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Composing Queers: The Subversive Potential of the Writing Center

Reflecting upon my first year as a writing associate in the Oberlin College writing center, I have found myself questioning the ways in which I have been taught to write academic discourse, how certain writing functions and ways of knowing have been normalized, and what possibilities might exist beyond the borders of normative pedagogical practices. In attempting to think through these theoretical ideas, I have sensed an ominous (though, until this moment, unknown) gap in both scholarly literature and practical applications surrounding conversations in the field of composition studies and academia in a broader context. This lack—or rather oversight—has found iteration through thinking about my own identity in relation to writing and the writing center as an institution: both are pretty straight (or, to use a more suitable academic term, “heterosexual”). Through my research, therefore, I hope to find ways in which to queer1 theoretical pedagogical approaches to writing, looking towards the writing center as a potential site for such queering. While many scholars in the field of rhetoric and composition have addressed the (in)visibility of queerness, both as a theoretical framework for engagement in composition studies and as a suitable topic for academic discussion amongst students and educators, little has been said from the perspective of tutors and students about the writing center’s role in resisting, (re)producing, and/or remaining ambivalent towards queer writing pedagogies (or a complex combination of the three). Scholars do cite two specific explanations for a lack of queer engagement: the “compulsory heterosexuality” and heteronormativity that institutions and American society at large demand for students’ sexual identity and the historical amnesia of the histories surrounding the LBGTQ movement. I hope to expand upon these thoughtful preliminary conversations of queerness in composition studies and academic institutions, exploring and critically engaging with the ways scholars have attempted to combat such normalizing pedagogies, which ultimately work to hinder (indeed, silence) many students’ voices. In understanding how and why queerness is noticeably absent in composition studies, I hope to offer ways to resist normalizing discourses, looking towards the writing center as a potentially subversive queer space. By employing an interdisciplinary framework both within and beyond the borders of the writing center, I hope to create space in academia through which queer (and queer-minded) students and educators might find ways to claim a sense of agency in and through writing.
Movement Success, Countermovement Failure

One movement’s failure is often another movement’s success. The recent success of pragmatic local policies supporting immigrant incorporation in cities like Dayton, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois has corresponded with a near absence of anti-immigrant local ordinances proposed or enacted over the past three years. Indeed, since the end of 2006 more cities have repealed "Illegal Immigration Relief Act" ordinances than have passed them. Analyzing the ebb and flow of local anti-immigrant policymaking suggests that movement success can often sow the seeds of failure, in two ways. First, movement success can prompt countermovement mobilization. Second, a movement’s success can lead to the ascendancy of more extreme partisans and in the process reveal the movement’s own limitations.
IGF-1 protects dopamine neurons against oxidative stress: association with changes in phosphokinases

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is an endogenous peptide transported across the blood brain barrier that is protective in several brain injury models, including an acute animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Motor deficits in PD are due largely to the progressive loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Thus, we examined the neuroprotective potential of IGF-1 in a progressive model of dopamine deficiency in which 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) is infused into the striatum. Rats received intrastriatal IGF-1 (5 or 50 µg) 6 h prior to infusion of 4 µg 6-OHDA into the same site and were euthanized 1 or 4 weeks later. Both concentrations of IGF-1 protected tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactive terminals in striatum at 4 weeks but not at 1 week, indicating that IGF-induced restoration of the dopaminergic phenotype occurred over several weeks. TH-immunoreactive cell loss was only attenuated with 50 µg IGF-1. We then examined the effect of striatal IGF-1 on the Ras/ERK1/2 and PI3K/Akt pathways to ascertain whether their activation correlated with IGF-1-induced protection. Striatal and nigral levels of phospho-ERK1/2 were maximal 6 h after IGF-1 infusion and, with the exception of an increase in nigral pERK2 at 48 h, returned to basal levels by 7 days. Phospho-Akt (Ser473) was elevated 6-24 h post-IGF-1 infusion in both striatum and substantia nigra concomitant with inhibition of pro-death GSK-3β, a downstream target of Akt. These results suggest that IGF-1 can protect the nigrostriatal pathway in a progressive PD model and that this protection is preceded by activation of key pro-survival signaling cascades.
Towards the Tradeoffs-Free Optimality in MCDM

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) has for decades relied on the traditional optimality concept of OR/MS, based on a single scalar function maximization with respect to a priori given constraints. Whenever it encountered a proper vector function, MCDM has promptly resorted to its aggregation and scalarization.
Design and Evaluation of a Course Module on Android Cipher Programming (Abstract Only)

Encryption is critical in protecting the confidentiality of users' data on mobile devices. However, research has shown that many mobile apps are not correctly using the ciphers, which makes them vulnerable to the attacks. The existing resources on cipher programming education do not provide enough practical scenarios to help students learn the cipher programming in the context of real world situations with programs that have complex interacting modules with access to networking, storage, and database. This poster introduces a course module that teaches students how to develop secure Android applications by correctly using Android's cryptography APIs. This course module is targeted to two areas where programmers commonly make many mistakes: password based encryption and SSL certificate validation. The core of the module includes a real world sample Android program for students to secure by implementing cryptographic components correctly. The course module will use open-ended problem solving to let students freely explore the multiple options in securing the application. The course module includes a lecture slide on Android's Crypto library, its common misuses, and suggested good practices. Assessment materials will also be included in the course module. This course module will be used and evaluated in a Network Security class. We will present the results of the evaluation in the conference.
Be Happy Not Sad for Your Youth: The Effect of Emotional Expression on Age Perception.

Perceived age is a psychosocial factor that can influence both with whom and how we choose to interact socially. Though intuition tells us that a smile makes us look younger, surprisingly little empirical evidence exists to explain how age-irrelevant emotional expressions bias the subjective decision threshold for age. We examined the role that emotional expression plays in the process of judging one’s age from a face. College-aged participants were asked to sort the emotional and neutral expressions of male facial stimuli that had been morphed across eight age levels into categories of either “young” or “old.” Our results indicated that faces at the lower age levels were more likely to be categorized as old when they showed a sad facial expression compared to neutral expressions. Mirroring that, happy faces were more often judged as young at higher age levels than neutral faces. Our findings suggest that emotion interacts with age perception such that happy expression increases the threshold for an old decision, while sad expression decreases the threshold for an old decision in a young adult sample.
World War I and “Continental Solidarity” *

Students of the hemispheric system have generally neglected the era of World War I, probably because no major inter-American conferences were held between 1910 and 1923. Yet the disparate reactions to the European conflict represented a crisis of “continental solidarity”; World War I gave rise to a potentially important challenge to United States leadership and helped shape future patterns of hemispheric relations. The war called forth two rival blocs—United States-Brazil and Mexico-Argentina. These blocs differed over more than war policy. Their rivalry reflected an inter-American power struggle, each side invoking “continental solidarity” to gain support from other American nations. The impact of World War I upon the inter-American system and, in particular, the Argentine attempt to convene a Latin American congress need fuller examination.
On Establishing Convergent Validity: A Reply to Wilkes and Wilcox:

In reply to Wilkes and Wilcox, the authors discuss the process by which convergent validity is investigated and relate it to the procedures adopted in their original article. They discuss the Wilke...
Caribbean Crossing: African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement

In this analysis of African American emigration to Haiti in the 1820s, Fanning, an assistant professor of history at Texas Woman's University, argues that black Americans channeled their dissatisfa...
Dynamics analysis on planetary gear mechanism of a kind of folding-wing aircraft

Directed towards the folded mechanism of folding wing aircraft and on the basis of gear meshing mechanism,a kind of planetary gear transmission mechanism has been put forward to achieve the folding of aircraft wings.Dynamics simulative analysis was carried out on two kinds of mechanism by the use of ADAMS software.Through contrastive analysis on the two mechanisms,it has been proved that the planetary gear mechanism designed for the folding wing aircraft could effectively minimize the contacting force between pinions than the original gear meshing mechanism,improve the motion stability characteristics of mechanism,lowering the requirements on the torque of driving motor,all of these were propitious to enhance the efficiency of mechanism.By means of simulative analysis,it was testified that the being designed planetary gear mechanism could be regarded as the scheme of folded transmission mechanism for the folding wing aircraft.
Research and Implementation of Universal Data Transformation Platform

The paper aims at the requirement of data transformation for the various heterogeneous data problem arising from data integration,proposes a data transformation process model based on graph-oriented programming,designs and implements a universal data transformation platform based on Java and SWT technology.It describes the key parts such as the system architecture,implementation such as node designing and data transformation engine and so on.
Analysis of a 600 MW Supercritical Steam Unit Turbine Start-up Through IP Cylinder

The CLN600-24.2/538/566 supercritical steam turbine made by Orient Steam Turbine Works was taken as an example to present the process and features of start-up through intermediate pressure cylinder.The principle and method of parameters selection and some problems need to be concerned relating with the start-up process were analyzed.Both the function of bypass system and the advantages of start-up through intermediate pressure cylinder were also summarized.
Drugs that modify opioid tolerance, physical dependence, and abstinence symptoms: preclinical and clinical studies

In summary, the effects of drugs affecting the MTD and abstinence syndrome in mice, rats, monkeys, and humans have been described. Although mu opioid antagonists block tolerance and dependence on morphine, they also antagonize the analgesic response to morphine and, therefore, may not be useful clinically in inhibiting the MTD process. On the other hand, delta-selective opioid antagonists do not modify morphine analgesia but block the MTD process and, therefore, may have therapeutic potential. Neuropeptides like TRH, MIF, and cyclo (Leu-Gly) appear to produce similar results although their mechanism of action may be quite different. Cyclo (Leu-Gly) produces its action on oral administration and, therefore, further studies are warranted with this peptide. The CCKB receptor antagonist enhances morphine analgesia and blocks tolerance to morphine but has no effect on the development of dependence on morphine. EAA antagonists like MK-801 block tolerance to the analgesic effect of morphine selectively but are quite toxic. Therefore, newer, less toxic agents like LY 274,614 need to be developed.
Mines, Drills, and Energy

Traditionally, a nation’s security rested on possessing a military strong enough to deter or defeat invaders, and self-sufficiency in food and mineral resources. Strategic minerals were those smelted and hammered into weapons or coin. Those strategic minerals of the pre-industrial age included tin, copper, gold, silver, and iron ore. Nature’s uneven distribution of minerals has shaped the course of history. Over the millennia, nations that lacked natural resources often conquered other peoples to get them. In the pre-industrial era, the most successful conquerors were the European states which subjugated the entire western hemisphere and knit the world’s far corners within an increasingly dense trade network in search of minerals and other sources of wealth. But this first great wave of global imperialism died with the American Revolution of the late eighteenth century and the Latin American revolutions of the early nineteenth century.
Sensor Allocation for Tracking Geosynchronous Space Objects

Tracking geosynchronous space objects from ground-based sensors is a complicated task due to the large number of objects and limited number of available sensors, which are further restricted in the times they are operational. To maintain an accurate catalog, it is essential to collect measurements efficiently to maximize use of the limited information available. Recent advances in multitarget filtering and information theory allow formulation of sensor allocation schemes in terms of information gain functionals computed from the multitarget state and hypothesized measurements. This work develops a tasking scheme designed to take the fullest advantage of limited observation opportunities by maximizing the information gain. Simulation results are presented in which a representative catalog of nearly 1000 geosynchronous objects are tracked using three sensors. The results demonstrate that the method is able to schedule observations of all objects successfully where other ad hoc methods fall short.
Breakdown characteristics of a silicon carbide photoconductive semiconductor switch triggered spark gap

Development of a switch capable of operation at high voltages, high repetition frequency, with long lifetime is essential for furthering pulsed power applications. Photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs) possess inherent optical isolation and extremely low switching jitter (∼10 ps), and have also been experimentally shown to be capable of switching high voltages (up to 50 kV) and currents with very fast rise and fall times (< 1 ns) [1-2]. In this paper, we report the breakdown characteristics of a SiC PCSS triggered spark gap obtained via measurement of the voltage and current, and simulation of the electric field distribution. The triggered spark gap is composed of sphere-to-sphere electrodes and a field distortion electrode, which is kept at mid-potential in the center plane between the two spherical main electrodes. A normally open PCSS is connected between one of the main electrodes and the mid-plane (trigger) electrode, whose center bore diameter is varied from 5 to 15 mm. With application of the optical pulse to the PCSS, the trigger electrode is temporarily connected to the main electrode, effectively doubling the electric field between the trigger and opposite electrode, leading to main gap closure. In essence, while bulk SiC PCSS switching currents demand very high optical power input, the synergy of bulk SiC PCSS and traditional spark gaps enables the triggering of large current flows at very modest optical powers with low jitter. Overall, the obtained results reveal that incident laser energy and mid-plane electrode geometry heavily influence the breakdown characteristics of the spark gap including jitter time, and breakdown voltage.
Epibulbar osseous choristoma: A case report

Abstract Purpose To present the case of a 12-year-old female with an epibulbar osseous choristoma. Observations The patient presented with right-sided conjunctival mass, which caused her discomfort. Slit lamp examination revealed a 5×5-mm, firm nodule in the superotemporal quadrant of the bulbar conjunctiva. The nodule had feeder vessels, adhered firmly to the sclera, and lacked signs of malignancy. The patient underwent excisional biopsy under general anesthesia. During this procedure, great care was taken to avoid perforation of the globe. The pathologic sections were significant for well-circumscribed osseous tissue without atypia. Conclusions and importance We describe diagnosis and successful surgical management of osseous choristoma the rarest subtype of ocular choristoma. With only 65 cases reported since mid-19th century, the condition remains poorly described. This report provides additional information on diagnosis and treatment of this rare condition.
Trial Design: Overview of Study Designs (Phase I, II, III, IV, Factorial Design)

Fundamental to all intellectual inquiry is a scientific method for answering research questions. For the majority of medical and surgical questions that seek to determine if one intervention is better than another, clinical trials are at the cornerstone of all research studies. These, however, must be well designed, with well-thought-out methods and controls such that relevant answers can be derived to fundamental questions.
Approaching Leviathan: Efforts to Establish Small-Scale, Community Based Commercial Salmon Fisheries in Southeast Alaskan Indigenous Communities

In the wake of neoliberal reworking of Alaskan fisheries beginning in the 1970s, Tlingit and Haida village residents in southeast Alaska rapidly lost rights to commercial salmon and halibut fisheries, primarily through the sale of the property rights awarded to them when the programs were initiated. At the same time, the lack of capital, financial qualifications (collateral, credit history), and basic knowledge about the operation of bureaucratic systems of finance and property rights, prevented young village residents from purchasing the state-created permits needed for commercial fishing. While commercial fishing as an economic foundation of village life has virtually disappeared, nevertheless village residents maintain strong ties to the customary and traditional salmon systems which have sustained their communities – culturally and nutritionally – for thousands of years. Villagers acquire salmon using small-scale technologies consisting of open skiffs and nets pulled by hand, operated typically by crews of two or three men. While conducting their subsistence fisheries, they have identified numerous cases of unharvested surplus salmon at stream mouths which the permitted commercial purse seine fishery directed by the biological managers have failed to capture. They have perceived and advanced the possibility of developing local, community based small-scale fisheries to make use of the foregone harvests. The neoliberal regime has tightly aligned six sectors – legal practitioners (politicians and lawyers), resource managers (biologists), commercial fishing permit holders (producers), processing firms (capitalists), financiers (bankers) and policing agents (enforcement personnel) – into an assemblage I refer to as “Leviathan”. This hybrid alignment presents itself and acts as an impregnable entity protecting the interests of its collaborators from the establishment of new fisheries or the entrance of new practices into its alignment. This paper will (1) describe the components and construction of “Leviathan” as it operates to protect itself, (2) demonstrate how an “optimizing” logic of cost minimization in management results in underutilization of salmon available for harvest and (3) present two case studies of salmon stocks that are presently not being utilized that could become community-based, small scale commercial fisheries that would be of substantial economic benefit to village residents for whom “Leviathan” makes no provision.
Trilinear Monomials with Positive or Negative Domains: Facets of the Convex and Concave Envelopes

Approximations of the convex envelope of nonconvex functions play a central role in deterministic global optimization algorithms and the efficiency of these algorithms is highly infuenced by the tightness of these approximations. McCormick (1976), and AlKhayyal and Falk (1983) have shown how to construct the convex envelope of individual bilinear terms over a rectangular domain. Rikun (1997) has shown that the convex hull of multilinear monomials over a rectangular domain is polyhedral. Approximations of the convex envelope for higher order multilinear terms have been based on the recursive use of this bilinear construction. Only under very special circumstances, however, do these approximations yield the convex envelope itself. Explicit expressions defining the facets of the convex and concave envelopes for trilinear monomials, with positive or negative bounded domains for each variable, are derived in this paper.
Role of Interfacial Defect Creation-Annihilation Processes at Grain Boundaries on the Diffusional Creep of Polycrystalline Alumina

It is generally assumed in the diffusional creep of a polycrystalline solid that grain boundaries act as perfect sources and sinks for lattice defects. However, if this assumption is not valid, then diffusional creep can become rate limited by interfacial defect reactions at grain boundaries1–2 Steady state diffusional creep data will be presented at 1450–1500°C for polycrystalline alumina doped with Ti and a Mg-Ti co-dopant, which are consistent with interfacial controlled kinetics over an intermediate grain size range. A new type of creep deformation map will be presented which reveals the range of grain sizes and impurity concentrations over which interfacial defect creation and/or annihilation processes are important in the steady state creep of polycrystalline alumina.
Global fluctuations of cerebral blood flow indicate a global brain network independent of systemic factors.

Global synchronization across specialized brain networks is a common feature of network models and in-vivo electrical measurements. Although the imaging of specialized brain networks with blood oxy...
Alternative Logics and Semantics

Free logic and substitutional quantification are examined as solutions to indispensability arguments for abstract objects. It is found that while these approaches are helpful, they do not provide a full and satisfying answer to the challenge.
Ligand-based reduction of nitrate to nitric oxide utilizing a proton-responsive secondary coordination sphere

Utilizing the proton-responsive pyridinediimine ligand [(2,6-iPrC6H3)(NCMe)(N(iPr)2C2H4)(NCMe)C5H3N] (didpa), the ligand-based reduction of nitrate (NO3−) to nitric oxide (NO) was achieved. The bioinspired [Fe(Hdidpa)(CO)2]+ was shown to react with tetrabutylammonium nitrate to form the dinitrosyl iron complex [Fe(didpa)(NO)2]+. The didpa scaffold was shown to provide two electrons for the net reduction of NO3− to NO in 43% yield.
Pushing Data Privacy Control to the Edge in IoT Using Policy Enforcement Fog Module

Some IoT data are time-sensitive and cannot be processed in clouds, which are too far away from IoT devices. Fog computing, located as close as possible to data sources at the edge of IoT systems, deals with this problem. Some IoT data are sensitive and require privacy controls. The proposed Policy Enforcement Fog Module (PEFM), running within a single fog, operates close to data sources connected to their fog, and enforces privacy policies for all sensitive IoT data generated by these data sources. PEFM distinguishes two kinds of fog data processing. First, fog nodes process data for local IoT applications, running within the local fog. All real-time data processing must be local to satisfy real-time constraints. Second, fog nodes disseminate data to nodes beyond the local fog (including remote fogs and clouds) for remote (and non-real-time) IoT applications. PEFM has two components for these two kinds of fog data processing. First, Local Policy Enforcement Module (LPEM), performs direct privacy policy enforcement for sensitive data accessed by local IoT applications. Second, Remote Policy Enforcement Module (RPEM), sets up a mechanism for indirectly enforcing privacy policies for sensitive data sent to remote IoT applications. RPEM is based on creating and disseminating Active Data Bundles-software constructs bundling inseparably sensitive data, their privacy policies, and an execution engine able to enforce privacy policies. To prove effectiveness and efficiency of the solution, we developed a proof-of-concept scenario for a smart home IoT application. We investigate privacy threats for sensitive IoT data and show a framework for using PEFM to overcome these threats.
Green Leaf Grocery - Executive Compensation Case Study

The primary purpose of this teaching case is to aid students in understanding how executive compensation plans are utilized to achieve organizational goals and to then construct their own executive compensation plan for the CEO of Greenleaf Grocery, a fictional retail business based on an actual company. Students have the opportunity to create a comprehensive executive compensation plan using salary, bonuses, stock options, benefits, and other compensation tools. Additionally, the case provides the opportunity to discuss the use of both short-term and long-term incentive compensation. The company in this case is poised to undertake an initial public offering of stock and retaining the current CEO is viewed as critical for this next phase. The case affords the class the opportunity to explore ethical issues in executive compensation as well as other aspects of the organization’s overall compensation structure.
How Web site Quality Affects Apparel Mobile Commerce Consumer Satisfaction and Intent to Purchase? A Study of Chinese Consumers

In recent years, apparel mobile commerce has experienced a rapid development in China, which is largely fueled by proliferation of smartphones, decreased cost of mobile data, increasing number of m-tailers, and shift of consumer shopping style toward mobility and time flexibility. Some apparel m-tailers can attract millions of visitors to their web sites everyday while others seem not appealing to consumers. Thus, this study aims to identify the effects of key features of mobile web site quality on the Chinese consumer satisfaction that in turn affects their intent to shop apparel via mobile web sites. Six dimensions of mobile web site quality, including web site visual appeal, apparel visual appeal, brand trust, web site informativeness, web site response time, and web site security, were investigated. Using the primary data collected via an online survey, multiple regression analysis was applied to test the proposed relationships. Results reveal that web site informativeness, web site visual appeal, apparel visual appeal, and web site security positively affect consumer satisfaction toward apparel m-commerce web site while web site response time and brand trust show insignificant impacts on consumer satisfaction. With higher satisfaction on apparel m-commerce web site, consumers are more likely to purchase apparel through the web site.
The Self-Care Needs and Behaviors of Dementia Informal Caregivers: A Systematic Review.

Background More than 5.4 million informal caregivers (ICGs) in the United States care for persons with dementia (PWD). Failure of ICGs to incorporate self-care into their routine may lead to adverse health consequences. Caregivers and researchers need to understand the evidence around dementia ICGs' self-care practices. Purpose To synthesize evidence on the self-care needs and behaviors of Alzheimer's and dementia ICGs and its research implications. Methods PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched to conduct a systematic review of research. Orem's self-care theory and a concept analysis of self-management behaviors provided a framework for the review. Results Three themes emerged from 29 included studies: self-care needs and behaviors of ICGs, barriers to performing self-care, and enablers of self-care. The self-care needs of dementia ICGs included sleep, social engagement and support, and leisure activities. Self-care behaviors identified by this review were engaging in activities with the PWD, spiritual and religious activities, and taking a break from caregiving. Barriers to self-care were gender roles, self-sacrificing, minority ethnicity, and burden of caregiving. Enabling self-care involved acknowledging personal consequences of caregiving, balancing self-care needs with the PWD's needs, and positioning oneself as an objective/subjective duality. Implications Self-care is a dynamic, challenging aspect to caregiving, but supporting evidence is often limited or cannot be generalized. More studies are needed that include random sampling, heterogeneous samples, and quantitative methods. Additional research is needed to understand how self-care needs, behaviors, and barriers differ by caregiver race/ethnicity, gender, or relationship to the PWD.
Nonadherence to daily self-weighing and activity tracking is associated with weight fluctuations among African American breast cancer survivors.

Introduction Daily self-weighing (DSW) and daily activity tracking (DAT) are useful strategies for preventing weight gain among African American breast cancer survivors. However, self-monitoring behaviors vary over time, increasing risk of weight gain. This study explored the association of nonadherence to DSW and DAT with corresponding weight fluctuations among African American breast cancer survivors. Methods Using data from a 6-month randomized controlled trial, we conducted a secondary data analysis among women randomized into a DSW group (n = 13) and a DSW+DAT group (n = 11). DSW and DAT were captured from wireless scale and activity tracker data. Nonadherence to DSW was defined as one or more days without a weight measurement, and nonadherence to DAT was defined as one or more days without activity tracking. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine weight fluctuations in relation to nonadherence to DSW and DAT. Data analysis occurred from September 2016-April 2017. Results Over the 6-month study period, women provided 119.2 ± 46.0 weight measurements and 121.9 ± 53.2 days of physical activity tracking. Nonadherence to DSW was associated with weight fluctuations. For every 1-day increase in nonadherence to DSW, weight increased by 0.031 kg (95% CI: 0.012, 0.050; p<0.01). Additionally, during periods of DSW and DAT weight decreased by 0.028 kg (95% CI: -0.042, -0.014; p<0.001) and 0.017 kg (95% CI: -0.030; -0.004) respectively. Conclusions Our findings suggest that nonadherence to DSW was associated with weight gain among breast cancer survivors. Weight loss was enhanced during periods of DSW and DAT.
Nitrite effects on ascorbic acid metabolism in guinea pigs and rats

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Behavioral, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological approaches to implicit perception

For well over a century, the idea that rich, complex perceptual processes can occur outside the realm of awareness has either intrigued or exasperated researchers. Although popular notions of implicit processing largely focus on the practical consequences of implicit perception, the empirical literature has addressed more focused, basic questions: (a) Does perception occur in the absence of awareness? (b) what types of information are perceived in the absence of awareness? and (c) what forms of processing occur outside of awareness? This chapter discusses recent advances in the study of implicit perception, considering the ways in which they do and do not improve on earlier approaches. We contrast the conclusions a skeptic and a believer might draw from this literature. Our review considers three distinct but related classes of evidence: behavioral studies, neuroimaging, and brain-damaged patient case studies. We conclude by arguing that qualitative differences between perceptual mechanisms are interesting regardless of whether or not they demonstrate the existence of perception without awareness.
Telling It Slant: Gender Roles, Power, and Narrative Style in the First Ladies' Autobiographies

This article examines the first ladies' autobiographies as works that reveal their author-subjects' perspectives and interpretations. Attention is focused on the White House years and, more specifically, on the author-subjects' depiction of their performance of the gender-based roles attributed to the first ladyship. Consistent patterns are identified in the autobiographers' narrative styles, with a “slant” (persuasive) narrative style predominating and a “direct” (argumentative) narrative style typically reserved to countering critics. The implications of this interpretation, for the individual first ladies and for the institution of the first ladyship, are profound.
Genes encoding membrane proteins showed stable expression in rice under aerobic condition: novel set of reference genes for expression studies

A set of reference genes expressing stably under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in rice is essential to execute omics studies relating to aerobic adaptations. Stability of expression of ten rice reference genes, viz. Actin, eEF-1a, eIF-5C, Exp1, Exp2, Memp, SKP1A, TF-SUI1, TPH, and UBQ5 was validated across six experimental sets in shoot and root tissues at seedling, tillering, and panicle initiation stages. Comprehensively, Memp (Membrane protein), TPH (Tumor protein homolog), and Exp1 (Expressed protein) were revealed as the most stable set with acceptable M and V value according to the gold standards of qRT-PCR using various algorithms/tools. The identified set of reference genes was validated using root trait genes, which showed concurrence with the functional expression patterns in the aerobic and anaerobic adapted cultivars. The Memp (Membrane protein), TPH (Tumor protein homolog), and Exp1 (Expressed protein) genes are the most stable reference genes across the root and shoot at various developmental stages under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in rice. This is the first study for accurate and reliable relative gene expression analysis in rice grown in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
DeepCapTail: A Deep Learning Framework to Predict Capsid and Tail Proteins of Phage Genomes

The capsid and tail proteins are considered the main structural proteins for phages and also their footprint since they exist only in phage genomes. These proteins are known to lack sequence conservation, making them extremely diverse and thus posing a major challenge to identify and annotate them in genomic sequences. In this study, we aim to overcome this challenge and predict these proteins by using deep neural networks with composition-based features. We develop two models trained with $k$-mer features to predict capsid and tail proteins respectively. Evaluating the models on two different testing sets shows that they outperform state-of-the-art methods with improved F-1 scores.
Reaching for Integrity: An Eriksonian Life-Cycle Perspective on the Experience of Adolescents Being Raised by Grandparents

Increasing numbers of children are being raised by their grandparents because their own parents are unable or unwilling to care for them. A case is presented illustrating how an Eriksonian life-cycle perspective clarifies the developmental demands on adolescents in these situations and provides a theoretical framework for organizing therapeutic work with them.
The Use of Roche, Wainer, and Thissen's Skeletal Maturity of the Knee.

The Roche, Wainer, and Thissen (RWT) knee method was designed to assess maturity in living individuals, but is infrequently cited in studies of skeletal measures for legal age thresholds or estimation of age-at-death for forensic cases. We implement the RWT method using R scripts and analyze its utility in establishing an age threshold of 18 years. We fit the RWT model and verify its accuracy in estimating skeletal age against results and known age data provided by RWT. We also found the transition distribution for full skeletal maturity. Agreement between the RWT method and our implementation was good, with a maximum deviation of 0.03 years. The modes of transition to full skeletal maturity are 18.37 and 17.16 years for males and females. The corresponding Bayes factors are 5.73 and 1.77, indicating that complete skeletal maturity of the knee does not provide conclusive evidence of attainment of 18 years of age.
Brain Based Assessment of Consumer Preferences for Cognition Enhancing Hot Beverages

A current trend in food advertising is to emphasize the benefits provided by such products. However, the impact of such messaging on consumer decision-making and cognition is not well understood. Using a new generation of wearable and portable neuroimaging sensors, brain activity can be monitored and used to analyze how consumers respond to product communications and engage with products. In a controlled multi-day study, we explored the effects of product promotions and how they influence consumer preference and cognition. We measured brain activity using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) that monitored the anterior prefrontal cortex of participants during behavioral tasks as well as hot beverage drinking. Results indicated fNIRS-based brain activity is related to the varying task load levels consistent with neural efficiency hypothesis. Moreover, promotional material and the cognition enhancing beverage appear to be influencing the participants and requiring less mental effort during the tasks when compared to the control.
Extensible Framework for Analysis of Farm Practices and Programs

We present an open source extensible web framework for the analysis of different farm practices and programs and easy dissemination of their results to the users. Currently, this framework is being applied to two use cases --- a web-based decision support system for cover crop management and a web-based farm program analysis tool to assist farmers, academics, and policymakers to understand programs and policies surrounding the Farm Bill. Through the first use case, we address the problem of bridging the gap between the scientific research that happens in labs and experimental plots and the day to day practices and decisions taken by the farmers in the fields. Specifically, this use case focuses on the practice of cover crops, their management, and the impact on reducing nutrient runoff into water bodies. Through the second use case, we address the problem of predicting the expected payment amounts and measured risk or probability of payment for different government insurance programs authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill, namely the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). This helps the farmers compare these programs based on forecasted crop yields and prices. In this paper, we describe the overall architecture of the framework and its major components, the use cases that are currently benefiting from using this framework and share screenshots of the web applications developed using this framework for those use cases. We also share our plans for future work and conclusions about applying this framework to the two use cases.
On the antique rhetoric of friendship

Rhetorical tropes of intimate friendship (you 友) employed in the classical era in China present a stark contrast to those that survive in Latin and classical Greek sources. For this ideal form of friendship was described far less often in terms of the material and psychic advantages that can accrue from alliances outside the immediate family circle than in terms of the propensity for true friendships to foster the development of the singular traits and potentials of each partner in the intimate friendship. This essay argues, contra many social historians, that moderns cannot extract any underlying social realities from the early discussions of the theme, even if our sources allow us to see how certain social exchanges were construed, valued, and promoted by members of the governing elite.
A New Six-Dimensional Hyper-Chaotic System

In the last 20 years, the chaotic system has been widely studied. A new six-dimension hyper chaotic system is introduced in this paper. We used a new chaotic system based on a six-dimension for the purpose of increasing chaos in the system, where the new system has twelve positive parameters, complicated chaotic dynamics behaviors and gives an analysis of the new systems. The basic characteristics and dynamic behavior of this system are investigated with a presence of chaotic attractor, dissipativity, symmetry, equilibrium points, Lyapunov Exponents, Kaplan-Yorke dimension, waveform analysis and sensitivity toward initial conditions. The results of the analysis exhibit that the new system contains three unstable equilibrium points and the six Lyapunov exponents. Maxim non-negative Lyapunov Exponent (MLE) is obtained as 1.04609 and Kaplan-Yorke are obtained as 4.00695, and the new system characteristics with, unstable, high complexity, and unpredictability, The new system dynamics is simulated utilizing MATHEMATICA program. the phase portraits and the qualitative properties of the new hyper chaotic system have been described at the detail.
Preparation of new biocoagulants by shrimp waste and its application in coagulation-flocculation processes

Abstract Chitin is a natural biopolymer produced from shrimp waste. Chitin has low solubility in usual organic and inorganic solvents. In the present work, it was possible to solubilize the extracted raw materials (biomaterials) through the chemical treatment steps that comprise the chitin extraction process. These biomaterials were characterized and solubilized in green solvents, producing four biocoagulants that were used in surface water treatment. The characterization of biomaterials confirmed a reduction in ash content and an increase in crystallinity when passing through chemical treatment steps, increasing the content of chitin and reaching the purity of 82.3% dry basis. The absorptions in the infrared spectra indicated the presence of the characteristic functional groups of the chitin before and after solubilization. The scanning electron microscopy images revealed chitin fibers randomly distributed. The energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy pointed out the presence of elements C, O and N. Biocoagulants were applied to the coagulation/flocculation of surface water, and the performance was investigated by the percentages of turbidity and organic material removal at pH 6.0. The biocoagulant composed of demineralized shrimp waste (DMSW), with a dosage of 200 mgDW L−1, presented the best results for both removals; the turbidity reached more than 95% and the organic matter was 80%. Based on results, the processing and application of solubilized shrimp waste could promote environmental and economic benefits.
Marrow uptake on FDG PET/CT is associated with progression from smoldering to symptomatic multiple myeloma.

To determine association of body composition measurements on CT and PET with progression of smoldering myeloma to multiple myeloma. A retrospective cohort study in 65 patients with smoldering myeloma and PET/CT at diagnosis was performed at a tertiary cancer center. Subjects were between 38 and 87 years of age (mean 64) and included 37 males. Primary outcome was progression-free survival as a function of bone, fat, and muscle metrics on CT and PET (measured at the level of L4 pedicles) and clinical confounders. CT metrics included attenuation of L4 and retroperitoneal fat and various indices derived from the psoas muscle. PET measures included SUVmax and SUVmean of L4, retroperitoneal fat, and psoas. Cox proportional hazards modeling was performed with entry and retention criteria of p < 0.1 and p < 0.05, respectively. SUVmax and SUVmean were associated for each compartment (R2 = 0.78–0.84), and SUVmean (SUV) was used for subsequent analyses. SUV of the L4 vertebral body was associated with attenuation of the L4 vertebral body (p = 0.0032). There was no association between SUV and CT for muscle and fat compartments. In the subset of patients with bone marrow biopsy results (n = 43), there was no association between SUV of L4 and plasma cell concentration on core biopsy or flow cytometry (p = 0.089 and 0.072, respectively). The final Cox model showed association with albumin (HR 0.29, 95%CI 0.088–0.93, p = 0.038), M protein (HR 1.31, 95%CI 1.021–1.68, p = 0.034), and SUV of L4 (HR 1.99, 95%CI 1.037–3.82, p = 0.039). SUV of L4 is a prognostic indicator in patients with smoldering myeloma.
Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism in Bangladesh

We examine the changing nature of an authoritarian regime, which is emerging from the social and political conditions shaped by the unconsolidated democracy in Bangladesh. Drawing on desk-based research combined with interviews from the field, we argue that the current form of the authoritarian regime in Bangladesh represents the characteristics of competitive authoritarianism. We find that authoritarianism in Bangladesh combines “election manipulation” with three additional social and political mechanisms: “marginalization of political oppositions” leading to the oppositional void, “institutionalization of authoritarian policies,” and “co-option of religious leaders.” By adding these new mechanisms of authoritarian politics and tracing the links between politics and religion, we aim to expand the theory of competitive authoritarianism and unpack the puzzle of democratic consolidation in Bangladesh.
Restoration of retired agricultural land to wetland mitigates greenhouse gas emissions

Retired farmland restoration is increasingly seen as a valuable opportunity to improve ecosystem functions in sensitive regions. For example, with expected mass retirement of cranberry farms in New England, there is increasing interest in restoring retired cranberry farms back to wetlands. To understand how restoration of retired cranberry farms to wetland ecosystems influences climate‐related ecosystem functions, we assessed methane and carbon dioxide emissions from different post‐farming management options, including an actively farmed cranberry bog, young and old retired cranberry bogs, young and old restored cranberry bogs, and a natural reference bog. In addition to methane and carbon dioxide, we measured key soil properties influential in greenhouse gas flux, including soil organic matter, moisture, pH, redox potential, and bulk density. Greenhouse gas flux differed significantly by site type, with the restored systems functioning similarly to the natural reference wetland while retired sites had fluxes similar to the actively farmed site. The older restored site had significantly lower emissions of both methane and carbon dioxide than the newly restored site, indicating that over a larger time scale, restored systems may transition from net carbon dioxide sources to sinks. Overall, the results of this study suggest that in addition to the many other ecological benefits, the restoration of wetlands may also play a role in climate change mitigation through their ability to store carbon.
Longitudinal Trends of Financial Toxicity in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND: Cancer therapy is associated with severe financial burden. However, the magnitude and longitudinal patient relationship with financial toxicity (FT) in the initial course of therapy is ...