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Aspects of Leadership in The Implementation of IT Infrastructure Library Domain Service Strategy at University
Authors: Batmetan Johan Reimon , Rawis Joulanda A.M , Tambingon Henny N. , Kambey Joseph 
Published: March 2024

Implementation of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) in institutions' education tall become more important for increasing the quality service of information technology. However, ITIL implementation requires a role important from leadership to ensure its success. Study This aims to analyze the role of leadership in the implementation of ITIL Service Strategy in high-education institutions. This study uses a method descriptive with do survey of IT staff at several universities. Data analyzed use the technique of qualitative and its results show that leadership owns an influence and positive significance in the implementation of ITIL Service Strategy in higher education institutions. this article gives an important view for university leadership to increase the quality service of information technology and ensure the successful implementation of the ITIL Service Strategy in institutions. This Study has implications for the organization in framework reach objective strategic in management service of information technology and ensure that ITIL framework can be used with more effective and efficient.
Litteratursociologi og kvantitative litteraturstudier
Authors: Bjerring-Hansen Jens , Ørtoft Rasmussen Sebastian 
Published: March 2024

This article builds a case for how literary historiography can be given a crucial sociological perspective through the analytical possibilities offered by digital corpora and methods. Based on a corpus of almost 900 Danish and Norwegian novels published in Denmark between 1870 and 1900, we will test and illustrate how combining a field-analytical approach with more quantitative and data-driven analyses brings new perspectives to traditional literary sociology. Our case is the historical novel and its status and development in a period, the so-called "modern breakthrough" in Scandinavian literature, where, at first sight, it did not belong at all.
Mærkelig planet, mærkelig litteraturhistorie
Authors: Egholm Lund Sebastian 
Published: March 2024

The planet has recently become a popular figure for the study of literary history, comparatists having spent recent years speculating on global or planetary space. However, this work has not adequately addressed the issue of how to planetarize our understanding of time, that is, literary history. My paper addresses this issue by harnessing the weirdness of the planet to defamiliarize our conceived understandings of literary history. I argue that, to counter progressivist, modernist narratives of eternal growth, it is necessary to overwrite a notion of literary history as a horizontal line divided into neat periods with a vision of literary history as a cobweb, the literary historian spinning together past and present to make them weird again.
Intellectual Property Rights and Economical Development: A Brief Overview
Authors: Kumar Nishant , Gour Reetu , Sharma Navneet 
Published: March 2024

A "strong" IPRs regime, in the sense of providing robust protection of private intellectual property rights, was not a necessary prerequisite for their economic growth, according to the historical experiences of the now-developed nations while they were growing themselves, which we reviewed. Most of them did not provide PIPRs with any real protection until quite late in their development related to life science and especially biotechnology. Even the most developed nations, like the UK and the US, didn't create robust PIPRs regimes until the middle of the 19th century (with the exception of copyright protection in the US's instance), while the less developed nations didn't establish such regimes until much later. The legal framework governing the ownership and protection of intangible works of human intelligence, such as inventions, literary and creative creations, designs, symbols, names, and pictures used in commerce, is known as the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime. This system consists of international agreements, rules, and laws that provide owners or inventors of intellectual property the exclusive right to profit from their creations or investments in them. For the purposes of this paper, it is more important to note that all of these nations were quite willing to v30isolate the intellectual property rights (IPRs) of other nations, even when they had put in place laws protecting the IPRs. Examples include hiring illegal foreign labor, smuggling machinery, industrial espionage, violating trademark laws, allowing the patenting of imported inventions, and outright refusing to adopt the patent system (in the case of the Netherlands and Switzerland) related to life science and especially biotechnology. Some nations approached this issue in ways that can only be described. The best examples include the routine infringement of British trademarks by German producers in the late 19th century, when the nation was pressuring Switzerland to enact a patent law, and the US pressing other nations for the "improvement" of their patent laws in the lead-up to the adoption of the Paris Convention while flatly refusing to protect foreign copyrights related to life science and especially biotechnology. We talked about the issues with the dominant IPR regime that is now in place, which is centered on the patent system, and the TRIPS agreement that represents its apex. Contrary to popular belief, a "good" IPRs regime need not provide the strongest protection for private IPRs. Next, we looked at whether developing nations would likely gain from a stronger PIPRs system, particularly the one required under the TRIPS. Given that most developing nations do minimal R&D and that much of the new information they produce is not patentable, the "domestic" advantages of a stronger IPRs system—that is, an increase in knowledge production by the citizens—are probably relatively minor related to life science.
Occupation and breast cancer risk in Polish women: A population‐based case‐control study
Authors: Peplonska Beata , Stewart Patricia , Szeszenia‐Dabrowska Neonila , Rusiecki Jennifer , Garcia‐Closas Montserrat , Lissowska Jolanta , Bardin‐Mikolajczak Alicja , Zatonski Witold , Gromiec Jan , Brzeznicki Slawomir , Brinton Louise A. , Blair Aaron 
Published: January 2007

AbstractBackgroundThe etiology of breast cancer is not well understood and the role of occupational exposures in breast carcinogenesis is still uncertain.MethodsThe population‐based case‐control study included 2,386 incident breast cancer cases diagnosed in 2000–2003, and 2,502 controls. Lifetime occupational histories and information on other potential breast cancer risk factors were obtained through personal interviews. Conditional logistic regression analyses calculated odds ratios (ORs) associated with various occupations and industries after control for potential confounders.ResultsWe found statistically significant excesses of breast cancer among engineers (OR=2.0; 95% CI: 1.0–3.8), economists (2.1; 1.1–3.8), sales occupations‐retail (1.2; 1.0–1.5), and other sales occupations (1.2; 1.0–1.5). Industries showing significantly elevated risks included special trade contractors (2.2; 1.2–4.3), electronic and electric equipment manufacturers (1.7; 1.1–2.7); and public administration/general government n.e.c. (2.7; 1.3–5.7). Each of these findings was supported by a statistically significant positive trend for duration of employment (P<0.05). A decreased breast cancer risk was observed in janitors and cleaners (0.7; 0.5–0.8).ConclusionsIn this study, we found few associations for breast cancer and occupations or industries. The suggestive findings for the electronic and electric equipment manufacturing industry and for the occupations with potential exposure to magnetic fields deserve further evaluation. Am. J. Ind. Med. 50:97–111, 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The effect of physical and chemical properties of swimming pool water and its close environment on the development of contact dermatitis in hydrotherapists
Authors: Pardo A. , Nevo K. , Vigiser D. , Lazarov A. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractBackgroundThe association between physical and chemical parameters in swimming pool water and the incidence of contact dermatitis (CD) in hydrotherapists was studied.MethodsChemical and physical parameters characterizing the water and air environment of swimming pools conducting hydrotherapy program were recorded. Differences between the values of these parameters associated with affected and non‐affected hydrotherapists employed in 39 pools were tested statistically.ResultsNo significant difference was found between the means of each of the physical and chemical parameters associated with the affected and the non‐affected group of hydrotherapists. The prevalence ratio of the incidence of CD in pools chlorinated by gaseous chlorine was significantly higher than that in pools disinfected by other forms of chlorine compounds (PR = 1.49, CI = 1.17–1.89, P = 0.017).ConclusionsDosing the water with larger amounts of gaseous chlorine compared to other disinfectants and a subsequent temporary decrease in the pH of the water may produce a more aggressive environment. It is suggested that combined effect of the various factors concomitantly with the irritating effect of prolonged exposure to water may trigger CD in pools treated with other chlorine‐based compounds. Am. J. Ind. Med. 50:122–126, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Determination of atractylenolide II in rat plasma by reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography
Authors: Ge Jian , Wang You‐wei , Lu Xiao‐cong , Sun Xiao‐hong , Gong Fu‐jun 
Published: January 2007

AbstractA method for quantitative determination of atractylenolide II in rat plasma using reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography (RP‐HPLC) coupled with UV spectrometry was established. From a variety of compounds and solvents tested, atractylenolide III was selected as the internal standard (IS) and ethyl acetate was found to be the best solvent for extracting atractylenolide II from plasma samples. RP‐HPLC analysis of the extracts was performed on an analytical column (DIKMA ODS, 150 × 4.6 mm; i.d., 5 µm) equipped with a security guard pre‐column system. There was good linearity over the range 0.05–5.0 µg/mL (r > 0.99). The recoveries were more than 90.0% in plasma, and the intra‐ and inter‐day coefficients of variation were less than 10.0% in all cases. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.025 µg/mL and the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 0.05 µg/mL. The RP‐HPLC method was applied to quantitate atractylenolide II in rat plasma within 24 h in a pharmacokinetics study where experimental rats received a single dose of atractylenolide II (60 mg/kg). Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Analytical method for determination of disaccharides derived from keratan sulfates in human serum and plasma by high‐performance liquid chromatography/turbo‐ionspray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
Authors: Oguma Toshihiro , Tomatsu Shunji , Okazaki Osamu 
Published: January 2007

AbstractWe established a highly sensitive LC/MS/MS method for the analysis of the disaccharides produced from keratan sulfates (KS). It was revealed that the disaccharides produced by keratanase II enzymatic digestion of KS could be determined with high sensitivity by negative ion mode of multiple reaction monitoring. Furthermore, monosulfated and disulfated disaccharides can be separated using a Hypercarb (2.0 mm i.d. × 150 mm, 5 µm) with a gradient elution of acetonitrile–0.01 m ammonium bicarbonate (pH 10). This method was applied to the determination of KS in serum and plasma of control subjects. The intra‐day precision expressed as %CV was within 6.8% for five replicate analyses with three different control serum. The inter‐day (overall, n = 15) precision was within 7.3% for three days. This method is sensitive, reproducible and would be useful for clinical analysis. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Relating psychiatric disorders, offender and offence characteristics in a sample of adolescent sex offenders and non‐sex offenders
Authors: Van Wijk A.Ph. , Blokland A.A.J. , Duits N. , Vermeiren R. , Harkink J. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractIntroduction Several studies have paid attention to the relationship between psychiatric disorders and adolescent offending but few have distinguished different types of offenders, especially within the category of youngsters who have committed sex offences.Aim To test for relationships between psychiatric disorder and specific offence category among young male offenders.Method Nationwide data were extracted from Dutch Forensic Psychiatric Services (FPD) files for five groups of offenders, as defined by their index offence: 308 violent sex offenders; 134 non‐violent sex‐offenders; 270 sex offenders against children; 3148 violent offenders and 1620 offenders charged with any crime other than interpersonal body contact crimes. They were compared on individual characteristics and psychiatric diagnoses according to DSM‐IV criteria. Having a diagnosis of a paraphilia alone was exclusively associated with sex offending, therefore all such youths were excluded from further analyses. The OVERALS technique was used to explore possible relationships between offence, psychiatric diagnoses, sociodemographic and individual characteristics among the remaining young men for whom all pertinent data were available (n = 1894).Results Sex offenders constituted a distinct group of juvenile delinquents. Developmental disorders were more common among non‐violent sex offenders and child molesters. Violent offences were more typical of delinquents from immigrant backgrounds.Conclusion Group differences in types of psychiatric diagnoses may reflect differences in aetiological factors for the various types of sexual and other delinquent behaviour, and this would be worthy of further study. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An adapted version of the Rosenzweig Picture‐Frustration Study (PFS‐AV) for the measurement of hostility in violent forensic psychiatric patients
Authors: Hornsveld Ruud H.J. , Nijman Henk L.I. , Hollin Clive R. , Kraaimaat Floor W. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractBackground The original Rosenzweig Picture‐Frustration Study (PFS), designed to measure reactive aggressive behaviour in adults, contains 24 pictures of ambiguous situations in which someone is making a remark that can be interpreted as provocative.Aim An adapted version of Rosenzweig's PFS (PFS‐AV) was developed to assess the hostile thoughts elicited by interpersonal frustrating situations in forensic psychiatric patients with a conduct disorder or an antisocial personality disorder.Methods Patients were asked to give their responses in a few words on paper, which were then evaluated for hostility using a seven‐point Likert scale. The patients also completed questionnaires on personality and on aggressive and socially competent behaviour.Results Twelve of the 24 pictures that had a good internal consistency, inter‐rater reliability, and test–retest reliability were selected. In support of the instrument's concurrent validity, scores on the PFS‐AV were positively correlated with those on the aggressive behaviour questionnaires but less strongly than the correlations between the aggressive behaviour questionnaires mutually. The validity of the PFS‐AV was demonstrated by the positive correlation between PFS‐AV hostility and neuroticism, and by the negative correlation with extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. A relatively low but positive correlation was found with social anxiety and a negative correlation was found with social skills in situations where approaching behaviour may be exhibited.Conclusion The adapted version of the PFS‐AV appears reliably and validly to measure hostility in violent forensic psychiatric patients. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the left circumflex coronary artery: A fatal complication following drug‐eluting stent implantation
Authors: Le Mimi Q. , Narins Craig R. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractCoronary artery stent infection is a rare complication of percutaneous intervention. We report a case of fulminant coronary stent infection with Staphylococcus aureus presenting as a pseudoaneurysm of the left circumflex artery following repeated implantation of drug‐eluting stents in the setting of multiple episodes of recurrent in‐stent restenosis. We speculate that sirolimus‐ and paclitaxel‐eluting stents may be more likely to predispose to infection than bare metal stents because of their immunomodulating and antiproliferative effects. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Properties of Two Modifications of MgB12C2
Authors: Adasch Volker , Hess Kai‐Uwe , Ludwig Thilo , Vojteer Natascha , Hillebrecht Harald 
Published: January 2007

AbstractSingle crystals of two modifications of the new magnesium boride carbide MgB12C2 were synthesized from the elements in a metallic melt by using tantalum ampoules. Crystals were characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis (energy‐dispersive (EDX) and wavelength‐dispersive (WDX) X‐ray spectroscopy). Orthorhombic MgB12C2 is formed in a Cu/Mg melt at 1873 K. The crystal structure of o‐MgB12C2 (Imma, Z=4, a=5.6133(10), b=9.828(2), c=7.9329(15) Å, 574 reflections, 42 variables, R1(F)=0.0208, wR2(I)=0.0540) consists of a hexagonal primitive array of B12 icosahedra with Mg atoms and C2 units in trigonal‐prismatic voids. Each icosahedron has six exohedral BB and six BC bonds. Carbon is tetrahedrally coordinated by three boron atoms and one carbon atom with a remarkably long CC distance of 1.727 Å. Monoclinic MgB12C2 is formed in an Al/Mg melt at 1573 K. The structure of m‐MgB12C2 (C2/c, Z=4, a=7.2736(11), b=8.7768(13), c=7.2817(11) Å, β=105.33(3)°, 1585 reflections, 71 variables, R1(F)=0.0228, wR2(I)=0.0610) may be described as a distorted cubic close arrangement of B12 icosahedra. Tetrahedral voids are filled by C atoms and octahedral voids are occupied by Mg atoms. The icosahedra are interconnected by four exohedral BB bonds to linear chains and by eight interstitial C atoms to form a three‐dimensional covalent network. Both compounds fulfill the electron‐counting rules of Wade and Longuet‐Higgins.
The effect of combined simulated microgravity and microgrooved surface topography on fibroblasts
Authors: Loesberg W. A. , Walboomers X. F. , Bronkhorst E. M. , van Loon J. J. W. A. , Jansen J. A. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractThis study evaluated in vitro the differences in morphological behaviour between fibroblast cultured on smooth and microgrooved substrata (groove depth: 0.5 μm, width: 1, 2, 5, and 10 μm), which were subjected to simulated microgravity. The aim of the study was to clarify which of these parameters was more dominant to determine cell behaviour. Morphological characteristics were investigated using scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy in order to obtain qualitative information on cell alignment and area. Confocal laser scanning microscopy visualised distribution of actin filaments and focal adhesion points. Finally, expression of collagen type I, fibronectin, and α1‐ and β1‐integrin were investigated by PCR. Microscopy and image analysis showed that the fibroblasts aligned along the groove direction on all textured surfaces. On the smooth substrata, cells had spread out in a random fashion. The alignment of cells cultured on grooved surfaces decreased under simulated microgravity, especially after 24 h of culturing. Cell surface area on grooved substrata were significantly smaller than on smooth substrata, but simulated microgravity on the grooved groups resulted in an enlargement of cell area. ANOVA was performed on all main parameters: topography, gravity force, and time. In this analysis, all parameters proved significant. In addition, gene levels were reduced by microgravity particularly those of β1‐integrin and fibronectin. From our data it is concluded that the fibroblasts primarily adjust their shape according to morphological environmental cues like substratum surface whilst a secondary, but significant, role is played by microgravity conditions. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Numerical investigation of the reliability of a posteriori error estimation for advection–diffusion equations
Authors: ElSheikh A. H. , Smith S. , Chidiac S. E. 
Published: January 2007

AbstractA numerical investigation of the reliability of a posteriori error estimation for advection–diffusion equations is presented. The estimator used is based on the solution of local problems subjected to Neumann boundary conditions. The estimated errors are calculated in a weighted energy norm, a stability norm and an approximate fractional order norm in order to study the effect of the error norm on both the effectivity index of the estimated errors and the mesh adaptivity process. The reported numerical results are in general better than what is available in the literature. The results reveal that the reliability of the estimated errors depends on the relation between the mesh size and the size of local features in the solution. The stability norm is found to have some advantages over the weighted energy norm in terms of producing effectivity indices closer to the optimal unit value, especially for problems with internal sharp layers. Meshes adapted by the element residual method measured in the stability norm conform to the sharp layers and are shown to be less dependent on the wind direction. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The coding region of TP53INP2, a gene expressed in the developing nervous system, is not altered in a family with autosomal recessive non‐progressive infantile ataxia on chromosome 20q11‐q13
Authors: Bennetts Jennifer S. , Rendtorff Nanna D. , Simpson Fiona , Tranebjaerg Lisbeth , Wicking Carol 
Published: January 2007

AbstractThe locus for autosomal recessive infantile cerebellar ataxia (CLA3 or SCAR6) has been mapped to chromosome 20q11‐q13 in a single Norwegian pedigree. We identified a relatively uncharacterised mouse gene Tp53inp2, and showed that its human orthologue mapped within this candidate interval. Tp53inp2 appears to encode a mammalian‐specific protein with homology to the two Tp53inp1 isoforms that respond to cellular stress and interact with p53. We show that Tp53inp2 expression is highly restricted during mouse embryogenesis, with strong expression in the developing brain and spinal cord, as well as in the sensory and motor neuron tracts of the peripheral nervous system. Given this expression pattern, the neurological phenotype of CLA3 and the chromosomal localisation of TP53INP2, we searched the coding region for mutations in samples from individuals from the CLA3 pedigree. Our failure to detect causative mutations suggests that alterations in the coding region of TP53INP2 are not responsible for ataxia in this family, although we cannot rule out changes in non‐coding elements of this gene. Developmental Dynamics 236:843–852, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.