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A Review and Advance Technology in Multi-Area Automatic Generation Control by Using Minority Charge Carrier Inspired Algorithm
Authors: Madichetty Sreedhar , Panda Susmita , Mishra Sambeet , Dasgupta Abhijit 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
This article deals with automatic generation control of a multi-area interconnected thermal system in different modes using intelligent integral and proportional-integral controllers. Appropriate generation rate constraint has been considered for the thermal generation plants. The two cumulated thermal areas are considered with reheat turbines. Performances of reheat turbine on dynamic responses have been investigated. Further, selection of suitable integral and proportional-integral controllers has been investigated with a minority charge carrier inspired algorithm. Cumulative system performance is examined considering with different load perturbation in both cumulative thermal areas. Further, system is investigated with different area control errors, and results are explored.
Genetic Architecture of Variation in the Lateral Line Sensory System of Threespine Sticklebacks
Authors: Wark Abigail R , Mills Margaret G , Dang Lam-Ha , Chan Yingguang Frank , Jones Felicity C , Brady Shannon D , Absher Devin M , Grimwood Jane , Schmutz Jeremy , Myers Richard M , Kingsley David M , Peichel Catherine L 
Published: November 2013

AbstractVertebrate sensory systems have evolved remarkable diversity, but little is known about the underlying genetic mechanisms. The lateral line sensory system of aquatic vertebrates is a promising model for genetic investigations of sensory evolution because there is extensive variation within and between species, and this variation is easily quantified. In the present study, we compare the lateral line sensory system of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from an ancestral marine and a derived benthic lake population. We show that lab-raised individuals from these populations display differences in sensory neuromast number, neuromast patterning, and groove morphology. Using genetic linkage mapping, we identify regions of the genome that influence different aspects of lateral line morphology. Distinct loci independently affect neuromast number on different body regions, suggesting that a modular genetic structure underlies the evolution of peripheral receptor number in this sensory system. Pleiotropy and/or tight linkage are also important, as we identify a region on linkage group 21 that affects multiple aspects of lateral line morphology. Finally, we detect epistasis between a locus on linkage group 4 and a locus on linkage group 21; interactions between these loci contribute to variation in neuromast pattern. Our results reveal a complex genetic architecture underlying the evolution of the stickleback lateral line sensory system. This study further uncovers a genetic relationship between sensory morphology and non-neural traits (bony lateral plates), creating an opportunity to investigate morphological constraints on sensory evolution in a vertebrate model system.
Location-Dependent Empirical Thresholds for Quantitative Trait Mapping
Authors: LaCombe Jason , McClosky Benjamin , Tanksley Steven 
Published: November 2013

AbstractThe Churchill-Doerge approach toward constructing empirical thresholds has received widespread use in the genetic mapping literature through the past 16 years. The method is valued for both its simplicity and its ability to preserve the genome-wide error rate at a prespecified level. However, the Churchill-Doerge method is not designed to maintain the local (comparison-wise) error rate at a constant level except in situations that are unlikely to occur in practice. In this article, we introduce the objective of preserving the local error rate at a constant level in the context of mapping quantitative trait loci in linkage populations. We derive a method that preserves the local error rate at a constant level, provide an application via simulation on a Hordeum vulgare population, and demonstrate evidence of the relationship between recombination and location bias. Furthermore, we indicate that this method is equivalent to the Churchill-Doerge method when several assumptions are satisfied.
Treat George Jetson: Video Chat for Better Patient Care
Authors: Scheiner Gary 
Published: November 2013

In Brief
Caring for people with diabetes is frought with challenges, including a rapidly growing population, shrinking reimbursements for care, multiple treatment variables, an onslaught of numeric data, and the need for effective lifestyle intervention. Use of video chat technology for conducting appointments allows for provision of a wide range of clinical services while improving efficiency, accessibility, and communication between patients and providers.
Telehealth: Aiding Navigation Through the Perfect Storm of Diabetes Care in the Era of Health Care Reform
Authors: Pearson Teresa L. 
Published: November 2013

In Brief
The advance of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and impending shortages of health care providers to serve the ever-increasing diabetes population have led to an increased need to do more with less in the field of health care. New and emerging technologies are making telehealth more accessible, more desirable, and thus more acceptable as a way to interact with patients in their homes or rural communities. Although some issues are yet to be resolved, technological innovations, evidence of the positive effect of diabetes telehealth on clinical and quality-of-life outcomes, and the strong emphasis on telehealth in the ACA make such services worthy of consideration.
Concerns About Professional Chinese Medicine Among Chinese Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Kwan Christine M.L. , Chun Kevin M. , Huang Peggy , Chesla Catherine A. 
Published: November 2013

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese Americans' beliefs regarding professional Chinese medicine (CM) in diabetes management. Previous research showed substantial variations in Chinese Americans' beliefs about the role of professional CM, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, in diabetes management. To provide culturally sensitive care, health care providers (HCPs) need a nuanced understanding of patients' beliefs about professional CM.
Methods. An interpretive phenomenological study was conducted. The sample included 20 informant couples (40 paired individuals) who were Chinese-American immigrants living with type 2 diabetes. Nineteen additional individuals were enrolled as respondents for member-checking. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in couple, group, and individual formats with informants and in groups only with respondents. Interviews were recorded, translated, transcribed, and coded for narrative and thematic analyses. Respondent responses validated informant findings.
Results. Participants reported five concerns about professional CM: low product quality and safety; questionable provider qualifications, ethics, and motives; a lack of scientific evidence for professional CM products and methods; adverse interactions of professional CM products with Western medicine drugs; and cumbersome preparation requirements.
Conclusion. Chinese Americans express skepticism about professional CM and are thoughtful when deciding whether it is a viable treatment option. Some concerns appear well-founded. HCPs are encouraged to become familiar with these concerns and to be prepared to discuss them with patients. They are encouraged to support research on CM, thus advancing the knowledge needed for determining the role of CM in diabetes care and improving collaboration with Chinese patients.
Carvedilol and Pycnogenol® improve the function of diabetic hearts in rats
Authors: E. Kráľová , S. Jankyová , A. Pekárik , J. Čuboň , T. Stankovičová 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
We observed the changes in electrical activity, biometric and haemodynamic parameters of hearts in animals with experimental diabetes mellitus (DM). As well the effect of carvedilol, PycnogenolR and its combination with carvedilol on DM heart function was tested. DM was induced by streptozotocin over three sequential days at a dose of 25 mg/kg body weight i.p. We started therapy by suspension of carvedilol, PycnogenolR and their combination for six weeks. Blood pressure was measured using tail cuff plethysmography. ECG, haemodynamic and biometric parameters were measured in isolated hearts perfused according to the Langendorff. DM rats had increased systolic arterial blood pressure, thicker free wall of left ventricle but weakened myocardial contractility compared with controls. In contrast to controls, electrophysiological parameters showed prolonged QT interval and increased incidence of dysrhythmias in DM rats. The PycnogenolR administration induced regression of left ventricular hypertrophy, improved left ventriculi contraction and increased coronary flow; however, it did not improve the electrical activity of the myocardium compared with DM ones. Carvedilol also reversed the myocardial remodelling, shortened the duration of QT interval and suppressed the incidence of dysrhythmias. The common combination of drugs improved biometric and haemodynamic parameters compared with DM animals, however, not so significantly as monotherapy. On the other hand, the combination of carvedilol and PycnogenolR significantly reduced the duration of the QT interval and shortened the incidence of dysrhythmias. We can conclude that the administration of PycnogenolR effectively improved haemodynamic parameters, and carvedilol affected biometric parameters and also electrical parameters in DM animals. We observed the marked synergic effect of the combination of both drugs on the electrical activity of myocardium. This combination shortened the most pathologically prolonged QT interval and reduced the number of dysrhythmias.
Effects of Preceding Cowpea on the Performance of Maize in Cowpea-Maize Sequential Cropping
Authors: Adigbo Sunday Ojo , Fabunmi Thomas Oladeji , Isadeha Anthony , Adigbo Veronica Bola , Odedina Joy Nwakaego , Korede K. Babatunde 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
Field experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Agriculture in 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 cropping seasons to investigate the effects of cowpea varieties on succeeding of maize crop. The experiment was laid out in split-plot design and the treatment replicated three times. The main plot treatment was sprayed and unsprayed cowpea (Vigna unguculata L.) while variety constituted the subplot treatment (IT90K-76, IT90K-277-2, Drum, Olo, Oloyin, Mallam and Sokoto varieties). Maize variety cv TZESR-W was planted as the test crop in the early cropping season of 2005, 2006 and 2007 on each subplot of the preceding cowpea. The biomass of cowpea in the spray plots were higher than those of unsprayed at 8, 10 WAP in 2004. Olo variety had significantly lower biomass compared to others in 2004. The grain yield of cowpea from the sprayed plots was significantly higher than the unsprayed plots in all the years. IT90K-76 variety had the highest grain yield whereas Mallam and Drum had the lowest in all the years. Maize grain yields from the preceding cowpea plots were significantly higher than that of 0 N kg/ha. The fertilizer equivalent of the preceding varieties of cowpea ranges between 24 and 38 N kg/ha. Thus, preceding cowpea enhances the performance of succeeding maize.
Association Between Physical Activity and Sleep in Adults With Chronic Pain: A Momentary, Within-Person Perspective
Authors: Andrews Nicole E. , Strong Jenny , Meredith Pamela J. , D'Arrigo Rachel G. 
Published: November 2013

BackgroundIndividuals with chronic pain consider improved sleep to be one of the most important outcomes of treatment. Physical activity has been shown to have beneficial effects on sleep in the general population. Despite these findings, the physical activity–sleep relationship has not been directly examined in a sample of people with chronic pain.ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the association between objective daytime physical activity and subsequent objective sleep for individuals with chronic pain while controlling for pain and psychosocial variables.DesignAn observational, prospective, within-person study design was used.MethodsA clinical sample of 50 adults with chronic pain was recruited. Participation involved completing a demographic questionnaire followed by 5 days of data collection. Over this period, participants wore a triaxial accelerometer to monitor their daytime activity and sleep. Participants also carried a handheld computer that administered a questionnaire measuring pain, mood, catastrophizing, and stress 6 times throughout the day.ResultsThe results demonstrated that higher fluctuations in daytime activity significantly predicted shorter sleep duration. Furthermore, higher mean daytime activity levels and a greater number of pain sites contributed significantly to the prediction of longer periods of wakefulness at night.LimitationsThe small sample size used in this study limits the generalizability of the findings. Missing data may have led to overestimations or underestimations of effect sizes, and additional factors that may be associated with sleep (eg, medication usage, environmental factors) were not measured.ConclusionsThe results of this study suggest that engagement in high-intensity activity and high fluctuations in activity are associated with poorer sleep at night; hence, activity modulation may be a key treatment strategy to address sleep complaints in individuals with chronic pain.
What to Do When there is Nothing to Do: The psychotherapeutic value of Meaning Therapy in the treatment of late life depression
Authors: Morgan J. H. 
Published: November 2013

Psychotherapeutic treatment with the goal of cure, of course, is the standard within the healing professions but when we are dealing with late life depression where there is no hope for longevity, the agenda necessarily must shift from cure to care, from treatment with the goal of renewed healthy living to a focus upon the palliative aspects of a limited prognosis. Here, then, the clinician is faced with the challenge of existential intervention with an emphasis upon the “moment” rather than the future. The encroachment of ennui upon the elderly, particularly and especially those who have been actively engaged in a full life of service such as the clergy, physicians, teachers, and attorneys, can be a traumatic and debilitating experience.When hope for the future is not being sought but rather an effective and celebrative address to the existential realities confronting the elderly patient who is facing decline and death, the quest for those “happy moments” conjured in the patient’s memory constitute a promising field of treatment.Geriatric logotherapy is uniquely constructed to do just that.
Learning the Scripts: An exploration of the shared ways in which young Lao volunteers in Vientiane understand happiness.
Authors: McMellon C. 
Published: November 2013

The idea that development policies need to take account of factors broader than economic growth is increasingly commonplace. A focus upon happiness provides an alternative way of looking at development, but the concept of happiness is far from straightforward. This paper argues that any consideration of happiness in policy must be grounded in nuanced qualitative research that provides a rich understanding of the realities of people's lives and their multiple and often conflicting understandings of what happiness means. This paper draws on ethnographic research with young Lao volunteers with community-based organisations in Vientiane, Laos, that took place between 2010 and 2012. Drawing on Wierzbicka's (2004) concept of cultural scripts, it identifies, describes and explores three collective scripts that this specific group of young people believe about the things that make them happy: • The way to be happy is to be a good Lao person • I will be happy if I have the things that I need to be comfortable and have an easy life • I am happy when I follow my heart Despite illustrating very different understandings of happiness, these stories are woven from a common set of themes about the things that young people think make them happy. Consideration is given to the possible origins of these shared scripts. The discussion section of the paper looks at the implications of these shared scripts for understanding happiness and for the inclusion of a consideration of the concept of happiness in public policy. The paper ends with three conclusions. Firstly it suggests the importance of rich qualitative research in order to make choices about the meaningful use of well-being indicators. Secondly, in making explicit the socially constructed ways that people understand happiness, such research can also remind us of the need to interrogate the ways that happiness is considered in public policy. Thirdly, the paper suggests that such a critical approach to happiness could also be beneficial at the personal level in order for individuals to challenge and make choices about their own beliefs about happiness.
Encounters with Translations of Happiness
Authors: Titchkosky T. 
Published: November 2013

This special issue edited by Katie Aubrecht demonstrates that a focus on translations of happiness makes us attend to the interpretive process animating social relations. There are many registers of translation that individuals, communities, and the state make use of as they grapple with relations to happiness. Among the vast array of historical registers that aim to make happiness comprehensible or compelling, medicine and politics are two of the most noteworthy. Moving from one register to another, such as from institutional versions of happiness as a medically regulated matter, to its appearance in situations of war, trauma, illness, local community or state, between these differing registers, we come to re-encounter happiness in many important ways as this special issue demonstrates. This issue thus invites its readers to question modernity’s progressive interest in and use of happiness as a way to narrate and assemble our essential inter-relatedness.
Part-Task Training in the Context of Automation: Current and Future Directions
Authors: Gutzwiller Robert S. , Clegg Benjamin A. , Blitch John G. 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
Automation often elicits a divide-and-conquer outlook. By definition, automation has been suggested to assume control over a part or whole task that was previously performed by a human (Parasuraman and Riley, 1997). When such notions of automation are taken as grounds for training, they readily invoke a part-task training (PTT) approach. This article outlines broad functions of automation as a source of PTT and reviews the PTT literature, focusing on the potential benefits and costs related to using automation as a mechanism for PTT. The article reviews some past work in this area and suggests a path to move beyond the type of work captured by the "automation as PTT" framework. An illustrative experiment shows how automation in training and PTT are actually separable issues. PTT with automation has some utility but ultimately remains an unsatisfactory framework for the future broad potential of automation during training, and we suggest that a new conceptualization is needed.
Music over Words and Sound over Image: "Rock Around the Clock" and The Centrality of Music in Post-Classical Film Narration
Authors: Reinsch Paul N. 
Published: November 2013

Abstract
This article argues for the centrality of the Bill Haley and His Comets song "Rock Around the Clock" in creating post-classical sound through its appearance in Blackboard Jungle and Rock Around the Clock. The song turns the cinema into a music delivery system and relegates the image to perhaps only accompanying the sound. The audience for each film also repurposes the cinema space for active response in the form of dancing and thereby challenges theorizations of the cinema as a series of images meant to be received by a passive audience.
Comparison between POES energetic electron precipitation observations and riometer absorptions: Implications for determining true precipitation fluxes
Authors: Rodger Craig J. , Kavanagh Andrew J. , Clilverd Mark A. , Marple Steve R. 
Published: November 2013

AbstractEnergetic electron precipitation (EEP) impacts the chemistry of the middle atmosphere with growing evidence of coupling to surface temperatures at high latitudes. To better understand this link, it is essential to have realistic observations to properly characterize precipitation and which can be incorporated into chemistry‐climate models. The Polar‐orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) detectors measure precipitating particles but only integral fluxes and only in a fraction of the bounce loss cone. Ground‐based riometers respond to precipitation from the whole bounce loss cone; they measure the cosmic radio noise absorption (CNA), a qualitative proxy with scant direct information on the energy flux of EEP. POES observations should have a direct relationship with ΔCNA and comparing the two will clarify their utility in studies of atmospheric change. We determined ionospheric changes produced by the EEP measured by the POES spacecraft in ~250 overpasses of an imaging riometer in northern Finland. The ΔCNA modeled from the POES data is 10–15 times less than the observed ΔCNA when the >30 keV flux is reported as <106 cm−2 s−1 sr−1. Above this level, there is relatively good agreement between the space‐based and ground‐based measurements. The discrepancy occurs mostly during periods of low geomagnetic activity, and we contend that weak diffusion is dominating the pitch angle scattering into the bounce loss cone at these times. A correction to the calculation using measurements of the trapped flux considerably reduces the discrepancy and provides further support to our hypothesis that weak diffusion leads to underestimates of the EEP.
Quasi‐decadal signals of Sahel rainfall and West African monsoon since the mid‐twentieth century
Authors: Dieppois Bastien , Diedhiou Arona , Durand Alain , Fournier Matthieu , Massei Nicolas , Sebag David , Xue Yongkang , Fontaine Bernard 
Published: November 2013

AbstractSahel rainfall shows pronounced decadal variability and a negative trend between wet conditions in the 1950s–1960s and dry ones in the 1970s–1980s. Using continuous wavelet transform, the quasi‐decadal variability (QDV) of rainfall reveals zonal contrasts. The highest QDV is identified in the 1950s–1960s over western Sahel and in the 1970s–1980s over eastern Sahel. The quasi‐decadal atmospheric anomalies have been reconstructed using Fourier transform for the 1950s–1960s and the 1970s–1980s, respectively, and assessed by the composite analysis of the QDV phases for the periods before and after 1968. Over western Sahel, the rainfall QDV in the 1950s–1960s is related to the North Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) variability, as highlighted by the wavelet coherence. A southward shift trend of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is identified through an enhancement of northeasterly fluxes and moisture convergence over the western part of West Africa. A decrease (increase) of southern (northern) subtropical sinking motions seems to be involved. In the 1970s–1980s, a strengthening of cross‐equatorial Atlantic SST and pressure gradients is related to an increase of monsoon flow from lower troposphere up to the midtroposphere and to the northward shift of the ITCZ, mainly over eastern Sahel. The Pacific SST influence is also identified, which involves changes in the global zonal circulation.