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The use of a pedometer with or without a supervised exercise program for control of pre- to mild hypertension
Authors: Chongthawonsatid Sukanya , Chinjenpradit Wipawee 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
Exercise training has been shown to be an effective and integral component of non-pharmacological intervention for the control of blood pressure. The purpose of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of a supervised modified exercise program of moderate-intensity exercise for one hour per week including the use of a pedometer, and with the use of a pedometer alone without additional exercise in reducing blood pressure.

Design/methodology/approach
The study was a randomized control trial, with an experimental group of 30 people and a control group of 26 people. Participants were males and females aged 30-65 years with pre- to mild hypertension, and who were not receiving any drugs for the treatment of hypertension. Participants of the experimental group were assigned to a fitness program with supervised exercise once a week at the Golden Jubilee Medical Fitness Center, given access to a pedometer, and provided with health education. Participants in the control group were assigned to use a pedometer only. All experimental and control group members participated in the study for three months, as well as a follow-up at the third and sixth month.

Findings
Comparison of the experimental and control groups at the first, third, and sixth month, using repeated measures analysis found that interaction effect groups and times were significantly different for mean systolic blood pressure (SBP), body mass index (BMI), hip circumference (HC), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (p<0.05). Mean SBP, diastolic blood pressure (DBP), BMI, waist circumference (WC), HC, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) within groups were significantly different (p<0.05). Mean WC, cholesterol, LDL, and triglyceride between groups were significantly different (p<0.05). Both groups had SBP improved at the third and sixth month when compared with baseline data. Mean HDL increased in the experimental group and decreased in the control group. Multiple regression analysis showed that both groups were not statistically different after intervention, SBP was reduced in the experimental group when compared to the control group. However, at six months, members in the experimental group reported spending less time sitting or reclining on a typical day than members of the control group.

Originality/value
A supervised one-time per week fitness program combined with pedometer and pedometer alone were not different in reducing blood pressure, as both groups showed decreases in blood pressure. However, the group with the supervised exercise program tended to change sedentary behaviors in the longer term compared to those who used the pedometer alone.
The application of near-automated georeferencing technique to a strip of historic aerial photographs in GIS
Authors: Kim Jae Sung 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the procedure for near-automation of the most commonly used manual georeferencing technique in a desktop GIS environment for historic aerial photographs strip in library archives.

Design/methodology/approach
Most of the archived historic aerial photography consists of series of aerial photographs that overlap to some extent, as the optimal overlap ratio is known as 60 percent by photogrammetric standard. Therefore, conjugate points can be detected for the overlapping area. The first image was georeferenced manually by six-parameter affine transformation using 2013 National Agriculture Imagery Program images as ground truths. Then, conjugate points were detected in the first and second images using Speeded Up Robust Features and Random Sample Consensus. The ground space coordinates of conjugate points were estimated using the first image’s six parameters. Then the second image’s six parameters were calculated using conjugate points’ ground space coordinates and pixel coordinates in the second image. This procedure was repeated until the last image was georeferenced. However, error accumulated as the number of photographs increased. Therefore, another six-parameter affine transformation was implemented using control points in the first, middle, and last images. Finally, the images were warped using open source GIS tools.

Findings
The result shows that historic aerial strip collections can be georeferenced with far less time and labor using the technique proposed compared with the traditional manual georeferencing technique in a desktop GIS environment.

Research limitations/implications
The suggested approach will promote the usage of historic aerial photographs for various scientific purposes including land use and land cover change detection, soil erosion pattern recognition, agricultural practices change analysis, environmental improvement assessment, and natural habitat change detection.

Practical implications
Most commonly used georeferencing procedures for historic aerial photographs in academic libraries require significant time and effort for manual measurement of conjugate points in the object images and the ground truth images. By maximizing the automation of georeferencing procedures, the suggested approach will save significant time and effort of library workforce.

Social implications
With the suggested approach, large numbers of historic aerial photographs can be rapidly georeferenced. This will allow libraries to provide more geospatial data to scientific communities.

Originality/value
This is a unique approach to rapid georeferencing of historic aerial photograph strips.
Holograms in libraries – the potential for education, promotion and services
Authors: Wójcik Magdalena 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The subject of this paper is the application of holograms in cultural institutions. The purpose of this paper is to define the potential areas of hologram use in libraries, particularly in education and promotion, and also in services.

Design/methodology/approach
The method of analysis and criticism of literature was used. Based on a search conducted through Google Scholar for the 2006-2016 period, the current state of research on the use of holograms in cultural institutions was established. Subsequently, in order to find examples of hologram use in libraries, museums, galleries, and social organizations, an established set of queries was used to systematically search network resources using global search engines and metasearch engines. The initial list of results was narrowed down to the most relevant. On the basis of the above fact, the main areas of hologram use in cultural institutions were defined and examples of best practices were selected according to chosen criteria. The comparative method then was used to determine potential areas of application of holographic techniques in libraries. Finally, SWOT analysis – the situational analysis method known to management sciences – was used to determine opportunities and threats related to the use of holograms in cultural institutions.

Findings
Holograms have broad potential use in libraries that is even broader than initially assumed because they are not limited to education, promotion and services, and can also be used in documentation, research and exhibitions. The use of holograms can bring many benefits, but it is also associated with certain risks that need to be considered.

Practical implications
The results can be widely used in practice as a framework for the implementation of holographic techniques in libraries.

Social implications
The paper can help initiate debate on the opportunities and risks of using holograms in cultural institutions.

Originality/value
The issue of the use of holograms has not yet been widely discussed in library and information science scientific journals.
Where are the sleeping beauties and princes in educational technology journals?
Authors: Huang Tien-Chi , Jeng Yu-Lin , Hsu Chieh , Lai Chin-Feng 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce an affective computing-based method of identifying sleeping beauties and their princes in five educational technology journals.Design/methodology/approachThis study develops an information technology-based methodology to analyze sleeping beauties in the field of educational technology. The authors seek to determine the characteristics of studies which trigger the awakening of sleeping beauties (called “princes”). The keywords and Hirsch index (H-index) are used as two essential analysis indicators.FindingsBetween 2000 and 2015, these five journals included 7,864 articles with a total of 77,700 citations and 24,312 keywords. This study identified articles as being in deep sleep (75.7 percent), less deep sleep (14.7 percent), and awakening (5.5 percent) states. According to the analytical results, 431 of 7,864 articles are qualified as “sleeping beauties.” Of the 431 sleeping beauties identified, 232 articles were awakened by trend princes, while 286 were awakened by H-index princes. A total of 128 sleeping beauties were awakened by both prince types. Besides, impact factors (IFs) of journals do not have a significant effect on the number of sleeping articles.Research limitations/implicationsThere are two main research limitations in this study. The first one is the amount of target journals. Only five well-known educational technology journals are analyzed in this research. There may be more valuable sleeping publications in other journals not been found. The second limitation is that the authors merely pick up the lead author of citing papers as the indicator to determine the H-index prince. The contributions of the rest of authors are not taken are not taken into consideration. These limitations should be further studied.Originality/valueTo the knowledge, this study is the first one reporting the identification of sleeping beauty and princes in educational technology field. Furthermore, the authors devise an informational method to determine sleeping publications, sleeping beauty, and princes. A systematic analysis of five well-known journals in the field of educational technology field confirms the existence of “sleeping beauties.” It is reported that improvements to a journal’s IF are positively correlated to increased numbers of sleeping beauties being awakened. To reduce the number of such articles, or to reduce the overall sleeping duration, journal editors should not only seek to raise the journal’s IF, but also strategically select keywords for maximum visibility, and promote articles to high H-index authors.
Behavioural measures determine survivorship within the hierarchy of whole‐organism phenotypic traits
Authors: McCormick Mark I. , Fakan Eric , Allan Bridie J. M. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractMortality through predation is often selective, particularly at life‐history bottlenecks. While many studies have looked at the importance for survival of specific prey characteristics in isolation, few have looked at a broad array of attributes and how they relate to survival in a realistic context.Our study measures 18 morphological, performance and behavioural traits of a juvenile damselfish that have been hypothesized as important for prey survival, and examines how they relate to survival in the field immediately after settlement. These attributes included size, relative false eye‐spot size, fast‐start escape response kinematics, thigmotaxis, laterality, and space use and activity in the field.Using conditional inference trees, we identify the most important drivers out of a reduced suite of 13 characters. Fast‐start response latency, boldness, feeding rates and two measures of activity were found to significantly contribute to survival. Morphological variables and most laboratory measures of performance appeared to contribute little to survival.Results suggest selection works on a suite of characters associated with boldness. Bold and active fish are those that will be best able to learn using public information, but because of the relative naiveté of newly metamorphosed fishes, speed to react to a strike from an unknown predator is of critical importance.Findings substantiate the ecomorphological paradigm by suggesting that selection on behaviour modifies the correlations of morphological and performance variables with survival probabilities, since behaviour modifies performance capabilities by making them specific to context.Aplain language summaryis available for this article.
Arginase and α‐smooth muscle actin induction after hyperoxic exposure in a mouse model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Authors: Trittmann Jennifer K , Velten Markus , Heyob Kathryn M , Almazroue Hanadi , Jin Yi , Nelin Leif D , Rogers Lynette K 
Published: December 2017

SummaryThe L‐arginine/NO pathway is an important regulator of pulmonary hypertension, the leading cause of mortality in patients with the chronic lung disease of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia. L‐arginine can be metabolized by NO synthase (NOS) to form L‐citrulline and NO, a potent vasodilator. Alternatively, L‐arginine can be metabolized by arginase to form urea and L‐ornithine, a precursor to collagen and proline formation important in vascular remodelling. In the current study, we hypothesized that C3H/HeN mice exposed to prolonged hyperoxia would have increased arginase expression and pulmonary vascular wall cell proliferation. C3H/HeN mice were exposed to 14 days of 85% O2 or room air and lung homogenates analyzed by western blot for protein levels of arginase I, arginase II, endothelial NOS (eNOS), ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), ornithine aminotransferase (OAT), and α‐smooth muscle actin (α‐SMA). Hyperoxia did not change arginase I or eNOS protein levels. However, arginase II protein levels were 15‐fold greater after hyperoxia exposure than in lungs exposed to room air. Greater protein levels of ODC and OAT were found in lungs following hyperoxic exposure than in room air animals. α‐SMA protein levels were found to be 7‐fold greater in the hyperoxia exposed lungs than in room air lungs. In the hyperoxia exposed lungs there was evidence of greater pulmonary vascular wall cell proliferation by α‐SMA immunohistochemistry than in room air lungs. Taken together, these data are consistent with a more proliferative vascular phenotype, and may explain the propensity of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia to develop pulmonary hypertension.
Diallyl sulfide alleviates cisplatin‐induced nephrotoxicity in rats via suppressing NF‐κB downstream inflammatory proteins and p53/Puma signalling pathway
Authors: Elkhoely Abeer , Kamel Rehab 
Published: December 2017

SummaryDespite being a potent anticancer drug, nephrotoxicity is an adverse effect which renders the clinical use of cisplatin (Cis) limited. The protective role of diallyl sulfide (DAS); a naturally occurring organo‐sulfide, present in garlic, in cisplatin‐induced nephrotoxicity has been reported earlier. However, the mechanism through which DAS exerts its nephroprotective activity remains elusive. The aim of the current study was to elucidate the possible mechanisms underlying the reno‐protective effect of DAS in cisplatin‐induced nephrotoxicity in rats. DAS was given at 2 dose levels; 50 and 100 mg/kg, orally for 4 consecutive days, starting 1 hour after administration of single dose of cisplatin (3.5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally [i.p.]). The Cis‐induced elevation in serum urea and creatinine, degree of histopathological alterations was significantly ameliorated in cisplatin groups co‐treated with DAS. In addition, DAS significantly restored Cis‐depleted glutathione (GSH) content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and attenuated Cis‐elevated Malondialdehyde (MDA) level. Also, DAS significantly reduced Cis‐increased renal expression of nuclear factor kappa B (NF‐κB) and subsequent pro‐inflammatory mediators; tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α), interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β), intercellular adhesion molecule‐1 (ICAM‐1) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in kidney tissues. Moreover, co‐treatment with DAS significantly inhibited Cis‐increased caspase‐8 and ‐9 levels. Additionally, DAS significantly mitigated Cis‐induced protein expression of p53, Puma, and Bax while, it significantly restored Cis‐reduced protein expression of Bcl‐xL compared to the Cis group. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that DAS ameliorates cisplatin‐induced nephrotoxicity in rats through enhancement of antioxidant defense, reduction of inflammatory cytokine tissue levels as well as inhibition of apoptosis via p53/Puma signalling pathway.
Hyperuricaemia and development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Asian population
Authors: Choi Byoung Geol , Kim Dae Jin , Baek Man Jong , Ryu Yang gi , Kim Suhng Wook , Lee Min Woo , Park Ji Young , Noh Yung‐Kyun , Choi Se Yeon , Byun Jae Kyeong , Shim Min Suk , Mashaly Ahmed , Li Hu , Park Yoonjee , Jang Won Young , Kim Woohyeun , Kang Jun Hyuk , Choi Jah Yeon , Park Eun Jin , Park Sung‐Hun , Lee Sunki , Na Jin Oh , Choi Cheol Ung , Kim Eung Ju , Park Chang Gyu , Seo Hong Seog , Oh Dong Joo , Rha Seung‐Woon 
Published: December 2017

SummaryRecently, meta‐analysis studies reported that hyperuricaemia is associated with higher incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), however, there are limited data on the Asian population. The aim of this observational study is to estimate the long‐term impact of hyperuricaemia on the new‐onset T2DM and cardiovascular events. This study is based on a single‐centre, all‐comers, and large retrospective cohort. Subjects that visited from January 2004 to February 2014 were enrolled using the electronic database of Korea University Guro Hospital. A total of 10 505 patients without a history of T2DM were analyzed for uric acid, fasting glucose and haemoglobin (Hb) A1c level. Inclusion criteria included both Hb A1c <5.7% and fasting glucose level <100 mg/dL without T2DM. Hyperuricaemia was defined as a uric acid level ≥7.0 mg/dL in men, and ≥6.5 mg/dL in women. To adjust baseline confounders, a propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed. The impact of hyperuricaemia on the new‐onset T2DM and cardiovascular events were compared with the non‐hyperuricaemia during the 5‐year clinical follow‐up. After PSM, baseline characteristics of both groups were balanced. In a 5‐year follow‐up, the hyperuricaemia itself was a strong independent predictor of the incidence of new‐onset T2DM (HR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.12 to 2.8). Hyperuricaemia was a strong independent predictor of new‐onset T2DM, which suggests a substantial implication for a correlation between uric acid concentration and insulin resistance (or insulin sensitivity). Also, hyperuricaemia is substantially implicated in cardiovascular risks and the further long‐term cardiovascular events in the crude population, but it is not an independent predictor of long‐term cardiovascular mortality in the matched population.
Witnessed out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest˗ effects of emergency dispatch recognition
Authors: Syväoja S. , Salo A. , Uusaro A. , Jäntti H. , Kuisma M. 
Published: December 2017

BackgroundSurvival from an out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) depends on the sequence of interventions in “the chain of survival”. If OHCA is recognized in the emergency medical communication centre (EMCC), the proper emergency medical service (EMS) should be dispatched and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions should be given to a bystander. The study aimed to examine the impact of OHCA recognition in the EMCC on survival rates and the main elements of the chain of survival.MethodsData from the Helsinki University Hospital's registry of OHCA patients between 1997 and 2013 were studied. Altogether, 2054 EMCC‐handled and bystander‐witnessed OHCA proven events of cardiac origin were analysed.ResultsIn 80.5% of the victims, two EMS units were correctly dispatched and the OHCA was classified as recognized. Achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival to hospital discharge were 49% and 23%, respectively, if cardiac arrest was recognized by the EMCC and 40% and 16% when it was not (P = 0.003 and 0.002). Dispatchers gave CPR instructions in 60% of the recognized OHCA cases. Bystander‐performed CPR increased over time and was given in 58% of the recognized OHCAs and also in 17% of the unrecognized events. EMS delays were shorter if OHCA was recognized as opposed to unrecognized (8 min with an IQR 6.5–10 min vs. 9 min with an IQR 6.5–11 min; P = 0.001).ConclusionsRecognition of OHCA by the EMCC was significantly associated with an increased rate of bystander‐performed CPR, reduced EMS response time, and increased OHCA patient ROSC and survival rates.
At‐sea trialling of the Hookpod: a ‘one‐stop’ mitigation solution for seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries
Authors: Sullivan B. J. , Kibel B. , Kibel P. , Yates O. , Potts J. M. , Ingham B. , Domingo A. , Gianuca D. , Jiménez S. , Lebepe B. , Maree B. A. , Neves T. , Peppes F. , Rasehlomi T. , Silva‐Costa A. , Wanless R. M. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractBycatch of pelagic seabird species in longline fisheries is recognized as one of the most important and pervasive sources of mortality, contributing to an increased risk of their extinction. Uptake of mitigation measures to reduce seabird bycatch has not been widespread by the industry. Here, we present the results of 18 at‐sea trials conducted between 2011–2015 onboard pelagic longliners targeting tuna (Thunnus spp) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in South African, Brazilian and Australian waters, using a recently designed seabird bycatch mitigation device. The ‘Hookpod’ is a polycarbonate capsule that encases the point and barb of baited pelagic longline hooks to prevent seabirds from becoming hooked and drowning during line‐setting operations. The assessment was based on efficacy (i.e. reducing rates of seabird bycatch without impacting target catch rate) and practicality (i.e. how the Hookpod fitted into fishing operations). We observed 59 130 experimental branchlines over 129 sets and recorded a single seabird mortality on the Hookpod branchlines compared to 24 on the control branchlines, a bycatch rate of 0.04 birds/1000 hooks and 0.8 birds/1000 hooks, respectively. No difference in catch rate of target fish species between Hookpod and control treatments was detected. These findings demonstrate that Hookpods do not negatively affect catch rate of target species and could make an important contribution to halting the decline of many seabird populations if adopted as a mitigation measure by the pelagic longline fishing industry.
Investigation of the performance of trimmed estimators of life time distributions with censoring
Authors: Clarke Brenton R. , Höller Alexandra , Müller Christine H. , Wamahiu Karuru 
Published: December 2017

SummaryFor the lifetime (or negative) exponential distribution, the trimmed likelihood estimator has been shown to be explicit in the form of a β‐trimmed mean which is representable as an estimating functional that is both weakly continuous and Fréchet differentiable and hence qualitatively robust at the parametric model. It also has high efficiency at the model. The robustness is in contrast to the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) involving the usual mean which is not robust to contamination in the upper tail of the distribution. When there is known right censoring, it may be perceived that the MLE which is the most asymptotically efficient estimator may be protected from the effects of ‘outliers’ due to censoring. We demonstrate that this is not the case generally, and in fact, based on the functional form of the estimators, suggest a hybrid defined estimator that incorporates the best features of both the MLE and the β‐trimmed mean. Additionally, we study the pure trimmed likelihood estimator for censored data and show that it can be easily calculated and that the censored observations are not always trimmed. The different trimmed estimators are compared by a modest simulation study.