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Business Power and the Politics of Postneoliberalism: Relations Between Governments and Economic Elites in Bolivia and Ecuador
Authors: Wolff Jonas 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe article analyzes and compares the dynamics of business-government relations in Bolivia and Ecuador during the presidencies of Evo Morales and Rafael Correa. It specifically traces the shift from confrontation to rapprochement to a fairly stable pattern of negotiation and dialogue that characterizes the two governments' interaction with core business elites. Drawing on the structural and instrumental power framework developed by Tasha Fairfield, it proposes an explanation that accounts for this overall shift as well as for the main differences between the two countries. In a nutshell, the article argues that the business elites' response to a severe loss of instrumental power and the governments' response to the persistent structural power of business combined to cause the shift toward negotiation and dialogue. The article also probes the plausibility of this power-based explanation by briefly comparing the two cases with other left-of-center governments in the region.
Medication errors room: a simulation to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication‐use system
Authors: Daupin Johanne , Atkinson Suzanne , Bédard Pascal , Pelchat Véronique , Lebel Denis , Bussières Jean‐François 
Published: May 2016

AbstractRationale, aims and objectivesThe medication‐use system in hospitals is very complex. To improve the health professionals' awareness of the risks of errors related to the medication‐use system, a simulation of medication errors was created. The main objective was to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication‐use system using a simulation. The secondary objective was to assess their level of satisfaction.MethodThis descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted in a 500‐bed mother‐and‐child university hospital. A multidisciplinary group set up 30 situations and replicated a patient room and a care unit pharmacy. All hospital staff, including nurses, physicians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, was invited. Participants had to detect if a situation contained an error and fill out a response grid. They also answered a satisfaction survey.ResultsThe simulation was held during 100 hours. A total of 230 professionals visited the simulation, 207 handed in a response grid and 136 answered the satisfaction survey. The participants' overall rate of correct answers was 67.5% ± 13.3% (4073/6036). Among the least detected errors were situations involving a Y‐site infusion incompatibility, an oral syringe preparation and the patient's identification. Participants mainly considered the simulation as effective in identifying incorrect practices (132/136, 97.8%) and relevant to their practice (129/136, 95.6%). Most of them (114/136; 84.4%) intended to change their practices in view of their exposure to the simulation.ConclusionsWe implemented a realistic medication‐use system errors simulation in a mother–child hospital, with a wide audience. This simulation was an effective, relevant and innovative tool to raise the health care professionals' awareness of critical processes.
The Changing International Transmission of Financial Shocks: Evidence from a Classical Time‐Varying FAVAR
Authors: ABBATE ANGELA , EICKMEIER SANDRA , LEMKE WOLFGANG , MARCELLINO MASSIMILIANO 
Published: May 2016

We study the changing international transmission of financial shocks over the period 1971–2012. Global financial shocks are measured as unexpected changes of a U.S. financial conditions index (FCI), developed by Hatzius et al. (2010). We model the FCI jointly with a large international data set through a time‐varying parameter factor‐augmented VAR and find that financial shocks have a considerable impact on growth in the nine countries considered. Moreover, financial shocks during the global financial crisis are found to be large by historical standards. They explain approximately 20% of GDP growth variation on average over 2008–9, compared to an average of 5% prior to the crisis.
Neurochemical biomarkers in the diagnosis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration: an update
Authors: Oeckl Patrick , Steinacker Petra , Feneberg Emily , Otto Markus 
Published: May 2016

AbstractFrontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a spectrum of rare neurodegenerative diseases with overlapping symptoms and neuropathology. It includes the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), the semantic and non‐fluent variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA and nfvPPA), FTD with motor neuron disease (FTD‐MND), progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal syndrome. The diagnosis of the FTLD spectrum of diseases is based on clinical symptoms which hampers the differentiation of the diseases among each other and with other disorders that show a similar clinical appearance resulting in a high rate of misdiagnoses. This highlights the need for objective and selective measures in the diagnostic criteria and there is extensive research on neurochemical biomarkers in FTLD as one option to address this unmet clinical need. Here, we review the advances in CSF biomarker research in FTLD in the last 2 years with regard to the validation of previously suggested and identification of new biomarker candidates for the differential diagnosis of FTLD.
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New biomarkers for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) are urgently needed to support differential diagnosis within the disease spectrum and with related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease (AD). Here, we review the advances in cerebrospinal fluid biomarker research in FTLD and provide a list of promising candidate markers.
This article is part of the Frontotemporal Dementia special issue.
Forecasting and Performance: Conceptualizing Forecasting Management Competence as a Higher‐Order Construct
Authors: Doering Torsten , Suresh Nallan C. 
Published: May 2016

This note empirically validates forecasting management competence (FMC) as a higher‐order construct based on four underlying sets of practices: internal integration, forecasting process quality, effective use of advanced systems, and evaluation of forecasting. The results from a partial least squares structural equation model support FMC as a significant driver for three outcomes: forecast accuracy, cost reduction, and delivery performance, thereby establishing predictive validity. The study provides insights to the relative effectiveness of the four sets of forecasting practices constituting FMC. A mediator–moderator analysis shows that forecast accuracy is not a mediator or a moderator between FMC and the other two outcome variables of cost reduction and delivery performance. This indicates that in addition to effective demand forecasting practices, other processes such as sales and operations planning (S&OP) are also important for translating the benefits of effective forecasting to realize favorable business outcomes. A multigroup analysis shows that the impact of the four practice elements on the three performance outcomes also differs based on specific business contexts.
Higher all‐cause hospitalization among patients with chronic hepatitis C: the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS), 2006–2013
Authors: Teshale E. H. , Xing J. , Moorman A. , Holmberg S. D. , Spradling P. R. , Gordon S. C. , Rupp L. B. , Lu M. , Boscarino J. A. , Trinacity C.M. , Schmidt M. A. , Xu F. ,   the CHeCS Investigators
Published: May 2016

SummaryIn the United States, hospitalization among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is high. The healthcare burden associated with hospitalization is not clearly known. We analysed data from the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, an observational cohort of patients receiving care at four integrated healthcare systems, collected from 2006 to 2013 to determine all‐cause hospitalization rates of patients with chronic HCV infection and the other health system patients. To compare the hospitalization rates, we selected two health system patients for each chronic HCV patient using their propensity score (PS). Propensity score matching was conducted by site, gender, race, age and household income to minimize differences attributable to these characteristics. We also compared primary reason for hospitalization between chronic HCV patients and the other health system patients. Overall, 10 131 patients with chronic HCV infection and 20 262 health system patients were selected from the 1 867 802 health system patients and were matched by PS. All‐cause hospitalization rates were 27.4 (27.0–27.8) and 7.4 (7.2–7.5) per 100 persons‐year (PY) for chronic HCV patients and for the other health system patients, respectively. Compared to health system patients, hospitalization rates were significantly higher by site, gender, age group, race and household income among chronic HCV patients (P < 0.001). Compared to health system patients, chronic HCV patients were more likely to be hospitalized from liver‐related conditions (RR = 24.8, P < 0.001). Hence, patients with chronic HCV infection had approximately 3.7‐fold higher all‐cause hospitalization rate than other health system patients. These findings highlight the incremental costs and healthcare burden of patients with chronic HCV infection associated with hospitalization.
Vaccination against hepatitis A and B in patients with chronic liver disease and type 2 diabetes: has anything changed?
Authors: Koenig Aaron , Stepanova Maria , Felix Sean , Kalwaney Shirley , Clement Stephen , Younossi Zobair M. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractBackground & AimsGiven the severity of acute hepatitis in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD) and patients with type 2 diabetes (DM), most of these patients are recommended to be vaccinated. The aim is to assess the recent changes in HAV and HBV vaccination rates in patients with CLD and DM in the U.S. using the most recent population data.MethodsWe used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) cycles 2009–2012 and 2013–2014, and compared those to previous cycles (1999–2004 and 2005–2008).ResultsIn general U.S. population, the rates of quality measure (QM, serologic immunity or history of vaccination) for HBV increased from 31.9% in 1999–2004 to 49.5% in 2013–2014 (P < 0.0001), synchronously with an increase in self‐reported HBV vaccination: from 24.4% to 41.3% (P < 0.0001). A similar increase was noted for HAV: 12.0% in 1999–2004 to 33.4% in 2013–2014 in vaccination, 44.0% to 52.4% in HAV QM (all P < 0.0001). Greater recent increases in HBV QM were noted in non‐HBV CLD patients: 34.7% to 56.8% in HBV QM and 22.7% to 51.1% in HBV vaccination (all P < 0.0001), while the changes in patients with diabetes were similar to those in general U.S. population despite the recent CDC recommendation (for the age 19–59): 31.0% to 45.1% (P = 0.007) in HBV QM, and 22.3% to 39.0% (P = 0.0004) in HBV vaccination.ConclusionsDespite recommendations, HAV and HBV vaccination rates in patients with CLD and DM remain relatively low. Better vaccination strategies for these high risk patients should be undertaken.
The costs of stunting in South Asia and the benefits of public investments in nutrition
Authors: Shekar Meera , Dayton Eberwein Julia , Kakietek Jakub 
Published: May 2016

AbstractSouth Asia is home to the largest number of stunted children worldwide: 65 million or 37% of all South Asian children under 5 were stunted in 2014. The costs to society as a result of stunting during childhood are high and include increased mortality, increased morbidity (in childhood and later as adults), decreased cognitive ability, poor educational outcomes, lost earnings and losses to national economic productivity. Conversely, investing in nutrition provides many benefits for poverty reduction and economic growth. This article draws from analyses conducted in four sub‐Saharan countries to demonstrate that investments in nutrition can also be very cost‐effective in South Asian countries. Specifically, the analyses demonstrate that scaling up a set of 10 critical nutrition‐specific interventions is highly cost‐effective when considered as a package. Most of the interventions are also very cost‐effective when considered individually. By modelling cost‐effectiveness of different scale‐up scenarios, the analysis offers insights into ways in which the impact of investing in nutrition interventions can be maximized under budget constraints. Rigorous estimations of the costs and benefits of nutrition investments, similar to those reported here for sub‐Saharan countries, are an important next step for all South Asian countries in order to drive political commitment and action and to enhance allocative efficiency of nutrition resources.
Prechewing infant food, consumption of sweets and dairy and not breastfeeding are associated with increased diarrhoea risk of 10‐month‐old infants in the United States
Authors: Conkle Joel , Ramakrishnan Usha , Freeman Matthew C. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractPrechewing of food by caregivers is a common infant feeding practice both globally and in the United States, where the highest rates of the practice are found among African‐Americans and Alaska Natives. The objective of this study was to determine if prechewing of infant food is associated with increased diarrhoea prevalence of 10‐month‐old infants in the United States. The study used cross‐sectional data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II to test for associations between prechewing and 2‐week‐period prevalence of infant diarrhoea. At 10 months of age, infants who received prechewed food (n = 203) had a diarrhoea prevalence of 16.1%, compared with 10.9% of children who did not receive prechewed food (n = 1567) [relative risk (RR) = 1.48, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–2.11]. After adjusting for covariates, including breastfeeding and consuming sweets and dairy, prechewing was associated with a 58% higher risk (RR = 1.58, 95% CI 1.10–2.26) of 2‐week diarrhoea prevalence. Consumption of sweets (RR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.03–1.78) and dairy (RR = 1.41, 95% CI 1.03–1.93) was also associated with increased diarrhoea risk. Continued breastfeeding at 10 months of age was associated with a reduced risk of diarrhoea (RR = 0.68, 95% CI 0.50–0.91). Prechewing of infant food is associated with increased diarrhoea among 10‐month‐old infants. The high RR found in this study suggests that prechewing may be an important factor in public health efforts to reduce the burden of diarrhoeal disease. However, further research is needed to establish that prechewing causes increased diarrhoea risk and to explore potential benefits of prechewing.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EVALUATION OF PHEROMONE‐BAITED TRAPPING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SEA LAMPREY
Authors: DAWSON HEATHER A. , JONES MICHAEL L. , IRWIN BRIAN J. , JOHNSON NICHOLAS S. , WAGNER MICHAEL C. , SZYMANSKI MELISSA D. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractWe applied a management strategy evaluation (MSE) model to examine the potential cost‐effectiveness of using pheromone‐baited trapping along with conventional lampricide treatment to manage invasive sea lamprey. Four pheromone‐baited trapping strategies were modeled: (1) stream activation wherein pheromone was applied to existing traps to achieve 10−12 mol/L in‐stream concentration, (2) stream activation plus two additional traps downstream with pheromone applied at 2.5 mg/hr (reverse‐intercept approach), (3) trap activation wherein pheromone was applied at 10 mg/hr to existing traps, and (4) trap activation and reverse‐intercept approach. Each new strategy was applied, with remaining funds applied to conventional lampricide control. Simulating deployment of these hybrid strategies on fourteen Lake Michigan streams resulted in increases of 17 and 11% (strategies 1 and 2) and decreases of 4 and 7% (strategies 3 and 4) of the lakewide mean abundance of adult sea lamprey relative to status quo. MSE revealed performance targets for trap efficacy to guide additional research because results indicate that combining lampricides and high efficacy trapping technologies can reduce sea lamprey abundance on average without increasing control costs.
The role of ischaemia in necrotising sialometaplasia
Authors: Domah F. , Shah R. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractAimTo establish the role of ischaemia in necrotising sialometaplasia.BackgroundNecrotising sialometaplasia is a rare, benign inflammatory lesion primarily involving the minor salivary glands of the hard palate. Presentation of the lesion is that of a deep seated ulcer. It represents a diagnostic challenge to the clinician because of its clinical and histopathologic features that simulate malignancy. It is commonly believed that the lesion is a result of vascular ischaemia initiated by trauma.Materials and methodsCases of necrotising sialometaplasia described in the literature have been reviewed. Relations between oral manifestations, aetiology, pathogenesis and management have been critically analysed.ResultsDifferent factors have been described as the source of trauma responsible for necrotising sialometaplasia, such as local anaesthetic, ill‐fitting dentures, smoking, alcohol, cocaine snorting, vomiting and fellatio.ConclusionsThe literature supports the causal role of trauma and ischaemia in the development of necrotising sialometaplasia. However not all cases of trauma inevitably lead to necrotising sialometaplasia.
Waka and Zen in Medieval Japan
Authors: Vallor Molly 
Published: May 2016

AbstractAlthough it is clear that Zen played some role in the medieval waka tradition (and vice versa), textual uncertainties and controversies have long complicated scholarly efforts to determine the extent. While a considerable amount of scholarly ink has been spilled on the topic in Japanese, the mysteries of waka and Zen have yet to be taken up in any systematic fashion in English. In seeking to remedy this lacuna, this article introduces scholarship and debates on the topic (especially in Japanese), identifies areas for future research, and offers annotated translations of select poems. Topics introduced include: Zen in the imperial anthologies; waka attributed to Zen monks and nuns, such as Dōgen, Mugai Nyodai, Musō Soseki, and Ikkyū; waka and Zen practice; recent scholarship on the 1543 kōan collection Shōnan Kattō Roku (translated by Trevor Leggett as The Warrior Koans or Samurai Zen), which contains waka; and dedicatory sequences featuring Zen monks.
Usefulness of transcutaneous PCO2 to assess nocturnal hypoventilation in restrictive lung disorders
Authors: Georges Marjolaine , Nguyen‐Baranoff Danièle , Griffon Lucie , Foignot Clement , Bonniaud Philippe , Camus Philippe , Pepin Jean‐Louis , Rabec Claudio 
Published: May 2016

AbstractBackground and objectiveNocturnal hypoventilation is now an accepted indication for the initiation of non‐invasive ventilation. Nocturnal hypoventilation may be an under diagnosed condition in chronic respiratory failure. The most appropriate strategy to identify sleep hypoventilation is not yet clearly defined. In clinical practice, it is indirectly assessed using nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) and morning arterial blood gases (mABG). Even though continuous transcutaneous carbon dioxide partial pressure (TcPCO2) monitoring is theoretically superior to NPO plus mABG, it is not routinely used. We aimed to prospectively compare NPO plus mABG with nocturnal TcPCO2 for the detection of alveolar hypoventilation in a cohort of patients with chronic restrictive respiratory dysfunction.MethodsWe assessed 80 recordings of mABG, nocturnal TcPCO2 and NPO in 72 consecutive patients with neuromuscular disease or thoracic cage disorders. Nocturnal hypoventilation was defined as a mean nightime TcPCO2 ≥50 mm Hg, and nocturnal hypoxaemia as ≥30% of the night with transcutaneous pulse oxygen saturation ≤90% and/or >5 consecutive minutes with transcutaneous pulse oxygen saturation ≤88%.ResultsAmongst the 80 recordings, 25 of 76 (32.9%) without nocturnal hypoxaemia and 16 of 59 (27.1%) without hypercapnia on mABG showed nocturnal hypoventilation on TcPCO2. Amongst recordings showing both normal NPO and mABG, 16 of 52 (30.8%) had a mean TcPCO2 ≥50 mm Hg. Nocturnal hypoxaemia was associated with nocturnal hypoventilation in all recordings. However, 5 of 21 (23.8%) recordings that showed an absence of nocturnal hypoventilation at the chosen threshold showed hypercapnia on mABG.ConclusionMorning arterial blood gases and NPO alone or in combination underestimate nocturnal hypoventilation in patients with chronic restrictive respiratory dysfunction of extrapulmonary origin.
A targeted immunomic approach identifies diagnostic antigens in the human pathogen Babesia microti
Authors: Cornillot Emmanuel , Dassouli Amina , Pachikara Niseema , Lawres Lauren , Renard Isaline , Francois Celia , Randazzo Sylvie , Brès Virginie , Garg Aprajita , Brancato Janna , Pazzi Joseph E. , Pablo Jozelyn , Hung Chris , Teng Andy , Shandling Adam D. , Huynh Vu T. , Krause Peter J. , Lepore Timothy , Delbecq Stephane , Hermanson Gary , Liang Xiaowu , Williams Scott , Molina Douglas M. , Ben Mamoun Choukri 
Published: May 2016

BACKGROUNDBabesia microti is a protozoan parasite responsible for the majority of reported cases of human babesiosis and a major risk to the blood supply. Laboratory screening of blood donors may help prevent transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis but there is no Food and Drug Administration–approved screening method yet available. Development of a sensitive, specific, and highly automated B. microti antibody assay for diagnosis of acute babesiosis and blood screening could have an important impact on decreasing the health burden of B. microti infection.STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSHerein, we take advantage of recent advances in B. microti genomic analyses, field surveys of the reservoir host, and human studies in endemic areas to apply a targeted immunomic approach to the discovery of B. microti antigens that serve as signatures of active or past babesiosis infections. Of 19 glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchored protein candidates (BmGPI1‐19) identified in the B. microti proteome, 17 were successfully expressed, printed on a microarray chip, and used to screen sera from uninfected and B. microti–infected mice and humans to determine immune responses that are associated with active and past infection.RESULTSAntibody responses to various B. microti BmGPI antigens were detected and BmGPI12 was identified as the best biomarker of infection that provided high sensitivity and specificity when used in a microarray antibody assay.CONCLUSIONBmGPI12 alone or in combination with other BmGPI proteins is a promising candidate biomarker for detection of B. microti antibodies that might be useful in blood screening to prevent transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis.
NUTRIENT LEACH FROM CONCRETE ARTIFICIAL REEF INCORPORATING WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL
Authors: Mohamad N. , Samad A. A. A. , Goh W. I. , Monica Hazel , Hasbullah Fahmi 
Published: May 2016

Solid waste from the construction site has always been an environmental issue in this country. Poor management has often resulted with the solid waste being dumped in open field even though these waste materials be recycled for new products. The recycled waste will not only reduce the environmental problem, but it will also contribute to new innovations and technology. This article discusses the design and fabrication of the artificial reef using recycled waste concrete from the construction industry. The artificial reef is added with organic material which is peanut’s shell. The organic material was used to provide organic nutrients inside the artificial reef. Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the compressive strength of the reef and to measure the organic nutrients; nitrate (NO3N) and phosphorus (TP) released from the reef when it was placed in the water. From the results, it was found that the artificial reef with added peanut’s shell achieved a maximum compressive strength of 31.3 MPa. It was also found that the organic material in the reef dispersed nutrients into the water.