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Ethnicity and Musical Identity in the Lyric Landscape of Early Cyprus
Authors: Franklin John C. 
Published: February 2014

AbstractThis paper re-examines several standing assumptions about the lyre-types of early Iron Age (ia) Cyprus and how these should be correlated with historical and cultural phases on the island, specifically the pre-Greek (‘Eteocypriot’) Late Bronze Age (LBA); Aegean immigration in the twelfth and eleventh centuries; and the so-called Phoenician colony period from the ninth century. I introduce an important new piece oflbaevidence connecting the island to the lyric culture of the Levant; challenge the usual ‘Aegean’ interpretation ofiaround-based lyres; and reassess the evidence of the so-called Cypro-Phoenician symposium bowls, which exhibit a basic bifurcation between ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ morphologies (as traditionally interpreted). A clearer sense of Cypriot musical identity, as distinct from Aegean and Phoenician, emerges, and new methodological guidelines are developed for future investigations.
Notes on the Aulodic nomoi Apothetos and Schoinion
Authors: Ercoles Marco 
Published: February 2014

AbstractNotes upon aulodicnomoi, particularly theApothetosand theSchoinion: the first one was probably so named after the claim of its supposed inventor, Clonas, to have made the larger public know a not (or not yet) widely-circulated melody, perhaps on the occasion of a great festival; the second one was perhaps so called because it resembled in some way the Grey Wagtail’s call (in GreekSchoiniōnorSchoiniklos), recognized by Greeks as a melody characterized by a well defined rhythm.
Aristophanes’ Bacchylides: Reading Birds 1373–1409
Authors: Hadjimichael Theodora A. 
Published: February 2014

AbstractThe significance of Aristophanes in the history of ancient literary criticism cannot be doubted. Equally undoubted is also the dismissive attitude that he appears to have towards the musical and poetic innovations of the late-fifth century BC. This position of his becomes essential when one considers the manner in which he treats the appraised canonical lyric poets and the contemned representatives of the New Dithyramb. This paper is concerned with the reading specifically of Bacchylides in Aristophanes. It argues in favour of the use of Bacchylides’ Ode 5 to Hieron inBirds1373-1409 as well as for the poem’s reconfiguration by Kinesias within the context of the New Music. In the process it will allow us to comment on a number of poetic characteristics of Bacchylides’ poetry and also to draw conclusions on Bacchylides’ status within the melic tradition as the poet in-between classical lyric poetry and the New Music.
M.G. Smith on the Isle of Lesbos: Kinship and Sexuality in Carriacou
Authors: Apter Andrew 
Published: February 2014

Abstract
In Kinship and Community in Carriacou (1962), M.G. Smith documents what he calls “abnormal” sexual relations between women in female-headed households on the island. These lesbian madivines represent statistically significant “deviations” from normative patterns of kinship and residence in domestic groups, and are associated with the shapeshifting witchcraft of sukuyan and lougarou. Linking Smith’s ethnography of “mating patterns” to transactional pathways of reproductive value—blood, money, witchcraft and sexuality—I rework his ideological explanation of Carriacou lesbianism (as a “mechanism” for preserving female marital fidelity) into a feminist model of female empowerment with comparative potentialities throughout the Caribbean.
The Maroon Population Explosion: Suriname and Guyane
Authors: Price Richard 
Published: February 2014

Abstract
This brief research note provides a radical update of Maroon population figures, which have nearly doubled during the past decade. Based on official 2012 Suriname and Guyane census data, projected two years forward, it offers a picture of the location and size of each of the Maroon peoples of Suriname and Guyane as of 2014. They now number some 210,000 people and constitute 23 percent of the population of Suriname and 26 percent of the population of Guyane.
Study of Climate Change Impact on Flood Frequencies: A Combined Weather Generator and Hydrological Modeling Approach*
Authors: Qin X. S. , Lu Y. 
Published: February 2014

Abstract
Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent and intensive flooding problems for watersheds in the south part of China. This study presented a coupled Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator (LARS-WG) and Semidistributed Land Use–Based Runoff Processes (SLURP) approach for flood frequency analysis and applied it to the Heshui watershed, China. LARS-WG, as a weather generator, was used to offer 46 sets of climate data from seven general circulation models (GCMs) under various emission scenarios (i.e., A1B, B1, and A2) over near-term and future periods (i.e., T1, 2011–30; T2, 2046–65; and T3, 2080–99). SLURP is a continuous, spatially distributed hydrological model that uses parameters from physiographic data to simulate the hydrological cycle from precipitation to runoff. Flood frequency analysis based on Pearson type III distributions was followed to analyze statistics of annual peaks. The final results (from ensembles of multimodels and multiscenarios) indicated that the magnitudes of a 200-yr return flood for T1, T2, and T3 would increase by 5.23%, 4.08%, and 12.92%, respectively, in comparison to the baseline level; those under the most extreme condition (i.e., worst scenario) would be 25.18%, 31.00%, and 44.46%, respectively. Various GCMs and emission scenarios suggested different results. But the ECHAM5/Max Planck Institute Ocean Model was found to give a more worrying intensification of flood risks and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Mark, version 3.0, and the Community Climate System Model, version 3, were relatively conservative. The study results were useful in helping gain insight into the flood risks and its uncertainty under future climate change conditions for the Heshui watershed, and the proposed methodology is also applicable to many other watersheds in Southeast Asia with similar climatic conditions.
Japanese children and plate waste: contexts of low self-efficacy
Authors: Abe Keina , Akamatsu Rie 
Published: February 2014

Objective: Leaving a portion of meals uneaten, known as plate waste, is a serious problem among children in Japan. Although children’s confidence that they can completely finish meals is related to plate waste, the circumstances that influence this confidence are not known. This study examined situations in which low self-efficacy for finishing their meal occurs among elementary school children in Tokyo, Japan. Design: A survey using a cross-sectional self-reporting questionnaire was conducted in December 2009. This questionnaire included items about plate waste behaviour, self-efficacy for completely finishing meals in specific situations, sex, height and weight. Methods: A total of 2659 Japanese 5th-grade students completed the questionnaire. Univariate logistic regression and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed with the plate waste behaviour item, the not-completely-eaten group and the completely-eaten group as dependent variables, and with the self-efficacy items as independent variables. Results: Significant correlations were found between plate waste and low self-efficacy for completely finishing meals ‘when portion size is too large’ (boys: Odds ratio (OR) = 3.94; 95% Confidence interval (CI) = 2.83, 5.49 and girls: OR = 2.68; 95% CI = 2.03, 3.54), ‘when food one dislikes is served’ (boys: OR = 3.74; 95% CI = 2.77, 5.04 and girls: OR = 2.89; 95% CI = 2.21, 3.76), and ‘when the time allowed to eat is too short’ (boys: OR = 1.57; 95% CI = 1.16, 2.14 and girls: OR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.13, 1.97). Low self-efficacy ‘when a meal is not delicious’ (OR = 1.79; 95% CI = 1.32, 2.43) was a predictor of plate waste only among boys. Conclusions: The results suggest that in Japan environmental improvement and nutritional education are related to children’s plate waste.
From Amate Paper Making to Global Work
Authors: D’Aubeterre Buznego María Eugenia , Rivermar Pérez María Leticia 
Published: February 2014

San Pablito Pahuatlán, an Otomí village known for its intensive production of amate paper, is at the center of a migratory corridor extending from southeastern Hidalgo to the northwestern part of the Sierra Norte de Puebla. The migration of San Pablito inhabitants first to southern Texas and then to North Carolina can be seen as a response to two local processes—the regional crisis of coffee production and the contraction of the labor market in the metropolitan area of Mexico City—and to the transnationalization of labor markets through the migration of Mexicans to the United States. This movement has had crucial effects on the division of community and family labor, separating the cost of maintaining the workforce (supported by young men subject to transnational capital) from the cost of workforce reproduction (undertaken by women as mothers, wives, and artisans). San Pablito Pahuatlán, pueblo otomí reconocido por la producción intensiva de papel amate, es en nuestros días un nodo de un corredor migratorio que se extiende en la confluencia del sureste del estado de Hidalgo y la parte noroccidental de la Sierra Norte de Puebla. La migración de los sanpablitos, primero hacia el sur de Texas y después a Carolina del Norte, es analizada en este trabajo como respuesta a dos procesos locales—la pérdida de viabilidad de la cafeticultura en la región y la contracción del mercado laboral en la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México—y, asimismo, como expresión de la transnacionalización de los mercados laborales vía los movimientos poblacionales de mexicanos a Estados Unidos. Estas transiciones han tenido efectos cruciales en la división del trabajo comunitario y familiar, separando los costos de mantenimiento de la fuerza de trabajo (solventados por jóvenes trabajadores subordinados al capital transnacional) de los costos de reproducción de la mano de obra (llevados a cuestas por mujeres madres-esposas-artesanas).
Healthcare failure mode effect analysis of a miniaturized extracorporeal bypass circuit
Authors: Overdevest EP , van Hees JWH , Lagerburg V , Kloeze C , van Straten AHM 
Published: February 2014

Background: The introduction of new and more advanced technology in healthcare occurs with an increasing speed. Therefore, more attention is needed for safety evaluation of new devices or techniques from an end-user perspective, especially when (inter-) national perfusion safety standards are lacking. A recently increased awareness of the safety risks as a consequence of technical or human error has provoked interest in optimisation of perfusion methodology and devices. To prevent or reduce the severity or likelihood of failures of new technology, ‘failure mode effect analysis’ is a proven proactive technique. When it is used as a qualitative analysis for possible hazards in patient treatment associated with the use of medical devices, it’s called healthcare failure mode effect analysis (hFMEA). Methods: To evaluate the safety of the Extra Corporeal Circulation Optimized (ECCO, Sorin Group, Mirandola, Italy) miniaturized bypass circuit, hFMEA was used. A multi disciplinary team that consisted of two clinical perfusionists, a clinical physicist, a clinical physicist trainee and a technician has performed this analysis. Results: The hFMEA demonstrated that failure of the bubble sensor for the electric remote clamping system on the arterial line (Figure 1), activated by air passing the venous bubble trap, had the highest risk score of all failure modes. This has led to the implementation of an extra low-level sensor in the system to prevent air passing through into the centrifugal pump. The hFMEA has also indicated that extra individual simulation training is needed for handling critical failures during the use of the miniature bypass system. Conclusion: Early identification of possible technology failures in any process or device can avoid adverse patient outcomes. The technique of hFMEA is a valuable tool in evaluating the use of high-risk apparatus, such as an extracorporeal bypass system, in patient treatment in order to increase patient safety.
A case of hyperpigmentation and acanthosis nigricans by testosterone injections
Authors: Karadag AS , Kavala M , Demir FT , Turkoğlu Z , Kartal İ , Zemheri E 
Published: February 2014

Drug-related skin disorders may occur in many different ways. Despite pigmentary changes being less important for morbidity, these changes precipitate depressed mood and reduce self-confidence. Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and primarily used for the treatment of hypogonadism in males. Testosterone replacement can cause skin problems like acne, hair loss, redness, pain, or infection at the injection site. The study was conducted on a 49-year-old man with adult onset idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, which is an acquired form of isolated gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency. He was presented with lack of energy and decreased sexual function 10 years ago and was given an oil-based injectable blend of four esterized testosterone compounds as hormone replacement treatment in a urology polyclinic. He was referred to our polyclinic by endocrinologist because of progressive hyperpigmentation marked on his face and oral mucosa. In the present study, we report the first testosterone therapy-related facial and oral mucosal hyperpigmentation and acanthosis nigricans in the same patient.
Diagnosing Chronic Diastasis of the Syndesmosis
Authors: Malhotra Gautam , Cameron James , Toolan Brian C. 
Published: February 2014

Background: Chronic diastasis of the syndesmosis has been recognized as a cause of persistent pain and dysfunction after a rotational ankle injury. Recently, there has been an increased effort to define the use of computed tomography (CT) imaging in making this diagnosis; however, no clear consensus has been reached on the best way to assess the anatomical integrity of the syndesmosis. In this retrospective case series, we have evaluated the diagnostic capability of 2 novel CT-based measurements. Methods: Fourteen patients with symptomatic syndesmotic instability received a bilateral ankle CT scan. Two measurements were performed. The first measurement was the angle subtended by 2 lines drawn tangent to the anterior and posterior surfaces of the distal tibia and lateral malleolus 1 cm above the talar dome. The second measurement was the area bound by these lines, the lateral tibia and the medial aspect of the lateral malleolus. The injured and contralateral sides were compared using a Wilcoxon rank sum test with a significance set at P ≤ .05. Results: When comparing the injured to the contralateral ankle, we found a significant decrease in the angular measurement of the syndesmosis (63.4 ± 6.1 degrees vs 68.4 ± 6.6 degrees; P = .018) and a significant increase in the area measurement (1.71 ± 0.44 cm2 vs 1.21 ± 0.25 cm2; P = .00003). Eleven of 14 patients had a smaller angular measurement, and all 14 had a larger area measurement in the injured ankle. All patients were confirmed to have instability via manual testing intraoperatively. Conclusions: This study suggests that a comparison of angular and area measurements will help identify a diastasis of the syndesmosis in patients with persistent pain after a rotational ankle fracture. These measurements are straightforward to perform and rely on landmarks that are easy to identify. Level of Evidence: Level IV, diagnostic.
Angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion (I/D) (rs4646994) and Vegf polymorphism (+405G/C; rs2010963) in type II diabetic patients: Association with the risk of coronary artery disease
Authors: Moradzadegan Atousa , Vaisi-Raygani Asad , Nikzamir Abdolrahim , Rahimi Zohreh 
Published: February 2014

Hypothesis: Little is known about the concomitant presence of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) (rs4646994) D allele and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) (+405G/C; rs2010963) G allele on the susceptibility of coronary artery disease (CAD). Here we examined the hypothesis that ACE-D and VEGF-G alleles act synergistically to increase the severity of CAD in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and methods: The VEGF (rs2010963) and ACE (rs4646994) genotypes were detected by polymerase chain reaction - restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and PCR, respectively in 510 T2DM patients undergoing their first coronary angiography. Diabetic patients were classified as T2DM patients with and without CAD (control). Results: The crude odds ratio (OR) for the presence of CAD in ID+DD and D allele carriers were 1.98 ( p=0.01) and 1.55 ( p=0.001), respectively. Also, adjusted ORs in the presence of normolipidemia and the absence of history of hypertension for the risk of CAD in the either ACE(rs4646994) D allele or VGEF(rs2010963)-G alleles were 2.08 ( p=0.004) and 1.75 ( p=0.024), respectively. In addition, the concomitant presence of the ACE-D and VEGF-G alleles increased the risk of CAD 2.25-fold ( p=0.043). Conclusion: Our results indicated that ACE(rs4646994)-D allele alone and in the presence of VEGF(rs2010963)-G allele can be an important independent risk factor for susceptibility of CAD in T2DM patients even after correcting for conventional risk factors in a population of Iran.
Impact of a Reduced Error Range of SMBG in Insulin-treated Patients in Germany
Authors: Schnell Oliver , Erbach Michael 
Published: February 2014

Background: Modeling approaches demonstrate that improvement in the accuracy of blood glucose (BG) meters may lead to cost savings. An improvement of accuracy of BG meters on the basis of a reduction in error range from 20% to 5% has been reported to be associated with substantial cost savings in Germany. Methods: The aim of this study is to analyze potential cost savings related to a reduction in error range from 20% to 15% and 10% of glucose meters in Germany. The health economic analysis included the number of type 1 diabetic and the number of insulin-treated patients in Germany, the costs for glucose monitoring, a model on the effects of the improvement of accuracy on the impact of severe hypoglycemic episodes, HbA1c, and subsequently myocardial infarctions and the costs of diabetes-related complications in Germany. In the model, a reduction of 1% and 3.5% reduction in severe hypoglycemic episodes, and a 0.14% and 0.28% reduction in HbA1c was included. Results: In type 1 diabetes the savings could be equal to a reduction in health care expenditures of more than €1.0 million (20% vs 15% error range) and €3.4 million (20% vs 10% error range). Respectively, potential savings of more than €6.0 million and €20.1 million were calculated for the group of insulin-treated patients. Conclusions: The model demonstrates that a reduction of error range of BG meters from 20% to 15% and 10% may translate into substantial savings for the German health care system.
TRAIL-induced programmed necrosis as a novel approach to eliminate tumor cells
Authors: Voigt Susann , Philipp Stephan , Davarnia Parvin , Winoto-Morbach Supandi , Röder Christian , Arenz Christoph , Trauzold Anna , Kabelitz Dieter , Schütze Stefan , Kalthoff Holger , Adam Dieter 
Published: February 2014

Abstract

Background
The cytokine TRAIL represents one of the most promising candidates for the apoptotic elimination of tumor cells, either alone or in combination therapies. However, its efficacy is often limited by intrinsic or acquired resistance of tumor cells to apoptosis. Programmed necrosis is an alternative, molecularly distinct mode of programmed cell death that is elicited by TRAIL under conditions when the classical apoptosis machinery fails or is actively inhibited. The potential of TRAIL-induced programmed necrosis in tumor therapy is, however, almost completely uncharacterized. We therefore investigated its impact on a panel of tumor cell lines of wide-ranging origin.

Methods
Cell death/viability was measured by flow cytometry/determination of intracellular ATP levels/crystal violet staining. Cell surface expression of TRAIL receptors was detected by flow cytometry, expression of proteins by Western blot. Ceramide levels were quantified by high-performance thin layer chromatography and densitometric analysis, clonogenic survival of cells was determined by crystal violet staining or by soft agarose cloning.

Results
TRAIL-induced programmed necrosis killed eight out of 14 tumor cell lines. Clonogenic survival was reduced in all sensitive and even one resistant cell lines tested. TRAIL synergized with chemotherapeutics in killing tumor cell lines by programmed necrosis, enhancing their effect in eight out of 10 tested tumor cell lines and in 41 out of 80 chemotherapeutic/TRAIL combinations. Susceptibility/resistance of the investigated tumor cell lines to programmed necrosis seems to primarily depend on expression of the pro-necrotic kinase RIPK3 rather than the related kinase RIPK1 or cell surface expression of TRAIL receptors. Furthermore, interference with production of the lipid ceramide protected all tested tumor cell lines.

Conclusions
Our study provides evidence that TRAIL-induced programmed necrosis represents a feasible approach for the elimination of tumor cells, and that this treatment may represent a promising new option for the future development of combination therapies. Our data also suggest that RIPK3 expression may serve as a potential predictive marker for the sensitivity of tumor cells to programmed necrosis and extend the previously established role of ceramide as a key mediator of death receptor-induced programmed necrosis (and thus as a potential target for future therapies) also to the tumor cell lines examined here.
Co-infection of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylusspp. among livestock in Malaysia as revealed by amplification and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer II DNA region
Authors: Tan Tiong K , Panchadcharam Chandrawathani , Low Van L , Lee Soo C , Ngui Romano , Sharma Reuben SK , Lim Yvonne AL 
Published: February 2014

AbstractBackgroundHaemonchus contortusandTrichostrongylusspp. are reported to be the most prevalent and highly pathogenic parasites in livestock, particularly in small ruminants. However, the routine conventional tool used in Malaysia could not differentiate the species accurately and therefore limiting the understanding of the co-infections between these two genera among livestock in Malaysia. This study is the first attempt to identify the strongylids of veterinary importance in Malaysia (i.e.,H. contortusandTrichostrongylusspp.) by amplification and sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer II DNA region.ResultsOverall, 118 (cattle: 11 of 98 or 11.2%; deer: 4 of 70 or 5.7%; goats: 99 of 157 or 63.1%; swine: 4 of 91 or 4.4%) out of the 416 collected fecal samples were microscopy positive with strongylid infection. The PCR and sequencing results demonstrated that 93 samples (1 or 25.0% of deer; 92 or 92.9% of goats) containedH. contortus. In addition,Trichostrongylus colubriformiswas observed in 75 (75.8% of 99) of strongylid infected goats andTrichostrongylus axeiin 4 (4.0%) of 99 goats and 2 (50.0%) of 4 deer. Based on the molecular results, co-infection ofH. contortusandTrichostrongylusspp. (H. contortus + T. colubriformisdenoted as HTC;H. contortus + T. axeidenoted as HTA) were only found in goats. Specifically, HTC co-infections have higher rate (71 or 45.2% of 157) compared to HTA co-infections (3 or 1.9% of 157).ConclusionsThe present study is the first molecular identification of strongylid species among livestock in Malaysia which is essential towards a better knowledge of the epidemiology of gastro-intestinal parasitic infection among livestock in the country. Furthermore, a more comprehensive or nationwide molecular-based study on gastro-intestinal parasites in livestock should be carried out in the future, given that molecular tools could assist in improving diagnosis of veterinary parasitology in Malaysia due to its high sensitivity and accuracy.