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Media Studies
Authors: Valdivia Angharad N. , Lovink Geert 
Published: January 2013

Abstract
According to Geert Lovink, there is no such thing as a “visual culture” that connects film, television, video, and new media. In this chapter, he argues that this mistaken belief has led to the naïve notion that we are all working on the same project, “the media.” In fact, Lovink argues, humanities‐based “media studies” has never had a grip on new media and Internet education. The idea that media are all about images is contradicted by the reality of computers that run on code. A deep institutional confusion holds that new media are ultimately subordinate to the old content‐based broadcasting industries and their outdated revenue models. This essay argues for a long overdue goodbye to the convergence tendencies within media studies departments in favor of full autonomy of new media initiatives. The purpose of critical research into digital technologies is not to rescue the film and broadcasting industries but to develop concepts for the ever‐expanding digital realm itself.
Mobile Handsets From The Bottom Up
Authors: Valdivia Angharad N. , Wallis Cara , Qiu Jack Linchuan , Ling Rich 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThis chapter provides a general mapping of grassroots practices associated with an alternative mobile handset culture that has emerged from the bottom up in the Global South. The authors highlight the social, economic, and institutional factors – in local as well as transnational contexts – that have contributed to “flexible” handsets and grassroots practices within this alternative model of social innovation. Drawing upon theories of user appropriation, they discuss three factors – economic constraints, flexible manufacturing, and cultures of tinkering – that have led to innovative handset production, consumption, and circulation. They then outline a general taxonomy of alternative, or flexible, handsets that includes used, refurbished,shanzhai(“bandit”), and counterfeit phones. They also discuss the importance of other cultural, social, and demographic factors – including age, gender, and locality – and show how various types of relationships – at the familial, peer, community, national, and even international level – sustain and are sustained by this multi‐tiered handset ecology. Though the authors pay particular attention to China, such bottom‐up innovation takes place in diverse contexts across the globe. In focusing especially on the information have‐less (Qiu, 2009)– those with limited economic and social power in society – this chapter disrupts conventional notions of who holds authority in technology design and usage.
Preemption, Premediation, Prediction
Authors: Elmer Greg , Opel Andy 
Published: January 2013

Abstract
In this chapter, Greg Elmer and Andy Opel discuss the preoccupation with the future, and the aim to forecast and control it in advance, through an analysis of the predictive, preemptive logic of “futures markets.” While futures markets are typically associated with speculation about future economic value, their predictive logic has also been applied in attempts to determine particular kinds of social and political outcomes, most famously in the attempt to create “terrorism futures markets” in the United States. The authors examine the forms of subjectivation that animate futures markets – the means by which certain individuals are accredited to participate in and thereby legitimize futures market metrics. In light of the global financial meltdown of 2008, they consider whether futures markets and their accompanying forms of subjectivation are systematically undermining democratic institutions, systems, and processes worldwide. Elmer and Opel's chapter offers an innovative and compelling approach to understanding media temporality, the financial logic permeating politics, and the reorientation of subjective action around futures and speculation.
From Audiences to Media Subjectivities
Authors: Bratich Jack Z. 
Published: January 2013

AbstractIn this chapter, Jack Bratich argues that, even as “the audience” is in crisis in the digital media era, we can still learn much from examining the construction of that audience. The audience itself is a convergence of discursive problematizations of what Bratich calls “media subjectivities.” This chapter explores a number of these problematizations in order to extract the specific dynamics of “the audience” that are still relevant, including relations between individuality and collectivity, activity and reactivity, composition and organization. Ultimately, Bratich argues, audience studies reaches a limit with the emergence of interactivity, but a limit that allows us to productively mine the past for new ways of thinking about media subjectivities.
South Asian Digital Diasporas
Authors: Gajjala Radhika , Oh Yeon Ju 
Published: January 2013

Abstract

Some present‐day rearticulations of South Asian diasporas are identified through the politics of nation‐state, while others take shape through more complex transnational linkages. In this chapter, Radhika Gajjala and Yeon Ju Oh focus on diasporas that have formed along transnational affective links based in fandom, popular culture, and music online. For these rearticulated South Asian diasporas, digitally produced and circulated media play a significant role. This chapter examines the techno‐mediation of such diasporas through “machinima,” focusing on three examples of South Asian digital diasporic productions: (1) the work of
http://Indusgeeks.com
(2) machinima produced by “desi” players of a computer game,
World of Warcraft
(
WoW
); and (3) the traveling meme of Daler Mehndi's “Tunak Tunak Tun” on YouTube. The authors use these examples to show how the circulation and remixing of “Bollywood” media provide nostalgic, affective engagements for diasporic South Asian youth, while at the same time doing important cultural labor for the Indian state and culture industries.
Introduction
Authors: Gates Kelly 
Published: January 2013

AbstractOf necessity, the field of media studies no longer focuses exclusively on the conventional categories of television, film, radio, and print. Distributed digital networks, new types of hardware and software configurations, and new institutional arrangements in the media industries are disrupting existing categories and challenging theoretical and methodological approaches. How can media studies best make sense of changing media institutions, forms, and uses? How will the field keep pace with changes in media occurring in the decades to come? What will the “new media” of the future look like, and how can media studies help shape that future?Media Studies Futureshighlights some of the major challenges and opportunities facing scholars, students, and advocates interested in understanding our changing media forms and working toward realizing their democratic possibilities. The main themes addressed here include: (1) media theory, methods, and pedagogy; (2) social and mobile media; (3) media industries and infrastructures; (4) journalism and media policy; (5) interactivity, affect, and media subjectivities; (6) children and youth cultures' uses of digital media; and (7) media waste and sustainability. The aim of this work is to promote a more open and inclusive discussion of the future possibilities for media and media studies, challenging rather than participating in dominant tendencies to lay claim to any particular future of media or their field of study.
One‐Step Macroscopic Alignment of Conjugated Polymer Systems by Epitaxial Crystallization during Spin‐Coating
Authors: Müller Christian , Aghamohammadi Mahdieh , Himmelberger Scott , Sonar Prashant , Garriga Miquel , Salleo Alberto , Campoy‐Quiles Mariano 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe one‐step preparation of highly anisotropic polymer semiconductor thin films directly from solution is demonstrated. The conjugated polymer poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as well as P3HT:fullerene bulk–heterojunction blends can be spin‐coated from a mixture of the crystallizable solvent 1,3,5‐trichlorobenzene (TCB) and a second carrier solvent such as chlorobenzene. Solidification is initiated by growth of macroscopic TCB spherulites followed by epitaxial crystallization of P3HT on TCB crystals. Subsequent sublimation of TCB leaves behind a replica of the original TCB spherulites. Thus, highly ordered thin films are obtained, which feature square‐centimeter‐sized domains that are composed of one spherulite‐like structure each. A combination of optical microscopy and polarized photoluminescence spectroscopy reveals radial alignment of the polymer backbone in case of P3HT, whereas P3HT:fullerene blends display a tangential orientation with respect to the center of spherulite‐like structures. Moreover, grazing‐incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering reveals an increased relative degree of crystallinity and predominantly flat‐on conformation of P3HT crystallites in the blend. The use of other processing methods such as dip‐coating is also feasible and offers uniaxial orientation of the macromolecule. Finally, the applicability of this method to a variety of other semi‐crystalline conjugated polymer systems is established. Those include other poly(3‐alkylthiophene)s, two polyfluorenes, the low band‐gap polymer PCPDTBT, a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) small molecule as well as a number of polymer:fullerene and polymer:polymer blends.
Skull shape asymmetry and the socioeconomic structure of an early medieval central european society
Authors: Bigoni Lucie , Krajíček Václav , Sládek Vladimír , Velemínský Petr , Velemínská Jana 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulčice settlement (Czech Republic) was studied on the basis of an evaluation of the fluctuating and directional asymmetry (DA) of skulls. Two distinct inhabited regions, castle and sub‐castle, were compared. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as a bioindicator of environmental stress, which is thought to have been different in the Mikulčice castle and sub‐castle regions. DA is consistent with biomechanical loading, and it was expected to reflect different subsistence patterns. The material consisted of 129 crania from what was presumed to be a higher socioeconomic class (Mikulčice castle) and 71 crania from middle and lower socioeconomic classes (Mikulčice sub‐castle). As a comparative sample, 138 crania from modern, lower socioeconomic classes (Pachner Collection) were used. The three‐dimensional coordinates of 68 landmarks were digitized and analyzed using geometric morphometrics. In terms of DA, the highest values were recorded in the sub‐castle sample and confirmed their lower socioeconomic position, with a grittier and lower protein diet compared with the castle sample. In terms of FA, distinctive differences between the sexes were found. In males, no differences were observed between castle and sub‐castle, and the lowest FA values were recorded. In females, significantly higher values of FA were found, surprisingly in the castle sample, comparable with the more stressed Pachner Collection. We suspect that the FA reflects a more varied population of castle females as a consequence of patrilocality, although environmental stress remains a possibility. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Five Things Western Therapists Need to Know for Working with Chinese Therapists and Patients
Authors: Scharff David 
Published: January 2013

ABSTRACTBeneath the many stereotypes of Chinese characteristics common in the West, there are complexities of Chinese culture and personality not well understood by psychoanalysts and analytic therapists. Knowing something about these can be critically helpful to Western colleagues who wish to teach effectively in China. This presentation outlines cultural issues concerning Confucian and related values, changes in family and marital structure, changes in the role and practice of sex, the effect of widespread national and individual trauma in China in the twentieth century, and changes in the nature of individualism in Chinese personality. These five factors come to bear whenever Western analysts and psychotherapists teach Chinese analytic therapists and/or treat Chinese patients. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A safe and effective dose of cisplatin in hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: Osaki Akihiko , Suda Takeshi , Kamimura Kenya , Tsuchiya Atsunori , Tamura Yasushi , Takamura Masaaki , Igarashi Masato , Kawai Hirokazu , Yamagiwa Satoshi , Aoyagi Yutaka 
Published: January 2013

AbstractCisplatin (CDDP) is an anticancer agent that is commonly used in hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) chemotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to clarify the safe and effective dose of CDDP in HAI for HCC. The hypervascular area was measured in 42 HCCs before and after HAI with CDDP. Serum platinum concentration was quantified in the peripheral and/or middle hepatic veins by atomic absorption spectrometry. The relation between the HCC response and CDDP dose was statistically analyzed. The multiple HCC nodules in an individual case generally demonstrated the same response to CDDP. The free‐platinum concentration stayed relatively constant in the hepatic vein during HAI followed by a rapid decline, while total‐platinum gradually increased then slowly disappeared over several days. After CDDP‐HAI, 15 HCCs shrunk and 27 HCCs grew. The reduction rate in the shrunken nodules was tended to be correlated with CDDP dose after standardization with the target liver volume. On the other hand, the growth rate of the enlarged HCCs was significantly correlated with CDDP dose after normalization with creatinine clearance. These data support a recommendation of CDDP‐HAI infusion where the amount of CDDP (mg) administered is less than patient creatinine clearance (mL/min/1.73 m2) upon an assumption of HCC doubling time of 90 days, and the targeted liver is smaller than 200 times the CDDP dose (mg). A further analysis is required to define appropriate injection speeds.
ChemInform Abstract: Novel Blue‐Emitting NaxCa1‐xAl2‐xSi2+xO8 :Eu2+ (x = 0.34) Phosphor with High Luminescent Efficiency for UV‐Pumped Light‐Emitting Diodes.
Authors: Lee Ga‐yeon , Han Ji Yeon , Im Won Bin , Cheong Sang Hoon , Jeon Duk Young 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe new blue‐emitting phosphor Na0.34Ca0.66Al1.66Si2.34 O8:Eu2+ (I) is synthesized by addition of an EtOH solution of Si(OEt)4 to an aqueous solution of NaNO3, EuCl2, Ca(NO3)2, and Al(NO3)3 followed by solvent evaporation (120 °C, 24 h) and firing of the dry powder in a 5%H2/N2 atmosphere (1400 °C, 3 h).
ChemInform Abstract: Further Examples of the P‐O‐P Connection in Borophosphates: Synthesis and Characterization of Li2Cs2B2P4O15, LiK2BP2O8, and Li3M2BP4O14 (M: K, Rb).
Authors: Wang Ying , Pan Shilie , Shi Yunjing 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe crystal structures of the new compounds (V), (VIII), (X), and (VII) are determined by single crystal XRD.
ChemInform Abstract: Metallic Yb2AuGe3: An Ordered Superstructure in the AlB2‐Type Family with Mixed‐Valent Yb and a High‐Temperature Phase Transition.
Authors: Peter Sebastien C. , Sarkar Sumanta 
Published: January 2013

AbstractSingle crystals of the title compound are grown from the elements in an indium flux (sealed quartz tube, 1273 K, 5 h; annealing at 1123 K, 48 h).
ChemInform Abstract: Selective Intermolecular [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction Using Platinum(II) Catalyst with Hollow‐Shaped Triethynylphosphine.
Authors: Ebisawa Masaru , Kusama Hiroyuki , Iwasawa Nobuharu 
Published: January 2013

AbstractIntermolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of allenyl silyl ether (I) with various vinyl ethers is realized on the basis of electrophilic activation of the allene by a platinium—phosphine catalyst, affording predominantly the corresponding methylenecyclobutanes.
ChemInform Abstract: Au/Ag—Mo Nano‐Rods Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Nitrobenzenes and Alcohols Using Glycerol as the Hydrogen Source.
Authors: Cui Xinjiang , Zhang Chengming , Shi Feng , Deng Youquan 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe reductive coupling of alcohols (I) with nitroarenes (II) in refluxing toluene leads to imines (III), whilst the use of xylene as solvent gives rise to corresponding amines (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Highly Efficient Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Aldehydes with Vinyl Sulfones Using a Sulfonamide Organocatalyst.
Authors: Miura Tsuyoshi , Yuasa Hiroki , Murahashi Miho , Ina Mariko , Nakashima Kosuke , Tada Norihiro , Itoh Akichika 
Published: January 2013

AbstractA β‐aminosulfonamide organocatalyst together with an acidic additive catalyze the asymmetric conjugate addition of branched aldehydes (II) to vinyl sulfones (I) to afford the adducts (III), possessing all‐carbon quaternary stereocenters, in excellent yields and high enantioselectivities.
ChemInform Abstract: Observation of Neighboring ortho‐Hydroxyl Group Participation in Organocatalytic Asymmetric Sequential Michael—Lactonization Reactions: Synthesis of Highly Substituted Chiral Spirodihydrocoumarins.
Authors: Ramachary Dhevalapally B. , Madhavachary R. , Prasad M. Shiva 
Published: January 2013

AbstractSequential Michael addition—lactonization reaction of o‐hydroxy‐β‐nitrostyrenes, e.g. (I), with cyclic α‐ketoesters, e.g. (II), proceeds smoothly in the presence of cinchona alkaloid‐derived thiourea catalysts to give spirodihydrocoumarins in high to excellent diastereo‐ and enantioselectivities.
ChemInform Abstract: Stereochemistry Modulates the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Nitrile‐Substituted Cyclopropanes.
Authors: Gonzalez‐Juarez Daphne E. , Garcia‐Vazquez J. Benjamin , Zuniga‐Garcia Violeta , Trujillo‐Serrato Joel J. , Suarez‐Castillo Oscar R. , Joseph‐Nathan Pedro , Morales‐Rios Martha S. 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe compound (VI) fails to separate completely.
ChemInform Abstract: Dendritic Phosphoramidite Ligands for Rh‐Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions: Unprecedented Enhancement of Enantiodiscrimination.
Authors: Garcia Lidia , Roglans Anna , Laurent Regis , Majoral Jean‐Pierre , Pla‐Quintana Anna , Caminade Anne‐Marie 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe applied dendritic ligands, e.g. PAP, can be recovered and reused several times.
ChemInform Abstract: Valorization of Glycerol 1,2‐Carbonate as a Precursor for the Development of New Synthons in Organic Chemistry.
Authors: Bensemhoun Julia , Condon Sylvie 
Published: January 2013

AbstractActivated glycerol carbonate derivatives (halogen or pseudohalide derivatives) such as (I) and (IV) are prepared and subjected to reactions with olefins (II).
ChemInform Abstract: Broensted Acid Enhanced Rhodium‐Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Aryl C—H Bonds to α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones under Mild Conditions.
Authors: Yang Lei , Qian Bo , Huang Hanmin 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe treatment of 2‐arylpyridines, 2‐arylquinolines, or 1‐phenylpyrazole with chalcones or analogues in AcOH as solvent and an optimized Rh/Ag catalyst affords a range of corresponding addition products (32 examples).
ChemInform Abstract: Facile Synthesis of 1‐Aminoisoquinolines via the Tandem Reactions of 2‐Alkynylbenzaldoximes with Isothiocyanates.
Authors: Li Wenhai , Wang Yue , Lu Tao 
Published: January 2013

AbstractAminoisoquinolines are efficiently synthesized by silver triflate‐catalyzed reaction of alkynylbenzaldoximes with isothiocyanates (II).
ChemInform Abstract: Mild Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed C—H Activation and Intermolecular Annulation with Allenes.
Authors: Wang Honggen , Glorius Frank 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe novel oxidative coupling reaction of N‐pivaloyloxybenzamides or heterocyclic analogues with allenes affords a variety of dihydroisoquinoline derivatives.
ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Aza‐Diels—Alder and Cation—Olefin Cyclization Sequence: A Concise Way to Fused Chiral Cyclopenta[b]piperidines.
Authors: Li Qing‐Zhu , Ma Lei , Dong Lin , Chen Ying‐Chun 
Published: January 2013

AbstractAn efficient and mild synthesis of the title compounds is developed.
ChemInform Abstract: Rapid and Efficient, Microwave‐Assisted, Base‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Some Novel 2,7‐Disubstituted Pyrrolopyrimidinones.
Authors: Deverakonda Murty , Mailavaram Raghu Prasad , Deb Pran Kishore , Banda Narsaiah , Vedula Girija Sastry 
Published: January 2013

AbstractAn improved method for the synthesis of the title compounds (III) is reported.
ChemInform Abstract: Outer‐Sphere Direction in Iridium C—H Borylation.
Authors: Roosen Philipp C. , Kallepalli Venkata A. , Chattopadhyay Buddhadeb , Singleton Daniel A. , Maleczka Robert E. Jr. , Smith Milton R. III 
Published: January 2013

AbstractThe NHBoc groups offer ortho selectivity in arenes and alkenes for the title reaction.
ChemInform Abstract: Progress and Prospects of Pyrrole‐Imidazole Polyamide—Fluorophore Conjugates as Sequence‐Selective DNA Probes
Authors: Vaijayanthi Thangavel , Bando Toshikazu , Pandian Ganesh N. , Sugiyama Hiroshi 
Published: January 2013

AbstractReview: about 100 refs.
Towards virtual dataspaces for material scientific data cloud
Authors: Liu Zhenyu , Hu Jingyuan , Li Yang , Huang Yi 
Published: January 2013

SummaryNew challenges for large‐scale data management and sharing have arisen because of the information evolution from massive data to “big data”. In this paper, we propose the concept of virtual dataspaces and domain scientific data cloud (DSDC) to address the challenges of management, reusability, and service of scientific data in scientific domain. The application of DSDC is also introduced, which is used in the materials science domain for e‐Science applications. Virtual dataspaces is then defined, which is used to integrate and organize both structured and unstructured scientific data in cloud environment. To build the virtual dataspaces, a logical resources model based on ontology is discussed. And then a new mapping and evolutionary model of virtual dataspaces is described in a “pay‐as‐you‐go” fashion. As such, we introduce a “semi‐automatic evolution” method. A scientific data cloud application model is also proposed for defining service template. Finally, the virtual dataspaces and DSDC are verified by “material service safety evaluation”, and the results show that our approach is efficient in scientific data management and suitable for data‐intensive application. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Graphics processing unit computing and exploitation of hardware accelerators
Authors: Amor Margarita , Doallo Ramón , Fraguela Basilio B. , Herrero José R. , Quintana‐Ortí Enrique S. , Strzodka Robert 
Published: January 2013

SUMMARYThis special issue contributes to this promising field with extended and carefully reviewed versions of selected papers from two workshops, namely the 2nd Minisymposium on GPU Computing, which was held as part of the 9th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2011) in Torun (Poland); and the Workshop on Exploitation of Hardware Accelerators (WEHA 2011), which was held in conjunction with The 2011 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation in Istanbul (Turkey). Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Materials for the Active Layer of Organic Photovoltaics: Ternary Solar Cell Approach
Authors: Chen Yung‐Chung , Hsu Chih‐Yu , Lin Ryan Yeh‐Yung , Ho Kuo‐Chuan , Lin Jiann T. 
Published: January 2013

AbstractPower conversion efficiencies in excess of 7 % have been achieved with bulk heterojunction (BHJ)‐type organic solar cells using two components: p‐ and n‐doped materials. The energy level and absorption profile of the active layer can be tuned by introduction of an additional component. Careful design of the additional component is required to achieve optimal panchromatic absorption, suitable energy‐level offset, balanced electron and hole mobility, and good light‐harvesting efficiency. This article reviews the recent progress on ternary organic photovoltaic systems, including polymer/small molecule/functional fullerene, polymer/polymer/functional fullerene, small molecule/small molecule/functional fullerene, polymer/functional fullerene I/functional fullerene II, and polymer/quantum dot or metal/functional fullerene systems.