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Sensing kuuki among visiting nurses
Authors: Shimamura Atsuko , Suwa Sayuri , Tsujimura Mayuko 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThis study aimed to explore how visiting nurses in Japan sense Kuuki (mood or atmosphere) in the homes of patients and families. Participants were 15 Japanese visiting nurses with experience sensing kuuki in homes of patients and families. Data were collected through two 90 min focus group interviews with experienced visiting nurses, and a qualitative content analysis was performed. The qualitative analysis showed that experienced visiting nurses sensed kuuki in eight ways. Kuuki differs based on type of illness, state of health and number of visits. Sensitivity to kuuki is thought to be linked to understanding of patient and family feelings, changes in the physical condition of patients and evaluation of nursing care delivery. Perception of kuuki also contributes to care planning especially on the very first home visit and when visiting terminally ill patients.
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging: Current role in prostate cancer management
Authors: Ueno Yoshiko , Tamada Tsutomu , Bist Vipul , Reinhold Caroline , Miyake Hideaki , Tanaka Utaru , Kitajima Kazuhiro , Sugimura Kazuro , Takahashi Satoru 
Published: May 2016

AbstractDigital rectal examination, serum prostate‐specific antigen screening and transrectal ultrasound‐guided biopsy are conventionally used as screening, diagnostic and surveillance tools for prostate cancer. However, they have limited sensitivity and specificity. In recent years, the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging has steadily grown, and is now part of the standard clinical management in many institutions. In multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging, the morphological assessment of T2‐weighted imaging is correlated with diffusion‐weighted imaging, dynamic contrast‐enhanced imaging perfusion and/or magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging is currently regarded as the most sensitive and specific imaging technique for the evaluation of prostate cancer, including detection, staging, localization and aggressiveness evaluation. This article presents an overview of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging, and discusses the current role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in the different fields of prostate cancer management.
History of “History of Psychology” in Japan
Authors: Sato Tatsuya , Mizoguchi Hazime , Arakawa Ayumu , Hidaka Souta , Takasuna Miki , Nishikawa Yasuo 
Published: May 2016

AbstractOnly a few Japanese psychologists have been interested in the history of psychology. The historiography—or the methodology of historical description—for the history of psychology has been ignored. Moreover, chairs for professors, academic journals, academic meetings, and an archive of the history of psychology remain to be established. In this paper, the history of the “history of psychology” in Japan is explored. This academic sub‐discipline has emerged only during the past few decades and a theory driven historiography covering the history of psychology was initiated in Japan only at the end of the 20th century. Activities on the history of Japanese psychology can be divided into three phases: (a) the traditional history (translations and introduction of foreign knowledge and celebration of history); (b) the transition phase (the movement towards social criticism and archival research from intra‐discipline); and (c) the history based on the historiography. Lastly, recent trends in the history of psychology in Japan are examined and discussed.
Improving women's nutrition imperative for rapid reduction of childhood stunting in South Asia: coupling of nutrition specific interventions with nutrition sensitive measures essential
Authors: Vir Sheila C. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe implications of direct nutrition interventions on women's nutrition, birth outcome and stunting rates in children in South Asia are indisputable and well documented. In the last decade, a number of studies present evidence of the role of non‐nutritional factors impacting on women's nutrition, birth outcome, caring practices and nutritional status of children. The implications of various dimensions of women's empowerment and gender inequality on child stunting is being increasingly recognised. Evidence reveals the crucial role of early age of marriage and conception, poor secondary education, domestic violence, inadequate decision‐making power, poor control over resources, strenuous agriculture activities, and increasing employment of women and of interventions such as cash transfer scheme and microfinance programme on undernutrition in children. Analysis of the nutrition situation of women and children in South Asia and programme findings emphasise the significance of reaching women during adolescence, pre‐conception and pregnancy stage. Ensuring women enter pregnancy with adequate height and weight and free from being anemic is crucial. Combining nutrition‐specific interventions with measures for empowerment of women is essential. Improvement in dietary intake and health services of women, prevention of early age marriage and conception, completion of secondary education, enhancement in purchasing power of women, reduction of work drudgery and elimination of domestic violence deserve special attention. A range of programme platforms dealing with health, education and empowerment of women could be strategically used for effectively reaching women prior to and during pregnancy to accelerate reduction in stunting rates in children in South Asia.
Zakariyyā al‐Anṣārī and the Study of Muslim Commentaries from the Later Islamic Middle Period
Authors: Ingalls Matthew B. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe essay that follows examines the life and thought of one particular Egyptian scholar to illustrate recent trends in the study of Muslim commentary works. As they embody many of the social and intellectual trends of their time, the life, and works of Zakariyyā al‐Anṣārī (d. 1520), the subject of this study, function as a synecdoche for the intellectual history of the later Islamic Middle Period (roughly 1258 to 1500 ce), which intellectual historians are only beginning to unravel. Before addressing the state of the field including some of the challenges that define it, the essay provides a sketch of al‐Anṣārī's life, an assessment of his written corpus, and a sample passage from his scholarly writings to link him back to larger methodological themes in the study of commentary works from this period.
Validity and reliability of elastic resistance bands for measuring shoulder muscle strength
Authors: Andersen L. L. , Vinstrup J. , Jakobsen M. D. , Sundstrup E. 
Published: May 2016

Valid and reliable measurements of muscle strength are important in sport medicine. This study assesses concurrent validity and intrarater reliability (test–retest reliability) of elastic resistance bands for measuring shoulder muscle strength. Altogether, 50 healthy adults [mean age 36.0 (SD: 11.6), 29 women and 21 men] participated in testing and retesting 1–2 weeks later. The maximal elastic resistance (TheraBand) that each participant could hold for 3 s during standing bilateral shoulder abduction to 90° was converted into torque and validated against gold standard maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVC) (Vishay force transducer) performed unilaterally while lying supine. The intrarater reliability of both tests were high; for the MVC and elastic band test, respectively, ICC(3,1) was 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97–0.99) and 0.99 (95% CI: 0.98–1.00), and measurement error was 4.8% (95% CI: 3.7–5.9) and 4.7% (95% CI: 3.1–6.2). For concurrent validity, ICC(3,1) was 0.96 (95% CI: 0.95–0.98) and measurement error was 8.1% (95% CI: 6.6–9.6), and the elastic band test explained 93% of the variance in the MVC test. However, the elastic band test produced systematically lower torque values than the MVC [56.5 (SD: 26.8) vs 66.5 (SD: 25.5) Nm, P < 0.01]. In conclusion, the test for shoulder muscle strength using elastic resistance bands has excellent validity and reliability, but produces systematically lower torque values than MVC. The reason for the lower torque values may be that the elastic band test has an initial concentric phase and is performed bilaterally and standing upright.
Head impact in a snowboarding accident
Authors: Bailly N. , Llari M. , Donnadieu T. , Masson C. , Arnoux P. J. 
Published: May 2016

To effectively prevent sport traumatic brain injury (TBI), means of protection need to be designed and tested in relation to the reality of head impact. This study quantifies head impacts during a typical snowboarding accident to evaluate helmet standards. A snowboarder numerical model was proposed, validated against experimental data, and used to quantify the influence of accident conditions (speed, snow stiffness, morphology, and position) on head impacts (locations, velocities, and accelerations) and injury risk during snowboarding backward falls. Three hundred twenty‐four scenarios were simulated: 70% presented a high risk of mild TBI (head peak acceleration >80 g) and 15% presented a high risk of severe TBI (head injury criterion >1000). Snow stiffness, speed, and snowboarder morphology were the main factors influencing head impact metrics. Mean normal head impact speed (28 ± 6 km/h) was higher than equivalent impact speed used in American standard helmet test (ASTM F2040), and mean tangential impact speed, not included in standard tests, was 13.8 (±7 km/h). In 97% of simulated impacts, the peak head acceleration was below 300 g, which is the pass/fail criteria used in standard tests. Results suggest that initial speed, impacted surface, and pass/fail criteria used in helmet standard performance tests do not fully reflect magnitude and variability of snowboarding backward‐fall impacts.
Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) core–specific antibody suggests occult HCV infection among blood donors
Authors: Quiroga Juan A. , Avellón Ana , Bartolomé Javier , Andréu María , Flores Elena , González María I. , González Rocío , Pérez Sonia , Richart Luis A. , Castillo Inmaculada , Alcover Javier , Palacios Ricardo , Carreño Vicente , Echevarría José M. 
Published: May 2016

BACKGROUNDBlood transfusion safety is based on reliable donor screening for transmissible infections such as the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSA novel HCV core–specific antibody was assayed on random single donations from 2007 first‐time blood donors who tested negative for anti‐HCV and HCV RNA on routine screening. Sample collection broke the code between donations and donors for ethical reasons.RESULTSForty‐two donations (2.1%) displayed reactivity in the novel test. The specificity of the reactivity was evaluated by a peptide inhibition assay, and testing against additional nonoverlapping HCV core peptide epitopes and other HCV antigens was performed on these samples. Six donations (14.3%; 0.30% from the total) were considered to contain anti‐HCV after such supplemental testing. HCV RNA detection was also performed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) and serum or plasma samples from reactive donors after virus concentration by ultracentrifugation. HCV RNA tested negative in all PBMNCs samples, and a very low amount of viral genome was detected in serum or plasma concentrates from three anti‐HCV core–reactive donors (7.1%) but not among concentrates from 100 randomly selected nonreactive donors. Sequencing of these polymerase chain reaction products revealed differences between the isolates that excluded partially sample contamination from a common source.CONCLUSIONThese findings argue in favor of an ongoing occult HCV infection among these blood donors and account for some rather low, but perhaps not negligible, infection risk for such donations. Future studies involving larger samples of donations from traceable donors would enlighten the significance of these findings for the viral safety of the blood supply.
Collection and immunoselection of CD34+ cells: the impact of age, sex, and diabetes in patients with chronic heart failure
Authors: Kresnik Petra Konecnik , Krasna Metka , Rozman Primoz , Vrtovec Bojan , Malicev Elvira 
Published: May 2016

BACKGROUNDMobilized peripheral blood is the most common source of CD34+ cells intended for transplantations. The collection and enrichment of CD34+ cells could be affected by various factors and there are some controversies regarding the effects of patient‐related factors. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of age, sex, and diabetes on the CD34+ cell grafts in patients with chronic heart failure.STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSCell grafts from 100 adult patients scheduled for autologous CD34+ cell transplantation were investigated. The CD34+ cells were collected using leukapheresis after granulocyte–colony‐stimulating factor mobilization and further enriched using the immunomagnetic CD34+ selection. The number of CD34+ cells and their viability were determined by flow cytometry.RESULTSOlder patients had significantly lower CD34+ cell counts than younger patients. The differences between men and women were not found. There was a trend toward an inverse relationship between diabetes and the CD34+ cell count, however, without any significance. No differences in the CD34+ cell viability (97.6% before and 97.9% after selection) were found. The mean CD34+ cell recovery was 59.7% and was not statistically different between age groups, sex, and diabetic patients.CONCLUSIONBefore the CD34+ cells are collected the patient's age should be considered. The study did not demonstrate a significant impact of sex and diabetes on the CD34+ cell count. While age and sex did not affect the immunoselection process, diabetes slightly reduced cell recovery. Cell viabilities before and after the cell enrichment were comparable between the tested samples.
LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGE TO SUSTAINABLE APPLICATION OF INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEM (IBS)
Authors: Yunus Riduan , Yang Jay 
Published: May 2016

This paper focuses on the challenges and implications of legislation which has been identified as one of the critical factors in enhancing sustainable deliverables for Industrial Building System (IBS) applications. This study undertakes a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of Malaysian IBS stakeholders, using survey data collected among the industry players. In terms of legislation, this paper reveals that there is a lack of incentives and regulatory procedures in IBS implementation, a fragmentation of authority and little concern on sustainability issues. Early stage integration, mandatory orders, obligations and government support are the strengths of legislation. The external elements consist of opportunities and threats. For opportunities, five components have been identified, namely legal document integration, certification programmes, long-term benefits, global markets and good image. Threats consist of client-driven decisions, higher initial cost and limited understanding of IBS benefits by the stakeholders.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORIZONTAL CURVES DESIGN AND ACCIDENT RATE
Authors: Radimsky Michal , Matuszkova Radka , Budik Ondrej 
Published: May 2016

Horizontal curves are very problematic elements of the road alignment. The danger of these spots is confirmed by the analysis of accidents, which showed that while on the tangents (straight sections) is an accident resulting in injury or death one of every five, at intersections and curve segments it is one of every three. Share of fatal accidents in curve segments compared to the intersections or direct segments is then more than doubled. The research aims to find potential correlations between different accident’s characteristics and horizontal curves design, which could help predict dangerousness of horizontal elements. Strong correlation was proven between radius of horizontal curve and relative accidental rate. Lower correlation was found between traffic lanes width and relative accidental rate. From gathered data wasn’t proven relationship between relative accidental rate and deflection angle.
EFFECT OF WET-DRY CYCLING ON BOND BEHAVIOR OF GFRP STRENGTHENED HISTORIC MASONRY STRUCTURES
Authors: Jing Meng , Raongjant Werasak 
Published: May 2016

The objective of this research work is to determine the effect of wet-dry cycling on bond behavior of historic masonry structures strengthened by Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP). Shear bond testing was carried out through total 36 specimens exposed to dry, full moisture or wet-dry cycling conditions. The selected samples were then tested at 0, 30, 60 and 90 days. Post-ageing test was also preceded on total sixty masonry prisms exposed to dry, full moisture or wet-dry cycling conditions. The compressive strengths of selected samples were then tested at 0, 40, 70 and 100 days. The test results showed an obvious decrease of the bond strength between GFRP sheets and bricks in the wet-dry cycling condition. For masonry prisms with or without GFRP strengthening, in the first 40 days, the compressive strength of GFRP bonded prism decreased quickly to the value near that of prism without GFRP. After 40 days the rate of decrease became slow, which means that, sheets retrofitted outside the masonry prisms helped to improve their durability by reducing water permeation.
SLOPE STABILITY AND DEFORMATION ANALYSIS UNDER DRAWDOWN CONDITIONS (CASE STUDY: RAMA 9 RESERVOIR)
Authors: Raongjant Werasak , Jing Meng 
Published: May 2016

The Rapid drawdown condition is one of the most dangerous conditions for earth slopes. The change of water level in reservoir always causes a slope failure. This paper presents an investigation on the slope stability of the Rama 9 Reservoir under different drawdown conditions depending on the drawdown ratio, the drawdown rate and the loading conditions. Finite element analysis program PLAXIS 2D 2012 were applied to define the displacement and the factor of safety for slopes at selected positions. The results shown that, in the rapid drawdown condition for the drawdown ratio of 0.75, the factor of safety is 1.16. In the slow drawdown condition for the drawdown ratio of 1.00, the factor of safety is 1.26. Both are less than the ratio of allowable security value of 1.3. For the Rama 9 Reservoir, the reduction of the water level should be controlled more carefully.
SORPTION OF ZINC USING MICROWAVE INCINERATED SUGARCANE BAGASSE ASH (MISCBA) AND RAW BAGASSE
Authors: Umar Salihi Ibrahim , Mohamed Kutty Shamsul Rahman , Isa Mohamed Hasnain , Malakahmad Amirhossein , Aminu Umar Usman 
Published: May 2016

Release of contaminated wastewater containing toxic pollutants has adverse negative effects to the receiving water environment. Heavy metals are non-biodegradable, with longer half –life and overtime, and can accumulate in living organism. Therefore, it is important to remove heavy metals from wastewater for its safe disposal. In this study, activated carbon prepared from thermal incineration of sugarcane bagasse was used in removing zinc from synthetic solution. The prepared carbon is termed as microwave incinerated sugarcane bagasse ash (MISCBA). Raw non-incinerated bagasse was also employed to compare the removal capacities of the two adsorbents (MISCBA and raw bagasse). Parameters including pH, contact time, initial metal concentrations and adsorbents dosages were examined. The results showed that pH of 6.0, contact time 3 hours and adsorbents dosage of 12 g/L were found to be optimum for zinc removal. Removal capacities of 21.05 mg/g and 13.4 mg/g were determined for MISCBA and raw bagasse, respectively. Freundlich correlation coefficients for MISCBA and raw bagasse were found to be 0.7508 and 0.9233, respectively. Langmuir correlation coefficients were 0.9231 and 0.6423, for MISCBA and bagasse respectively.
SOLIDIFICATION OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE (WTS) BY CALCIUM CARBONATE POWDER (CCP)
Authors: I. Nurliyana, , M. A. Fadzil, , H. M. Saman, , N. K. Hanim, , W. K. Choong, 
Published: May 2016

Water treatment sludge (WTS) is a problematic waste produced from water treatment processes. WTS contains high in organic (e.g. nutrients) and inorganic (e.g. heavy metals) pollutants. There are many treatments of sludge. Current treatments of sludge are either by chemical, physical or biological treatments. However, the treatments require high energy level and expensive. Therefore, solidification method is introduced since the production of WTS is increasing. Solidification able to transform the physical forms of the sludge and depends on the type of binder used. In this study, calcium carbonate powder (CCP) was introduced as a binder to solidify WTS. The objectives of this study are to investigate the potential of CCP as binder in solidifying WTS and to obtain the optimum percentage of CCP as cement replacement material to solidify WTS. CCP was used to replace Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) at 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%. The solidified WTS was cured under water curing for 1, 3, 7 and 28 days. The effectiveness of using CCP as binder to solidify WTS was evaluated based on the compressive strength values. Results showed that the compressive strength of solidified WTS increased with increasing curing days. However, the compressive strength of solidified WTS was reduced proportionally with the increasing percentage replacement of OPC with CCP. In conclusion, 40% CCP contains in C5 was the optimum CCP replacement percentage. The 28-day compressive strength value of C5 was 0.62 N/mm2 and the value was exceeded the minimum allowable landfill disposal limit which is 0.34 N/mm2.
DIFFERENT GLUELINE THICKNESSES PULL-OUT BEHAVIOUR OF MENGKULANG GLULAM
Authors: Raja Hussin Tengku Anita , Vincent Oon , Hassan Rohana 
Published: May 2016

Timber connection is still facing inadequacy of engineering studies. Mechanical and adhesive joints are the two main types of connections being used for timber connection. In this study, pull-out strength test is carried to determine the best glue line thickness and the failure modes occur. Three different glue-line thicknesses of 2mm, 3mm and 4mm was tested with holes thicknesses of 14mm, 16mm and 18mm respectively were drilled on 9 with 3 specimens of each thickness. This test is carried out until failure in the specimen by using the Universal Testing Machine with load capacity of 1000kN and at the rate of 2mm/min. Phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde (PRF) is the adhesive used for the strengthening purposes with ratio of PRF hardener and resin of 1:5 was used in this experiment. The dowel glued-in steel dowel is 10 mm in diameter from S 235 steel type. For the results; The data shows that glue line thickness of 2mm does generate the highest maximum load compared to 3mm and 4mm of glue line thickness with the value of 2.394kN compared to 2.223kN and 1.789kN respectively. However, glue line thickness of 3mm shows highest breaking load of 1.714kN compared to 1.631kN of 2mm glue line thickness and 1.454kN of 4mm glue line thickness. Therefore, it is proven that the 2mm glue line thickness is more superior in strength and shear stress than 3mm and 4mm of glue line thickness.
THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF GLULAM TROPICAL TIMBER BEAM IN BENDING
Authors: Shakimon Mohd Nizam , Abd Malek Nor Jihan , Hassan Rohana , Ahmad Zakiah 
Published: May 2016

A full scale bending testing of glued laminated (glulam) timber beam can be costly and time consuming. Therefore, computer modeling is an economical and an efficient tool to achieve the result within the acceptable accuracy. Among other modeling techniques, the finite element modeling (FEM) is widely used for its reliability to simulate and to verify the behaviour of structural elements exactly in the same way the elements perform in the experimental test. Further results of different structural element dimensions or materials can be predicted by modifying the input parameters that are of interest to the study. This study presents the verification of FEM with experimental bending test results on simply supported glulam timber beams made of Keruing and Resak species. The two dimensional (2D) FEM with LUSAS 14.3 software was used. The verification showed an acceptable agreement between the FEM and the experimental results.