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Students with hearing impairment at a South African university: Self-identity and disclosure
Authors: Bell Diane , Carl Arend , Swart Estelle 
Published: September 2016

Background: A growing number of students with hearing loss are being granted access to higher education in South Africa due to the adoption of inclusive educational policies. However, available statistics indicate that participation by students with hearing impairments in higher education remains low and research suggests that support provisioning for those who do gain access is inadequate.Objectives: This article aims to illustrate that the assumed self-identity of students with hearing impairment influences their choice to disclose their disability. The choice not to disclose their hearing loss prevents them from accessing the necessary reasonable accommodations and this in turn may affect their eventual educational success.Method: Reported here is a qualitative descriptive case study at a South African university. Purposive sampling methods were employed. Data were gathered from in-depth interviews with seven students with hearing impairment ranging from moderate to profound, using spoken language. Constructivist grounded theory was used as an approach to the process of generating and transforming the data, as well as the construction of theory.Findings: All the student participants identified as having a hearing rather than a D/deaf identity cultural paradigm and viewed themselves as ‘normal’. Linked to this was their unwillingness to disclose their hearing impairment and thus access support.Conclusion: It is crucially important for academic, support and administrative staff to be aware of both the assumed ‘hearing’ identity and therefore subsequent non-disclosure practices of students with a hearing impairment using the oral method of communication. Universities need to put measures in place to encourage students to voluntarily disclose their hearing impairment in order to provide more targeted teaching and learning support. This could lead to improved educational outcomes for students.
Vitamin D Deficiency in Egyptian Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: How Prevalent and Does it Impact Disease Activity?
Authors: Abaza Nouran M. , El-Mallah Reem M. , Shaaban Asmaa , Mobasher Sameh A. , Al-hassanein Khaled F. , Zaher Amr A. Abdel , El-kabarity Rania H. 
Published: September 2016

Background The emerging role of vitamin D in immunology and autoimmune disorders has been a worldwide interest in the last decade. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are particularly at a delicate position predisposing them to suffer from vitamin D deficiency due to the multiple risk factors accompanying the disease. Whether vitamin D deficiency is also involved as a risk factor for developing SLE and affecting its course is a considerable concern. Objectives The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in SLE patients and its relation to disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In our observational cross-sectional study, serum levels of vitamin D [25(OH)D] in 60 SLE patients and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were assessed and estimated for deficiency and insufficiency at 10 and 30 ng/mL, respectively. Disease activity was evaluated by SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI), irreversible organ damage by Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SLICC/ACR DI), and severity by Severity of Disease Index. Fatigue was measured by visual analog scale. Results Significantly lower levels of 25(OH)D were found in SLE patients (17.6 ± 6.9 ng/mL) in comparison to controls (79.0 ± 28.7 ng/mL), with a statistically high significant difference ( t = -11.2, P < 0.001). High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency was detected as 73.3% and 23.3%, respectively. Vitamin D had a highly significant negative correlation with SLEDAI ( r = -0.495, P < 0.001), SLICC ( r = -0.431, P < 0.05), and fatigue ( r = -0.436, P < 0.05). Conclusion Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency were found to be prevalent in SLE patients in our study and related to disease activity and fatigue. If needed, routine screening and consequent repletion of vitamin D are recommended in SLE patients. Restoring adequate vitamin D levels in SLE patients should be more explored as a potential yet simple measure to their usual management to improve their condition.
L-Functoriality for Local Theta Correspondence of Supercuspidal Representations with Unipotent Reduction
Authors: Pan Shu-Yen 
Published: September 2016

AbstractThe preservation principle of local theta correspondences of reductive dual pairs over ap-adic field predicts the existence of a sequence of irreducible supercuspidal representations of classical groups. Adams and Harris-Kudla-Sweet have a conjecture about the Langlands parameters for the sequence of supercuspidal representations. In this paper we prove modified versions of their conjectures for the case of supercuspidal representations with unipotent reduction.
La comunicación y reputación en el sector bancario ruso
Authors: Dzyaloshinsky Iosif M. , Pilgun Maria 
Published: September 2016

El artículo recoge los resultados de la investigación de la figura del banquero en la comunicación que integra el sector financiero en la sociedad. Objetivos. Se estudia la relación entre la actividad mediática de un banquero y su reputación profesional en Rusia moderna. Metodología. La base de datos empíricos para el estudio fue construida a raíz de encuestas individuales a expertos sobre la fiabilidad de los bancos rusos (representantes de empresas más grandes rusas, ejecutivos, la élite bancaria a nivel federal, asociaciones, analistas financieros, periodistas). Resultados. Durante el estudio fueron detectados los principales factores determinantes para la buena reputación de un banquero: profesionalismo, cualidades personales, la eficacia de su trabajo. Discusión y conclusiones. Se ha detectado que en diferentes grupos target el peso de cada de estos factores se diferenciaba en gran medida. Se ha visto que la alta actividad mediática de un banquero favorece a su fama, pero perjudica su reputación profesional.
Seasonal variability and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the Paris megacity (France)
Authors: Baudic Alexia , Gros Valérie , Sauvage Stéphane , Locoge Nadine , Sanchez Olivier , Sarda-Estève Roland , Kalogridis Cerise , Petit Jean-Eudes , Bonnaire Nicolas , Baisnée Dominique , Favez Olivier , Albinet Alexandre , Sciare Jean , Bonsang Bernard 
Published: September 2016

Abstract. Within the framework of air quality studies at the megacity scale, highly time-resolved volatile organic compound (C2–C8) measurements were performed in downtown Paris (urban background sites) from January to November 2010. This unique dataset included non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) and aromatic/oxygenated species (OVOCs) measured by a GC-FID (gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector) and a PTR-MS (proton transfer reaction – mass spectrometer), respectively. This study presents the seasonal variability of atmospheric VOCs being monitored in the French megacity and their various associated emission sources. Clear seasonal and diurnal patterns differed from one VOC to another as the result of their different origins and the influence of environmental parameters (solar radiation, temperature). Source apportionment (SA) was comprehensively conducted using a multivariate mathematical receptor modeling. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's positive matrix factorization tool (US EPA, PMF) was used to apportion and quantify ambient VOC concentrations into six different sources. The modeled source profiles were identified from near-field observations (measurements from three distinct emission sources: inside a highway tunnel, at a fireplace and from a domestic gas flue, hence with a specific focus on road traffic, wood-burning activities and natural gas emissions) and hydrocarbon profiles reported in the literature. The reconstructed VOC sources were cross validated using independent tracers such as inorganic gases (NO, NO2, CO), black carbon (BC) and meteorological data (temperature). The largest contributors to the predicted VOC concentrations were traffic-related activities (including motor vehicle exhaust, 15 % of the total mass on the annual average, and evaporative sources, 10 %), with the remaining emissions from natural gas and background (23 %), solvent use (20 %), wood-burning (18 %) and a biogenic source (15 %). An important finding of this work is the significant contribution from wood-burning, especially in winter, where it could represent up to  ∼  50 % of the total mass of VOCs. Biogenic emissions also surprisingly contributed up to  ∼  30 % in summer (due to the dominating weight of OVOCs in this source). Finally, the mixed natural gas and background source exhibited a high contribution in spring (35 %, when continental air influences were observed) and in autumn (23 %, for home heating consumption).
Thrust calculation of electric solar wind sail by particle-in-cell simulation
Authors: Hoshi Kento , Kojima Hirotsugu , Muranaka Takanobu , Yamakawa Hiroshi 
Published: September 2016

Abstract. In this study, thrust characteristics of an electric solar wind sail were numerically evaluated using full three-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The thrust obtained from the PIC simulation was lower than the thrust estimations obtained in previous studies. The PIC simulation indicated that ambient electrons strongly shield the electrostatic potential of the tether of the sail, and the strong shield effect causes a greater thrust reduction than has been obtained in previous studies. Additionally, previous expressions of the thrust estimation were modified by using the shielded potential structure derived from the present simulation results. The modified thrust estimation agreed very well with the thrust obtained from the PIC simulation.
A coincidence detection system based on real-time software
Authors: Ayuso Sindulfo , Blanco Juan José , Medina José , Gómez-Herrero Raúl , García-Población Oscar , García Tejedor Ignacio 
Published: September 2016

Abstract. Conventional real-time coincidence systems use electronic circuitry to detect coincident pulses (hardware coincidence). In this work, a new concept of coincidence system based on real-time software (software coincidence) is presented. This system is based on the recurrent supervision of the analogue-to-digital converters status, which is described in detail. A prototype has been designed and built using a low-cost development platform. It has been applied to two different experimental sets for cosmic ray muon detection. Experimental muon measurements recorded simultaneously using conventional hardware coincidence and our software coincidence system have been compared, yielding identical results. These measurements have also been validated using simultaneous neutron monitor observations. This new software coincidence system provides remarkable advantages such as higher simplicity of interconnection and adjusting. Thus, our system replaces, at least, three Nuclear Instrument Modules (NIMs) required by conventional coincidence systems, reducing its cost by a factor of 40 and eliminating pulse delay adjustments.
A Parrot without Feathers? Ventriloquy, Orality, and Nostalgia in Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller and pauline Melville's The Ventriloquist's Tale
Authors: Bragard Véronique , Fabry Geneviève 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
This article seeks to shed new light onto the inscription of indigenous mythical tales in the contemporary postcolonial novel by way of a comparative and contrastive analysis of Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller (1987) and Pauline Melville's first novel The Ventriloquist's Tale (1997). It examines the narrators' oral tales that use ventriloquy to recuperate the voice of the other who emerges as both absent and present in the diverted language of the ventriloquist. The attempt to avert the loss of access to indigenous culture and its cosmogonies is considered here as a nostalgic gesture. Boym's distinction between restorative and transformative nostalgia allows one to underline how Vargas Llosa's and Melville's works further explore the paradox inherent in the act of inscribing non-Western oral myths within the novel, a genre associated with a written tradition.
Dynamics of a Viral Infection Logistic Model with Delayed Nonlinear CTL Response and Periodic Immune Response
Authors: Canul-Pech Abraham , Avila-Vales Eric , Garcia-Almeida Gerardo 
Published: September 2016

This paper investigates the global dynamics and bifurcation structure of a viral infection logistic model with delayed nonlinear CTL response and periodic immune response. It is proved that the basic reproduction numbers, $R_{0}$ and $R_{1}$, determine the outcome of viral infection. Besides changes in the amplititude of lytic component, we show, via numerical simulations, that , the birth rate of susceptible host cells and the maximum proliferation of target cells are crucial to the outcome of a viral infection. Time delay can alter the period of oscillation for the larger level of periodic forcing. Period doubling bifurcations of the system are observed via simulations. Our results can provide a possible explanation of the oscillation behaviors of virus population,which were observed in chronic HBV or HCV carriers.
Enige beschouwingen over trustakten naar Curaçaos recht en de uitleg daarvan
Authors: Bakker P.S. 
Published: September 2016

Enige beschouwingen over trustakten naar Curaçaos recht en de uitleg daarvan
In deze bijdrage wordt stilgestaan bij het fenomeen van de Curaçaose trust en bij de uitleg van akten, waarmee dergelijke trusts in het leven plegen te worden geroepen. De auteur betoogt dat in de regel een gedifferentieerde uitlegmethode voor dit soort akten aangewezen is, waarbij onderscheid wordt gemaakt tussen bedingen in de trustakte met goederenrechtelijke implicaties jegens derden en bedingen van zuiver verbintenisrechtelijke aard.
Description of new Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Africa, or how morphological and DNA data are complementary in discovering unknown species and matching sexes
Authors: De Meyer Marc , Mwatawala Maulid , Copeland Robert S. , Virgilio Massimiliano 
Published: September 2016

This paper describes five new Ceratitis species from the eastern and southern parts of the Afrotropical Region: C. (Pterandrus) quilicii De Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) pallidula De Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) taitaensis De Meyer & Copeland sp. nov.; C. (Ceratalaspis) sawahilensis De Meyer & Virgilio sp. nov.; and C. (Ceratalaspis) flavipennata De Meyer & Virgilio sp. nov. Their relationships with closely allied species within their respective subgenera are discussed where appropriate, and diagnostic characters are given. DNA barcodes are provided for all new species. In addition, the hitherto unknown male of C. (Pardalaspis) serrata De Meyer, 1996 is described, based on material collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recognition of these new species and sexes is the result of an integrative approach using morphological characters and DNA data.
The Law Student as Mediator IEP Project: Encouraging Legal Services Outreach in the Community and Empowering Families
Authors: TARRIEN DAVID 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT
Determining appropriate special education services for children is a complex endeavor. The issues addressed do not always lend themselves to an amicable, streamlined process. Indeed, the arcane nature of the statutes and rules surrounding Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs, often seem at odds with a caregiver's eagerness to ensure academic success for a beloved child. Practical matters, too, such as financing for much needed services for the few while ensuring fair access to educational resources for all students, can set the stage for miscommunication, mistrust, and bad or hurt feelings on both sides of the table. Meanwhile, children waiting for services languish. Further, because lack of funds tends to be a key issue for families, there often is a dearth of effective advocacy available to help the process move efficiently and appropriately forward. Meanwhile, legal education is in a constant struggle to provide practical, meaningful, and concrete experiences that allow students to delve into the everyday practice of law.
This paper explores how one program, the IEP Project out of WMU Cooley Law School, helped law students hone their advocacy and dispute resolution skills while assisting parents and school administrators through the IEP process. Their goal was to create a calm and efficient process that culminated in the student involved receiving appropriate accommodations and services. Additionally, this project exposed law students to the most at-risk members of their communities and worked to inspire some to continue to serve that population as legal professionals.
My Words + Your Words = Our World@Literature.global
Authors: BORUSZKO GRACIELA 
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT
Contemporary urban communities are the likely scenarios where the constructions of personal identities are achieved within a bilingual or multilingual sociolinguistic environment. Tradition acts as a negotiator between the forces that chisel a modified shape to an individual that seeks to immerse the self into a new collectivity. Between the fear to lose the already acquired identity and the forging of a new identity, there are words and worlds that need to be expressed within a discussion on the use of self-translation as a linguistic bridge to reach the other. The decision to embrace bilingualism is based on the desire to explore beyond their “village” and engage in broader conversations. Independently of the reasons of the individual to decide to be immersed in another culture, the decision implies the acceptance of modifications of a somewhat monolithic vision of the “self” and “the other”. To get immersed in bilingualism is the first step to penetrate a biculturalism that is bound to leave marks on the chore of the self as another referent is taken alongside the self, even in a competing way or at least following a comparative approach. That cumulus of life transcends to others through words that reveal a personal mysterious world that is in constant formation and transformation. In this article, I explore the experience of the self and the stranger in relation to linguistic and artistic exile in literature. The multicultural and multilingual author, Nancy Huston, chose literature, the land of words, as a place to establish her inner personal worlds. Words and worlds create a fascinating synergy as they interact with the illusion of a certain identity. “Self” and “the other” engage in conversations that lead to reinventing the self through the use of languages. The situational “exile” of the author is then expressed at multiple levels as the concept of national and foreign, original and translation, individual and collective, fidelity and infidelity, identity and otherness, and mother tongue and foreign language all play interchangeable roles in the hope of constituting a “unique monolithic identity".
A.T. Still’s Osteopathic Lesion Theory and Evidence-Based Models Supporting the Emerged Concept of Somatic Dysfunction
Authors: Liem Torsten 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, coined the original idea of lesion based on the obstruction of flow of body fluids, but primarily referring to bony structures and more precisely to the spine. Throughout the 20th century, this idea was shaped and developed into the concept of somatic dysfunction, a term that is familiar to both US-trained osteopathic physicians and foreign-trained osteopaths and has been an essential cornerstone of osteopathic practice and teaching. The present historical narrative review offers an overview of the evolution of Still’s original lesion concept, major evidence-based models of somatic dysfunction that attempt to explain the clinical findings, and a critique of the concept.
Requirements for Certification in Surgery: A Comparison of the American Board of Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
Authors: Termuhlen Paula M. , O-Yurvati Albert H. , Stella Joseph J. 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
In early 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine agreed to a memorandum of understanding describing a single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the United States. Although there are many benefits, such as consistent quality of graduate medical education, alignment of competency standards, alignment with policymakers’ expectations, unification of voices on graduate medical education access and funding issues, and visibility of osteopathic medicine, there are also many challenges in creating a uniform system of graduate medical education. The authors review the pathways to initial certification for both the American Board of Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery and discuss recertification and maintenance of certification.
Smell identification of spices using nanomechanical membrane-type surface stress sensors
Authors: Imamura Gaku , Shiba Kota , Yoshikawa Genki 
Published: September 2016

Abstract
Artificial olfaction, that is, a chemical sensor system that identifies samples by smell, has not been fully achieved because of the complex perceptional mechanism of olfaction. To realize an artificial olfactory system, not only an array of chemical sensors but also a valid feature extraction method is required. In this study, we achieved the identification of spices by smell using nanomechanical membrane-type surface stress sensors (MSS). Features were extracted from the sensing signals obtained from four MSS coated with different types of polymers, focusing on the chemical interactions between polymers and odor molecules. The principal component analysis (PCA) of the dataset consisting of the extracted parameters demonstrated the separation of each spice on the scatter plot. We discuss the strategy for improving odor identification based on the relationship between the results of PCA and the chemical species in the odors.