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The Effectiveness of Origami on Overall Hand Function After Injury: A Pilot Controlled Trial
Authors: M Wilson Lesley , W Roden Paul , Taylor Yukiyo , Marston Louise 
Published: July 2017

This pilot study measured the effectiveness of using origami to improve the overall hand function of outpatients attending an NHS hand injury unit. The initiative came from one of the authors who had used origami informally in the clinical setting and observed beneficial effects. These observed effects were tested experimentally. The design was a pilot non-randomised controlled trial with 13 participants. Allocation of the seven control group members was based on patient preference. The experimental group members attended a weekly hour of origami for six weeks, in addition to their conventional rehabilitation. Hand function of all participants was measured using the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test before and after the six-week period, and additional qualitative data were gathered in the form of written evaluations from patients. The quantitative data were analysed using the Mann Whitney U test or Fisher's exact test. Themes were highlighted from the qualitative data. The results show that there was a greater difference in the total score of the experimental group using the impaired hand between pre- and post-intervention of 11.8 seconds, compared with 4.3 seconds in the control group, but this was not statistically significant at the 5% level (p=0.06). Additionally, differences in the sub-test scores show a markedly larger improvement in the experimental group. Qualitative data indicate that the experimental group experienced the origami sessions as being enjoyable and beneficial. Further research with a larger sample and randomised group allocation is recommended to verify and expand these preliminary findings.
A Novel Method of Delivering Tap Water Galvanism for Management of Hyperhidrosis: A Case Report
Authors: W Bellew James , M Baker Ryan , Williams Juliet 
Published: July 2017

Use of tap water galvanism (TWG) in the management of hyperhidrosis (HH) is supported by the literature. However, many therapists are unaware of their ability to treat HH. This report describes the use of an iontophoresis device for delivery of TWG in the management of primary focal palmar HH. Two males with chronic primary focal HH and no prior treatment received direct current mediated tap water galvanism for 10 sessions (five x per week for two weeks). Quantitative measures of sweat production were taken before and after intervention by gravimetric assessment, while qualitative measures of area and density of sweat production were made using the Minor starch-iodine and ninhydrine amino acid reactivity tests. Participant 1 demonstrated an average decrease in sweat production of 85 per cent, while Participant 2 demonstrated an average decrease of 54 per cent. Qualitative assessments demonstrated a substantial reduction in the area and density of sweat production in each participant. While use of direct current mediated tap water galvanism is well documented, most reports have used specialised devices not common or available to most clinicians. Because many clinicians have access to iontophoresis devices and these devices generate direct current, they may be used to render tap water galvanism. This report describes the efficacious use of such application in two participants with primary focal palmar hyperhidrosis.
Recommendations for the clinical management of patients receiving macitentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): A Delphi consensus document
Authors: Rahaghi Franck F. , Alnuaimat Hassan M. , Awdish Rana L.A. , Balasubramanian Vijay P. , Bourge Robert C. , Burger Charles D. , Butler John , Cauthen C. Gregory , Chakinala Murali M. , deBoisblanc Bennett P. , Eggert Michael S. , Engel Peter , Feldman Jeremy , McConnell J. Wesley , Park Myung , Sager Jeffrey S. , Sood Namita , Palevsky Harold I. 
Published: July 2017

In patients treated with macitentan (Opsumit®, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Basel, Switzerland) for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), prevention and/or effective management of treatment‐related adverse events may improve adherence. However, management of these adverse events can be challenging and the base of evidence and clinical experience for macitentan is limited. In the absence of evidence, consensus recommendations from physicians experienced in using macitentan to treat PAH may benefit patients and physicians who are using macitentan. Consensus recommendations were developed by a panel of physicians experienced with macitentan and PAH using a modified Delphi process. Over three iterations, panelists developed and refined a series of statements on the use of macitentan in PAH and rated their agreement with each statement on a Likert scale. The panel of 18 physicians participated and developed a total of 118 statements on special populations, add‐on therapy, drug–drug interactions, warnings and precautions, hospitalization and functional class, and adverse event management. The resulting consensus recommendations are intended to provide practical guidance on real‐world issues in using macitentan to treat patients with PAH.
Who We are — What We Do
Authors: Frisk June 
Published: July 2017

The occupational health nurse is often the only full-time health worker in her place of employment. Compared to nurses in other fields, she is in the greatest danger of professional isolation. The hospital nurse, for example, is in daily contact with other professional workers, nurses, physicians, and technicians. Her co-workers talk her own language; she learns from them and keeps abreast of new developments in her specialty. On the other hand, most of the co-workers of the occupational health nurse are lay people and not professionally concerned with health problems or nursing. Any professional person needs the knowledge, stimulation and critical appraisal of other workers in her field. This need for professional contact is the principal reason for the existence of the American Association of Industrial Nurses. AAIN was founded in 1942 as the national specialty organization for occupational health nurses. It publishes material on occupational health nursing and provides opportunities for education and contact with others in this field. Through its educational programs, publications and guides, AAIN is constantly striving to improve the services and standards of occupational health nursing. It believes that improving the services which occupational health nurses can give is the best way of ensuring greater rewards and economic security to them. This is a basic philosophy of AAIN.
Research and the Band Director: Marriage not Divorce
Authors: Byo James L. 
Published: July 2017

The pair of articles in the Instrumental Division of this issue of Update seem to be perfect companion pieces. James Byo speaks of intellectually aggressive band directors who get past the artificial barriers between researchers and teachers and apply research results to their own situations. His article illustrates the process of transferring knowledge so that research can be more meaningful to practitioners. He discusses the responsibility of the practitioner as well as of the researcher to establish a mutually inclusive relationship. James Arnold, the author of the second article, has shown himself to fit Byo's characterization of an intellectually aggressive teacher. He is an experienced band director who has taught in isolated rural settings and who now teaches at Columbus High School in Columbus, Georgia. The article relates some of his experiences in applying research findings to his teaching. He read research from many disparate sources and apparently unrelated settings and made the transfers to his own unique situation. He tried to implement a certain type of rehearsal strategy in his teaching that he had encountered in reading the research literature. As a result of his reading, he also knew that there might be a difference between what he perceived he was doing and what he actually did, so he used videotape self analysis, which he had also read about, to assess his efforts. Between these two articles—Byo's recommendations and examples and Arnold's actions—we have an illustration of the relevance of research and its implementation. The purpose of research in music education is to enhance music teaching and understanding. Without interaction between the teacher/experimenter and the researcher/teacher leading to the application of research, both lose, and ultimately the students will suffer from music settings that might have been made more rewarding.
Oxygen mass transfer in a stirred tank bioreactor using different impeller configurations for environmental purposes
Authors: Karimi Ali , Golbabaei Farideh , Mehrnia Momammad Reza , Neghab Masoud , Mohammad Kazem , Nikpey Ahmad , Pourmand Mohammad Reza 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In this study, a miniature stirred tank bioreactor was designed for treatment of waste gas containing benzene, toluene and xylene. Oxygen mass transfer characteristics for various twin and single-impeller systems were investigated for 6 configurations in a vessel with 10 cm of inner diameter and working volume of 1.77L. Three types of impellers, namely, Rushton turbine, Pitched 4blades and Pitched 2blades impellers with downward pumping have been used. Deionized water was used as a liquid phase. With respect to other independent variables such as agitation speed, aeration rate, type of sparger, number of impellers, the relative performance of these impellers was assessed by comparing the values of (KLa) as a key parameter. Based on the experimental data, empirical correlations as a function of the operational conditions have been proposed, to study the oxygen transfer rates from air bubbles generated in the bioreactor. It was shown that twin Rushton turbine configuration demonstrates superior performance (23% to 77% enhancement in KLa) compared with other impeller compositions and that sparger type has negligible effect on oxygen mass transfer rate. Agitation speeds of 400 to 800 rpm were the most efficient speeds for oxygen mass transfer in the stirred bioreactor.
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy for chronic low back pain to reduce pain, and improve functionality and general well-being compared with physiotherapy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Authors: Schnelle Christoph , Messerschmidt Steffen , Minford Eunice J. , Greenaway-Twist Kate , Szramka Maxine , Masiorski Marianna , Sheldrake Michelle , Jones Mark 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Background
Low back pain causes more global disability than any other condition. Once the acute pain becomes chronic, about two-thirds of sufferers will not fully recover after 1–2 years. There is a paucity of effective treatments for non-specific, chronic low back pain.
It has been noted that low back pain is associated with changes in the connective tissue in the affected area, and a very low-impact treatment, Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy (ECTT), has been developed to restore flexibility in connective tissue. ECTT uses patterns of very small, circular movements, to the legs, arms, spine, sacrum and head, which anecdotally are effective in pain relief. In an unpublished single-arm phase I/II trial with chronic pain patients, ECTT showed a 56% reduction in pain after five treatments and 45% and 54% improvements at 6 months and 7–9 years of follow-up respectively.

Methods
The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to compare ECTT with physiotherapy for reducing pain and improving physical function and physical and mental well-being in patients with chronic low back pain.
The trial will be held at two hospitals in Vietnam. One hundred participants with chronic low back pain greater than or equal to 40/100 on the visual analogue scale will be recruited and randomised to either ECTT or physiotherapy. Four weekly treatments will be provided by two experienced ECTT practitioners (Treatment Group, 40 minutes each) and hospital-employed physiotherapy nurses (Control Group, 50 minutes).
The primary outcomes will be changes in pain, physical function per the Quebec Pain Functionality Questionnaire and physical and mental well-being recorded by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), with mixed modelling used as the primary statistical tool because the data are longitudinal. Initial follow-up will be at either 4 or 8 months, with a second follow-up after 12 months.

Discussion
The trial design has important strengths, because it is to be conducted in hospitals under medical supervision, because ECTT is to be compared with a standard therapy and because the assessor and analyst are to be blinded. The findings from this trial will provide evidence of the efficacy of ECTT for chronic low back pain compared with standard physiotherapy treatment.

Trial registration
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12616001196437. Registered on 30 August 2016.
Patterns of lifestyle-related behaviors and parents’ overweight are associated with increased body adiposity in schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in Portugal
Authors: Rodrigues Paulo Rogério Melo , Pereira Rosangela Alves , Santana Ana Margarida Sebastião , Gama Augusta , Carvalhal Isabel Mourão , Nogueira Helena , Rosado-Marques Vitor , Padez Cristina 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Background
This study evaluated the association between lifestyle-related behavior patterns and weight status indicators in schoolchildren.

Methods
Cross-sectional study includes nationally representative sample of Portuguese schoolchildren (6–9 years old; n = 10,258). Weight status was assessed using the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Principal component analysis was used to identify lifestyle-related behavior patterns. Multiple linear regression models were used to estimate the association between behavior patterns, BMI, and WC.

Results
Six lifestyle-related behavior patterns were identified: pattern 1: consuming iced tea and soft drinks ≥2 times/week, having a television (TV) in the bedroom, watching TV ≥2 h/day, and consuming <2 portions of fruits/day; pattern 2: parents and children remaining physically inactive during leisure time; pattern 3: consuming ≤1 portion of vegetables and milk/day; pattern 4: having parents with excess weight; pattern 5: consuming ≤3 daily meals and skipping breakfast; and pattern 6: not participating in physical education classes. After the adjustment, all of the patterns were associated with increased BMI z-score (P ≤ 0.02) and WC (P ≤ 0.03).

Conclusions
Lifestyle-related behavior patterns were associated with an increased risk of excess weight and the central distribution of body fat. Taking a public health perspective toward preventing childhood obesity, special attention should be given to identify subgroups with simultaneous occurrence of multiple risk behaviors, which is useful for planning prevention programs.
Breast Cancer Beliefs as Potential Targets for Breast Cancer Awareness Efforts to Decrease Late-Stage Presentation in Uganda
Authors: Scheel John R. , Molina Yamile , Anderson Benjamin O. , Patrick Donald L. , Nakigudde Gertrude , Gralow Julie R. , Lehman Constance D. , Thompson Beti 
Published: July 2017

Purpose To assess breast cancer beliefs in Uganda and determine whether these beliefs are associated with factors potentially related to nonparticipation in early detection. Methods A survey with open- and close-ended items was conducted in a community sample of Ugandan women to assess their beliefs about breast cancer. Linear regression was used to ascertain associations between breast cancer beliefs and demographic factors potentially associated with early detection, including socioeconomic factors, health care access, prior breast cancer knowledge, and personal detection practices. Results Of the 401 Ugandan women surveyed, most had less than a primary school education and received medical care at community health centers. Most women either believed in or were unsure about cultural explanatory models for developing breast cancer (> 82%), and the majority listed these beliefs as the most important causes of breast cancer (69%). By comparison, ≤ 45% of women believed in scientific explanatory risks for developing breast cancer. Although most believed that regular screening and early detection would find breast cancer when it is easy to treat (88% and 80%, respectively), they simultaneously held fatalistic attitudes toward their own detection efforts, including belief or uncertainty that a cure is impossible once they could self-detect a lump (54%). Individual beliefs were largely independent of demographic factors. Conclusion Misconceptions about breast cancer risks and benefits of early detection are widespread in Uganda and must be addressed in future breast cancer awareness efforts. Until screening programs exist, most breast cancer will be self-detected. Unless addressed by future awareness efforts, the high frequency of fatalistic attitudes held by women toward their own detection efforts will continue to be deleterious to breast cancer early detection in sub-Saharan countries like Uganda.
Splenic trauma during abdominal wall liposuction: a case report
Authors: Harnett Paul , Koak Yashwant , Baker Daryl 
Published: July 2017

Summary A 35-year-old woman collapsed 18 hours after undergoing abdominal wall liposuction. Abdominal CT scan revealed a punctured spleen. She underwent an emergency splenectomy and made an uneventful recovery.
Serum complexed and free prostate specific antigen levels are lower in female elite athletes in comparison to control women
Authors: Eklund Emma , Diamandis Eleftherios P. , Muytjens Carla , Wheeler Sarah , Mathew Anu , Stengelin Martin , Glezer Eli , Nikolenko Galina , Brown Marshall D. , Zheng Yingye , Hirschberg Angelica Lindén 
Published: July 2017

Background: We hypothesize that prostate specific antigen (PSA), a protein that it is under regulation by androgens, may be differentially expressed in female elite athletes in comparison to control women.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 106 female athletes and 114 sedentary age-matched controls. Serum from these women was analyzed for complexed prostate specific antigen (cPSA) and free prostate specific antigen (fPSA), by fifth generation assays with limits of detection of around 6 and 140 fg/mL, respectively. A panel of estrogens, androgens and progesterone in the same serum was also quantified by tandem mass spectrometry. Results: Both components of serum PSA (cPSA and fPSA) were lower in the elite athletes vs the control group (P=0.033 and 0.013, respectively). Furthermore, estrone (p=0.003) and estradiol (p=0.004) were significantly lower, and dehydroepiandrosterone (p=0.095) and 5-androstene-3β, 17β-diol (p=0.084) tended to be higher in the athletes vs controls. Oral contraceptive use was similar between groups and significantly associated with increased cPSA and fPSA in athletes (p= 0.046 and 0.009, respectively). PSA fractions were not significantly associated with progesterone changes. The Spearman correlation between cPSA and fPSA in both athletes and controls was 0.75 (P < 0.0001) and 0.64 (P < 0.0001), respectively. Conclusions: Elite athletes have lower complexed and free PSA, higher levels of androgen precursors and lower levels of estrogen in their serum than sedentary control women.Abbreviations: cPSA, complexed PSA; fPSA, free PSA; PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome; E1, estrone; E2, estradiol; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone, Testo, testosterone; DHT, dihydrotestosterone; PROG, progesterone; Delta 4, androstenedione; Delta 5, androst-5-ene-3β, 17β-diol; BMD, body mineral density; LLOQ, lower limit of quantification; ULOQ, upper limit of quantification; LOD, limit of detection; ACT, α1-antichymotrypsin
Generalized Bounded Rationality and Robust Multicommodity Network Design
Authors: Sun Longsheng , Karwan Mark H. , Kwon Changhyun 
Published: July 2017

Often, network users are not perfectly rational, especially when they are satisficing—rather than optimizing—decision makers and each individual’s perception of the decision environment reflects personal preferences or perception errors due to lack of information. While the assumption of satisficing drivers has been used in modeling route choice behavior, this research uses a link-based perception error model to describe driver’s uncertain behavior, without assuming stochasticity. In congestion-free networks, we show that the perception error model is more general than the existing bounded rationality models with satisficing drivers with special cases when the two approaches yield the same results; that is, satisficing under accurate perception is equivalent to optimizing under inaccurate perception. This motivates us to define generalized bounded rationality in route choice behavior modeling. The proposed modeling framework is general enough to capture link-specific cost-perception of drivers. We use a Monte Carlo method to estimate modeling parameter values to guarantee a certain coverage probability in comparison with the random utility model. We demonstrate how the notion of generalized bounded rationality can be used in robust multicommodity network design problems and devise a cutting plane algorithm. We illustrate our approaches in the context of hazardous materials transportation. The electronic companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2017.1621 .
Exclusiones del canon. Reflexiones sobre un caso argentino: el folletín de El Orden de Tucumán (1883-1900)
Authors: Risco Ana María 
Published: July 2017

<p>La producción literaria que circulaba en la prensa de las provincias de Argentina durante el siglo xix y principios del xx ha sido poco estudiada en comparación con la rioplatense, considerada por sí misma representativa de la literatura argentina. Constatamos esta situación en el caso particular de la provincia de Tucumán, al noroeste del país. El escaso interés por el estudio del folletín como sección de la prensa escrita y como producto literario que fomenta la lectura ha llevado a la crítica a considerar esta sección como irrelevante. El presente trabajo parte de la identificación de la sección del folletín del periódico El Orden de Tucumán como espacio no solo de reproducción de literatura extranjera, sino también de producción local que dinamiza el ámbito cultural. Esta propuesta aborda las contradictorias posturas de exclusión-inclusión de la crítica literaria local desde mediados y fines del siglo xx y principios del xxi sobre la literatura publicada en diarios de provincias, centrado en el caso particular de Tucumán.<br />Desde los marcos teórico-conceptuales de la sociología de la cultura y la historia intelectual se emplea acá como metodología de estudio el análisis de los presupuestos de la crítica en las valoraciones sobre la existencia de producción literaria en Tucumán del siglo xix. Entre las hipótesis planteadas, se arriesga la presencia de un centro metropolitano académico (Buenos Aires) que construye el canon literario argentino válido para investigar. Las posturas de los estudiosos locales varían en el transcurso de los años, desde una actitud tradicional hacia la resitencia.</p>
Formas de ver y exhibir el patrimonio arqueológico indígena en dos museos de Bogotá (1938-1953)
Authors: García Roldán Daniel 
Published: July 2017

<p>Este artículo presenta un análisis histórico sobre la creación y los primeros quince años de historia de dos museos en Bogotá: el Museo Arqueológico Nacional, fundado en 1938 y el Museo del Oro del Banco de la República, cuya colección se inició en 1939. A partir de la indagación en los contextos de formación de ambos<br />museos, así como de las formas de valoración y exhibición de lo que en ese momento se concibió como patrimonio arqueológico indígena, no solamente se pretenden comprender las circunstancias de ese pasado reciente del que aún hoy somos herederos directos, sino también ganar un lugar de observación que nos<br />permita considerar críticamente las maneras como actualmente se presentan esos vestigios materiales ante nuestra mirada.</p>