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Working in a family therapy setting with families where a parent has a mental illness: practice dilemmas and strategies
Authors: Power Jennifer , Cuff Rose , Jewell Hanna , McIlwaine Fiona , O'Neill Imogen , U'Ren Greg 
Published: September 2014

There is strong evidence supporting the benefits of family work, for both parents and children, in the treatment of parental mental illness. However, there has been only limited research on the implementation of family work in settings outside the mental health sector, such as family therapy or family counselling services, where mental illness may not be the primary presenting issue for a family. This article reports on a qualitative study that explored the experiences of family therapists working with families affected by parental mental illness. The article focuses on dilemmas clinicians faced integrating discussions about parental mental illness into family sessions. The findings support the need for clinicians to have appropriate training in family work related to mental health issues and also to develop the skill set needed to actively introduce, negotiate and explore the topic of mental illness with families.Practitioners points
Developing knowledge, language and confidence in talking about mental illness may assist clinicians to raise discussions about parental mental illness in family sessions.
Training in evidence‐based interventions for working with children of parents with a mental illness may provide a tool for clinicians in family sessions.
Clinicians must be attuned to the ‘emotional readiness’ of parents and children to discuss parental mental illness. Developing readiness may take time.
Couple therapy for gay men: exploring sexually open and closed relationships through the lenses of hetero‐normative masculinity and attachment style
Authors: Brown Jac 
Published: September 2014

A frequently identified difference in research on western gay male couples compared with heterosexual and lesbian couples is that they report higher rates of sexually open relationships than their counterparts, who tend to have more sexually closed relationships. This issue is explored and critiqued through the dominant discourse of hetero‐normative masculinity, relying upon the interpretation of previous research. This article identified three issues that therapists should consider when dealing with gay men in couple therapy: (i) the effects of homophobia on gay men, (ii) the decision on whether or not to form intimate relationships, and (iii) the decision on how to manage their masculine sexuality if they form relationships. These three issues were further examined from the perspective of attachment style and its impact on gay male couple's relationships, which included a systemic critique of attachment style. The therapeutic implications for couple therapy with gay men are explored.Practitioner points
Therapists' beliefs and values about open relationships should be examined to ensure that they are not conveyed to clients when exploring views about relationships.
Sexually open relationships can function smoothly for some clients when both partners are in agreement.
When both partners do not have the same commitment to having an open relationship, careful exploration of these differing views may be necessary.
Agency Theory and Financial Planning Practice
Authors: Kingston Geoffrey , Weng Haijie 
Published: September 2014

AbstractWe extend an influential contribution to the literature on agency theory and then use this extension, along with other theoretical contributions, to shed light on agency problems affecting funds management and financial planning in Australia. The case for pure fee‐for‐service in actively managed funds and plans turns out to be weak. The amount of money exposed to risk by an active manager should be less than the entire investible wealth of the client, especially in the case of investors on the cusp of retirement. Asset‐based fees on actively managed funds should include a fulcrum component.
An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries
Authors: de Rassenfosse Gaétan , Dernis Hélène , Boedt Geert 
Published: September 2014

AbstractThis article provides an introduction to the Patstat patent database. It offers guided examples of 10 popular queries that are relevant for research purposes and that cover the most important data tables. It is targeted at academic researchers and practitioners who are willing to learn the basics of the database.
Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment
Authors: Wan Guanghu , Wang Chen 
Published: September 2014

AbstractAsia is home to almost half of the global urban population and is urbanising at a pace faster than any other region, leading to greater environmental challenges that are already serious. This article offers a balanced assessment on the relationship between urbanisation and the environment from the Asian perspective. It concludes that urbanisation is a cause of, but more importantly, a solution to environmental degradation. Policy‐makers should take an optimistic and proactive, rather than conservative, approach to unprecedented urbanisation in Asia.
Australia after the Asian Century White Paper
Authors: Reece Nicholas 
Published: September 2014

AbstractPrime Minister Julia Gillard released the ‘Australia in the Asian Century’ White Paper in October 2012, describing it as ‘a roadmap showing how Australia can be a winner in the Asian Century’. This article provides a review of Australia's progress on engagement with Asia 2 years after the White Paper. It covers the political and performance status of key Asia‐related initiatives following the election of the Abbott government. It finds a high level of continuity and support for individual policies and objectives in the White Paper. However, there have been some significant changes in policy, emphasis and approach and emerging areas of underperformance.
Efficacy of routine screening of urine culture before transurethral prostatectomy on the improvement of the postoperative outcome: A single‐centre experience
Authors: Cheng Kwun‐Chung , Lee Lee‐Fung , Chan Hoi‐Chak , Cho Chak‐Lam , Chau Hin , Lam Kin‐Man , So Hing‐Sing 
Published: September 2014

AimThe aim of the present study was to reduce the complication rate and postoperative morbidity after transurethral prostatectomy by routine urine culture before surgery.Patients and MethodsUrine culture was saved 2 weeks prior to surgery for all patients undergoing transurethral prostatectomy at the United Christian Hospital from May 2013 to October 2013. The urine culture result was screened before surgery. Antibiotic treatment was given according to the bacteria‐sensitivity profile if the culture was positive. Urine culture was repeated 1 h before surgery to review the efficacy of antibiotic treatment. Postoperative outcome measures included urinary tract infection (UTI) rate, postoperative fever rate, hospital stay and 30‐day readmission rate. A retrospective comparison was made with patients undergoing surgery from November 2012 to April 2013.ResultsA total of 247 cases were included in the study, with 97 cases (39.3 per cent) in the study group and 150 (60.7 per cent) in the control group. Overall, 8.5 per cent of patients had postoperative UTI. Episodes of postoperative fever (11.3 per cent vs 22 per cent, P = 0.032) were lower and postoperative hospital stay was shorter for the study group. The 30‐day unplanned readmission rate (8 per cent vs 19.3 per cent, P = 0.017) was also significantly lower in the study group. Multivariate analysis showed that the treatment of preoperative bacteriuria was the only significant variable determining the length of hospital stay (P = 0.001). Total resection time (P = 0.017), days of postoperative bladder irrigation (P = 0.007) and the presence of postoperative fever (P = 0.035) were significant variables with a positive correlation for 30‐day readmission.ConclusionRoutine reviews of urine culture and treatment of bacteriuria before transurethral prostatectomy can reduce episodes of postoperative fever, hospital stay and the 30‐day unplanned readmission rate after surgery.
Can spatial and temporal food variability explain the winter foraging movements of a threatened saltmarsh insectivore?
Authors: Lindsay Kurtis J. , Allen Andrew P. , Major Richard E. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractThe white‐fronted chat (Epthianura albifrons) is a small, insectivorous passerine that is threatened with extinction in the north‐eastern part of its range, partially due to loss and degradation of its saltmarsh habitat. Food availability is a potential limiting factor for the disjunct populations that survive in saltmarsh refugia, surrounded by urbanized land, because the anthropogenic matrix reduces the capacity of birds to commute to alternative grassland habitat to exploit temporary insect outbreaks. This limitation is likely to be exacerbated during the winter months when local arthropod abundance in saltmarsh is reduced. This study measured temporal and spatial variation in the abundance of saltmarsh arthropods to determine whether patch switching by foraging flocks can be explained by variation in food availability. Arthropods in the size range known to be important in the diet of white‐fronted chats were vacuum‐sampled from six patches within a continuous area of Sarcocornia‐dominated saltmarsh over a four‐month period. The location of foraging birds was recorded during the same period. Despite superficial similarity in vegetation composition and structure, there was significant variation in arthropod biomass among sites through time, such that the patches with the highest food abundance changed from month to month. There was little evidence, however, to suggest that white‐fronted chats foraged in saltmarsh patches with the highest overall food abundance. During the course of the study, birds were discovered flying 2 km from the saltmarsh to a development site where they foraged in weedy grassland. Arthropod samples collected from this site contained an extremely high abundance of Hemiptera and Neuroptera larvae, supporting previous research indicating that white‐fronted chats forage on irruptions of particular arthropod taxa. These findings indicate that food abundance is unlikely to be the main determinant of foraging site selection within saltmarsh, but highlights the potential importance of alternative foraging habitat types for this species.
Basal cell carcinoma in Singapore: A prospective study on epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics with a secondary comparative analysis between Singaporean Chinese and Caucasian patients
Authors: Tan Eugene ST , Ee Melvin , Shen Liang , Chua Hilary , Chan Yiong‐Huak , Tan Suat‐Hoon 
Published: September 2014

AbstractBackground/ObjectivesSusceptibility to and clinical presentation of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) differ in Asian and Caucasian populations. This study aims to evaluate the epidemiological and clinicopathological characteristics of BCC in a multiracial Singaporean population, with a secondary comparative analysis between Chinese and Caucasian patients.MethodsWe prospectively studied patients with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed BCC at the National Skin Centre, Singapore from 2004 to 2008.ResultsIn total, 274 BCC from 260 patients were studied, with 19 patients having two or more tumours. Their mean age was 67.5 years and 54% were male. Chinese comprised 80% and Caucasians 14%. The Chinese were 1.8‐fold as likely as Caucasians to be older than 60 years, and experienced itch thrice more frequently. Caucasians developed multiple BCC threefold and truncal or upper limb BCC 2.9‐fold more frequently than the Chinese. In terms of tumour subtype, morphoeic BCC was 2.7‐fold more common in Caucasians. Pigmented BCC occurred 2.7‐fold more often in the Chinese, most frequently on the head and neck of elderly Chinese.ConclusionsCompared to the Chinese, BCC occurred more often in younger Caucasians, with a predilection for the trunk and upper limb, suggesting a greater role for recreational sun exposure as a risk factor. Pigmented BCC more commonly occurred on the head and neck of elderly Chinese and may be reflective of cumulative sun exposure as a risk factor. Aggressive morphoeic BCC was more common in Caucasians than in Singaporean Chinese patients.
Clinical observations in alopecia areata: Implications and hypotheses
Authors: Li Jane , Sinclair Rod 
Published: September 2014

AbstractAlopecia areata (AA) is a T‐cell‐mediated hair loss disorder but the exact cause is unknown. In this report we describe patterns of onset, regrowth and relapse in AA and propose potential underlying mechanisms. We believe that these aspects of AA require integration into modern theories of AA pathogenesis.
Queer Indigenous Entropy: Sexual Circulation and the Conquest Narrative
Authors: Gilley Brian Joseph 
Published: September 2014

AbstractTwo‐Spirit men's sexual conquest stories—or what I am calling sexual coup stories—narrated more than just the sexual encounter. In fact, actual sexual acts are often secondary to the circumstances producing the sexual encounter. In this study, coup stories serve as a form of data revealing the ways in which sexual conquest is a sociosexual practice thoroughly embedded in broader Native community values and cultural patterns for the movement of bodily desire across landscapes predating humanist intellectual and moral intervention. Thus, the intra‐acting agencies of Native sexual circulation provide the opportunity to enact a culturally specific form of material‐discursive order that when viewed from the epistemological metropole look highly entropic (chaotic). Yet, Native sexual ontology realizes itself in the phenomena of a sexual circulation whose material‐discursive practices appear to be disordered from the highly ordered humanistic center.
Irish SMEs and e‐learning implementation: The strategic innovative approach
Authors: Mellett Sinead , O'Brien Emma 
Published: September 2014

AbstractSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ireland are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up to date with technological, environmental and market changes; this, coupled with the expanding EU and increased rivalry, leaves Irish SMEs struggling to remain competitive. SME survival depends on the SME constantly innovating and reinventing itself. SMEs must be proactive, learn from their peers, have a flexible approach, and continuously network and learn as an organization while being respectful and responsive to their employee needs. Many researchers have emphasized the importance of organizational learning and the importance of such continuous learning to companies that want to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Although continuous staff training is vital to the success of any company, many SMEs have limited resources and find it difficult to send staff on training courses and continuous competency development initiatives. e‐Learning has the ability to provide SMEs with a cost‐effective, flexible and convenient solution to many of these dilemmas. However, with such companies coming from diverse backgrounds, a “one‐size‐fits‐all” approach is often not suitable. This research looks at a best practice e‐learning approach used in Canada and adapts it to develop models that are best suited to Irish SMEs.
Facebook and classroom group work: A trial study involving University of Botswana Advanced Oral Presentation students
Authors: Magogwe Joel M. , Ntereke Beauty , Phetlhe Keith R. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractIn the 21st century, the use of information technology in the classroom is advancing rapidly, especially in higher education. The Internet, through social networking, has made it possible for students to learn and teachers to teach outside the classroom walls. Facebook in particular has made it possible for students to interact and communicate with their teachers and among themselves about their progress and about the problems they encounter in learning. Yet, limited research exists on the use of Facebook in education in Sub‐Saharan Africa more especially in Botswana. This is in spite of the observation that Sub‐Saharan Africa is the fastest growing Internet population with a growth of more than 2500% between 2000 and 2011. This study therefore set out to examine (1) the students' interest in using Facebook to facilitate group work activities in the Advanced Oral Presentation Skills course; (2) whether the students interact and communicate using Facebook on matters relating to the Advanced Oral Presentations course; (3) whether the students benefitted from using Facebook for learning advanced oral presentation skills; and (4) what challenges the students encountered when using Facebook in the Advanced Oral Presentations course. In this trial study, students were allocated groups and assigned to conduct their group activities via Facebook. Although this was optional, more than 80% of the groups opted for Facebook and less than 20% chose to do their group work traditionally. A follow‐up evaluation of the experiment was done through a questionnaire and interviews. The findings suggest that Facebook could facilitate student communication and interaction about group assignments.
Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells in Chronic Demyelination of Multiple Sclerosis Optic Nerve
Authors: Jennings Alison Ruth , Carroll William M. 
Published: September 2014

AbstractReports that chronically demyelinated multiple sclerosis brain and spinal cord lesions contained immature oligodendrocyte lineage cells have generated major interest aimed at the potential for promotion of endogenous repair. Despite the prominence of the optic nerve as a lesion site and its importance in clinical disease assessment, no detailed studies of multiple sclerosis‐affected optic nerve exist. This study aims to provide insight into the cellular pathology of chronic demyelination in multiple sclerosis through direct morphological and immunohistochemical analysis of optic nerve in conjunction with observations from an experimental cat optic nerve model of successful remyelination. Myelin staining was followed by immunohistochemistry to differentially label neuroglia. Digitally immortalized sections were then analyzed to generate quantification data and antigenic phenotypes including maturational stages within the oligodendrocyte lineage. It was found that some chronically demyelinated multiple sclerosis optic nerve lesions contained oligodendroglial cells and that heterogeneity existed in the presence of myelin sheaths, oligodendrocyte maturational stages and extent of axonal investment. The findings advance our understanding of oligodendrocyte activity in chronically demyelinated human optic nerve and may have implications for studies aimed at enhancement of endogenous repair in multiple sclerosis.
MIF Receptor CD74 is Restricted to Microglia/Macrophages, Associated with a M1‐Polarized Immune Milieu and Prolonged Patient Survival in Gliomas
Authors: Zeiner Pia S. , Preusse Corinna , Blank Anna‐Eva , Zachskorn Cornelia , Baumgarten Peter , Caspary Lixi , Braczynski Anne K. , Weissenberger Jakob , Bratzke Hansjürgen , Reiß Sandy , Pennartz Sandra , Winkelmann Ria , Senft Christian , Plate Karl H. , Wischhusen Jörg , Stenzel Werner , Harter Patrick N. , Mittelbronn Michel 
Published: September 2014

AbstractThe macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) receptor CD74 is overexpressed in various neoplasms, mainly in hematologic tumors, and currently investigated in clinical studies. CD74 is quickly internalized and recycles after antibody binding, therefore it constitutes an attractive target for antibody‐based treatment strategies. CD74 has been further described as one of the most up‐regulated molecules in human glioblastomas. To assess the potential relevance for anti‐CD74 treatment, we determined the cellular source and clinicopathologic relevance of CD74 expression in human gliomas by immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, immunoblotting, cell sorting analysis and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Furthermore, we fractionated glioblastoma cells and glioma‐associated microglia/macrophages (GAMs) from primary tumors and compared CD74 expression in cellular fractions with whole tumor lysates. Our results show that CD74 is restricted to GAMs in vivo, while being absent in tumor cells, the latter strongly expressing its ligand MIF. Most interestingly, a higher amount of CD74‐positive GAMs was associated with beneficial patient survival constituting an independent prognostic parameter and with an anti‐tumoral M1 polarization. In summary, CD74 expression in human gliomas is restricted to GAMs and positively associated with patient survival. In conclusion, CD74 represents a positive prognostic marker most probably because of its association with an M1‐polarized immune milieu in high‐grade gliomas.
Oxidized LDL‐induced angiogenesis involves sphingosine 1‐phosphate: prevention by anti‐S1P antibody
Authors: Camaré Caroline , Trayssac Magali , Garmy‐Susini Barbara , Mucher Elodie , Sabbadini Roger , Salvayre Robert , Negre‐Salvayre Anne 
Published: September 2014

Background and PurposeNeovascularization occurring in atherosclerotic lesions may promote plaque expansion, intraplaque haemorrhage and rupture. Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) are atherogenic, but their angiogenic effect is controversial; both angiogenic and anti‐angiogenic effects have been reported. The angiogenic mechanism of oxLDL is partly understood, but the role of the angiogenic sphingolipid, sphingosine 1‐phosphate (S1P), in this process is not known. Thus, we investigated whether S1P is involved in the oxLDL‐induced angiogenesis and whether an anti‐S1P monoclonal antibody can prevent this effect.Experimental ApproachAngiogenesis was assessed by capillary tube formation by human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC‐1) cultured on Matrigel and in vivo by the Matrigel plug assay in C57BL/6 mice.Key ResultsHuman oxLDL exhibited a biphasic angiogenic effect on HMEC‐1; low concentrations were angiogenic, higher concentrations were cytotoxic. The angiogenic response to oxLDL was blocked by the sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitor, dimethylsphingosine, by SPHK1‐siRNA and by an anti‐S1P monoclonal antibody. Moreover, inhibition of oxLDL uptake and subsequent redox signalling by anti‐CD36 and anti‐LOX‐1 receptor antibodies and by N‐acetylcysteine, respectively, blocked SPHK1 activation and tube formation. In vivo, in the Matrigel plug assay, low concentrations of human oxLDL or murine oxVLDL also triggered angiogenesis, which was prevented by i.p. injection of the anti‐S1P antibody.Conclusion and ImplicationsThese data highlight the role of S1P in angiogenesis induced by oxLDL both in HMEC‐1 cultured on Matrigel and in vivo in the Matrigel plug model in mice, and demonstrate that the anti‐S1P antibody effectively blocks the angiogenic effect of oxLDL.