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Investigating the role of a district science coordinator
Authors: Whitworth Brooke A. , Maeng Jennifer L. , Wheeler Lindsay B. , Chiu Jennifer L. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThis study explored the professional responsibilities of district science coordinators, their professional development (PD) experiences, the relationship between their role, responsibilities, district context, and background, and barriers encountered in their work. A national sample (n = 122) of self‐identified science coordinators completed a Science Coordinator Role Survey. Participants’ responses were analyzed using descriptive and correlational statistics. Following analysis of survey data, 16 participants (13.1%) were purposefully selected for semi‐structured follow‐up interviews. Results indicated the majority of respondents identified themselves as Caucasian, female, and had served in their position for less than 10 years. The typical science coordinator held a degree in a science content area and was a former science teacher. Respondents without science degrees tended to hold positions at small, remote, or rural school districts with responsibilities in multiple content areas. Participants also reported barriers of not having enough PD opportunities, lack of time, lack of emphasis on science instruction, and a lack of power to enforce policies within a district. Results characterize the professional responsibilities of coordinators, provide insight into the role of a science coordinator, and into how to create targeted PD for coordinators. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 54: 914–936, 2017
Non‐visualization of choroid plexus of fourth ventricle as first‐trimester predictor of posterior fossa anomalies and chromosomal defects
Authors: Martinez‐Ten P. , Illescas T. , Adiego B. , Estevez M. , Bermejo C. , Wong A. E. , Sepulveda W. 
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess non‐visualization of the choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle (CP‐4V) as a simple, qualitative and reproducible first‐trimester ultrasound feature of the posterior fossa for the prediction of central nervous system (CNS) anomalies and chromosomal defects.MethodsFirst‐trimester three‐dimensional ultrasound datasets of the fetal brain were obtained prospectively from 65 consecutive normal singletons and retrospectively from 27 fetuses identified as having an abnormal posterior fossa on first‐trimester ultrasound examination, and randomly combined to form the final study group. The stored ultrasound volumes were analyzed offline by two accredited sonologists, who were not aware of the final diagnoses. The CP‐4V was assessed by multiplanar navigation and classified as visible or non‐visible in its normal position depending on whether or not the echogenic structure that separates the fourth ventricle from the cisterna magna was identified in both midsagittal and axial planes. Correlation with subsequent second‐trimester ultrasound, fetal magnetic resonance imaging, or postmortem or postnatal findings was performed to determine the predictive value of the first‐trimester findings.ResultsAmong the 92 ultrasound datasets analyzed, 73 (79%) were acquired transabdominally and 19 (21%) transvaginally. The CP‐4V was classified as visible in 64 cases and non‐visible in 28 cases, with agreement between the two observers in both sagittal and axial planes in all but one case. Twelve of the 28 (43%) fetuses with non‐visible CP‐4V were subsequently diagnosed as having a CNS malformation (open spina bifida (n = 6), Dandy–Walker malformation (n = 2), Blake's pouch cyst (n = 2), cephalocele (n = 1) and megacisterna magna (n = 1)). In addition, 20 of these 28 (71%) fetuses had aneuploidy (trisomy 18 (n = 10), triploidy (n = 5), trisomy 13 (n = 3), Turner syndrome (n = 1) or trisomy 21 (n = 1)). There was only one false‐positive case, in which the CP‐4V was classified as absent in a normal fetus.ConclusionsNon‐visualization of the CP‐4V in the first trimester appears to be a strong marker of posterior fossa anomalies and chromosomal defects. Qualitative evaluation of this anatomic structure is simple, feasible and reproducible, and its routine assessment during the first‐trimester scan may facilitate the early detection of CNS anomalies and associated fetal aneuploidy. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Maternal hemodynamics early in labor: a possible link with obstetric risk?
Authors: Valensise H. , Tiralongo G. M. , Pisani I. , Farsetti D. , Lo Presti D. , Gagliardi G. , Basile M. R. , Novelli G. P. , Vasapollo B. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractObjectiveTo determine if hemodynamic assessment in ‘low‐risk’ pregnant women at term with an appropriate‐for‐gestational age (AGA) fetus can improve the identification of patients who will suffer maternal or fetal/neonatal complications during labor.MethodsThis was a prospective observational study of 77 women with low‐risk term pregnancy and AGA fetus, in the early stages of labor. Hemodynamic indices were obtained using the UltraSonic Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM®) system. Patients were followed until the end of labor to identify fetal/neonatal and maternal outcomes, and those which developed complications of labor were compared with those delivering without complications.ResultsEleven (14.3%) patients had a complication during labor: in seven there was fetal distress and in four there were maternal complications (postpartum hemorrhage and/or uterine atony). Patients who developed complications during labor had lower cardiac output (5.6 ± 1.0 vs 6.7 ± 1.3 L/min, P = 0.01) and cardiac index (3.1 ± 0.6 vs 3.5 ± 0.7 L/min/m2, P = 0.04), and higher total vascular resistance (1195.3 ± 205.3 vs 1017.8 ± 225.6 dynes × s/cm5, P = 0.017) early in labor, compared with those who did not develop complications. Receiver–operating characteristics curve analysis to determine cut‐offs showed cardiac output ≤ 5.8 L/min (sensitivity, 81.8%; specificity, 69.7%), cardiac index ≤ 2.9 L/min/m2 (sensitivity, 63.6%; specificity, 76.9%) and total vascular resistance > 1069 dynes × s/cm5 (sensitivity, 81.8%; specificity, 63.6%) to best predict maternal or fetal/neonatal complications.ConclusionsThe study of maternal cardiovascular adaptation at the end of pregnancy could help to identify low‐risk patients who may develop complications during labor. In particular, low cardiac output and high total vascular resistance are apparently associated with higher risk of fetal distress or maternal complications. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Junior faculty core curriculum to enhance faculty development
Authors: Guillet Ronnie , Holloway Robert G. , Gross Robert A. , Libby Katie , Shapiro Janine R. 
Published: February 2017

IntroductionSenior Instructors and Assistant Professors in their first academic appointment may not have all the tools for an efficient start to their careers. Although many institutions provide access to mentoring programs and seminars on faculty development, the timing and format of the offerings often conflict with ongoing responsibilities of the faculty, particularly clinical faculty.MethodsWe established a collaboration between the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the University of Rochester Medical Center Office for Faculty Development with the goal of developing a week-long Junior Faculty Core Curriculum that would better suit faculty schedules. We convened focus groups and with their help, identified themes for inclusion in the course. Speakers were identified from among local senior faculty. University leadership was enlisted in promoting the course. Individual speakers and course content were evaluated daily, at the end of the week-long course, and 6 months later. Planning for subsequent years incorporated the feedback. Yearly evaluations and subsequent course modification continued.ResultsJunior faculty from nearly every department in the Medical Center were represented. There was high learner satisfaction and participation however several limitations were identified and addressed in subsequent years. The focus on principles and available resources, not specific skills or content was appropriate. Daily interactions among participants from a wide variety of departments fostered networking among faculty who may not otherwise have met and discussed common interestsConclusionsThe ultimate value of such an early, intensive faculty development program will depend on whether it equips junior faculty to organize, develop, and achieve their academic goals better than alternative formats. This will require further study.
KNOWLEDGE-HOW: INTERROGATIVES AND FREE RELATIVES
Authors: Habgood-Coote Joshua 
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACTIt has been widely accepted since Stanley and Williamson (2001) that the only linguistically acceptable semantic treatments for sentences of the form ‘S knows how to V’ involve treating the wh-complement ‘how to V’ as an interrogative phrase, denoting a set of propositions. Recently a number of authors have suggested that the ‘how to V’ phrase denotes not a proposition, but an object. This view points toward a prima facie plausible non-propositional semantics for knowledge-how, which treats ‘how to V’ as a free relative noun phrase. In this paper I argue that the free relative semantics is implausible. I show that linguistic phenomena which seem to support a free relative semantics can be explained by the supporter of an interrogative semantics, and demonstrate that standard linguistic tests strongly suggest that ‘how to V’ has an interrogative reading, and no free relative reading.
Challenges to Safe Injection Practices in Ambulatory Care
Authors: Anderson Laura , Weissburg Benjamin , Rogers Kelli , Musuuza Jackson , Safdar Nasia , Shirley Daniel 
Published: February 2017

Most recent infection outbreaks caused by unsafe injection practices in the United States have occurred in ambulatory settings. We utilized direct observation and a survey to assess injection practices at 31 clinics. Improper vial use was observed at 13 clinics (41.9%). Pharmacy support and healthcare worker education may improve injection practices.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:614–616
Dietary resin acid composition as a performance enhancer for broiler chickens
Authors: Kettunen H. , van Eerden E. , Lipiński K. , Rinttilä T. , Valkonen E. , Vuorenmaa J. 
Published: February 2017

SummaryResin acid composition (RAC) has previously been shown to inhibit the growth of the Gram-positive bacterial species Clostridium perfringens in vitro and to modulate the ileal microbiota of broiler chickens. The following trials examined the effect of RAC on broiler chickens in two experiments. In experiment 1, 1400 one-day-old Ross 308 broilers were divided into two coccidiostat treatments: chemical (CC) and ionophore (IC), which were further divided into two RAC dosages: 0 and 0.5 g/kg. All diets were supplemented with xylanase, β-glucanase and phytase feed enzymes. The birds were raised in a commercial-type environment without additional microbial challenge during the 42-day trial. RAC improved the body weight gain by 3.3% and feed conversion ratio by 5.7% with CC, and improved footpad lesion scores with IC but had no effect on the litter quality. Experiment 2 was a 35-day subclinical necrotic enteritis (NE) challenge trial with 510 male Ross 308 chickens. The dietary treatments included a non-challenged, non-supplemented control and four NE challenged treatments with dietary RAC supplementation at 0, 1, 2, and 3 g/kg. The birds were challenged with Eimeria maxima on day nine and C. perfringens on day 14. While RAC at 1 g/kg significantly increased bird weight gain during the challenge, it did not affect the microbial or short chain fatty acid (SCFA) profiles. In contrast, RAC at 3 g/kg reduced the abundance of the Lactobacillus group and tended to reduce the abundance of genus Bifidobacterium and the total numbers of eubacteria. These experiments suggest that dietary RAC at a moderate dose positively affected broiler performance. However, changes in caecal microbiota populations may not have influenced the observed performance effects of RAC.
New information on Titanichthys (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Cleveland Shale (Upper Devonian) of Ohio, USA
Authors: Boyle James , Ryan Michael J. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThe placoderm Titanichthys from the Late Devonian (Famennian) is based on incomplete and fragmentary specimens that have hindered understanding of its overall anatomy and phylogenetic relationships. A new, nearly complete, articulated specimen from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale provides new information about the previously undescribed rostral, postmarginal, postsuborbital, submarginal, posterior superognathal plates, and the nasal capsule. A revised diagnosis is provided for the genus. Three new diagnostic characters are identified, including a transversely elliptical rostral plate that does not contact adjacent plates, a reduced posterior superognathal, and a median dorsal plate that inserts into the posterior dorsal lateral plate. The first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Titanichthys indicates that the genus is a basal aspinothoracid arthrodire closely related to the enigmatic taxa Bungartius and Tafilalichthys.
Decomposition of body mass growth into linear and ponderal growth in children with application to India
Authors: Chaurasia Aalok R. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractIn this paper, we decompose the difference between the weight of a child and the weight of a reference child into the difference between the height of the child and the height of the reference child and the difference between the weight per unit height of the child and the weight per unit height of the reference child. The decomposition provides the theoretical justification to the classification of the nutritional status proposed by Svedberg and by Nandyet al.An application of the decomposition framework to the Indian data shows that the level, depth and severity of the faltering of the growth of the body mass in Indian children are primarily due to the level, depth and severity of the faltering of the ponderal growth.
Role of plant volatiles and hetero-specific pheromone components in the wind tunnel response of male Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to modified sex pheromone blends
Authors: Ammagarahalli B. , Chianella L. , Gomes P. , Gemeno C. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractFemale Grapholita molesta (Busck) release a pheromone blend composed of two stereoisomeric acetates (Z8-12:Ac and E8-12:Ac), which in a 100:6 ratio stimulate maximum conspecific male approach. Z8-12:OH is described as a third pheromone component that increases responses to the acetate blend. Departures from the optimal pheromone blend ratio, or too high or low pheromone doses of the optimal blend ratio, result in lower male response. In a previous study, we show that plant volatiles synergize male response to a suboptimal-low pheromone concentration. In the present study, we show that the plant blend does not synergize male response to a suboptimal-high pheromone dose. The plant blend, however, synergized male response to pheromone blends containing unnatural Z:E-acetate isomer ratios. We revisited the role of alcohols in the pheromone response of G. molesta by replacing Z8-12:OH with conspecific and heterospecific pheromone alcohols or with plant odors. Codlemone, the alcohol sex pheromone of Cydia pomonella L., E8, E10-12:OH, did supplant the role of Z8-12:OH, and so did the plant volatile blend. Dodecenol (12:OH), which has been described as a fourth pheromone component of G. molesta, also increased responses, but not as much as Z8-12:OH, codlemone or the plant blend. Our results reveal new functions for plant volatiles on moth sex pheromone response under laboratory conditions, and shed new light on the role of alcohol ingredients in the pheromone blend of G. molesta.
DITKIN CONDITIONS
Authors: NIKOU AZADEH , O'FARRELL ANTHONY G. 
Published: February 2017

AbstractThis paper is about the connection between certain Banach-algebraic properties of a commutative Banach algebra E with unit and the associated commutative Banach algebra C(X, E) of all continuous functions from a compact Hausdorff space X into E. The properties concern Ditkin's condition and bounded relative units. We show that these properties are shared by E and C(X, E). We also consider the relationship between these properties in the algebras E, B and $\~{B}$ that appear in the so-called admissible quadruples (X, E, B, $\~{B}$).
Pyriform aperture enlargement in all aspects
Authors: Esen E , Bayar Muluk N , Altintoprak N , Ipci K , Cingi C 
Published: February 2017

AbstractBackground:The pyriform aperture comprises the central area of facial bone structure. It is formed by the free corners of the nasal bone and the frontal processes of the maxillae, which articulate with each other at the nasomaxillary suture lines. Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis might be linked to various craniofacial problems. This review presents all aspects of pyriform aperture stenosis and enlargement.Methods:A literature search was conducted. Pyriform aperture definition, nasal development, congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis and pyriform aperture enlargement were reviewed.Results:One of the most common abnormalities is holoprosencephaly, which is a midline developmental deficiency that may also be present in combination with facial clefting. The aetiology of nasal pyriform aperture stenosis remains unclear. When diagnosed, the choice of treatment is between non-surgical and operative methods, depending on the seriousness of the problem. Provided the sufferer can maintain a secure air passage with the help of specialised medical procedures and respiratory tract adjuvants, operative therapy may be delayed.Conclusion:The operative outcomes are extremely good, and the prognosis relies mainly on coexisting neural and endocrine problems. This paper evaluates the nasal pyriform aperture in detail.
Noaidi drums from Sápmi, rock paintings in Finland and Sámi cultural heritage – an investigation
Authors: Joy Francis 
Published: February 2017

ABSTRACTA new, extensive examination of figures with horns and triangular shaped heads in prehistoric rock paintings in Finland reveals remarkable parallels with similar attributes on the Radien and Akka groups of spirits, pictured as male and female powers of the sky, earth and underworld, painted on the heads of indigenous Sámi noaidi drums from Swedish and Norwegian Sápmi during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. What makes this particular study of interest is that the cultural context or origins of rock paintings in Finland remains ambiguous. They are contextualised as being ‘Finnish’ according to academic literature. This paper explores these theories further and presents the findings of this investigation. In light of these findings, a re-examination and re-interpretation of the cultural context of rock paintings in Finland concerning Sámi pre-Christian religion and cultural heritage is prompted.
Tanner on Nicholas Owen: A Note
Authors: Hodgetts Michael 
Published: February 2017

Allan Fea, Secret Chambers and Hiding-Places (1901, 1904, 1908), pp. 20-21, quotes Mathias Tanner, Societas Iesu Militans … sive … Vita et Mors … (Prague, 1675), p. 75 (should be p. 73), as saying that Nicholas Owen ‘with incomparable skill knew how to conduct priests to a place of safety along subterranean passages, to hide them between walls and bury them in impenetrable recesses, and to entangle them in labyrinths and a thousand windings’. But, although there are reasons for supposing that Owen may have converted the medieval sewer at Baddesley Clinton into a hiding-place, Fea and others who have followed him are incautious in quoting the first part of this sentence at its face value. Tanner's Latin is reminiscent of Aeneid V, 588-591, and should perhaps be taken rather as an elegant tribute to a craftsman worthy to be compared with Daedalus:Ut quondam Creta fertur Labyrinthus in alta parietibus textum caecis iter ancipitemque mile viis habuisse dolum, qua signa sequendi frangeret indeprensus et inremeabilis error.The labyrinth of subterranean Crete: A legend for evasion and deceit; Where blind partitions wove a baffling maze, And sly devices turned a thousand ways.
Edmund Campion’s Alleged Interview with Queen Elizabeth I in 1581
Authors: Colthorpe Marion 
Published: February 2017

The biography of Edmund Campion in the Dictionary of National Biography describes how, after a year of ministering to English Catholics, Campion was captured in Berkshire with three other priests on 17 July 1581, was brought to London, and was imprisoned in the Tower on Saturday 22 July. The DNB continues:He remained there until the fourth day (25 July), when, with great secrecy, he was conducted to the house of the Earl of Leicester. There he was received by Leicester, the Earl of Bedford, and two secretaries of state, with all honour and courtesy. They told him they had sent for him to know the plain truth, why he and Parsons had come into England, and what commission they brought from Rome . . . Nothing more was known at the time concerning this interview; but at the trial it came out that the queen herself was present, that she asked Campion whether he thought her really queen of England . . .
Three Sites in the City of York1
Authors: Longley Katharine M. 
Published: February 2017

The final identification of what is known as the ‘Birthplace’ of Guy Fawkes has not only settled a question much disputed in York, but has led to the discovery of a number of small facts of wider significance.It has been generally known since 1933 that Edward Fawkes, father of Guy, was a tenant of the Dean and Chapter, and that his house stood in Stonegate, for in that year the late Rev. Angelo Raine published a complete transcript of a lease made on 8 July 1579 by the Dean and Chapter to Edith Fawkes, widow, of a dwelling house in Stonegate late in her husband's tenure and occupation. Mr Raine was confident that further research would enable this house to be identified. The research has now been undertaken, and the house is found to have been on the northwest side of the street, and to be represented today by nos. 32-34 Stonegate (currently occupied by Mearas, carpet specialists, A. Simpson-East, tailor, and the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant). All the premises appear to have been entirely rebuilt from the ground level since the sixteenth century.
Dame Gertrude More and the English Mystical Tradition
Authors: Norman Marion 
Published: February 2017

In 1701, William Nicholls, an Anglican clergyman of Salsey in Sussex, published his English translation, ‘purged of Popish errors’, of Francis de Sales’ Introduction to a Devout Life. He prefaced it by an essay on ‘The Rise and Progress of Spiritual Books’, in which he wrote:
The good reception of devotional books for some years past in England has caused more practical devotional books to be read in this nation than were ever known in like space of time before. Not only greater numbers of treatises by our own divines have been published and bought but many others wrote abroad have been translated into English and, not withstanding the great and deserved aversion of this Nation to Popery, yet books of their Divines upon Devotional and Practical Subjects have met with as favourable reception amongst us as if authors of a better religion.… And maybe they do receive Advantage from their Spiritual Books (as they call these books of Devotion). They are very free in lending them to Protestants, bidding them see if their Religion can be so bad in which such excellent Rules of a Holy Life are taught, in which Men have Advantage of such Devout Prayers and Contemplation, wherein their Clergy speak so feelingly to the Conscience and with such an extraordinary concern for the souls of Man.… For it must be confessed that some of their books in this way are well wrote with a great deal of Warmth and Affection and are excellently fitted to raise Devotion in the Readers.