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New Species of Oswaldocruzia (Nematoda: Molineidae) and Other Helminths in Bolitoglossa subpalmata (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Costa Rica

Abstract Oswaldocruzia cartagoensis n. sp. (Strongylida: Molineidae) from the intestines of Bolitoglossa subpalmata (Caudata: Plethodontidae) is described and illustrated. Oswaldocruzia cartagoensis n. sp. represents the 86th species assigned to the genus and the 39th species from the Neotropical region. It is most similar to the Neotropical species of the genus that possess type I bursa, i.e., Oswaldocruzia bonsi, Oswaldocruzia brasiliensis, Oswaldocruzia lopesi, Oswaldocruzia neghmei, and Oswaldocruzia vitti. Of these, O. bonsi, O. brasiliensis, and O. neghmei lack cervical alae, rib 4 in individuals of O. vitti reaches the edge of the bursal membrane, species of O. lopesi and O. cartagoensis can be separated on the basis of spicule structure, the blade in O. lopesi is bifurcate, and that of O. cartagoensis terminates in 6–8 fine points. In addition to the new species of Oswaldocruzia, Cosmocera parva, Cosmocera podicipinus, and acanthocephalan cystacanths were also found.
GluR5-mediated glutamate signaling regulates hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical stress responses at the paraventricular nucleus and median eminence.

Summary Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, and plays an excitatory role in generation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis responses to stress. The current study assesses the role of kainate-preferring receptors in glutamatergic excitation of the HPA axis. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the existence of the GluR5 kainate subunit in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Importantly, GluR5 immunoreactivity was enriched in the external lamina of the median eminence, where it is co-localized with corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH). Intra-PVN infusion of LY382884 increased plasma adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), corticosterone and PVN c-Fos immunoreactivity. Infusions of LY382884 into the median eminence region, on the other hand, reduced restraint induced ACTH release without altering c-Fos expression. Together, these findings provide evidence for glutamate-mediated signaling in control of CRH release at the PVN and median eminence, mediated by way of kainate-preferring receptor complexes.
Long-term outcome of reconstruction of the hip in young children with cerebral palsy.

We reviewed the long-term radiological outcome, complications and revision operations in 19 children with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and hip dysplasia who underwent combined peri-iliac osteotomy and femoral varus derotation osteotomy. They had a mean age of 7.5 years (1.6 to 10.9) and comprised 22 hip dislocations and subluxations. We also studied the outcome for the contralateral hip. At a mean follow-up of 11.7 years (10 to 15.1) the Melbourne cerebral palsy (CP) hip classification was grade 2 in 16 hips, grade 3 in five, and grade 5 in one. There were five complications seen in four hips (21%, four patients), including one dislocation, one subluxation, one coxa vara with adduction deformity, one subtrochanteric fracture and one infection. A recurrent soft-tissue contracture occurred in five hips and ten required revision surgery. In pre-adolescent children with quadriplegic cerebral palsy good long-term outcomes can be achieved after reconstruction of the hip; regular follow-up is required. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2013;95-B:259–65.
EEG alpha entrainment reaction within the biofeedback setting and some possible effects on epilepsy

Twenty-four human volunteers were given one 30-min EEG alpha biofeedback training session within an active placebo setting. Ten dependent measures computed from serial 3-min period distributions showed no difference between contingent and yoke conditions or between 9-11 and 8-13 Hz feedback. Most subjects showed entrainment of the alpha rhythm toward a stable frequency over trials. Five additional subjects given five daily 30-min sessions of 9.5-10.5 Hz feedback showed a repetition of this same effect. Over a period of 4 months, one grand mal epileptic gradually entrained a bimodal period distribution toward a unimodal one centered at 10 Hz. This effect was paralleled by a significant drop in seizure rate. These results were interpreted in terms of electrophysiological homeostasis.
Inhibitors of the lipoxygenase pathway block development of Brugia malayi L3 in vitro.

Brugia malayi L3 molt to the L4 stage in serum-free cultures supplemented with arachidonic, linoleic, or linolenic acids and the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodotorula minuta. These fatty acids are capable of entering the eicosanoid pathway of arachidonate metabolism, the pathway responsible for generating a number of biologically active mediators, including prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and lipoxins. To determine whether this pathway was required for L3 development, we added dual inhibitors of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase to in vitro cultures containing B. malayi L3. These compounds significantly inhibited L3 molting. To evaluate whether 1 or both of these pathways of arachidonate metabolism were involved in molting, we tested drugs inhibiting either cyclooxygenase or lipoxygenase. Lipoxygenase inhibitors blocked L3 molting, whereas cyclooxygenase inhibitors did not. To assess whether enzymes operating downstream of lipoxygenase were also involved in L3 molting, we added inhibitors of enzymes involved in l...
The place of curettage in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the endometrium

In this series, 85 percent of the patients with carcinoma of the endometrium were found to be in the postmenopausal age group. The ultimate long-range effect of the increased use of estrogen therapy in older women who have not had hysterectomies will have to be closely watched from the standpoint of the development of endometrial carcinoma.
The enclave and the entrants: patterns of ethnic enterprise in Miami before and after Mariel

Four hypotheses concerning the character and consequences of participation in an ethnic enclave economy are examined. The first concerns the justifiability of operationalizing enclave participation on the basis of place of residence, as done in recently published research. The second and third pertain to the effects of ethnic economy participation on entrepreneurs and workers, respectively. The fourth deals with determinants of self-employment among ethnic minorities. Two data sets are employed in this analysis: the 1980 Census individual sample for Cuban-born adult immigrants in South Florida and a 1983-86 longitudinal survey of Mariel entrants in the same area. These two independent data sets permit a more authoritative evaluation of the hypotheses. They also allow an assessment of the extent to which earlier findings about the pre-1980 Cuban-born population apply to the more recent entrants. Results consistently contradict depictions of ethnic enterprise as vehicles for exploitation and of enclaves as mere residential agglomerations. These structures are defined by physical proximity of firms, not dwellings. Ascriptive factors-primarily gender and marital status-play a decisive role in the emergence of enclave enterprise net of human capital endowments. Theoretical implications of these findings, in particular the relationship between intact nuclear families and the rise of an entrepreneurial minority, are discussed.
AGAINST THE ODDS: A STUDY OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENTS' ENROLLMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

OF THESIS AGAINST THE ODDS: A STUDY OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENTS’ ENROLLMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION For generations, researchers have been examining attributes that make low socioeconomic status students resilient. Attributes that help one become resilient are known as protective factors. The purpose of this study was to describe the protective factor(s) that contributed to the first-generation, low socioeconomic status students’ enrollment at The University of Kentucky. The population for this study consists of the University of Kentucky First Scholars participants during the 2015 – 2016 academic year. The researcher examines the existing literature on low socioeconomic status effects on post-secondary education. Recommendations were made for the University of Kentucky’s First Scholars Program on how to further enhance their program and continue promoting low socioeconomic status students with opportunities in higher education.
Neo-This and Neo-That: Or, “Play It Sam” (Again and Again)

Almost two and one-half millennia have passed since Thucydides described the hubris of Athens; more than three centuries since Thomas Hobbes (who, appropriately enough, rendered the first English translation of Thucydides) so vividly painted the condition of anarchy inherent in a state of nature; and almost fifty years since the publication of Hans Morgenthau's seminal Politics Among Nations. Yet, on reading the three edited collections being reviewed, an innocent reader might be forgiven for thinking that few changes have taken place in global politics in the intervening years and centuries. Realism flourished in the 1940s and 1950s because of the traumas of World
Evaluation of Three Osteoporosis Prevention Programs for Young Women: Application of the Health Belief Model

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of theory-based osteoporosis prevention programs on calcium and vitamin D intakes and osteoporosis health beliefs in young women. Methods: Women (N = 152) aged 19 to 25 years were randomly assigned to one of 3 groups: a brochure group (n = 51), a computer-tailored program group (n = 51, and the same computer-tailored program (n = 50) with brief verbal feedback. Participants completed surveys regarding osteoporosis beliefs prior to and immediately after assigned intervention. They also completed surveys measuring osteoporosis behaviors before and 1 month after intervention. Results: Participants (n = 152) in all groups significantly improved calcium intakes from baseline to 1 month after interventions. All groups experienced significant decreases in perceived barriers to obtaining adequate vitamin D and significant increases in perceived osteoporosis susceptibility and severity. Discussion: Interventions that delivered osteoporosis materi...
Timing is everything: optimizing crop yield for Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae) with semi-continuous culture

There is relatively little choice in cultivation methods for growing algae outdoors, either in open pond systems or closed photobioreactors—as batch, continuous, or semi-continuous culture. Algal batch culture grown in a nutrient replete environment with adequate sunlight will become self-shaded with sufficient cell density and enter a stage in the growth dynamic known as the “phase of linear growth.” It is during this phase of linear growth that primary production is at maximum and that the highest biomass is harvested. The inherent problem with batch culture is that the exponential (and possibly lag) phases necessary to achieve densities required prior to the phase of linear growth consume time and waste surface area, and thereby make this an inefficient method to grow algae. Semi-continuous culture can be forced into shade-limiting conditions by reducing growth rate from maximum through dilution, whereby phases of lag and exponential growth are skipped, and culture growth is put into a state similar to a perpetual phase of linear growth with an appropriate culture harvest/dilution cycle. Importantly, semi-continuous culture can increase net growth efficiency over batch culture when compared by shade-limited growth rate. However, scientific study and theory covering shade-limited algal growth under semi-continuous culture conditions are nearly non-existent, which currently makes its application to phycological technologies impractical through “hit and miss” strategies. This laboratory study compares shade-limited growth dynamics for batch and semi-continuous cultures of Thalassiosira pseudonana (small-sized, marine diatom). Theory for optimizing production of mass algal culture with semi-continuous culture technique through cycle period and harvest volume is developed, and guidelines to practical industrial applications are provided.
Endogenous nitric oxide modulates myocardial oxygen consumption in canine right ventricle

The role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in modulating myocardial oxygen consumption (MV˙o 2) is unclear, in part because of systemic and coronary hemodynamic effects of blocking NO release. This s...
Policy, Regulation, and Administrative Guidance

It must seem strange to American readers who are so used to the ascendency of the politician to learn about a government in which the center of gravity for public policy formulation lies in the hands of the professional staffs of government agencies rather than in the legislative body. It is interesting to speculate whether the role of the professional public administrator would be as strong if Japan had not had a single ruling political party for so many years, and if one or more of the other political parties had succeeded in creating viable political agendas in competition with the Liberal Democratic Party. Had that happened, it seems likely that more of the debate, negotiation, and policy decision-making would have taken place outside of the ministries in the Diet or in public forums. Had there been other parties coming into office, it seems likely that the political differences inside the ministries would have shifted and changed much more than they have. While the internal conflicts between factions in or between ministries has been fierce, and has been a force for the consideration of alternative policies, it certainly has not produced any substantial departures from the broad national policy mainstreams laid down by the LDP and successive LDP-dominated Diets and Cabinets.
DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND CONTROL OF A HIGH-ASPECT RATIO MICROACTUATOR FOR VIBRATION SUPPRESSION IN A HARD DISK DRIVE

Abstract At bit densities now approaching 1 terabit per square inch, positioning the read-write head in a hard disk drive over data bits will require novel servo configurations and controllers. This paper presents a MEMS microactuator for installation in a dual-stage servo system for a hard disk drive and controller designs that utilize the microactuator to suppress vibration of the servo arm. The microactuator uses high-aspect ratio etching and deep trench isolation to generate high force densities and good mechanical robustness. The microactuator is installed in a hard disk drive and will be used to evaluate controllers designed to suppress airflow-induced vibration. Simulated and experimental results using PQ design methodology are presented.
A joint modeling approach for multivariate survival data with random length

In many biomedical studies that involve correlated data, an outcome is often repeatedly measured for each individual subject along with the number of these measurements, which is also treated as an observed outcome. This type of data has been referred as multivariate random length data by Barnhart and Sampson (1995). A common approach to handling such type of data is to jointly model the multiple measurements and the random length. In previous literature, a key assumption is the multivariate normality for the multiple measurements. Motivated by a reproductive study, we propose a new copula-based joint model which relaxes the normality assumption. Specifically, we adopt the Clayton-Oakes model for multiple measurements with flexible marginal distributions specified as semi-parametric transformation models. The random length is modeled via a generalized linear model. We develop an approximate EM algorithm to derive parameter estimators and standard errors of the estimators are obtained through bootstrapping procedures and the finite-sample performance of the proposed method is investigated using simulation studies. We apply our method to the Mount Sinai Study of Women Office Workers (MSSWOW), where women were prospectively followed for 1 year for studying fertility.
A qualitative exploration of the informed consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation clinical research and opportunities for improvement.

Informed consent (IC) struggles to meet the ethical principles it strives to embody in the context of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Patients often participate in multiple clinical trials making it difficult to effectively inform the participants and fulfill complex regulations. The recent Notice of Proposed Rule Making would make major changes to federal requirements, providing a timely opportunity to evaluate existing practice. Twenty health care professionals within a Midwest Academic Medical Center involved in obtaining IC in the HCT clinic or involved in patient care during or after the IC process were interviewed to understand: (1) how they approached the IC process; (2) how they described a ‘successful’ IC process; and (3) opportunities for innovation. Narrative and discourse analyses of interviews indicate that providers understand IC to be a collaborative process requiring engagement and participation of providers, patients and caregivers. ‘Markers of success’ were identified including cognitive, affective and procedural markers focusing on patient understanding and comfort with the decision to participate. Opportunities for innovating the process included use of decision aids and tablet-based technology, and better use of patient portals. Our findings suggest specific interventions for the IC process that could support the process of consent for providers, patients and caregivers.
Photo Ecometrics for Natural Resource Monitoring

This chapter introduces some results obtained from new applications of digital photogrammetry for forest growth and topographic changes. They are byproducts of our attempt toward the development of the field of photo-ecometrics. The goal is to provide low-cost yet accurate estimates of as many important biophysical parameters as can be measured and inferred with high resolution remote sensing data. Six strategies for information extraction from remotely sensed data are introduced: image classification, statistical regression, linear feature extraction, 3D surface modeling, radiative transfer modeling and inversion, and change monitoring. Accuracies of traditional multispectral image analysis algorithms of remotely sensed data are low. Traditional photo interpretation is error prone and expensive. We advocate the use of digital surface model (DSM) that contains the elevation of all surface features such as buildings and trees rather than digital elevation model (DEM) that has been traditionally used only for the terrain. Data fusion should not be considered only as integrating data acquired from different sources but also data (information) extracted from the same source of data with different strategies. This can be partly realized by new image analysis strategies that make use of the 3D surface information from stereo images and the multispectral, texture and contextual information inherent in the imagery. With digital photogrammetry, it has been proven that digital aerial images can be georeferenced and orthorectified to an accuracy of one to several meters. With the georeferenced and orthorectified digital images and many biophysical parameters accurately determined we can detect changes of species composition, height, crown closure, and diameter of forested land and topographic features. These same techniques will not only significantly improve our ability to economically assess the accuracy of vegetation and thematic maps but also provide alternatives to detailed mapping of geomorphological features such as landslides, surface mining, land erosion and material deposition. Illustrated in this contribution is the usefulness of DSM and orthophotos generated with digital photogrammetry in the monitoring of changes gully erosion, water channel incision and coastal salt flat zone displacements.
Modern Recording of Seismic Strong Motion for Hazard Reduction

Striking progress has occurred in recording strong shaking from damaging earthquakes since the 4 March 1977 Vrancea, Romania, earthquake (M w = 7.4). Free-field accelerometers in seismic regions have significantly increased in number, geographical distribution, and dynamic range. Many digital instruments are now operational. In Europe and the Middle East alone, the number of individual triaxial recordings during the last 30 years exceeds 2500. Of particular importance, the 1989 Loma Prieta, 1992 Landers, 1994 Northridge (all in California), and the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu, (Kobe) Japan, earthquakes have provided not only hundreds of key free-field accelerograms but many instrumental records of building response.
Women’s Weapons in The White Queen

Starz’s The White Queen depicts highborn women who ‘scheme, manipulate, and seduce’ their way to royal influence. The TV series also features magic and maternity as complex and dangerous strategies women use to acquire power. This film portrayal reveals a flattened understanding of premodern women inflected with the domestic and feminist ideology of later centuries, and yet suggests how medieval concerns about women’s speech and women’s bodies persist into our own historical moment.
Free health care, great data, and new clues on multiple sclerosis

The modern search for clues as to the etiology of multiple sclerosis has largely relied on the conduct of both classic (prevalence, incidence) and clinical (risk factor) epidemiologic studies. The more widely population-based these studies are, the more their findings may be generalizable and valid. In addition, temporal trends of studies conducted over very long periods of time can offer insights not otherwise discoverable.
How trustworthy are risk assessment results, and what can be done about the uncertainties they are plagued with?

Abstract The purpose of a risk assessment is to make a decision whether the risk of a given situation is within an acceptable range, and, if not, how we can reduce it to a tolerable level. For many cases, this can be done in a semi-quantitative fashion. For more complex or problematic cases a quantitative approach is required. Anybody who has been involved in such a study is aware of the difficulties and pitfalls. Despite proven software, many choices of parameters must be made and many uncertainties remain. The thoroughness of the study can make quite a difference in the result. Independently, analysts of the same project can arrive at results that differ by orders of magnitude, especially if uncertainties are not included. Because for important decisions on capital projects there are always proponents and opponents, there is often a tense situation in which conflict is looming. Therefore, to strengthen trust in an assessment, knowledge about uncertainties, ways to handle those, and further methods to verify and intrinsically validate risk assessments are critically important. The paper will first briefly review a standard procedure introduced for safety cases on products that must provide more or less a guarantee that the risk of use is below a certain value. Next will be the various approaches of how to deal with uncertainties in a quantitative risk assessment and the follow-on decision process. Because expert estimates are often in high need to obtain some solution, various ways of expert elicitation and its limitations are considered. Special attention will be paid to the highly uncertain aspect of human reliability influenced by organizational factors and conditions. Over the last few years several new developments have been made to achieve, to a certain extent, a hold on so-called deep uncertainty. The paper will be concluded with some practical recommendations of how to judge the validity of risk assessments and how to reduce bias in the decision-making process.
The Dose—Response Relation

Molecular pharmacology is concerned with studies of basic mechanisms of drug actions on biological systems. It considers molecules as the basic functional units both of the drug and of the system on which the drug acts. Its objective is to determine and interpret the relation between biological activity and the structure of molecules or groups of molecules. Not only is it the level of investigation that defines this modern topic in pharmacology, but also it is the emphasis on precise measurement in experimental studies.
Large-Scale Spectrum Allocation for Cellular Networks via Sparse Optimization

This paper studies joint spectrum allocation and user association in large heterogeneous cellular networks. The objective is to maximize some network utility function based on given traffic statistics collected over a slow timescale, conceived to be seconds to minutes. A key challenge is scalability: interference across cells creates dependencies across the entire network, making the optimization problem computationally challenging as the size of the network becomes large. A suboptimal solution is presented, which performs well in networks consisting of 100 access points (APs) serving several hundred user devices. This is achieved by optimizing over local overlapping neighborhoods, defined by interference conditions, and by exploiting the sparsity of a globally optimal solution. Specifically, with a total of $k$ user devices in the entire network, it suffices to divide the spectrum into $k$ segments, where each segment is mapped to a particular set, or pattern , of active APs within each local neighborhood. The problem is then to find a mapping of segments to patterns, and to optimize the widths of the segments. A convex relaxation is proposed for this, which relies on a reweighted $\ell _1$ approximation of an $\ell _0$ constraint, and is used to enforce the mapping of a unique pattern to each spectrum segment. A distributed implementation based on alternating direction method of multipliers is also proposed. Numerical comparisons with benchmark schemes show that the proposed method achieves a substantial increase in achievable throughput and/or reduction in the average packet delay.
Delayed ACL Reconstruction in Patients ≥40 Years of Age Is Associated With Increased Risk of Medial Meniscal Injury at 1 Year.

Background:Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears in the pediatric and young adult ACL-deficient knee are often associated with meniscal or chondral injury with delayed time to surgery. The inciden...
The turbulent kinetic energy budget in a bubble plume

We present the turbulent kinetic energy (t.k.e.) budget of a dilute bubble plume in its asymptotic state. The budget is derived from an experimental dataset of bubble plumes formed inside an unstratified water tank. The experiments cover both the adjustment phase and asymptotic state of the plume. The diameters is the bubble slip velocity); (iii) the liquid turbulence is anisotropic with the ratio of turbulence intensities between the vertical and horizontal components in the range 1.9–2.1; (iv) the t.k.e. production by air bubbles is much larger than that by liquid mean shear; and (v) an increasing fraction of the available work done by bubbles is deposited into liquid turbulence as one moves away from the plume centreline. Together with the existing knowledge of homogeneous bubble swarms, our results of the heterogeneous bubble plume support the view that millimetre-sized bubbles create specific patterns of liquid fluctuations that are insensitive to flow conditions and can therefore be possibly modelled by a universal form.
Approximation of subharmonic functions with applications

If f(z) is analytic in a domain G ⊂ ℂ, the function v(z) = log f(z) is subharmonic in G. We discuss the extent to which the converse is true, and show that approximation of general subharmonic functions u(z) by those of the special form v(z) = log f(z) provides a powerful tool to create analytic and meromorphic functions.
Sweat cortisol response to stress, macronutrient consumption and birth control

A 21-subject pilot study was conducted in which apocrine and eccrine sweat was collected from healthy male (n = 7) and female (n = 14) individuals during aerobic exercise. Sweat from participants was analyzed using a blue tetrazolium reaction to determine cortisol concentration. The study revealed a significant difference between male and female apocrine cortisol concentration (p-value = 0.044), a highly significant difference between birth control (BC) using females and non-birth control using females (p-value = 0.015), as well as a highly significant difference between apocrine and eccrine cortisol concentration (p-value = 0.000044). A positive correlation between cortisol and Kessler 10 scores, protein, simple carbohydrates, fat, and calorie consumption in BC users, as well as a negative correlation between cortisol and simple carbohydrates, fat, and calorie consumption in non-BC users were found. This pilot study revealed a key association between diet and cortisol that may help individuals lower their normal cortisol levels and therefore prevent stress related illnesses.
Synthesis and crystal growth of the europium doped BaF2 - BaCl2 system

Abstract Mixed halide systems have attractive optical properties that make these materials applicable to radiation detection, imaging, optical data storage and fundamental science. This study investigates the synthesis of BaFCl:Eu2+ using flux growth and radio-frequency heated vertical Bridgman growth. Flux growth produced crystals up to 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 mm3 in size while vertical Bridgman growth yielded single crystals up to 1 × 2 × 4 mm3 in size. The luminescence, scintillation, and X-ray diffraction properties of the resulting BaFCl:Eu2+ samples are reported. A lower bound of the light yield was measured to be approximately 883 photons/MeV. The successful control of the mixed halide compositional space enables the rapid development of barium-based scintillating single crystals.
National Trends in Management of Adult Myxopapillary Ependymomas

Abstract Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPE) are WHO Grade I ependymomas that annually occur in 0.05–0.08 per 100,000 people. Surgical resection is the recommended first line therapy. Due to the rarity of the disease, there is a relatively poor understanding of the use of radiotherapy (RT) in managing this disease. The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was analyzed for patterns of care for adult MPE diagnosed between 2002 and 2016. Of 753 qualifying cases, the majority of patients underwent resection (n = 617, 81.9%). A relatively small portion received RT (n = 103, 13.3%) with most receiving RT post-operatively (n = 98, 95.1%). The likelihood of patients to undergo resection and RT was associated with patient age at diagnosis (p = 0.002), tumor size (p
Erotic Class Masquerade: Sex and Working-Class Dialect in D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover

This article examines the inter-class relationship between Lady Connie Chatterley and gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) and the novel’s startling, but tantalizing triangulation of sex, class, and language. By analysing occasions of sexual and linguistic role playing through the lens of Bakhtin’s theory of the carnival, this article demonstrates how class-based hierarchies are (temporarily) upended through eroticized and performative inversions of classed labour and language, a narrative practice I call erotic class masquerade. In examining the novel’s allegedly obscene provocative content, overt discussions of sex, use of profanity, and the representation of working-class dialect, this article reconsiders these features as avant-garde aesthetic innovations. This reading ultimately proposes that the novel’s imagining of class subjectivity extends far beyond economic and hierarchical distinctions and delves deep into the realms of the aesthetic and the sexual. By re-reading this infamous novel with new attention to these narrative practices, I suggest that Lady Chatterley’s Lover be re-evaluated for its simultaneous contributions to avant-garde and working-class studies.
DIFFERENTIAL BIOENERGETICS IN ADULT RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES ISOLATED FROM THE RIGHT VERSUS LEFT VENTRICLE

The right and left ventricle of the heart have distinctly different developmental origins and are affected differently by similar pathological stimuli. Though it is well established that the heart relies almost entirely on mitochondrial function to sustain energy production, it remains unclear whether bioenergetics differ in the two ventricles. Herein, we define a novel methodology to optimize the isolation of intact cardiomyocytes from the right versus the left ventricle. We demonstrate that this segmental Langendorff-free methodology yields viable cardiomyocytes with intact mitochondrial function. Further, we compare bioenergetics in right versus left ventricle cardiomyocytes and show that cardiomyocytes from the right ventricle have a greater maximal capacity for respiration and enhanced glycolytic rate. This increase in respiration was concomitant with increased fatty acid oxidation and levels of fatty acid oxidation proteins, but no change in mitochondrial electron transport complex expression. These data validate a potentially powerful tool to evaluate differences in right and left ventricular function and advance the understanding of cardiac bioenergetic differences. These data will be discussed in the context of differential responses by the right versus ventricle in pathology.
On the completion of Quasi-fuzzy normed algebra over fuzzy field

The article describes a new concepts in fuzzy mathematics, we introduce fuzzy normed algebra over fuzzy field, Quasi -fuzzy norm, Quasi-p-fuzzy algebra over fuzzy field, Quasi- fuzzy algebra over f...
Research-Supported Recommendations for Treating LGBTQ Perpetrators of IPV: Implications for Policy and Practice

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global social problem that results in economic, social, and health costs for individuals and their communities Moreover, due to the stress, anxiety, and home isolation brought on by COVID-19, recent reports suggest an alarming increase in the number of reported IPV victims and, thus perpetrators the world over In particular, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identified people are as or more likely than heterosexuals to experience and perpetrate IPV, while they are less likely to receive media attention, social support, or legal protections Batterer intervention programs, informed by public policy and laws, are the predominant mechanism of interventions for perpetrators of IPV in the United States As a vulnerable population with increased health and economic disparities, how do disasters impact treatment of IPV perpetration by LGBTQ people? To answer this question, the current article reviews the literature on batterer intervention programs and IPV in sex and gender minority relationships to better understand how to deliver research-supported treatment during disasters Next, to reduce such disparities, we provide research-supported recommendations for treating LGBTQ perpetrators of IPV and shed light on meaningful interventions in the COVID-19 context Implications and recommendations for public policy are further discussed © Copyright 2020 Springer Publishing Company, LLC
A Scalable Multiphase Current-Mode Buck Controller With Sub-Milliohm DCR Current Sensing and Synchronized Overcurrent Protection

This article presents a scalable multiphase peak current-mode Buck controller with sub-milliohm direct current resistance (DCR) current sensing and synchronized overcurrent protection. Low DCR current sensing capability is critical in pursuing high efficiency and precise current balancing. For this purpose, a sub-milliohm DCR current sensing circuit is proposed. The low-frequency current signals from all the phases are amplified by a time-shared amplifier, and the outputs are combined with the exaggerated high-frequency signals, respectively, to rebuild the proportional current sensing signals. The small signal analysis and the design guidelines of the proposed sensing scheme are presented. The proposed current sensing scheme enhances the signal-to-noise ratio, improves the phase to phase current balancing, and dramatically reduces the silicon area of the sensing circuit. A latch-up problem of hiccup mode over current protection in the multi-chip parallel system is addressed in this article. A synchronized hiccup mode over current protection scheme is designed to solve the issue without adding extra communication bus to the system. The proposed controller is fabricated using a 0.6- $\mu \text{m}$ BiCMOS process, and the experimental results prove the effectiveness of the current sensing circuit and protection scheme.
Risk Factors for Reoperation after Strabismus Surgery among Patients with Thyroid Eye Disease.

Purpose To examine risk factors for strabismus surgery reoperation in patients with thyroid eye disease (TED). Design Retrospective cohort study METHODS: An insurance claims database was used to identify patients with TED who underwent at least one strabismus operation between 2003 and 2019. We recorded specific muscles operated on, as well as the timing and frequency of reoperations. Cox regressions were used to estimate associations between time to reoperation and patient and primary surgery characteristics. Results Of the 448 patients who met inclusion criteria, 111 (24.8%) underwent a reoperation. Patients were followed for an average of 5.4 ± 3.0 years after their initial strabismus surgery. The rates of reoperation among patients whose initial surgery involved horizontal muscles only, vertical muscles only, and horizontal and vertical muscles were 29/120 (24.2%), 33/169 (19.5%), and 49/159 (30.8%) respectively (p = .05). The number of muscles operated on initially was the only independent predictor for undergoing a strabismus surgery reoperation (Odds Ratio [OR] 1.27; 95% CI 1.03-1.57; p = 0.03). The number of muscles operated on initially was also associated with shorter time to first reoperation (Hazard Ratio [HR] 1.22; 95% CI 1.02-1.46; p = 0.03). Age at first surgery, time between diagnosis of TED and first strabismus surgery, gender, race, and use of adjustable sutures were not associated with time to reoperation. Conclusions Approximately 1 in 4 patients with TED require reoperation after strabismus surgery. The number of muscles operated on was the only independent predictor for both undergoing a reoperation and time to first reoperation.
Judges and Social Media: “Friends” with Costs and Benefits

A wave of recent judicial ethics opinions from the states and the ABA offer guidance on navigating the ethical minefield of social media use by judges. This Article surveys those opinions and argues that although they provide helpful guidance on a number of issues, they fall disappointingly short in providing clarity on the critical issue of whether judges may "friend" lawyers who may appear before them, and if so the extent of any disclosure obligation to other parties in litigation involving the social media "friend."
Consensual Non-Monogamies in Industrialized Nations

Consensual non-monogamies (CNM) include relationship practices that allow individuals to openly have multiple partners. In this chapter we introduce and describe the diverse forms of CNM, distinguishing them from more prominently known forms of multiple partner relationships such as polygyny and cheating. This chapter explores the various types of CNM that are practiced in industrialized nations today, such as swinging, polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy, and monogamish relationships. We highlight the commonalities among these variations of CNM, specifically the importance of honesty, open communication, and negotiation, which serve CNM practitioners in crafting guidelines to structure their personal relationships. We close with a discussion of the theories and methods popular in CNM research, as well as recommendations for future research.
A contextualized study of COTS-Based e-service projects

Properly recording the context factors of empirical results is essential for comparison and integration of results from different studies and for assessing the relevance of a given result to one's own environment. COTS-based application (CBA) developers need both empirical data and context data for choosing among current and newlyemerging candidate technologies based on solid evidence that they will work cost effectively under the conditions of their particular projects. Previous empirical research on COTS-based development (CBD) has produced various insights on the critical success factors of CBD. Such accumulations also produce various experience/knowledge bases on which the contextualized longitudinal analysis of CBA can be performed. This poster presents an initial contextualized longitudinal analysis of CBA's by identifying a set of project context factors as contextualizing meta-data which represent the characteristics of the project, process, product, and personnel perspectives of the system being developed. It provides comparative contextualization analysis among different CBA types, and also presents a comparison of two CBA's from different domains, and then shows how the different contexts lead to different CBA process, products, and economic decisions.
Risk Adverse Harvesting Strategies

Results are presented on harvest strategies that optimize a risk adverse management objective. Risk in this paper refers to a reluctance on the part of managers to freely gamble with current quotas in an attempt to increase the odds for a higher future catch. Harvest policies that maximize a logarithmic utility function, one type of risk adverse objective, are shown to differ substantially from the fixed escapement policies that maximize average catch. In particular, a constant harvest rate policy maximizes log-catch in one model. A number of advantages to constant harvest rate strategies are discussed.
Does it Pay to Be Good...And Does it Matter? A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Corporate Social and Financial Performance

In an era of rising concern about financial performance and social ills, companies’ economic achievements and negative externalities prompt a common question: Does it pay to be good? For thirty-five years, researchers have been investigating the empirical link between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). In the most comprehensive review of this research to date, we conduct a meta-analysis of 251 studies presented in 214 manuscripts. The overall effect is positive but small (mean r = .13, median r = .09, weighted r = .11), and results for the 106 studies from the past decade are even smaller. We also conduct sensitivity analyses to determine whether or not the relationship is stronger under certain conditions. Except for the effect of revealed misdeeds on financial performance, none of the many contingencies examined in the literature markedly affects the results. Therefore, we conclude by considering whether, aside from striving to do no harm, companies have grounds for doing good - and whether researchers have grounds for continuing to look for an empirical link between CSP and CFP.
Technique for Simultaneous Determination of [35S]Sulfide and [14C]Carbon Dioxide in Anaerobic Aqueous Samples

A technique for the simultaneous determination of [35S]sulfide and [14C]carbon dioxide produced in anaerobic aqueous samples dual-labeled with [35S]sulfate and a 14C-organic substrate is described. The method involves the passive distillation of sulfide and carbon dioxide from an acidified water sample and their subsequent separation by selective chemical absorption. The recovery of sulfide was 93% for amounts ranging from 0.35 to 50 μmol; recovery of carbon dioxide was 99% in amounts up to 20 μmol. Within these delineated ranges of total sulfide and carbon dioxide, 1 nmol of [35S]sulfide and 7.5 nmol of [14C]carbon dioxide were separated and quantified. Correction factors were formulated for low levels of radioisotopic cross-contamination by sulfide, carbon dioxide, and volatile organic acids. The overall standard error of the method was ±4% for sulfide and ±6% for carbon dioxide.
Picosecond Phase Shift Measurements at 358 MHz Using Synchrotron Radiation

For our purposes the most important property of synchrotron radiation is the time modulation of the emitted intensity, although it possesses many other qualities, such as broad spectral range, high brightness and 100% polarisation, which are being extensively utilised in many research fields [1,2]. The radiation from, the S.R* is modulated in exactly the same manner in which the electron beam is modulated. The electron pulse or bunch shape is nominally Gaussian [3] and is determined by S.R. parameters. The bunch length increases with stored current, this effect being different from one S.R. to another [4]. The S.R. radio frequency is an integer multiple of the revolution frequency, this being a constant since the electrons are highly relativistic (v/c ≈.9999998). It is possible to have as many electron or positron bunches around the ring as the RF harmonic number, which is 280 in SPEAR. In our experiments SPEAR ran with only one circulating bunch, and we discuss this case.
Hearing the Other Side, in Theory and in Practice

When I was a child my father and I often went to the dentist together because the office was downtown, near his office, and because it was his dentist, the one he had seen since childhood, and my dad wanted very badly for me to like him. I made it clear that I had mixed feelings about the guy. Even if I could get over his name (Dr. Risk), and the fact that he insisted on calling me “Missy,” there was the fact that he was independently wealthy and practiced dentistry for fun . But the ritual between the two of them was well established. He would put my father in the chair, stuff his mouth full of cotton, and begin to talk politics. As president of the local American Civil Liberties Union chapter, Dr. Risk and my ardently Republican father had a lot to talk about. My father could barely contain his eagerness to spit just to get a word in edgewise. For the two of them it was sport, and it was clear that my father greatly respected Dr. Risk, even if he would never take political advice from him. I know this because if I ever complained about going to the dentist, my father would nudge me with guilt: “But Dr. Risk is such a good man.” Good man or not, he was, after all, a dentist.
Laser Machined Plastic Laminates: Towards Portable Diagnostic Devices for Use in Low Resource Environments

D espite significant progress in development of bioanalytical devices cost, complexity ,a ccess to reagents and lack of infrastructure have prevented use of these technologies in resource-limited regions .T op rovide as us- tainable tool in the global effort to combat infectious dis- eases the diagnostic device must be low cost ,s imple to operat ea nd read ,r obust, and have sensitivity and specif- icit yc omparable to laboratory analysis .I nt his mini- review we describe recent work using laser machined plastic laminates to produce diagnostic devices that are capable of aw ide variety of bioanalytical measurements and show great promise towards future use in low-re- source environments.
SO(10) SUSY GUT model with a U(1) x Z(2) x Z(2) flavor symmetry

An SO(10) SUSY GUT model which leads to maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing and the LMA solar neutrino solution, developed in collaboration with S.M. Barr, is briefly described. Since the model is quantitatively predictive, it can be used to assess the need for a neutrino factory, as shown in collaboration with S. Geer.