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The Babylonian Talmud on the Execution of Jesus
Authors: Brown Raymond E. 
Published: February 2009

In my The Death of the Messiah, preparatory to examining the Gospel accounts of the trial/interrogation of Jesus by the chief priest(s) and San-hedrin, I surveyed the extra-Gospel evidence for authoritative Jewish involvement in the death of Jesus, derived from Jewish, Christian, and pagan sources. From the Jewish evidence I discussed two items: the witness of Josephus (Ant. 18.3.3; #63–t) and a baraita from TalBab Sanhedrin 43a which I quoted from the London Soncino translation (Nezikin volume 3.281):On the eve of Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, ‘He is going forth to be stoned because he has practised sorcery and enticed Israel to apostacy. Anyone who can say anything in his favour, let him come forward and plead on his behalf.’ But since nothing was brought forward in his favour he was hanged on the eve of Passover.
The Identity of Paul's Opponents at Philippi
Authors: Mearns Chris 
Published: February 2009

This is still an unresolved problem. Our aim is to investigate the question to see whether Paul's opponents are one group or more than one, and to ascertain the nature of their views.Five assumptions are made; they are taken as axiomatic, so a case for them in detail is not argued. First, the integrity of Phil. has been successfully defended against attempts to analyse it as containing three originally separate letters to the Philippians, especially by P. Schubert, V. Furnish, R. Jewett and T. E. Pollard, and supported by R. P. Martin. This does make it somewhat easier to maintain a single-front hypothesis, but only marginally makes it more probable. The principle of Occam's razor (entia non sint multiplicanda praeter necessitatem), tends to favour the assumption of a uniform view, but only if evidence for multiple opponents appears weak.
The Spirit of Prophecy and the Power of Authoritative Preaching in Luke–Acts: A Question of Origins
Authors: Turner Max 
Published: February 2009

In his influential article inTDNT, E. Schweizer was to claimLuke adopts the typically Jewish idea that the Spirit is the Spirit of prophecy…. This may be seen in Lk 4:23–27, where the miraculous signs mentioned in the quotation in v. 18 are specifically rejected as manifestations of the Spirit and only authoritative preaching is regarded as the fulfilment of the prophecy.
Circonstances de composition de la seconde epitre aux Corinthiens
Authors: Quesnel Michel 
Published: February 2009

summaryOn s'accorde en général pour penser que Paul a envoyé au moins quatre lettres aux Corinthiens. Avant l'envoi de celle figure qui dans le Nouveau Testament sous le nom de ‘premiére’, Paul en adressa une autre, à laquelle il fait allusion en 1 Co 5.9–11: pouréviter les confusions de numérotation, on peut l'appeler Lettre A. Les Corinthiens ont d'ailleurs répondu à cette lettre, par une missive que Paul mentionne en 1 Co 7.1. Envoyée ensuite, certainement après la réception par Paul de la réponse que les Corinthiens lui ont adressée, existe notre première lettre canonique que l'on peut appeler Lettre B. Cependant, entre la première épître canonique et la seconde, il convient d'en intercaler une autre, qui serait donc au moins la troisième (Lettre C), dont il est fait mention en 2 Co 2.3–9 et 7.8–12. La façon dont Paul en parle la fait communément nommer ‘Lettre dans les larmes’. Quant à la deuxième épître canonique, il convient alors de la situer chronologiquement en quatriréme position, et de l'appeler lettre D.
Differentially expressed parasite genes involved in host recognition and invasion of the triactinomyxon stage of Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa)
Authors: ESZTERBAUER E. , KALLERT D. M. , GRABNER D. , EL-MATBOULI M. 
Published: February 2009

SUMMARYThe host recognition and invasion process of Myxobolus cerebralis actinospores (triactinomyxon, TAM) was studied on a genetic level. A small-scale in vitro assay was developed to activate a large number of TAMs simultaneously, and to monitor the host invasion in the absence of live fish. The transcriptomes of non-activated and in vitro-activated TAMs were compared by suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) to identify parasite genes involved in the host invasion process. Differential screening and a subsequent BLAST search revealed 15 of 452 SSH-library clones expressed differently in activated TAMs. None of the 15 transcripts obtained has previously been identified from M. cerebralis. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to examine the relative expression profile of 8 selected transcripts upon TAM activation and after penetration of the host. Four of these were found to be up-regulated in activated TAMs, while expression was relatively low in non-activated TAMs and in infected fish tissue, indicating that they are relevant genes during host recognition or subsequent host invasion of M. cerebralis TAMs.
Quantitative assessment of the risk of rabies entering Japan through the importation of dogs and cats from the USA
Authors: KAMAKAWA H. , KOIWAI M. , SATOMURA S. , ETO M. , SUGIURA K. 
Published: February 2009

SUMMARYUp to October 2004, dogs and cats imported into Japan were subjected to a quarantine regimen which consisted of vaccination and a 30- to 365-day waiting period in the country of origin and a 14-day quarantine period upon arrival in Japan. This regimen was replaced by a new one, consisting of vaccination, antibody level titration and a 180-day waiting period in the country of origin, in November 2004. To evaluate the effect of this policy change, a quantitative risk assessment was undertaken. The risk of rabies entering Japan through the importation of dogs and cats from the USA under the old – and new – regimens was quantitatively assessed and compared. Under the new regimen, rabies will enter Japan once every 4932 years (90% confidence interval 1812–13 412 years) through the importation of dogs and cats from the USA. Under the old regimen, rabies would enter Japan once every 70 years (39–205 years), 83 years (45–267 years) or 190 years (104–609 years) assuming that the animal departs the country of origin 30 days, 180 days or 365 days after vaccination, respectively. This indicates the policy change would reduce the risk by a factor of 1/25–1/70.
Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 regulates proliferation of cardiac myocytes in normal and hypoplastic left ventricles in the developing chick
Authors: deAlmeida Angela , Sedmera David 
Published: February 2009

AbstractThe developing heart increases its mass predominantly by increasing the number of contained cells through proliferation. We hypothesized that addition of fibroblast growth factor-2, a factor previously shown to stimulate division of the embryonic myocytes, to the left ventricular myocardium in an experimental model of left heart hypoplasia created in the chicken would attenuate phenotypic severity by increasing cellular proliferation. We have established an effective mode of delivery of fibroblast growth factor-2 to the chick embryonic left ventricular myocardium by using adenovirus vectors, which was more efficient and better tolerated than direct injection of recombinant fibroblast growth factor-2 protein. Injection of control adenovirus expressing green fluorescent protein did not result in significant alterations in myocytic proliferation or cell death compared with intact, uninjected, controls. Co-injection of adenoviruses expressing green fluorescent protein and fibroblast growth factor-2 was used for verification of positive injection, and induction of proliferation, respectively. Treatment of both normal and hypoplastic left ventricles with fibroblast growth factor-2 expressing adenovirus resulted in to 2 to 3-fold overexpression of fibroblast growth factor-2, as verified by immunostaining. An increase by 45% in myocytic proliferation was observed following injection of normal hearts, and an increase of 39% was observed in hypoplastic hearts. There was a significant increase in anti-myosin immunostaining in the hypoplastic, but not the normal hearts. We have shown, therefore, that expression of exogenous fibroblast growth factor-2 in the late embryonic heart can exert direct effects on cardiac myocytes, inducing both their proliferation and differentiation. These data suggest potential for a novel therapeutic option in selected cases of congenital cardiac disease, such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Aneurysm of the aortic root in the setting of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Authors: Ono Masamichi , Goerler Heidi , Breymann Thomas 
Published: February 2009

AbstractWiskott-Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked disease, associated with immunodeficiency, infections, thrombocytopaenia, and eczema. Aortitis and formation of aneurysms have also been described. We describe here our experience with a 7-year-boy with this syndrome. He survived replacement of the aortic root because of an aneurysmal ascending aorta, and subsequent bone marrow transplantation.
Determinants and patterns of soft drink consumption in young adults: a qualitative analysis
Authors: Hattersley Libby , Irwin Melissa , King Lesley , Allman-Farinelli Margaret 
Published: February 2009

AbstractObjectiveTo explore knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding caloric soft drinks in a group of young adults attending university and to identify opportunities for a health promotion intervention aimed at reducing consumption.DesignIn-depth, semi-structured focus groups segmented by gender.SettingSydney, Australia.SubjectsUndergraduate University of Sydney students aged 18–30 years (n 35).ResultsSocial and environmental cues, intrinsic qualities of beverages and personal health beliefs were identified as important influences on consumption. Social cues included settings in which alcohol is usually consumed, socialising with friends, and family influences. Environmental cues included purchasing of fast foods, and ready availability, preferential pricing and promotion of caloric beverages. Reinforcing intrinsic qualities of caloric soft drinks included taste, sugar and caffeine content, and their association with treats and rewards. Major gender differences as well as variations in individual readiness for behaviour change were observed. Raising awareness of the sugar content of various beverages and the potential health impacts associated with their consumption was considered important.ConclusionsThe findings provide new insights with important implications for policy and practice, and suggest that there is considerable scope for promoting awareness in this group. Carefully designed social marketing campaigns highlighting the health issues and addressing social and environmental cues relating to caloric soft drink consumption are required. There is a need for gender-differentiated intervention programmes which are both informational and appealing to young adults. Further research is warranted, particularly to investigate beverage consumption relating to fast-food meal deals and young adults’ consumption patterns in more depth.
The effect of dietary iron intake on the development of iron overload among homozygotes for haemochromatosis
Authors: Tao Min , Pelletier David L 
Published: February 2009

AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the role of dietary Fe in total body Fe (TBI) accumulation among homozygotes for theHFEgene associated with haemochromatosis.DesignA Monte Carlo model was built to simulate Fe accumulation based on findings from human feeding experiments and national dietary surveys. A hypothetical cohort of 1000 homozygotes with starting age 25 years was used in 39-year simulations. The impact of reducing dietary Fe intake on Fe accumulation was tested.ResultsIn the baseline model without any dietary intervention, by age 64, the percentage of males with TBI > 10 g, >15 g and >20 g was 93·2 %, 49·6 % and 14·7 %, respectively. When the Fe intake of individuals in the cohort was reduced to ≤200 % of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA), the corresponding percentages were 92·0 %, 40·5 % and 10·2 %, respectively. The corresponding figures were 91·0 %, 40·0 % and 9·3 % for Fe defortification and 70·3 %, 21·3 % and 4·1 % when Fe intake was capped at 100 % RDA. Similar trends were seen with sexes combined, although the impact of interventions was less. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the rate of Fe accumulation and the impact of dietary interventions are highly dependent on assumptions concerning Fe absorption rates.ConclusionsVariation in Fe intake as currently observed in the USA contributes to variation in Fe accumulation among homozygotes, when continued over an extended period. Lifelong dietary habits and national fortification policy can affect the rate of Fe accumulation, although the magnitude of the effect varies by gender, the TBI level of interest and factors affecting the Fe absorption rate.
Reliability and validity of a healthy diet determinants questionnaire for adolescents
Authors: Vereecken Carine , De Henauw Stefaan , Maes Lea , Moreno Luis , Manios Yannis , Phillipp Katharina , Plada Maria , De Bourdeaudhuij Ilse ,   on behalf of the HELENA Study Group
Published: February 2009

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the development of a short questionnaire including a wide range of personal, social and environmental constructs in relation to a healthy diet in an adolescent population.DesignThe questionnaire was developed based on the literature, past experiences and feedback from a small pilot study (n 10). Test and retest (2 weeks later) of the questionnaire was done to investigate test–retest reliability. Data of four non-consecutive 24 h recalls were collected to investigate the predictive validity with food (fruit, vegetables, milk, snacks, soft drinks), nutrient (fibre, ascorbic acid, Ca, percentage energy from fat) and energy intakes.SettingAt home, in the presence of a student.SubjectsConvenience sample of fifty-five Belgian-Flemish adolescents approached by university students for course credits.ResultsTest–retest correlations of the constructs ranged between 0·51 and 0·78. Eleven of the eighteen final constructs were significantly associated with one or more of the five selected food items, all in the expected direction. Most significant associations with the food items were found for taste, perceived peers’ behaviour and availability of soft drinks at home. Fresh fruit and soft drinks were correlated with most constructs (seven) followed by snacks (five). Concerning energy and the selected nutrient variables, the findings were less clear.ConclusionsThe results are promising: the test–retest stability was moderate to good; most of the psychosocial constructs were significantly associated with one or more of the selected dietary variables. Future work in a larger sample of European adolescents is warranted.
The role of dietary selenium in bovine mammary gland health and immune function
Authors: Salman S. , Khol-Parisini A. , Schafft H. , Lahrssen-Wiederholt M. , Hulan H. W. , Dinse D. , Zentek J. 
Published: February 2009

AbstractMastitis is not only a major cause of economic losses to the dairy industry but also a major problem in ensuring the quality and safety of the milk, associated with high somatic cell counts and residues of antibiotics used for treatment. One innovative approach to protection against mastitis is to stimulate the animal's natural defense mechanisms. Technological advances in immunological research have increased our ability to exploit the immunity of the bovine mammary gland during periods of high susceptibility to disease. The trace element selenium affects the innate and the adaptive immune responses of the mammary gland through cellular and humoral activities. Substantial research has been carried out on the effect of selenium (Se) on the immune function of the mammary gland and subsequent improvement in bovine udder health and mastitis control. Levels higher than current recommendations and Se-yeast can potentially be used to enhance our capacity to modulate the physiological mechanisms of the bovine mammary gland to respond to infection. This article provides an overview of the most recent research in this field.
Supervision: The Sensitivity Awareness Supervision Model
Authors: Kosta Joan C. , Brice Alejandro 
Published: February 2009

Abstract
Clinical supervisors are faced with supervising students who represent differences from “traditional” students that include spoken language, dialect, interpersonal communication styles, and attitudes. The training of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) speech-language pathologists is therefore a priority in order to serve the growing CLD population. The issues of cultural and linguistic diversity present major challenges for the clinical training of student clinicians. The need to develop specific styles and guidelines relating to supervision of CLD students is critical. This paper highlights concepts used in a supervision model designed for use with CLD student clinicians.
A comparative study of the palliative care needs of heart failure and cancer patients
Authors: O'Leary Norma , Murphy Niamh F. , O'Loughlin Christina , Tiernan Eoin , McDonald Kenneth 
Published: February 2009

AimsStudies suggest that patients with advanced heart failure (HF) have unmet palliative care (PC) needs. However, many of these studies have been retrospective or based on patients receiving poorly coordinated ad hoc care. We aimed to demonstrate whether the PC needs of patients with advanced HF receiving specialist multidisciplinary coordinated care are similar to cancer patients deemed to have specialist PC needs; thereby justifying the extension of specialist PC services to HF patients.Methods and resultsThis was a cross‐sectional comparative cohort study of 50 HF patients and 50 cancer patients, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Both patient cohorts were statistically indistinguishable in terms of symptom burden, emotional wellbeing, and quality‐of‐life scores. HF patients had good access to community and social support. HF patients particularly valued the close supervision, medication monitoring, ease of access to service, telephone support, and key worker provided at the HF unit. A small subset of patients had unmet PC needs. A palliative transition point is described.ConclusionHF patients should not be excluded from specialist PC services. However, the majority of their needs can be met at a HF unit. Recognition of the palliative transition point may be key to ensuring that end‐of‐life issues are addressed. The palliative transition point needs further evaluation.
A decision‐making model for flexible manufacturing system
Authors: Zare Mehrjerdi Yahia 
Published: February 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a computer aided decision‐making model for flexible manufacturing system (FMS) situations when multiple conflicting objectives are addressed by the management.Design/methodology/approachIt is assumed that the problem is the managerial level schedule rather than the operational schedule. As a tool, goal programming has been employed for measuring the trade‐offs among the objectives. As a safeguard, the level of the reliability of the constraints associated with the random coefficients is taken into consideration. As an optimization technique, the approach of chance constrained programming which has been an operational way for introducing probabilistic constraints into the collection of the linear programming and goal programming problem constraints is stated and mathematically formulated.FindingsThe approach of chance constrained programming is suitable to introduce management concerns about the reliability of the constraints of the problem in the FMS.Originality/valueThe paper gives an overview of the FMS and proposes a goal programming model for the analysis of problem. The proposed model acknowledges the randomness of customer demands for better standardization of production planning and inventory management systems. By the fact that customer demands are not always deterministic the hypothesis that sale level for each period is normally distributed is imposed. A sample example problem is provided to show how the proposed model can work.
An automatic template generating method of machine vision system in TFT LCD assembly and positioning process with genetic algorithm
Authors: Lin Chern‐Sheng , Wu Kuo‐Chun , Lay Yun‐Long , Lin Chi‐Chin , Lin Jim‐Min 
Published: February 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose an automatic pattern matching template generating method for the automatic optical inspection system in TFT LCD assembly and positioning process, to improve the conventional image technology. Besides, focusing on integrating the image system with the existing control system, the double aligner mark searching time is decreased to reduce the working time of the integrated system.Design/methodology/approachThe improved pattern matching method of genetic algorithm was adopted, including setting for template image selecting, encoding, calculating fitness function, pattern matching, template generating and genetic algorithm steps. The predetermined pixels were selected from the target template based on the minimum difference to the block image to be tested by utilizing the genetic algorithm, and the other pixels which have not been selected were neglected.FindingsThe selected pixels were encoded for recording by sequence mode, and then the target template and the image to be tested were compared based on the calculated fitness function. This method has the advantages of using the fitness function to reduce the searching time, with the help of genetic algorithm to find the optimal target template, and saving memory space by recording target template based on the sequence mode.Research limitations/implicationsThe genetic algorithm used in this study is a kind of optimal tool free from gradient data. As long as the fitness function and after continuous iteration are determined, the optimal solution can be found out, and then the optimal target template can be generated.Practical implicationsThis system uses fitness function to reduce the pattern matching time. Plural pixels are preset inside the target template, and its fitness function value is calculated. When the target template is compared with the image to be tested, only the fitness function value (also the difference of the plural pixels) is calculated and compared.Originality/valueThe remaining pixels are neglected, so that the searching time can be reduced greatly. The sequence mode is used to save the required memory space for recording target template. Since sequence mode is adopted to record the information of selected pixels, lots of required memory space for recording target template information will be saved.
Excellent supply chain management
Authors: Zare Mehrjerdi Yahia 
Published: February 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the fundamental concept of supply chain management (SCM) and discusses the facts that a road to success in the process of design, development, implementation and operation of a supply chain (SC) is the identification of superior strategies and clear objectives. To understand important SC strategies for a complete success, main strategies need to be identified. The literature of SC is filled with a wide range of strategies applied successfully across various enterprises that reviewed briefly in this paper.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides key strategies of SCM, and discusses the fact that the vision for the excellent SCM can be built on principles as such as speed, quality, cost, flexibility, quality leadership, customer focused, collaboration, and integrated information system.FindingsTo make the excellent SCM successful, management must be committed to high standard of performance including competitive lead times to customers, significantly reduced inventories, world‐class product quality, and reduced process and product complexity.Originality/valueBecause a better management of production system is related to the full understanding of the technologies implemented and the system under consideration, the excellent SCM system including its three As are discussed and metrics used to measure performance are elaborated.