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Multi-organizational Alliances and Policy Change: Understanding the Mobilization and Impact of Grassroots Coalitions
Authors: Post Margaret A. 
Published: June 2015

AbstractGrassroots coalitions are one mechanism by which marginalized groups access the policy arena. Such alliances integrate group interests in demand making and can influence the policy process through collective action. Understanding what factors lead to formation, sustainability, and success can explain how and why alliances function as political intermediaries. This paper features one national social change organization that collaborates with local grassroots groups working on three federal policy priorities: immigration, retirement security, and economic justice. It investigates what organizational structures and processes increase the access of local organizations to policymakers through multi-organizational alliances of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations. Based on field observations and 58 interviews, the case analysis focuses on inter-organizational partnerships, intra-organizational development, and how these organizational arrangements facilitate grassroots engagement in the policy process. Factors found to impact the strength of alliances include alignment of interests and strategies; an ability to leverage heterogeneous relationships and resources; mutuality, trust, and respect in partnership; political capacity; and “bottom-up” pathways to participation for grassroots constituencies. These findings are central to understanding the structure, function, and political effectiveness of contemporary national-to-local partnerships.
The role of Judaism in the Jewish community after the Holocaust
Authors: Salner Peter 
Published: June 2015

Through conflicts of opinions inside the Bratislava Jewish religious community, the author monitors changed relations toward Judaism after the Holocaust.
The current form of the community was due to Regulation 231-1945 concerning “the arrangement of the conditions of the Jewish faith members in Slovakia”. This resulted in religious, economic, and organizational centralization.
After the 1968 occupation, those who stayed behind in Bratislava concluded that due to the emigration of the young and middle generations, the community lost its future and under the newly established conditions it was losing its past too. The Velvet revolution helped to overcome passivity existing until then. An informal gathering called Jewish forum helped to build and revive the Jewish identity. The status of the present-day Judaism can be illustrated by the fact that 36.6 percent of funerals in the course of 2001–2013 were done by cremation prohibited in Orthodox Judaism. It has been a manifestation of solidarity with the “burials” of those killed in concentration camps; but it is also a kind of revolt against God who did not prevent the Shoa.
Today both individuals and families create their own model based on the traditions that they choose for themselves. Practicing such customs does not follow from Judaism, but it is an expression of one’s affiliation with the community and its traditions.
The role of dance and what it teaches about the transcendence in possession and efficacy among the Brekete Gatsi cult
Authors: Okyere Senyo 
Published: June 2015

This research was conducted on the Brekete Gatsi cult in Ghana to investigate the use of the body in action during the dance in the ritual context. Brekete is a possession cult found among the Ewe’s of the Volta Region-Ghana. Devotees in this cult worship the deities Kunde and Ablewa on every Friday, Sunday and during ceremonial days. They also propitiate other pantheons who are children of Kunde and Ablewa. During ritual moments they call on these deities, who manifest themselves by embodying trained mediums to enter into an act of communion with the religious community. This state of embodiment is manipulated by rhythms paralleled with ritual sacrifices and dance which the community believes attains efficacy through possession.
Therefore, this article will discuss the role of two dances which are performed during the ritual of the cult. Both dances occur during the same ritual events but may be distinguished by the fact that one of them is accompanied by possession and the other is not. I have therefore labelled them as Wu (Dance) and Trɔwo le ewu du (deities are dancing). It is through the analysis of these dances that it is possible for the reader to understand the relationship between the mundane world and the supernatural world of the people who perform in this cult. The methodology used has been that of classical anthropological research approach and more particularly of participant observation of events of which I had no prior knowledge due to my Christian urban upbringing. I wish to highlight the exoticism of the experience for a researcher who, despite his own upbringing, tackled a different religious phenomenon irrespective of his social and religious affiliations.
Thus, with my focus on the bodily actions and how they are used to gain access into the celestial world, I identify dance as an instrument and a medium by which the physical evidence of possession comes about. To that effect, and through the phenomenon that religious possession dance is laden with complexities and meaning, this article will hereby develop how the ritual processes and the differences between the movement of “Wu and Trɔwo le ewu du” teaches us about the ritual efficacy of possession dance. I argue here that both possession dance and the dance without possession (i) are contra-kinetically constructed, (ii) have movement sequences employing sagittal symmetrical principles, and (iii) although they have limited motifs of the steps and arm gesture, the possession dance has many variations.
Finally, the Wu serves as a prelude to Trɔ di amedzi (deity has embodied or mounted its medium) and Trɔwo le ewu du, which has the concept of possession among the Brekete Gatsi cult based on the philosophy of repetitive motif characterised by intense energy, rhythmic tempo and musicality (multidi-mensional, accentuation and phrasing) from the brekete drum.
Effective Mg:Ag / MoO3 recombination zone for tandem organic photovoltaic devices
Authors: Jeong A. R. , Wiesner S. , Fengler S. , Lux-Steiner M. Ch. , Rusu M. 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACTWe demonstrate an effective recombination zone consisting of Mg:Ag (1:3) alloy and MoO3 layers with 0.8 nm and 3 nm respectively for application in tandem organic photovoltaic devices based on zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) donor and fullerene C60 acceptor. The Mg:Ag layer ensures an optimum electron selectivity, while MoO3 layer effectively selects holes. A conversion efficiency of 2.2% has been achieved under an illumination of 100 mW/cm2 at room temperature. The open circuit voltage of 810 mV is close to the sum of the open circuit voltages of the constituent single cells. The recombination Mg:Ag-MoO3 layer system is investigated with regard to the requirements of high optical transparency, work function compatibility, and facilitation of light absorption. The respective characterizations were carried out by UV-Visible spectroscopy, Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum, current-voltage and external quantum efficiency methods.
Conjugated porous Polymers as Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Visible Light Photocatalyst
Authors: Wang Zi Jun , Landfester Katharina , Zhang Kai A. I. 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACTΠ-conjugated porous polymers with hierarchical pore structures were synthesized via high internal phase emulsion polymerization (polyHIPE) technique. The polymers could be used as heterogeneous photocatalysts for highly selective oxidation of organic sulfides into sulfoxides and the free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) under visible light irradiation.
Dual approach to averaged values of functions: A form for weighting coefficient
Authors: Anh N. D. 
Published: June 2015

Averaged values play major roles in the study of dynamic processes. The use of those values allows transforming varying processes to some constant characteristics that are much easier to be investigated. In order to extend the use of averaged values one may apply the dual approach which suggests a consideration of two different aspects of a problem in question. In this short communication the main idea of the dual conception is further extended to suggest a new form for weighting coefficient and then a new averaged value of functions. This new averaged value depends on the parameter \(s\) and contains the classical averaged value when \(s=0\). In the example of Duffing oscillator it is shown that the parameter \(s\) can be chosen as \(s=n/(2\pi)\) and for \(n=4\) one gets the solution that is much accurate than the conventional one obtained by the classical criterion of equivalent linearization.
Formação inicial de professores para a educação básica: pesquisas e políticas educacionais
Authors: Gatti Bernardete A. 
Published: June 2015

O artigo aborda a relação complexa entre pesquisa e políticas educacionais e propõe-se a fazer uma síntese do estado do conhecimento sobre formação inicial de professores nos cursos de graduação. Com base em pesquisas e ensaios relevantes sobre o tema, discute os aspectos que mais recorrentemente emergem nesses trabalhos, a saber: improvisação de professores; ausência de uma política nacional específica para as licenciaturas; pouca atenção às pesquisas sobre o tema; diretrizes curriculares isoladas por curso; currículos fragmentados; estágios sem projeto e acompanhamento; aumento da oferta de cursos a distância; despreparo de docentes das instituições de ensino superior para formar professores; e características socioeducacionais e culturais dos estudantes, permanência e evasão nos cursos. Conclui que os impasses encontrados chamam por novas posturas institucionais e políticas mais vigorosas, e que as pesquisas têm muito a contribuir para isso.
Multidrug Resistant in Nosocomial Urinary Tract
Infections at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala, India
Authors: Bijapur Gufran Ahmed M. , Maulingkar Saleel V. , Greeshma B. , Usman Shaik Mohammed 
Published: June 2015

Background:
Nosocomial UTI (NUTI) is a major cause of morbidity in hospitalized patients and presence of
urinary catheter is its single most important predisposing factor. Antibiotic resistance is a problem in these infections.

Objectives:
To estimate the prevalence of NUTI in our setting, identify the predisposing factors and etiological agents of
NUTI; to determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the pathogens; to identify the risk factors for the acquisition of
antibiotic resistance in these patients and to study the effect of duration of catheterization on the nature of infection.

Materials and Methods:
After identifying suspected cases of NUTI based on signs and symptoms, relevant clinical details
were noted and the urine samples were collected aseptically and cultured on blood agar and MacConkey’s agar using the
calibrated-loop-semi-quantitative method. Isolates from samples with significant bacteriuria were identified. Antibiotic
susceptibility test was performed using modified Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Resistance of the isolates to
fluoroquinolones and third generation cephalosporins was confirmed by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using
agar dilution method for ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime respectively.

Results:
Catheterization was the most common (88.1%) predisposing factor for NUTI. was the most common
single isolate, accounting for 96 (41.2%) of the total 233 isolates. Multidrug resistance was observed in 81 (84.37%) of isolates. High rates of resistance were found with ampicillin (91.66%), ciprofloxacin (75%), cotrimoxazole (71.87%),
cefuroxime (82.29%), cefotaxime (79.16%), cefepime (67.7%) and amoxicillin/clavulanate (63.54%) among the E. coli
isolates. However, imipenem (0% resistance), meropenem(0%), piperacillin-tazobactam (15.62%), amikacin (5.2%) and
nitrofurantoin (26.04%) appeared to have retained greater activity.

Conclusion:
Considering the high rates of resistance found with fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and
cephalosporins, these can no longer be recommended for empiric therapy of NUTIs. Instead, imipenem, pipericillintazobactam,
amikacin and nitrofurantoin should be considered for initial therapy with prompt de-escalation following
receipt of the culture and sensitivity result.
Hip Arthroscopy in the Presence of Acetabular Dysplasia
Authors: Jayasekera Narlaka , Aprato Alessandro , Villar Richard N 
Published: June 2015

Purpose :Hip arthroscopy is a well established therapeutic intervention for an increasing number of painful hip conditions. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is commonly associated with intra-articular hip pathology. However, some surgeons perceive patients with hip dysplasia as poor candidates for hip arthroscopy. Our aim was to describe early outcomes of arthroscopic treatment for patients with DDH, who also had femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) treated when necessary, and to compare these outcomes against a control group of patients without DDH.Methods :Prospective case-control study of 68 consecutive hip arthroscopy patients assessed with a modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) preoperatively and at six weeks, six months, and one year after surgery. Presence of DDH was determined using a standard anteroposterior (AP) pelvic radiograph to measure the centre-edge angle (CEA) of Wiberg, with a CEA < 20º used as threshold for diagnosis of DDH.Results :12 patients (eight female and four male) with acetabular dysplasia and mean CEA of 15.4º (9º to 19º). The control, nondysplastic group comprised 54 patients (23 females and 31 males) with a mean CEA of 33.1º (22º to 45º). All patients in the dysplastic group had a labral tear and 11 (91.7%) had associated femoral cam impingement lesion addressed at arthroscopy. Our study demonstrates a significant (p=0.02) improvement in outcome in the dysplastic group at one year using the mHHS.Conclusion :Hip arthroscopy in the presence of DDH is effective in relieving pain for at least one year after surgery although does not address underlying acetabular abnormality.
Epidemiology of Orthopaedic Trauma Admissions Over One Year in a District General Hospital in England
Authors: Taylor A , Young A 
Published: June 2015

Introduction :
Admission to district general hospitals in England has undergone change in recent years due to both an aging population and the reconfiguration of the major trauma network throughout the United Kingdom.

Methods :
We utilised a retrospective cohort study to analyse the epidemiology over a 12-month period at a district general hospital. Data was collected and divided into groups: upper limb, lower limb, vertebral disc disease, vertebral fracture, cellulitis without bone involvement and deep infection including metalwork.

Results :
2817 patients were admitted over the 12-month period. There were 893 upper limb fractures, 1511 lower limb fractures, 126 vertebral disc disease, 55 vertebral fractures, 108 cellulitis without bone involvement and 124 deep infections with 19 admissions not specified due to coding. AN average of 242 patients were admitted each month with the majority admitted during the summer months.

Conclusion :
Although fractures make up the majority of the reason for which a person is admitted, there are also many other injuries/morbidities, which may necessitate admission. There is an increasing incidence of elderly osteoporotic fractures in females, which is balancing out the previously more common fractures seen in younger adults and adolescents.
The Effects of the Auditor's Insurance Role on Reporting Conservatism and Audit Quality
Authors: Liao Pei-Cheng , Radhakrishnan Suresh 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACT
We examine the effects of the auditor's insurance role on audit quality and reporting conservatism. The investor pays for the auditor's penalty through the audit fees and expects to collect a portion of it—when the investor recovers the entire expected penalty, the insurance role is perfect. When the investment is exogenous, consistent with Watts' (2003a, 2003b) argument, we find that an increase in the auditor's insurance role improves audit quality and conservatism, because conservatism helps to reduce the auditor's legal liability. However, when the investment level is endogenous, we find that the investment level and conservatism decrease with increases in the auditor's insurance role, because conservatism helps to mitigate the deadweight loss of the legal liability cost.
“Doing Good Field Research”: Assessing the Quality of Audit Field Research
Authors: Malsch Bertrand , Salterio Steven E. 
Published: June 2015

SUMMARY
Field research is increasingly being employed by audit researchers around the world. However, given that many doctoral programs, especially in North America, devote little or no time to this method, understanding what constitutes good auditing field research is problematic for many editors and reviewers. Hence, the goal of this article is simple: to provide editors and reviewers with a set of suggestions/guidelines that can be employed to assess the quality of auditing field research as field research. In addition, this article might be helpful to those audit researchers who are teaching themselves field research methods to calibrate their understanding of rigorous and trustworthy field-based research methods, as well as for doctoral students and accounting departments interested in expanding their scope of course offerings. To achieve this goal we pose and answer ten questions about field research quality illustrating our responses with best practices observed in currently published or forthcoming papers. We also identify various methodological resources that will assist editors, reviewers, and authors in developing a greater appreciation for and an ability to evaluate qualitative auditing research.
Does Selling Non-Audit Services Impair Auditor Independence? New Research Says, “Yes”
Authors: Causholli Monika , Chambers Dennis J. , Payne Jeff L. 
Published: June 2015

SUMMARY
A recently published academic study by Causholli, Chambers, and Payne (2014) brings new evidence to a long-standing debate about whether the provision of non-audit services (NAS) can impair auditor independence. Prior research on this question has largely found no evidence of lower financial reporting quality when auditors provide high levels of NAS. By considering the potential that future NAS, rather than current NAS levels, could impair auditor independence, Causholli et al. (2014) bring a fresh perspective on the question. They argue that it is the potential for new NAS revenue that would most likely cause auditors to have impaired independence. They find strong evidence that audit quality suffers when clients are willing to purchase future NAS from their auditor.
Reliability of digital orthodontic setups
Authors: Barreto Monica S. , Faber Jorge , Vogel Carlos J. , Araujo Telma M. 
Published: June 2015

ABSTRACT

Objective:
To evaluate the reliability of digital orthodontic setup technology by comparing it with manual setups and models cast at the end of orthodontic treatment.

Materials and Methods:
Initial models, manual setups, and final models of 20 patients were used. The initial and final models, as well as the manual setups, were scanned using a 3Shape R-700 scanner, while the digital setups were fabricated based on the initial models using 3Shape OrthoAnalyzer software. Evaluation of the models based on the manual setup, digital setup, and final models of each patient was performed using the following linear measurements: intercanine widths, intermolar widths, and length of the upper and lower dental arches.

Results:
The results disclosed that none of the measures assessed through the manual setup, digital setup, and final models showed statistically significant differences (P &gt; .05).

Conclusions:
Based on these findings, it can be inferred that digital setups are as effective and accurate as manual setups and constitute a tool for diagnosing and treatment planning that can be reliably reproduced in orthodontic treatments.
Correlation between glucose concentrations in serum, plasma, and whole blood measured by a point-of-care glucometer and serum glucose concentration measured by an automated biochemical analyzer for canine and feline blood samples
Authors: Tauk Barbara S. , Drobatz Kenneth J. , Wallace Koranda A. , Hess Rebecka S. 
Published: June 2015

Abstract
Objective—To investigate the correlation between glucose concentrations in serum, plasma, and whole blood measured by a point-of-care glucometer (POCG) and serum glucose concentration measured by a biochemical analyzer.
Design—Prospective clinical study.
Samples—96 blood samples from 80 dogs and 90 blood samples from 65 cats.
Procedures—Serum, plasma, and whole blood were obtained from each blood sample. The glucose concentrations in serum, plasma, and whole blood measured by a POCG were compared with the serum glucose concentration measured by a biochemical analyzer by use of the Lin concordance correlation coefficient (ρc) and Bland-Altman plots.
Results—For both canine and feline samples, glucose concentrations in serum and plasma measured by the POCG were more strongly correlated with the serum glucose concentration measured by the biochemical analyzer (ρc, 0.98 for both canine serum and plasma; ρc, 0.99 for both feline serum and plasma) than was that in whole blood (ρc, 0.62 for canine samples; ρc, 0.90 for feline samples). The mean difference between the glucose concentrations determined by the biochemical analyzer and the POCG in serum, plasma, and whole blood was 0.4, 0.3, and 31 mg/dL, respectively, for canine samples and 7, 6, and 32 mg/dL, respectively, for feline samples.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results indicated that use of a POCG to measure glucose concentrations in serum or plasma may increase the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic and treatment decisions associated with glucose homeostasis disorders in dogs and cats. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2015;246:1327–1333)