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Influences of two life‐history stages of the weevil, Larinus minutus, on its host plant Centaurea diffusa
Authors: STEPHENS ANDREA E. A. , MYERS JUDITH H. 
Published: January 2013

1. We hypothesised that, for weed biological control, using species that feed as both adults and larvae would be advantageous. Here, we test the impacts of adult and larval feeding of Larinus minutus (Col.: Curculionidae), a successful biological control agent of diffuse knapweed, Centaurea diffusa (Asteraceae), in British Columbia, Canada.2. At one site, the observations of the present study showed that the intensity of adult weevil feeding did not predict the level of larval attack. Experiments found no evidence for plant‐mediated competition between the life‐history stages.3. At two sites and in two years, experimental manipulations of adult and/or larval feeding damage were conducted and plant performance measured. Neither antagonistic nor synergistic interactions occurred, but at each of the two sites a different life‐history stage was responsible for reduction in the number of seeds produced by the plants.4. Although one of the two different feeding modes was redundant at each site, the ability of adults and larvae to reduce plant performance in different areas makes the species effective in a wider range of environments.
Experimental evidence for weak effects of fire ants in a naturally invaded pine‐savanna ecosystem in north Florida
Authors: KING JOSHUA R. , TSCHINKEL WALTER R. 
Published: January 2013

1. Fire ants naturally invade some undisturbed ecosystems of high conservation value and may negatively impact co‐occurring ants.2. Over 3 years, fire ants were added and removed from a longleaf pine savanna ecosystem that naturally supports a low density of fire ants. Impacts on co‐occurring ants were monitored using pitfall traps.3. Treatments resulted in significant differences in average fire ant abundance across all plots only in the first year of the experiment. Fire ants had little discernible impact. The abundance and species richness of co‐occurring ants in removal plots never differed from unmanipulated control plots. The abundance of co‐occurring ants was very slightly lower and ant species richness was slightly higher where Solenopsis invicta Buren colonies were added, but neither contrast was significant.4. The poor conditions in this habitat for many native ants may explain this outcome. More broadly, the impact of fire ants on ant assemblages still appears to be secondary and largely a consequence of human impacts on the environment.
Chinese mantids gut toxic monarch caterpillars: avoidance of prey defence?
Authors: RAFTER JAMIE L. , AGRAWAL ANURAG A. , PREISSER EVAN L. 
Published: January 2013

1. Monarch caterpillars,Danaus plexippus(Linnaeus), feed on milkweed plants in the genusAsclepiasand sequester cardenolides as an anti–predator defence. However, some predators are able to consume this otherwise unpalatable prey.2. Chinese mantids,Tenodera sinensis(Saussure), were observed consuming monarch caterpillars by ‘gutting’ them (i.e. removing the gut and associated internal organs). They then feed on the body of this herbivore without any apparent ill effects.3. How adultT. sinensishandle and consume toxic (D. plexippus) and non–toxic [Ostrinia nubilalis(Hübner) andGalleria mellonella(Linnaeus)] caterpillars was explored. The differences in the carbon/nitrogen (C:N) ratio and cardenolide content of monarch tissue consumed or discarded by mantids were analysed.4. Mantids gutted monarchs while wholly consuming non–toxic species. Monarch gut tissue had a higher C:N ratio than non–gut tissue, confirming the presence of plant material. Although there were more cardenolide peaks in the monarch body compared with gut tissue, the total cardenolide concentration and polarity index did not differ.5. AlthoughT. sinensistreated toxic prey differently than non–toxic prey, gutting did not decrease the mantid's total cardenolide intake. As other predators consume monarch caterpillars whole, this behaviour may be rooted in species–specific vulnerability to particular cardenolides or simply reflect a preference for high–N tissues.
Body size variation among invertebrates inhabiting different canopy microhabitat: flower visitors are smaller
Authors: WARDHAUGH CARL W. , EDWARDS WILL , STORK NIGEL E. 
Published: January 2013

1. Factors such as reproductive fitness, climatic tolerance, predation pressure, energetic requirements and the quality and quantity of food sources all correlate with invertebrate body sizes.2. This study examines body size variation between an invertebrate community inhabiting five different microhabitats (mature leaves, new leaves, flowers, fruit and suspended dead wood) that differ in quality, quantity, and availability in an Australian tropical rainforest canopy.3. Mean body size varied significantly between invertebrate and beetle feeding guilds across microhabitats. Phylogenetically independent contrasts revealed that invertebrate taxonomic groups were significantly smaller on flowers than on mature and new leaves. Size differences between microhabitats were most pronounced among herbivorous taxa (Hemiptera, Lepidoptera). In particular, the immature stages or those groups that develop on flowers were significantly smaller on flowers and larger on leaves than expected. Taxonomic groups with many strong flying species, especially those that complete larval development on resources other than flowers, typically showed no differences in body size across microhabitats.4. There are a number of potential hypotheses for the smaller body sizes of flower visitors, including: (i) differences in the physical sizes of the microhabitats; (ii) variation in time–dependent mortality risks that influence development times; and (iii) differences in the nutritional quality of the microhabitats, which can influence body size via metabolic pathways.5. The findings of this study do not support hypothesis (i) (with the possible exception of one or two predatory groups). It is suggested that hypotheses (ii (time–dependent mortality factors) and particularly (iii) (nutritional variation) may be the best avenues for future study as the main drivers of body size differences between microhabitats.
Exploration of Lagged Associations using Longitudinal Data
Authors: Heagerty Patrick J. , Comstock Bryan A. 
Published: January 2013

SummarySeveral statistical approaches for the analysis of longitudinal data require that models be correctly specified for the association between a current outcome and the full history of past outcomes and time‐dependent exposures. It is empirically challenging to determine the specific aspects of the outcome and/or exposure history that are predictive of a current outcome because the potential number of variables representing the history can be quite large. The purpose of this article is to outline statistical methods that can characterize lagged effects and to provide a structured approach for data analysis with the goal of appropriate model development. One of the main contributions of the article is to emphasize the possibility that in practice transition models may frequently require more than simple additive and linear models for the predictors representing the history of the outcome and covariate processes. We illustrate the concepts using an example from anemia treatment for dialysis patients and show how linear models can be specified with flexible dependence on exposure and/or outcome histories.
I'm free but I'll comply with your request: generalization and multidimensional effects of the “evoking freedom” technique
Authors: Guéguen Nicolas , Joule Robert‐Vincent , Halimi‐Falkowicz Séverine , Pascual Alexandre , Fischer‐Lokou Jacques , Dufourcq‐Brana Maya 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe “evoking freedom” technique is a verbal compliance procedure that solicits someone to comply with a request by simply telling them they are free to accept or to refuse the request. The measure of the efficiency of this technique on compliance with large samples and the evaluation of its influence on various requests was tested in the first set of experiments. This technique was found to be efficient in increasing the number of people who agreed to give money to a requester, the number of smokers who agreed to give a cigarette, passersby who agreed to respond to a survey, and homeowners who agreed to buy pancakes. In the second set of experiments in which the mode of interaction between the requester and the person solicited was tested, the “evoking freedom” technique was found to be associated with greater compliance with a request addressed by mail and through face‐to‐face, phone‐to‐phone, or computer‐mediated interaction. The third set of experiments tested the effect of semantic variations of the “evoking freedom” technique and the weight of the repetition of the semantic evocation of freedom. These later experiments that used various phrases evoking the freedom to comply were found to be associated with greater compliance. Moreover, a double evocation of freedom was associated with even greater compliance than a single evocation. The importance of this technique for commitment communication is discussed.
Selective exposure among advisors: the impact of impression motivation
Authors: Kastenmüller Andreas , Jonas Eva , Fischer Peter , Frey Dieter , Fischer Julia 
Published: January 2013

AbstractAudience confirmation bias (ACB) refers to the extent to which people prefer information supporting (vs. conflicting with) their audience's views. In two studies, we showed that advisors shifted their ACB toward the needs of their advisees (i.e., audience): When advisors were led to believe that their advisees wanted to defend their views, the ACB was higher compared with when advisees were open minded for critique. Study 2 indicated that this pattern occurred because advisors wanted to have a pleasant interaction with their advisees (impression motivation): Whereas impression‐motivated advisors exhibited a stronger ACB when they were asked to give advice to a defensive (vs. open‐minded) advisee, accuracy‐motivated advisors showed a balanced ACB, regardless of their advisee's needs.
Sometimes it's easier to forgive my transgressor than your transgressor: effects of subjective temporal distance on forgiveness for harm to self or close other
Authors: Cheung Irene , Olson James M. 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe present research extended previous work on the third‐party (un)forgiveness effect—the tendency to be more forgiving for transgressions committed against the self than a close other—by testing how subjective temporal distance of first‐ and third‐party transgressions might influence the forgiveness process. Participants recalled a time in which they or a close other was harmed by another person, and was then made to feel either distant from or close to the transgression. As predicted, third‐party (un)forgiveness was observed when transgressions felt distant, but not when transgressions felt recent. Implications for restoring and maintaining positive relationships are discussed.
Centrifugal Fires. Consuming Desires and the Performative Female Subject in Karin Michaelis’s The Dangerous Age
Authors: Wood Madeleine 
Published: January 2013

Despite the ‘sensational’ status of Karin Michaelis’s The Dangerous Age at the time of its original publication in 1910, English‐language criticism of the novel is still problematically scarce, and the radicalism of Michaelis’s psychological vision remains unexplored. This essay will create a dialogue between The Dangerous Age, Freudian and post‐Freudian psychoanalysis, and Judith Butler’s seminal work, Bodies That Matter, arguing through this dialogue that Michaelis self‐consciously negotiates constructivist and essentialist concepts of gender. The essay will examine the narratological, psychological and physical modalities of performance, concluding with an analysis of desire, creativity and sublimation. The image of widow sacrifice recurs throughout the novel as the social and psychological symbol of women’s gendered subordination; however, by refiguring the theme of ‘sacrifice’ through Jeanne, Michaelis simultaneously uses the idea of sacrifice to reassert the potency of female desire and speech.The Dangerous Age plays with the possibilities of subjective dissolution by presenting us with a heroine and narrator at the brink of a bodily crisis: the menopause. Looked at through a patriarchal lens, the menopause is the point at which the female body stops performing its ‘proper’ reproductive function. Exploiting this view, Michaelis uses the ‘crisis’ of the menopause to reflect upon patriarchy as a whole.
Protocol for the Perfusion and Angiography Imaging Sub-Study of the Third International Stroke Trial (IST-3) of Alteplase Treatment within Six-Hours of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Authors: Wardlaw Joanna M. , von Kummer Rudiger , Carpenter Trevor , Parsons Mark , Lindley Richard I. , Cohen Geoff , Murray Veronica , Kobayashi Adam , Peeters Andre , Chappell Francesca , Sandercock Peter A. G. 
Published: January 2013

Rationale Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator improves outcomes in patients treated early after stroke but at the risk of causing intracranial hemorrhage. Restricting recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator use to patients with evidence of still salvageable tissue, or with definite arterial occlusion, might help reduce risk, increase benefit and identify patients for treatment at late time windows. Aims To determine if perfusion or angiographic imaging with computed tomography or magnetic resonance help identify patients who are more likely to benefit from recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator in the context of a large multicenter randomized trial of recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator given within six-hours of onset of acute ischemic stroke, the Third International Stroke Trial. Design Third International Stroke Trial is a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial testing recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator (0·9 mg/kg, maximum dose 90 mg) started up to six-hours after onset of acute ischemic stroke, in patients with no clear indication for or contraindication to recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator. Brain imaging (computed tomography or magnetic resonance) was mandatory pre-randomization to exclude hemorrhage. Scans were read centrally, blinded to treatment and clinical information. In centers where perfusion and/or angiography imaging were used routinely in stroke, these images were also collected centrally, processed and assessed using validated visual scores and computational measures. Study outcomes The primary outcome in Third International Stroke Trial is alive and independent (Oxford Handicap Score 0–2) at 6 months; secondary outcomes are symptomatic and fatal intracranial hemorrhage, early and late death. The perfusion and angiography study additionally will examine interactions between recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator and clinical outcomes, infarct growth and recanalization in the presence or absence of perfusion lesions and/or arterial occlusion at presentation. The study is registered ISRCTN25765518.
Intergenerational Transmission of Influence and Family Pattern: Some French Perspectives
Authors: Lassmann Wolfgang 
Published: January 2013

AbstractFrench psychoanalysis offers a wide range of studies on the problems of intergenerational transmission within families. In this paper I focus on four authors whose work, though important, has remained largely untranslated. The paper studies Serge Lebovici's emphasis on ‘fantasmatic interactions’ and Alain de Mijolla's reflection on ‘unconscious identification’ and strives to understand how Claude Nachin and Serge Tisseron, two followers of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, have presented and developed further ideas of ‘the phantom’ and ‘the crypt’. I try to place the debate within its French context and argue for its relevance in presenting building blocks of understanding in an important area of concern to psychoanalysis.
Skin and the Non‐Human Human: Transformation and Reversal in Titian's The Flaying of Marsyas
Authors: Rösing Lilian Munk 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe article puts forward an aesthetic and psychoanalytic analysis of Titian's painting, The Flaying of Marsyas, arguing that the painting is a reflection on the human subject as a being constituted by skin and by a core of non‐humanity. The analysis is partly an answer to Melanie Hart's (2007) article ‘Visualizing the mind: Looking at Titian's Flaying of Marsyas', addressing features of the painting not commented on by Hart, and supplementing Hart's (Kleinian) theoretical frame by involving Didier Anzieu's ‘skin ego’, Slavoj Zizek's concept of the ‘non‐human’, Giorgio Agamben's term of the ‘Muselmann’, and Anton Ehrenzweig's psychoanalytic theory of artistic creation. Whereas Hart is focusing on form and colour, I also turn my attention towards the texture of the painting.
Dietary Nutrients and Urinary Incontinence in Japanese Adults
Authors: HIRAYAMA Fumi , LEE Andy H. 
Published: January 2013

Objectives: To investigate the association between dietary nutrients and urinary incontinence (UI) among Japanese adults.Methods: A total of 1017 adults (710 men and 307 women) were recruited from the community in central and southern Japan. A structured questionnaire, incorporating the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire‐Short Form (ICIQ‐SF) and a validated food frequency questionnaire, was administered to participants by face‐to‐face interview. Information on dietary nutrients intake from each food item was obtained using the Japanese food composition tables. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the association between nutrients intake and the prevalence of UI.Results: The observed prevalence of UI was 8.7% (n = 62) for men (mean age 62.5 years) and 29% (n = 89) for women (mean age 62.0 years) based on the ICIQ‐SF criterion. Of the 50 dietary nutrients and micronutrients considered, soluble fiber (P = 0.03) and omega‐6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (P = 0.01) were found to be inversely associated with the UI prevalence for men, whereas increasing the intake of lutein/zeaxanthin appeared to be marginally associated (P = 0.04) with a reduced risk of UI for women.Conclusion: Three dietary nutrients have been identified to be associated with UI in middle‐aged and older Japanese adults. Further research and clinical trials are needed to ascertain the effects of dietary nutrients on UI.
Harmony with Diversity: China’s Preferred World Order and Weakening Western Influence in the Developing World
Authors: van der Putten Frans‐Paul 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe Chinese government says that it supports the notion of international diversity of political‐economic systems. This should not be regarded as mere propaganda. Apart from a brief period during the Cultural Revolution, China never was interested in exporting its ideology or in trying to turn other countries into a replication of itself. It is unlikely that China will change its attitude in this regard, even as it emerges as a new superpower. On the contrary: as it becomes more influential at the multilateral level, it is likely that China will promote political‐economic diversity as a major norm in international relations. This would limit the ability of the west to promote liberal democracy and economic liberalism through multilateral institutions, and perhaps even bilaterally. One of the effects of this process would be that the competitive advantage of Chinese companies in developing countries increases vis‐à‐vis western firms. This would accelerate the power shift in the developing world towards China from the west.Policy Implications

In the years ahead China is likely to push international diversity as a major norm in international relations.

China’s drive towards international diversity challenges the western support for economic and political liberal values in international relations.

The more China succeeds in making the institutions of global governance ideologically ‘neutral’ (i.e., not representing liberal values and thereby favouring the Chinese position vis‐à‐vis the west), the more difficult it becomes for the US and its western partners to use these institutions to export liberal democracy and economic liberalism to the developing world.

It will be increasingly difficult for western firms to compete with their Chinese counterparts in developing countries. This strengthens Chinese economic ‐ and therefore political ‐ influence in the developing world vis‐à‐vis western influence.
Pre‐ and Intra‐Procedural Predictors of Reverse Remodeling After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: An MRI Study
Authors: COCHET HUBERT , DENIS ARNAUD , PLOUX SYLVAIN , LUMENS JOOST , AMRAOUI SANA , DERVAL NICOLAS , SACHER FREDERIC , REANT PATRICIA , LAFITTE STÉPHANE , JAIS PIERRE , LAURENT FRANÇOIS , RITTER PHILIPPE , MONTAUDON MICHEL , BORDACHAR PIERRE 
Published: January 2013

MRI Predictors of Reverse Remodeling After CRTIntroductionResponse rate after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) remains suboptimal. We sought to identify pre‐ and intraprocedural predictors of response using MRI.Methods and ResultsSixty patients underwent MRI before CRT. Left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction were assessed on cine images. Intra‐LV dyssynchrony was defined as the maximal delay between first peaks of radial wall motion over 20 segments. Myocardial scar extent was quantified using delayed‐enhanced MRI. After CRT, the paced LV segment was characterized on preprocedural MRI with respect to presence of scar and mechanical delay, the latter being quantified using time to first peak of wall motion, expressed in percentage of the total LV activation. Echocardiography was performed before and 6 months after CRT to quantify reverse remodeling (RR). Mean RR at 6 months was 30 ± 29% of baseline LV end‐systolic volume. At univariate analysis, RR related to baseline LV end‐diastolic and end‐systolic volumes (R2 = 0.101, P = 0.01; R2 = 0.072, P = 0.04), intra‐LV mechanical dyssynchrony (R2 = 0.351, P < 0.0001), scar extent (R2 = 0.273, P < 0.0001), and presence of scar at pacing site (R2 = 0.100, P = 0.01). QRS duration and mechanical delay at pacing site were not found related to RR (R2 = 0.041, P = 0.12 and R2 = 0.012, P = 0.4, respectively). At multivariate analysis intra‐LV mechanical dyssynchrony, scar extent, and LV end‐diastolic volume were independent predictors of RR (R2 = 0.307, P = 0.001; R2 = 0.096, P = 0.002, R2 = 0.078, P = 0.005, respectively).ConclusionIntra‐LV dyssynchrony and scar extent are independent predictors of RR after CRT. Scar at pacing site is associated to a lesser response to CRT. Mechanical delay at this site has no impact on the response.