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Calculation of the wave parameters for sea dyke design and upgrading
Authors: Hung Nguyen Manh , Nghia Nguyen Khac , Dien Duong Cong 
Published: December 2014

Sea dyke system is the effective mean for protecting the coastal low-lying areas from storm attack (the most dangerous storm induced phenomena are storm wave and surges). The coastal zone of Vietnam is blessed with wide variety of natural resources but at the same time, it is also a highly storm hazard-prone region. The storm number 7 (DAMREY) arrived in the East Sea from 26th to 28th of September 2005 and hit the south part of Red river delta coastal zone and caused sea dykes breaches at some stretches along the sea dyke system of the Nam Dinh province and big property damages of the local communes. In order to cope with the storm activity which is reinforced in the future by climate change, a Science Technology program on the sea dyke upgrading from Quang Ninh to Quang Nam provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been implemented from April 2007. One of the program’s project is “Determining the wave heights for sea dyke designed along the coastal line from Quang Ninh to Quang Nam” with the object to propose a method for the calculation of the wave parameters with appropriate accuracy, simple for used and suitable for the natural condition of the different sectors of coastal line of Viet Nam from Quang Ninh to Quang Nam provinces and to upgrade and fulfill the wave calculation guideline for sea dyke design and upgrading. In the paper, the authors present the results of the project concerning the input data, wave models and the calculated wave parameters with different returning periods for 5 sectors along the coastal line from Quang Ninh to Quang Nam. The obtained results afford the promising of using in the sea dyke design and upgrading.
Partial derivative of matrix functions with respect to a vector variable
Authors: Khang Nguyen Van 
Published: December 2014

The partial derivatives of scalar functions and vector functions with respect to a vector variable are defined and used in dynamics of multibody systems. However the partial derivative of matrix functions with respect to a vector variable is also still limited. In this paper firstly the definitions of partial derivatives of scalar functions, vector functions and matrix functions with respect to a vector variable are represented systematically. After an overview of the matrix calculus related to Kronecker products is presented. Two theorems which specify the relationship between the time derivative of a matrix and its partial derivative with respect to a vector, and the partial derivative of product of two matrices with respect to a vector, are then proved.
Can dislocations accelerate through the shear-wave speed “barrier”?
Authors: Markenscoff Xanthippi , Huang Surong 
Published: December 2014

The question of whether a dislocation can accelerate through the shear-wave speed “barrier” is addressed by analyzing the transient motion of a Volterra dislocation at the instant when the velocity equals the shear-wave speed in the presence of acceleration, which requires an asymptotic analysis at a double root (–at the transition from subsonic to supersonic a pair of complex conjugate roots becomes a double real —). The stresses carried by the forming Mach wave fronts depend on the acceleration at this instant and are found to be O( ln \(r /r^{1/2}\)) singular for a Volterra dislocation both screw and edge. The energy required to push the dislocation through the shear-wave speed “barrier” is determined by means of the “contour-independent” dynamic J integral which defines the self-force on a moving defect, and is obtained as a function of the acceleration as it crosses the “barrier”. While for a Volterra dislocation the energy-rate is singular at this instant, for a more physically realistic ramp-core “smeared” dislocation model, approximating the Volterra dislocation by a delta sequence, this energy rate is obtained by convolution and is finite, with the same result obtained by the theory of distributions. Thus, crossing the “barrier” is theoretically possible as recent experimental evidence in the literature suggests. A “cut-off” constant that remains undetermined will be found in a multiscale analysis by the matching of the self-force based on atomistic calculations modeling the core to the continuum far-field one obtained here. For decelerating motion through the shear-wave speed “barrier” this energy is released as dissipation.
Unstable behaviour of rocks
Authors: Phong Luong Minh 
Published: December 2014

This paper aims to introduce a new non-destructive testing technique in use for detecting the occurrence of material instability and a specific data reduction procedure to access damage accumulation. An input-output non-parametric procedure based on ultrasonic pulse propagation, and a non-linear analyser were chosen to portray the unstable behaviour of brittle rock material under static compressive loading. It can be used to monitor non-destructively and continuously the overall alteration or damage process so that damage mechanisms could be quantitatively estimated by a dimensionless parameter the so-called non-linearity ratio.
Cyclic behavior and energy approach of the fatigue of shape memory alloys
Authors: Moumni Ziad , Zaki Wael , Maitournam Habibou 
Published: December 2014

This paper presents an energy-based low-cycle fatigue criterion that can be used in analyzing and designing structures made from shape memory alloys (SMAs) subjected to cyclic loading. Experimentally, a response similar to plastic shakedown is observed: during the first cycles the stress-strain curve shows a hysteresis loop which evolves during the first few cycles before stabilizing. By adopting an analogy with plastic fatigue, it is shown that the dissipated energy of the stabilized cycle is a relevant parameter for estimating the number of cycles to failure of such materials. Following these observations, we provide an application of the cyclic model, previously developed by the authors within the framework of generalized standard materials with internal constraints [16], in order to evaluate such parameter. Numerical simulations are presented along with a validation against experimental data in case of cyclic superelasticity.
Smoothed finite element method for two-dimensional elasto-plasticity
Authors: Bordascorres Stéphane Pierre Alain , Nguyen-Dang Hung , Phan-Phuong Quyen , Nguyen-Xuan Hung , Natarajan Sundararajan , Duflot Marc 
Published: December 2014

This communication shows how the smoothed finite element method (SFEM) very recently proposed by G. R. Liu [14] can be extended to elasto-plasticity. The SFEM results are in excellent agreement with the finite element (FEM) and analytical results. For the examples treated, the method is quite insensitive to mesh distortion and volumetric locking. Moreover, the SFEM yields more compliant load-displacement curves compared to the standard, displacement based FE method, as expected from the theoretical developments recently published in [4], [3] and [6].
Aplicación Del Modelo Scor Para El Servicio De Limpieza De Contenedores Tanque (Iso Tanks)
Authors: Fontalvo-Herrera Tomás J. , Cardona-Rojas Daimer , Morelos Gómez José 
Published: December 2014

En este artículo de investigación se propone una estructura soportada en el modelo SCOR para los procesosejecutados por un operador logístico en las transacciones internacionales en Cartagena- Colombia. Se pretendeanalizar la cadena de suministro del servicio de limpieza y mantenimiento de contenedores de circulación internacionaltipo ISO tanque como actividad fundamental en el comercio internacional de líquidos y gases a granelse utiliza el modelo de referencia para la cadena de suministro (Modelo SCOR), con el fin de poder diseñar laestructura de la gestión logística de dicho servicio. Asimismo, se estructuran y proponen los diferentes nivelesy los componentes asociados con diagramas, mapas de procesos y mapas geográficos, identificando los atributose indicadores más importantes que debe tener la prestación de este servicio. Finalmente, se establecela estructura logística que posibilita el posicionamiento estratégico para las compañías que intervienen para la limpieza de los contenedores y se destaca la efectividad del modelo utilizado para el análisis y mejoramientode los procesos logísticos de las organizaciones a nivel internacional.
Vaginal impedometry for detection of optimal breeding time in bitches
Authors: Bergeron Lindsay H. , Nykamp Stephanie G. , Brisson Brigitte A. , Madan Pavneesh , Sears William , Gartley Cathy J. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
Objective—To compare the efficacy of canine vaginal impedometry in identifying the preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) peak to that of currently used methods (serum progesterone concentration measurement, vaginal cytologic evaluation, and vaginoscopy).
Design—Prospective study.
Animals—12 sexually intact female dogs.
Procedures—12 mature postpubertal Beagle (n = 3), Beagle-cross (2), and hound-cross (7) bitches ranging from 7.5 to 27.5 kg (16.5 to 60.6 lb) were enrolled in the study. After the onset of spontaneous proestrus, determined on the basis of appearance of serosanguineous vaginal discharge, serum progesterone assays, vaginoscopy, vaginal cytologic evaluation, and vaginal impedometry were performed daily until approximately 4 days after peak LH concentration (day 0) as measured by radioimmunoassay. Vaginal impedometry was compared against serum progesterone concentration measurement, vaginal cytologic evaluation, and vaginoscopy as a method for accurately identifying the LH peak and therefore the optimal breeding time. Ten of 12 bitches were bred with subsequent assessment of embryos.
Results—Vaginal impedometry accurately predicted the preovulatory LH peak in 5 of 11 bitches. One bitch was removed from the study because data were not collected. Of the remaining 11 bitches, 6 had their LH peak on the day serum progesterone concentration first exceeded 2 ng/mL. Crenulation scores reached 1 (mean, 1.3; 95% confidence interval, 0.8 to 1.7) on day 0 as expected; however, these scores were not significantly different from those on days −1 or 1. Vaginal epithelial cell populations did not change noticeably on day 0. Nine of the 10 bitches that were bred produced viable embryos.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggested that daily use of vaginal impedometry in bitches was unreliable as a method for monitoring periovulatory events. All techniques evaluated (ie vaginal impedometry, serum progesterone concentration assays, vaginoscopy and vaginal cytologic evaluation) frequently produced inaccurate results when used individually. Multiple methods should be used to identify optimal breeding time in dogs.
Collective Rights, Liberal Discourse, and Public Order: The Clash over Catholic Processions in Mid-Victorian Toronto
Authors: Radforth Ian 
Published: December 2014

Abstract: Two occasions when Protestants attacked Roman Catholic religious processions in Victorian Toronto – the 1864 Corpus Christi celebrations and the Jubilee Riots of 1875 – provide opportunities for deepening understandings of liberal discourse in relationship to public order in Canada. The intensity of the religious disputes grew from differences in religious belief and ethnicity and from established patterns of public behaviour. Catholic processionists asserted their presence as a religious minority with a history of collective rights in Canada and as believers doing what God and the Church willed. Some Protestants, many of them Orangemen, tried to prevent open displays of Catholicism in a city that was three-quarters Protestant. Meantime, other Torontonians called for tolerance of religious difference, a position that drew the ire of commentators in the evangelical religious press. The violence and the heated debates about religious rights reveal strong challenges to the making of the liberal order.
Deux scarabées d’Orgamè/Argamum
Authors: Dan Anca 
Published: December 2014

Two scarabs from Orgame/ Argamum.
The two faience scarabs discovered at Orgame in a house dated, on the basis of a stamped amphora fragment and other fine wares, to the end of the IVth century BC are of the "Naucratite type" (Gorton 1996, type XXVIII). For the ICEM 46773, a mould representing the Scarabaeus Sacer in a naturalistic way has been used ; the Tilapia Nilotica, with a Nymphaea Caerulea in its mouth, cast on the underside, is very common on scarabs : the fish which guides and protects Rê against Apophis and which spits its own alevins, like Atoum the Creator, associated with a lotus bloom, the flower of the beginnings and of the "Gott auf der Blume" , is a strong symbol of renewal and resurrection. The ICEM 46774, cast with a simplified mould into an inferior faience, has on its backside the name of Amon, joining up, in cryptographic form, the forces of Maât, Horus and Rê, just like some other scarabs from Olbia, Carthage or Egypt, found in VIth-Vth centuries layers. These amulets, preserved during generations or made and exported at a later date than usually accepted, could fill a gap in our knowledge of the (in) direct relations between the southern and northern parts of the eastern Mediterranean in the classical period.
La transformación del paisaje en la cuenca media del Duero (siglos IV a. C.-I d. c.)
Authors: Hernández Guerra Liborio 
Published: December 2014

La transformation du paysage de la moyenne vallée du Douro (IVe av.-Ier apr. J. -C.).
L’étude de l’évolution des formes d’occupation et d’exploitation du territoire est une bonne façon d’approcher les transformations paysagères qui se produisent dans la moyenne vallée du Douro du IVe siècle avant J.-C. au Ier siècle de notre ère. De fait, l’archéologie rurale et urbaine nous permet de mettre en valeur les différentes formes d’organisation socio-économique dans un environnement naturel original.
Pour une étude des contacts culturels en zone frontalière à l’époque romaine : quelques réflexions conceptuelles
Authors: Morin Mélissa S. 
Published: December 2014

For a study of frontier cultural contacts in the Roman period : some considerations.
Roman frontiers are not barriers between people. They are now treated by modern historiography as contact areas as well as socio-economic and cultural confluences. Cultural contacts are an essential aspect of the development of frontier societies. Therefore historians interested in Roman frontiers have to consider conceptual frameworks of contact situations drawn up not only in Roman history but also in other disciplines. This paper aims to provide some conceptual remarks on the different words proposed by anthropologists, ethnologists and historians to describe contact situations. First, the author addresses the correlation between frontiers and contact areas in modern historiography. Then, she discusses the different concepts of cultural exchanges developed in anthropology and Roman history, including the concept of romanization.
Pedicle digital pad transfer and negative pressure wound therapy for reconstruction of the weight-bearing surface after complete digital loss in a dog
Authors: Van Goethem B. , Polis I. , Spillebeen A. , Vandekerckhove P. , Saunders J. , de Rooster H. , Or M. 
Published: December 2014

SummaryA young Labrador Retriever was presented for treatment of severe distal hindlimb necrosis caused by bandage ischemia. During digit amputation at the metatarsophalangeal joints, the third and fourth digital pads were salvaged and transferred to the metatarsal stump to create a weight-bearing surface. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) was utilized for flap immobilization and to promote granulation tissue in the remaining wound defect. Sturdy adherence of the digital pads was achieved after only four days. The skin defect healed completely by second intention and the stump was epithelialized with a thin pad after three months. At the nine month follow-up examination, the stump had a thick hyperkeratinized pad. The dog walked and ran without any apparent signs of discomfort and compensated for the loss of limb length by extending the stifle and tarsocrural joints.Despite a challenging wound in a difficult anatomical location, digital pad flap transfer and NPWT proved successful in restoring long-term ambulation in an active large breed dog.
Question régionale, identité nationale et émergence du monde urbain-industriel. La modernité dans l'œuvre de Paul Vidal de la Blache
Authors: Ribeiro Guilherme 
Published: December 2014

En soulignant l’actualité de l’œuvre de Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845-1918), cet article analyse la manière dont sa géographie régionale a été construite à la lumière de la question de l’identité nationale française et de l’émergence du monde urbain et industriel. Cette dynamique a bouleversé les paysages et la vie sociale de la France paysanne et agraire : Vidal de la Blache a bien compris les conséquences spatio-temporelles de ce mouvement. Au-delà d’une approche purement disciplinaire, une réflexion autour de son héritage intellectuel nous amène à suggérer que Vidal de la Blache a été un perspicace interprète de la modernité.
Crosstalk among IL-23 and DNAX Activating Protein of 12 kDa–Dependent Pathways Promotes Osteoclastogenesis
Authors: Shin Hyun-Seock , Sarin Ritu , Dixit Neha , Wu Jian , Gershwin Eric , Bowman Edward P. , Adamopoulos Iannis E. 
Published: December 2014

Abstract
IL-23 has been well studied in the context of T cell differentiation; however, its role in the differentiation of myeloid progenitors is less clear. In this paper, we describe a novel role of IL-23 in myeloid cell differentiation. Specifically, we have identified that in human PBMCs, IL-23 induces the expression of MDL-1, a PU.1 transcriptional target during myeloid differentiation, which orchestrates osteoclast differentiation through activation of DNAX activating protein of 12 kDa and its ITAMs. The molecular events that lead to the differentiation of human macrophages to terminally differentiated osteoclasts are dependent on spleen tyrosine kinase and phospholipase Cγ2 phosphorylation for the induction of intracellular calcium flux and the subsequent activation of master regulator osteoclast transcription factor NFATc1. IL-23–elicited osteoclastogenesis is independent of the receptor activator of NF-κB ligand pathway and uses a unique myeloid DNAX activating protein of 12 kDa–associated lectin-1+/DNAX activating protein of 12 kDa+ cell subset. Our data define a novel pathway that is used by IL-23 in myeloid cells and identify a major mechanism for the stimulation of osteoclastogenesis in inflammatory arthritis.
What Does Self Rated Mental Health Represent
Authors: Levinson Daphna , Kaplan Giora 
Published: December 2014

Background Unlike the widely used self rated health, the self rated mental health was found unsuitable as a proxy for mental illness. This paper analyses the relationships between the self ratings of physical health, mental health and overall health, and their association of with the objective indicators for physical and mental health. Design and methods The study is a secondary analysis of data from a nationwide representative sample of the non-institutionalized adult residents of Israel in 2003 that was collected via computer-assisted personal interview methods [n=4859]. Results The self rated physical health and the self rated mental health were strongly related to each other yet the self rated mental health was not related to chronic physical conditions and the self rated physical health was not related to mental disorders. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, those with positive self rated mental health had 93 times the odds of reporting positive overall health whereas those with positive self rated physical health had 40 times the odds of reporting positive overall health. Conclusions The self rating of mental health presents a qualitatively different dimension from mental illness. The self rated mental health is two times more important than the self rated physical health in predicting the self rated overall health
Impact of Patients’ Judgment Skills on Asthma Self-Management: A Pilot Study
Authors: Londoño Ana Maria Moreno , Schulz Peter J. 
Published: December 2014

Background The majority of current health literacy tools assess functional skills including reading, writing, and numeracy. Although these tools have been able to underline the impact of such skills on individuals’ health behaviour, there is a need for comprehensive measures to examine more advanced skills. The individual's ability to use health-related information considering his/her own health context, and judging positive and negative consequences of their decisions has been conceptualized as judgment skills. The present study used a newly developed judgment skills tool to explore asthma self-management practices. Design and methods Eighty asthma patients were recruited from medical offices during the year 2013. The questionnaire was self-administered and contained health literacy questions, the judgment skill tool, the Asthma Control Test, and several self-management questions. Results Sixty-nine percent of participants had adequate health literacy, while 24% and 5% had marginal and inadequate levels, respectively. The high-judgment group referred more to their doctor when experiencing asthma problems t(76)=–2.18, P<0.032; complied more with the use of their control medicine t(77)=–3.24, P<0.002 and went more regularly to the doctor t(78)=–1.80, P<0.038 (one-tailed) than the low-judgment group. Conclusions The judgment skills tool can help identify asthma patients’ health information use and reveal how this use may affect some self-management practices.
Sequential evacuation strategy for multiple rooms toward the same means of egress
Authors: Parisi Daniel R. , Negri Pablo A 
Published: December 2014

This paper examines different evacuation strategies for systems where several rooms evacuate trough the same means of egress, using microscopic pedestrian simulation.As a case study, a medium-rise office building is considered. It was found that the standard strategy, whereby the simultaneous evacuation of all levels is performed, can be improved by a sequential evacuation, beginning with the lowest floor and continuing successively with each one of the upper floors after a certain delay. The importance of the present research is that it provides the basis for the design and implementation of new evacuation strategies and alarm systems that could significantly improve the evacuation of multiple rooms trough a common means of escape. Received: 9 October 2014, Accepted: 13 November 2014; Edited by: G. C. Barker; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.060013Cite as: D R Parisi, P A Negri, Papers in Physics 6, 060013 (2014)