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APPROXIMATING THE DENSITY OF THE TIME TO RUIN VIA FOURIER-COSINE SERIES EXPANSION
Authors: Zhang Zhimin 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIn this paper, the density of the time to ruin is studied in the context of the classical compound Poisson risk model. Both one-dimensional and two-dimensional Fourier-cosine series expansions are used to approximate the density of the time to ruin, and the approximation errors are also obtained. Some numerical examples are also presented to show that the proposed method is very efficient.
Comparison of naproxen with cyclobenzaprine, oxycodone-acetaminophen, and placebo for the treatment of acute low back pain
Authors: Gottlieb Michael , Njie Abdoulie 
Published: September 2016

Clinical QuestionDoes the addition of cyclobenzaprine or oxycodone with acetaminophen to naproxen result in improved functional outcomes at one week when compared to placebo in patients with acute low back pain?Article ChosenFriedman B, Dym A, Davitt, M, et al. Naproxen with cyclobenzaprine, oxycodone/acetaminophen, or placebo for treating acute low back pain: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2015:20;314(15):1572-80.Study ObjectiveThe primary objective of this study was to compare functional outcomes at one week and three months after emergency department (ED) presentation for acute low back pain among patients prescribed naproxen plus one of the following: (1) oxycodone/acetaminophen; (2) cyclobenzaprine; or (3) placebo.
A New Pipe Routing Approach for Aero-Engines by Octree Modeling and Modified Max-Min Ant System Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Qu Y.-F. , Jiang D. , Zhang X.-L. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractAero-engines usually contain a lot of pipes and cables which have an important influence on product performance and reliability. In this paper, a new pipe routing approach for aero-engines is proposed. First, an adaptive octree modeling method is presented according to the characteristics of the layout space. After considering three types of engineering constraints, the total length of pipelines, the total number of bends and the natural frequency of pipelines are modeled as the optimal objective. Then, a Modified Max-Min Ant System optimization algorithm (MMMAS), which uses layered node selection and dynamic update mechanism, is proposed for pipe routing. For branch pipelines, ant colony searches in groups and parallel to improve the solution quality and speed up the convergence greatly. Finally, numerical comparisons with other current approaches in literatures demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed approach. And a case study of pipe routing for aero-engines is conducted to validate this approach.
Soyamilk fermented with riboflavin-producingLactobacillus plantarumCRL 2130 reverts and prevents ariboflavinosis in murine models
Authors: Juarez del Valle M. , Laiño J. E. , de Moreno de LeBlanc A. , Savoy de Giori G. , LeBlanc J. G. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIt has been previously shown thatLactobacillus plantarumCRL 2130 is able to produce riboflavin in soyamilk. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of this riboflavin-bio-enriched soyamilk to revert and/or prevent the nutritional deficiency of riboflavin using different animal models. When used to supplement the diets of previously depleted animals, it was shown that the growth, riboflavin status and morphology of the small intestines reverted to normal parameters and were similar to animals supplemented with commercial riboflavin. In the prevention model, the same tendency was observed, where animals that received soyamilk fermented withL. plantarumCRL 2130 did not show signs of riboflavin deficiency. This new bio-fortified soya-based product could be used as part of normal diets to provide a more natural alternative to mandatory fortification with riboflavin for the prevention of its deficiency.
Von Neumann Algebras and Extensions of Inverse Semigroups
Authors: Donsig Allan P. , Fuller Adam H. , Pitts David R. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIn the 1970s, Feldman and Moore classified separably acting von Neumann algebras containing Cartan maximal abelian self-adjoint subalgebras (MASAs) using measured equivalence relations and 2-cocycles on such equivalence relations. In this paper we give a new classification in terms of extensions of inverse semigroups. Our approach is more algebraic in character and less point-based than that of Feldman and Moore. As an application, we give a restatement of the spectral theorem for bimodules in terms of subsets of inverse semigroups. We also show how our viewpoint leads naturally to a description of maximal subdiagonal algebras.
‘BUILDING IN THE DEEP’: NOTES ON A METAPHOR FOR MENTAL ACITIVITY AND THE METAPHORICAL CONCEPT OF MIND IN EARLY GREEK EPIC
Authors: Horn Fabian 
Published: September 2016

The verb βυσσο-δομεύω (Sc. 30 = Hes. Frg. 195.37 M.–W.), separated by Glenn Most in his translation as ‘planning in the depth’, appears to be composed of a noun βυσσός (‘depth’) and a verbal root *δέμ- (‘[to] construct’), thus literally meaning ‘(to) build in the deep’. There is no instance in our extant texts where this compound verb is employed literally in reference to an act of construction, and to the best of our knowledge it is exclusively used metaphorically in early epic diction to describe a mental process (see also Hom.Od. 4.676; 8.273; 9.316; 17.66, 465, 491; 20.184).
Association between Giardia and arthritis or joint pain in a large health insurance cohort: could it be reactive arthritis?
Authors: PAINTER J. E. , COLLIER S. A. , GARGANO J. W. 
Published: September 2016

SUMMARYThis study aimed to assess the association between giardiasis and subsequent development of arthritis or joint pain using a retrospective cohort of individuals from a large administrative claims database in the United States. Using 2006–2010 data from MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters, we conducted a retrospective cohort study in people with an ICD-9-CM code for giardiasis (n = 3301) and persons without giardiasis (n = 14 612) individually matched on age, sex, and enrolment length. We used conditional logistic regression to model the association between giardiasis and arthritis or joint pain documented in the 6 months following initial giardiasis diagnosis or index date for matched controls. After adjusting for healthcare utilization rate, giardiasis was associated with a 51% increase in claims for arthritis or joint pain (odds ratio 1·51, 95% confidence interval 1·26–1·80). In age- and sex-stratified adjusted analyses, the association remained significant across all subgroups (age 0–19 years, age 20–64 years, males, and females). Findings from this study lend epidemiological support for the association between giardiasis and subsequent development of arthritis. Reactive arthritis might occur more frequently than has been reported in the literature. Further research is necessary to determine the mechanisms by which giardiasis could lead to arthritis.
Deep Brain Stimulation, Continuity over Time, and the True Self
Authors: NYHOLM SVEN , O’NEILL ELIZABETH 
Published: September 2016

Abstract:One of the topics that often comes up in ethical discussions of deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the question of what impact DBS has, or might have, on the patient’s self. This is often understood as a question of whether DBS poses a threat to personal identity, which is typically understood as having to do with psychological and/or narrative continuity over time. In this article, we argue that the discussion of whether DBS is a threat to continuity over time is too narrow. There are other questions concerning DBS and the self that are overlooked in discussions exclusively focusing on psychological and/or narrative continuity. For example, it is also important to investigate whether DBS might sometimes have a positive (e.g., a rehabilitating) effect on the patient’s self. To widen the discussion of DBS, so as to make it encompass a broader range of considerations that bear on DBS’s impact on the self, we identify six features of the commonly used concept of a person’s “true self.” We apply these six features to the relation between DBS and the self. And we end with a brief discussion of the role DBS might play in treating otherwise treatment-refractory anorexia nervosa. This further highlights the importance of discussing both continuity over time and the notion of the true self.
Naturalizing Responsibility
Authors: ZULLO SILVIA 
Published: September 2016

Abstract:In the contemporary debate on the use of the neurosciences in ethics and law, numerous arguments have been bandied about among scientists and philosophers looking to uphold or reject the reliability and validity of scientific findings obtained by brain imaging technologies. Among the most vexing questions is,Can we trust that technology?One point of disagreement is whether brain scans offer a window through which to observe the functioning of the mind, in such a way as to enable lawyers, judges, physicians, and lawmakers to detect anomalies in brain function that may account for criminal unconscious behavior. Those who stand behind brain imaging believe that this can indeed be achieved, whereas those in opposition stress that brain scans are highly open to interpretation and that the data they provide is insufficient to establish causal connections. The question essentially comes down to whether technology can reliably be used to determine the intentions of the individual, thus establishing mens rea, for example, and hence responsibility. This article focuses on the latter notion and explores whether we can rely on the neurosciences to shed light on a complex form of moral and legal reasoning, as well as the role of the neurosciences in reawakening a philosophical and legal interest in trying to set responsibility on an empirical basis.
The Medicalization of Love
Authors: EARP BRIAN D. , SANDBERG ANDERS , SAVULESCU JULIAN 
Published: September 2016

Abstract:In 2015, we published an article entitled “The Medicalization of Love,” in which we argued that both good and bad consequences could be expected to follow from love’s medicalization, depending on how the process unfolded. A flurry of commentaries followed; here we offer some preliminary thoughts in reply to the more substantial of the criticisms that were raised. We focus in particular on the nature of love itself as well as the role it plays (or should play) in our lives; we also touch on a number of practical issues concerning the likely effects of any plausible “real-life” love drugs and conclude with a call for careful regulation.
How should we diagnose and differentiate hearts with double-outlet right ventricle?
Authors: Bharucha Tara , Hlavacek Anthony M. , Spicer Diane E. , Theocharis Paraskevi , Anderson Robert H. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractMany, if not most, of the controversies regarding the description of the congenitally malformed heart have been resolved over the turn of the 20th century. A group of lesions that remains contentious is the situation in which both arterial trunks, in their greater part, are supported by the morphologically right ventricle. It was considered, for many years, that presence of bilateral infundibulums, or conuses, was a necessity for such a diagnosis. It has now been appreciated that this suggestion founders on many counts. In the first instance, such bilateral infundibulums are to be found in patients with other ventriculo-arterial connections, including the otherwise normal heart. In the second instance, it is clear that such an approach abrogates the important principle now known as the morphological method. This states that entities should be defined in terms of their intrinsic morphology and not on the basis of other variable features. It is now also clear that, when assessed simply on the basis of the ventricular origin of the arterial trunks, a significant number of patients fulfil the criteria for so-called “200%” origin of the trunks from the right ventricle when there is fibrous continuity between the leaflets of the atrioventricular and arterial valves. In this review, we show how attention to the morphology of the channel between the ventricles now provides the key to accurately diagnose the ventriculo-arterial connection in patients with suspected double-outlet right ventricle.This is because, when both arterial trunks arise exclusively or predominantly from the morphologically right ventricle, the outlet septum, of necessity, is itself a right ventricular structure. The channel between the ventricles, therefore, is roofed by the inner heart curvature, whether that structure is fibrous or muscular. Our observations then confirm that it is the attachment of the outlet septum, which itself can be muscular or fibrous, which determines the commitment of the interventricular communication to the subarterial outlets. The interventricular communication itself, when directly committed to the ventricular outlets, opens between the limbs of the septomarginal trabeculation or septal band. The defect is subaortic when the outlet septum is attached to the cranial limb of the trabeculation, subpulmonary when attached to the caudal limb, and doubly committed when attached to the inner heart curvature in the roof of the defect. Non-committed defects are no longer positioned within the limbs of the septomarginal trabeculation. Although readily demonstrable by a skilled echocardiographer, we show how these anatomical features are more easily demonstrated with added accuracy when using CT data sets.
Importance of anatomical dominance in the evaluation of coronary dilatation in Kawasaki disease
Authors: Dionne Audrey , Hanna Baher , Trinh Tan Frédérick , Desjardins Laurent , Lapierre Chantale , Déry Julie , Fournier Anne , Dahdah Nagib 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIntroductionIn Kawasaki disease, although coronary dilatation is attributed to vasculitis, the effect of myocardial inflammation is underestimated. Coronary dilatations are determined by Z-scores, which do not take into account dominance. The aim of the present study was to describe the impact of coronary dominance on dilatation in Kawasaki disease.MethodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of coronary dilatations according to angiography categorisation of dominance.ResultsOf 28 patients (2.6 [0.2–10.1] years), right dominance was present in 15 patients and left in 13. Early dilatation was present in all patients, of whom 11 were ipsilateral to the dominant segment and 17 contralateral. Ipsilateral dilatations were present at diagnosis (9/11 versus 6/17, p=0.02) compared with contralateral dilatations, which developed 2 weeks after diagnosis (9/11 versus 16/17, p=0.29). Coronary artery Z-scores of patients with contralateral dilatation increased at 2 weeks, before returning to baseline values (2.0±2.2 at diagnosis, 4.1±1.8 at 2 weeks, 1.8±1.2 at 3–6 months, p=0.001), compared with patients with ipsilateral dilatation in whom Z-scores were maximal at diagnosis and remained stable (3.0±0.9, 2.7±1.1 and 2.6±1.5, respectively, p=0.13). Dominant coronary artery Z-scores were higher compared with non-dominant segments at diagnosis (3.0±0.9 versus 1.0±0.8, p<0.001) and at late follow-up (2.6±1.5 versus 0.4±1.4, p=0.002) in patients with ipsilateral dilatation.ConclusionProgression of coronary dilatation after diagnosis may be a sign of dilatation secondary to vasculitis, as opposed to regression of Z-scores in ipsilateral dilatations, probably related to physiological vasodilatation in response to carditis. This needs to be validated in larger studies against vasculitic and myocardial inflammatory markers.
A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes Among Disaster and Humanitarian Responders
Authors: Garbern Stephanie C. , Ebbeling Laura G. , Bartels Susan A. 
Published: September 2016

AbstractIntroductionDisaster and humanitarian responders are at-risk of experiencing a wide range of physical and psychological health conditions, from minor injuries to chronic mental health problems and fatalities. This article reviews the current literature on the major health outcomes of responders to various disasters and conflicts in order to better inform individuals of the risks and to inform deploying agencies of the health care needs of responders.MethodsIn March 2014, an EMBASE search was conducted using pre-defined search criteria. Two reviewers screened the resultant 2,849 abstracts and the 66 full-length manuscripts which are included in the review.ResultsThe majority of research on health outcomes of responders focused on mental health (57 of 66 articles). Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression were the most studied diagnoses with prevalence of PTSD ranging from 0%-34% and depression from 21%-53%. Physical health outcomes were much less well-studied and included a wide range of environmental, infectious, and traumatic conditions such as heat stroke, insect bites, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, and respiratory diseases, as well as burns, fractures, falls, and other traumatic injuries.ConclusionsThe prevalence of mental health disorders in responders may vary more and be higher than previously suggested. Overall health outcomes of responders are likely poorly monitored and under-reported. Improved surveillance systems and risk mitigation strategies should be employed in all disaster and conflict responses to better protect individual responders.GarbernSC,EbbelingLG,BartelsSA.A systematic review of health outcomes among disaster and humanitarian responders.Prehosp Disaster Med.2016;31(6):635–642.
Factors Influencing Support for Rural Land Use Control: A Comment
Authors: Deaton B. James , Norris Patricia E. 
Published: September 2016

Land ownership characteristics such as the quantity of land owned, quality of land parcels, and location of land describe important dimensions of landed wealth. Landed wealth is expected to be an important factor influencing support for rural land use control. This factor was not discussed in the April (1999) article by McLeod, Woirhaye, and Menkhaus (1999).We suggest that this factor contributes to understanding variation in support for rural land use control.
The Effect of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act on Market Transparency and Grid Price Dispersion
Authors: Fausti Scott W. , Qasmi Bashir A. , Li Jing , Diersen Mathew A. 
Published: September 2016

The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act (MPR) of 1999 was implemented in April 2001. Empirical evidence indicates a significant change in intra-week price dispersion associated with publicly reported fed cattle grid premiums and discounts occurring after MPR implementation.The research objective is to evaluate the effect of increased market transparency resulting from implementation of MPR, on grid intra-week premium and discount dispersion levels. Empirical results suggest that increased transparency is compatible with intra-week dispersion levels increasing. Increased dispersion suggests that during the pre-MPR period weekly premium and discount data may have been drawn from a non-representative sample. From the empirical evidence, it is concluded that reform of the livestock price-reporting system appears to have been necessary in the case of publically reported grid premiums and discounts.
Whetting disadvantaged adults’ appetite for nutrition education
Authors: Pettigrew Simone , Biagioni Nicole , Moore Sarah , Pratt Iain S 
Published: September 2016

Abstract

Objective
To identify the features of a nutrition education programme for disadvantaged adults deemed most attractive and useful by participants.

Design
A two-year, multi-method, qualitative evaluation of pre and post data collected from programme participants. Data were imported into NVivo10 for coding to facilitate a thematic analysis.

Setting
Western Australia.

Participants
Individuals attending the Western Australian FOODcents nutrition education programme that is designed to provide knowledge and skills needed to consume a healthy diet on a budget. Focus groups were conducted several weeks after course completion (five groups, forty-seven participants), observations were conducted during FOODcents sessions (thirty-one observation episodes, 237 participants), and open-ended questions were asked in pre–post hard-copy surveys administered in sessions (n 927) and an online survey administered on average six weeks after course completion (n 114).

Results
The course attributes that were found to be especially important to participants were: (i) user-friendly, practical information that could be immediately translated to their daily lives; (ii) experiential learning that involved direct contact with food products; and (iii) opportunities for social interaction. These aspects of nutrition education were described as being highly influential in the decision to participate in the course, the application of the information in their subsequent food purchase and preparation activities, and their word-of-mouth communications with others about the course.

Conclusions
Incorporating aspects of most importance to participants into nutrition education programme delivery and promotion may increase joining rates, enjoyment, satisfaction with course content and, ultimately, the uptake of recommended behaviours.
QUASICONFORMAL EXTENSIONS OF HARMONIC MAPPINGS WITH A COMPLEX PARAMETER
Authors: CHEN XINGDI , QUE YUQIN 
Published: September 2016

In this paper, we study quasiconformal extensions of harmonic mappings. Utilizing a complex parameter, we build a bridge between the quasiconformal extension theorem for locally analytic functions given by Ahlfors [‘Sufficient conditions for quasiconformal extension’, Ann. of Math. Stud.79 (1974), 23–29] and the one for harmonic mappings recently given by Hernández and Martín [‘Quasiconformal extension of harmonic mappings in the plane’, Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn. Math.38 (2) (2013), 617–630]. We also give a quasiconformal extension of a harmonic Teichmüller mapping, whose maximal dilatation estimate is asymptotically sharp.