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Upheavals of Emotions, Madness of Form: Mary M. Talbot’s and Bryan Talbot’s Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes and a Transdiegetised (Auto)Biographical Commix
Authors: Kusek Robert 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
In 2012, Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot joined the likes of Richard Ellmann, Gordon Bowker and Michael Hastings and in their graphic memoir Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes (2012) offered a new re-telling of James Joyce’s life, focusing, in particular, on the difficult relationship between the great Irish writer, and his daughter Lucia. However, the story of a complicated emotional bond between Joyce and Lucia was only a framework for an autobiographical coming-of age narrative about Mary M. Talbot herself and her violent relationship with James S. Atherton, a celebrated Joycean scholar and her very own “cold mad feary father”. Following Martha C. Nussbaum’s conception about cognitive and narrative structure of emotions postulated in Love’s Knowledge (1990) and Upheavals of Thoughts (2001), this article wishes to argue in favour of an organic connection between the volume’s thematic concerns and its generic affiliation. In other words, it discusses how a specific class of emotions pertaining to Lucia’s gradual mental disintegration can be adequately told only in a specific literary form, i.e. in a transdiegetised “commix”, an (auto)biographical account which occupies a threshold space between a comic and a novel, fiction and non-fiction, biography and autobiography, words and pictures.
Holistic Linguistics: Anthropocentric Foundations and the Functional-Cognitive Paradigm
Authors: Tyurkan (Belichenko) Elena 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
This paper dwells on some aspects of language, grammar in particular, through the prism of the functional-cognitive approach. It covers such issues as language and mind, the embodiment of language, the peculiarities of language acquisition, and the metaphoric nature of the human mind. The functional-cognitive approach is regarded as part of a holistic anthropocentric paradigm where language is conceived of as a natural biological phenomenon connected with the adaptive functions of a human being as a holistic living organism. A new paradigm gives rise to new epistemologies and generates new forms of scientific collaboration. Thus, neurosciences, quantum physics, and biology become involved in processing language data, influencing the direction and goals of linguistic research. As suggested by the author of this paper, changes in language can be viewed with regard to quantum effects observed in the macroworld, or an autopoietic reconstruction of the language system. Dwelling on the ideas of cognitive typology, the paper also makes an attempt to elucidate some reasons for the appearance of new structural features in language which influence the reconstruction of its grammatical interface in the first place. Such processes are viewed as the reflection of global shifts in the linguistic world image of language bearers under the influence of the outer world/extralinguistic factors, and as connected with encoding by language of the changes in socio-discursive parameters of the intercourse. Finally, some perspectives of grammar analysis are outlined
Long term results of the use of compression anastomosis clips (CAC) in gastrointestinal surgery – the first report
Authors: Kuśnierz Katarzyna , Lampe Paweł 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThe aim of the study was to present the first long-term results on the clinical use of compression anastomosis clips (CAC) in upper and lower gastrointestinal tract anastomoses.Material and methods. The study included 50 patients who underwent anastomosis of the upper (n = 32) or lower GI tract (n = 18) with the use of CAC. In the period of 6‑7 months after the surgery, patients underwent endoscopic examination and computed tomography evaluation of the anastomosis. Each anastomosis was evaluated macro and microscopically. The width of anastomoses was evaluated using a 4-point-scale for grading stenosis.Results. Of the 50 patients who underwent anastomosis with compression anastomosis clip, 28 (56%) patients reported to the follow-up examination within 190‑209 days of the execution of the anastomosis. Among the 22 patients who did not report to the study, 18 (36%) patients died within 91‑154 days from the execution of the anastomosis (mean 122 days), 4 (8%) patients were impossible to contact after discharge from hospital. Two mild stenoses (I0) were diagnosed; 1 of them was found in the gastroenterostomy and 1 in Braun enteroenterostomy. Microscopic changes were diagnosed in 4 anastomoses (3 gastroenterostomies, 1 Braun enteroenterostomy). Anastomoses were well-formed and wide, scars in the line of anastomoses were thin.Conclusions. During the period of 6 months after the anastomoses performed using CAC have been formed, they were evaluated as unobstructed and functioning properly; therefore, they can be safely performed within the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract.
Preoperative pancreatic duct stenting in patients undergoing laparoscopic pancreatic surgery – a preliminary report
Authors: Rubinkiewicz Mateusz , Migaczewski Marcin , Pędziwiatr Michał , Matłok Maciej , Dembiński Marcin , Budzyński Andrzej 
Published: August 2015

AbstractLaparoscopic surgery is becoming an approved technique in pancreatic surgery. It offers some advantages over an open approach due to shorter hospital stay and decreased complication rate. Regardless the technique the most significant problem of pancreatic surgery is postoperative pancreatic fistula. There are numerous methods attempted at reduction of its incidence. One of the possibilities is preoperative pancreatic duct stenting. It aims at decreasing the pressure in the pancreatic duct, which is supposed to facilitate pancreatic juice flow to the duodenum.The aim of the study was to determine the role of preoperative pancreatic duct stenting in pancreatic surgery.Material and methods. Nineteen patients undergoing laparoscopic pancreatic resection were enrolled into the study. Prior to the surgery, all of the patients were submitted for the Endoscopic Retrograde Choleangiopancreatography (ERCP) with pancreatic duct stenting. Following the subsequent laparoscopic pancreatic resection, all patients were monitored to detect the pancreatic fistula appearance. The pancreatic stent was removed 6‑8 weeks after the surgery.Results. With an exception of two patients, all other patients underwent successful ERCP with pancreatic duct stenting before the surgery. In one case the placement of the prosthesis failed due to a tortuous pancreatic duct. Five patients had an episode of acute pancreatitis including two severe courses as a complication of preoperative ERCP. One of the patient died due to severe GI bleeding 2 weeks after stenting. Among the procedures there were 15 distal pancreatectomies, two enucleations of the tumor localized in the uncinate process and in the body of the pancreas and one central pancreatectomy. The median time of surgery duration was 186 minutes (90‑300; ±56). No conversions to an open approach were necessary. Likewise, there was neither any major complications reported in a postoperative course nor incidence of pancreatic fistula in any of the patients undergoing surgery.Conclusions. Preoperative pancreatic duct stenting can decrease the incidence of pancreatic fistula. However, a number of serious complications exceed the potential benefit of this method.
Olfaction and traumatic head injury - Is it possible to discriminate between malingering and patients with smell disorders based on nowadays knowledge?
Authors: Sabaru Iulia , Sarafoleanu Codrut 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
BACKGROUND. Olfaction is one the most important senses; however, even nowadays it is incompletely known in humans from an anatomical and physiological point of view, but also as concerns the assessment methods and treatment. The main causes for acquired olfactory dysfunctions involve inflammatory pathology (local or general) and head trauma. Olfactory impairment after traumatic head injury (THI) is more frequent than believed. Today there are a number of tests for assessing the loss of smell, but more studies are needed in order to establish standardized protocols for patients with such pathology after THI. This uncertainty is more and more exploited by malingerers.
OBJECTIVE. The aim of the paper was to find in literature the necessary information in order to permit a correct management of a patient with olfactory impairment after head trauma and to establish new protocols that may help identify malingerers when medico-legal implications exists.
MATERIAL AND METHODS. We studied an amount of works and studies in order to highlight the diagnosis options specialist have, if such a case is encountered (olfactory loss after THI).
RESULTS. Recent studies show that great progress has been made, but more scientific research is needed. Specialists still search correlation between all diagnosis methods.
CONCLUSION. Olfactory disorders are an important topic given their importance in patient quality of life, but also for the medico-legal implications.
Correlations between morphology and ultrasound exam in cases with nasal and paranasal sinuses pathology
Authors: Dumitru Mihai , Tweedie Daniel , Anghel Ion , Cergan Romica , Sarafoleanu Codrut , Costache Adrian 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
BACKGROUND. Ultrasonography has been used in rhinology for diagnosing trauma lesions (fractures, hemosinus), second opinion in tumoral pathology, screening for sinusitis, but on a small scale and with future prospects of cost efficiency.
OBJECTIVE. We hope to grow awareness of the possible use of ultrasound in screening for nasal and paranasal sinuses pathology at the level of ENT emergency departments.
MATERIAL AND METHODS. We describe the technique for ultrasound examination of this region, emphasizing the need for a profound anatomical knowledge characteristic for ENT specialists. Any specialist having access to an ultrasound machine is encouraged to experiment with this imaging procedure. Two cases benefited from the use of ultrasonography in order to receive a better management and a swift treatment. One case presented with a maxillary sinus tumor and another with a paranasal tumor neighbouring the orbit.
CONCLUSION. Ultrasonography of nasal and paranasal sinuses permits serial examination without irradiating the patient; it could be implemented as an addition to FAST-like protocols at the level of emergency departments in order to screen for occult head and neck pathology prior to conventional radiology and CT imaging and thus reducing costs
A role for 11C-methionine PET imaging in ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome
Authors: Koulouri Olympia , Steuwe Andrea , Gillett Daniel , Hoole Andrew C , Powlson Andrew S , Donnelly Neil A , Burnet Neil G , Antoun Nagui M , Cheow Heok , Mannion Richard J , Pickard John D , Gurnell Mark 
Published: August 2015

ObjectiveWe report our experience of functional imaging with11C-methionine positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET–CT) co-registered with 3D gradient echo (spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR)) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the investigation of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome.DesignTwenty patients with i)de novoCushing's disease (CD,n=10), ii) residual or recurrent hypercortisolism following first pituitary surgery (±radiotherapy;n=8) or iii) ectopic Cushing's syndrome (n=2) were referred to our centre for functional imaging studies between 2010 and 2015. Six of the patients withde novoCD and five of those with persistent/relapsed disease had a suspected abnormality on conventional MRI.MethodsAll patients underwent11C-methionine PET–CT. For pituitary imaging, co-registration of PET–CT images with contemporaneous SPGR MRI (1 mm slice thickness) was performed, followed by detailed mapping of11C-methionine uptake across the sella in three planes (coronal, sagittal and axial). This allowed us to determine whether suspected adenomas seen on structural imaging exhibited focal tracer uptake on functional imaging.ResultsIn seven of ten patients withde novoCD, asymmetric11C-methionine uptake was observed within the sella, which co-localized with the suspected site of a corticotroph microadenoma visualised on SPGR MRI (and which was subsequently confirmed histologically following successful transsphenoidal surgery (TSS)). Focal11C-methionine uptake that correlated with a suspected abnormality on pituitary MRI was seen in five of eight patients with residual or recurrent Cushing's syndrome following first TSS (and pituitary radiotherapy in two cases). Two patients elected to undergo repeat TSS with histology confirming a corticotroph tumour in each case. In two patients with the ectopic ACTH syndrome,11C-methionine was concentrated in sites of distant metastases, with minimal uptake in the sellar region.Conclusions11C-methionine PET–CT can aid the detection of ACTH-secreting tumours in Cushing's syndrome and facilitate targeted therapy.
The Genetics of Resistance toMorindaFruit Toxin During the Postembryonic Stages inDrosophila sechellia
Authors: Huang Yan , Erezyilmaz Deniz 
Published: August 2015

AbstractAlthough a great deal has been learned regarding the genetic changes that give rise to adaptation in bacteria and yeast, an understanding of how new complex traits arise in multicellular organisms is far less complete. Many phytophagous insect species are ecological specialists that have adapted to utilize a single host plant. Drosophila sechellia is a specialist that utilizes the ripe fruit of Morinda citrifolia, which is toxic to its sibling species, D. simulans. Here we apply multiplexed shotgun genotyping and QTL analysis to examine the genetic basis of resistance to M. citrifolia fruit toxin in interspecific hybrids. We identify a locus of large effect on the third chromosome (QTL-IIIsima) in the D. simulans backcross that was not detected in previous analyses. We also identify a highly significant QTL of large effect on the X chromosome, QTL-Xsim. Additional smaller-effect loci were also identified in the D. simulans and D. sechellia backcrosses. We did not detect significant epistasis between loci. Instead, our analysis reveals large and smaller-effect loci that contribute to M. citrifolia resistance additively. The additive effect of each locus suggests that partial resistance to lower levels of M. citrifolia toxin could be passed through introgression from D. sechellia to D. simulans in nature. The identification of the major effect loci, QTL-IIIsima and QTL-Xsim, is an important step toward identifying the molecular basis of adaptation in a multicellular organism.
Second-Generation Linkage Maps for the Pacific OysterCrassostrea gigasReveal Errors in Assembly of Genome Scaffolds
Authors: Hedgecock Dennis , Shin Grace , Gracey Andrew Y , Den Berg David Van , Samanta Manoj P 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThe Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, a widely cultivated marine bivalve mollusc, is becoming a genetically and genomically enabled model for highly fecund marine metazoans with complex life-histories. A genome sequence is available for the Pacific oyster, as are first-generation, low-density, linkage and gene-centromere maps mostly constructed from microsatellite DNA markers. Here, higher density, second-generation, linkage maps are constructed from more than 1100 coding (exonic) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as 66 previously mapped microsatellite DNA markers, all typed in five families of Pacific oysters (nearly 172,000 genotypes). The map comprises 10 linkage groups, as expected, has an average total length of 588 cM, an average marker-spacing of 1.0 cM, and covers 86% of a genome estimated to be 616 cM. All but seven of the mapped SNPs map to 618 genome scaffolds; 260 scaffolds contain two or more mapped SNPs, but for 100 of these scaffolds (38.5%), the contained SNPs map to different linkage groups, suggesting widespread errors in scaffold assemblies. The 100 misassembled scaffolds are significantly longer than those that map to a single linkage group. On the genetic maps, marker orders and intermarker distances vary across families and mapping methods, owing to an abundance of markers segregating from only one parent, to widespread distortions of segregation ratios caused by early mortality, as previously observed for oysters, and to genotyping errors. Maps made from framework markers provide stronger support for marker orders and reasonable map lengths and are used to produce a consensus high-density linkage map containing 656 markers.
Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis Identifies Loci for Physical Appearance Traits in Chickens
Authors: Sun Yanfa , Liu Ranran , Zhao Guiping , Zheng Maiqing , Sun Yan , Yu Xiaoqiong , Li Peng , Wen Jie 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Physical appearance traits, such as feather-crested head, comb size and type, beard, wattles size, and feathered feet, are used to distinguish between breeds of chicken and also may be associated with economic traits. In this study, a genome-wide linkage analysis was used to identify candidate regions and genes for physical appearance traits and to potentially provide further knowledge of the molecular mechanisms that underlie these traits. The linkage analysis was conducted with an F2 population derived from Beijing-You chickens and a commercial broiler line. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms were analyzed using the Illumina 60K Chicken SNP Beadchip. The data were used to map quantitative trait loci and genes for six physical appearance traits. A 10-cM/0.51-Mb region (0.0−10.0 cM/0.00−0.51 Mb) with 1% genome-wide significant level on LGE22C19W28_E50C23 linkage group (LGE22) for crest trait was identified, which is likely very closely linked to the HOXC8. A QTL with 5% chromosome-wide significant level for comb weight, which partly overlaps with a region identified in a previous study, was identified at 74 cM/25.55 Mb on chicken (Gallus gallus; GG) chromosome 3 (i.e., GGA3). For beard and wattles traits, an identical region 11 cM/2.23 Mb (0.0−11.0 cM/0.00−2.23 Mb) including WNT3 and GH genes on GGA27 was identified. Two QTL with 1% genome-wide significant level for feathered feet trait, one 9-cM/2.80-Mb (48.0-57.0/13.40-16.20 Mb) region on GGA13, and another 12-cM/1.45-Mb (41.0−53.0 cM/11.37−12.82 Mb) region on GGA15 were identified. These candidate regions and genes provide important genetic information for the physical appearance traits in chicken.
CEI-UCI: instrumento para evaluar el cuidado de enfermería individualizado de adultos en la UCI
Authors: Henao Castaño Ángela María , Amaya Maria Consuelo Del Pilar 
Published: August 2015

<p>El propósito de este estudio fue diseñar el instrumento Cuidado de Enfermería Individualizado en Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo (CEI-UCI) para identificar las intervenciones de cuidado de enfermería individualizado en pacientes con ventilación mecánica invasiva en la UCI.</p><p><strong>Metodología:</strong> Estudio psicométrico, exploratorio-observacional, con <em>n</em> = 156 enfermeras que laboraban en la UCI con pacientes adultos en ventilación mecánica. Se diseñaron un total de 85 ítems para iniciar las pruebas. Para la validez facial se utilizó la V. Aiken por encima de 0,70. Para la validez de contenido se realizó el cálculo de Lawshe Modificado igual o mayor a de 0,58. La validez de constructo se obtuvo por medio del análisis factorial con ocho dominios nanda. La confiabilidad se reportó con test-retest para los días 1, 2 y 3 de estadía de los pacientes en UCI.</p><p><strong>Resultados:</strong> El CEI-UCI presentó una validez facial con rangos entre 0,75-0,82, con un CVI con rangos entre 0,58-0,90. La validez de constructo se confirmó con una varianza total explicada del 73% para cuatro factores. La confiabilidad por el test-retest entre los tres primeros días de aplicado el instrumento se presentó con un rango de 0,662 a 1,00.</p><p><strong>Conclusiones:</strong> El instrumento CEI-UCI posee 53 ítems y seis dimensiones con validez facial, aparente y consistencia interna. La validez de constructo derivada del análisis factorial<br />de cuatro factores se denominaron Dimensiones, a saber: F1, <em>Protección y seguridad</em> (17 ítems); F2, <em>Interacción fisiológica y social</em> (3 ítems); F3, <em>Roles y conexiones sociales</em> (13 ítems); y F4, <em>Autopercepción y nutrición</em> (11 ítems). Además, hubo dos dimensiones permanentes y centinelas: <em>Perceptual-Cognitivo</em> y el de <em>Confort</em>.</p>
Role of As in the Anisotropic Positioning of Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots
Authors: Arciprete Fabrizio , Placidi Ernesto , Magri Rita , Fanfoni Massimo , Balzarotti Adalberto , Patella Fulvia 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACTProgress in tailoring the size, shape and positioning of Quantum Dots on the substrate is crucial for their potential applications in new optoelectronic devices for nano-photonics as well as in quantum information and computation. Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy in pulsed deposition mode we demonstrate that the nucleation of InAs Quantum Dots can be selectively guided on the GaAs(001) surface by a suitable choice of the kinetic parameters for the growth of both the GaAs buffer layer and the InAs Quantum Dots. By developing a two-species rate-equation kinetic model we show that the positioning of the Quantum Dots on only one side of mounds of the GaAs buffer can be traced back to the very small As flux gradient between the two mound slopes $\left( {\Delta F_A /F_A \approx 1 - 5\% } \right)$ caused by the proper tilting of the incoming As flux. Such gradient originates, at the relatively high growth-temperature, a net cation flow from one slope of the mound to the other that is responsible for the selective growth.
Reduction in Gate Leakage Current of AlGaN/GaN HEMT by Rapid Thermal Oxidation
Authors: T Sreenidhi , Rahman A. Azizur , Bhattacharya Arnab , DasGupta Amitava , DasGupta Nandita 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACTRapid Thermal Oxidation (RTO) of AlGaN barrier has been employed to reduce the gate leakage current in AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors. Current Voltage (I – V) and Capacitance Voltage (C – V) characteristics of Schottky Barrier diodes and Metal Oxide Semiconductor diodes are compared. At room temperature, reduction in gate leakage current over an order of magnitude in reverse bias and four orders of magnitude in forward bias is achieved upon oxidation. While the gate current reduces upon RTO, gate capacitance does not change indicating gate control over the channel is not compromised. I – V and C – V characterization have been carried out at different temperatures to get more insight into the device operation.
Organic Based Magnetic Thin Films by Low Temperature CVD
Authors: Edelstein Ruth Shima , Yoo Jung-Woo , Raju N. P. , Bergeson Jeremy D. , Pokhodnya Konstantin I. , Miller Joel S. , Epstein Arthur J. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractWe describe how the composition of an organic - based magnet can be controlled by varying the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) conditions. A study was conducted for the Co2(CO)8/ TCNE system to form cobalt tetracyanoethylene [Co(TCNE)x, x∼2, a paramagnetic material], and for the V(CO)6/ TCNEx system to form vanadium tetracyanoethylene [V(TCNE)x, x∼2, a ferrimagnetic material]. Thin V(TCNE)x, x∼2 films (∼0.05-0.5 μm) with room temperature conductivity of 10-4<σRT<10-3S/cm and magnetic ordering temperature Tc of up to ∼400K were deposited. The V(TCNE)x, x∼2 thin films have the potential for incorporation in a spin-valve device as one of the magnetic contacts, and are promising candidates to form optically controlled magnetic-based structures.