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Comparative-Cultural Research in Soviet Psychology

In this special issue of the Journal of Russian and East European Psychology, readers will get a glimpse of a research tradition in Soviet psychology that has never been widespread. It could barely emerge in the midst of the social turmoil of the 1920s, but came alive in the work of Alexander Luria in the early 1930s (Luria, 1931a, 1931b, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1974, 1976), and then vanished into the oblivion of Soviet ideological discourse for decades. A comparative-cultural focus in psychology in the USSR remained largely nonexistent (with very few exceptions) until the breakup of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, its relevance in the history of the cultural-historical line of thought initiated by Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria is profound.
Aerodynamic decelerator testing in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex

The National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) at NASA/Ames Research Center is comprised of two of the largest wind-tunnel test sections in the world, the 40-by-80 and 80-by-120 Foot Wind Tunnels. Each of these facilities offers unique ground testing capabilities for the investigation of large-scale aerodynamic decelerators. The combination of test section size and speed range, coupled with flexible model support, instrumentation, and data acquisition strategies, has allowed a broad spectrum of performance, stability, and deployment testing for a variety of aerodynamic decelerators. An examination of several recent test programs reveals the advantages and difficulties of conducting large-scale decelerator wind-tunnel testing, and highlights pioneering test techniques and the many advances contributed by the NFAC to the state-of-the-art of large-scale decelerator wind-tunnel testing.
Implications of Rapid Thermal Processing for Step Coverage in Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition

A multicomponent mathematical model incorporating simultaneous Knudsen diffusion and heterogeneous reaction in a feature of arbitrary geometry has been developed to quantitatively predict step coverage in LPCVD. The single component model reveals that for a given CVD chemistry and feature geometry, deposition uniformity is controlled by a single parameter called the step coverage modulus. In multicomponent systems, each additional reactant partial pressure dependence in the deposition rate expression introduces an additional parameter equal to the ratio of the initial reactant partial pressures. Manipulation of the instantaneous step coverage modulus, through time variations of temperature and/or pressure results in higher average film growth rates without incurring a penalty in step coverage over patterned regions of the wafer. For deposition of SiO2 from TEOS, the step coverage modulus is varied through a time dependent temperature path. The path is chosen by constraining the deposition rate in the feature such that it varies by less than a few percent from top to bottom. For deposition of SiO2 from SiH4/O2. silane partial pressure is varied since the reaction rate is relatively insensitive to temperature. In each case, time savings of approximately 50% are achieved.
Thiotepa-induced Myelosuppression: Review of 670 Bladder Instillations

AbstractIntravesical chemotherapy is an integral part of the therapeutic strategy for patients with superficial bladder cancer. Despite the introduction of new agents thiotepa currently is used most owing to its low cost and moderate effectiveness, Myelosuppression is a side effect caused by absorption of the drug through the bladder mucosa, A review of 670 instillations of thiotepa in 72 patients at our medical center revealed a decrease in the white blood or platelet count below normal in 18 per cent of the patients (3.9 per cent of the instillations). In no case did this decrease lead to any problem other than a delay in therapy.
SU-F-J-134: Evaluation of Deformation Field Accuracy Using Regional Rigid Registrations with Variable Size

Purpose: How to quickly assess the uncertainty in the Deformation Field (DF) generated from Deformable Image Registration (DIR) over the imaged anatomy is a major issue. Here we introduce a method to determine the DF uncertainty using local rigid registrations of varying box size. Methods: A series of 6-degree rigid registrations are performed with a cubic ROI centered on the voxel of the interest. The size of the registration box is varied from a large value, e.g. 30mm to 3mm. The translation vector obtained from the registration of the largest box is assumed to be most reliable and the reliability of the registrations with smaller regions is assumed to be good as long as the variation in the translation vector, as the box size is reduced, is less than the reduction amount in the box size at each step. In this way a smallest reliable box (SRB) size is determined. A distance uncertainty (DU) is calculated for each voxel based on (1) half size of SRB and (2) the magnitude difference between the SRB translation vector to the voxel’s DF. This DU is compared to other DIR reliability measures such as Jacobian determinant and root mean square. Results: The DU for selected voxels was found to agree with those expected from various organ types. For example, mean DU from the voxels in rectum and bladder was 8.4 and 8.9mm respectively, while the DU of the mean femoral head was 2.2mm. 88% of voxels with small DU ( 5mm voxels had 69% of voxels in this range. Conclusion: A method to assess DIR reliability is introduced. The method’s ability to provide uncertainty information in terms of distance could be an advantage over other measures such as Jacobian or intensity difference.
TU-AB-BRA-03: Atlas-Based Algorithms with Local Registration-Goodness Weighting for MRI-Driven Electron Density Mapping

Purpose: To develop image-analysis algorithms to synthesize CT with accurate electron densities for MR-only radiotherapy of head & neck (H&N) and pelvis anatomies. Methods: CT and 3T-MRI (Philips, mDixon sequence) scans were randomly selected from a pool of H&N (n=11) and pelvis (n=12) anatomies to form an atlas. All MRIs were pre-processed to eliminate scanner and patient-induced intensity inhomogeneities and standardize their intensity histograms. CT and MRI for each patient were then co-registered to construct CT-MRI atlases. For more accurate CT-MR fusion, bone intensities in CT were suppressed to improve the similarity between CT and MRI. For a new patient, all CT-MRI atlases are deformed onto the new patients’ MRI initially. A newly-developed generalized registration error (GRE) metric was then calculated as a measure of local registration accuracy. The synthetic CT value at each point is a 1/GRE-weighted average of CTs from all CT-MR atlases. For evaluation, the mean absolute error (MAE) between the original and synthetic CT (generated in a leave-one-out scheme) was computed. The planning dose from the original and synthetic CT was also compared. Results: For H&N patients, MAE was 67±9, 114±22, and 116±9 HU over the entire-CT, air and bone regions, respectively. For pelvis anatomy, MAE was 47±5 and 146±14 for the entire and bone regions. In comparison with MIRADA medical, an FDA-approved registration tool, we found that our proposed registration strategy reduces MAE by ∼30% and ∼50% over the entire and bone regions, respectively. GRE-weighted strategy further lowers MAE by ∼15% to ∼40%. Our primary dose calculation also showed highly consistent results between the original and synthetic CT. Conclusion: We've developed a novel image-analysis technique to synthesize CT for H&N and pelvis anatomies. Our proposed image fusion strategy and GRE metric help generate more accurate synthetic CT using locally more similar atlases (Support: Philips Healthcare). The research is supported by Philips HealthCare
Unproven Hypotheses on the Cause of Alzheimer’s

The best way to tell the story of the Abeta hypothesis is to start with a concept that logically should have clearly explained the cause of Alzheimer’s disease 20 years ago, but did not. Before plunging into the many crevices that envelop the Abeta hypothesis, it is noteworthy to point out that when a widely held medical belief is shown to be wrong, proper treatment and management of patients associated with that belief will be less than desirable or conspicuously absent. Scientific proof in biology is generally difficult to demonstrate.
A Strategy to Integrate the 'Tailoring' and 'Stimulation' Test Philosophies

This paper considers the benefits and liabilities of the tailoring and stimulation test philosophies. It introduces a hybrid strategy to link the tailoring and stimulation test philosophies into an integrated philosophy with implementation examples. A methodology to create generic environmental requirements through Weibull analysis of historical databases is presented. The implications in the hybrid philosophy are discussed along with reliability demonstration considerations. Examples of product requirements are provided for vibration and thermal environments.
Bit-error-rate performance of inter-chip RF/wireless interconnect systems

With the ever increasing degrees of integration, and operating speed in ultra large-scale integrated (ULSI) circuits conventional approaches of hard-wired metal interconnects are encountering fundamental limits. Several revolutionary approaches have been proposed for an alternative to metal interconnect. One of the most feasible approaches is RF/wireless interconnects. This paper evaluates the system bit-error-rate (BER) performance in an inter-chip RF/wireless interconnect system. The results indicate that for a certain range of received signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio, error control coding (ECC) improves the performance of the RF/wireless interconnect system. It is also shown analytically that performance can be improved at low SNR with the application of time-diversity approach by using interleaver and deinterterleaver.
Surgical Site Infections in Patients receiving Osteomyocutaneous Free Flaps to the Head and Neck. Does Choice of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Matter

Purpose The most appropriate prophylactic antibiotic for clean-and-contaminated head and neck osteomyocutaneous free flap (OFF) tissue transfer procedures is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the choice of perioperative antibiotic was related to recipient surgical site infection (SSI) in patients receiving an OFF to the head and neck. Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study evaluated SSI in relation to the perioperative antibiotic received from July 2010 through October 2013 at a tertiary care medical center. Minimum follow-up was 6 months. SSI was defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wound infection criteria. Perioperative antibiotic selected, duration of use, OFF performed, medical comorbidities, and SSIs were recorded and analyzed. Results One hundred two patients (64 men, 38 women) met the inclusion criteria. Forty patients developed an SSI. Analysis of variance showed that age ( P = .64), gender ( P = .97), use of alcohol ( P = .87), final pathology ( P = .3), cardiovascular disease ( P = .33), and diabetes mellitus or immune dysfunction ( P = .95) did not have a significant association with the development of a postoperative wound infection. On univariate analysis, non–head and neck primary malignancies showed a significant risk for SSI ( P = .03), with previous head and neck surgery ( P = .05) and oral tobacco use ( P = .06) having trends for increased risk of SSI. Clindamycin antibiotic was strongly associated with the development of an SSI, with 50% of that cohort developing a recipient SSI (odds ratio = 7.0; P Conclusion A statistically relevant number of patients who developed a recipient SSI received clindamycin as perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis. An antibiotic regime other than clindamycin should be considered in patients with an allergy to penicillin or cephalosporin who are undergoing an OFF procedure to the head and neck.
Facebook, Crowdsourcing and the Transition to College

The purpose of this study is to enhance our understanding of how college students connect online prior to their first year. Before students ever set foot on a college campus, they are making friend...
Linear and Star Poly(ionic liquid) Assemblies: Surface Monolayers and Multilayers

The surface morphology and organization of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs), poly[1-(4-vinylbenzyl)-3-butylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide] are explored in conjunction with their molecular architecture, adsorption conditions, and postassembly treatments. The formation of stable PIL Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) monolayers at the air–water and air–solid interfaces is demonstrated. The hydrophobic bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (Tf2N–) is shown to be a critical agent governing the assembly morphology, as observed in the reversible condensation of LB monolayers into dense nanodroplets. The PIL is then incorporated as an unconventional polyelectrolyte component in the layer-by-layer (LbL) films of hydrophobic character. We demonstrate that the interplay of capillary forces, macromolecular mobility, and structural relaxation of the polymer chains influence the dewetting mechanisms in the PIL multilayers, thereby enabling access to a diverse set of highly textured, porous, and interconnected ne...
Human retinal pigment epithelial cell interleukin-8 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 modulation by T-lymphocyte products.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of T-lymphocyte products on human retinal pigment epithelial (HRPE) cell interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) secretion and gene expression. METHODS: HRPE cells were stimulated for 2, 4, 8, or 24 hours with 20% conditioned media (CM) from T-lymphocytes stimulated with CD3 or CD28 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) or phorbol myristic acid. In some experiments, CM from CD3 mAb-stimulated T-lymphocytes was preincubated with neutralizing anti-(alpha)-tumor necrosis factor (TNF), alpha-interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), or alpha-interleukin-1 (IL-1) mAb (control) to determine the contributions of each of these cytokines to HRPE chemokine induction by stimulated T-lymphocyte CM. HRPE cells were stimulated for 8 and 24 hours with IL-1 beta (0.2 to 20.0 ng/ml) (positive control), TNF-alpha (0.2 to 20.0 ng/ml) (positive control), IFN-gamma (1 to 1000 U/ml), IFN-gamma + IL-1 beta, IFN-gamma + TNF-alpha. Interleukin-2 (IL-2; 100 ng/ml) alone or in combination with IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, or IFN-gamma also was tested. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Northern blot analyses were performed to determine secreted IL-8 and MCP-1 and their steady state mRNA expression, respectively. RESULTS: ELISA showed significant increases in HRPE IL-8 and MCP-1 secretion by CM from T-lymphocytes stimulated with CD3 or CD3 + CD28 mAb. Smaller, but significant, increases in IL-8 and MCP-1 resulted from CM phorbol myristic acid-stimulated T-lymphocytes. CM preincubated with neutralizing alpha-TNF or alpha-IFN-gamma mAb induced significantly less HRPE IL-8 and MCP-1, whereas preincubation of CM with neutralizing alpha-IL-1 mAb failed to inhibit CM-induced IL-8 or MCP-1. Northern blot analysis showed increased HRPE IL-8 and MCP-1 mRNA expression within 2 hours of stimulation and was maintained up to 24 hours. CM from T-lymphocytes stimulated with CD3 mAb or CD3 + CD28 mAb produced the greatest increases in IL-8 and MCP-1 mRNA. IFN-gamma induced dose-dependent increases in HRPE MCP-1, but not IL-8, IFN-gamma potentiated IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha-induced MCP-1 production, but showed little modulation of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 production. IL-2 did not induce HRPE IL-8 or MCP-1, nor did it modulate the effects of the other cytokines. Northern blot analysis confirmed the ELISA results. CONCLUSIONS: T-lymphocyte secretions induce HRPE IL-8 and MCP-1 gene expression and secretion. TNF and IFN-gamma appear to be necessary components of T-lymphocyte CM for the induction of HRPE IL-8 and MCP-1. IFN-gamma alone induces HRPE MCP-1, albeit to a lesser extent than would IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha, and potentiates IL-1 beta- and TNF-alpha-induced HRPE MCP-1. IL-2 does not appear to modulate cytokine-induced HRPE IL-8 or MCP-1.
A high-dimensional CLT in $$\mathcal {W}_2$$ W 2 distance with near optimal convergence rate

Let $$X_1,\ldots ,X_n$$ be i.i.d. random vectors in $$\mathbb {R}^d$$ with $$\Vert X_1\Vert \le \beta $$ . Then, we show that $$\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\left( X_1 + \cdots + X_n\right) \end{aligned}$$ converges to a Gaussian in quadratic transportation (also known as “Kantorovich” or “Wasserstein”) distance at a rate of $$O \left( \frac{\sqrt{d} \beta \log n}{\sqrt{n}} \right) $$ , improving a result of Valiant and Valiant. The main feature of our theorem is that the rate of convergence is within $$\log n$$ of optimal for $$n, d \rightarrow \infty $$ .
Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood—Past, Present, and Future

Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials is, by definition, the science of identifying the physical and mechanical properties of a piece of material without altering its end-use capabilities. Such evaluations rely upon nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques or “tools” to provide accurate information pertaining to the properties and performance of the material in question.
Single-agent parallel window search: a summary of results

We show how node ordering can be combined with parallel window search to quickly find a nearly optimal solution to single-agent problems. First, we show how node ordering by maximum g among nodes with equal I = g + h values can improve the performance of IDA*. We then consider a window search where different processes perform IDA* simultaneously on the same problem but with different cost thresholds. Finally, we combine the two ideas to produce a parallel window search algorithm in which node ordering information is shared among the different processes. Parallel window search can be used to find a nearly optimal solution quickly, improve the solution until it is optimal, and then finally guarantee optimality, depending on the amount of time available.
Technology-Development Performance and Government Support: The Case of A High Technology

Government support is a policy tool frequently used to foster research and development (R&D) efforts in private sectors. Along with firm characteristics, strategic behavior of project team, charact...
Enabling Smart Urban Surveillance at The Edge

The unprecedented urbanization and the staggering development of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) demonstrate that the concept of Smart City is attractive and achievable. Beyond the scope of traditional city services and applications, Smart Cities provide urban planners and policy makers proactive and timely information to obtain a dynamic and comprehensive understanding about the rhythm of our cities. The sustainability of Smart Cities necessitates the capability of computations and data analysis at the edge of the networks, especially for mission critical applications requiring real-time information fusion and on-site decision making. Fog Computing, an extension of Cloud Computing, enables heterogeneous mobile and smart computing devices at the edge to collaborate for instant decision making. In this paper, a smart urban surveillance platform has been proposed employing a Fog Computing paradigm. Taking an urban traffic monitoring as a case study, a prototype has been built and tested. Leveraging the underlay fog network, the real-time multi-target tracking task is accomplished using the l1 target tracking algorithm. Compared with the Cloud Computing, the experimental results are very encouraging and validate the feasibility of smart urban surveillance for instant decision making using Fog Computing at the network edges.
Trace and Defamiliarization in Contemporary Documentary (Víctor Erice and Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro)

Through the concept of Critical Regionalism and its relation to image and temporality, this chapter examines the cinematic genre of “false documentary” by analyzing the work of filmmakers Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro (Arraianos) and Victor Erice (Vidros Rotos). It attempts to rethink the notion of regional cultural memory and its relation to forms of temporality. By drawing upon the formal specificities of these two films, one on the daily lives of the inhabitants of the border region between Galicia and Portugal, and the other on the worker testimonies of the closing of a Portuguese factory in 2002, the essay examines the formal tensions underlying the construction of national critical regionalisms through the aesthetic expression of space, time, voice, distance, proximity, and historicity. The films I work with construct a mark of historicity that emerges in the interstice between documentary form (ethnography, cinema verite, social space, historical archive, etc.) and aesthetic form (language, the use of light, sound, and movement), and converge to orient an ultimate significance that will be unveiled, through interpretative collaboration, by the spectator.
Investigating Generalization Difficulties During Instruction in Language for Learning

Language for Learning is a language curriculum that research supports as effective for teaching language skills to young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, most of this research has measured direct acquisition and it is unclear to what extent the skills taught in Language for Learning generalize beyond the context of the curriculum. Our purpose for this study was to evaluate the effects of Language for Learning for producing generalization of labeling skills of two children with ASD when implemented in public school classrooms by the participants’ teachers. We used a multiple probe design across language skills to investigate several types of generalization: to untrained visual stimuli, to novel sequences of instructions, and to novel instructors. Results indicate that Language for Learning was effective in producing generalization to untrained visual stimuli and to a novel instructor for one skill, but that responding was tightly controlled by the specific sequence of verbal instructions used within the curriculum for other skills. We discuss possible explanations for our findings as well as areas for future research.
Ethical Challenges Confronted When Providing Nusinersen Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

The US Food and Drug Administration's December 2016 approval of nusinersen for the treatment of patients with all subtypes of spinal muscular atrophy ushered in a new era for patients with spinal muscular atrophy, their families, and all those involved in their care. The extreme cost of the medication and the complicated logistical requirements for administering nusinersen via lumbar puncture have created practical challenges that raise important ethical considerations. We discuss 6 challenges faced at the institutional level in the United States: cost, limited evidence, informed consent, treatment allocation, fair distribution of responsibilities, and transparency with stakeholders. These challenges must be understood to ensure that patients with spinal muscular atrophy benefit from treatment, are protected from harm, and are treated fairly.
Tacrolimus concentration to dose ratio in solid organ transplant patients treated with fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is increasingly being performed for Clostridium difficile infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients; however, little is known about the potential pharmacokinetic or pharmacomicrobial effects this may have on tacrolimus levels. We reviewed the medical records of 10 SOT patients from September 2012-December 2016 who were taking tacrolimus at time of FMT for recurrent C. difficile infection. We compared the differences in tacrolimus concentration/dose ratio (C/D ratio) 3 months prior to FMT vs 3 months after FMT. The mean of the differences in C/D ratio calculated as (ng/mL)/(mg/kg/d) was -17.65 (95% CI -1.25 to 0.58) (ng/mL)/(mg/kg/d), P-value .43 by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The mean of the differences in C/D ratio calculated as (ng/mL)/(mg/d) was -0.33 (95% CI -1.25 to 0.58) (ng/mL)/(mg/d), P-value .28 by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Of these patients, 2/10 underwent allograft biopsy for allograft dysfunction in the year after FMT, with no evidence of allograft rejection on pathology. These preliminary data suggest that FMT may not predictably alter tacrolimus levels and support its safety for SOT patients however further study in randomized trials is needed.
Fine-Grained Information Identification in Health Related Posts

Online health communities have become a medium for patients to share their personal experiences and interact with peers on topics related to a disease, medication, side effects, and therapeutic processes. Analyzing informational posts in these communities can provide an insightful view about the dominant health issues and can help patients find the information that they need easier. In this paper, we propose a computational model that mines user content in online health communities to detect positive experiences and suggestions on health improvement as well as negative impacts or side effects that cause suffering throughout fighting with a disease. Specifically, we combine high-level, abstract features extracted from a convolutional neural network with lexicon-based features and features extracted from a long short term memory network to capture the semantics in the data. We show that our model, with and without lexicon-based features, outperforms strong baselines.
Ecology, Sustainability, and Care: Developments in the Field

Over the past three decades, scholars and activists have been attempting to enrich the field of economics with both feminist and ecological perspectives. This essay reviews some highlights of such ...
Genetic Counseling—Stress, Coping, and the Empowerment Perspective

Historically one of the basic foundations of the genetic counseling process has been nondirectiveness; however, its definition and utility continues to be in question. There remains a need to develop genetic counseling interventions in order to qualify, quantify, measure, and enhance the genetic counseling process as well as to delineate the complex interactions of education and counseling that occur. We propose a framework for genetic counseling interventions utilizing an empowerment perspective and Lazarus and Folkman's adaptation of the theory of stress and coping. This model frames the genetic counseling process as one that promotes the autonomy of the individual by providing the individual with the tools required to make their own decisions and enhances coping and adjustment to the outcome of those decisions through control and mastery.
Application of Disorder to Probe the Ground State of CeAl3

The magneto-resistance of CeAl3 decreases rapidly below 2K. This may happen because the 4f electrons make a transition into an itinerant narrow band. Disorder created by neutron irradiation or chemically by alloying with La tends to suppress this decrease and increases the resistivity p much more at low temperatures than for T > 100 K. For disorder created by neutron irradiation, the change in resistivity Δ ρ ∝ lnT for 1.5 K ≤ T ≤ 10 K. Disorder inhibits the transition.
New domain-locking disulfide in a bacterial malate dehydrogenase strengthens proposed mechanism for reductive activation of the chloroplast enzyme

Light-dependent reduction of cystine disulfide bonds results in activation of several of the enzymes of photosynthetic carbon metabolism within the chloroplast. Tertiary structure modeling suggests that the redox-sensitivity of the chloroplast malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) is due to disulfide crosslinking of the carbon substrate and nucleotide-binding domains. Consistent with this suggestion, introduction of Cys residues in opposition to one another on the two domains of the Escherichia coli enzyme results in redox-sensitivity [Muslin EH et al. (1995) Biophys J 68: 2218-2223]. We have now substituted Cys residues into the bacterial malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37) in positions that correspond more exactly to those postulated to be responsible for the redox-sensitivity of the chloroplast enzyme. The introduction of one pair of Cys residues renders the enzyme redox-sensitive, but the introduction of the alternate pair does not. Energy minimization calculations suggest that the difference in redox-sensitivity is consistent with differences in the energy required for formation of the disulfide bond.
Television and Nutrition in Juvenile Detention Centers

Background: We sought to improve the ability of incarcerated juveniles to critically evaluate media food messages through an educational program that focused on nutrition. Methods: Surveys were administered to two groups of inmates of both sexes (seven to 16 years). The program consisted of forty-one 50 minute sessions (three times per week for 15 weeks) focusing on media and nutrition. Results: None of the participants identified accurate nutrition information before the intervention. After the program, the intervention group (n = 16) identified inconsistencies between nutrition labeling and media messages better than the controls (n = 17). Intervention inmates also expressed a greater interest in learning more about nutrition and had a better understanding of how diet is a factor in health. Conclusions: Health professionals can design health promotion programs that have a positive impact on the inmates’ life while they are in custody, or after their release.
Partners in Thought: Working with Unformulated Experience, Dissociation, and Enactment

Building on the innovative work of Unformulated Experience, Donnel B. Stern continues his exploration of the creation of meaning in clinical psychoanalysis with Partners in Thought. The chapters in this fascinating book are undergirded by the concept that the meanings which arise from unformulated experience are catalyzed by the states of relatedness in which the meanings emerge. In hermeneutic terms, what takes place in the consulting room is a particular kind of conversation, one in which patient and analyst serve as one another’s partner in thought, an emotionally responsive witness to the other’s experience. Enactment, which Stern theorizes as the interpersonalization of dissociation, interrupts this crucial kind of exchange, and the eventual breach of enactments frees analyst and patient to resume it. Later chapters compare his views to the ideas of others, considering mentalization theory and the work of the Boston Change Process Study Group. Approaching the link between dissociation and enactment via hermeneutics, metaphor, and narrative, among other perspectives, Stern weaves an experience-near theory of psychoanalytic relatedness that illuminates dilemmas clinicians find themselves in every day. Full of clinical illustrations showing how Stern works with dissociation and enactment, Partners in Thought is destined to take its place beside Unformulated Experience as a major contribution to the psychoanalytic literature.
Improving Students' Writing Descriptive Text Through Digital Storytelling Technique

The most difficult part of writing is students could not organize the development of their ideas and the purpose of the text.Digital storytelling is one of the multimedia to improve students' writing competency. The main objective of this research is to prove whether the digital storytelling enhances and improve students writing competency. The study uses classroom action research (CAR). The data in this study are quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data will be collected by using the essay test. The qualitative data will be collected by using observation, field notes, and questionnaire.The results of the use of digital storytelling in writing text significantly increased by using digital storytelling. The score of students’ writing descriptive text kept increasing from pre-test until post-test. It was proved by the data which showed that the mean of the students’ score in post-test II (86.4) was higher than the post-test I (72.2), and also higher than the pre-test (54.8). in addition, the response of student in using digital storytelling in the agree category, it can be seen from the frequencies of item 110 (52.88%).Therefore, Digital Storytelling significantly improves students’ score in writing Descriptive Text. Furthermore, it can be concluded that Digital Storytelling is effective to be used in teaching writing skill, especially in Descriptive Text.
Intelligent Control Mechanism in Smart Micro grid with Mesh Networks and Virtual Power Plant Model

This paper proposes a generation driven control strategy for handling the operations of a smart micro grid. This control strategy is proposed for a PV and battery based microgrid and tested using technical virtual power plant (TVPP) realization. Mesh network infrastructure is used to connect the generation and load elements. The projected strategy is simulated in MATLAB and tested on IEEE RTS96 73 bus system using Simulink. The advantages of VPP approach in operating and maintaining micro grids are discussed, and concluded that a TVPP realization helped in optimizing the operation of the grid in the all four quarters of the year. Hence; five load nodes were completely shut down during peak periods in Jan-Mar quarter and 6 nodes were operating at 75% of the required demand in that quarter
Abstract 2719: Metabolic product of inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase B confers chemotherapy resistance by managing redox homeostasis

How altered metabolism contributes to chemotherapy resistance in cancer cells remains unclear. Through a metabolism-related kinome RNAi screen, we identified inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (ITPKB) as a critical enzyme that contributes to cisplatin-resistant tumor growth. We demonstrate that inositol (1,3,4,5) tetrakisphosphate (IP4), the product of ITPKB, plays a critical role in redox homeostasis upon cisplatin exposure by reducing cisplatin-induced ROS through inhibition of a ROS-generating enzyme NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4), which promotes cisplatin- resistant tumor growth. Mechanistically, IP4 competes with the NOX4 cofactor NADPH for binding and consequently inhibits NOX4. Targeting ITPKB with shRNA or its small molecule inhibitor resulted in attenuation of NOX4 activity, imbalanced redox status, and sensitized cancer cells to cisplatin treatment in patient-derived xenografts. Our findings provide insight into the crosstalk between kinase-mediated metabolic regulation and platinum-based chemotherapy resistance in human cancers. Our study also suggests a distinctive signaling function of IP4 that regulates NOX4. Furthermore, pharmaceutical inhibition of ITPKB displayed synergistic attenuation of tumor growth with cisplatin suggesting ITPKB as a promising synthetic lethal target for cancer therapeutic intervention to overcome cisplatin resistance. Citation Format: Chaoyun Pan, Jaemoo Chun, Austin Boese, Jihoon Kang, Jie Li, Lingtao Jin, Sumin Kang. Metabolic product of inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase B confers chemotherapy resistance by managing redox homeostasis [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2719.
Breast Cancer with Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes

Cancer genetics is a rapidly evolving field that interacts with many aspects of breast cancer care. This chapter reviews information about hereditary breast cancer and how to identify patients who may be at risk to have a breast cancer predisposition syndrome. This chapter also highlights the associated cancer risks of certain hereditary cancer syndromes and management recommendations for patients with mutations. Finally, this chapter discusses different types of genetic testing, strategies for determining the appropriate genetic testing to order, and limitations of genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer.
Femtosecond Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Molecular Anions

Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) is a powerful technique to probe the ultrafast excited state dynamics of molecules. TRPES applied to gas-phase molecular anions and clusters is capable of probing not only excited state formation and relaxation but also electron accommodation dynamics upon injection of an excess electron into a solvent or molecule. We review the basics of TRPES as it applies to molecular anions and several applications including the study of electron solvation dynamics in clusters and excited state relaxation in several biomolecules. We then explore in detail the dynamics of electron attachment and photodissociation in iodide–nucleobase clusters studied by TRPES as a model system for examining radiative damage of DNA induced by low-energy electrons. By initiating charge transfer from iodide to the nucleobase and following the dynamics of the resulting transient negative ions with femtosecond time resolution, TRPES provides a novel window into the chemistry triggered by the attachment of low-energy electrons to nucleobases.
ElderReact: A Multimodal Dataset for Recognizing Emotional Response in Aging Adults

Automatic emotion recognition plays a critical role in technologies such as intelligent agents and social robots and is increasingly being deployed in applied settings such as education and healthcare. Most research to date has focused on recognizing the emotional expressions of young and middle-aged adults and, to a lesser extent, children and adolescents. Very few studies have examined automatic emotion recognition in older adults (i.e., elders), which represent a large and growing population worldwide. Given that aging causes many changes in facial shape and appearance and has been found to alter patterns of nonverbal behavior, there is strong reason to believe that automatic emotion recognition systems may need to be developed specifically (or augmented) for the elder population. To promote and support this type of research, we introduce a newly collected multimodal dataset of elders reacting to emotion elicitation stimuli. Specifically, it contains 1323 video clips of 46 unique individuals with human annotations of six discrete emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise as well as valence. We present a detailed analysis of the most indicative features for each emotion. We also establish several baselines using unimodal and multimodal features on this dataset. Finally, we show that models trained on dataset of another age group do not generalize well on elders.
Heuristic Evaluation of A Tesla Model 3 Interface

Usability research is important in our age of developing technology as it has significant implications for how technology is perceived by users. In 2017 Tesla released the Model 3, their most affor...
NEUTRON EXPERIMENTS AT LAMPF

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses neutron experiments at LAMPF. Most of the charged particles in the neutron beam were swept by magnet M 1 ; the rest were vetoed by scintillator S 0 . The neutron flux (>, 250 MeV) was monitored by scintillator telescopes near the collimator exit, viewing a CH 2 target at + 25°. The primary proton flux was obtained from a toroidal current monitor. The neutron beam was incident on a liquid-hydrogen (LH 2 ) or an appropriate scattering target. The resulting charged particles were detected by a multiwire proportional chamber (MWPC) spectrometer. The spectrometer consisted of a large bending magnet and four MWPC (W 1 –W 4 ), each of which measured x and y coordinates of a hit. Typical bend angles were ∼22°, which gave momentum determination accuracy of ∼0.5%. Multiple scattering was minimized by placing He bags between W 1 and W 4 . The off line analysis of data was performed by numerical integration of the particle trajectories using known magnetic field values. The optimum momentum, P, was obtained by X 2 minimization.
Considerations for Developing Online Bereavement Support Groups

The loss of a family member or friend can have profound psychological and physical implications, particularly for individuals without bereavement support services. Online support groups can be an e...
SCF and CI calculations of the dipole moment function of ozone

The constant and linear terms in a Taylor series expansion of the dipole moment function of the ground state of ozone are calculated with Cartesian Gaussian basis sets ranging in quality from minimal to double zeta plus polarization. Results are presented at both the self-consistent field and configuration-interaction levels. Although the algebraic signs of the linear dipole moment derivatives are all established to be positive, the absolute magnitudes of these quantities, as well as the infrared intensities calculated from them, vary considerably with the level of theory.
Acquired Arteriovenous Fistula of the Axillary Artery

A 55-year-old male developed left axillary arteriovenous fistula following remote stapling of the biceps tendon. The feeding arteries for the fistula were circumflex humeral branches of the left axillary artery. Covered stent placement via femoral artery approach failed to successfully occlude the fistula. Percutaneous puncture of the left brachial artery at the elbow as well as puncture of the cephalic and basilic vein with coil embolization using coaxial microcatheter system resulted in successful obliteration of the fistula.
Profile of Data Sharing in the Clinical Neurosciences.

IMPORTANCE In today's climate of high healthcare costs and limited research resources, much attention has been given to inefficiency in research. Open access to research data has been proposed as a way to pool resources and make the most of research funding while also promoting transparency and scientific rigor. Objective: The clinical neurosciences stand to benefit greatly from the potential opportunities afforded by open data, and we sought to evaluate the current state of publicly available research findings and data sharing policies within the clinical neurosciences. Design: The Clarivate Analytics Web of Science journal citation reports for 2017 were used to sort journals in the category 'Clinical Neurosciences' by impact factor. The top 50 journals were selected and reviewed, but data was only collected from journals focused on original research (42/50). For each journal we reviewed the 10 most recent original research articles for 2016, 2017, and 2018 as designated by Scopus. Results: A data sharing policy existed for 60% (25/42) of the journals reviewed. Of the articles studied 41% (517/1255) contained source data, and the amount of articles with available source data increased from 2016 to 2018. Of all the articles reviewed, 49.4% (620/1255) were open access. Overall, 6.9% (87/1255) of articles had their source data accessible outside of the manuscript (e.g. registries, databases, etc.) and 8.9% (112/1255) addressed the availability of their source data within the publication itself. The availability of source data outside the manuscript and in-article discussion of source data availability both increased from 2016 to 2018. Only 3.9% (49/1255) of articles reviewed reported negative results for their primary outcome, and 7.6% (95/1255) of the articles could not be defined as primarily reporting positive or negative findings (characterization studies, census reporting, etc.). The distribution of negative versus positive results reported showed no significant trend over the years studied. Conclusion and Relevance: Our results demonstrate an opportunity for increased data sharing in neuroscience original research. These findings also suggest a trend towards increased adoption of open data sharing policies among journals and increased availability of unprocessed data in publications. This can increase the quality and speed at which new research is developed in the clinical neurosciences.
The great reanimation

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ways in which long running secular trends and the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to re-energize labor movements and pushed political thinking to the left Design/methodology/approach: A review of emerging trends in public opinion and labor action to identify some critical tipping points Findings: There is a critical shift unfolding in which government intervention to stem income inequality is becoming politically acceptable Originality/value: To the best of the author’s knowledge, there have been few, if any comparable discussions of the relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political will to stem income inequality and the implications for corporate behavior © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited
“Why Should We Have to Go to Class If We Came Here to Play Football?” What This Book Is About

This chapter looks at the research on student-athletes, which focuses on student-athlete attitude as the driving cause of student-athletes struggling academically. This chapter lays out the overall layout of the book and challenges the existing literature, finding that there are structural issues student-athletes face, and these affect academic success more than anything. This chapter lays out the research questions for the book: What messages do student-athletes receive from family, coaches, teammates, and advisors about succeeding in classes, compared to succeeding in their sports? What hidden challenges do student-athletes face in the classroom? How do student-athletes define success for themselves in terms of their sport, classes, and after graduation? What should non-student-athletes know about being a student-athlete? How can student-athletes be helped in the classroom?
The size-frequency distribution of H > 13 NEOs and ARM target candidates detected by Pan-STARRS1

Abstract We determine the absolute magnitude (H) distribution (or size-frequency distribution, SFD; N(H)∝10αH where α is the slope of the distribution) for near-Earth objects (NEO) with 13 α = 0.48 ± 0.02 for NEOs with 13 α = 0.33 ± 0.01 for NEOs with 16 α = 0.62 ± 0.03 for the smaller objects with H > 22. There is also another change in slope from steep to shallow around H = 27. The three ARM target candidates detected by Pan-STARRS1 in one year of surveying have a corrected SFD with slope α = 0 . 40 − 0.45 + 0.33 . We also show that the window for follow up observations of small (H≳ 22) NEOs with the NASA IRTF telescope and Arecibo and Goldstone radars are extremely short - on order of days, and procedures for fast response must be implemented in order to measure physical characteristics of small Earth-approaching objects. CFHT’s MegaCam and Pan-STARRS1 have longer observing windows and are capable of following-up more NEOs due to their deeper limiting magnitudes and wider fields of view.
Steady-state methods for measuring in-plane thermal conductivity of thin films for heat spreading applications

The development of high thermal conductivity thin film materials for the thermal management of electronics requires accurate and precise methods for characterizing heat spreading capability, namely, in-plane thermal conductivity. However, due to the complex nature of thin film thermal property measurements, resolving the in-plane thermal conductivity of high thermal conductivity anisotropic thin films with high accuracy is particularly challenging. Capable transient techniques exist; however, they usually measure thermal diffusivity and require heat capacity and density to deduce thermal conductivity. Here, we present an explicit uncertainty analysis framework for accurately resolving in-plane thermal conductivity via two independent steady-state thermometry techniques: particle-assisted Raman thermometry and electrical resistance thermometry. Additionally, we establish error-based criteria to determine the limiting experimental conditions that permit the simplifying assumption of one-dimensional thermal conduction to further reduce thermal analysis. We demonstrate the accuracy and precision (<5% uncertainty) of both steady-state techniques through in-plane thermal conductivity measurements of anisotropic nanocrystalline diamond thin films.