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Reusable Magnetic Nanocomposite Sponges for Removing Oil from Water Discharges
Authors: Furlan Ping Y. , Ackerman Brian M. , Melcer Michael E. , Perez Sergio E. 
Published: July 2017

Vessels produce oily wastewater during evolutions including engine room operations and maintenance, cargo operations, deck machinery operations, washdown, and runoff. Currently, technologies require effluent be gathered in a central tank for treatment or managed through best management practices. Technologies to remove oil include gravity separation, filtration, absorption, coalescing, centrifuging, and flocculation. The majority of the technologies require periodic replacement of treatment materials associated with oil removal. These technologies may lose efficiency due to vessel motion. In this article we introduce a simple, efficient, eco-friendly procedure using readily available materials and equipment for fabricating high-performance magnetic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) nanocomposite sponges for oil-water separation. The magnetic sponges are resistant to corrosive chemicals, exhibit high sorption capacities for oils and cleaning agents, and selective sorption for oil from oil-water emulsions. The sponges can be reused multiple times with no signs of deterioration. They are magnetically controllable and will hold position when magnetized, allowing for separations not compromised by vessel motion. The magnetic PDMS nanocomposite sponge(s) provide a promising technology for removing oil from vessel water discharges.

1. Introduction
The removal of oil from water discharges is a concern for all vessels. Oil comingling with water discharges may occur at various locations on the vessel during operations and repair evolutions. These occurrences include the following:Engine room repairs and operationsMachinery leakagesEngine room and other bilge accumulationsCargo pumping operationsDeck washdown and drainageCargo gear and deck equipment leakagesCargo and portable cargo handling equipment leakagesScrubber effluent discharges for vessels equipped with SOx scrubbing equipmentAccidental oil discharges
Increasing environmental regulations and awareness have resulted in more stringent regulations regarding oil in vessel discharges.
Challenges to oil removal from water discharges include a wide variation in oil grades, chemicals used for treatment and maintenance, solids entrainment, and biologic contaminants. Effective treatment of water to reduce onboard quantities may be a challenge depending on the mixture and location of the effluent on board. Use of a common and simple-to-use technology for removal of oil from water discharges is advantageous to the vessel owner. Although one size does not fit all, a simple design with good efficiency and reusability is desirable. Magnetic nanocomposite sponges (MNSs) meet these requirements.
A Large and Heavy Cargo Transport System Designed for Small and Medium Ship Maintenance and Repair
Authors: Jiang Ge , Feng Dingzhong , Zhu Weihang 
Published: July 2017

In order to cope with the significant decrease in shipbuilding market demand and shipbuilding overcapacity, Chinese shipbuilding enterprises are actively restructuring production and seeking new business opportunities in the ship maintenance and repair sector. Many small and medium shipyards lack large shipbuilding facilities such as docks. Therefore, they are facing great difficulty in switching to ship maintenance and repair business. The authors designed a practical and economical cargo transport system that is suitable for transporting large and heavy cargos (specifically, ships) in small and medium shipyards. The system design considers the market requirement and the characteristics of heavy-lifts material handling in the ship and maritime engineering. In this system, with integrated control technology, a hydraulic pallet transporter can dive to be under a ship, clamp the ship bottom and push the ship up. Automatic variable pumps are used to control the diving, floating, lifting, depressing, and braking of the transporter flatbeds. By using this system, a ship can be moved from water to land safely and smoothly for repair or maintenance, or moved from land back to water. This method allows ships of under 10,000 gas turbine (GT) to be repaired and maintained without docks. The system has been implemented in a shipyard. The case study demonstrates that the transport system can help bring in new business opportunities in ship maintenance and repair for small and medium shipyards, effectively improve ship maintenance and repair environment, and reduce maintenance and repair cycle time.

1. Introduction
The maritime and shipping industry has been important to many coastal countries. As a major maritime and shipping power in the world, China has numerous ships of many types. Each year a large number of ships need scheduled service, maintenance, and repair. The market for ship maintenance and repair has a tremendous potential with the increasing revenue in the past years. Statistics have shown that in 2015, the ship maintenance and repair service in China has generated the revenue of 12.9 billion RMB (nearly US$2 Billion), and 3740 ships were repaired and maintained. This is an increase of 9.6% on the year-on-year growth rate. Table 1 lists the major shipbuilding enterprises in China, their ship maintenance and repair completion value, and number of completed ships.
From Design to Production: An Integrated Methodology to Speed Up the Industrialization of Wooden Hulls
Authors: Fragassa Cristiano 
Published: July 2017

A new design and construction procedure for manufacturing wooden boats is presented, based on modular, parameterized components produced by computer numerical control (CNC) machining. This semiautomated procedure greatly reduces time requirements for vessel assembly compared with traditional methods and yields similar economic viability to other less sustainable materials such as fibreglass. Starting from computer-aided design drawings, the three-dimensional geometry is optimized considering target functions (resistance, dynamics…). Segmentation of wooden strips and transformation into two-dimensional segments permits to simplify CNC machining, with component borders shaped and tapered for better interconnection. Tool path generation is part of the cutting procedure to achieve the required components with the minimum use of raw materials and operational time. All strips, together with the frame, are manufactured using a 5-axis CNC machining center and finally assembled to produce the first industrialized prototype of wooden boat. Manufacturing in this way represents a significant step toward viable mass production of wooden boats.

1. Introduction
The application of modem manufacturing techniques to the production of wooden boats has the potential to revitalize the use a cheap and environmentally sustainable material in the boating industry. Such a consideration is particularly relevant in the current global context of economic downturn and climate change. Historically, the use of wood (as in [Lanapoppi 2000, Howorth 1980]) was phased out in favor of materials that were cheaper and simpler to deal with, such as fiber-reinforced composites and aluminium (Espeut 1983). The use of wood was inherently manual (Fig. 1) and time consuming, leading to lower economic viability. The widespread adoption of fiberglass eventually came due to its superior malleability and strength-to-weight ratio, as well as its potential to reduce manual labor requirements during construction (Fox 2001). Several decades later, the needs of both manufacturers and customers alike have changed.
Natural materials, zero-impact boating and embodied energy are now regular subjects of discussion in the literature (Guamán et al. 2015). The use of wood and electric-solar drivetrains are common approaches when striving for a negative carbon footprint (Pommier et al. 2015). Increasing attention on environmental sustainability, together with several recent changes in wood production technology, suggest the necessity for reevaluation of resource use in boatbuilding, with emphasis placed on environmental sustainability.
Realities of Graphic Novels: An Interview with Frederick Aldama
Authors: Babaee Ruzbeh 
Published: July 2017

The trend about producing and reading graphic novels has grown since the late twentieth century. These books with comic backgrounds seem to have a miraculous energy. They have been even appealing to unenthusiastic readers. They tempt people of different age groups, races and genders. They are also used for teaching ESL courses, e-learning activities, designing reality games, and teaching creative writing. If you talk to its followers, you may get the feedback that graphic novels can fulfil your demands and dreams from writing your assignments to taking you to the moon. Although many researchers have investigated the benefits of graphic novels, many faculties and librarians are still reluctant to include graphic novels in their curricula. Perhaps it is simply the attitude of many teachers and librarians that graphic novels look like a comic book, and simply are not “real” books. They have too few words, too many pictures, and lack quality to be seriously considered as literature. In the following, I, Ruzbeh Babaee, did an interview with Distinguished Professor Frederick Luis Aldama on realities of graphic novels.Aldama is a distinguished scholar and Professor of English at The Ohio State University, United States. In the departments of English and Spanish & Portuguese he is involved in teaching courses on US Latino and Latin American cultural phenomena, literature, film, music, video games, and comic books. He has founded and directed the White House Hispanic Bright Spot awarded LASER/Latino and Latin American Space for Enrichment Research. Professor Aldama won the Ohio Education Summit Award for Founding & Directing LASER in 2016. In April 2017, Aldama was awarded OSU’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and inducted into the Academy of Teaching. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 30 books, including his first book of fiction/graphic fiction, Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands.
Translation of Colloquialisms in the Arabic-into-English Subtitled Film, The Dupes
Authors: Al-Kharabsheh Aladdin , Yassin Omar 
Published: July 2017

This study attempts to investigate the difficulties and problems that subtitlers may encounter in subtitling colloquial expressions from Arabic into English. To achieve the main objectives of the study, some authentic examples have been obtained from the subtitled film The Dupes and analyzed linguistically and translationally in order to identify the subtitling inaccuracies, to highlight the subtitling strategies used by the film's subtitler, and to draw other workable subtitling solutions for dealing with colloquialisms or slang language. Analysis isolates three major problems relevant to subtitling Arabic colloquial expressions into English: (1) some colloquialisms, especially those reflecting religious overtones, have been missubtitled, (2) some colloquialisms have been totally dropped out from subtitling (i.e. zero-subtitling), (3) and in subtitling certain colloquialisms, a considerable subtitling loss has occurred. Finally, to resolve such recalcitrant problems and difficulties, the study, in its concluding part, suggests some other practical subtitling mechanisms, other than the ones that have been adopted by the film's subtitler.
‘My Verses Are the Children of My Blood’: Autobiography in the Poetry of Kostas Karyotakis
Authors: Menelaou Iakovos 
Published: July 2017

Kostas Karyotakis (1896-1928) is one of the most important Modern Greek poets. His poetry not only influenced several other poets, but it also attracted critics’ interest. Former critics dealt with Karyotakis’ poetry and spoke about the relation between life and work in his poems. Nevertheless, they did not analyse extensively certain poems, which reflect clearly the poet’s personal experience. In addition, other critics attempted to analyse and see Karyotakis’ poems as independent entities, isolated from the poet’s life. While the results of such an approach were interesting, indeed, in fact they do not show the real meaning of the poems. Although such theories are useful and productive, when reading poets who made their life an important part of their poetry, biography is a key element for the interpretation of their works; thus a New Historicism approach is preferred. My purpose in this paper is to show the close relation between life and work in Karyotakis’ poetry through a parallel focus on life and poetry. Going beyond the results of previous critique, I intend to show how Karyotakis’ poetry alludes to his personal experience.
Persian Renderings of English Conceptual Discourse Patterns: A Case Study of Animal Farm
Authors: Faghih Esmail , Moghiti Roya 
Published: July 2017

Discourse includes both structural and conceptual patterns. Most of these patterns are different in various languages. A conceptual pattern in source language can be realized in different ways in target language. Therefore, the translator should be aware of differences between SL and TL conceptual patterns because rendering these patterns from the source text into the target one can be problematic. The present descriptive study aimed to investigate the conceptual discourse patterns and related ideologies in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and its Persian translations. Accordingly, the researchers selected and analyzed the samples based on Fairclough’s (2001) approach to CDA. Based on the findings, Gheybi (2010) has been more successful in rendering the conceptual discourse patterns and ideologies, because her translation was much more similar to the source text in terms of conceptual discourse patterns as compared to the translation by Hoseyni and Nabizadeh (2003). The findings indicated that the translators’ ideological and socio-cultural norms affect their translation strategies and lexical and grammatical choices and this in turn influences their success to recognize and transmit the ST implicit ideologies into TT.
The Rhetoric of Madness in Kathy Acker’s Don Quixote
Authors: Cao Claudia 
Published: July 2017

This essay examines the rhetorical experimentation of Don Quixote by Kathy Acker, starting from a theoretical concept central in the author’s thought: her search for a “language of the body”. A brief introduction to Kathy Acker’s plagiaristic poetics frames her narrative strategies between postmodern rewriting and pastiche. It shows the way in which her Don Quixote transposes the representative scheme of the chivalric quest into the contemporary value system with the aim of questioning Cervantes’ text as one of the canonical works of the Western literary tradition. The following section deepens three focal concepts of Acker’s theoretical works – body, madness, and norm – illuminating the connections between her rhetorical experimentation and the works by Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler. Finally, the paper will demonstrate how these concepts in Acker's rewriting of Don Quixote are strictly related to paradox, which she uses in order to actualize a “language of the body”: in the passage from the former novel to the postmodern work, madness has become the device which, from the semantic level to the rhetorical one, expresses Acker’s idea of language of the body, as an alternative and in contrast to the canonical language of the logos.
Multimodal image analysis of clinical influences on preterm brain development
Authors: Ball Gareth , Aljabar Paul , Nongena Phumza , Kennea Nigel , Gonzalez‐Cinca Nuria , Falconer Shona , Chew Andrew T.M. , Harper Nicholas , Wurie Julia , Rutherford Mary A. , Counsell Serena J. , Edwards A. David 
Published: July 2017

ObjectivePremature birth is associated with numerous complex abnormalities of white and gray matter and a high incidence of long‐term neurocognitive impairment. An integrated understanding of these abnormalities and their association with clinical events is lacking. The aim of this study was to identify specific patterns of abnormal cerebral development and their antenatal and postnatal antecedents.MethodsIn a prospective cohort of 449 infants (226 male), we performed a multivariate and data‐driven analysis combining multiple imaging modalities. Using canonical correlation analysis, we sought separable multimodal imaging markers associated with specific clinical and environmental factors and correlated to neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years.ResultsWe found five independent patterns of neuroanatomical variation that related to clinical factors including age, prematurity, sex, intrauterine complications, and postnatal adversity. We also confirmed the association between imaging markers of neuroanatomical abnormality and poor cognitive and motor outcomes at 2 years.InterpretationThis data‐driven approach defined novel and clinically relevant imaging markers of cerebral maldevelopment, which offer new insights into the nature of preterm brain injury. Ann Neurol 2017;82:233–246
Ante mortem cerebrospinal fluid tau levels correlate with postmortem tau pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Authors: Irwin David J. , Lleó Alberto , Xie Sharon X. , McMillan Corey T. , Wolk David A. , Lee Edward B. , Van Deerlin Viviana M. , Shaw Leslie M. , Trojanowski John Q. , Grossman Murray 
Published: July 2017

ObjectiveTo test the hypotheses that (1) antemortem cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau levels correlate with postmortem tau pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and (2) tauopathy patients have higher phosphorylated‐tau levels compared to transactivation response element DNA‐binding protein 43 (TDP‐43) proteinopathy patients while accounting for Alzheimer's disease (AD) copathology.MethodsPatients had autopsy‐confirmed FTLD with tauopathy (n = 31), TDP‐43 proteinopathy (n = 49), or AD (n = 26) with antemortem CSF. CSF tau levels were compared between groups and correlated with digital histology measurement of postmortem tau pathology averaged from three cerebral regions (angular gyrus, mid‐frontal cortex, and anterior cingulate gyrus). Multivariate linear regression tested the association of ante mortem CSF tau levels with postmortem tau pathology adjusting for demographics.ResultsMultivariate regression found an independent association of ante mortem CSF phosphorylated tau levels with postmortem cerebral tau pathology in FTLD (Beta = 1.3; 95% confidence interval = 0.2‐2.4; p < 0.02). After excluding patients with coincident AD‐associated tau pathology accompanying sporadic FTLD, we found lower CSF phosphorylated tau levels in the TDP‐43 group (median = 7.4pg/ml; interquartile range [IQR] = 6.0, 12.3; n = 26) compared to the tauopathy group (median = 12.5pg/ml; IQR = 10.7, 15.0; n = 23; Z = 2.6; p < 0.01).InterpretationCSF phosphorylated‐tau levels are positively associated with cerebral tau burden in FTLD. In vivo detection of AD copathology in sporadic FTLD patients may help stratify clinical cohorts with pure neuropathology in which low CSF phosphorylated‐tau levels may have diagnostic utility to distinguish TDP‐43 proteinopathy from tauopathy. Autopsy‐confirmed samples are critical for FTLD biomarker development and validation. Ann Neurol 2017;82:247–258
Brief Report: De Novo Human Herpesvirus 8 Tumors Induced by Rituximab in Autoimmune or Inflammatory Systemic Diseases
Authors: Périer Amandine , Savey Léa , Marcelin Anne‐Geneviève , Serve Philippe , Saadoun David , Barete Stéphane 
Published: July 2017

ObjectiveHuman herpesvirus 8 (HHV‐8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)–associated herpesvirus, is involved in KS and other tumors, including multicentric Castleman's disease and primary effusion lymphoma. Rituximab (RTX) is currently used for the treatment of several autoimmune or inflammatory diseases and humoral organ transplant rejection. De novo HHV‐8 tumors induced by RTX used for these indications have not been reported previously. This study was undertaken to evaluate de novo HHV‐8 tumors induced by RTX.MethodsIn this retrospective study, we investigated the clinical, virologic, and pathologic features of 5 HIV‐negative male patients with HHV‐8 tumors induced by RTX therapy.ResultsPatients were all immunocompromised by previous treatments, which consisted of steroids and/or immunosuppressive agents, and received RTX for insufficient response, disease progression, or transplant rejection. They developed HHV‐8 tumors a median of 4 months after beginning treatment with RTX (range 3–13 months). Four patients had at least 1 risk factor for HHV‐8, including a high Fitzpatrick skin phototype (of >3) (n = 3) and homosexuality (n = 1). Four patients developed KS (all 4 had skin lesions and 2 had visceral involvement), and 1 patient developed a solid primary effusion lymphoma. RTX was discontinued in all patients, and immunosuppressants were reduced when feasible. After a median follow‐up of 20 months, 2 patients died. Remission of KS was complete in 1 patient and partial in 1 patient, and 1 patient had progression.ConclusionOur findings indicate that patients who have a high skin phototype and are at risk of HHV‐8 should be carefully screened for HHV‐8 before RTX therapy. The safety of RTX, especially in nonlymphomatous disorders, should be carefully evaluated in patients at risk of HHV‐8 tumors.
A carbon footprint of HVO biopropane
Authors: Johnson Eric 
Published: July 2017

AbstractBiopropane made by hydrogenating vegetable or animal oil/fat is being commercialized as a biofuel alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Its carbon footprint has been calculated from field to tank, using public data for each process in the supply chain, for six main feedstocks: palm oil, palm oil fatty acid distillate, tallow, used cooking oil, rape oil, and soy oil. Scenarios have been applied to the calculations using four main variables: allocation method, i.e., economic or energy; methane capture at the oil mill (or not); application of indirect land‐use change (or not); and classification of the feedstock as a residue (or not). HVO biopropane's carbon footprint varies, depending on the feedstock and the four variables, from as low as 5 g CO2e/MJ to as high as 102 g. In most cases, this qualifies for government support, i.e., financial credits and biofuel mandates enacted by EU member states under the Renewable Energy Directive. © 2017 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Preparation of carbon dot‐based ratiometric fluorescent probes for cellular imaging from Curcuma longa
Authors: Mazrad Zihnil Adha Islamy , Kang Eun Bi , In Insik , Park Sung Young 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis work derived biocompatible and stable probes based on fluorescent nanoparticles (FNPs) from a natural source, Curcuma longa. The multi‐color fluorescence emissions from carbonized Curcuma longa (C‐FNPs) obtained through defined dehydration conditions are soluble in water and have a small particle size (~17 nm). The surface passivation with polyethylene glycol (PEG) capped with amine groups in FNPs (P‐FNPs) generated a probe with a higher quantum yield and longer fluorescence lifetime than obtained with C‐FNPs. The X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction spectra confirmed the associated chemical moieties of C‐FNPs and P‐FNPs. Furthermore, the prepared material showed non‐toxic effects with almost 100% cell viability, even at high concentrations. In conclusion, fluorescence sensors from natural sources may be useful for numerous biomedical research applications.