bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Retinal vascular changes and right ventricular structure and function: the MESA‐Right Ventricle and MESA‐Eye studies
Authors: Chyou Anthony C. , Klein Barbara E.K. , Klein Ronald , Barr R. Graham , Cotch Mary Frances , Praestgaard Amy , Wong Tien Y. , Lima Joao , Bluemke David A. , Kawut Steven
Published: December 2018

Retinal vessel diameters have been associated with left ventricular morphology and function but their relationship with the right ventricle (RV) has not been studied. We hypothesized that wider retinal venules and narrower retinal arterioles are associated with RV morphology and function. RV end‐diastolic mass (RVEDM), end‐diastolic volume (RVEDV), end‐systolic volume (RVESV), stroke volume (RVSV), and ejection fraction (RVEF) were assessed using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 4204 participants without clinical cardiovascular disease at the baseline examination; retinal photography was obtained at the second examination. Mean diameters of retinal arterioles and venules were measured and summarized as central retinal vein and artery equivalents (“veins” and “arteries,” respectively). After adjusting for covariates, wider veins were associated with greater RVEDM and RVEDV in women (P = 0.04 and P = 0.02, respectively), whereas there was an inverse association with RVEDV in men (P = 0.02). In both sexes, narrower arteries were associated with lower RVEDM (P < 0.001 in women and P = 0.002 in men) and smaller RVEDV (P < 0.001 in women and P = 0.04 in men) in adjusted models. Narrower arteries were also associated with lower RVEF in men but this was of borderline significance after adjusting for the LVEF (P = 0.08). Wider retinal venular diameter was associated with sex‐specific changes in RVEDM and RVEDV in adults without clinical cardiovascular disease. Narrower retinal arteriolar diameter was associated with significantly lower RVEDM and smaller RVEDV in both sexes.
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Among Latinos in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study
Authors: Jiménez Monik C , Tucker Katherine L , Rodriguez Fátima , Porneala Bianca C , Meigs James B , López Lenny
Published: December 2018

Low blood dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels have strong positive associations with stroke and coronary heart disease. However, it is unclear whether DHEAS is independently associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Therefore, we examined the association between cardiovascular risk factors and DHEAS concentration among a high-risk population of Latinos (Puerto Ricans aged 45 to 75 years at baseline) in a cross-sectional analysis of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Of eligible participants, 72% completed baseline interviews and provided blood samples. Complete data were available for 1355 participants. Associations between cardiovascular risk factors (age, sex, total cholesterol, high-density lipid cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose) and log-transformed DHEAS (μg/dL) were assessed. In robust multivariable regression analyses, DHEAS was significantly inversely associated with age (β = −12.4; 95% CI: −15.2, −9.7; per 5 years), being female (vs. male) (β = −46; 95% CI: −55.3, −36.6), and plasma triglyceride concentration (β = −0.2; 95% CI: −0.3, −0.1; per 10 mg/dL) and was positively associated with total cholesterol and plasma glucose levels (β = 1.8; 95% CI: 0.6, 3 and β = 0.2; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.3, respectively, per 10 mg/dL) after adjustment for smoking, alcohol, and physical activity and for postmenopausal hormone use in women. Estimates were unchanged after adjustment for measures of chronic disease and inflammation. Women exhibited a stronger age-related decline in DHEAS and a positive association with glucose in contrast to findings among men (Pinteraction < 0.05). In conclusion, in this large study of Latinos with a heavy cardiovascular risk factor burden, we observed significant associations between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and DHEAS, with variations by sex. These findings improve our understanding of the role DHEAS may play in CVD etiology.
Relationship Between Fasting Plasma Glucagon Level and Renal Function—A Cross-Sectional Study in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Liu Jian-Jun , Liu Sylvia , Gurung Resham L , Chan Clara , Ang Keven , Tang Wern Ee , Tavintharan Subramaniam , Sum Chee Fang , Lim Su Chi
Published: December 2018

Background and Aim

The kidney is the main site for glucagon clearance. However, a recent study showed that hyperglucagonemia in patients with end-stage renal disease might not be caused by full-length intact glucagon. Additionally, the relationship between glucagon and renal function in early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) has not yet been characterized. We studied the association of fasting glucagon with renal function across a wide range of glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) in participants with type 2 diabetes.

Participants and Methods

326 participants with type 2 diabetes and renal function spanning CKD stage 1 to 5 were included in the present cross-sectional study. Fasting full-length plasma glucagon was quantified using a newly developed ELISA (Mercodia AB, Uppsala, Sweden).

Results

The fasting plasma glucagon level was elevated linearly from CKD stage 1 to 5 [from a median of 2.5 pM (interquartile range, 1.4 to 4.7) in CKD 1 to a median of 8.3 pM (interquartile range, 5.9 to 12.8) in CKD 5; P for trend < 0.0001], from as early as CKD stage 2 compared with that in stage 1 (Bonferroni-corrected P < 0.0001). The estimated GFR and homeostatic model of assessment–insulin resistance were the main determinants of the fasting glucagon level. These explained 14.3% and 10.3% of the glucagon variance, respectively. Albuminuria was not associated with fasting glucagon after adjustment for estimated GFR.

Conclusions

Fasting full-length glucagon was elevated linearly with the deterioration in renal function in individuals with type 2 diabetes, even in those with early CKD. In addition to renal function, insulin sensitivity was also a main determinant of glucagon variance.
A cargo model of yolk syncytial nuclear migration during zebrafish epiboly
Authors: Fei Zhonghui , Bae Koeun , Parent Serge E. , Wan Haoyu , Goodwin Katharine , Theisen Ulrike , Tanentzapf Guy , Bruce Ashley E.E.
Published: December 2018

In teleost fish, the multinucleate yolk syncytial layer functions as an extraembryonic signaling center to pattern mesendoderm, coordinate morphogenesis and supply nutrients to the embryo. External yolk syncytial nuclei (e-YSN) undergo microtubule dependent movements that distribute the nuclei over the large yolk mass. How e-YSN migration proceeds, and the role of the yolk microtubules is not understood but it is proposed that e-YSN are pulled vegetally as the microtubule network shortens from the vegetal pole. Live imaging revealed that nuclei migrate along microtubules, consistent with a cargo model in which e-YSN are moved down the microtubules by direct association with motor proteins. We found that blocking the plus-end directed microtubule motor kinesin significantly attenuated yolk nuclear movement. Blocking the outer nuclear membrane LINC complex protein Syne2a, also slowed e-YSN movement. We propose that e-YSN movement is mediated by the LINC complex functioning as the adaptor between yolk nuclei and motor proteins. Our work provides new insights into the role of microtubules in morphogenesis of an extraembryonic tissue and further contributes to the understanding of nuclear migration mechanisms during development.
Detailed movement and laterality of fin-biting behaviour with special mouth morphology inGenyochromis mentoin Lake Malawi
Authors: Takeuchi Yuichi , Hata Hiroki , Maruyama Atsushi , Yamada Takuto , Nishikawa Takuma , Fukui Makiko , Zatha Richard , Rusuwa Bosco , Oda Yoichi
Published: December 2018

Several vertebrates, including fish, exhibit behavioural laterality and associated morphological asymmetry. Laterality may increase individual fitness, and foraging strength, accuracy, and speed. However, little is known about which behaviours are affected by laterality or what fish species exhibit obvious laterality. Previous research on the predatory behaviour of the scale-eating Lake Tanganyika cichlid Perissodus microlepis indicates behavioural laterality that reflects asymmetric jaw morphology. The Lake Malawi cichlid Genyochromis mento feeds on the fins of other fish, a behaviour that G. mento developed independently from the Tanganyikan Perissodini scale-eaters. We investigated stomach contents and behavioural laterality of predation in aquarium to clarify the functional roles and evolution of laterality in cichlids. We also compared the behavioural laterality and mouth asymmetry of G. mento and P. microlepis. The diet of G. mento mostly includes fin fragments, but also scales of several fish species. Most individual G. mento specimens showed significant attack bias favouring the skew mouth direction. However, there was no difference in success rate between attacks from the preferred side and those from the non-preferred side, and no lateralized kinetic elements in predation behaviour. G. mento showed weaker laterality than P. microlepis, partly because of their different feeding habits, the phylogenetic constraints from their shorter evolutionary history, and their origin from ancestor Haplochromini omnivorous/herbivorous species. Taken together, this study provides new insights into the functional roles of behavioural laterality: Predatory fish aiming for prey that show escape behaviours frequently exhibit lateralized behaviour in predation.
Ένα Ψηφιακό Σενάριο για τις έννοιες Θερμότητα και Θερμοκρασία με την αξιοποίηση του προτύπου του μικρόκοσμου
Authors: Ιμβριώτη Δέσποινα
Published: December 2018

Στο συγκεκριμένο άρθρο αναφέρονται συνοπτικά οι απόψεις που αποτυπώνονται στη βιβλιογραφία σχετικά με το μοντέλο / πρότυπο του μικρόκοσμου / της σωματιδιακής δομής της ύλης και την οπτικοποίησή του. Στη συνέχεια περιγράφεται το περιεχόμενο του ψηφιακού σεναρίου «Θερμότητα - Θερμοκρασία», οι διδακτικοί του στόχοι, η μεθοδολογία με βάση την οποία διαρθρώνεται, το πλάνο εφαρμογής του, οι διδακτικοί του πόροι, οι επεκτάσεις του. Το ψηφιακό σενάριο αξιοποιεί το πρότυπο του μικρόκοσμου για την ερμηνεία των φυσικών διαδικασιών θέρμανσης και ψύξης, όπως τις παρατηρούν οι μαθητές μέσω των πειραμάτων που εκτελούν με βάση το διδακτικό τους εγχειρίδιο. Περιλαμβάνονται οπτικοποιήσεις αυτού του προτύπου στις οποίες έχουν ληφθεί υπόψη -όσο ήταν δυνατό- οι προβληματισμοί που καταγράφονται στη διεθνή βιβλιογραφία προκειμένου να προσεγγίσουν οι μαθητές επιτυχέστερα τη σωματιδιακή δομή της ύλης αλλά και να αποφευχθεί η πρόκληση εσφαλμένων αντιλήψεων. Το σωματιδιακό πρότυπο στηρίζεται ιδιαίτερα από το συγκεκριμένο σενάριο καθώς αποτελεί ένα αξιόλογο μαθησιακό εργαλείο για την ερμηνεία του φυσικού κόσμου.
Τρία υποδειγματικά ψηφιακά διδακτικά σενάρια για τη Φυσική Γυμνασίου στην πλατφόρμα “Αίσωπος”
Authors: Κολτσάκης Ευάγγελος
Published: December 2018

Στο πλαίσιο της ανάπτυξης της πλατφόρμας Αίσωπος (ΑESOP: Advanced Electronic Scenarios Operating Platform) από το Ινστιτούτο Εκπαιδευτικής Πολιτικής, και του εμπλουτισμού της με ψηφιακά διδακτικά σενάρια, αναπτύχθηκαν -στην πρώτη φάση του έργου- υποδειγματικά σενάρια για όλα σχεδόν τα γνωστικά αντικείμενα της πρωτοβάθμιας και της δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Ανάμεσα σε αυτά, αναπτύχθηκαν και τρία σενάρια για τη Φυσική του Γυμνασίου. Το πρώτο έχει ως θέμα «Διάθλαση και αρχή του ελάχιστου χρόνου», το δεύτερο «Το ηλεκτρικό βραχυκύκλωμα – Κίνδυνοι και "Ασφάλεια"» και το τρίτο «Ηλεκτρικό κύκλωμα, αντίσταση, τάση και ένταση». Καθώς τα συγκεκριμένα σενάρια θα λειτουργούσαν ως υποδειγματικά και ενδεικτικά, επιλέχθηκε από τον δημιουργό τους να σχεδιαστούν τρία ευέλικτα και ευμετάβλητα σενάρια διαφορετικής δυσκολίας («μέτριας δυσκολίας», «δύσκολο» και «πολύ δύσκολο»), που να αξιοποιούν πληθώρα μέσων, εργαλείων και διδακτικών προσεγγίσεων, ώστε να προσφερθούν στους υποψήφιους δημιουργούς/συγγραφείς ενδεικτικά/υποδειγματικά ποιοτικά σενάρια, με όσο το δυνατό μεγαλύτερη ποικιλία. Όλα τα σενάρια είναι ευέλικτα: προσφέρουν στον εκπαιδευτικό-χρήστη τη δυνατότητα να τα υλοποιήσει ανάλογα με τις ανάγκες και τις δυνατότητες των μαθητών/ριών του και στο μαθητή-χρήστη να τα χρησιμοποιήσει ανάλογα με τις δικές του ανάγκες. Κοινό βασικό χαρακτηριστικό τους είναι η επέκταση της «σχολικής ύλης» και η προτροπή για εποικοδομητική και μαθητοκεντρική αξιοποίηση σύγχρονου, δοκιμασμένου και αξιόπιστου ψηφιακού υλικού και εργαλείων, με ελαχιστοποίηση της «διάλεξης» κατά τη διάρκεια της διδασκαλίας. Στο παρόν άρθρο παρουσιάζεται συνοπτικά το σκεπτικό του σχεδιασμού των τριών σεναρίων και γίνεται μια σύντομη περιγραφή καθενός από αυτά.
Εφαρμογή Ψηφιακών Διδακτικών Σεναρίων για το Γυμνάσιο από την πλατφόρμα Αίσωπος
Authors: Πανδή Μαρίνα , Στασινάκης Παναγιώτης
Published: December 2018

Στην εργασία αυτή χρησιμοποιήσαμε διαφορετικά ψηφιακά σενάρια της πλατφόρμας «Αίσωπος», για να μελετήσουμε την εφαρμογή τους στη διδακτική πρακτική. Θέλαμε να διερευνήσουμε αν είναι αρκετοί οι διαθέσιμοι πόροι, ώστε να υλοποιηθούν τα επιλεγμένα σενάρια, και αν μπορούν αυτά να εφαρμοστούν στο σχολικό πλαίσιο. Επίσης επιδιώκαμε να εισάγουμε στη διδασκαλία μας ένα διαφορετικό τρόπο διδακτικής προσέγγισης, που να κινητοποιεί το ενδιαφέρον των μαθητών, αλλά  και γιατί διέθεταν οργανωμένο και πρωτότυπο εκπαιδευτικό υλικό. Χρησιμοποιήσαμε τα σενάρια στα μαθήματα Βιολογία, και Γεωγραφία στην Α’ τάξη και Βιολογία στην Β’ και στη  Γ’  τάξη. Οι διαπιστώσεις μας ήταν ότι συχνά η δυναμική της τάξης ανατρέπει ακόμα και τα πιο οργανωμένα σχέδια μαθήματος. Η δομή και οργάνωση των ψηφιακών σεναρίων μας επέτρεψαν να κάνουμε προσαρμογές ανάλογα με το χρόνο, και το έμψυχο υλικό της τάξης. Ο τρόπος δουλειάς των μαθητών, και ειδικότερα η ομαδοσυνεργατική ενίσχυσε θετικά το κλίμα της τάξης και συνετέλεσε στη διόρθωση λαθών στη διδασκαλία και την κατανόηση. Παράλληλα μας δόθηκε η δυνατότητα να αναδείξουμε και να διαχειριστούμε παρανοήσεις των μαθητών, ώστε να κάνουμε αποτελεσματικότερη διδασκαλία. Από την πλευρά της χρήσης των διαθέσιμων  πόρων, σε κάποιες περιπτώσεις εγκατάστασης  λογισμικού, αντιμετωπίσαμε πρόβλημα, ενώ εκτιμούμε ότι πριν την χρήση κάποιας διαδικτυακής πλατφόρμας για πρώτη φορά, θα πρέπει να υπάρχουν οδηγίες. Τέλος ως προς του πόρους θεωρούμε πως τα σενάρια, εύκολα μπορούν να ενταχθούν στη διδασκαλία., γιατί σχεδόν όλες οι σχολικές μονάδες διαθέτουν τέτοια βασική υποδομή.
Εναλλακτικές, ανανεώσιμες και συμβατικές πηγές ενέργειας. Ψηφιακό διδακτικό σενάριο για μαθητές Λυκείου
Authors: Σφακιωτάκη Κυριακή
Published: December 2018

Στο άρθρο γίνεται αρχικά προσπάθεια αποτύπωσης της ανάγκης εφαρμογής ψηφιακών διδακτικών σεναρίων κατά την εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία σε μαθητές Λυκείου όσον αφορά στις εναλλακτικές και ανανεώσιμες πηγές ενέργειας. Προτείνεται ένα ψηφιακό διδακτικό σενάριο το οποίο προέκυψε από τη συνειδητοποίηση της έλλειψης γνώσεων και αντιλήψεων των μαθητών Λυκείου, όσον αφορά στις μορφές αυτές της ενέργειας, τόσο από βιβλιογραφική έρευνα όσο και από έρευνα η οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε σε σχολείο της Κρήτης σε δείγμα 40 μαθητών της Β Λυκείου το διάστημα 2014-2015. Με βάση τα αποτελέσματα εμπειρικών ερευνών αλλά και της έρευνας που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο δείγμα των μαθητών, η οποία ανέδειξε τις γνωστικές τους ελλείψεις αλλά και τις λανθασμένες συχνά αντιλήψεις τους στον τομέα των πηγών ενέργειας, δημιουργήθηκε ένα διδακτικό σενάριο το οποίο περιλαμβάνει το εκπαιδευτικό πρόβλημα, τους διδακτικούς στόχους, τις φάσεις της εφαρμογής του, καθώς και ενδεικτικά φύλλα εργασίας.
Η διδασκαλία της Εκκλησιαστικής Ιστορίας στη σχολική εκπαίδευση: Θεωρητική προσέγγιση και πρακτικές εφαρμογές
Authors: Karageogroudis Emmanouil
Published: December 2018

Teaching Church history in primary and secondary education can be interesting and create prospects for broader learning as long as it follows the new pedagogical and didactical approaches to studying history through sources. Our theoretical requirements and applying them in school classes were based on empowering students' critical and creative thinking skills by studying and debating controversial and sensitive issues in history. The teaching scenario we propose concerns the proclamation of the Autocephalous Church of Greece. We adopted the principles of inquiry learning and the methodology of problem-based learning. The results of the evaluation indicate that teaching Church history can be effective and interesting, if it is taught in a way that can encourage students to become self-motivated independent learners. In addition, these teaching approaches help students develop multiple skills leading to a deeper knowledge of the past and citizen involvement.
Using zebrafish to study the function of nephronophthisis and related ciliopathy genes
Authors: Molinari Elisa , Ramsbottom Simon A. , Sammut Veronica , Hughes Frances E. P. , Sayer John A.
Published: December 2018

Zebrafish are a valuable vertebrate model in which to study development and characterize genes involved in cystic kidney disease. Zebrafish embryos and larvae are transparent, allowing non-invasive imaging during their rapid development, which takes place over the first 72 hours post fertilisation. Gene-specific knockdown of nephronophthisis-associated genes leads to ciliary phenotypes which can be assessed in various developmental structures. Here we describe in detail the methods used for imaging cilia within Kupffer’s vesicle to assess nephronophthisis and related ciliopathy phenotypes.
Recent advances in understanding and managing rosacea
Authors: Buddenkotte Joerg , Steinhoff Martin
Published: December 2018

Rosacea is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease of the central facial skin and is of unknown origin. Currently, two classifications of rosacea exist that are based on either “preformed” clinical subtypes (erythematotelangiectatic, papulopustular, phymatous, and ocular) or patient-tailored analysis of the presented rosacea phenotype. Rosacea etiology and pathophysiology are poorly understood. However, recent findings indicate that genetic and environmental components can trigger rosacea initiation and aggravation by dysregulation of the innate and adaptive immune system. Trigger factors also lead to the release of various mediators such as keratinocytes (for example, cathelicidin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and endothelin-1), endothelial cells (nitric oxide), mast cells (cathelicidin and matrix metalloproteinases), macrophages (interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor, matrix metalloproteinases, and interleukin-26), and T helper type 1 (TH1) and TH17 cells. Additionally, trigger factors can directly communicate to the cutaneous nervous system and, by neurovascular and neuro-immune active neuropeptides, lead to the manifestation of rosacea lesions. Here, we aim to summarize the recent advances that preceded the new rosacea classification and address a symptom-based approach in the management of patients with rosacea.
The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Nampijja Margaret , Kizindo Robert , Apule Barbara , Lule Swaib , Muhangi Lawrence , Titman Andrew , Elliott Alison , Alcock Katie , Lewis Charlie
Published: December 2018

Background:The home environment is reported to contribute significantly to children’s developing cognitive skills. However, it is not yet evident whether this role prevails in the context of extreme poverty and frequent ill-health. We therefore investigated the role of the home environment in Ugandan children taking into account the frequent infections and extreme poverty in which they lived.

Methods:Cognitive abilities of 163 5-year-old children were assessed. Home environments of these children, their health status and family socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed respectively using the EC-HOME, anthropometry and illnesses, and traditional SES measures. Structural equation analyses compared five models on the influence of the home environment, SES, and child health on the cognitive scores.

Results:The model in which the home environment mediates the combined influence of SES and child health on cognitive performance showed a particularly good fit to the data compared with the four alternative models, i.e. those in which the HOME, SES and health independently influence cognitive performance.

Conclusions:Home environments providing cognitive stimulation can enable children to overcome effects of major adverse life experiences on cognitive development.
Case study: novel flea infestations teaching valuable lessons
Authors: Wright Ian
Published: December 2018

Fleas are a source of revulsion, distress and irritation for pet owners worldwide. In addition, fleas can cause flea allergic dermatitis (FAD) in susceptible pets, as well as having the potential to transmit vector-borne diseases. Control of household flea infestations is therefore vital but can be challenging, with a number of factors possibly leading to failure of flea control. These two case reports demonstrate the need for accurate history taking and considering all sources of flea infestation when eliminating existing flea infestations.
Extraction of the maxillary canine tooth in dogs
Authors: Oxford Matthew
Published: December 2018

The maxillary canine tooth is a large tooth that often leaves a large defect when extracted. An open extraction is therefore usually the most appropriate technique. This technique will also allow suitable closure of the extraction site, to minimise the risk of the development of an oronasal fistula following tooth extraction.
Wound management part one: topical treatments
Authors: McCaghertyx Joanna , Woods Samantha
Published: December 2018

Several topical solutions and preparations are available for the treatment of wounds in veterinary patients. Topical preparations can be used to help create a favourable healing environment, with some products having additional antimicrobial properties. With many products available, it can be difficult to decide which topical treatment is most appropriate for the individual wound. This article will discuss the most commonly used wound cleaning solutions and topical products currently available in veterinary practice.
British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS) Conference
Authors: Bourne Debra
Published: December 2018

The second annual 3-day conference of the British Veterinary Zoological Society was held in Birmingham in November. Sessions covered zoo animal health, exotic pets, wildlife health, surveillance, conservation, rehabilitation and rabbits. Parallel sessions were used to fit everything in, with a day-long stream for nurses, a wildlife health day and a student careers session.
Tips for surviving your NQT year
Authors: Stanley Julian
Published: December 2018

Learning how to say ‘no’, set boundaries and look after yourself is crucial to surviving as a teacher, especially in your first years at the chalkface. Julian Stanley offers some advice
Drawing the letter
Authors: Reifenstein Tilo
Published: December 2018

Considering a drawn letter in one of Raymond Pettibon’s works, the article seeks to unravel the putatively facile distinction between drawing and writing. It asserts that the lack of iconic ‘motivation’ of alphabetic characters does not prevent them from harbouring further meanings that are indissociable from their form. The article thus questions the persistent legibility–visibility dichotomy in which writing’s letters are trapped between mere allography, whose graphic appearance beyond readability is irrelevant, and sign, whose semantic value is constituted multiply through its verbal and pictural qualities. Instead, this binary logic is displaced through the recognition of the mark that is both drawn and written, yet irreducible to either, and thus capable of pointing beyond itself and yet refer to its own form. In showing how the mark in Pettibon’s drawing may be read and viewed in multiple non-exclusive ways, the shared graphic capacity of writing and drawing is highlighted. The article promotes a perspective on writing that requires the acknowledgement of its graphic form without demanding a new dubious graphology. The writing of the article itself continuously engages its own inextricable entanglement in the issues discussed by accentuating the play that writing already entails if it is also seen and not merely read.
Drawn words: Pictographs in the Chinese language and visual culture
Authors: Buckingham-Hsiao Roland
Published: December 2018

This essay considers the presence of pictograms – drawings of things functioning as words – within the Chinese written language and beyond that, Chinese visual culture. It argues that a simplified understanding of the Chinese language has generally existed in the West and attempts instead to present a more accurate picture of Chinese written characters as comprised of picto- and ideo-graphic elements alongside phonetic ones. The origins of Chinese pictographs in drawn images are noted, examples of pictographs in Chinese visual culture are discussed, and the challenge that pictography presents to western models of the arbitrary linguistic sign is considered.
Drawing/writing/drawing
Authors: Maclagan David
Published: December 2018

Drawing and writing have a complex, sometimes incestuous, relationship. They are both taught to children, but in different, if overlapping, ways: writing is usually obliged to remain faithful, whereas drawing can break free. There is a no-man’s-land in between, where writing can look like drawing or vice versa, and there are instances where drawing seems to hark back to writing or to compete with it. This can take the form of ‘scripts’ whose legibility is open to question: sometimes they mimic an imaginary alphabet, at other times only the initiated can understand them. This essay offers a brief survey of this fascinating territory.
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Veysi Mohsen , Blair Sarah , Raymond Hélène , Lichtsteiner Sibylle Hurschler
Published: December 2018

Drawing Through Time: Biennale Disegno, Rimini, 28 April–15 July 2018

Do the write thing 2: read between the lines (2018) Exhibition catalogue, christian berst art brut, Paris, 26 April–2 June. 195 pp., ISBN 979-1-09046-351-6, p/bk, 25 Euros

A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings, curated by Kate Macfarlane and Stephenie Straine, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, and the Drawing Room, London, 16 June–9 September 2018
Performance variation of lodgepole pine provenances in Latvia
Authors: Jansons Aris , Matisons Roberts , Baliuckas Virgilijus , Purina Liga , Krisans Oskars , Jansons Janis , Baumanis Imants
Published: December 2018

Lodgepole pine ( var. Engelm.) has been extensively introduced in Scandinavia on less productive sites. Under a changing climate, it also has a high potential in the eastern Baltic region; still, its performance there has scarcely been reported. This study investigated the performance of 36 Canadian provenances in 14 trials in western Latvia. Tree dimensions showed notable provenance and provenance-by-environment variation, implying that local selection by provenance can be applied for improved yield. Southern provenances showed the best height growth, while southwestern (more oceanic) provenances excelled in diameter growth. Most of the quality traits were affected by provenance or provenance-by-environment interaction, yet the variation was lower than for the growth traits.Pinus contortalatifolia
Estudios de género: la sexualidad, lo femenino y la femeneidad. Espacio urbano y apropiación queer en la narrativa argentina contemporánea:
Authors: Kokalov Assen
Published: December 2018

El presente trabajo se enfoca en la narrativa de dos escritores argentinos contemporáneos —Naty ­Menstrual y Martín Villagarcía— y en el modo en que sus textos representan la apropiación queer del espacio urbano porteño al principio del siglo XXI. A partir de los conceptos teóricos de producción de espacio de Henri Lefebvre, de heterotopía de Michel Foucault y de espacios/constelaciones queer de Dianne Chisholm, se demuestra que en la obra de Menstrual y Villagarcía el tradicional espacio urbano abstracto queda socavado por una variedad de personajes queer que logran apropiarlo para construir nuevas formas de placer corporal y sexual y, también, para fabricar modos para la reconstitución de la subjetividad. Adicionalmente, se manifiesta que los textos en cuestión presentan ciertos problemas relacionados con el proceso de apropiación de espacio señalando la emergencia de discriminación, comercialización y automatización del placer que conllevan hacia el aislamiento del sujeto queer.
Documentos etnográficos y dispositivos de memoria. La mirada etnográfica
Authors: Benzi Marina
Published: December 2018

En el presente trabajo aspiramos abordar la miradaetnográfica de Alcides Greca en el filme El último malón (1917). Su mirada reposa en la comunidad mocoví de San Javier, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Para ello, se rastrean los elementos políticos, ideológicos y  académicos de la época que permiten ver y mostrar al aborigen como un sujeto de alteridad en un proceso de construcción y constitución de la República Argentina como un Estado–nación. Así también, consideramos los inicios del cine en la Argentina, el ejercicio de Greca como director del filme, y su posible labor como etnógrafo. Se destaca el valor del filme como potencial documento etnográfico y se realiza una aproximación al quehacer antropológico  observando algunas similitudes.
Documentos etnográficos y dispositivos de memoria. El archivo audiovisual como dispositivo de memoria
Authors: Vallina Cecilia
Published: December 2018

El artículo aborda cuáles son las dimensiones y categorías que se despliegan frente a un dispositivo de memoria como el recientemente creado Archivo Audiovisual de Juicios de Lesa Humanidad, en la ciudad de Santa Fe, Argentina. Este dispositivo transforma las condiciones de acceso y circulación de estos registros a un nuevo espacio en el que se alteran las ecuaciones usuales entre tiempo y memoria. En este sentido, se propone una reflexión sobre lo que implica la voluntad de construir archivos que contribuyan a inscribir estos juicios en el proceso de elaboración de una memoria social. ¿Cómo pueden ser leídas entonces las imágenes de estos juicios, cuál es su posibilidad de legibilidad desde el presente de una trama política, cultural y comunicacional,  cómo se construye su significatividad? ¿Cuál es el rol de las instituciones que las preservan? ¿Cómo entrenamos nuestra mirada para leerlas desde nuestro  presente?
El cine: entre el relato histórico, el arte y la política. El relato histórico en Juarez
Authors: Belmonte Grey Carlos A.
Published: December 2018

Este artículo propone un análisis de la película Juarez, dirigida por William Dieterle en 1938 y exhibida en cines estadounidenses y mexicanos en 1939. La cinta fue producida por la Warner, que contrató a los renombrados actores Paul Muni y Bette Davis; tuvo el apoyo del presidente de México, Lázaro  Cárdenas, quien puso a disposición de la producción documentos de Benito Juárez y entrevistas con testigos de la época, ofreció un recorrido por los  lugares históricos y prestó el Palacio de Bellas Artes para la premier latinoamericana. Se propone debatir la idea de cine e historia: el cine histórico es una  interpretación de la historia pasada y se convierte, al mismo tiempo, en un documento para la historia presente. En ese sentido, se plantean dos objetivos:  mostrar cómo se construyó el relato histórico cinematográfico de la intervención francesa (1862–1867) y cómo vehiculizó los mensajes contra el nazismo,  del New Deal y la lucha de la democracia.
El cine: entre el relato histórico, el arte y la política. Cine sin patrón:
Authors: Russo Pablo Mariano
Published: December 2018

Las fábricas y empresas recuperadas atrajeron la curiosidad de periodistas locales y extranjeros, investigadores y cineastas que apuntaron sus cámaras al  interior de los conflictos, creando representaciones, discursos y memorias sobre estos procesos históricos. Los audiovisuales que se ocupan de esta  temática tienen, indefectiblemente, a los trabajadores y sus problemáticas como protagonistas. ¿De qué manera son representados en estos audiovisuales  los trabajadores y trabajadoras que buscaron nuevas formas de producción y nuevas maneras de relacionarse a partir de la apropiación de las fábricas  bajo autogestión? Indagamos aquí en Impreso en Chilavert, una de las experiencias más interesantes, por su apuesta estética y narrativa, por sus aciertos  y fracasos, por sus búsquedas formales e informales, académicas y políticas, en relación a las piezas audiovisuales producidas sobre la temática.
Criminología del Sur
Authors: Carrington Kerry , Hogg Russell , Sozzo Máximo , Guala Natacha , Puyol María Victoria
Published: December 2018

En el Sur Global abundan cuestiones vitales para la investigación criminológica y de relevancia política, con importantes implicancias para las relaciones Sur/Norte y para la seguridad y la justicia globales. Contar con un marco teórico capaz de apreciar la importancia de esta dinámica global contribuirá para que la criminología pueda entender mejor los desafíos del presente y del futuro. Empleamos la teoría del Sur de una manera reflexiva para dilucidar las relaciones de poder enraizadas en la producción jerárquica de conocimiento criminológico que privilegia teorías, supuestos y métodos basados en las especificidades empíricas del Norte Global. Nuestro propósito no es desestimar los avances teóricos y empíricos realizados sino, en forma más productiva, descolonizar y democratizar la caja de herramientas criminológicas disponibles. Como una forma de ilustrar cómo la Criminología del Sur podría ser útil para contribuir a informar mejor las respuestas a la justicia y la seguridad globales, este artículo examina tres proyectos distintos que podrían ser desarrollados bajo esta rúbrica. Estos incluyen, en primer lugar, ciertas formas y patrones de delitos específicos de la periferia global; en segundo lugar, los patrones distintivos de género y delito en el Sur Global; y, finalmente, las peculiaridades históricas y contemporáneas de la penalidad en el Sur Global y sus vínculos históricos con el colonialismo y la construcción del imperio.
Comentario a Lila Caimari y Máximo Sozzo (editores)
Authors: Núñez Jorge A.
Published: December 2018

Prohistoria Ediciones, Rosario, 2017
Cometario a Esteban Rodríguez Alzuela (compilador)
Authors: Kostenwein Ezequiel
Published: December 2018

Ediciones Malisia, La Plata, 2016
#MeToo
Authors: Sarchild Wilderness
Published: December 2018

An original poem by award-winning writer Wilderness Sarchild.
Identification and Prioritization of Effective Factors on the Creation and Development of Industry Cluster of Rail Industries Using Network Analysis Technique
Authors: Yadegari Reza , Rahmani Kamaleddin , Modarres Khiyabani Farzin
Published: December 2018

Increased productivity and new investment are two methods for the development of industry, and one of the differences between advanced industrial countries and developing countries is to pay particular attention to development through increased productivity. In recent years, new models have been developed in the industry sector, dating to less than fifteen years; one of them is the model of industrial cluster development. Industrial clustering is being carried out today in almost every country in the world. In Iran, the industrial cluster issue is considered in scientific and decision-making centers, as well as in the development plans of the country. The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the effective factors on the development and creation of industry cluster of rail industries in the Markazi Province using the network analysis technique. In order to identify cluster creation factors, library studies and the Delphi method were used with the cooperation of the expert group. In the following, we examined the relative importance of these factors using the network analysis technique and the factors were prioritized by Super Decision Application. The results showed that the indicators of geographical concentration and environmental factors are included in the most important factors and the communication index is the least important factor in the creation and development of industrial clusters of rail industries in the Markazi Province.
A Hybrid Ant Colony System and Tabu Search algorithm for the production planning of dynamic cellular manufacturing systems while confronting uncertain costs
Authors: Delgoshaei Aidin , Mirzazadeh Abolfazl , Ali Ahad
Published: December 2018

Highlights:

Cellular Manufacturing systems cover a wide range of industries.

Inflation rate can impose financial harms on cellular manufacturing systems.

The over-allocation of workers, which usually happens in dynamic systems, causes reduction of the system performance.

The proposed algorithm in this research can successfully schedule cellular systems to reduce system costs.

Goal:

The main aim is to determine the best trade-off values between in-house manufacturing and outsourcing, and track the impact of uncertain costs on gained schedules. To be more comprehensive, the performance of human resources is restricted and the partial demands are considered uncertain.

Design / Methodology / Approach:

In this paper a new method for minimizing human resource costs, including operating, salary, hiring, firing, and outsourcing in a dynamic cellular manufacturing system is presented where all system costs are uncertain during manufacturing periods and can be affected by inflation rate. For this purpose, a multi-period scheduling model that is flexible enough to use in real industries has been proposed. To solve the proposed model, a hybrid Ant Colony Optimization and the Tabu Search algorithm (ACTS) are proposed and the outcomes are compared with a Branch-and-Bound based algorithm.

Results:

Our findings showed that the inflation rate has significant effect on multi-period system planning. Moreover, utilizing system capability by the operator, for promoting and using temporary workers, can effectively reduce system costs. It is also found that workers’ performance has significant effect on total system costs.

Limitations of the investigation:

This research covers the cellular manufacturing systems.

Practical implications:

The algorithm is applied for 17 series of dataset that are found in the literature. The proposed algorithm can be easily applied in real industries.

Originality / Value:

The authors confirm that the current research and its results are original and have not been published before. The proposed algorithm is useful to schedule cellular manufacturing systems and analyse various production conditions.
Penggunaan Bahasa Indonesia sebagai Bahasa Sehari-hari oleh Migran di Provinsi DKI Jakarta Berdasarkan Data Sensus Penduduk 1971
Authors: Suyanto Suyanto
Published: December 2018

This research is a linguistic demographic research. The focus of this study is the use of Indonesian (BI) by migrants as a colloquial language in the Province of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta based on 1971 Population Census data. This study aims: (1) to explain the number of Indonesian speakers nationally and according to ethnicity in Jakarta Province and (2) explaining the composition of migrants in Jakarta based on daily language or mother tongue. The data collection of this study uses the referral method that was developed with the technique of noting and analyzing data using descriptive statistical analysis. The results showed that the population of Indonesia was dominated by speakers of Javanese and Sundanese languages which were 40.44 percent and 15.06 percent respectively, and only 11.93 percent were Indonesian's mother tongue. The majority of migrants in Jakarta mostly use Indonesian for daily communication, which reaches 84.68 percent, and Javanese is used by 7.54 percent and third place in Sundanese is used by 3.96 percent. This conditions is far below the number of Javanese-speaking migrants who reached 41 percent and 31 percent of Sundanese. The occurrence of these symptoms is caused by: (1) the demands of work, (2) living with multilingual migrants, and (3) linguistic prestige.
Keterampilan Menulis Paragraf Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro Semarang
Authors: Astuti Sri Puji
Published: December 2018

Writing skills of paragraph are skills that students must have. This research aims to describe the writing skills of paragraph for students of the English Literature Study Program and the Japanese and Culture Study Program of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Diponegoro University in 2017. The research data is in the form of discourse fragments that were made by students.Collecting data used purposive sampling technique. Then the data was identified, classified, and analyzed by using paragraph theory. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the writing skill of paragraphs for students in the English Literature Study Program and Japanese and Culture Study Program still needs to be improved because there were still found paragraphs that are lacking in the unity of the ideas. Likewise,by cohesiveness are still found errors, especially in terms of reference. In terms of completeness, sequence, and consistency of points of view in paragraphs students can apply well.
Bentuk Pergeseran Dialek pada Masyarakat Betawi
Authors: Tiani Riris
Published: December 2018

This research is related to sociolinguistic studies. The problem that emphasizes is the shift of the Betawi dialect in the family domain, especially the Betawi descendants who live in Jakarta. This study aims to determine the form of shifting Betawi dialect. Provision of data was taken using questionnaires and random interviews specifically aimed at some Betawi communities in the family domain. Then the data describe phenomenologically by looking at the basic principles of speech components as a reference for analysis. From the research that has been done, the results obtained that the dialect shift that occurs in Betawi occurs in the generation of children and parents, this form of shift can be identified in the use of shifting Betawi vocabulary into other vocabulary. Other languages are dominated by Indonesian, which indirectly is the second language of the Betawi community. While the causes of shifting dialects in the Betawi community include the influence of language variations and the lack of loyalty of the local community.
Jurnalisme sebagai Arena Pertarungan Kepentingan: Telaah Teori Kebudayaan
Authors: Amirudin Amirudin
Published: December 2018

This paper is a theoretical study of the use of cultural theory which played to explain journalism activities that just not an activity to provide accurate information in the public space. In an industrial context, in fact journalism activities has face  any complex situasion. Now, the activities is no longer exclusively owned by journalists, but journalism  is a kind of football arena that have some interest in it. To present news, journalists must be able to absorb various interest from various trajectories. There is a game metaphor that journalists must follow, and how journalist do "practice" the game in the field of contestation, which will be explored using Bourdieu's cultural theory,Through this article, I hope, it can contribute to how anthropology plays a role in developing media studies, and vice versa, it can be a trigger for how anthropologists should begin to enter cultural studies which are not just exotic and simple social units; but also entered the study arena into more complex social units, for example in media organizations
Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic test interpretation – a systematic review
Authors: van Balveren Jasmijn A. , Verboeket-van de Venne Wilhelmine P.H.G. , Erdem-Eraslan Lale , de Graaf Albert J. , Loot Annemarieke E. , Musson Ruben E.A. , Oosterhuis Wytze P. , Schuijt Martin P. , van der Sijs Heleen , Verheul Rolf J. , de Wolf Holger K. , Kusters Ron , Hoedemakers Rein M.J. ,   on behalf of the Dutch Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, task group ‘SMILE’: Signaling Medication Interactions and Laboratory test Expert system
Published: December 2018

Intake of drugs may influence the interpretation of laboratory test results. Knowledge and correct interpretation of possible drug-laboratory test interactions (DLTIs) is important for physicians, pharmacists and laboratory specialists. Laboratory results may be affected by analytical or physiological effects of medication. Failure to take into account the possible unintended influence of drug use on a laboratory test result may lead to incorrect diagnosis, incorrect treatment and unnecessary follow-up. The aim of this review is to give an overview of the literature investigating the clinical impact and use of DLTI decision support systems on laboratory test interpretation. Particular interactions were reported in a large number of articles, but they were fragmentarily described and some papers even reported contradictory findings. To provide an overview of information that clinicians and laboratory staff need to interpret test results, DLTI databases have been made by several groups. In a literature search, only four relevant studies have been found on DLTI decision support applications for laboratory test interpretation in clinical practice. These studies show a potential benefit of automated DLTI messages to physicians for the correct interpretation of laboratory test results. Physicians reported 30–100% usefulness of DLTI messages. In one study 74% of physicians sometimes even refrained from further additional examination. The benefit of decision support increases when a refined set of clinical rules is determined in cooperation with health care professionals. The prevalence of DLTIs is high in a broad range of combinations of laboratory tests and drugs and these frequently remain unrecognized.
Neonatal hemorrhagic shock as a consequence of ruptured velamentous vessels – a report of two cases
Authors: Blagaić Vladimir , Pleša Ivona , Stanojević Milan , Gović Alenka Akšamija
Published: December 2018

Background

The objective of the study was to present the rupture of velamentous vessels as a rare but dangerous complication of pregnancy associated with high neonatal risk. Diagnosis of velamentous insertion of umbilical vessels is important to recognize because of the possibility of their rupture during labor. If the condition remains unrecognized, the most important step during labor is prompt and timely treatment of the multidisciplinary team in order to reduce fetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.

Case presentation

We present two cases of ruptured velamentous vessels, both with good outcomes: in the first case the baby was delivered vaginally after a spontaneous rupture of the velamentous vessels, and in the second case an emergency cesarean section was performed.

Conclusions

Although bleeding caused by the rupture of velamentous vessels is not frequent, the consequences can be serious. The proper diagnosis of the umbilical cord insertion is mandatory during the mid-trimester anomaly scan, but in most cases the condition remains unrecognized until delivery. In the case of a rupture, a prompt reaction of the medical team is crucial in order to save the baby. Sometimes only an urgent 0 Rh negative blood transfusion can avoid a poor neonatal outcome.