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Predictors of in-hospital mortality following redo cardiac surgery: Single center experience
Authors: Colkesen Yucel , Coskun Isa , Cayli Murat , Gulcan Oner 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
Redo cardiac operations represent one of the main challenges in heart surgery. The purpose of the study was to analyze the predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing reoperative cardiac surgery by a single surgical team.

Methods
A total of 1367 patients underwent cardiac surgical procedures and prospectively entered into a computerized database. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on the reoperative cardiac surgery (n = 109) and control group (n = 1258). Uni- and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to evaluate the possible predictors of hospital mortality.

Results
Mean age was 56 ± 13, and 46% were female in redo group. In-hospital mortality was 4.6 vs. 2.2%, p = 0.11. EuroSCORE (6 vs. 3; p > 0.01), cardiopulmonary bypass time (90 vs. 71 min; p > 0.01), postoperative bleeding (450 vs. 350 ml; p > 0.01), postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) (29 vs. 16%; p > 0.01), and inotropic support (58 vs. 31%; p = 0.001) were significantly different. These variables were entered into uni- and multivariate regression analysis. Postoperative AF (OR 1.76, p = 0.007) and EuroSCORE (OR 1.42, p > 0.01) were significant risk factors predicting hospital mortality.

Conclusions
Reoperative cardiac surgery can be performed under similar risks as primary operations. Postoperative AF and EuroSCORE are predictors of in-hospital mortality for redo cases.
Commentary on: Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research
Authors: Kardefelt-Winther Daniel 
Published: September 2015

Background and Aims
This commentary is written in response to a paper by Billieux, Schimmenti, Khazaal, Maurage and Hereen (2015) published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.

Methods
It supports and extends the arguments by Billieux, Schimmenti et al. (2015): that the study of behavioral addictions too often rests on atheoretical and confirmatory research approaches. This tends to lead to theories that lack specificity and a neglect of the underlying processes that might explain why repetitive problem behaviors occur.

Results
In this commentary I extend the arguments by Billieux, Schimmenti et al. (2015) and argue that such research approaches might take us further away from conceptualizing psychiatric diagnoses that can be properly validated, which is already a problem in the field. Furthermore, I discuss whether the empirical support for conceptualizing repetitive problem behaviors as addictions might rest on research practices that have been methodologically biased to produce a result congruent with the proposal that substance addictions and behavioral addictions share similar traits.

Conclusions
I conclude by presenting a number of ways of going forward, chief of which is the proposal that we might wish to go beyond a priori assumptions of addiction in favor of identifying the essential problem manifestations for each new potential behavioral addiction.
The influence of exercise identity and social physique anxiety on exercise dependence
Authors: Cook Brian , Karr Trisha M. , Zunker Christie , Mitchell James E. , Thompson Ron , Sherman Roberta , Erickson Ann , Cao Li , Crosby Ross D. 
Published: September 2015

Background
Previous research has identified exercise identity and social physique anxiety as two independent factors that are associated with exercise dependence.

Aims
The purpose of our study was to investigate the unique and interactive effect of these two known correlates of exercise dependence in a sample of 1,766 female runners.

Methods
Regression analyses tested the main effects of exercise identity and social physique anxiety on exercise dependence. An interaction term was calculated to examine the potential moderating effect of social physique anxiety on the exercise identity and exercise dependence relationship.

Results
Results indicate a main effect for exercise identity and social physique anxiety on exercise dependence; and the interaction of these factors explained exercise dependence scores beyond the independent effects. Thus, social physique anxiety acted as a moderator in the exercise identity and exercise dependence relationship.

Discussion
Our results indicate that individuals who strongly identify themselves as an exerciser and also endorse a high degree of social physique anxiety may be at risk for developing exercise dependence.

Conclusions
Our study supports previous research which has examined factors that may contribute to the development of exercise dependence and also suggests a previously unknown moderating relationship for social physique anxiety on exercise dependence.
Facial Asymmetry in Children with Unicoronal Synostosis who have Undergone Craniofacial Reconstruction in Infancy
Authors: Öwall Louise , Darvann Tron A. , Larsen Per , Hove Hanne D. , Hermann Nuno V. , Bøgeskov Lars , Kreiborg Sven 
Published: September 2015

Objective Quantitatively assess 3D spatially detailed soft-tissue facial asymmetry in children who had undergone craniofacial reconstruction for Unicoronal Synostosis (UCS), and compare the facial asymmetry to control patients. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant differences in the facial asymmetry between the groups. Design Clinical, retrospective follow-up study. Methodological study. Setting Primary care center. Patients/Participants Twenty-two children with UCS were selected after review of records. Inclusion criteria: isolated UCS; surgically treated for UCS within the first 19 months of life, without secondary reconstruction; and DNA analysis for the Muenke mutation. An age- and sex-matched control group was employed. Interventions The UCS group had undergone bilateral craniotomy of the frontal bone with unilateral supraorbital rim advancement. Main outcome Measure(s) Using 3D surface scanning, a detailed map of 3D asymmetry presenting the amount of asymmetry in the sagittal, vertical, and transverse directions was calculated for six facial subregions. Results The facial asymmetry in the UCS group was significantly larger than in the control group for all regions, to the largest extent in the sagittal direction (level of significance: 5%). The regions with the most pronounced asymmetry were cheeks (mean: 5.45 mm; SD: 1.83 mm), forehead (mean: 5.00 mm; SD: 1.57 mm), and eyes (mean: 4.26 mm; SD: 1.44 mm). Conclusions Ninety percent of the UCS patients in the study had significant facial asymmetry throughout the facial area. The study demonstrates a methodology of facial asymmetry quantification well suited for soft-tissue surgical outcome evaluations and long-term follow-up studies in patients with craniofacial anomalies.
The Frequency, Characteristics, and Outcomes Among Cancer Patients With Delirium Admitted to an Acute Palliative Care Unit
Authors: de la Cruz Maxine , Ransing Viraj , Yennu Sriram , Wu Jimin , Liu Diane , Reddy Akhila , Delgado-Guay Marvin , Bruera Eduardo 
Published: September 2015

Abstract

Background.
Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric condition seen in patients with severe illness, such as advanced cancer. Few published studies are available of the frequency, course, and outcomes of standardized management of delirium in advanced cancer patients admitted to acute palliative care unit (APCU). In this study, we examined the frequency, characteristics, and outcomes of delirium in patients with advanced cancer admitted to an APCU.

Methods.
Medical records of 609 consecutive patients admitted to the APCU from January 2011 through December 2011 were reviewed. Data on patients’ demographics; Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) score; palliative care specialist (PCS) diagnosis of delirium; delirium etiology, subtype, and reversibility; late development of delirium; and discharge outcome were collected. Delirium was diagnosed with MDAS score ≥7 and by a PCS using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, Text Revision criteria. All patients admitted to the APCU received standardized assessments and management of delirium per best practice guidelines in delirium management.

Results.
Of 556 patients in the APCU, 323 (58%) had a diagnosis of delirium. Of these, 229 (71%) had a delirium diagnosis on admission and 94 (29%) developed delirium after admission to the APCU. Delirium reversed in 85 of 323 episodes (26%). Half of patients with delirium (n = 162) died. Patients with the diagnosis of delirium had a lower median overall survival than those without delirium. Patients who developed delirium after admission to the APCU had poorer survival (p ≤ .0001) and a lower rate of delirium reversal (p = .03) compared with those admitted with delirium.

Conclusion.
More than half of the patients admitted to the APCU had delirium. Reversibility occurred in almost one-third of cases. Diagnosis of delirium was associated with poorer survival.
Mandatory Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Effect of Mandatory IFRS Adoption on Management Forecasts
Authors: Li Xi , Yang Holly I. 
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACT
This study examines the effect of the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on voluntary disclosure. Using a difference-in-differences analysis, we document a significant increase in the likelihood and frequency of management earnings forecasts following mandatory IFRS adoption, consistent with the notion that IFRS adoption alters firms' disclosure incentives in response to increased capital-market demand. We find the increase to be larger among firms domiciled in code-law countries, suggesting a catching-up effect among firms facing low disclosure incentives pre-adoption. We then propose and test three channels through which IFRS adoption could alter firms' disclosure incentives: improved earnings quality, increased shareholder demand, and increased analyst demand. We find evidence consistent with all three channels.
Audit Market Concentration, Audit Fees, and Audit Quality: Evidence from China
Authors: Huang Ting-Chiao , Chang Hsihui , Chiou Jeng-Ren 
Published: September 2015

SUMMARY
We investigate the effects of audit market concentration on audit fees and audit quality in China, where competition is intense and the legal environment is relatively weak compared with developed countries. Analyzing 12,334 firm-year observations for the period 2001 to 2011, we find a significant positive relation between concentration and audit fees. Path analysis shows that concentration improves client earnings quality and reduces the need for auditors to issue modified audit opinions through increased audit fees. Additional analysis indicates that the increased audit fees and client earnings quality resulting from increased concentration are associated with a lower likelihood of executives and auditors being sanctioned by regulators for audit failures. Together, our results suggest that concentration improves audit quality indirectly through increased audit fees and this positive indirect effect offsets the negative direct effect of concentration on audit quality. By separating the direct and the indirect effect of concentration on audit quality, our study would explain why previous studies that do not have a separation document mixed evidence. Our findings inform regulators that actions taken to eliminate the indirect effect of concentration, for example restricting the upper bound of audit fees, could produce unintended outcomes such as decreased audit quality.
A Method to Evaluate Information Systems Control Alignment
Authors: Cram W. Alec , Gallupe R. Brent 
Published: September 2015

ABSTRACT
Advocated by auditors and regulators, information systems (IS) controls can mitigate risk and improve performance. But controls can just as easily lead to problems, slowing processes with unnecessary bureaucracy or overwhelming checks and balances. Managers can avoid these problems by understanding how to design and implement IS controls that align with important factors within the settings that they operate, such as organizational structure, staff expectations, and technical innovations. We address this challenge by operationalizing a method to evaluate control alignment within IS processes. The results can aid in determining the degree of complementarity between IS controls, organizational, staff, and process characteristics.
Paclitaxel and trastuzumab treatment affects insulin growth factor I expression in breast cancer cell lines
Authors: Qian Yu-Xian , Yu Rui , Qin Shi-Rong 
Published: September 2015

<p class="Abstract">Breast cancer is the most common type of cancers and second primary cause of death among women. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) signaling pathway plays a vital role in cancer cell survival, proliferation, chemotaxis and angiogenesis. In this study, the effect of combination of two drugs, paclitaxel and trastuzumab on IGF signaling and cell cycle arrest in breast cancer cell lines, T47D and Hs0578T were explored. The interaction of paclitaxel and trastuzumab on IGF-1 signaling pathway was studied with IGF-1 and phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, LY294002. The protein expression of IGF signaling molecules were reduced in the drug treated cancer cells. LY294002 and IGF-1 with paclitaxel and trastuzumab treatment inhibited phosphorylated Akt. During G0/G1 phase, cell cycle arrest and accumulation of apoptotic cells were observed in drug treated cancer cells. The synergistic effect of paclitaxel and trastuzumab decreased the multiplication of breast cancer cells by altering the expression of IGF-I signaling molecules. This combination proves to be one of the useful methods to treat breast cancer.</p><p> </p>
« Noli me tangere », une tapisserie bruxelloise du XVe siècle inédite
Authors: Macé de Lépinay François 
Published: September 2015

Die Entdeckung eines Wandteppichs des 15. Jahrhunderts in Livré-sur-Changeon (Ille-et-Vilaine).
Ein kleiner Wandteppich, der die Erscheinung Christi vor der heiligen Magdalena darstellt, ist 1984 in der Kirche von Livré-sur-Changeon (Ille-et-Vilaine) entdeckt worden. Seine Technik (die Anwesenheit breiter Flächen von « Goldfäden ») und die Qualität seiner Zeichnung lassen ihn als ein ausserordentliches Stück erscheinen, dessen Ursprung leider hypothetisch bleibt. Durch seine Komposition gehört er zu den Werken der flämischen Werkstätten, zweifellos der von Brüssel, im letzten Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts ; indes erlaubt der « magere » Stil der Figuren es, einen möglichen Einfluss der Maler Nordfrankreichs zu erwähnen. Durch sein Thema und seine Ausmasse ist er verschiedenen anderen « Noli me tangere » verwandt (Brüssel ; Cloisters...), deren Urtyp er augenblicklich darstellt ; das Stück von Livré-sur-Changeon erinnert ebenfalls an verschiedene « Paños de oro », die in den Inventaren von Isabella der Katholischen auftauchen.
La passoire liturgique de Saint-Aubin d'Angers ?
Authors: Gaillet Jean-Pierre 
Published: September 2015

La passoire liturgique de saint Aubin d'Angers ?
Le Musée de Cluny vient d'acquérir une passoire liturgique, d'argent enchâssé de grenats et comportant un décor niellé. La diffusion des spécimens comparables semble avoir été limitée au sud de l'Angleterre et au nord /nord-ouest de la Gaule, et se cantonner au VIe siècle. Dans ce cadre, les données des listes épiscopales et la présence de l'objet à Angers même avant sa vente à Paris amènent à fortement présumer l'attribution à Albinus, évêque d'Angers de 529 à 550 environ et désigné ici par l'inscription du manche. Les dons ou legs de vaisselles liturgiques par les prélats à leur église sont d'ailleurs bien attestés par les textes, pour l'époque ; mais il s'agit là de l'un des rares témoignages archéologiques de cet usage. Le rapprochement avec des parures vestimentaires « barbares » également agrémentées de grenats indique en outre que l'on a affaire à une production occidentale, probablement franque : c'est donc là un jalon essentiel pour l'étude des arts somptuaires en Gaule au très haut Moyen Age.
Essai sur les suspenses eucharistiques comme mode d'adoration privilégié du Saint Sacrement
Authors: Foucart-Borville Jacques 
Published: September 2015

Essai über die Hängeeucharistien als bevorzugte Anbetungsform des Allerheiligsten.
In dem Ausmasse, in dem das Heiligtum, das seinen Mittelpunkt im Hauptaltar hat, das lebendige Herz der katholischen Kirchen darstellt, verdienen die hängenden Abendmahlsbehälter ein besonderes Interesse, da sie aus ihrer erhöhten Lage den Blicken der Gläubigen das Tabernakel oder Ziborium mit der Hostie, die für den Leib Christi selbst gehalten wird (Corpus Christi), darbieten.
Obwohl sie eigentlich zur heiligen Wegzehrung der Sterbenden bestimmt war, ist die hängende Eucharistie seit dem 11.- 12. Jahrhundert zu einer bevorzugten Art der Anbetung des Allerheiligsten geworden, dies geschah im engen Zusammenhang mit zwei Erscheinungen der Volksreligiosität, die im Mittelalter eine hervorragende Bedeutung hatten : mit dem Wunsch, die Hostie hoch erhoben zu sehen bei der Weihung durch die Messe und mit der überaus feierlichen Fronleichnamsprozession.
Sie ist eine typische Schöpfung der mittelalterlichen französischen Kunst und scheint vom Ende des 10. Jahrhunderts aus klösterliches Kreisen zu stammen, zunächst aus denen der Cluniazenser, später denen der Zisterzienser. Sie wurde in Mittelfrankreich, sowie im Westen und im Norden des Landes besonders geschätzt und hat sich ebenfalls in England durchgesetzt, indes kaum in anderen Ländern, die ihr Wandsakramentarien und Hostientürmchen vorzogen.
Obwohl sie des Gallikanismus verdächtig war und nach und nach durch Tabernakel des römischen Typs ersetzt wurde, hat sie sich in vielen Kathedralen bis zur Revolution erhalten.
Im Gegensatz zu anderen Ländern sind die hängenden Abendmahlsbehälter bei uns nur wenig erforscht worden, sie können nur in ihrer bemerkenswerten Verschiedenhait verstanden werden, wenn man ihre seltenen figürlichen Darstellungen zur Hilfe zieht (Tafelbilder, Tapisserien, Miniaturen). Nur so wird man erkennen, dass das Ziborium sich im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert deutlich sichtbar unter einem konischen Stoffzelt befand, cincelier genannt, ein kleiner Ehrenbaldachin antiken Ursprungs. Später, im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, wird das Zelt aus Respekt vor dem Heiligen Neigung dazu haben, gleich einer Glocke den grössten Teil des Ziboriums zu verdecken. Heute überleben hängende Abendmahlsbehälter nur noch in Ausnahmefällen (insbesondere in der Kathedrale von Amiens und in der Schweiz).
Contribution à l'étude des suspensions eucharistiques au XVIIIe siècle, À propos de quelques statues de la foi conservées en Bretagne
Authors: Macé de Lépinay François 
Published: September 2015

Contribution à l'étude des suspensions eucharistiques au XVIIIe siècle. A propos de quelques statues de la Foi conservées en Bretagne.
Les suspensions eucharistiques ont formé, à côté des tabernacles, l'un des grands modes de conservation de l'eucharistie. Elles ont fait l'objet de nombreuses études, pour la plupart anciennes, mais restent encore imparfaitement connues, ne serait-ce que parce qu'elles sont devenues rares.
On oublie par exemple que la forme en « crosse » — dont la suspension de l'abbaye de Valloires est l'exemple le plus célèbre — n'a pas été la seule forme admise par la liturgie post-tridantine. L'article regroupe pour la première fois six statues de la Foi, certaines inédites, ayant ainsi été utilisées comme suspensions. Toutes bretonnes et datant toutes, semble-t-il, des années 1740-1790, elles constituent un ensemble assez homogène mais qui est loin de livrer tous ses mystères.
Leur origine commune et l'identité de leurs auteurs restent en particulier inconnues. Faute de pouvoir éclaircir ces points essentiels, l'article propose de comparer ce petit groupe breton avec l'ancienne suspension de l'abbaye de la Trappe (statue de la Vierge) ainsi qu'avec les suspensions « à anges » fréquentes dans les églises parisiennes depuis le début du siècle, et avec des projets pour la cathédrale de Rouen.
La reconstruction de l'abbatiale de Saint-Denis au XIIIe siècle
Authors: Bouttier Michel 
Published: September 2015

La reconstruction de l'abbatiale de Saint-Denis au XIIIe siècle.
Les nombreuses études effectuées sur l'abbatiale de Saint-Denis n'ont pas épuisé le sujet. L'analyse des fenêtres hautes révèle que leur dessin et leur structure font l'objet d'une mise au point progressive pour exprimer et rendre compte de deux concepts : celui de 'cristallisation' et celui de 'hiérarchisation'. En pratiquant une analyse semblable dans plusieurs édifices contemporains influencés par le milieu parisien, on trouve également quelques exemples où cette préoccupation des architectes est présente.
On constate alors qu'aux environs de 1240, au réfectoire de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Pierre de Montreuil élabore une fenêtre exprimant parfaitement les deux concepts, alors qu'au même moment l'architecte de Saint-Denis tâtonne et met en place des fenêtres imparfaites. Ce constat apporte la preuve décisive que Pierre de Montreuil n'est pas le maître de Saint- Denis. Par contre la comparaison entre l'abbatiale et Notre-Dame de Paris met en évidence la présence de Jean de Chelles sur les deux chantiers.
Cette étude nous amène également à reprendre la thèse de E. Panofsky : L'architecture gothique et la pensée scolastique. Celle-ci manquait d'exemples concrets pour être admise sans réserve. Or, ces nouvelles découvertes apportent toutes les preuves souhaitables pour affirmer la présence de rapports intimes entre le philosophe et l'architecte.
Les tabernacles eucharistiques dans la France du Moyen Âge
Authors: Foucart-Borville Jacques 
Published: September 2015

Les tabernacles eucharistiques dans la France du Moyen Age.
L'auteur complète et rectifie son précédent article paru dans le Bulletin monumental (1987-III) où il présentait les suspenses eucharistiques comme le mode privilégié en France d'adoration du Saint Sacrement au maître-autel des églises majeures. Une meilleure étude des sources l'amène à envisager comme berceau des suspenses non plus Cluny, mais Saint-Denis. De fait l'aire de diffusion principale des suspenses de situe dans le bassin parisien au coeur du Regnum Francorum, soit la Francia occidentalis de Charles le Chauve.
L'originalité spectaculaire des colombes émaillées des XIIe-XIIIe siècles ne doit pas faire oublier les autres modes de réserve tout aussi anciens et répandus, au premier chef les arches, coffrets et châsses eucharistiques qu'il faut imaginer en règle générale juchées sur colonnes ou piètements juste à l'arrière du maître-autel, cela sous la protection du classique ciborium.
Le succès du ciborium tint à son assimilation rapide au Tabernacle (tente) de l'Ancien Testament où l'Arche d'alliance abritait sous un propitiatoire d'or massif les Tables de la Loi et l'urne pleine de manne, figure de l'Eucharistie. De là se fit peu à peu l'équivalence pratique des termes latins : ciborium, tabernaculum et propitiatorium.
A la fin du XIIIe siècle un mode de réserve mieux approprié aux exigences accrues de sûreté et de visibilité sera la tourelle eucharistique étroitement accolée au maître-autel dont le plus bel exemple de la fin XIIIe siècle se voit à l'abbaye de Sénanque (Vaucluse).
En conclusion l'auteur se demande si l'exaltation du Corpus Christi n'aurait pas exercé une certaine influence sur l'évolution des Cathédrales romanes et gothiques.