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Dynamics of exchange rate determination and currency order flow in the Thailand foreign exchange market
Authors: Anifowose Abolaji Daniel , Ismail Izlin , Abd Sukor Mohd Edil 
Published: June 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present the essential role that currency order flow plays in the foreign exchange markets of emerging economies in the determination of their currencies in the short and the long-run against major currencies of the world, which cannot be over emphasized, most especially against the US dollar. Insomuch that, if some of these emerging economies can be successfully transmitted into full development, it would be a good model for other emerging economies and the world at large.

Design/methodology/approach
A hybrid model (portfolio shift model) proposed by Evans and Lyons (2002a, 2002b) is extended to analyze a data set of every quarter of an hour currency order flow and currency exchange rate fluctuations of Thai Baht (THB) against the US$ for the period of six years (January 2010 to December 2015). To reflect the pressure of currency excess demand, the authors construct a measure of currency order flow in the Thailand currency exchange market. Vector autoregression model is applied to estimate the effectual role of currency order flow in the determination of exchange rate for the THB against the US$.

Findings
Currency order flow indeed accounted for a sizeable and significant portion of the fluctuations in the THB and the US$ exchange rate.

Originality/value
Insomuch that, the results show that currency order flow has significant explanatory power in the emerging markets economy to capture the THB exchange rate variability, and it then brings to the attention of the Thailand Monetary Authority the importance that should be attached to the market microstructure.
Comparison of fall‐related traumatic brain injury in residential aged care and community‐dwelling older people: A population‐based study
Authors: Harvey Lara A , Mitchell Rebecca , Brodaty Henry , Draper Brian , Close Jacqueline CT 
Published: June 2017

ObjectiveTo compare trends, causes, and outcomes of fall‐related traumatic brain injury (TBI) between community‐dwelling (CD) individuals and residential aged care facility (RACF) residents.MethodsHospitalisation and RACF administrative data for 6635 individuals aged ≥65 years admitted to all NSW hospitals for fall‐related TBI from 2008–2009 to 2012–2013 were linked.ResultsOf the 6944 hospitalisations, 20.8% were for RACF residents. Age‐standardised hospitalisation rates were almost fourfold higher for RACF residents than CD individuals (standardised rate ratio 3.7; 95% CI 3.4–4.1); but increased at a similar annual rate of 9.2% (95% CI 0.3–19.0) and 7.2% (95% CI 5.6–8.9), respectively. Compared to CD individuals: a higher proportion of falls in RACF residents were furniture‐related (21.4% vs 9.9%); resulted in haemorrhage (82.5% vs 73.7%); and death (23.1% vs 14.9%). Overall, 7.7% of hospitalisations for CD individuals resulted in new permanent RACF placement.ConclusionResidential aged care facility residents have higher hospitalisation rates and poorer health outcomes than their CD counterparts.
Front‐Door Difference‐in‐Differences Estimators
Authors: Glynn Adam N. , Kashin Konstantin 
Published: June 2017

AbstractWe develop front‐door difference‐in‐differences estimators as an extension of front‐door estimators. Under one‐sided noncompliance, an exclusion restriction, and assumptions analogous to parallel trends assumptions, this extension allows identification when the front‐door criterion does not hold. Even if the assumptions are relaxed, we show that the front‐door and front‐door difference‐in‐differences estimators may be combined to form bounds. Finally, we show that under one‐sided noncompliance, these techniques do not require the use of control units. We illustrate these points with an application to a job training study and with an application to Florida's early in‐person voting program. For the job training study, we show that these techniques can recover an experimental benchmark. For the Florida program, we find some evidence that early in‐person voting had small positive effects on turnout in 2008. This provides a counterpoint to recent claims that early voting had a negative effect on turnout in 2008.
Participatory educational design: How to improve mutual learning and the quality and usability of the design?
Authors: Janssen Fred J. J. M. , Könings Karen D. , van Merriënboer Jeroen J. G. 
Published: June 2017

AbstractMany educational change proposals, designed to improve student learning, fail to be implemented in classrooms, which is a threat to the impact of educational policy on educational practice. This has led to a call for participatory educational design in which different stakeholders are involved in the generation and consideration of alternative learning environments, including physical spaces that better support learning. The development of tools to effectively engage non‐professional designers in design activities is still in its early stages. In this article, we present two tools that can improve mutual learning of those involved in the design process and the quality and usability of both learning environments and supportive physical spaces: the laddering tool and the building block tool. Both are based on a new conception of teaching as bounded rational design in which a teaching practice is seen as a design to attain multiple goals simultaneously in a complex classroom context with limited available resources. By presenting a case from biology teaching, we illustrate how educational design processes between teachers unfold when they use these two tools. We argue and demonstrate that these tools are important for facilitating effective use of diverse contributions from different stakeholders, and also when involving students and architects in a participatory design process.
KAFKA'S ‘DIE VERWANDLUNG’ AND THE CONDITION OF SUBJECTIVITY
Authors: Minden Michael 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACTKafka's ‘Die Verwandlung’ is interpreted here as a (strictly impossible) unmediated representation of subjectivity. Franz Grillparzer's Novelle ‘Der arme Spielmannʼ provides the background to the argument that in Kafka's tale a spectator becomes the central element of a drama. The development of this drama is then compared with an Oedipus Complex experienced in reverse. By these means Kafka negates an historical condition of subjectivity, while pointing forward towards a future one.Kafkas ʻDie Verwandlungʼ wird hier als eine (strenggenommen unmögliche) unmittelbare Darstellung der Subjektivität interpretiert. Franz Grillparzers Novelle ʻDer arme Spielmannʼ dient als Folie für das Argument, dass in Kafkas Geschichte ein Zuschauer zum Mittelpunkt eines Dramas wird. Es wird weiter argumentiert, dass die Handlung dieses Dramas einem Ödipuskomplex gleicht, dessen Entwicklung in umgekehrter Richtung durchlebt wird. Mit diesen Mitteln negiert Kafkas Erzählung eine historische Modalität oder Bedingung der Subjektivität, um auf eine zukünftige hinzudeuten.
LAW AND FICTION IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: IN MEMORIAM JOHN WHITE*
Authors: Thornhill Chris 
Published: June 2017

abstractThis article argues that much intellectual life of the Weimar Republic is marked by a reaction against the experience of functional differentiation of society, and a countervailing attempt to preserve the purity of functional spheres of society. Exemplified in the work of Karl Kraus and Carl Schmitt, this is especially evident in analyses of language and law, where this endeavour is construed as a rejection of the fictionalisation of linguistic communication and legal analysis. On this basis, this article addresses the legal theory of the Weimar era as paradigmatic for the inability of legal inquiry to construct a free‐standing ground for law's authority.Dieser Artikel vertritt die These, dass das geistige Leben in der Weimarer Republik durch die Ablehnung der Erfahrung der funktionalen Differenzierung der Gesellschaft geprägt war. Dieses Phänomen wird am Beispiel der sprachtheoretischen Schriften von Karl Kraus und der rechtstheoretischen Schriften von Carl Schmitt untersucht, wo die Bemühung, die Reinheit der verschiedenen Funktionsbereiche der Gesellschaft aufrechtzuerhalten, die Gestalt einer Kritik an der Fiktionalisierung der sprachlichen Kommunikation und der Rechtswissenschaft annimmt. In diesem Rahmen wird die Rechtstheorie der Weimarer Zeit als exemplarisch für die Unfähigkeit der Rechtswissenschaft gedeutet, einen autonomen Grund für die Autorität des Rechts herzustellen.
THE MAKING OF A MODERNIST NOVEL: AN EDITOR'S VIEW OF MUTMASSUNGEN ÜBER JAKOB
Authors: Gillett Robert 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACTThis article uses experiences and insights gleaned from editing the first volume of the ‘historisch‐kritische Gesamtausgabe’ of the works of Uwe Johnson to demonstrate the ways in which Johnson's first published novel, Mutmassungen über Jakob, written while he was still in the GDR, applies techniques associated with the modernist novel to render the complexities of the Cold War and the fates of those caught up in it. It touches on some of the ways in which ideology has interfered with an understanding of the novel, and it uses the genesis of the text as revealed in the manuscript tradition to show just how carefully Johnson weighed up issues of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and communication. In doing so it draws heavily on John White's work, most notably on his first book on Mythology in the Modern Novel.In diesem Artikel werden Erfahrungen und Einsichten, die der Arbeit an der historisch‐kritischen Gesamtausgabe der Werke Uwe Johnsons zu verdanken sind, dazu benutzt, um zu zeigen, wie Johnson in seinem noch in der DDR geschriebenen ersten gedruckten Roman die Techniken des modernistischen Romans einsetzt, um die Komplexität des Kalten Krieges und der damit verbundenen Schicksale adäquat wiederzugeben. Es wird kurz erwähnt, wie die Ideologie das Verständnis des Romans bis heute erschwert. Darüber hinaus wird an Hand der Genese des Romans, wie sie in den noch vorhandenen Manuskripten nachverfolgen lässt, gezeigt, welche Sorgfalt Johnson hier auf Fragen der Verständlichkeit, der Missverständlichkeit und der Kommunikation angewendet hat. Dabei werden Werke von John White häufig zu Rate gezogen, insbesondere sein Erstling Mythology in the Modern Novel.
Effects of weight‐based ultrafiltration rate limits on intradialytic hypotension in hemodialysis
Authors: Pirkle James L. , Comeau Mary E. , Langefeld Carl D. , Russell Gregory B. , Balderston Somer S. , Freedman Barry I. , Burkart John M. 
Published: June 2017

AbstractIntroduction: High ultrafiltration (UF) rates can result in intradialytic hypotension and are associated with increased mortality. The effects of a weight‐based UF rate limit on intradialytic hypotension and the potential for unwanted fluid weight gain and hospitalizations for volume overload are unknown.Methods: This retrospective cohort study examined 123 in‐center hemodialysis patients at one facility who transitioned to 13 mL/kg/h maximum UF rates. Patients were studied for an 8 week UF rate limit exposure period and compared to the 8‐week period immediately prior, during which the cohort served as its own historical control. The primary outcomes were frequency of intradialytic hypotension events and percentage of treatments with a hypotension event.Findings: The delivered UF rate was lower during the exposure compared to the baseline period (mean UF rate 7.90 ± 4.45 mL/kg/h vs. 8.92 ± 5.64 mL/kg/h; P = 0.0005). The risk of intradialytic hypotension was decreased during the exposure compared to baseline period (event rate per treatment 0.0569 vs. 0.0719, OR 0.78 [95% CI 0.62–1.00]; P = 0.0474), as was the risk of having a treatment with a hypotension event (percentage of treatments with event 5.2% vs. 6.8%, OR 0.75 [95% CI 0.58–0.96]; P = 0.0217). Subgroup analyses demonstrated that these findings were attributable to patients with high baseline UF rates. Statistically significant differences in all‐cause or volume overload‐related hospitalization were not observed during the exposure period.Discussion: A weight‐based UF rate limit of 13 mL/kg/h was associated with a decrease in the rate of intradialytic hypotension events among in‐center hemodialysis patients.
Sintering behavior of garnet‐type Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 in Li2CO3 atmosphere and its electrochemical property
Authors: Huang Zeya , Liu Kai , Chen Linhui , Lu Yirui , Li Yutao , Wang Chang‐An 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThe garnet‐type solid Li‐ion conductor, Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12, is viewed as a promising solid‐state electrolyte for the next‐generation high‐performance Li‐ion battery because of its high ionic conductivity and stability. The previous researches, in order to avoid Li volatilization loss during solid‐state reaction of sintering, mother powder with the same composition as green bodies was usually used to cover the samples, it would waste the expensive raw materials and increase the fabrication cost. In this study, a new method was proposed to prepare the Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 ceramic solid‐state electrolyte where the Li loss is compensated by the outside Li2CO3. Samples prepared by this method have pure garnet phase and compact micromorphology with few pores. These samples have a high Li‐ion conductivity of 2.9×10−4 S/cm and a low activation energy of 0.37 eV at room temperature. The electronic conductivity is 1.08×10−8 S/cm, which can be neglected for solid‐state electrolyte.
Preparation of mullite whiskers from kaolin via the addition of tribasic calcium phosphate
Authors: Zhang Chenyang , Xu Wei , Zhang Zhijie , Zhang Jie , Zhong Mingfeng , Wang Da , Wang Liming 
Published: June 2017

AbstractMullite whiskers are potential candidates for improving the mechanical and thermal properties of ceramic, glass, and composite material. In this work, well‐developed whisker‐shaped mullite has been produced by adding tribasic calcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2) into kaolin before calcining in air. In the raw kaolin, rod‐like mullite crystal of ~0.5‐1.0 μm length and ~0.05‐0.2 μm diameter formed at 1350°C, and mullite whiskers were not be observed; however, by doping 6 wt% Ca3(PO4)2 into kaolin, mullite whiskers of ~5.5 μm length and ~0.05‐0.10 μm diameter grew at 1250°C. The formation of high aspect ratio of mullite whiskers can probably be explained by the synergistic effect of P2O5 and CaO, resulting in the formation of liquid phase with a relatively higher content of Si and a lower viscosity at low temperature of 1250°C, which facilitates the growth of mullite displaying acicular morphology. The results are of interest in producing high aspect ratio of mullite whiskers from kaolin at reduced calcination temperatures.
Mobile phone text messaging to improve knowledge and practice of diabetic foot care in a developing country: Feasibility and outcomes
Authors: Hassan Zeinab M. 
Published: June 2017

AbstractPurposeTo test the feasibility and effectiveness of using mobile phone text messaging to reinforce learning and the practice of diabetic foot care in a developing country.MethodsOngoing learning reinforcement (2‐3 times weekly) by text messaging followed an informal class on diabetic foot care in a community clinic setting. Subjects with cell phone access and no history of diabetic foot wounds or current wounds were recruited for participation (N = 225). Foot examinations and pretesting by survey occurred just before patients departed the clinic; the posttest survey and a final foot examination occurred 12 weeks later. The survey included basic demographic items along with items to measure knowledge and current foot care practices. One sample t tests (raw scores) and Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests compared knowledge and practice before and after intervention.ResultsInitially, a majority of the sample (76%) reported poor levels of foot care. After 12 weeks <1% reported poor foot care practices. Statistical testing showed significant gains in knowledge (by score and level) and nearly unanimous compliance with daily foot examination.ConclusionMobile phone text messaging is an economical, feasible, and effective method for educators to improve diabetic self‐care, even in a developing country.
CHARACTERIZATION AND DFN MODELLING OF THE FRACTURE NETWORK IN A MESOZOIC KARST RESERVOIR: GOMBA OILFIELD, PALEOGENE BASIN, CENTRAL HUNGARY
Authors: Bauer M. , Tóth T. M. 
Published: June 2017

Reservoir rocks at Gomba oilfield, located in the Hungarian Paleogene Basin, include fractured and karstified Triassic carbonates with significant fluid storage potential. However little information is available about the fracture network in these carbonates which has led to production problems at Gomba. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the spatial distribution of high porosity zones in the carbonates and the microfracture system. For this evaluation, individual fractures were studied and used in a discrete fracture network (DFN) modelling exercise at two wells, Gomba‐1 and Gomba‐3. The investigation took place at two different scales. Fracture length and aperture distributions were derived at the micro‐scale (mm to cm), whereas fracture density and fracture orientation data were investigated at the reservoir scale. The results of both investigations were taken into consideration in the modelling. The results of the fracture network models were compared to reservoir lithologies which ranged from fractured carbonates to collapse breccias.Based on the results, it appears that the porosity associated with a significant proportion of the fractures was increased as a result of dissolution. Fracture distribution was not uniform along the studied well paths, and fracture orientation was chaotic at particular depth intervals. On the basis of the DFN models, three different fractured zones are predicted to occur in the reservoir, but only two of the zones have significant fracture porosity.Comparing these results with petrographic observations, an epigene karst phase is proposed which is older than (or the same age as) the time of hydrocarbon migration; karst‐related voids were therefore important pathways for fluid migration. The void system and karst caverns partly collapsed during subsequent burial, resulting in karst‐related traps. By analogy with modern cave systems, the karst cavern zones at Gomba probably extend horizontally rather than vertically, and are oriented NE‐SW parallel to major structural lineaments.
Using species distribution modelling to predict future distributions of phytoplankton: Case study using species important for the biological pump
Authors: Jensen Lasse Ørsted , Mousing Erik Askov , Richardson Katherine 
Published: June 2017

AbstractSome phytoplankton species have been predicted to contribute more to the biological pump than others. In this study, we examine the potential of species distribution modelling (SDM) for describing current and predicting future global distributions of two phytoplankton species: the diatom Chaetoceros diadema and the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Species distribution models (SDMs) were constructed using species data from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System and environmental layers from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5. The resulting distributions were evaluated by comparing predicted distributions with those found via a literature survey. The developed SDMs were then applied to predict future changes in the distributions of these species using environmental conditions based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Representative Concentration Pathways scenario 8.5 climate scenario, predicted for the year 2100. The model predicts that the total ocean area covered by C. diadema and E. huxleyi will decline under the examined climate scenario by 8% and 16%, respectively. Furthermore, the future ranges above depths >1,000 m are predicted to decline by 28% for C. diadema. As the biological pump is most active in deep ocean waters, this projected decrease in range in the deeper regions of the ocean may have implications for carbon sequestration, particularly for the diatom species. We conclude that SDM appears to be a robust tool for examining phytoplankton distributions. If the predicted changes in ranges of these two species under future ocean conditions are realised, this may result in a reduced contribution of these two phytoplankton species to carbon sequestration via the biological pump.
The Long‐Term Effects of Legalizing Divorce on Children
Authors: González Libertad , Viitanen Tarja 
Published: June 2017

AbstractWe estimate the effect of divorce legalization on the long‐term well‐being of children, by exploiting the different timing of divorce legalization across Europe. We compare the adult outcomes of cohorts raised when divorce was banned with those of cohorts raised after divorce was legalized in the same country. We also have ‘control’ countries where all cohorts were exposed (or not exposed) to legal divorce as children. We find that women who grew up under legal divorce have lower earnings and income and worse health as adults compared with women who grew up under illegal divorce. These negative effects are not found for men.
Estrogen receptor alpha mediates mandibular condylar cartilage growth in male mice
Authors: Robinson J. L. , Gupta V. , Soria P. , Clanaman E. , Gurbarg S. , Xu M. , Chen J. , Wadhwa S. 
Published: June 2017

Structured AbstractObjectivesIn the appendicular skeleton, estrogen via ERα signalling has been shown to mediate endochondral growth plate fusion in both males and females. However, the role of ERα in mediating growth of the mandibular condylar cartilage is unknown. Thus, this study focuses on the characterization of the mandibular condylar cartilage phenotype in young and adult male ERαKO mice.SettingColumbia University Medical Center.Material and MethodsWT and ERαKO C57BL/6 male mice were sacrificed at 49 days or 9 months for phenotypic analysis. Changes to MCC thickness, cell number and cell density were measured using histomorphometric methods. Cartilage‐specific gene expression and OARSI scores were investigated for 49‐day and 9‐month‐old male ERαKO and WT mice.ResultsIn young mice, a significant increase in the number of mandibular condylar cartilage cells and a significant decrease in the expression of Col10, Runx2 and DMP1 were observed in the male ERαKO mice compared to WT. In 9‐month‐old mice, we found a similar increase in the number of cells but no change in osteoarthritic histological scoring in ERαKO mice compared to WT mice.ConclusionIn summary, estrogen plays a role in mediating mandibular condylar maturation in young male mice. However, according to this study, it does not play a role in mediating long‐term growth or age‐related mandibular condylar cartilage degeneration in males.