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Mathematical model and simulations of MERS outbreak: Predictions and implications for control measures
Authors: Al-Asuoad Nofe , Rong Libin , Alaswad Sadoof , Shillor Meir 
Published: January 2017

The Middle East Respiratory SyndromeВ (MERS) has been identified in 2012 and since thenВ outbreaks have been reported in various localities in theВ Middle East and in other parts of the world. To helpВ predict the possible dynamics of MERS, as well as waysВ to contain it, this paper develops a mathematical modelВ for the disease. It has a compartmental structure similarВ to SARS models and is in the form of a coupled systemВ of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). TheВ model predictions are fitted to data from the outbreaksВ in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) during 2013-2016. The resultsВ reveal that MERS will eventually be contained in the city.В However, the containment time and the severity of the outbreaks depend crucially on the contact coefficients andВ the isolation rate constant. When randomness is addedВ to the model coefficients, the simulations show that theВ model is sensitive to the scaled contact rate among peopleВ and to the isolation rate. The model is analyzed usingВ stability theory for ODEs and indicates that when usingВ only isolation, the endemic steady state is locally stableВ and attracting. Numerical simulations with parametersВ estimated from the city of Riyadh illustrate the analyticalВ results and the model behavior, which may have importantВ implications for the disease containment in the city. Indeed,В the model highlights the importance of isolation of infectedВ individuals and may be used to assess other controlВ measures. The model is general and may be used to analyzeВ outbreaks in other parts of the Middle East and other areas.
In Vivo
Imaging with Bioluminescent Enterovirus 71 Allows for Real-Time Visualization of Tissue Tropism and Viral Spread
Authors: Caine Elizabeth A. , Osorio Jorge E. 
Published: January 2017

ABSTRACT

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a reemerging illness caused by a variety of enteroviruses. The main causative agents are enterovirus 71 (EV71), coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), and, most recently, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6). Enterovirus infections can vary from asymptomatic infections to those with a mild fever and blisters on infected individuals' hands, feet, and throats to infections with severe neurological complications. Viral persistence for weeks postinfection (wpi) has also been documented by the demonstration of virus in children's stools. However, little is known about disease progression, viral spread, and tissue tropism of these viruses. These types of studies are limited because many recently developed mouse models mimic the severe neurological complications that occur in a small percentage of enterovirus infections. In the present study, we documented real-time EV71 infection in two different mouse strains by the use of
in vivo
imaging. Infection of BALB/c mice with a bioluminescent mouse-adapted EV71 construct (mEV71-NLuc) resulted in a lack of clinical signs of disease but in relatively high viral replication, as visualized by luminescence, for 2 wpi. In contrast, mEV71-NLuc infection of AG129 mice (alpha/beta and gamma interferon receptor deficient) showed rapid spread and long-term persistence of the virus in the brain. Interestingly, AG129 mice that survived infection maintained luminescence in the brain for up to 8 wpi. The results we present here will allow future studies on EV71 antiviral drug susceptibility, vaccine efficacy, transmissibility, and pathogenesis.

IMPORTANCE
We report here that a stable full-length enterovirus 71 (EV71) reporter construct was used to visualize real-time viral spread in AG129 and BALB/c mice. To our knowledge, this is the first report of
in vivo
imaging of infection with any member of the
Picornaviridae
family. The nanoluciferase (NLuc) gene, one of the smallest luciferase genes currently available, was shown to be stable in the EV71 genome for eight passages on rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Real-time visualization of EV71 infection in mice identified areas of tropism that would have been missed by traditional methods, including full characterization of EV71 replication in BALB/c mice. Additionally, the bioluminescent construct allowed for increased speed and sensitivity of cell culture assays and will allow future studies involving various degrees of enterovirus infection in mice, not just severe infections. Our data suggest that interferon plays an important role in controlling EV71 infection in the central nervous system of mice.
Utopia and censorship: Iranian cinema at the crossroads of love, sex and tradition
Authors: Ganjavie Amir 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Iranian censorship forbids depictions of unrelated men and women touching one another. Given this, western scholars generally view Iranian cinema as poor territory for exploring love, sex and desire, with some even suggesting that pornography and Iranian cinema are two contrasting entities. Granted, it is difficult to find a direct representation of love and sex in Iranian movies but this limitation does not mean that Iranian cinema is devoid of such topics. In fact, as Hamid Naficy and Shahla Haeri both argue, Iranian directors have proposed very sophisticated, complex and ingenious methods for discussing eroticism, love and passion in their movies. When faced with strict censorship and social and moral barriers, what methods have Iranian directors developed in order to address love, desire and passion? In what ways do these methods emancipate or emasculate Iranian artists in their quest to express love and eroticism? This article attempts to answer these questions, arguing that it makes little sense to say that any authoritative system with a system of hegemony could prevent its citizens from expressing this impulse in their works since the sexual instinct is life’s drive and only at the moment of death can humans deny its existence. What is essential, radical and utopian is to read the meaning of eroticism in Iranian cinema through the specific culture in which the drive has been developed and shaped.
Socially peripheral, symbolically central: Sima in Behrouz Afkhami’s Shokaran
Authors: Yaghoobi Claudia 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Behrouz Afkhami’s Shokaran (Hemlock) (2000), produced by Howzeh Honari, set in 1995, depicts Mahmoud, a happily married man who finds himself stuck on the junction of religiosity and modernity. Mahmoud, who is religious-minded, becomes attracted to Sima, a widowed head nurse, and suggests that they contract sigheh. Mahmoud keeps his sigheh marriage a secret, and soon decides to end it, but Sima is pregnant. Sima threatens to ruin Mahmoud’s life, but realizes that she cannot do it. At the end of the film, Mahmoud is driving home with his wife when he realizes the road is blocked because of an accident. In Shokaran, Afkhami exposes a number of social problems, including sigheh marriage, and how religious regulations are used as a facade to justify social injustice. He sheds light on the double standards dominant in sigheh marriages. He dramatizes how the political becomes personal as individuals strive for morality. Through the character of Sima, Afkhami’s Shokaran reflects how the social and moral corruption of the time is mapped onto a woman’s body and how in order to eradicate social and moral corruption, a woman’s body has to be eradicated. Sima, who was desired and lusted after at the beginning, suddenly becomes despised and stigmatized. In this way, the socially peripheral Sima becomes symbolically central for she poses a serious threat to Mahmoud’s nekah marriage. Afkhami portrays a realistic treatment of love, sexuality and women through Sima’s body, which becomes the catalyst for a symbolic struggle between the social, religious and sexual forces.
Professional perceptions among male and female journalists on the Horn of Africa: A quantitative study
Authors: Skjerdal Terje 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
The article discusses differences in professional perceptions among male and female journalists in Ethiopia, which is a country known for low scores on gender equality and limited women representation in the media. The approach is quantitative, involving a survey of 350 local journalists. The study observes gender differences in the monitoring and scrutinizing functions of the media, which are found to be more important for the male journalists, and in the entertainment and nation-building functions of the media, which are emphasized more by the women. Female journalists exhibit stricter ethical viewpoints than their male counterparts, whereas male journalists are somewhat more supportive of situational ethics and ethical risk-taking. However, the overall differences in professional perceptions are relatively minor, and a series of indicators did not detect any significant difference between the male and female journalists.
Reporting the Oscar Pistorius trial: A critical political economy reading of the mediation of the ‘trial of the century’
Authors: Chuma Wallace 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
The relationship between mainstream media and celebrities is intricate, mutually beneficial and sometimes mutually destructive. The essence of ‘celebrity culture’ is itself deeply rooted in the media. This article discusses the mediation of the Oscar Pistorius trial using the lens of critical political economy of media. A first in South Africa in many ways – including the live televization of court proceedings, the creation of a special dedicated TV channel for the coverage, the stratospheric viewership figures and the attendant commercial benefits for media houses, among other ‘firsts’ – the trial came to be characterized in some media as a ‘trial of the century’, or that South Africa itself was on trial. And yet, it could be argued that this was just another South African trial, whose coverage by the media, however, mirrored trends in the West, thanks in part to the country’s reintegration into the global political economy post-Apartheid, and in part to the developments in new media and communication technologies. What perhaps sets the trial apart, and therefore quite interesting for this article, is that the spotlight on this case did not pay sufficient attention to the overall context of violence in South Africa, especially violence among ordinary black people who do not make the headlines and especially violence that involves spousal killings. The trial presented both local and global media with a fleeting moment to hit it big in the context of declining media economics, and while its live televization may have played the pedagogical role of educating citizens about the intricacies of the Court system, the overall focus on the sensational, the drama and the individual outside of the broader context negated the media’s role.
Ethics, fan studies and Institutional Review Boards
Authors: Reid Robin Anne 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
This article relates the personal experiences of changes required when a scholar trained in text-based literary studies began engaging in scholarship on fanfiction after a return to active online fandom. The changes required considering ethical issues in scholarship and self-education in the requirements of American Institutional Review Boards. The importance of the work done by the Association of Internet Research (AOIR) and the discussions in fandom are cited as valuable resources in the process.
Materialist fantasies: The voice as objet petit a in digital games
Authors: Voorhees Gerald 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
This article takes its starting point from the materialist turn in game studies and, through an examination of the cultural implications of the movement from textual to aural dialogue in digital games, offers as supplement to psychoanalytic approaches already employed in game studies that turn on the embodied experience of gameplay and the materialization of bodies. The embodied practice of subvocalization that accompanies the act of reading is discussed, and several vital tenants of Lacanian psychoanalysis are introduced: the split subject; the Real, Imaginary and Symbolic registers; the mirror stage and its acoustic counterpart; imaginary and symbolic identification; fantasy; and the object voice. Lacanian psychoanalysis provides a critical frame revealing that aural representation of dialogue enables players to better identify as game characters, a narcissistic investment in the ideal subject of the game. Textual representation, reading and subvocalization of dialogue, on the other hand, better enable identification with the game itself, the very system that demands a certain subject. While no guarantee, this is a condition of possibility of confronting the underlying structure of fantasy that organizes all digital games, regardless of their thematic, mechanic and narrative particularities, and thus a condition of possibility for players to recognize how their gameplay is implicated in consumer capitalism. The article not only argues for the importance of games criticism considering this oft-overlooked aspect, but it also points to material experiences that are generalizable across populations of players.
Tribes: The Walk
Authors: Lotker Sodja Zupanc 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
This visual essay illustrates some of the curator’s basic ideas behind the Tribes project at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2015. This project presented over 80 costume and mask projects over the course of 11 days in June 2015. Costumes were ‘exhibited’ on live performers in the centre of Prague, where the city performed the gallery of this exhibition. The Tribes was conceived mainly through an open call that invited professionals and students to propose their ‘tribes’. The tribe was to be defined as a minimum of three people, having the same or similar ‘dress code’ (costume, or fully body mask) and similar behaviour code.
Influence of FFL-13 Oil on PSA Staple Fiber Properties
Authors: Peng Haokai , Zheng Guo , Sun Yu , Wang Rui 
Published: January 2017

AbstractWith the aim of enabling the easy spinning of polysulfonamide (PSA) fibers, FFL-13 oil was successfully prepared. Specific resistance, the coefficient of friction, carding machine, electrostatic, cohesion, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic analyses were conducted in this study. Results showed that increase in oil concentration, ambient temperature, and humidity induces decrease in PSA fiber-specific resistance and gradual increase in the antistatic property. Relatively high oil concentration and ambient humidity may cause fibers to become sticky and show increased roller winding. As oil concentration increased, fiber cohesion increased and fiber gliding properties showed an initial increase and subsequent decrease. The ideal oil concentration was determined to be 0.6%. This study proves that STM may effectively be used to determine the optimal oil concentration.
Equilibrium modeling of mono and binary sorption of Cu(II) and Zn(II) onto chitosan gel beads
Authors: Nastaj Józef , Tuligłowicz Małgorzata , Witkiewicz Konrad 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
The objective of the work are in-depth experimental studies of Cu(II) and Zn(II) ion removal on chitosan gel beads from both one- and two-component water solutions at the temperature of 303 K. The optimal process conditions such as: pH value, dose of sorbent and contact time were determined. Based on the optimal process conditions, equilibrium and kinetic studies were carried out. The maximum sorption capacities equaled: 191.25 mg/g and 142.88 mg/g for Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions respectively, when the sorbent dose was 10 g/L and the pH of a solution was 5.0 for both heavy metal ions. One-component sorption equilibrium data were successfully presented for six of the most useful three-parameter equilibrium models: Langmuir-Freundlich, Redlich-Peterson, Sips, Koble-Corrigan, Hill and Toth. Extended forms of Langmuir-Freundlich, Koble-Corrigan and Sips models were also well fitted to the two-component equilibrium data obtained for different ratios of concentrations of Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions (1:1, 1:2, 2:1). Experimental sorption data were described by two kinetic models of the pseudo-first and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, an attempt to explain the mechanisms of the divalent metal ion sorption process on chitosan gel beads was undertaken.
Destination brand equity in tourism context: evidence on Iran
Authors: Kheiri Bahram , Lajevardi Masoud , Golmaghani Mehdi Mohsenipoor , Fakharmanesh Sina , Mousavi Seyyedeh Sahar 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Tourism industry provides an important source of income for many countries; it has been considered the second important industry of the 21st century. This study analyses the effect of destination brand equity on tourists’ intention to revisit. Kish Island was chosen for this case study. Components of destination brand equity include destination awareness, destination image, destination quality, perceived value, destination loyalty, satisfaction and intentions to revisit. This research is a descriptive and survey study. The target population was travelers who visited this island in the first half of 2013. The questionnaire was the research tool. Data were analysed using SPSS and LISREL. The results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between the destination awareness and perceived value, image destination and perceived value and satisfaction, destination quality and perceived value and destination loyalty, perceived value and destination loyalty, satisfaction and destination loyalty and intentions to revisit, and finally destination loyalty and intentions to revisit.
Adaptation and Validation of a Burnout Inventory in a Survey of the Staff of a Correctional Institution in Bulgaria
Authors: Harizanova Stanislava N. , Mateva Nonka G. , Tarnovska Tanya Ch. 
Published: January 2017

Abstract
Background: Burnout syndrome is a phenomenon that seems to be studied globally in relation to all types of populations. The staff in the system of correctional institutions in Bulgaria, however, is oddly left out of this tendency. There is no standardized model in Bulgaria that can be used to detect possible susceptibility to professional burnout. The methods available at present only register the irreversible changes that have already set in the functioning of the individual. V. Boyko’s method for burnout assessment allows clinicians to use individual approach to patients and affords easy comparability of results with data from other psychodiagnostic instruments. Adaptation of the assessment instruments to fit the specificities of a study population (linguistic, ethno-cultural, etc.) is obligatory so that the instrument could be correctly used and yield valid results. Validation is one of the most frequently used technique to achieve this.
Aim: The aim of the present study was to adapt and validate V. Boyko’s burnout inventory for diagnosing burnout and assessment of the severity of the burnout syndrome in correctional officers.
Materials and methods: We conducted a pilot study with 50 officers working in the Plovdiv Regional Correction Facility by test-retest survey performed at an interval of 2 to 4 months. All participants completed the adapted questionnaire translated into Bulgarian voluntarily and anonymously. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v.17.
Results: We found a mild-to-strong statistically significant correlation (P<0.01) across all subscales between the most frequently used questionnaire for assessing the burnout syndrome, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the tool we propose here. The high Cronbach’s α coefficient (α=0.94) and Spearman-Brown coefficient (rsb=0.86), and the low mean between-item correlation (r=0.30) demonstrated the instrument’s good reliability and validity.
Conclusion: With the validation herein presented we offer a highly reliable Bulgarian variant of Boyko’s method for burnout assessment and research.
Some Generalized Inequalities Involving Local Fractional Integrals and their Applications for Random Variables and Numerical Integration
Authors: Erden S. , Sarikaya M. Z. , Çelik N. 
Published: January 2017

AbstractWe establish generalized pre-Grüss inequality for local fractional integrals. Then, we obtain some inequalities involving generalized expectation,p−moment, variance and cumulative distribution function of random variable whose probability density function is bounded. Finally, some applications for generalized Ostrowski-Grüss inequality in numerical integration are given.
Wellens’ Syndrome Depicted by Coronary CT Angiography
Authors: Drobni Zsófia Dóra , Károlyi Mihály , Heltai Krisztina , Simon András , Merkely Béla , Maurovich-Horvát Pál 
Published: January 2017

Abstract

Introduction: Wellens’ Syndrome is indicated by deeply inverted or biphasic T-waves in V2-V3 precordial leads without ST elevation or pathological Q waves, immediately following an episode of angina pectoris.

Case presentation: A case of Wellens’ syndrome depicted by coronary CT angiography (CTA) and invasive coronary angiography is reported.

Conclusion: Recognition of these ECG changes is important, due to the imminent danger of acute LAD occlusion. Patients with Wellens’ syndrome should undergo invasive coronary angiography without delay. Ischemia provocation tests (i.e. treadmill) are contraindicated in these patients.
Biofeedback as complementary treatment in patients with epilepsy – an underestimated therapeutic option? Review, results, discussion
Authors: Uhlmann Carmen , Fröscher Walter 
Published: January 2017

SummaryBackground.Biofeedback methods represent side effect free complementary options in the treatment of epilepsy. In this paper we review the current status of these methods in terms of clinical study results and their evaluation by systematic review papers. Possible mechanisms of action in biofeedback methods are discussed.Aim.To present the current status of biofeedback methods applied to patients with epilepsy.Material and Methods.With a literature search up to 10/2016 we screened publications containing the search terms “biofeedback”, “neurofeedback” or “neurotherapy” and “epilepsy” or “seizure” for intervention and population search terms respectively.Results.Four different techniques of biofeedback were used to improve seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy. Three of these techniques, measuring EEG (slow cortical potentials and sensory motor rhythm) or electrodermal activity (galvanic skin response, GSR) seem to be promising methods for successful seizure control. Nevertheless, methodological standards in the conducted trials were too low for assured empirical evidence in their efficacy.Conclusions.Biofeedback methods could be applied to patients to a greater extent. Probably due to the missing empirical evidence of efficacy and the high demand on patients’ and therapists’ time and commitment and therefore low cost effectiveness, these methods are hardly offered. Especially the relatively new approach of GSR biofeedback represents a promising option here.