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Systematic Studies of Periodically Nanoporous Si Films for Thermoelectric Applications
Authors: Hao Qing , Xu Dongchao , Zhao Hongbo 
Published: July 2015

ABSTRACTAs the major heat carriers in dielectrics and semiconductors, phonons are strongly scattered by boundaries and interfaces at the nanoscale, which can lead to a significantly reduced lattice thermal conductivitykL. In recent years, such phonon size effects have been used to enhance the thermoelectric performance of various nanostructured materials. With dramatically reducedkLand bulk-like electrical properties, high thermoelectric performance has been demonstrated for nanoporous Si films at room temperature. Despite these encouraging results, however, challenges still exist in the theoretical explanation of the observed lowkLvalues. Existing studies mainly attribute the observed lowkLto phononic effects and/or amorphous pore edges. These two effects can be separated when the specific heat of the film can be measured along withkLto provide more insight into the phonon dispersion modification. In this work, both the specific heat andkof a suspended nanoporous Si film is extracted from the 3ωmeasurements. The result is compared to the reportedkLvalues of various porous Si films. The influence of employed phonon mean free path spectrum on the data analysis is discussed.
A SCALE THAT EXCEEDS US: THE BP GULF SPILL FOOTAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Authors: Duerfahrd Lance 
Published: July 2015

Our fascination with the surveillance video of oil gushing from the British Petroleum Gulf Spill in 2010 expresses a paradox: our ultimate irrelevance to technological progress apparently undertaken for our benefit, in our name, and in response to our demand. These images present a visual model for all future disasters: here, something is happening but nothing is changing. This picture of disaster without progression and syntax has been witnessed before but only on stage, in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Art has mustered only a weak rejoinder to the subdued shudder inspired by the BP video. Our fascination with the BP footage is echoed faintly in our response to Edward Burtynsky’s OIL. In his photographs of the petroleum industry, Burtynsky removes the human measuring stick, thereby triggering our sense of the enormity (both of the size and of the crime) of the petroleum industry. Yet unlike the BP video, these images recuperate our horror at the obscure scale of what they show us. Instead of recoiling from Burtynsky’s work, the viewer is placated through an appreciation for the artist’s control of his medium and its iconic language.
Imigrantes: identidades em trânsito
Authors: Nascimento Lilian Soier do 
Published: July 2015

Neste trabalho, discorro sobre a figura do imigrante em sua similaridade com o sujeito pós-moderno face à crise de identidade que os atravessa. Analiso brevemente a personagem Madruga, do romance A república dos sonhos, de Nélida Piñon, cujo desejo de registro escrito de suas tradições e memórias presta-se como forma de resistência cultural.
One Story and a Thousand and One Threads: Rediscovering History, Creating Stories in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace
Authors: Silveira Alcione Cunha da 
Published: July 2015

This work analyzes Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace in order to discuss the strategies employed to intersect and articulate elements related to history and story, which are used to create a text that, by giving voice to a female character, re-writes an episode of Canadian history and questions the traditional discourses of the nineteenth century.
As Marcas do Real: interfaces entre ficção, memória e história em Resumo de Ana, de Modesto Carone
Authors: Dionísio Rita De Cássia Silva 
Published: July 2015

Resumo de Ana, do crítico literário e ficcionista contemporâneo Modesto Carone, é uma narrativa dividida em duas partes distintas, dois contos complementares que contam, numa dicção que mistura o exercício de lembranças com o constrangimento, as histórias de Ana e Ciro. São dois resumos, pois expõem, abreviadamente, a sucessão de acontecimentos de duas histórias de vida, extraindo delas as partes necessárias para compor a visão de conjunto e dar a impressão de totalidade. Esta pesquisa tenta verificar as condições de produção desse texto literário caroneano e suas articulações entre ficção, memória e história, considerando o contexto histórico da época em que o enredo dessa obra se desenvolve. Discutindo algumas questões sobre o contexto contemporâneo e pós-moderno, este trabalho fundamenta-se na afirmação de que, nessa obra caroneana, o condicionamento social e histórico da literatura não constitui apenas uma moldura, mas a própria substância da realidade artística.
Ekphrasis in Shawna Lemay: “To make something mythical of my life”
Authors: Santos Ariane Souza 
Published: July 2015

The object of analysis of this paper concerns the majority of the poems from All the God-Sized Fruit, written by the Canadian poet Shawna Lemay. The poems were built following five ekphrastic frameworks: appropriation of artistic style, process of creation, critical analysis, narrative, and dialogue. The intertwinement of these frameworks with discussions about the processes of writing and painting helps the poet to build up her identity as woman, poet and woman-poet.
Pós-escrito: Cabala e crítica em Umberto Eco
Authors: Fernandes Bruno Loureiro 
Published: July 2015

Em O pêndulo de Foucault, Umberto Eco se utiliza da Cabala para a nomeação dos capítulos e de alguns personagens, bem como para a construção do enredo do romance. Pesquisando-se a bibliografia do romancista e professor, demonstrou-se possível a associação entre a fabulação e a teoria literária do italiano, através do conceito que se intitula semiose hermética.
A Crônica da Memória: uma leitura de A menina sem estrela, de Nelson Rodrigues
Authors: Rocha Giselle Vitor da 
Published: July 2015

Este ensaio investiga as formas de desdobramentos do texto memorialístico encontradas em A menina sem estrela, de Nelson Rodrigues, através dos fragmentos de memóriaconstruídos pelo narrador. Para isso, estruturamos os conceitos de memória, de texto memorialístico e de crônica dentro dessa obra.
Problemas Hermenêuticos em um Texto Técnico Antigo: o De architectura de Vitrúvio
Authors: Vitorino Júlio César 
Published: July 2015

Este trabalho apresenta algumas considerações sobre o estado atual da recepção do De architectura de Vitrúvio, caracterizado por sérias divergências entre os estudiosos, as quais, geralmente, transcendem as dificuldades lingüísticas e podem ser explicadas pelo desenvolvimento do processo hermenêutico ao longo dos séculos em que a obra tem sido estudada.
O gênero atuante: a performance de gênero em The passion of new Eve and Goodnight Desdemona (good morning Juliet)
Authors: Bento Carlos 
Published: July 2015

Este texto usa a performance de gênero, teoria desenvolvida por Judith Butler, para ler algumas partes dos livros The passion of new Eve, escrito pela inglesa Angela Carter, e Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet), da canadense Ann-Marie MacDonald.
Crítica, poética e relações de gênero: uma releitura de Memórias de um sargento de milícias
Authors: Almeida Edwirgens Aparecida R. Lopes de 
Published: July 2015

Reinterpretando as contradições existentes nas críticas oitocentista e moderna sobre Memórias de um sargento de milícias, de Manuel Antônio de Almeida, este ensaio propõe uma releitura do processo de construção da poética do romance, bem como da verossimilhança com que foram construídas as relações de gênero presentes na mesma.
Liberty as progression: a study of the revolutions idealized in Areopagitica, The marriage of heaven and hell, and The matrix
Authors: Rocha Adalberto Teixeira de Andrade 
Published: July 2015

I address the assumptions of Areopagitica, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Matrix as well as provoke their ideals in order to expose the status of their liberty and progression towards truth as one that is in no sense absolute, but time and space specific.
Projeções do antigo: Horácio e Ricardo Reis
Authors: Silva Elisete E. Ferreira da 
Published: July 2015

Este ensaio aborda, sob o prisma da intertextualidade, a relação entre as odes de Horácio e as de Ricardo Reis. Visando à percepção dos níveis de alcance do intertexto, ressalta a questão das aproximações e dos distanciamentos verificados no processo de apropriação do texto horaciano pelo heterônimo de Fernando Pessoa.
O manto de Nesso (retórica e referencialidade em Paul de Man)
Authors: Maciel Emílio Carlos Roscoe 
Published: July 2015

Autor tão complexo quanto elíptico, Paul de Man é objeto e principal fonte de inspiração deste pequeno ensaio, que pretende não apenas discutir (alegoricamente) sua recepção crítica como dar a ver a produtividade das sugestões heurísticas contidas em sua obra.
From the gates of Troy to the trenches of the Western front: the representation of war in The iliad and in novels of the Great War
Authors: Vieira Luiz Gustavo Leitão 
Published: July 2015

This paper aims at comparing war narratives. Whereas in the Iliad we are provided with powerful, necessarily named warriors, in the Great War novels All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, and Company K, we encounter powerless soldiers. The principal feature these narratives share is war’s inherent unpredictability.
The Adjunctive Effect of Platelet‐Rich Fibrin to Connective Tissue Graft in the Treatment of Buccal Recession Defects: Results of a Randomized, Parallel‐Group Controlled Trial
Authors: Keceli Huseyin Gencay , Kamak Gulen , Erdemir Ebru Olgun , Evginer Mustafa Serdar , Dolgun Anil 
Published: July 2015

Background: Platelet‐rich fibrin (PRF) is an autologous preparation that has encouraging effects in healing and regeneration. The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of coronally advanced flap (CAF) + connective tissue graft (CTG) + PRF in Miller Class I and II recession treatment compared to CAF + CTG.Methods: Forty patients were treated surgically with either CAF + CTG + PRF (test group) or CAF + CTG (control group). Clinical parameters of plaque index, gingival index, vertical recession (VR), probing depth, clinical attachment level (CAL), keratinized tissue width (KTW), horizontal recession (HR), mucogingival junction localization, and tissue thickness (TT) were recorded at baseline and 3 and 6 months after surgery. Root coverage (RC), complete RC (CRC), attachment gain (AG), and keratinized tissue change (KTC) were also calculated.Results: All individuals completed the entire study period. At baseline, mean VR, HR, CAL, KTW, and TT values were similar (P >0.05). In both groups, all parameters showed significant improvement after treatment (P <0.001), and except TT (P <0.05), no intergroup difference was observed at 6 months after surgery. The amount of RC and AG, but not KTC and CRC, was higher in the PRF‐applied group (P <0.05).Conclusions: According to the results, the addition of PRF did not further develop the outcomes of CAF + CTG treatment except increasing the TT. However, this single trial is not sufficient to advocate the true clinical effect of PRF on recession treatment with CAF + CTG, and additional trials are needed.
Coevolution of Information Sharing and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Among North American Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Authors: Mercken Liesbeth , Saul Jessie E. , Lemaire Robin H. , Valente Thomas W. , Leischow Scott J. 
Published: July 2015

Objectives. We examined the coevolution of information sharing and implementation of evidence-based practices among US and Canadian tobacco cessation quitlines within the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). Methods. Web-based surveys were used to collect data from key respondents representing each of 74 participating funders of NAQC quitlines during the summer and fall of 2009, 2010, and 2011. We used stochastic actor-based models to estimate changes in information sharing and practice implementation in the NAQC network. Results. Funders were more likely to share information within their own country and with funders that contracted with the same service provider. Funders contracting with larger service providers shared less information but implemented significantly more practices. Funders connected to larger numbers of tobacco control researchers more often received information from other funders. Intensity of ties to the NAQC network administrative organization did not influence funders’ decisions to share information or implement practices. Conclusions. Our findings show the importance of monitoring the NAQC network over time. We recommend increased cross-border information sharing and sharing of information between funders contracting with different and smaller service providers.
HIV Testing by Transgender Status at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–Funded Sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands, 2009–2011
Authors: Habarta Nancy , Wang Guoshen , Mulatu Mesfin S. , Larish Nili 
Published: July 2015

Objectives. We examined HIV testing services, seropositivity, and the characteristics associated with newly identified, confirmed HIV-positive tests among transgender individuals. Methods. We analyzed data (2009–2011) using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression to examine the relationships between HIV positivity and sociodemographic and risk characteristics among male-to-female transgender individuals. Results. Most of the testing was conducted in females (51.1%), followed by males (48.7%) and transgender individuals (0.17%). Tests in male-to-female transgender individuals had the highest, newly identified confirmed HIV positivity (2.7%), followed by males (0.9%), female-to-male transgender individuals (0.5%), and females (0.2%). The associated characteristics with an HIV-positive test among male-to-female transgender individuals included ages 20 to 29 and 40 to 49 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.4, 5.6 and AOR = 2.8; 95% CI = 1.3, 5.9, respectively), African American (AOR = 4.6; 95% CI = 2.7, 7.9) or Hispanic/Latino (AOR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.5, 4.5) race/ethnicity, and reporting sex without condom within the past year (AOR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.3, 2.6), sex with an HIV-positive person (AOR = 1.5; 95% CI = 1.1, 2.0), or injection drug use (AOR = 2.0; 95% CI = 1.3, 3.0). Conclusions. High levels of HIV positivity among transgender individuals, particularly male-to-female transgender individuals, underscore the necessity for targeted HIV prevention services that are responsive to the needs of this population.
Disparities in Mental Health Referral and Diagnosis in the New York City Jail Mental Health Service
Authors: Kaba Fatos , Solimo Angela , Graves Jasmine , Glowa-Kollisch Sarah , Vise Allison , MacDonald Ross , Waters Anthony , Rosner Zachary , Dickey Nathaniel , Angell Sonia , Venters Homer 
Published: July 2015

Objectives. To better understand jail mental health services entry, we analyzed diagnosis timing relative to solitary confinement, nature of diagnosis, age, and race/ethnicity. Methods. We analyzed 2011 to 2013 medical records on 45 189 New York City jail first-time admissions. Results. Of this cohort, 21.2% were aged 21 years or younger, 46.0% were Hispanic, 40.6% were non-Hispanic Black, 8.8% were non-Hispanic White, and 3.9% experienced solitary confinement. Overall, 14.8% received a mental health diagnosis, which was associated with longer average jail stays (120 vs 48 days), higher rates of solitary confinement (13.1% vs 3.9%), and injury (25.4% vs 7.1%). Individuals aged 21 years or younger were less likely than older individuals to receive a mental health diagnosis (odds ratio [OR] = 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.80, 0.93; P < .05) and more likely to experience solitary confinement (OR = 4.99; 95% CI = 4.43, 5.61; P < .05). Blacks and Hispanics were less likely than Whites to enter the mental health service (OR = 0.57; 95% CI = 0.52, 0.63; and OR = 0.49; 95% CI = 0.44, 0.53; respectively; P < .05), but more likely to experience solitary confinement (OR = 2.52; 95% CI = 1.88, 3.83; and OR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.23, 2.22; respectively; P < .05). Conclusions. More consideration is needed of race/ethnicity and age in understanding and addressing the punishment and treatment balance in jails.
Universal Health Coverage: A Political Struggle and Governance Challenge
Authors: Greer Scott L. , Méndez Claudio A. 
Published: July 2015

Universal health coverage has become a rallying cry in health policy, but it is often presented as a consensual, technical project. It is not. A review of the broader international literature on the origins of universal coverage shows that it is intrinsically political and cannot be achieved without recognition of its dependence on, and consequences for, both governance and politics. On one hand, a variety of comparative research has shown that health coverage is associated with democratic political accountability. Democratization, and in particular left-wing parties, gives governments particular cause to expand health coverage. On the other hand, governance, the ways states make and implement decisions, shapes any decision to strive for universal health coverage and the shape of its implementation.
Disparities in Reportable Communicable Disease Incidence by Census Tract-Level Poverty, New York City, 2006–2013
Authors: Greene Sharon K. , Levin-Rector Alison , Hadler James L. , Fine Annie D. 
Published: July 2015

Objectives. We described disparities in selected communicable disease incidence across area-based poverty levels in New York City, an area with more than 8 million residents and pronounced household income inequality. Methods. We geocoded and categorized cases of 53 communicable diseases diagnosed during 2006 to 2013 by census tract-based poverty level. Age-standardized incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were calculated for areas with 30% or more versus fewer than 10% of residents below the federal poverty threshold. Results. Diseases associated with high poverty included rickettsialpox (IRR = 3.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.29, 5.95), chronic hepatitis C (IRR for new reports = 3.58; 95% CI = 3.50, 3.66), and malaria (IRR = 3.48; 95% CI = 2.97, 4.08). Diseases associated with low poverty included domestic tick-borne diseases acquired through travel to areas where infected vectors are prevalent, such as human granulocytic anaplasmosis (IRR = 0.08; 95% CI = 0.03, 0.19) and Lyme disease (IRR = 0.34; 95% CI = 0.32, 0.36). Conclusions. Residents of high poverty areas were disproportionately affected by certain communicable diseases that are amenable to public health interventions. Future work should clarify subgroups at highest risk, identify reasons for the observed associations, and use findings to support programs to minimize disparities.
Integrated Development of Fractured Horizontal Wells in The Slave Point Formation
Authors: Miller Guindon Leah 
Published: July 2015

Summary
Higher oil prices and depleting conventional resources have motivated operators to focus on the tight-carbonate-platform portion of the Middle Devonian Slave Point carbonate formation in north central Alberta. One of the primary engineering challenges is the optimization of the fracture size, geometry, and conductivity along the length of a horizontal well. In the complete paper, 16 stages of microseismic (MS) data collected from two wellbores were used to constrain fracture geometries, to ultimately gain a better understanding of the resultant fracture production performance.
Use of PocketMaker Microkeratome for Creation of Corneal Pocket for Foldable Keratoprosthesis KeraKlear Implantation – Case Series
Authors: Studeny Pavel , Krizova Deli , Kuchynka Pavel 
Published: July 2015

Purpose :
To describe a surgical method for corneal pocket creation for KeraKlear keratoprosthesis implantation by PocketMaker microkeratome.

Methods :
We implanted keratoprosthesis KeraKlear in 3 patients. In all cases, we used a microkeratome PocketMaker to create a corneal pocket, where the incision was made at a depth of 300 µm with a vibrating diamond blade.

Results :
Although corneas have been extensively opaque and vascularized, in all three cases we successfully performed suction of the microkeratome system and created a corneal pocket without any difficulties. Subsequent keratoprosthesis implantations were performed without any problems.

Conclusion :
The technique is simple, relatively cheap, and the creation of the corneal pocket is possible even in patients with vascularized and opaque cornea.
Visual Acuity, Contrast Sensitivity and Color Vision Three Years After Iodine-125 Brachytherapy for Choroidal and Ciliary Body Melanoma
Authors: Tsui Irena , Beardsley Robert M , McCannel Tara A , Oliver Scott C , Chun Melissa W , Lee Steve P , Chow Phillip E , Agazaryan Nzhde , Yu Fei , Straatsma Bradley R 
Published: July 2015

Purpose :
To report visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and color vision prior to, 1 year after, 2 years after and 3 years after iodine-125 brachytherapy for choroidal and ciliary body melanoma (CCM).

Design :
Prospective interventional case series.

Participants :
Thirty-seven patients (37 eyes) with CCM.

Methods :
Patients had best-corrected Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity, Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity and Hardy-Rand-Rittler color vision measurement; comprehensive ophthalmology examination; optical coherence tomography; and ultrasonography at baseline prior to, 1 year after, 2 years after and 3 years after I-125 brachytherapy.

Main Outcome Measures :
Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and color vision prior to, 1 year after, 2 years after and 3 years after brachytherapy.

Results :
Nineteen (19) men and 18 women with mean age of 58 years (SD 13, range 30-78) prior to, 1 year after, 2 years
after and 3 years after brachytherapy had mean best-corrected visual acuity of 77 letters (20/32), 65 letters (20/50), 56
letters (20/80) and 47 letters (20/125); contrast sensitivity of 30, 26, 22 and 19 letters; color vision of 26, 20, 17 and 14
test figures, respectively. Decrease in visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and color vision was statistically significant from
baseline at 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after brachytherapy. Decreased acuity at 3 years was associated with mid-choroid
and macula melanoma location, ≥ 4.1 mm melanoma height, radiation maculopathy and radiation optic neuropathy.

Conclusion :
1, 2 and 3 years after brachytherapy, eyes with CCM had significantly decreased visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and color vision.
Auditor Tenure and Going Concern Opinions for Bankrupt Clients: Additional Evidence
Authors: Read William J. , Yezegel Ari 
Published: July 2015

SUMMARY
Regulators and lawmakers in the U.S. periodically express concerns about a possible association between auditor tenure length and audit failure (SEC 1994; U.S. House of Representatives 2002). In this study, where we define audit failure as a bankrupt company not receiving a going concern modified audit opinion prior to bankruptcy (a Type II reporting error), we examine prior audit reports for a sample of 401 U.S. publicly held companies that filed for bankruptcy during the period 2002–2008. Using a quadratic model to control for potential nonlinearity in the relationship between auditor tenure and audit reporting, we find no significant association between auditor tenure and Type II errors for Big 4 audit firms. In contrast, for non-Big 4 audit firms we find evidence of a significant association that is nonlinear. Specifically, auditor tenure appears to adversely influence non-Big 4 firms' audit reporting for bankrupt clients in the initial years of an audit engagement and has no discernible effect in the later years. Thus, we provide evidence that long auditor tenure, of itself, is not associated with Type II reporting errors. In this respect, our findings may help to inform the continuing debate regarding the possible adverse effects of long auditor tenure. Overall, our results are robust to controlling for any extant endogeneity with respect to going concern opinions and choice of the length of audit firm tenure.