Journal articles on the topic 'J.-C.-323'

Emergency Radiology: The Requisites. By J. A. Soto and B. C. Lucey. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-323-05407-2. 397 pages. Price (hardcover): € 75. Emergency Radiology Case Review Series. By S. E. Mirvis, K. Shanmuganathan, L. Miller, and C. Sliker. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-04957-3. 415 pages. Price (paperback): €39.

AbstractThe proofs of Theorem 2.2 of K. J. Dykema and M. Rørdam, Purely infinite simple C*-algebras arising from free product constructions, Canad. J. Math. 50 (1998), 323–341 and of Theorem 3.1 of K J. Dykema, Purely infinite simple C*-algebras arising from free product constructions, II,Math. Scand. 90 (2002), 73–86 are corrected.

I am grateful to J. C. Donati for reviewing my book On the Agora. The evolution of a public space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC–267 AD). He gives compliments and raises valid points for further reflection, but the review also, in several ways, misrepresents my aims, my use of evidence and, most troublingly, my words. I am grateful for this chance to respond to the review and restrict myself to the most pressing issues.

Reid, L. M., Zhu, X., Voloaca, C., Woldemariam, T. and Wu, J. 2013. CO447 corn inbred line. Can. J. Plant Sci. 93: 323–326. CO447 is a short-season corn (Zea mays L.) inbred line with excellent combining ability. This inbred performed well as a parent with both stiff and non-stiff stalk inbreds. Excellent yields were achieved with the iodent inbred MBS8148 and the stiff-stalk inbred TR2040 at many locations.

Plant pathologists in Florida and Oregon have recently found Cylindrocladium colhounii for the first time on two new ornamental plant species. Brown, pinpoint leaf spots were observed on Callistemon rigidus (stiff bottlebrush) in a Florida nursery. C. colhounii was isolated consistently from these lesions. To confirm Koch's postulates, 25 ml of aconidial suspension at 96,000 conidia per ml was used to spray a 38.1-cm branch of C. rigidus. Plants were maintained in a moist chamber at room temperature (25 ± 2°C). Symptoms appeared within 3 days, and included brown, pinpoint spots (1 mm or less) occurring on both leaf surfaces, sunken blotches, and blight. The fungus was consistently reisolated from symptomatic tissue. In Oregon, the first detection of C. colhounii was from leaf spots on Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen) in a nursery. No proof of pathogenicity was done in Oregon on G. procumbens. C. colhounii has now been reported on 14 host genera in 10 families from Australia, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and the U.S. (FL, HI, LA, NC, OR, SC) (1–4). References: (1) P. W. Crous and M. J. Wingfield. Mycopathologia 122:45, 1993. (2) A. Peerally. Mycotaxon 40:323, 1991. (3) A. Y. Rossman. Mycol. Pap. No. 150, Commonw. Mycol. Inst., Kew, Surrey, England, 1983. (4) J. Y. Uchida and M. Aragaki. Plant Dis. 81:298, 1997.

Proteoglycans (PGs) in bovine corneal stroma were stained with Cupromeronic Blue in ‘critical-electrolyte-concentration’ (CEC) methods for electron microscopy, and were located vis-à-vis collagen fibril a-e banding patterns. Keratanase and chondroitin ABC lyase digestion showed that a + c-band- and d + e-band-associated PGs were keratan sulphate-rich and chondroitin (dermatan) sulphate-rich respectively. The CEC pattern proved that the keratan sulphate PGs at the a and c bands differed. Comparison of their CECs with their behaviour on anion-exchange chromatography confirmed previous (indirect) attempts at identification [Scott & Haigh (1985) Biosci. Rep. 5, 765-774]. Similar arguments were applied to the dermatan sulphate PGs at the d and e bands. These results strongly support the one-PG-one-binding-site hypothesis [e.g. Scott (1988) Biochem. J. 252, 313-323]. Remarkable inter-species variations in the keratan sulphate PG patterns contrast with the relatively constant picture of dermatan sulphate PG-collagen fibril interactions.

In order to provide important guidance for controlling and obtaining the optimal microstructures and mechanical properties of a welded joint, the continuous cooling transformation diagram of a new low-carbon Nb-microalloyed bainite E550 steel in a simulated coarse-grain heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) has been constructed by thermal dilatation method in this paper. The welding thermal simulation experiments were conducted on a Gleeble-3800 thermo-mechanical simulator. The corresponding microstructure was observed by a LEICA DM2700M. The Vickers hardness (HV) and the impact toughness at −40 °C were measured according to the ASTM E384 standard and the ASTM E2298 standard, respectively. The experimental results may indicate that the intermediate temperature phase transformation of the whole bainite can occur in a wide range of cooling rates of 2–20 °C/s. In the scope of cooling rates 2–20 °C/s, the microstructure of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) mainly consists of lath bainite and granular bainite. Moreover, the proportion of lath bainite increased and granular bainite decreased as the cooling rate increasing. There is a spot of lath martensite in the microstructure of HAZ when the cooling rate is above 20 °C/s. The Vickers hardness increases gradually with the increasing of the cooling rate, and the maximum hardness is 323 HV10. When the cooling time from 800 °C to 500 °C (t8/5) is 5–15 s, it presents excellent −40 °C impact toughness (273–286 J) of the CGHAZ beyond the base material (163 J).

Wild-type p53 forms tetramers and multiples of tetramers. Friedman et al. (P. N. Friedman, X. B. Chen, J. Bargonetti, and C. Prives, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:3319-3323, 1993) have reported that human p53 behaves as a larger molecule during gel filtration than it does during sucrose gradient sedimentation. These differences argue that wild-type p53 has a nonglobular shape. To identify structural and oligomerization domains in p53, we have investigated the physical properties of purified segments of p53. The central, specific DNA-binding domain within murine amino acids 80 to 320 and human amino acids 83 to 323 behaves predominantly as monomers during analysis by sedimentation, gel filtration, and gel electrophoresis. This consistent behavior argues that the central region of p53 is globular in shape. Under appropriate conditions, however, this segment can form transient oligomers without apparent preference for a single oligomeric structure. This region does not enhance transformation by other oncogenes. The biological implications of transient oligomerization by this central segment, therefore, remain to be demonstrated. Like wild-type p53, the C terminus, consisting of murine amino acids 280 to 390 and human amino acids 283 to 393, behaves anomalously during gel filtration and apparently has a nonglobular shape. Within this region, murine amino acids 315 to 350 and human amino acids 323 to 355 are sufficient for assembly of stable tetramers. The finding that murine amino acids 315 to 360 enhance transformation by other oncogenes strongly supports the role of p53 tetramerization in oncogenesis. Amino acids 330 to 390 of murine p53 and amino acids 340 to 393 of human p53, which have been implicated by Sturzbecher et al. in tetramerization (H.-W. Sturzbecher, R. Brain, C. Addison, K. Rudge, M. Remm, M. Grimaldi, E. Keenan, and J. R. Jenkins, Oncogene 7:1513-1523, 1992), do not form stable tetramers under our conditions. Our findings indicate that p53 has at least two autonomous oligomerization domains: a strong tetramerization domain in its C-terminal region and a weaker oligomerization domain in the central DNA binding region of p53. Together, these domains account for the formation of tetramers and multiples of tetramers by wild-type p53. The tetramerization domain is the major determinant of the dominant negative phenotype leading to transformation by mutant p53s.

Wild-type p53 forms tetramers and multiples of tetramers. Friedman et al. (P. N. Friedman, X. B. Chen, J. Bargonetti, and C. Prives, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:3319-3323, 1993) have reported that human p53 behaves as a larger molecule during gel filtration than it does during sucrose gradient sedimentation. These differences argue that wild-type p53 has a nonglobular shape. To identify structural and oligomerization domains in p53, we have investigated the physical properties of purified segments of p53. The central, specific DNA-binding domain within murine amino acids 80 to 320 and human amino acids 83 to 323 behaves predominantly as monomers during analysis by sedimentation, gel filtration, and gel electrophoresis. This consistent behavior argues that the central region of p53 is globular in shape. Under appropriate conditions, however, this segment can form transient oligomers without apparent preference for a single oligomeric structure. This region does not enhance transformation by other oncogenes. The biological implications of transient oligomerization by this central segment, therefore, remain to be demonstrated. Like wild-type p53, the C terminus, consisting of murine amino acids 280 to 390 and human amino acids 283 to 393, behaves anomalously during gel filtration and apparently has a nonglobular shape. Within this region, murine amino acids 315 to 350 and human amino acids 323 to 355 are sufficient for assembly of stable tetramers. The finding that murine amino acids 315 to 360 enhance transformation by other oncogenes strongly supports the role of p53 tetramerization in oncogenesis. Amino acids 330 to 390 of murine p53 and amino acids 340 to 393 of human p53, which have been implicated by Sturzbecher et al. in tetramerization (H.-W. Sturzbecher, R. Brain, C. Addison, K. Rudge, M. Remm, M. Grimaldi, E. Keenan, and J. R. Jenkins, Oncogene 7:1513-1523, 1992), do not form stable tetramers under our conditions. Our findings indicate that p53 has at least two autonomous oligomerization domains: a strong tetramerization domain in its C-terminal region and a weaker oligomerization domain in the central DNA binding region of p53. Together, these domains account for the formation of tetramers and multiples of tetramers by wild-type p53. The tetramerization domain is the major determinant of the dominant negative phenotype leading to transformation by mutant p53s.

Entender os padrões de estrutura e distribuição espacial das espécies de árvores é fundamental para prever a variação espacial de processos sucessionais, genéticos e ecológicos de um ecossistema florestal. Neste estudo foram analisadas a estrutura populacional e a distribuição espacial de Theobroma speciosum (cacauí) em três fragmentos florestais urbanos (Parques C/E com 6,72 ha amostrados, J com 3,92 ha e Zoobotânico com 15,84 ha) em Alta Floresta e no Parque Nacional do Juruena - PNJu (com 3,2 ha amostrados) no norte do estado de Mato Grosso. Foram amostrados 323 indivíduos de Theobroma speciosum, sendo 50 no fragmento do Parque C/E (7,44 ind. ha-1), 32 no Parque J (8,16 ind.ha-1), 76 no Parque Zoobotânico (4,79 ind. ha-1 ) e 165 no PNJu (51,56 ind. ha-1). A menor densidade de indivíduos encontrada nos parques urbanos pode estar relacionada com o processo de fragmentação, visto que não houve uma relação positiva da densidade e do número de indivíduos com a área amostral. Além disso, a maior densidade foi encontrada no PNJu, que é uma unidade de conservação de floresta contínua e com nenhuma intervenção antrópica recente. Os fragmentos florestais urbanos (com exceção do Parque Zoobotânico) apresentaram uma menor quantidade de indivíduos nas classes inferiores de diâmetro (0-5 cm) e altura (0-5 m) com relação à estrutura encontrada no PNJu. Essa diferença provavelmente deve-se à menor área dos Parques C/E e J e consequentemente a um efeito de borda mais intenso que afetou a regeneração florestal. O padrão de distribuição dos indivíduos em todas as populações foi agregado. Esses resultados indicam que a espécie é susceptível à fragmentação provavelmente devido ao isolamento, pois apresenta autoincompatibilidade e uma dispersão zoocórica limitada.

Photoaffinity labelling by a GTP analogue has been used to identify a 42 kDa band as the major G alpha subunit in squid photoreceptor membranes, recently identified by partial sequence analysis to be a member of the Gq sub-group of GTP-binding proteins [Pottinger, Ryba, Keen & Findlay (1991) Biochem. J. 279, 323-326]. Guanine-nucleotide-binding displacement analysis gave a stoichiometry of 1 G-protein per 12.5 rhodopsin molecules, the same as in vertebrate rod photoreceptors. Binding was not detected above background in the dark, but was rapidly activated by light. Unlike vertebrate transducin, this G-protein is very temperature-sensitive. GTP binding is maximal at temperatures less than 10 degrees C and is much decreased after several minutes above 18 degrees C. The light-stimulated GTPase rate is maximal around 10 degrees C, above which the loss of binding sites counteracts the increase in hydrolytic rate per site. Earlier studies described light-sensitive G alpha components of 40 and 45 kDa, by ADP-ribosylation in the presence of cholera and pertussis toxins. These are now shown to be very minor components, as the prolonged treatment at elevated temperature required for ADP-ribosylation is sufficient to inactivate the major G alpha totally. Unlike the minor G alpha components, the 42 kDa G alpha is not inhibited by Ca2+.

Методом вольт-фарадных характеристик исследованы тонкие (~ 1 мкм) преднамеренно нелегированные слои InxAl1-xAs, выращенные методом MBE на полуизолирующей подложке InP. Показано, что исследованные при комнатной температуре слои InxAl1-xAs имеют n – тип проводимости. При экспериментальном исследовании температурных зависимостей дифференциальной проводимости обнаружен центр локализации заряда, эффективное значение энергии которого находится в запрещенной зоне твердого раствора InxAl1-xAs (, Eg = 1.5 эВ) и составляет ~ 0.49 эВ до верха зоны проводимости твердого раствора. БЛАГОДАРНОСТИ Авторы выражают искреннюю благодарность всему коллективу Новосибирского Института физики полупроводников СО РАН, лично Гилинскому Александру Михайловичу за предоставленные образцы и Воронежскому государственному университету инженерных технологий за плодотворное обсуждение полученных экспериментальных результатов. ЛИТЕРАТУРА Yamashita Y., Endoh A., Shinohara K., Hikosaka K., Matsui T, Hiyamizu S., Mimura T. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2002, vol. 23, iss. 10, p. 573. https://doi.org/10.1109/led.2002.802667 Chang E.-Y., Kuo C.-I., Hsu H.-T., Chiang C.-Y., Miyamoto Y. Applied Physics Express, 2013, vol. 6, iss. 3, p. 34001. https://doi.org/10.7567/apex.6.034001 del Alamo A. Nature, 2011, vol. 479, pp. 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10677 Stillman W. J., Shur. M. S. Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 2007, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1166/jno.2007.301 Adachi S. Properties of Semiconductor Alloys: Group-IV, III–V and II–VI Semiconductors. Wiley, 2009, p. 422. Denton A. R., Ashcroft N. W. Rev. A., 1991, vol. 43, iss. 6, pp. 3161-3164. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.43.3161 Vurgaftman , Meyer J. R., Ram-Mohan L. R. J. Appl. Phys., 2001, vol. 89, iss. 11, pp. 5815-5875. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1368156 Sze S. M. Physicsof Semiconductor Devices. Wiley, 1969, 2nd Ed. 1981, 868 p. Casey H. C., Cho A. Y., Lang D. V., Nicollian E. H., Foy P. W. Appl. Phys., 1979, vol. 50, iss. 5, pp. 3484-3491. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.326343 Forrest S. R., Kim O. K. Appl. Phys., 1982, vol. 53, iss. 8, pp. 5738. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.331462

Gerbera jamesonii (family Asteraceae) is a popular perennial ornamental cut flower and potted plant with considerable economic importance. In a survey of gerbera grown in floriculture fields at the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur and nearby nurseries, color break symptoms on the petals, asymmetrical ray florets, and deformed flowers were observed during 2003-2004. The virus evoked chlorotic local lesions on Chenopodium album, C. amaranticolor, and C. quinoa, while systemic mosaic was observed on Cucumis sativus, Nicotiana benthamiana, N. clevelandii, N. glutinosa, and N. tabacum cv. Samsun. The virus was transmitted nonpersistently by Myzus persicae and Aphis gossypii and was identified as Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with CMV-specific antibodies (Agdia, Elkhart, IN). Polyhedral particles approximately 29 nm were observed with electron microscopy of leaf dips from symptomatic gerbera leaves. Total RNA was isolated from the infected gerbera plants and N. glutinosa by using RNAqueous (Ambion, Austin, TX). CMV-specific primers (1) were used to detect the virus with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction that produced an amplicon predicted size of approximately 540 bp, but the virus was not detected in healthy controls. Sequence alignment of the amplicons (533 bp) utilizing BLAST resulted in 91 to 99% homology with the partial intercistronic region and partial coat protein gene (1042-1574 bp) (gene sequence submitted to EMBL database with Accession no. AJ634532) of CMV RNA3 in subgroup I. To our knowledge, this is the first report of CMV on gerbera in India. Reference: (1) C. De Blas et al. J. Phytopathol. 141:323, 1994.

ABSTRACT Maximal incremental changes in plasma LH were compared in adult hens and cockerels after i.v. injection of chicken (c) LHRH-I (pGlu1-His2-Trp3-Ser4-Tyr5-Gly6-Leu7-Gln8-Pro9-Gly10-NH2) or cLHRH-II (pGlu1-His2-Trp3-Ser4-His5-Gly6-Trp7-Tyr8-Pro9-Gly10-NH2). The LH response to cLHRH-I and -II was more rapid and greater in cockerels than in hens. The potencies of the two decapeptides were the same in cockerels but different in hens. Relative to cLHRH-I, the potency of cLHRH-II was 0·91 (0·6– 1·2; 95% confidence limits) in cockerels and 36·5 (16·8–128·6) in hens. The greater potency of cLHRH-II relative to cLHRH-I in the hen than in the cockerel could not be accounted for by sex differences in the half-lives of the decapeptides in the peripheral circulation. The half-lives of both decapeptides in hens and cockerels ranged between 2·42 and 3·77 min. It is concluded that the interaction between LHRH-I and -II and the gonadotrophs is sexually differentiated in the domestic fowl. A new homologous radioimmunoassay was established for cLH. As in other chicken LH radioimmunoassays, there was evidence of cross-reactivity with TSH. J. Endocr. (1987) 115, 323–331

Abstract Large, P. A., Graham, N. G., Hareide, N-R., Misund, R., Rihan, D. J., Mulligan, M. C., Randall, P. J., Peach, D. J., McMullen, P. H., and Harlay, X. 2009. Lost and abandoned nets in deep-water gillnet fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: retrieval exercises and outcomes. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 323–333. The methods used and the results, including estimates of ghost catches present at the time of retrieval, from Irish and UK (England and Wales) gillnet retrieval exercises carried out in deep-water gillnet fisheries west of the British Isles are described. Summaries of the exercises are currently found only in the grey literature, and there is a need to make them more widely available to the scientific community. The fisheries are currently principally for anglerfish (mainly Lophius piscatorius), along with a small bycatch of deep-water sharks [mainly leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorous squamosus) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)]. The methods used and the results from retrieval exercises in the Norwegian Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossus) gillnet fishery are also presented. It is suggested that the efficiency of the Norwegian retrieval gear (which was used in all but one of the retrieval exercises described) be investigated under a range of conditions using an attached underwater camera. The outcomes from this could be used to improve the design of retrieval gear and future gillnet retrieval survey/mitigation exercises. Suggestions are made to improve the format and interpretation of results from future retrieval surveys and to enhance their value to fishery managers and stock assessment scientists. The importance of the continued need for structured gillnet retrieval exercises in deep-water gillnet fisheries is emphasized, and suggestions are made for conducting future studies.

The Ca indicator antipyrylazo III was introduced into cut frog twitch fibers by diffusion (Maylie, J., M. Irving, N. L. Sizto, and W. K. Chandler. 1987. Journal of General Physiology. 89:41-81). Like arsenazo III, antipyrylazo III was largely bound to or sequestered by intracellular constituents; on average, a fraction 0.68 was so immobilized. After action potential stimulation, there was an early change in absorbance, with a wavelength dependence that nearly matched a cuvette Ca-difference spectrum. As with arsenazo III, this signal became prolonged as experiments progressed. In a freshly prepared cut fiber containing 0.3 mM indicator, the absorbance change had an average half-width of 10 ms at 18 degrees C. The peak amplitude of this Ca signal depended on the indicator concentration in a roughly parabolic manner, which is consistent with a 1:2 stoichiometry for Ca:indicator complexation and, for indicator concentrations less than or equal to 0.4 mM, constant peak free [Ca]. If all the antipyrylazo III inside a fiber can react normally with Ca, peak free [Ca] is 3 microM at 18 degrees C. If only freely diffusible indicator can react, the estimate is 42 microM. The true amplitude probably lies somewhere in between. The time course of Ca binding to intracellular buffers and of Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is estimated from the 3- and 42-microM myoplasmic [Ca] transients. After action potential stimulation, the release waveform is rapid and brief; its latency after the surface action potential is 2-3 ms and its half-width is 2-4 ms. This requires rapid coupling between the action potential in the transverse tubular system and Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The peak fractional occupancy calculated for Ca-regulatory sites on troponin is 0.46 for the 3-microM transient and 0.93 for the 42-microM transient. During a 100-ms tetanus at 100 Hz, the corresponding fractional occupancies are 0.56 and 0.94. The low value of occupancy associated with the low-amplitude [Ca] calibration seems inconsistent with a brief tetanus being able to produce near-maximal activation (Blinks, J. R., R. Rudel, and S. R. Taylor. 1978. Journal of Physiology. 277:291-323; Lopez J. R., L. A. Wanck, and S. R. Taylor. 1981. Science. 214:47-82).

Recently, a novel Slc22 gene family member expressed in murine olfactory mucosa was identified and based on sequence homology proposed to be an organic anion transporter [Oat6 ( Slc22a20); J. C. Monte, M. A. Nagle, S. A. Eraly, and S. K. Nigam. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 323: 429–436, 2004]. However, no functional data for Oat6 was reported. In the present study, we demonstrate that murine Oat6 mediates the inhibitable transport of estrone sulfate using both Xenopus oocyte expression assay and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably transfected with mOat6 (CHO-mOat6). Uptake was virtually eliminated by probenecid and the anionic herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate. The organic anions ochratoxin A, salicylate, penicillin G, p-aminohippurate, and urate inhibited mOat6-mediated accumulation to varying degrees. Transport of estrone sulfate by mOat6 was demonstrated to be saturable, and Kmestimates of 109.8 ± 22.6 μM in oocytes and 44.8 ± 7.3 μM in CHO-mOat6 cells were obtained. Inhibitory constants for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (15.7 ± 2.0 μM), salicylate (49.0 ± 4.4 μM), probenecid (8.3 ± 2.5 μM), and penicillin G (1,450 ± 480 μM) were also determined. Accumulation of estrone sulfate mediated by mOat6 was significantly trans-stimulated by glutarate, indicating that mOat6 functions as an organic anion/dicarboxylate exchanger. These data demonstrate for the first time that the novel murine gene Oat6 ( Slc22a20) encodes a functional organic anion transporter and mOat6 is indeed the newest member of the OAT gene family.

ABSTRACT Aim The management of pain and anxiety in dentistry encompasses a number of procedural issues, including the delivery of anesthetic solution. One of the most important ways to manage the behavior of children is pain control. Trypanophobia is very common among dental patients and the most important goal of guidelines on behavior guidance for pediatric dental patient is to ease fear and anxiety in dental procedures in children. For the stated reasons, the purpose of the present study was to record child's pain sensation both objectively and subjectively while receiving dental local anesthesia using conventional syringes and diabetic needles. Materials and methods Twenty children of age group 6 to 12 years undergoing routine dental procedures participated in the study. Every child acted as one's own control, while receiving treatment on the opposite side of the same arch. Each patient was randomly assigned to receive the injection either with conventional syringe or diabetic needle for the first visit, while the injection with the other needle was administered during the second visit. Rating scales were used for objective and subjective evaluations. Results Statistical analysis of the measurements were made using Wilcoxon signed U test and Mann—Whitney U test which showed the mean sound, eye, motor (SEM) score difference using insulin syringe. The outcome was statistically significant when compared using the mean ranks between male and female patients with that of control group. Conclusion It can be concluded that diabetic syringes exhibit clinical advantage and its use in pediatric dentistry for local anesthetics (LA) infiltration can prove beneficial. How to cite this article Kour G, Masih U, Singh C, Srivastava M, Yadav P, Kushwah J. Insulin Syringe: A Gimmick in Pediatric Dentistry. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(4):319-323.

ABSTRACT Introduction Ceramics are widely applied in dentistry owing to their excellent mechanical and physical attributes. The most popular ceramics are Lava™, KaVo Everest, and Cercon. However, it is unclear whether or not a different surface treatment along with low-temperature aging and mechanical loading (ML) affects the physical properties of computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)-machined yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) ceramic. Aim The objective of this research was to assess the impact of various surface treatments as air-particle abrasion, ML, low-temperature degradation (LTD), and their cumulative effects on biaxial flexural properties of Y-TZP. Materials and methods Totally, 50 specimens were fabricated by CAD–CAM machining from Cercon® and divided into five groups following different surface treatments as control (C), air-particle abrasion (Si), ML, LTD, and cumulative treatment (CT) group. Results were investigated by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey honest significant difference (HSD) test. Results The highest biaxial flexural strength was observed in the Si group (950.2 ± 126.7 MPa), followed by the LTD group (861.3 ± 166.8 MPa), CT group (851.2 ± 126.5 MPa), and the least with ML (820 ± 110 MPa). A significant difference was observed in the two-way ANOVA test. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that the control group consists of 100% tetragonal zirconia and the maximum amount of monoclinic phase was obtained after LTD. Conclusion No negative effect on biaxial flexural strength was observed; indeed, it increases the biaxial strength. Hence, these surface treatments can be done in routine clinical practice to improve the performance of ceramic restoration. How to cite this article Jain T, Porwal A, Babu S, Khan ZA, Kaur C, Jain RB. Effect of Different Surface Treatments on Biaxial Flexural Strength of Yttria-stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal. J Contemp Dent Pract 2018;19(3):318-323.

Представлена гипотеза о новом механизме ускорения химических реакцийс участием переохлажденной воды вблизи –45 °C. Гипотеза основана на свойствах второйкритической точки воды. Предполагается, что возрастание флуктуации энергии молекулводы приводит к ускорению протекания химических превращений. В эксперименте сиспользованием нанопористых увлажненных силикатных сорбентов удалось наблюдатьреакцию взаимодействия водорода с поверхностью пор при –45 °C. Химические реакциис участием воды по предполагаемому механизму могут ускоренно протекать на линииВидома при температурах от –45 °C до –53 °C и в области давлений от 0 до 100 MPa. ЛИТЕРАТУРА1. Palmer M. Y., Cordiner M. A., Nixon C. A., Charnley S. B., Teanby N. A., Kisiel, Z., Irwin P. G. J., MummaM. J. ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan // Science Advances, 2017,v. 3(7), p. e1700022/6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.17000222. Goesmann F., Rosenbauer H., Bredehöft J. 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Duarte, C. R. A., Eyng, C., Murakami, A. E. and Santos, T. C. 2014. Intestinal morphology and activity of digestive enzymes in broilers fed crude propolis. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 94: 105–114. Propolis is a resin produced by bees that has been investigated for its potential to increase the performance of broiler chickens. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the inclusion of crude propolis in the diets of broiler chickens from 1 to 21 d of age. A total of 1020 male chicks were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design into six treatments (0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm of crude propolis), with five replications, and 34 birds per experimental unit. The experimental diets were provided from 1 to 21 d of age and subsequently (from 22 to 42 d of age) the birds were fed a nutritionally complete ration based on corn and soybean meal. All supplemented groups showed similar growth performance in all growth phases (P>0.05); however, there was a linear increase in carcass yield at 42 d of age according to increase in crude propolis inclusion from 1 to 21 d of age (P<0.05). At 7 d of age, relative weight of the gizzard increased linearly (P<0.05) with increasing propolis, and at 21 d of age, relative weight of the large intestine showed a quadratic (P<0.05) response, with the lowest value predicted to occur at 278 ppm of crude propolis. The ileum crypt depth at 21 d of age was affected by propolis, with a quadratic response (P<0.05) and highest value estimated at 323 ppm. At 21 d of age, sucrase activity in the jejunum increased linearly with increasing propolis and maltase activity in the ileum showed a quadratic (P<0.05) response, which predicted highest activity at 292 ppm. Amylase activity was lower in animals supplemented with 100 and 400 ppm of propolis at 21 d of age (P<0.05) compared with the control group. Thus, the crude propolis supplementation is not recommended in broiler diets from 1 to 21 d old given that it does not influence the performance, despite small changes in intestinal morphophysiology at 21 d of age.

de Ridder, K. A. G., Farmer, C., de Lange, C. F. M., Shoveller, A. K. and Luimes, P. H. 2014. Plasma amino acids, prolactin, insulin and glucose concentrations in lactating sows following venous infusion of isoleucine, leucine, lysine, threonine or valine. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 94: 323–330. The amino acid supply to lactating sows affects their milk yield, and the current study aims at establishing whether this is mediated via increases in concentrations of insulin and prolactin, two hormones that are important for lactation. Six multiparous Yorkshire sows (252.8±18.5 kg body weight) were fitted with an ear vein catheter and were used in a 6×6 Latin square design experiment from days 7 to 10 of lactation (am and pm infusions on 3 consecutive days). Sows were fed a commercial corn and soybean meal diet (17.1% crude protein) three times daily (1.5 kg at 0600 and 1200, 3.0 kg at 1830). Starting 2 h after the 0600 or 1200 feeding, sows received an infusion of saline (control), isoleucine, leucine, lysine, threonine or valine at a rate of 33 mL min−1during 30 min. The infused dose was equivalent to 18±0.9% of true ileal digestible intake for each of the amino acids. Serial blood samples were taken, starting 30 min prior to infusion and until 240 min after infusion. Plasma concentrations of amino acids, prolactin, insulin, and glucose were determined. Data were analyzed as repeated measurements and also using areas under the curve. Intravenous infusion with each of the five amino acids studied increased the corresponding free plasma amino acid concentrations (P<0.05). However, concentrations of prolactin, insulin, and glucose were not affected by infusion of any of the amino acids studied (P>0.10). Therefore, supplying intravenously 18% of the daily intake of isoleucine, leucine, lysine, threonine or valine brings about expected increases in amino acids, but does not alter the short-term response in prolactin, insulin or glucose concentrations of lactating sows.

In December 2008, a collection of Citrus spp. in Kerikeri, New Zealand was surveyed for virus and viroid diseases. Symptoms characteristic of virus or viroid infection were not observed other than Citrus tristeza virus (CTV)-associated stem pitting when examined with the bark removed. Total RNA was extracted from bark samples of 273 trees using RLT buffer (Qiagen Inc., Chatsworth, CA) on a KingFisher mL workstation (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA) and tested by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR). Samples from three trees, two from sweet orange, Citrus × sinensis (L.) Osbeck (pro sp.) (maxima × reticulate) and one from tangerine, Citrus reticulata Blanco, tested positive for Citrus psorosis virus (CPsV), and two samples, one each from lemon, Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. F. (pro sp.) (medica × aurantifolia) and sweet orange, tested positive for Citrus viroid III (CVd-III) using previously published primers and PCR cycling conditions (2,4) in a one-step RT-PCR system. The 20-μl RT-PCR reaction was done with Verso Reddymix reagents (Thermo Scientific) containing 250 nM of specific primers and 300 μg/μl of bovine serum albumin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO). The CVd-III genome was completed using specific internal primers (forward: 5′-AACGCAGAGAGGGAAAGGGAA-3′, reverse: 5′-TAGGGCTACTTCCCGTGGTC-3′) with the following cycling conditions: 50°C for 15 min, 94°C for 2 min, then 40 cycles of 94°C for 10 s, 57°C for 30 s, and 68°C for 30 s. The three CPsV amplicons of 419 bp from the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene (GenBank Accession Nos. GQ388241 to GQ388243) had 96 to 100% nucleotide identity to each other. A 276-bp (nt position 48 to 323) fragment of the 419-bp sequence was used for comparison with sequences available on GenBank. The three 276-bp CPsV sequences had 89 to 97% nucleotide identity to other CPsV available in GenBank at the time of the analysis. The CVd-III genomes of 291 bp (GenBank Accession Nos. HQ219183 and JF521494) are identical and showed 94 to 99% nucleotide identity to other CVd-III available in GenBank. The presence of CPsV was confirmed in the three samples by a CPsV-specific double-antibody sandwich-ELISA kit (Agritest S.r.l., Valenzano, Italy), while the presence of CVd-III was confirmed only in the lemon sample by r-PAGE (3). The concentration of the viroid in the sweet orange sample may have been below the detection limit of the test. The incidence of the diseases is probably low since CPsV and CVd-III were detected in only a few trees which were planted between 1998 and 2002 at Kerikeri from budwoods of unknown sources imported between the 1970s and 1990s. New Zealand's growing conditions generally do not favor viroid replication in plants, whereas the temperatures may be suitable for CPsV disease. However, symptom characteristics to CPsV and CVd-III have never been observed on the infected trees. This is most likely because of the presence of CTV in the trees (data not shown). CPsV symptoms were thought to have been observed in the 1950s in New Zealand (1) but the causal agent had not been identified. To our knowledge, this is the first molecular and serological evidence of CPsV and the first report of the presence of CVd-III in New Zealand. References: (1) W. A. Fletcher. Orchard. N. Z. 30:33, 1957. (2) T. Ito et al. J. Virol. Methods 106:235, 2002. (3) C. Jeffries and C. James. OEPP/EPPO Bull. 35:125, 2005. (4) S. Martin et al. J. Gen. Virol. 87:3097, 2006.

Background and Purpose: In order to make counselling meaningful and culturally relevant, it is essential for counsellors to have a practical counselling model that is context-specific and matches the needs and values of the population of that specific culture. Hence, the present research aims to explore professional counsellors’ understanding and practice of multicultural counselling in Malaysia. Methodology: This study adopted a complementarity mixed-method research design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to gauge the different features of multicultural counselling competency. Findings: Malaysian professional counsellors, as a group, perceived themselves to be multiculturally competent. The most challenging cases encountered by Malaysian counsellors were (a) counselling culturally challenging clients (i.e., culturally different clients), (b) counselling culturally challenging issues/problems (culturally sensitive and complicated issues/problems in Malaysia), and (c) managing personal challenges (dealing with personal cultural and social issues in counselling). Thematic analysis also revealed three emergent themes to describe how Malaysian counsellors engage with culture and diversity in counselling and these themes broadly resembled the three stages of the general counselling process: pre-counselling, during counselling and post-counselling. Contributions: This research adds to the multicultural counselling literature by generating knowledge regarding the understanding and practice of multicultural counselling in the local socio-political context. Education and training organizations should recognize the critical importance of infusing multicultural counselling education into all subjects and training programs in counsellor education programs and training of novice counsellors in order for it to be seamlessly incorporated into counselling practice. Keywords: Culture and diversity, Malaysian counselling, multicultural counselling competency, multicultural counselling practice, multicultural counselling understanding. Cite as: Mohd Jaladin, R. A., Simmonds, J. G., Greenway, P., & Barkatsas, T. (2021). Exploring counsellors’ understanding and practice of multicultural counselling in Malaysia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(1), 323-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp323-350

Phytophthora alni, a soil- and waterborne pathogen, causes aggressive root and collar rot on riparian alder populations (1,2,4). The disease has been described from several European countries with a destructive impact in Great Britain (1,2). All European alder species and the red alder (Alnus rubra) are highly susceptible. P. alni has multiple variants that have been placed in three subspecies: P. alni subsp. alni, P. alni subsp. uniformis, and P. alni subsp. multiformis (1). In July 2009, a survey of symptoms of Phytophthora rot from A. glutinosa at 20 riparian stands along the Avia River in Galicia (northwest Spain) was conducted. Affected trees showed symptoms of Phytophthora rot including abnormally small, sparse, and yellowish foliage, dieback in the canopy, necroses of the inner bark and cambium, and bleeding cankers on the trunks (2,4). Phytophthora spp. were baited from saturated rhizosphere soil and watercourses using oak leaflets (4). Roots and tissue from fresh active inner bark lesions were transferred to selective medium V8-PARPH agar (4) and incubated for 7 days at 22°C in the dark. A Phytophthora sp. was isolated, transferred to carrot agar (CA), and incubated in the dark. Colonies were appressed, often irregular in outline, and with limited aerial mycelium (1). Growth on CA occurred from 4 to 31°C with optimum growth at 23 to 25°C. Chlamydospores were not observed. Ellipsoid, nonpapillate, noncaducous sporangia had a length/breadth average ratio of 1.4. Nesting and extended internal proliferation occurred. Oogonia, antheridia, and oospores were abundantly produced in a single culture. Oogonia with tapered stalks were spherical (mature oogonia 38 to 50 μm in diameter) and some had ornamented walls or bullate protuberances (1,2). Antheridia were large, amphigynous, and predominantly two-celled (23 to 37 × 16 to 23 μm). Oospores were plerotic. Distorted comma-shaped or smaller oogonia and aborted oospores were observed (1). Amplification of DNA was accomplished by using sequence-characterized amplification region-PCR primers (3). The amplicon sizes obtained were identical to P. alni subsp. alni (3). Internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-DNA and nadh1 mitochondrial gene were also amplified. DNA sequences of ITS and mt-DNA regions were deposited in GenBank (Nos. GU108602 and GU108603). Comparison of the sequences showed 100% homology with P. alni subsp. alni (GenBank Nos. FJ746679 and DQ202490). P. alni subsp. alni was recovered from trees at 3 of 20 riparian alder stands with symptoms. Pathogenicity of one representative isolate was confirmed by inoculating 10 3-year-old A. glutinosa seedlings grown in pots. One shallow cut was made into the bark at the collar level. A colonized agar plug, from the margin of an actively growing colony of P. alni subsp. alni, was inserted beneath the flap that was sealed with Parafilm. Five controls seedlings received only sterile CA agar plugs. Plants were incubated at 24°C and 95% humidity for 30 days. On inoculated plants, necroses progressed bidirectionally from the wound, and dead leaves and wilting of shoots were observed. P. alni subsp. alni was recovered from inoculated seedlings, but not from controls. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Phytophthora rot on alder caused by P. alni subsp. alni in Spain. References: (1) C. M. Brasier et al. Mycol. Res. 108:1172, 2004. (2) J. Gibbs et al. For. Comm. Bull. 126, 2003 (3) R. Ioos et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 112:323, 2005. (4) T. Jung et al. Plant Pathol. 53:197, 2004.

Maltenfort, Mitchell G., C. J. Heckman, and W. Zev Rymer. Decorrelating actions of Renshaw interneurons on the firing of spinal motoneurons within a motor nucleus: a simulation study. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 309–323, 1998. A simulation of spinal motoneurons and Renshaw cells was constructed to examine possible functions of recurrent inhibition. Recurrent inhibitory feedback via Renshaw cells is known to be weak. In our model, consistent with this, motoneuron firing was only reduced by a few pulses per second. Our initial hypothesis was that Renshaw cells would suppress synchronous firings of motoneurons caused by shared, dynamic inputs. Each motoneuron received an identical pattern of noise in its input. Synchrony coefficients were defined as the average motoneuron population firing relative to the activity of selected reference motoneurons; positive coefficients resulted if the motoneuron population was particularly active at the same time the reference motoneuron was active. With or without recurrent inhibition, the motoneuron pools tended to show little if any synchronization. Recurrent inhibition was expected to reduce the synchrony even further. Instead, it reduced the variance of the synchrony coefficients, without a comparable effect on the average. This suggests—surprisingly—that both positive and negative correlations between motoneurons are suppressed by recurrent inhibition. In short, recurrent inhibition may operate as a negative feedback mechanism to decorrelate motoneurons linked by common inputs. A consequence of this decorrelation is the suppression of spectral activity that apparently arises from correlated motoneuron firings due to common excitatory drive. Without recurrent inhibition, the power spectrum of the total motoneuron pool firings showed a peak at a frequency corresponding to the largest measured firing rates of motoneurons in the pool. Recurrent inhibition either reduced or abolished this peak, presumably by minimizing the likelihood of correlated firing among pool elements. Renshaw cells may act to diminish physiological tremor, by removing oscillatory components from aggregate motoneuron activity. Recurrent inhibition also improved coherence between the aggregate motoneuron output and the common drive, at frequencies above the frequency of the “synchronous” peak. Sensitivity analyses demonstrated that the spectral effect became stronger as the duration of inhibitory synaptic conductance was shortened with either the magnitude or the spatial extent of the inhibitory conductances increased to maintain constant net inhibition. Overall, Renshaw inhibition appears to be a powerful way to adjust the dynamic behavior of a neuron population with minimal impact on its static gain.

Background:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease that not only affects the skin but also causes symptoms that involve important internal organs such as joints, muscles, and heart and lungs. Due to all these multiple system involvements, the quality of life of individuals with scleroderma decreases. Tai Chi Chuan is a combination of physical exercise and relaxation techniques, and it is a traditional Chinese exercise method used to improve mental and physical health of people. There are many studies showing that Tai Chi improves the body’s aerobic capacity and psychological well-being. In the literature, Tai Chi has been shown to reduce pain, improve physical function, improve healing effects on depression and quality of life, especially, in the elderly, individuals with musculoskeletal diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and improve cardiac vascular risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes.Objectives:The aim of the study is to examine the effectiveness of Tai Chi on cardiopulmonary functions and quality of life in patients with SSc.Methods:28 SSc patients (25 females, 3 males) with an average age of 53.00 ± 10.00 were included in the study. For training, patients were divided into two groups by block randomization method. Group 1 received 60 minutes of Tai Chi exercise program and Group 2 received 60 minutes of home exercise for 2 days a week for 8 weeks. 6-min walk test (6MWT) and St. George Respiratory Questionnaire was used to evaluate the cardiopulmonary functions, Short form 36 (SF-36) was used to evaluate the quality of life. All evaluations were performed at baseline and at the end of the 8th weekResults:When the groups were compared before training, there was no significant difference (p> 0.05). In post-training comparisons, there was a significant difference in all parameters in Tai Chi group (p: 0.001-0.045); there was a significant difference in the physical function sub-parameter of SF-36 and 6MWT in the home exercise group (p: 0.045, p: 0.038, respectively). Comparing the post-training groups, Tai Chi group was found to be superior in terms of all parameters compared to the home exercise group (p: 0.00-0.04). No side effects were observed during the exercises.Conclusion:As a result of our study; Tai Chi has a possitive effect on cardiopulmonery function and quality of life in patients with SS. Tai Chi should be included in rehabilitation programs as a safe alternative type of exercise to improve cardiopulmonery function and quality of life in patients with SSc.References:[1]de Oliveira NC, Portes LA, Pettersson H, Alexanderson H, Boström C. Aerobic and resistance exercise in systemic sclerosis: State of the art. Musculoskeletal Care. 2017;15:316–323.[2]Jia X, Jiang C, Tao J, Li Y, Zhou Y, Chen LD. Effects of core strength training combined with Tai Chi Chuan for the musculoskeletal system and cardiopulmonary function in older adults: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(35):e12024.[3]Wang C, Schmid CH, Hibberd PL, Kalish R, Roubenoff R, Rones R, McAlindon T. Tai Chi is effective in treating knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2009; 61:1545–1553.[4]Wang C, Roubenoff R, Lau J, Kalish R, Schmid CH, Tighiouart H, Rones R, Hibberd PL Effect of Tai Chi in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 44:685–687.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

Abstract Background: Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the hallmark complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). The majority of SCD-related healthcare costs in the United States, estimated at $2.4 billion annually, are attributed to frequent healthcare utilization due to recurrent VOC (1-3). Risk factors such as the prescription of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) only without opioids, older age, and steroid treatment have been identified to be associated with readmissions in pediatric SCD patients (4, 5), but limited data exist about potential predictors for readmission in adults (6). The impact of inpatient opioid utilization on readmission was evaluated in this study. Methods: Seventy SCD adults treated at the University of Illinois Hospital from 2012-2016 had at least one hospitalization for uncomplicated VOC that was followed by a 30-day readmission (30-DR) and at least one hospitalization without a 30-DR. One hospitalization with a 30-DR and one hospitalization without a 30-DR from each patient were used to form the discovery cohort (a total of 140 hospitalizations from 70 unique patients). Patient characteristics, inpatient laboratory values, outpatient daily opioid use before admission, and inpatient daily opioid use were collected from the electronic medical records, and the ratio of the last inpatient day opioid dose/home opioid dose before admission was calculated. Among the 70 patients in the discovery cohort, 22 patients had more than one hospitalization with a 30-DR. The additional hospitalizations with a 30-DR and matched hospitalizations from the same patient without a 30-DR were used to form a validation cohort (a total of 62 hospitalizations from 22 unique patients). A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to compare the ones with a 30-DR to the ones without. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board prior to the initiation of chart review. Results: Among the 70 SCD patients identified, the median (IQR) age was 32.5 (25-44) years by the time of the first admission included in this cohort, and 67% were females, 76% were HbSS or Sbeta0 genotype, and 46% were on hydroxyurea before admission. The median (IQR) dose of daily outpatient opioids before the first admission was 170 (64-280) mg oral morphine equivalents (OME). When the hospitalizations without a 30-DR were compared to the ones with in the discovery cohort (Table 1), the ratio of last inpatient day opioid dose/home opioid dose was lower (1.5 vs. 1.9, p=0.024), whereas other relevant clinical variables including length of stay, pain score upon discharge, and hemoglobin or WBC upon discharge were not significantly different between the two groups (Table 1). The proportion of patients who used patient controlled analgesia (PCA) during admission, or underwent opioid dose tapering during hospitalizations, or converted IV opioids to oral ones before discharge was also comparable. In the validation cohort (Table 1), the ratio of last inpatient day opioid dose/home opioid dose in the group without a 30-DR was also lower than the ones with a 30-DR (1.4 vs. 2.0, p=0.033), whereas other clinical variables were comparable. Summary: Here we showed that a high ratio of last inpatient day opioid dose/home opioid dose is associated with readmission risk for sickle cell patients treated for uncomplicated VOC. The results suggest that proper tapering of inpatient opioid dose in reference to patient's home opioid dose before discharge may reduce the readmission risk. Reference: K. L. Hassell, Am J Prev Med38, S512 (Apr, 2010). S. Lanzkron, C. P. Carroll, C. Haywood, Jr., Am J Hematol85, 797 (Oct, 2010). T. L. Kauf, T. D. Coates, L. Huazhi, N. Mody-Patel, A. G. Hartzema, Am J Hematol84, 323 (Jun, 2009). L. M. Okorji, D. S. Muntz, R. I. Liem, Pediatr Blood Cancer64, (May, 2017). A. Sobota, D. A. Graham, E. J. Neufeld, M. M. Heeney, Pediatr Blood Cancer58, 61 (Jan, 2012). M. A. Brodsky et al., Am J Med130, 601 e9 (May, 2017). Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Li, S., Khafipour, E., Krause, D. O., González, L. A. and Plaizier, J. C. 2011. Effects of grain-pellet and alfalfa-pellet subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) challenges on feeding behaviour of lactating dairy cows. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 91: 323–330. The effects of two nutritional challenges aimed at inducing subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) on the feeding behaviour of lactating dairy cows were investigated in two separate experiments. Both experiments included eight tie-stall-housed cows that were fed once daily. Feeding behaviour of individual cows was monitored by continuously weighing the feed in the mangers. In each experiment, ruminal pH was monitored in four rumen cannulated cows. In the first experiment, cows received a control diet containing 50% mixed concentrate and 50% alfalfa and barley silage (DM basis) during weeks 1 to 5 of two subsequent 6-wk periods. During week 6 of both periods, a grain-pellet SARA challenge (GPSC) was conducted by replacing 21% of DM of the basal diet with wheat-barley pellets. Data obtained in week 4 were taken as a control. In the second experiment, cows received a control diet containing 50% of DM as mixed concentrate and 50% of DM as chopped alfalfa hay during the first week of a 5-wk period. Between week 2 and week 5, an alfalfa-pellet SARA challenge (APSC) was conducted by replacing alfalfa hay in the control diet with alfalfa pellets at a rate of 8% per week. Week 1 and week 5 were considered as the control and SARA challenge, respectively. In the first experiment, the GPSC reduced the meal duration from 48.9 to 38.6 min meal−1 and the eating time from 6.7 to 5.5 h d−1. Meal criteria, meal frequency, meal size, and eating rate were not affected. In the second experiment, the APSC did not affect the meal criterion, meal duration, and eating time per day, but increased dry matter intake from 18.7 to 24.3 kg d−1, meal frequency from 8.2 to 9.4 meals d−1, meals size from 2.4 to 2.7 kg DM, and eating rate from 54.8 to 67.6 g DM min−1. The duration of the first meal after feed delivery was reduced from 154.5 to 103.6 min by the GPSC and from 146.7 to 112.2 min by the APSC. This reduction in the duration of the first meal was accompanied by a reduction in the drop of the ruminal pH during the GPSC, but not during the APSC. Only the APSC increased eating rate of the first meal. Other parameters of this first meal were not affected by both challenges.

A survey of nematodes on Pinus densiflora in Namyangju City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea was conducted in 2008. Namyangju is located in an area with pine wilt caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and monitoring of wilt has been conducted periodically. Nematodes were extracted from wood chips by the Baermann's funnel method and were cultured on a medium of Botrytis cinerea. During the survey, B. xylophilus and B. thailandae were detected. B. thailandae was found in 20% of the trees tested and usually was found alone without B. xylophilus. Population density of B. thailandae ranged from 8,000 to 15,000 nematodes per 100 g of wood chips. The species was identified by morphology and molecular characterization. B. thailandae was differentiated from B. xylophilus by slight swellings of the stylet knobs, protruding vulval flaps and pointed tail in females, and the male spicule with distinctive shading in the dorsal region. Morphometric data was obtained by measurements of 20 females and 10 males: female, body length = 951.3 ± 56.6 μm, a = 31.8 ± 1.9, b = 10.8 ± 0.9, c = 23.4. ± 0.8, V = 76.2 ± 0.8, stylet length = 14.5 ± 0.6 μm, length of postuterine sac = 90.3 ± 13.5 μm; male, body length = 838.0 ± 71.5 μm, a = 31.1 ± 2.1, b = 5.2 ± 0.5, c = 30.4 ± 2.7, stylet length = 13.5 ± 1.1 μm, spicules length = 16.5 ± 0.7 μm. Measurements were compared with the original description of B. thailandae reported by Braasch and Braasch-Bidasak (1), which showed that the Korean isolate was larger in most body sizes. For molecular diagnosis, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and D2-D3 rDNA were amplified by PCR (US/PTC-0220; Bio Rad, Hercules, CA). The sequences of ITS and D2-D3 rDNA of B. thailandae from P. densiflora showed 98 and 99% homology to those of B. thailandae from GenBank Accession Nos. AM157746 and DQ497184, respectively. B. thailandae was originally described on Pinus merkusi in Pai, North Thailand (1) while Ningbo Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in China reported a detection of B. thailandae in the imported packaging wood from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Italy, and the United States (2). However, packaging wood is a circulating product and the establishment of B. thailandae in those countries is not confirmed. The pathogenicity of B. thailandae on coniferous trees remains to be determined. To our knowledge, this is the first report of B. thailandae on P. densiflora in a natural area in Korea. References: (1) H. Braasch and R. Braasch-Bidasak. Nematology 4:853, 2002. (2) J. Gu et al. For. Pathol. 36:323, 2006.

Blanpied, Thomas A., Faye Boeckman, Elias Aizenman, and Jon W. Johnson. Trapping channel block of NMDA-activated responses by amantadine and memantine. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 309–323, 1997. We investigated the mechanisms by which the antiparkinsonian and neuroprotective agents amantadine and memantine inhibit responses to N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA). Whole cell recordings were performed using cultured rat cortical neurons or Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing NMDA receptors. Both amantadine and memantine blocked NMDA-activated channels by binding to a site at which they could be trapped after channel closure and agonist unbinding. For neuronal receptors, the IC50s of amantadine and memantine at −67 mV were 39 and 1.4 μM, respectively. When memantine and agonists were washed off after steady-state block, one-sixth of the blocked channels released rather than trapped the blocker; memantine exhibited “partial trapping.” Thus memantine appears to have a lesser tendency to be trapped than do phencyclidine or (5R,10S)-(+)-5m e t h y l - 1 0 , 1 1 - d i h y d r o - 5 H - d i b e n z o [ 1 , d ] c y c l i h e p t e n - 5 , 1 0 - i m i n e(MK-801). We next investigated mechanisms that might underlie partial trapping. Memantine blocked and could be trapped by recombinant NMDA receptors composed of NR1 and either NR2A or NR2B subunits. In these receptors, as in the native receptors, the drug was released from one-sixth of blocked channels rather than being trapped in all of them. The partial trapping we observed therefore was not due to variability in the action of memantine on a heterogeneous population of NMDA receptors in cultured cortical neurons. Amantadine and memantine each noncompetitively inhibited NMDA-activated responses by binding at a second site with roughly 100-fold lower affinity, but this form of inhibition had little effect on the extent to which memantine was trapped. A simple kinetic model of blocker action was used to demonstrate that partial trapping can result if the presence of memantine in the channel affects the gating transitions or agonist affinity of the NMDA receptor. Partial trapping guarantees that during synaptic communication in the presence of blocker, some channels will release the blocker between synaptic responses. The extent to which amantadine and memantine become trapped after channel block thus may influence their therapeutic effects and their modulation of NMDA-receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potentials.

Phytophthora alni is the causal organism responsible for devastating losses occurring on riparian alders stands in Europe. This emergent hybrid pathogen has multiple variants that have been placed in three subspecies (1). P. alni subsp. uniformis and P. alni subsp. multiformis are reported to be less aggressive than P. alni subsp. alni, though all are considered pathogenic. In Spain, P. alni subsp. alni was detected for the first time in 2009 in Galicia (northwestern Spain) causing root and collar rot on riparian alder populations (3,4), but other subspecies had not been identified. In April 2011, a survey along the Deza River in Galicia was carried out to clarify the Phytophthora sp. associated with the alder decline. Thirty riparian Alnus glutinosa stands, from both sides of the river, were surveyed. Samples of bark and roots of 18 alder stands that showed symptoms of Phytophthora rot and soil from all 30 stands were collected. Roots and tissue from fresh, active, inner bark lesions from 54 trees were transferred to selective medium V8-PARPH agar and incubated for 7 days at 22°C in the dark. P. alni subsp. alni (1) was isolated from roots, bark, or soil in five alder stands. Another Phytophthora sp. was isolated from the bark of one symptomatic tree located in Silleda (Pontevedra), transferred to carrot agar (CA), and incubated in the dark. On CA, the isolate produced irregular and appressed colonies with an optimum growth temperature of 22 to 23°C. The isolate was homothallic with smooth-walled oogonia with a diameter ranging from 36 to 50 μm and two-celled, amphigynous antheridia (1). In soil extract, noncaducous, nonpapillate, ellipsoid-to-ovoid sporangia were produced. Average sporangium were 43.4 × 30.1 μm with a length/breadth ratio of 1.43. Internal proliferation occurred. Amplification of DNA was accomplished by sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR)-PCR primers (2). The amplicon sizes obtained were identical to P. alni subsp. uniformis. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) (DC6-ITS6/ITS4) and nadh1 (NADHF1/NADHR1) mitochondrial gene regions were also amplified and deposited in GenBank (Nos. JN880411 and JN880410). Comparison of the sequences showed 100% homology with P. alni subsp. uniformis (GenBank Nos. GU259293 and DQ202489). Pathogenicity was tested on 10 3-year-old black alder plants grown in pots. A shallow wound was made with a scalpel at the root collar level of each plant. A 5-mm-diameter mycelia plug, taken from the margin of a 7-day-old culture grown on CA, was inserted in every wound and sealed with Parafilm. Five black alder control plants received only sterile CA agar plugs. Plants were kept at 24°C and 80% humidity. After 3 months, wilting of shoots, dead leaves, and dark stained necroses of the bark tissue varying in length from 0.8 to 5 cm were observed on inoculated plants. Control plants remained healthy. P. alni subsp. uniformis was recovered from inoculated plants, but not from controls. To our knowledge, this is the first time that P. alni subsp. uniformis has been reported in Spain. The presence of a new subspecies in a new region can result in hybridization between individuals of different species or subspecies. This process may allow the rapid evolution and adaptation of these species to new hosts or environmental conditions. References: (1) C. M. Brasier et al. Mycol. Res. 108:1172, 2004. (2) R. Ioos et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 112:323, 2005. (3) C. Pintos et al. Plant Dis. 94:273, 2010. (4) A. Solla et al. Plant Pathol.59:78, 2010.

Las estrategias de gestión empresarial tienen como finalidad crear y mantener ventajas competitivas a través de un plan de acción de manera que sea sostenible en el tiempo, sin embargo el éxito de las mismas dependerá de la mejora continua en el modelo de gestión empresarial y así aumentar la productividad, competitividad, y eficiencia. El objetivo del estudio es determinar la heterogeneidad del modelo de gestión estratégica empresarial mediante el meta-análisis de dimensiones. El diseño metodológico tuvo un enfoque cuantitativo de corte histórico-hermenéutico, pues el levantamiento de información se realizó mediante una modalidad bibliográfica. El método aplicado fue el meta-análisis que permitió calcular el tamaño de la variación teórica. El resultado principal fue que la heterogeneidad se presentó con mayor énfasis en la estrategia de costos con relación a las otras dimensiones. 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In 2013 the Editor of Journal of Vibration and Control and SAGE became aware of a peer review ring involving assumed and fabricated identities that appeared to centre around Peter Chen at National Pingtung University of Education, Taiwan (NPUE). SAGE and the Editor then began a complex investigation into the case during the rest of 2013 and 2014. Following an unsatisfactory response from Peter Chen, NPUE was notified. NPUE were serious in addressing the Journal and SAGE’s concerns. NPUE confirmed that the institution was investigating Peter Chen. SAGE subsequently uncovered a citation ring involving the above mentioned author and others. We regret that individual authors have compromised the academic record by perverting the peer review process and apologise to readers. On uncovering problems with peer review and citation SAGE immediately put steps in place to avoid similar vulnerability of the Journal to exploitation in the future. More information may be found at www.sagepub.co.uk/JVC_Statement_2014 . The Journal and SAGE understand from NPUE that Peter Chen has resigned his post at NPUE. The following articles are retracted because after thorough investigation evidence points towards them having at least one author or being reviewed by at least one reviewer who has been implicated in the peer review ring and/or citation ring. All authors have had an opportunity to respond to the allegations and proposed actions. OnlineFirst articles (these articles will not be published in an issue) Chen CY, Chen T-H, Chen Y-H, Yu S-E and Chung P-Y (2013) Information technology system modeling an integrated C-TAM-TPB model to the validation of ocean tidal analyses Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 7 May 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312472924 Chang R-F, Chen CY, Su F-P and Lin H-C (2013) A two-step approach for broadband digital signal processing technique Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 26 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312472925 Chen TH, Chang CJ, Yu SE, Chung PY and Liu C-K (2013) Nonlinear information analysis and system management technique: the influence of design experience and control complexity Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312473321 Chen CY, Shih BY, Chen YH, Yu SE and Liu YC (2013) The exploration of a 3T flow model using vibrating NXT: II. Model validation Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 10 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312470481 Chen CY, Shih BY, Chen YH, Yu SE and Liu YC (2013) The exploration of 3T flow model using vibrating NXT: I. model formulation Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 6 February 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312467360 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2013) Stability analysis of fuzzy-based NN modeling for ecosystems using fuzzy Lyapunov methods Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 6 February 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466687 Chen CY, Chen TH, Chen YH and Chiu J (2012) A multi-stage method for deterministic-statistical analysis: a mathematical case and measurement studies Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 20 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466579 Shih BY, Lin MC and Chen CY (2012) Autonomous navigation system for radiofrequency identification mobile robot e-book reader Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466578 Chang RF, Chen CY, Su FP, Lin HC and Lu C-K (2012) Multiphase SUMO robot based on an agile modeling-driven process for a small mobile robot Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464993 Shih B-Y, Lin Y-K, Cheng M-H, Chen C-Y and Chiu C-P (2012) The development of an application program interactive game-based information system Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464682 Chen C-Y, Chang C-J and Lin C-H (2012) On dynamic access control in web 2.0 and cloud interactive information hub: technologies Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464992 Shin BY, Chen CY and Hsu KH (2012) Robot cross platform system using innovative interactive theory and selection algorithms for Android application Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463757 Articles published in an issue Chen C-W (2014) Applications of neural-network-based fuzzy logic control to a nonlinear time-delay chaotic system Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 589-605. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312461370 Chen C-W (2014) A review of intelligent algorithm approaches and neural-fuzzy stability criteria for time-delay tension leg platform systems Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 561-575. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463759 Chen C-Y, Chang C-J and Lin C-H (2014) On dynamic access control in web 2.0 and cloud interactive information hub: trends and theories Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 548-560. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463762 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2014) Stability conditions for ecosystem modeling using the fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 290-302. Epub ahead of print 23 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312451301 Chen C-H, Kuo C-M, Hsieh S-H and Chen C-Y (2014) Highly efficient very-large-scale integration (VLSI) implementation of probabilistic neural network image interpolator Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 218-224. Epub ahead of print 22 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458822 Chen C-Y (2014) Wave vibration and simulation in dissipative media described by irregular boundary surfaces: a mathematical formulation Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 191-203. Epub ahead of print 22 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464258 Chen C-H, Yao T-K, Dai J-H and Chen C-Y (2014) A pipelined multiprocessor system- on-a-chip (SoC) design methodology for streaming signal processing Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 163-178. Epub ahead of print 16 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458821 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2014) Fuzzy neural modeling for n-degree ecosystems using the linear matrix inequality approach Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (1): 82-93. Epub ahead of print 8 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458533 Chen C-H, Wu W-X and Chen C-Y (2013) Ant-inspired collective problem-solving systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (16): 2481-2490. Epub ahead of print 18 September 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312456231 Chen C-H, Yao T-K, Kuo C-M and Chen C-Y (2013) Evolutionary design of constructive multilayer feedforward neural network Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (16): 2413-2420. Epub ahead of print 12 September 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312456726 Chen C-W (2013) Applications of the fuzzy-neural Lyapunov criterion to multiple time-delay systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (13): 2054-2067. Epub ahead of print 16 August 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312451034 Chung P-Y, Chen Y-H, Walter L and Chen C-Y (2013) Influence and dynamics of a mobile robot control on mechanical components Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (13): 1923-1935. Epub ahead of print 20 July 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312452184 Chen C-W (2013) Neural network-based fuzzy logic parallel distributed compensation controller for structural system Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1709-1727. Epub ahead of print 22 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442233 Chen C-W, Yeh K, Yang H-C, Liu KFR and Liu C-C (2013) A critical review of structural system control by the large-scaled neural network linear-deferential-inclusion-based criterion Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1658-1673. Epub ahead of print 18 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312443377 Chen C-H, Kuo C-M, Chen C-Y and Dai J-H (2013) The design and synthesis using hierarchical robotic discrete-event modeling Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1603-1613. Epub ahead of print 27 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312449645 Chang CJ, Chen CY and Chou I-T (2013) The design of information and communication technologies: telecom MOD strength machines Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (10): 1499-1513. Epub ahead of print 27 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312449644 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y, Li K-H, Wu T-Y, Chen G-Y (2013) A novel NXT control method for implementing force sensing and recycling in a training robot Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (10): 1443-1459. Epub ahead of print 1 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312446361 Chen C-W, Chen P-C and Chiang W-L (2013) Modified intelligent genetic algorithm-based adaptive neural network control for uncertain structural systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (9): 1333-1347. Epub ahead of print 31 May 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442232 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Enhancing robust and stability control of a humanoid biped robot: system identification approach. Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (8): 1199-1207. Epub ahead of print 26 April 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442947 Chang C-J, Chen C-Y and Huang C-W (2013) Applications for medical recovery using wireless control of a bluetooth ball with a hybrid G-sensor and human-computer interface technology Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (8): 1139-1151. Epub ahead of print 24 April 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442948 Hsu W-K, Chiou D-J, Chen C-W, Liu M-Y, Chiang W-L and Huang P-C (2013) Sensitivity of initial damage detection for steel structures using the Hilbert-Huang transform method Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (6): 857-878. Epub ahead of print 29 February 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311434794 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Human–machine interface for the motion control of humanoid biped robots using a graphical user interface Motion Editor Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (6): 814-820. Epub ahead of print 23 February 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312437804 Chen C-Y (2013) Internal wave transport, nonlinear manifestation, and mixing in a stratified shear layer - technical briefs Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 429-438. Epub ahead of print 18 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429337 Chen C-W (2013) Delay independent criterion for multiple time-delay systems and its application in building structure control systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 395-414. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429341 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Design, modeling and stability control for an actuated dynamic walking planar bipedal robot Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 376-384. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429476 Liu K-C, Liu Y-W, Chen C-Y and Huang W-C (2013) Nonlinear vibration of structural deterioration in reinforced concrete columns: experimental and theoretical investigation Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 323-335. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429477 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y and Ma J-m (2013) Development for low-cost and cross-platform robot control environment Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (2): 228-233. Epub ahead of print 11 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311430107 Shih B-Y, Chang H and Chen C-Y (2013) Path planning for autonomous robots – a comprehensive analysis by a greedy algorithm Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (1): 130-142. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429841 Liu T-Y, Chiang W-L, Chen C-W, Hsu W-K, Lin C-W, Chiou D-J and Huang P-C (2012) Structural system identification for vibration bridges using the Hilbert–Huang transform Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (13): 1939-1956. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428347 Chen C-W (2012) Applications of the fuzzy Lyapunov linear matrix inequality criterion to a chaotic structural system Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (13): 1925-1938. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428346 Chen C-W (2012) Applications of linear differential inclusion-based criterion to a nonlinear chaotic system: a critical review Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (12): 1886-1899. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428345 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y and Chou W (2012) An enhanced obstacle avoidance and path correction mechanism for an autonomous intelligent robot with multiple sensors Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (12): 1855-1864. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311426734 Chen C-W, Yeh K, Liu KFR and Lin M-L (2012) Applications of fuzzy control to nonlinear time-delay systems using the linear matrix inequality fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (10): 1561-1574. Epub ahead of print 18 October 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311410765 Chen C-Y (2012) A critical review of internal wave dynamics. Part 2 – Laboratory experiments and theoretical physics Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (7): 983-1008. Epub ahead of print 21 September 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310397561 Chen C-Y and Huang P-H (2012) Review of an autonomous humanoid robot and its mechanical control Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (7): 973-982. Epub ahead of print 21 September 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310395974 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y, Chang H and Ma J-m (2012) Dynamics and control for robotic manipulators using a greedy algorithm approach Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (6): 859-866. Epub ahead of print 25 August 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311407649 Yeh K, Chen C-W, Lo DC and Liu KFR (2012) Neural-network fuzzy control for chaotic tuned mass damper systems with time delays Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (6): 785-795. Epub ahead of print 15 August 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311407538 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Chou W-C (2012) The development of autonomous low-cost biped mobile surveillance robot by intelligent bricks Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (5): 577-586. Epub ahead of print 21 April 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310371349 Chen C-Y (2012) A critical review of internal wave dynamics. Part 1 – Remote sensing and in-situ observations Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (3): 417-436. Epub ahead of print 13 July 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310395971 Tseng C-P, Chen C-W and Liu KFR (2012) Risk control allocation model for pressure vessels and piping project Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (3): 385-394. Epub ahead of print 13 July 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311403182 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2011) Stability analysis of community and ecosystem hierarchies using the Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (13): 1930-1937. Epub ahead of print 9 December 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310385737 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Chou W-C, Li Y-J and Chen Y-H (2011) Obstacle avoidance design for a humanoid intelligent robot with ultrasonic sensors Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (12): 1798-1804. Epub ahead of print 26 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310381101 Chen C-W (2011) Fuzzy control of interconnected structural systems using the fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (11): 1693-1702. Epub ahead of print 23 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310379625 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y and Chou W-C (2011) Obstacle avoidance using a path correction method for autonomous control of a biped intelligent robot Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (10): 1567-1573. Epub ahead of print 22 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310372004 Tang J-P, Chiou D-J, Chen C-W, Chiang W-L, Hsu W-K, Chen C-Y and Liu T-Y (2011) A case study of damage detection in benchmark buildings using a Hilbert-Huang Transform-based method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (4): 623-636. Epub ahead of print 8 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309360053 Liu TY, Chiang WL, Chen CW, Hsu WK, Lu LC and Chu TJ (2011) Identification and monitoring of bridge health from ambient vibration data Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (4): 589-603. Epub ahead of print 12 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309360049 Lin JW, Huang CW, Shih CH and Chen CY (2011) Fuzzy Lyapunov Stability Analysis and NN Modeling for Tension Leg Platform Systems Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (1): 151-158. Epub ahead of print 25 August 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309350477 Lee WI, Chen CY, Kuo HM and Sui YC (2010) The Development of Half-circle Fuzzy Numbers and Application in Fuzzy Control Journal of Vibration and Control 16 (13): 1977-1987. Epub ahead of print 22 April 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309349849

In 2013 the Editor of Journal of Vibration and Control and SAGE became aware of a peer review ring involving assumed and fabricated identities that appeared to centre around Peter Chen at National Pingtung University of Education, Taiwan (NPUE). SAGE and the Editor then began a complex investigation into the case during the rest of 2013 and 2014. Following an unsatisfactory response from Peter Chen, NPUE was notified. NPUE were serious in addressing the Journal and SAGE’s concerns. NPUE confirmed that the institution was investigating Peter Chen. SAGE subsequently uncovered a citation ring involving the above mentioned author and others. We regret that individual authors have compromised the academic record by perverting the peer review process and apologise to readers. On uncovering problems with peer review and citation SAGE immediately put steps in place to avoid similar vulnerability of the Journal to exploitation in the future. More information may be found at www.sagepub.co.uk/JVC_Statement_2014 . The Journal and SAGE understand from NPUE that Peter Chen has resigned his post at NPUE. The following articles are retracted because after thorough investigation evidence points towards them having at least one author or being reviewed by at least one reviewer who has been implicated in the peer review ring and/or citation ring. All authors have had an opportunity to respond to the allegations and proposed actions. OnlineFirst articles (these articles will not be published in an issue) Chen CY, Chen T-H, Chen Y-H, Yu S-E and Chung P-Y (2013) Information technology system modeling an integrated C-TAM-TPB model to the validation of ocean tidal analyses Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 7 May 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312472924 Chang R-F, Chen CY, Su F-P and Lin H-C (2013) A two-step approach for broadband digital signal processing technique Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 26 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312472925 Chen TH, Chang CJ, Yu SE, Chung PY and Liu C-K (2013) Nonlinear information analysis and system management technique: the influence of design experience and control complexity Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312473321 Chen CY, Shih BY, Chen YH, Yu SE and Liu YC (2013) The exploration of a 3T flow model using vibrating NXT: II. Model validation Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 10 April 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312470481 Chen CY, Shih BY, Chen YH, Yu SE and Liu YC (2013) The exploration of 3T flow model using vibrating NXT: I. model formulation Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 6 February 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312467360 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2013) Stability analysis of fuzzy-based NN modeling for ecosystems using fuzzy Lyapunov methods Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 6 February 2013. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466687 Chen CY, Chen TH, Chen YH and Chiu J (2012) A multi-stage method for deterministic-statistical analysis: a mathematical case and measurement studies Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 20 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466579 Shih BY, Lin MC and Chen CY (2012) Autonomous navigation system for radiofrequency identification mobile robot e-book reader Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312466578 Chang RF, Chen CY, Su FP, Lin HC and Lu C-K (2012) Multiphase SUMO robot based on an agile modeling-driven process for a small mobile robot Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464993 Shih B-Y, Lin Y-K, Cheng M-H, Chen C-Y and Chiu C-P (2012) The development of an application program interactive game-based information system Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464682 Chen C-Y, Chang C-J and Lin C-H (2012) On dynamic access control in web 2.0 and cloud interactive information hub: technologies Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 12 December 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464992 Shin BY, Chen CY and Hsu KH (2012) Robot cross platform system using innovative interactive theory and selection algorithms for Android application Journal of Vibration and Control Epub ahead of print 13 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463757 Articles published in an issue Chen C-W (2014) Applications of neural-network-based fuzzy logic control to a nonlinear time-delay chaotic system Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 589-605. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312461370 Chen C-W (2014) A review of intelligent algorithm approaches and neural-fuzzy stability criteria for time-delay tension leg platform systems Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 561-575. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463759 Chen C-Y, Chang C-J and Lin C-H (2014) On dynamic access control in web 2.0 and cloud interactive information hub: trends and theories Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (4): 548-560. Epub ahead of print 5 November 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312463762 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2014) Stability conditions for ecosystem modeling using the fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 290-302. Epub ahead of print 23 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312451301 Chen C-H, Kuo C-M, Hsieh S-H and Chen C-Y (2014) Highly efficient very-large-scale integration (VLSI) implementation of probabilistic neural network image interpolator Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 218-224. Epub ahead of print 22 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458822 Chen C-Y (2014) Wave vibration and simulation in dissipative media described by irregular boundary surfaces: a mathematical formulation Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 191-203. Epub ahead of print 22 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312464258 Chen C-H, Yao T-K, Dai J-H and Chen C-Y (2014) A pipelined multiprocessor system- on-a-chip (SoC) design methodology for streaming signal processing Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (2): 163-178. Epub ahead of print 16 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458821 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2014) Fuzzy neural modeling for n-degree ecosystems using the linear matrix inequality approach Journal of Vibration and Control 20 (1): 82-93. Epub ahead of print 8 October 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312458533 Chen C-H, Wu W-X and Chen C-Y (2013) Ant-inspired collective problem-solving systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (16): 2481-2490. Epub ahead of print 18 September 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312456231 Chen C-H, Yao T-K, Kuo C-M and Chen C-Y (2013) Evolutionary design of constructive multilayer feedforward neural network Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (16): 2413-2420. Epub ahead of print 12 September 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312456726 Chen C-W (2013) Applications of the fuzzy-neural Lyapunov criterion to multiple time-delay systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (13): 2054-2067. Epub ahead of print 16 August 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312451034 Chung P-Y, Chen Y-H, Walter L and Chen C-Y (2013) Influence and dynamics of a mobile robot control on mechanical components Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (13): 1923-1935. Epub ahead of print 20 July 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312452184 Chen C-W (2013) Neural network-based fuzzy logic parallel distributed compensation controller for structural system Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1709-1727. Epub ahead of print 22 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442233 Chen C-W, Yeh K, Yang H-C, Liu KFR and Liu C-C (2013) A critical review of structural system control by the large-scaled neural network linear-deferential-inclusion-based criterion Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1658-1673. Epub ahead of print 18 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312443377 Chen C-H, Kuo C-M, Chen C-Y and Dai J-H (2013) The design and synthesis using hierarchical robotic discrete-event modeling Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (11): 1603-1613. Epub ahead of print 27 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312449645 Chang CJ, Chen CY and Chou I-T (2013) The design of information and communication technologies: telecom MOD strength machines Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (10): 1499-1513. Epub ahead of print 27 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312449644 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y, Li K-H, Wu T-Y, Chen G-Y (2013) A novel NXT control method for implementing force sensing and recycling in a training robot Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (10): 1443-1459. Epub ahead of print 1 June 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312446361 Chen C-W, Chen P-C and Chiang W-L (2013) Modified intelligent genetic algorithm-based adaptive neural network control for uncertain structural systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (9): 1333-1347. Epub ahead of print 31 May 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442232 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Enhancing robust and stability control of a humanoid biped robot: system identification approach. Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (8): 1199-1207. Epub ahead of print 26 April 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442947 Chang C-J, Chen C-Y and Huang C-W (2013) Applications for medical recovery using wireless control of a bluetooth ball with a hybrid G-sensor and human-computer interface technology Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (8): 1139-1151. Epub ahead of print 24 April 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312442948 Hsu W-K, Chiou D-J, Chen C-W, Liu M-Y, Chiang W-L and Huang P-C (2013) Sensitivity of initial damage detection for steel structures using the Hilbert-Huang transform method Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (6): 857-878. Epub ahead of print 29 February 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311434794 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Human–machine interface for the motion control of humanoid biped robots using a graphical user interface Motion Editor Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (6): 814-820. Epub ahead of print 23 February 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546312437804 Chen C-Y (2013) Internal wave transport, nonlinear manifestation, and mixing in a stratified shear layer - technical briefs Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 429-438. Epub ahead of print 18 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429337 Chen C-W (2013) Delay independent criterion for multiple time-delay systems and its application in building structure control systems Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 395-414. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429341 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Wang L-H (2013) Design, modeling and stability control for an actuated dynamic walking planar bipedal robot Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 376-384. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429476 Liu K-C, Liu Y-W, Chen C-Y and Huang W-C (2013) Nonlinear vibration of structural deterioration in reinforced concrete columns: experimental and theoretical investigation Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (3): 323-335. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429477 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y and Ma J-m (2013) Development for low-cost and cross-platform robot control environment Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (2): 228-233. Epub ahead of print 11 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311430107 Shih B-Y, Chang H and Chen C-Y (2013) Path planning for autonomous robots – a comprehensive analysis by a greedy algorithm Journal of Vibration and Control 19 (1): 130-142. Epub ahead of print 17 January 2012. doi: 10.1177/1077546311429841 Liu T-Y, Chiang W-L, Chen C-W, Hsu W-K, Lin C-W, Chiou D-J and Huang P-C (2012) Structural system identification for vibration bridges using the Hilbert–Huang transform Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (13): 1939-1956. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428347 Chen C-W (2012) Applications of the fuzzy Lyapunov linear matrix inequality criterion to a chaotic structural system Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (13): 1925-1938. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428346 Chen C-W (2012) Applications of linear differential inclusion-based criterion to a nonlinear chaotic system: a critical review Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (12): 1886-1899. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311428345 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y and Chou W (2012) An enhanced obstacle avoidance and path correction mechanism for an autonomous intelligent robot with multiple sensors Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (12): 1855-1864. Epub ahead of print 14 December 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311426734 Chen C-W, Yeh K, Liu KFR and Lin M-L (2012) Applications of fuzzy control to nonlinear time-delay systems using the linear matrix inequality fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (10): 1561-1574. Epub ahead of print 18 October 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311410765 Chen C-Y (2012) A critical review of internal wave dynamics. Part 2 – Laboratory experiments and theoretical physics Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (7): 983-1008. Epub ahead of print 21 September 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310397561 Chen C-Y and Huang P-H (2012) Review of an autonomous humanoid robot and its mechanical control Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (7): 973-982. Epub ahead of print 21 September 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310395974 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y, Chang H and Ma J-m (2012) Dynamics and control for robotic manipulators using a greedy algorithm approach Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (6): 859-866. Epub ahead of print 25 August 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311407649 Yeh K, Chen C-W, Lo DC and Liu KFR (2012) Neural-network fuzzy control for chaotic tuned mass damper systems with time delays Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (6): 785-795. Epub ahead of print 15 August 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311407538 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Shih C-H and Chou W-C (2012) The development of autonomous low-cost biped mobile surveillance robot by intelligent bricks Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (5): 577-586. Epub ahead of print 21 April 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310371349 Chen C-Y (2012) A critical review of internal wave dynamics. Part 1 – Remote sensing and in-situ observations Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (3): 417-436. Epub ahead of print 13 July 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546310395971 Tseng C-P, Chen C-W and Liu KFR (2012) Risk control allocation model for pressure vessels and piping project Journal of Vibration and Control 18 (3): 385-394. Epub ahead of print 13 July 2011. doi: 10.1177/1077546311403182 Lin M-L and Chen C-W (2011) Stability analysis of community and ecosystem hierarchies using the Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (13): 1930-1937. Epub ahead of print 9 December 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310385737 Chen C-Y, Shih B-Y, Chou W-C, Li Y-J and Chen Y-H (2011) Obstacle avoidance design for a humanoid intelligent robot with ultrasonic sensors Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (12): 1798-1804. Epub ahead of print 26 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310381101 Chen C-W (2011) Fuzzy control of interconnected structural systems using the fuzzy Lyapunov method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (11): 1693-1702. Epub ahead of print 23 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310379625 Shih B-Y, Chen C-Y and Chou W-C (2011) Obstacle avoidance using a path correction method for autonomous control of a biped intelligent robot Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (10): 1567-1573. Epub ahead of print 22 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546310372004 Tang J-P, Chiou D-J, Chen C-W, Chiang W-L, Hsu W-K, Chen C-Y and Liu T-Y (2011) A case study of damage detection in benchmark buildings using a Hilbert-Huang Transform-based method Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (4): 623-636. Epub ahead of print 8 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309360053 Liu TY, Chiang WL, Chen CW, Hsu WK, Lu LC and Chu TJ (2011) Identification and monitoring of bridge health from ambient vibration data Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (4): 589-603. Epub ahead of print 12 November 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309360049 Lin JW, Huang CW, Shih CH and Chen CY (2011) Fuzzy Lyapunov Stability Analysis and NN Modeling for Tension Leg Platform Systems Journal of Vibration and Control 17 (1): 151-158. Epub ahead of print 25 August 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309350477 Lee WI, Chen CY, Kuo HM and Sui YC (2010) The Development of Half-circle Fuzzy Numbers and Application in Fuzzy Control Journal of Vibration and Control 16 (13): 1977-1987. Epub ahead of print 22 April 2010. doi: 10.1177/1077546309349849