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The young Van Dyck’s fingerprint: a technical approach to assess the authenticity of a disputed painting
Authors: Harth Astrid , Van der Snickt Geert , Schalm Olivier , Janssens Koen , Blanckaert Griet 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The painting Saint Jerome, part of the collection of the Maagdenhuis Museum (Antwerp, Belgium), is attributed to the young Anthony van Dyck (1613–1621) with reservations. The painting displays remarkable compositional and iconographic similarities with two early Van Dyck works (1618–1620) now in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and Nationalmuseum (Stockholm). Despite these similarities, previous art historical research did not result in a clear attribution to this master. In this study, the work’s authenticity as a young Van Dyck painting was assessed from a technical perspective by employing a twofold approach. First, technical information on Van Dyck’s materials and techniques, here identified as his fingerprint, were defined based on a literature review. Second, the materials and techniques of the questioned Saint Jerome painting were characterized by using complementary imaging techniques: infrared reflectography, X-ray radiography and macro X-ray fluorescence scanning. The insights from this non-invasive research were supplemented with analysis of a limited number of cross-sections by means of field emission scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that the questioned painting’s materials and techniques deviate from Van Dyck’s fingerprint, thus making the authorship of this master very unlikely.
Well ties for seismic with severe stratigraphic filtering
Authors: Qi Chen , Hilterman Fred 
Published: May 2017

Stratigraphic filtering (SF), or short-period multiples, is prominent in cyclically stratified sedimentation with large impedance contrasts that result in normal-incident reflection magnitudes greater than 0.5. Because SF attenuates and delays the propagating wavelet, similar to the effects of [Formula: see text] attenuation, the integrity of well ties is often jeopardized. A method is proposed to obtain better well ties in areas with severe SF. Starting with a well-log acoustic impedance curve, two-way transmitted wavefields and their equivalent inverse filters are generated at each time sample. Because a time-varying convolution of the transmitted wavefields with the primary-only reflectivity yields the multiple reflectivity, a time-varying deconvolution of the multiple synthetic with the inverse filters yields the primary-only reflectivity. In essence, when the multiple synthetic matches the near-angle stack at a well location, the near-angle stack is deconvolved in a time-varying fashion to match the primary-only synthetic, which then constitutes a correlation with the acoustic impedance yielding a good well tie. This new well-tie technique preserves the integrity of the lithologic interpretation because stretching and squeezing the time scale of the primary-only synthetic to force a seismic match are avoided. Our well-tie method is applied to the synthetic and field data from Cooper Basin, Australia, where more than 30 coal beds are observed within a 1000 ft (304 m) interval.
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor SAHA Is a Promising Treatment of Cushing Disease
Authors: Lu Jie , Chatain Grégoire P , Bugarini Alejandro , Wang Xiang , Maric Dragan , Walbridge Stuart , Zhuang Zhengping , Chittiboina Prashant 
Published: May 2017

Abstract

Context
Remission failure following transsphenoidal surgery in Cushing disease (CD) from pituitary corticotroph tumors (CtTs) remains clinically challenging. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) are antitumor drugs approved for clinical use, with the potential to affect adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) hypersecretion by inhibiting pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) transcription.

Objective
Testing the efficacy of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) on human and murine ACTH-secreting tumor (AtT-20) cells.

Design
Cell viability, ACTH secretion (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), apoptosis, and gene expression profile were investigated on AtT-20 cells. In vivo efficacy was examined in an athymic nude mouse AtT-20 xenograft model. SAHA efficacy against human-derived corticotroph tumor (hCtT) (n = 8) was tested in vitro.

Setting
National Institutes of Health.

Intervention
SAHA (0.5 to 8 µM).

Main Outcome Measures
AtT-20 and hCtT cell survival, in vitro/invivo ACTH measurements.

Results
SAHA (1 µM) reduced AtT-20 viability to 75% at 24 hours, 43% at 48 hours (analysis of variance; P = 0.002). Apoptosis was confirmed with elevated BAX/Bcl2 ratio and FACS. Intriguingly, early (3-hour) significant decline (70%; P &lt; 0.0001) of secreted ACTH and diminished POMC transcription was observed with SAHA (1 µM). Microarray analysis revealed a direct association between liver X receptor alpha (LXRα) and POMC expression. Accordingly, SAHA reduced LXRα in AtT-20 cells but not in normal murine corticotrophs. Xenografted nude-mice tumor involution (126 ± 33/160 ± 35 vs 337 ± 49 mm3; P = 0.0005) was observed with 5-day intraperitoneal SAHA, with reversal of elevated ACTH (P &lt; 0.0001). SAHA did not affect serum ACTH in nontumor mice. Lastly, we confirmed that SAHA (1 µM/24 h) decreased hCtT survival (78.92%; P = 0.0007) and ACTH secretion (83.64%; P = 0.03).

Conclusion
Our findings demonstrate SAHA’s efficacy in reducing survival and ACTH secretion in AtT-20 and hCtT cells, providing a potential intervention for recurrent/unremitting CD.
Lagrangian Heuristics for Large-Scale Dynamic Facility Location with Generalized Modular Capacities
Authors: Jena Sanjay Dominik , Cordeau Jean-François , Gendron Bernard 
Published: May 2017

We consider the dynamic facility location problem with generalized modular capacities, a multiperiod facility location problem in which the costs for capacity changes may differ for all pairs of capacity levels. The problem embeds a complex cost structure and generalizes several existing facility location problems, such as those that allow temporary facility closing or capacity expansion and reduction. As the model may become very large, general-purpose mixed-integer programming (MIP) solvers are limited to solving instances of small to medium size. In this paper, we extend the generalized model to the case of multiple commodities. We propose Lagrangian heuristics, based on subgradient and bundle methods, to find good quality solutions for large-scale instances with up to 250 facility locations and 1,000 customers. To improve the final solution quality, a restricted MIP model is solved based on the information collected through the solution of the Lagrangian dual. Computational results show that the Lagrangian-based heuristics provide highly reliable results for all problem variants considered. They produce good quality solutions in short computing times even for instances where state-of-the-art MIP solvers do not find feasible solutions. The strength of the formulation also allows the method to provide tight bounds on the optimal value. Data and the online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2016.0738 .
Imaging in peri-prosthetic assessment: an orthopaedic perspective
Authors: Lohmann Christoph H. , Rampal Sanjiv , Lohrengel Martin , Singh Gurpal 
Published: May 2017

As imaging techniques are ever-evolving, this article aims to provide a brief overview of the various modalities including their limitations. The ability of imaging for evaluation of implant osseo-integration will be addressed and also the role of imaging in assessing septic and aseptic loosening, with a particular focus on adverse tissue reactions, will be discussed. Specific features when imaging the big joints such as shoulder, hip, knee and ankle joint will also be outlined. Overall, a lack of standardisation and validity was noted and despite the gross variety of imaging modalities, there is no technique covering all aspects required for evaluation of implant fixation and septic and aseptic loosening. Each imaging modality has a role, depending on the information required and anticipated. The choice of imaging technique should not be primarily based on medical considerations but also on availability, accessibility, expertise and costs. Plain radiographs alone have been recommended in cases of suspected peri-prosthetic joint infections, given the lack of evidence for additional imaging techniques in this context. For aseptic loosening, ultrasound and plain radiographs may serve as initial screening tools. Metal artefact reducing sequences (MARS) MRI are advancing cross-sectional imaging and are likely to promote their role in patient evaluation. We conclude that imaging is one essential part in the work-up of patients with total joint replacements, within a specific clinical context. Close teamwork between experienced radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons is required for optimal patient care.Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2017;2. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.2.160058. Originally published online at www.efortopenreviews.org
Fast track in hip arthroplasty
Authors: Hansen Torben Bæk 
Published: May 2017

‘Fast-track’ surgery was introduced more than 20 years ago and may be defined as a co-ordinated peri-operative approach aimed at reducing surgical stress and facilitating post-operative recovery. The fast-track programmes have now been introduced into total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery with reduction in post-operative length of stay, shorter convalescence and rapid functional recovery without increased morbidity and mortality. This has been achieved by focusing on a multidisciplinary collaboration and establishing ‘fast-track’ units, with a well-defined organisational set-up tailored to deliver an accelerated peri-operative course of fast-track surgical THA procedures. Fast-track THA surgery now works extremely well in the standard THA patient. However, all patients are different and fine-tuning of the multiple areas in fast-track pathways to get patients with special needs or high co-morbidity burden through a safe and effective fast-track THA pathway is important. In this narrative review, the principles of fast-track THA surgery are presented together with the present status of implementation and perspectives for further improvements. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2017;2. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.2.160060. Originally published online at www.efortopenreviews.org
Acromion and glenoid shape: Why are they important predictive factors for the future of our shoulders?
Authors: Nyffeler Richard W. , Meyer Dominik C. 
Published: May 2017

The shape of the acromion differs between patients with degenerative rotator cuff tears and individuals without rotator cuff pathology. It can be assessed in the sagittal plane (acromion type, acromion slope) and in the coronal plane (lateral acromion angle, acromion index, critical shoulder angle). The inter-observer reliability is better for the measurements in the coronal plane. A large lateral extension (high acromion index or high critical shoulder angle) and a lateral down-sloping of the acromion (low lateral acromion angle) are associated with full-thickness supraspinatus tears. The significance of glenoid inclination for rotator cuff disease is less clear. The postulated patho-mechanism is the compression of the supraspinatus tendon between the humeral head and the acromion. Bursal side tears might be caused by friction and abrasion of the tendon. Articular side tears could be due to impairment of the gliding mechanism between tendon fibrils leading to local stress concentration. Further research is needed to understand the exact pathomechanism of tendon degeneration and tear. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2017;2. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.2.160076. Originally published online at www.efortopenreviews.org
Gertrude Savile’s green damask: A case study of clothing reuse and alteration in eighteenth-century England
Authors: Dowdell Carolyn 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
In February 1745, English gentlewoman Gertrude Savile paid the large sum of almost 24 pounds (not including labour) for a gold-trimmed green damask sack dress with matching petticoat. The opulence of these materials and their high cost would have made for a rich, formal ensemble. Despite regular acquisitions of other fine textiles and clothes, the green damask reappeared in Savile’s account books numerous times over the ensuing decade. Thanks to her meticulous account-keeping, we find that Savile’s gown was retrimmed and made over multiple times and that leftover materials were used to fashion additional items such as pairs of shoes. The obvious motive behind these activities is thrift; however, by the time the green damask entered her life, she was a woman of significant independent means. And from the loose narrative, or lifestory, of this ensemble, several additional thematic threads may be teased: the practical interaction between women and fashion during the eighteenth century; the changing functions and status of garments within an individual’s wardrobe; aspects of personal taste and attachment to garments and even relationships and marks of affection between women.
Behind the scenes of Austenmania: Andrew Davies, adaptation and The Making of Pride and Prejudice
Authors: Louttit Chris 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
The contours of the Austen fever that encompasses film and television adaptations, sequels, mash-ups and much else besides have been well explored by a number of critics. This burgeoning Austen-on-screen critical industry has, however, yet to pay sustained attention to the Making Of tie-in books that accompanied the burst of Austen adaptations in the mid-1990s. This article makes them its main focus to provide a new angle on the familiar topic of the classic adaptation. Taking Jonathan Gray’s reading that media paratexts are essential producers of meaning as its starting point, the article attends in detail to Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin’s The Making of Pride and Prejudice. In particular, it explores how this volume frames the relationship between the production and Davies as screenwriter-adaptor. Despite Davies’ already-established reputation as adaptor of the classics, and the prestige afforded the screenwriter by British television, the article argues that The Making of Pride and Prejudice resists the idea of the TV screenwriter as auteur. Instead, the process of adaptation is shown to be a strongly collaborative one. This tie-in book therefore highlights the technological and production advances of this series as much as Davies’ now well-known sexing-up of the narrative.
Reviews
Authors: Drábek Pavel , Raw Laurence 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Translating Classical Plays: Collected Papers, J. Michael Walton (2016) London and New York: Routledge, 270 pp., ISBN: 9781138124325, h/bk, £85.00; ISBN: 9781315648231, e/bk, £24.49
The Bloomsbury Introduction to Adaptation Studies: Adapting the Canon in Film, TV, Novels and Popular Culture, Yvonne Griggs (2016) New York: Bloomsbury, 296 pp., ISBN: 9781441166142, p/bk, £25.99
Criticism without adjectives: A fable about people from the edge
Authors: Stefanova Kalina 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Theatre and puppet director Alexander Morfov has been slowly revolutionizing Bulgarian theatre over the last 25 years. His most important contribution to this theatre is its emancipation from prejudice against stage spectacle. He has achieved this by ingeniously fusing the languages of drama and puppet theatre, which remains the only truly original and novel theatre reality on Bulgarian stages. The article focuses mainly on his performance On the Edge.
The postoperatic gap between body and voice
Authors: Pompe Gregor 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
A review of Jelena Novak’s work is an excellent sphere within which to grapple with the term “postopera”, which was introduced into operatic theory by way of analogy with Hans-Thies Lehmann’s term “postdramatic theatre”. In addition to defining the characteristics of postopera, the work (and this review) offers a window into the history of opera and the development of the genre. Options for the interpretation of operatic works are presented mostly through the body-voice gap, that is, the difference between the visual and audible elements of operatic art; this relationship is redefined or, rather, foregrounded by postopera. The review highlights the author’s primary focus on six examples of postopera, for the most part postmodern and minimalist; discloses the broad theoretical and historical foundations, as well as methodologies, on which the author bases her discourse; and locates the book contextually in the wider theory of musical-theatre praxes. Additionally, it presents the meaning that Novak’s book could have in the Slovenian operatic space, identifies certain limitations of the work, and at the same time offers options for the broadening of the author’s questions and further research.
Dr. Henrik Faust: “Beauty is my grave.”
Authors: Svetina Ivo 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
In this obituary, the author ponders the connections between dreams and theatre and introduces a distinction between beauty as truth and beautifulness as the desire for pleasurable things. He understands the theatrical aesthetic of Tomaž Pandur as a search for beauty and as a baroque awareness of the slide of humanity towards catastrophe. The force and beauty of the images in Pandur’s theatrical creations, like all poetic metaphors, articulate Truth.
Balbina’s “theatre in the round”
Authors: Jesenko Primož 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
With an overview of the life and work of Balbina Battelino Baranovič (1921–2015), the article emphasises her role in the Slovenian theatre scene. She founded theatres, researched contemporary theatrical practices, and, thanks to a strong connection to French and American theatre, broadened the horizons of the Slovenian and Yugoslav theatre of the time, while enabling actors to flourish under contemporary approaches. The founder of the Experimental Theatre, she also introduced theatre in the round to the Slovenian artistic space.
Traverses of art and audience participation: An interview with Olaf Nicolai
Authors: Irmer Thomas 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
On the roof of the German pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, Olaf Nikolai produced boomerangs whose shape was adapted to local wind currents. He thus reified the conditions of their production, while each thrower individualised each boomerang through their throwing. The art work was thus created only with the help of the participants; similarly to the installation with singers entitled Non Consumiamo... at the exhibition curated by Okwui Enwezor at the Arena.
Beginnings at Tanz-Theater Wuppertal: On relevance, form and love – An interview with Vivienne Newport
Authors: Aigner Franziska , Turkenich Uri 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
Vivienne Newport spoke to us about the early choreographic works of Tanztheater Wuppertal under the direction of Pina Bausch, in which Newport participated as one of the seminal dancers. Furthermore, she spoke to us about the internal dynamic in the company and the particularity of Pina Bausch’s relations to the dancers.
Carlos Reygadas’ Batalla en el cielo/Battle in Heaven (2005): Disarticulating the brown male body from myths of Mexican masculinity
Authors: Ordóñez Samanta 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
This article examines questions of masculinity in Carlos Reygadas’s film Batalla en el cielo/Battle in Heaven. Using a comparative approach to address Reygadas’s allusions to the melodramas of Mexico’s cinematic Golden Age, the discussion shows how the model of mestizo masculinity established in the post-revolutionary period remains prevalent in contemporary society as depicted in the film, despite its detrimental effects on the lived experiences of actual Mexican males. Close examination of the main character, Marcos, offers a perspective on how the state’s centring of the male mestizo’s social and economic agency has continued to uphold the established racial hierarchy and traditional relationships of exploitation in Mexico, despite the most recent reconfigurations of the national political economy under neo-liberalism. With particular attention to Reygadas’s aesthetics of realism and the prominent juxtapositions of European oil paintings in the mise-en-scène, the argument contends that Batalla en el cielo denounces the contradictory national model of masculine identity by revealing its effects on the racialized bodies of brown males.
An empirical evaluation of in-memory multi-version concurrency control
Authors: Wu Yingjun , Arulraj Joy , Lin Jiexi , Xian Ran , Pavlo Andrew 
Published: May 2017

Multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) is currently the most popular transaction management scheme in modern database management systems (DBMSs). Although MVCC was discovered in the late 1970s, it is used in almost every major relational DBMS released in the last decade. Maintaining multiple versions of data potentially increases parallelism without sacrificing serializability when processing transactions. But scaling MVCC in a multi-core and in-memory setting is non-trivial: when there are a large number of threads running in parallel, the synchronization overhead can outweigh the benefits of multi-versioning.
To understand how MVCC perform when processing transactions in modern hardware settings, we conduct an extensive study of the scheme's four key design decisions: concurrency control protocol, version storage, garbage collection, and index management. We implemented state-of-the-art variants of all of these in an in-memory DBMS and evaluated them using OLTP workloads. Our analysis identifies the fundamental bottlenecks of each design choice.
Asymptotically almost automorphic solutions of differential equations with piecewise constant argument
Authors: Ding Hui-Sheng , Wan Shun-Mei 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
This paper is concerned with the existence and uniqueness of asymptotically almost automorphic solutions to differential equations with piecewise constant argument. To study that, we first introduce several notions about asymptotically almost automorphic type functions and obtain some properties of such functions. Then, on the basis of a systematic study on the associated difference system, the existence and uniqueness theorem is established. Compared with some earlier results, we do not assume directly that the Green’s function is a Bi-almost automorphic type function.
Supersolvable orders and inductively free arrangements
Authors: Gao Ruimei , Cui Xiupeng , Li Zhe 
Published: May 2017

Abstract
In this paper, we define the supersolvable order of hyperplanes in a supersolvable arrangement, and obtain a class of inductively free arrangements according to this order. Our main results improve the conclusion that every supersolvable arrangement is inductively free. In addition, we assert that the inductively free arrangement with the required induction table is supersolvable.
How to Deal with Regional Tourism? Historical (and Interdisciplinary) Reflections
Authors: Humair Cédric , Knoll Martin , Tissot Laurent 
Published: May 2017

AbstractThe paper advocates a regional perspective for a better understanding of tourism history and discusses historiographical concepts and tools of relevance for this understanding. It links the development of the tourism sector in history with regional transformation processes. The different ways in which tourism evolves in certain regional contexts can help to identify patterns and explain decisive phenomena like the sector’s vulnerability. The investigation proceeds in three steps: The first explores the links between tourism, regional change and historiography on a more general level, the second discusses conceptual approaches to tourism and regional transformation based in economics and economic history, hereby dealing with cluster theories and path dependency in particular. The final chapter guides a methodological discussion taking stock of the experience provided by a research project on the Lake Geneva region.