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The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: Final considerations and future directions

Among the writings of the New Testament one book occupies a special place, a fact which often receives too little attention. This is the Book of Acts, which tradition attributes to Luke, the author of the third Gospel; there are some things to be said against this tradition , but far more in favour of it, so that we may call the author by the name of Luke [emphasis added]. Final considerations The authorial unity of Luke and Acts is little argued in scholarly circles, since virtually everyone unanimously agrees the external and internal evidence confirm single authorship. That the external evidence is from the latter part of the second century and beyond or that the internal evidence tends to favor similarities over differences does not receive much attention. The current project was undertaken to re-examine the evidence for the authorial unity of Luke and Acts by analyzing their seams and summaries in light of ancient prose composition criticism and modern stylometric methods. The statement to be tested may be expressed thus: If the common authorship of Luke and Acts is true, their seams and summaries, genre-neutral text, will reveal the same or similar prose compositional features . If differences of a statistically significant or highly significant nature are discovered, single authorship may, or better, must, be called into question. Given this, a three-stage analysis evolved as the most appropriate methodological approach.
Strong WORM

We introduce a Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) storage system providing strong assurances of data retention and compliant migration, by leveraging trusted secure hardware in close data proximity. This is important because existing compliance storage products and research prototypes are fundamentally vulnerable to faulty or malicious behavior, as they rely on simple enforcement primitives ill-suited for their threat model. This is hard because tamper-proof processing elements are significantly constrained in both computation ability and memory capacity - as heat dissipation concerns under tamper-resistant requirements limit their maximum allowable spatial gate-density. We achieve efficiency by (i) ensuring the secure hardware is accessed sparsely, minimizing the associated overhead for expected transaction loads, and (ii) using adaptive overhead-amortized constructs to enforce WORM semantics at the throughput rate of the storage servers ordinary processors during burst periods. With a single secure co-processor, on single-CPU commodity x86 hardware, our architecture can support over 2500 transactions per second.
Creating Marketbots

Developing sufficiently intelligent Marketbots is still a daunting task. The future, in which most boring and repeating transactions will be performed by automated proxies, is not very far. There already is a growing market for Marketbots, and who knows, one day Marketbots will be trading in that market as well.
MUTANT GENES AND THE EMIGRATION BEHAVIOR OF PHAENICIA SERICATA (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE).

Pleiotropic effects of genes on patterns of behavior must be considered in the determination of individual variability, fitness, and adaptation. Studies have shown genetic alterations of behavior ranging from simple responses, as the differential attraction toward light by mutant and normal individuals (Brown and Hall, 1936), to variations in complex sequences of movements, as in the mating behavior of Drosophila (Bastock, 1956; Crossley, 1963). Such investigations can be approached by the direct selection for a high or low degree of a given activity, or by the comparison of specific behavioral responses found in normal individuals with those found in individuals carrying a mutant character. The majority of studies in insect behavioral genetics have been concerned with mating-behavior activity, particularly in Drosophila (Manning, 1965), but several investigations have dealt with the effects of mutations on more simple activity responses. Aside from the highly detrimental mutations which would obviously restrict the normal activities of an individual, several cases of behavior modifications as a result of gene changes have been demonstrated. For example, Surtees (1966) found differences in the locomotor activity of the grain weevil, Sitophilus granarius, in which a pyrethrumsusceptible strain moved twice as fast and showed a higher degree of turning than a pyrethrum-resistant strain. The effects of single gene changes on the activity of D. melanogaster was reported by Scott (1943)
Prolonged bradycardia, asystole and outcome of high spinal cord injury patients: Risk factors and management.

Background: High spinal cord injury (HSCI) is one of the devastating traumatic injuries. 80% of these patients are young male, and 93% will have major neurological disabilities. There is a paucity of literature about prolonged bradycardia in HSCI patients. The aim of this study was to know the prevalence, risk factors, precipitating factors for prolonged bradycardia in the HSCI patients. Materials and Methods: All patients who were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital, with spinal cord injury above level of dorsal (D4) were enrolled in this study prospectively. Patient's demographic data, mechanism, level and type of spinal injury, associated injuries, injury severity score (ISS), spinal shock, vasopressors used, time of occurrence of bradycardia, treatment for bradycardia, precipitating as well as risk factors and outcome were recorded. Results: During the study period, a total of 138 patients were admitted to the ICU with HSCI. Majority of patients were male. The most frequently associated injury in these patients was skeletal fractures (38.4%). Most common complication was pneumonia 56 (41%). Forty-five (33%) of the total patients had prolonged bradycardia; 87% of these patients had pneumonia when bradycardia occurred. 53.4% had cardiac asystole. 29 (21%) patients had bradycardia at the time of endotracheal suctioning, whereas 27 (20%) patients developed bradycardia at the time of positioning. Majority of the patients were managed conservatively. Those HSCI patients who developed prolonged bradycardia, their ISS score was statistically higher, ICU and hospital stay was significantly higher compared with those HSCI patient who did not have prolonged bradycardia. Multivariate analysis revealed that hypotension on admission; pneumonia, and tracheostomy were risk factors for the development of prolonged bradycardia in HSCI patients. Conclusion: Prolonged bradycardia was associated with significantly higher incidence of asystole. Endotracheal suctioning and positioning of HSCI patients were significant provocative factors for prolonged bradycardia; hypotension on admission, pneumonia and tracheostomy were the risk factors for the development of prolonged bradycardia in these patients.
Analysis of foodborne pathogens in food risk surveillance in Chongqing in 2011

Objective:To understand the contamination status of foodborne pathogens in food from Chong-qing markets.Methods:Eight kinds of foodborne pathogens such as foodborne pathogens were detected,isolated and identified according to "Workbook for foodborne pathogen monitoring in 2011".Results:One thousand,five hundred and thirty food samples in 10 categories,such as cooked meat products,ready-to-eat aquatic product and non-fermented bean products,Infant formula foods,vegetable salad,fresh fruit and vegetables juice,and so on,were tested.75 bacteria strains were isolated,the overall Detection rate was4.90 %(75/1530).The Detection rate of Listeria monocytogenes,Staphylococcus aureus,and Bacillus cereus,was 9.44%(17/180),2.15%(29/1350),and 12.67%(19/150)separately.Conclusion:The Situation of some food contaminated by foodborne pathogens,such as rice,ready-to-eat aquatic product and non-fermented bean products,vegetable salad,fresh fruit and vegetables juice,was serious relatively in Chongqing markets,and the higher risk human foodborne diseases may be caused by Bacillus cereus,Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Benign pairs: A useful discriminating feature in fine needle aspirates of the breast

OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic utility of the finding of naked, bipolar nuclei in fine needle aspirates of breast lesions. STUDY DESIGN: Aspirate smears from 150 cases of histologically proven benign (77) and malignant (73) breast lesions were evaluated for the presence of stripped, bipolar nuclei in the smear background as singlets as well as closely associated pairs. RESULTS: The presence of such pairs was a more specific indicator of benign entities (present in 70% of benign lesions vs. 1% of carcinomas) when compared to single, bare nuclei alone (present in 94% of benign lesions vs. 45% of carcinomas). Large numbers of such benign pairs also strongly favored the diagnosis of fibroadenoma within the benign subgroup. CONCLUSION: The presence of bipolar nuclear pairs is a valuable addition to the finding of singlets in the diagnosis of benign breast lesions and their subclassification.
ISFR SURGICAL APPROACHES TO BONE HEALING IN OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE PATIENTS: HOW HAS THE IMPLANT ADAPTED TO THE PATIENT NEEDS?

Hip fracture treatment strategies continue to evolve with the goal of restoring hip fracture victims to Pre-injury Functional levels. Strategies for improved treatment have focused on fracture exposure, reduction, provisional fixation and definitive fixation with implant designs optimised for fracture union with minimal implant failure as originally proposed by Lambotte. Multiple implant designs have been conceived based on perceived inadequacies of previous generational designs. To better understand this evolutionary process, it is necessary to review the predecessors of modern fracture treatment and understand their design concepts and results. It is interesting that the modern era of surgical treatment of hip fractures actually began in 1902, when Dr Royal Whitman advocated the necessity of a closed reduction of adult hip fractures under general anesthesia and stabilisation by hip spica cast. Dr Whitman predicted the evolution of stabilisation by internal fixation and commented on this in his 1932 JBJS editorial emphasising the importance of surgical treatment of fractures. Dr Smith-Peterson, also from New York, in 1925 developed the 1st commercially successful hip implant, a tri–flanged nail. These first surgeries were performed with an open reduction, through a Smith-Petersen approach without radiographic control. This nail device was rapidly modified in the 19309s to permit insertion over a guide wire with a radiographic controlled insertion technique, a minimally invasive procedure. Nail penetration and implant failure in pertrochanteric fractures led to the rapid development of side-plates and a refocus on reduction stability. This led to a period of primary corrective osteotomies for enhanced stability, but fell out of failure after the sliding hip screw concept took hold. Originally conceived by Godoy-Moreira and Pohl independently in the 1940s, it became rapidly accepted as a method to avoid nail penetration and implant failure, unfortunately at the expense of accepting malunion and collapse of the fracture. Even the importance of rotational stability was discarded as insignificant by Holt in 1963. The concept of reduction of the Antero-Medial cortex was forgotten in favour of the Tip-apex distance as the only important variable in reduction to avoid implant cut-out. The concept of malunion of pertrochanteric fractures was simply deleted from consideration with disregard for the possible association of impaired functional recovery. Several recent papers that improved functional recovery is possible when these new implants are coupled with successful reduction strategies. Further studies are needed to identify the correct choice of implant for the appropriate fracture configuration, which may lead to a revision of our current fracture classification systems and our concepts of stability.
Unified discrete time optimal control for MEMS gyroscopes

This paper presents a novel control strategy, unified discrete time optimal control (UDTOC), for controlling the sense axis of a vibrational MEMS gyroscope and estimating the rotation rate. The total disturbance, which includes both the internal dynamics and external disturbances, is estimated by a current discrete extended state observer and cancelled by the discrete time optimal controller in real time. It is assumed that the drive axis outputs an ideal sinusoidal signal. A force-to-rebalance mode of operation is applied to the sense axis of the gyroscope and the sense axis output is continuously monitored and driven to zero by UDTOC. The demodulation technique is employed to estimate the rotation rate. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the UDTOC against parameter variations and noises.
Two-dimensional photonic crystal defect laser

With the maturation of crystal growth along with the nanofabrication of semiconductors there has been strong interest in creating optical microcavities for spontaneous emission control. The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) was the first device to shrink the optical mode to sizes on the order of the wavelength of light[l].
Exploiting the non-commutativity of nonlinear operators for information-theoretic security in disadvantaged wireless environments

Information-theoretic security guarantees that a message is kept secret from potential eavesdroppers regardless of their current or future computational abilities. But current information-theoretic security approaches generally rely on an advantage of the channel of the desired recipient over the adversary, and such an advantage can be difficult to guarantee in a wireless network where an eavesdropper might be very near the transmitter. This paper initiates an approach to everlasting security for wireless communication links by exploiting a fundamental concept from systems theory: that nonlinear systems are not (necessarily) commutative. This property is exploited by employing a short-term cryptographic key to force the eavesdropper's signal to be subjected to nonlinear operations in the reverse order of that of the signal at the desired recipient. After introducing the idea and providing analysis for the general case, we next consider a simple (and practical) instantiation where the transmitter uses the ephemeral cryptographic key to rapidly power modulate the transmitted signal. Secrecy rates with this rapid power modulation under various assumptions establish the promise of the approach, even in the case of an eavesdropper with uniformly better conditions (channel and receiver quality) than the intended recipient.
Adjoint Sensitivity with a Nested Limited Area Atmospheric Model

A one-way interactive nesting capability was added to the tangent linear and adjoint models of a limited area atmospheric forecasting system. In the tangent linear model , perturbation information is passed through the lateral boundaries to higher resolution nests. Gradient information moves through the lateral boundaries in the direction of the lower resolution parent domains in the adjoint model. The system was demonstrated by forcing the adjoint model over a small volume resolved on the finest nest and constructing optimal perturbations from the gradient information on the parent domain. Small perturbations (<1 m s\(^{-1}\) in wind speed) on the coarsest domain resulted in relatively large changes in the boundary layer flow over the localized area on the finest scale nest where the adjoint model was originally forced.
A battery-free RFID sensor tag with fiber-optic tamper detection

We present an ISO18000-6C (EPC Generation 2) compatible battery-free RFID tag designed for a hazardous material monitoring application. This tag is a wirelessly powered sensor device that incorporates a general purpose microprocessor to enable the development of specialized sensor applications. It is housed in a ruggedized enclosure that incorporates a dual-polarized 6 dBi antenna for the 902–928 MHz UHF RFID band. It integrates two custom UHF RFID analog front end ASICs with a general purpose TI MSP430 microcontroller and a fiber-optic tamper detection loop. The tag has a power-up threshold of +3 dBm due to the power requirements of the fiber-optic tamper detection loop. It has a measured operating range of over 5.5 m with a +36 dBm EIRP EPC Generation 2 reader.
Program experiences of adults with autism, their families, and providers: Findings from a focus group study:

A growing number of individuals with autism spectrum disorder are aging into adulthood. In the United States, Medicaid is the primary payer for services for adults with autism spectrum disorder, yet there are few funded programs that provide dedicated supports to this population. This study examined the experiences of adults with autism spectrum disorder in two Medicaid-funded programs in Pennsylvania through focus groups. Researchers conducted 20 focus groups with a total of 36 adults with autism spectrum disorder, 32 family members, 32 direct care staff, and 20 program administrators. Using thematic analysis, we identified three themes: training needs, community engagement and socialization, and employment. There was a need for additional training to meet the varying needs of program participants including co-occurring diagnoses, sexuality, and long-term planning. Adults with autism spectrum disorder prioritized more individualized community activities based on their interests. Finally, barriers to and ...
Diagnostic accuracy of a novel software technology for detecting pneumothorax in a porcine model.

Abstract Introduction Our objective was to measure the diagnostic accuracy of a novel software technology to detect pneumothorax on Brightness (B) mode and Motion (M) mode ultrasonography. Methods Ultrasonography fellowship-trained emergency physicians performed thoracic ultrasonography at baseline and after surgically creating a pneumothorax in eight intubated, spontaneously breathing porcine subjects. Prior to pneumothorax induction, we captured sagittal M-mode still images and B-mode videos of each intercostal space with a linear array transducer at 4cm of depth. After collection of baseline images, we placed a chest tube, injected air into the pleural space in 250mL increments, and repeated the ultrasonography for pneumothorax volumes of 250mL, 500mL, 750mL, and 1000mL. We confirmed pneumothorax with intrapleural digital manometry and ultrasound by expert sonographers. We exported collected images for interpretation by the software. We treated each individual scan as a single test for interpretation by the software. Results Excluding indeterminate results, we collected 338M-mode images for which the software demonstrated a sensitivity of 98% (95% confidence interval [CI] 92–99%), specificity of 95% (95% CI 86–99), positive likelihood ratio (LR+) of 21.6 (95% CI 7.1–65), and negative likelihood ratio (LR−) of 0.02 (95% CI 0.008–0.046). Among 364 B-mode videos, the software demonstrated a sensitivity of 86% (95% CI 81–90%), specificity of 85% (81–91%), LR+ of 5.7 (95% CI 3.2–10.2), and LR− of 0.17 (95% CI 0.12–0.22). Conclusions This novel technology has potential as a useful adjunct to diagnose pneumothorax on thoracic ultrasonography.
HYDROLOGICAL, SOIL AND MICROCLIMATE POTENTIAL ON THE TERRITORY OF PANČEVO IN FUNCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

The climate is the result of work done by complex climatic systems and it affects the overall development of agriculture and society of a certain area. Climatic elements possess natural variability which can be found out in two ways: directly, using the meteorological measurements and indirectly, applying some other methods. Agricultural production of a certain area largely depends on its productive capability and the way of being used. The mere facts that the tissue of all living forms on Earth consists of 50 – 80 % of water and that all vital activities are done in the interiority of a living organism, speaks enough about the importance of water as a natural source of life. Regarding this, this paper analyses climatic parameters, pedological characteristics and water potentials in the function of evaluation of the specificity of this agricultural area concerning these characteristics and their influence on agriculture. Using the available data of “Tamis” Institute, The Republic Hydrometeorological Service, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, and the internal data of the municipality of Pancevo, the general conclusion is that this area is characterized by favourable climatic parameters , quality soil of high productive capability and quite favourable water resources. The conditions are favourable for an intensive and profitable agricultural production; therefore, the development of this area should be directed towards intensifying agricultural production by introducing complex agrotechnical and hydromeliorative measures.
Continuous characterization of viscoelasticity-modulated biopolymer hydrogels

We present a spatiotemporal coherence-gated dynamic light scattering technique that permits continuously assess non-equilibrium, long-term dynamical processes. We demonstrate it experimentally by characterizing the evolution of mechanical properties in viscoelasticity-modulated biopolymer hydrogels.
Prediction of fatigue-related driver performance from EEG data by deep Riemannian model

Prediction of the drivers' drowsy and alert states is important for safety purposes. The prediction of drivers' drowsy and alert states from electroencephalography (EEG) using shallow and deep Riemannian methods is presented. For shallow Riemannian methods, the minimum distance to Riemannian mean (mdm) and Log-Euclidian metric are investigated, where it is shown that Log-Euclidian metric outperforms the mdm algorithm. In addition the SPDNet, a deep Riemannian model, that takes the EEG covariance matrix as the input is investigated. It is shown that SPDNet outperforms all tested shallow and deep classification methods. Performance of SPDNet is 6.02% and 2.86% higher than the best performance by the conventional Euclidian classifiers and shallow Riemannian models, respectively.
Unveiling the engines of fast radio bursts, superluminous supernovae, and gamma-ray bursts

Young, rapidly spinning magnetars are invoked as central engines behind a diverse set of transient astrophysical phenomena, including gamma-ray bursts (GRB), super-luminous supernovae (SLSNe), fast radio bursts (FRB), and binary neutron star (NS) mergers. However, a barrier to direct confirmation of the magnetar hypothesis is the challenge of directly observing non-thermal emission from the central engine at early times (when it is most powerful and thus detectable) due to the dense surrounding ejecta. We present CLOUDY calculations of the time-dependent evolution of the temperature and ionization structure of expanding supernova or merger ejecta due to photo-ionization by a magnetar engine, in order to study the escape of X-rays (absorbed by neutral gas) and radio waves (absorbed by ionized gas), as well as to assess the evolution of the local dispersion measure due to photo-ionization. We find that ionization breakout does not occur if the engine's ionizing luminosity decays rapidly, and that X-rays typically escape the oxygen-rich ejecta of SLSNe only on $\sim 100 \, {\rm yr}$ timescales, consistent with current X-ray non-detections. We apply these results to constrain engine-driven models for the binary NS merger GW170817 and the luminous transient ASASSN-15lh. In terms of radio transparency and dispersion measure constraints, the repeating FRB 121102 is consistent with originating from a young, $\gtrsim 30-100 \, {\rm yr}$, magnetar similar to those inferred to power SLSNe. We further show that its high rotation measure can be produced within the same nebula that is proposed to power the quiescent radio source observed co-located with FRB 121102. Our results strengthen previous work suggesting that at least some FRBs may be produced by young magnetars, and motivate further study of engine powered transients.
Prey Location in Owls

Barn owls (Tyto alba) can locate prey in total darkness, using hearing alone, with an accuracy of about one degree in both the vertical and horizontal planes. Differences between the behavior of barn owls flying at prey in complete dark-ness (analyzed from films taken under infrared illumination) and their behavior in the light are correlated with the problems they must face in acoustical orientation. Experiments with owls trained to strike a concealed loudspeaker show that they depend on frequencies of sound above 9000 cps. Measurements of sound pressure in the region of the owl’s eardrum, made with a probe-tube microphone while moving a loudspeaker around the owl’s head, reveal that the ear is highly directional for frequencies above 9000 cps. At such frequencies, regions of high and low sensitivity are directed along different paths for the two ears. These are correlated with the asymmetry of the barn owl’s external ears. Movements of a flap of skin in front of the ear opening change the over-all pattern of sensitivity by redirecting regions of maximum and minimum sensitivity. A theory is presented to explain how a barn owl might localize the position of a sound source by moving its head and ear flaps until the intensity of all frequencies comprising a complex sound is maximal in both ears. When it hears this maximum frequency spectrum with both ears, it will automatically be facing the sound.
Patterns of Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Cortical Volume Changes in Logopenic Aphasia.

Background Neuropsychological assessment can add essential information to the characterization of individuals presenting with the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA). Objective This study examined the neuropsychological characteristics of lvPPA patients. We also examined differences in regional and whole brain atrophy based on neuropsychological profiles. Methods We conducted a hierarchical cluster analysis on memory, executive functioning, and visuospatial neuropsychological test data for 56 individuals with lvPPA. We then compared resultant clusters to left middle temporal, inferior parietal, and superior parietal regions-of-interest using multivariate analysis of covariance. We also performed voxel-level analyses. Results We identified three clusters characterized as lvPPA with no neurocognitive impairment (n = 5), lvPPA with mild neurocognitive deficits (n = 23), and lvPPA with marked cognitive deficits (n = 28). WAB-AQ was associated with left middle temporal volume. Superior parietal volumes were smaller for the lvPPA group with marked cognitive symptoms compared to the less severe groups. Voxel-level analyses showed greater atrophy in temporal, parietal, lateral occipital, and frontal regions, left worse than right. Age, disease duration, gender, WAB-AQ, and PiB-PET did not account for differences between groups. Conclusions LvPPA patients without cognitive deficits in other domains were relatively uncommon while 50% of our sample exhibited pronounced neurocognitive deficits outside the language domain. Pronounced cognitive deficits in lvPPA are associated with widespread atrophy, left worse than right. Our study underscores the importance of examining neuropsychological function in addition to language in patients with lvPPA.
Death of the Slow-Cooker or #CROCK-POTISINNOCENT? This Is Us, Parasocial Grief, and the Crock-Pot Crisis:

Even though viewers understand that a television show is fictional, they can still mourn the demise of their favorite characters. This fictional grief became apparent with the on-screen death of th...
Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Alimentary Tract Mucositis (neutropenic enterocolitis) Following 1528 Courses of Chemotherapy in a Homogenous Population of Myeloma Patients: Clinical and Research Implications.

Abstract 3343 Poster Board III-231 Background: lower alimentary tract mucositis (L-ATM), also known as neutropenic enterocolitis, is a complication of chemotherapy with high mortality rates. The incidence, risk factors and mortality of L-ATM remain unknown. Purpose: To determine the incidence, risk factors and mortality of L-ATM in a homogeneous population of patients with multiple myeloma. Patients and Methods: 303 newly diagnosed myeloma patients (2004 - 2007) were enrolled in a protocol consisting of induction chemotherapy, tandem melphalan-based autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) and consolidation. Lower -ATM was defined as grade II-IV enteritis/colitis occurring during neutropenia. All data were collected prospectively. The analysis of risk factors included body surface area (BSA), creatinine clearance (CrCl), serum albumin and other pretreatment variables. Multiple logistic regression model was used to compute adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: 47 patients (15.5%) developed L-ATM during 1528 chemotherapy cycles (including 536 ASCT). BSA Conclusions: Lower-ATM is not uncommon among myeloma patients undergoing multiple cycles of chemotherapy but does not contribute to mortality. The risk for L-ATM is determined by lower values of BSA, renal function and serum albumin. These findings have significant implications for the study and management of L-ATM in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
Nonmetric Cranial Trait Variation and Ancestry Estimation in Asian and Asian-Derived Groups.

Traditionally, precontact Native Americans and Asian groups have been conflated for aspects of the biological profile due to their distantly shared genetic history, although this grouping remains largely unexplored. This study examines craniomorphic variability to ascertain whether Asian groups can be differentiated from each other and from Asian-derived groups using more fine-tuned models. Cranial and mandibular data for 35 nonmetric traits were recorded on precontact Native Americans (n = 150) and modern Japanese (n = 150) and Thai (n = 150) individuals. Chi-square analyses indicate that all groups exhibit statistically significant differences in most traits. Additionally, cross-validated binary logistic regression equations resulted in correct classification rates in the range of 65.0-93.3% and demonstrate that sex does not contribute to statistical models. Therefore, numerous traits provide discriminatory resolution that detects differences between the samples, thus highlighting the potential utility of nonmetric traits in identifying individuals beyond the traditional African, European, and Asian forensic ancestry groupings.
Futility & Neonates: How does one define when too much is too much?

BACKGROUND While there is a general agreement that physicians are not obligated to provide futile care, there is a vigorous debate and little agreement on the definition of futile care, especially as applied to the neonatal population. Previous studies in adult medicine have demonstrated differences of opinions regarding the definition of futility between healthcare providers at different levels of training, but to our knowledge, no such study exists for the neonatal population. OBJECTIVES The primary objective is to assess if differences exist amongst neonatal healthcare professionals …
Is Capital Market Integration among the SAARC Countries Feasible? An Empirical Study

This paper aims to verify the feasibility of capital market integration among the SAARC member countries by analyzing the reaction of volatility towards the changes in economic, political, and financial factors by taking five particular SAARC countries as a sample. In order to achieve this objective, Gross Domestic Product Per Capita, Political Stability Index, Stock Market Value, Corporate Information Disclosure Index, and DGEN of Bangladesh, Sensex of India, NEPSE of Nepal, KSE100 of Pakistan, and CSE All Shares of Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2018 have been considered. All the data have been found stationary at the first difference. Pedroni, Kao, and Johansen's tests indicate the existence of cointegration among the factors. Panel Vector Error Correction Model observes both long-run and short-run impacts of selected factors on the volatility, thus confirms the possibility of capital market integration among the sample countries. The study strongly recommends market integration as it will increase market competition, reduce financial services costs, small companies can enjoy equity financing, and large companies can enjoy economies of scale. Theoutcome of this study enriches the international finance literature with a special focus on the regional economic bloc.
The diagnosis and treatment of extra-pulmonarv inflammtory mvofibroblastic tumor in children

Objective To report the experience of diagnosis and treatment for extra-pulmonary inflammtory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) in children.Methods From Jan.2008 to Dec.2012,fourteen patients(male 10,female 4) with extra-pulmonary IMT were operated on in the Department of Surgery,Tianjin Children's Hospital.The samples were confirmed by pathology.Clinical manifestations,diagnosis and treatment of IMT were analyzed.Results The sites of extra-pulmonary IMT included abdominal cavity,retroperitoneal cavity,extremities,head and neck,buttocks,scalp and epididymis.Two cases had local recurrence after operation.No distant metastases occurred.Histopathology revealed a spindle cell lesion,accompanied by inflammatory cell infiltration.Immunohistochemistry ALK was positive in 11/14 and SMA in 13/14,CD68 in 5/14,desmin in 10/14,CD34 in 2/14,S-100 in 1/14 and Ki-67 in 1/14.All patients were alive after surgery except that one patient lost follow-up.Conclusions IMT is a low-grade malignant tumor in Children.Clinical symptoms are not typical.The diagnosis mainly relies on pathology and immunohistochemistry results.ALK is expressed specifically in IMT samples.Surgery is the only effective treatment for children with IMT.For cases with local recurrent,surgery combined with chemotherapy would achieve good results. Key words: Myofibromatosis; Immunohistochemisty; Diagnosis; Treatment
El Libro de los Anales de Puno: El archivo histórico que nos dejó Churata para emprender una reescritura de la historia de Puno

Uno de los textos menos conocidos de Gamaliel Churata cuando firmaba como Arturo Peralta es el manuscrito de los Anales de Puno, preservado en la Biblioteca Municipal de Puno. Se trata de un texto breve, escrito entre 1922-1924 con el proposito de registrar la vida del Municipio de Puno durante esos anos. El presente estudio postula que los Anales de Puno constituye un valioso (y desconocido) archivo historico que ademas de ofrecer informacion inedita sobre la historia de Puno, contribuye a una mejor comprension del Peru de principios de siglo XX, cuando la cuestion indigena era la mayor querella nacional y en los ayllus del sur andino surgian liderazgos con dinamicas propias. Se propone tambien en este estudio que hoy dia cualquier investigacion historica o literaria que se proponga generar conocimiento sobre la historia cultural punena se vera enriquecida con un estudio del archivo historico que nos dejo Churata en los Anales de Puno.
Cancer Risk by Attained Age among Children with Birth Defects in Arkansas.

Abstract Background Few studies have evaluated associations between birth defects and risk of pediatric cancers by age of attainment. Therefore, we assessed the risk of cancer among children with and without birth defects by age at attainment. Methods We examined cancer risk in children ≤14 years with and without birth defects born between 1996 and 2011 by linking data from the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System, Arkansas Central Cancer Registry, and birth certificates. Age of attainment for cancer was calculated as person-years from birth to cancer diagnosis, death, or end of study period, whichever occurred first. Using Cox proportional hazards models, we evaluated associations by attained age groups ( Results In the cohort of 629,086 children, 23,341 (3.7%) children had birth defects and 1,037 (0.2%) children had cancer. For children with non-chromosomal birth defects, specifically cardiovascular and genitourinary, highest risk of any cancer was observed in first year of life (Hazard Ratio [HR] 18.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] 10.1-33.8). For children with chromosomal birth defects, increased cancer risk was observed among those 1-4 years-old (HR 20.0; 95% CI 8.3-48.4). Conclusion Overall, cancer risk among children with birth defects was highest among those
Creation of a telehealth task force to improve successful use of telehealth to maintain patient access during the COVID-19 pandemic

264Background: In response to the COVID-19 National Emergency, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) medical oncology practice desired to greatly expand telehealth (TH) utilization to decrease pat...
Minimum Allergen Screening Panel for Allergic Rhinitis in Bangalore: A Cross Sectional Study

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a very common condition presenting to an Otorhinolaryngologist. Prevalence of AR is on the increase and it has significant impact on quality of life of the patient. Skin prick test (SPT) is a simple test to determine allergen sensitization status in patients with AR. There is wide variation in allergen panel used in SPT among various allergy clinics and many centres use a large panel of allergens which requires multiple skin pricks for the patient undergoing the test. Our aim was to identify a minimum panel of allergens among patients with symptoms of AR undergoing SPT which could be used as a screening panel for AR. The present study is a cross sectional study in patients with symptoms of AR undergoing SPT at Allergy clinic of Bangalore Baptist hospital over a period of 18 months from January 2018. 149 patients were included in the study and 26 patients who had negative SPT for all allergens tested were excluded. Prevalence of sensitization for individual allergens was calculated. House dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae) was the most prevalent allergen to which 73.9% and 65.8% of our study population was sensitized respectively. We identified a minimum allergen panel of 3 allergens (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Lambs quarter and Dermatophagoides farinae) which could identify > 90% of patients sensitized in the study group.
Novel polymer materials systems to expand the capabilities of FDM™-type additive manufacturing

The work presented here describes the efforts conducted in the past decade by the Polymer Extrusion Lab at The University of Texas at El Paso in the area of novel materials development for fused deposition modeling (FDM™)-type additive manufacturing platforms. We discuss efforts in the development of application-specific materials systems as well as the development of materials whose physical properties can be enhanced by FDM™-type processing. Additional efforts in the area of hybrid composite materials, sustainable materials, and shape-memory polymers are discussed. Aspects related to materials characterization are also highlighted.
Subaperture Processing-Based Adaptive Beamforming for Photoacoustic Imaging

Delay-and-sum (DAS) beamformers, when applied to photoacoustic (PA) image reconstruction, produce strong sidelobes due to the absence of transmit focusing. Consequently, DAS PA images are often severely degraded by strong off-axis clutter. For preclinical in vivo cardiac PA imaging, the presence of these noise artifacts hampers the detectability and interpretation of PA signals from the myocardial wall, crucial for studying blood-dominated cardiac pathological information and to complement functional information derived from ultrasound imaging. In this article, we present PA subaperture processing (PSAP), an adaptive beamforming method, to mitigate these image degrading effects. In PSAP, a pair of DAS reconstructed images is formed by splitting the received channel data into two complementary nonoverlapping subapertures. Then, a weighting matrix is derived by analyzing the correlation between subaperture beamformed images and multiplied with the full-aperture DAS PA image to reduce sidelobes and incoherent clutter. We validated PSAP using numerical simulation studies using point target, diffuse inclusion and microvasculature imaging, and in vivo feasibility studies on five healthy murine models. Qualitative and quantitative analysis demonstrate improvements in PAI image quality with PSAP compared to DAS and coherence factor weighted DAS (DAS $_{CF}$ ). PSAP demonstrated improved target detectability with a higher generalized contrast-to-noise (gCNR) ratio in vasculature simulations where PSAP produces 19.61% and 19.53% higher gCNRs than DAS and DAS $_{CF}$ , respectively. Furthermore, PSAP provided higher image contrast quantified using contrast ratio (CR) (e.g., PSAP produces 89.26% and 11.90% higher CR than DAS and DAS $_{CF}$ in vasculature simulations) and improved clutter suppression.
Gender Diverse Youth: Opportunities to Identify and Address Systemic Inequities

* Abbreviations: GD — : gender diverse SOGI — : sexual orientation–gender identity A significant number of youth are the victims of systemic and interpersonal discrimination as a result of claiming identities that are minoritized in the United States. Researchers in prevalence studies estimate that in the United States, 14% of high school youth identify as Black, 25% as Hispanic, and 1.8% as transgender.1,2 Black and Hispanic children are more likely to live in poverty and to be uninsured compared with their white peers.2–4 Transgender individuals face significantly higher risk of poverty, homelessness, and victimization compared with their cisgender peers; race and ethnicity only compound these outcomes.5 Current literature likely underestimates the prevalence and racial diversity of gender diverse (GD) individuals in the United States. Data from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a leading research center on sexual orientation, gender identity law, and public policy, reveal that there is overrepresentation of white respondents in some of the largest transgender surveys to date.5–8 Previous experience with rejection, victimization, and transmisogyny may cause GD persons not to self-identify. Limited sexual orientation–gender identity (SOGI) data options further exclude GD individuals who do not identify as cisgender or transgender or whose gender identity falls outside a binary (female or male) model of gender. In this issue of Pediatrics , the study “Prevalence of Gender Diverse Youth in an Urban School District” by Kidd et al9 contributes a unique and more accurate reflection of the distribution of GD youth and also reflects the growing appreciation of the complexity of adolescent identity formation: a major developmental task that paves the way to a healthy adulthood. Authors of this study also offer more nuanced opportunities to consider the intersection of race and gender in adolescent identity formation. They found that 9.2% of those in the urban … Address correspondence to Michelle Forcier, MD, MPH, Director Gender, Sex and Reproductive Justice Programming at Open Door Health, 7 Central Street, Providence, RI 02907. E-mail: mforcier1205{at}gmail.com
The Digitally Disposed: Racial Capitalism and the Informatics of Value: Seb Franklin, 2021 Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, Electronic Mediations 61 280 pp., ISBN 10 1517907152, £20.99 (pbk)

There’s a brilliant moment—one of many—in Seb Franklin’s new book, that turns the cyberlibertarian term ‘digital native’ inside out. It is not merely the irony that a figure redolent of the noble s...
Cervico-vaginal tissue ex vivo as a model to study early events in HIV-1 infection.

Vaginal intercourse remains the most prevalent route of infection of women. In spite of many efforts the detailed mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission in the female lower genital tract, remain largely unknown. With all the obvious restrictions on studying these mechanisms in humans, their understanding depends on the development of adequate experimental models. Isolated cell cultures do not faithfully reproduce important aspects of cell-cell interactions in living tissues and tissue responses to pathogens. Explants and other types of ex vivo tissue models serve as a bridge between cell culture and tissues in vivo. Here, we discuss various cervico-vaginal tissue models and their use in studying HIV vaginal transmission and consider future directions of such studies.
Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Sleep–Wake Behaviors in Sedentary Elderly Adults with Mobility Limitations

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of structured physical activity on sleep-wake behaviors in sedentary community-dwelling elders with mobility limitations.
Correcting Injustice: Studying How the United Kingdom and the United States Review Claims of Innocence

This article examines the U.K. and U.S. systems to determine what lessons, if any, the United States can learn from the United Kingdom's experience. Part I provides a background of the CCRC and the U.K. Court of Appeal, and describes how these two entities work in tandem with broad powers to investigate and correct miscarriages of justice in the United Kingdom. Part II takes an in-depth look at the Court of Appeal's decisions of CCRC referred cases and identifies five categories into which these decisions fall - categories that exemplify the institutional mechanisms that facilitate review of miscarriages of justice. These categories include: (1) cases that demonstrate the broad standard of "unsafety" that is used to vacate convictions; (2) "change-of-law" cases; (3) sex crime cases, (4) police misconduct cases; and (5) new scientific evidence cases. Part III describes how, in the United States, a rigid adherence to finality and an undue deference to the original decision-maker operate to restrict courts' corrective function. This restricted capacity is reflected in demanding standards of review, strict non-retroactivity principles, and a powerful institutional reluctance to entertain and credit compelling new evidence of innocence-from powerful impeachment evidence to new scientific proof. Part IV compares the two systems in an effort to determine what lessons the United States can learn from the United Kingdom's experience that would allow U.S. courts and policy makers to adopt a broader corrective function. For instance, U.S. courts could relax retroactivity rules, temper their unwillingness to credit newly discovered evidence of innocence, and modify their standard of review to allow the receipt of significant new evidence.
Women Prisoners' Mental Health: Vulnerabilities, Risks and Resilience

Abstract Incarcerated women have substantial mental health needs that are often unrecognized, misidentified, and inadequately treated. This study of 49 incarcerated women examines the complex relationships among women's criminal history, victimization, relational supports, personal strengths and their mental health. Intensive interviews were conducted with sentenced women volunteers. A cluster analysis produced four typologies that shape recommendations for assessment and treatment (with the “types” labeled, respectively, “spirited,” “inured,” “troubled” and “volatile”). Findings suggest that women with the greatest mental health needs have the greatest childhood violence risk, greatest proclivity for violent crime and the weakest social supports.
Vascular endothelial growth factor affects permeability of brain microvessel endothelial cells in vitro.

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which stimulates endothelial cell growth and induces hyperpermeability of the microvasculature, plays an important role in normal and tumor-vasculature de...