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Does the Disposition Effect Matter in Corporate Takeovers? Evidence from Institutional Investors of Target Companies
Authors: Ye Pengfei 
Published: April 2014

AbstractThis paper examines whether one of the most important participants in the takeover market, the institutional investors of target companies, suffers from the disposition effect and, if so, how this selling bias influences the takeover outcomes. I report robust evidence that target institutional investors are reluctant to realize losses. This bias further allows their sunk cost to affect both the takeover price and the deal success. My results are explained by neither the undervalued targets nor the 52-week-high price effect. They are most pronounced among targets whose investors have a strong propensity to hold on to loser stocks.
Human–tiger Panthera tigris conflict and its perception in Bardia National Park, Nepal
Authors: Bhattarai Babu R. , Fischer Klaus 
Published: April 2014

AbstractHuman–wildlife conflict is a significant problem that often results in retaliatory killing of predators. Such conflict is particularly pronounced between humans and tigers Panthera tigris because of fatal attacks by tigers on humans. We investigated the incidence and perception of human–tiger conflict in the buffer zone of Bardia National Park, Nepal, by interviewing 273 local householders and 27 key persons (e.g. representatives of local communities, Park officials). Further information was compiled from the Park's archives. The annual loss of livestock attributable to tigers was 0.26 animals per household, amounting to an annual loss of 2% of livestock. Livestock predation rates were particularly high in areas with low abundance of natural prey. During 1994–2007 12 people were killed and a further four injured in tiger attacks. Nevertheless, local people generally had a positive attitude towards tiger conservation and were willing to tolerate some loss of livestock but not human casualties. This positive attitude indicates the potential for implementation of appropriate conservation measures and we propose mitigation strategies such as education, monetary compensation and monitoring of tigers.
Cognitive variability in psychotic disorders: a cross-diagnostic cluster analysis
Authors: Lewandowski K. E. , Sperry S. H. , Cohen B. M. , Öngür D. 
Published: April 2014

Background.Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of psychotic disorders; however, substantial variability exists both within and between subjects in terms of cognitive domains of dysfunction, and a clear ‘profile’ of cognitive strengths and weaknesses characteristic of any diagnosis or psychosis as a whole has not emerged. Cluster analysis provides an opportunity to group individuals using a data-driven approach rather than predetermined grouping criteria. While several studies have identified meaningful cognitive clusters in schizophrenia, no study to date has examined cognition in a cross-diagnostic sample of patients with psychotic disorders using a cluster approach. We aimed to examine cognitive variables in a sample of 167 patients with psychosis using cluster methods.Method.Subjects with schizophrenia (n = 41), schizo-affective disorder (n = 53) or bipolar disorder with psychosis (n = 73) were assessed using a battery of cognitive and clinical measures. Cognitive data were analysed using Ward's method, followed by a K-means cluster approach. Clusters were then compared on diagnosis and measures of clinical symptoms, demographic variables and community functioning.Results.A four-cluster solution was selected, including a ‘neuropsychologically normal’ cluster, a globally and significantly impaired cluster, and two clusters of mixed cognitive profiles. Clusters differed on several clinical variables; diagnoses were distributed amongst all clusters, although not evenly.Conclusions.Identification of groups of patients who share similar neurocognitive profiles may help pinpoint relevant neural abnormalities underlying these traits. Such groupings may also hasten the development of individualized treatment approaches, including cognitive remediation tailored to patients' specific cognitive profiles.
A matter of timing: Developmental theories of romantic involvement and psychosocial adjustment
Authors: Furman Wyndol , Collibee Charlene 
Published: April 2014

AbstractThe present study compared two theories of the association between romantic involvement and adjustment: a social timetable theory and a developmental task theory. We examined seven waves of longitudinal data on a community based sample of 200 participants (Wave 1 mean age = 15 years, 10 months). In each wave, multiple measures of substance use, externalizing symptoms, and internalizing symptoms were gathered, typically from multiple reporters. Multilevel modeling revealed that greater levels of romantic involvement in adolescence were associated with higher levels of substance use and externalizing symptoms but became associated with lower levels in adulthood. Having a romantic partner was associated with greater levels of substance use, externalizing symptoms, and internalizing symptoms in adolescence but was associated with lower levels in young adulthood. The findings were not consistent with a social timetable theory, which predicts that nonnormative involvement is associated with poor adjustment. Instead, the findings are consistent with a developmental task theory, which predicts that precocious romantic involvement undermines development and adaptation, but when romantic involvement becomes a salient developmental task in adulthood, it is associated with positive adjustment. Discussion focuses on the processes that may underlie the changing nature of the association between romantic involvement and adjustment.
A prospective study of body image dissatisfaction and BMI change in school-age children
Authors: Duchin Ofra , Marin Constanza , Mora-Plazas Mercedes , Mendes de Leon Carlos , Lee Joyce M , Baylin Ana , Villamor Eduardo 
Published: April 2014

AbstractObjectiveBody image dissatisfaction (BID) in school-age children is positively associated with weight status in cross-sectional studies; however, it is uncertain whether BID is a risk factor for the development of adiposity over time. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of BID with changes in BMI in school-age children.DesignLongitudinal study. At recruitment, children were asked to indicate the silhouette that most closely represented their current and desired body shapes using child-adapted Stunkard scales. Baseline BID was calculated as the difference of current minus desired body image. Height and weight were measured at recruitment and then annually for a median of 2·5 years. Sex-specific BMI-for-age curves were estimated by levels of baseline BID, using mixed-effects models with restricted cubic splines.SettingPublic primary schools in Bogotá, Colombia.SubjectsSix hundred and twenty-nine children aged 5–12 years.ResultsIn multivariable analyses, thin boys who desired to be thinner gained an estimated 5·8 kg/m2more BMI from age 6 to 14 years than boys without BID (P= 0·0004). Heavy boys who desired to be heavier or thinner gained significantly more BMI than boys without BID (P= 0·003 andP= 0·007, respectively). Thin girls who desired to be heavier or thinner gained significantly less BMI than girls without BID (P= 0·0008 andP= 0·05, respectively), whereas heavy girls who desired to be heavier gained an estimated 4·8 kg/m2less BMI than girls without BID (P= 0·0006). BID was not related to BMI change in normal-weight children.ConclusionsBID is associated with BMI trajectories of school-age children in a sex- and weight-specific manner.
Parent-reported behavioural and emotional problems in Albanian Kosovar children
Authors: Shahini M. , Rescorla L. A. , Ahmeti A. Pronaj , Begovac I. , Dobrean A. , Markovıć J. , Rudan V. , Wancata J. , Wolanczyk T. , Zhjeqi V. , Zukauskiene R. 
Published: April 2014

Aims.Because no epidemiological study has been conducted of children's mental health problems in Kosova, which experienced a traumatic war in 1998–99, we conducted the first national epidemiological survey of children's mental health ever undertaken in Kosova.Methods.Participants were 1374 Kosovar children ages 6–18 recruited through schools (60% from urban areas). Parent-reported behavioural and emotional problems were assessed using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL/6–18). Kosovar findings were compared with findings from five other Central and Eastern European societies (Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Serbia and Croatia), plus the US.Results.Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that the CBCL 8-syndrome model manifested good fit to the Kosovar data. Mean item ratings and Cronbach's alphas were very similar to those of the other six societies. Kosova's mean Total Problems score fell in the middle of the range of the seven societies compared. CBCL scores were higher for adolescents (12–18), urban children, and those whose parents had limited education compared with younger (6–11), rural, and more socially advantaged children.Conclusions.Strong consistency was found between Kosovar findings and those for neighbouring countries with respect to CFA results, mean item ratings, alphas and problem score levels. Results of this epidemiological survey highlight the utility of the CBCL for identifying Kosovar Albanian children with mental health service needs.
Maximum energy transfer condition for piezoelectric energy harvesters with single pulsed vibration inputs
Authors: Yang Joonseok , Lee Sanggu , Kim Jaeha 
Published: April 2014

The optimal capacitive load condition is derived for a passive bridge rectifier to harvest the maximum amount of energy when a piezoelectric generator (PG) receives a single vibration pulse (e.g. a button press). When the PG is modelled as a current pulse generator with an internal shunt capacitance (CP), it is shown that an ideal bridge rectifier collects the maximum energy when its output capacitance is set to 3·CP. The impacts of the nonzero turn‐on voltage and on‐resistance of the diodes are also discussed. The experimental results with a 300 mm2 lead magnesium niobate‐lead titanate PG and a Schottky‐bridge rectifier with 0.22 V turn‐on voltage demonstrate that the maximum energy transfer occurs at a capacitance ratio of 3.3, collecting 117 μJ from a single button press.
Modified channel‐independent weighted bit flipping decoding algorithm for low‐density‐parity‐check codes
Authors: Zhang Gaoyuan , Zhou Liang , Wen Hong 
Published: April 2014

In this study, a modified channel‐independent weighted bit flipping (CIWBF) decoding algorithm is proposed for low‐density‐parity‐check codes. This modification, based on the ‘additive offset term adjustment’ in the reliability of the check sum, can also be applied to the reliability ratio weighted bit flipping algorithm. Simulation results show that the performance of the author's improved modified CIWBF algorithm is better than that of CIWBF algorithm about 0.45 dB at bit‐error rate of 10−5 over an additive white Gaussian noise channel without much complexity increase.
PAKs inhibitors ameliorate schizophrenia-associated dendritic spine deterioration in vitro and in vivo during late adolescence
Authors: Hayashi-Takagi Akiko , Araki Yoichi , Nakamura Mayumi , Vollrath Benedikt , Duron Sergio G. , Yan Zhen , Kasai Haruo , Huganir Richard L. , Campbell David A. , Sawa Akira 
Published: April 2014

Significance
Drug discovery in psychiatry has been limited to chemical modifications of compounds originally discovered serendipitously. Therefore, more mechanism-oriented strategies of drug discovery for mental disorders are awaited. Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder with synaptic disconnectivity involved in its pathophysiology. In this study, we studied a biological pathway underlying synaptic disturbance and examined whether p21-activated kinase inhibitors ameliorate the pathology in vitro and in vivo. The beneficial effects of these inhibitors reported here may provide us with an opportunity for drug discovery in major mental illnesses with synaptic disturbance.
Testing the viability of webDMDX for masked priming experiments
Authors: Witzel Jeffrey , Cornelius Samantha , Witzel Naoko , Forster Kenneth I. , Forster Jonathan C. 
Published: April 2014

The DMDX software package (Forster & Forster, 2003) is a Windows-based
application that displays stimuli and records responses. Recent developments in this program have made it possible to deploy DMDX experiments over the Internet. This study evaluates the viability of the web-deployable implementation of DMDX, or webDMDX, for masked priming experiments. A lexical decision task (LDT) with masked repetition priming on high- and low-frequency words and an e/a letter detection task were conducted with both lab-based DMDX (labDMDX; Experiment 1) and webDMDX. The webDMDX experiments were run on lab computers (Experiments 2) and on different (unknown) hardware (Experiment 3). The labDMDX and webDMDX experiments yielded comparable results on the LDT. In the e/a-detection task, the only important difference observed among the tests was between the lab-based experiment (Experiment 1) and the first webDMDX experiment (Experiment 2), at the 50 ms display duration. However, after a minor change in keyword coding (Experiment 2 follow-up) and an adjustment to the millisecond-to-retrace conversion process (Experiment 3), the detection rates at all display durations were similar in both labDMDX and webDMDX. Taken together, these results indicate the utility of webDMDX for masked priming experiments as well as for other time-sensitive methodologies.
Trends in Substance Abuse and Infectious Disease over 20 Years in a Large Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Clinic in Israel
Authors: Peles Einat , Schreiber Shaul , Adelson Miriam 
Published: April 2014

Background The objective was to study substance abuse, infectious disease, and patient outcomes (retention and substance abuse abstinence) over 2 decades in a large methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) facility within a tertiary-referral medical center. Methods Prevalence of substance abuse was determined monthly between 1993 (35 patients) and 2013 (350 patients) based on observed random urine tests. On entry, patients were tested for hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies. One-year retention and substance abuse abstinence were calculated. Results At admission, mean age and rate of cocaine and benzodiazepines abuse increased over the years, with no change in the prevalence of hepatitis C (50%) and HIV (<10%). Retention rate increased ( P = .008) (range: 42.9%–92.4%; overall: 76.2%) and opiate abstinence also increased ( P = .006) (range: 49.1%–85.7%; overall: 68.1%), reflecting outcome improvement over the years. Conclusions Outcome improvement could be attributed to the staff's growing experience and improvements in treatment but also to changes in patient characteristics over the past 2 decades.
rTANDEM, an R/Bioconductor package for MS/MS protein identification
Authors: Fournier Frédéric , Joly Beauparlant Charles , Paradis René , Droit Arnaud 
Published: April 2014

Abstract
Summary: rTANDEM is an R/Bioconductor package that interfaces the X!Tandem protein identification algorithm. The package can run the multi-threaded algorithm on proteomic data files directly from R. It also provides functions to convert search parameters and results to/from R as well as functions to manipulate parameters and automate searches. An associated R package, shinyTANDEM, provides a web-based graphical interface to visualize and interpret the results. Together, those two packages form an entry point for a general MS/MS-based proteomic pipeline in R/Bioconductor.
Availability and implementation: rTANDEM and shinyTANDEM are distributed in R/Bioconductor, http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/ . The packages are under open licenses (GPL-3 and Artistice-1.0).
Contact: frederic.fournier@crchuq.ulaval.ca or arnaud.droit@crchuq.ulaval.ca
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
First Report of Branch Rot of Lonicera japonica Caused by Sclerotium delphinii in China
Authors: Zhang M. , Wang X. J. , Li Y. , Geng Y. H. , Wu H. Y. 
Published: April 2014

Honeysuckle flower (Lonicera japonica Thunb.) is a perennial, traditional Chinese medicine plant, widely cultivated in China. In early June 2013, heavy branch rot infection was observed on L. japonica in an approximately 10,000-m2 field in Linyi, Shandong, China. The disease incidence was 30 to 40%. Early symptoms appeared as small, elliptoid, pale brown lesions on the branches. Lesions expanded into 50 to 100 mm long and 3 to 7 mm wide, brown, elongated spots. The upper branches wilted after the lesions expanded around the stems. A fungus was consistently isolated from stem lesions on potato dextrose agar (PDA) that was morphologically similar to S. delphinii, with white mycelium, round to irregularly shaped reddish-brown sclerotia that were 2 to 4 mm diameter (2). The identity of the fungus was confirmed by DNA sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (GenBank Accession No. KJ145328), which was 99% homologous to those of other S. delphinii isolates (JN241578 and AB075314) (1). Pathogenicity tests were conducted with three 2-year-old seedlings grown in 20-cm-diameter pots at 25 to 30°C during experiments in greenhouse. Ten branches from the three plants pricked by needle were inoculated with a mycelial plug (0.4 cm diameter) harvested from the periphery of a 4-day-old colony. An equal number of branches pricked by needle serving as controls were mock-inoculated with plugs of PDA medium. Inoculated branches were covered with plastic bags for 24 h to maintain high relative humidity and incubated at about 25°C. Plugs were removed 48 h after inoculation. After 3 days, nine inoculated branches showed symptoms identical to those observed in the field under natural conditions, whereas controls remained symptom-free. Re-isolation of the fungus from lesions on inoculated branches confirmed that the causal agent was S. delphinii. Pathogenicity tests were repeated three times by the same methods with the same results. To our knowledge, this is the first report of S. delphinii infecting Lonicera japonica in China. References: (1) I. Okabe and N. Matsumoto. Mycol. Res. 107:164, 2003. (2) Z. K. Punja and A. Damiani. Mycologia. 88:694, 1996.
Long‐Term Outcome of Children Receiving Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Feeding
Authors: Lalanne Arnaud , Gottrand Frédéric , Salleron Julia , Puybasset‐Jonquez Anne Laure , Guimber Dominique , Turck Dominique , Michaud Laurent 
Published: April 2014

ABSTRACTObjectives:The aim of the present study was to analyze the long‐term follow‐up of children receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in terms of survival, nutritional outcome, and weaning from enteral nutrition. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the complications related to PEG and the outcome of patients with neurological disability.Methods:The present study was a single‐center retrospective study including all of the 368 patients who underwent PEG from 1990 to 2003 in our tertiary hospital.Results:A total of 368 patients received PEG during the study period. After a median follow‐up of 2.4 years (interquartile range 1.4–4.2 years), PEG was in place in 36% and was removed in 27%; 26% of patients were deceased. Two deaths could be directly related to PEG. A statistically significant weight and height catch‐up was observed in patients with PEG in place in whom weight/age z score increased from −2.6 to −1.7 (P < 0.01) and height/age z score also increased from −2.1 to −1.6 (P < 0.01). In patients who had their PEG removed weight/age z score increased from −2.5 to −1.6 (P < 0.01) and height/age z score from −2.8 to −1.4 (P = 0.01) at the time of weaning. Early complications occurred in 152 patients, whereas late complications occurred in 191 patients. Most complications were minor (85%). After multivariate analyses, the factors associated with late complications were digestive and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases, age <1 year at the time of PEG placement, and use of PEG longer than 2 years. Early complications were less frequent in patients with respiratory diseases.Conclusions:PEG allows nutritional and growth catch‐up and is safe in the long term.
Unravelling the diversity Behind the Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis Complex: Three new species of zombie-ant fungi from the Brazilian Amazon
Authors: Araújo João P. M. , Evans Harry C. , Geiser David M. , Mackay William P. , Hughes David P. 
Published: April 2014

AbstractIn tropical forests, one of the most common relationships between parasites and insects is that between the fungus Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota) and ants, especially within the tribe Camponotini. Here, we describe three new and host-specific species of the genus Ophiocordyceps on Camponotus ants from the central Amazonian region of Brazil, which can readily be separated using morphological traits, in particular, ascospore form and function. In addition, we use sequence data to infer phylogenetic relationships between these taxa and closely related species within the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex, as well as with other members of the family Ophiocordycipitaceae.
AML compliance for foreign correspondent accounts: a primer on beneficial ownership requirements and other challenges
Authors: N. Davilas Christina 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– To educate on AML legal requirements and issues relative to foreign correspondent accounts, and give practical advice on relatively low-burdensome measures firms can take to help them achieve compliance in this challenging area.

Design/methodology/approach
– Summarizes AML requirements relevant to foreign correspondent accounts, discusses two related FINRA settlements involving the alleged failure to obtain and verify beneficial ownership information, reviews ongoing regulatory and legislative initiatives (including a FinCEN initiative to require firms to identify beneficial owners and verify their identities), and suggests certain due diligence procedures firms can use to screen foreign correspondent accounts.

Findings
– One of the fundamental risks that firms face when dealing with foreign correspondent accounts is not knowing their customers' customers. While the current regulatory framework does not, in most cases, explicitly require firms to obtain beneficial ownership information, the practical reality seems to be that obtaining and verifying such information, where possible, could pay substantial dividends in terms of risk assessment and avoidance.

Practical implications
– In some cases, a variety of cost-effective screening measures can be sufficient for a firm to identify concrete risks so that it may take steps to reduce its own regulatory exposure. Firms should not discount the simple for the elaborate, and should take advantage of the several, cost-effective AML tools and resources that are readily available.

Originality/value
– Practical guidance for AML officers and other compliance and legal professionals by an experienced financial institutions lawyer.