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What’s in My Profile: VKontakte Data as a Tool for Studying the Interests of Modern Teenagers
Authors: Polivanova Katerina , Smirnov Ivan 
Published: June 2017

Children’s interests play a key role in their psychological development. However, research in this field is associated with serious methodological problems, as it has traditionally used questionnaire surveys that cannot adequately describe the diverse and dynamic world of interests of a developing person. The article suggests using the information on VKontakte communities followed by teenagers, in order to explore their interests. Apart from being comprehensive, Vkontakte data is, unlike questionnaire answers, also uncensored. The method’s potential demonstrated through the example of a Moscow school with 674 students following 20,203 various VKontakte communities. It reveals that teenagers’ interests vary depending on their gender, age, and academic performance. The degree of such variance is demonstrated on an extended set of data on the interests of 290,182 VKontakte users. It transpires that communities followed by teenagers predict with high accuracy not only their gender (97%) and age (98%) but also the performance of the schools they attend (83%). The findings point to the heterogeneity of age-related behavior patterns, in particular to their correlation with gender and academic achievements. Acknowledgement of the heterogeneity of interests and the diversity of age-related behavior patterns creates conditions for the further development of student-centered education, in the absence of which education is becoming more and more alienated from real life, ignoring the interests of real people.
Analysis of functional outcome of complex forearm injuries
Authors: Jagdev Saranjeet Singh , Pathak Subodh Kumar , Salunke Abhijeet , Maheshwari Pritam , Ughareja Prahlad 
Published: June 2017

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">Complex forearm injuries are often associated with contamination, crushing, loss of tissues and patient arrives at odd hours when specialists are not available. These injuries can lead to complications like infective non-union, stiffness, disabilities and secondary amputations.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">23 patients having complex forearm injuries treated primarily at tertiary care center by single surgeon were included in the study. Pinch strength, grip strength, residual deformity and DASH score was assessed at final follow-up. In 23 patients treated, 16 patients underwent primary internal fixation of both bone, primary external fixator was done in 4 patient, delayed fixations in 6patients, primary bone grafting in 3 patients and in 1 patient delayed bone grafting was done Skin grafting was performed in 6 cases, and flaps in 13 patients. Vascular repair was done in four patients</span>.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">All 23 patients came for follow-up. An average number of surgery performed per patient was 3.81 and mean hospital stay of 28.2 days. The mean duration of follow up was 47.2 months. The average DASH score was 10.24 with average key and tip pinch and grip strength of 62.24%, 58.48% and 54.75% respectively. 3 patients had superficial infection and two patient deep infections. Superficial infections were managed with IV antibiotics. The patients with nerve and vascular injuries had higher DASH score. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">Early wound coverage can improve functional outcomes. Training in plastic coverage of wounds using pedicle flaps and skin grafting, microsurgical nerve and vessel repairs for orthopedic surgeon can be of great help for the patients.</span></p>
Effectiveness on Early Childhood Caries of an Oral Health Promotion Program for Medical Providers
Authors: Braun Patricia A. , Widmer-Racich Katina , Sevick Carter , Starzyk Erin J. , Mauritson Katya , Hambidge Simon J. 
Published: June 2017

Objectives. To assess an oral health promotion (OHP) intervention for medical providers’ impact on early childhood caries (ECC). Methods. We implemented a quasiexperimental OHP intervention in 8 federally qualified health centers that trained medical providers on ECC risk assessment, oral examination and instruction, dental referral, and fluoride varnish applications (FVAs). We measured OHP delivery by FVA count at medical visits. We measured the intervention’s impact on ECC in 3 unique cohorts of children aged 3 to 4 years in 2009 (preintervention; n = 202), 2011 (midintervention; n = 420), and 2015 (≥ 4 FVAs; n = 153). We compared numbers of decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces using adjusted zero-inflated negative binomial models. Results. Across 3 unique cohorts, the FVA mean (range) count was 0.0 (0), 1.1 (0–7), and 4.5 (4–7) in 2009, 2011, and 2015, respectively. In adjusted zero-inflated negative binomial models analyses, children in the 2015 cohort had significantly fewer decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces than did children in previous cohorts. Conclusions. An OHP intervention targeting medical providers reduced ECC when children received 4 or more FVAs at a medical visit by age 3 years.
Irreducible Ankle Fracture from an Interposed Chaput Fragment
Authors: Lee Chihua , Douglas Thomas J. 
Published: June 2017

Case:
A 23-year-old active-duty military service member sustained an unusual irreducible fracture-dislocation of the ankle joint. Preoperative computed tomography showed an anterolateral tibial (Chaput) fragment entrapped within the distal syndesmosis, preventing adequate reduction. An open reduction of the fragment was performed in the operating room, which allowed near-anatomic reduction and internal fixation of the tibiotalar joint. At the 21-month follow-up visit, the patient remained on active duty in the Navy without limitations.

Conclusion:
To our knowledge, this rare injury pattern, an interposed Chaput fragment preventing closed reduction of the syndesmosis in a skeletally mature patient, has not previously been described in the literature. An open reduction and internal fixation of the Chaput fragment allowed near-anatomic reduction of the tibiotalar joint.
Self Optimizing Thermal Field Using Beam Pumps with Variable Speed Drive.
Authors: Abdullah Alwazeer , Luis Vargas Rojas , Antonio Andrade Marin , Angus Mackay , Haytham Rady , Khalid Salhi , Dimas Lopez Parada , Amur Habsi , Khadija Shaqsi , Shehu Abdurrahman , Kevin D'Amours 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods are on the rise and Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has successfully embarked on several projects including thermal recovery. Thermal EOR operations require rapid response and adaptation to the dynamic thermal conditions inherent within the reservoir. The challenges associated with Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) necessitated a creative solution to maximize recovery and improve well management. A fit for purpose algorithm was developed to add flexibility while operating the well in combination with the Variable Speed Drive (VSD). An automation algorithm was developed to optimize oil recovery and accelerate peak oil throughout the CSS production cycle. This algorithm maximized inflow potential by creating a low fluid level above the pump and maintaining near pumped-off conditions. The project was named Beam Lift Auto Delivery Evolution (BLADE).
Live control of the pumping unit provides equipment safe guarding while ensuring continuous operation within the defined envelope. This is achieved by applying real time assessment of pump fillage and temperature conditions. This approach optimized production while maintaining adequate fillage, thereby increasing operations efficiency and prolonging pump life.
Within a thermal environment, enhanced automation provides the additional advantage of steam break through mitigation. The mitigation improves pump efficiency and prevents pump gas lock. This algorithm provided a unique advantage within this thermal operation by adapting to varying viscosities impacting inflow throughout the production phase.
Thermal CSS requires continuous monitoring and rapid reaction time to adapt to the dynamic conditions inherent to the CSS operation. The BLADE project has demonstrated that utilization of carefully designed logic in conjunction with robust field steaming strategy, not only improved field recovery but also significantly reduced manpower demand by 20% and decreased the total EOR cost.
Screening for Risk Factors of Cardiometabolic Disease Among Female University Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Authors: Olabiji Toriola Oluwatoyin 
Published: June 2017

Background:Prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), especially among the youth, is a growing public health concern in both developed and developing countries.Objective:To examine cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk factors among a cohort of female university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Method:Two hundred and twenty-three (223) female students aged 17-25 years participated in the study. Both physical and physiological parameters were assessed using standard procedures and equipment. The study also evaluated the extent to which body mass index (BMI) could predict CMD risk factors among the participants. Alpha level was set at α =0.05.Results:The results showed that 22.4%, 8.5% and 11.2% of the women were overweight, obese, and underweight, respectively. Hemodynamic results indicated that of those overweight and obese, 9.4%and 21.1% were pre-hypertensive, respectively, while only 3 (1.3%) were hypertensive. Blood glucose results showed that 30 (13.5%) participants were pre-diabetic. Also, the BMI for overweight (26.9±1.54 kg/m2)and obese (33.5±3.17 kg/m2) categories indicated participants at the risk of CMD. Further analysis showed a statistically significant correlation between BMI and the following dependent measures: systolic (r = 0.352, p = 0.001) and diastolic (r = 0.136, p = 0.043) BP, waist circumference (r = 0.791, p = 0.001), and fasting blood glucose (r = 0.157, p = 0.019). BMI and age yielded a non-significant association (r = 0.023, p = 0.728). Results of adjusted regression coefficients indicated that BMI accounted for 65.6% of the variance in the women’s physiological variables.Conclusion:It was concluded that although many of the women screened had healthy CMD risk profiles, a few presented with excessively high levels which require follow-up clinical investigation and intervention. The need to undertake large scale surveillance of CMD risk factors among this relatively less studied population is recommended as it will promote early detection of risk profiles and health enhancing behaviours among the youth.
EFFECT OF POST-ISOMETRIC RELAXATION AND RECIPROCAL INHIBITION IN OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE
Authors: Singh Sushmita , Jagtap Vaishali Krishnat , T Poovishnu Devi 
Published: June 2017

Objectives : To evaluateeffect of post-isometric relaxation, reciprocal inhibition andcombined effect post-isometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition in osteoarthritis knee.Method :Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Ethical Committee, KIMSDU karad. Comparative study conducted at Physiotherapy Dept. of Krishna Institute of medical sciences. A total of 30 subjectswere equally divided into three groups using Convenientsampling with random allocation(Group A,Group B and Group C).Baseline treatment was given to all three groups(IFT and HMP). Group A was given post-isometric relaxation, Group B was given reciprocal inhibition and Group C was given combination of post-isometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition. Result: Statistical analysis was done using paired t test and ANOVA test. Inpre intervention there was no statistical significant difference seen with p values for VAS of 0.3408 and for WOMAC of 0.5424. While on comparing the post interventional values, the results between the three Groups using ANOVA test revealed that there was very significant difference seen with p value for VAS of 0.0023 and for WOMAC of 0.0019.Conclusion: From the study it can be concluded thatthere was significant effect of post-isometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition in OA knee.
AMELIORATING THE METABOLIC DISORDER IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS BY HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS EXTRACT
Authors: Elbaz Farouk Kamel , Aly Hanan F 
Published: June 2017

Objective: The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the antidiabetic influence of Haematococcus pluvialis (H. pluvialis) ethanolic extract on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced rats.Methods: This influence was assessed by measuring; asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), von willebrand factor (vWf), 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX), 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX), epidermal growth factor (EGF) and lipoxin-A4 (LXA4). The histopathological examinations of cardiac and renal tissues were also performed.Results: The presented results showed an elevation in the levels of ADMA, vWf, 15-LOXand 5-LOX with percentage increase 430.30, 77.54, 61.05 and 81.09 %, respectively in diabetic rats. However, the EGF and LXA4 levels were decreased significantly (44.17 and51.94%, respectively) compared to normal control rats. On the other hand, treatment of diabetic rats with H. pluvialis improved ADMA, vWf, 15-LOX, 5LOX, EGF and LXA4 levels with amelioration percentages; 269.69, 54.77, 55.78, 72.68, 53.39 and 56.58%, respectively. Additionally, the histopathological examination of diabetic cardiac tissue revealed congestion of myocardial blood vessel, vacuolation of the sarcoplasm of cardiac myocytes and focal necrosis of myocytes associated with inflammatory cells infiltration. Beside, vacuolation of epithelial lining of renal tubules and endothelial lining glomerular tuft as well as cystic dilatation of renal tubules were detected. However, cardiac tissue and renal tubules of diabetic rats treated with H. pluvialis ethanolic extract (150 mg/kg b.wt.) showed normal cardiac myocytes, vacuolation of epithelial lining renal tubules and endothelial lining glomerular tuft, congestion of glomerular tuft and intertubular renal blood vessels.Conclusion: These results confirmed the improving role of H. pluvialis in controlling type 2diabetes.
ANTIBIOGRAM AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE ISOLATED FROM MARINE FISH
Authors: Angelo Rwarinda U , Ramesh Samiraj Ramesh 
Published: June 2017

Objective: Molecular identification and antibiotic susceptibility evaluation of Vibrio cholerae from marine fish available in local fish market Thanjavur, Tamil nadu, India.Methods: inoculation was done by using nutrient agar as general media and TCBS agar as selective media and confirmed as V.cholerae by Gram stain (Microscopic Observation), Growth characteristics of different media, Biochemical tests like Methyl Red Test, Nitrate Reduction Tests, Indole Test etc. Sensitivity (drug sensitivity) was done in Muller Hinton Agar (MH Agar) using disc diffusion method ten different antibiotics were used to evaluate the antibiogram profile, molecular detection was done by targeting 16S rRNA gene by using a universal primer.Results: V.cholerae is present in marine fish samples, as showed by culture method and microscopic observation as well biochemical tests. PCR amplification of 16S rRNA gene showed the amplification of targeted gene and antibiogram profile showed that isolates are more sensitive to Ampicillin in comparison with others antibiotics used in this study. Ampicillin can be used for V.cholerae infection by the physicians and amoxicillin must be avoided which is resistant.Conclusion: Molecular detection is safe and rapid methods for bacteria identification as revealed by PCR amplification of 16S rRNA gene. As the isolates are more sensitive to Ampicillin in comparison with others antibiotics used in this study. Ampicillin can be used for V.cholerae infection by the physicians and amoxicillin and nitrofurantoin must be avoided.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA IN ACCOUNTING HISTORY
Authors: Garbutt Douglas 
Published: June 2017

The article draws attention to the vast archive of accounting records from ancient Mesopotamia available to historians, and the advances in Assyriology which have taken place since the revival of interest in the origins of recorded history. Understanding of the materials has been advanced, in part, by specialists from other fields, such as mathematics and astronomy, yet accounting historians do not seem to have been attracted to the problems of interpreting the elegantly simple records and the societal context within which they were made and used.
To exemplify the challenges facing the accounting historian, the author considers evidence on the Dreham archive, the temple as a financial institution, and the use of loans, interest and banking. Finally, the author suggests that the records of Ancient Mesopotamia offer a rich field of research in accounting history.
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF EARLY EMPIRICISM IN U.S. ACCOUNTING LITERATURE
Authors: Buckmaster Dale , Theang Kok-Foo 
Published: June 2017

Little or nothing is said of empiricism in U.S. accounting literature during the first half of the twentieth century in accounting history literature. The objectives of this study are threefold: (1) to determine if an empirical accounting literature existed prior to 1950; (2) to determine if pre-1950 empiricism was extensive enough and substantive enough to have influenced the development of accounting thought; and (3) to compare pre-1950 empirical work with contemporary academic research. It is concluded that empirics were common prior to 1950 from examining a sample (approximately forty percent) of volumes (clusters) of The Accounting Review, The Journal of Accountancy, Michigan Business Review, The American Accountant and the N.A.C.A. Bulletin. One hundred eighteen articles and eleven books and monographs are classified as “empirical” in this study.
A sample was drawn from the books and monographs and classified using several recently developed taxonomies of accounting literature. This sample included works in several accounting specializations and also included works by both academic and non-academic authors from all of the journals. The empirics found in most of the studies were essential to the studies and not peripheral. However, inferential statistics were rarely used and the designs of the studies were very primitive. The sample yielded no evidence of a transition to a contemporary hypothetico-deductive paradigm. While not common, there were attempts at “positivism.” However, the authors of most financial accounting studies were concerned with normative theory. Empiricism was extensive enough and substantive enough to have had considerable influence on normative theorists and the development of the accounting literature of the period.
A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE “MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY”
Authors: Brozovsky John , Cataldo A. J. 
Published: June 2017

The marriage tax penalty resurfaces as a topic of interest when tax policy makers consider the economic consequences of increasing marginal tax rates on declining “family values”. Aim and Whittington [1993] found that marriage taxes influence the incidence of marriage. A historical perspective of the marriage tax penalty and its counterpart, the marriage tax bonus or “subsidy”, merit consideration and re-evaluation in light of current tax policy trends toward higher marginal tax rates.
This paper develops a historical framework for the study of the federal income tax and conducts a detailed analysis of the marriage tax for first quartile, weighted average, and third quartile taxpayers over the entire history of the United States personal income tax. It demonstrates that potential bonuses have historically been consistently more significant than penalties. In fact, penalties do not gain prominence until 1964.
The current trend toward increasing marginal rates will increase both the penalty and the bonus. Therefore, analysts interested in this area of policy should consider means of reducing both. The most successful method of mitigating the marriage penalty has been the “two-earner deduction”.
IN DEFENSE OF PACIOLI
Authors: Sangster Alan , Stoner Greg N. , McCarthy Patricia 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
This paper responds to Basil Yamey's paper in the December 2010 issue of this journal. In that paper, Professor Yamey contradicts some of the points made in our 2008 paper, also in this journal, in which we conclude that Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita (1494) was written primarily for merchants and their sons. He does so by attempting to explain why Pacioli's exposition of double-entry bookkeeping, De Computis et Scripturis, was neither an effective reference text for merchants nor a satisfactory school text for their sons. We are unconvinced by Professor Yamey's argument and counter it in this paper by demonstrating that, if anything, Pacoli's bookkeeping treatise was even more fit-for-purpose than we previously indicated.
TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A HISTORY? USING DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO REVEAL TRENDS AND SHIFTS IN THE BRIEF HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Authors: Badua Frank A. , Watkins Ann L. 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
Using several data-analysis techniques, this paper seeks to construct a brief history of Accounting Information Systems (AIS). In an effort to achieve some degree of comprehensiveness, this paper examines both AIS research and pedagogy. It begins by documenting and classifying topical foci of research papers in the Journal of Information Systems. It then compares the pedagogical emphases of AIS courses as identified in past research. By deploying multiple methods of analysis to identify patterns of hegemony or change in the topics of AIS scholarship and teaching, this paper highlights the use of two data-analysis techniques found to be useful in the historical research of accounting. Findings reveal signs of the assimilation of AIS scholarship into the wider world of accounting research and strong influences upon AIS pedagogy by oversight bodies and technological innovation.
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNT BOOKS AND THEIR PROBATIVE VALUE: HISTORICAL NOTES, c.1200 TO c.1800
Authors: Yamey Basil S. 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
This paper discusses a number of topics pertaining to personal accounts in account books in the period roughly between 1200 and 1800. The main emphasis is on two topics, namely the use of account books as evidence in courts of law, and bad and doubtful debts and their accounting treatment. Examples from various countries and periods are provided to illustrate the discussion, which is not intended to be exhaustive.
LOCATING THE SOURCE OF PACIOLI'S BOOKKEEPING TREATISE
Authors: Sangster Alan 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
There is much we do not know about the early development of double entry bookkeeping. What, for example, caused it to be used by sufficient merchants for it to be formally taught to their sons in Northern Italy before anyone had apparently written anything about it? And, what did Pacioli use as the source for his 1494 treatise, the earliest known detailed written description of the method, something that has challenged researchers for at least the past 130 years? Discovering Pacioli's sources could broaden our knowledge of the Renaissance roots of accounting and of its early role and place in business practice; may provide some insights into the reasons for the emergence of double entry bookkeeping; and may give us further insight into the early instruction of double entry bookkeeping. But, previous attempts to find his sources have failed. Making use of hitherto overlooked information, this paper identifies two periods for which knowledge of Pacioli's whereabouts would indicate where to focus any search for his sources and suggests where to initiate the search.