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Thermo-physical properties of molten Cd-Ga alloys
Authors: Koirala RP , Singh BP , Adhikari D 
Published: December 2013

We report thermodynamic, microscopic and surface properties of Cd-Ga alloys in molten state at 700 K. We use quasi-chemical approximation for the computation of thermodynamic and microscopic properties. For the computation of surface we use Butler’s approach and quas-chemical approach. We also calculate the surface concentration of the individual component. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/bibechana.v10i0.9079 BIBECHANA 10 (2014) 9-19
Le regard d'un juge espagnol du Tribunal Mixte des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Vanuatu) 1936-1939
Authors: Roux Jean-Claude , Walter Annie 
Published: December 2013

Cet article présente l'analyse d'un ouvrage publié par un juge espagnol, président de droit du Tribunal arbitral du condominium des Nouvelles- Hébrides. Il nous a paru d'autant plus intéressant qu'il concerne une période qui peut être considérée comme celle de la stabilisation coloniale d'un territoire très spécifique. LeVanuatu a connu une longue situation floue, au point de vue juridique et administratif, constituant une sorte d'exception coloniale franco- britannique. . .
A la suite de la Guerre du Pacifique, cet archipel connaîtra une série de transformations lentes sur fond d'une rituelle rivalité entre les deux puissances condominiales et qui aboutira à son indépendance en 1980.
République et élites locales : Mayotte (1880-1947)
Authors: Denis Isabelle , Rezzi Nathalie 
Published: December 2013

Isabelle DENIS, Nathalie REZZI : République et élites locales à Mayotte : 1880-1947.

II s'agit d'étudier les hauts fonctionnaires qui se sont succédés à Mayotte et dont les titres ont varié (gouverneurs, administrateurs et hauts commissaires) au cours de la période 1880-1947 : après une définition de leurs pouvoirs et de leur mission, l'étude portera sur leurs origines géographiques, familiales, sociales et professionnelles ainsi que sur leur formation (études et diplômes) afin de voir si ces différents éléments les préparaient à cohabiter et à partager le pouvoir avec des élites locales souvent jalouses de leurs connaissances et de leurs privilèges.
La réaction et les relations de ces deux entités (administration coloniale et élites locales) peuvent être appréhendées à partir des archives géographiques (même lacunaires) amis aussi à partir des dossiers personnels (contenant souvent des documents descriptifs de la situation locale). Bien sûr l'étude de la réaction des élites locales (ces élites seront définies et présentées au cours de l'étude) sera tributaire de la subjectivité des fonctionnaires qui l'évoquent.
Notre étude se propose donc de se consacrer aux 40 hauts fonctionnaires pour lesquels on peut consulter les dossiers (soumis à dérogation) et de pouvoir réfléchir sur l'installation de la République.
Sur « un confetti » et surtout comment elle réagit face à des populations qui ont eu souvent le sentiment d'être « abandonnées ».
A Clinical, Pathological, and Genetic Characterization of Methotrexate-associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Authors: Yamakawa Noriyuki , Fujimoto Masakazu , Kawabata Daisuke , Terao Chikashi , Nishikori Momoko , Nakashima Ran , Imura Yoshitaka , Yukawa Naoichiro , Yoshifuji Hajime , Ohmura Koichiro , Fujii Takao , Kitano Toshiyuki , Kondo Tadakazu , Yurugi Kimiko , Miura Yasuo , Maekawa Taira , Saji Hiroh , Takaori-Kondo Akifumi , Matsuda Fumihiko , Haga Hironori , Mimori Tsuneyo 
Published: December 2013

Objective.Methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorders (MTX-LPD) often regress spontaneously during MTX withdrawal, but the prognostic factors remain unclear. The aim of our study was to clarify the clinical, histological, and genetic factors that predict outcomes in patients with MTX-LPD.Methods.Patients with MTX-LPD diagnosed between 2000 and 2012 were analyzed retrospectively regarding their clinical course, site of biopsy, histological typing, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)in situhybridization and immunostaining, and HLA type.Results.Twenty-one patients, including 20 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 1 with polymyositis, were analyzed. The mean dose of MTX was 6.1 mg/week and the mean duration of treatment was 71.1 months. Clinically, 5 patients were diagnosed with EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) and had polymorphic histological findings. The proportion of those patients successfully treated solely by withdrawal of MTX was significantly greater than that of those without EBVMCU (75% vs 7.7%, p = 0.015). The HLA-B15:11 haplotype was more frequent in patients with EBV+ RA with MTX-LPD than in healthy Japanese controls (p = 0.0079, Bonferroni’s method). EBV latency classification and HLA typing were not associated with the prognosis of MTX-LPD in our cohort.Conclusion.Our data demonstrate that patients in the EBVMCU, a specific clinical subgroup of MTX-LPD, had a better clinical outcome when MTX was withdrawn than did other patients with MTX-LPD.
Outcome Measures in Acute Gout: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Dalbeth Nicola , Zhong Cathy S. , Grainger Rebecca , Khanna Dinesh , Khanna Puja P. , Singh Jasvinder A. , McQueen Fiona M. , Taylor William J. 
Published: December 2013

Objective.Five core domains have been endorsed by Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) for acute gout: pain, joint swelling, joint tenderness, patient global assessment, and activity limitation. We evaluated instruments for these domains according to the OMERACT filter: truth, feasibility, and discrimination.Methods.A systematic search strategy for instruments used to measure the acute gout core domains was formulated. For each method, articles were assessed by 2 reviewers to summarize information according to the specific components of the OMERACT filter.Results.Seventy-seven articles and abstracts met the inclusion criteria. Pain was most frequently reported (76 studies, 20 instruments). The pain instruments used most often were 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) and 5-point Likert scale. Both methods have high feasibility, face and content validity, and within- and between-group discrimination. Four-point Likert scales assessing index joint swelling and tenderness have been used in numerous acute gout studies; these instruments are feasible, with high face and content validity, and show within- and between-group discrimination. Five-point Patient Global Assessment of Response to Treatment (PGART) scales are feasible and valid, and show within- and between-group discrimination. Measures of activity limitations were infrequently reported, and insufficient data were available to make definite assessments of the instruments for this domain.Conclusion.Many different instruments have been used to assess the acute gout core domains. Pain VAS and 5-point Likert scales, 4-point Likert scales of index joint swelling and tenderness and 5-point PGART instruments meet the criteria for the OMERACT filter.
Functional diversity and seasonal activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) on native grasslands in southern Alberta, Canada
Authors: Kadiri N. , Lumaret J.-P. , Floate K.D. 
Published: December 2013

AbstractTo characterise their functional diversity and seasonal activity, dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) were collected with baited pitfall traps at three sites for three years on a native grassland in southern Alberta, Canada. The total collection of 125 820 beetles comprised 12 species of which eight were of European origin. For each combination of site and year, assemblages were dominated by two or three core species of European origin that represented 70–95% of total beetles and more than 75% of total biomass, but only 10–30% of species richness. Core species consistently includedOnthophagus nuchicornis(Linnaeus) and occasionallyChilothorax distinctus(Müller) andColobopterus erraticus(Linnaeus). Coexistence of these core species appears to be facilitated by differences in their size, seasonal activity, and life history traits.
Un corps de désordre : la prostituée dans l’Atlantique français
Authors: Tourangeau Catherine 
Published: December 2013

En se basant sur le discours des autorités et des observateurs et sur les archives judiciaires, cet article fera la lumière sur les prostituées de l’Atlantique français à la fin du xviie siècle et au début du xviiie siècle, et tentera d’expliquer en quoi l’activité de la prostituée fait d’elle un élément de désordre pour la société française tant dans la métropole qu’en Nouvelle-France. Les thèmes du genre et de la sexualité seront donc étudiés dans une perspective impériale et atlantique, afin de faire ressortir la particularité coloniale, mais surtout de suggérer des pistes pour la recherche.
Les tensions entre la nature et le droit ; vers un droit de la filiation génétiquement déterminé ?
Authors: Savard Anne-Marie 
Published: December 2013

À la suite de la réforme du droit de la famille de 1980, l’auteure démontre comment les concepts de sang, de nature et de vérité biologique ont acquis une importance croissante au sein du droit civil de la filiation au Québec, tant en matière de contestation qu’en réclamation de la filiation. En effet, alors qu’en vertu du Code civil du Bas Canada, l’élément biologique ne possédait pas de valeur en soi, celle-ci dépendant de sa reprise par le Juridique, l’article met en relief la manière dont une partie du droit de la filiation s’est peu à peu soumis à la vérité brute de la chair et des gènes. Ainsi, au-delà d’une analyse du discours législatif, jurisprudentiel et doctrinal, c’est la fonction normative du droit face à la réalité des faits que l’auteure interroge.
Synthesis of Triazole‐Nucleoside Phosphoramidites and Their Use in Solid‐Phase Oligonucleotide Synthesis
Authors: Peel Brandon J. , Efthymiou Tim C. , Desaulniers Jean‐Paul 
Published: December 2013

AbstractTriazole‐backbone oligonucleotides are macromolecules that have one or more triazole units that are acting as a backbone mimic. Triazoles within the backbone have been used within oligonucleotides for a variety of applications. This unit describes the preparation and synthesis of two triazole‐nucleoside phosphoramidites [uracil‐triazole‐uracil (UtU) and cytosine‐triazole‐uracil (CtU)] based on a PNA‐like scaffold, and their incorporation within oligonucleotides. Curr. Protoc. Nucleic Acid Chem. 55:4.57.1‐4.57.38. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Characterization of Conformational Dynamics of Bistable RNA by Equilibrium and Non‐Equilibrium NMR
Authors: Fürtig Boris , Reining Anke , Sochor Florian , Oberhauser Eva Marie , Heckel Alexander , Schwalbe Harald 
Published: December 2013

ABSTRACTUnlike proteins, a given RNA sequence can adopt more than a single conformation. The two (or more) conformations are long‐lived and have similar stabilities, but interconvert only slowly. Such bi‐ or multistability is often linked to the biological functions of the RNA. This unit describes how nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy can be used to characterize the conformational dynamics of bistable RNAs. Curr. Protoc. Nucleic Acid Chem. 55:11.13.1‐11.13.16. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Low‐level mesodermal somatic mutation mosaicism: Late‐onset craniofacial and cervical spinal hyperostoses
Authors: Kubota Yoshitaka , Mitsukawa Nobuyuki , Uchida Michiko , Uchida Yuuki , Akita Shinsuke , Hasegawa Masakazu , Satoh Kaneshige 
Published: December 2013

AbstractCraniofacial and cervical spinal hyperostoses are rarely seen in the absence of other abnormalities. Only seven patients with isolated cranial hyperostoses have been reported, and only a single patient with both calvarial and cervical vertebral hyperostoses. We report on an adult with late‐onset right‐sided asymmetrical hyperostoses of the cranium, mandible, and cervical vertebrae in the absence of an AKT1 mutation. At presentation, the patient displayed neither generalized overgrowth nor dysregulated adipose tissue. Standard polymerase chain reaction and Sanger sequencing of DNA extracted from formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded frontal bone and mandibular angular bone was negative for an AKT1 mutation. Though the patient's clinical manifestations did not fulfill the consensus diagnostic criteria of Proteus syndrome, the mosaic distribution of lesions, the sporadic occurrence, and the patient's progressive course were consistent with a somatic mosaicism similar to that syndrome. Hence, the patient's phenotype may have been caused by a very late mesodermal somatic mutation during embryogenesis. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
A patient with Simpson–Golabi–Behmel syndrome, biliary cirrhosis and successful liver transplantation
Authors: Jedraszak Guillaume , Girard Muriel , Mellos Antonio , Djeddi Djamal‐Dine , Chardot Christophe , Vanrenterghem Audrey , Moizard Marie‐Pierre , Gondry Jean , Sevestre Henri , Mathieu‐Dramard Michele , Lacaille Florence , Demeer Benedicte 
Published: December 2013

ABSTRACTSimpson–Golabi–Behmel syndrome type 1 (SGBS1) ‐OMIM 312870‐ is a rare X‐linked inherited overgrowth syndrome caused by a loss of function mutation in the GPC3 gene. Affected patients present a variable phenotype with pre‐ and post‐natal macrosomia, distinctive facial dysmophism, organomegaly, and multiple congenital anomalies. Intellectual disability is not constant. About 10% of patients have an increased risk of developing embryonic tumors in early childhood. Only one case of biliary disease has been described so far. GPC3 is localized on Xq26. It encodes for glypican 3, a heparan sulfate proteoglycan, which among its different known roles, negatively regulates liver regeneration and hepatocyte proliferation. This report concerns a male with a SGBS1, carrier of a GPC3 pathogenic mutation, and neonatal liver disease, who developed an early biliary cirrhosis. Together with the associated risk of cancer and developmental delay, liver transplantation was discussed and then successfully performed at the age of 19 months. A hypothesis on the role of GPC3 in the patient's liver disease is also proposed. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Hypoxic cardiopulmonary arrest with full recovery after induced hypothermic therapy
Authors: Matsuo Tomoji , Yanagawa Youichi , Takeuchi Yuji , Inoue Teruhiro , Oomori Kazuhiko , Osaka Hiromichi , Hayashi Nobuhiro , Oode Yasumasa , Shimizu Takashi , Sato Nobuyuki , Okamoto Ken 
Published: December 2013

CaseThe patient's chart was reviewed, summarized, and presented.OutcomeA 41‐year‐old male collapsed after complaining of dyspnea just before the end of a hemodialysis session. He was just being introduced to hemodialysis. The patient's percutaneous oxygen saturation dropped to 50% even under inhalation of 10 L/minute of oxygen and he developed pulseless electrical activity. After tracheal intubation, a return of spontaneous circulation was noted. His truncal CT disclosed a bilateral diffuse ground glass appearance and pleural effusion were noted. Induced mild hypothermic therapy and mechanical ventilation resulted in the improvement of his respiratory function and consciousness. A coronary angiogram and left ventriculography showed no significant lesion, and his pulmonary edema was considered to have been induced by over‐hydration due to renal failure, diastolic heart failure or dialysis disequilibrium syndrome. He was discharged without any neurological deficit.ConclusionTracheal intubation with ventilation for hypoxic cardiopulmonary arrest and induced hypothermic therapy after obtaining spontaneous circulation may be factors of favorable outcome of this case.
Peculiar electrical and photoelectric behaviors in conducting multilayers: Insights into accumulative charge tunneling
Authors: Wang Min , Tang Qunwei , Chen Haiyan , He Benlin 
Published: December 2013

ABSTRACTLayer‐by‐layer self‐assembly is a versatile technique for the construction of well‐defined nanoarchitectures with outstanding electrical and photoelectric performances. The revelation of a potential charge‐transfer mechanism of extraordinary electrical and photoelectric behaviors is profound in the design of modern electrical and photoelectrical devices. With the aim of revealing the potential charge‐transfer mechanism in conducting multilayer films, in this study, we fabricated [poly(styrene sulfonate)/polyaniline]n [(PSS/PANi)n] multilayers with peculiar electrical and photoelectrical features. The fantastic increments in sheet conductivity and photoelectric response were believed to be the percolation reflection of accumulative electrons tunneled across the insulating PSS from the bottom to the top of the conjugated structure of PANi. These profound phenomena, along with simple fabrication and a well‐defined architecture, promise that the conducting multilayers will be good candidates for electronic and optoelectronic nanodevices. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40258.
Synthesis of cationic magnetite nanoparticles for intracellular protein delivery
Authors: Wang Zheng , Zhang Jianjun , Li Ruiduan , Chen Jianfeng 
Published: December 2013

ABSTRACTIntracellular protein delivery shows great promise in the treatment of various diseases. However, therapeutic applications of this method are limited by its low delivery efficiency and poor targeting ability. As one of most important drug delivery cargoes, Fe3O4 nanoparticles (nFe3O4) have attracted much attention for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications, especially for targeting drug delivery. To use nFe3O4 for protein delivery, a simple but effective modification of nFe3O4 is critical to attach proteins on its surface. In this work, by designing and synthesizing cationic poly(2‐(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMA)‐grafted nFe3O4 via in situ atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), we demonstrate a simple solution to improve interactions between nFe3O4 and proteins. With the grafted PDMA on the surface, nFe3O4 exhibits not only significant enhancement in dispersibility and stability in aqueous phase, but also an excellent capability to attach negative‐charged proteins. Moreover, with the assistance of external magnetic field, PDMA‐grafted nFe3O4 can be used as a targetable vector to deliver proteins into specific cells. This work provides a novel platform based on cationic magnetite nanoparticles that can deliver therapeutic proteins into specific sites for the treatment of various diseases. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40260.
Robust Nonlinear Control for Path Tracking of a Quad‐Rotor Helicopter
Authors: Raffo Guilherme V. , Ortega Manuel G. , Rubio Francisco R. 
Published: December 2013

AbstractThis paper presents a nonlinear robust control strategy to solve the path tracking problem for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle. The main objective is to design controllers that provide certain required performances during the quadrotor flight, such as null tracking error and robustness in the presence of sustained external disturbances affecting the six degrees of freedom, parametric uncertainties, and unmodeled dynamics. The control structure is performed through a nonlinear controller to stabilize the rotational movements and a control law based on the backstepping approach with integral action to track the reference trajectory. Simulation results are carried out to corroborate the effectiveness and the robustness of the proposed strategy.
Coordination of semi‐actuated signals on arterials
Authors: Zhang Lihui , Lou Yingyan 
Published: December 2013

SummaryThis paper formulates an integrated mixed‐integer nonlinear programming model for coordinating semi‐actuated signals on arterials, with the vehicle actuation logic explicitly modeled and embedded. The decision variables are the common cycle length; offset points; phase sequences; green splits of the major phases; minimum green, unit green extension and maximum green of the minor phases which are optimized simultaneously. Two algorithms are employed to search for the optimal signal plans: one is the traditional genetic algorithm (GA), and the other is a GA‐based heuristic to save computation effort in earlier search stages. Numerical example is carried out to demonstrate the proposed model and algorithms. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CFD Simulation and Modeling of Membrane‐Assisted Separation of Organic Compounds from Wastewater
Authors: Barati Fariborz , Ghadiri Mehdi , Ghasemi Reza , Nobari Hasan Mohammadi 
Published: December 2013

AbstractThe extraction of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from water in porous hollow fibers was simulated with toluene, a hazardous material. The system to be simulated included a VOC stream and air as stripping gas, which were contacted using a porous hollow‐fiber membrane contactor. To model the process, the contactor was considered as three compartments, including shell side, porous membrane, and tube side. The model equations were derived and solved using computational fluid dynamics of momentum and mass transfer in all zones of the contactor. The profiles of concentration and pressure were obtained for the VOC in the hollow fibers.
A comparison of material characterizations in frequently used constitutive models of ligaments
Authors: Wan Chao , Hao Zhixiu , Wen Shizhu 
Published: December 2013

SUMMARYLongitudinal tensile and simple shear stress–strain curves of human medial collateral ligaments (MCL) were fitted by six frequently used constitutive relations of ligaments using two different fitting methods for determining which was the best fitting method and the most preferable constitutive model for describing the ligament properties. According to the results of fitting goodness, two typical constitutive models were further analyzed by FEM to investigate the effect of the variation in MCL constitutive models under some physiological loads (i.e., 4.5 Nm external tibial and 10 Nm valgus tibial torques). It was found that different fitting methods induced great variations in describing the simple shear behavior whereas no obvious difference in the longitudinal tensile behavior. The most accurate description of both the longitudinal tensile and simple shear behaviors was obtained from the constitutive model with ground substance defined by an exponential function when the parameters were fitted by the two test data, respectively. Although the distributions of maximal principal stress were almost the same, the variation in MCL constitutive models affected the highest value of the stress greatly when MCL was under the complex physiological loads. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Diet and diabetes: a cornerstone for therapy
Authors: Pozzilli Paolo , Fallucca Francesco 
Published: December 2013

SummaryAn appropriate diet represents the cornerstone for diabetes therapy. Diets that differ in their carbohydrate, lipid and protein content are used but the evidence of their effects on the long term is missing. Several confounding factors and compliance to diet render difficult the evaluation of the ‘best diet’ for diabetes. On a short run, however, useful indications can be obtained regarding the effective diets capable to optimize metabolic control in type 2 diabetes. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.