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Meletius Monachus on individuality: a ninth-century Byzantine medical reading of Porphyry’s Logic
Authors: Erismann Christophe 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe ninth-century monk and doctor Meletius offers in his treatise De natura hominis a detailed and acute analysis of individuality. Through a set of unusual and well-chosen examples, he offers an explanation of the constitution of individuals based on the solution developed by Porphyry in his Eisagoge. After a discussion of the relevance of discussing individuality in a medical text, this article reconstructs Meletius’s own solution. This article also shows that Meletius’s knowledge of Porphyry comes from a passage of Theodore of Raithu that was integrated into the anonymous Christological florilegium known as the Doctrina Patrum de Incarnatione Verbi.
Again on the Historia Imperatorum – and on the Mantzikert Campaign
Authors: Sakel Dean 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThe article examines the portion of the Byzantine chronicle known as the Historia Imperatorum dealing with the Manzikert campaign of Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes. Comparison with several Byzantine historical works shows that most of the said account derives from some now lost Byzantine historical text. The indications are that this was a Byzantine chronicle which served as a source throughout the Historia Imperatorum’s length and whose appreciation is central to establishing why the Historia Imperatorum was written at all.
Microwave-assisted synthesis of bis(N-substituted thiazol-2-amine) derivatives and their biological activities
Authors: Baba N.H. Kumar , Ashok D. , Rao Boddu Ananda , Sarasija Madderla , Murthy N.Y.S. , Srinivasarao Vankadari , Parthasarathy Tigulla 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
New 4,4′-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3-phenylene)-bis(N-substituted thiazol-2-amine) derivatives 5a–j were synthesized from 1,1′-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3-phenylene)-bis(2-bromoethanone) 3 and substituted thioureas 4a–j under conventional and microwave irradiation conditions. All products were subjected to in vitro antibacterial and anti-TB evaluation. Some of the compounds exhibit good activities against Bacillus subtilis (+ve), Escherichia coli (−ve) strains and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.
A new imidazoline-containing Bunte salt: synthesis, molecular and electronic structure
Authors: Sączewski Franciszek , Gdaniec Maria , Data Krzysztof 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

S-[(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl]sulfothioate, a new imidazoline-containing Bunte salt 4 was prepared by reacting 2-chloromethylimidazoline 3 with sodium thiosulfate in aqueous solution at room temperature. The mechanism of the concerted SN2 reaction pathway was studied by means of quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G** level of theory. The molecular structure of compound 4 incorporating a formal amidine moiety was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, while its electronic structure was studied using quantum chemical calculations at the MP2/6-311++G** level of theory.
Conceptualizing the Intentional Torts
Authors: Geistfeld Mark A. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractAccording to the most recent draft of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons, the intentional torts protect the rightholder’s interests differently from negligence-based rules and strict liability, placing them into a distinct substantive category. This conceptualization, however, does not provide courts with adequate guidance on how to formulate the element of intent. Different formulations can protect the rightholder’s interests differently from negligence and strict liability, so something else must determine the appropriate way to formulate the element of intent. The draft Restatement’s reasoning can be easily extended to provide a more useful conceptualization of the intentional torts. The practice of tort law involves the enforcement of behavioral norms, and so the substantive categories of tort law should correspond to normatively distinguishable categories of behavior. For tort purposes, three different paradigmatic forms of social behavior are relevant: aggressive interactions; interactions of mutual advantage; and the remaining nonaggressive, risk-creating interactions that are not motivated by an expectation of mutual benefit. Within this normative framework, the category of intentional torts is defined by aggressive interactions, which involve intentional harms that are normatively different from accidental harms. The intentional torts accordingly protect different interests in a distinctive manner as per the rationale in the draft Restatement. This normative framework straightforwardly explains a number of established rules while also resolving two questions of intent that have vexed courts and commentators. Difficult issues of intent involve hard questions about how the conduct is best categorized for tort purposes. Once the categories have been conceptualized in behavioral terms, the element of intent has a clear substantive purpose: it determines whether or not an interaction is aggressive and properly governed by the intentional torts.
Two new eigenvalue localization sets for tensors and theirs applications
Authors: Zhao Jianxing , Sang Caili 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
A new eigenvalue localization set for tensors is given and proved to be tighter than those presented by Qi (J. Symbolic Comput., 2005, 40, 1302-1324) and Li et al. (Numer. Linear Algebra Appl., 2014, 21, 39-50). As an application, a weaker checkable sufficient condition for the positive (semi-)definiteness of an even-order real symmetric tensor is obtained. Meanwhile, an S-type E-eigenvalue localization set for tensors is given and proved to be tighter than that presented by Wang et al. (Discrete Cont. Dyn.-B, 2017, 22(1), 187-198). As an application, an S-type upper bound for the Z-spectral radius of weakly symmetric nonnegative tensors is obtained. Finally, numerical examples are given to verify the theoretical results.
Biography and (Global) Microhistory
Authors: Gamsa Mark 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis article has two goals. It reflects on the recent developments and agenda of an approach to historical writing that is now becoming known by the name global microhistory, and it analyses the attention which this approach pays to individual lives. It also explores some of the challenges in writing the biography of a city alongside the life history of a person. The city is Harbin, a former Russian-managed railway hub in Manchuria, today a province capital in Northeast China. The person is Baron Roger Budberg (1867–1926), a physician of Baltic German origin who arrived in Harbin during the Russo-Japanese war and remained there until his death, leaving published works and unpublished correspondence in German and Russian. My forthcoming book about Budberg and Harbin challenges the distinction between writing “biography”, on the one hand, and “history”, on the other, while navigating between the “micro” and “macro” layers of historical enquiry.
Magnetic properties of the germanides RE
3Pt4Ge6 (RE=Y, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd–Dy)
Authors: Eustermann Fabian , Eilers-Rethwisch Matthias , Renner Konstantin , Hoffmann Rolf-Dieter , Pöttgen Rainer , Janka Oliver 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The germanides RE
3Pt4Ge6 (RE=Y, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd–Dy) have been synthesized by arc-melting of the elements followed by inductive annealing to improve the crystallinity and allow for structural order. The compounds have been studied by powder X-ray diffraction; additionally the structure of Y3Pt4Ge6 has been refined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data. It exhibits a (3+1)D modulated structure, indicating isotypism with Ce3Pt4Ge6. The crystal structure can be described as an intergrowth between YIrGe2- and CaBe2Ge2-type slabs along [100]. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements showed Pauli paramagnetism for Y3Pt4Ge6 and Curie-Weiss paramagnetism for Pr3Pt4Ge6 and Nd3Pt4Ge6. Sm3Pt4Ge6 exhibits van Vleck paramagnetism, while antiferromagnetic ordering at T
N=8.1(1) K and T
N=11.0(1) K is observed for Gd3Pt4Ge6 and Tb3Pt4Ge6, respectively.
Effects of Two Different Training Periodization Models on Physical and Physiological Aspects of Elite Female Team Handball Players
Authors: Manchado Carmen , Cortell-Tormo Juan M. , Tortosa-Martínez Juan 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Manchado, C, Cortell-Tormo, JM, and Tortosa-Martínez, J. Effects of two different training periodization models on physical and physiological aspects of elite female team handball players. J Strength Cond Res 32(1): 280–287, 2018—The aim of this study was to compare training-induced changes in selected physiological and physical team handball performance factors after 2 training periodization models: traditional periodization (TP) vs. block periodization (BP). Eleven female team handball players who played over 2 consecutive seasons for a Spanish first league team were assessed twice per season during a training cycle. On each occasion, participants completed anthropometric, maximal strength, and lower-body power assessments. In addition, incremental tests to determine maximum oxygen uptake (V̇o
2max), sprint- and sport-specific throwing velocity tests were performed. Block periodization group experienced significantly greater improvements than TP on squat jump (5.97%; p < 0.001), countermovement jump (8.76%; p = 0.011), hand-grip strength (8.22%; p = 0.029), bench press 1 repetition maximum (1RM) (5.14%; p = 0.049), 10-m sprint (−6.19%; p < 0.001), and 20-m sprint (2.95%; p = 0.008). Greater changes in BP group (p ≤ 0.05) were also found for the throwing velocities in sport-specific tests compared with the TP group. No significant difference between the groups were detected for the half-squat 1RM (p = 0.15) and the V̇o
2max (p = 0.44). These findings suggest that BP may be more effective than TP for improving important physiological and physical team handball performance factors in high level female handball players.
Strength and Conditioning Habits of Competitive Distance Runners
Authors: Blagrove Richard C. , Brown Nicola , Howatson Glyn , Hayes Philip R. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Blagrove, RC, Brown, N, Howatson, G, and Hayes, PR. Strength and conditioning habits of competitive distance runners. J Strength Cond Res 34(5): 1392–1399, 2020—Targeted strength and conditioning (S&C) programs can potentially improve performance and reduce injury risk factors in competitive runners. However, S&C practices of distance runners are unknown. This study aimed to explore S&C practices of competitive middle- and long-distance runners and examined whether reported frequency of injuries was influenced by training behaviors. One thousand eight hundred eighty-three distance runners (≥15 years old) completed an online survey. All runners who raced competitively were included in data analysis (n = 667). Distance runners mainly engaged with S&C activities to lower risk of injury (63.1%) and improve performance (53.8%). The most common activities used were stretching (86.2%) and core stability exercises (70.2%). Resistance training (RT) and plyometric training (PT) were used by 62.5 and 35.1% of runners, respectively. Junior (under-20) runners include PT, running drills, and circuit training more so than masters runners. Significantly more international standard runners engaged in RT, PT, and fundamental movement skills training compared with competitive club runners. Middle-distance (800–3,000 m) specialists were more likely to include RT, PT, running drills, circuit training, and barefoot exercises in their program than longer-distance runners. Injury frequency was associated with typical weekly running volume and run frequency. Strength and conditioning did not seem to confer a protection against the number of injuries the runners experienced. Practitioners working with distance runners should critically evaluate the current S&C practices of their athletes, to ensure that activities prescribed have a sound evidence-based rationale.
Increased localization of APP‐C99 in mitochondria‐associated ER membranes causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer disease
Authors: Pera Marta , Larrea Delfina , Guardia‐Laguarta Cristina , Montesinos Jorge , Velasco Kevin R , Agrawal Rishi R , Xu Yimeng , Chan Robin B , Di Paolo Gilbert , Mehler Mark F , Perumal Geoffrey S , Macaluso Frank P , Freyberg Zachary Z , Acin‐Perez Rebeca , Enriquez Jose Antonio , Schon Eric A , Area‐Gomez Estela 
Published: October 2017

AbstractIn the amyloidogenic pathway associated with Alzheimer disease (AD), the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is cleaved by β‐secretase to generate a 99‐aa C‐terminal fragment (C99) that is then cleaved by γ‐secretase to generate the β‐amyloid (Aβ) found in senile plaques. In previous reports, we and others have shown that γ‐secretase activity is enriched in mitochondria‐associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes (MAM) and that ER–mitochondrial connectivity and MAM function are upregulated in AD. We now show that C99, in addition to its localization in endosomes, can also be found in MAM, where it is normally processed rapidly by γ‐secretase. In cell models of AD, however, the concentration of unprocessed C99 increases in MAM regions, resulting in elevated sphingolipid turnover and an altered lipid composition of both MAM and mitochondrial membranes. In turn, this change in mitochondrial membrane composition interferes with the proper assembly and activity of mitochondrial respiratory supercomplexes, thereby likely contributing to the bioenergetic defects characteristic of AD.
The effect of atorvastatin on pancreatic beta cell requirement in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: Sathyapalan Thozhukat , Coady Anne-Marie , Kilpatrick Eric S , Atkin Stephen L 
Published: October 2017

Background
There is an increased risk of developing T2DM in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and there is evidence that statins improve metabolic parameters in these patients. However, there are some data to show that statins increase the risk of incipient diabetes.

Materials and methods
We have previously shown that 12 weeks of atorvastatin improves insulin resistance when measured using HOMA-IR. This post hoc analysis was designed to look at the effect of atorvastatin on pancreatic β cell function using HOMA-β in the same study. In this randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study, 40 medication-naïve patients with PCOS were randomised to either atorvastatin 20 mg daily or placebo for 3 months. A 3-month extension study for both groups of patients was undertaken with metformin 1500 mg daily after completing initial 3 months of atorvastatin or placebo.

Results
There was a significant reduction in HOMA-β (240 ± 3.2 vs 177 ± 2.3; P value <0.01) after 12 weeks of atorvastatin treatment, which was maintained by metformin in the subsequent 12 weeks. There were no changes in HOMA-β after the placebo or after subsequent metformin treatment.
There was no linear correlation between reduction in HOMA-β with improvement of free androgen index (FAI) (r2 = 0.02; P = 0.72), testosterone (r2 = 0.13; P = 0.49), SHBG (r2 = 0.22; P = 0.48), hsCRP (r2 = 0.19; P = 0.64), triglycerides (r2 = 0.09; P = 0.12), total cholesterol (r2 = 0.11; P = 0.32) or LDL-C (r2 = 0.19; P = 0.38).

Conclusion
Treatment with atorvastatin for 12 weeks in women with PCOS significantly reduced HOMA-β. This could be potentially due to fall in β-cell requirement with improvement of insulin resistance rather than a reduction of β-cell function.
TIPIFICACIÓN DE LA SITUACIÓN ACTUAL, VENTAJAS Y RETOS DEL INGENIERO INDUSTRIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA EN EL MERCADO LABORAL COSTARRICENSE
Authors: Roig Zamora José Francisco 
Published: October 2017

La creciente demanda de profesionales con un área de acción variable y flexible, con ideas innovadoras,en constante búsqueda de la mejora, ha llevado a un auge de la carrera de Ingeniería Industrial. Noobstante, existe un segmento de la población conformado por futuros estudiantes universitarios, padresde familia, tutores, asesores vocacionales o encargados de brindar ayuda en el proceso de selección decarrera, que desconocen o no entienden en su totalidad, que es la ingeniería industrial, cuáles son suscampos de acción y cuál es el rol de este profesional en el mercado laboral. Por lo tanto, se pretende eneste artículo, mediante una encuesta sistemática, recolectar la voz de las 441 personas que han cursadola carrera ofrecida por la Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad de Costa Rica entre el año2007 hasta el 2014. Entre los principales hallazgos se destaca que el 28% de los encuestados tardancinco años en concluir la carrera, el resto tardó seis años o más. Se identificó que la carrera brinda flexibilidad para que los estudiantes trabajen (36% de los estudiantes encuestados). Los principales puestos ejercidos por los encuestados graduados son de “Ingeniero” (26%), “Analista” (21%) y “Jefe” (14%) y dicha oferta laboral se presenta en su mayoría en el sector privado (89%). El estudio permite facilitar la comprensión del público meta acerca de la carrera y promover su estudio al brindar un acercamiento de la realidad y las oportunidades existentes para los ingenieros industriales.
Revised Predictive Model for Successful Introduction of Native Ohio Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Select Streams in Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio a
Authors: Amey Katherine Springer 
Published: October 2017

Eight cold-water streams in Lake and Geauga Counties, Ohio were evaluated to develop a revised predictive model to assess future streams for the introduction of threatened native Ohio Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). A 15-month study was conducted, ending May 2010, in streams where Brook Trout were previously introduced during the years 1997-2002. Fifty percent of the sixteen original reintroduction streams failed to support the establishment of self-sustaining populations of Brook Trout, indicating there were additional factors contributing to their success and failure. Of the 8 streams included in this study, 4 streams were designated successful, 2 variable, and 2 failed, in terms of the Brook Trout’s ability to establish self-sustaining populations by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Multivariate statistical methods including Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Agglomerative Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (AHCA) were implemented to determine the most important characteristics in Brook Trout stream selection. Factors found to be significant for Brook Trout success were stream velocities within the range of 1.4-4.7 cm/s, high hydraulic conductivity of the headwater bedrock aquifer (K>4.7 x 103 cm/s), lighter average δ18O ‰ (-9.8 to -10.4), either high percent canopy cover (40%-55%) or high percent instream cover (18%-37%), a high number of cold-water adapted benthic macroinvertebrate cold-water taxa (10-16 species), yearly average hyporheic water temperature of 4.6°C-17.2°C, average surface water turbidity of 7 to 31 NTU and long-term surface water temperature and dissolved oxygen monitoring over both winter and summer seasons is recommended prior to Brook Trout introduction to ensure their sustainability.
Length-weight relationships of the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides - Rafinesque, 1818) in the Western Basin of Lake Erie
Authors: Atkinson Tiffany , DESROSIERS SCOTT , TOWNSEND TESSA , SIMON THOMAS 
Published: October 2017

Total length and standard length (mm) were compared to weight (mg) in the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides - Rafinesque, 1818) in the western basin of Lake Erie. Length and weight relationship (n = 400), length-frequency distribution, and sex ratios were evaluated for coastal and tributary habitats and compared to open water habitats. A strong positive correlation was observed between length and weight for both males and females. For males (n = 195) there was a significant positive relationship between standard length (SL) and weight (F = 935.64, d.f = 195; R2 = 0.989) and between total length (TL) and weight (F = 918.75, d.f. = 195; R2 = 0.991). In females (n = 205), there was also a strong positive correlation between SL and weight (F = 1108.18, d.f. = 204; R2 = 0.976) and between TL and weight (F = 1208.86, d.f. = 204; R2 = 0.983). This same positive relationship between SL and weight (F = 1909.58, d.f. = 399; R2 = 0.984,) and between TL and weight (F = 1960.07, d.f. = 399; R2 = 0.988) that was found for the individual sexes was present in the combined data for the two sexes. Length-weight relationship patterns in Emerald Shiner were significantly influenced by sex (ANCOVA, F= 313.03, p < 0.01) and habitat (ANCOVA, F = 6.693, p = 0.013). Three separate age classes were distinguished in the data. Age 0 males ranged from 15-33 mm TL, while age 0 females ranged from 18-30 mm TL. Age I males ranged from 39-78 mm TL and Age I females ranged from 42-78 mm TL. Age II+ males ranged from 78-111 mm TL and Age II+ females ranged from 81-108 mm TL. Emerald Shiner exhibit indeterminate growth and sex influenced growth patterns based on the von Bertalanffy growth model.
Low Occupancy Rates of Artificial Nest Cavities by European Starlings
Authors: Seamans Thomas W. , Blackwell Bradley F. , Tyson Laura A. 
Published: October 2017

European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are known for their generalist ecological requirements and compete for available cavity nest sites with native species. Our purpose was to revisit recent findings with regard to Starling selection of artificial nest structures. In previous studies involving Starling use of wooden nest boxes in northern Ohio, USA, Starling occupancy across sites ranged from 67% to 100%; use by native species was minimal. In this study, we made available 25 wooden boxes and 25 PVC nest tubes for Starling nesting, but we were forced to forego planned treatments because of low Starling occupancy rates. We found a maximum occupancy rate of 40% for Starlings, whereas Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) and Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) had a combined minimal occupancy rate of 52%. We speculate that an increase in availability of dead ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) due to damage by the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), as well as a potential increase in natural cavities due to an increasing Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) population might explain our findings. With potentially fewer Starlings selecting artificial structures native species might now exploit these artificial nest sites.
Leptodora kindtii Population Dynamics in the Island Region of Western Lake Erie before and after the Invasion of the Predacious Cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus
Authors: Simpson K. E. , Edwards W J , Kane Douglas Donald 
Published: October 2017

Competition among native and non-native species can cause decreases in population size and production of both species. The native predaceous crustacean zooplankter Leptodora kindtii shares a similar niche with the invasive Bythotrephes longimanus in Lake Erie. This niche overlap may contribute to the decline in abundance and production of Leptodora in the western basin of Lake Erie. Historical (1946) and recent (2006) data were used to determine if the decline in Leptodora abundance and production was associated with the effects of Bythotrephes, which invaded Lake Erie in the mid-1980’s. Pre-invasion abundances and lengths of L. kindtii were compared with current data (2006). A change in prey community abundance, composition and dynamics were observed, relative to pre-invasion, with a marked decline in.abundance and size of L. kindtii after the invasion of Bythotrephes. Competition for food and direct predation are two explanations, among others, for the declines observed in L. kindtii size, abundance and production that have occurred since B. longimanus invasion.