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Strengthening Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health Counseling for Deaf Clients
Authors: Wright Garry W. , Reese Robert J. 
Published: October 2015

Much attention has been given to cultural sensitivity within the mental health counseling literature. Deafness has been discussed in the disability literature, but there is little mention of deafness in a cultural context. Consequently, counselors may not be providing culturally sensitive services to their deaf clients. The authors provide an overview of the Deaf culture, describe the unique communication needs of deaf clients, and offer a description of culturally embedded behaviors that are relevant to counseling.Se ha prestado mucha atención a la sensibilidad cultural en las publicaciones de consejería en salud mental. Se ha tratado el tema de la sordera en las publicaciones sobre discapacidades, pero apenas se menciona la sordera en un contexto cultural. Como consecuencia, es posible que los consejeros no estén proporcionando servicios culturalmente sensibles a sus clientes con sordera. Los autores proporcionan un resumen general de la cultura de la comunidad sorda, describen la combinación única de necesidades de comunicación de los clientes con sordera y ofrecen una descripción de comportamientos culturalmente arraigados que son relevantes para la consejería.
International Doctoral Students in Counselor Education: Coping Strategies in Supervision Training
Authors: Woo Hongryun , Jang Yoo Jin , Henfield Malik S. 
Published: October 2015

This study explores 8 international doctoral students' perceptions of coping strategies used in supervision training in counselor education programs. Using human agency as a conceptual framework, the authors found 3 categories: (a) personal and professional self‐directed strategies as personal agency, (b) support and care from mentors as proxy agency, and (c) networking among international doctoral students and/or graduates as collective agency. Implications for counselor educators are discussed.Este estudio explora las percepciones de 8 estudiantes internacionales de doctorado sobre las estrategias de afrontamiento usadas en la capacitación de supervisión en programas de educación para consejeros. Usando la agencia humana como marco conceptual, se hallaron 3 categorías: (a) estrategias autodirigidas personales y profesionales como agencia personal, (b) apoyo y cuidados recibidos de mentores como agencia delegada y (c) creación de redes de contactos entre estudiantes internacionales de doctorado y/o doctores como agencia colectiva. Se discuten las implicaciones para educadores de consejeros.
Simulation of biological therapies for degenerated intervertebral discs
Authors: Zhu Qiaoqiao , Gao Xin , Temple H. Thomas , Brown Mark D. , Gu Weiyong 
Published: October 2015

ABSTRACTThe efficacy of biological therapies on intervertebral disc repair was quantitatively studied using a three‐dimensional finite element model based on a cell‐activity coupled multiphasic mixture theory. In this model, cell metabolism and matrix synthesis and degradation were considered. Three types of biological therapies‐increasing the cell density (Case I), increasing the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis rate (Case II), and decreasing the GAG degradation rate (Case III)‐to the nucleus pulposus (NP) of each of two degenerated discs [one mildly degenerated (e.g., 80% viable cells in the NP) and one severely degenerated (e.g., 30% viable cells in the NP)] were simulated. Degenerated discs without treatment were also simulated as a control. The cell number needed, nutrition level demanded, time required for the repair, and the long‐term outcomes of these therapies were analyzed. For Case I, the repair process was predicted to be dependent on the cell density implanted and the nutrition level at disc boundaries. With sufficient nutrition supply, this method was predicted to be effective for treating both mildly and severely degenerated discs. For Case II, the therapy was predicted to be effective for repairing the mildly degenerated disc, but not for the severely degenerated disc. Similar results were predicted for Case III. No change in cell density for Cases II and III were predicted under normal nutrition level. This study provides a quantitative guide for choosing proper strategies of biological therapies for different degenerated discs. © 2015 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:699–708, 2016.
Ablative fractional laser resurfacing with topical paromomycin as adjunctive treatment for a recalcitrant cutaneous leishmaniasis wound
Authors: Basnett Andrew , Nguyen Tuyet A. , Cannavino Christopher , Krakowski Andrew C. 
Published: September 2015

Background and ObjectiveLeishmaniasis is a vector borne disease that can cause disease manifestations that range from localized skin ulceration to lethal visceral disease. With increased global travel, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is becoming more common in developed nations. However, current treatment options are limited.Study DesignWe report a 16‐year‐old female who presented with several non‐tender, non‐healing CL wounds on her bilateral upper and lower extremities. Ablative fractional laser resurfacing (AFR) was used in conjunction with topical paromomycin via laser‐assisted delivery to treat the largest non‐healing CL wound on the patient's distal lower extremity.ResultsUpon follow‐up after two treatments with AFR, the patient's wound healed completely without evidence of infection and with minimal scarring.ConclusionAFR with laser‐assisted delivery of topical paromomycin represents a novel treatment option for resistant, non‐healing CL wounds. The technique may prove additionally useful for concurrent mitigation of scarring related to CL. Lasers Surg. Med. 47:788–791, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Lightning fatalities over India: 1979–2011
Authors: Singh Omvir , Singh Jagdeep 
Published: October 2015

ABSTRACTInformation on fatalities in India as a result of lightning flashes has been extracted from a database on disastrous weather events of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Records dating from 1979 to 2011 indicate that about 5259 persons have been killed by lightning strikes in India. The maximum number of lightning fatalities was observed in the states of Maharashtra (29%), West Bengal (12%) and Uttar Pradesh (9%). The spatial variation shows that lightning fatalities are higher over west central India. A significant number of males (89%) have been killed by lightning flashes compared to females (5%) and children (6%) in India, which is most likely due to the larger proportion of males working and moving outdoors in lonely conditions. The overall fatality rate is about 0.25 per million population per year in India. The lightning fatalities are significantly more common in the rainy and the summer seasons. Comparisons were also made between the results of the present study and similar studies carried out in different parts of the world. Therefore, this study provides useful information on the risky lightning time in India to indicate a public awareness and lightning safety campaign.
Depression and distress in caregivers of children with brain tumors undergoing treatment: psychosocial factors as moderators
Authors: Choi Eun Kyung , Yoon Soo Jin , Kim Jong‐Heun , Park Hyeon Jin , Kim Joo Young , Yu Eun‐Seung 
Published: October 2015

AbstractObjectiveThis study's objectives were to examine the effects of depression on the distress of caregivers of children with brain tumors and to identify the factors moderating depression and caregiver distress.MethodsParticipants were 82 caregivers of children with brain tumors undergoing treatment in the National Cancer Center of South Korea. The depression subscale of the Symptom Checklist 90‐Revised (SCL‐90‐R) and the Burden of a Primary Caregiver (BPC) Scale were used to measure participants' depression and caregiver distress, respectively. The Korean version of the Parenting Sense of Competence (K‐PSOC) Scale, Family Environmental Scale‐Revised (K‐FES‐R), and the DUKE‐UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire‐S (DUKE‐UNC‐FSSQ) were used to assess parental efficacy, family relationships, and perceived social support, respectively.ResultsYounger patient age, lower family income, and caregivers' greater number of years of education significantly predicted caregiver distress. Caregivers with depression experienced significantly more distress than those without depression. The interaction of depression with parenting efficacy and social support affected caregiver distress. For highly depressed caregivers, parental efficacy, social support, and family relationships played weaker roles as protective factors against caregiver distress. High parental efficacy and social support were protective factors against distress in caregivers without depression.ConclusionsA multi‐dimensional assessment of the psychosocial factors that may affect caregivers of children with brain tumors should precede interventions for distress management. Interventions tailored to individuals' psychosocial factors are needed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Predicting time to castration resistance in hormone sensitive prostate cancer by a personalization algorithm based on a mechanistic model integrating patient data
Authors: Elishmereni Moran , Kheifetz Yuri , Shukrun Ilan , Bevan Graham H. , Nandy Debashis , McKenzie Kyle M. , Kohli Manish , Agur Zvia 
Published: September 2015

BACKGROUNDProstate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer death of men worldwide. In hormone‐sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC), androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is widely used, but an eventual failure on ADT heralds the passage to the castration‐resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) stage. Because predicting time to failure on ADT would allow improved planning of personal treatment strategy, we aimed to develop a predictive personalization algorithm for ADT efficacy in HSPC patients.METHODSA mathematical mechanistic model for HSPC progression and treatment was developed based on the underlying disease dynamics (represented by prostate‐specific antigen; PSA) as affected by ADT. Following fine‐tuning by a dataset of ADT‐treated HSPC patients, the model was embedded in an algorithm, which predicts the patient's time to biochemical failure (BF) based on clinical metrics obtained before or early in‐treatment.RESULTSThe mechanistic model, including a tumor growth law with a dynamic power and an elaborate ADT‐resistance mechanism, successfully retrieved individual time‐courses of PSA (R2 = 0.783). Using the personal Gleason score (GS) and PSA at diagnosis, as well as PSA dynamics from 6 months after ADT onset, and given the full ADT regimen, the personalization algorithm accurately predicted the individual time to BF of ADT in 90% of patients in the retrospective cohort (R2 = 0.98).CONCLUSIONSThe algorithm we have developed, predicting biochemical failure based on routine clinical tests, could be especially useful for patients destined for short‐lived ADT responses and quick progression to CRPC. Prospective studies must validate the utility of the algorithm for clinical decision‐making. Prostate 76:48–57, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Complementary and Alternative Health Practices in the Rehabilitation Nursing
Authors: Nathenson Paul , Nathenson Sophie Lyn 
Published: October 2015

Abstract
This article discusses the connection between the Theory of Integral Nursing and the use of complementary and alternative medicine to rehabilitation nursing. Complementary and alternative health practices refers to methods, practices, and modalities that are outside of the realm of biomedicine. Some of the types of treatments and practices that are considered to be alternative include folk medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, faith healing, massage, energy healing, acupuncture and acupressure, supplements, aromatherapy, and music therapy. The Theory of Integral Nursing is explained in some detail. Components of self-care, nursing-based complementary and alternative medicine practices, and supplement alternatives for pain and antidepressant medications used in the rehabilitation setting are also reviewed.
Multi‐stage quantum secure communication using polarization hopping
Authors: El Rifai Mayssaa , Chan Kam Wai Clifford , Verma Pramode K. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractThis paper proposes a generalized multi‐stage multi‐photon protocol that uses arbitrary polarization states to securely communicate between a sender and a receiver. Because the polarization measurement of an arbitrarily polarized state results in altering the state in an irreversible way, any such measurement produces noise in the measured state. The proposed multi‐stage protocol exploits this phenomenon to provide quantum secure communication. This paper assesses the vulnerability of the multi‐stage protocol to photon number splitting attack and Trojan horse attack. In addition, it presents an upper bound on the number of photons that can be used per pulse to exchange information while maintaining quantum‐level security. Determination of such a bound is important for the multi‐stage protocol to operate in the multi‐photon domain while maintaining a quantum level of security. Furthermore, this paper proposes a key/message expansion scheme that provides another layer of security to the multi‐stage protocol. The multi‐stage protocol, can potentially provide higher data rates as well as longer communication distances. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A two‐sided matching approach for partner selection and assessing complementarities in partners' attributes in inter‐firm alliances
Authors: Mindruta Denisa , Moeen Mahka , Agarwal Rajshree 
Published: October 2015

Research summary: Strategic alliances are undertaken to create value through complementarities of resources and capabilities of the partner firms. This paper uses a recently developed estimator of matching games, i.e., the maximum score estimator, to advance strategic management research on partner selection in strategic alliances, with a focus on the formation of research alliances in the biopharmaceutical industry. We contribute to the literature in three ways. First, we develop a matching framework to study strategic alliances, taking a market perspective that explicitly incorporates key features of alliance formation: two‐sided decision making; quest for complementarities between indivisible and heterogeneous partner attributes; and competition on each side of the market for partners on the other side of the market. Second, we assess the relative performance of the maximum score and standard discrete choice estimators by performing simulations based on known functional relationships in various matching scenarios. Third, within the context of biopharmaceutical research alliances, we hypothesize and find support using the maximum score estimator for complementarity in partner size and in upstream research capabilities.Managerial summary: A critical question facing managers who seek to benefit from strategic alliances is “whom to ally with”. Typically, each party seeks a partner whose attributes reinforce their own. This paper explains that the interaction of these preferences leads to a market-wide sorting of alliance partners. Since the value created by an alliance is driven by attributes of all alliance partners, firms cannot successfully bid financial resources to get access to their most preferred partner. Instead, managers need to understand the market-wide competition and invest in the “right” mixture of attributes to make their firm more attractive in the market for alliance partners. Using this framework, we highlight firms' sizes and research capabilities as two drivers of partner selection and sorting in bio-pharmaceutical research alliances. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Regulatory RNAs discovered in unexpected places
Authors: Pek Jun Wei , Okamura Katsutomo 
Published: October 2015

Recent studies have discovered both small and long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) encoded in unexpected places. These ncRNA genes were surprises at the time of their discovery, but many quickly became well‐accepted families of functional regulatory RNA species. Even after years of extensive gene annotation studies using high‐throughput sequencing technologies, new types of ncRNA genes continue to be discovered in unexpected places. We highlight ncRNAs that have atypical structures and that are encoded in what are generally considered ‘junk’ sequences, such as spacers and introns. We also discuss current bottlenecks in the approaches for identifying novel ncRNAs and the possibility that many remain to be discovered. WIREs RNA 2015, 6:671–686. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1309This article is categorized under:

RNA Evolution and Genomics > Computational Analyses of RNA
RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Regulation of RNA Stability
Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches > Regulatory RNAs
Stability of Cold‐Pressed Oil from Commercial Indian Niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.) Seed as affected by Blending and Interesterification
Authors: Bhatnagar A. S. , Gopala Krishna A. G. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractBlending and interesterification of cold‐pressed oil from commercially available niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.) seeds was performed to improve its stability. The fatty acid composition of cold‐pressed niger seed oil (NSO) revealed that it contained a huge amount of polyunsaturated linoleic acid (69.2 %). NSO being rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was susceptible to oxidation and hence was blended with saturated fatty acid (SFA) rich coconut oil (CNO) and monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) rich olive–pomace oil (OO) to enhance its stability. CNO contained a total of 91.3 % of SFA, while OO had oleic acid, C18:1 (74.3 %) as MUFA. Two blends of NSO with CNO and OO, i.e. NSO + CNO(B) and NSO + OO(B), were prepared in the ratio of 1:1. The blends were further interesterified using the lipase enzyme from Rhizomucor meihei and interesterified oils, i.e. NSO + CNO(I) and NSO + OO(I), were obtained. The oxidative stability of the oils was evaluated by incubating them at 37 °C and 55 % relative humidity (RH) for a period of 45 days. The peroxide values of NSO + CNO(B), NSO + OO(B), NSO + CNO(I) and NSO + OO(I) showed a reduction by 53.3, 42.6, 65.3 and 55.4 %, respectively, while the conjugated diene values showed a reduction by 75.0, 66.9, 76.7 and 75.3 %, respectively, as compared to NSO during the incubation period. This is probably the first report on the stability improvement of niger seed oil through blending and interesterification.
Making reform stick: Political acumen as an element of political capacity for policy change and innovation
Authors: Pal Leslie A , Clark Ian D 
Published: September 2015

AbstractPolitical acumen as an element of policy capacity involves feasibly and successfully steering policies through organizations and systems. “Normal” policy-making makes no great demands in this regard, and so this paper focuses instead on deep policy reforms that typically engender resistance among organizations and stakeholders. Our approach assumes that the nature of these types of changes is paradigmatic and non-Pareto optimal (imposing losses), and take place within policy systems having reasonable degrees of feedback that require policy reformers to negotiate and adjust their reform agenda. We offer a model of political acumen in dealing with deep policy reform that has 10 characteristics, collected under three sub-categories: (1) the nature of the policy problem, (2) the policy response, and (3) policy skills or capacity. Based on this model, we assess the advice on policy reform in the literature and from the OECD and the World Bank — organizations both deeply engaged in governance reform agendas. Basic tools for policy managers are compensating losers, spreading losses over time, grand parenting, and insulating decision-makers, while elected leaders need to develop mandates for change, build coalitions, and engage in heresthetics. At the highest level, political acumen involves the strategic capacity to manage and implement significant policy change.
Rising Incidence of Clostridium difficile Related Discharges among Hospitalized Children in the United States
Authors: Pant Chaitanya , Deshpande Abhishek , Gilroy Richard , Olyaee Mojtaba , Donskey Curtis J. 
Published: October 2015

Using a national database, we report an increasing trend in Clostridium difficile incidence among hospitalized children in the United States from 2003 to 2012. The incidence rate of CDI increased from 24.0 to 58.0 per 10,000 discharges per year (P<0.001) across all age groups, with the greatest increase in children 15 years and older.Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):104–106
MOUSIKÊAND MYSTERIES: A NIETZSCHEAN READING OF AESCHYLUS’BASSARIDES
Authors: Burges Watson Sarah 
Published: October 2015

In chapter 12 ofBirth of Tragedy, Nietzsche describes Socrates as the new Orpheus, who rises up against Dionysus and murders tragedy:… in league with Socrates, Euripides dared to be the herald of a new kind of artistic creation. If this caused the older tragedy to perish, then aesthetic Socratism is the murderous principle; but in so far as the fight was directed against the Dionysiac nature of the older art, we may identify Socrates as the opponent of Dionysos, the new Orpheus who rises up against Dionysos and who, although fated to be torn apart by the maenads of the Athenian court of justice, nevertheless forces the great and mighty god himself to flee. As before, when he fled from Lycurgus, King of the Edonians, Dionysos now sought refuge in the depths of the sea, namely in the mystical waters of a secret cult which gradually spread across the entire world. (Trans. R. Speirs) (Cambridge, 1999), 64
‘STEALING THE WAY’ TO MECCA: WEST AFRICAN PILGRIMS AND ILLICIT RED SEA PASSAGES, 1920s–50s
Authors: MIRAN JONATHAN 
Published: October 2015

AbstractWest African participation in the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) grew considerably throughout the first half of the twentieth century. This article examines the causes and consequences of failed British and Saudi efforts to channel, regulate, and control the trans-Sahelian flow of pilgrims and enforce a regime of mobility along the Sahel and across the Red Sea. Focusing specifically on Red Sea ‘illicit’ passages, the study recovers the rampant and often harrowing crossings of dozens of thousands of West African pilgrims from the Eritrean to the Arabian coasts. It examines multiple factors that drove the circumvention of channeling and control measures and inscribes the experiences of West African historical actors on multiple historiographic fields that are seldom organically tied to West Africa: Northeast African regional history, the colonial history of Italian Eritrea, and the Red Sea as a maritime space connecting Africa with Arabia.
‘I WANT TO FOLLOW KWAKU’: THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF AND HOME BY UNFREE CHILDREN IN THE GOLD COAST,c. 1941
Authors: CAMMAERT JESSICA V. 
Published: October 2015

AbstractScholars of children and migration have recently turned their attention to how children mediate home and belonging, especially through contradictory or challenging circumstances. For unfree children in Africa, challenging circumstances of sale or debt-bondage pose particular difficulties. Despite what historians of slavery have noted of their adaptability for survival, questions remain about how the unfree child constructs self, home, and belonging when transferred over long distances, and when age and size precludes running away as a strategy for survival or return. This article focuses on the transcript involving the testimonies of three young, unfree girls transacted in 1930 and redeemed through a district court of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast in 1941. Though their testimonies are provided within the arena of a male, colonial district court, Atawa, Kibadu, and Abnofo reveal how their treatment, duration of bondage, and geographical and cultural distance shaped their constructions of self, home, and belonging.