bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Counselling versus Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for persistent sub-threshold and mild Depression (CLICD): study protocol for a pilot/feasibility randomised controlled trial
Authors: Freire Elizabeth , Morrison Jill , Williams Christopher , Cooper Mick , Elliott Robert , McConnachie Alex , Walker Andrew , Heard Deborah 
Published: November 2014

Abstract

Background
Persistent sub-threshold depressive symptoms are important because almost all patients who experience symptoms for more than 2 years go on to develop major depressive episodes. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom recommends research into the efficacy of person centred counselling and low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy for persistent sub-threshold and mild depression.

Methods/design
A two-arm, parallel group, pilot randomised trial to test the key components of trial delivery. The participants will be 50 patients with the diagnosis of persistent sub-threshold depressive symptoms and mild depression, recruited at five general practices in Glasgow, Scotland. Eligible patients will be randomised to receive either Person-Centred Counselling (PCC) or Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT). The primary outcome measures are recruitment, adherence and retention rates at six months from baseline. The secondary outcome measures are changes at 6 months on GRID-HAMD-17; recovery from, or prevention of, depression according to DSM-IV diagnosis at 6 months; changes at 6 months on the PHQ-9, WSAS, EQ5D, and SF12v2 MH Enhanced.
We will provide estimates, with adequate precision, to help design future studies, of the recruitment rate and the proportion followed-up at 6 months; and identify potential moderators of outcome.

Discussion
Evidence of comparative effectiveness of commonly used psychological treatments such as person-centred counselling and low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy is lacking in patients with sub-threshold and mild depression. This study will provide the information needed to construct a trial comparing these two treatments. This would help to inform early intervention treatment strategies for these conditions.

Trial registration
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN Register ID: ISRCTN60972025
An unexpected alliance between stress responses to drive oncogenesis
Authors: Keenan Melissa M , Ding Chien-Kuang Cornelia , Chi Jen-Tsan 
Published: November 2014

AbstractXBP1 is a well-characterized regulator of the unfolding protein response that is activated in response to unfolded or misfolded proteins or nutrient deprivation. The conventional wisdom is that XBP1 is activated to coordinate the unfolded protein response and promote cellular survival under stresses. A recent study provides intriguing evidence that, in triple-negative breast cancer, XBP1 plays a major role in promoting oncogenesis and cancer stem cell properties. Unexpectedly, XBP1 accomplishes this by recruiting hypoxia-inducible factor 1α and activating oncogenic transcriptional programs. This study reveals a surprising hierarchy and alliance between two stress regulators with distinct transcriptional outputs to promote an aggressive oncogenic state.
Higher Risk of Aggressive Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in MEN1 Patients With MEN1 Mutations Affecting the CHES1 Interacting MENIN Domain
Authors: Bartsch Detlef K. , Slater Emily P. , Albers Max , Knoop Richard , Chaloupka Brunhilde , Lopez Caroline L. , Fendrich Volker , Kann Peter H. , Waldmann Jens 
Published: November 2014

Context:Sixty to 80% of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) patients develop pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasias (pNENs), which reveal an aggressive behavior in 10%-20% of patients. Causative MEN1 mutations in the interacting domains of the encoded Menin protein directly alter its regulation abilities and may influence the phenotype.Objective:The objective of the study was the evaluation of an association between MEN1 mutations in different interacting domains of Menin and the phenotype of pNENs.Design:This was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected cohort of 71 genetically confirmed MEN1 patients at a tertiary referral center.Main Outcome Measures:Analysis of patients' characteristics and clinical phenotype of pNENs regarding the mutation type and its location in Menin interacting domains was measured.Results:Sixty-seven patients (93%) developed pNENs after a median follow-up of 134 months. Patients with mutations leading to loss of interaction (LOI) with the checkpoint kinase 1 (CHES1) interacting domain codons (428–610) compared with patients with mutations resulting in LOI with other domains (eg, JunD, Smad3) had significantly higher rates of functioning pNENs (70% vs 34%), malignant pNENs (59% vs 16%), and aggressive pNENs (37% vs 9%), respectively. Patients with CHES1-LOI also had an increased pNEN-related mortality (20% vs 4.5%). Neither gender, age, nor the ABO blood types were associated with the phenotype of pNENs.Conclusions:MEN1 patients with MEN1 mutations leading to CHES1-LOI have a higher risk of malignant pNENs with an aggressive course of disease and disease-related death.
Working towards a consensus for antibody validation
Authors: Reiss Peter D. , Min Danxi , Leung Mei Y. 
Published: November 2014

Commercial research antibodies are the most commonly used product in the life science tools market, and their applications represent a significant investment of time and resources for researchers. Frequently however, the quality of antibodies does not meet the expectations of consumers, causing loss of valuable time and money. This can delay research efforts and scientific discovery, or even lead to false, irreproducible results to be published in the scientific literature. This raises the question of whether there should be universal standards for validating antibodies. During the 1st International Antibody Validation Forum, hosted by St John’s Laboratory Ltd on October 15th 2014 at Queen Mary University of London, scientists from academia and industry presented data highlighting quality issues arising from lack of antibody validation. While the forum identified significant current problems in the antibody market, it also discussed future opportunities for improved quality and transparency by encouraging data disclosure and data sharing. This article highlights the key issues and conclusions reached at the forum.
The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
Authors: Bloom Nicholas , Garicano Luis , Sadun Raffaella , Van Reenen John 
Published: November 2014

Guided by theories of “management by exception,” we study the impact of information and communication technology on worker and plant manager autonomy and span of control. The theory suggests that information technology is a decentralizing force, whereas communication technology is a centralizing force. Using a new data set of American and European manufacturing firms, we find indeed that better information technologies (enterprise resource planning (ERP) for plant managers and computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing for production workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control, whereas technologies that improve communication (like data intranets) decrease autonomy for workers and plant managers. Using instrumental variables (distance from ERP’s place of origin and heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from regulation) strengthens our results. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2013 . This paper was accepted by John List, behavioral economics.
Facility Location with Matroid or Knapsack Constraints
Authors: Krishnaswamy Ravishankar , Kumar Amit , Nagarajan Viswanath , Sabharwal Yogish , Saha Barna 
Published: November 2014

In the classical k-median problem, we are given a metric space and want to open k centers so as to minimize the sum (over all the vertices) of the distance of each vertex to its nearest open center. In this paper we present the first constant-factor approximation algorithms for two natural generalizations of this problem that handle matroid or knapsack constraints. In the matroid median problem, there is an underlying matroid on the vertices and the set of open centers is constrained to be independent in this matroid. When the matroid is uniform, we recover the k-median problem. Another previously studied special case is the red-blue median problem where we have a partition matroid with two parts. Our algorithm for matroid median is based on rounding a natural linear programming relaxation in two stages, and it relies on a connection to matroid intersection. In the knapsack median problem, centers have weights and the total weight of open centers is constrained to be at most a given capacity. When all weights are uniform, this reduces to the k-median problem. The algorithm for knapsack median is based on a novel LP relaxation that constrains the set of centers that each vertex can get connected to. The rounding procedure uses a two-stage approach similar to that for matroid median.
Values for dance making and methods for critique
Authors: Lerman Liz 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Choreographer Liz Lerman has evolved methods for dance composition that emphasize a collaborative role for dancers, who participate in the invention of movement by responding to questions, improvisational structures, and research assignments. She attributes the success of this approach in part to her ability to function as an environmentalist, cultivating a setting in which artists can do their best work. In this article she describes two techniques that she has devised, mutual coaching and the Critical Response Process, which afford dancers an active role in shaping choreographic work and assure a constructive atmosphere for critique and collaboration. She reflects on the values of enquiry, learning and mutual respect inherent in these techniques. She illuminates their role in sustaining the daily functioning of a dance company and in nurturing artists with multi-disciplinary capacity as performers, creators, teachers, administrators and community facilitators.
The RSVP Cycles: Creative Processes in the Human Environment
Authors: Halprin Lawrence 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
What follows is from the introductory section of the now out of print book, The RSVP Cycles: Creative Processes in the Human Environment, by Lawrence Halprin (George Braziller: New York 1969). The book considers ‘scoring’ as a way in which to make processes visible and as a way of enabling participation. This work was developed with his wife and dancer Anna Halprin. She has utilized and extended the RSVP cycle extensively, using it to elaborate and structure interactions between people within, in particular, community movement practices. The RSVP score makes elements of the creative process visible and seeks to aid communication within artistic collaborations. As such it offers a significant framework for articulation, making accessible that which is usually hidden and implicit. Thereby editors felt that it was an important resource to include in this special issue, encompassing insights into the value of scoring, which might be seen as modes of articulation in their own right, and also because the RSVP cycles offer a way through which creative processes can be better understood.
Rising forwards: A choreographic epigram
Authors: Lilja Efva 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
For choreography to be developed as progressive and relevant, it must be specific and act as a translation of both movement and touch, of time and space as conceived realities. Choreography as both action and thinking, develop over time through experience, study and the research that provides expertise needed for specificity. Choreographic practice unfolds in relation to other practices, in relation to traditions, conventions and to cultural attitudes towards both art and politics. In my choreographic work the attitude to the techniques of narration and to language are absolutely decisive. I explore and research this in dialogue with a rapidly changing surrounding world that constantly demands artistic and political positioning. I do, I explore, I evaluate, I discard and occasionally arrive at a good dialogue. I refuse to travel backwards, I like jumping, I fall often and mostly manage to rise with my eyes, my thoughts and my body turned forward. In my text I will elaborate on how.
Closer to the body: Reflections on skript and extracts from collected writings
Authors: Bacon Jane M. , Midgelow Vida L. 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
In this two part article we reflect upon the experience of writing-dancing with audiences and artists in the context of our installation work skript (commissioned by Dance4, Nottingham, 2013). Part one considers how skript engages embodied, felt sense, improvisational and collaborative modalities in relation to the act of writing. As such we consider the ways in which the particular interface of language and embodiment, which is the focus of skript, might allow a knowing of ‘something’ otherwise – be that something a sense of our own bodies, a dance work, a performance experience or perhaps just that moment in time. In part two we share extracts of some of the writings that were collaboratively generated as part of skript. We focus on the work of three performance/movement artists: Guy Dartnell, Miguel Pereira and Rosalind Crisp. These dance-writings are published as they were written in real time, in the moment of engagement. They are edited only for length and at times to correct typographical errors (but only if the errors seemed to disturb the flow of the ideas) rather than to simply ‘tidy’ the text or the grammar. The writings are relational, improvisational and at times fragmentary. For more writings see: www.writing-dancing.blogspot.com.
Animate inscriptions, articulate data and algorithmic expressions of choreographic thinking
Authors: Shaw Norah Zuniga 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
The twin questions of what constitutes choreographic knowledge and what traces it may or may not leave behind are perennial concerns in dance. And in recent decades the proliferation of digital media in our lives has radically expanded that question. But there is much to be done as makers and as scholars to trace and transfer dancing ideas and elucidate the processes by which alternative inscriptions come to be. To address this gap in the literature, this article unfolds the working processes and modes of articulation in two recent collaborative projects that have circulated widely and that I co-created at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD): Synchronous Objects (2009) with William Forsythe; and Motion Bank: TWO (2013) with Bebe Miller and Thomas Hauert. Together these works question the nature of choreographic thinking and seek to expand the range of meaningful articulations of dancing ideas.
Archival intimacies: Participatory media and the fashion histories of US women of colour
Authors: Pham Minh-Ha T. 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
This article discusses the critical and curatorial aims, materials and methods that underpin a digital fashion archive devoted to the histories of US women of colour called Of Another Fashion. It argues for the utility of participatory media in efforts to create not only new historical records of minoritized fashion histories but also new systems of record-keeping. Of Another Fashion does more than simply add to the history of US women’s fashion. Relying heavily on the ethics of sharing and co-creation intrinsic to participatory media practices, it is shaped by a techno-feminist approach to the historiography of US fashion histories in which commitments to cooperation and difference are central.
‘Relics of Former Splendor’: Inventing the costume exhibition, 1833–1835
Authors: Petrov Julia 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Coinciding with a rising public interest in the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, an exhibition of the costumes of the women of Cromwell’s family was staged twice in different locations in London in 1833–1835. The dresses, accessories and related objects had impeccable provenance, as they had been descended from Cromwell’s daughter to a distant relation, Jane Luson. Upon Mrs Luson’s death, the costumes were exhibited thanks to the enterprise of the heir of this collection; in designing his display, Mr William Anthony, a Clerkenwell clock-maker, unknowingly invented the characteristics of the modern museum exhibition of historical costume. Drawing on archival documents and published accounts, this article describes these exhibitions and argues that, although they are the first documented instance of a dedicated display of historical dress, they nonetheless demonstrate the key conventions of fashion curation practised to this day, including mannequin dressing, props, historical and biographical documentation, label copy, merchandising and sponsor product placement. As fashion exhibitions become more common across cultural venues worldwide, it is important to look back at the beginnings of the trend and acknowledge the debt owed to this early precedent.
Do the Over-the-Counter Sales at Banks Expand the Individual Annuity Market in Japan?
Authors: Azegami Hideto 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
This research investigates the effects of the over-the-counter (OTC) sales at banks on individual annuity markets in Japan. The ban on OTC sales of individual annuities at financial institutions was rescinded in October 2002. Deregulation is considered to have expanded the market because it began growing in FY 2001. Life insurance companies also announced that the sales of insurance policies through banks are affecting their profits. However, statistics on sales results aggregated by distribution channel have not yet been released. Thus, my empirical analysis investigates the relationships between the amount of new contracts for individual annuities provided by insurance firms and several explanatory variables, including the number of bank branches in a region, the Herfindahl index calculated using the amount of individual annuity contracts in force, rate of the elderly, prefectural income, labor force participation rate for older men, amounts outstanding of bank deposits, share of owned homes to total dwellings, amount of life insurance policies in force, and male life expectancy. The results of a panel-data analysis over a 10-year period, and including 47 prefectures and 14 major insurance firms, indicate that the number of bank branches is positively related to the amount of new contracts for several insurance companies.
Spontaneous resolution of an umbilical cord arteriovenous fistula
Authors: Mei-Dan Elad , Glanc Phyllis , Hui Dini , Barrett Jon F. 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
An umbilical arteriovenous (AV) fistula is an extremely rare anomaly of the umbilical cord, with only one case being documented in the literature. The purpose of this report is to describe the prenatal sonographic characteristics of such a lesion and its potential complications. We report a case of an umbilical cord AV fistula detected at 24 weeks of gestation in one fetus of dichorionic-diamniotic twins. Color flow and spectral Doppler examinations showed a jet originating from one of the umbilical arteries entering the dilated umbilical vein. Serial ultrasounds revealed relative oligohydramnios and deep A waves in the ductus venosus for the affected twin. Upon performing fetal echocardiography assessment, mild cardiomegaly and dilatation of the inferior vena cava were detected. Chromosomal testing revealed a normal karyotype. The patient continued to be followed for close monitoring of fetal well-being and corticosteroids were administered. Cesarean section was planned for 28–30 weeks, but surprisingly, the oligohydramnios resolved, Doppler studies normalized, and no further intra-uterine growth restriction or fetal compromise was observed. Due to the recurrence of abnormal Doppler studies at 36 weeks of gestation, the patient was admitted for an induction of labor followed by a vaginal delivery of two healthy infants. Given the scarcity of reports regarding umbilical cord AV fistula, it is important to perform an extensive investigation of the affected fetus including karyotype and echocardiography. Furthermore, delivery timing should rely on close surveillance of fetal well-being to avoid the risk of fetal demise.
Graphophonology and anachronic phonology Notes on episodes in the history of pseudo-phonology
Authors: Anderson John M. 
Published: November 2014

AbstractIn the present essay some of what have been the more influential conceptions of phonology are examined in the light of what I see as ‘intrusions’ into its domain, starting with a strand of orthographic influence. I am concerned with the extent to which various ‘phonological’ proposals might be described as ‘graphophonological’ rather than strictly phonological. This examination also reveals the interaction of the graphophonological impulse with the impact of other considerations that are not proper to synchronic phonology. Most pertinent here is the more familiarly controversial formulation as synchronic generalizations of what are substitutes for the diachronic regularities reflected in morphophonological alternations: what I call ‘anachronic’ phonology, associated, for the most part, with the conflation of morphophonology and phonology; another instance of ‘pseudo-phonology’. Scrutinized here are particularly proposals concerning sound structure associated with the classical littera, with the (‘taxonomic’) phoneme, and with the morphophoneme (or ‘systematic phoneme’). Finally, after an evaluation of an overtly graphophonological proposal, the orthographic rather than phonological value of ‘CVCV’ phonology is explored in relation to the inadequacies of the Linear B syllabary.
Out of the spatial domain ‘Out’-intensifiers in the history of English
Authors: Méndez-Naya Belén 
Published: November 2014

AbstractThe article discusses a set of English intensifying adverbs which originate in the spatial domain and share the basic meaning ‘out’: outly, throughout(ly), twert-out, outright and utterly. Most of them developed degree readings in the Middle English period. The semantic associations of the meaning ‘out’, issuing from the container schema (boundedness and negative evaluation), determine the nature and distribution of ‘out’-intensifiers as maximizers with negative semantic prosodies. Syntactically, the adverbs evolve from spatial adjuncts to degree adjuncts and finally to degree modifiers of adjectives, adverbs, and other heads. Their development is viewed as a case of grammaticalization, displaying typical characteristics such as acquisition of more abstract meanings (spatial > degree), persistence, the workings of pragmatic inferencing, subjectification, scope reduction and renewal within the paradigm of maximizers.
Solutions of integro-differential equations related to contact problems of viscoelasticity
Authors: Bantsuri Revaz , Shavlakadze Nugzar 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Solutions are constructed for integro-differential equations
related to problems of contact interaction of an elastic thin semi-infinite
inclusion with the plane, when the plane material possesses the creep
property, whereas the elastic and geometric parameters of the inclusion are
measured along its length
according to the power law.
The stability of some generalization of the quadratic functional equation
Authors: Łukasik Radosław 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
In this paper we prove the stability result for the functional equation
(1/L)∑λ∈K
F(x + λy) = G(x) + H(y), x,y ∈ S,
for functions F,G,H: S → X, where (S,+) is an abelian semigroup, K is a finite subgroup of the automorphism group of S, L := |K|,
(X,∥·∥) is the Banach space over a field 𝕂 ∈ {ℝ,ℂ}.