone has changed us forever’: self-reliance, vulnerability and resilience among older Australians in cyclone-prone areas
Authors: ASTILL SANDRA , MILLER EVONNE 
Published: November 2016

ABSTRACTThe combination of population ageing and climate change is creating a new threat for many Australian coastal hamlets vulnerable to the impact of tropical cyclones. Increasingly, elderly people are facing future tropical cyclones alone, without support from family and friends, relying instead on already stretched government and authority resources, despite Emergency Management Australia's (EMA) policy expectation that all citizens must be self-reliant. This research explored the future self-reliance and disaster resilience of coastal hamlets through the lens of the Social Cognitive Theory by outlining the findings from focus groups, personal interviews and questionnaires involving participants over 65 years of age, residing in townships previously impacted by Cyclone Larry (in 2006) and Cyclone Yasi (in 2011). Participants recalled a lack of social support following the cyclones, a fear of evacuating their homes, as well as the trauma of recovering from such intense destruction. Respondents were also concerned about the physical, cognitive and financial impacts of ageing on their ability to prepare and recover from future cyclones, frightened that experiences from the past might be repeated in the future, contributing to feelings of isolation, frustration and the loss of community, and a rethinking of ageing in the place of their choice. These considerations impact on the dependence EMA has that all citizens will remain self-reliant when faced with a natural hazard and should be considered when making future policy decisions in relation to more isolated coastal townships.
Formation of double layers and evolution of the distribution functions during ion acceleration driven by a high-intensity short laser pulse normally incident on thin foils
Authors: Shoucri M. , Vidal F. , Matte J-P. 
Published: November 2016

AbstractWe use an Eulerian Vlasov code, which solves the one-dimensional relativistic Vlasov–Maxwell equations for both electrons and ions, to follow in details the evolution of the distribution functions and the mechanism of the formation and evolution of double layers during ion acceleration driven by a high-intensity circularly polarized short laser pulse (12 ω−1 where ω is the laser angular frequency) normally incident on a thin dense foil. We compare three cases with a high-density deuterium plasma target of total thickness 1.767 cω−1 and constant n/ncr = 100, where ncr is the critical density, and where the laser intensity is varied from a situation where the target is opaque to the laser pulse (normalized vector potential or quiver momentum a0 = 80), to a situation where, above a critical laser intensity, a very small fraction of the laser pulse is transmitted through the target (a0 = 90), and finally to a situation where a more important fraction is transmitted through the target (a0 = 100). The dynamics of ion and electron acceleration are quite different in the three cases, and are followed in detail by the Eulerian Vlasov code, which allows an accurate representation of the distribution function. In the intermediate case, the Vlasov code has revealed a remarkably well-developed spiral structure in the phase space of the electron distribution function, which is associated with large sawtooth modulations in the electron density profiles.