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Calibration of microscopic traffic-flow models using multiple data sources
Authors: Hoogendoorn Serge , Hoogendoorn Raymond 
Published: September 2010

Parameter identification of microscopic driving models is a difficult task. This is caused by the fact that parameters—such as reaction time, sensitivity to stimuli, etc.—are generally not directly observable from common traffic data, but also due to the lack of reliable statistical estimation techniques. This contribution puts forward a new approach to identifying parameters of car-following models.
One of the main contributions of this article is that the proposed approach allows for joint estimation of parameters using different data sources, including prior information on parameter values (or the valid range of values). This is achieved by generalizing the maximum-likelihood estimation approach proposed by the authors in previous work.
The approach allows for statistical analysis of the parameter estimates, including the standard error of the parameter estimates and the correlation of the estimates. Using the likelihood-ratio test, models of different complexity (defined by the number of model parameters) can be cross-compared. A nice property of this test is that it takes into account the number of parameters of a model as well as the performance. To illustrate the workings, the approach is applied to two car-following models using vehicle trajectories of a Dutch freeway collected from a helicopter, in combination with data collected with a driving simulator.
Comparison of the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI Functional Skills Mobility domain in a group of Chinese children with cerebral palsy
Authors: Han T. , Gray N. , Vasquez M. M. , Zou L.‐P. , Shen K. , Duncan B. 
Published: September 2010

AbstractBackground  Previous research has suggested there is a high level of comparability between the Gross Motor Function Measure‐66 (GMFM‐66) and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) Functional Skills Mobility domain. However, there are only a few studies that have examined the correlations between these instruments. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI Functional Skills Mobility domain scaled scores in a group of Chinese children with spastic cerebral palsy, at the ages of 12–70 months, in order to explore the feasibility of using them interchangeably.Methods  Secondary data analysis was conducted of data collected during a prospective international collaborative study that used the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI to examine the impact of treatment. This study examined the Pearson correlations between the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI Functional Skills Mobility domain at six time points over the course of 28 consecutive weeks for 115 Chinese children who participated at baseline.Results  Pearson correlations between the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI Functional Skills Mobility domain ranged from 0.83 to 0.90 for the six time points of data collection, with statistically significant P‐values <0.0001 for each correlation.Conclusions  These results support previous research that the GMFM‐66 and the PEDI Functional Skills Mobility domain are complementary assessments that may be used interchangeably when it is not possible to administer both.
Predicting herbicidal plant mortality with mobile photosynthesis meters
Authors: KEMPENAAR C , LOTZ L A P , SNEL J F H , SMUTNY V , ZHANG H J 
Published: September 2010

Kempenaar C, Lotz LAP, Snel JFH, Smutny V & Zhang HJ (2011). Predicting herbicidal plant mortality with mobile photosynthesis meters. Weed Research 51, 12–22.SummaryHerbicide dose optimisation, i.e. maximising weed control and crop yield with herbicide dose, is an important part of integrated weed management strategies. However, the adoption of optimised dose technology and variable rate application has been limited because of the relatively long period between herbicide treatment and the time when efficacy can be visually assessed. Herbicide dose optimisation could therefore benefit from simple methods that allow early prediction of plant mortality. Early prediction would allow better management decisions, e.g. timely retreatment in case of uncontrolled weeds. The focus of this study was the relationship between leaf photosynthesis soon after herbicide treatment and subsequent plant mortality, with the aim of determining whether the former could predict the latter. Data from 28 glasshouse experiments were analysed. In these experiments, herbicides from five modes of action groups were tested on five plant species. Leaf photosynthesis was measured with two mobile meters up to 1 week after herbicide treatment. Leaf photosynthesis was affected by plant species, leaf number, herbicide species, dose and time. Large changes in leaf photosynthesis were observed with photosynthesis‐inhibiting herbicides, intermediate changes were noted with glyphosate, glufosinate‐ammonium and sulcotrione, and no changes were detected with MCPA. Threshold values associated with plant mortality were then determined. These values can be used to assess the risk of uncontrolled weeds treated with variable herbicide doses.
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) after renal transplant in non‐urologic anuric patients
Authors: Castagnetti Marco , Zhapa Evisa , Berrettini Alfredo , Ghirardo Giulia , Murer Luisa , Zanon Giovanni Franco , Rigamonti Waifro 
Published: September 2010

Castagnetti M, Zhapa E, Berrettini A, Ghirardo G, Murer L, Zanon GF, Rigamonti W. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) after renal transplant in non‐urologic anuric patients. Pediatr Transplantation 2010: 14:859–862. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Abstract:  We assessed LUTS at least 12 months after RTx in patients without evidence of lower urinary tract dysfunction (non‐urologic) that had been anuric for at least six months before RTx. No bladder recycling was performed before RTx. LUTS were evaluated using a questionnaire. Clinical records were also reviewed. LUTS in anuric patients were compared with those in non‐anuric patients. Fourteen anuric patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Median age at RTx was 11 (5–21) yr, median duration of anuria before RTx 24 (7–46) months, and median post‐RTx follow‐up 2.7 (1.9–10.2) yr. Daytime symptoms were exceptional. Nocturia was the most common symptom (10 patients). Only one patient reported symptoms to affect her quality of life. One patient experienced a febrile UTI and none graft failure. LUTS (nocturia) proved unrelated to duration of anuria, length of follow‐up, and presence of (nocturnal) polyuria. LUTS were not statistically different in patients anuric and non‐anuric before RTx. Non‐urologic patients suffer from long‐term storage symptoms, particularly nocturia. LUTS, however, do not seem to increase the risks of urinary infections or graft failure and appear to occur irrespective of the presence of anuria before RTx. Bladder recycling before RTx seems unnecessary.
Symbiont‐mediated phenotypic variation without co‐evolution in an insect–fungus association
Authors: JANSON E. M. , PEEDEN E. R. , STIREMAN J. O. , ABBOT P. 
Published: September 2010

AbstractRecent studies have shown that symbionts can be a source of adaptive phenotypic variation for their hosts. It is assumed that co‐evolution between hosts and symbionts underlies these ecologically significant phenotypic traits. We tested this assumption in the ectosymbiotic fungal associate of the gall midgeAsteromyia carbonifera. Phylogenetic analysis placed the fungal symbiont within a monophyletic clade formed byBotryosphaeria dothidea, a typically free‐living (i.e. not associated with an insect host) plant pathogen. Symbiont isolates from four divergent midge lineages demonstrated none of the patterns common to heritable microbial symbioses, including parallel diversification with their hosts, substitution rate acceleration, or A+T nucleotide bias. Amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping of the symbiont revealed that within‐lineage genetic diversity was not clustered along host population lines. Culture‐based experiments demonstrated that the symbiont‐mediated variation in gall phenotype is not borne out in the absence of the midge. This study shows that symbionts can be important players in phenotypic variation for their hosts, even in the absence of a co‐evolutionary association.
Differential Bird Predator Attack Rate on Seasonal Forms of the Map Butterfly (Araschnia levanaL.): Does the Substrate Matter?
Authors: Joiris Augustin , Korati Safia , Van Dyck Hans 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe European map butterfly (Araschnia levanaL.) is a striking example of seasonal plasticity. Individuals of the spring generation are reddish with a fritillary‐like colour pattern, whereas the summer generation is black with a white dorsal stripe. Proximate factors explaining the development of the forms are well known, but ultimate explanations have not been tested experimentally yet. The reddish spring form is assumed to have a warning coloration, as found in other nymphalid butterflies that are unpalatable (Aglais urticae). We tested for differential predation by a visually hunting predator (Parus major) in a laboratory experiment using artificial butterflies designed to represent the spring and summer form. Birds were released individually in a flight cage where the alternative forms were presented. Summer forms were more frequently attacked than spring forms, which may point to some aversion against the reddish spring form. But there was also a strong effect of the interaction between seasonal form and type of substrate. Spring forms were much better protected from attacks on the brown substrate of dead leaves compared to the green substrate of nettle leaves. On the latter substrate, latency times before attacking spring forms were on average 2.5 times longer than for summer forms. Experiments with artificial butterflies simplify complex predator–prey interactions because they exclude potential taste or odour effects and they also exclude behavioural responses and interactions of the butterfly. However, our results based on static visual signals provide a promising first step to test the functional significance of this striking seasonal polyphenism.
High Embryonic Recovery Rates withIn vivoandEx vivoTechniques in the Bitch
Authors: Luz MR , de Holanda CC , Pereira JJ , Freitas PMC , Salgado AEP , Di Giorgio Giannotti J , de Oliveira SB , Teixeira NS , de Freitas Guaitolini CR 
Published: September 2010

ContentsThe embryonic collection techniques in dogs present a vast methodological variation and low recovery rates. The objectives were to compare and describe two techniques as to the recovery of canine embryos, on the 12th day after the first mating or artificial insemination. Embryos were recovered through uterine horn flushingin vivo, before performing the ovariohysterectomy (OHE) (Group 1; n = 9) orex vivo, immediately after the OHE (Group 2; n = 9). In total, 43 and 47 embryonic structures were recovered in Groups 1 and 2, respectively. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between groups on recovery rates (72.8% and 81.0%, respectively). We inferred that bothin vivoandex vivotechniques allow a high rate of embryonic recovery; in the collection technique prior to the OHE, it is essential to carefully handle the reproductive system during the trans‐surgical period and that the 12th day (D12) after the first mating/artificial insemination is an efficient option for the high recovery rate of morulae and blastocysts.
Diversity of Cicadellidae in agricultural production areas in the Ovens Valley, north‐east Victoria, Australia
Authors: Trębicki Piotr , Harding Rob M , Rodoni Brendan , Baxter Gary , Powell Kevin S 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThere is a paucity of data on the distribution of Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) in Australia. This study quantifies the relative abundance, seasonal activity and diversity of leafhoppers in the Ovens Valley region of north‐east Victoria, Australia. Species diversity and abundance was assessed at four field sites in and around the field borders of commercially grown tobacco crops using three sampling techniques (pan trap, sticky trap and sweep net). Over 51 000 leafhopper samples were collected, with 57 species from 11 subfamilies and 19 tribes identified. Greater numbers and diversity of leafhoppers were collected in yellow pan traps. The predominant leafhopper collected was Orosius orientalis (Matsumura). Twenty‐three leafhopper species were recorded for the first time in Victoria and eight economically important pest species were recorded. Seasonal activity of selected leafhopper species, covering two sampling seasons, is presented.
Revision of the family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Authors: Slipinski Adam , Tomaszewska Wioletta 
Published: September 2010

AbstractWorld species of the family Cavognathidae are described, keyed and illustrated. The family contains nine species from Australia (two), New Zealand (four) and South America (three). All species of the family are here classified inTaphropiestesReitter 1875, recognised here as a senior synonym ofNeocercusBroun 1921 syn. n. (type species,N. electusBroun 1921),CavognathaCrowson 1964 syn. n. (type species,C. pullivoraCrowson 1964) andZeonidicolaCrowson 1973 syn. n. (type species,Z. dumbletoniCrowson 1973). Four new species are described:Taphropiestes australissp. n. (Australia),T. magnasp. n. (Chile, Argentina),T. plaumannisp. n. (Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela) andT. wattisp. n. (New Zealand).Cavognatha pullivoraCrowson 1964,N. electusBroun 1921,Zeonidicola chathamensisWatt, 1980 andZ. dumbletoniCrowson 1973 are here transferred toTaphropiestesasT. pullivora(Crowson) comb. n.,T. electa(Broun) comb. n.,T. chathamensis(Watt) comb. n andT. dumbletoni(Crowson) comb. n.
Methods and modifications to enhance the abundance of pollen on forager honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) exiting from beehives: implications for contract pollination services
Authors: Manning Rob , Sakai Hana , Eaton Linda 
Published: September 2010

AbstractLangstroth hives fitted with a modified lid with an entrance lined with soft felt or steel or plastic pollen traps or hives fitted with plastic pollen traps and sugar‐fed significantly increased the pollen count on the bodies of exiting honey bees. In terms of utilising the research findings in contract pollination service where costs can determine profitability, the recommendation is for a trial in a commercial orchard (e.g. almond, apple, avocado, plum) of sugar‐fed single hives fitted with plastic pollen traps. Despite the bees' destruction of the felts lining the modified lid entrances, the soft felt liner might be a worthwhile inclusion into any field trial.
Two Assemblages of Cultural Transmission: Musicians, Political Actors and Educational Techniques in the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe
Authors: KARAKAYALI NEDIM 
Published: September 2010

AbstractIn this study I aim to develop a sociological understanding of why certain techniques of cultural transmission are more easily accepted in some societies than in others. With this aim in mind, I present a comparative analysis of the contrasting approaches to music education in Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. While, as a major technique of cultural transmission music notation found relatively widespread acceptance in Western Europe at least since the eleventh century onwards, most musicians in the Ottoman Empire resisted its adoption until the end of the nineteenth century. The analysis focuses on the ways in which the choices of Ottoman and West European musicians interacted with broader social and political processes in the two societies. In the light of this analysis, it is suggested that technologies used in cultural transmission can be seen as parts of a broader assemblage and their rejection or acceptance can be conditioned by a series of socio‐political concerns.
The “Moment of the Boomerang” Never Came: Resistance and Collaboration in Colonial Korea, 1919–1945
Authors: CHAE OU‐BYUNG 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe contradiction between the colonial ideology of universalism and the rule of difference may result in discontentment among the ruled, but it does not always lead to sustainable organized resistance. In many Western colonies during the interwar period, growing anti‐colonial resistance replaced collaboration; however, in Korea that was under Japanese colonial rule, resistance during the 1920s was superseded by collaboration in the 1930s. Adopting two accounts of ideology‐resource pair and structural characteristics of Japanese colonialism, this article analyzes the progression of liberal nationalism in Korea from resistance to collaboration. In colonial Korea, a separatist project led by the liberal nationalism started as a promising anti‐colonial movement, but by the end of the 1920s, it became apparent that the resources engendered by the separatism had validated both anti‐colonial nationalism as well as colonialism, thereby undermining its legitimacy. A more serious crisis occurred in the early 1930s: with the “decline of the West” and its associated intensified Japanese assimilationism, liberal nationalism not only lost its ideological ground but also came to overlap with assimilationism. The Korean elite's political conversion during the 1930s took place in a contradictory situation in which their nationalist practices ironically contributed to the empowerment of the colonial rule.
Anti‐Racism in Movement: Afro‐BrazilianAfoxéand Contemporary Black Brazilian Struggles for Equality
Authors: DA COSTA ALEXANDRE EMBOABA 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThis paper examines the Afro‐Brazilianafoxéas a form of cultural struggle that critically contests narratives and practices that reproduce racial inequality in contemporary Brazil. Through theirafoxéin the interior of São Paulo, the Orùnmilá Cultural Center mobilizes Afro‐Brazilian knowledge and cultural practices to challenge culturalist treatments of Afro‐Brazilian “difference” in the management and representation of carnaval. I explore how such treatments reflect broader state‐orchestrated attempts to undermine black anti‐racism and the implementation of substantive policies to address racial inequality in various spheres, including education and culture. Theafoxéand the Orùnmilá Center's broader work constitute an important, contemporary means through which black organizations in Brazil make visible and vocal public claims for representation and self‐determination. Such work pushes policy‐makers and academics to reinterpret the terms of black inclusion vis‐à‐vis subaltern or “other” cultures, historical experiences, perspectives, and participation in societal transformation.
Clinically suspected fibrocartilaginous embolism: clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes
Authors: Mateen F. J. , Monrad P. A. , Leep Hunderfund A. N. , Robertson C. E. , Sorenson E. J. 
Published: September 2010

Objective:  To study the frequency, demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients with an antemortem diagnosis of fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE), a rare cause of spinal cord and cerebral infarction because of the presumed embolization of nucleus pulposus material into the vascular circulation.Methods:  We retrospectively reviewed the institutional experience of patients who received an antemortem diagnosis of FCE by their treating physician at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA) from 1997 to 2009. All patients underwent laboratory, radiological, and clinical exclusion of other possible and related diagnoses.Results:  Of 164 patients with acute spinal cord infarction seen during the study timeframe, 9 (5.5%; 95% CI 2.5, 10.2%) met inclusion criteria for high likelihood of FCE (6 men, 3 women; median age 46 years old, range 21–64). All patients were severely affected (median modified Rankin Scale 4, median Barthel index 45; mean time to evaluation 57 days). One patient (1/9) experienced concomitant cerebral infarction. No patients had noticeable improvement from steroid treatment.Conclusion:  The diagnosis of FCE in life is common at this referral center, accounting for 5.5% of all cases of acute spinal cord infarction seen. Although FCE is a postmortem diagnosis, we propose clinical criteria for FCE in life to better characterize the relatively high number of patients with unexplained ischaemic myelopathy.
The effect of information on consumers' willingness to pay for natural and organic chicken
Authors: Gifford Katie , Bernard John C. 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThis study examined the effect of definitions for organic and natural on willingness to pay a premium for organic over natural chicken. Data were collected using surveys and experimental auctions that were conducted before and after information was presented. Before information, approximately two‐thirds of participants inaccurately equated the requirements of natural with those for organic. After information, nearly 50% increased their premium, while 30% decreased their premium. Logistic regression results showed that consumers who had overestimated the requirements for natural were most likely to have an increased premium after information, with significantly higher bids for organic. For those who decreased their premium after information, awareness of consuming genetically modified (GM) foods was a key variable. The non‐genetically modified (non‐GM) requirement of organic appears to be of low value to some consumers. Overall, consumer confusion regarding organic and natural standards may be having substantial impacts on the two markets.
Vanity and public self‐consciousness: a comparison of fashion consumer groups and gender
Authors: Workman Jane E. , Lee Seung‐Hee 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare vanity and public self‐consciousness between fashion consumer groups (fashion change agents, fashion followers) and genders. Vanity has four dimensions: concern for physical appearance, a positive (perhaps inflated) view of physical appearance, concern for achievement and a positive (perhaps inflated) view of achievement. Participants (284 women; 116 men; mean age = 21.16) completed scales measuring consumer vanity, public self‐consciousness and fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership. Women scored higher on vanity physical concern, vanity achievement concern, vanity achievement view and public self‐consciousness than men. Fashion change agents scored higher on vanity physical concern, vanity physical view and public self‐consciousness than fashion followers.
SPECIAL SECTION: The Future of a Discipline: Considering the Ontological/Methodological Future of the Anthropology of Consciousness, Part II†
Authors: BLAINEY MARC 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTIn order for the valuable research published in the Anthropology of Consciousness (AoC) journal to have the impact it ought to have upon the anthropological mainstream, contributors must demonstrate that they appreciate the historical tradition of anthropology as an intellectual forebear. Although “ethnometaphysics” has been cited sporadically by anthropologists over the past half‐century, it never really caught on as an interdisciplinary speciality like ethnobotany, ethnomusicology, and ethnomathematics. Pointing to the example of discord in the West between viewing psychoactive substances as either “hallucinogens” or “entheogens,” I reassert ethnometaphysics in an aim to revamp the overlooked coining of this sub‐field by anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell. Such a position rebrands SAC's alternative outlook in a way that could be seen by mainstream colleagues as less radical, thus giving the Society a more realistic opportunity to provoke progressive changes in the mainstream of our discipline.