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Editor's Remarks

This issue contains two important scholarly articles, an insightful and informative Forum article, and one discerning book review.The article by Eun Young Bae, entitled “Affirmative Response Design to Polar Questions in Korean Political Campaign Debates,” is a conversation analytic study of a specific type of interactional practice within the institutional genre of political campaign debates: stand-alone instances of yey ‘yes’ (YTRs) and kuhlehsupnita ‘be so’ (KTRs) response types to polar questions. The study draws from 10.4 hours of nationally televised primary debates involving the conservative New Frontier Party and the centrist liberal Democratic United Party in 2012. The results reveal a number of factors that account for candidates' use of one form over the other, for example, degree of adversarial nature of the contexts, markedness, type-conformity, and strength of affirmation. The study reveals much about the micro-level intricacies of institutional talk-in-interaction and as such provides insights for pedagogical application, as it involves the analysis of actual discourse and the nuanced descriptions that underlie each response type.Kyoungwon Oh and Sang Yee Cheon's article, “Motivational Orientations and Variables of Korean Learners,” adds to the current literature on L2 learner motivation, with a particular focus on Korean. The research presents results of a quantitative study conducted at the University of Hawai'i in which 123 language students responded to a 22-item survey questionnaire. As a follow up, 16 of the original participants were later interviewed and excerpts from that phase of the research are also presented. The study queried integrative and instrumental motivational orientations (MOs) based on such variables as heritage versus non-heritage status, Korean Major versus non-Korean Major, and language proficiency. The article presents a robust description of the Korean language program at the University of Hawai'i and its relationship to the various motivational factors discussed in the study.Angela Lee-Smith shares her contribution in the Voices from the Field Forum section entitled “Exploring Korean Heritage Learners' Perceptions of Heritage Language and Learning.” This contribution, which is part research and part discussion, synthesizes the qualitative responses from an online survey administered to 22 heritage language students who had enrolled in a course at the intermediate level in the heritage language track of a private U.S. university between 2014 and 2016. The survey items queried the students' perceptions of themselves as heritage language learners as well as their goals for learning Korean, their learning strategies, and their individual difficulties or frustrations as they improve their language learning abilities. This piece not only serves as a voice box for intermediate heritage language learners, but also provides insights for how heritage language instructors can utilize the findings within their own teaching contexts, as well as building a solid foundation for a larger-scale study on these and related issues.Jieun Ahn reviews Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers's third edition of their well-cited and highly successful Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Ahn provides an expert summary of the book as well as a clear explication of how this edition has been modified from the two earlier versions. Since the focus of the book is on the theory/methodology interface, Ahn also points out a few areas of practical application that could be developed in greater detail, both in relation to L2 pedagogy in general as well as to Korean language pedagogy specifically.Heartfelt thanks go to all of the authors and reviewers that participated in the production of this issue. The reviewers, as always, provided insightful commentary and constructive advice for elaboration and revision. We are grateful to the staff at The Penn State University Press for working so closely with us in making this issue come to fruition.I am grateful to aatk President Sahie Kang for her continued support, trust, and confidence. The KLA expresses its deepest gratitude to our long-time sponsor, The Korea Foundation, for its constant and unbending support and dedication to The Korean Language in America. We thank the aatk officers, board members, editorial board members, authors, and readers, without whom this journal would not continue to grow and thrive.

Welcome to Journal of Modern Materials

I am inviting you to submit your original research articles to the Journal of Modern Materials and hope that with time Journal of Modern Materials will become a premier publication for materials research worldwide. This goal can be achieved with the cooperation of our editorial team, reviewers, and authors to publish such a high-quality original research that attracts attention. We warmly welcome authors to submit their research papers in the inaugural issue of this journal that is truly international in the scope which aims to publish manuscripts from all over the world.

From the Editor Emerita

Since 1997, Zahava D. Doering has contributed to Curator: The Museum Journal. This is her last issue as Curator editor. The article highlights the key issues for which the journal has provided a platform to its global readership during her editorship. Issues include psychological and physical access, social roles and responsibility, health, museums without walls, crowdsourcing, environmental sustainability, and human rights and diversity. It also extends gratitude to the editorial staff (named), editorial board members, peer reviewers, and authors she has had the honor to have as colleagues in supporting new dialogues for museums and other cultural venues.

Review: The Editor's Handbook, 2nd Edition

Review: The Editor's Handbook, 2^nd Edition

Women Involvement in Social Science Journals in India as Members of Editorial Board and Authors: An Analysis

Women Involvement in Social Science Journals in India as Members of Editorial Board and Authors: An Analysis

Letter from the Editors-in-Chief.

Letter from the Editors-in-Chief.

Corrigendum

Corrigendum: Editorial Authors: Svante Lifvergren, Tony Huzzard, and Andreas Hellström Published in Action Research 2015, Volume 13 Issue 1, pages 3–8, DOI: 10.1177/1476750314568210 . Link: http://arj.sagepub.com/content/13/1/3.full.pdf+html In the aforementioned Editorial: On page 5, the first line should be “In the first article, Olsson and Lau use participatory action research (PAR) to co-create improved preventive healthcare services.” On page 6, second last paragraph, 9th line from the bottom should be “Moving away from overly leader-centric approaches to leadership, they report on an AR project that enabled them to explore how leadership practice, as leader-follower interaction, was constituted, enacted and reflected upon to make improvements in Norwegian primary care. As previously noted, it has been a great pleasure to edit the special issue on healthcare published in March. However, and despite our very good intentions, these errors made their way into the final version of our Editorial. We are truly sorry for these mistakes and we are the ones responsible for not having detected the mistakes. Svante Lifvergren, Tony Huzzard, and Andreas Hellström Guest Editors of the Special issue on Action Research and Healthcare.

Thank you and looking forward

On behalf of the Editorial Board, authors and readers of the Journal, the recently appointed Managing Editor Mark Gregory thanks the outgoing Managing Editor Peter Gerrand for his leadership, scholarly editing and hard work over the past 21 years.

Thank you and looking forward

On behalf of the Editorial Board, authors and readers of the Journal, the recently appointed Managing Editor Mark Gregory thanks the outgoing Managing Editor Peter Gerrand for his leadership, scholarly editing and hard work over the past 21 years.

Thank you and looking forward

On behalf of the Editorial Board, authors and readers of the Journal, the recently appointed Managing Editor Mark Gregory thanks the outgoing Managing Editor Peter Gerrand for his leadership, scholarly editing and hard work over the past 21 years.

The rise and rise of Pulmonary Circulation.

The rise and rise of Pulmonary Circulation.

A heartfelt thank you to Dr Joel Weaver.

It is a great honor to assume the editorship of Anesthesia Progress. I am humbled to be taking over this position from my good friend, mentor, brother anesthesiologist, and fellow researcher, Dr Joel Weaver. The legacy of the legendary doctors practicing anesthesia for dentistry who have been past editors includes Drs Harcourt Stebbins, Bruce Douglas, Norman Trieger, Raymond Dionne, and John Yagiela. Dr Weaver, however, has devoted more years to this journal than any other editor and has overseen tremendous advances. Under Dr Weaver's watch, the quality of the articles has improved from its already high level; a continuing education section led by Dr Dan Becker was instituted and was very informative; an online submission system was initiated; and the journal became online accessible for current and most back issues as well. The latter 2 advances are remarkable particularly for those of you who know Joel and how he feels about his computer literacy skills! But, happily, even these have moved steadily forward over these 19 years. Importantly, Dr Weaver has been editor for so long that many of you probably do not remember that editorials were infrequent in the past, and many times, the editorial authors were invited experts. Joel, however, began publishing his own editorials for every edition of Anesthesia Progress. And what editorials they were. As honored as I am to take over this position, it is my hope that I can be half as insightful, cogent, and articulate as Dr Weaver has been. I always anticipated the arrival of Anesthesia Progress to see what Joel had to say and about what topic. Dr Weaver, everyone involved in sedation and general anesthesia for dentistry owes you a debt of gratitude for all you have done over the years in teaching, research, and service for this specialized area of dental practice. At the same time, I wish to thank the associate editors, Drs Ken Reed and Dan Becker, as well as the illustrious editorial board, for their work on making Anesthesia Progress the leading English language journal for anesthesia in dentistry. Dan will be retiring from his position but Dr Reed has agreed to stay on for a bit longer as associate editor. Dr James Tom, associate professor and dentist anesthesiologist at University of Southern California Ostrow School of Dentistry, will take over for Dr Becker. Finally, I wish to thank the staff at Allen Press, including Ms Lindsey Givens, Mr John Walker, Mr Chris Brower, and Mr Joe Barriger, for welcoming me to the journal and their hard work over the years. As I look ahead to the future of Anesthesia Progress, I hope to build on Dr Weaver's many contributions. Our online submission system has many advanced features, which I will be activating in the near future. This should help authors and the staff of Anesthesia Progress to improve communications and track the progress of submissions. In addition, other features will provide important data to help monitor and improve submissions to the journal. Building on Dr Becker's work, Dr Tom will expand the continuing education section with invited articles on sedation and general anesthesia management of patients presenting with various medical conditions, review articles on areas of interest to anesthesiology in dentistry, updates on medical conditions and new pharmacologic agents, and discussion of clinical cases. Additionally, I hope to expand the abstract section of Anesthesia Progress to include more abstracts from the Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology as well as other important anesthesia journals. Anesthesia Progress is the official journal not only of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, but also of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, the European Federation of for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry, and the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology Societies, as well as dental anesthesia societies in Australia and Canada. The journal is truly a worldwide resource. Anesthesia Progress fulfills an important role for dental anesthesia researchers by providing an avenue for publication of important advances in the field. And, most importantly, it helps the clinician to advance his or her own knowledge in the fields of local anesthesia, sedation, and general anesthesia for our ultimate goal: improving the health and well-being of people everywhere. There are tremendous advances being made in anesthesia practice today. Not all will be applicable to office-based anesthesia, the predominate mode of practice for our readers. However, many will be. And I expect Anesthesia Progress to be the vehicle that delivers that information to the wider dental anesthesia community. I wish to thank the Board of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology for allowing me this great opportunity to be of service to the society, to all the other societies who recognize Anesthesia Progress as their journal, and to the entire dental profession.

Small vessel disease: not a small problem.

Small infarcts in the subcortical area (lacunar infarction) have been considered a relatively simple condition. In most cases, complications associated with warfarin are not a cause for worry, the superiority of angioplasty or stenting need not be disputed, and performing craniectomy is unnecessary; we simply administer an antihypertensive drug and aspirin. However, small subcortical infarcts are not easy to manage. No solid evidence has been presented to support the effectiveness of antiplatelet agents or statin, while the incidence of hemorrhagic complication after the use of antiplatelets is high in this condition. More importantly, the consequences of accumulated small vessel diseases are dismal; many patients suffer from progressively worsening gait difficulty and cognitive/emotional problems. The presence of small vessel disease even worsens the outcome of other stroke subtypes. Last, although genetic causes of small vessel disease are being studied, the existing knowledge on its pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment is far from satisfactory. These issues were amply discussed in the International Conference Stroke Update (ICSU) that was held on November 6-8, 2014, in Jeju Island, South Korea. In this issue and in subsequent May issue, we will publish a series of articles regarding small vessel diseases. Most speakers kindly agreed to write on each of the subjects presented at the ICSU 2014. In these papers, the seriousness of small vessel disease will be correctly elucidated. Small vessel disease seems to be more common among Asians than among Caucasians, and rapidly aging populations in this region will considerably increase the burden of accumulating cases of small vessel disease. One of the missions of the Journal of Stroke (JOS) is to more actively present Asian issues, and the series of articles will certainly contribute to this endeavor. Finally, I am pleased to inform you that the JOS was enlisted as an (E) by Thomson Reuters on October 22, 2014. For this, I am indebted to the editorial board members, authors, and members of the Korean Stroke Society, who are excellent, enthusiastic, and devoted contributors and advisers. I am happy to say that all of your articles published in the JOS to date can now be considered SCI papers. This excellent news will result in our papers gaining more attention and will attract submission of articles from all over the world. I believe that our constant efforts will make the JOS a truly world-class journal. For this, I would like to suggest a toast!

Editor's Remarks

Editor's Remarks

Global Warming Effects on Irrigation and Drainage Development

As per publication policy of Scholars Report, the article titled Warming Effects on Irrigation and Drainage Development has been retracted at the request of the Editorial Board Members and Authors of the journal. Title “Global Warming Effects on Irrigation and Drainage Development”. Authors: Daniele De Wrachien, Giulio Lorenzini, and Marco Medici The above article is a duplicate version of another article entitled Global Warming Effects on Irrigation and Drainage Development”, published in “Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering”, Published date: January 07, 2016, Volume 5 | Issue 1 | 1000e126, doi:10.4172/2168-9768.1000e126, written by the same authors. Scholars Report apologizes to the readers of the journal for not detecting this omission during the publishing process. We thank ISSN India for bringing this breach of conduct to our attention. SCHOLARS REPORT DISCLAIMER It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication. SCHOLARS REPORT POLICY Scholars Report supports the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) . We follow its Best Practice Guidelines and abide by its Code of Conduct for dealing with potential cases of misconduct. We expect our authors to comply with best practice in publication ethics, particularly with regard to authorship, competing interests, compliance with standards of research ethics, falsification and fabrication of data, redundant publication, plagiarism, figure manipulation and dual submission. If we find conclusive evidence of misconduct, we will take steps to correct the scientific record, which may include issuing a correction or retraction. Any concerns about the above should be addressed to the editorial office at connect@scholarsreport.com • Authorship (author contribution or attribution): Submitting authors have to agree to all terms of publication laws and ethics while submitting the manuscript. Statement of responsibility should be included which describes the responsibility of each author in the manuscript. A significant contribution must have made by each listed authors. We encourage to list everyone who made significant contribution (contribution of laboratory technicians and students must be appreciated and accredited). • Images and Figures: We ask our authors to take care not to submit manuscripts containing previously published images or figures, unless express, written permission from the copyright holder to republish under a CC-BY or CC0 license (as applicable) has been obtained. Images, video, and other materials previously published under a public domain, CC-BY, or CC0 license do not require such permission to be obtained. Authors Affiliation 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy , Past President EurAgEng 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma, Parma, Italy THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN RETRACTED

Friends who have the same dream walk together.

On October 8, 2014, Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience (Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci) was selected for coverage in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), 11 years after it was launched in 2003. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci is now the 34th journal published in Korea to be indexed in SCIE. Furthermore, with unanimous support from the executive committee and council members of the Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP), Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci was recently accepted as an associate journal for the AsCNP. Hence, Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci's 12th volume issue 3 will be the first issue as the official journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology (KCNP), and an associate journal of the AsCNP to be written in parallel. On this felicitous occasion, I would like to thank Professor Won-Myong Bahk, current president of the KCNP, and past presidents Professors Doh Joon Yoon, Young-Hoon Kim, Chang-Yoon Kim, and Jin-Sang Yoon for their continuous support, and to express my deep appreciation to all of the editorial board members and authors who have contributed with excellent work. Finally, I thank the AsCNP members who supported the appointment of Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci as an associate journal of the AsCNP. Now, we have a new mission: to increase the citation index and impact factor by inviting more high-quality articles. To achieve this goal, we need your further support and contributions. There is a Chinese saying 靑奱之友, which means, Friends who have the same dream walk together. I hope that all of our Asian colleagues, as well as international scholars, will get to know each other better and build friendships and collaboration platforms through Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. Support us with your citations!

The International Polymer World and Industry: Advances and Recent Developments

The International Polymer World and Industry: Advances and Recent Developments

Quality of reporting in infertility journals

To evaluate whether fertility and top gynecology journals indexed in PubMed require the use of reporting guidelines and to identify the percentage of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in 2013 that were written following CONSORT guidelines in the top four fertility journals (by their highest impact factor). Cross-sectional study evaluating instructions for authors and RCTs published in fertility journals. Academic institution. None. None. Proportion of instruction-for-authors documents that suggested or required the use of reporting guidelines, and proportion of RCTs published in 2013 that accomplished the CONSORT checklist. In 47% (16/34) of the journals one or more reporting guidelines were mentioned in the instructions for authors' documents. PRISMA and CONSORT were the most commonly mentioned reporting guidelines. None of the analyzed RCTs completed the 25 items of CONSORT guideline. Sequence generation or allocation concealment was not described in 69% of the studies. One-third of the journals did not publish a flowchart, 72% did not show relative and absolute size-effect measures, and 42% did not use measures of imprecision. In the summaries, 42% did not discuss the limitations of the study and 78% did not mention the generalizability of the results. Less than half of the analyzed peer-reviewed journals request the authors to use reporting guidelines. Nevertheless, among the top fertility and gynecology journals, reporting guidelines are widely mentioned. Overall, accomplishment of CONSORT items was suboptimal. Editorial boards, reviewers, and authors should join efforts to improve the quality of reporting.

How journal metrics illustrate the transformation of archives of plastic surgery into an international journal.

How journal metrics illustrate the transformation of archives of plastic surgery into an international journal.

THANK YOU to our editorial team, reviewers and authors

THANK YOU to our editorial team, reviewers and authors