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Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Dietary Supplementation with Turmeric or Herbal Combination Tablets on Skin Barrier Function in Healthy Subjects

To compare the effects of turmeric tablets and turmeric-containing herbal combination tablets versus placebo on skin barrier function and sebum production by measuring facial sebum and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) in healthy subjects. This study was a prospective, double-blinded, rater-blinded, randomized pilot study. Thirty-three generally healthy participants were recruited from the UC Davis Department of Dermatology clinic and the surrounding community from 2016 to 2017, 30 participants were enrolled, and 28 participants completed the study. Thirty individuals were recruited and randomized to the placebo, turmeric, or herbal combination tablet groups. The participants were instructed to take the intervention tablets by mouth twice daily for 4 weeks. Facial sebum production and TEWL were assessed at baseline and 4 weeks. Twenty-eight participants completed the study and there were no adverse events. There were no significant changes in sebum excretion rate in any group after 4 weeks compared with baseline. In the herbal combination tablet group, there was a significant decrease in TEWL (P = .003). No significant changes in TEWL were detected in the turmeric or placebo groups. Turmeric-containing herbal combination tablets significantly decreased TEWL after 4 weeks of twice-daily supplementation. There were no adverse events in any of the three intervention arms. Overall, our findings spark future interest in determining how oral supplementation with herbal formulations may improve skin barrier function and skin appearance, and potentially offer alternative or complementary treatment options.
Key Cell Functions are Modulated by Compression in an Animal Model of Hypertrophic Scar.

Introduction The value of compression studies and applications in hypertrophic scar (HTS) treatment is often undermined due to the lack of ideal controls, patient compliance, and clear action mechanisms. Objective This study assesses the genome-wide compression effects on scars under well-controlled conditions. Materials and methods An automated pressure delivery system (APDS) applied controlled doses of pressure to scars in a red Duroc swine HTS model. Full-thickness wounds were created by a skin grafting instrument on each animal's bilateral flanks and were observed through reepithelialization and scar development. On day 70, the APDSs were mounted on the developed scars; right flank scars received a pressure of 30 mm Hg, while left flank scars received APDSs with no pressure (sham) for 2 weeks. A genome-wide assessment of compression effect on transcription in scar specimens before (early), shortly after (mid), and long after (late) compression initiation were performed. Results Analysis of early-phase biopsies showed similar transcriptome profiles, which diverged thereafter in gene numbers and functions between compression- and sham-treated scars in the mid phase. The majority of these changes persisted in the late-phase scar samples. Canonical pathway analysis of differentially regulated genes resulted in an almost identical list of pathways during the early phase prior to compression. In the mid and late phases after compression, many of the identified pathways shifted in significance, and new pathways such as calcium signaling and cholesterol synthesis emerged. Conclusions Compression modulates transcription and affects multiple biological functions associated with an improved scar appearance.
Tunable Filter Technologies for 5G Communications

This paper presents an overview of available technologies for manufacturing three-dimensional front-end tunable filters for 5G systems. Specifically, we discuss three main technologies: a) RF MEMS, b) Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and c) injection molding. The advantages and drawbacks of each technology are discussed along with relevant proof-of-concept demonstrations. Future directions and improvements are also presented.
Punitive Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders: Do Moral Panics Cause Community Members to Be More Punitive?:

Researchers interested in registered sex offenders (RSOs) and sex offender registration and community notification laws (SORN) legislation have noted that there is a perpetual moral panic associate...
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS CONTINUED ON ORAL ANTIDIABETES MEDICATIONS IN THE HOSPITAL.

Objective: Basal/basal-bolus insulin with discontinuation of home oral antidiabetes medications (OADs) is the preferred method to achieve glycemic control in many hospitalized patients. We hypothesized that a subset of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can achieve an acceptable level of blood sugar control without cessation of their OADs when hospitalized. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on patients with T2DM who were only on OADs at home, admitted to Fairview Hospital, a community hospital in the Cleveland Clinic Health System. We divided patients into those whose OADs were continued (group 1) and those whose OADs were discontinued (group 2), with or without the addition of insulin in the hospital. Blood glucose (BG) levels and patient characteristics were compared. Results: There were 175 patients, 73 in group 1 and 102 in group 2. The percentage of patients achieving all BG values within 100 to 180 mg/dL was the same between group 1 (21.9%) and group 2 (23.8%) (P = .78). Mean BG was similar between group 1 and group 2 (146.1 ± 41.4 mg/dL versus 152.1 ± 38.9 mg/dL; P = .33), with no significant difference in terms of percentage of patients with hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia. A greater proportion of patients in group 1 had an uninterrupted feeding status, nonintensive care unit admission and no contrast dye exposure, and a shorter length of stay. Conclusion: Our study shows that patients with certain characteristics could achieve an acceptable level of glycemic control without cessation of their home OADs. Abbreviations: BG = blood glucose; DPP-4 = dipeptidyl dipeptidase 4; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay; NPO = nil per os; OAD = oral antidiabetes medication; POC = point of care; T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Impact of (k,t) sampling on DCE MRI tracer kinetic parameter estimation in digital reference objects

Purpose To evaluate the impact of (k,t) data sampling on the variance of tracer-kinetic parameter (TK) estimation in high-resolution whole-brain dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) using digital reference objects. We study this in the context of TK model constraints, and in the absence of other constraints. Methods Three anatomically and physiologically realistic brain-tumor digital reference objects were generated. Data sampling strategies included uniform and variable density; zone-based, lattice, pseudo-random, and pseudo-radial; with 50-time frames and 4-fold to 25-fold undersampling. In all cases, we assume a fully sampled first time frame, and prior knowledge of the arterial input function. TK parameters were estimated by indirect estimation (i.e., image-time-series reconstruction followed by model fitting), and direct estimation from the under-sampled data. We evaluated methods based on the Cramer-Rao bound and Monte-Carlo simulations, over the range of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) seen in clinical brain DCE-MRI. Results Lattice-based sampling provided the lowest SDs, followed by pseudo-random, pseudo-radial, and zone-based. This ranking was consistent for the Patlak and extended Tofts model. Pseudo-random sampling resulted in 19% higher averaged SD compared to lattice-based sampling. Zone-based sampling resulted in substantially higher SD at undersampling factors above 10. CRB analysis showed only a small difference between uniform and variable density for both lattice-based and pseudo-random sampling up to undersampling factors of 25. Conclusion Lattice sampling provided the lowest SDs, although the differences between sampling schemes were not substantial at low undersampling factors. The differences between lattice-based and pseudo-random sampling strategies with both uniform and variable density were within the range of error induced by other sources, at up to 25-fold undersampling.
Dose-modified gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel front-line in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with baseline hyperbilirubinemia.

Background: Von Hoff et al . demonstrated survival improvement with gemcitabine (GEM) + nab- paclitaxel (NabP) for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared to GEM alone. GEM + NabP resulted in a median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of 8.5 and 5.5 months, respectively. Patients with baseline hyperbilirubinemia were excluded. Primary objective was OS. Secondary objectives included time on treatment (TOT), disease control rate, dosing practices, delays/admissions, and adverse effects. Methods: Patients with borderline resectable, locally advanced, or metastatic PDAC who initiated front- line GEM-NabP during July 01, 2013–July 01, 2017 were reviewed. Patients with a baseline total bilirubin ≥2 mg/dL were included. Results: Twelve patients total were included. Median age was 71 years old. Median baseline total bilirubin was 2.4 mg/dL (range, 2.1–5.2 mg/dL). 58% had metastatic disease. Median doses were NabP 100 mg/m 2 + GEM 600 mg/m 2 IV with a fixed-dose rate infusion (10 mg/m 2 /min). GEM-NabP was given biweekly or 3 weeks on 1 week off. Median OS, TOT, and disease control rate were 13.9, 5.2 months, and 58%, respectively. Fifty percent of patients required a dose delay. Metastatic patients only (n=7) had median OS and TOT of 6.9 and 2.1 months, respectively. No admissions related to toxicity were found. Conclusions: Our analysis revealed safety with NabP (median dose =100 mg/m 2 ) + GEM (median dose =600 mg/m 2 at fixed-dose rate) given predominately biweekly in patients with a baseline elevated total bilirubin (≥2 mg/dL).
Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows

The statistical and structural properties of turbulence near fixed wall boundaries have been and still are the subject of intensive experimental and computational research efforts. The reviews of Marusic [1], Jimenez [2], [3], Wu and Moin [4] (DNS of smooth pipes), Chan et al. [5] (DNS of rough pipes) provide a detailed picture of the current state of knowledge. The statistical theory of wall bounded flows is developed leading to the hierarchy of moment pdes.
Writing Assignments to Assess Statistical Thinking

One of the main goals of statistics is to use data to provide evidence in support of an argument. This article will discuss some popular forms of writing assessments currently in use, to demonstrat...
DETECTION OF OUTLIERS

Outlier detection can be regarded as a decision process within several of the theoretical frameworks of statistical inference. A semi-Bayesian approach is described which uses as inputs to the decision process separate Bayesian analyses for each contemplated number k of outliers. Significance tests can be used for assessing k but should be supplemented by Bayesian analysis for judging which observations are outliers. In §3, an asymptotic theorem is given to clarify the difference between the Bayesian and significance testing messages. Solutions to computational problems are outlined in §4.
Abstract P1-20-26: Management of breast fibromatosis: Is further surgical resection treatment necessary after ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy?

Purpose: Recently, some studies confirmed that the surgical margin in patients with breast fibromatosis was not associated with recurrence. Wide tumor-free resection surgery, which used to be the first-line treatment, might not be necessary for all fibromatosis patients. Ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (UGVAB) is a minimally invasive technique which has been used for complete excision of benign breast tumors. The purpose of this study is to compare the risk of relapse between patients with breast fibromatosis received UGVAB alone to local surgical resection (SR) in our hospital. Material and methods: The pathology database was searched over the period of 2007 to 2017 for cases in which patients diagnosed as breast fibromatosis/desmoid-typed tumors. All patients were accepted breast ultrasound examination and then treated by UGVAB alone or SR at our breast tumor center. Postoperative follow-up was carried out with ultrasound examination at intervals of 3 to 6 months. X2 test was used to compare clinicopathologic features, Kaplan-Meier method with a log-rank test was used as a univariate analysis to compare the relapse-free survival (RFS) rates, Cox regression analysis was used for multivariate analysis. Results: A total of 40 patients were enrolled in this study. Of these 40 patients, 13 (32.5%) were classified as UGVAB group and 27 (67.5%) as local SR group. The age at the time of initial diagnosis ranged between 21-65 years, with a median age of 35.5 years. Sixteen (16/40, 40.0%) patients had a past history of breast surgery. Tumors were palpable in most patients (33, 82.5%), which was significantly different in two groups [8 (61.5%) in UGVAB group, 25 (92.66%) in SR group, p = 0.027]. Meanwhile, there was a trend towards smaller tumors in UGVAB group (median size 1.1cm) than SR group (median size 1.9cm, p = 0.172). (Table 1) During the follow-up, 25% (10/40) patients developed a tumor recurrence, the median RFS was 36 months (range, 5-110 months). RFS was 69.2% in the UGVAB group and 77.8% in the SR group, the RFS has no difference between these two groups (p = 0.082, log-rank test). Multivariate analysis also identified that treatment strategy (UGVAB vs. SR) was not associated with an increased risk of relapse events (hazard ratio [HR] 0.309, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.063-1.515; p = 0.148) (Table 2). Conclusion: Patients who were diagnosed with breast fibromatosis and received UGVAB treatment did not have a significantly compromised RFS than those who underwent SR. UGVAB could be an alternative and relatively conservative therapy for local control of breast fibromatosis. Citation Format: Jingsi Mei, Yue Hu, Chang Gong. Management of breast fibromatosis: Is further surgical resection treatment necessary after ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy? [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-20-26.
A statistically guided grid generation method and its application to intermolecular potential energy surfaces

We present a method for the generation of points in space needed to create training data for fitting of nonlinear parametric models. This method uses statistical information extracted from an initial fit on a sparse grid to select optimal grid points in an iterative manner and is, therefore, called the iterative variance minimizing grid approach. We demonstrate the method in the case of six-dimensional intermolecular potential energy surfaces (PESs) fitted to ab initio computed interaction energies. The number of required grid points is reduced by roughly a factor of two in comparison to alternative systematic sampling methods. The method is not limited to fitting PESs and can be applied to any cases of fitting parametric models where data points may be chosen freely but are expensive to obtain.
Social Reform in a Complex World

Our world is complex—it is composed of many interacting parts—and this complexity poses a serious difficulty for theorists of social reform. On the one hand, we cannot merely work out ways of ameliorating immediate problems of injustice, because the solutions we generate may interact to set back the achievement of overall long-term justice. On the other, we cannot supplement such problem solving with theorizing about how to make progress towards a long-term goal of ideal justice, because the very interactions that render problem solving unsatisfactory raise insurmountable epistemic difficulties for this latter approach. To accommodate complexity, we must therefore give up on ideal theory, and instead supplement problem solving with a new sort of theorizing that aims to work out how to make our institutional arrangements more progressive: more conducive to further improvements in general, though not necessarily to the achievement of any antecedently specified goal. More concretely, we must identify ways of improving our capacity to flexibly experiment with many promising solutions to problems as they arise, to select for those solutions that prove successful while eliminating those that do not, and to learn from both our successes and our inevitable failures.
Formation of Cyclopropanes via Activation of (γ-Methoxy)alkyl Gold(I) Complexes with Lewis Acids

Treatment of the gold 3-methoxy-3-phenylpropyl complex (P)AuCH2CH2CH(OMe)Ph [P = P(t-Bu)2o-biphenyl] with AlCl3 at −78 °C led to the immediate (≤5 min) formation of a 4:1 mixture of phenylcycloprop...
Ion-Exchange Separators Suppressing Self-Discharge in Polymeric Supercapacitors

Author(s): Wang, K; Yao, L; Jahon, M; Liu, J; Gonzalez, M; Liu, P; Leung, V; Zhang, X; Ng, TN | Abstract: Supercapacitors offer superior cycle life and high power densities, but as energy storage devices, they are limited by self-discharge processes manifested as large potential decay and leakage current, resulting in loss of stored energy and low charging efficiency. To minimize Faradaic side reactions, this Letter has incorporated a sulfonate ion-exchange resin in separators to trap impurities and thereby suppress self-discharge in supercapacitors with PEDOT as redox electrodes. The versatile separator design is generally applicable to organic and aqueous electrolytes and compatible with a pH range of 0-14, while maintaining the device capacitance and rate performance. Temperature-dependent characteristics were analyzed to identify that the reduction of impurity concentration and diffusion was key to improve potential retention. Compared to devices using commercially available separators, the device here exhibited a lower leakage current and better charging efficiency. It was demonstrated to work with radio frequency energy-harvesting circuits and showed the potential to serve as an energy reservoir for wireless electronic applications.
Motion of a nano-spheroid in a cylindrical vessel flow: Brownian and hydrodynamic interactions

We study the motion of a buoyant or a nearly neutrally buoyant nano-sized spheroid in a fluid filled tube without or with an imposed pressure gradient (weak Poiseuille flow). The fluctuating hydrodynamics approach and the deterministic method are both employed. We ensure that the fluctuation-dissipation relation and the principle of thermal equipartition of energy are both satisfied. The major focus is on the effect of the confining boundary. Results for the velocity and the angular velocity autocorrelations (VACF and AVACF), the diffusivities and the drag and the lift forces as functions of the shape, the aspect ratio, the inclination angle and the proximity to the wall are presented. For the parameters considered, the boundary modifies the VACF and AVACF such that three distinct regimes are discernible - an initial exponential decay followed by an algebraic decay culminating in a second exponential decay. The first is due to the thermal noise, the algebraic regime is due both to the thermal noise and the hydrodynamic correlations, while the second exponential decay shows the effect of momentum reflection from the confining wall. Our predictions display excellent comparison with published results for the algebraic regime (the only regime for which earlier results exist). We also discuss the role of the off-diagonal elements of the mobility and the diffusivity tensors that enable the quantifications of the degree of lift and margination of the nanocarrier. Our study covers a range of parameters that are of wide applicability in nanotechnology, microrheology and in targeted drug delivery.
Increased mean annual temperatures in 2014–2019 indicate permafrost thaw in Alaskan national parks

Rising temperatures in the Arctic can result in thaw of permafrost, with widespread implications for ecosystems and infrastructure. We analyzed mean annual air and ground temperatures in the eight ...
Quality Improvement in Critical Value Delivery at a Tertiary Care Center.

Background Prompt notification of critical laboratory values to providers is essential for effective patient care. To improve the delivery of these critical values, a quality improvement project was initiated to determine the obstacles to prompt notification and to identify possible interventions to improve this process. Methods Critical value call logs were retrieved, and delivery time, patient location, test name, and call time were abstracted and analyzed. All critical values with delivery times greater than 60 min were reviewed by 2 authors for 1 representative month in both the pre- and postintervention period. Results Based on the results of the data review, a modification to the laboratory information system call center color-coded alerts was introduced to address delays attributable to the laboratory. The overall rate of calls greater than 60 min decreased from 3.4% ± 0.8% in the preintervention study period to 1.3 ± 0.3%, postintervention. The average number of values not delivered within 60 min decreased by 64% across all locations, following with an 82% decrease for values originating from inpatient locations, and a 39% decrease for outpatient values. Conclusions Low complexity interventions to critical value callback protocols can significantly increase the efficacy of communication between the laboratory and providers.
Anatomy of the before and after: photovoice for (en)during weight loss

In this essay, I situate the body as a visual storytelling device and explore photovoice as a technology of the self, giving (visual)voice to my embodied sensemaking. Photovoice boldly embraces sub...
Partial geometric designs having circulant concurrence matrices

We survey partial geometric designs and investigate their concurrences of points. It is well-known that the concurrence matrix of a partial geometric design can have at most three distinct eigenvalues, all of which are non-negative integers. The concurrence type of a design gives a simple profile of the incidence structure of the design. Namely, an ordinary 2-$(v,k,\lambda)$ design has a single concurrence $\lambda$, and its concurrence matrix is circulant, a partial geometry has two concurrences $1$ and $0$, and a transversal design TD$_{\lambda}(k, u)$ has two concurrences $\lambda$ and $0$, and its concurrence matrix is circulant. In this paper, we show the existence of other partial geometric designs having two or three concurrences, and investigate which symmetric circulant matrices are realized as the concurrence matrices of partial geometric designs. We collect some examples partial geometric designs and study their characteristics and construction methods. We give a list of partial geometric designs of order up to 12 each of which has a circulant concurrence matrix. We then classify these partial geometric designs along with their combinatorial properties and constructions.
Teaching Global Media Ethics

The phrase “teaching global media ethics” may be conventionally interpreted in at least three ways: (1) teaching courses and subjects which pertain to international media ethics, (2) teaching media ethics courses worldwide, and (3) the combination of numbers 1 and 2 above, –the teaching of international media ethics throughout the world. Although this chapter will allude to all three meanings, the emphasis herein is upon how media ethics is taught globally (#2) rather than how the subject, global media ethics, may be taught (#1). After a brief survey of the highlights of early attempts at teaching media ethics domestically and internationally, this chapter introduces the most comprehensive and global initiative to date, –one which seeks to introduce ethics pedagogy to all continents and at all levels –including primary, secondary, and higher education. Known as the E4J (Ethics For Justice) Initiative, which is sponsored by the UNODC branch of the United Nations, the project has gathered ethics experts from over thirty countries since 2016 to develop a curriculum in many branches (e.g., business, professional, media, etc.) of ethics which may be implemented and customized worldwide. This chapter concludes that the E4J ethics project is a quantum step forward in the development of global ethics pedagogy, including media ethics. The chapter provides sample teaching tools and modules from the pedagogy as well as a rationale for its implementation.
On Observability of Hybrid Systems

Observability of a hybrid system is defined as the ability to determine the continuous state of the system. Whether a hybrid system is observable or not depends on which events can be disabled, which events can be forced, and the connectivity of the discrete states, as well as its continuous dynamics. We model a hybrid system using a hybrid machine that takes into consideration both continuous variables and discrete events. We classify hybrid systems into four classes based on their discrete-event parts. For each class, conditions are derived to check observability. If a hybrid system is not observable, then we check if a weaker version of observability, called B-observability, is satisfied. B-observability requires that a hybrid system become observable after some finite occurrences of events. Conditions are derived to check B-observability. These conditions involve both the discrete-event and continuous-variable parts of hybrid systems. If the continuous-variable part of a system has a constant A matrix, then the conditions for the continuous-variable part can be simplified. We illustrate the results by an example of a battery management system of an electric vehicle.
Congressional travels : places, connections, and authenticity

I. THINKING ABOUT POLITICIANS 1. A Story About Place: Joe Moakley's Funeral 2. One Question, Two Perspectives 3. An Idea: Authenticity 4. Washington Perspectives: Practice & Possibility 5. Research: Personal and Professional II. TRACKING POLITICIANS 6. The Salesman and the Old Pro 7. Benjamin Rosenthal 1970-1974: Straightforward Liberal 8. Gary Ackerman 1996-1998: Gregarious Local Boy 9. David McIntosh and Lindsey Graham: Constituency Connections 10. Washington: The Leader and The Player 11. Constituency Views and Washington Views 12. Conclusion
Efficiency of Airborne Sample Analysis Platform (ASAP) bioaerosol sampler for pathogen detection

The threat of bioterrorism and pandemics has highlighted the urgency for rapid and reliable bioaerosol detection in different environments. Safeguarding against such threats requires continuous sampling of the ambient air for pathogen detection. In this study we investigated the efficacy of the Airborne Sample Analysis Platform (ASAP) 2800 bioaerosol sampler to collect representative samples of air and identify specific viruses suspended as bioaerosols. To test this concept, we aerosolized an innocuous replication-defective bovine adenovirus serotype 3 (BAdV3) in a controlled laboratory environment. The ASAP efficiently trapped the surrogate virus at 5 × 10(3) plaque-forming units (p.f.u.) [2 × 10(5) genome copy equivalent] concentrations or more resulting in the successful detection of the virus using quantitative PCR. These results support the further development of ASAP for bioaerosol pathogen detection.
Offshoring the War on Terror

Offshoring is usually thought of in the context of globalization and economic activity. Yet a signal feature of the Bush Administration's "war on terror" was the offshoring of core security functions. The most famous example is the use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention center, but many other examples of extraterritorial activity exist, such as the practice of "extraordinary rendition." This chapter, drawn from a forthcoming book on Oxford University Press titled Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?, charts and analyzes these developments, and associated judicial decisions such as Boumediene v. Bush, with reference to larger trends in American politics and jurisprudence.
“I think I can; I think I can”: A self‐leadership perspective toward enhancing entrepreneur thought patterns, self‐efficacy, and performance

The concept of “Thought Self‐Leadership” involves individual self‐influence through cognitive strategies that focus on self‐dialogue, mental imagery, beliefs and assumptions, and thought patterns. A plethora of studies from various fields including management, counseling psychology, sports psychology, education, and communication, address the effect of these Thought Self‐Leadership cognitive strategies on cognitions and behaviors. This research provides consistent support for the relationship between constructive self‐leadership of these cognitive processes and enhanced performance. The application of these cognitive strategies to the entrepreneurship domain, however, is sparse. We propose that the application of these principles to the entrepreneurial process offers the potential to enhance individual performance and mental states for both practicing and aspiring entrepreneurs. Propositions derived from the proposed framework are developed to serve as catalysts for empirically testing the applicability of Thought Self‐Leadership to the entrepreneurship context.
The Authenticity of Conflict Resolutions Among Adult Couples: Does Women's Other-Oriented Behavior Reflect Their True Selves?

In this study we examined how men and women typically resolve conflicts with relationship partners (by meeting the self's need, the other's need, or through compromise) and the authenticity of resolutions and their relation to psychological health. Data were collected using a questionnaire given to 251 men and 251 women (aged 18–75 yrs) who were in heterosexual relationships. Results showed that most women (but not men) who resolved conflicts by meeting their partners' needs rather than their own thought that this was inauthentic behavior that they adopted to avoid negative repercussions from their partners. For all participants, inauthenticity and a lack of partner validation was linked to poorer psychological health. Results suggest that women's other-oriented relationship behavior does not necessarily stem from the authentic self.
Pneumopericardium associated with gastric cancer. Report of a case and literature review.

Pneumopericardium is rare regardless of its cause. Degenerating gastric cancer can perforate the diaphragm and thus produce a gastrophrenopericardial fistula. This report concerns a 55-year-old man who developed pneumopericardium in this manner. In searching the literature covering the last 140 years, the authors found 6 other cases secondary to gastric cancer.
THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POULTRY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE DEVICE TO MONITOR SAFE AND PROPER COOKING

This work presents a new application of semiautomated technology to monitor temperatures of a wide range of food products, which can be remotely controlled (via Internet) for various cooking operations. The workstation was created as an initial step in developing an automated temperature monitoring device within food containers such as storage pans. The equipment records the thermodynamic/kinetic changes occurring during cooking to precisely determine cooking conditions. As a safety control measurement devise, the workstation can be programmed to automate the heating/cooling cycles and to determine the amount of time food spends in unsafe temperature ranges (5–60C), which may increase the risk of foodborne illness. The workstation records the heating and cooling histories (cooking curves) during and after the cooking procedure, respectively. The cooking curves are analyzed using the Newtonian and baseline models to enhance the thermodynamic and kinetic phenomena taking place during cooking. This allows the precise determination of time and temperatures it takes to reach a desirable cooking stage as a function of the level of dehydration or denaturization. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Thermal analysis can be used to monitor the cooking process of independent pieces of an entire chicken carcass or it can be used to monitor the cooking of individual pieces. The contribution of the individual constituents of the tissue can be deconvoluted and analyzed independently, which, in turn, allows researchers to determine specific characteristics in the final product (e.g., cooking quality and level of moisture).
Experiencing multiple levels of emergence: a game designed to illustrate both the individual and collective perspective

We propose a new card game to allow users to experience two levels of an emergent process in the same context. Our goal is to help swarm programmers to better understand the relationship between actions at the agent level and the resulting behavior at the swarm level.
Measurements of the upstream turbulent flow during wind tunnel simulations of agricultural field burning

Mean streamwise and vertical velocities as well as streamwise and vertical turbulence intensities were measured in a combustion wind tunnel used to collect pollutant emission data for agricultural field burning. Objectives were to compare the flow field upstream of a fire to that without a fire present and to compare the wind tunnel flow upstream of a fire to field conditions. Vertical centerline traverses with an anemometer were conducted for 32 separate wind tunnel operating configurations (wind speed, position in the tunnel, with or without fire, ceiling position, and floor condition) with one replication for each configuration (total of 64 traverses). Certain configurational changes in the wind tunnel had substantial effects on the flow field. Turbulence intensities and velocity profiles (as modeled by the log law-of-the-wall to determinez0 andu* values) in the wind tunnel were comparable to those in the field as reported in the literature. Velocities and turbulence intensities were generally higher, however, with a fire present in the tunnel and all other conditions constant.
The Mars opposition effect at 20°N. latitude and 20°W. longitude

Abstract Low phase angle observations in the Chryse-Acidalia region have been obtained the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft under clearer atmospheric conditions than reported earlier. A variety of surface features were recorded, e.g., crater streaks, dark and bright patches. Several findings for this scene include: an abrupt brightness increase (10%) was found at phase angles less than 3°, an effect dependent on surface albedo and possibly particle distribution; a slight weakening of reflectance surge with decreasing wavelengths; a larger opposition effect for features of high albedo was recorded; and a greater reddening with increase phase angle took place for low albedo regions. Both reflectance and contrast values are provided at three wavelengths as a function of phase angle from 0.15 to 20°.
Identification of monotone measures using genetic algorithms

Identification of monotone measures is a very challenging process. Based on an existing data set of a set function (or set functions) defined on the power set of a given finite universal set, to determine a monotone measure, simply switching the values of the given set function that violate the monotonicity is not the optimal way and it also causes some side effects. The paper proposes an algorithm to optimally determine a monotone measure using soft computing technique. In the algorithm, the crux is how to guarantee the monotonicity of the obtained set function. In this connection, a subalgorithm called reordering algorithm is embedded. According to the lattice structure of the power set of the given universal set, a max-min strategy is adopted to reduce the computational complexity. The proposed approach is illustrated by applying it to several random data sets. Our experiments show that this approach is effective.
Audit and Tax Career Paths in Public Accounting: An Analysis of Student and Professional Perceptions

SYNOPSIS: Upper-division accounting students frequently direct their public accounting careers toward audit or tax “tracks” based on what appears to be limited information. Surprisingly, prior research has not investigated the factors that affect this fundamentally important career decision. We conduct two surveys to investigate the relevant factors of the audit-tax decision from the perspectives of upper-division accounting students and experienced public accounting professionals. Our student survey documents the underlying factors that influence the audit-tax decision. For example, accounting students who plan to pursue careers in audit believe that they will have more client interaction, better future job opportunities (i.e., industry positions), and greater knowledge of business processes if they work in audit (as opposed to tax). In contrast, accounting students who plan to pursue careers in tax perceive that they will have a more stable daily routine, develop more specialized skills, and build more ...
Composition of Target Lesions by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Versus Stable Angina

Background—Whereas acute coronary syndromes (ACS) typically develop from the rupture of lipid core plaque (LCP), lesions causing stable angina are believed to be composed of fibrocalcific plaque. In this study, intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was used to determine the frequency of LCP at target and remote sites in patients with ACS versus those with stable angina. Methods and Results—The study was performed in patients having ≥1 target lesion identified by invasive angiography who also underwent NIRS before intervention. LCP was defined as a 2-mm segment on the NIRS block chemogram having a strong positive reading indicated by a bright-yellow color. Patients with ACS and those with stable angina were compared for the frequency of LCP at target and remote sites. Among 60 patients (46.7% with ACS) undergoing invasive angiography and NIRS, 68 target lesions were identified. Although target lesions in patients with ACS were more frequently composed of LCP than targets in patients with stable a...
ABCG2 TRANSPORTER IDENTIFIES A POPULATION OF CLONOGENIC HUMAN LIMBAL EPITHELIAL CELLS

ABCG2, a member of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, has been identified as a molecular determinant for bone marrow stem cells and proposed as a universal marker for stem cells. This study investigates ABCG2 expression and its potential as a marker that identifies human limbal epithelial stem cells. ABCG2 expression was evaluated by immunofluorescent and immunohistochemical staining, laser scanning confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Cells selected from primary limbal epithelial cultures by flow cytometry with ABCG2 monoclonal antibody (mAb) or Hoechst 33342 dye staining were evaluated for their gene expression and colony-forming efficiency (CFE). ABCG2 protein was mainly located in the basal cells of limbal epithelia but not in the limbal suprabasal and corneal epithelia. ABCG2 staining was also observed in primary limbal epithelial cultures. Limbal epithelia express higher levels of ABCG2 and DeltaNp63 mRNAs than corneal epithelia. Labeling with ABCG2 mAb yielded 2.5%-3.0% positive cells by flow cytometry. The ABCG2-positive cells exhibited greater CFE on a 3T3 fibroblast feeder layer than ABCG2-negative cells. A side population (SP) was detected by the Hoechst 33342 exclusion assay. SP cells displayed stronger expression of ABCG2 and DeltaNp63 mRNA and greater CFE than the non-SP cells. In conclusion, these findings demonstrate that ABCG2 transporter was exclusively expressed by limbal basal cells and that the ABCG2-positive and SP cells possess enriched stem cell properties, suggesting for the first time that ABCG2 could serve as a marker to identify the putative limbal epithelial stem cells.
Genesis of the International Geophysical Year

The plan for a third International Polar Year, later broadened in scope and renamed the International Geophysical Year 1957–1958, originated on April 5, 1950, at a small dinner party of geophysicists at my home at 1105 Meurilee Lane, Silver Spring, Maryland. The basic concept was put forward by Lloyd V. Berkner. He and Sydney Chapman were principally responsible for developing and enlarging the concept to a persuasive level of detail and potential implementation, with the help of suggestions by others present: Ernest H. Vestine, J. Wallace Joyce, S. Fred Singer, my wife, Abigail, and myself. I will give a brief account of the context within which this meeting occurred and of the evening's discussion.
Hepatoma presenting as a retro‐orbital metastasis

Patients with hepatomas who present primarily with symptoms of metastatic disease are rare. A case is described of a patient whose initial manifestation of disease was related to a retro-orbital mass. The literature concerning orbital metastases is reviewed.
Collisional ionization of cesium by oxygen: The electron affinity of O2☆

Abstract The relative cross section for the production of O 2 − and O − resulting from collisions of cesium and molecular oxygen has been studied as a function of the incident cesium energy from 0 to ≈85 eV. The energy distribution of the cesium beam is determined by a time-of-flight analysis. Accurate measurements of the threshold for the charge exchange reaction yield a lower limit to the electron affinity for O 2 of 0.46 ± 0.05 eV. The low energy tail of the charge exchange cross section is quantitatively shown to be due to the Doppler motion of the target O 2 molecules.
Noise-induced leakage and counting errors in the electron pump

Computer simulations reveal that the lowest rates of leakage and counting errors observed in the electron pump can be explained by photon-assisted tunneling driven by $1/f$ noise. The noise power at microwave frequencies required to account for the observed errors is consistent with extrapolation of the low-frequency noise spectrum commonly recorded in single-electron transistors. Pump simulations, based on the ground-capacitance model, include cotunneling as well as single-junction photon-assisted tunneling. Quantitative agreement between theory and experiment is obtained for leakage and counting errors in pumps with four, five, six, and seven junctions in the limit of low temperatures and low counting rates. The effect of self-heating is explored.
The effects of motherhood timing on career path

This paper estimates the effects of motherhood timing on female career path, using biological fertility shocks to instrument for age at first birth. Motherhood delay leads to a substantial increase in earnings of 9% per year of delay, an increase in wages of 3%, and an increase in work hours of 6%. Supporting a human capital story, the advantage is largest for college-educated women and those in professional and managerial occupations. Panel estimation reveals both fixed wage penalties and lower returns to experience for mothers, suggesting that a “mommy track” is the source of the timing effect.
Using Quantitative Real Time PCR Melt Curve Analysis of Partial CO1 Sequence for Rapid Biotype Differentiation of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae)

The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc), is a native of North America and occurs from Central America to Canada. A newly emerging plant pathogen, Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, associated with potato psyllids in North America and New Zealand, has become a major concern in many solanaceous crops worldwide. In potato, Solanum tuberosum L., the resulting disease is called zebra chip, but similar foliar and vascular symptoms have been reported in tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., and peppers, Capsicum annuum L. To date, it is known that potato psyllids transmit Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, and they are the primary mode of pathogen spread in potato, tomato, and pepper agroecosystems in North America and New Zealand. Potato psyllids have a rather wide range of hosts, including wild plants, from which the psyllids may spread to crop plants. Within the insect species, B. cockerelli, two biotypes are reported to exist. This differentiation was originally associated with hardiness to cold temperatures and can be monitored through genotypic variations in the cytochrome oxidase 1 (CO1) gene. In this study, two potato psyllid biotypes from four locations were delineated by melt temperature analysis following Sybr Green quantitative real-time PCR. In North Dakota, a northern extreme for the central range of potato psyllids, 100% of samples were “Central Biotype”; whereas, both biotypes (Central and Western) were found in Colorado where the two biotypes seem to overlap.
Technohype and the book

Abstract Harris and Hannah present many good points in their article. they also miss important value-added activities in libraries. This response presents the good, the bad, and the absent.
Dielectric Sensing with Deposited Gold Bipyramids

Colloidal gold bipyramids with a narrow ensemble plasmon resonance in the near-infrared are adhered on glass or silicon substrates using polyelectrolytes. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy show a monolayer of the deposited colloids that remains nonaggregated, with an optical density of ∼0.1 at the peak plasmon resonance. The substrates can be repeatedly immersed in various solvents. The near-infrared resonance shifts with the optical index of the solvent by ∼−0.62 eV/refractive index unit. The figure of merit for the ensemble absorption shift is comparable to the best values reported for single metallic colloidal particles.
Adverse selection costs for NASDAQ and NYSE after decimalization

Abstract NYSE and NASDAQ completed their decimalization on January 29, 2001 and on April 9, 2001 respectively. In this paper, we compare adverse selection component of the bid–ask spread for NASDAQ and NYSE stocks after decimalization using the data from May 2001 and July 2001. We find that the adverse selection component of the bid–ask spread is significantly lower on NASDAQ than on NYSE, and these differences cannot be attributed to the differences in the characteristics of the stocks traded in the two markets. In addition, we find that the adverse selection costs increase with trade size on NYSE, however there is no monotonic pattern observed for NASDAQ stocks. Lastly, we report that although the order flows arrived in the two markets are significantly different, they can at best explain a small portion of the observed differences in adverse selection costs.
Preputial Glands in Artiodactyla

We examined histologically the prepuces from 10 species of Artiodactyla for the presence of preputial glands. The species investigated included the fallow deer ( Dama dama ), sika deer ( Cervus nippon ), axis deer ( Axis axis ), hog deer ( A. porcinus ), muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak ), Chinese water deer ( Hydropotes inermis ), roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana ), and blackbuck antelope ( Antilope cervicapra ). With minor variations, the preputial glands were similar. They consisted of modified sebaceous glands that surrounded the hair roots at the opening of the preputial canal or just inside the canal. No sweat glands were associated with the preputial glands except in the fallow deer, which had a thick, heavily keratinized epithelium. All species demonstrated non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium within the preputial canal. This canal contained deep dermal pegs containing complex vascular channels around which many plasma cells could be seen.
Hybrid MacCormack and Implicit Beam-Warming Algorithms for a Supersonic Compression Corner

Etude comparative de la methode predicteur-correcteur de MacCormack et de la methode implicite de Beam-Warming