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Common fixed point theorems for hybrid contractive pairs with the $(\mathit{CLR})$-property
Authors: Abdou Afrah AN 
Published: August 2015

AbstractIn this work, we introduce the $(\mathit{CLR})$
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CLR
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-property for the hybrid pairs of single-valued and multi-valued mappings and give some coincidence and common fixed point theorems for the hybrid pairs of some contractive conditions. Also, we will give some examples to illustrate the main results in this paper. Our results extend and improve some results given by some authors.
Impaired innate immune response of leukocytes from ascitic fluid of patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Authors: Nieto Juan Camilo , Sánchez Elisabet , Romero Cristina , Román Eva , Poca Maria , Guarner Carlos , Juárez Cándido , Soriano Germán , Vidal Silvia 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
An ascitic microenvironment can condition the immune response of cells from cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. To characterize this response, we determined the cytokine concentrations in ascitic fluid and analyzed the phenotype and function of ascitic leukocytes at diagnosis and after antibiotic-induced resolution in sterile ascites and ascitic fluid of 2 spontaneous bacterial peritonitis variants: positive and negative bacteriological culture. At diagnosis, a high concentration was found of IL-6 and IL-10 in the ascitic fluid from negative and positive bacteriological culture. The IL-6 concentration correlated with the percentage of neutrophils (R = 0.686, P &lt; 0.001). In this context, positive and negative culture neutrophils had an impaired oxidative burst, and, after the antibiotic, the negative culture spontaneous bacterial peritonitis burst was fully recovered. Higher concentrations of IL-6 and IL-10 correlated with the presence of low granular CD 14low macrophages (R = −0.436, P = 0.005 and R = 0.414, P = 0.007, respectively). Positive culture spontaneous bacterial peritonitis macrophages expressed the lowest levels of CD16, CD86, CD11b and CD206, and HLA-DR, suggesting an impaired global function. Treatment increased all markers on the positive culture macrophages and CD11b and CD86 on negative culture macrophages. In negative culture spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, this increase was accompanied by phagocytic function recovery. The antibiotics then reverted the marker levels on positive and negative culture macrophages to the levels on sterile ascitis macrophages and restored ascitic negative culture cell function.
Comparison of Trophic Magnification Slopes of Mercury in Temperate and Tropical Regions Case Studies on the Oregon Coast, USA, Sanriku Coast, Japan, and Jakarta Bay, Indonesia
Authors: Riyadi Adi Slamet , Itai Takaaki , Hayase Daisuke , Isobe Tomohiko , Horai Sawako , Miller Todd W , Omori Koji , Sudaryanto Agus , Ilyas Muhammad , Setiawan Iwan Eka , Tanabe Shinsuke 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
The trophic magnification slope (TMS) of mercury has been reported from &gt;130 aquatic systems in the world. However, data from the Asia-Pacific region is quite lacking despite the need for estimation of Hg exposure via fish consumption in many of those regions in the world. Here we provide TMS values from three marine regions in the Pacific rim, Oregon coast, USA, Sanriku coast, Japan, and Jakarta Bay, Indonesia. A decreasing trend of TMS from temperate to tropical regions was found in this study.
Destabilization of Phase-separated Structures in Local Anesthetic-containing Model Biomembranes
Authors: Sugahara Ko , Shimokawa Naofumi , Takagi Masahiro 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
We observed the phase behaviors, and the changes of membrane fluidity in lipid membranes containing local anesthetics (LAs), lidocaine and tetracaine. The phase separation in DOPC/DPPC binary membranes had not been changed significantly by addition of LAs, whereas that in DOPC/DPPC/Chol ternary membranes was suppressed by LAs. In order to evaluate the membrane fluidity, Laurdan generalized polarization values of membranes were measured. The fluidity of DOPC-rich phase in the ternary membrane became lower as LAs concentration had increased. Our results indicated the correlation between physical property change on membrane and pharmacological functions of LAs.
Application of a Non-thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet to the Decomposition of Salicylic Acid to Inorganic Carbon
Authors: Kuroda Kosuke , Ishijima Tatsuo , Kaga Toshiki , Shiomomura Kai , Ninomiya Kazuaki , Takahashi Kenji 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
A non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet technique was applied to decompose salicylic acid to inorganic carbon. Excess hydroxyl radical, which has a high oxidation potential, decomposed salicylic acid within 10 min, and total organic carbon decreased to 20% after 30 min.
FACTORS AND TRENDS ADAPTATION OF YOUTH TO SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE MEGOPOLIS
Authors: Мельничук  , Melnichuk Ekaterina 
Published: August 2015

The article is devoted to the research of youth priorities, its life goals, strategies. Special attention is paid to the assessment of the spread of negative phenomena among young people, depending on place of residence. The author analyzes the value orientation of young people living in the megalopolis. The data of expert survey are described that identified a range of views emerging among youth challenges and future concerns.
Analysis shows that megacities are in the focus of global information networks, related to the implementation of economy knowledge, they are the center of political life, influencing the development of relevant economic, social, demographic, cultural processes.
PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MONOCITIES IN THE MODERN WORLD
Authors: Полянин  , Polyanin Andrey , Поповичева  , Popovicheva Natalya 
Published: August 2015

The article deals with the specifics of monocities in Russia, determined by the features of their appearance, funding and degree of stagnation. The authors prove the need for the development of Russian monocities through diversification of their economies, creating new jobs and attracting investments.
However, diversification is not the only possible way of development of monocity; it is revealed on the basis of the study, in which the models of development of monocities are considered. One of the problems is specified, non-ability of a number of monocities to diversify, which leads to the opposite effect: increasing the risk of loss of viability of the city. This situation requires further development of an integrated comprehensive approach to the problems of monocities, taking into account the entire spectrum of development features of each city.
EDUCATION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY POLICY IN 2000: TRENDS AND CONTROVERSIES
Authors: Симонова  , Simonova Mariya 
Published: August 2015

The article discusses the main activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the field of education of children and youth in the 2000s. The position of the main aspects of the Russian Orthodox Church in the field of family policy is characterized. The key issues and trends in the context of socio-political processes are examined.
In particular, the initiation of cooperation with public organizations, private time preventive programs for families and protection of motherhood are considered.
Introducing a proforma to improve clinical care in trauma surgery
Authors: Hussien Amr S , Imam Mohamed A , Elsherbiny Mohamed , Ellahee Najab 
Published: August 2015

Introduction: Accurate trauma operative details are an important part of the care of trauma patients. This study evaluated the adequacy of handwritten operative notes for trauma patients and whether they comply with the standards set by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for optimizing clinical practice in a busy district general hospital. Patients and methods: Fifty consecutive sets of handwritten trauma operative notes were reviewed prospectively. A standardized printed proforma was introduced and then another 50 consecutive sets of notes were reviewed. The results were analysed using the Student t-test to obtain two-tailed P values comparing the mean difference between percentages of missing data for both cycles. Results: Out of 24 parameters examined, 19 showed improvement after introducing the standardized proforma in trauma surgical notes. There was an overall significant improvement in the studied parameters (P= 0.0134), with a mean difference of 19.3% of missing data for both cycles. Conclusions: These results suggest that a standardized prestructured operative note proforma in trauma surgery is a useful tool in recording the operative data, thus helping to improve the medical care provided. It would also provide medicolegally sound evidence of a procedure when needed and so be more beneficial for the surgeon if routinely used. The authors recommend its regular use in different surgical specialties.
Why drawing, now?
Authors: Douglas Anne , Ravetz Amanda , Genever Kate , Siebers Johan 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
This article takes the question ‘why drawing, now?’ as a speculative way to enter the debate on the relationship of art to different understandings of community. Drawing offers a paradox around the place of art in society. Drawing can be thought about as a traditional medium that yields an individually focused interior exploration. It has also performed a social or ritual role historically, in different times and places. Imagine a public event to which participants are invited to draw. There is a large, single sheet of paper or drawing surface and the offer of different drawing implements. Participants respond by drawing with their own style and understanding of what drawing is. The accumulation of individual marks and imaginations make up a whole, in as far as the surface drawn upon is singular and brings these individual productions into one space. Imagine the same shared drawing surface, held up around the edges by a group of participants. A drawing emerges through the marks of an inked ball rolling across the flexible moving surface. In this scenario, the drawing traces – literally marks – the emergent relationship of one individual to another through the shared activity. Both scenarios are possibly very familiar activities in participatory art practices and each offers a different way of imagining community. In both, the act of drawing is pivotal to shared activity. The first assumes that community can be constructed by bringing a group of individuals into the same space and activity. Many of us are enculturated to think that it is individuals – singular units – that make up society. The second, however, suggests that community as already present can be made visible through the drawing activity. Our exploration draws on a period of a collaborative practice-led experimentation, in particular a three-day research workshop involving drawing and writing. The aim was not to focus on what the results ‘looked like’ as art products, an approach that arguably fails to reveal the knowledge underpinning art’s appearances. Instead we set out to create the conditions for experiencing community through drawing. We found that drawing, in its most intimate relationship between maker/viewer, surface and mark, evokes a world to come, a world in formation rather than pre-formed. This revealed the need for careful scrutiny of the ways in which community itself is imagined. Our offer to the practice of participatory arts is to question deeply held assumptions about what community is rather than to propose new forms of access or techniques that can be transferred from one situation to another.
Something special: Care, pre-school television and the dis/abled child
Authors: Holdsworth Amy 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Through a close reading of the series Something Special (2003–), this article explores the implicit and explicit rhetorics of ‘care’ within the remit and content of the UK pre-school children’s channel CBeebies. With its address to an audience that includes disabled children and children with special educational needs, CBeebies is celebrated as an inclusive site of play and learning for its diverse audience of 0–6 year-olds. In Something Special (2003–), for example, Mr Tumble’s playful encounters with the world around him are supported through the use of Makaton, a sign language designed to help both children in the early stages of language development and those with communication disorders.
With the channel’s emphasis on learning, development and ‘care’, this article questions the ways in which the disabled child both challenges and reinforces understandings of childhood and development. By exploring the manifestations of touch, texture, performance, play and repetition within this programme, it considers this inclusive mode of address for what it reveals about forms of intersubjectivity and non-verbal modes of communication.
A ‘surprising and mature portrait’? Reflecting on representations of mental illness in Rookie Blue
Authors: Brown Shane 
Published: August 2015

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In 2006, an article in the Journal of Health Communication called for a collaboration between the mental health sector in America and the media industries in order ‘to counter negative portrayals of mental illness, and to explore the potential for positive portrayals to educate and inform, as well as to entertain’. Eight years on, there has been an increase in the portrayals of mental illness in popular North American television drama series. This article focuses on the police procedural drama Rookie Blue (2010–) and the narrative arc in season four which concerns a policewoman with bipolar disorder. This is an autoethnographical article, giving a personal reaction to the portrayal of a condition I have had for twenty years, and the ways in which such portrayals can contribute to the stigmas surrounding mental illness.
Gatekeeping at two main Belgian comics publishers, Dupuis and Lombard, at a time of transition (in the 1980s)
Authors: Lefèvre Pascal 
Published: August 2015

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Comics studies have not paid much attention to the functioning of comics publishers, although they remain a crucial factor in the selection, creation, distribution and promotion of comics. An important methodological framework, the gatekeeping research, may offer possibilities as is demonstrated in this historical study of two important comics publishers, Dupuis and Lombard (conducted in the summer 1985). On the basis of an exploratory gatekeeping study at the editorial offices of the two publishers and various contemporary interviews with both gatekeepers (editorial staff) and artists, the gatekeeping process is traced out: how were comics selected, how was the interaction between editors and creators, who were the gatekeepers, and what were their criteria for selecting comics suited for publication (in a weekly or as an album). The results of this research were published in 1986 as a master’s thesis in Dutch (in English the translated title is ‘The selecting comics publishers: A gatekeeping study of two big Belgian comics publishers Lombard and Dupuis’), but were never published in any other language afterwards.
On the comics-nature of the Codex Seraphinianus
Authors: Davies Paul Fisher 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Italian architect Luigi Serafini’s wildly inventive and anarchic Codex Seraphinianus has been entertaining and confusing readers since its publication in the early 1980s. It purports to be a ‘found manuscript’ akin to the Voynich manuscript, written in an alien but tantalizingly familiar-seeming language, and its small print runs and beautiful volumes have made it an object of desire and intrigue. Attempts have been made to decipher the text and numerals, and thereby to ‘read’ the book, but readers have been kept guessing. Serafini has revealed that the text itself is meaningless; but nonetheless the book is in many senses ‘readable’. In what ways can this be done? This article will argue that the text relies on conventions of comics and graphic novels to become accessible despite the alienness of its content; that whilst the ‘words’ have no semantics and no grammar, the text as a whole has a discourse structure, and shares a textual logic with comics that carries the sense that readers can make of it. This ‘comics-nature’ is the key to reading the Codex Seraphinianus. Such an exploration of how the Codex may be read as a comic can reveal to us some of the qualities of that comics-nature itself, and shed light on the reading approaches that readers take to graphic narrative in more familiar forms too.
Reviews
Authors: Gravett Paul , Lim Cheng Tju 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Asian Comics, John Lent (2015) Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 342 pp., ISBN 9781628461589, h/bk, USD $60
Drawing New Color Lines: Transnational Asian American Graphic Narratives, Monica Chiu (ed.) (2015) Global Connections series: Hong Kong University Press, 336 pp., ISBN: 9789888139385, h/bk, USD $69
More credo, less capes: Why and how we should use comics in the Religious Education classroom
Authors: Hancock Rae 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Research into religion and comics is flourishing and has called attention to the various ways in which religion features across the medium. However, consideration has not yet been given to the role of comics with religious dimensions in the Religious Education (RE) classroom despite significant attention having been paid to their use in schools through subjects such as English. Nonetheless comics are being used outside the classroom to communicate religious ideas and references to the medium are beginning to appear on exam specifications with the intention that candidates engage with religious representations in the media and popular culture. As such, seeking ways to bring comics with religious dimensions into a subject that concerns itself with ‘learning about’ and ‘learning from’ religion allows comic scholarship the potential to be genuinely impactful. A compulsory subject without a strict, prescriptive curriculum, RE is at once accused of indoctrination and called upon to be at the forefront of the battle against extremism. This article presents an overview of the contemporary RE climate in English state secondary schools, then builds on the rationale of why we should use more comics in RE and suggests approaches to using selected comics. The examples considered are necessarily broader than those typically discussed by scholars as they are chosen based on their pedagogical appropriateness. Consideration is given to the theoretical and practical challenges facing the rationale and it is concluded that in order to continue to explore, refine and validate the usefulness of comics in RE the body of sources used needs to expand and become representative in its breadth. Further, continuing to examine why and how we should use comics in the classroom has the potential to deepen and improve the quality of RE and provide comics scholarship opportunities to examine practical applications of the medium.
Shakespeare, Manga and the pilfering of Japan’s soft power
Authors: Keener Joe 
Published: August 2015

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The publication of a series of Shakespeare Manga by the British company SelfMadeHero affords the opportunity to consider the motivations and methods behind such publications. Visual style, audience, expressions of identity and attempts to modernize through the youth appeal of technology, gore and a preponderance of the visual are all examined. The motivation behind these phenomena is not just an attempt to emulate a financially successful form of Japanese popular culture, but to appropriate some of the soft power that Japan has accrued through the almost worldwide success of its manga. Soft power is the ability to get what one wants through attraction, and Japanese manga’s infiltrating of not just western cultural products but imaginations confers soft power on Japan. These slim volumes promote Shakespeare while trying to lay claim to some of this soft power. Finally, a deliberation of whether these books are western or eastern leads to the conclusion that they are a part of a new Metaculture space that is both and neither at the same time.
Mytho-auto-bio: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, the Romantics and Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Authors: Katsiadas Nick 
Published: August 2015

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This article examines Neil Gaiman’s Sandman as a series that invokes English Romanticism’s perspectives of dreams, heroism, the virtue of storytelling and Shakespeare’s source of authorship, bringing to the fore the series’ relationship with the European literary canon. I initially discuss how popular culture reconstructs possible ‘selves’ of Shakespeare in ways that are designed to suit particular artistic endeavours and/or modern subjectivity, and then focus on ‘how’ and ‘why’ traditional criticism identifies an autobiographical dimension in the playwright’s character Prospero, from The Tempest. Reading the character as metonymic in a Romantic vein, I construct a paradigm to shift current Sandman scholarship from the mythological level to the tropological level to examine its literary values and merit. I maintain throughout the article that Gaiman designs Morpheus with Romantic understandings of Prospero and, drawing from the larger DC Universe of superhero motifs, how Gaiman constructs Morpheus as an alter ego. Rather than a superhero, I argue that Morpheus is a Romantic hero bearing traces of the author’s autobiography. After examining Gaiman’s relationship with the narrative, I discuss the confluences between Gaiman and Samuel Taylor Coleridge locating Shakespeare’s imaginative source in d/Dream (Morpheus) – what Coleridge names the ‘Morphean Space’. Since The Tempest is believed to be Shakespeare’s final play wherein he announces his exeunt from The Globe Theatre and that Gaiman intended to end Sandman with his ‘The Tempest’, I conclude by explaining Gaiman’s use of an autobiographical simile.
Sound affects: Visualizing music, musicians and (sub)cultural identity in BECK and Scott Pilgrim
Authors: Pino Camilo Diaz 
Published: August 2015

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This article discusses the portrayal of popular music in comics as both a product of sensory and emotive experience, and as a determinant of social identity and labour. To this end, it focuses on the Japanese serialized manga BECK and the Canadian graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim. These two works offer comparable perspectives on music and the social mythos of musicianship, as well as sharing similar young male protagonists and social contexts, despite their disparate settings in Tokyo and Toronto, respectively. Through a comparative reading of these texts, this analysis examines contemporary comic book techniques as well as the cross-cultural dynamics of Japanese and Anglo-American comic book cultures, specifically with regard to the portrayal of workers in fields of cultural production. In order to examine their interrelated depictions of music as both sensorial experience and enactment of collective identity, I first draw on the canon of comic book semiotics established by Scott McCloud, Ian Hague, and others to examine the techniques employed by these texts in communicating music as an emotive sensorial experience. In particular I will concentrate on their use of diagrammatic techniques and visual caricature as a means of communicating music – not through attempted synaesthetic effects, but rather through emotive evocation. Second, I look at their representation of musicianship as an area in which the mythology of artistic entrepreneurialism coexists with imperatives of collective identity and lifestyle. I examine the sociologically idiosyncratic manner in which these comics reflect and build upon these mythologies through the filters of class, cultural and generational identity, creating narratives that at times perpetuate – and at others subvert – the grand entrepreneurial narratives ascribed to musicianship within contemporary neo-liberal notions of creative labour.