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Painting, Peonies, and Ming Loyalism in Qing-Dynasty China, 1644–1795
Authors: Chiem Kristen 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
From the conquest of the Ming dynasty in 1644 by the Manchurians through the literary inquisitions of the eighteenth century, seemingly innocuous paintings of peony flowers kept alive a discourse of Ming loyalism among Chinese artists and poets. While the peony's appearance in poetic imagery was deemed seditious by the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–1795), paintings by Yun Shouping, Shitao, Hua Yan, and Jin Nong, among many others, endured a century and a half of censorship, all the while contributing to portrayals of the flower in court imagery. This study examines peony paintings by several artists active in the Jiangnan region to consider how their works demonstrated traces of dissent or used loyalist imagery to deepen social ties. It reveals how these garden subjects were made powerfully subversive after centuries of dormant conventionality, seen merely as auspicious symbols until the Qing dynasty. Their multivalent imagery allowed them to exist in multiple, conflicted contexts: north and south, literati and academic, private and public, and, in the ultimate coup, amid both loyalists and the Manchu court.
Transformations of Identity and the Buddha's Infancy Narratives at Kanaganahalli
Authors: Quintanilla Sonya Rhie 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This essay proposes a chronology of sculptural embellishment at the recently excavated Buddhist stūpa at Kanaganahalli in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India. Included is the interpretation of caption inscriptions as later additions, applied during the second century ce in order to alter and update the meaning of older, preexisting imagery from the first century bce. Transforming the meaning of visual images by the addition of new descriptive inscriptions indicates a shift in interests and priorities in the Buddhist community at Kanaganahalli over the span of about 150 years.
The narrative episode from the life of the Buddha Śākyamuni in which his mother presents him as a newborn to the deity of a tree-shrine is featured as a key example of this phenomenon. While the sculpted image depicts the spirit of a tree venerating the infant, the caption inscription identifies the scene as the presentation of Śākyamuni to the deity of his father's ancestral clan, described in textual sources as performed by men at a structural temple. The shift in meaning of this and other images at Kanaganahalli indicate that Buddhist narrative sources and emphases from predominantly patriarchal northern regions rose to greater prominence in the south during the second century ce. The new identities of older imagery diminish the role of vernacular women's rites, which were important in the southern regions of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, where the social structure of local populations was matriarchal.
Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of Neotropical Quiinoideae (Ochnaceae s.l.)
Authors: Schneider Julio V. , Zizka Georg 
Published: June 2017

AbstractAmazonia arguably harbours the highest plant species diversity of all wet tropical regions on earth. There is increasing evidence that this enormous diversity is the product of a rather long and complex process and not of a single cause. Here, we investigated divergence times and diversification dynamics in the Neotropical Quiinoideae (Malpighiales: Ochnaceae s.l.) to explore different evolutionary hypotheses for the accumulation of high species diversity. Additionally, we reappraised the phylogenetic relationships and species circumscriptions using sequences of six plastid and nuclear DNA regions and the most comprehensive taxon sampling of the subfamily to date. Molecular dating indicated that Quiinoideae originated during the late Cretaceous, whereas crown group taxa started to diverge at the Eocene‐Oligocene boundary. The lack of rate shifts in this subfamily supports the “museum” model of diversification. The rather constant species accumulation also suggests that the Pleistocene glacial cycles did not play an important role for the diversification of Quiinoideae. While ancestral area reconstruction was inconclusive, the post‐Miocene divergence times of the west Amazonian species provided some evidence that these areas might not have been available for colonization until the demise of the Lake Pebas and Acre wetlands. New infrageneric groups were inferred, and some species were found to be non‐monophyletic, requiring taxonomic reassessment and demonstrating the need for including multiple individuals per species in species‐level phylogenies.
Hiring Preferences in Online Labor Markets: Evidence of a Female Hiring Bias
Authors: Chan Jason , Wang Jing 
Published: June 2017

Online labor marketplaces facilitate the efficient matching of employers and workers across geographical boundaries. The exponential growth of this nascent online phenomenon holds important social and economic implications, as the hiring decisions made on these online platforms implicate the incomes of millions of workers worldwide. Despite this importance, limited effort has been devoted to understanding whether potential hiring biases exist in online labor platforms and how they may affect hiring outcomes. Using a novel proprietary data set from a leading online labor platform, we investigate the impact of gender-based stereotypes on hiring outcomes. After accounting for endogeneity via a holistic set of job and worker controls, a matched sample approach, and a quasi-experimental technique, we find evidence of a positive hiring bias in favor of female workers. An experiment was used to uncover the underlying gender-specific traits that could influence hiring outcomes. We find that the observed hiring bias diminishes as employers gain more hiring experience on the platform. In addition, the female hiring bias appears to stem solely from the consideration of applicants from developing countries, and not those from developed countries. Subanalyses show that women are preferred in feminine-typed occupations while men do not enjoy higher hiring likelihoods in masculine-typed occupations. We also find that female employers are more susceptible to the female hiring bias compared to male employers. Our findings provide key insights for several groups of stakeholders including policy makers, platform owners, hiring managers, and workers. Managerial and practical implications are discussed. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2756 . This paper was accepted by Chris Forman, information systems.
Asymmetry and Ambiguity in Newsvendor Models
Authors: Natarajan Karthik , Sim Melvyn , Uichanco Joline 
Published: June 2017

A basic assumption of the classical newsvendor model is that the probability distribution of the random demand is known. But in most realistic settings, only partial distribution information is available or reliably estimated. The distributionally robust newsvendor model is often used in this case where the worst-case expected profit is maximized over the set of distributions satisfying the known information, which is usually the mean and covariance of demands. However, covariance does not capture information on asymmetry of the demand distribution. In this paper, we introduce a measure of distribution asymmetry using second-order partitioned statistics. Semivariance is a special case with a single partition of the univariate demand. With mean, variance, and semivariance information, we show that a three-point distribution achieves the worst-case expected profit and derive a closed-form expression for the distributionally robust order quantity. For multivariate demand, the distributionally robust problem with partitioned statistics is hard to solve, but we develop a computationally tractable lower bound through the solution of a semidefinite program. We demonstrate in numerical experiments that asymmetry information significantly reduces expected profit loss particularly when the true distribution is heavy tailed. In computational experiments on automotive spare parts demand data, we provide evidence that the distributionally robust model that includes partitioned statistics outperforms the model that uses only covariance information. The electronic companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2773 . This paper was accepted by Yinyu Ye, optimization.
Mitigating Spillover in Online Retailing via Replenishment
Authors: Acimovic Jason , Graves Stephen C. 
Published: June 2017

Online purchases constitute about one-tenth of U.S. retail sales. The supply chains that support online retailing are fundamentally different from those that support traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Traditional solutions are not always appropriate to solve online retailing’s operations problems; thus, there is an opportunity to understand and improve these novel supply chains. One key characteristic of the inventory systems for online retailing is demand spillover, whereby a stockout at a fulfillment center (FC) results in demand spilling over to another FC. For this context we examine how to allocate inventory to the FCs under a periodic-review joint-replenishment policy, with an objective to minimize outbound shipping costs for a fixed amount of inventory. We first show how traditional decentralized allocation policies may perform suboptimally and induce dynamics (whiplash) that result in costly spillover. We find that this phenomenon increases with the prevalence of local stockouts and with the level of inventory imbalance. We then describe that inventory imbalance occurs in online retailing because of operational realities and provide evidence based on real data. Finally, we propose a heuristic to allocate inventory accounting for possible spillover during the lead time. We test the heuristic by a simulation and show that it performs better than the status quo policy, is robust to operational realities, and captures over 90% of the possible improvement as compared to a pseudo-optimal policy. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2016.0614 .
Introducing dialogic feedback to HCA education: reflection in action
Authors: Hayes Catherine , Fulton John A 
Published: June 2017

Dialogic feedback is the provision of feedback on submitted work, with which learners can engage and then formulate a response as to how they will address highlighted issues of importance within it. Written for healthcare assistant (HCA) educators and trainers, this article provides an insight into the processes of formative and summative assessment and how dialogic feedback can be a useful means of engaging HCA students in practice. The processes advocated are presented as a means of improving interactive dialogue with students and as a means of encouraging deeper learning, which can be further integrated into practice with patients and their families and carers. The article outlines the core characteristics of where using dialogic feedback can be used as a potential means of improving the transferable skillsets that HCAs attain in practice. Core aspects of reflection are considered and their place within future curriculum development for HCAs is outlined.
Cruciate Retaining compared with Posterior Stabilised Nexgen total knee arthroplasty: results at 10 years in a matched cohort
Authors: Mayne AIW , Harshavardhan HP , Johnston LR , Wang W , Jariwala A 
Published: June 2017

INTRODUCTION Debate has persisted for many years about whether to sacrifice or replace the posterior cruciate ligament when performing total knee arthroplasty. A paucity of long-term follow-up studies comparing outcomes between cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilised knees exist. We aimed to compare results at ten-year follow-up. METHODS A matched paired study comparing a cohort of 107 Zimmer Nexgen® Cruciate Retaining (CR) patients with a cohort of 107 Nexgen Posterior-Stabilised (PS) knees matched for age, sex, body mass index and preoperative American Knee Society score was undertaken. All patients underwent independent clinical assessment and knee society scoring preoperatively and at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years postoperatively. RESULTS Fifty-three patients (49.5%) in the CR group and 44 patients (41.1%) in the PS group were alive at 10-year follow-up. There were no significant differences between the CR and PS groups with regards to functional assessment (P = 0.95), overall range of movement (P = 0.46) or patient satisfaction (P = 1.0) at 10 years. However, there was a significantly better score improvement in range of movement in PS knees compared with CR knees (P = 0.027). There were six revisions (5.6%) in the PS group and 1 (0.93%) in the CR group (P = 0.12). Both CR and PS knees showed excellent survivorship with no significant difference at 10 years (P = 0.068). CONCLUSIONS There were no significant differences in functional score, overall range of motion or patient satisfaction between the Nexgen cruciate retaining and posterior stabilised total knee arthroplasty at 10-year follow-up. However, PS knees had a greater score improvement in range of motion compared with CR knees.
Audiologic Assessment in Adults With Down Syndrome
Authors: Picciotti Pasqualina M. , Carfì Angelo , Anzivino Roberta , Paludetti Gaetano , Conti Guido , Brandi Vincenzo , Bernabei Roberto , Onder Graziano 
Published: June 2017

AbstractIncreased life expectancy in persons with Down syndrome (DS) is associated with premature age-related changes. The aim of this study was to assess auditory function in adults with DS and to evaluate the prevalence of hearing loss in this population. Audiometric tests were performed in 72 adults with DS (mean age 37.3±10.1 years, 51.4% females). Air conduction pure tone average (PTA) thresholds at frequencies 0.5-1-2-4 kHz were calculated to assess hearing function. Hearing loss was present if the PTA threshold was &gt; 20 dB hearing level. Higher frequencies of 4 and 8 kHz were also assessed. Hearing loss was shown in 47 (65.3%) participants. The prevalence of hearing loss increased with age, ranging from 42.86% in the 20-29 years group to 90.91% in the 50-59 years group. High frequencies (4 and 8 kHz) were more often impaired than other frequencies used to measure PTA. Thus, the study concluded hearing loss is common in adults with DS and shows a pattern compatible with precocious aging of the hearing system. Auditory evaluation is strongly recommended in adults with DS.
What lies beneath: Fabric and embodiment in Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In
Authors: Davies Cath 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This article investigates discourses about fabric and embodiment in Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In (2011). The aim of the study is to consider how the film’s narrative and mise-en-scène positions fabric as an expression of corporeal vulnerability and subjectivity. Drawing primarily on Warwick and Cavallero’s notion of ‘permeable boundaries’, in the relationship between clothing and bodies, this article argues that Almodovar has interwoven motifs of somatic integrity and dissolution in relation to skin, textiles and film. This investigation proposes that The Skin I Live In offers a compelling interplay of surfaces that is a valuable resource to reflect further on the symbiotic connections between corporeal materiality and fabric.
Does Flywheel Paradigm Training Improve Muscle Volume and Force? A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Nuñez Sanchez Francisco J. , Sáez de Villarreal Eduardo 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Núñez Sanchez, FJ and Sáez de Villarreal, E. Does flywheel paradigm training improve muscle volume and force? A meta-analysis. J Strength Cond Res 31(11): 3177–3186, 2017—Several studies have confirmed the efficacy of flywheel paradigm training for improving or benefiting muscle volume and force. A meta-analysis of 13 studies with a total of 18 effect sizes was performed to analyse the role of various factors on the effectiveness of flywheel paradigm training. The following inclusion criteria were employed for the analysis: (a) randomized studies; (b) high validity and reliability instruments; (c) published in a high quality peer-reviewed journal; (d) healthy participants; (e) studies where the eccentric programme were described; and (f) studies where increases in muscle volume and force were measured before and after training. Increases in muscle volume and force were noted through the use of flywheel systems during short periods of training. The increase in muscle mass appears was not influenced by the existence of eccentric overload during the exercise. The increase in force was significantly higher with the existence of eccentric overload during the exercise. The responses identified in this analysis are essential and should be considered by strength and conditioning professionals regarding the most appropriate dose response trends for flywheel paradigm systems to optimize the increase in muscle volume and force.
Association Between Conditioning Capacities and Shooting Performance in Professional Basketball Players: An Analysis of Stationary and Dynamic Shooting Skills
Authors: Pojskic Haris , Sisic Nedim , Separovic Vlatko , Sekulic Damir 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Pojskic, H, Sisic, N, Separovic, V, and Sekulic, D. Association between conditioning capacities and shooting performance in professional basketball players: an analysis of stationary and dynamic shooting skills. J Strength Cond Res 32(7): 1981–1992, 2018—Little is known about the influence of conditioning capacities on shooting performance in basketball. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between different conditioning capacities and shooting performance in professional basketball players. In this investigation, we examined 38 males (all perimeter players; height: 185.5 ± 6.73 cm; mass: 78.66 ± 10.35 kg). Conditioning capacities were evaluated by tests of muscular strength, aerobic endurance, jumping and throwing capacities, sprinting speed, preplanned agility, anaerobic endurance, and fatigue resistance. Shooting performance was evaluated using game statistics, as well as 6 tests of shooting performance performed in controlled settings: (a) 3 tests of static (i.e., nonfatigued) shooting performance (standardized execution of 1- [S1], 2- [S2] and 3-point shots [S3] in stationary conditions), and (b) 3 tests of dynamic (i.e., fatigued) shooting performance (standardized execution of 1- [D1], 2- (D2), and 3-point shots [D3] in dynamic conditions). All 3 dynamic shooting tests and the S1 test were significantly (p ≤ 0.05) correlated with corresponding game statistics. Multiple regression indicated that conditioning capacities were significantly related to D1 (R
2 = 0.36; p = 0.03), D2 (R
2 = 0.44; p = 0.03), S3 (R
2 = 0.41; p = 0.02), and D3 (R
2 = 0.39; p = 0.03) tests. Players with a higher fatigue resistance achieved better results on the D1 test (β = −0.37, p = 0.03). Preplanned agility (β = −0.33, p = 0.04), countermovement jump (β = 0.42, p = 0.03), and fatigue resistance (β = −0.37, p = 0.02) were significant predictors of D2 performance. The countermovement jump (β = 0.39, p = 0.04), medicine ball toss (β = 0.34, p = 0.04), and anaerobic endurance (β = 0.46, p = 0.04) predicted the results of D3 performance. Jumping, throwing, and anaerobic endurance capacities were good determinants of the skill of dynamic shooting over a long distance. These findings emphasize the importance of explosive power and anaerobic capacity as determinants of shooting performance in high-level basketball players.
Cognitive Training for Agility: The Integration Between Perception and Action
Authors: Spiteri Tania , McIntyre Fleur , Specos Christina , Myszka Shawn 
Published: June 2017

ABSTRACT
AGILITY IS A KEY FEATURE WITHIN MANY STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAMS, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHLETE'S PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL QUALITIES BEING THE PRIMARY FOCUS TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER, THIS APPROACH IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AS TRUE RETENTION AND TRANSFER OF PERFORMANCE FROM TRAINING TO SPORT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED UNLESS COACHES DEVELOP AN ATHLETE'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT STIMULI AND LEARN TO ADAPT MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO VARYING CONSTRAINTS. THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE ARE TO DISCUSS THE CONSTRAINTS ACTING ON THE ATHLETE AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE CAN BE MANIPULATED TO ENHANCE INFORMATION-MOVEMENT COUPLING DURING TRAINING TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL AGILITY PERFORMANCE.
The mutant p53‐ID4 complex controls VEGFA isoforms by recruiting lncRNA MALAT1
Authors: Pruszko Magdalena , Milano Elisa , Forcato Mattia , Donzelli Sara , Ganci Federica , Di Agostino Silvia , De Panfilis Simone , Fazi Francesco , Bates David O , Bicciato Silvio , Zylicz Maciej , Zylicz Alicja , Blandino Giovanni , Fontemaggi Giulia 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThe abundant, nuclear‐retained, metastasis‐associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) has been associated with a poorly differentiated and aggressive phenotype of mammary carcinomas. This long non‐coding RNA (lncRNA) localizes to nuclear speckles, where it interacts with a subset of splicing factors and modulates their activity. In this study, we demonstrate that oncogenic splicing factor SRSF1 bridges MALAT1 to mutant p53 and ID4 proteins in breast cancer cells. Mutant p53 and ID4 delocalize MALAT1 from nuclear speckles and favor its association with chromatin. This enables aberrant recruitment of MALAT1 on VEGFA pre‐mRNA and modulation of VEGFA isoforms expression. Interestingly, VEGFA‐dependent expression signatures associate with ID4 expression specifically in basal‐like breast cancers carrying TP53 mutations. Our results highlight a key role for MALAT1 in control of VEGFA isoforms expression in breast cancer cells expressing gain‐of‐function mutant p53 and ID4 proteins.
Caenorhabditis elegans CES-1 Snail Represses pig-1 MELK Expression To Control Asymmetric Cell Division
Authors: Wei Hai , Yan Bo , Gagneur Julien , Conradt Barbara 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Snail-like transcription factors affect stem cell function through mechanisms that are incompletely understood. In the Caenorhabditis elegans neurosecretory motor neuron (NSM) neuroblast lineage, CES-1 Snail coordinates cell cycle progression and cell polarity to ensure the asymmetric division of the NSM neuroblast and the generation of two daughter cells of different sizes and fates. We have previously shown that CES-1 Snail controls cell cycle progression by repressing the expression of cdc-25.2 CDC25. However, the mechanism through which CES-1 Snail affects cell polarity has been elusive. Here, we systematically searched for direct targets of CES-1 Snail by genome-wide profiling of CES-1 Snail binding sites and identified &gt;3000 potential CES-1 Snail target genes, including pig-1, the ortholog of the oncogene maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK). Furthermore, we show that CES-1 Snail represses pig-1 MELK transcription in the NSM neuroblast lineage and that pig-1 MELK acts downstream of ces-1 Snail to cause the NSM neuroblast to divide asymmetrically by size and along the correct cell division axis. Based on our results we propose that by regulating the expression of the MELK gene, Snail-like transcription factors affect the ability of stem cells to divide asymmetrically and, hence, to self-renew. Furthermore, we speculate that the deregulation of MELK contributes to tumorigenesis by causing cells that normally divide asymmetrically to divide symmetrically instead.
The Roots of “Penal Populism”: the Role of Media and Politics
Authors: DOBRYNINA MARGARITA 
Published: June 2017

Penal populism is often labeled as a process whereby politicians devise punitive penal policies, which are adjudged to be “popular” within the general public, and are designed to mobilize votes rather than improve the crime and justice situation. A “tough on crime” policy stance is usually most manifest during election campaigns. [...]