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Independent Community Care Gerontological Nursing: BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR
Authors: Caffrey Rosalie A 
Published: May 2014

This article is the third in a series of anieles focusing on the independent nurse's role (the first appeared in the April 2005 [Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 5-11] and the second appeared in July 2005 [Vol. 31, No.7,pp. 18-25]). This series showcases the nurse's diverse responsibilities outside the hospital or long-term care facility. Other articles in this series will appear in upcoming issues of the Journal and will describe to readers the different roles nurses assume in the community.
ABSTRACT
Few nurses have the experience of developing an independent practice. This ethnographic study explores the process and challenges of becoming an entrepreneur as described by nurses developing independent practices in community care gerontologie nursing. The process included developing a legal contract, marketing strategies, and reimbursement amounts and strategies. Major barriers to implementing this role identified by the nurses included ignorance and confusion by others about their role, financial issues related to an uncertain income, time management, and legal concerns especially around delegation. These were experienced and dedicated nurses who were also risk-takers and enjoyed the independence of practicing nursing because they believed it was meant to be practiced. Suggestions for research, education, and practice are included.
Perceived Health and Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults: The Effects of Worry and Personal Variables
Authors: Fakouri Carolyn , Lyon Brenda 
Published: May 2014

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to describe how worry affects two desired outcomes of nursing care for older adults - perceived health and life satisfaction. A convenience sample of 100 individuals (ages 65 to 97) living in the community responded to the questionnaire. Despite several chronic diseases, 89% of the participants perceived themselves as "well." Descriptive statistics revealed relatively high life satisfaction. Data from the Perceived Health Scale indicated the participants were functioning near their normal capacity, and with few negative emotions and physical sensations. Worry was also minimal. Nevertheless, using multiple regression, worry contributed to lower life satisfaction, negative emotions, physical discomforts, and decreased functional ability. Because the reported worries were primarily related to health and functioning, assessment of worry is significant when planning nursing care for older adults.
Prostate Cancer: Appraisal, Coping, and Health Status
Authors: Ahmad Muayyad M , Musil Carol M , Zauszniewski Jaclene A , Resnick Martin I 
Published: May 2014

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was identify how cognitive appraisal and types of coping affect the health status of men with prostate cancer. Lazarus and Folkman's model of stress and coping guided this correlational, cross-sectional study. The convenience sample was composed of 131 men with prostate cancer who completed the Cognitive Appraisal of Health Scale, the Ways of Coping Checklist, and the Short-Form Health Survey using mailed questionnaires. Participants who appraised more harm or loss experienced worse physical and mental health. When participants perceived their diagnosis as posing more harm or loss or a greater threat, they were more likely to use emotion-focused coping. When the diagnosis was perceived as a challenge, men were more likely to use more problem-focused coping. The findings of this study enable health care providers to be more attentive to the psychosocial needs of prostate cancer patients.
Study on Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Mixture Based on Stress Relaxation Test
Authors: Chen Lei , Yu Zhi Xin , Cui Wei Ping , Qin Li Juan 
Published: May 2014

Development of normal stress in the direction perpendicular to the asphalt mixture is an important feature of the nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of asphalt binders. In this paper, this phenomenon was studied with the help of stress-relaxation experiments in torsion. Results indicate that stress relaxation test by controlling strain could be used to evaluate the stress relaxation ability of asphalt mixture. With the aging degree of asphalt mixtures increased, the low temperature cracking resistance got worse; the higher the temperature is, the faster the stress relaxed; the smaller the initial strain, the worse the stress relaxation ability also. The viscoelasticity of asphalt mixture could be simulated by exponential model fractional and the experiments well supported the modeling results.
Telemonitoring of patients with Parkinson’s disease using inertia sensors
Authors: Baumann L. , Tengler M. , Piro L. , Blechschmidt-Trapp R. , Piro N.E. 
Published: May 2014

SummaryBackground: Medical treatment in patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease is very difficult as dose-finding is mainly based on selective and subjective impressions by the physician.Objectives: To allow for the objective evaluation of patients’ symptoms required for optimal dose-finding, a telemonitoring system tracks the motion of patients in their surroundings. The system focuses on providing interoperability and usability in order to ensure high acceptance.Methods: Patients wear inertia sensors and perform standardized motor tasks. Data are recorded, processed and then presented to the physician in a 3D animated form. In addition, the same data is rated based on the UPDRS score. Interoperability is realized by developing the system in compliance with the recommendations of the Continua Health Alliance. Detailed requirements analysis and continuous collaboration with respective user groups help to achieve high usability.Results: A sensor platform was developed that is capable of measuring acceleration and angular rate of motions as well as the absolute orientation of the device itself through an included compass sensor. The system architecture was designed and required infrastructure, and essential parts of the communication between the system components were implemented following Continua guidelines. Moreover, preliminary data analysis based on three-dimensional acceleration and angular rate data could be established.Conclusion: A prototype system for the telemonitoring of Parkinson’s disease patients was successfully developed. The developed sensor platform fully satisfies the needs of monitoring patients of Parkinson’s disease and is comparable to other sensor platforms, although these sensor platforms have yet to be tested rigorously against each other. Suitable approaches to provide interoper-ability and usability were identified and realized and remain to be tested in the field.Citation: Piro NE, Baumann L, Tengler M, Piro L, Blechschmidt-Trapp R. Telemonitoring of patients with Parkinson’s disease using inertia sensors. Appl Clin Inf 2014; 5: 503–511 http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-04-RA-0046
Changing epistemic beliefs? An exploratory study of cognition among prospective history teacher
Authors: VanSledright Bruce , Reddy Kimberly 
Published: May 2014

This study explores changing epistemic beliefs in the history domain among 18 prospective history teachers. Drawing data from these college undergraduate history majors who were considering teaching careers, the study traces out an exploration of how epistemic beliefs may change at this crucial developmental point. A likert-scale instrument served as a primary data-gathering tool and it was administered in a pre-post, design. Observational and interview data augmented the scale data. A university-based course served as an educational vehicle designed to influence epistemic beliefs. The results among the prospective teachers were mixed. Some students’ epistemic beliefs remained unaffected by the course, while others changed, some quite dramatically. Reasons for varied influences are the subject of the discussion. Implications of the results are also considered.Keywords: Epistemic Knowledge; Historical Thinking; History Teaching; Prospective Teachers.
Calidad educativa y didáctica de la historia en los gobiernos neoconservadores en México 2000-2012
Authors: Plá Sebastián 
Published: May 2014

El presente artículo trabaja sobre el impacto de la calidad educativa en la enseñanza de la historia en México durante los gobiernos del conservador Partido Acción Nacional. En él se describe cómo los criterios de eficacia y relevancia son determinantes para ir transformando la epistemología del conocimiento histórico escolar. El primero lo hace a partir de evaluaciones nacionales e internacionales que obligan a diseñar contenidos históricos en forma de estándares claramente mensurables, secuenciales y que permitan la comparación internacional. El segundo lo hace a través del concepto de competencia y de las habilidades en que se tiene que formar un sujeto cognoscente universal. Asimismo, se explica el papel que jugaron diferentes especialistas en didáctica de la historia para producir esta mutación. Se concluye que a pesar de ciertos avances en las propuestas gubernamentales de enseñanza de la historia, la calidad educativa y la idea de sujeto universal son profundamente excluyentes con otras formas de pensar el pasado dentro de la escuela. Se utilizan como fuentes para el análisis los programas educativos nacionales de los dos gobiernos neoconservadores estudiados, diferentes materiales didácticos y los programas de estudio de las reformas a la educación básica de 2006 y 2011.Palabras clave: Calidad educativa; Enseñanza de la historia; Educación histórica; Pensar históricamente; México.
L’enseignement des sujets controversés dans l‘école française : les nouveaux fondements de l'histoire scolaire en France ?
Authors: Falaize Benoit 
Published: May 2014

Cet article jette un regard sur les fonctions sociales de l’histoire à l’école, en France, pour décrire les principales finalités de l’enseignement de l’histoire, régulièrement énoncées depuis la seconde partie du XIXe siècle. L’auteur rappelle la problématique de l’enseignement des questions sensibles de l’histoire, qui émerge dans les débats scolaires, publics et politiques français. Accompagnant en cela les débats autour des questions de mémoires, les activités de classe sont soumises à l’interrogation d’une société tout entière invitée à scruter le dedans de l’école et de ses contenus d’enseignement de l’histoire, afin d’y voir occultations, manquements, ou amnésies nationales. Ensuite, l’auteur analyse le tournant mémoriel qui date des années 1980 qui s’observe dans les prescriptions scolaires, pour parler du problème de la place qu’ont en classe les traumatismes de l’histoire nationale et aussi de la manière dont l’histoire est convoquée pour dire la victimisation, pour dire l’horreur de l’histoire, comme, par exemple, la question de la Shoah ou de la colonisation et la réaction des élèves en face de tels sujets sensibles. De toute façon, enseigner les drames du passé ou les sujets controversés de l’histoire nationale marque une rupture avec une tradition scolaire mais aussi académique française : alors que l’histoire enseignée mettait en avant les ancêtres auréolés de gloire et de sentiments nationaux ou chrétiens, le retour en force au cours des années 2000 des débats sur l’histoire de France et les enjeux de mémoire a participé de la désacralisation définitive de la Nation, qui est progressivement sortie d'une histoire immobile, chauvine, jalonnée de figures héroïques dont le destin se confondait avec celui de la nation.Mots-clés : Enseignement d’histoire; Histoire récente de France; Shoah; Colonisation; Mémoires.
La voie des images. Valeur documentaire, puissance spectrale
Authors: Lindeperg Sylvie 
Published: May 2014

Cet article retrace l’histoire de trois tournages au printemps-été 1944 : dans Paris insurgé et dans les camps de transit de Terezín, en Tchécoslovaquie, et de Westerbork, aux Pays-Bas. Il met en pratique une « vision rapprochée » des images d’archives, inspirée du modèle établi par Daniel Arasse pour la peinture lorsqu’il préconise « une pratique rapprochée du pinceau et du regard ». Cette méthode suppose l’attention aux détails et exige de longs retours devant l’image. La remontée vers le point d’origine de la prise de vue permet d’entrevoir l’univers mental de ceux qui filmèrent, d’interroger leurs gestes et leurs choix. Ces plans d’archives recueillent aussi l’impensé d’une époque, la part inintelligible de l’histoire pour les contemporains. Ils conservent ce qui échappa au regard de l’opérateur dans l’enregistrement mécanique d’une portion de réel. Les images analysées ouvrent ainsi la voie à une histoire du sensible inscrite au plus près des corps de ceux qui firent l’événement ou qui en furent les victimes. Elles engagent des questions telles que la place de l’art au coeur de la barbarie, les ambivalences de la « collaboration artistique », la capacité du cinéma à devenir un instrument de libération ou de résistance.
Archives, modes de réemploi. Pour une archéologie du found footage 1
Authors: Habib André 
Published: May 2014

Le cinéma de réemploi (ou defound footage) suscite depuis une quinzaine d’années un engouement critique et théorique qui va de pair avec la « fièvre de l’archive » qui parcourt actuellement le champ des sciences humaines. On peut toutefois s’étonner du manque de considération ou d’attention dont font parfois preuve certains de ces chercheurs à l’égard des questions proprement matérielles, des opérations techniques, des contextes historiques précis qui ont permis, autorisé ou rendu possible la réalisation de films aussi différents — et reconnus — queTom, Tom, the Piper’s Sonde Ken Jacobs,Eurekad’Ernie Gehr,Public Domaind’Hollis Frampton, etc. L’origine des matériaux réemployés, le contexte historique de leur accessibilité et les techniques de leur réemploi — en somme, tout ce qui compose les gestes d’excavation et de reproduction de ces films d’archives — déterminent sur bien des aspects l’expérience de ces oeuvres (de leur fabrication à leur réception) et l’imaginaire de l’archive qu’elles médiatisent. À partir d’un certain nombre de cas et en examinant différents contextes historiques, ainsi que les modes précis de réemploi des films de la collection despaper printsà Washington, cet article propose un modèle pour une archéologie dufound footage, afin de rendre justice à ces gestes de réemploi, d’en retrouver la beauté et l’intelligence, en les réinscrivant dans leur histoire, leur technique, leur matérialité propres.
A Rule Based Cognitive System of Emotion Recognition
Authors: Sahu Meenakhi , Maringanti Hima Bindu , Parida Ambarish 
Published: May 2014

AbstractEmotions are an important aspect of human nature and behaviour that helps a person communicate and interact with others in a social environment. The present work is such an attempt towards machine intelligence, to recognize the cause-and-effect of the emotional states of humans. In the present times, the intelligence quotient (IQ) measured earlier is replaced by the emotional intelligence (EI)- a factor that helps assess the performance and efficiency of humans in various arenas like home, office, sports, clubs etc.A Questionnaire has been designed, to be taken up by subjects whose emotional status, need to be understood. The set of answers received would fire the appropriate rule and result in a specific emotion. These set of rules, once designed are static. The concept of embedded emotion and hence of a rule in another rule (inheritance) is used. A set of 13 rules have been discovered depicting the causes of specific emotions and their inclusion in other emotions, thus enabling the design of augmented transition networks (ATN). Java Expert System Shell (JESS) has been used to design this rule-based emotion recognition system and the results are presented in the corresponding results section.
Using Opnet Modeller for the Delivery of the COPAR Service and Improved Availability on the Internet
Authors: Seegobin Rhea L. , Hosein Michael A. 
Published: May 2014

AbstractThe COPAR service is a Java based distributed system that runs over the Internet. The system works by replicating data at separate sites using optimistic and pessimistic processing techniques. The aim of COPAR is to test the availability and scalability of a system when expanded. Improvements on this project have been outlined in several papers ([2], [3], [4], [5], [6] and [12]). Limitations were encountered for the expansion of COPAR. Resources needed to host 20 or even 40 nodes were very costly to attain. Opnet which is trusted by global electronic manufactures, eliminates these limitations by simulating a virtual environment.Opnet was used to expand COPAR from 8 nodes to 100 nodes. This paper outlines the implementation details for the conversion of COPAR from a Java-based implementation to an Opnet simulation. This paper focuses on the OPNET editors employed to facilitate this implementation, the transaction generator’s node and process model and a server’s node and process model. This paper can be particularly helpful to future researchers that want to improve and expand COPAR even further, using Opnet Modeler. It can also be useful to researchers that want to create simulations using C++ with similar implementation styles.
Constraining crustal velocity fields with InSAR for Eastern Turkey: Limits to the block‐like behavior of Eastern Anatolia
Authors: Walters R. J. , Parsons B. , Wright T. J. 
Published: May 2014

AbstractThe Sentinel‐1 satellite mission will enable global strain rate mapping from interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and GPS data, and methods to combine these data in velocity fields will become increasingly important. Here we use InSAR to measure interseismic deformation in Eastern Turkey, across a ∼250,000 km2 area that spans the Arabia‐Eurasia plate boundary zone. From our InSAR data we first estimate slip rates and locking depths for the North and East Anatolian Faults (NAF and EAF) of 20 ± 3 mm/yr and ∼16 km and 11 ± 3 mm/yr and ∼16 km, respectively, but we also combine the InSAR data with existing GPS velocity measurements to construct high‐resolution velocity and strain rate fields across the region for the first time. We calculate 2‐D and 3‐D velocity fields and find that strain is mainly localized across the NAF and EAF and that there is negligible differential vertical motion across the Eastern Anatolian plateau. We also show that high‐resolution 2‐D strain rate fields can be calculated from InSAR alone, even in the absence of GPS data. We fit a block model to our velocity field and estimate slip rates of ∼21 mm/yr and ∼8 mm/yr for the NAF and EAF, showing that our previous estimates differ from these values because they neglected crustal rotation. Although this rotation is an important component of the velocity field in Eastern Turkey, systematic residuals between our velocity field and the best fitting block for Anatolia suggest that the region is not block‐like as proposed by previous authors.
Scaling properties of tidal networks
Authors: Jiménez Mirian , Castanedo Sonia , Zhou Zeng , Coco Giovanni , Medina Raúl , Rodriguez‐Iturbe Ignacio 
Published: May 2014

AbstractA new methodology is developed to extract tidal network from hydrodynamic conditions, and use data derived from numerical modeling or field observations to test the hypothesis that tidal networks are characterized by scale‐invariant properties. Different tidal network configurations have been obtained from long‐term numerical simulations in an idealized basin. These simulations show the influence of hydrodynamic conditions (tidal range, TR) and sediment (grain size sediment, D50) on the final configuration of the network. One of the signatures of scale‐invariant behavior is related to the presence of a power law relationship in the probability distribution of geometrical characteristics. For each model configuration and field site, the probability distribution of drainage area and the drainage volume has been calculated, and in both cases tidal networks show scale‐invariant characteristics. After assessing the sensitivity of the results, an energy expenditure analysis shows that tidal basins evolve toward a state with less morphodynamic activity, with a lower energy expenditure compare with the initial state.
Hydrologic dynamics and geochemical responses within a floodplain aquifer and hyporheic zone during Hurricane Sandy
Authors: Sawyer A. H. , Kaplan L. A. , Lazareva O. , Michael H. A. 
Published: May 2014

AbstractStorms dominate solute export budgets from catchments and drive hydrogeochemical changes in the near‐stream environment. We captured near‐stream hydrogeochemical dynamics during an intense storm (Hurricane Sandy, October 2012), by instrumenting a riparian‐hyporheic zone transect of White Clay Creek in the Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory with pressure transducers, redox probes, and pore water samplers. In the floodplain aquifer, preferential vertical flow paths such as macropores facilitated rapid infiltration early in the storm. Water table rose quickly and promoted continuous groundwater discharge to the stream. Floodplain‐hillslope topography controlled poststorm aquifer drainage rates, as the broad, western floodplain aquifer drained more slowly than the narrow, eastern floodplain aquifer adjacent to a steep hillslope. These changes in groundwater flow drove heterogeneous geochemical responses in the floodplain aquifer and hyporheic zone. Vertical infiltration in the floodplain and hyporheic exchange in the streambed increased DOC and oxygen delivery to microbially active sediments, which may have enhanced respiration. Resulting geochemical perturbations persisted from days to weeks after the storm. Our observations suggest that groundwater‐borne solute delivery to streams during storms depends on unique interactions of vertical infiltration along preferential pathways, perturbations to groundwater geochemistry, and topographically controlled drainage rates.
The acute brain response to levodopa heralds dyskinesias in Parkinson disease
Authors: Herz Damian M. , Haagensen Brian N. , Christensen Mark S. , Madsen Kristoffer H. , Rowe James B. , Løkkegaard Annemette , Siebner Hartwig R. 
Published: May 2014

ObjectiveIn Parkinson disease (PD), long‐term treatment with the dopamine precursor levodopa gradually induces involuntary “dyskinesia” movements. The neural mechanisms underlying the emergence of levodopa‐induced dyskinesias in vivo are still poorly understood. Here, we applied functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map the emergence of peak‐of‐dose dyskinesias in patients with PD.MethodsThirteen PD patients with dyskinesias and 13 PD patients without dyskinesias received 200mg fast‐acting oral levodopa following prolonged withdrawal from their normal dopaminergic medication. Immediately before and after levodopa intake, we performed fMRI, while patients produced a mouse click with the right or left hand or no action (No‐Go) contingent on 3 arbitrary cues. The scan was continued for 45 minutes after levodopa intake or until dyskinesias emerged.ResultsDuring No‐Go trials, PD patients who would later develop dyskinesias showed an abnormal gradual increase of activity in the presupplementary motor area (preSMA) and the bilateral putamen. This hyperactivity emerged during the first 20 minutes after levodopa intake. At the individual level, the excessive No‐Go activity in the predyskinesia period predicted whether an individual patient would subsequently develop dyskinesias (p < 0.001) as well as severity of their day‐to‐day symptomatic dyskinesias (p < 0.001).InterpretationPD patients with dyskinesias display an immediate hypersensitivity of preSMA and putamen to levodopa, which heralds the failure of neural networks to suppress involuntary dyskinetic movements. Ann Neurol 2014;75:829–836