bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Capacity Management in Agricultural Commodity Processing and Application in the Palm Industry
Authors: Boyabatlı Onur , Nguyen Jason , Wang Tong
Published: August 2017

This paper examines the capacity investment decisions of a processor that uses a commodity input to produce both a commodity output and a by-product in the context of agricultural industries. We employ a multiperiod model to study the optimal one-time processing and (output) storage capacity investment decisions—in addition to the periodic processing and inventory decisions—when both input and output spot prices as well as production yield are uncertain. We characterize the optimal decisions and perform sensitivity analysis to investigate how spot price uncertainty affects the processor’s optimal capacity and profitability. Using a calibration based on the palm industry, we study (both numerically and analytically) the performance of a variety of heuristic capacity investment policies that can be used in practice. We find that if the yield uncertainty is ignored in capacity planning, then basing those plans on the average yield is preferable to basing them (as often occurs in practice) on the maximum yield. However, planning based on the average yield performs well only when the relative (processing-to-storage) capacity investment cost is high; otherwise, it leads to a significant loss of profit. We also find that ignoring spot price uncertainty in capacity planning results in a relatively small profit loss. In contrast, ignoring by-product revenue—which constitutes a small portion of total revenues—during capacity planning substantially reduces the processor’s profit.

The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2017.0624 .
Eikonostasia
Authors: Manousogiannaki Lina
Published: August 2017

‘Eikonostasia’ is the Greek word for roadside shrines indicating death in car accidents. In this article, the evidence of these shrines in modern material culture throughout Crete is being presented. Furthermore, the author/photographer explores these particular and unique structures as well as the preservation of memory through tangible evidence of an event which has occurred on a precise moment in time. How do the images of these particular structures carry through time the ‘Barthian’, ‘punctum’ and ‘studium’? To what point photography can actually record an evolution of a social habit/tradition/tendency throughout the advancement of our civilization and turn it into evidence of a highly evolving present? How does photography, as an art, revive the original character of these structures, which have gone from public to private in the spare of 50 years?
A new vision and order of world
Authors: Boemio Camilla
Published: August 2017

In a world of change photography is one of most interesting art mediums for analysis, contrast and social metamorphosis. In my research the political view discovered a new order in which was lost a certain idea of Italy, as well as lost innocence; in this article I dwell on the different series of two Italian photographers – Francesco Jodice and GianLuca Perrone – in which I focus on the macro areas of change, and the micro areas in which traditions and a precise idea of this country lost his face for an image of Paolo Sorrentino’s masterpiece La grande Bellezza. Before an analysis of the Italians photographic series of works, I explore the general topic of ‘evidence’ remembering Sascha Weidner; a romantically inclined traveller, restless, as though greeting the world for the first time with the strongest cry. Like an eccentric setting in Joe R. Lansdale’s novel, Drive-In, we are the co-stars in a convulsive world where trauma and decadence are not the exception in the collection, a recording or in a display of evidence.
Ermessensraum
Authors: Bläser Kerstin
Published: August 2017

Wie wird aus einem Ort ein Investitionsstandort, aus einem Gebäude ein Asset und aus all dem ein Anlagemarkt, auf dem täglich Kapitalströme auf den Weg gebracht werden? Zentraler Bestandteil dieser Transformation von Immobilien zu einer Kapitalanlage ist deren Einpassung in die kalkulativen Schemata der Finanzmärkte. Kerstin Bläser analysiert finanzmathematische Kalkulationsweisen und arbeitet heraus, welche Funktionen diese Verfahren innerhalb von Investmentfirmen haben. Die Studie bietet so einen profunden Einblick in die Rationalitätskonstruktionen finanzmarktlichen Handelns im gegenwärtigen Finanzkapitalismus.
Von der Darstellbarkeit des Anderen
Authors: Zimmermann Mayte
Published: August 2017

Die Darstellbarkeit des Anderen ist eine der zentralen Fragen der Theatertheorie und -praxis. In einer theaterwissenschaftlichen Lektüre philosophischer Positionen im Anschluss an Levinas und einer detaillierten Betrachtung von fünf szenischen Arbeiten stellt sich Mayte Zimmermanns Untersuchung dieser Problematik und nimmt szenische Rücksicht auf die Grenzen von Darstellbarkeit. Sie zeigt: Dem Auftritt als erkenn- und verstehbarer Figur, in deren Namen (Darstellungs-)Politik betrieben werden kann, wohnt automatisch Gewalt inne - solange nicht nach dem gefragt wird, was in der Darstellung qua ihrer Formen Anderes bleiben muss.
Englands Exodus
Authors: Queckbörner Boris
Published: August 2017

Die Überzeugung, von Gott erwählt zu sein, prägte die englisch-britische Geschichte nachhaltig. Doch wann und wie kam es dazu, dass sich diese Vorstellung so eng mit der englischen Identität verband? Boris Queckbörner analysiert den ideengeschichtlichen Entwicklungsprozess der englischen Reformation zwischen den Herrschaftszeiten Heinrichs VIII. und Elisabeths I. Der alttestamentliche Exodus fungierte hierbei als Orientierungswissen und argumentativer Bezugspunkt, um reformatorisches Gedankengut zu vermitteln. Vor allem ermöglichte das biblische Narrativ es, bestehende Wissensbestände und alte Gewissheiten zu diskursivieren, neu zu ordnen und darüber letztlich Innovationen zu schaffen und zu legitimieren. Die gesellschaftliche Verfestigung des Glaubens an die göttliche Erwählung Englands muss dabei als ein wesentliches Resultat dieser kontinuierlichen Verargumentierung angesehen werden.
Kunst und Gender
Authors: Hassler Katrin
Published: August 2017

Quantitative Perspektiven spielen in dem seit den 1970er Jahren intensivierten Diskurs um Kunst und Gender eine marginale Rolle. In besonderem Maße trifft dies für Positionen im Spitzensegment des internationalen Felds zu. Katrin Hassler greift diese Leerstelle auf und liefert konkrete Zahlen zur Einnahme professioneller Positionen in diesem oft als feminisiert deklarierten Universum. Verschränkungen von Geschlecht, geografischer Herkunft und Bildungskapital sowie diachrone Entwicklungen stehen im Fokus und werden mittels des Ansatzes einer Gender-Kunstfeld-Theorie feldspezifisch analysiert, ohne dabei gesellschaftliche Machtverhältnisse aus dem Blick zu verlieren.
Die Unübersichtlichkeit der Demokratie
Authors: Abdelhamid Rames
Published: August 2017

Die spätmoderne Politik ist unübersichtlich: Ihre komplizierten Themen, Strukturen und Prozesse stellen sich in einer dichten und schnellen medialen Kommunikation vielfältiger Interessenlagen, Perspektiven und Deutungen dar. Eine überlastete politische Öffentlichkeit, für die das Politische kaum mehr lesbar, schwer zu überblicken und zu beurteilen ist, droht ihre Kontrollfunktion in der Demokratie zu verlieren. Rames Abdelhamid zeigt, dass Komplexität und Kontingenz - die Quellen der Unübersichtlichkeit - nicht nur als Komplikationen, sondern auch als Voraussetzungen demokratischer Wissensgesellschaften zu verstehen sind. Dabei geht er der Frage nach, wie sich dieses Dilemma auflösen lässt, wenn kein Weg zurück in die Übersichtlichkeit führt.
Die Jüdische Oberschule in Berlin
Authors: Anusiewicz-Baer Sandra
Published: August 2017

Als erstes jüdisches Gymnasium in Deutschland nach dem Nationalsozialismus war der Jüdischen Oberschule zur Eröffnung 1993 Aufmerksamkeit gewiss. Die Schule startete mit 27 Kindern. Heute besuchen mehr als 400 junge Menschen das Gymnasium - Zeit, Bilanz zu ziehen und zu fragen, wie die Schule die Identität ihrer Schülerschaft geprägt hat. In ausführlichen Interviews ergründen 23 Ehemalige, was ihnen die Jüdische Oberschule bedeutet. Ergänzt um eine historische Einführung und vier Fallporträts entsteht so das Bild einer einzigartigen Bildungseinrichtung. Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer gelingt zugleich eine Darstellung der Bedingungen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten jungen jüdischen Lebens in Deutschland heute.
Desartikulation statt Transitional Justice?
Authors: Sott Sarah Helen
Published: August 2017

Zur Aufarbeitung des bewaffneten Konflikts zwischen Paramilitärs, Guerillas und Staat in Kolumbien werden seit den 2000er Jahren Maßnahmen der Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung implementiert. Unter Rückgriff auf postkoloniale Ansätze und gramscianische Perspektiven zeigt Sarah Helen Sott, wie sich im Konflikt entstandene Herrschaftsverhältnisse trotz der Formen von transitional justice weiter fortsetzen. Am Beispiel afrokolumbianischer, indigener und gewerkschaftlicher Positionen analysiert sie die Desartikulation und Exklusion subalterner Gruppen und macht sichtbar, dass eine grundlegende soziale Transformation notwendig ist, um die strukturellen Ursachen des gewaltsamen Konflikts zu überwinden.
Cotton Dyeing with Sulfur Dyes using Alkaline Enzymes as Alternate Reducing Systems
Authors: Chakraborty J. N.
Published: August 2017

Sulfur dyes are water insoluble and require reduction as well as solubilization before application. These dyes are used for dyeing cotton with heavy shades, primarily because of good light and wash fastness at low cost. Sodium sulfide used for reduction is highly toxic, releasing sulfur products in drained out liquor, including hydrogen sulfide gas. Enzymes capable of reducing sulfur dyes were studied to replace sodium sulfide in dyebath formulations. It was found that a few enzymes viz. protease, pectinase, lipase, and catalase can effectively reduce all sulfur dyes. Dyebath potential, color strength ( K/ S), reduction bath stability, and colorfastness of dyeing were comparable among the reducing systems, thus demonstrating the feasibility of enzymatic cotton dyeing with sulfur dyes.
Chicken egg-white extracts promote OCT4 and NANOG expression and telomeres growth in 293T cells
Authors: Ruan G-P. , Yao X. , Shu J. , Liu J-F. , Pang R.-Q , Pan X-H.
Published: August 2017

It will have broad applications in cell biology if one of egg cell extracts has the roles to promote cell proliferation and reprogramming. It will provide a new method for easier reprogramming somatic cells and promote cell proliferation. We found chicken egg-white extracts have roles to promote cell proliferation and reprogramming. The different ingredients were then assessed for cell proliferation activity and somatic cell reprogramming. Chicken egg-white extract ingredients that were less than 3 kDa (LT3K) promoted cell proliferation. Those ingredients that were greater than 3 kDa (GT3K) promoted the increased expression of pluripotency factors in somatic cells and promote telomeres growth in 293T cells. Chicken egg-whites can be separated into ingredients of LT3K, which act to promote cell proliferation, and GT3K, which can be used to promote somatic cell reprogramming.
The association between PAI-1 -675 4G/5G polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Chen L. , Li S-Y. , Liu M.
Published: August 2017

In this study, we aimed to analyze the association between plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) -675 4G/5G polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk. We included in 187 T2DM patients and 186 heathy controls between 2014 and 2017 from Tianjin Gong An Hospital, China. All patients and controls were ethnically Chinese Han population. The primers and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) conditions were performed. Results from this case-control study suggested that PAI-1 -675 4G/5G polymorphism was not associated with T2DM risk in four genetic models. Additionally, PAI-1 -675 4G/5G polymorphism was not associated with clinical and laboratory characteristics, such as age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and HbA1c. In conclusion, this case-control study suggested that PAI-1 -675 4G/5G polymorphism was not associated with T2DM risk in this population.
Mass spectrometric identification of diagnostic markers for chronic prostatitis in seminal plasma by analysis of seminal plasma protein clinical samples
Authors: Rokka A. , Mehik A. , Tonttila P. , Vaarala M.
Published: August 2017

There are few specific diagnostic markers for chronic prostatitis. Therefore, we used mass spectrometry to evaluate differences in seminal plasma protein expression among patients with prostatitis and young and middle-aged healthy controls. We analysed pooled seminal plasma protein samples from four prostatitis patients (two pools), three young controls (one pool), and three middle-aged controls (one pool). The samples were analysed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Of the 349 proteins identified, 16 were differentially expressed between the two control pools. Five proteins were up- or down-regulated in both of the prostatitis pools compared to middle-aged controls but not between young and middle-aged pools. Progestagen-associated endometrial protein (PAEP) was over-expressed in prostatitis samples compared to young and middle-aged controls. Our findings and those of previous studies indicate that PAEP is a potential seminal plasma marker for chronic prostatitis. In conclusion, we found age-related changes in seminal plasma protein expression. PAEP expression in seminal plasma should be investigated further to evaluate its potential as a diagnostic marker for chronic prostatitis.
Anti-EU and Anti-LGBT Attitudes in Poland: Considering Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
Authors: Chojnicka Joanna
Published: August 2017

The purpose of this study is to investigate anti-EU and anti- LGBT attitudes in Poland on the basis of quantitative evidence (statistical data) and qualitative evidence (discourse analysis of statements expressed on the Internet). As Euroscepticism seems to frequently appear in conjunction with prejudice against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual or transgender) persons, the task of this article is to find out whether they may have a common foundation and what it may be.

A possible answer, as the article argues, is that both attitudes could be considered symptoms of a deeper, more wide-ranging and fundamental problem-a fear, tension, or anxiety caused by social change, especially the fragmentation of dominant collective (national) identity. The case for such an interpretation of the situation is first made on the basis of existing academic literature and statistical data provided by Eurobarometer and the Polish Public Opinion Research Centre (Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej, CBOS). However, as the text further argues, such quantitative methods have their limitations and should be supported and illustrated with qualitative studies. The article thus proposes an alternative discourse-oriented approach, namely critical discourse analysis (CDA). This approach is used to conduct an introductory, presentational analysis of some examples of anti-EU and anti-LGBT discourse found on the Internet.

This analysis shows that sexual minorities represent values so strange and foreign to Polish conservatives that they can only be conceptualized as something imposed by the power which is both new and distant-by Brussels. And the other way round, the European Union’s liberalism and espousal of human rights, including women’s and LGBT rights, makes it impossible for the conservative parts of the Polish society to accept a “European identity”. This means that Euroscepticism and LGBT prejudice are not just occasionally, coincidentally connected expressions of an underlying resistance to change, but that a closer relationship exists between them. Namely, the conservative reluctance or hostility towards both the EU and LGBT is caused by their incompatibility with the patriotic and religious national identity construction.
Varieties of Capitalism and Fiscal Stimulus, 2008–2010
Authors: Toloudis Nicholas
Published: August 2017

This paper tests the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) framework to explain variation in fiscal stimulus measures across OECD countries in response to the 2008-2010 economic crisis. Following Soskice (2007), I argue that coordinated market economies are less flexible with fiscal policy than liberal market economies. Multivariate analysis across 23 OECD countries demonstrates that VoC is more powerful than three competing theories: fiscal institutions, which hypothesizes more stimulus in countries with less restrictive budgetary rules; debt credibility, which hypothesizes more stimulus in less indebted countries; and political partisanship, which hypothesizes more stimulus in countries governed by the left.
Norms and Care Relationships in Transnational Families: The Case of Elderly Parents Left Behind in Lithuania
Authors: Gedvilaitė-Kordušienė Margarita
Published: August 2017

In the context of high migration rates and limited formal care support for the elderly the paper deals with normative expectations and actual flows of support in Lithuanian transnational families. The study is based on a representative survey of elderly parents who have at least one migrant child (N=305). The data analysis revealed predominance of familistic attitudes towards filial responsibilities in transnational families. We did not find any significant differences in filial expectations between the two types of transnational families (elderly parents having only migrant children and those with both migrant and non-migrant children). High expectations of elderly parents are not being met in regards to face-to-face and virtual contacts with migrant adult children. The differences in provided/ received emotional support between migrant and non-migrant children were insignificant. However, the data revealed significant differences in provided/received financial support between migrant and non-migrant children.
The Last Habitual Residence of the Deceased as the Principal Connecting Factor in the Context of the Succession Regulation (650/2012)
Authors: Atallah Max
Published: August 2017

The objective of this study was to gather information about the last habitual residence (LHR) of the deceased in the context of the upcoming EU Succession Regulation. In addition, the aim was to analyze the adequacy of the legally undefined LHR as the principal connecting factor in cross-border succession within the EU. This study was carried out as a part of a bachelor thesis conducted on the same subject. The data were collected from relevant jurisprudence, international law, national acts, the EU published materials and case law. These results suggest that the legally undefined LHR is an unstable connecting factor for the purposes of the Succession Regulation, since it cannot guarantee sufficient legal certainty, and hence, the EU citizens are not able to fully utilize their right to free movement. The findings indicate that there might be a need to amend a legal definition for the LHR, not only for the EU Member States to be able to apply the concept in an harmonized way, but also for the EU citizens to know whether they are considered habitually resident in a state or not.
How Far Can Citizens Influence the Decision-Making Process? Analysis of the Effectiveness of Referenda in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in 1989–2015
Authors: Kużelewska Elżbieta
Published: August 2017

This article explores the political role of a referendum in Central European countries, in particular in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In this article, political effectiveness is understood as a possibility to influence the decision-making process by citizens through a referendum. The transformation of political systems in Central European states from socialist/communist to democratic ones resulted in increasing interest in the notion of referendum, one of the common forms of direct democracy. However, most referenda have been abused for political purposes. The focus of this article is a referendum used at the national level. This study examines the use of a referendum in Central European states from 1989 to 2015. The database presents, country by country, the subject matter of voting, people’s participation and the results in order to show the citizens’ opportunity (or lack of it) to express their opinions and to contribute to policy-making by circumventing the standard legislative process. The aim of this paper is to analyze referenda in the selected countries and to verify two hypotheses. Firstly, the weak use of a referendum and a small size of complementation of representative democracy. Secondly, the citizens’ belief in a referendum as an element of communication and consultation between authorities and society.
Breaking in and busting out: cell-penetrating peptides and the endosomal escape problem
Authors: LeCher Julia C. , Nowak Scott J. , McMurry Jonathan L.
Published: August 2017

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have long held great promise for the manipulation of living cells for therapeutic and research purposes. They allow a wide array of biomolecules from large, oligomeric proteins to nucleic acids and small molecules to rapidly and efficiently traverse cytoplasmic membranes. With few exceptions, if a molecule can be associated with a CPP, it can be delivered into a cell. However, a growing realization in the field is that CPP-cargo fusions largely remain trapped in endosomes and are eventually targeted for degradation or recycling rather than released into the cytoplasm or trafficked to a desired subcellular destination. This ‘endosomal escape problem’ has confounded efforts to develop CPP-based delivery methods for drugs, enzymes, plasmids, etc. This review provides a brief history of CPP research and discusses current issues in the field with a primary focus on the endosomal escape problem, for which several promising potential solutions have been developed. Are we on the verge of developing technologies to deliver therapeutics such as siRNA, CRISPR/Cas complexes and others that are currently failing because of an inability to get into cells, or are we just chasing after another promising but unworkable technology? We make the case for optimism.
Time and age dependent decrease of NT-proBNP after septal myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Authors: Cui Hao , Wu Xi , Wang Shuiyun , Tang Bing , Zhu Changsheng , Chen Haibo , Zhou Xiaohui , Wu Rong , Yu Qinjun , Huang Xiaohong
Published: August 2017

Background:

NT-proBNP level is a predictive factor in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients, in which left ventricular outflow tract obstruction contributes to an increased NT-proBNP level. However, studies regarding the influence of septal myectomy on NT-proBNP level in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy are lacking.

Methods:

One hundred and eighty-two patients who underwent septal myectomy in Fuwai Hospital from May 2011 to March 2016 and were included in the present study. Preoperative and follow-up NT-proBNP was retrospectively collected. Correlation analysis was performed to determine the factors affecting preoperative NT-proBNP and postoperative decrease.

Results:

The cohort had a median age of 46.2 [IQR: 36.5–53.1] years, and 106 (58.2%) patients were male. NT-proBNP decreased to 816.5 [IQR: 400.3–1661.8] pg/mL from preoperative 1732.4 [IQR: 819–3296.5] pg/mL (p<0.001). Baseline NT-proBNP was correlated with gender (p<0.001), maximum septal thickness (p<0.001), and resting pressure gradient (p=0.006). The extent of NT-proBNP decrease was positively correlated with age (p<0.001), baseline NT-proBNP (p<0.001), follow-up time (p=0.020), and enlargement of the ascending aorta (p=0.019). NT-proBNP exhibited a persistent decrease after myectomy.

Conclusions:

Myectomy significantly reduced NT-proBNP level in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy patients, in which a time-dependent manner of decrease indicated myocardial remodeling of the heart after myectomy.
Diagnosis biomarkers in acute intestinal ischemic injury: so close, yet so far
Authors: Peoc’h Katell , Nuzzo Alexandre , Guedj Kevin , Paugam Catherine , Corcos Olivier
Published: August 2017

Acute intestinal ischemic injury (i3) is a life-threatening condition with disastrous prognosis, which is currently difficult to diagnose at the early stages of the disease; a rapid diagnosis is mandatory to avoid irreversible ischemia, extensive bowel resection, sepsis and death. The overlapping protein expression of liver and gut related to the complex physiopathology of the disease, the heterogeneity of the disease and its relative rarity could explain the lack of a useful early biochemical marker of i3. Apart from non-specific biological markers of thrombosis, hypoxia inflammation, and infection, several more specific biomarkers in relation with the gut barrier dysfunction, the villi injury and the enterocyte mass have been used in the diagnosis of acute i3. It includes particularly D-lactate, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) and citrulline. Herein, we will discuss leading publications concerning these historical markers that point out the main limitations reagrding their use in routine clinical practice. We will also introduce the first and limited results arising from omic studies, underlying the remaining effort that needs to be done in the field of acute i3 biological diagnosis, which remains a challenge.
Use of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio to rule out preeclampsia requiring delivery in women with suspected disease. Is the evidence reproducible?
Authors: Sabrià Enric , Lequerica-Fernández Paloma , Ganuza Paula Lafuente , Ángeles Edwin Eguia , Escudero Ana I. , Martínez-Morillo Eduardo , Alvárez Francisco V.
Published: August 2017

Background:

Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) to placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio has been proven to predict preeclampsia occurrence.

Methods:

Blood samples from 195 pregnant women with suspected preeclampsia were obtained at obstetric triage admission or from the high-risk pregnancy outpatient office. Serum PlGF and sFlt-1 were measured by an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) on the immunoanalyser Cobas e601 (Roche Diagnostics) and the corresponding ratio was calculated. Final outcomes were reviewed by an independent obstetrician. Only the first determination was considered.

Results:

A sFlt-1/PlGF ratio of 38 or lower ruled out the need for pregnancy termination due to preeclampsia in the subsequent week with a negative predictive value (NPV) of 99.1% (sensitivity 97.1% and specificity 67.5%). None of the 76 pregnancies with first determination of an sFlt-1/PlGF ratio of 38 or lower between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation delivered due to early-onset preeclampsia. Positive likelihood ratio (PLR) of an sFlt-1/PlGF ratio above 38 for prediction of pregnancy termination due to preeclampsia within 4 weeks is analogous to published evidence.

Conclusions:

Between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation, no subsequent determination was needed to completely rule out early-onset preeclampsia when the first sFlt-1/PlGF ratio determination was 38 or lower in singleton pregnancies with signs or symptoms of this syndrome. These findings, if confirmed, will reduce costs and facilitate the implementation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio in women with clinical suspicion of preeclampsia in the third trimester.
Elastic recovery of polyamide 6 matrix nanocomposites and their basalt fiber co-reinforced hybrids
Authors: Mészáros László
Published: August 2017

The improved elastic recovery and a wider range of linear elastic behavior of multiscale hybrid polyamide 6 composites are demonstrated in this study. For the composites, basalt fiber (BF) was used as microsized, and multiwalled carbon nanotubes and surface-treated montmorillonite (MMT) as nanosized reinforcement. The materials were melt compounded, and then specimens were injection molded. To prove increased elastic behavior, a relatively simple and fast cyclic measurement method was applied, where the load was increased in each cycle and 30 s of relaxation time was allowed after unloading. The results showed that both micro- and nanoparticles can broaden the range of the elastic behavior of the polyamide 6 significantly, which is reflected in increased elastic recovery and decreased plastic deformation compliance. Nano- and microsized reinforcing materials also produce a synergistic effect, which can be explained with the physical cross-linking of the nanoparticles.
Neoadjuvant peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and modified multivisceral transplantation for an advanced small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasm: an updated case report
Authors: Clift Ashley K. , Giele Henk , Reddy Srikanth , Macedo Rubens , Al-Nahhas Adil , Wasan Harpreet S. , Gondolesi Gabriel E. , Vianna Rodrigo M. , Friend Peter , Vaidya Anil , Frilling Andrea
Published: August 2017

Small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (SI-NEN) frequently metastasise to regional lymph nodes, and surgery is the mainstay of therapy for such patients. However, despite the possible use of advanced surgical techniques, the resection of both primary and locoregional diseases is not always attainable. Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation has been performed in a small number of patients with conventionally nonresectable, slow-growing tumours threatening the mesenteric root but has remained controversial. The use of donor skin in “sentinel flaps” in transplantation theoretically offers advantages in tailoring immunosuppression and monitoring for rejection. We represent (with extended follow-up) the first case of a patient with inoperable extensive mesenteric metastases from SI-NEN, who underwent neoadjuvant peptide receptor radionuclide therapy before a modified multivisceral transplant with a concomitant vascularised sentinel forearm flap. At 48 months after transplantation, our patient remained at full physical activity with no evidence of disease recurrence on either tumour biochemistry or radiological imaging.
Fuzzy Approach to Decision Support System Design for Inventory Control and Management
Authors: Deb Mahuya , Kaur Prabjot , Sarma Kandarpa Kumar
Published: August 2017

The ubiquitous nature of inventory and its reliance on a reliable decision support system (DSS) is crucial for ensuring continuous availability of goods. The DSS needs to be designed in a manner that enables it to highlight its present status. Further, the DSS should be able to provide indications about subtle and large-scale variations that are likely to occur in the supply chain within the context of the decision-making framework and inventory management. However, while dealing with the parameters of the system, it is observed that its operations and mechanisms are surrounded by uncertain, imprecise, and vague environments. Fuzzy-based approaches are best suited for such situations; however, these require assistance from learning systems like artificial neural network (ANN) to facilitate automated decision support. When ANN and fuzzy are combined, the fuzzy neural system and the neuro-fuzzy system (NFS) are formulated. The model of the DSS reported here is based on a framework commonly known as adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), which is a version of NFS. The configured model has the advantages of both the ANN and fuzzy systems, and has been tested for the design of a DSS for use as part of inventory control. In this work, we report the design of an ANFIS-based DSS configured to work as DSS for inventory management. The system accepts demand as input and generates procurement, ordering, and holding cost to control production and supply. The system deals with a certain profitability rating required to quantify the changes in the input and is combined with the day-to-day inventory records and demand-available cycle. The effectiveness of the system has been checked in terms of number and types of membership used, accuracy generated, and computational efficiency accounted by the computation cycles required.
Investigations with Reversible Feynman Gate and Irreversible Logic Schematics
Authors: Tripathi Devendra Kr.
Published: August 2017

In the contemporary world there is enormous hike in communication engineering applications, outcome with massive heat dissipation from the processing nodes. So energy efficient information network is one of paramount issue nowadays. For that optical reversible computing could be a landmark with base as optical logic gate. Reduction in power dissipation, consumption could be accomplished through a blend of reversible and irreversible optical processing and the nodes may recuperate the data. Accordingly, in this article two designs with semiconductor optical amplifier, used as Mach–Zehnder interferometer based all optical reversible Feynman gate, irreversible AND logic gate within a single photonic circuit has been proposed. The output waveforms for AND logic operation, Feynman logic the P (data output identical to input), Q (A ⊕ B) has been verified at 100 Gbps data rate. The designs have been evaluated on the basis of key parameter extinction ratio factor. Numerical simulations have inferred excellent ER performance with design-2(ER>13 dB) in contrast to design-1(ER as 10.2 dB). Performance evaluations for significant deign parameters as pump current, length, width, carrier transport, confine and current injection factor yielded excellent performance. This evaluation could be an assist toward design of contemporary optical networks.
Experimental neonatal hypoxia ischemia causes long lasting changes of oxidative stress parameters in the hippocampus and the spleen
Authors: Odorcyk Felipe Kawa , Kolling Janaína , Sanches Eduardo Farias , Wyse Angela T.S. , Netto Carlos Alexandre
Published: August 2017

Neonatal hypoxia ischemia (HI) is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in newborns. The mechanisms involved in its progression start immediately and persist for several days. Oxidative stress and inflammation are determinant factors of the severity of the final lesion. The spleen plays a major part in the inflammatory response to HI. This study assessed the temporal progression of HI-induced alterations in oxidative stress parameters in the hippocampus, the most affected brain structure, and in the spleen. HI was induced in Wistar rat pups in post-natal day 7. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the activity of the anti oxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase and catalase were assessed 24 h, 96 h and 38 days post-HI. Interestingly, both structures showed a similar pattern, with few alterations in the production of ROS species up to 96 h often combined with an increased activity of the anti oxidant enzymes. However, 38 days after the injury, ROS were at the highest in both structures, coupled with a decrease in the activity of the enzymes. Altogether, present results suggest that HI causes long lasting alterations in the hippocampus as well as in the spleen, suggesting a possible target for delayed treatments for HI.
Estimation of Characteristic Data of Aircraft Engine Compressor based on Developed Modeling Method
Authors: Li Zeng , Yan-yan Li , Wei Long
Published: August 2017

To resolve the problem of low estimation accuracy of compressor characteristic parameters based on traditional Kriging model, an improved interpolation method of aircraft engine compressor characteristic parameters based on the Kriging algorithm is proposed. Considering the distribution feature of original data, a high dimensional model is built. By defining the relationship between input and output data, an unknown vector composed of characteristic parameters at a certain speed of

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Redox regulation of plant stem cell fate
Authors: Zeng Jian , Dong Zhicheng , Wu Haijun , Tian Zhaoxia , Zhao Zhong
Published: August 2017

Despite the importance of stem cells in plant and animal development, the common mechanisms of stem cell maintenance in both systems have remained elusive. Recently, the importance of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) signaling in priming stem cell differentiation has been extensively studied in animals. Here, we show that different forms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have antagonistic roles in plant stem cell regulation, which were established by distinct spatiotemporal patterns of ROS‐metabolizing enzymes. The superoxide anion () is markedly enriched in stem cells to activate WUSCHEL and maintain stemness, whereas H2O2 is more abundant in the differentiating peripheral zone to promote stem cell differentiation. Moreover, H2O2 negatively regulates biosynthesis in stem cells, and increasing H2O2 levels or scavenging leads to the termination of stem cells. Our results provide a mechanistic framework for ROS‐mediated control of plant stem cell fate and demonstrate that the balance between and H2O2 is key to stem cell maintenance and differentiation.
Noise in a phosphorelay drives stochastic entry into sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
Authors: Russell Jonathan R , Cabeen Matthew T , Wiggins Paul A , Paulsson Johan , Losick Richard
Published: August 2017

Entry into sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is governed by a phosphorelay in which phosphoryl groups from a histidine kinase are successively transferred via relay proteins to the response regulator Spo0A. Spo0A~P, in turn, sets in motion events that lead to asymmetric division and activation of the cell‐specific transcription factor σF, a hallmark for entry into sporulation. Here, we have used a microfluidics‐based platform to investigate the activation of Spo0A and σF in individual cells held under constant, sporulation‐inducing conditions. The principal conclusions were that: (i) activation of σF occurs with an approximately constant probability after adaptation to conditions of nutrient limitation; (ii) activation of σF is tightly correlated with, and preceded by, Spo0A~P reaching a high threshold level; (iii) activation of Spo0A takes place abruptly just prior to asymmetric division; and (iv) the primary source of noise in the activation of Spo0A is the phosphorelay. We propose that cells exhibit a constant probability of attaining a high threshold level of Spo0A~P due to fluctuations in the flux of phosphoryl groups through the phosphorelay.
Stress corrosion damage on austenitic stainless steel in sodium chloride
Authors: Islami N. , Rashid S. , Ariffin A. K. , Nuawi M. Z.
Published: August 2017

The aim of this work is to present the corrosion damage mechanism of austenitic stainless steel 304. The C-ring specimens are chosen according to ASTM G-38 to resemble the stress conditions during the applied load. The specimens are immersed in 3.5% wt of NaCl solution. The variable conditions were studied at a fixed stress of 379Mpa and immersions for 720 hours. The stress distribution over the surface of specimens is formulated by means of a finite-element analysis. The result of the finite-element analysis shows that the region that was perpendicular to the shift in the direction of the pressure was subjected to the highest load. Using the potentiodynamic polarisation measurement method and microscopic observation, the corrosion polarisation behaviour of austenitic stainless steel became more active in cases when immersion and stress are applied simultaneously. The stress on the surface of the specimen shows a significant effect on the polarisation mechanism in the analysed area. The result also shows that the locations of pitting corrosion are apparent on the highest stress area. There is useful information to analyse the corrosion behaviour especially for applications under mechanical loading in corrosive environments, it drives the corrosion behaviour to the critical condition.
Buckling behaviour of imperfect axially compressed cylinder with an axial crack
Authors: Ifayefunmi O. , Sheikh Md Fadzullah S. H.
Published: August 2017

This paper studies the buckling behaviour of cylindrical shell structures with an axial crack subjected to axial compression. This work is both experimental and theoretical. The results of the test on four laboratory scale mild steel cylinders and the associated theoretical estimation of the buckling loads for a cylinder with no cracks are provided. The geometry parameters of the cylinder were assumed as follows: the radius-to-thickness ratio (R/t) was taken as 100, while the axial length-to-thickness ratio L/R, was 2.2. The nominal thickness of the specimen was 0.5 mm. Cylinders had an axial crack introduced to a fraction of the cylinder’s axial length. The magnitude of the crack length-to-cylinder axial length varies between 0 and 0.15. All four cylinders were subjected to axial compression using an instron universal testing machine. The experimental results reveal that the load carrying capacity of the cylindrical shells is strongly dependent on the crack length, i.e., increasing the crack length leads to a decrease in the buckling load of the cylindrical shells. As an example, the cylinder with an axial crack extending by 15% of its axial length will lead to an approximate reduction of 31% in the load carrying capacity of the shell.
O djelu profesora Zdenka Brusića
Authors: Uglešić Ante
Published: August 2017

U članku se donosi osvrt na život i rad Zdenka Brusića, uglednog hrvatskog arheologa. Zdenko Brusić rođen je u Šibeniku 1938. godine. Bio je kustos u arheološkoj zbirci u Ninu, zatim u Muzeju grada Šibenika, a potom i u Arheološkom muzeju Zadar kojemu je bio i ravnateljem. Godine 1998. postaje profesorom prapovijesne arheologije na Odsjeku za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zadru (danas Sveučilište u Zadru). Umirovljen je 2003. u zvanju redovitog profesora. Umire u Zadru 2014. godine. Doprinos Zdenka Brusića arheologiji u Hrvatskoj je golem, a posebno će biti upamćen kao jedan od začetnika hrvatske podvodne arheologije.
Grob kasnog brončanog doba iz Stare teskere (Ljubuški)
Authors: Tomas Tino , Rašić Mirko
Published: August 2017

Rezultati zaštitnoga arheološkog iskopavanja iz mjesta Stara Teskera kod Ljubuškog upotpunjavaju za sada rijetke sigurne podatke koji se referiraju na vrijeme kasnoga brončanog doba ne samo na prostoru zapadne Hercegovine nego i šire kulturne regije. Najzanimljiviji nalaz svakako predstavlja spiralno-naočalasti privjesak s cjevastim srednjim dijelom kao jedna od markantnijih pojava tog vremena.
Brodolomi kod rta Uljeva blizu Ližnjana
Authors: Bekić Luka
Published: August 2017

Međunarodni centar za podvodnu arheologiju je 2012. g. uz pomoć Općine Ližnjan pokrenuo podvodna arheološka istraživanja tri brodoloma kod rta Uljeva na jugoistočnoj istarskoj obali. Rt Uljeva zatvara prostranu uvalu Kuje s južne strane. Većina tereta antičkih brodoloma opljačkana je s vremenom, ali in situ je ostalo mnoštvo ulomaka i to omogućava istraživanje i rekonstrukciju priče o brodolomima. Istraživanje je započelo kartiranjem procijepa i udubina u stjenovitom dnu, u kojima se nalaze arheološki ostatci, kako bi se dokumentirala distribucija nalaza. Prvi brodolom, Uljeva A, zasad se datira se u 1. st. pr. Krista, a drugi, Uljeva B, možda u 4. st.
Dva skupna nalaza kasnoantičkog novca iz okolice Zadra
Authors: Vučić Jakov , Filipčić Dejan
Published: August 2017

U radu su kataloški obrađena dva skupna nalaza kasnoantičkog novca iz okolice Zadra. Prvi nalaz je 9 komada novca nađenih u amfori u podmorju blizu otoka Oliba 1962. godine, a datiranih od Tacita pa do Konstancija I. Drugi je ostava od 27 komada novca iz perioda vladavine Konstantina I. i njegovih sinova bez podrobnijeg konteksta nalaza, pronađena 1963. godine na položaju „Travnjaci“ u Radovinu. Prvi i drugi skupni nalazi međusobno su slični jer sadrže novac iz vrlo uskoga vremenskog okvira. Radovinska ostava sadrži i dva neuobičajena komada Konstantinova novca kovanog u Ticinu, od kojih jedan ima iregularan revers, a drugi na aversu na portretu iznad lovorovog vijenca ima naknadno utisnut znak. Terminus ante quem za skupni nalaz kraj Oliba je 296. godina, a za onaj iz Radovina nešto iza rujna 326. godine.
Apotropejska i rodna simbolika nakita iz groba 134 na Štrbincima kod Đakova
Authors: Migotti Branka
Published: August 2017

U grobu 134 na kasnoantičkom groblju na Štrbincima kod Đakova, datiranom od sredine 4. stoljeća do ranog 5. stoljeća, u kojemu je bilo pokopano dijete od 2 do 3 godine starosti, nađeni su sljedeći prilozi: bula od bakarne slitine, polumjesečasti privjesak od bakarne slitine, polumjesečasti privjesak od srebra, slabo sačuvano oglavlje (dijadema) načinjeno od tri približno kvadratne pločice od prozirnog žućkastog stakla koje su najvjerojatnije bile pričvršćene na podlogu od pozlaćene bakarne slitine, 65 perli od bjelkastog, plavog i zelenog stakla, narukvica od bakarne slitine, glineni vrč. Grob je prethodno bio objavljen u sklopu objave iskopavanja iz 2007. i 2008. na Štrbincima, ali bez detaljne rasprave o pojedinačnim nalazima. U ovome radu o tim se nalazima raspravlja s aspekta apotropejske i rodne uloge u grobnom kontekstu, sa zaključkom da je dijete najvjerojatnije bilo ženskoga roda, pokopano s velikom pažnjom i željom da mu se osigura najveća moguća zaštita u onostranosti.
Dramsko stvaralaštvo Milana Kranjčevića
Authors: Mudrovčić Jasminka Brala
Published: August 2017

Rad predstavlja analizu dramskog stvaralaštva Milana Kranjčevića. Književna dostignuća čine Kranjčevića jednim od najboljih i najkonstruktivnijih pisaca uopće koje je imao zapadni dio Like: tematske reflksije na suvremena događanja u Otočcu i Ličko-senjskoj županiji i istovremeno referiranje na općeljudska, univerzalna obilježja; promidžba gackoga čakavskoga dijalekta; sklonost komičnome; društvena angažiranost i tendencioznost; prodiranje u psihologiju junaka ili uopće u unutrašnji život glavnih likova, u njihove emocionalne senzibilitete, u pitanje čovjeka kao individualne ličnosti u njegovom stalnom potvrđivanju ne samo kao društvenog, već i kao intelektualno emocionalnog bića; osjećaj za realistički detalj; didaktičnost; prosvjetiteljski žar i moralizam. Sve je to Kranjčević postigao nepretencioznim dramskim tekstovima kakvi njeguju duh spontanosti, opuštenosti, otvorenosti novim pitanjima i svim vidovima izražavanja.