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Determining the Impact of Eric Clapton on Music Using RDF Graphs
Authors: Reck Ronald P. , Sall Kenneth B. , Swanbeck Wendy A. 
Published: October 2011

As music is a topic of interest to many, it is no surprise that developers have applied web and semantic technology to provide various RDF datasets for describing relationships among musical artists, albums, songs, genres, and more. As avid fans of blues and rock music, we wondered if we could construct SPARQL queries to examine properties and relationships between performers in order to answer global questions such as "Who has had the greatest impact on rock music?" Our primary focus was Eric Clapton, a musical artist with a decades-spanning career who has enjoyed both a very successful solo career as well as having performed in several world-renowned bands.
The application of semantic technology to a public dataset can provide useful insights into how similar approaches can be applied to realistic domain problems, such as finding relationships between persons of interest. Clearly understood semantics of available RDF properties in the dataset is of course crucial but is a substantial challenge especially when leveraging information from similar yet different data sources.
This paper explores the use of DBpedia and MusicBrainz data sources using OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Server with a Drupal frontend. Much attention is given to the challenges we encountered, especially with respect to relatively large datasets of community-entered open data sources of varying quality and the strategies we employed or recommend to overcome the challenges.
An XML engine to model and query multimodal concurrent linguistic annotations
Authors: Seinturier Julien , Murisasco Elisabeth , Bruno Emmanuel 
Published: October 2011

This paper presents an XML engine defined to model and query multimodal concurrent annotated data. This work stands in the context of the OTIM (Tools for Multimodal Annotation) project which aims at developing conventions and tools for multimodal annotation of a large conversational French speech corpus; it groups together Social Science and Computer Science researchers. Within OTIM, our objective is to provide linguists with a unique framework to encode and manipulate numerous linguistic domains: morpho-syntax, prosody, phonetics, disfluencies, discourse, gesture and posture. For that, it has to be possible to bring together and align all the different pieces of information (called annotations) associated to a corpus.
We propose a complete pipeline from the annotation step to the management of the data within an XML Information System. This pipeline first relies on the formalisation of the linguistic knowledge and data within a OTIM specific XML format. A Java framework is proposed for interfacing with both linguists specific annotation tools and XML Information System. Finally, the querying of multimodal annotations within the XML information system using XQuery is presented. As annotations are time aligned, an extension of XQuery to Allen temporal relations is proposed.
The paper conclude on a discussion about the interest of a pure XML approach for linguistic annotations information system and the question of the integration of the semantic within the pipeline.
Some Aspects of the Discrete Wavelet Analysis of Bivariate Spectra for Business Cycle Synchronisation
Authors: Bruzda Joanna 
Published: October 2011

Abstract
The paper considers some of the issues emerging from the discrete wavelet analysis of popular bivariate spectral quantities such as the coherence and phase spectra and the frequency-dependent time delay. The approach utilised here is based on the maximal overlap discrete Hilbert wavelet transform (MODHWT). Firstly, via a broad set of simulation experiments, we examine the small and large sample properties of two wavelet estimators of the scale-dependent time delay. The estimators are the wavelet cross-correlator and the wavelet phase angle-based estimator. Our results provide some practical guidelines for the empirical examination of short- and medium-term lead-lag relations for octave frequency bands. Further, we point out a deficiency in the implementation of the MODHWT and suggest using a modified implementation scheme, which was proposed earlier in the context of the dual-tree complex wavelet transform. In addition, we show how MODHWT-based wavelet quantities can serve to approximate the Fourier bivariate spectra and discuss issues connected with building confidence intervals for them. The discrete wavelet analysis of coherence and phase angle is illustrated with a scale-dependent examination of business cycle synchronisation between 11 euro zone countries. The study is supplemented by a wavelet analysis of the variance and covariance of the euro zone business cycles. The empirical examination underlines the good localisation properties and high computational efficiency of the wavelet transformations applied and provides new arguments in favour of the endogeneity hypothesis of the optimum currency area criteria as well as the wavelet evidence on dating the Great Moderation in the euro zone.
Vectorial Astigmatic Changes after Corneal Collagen Crosslinking in Keratoconic Corneas Previously Treated with Intracorneal Ring Segments: A Preliminary Study
Authors: Piñero David P. , Alio Jorge L. , Klonowski Pawel , Toffaha Bader 
Published: October 2011

Purpose To analyze by means of a vectorial method the corneal astigmatic changes occurring after crosslinking (CXL) in keratoconic eyes and to determine the relationship between these changes and the final clinical outcome. Methods A total of 16 eyes of 12 patients with the diagnosis of mild to moderate keratoconus and that underwent CXL surgery were included. All surgeries were performed using the standard technique with epithelial debridement. Visual, refractive, keratometric, corneal aberrometric, and corneal biomechanical changes were evaluated during a 24-month follow-up. Additionally, corneal astigmatic changes were analyzed using the Alpins vectorial method: targeted induced astigmatism (TIA), surgically induced astigmatism (SIA), difference vector (DV), magnitude of error (ME), flattening effect (FE), and torque (TRQ). Results No significant changes in refraction, central keratometry, and corneal higher order aberrations were detected during the follow-up (p≥0.07). Corneal resistance factor increased at 6 months (p=0.05), but it decreased at 24 months (p=0.01). Postoperatively, the magnitude of SIA vector was significantly lower than the TIA (p≤0.04). Mean magnitude of DV was 3.33±2.53 D at 24 months postoperatively. Mean ME remained negative during the follow-up (p≥0.26). Mean magnitude of FE was also significantly lower than TIA at all postoperative visits (p≤0.02). Mean magnitude of TRQ vector was 1.31±1.41 D at 24 months. Significant negative correlations were found between corneal astigmatism preoperatively and postoperative ME and DV at all postoperative visits. Conclusions Crosslinking is able to induce a corneal astigmatic change, but it is variable, not predictable, and insufficient to provide an effective astigmatic correction.
An efficient one‐pot three‐component synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,4‐b]quinoline‐1,8(3H,4H)‐dione derivatives catalyzed by L‐proline
Authors: Shi Chun‐Ling , Chen Hui , Shi Daqing 
Published: October 2011

AbstractL‐Proline is found to be an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,4‐b]quinoline‐1,8(3H,4H)‐dione derivatives. This protocol is novel and has the advantages of mild condition, high yield, and easy operation. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2012).
Synthesis and biological study of some new chalcones and oxopyrimidines containing imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridine nucleus
Authors: Joshi M. J. , Vekariya P. B. , Dodiya B. L. , Ghetiya R. M. , Joshi H. S. 
Published: October 2011

AbstractHeterosubstituted chalcones and oxopyrimidines were synthesized by the reaction of 2‐(4‐Chlorophenyl)imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridine‐3‐carbaldehyde 1 and different aryl acetophenone in the presence of catalytic amount of 40% alkali to give (2E)‐3‐(2‐(4‐chlorophenyl)imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridin‐3‐yl)‐1‐arylprop‐2‐en‐1‐ones 2a–l. Compounds 2a–l on reaction with urea in the presence of basic catalyst such as KOH to give 6‐(2‐(4‐chlorophenyl)imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridin‐3‐yl)‐4‐aryl pyrimidin‐2(1H)‐ones 3a–l. Their IR, 1H‐NMR, MASS spectral data, and elemental analysis were in accord with assigned structure. All the newly synthesized compounds were screened for their antimicrobial activity. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2012).
Nurse Liaison: The Bridge Between the Perioperative Department and Patient Accompaniers
Authors: Lerman Yulia , Kara Itzik , Porat Nurit 
Published: October 2011

AbstractThe role of the perioperative nurse liaison at Hadassah‐Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, Israel, is to provide information and help patients' family members and others accompanying surgical patients cope with feelings of uncertainty, emotional stress, and fear. The nurse liaison is responsible for ongoing communication with patient accompaniers awaiting the conclusion of surgery and, in particular, for updating them on the surgery's progress. As part of a quality assurance project, the OR academic assistant, the OR nursing supervisor, and the coordinator of clinical quality and assurance in nursing conducted a quantitative descriptive survey to evaluate patient accompaniers' satisfaction with the updates provided by the nurse liaison throughout surgery and with the waiting room conditions. Results indicated that the nurse liaison makes a significant contribution to the welfare of patient accompaniers during surgery. In addition, results showed a need to improve the waiting room conditions to allow for more privacy.
Comparison of pulsed actinomycin D versus 5‐day methotrexate for the treatment of low‐risk gestational trophoblastic disease
Authors: Mousavi Azamsadat , Cheraghi Fatemeh , Yarandi Fariba , Gilani Mitra Modaress , Shojaei Hadi 
Published: October 2011

AbstractObjectiveTo determine the effectiveness of 2 standard chemotherapy regimens for low‐risk gestational trophoblastic disease according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system.MethodsFrom 2008 until 2010, 75 women with low‐risk gestational trophoblastic disease received either pulsed actinomycin D (n = 50) or 5‐day methotrexate (n = 25). The primary remission rate, the duration of treatment, the number of treatment courses, and the adverse effects were compared.ResultsThe complete remission rates were 90% for the actinomycin D group and 68% for the methotrexate group (P = 0.018). The mean number of chemotherapy courses administered to achieve complete remission (including courses of second‐line therapy) was 3.1 in the methotrexate group and 5.3 in the actinomycin D group (P = 0.01). No major adverse effects were experienced in either treatment group and there were no significant differences in terms of adverse effects. Second‐line chemotherapy was indicated for 11 patients.ConclusionBased on the present study, pulsed actinomycin D seems to be an appropriate first‐line treatment for patients with low‐risk gestational trophoblastic disease.
Large semigroups of cellular automata
Authors: HARTMAN YAIR 
Published: October 2011

AbstractIn this article, we consider semigroups of transformations of cellular automata which act on a fixed shift space. In particular, we are interested in two properties of these semigroups which relate to ‘largeness’: first, a semigroup has the ID (infinite is dense) property if the only infinite invariant closed set (with respect to the semigroup action) is the entire space; the second property is maximal commutativity (MC). We shall consider two examples of semigroups: one is spanned by cellular automata transformations that represent multiplications by integers on the one-dimensional torus, and the other one consists of all the cellular automata transformations which are linear (when the symbols set is the ring ℤ/sℤ). It will be shown that these two properties of these semigroups depend on the number of symbols s. The multiplication semigroup is ID and MC if and only if s is not a power of a prime. The linear semigroup over the mentioned ring is always MC but is ID if and only if s is prime. When the symbol set is endowed with a finite field structure (when possible), the linear semigroup is both ID and MC. In addition, we associate with each semigroup which acts on a one-sided shift space a semigroup acting on a two-sided shift space, and vice versa, in a way that preserves the ID and the MC properties.
COLOR CAPITAL, WHITE DEBT, AND THE PARADOX OF STRONG WHITE RACIAL IDENTITIES
Authors: Hughey Matthew W. 
Published: October 2011

AbstractThis article examines how meaning is made of White racial identity by comparing two White racial projects assumed antithetical—White nationalists and White antiracists. While clear differences abound, they make meaning of Whiteness and racial “others” in surprisingly similar ways. Racial identity formation is structured by understandings of Whiteness as dull, empty, lacking, and incomplete (“White debt”) coupled with a search to alleviate those feelings through the appropriation of objects, discourses, and people coded as non-White (“Color capital”). Drawing from in-depth semi-structured interviews, fourteen months of ethnographic observations, and content analysis, this article demonstrates how the prevailing meanings of Whiteness, not their antithetical political projects or material resources, enable racial identity management. By examining seemingly antithetical White formations, the article illuminates not only striking differences but how divergent White actors similarly negotiate the dominant expectations of Whiteness.
Quantitative detection ofFusariumpathogens and their mycotoxins in South African maize
Authors: Boutigny A.‐L. , Beukes I. , Small I. , Zühlke S. , Spiteller M. , Van Rensburg B. J. , Flett B. , Viljoen A. 
Published: October 2011

The distribution and co‐occurrence of fourFusariumspecies and their mycotoxins were investigated in maize samples from two susceptible cultivars collected at 14 localities in South Africa during 2008 and 2009. Real‐time PCR was used to quantify the respectiveFusariumspecies in maize grain, and mycotoxins were quantified by multi‐toxin analysis using HPLC‐MS. In 2008,F. graminearumwas the predominant species associated with maize ear rot in the eastern Free State, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu‐Natal provinces, whileF. verticillioideswas predominant in the Northwest, the western Free State and the Northern Cape provinces. In 2009, maize ear rot infection was higher andF. graminearumbecame the predominant species found in the Northwest province.Fusarium subglutinanswas associated with maize ear rot in both years at most of the localities, whileF. proliferatumwas not detected from any of the localities. Type B trichothecenes, especially deoxynivalenol, and zearalenone were well correlated with the amount ofF. graminearum, fumonisins withF. verticillioides, and moniliformin and beauvericin withF. subglutinans. This information is of great importance to aid understanding of the distribution and epidemiology ofFusariumspecies in South Africa, and for predicting mycotoxin contamination risks and implementing preventative disease management strategies.
MLJ Reviews
Authors: BIRCKBICHLER DIANE W. 
Published: October 2011

Book reviewed in this article:THEORY AND PRACTICE: JACKSON, CLAIRE W., KAREN MASTERSWICKS, JUNE K. PHILLIPS, & DONALD H. REUTERSHAN, JR.LYNCH, TONY. Communication in the Language Classroom.WEAVER, CONSTANCE. Teaching Grammar in Context.CHINESE: CHOU, CHIH‐P'ING, & DER‐LIN CHAO. A Trip to China: Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese.MCGINNIS, SCOTT. (Ed.). Chinese Pedagogy: An Emerging Field.CULTURE: GANNON, MARTIN J., et al. Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 17 Countries.ESL: BARTELL, KAREN H. American Business English.BURBIDGE, NICKY, PETA GRAY, SHEILA LEVY, & MARIO RINVOLUCRI. Letters. Resource Books for Teachers.SINCLAIR, JOHN. (Ed.). Collins COBUILD English Collocations on CD‐ROM.LOCK, GRAHAM. Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers.FRENCH: BRAGGER, JEANNETTE D., & DELPHINE CHARTIER. La France dans tous ses états.GAQUIN, AUDREY. Peuples et Langues de France.HEMINWAY, ANNIE. Living Language. French 2. All the Way. Intermediate to Advanced Conversation/Grammar/Culture/Reading/Writing plus Business.JUDGE, ANNE, & F. G. HEALEY. A Reference Grammar of Modern French.KENDRIS, CHRISTOPHER. Master the Basics: French.SISKIN, H. JAY, CHERYL L. KRUEGER, & MARYSE FAUVEL. Taches d'encre: Cours de composition.GERMAN: Hammer's German Grammar and Usage.RUG, WOLFGANG, & ANDREAS TOMASZEWSKI. Grammatik mit Sinn und Verstand.GREEK: MASTRONARDE, DONALD J. Introduction to Attic Greek: An Electronic Workbook.JAPANESE: LAMPKIN, RITA L. Learning and Using Japanese Numbers.LINGUISTICS: FAIRCLOUGH, NORMAN. Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language.KATZNER, KENNETH. The Languages of the World.MAZZOLA, MICHAEL L. (Ed.). Issues and Theory in Romance Linguistics: Selected Papers from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages XXIII, April 1–4, 1993.NUNAN, DAVID. Introducing Discourse Analysis.READING: SMITH, FRANK. Between Hope and Havoc. Essays into Human Learning.HOOD, SUSAN, NICKY SOLOMON, & ANNE BURNS. Focus on Reading.PRESSLEY, MICHAEL, & PETER AFFLERBACH. Verbal Protocols of Reading: The Nature of Constructively Responsive Reading.RUSSIAN: IORDANSKAJA, LIDIJA, & SLAVA PAPERNO. A Russian‐English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body.SPANISH: BROWN, JOAN L., & CARMEN MARTIN GAITE. Conversaciones creadoras.BUTT, JOHN, & CARMEN BENJAMIN. A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish.KNORRE, MARTY, THALIA DORWICK, WILLIAM GLASS, & HILDEBRANDO VILLARREAL. Puntos de partida.
Association of Two Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms from Genomewide Association Studies with Clinical Phenotypes of Cerebral Ischemia
Authors: van den Herik Evita G. , de Lau Lonneke M. L. , Mohamad Arezo , Ikram M. Arfan , Koudstaal Peter J. 
Published: October 2011

Background Recent genomewide association studies have revealed an association between two single nucleotide polymorphisms, rs11833579 and rs12425791, and ischemic stroke. Aim To gain more insight in pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the found associations by exploring relationships between these single nucleotide polymorphisms and clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with cerebral ischemia. Methods Our cohort consisted of 660 Caucasian patients with cerebral ischemia; from all patients detailed clinical and radiological data were available. Etiologic subtype of cerebral ischemia was determined according to the TOAST classification and an alternative classification. We studied associations between risk alleles and etiologic subtype, duration of ischemia, occurrence of multiple events, functional outcome and findings on CT-angiography by means of logistic regression analysis. Results The risk allele of rs11833579 was associated with an atherothrombotic etiology of cerebral ischemia, but not with other etiologic subtypes. Risk alleles of both single nucleotide polymorphisms were related to events of shorter duration (>24 ***h), the risk allele of rs11833579 with occurrence of multiple events. There was no association between single nucleotide polymorphism and clinical outcome. Both single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with presence of stenotic calcifications and stenosis #<30% in a symptomatic artery on CT-angiography. Conclusions This is the first study to show an association of rs11833579 with multiple episodes of cerebral ischemia of atherothrombotic origin, and of rs11833579 and rs12425791 with short duration of ischemia. Also, we found an association of both single nucleotide polymorphisms with atherosclerotic lesions in the extracranial vessels on CT-angiography. Together this suggests a relationship between the two single nucleotide polymorphisms and large artery pathology.
Turmeric Powder and Starch: Selected Physical, Physicochemical, and Microstructural Properties
Authors: Kuttigounder Dhanalakshmi , Lingamallu Jaganmohan Rao , Bhattacharya Suvendu 
Published: October 2011

Abstract:  Turmeric powder and its starch were characterized for physical, physicochemical, and microstructural characteristics. X‐ray diffractogram indicated that turmeric starch to be of B type. Dried and cured‐dried turmeric powder samples showed higher water‐holding capacity (3.62 and 4.78 g/g, respectively) compared to isolated starch (1.07 g/g) at 30 °C. Non‐Newtonian shear‐thinning characteristics were observed with turmeric powder dispersion containing 10% (w/w) solids. A power law model fitted well to correlate the shear‐rate and shear‐stress data (r= 0.993 to 0.999, P≤ 0.01) for both samples. Apparent viscosities of isolated turmeric starch and cured‐dried turmeric powder dispersion containing 10% (w/w) solids were 1.29 ± 0.03 and 7.57 ± 0.39 mPa s, respectively. Microstructure of starch particles showed a smooth flat outer surface. The approximate length and breadth of isolated elliptical starches were 25 and 10 μm while the thickness was about 5 μm.Practical Application:  Isolation and characterization of starch from an unconventional source like turmeric rhizome indicate a potential application as a functional ingredient in foods and pharmaceutical industries including agglomerated products.
Brevibacterium casei as a Cause of Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient
Authors: Kumar V. Anil , Augustine Deepthi , Panikar Dilip , Nandakumar Aswathy , Dinesh Kavitha R. , Karim Shamsul , Philip Rosamma 
Published: October 2011

ABSTRACT

Coryneform bacteria belonging to the genus
Brevibacterium
have emerged as opportunistic pathogens. Of the nine known species of
Brevibacterium
isolated from human clinical samples,
Brevibacterium casei
is the most frequently reported species from clinical specimens. We report the first case of
B. casei
brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated by surgery and antimicrobial therapy.
Transfusions, major bleeding, and prevention of venous thromboembolism with enoxaparin or fondaparinux in thoracic surgery
Authors: Demaria Joelle , Lillo-Le Louët Agnès , Caliandro Raffaele , Guillou Jean-Luc , Crespin Malvina , Sanctis Alice de , Stern Jean-Baptiste , Girard Philippe 
Published: October 2011

SummaryEnoxaparin 40 mg/day (E) or fondaparinux 2.5 mg/day (F) are recommended to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in medical and surgical patients at risk. Over the two years after switching from E to F in our 35-bed department of pulmonology and thoracic surgery, an increase in the number of transfusions was observed. A retrospective explanatory investigation was undertaken. Hospitalised patients in the two years before and after switching from E to F were compared. The files of all transfused patients were reviewed. A blinded independent committee adjudicated major bleeding events. In the investigated time period, the overall transfusion rate increased from 1.8% of 2,989 patients to 3.1% of 3,085 patients (p=0.002). Mean ages (58.4 vs. 59.1 years), proportions of surgical patients (63.6% vs. 58.4%), cancer patients (72.1% vs. 69.5%), and treated patients (≥1 dose of E or F: 51.8% vs. 52.5%) were similar. The number of medical patients transfused while receiving E or F did not increase significantly (0.9% vs. 1.3%, RR=1.45 [0.66–3.17], p=0.35). The number of surgical patients trans-fused postoperatively while receiving E or F increased significantly (0.7% vs. 1.9% of all surgical patients, relative risk [RR]=2.75 [1.45–5.23], p=0.001), including a significant increase in transfusions for major bleeding (0.2% vs. 0.9%, RR=5.97 [1.74–20.4], p<0.001). A multivariate analysis did not find confounding factors. The incidence of symptomatic postoperative pulmonary embolism remained very low (0.05% vs. 0.17%). In conclusion, in thoracic surgery patients, switch-ing from enoxaparin to fondaparinux to prevent VTE was associated with a significant increase in the risk of postoperative major bleeding. A causal relationship appears plausible.