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DFT/NBO study of Nanotube and Calixarene with anti-cancer drug
Authors: Zare Karim , Shadmani Nasim , Pournamdari Elham 
Published: September 2013

AbstractNowadays use of calixarenes and nanotubes are widely spread in the pharmaceutical industry. In this work, interaction of between calix[4]arene and nanotube (6, 6) with Fluorouracil drug are investigated. The DFT calculations have been performed using the Gauss view and Gaussian98 in B3LYP method and 6-31G (d) standard basis set at 298.15K. There are calculated length bond (Å), bond angel (deg), dihedral angel (deg), energy hyperconjucation, and total energy (KJ mol-1), moment dipole (Debye), occupancy between nanotube (6, 6) and calix[4]arene with anticancer drug in B3LYP/6-31G (d) method. These cases and medicines show that complex1 is more stable than complex1. The parameter ofE2, gap energy and∆E°in composite of nanotube- Fluorouracil are higher than calix[4]arene-Fluororacil; therefore, complex1is more stable.
Minimum wages, earnings, and migration
Authors: Boffy-Ramirez Ernest 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Does increasing a state’s minimum wage induce migration into the state? Previous literature has shown mobility in response to welfare benefit differentials across states, yet few have examined the minimum wage as a cause of mobility. Focusing on low-skilled immigrants, this paper empirically examines the effect of minimum wages on location decisions within the United States. This paper expands upon minimum wage and immigration literatures by demonstrating that the choice of destination is sensitive to minimum wage changes, and that the effects are highly dependent on the number of years an immigrant has resided in the U.S.

JEL classification codes: J15, J61
Spatial and visual data fusion for capturing, retrieval, and modeling of as-built building geometry and features
Authors: Zhu Zhenhua , Donia Sara 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Background
As-built building information, including building geometry and features, is useful in multiple building assessment and management tasks. However, the current process for capturing, retrieving, and modeling such information is labor-intensive and time-consuming.

Methods
In order to address these issues, this paper investigates the potentials of fusing visual and spatial data for automatically capturing, retrieving, and modeling as-built building geometry and features. An overall fusion-based framework has been proposed. Under the framework, pairs of 3D point clouds are progressively registered through the RGB-D (Red, Green, Blue plus Depth) mapping. Meanwhile, building elements are recognized based on their visual patterns. The recognition results can be used to label the 3D points, which could facilitate the modeling of building elements.

Results
So far, two pilot studies have been performed. The results show that a high degree of automation could be achieved for the registration of building scenes captured from different scans and the recognition of building elements with the proposed framework.

Conclusions
The fusion of spatial and visual data could significantly facilitate the current process of retrieving, modeling, and visualizing as-built information.
Biodegradation behaviors and water adsorption of poly(vinyl alcohol)/starch/carboxymethyl cellulose/clay nanocomposites
Authors: Taghizadeh Mohammad Taghi , Sabouri Narges 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
The focus of this work is to study the effect of sodium montmorillonite (MMT-Na) clay content on the rate and extent of enzymatic hydrolysis polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/starch (S)/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) blends using enzyme cellulase. The rate of glucose production from each nanocomposite substrates was most rapid for the substrate without MMT-Na and decreased with the addition of MMT-Na for PVA/S/CMC blend (51.5 μg/ml h), PVA/S/CMC/1% MMT (45.4 μg/ml h), PVA/S/CMC/3% MMT (42.8 μg/ml h), and PVA/S/CMC/5% MMT (39.2 μg/ml h). The results of this study have revealed that films with MMT-Na content at 5 wt.% exhibited a significantly reduced rate and extent of hydrolysis. Enzymatic degradation behavior of MMT-Na containing nanocomposites of PVA/S/CMC was based on the determinations of weight loss and the reducing sugars. The degraded residues have been characterized by various analytical techniques, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electronic microscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy.
miR-31 controls osteoclast formation and bone resorption by targeting RhoA
Authors: Mizoguchi Fumitaka , Murakami Yousuke , Saito Tetsuya , Miyasaka Nobuyuki , Kohsaka Hitoshi 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Introduction
Increased activity of osteoclasts is responsible for bone loss and joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. For osteoclast development and bone resorption activity, cytoskeletal organization must be properly regulated. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs that suppress expression of their target genes. This study was conducted to identify crucial miRNAs to control osteoclasts.

Methods
miRNA expression in the bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) with or without receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) stimulation was analyzed by miRNA array. To examine the role of specific miRNAs in osteoclast formation, bone resorption activity and actin ring formation, the BMM were retrovirally transduced with miRNA antagomirs. To confirm whether the suppressive effects on osteoclastogenesis by miR-31 inhibition were mediated by targeting RhoA, osteoclast formation was analyzed in the presence of the RhoA inhibitor, exoenzyme C3.

Results
miR-31 was identified as one of the highly upregulated miRNAs during osteoclast development under RANKL stimulation. Inhibition of miR-31 by specific antagomirs suppressed the RANKL-induced formation of osteoclasts and bone resorption. Phalloidin staining of osteoclasts revealed that actin ring formation at the cell periphery was severely impaired by miR-31 inhibition, and clusters of small ringed podosomes were observed instead. In these osteoclasts, expression of RhoA, one of the miR-31 target genes, was upregulated by miR-31 inhibition in spite of the impaired osteoclastogenesis. Treatment with the RhoA inhibitor, exoenzyme C3, rescued the osteoclastogenesis impaired by miR-31 inhibition.

Conclusions
miR-31 controls cytoskeleton organization in osteoclasts for optimal bone resorption activity by regulating the expression of RhoA.
The structure of sally modules and Buchsbaumness of associated graded rings
Authors: Ozeki Kazuho 
Published: September 2013

AbstractLet A be a Noetherian local ring with the maximal ideal m, and let I be an m-primary ideal in A. This paper examines the equality on Hilbert coefficients of I first presented by Elias and Valla, but without assuming that A is a Cohen–Macaulay local ring. That equality is related to the Buchsbaumness of the associated graded ring of I.
A note on thick subcategories of stable derived categories
Authors: Krause Henning , Stevenson Greg 
Published: September 2013

AbstractFor an exact category having enough projective objects, we establish a bijection between thick subcategories containing the projective objects and thick subcategories of the stable derived category. Using this bijection, we classify thick subcategories of finitely generated modules over strict local complete intersections and produce generators for the category of coherent sheaves on a separated Noetherian scheme with an ample family of line bundles.
Signal detection in pathological skin picking. Findings from non – clinical sample
Authors: Prochwicz Katarzyna , Kałużna - Wielobób Alina , Starowicz-Filip Anna 
Published: September 2013

Aim of the studyThe present study investigated the role of general impulsivity in pathological skin picking (PSP).Subject or material and methodsThree groups of participants: university students who pick their skin and experience distress and/or functional impairment caused by picking (n = 27), students who pick their skin but do not experience distress and/or functional impairment caused by picking (n = 19), and students without history of skin picking (n = 43) were administered the task based on the search for the emotionally neutral signal hidden among distractors. It was predicted that individuals suffering from PSP should present an impulsive reaction style, i.e. they should search for the signal faster than individuals without history of PSP and should react to irrelevant stimuli rather than missing the correct reaction.ResultsParticipants with severe picking performed as quickly and correctly as controls, thus not revealing an impulsive reaction pattern. Students with milder forms of picking reacted more slowly than the others gradually diminishing their performance as the task was extended.DiscussionIndividuals with severe PSP symptoms are not characterized by general impulsiveness defined as a tendency to react quickly and carelessly. Skin picking behaviors of different severity may be associated with different signal detection patterns.ConclusionsThe results of the current study indicate that skin picking is not a homogeneous condition. They also provide that skin picking behavior in ‘severe’ pickers and non – ‘severe’ ones may have different underlying psychological mechanisms.
Relationship between cerebellar impairments and lexicon retrieval in schizophrenia - preliminary study
Authors: Chrobak Adrian , Biela Michał , Siuda Katarzyna , Siwek Marcin , Dudek Dominika , Pilecki Maciej 
Published: September 2013

Aim of the studyInvestigation of relationship between cerebellar motor dysfunctions and language impairments connected with cerebellum during phonological and semantic fluency tasks and verb generation task in schizophrenic patients and healthy control group.Subject or material and methods14 schizophrenic patients on olanzapine, clozapine or quetiapine treatment and 13 healthy volunteers were examined. Motor signs were assessed by using the
International Co-operative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS). Phonological and semantic fluency tasks were performed. All of the words were recorded and counted.ResultsPatients with schizophrenia revealed significantly higher ICARS mean score (12.21) than control group (3.92), and lower number of proper generated words in semantic fluency and verb generation tasks. Strong negative correlation (rs(13) = -0.71, p<0.01) was found between ICARS total score and number of proper answers in verb generation task.DiscussionHigher number of total ICARS score in schizophrenia patients in comparison to control group may suggest cerebellar impairments. There is disproportion between semantic and phonological fluency. Significant correlation between verb generation and cerebellar signs supports a hypothesis of cerebellum dysfunction during this task in schizophrenia patients.ConclusionsSchizophrenic patients reveal impairments which may be connected with the cerebellum.
Neuromuscular electrostimulation via the common peroneal nerve promotes lower limb blood flow in a below-knee cast
Authors: Warwick D. J. , Shaikh A. , Gadola S. , Stokes M. , Worsley P. , Bain D. , Tucker A. T. , Gadola S. D. 
Published: September 2013

Objectives We aimed to examine the characteristics of deep venous flow in the leg in a cast and the effects of a wearable neuromuscular stimulator (geko; FirstKind Ltd) and also to explore the participants’ tolerance of the stimulator. Methods This is an open-label physiological study on ten healthy volunteers. Duplex ultrasonography of the superficial femoral vein measured normal flow and cross-sectional area in the standing and supine positions (with the lower limb initially horizontal and then elevated). Flow measurements were repeated during activation of the geko stimulator placed over the peroneal nerve. The process was repeated after the application of a below-knee cast. Participants evaluated discomfort using a questionnaire (verbal rating score) and a scoring index (visual analogue scale). Results The geko device was effective in significantly increasing venous blood flow in the lower limb both with a plaster cast (mean difference 11.5 cm/sec-1; p = 0.001 to 0.13) and without a plaster cast (mean difference 7.7 cm/sec-1; p = 0.001 to 0.75). Posture also had a significant effect on peak venous blood flow when the cast was on and the geko inactive (p = 0.003 to 0.69), although these differences were less pronounced than the effect of the geko (mean difference 3.1 cm/sec-1 (-6.5 to 10)). The geko device was well tolerated, with participants generally reporting only mild discomfort using the device. Conclusion The geko device increases venous blood flow in the lower limb, offering a potential mechanical thromboprolylaxis for patients in a cast. Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2013;2:179–85.
Demon media: Horrific representations of the transformative global image
Authors: Cooper L. Andrew 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Demons ([1985] 2007) and Demons 2 ([1987] 2007) offer self-referential commentaries on the power of media to shape audiences: demons literally step off the screens of the cinema (part one) and television (part two), turning everyone they bite or scratch into one of their exponentially growing number. The demonic contagion spreads through two vectors, first, violent media and then the violence those media engender, and the result is gruesome death, gruesome transformation, or both. These vectors transgress the boundaries of media, representation, nation, and ethnicity, and in doing so they erase them, creating a homogenous, murderous mass. The threat of lethal homogeneity the demons carry becomes a metaphor for the potential of converging global media to redesign their consumers into a mass of identical beings defined not by history or culture but solely by consumption. Since both media technologies and bodily contagion are the demons’ means of reproducing, the demons both use media and are media, and they are determined to spread until the world is pure media with nothing to mediate. The films’ portrayals of media are not entirely pessimistic, however: as demon media transform old ways of being, they open new possibilities.
Book Reviews
Authors: Young Anne , Dorman Andrew , McWilliam David 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Portraiture and British Gothic Fiction: The Rise of Picture Identification, 1764–1835, Kamilla Elliott (2012) Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 336 pp., ISBN: 1421407175, h/bk, $59.82
European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe since 1945, Patricia Allmer, David Huxley and Emily Brick (eds) (2012) New York: Columbia University Press, 288 pp., ISBN: 978 0 231 162206 7, c/bk, £55.00, ISBN: 978 0 231 16209 8, p/bk, £18.00
TV Horror: Investigating the Dark Side of the Small Screen, Lorna Jowett and Stacey Abbott (2013) London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 270 pp., ISBN: 978-1-84885-617-2, h/bk, £59.50, ISBN: 978-1-84885-618-9, p/bk, £14.99
The effect of distance learning on acquisition of piano sight-reading skills
Authors: Pike Pamela D. , Shoemaker Kristin 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
The purpose of this research was to compare the acquisition of sight-reading skills between two groups of beginning piano students: the control group: students studying sight-reading through traditional face-to-face instruction (n=9); and, the experimental group: students studying sight-reading through live online video instruction (n=10). Online sessions employed digital pianos, Internet MIDI software, acoustic pianos and Skype video-conferencing technology. Analysis of the data revealed significant improvement in sight-reading scores as a result of the treatment, with no significant difference between the groups (t=1.17, df 10=1.81, p=0.05). The gain scores for the online group revealed less standard deviation and a higher mean increase (55.4 per cent) than the face-to-face group (33.7 per cent). Both groups benefited from improved rhythmic security and reported an increase in persistence, enthusiasm, motivation and confidence following treatments. Additional benefits of online delivery were identified suggesting that online sight-reading instruction may be a viable substitute for face-to-face sight-reading training or as a supplement to regular lessons.
Issues in instrumental design: The ontological problem (opportunity?) of ‘liveness’ for a laptop ensemble
Authors: Blain Martin 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Through the recent work of Manchester Metropolitan University laptop ensemble (MMUle),1 this article will explore issues in new instrumental design for ‘live’ performance. For MMUle, the intimacy of the interaction between human and machine is exposed through ‘live’ performance and this has resulted in the relationship between musician and machine being in a process of constant negotiation. Subsequently, this article will consider some of the technical approaches and performance strategies MMUle has developed in an attempt to better interact with technology through the design of new instruments for musical performance. It will consider the relationship between the musician and the computer as musical instrument; it will consider the causal relationship between performative action and resulting sound, which has remained an issue for some spectators of music laptop performances and will explore this in light of MMUle’s approach to expand the affordance of the laptop computer in relation to its musical and performative potential; and some consideration will be given to the use of interface devices such as the computer program MaxMSP, the games controllers X-box and Wii, and the human body as MMUle attempt to interact with machines. The article will discuss some of the implications and applications of developing new software instruments for performance and this will be explored through two pathways to ‘liveness’: performance as a constructed ‘live’ event and ‘liveness’ considered as part of a creative strategy.
Teaching creative music technology in higher education: A phenomenological approach
Authors: Macedo Frederico 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
In this article I discuss how phenomenology can offer the philosophical foundation and practical insights for teaching creative music technology in higher education.
I start discussing some of the challenges faced by lecturers and course designers working with music technology. Then, I summarize a few contributions of phenomenology for education, music studies and music education, followed by a short discussion about the relationship between music and technology in electroacoustic music and music production. To conclude, I discuss how this reflection can offer useful insights and suggestions to lecturers and courses designers working in the field at colleges and universities.
Height of exceptional collections and Hochschild cohomology of quasiphantom categories
Authors: Kuznetsov Alexander 
Published: September 2013

Abstract

We define the normal Hochschild cohomology of an admissible subcategory of the derived category
of coherent sheaves on a smooth projective variety X, a graded vector space
which controls the restriction morphism from the Hochschild cohomology of X
to the Hochschild cohomology of the orthogonal complement of this admissible subcategory.
When the subcategory is generated by an exceptional collection, we define a new invariant (the height)
and show that the orthogonal to an exceptional collection of height h in the derived category of a smooth
projective variety X has the same Hochschild cohomology as X in degrees up to h - 2.
We use this to describe the second Hochschild cohomology of quasiphantom categories
in the derived categories of some surfaces of general type. We also give necessary
and sufficient conditions for the fullness of an exceptional collection in terms of its
height and of its normal Hochschild cohomology.
Human carbonic anhydrase VII protects cells from oxidative damage
Authors: Del Giudice Rita , Monti Daria M. , Truppo Emanuela , Arciello Angela , Supuran Claudiu T. , De Simone Giuseppina , Monti Simona M. 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
Human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) VII is a cytosolic enzyme with high carbon dioxide hydration activity. Recently, S-glutathionylation of two cysteine residues from the enzyme was revealed, suggesting a new role as oxygen radical scavenger. We analyzed the effect of native and tetramutated hCA VII (all cysteines mutated into serines) in a eukaryotic system by stressing cells with an oxidant agent. Results clearly show that native hCA VII can protect cells from oxidative damage by preventing the apoptosis cascade and that cysteines play a leading role in this process. Our findings definitively confirm hCA VII protective role toward oxidative insult.
Are all granzymes cytotoxicin vivo?
Authors: Joeckel Lars T. , Bird Phillip I. 
Published: September 2013

AbstractGranzymes are serine proteases mainly found in cytotoxic lymphocytes. The most-studied member of this group is granzyme B, which is a potent cytotoxin that has set the paradigm that all granzymes are cyototoxic. In the last 5 years, this paradigm has become controversial. On one hand, there is a plethora of sometimes contradictory publications showing mainly caspase-independent cytotoxic effects of granzyme A and the so-called orphan granzymesin vitro. On the other hand, there are increasing numbers of reports of granzymes failing to induce cell deathin vitrounless very high (potentially supra-physiological) concentrations are used. Furthermore, experiments with granzyme A or granzyme M knock-out mice reveal little or no deficit in their cytotoxic lymphocytes’ killing abilityex vivo, but indicate impairment in the inflammatory response. These findings of non-cytotoxic effects of granzymes challenge dogma, and thus require alternative or additional explanations to be developed of the role of granzymes in defeating pathogens. Here we review evidence for granzyme cytotoxicity, give an overview of their non-cytotoxic functions, and suggest technical improvements for future investigations.
PSS with SVC Damping Controllers Coordinated Design and Real-Time Implementation in Multi-Machine Power System Using Advanced Adaptive PSO
Authors: Narne Rajendraprasad , Panda P.C. 
Published: September 2013

Abstract
This article proposed coordinated tuning and real-time implementation of power system stabilizer (PSS) with static var compensator (SVC) in multi-machine power system. The design of proposed coordinated damping controller is formulated as an optimization problem, and the controller gains are optimized instantaneously using advanced adaptive particle swarm optimization. Here, PSS with SVC installed in multi-machine system is examined. The coordinated tuning among the damping controllers is performed on the non-linear power system dynamic model. Finally, the proposed coordinated controller performance is discussed with time-domain simulations. Different loading conditions are employed on the test system to test the robustness of proposed coordinate controller, and the simulation results are compared with four different control schemes. To validate the proposed controller, the test power system is also implemented on real-time (OPAL-RT) simulator, and acceptable results are reported for its verifications.