\r\n\tMany tried to define it, and its definition is always related to those who are in power, that being explained by the fact that this power and the abuse of it precisely, gives the access to being corrupted and practicing the acts that fall under corruption.
\r\n\r\n\tWe can find various types of corruption such as bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Also giving or accepting bribes or inappropriate gifts, double-dealing, under-the-table transactions, manipulating elections, diverting funds, laundering money, and defrauding investors.
\r\n\tNo government is immune to corruption. According to the World Bank, “the causes of corruption are always contextual, rooted in a country's policies, bureaucratic traditions, political development, and social history”.
\r\n\tThis indeed has consequences for increasing inequality, impacts government expenditure and services, shadow economy, and crime.
\r\n\tThis book will be a collection of chapters on Corruption. It welcomes contributions related to the nature of corruption its types and how corruption is undertaken in a certain context and the ways to deal with corruption will be part of this book. We value including materials on Corruption in organizations and ways to solve it. The origins of corruption and the way to deal with corruption, how to provide solutions, and any new insights on corruption will be part of this book.
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Driven within the domains of radio frequency electromagnetic and rather low-pressure (∼mTorrs) ranges, the ICP sources present several advantages, such as high-plasma density, high anisotropy in the sheath, independent control of incident flux density and energy and simple low-cost reactor configuration (unwanted for the static magnetic devices) over some other plasma sources, such as capacitively coupled plasma and electron cyclotron resonance reactor [2]. As compared to the atmospheric discharges, this sort of low-pressure radio frequency plasma sources are known for their non-equilibrium properties, that is,
Even with the above complexity, rich and fruitful interesting physics phenomena and mechanisms are already revealed in these low-pressure and radio frequency plasma sources via present efforts. In particular, in the ICP sources, pulsed radio frequency power source [7], standing wave effects [8], nonlinear harmonics [9], double coil discharges [10], anomalous skin effects [11], nonlocal electron kinetics [12], mode transition and hysteresis [13] and so on are still or have been hot research frontiers that draw attention. In this chapter, the mode transitions and hysteresis topic is focused upon. This topic has been historically studied well and continually occupies people’s attention due to its complexity of the multi-factor interactions and potential application in achieving stable plasma sources for the processing technique. The ICP source is famous for its capacity of operating at two different modes, that is, capacitive and inductive modes. The capacitive mode is sustained by radial and axial electromagnetic fields, analogous to conventional capacitively coupled plasma source that is excited by the electrostatic field and hence is abbreviated as the E mode. The inductive mode is sustained by the azimuthal electromagnetic field caused by coil current and is abbreviated as H mode. Remember that the power source applied to the coil is temporally varied in the range of radio frequency. At low-coil power, the ICP source is maintained at E mode, where the plasma density and optical emissions are weak, and the glow area of discharge is more localized under the coil. As we increase the coil power, the discharge transfers abruptly or smoothly toward H mode, where the plasma density and current are significantly increased and the optical emission is strengthened. Moreover, the discharge is more uniform. Interestingly, at certain circumstances, when cycling the power source, the trajectories of plasma parameters versus upward and downward powers don’t coincide; hence, hysteresis is formed and the ICP source is therefore famous for its other feature, that is, the existence of two stable states at one fixed power value. In labs of academia or enterprise, the ICP sources are triggered from the E mode at the beginning and then transferred to H mode. Most of the plasma processing techniques prefer to be conducted in the H mode due to its better plasma properties. Therefore, understanding the E–H mode transition and hysteresis is very meaningful to the related industry.
This chapter is outlined as follows. In Section 2, the major achievements of the author on this topic are presented. Three subtopics and the used methodology are discussed and described, aimed at demonstrating to readers the characteristics of plasma parameters, electron kinetics and neutral species during mode transition and excitation of discontinuous mode transition and hysteresis by the external circuit. Finally, the conclusion and further remarks are given in Section 3.
In this part, the characteristics of electron parameters, density, temperature and energy distribution function and plasma potential at two modes are presented via the two-dimensional hybrid model [14]. The hybrid model consists of three parts, that is, fluid module, electron Monte Carlo module and electromagnetic module. Species density and momentum, together with the electrostatic field generated by net charge density (analogous to ambipolar diffusion field), are given by the fluid module. Electron transport and collision coefficients, and the effective electron temperature, are calculated through the Monte Carlo method and then transferred to the fluid module. The electromagnetic module calculates the electromagnetic field generated via the coil current and voltage through the Maxwellian’s equations, based on the electron conductivity from the fluid module. Both the electrostatic and electromagnetic fields are sent to the Monte Carlo module to push the electrons via Newton’s law. The interactions of three modules are illustrated by the model flowchart in Figure 1. The three modules are iterated with each other until a final steady state is achieved. In this chapter, a cylindrical inductively coupled plasma reactor with planar coil is used, as shown in Figure 2.
Flowchart of the hybrid model.
Schematic of the cylindrical inductively coupled discharge configuration.
In Figures 3 and 4, the calculated electron density and temperature profiles versus coil current at the pressure of 20 mTorr are presented. In Figure 3, at low-coil current, 10 A, the density magnitude is low and the profile is smooth. At high coil current, 40 A, the density magnitude is high, more or less four factors higher than the 10 A case. Meanwhile, the density is peaked under the coil, as referred to the reactor in Figure 2. The E–H mode transition happened along with increase in the coil current. In Figure 4, at E mode, that is, 10 A, the electron temperature is high around the plasma chamber bound but sinks at the discharge center region. This is because the ambipolar diffusion potential barrier suppresses the electrons from entering the sheath for heating due to the lack of elastic collisions at low pressure. As known, this is a representative feature for the capacitive discharges [15]. At the H mode, that is, 40 A, the temperature profile is substantially changed. It peaks under the coil and more or less decreases toward the center, bottom and sidewall. Besides, the sink area of the temperature profile is significantly shrunk and moves toward the coil, as compared to the E mode. The appearance of temperature sink at different coil currents and its alteration with coil current is related to the spatial potential distribution in Figure 5, where the potential barrier is shifted from the discharge center to the coil with the coil current and meanwhile the area of potential barrier is decreased.
Electron density ne profile versus coil current at the pressure of 20 mTorr.
Electron temperature Te profile versus coil current at the pressure of 20 mTorr.
Plasma potential profile versus coil current at the pressure of 20 mTorr.
In Figure 6, the electron energy distribution functions (EEDFs) of E and H modes, sampled at the discharge center, are compared at different pressures. At low pressure, that is, 20 mTorr, a prominent low-energy peak is found in the EEDF of the E mode due to the suppression of potential barrier, and it disappears at H mode because the barrier shifts toward the coil. At high pressures, that is, 50 and 100 mTorr, the EEDFs evolve to an opposite way, that is, low-energy electrons’ amount of the H mode is higher than the E mode. This is because at high pressures the suppression of the potential barrier is not important anymore due to the frequent elastic collisions between electrons and neutrals at high electron densities. Hence in the electron temperature profile (see Figure 7), the sink region disappears. The temperature profiles of E and H mode are representative of the capacitive and inductive discharges, and, as is well known, the temperature value in the E mode is higher than in the H mode [16]. To demonstrate the electron kinetics better, in Figure 8, the electron energy probability function (EEPF) variation with coil current at low pressure of 20 mTorr is shown. Clearly, at the E mode, that is, with the coil current less than and equal to 20 A, the obvious three-temperature Maxwellian distribution is observed. The low-energy electron peak, as mentioned before, is formed by the suppression of the potential barrier, while the depletion of high-energy electrons tail is caused by the inelastic electron-neutral collisions, such as excitations and ionizations. At H mode, that is, with coil current equal to and larger than 25 A, the two-temperature Maxwellian EEDF in the elastic collision energy range, that is, less than 11.56 eV (the excitation threshold), now disappears due to high electron density and frequent collisions, and the high-energy electrons’ depletion via inelastic collisions still exists because the electron density is not high enough for the e–e Coulomb collisions thermalizing these two electron swarms [17, 18].
Comparisons of electron energy distribution function (EEDF) of E and H modes at different pressures. The EEDFs are sampled at the discharge center.
Electron temperature Te profile versus coil current at the pressure of 100 mTorr.
Evolution of electron energy probability (EEPF) against coil current at the pressure of 20 mTorr.
In a word, the hybrid model successfully captures the main characteristics of plasma parameters during the mode transition, including both the macroscopic plasma properties and microscopic electron kinetics, and all these predictions presented here agree well with the experimental measurements.
The behavior of metastable neutrals during the mode transition is investigated by the above hybrid model, with the advanced reaction set that includes the metastables and all relevant reactions [19]. In Figure 9, the metastable densities, sampled at the discharge center, versus applied power at different pressures are presented. The densities at low and high pressures, that is, 30 and 300 mTorr, both first increase and then decrease with the power, and the decreasing trend at high pressure is more obvious. Hence, the metastables density increases with power at E mode while decreases with power at H mode, which is different with the electron density trend in Section 2.1. In Figure 10, the metastables density profiles at different coil currents are presented. It is shown that the peak density keeps increasing with coil current, however, the peak location basically shifts from the discharge center at E mode toward the coil at H mode, thus leading to the non-monotonic varying trends of metastables’ densities at the discharge center in Figure 9. The localizing trend of metastables density to the coil with coil current is caused by the fact that multistep ionization becomes more and more important as the plasma density is increased, to an extent when the negative source, that is, multistep ionization rate larger than the excitation rate, is formed. The stationary metastables continuity equation with a negative source can be characterized as Bessel’s equation with imaginary argument that shows spatial characteristics analogous to the localized profile. This localizing effect is more important at high pressure due to the prevalence of multistep ionizations; hence, the decreasing trend of metastables density with power is more obvious at high pressures. Last, the model predicted a non-monotonic variation of metastables density during mode transition which agrees well with the experiment [20].
Metastables densities, sampled at the discharge center, versus power at different pressures.
Metastables density profiles at different coil currents at the pressure of 100 mTorr.
Besides the exploration of metastables evolution along with mode transition, the role of metastables in determining the hysteresis is still investigated through the hybrid model. The behind mechanisms that generate hysteresis are difficultly identified since it is a process that is interplayed by so many elements. In the literature, many papers ascribed the hysteresis to the multistep ionizations [13, 21]. To assess this argument, in Figure 11, the influence of metastables on electron density and temperature variations versus power is presented. Inclusion of metastables and multistep ionization overall elevates electron densities and meanwhile reduces electron temperatures against the power; however, it does not trigger hysteresis. Besides, the metastables change the trend of electron temperature with power at the H mode. The decrease of temperature with power when including metastables is caused by the fact that ionizations consume electron kinetic energy more effectively than excitations, as revealed by a novel electron mean energy Equation [22].
Electron densities (a) and temperatures (b) versus power at two cases, i.e., (1) no metastables and (2) with metastables in the model.
The discontinuity feature of mode transition and interesting hysteresis phenomena have attracted people’s attention for years. They are easily observed in the experiments [16, 23] and can be analytically predicted by stationary zero-dimensional global model [24, 25]. However, it is difficult for the self-consistent multidimensional models to capture the discontinuity and hysteresis unless the external circuit module is taken into account. In this chapter, the conventional fluid model that describes the pure inductive mode is extended by including the capacitive mode and advanced by introducing an equivalent circuit module [26, 27]. The diagram of equivalent circuit is illustrated in Figure 12. It consists of radio frequency (RF) power source, matching network that consists of parallel and series capacitors and capacitive and inductive coupling branches. The capacitive coupling components include dielectric window capacitor, sheath transferred capacitor and bulk plasma-transferred resistance. The inductive coupling branch is actually based on a transformer model [13], where the coil itself and plasma-transferred inductor and resistor are included and the relations between the coil and plasma-transferred impedances are illustrated in the square of Figure 12. The plasma resistances in the capacitive and inductive branches are both transferred through the Ohm’s heating mechanism but the capacitive resistance is based on radial and axial plasma current components [3] and the inductive resistance on the azimuthal current component [28].
Components of equivalent circuit module.
Via the circuit module, the coil current and voltage, boundary conditions for the electromagnetic module to calculate fields can be given through Kirchhoff’s law. More importantly, after considering the circuit module the discontinuity of mode transition and hysteresis can be captured by a fluid model since the mutual interacting details between the circuit and plasma, probably nonlinear, are contained. Of more significance is that two excitation means of mode transitions that have widely been seen in experiments, that is, by means of varying power [16, 23] and matching network [29], can be both captured by this advanced fluid model that couples an external circuit module.
In Figure 13, the discontinuous mode transition at a low pressure of 20 mTorr and hysteresis at high pressure of 100 mTorr is perfectly generated by the fluid model, via the alteration of electron density versus series capacitance of matching network. This prediction agrees well with the experimental observations that hysteresis mostly appears at relatively high pressures [21, 23]. Accordingly, the electron temperature just displays mode transition at low pressure, but hysteresis at high pressure, as shown in Figure 14. The variations of electron density and temperature with E–H mode transition predicted by the fluid model are in agreement with the hybrid model in Section 2.1.
Discontinuous electron density variation versus the series capacitance of matching network at low pressure of 20 mTorr (a) and hysteresis loop of electron density against the series capacitance at high pressure of 100 mTorr.
Discontinuous electron temperature variation versus the series capacitance of matching network at low pressure of 20 mTorr (a) and hysteresis loop of electron temperature against the series capacitance at high pressure of 100 mTorr.
Interestingly, the plasma-transferred impedance evolves similarly to the plasma parameters, that is, discontinuously jumping at low pressure and displaying hysteresis at high pressure. In Figures 15 and 16, the plasma resistance and inductance of inductive branch and sheath width and capacitance of capacitive branch are plotted against the series capacitance, respectively, at the high pressure of 100 mTorr. In Figure 15, at the E–H mode transition, the plasma resistance and inductance both increase because of high-plasma density and strong azimuthal current density. The high-plasma inductance at the H mode weakens the system inductance according to the formula in Figure 12, as determined by the law of electromagnetic induction. In Figure 16, the sheath width significantly decreases with E–H mode transition due to the scaling law [6] and the sheath transferred capacitance, inversely proportional to mean sheath width, increases substantially. At the H–E mode transition of the hysteresis loop, the opposite cases happen.
Variations of plasma-transferred resistance (a) and inductance (b) of the inductive branch of equivalent circuit in the hysteresis loop at high pressure of 100 mTorr.
Variations of sheath width (a) and transferred sheath capacitance (b) in the hysteresis loop at high pressure of 100 mTorr.
The low-pressure radio frequency ICP source is characterized as non-equilibrium, weakly ionized and bounded plasma and finds wide applications in many fields. It holds many interesting physical phenomena and mechanisms. One is the mode transition and hysteresis that happen at two operating modes, that is, inductive and capacitive modes. In this chapter, the characteristics of plasma parameters and neutrals during mode transition are presented by a hybrid model. Moreover, the discontinuity feature of mode transition and hysteresis excited by adjusting the matching network are predicted by a fluid model that couples an external equivalent circuit module. Still, the role of metastables on triggering hysteresis is discussed and the interesting hysteresis loop formed by plasma-transferred impedance is analyzed. The present chapter indicates that the mutual interaction of plasma with circuit is the reason which excites the hysteresis.
Note that the mode transitions and hysteresis of ICP sources are very complicated. Besides the above representative features, it still exhibits research values in the topics of reactive gas mixtures, such as O2 [30], CF4/Ar [31], SO2 [32], ammonia [33] and so on and double hysteresis loop [29], inverse hysteresis [34], spatial characteristics [35], optical emission [36], electrical diagnostics [37], instability of electronegative plasma source [38] and so on. To the author, the exploration of precursors that triggers hysteresis, for instance, metastables and multistep ionizations [13, 21], electron energy distribution function [39], power coupling efficiency [40], sheath [24, 41], external circuit [26, 27] and nonlinear mechanisms [13] and so on, is the most attractive topic. The investigations greatly advance the improvements of analytical theory, numerical modeling, and experimental diagnostics of low-temperature plasma physics.
Gratitude is given due to the support by National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant No. 11305023), and the useful discussions with Hui-Jing Xu are especially acknowledged.
Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a rheumatic autoimmune disease in which exocrine glands (salivary and lacrimal glands) are involved that results in clinical symptoms of dry mouth and dry eye. For the first time, SS-like clinical condition was described by Mikulicz in 1892 [1]. However, the disease was fully described (clinically and histopathology) later by the Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren in 1930. He detected coincidence of rheumatism and hyposecretion of lacrimal and salivary glands and introduced the new term
SS affects the exocrine glands; lymphocytic infiltration leads to sicca syndrome of the eyes, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and/or vagina [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Systemic manifestations of SS are divided into visceral (lung, heart, kidney, endocrine, nervous system, gastrointestinal) and non-visceral (skin, myalgia, arthralgia). The risk of lymphoma is higher in patients with SS than in general population [1, 4, 6, 7, 8]. SS can be primary-pSS (without any other accompanying symptoms) or secondary-sSS (with other autoimmune diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polyarteritis nodosa, systemic sclerosis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), mixed connective tissue disease, occult thyroid eye disease) [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11].
\nDry eye disease (DED) problems are involved in diagnostic criteria of SS as an important part of diagnosis. Patients with DED seek medical help for many years prior to SS diagnosis—about 25% of DED patients have an underlying rheumatic condition, commonly pSS. Only one-third of patients with SS carried final diagnosis prior to ocular symptoms [1, 11, 12]. Some studies demonstrated coincidence of DED and SS in 46.7% cases [1, 11].
\nPrimary Sjögren’s syndrome is a multifactorial disorder including genetic predisposition, hormonal, and environmental factors [6, 13]. The pathogenesis of SS is incompletely understood. For years, it has been considered as T-cell dependent autoimmune response; now, the role of B cells is also described and is known as important. Tissue destruction is associated with the infiltration by both activated T and autoreactive B cells [1, 4, 6].
\nPlasmacytoid dendritic cells produce interferon (IFN)-I responsible for apoptosis/necrosis of glandular epithelial cells—it upregulates the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules (class I and II) and costimulatory molecules (CD80,CD86), promotes production of cytokines (interleukin IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IF-γ, tissue growth factor TGF-β, tumor necrosis factor TNF-α), and chemokines (CXCL-11, CXCL-12, CXCL-13, CXCL-21) responsible for leukocytes migration resulting activation of the inflammatory reaction [1, 4, 6, 14, 15].
\nGlandular epithelial cells’ necrosis/apoptosis reveals Sjögren-specific antibodies A (SSA, anti-RO) and B (SSB, anti-La)—though the role of these autoantigens is not completely clear, but the presence of them is one of the diagnostic criteria of pSS [1, 4]. Moreover, the presence of macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) and thymus-activation-regulated chemokine (TARC), abnormal distribution of aquaporin (AQP)-5 cell membrane transporter, and defect in AQP-5 trafficking increased B-cell-activating factor (BAFF) and the matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) level were described in relationship with tissue damage in pSS [1, 4, 15, 16, 17].
\nAutoantibodies against type-3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are the suggested reason of peripheral neuropathies (PN) associated with SS though it has not been proved yet [6, 18].
\nTo standardize the diagnosis in patients taking part in clinical studies, to analyze results, and to facilitate the comparison of patients between centers, the classification criteria should be established.
\nIn 1993, the Preliminary European Classification criteria for SS were published, and for almost 10 years have been the base for clinical, observational, and interventional studies [6, 19]. In 2002, the American-European Consensus Group (AECG) published a revised version of the SS classification criteria [6, 20, 21, 22]. All documents include ocular disturbances. AECG criteria for DED consist of symptoms and signs. Positive response to one question: (1) Have you had daily, persistent, troublesome dry eyes for >3 months? (2) Do you have a recurrent sensation of sand or gravel in the eyes? (3) Do you use tear substitutes >3 times a day? or positive one of tests: Schirmer without anesthesia ≤ 5 mm/5 min or vital dye staining of the ocular surface (≥4 van Bijsterveld or Ocular Staining Score OSS ≥ 5, [19, 20, 21, 22, 23]).
\nBecause of their restrictive nature, the American College of Rheumatology approved the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) approach in 2012. To diagnose SS with ACR/SICCA criteria at least 2 of 3 are necessary: (1) a positive serum anti-Ro/-SSA or/and anti-La/SSB or [positive rheumatoid factor RF and antinuclear antibody (ANA) ≥ 1:320], (2) focal lymphocytic sialadenitis defined as focus score ≥ 1 focus/4 mm2 in labial salivary gland biopsy samples, (3) OSS ≥ 3 [6, 21, 23].
\nMain differences between ACR/SICCA and AECG criteria are: (1) no subjective ocular and buccal symptoms and morphological or functional tests for salivary glands, (2) new OSS proposed by SICCA as the only test for ocular problems, (3) the association of RF positivity and ANA titer 1:320 as equivalent to anti-SSA/-SSB positivity [6, 21].
\nIn 2016, ACR and EULAR published new pSS criteria containing again the Schirmer test and OSS in the dry eye assessment, as well as the test of unstimulated saliva production as a measuring tool for dryness in the mouth. The assessment of minor salivary gland biopsies and confirmation of the presence of the SS-A/Ro antibody were of particular importance. The remaining autoantibodies were not considered to be peculiar enough to diagnose pSS [21].
\nThe main ocular manifestation of SS is DED. It is mainly a result of impaired lacrimal gland function due to inflammatory tissue damage. Hyposecretion of tears leads to aqueous-deficient DED. Moreover, exocrine glands of conjunctiva are also affected in SS and in connection with goblet cells reduction reveal evaporative DED [1, 6, 9, 22]. Ocular surface inflammation with conjunctival hyperemia and corneal epithelial damage leads to functional vision impairment [1, 2, 6, 22, 24]. Squamous metaplasia of the ocular surface epithelium, follicular conjunctivitis, corneal epitheliopathy, filamentary keratitis, sterile infiltrates, scleritis, poor epithelial integrity, recurrent erosions, dysesthesia, corneal ulceration, vascularization, opacification, and sometimes perforation were also described in SS patients [1, 2, 6, 22, 25].
\nDry eye disease among other diseases is the symptom causing the greatest morbidity and impairment of quality of life. Therefore, the patient is actively seeking a medical help. DED is typically diagnosed by evaluation of both eye symptoms and results of eye examination that symptoms not always match signs. Some patients have no symptoms though they have changes of ocular surface and others have significant eye discomfort, but there are very little signs in eye examination [1, 2, 22, 26, 27, 28].
\nThree characteristics features define DED: symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability with potential damage of ocular surface [9, 22, 28]. The discomfort is described as itching, stinging, burning, “foreign body sensation,” or, occasionally pain. Visual disturbance means fluctuation of vision, especially during reading or working at a computer. In those cases, blinking recovers the vision [22, 28].
\nThere are several questionnaires for the assessment of DED symptoms: Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), the McMonnies questionnaire, the Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life survey (IDEEL), the Symptom Assessment in Dry Eye survey (SANDE), and the Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness questionnaire (SPEED). They are used as screening tests for DED, to diagnose DED, to monitor changes over time, and to control effect of the therapy in both clinical practice and research [6, 22, 23, 28]. Schaumberg et al. proposed a short questionnaire for clinical DED screening. It consists of only three questions: (1) Have you ever been diagnosed by a clinician as having dry eye syndrome? (2) How often do your eyes feel dry/not wet enough? and (3) How often do your eyes feel irritated? [28, 29, 30]. It has turned out that 2 specific symptoms quarried (dryness and irritation) are equivalent to asking up to 16 symptom questions [28, 31].
\nEvaluation of DED considers on: tear function, tear composition, and ocular surface changes.
\nThe biomicroscopic examination evaluates luster and integrity of the tear film, the marginal tear strip, debris, and inflammatory cells in the tear film. The marginal tear strip is normally 1 mm in height and in DED is reduced. In clinical practice, a tear meniscus below 0.2 mm is regarded as pathological [2, 6, 9, 22, 25, 28, 32]. It is observed with the wide beam of the light and measured with narrow beam or optical instruments (description of those instruments and the interpretation of their measurements are available on the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society website; www.tearfilm.org) [9, 28]. Corneal filaments are responsible for uncomfortable or painful sensation of patients [28] Figure 1—(1).
\nCommon diagnostic tests for dry eye disease: (1) tear film meniscus; (2) Schirmer test; (3) fluorescein break-up time; (4) fluorescein staining; and (5) lissamine green staining.
Tear film instability is produced by either aqueous-deficient or evaporative or a combination of both mechanisms of DED. It can be also effect of ocular surface irregularities. To determine tear film stability tear film break-up time (TBUT) is used. The fluorescein dye is placed into the tear film and slit lamp with cobalt blue filtered light examination is performed: breakup is determined by a dark spot forming in the tear film. Normal BUT is greater than 10 s [2, 6, 9, 22, 28]. Devices using computer-analyzed reflections from the cornea has also been used for noninvasive tear stability analysis (noninvasive tear film break-up time NITBUT) [9, 28, 32, 33, 34] Figure 1—(3).
\nThe Schirmer test is described as “test to measure change in tear volume (production)” [9, 22]. A small strip of filter paper (5 × 35 mm) is placed on the margin of lower eyelid at the junction of the lateral and middle third of the lid. After 5 min, wetting of the strip is measured. If the test is performed without anesthesia-reflex tearing (e.g., tearing in response to a stimulus), the cutoff value is 5 mm; if the test is done after topical anesthesia-nonreflex (basal tears), the cutoff value is 3 mm [2, 6, 9, 22, 25, 28]. Although inter- and intraindividual differences were described, the range and absolute values are reduced in aqueous-deficient dry eye [7, 32]. Some clinicians use the phenol red thread test to measure tear volume; a small thread impregnated with phenol red dye is placed on the lower lid margin for 15 s. The normal value of the threat wetting is over 10 mm [9, 28, 32], Figure 1—(2).
\nThe tear film composition analysis includes measurements of tear osmolarity (TO) and levels of inflammatory mediators. Elevated osmolarity of the tear film is a characteristic for DED though there is no suggested cutoff value for SS-related DED and further investigations should be conducted to establish it [9, 28, 32, 35, 36]. There is positive correlation between TO and OSDI score and OSS and negative correlation between osmolarity and Schirmer I test [28, 37]. Some studies found that a higher TO was associated with lower OSDI score in SS patients that was connected with the less corneal sensitivity [35, 38, 39]. TO measurements of both eyes are recommended: in early stages of DED, transient lower TO was noted; the effect was asymmetrical and this effect was not seen in subject without DED [28].
\nMeasurements of inflammatory mediators in the tear film help to identify the inflammatory reaction and the severity of DED [22, 28, 38]. The levels of various cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1α, IL-1ß, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12P70, IL-13, MIP-1α, IFN-γ) and MMP-9 in tears of DED patients are significantly higher than those in normal people [22, 28, 40, 41]. Statistical differences among subclasses of DED for IL-8 and TNF-α were observed and it could be significant for diagnosing and treatment of DED [40]. The activity of cathepsin S (CTSS) in tears and the level of HLA-Dr in impression cytology were higher in patients with SS than in patients with non-SS DED and healthy subjects [22].
\nOcular surface evaluation is commonly clinically performed with the instillation of topical dyes. Fluorescein and lissamine green (or rose bengal) are vital dyes used to determine the integrity of the cornea and conjunctiva. Fluorescein is used for corneal examination (it stains punctate erosions), lissamine green (or rose Bengal) for conjunctival staining (both dyes stain mucus strands, filaments, and areas of epithelium unprotected by normal glycocalyx) [2, 6, 9, 22, 28]. Staining indicates corneal surface disease: greater staining means greater severity of DED. Conjunctival staining usually occurs before corneal staining, medial before temporal conjunctival staining [9, 28]. To evaluate and grade staining there are several systems such as 1995 NEI/industry Workshop System, the Oxford System, the van Bijsterveld system, the Ocular Staining Score (OSS) developed by SICCA [9, 22, 25, 28, 32] Figure 1—(4,5).
\nMeibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is defined as: “a chronic, diffuse abnormality of the Meibomian glands, commonly characterized by terminal duct obstruction and/or qualitative/quantitative changes in the glandular secretion; this may result in alteration of the tear film, symptoms of eye irritation, clinically apparent inflammation, and ocular surface disease” [22, 41, 42]. MGD is the common cause of evaporative DED. Studies of SS patients found that MGD is common problem of them; they have higher Meibomian gland dropout scores compared with healthy group and worse Meibomian gland expressibility compared to non-SS DED patients [22, 24, 43]. The lipid layer is an important factor for ocular surface health and tear film stability [22, 44]. The thickness of this layer (lipid layer thickness LLT) is changed in DED and MGD; healthy subjects have LLT thinner than DED [22, 24, 45, 46, 47].
\nImaging of the ocular surface is a valuable tool to document and determine changes, as well as differentiate aqueous-deficient and evaporative DED. New devices perform minimally invasive objective measurements (no drops, no touching of the eye) of NITBUT, TMH, images of the Meibomian glands (meibography), bulbar redness, and LLT [9, 22, 47, 48, 49, 50].
\nAn in vivo confocal study demonstrated morphologic changes in corneas of SS patients: a decrease in central corneal thickness was hypothesized to be due to inflammatory process, a reduced number of subbasal plexus fibers may explain the phenomenon of decreased corneal sensitivity [51, 52].
\nDry eye from SS is more severe than idiopathic one, so effective in idiopathic DED treatment may or may not work in SS. After diagnosing SS, the aim of the treatment is to maintain the tear film integrity through preservation, augmentation, and/or replacement of the deficient tear secretion [28, 51, 52]. There are many different therapies for DED, but there is no one treatment that works for everybody [22, 28, 32, 53, 54]. Though management approach of DED has changed over the years, some principles persist [28, 32, 54]. The treatment strategy is based upon the severity of DED and patients response to each added therapy. It includes patients’ education, tears supplementation, management of MGD, inflammation of the ocular surface, and/or associated systemic disease [28, 32, 54].
\nGood cooperation of the DED patient requires understanding by them the disease (chronic), the aggravating factors (e.g., cigarette smoke, dry heating air, air conditioning, low humidity, pollutions, systemic medications that reduce tear secretion), and the management strategy (long-term and possibly slow to take effect). Some modifications of environment and activities of daily living can improve patients’ quality of life [28, 32, 54, 55].
\nArtificial tears are a standard of therapy for all severity grades of DED. The aim of this therapy in SS is to add tear film volume, to increase time of tear supplement on ocular surface and to reduce friction between lid and globe [28].
\nThese preparations are not similar to natural tears: the main ingredients of them are lubricants or viscosity agents. Tear supplements varied in formulas: some of them include electrolytes, which are in normal tears to prevent ocular surface damage, some of them are hypotonic or distribute between the tear film and intracellular fluid to protect against the pro-inflammatory effect of tears hyperosmolarity. They are based on polyvinyl alcohol, povidone, hydroxypropyl guar, cellulose derivatives, and hyaluronic acid. To mimic lipid component of tears triglycerides, phospholipids, and castor oil are used. Depending on viscosity of the lubricant (macromolecular complexes that increase the residence time of the supplement in the tear film) and thickness of supplement they may cause blurred vision; gels are more viscous than solutions, ophthalmic ointments are the thickest of lubrications. Typically, ointments are used before bedtime to provide DED symptoms, enabling sleep [28, 32, 54, 56, 57].
\nPreservatives (benzalkonium chloride or EDTA) in the tear supplements are potentially toxic to the ocular surface (epitheliotoxic). The toxicity of them increases in patients with DED because of frequent use of drops and decreased tears volume. The usage of artificial tears more than 4–6 times a day requires preservative-free unit dose vials [28, 54, 58].
\nThere is wide variety of tear supplements but none is clearly superior. “The main variables in the formulation of ocular lubricants regard the concentration of and choice of electrolytes, the osmolarity and the type of viscosity/polymeric system, the presence or absence of preservative, and, if present, the type of preservative” [28, 54].
\nLong-acting ocular surface lubrication is also achievable through the hydroxypropyl cellulose insert usage. The insert is placed in the inferior conjunctival fornix and dissolves at body temperature. Thickening the tear film it decreases the need for frequent topical lubrication, used at bedtime it substitutes the ointment [28, 54, 59].
\nSince inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of DED, many anti-inflammatory therapies have been evaluated in clinical trials and animal models. Better control of inflammatory reaction means DED symptoms and signs improvement.
\nThere are some studies on short-term topical use of steroids in patients with SS and DED [9, 22, 28, 54, 60]. A 2- to 4-week course of treatment in patients with moderate to severe DED showed an improvement in both symptoms and signs: decreased symptom score, conjunctival hyperemia and corneal fluorescein staining, better TFBUT and Schirmer test measurements, higher numbers of goblet cells on impression cytology and lower numbers of inflammatory cells [28, 52, 60, 61, 62, 63]. Topical steroids as a pulse therapy was noted as safe and effective one [60]. There are possible complications associated with long-term steroids usage: cataract, glaucoma, and infections. Elevated intraocular pressure and posterior subcapsular cataracts were described in patients using steroids over 3 months [28, 64].
\nCyclosporine A (CsA) is one of the powerful anti-T-cell immunosuppressive agents, but with no bone marrow suppression. The mechanism of action includes both inhibition of T-lymphocyte activation and other inhibitory properties, as the ability to inhibit apoptosis of other cells [28, 54, 65, 66]. Topical CsA reduce the cell-mediated inflammatory reactions [66] that results in improvement in symptoms (blurred vision, ocular dryness, foreign body sensation, and epiphora), reduction of fluorescein staining, better tear production (Schirmer test), reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokine and HLA-DR expression, increase of goblet cell density [2, 22, 28, 32, 67, 68]. Better tears production is probably connected with local release of parasympathetic neurotransmitters [32, 69]. CsA instilled to the conjunctival sac seems to be the first therapeutic (not only symptomatic as others) treatment for patients with moderate to severe DED due to aqueous deficiency [66, 70].
\nThe use of topical CsA for evaporative DED due to MGD is recommended by the International Tear Film and Ocular Surface Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction [28, 54, 71]. Traditional treatment of posterior blepharitis and MGD include lid hygiene, massages, hot compresses, low-dose tetracyclines, and topical antibiotics [28, 32, 71]. In some studies, the CsA-treated patients had a greater decrease in the number of obstructed Meibomian gland, improvement in the viscosity of Meibomian gland secretion, TFBUT, staining scores, and Schirmer scores than those treated in traditional way [28, 72, 73].
\nLong-term study confirmed safety of topical cyclosporine in 3-year follow-up [28, 74].
\nLifitegrast is a direct competitive antagonist of binding of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) to intracellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). Interaction between LFA-1 and ICAM-1 leads to T-lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial cells, migration to tissue, antigen presentation and recognition facilitating the formation of an immunological synapse. It releases inflammatory mediators, cytokines, chemokines, TNF-α, and IL-1 which are responsible for perpetuation and intensification DED inflammation [2, 22, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79]. The clinical efficacy of lifitegrast in patients with DED has been reported: improvement in symptom scores and ocular staining score in patients using it for 12 weeks. No serious ocular adverse events occurred [22, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79]. However, there are no studies comparing lifitegrast and other anti-inflammatory agents, evaluating whether lifitegrast in combination therapy could work better in DED—those problems need further studies [79].
\nSerum is the fluid component of full blood that remains after clotting [54]. Human serum is similar to natural tears and contains many important components as: (1) epithelial growth factor EGF (acceleration of epithelial cell migration and anti-apoptotic effects); (2) transforming growth factor-ß/TGF-ß (involved in the epithelial and stromal repair process); (3) vitamin A (prevent epithelial squamous metaplasia and modulate the expression of thrombospondin-1); (4) thrombospondin-2, vascular endothelial growth factor A/VEGF-A, metallopeptidase-9 which with TGF-ß promote wound healing; (5) albumin (anti-apoptotic activity); (6) α-2 macroglobulin (exhibits anti-collagenase activity); (7) fibronectin (involved in cell migration); (8) substance P and insulin-like growth factor (potential role in corneal epithelial migration and adhesion); and (9) immunoglobulins and lysozyme (bactericidal and bacteriostatic effect). Significant improvement in symptoms, fluorescein TFBUT, and ocular surface staining score were reported after autologous serum drops treatment [28, 54, 80, 81, 82]. However, some studies reported no significant advantage in tear film stability, Schirmer test, or fluorescein staining in the use of AS over AF [83, 84, 85]. It is free of preservatives and has osmolarity and biomechanical properties similar to natural tears [54, 80, 84].
\nPlasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) have been reported as successful treatment in DED patients [54, 84, 85]. Both of them (PRGF and PRP) are liberated from the platelets during preparation. Those components help in the proliferation, migration, and differentiation of corneal epithelial cells [84, 85, 86, 87]. Both PRGF and PRP are preservative-free, well tolerated with almost no side effects [84, 85, 86, 87]. Further investigations to compare them with other hemoderivatives and with commercial artificial tear eye drops are necessary.
\n“A secretagogue is a substance that causes another substance to be secreted” [28, 54]. Oral pilocarpine and cevimeline are indicated for treatment of dryness in SS. As muscarinic agonists, they stimulate secretion of saliva, aqueous tear from lacrimal glands, conjunctival epithelium, and mucin from goblet cells [52]. Some studies have shown their effectiveness in DED treatment in SS patients. The oral 10–30 mg/day of pilocarpine improves DED symptoms in comparison to placebo or artificial tears as well as a punctal occlusion. While there was no improvement in Schirmer test result, the patients with oral pilocarpine showed better score of ocular staining. Moreover, in SS patients with oral pilocarpine treatment increased the number of conjunctival goblet cells [28, 54, 88, 89]. The oral cevimeline dosage of 20–30 mg every 8 h improved ocular staining scores and TFBUT but no significant differences in lacrimal flow rates were found [28, 54, 90].
\nTopical secretagogues are approved in treatment of dryness in Japan. Drugs as: 2% rebamipide which increases mucin level over the conjunctiva and cornea (improves TFBUT), 3% diquafosol tetrasodium which increases mucin and fluid secretion (improves ocular staining) are introduced for DED topical treatment in clinical practice [22, 54, 91].
\nThe idea of punctal/canalicular occlusion is to block tear drainage from the ocular surface and use patients’ own tears to maintain the lubrication of the eye. It also helps maintain instilled artificial tears longer [28, 54, 91]. The concept of permanent cautery lacrimal puncta occlusion for DED treatment was described in 1936, first dissolvable implants were used in 1961, but the modern idea of punctal plug use began with Freeman report in 1975 [54, 91, 92, 93]. Plugs are made of variety of materials and design, they can be absorbable (last 3 days to 6 months) or non-absorbable. The ideal occluder should be easy to place, block the drainage effectively, be biocompatible, long lasting, easy reversible, and have low potential for infection [28, 54, 91]. Punctal/canalicular plugs are common second-line treatment in aqua-deficiency DED. A comparison of plugs versus artificial tears in patients with SS and DED demonstrated that both treatments improved symptom scores, corneal staining and TFBUT, but Schirmer test and TFBUT were statistically more improved in plugs’ group [28, 94].
\nTherapeutic contact lenses (TCL) are used to promote corneal healing, protect the ocular surface from the lids and environment, reduce desiccation, and relieve discomfort [22, 28, 54]. Silicone-hydrogel materials have higher oxygen transmission than hydrogels. Some of soft silicone-hydrogel contact lenses are approved for therapeutic wear and could be useful in primary and secondary Sjögren syndrome for relief from discomfort and blurred vision. There is no literature on the use TCL in the treatment of DED in SS, but reports on such a treatment in other entities or ocular surface problems are encouraging [28, 52, 54, 95].
\nBandage contact lenses (BCL) are large-diameter, rigid, gas-permeable lenses with scleral fixation. Retention of a fluid reservoir over the cornea and no corneal touch are the reason of the therapeutic effect of BCL. The use of BCL specifically in SS patients is not described, but some patients with SS were included in the groups in which benefit were demonstrated [28, 52, 54, 96].
\nSevere symptoms of eye surface irritation in patients with mucus filaments/strands are the reason to use topical mucolytic solution. Topical N-acetylcysteine (10–20% aqueous solution) therapy for 2–4 weeks usually resolves the problem [28, 97].
\nEssential fatty acids (EFA) are polyunsaturated fats that are not synthesized by humans. Dietary supplementation (e.g., fish oil or flax seed oil or nutritional supplements) with omega-3 EFA as anti-inflammatory therapy is considered. Improvement in DED symptoms and signs with both oral and topical omega-3 EFA was described although there is nothing specific regarding the use for SS [22, 28, 97–8]. Gamma-linolenic acid is an omega-6 EFA with anti-inflammatory effect in chronic inflammatory diseases. An inverse association between it and levels of anti-SSA/anti-Ro antibodies were described. Improvement of symptoms and corneal staining after oral supplementation with omega-6 EFA were found [52, 99, 100].
\nMGD treatment include eyelid hygiene, hot compresses, eyelid massages, thermal pulsation treatment, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial therapy (e.g., oral tetracyclines and EFA omega-3, topical azithromycin and EFA omega-3 [22, 28, 54, 71, 97, 98, 101]). In patients with MGD, melting point of meibomian lipids rises, which is why hot compresses, warming masks and goggles, infrared heaters, and eyelid massage led to clinical improvement with tear film stability and lipid thickness of the tear film (reduced blockage of meibomian gland excretory ducts and improvement of the meibomian secretion) [32, 54, 71, 101, 102, 103]. Tetracyclines are bacteriostatic antibiotics with anti-inflammatory effect (reduction of the synthesis and activity of matrix metalloproteinases, production of IL-1 and TNF-α, activity of collagenases and B-cell activation). A low-dose treatment for 6–12 weeks improves tear film stability, tear production, and symptoms (higher dosages are connected with higher rate of adverse events) [32, 102, 103, 104, 105]. Macrolides (azithromycin) have both bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory effect. They improve meibomian gland function and symptoms, reduce bacterial colonization of eyelid and normalize meibomian gland secretion [32, 106, 107].
\nTo reduce degree of ocular surface exposure for environmental factors and for evaporation a partial closure/closure of the eyelid may be indicated: for short periods, botulinum injections have been used; in other cases, surgical procedures may be considered [28, 108].
\nThe treatment with systemic immunosuppression in patients with DED and SS requires clinical trials to assess it [2, 22, 52]. Antimalarials (hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine), in some studies, were found to have benefits for SS DED, but in others, there was no change (test Schirmer 1, FTBUT) between baseline and the end point; OSDI improved, but there was no statistical difference between treating group and placebo [2, 109, 110, 111]. Methotrexate (MTX) has well-documented efficacy in uveitis and scleritis, but there is no data that confirm it works in SS DED: one case report on improvement with MTX therapy [2, 112]. In one open-label study, improvement in symptoms but no changes in signs of DED in patients with pSS treated with mycophenolate mofetil were reported [2, 113]. Rituximab (anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody) in some studies improved symptoms of DED, in others there was no statistical significance on the final results of ocular dryness and Schirmer 1 testing [2, 52, 114]. There was no improvement in both symptoms and signs after etanercept therapy [52, 115], abatacept (CTLA4-Ig) in some studies improved results of Schirmer 1 test, in others there were changes in FTBUT [2, 116].
\nThere are some studies on the use of hormonal therapy in patients with DED. Association of low androgen levels with lacrimal gland inflammation and lacrimal insufficiency were found, consequently androgen supplementation could be a potential therapy in DED [97, 117]. Studies on systemic estrogen and estrogen-androgen therapy revealed that estrogen-only therapy may intensify ocular irritation (no benefits in symptoms and signs); however, topical estrogen therapy seems to be beneficial for DED because of the influence on ocular epithelial cells. Combined estrogen-androgen therapy improves symptoms of DED [97, 118, 119, 120]. Although dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may replenish suppressed hormonal levels in pSS and improve sicca symptoms, first data on DED symptoms and signs after DHEA therapy have not revealed improvement [95, 121, 122].
\nIn literature, we can find some more possibilities of DED treatment in SS patients, but they are published as case reports or clinical studies. Neurostimulation of nasolacrimal pathway stimulates lacrimal gland secretion that improves scores of Schirmer I test and results of ocular staining. A new device for intranasal neurostimulation provides small electrical pulses to stimulate production of patients’ tears [22, 123]. Local radiotherapy to the lacrimal gland was reported as a successful treatment in a patient with SS and lacrimal gland involvement [51, 124]. There are experimental studies on topical administration of lacritin (tear glycoprotein with prosecretory, prosurvival, and mitogenic properties) and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist—anakinra (targeting IL-1/IL-1R1 signaling pathway) in aqua-deficiency DED and both of them are promising for future [125, 126]. Therapy with oral lactoferrin (tear protein modulating oxidative stress and regulating microbes) improved corneal sensitivity compared to placebo [52, 127], as well as herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine revealed beneficial effect for symptoms and Schirmer 1 test score compared to placebo [52, 127, 128], but both methods are limited in routine clinic because of the lack of explanation of molecular mechanisms or target limits [52].
\nDry eye disease is an inseparable part of the both types of Sjögren’s syndrome. There is no specific test to diagnose it—for everyday practice, several tests are used to diagnose and to interpret the severity of the problem. Moreover, though it is more severe than in other diseases, there is no specific test for DED in SS.
\nThe treatment of DED in SS is also the same as in other patients. Patients are treated with both topical and systemic therapies. There are some trials to use immunosuppressive agents for DED in SS to provide relief to eye dryness symptoms, but there are not enough verified studies on it.
\nBoth in diagnostic and therapeutic problems of DED, there are still challenges for the future and need further multicenter, double-blind, randomized studies.
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\\n\\nOther than the issue of originality, research misconduct is another major issue that all publishers have to address. IntechOpen’s Retraction & Correction Policy and various publication ethics guidelines identify both redundant publication and (self)plagiarism to fall within the definition of research misconduct, thus constituting grounds for rejection or the issue of a Retraction if the work has already been published.
\\n\\nIn order to facilitate the tracking of a manuscript’s publishing history and its development from its earliest draft to the manuscript submitted, we encourage Authors to disclose any instances of a manuscript’s prior publication, whether it be through a conference presentation, a newspaper article, a working paper publicly available in a repository or a blog post.
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\\n\\nWe feel that social media, blogs and message boards are generally used with the same intention as grey literature, to formulate ideas for a manuscript and gather early feedback from like-minded researchers in order to improve a particular piece of work before submitting it for publication. Therefore, we do not consider such internet postings to be publication in the scholarly sense.
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\\n\\nIn cases where there is any overlap between the Author´s submitted manuscript and related internet postings, we will generally not consider it to be an instance of self-plagiarism. This also holds true for any co-Author as well.
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\n\nThe significance of Peer Review cannot be overstated when it comes to defining, in our terms, what constitutes a published scientific work. Peer Review is widely considered to be the cornerstone of modern publishing processes and the key value-adding contribution to a scholarly manuscript that a publisher can make.
\n\nOther than the issue of originality, research misconduct is another major issue that all publishers have to address. IntechOpen’s Retraction & Correction Policy and various publication ethics guidelines identify both redundant publication and (self)plagiarism to fall within the definition of research misconduct, thus constituting grounds for rejection or the issue of a Retraction if the work has already been published.
\n\nIn order to facilitate the tracking of a manuscript’s publishing history and its development from its earliest draft to the manuscript submitted, we encourage Authors to disclose any instances of a manuscript’s prior publication, whether it be through a conference presentation, a newspaper article, a working paper publicly available in a repository or a blog post.
\n\nA note to the Academic Editor containing detailed information about a submitted manuscript’s previous public availability is the preferred means of reporting prior publication. This helps us determine if there are any earlier versions of a manuscript that should be disclosed to our readers or if any of those earlier versions should be cited and listed in a manuscript’s references.
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\n\nGiven that conference papers and presentations generally pass through some sort of peer or editorial review, we consider them to be published in the accepted scholarly sense, particularly if they are published as a part of conference proceedings.
\n\nAll submitted manuscripts originating from a previously published conference paper must contain at least 50% of new original content to be accepted for review and considered for publication.
\n\nAuthors are required to report any links their manuscript might have with their earlier conference papers and presentations in a note to the Academic Editor, as well as in the manuscript itself. Additionally, Authors should obtain any necessary permissions from the publisher of their conference paper if copyright transfer occurred during the publishing process. Failure to do so may prevent Us from publishing an otherwise worthy work.
\n\n2. NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES
\n\nNewspaper and magazine articles usually do not pass through any extensive peer or editorial review and we do not consider them to be published in the scholarly sense. Articles appearing in newspapers and magazines rarely possess the depth and structure characteristic of scholarly articles.
\n\nSubmitted manuscripts stemming from a previous newspaper or magazine article will be accepted for review and considered for publication. However, Authors are strongly advised to report any such publication in an accompanying note to the External Editor.
\n\nAs with the conference papers and presentations, Authors should obtain any necessary permissions from the newspaper or magazine that published the work, and indicate that they have done so in a note to the External Editor.
\n\n3. GREY LITERATURE
\n\nWhite papers, working papers, technical reports and all other forms of papers which fall within the scope of the ‘Luxembourg definition’ of grey literature do not pass through any extensive peer or editorial review and we do not consider them to be published in the scholarly sense.
\n\nAlthough such papers are regularly made publicly available via personal websites and institutional repositories, their general purpose is to gather comments and feedback from Authors’ colleagues in order to further improve a manuscript intended for future publication.
\n\nWhen submitting their work, Authors are required to disclose the existence of any publicly available earlier drafts in a note to the Academic Editor. In cases where earlier drafts of the submitted version of the manuscript are publicly available, any overlap between the versions will generally not be considered an instance of self-plagiarism.
\n\n4. SOCIAL MEDIA, BLOG & MESSAGE BOARD POSTINGS
\n\nWe feel that social media, blogs and message boards are generally used with the same intention as grey literature, to formulate ideas for a manuscript and gather early feedback from like-minded researchers in order to improve a particular piece of work before submitting it for publication. Therefore, we do not consider such internet postings to be publication in the scholarly sense.
\n\nNevertheless, Authors are encouraged to disclose the existence of any internet postings in which they outline and describe their research or posted passages of their manuscripts in a note to the Academic Editor. Please note that we will not strictly enforce this request in the same way that we would instructions we consider to be part of our conditions of acceptance for publication. We understand that it may be difficult to keep track of all one’s internet postings in which the researcher´s current work might be mentioned.
\n\nIn cases where there is any overlap between the Author´s submitted manuscript and related internet postings, we will generally not consider it to be an instance of self-plagiarism. This also holds true for any co-Author as well.
\n\nFor more information on this policy please contact permissions@intechopen.com.
\n\nPolicy last updated: 2017-03-20
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