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Authors: Delicado Ana , Remoaldo Paula Cristina 
Published: January 2015

HEADHUNTING AND COLONIALISM: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CIRCULATION OF HUMAN SKULLS IN THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE, 1870–1930, RICARDO ROQUE, (2010) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 342 pp., ISBN: 9780333919088
SOBRE A POBREZA, AS DESIGUALDADES E A PRIVAÇÃO MATERIAL EM PORTUGAL/POVERTY,
INEQUALITIES AND MATERIAL DEPRIVATION IN PORTUGAL, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATÍSTICA, (2010) Lisbon, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 200 pp., ISBN: 9789892500812, 5 euros.
Generalized social trust in Greece and its association with demographic and socio-economic predictors
Authors: Rontos Kostas , Roumeliotou Myrsine 
Published: January 2015

Social or generalized trust has been identified as one of the most important attitudinal elements of social capital and social cohesion, or even described as a social lubricant, which allows the wheels of society to run smoothly. An attempt is made in this article to measure levels
of generalized trust in Greece and explore its association with various demographic and socio-economic factors.
Data draw upon a specific survey conducted in 2007, where a sample of 822 inhabitants of Greece, men and women aged 18 and above, were interviewed. For the purposes of this article,
the ‘generalized trust’ question was explored and associated with various demographic and socio-economic variables. Responses were analysed by Chi-square tests, where the relationship between control variables and the dependent one was explored. At the second stage of data analysis,
a Logistic Regression Model was used.
Statistical analysis of the generalized trust question revealed significant association of generalized social trust with educational level and marital status. More specifically, better-educated individuals tend to exhibit higher levels of trust and
the same seems to apply for the divorced, widowed or those living in cohabitation. As far as age is concerned, results partly confirmed prior surveys, where generalized trust follows a U-curve pattern, with the youngest and the oldest individuals exhibiting higher levels of distrust. In particular,
a simple Chi-square test reveals nuclear statistical significance between age and social trust, while a Logistic Regression Model excludes the former from the final equation. On the other hand, no significant effects were found for other control variables, i.e. gender, employment status and
income.
Communism and the end of the world
Authors: Flisfeder Matthew 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Drawing on Fredric Jameson's thesis that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, this article examines recent representations of communism, anti-communism, and the end of the world, in popular film and television, and argues that both work towards re-enforcing the utopian view that there is no viable alternative to liberal democracy and capitalism. In the context of the ongoing financial crisis and global political uprisings, representations of the apocalypse are being paralleled with a return to images of the 'communist threat'. Here, it is argued that such images aim to dissuade people from thinking about alternatives to the existing system. This article concludes with a discussion of recent reconsiderations of the 'communist hypothesis'.
The end of the world (as we know it)
Authors: Žižek Slavoj 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This public lecture by SlavojŽižek was delivered in Toronto's City Hall Council Chambers on 29 September 2012 as part of the Until the End of the World symposium (coorganized by Christine Davis, Scott MacKenzie and Janine Marchessault on behalf of the Public Access Collective), as part of the site-specific Nuit Blanche exhibition 'The Museum for the End of the World'.
The end of the humanities
Authors: Miller Toby 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
'The end of the humanities' is clearly a silly title. It risks mockery for several reasons, the most obvious one being that it is easily disproved by history. Tomorrow you will wake up and there will still be humanities. And there may be many tomorrows. But I actually think the end is coming, at least in the United States. The US version of the humanities is dying, if not rhetorically (it's hard to shut them up) then numerically.
All that's frozen melts into air: Arctic cinemas at the end of the world
Authors: MacKenzie Scott , Stenport Anna Westerståhl 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Drawing on the concepts of the sublime and the spectacle, this article examines the ways in which global cinemas have often mobilized the trope of the Arctic as the end of the world. Drawing on a radically disparate set of films, including examples from Swedish and Danish art cinema; Cold War documentaries made or supported by the Danish and American governments for both general release and television; 1950s 'True Life Adventures' nature documentaries made by the Disney studio; Creation, a work by American avant-garde film-maker Stan Brakhage; and To the Arctic, a recent IMAX 3D film. We argue that most of these works eradicate the material, cultural and geographical specificity of the Arctic for political and ideological reasons.
A beautiful movie about the end of the World. Director's Statement
Authors: Von Trier Lars 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The statement below by Lars von Trier on his end of the world film Melancholia (2011) is one of a long line of manifestos, statements, and proclamations von Trier has issued before the release of each of his films. While proclaiming that he wanted to embrace German Romanticism, von Trier's main character Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is far more enveloped by a sense of ennui about the world ending.
OFFSHORE: Extreme oil and our disappearing future
Authors: Longfellow Brenda 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
As we enter the age of the Anthropocene where human activity is fundamentally altering our relationship with the bios, the promise of the future that had been heralded by modernity is rapidly being undermined. The article reflects on our diminishing sense of the future, the end of petroleum and an interactive website entitled OFFSHORE that explores our dark addiction.
The Barrio Mobile Art Studio: The history of an art education programme for Chicanas/os and Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles
Authors: Katzew Adriana 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The Barrio Mobile Art Studio, an educational outreach programme created in 1975 by the art centre Self Help Graphics, predominantly served Chicano/a and Mexican immigrant populations in East Los Angeles. The paper examines the creation of this programme, its philosophy and pedagogy in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and an agenda for equity and social justice. By examining the training of the artists who became the teachers for the programme, and its impact on the population it served, it brings to light a significant aspect of the history of Self Help Graphics: its innovative educational outreach programme, which has particular relevance to Chicano/a studies, as well as to the broader history of art education in the United States.
Hit with a brick: The teachings of Hoyt L. Sherman
Authors: Torlen Michael 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This article discusses the pedagogy of Hoyt L. Sherman, a fine arts professor at The Ohio State University from 1932 to 1974, whose approach to art education utilized the psychology and physiology of visual perception as presented in his three pedagogical books – Drawing By Seeing (1947), The Visual Demonstration Center (1951) and Cézanne and Visual Form (1952). The article describes Sherman’s innovations, The Visual Training Laboratory (aka Flash Lab) and the Visual Demonstration Center, comments on two of the demonstrations, and summarizes several of Sherman’s key ideas, arguing that recent studies in neuroscience confirm his thinking. A review of Hoyt Sherman’s pedagogical legacy concludes the article. His most notable student, Roy Lichtenstein, credited Sherman’s ideas on perception and visual unity as a major influence.
Pleiotropic effects of fenofibrate: focus on type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Ametov Alexander Sergeevich , Prudnikova Marina Alexandrovna 
Published: January 2015

Aims. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of chronic low-grade inflammation in the development of the diabetic neuropathy and the possibility of its medical treatment with fenofibrate (145 mg/day). Materials and Methods. This trial included 60 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The serum levels of several factors were measured: tumour necrosis factor-? (TNF-?), interleukin-1? (IL-1?), interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), markers of oxidative stress (malondialdehyde levels), haemostasis, uric acid, glycaemic and lipid profile and the peripheral status (electromyography, total symptom score [TSS] and neuropathy impairment score in the lower limbs [NIS-LL]). Follow-up was at 24 weeks. Results. A significant negative correlation was found between the excitation rate of the sural nerve and levels of TNF, IL-6 and CRP (p
Initial investigation of efficacy and safety of a new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, gosogliptin, for type 2 diabetes in Russia
Authors: Nedosugova Lyudmila Viktorovna , Petunina Nina Alexandrovna , Galstyan Karina Oganesovna 
Published: January 2015

Current treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are based on using safe and effective hypoglycaemic agents for preventing diabetic vascular complications and reducing the risks associated with weight gain and hypoglycaemia. These goals may be achieved using new agents with a fundamentally new mechanism of action: inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4i). However, the wide distribution of this enzyme in the body is associated with extraglycaemic DPP-4i effects, both positive and negative. Thus, it is important to develop and implement new DPP-4i agents for clinical practice. Aim. To investigate the efficacy and safety of a novel DPP-4i, gosogliptin, for use as monotherapy and in combination with metformin vs. vildagliptin as monotherapy and in combination with metformin for patients with drug-naive type 2 diabetes in a multicentre, open, randomized clinical trial. Materials and methods. We enrolled 299 drug-naive type 2 diabetes patients; 149 patients were randomized to receive gosogliptin and 150 patients received tovildagliptin. These groups had similar baseline characteristics. After randomization, 12 weeks of monotherapy was administered to both groups. Further, it was decided to continue the monotherapy or in combination with metformin, depending on each patient. The results after the first 12 weeks are presented in this paper. Results. After 12 weeks of monotherapy, HbA1c levels decreased significantly from 8.61% to 7.41% (p
Polarizing and angle-sensitive color filter in transmittance for security feature applications
Authors: Lochbihler Hans 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Subwavelength gratings comprising a stack of two thin metallic wire gratings embedded in a dielectric exhibit distinctive color properties in transmittance. Its angle-dependent coloring can be easily noticed by human observers in ambient light. Moreover, it has pronounced polarizing properties in the visible wavelength range. The optical properties of these gratings have been numerically studied. The results have been confirmed by manufactured samples replicated by a simple nanoimprint process on plastic foils. The manufacturing process is predestined for industrial mass production. Applications as authentication devices are given.
Micro-optics in lighting applications
Authors: Mönch Wolfgang 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
The intention of this article is to give a concise overview on current applications of micro-optical components in lighting, including general lighting, automotive lighting, projection, and display backlighting. Regarding the light sources, the focus of this paper is on inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and the characteristic problems encountered with them. Lasers, laser diodes, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are out of scope of this paper. Micro-optical components for current applications of inorganic LEDs may be categorized essentially into three classes: First, components for light shaping, i.e., adjusting the intensity distribution to a desired target; second, components for light homogenization with respect to space and color, and third, large-area micro-optical elements. These large-area elements comprise micro-optical slabs and sheets for guiding, reflection, and refraction of light and are designed without regard to particular details of type, design, arrangement, and layout of the individual light emitters. References are given to textbooks and review articles to guide the interested reader to further and more detailed studies on the problems discussed here.
Discriminatory Pricing and Spatial Competition in Two-Sided Media Markets
Authors: Kodera Toshiki 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
This study describes a spatial model of price discrimination in two-sided media markets. Given that media platforms offer a uniform price for consumers and either a uniform or discriminatory price for advertisers, we compare a platform’s profit and welfare under these two different pricing schemes. In contrast to the well-known result that price discrimination based on a consumer’s location leads to lower profits, if consumers have a strong aversion to advertising, we show that a platform’s profit is better off under price discrimination. In addition, if consumers rather dislike advertising, we show that price discrimination is detrimental to both a platform’s profit and the consumer’s welfare.
A Feminist Way to Unconditional Basic Income: Claimants Unions and Women’s Liberation Movements in 1970s Britain
Authors: Yamamori Toru 
Published: January 2015

AbstractThis article explores how the demand for an unconditional basic income (UBI) was discussed in the British Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in the 1970s. A resolution for UBI was passed with a majority vote at the National Women’s Liberation Conference in 1977. However, this fact appears not to have been properly recorded in any academic literature. This is slightly surprising because it has been more than a decade since feminist academics started to argue either for or against UBI. The resolution was raised by working class women in the Claimants Unions Movement. This article records and analyses their feminist articulation of the UBI and the unfortunate fate of their resolution along with their intersections with other feminists. It is based mainly on oral historical interviews with ex-claimants women (128).
Nucleosome organization and chromatin dynamics in telomeres
Authors: Ichikawa Yuichi , Nishimura Yoshifumi , Kurumizaka Hitoshi , Shimizu Mitsuhiro 
Published: January 2015

AbstractTelomeres are DNA-protein complexes located at the ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes, and are essential for chromosome stability and maintenance. In most organisms, telomeres consist of tandemly repeated sequences of guanine-clusters. In higher eukaryotes, most of the telomeric repeat regions are tightly packaged into nucleosomes, even though telomeric repeats act as nucleosome-disfavoring sequences. Although telomeres were considered to be condensed heterochromatin structures, recent studies revealed that the chromatin structures in telomeres are actually dynamic. The dynamic properties of telomeric chromatin are considered to be important for the structural changes between the euchromatic and heterochromatic states during the cell cycle and in cellular differentiation. We propose that the nucleosome-disfavoring property of telomeric repeats is a crucial determinant for the lability of telomeric nucleosomes, and provides a platform for chromatin dynamics in telomeres. Furthermore, we discuss the influences of telomeric components on the nucleosome organization and chromatin dynamics in telomeres.
The clinical performance of a chemiluminescent immunoassay in detecting anti-cardiolipin and anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibodies. A comparison with a homemade ELISA method
Authors: Meneghel Lauro , Ruffatti Amelia , Gavasso Sabrina , Tonello Marta , Mattia Elena , Spiezia Luca , Campello Elena , Hoxha Ariela , Fedrigo Marny , Punzi Leonardo , Simioni Paolo 
Published: January 2015

AbstractFully automated chemiluminescence immunoassays (CLIAs) are emerging technologies for the detection of antiSera were collected from 104 patients with primary APS, 88 seronegative subjects who met the clinical but not the laboratory criteria for APS, and 150 control subjects. IgG/IgM aCL and IgG/IgM anti-β2GPI antibodies were determined in the sera using a CLIA (HemosIL AcuStarCLIA had a significantly lower comparative sensitivity for IgM aCL and IgG/IgM IgG anti-β2GPI antibodies; its comparative specificity was higher with respect to ELISA for IgM aCL and IgM anti-β2GPI antibodies. The two techniques showed a high, significant agreement (p<0.001) and a significant titer correlation (p<0.001). CLIA also detected IgG/IgM aCL and IgG anti-β2GPI antibodies in the seronegative patients. There was a significantly higher prevalence of IgG aCL and IgG anti-β2GPI antibodies (p<0.001 and p=0.01, respectively) in those patients with respect to that in the control population.Despite a lower comparative sensitivity, CLIA showed a higher comparative specificity for some aPL and a good level of agreement and correlation with a homemade ELISA. CLIA also detected some aCL and anti-β2GPI antibodies in the seronegative patients not usually identified by homemade ELISA.
Counting elliptic curves with prescribed torsion
Authors: Harron Robert , Snowden Andrew 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Mazur’s theorem states
that there are exactly fifteen possibilities for the torsion subgroup of an elliptic curve over the rational numbers. We determine how often each of these groups actually occurs. Precisely, if G is one of these fifteen groups, we show that the number of elliptic curves up to height X whose torsion subgroup is isomorphic to G is on the order of

X

1
/
d

{X^{1/d}}

, for some number d

=

=

d(G) which we compute.
Segre numbers, a generalized King formula, and local intersections
Authors: Andersson Mats , Samuelsson Kalm Håkan , Wulcan Elizabeth , Yger Alain 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
Let

𝒥

{{\mathcal{J}}}

be an ideal sheaf on a reduced analytic space X
with zero set Z.
We show that the Lelong numbers of the
restrictions to Z
of certain generalized Monge–Ampère products (d

d
c

d^{c}

log

|
f
|

2

|f|^{2}

)

k

)^{k}

,
where f is a tuple of generators of

𝒥

{{\mathcal{J}}}

, coincide with the
so-called Segre numbers of

𝒥

{{\mathcal{J}}}

, introduced independently by Tworzewski, Achilles–Manaresi, and
Gaffney–Gassler.
More generally we show that these currents satisfy a generalization of the
classical King formula that takes into account fixed and moving
components of Vogel cycles associated with

𝒥

{{\mathcal{J}}}

.
A basic tool is a new calculus for products of positive currents of
Bochner–Martinelli type.
We also discuss connections to intersection theory.
Assessment of machine-learning techniques on large pathology data sets to address assay redundancy in routine liver function test profiles
Authors: Lidbury Brett A. , Richardson Alice M. , Badrick Tony 
Published: January 2015

Abstract

Background: Routine liver function tests (LFTs) are central to serum testing profiles, particularly in community medicine. However there is concern about the redundancy of information provided to requesting clinicians. Large quantities of clinical laboratory data and advances in computational knowledge discovery methods provide opportunities to re-examine the value of individual routine laboratory results that combine for LFT profiles.

Methods: The machine learning methods recursive partitioning (decision trees) and support vector machines (SVMs) were applied to aggregate clinical chemistry data that included elevated LFT profiles. Response categories for γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) were established based on whether the patient results were within or above the sex-specific reference interval. Single decision tree and SVMs were applied to test the accuracy of GGT prediction by the highest ranked predictors of GGT response, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alanine amino-transaminase (ALT).

Results: Through interrogating more than 20,000 individual cases comprising both sexes and all ages, decision trees predicted GGT category at 90% accuracy using only ALP and ALT, with a SVM prediction accuracy of 82.6% after 10-fold training and testing. Bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase (LD) and albumin did not enhance prediction, or reduced accuracy. Comparison of abnormal (elevated) GGT categories also supported the primacy of ALP and ALT as screening markers, with serum urate and cholesterol also useful.

Conclusions: Machine-learning interrogation of massive clinical chemistry data sets demonstrated a strategy to address redundancy in routine LFT screening by identifying ALT and ALP in tandem as able to accurately predict GGT elevation, suggesting that GGT can be removed from routine LFT screening.
A case of factitious hyponatremia and hypokalemia due to the presence of fibrin gel in serum
Authors: Cervellin Gianfranco , Aloe Rosalia , Lippi Giuseppe 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
We describe here the case of a 84-year-old woman under warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation, who was admitted to the Emergency Department for severe gluteal hemorrhage. Blood samples were drawn after patient admission and transported within 20 min to the laboratory. Results of laboratory testing revealed a markedly increased value of international normalized ratio and extremely low values of serum sodium (60 mmol/L) and potassium (1.4 mmol/L). A second serum sample was collected approximately 2 h after the former, showing normal values of both sodium (145 mmol/L) and potassium (3.5 mmol/L). The analysis of the specimen collected upon patient admission revealed the presence of a small, transparent fibrin gel in the serum, which was partially aspirated by the sample probe of the instrument. This case underscores the importance that serum samples need to be allowed to clot completely prior to centrifugation and analysis, especially those collected from patients under anticoagulant treatment.
Sound absorption of wood-based materials
Authors: Smardzewski Jerzy , Kamisiński Tadeusz , Dziurka Dorota , Mirski Radosław , Majewski Adam , Flach Artur , Pilch Adam 
Published: January 2015

Abstract
From modern buildings to public spaces are made of concrete, steel, and glass. These materials increase propagation of sound and the reverberation time. Therefore, furniture should be good sound absorbers in such places. The objective of this study was to ascertain acoustic properties of wood-based materials by determining normal acoustic impedance on the surface and sound absorption coefficients. Experiments were carried out on 17 types of wood-based materials commonly employed in furniture design and manufacture. Investigations were conducted based on the transfer-function method. It was demonstrated that for frequencies between 125 and 500 Hz, the highest capability of sound absorption was determined of low surface layer density and high porosity. Honeycomb panels with paper core absorbed better sounds in the range between 1 and 2 kHz. Panels of considerable external surface irregularities were characterized by the most favorable acoustic properties for the frequency of 4 kHz.