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Pathologizing Possession: An Essay on Mind, Self, and Experience in Dissociation

In this paper, critique the classic psychoanalytic anthropological construal of dissociative spirit possession as a pathological phenomenon. I review some of the relevant theoretical and ethnographic literature on this subject but focus on the work of two prominent psychoanalytic anthropologists to explore divergent views of the psychological nature of pathological and religious experience. Emphasis is placed on the necessity for taking into account the culture specific factors that shape dissociative possession, particularly with regard to spiritual experiences. I also move beyond this view to an embodiment approach that is useful for analyzing the experiential ground of spirit possession, and thus for providing insight into how particular individual and cultural realities are constructed through dissociation. Key words: dissociation, embodiment, possession, psychoanalytic anthropology, self "Perception is never an absolute revelation of 'what is' " -A.l. Hallovvell (1955: 84)
Optimizing Replication, Communication, and Capacity Allocation in CMPs

Chip multiprocessors (CMPs) substantially increase capacity pressure on the on-chip memory hierarchy while requiring fast access. Neither private nor shared caches can provide both large capacity and fast access in CMPs. We observe that compared to symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs), CMPs change the latency-capacity tradeoff in two significant ways. We propose three novel ideas to exploit the changes: (1) Though placing copies close to requestors allows fast access for read-only sharing, the copies also reduce the already-limited on-chip capacity in CMPs. We propose controlled replication to reduce capacity pressure by not making extra copies in some cases, and obtaining the data from an existing on-chip copy. This option is not suitable for SMPs because obtaining data from another processor is expensive and capacity is not limited to on-chip storage. (2) Unlike SMPs, CMPs allow fast on-chip communication between processors for read-write sharing. Instead of incurring slow access to read-write shared data through coherence misses as do SMPs, we propose in-situ communication to provide fast access without making copies or incurring coherence misses. (3) Accessing neighborsý caches is not as expensive in CMPs as it is in SMPs. We propose capacity stealing in which private data that exceeds a coreýs capacity is placed in a neighboring cache with less capacity demand. To incorporate our ideas, we use a hybrid of private, per-processor tag arrays and a shared data array. Because the shared data array is slow, we employ non-uniform access and distance associativity from previous proposals to hold frequently-accessed data in regions close to the requestor. We extend the previously-proposed Non-uniform access with Replacement And Placement usIng Distance associativity (NuRAPID) to CMPs, and call our cache CMP-NuRAPID. Our results show that for a 4-core CMP with 8 MB cache, CMP-NuRAPID improves performance by 13% over a shared cache and 8% over private caches for three commercial multithreaded workloads.
A model for secure protocols and their compositions

The paper develops a foundation for reasoning about protocol security. We adopt a model-based approach for defining protocol security properties. This allows us to describe security properties in greater detail and precision than previous frameworks. Our model allows us to reason about the security of protocols, and considers issues of beliefs of agents, time, and secrecy. We prove a composition theorem which allows us to state sufficient conditions on two secure protocols A and B such that they may be combined to form a new secure protocol C. Moreover, we give counter-examples to show that when the conditions are not met, the protocol C may not be secure.
Teaching the World: Daphne Koller and Coursera

The increasing interest in moving forward from the simple sharing of course materials to develop a more course-like online experience represents the next step toward realizing the vision for open education.
A review of current routing protocols for ad hoc mobile wireless networks

An ad hoc mobile network is a collection of mobile nodes that are dynamically and arbitrarily located in such a manner that the interconnections between nodes are capable of changing on a continual basis. In order to facilitate communication within the network, a routing protocol is used to discover routes between nodes. The primary goal of such an ad hoc network routing protocol is correct and efficient route establishment between a pair of nodes so that messages may be delivered in a timely manner. Route construction should be done with a minimum of overhead and bandwidth consumption. This article examines routing protocols for ad hoc networks and evaluates these protocols based on a given set of parameters. The article provides an overview of eight different protocols by presenting their characteristics and functionality, and then provides a comparison and discussion of their respective merits and drawbacks.
Cortical Thickness and Semantic Fluency in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

The hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is declarative memory loss, but deficits in semantic fluency are also observed. We assessed how semantic fluency relates to cortical atrophy to identify specific regions that play a role in the loss of access to semantic information. Whole-brain structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data were analyzed from 9 Normal Control (NC)(M=76.7, SD=5.6), 40 Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) (M=74.4, SD=8.6), and 10 probable AD (M=72.4, SD=8.0) subjects from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). They all were administered the Category Fluency (CF) animals and vegetables tests. Poorer semantic fluency was associated with bilateral cortical atrophy of the inferior parietal lobule (Brodman areas (BA) 39 and 40) and BA 6, 8, and 9 in the frontal lobe, as well as BA 22 in the temporal lobe. More diffuse frontal associations were seen in the left hemisphere involving BA 9, 10, 32, 44, 45, and 46. Additional cortical atrophy was seen in the temporoparietal (BA 37) and the right parastriate (BA 19, 18) cortices. Associations were more diffuse for performance on vegetable fluency than animal fluency. The permutation-corrected map-wise significance for CF animals was pcorrected=0.01 for the left hemisphere, and pcorrected=0.06 for the right hemisphere. The permutation-corrected map-wise significance for CF vegetables was pcorrected=0.009 for the left hemisphere, and pcorrected=0.03 for the right hemisphere. These results demonstrate the profound effect of cortical atrophy on semantic fluency. Specifically, tapping into semantic knowledge involves the frontal lobe in addition to the language cortices of the temporoparietal region.
Altered menstrual cycles in rhesus monkeys induced by lead

Abstract Adult, female rhesus monkeys ingested lead daily for three 1-year exposures over a 5-year period followed by chronic lead intake for 3 additional, consecutive years. Lead was administered as lead acetate in the drinking water at levels producing average circulating concentrations of lead between 44 and 89 μg/100 ml and zinc protoporphyrin concentrations between 87 and 105 μg/100 ml. The monkeys were without overt signs of lead toxicity at all times; i.e., appetite, body weight, and hematocrit levels were normal. Menstrual cycles were altered by lead. During the last 2 years of exposure, the lead-treated monkeys had less frequent cycles, longer and more variable intercycle intervals, and fewer days of vaginal bleeding than controls. These differences were not due to seasonal artifacts or differences in exposure to environmental influences such as light or diet. Further, historical data indicated that cycles were normal for the treated monkeys prior to exposure to lead and that three of four cycle characteristics remained normal during the first lead exposures. Duration of vaginal bleeding was initially attenuated by lead but returned to normal when lead intake was discontinued between exposures. In contrast, the effects of lead observed during the later years of exposure remained apparent 1 year following termination of lead ingestion. These results suggest that persistent alterations of the menstrual cycle and perhaps premature menopause resulted from prolonged exposure to lead at levels which produced no obvious signs or symptoms of toxicosis.
Lack of Impact of Hurricane Michelle on Tidal Flats, Andros Island, Bahamas: Integrated Remote Sensing and Field Observations

ABSTRACT Major storms commonly are cited as important geomorphic and sedimentologic agents, and their significance is perhaps most emphatically noted in interpretations of modern and ancient tidal flats. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Hurricane Michelle on the carbonate tidal flats of Andros Island, Bahamas, by coupling remote-sensing data and field observations. Although regional MODIS remote-sensing data reveal that the passage of Hurricane Michelle suspended sediments across the shallow bank, integrating ultra-high-resolution remote-sensing data with field observations demonstrates that the hurricane had almost no impact on the Andros Island tidal flats. This lack of impact is surprising because the storm still had hurricane-force winds as it passed immediately over some of the focal areas. With this hurricane, storm strength and intra-storm interval were probably not limiting factors. Instead, several influences combined to minimize the storm's impact on both sedimentation and erosion, including the low level of water on the bank resulting from ebb tides and, in the northwestern area, from offshore storm winds, and the short duration of the storm resulting from its high forward velocity. Given the apparent prevalence of widespread storm effects on ancient tidal flats, but the spatially limited major geomorphic impacts of storms on many modern systems, we suggest that the geologic evolution and preservation of ancient tidal-flat successions may have been shaped by mega-storms that simply cannot form in the present global climate. Nonetheless, understanding tidal-flat dynamics and changes on human timescales will require continued monitoring and assessment of low-impact storms such as Michelle, as well the more sensational hurricanes that produce widespread death, destruction, and deposition.
A 2.5GHz delay-based wideband OFDM outphasing modulator in 45nm-LP CMOS

A 2.5 GHz delay-based CMOS outphasing transmitter for wideband OFDM is presented in 45nm LP CMOS. It dynamically delays LO edges to modulate the phase of two outphasing signals. A Tapped-Delay-Line coarse delay modulator allows delay modulation at the LO rate with no glitches. This is used to implement a 11-bit ΣΔ-dithered θ modulator with phase-domain filtering, and a 9-bit open-loop ϕ modulator. The system meets EVM and ACPR requirements for 802.11g at 2.5GHz.
Assessment Concerns A Study of Cultural Differences, Teacher Concepts, and Inappropriate Labeling

This study examined factors affecting embedded cultural tendencies to incorrectly judge and label leamars of Hmong origin as leaming disabled. Implications for teaching preparation are discussed.
Periclimenes speciosus, a New Species of Anthozoan Associated Shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Southern Japan

Abstract A new species of palaemonid shrimp, Periclimenes speciosus sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of 20 specimens collected from warm-temperate and subtropical waters of southern Japan. Periclimenes speciosus belongs to the “P. aesopius species group”, and is associated with sea anemones and a scleractinian coral as well as behaving as a fish cleaner. Morphologically, the new species appears closest to P. holthuisi Bruce, 1969, but can be distinguished from P. holthuisi by the form and armature of the cutting edges of dactylus and fixed finger of the second pereiopod. The coloration in life of both species clearly discriminates one species from the other. The taxonomic status of some specimens previously reported as P. holthuisi is briefly discussed.
Marketing – Sales Interface and the Role of KDD

The phenomenon of less-than-harmonious organizational interface between marketing and sales is not news. Cespedes (1995) seminal treatment of “concurrent marketing” provided strong evidence of customer suboptimization due to the inability of marketing, sales, and (Cespedes argued) also customer service to properly integrate people, processes, systems, and strategies such that both the customer experience and return-on-customer-investment (ROCI) are maximized. The topic reached the “boardroom level” with the publication in 2006 of a special double issue of the Harvard Business Review on sales. The majority of the articles therein were focused wholly or in part on the marketing/sales problem, providing insights for executives on how to break down the barriers to create a more customer-centric enterprise model.
Management of systemic unfractionated heparin anticoagulation during therapeutic plasma exchange.

Background Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) may remove medications from the patient's plasma. Data is limited on the effect of TPE on unfractionated heparin (UFH). Study design and methods A retrospective review was performed of patients receiving TPE and continuous IV infusion UFH from 1/1/2008 to 6/30/2010. TPE with plasma or 5% albumin for replacement fluid and pre and post anti-Xa levels within approximately six hours were analyzed. Results Three patients had 15 TPE with plasma replacement. Anti-Xa levels decreased 47% (mean, -0.25 IU/mL) for two TPE when UFH was not changed, 78% (-0.35 IU/mL) for one TPE when the UFH rate was decreased 25%; and 61% (mean -0.72 IU/mL) for two single volume TPE and 87% (-0.65 IU/mL) for one 1.5 plasma volume TPE when UFH was stopped. During nine TPE, the UFH rate was increased by 65% resulting in a mean increase in the anti-Xa level (mean 0.06 IU/mL, 30%). One patient had five single plasma volume TPE with 5% albumin. Anti-Xa levels decreased when the UFH was not changed (-0.06 IU/mL, 38%) and increased when UFH was increased by 30% (0.19 IU/mL, 61%) and 69% (mean 0.04 IU/mL, 15% in three TPE). The PTT increased with all albumin procedures, with more marked increases observed when the UFH rate was increased, while the antithrombin level decreased (mean 65%). Conclusion Heparin was removed from the patient's plasma during TPE. Adjustment of the dose during TPE may be necessary to maintain therapeutic drug levels. Methods for monitoring UFH therapy may not agree. J. Clin. Apheresis 31:507-515, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
WHAT GOOD IS GRATITUDE IN YOUTH AND SCHOOLS? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META‐ANALYSIS OF CORRELATES AND INTERVENTION OUTCOMES

The development of gratitude in youth has received increasing attention during the past several years, and gratitude-based interventions have often been recommended for use in schools. Yet, the empirical status of the correlates of gratitude and the effects of gratitude-based interventions on youths’ outcomes remains unclear. The present study addressed this ambiguity by systematically reviewing and meta-analyzing original empirical journal articles investigating gratitude in youth through September 2014 (N = 20). Findings from the meta-analysis of correlates indicate small-to-moderate convergent and discriminant evidence for gratitude as a subjective well-being indicator in youth, yet other results indicate that gratitude measures have relatively poor test–retest reliability and/or predictive validity and that they have questionable concurrent validity with other gratitude measures. Moreover, findings from the meta-analysis of intervention outcomes indicate that gratitude-based interventions are, as a whole, generally ineffective and that much more intervention research is warranted. Implications of these findings for theory, future research, and the practice of school psychology are discussed.
Immunoelectrophoretic examination of agammaglobulinaemia.

IT is now well established that congenital agammaglobulinaemia is associated with multiple serum protein deficiencies ; the sera of these patients lack 7S γ-globulins, 19S γ-globulins or β2M globulin, and β2A globulin1. Good et al.2,3 have recently reported that the sera of patients with agammaglobulinaemia contain three proteins not found in normal human sera and they have termed them β2K, β2E and γ1A globulins; their work was performed with antiserum from a horse immunized against human serum by Dr. P. Grabar. A review of our own immunoelectrophoretic patterns as well as those of Grabar et al. has failed to reveal any protein constituent other than C-reactive proteins in the sera of agammaglobulinaemic patients which is not ordinarily detectable in normal sera. Consequently the work reported here was undertaken to re-investigate this matter.
Early-Effect like Behavior in Space Charge Regions of Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Photodiodes

The space charge region width of the Schottky barrier that forms on the interface between aluminum and organic semiconductor polymer of bulk-heterojunction organic photodiodes has been investigated according to reverse voltage bias over the device and the capacitance-voltage characteristics. Here, we investigated the space charge region widths according to incident light power. Comparison of the mathematical models and experimental data measured under different light power indicate that effect of light on the space charge region of photodiodes is similar to the effect of base-emitter voltage on the space charge region of base-emitter junction in bipolar junction transistors.
Policing mobilities through bio-spatial profiling in New York City

Abstract In 2003, the Bloomberg administration launched Operation Impact, a hot-spots policing program which identified high-crime areas in New York City and flooded them with high concentrations of new police officers. These hot-spots, labeled Impact Zones, are sites of mobility constrained and structured by biometric and spatial technologies borrowed from the military. This article analyzes the city's advanced police profiling technologies as they play out within Impact Zones. The profiling is racial, social, biometric, bio-political, and spatial, and works to demarcate dangerous people and places. Because this profiling technology is enacted spatially and governs residents' mobility, I argue for a new conceptual apparatus, which I call bio-spatial profiling. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in police hot-spots, policy analysis, and textual analysis of media articles, I argue that the lived experience of biospatial profiling is one of pervasive fear which governs mobilities in Impact Zones. Next, I trace the experiences of Northeast Brooklyn residents back to their sources, and find three bio-spatial practices: both biometric and spatial data collection, and police street-stops. These symbiotic practices inform and strengthen each other, congealing to produce fear and immobility for those they target. The article concludes with a discussion of the conflicting understandings of (in)security in Impact Zones that connects the practices with the experiences of bio-spatial profiling, to illuminate the human costs of militarized securitization of domestic urban life.
Conclusions — Inequality, (Dis)location and Sub-Saharan African Inclusion

This study addresses two questions: First, what structural and cultural markers characterize the integration experience for black African immigrants in France? And what characterizes integration for youth across the first and second generations from Sub-Saharan Africa in France?
Carotid baroreflex control of heart rate is enhanced, while control of mean arterial pressure is preserved during whole body heat stress in young healthy men

Whole body heat stress (WBH) results in numerous cardiovascular alterations that ultimately reduce orthostatic tolerance. While impaired carotid baroreflex (CBR) function during WBH has been report...
Hypothermia Treatment for Neonatal Encephalopathy

Treatment with mild whole body hypothermia after birth asphyxia was evaluated in 10 of 16 newborns with EEG burst suppression evidence of a bad prognosis, followed at the Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
Experimental and numerical studies of fuel and hydrodynamic effects on piloted turbulent premixed jet flames

An experimental and numerical investigation of fuel and hydrodynamic effects is performed on piloted premixed jet flames. The investigation is carried out at a constant laminar flame speed, varying heat losses, jet Reynolds number, fuel molecular weight, and fuel chemical classification. Large Eddy Simulations are performed in an attempt to reproduce the behaviors observed experimentally. Simulations are compared against well-characterized boundary conditions, well-resolved two-dimensional velocity fields from particle image velocimetry, and line-of-sight CH⁎ profiles. Experimental results indicate that small amounts of heat losses may play a significant role on the jet reactivity as the flame heights scale with the heat loss from the jet. However, differences between flames with different fuels can still be seen in the absence of heat losses and these differences are magnified at higher Reynolds numbers. Particularly, methane flames are consistently taller and ethylene flames consistently shorter while other fuels present approximately the same flame height. LES reproduce the experimentally observed trends in global flame heights (effects of heat losses and Reynolds number) but some of the differences between fuels are not captured.
Optical coherence tomography guidance for the management of angiographically intermediate left main bifurcation lesions: Early clinical experience.

Abstract Background Left main (LM) atherosclerotic lesions affect clinical outcomes. Frequency domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) allows detailed characterization of non-ostial coronary atherosclerotic lesions. The clinical impact of FD-OCT assessment of LM bifurcation disease on the revascularization decision is unknown. Methods Patients who underwent FD-OCT assessment to guide management of angiographically intermediate distal LM stenosis were retrospectively selected. The FD-OCT LM criteria for percutaneous or surgical revascularization were: –LM area stenosis (AS)≥75% –LM AS >50% 2 or plaque ulceration –critical FD-OCT ostial stenosis on the left anterior descending or circumflex arteries. Clinical follow-up was obtained to evaluate the occurrence of target vessel failure (TVF) defined as cardiac death and/or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) not related to other vessel and/or target vessel revascularization. Results Out of 131 patients underwent FD-OCT assessment of LM, 122 patients (93%) entered the study. Based on FD-OCT features, 58 (48%) patients were conservatively managed, while the remaining 64 (52%) were revascularized by stenting (n=48) or surgery (n=16). After a mean follow-up of 18months, TVF-free survival was not different between patients undergoing conservative management vs. revascularization (HR 0.40, CI 95% 0.10–1.61, P=0.20). Of note, two patients only in the conservative management group had TVF (elective LM stenting, no death or myocardial infarction). Conclusions This preliminary experience suggests that a FD-OCT based management for patients with angiographically-intermediate LM bifurcation stenosis may help identify patients in whom revascularization could be deferred. Such observation calls for further evaluations by appropriately designed trials.
ROLE OF BURSA COPULATRIX IN OOSORPTION IN CADRA CAUTELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

Calco Red incorporated into the diet of the almond moth larvae, Cadra cautella Walker, stained developing oocytes in virgin females. During oocyte degeneration stained contents from oocytes were traced to the bursa copulatrix. Females of different ages showed a direct correlation between the intensity of stain in the bursa copulatrix and the number of oocytes that were digested. The results indicate that, in some Lepidoptera, the bursa copulatrix is involved in the storage and distribution of metabolites during oosorption.
Cheese | Curd Syneresis

In cheesemaking, rennet is added to warm milk to cause the milk proteins to coagulate. Once the rennet-induced gel is formed, the gels are cut with knives or harps when the cheesemaker considers the gel firm enough to withstand cutting. The reason to cut the weak rennet-induced gels is to encourage the expulsion of water from the curd particles. Rennet gels readily shrink and expel more water in a process called syneresis. The ability of rennet gels to undergo rapid syneresis is related to the weak and highly mobile bonds formed in the initial gel network. Cheesemakers alter processing conditions like the size of the cutting knives and the cooking temperature, in order to control the extent of syneresis in curd particles and thereby control the moisture content of cheese. Because of the importance of syneresis in determining the moisture content of cheese (which is a critical quality parameter), various methods have been used to study syneresis.
Active State Organization of Spontaneous Behavioral Patterns

We report the development and validation of a principled analytical approach to reveal the manner in which diverse mouse home cage behaviors are organized. We define and automate detection of two mutually-exclusive low-dimensional spatiotemporal units of behavior: "Active" and "Inactive" States. Analyses of these features using a large multimodal 16-strain behavioral dataset provide a series of novel insights into how feeding, drinking, and movement behaviors are coordinately expressed in Mus Musculus. Moreover, we find that patterns of Active State expression are exquisitely sensitive to strain, and classical supervised machine learning incorporating these features provides 99% cross-validated accuracy in genotyping animals using behavioral data alone. Altogether, these findings advance understanding of the organization of spontaneous behavior and provide a high-throughput phenotyping strategy with wide applicability to behavioral neuroscience and animal models of disease.
Restricted mean survival time: Does covariate adjustment improve precision in randomized clinical trials?:

Background:Restricted mean survival time is a measure of average survival time up to a specified time point. There has been an increased interest in using restricted mean survival time to compare treatment arms in randomized clinical trials because such comparisons do not rely on proportional hazards or other assumptions about the nature of the relationship between survival curves.Methods:This article addresses the question of whether covariate adjustment in randomized clinical trials that compare restricted mean survival times improves precision of the estimated treatment effect (difference in restricted mean survival times between treatment arms). Although precision generally increases in linear models when prognostic covariates are added, this is not necessarily the case in non-linear models. For example, in logistic and Cox regression, the standard error of the estimated treatment effect does not decrease when prognostic covariates are added, although the situation is complicated in those settings bec...
Norton scale score on admission and mortality of patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments

Abstract Objective To determine the association between the Norton scale score (which assesses the risk of pressure ulcers) and mortality in the short, medium and long term in patients hospitalised in internal medicine departments. Patients and methods A prospective, single-center cohort study was conducted on patients hospitalised in the months of October 2010 and January, May and October 2011. Data was collected on age, sex, Barthel index, Norton scale, presence of pressure ulcers, major diagnostic category, hospital stay and weight of the diagnosis-related group. The patients were divided according to the risk categories of the Norton scale. The follow-up was 3 years. Results The study included 624 patients with a median age (interquartile range) of 79 (17) years and a median Norton scale score of 16 (7). During hospitalization, 74 (11.9%) patients died, 176 (28.2%) died at 6 months, 212 (34.0%) died at 1 year, and 296 (47.4%) died at 3 years. Mortality was greater in the higher risk categories of the Norton scale. The Norton score was independently associated with mortality at 6 months (p C I 0.686–0.806), 0.735 (95% CI 0.691–0.780) and 0.751 (95% CI 0.713–0.789), respectively (p Conclusions The Norton scale is useful for predicting the prognosis in the short, medium and long term in patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments.
Novel integration techniques of "recessed" high voltage field-drift MOSFET with HK/MG RMG technology

We report herein on the first commercial production of 32V high voltage Field-Drift MOSFET (FDMOS) embedded in HK/MG with RMG technology. To overcome the challenges encountered during the RMG process, a recessed structure with a specifically designed poly gate patterning was developed. By using the new scheme, the devices can prevent metal gate disruptions. By comparison with the traditional devices in poly/SiON technology, the recessed devices can maintain good performance without degradation. Some extra benefits are obtained with the scheme by 4 V improvement of gate dielectric breakdown. This approach can provide technological mass production techniques and reliable device characteristics for future PMIC and display driver ICs applications.
Spectral Analysis of Orbits via Discrete Fourier Transforms

We give some simple and direct algorithms for deriving the Fourier series which describe the quasi-periodic motion of regular orbits from numerical integrations of those orbits. The algorithms rely entirely on discrete Fourier transforms. We calibrate the algorithms by applying them to some orbits which were studied earlier using the NAFF method. The new algorithms reproduce the test orbits accurately, satisfy constraints which are consequences of Hamiltonian theory, and are faster. We discuss the rate at which the Fourier series converge, and practical limits on the degree of accuracy that can reasonably be achieved.
Teaching and Studying the Trans-Caribbean: Review of Valérie Orlando and Sandra Cypess Reimagining the Caribbean: Conversations among the Creole, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean

“Teaching and Studying the Trans-Caribbean: Review of Valerie Orlando and Sandra Cypess Reimagining the Caribbean. Conversations among the Creole, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean.”
Interview with Michael Ristow.

Interview with Michael Ristow on his highly cited paper on his highly cited paper: Ristow M, Zarse K, Oberbach A, Kloting N, Birringer M, Kiehntopf M, Stumvoll M, Kahn CR, Bl?her M. "Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 26; 106(21):8665-70. By January 2012, "Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans" was cited more than 177 times. At the time of the interview it was 125 times so it is ranked as number 5 among 100,000 papers on aging in 2009.
Concurrent Wait-Free Red Black Trees

We present a new wait-free algorithm for concurrent manipulation of a red-black tree in an asynchronous shared memory system that supports search, insert, update and delete operations using single-word compare-and-swap instructions. Search operations in our algorithm are fast and execute only read and write instructions (and no atomic instructions) on the shared memory. The algorithm is obtained through a progressive sequence of modifications to an existing general framework for deriving a concurrent wait-free tree-based data structure from its sequential counterpart. Our experiments indicate that our algorithm significantly outperforms other concurrent algorithms for a red-black tree for most workloads.
Malabsorption and Small-Intestine Diseases

The small intestine is the most important organ relating to nutrition. Humans need at least the duodenum and part of the proximal jejunum to survive by eating. With the advent of intravenous hyperalimentation, life can be maintained by intravenous feedings. However, to lead a normal life, the small intestine must function adequately. Until 1956 the small intestine had occupied a minor, but interesting, role in medicine. In that year, Drs. Margot Shiner1 and William H. Crosby and H. W. Kugler2 independently developed instruments to obtain peroral biopsy specimens from human small bowel, which made the study of intestinal mucosal pathology on fresh specimens possible. It led to the discovery of mucosal lesions in tropical and nontropical sprue, exudated enteropathy, and many other diseases. There occurred a reawakening of interest in the role of the small intestine in metabolism. The addition of the triple lumen tube to the peroral biopsy technique permitted careful correlation of histology and chemistry and opened new vistas for study that has resulted in a vast amount of information on man.
Weight-based victimization from friends and family: implications for how adolescents cope with weight stigma.

Background Youth with overweight and obesity commonly experience weight-based victimization. The ways that these youth cope with victimization can adversely impact their health. Despite considerable evidence that family members and friends are common perpetrators of weight-based victimization, the relationships among different sources of victimization and coping responses of youth are unknown. Objectives The present study examined the relationships between weight-based victimization from four sources (friends, peers, family members and teachers) and stigma-specific coping responses in adolescents using linear regression. Methods Adolescents (ages 13-18 years; N = 148) enrolled in a national weight loss camp completed questionnaires about demographics, weight bullying, sources of teasing and internalized weight bias. Results Teasing sources explained a large proportion of the variance in coping strategies for weight-based victimization. Weight teasing from friends was associated with greater frequency of negative emotions. Weight teasing from peers and friends were associated with greater frequency of coping via avoidance behaviours, while teasing from family was associated with fewer avoidance behaviours. Adolescents reported wanting more support from parents and stronger school policies to address weight-bullying. Conclusions These results suggest associations between weight-teasing sources and coping mechanisms. Interventions should examine the role of coping strategies to protect against adverse health effects of weight-based victimization.
The Kairotic View of History in Thomas Pynchon's Novels

The Kairotic View of History in Thomas Pynchon's NovelsThe rhetorical concept of kairos (right timing, right proportion, time viewed qualitatively) can expand the understanding of the "points" or decisive moments in Pynchon's historical novels. In addition to timeliness, kairos for theologians represents the intersection of the sacred with the profane. Kairos also provides insight into the novels' affect, lending rhetorical force to the concept from Marx that "the point is to change [history]." Following the hiatus preceding Vineland, Pynchon's global view of history becomes more restricted, with emphasis instead on smaller social enclaves and human connections.
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attack Based Hijacking of HTTP Traffic Using Open Source Tools

A practical attack which could be classified as “Man in the Middle” attack (MITM) is demonstrated and reported in this paper. In MITM, a hacker redirects traffic between the user and the communication gateway. The common way to hijack is by signaling out a Wi-Fi network using a combination of techniques known as ARP spoofing and SSL stripping. The SSL (Secure Socket Layer) header and HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) packet generated at the application layer (Layer 7 on OSI model) of a computer are attached to the data being transferred for security. Thus, on secured sites, URL would turn green and display HTTPS. This work demonstrates the MITM attack over secure network connections and rerouting of all the traffic from victim's machine towards the attacker's machine.
Effect of White Light Devoid of “Cyan” Spectrum Radiation on Nighttime Melatonin Suppression Over a 1-h Exposure Duration:

The intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells are the main conduit of the light signal emanating from the retina to the biological clock located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypot...
General Dusty Gas Model for porous media with a specified pore size distribution

Abstract The standard Dusty Gas Model (DGM) for multicomponent diffusion in a porous medium assumes a single pore size in the domain. It is more appropriate to consider a distribution of pore sizes, which is addressed in this article. It derives a general form for the DGM that accounts for any pore size distribution of the porous medium. A few numerical examples demonstrate the strength of the general model. It predicts different diffusive behaviors for diverse pore size distributions possessing the same mean size. Specifically, the bimodal nature of the distribution exhibits a greater effect. The article further elucidates on the effects of the temperature and the pore size dependent variable tortuosity. All the phenomena are backed by physical arguments. The article concludes by recognizing the need for new targeted experiments for further validation.
A Simplified Probabilistic Model for Nanocrack Propagation and Its Implications for Tail Distribution of Structural Strength

This paper presents a simplified probabilistic model for thermally activated nanocrack propagation. In the continuum limit, the probabilistic motion of the nanocrack tip is mathematically described by the Fokker-Planck equation. In the model, the drift velocity is explicitly related to the energy release rate at the crack tip through the transition rate theory. The model is applied to analyze the propagation of an edge crack in a nanoscale element. The element is considered to reach failure when the nanocrack propagates to a critical length. The solution of the Fokker-Planck equation indicates that both the strength and lifetime distributions of the nanoscale element exhibit a power-law tail behavior but with different exponents. Meanwhile, the model also yields a mean stress-life curve of the nanoscale element. When the applied stress is sufficiently large, the mean stress-life curve resembles the nasquin law for fatigue failure. nased on a recently developed finite weakest-link model as well as level excursion analysis of the failure statistics of quasi-brittle structures, it is argued that the simulated power-law tail of strength distribution of the nanoscale element has important implications for the tail behavior of the strength distribution of macroscopic structures. It provides a physical justification for the two-parameter Weibull distribution for strength statistics of large-scale quasi-brittle structures.
Identity and Contingency

This chapter explores contemporary debates over the nature and position of identity. Many such debates pit “conceptualism” against voices of minorities, who note a regressive politics that aspires, from a position of relative privilege, to trivialize the need for and performance of identity altogether. Often what is missing in this debate is a compassionate recognition of the psychological context and realities that inform and validate the diction used to frame an argument. Poets discussed here include Vanessa Place and Layli Long Soldier. The chapter also takes up George Oppen’s notion of the self as “numerous” (its identity and nature embedded in a social context) as nuanced in ways that still recognize the self’s essential detachment and autonomy, however culturally conscribed and articulated.
Two-parameter study of the quasiperiodic route to chaos in convecting 3He-superfluid-4He mixtures

We study the frequency lockings of two intrinsic hydrodynamic modes of a convecting $^{3}\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}^{4}$He mixture by independently varying the Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers. We establish points on the critical line in this parameter space using a transient technique to locate the spiral-node transition in the interior of three resonance horns. Universal scaling is demonstrated at winding numbers with golden mean tails by computing the f(\ensuremath{\alpha}) singularity spectrum.
Multiple Versus Single Arterial Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery for Multivessel Disease

Abstract Background Despite recent guideline statements, there is still wide practice variation in the use of multiple arterial grafts (MAGs) versus single arterial grafts (SAGs) for patients with multivessel disease undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This may be related to differences in findings between observational and randomized controlled studies. Objectives This study sought to compare intermediate-term MAG and SAG outcomes with enhanced matching to reduce selection bias. Methods New York’s cardiac registry identified 63,402 multivessel disease patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2014, to compare outcomes (median follow-up 6.5 years) for patients receiving SAGs and MAGs. SAG and MAG patients were propensity matched using 38 baseline characteristics to reduce selection bias. The primary endpoint was mortality, and secondary endpoints included repeat revascularization and a composite endpoint of mortality, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke. Results Before matching, 20% of procedures employed MAG. At 1 year, there was no mortality difference between matched MAG and SAG patients (2.4% vs. 2.2%, adjusted hazard ratio [AHR]: 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93 to 1.32). At 7 years, MAG patients had lower mortality (12.7% vs. 14.3%, AHR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.79 to 0.93), a lower composite outcome (20.2% vs. 22.8%, AHR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.83 to 0.93), and a lower repeat revascularization rate (11.7% vs. 14.6%, AHR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.87). At 7 years, the subgroups for which MAG did not have a lower mortality rate included patients with off-pump surgery, 2-vessel disease with right coronary artery disease, recent acute myocardial infarction, renal dysfunction, and patient ≥70 years of age. Conclusions Mortality and the composite outcome were similar between MAG and SAG patients at 1 year, but lower for MAG after 7 years. Patients of higher volume MAG surgeons experienced lower MAG mortality.
Proposed plume source regions on Europa: No evidence for endogenic thermal emission

Abstract Recent observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (Roth et al., 2014a; Sparks et al., 2016, 2017) and reanalysis of Galileo data (Jia et al., 2018) are consistent with the presence of plumes erupting from Europa's surface. Because plumes are generally associated with surface hotspots, here we take a closer look at existing thermal data of the proposed source regions. We use temperatures measured with the Galileo Photopolarimeter-Radiometer (PPR) instrument plus one observation from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (Trumbo et al., 2017). By fitting a diurnal thermal model to the observed brightness temperatures, we find that they are consistent with passive re-radiation of sunlight and do not require endogenic emission. The surface at the Jia et al. (2018) location has similar thermal properties to nearby regions, with a thermal inertia of 87 mks (J m−2 K−1 s1/2) and a bolometric albedo of 0.38, assuming an emissivity of unity. The thermal properties at the Sparks et al. (2017) source location are substantially different from the surrounding terrain, with a thermal inertia of 105 mks, a bolometric albedo of 0.50, an emissivity of 0.9 at thermal infrared wavelengths, and an emissivity of 0.77 at mm wavelengths. Our fit includes mid-morning PPR observations that are not used by Trumbo et al. (2017) and result in lower values of the thermal inertia and albedo. We also examine the nighttime PPR observation that covers both of the proposed source locations and find that an Enceladus- type tiger stripe would have been easily observable in this image. Combining this with the results of Rathbun et al. (2010) who found that any 100 km2 hotspot with a temperature greater than ~200 K would also have been observable, we conclude that no endogenic feature brighter than either of these examples exist at the proposed source locations. So, any plumes originating in this region are either associated with a substantially smaller hot area, or, at the time of this PPR observation had time to cool to below detectable levels or didn't become active until after this observation was obtained.
On a two-point boundary value problem for the 2-D Navier-Stokes equations arising from capillary effect

In this article, we consider the motion of a liquid surface between two parallel surfaces. Both surfaces are non-ideal, and hence, subject to contact angle hysteresis effect. Due to this effect, the angle of contact between a capillary surface and a solid surface takes values in a closed interval. Furthermore, the evolution of the contact angle as a function of the contact area exhibits hysteresis. We study the two-point boundary value problem in time whereby a liquid surface with one contact angle at t = 0 is deformed to another with a different contact angle at t = ∞ while the volume remains constant, with the goal of determining the energy loss due to viscosity. The fluid flow is modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations, while the Young-Laplace equation models the initial and final capillary surfaces. It is well-known even for ordinary differential equations that two-point boundary value problems may not have solutions. We show existence of classical solutions that are non-unique, develop an algorithm for their computation, and prove convergence for initial and final surfaces that lie in a certain set. Finally, we compute the energy lost due to viscous friction by the central solution of the two-point boundary value problem.
Women's Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?

A woman family physician in rural practice recently commented to me: “My male colleague did not even know my patient had depression, but that is all she wants to talk about with me.” A colleague in academic family medicine echoed a similar perspective: “Well of course female physicians are
Variable Growth Across Species and Life Stages in Caribbean Reef Octocorals

Growth rates often measured as linear extension rates can serve as a proxy for organismal performance across environments, yet few estimates of these growth rates exist, and fewer are reported from multi-year monitoring. We studied the effect of species, depth, exposure and life stages on the linear extension rates of common octocorals inhabiting Caribbean reefs. We monitored 16 species from the families Briareidae, Gorgoniidae, and Plexauridae, including eight genera: Antillogorgia, Briareum, Eunicea, Gorgonia, Muricea, Muriceopsis, Plexaura, and Plexaurella. We surveyed over 2,000 colonies across eight reefs in Southwest Puerto Rico from 2003 to 2006. Our surveys include reefs along a gradient of water motion from inside protected reefs to offshore unprotected reefs and from shallow (5 m) forereefs to deeper environments reaching 25 meters. We observed that linear extension rates vary across species and largely follow branch thickness variation and colony architecture, with thin plume-like shapes growing faster. We also found that in 7 out of the 16 species, colonies from shallow habitats with brighter and warmer environments have higher growth rates than colonies in deep, low energy, and darker areas. Importantly, small/juvenile corals of most species (< 10 cm) grew faster than adult colonies. Our data highlight the possibility that, as climate change continues to deteriorate Caribbean reefs by decimating scleractinian corals and opening new habitat for less vulnerable species, plume-like corals with fast growth rates such as species within the genus Antillogorgia may become the most abundant benthic cnidarians on Caribbean shallow forereefs.