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A MULTI‐DIMENSIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Authors: Pagels Agneta A. , Hylander Britta , Alvarsson Michael 
Published: March 2015

SUMMARYBackgroundDiabetes is currently the most common cause of kidney disease among patients receiving renal replacement therapy. Pedagogical interventions to promote self‐management and secondary prevention have been shown to be effective in delaying disease progression.Objectives and DesignA non‐randomised, quasi‐experimental design (‘uncontrolled before and after’) to evaluate the effects of a group‐based, multidisciplinary and multidimensional support programme in patients with diabetic kidney disease. The programme comprised 1) Disease‐related knowledge, 2) Skills training and increased self‐care agency 3) A motivational approach, with group discussions, participant questions and narratives, setting and follow‐up of individual health goals.ParticipantsFifty‐eight patients with diabetic kidney disease.Outcome measuresGlycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), urine albumin/creatinine ratio, blood pressure, body mass index, waist, physical activity and participant experiences from the programme.ResultsThe evaluation indicated positive effects on HbA1c, albuminuria and physical activity at follow‐up after four months. The proportion of patients achieving blood pressure targets increased. The participants reported improved understanding of their health condition and treatment regime.ConclusionThe multidimensional support programme, addressing health‐promoting factors and self‐management in small patient groups, has a potential to effectively reduce HbA1c and may have some beneficial effects which contribute to health promotion in patients with diabetic kidney disease. This mode of a multidimensional support programme should continue to develop, with longer term follow‐up and further evaluations with appropriate research designs.
DIFFERENCES IN ILLNESS REPRESENTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Authors: Pagels Agneta A. , Söderquist Birgitta Klang , Heiwe Susanne 
Published: March 2015

SUMMARYObjectiveTo explore the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on individual illness representations, including symptoms and causal attributions.Design and measuresFifty‐four patients responded to the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐R) and a further seven patients undertook cognitive interviews regarding the IPQ‐R. All respondents had CKD stage 2–5, not undergoing renal replacement therapy.ResultsThose in earlier CKD stages and those with fewer symptoms perceived a significantly different understanding of their condition than those in more advanced disease stages or with more symptoms. Behavioural and psychological attributions were commonly referred to as contributing causes to CKD. These attributions were associated to negative illness representations. An uncertainty assessing symptoms attributed to CKD was indicated, especially in earlier disease stages.ConclusionIllness representations differ with CKD stages and symptom burden. The patients in earlier disease stages or with fewer symptoms did not hold as strong beliefs about their illness as being a threat as those in advanced stages or with more symptoms. Self‐blame emerged as a common causal attribution. Patients did not always relate symptoms to CKD, therefore this study identifies a gap in patients’ disease knowledge, especially in earlier stages of the condition.
Gestational weight gain and obesity, adiposity and body size in African–American and Dominican children in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan
Authors: Widen Elizabeth M. , Whyatt Robin M. , Hoepner Lori A. , Mueller Noel T. , Ramirez‐Carvey Judyth , Oberfield Sharon E. , Hassoun Abeer , Perera Frederica P. , Gallagher Dympna , Rundle Andrew G. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractGestational weight gain (GWG) is potentially modifiable and is associated with infant size and body composition; however, long‐term effects on childhood obesity have not been reported among multi‐ethnic urban populations. We examined the association between GWG and child anthropometric measures and body composition at 7 years [waist circumference (WC), body mass index z‐score (BMIZ), obesity (BMIZ ≥95%ile) and bioelectrical impedance analysis estimates of percentage body fat (%fat)] in African–American and Dominican dyads (n = 323) in the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health prospective birth cohort study from 1998 to 2013. Linear and logistic regression evaluated associations between excessive GWG [>Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2009 guidelines] and outcomes, adjusting for pre‐pregnancy BMI and covariates. Pre‐pregnancy BMI (mean ± standard deviation, all such values) and total GWG were 25.8 ± 6.2 kg m−2 (45% overweight/obese) and 16.4 ± 7.9 kg (64% > IOM guidelines), respectively. Excessive GWG was associated with higher BMIZ {0.44 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.2, 0.7], P < 0.001}, WC [β: 2.9 cm (95% CI: 1.1, 4.6), P = 0.002], %fat at 7 years [β: 2.2% (95% CI: 1.0, 3.5), P = 0.001)] and obesity [odds ratio: 2.93 (95% CI: 1.5, 5.8), P = 0.002]. Pre‐pregnancy BMI was positively associated with child size, adiposity and obesity (all P < 0.05). Excessive GWG was highly prevalent and was associated with child obesity, greater percentage body fat and abdominal adiposity. Strategies to support healthy GWG are warranted to promote healthy growth and prevent childhood obesity.
The scope and practice of behaviour change communication to improve infant and young child feeding in low‐ and middle‐income countries: results of a practitioner study in international development organizations
Authors: Pelto Gretel H. , Martin Stephanie L. , Van Liere Marti , Fabrizio Cecilia S. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractWe describe features of the landscape of behaviour change communication (BCC) practice devoted to infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in low‐ and middle‐income countries by practitioners in international development organizations. We used an iterative, snowball sampling procedure to identify participants, and the self‐administered questionnaire contained pre‐coded questions and open‐ended questions, relying primarily on content analysis to derive generalizations. Highlights of findings include (i) IYCF‐specific BCC is usually delivered within the context of other public health messages and programmes; (ii) technical assistance with programme development and implementation are primary activities, and evaluation‐related work is also common; and (iii) formative research and evaluation is universal, but process evaluation is not. With respect to scaling up nutrition: (i) use of mass media and digital technology generally play only a minor role in BCC activities and are not currently an integral part of BCC programming strategies and (ii) only 58% of the participants report activities related to communication with policy makers. The individuals who comprise the community of BCC leaders in the area of IYCF are a diverse group from the perspective of academic backgrounds and nationalities. In addition to nutrition, public health, agriculture and adult learning are common disciplinary backgrounds. In our view, this diversity is a source of strength. It facilitates continuing growth and maturation in the field by assuring inputs of different perspectives, theoretical orientations and experiences.
eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review with meta‐analysis
Authors: Hutchesson M. J. , Rollo M. E. , Krukowski R. , Ells L. , Harvey J. , Morgan P. J. , Callister R. , Plotnikoff R. , Collins C. E. 
Published: March 2015

SummaryA systematic review of randomized controlled trials was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults. Eight databases were searched for studies published in English from 1995 to 17 September 2014. Eighty‐four studies were included, with 183 intervention arms, of which 76% (n = 139) included an eHealth component. Sixty‐one studies had the primary aim of weight loss, 10 weight loss maintenance, eight weight gain prevention, and five weight loss and maintenance. eHealth interventions were predominantly delivered using the Internet, but also email, text messages, monitoring devices, mobile applications, computer programs, podcasts and personal digital assistants. Forty percent (n = 55) of interventions used more than one type of technology, and 43.2% (n = 60) were delivered solely using eHealth technologies. Meta‐analyses demonstrated significantly greater weight loss (kg) in eHealth weight loss interventions compared with control (MD −2.70 [−3.33,−2.08], P < 0.001) or minimal interventions (MD −1.40 [−1.98,−0.82], P < 0.001), and in eHealth weight loss interventions with extra components or technologies (MD 1.46 [0.80, 2.13], P < 0.001) compared with standard eHealth programmes. The findings support the use of eHealth interventions as a treatment option for obesity, but there is insufficient evidence for the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for weight loss maintenance or weight gain prevention.
Impact of policy and built environment changes on obesity‐related outcomes: a systematic review of naturally occurring experiments
Authors: Mayne S. L. , Auchincloss A. H. , Michael Y. L. 
Published: March 2015

SummaryPolicies and changes to the built environment are promising targets for obesity prevention efforts and can be evaluated as ‘natural'‐ or ‘quasi'‐experiments. This systematic review examined the use of natural‐ or quasi‐experiments to evaluate the efficacy of policy and built environment changes on obesity‐related outcomes (body mass index, diet or physical activity). PubMed (Medline) was searched for studies published 2005–2013; 1,175 abstracts and 115 papers were reviewed. Of the 37 studies included, 18 studies evaluated impacts on nutrition/diet, 17 on physical activity and 3 on body mass index. Nutrition‐related studies found greater effects because of bans/restrictions on unhealthy foods, mandates offering healthier foods, and altering purchase/payment rules on foods purchased using low‐income food vouchers compared with other interventions (menu labelling, new supermarkets). Physical activity‐related studies generally found stronger impacts when the intervention involved improvements to active transportation infrastructure, longer follow‐up time or measured process outcomes (e.g. cycling rather than total physical activity), compared with other studies. Only three studies directly assessed body mass index or weight, and only one (installing light‐rail system) observed a significant effect. Studies varied widely in the strength of their design and studies with weaker designs were more likely to report associations in the positive direction.
Tracking sesamin synthase gene expression through seed maturity in wild and cultivated sesame species – a domestication footprint
Authors: Pathak N. , Bhaduri A. , Bhat K.V. , Rai A.K. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractSesamin and sesamolin are the major oil‐soluble lignans present in sesame seed, having a wide range of biological functions beneficial to human health. Understanding sesame domestication history using sesamin synthase gene expression could enable delineation of the sesame putative progenitor. This report examined the functional expression of sesamin synthase (CYP81Q1) during capsule maturation (0–40 days after flowering) in three wild Sesamum species and four sesame cultivars. Among the cultivated accessions, only S. indicum (CO‐1) exhibited transcript abundance of sesamin synthase along with high sesamin content similar to S. malabaricum, while the other cultivated sesame showed low expression. The sesamin synthase expression analysis, coupled with quantification of sesamin level, indicates that sesamin synthase was not positively favoured during domestication. The sesamin synthase expression pattern and lignan content, along with phylogenetic analysis suggested a close relationship of cultivated sesame and the wild species S. malabaricum. The high genetic identity between the two species S. indicum and S. malabaricum points towards the role of the putative progenitor S. malabaricum in sesame breeding programmes to broaden the genetic base of sesame cultivars. This study emphasises the need to investigate intraspecific and interspecific variation in the primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools to develop superior sesame genotypes.
Mineralogy, nucleation and growth of dolomite in the laboratory and sedimentary environment: A review
Authors: Gregg Jay M. , Bish David L. , Kaczmarek Stephen E. , Machel Hans G. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractDolomite [CaMg(CO3)2] forms in numerous geological settings, usually as a diagenetic replacement of limestone, and is an important component of petroleum reservoir rocks, rocks hosting base metal deposits and fresh water aquifers. Dolomite is a rhombohedral carbonate with a structure consisting of an ordered arrangement of alternating layers of Ca2+ and Mg2+ cations interspersed with anion layers normal to the c‐axis. Dolomite has symmetry, lower than the (CaCO3) symmetry of calcite primarily due to Ca–Mg ordering. High‐magnesium calcite also has symmetry and differs from dolomite in that Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions are not ordered. High‐magnesium calcite with near‐dolomite stoichiometry (≈50 mol% MgCO3) has been observed both in nature and in laboratory products and is referred to in the literature as protodolomite or very high‐magnesium calcite. Many dolomites display some degree of cation disorder (Ca2+ on Mg2+ sites and vice versa), which is detectable using transmission electron microscopy and X‐ray diffractometry. Laboratory syntheses at high temperature and pressure, as well as studies of natural dolomites show that factors affecting dolomite ordering, stoichiometry, nucleation and growth include temperature, alkalinity, pH, concentration of Mg and Ca, Mg to Ca ratio, fluid to rock ratio, mineralogy of the carbonate being replaced, and surface area available for nucleation. In spite of numerous attempts, dolomite has not been synthesized in the laboratory under near‐surface conditions. Examination of published X‐ray diffraction data demonstrates that assertions of dolomite synthesis in the laboratory under near‐ambient conditions by microbial mediation are unsubstantiated. These laboratory products show no evidence of cation ordering and appear to be very high‐magnesium calcite. Elevated‐temperature and elevated‐pressure experiments demonstrate that dolomite nucleation and growth always are preceded by very high‐magnesium calcite formation. It remains to be demonstrated whether microbial‐mediated growth of very high‐magnesium calcite in nature provides a precursor to dolomite nucleation and growth analogous to reaction paths in high‐temperature experiments.
Marital Discord and Suicidal Outcomes in a National Sample of Married Individuals
Authors: Robustelli Briana L. , Trytko Anne C. , Li Angela , Whisman Mark A. 
Published: March 2015

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, with an average of 105 suicides committed daily. The association between marital discord and 12‐month prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt was studied in a population‐based sample of married adults (N = 1,384). Marital discord was significantly and positively associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, and these associations remained significant when controlling for demographics and 12‐month prevalence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Results suggest that marital discord is an important correlate of suicidal outcomes and may be important to target in preventing and treating suicide.
Social Science Discourse and the Biopolitics of Terrorism
Authors: Blain Michael 
Published: March 2015

AbstractThis article weaves social science discourse into the fabric of a genealogy of terrorism. The power struggles associated with the US lead global war on terrorism are producing many new objects of knowledge and possible lines of research (e.g., Islamic terrorists, jihadists, suicide bombers, experts on counterterrorism, and ISIS). This process is modeled as a cycle involving power struggles and power elite orchestrated political victimage rituals and a biopolitics of knowledge. This dynamic is explored in terms of social science discourse and the biopolitics of terrorism. The limits of current thinking in “counterterrorism” and the possibilities of future research are highlighted.
Popular Punitivism: Finding a Balance Between the Politics, Presentation, and Fear of Crime
Authors: Campbell Christopher M. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractThis paper aims to take stock on what we know about popular punitivism and how it manifests across time and social atmosphere. To do this, the recent history and literature of popular punitivism is explored beginning with its tumultuous birth during the 1960s. Specific focus is then given to how debates regarding the punitive turn have become theories of popular punitivism. Recognizing popular punitivism as an important factor in many crime control policies, the paper explains how popular punitivism has acted as a catalyst to current justice practices, associated problems, and the study of crime. Additionally, emphasizing the adaptability of popular punitivism, the paper explains its influence in other contexts and cultures comparatively, especially in a post‐9/11 world. From such contexts I explain the widespread pattern of controlling minority groups in all places where popular punitivism is present. The paper concludes by mapping the areas of future research.
Measuring Social Status and Social Behavior with Peer and Teacher Nomination Methods
Authors: van den Berg Yvonne H. M. , Lansu Tessa A. M. , Cillessen Antonius H. N. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractSociometric nomination methods are used extensively to measure social status and social behaviors among children and adolescents. In the current study, the correspondence between teacher and peer nomination methods for the identification of preference and popularity was examined. Participants were 733 children in grade 5/6 (M age = 12.05 years, SD = .64; 53.3 percent boys) and their 29 teachers. Children and teachers completed nomination questions for preference, popularity, and 12 social behaviors. Results showed moderate overlap between teacher and peer nominations of social status; teachers and peers agreed on students’ preference and popularity levels in 62.7 percent and 69 percent of the cases, respectively. Secondly, we examined the social behaviors (prosocial behaviors, overt and relational aggression, victimization) that teachers and peers ascribe to children at different levels of preference and popularity. Both teachers and peers made clear behavioral distinctions between low, average, and highly preferred or popular children. For preference, the behavioral profiles did not differ between teachers and peers. For popularity, no differences between teachers and peers were found in the behavioral descriptions of unpopular and average children. However, teachers and peers differed in their behavioral descriptions of popular children. Implications and directions for further research are discussed.
When Values and Behavior Conflict: Moral Pluralism and Intrapersonal Moral Hypocrisy
Authors: Graham Jesse , Meindl Peter , Koleva Spassena , Iyer Ravi , Johnson Kate M. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractThe authors review the various ways moral hypocrisy has been defined and operationalized by social psychologists, concentrating on three general types: moral duplicity, moral double standards, and moral weakness. While most approaches have treated moral hypocrisy as an interpersonal phenomenon, requiring public claims, preaching (versus practicing), or judgments of others (versus oneself), this paper also considers intrapersonal moral hypocrisy – that is, conflicts between values and behavior that may exist even in the absence of public pronouncements or judgments. Current attempts to understand and combat intrapersonal moral hypocrisy are aided by moral pluralism, the idea that there are many different moral values, which may come into conflict both between and within individuals. Examples are given to illustrate how taking into account individual differences in values can help to reduce moral hypocrisy. The authors close by considering the possibility that in a pluralistic world, reducing intrapersonal moral hypocrisy might not always be a normatively desired end goal.
Got Pain? Racial Bias in Perceptions of Pain
Authors: Trawalter Sophie , Hoffman Kelly M. 
Published: March 2015

AbstractIn the days of slavery, White people assumed that Black people felt less pain than did White people. This belief was used to justify slavery; it was also used to justify the inhumane treatment of Black men and women in medical research. Today, White Americans continue to believe that Black people feel less pain than do White people although this belief has changed from its historical, explicitly racist form. Racial attitudes do not moderate the bias, suggesting that racial bias in perceptions of others' pain is not rooted (solely) in racial prejudice. Moreover, Black Americans too believe that Black people feel less pain than do White people, suggesting that the bias is no longer grounded in intergroup dynamics. Rather, contemporary forms of this bias stem from assumptions that Black people face more hardship and “thus” can withstand more pain and assumptions that Black people's bodies are not only different but also superhuman. Although this new instantiation of the pain perception bias is decidedly more “benevolent”, it can nonetheless lead to negative outcomes. Here, we consider how racial bias in perceptions of others' pain may affect racial disparities in health care and intergroup relations more generally. We also discuss potential avenues for interventions aimed at preventing this bias among children and reducing this bias among adults.
Who Acquires Whom? The Role of Geographical Proximity and Industrial Relatedness in Dutch Domestic M&As between 2002 and 2008
Authors: Ellwanger Nils , Boschma Ron 
Published: March 2015

AbstractIn economic geography, geographical proximity has been identified as a key driver of M&A activity. In this context, little attention has yet been drawn to the effect of industrial relatedness, which refers to the similarity and complementarity of business activities. We examine 1,855 domestic M&A deals announced between 2002 and 2008 in the Netherlands, and we assess the extent to which geographical proximity and industrial relatedness affect M&A partnering. Our study shows that geographical proximity drives domestic M&A deals, even at very detailed spatial scales like the municipality level. We also found evidence that companies that share the same or complementary industries are more likely to engage in an M&A deal. Logistic regressions show that the effect of industrial relatedness is stronger than the effect of geographical proximity and that the effect of geographical proximity is stronger in unrelated than related target selection.