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A Preservationist’s Guide to #100hardtruths-#fakenews: One Fake News Preserve
Authors: Juhasz Alexandra 
Published: October 2017

Abstract:The author created a media project, #100hardtruths-#fakenews, to collect and preserve media relating to fake news that was generated during the first 100 days of the U. S. Presidency of Donald J. Trump. Her resulting website chronicles fake news as well as the many media responses to it. This article describes the author’s construction of the site, characteristics of the posts, and ways in which she navigated the large volume of fake news and related posts. The project explores the complex issues that attend such a project. The goal was to induce energy and insight so that thoughtful professionals might save intentional digital news preserves. The article concludes with preservation recommendations.
Born-Digital News Preservation in Perspective
Authors: Lynch Clifford 
Published: October 2017

Abstract:The following piece is an extensively edited transcript of a talk given by Clifford Lynch titled “Born-digital News Preservation in Perspective,” from a meeting called “Dodging the Memory Hole 2016: Saving Online News.” It retains the informality of the presentation. The meeting was hosted by the UCLA Library in Los Angeles on October 13–14, 2016, and is presented online at RJI (the Donald W.) Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri; there is also video of the talk available on the Internet).https://www.rjionline.org/stories/clifford-lynch-born-digital-news-preservation-in-perspective; accessed 8/3/17. The meeting was sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Reynolds School of Journalism, UCLA, the University of Missouri Libraries, and Educopia Institute.
Syllabically-driven stricture effects in Majorcan Catalan high vocoids
Authors: Jiménez Jesús , Lloret Maria-Rosa , Pons-Moll Clàudia 
Published: October 2017

AbstractThis paper analyzes the variation found in Majorcan Catalan regarding the realizations of /i/ and /u/ in contact with other vowels, which depend on the nature of the vocoids themselves, the syllabic position in which they occur, their surrounding segmental context, and the geographic origin of the speakers. Leaving aside faithful hiatic solutions, their realizations range from different degrees of strengthening to fusion and deletion, and further coexist with some instances of /v/-weakening. To account for these patterns, we provide a unified analysis within the split margin approach to syllable organization (Baertsch 1998, 2002), with phonetic grounding supporting the distinction between [+high] and [–high] for palatal glides (but not for their labial counterparts) and the approximant character of /v/ in intervocalic position. We also show that, in order to explain the whole variation, markedness constraints referring to the harmony of segments in intervocalic position (Kirchner 1998; Uffmann 2007), and their specific interaction with faithfulness constraints, are needed.
Studies on the uptake of Am(III) and Eu(III) on ionic liquid modified polystyrene-divinyl benzene
Authors: Dasthaiah K. , Selvan B. Robert , Suneesh A. S. , Venkatesan K. A. , Antony M. P. , Gardas R. L. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Imidazolium bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate ionic liquid was anchored on a polystyrene-divinylbenzene (PS-DVB) copolymer and the product (R-Im-DEHP) was studied for the extraction of Am(III) and Eu(III) from dilute nitric acid medium to examine the feasibility using the anchored adsorbent for their mutual separation. The effect of various parameters such as the duration of equilibration, concentration of nitric acid, europium ion, and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) in aqueous phase on the distribution coefficient (K
d) of Am(III) and Eu(III) was studied. The distribution coefficient of Am(III) and Eu(III) decreased with increase in the concentration of nitric acid. Rapid extraction of metal ions in the initial stages of equilibration followed by the establishment of equilibrium occurred within 4 h. The data on the rate of uptake of Am(III) and Eu(III) were fitted into pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order rate equation. The extraction isotherm was fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models and the apparent europium extraction capacity was determined. The mechanism of extraction was elucidated and the conditions needed for efficient separation of Am(III) from Eu(III) was optimized using DTPA. The study indicated the possibility of using R-Im-DEHP for the separation of Eu(III) from Am(III) with high separation factors.
Jurisdiction of the medical ethics committees
Authors: Voljč Božidar 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Ethical principles of assessing medical research are to the greatest extent defined by the Nuremberg Code, the Declarations of Geneva and Helsinki, and the Oviedo Convention. Pursuant to their directives various national Medical Ethics Committees (MECs) were established which assess the ethics of research according to the risk and benefit ratio of the persons involved. Following the example of other countries, medical ethics committees eventually appeared also in hospitals and some medical and educational institutions around Slovenia. Due to an increased number of ethical challenges, it is of great importance to define the jurisdiction of the Slovenian MECs in order to ensure their coordinated operation. Exclusive jurisdiction of the national MEC includes multicentre and multi-national research, drug research (phases 1–3), high-risk research and research related to doctoral theses. The jurisdiction of the sectoral MECs includes testing the conditions for research, monitoring the execution and overviewing the final reports. A more significant jurisdiction of the sectoral MEC is preserving an ethical environment in their institutions. A network of Slovenian MECs is to be organised in the form of a jurisdiction pyramid where each member has its own obligations and responsibilities and plays an important role in relation to the entire structure.
Running injuries in the participants of Ljubljana Marathon
Authors: Vitez Luka , Zupet Petra , Zadnik Vesna , Drobnič Matej 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Introduction
The aim of our study was to determine the self-reported incidence and prevalence of running-related injuries among participants of the 18th Ljubljana Marathon, and to identify risk factors for their occurrence.

Methods
A customized questionnaire was distributed over registration. Independent samples of t-test and chi-square test were used to calculate the differences in risk factors occurrence in the injured and non-injured group. Factors which appeared significantly more frequently in the injured group were included further into multiple logistic regression analysis.

Results
The reported lifetime running injury (absence >2 weeks) incidence was: 46% none, 47% rarely, 4% occasionally, and 2% often. Most commonly injured body regions were: knee (30%), ankle and Achilles’ tendon (24%), foot (15%), and calf (12%). Male gender, running history of 1-3 years, and history of previous injuries were risk factors for life-time running injury. In the season preceding the event, 65% of participants had not experienced any running injuries, 19% of them reported minor problems (max 2 weeks absenteeism), but 10% and 7% suffered from moderate (absence 3-4 weeks) or major (more than 4 weeks pause) injuries. BMI was identified as the solely risk factor.

Conclusions
This self-reported study revealed a 53% lifetime prevalence of running-related injuries, with the predominate involvement of knee, ankle and Achilles’ tendon. One out of three recreational runners experienced at least one minor running injury per season. It seems that male gender, short running experience, previous injury, and BMI do increase the probability for running-related injuries.
Die Europium(II)-Oxidhalogenide Eu2OBr2 und Eu2OI2
Authors: Rudolph Daniel , Schleid Thomas 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The syntheses and crystal structures of the two isotypic europium(II) oxide halides Eu2OBr2 and Eu2OI2 are reported. They crystallize orthorhombically in the space group Ibam (Z=4; Eu2OBr2: a=709.86(5), b=1200.34(9), c=628.71(4) pm; Eu2OI2: a=739.78(5), b=1295.13(9), c=644.82(4) pm). The unit cell parameters presented here, and thus the interatomic distances of Eu2OI2, are significantly smaller than the ones reported in the literature, which is explained by the substitution of europium with larger barium cations due to the synthesis route described in the early study. Central building blocks of both crystal structures are trans-edge-connected [OEu4]6+ tetrahedra forming straight

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Longitudinal Changes in Body Composition Throughout Successive Seasonal Phases Among Canadian University Football Players
Authors: Kim Justin , Delisle-Houde Patrick , Reid Ryan E. R. , Andersen Ross E. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Kim, J, Delisle-Houde, P, Reid, RER, and Andersen, RE. Longitudinal changes in body composition throughout successive seasonal phases among Canadian university football players. J Strength Cond Res 32(8): 2284–2293, 2018—The purpose of this study was to assess changes in body composition during seasonal phases of the training year among Canadian Inter-University Sport (CIS) football players. Forty university football players were assessed for anthropometry, total body composition, regional body composition, and central adiposity over a 7-month period including the summer off-season and the in-season. Baseline testing occurred in April, before the summer off-season, and follow-ups were completed before training camp, at the beginning of August, and following the in-season, at the beginning of November. Linemen had the greatest tissue percent fat (25.98 ± 6.56%) at baseline, significantly (p < 0.01) greater than big skill (18.69 ± 3.97%) and followed by skill (14.35 ± 3.39%) who were significantly (p < 0.01) leaner than both other groups. Skill players significantly increased fat mass (0.98 ± 0.30 kg, p ≤ 0.05) and waist-to-hip ratio (0.02 ± 0.01, p ≤ 0.05) during the in-season, and linemen increased visceral fat mass from April to November (0.20 ± 0.06 kg, p ≤ 0.01). All players significantly (−1.26 ± 0.30 kg, p = 0.001) decreased lean mass during the in-season. All groups significantly increased bone mineral content during the summer off-season (p ≤ 0.05). There was also a significant time × summer training location interaction (p ≤ 0.05) for fat mass with athletes who remained on campus during summer months gaining the least amount of adiposity. Body composition and central adiposity seem to change differentially among positional groups across the annual training season.
Modified–Thermal Borehole Shear Test Device and Testing Procedure to Investigate the Soil-Structure Interaction of Energy Piles
Authors: Xiao Suguang , Suleiman Muhannad T. , Naito Clay , Al-Khawaja Mohammed 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The intermittent operation of heat pumps connected to energy piles causes cyclic variation of temperature in the pile and surrounding soil, affecting the soil-pile interaction in ways that have not been fully investigated or directly measured. The temperature variation and cycles produce expansion and contraction of the pile in both the axial and radial directions and affect soil properties. In this study, a fully automated modified–thermal borehole shear test (Modified-TBST) device was developed to measure the thermo-mechanical behavior of the soil-pile interface properties considering the effects of radial expansion/contraction and temperature variation and cycles. Unlike other devices, the developed Modified-TBST device is fully automated and capable of combining the effects of temperature cycles with radial expansion/contraction (displacement) cycles or separating their effects. This paper describes the testing device, including the control method for expansion/contraction displacement cycles, the calibration of the shear head under non-isothermal conditions, and the measured load and displacement controls during the shearing stage. Furthermore, the paper presents procedure recommendations for performing the soil-pile interface tests, simulating energy piles and presenting preliminary results of shear stress-vertical displacement (t-z curves), considering temperature and displacement effects.
Architecture and Distribution of Introns in Core Genes of FourFusariumSpecies
Authors: Phasha Mmatshepho M , Wingfield Brenda D , Coetzee Martin P A , Santana Quentin C , Fourie Gerda , Steenkamp Emma T 
Published: October 2017

AbstractRemoval of introns from transcribed RNA represents a crucial step during the production of mRNA in eukaryotes. Available whole-genome sequences and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have increased our knowledge of this process and revealed various commonalities among eukaryotes. However, certain aspects of intron structure and diversity are taxon-specific, which can complicate the accuracy of in silico gene prediction methods. Using core genes, we evaluated the distribution and architecture of Fusarium circinatum spliceosomal introns, and linked these characteristics to the accuracy of the predicted gene models of the genome of this fungus. We also evaluated intron distribution and architecture in F. verticillioides, F. oxysporum, and F. graminearum, and made comparisons with F. circinatum. Results indicated that F. circinatum and the three other Fusarium species have canonical 5′ and 3′ splice sites, but with subtle differences that are apparently not shared with those of other fungal genera. The polypyrimidine tract of Fusarium introns was also found to be highly divergent among species and genes. Furthermore, the conserved adenosine nucleoside required during the first step of splicing is contained within unique branch site motifs in certain Fusarium introns. Data generated here show that introns of F. circinatum, as well as F. verticillioides, F. oxysporum, and F. graminearum, are characterized by a number of unique features such as the CTHAH and ACCAT motifs of the branch site. Incorporation of such information into genome annotation software will undoubtedly improve the accuracy of gene prediction methods used for Fusarium species and related fungi.
Regulation of Axon Guidance by the Wnt Receptor Ror/CAM-1 in the PVT Guidepost Cell in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Chien Jason , Devkota Ranjan , Yosef Nebeyu , Mörck Catarina 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The Caenorhabditis elegans ventral nerve cord (VNC) consists of two asymmetric bundles of neurons and axons that are separated by the midline. How the axons are guided to stay on the correct sides of the midline remains poorly understood. Here we provide evidence that the conserved Wnt signaling pathway along with the Netrin and Robo pathways constitute a combinatorial code for midline guidance of PVP and PVQ axons that extend into the VNC. Combined loss of the Wnts CWN-1, CWN-2, and EGL-20 or loss of the Wnt receptor CAM-1 caused &gt;70% of PVP and PVQ axons to inappropriately cross over from the left side to the right side. Loss of the Frizzled receptor LIN-17 or the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein VANG-1 also caused cross over defects that did not enhance those in the cam-1 mutant, indicating that the proteins function together in midline guidance. Strong cam-1 expression can be detected in the PVQs and the guidepost cell PVT that is located on the midline. However, only when cam-1 is expressed in PVT are the crossover defects of PVP and PVQ rescued, showing that CAM-1 functions nonautonomously in PVT to prevent axons from crossing the midline.
Pollination biology of <em>Agave horrida</em> (Agavaceae) in the Chichinautzin mountain range, in Central Mexico”
Authors: Flores-Torres Arnoldo , Galindo-Escamilla Andrea 
Published: October 2017

Background: the predictability of nectarivorous bats and their greater fecundity efficiency promote specialized pollination systems in columnar cactus in central Mexico. Some authors have suggested the same pollination pattern for Agave genus, and even when recent meta-analysis does not find such pattern, they have suggested this could be due to the lack of descriptive studies of pollination for this genus.
Hypothesis: according to the chiropterophily syndrome of its flowers, the most efficient pollinator of Agave horrida will be nectarivorous bats leading to a pollination system with a specialist tendency in this agave species.
Studied species: Agave horrida and floral visitors.
Study site and years of study: lava field of the Chichinautzin mountain range, in Morelos State in Central Mexico in 2005.
Methods: we studied the floral biology of A. horrida, its floral offer (density of flowers in a given area), visitor rate, and visitor abundance, and conducted exclusion experiments for diurnal and nocturnal visitors.
Results: A. horrida has protandric flowers with chiropterophilous characteristics (larger nectar production at night and nocturnal anther dehiscence and stigma receptivity). Nectarivorous bats were the most frequent flower visitors and the guild that most frequently presented pollen on their bodies. Pollinator exclusion experiments show that both birds and bats can successfully pollinate A. horrida. Nevertheless, the predictability and abundance of the nectarivorous bat Leptonycteris nivalis, along with the greater fruit and seed production than birds, makes it the most efficient pollinator.
Conclusions: our results support the hypothesis of a specialized pollination system towards nectarivorous bats in agaves in central Mexico.
Clinical and ultrasonographic evaluation of the neurological status of children with mild brain injury in acute phase
Authors: Povzun Andrey A. , Shchugareva Lyudmila M. , Iova Alexander S. , Kruchina Marina K. , Shulgina Maria A. 
Published: October 2017

Background. The intracranial changes in children with mild traumatic brain injury in acute period are identified by a combination of clinical-neurological and ultrasonographic evaluations of the condition severity.
Aim. The aim of the study was to assess the possibility of performing comprehensive clinical and ultrasonographic evaluations in for determining the severity of the neurological condition of children with mild traumatic brain injury in an acute phase.
Materials and Methods. Clinical and ultrasonographic assessment of the severity of the neurological condition was performed on 256 patients with clinical criteria suggesting mild traumatic brain injury. Ultrasonography was used as the main neuroimaging.
Results. We found that the diagnostic sensitivity of clinical and ultrasonographic examination for detecting traumatic structural intracranial changes in children with mild traumatic brain injury was 90% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.71–0.98), diagnostic specificity was 97% (95% CI 0.96–0.98), and diagnostic efficiency was 94.9% (95% CI 0.918–0.971).
Conclusions. A comprehensive clinical ultrasonographic approach can be effectively used to assess the severity of the neurological condition of children with mild traumatic brain injury in the acute phase.
Finger reconstruction in children by the transfer of hand segments
Authors: Aleksandrov Nikolay M. , Petrov Sergey V. , Uglev Oleg I. 
Published: October 2017

Aim. We aimed to evaluate the possibility of reconstruction of amputated fingers using various methods of hand segment transfer in children.
Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of the reconstruction of the first and triphalangeal fingers of an injured hand using a segment transfer method in 31 children was performed. Eleven patients had a mechanical injury; 12, a gunshot injury; 7, a burn injury; and 1, a freezing injury. The reconstruction of 32 fingers was performed by the transfer of an intact triphalangeal finger (3), defective finger (3), finger stump (14), and a metacarpal (12). The surgery was performed using traditional (16) and original (16) methods. In 26 cases, skin grafting using donor resources from remote areas was required for segment transfer. Newly developed approaches enable the transfer of the defective finger and any stump of the main finger phalanges and metacarpals, irrespective of their location, amputation level, hand defect character, level of cicatrical changes of the soft tissues, and impaired circulation, while adequately preventing ischemic complications.
Results. Survival of all the transferred segments, including those with total cicatrical tissue changes and vascular disruptions, was achieved. The analysis of results showed that handgrip was restored in 31 hands. The best results were achieved in the transfer of intact fingers. Transfer of the utile segments enabled the reconstruction of the double-sided grip with minimum donor retrieval. Two-point discrimination was 2 mm for finger transfer, 4.5 mm for finger stump, and 6.5–7.4 mm for the metacarpal stump.
Conclusion. The transfer of injured hand segments in children for finger reconstruction provides acceptable functional and anatomical results. This method can be used in combination with other finger reconstruction methods. Advanced technical and tactical approaches have widened the criteria of segment suitability and indications for the use of this method.
Histopathological findings of prostatic autopsy in a sample of over 50 years old men in Baghdad, Iraq
Authors: Abid Ali Hussein , Mohammad Ehab Jasim , Abdulrazaq Alaa Abdulqader 
Published: October 2017

Background: Incidental carcinoma of the prostate is very important is one of the major life-threatening condition for men at all ages. The incidence was found to increase with age. The aim of this study was to evaluate prostatic autopsy samples from Iraqi men over 50 years of age.Methods: 100 autopsy samples of whole prostate were collected from the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Baghdad. All the autopsy cases over 50 years of age died from causes unrelated to prostatic disease.Results: Age ranges from 50-80 years and the mean age was 59.3 years. Benign prostatic hyperplasia was the common pathological finding (92%). Forty-eight cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia were associated with chronic non-specific prostatitis (CNP), 6 cases were associated with low grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and 2 cases with infarction and 6 cases of low grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. Prostatic adenocarcinoma was detected in 6% of the cases. The mean weight was 39.9gm. The mean ellipsoid volume was 34.9cm3. The mean spheroid volume was 36.1cm3. The majority of benign prostatic hyperplasia cases were found in the 6th decade.Conclusions: From the present study, we can conclude that the majority of cases were in the 6th decade, benign prostatic hyperplasia was the most common finding, the most common association with benign prostatic hyperplasia was chronic nonspecific prostatitis, a low frequency of prostatic carcinoma and it was not associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia.