bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Moral Absolutism, Self-Deception, and Moral Self-Concept in Men Who Commit Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Vecina María L. , Chacón F. , Pérez-Viejo J. M.
Published: August 2015

The objective of this study is to show compatible data with the idea that men who commit intimate partner violence are uninhibited about the moral consequences of their behaviors, probably because they feel certainty about the rightness of their moral values and they strongly deceive themselves to maintain a good moral self-concept, and thus a good level of well-being. To do that, we compare their scores with those obtained by an opposite sample regarding the use of violence, made up of professional male psychologists who work in the social field trying to teach others alternative strategies to violence.
Exacerbated venous thromboembolism in mice carrying a protein S K196E mutation
Authors: Banno Fumiaki , Kita Toshiyuki , Fernández José A. , Yanamoto Hiroji , Tashima Yuko , Kokame Koichi , Griffin John H. , Miyata Toshiyuki
Published: August 2015

Key Points

A protein S-K196E mutation reduced its activated protein C cofactor activity in recombinant murine protein S-K196E and in K196E mutant mice. Mice carrying a protein S-K196E mutation or heterozygous protein S deficiency were more vulnerable to venous thrombosis than wild-type mice.
The effect of Georgia’s HOPE scholarship on college major: a focus on STEM
Authors: Sjoquist David L , Winters John V
Published: August 2015

There is growing concern that the U.S. is producing too few college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, and there is a desire to understand how various policies affect college major decisions. This paper uses student administrative records from the University System of Georgia to examine whether and how Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship has affected students’ college major decisions, with a focus on STEM. We find that HOPE reduced the likelihood of earning a STEM degree. The research is complementary to a forthcoming paper by the authors, but using USG administrative records allows us to address several additional issues beyond the effect of merit aid on the likelihood of earning a STEM degree, including: the effect on initial major, earned major, and the transition between them; the roles of student ability, student performance, and institutional choice; and other possible mechanisms through which merit aid affects STEM education.

JEL codes

I23, J24
Cognitive and neurophysiological markers of ADHD persistence and remission
Authors: Cheung Celeste H. M. , Rijsdijk Fruhling , McLoughlin Gráinne , Brandeis Daniel , Banaschewski Tobias , Asherson Philip , Kuntsi Jonna
Published: August 2015

Background

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persists in around two-thirds of individuals in adolescence and early adulthood.

Aims

To examine the cognitive and neurophysiological processes underlying the persistence or remission of ADHD.

Method

Follow-up data were obtained from 110 young people with childhood ADHD and 169 controls on cognitive, electroencephalogram frequency, event-related potential (ERP) and actigraph movement measures after 6 years.

Results

ADHD persisters differed from remitters on preparation-vigilance measures (contingent negative variation, delta activity, reaction time variability and omission errors), IQ and actigraph count, but not on executive control measures of inhibition or working memory (nogo-P3 amplitudes, commission errors and digit span backwards).

Conclusions

Preparation-vigilance measures were markers of remission, improving concurrently with ADHD symptoms, whereas executive control measures were not sensitive to ADHD persistence/remission. For IQ, the present and previous results combined suggest a role in moderating ADHD outcome. These findings fit with previously identified aetiological separation of the cognitive impairments in ADHD. The strongest candidates for the development of non-pharmacological interventions involving cognitive training and neurofeedback are the preparation-vigilance processes that were markers of ADHD remission.
As If It Were for the Last Time: Wim Wenders—Film and Photography
Authors: Kouvaros George
Published: August 2015

To look at something as if it were for the last time, as if the thing looked at were disappearing: this article considers what this attitude reveals about Wim Wenders's work in film and photography. For Wenders, photography has several overlapping functions: it is a medium with its own aesthetic requirements and demands, a way to reflect on the nature of cinema, and, most challenging of all, a form of temporal experience characterized by a sense of things passing. Drawing on these functions, the article traces connections between photography and cinema to shift our understanding of Wenders's career from that of a filmmaker who also takes photographs to someone for whom the photographic image—its history and temporal implications—plays a central role in his creative practice.
Altered CELF1 binding to target transcripts in malignant T cells
Authors: Bohjanen Paul R. , Moua Mai Lee , Guo Liang , Taye Ammanuel , Vlasova-St. Louis Irina A.
Published: August 2015

The RNA-binding protein, CELF1, binds to a regulatory sequence known as the GU-rich element (GRE) and controls a network of mRNA transcripts that regulate cellular activation, proliferation, and apoptosis. We performed immunoprecipitation using an anti-CELF1 antibody, followed by identification of copurified transcripts using microarrays. We found that CELF1 is bound to a distinct set of target transcripts in the H9 and Jurkat malignant T-cell lines, compared with primary human T cells. CELF1 was not phosphorylated in resting normal T cells, but in malignant T cells, phosphorylation of CELF1 correlated with its inability to bind to GRE-containing mRNAs that served as CELF1 targets in normal T cells. Lack of binding by CELF1 to these mRNAs in malignant T cells correlated with stabilization and increased expression of these transcripts. Several of these GRE-containing transcripts that encode regulators of cell growth were also stabilized and up-regulated in primary tumor cells from patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Interestingly, transcripts encoding numerous suppressors of cell proliferation that served as targets of CELF1 in malignant T cells, but not normal T cells, exhibited accelerated degradation and reduced expression in malignant compared with normal T cells, consistent with the known function of CELF1 to mediate degradation of bound transcripts. Overall, CELF1 dysfunction in malignant T cells led to the up-regulation of a subset of GRE-containing transcripts that promote cell growth and down-regulation of another subset that suppress cell growth, producing a net effect that would drive a malignant phenotype.
Multiple stakeholder views on changes in delivery of public health nursing services in Ireland
Authors: Hanafin Sinead , Dwan O'Reilly Emma
Published: August 2015

In contrast with community nursing services in the UK and other parts of the world, the public health nursing service in the Republic of Ireland operates as a generalist service, providing both public health and wellbeing services in addition to clinical nursing services to a wide range of patient groups. While much discussion has taken place over the years about the benefits and challenges of a generalist service, little consensus has emerged about whether the current generalist approach should be maintained or whether a more specialised approach is required. This article presents key findings from an evaluation, using research methods, of a community nursing service that was restructured from a generalist, geographically based service, to a more specialist team-based model. The findings across multiple stakeholders show a number of positive effects in the areas of quality, safety, risk, governance, active caseload management, and finances. Some challenges were also identified, particularly with respect to continuity of services, loss of expertise, role of the team leader, and engagement in population-based activities.
From roaring on the hilltop to weeping by the bedside: protector personas of fathers raising children with autism spectrum disorder
Authors: Lashewicz Bonnie , Cheuk Samantha , Shave Kassi
Published: August 2015

While an extensive body of work exists to support our understanding of the experiences of contemporary mothers, far less attention has been paid to the experiences of contemporary fathers. In this article, we set our sights on fathers; specifically, we examine how fathers strategically present their identities, or ‘personas’, as protectors, in relation to raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is the most common neurological disorder affecting children in Canada and the communication and behavioural challenges associated with a child’s ASD diagnosis make for relatively intense parenting experiences. We tap into this intensity to examine how 28 fathers of children with ASD define and present themselves relative to the developmental needs of their children. The fathers exemplify an impactful blend of traditional and modern father ideals through personas that entail tender involvement along with fierce protectiveness.
Positioning older men’s social interactions: a visual exploration of the space between acquaintanceship and strangerhood
Authors: Sorensen Pernille , Poland Fiona
Published: August 2015

In this article, we show how using a visual method enabled an exploration of the nuances of everyday encounters of older men living alone. It made visible more fleeting encounters, alerting us to the significance of such encounters. The article argues the need to pay more attention to social encounters, situated somewhere in the space between acquaintanceship and strangerhood. While not always easy to articulate verbally, characteristics of such encounters are nonetheless meaningful and supportive of masculine identities delineated by older men living alone.
Double or … Nothing
Authors: Rossolatos George
Published: August 2015

This paper draws on the deconstruction(ist) toolbox and specifically on the textual unweaving tactics of supplementarity, exemplarity, and parergonality, with a view to critically assessing institutional (UNESCO’s) and ordinary tourists’ claims to authenticity as regards artifacts and sites of ‘cultural heritage’. Through the ‘destru[k]tion’ of claims to ‘originality’ and ‘myths of origin’, that function as preservatives for canning such artifacts and sites, the cultural arche-writing that forces signifiers to piously bow before a limited string of ‘transcendental signifieds’ is brought to full view. The stench of the aeons is thus forced to evaporate through a post-transcendentalist opening towards originary myths’ original doubles.
Uexküllian phenomenology
Authors: Tønnessen Morten
Published: August 2015

Uexkullian phenomenology is derived from the Umwelt theory of the Baltic-German biologist Jakob von Uexkull. Its basic premise is that we can assume the universal existence, in the realm of life, of a genuine first person perspective, i.e., of experienced worlds. This assumption characterises Uexkullian phenomenology and makes it a genuine perspective within phenomenology. In this article I prepare the ground for such a phenomenology by treating the notion of phenomenology, the relation between semiotics and phenomenology, Husserl’s notion of Lebenswelt, and finally the notion of Uexkullian phenomenology. The purpose is to make the case that Uexkullian phenomenology is justified, and to situate it within phenomenological and semiotic thought at large.
A pilot project of an online cross-age tutoring program: crescent school virtual learning (vLearning)
Authors: Chow Ronald
Published: August 2015

Traditional classroom teaching is the standard of education. However, there may be some students who feel uncomfortable approaching their teachers and may feel more at ease if they ask for assistance from their peers. There are two types of student-to-student tutoring methods that are supplements to classroom learning: peer tutoring between same-age students and cross-age tutoring between different-age children. Cross-age tutoring programs in which the tutor is 2–3 years older than the tutee have been reported to be more effective than those between same-age students in promoting student responsibility, empowerment and academic performance. A pilot online cross-age tutoring program was launched in September 2014 at Crescent School. A new website was designed, created and implemented with the permission and regular monitoring of the Student Services faculty for the online program – Crescent School Virtual Learning (vLearning). The program was well received and will undergo evaluation in the future.
Blow-up numerical solutions for a convective reaction–diffusion equation
Authors: Chang Chia-Feng , Wu Yi-Chien , Cho Chien-Hong
Published: August 2015

We consider finite difference solutions of the 1-dimconvective reaction-diffusion equation u
Quasi-optimal convergence of AFEM based on separate marking, Part I
Authors: Rabus Hella
Published: August 2015

Various applications in computational fluid dynamics and solid mechanics motivate the development of reliable and efficient adaptive algorithms for nonstandard finite element methods (FEMs). Standard adaptive finite element algorithms consist of the iterative loop of the basic steps Solve, Estimate, Mark and Refine. For separate marking strategies, this standard scheme may be universalised. The (total) error estimator is split into a volume term and an error estimator term.

Since the volume term is independent of the discrete solution, an appropriate data approximation may be realised by a high degree of local mesh refinement. This observation results in a natural adaptive algorithm based on separate marking. Its quasi-optimal convergence is proven in this first part for the Poisson model problem and nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart FEM. The numerical experiments confirm the optimal convergence rates and reveal its flexibility. The second part is devoted to the quasi-optimality of S-AFEM-AA and the pure displacement problem in linear elasticity and the Stokes equations.
Increased levels of serum clusterin is associated with intrauterine growth restriction and adverse pregnancy outcomes in preeclampsia
Authors: Oztas Efser , Ozler Sibel , Ersoy Ali Ozgur , Iskender Can Tekin , Sucak Ayhan , Ergin Merve , Uygur Dilek , Danisman Nuri
Published: August 2015

Our aim was to investigate serum clusterin levels in preeclampsia and to determine whether any changes in clusterin levels are useful in distinguishing the presence of concomitant intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes.

A prospective case-control study was carried out which included 86 pregnant women (47 patients with preeclampsia and 39 healthy controls). Maternal serum samples obtained from all participants and clusterin levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Compared with controls, women with preeclampsia had significantly higher clusterin levels (mean 83.8±23.6 vs. 119.2±40.5, P<0.01). Further analysis revealed the highest clusterin levels were in patients with preeclampsia and IUGR (P<0.001). According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis performed for the predictive value of clusterin levels for adverse maternal outcomes, the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.738 (95% CI: 0.616–0.859). The best clusterin cut-off value in predicting adverse maternal outcomes was 102.6 pg/mL with 75% sensitivity and 66% specifity. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed serum clusterin levels of >102.6 pg/mL was independently associated with preeclampsia (OR: 6.18, 95% CI: 2.41–15.9) and maternal adverse outcomes (OR: 5.13, 95% CI: 2.01–13.1) and also clusterin levels higher than 117.4 pg/mL were associated with adverse neonatal outcomes (OR: 5.02, 95% CI: 1.04–24.3).

The current study suggests that increased levels of clusterin is associated with IUGR and probably predictive for adverse pregnancy outcomes in preeclampsia.
Correlations of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, lymphocyte-to-monocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios with biomarkers of atherosclerosis risk and inflammatory response in patients with a history of breast cancer
Authors: Študentová Hana , Vitásková Denisa , Šrámek Vlastislav , Indráková Jarmila , Adam Tomáš , Juráňová Jarmila , Petrová Pavla , Krčmová Lenka Kujovská , Pešková Eliška , Solichová Dagmar , Kalábová Hana , Melichar Bohuslav
Published: August 2015

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the correlations of peripheral blood cell count (PBC)-derived ratios with neopterin concentration and biomarkers of atherosclerosis risk in patients with history of breast cancer. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated in three cohorts of patients with a history of breast cancer and in controls. Significant differences were observed between PBC-derived ratios obtained from automated and manual counts. NLR and PLR were significantly higher and LMR was significantly lower in patients. NLR and PLR correlated positively with each other and negatively with LMR. NLR exhibited a significant correlation with age, glucose and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, whereas LMR correlated negatively with CRP. With the exception of a correlation between LMR and urinary or serum neopterin concentrations in controls, no other correlation between neopterin concentrations and PBC-derived ratios was observed. NLR ≥3 was a significant predictor of poor survival, but neither urinary neopterin ≥205 μmol/mol creatinine, NLR ≥150 nor LMR ≥4.25 was significantly associated with survival. In conclusion, no consistent correlation was observed between urinary and serum neopterin concentrations and any of the PBC-derived ratios. In a cohort of breast cancer patients, a higher NLR predicted poor survival.
The accurate continuous-discrete extended Kalman filter for continuous-time stochastic systems
Authors: Kulikov Gennady Yu. , Kulikova Maria V.
Published: August 2015

This paper elaborates a new approach to nonlinear filtering based on an accurate implementation of the continuous-discrete extended Kalman filter. It implies that the moment differential equations for calculating the predicted state mean of stochastic dynamic system and the corresponding error covariance matrix are solved accurately, i.e. with negligible error. The latter allows the total error of the extended Kalman filter to be reduced significantly and results in a new Accurate Continuous-Discrete Extended Kalman Filtering method. The developed technique is compared theoretically and numerically with other implementations of the extended Kalman filter to conform its outstanding performance on test examples.
Isolation and characterisation of a novel trophoblast side-population from first trimester placentae
Authors: James J L , Hurley D G , Gamage T K J B , Zhang T , Vather R , Pantham P , Murthi P , Chamley L W
Published: August 2015

The placenta is responsible for all nutrient and gas exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy. The differentiation of specialised placental epithelial cells called trophoblasts is essential for placental function, but we understand little about how these populations arise. Mouse trophoblast stem cells have allowed us to understand many of the factors that regulate murine trophoblast lineage development, but the human placenta is anatomically very different from the mouse, and it is imperative to isolate a human trophoblast stem cell to understand human placental development. Here we have developed a novel methodology to isolate a Hoechst side-population of trophoblasts from early gestation placentae and compared their transcriptome to differentiated trophoblast populations (cytotrophoblasts and extravillous trophoblasts) using microarray technology. Side-population trophoblasts clustered as a transcriptomically distinct population but were more closely related to cytotrophoblasts than extravillous trophoblasts. Side-population trophoblasts up-regulated a number of genes characteristic of trophectoderm and murine trophoblast stem cells in comparison to cytotrophoblasts or extravillous trophoblasts and could be distinguished from both of these more mature populations by a unique set of 22 up-regulated genes, which were enriched for morphogenesis and organ development and the regulation of growth functions. Cells expressing two of these genes (LAMA2 and COL6A3) were distributed throughout the cytotrophoblast layer at the trophoblast/mesenchymal interface. Comparisons to previously published trophoblast progenitor populations suggest that the side-population trophoblasts isolated in this work are a novel human trophoblast population. Future work will determine whether these cells exhibit functional progenitor/stem cell attributes.
New record and geographic distribution map of Alexandresaurus camacan Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argôlo and Sites Jr., 2007 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in northeastern Brazil
Authors: Freire Eliza Maria Xavier , Jorge Jaqueiuto Da Silva , Sales Raul Fernandes Dantas , Ribeiro Matheus Meira , Andrade Maria Jaqueline Monte , Sousa Pablo Augusto Gurgel de
Published: August 2015

We provide a new record of Alexandresaurus camacan for the state of Bahia and a distribution map for the species. Alexandresaurus was previously known from seven localities in the state of Bahia, all in the Atlantic Forest Domain. The new record is in the Serra da Jiboia, an enclave of Atlantic Forest in the Caatinga Domain.
New records and geographical distribution of Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1870 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Iran
Authors: Zareian Halimeh , Esmaeili Hamid Reza , Gholamhosseini Ali , Sayyadzadeh Golnaz
Published: August 2015

The distribution of the Persian bleak, Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1870 in Iran is described. During a survey from 2009 to 2012, we captured 30 specimens of A. hohenackeri from Choghakhor Wetland in Tigris River basin and Kardeh Dam in Harirud River basin of Iran. This is the first report of the occurrence of this species in these localities. The main distribution range in Iran is the southern part of the Caspian Sea from where it has been translocated to the other Iranian basins along with exotic Chinese carps.
Introduction of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in central Amazonia, Brazil
Authors: Carvalho Vinícius T. de , De Fraga Rafael , Da Silva André Luiz F. , Vogt Richard C.
Published: August 2015

This note reports new records of Leptodactylus labyrinthicus in central Amazonia (Manaus, Brazil). We found a small population on the banks of a small polluted tributary of the Negro river. The knowledge about the natural species range suggests that the population was introduced, probably carried to Manaus for commercial production.
New records of Orchidaceae in Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Authors: Guimarães Leonardo Ramos Seixas , Penha Túlio Luiz Laitano , De Barros Fábio
Published: August 2015

The occurrences of nine species of Orchidaceae belonging to six genera: Alatiglossum (2 species), Baptistonia (2), Cattleya (1), Encyclia (2), Promenaea (1) and Stelis (1) are noted here for the first time in Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brasil. Morphological characters of the genera are briefly described. These new records highlight the importance to preserve the area.
Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae Teratohyla midas (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) and Cochranella resplendens (Lynch and Duellman, 1973): First and second record respectively for Colombia
Authors: Malambo César , González-Ibarra Junner F. , Gomez-Polania Yudi C.
Published: August 2015

We present the first record of the glassfrog Teratohyla midas (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) for Colombia. This species, previously known in Ecuador, Peru and French Guiana, was collected at the municipalities of Belén de los Andaquíes and Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia. We also present the second record of Cochranella resplendens (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) for Colombia. The species was previously known from Santa Maria de Sucumbíos, department of Putumayo, Colombia.
First record of Cryptopodia angulata H. Milne Edwards and Lucas, 1841 from Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae)
Authors: Trivedi Jigneshkumar N. , Vachhrajani Kauresh D.
Published: August 2015

Cryptopodia angulata is reported for the first time from Saurashtra coast of Gujarat state. One adult female was found in trawl catch near Sutrapada village of Saurashtra coast on January, 2012. Although the species is not common in Indian waters, this species has been reported from the south east coast of India. This is the first report from Saurashtra coast.
New records of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in a biogeographical transition zone in the state of Maranhão, Brazil
Authors: Matavelli Rodrigo , Campos Aldenise Martins , Silva Fernando Augusto Barbosa
Published: August 2015

In this study, we present the first record of Ateuchus semicribratus, Canthon simulans, Canthon histrio, Dichotomius carinatus, Eurysternus caribaeus, Eurysternus nigrovirens, and Ontherus sulcator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) for the state of Maranhão, Brazil. These records expand the currently known geographical distribution of these species and contribute to the knowledge of dung beetles in northeastern Brazil.
Three-Dimensional Carrier Confinement in Strain-Induced Self-Assembled Quantum Dots
Authors: Petroff P.M. , Medeiros-Ribeiro G.
Published: August 2015

Recent technological and materials advances in semiconductors have brought about the possibility of producing heterostructures within which carriers are confined to an ultrasmall region of space (a few thousand atoms) by a potential barrier. When the dimensions of the confining potential are smaller than the electron wavelength (a few tens of nanometers), the semiconductor electronic and optical properties are drastically altered. In these so-called quantum structures, carrier energy levels are quantized and their energy depends on the confining-potential dimensions and magnitude.

Some of these quantum structures have already found technological applications. For example the quantum-well (QW) semiconductor laser is part of every CD player. It is also widely used as the light source for intercontinental optical communications. The carrier confining potential in this case is provided by two wider bandgap semiconductor layers sandwiching a thin (3–20 nm) smaller bandgap semiconductor film. The carriers have two degrees of freedom within the QW. The QWs are grown by epitaxial deposition on a crystalline substrate. The substrate may or may not be lattice-matched with the epitaxial film. In some instances, a small lattice mismatch may be required to obtain the desired band-gap value for the QW material. These are the so-called pseudomorphically strained QW structures and devices.
Holographic-Data-Storage Materials
Authors: Bernal M-P. , Burr G.W. , Coufal H. , Grygier R.K. , Hoffnagle J.A. , Jefferson C.M. , Macfarlane R.M. , Shelby R.M. , Sincerbox G.T. , Wittmann G.
Published: August 2015

In holographic data storage, a photo-sensitive medium is exposed to the interference pattern that is generated when an object beam, with an input data page encoded in the spatial profile of the beam, is intersected by a second, coherent laser beam. The photosensitive medium replicates these interference fringes as a change in optical absorption, refractive index, or thickness. Data are retrieved from the medium by exposing it to light from just one of the beams, which is then diffracted from the stored fringe pattern to reconstruct the other beam, including all the information that had been in the input data page. For a material of sufficient thickness, a large number of interference patterns, each identified by a different grating vector, can be stored or “multiplexed” in the same volume element, with negligible crosstalk between the individual interference patterns. Multiplexing of a large number of pages in the same volume element of the recording medium can be accomplished in several ways—for example by varying the angle between object and reference beam or the wavelength of both beams. Given no other limiting factors, the number of holograms that can be multiplexed in one volume element is directly proportional to the product of the thickness of the medium and its refractive index—that is, materials with optical thicknesses of the order of several millimeters are desirable.

By its very nature, the holographic-storage mechanism distributes the stored information redundantly throughout the recording volume.
AVALIAÇÃO DO ESCOAMENTO E INTERCEPTAÇÃO DA ÁGUA DAS CHUVAS
Authors: Rodrigues Valdemir Antonio , Sánchez-Román Rodrigo Máximo , Tarjuelo José Maria , Sartori Maria Márcia Pereira , Canales Antonio Ruiz
Published: August 2015

AVALIAÇÃO DO ESCOAMENTO E INTERCEPTAÇÃO DA ÁGUA DAS CHUVAS  VALDEMIR ANTONIO RODRIGUES1; RODRIGO M. SÁNCHEZ-ROMÁN1; JOSÉ MARIA TARJUELO2; MARIA MÁRCIA PEREIRA SARTORI1 E ANTONIO RUIZ CANALES3 (1)Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas -Universidade Estadual Paulista. UNESP. Botucatu - SP - Brasil.(2)Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Agrícola - Universidad CastillaLa Mancha. UCLM. Albacete. Espanha.(3)Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela - Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Orihuele Espanha.E-mails: valdemirrodrigues@fca.unesp.br, rmsroman@fca.unesp.br, jose.tarjuelo@uclm.es,mmpsartori@fca.unesp.br, aruizcanales@gmail.com,  1 RESUMO Os objetivos foram quantificar o escoamento superficial em diferentes coberturas do solo; analisar a função da vegetação na interceptação da água e controle da erosão; discutir os fatores que alteram a dinâmica da água em parcelas experimentais. O trabalho foi realizado na fazenda São Manuel, no estado de São Paulo (FCA/UNESP), em parcelas de solos com: cobertura vegetal, gramíneas, sem cobertura vegetal e solo impermeabilizado. As simulações de chuvas foram realizadas com quatro tempos de duração. Os tipos de cobertura do solo, intensidade das precipitações, influenciaram no escoamento superficial com maior sedimentação, enquanto que no solo com vegetação ocorreu interceptação pelas copas e menor mobilização de sedimentos. O coeficiente de escoamento superficial foi baixo na presença de vegetação resultando em maior infiltração e melhor regularidade da vazão. Enquanto que a erosão e sedimentos aumentaram nos solos desprotegidos alterando a dinâmica hidrológica em microbacias. Palavras - chave: precipitação, vegetação, erosão do solo, microbacia.  RODRIGUES, V. A.; ROMÁN, R. M. S.; TARJUELO, J. M.; SARTORI, M. M. P;RUIZ CANALES, A.EVALUATION OF RUNOFF AND INTERCEPTION OF RAINFALL  2 ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to quantify the surface runoff in different soil covers; analyze the effect of the forest on  water interception and on  erosion control; discuss the factors affecting water dynamics in experimental plots. The study was conducted at the São Manuel farm, São Paulo State - FCA/UNESP, in soil plots as follows: with vegetative cover, grasses, without vegetative cover and impervious soil. Rainfall simulations were performed using four time periods. The types of soil covering and  rainfall intensity affected surface runoff causing higher sedimentation, whereas interception by the canopies and lower  sediment mobilization were found  in soil with vegetation.     The coefficient of surface runoff was low in the presence of vegetation, leading to higher infiltration and better flow regularity, whereas  erosion and sediments increased in unprotected soils affecting hydrological dynamics in micro watersheds.  Keywords:  precipitation, vegetation, soil erosion, micro watershed.
SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING VIA SMS (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE)
Authors: Rodrigues Diogo Francisco Borba , Almeida Ceres Duarte Guedes Cabral de , Batista Maria da Conceição Moraes
Published: August 2015

In remote areas, especially in the north-east of Brazil, small farmers have difficulty in accessing information and obtaining technical assistance on irrigation. The purpose of this paper is to develop a decision support system for irrigation water management via SMS, called IGmanejo, that offers information and irrigation advice on the farmer’s mobile phone. Simulations were performed to evaluate water savings based on current and historical data comparing the values obtained by FAO CropWat 8.0 software. The greater water savings observed in the cycle that began in the transition season showed a reduction of 26%. The proposed software showed that it is able to reduce water waste in agriculture and send simple and quality irrigation advice to remote areas with a technology already assimilated in rural areas, that is, the mobile phone.
Linear elastic tunnel pipeline interaction: the existence and consequence of volume loss equality
Authors: KLAR A. , MARSHALL A. M.
Published: August 2015

Tunnel excavation causes ground movements which have the potential to cause damage to other buried infrastructure, including pipelines. This note examines the tunnel–pipeline interaction problem from the context of an elastic-continuum based approach. A theoretical proof is provided which shows that there is a constraint of volume loss equality between the greenfield displacement input and the resulting deformed pipeline shape. In addition, for an assumed Gaussian curve fit for the input greenfield displacements, it is shown that the deformed pipeline also fits well to a Gaussian shape. These two features are used to develop simple expressions for the prediction of pipeline bending moments. An interesting outcome of the analysis, whereby displacement and bending moment ratios can be related using a simple power law expression, is demonstrated and shown to agree well with experimental data.
Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959–c.1979
Authors: O'Hara Glen
Published: August 2015

Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959-c.1979

The early 1960s saw a number of long-term plans being issued by the British government – for roads, hospitals, new towns, social care, and even the whole economy. A «Very Long Term Planning Group» within Whitehall even looked 25 years into the future, to inform the setting of priorities. By the 1970s, however, this effort seemed to have entirely broken down, and the UK Government was involved in a day-to-day struggle even to keep electricity supplies flowing. Incomes policies and industrial subsidies focused, not on the twenty-first century, but on day-to-day negotiations in particular sectors of the economy. This article will explore this retreat from forethought and precommitment. What factors explain this remarkable retreat from ambitious and hopeful plans of a «scientific» future? It will argue that the British Government's peculiar challenges – of managing a large defence budget, a reserve currency and an international financial centre – made it much more vulnerable to recurrent crises, and a constant sense of emergency, helping to explain why more immediate and rapid «solutions» were applied, in the Thatcherite 1980s, than in France or West Germany.
Features of connective tissue structure of ligaments of the uterus in female genital prolapse
Authors: Khanzadyan M L , Demura T A
Published: August 2015

Aim. To study the features of collagen I and III deposition and elastin in uterosacral ligaments and round ligaments of uterus in females with genital prolapse.
Methods. The study was performed on surgical specimens and biopsies of uterosacral ligaments and round ligaments of uterus of 15 females with genital prolapse and 15 females without prolapse who also underwent metrectomy using abdominal access. Four tissue specimens were obtained from every patient, biopsy material was fixed in 10% neutral formalin and were embedded in paraffin, and cut for the paraffin slices of 4 μm. Specimens were stained by haematoxylin and eosine, Van Gieson’s picro-fuchsin stain and Weigert’s Resorcin-Fuchsin stain, immunohistochemistry (immunoperoxidase reactions) with primary antibodies to collagen I and III and elastin were also performed.
Results. Morphologic study of the ligaments of the uterus in females with genital prolapse revealed fibrosis and fragmentation of elastin, diffuse atrophy, hyaline or mucinous degeneration of smooth muscle and extracellular matrix edema. Connective tissue disarrangement at genital prolapse was seen as decreased expression of collagen type I and elastin. Decreased elasticity determined over-stretching of uterosacral ligaments and round ligaments of uterus, which decreased microcirculation and promoted the ischemia of ligaments of uterus connective tissue. Disproportion of connective tissue proteins expression was enhanced by imbalance of collagen I and III, with the last, which is the least strong, prevailing. Stereotypic changes in the ligaments of uterus structures, seen as misallocation and placing of collagen and elastin fibers and, consequently, loosening of the elastic and collagen fibers, were revealed in patients with genital prolapse.
Conclusion. Revealed features of collagen I and III and elastin deposition in uterosacral ligaments and round ligaments of uterus in females of reproductive age with genital prolapse allow predicting the risk for development and relapses of genital prolapse.
Effect of monoclonal antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus in preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia according to follow-up
Authors: Volyanyuk E V , Safina A I , Potapova M V
Published: August 2015

Aim. To assess the effect and safety of palivizumab to prevent the bronchopulmonary dysplasia complications in preterm children according to follow-up.
Methods. The study included 48 very preterm infants (birth weight ranged from 732-1640 g) with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, who were divided into two groups. The main group included children who received passive immunization by palivizumab (31 children), the comparison group included un-immunized children (17 patients). The diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in children at 28 days of postnatal life has been set according to clinical and radiological data. After being discharged from the department of pathology of newborn, children were followed-up for 12 months in the center of preterm children follow-up. Average age of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia was 4.2±1.3 months at passive immunization initiation. The drug was administered by intramuscular injection at a dose of 15 mg/kg once monthly.
Results. Lower respiratory tract infections were observed in 6 (19.3%) patients from the first group, including 4 cases of obstructive bronchitis and 2 cases of pneumonia. These patients received incomplete course of immunization. In children who did not receive specific prophylaxis, respiratory infections were registered in 7 (41.2%) patients, with 2 cases accompanied by severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. No adverse effects were identified while palivizumab treatment.
Conclusion. Palivizumab is currently the only effective drug to prevent the severe respiratory syncytial virus infection; good safety of the drug makes it possible to reconsider the contraindication of its use in high-risk children with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Immunohistochemical and morphometric study of hepatocyte proliferation in 18-days old infant rats after a mechanical trauma being administered «Suvar» biologically active substance
Authors: Romanova L P , Malyshev I I , Vorob’eva O V
Published: August 2015

Aim. Morphometric and immunohistochemical study of hepatocyte proliferative activity in 18-days-old infant rates after a mechanical trauma of the liver.
Methods. After an artificial mechanical injury of the liver with a steel needle in 18-days old infant rats, a biologically active substance «Suvar» in a dose of 50 mg/kg (n=36) was administered to animals. After animals were withdrawn from the experiment, a morphometric study (where the number of mitoses of hepatocytes for every 7000 cells were calculated) and immunohistochemistry of liver tissue were performed. For the immunohistochemistry, two commercially available monoclonal antibodies kits (manufactured by «Santa Cruz») were used: (1) proliferative activity marker Ki-67; (2) apoptosis marker bcl-2. Immunohistochemistry was performed according to standard protocol. Thirty-six operated infant rats, in whom the biologically active substance was not administered, were analyzed as the controls.
Results. The number of ki-67 positive hepatocytes in experimental animals on the 3rd, 5th,7th and the 9th day after the operation was significantly higher compared to controls. This was in accordance with the changes of the number of mitoses in hepatocytes, where the greatest number of mitoses was also registered on 3rd, 5th,7th and the 9th day. Both in experimental and in control infant rats, only single cells marked bcl-2 antibodies were found. The gained results support the opinion of the majority of the researchers that the liver regenerates mainly due to hepatocyte proliferation.
Conclusion. Morphometric study and immunohistochemistry confirmed that biologically active substance «Suvar» stimulates hepatocyte proliferation of hepatic cells, allowing better healing of liver injury compared to control animals.
Educational programs for patients and persons providing palliative care as a way to improve its quality in geriatrics
Authors: Ponomareva I P , Tkachenko E V
Published: August 2015

The efficiency of educational programs implementation in geriatrics in managing the palliative care training was explored. The article presents the literature review devoted to the problem of performing educational programs for patients and their relatives on the palliative care management in geriatrics. Currently there is an unresolved contradiction: on the one hand - the growing number of elderly and senile patients with severe pathology, accompanied by a significant dependency on others, on the other hand - the lack of professional staff and the lack of care, family problems in the competent care management, lack of specialized training and information programs. The situation is aggravated by the lack of interagency cooperation, and the inability to realize in practice the main principle of palliative care - multidisciplinary approach. Review of the literature demonstrated that the development and implementation of educational programs in palliative care, raising awareness of patients and their families are able to solve not only medical, but also economic problems, reducing the number of hospitalizations by twice, number of ambulance calls by twice as well. Introducing the information and education programs for patients with chronic conditions significantly reduces the risk of complications and, consequently, the cost of treatment and rehabilitation. Features of palliative care programs in geriatrics is teaching not only the patients, but their relatives by specialists with medical education, as well as and training of volunteers, social service professionals by academic specialists, taking into account the clinical, psychological and social characteristics of older patients.
Efficiency of intra-articular, periarticular, local intramuscular and perineural injection therapy in the treatment of nociceptive and neuropathic pain syndromes
Authors: Bogdanov E I , Sakovets T G , Altunbaev R A
Published: August 2015

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system are accompanied by nociceptive, neuropathic pain which is, in addition to kinesitherapy, physical therapy and acupuncture, widely treated using the local injection therapy. This treatment method is commonly used by physicians of different specialties for about 100 years and includes intra-articular, periarticular, perineural, intramuscular administration of different medicines, homeopathic remedies or medical devices. Hyaluronic acid salts, nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticosteroids, local anesthetics, vitamin B12, botulinum toxin A medications are often used for the treatment of degenerative conditions, posttraumatic joint disease, delayed complications of aseptic, bacterial and viral inflammatory, rheumatic processes within and out of the joints, such as: pathology of periarticular soft tissues as a consequence of local physical overload after acute injury, chronic microtrauma, sport trauma, affected facet joints and periarticular space at patients with dorsopathy, local muscle hypertonus (myofascial pain syndrome), neuropathy. The unique medication Hyalrepair-02/10 chondroreparant® based on the solid-state modificated hyaluronic acid salts and biogenic metabolites (non-drug bioorganic depot complex consisting of hyaluronic acid, amino acids and ascorbyl phosphates) is widely used at spine diseases and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, and it has showed good safety at local injection therapy. Heterogeneity of target tissues at patients with the musculoskeletal disorders, pharmacological substances as a part of injection drugs, and dosages of medicines and medical devices as well as individual patient reactions to the local therapy depending on severity of the disease, compensatory abilities and other reasons determines the necessity of carrying out a clinical comparison between different types of local injections with various groups of preparations.
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in children of Russian Federation: epidemiology and economic aspects
Authors: Valiullina S A , Sharova E A
Published: August 2015

Aim. To define epidemiological features of traumatic brain injury in children and to assess economic losses caused by this condition.

Methods. The prevalence of traumatic brain injury in children for the period of 2003-2012 in Russia according to State Statistical Database. Direct and indirect economic losses (overall and per patient) were calculated for 2012.

Results. The study revealed an increase of traumatic brain injury prevalence in children for the analyzed period, with the domestic traumatism prevailing among all brain trauma injuries, especially in girls. The amount of economic losses due to traumatic brain injury in children of Russian Federation in 2012 was about 4 milliard roubles. However, this figure is considerably underestimated, because the amount of expenses per one patient with traumatic brain injury is a quarter less compared to the standard sum per one case traumatic brain injury according to the standards of obligatory health insurance. On the one hand, it may be explained by high admission rate in children with minor head injury. On the other hand, it may be a result of insufficient healthcare funding as well as unaccounted expenses for medical care and drug coverage, especially in children with severe traumatic brain injury.

Conclusion. The reduction of economic losses due to pediatric traumatic brain injury is possible not only by preventing new cases of traumatic brain injury but also by optimizing medical care.