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Consequences of Different Corticosteroids on Serum Potassium and Prostate-Specific Antigen in Patients Receiving Abiraterone for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study
Authors: Tatsuzawa Masaomi , Ogawa Ryuichi , Kinjo Naoki , Kim Soan , Shimizu Fumitaka , Sakamoto Yoshiro , Shimojima Kazuyo , Echizen Hirotoshi , Miyazaki Akihisa 
Published: October 2017

Background: Abiraterone acetate is an androgen synthesis inhibitor approved for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Although co-administration of either prednisone or prednisolone at 10 mg/d has been recommended to reduce the risk of abiraterone-induced hyperaldosteronism (notably hypokalemia) and to give adjunctive pain relief effects, whether these glucocorticoids can be substituted by dexamethasone remains unknown. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of medical records of patients who were given abiraterone for the treatment of CRPC with either prednisolone (ABI/PSL) 10 mg/d or dexamethasone (ABI/DEX) 0.5 or 1 mg/d between 2014 and 2017 in Juntendo University Nerima Hospital. Demographic and biochemical data including prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level were retrieved from the electronic medical records. Results: Fifty-three eligible patients (27 in ABI/PSL group and 26 in ABI/DEX group) were extracted from the records. Both groups showed no significant changes in serum potassium level before and after starting treatment. In the ABI/PSL group, 12 patients (46%) showed elevations of PSA and 7 patients (27%) discontinued treatment within 3 months. In contrast, in the ABI/DEX group, only 6 patients (25%) showed elevations of PSA and 3 patients (13%, all were given dexamethasone 1 mg/d) discontinued treatment. Conclusions: Dexamethasone and prednisolone may be equally effective in preventing abiraterone-induced hypokalemia.
Characterisation of 19th and 20th century Chinese paper
Authors: Brown Natalie , Lichtblau Dirk , Fearn Tom , Strlič Matija 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The chemical and physical properties of 19th and 20th century Chinese papers were investigated using a variety of material characterisation methods. A reference collection of 178 Chinese papers, dating from 1799 to 1990 was used, and properties such as pH, degree of polymerisation (DP), lignin content, and tensile strength (zero-span) were determined. Most of the papers were of approximately neutral pH, had a low lignin content and DP similar to pre-19th century European rag paper. It was found that the high inhomogeneity and the typical paper thinness affected tensile testing and as a result, a modified method for zero-span tensile strength test was developed. Using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR), proof-of-concept partial least squares (PLS) applications were developed for determination of tensile strength, pH, DP and for dating of the samples. For the latter, using post-1900 papers, the error of cross validation was 13 years. The presence of lignin was modelled using linear discriminant analysis (LDA), where the model could distinguish between high and low lignin content with 88% accuracy. Using one or multiple sheets for transmission NIR spectroscopy led to PLS results of similar quality, which was attributed to material inhomogeneity.
Variations of attenuation and VP/VS ratio in the vicinity of wastewater injection: A case study of Costa Molina 2 well (High Agri Valley, Italy)
Authors: Wcisło Miłosz , Stabile Tony Alfredo , Telesca Luciano , Eisner Leo 
Published: October 2017

By analyzing seismicity induced by the injection of wastewater into the Costa Molina 2 well, we characterized attenuation in the area. Attenuation quality factors [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were calculated using the peak-frequency method, which is suitable for small-magnitude earthquakes registered in the region. Anomalously high attenuation with values of effective [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] ratio of less than 1 in the vicinity of the injection well was found, in comparison with [Formula: see text] for the rest of the region. Furthermore, the [Formula: see text] ratio was also found to be high in the close vicinity of the injection well. We determine how sedimentary rocks possibly change their geomechanical properties due to salt-water injection and find that observed changes of attenuation (increase) and [Formula: see text] ratio (increase) are consistent with the geomechanical models and experiments. Our findings indicate that the observed anomaly in the vicinity of the Costa Molina 2 well is due to the (1) changes of the properties of the rock mass affected by injection and (2) 3D structure in the overburden rocks.
Numerical study of an electrode-based resistivity tool for fracture diagnostics in steel-cased wellbores
Authors: Zhang Peng , Brick Yaniv , Sharma Mukul M. 
Published: October 2017

The efficiency of a hydraulic fracture treatment depends primarily on the dimensions and orientation of propped fractures. We have developed a novel electrode-based resistivity tool concept for mapping proppant distribution in hydraulic fractures in steel-cased wellbores. The proposed tool configuration is shown to overcome the severe limitations of induction tools for the detection and resolution of propped fracture geometries in such wellbores. The concept makes use of an array of electrically insulating gap subsections, which are installed and cemented as permanent parts of the casing string, separating the casing sections. By imposing voltages on the insulating gaps, the conductive casing is excited directly, thus avoiding through-casing signal degradation caused by its high electrical conductivity. This allows us to detect subsurface fractures propped with conductive proppant. The envisioned measurements are performed by running a bottom-hole assembly into the fractured zone on a coiled tubing to impose a voltage across each insulating gap at a time, before and after hydraulic fracture operations. For each excited insulating gap, the voltages across all other insulating gaps are recorded by the electronics embedded in the insulating gaps. To interpret the envisioned measurements, a forward model of the tool, based on a finite volume method, is developed, and the design’s sensitivity to the fracture parameters is demonstrated via case studies. The results indicate that measurements made based on the proposed concept will be highly sensitive to a fracture’s location, size, and angle, and less sensitive to a fracture’s shape. Simulations also indicate that direct contact of the fracture with an excited casing section enables the differentiation of fractures of up to a 100 m radius. Fractures with angles greater than 30° or aspect ratios greater than two can also be distinguished from the ones orthogonal to the well or with an aspect ratio of one.
Source-to-sink system in the south bank of Qinghai Lake
Authors: Xu Wenmao , Jiang Zaixing , Chen Ji , Liu Chao , Dong Lingyu 
Published: October 2017

In the south bank of Qinghai Lake, numerous alluvial fans and coastal deposits have been formed. In terms of their developmental positions and relationships, the denudation system, depositional system, and transportation system consist of source-to-sink systems. Based on the field-investigation evidence and literature survey, it was confirmed that the developmental processes of these “source-to-sink” systems can be divided into three stages: the Early-Late Pleistocene stage, from 39 to 23 ka BP; Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene stage, from 39 to 10.7 ka BP; and modern stage. At the present time, these stages can still be identified as three levels of lake shore terraces. In the Late Pleistocene, the source-to-sink system indicates that the lake level was high, supply of clasts was sufficient, fan deltas had formed, and the lakeside plain continued to develop. At the end of the Late Pleistocene, with the sudden changes in global climate, the climate was dry and cold, and the lake level fell. At this time, the source-to-sink system showed that lake level was relatively low, supply of clasts was reduced, and transportation distance was longer; ancient sediments started to recycle in this system. Until modern times, alluvial fans in the south bank of Qinghai Lake have only rarely been developed, and the supply of clasts is primarily derived from the recirculation of paleo-shore sediments. Meanwhile, a large amount of sandy gravel beaches developed along the lake shore. By studying the multistage source-to-sink systems around modern lakes, the characteristics of the system in lake basins are enriched and provide an important analogy for researches of ancient lake basins.
On Catastrophic Materialism
Authors: Passannante Gerard 
Published: October 2017

AbstractLooking at a variety of cases from the early modern period—from debates around astrology to the essays of Michel de Montaigne to the poetry and prose of John Donne and the philosophical fictions of Margaret Cavendish—this essay explores the encounter with materialist thought as an experience of catastrophe. Against the explicit aims of materialist philosophers like Epicurus to encourage peace of mind, early modern authors discovered in materialism a style of thought that felt at once enticing and alarming, even disastrous. “Catastrophic materialism” helps us understand how a much-maligned philosophy captured the imagination, as well as the critical function it served.
Diogo Bernardes’s Brandura
Authors: Park Simon 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Readers of Diogo Bernardes’s (ca. 1530–ca. 1595) poetry have long praised the brandura (gentleness) of his work. But what brandura meant and how favorably it was viewed depended on context. Brandura was associated with the middle style, with mastery of elocutio, and, by extension, with poetry’s ability to move those who listened to or read it. Therefore it could at one moment provoke moral anxiety and at another signal the height of poetic accomplishment. In quarrels over the relative merits of the European vernaculars, apologists for the Portuguese language invested in Bernardes’s reputation as brando (gentle), as he was said to demonstrate the brandura of their mother tongue. Yet later in the seventeenth century his fortunes sank. Though he is little esteemed today, his association with the multiple meanings of brando and brandura implicated him in important political, moral, and aesthetic disputes throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By paying renewed attention to style and affect in the context of cultural history, this essay aims to revive interest in Bernardes’s work.
Disreputable by Definition
Authors: Hammad Hanan 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Court records, police reports, and security statistics indicate that theft was the most frequent crime committed by imprisoned Egyptian women in the interwar period, although scholarship has largely focused on their involvement in prostitution. Theft by women was typically an isolated act motivated by urban conditions of poverty, but many women became skilled repeat offenders who worked individually or in teams, taking advantage of the growing transportation networks that linked villages, towns, and cities. The theft examined includes shoplifting, pickpocketing, burglary, laundry stealing, scams, and stealing from domestic employers. Given their low wages, poor and working-class women had difficulty meeting their material needs in a semicolonial capitalist urban economy even when they worked in legal occupations. In addition, the legal work most available to them, in factories or as domestic servants, violated classed and gendered notions of respectability. Theft offered the possibility of material gain without great loss in status if one were captured, since poor and working-class women who lived in Egypt’s growing cities between the two world wars already had difficulty measuring up to the standards of being mastura, a morally and sexually protected member of society.
Effective Heterogeneous Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling in Aqueous Media: Melamine Cyanurate Complex Containing Pd Species
Authors: Nagai Daisuke , Goto Hiroki 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
A melamine cyanurate complex catalyst containing Pd(II) ions (denoted Pd/M-CA) was effective for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions in environmentally benign aqueous media at room temperature. The reaction conditions, such as the type of Pd species in Pd/M-CA, loading amounts of Pd, solvent, and substrate concentration, were investigated for optimization. In the presence of Pd/M-CA under the optimal conditions, cross-coupling reactions of a wide range of structurally diverse aryl halides and arylboronic acids containing functional groups proceeded smoothly to provide the corresponding products in high yields. In addition, the Pd/M-CA could be reused at least 5 times while maintaining high yields. The reduction of Pd(II) ions in Pd/M-CA to Pd(0) by NaBH4 enhanced the catalytic activity to provide a high turnover number (TON) of 17600 and turnover frequency (TOF) of 880 h−1.
Continuing Professional Development: Cardiogenic Shock
Authors: Rice Alan 
Published: October 2017

Overview This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module will explore the delivery and theory of chest compressions used in the out of hospital setting. There are a number of self-directed activities to complete as you move through the article together with a list of further resources that are used to reference this article and to expand your research. This article requires the reader to have an appreciation of basic anatomy and physiology and an awareness of the general approach to assessing and managing patients in the out of hospital, emergency setting before completion.
Something Rich and Strange (2014): Ron Rash’s short fiction poetics
Authors: Spill Frédérique 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Regarding the 2014 publication of Something Rich and Strange, an extensive selection of short stories by American writer Ron Rash, as a turning point in his career, this article endeavours to present Rash’s art as a short-story writer and to highlight a few characteristic aspects of his short stories, his favourite genre. Looking into the genesis of the compilation, this article tries to situate Rash’s practice as a short-story writer within the literary traditions that now include him, at the junction of various influences. Drawing from several reviews, interviews and volunteering new textual interpretations, it comments on how genres keep circulating in Rash’s writing and cautiously tries to verbalize and analyse the recurrent components of Rash’s poetics as a short-story writer who is exceptionally concerned with the interactions of time and place and with the ambivalences of man’s motivations.
Towards a poetics of editing for the twenty-first century
Authors: MahmutoviĆ Adnan , Durneen Lucy 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Robert Gottlieb said that ‘the editor’s relationship to a book should be an invisible one but invisible or not, the implication is nonetheless that it should exist’. This article examines the writer–editor relationship that Gottlieb describes as ‘fraught with difficulty’ (but equally encouraging of what Toni Morrison calls ‘imaginative recklessness’) from the perspective, as Barthes might have it, of both the ‘ones who write’ and also ‘the ones who rewrite’. As editors for the journals Short Fiction and Two Thirds North and published short story writers, ourselves, we reflect on contemporary reading aesthetics as much as creative practice, with specific reference to published stories in draft and final-edit forms in order to work towards piecing together a poetics of editing in relation to short fiction.
Investigating the effect of premenstrual syndrome in high school students doing regular sports
Authors: Akkuş Uçar Mine , Tamer Kemal , Çetin Ebru 
Published: October 2017

Present study was aimed to investigate the effect of regular exercise on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in high school students. A total of 252 high school students who involved in regularly (n = 117) and sedentary students (n = 135) participated in the study. The personal information form was used to determine the age group and sports status of the participants and the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS) developed by Gençdoğan (2006) consisting of 44 questions was used to determine the premenstrual syndrome levels. Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests were used in SPSS 22.0 program for statistical analysis of data obtained. At the end of the study, the level of PMS was found to be significantly higher in the sedentary students compared to the students who participated regularly in sports (p <0.05). When handled according to age group variable, it was found out the students who regularly in sports did not show any statistically significant difference in depressive affection, anxiety, fatigue, nervousness, depressive thoughts, pain, bloating, appetite changes and PMS total syndrome levels (p> 0.05). In the sedentary students, depressive affection and anxiety subscales were found to be statistically significant in favor of students in the age group of 17 years (p <0.05).As a result, it is possible to say that the participation in sports in high school students has a positive contribution to PMS, while the age factor holds a significant effect on the symptoms on PMS.
CIÊNCIA E SOCIEDADE: FERRAMENTAS CONTÁBEIS NO ENSINO DA EDUCAÇÃO FINANCEIRA
Authors: Jacomelli Jussara , Batista Marciana Almeida 
Published: October 2017

Este artigo resulta de um desafio metodológico elencado na disciplina de “Metodologia da Ciência” ministrada no primeiro semestre do Curso de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões – Câmpus de Frederico Westphalen. O desafio consistiu em criar textos acadêmicos intensificando o papel da Universidade na articulação do conhecimento científico com as necessidades e potencialidades da realidade social e, igualmente, aplicar as regras da ABNT. O tema escolhido foi a Educação Financeira, haja vista a necessidade de se educar o brasileiro para sua organização financeira, o que pressupõe que essa temática seja trabalhada nas escolas, desde o Ensino Fundamental até a Universidade. Para isso, buscamos refletir acerca da atual situação econômica do Brasil, onde parcela significativa da população encontra-se endividada e propor algumas técnicas contábeis passíveis de serem utilizadas no ensino, articuladas aos conceitos da Contabilidade. Tomamos como base os conceitos de consumo e poupança e propomos as técnicas contábeis de Planejamento Financeiro, Orçamento e Fluxo de Caixa como ferramentas para a gestão da Economia Doméstica. Utilizamos uma metodologia descritiva e crítica. O texto foi organizado em quatro momentos: no primeiro,exploramos os termos consumo e poupança; no segundo, realizamos uma análise dos índices divulgados pela Pesquisa de Endividamento e Inadimplência do Consumidor (Peic); no terceiro, desenvolvemos uma abordagem acerca das vantagens da Educação Financeira para a população; no quarto, indicamos técnicas contábeis para a gestão da Economia Doméstica.
Prenatal exposure to 1-bromopropane causes delayed adverse effects on hippocampal neuronal excitability in the CA1 subfield of rat offspring
Authors: Fueta Yukiko , Ishidao Toru , Ueno Susumu , Yoshida Yasuhiro , Kanda Yasunari , Hori Hajime 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Objectives
Neurotoxicity of 1-bromopropane (1-BP) has been reported in occupational exposure, but whether the chemical exerts developmental neurotoxicity is unknown. We studied the effects of prenatal 1-BP exposure on neuronal excitability in rat offspring.

Methods
We exposed dams to 1-BP (700 ppm, 6 h a day for 20 days) and examined hippocampal slices obtained from the male offspring at 2, 5, 8, and 13 weeks of age. We measured the stimulation / response (S / R) relationship and paired-pulse ratios (PPRs) of the population spike (PS) at the interpulse intervals (IPIs) of 5 and 10 ms in the CA1 subfield.

Results
Prenatal 1-BP exposure enhanced S/R relationships of PS at 2 weeks of age; however, the enhancement diminished at 5 weeks of age until it reached control levels. Prenatal 1-BP exposure decreased PPRs of PS at 2 weeks of age. After sexual maturation, however, the PPRs of PS increased at 5-ms IPI in rats aged 8 and 13 weeks.

Conclusions
Our findings indicate that prenatal 1-BP exposure in dams can cause delayed adverse effects on excitability of pyramidal cells in the hippocampal CA1 subfield of offspring.
Part-time farmers and accidents with agricultural machinery: a moderated mediated model on the role played by frequency of use and unsafe beliefs
Authors: Caffaro Federica , Roccato Michele , Cremasco Margherita Micheletti , Cavallo Eugenio 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Objectives
We aimed at testing a model of the direct and indirect effects of being a part-time farmer on the probability of being involved in an agricultural machinery-related accident, considering the role played by unsafe beliefs and the frequency of use of machinery.

Methods
Two-hundred and fifty-two Italian men, regular users of agricultural machinery (age: Mean = 45.1 years, standard Deviation = 17.5), were administered a paper-and-pencil questionnaire addressing their relation with work, unsafe beliefs, and previous experience of machinery-related accidents.

Results
Being a part-time farmer showed a positive association with unsafe beliefs only among occasional machinery users. Unsafe beliefs in turn showed a positive association with accidents.

Conclusions
The study gave a novel contribution to the knowledge of the chain of events connecting part-time farmers with machinery-related accidents. Preventive training interventions targeting part-timer farmers using agricultural machinery just occasionally should be developed.
A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long-term sickness absence: a prospective study
Authors: Tsutsumi Akizumi , Shimazu Akihito , Eguchi Hisashi , Inoue Akiomi , Kawakami Norito 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Objectives
On December 1, 2015, the Japanese government launched the Stress Check Program, a new occupational health policy to screen employees for high psychosocial stress in the workplace. As only weak evidence exists for the effectiveness of the program, we sought to estimate the risk of stress-associated longterm sickness absence as defined in the program manual.

Methods
Participants were 7356 male and 7362 female employees in a financial service company who completed the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ). We followed them for 1 year and used company records to identify employees with sickness absence of 1 month or longer. We defined high-risk employees using the BJSQ and criteria recommended by the program manual. We used the Cox proportional regression model to evaluate the prospective association between stress and long-term sickness absence.

Results
During the followup period, we identified 34 male and 35 female employees who took long-term sickness absence. After adjustment for age, length of service, job type, position, and post-examination interview, hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for incident long-term sickness absence in high-stress employees were 6.59 (3.04-14.25) for men and 2.77 (1.32-5.83) for women. The corresponding population attributable risks for high stress were 23.8% (10.3-42.6) for men and 21.0% (4.6-42.1) for women.

Conclusions
During the 1-year follow-up, employees identified as high stress (as defined by the Stress Check Program manual) had significantly elevated risks for long-term sickness absence.