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Taxonomic review of the genus Asthena Hübner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Korea
Authors: CHOI Sei‐Woong 
Published: April 2012

AbstractThe larentiine genus, Asthena Hübner of Korea, is reviewed. Six species of Asthena are recognized from Korea: Asthena amurensis (Staudinger), Asthena nymphaeata (Staudinger), Asthena anseraria corculina Butler, Asthena ochrifasciaria Leech, Asthena octomacularia Leech and Asthena undulata (Wileman). Among them, Asthena octomacularia Leech is reported for the first time in Korea. A key for the genus is provided with descriptions of adults, male and female genitalia.
Effect of Radio Frequency Postdrying of Partially Baked Cookies on Acrylamide Content, Texture, and Color of the Final Product
Authors: Koray Palazoğlu T. , Coşkun Yunus , Kocadağlı Tolga , Gökmen Vural 
Published: April 2012

Abstract:  Effect of radio frequency (RF) postdrying of partially baked cookies on acrylamide content, texture, and color of the final product was investigated in this study. Control cookies were prepared by baking in a conventional oven at 205 °C for 11 min. Cookies partially baked for 8 and 9 min were postdried in a 27.12 MHz RF tunnel oven until attainment of the moisture content of control cookies. Internal temperature of cookies was monitored during the experiments to better explain the results. Cookies were analyzed for acrylamide content using a liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry (LC‐MS) method. Texture measurements were performed using a Texture Analyzer, while digital image analysis was used for color measurement. The results showed that RF postdrying of partially baked cookies resulted in lower acrylamide levels (107.3 ng/g for control cookies, 74.6 ng/g upon RF postdrying of cookies partially baked for 9 min, 51.1 ng/g upon RF postdrying of cookies partially baked for 8 min). Instrumental texture analysis showed no significant difference among the texture of cookies, whereas RF postdried samples had a lower degree of browning. According to sensory evaluation results, control had a more crumbly texture, and RF postdried sample that was conventionally baked for 8 min had a slightly uncooked flavor.Practical Application:  Combining radio frequency and conventional baking may provide cookie manufacturers with ability to make cookies with lower levels of acrylamide.
Effect of Inert Atmosphere on the Postharvest Browning of Manzanilla Olives and Optimization by Response Surface Methodology of the Aqueous Treatments
Authors: Segovia‐Bravo Kharla A. , García‐García Pedro , López‐López Antonio , Garrido‐Fernández Antonio 
Published: April 2012

Abstract:  Subjecting bruised olives to a nitrogen atmosphere during the postharvest period prevented the oxidation of phenols and subsequent browning. However, a rapid phenol oxidation and browning occurred when fruits were re‐exposed to air. Based on models deduced from the effects of aqueous antioxidant solutions on changes in different color parameters in the fermented product, the treatments to prevent browning were optimized. The recommended procedure consists of placing the harvested olives in a cold (4 to 8 °C) solution of 3% sodium metabisulfite with the pH adjusted to 3.0 (by adding food grade HCl) and applying the lye treatment before 8 h from picking. The use of these conditions led to mechanically harvested Spanish style olives with hardly any visible browning.Practical Application:  The procedure developed may be applicable to prevent browning on the bruised areas of manually or mechanically harvested olives. The system is simple, requires low investment, and may lead, in fermented olives, to undetectable differences between undamaged and bruised areas and better ratings in the visual observation of healthy fruits.
Modelling and Forecasting Gas Flow on Exits of Gas Transmission Networks
Authors: Friedl Herwig , Mirkov Radoslava , Steinkamp Ansgar 
Published: April 2012

RésuméLes flux de gaz naturel dans un réseau de transport sont étudiés dans une perspective d'optimisation. L'analyse des données réelles fournit une compréhension meilleure du comportement du gaz dans ces réseaux. Plusieurs modèles de la dépendance entre flux quotidien maximal et température aux points de sortie sont proposés. Dans la classe des modèles paramétriques, une régression sigmoïde modifiée est sélectionnée. Dans un cadre semi‐paramétrique, c'est un modèle de régression fondé sur les splines pénalisés qui est choisi. La comparaison des modèles et des prévisions qu'ils fournissent en basses températures est également considérée. L'application des résultats est discutée.
Bayesian Priors from Loss Matching
Authors: Brown Philip J. , Walker Stephen G. 
Published: April 2012

Résumé Cet article discute le problème de la construction de lois de probabilité a priori dans un contexte où les opinions ou les informations reflétées par ces lois portent uniquement sur les quantités observables du problème. Nous apportons une attention particulière au cas où le paramètre est caractérisé par la minimisation d'une mesure de divergence, et examinons l'application de la règle de Bayes dans cette perspective. Notre point de vue est fondamentalement non paramétrique, et repose sur le “matching” de deux fonctions de perte, l'une liée au modèle, l'autre à l'a priori.
Subsampling Inference withKPopulations and a Non‐standard Behrens–Fisher Problem
Authors: McMurry Timothy L. , Politis Dimitris N. , Romano Joseph P. 
Published: April 2012

Résumé Nous passons en revue la méthodologie et le développement historique des méthodes de sous‐échantillonnage, et explorons en détail leur utilisation dans le cadre des problèmes de tests d'hypothèses, où ces méthodes ont étéétonnamment peu prises en considération. Nous explorons, en particulier, le cas très général d'un modèle àKéchantillons faisant intervenir un paramètre de grande dimension. Nous mettons en évidence le rôle important que joue le centrage de la loi de sous‐échantillonnage, et montrons que ce centrage augmente la puissance des tests considérés. Nous montrons également comment les méthodes de sous‐échantillonnage permettent de traiter une forme non standard du problème de Behrens‐Fisher dans laquelle les populations dont on désire comparer les moyennes ne diffèrent pas seulement par leurs variances (qui peuvent éventuellement être infinies), mais peuvent présenter des lois complètement hétérogènes. Notre formulation est très générale, et s'applique même à des observations de nature fonctionnelle. Enfin, nous développons une théorie pour les statistiques‐Upermettant d'établir, dans le cadre très général deKéchantillons, la validité asymptotique des intervalles de confiance et des tests fondés sur le sous‐échantillonnage.
An Occasion for Collective Engagement: Shifting Political Hegemonies in Early Malay Epic Dramas
Authors: Chung Simone Shu‐Yeng 
Published: April 2012

AbstractThe article discusses how the intertextual relationship between film, performing arts, literature, and the liberal capitalist structure of the Malay film studio system was exploited by British colonialists and Malay intellectuals alike to encourage the formation of nationalistic aspirations in the 1950s and 1960s. Although Malay epics were seen to portray a particularly Malay‐centric view of feudal societies, they imply a wider political objective when the production histories of three epic films – the legend of Hang Tuah (1956), his nemesis Hang Jebat (1961), and the folktale Raja Bersiong (1968) – are reviewed. Malaysia's first Prime Minister's incorporation of plays in his political campaigns and forays into film suggests his belief that the media could be instrumental in projecting an indigenised national identity. Created for a wide cinematic audience, such films encouraged cinemas’ function as the space of convergence where members of Malaysia's plural society could participate in the undifferentiated cinematic experience.
Zionist Awareness of the Jewish Past: Inventing Tradition or Renewing the Ethnic Past?
Authors: Conforti Yitzhak 
Published: April 2012

AbstractSince the 1980s, the question of how nations are formed has been the topic of historiographic debate: is it correct to define nation‐building in terms of inventing traditions, or is the ethnic‐symbolic viewpoint more useful in understanding the process of development of the nation‐state? This debate is also reflected in research onJewish nationalism. In this article, I will examine this issue in relation to theZionist movement, focusing on several clear examples of forging the nation and nation‐building: 1) the change in configuration of traditionalJewish holidays; 2) ceremonies andZionist holidays onkibbutzim; 3) the status of theBible in the Zionist movement; and 4)Jewish history andZionist historiography. These examples indicate that the process of nation‐building reveals a strong ethnic‐cultural link to theJewish past. I will argue that modern political explanations such as inventing tradition do not offer a full explanation of the phenomenon ofJewish nationalism. In order to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the success ofZionism in consolidating around it a group willing to commit such a high level of personal sacrifice over time, we must give consideration to cultural‐ethnic continuity as well as the feeling of commitment and sanctity thatJewish nationalism offered to its believers, both religious and secular.
Anticipatory Representation: Building the Palestinian Nation(‐State) through Artistic Performance
Authors: De Cesari Chiara 
Published: April 2012

AbstractThis article aims to illuminate the ways in which artists and cultural producers can participate in forging the nation(‐state) by performing its institutions, and by mocking its operations. It explores two experiments in setting up a Palestinian national museum, which are also art projects in themselves. It also discusses the recent Palestinian art biennials, organised by a Palestinian non‐governmental organisation in 2007 and 2009 in various locations across the Mediterranean. It is my argument that the experiments with the Palestinian national museum and the biennials constitute a kind of artistic practice that does not just represent or imitate the social world: they are artistic practices that purport toproducenew social arrangements – in particular, a set of new ‘state’ (art and cultural) institutions under conditions of statelessness. I also discuss how such a tactic of anticipatory representation, which calls into being, by representing them beforehand, institutions that do not yet (fully) exist, bears resemblance with recent policies adopted by the Palestinian political establishment.
‘Whose Game They're Playing’: Nation and Emotion in Canadian TV Advertising during the 2010 Winter Olympics
Authors: Mock Steven J. 
Published: April 2012

AbstractThrough the examination of four commercials advertising products by transnational corporations broadcast to Canadian audiences during coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, this article explores how certain images, particularly those related to hockey, appeal to emotion through the conduit of national identity. Drawing out recurring symbols and themes, I demonstrate that it is not one's love of hockey in itself, or the excitement one feels watching hockey to which these commercials appeal. Rather, hockey serves in these commercials as a national ‘totem’, an empty signifier like a flag whose primary meaning lies in its status as emblem of the group, recognised in common by members of the group as encapsulating and organising the otherwise heterogeneous assortment of myths, symbols, and values that constitute group identity. What these commercials do, intentionally or not, is re‐enact a ritual of almost religious function in which the national group reaffirms its agreement to be a group by unanimously experiencing the same emotion over the same object. The success of the advertisement rests in the ability of the advertiser to incorporate the product as a participant in the ritual; as a vital ingredient to the successful completion of the ritual, if not as an honorary non‐human member of the group itself.
Complete remission of localised gastric plasmacytomas following definitive radiotherapy
Authors: Tan Jennifer , Lade Stephen , Harrison Simon , Opat Stephen , Mac Manus Michael P 
Published: April 2012

AbstractAims: Primary gastric extramedullary plasmacytoma is an extremely rare condition and there is scant information in the literature concerning its natural history or therapy. There have been anecdotal reports of surgical resection, with or without Helicobacter pylori eradication, but there are no useful reports of the role of radiotherapy. We report the clinicopathologic outcome of radical radiotherapy as a primary treatment modality.Methods: We identified two patients with biopsy‐proven primary gastric extramedullary plasmacytoma. Routine staging investigations were performed and H. pylori status was determined. Radical radiotherapy to 41.4 Gy in 23 fractions was delivered using conformal techniques. The target volume was the stomach with a 1‐cm margin. Prophylactic anti‐emetic was administered prior to each fraction. Post‐treatment endoscopies and biopsies were performed at 3‐monthly intervals to assess clinicopathological response. Treatment‐related toxicities were documented.Results: Both patients achieved durable (>12 months) pathologically confirmed complete remissions without significant toxicities.Conclusion: Radical radiotherapy offers the potential for cure and organ preservation with low toxicity. It should be considered a favourable alternative to surgery in the management of this rare disease entity.
Benzalkonium chloride induces anterior chamber inflammation in previously untreated patients with ocular hypertension as measured by flare meter: a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Stevens Anna M. , Kestelyn Philippe A. , De Bacquer Dirk , Kestelyn Philippe G. 
Published: April 2012

Abstract.Purpose:  The deleterious effects of benzalkonium chloride (BAK) on the ocular surface are well known. However, few clinical data are available to prove a toxic effect at the level of the anterior chamber. The laser flare meter is a reliable tool to detect low levels of inflammation in the anterior chamber. We wanted to know whether instillation of BAK‐preserved timolol in one eye would result in higher laser flare values than the instillation of preservative‐free timolol in the fellow eye.Methods:  Randomized prospective, single‐masked clinical trial. Twenty‐eight untreated patients with ocular hypertension were recruited. After obtaining baseline flare values, we randomly assigned one eye to BAK‐preserved timolol and the fellow eye to preservative‐free timolol. After 1 month, flare measurements were repeated.Results:  There was a significant increase in the flare values in the two treatment regimens, but the increase in the BAK‐treated eyes was higher than in the preservative‐free treated eyes, and this difference in increase was statistically significant.Conclusion:  This is the first study to show that short‐term BAK administration produces inflammation in the anterior segment of previously untreated patients whose blood–aqueous barrier was not affected by recent intraocular surgery.
Anterior visual pathway assessment by magnetic resonance imaging in normal‐pressure glaucoma
Authors: Zhang Ya Q. , Li Jing , Xu Liang , Zhang Li , Wang Zhen C. , Yang Hua , Chen Chang X. , Wu Xi S. , Jonas Jost B. 
Published: April 2012

Abstract.Purpose:  To analyze the axonal architecture of the optic nerve in patients with normal‐pressure glaucoma and determine whether these parameters correlate with the disease severity.Methods:  Using magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging (1.5‐Tesla unit) and diffusion tensor (DT) MRI, we measured the optic nerve diameter, optic chiasm height and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) volume in patients with normal‐pressure glaucoma and an age‐matched control group. The retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFL) was determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT).Results:  The study included 30 patients with normal‐pressure glaucoma and 30 age‐matched control subjects. Optic nerve diameter (p < 0.001), optic chiasm height (p < 0.001) and LGN volume (p = 0.02) were significantly smaller in the glaucoma group than in the control group and were significantly correlated with RNFL thickness and perimetric loss. In the control group, the parameters significantly (p < 0.05) decreased with age. The DT‐MRI‐derived fractional anisotropy for the optic nerve was significantly lower (p < 0.001), and the DT‐MRI‐derived mean diffusivity (p < 0.001), radial diffusivity (λ⊥; p < 0.001) and axial diffusivity (λ||; p = 0.009) for the optic nerve were significantly higher in the glaucoma group and significantly correlated with RNFL thickness and mean perimetric defect.Conclusions:  Patients with normal‐pressure glaucoma show an age‐adjusted reduced optic nerve diameter, optic chiasm height and LGN volume as measured by MRI, correlating with a reduced RNFL thickness and increased perimetric loss. MRI may be applied to examine the optic nerve in patients with glaucoma with opaque optic media.
Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in the retromode in diabetic macular oedema
Authors: Vujosevic Stela , Trento Barbara , Bottega Elisa , Urban Francesca , Pilotto Elisabetta , Midena Edoardo 
Published: April 2012

Abstract.Purpose:  To determine the validity of scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in the retromode (RM‐SLO) versus other imaging modalities in the diagnosis of diabetic macular oedema (DME).Methods:  Two hundred and sixty‐three eyes were examined. Inclusion criteria were any stage of untreated or treated diabetic retinopathy and four imaging modalities of the macula carried out on the same day: time domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF), RM‐SLO and fluorescein angiography (FA). Two masked retinal specialists independently graded all images. Agreement between RM‐SLO and OCT, FA and FAF in evaluating the presence and patterns of DME was evaluated by kappa statistics, sensitivity, specificity, observed proportional agreement, and proportional agreement in positive and negative cases.Results:  The agreement in evaluating the presence/absence of DME between RM‐SLO and OCT, FA and FAF was good: κ = 0.73 (confidence interval; CI, 0.64–0.83), κ = 0.71 (CI, 0.61–0.81) and κ = 0.73 (CI, 0.63–0.83), respectively. The agreement in evaluating cystoid pattern of DME was almost perfect between RM‐SLO and OCT, RM‐SLO and FA, κ > 0.8; and good between RM‐SLO and FAF, κ > 0.7. The agreement in evaluating the presence/absence of subfoveal neuroretinal was almost perfect between RM‐SLO and OCT (κ = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70–0.96). Subfoveal neuroretinal detachment did not show any specific pattern on FA or FAF. Sensitivity and specificity of RM‐SLO in evaluating DME was 97.7% and 71.9% versus OCT, 97.4% and 68.1% versus FA and 96.1% and 73.3% versus FAF. Retinal thickness of 233 μm represented the cut‐off value to define DME by RM‐SLO.Conclusions:  The combined use of non‐invasive imaging techniques can improve the diagnostic interpretation of different aspects of DME.
Central corneal thickness in full‐term Saudi newborns
Authors: Rushood Adel A. , Zahrani Mohammed H. , Khamis Ammar , Rushood Abdul‐Aziz A. 
Published: April 2012

Abstract.Purpose:  To establish a standard of normal central corneal thickness (CCT) in normal full‐term Saudi newborn. These values could be used as a reference in the early diagnosis and control of the fairly common primary congenital glaucoma in Saudi newborns.Methods:  The CCT was measured in 100 normal full‐term Saudi newborns (200 eyes) during the first 6 days of the postnatal period. All measurements were carried out by one investigator using ultrasonic pachymeter DGH‐1000.Results:  The mean CCT of 200 eyes (right and left) was 616 ± 61 μm. The mean CCT of the right and left eyes was similar (CCTRE was 617 ± 62 μm, and mean CCTLE was 616 ± 60 μm), with no statistically significant difference (p = 0.417). The mean CCT for males was 631 ± 66 μm and for females 600 ± 50 μm. This difference was statistically significant (p = 0.01). The mean CCT decreases significantly by age [day‐1: 626 ± 65 μm, day‐2: 601 ± 48 μm and day‐3: 574 ± 45 μm (p = 0.049)]. No correlations were found between CCT and gestational age, birth weight, birth length and head circumference.Conclusion:  The average CCT in full‐term Saudi newborns was found to be 616 ± 61 μm. The mean CCT in males was significantly higher than in females. There was no correlation between CCT and gestational age, birth weight, birth length and head circumference. There were borderline significant differences between CCT in 1‐day‐, 2‐day‐, and 3‐day‐old babies.
Effect of Chronic Pretreatment of Angiotensin‐Converting Receptor Blocker on No‐Reflow Phenomenon in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Authors: Hu Tao , Wang Hai‐Chang , Wang Ru‐Tao , Lv An‐Lin , Luan Rong‐Hua , Li Cheng‐Xiang , Cheng He‐Xiang , Xia Cheng‐Hai , Tao Ling 
Published: April 2012

SummaryAims: Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) exert favorable effects on the vascular system, which are not directly related to hypertension lowering function. The no‐reflow phenomenon determines the prognosis in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Early ARB treatment has many beneficial effects on the prognosis after AMI. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that ARB treatment before admission would have beneficial effects on the development of the no‐reflow phenomenon after infarction. Methods: We investigated 276 consecutive patients with AMI undergoing successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). No‐reflow was defined as thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade <3, which was determined by the TIMI frame count method using angiographic images obtained just after PCI and stenting. Results: Compared with patients without ARB treatment, patients with ARB had more frequently hypertension and ST resolution (P < 0.05), but no significant difference was found in the other clinical characteristics (age, sex, Hyperlipidaemia, Diabetes mellitus, etc) between the two groups. A total of 51 patients receiving chronic ARB treatment before admission have lower incidence of the no‐reflow phenomenon than those without chronic ARB treatment (8.7% and 26.7%, P= 0.003). However, the incidence of the no‐reflow phenomenon between the patients with and without hypertension had no significant difference. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that ARB pretreatment was a significant predictor of the no‐reflow phenomenon, whereas blood pressure was found to be insignificant. Conclusion: Chronic pretreatment of ARB is associated with the reduction of the no‐reflow phenomenon in patients with reperfused AMI and could preserve microvascular integrity after AMI independent of blood pressure lowering, which may contribute to better functional recovery.