Mid Year Research Articles

Author Index The 2013 International Neuropsychological Society Mid–Year Meeting July 10–13, 2013 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Addendum to 2013 JINS Supplemental Issue 2 Abstracts presented at the INS Mid–year Meeting Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 10–13, 2013

Addendum to 2013 JINS Supplemental Issue 2 Abstracts presented at the INS Mid–year Meeting Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 10–13, 2013

Final Program The 2013 International Neuropsychological Society Mid–Year Meeting July 10–13, 2013 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Rationalising Stability Preservation through Mao's Not So Invisible Hand

This paper considers the process of constructing the official discourse of weiwen ([Formula: see text], stability preservation) in the policing arena in the first decade of the 21st century. It focuses on the pivotal period after 2003 when policing priorities were shifted from “striking hard” at serious crime to pursuing weiwen to contain burgeoning protests and civil dissent, as a move to maintain stability in the early to mid years of the Hu Jintao– Wen Jiabao harmonious society era. We observe how Mao has been central in this process. Stability preservation operations have been rationalised through Maoist ideology using some staples of Maoist discourse, particularly “social contradictions”, and policing authorities have adopted key methodological aspects of Maoist campaign-style policing to embed this new weiwen focus in the everyday agendas of policing, while ever more “mass incidents” disrupt the maintenance of stability in China.

Growing The Plant Genome in 2013

I chose to stick with the title from my last editorial in 2012 because the message is the same: over the past five years we have laid down the foundation for growth of The Plant Genome. This was accomplished by the hard work and support of Elizabeth (Liz) Gebhardt, Managing Editor, the CSSA headquarters staff, the CSSA board, Editor-in-Chiefs Craig Roberts and Charlie Brummer, and our excellent world class Editors. Many thanks to all! I am excited to provide an update on our progress on several initiatives that we believe will fuel journal growth. There are many and they are all important for journal growth. The order of presentation is simply based on presenting the newest initiative first. I hope you will agree that 2013 will be a big year for The Plant Genome. Science Notes. As a result of suggestions from several Associate Editors, The Plant Genome will now publish Science Notes. Short articles (usually 4 printed pages or less) concerned with experimental techniques, database descriptions, method improvements, new analytical equipment, computational tools or other breakthroughs that significantly improve genomic data acquisition and analysis will be accepted for review as Science Notes. Science Notes may also describe novel findings that do not require extensive background or discussion. We'll determine a reduced cost for Science Notes in The Plant Genome and post them in the author instructions and in Manuscript Central in the near future. Achieving an impact factor. The Plant Genome is in its first year of indexing this year in several Thomson Reuters products, including the Journal Citation Index and Web of Science. The impact factor determination is expected later this year. As mentioned before, based on internal tracking, we believe the impact factor will be quite competitive with other similar journals because the quality of our articles is high. This step in the evolution of The Plant Genome is truly foundational for the journal. Full accreditation will likely encourage a broader range of authors to submit their articles, thus increasing article count and so on, fueling more journal growth. Comprehensive indexing. The Plant Genome is now listed in ISSN, the USDA National Agricultural Library, Google Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service, Web of Science, CAB Abstracts, and ISI Biological Abstracts. Applications are pending for Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, SCOPUS, and EBSCO. A big missing from this list is PubMed. As I mentioned in my previous editorial, based on feedback from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), it was decided to withdraw the application for The Plant Genome with the plan to resubmit once the CSSA upgrades researcher/author ethical statements and policies to conform with NLM standards. Achieving PubMed listing of The Plant Genome will be one of this year's focus areas and will complete this phase of journal growth. Feature issues. Two 2013 feature issues are underway. Along with invited review articles, the aim of feature issues is to draw readership and citations to The Plant Genome. The first feature issue titled “Next Gen Sequencing: Advances and Applications to Crop Improvement” is being edited by Scott Jackson and Todd Michael. The second feature issue on Legume Genomics, which is planned for mid year, will be edited by Rajeev Varshney, Henry Nguyen and Manish Roorkiwal. Special thanks to these special feature editors for their efforts; both feature issues are poised to draw attention to the journal. While we have made great progress in laying the foundation for growing The Plant Genome, we need more submissions. As before, we will be sending out frequent communications to increase awareness of The Plant Genome and to seek submissions. Share these with colleagues. Sign up for our Table of Contents alerts and pass them along to colleagues (https://www.crops.org/publications/add-alerts/new-content; log in or create an account to sign up). As demonstrated by establishing Science Notes in The Plant Genome, we are receptive to all ideas for increasing the scope and content of the journal and we'd appreciate hearing your ideas. And finally, we look forward to the day this year when The Plant Genome receives an impact factor. Please consider submitting an article to The Plant Genome to help build on a strong foundation.

Monitoring access to nationally commissioned services in England

BackgroundFor over 20 years, the National Health Service in England has run a system of national planning for highly specialised healthcare services. The aim is to ensure that very rare diseases are treated, and very complex procedures performed, in only a few centres, each of which maintains a volume high enough to maintain excellent outcomes. The commissioning strategy for the provision of these national services in England is strongly centralising. Centralising does however create a duty to ensure that patients distant from the treatment centres are not thereby disadvantaged. The commissioning process ensures sufficient capacity to treat the entire national caseload of clinically eligible patients. The aim of this paper is to apply the Systematic Component of Variation (SCV) to study access to services commissioned by the National Specialised Commissioning Team (NSCT) in England. The discussion focuses on the potential explanations for a high level of systematic variation between areas and on the use of the SCV to support the monitoring and development of these nationally commissioned services.MethodData from nationally commissioned services for the year ending 2011 were received from treating hospital. Mid year age and sex appropriate population estimates were then obtained to provide denominator data. Data were analysed at the geographic level of strategic health authority.Results30 services met all requirements for analysis. There is no apparent relationship between SCV and number of locations from which the service is provided. On inspection high SCV is more common among recently commissioned services.DiscussionThe importance of the SCV lies in its ability to support the development of highly specialised services. Once the random variation has been accounted for, the reasons for a systematic component can be explored. While no absolute cut- off exists, the SCV can be used to gauge and explore services that are potentially not covering the national caseload. The reason for a high SCV may not be immediately apparent; thus the SCV can aid those responsible for commissioning the service to seek potential explanations and identify improvements.ConclusionWe have reviewed spatial variation in access to a set of highly specialised services in England. On inspecting our results, we believe that they suggest that equity of access can usually be achieved at about five years after establishing a service, and this is not dependent, within the geography of England, on the number of centres designated.

“Dude! You mean you've never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?!?” Nut Allergy as Stigma in Comic Books

This article examines the representation of nut allergy in comics aimed at children and young people. It maps the signification and stigma of nut allergy in comics, and includes an outline of the imagery, stereotypes, and connotations that are created on this condition. Three texts are examined: first, Allergic, a semi-autobiographical story by Adrian Tomine aimed at young adults; second, What's Up With Paulina? from the Medikidz series of comic books that aim to help a pre-teenage audience learn about medical conditions; and third, Peanut, a forthcoming comic book by Ayun Halliday aimed at those in their early to mid teenage years. Using textual analysis, we focus on three principal areas of the texts. First, we consider the way in which the allergic character is represented in relation to examples of felt stigma, typified by feelings of shame and rejection, and compare this representation to common stereotypes of disability. Second, we look at the representation of other characters, drawing attention to the way in which stigma is enacted, highlighting acts of overt discrimination. Last, we examine the way in which the event of an allergic reaction is portrayed, considering how this might be used to help children and young people better understand nut allergy and combat the stigma attached to it. Throughout the article we compare the representation of stigma in comics with that depicted in empirical research on children living with nut allergies.

Hodgkin Lymphoma in Jordan; A Retrospective Analysis of 477 Cases in King Hussein Cancer Centre

Abstract 4862 BACKGROUNDJordan is a small country with an estimated mid year population in 2008 of 5 850 000, 3015000 of whom are males and 2 835 000 are females (male: female ratio 1.06: 1). (Department of Statistics Jordan, 2008).About 12.7 % of the population is under 5 years old, and 37.3 % under 15 years old. 11%if the population are 15–19 year old, with a M:F ratio 1.06:1 as well) Only 3.3 % of the total population is above the age of 65 years old (sex ratio of 1.01 male per 1 female in this age group).According to the Jordan Cancer Registry Report for 2008, Lymphoma is the fourth most common Cancer in the country. A total of (4606 ) new cases of cancer were recorded among Jordanians in the year 2008, 333 (7.2%) of whom had a diagnosis of lymphoma.111 (2.4%) were diagnosed as Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), and 222 (4.8%) as Non Hodgkin Lymphoma(NHL). OBJECTIVEIn this study, we aim to characterize some of the clinico-pathological features of Hodgkin lymphoma in Jordan by analyzing the data available for patients referred to King Hussein Cancer Center over a seven year period. PATIENTS AND METHODSA retrospective analysis was conducted of adults (>18 years) lymphoma patients referred to KHCC, between 1/1/2003 and 31/12/2010. Clinical features and histological subtypes were prospectively established for all patients registered in the Lymphoma Service Database. Pathology review and original paraffin block were mandated for all patients. RESULTSOver the 8 year period of 2003–2010,1329 lymphoma patients were referred to KHCC and registered in the Lymphoma Service Database, of whom 477 (35.9%) were diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Among this group all 477 patients were adults 18 years or older (100%), as children are treated in a different department. The median age was 35 years, (with an age range of 18–77), and 5% of patients were above the age of 60. 290 (61 %) of the patients were males, 187 (39%) were females, with a male to female (M:F) ratio of 1.55:1.276 (57.8%) of the HL cases had a diagnosis of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (HDNS), making it the most common histological subtype. 120(25.2%) had mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma (HDMC), 9 (1.9%) had lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma (HDLR), and 6 (1.2%) had lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin (HDLD). Nodular lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHD) cases were 33, and constituted 6.9% of the HL cohort. CONCLUSIONHodgkin lymphoma appears to constitute a bigger share of the lymphoma burden in Jordan, as opposed to Europe and the US. Clinico-pathological features, however, appear to be closer to those described in Western countries, with similar incidence of HDNS, and HDMC subtypes, but possibly with less incidence of HDLR and HDLD subtypes. Disclosures:No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Passive and Impoverished? A Discussion of Rural Popular Culture in the Mid Victorian Years

AbstractThis case study focuses on East Riding hiring fairs both as labour markets and popular festivals and considers the vitality of their internal interactions in the mid Victorian years, a time that has been associated with the erosion of traditional practices by urban influences and their reshaping into more orderly and passive forms. The article suggests that mid Victorian rural popular culture proved to be not only adaptive to the forces of urban modernity but robustly dynamic and informed by rural social forces.

SP3-68 A systematic review of interventions to prevent or reduce substance use and sexual risk behaviour in young people

BackgroundInterventions aimed at preventing risky behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood have largely focused on single risk behaviours and a limited number of underlying predictors. Interventions that take a broader...

High level of persistence of pediatric bipolar-I disorder from childhood onto adolescent years: A four year prospective longitudinal follow-up study

ObjectiveTo examine the longitudinal course of pediatric bipolar (BP)-I disorder in youth transitioning from childhood into adolescence. MethodsWe conducted a four year prospective follow-up study of 78 youth with BP-I disorder 6–17 years old at ascertainment followed up into adolescent years (13.4 ± 3.9 years). All subjects were comprehensively assessed with structured diagnostic interviews, neuropsychological testing, psychosocial, educational and treatment history assessments. BP disorder was considered persistent if subjects met full criteria for DSM-IV BP-I disorder at follow-up. ResultsOf 78 BP-I participating youth subjects, 57 (73.1%), continued to meet full diagnostic criteria for BP-I Disorder. Of those with a non-persistent course, only 6.4% (n = 5) were euthymic (i.e., syndromatic and symptomatic remission) at the 4-year follow-up and were not receiving pharmacotherapy for the disorder. The other non-persistent cases either continued to have subthreshold BP-I disorder (n = 5, 6.4%), met full (n = 3, 3.8%) or subthreshold (n = 1, 1.3%) criteria for major depression, or were euthymic but were treated for the disorder (n = 7, 9.0%). Full persistence was associated with higher rates of major depression and disruptive behavior disorders at the follow-up assessment and higher use of stimulant medicines at the baseline assessment. Non-Peristent BP-I was also characterized by high levels of dysfunction and morbidity. ConclusionsThis four year follow-up shows that the majority of BP-I disorder youth continue to experience persistent disorder into their mid and late adolescent years and its persistence is associated with high levels of morbidity and disability. Persistence of subsyndromal forms of bipolar disorder was also associated with dysfunction and morbidity.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis of joints

The objective of this study is to present two series of cases of pigmented villonodular disease of joints (PVNS) treated at different periods. The 215 cases from our hospital are current (1972-2009) and those 62 from the Jaffe collection from 1920 to 1968. By use of our computerized tumor data system we were able to define age, gender, site, treatment, complications, and outcome. Examination of the material from the Jaffe collection included all of the above primary data but none on treatment and outcome. The data for the two systems studied were remarkably similar. The average ages were in mid years and the disorder was more frequent in females. The largest numbers of cases for both series were in the knee and foot and less commonly in hip, shoulder, and hand. The treatments were mostly surgical excision with the exception of the hip which required total hip replacement. The results show only a small number of recurrences, no metastatic disease and no deaths. Pigmented villonodular disease of joints is a rare entity, mostly occurring in the knee and foot. The principal treatment is surgical excision which is most often successful in these sites but leads to problems at other locations, especially the hip.

Twenty‐Five Years of the (Mid‐)American Journal of Business

Volume 25 celebrates the 25th year of publication for the American Journal of Business (AJB). Launched by eight MAC schools of business in March 1986, the Journal has featured more than 700 authors who have contributed more than 330 research articles at the intersection of theory and practice. From accounting to marketing, management to finance, the Journal prominently covers the breadth of the business disciplines as a general business outlet intended for both practitioners and academics. As the Journal reaches out beyond the MAC in sponsorship, authorship, and readership, we assess the Journal’s first quarter century of impact.

Resistencia de Mycobacterium tuberculosis a los fármacos antituberculosos en menores de 15 años en Colombia

Tuberculosis is a widespread and increasingly important infectious disease. A third of the world-wide population is infected. Every year nine million cases occur in the world, one million of them appearing in children under 15 years old. In Colombia alone, 719 cases were reported for the year 2008. The incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant forms was characterized in children under 15 years old in Colombia. Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility test data from 2001 to mid year 2009 were analyzed at the Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia. Cases were evaluated by patient age, disease geographic location, and type of sample, as well as the proportions of TB/HIV coinfections and drug resistance. Of the 128 patients examined, 66 were female (52%) and 62 were male (48%). The age group 0 to 5 years old consisted of 59 cases (46%), 21 cases were 6 to 10 years old (16%) and 48 cases 11 to 14 years old (37.5%). The types of disease were 89 (69.6%) pulmonary, 34 (26.4%) extrapulmonary, and 5 (3.9%) cases without data. TB/VIH coinfection cases were 7(5.4%). 123 (96%) untreated cases and 5 (2.34%) cases previously treated. Global resistance among the untreated cases was 21.1% and MDR-TB was 6.5%. This analysis demonstrated weaknesses in following established procedures in the TB treatment process, thereby impeding the diagnosis and the identification of drug resistance s in children under 15 years old. Approaches to improving treatment standards is a topic which requires further exploration.

Modeling rainfall as a constraining factor for Cocoa yield in Ondo State

Rainfall is undoubtedly a determining agro-meteorological factor in the cultivation and production of cocoa. This work has revealed that rainfall has a constraining ability on cocoa yield in the core cocoa production areas of Ondo state, Nigeria. It was also established that cocoa production is in its best in areas like: Idanre, Ondo, Akure, Ile-Oluji, Owo e.t.c, which have yields above 1000MT per annum and rainfall lesser than 51.30mm. Cocoa yield was also shown to be the inverse of annual rainfall level. This was evident as cocoa yield increased in the early and latter months of the year when the rains are yet to fully come, and suffered in the mid year at the heart of raining season. A model of rainfall as it affected cocoa yields was achieved in this work.

Non fatal Intentional injuries among women and children

We estimated the incidence of intentional injuries occurring between June to November 2009 in the district of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka having a mid year population of 755 000 which result...

Meeting report: musculoskeletal medicine with a focus on pain

In April 2010, a record-breaking AOCPMR Mid Year Meeting was held in Annapolis, MD. In all, 90 attending physicians and residents and 170 medical students filled the Loews Hotel as Brian Kahan chaired our largest-attended AOCPMR conference to date. Side by side in the Grand Ball Room of the Hotel, simultaneous lectures were delivered to both the physicians and medical students. The dialogue and the exchange of advice and ideas exemplify why the AOCPMR sets the bar as the professional organization for others to emulate. Program chair Brian Kahan gave the inaugural lecture on Pain Management which was followed by a heated discussion on US Healthcare reform. Our College’s Government Affairs chairperson, Carl Shapiro, and the AOA’s healthcare lobbyist, Shawn Martin, presented contrasting perspectives for the policy changes we will all likely soon witness. While this is a most challenging time in healthcare, it is a most exciting time for our organization. We have been working hard and it shows. Our membership is strong, surpassing 1,000 in May 2010. A growing team of dedicated members has been stepping up and are getting involved. But the story only begins there because we are not just about numbers. We have cultivated an atmosphere of a true brotherhood where people are eager to become involved. Our committees are growing because members are volunteering and asking where they can help. Not only are the numbers of people involved growing, we are branching out to new territory. Last year we officially established and launched the Government Affairs Committee headed by Carl Shapiro. We also have secured an Investment Manager to oversee our financial portfolio. Soon, we will create the New Physicians Council to help new physicians in practice to realize success. The Student Conference was an overwhelming success. Resident membership attendance increased dramatically at this conference and the poster presentations were very well received. Several non-member physicians registered for the conference and then joined our organization on site. I hope that everyone that was in Annapolis will plan to join us at the AOA Unified Convention this October in San Francisco. Our didactic sessions will be posted very soon for that meeting. The Mid Year for 2011 will be in the Phoenix metropolitan area and the dates and hotel will be announced very shortly.

Perception of appearance and use of appearance products among Chinese women

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine and assess generational differences in Chinese women's perception of appearance and appearance products that can be explained by the political, economic, and social policies of China over the past 40 years.Design/methodology/approachThis is an exploratory research using focus groups and a survey. Three age cohorts of Chinese women, those who came of age during the Cultural Revolution, those who came of age during the early and mid years of China's economic reforms, and those born after the implementation of China's one‐child policy and the market economy, are assessed as to their perception of appearance and use of appearance‐related products. Six cohort differences that could be attributable to these socio‐economic‐political events are found.FindingsSignificant differences between the age cohorts are found on four of six appearance‐related factors – sources of fashion information, happiness in purchasing new apparel, confidence in appearance, and preference for purchasing luxury goods.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the study identifies cultural and generational constructs of Chinese women's perception of appearance and use of appearance products, due to its exploratory nature the findings are not generalizable to the larger Chinese community. In addition, to provide a more complete understanding of the generational differences, future research needs to take into account additional demographic information such as education and income.Originality/valueNo previous study has attempted to determine the impact of China's economic, social, and political policies on generational cohorts of Chinese women as to their perception of appearance and use of appearance products. Fashion marketers will benefit, as understanding these powerful determinants of purchasing behaviour are paramount to successfully planning, developing and marketing of apparel products.

A mid year comparison study of career satisfaction and emotional states between residents and faculty at one academic medical center

BackgroundThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) new requirements raise multiple challenges for academic medical centers. We sought to evaluate career satisfaction, emotional states, positive and negative experiences, work hours and sleep among residents and faculty simultaneously in one academic medical center after implementation of the ACGME duty hour requirements.MethodsResidents and faculty (1330) in the academic health center were asked to participate in a confidential survey; 72% of the residents and 66% of the faculty completed the survey.ResultsCompared to residents, faculty had higher levels of satisfaction with career choice, competence, importance and usefulness; lower levels of anxiousness and depression. The most positive experiences for both groups corresponded to strong interpersonal relationships and educational value; most negative experiences to poor interpersonal relationships and issues perceived outside of the physician's control.Approximately 13% of the residents and 14% of the faculty were out of compliance with duty hour requirements. Nearly 5% of faculty reported working more than 100 hours per week. For faculty who worked 24 hour shifts, nearly 60% were out of compliance with the duty-hour requirements.ConclusionReasons for increased satisfaction with career choice, positive emotional states and experiences for faculty compared to residents are unexplained. Earlier studies from this institution identified similar positive findings among advanced residents compared to more junior residents. Faculty are more frequently at risk for duty-hour violations. If patient safety is of prime importance, faculty, in particular, should be compliant with the duty hour requirements. Perhaps the ACGME should contain faculty work hours as part of its regulatory function.

Research opportunities for reducing the burden of menopause-related symptoms

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science (SoS) Conference on the Management of Menopause-Related Symptoms identified a number of important gaps in our understanding of the natural history of the menopausal transition and the etiology and course of menopause-related symptoms. Updated information is needed from prospective studies of reproductive aging in diverse populations of women, especially of younger women in their mid reproductive years, to better understand the underlying biology of ovarian aging as well as the etiology of conditions leading to premature spontaneous or surgical menopause. To facilitate this goal, a number of methodologic issues must be addressed, including the development of (1) consensus definitions of menopause-related terms and stages, and (2) standard measures and methods for assessing progression through the menopausal transition and related symptoms and outcomes. Estrogen therapy is highly efficacious in relieving menopausal symptoms and was the treatment of choice until 2002, when findings of unexpected harm from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) were published. Consequently, there has been a burgeoning interest in a number of botanical products as well as other complementary and alternative medicine strategies, such as acupuncture, magnets, homeopathy, and behavioral regimens. However the benefits of most of these strategies are either very limited or equivocal, and related safety issues are poorly understood. Future research is needed to identify new efficacious strategies, to understand side effects and safety issues, and to provide new options to women who are burdened by bothersome menopause-related symptoms.